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| Blog Name: |
Eating the World |
| Url: |
http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/ |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
books, math, everything |
| Description: |
I find neat things and write about them. Most of these entries will probably include one or more of the following: good books, math, memes, typefaces, science, the internet, self-referential systems, historical oddities, steam engines, maps, kites, etymologies, tasting real food sometimes, climbing on things, motor-scooters, and old dead white guys. |
| Popularity: |
1 Followers |
Lalochezia
lalochezia lal·o·che·zi·a (lāl’ō-kē’zē-ə)
n.
Emotional relief gained by using indecent or vulgar language.
Yucca Mountain
It looks like the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste containment project isn’t going to go through, but the problems surrounding storing radioactive material for a million years are still pretty interesting to read about.
We Know You’re Out There, Spiderman
Abstract
Using absolutely bulletproof science, we demonstrate that 35.3 spidermen are created annually and that hundreds live secretly among us.
Introduction
Prompted by arguments about the possibility of radioactive spidermen living among us, Mr. Harman and I decided to use science to determine how many spidermen (if any) exist on Earth. It’s difficult to extrapolate from the single known instance of a spiderman (hereafter the SKI), but following the example of the Drake equation we’ve developed a predictive formula. Behold the incontrovertible majesty of the Harman-Schwartz equation:
Our equation states that:
Charles II
A description of Charles II of Spain, according to the Durants:
“short, lame, epileptic, senile, and completely bald before thirty-five, he was always on the verge of death, but repeatedly baffled Christendom by continuing to live.”
Of course he had problems; the guy’s family tree is a braid.
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