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Relative Matters
While reading about the amazing NASA New Horizons Space Probe (which is due to arrive at Pluto in less than a year!) I came across a webpage tracking the movement of the probe. On the webpage (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php), the software NASA uses to produce nice visuals of where the probe is and other information about it…
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Do you believe in fate?
We oftentimes hear about the suggestion that there is such a thing as \”fate\”, \”destiny\”, a \”plan\” for humankind. These words are tossed around in everyday speech in a myriad of different contexts, whether it be the often religious notion that God has a plan for humanity and that things were set out for us…
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The Sad Truth About Students
Only programmers will understand. If you would like to learn how to program in C++, thenewboston has a YouTube channel with lots of beginners tutorials. You’ll be hooked once you start.
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Reading – A short poem
The written word – oh how it tumbles and its myriad characters rise As if Black, Letters Like Flies rise up and Follow The lines written on the page of sorrow Where countless fall, die, torment, flee As if aflame from Reality And we, we lucky few who survive the trouble, toil and spew That…
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Computers don’t always do what they’re told to
Thinking about computers, we know that one of these days they\’re going to stop obeying Moore\’s law, at least for silicon microprocessors. Moore\’s law was a prediction made by a man called Gordon Moore in a paper published in 1965. It predicted that the number of transistors on processors would double every year. Surprisingly this…
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The never ending end and the means justified
One question we may ask ourselves often is, \’is what I\’m doing really worth doing?\’. Think about the last time you might\’ve thought this way, perhaps it was at school or at work and you were wondering whether your job or revision methods were the best way forward. Well, I have a little piece of…
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About Time – what we "know" about the master of the human race
Originally published at: https://lifephysics.blogspot.com/2014/02/about-time-what-we-about-master-of.html We all encounter it everyday. We think about it constantly. We can hardly say a thing without mentioning it. Yes, what I’m talking about is of course time. Time to many people is very straightforward: it’s the thing that happens all the time, no pun intended. It is present throughout our…
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How to improve your life with a ‘P’…
Originally published at: https://lifephysics.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-improve-your-life-with-p.html I’ve thought up a little system composed of ten words. These words describe and include ten things that apply to everyone in the world, and will make your life better if you improve on them. I know it is quite random, but oh well. 1) Politeness – be nice to other people!2) Punctuality…
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The World Upside Down
Originally published at: https://lifephysics.blogspot.com/2011/10/world-upside-down.html We all know about the laws of physics and gravity and the like. We know that previous societies thought that the sun and stars revolved around the earth. We also however know about relativity and the position and speed of objects varies in relation to other objects. For example a car…
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Arrogance about Knowledge
Originally published at: https://lifephysics.blogspot.com/2011/10/arrogance-about-knowledge.html Of course, many of us in the world have often said: ‘Oh, I know all about that‘ and therefore don’t listen to what others have to tell us. We can’t blame anyone for that to be honest, but of course, we can blame them for not trying to improve their attitude. Here is a…
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