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Surface? It's Unpossible. A turd. On a silver platter.

I watched the entire Zune BS from inside MS - and predicted the entire trajectory of the "chase Apple, xerox their market" strategy.

Have you been into a "Microsoft Store"? It's like the Bizarro World, from Superman Comics.

This is phase two, of the Bizarro strategy: Now that they have a consumer store, they will produce a product to sell in it.

You down with Entropy? Yeah, you know me! (mp3 link)

That's probably a reference to the Grand Unified Field Theory, the Holy Grail of particle physics where all forces are reduced to various aspects of one force.

Once upon a time, electricity and magnetism were thought to be different forces. Now we know they are two aspects of the same thing. Later it was found at high energy states the nuclear weak force and electromagentism were also two aspects of the same "electroweak" force. I'm not a physicist but IIRC they've also shown how the nuclear strong force (holds atoms together) is the same.

The force that refuses to be unified is gravity. It still remains a seperate term in all theories. It is hoped that by pushing particle accelerators to higher and higher energy states, enough clues will be given to piece together the relationships once and for all.

However, the link will not be found at room temperature and mere thousands of volts; we're talking millions of degrees, you know, the kinds of temperatures where us mere mortals stop caring which scale it's being measured in, and densities that would make a neutron star green with envy. Basically, barring Extraordinary Evidence, the line that so intrigued you is indicative of the ignorance of the writer, not an interesting phenomenon.

However, if you find this interesting I would encourage you to go ahead and learn about real particle physics; it boggles my mind why people enjoy various tin-hat conspiracy-type theories about physics when the real thing is so much richer and more fascinating then any man-made fiction could ever be. Like I said, I'm not a physicist but I enjoy laymen-level particle physics and cosmology and would love to learn more about it sometime in a context where nobody was forcing me to turn in homework ;-)

By the way, on the topic of the GUT, go here and grab this sound file... it won't be much more informative overall then this post but it will be much more fun.

Uh ok, here is something funny.

Hopefully he will discover the unified field theory soon.

Nothing like a lyrical explanation of the Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics( listen to the second verse in the song for the deffinition).

Great now can I join your friends list for the jokes in your journal?

Uh ok, here is something funny.

Hopefully he will discover the unified field theory soon.

Nothing like a lyrical explanation of the Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics( listen to the second verse in the song for the deffinition).

Great now can I join your friends list for the jokes in your journal?

Fred figures greatly in the little-known microphone work of the great physicist Stephen Hawking. I particularly recommend the searing F*ck Tha Creationists . (warning for the bandwidth-challenged: 2.2MB MP3 file).

You all know MC Hawking's take on the subject, of course.

Fuck the Creationists

Check it out at da Hawkman's Crib, j0.

MC Hawking's Crib

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The Mighty Stephen Hawking
Trash Talk
Yo, DJ Doomsday, give me one of them funky ass beats.
Oh yes, that's some funky shit.
I'm about ready to kick this motherfucker in.
You all ready for me to drop some science on your ass?
Check it.

Verse 1
I am the mighty Stephen Hawking,
I am dope like LSD,
I am fly I kick it old school,
I'll tell you that for free.
On the stage I rock the mic,
my science is so tight,
other rappers best step off,
I'm bad like Dolamite.

I'm from the streets you know it's true,
my homey's are all dead,
fuck with me you'll join them too,
I'll cap you in the head.
Don't make me get out of this chair,
I'll pop you like a zit,
you step to me as if you bad,
bitch please you ain't got shit.

Chorus
I'm the mighty Steven Hawking,
The might mighty Steven Hawking,
I'm the mighty Steven Hawking,
Might might mighty Steven Hawking,

Trash Talk
Ah yeah, Stephen Hawking is in full effect!
Check this shit out.

Verse 2
Bitch you think I'm bad,
I ain't even started yet,
I'll whack your whole damn crew,
and not even break a sweat.
My rep is fucking huge,
my dick's harder than concrete,
getting paid and laid,
gangsta player elite.

Dr. Dre can suck my dick,
that bitch got no PHD,
I lost count of mine,
I got stupid whack degrees.
Complex math it ain't no thing,
I'm mad dope crazy fly,
like Quantum formula,
I'll leave you asking why.

Chorus

Trash Talk
Ah yeah, that's some serious bad-ass, Wu-tang, Scooby gang,
funky-ass shit I be laying down on your ass!
Stephen Hawking is in the house and he be taking care of business.
Peace! I'm out of here!

DO check this out... Hilarious!

They've got an MP3 relating Mr. Hawking's experience playing Grand Theft Auto 3. Quite funny. Another about his Drivebys. Find more here.

DO check this out... Hilarious!

They've got an MP3 relating Mr. Hawking's experience playing Grand Theft Auto 3. Quite funny. Another about his Drivebys. Find more here.

I think you mean "because they think it's easier to read".

Actually, no - that's not what I mean...Here's a design/type saying - Q: What's the easiest typeface to read? A: The one that you just read.

Aside from all the rules of type, design, line length, x-height, etc...the easiest stuff to read is the stuff that you read most, and most content sites specify table/column width. Also most users don't have monitor resolutions set at 4000+ pixels wide, nor know how to set their own font size/face. RedHat (that is the site we're talking about, right) is a consumer site (just like microsoft.com, apple.com, be.com --- all of which have hard coded widths). Consumer's like what they know.

width="624", baby - dave.imarc.net

- dave