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space
Vanguard 1 was launched into space on March 17, 1958. It is still up there.
Via Bad Astronomy.
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-18 03:03:30.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/225668.html
space,
tools
Spacewalkers resort to banging, pry bar
What an old friend calls "Engineering method #1: Brute force."
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-16 13:13:32.0
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family,
taxes,
computers,
mia,
sewing,
church,
woodwork,
brewing,
linux,
clann,
irish,
music,
leatherwork
![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mia_mcdavid is in Michigan for the weekend and the first couple days o
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-15 21:57:21.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/225084.html
nick's class,
irish
Irish Class, March 10, 2008The first exercise was for each of us to say something as Gaeilge about what we had done that day. For me the choice was easy, and for once did not involve a lot of specialized vocbulary. | Cheannaigh mé agus mo bhean cheile carr nua inniu. Is Ford Focus é an carr. Tá an carr liath. Dhíolamar seancarr as cead dollar. Bhío |
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-13 18:03:38.0
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friends,
birthday
To mdlbear. Have a great one!
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-13 13:49:27.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/224523.html
television,
science,
movies,
humor,
science fiction
I just discovered Larry Niven's Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex is on the web!
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-11 23:11:37.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/224292.html
skepticism,
politics
From Bad Astronomy: .... it’s generally best to look at the evidence. In this case, I doubt strongly that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. For one thing, it would involve intelligence, planning, and an ability to actually think things through. Trying to pin that on this Administration is ridiculous. C’mon! We h
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-11 20:48:27.0
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rome,
history,
math,
politics
2%: The US Civil War, mathematics, and why we have already lost in Iraq
Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt - They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus)
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-11 20:44:31.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/223857.html
liturgy,
media,
church
From a well-intentioned Washington Post column: Some evangelical churches offer confession and weekly communion. They distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday and light Advent calendars at Christmastime. Via GetReligion
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-11 19:21:45.0
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http://gmcdavid.livejournal.com/223695.html
science,
physics,
history,
math
As long as I can remember I been aware of this famous quotation from Isaac Newton "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." and thought of it as a distinctly modest comment by one of the three greatest mathematicians in history.
However, there is more to it. It was part of Newton's feud with Robert Hook
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Published by :gmcdavid 2008-03-11 17:21:39.0
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