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- Geek Trivia: Shedding some (laser) light
- Who wrote the first published use of the word laser? This week, we start by dispelling a Geek Trivia myth: Albert Einstein did not win a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity. Yes, everyone's favorite patent clerk did win a Nobel Prize in...
- Tags: Einstein, Jay Garmon, laser, maser, relativity, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Community, Radiation
- Technical articles 2006-04-11
- A century later, Einstein's first ideas still hold power
- A century later, Einstein's first ideas still hold powerarticle root[Edited by: admin on Jun 1, 2005 11:43 AM]Einstein was a plagaristAlbert Einstein is held up as "a rare genius," who drastically changed the field of theoretical physics. However, using the technique known as 'The Often-Repeated Lie=Truth,' he has been...
- Tags: Albert Einstein, BFilmFan, Einstein, einstein stolen credit plagarist, it management, relativity, theory, velocity
- Discussion threads 2005-06-01
Additional Resources
- Alice Law (exe)
- Learn special relativity and general relativity with this program. Includes fourteen educational parts, three games, a message board, a story, and a bet. Full edition. Animated, advances interactive features, and movie control. It will surprise and enjoy.
- Tags: Message Board, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2002-03-05
- Einstein gone wild!
- Well, your friendly neighborhood Trivia Geek is about to take a few days off to enjoy the July 4th holiday, so I'll leave you with a trivia/impulse-buy combo. Today is the 100th Anniversary of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. To mark the occasion, I leave you with this Web...
- Tags: Web Technology, Web Site Development, E-business/E-Commerce, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-07-01
- NASA: We're working on Warp Drive...sorta
- In case you didn't know it, NASA has a research Web page dedicated to the development of Warp Drive (as seen on TV, and found via Reddit). More specifically, the PR Webmasters at NASA have a page they use to update the local citizenry as to the agency's research into...
- Tags: Barrier, NASA, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- I'm not cool enough for these t-shirts
- Actually, I just don't wear that many t-shirts anymore. I'm really a polos-and-button-downs kind of guy (read: painfully uptight). But if I did wear more t-shirts, I'd wear these: Category: Star Wars Chewie is my co-pilot Han shot first Category:...
- Tags: Game, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-13
- Geek Trivia: Shedding some (laser) light
- Editor's note: Once again, the Trivia Geek has bailed on his commitment to originality and instead scavenged a Classic Geek from the archives, which originally ran on April 11, 2006. He swears this will be the last time it happens until Christmas (yeah, right). This week, we...
- Tags: Community, Editor, Laser, Einstein, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Are we getting smarter or dumber?
- It's Lack Of Common SenseIt's not that we are getting dumber, it's lack of common sense and over education. I see clueless people all the time. I work for an MIT raduate who is the most clueless person I have ever met.It all dependson the area of education.My background...
- Tags: GNX
- Discussion threads 2005-09-21
- Drink Drank Drunk
- Drink Drank Drunkblog root????????(From witao.com)3??????? Google ?????????????????????????????????????????????????15?????????????????2000?????????????4000?????????????????????????????????????CSDN.NET: ????????????????Google???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????7???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????7????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Google???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????7???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????This post originally appeared on an external websiteDangerDanger, originally uploaded by patriotlml. This is a Graph to show what is happening outside the surrounding in which you are enjoying?-look out that this world is beautiful but the danger is always having a way...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, patriotlml@..., external Website, patriotlml, Web site, beverage
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- Geek Trivia: Eye for an Einstein
- On Nov. 9, 1921, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1905 paper on the photoelectric effect, just one of five seminal papers he published in what history would call his Annus Mirabilis or "Year of Wonders." Einstein's other four 1905 papers touched on molecular dimensions, Brownian...
- Tags: Energy, E=mc2, Jerry-built, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Does Computer Technology Exist in the Afterlife??? or other Dimensions?
- Does Computer Technology Exist in the Afterlife??? or other Dimensions?For those who believe in the Afterlife....NDE ExperiencesAlbert Einstein seen operating a heavenly computer:Next we materialized in a computer room ... Some of [the people there] I knew by name, others by reputation; and all had time for me, to teach...
- Tags: Black Panther
- Discussion threads 2005-07-16
- Geek Trivia: Playing the name game
- How did the word tank come to describe the now famous armored military vehicles that debuted in World War I? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is on secret assignment for the TechRepublic Community Team, so we're covering for him by pulling this Memorial Day-appropriate Classic Geek, which originally ran...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, game, tank, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Vehicle, Theory, Fact, Editor, Military Vehicle
- Technical articles 2004-02-24
- Science versus science fiction--The Podcasts
- Imagination as a Spatial Dimension“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Albert Einstien.I believe that Science Fiction has the potential to invite the imaginations...
- Tags: 2Bad4U!, AbuWho, computer, computer geek, geekend, GQ@..., imagination, off-topic, podcast, Sci-fi, science fiction, Sven Solomnsky, WildThrill, Yoodler
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot
- I can name that planet in.....My suggestion for the name of the probably-never-to-be-found Planet X is Otiosus.According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the phrase deus otiosus is from the Latin for "hidden god". "In the history of religions and philosophy, a high god who has withdrawn from the immediate details of...
- Tags: DMambo, planet x, career, god, Uranus
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Before Genesis
- Before Genesisblog rootCreation Knowledge Evolution The capacity for learning, understanding and assimilating knowledge has grown over the eons along with the progressive development of animal life forms. Each multi-celled animal, people included, develop from a single cell so that as our brains develop they are void of any knowledge except for...
- Tags: Learning, mylestone26@..., gravitation, knowledge
- Discussion threads 2005-07-08
- Geek Trivia: A syncing feeling
- Geek Trivia: A syncing feelingarticle rootA Little off topic maybe but I gotta say it !!I just had to come by and say this. I have no idea where you get your inspiration.It's often been said that a good article or book is 10%Genius and 90% hard work and research.That's...
- Tags: satellite, originality, resourceful, scientific acumen, Aaron Baker, career, Doppler
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- Geek Trivia: A syncing feeling
- What phenomenon causes a consistent 38-microsecond "error" in GPS satellite clocks? Mark your calendars, technogeeks, because you're overdue for the unofficial sixth annual Geocachers' New Year. For those who've never heard of it, geocaching is a form of techno-empowered scavenger hunting in which the players seek...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Global Position System, GPS, GPS satellite, satellite, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Culprit, Network Technology, Networking
- Technical articles 2006-05-02
- One man's definition of science fiction
- One Mans Science fiction is another's fantasyOn that basis alternative history can't be science fiction.Describe the scientific rationale for choosing the event that meant Dixie was victorious.I've enjoyed a few books on this basis, but I treated them as fantasy, because I cannot suspend my disbelief to accept the psuedo...
- Tags: fiction, science fiction, Tony Hopkinson, sci-fi, off-topic, sf, fantasy, FTL
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- The Evolution Truth
- The Evolution Truth"The Evolution Lie" thread has developed into a monster - either evolved or mutated under the guidance of an intelligent entity. Which, I don't know but it doesn't really matter.Let's all agree to give it up, guys and gals, and allow it to slide to extinction! NeilI think...
- Tags: Evolution, MrMiami, neilb@..., off-topic, theory
- Discussion threads 2005-04-03
- Our Social Security Dollars
- Your/my Social Security Administration contacted recently several school systems in Georgia to invite them to a computer donation activity. The employee that picked the ones that our county accepted said that there were hundreds of them in a warehouse in Marietta, GA. We got enough (DELL's GX110, 733Mhz, Pentium III,...
- Tags: computer, ITCurious, job, off-topic, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
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