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Feb 09

Daily Links for February 7th

PRIPoll Report FINAL _020509.pdf (application/pdf Object) –
Would You Recommend Philadelphia as a Place to Live? | Its Our City | WHYY – Much higher than I would have expected!
Infoporn: Today’s Playmates Are More Like Anime Figures Than Real Humans – Playboy's Playmate data sheets (you know, where they claim to enjoy cupcakes and The Deer Hunter) provide height and weight, among other stats. Our analysis shows that models are shedding pounds and gaining altitude at an alarming rate. To be fair, Playmates provide their own measurements, so they could be exaggerating. Plus, we wouldn't put it past the editors to stretch the truth (i.e., Miss March 2008 may not actually want to write "comedic short stories" — or have a 21-inch waist). But who cares? What's interesting isn't the veracity of the numbers, it's what the magazine thinks its readers will find ideal.

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Jan 09

Daily Links for January 15th

The New York Times > Business > Image > One Way of Measuring a Bank’s Health –
Our world may be a giant hologram – space – 15 January 2009 – New Scientist – If this doesn't blow your socks off, then Hogan, who has just been appointed director of Fermilab's Center for Particle Astrophysics, has an even bigger shock in store: "If the GEO600 result is what I suspect it is, then we are all living in a giant cosmic hologram." The idea that we live in a hologram probably sounds absurd, but it is a natural extension of our best understanding of black holes, and something with a pretty firm theoretical footing. It has also been surprisingly helpful for physicists wrestling with theories of how the universe works at its most fundamental level.