Tag Archives: science

Another one then.

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Arthur

For all: a good new year. At xsamplex, 2008 will be ‘more of the same’: we’ll bring you the bad, the good and (if I can make some more time) more code. You may have already read about this one: … Continue reading →

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Tulip

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Arthur

Yesterday (I think), the International Herald Tribune posted an article about Dutch plans to create a tulip-shaped island in the North Sea. The plan was brought up by the Dutch Innovation Platform (Dutch-only) with the goal to showcase the Dutch … Continue reading →

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Mars Express

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Arthur

I was reading about ‘the active glacier’, found by the ESA’s Mars Express earlier this week, which led me to look up the Mars Express website. Excellent (and amazing) imagery. My favourite one is the photo of the Cydonia region. … Continue reading →

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Warped

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Arthur

Via MetaFilter: A NASA article about faster than light traveling, space colonization and science fiction. The article is an excellent overview of current propulsion techniques and what we’d need to travel to the nearest habitable planet. If you’re into SF, … Continue reading →

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Glacialisaurus

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Arthur

I‘m a fan of EurekAlert, a site that provides scientific news and achievements in two-bite snack format. The only problem I have with the site is that the articles are short and (generally) don’t provide appropriate links. Take for example … Continue reading →

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My. Suck.s

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier, I was looking for an OpenWRT version that could run my Linksys WRT54G. This is where I found out that the hardware version of my router (“8”) isn’t supported. Aw. Apparently, Linksys switched to a propriety embedded OS, the … Continue reading →

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Pray, tell, rain

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arthur

I read that the Orthodox Church of Cypres has ordered priests to pray for rain on December the 2nd of this year. It appears that this is a routine that has been done before, most recently when a comparable drought … Continue reading →

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Klaatu barada nikto

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Arthur

When astronauts (or cosmonauts for that matter) from a different country get into a fight, which country’s law does apply? (via Slashdot) According to a 1967 treaty (Outer Space Treaty), states have legal jurisdiction within spacecraft registered (‘owned’) by them, … Continue reading →

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Space: the 13 billion light years frontier

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Arthur

The most interesting (scientific) news was that a team of astronomers discovered the most distant galaxy, which is 12-point-something billion lightyears away from us. This is interesting, because obviously, that particular galaxy is one of the first ones created after … Continue reading →

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