Comments on: Vacation

By: Clifford

Clifford — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:17:08 +0000

jeff:- There has been a leak. See the discussions over on Uncertain Principles, and also the comment stream of my post on this over on Asymptotia. -cvj

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:20:26 +0000

Jeff, I’m only on vacation from the blog, not from the rest of my life, believe me. Stay tuned for the news about dark matter.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:53:31 +0000

sean, you go on vacation, then I see this post on NASA’s internal site today with your name included. What’s up? Is this a paper that I totally missed and did not hear about? The Chandra homepage talks about their independent hubble constant confirmation but that’s not this…

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/aug/HQ_M06128_dark_matter.html

NASA Announces Dark Matter Discovery

Astronomers who used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, to announce how dark and normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic collision.

Briefing participants:
- Maxim Markevitch, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
- Doug Clowe, postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
- Sean Carroll, assistant professor of physics, University of Chicago, Ill.

By: loonunit

loonunit — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:34:16 +0000

… what the heck is going on in that picture?

By: Allyson

Allyson — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:01:15 +0000

I’m a CV fan, but not a scientist. So coffee meetage would mostly consist of, “that post about the puppy in the box…yeah, I understood enough of it to smile.”

Or, “I miss Clifford’s posts with pictures of gardens.”

And then there’d be awkward silence.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:24:35 +0000

allyson — I was writing from inside a conference room in 264, so didn’t see you! We CV fans at JPL should meet for a coffee sometime…

By: Allyson

Allyson — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:44:11 +0000

I’m at JPL…

Me too! Hang on, I’ll get on the roof and wave…

By: Sam Gralla

Sam Gralla — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:07:44 +0000

You’re near a very impressive library. I remember checking out MTW from that library, in line behind a couple of hispanic teenagers checking out SAT prep books. Made me proud to be a taxpayer.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:34:16 +0000

enjoy the vacation and welcome to Cali. I’m at JPL, so am your academic and physical neighbor, and hope to get together with you and Clifford some day in the future.

By: John Baez

John Baez — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:20:38 +0000

If you ever want to come talk at the physics department of UC Riverside, or have me give a talk over there, or chat about physics, or just go hiking in Joshua Tree or Palm Canyon or somewhere, give me a shout! I won’t be back until classes start at the end of September… too darn hot.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:54:49 +0000

Sean—hate being the bearer of bad tidings. However, I feel compelled to feed you a tidbit of fact: 777 isn’t a prime number. Consequently, the 777 Tower is at significant risk for undergoing further decomposition. Thus, from a numerology standpoint, you’re far from safe.;-)

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:37:48 +0000

relax, and stay away from the poker rooms in L. A.

Elliot

By: Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:25:37 +0000

Good luck moving Sean! I hope to see you in Cosmo 06 over in California.

By: Risa

Risa — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:08:38 +0000

Enjoy the break, Sean!

By: Count Iblis

Count Iblis — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:36:22 +0000

“The 777 Tower is not about to topple over and collapse onto Figueroa Street,…”

Hmmm, didn’t seismologist predict recently that a big cataclismic earthquake was almost certain to hit LA within a few decades?

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:16:19 +0000

“The 777 Tower is not about to topple over and collapse onto Figueroa Street,…”
Better not let Little Green Footballs see this shot, it looks like a composite!
Welcome to sunny California!