{"id":1976,"date":"2007-11-18T04:24:23","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T04:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2007\/11\/18\/links-for-20071118\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T04:24:23","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T04:24:23","slug":"links-for-20071118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/11\/18\/links-for-20071118\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-11-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/universal-scaling-at-deadlines.html\">Backreaction: Universal Scaling at Deadlines<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;[Physicists] have analysed the distribution of registrations for two conferences&#8230;[and]  they can describe this distribution by a simple model, assuming that the &#8216;pressure to register&#8217; is inversely proportional to the time left before the deadline.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/meetings\">meetings<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magma.nationalgeographic.com\/ngm\/2007-12\/bizarre-dinosaurs\/dinosaur-interactive.html\">Dinosaur Interactive &#8211; National Geographic Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">An interactive guide to &#8220;bizarre&#8221; dinosaurs and their features. 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