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The Variable Density of Cats

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Thanks to living with a cat the past few months I have made an observation that cats appear to have variable density. Sometimes they are light as a feather and can glide between pieces of furniture, other times they appear to be heavier and floppier than almost anything else that I can think of. This is shown mostly by Figaro’s ability to leap from the ground  to the couch via his scratching post, where he then goes into “dense mode” and slumps over the edges of the couch like some sort of liquid.

Sleeping on top of a bunk bed I have the opportunity to examine this very odd behaviour. He pounces up onto the top and waltzes very gently over my toes, finds a comfortable and warm spot then activates “dense mode” and suddenly there is a pile of bricks lying on my feet.

I find that all this points towards the fact that cats have variable density. It also fixes the one big problem in my “multiverse” theory.

Climate Change Denier’s Own Study Changes His Mind

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Climate Change Denier’s Own Study Changes His Mind

Professor Richard Muller, one of the US’ foremost climate change deniers, has finally changed his views on global warming thanks to a new study… his own. After conducting research on the subject, Muller says he has had a “total turnaround” and is no longer sceptical about the threats of greenhouse gases, according to The Guardian.

The results of Muller’s study, the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature or BEST project, showed that the land temperature has risen 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 250 years, with the majority of that occurring in the last 50 years alone. Even more damningly, the data suggests that the increase is due almost exclusively to human production of greenhouse gases.

Muller, a physicist, admits he was surprised by the findings, but will not deny climate change any more. “As scientists, it is our duty to let the evidence change our minds,” he said.

Professors’ proposed calendar synchronizes dates with days – CNN.com

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/28/us/calendar-overhaul/


Two professors at Johns Hopkins University are proposing a new, universal calendar in which each day falls on the same date every year.
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The professors’ article on the proposed new calendar is at http://www.cato.org.

Good description of what a real hacker does and how and why – New Scientist

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228440.700-dotdashdiss-the-gentleman-hackers-1903-lulz.html?full=true

A century ago, one of the world’s first hackers used Morse code insults to disrupt a public demo of Marconi’s wireless telegraph. Paul Marks reports

Portraits Of Soldiers Before, During, After War – DesignTAXI.com

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http://designtaxi.com/news/351210/Portraits-Of-Soldiers-Before-During-After-War/

I looked particularly at the eyes, there’s a huge difference. Eyes are very telling. Lives destroyed. Not just those killed, but also those that return. And it also affects their families and friends. For a long time.

A long time ago I wrote “war costs you an arm and a leg” which was a teenager’s smartypants wordplay. It really costs so much more. It’s truly unaffordable.