Comments for Skulls in the Stars http://skullsinthestars.com Physics, pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and a bit of politics Fri, 09 May 2008 22:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Waiting for the ILL… by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/waiting-for-the-ill/#comment-1347 skullsinthestars Fri, 09 May 2008 14:21:33 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-1347 Chad wrote: "I remember doing the same thing, and being faintly disappointed when Boba Fett turned out to be in ESB for all of about five minutes." I also remember being disappointed when the 'launchable missile' on Boba Fett's jetpack had been glued in because of safety concerns. I don't think I've ever gotten over it! :) Chad wrote: “I remember doing the same thing, and being faintly disappointed when Boba Fett turned out to be in ESB for all of about five minutes.”

I also remember being disappointed when the ‘launchable missile’ on Boba Fett’s jetpack had been glued in because of safety concerns. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over it! :)

]]> Comment on A fun challenge for science bloggers by McDawg http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/04/23/a-fun-challenge-for-science-bloggers/#comment-1346 McDawg Fri, 09 May 2008 13:25:28 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=413#comment-1346 There's a wealth of Manu's available free of charge c/o the James Lind Library dating back to 6th Century:- http://www.jameslindlibrary.org/trial_records/published.html There’s a wealth of Manu’s available free of charge c/o the James Lind Library dating back to 6th Century:-

http://www.jameslindlibrary.org/trial_records/published.html

]]> Comment on Waiting for the ILL… by Chad Orzel http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/waiting-for-the-ill/#comment-1340 Chad Orzel Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:09 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-1340 <i>When I was young, I scrupulously saved my ‘proof-of-purchase’ from all my Star Wars figures so that I could get the precious Boba Fett action figure, which could only be purchased through mail order. Oddly, as I recall, this was before The Empire Strikes Back came out, so nobody actually knew who Boba Fett was, but I didn’t care: he looked cool. </i> Oh, God. What a geek nostalgia trip... I remember doing the same thing, and being faintly disappointed when Boba Fett turned out to be in ESB for all of about five minutes. When I was young, I scrupulously saved my ‘proof-of-purchase’ from all my Star Wars figures so that I could get the precious Boba Fett action figure, which could only be purchased through mail order. Oddly, as I recall, this was before The Empire Strikes Back came out, so nobody actually knew who Boba Fett was, but I didn’t care: he looked cool.

Oh, God.
What a geek nostalgia trip…

I remember doing the same thing, and being faintly disappointed when Boba Fett turned out to be in ESB for all of about five minutes.

]]> Comment on Another unintentionally funny news title by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/another-unintentionally-funny-news-title/#comment-1338 skullsinthestars Thu, 08 May 2008 21:23:58 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-1338 LOL! Once again, the BBC demonstrates that it is ahead of all the other news organizations! LOL! Once again, the BBC demonstrates that it is ahead of all the other news organizations!

]]> Comment on Another unintentionally funny news title by memopenhelix http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/another-unintentionally-funny-news-title/#comment-1337 memopenhelix Thu, 08 May 2008 21:18:40 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-1337 My favorite title today: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm" rel="nofollow"> Great tits cope well with warming</a> My favorite title today:

Great tits cope well with warming

]]> Comment on Waiting for the ILL… by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/waiting-for-the-ill/#comment-1336 skullsinthestars Thu, 08 May 2008 19:17:59 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-1336 Paul wrote: "I once spent three weeks straight in the summer browsing the stacks at the university when I was younger" Good for you! I wish I had done that in my undergraduate years, but I was still too preoccupied with my sad little social life to bother! Nowadays I find a university library a somewhat magical, awe-inspiring place, and would find myself happy wandering pretty much any section of the stacks. "...and some good laughs too. " I especially like coming across personal scientific feuds which have made it to print. One of these days I've got to blog about a few of them that I've stumbled across - they're quite funny. Paul wrote: “I once spent three weeks straight in the summer browsing the stacks at the university when I was younger”

Good for you! I wish I had done that in my undergraduate years, but I was still too preoccupied with my sad little social life to bother! Nowadays I find a university library a somewhat magical, awe-inspiring place, and would find myself happy wandering pretty much any section of the stacks.

“…and some good laughs too. ”

I especially like coming across personal scientific feuds which have made it to print. One of these days I’ve got to blog about a few of them that I’ve stumbled across - they’re quite funny.

]]> Comment on Waiting for the ILL… by Paul Mohr http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/08/waiting-for-the-ill/#comment-1335 Paul Mohr Thu, 08 May 2008 18:48:50 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-1335 I once spent three weeks straight in the summer browsing the stacks at the university when I was younger, and there is a wealth of information in the techniques and some good laughs too. Early theories of well know process could be hilarious. They have a value that continues to help me. The perspective of how far technology has moved in the last 100 years is also astounding. I once spent three weeks straight in the summer browsing the stacks at the university when I was younger, and there is a wealth of information in the techniques and some good laughs too. Early theories of well know process could be hilarious. They have a value that continues to help me. The perspective of how far technology has moved in the last 100 years is also astounding.

]]> Comment on A fun challenge for science bloggers by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/04/23/a-fun-challenge-for-science-bloggers/#comment-1334 skullsinthestars Thu, 08 May 2008 13:31:21 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=413#comment-1334 Mark: Excellent! I look forward to seeing your entry! Bora: I figured I couldn't be the only one looking at some older research! I'm finding it so much fun that I've 'Interlibrary Loan'-ed about a dozen papers from the early 1900s over the past week. I'm sure the librarians are wondering what the heck is wrong with me... :) Mark: Excellent! I look forward to seeing your entry!

Bora: I figured I couldn’t be the only one looking at some older research! I’m finding it so much fun that I’ve ‘Interlibrary Loan’-ed about a dozen papers from the early 1900s over the past week. I’m sure the librarians are wondering what the heck is wrong with me… :)

]]> Comment on A fun challenge for science bloggers by Science blogger challenge: classic paper blogging | The OpenHelix Blog http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/04/23/a-fun-challenge-for-science-bloggers/#comment-1333 Science blogger challenge: classic paper blogging | The OpenHelix Blog Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:34 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=413#comment-1333 [...] A fun challenge for science bloggers One of the things that I still find incredibly fun about being a scientist is the ability to “touch” history, in the form of the original publication of now famous scientific results…. [...] [...] A fun challenge for science bloggers One of the things that I still find incredibly fun about being a scientist is the ability to “touch” history, in the form of the original publication of now famous scientific results…. [...]

]]> Comment on A fun challenge for science bloggers by Bora Zivkovic http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/04/23/a-fun-challenge-for-science-bloggers/#comment-1332 Bora Zivkovic Thu, 08 May 2008 12:28:54 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=413#comment-1332 I like to touch on older papers every now and then and <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2006/07/clocktutorial_3_fortyfive_year.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> I did something similar to what you propose. I like to touch on older papers every now and then and here I did something similar to what you propose.

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