January 2010
35 posts
The iPad Is For Everyone But Us →
Let Me Google That For You →
For all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.
Why didn’t I know this site before?
IPCC retracts 2035 alarm on Himalayan glacier melt →
Global warming has been too much a hype.
BumpTop Mac: Reinventing your Mac desktop. →
BumpTop is a full 3D experience with smooth, realistic physics, making your Mac’s desktop act more like the real desktop it’s sitting on.
When change is hard, you can always blame the... →
But today, physicists are seeking the source of inertia in a kind of cosmic molasses that pervades what we think of as “empty” space — the so-called “Higgs Field.
Physicist Takes on Superhero Role for LaserFest →
Watch out Superman, there’s a new superhero in town, and she doesn’t just shoot lasers from her eyes, she actually is a laser. To coincide with this year’s LaserFest, the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the laser, APS will debut a series of comic books as part of its outreach efforts. Aimed primarily at middle school kids, the two comic books star middle schooler Lucinda Hene and her...
thesixtyone →
very nice music site.
哈哈哈哈哈，笑死了。
三只小猪，猪A叫的名字叫“谁”，猪B的名字叫“哪儿”，猪C的名字叫“什么”。有一天，猪A和猪B站在门口，猪C在屋顶上。一只狼发现了它们，想要吃掉它们，于是冲到猪A面前……
狼：你是谁？
猪A：对！
狼：什么？
猪A：什么在屋顶。
狼：我是问你的名字是什么？
猪A：我叫谁，什么在屋顶。
狼又问猪B。
狼：你是谁？
猪B：我不是谁，它是谁（指着猪A）
狼：你认识它？
猪B：恩。
狼：它是谁？
猪B：是的。
狼：什么？
猪B：什么在屋顶。
狼：哪儿？
猪B：哪儿是我。
狼：谁？
猪B：它是谁？（又指着猪A）
狼：我怎么知道。
猪B：你找“谁”？
狼：什么？
猪B：它在屋顶上。
狼：哪儿？
猪B：是我。
狼：谁？
猪B：我不是谁，它是谁。
狼：天哪！
猪A猪B：“天哪”是我们的爸爸。
狼：什么，是你们爸爸？...
“And it’s all, all, all, all, all up to me now.
There’s a lot of...”
– Chris Garneau - Over and Over
“It’s a totally legit news story for CNN or anyone else (we’ll get to NBC in a...”
– Marc Cooper, CNN In Haiti : Disaster Porn? (it’s a good read) (via soupsoup)
WatchJournalists (Anderson Cooper) help save lives in Haiti.
I really didn’t realize Haiti is in such a chaotic state.
WatchDon’t put boxed wine in the microwave…
Watchnono panda!
(RAH)² (AH)³ + [ROMA (1+MA)] + (GA)² + (OOH)(LA)²
read out loud. you’ll like it.
Watch清华大学校长真可怜。。。既然要上台，就把功课做好嘛
"Project Runway Day" →
“Fashion Avenue” is temporarily renamed “Project Runway Avenue.” To top off the street-naming, NYC & Company will also issue a proclamation declaring Wednesday, January 13th as “Project Runway Day.”
The New Age Cavemen and the City →
The caveman lifestyle, in Mr. Durant’s interpretation, involves eating large quantities of meat and then fasting between meals to approximate the lean times that his distant ancestors faced between hunts.
Aaaaa, so cool, much better than vegetarian! hahaha!
Couch Potatoes May Have Shorter Lives →
The study, which looked at the connection between watching TV and death for 8,800 Australian adults, found that each hour of TV-viewing was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of death from any cause, and an 18 percent increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. These findings held true even after the researchers took into account other factors that could raise the risk of dying,...
Watch李献计历险记。看来国内真得是有很多有想法的人。
某人，看看人家的京片子多好听！
WatchThe power of 100 people…. hahahaha
Men, Don’t Forget: You Have Nipples →
在汉语中加入“他妈的”，有助于减少句子歧义（zz）
考虑这个句子：“今年的考题跟作业题一样”。这就有歧义了——是说今年的考题真的用了作业里的题呢，还是仅仅是比喻这次考题简单得像作业题？这时，“他妈的”就派上用场了。我们可以在句子间加入“他妈的”来区别：
今年的考题跟作业题他妈的一样 （指与作业题相同）
今年的考题跟他妈的作业题一样 （暗指考题太简单）
类似的情况还有很多。比如说，“这个解释不清楚”也有歧义。它有两个意思，解释本身不清晰，或者问题很难解释。但是，加上“他妈的”之后，歧义立即消失了：
这个解释他妈的不清楚 （这个解释不太明确）
这个他妈的解释不清楚 （这个问题难以解释）
又如，“没有一次看完”有两种意思，没有哪一次是看完了的，或者说没有一口气看完。在不同的位置插入“他妈的”，歧义同样可以消解：
没有他妈的一次看完 （没有一口气看完）
没有一次他妈的看完 （没有哪次看完过）
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Watchfrom TED. Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
very interesting!