Comments on: Stories of Sizzling Science

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:55:09 +0000

People still use IE? A few---maybe a hundred million or so. More on Firefox's market share... (Safari is making significant gains as well.)

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:34:23 +0000

It means that a press officer was searching for a non-threatening way to express “measure the mass of.”

The cutting and pasting thing is beyond my technical level. People still use IE?

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:27:38 +0000

This is totally off-topic (sorry!). How about the following topic for a future post on a deceptively elementary question, from the resident author of a general relativity text: What does it mean to weigh something that one can't place on a scale? [Also: For a while one could select and copy text in CV posts to the clipboard in Internet Explorer (at least). This capability was absent for a long time, then it was enabled some months ago, and now it is absent again. Anybody know why?]

By: “Sizzle” Tuesday « The Way Things Break

“Sizzle” Tuesday « The Way Things Break — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:32:58 +0000

[...] Cosmic Variance [...]

By: Michael T.

Michael T. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:14:26 +0000

Creating “buzz” isn’t about blogs, useless really when trying to promote a film. Surprised that there was nothing to be found on this film at IMDB which is as important as an iPhone/BB in the biz.

He should have taken a few tips from the folks at “Expelled”. As much as a piece of crap that film was it made $$$ because they knew how to shamelessly promote – and that folks is Hollywood!

By: John Merryman

John Merryman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:22:44 +0000

The earth has a fever. Unfortunately we are the virus.

By: Sam Gralla

Sam Gralla — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:12:23 +0000

String theory is wrong and not science!!

By: Osman S Borutecene

Osman S Borutecene — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:49:46 +0000

The argument is interesting. People usually make movies about global warming just because many governments through the world reject and deny the fact. They feel the need to spread the word.

You can easily see that I am not a science fanatic but on the subject of global warming, I see that people are in denial. Global warming is in fact an extinction level event and should be taken seriously.

So, this is not something like trying to show a fact that one or two governments hide from the people (I am talking for this movie). Therefore comparing it to a Michael Moore movie.

The only failure that scientists admit on global warming is that ice in the north pole are melting much faster than they have predicted. This is something measurable. This is not a theory.