{"id":2900,"date":"2008-09-04T05:30:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/09\/04\/links-for-20080904\/"},"modified":"2008-09-04T05:30:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T05:30:42","slug":"links-for-20080904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/09\/04\/links-for-20080904\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-09-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pontiff\/2008\/09\/wisely_using_your_advantage.php\">The Quantum Pontiff : Wisely Using Your Advantage<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;In other words, what is your probability of ruin, given a starting bankroll of D dollars, an advantage of p, and a target of T dollars?&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/math\">math<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/statistics\">statistics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skullsinthestars.com\/2008\/09\/03\/optics-basics-coherence\/\">Optics basics: Coherence \u00c3\u0082\u00c2\u00ab Skulls in the Stars<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A very nice explanation of one of the slipperier concepts in optics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/optics\">optics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/top_story_on_john_mccain_run_out?utm_source=onion_rss_daily\">Top Story On John McCain Run Out Of Obligation | The Onion &#8211; America&#8217;s Finest News Source<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;John McCain is one of only two men who has a chance to become president of the United States of America, and by running an entire 600-word article about him, we are acknowledging that we are aware of that fact,&quot; a statement from the newspaper&#8217;s editorial board read in part.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/journalism\">journalism<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insidehighered.com\/views\/2008\/09\/03\/read\">Moving Beyond the &#8216;Big 3&#8217; :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education&#8217;s Source for News, Views and Jobs<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Colleges and universities are sending very mixed messages to faculty members on where integrated research, teaching, and\/or service work fits in their progression through the reappointment, tenure, and promotion systems that literally make or break their careers as professors.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/humanities\">humanities<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/726\">Swans on Tea \u00c3\u0082\u00c2\u00bb Polarized, Non-politically<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) typically emit linearly polarized light, and most decent sunglasses act as polarizing filters. This can cause some problems, if you happen to have some gadget whose display is inconveniently set to emit light with horizontal polarization \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0080\u00c2\u0094 since reflected light tends to become polarized parallel to the surface from which it reflects, sunglasses are made to filter that light. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/optics\">optics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/gadgets\">gadgets<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Quantum Pontiff : Wisely Using Your Advantage &quot;In other words, what is your probability of ruin, given a starting bankroll of D dollars, an advantage of p, and a target of T dollars?&quot; (tags: science math statistics blogs) Optics basics: Coherence \u00c3\u0082\u00c2\u00ab Skulls in the Stars A very nice explanation of one of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/09\/04\/links-for-20080904\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">links for 2008-09-04<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links_dump","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}