Dynamics of Cats

KITP - the day the ocean farted

Tue, 25 May 2010 01:53:45 -0500

I am visiting the lovely Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, again.
Last thursday we had an unusual occurrence, the ocean farted.

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well head blowout at deepwater?

Mon, 24 May 2010 03:34:07 -0500

there are rumours that the well head at the seafloor at deepwater horizons blew out late sunday night and oil leakage increased significantly

see discussion at the Oil Drum

this is rather bad, if true

BP video link from remote operated sub

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Eyjafjallajökull - the mountain sleeps

Mon, 24 May 2010 01:29:39 -0500

The eruption in Eyjafjallajökull has abated and latest reports sunday show the vent closed and no ash or lava flow.

Míla camera shows small steam plume monday morning

The mountain is quiet, no earthquakes right now, nor any in Katla.
There have been many small earthquakes around Iceland, some in worrying places, but no consistent pattern.

The eruption could resume again, the 1821-3 eruption had interim pauses, or the montain could sleep for a few centuries now.

Next question is whether Katla will erupt as it has before, or possibly other sites long this fissure system; Katla is bad, but not the worst.
Of course correlation is not causation, and past results are no predictor of future results...

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Love, Your Broken Home

Mon, 24 May 2010 01:25:34 -0500

song by Tim Miller, for middle America

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Eclipsing White Dwarves

Thu, 20 May 2010 01:23:50 -0500

Graduate student at the University of California at Santa Barbara finds edge on transiting binary white dwarf system, with self-microlensing!

Ok, this is just way too cool...

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Eyjafjallajökull - stopping the ash

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:56:18 -0500

It is not true that, after the failure to put a specially made "top hat" on top of Eyjafjallajökull to stem the ash plume, there will be an attempt to put a hose on top of the mountain to capture the ash;

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KISS: observing during cruise and after prime

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:26:08 -0500

The KISS is running a mini-workshop at KITP on doing Exoplanet Science Measurements from Solar System probes.

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the fine print and the little people

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:52:54 -0500

you know how sometimes a bank will just decide that it didn't like how the original term of its loan worked out and it will just change the deal to something better?
They can do that, it is all in the fine print.

Now they've done it again

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we got no choice

Sat, 15 May 2010 14:00:01 -0500

no more pencils
no more rules

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Iceland - Why The Vikings May Be Gentled

Thu, 13 May 2010 00:58:03 -0500

Útrásar Víkingar - that is what we called them, the new Masters of the Universe who set forth from Iceland in the last decade to conquer the new world of finance.

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Iceland Leads the Way - Perp Walks for Bankers

Wed, 12 May 2010 01:03:58 -0500

As you may recall, over 18 months ago Iceland lead the world into a minor financial crisis, with the rest of y'all toddling along later.

Now Iceland takes the lead again, as a Special Prosecutor issues some indictments and the perps start walking...

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Burp: Eyjafjallajökull stirs

Fri, 07 May 2010 02:28:55 -0500

Couple of new webcams checking on the volcano
it is stirring again.

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NASA: Senior Review 2010

Thu, 06 May 2010 03:15:12 -0500

The verdict is out, the 2010 Senior Review Committee recommendation on the NASA Astrophysics old active missions; who will keep going, and who is recommended to get the chop.
It is an interesting list, with some interesting recommendations.

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volumes of oil

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:01:56 -0500

the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico is making a mess, but a lot of the numbers being bandied about make little sense

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Flash, a-ah

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:41:05 -0500

There's a lot of kerfuffle about Steve Jobs recent screed on why Flash is bad and must be blocked from our iApples

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