Recent content by renz

Well I'm in an astronomy department not physics, but we share the same building. We always complain how we want a new building. It's quite old and boring and chopped up into many small floors. All the new and shiny buildings around campus are for computer sciences or bio/chemistry. The...

I'm a little bit sensitive to caffeine I think. I can't drink half a cup after 3pm or I will be up way past midnight. I also feel jittery even after a cup of latte. I was up until 4am last night because I went to a coffee shop and ordered a decaf latte. It was definitely not decaf. I didn't...

I think I have a similar kind of phobia. In my case it's not water but what's in the water, mostly fish. I get uncomfortable looking at pictures of fish, especially those in deep water. Thinking about it already make my heart races a bit. I have no idea what's the cause. The only thing I...

I've been having a lot of trouble trying to keep a regular schedule. I plan every day to wake up early, before 10:30am, and go to bed before 3am. And almost everyday I failed. I guess I'm really not a morning person. I feel like I get better sleep while I am on observing run. I like to...

A bit unrelated, but i first heard of ASMR while testing my headphones on a 3D sound video. Use your headphone and listen to this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_sk6UiCKw

I don't have much background, but I am trying to understand Romney's tax plan. He said (from the first debate) that his tax plan is revenue neutral. And from the second debate he said the top 5 percent of taxpayers will continue to pay 60 percent of the income tax while the middle income will...

I wish I am at home right now watching the debate, but I'm still working. Guess I have to watch it later. Hopefully there will be a video of the whole debate later tonight so I can watch it when I get home.

I like few of them. The rest I can't stand at all. I do watch "the Amazing race". It is pretty entertaining and makes me add some of the places they visited to my travel list. I'm also a secret fan of survivor. It gets annoying sometimes but if for nothing else I would watch it because of...

70%. Showed me I need to learn more about geology and biology. I forgot a whole lot of what I learned. Also got a bunch of solar-system questions wrong, which I feel bad about considering I'm an astronomer.

Well that is the society that we choose to live in isn't it. Most people are going to do what they want to do. Especially when majority of them are doing the same thing. You can start by getting to know about the place we live in a bit better ;) Then do whatever you think should be done...

off topic, so physics is http://www.walletpop.com/2010/05/10/the-10-most-profitable-college-majors/" That's for people who go to non-academic route after their BS degree I suppose? :( Starting salary doesn't seem right. Why am I in grad school?

Read the spiral clockwise. Follow roman numeral for each set of 6 numbers (read each column). So the first set (I) is just {123456}. The second set (II) is {615243}; that comes from following the spiral clockwise. The first knot is at I-6, then I-1, then I-5, and so on. For the third set (III)...

that's horrible. The one close to my house is still open though. I hope it won't close. Although I usually go to B&N. It's still sad when bookstores close down.

Yes it is possible to do it in four days. I do assume you have thought about applying for PhD a lot before now. For example you know why you want to do it, do you have an idea roughly what you will be doing in the program, do you like research, what kind of experiences you have, why are you...

I don't remember exactly the names of the book i read, but there are many of them. It should not be hard to find. Other than Oppenheimer, Feynman is another person whose story about his involvement really fascinate me. He wrote about it and how he felt at the time in one of his book. I think...