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by turnersauce 16y ago
I'm not really sure if the author is correct about what's happening. That all depends on exactly how much of Panasonic's revenue comes from selling professional quality SLR cameras versus its cheaper point-and-shoot models. Anyway, I don'
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by turnersauce 16y ago
As I responded to a similar question, I believe that these images are created through a composite of Spitzer images taken at different wavelengths, where the colours have been added artificially. There's more information here: http://apod
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by turnersauce 16y ago
Yes. Since we are near the "edge" of the Milky Way, we have a great view of the centre!
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by turnersauce 16y ago
I think that the title is a bit misleading. Indeed, this image is the most detailed infrared image of the galaxy[1]. Also, it is the most detailed image of the galaxy centre , since Spitzer can see through the huge amounts of dust that
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by turnersauce 16y ago
I suppose that they meant to say that the traveling star was 90 times more massive than the sun[1]... this reporter seems awfully confused. A little proofreading goes a long way. [1] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/runawa
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by turnersauce 16y ago
Oh dear, as if this article needs another reason to add to the list of why it is terrible... My apologies for blaming you for the error.
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by turnersauce 16y ago
I don't mean to be pedantic (and I certainly don't mean to defend this article), but the author doesn't claim that the engineer was fired; they say, "Apple may yet fire the engineer". Which is true, I suppose - Apple may yet fire any o
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by turnersauce 16y ago
I picked up the habit of putting two spaces between sentences in elementary school, and have not been able to shake it since. Luckily, this problem is automatically corrected in latex!
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Physicist Sean Carroll interviews the creators of Lost(wired.com)
2 points by turnersauce 16y ago|0 comments
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The Great Man Syndrome: Big Fish in a Small Pond(leiterreports.typepad.com)
24 points by turnersauce 16y ago|5 comments
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by turnersauce 17y ago
For any DJs out there, the "Enable Auto DJ" button in Mixxx changes to "Enable Pee Break Mode" on April 1st. http://www.mixxx.org/
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by turnersauce 17y ago
The say on page 2: "...our previous publications show limited (12 h) access to sucrose precipitates binge-eating behavior (Avena et al., 2006)."
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by turnersauce 17y ago
I really wanted to read that article, but I had to close it and get back to work after reading tip #1.
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by turnersauce 17y ago
I think that Beamer is a good alternative for those who want a relatively nice-looking presentation without shelling out $2000 for a Mac + another $80 for iWork. http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/
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by turnersauce 17y ago
I feel as though a table may have been a more appropriate way to present that data...
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by turnersauce 17y ago
When I first saw the photograph of the interns' office, I thought that the article was a joke. I really don't understand how anybody could program productively under those conditions.