Comments on: Who knew the Universe was squishy?

By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:12:58 +0000

Well actually, Kobe (神戸市) is the name of the Japanese city for which the beer-guzzled, classical-music-tainted, Swedish-massaged beef was named after (Kobe City being where the beef first originated).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe

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John Paradox @ #4, mentioned KOBE Explorer as the map of the city. I thought that was a dead giveaway.

Also, please note that the Wikipedia article does not mention the cows listening to (being played) classical music. I myself cannot confirm if they do or not. It was what I heard from a friend of mine.

If perchance when you’re eating your Kobe beef, and suddenly from out of nowhere Holst’s The Planets begin to play, then that means my friend was correct.

By: quantum cephalopod

quantum cephalopod — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:02:21 +0000

Not “KOBE”, which is either a tasty Japanese beef or a basketball player with a somewhat checkered history.

Strangely enough, I’m pretty sure that Kobe Bryant was named after the beef by his father, who was a professional basketball player overseas.

By: Mena

Mena — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:53:56 +0000

I kind of liked the anti-strange quark the best. He looks a bit sinister, even without a goatee!

By: IBY

IBY — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:50:15 +0000

Power? I don’t know, man… I expected world domination.

By: PJE

PJE — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:32:22 +0000

I just bought 3 of them

The shipping was really cheap to Canada, unlike the gallileoscope, where the shipping was MORE than the telescope

Pete

By: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

Halcyon Dayz, FCD — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:55:35 +0000

From The ParticleZoo:

I tried to make the tachyon completely massless but I’m still waiting for him to return from the past (future?) to find out if it worked.

LOL.

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:51:49 +0000

Oded, check out the links in the sidebar at Sky&Telescope's website, beginning here. [To the BA: I hope this instance of referring to another magazine is allowed here?] And I have heard a lot of good things about Terence Dickison's book NightWatch, although I haven't actually read it myself.