scientific gibberish

[Martin Kaminer]

I'd like to put in a plug for the greatest display of scientific
gibberish of all time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDLjtO5RWQ0 .
With a very impressive backstory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator .

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> I recall a discussion about this on a translators' list. I think someone brought up the point that it might be valid if in Kelvin. One of those things that will simply appear from time to time.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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> On Feb 5, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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> > What does one mean when he says "twice as cold"?
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> > http://goo.gl/3OFkG
> >> "Temps are dropping below -40 Celsius [-40 degrees Fahrenheit] and
> >> they have only a week or so left before they have to winterize the
> >> station," he said. "I can only imagine what things must be like at
> >> Vostok Station this week."...
> >> When the winter arrives in the next few weeks, the temperature can
> >> _get_twice_as_cold_. Vostok Station boasts the lowest recorded
> >> temperature on Earth: -89.4 degrees Celsius (-129 degrees Fahrenheit).
> >
> > [facepalm]
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