brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

So if the parchment's carbon dating window contains the known date in reality, doesn't it make more sense to throw away the low end of the window?

(Unless of course, you just want to undermine the religion.)

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

Book Face? Huh.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

NASA's video shows the mountain nicely in 3D at the 1:06 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inc9BtRip04

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

The Chicago gas prices jumped up 50 cents the day after this hit the news.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

Maybe they need to add a button that converts it to a normal spray?

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

I can't see how it's just a temporary marketing ploy, as your link suggests.

Nobody wants CHIP, they want the "$9 computer". I can't see how they can ever sell it for $39.

As a loss leader, with overpriced accessories - that makes much more sense to me.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

They are probably too busy still counting the $2 million dollars they got from kickstarter.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

I see a cheetah in the static, too...

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

>> Gauge transformations in physical theories can lead to possibly unpalatable conclusions if you believe a certain way.

This sounds very interesting. Could you provide some examples?

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

>> especially for IPython Notebooks which need time to be read/appreciated.

I agree wholeheartedly. You need to capture people's attention in 5 seconds or so.

That means visuals, soundbites, summaries, "what's-in-it-for-me", etc. You are in the media business whether you want to be or not.

Not that many people like wading thru two pages of math just to see if they might find something interesting.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

Blood trails...

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

1) Check their haplogroup. See what part of the world they came from. Put it on 23andme so people can see if they are related.

2) Test to see if they are his mother's bones.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

Ironically, the author seems like he is the Rip Van Winkle here...

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

The half-life of DNA is 521 years. So, even if these were the bones of Christ, there would still be plenty of DNA available for testing.

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

But wouldn't a Lagrange point satellite appear to move in a completely un-star-like manner over the course of weeks and months?

brock_r

vor 11 Jahrendiscuss

But the stars don't stand still with respect to an observer on the ground.