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lol Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. i actually attended my first talk on this idea today. no idea if it's worth anything tho. not my area. anything "outside the universe"/multiverse is nonsense though, i do know that.

are u saying u don't believe in the DEADLIGHTS?

Wonders Of the Solar System was very good, I've decided, and I regret missing the second one now.

the whole thing is on iplayer until the season finishes! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb

is it likely that i will be able to watch that from ireland tho? believe i've had difficulty before.

it is not likely.

lol ireland. looks like it's on bittorrent.

Wonders Of the Solar System was very good, I've decided, and I regret missing the second one now

The actual content of this has been excellent at times, and Prof Cox has really won me over. Only disappointment is that the cgi recreations of asteroids clashing, geysers on Io etc are all accompanied by KABOOM noises, which for a show that aims to be factual is pretty sloppy (I realise this is to make these events more "exciting", but same applies).

also, i didn't experience the sulphur poisoning that i would have expected while hovering above io's explosions O_o

Cox hasn't won me over, but he got easier to tolerate.

He had the earnest, dead eyes and smile of an apologetic young canon lecturing to college students.

also, i didn't experience the sulphur poisoning that i would have expected while hovering above io's explosions O_o

Hem, hem, I rather think that they gave the Cassini spacecraft a few coats of sulphur-proof paint for this very reason, before it was sent off into the void. If they had equipped it with a Radio Shack condenser mic as well then we could've heard the sound of yon geysers...

anyway pictures and graphics of space on prime time telly = win

important space video: http://vimeo.com/3921306

See, that (awesome) vid shows a way that some artistic flair can be fused with incredible space footage. I'm being a churlish about Prof Cox's show simply because the producer has gone with some lazy "rock music and sound FX" accompaniment for sights which deserve a bit more imo (but totally agree with you darragh, wld much rather have more of this kind of thing on the telly - as a youth I'd be bug eyed during The Sky At Night, and if Cox can do the same for today's youngsters then more power to him).

i should watch this brian cox thing!

I've enjoyed what I've seen of it but I do find Cox's presentation style a little distracting. Also he looks like a mate of ours which makes it worse.

yeah i think so- it's baby level stuff for you i'd say but the pattern is beginning to emerge- last night he went to various volcanic sites on earth (jammy get is really milking it imo) and then cut to a segment of "if you thought that was impressive" showing olympus mons and what have you.

it's definitely a show i'd have flipped over as a teen, and as i said it's still well worth watching now.

(xp)

cox's whole steez is "it really makes u *think*" but i'm getting over it tbh.

He just has odd little Jamie Oliver-isms - cool guy thinking baout stuff - that irk a bit.

he just really grated on me. he's so...deep man, y'know?

yep

I guess it mightn't be down to Cox so much as the director - don't really need to see establishing shots of you riding a quad bike up a hill for example.

could be worse, i suppose- could be davina or claudia winkleman.

hi caek

sup

hey caek how's munich tonite

i am drunk x 1 billion so not sure about the city

ok sound

although i am concerned at your lack of scientific notation usage

drunk x 10^9

wait that's an American billion dude

there is no such thing as an Irish billion

nah i thought we'd all settled on a thousand million at this stage?

xp lol NAMA joke

oh right that's yr thing innit

xp

if there was it would be measured in ale and hats

i say lol i mean fuck this country to pieces, piss on the pieces and then salt the scattered remains

and in any case a thousand million is the british billion iirc?

I don't think so?

i am reasonably certain of this, even at twenty to one in the morning

a "british billion" was a million million. a thousand million, aka a "us billion" was a "milliard". uk government changed in 1974 tho.

i am hungover

x 1 milliard?

ish

Mm, i'm going to have to check out this Cox In Space thing. When is it on? (Hope it's on one of the channels we get overseas)

it's on bbc2, so you should be safe enough there. i think it's on sunday evenings, but my brain is old and it may be monday

sunday at 9 on bbc2

thx!

when i get around to watching this, if i find it to my satisfaction, i will be happy to send it to anyone who wants to see it. we're probably going to screen it in a lecture theatre somewhere here in münchen.

"thousands of women of a certain age have developed a sudden and burning interest in particle physics"

More than just a pretty face: Brian Cox gained a physics degree at Manchester University when he was 23

WOW PRECOCIOUS

lol dailymail.co.uk

pretty sure kate has professed love for him on this board btw

He is honestly the spit of my friend Michael.