Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-17-2010

[andrewducker]

• Chiquita Bananas taken to court for rape, murder and torture.
  (tags: crime usa business)
• The scale of the universe.
  It's pretty fucking huge. No, really. It's _massive_!
  (tags: visualization flash universe physics)
• A suggested solution to the problems currently facing society.
  (tags: earthquakes volcano funny)
• A linguistic analysis of the first UK election debate
  (tags: psychology linguistics uk politics)
• News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments
  (tags: anonymity socialmedia newspapers comments)
• Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays
  (tags: discrimination obama diversity equality gay)

Comments

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

I'm always flattered when I make your list.

[andrewducker]

I have to admit I feel the same way whenever I get mentioned on someone else's :->

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some?

[the-locster.livejournal.com]

The scale of the universe - We're probably not in the center of the universe

Heh. It's a hypersphere that expanded from a point, hence there is no center, or if we prefer - everywhere is the center. Taking the 2D analogy, it's like the universe is the surface of a sphere/balloon that expanded from a very tiny balloon. Any point on the surface has equal claim to being the center, including my airing cupboard :)