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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.

Things Can Only Get Wetter

Hi dere.

I was interested in physics *way* before I discovered Brian Cox. I think I might have found out about him asking on ILX "who was that DDB on Horizon last night?" several years ago. Humph. (I have already had the "I knew about him before you did!" conversation with a fellow electronic musician who was being all Losing My Edge about him because he liked the film Sunshine.)

Though, if you want to point the blame at a TV science hotty, you might want to ask a prepubescent Kate about Carl Sagan.

My illustrations on Flickr have picked up a sudden surge of interest since this programme began, though.

I was interested in physics *way* before I discovered Brian Cox.

i know, the mail thing just reminded me you had already identified him at talent. i remember talking to you about him here in 2006ish.

going to do a bunch of not reading ilx for a few weeks. will be back for the world cup. i wish you all nothing but the very best in all things.

rip you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISVZ3GrMJk8

come back soon dude

lucky you, wish I could do that

r.i. piece of caek

I've started re-watching Wonders Of The Solar System now Kate's WDYLL picture reminded me that I've ordered it on blu-ray - its glorious and breathtaking HD quality is another reason to be happy I took the blu-ray plunge. I've seen a couple of earlier Brian Cox things (about time and CERN and stuff) and I'm a fan of his contagious enthusiasm, but I find I always have to adjust to his accent a little bit. "... about everythink. But you'd be wrongue." :-)

dear caek

what is this I am hearing about Betelgeuse

*awaits ten tons of real-talk*

hiyo!

where you been at?

my desk for a month. it sucked. back for world cup madness/12 hour nights shifts at an observatory in texas.

In an observatory, do you actually do any looking through telescopes, or is that old hat?

you don't use your eyes, no. the detector is a CCD, just like in a digital SLR camera.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/04jun_swef/

caek on a scale of 1-10 how worried should I be?

This happens every 11 years, doesn't it? I don't think we should be to worr

stanm how were you able to click the 'submit post' button?!?!

DAMN! busted ;-)

yeah, i think that refers to the regular 11 year solar cycle. next peak is 2013. you should be worried 2/10 : )

Patrick Moore's "The Sky At Night" was on last night. It was surreal - I don't think I've seen him on telly since Gamesmaster. What a strange guy.

he is a very old man

right wing mentalist too, but I do enjoy The Sky at Night.

what a pro:

On 26 April 1957, at 10:30 pm, in an event that was to be a landmark of his career, Moore presented the first episode of The Sky at Night, a BBC television programme for astronomy enthusiasts. Since then, he has presented every episode each month, excepting July 2004, because of a near-fatal bout of food poisoning caused by eating a contaminated goose egg.

yeah, he is mental, xp

i usually tear up at the end credits of sky at night tbh