{"id":9215,"date":"2013-02-10T10:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=9215"},"modified":"2013-02-10T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T15:51:38","slug":"nonsense-and-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/nonsense-and-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonsense and stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting the <a href=\"http:\/\/thrilling-tales.webomator.com\/derange-o-lab\/pulp-o-mizer\/pulp-o-mizer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pulp-O-Mizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thrilling-tales.webomator.com\/derange-o-lab\/pulp-o-mizer\/pulp-o-mizer.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kechi.jpg\" alt=\"Prairie pulp\" width=\"332\" height=\"508\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kechi.jpg 332w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kechi-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 85vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/dotclue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">dotclue<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>While researching jurisimprudence, I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/schott.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/31\/jurisimprudence\/\" target=\"_blank\">some additions to The Rules<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Cunningham\u2019s Law<\/strong> \u2013 The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it\u2019s to post the wrong answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Muphry\u2019s Law<\/strong> \u2014 The principle that any criticism of the speech or writing of others will itself contain at least one error of usage or spelling<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chuck Jones\u2019s Law<\/strong> \u2013 If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it\u2019s probably a bunny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hpI9yuv6D8o?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/profmondo.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/01\/mandatory-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\">Via the professor<\/a>, here&#8217;s the Monty Python &#8220;Happy Valley&#8221; skit. which I hadn&#8217;t come across before.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EUSULNSIn3Y?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I quit watching teevee decades ago, so I missed this classic commercial. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/tpsaye.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robbo<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>When assembling a web page, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewingandembroiderywarehouse.com\/embtrb.htm\" target=\"_blank\">be sure to close all tags<\/a>. (How large a monitor would you need to read the final line above the footer?)<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dustbury.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dustbury<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?embedCode=ZsbmZ0ODo4lTRLiDGRwRFThYS98qEuWg&#038;width=560&#038;height=315&#038;deepLinkEmbedCode=ZsbmZ0ODo4lTRLiDGRwRFThYS98qEuWg&#038;video_pcode=RvbGU6Z74XE_a3bj4QwRGByhq9h2&#038;playerBrandingId=7dfd98005dba40baacc82277f292e522&#038;thruParam_tmgui[relatedVideo]=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.api.ooyala.com%2Fv2%2Fassets%3Fwhere%3Dembed_code%2Bin%2B%2528%2527N0NTViODqV7qYcw6Vp3kJqx6O0QmJUCi%2527%252C%2527VnMWdxNzrfqKTxneV0trKkTpduyAOSlE%2527%252C%2527FtYTNtNzrzkM4Eu_ciDElC-piGp8GkH0%2527%2529%26api_key%3DRvbGU6Z74XE_a3bj4QwRGByhq9h2.WFFAb%26expires%3D1640995199%26signature%3Dt%252FTO5hoy1Kyu1htVtpNCjv7OiSkJlsR2NhtIoCljvrU\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even rapidly-flowing, basaltic lava, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2013\/01\/sampling-lava-tolbachik-eruption\" target=\"_blank\">such as that which Tolbachik is currently erupting in Kamchatka<\/a>, is dense stuff, as illustrated by the process of taking a sample, above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/static\/360grad\/kamtschatka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a spherical panoramic movie of a helicopter touring Tolbachik<\/a>. You can click and drag to change the direction of view.<\/p>\n<p>Since lava is so dense, is it possible, with the appropriate footwear, to walk across a fresh flow? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/12\/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-die-when-you-fall-into-lava\/#comment-381459266\" target=\"_blank\">Sometimes, if conditions are right<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At Etna you can walk on small lava flows with good hiking boots (it might be their last hike, though), because the lava is more viscous than on Hawai&#8217;i. However, you won&#8217;t try on a larger flow because heat radiation is so huge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You go first.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ranier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ranier-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Ranier\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davemorrowphotography.com\/2012\/12\/shoot-me-to-stars.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Rainier erupting the Milky Way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fbbuqtpKzGM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Some true rock music, made with <a href=\"http:\/\/volcanocafe.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/06\/phonolite-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">volcanic phonolite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting the Pulp-O-Mizer. (Via dotclue) ***** While researching jurisimprudence, I came across some additions to The Rules: Cunningham\u2019s Law \u2013 The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it\u2019s to post the wrong answer. 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