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The Tiny Proton

Sunday 25 Jul 2010 by Carl | No Comments
Filed under: physique

First of all, that's five standard deviations off of the expected value. On a practical level, that means that of all the variability in every single measurement made of the size of the proton in the history of time, this new measurement is so damned far off that the guys doing the experiment didn't even notice it the first two times (2003 and 2007) they measured it.

Anyhow, something is amiss. Most likely, this is not the sign that everything we know is wrong, or that the powerful equations of quantum mechanics are all wrong (as evidenced by the 20th century). Rather, this is probably a sign of some new interaction between muons and protons we haven't seen before. That means new particles, and new physics. Wahoo!

Note: I can't link you directly to the report from Nature, because you can't access the information because we live in a stupid, fucked up world.

Hehe. J'avoue.

Hypnosis is Bullshit

Sunday 25 Jul 2010 by Carl | 1 Comment
Filed under: television

Via: neuraldump.com: Hypnosis is Bullshit

Vezi mai multe din Funny pe 220.ro

Nikon Coolscan 5000 n'est plus disponible

Saturday 24 Jul 2010 by Carl | 1 Comment
Filed under: Uncategorized

Ca fait longtemps que je me dis que j'acheterai un scanner pour les negatifs et diapositives. Mon choix etait, depuis plusieurs annees, le Nikon Coolscan 5000. Je n'aurais pas pense que ce modele serait enleve du marche pour ne laisser que le 9000 qui etait deux fois plus cher. Voici un lien vers une discussion a ce sujet sur photo.net:

photo.net: Nikon Coolscan 5000 Slide Scanner

Comment faire de l'argent comme de l'eau

Saturday 24 Jul 2010 by Carl | 1 Comment
Filed under: commerciaux, produits

Je ne sais pas si le lien fonctionnera longtemps, mais voici un item sur bidou.ca qui permet a la compagnie de faire de l'argent a vendre de l'argent virtuel (qui peut etre par la suite utilise pour acheter d'autre argent virtuel je presume )

Au moment ou j'ecris ca, la compagnie a fait 1718.00$ pour vendre l'equivaleur de 150.00$ (i.e. 150 bidous). Et ce n'est pas fini! C'est que chaque click d'usager donne un dollar a la compagnie (en supposant que ce ne soit pas de l'argent prealablement gagne... lol) et monte le prix d'une cenne. Nous verrons jusqu'ou l'insanite des usagers peut aller.

Super pack 150 bidous

P.S. Maintenant 1748.00$

Edit: Et evidemment, plus il y a de bidous en circulation, plus le monde est pret a clicker.... donc la compagnie va faire encore plus d'argent dans le futur!

Edit: Wow, finalement bidou.ca a fait: 2666.00$ - 150.00$ + 26.67$ = 2542.67$ !!!! J'ai un seul mot qui me vient a l'esprit.... Ca-le-ve-re.

Awesome “Walking Man” Vid

Saturday 24 Jul 2010 by Carl | 3 Comments
Filed under: creativite

Via: dvorak.org: Awesome “Walking Man” Vid

Vatican Gives Blues Brothers Two Thumbs Up

Thursday 24 Jun 2010 by Carl | No Comments
Filed under: films, religion

Vatican Gives Blues Brothers Two Thumbs Up

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, The Blues Brothers continue on their “mission from Gahd,” but now with Vatican approval.

Hahaha, ils sont tellement ridicules. Mais disons-le, c'est probablement la chose la plus sensee sortie du Vatican depuis quelques annees.... heu... siecles

Keanu Reeves gives £50 million to unsung heroes of 'The Matrix'

Sunday 13 Jun 2010 by Carl | No Comments
Filed under: films

hellomagazine.com: Keanu Reeves gives £50 million to unsung heroes of 'The Matrix'

Via: digg.com: Keanu Reeves Gives £50 Million to Unsung Heroes of 'Matrix'

Man of the moment Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels. The 38-year-old decided to hand over the money to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters - the costume and special effects teams.

Keanu is expected to make a total of £70 million from the films, thanks to a deal which guarantees him a 15 per cent profit-share, so he will still net around £20 million. Asked about his prodigious act of generosity, the actor said he already had enough cash. "Money is the last thing I think about. I could live on what I have already made for the next few centuries," he declared.

And it's not the first time the Beirut-born star has shown his jaw-dropping benevolence. While shooting the films in Australia he amazed the team of stuntmen by giving them each a £6,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle. And the actor, whose sister has leukaemia, has also channelled millions into cancer research.

His gift to the Matrix series' 29 behind-the-scenes whiz-kids will see each of them receiving £1.75 million.

On dira ce qu'on voudra, on a beau avoir des tonnes d'argent, donner £50,000,000.00 sur £70,000,000.00 est absolument incroyable. On lui souhaite de ne jamais manquer d'argent par la suite! Et que dire des personnes qui recoivent.... une legere augmentation de salaire peut-etre?

Wal-Mart Gets Retail Banking Approval in Canada

Sunday 13 Jun 2010 by Carl | No Comments
Filed under: finances

The Male Storm: Wal-Mart Gets Retail Banking Approval in Canada

This week Wal-Mart received final approval to offer retail banking services in Canada. Their official launch is on June 15, and they've been tight lipped about it so far. I'm hoping that we will see something like the convenient online access provided by Ally along with savings rates to match. Maybe this will finally light a fire under the likes of ING Direct and PC Financial whose rates have been very sadly lacking of late.

Une autre chose a surveiller sera de savoir si ca sera disponible pour les residents du Quebec. Plusieurs banques ne sont pas enregistrees au Quebec a cause des regles differentes imposees par l'AMF.

Via: canadiancapitalist.com: This and That: Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford and more…