Einstein's general theory of relativity predicts that non-static, stationary mass-energy distributions affect spacetime in a peculiar way giving rise to a phenomenon usually known as frame-dragging. The first frame-dragging effect was derived in 1918, in the framework of general relativity, by the Austrian physicists Josef Lense and Hans Thirring, ( Read more... )

A space ship, coming out of warp drive. All the stars suddenly change from long thin prismatic lines back into single point sources. My face slams into reality again ( Read more... )

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I travel a red eye 3000 miles to go ahead 3 hours in time, only to have the world fall back an hour. The rental car is two hours off, the hotel clock is one hour off, and for six days I work twelve hour shifts. The only timepiece I can trust is my android phone, which I look at infrequently ( Read more... )

On a recent business trip I watched silently as my Fourth Amendment rights were violated repeatedly at the airport. When I arrived at my hotel, I discovered a nice note from Homeland Security informing me they had searched my bag. It strikes me as odd, that after violating my rights, they think they're being nice by leaving me a note about it. ( Read more... )

It's been a long time, and I miss you. Remember the good times we used to have? Oh my fucking goddess do I miss that. We should hang out some time. No seriously, really. I miss you. Do you have my number? Give me a call, we'll set something up. Because I miss you, and all the good times we used to have.

I'm working on putting bits of not-a-car back together, and was looking for some really detailed exploded parts views on the internet and having little luck, when I remembered "doh! I have repair manuals!". Turns out I have many manuals, all in various states of usefullness. I have three copies of essentially the same book ( Read more... )

Our bathrooms, both of them, have these amber drips or streaks down the walls. You can wipe them away, but they come back after a while, and they build up over time. Everyone always said it was nicotine stains, but I never believed them. Now I know better. It turns out there's water soluble stuff in the paint, and the warm moist air in the ( Read more... )

Three hours, three computers, three shots of vodka, and half an episode of True Blood later, I have a rooted Gingerbread DroidX.

I have a friend who needs a Burning Man ticket. Who's got one? Can paypal cash ASAP.

Mischief managed. Thanks to everyone who gave me pointers.