Category Archives: rant

Dude’s take on the LHC

Posted on 9 September 2008 by Rob Nugen

This is from Dude, regarding the possibility of creating a black hole with with the LHC. I agree: This supercollider is the one that **was** going to be built in Waxahachie, Texas before he Republican Congress dubbed the “Republican Revolution” … Continue reading →

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Posted on 24 March 2008 by Rob Nugen

Family holidays ruined by earliest Easter in 90 years It was felt that to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on the wrong day would be blasphemous so it was very important to get the day right. The general rule was agreed at … Continue reading →

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US society is coming apart at the seams

Posted on 10 January 2008 by Rob Nugen

Whether it is the loss of a decent job, impossible conditions at work, rising prices, the threat of foreclosure or bankruptcy, the promise of endless war in Iraq and elsewhere, crumbling infrastructure, the elimination or slashing of social services and … Continue reading →

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A Muslim Astronaut’s Dilemma: How to Face Mecca From Space

Posted on 10 October 2007 by Rob Nugen

Questions like these will continue as more and more religious astronauts travel into space. When is sunset in low Earth orbit if you’re experiencing a dozen sunrises and sunsets in every 24-hour period? When does Sabbath begin on the moon, … Continue reading →

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette News

Posted on 15 July 2007 by Rob Nugen

Worcester Telegram & Gazette News All regions of the world will change, with the risk that nearly a third of the Earth’s species will vanish if global temperatures rise just 3.6 degrees above the average temperature in the 1980s-90s, the … Continue reading →

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