- Today on the arXiv: Steven Goldman from the University of New Pressburg, WI, proposes in his groundbreaking paper "iBranes in P-disks" that our universe may be a memory chip in a higher-dimensional iPod. One observable consequence would be a fundamental limit to the amount of information in our world. He concludes it is thus highly recommendable to break down information-heavy communication into tweets, and - as Sean Carroll extrapolated - prepare to upgrade from Twitter to Bitter.
- Slashpot.com reports that climate scientists have found the average human body temperature has increased by 0.4 °C since the fall of the Soviet Union and we should all cool down to avoid further glacier melting.
- The island of Maui is now offering the ultimate Lisi-Cruise, including a three-day crash course on how to surf like a theoretical physicist and a visit of all the roots of E8.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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Happy April Fool's Day!
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, Mr. Lisi (not a Dr. yet) used to have the wave equation on his board. I wonder what he surfs on now.
ReplyDeleteThe island of Maui is now offering the ultimate Lisi-Cruise, including a three-day crash course on how to surf like a theoretical physicist and a visit of all the roots of E8.
ReplyDeleteLOL.
Ah! so Lisi now has some "cosmic boat ride to the computerized informational world of gaming?
Haven't looked at the link yet.:) I do that after I post this.
Best,
now offering the ultimate Lisi-Cruise,
ReplyDeleteYa okay, link does not work, means the cruise is a bust?:)
Best:)
Book now and you'll also get a complimentary beach towel, and E6.
ReplyDeleteLet’s see now, Hang 10 minus 2 TOEs equals E8. I think I finally get it:-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Great news :-) This year's April seems to be very good for ideas!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Stefan
Latest news on the Dog particle
ReplyDelete"Everyone is eagerly awaiting the discovery of the Kibble boson (known colloquially as "The Dog Particle"), which was missed at the Fermi National Labrador. There have been speculations that it is too light to observe with available accelerators because it is really a gallstone boson, but such claims are unfunded. "
How to conserve energy without losing momentum
ReplyDeleteYeah, happy April Fool's but you know what? Lots of people take that concept seriously or semi-seriously, about the universe being a computation or we should be "Boltzmann brains" etc.
ReplyDelete(Maybe the word verification is trying to tell me something, it offered "warnist". That means, someone who likes to give warnings ...
Hello Garrett,
ReplyDeleteis this "complimentary beach towel"
Vogon-Proof quality?
Regards
Georg
I don't know how the heck Michael knew that about the wave equation on my surfboards, but this should answer his question and Georg's.
ReplyDeleteNeil: Yes, I know what.
ReplyDeleteGarrett: Nice! Have fun :-)
Hello Garrett,
ReplyDeletedo You know the Grimm Brothers tale
"The Hare and The Hedgehog"?
I'm feeling like the hare now :=;
Those people in Oregon should sell
42-Towels along with the T-shirts.
Regards
Georg