iPod iChing - bald li'l black holes

Friday, rainy friday.
We go back to the Fountain of All Wisdom, and ask the Mighty iPod a more refined question.

Oh, Mighty iPod: are there gauge fields, hidden in the Standard Model, which show up as extra hair on astrophysical black holes, and could we see evidence for this in measurements of multipole moments during monitoring of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspiral events?

Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Whoosh.

  • The Covering: Winter - Vivaldi
  • The Crossing: Gilsbakkaþula
  • The Crown: Used Cars - Ani DiFranco
  • The Root: Bílavísur - Björk
  • The Past: American Idiot - Green Day
  • The Future: Sorted for E's and Wizz - Pulp
  • The Questioner: Jamming - Bob Marley
  • The House: Walk of Life - Dire Straits
  • The Inside: World War - Yellowman
  • The Outcome: Stalin Malone - Elvis Costello

Hm, Gilsbakkaþula is an old Icelandic rhyme, about a christmas reunion at a large family farm.
Lovers are reunited as surprise, food and wine are served and there is celebration.
The Björk song is "car song".
Future is kinda upbeat, though I'm not sure what to make of the Inside.
I like the Questioner, again.

The Outcome: "In a room called creation, where you all obey my laws
Where seconal is gravity and pain is like applause
You think that this phenomenon is some coincidence"

Interesting...

As always, the Key as explained by Sean

Walk of Life
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin blues
He got the action, he got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication devotion
Turning all the night time into the day

Tags

More like this

Topical friday and so we ask the Mighty One a Topical Question: Oh, mighty iPod: will LIGO, now that it has reached phase I design sensitivity and is in double coincidence science run mode, detect the ringdown from the formation of intermediate mass black holes in the local universe? Whoosh goes…
Early friday, and we move to ask: iPod - was the Earth's atmosphere anoxic in the Archaean before 2.4 Gyr BPE or did we have oxic episodes going as far back as 3.8 Gyr BPE? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. The Covering: Take of Me - Alison Moyet The Crossing: Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald The…
Rainy Fay Friday and we ponder near future happenings in the south eastern corners of the US. Oh, mighty iPod One: whence Gustav and Hanna? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. iPod divination for newbies - believe it! The Covering: Le Pantalon - Henri Dés The Crossing: The Sorcerer's Apprentice…
Rainy friday, and we approach the mighty iPod with a topical question. Oh, mighty iPod, when LISA is finally launched, will it see shitloads of EMRIs? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. The Covering: La seenade interrompue - Claudio Arrau The Crossing: Accident Waiting to Happen - Billy Bragg…

Yah, just got it and gave it a listen. Nice ;)

I suspect it refers to a fairly immediate future, though, and not to the eventual Outcome of this question. Lyrics nicely match how the upcoming BE reviews are likely to go. Or what the community does while waiting for their report.

What is a BE review?
Jim G.

By James Graber (not verified) on 20 Oct 2006 #permalink

Oh, Pulp did Common People. The first time I heard that song, it was done by (I am not making this up) William Shatner.

That...was...oddd...

By Brad Holden (not verified) on 20 Oct 2006 #permalink