Comments on: Dark Energy: What the *&^@!?

By: Brad Holden

Brad Holden — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:29:30 +0000

>> I live like three miles away.

>Just out of interest – why does this sentence have a “like” in it?

Like, in this case, means approximately but has like 3 less syllables.

By: Dark Energy: It Stinx But It Rocks! | Cosmic Variance

Dark Energy: It Stinx But It Rocks! | Cosmic Variance — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:44:35 +0000

[...] As mentioned yesterday, I just gave a public lecture about dark energy. I think the lecture went well. As Jamie said in the comments below, it was literally earthshaking. [...]

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:39:24 +0000

An earth-shattering lecture. Literally (or here).

By: geraint

geraint — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:36:25 +0000

> I live like three miles away.

Just out of interest – why does this sentence have a “like” in it?

By: Risa

Risa — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:12:27 +0000

Yes, there will be video. I’ll post the link here once it’s ready.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:21:45 +0000

Aw crap. Why’d you have to schedule it during my music lesson? I live like three miles away.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:17:05 +0000

I don’t suppose there’s any chance of an a video posting, similar to the Google TechTalks? It’s a long drive from Austin.

By: Risa

Risa — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:26:06 +0000

Indeed. Federal funding and the need to advertise on the radio and all that.

By: chemicalscum

chemicalscum — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:38:54 +0000

A singularly appropriate lecture title. Be better if you hadn’t bowdlerized it though.