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Have a look at this recent John McCain clip.看看最近的参议员麦凯恩剪辑。 What black lady did the McCain campaign convince to serve as the backdrop here?什么黑人小姐也麦凯恩竞选说服充当背景吗？ Any ideas?任何想法？

That’sa preview of the headlines around the world if Mr McCain is elected.这是预览头条世界各地，如果麦凯恩当选。 Considering that the US is (still) a global technological leader, this is just the kind of headline that is sure to inspire confidence and let pesky upstart nations know who is in charge, right?考虑到美国（仍然）全球技术领导者，这是什么样的标题肯定会激发信心，让讨厌的暴发户国家知道是谁负责，对不对？ Here’s John McCain in a recent interview for Yahoo, responding to the question of whether he prefers a PC or MAC with the following answer:这是麦凯恩在最近的一次采访中，雅虎在回答他是否喜欢一台PC或MAC以下答案：

“Neither. “没有。 I’m an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get.” (John McCain on whether he prefers a PC or MAC computer.)我是一个文盲了依靠我的妻子的所有援助，我可以。 “ （参议员麦凯恩对他是否喜欢在PC或Mac电脑。 ）

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As expected, the government bailout (ie, your bailout; the bailout financed with taxpayer money) of the financial sector will reach costs as high a one trillion dollars .正如预期的那样，政府救助（即，您救助的救助经费纳税人的钱）金融部门将达到成本高的1万亿美元。 Fun, fun.有趣，有趣。 Best explanation I could find for this mess is contained in this interview with Robert Scheer .最好的解释我可以找到这个烂摊子载于本采访罗伯特Scheer公司 。 Mr. Scheer lays out ... Continue Reading »先生Scheer公司提出了...继续阅读»

I’ve recently spend some time in Europe (Germany, Luxembourg, France) on a short vacation trip and noticed that the number of American tourists has decreased markedly, surely due to the expensive Euro.我最近花一些时间在欧洲（德国，卢森堡，法国）短期度假之旅，并注意到，一些美国游客明显减少，当然由于昂贵的欧元。 Another thing I’ve noticed when talking to my European friends and acquaintances is that almost all of them look forward to change in US leadership.另一件事我发现说话时，我的欧洲朋友和熟人的是，几乎所有的人都期待着变化，美国的领导。 Most Americans that do not travel overseas have no idea how much America’s image abroad has suffered under Bush/Cheney.多数美国人不出国不知道有多少美国的海外形象受到布什/切尼。 Electing a person of mixed racial background would re-assure many European that America still is  a maverick ... Continue Reading »选出一个人的混合种族背景将重新向许多欧洲，美国仍是一个特立独行的...继续阅读»

Remember this little rule from High School physics or chemistry class?请记住这个小规则从高中物理或化学课堂？ Usually taught as: No two electrons can occupy the same quantum states at the same time.通常教的：没有两个电子可以占用相同的量子态在同一时间。 Or, more generally, for those of us who went to school beyond the High School level: No two identical Fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.或更一般地说，对于我们这些谁去上学超出高中水平：没有两个相同的费米子可能占据相同的量子态同时进行。

Have you ever asked WHY this is so?你有没有问这是为什么呢？ Do you have an intuitive way of explaining the underlying cause for the above rule to your 12 year old kid, say?你有一个直观的解释方式的根本原因为上述规则，你12岁的孩子，说什么？ Not to worry.不用担心。 At the time of this writing  no one has such an intuitive and fundamental explanation.在编写本文件时没有人有这样一个直观的和基本的解释。 I recall reading ... Continue Reading »我记得读...继续阅读»

I’m no expert of financial markets (way too boring), BUT it seems to me that the current crisis was triggered by the bursting mortgage industry bubble.我不是专家，金融市场（太无聊） ，但在我看来，目前的危机是引发的爆破抵押贷款行业的泡沫。 I personally know several individuals who heavily invested in real estate a couple of years back, in the hope that “this market never goes down”.我个人几个人知道谁大量投资于房地产几年回来，希望“这个市场从来没有关闭” 。 Some of these people used “novel” financial instruments such as zero-down, adjustable-rate interest-only mortgages to finance their purchases.其中一些人用“小说”的金融工具，如零式，浮动利率利息抵押贷款，以资助其购买。 Other ... Continue Reading » 其他 ... 继续阅读»

If you take a step back and look at what we know about the Universe you’ll quickly realize that ALL our knowledge about distant space comes from measuring light that is emitted by far-away astronomical objects.Thus any experimental technique that promise to dramatically increase the accuracy and stability of measuring light is a big deal for observational astronomers.如果你退后一步，看看我们所知道的宇宙你会很快认识到，我们的所有知识，遥远的空间来自于测量光发射的是遥远的天文objects.Thus任何实验技术的承诺，大幅增加的准确性和稳定性的测量轻是一个大交易观测的天文学家。 In a recent issue of Science such a big deal was published.在最近的问题， 科学这样一个大问题已经出版。 It’s called a Laser Frequency Comb and works ... Continue Reading »这是所谓的激光频率梳和工程...继续阅读»

For all those bass players that like an old but groovy tune…enjoy.所有这些低音的球员，就像一个老调，但妙趣...享受。

Physics Today e-mailed me this link to John McCain’s views on the veracity of Evolution and its compatibility with Christian mythology…今日物理电子邮件我这个连结约翰麦凯恩的意见的真实性演变及它是否符合基督教的神话...

John McCain on teaching evolution麦凯恩对教学的演变

From his 2005 book “Character is Destiny”:从他2005年的著作“汉字是命运” ：

“Darwin helped explain nature’s laws. “达尔文帮助解释性质的法律。 He did not speculate, in his published theories at least, on the origin of life.他没有猜测，在他出版的理论，至少，在生命的起源。 He did not exclude God, for Whom the immensity of time is but a moment, from our presence.他不排除上帝，他们的巨大的时间，但目前，从我们的存在。 The only undeniable ... Continue Reading »唯一不可否认的...继续阅读»

that you as a taxpayer will prop up to the tune of 85 billion dollars in terms of a Government loan whose return you may never see.您作为一个纳税人将扶植的调整为 85 亿美元的政府贷款 ，其回报您可能永远也看不到。 That’s ok because the US government’s debt is currently only around 9.6 Trillion Dollars and next year’s deficit projected to be only about 500 Billion Dollars.没关系，因为美国政府的债务目前只有约9.6万亿美元和明年的预算赤字预计将只有约5000亿美元。 Your Socialist Government is hard at work to protect ... Continue Reading »您的社会主义政府正在努力工作，以保护...继续阅读»