The Woodwork

I got an e-mail from a fellow ’techer the other day because he saw my last post on his Plaxo Pulse.
It made me remember how I ended up in physics—the the real reason.

What’s on one of Andrei’s shirt always gives me a laugh

[Being a physics major after the jump.]

I open wide our refrigerator door and start the stare, “Hmm, what to have today?” Okay, what’s the worst thing to be having at 8 in the morning?
“I usually get the Talking Rain. It’s the only thing in there good for you.”
“It’s all bad for you. Haven’t heard of dihydrogen monoxide?”
“What’s that?”
Wait for it.
“Is that [...]

Digg pointed out this article which states:
A committee of experts looked at all the possible excuses — biological differences in ability, hormonal influences, childrearing demands, and even differences in ambition — and found no good explanation for why women are being locked out [of science].
Umm, what about sexism? Or is that too obvious?
[Short biographies of [...]

Ted Stevens gives us his “wisdom” on the issue of network neutrality:
“They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck.
It’s a series of tubes.
And if you don’t understand those tubes can be filled and if they [...]

Someone at work sent around this link. He asked if it was “for real?”
Man, I was so tempted when I saw the Fox News link to engage in ad hominem. But let’s look at it.

In light of my last post, I thought I’d bring up that while those people’s bashing of Caitlin was ill founded, they are expressing an underlying problem that exists in any endeavor based on technology or science.
Too often, people use technical mumbo jumbo to cover a basic lie.