tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post115575637696388204..comments2023-09-19T00:38:08.397-07:00Comments on The Optimystique: post the ninety-fourthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189152795352211038noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155836530531361242006-08-17T10:42:00.000-07:002006-08-17T10:42:00.000-07:00I'm actually pretty sure we're going to need a pne...I'm actually pretty sure we're going to need a pneumatic device (rather than a pneumonic, bubonic, or mnemonic), as the internet is the wave of the future, and is, of course, a <A HREF="http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/497" REL="nofollow">series of tubes</A>.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365097330452903087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155834062306584442006-08-17T10:01:00.000-07:002006-08-17T10:01:00.000-07:00I think a bubonic device would be cooler than a pn...I think a bubonic device would be cooler than a pneumonic one.<BR/><BR/>By the way, with regards to plasma, this is what I learned in honors high-school chemistry: "Plasma is basically energy. But you don't need to worry about it." I think my teacher must've watched too much Star Trek.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155832124370705602006-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:002006-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:00I hope Pluto stays a planet. Otherwise I'd have to...I hope Pluto stays a planet. Otherwise I'd have to make my favorite planet Neptune or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155796623941677052006-08-16T23:37:00.000-07:002006-08-16T23:37:00.000-07:00A pneumonic device for fifty-three planets sounds ...A pneumonic device for fifty-three planets sounds like an interesting challenge, though; much more than "my very educated mother" etc etc.Melyngochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894183958877193588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155771226550962682006-08-16T16:33:00.000-07:002006-08-16T16:33:00.000-07:00W00t, Bose-Einstein condensates. One of the main d...W00t, Bose-Einstein condensates. One of the main developers spoke to us at the Science Bowl tournament about laser cooling. It was neat.<BR/><BR/>And apparently superfluids are insane.Bradenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561613173295281689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155760495594992722006-08-16T13:34:00.000-07:002006-08-16T13:34:00.000-07:00I'm still waiting for the day when they teach abou...I'm still waiting for the day when they teach about plasma, liquid crystals, superfluids, and Bose-Einstein condensates alongside solids, liquids, and gases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428788.post-1155757195257993402006-08-16T12:39:00.000-07:002006-08-16T12:39:00.000-07:00Meh. Dollars to doughnuts that our kids will learn...Meh. Dollars to doughnuts that our kids will learn the same order we did. I can imagine teachers ignoring Pluto, but not adding Charon and Xena.Bradenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561613173295281689noreply@blogger.com