{"id":5131,"date":"2010-10-22T06:42:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T06:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/10\/22\/links-for-2010-10-22\/"},"modified":"2010-10-22T06:42:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T06:42:28","slug":"links-for-2010-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/10\/22\/links-for-2010-10-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-10-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uslhc.us\/new-theory-what-now\">US LHC Blog \u00c2\u00bb I&#8217;ve Invented a New Theory, What Do I Do Now?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Surprisingly, &#8220;Start a kooky-looking webpage, and make a million dollars&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of the options. Probably an oversight.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/theory\">theory<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/experiment\">experiment<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/lhc-blogs\">lhc-blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/particles\">particles<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethanzuckerman.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/the-ley-lines-of-globalization\/\">&#8230;My heart&#8217;s in Accra \u00c2\u00bb The ley lines of globalization<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;To use Maersk&#8217;s calculator, you need to register with the site, download a client browser certificate and accept three server certificates from Maersk before you can access their secure site. But once you do, it&#8217;s just a few short clicks before you can calculate the cost of shipping a 20\u00e2\u0080\u00b2 container of &#8220;umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof&#8221; (yes, that&#8217;s one of the available categories, along with &#8220;bone and meal&#8221;, &#8220;ores, slag and ash&#8221; and &#8220;straw, esparto, other plaiting materials and articles of straw, esparto, other plaiting materials) from Auckland to Dubai: $2451.02&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/zuckerman\">zuckerman<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/world\">world<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/environment\">environment<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/travel\">travel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/transportation\">transportation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/trade\">trade<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tauday.com\/#fnref:0.11\">No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl | Tau Day, 2010<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;This manifesto is dedicated to one of the most important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most important: the circle constant relating the circumference of a circle to its linear dimension. For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant captures the geometry of the circle in a single number. Of course, the traditional choice of circle constant is \u00cf\u0080&#8211;but, as mathematician Bob Palais notes in his delightful article &#8220;\u00cf\u0080 Is Wrong!&#8221;,1 \u00cf\u0080 is wrong. It&#8217;s time to set things right.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/math\">math<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2010-10\/20\/physicists-find-perfect-speed-for-wet-dogs-to-shake-at\">Physicists find optimum speed for wet dogs to shake at<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Most adorable research video ever.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/animals\">animals<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/video\">video<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/news\">news<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US LHC Blog \u00c2\u00bb I&#8217;ve Invented a New Theory, What Do I Do Now? Surprisingly, &#8220;Start a kooky-looking webpage, and make a million dollars&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of the options. Probably an oversight. 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