More Stupidity

(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!)

…inventors and doctors and engineers don’t typically even bother learning relativity. Should I repeat that? Complain to engineering departments and medical schools if you think that should change. Nothing useful has even been designed or built using relativity. If you want to look and look and look for a counterexample then you’ll be wasting your time. I’m not going to waste mine. This is my final reply on this topic for now. Do something logical, such as editing the Bible, and after benefiting from that experience we can revisit this issue in a month or so

Andy Schlafly, Conservapedia

If you want to look and look and look for a counterexample then you’ll be wasting your time – Here’s a counterexample for Mr. Schlafly: The Global Positioning System needs to correct for errors introduced by relativistic effects.

Also, let us not forget that whole E = mc2 thing…

Not Good

Nordic Tugs to temporarily close Washington plant

Nordic Tugs announced that it will temporarily close its Burlington, Wash., manufacturing plant on Tuesday.

Most employees will be furloughed, according to a company statement, but a skeleton staff will remain to field customer inquiries and maintain the plant to keep it prepared to resume production when business improves.

The action “has been forced by the ongoing effects of the Great Recession and the reluctance of customers to order new boats,” according to the manufacturer.

Nordic Tugs was founded in 1979 and builds tug-style yachts ranging from 26 to 54 feet that are sold through dealers in Europe and Asia, and across the United States.

Friday Random Ten: 2010-08-27


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Future FeatureDon EllisLive At MontreuxJazz
2. Cage Of FreedomJon Anderson Metropolis – Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSoundtrack
3. Whole Lotta TroubleCrackerEmpire RecordsSoundtrack
4. That’s Why People Fall in LoveThomas DolbyAstronauts & HereticsAlternative & Punk
5. Real LoveYesTalkRock
6. Serpentine FireEarth, Wind & FireAll ‘N AllR&B
7. How Many More TimesLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IRock
8. OdysseyDream TheaterBlack Clouds & Silver Linings [Disc 2]Metal
9. Synchronicity IThe PoliceSynchronicityRock
10. Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The SleeperDream TheaterImages And WordsMetal

Mmmm, Samgyetang

Ginseng chicken soup (samgyetang)

Korean recipes:   Ginseng chicken soup (samgyetang) - Maangchi.com

Ingredients:

Small chicken (Cornish hen), 1/4 cup of sweet rice, a dozen cloves of garlic, green onions, a few jujubes, and 1 or 2 small ginseng roots.

  1. Wash and rinse your chicken in cold running water.
  2. Soak 1/4 cup of sweet rice for 1 hour.
  3. Stuff the chicken with the sweet rice, a ginseng root, a few jujubes, and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Place it in a pot.
  4. Pour water into the pot and boil it over high heat for 20 minutes. When it starts boiling, skim off any foam and fat that rises to the surface Then pour in more water and boil it over medium heat for 40 minutes.
  5. When it cooks properly, the chicken will be easily pulled apart by chopsticks.
  6. Serve it with salt and pepper and kimchi or kaktugi.
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Friday Random Ten: 2010-08-20


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Red RainPeter GabrielSoRock
2. 6:00Dream TheaterAwakeMetal
3. Without YouOriginal Broadway CastRentSoundtrack
4. All Things In LifeToad The Wet SprocketCoilAlternative & Punk
5. City of AngelsGabriel YaredCity Of AngelsSoundtrack
6. Three Minute Warning Pt 4Liquid Tension ExperimentLiquid Tension Experiment 1Rock
7. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) [Live]Neil Young & Crazy HorseGreatest HitsRock
8. She Loves YouThe BeatlesAnthology 1 [Disc 2]Rock
9. FantasyEarth, Wind & FireAll ‘N AllR&B
10. Close But No CigarThomas DolbyAstronauts & HereticsAlternative & Punk

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