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Aug. 11th, 2008 01:01 pmSo there was an explosion in the neighborhood yesterday. Literally. A couple of my friends were among the evacuees. Much property damage was enjoyed by all.
Also, there was a riot in Montreal.
WTF Canada? An unusually exciting news weekend in the Great (Not) White North.
In other news, it turns out that it may be possible for us all to have Invisibility Cloaks (FU Marauders! From now on, all mischief will be managed by me).
Invisibility Cloaks Possible at Nano Level
The age-old fantasy of rendering objects invisible took a sharp step toward reality Sunday when scientists said they had created a material that can bend visible light in three dimensions.
For now the vanishing act takes place on a nanoscale, measured in billionths of a meter.
But there is no fundamental reason why the same principles cannot be scaled up one day to make invisibility cloaks big enough to hide a person, a tank or even a tanker, the scientists say.
Discovery News
August 11,.2008
See, I'm among those who are continually asking where my damn jetpack and robot servant are at. (We was promised! The Jetsons lied!) Even aside from all the possible military applications, this news is ambrosial nectar to my nerdy senses. It's not so much that I want to run around doing naughty things invisibly (because I so don't need that excuse to perform acts of extreme idiocy), as it is just really, really cool.
And now for some random links:
The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe - as a casual DC fan, this kind of thing is so helpful in understanding such mysteries as Power Girl And Hawkman. For more advanced fans, the potential hours wasted on ultimate geekery is immense and delicious.
Code Box's Game of Life generator - Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton. Read the wiki - I don't want to explain it to you. Instead I'll just say that it's total crack. Also at Code Box find quizes on common English words, the biggest countries in the world and all kinds of actually useful stuff.
Also, there was a riot in Montreal.
WTF Canada? An unusually exciting news weekend in the Great (Not) White North.
In other news, it turns out that it may be possible for us all to have Invisibility Cloaks (FU Marauders! From now on, all mischief will be managed by me).
Invisibility Cloaks Possible at Nano Level
The age-old fantasy of rendering objects invisible took a sharp step toward reality Sunday when scientists said they had created a material that can bend visible light in three dimensions.
For now the vanishing act takes place on a nanoscale, measured in billionths of a meter.
But there is no fundamental reason why the same principles cannot be scaled up one day to make invisibility cloaks big enough to hide a person, a tank or even a tanker, the scientists say.
Discovery News
August 11,.2008
See, I'm among those who are continually asking where my damn jetpack and robot servant are at. (We was promised! The Jetsons lied!) Even aside from all the possible military applications, this news is ambrosial nectar to my nerdy senses. It's not so much that I want to run around doing naughty things invisibly (because I so don't need that excuse to perform acts of extreme idiocy), as it is just really, really cool.
And now for some random links:
The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe - as a casual DC fan, this kind of thing is so helpful in understanding such mysteries as Power Girl And Hawkman. For more advanced fans, the potential hours wasted on ultimate geekery is immense and delicious.
Code Box's Game of Life generator - Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton. Read the wiki - I don't want to explain it to you. Instead I'll just say that it's total crack. Also at Code Box find quizes on common English words, the biggest countries in the world and all kinds of actually useful stuff.
