Cycle 19
catdynamics | February 25, 2011Every year we contemplate the Hubble Call for Proposals demand curve.
Four years ago we started to quantify the demand curve
the calm rational analysis soon broke into a nerd gambling frenzy
we then started theorizing about proposal scale invariance which annoyingly enough apparently works
by then Julianne was analyzing the observations of the proposal submission rate - this was back in the good old days when blogging was hot and we had time to actually do stuff
so, can't let a good analysis down:
this is the linear plot, the time is in theorist units, rounded
data collected anecdotally…
catdynamics | February 25, 2011As the Hubble deadline slips away, later than ever, we ask the Mighty iPod One the question whose answer we all must know:
Oh, Mighty iPod One: what will come out of Hubble for cycle 19?
Whoosh goes the iPod.
Whoosh.
The Covering: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costellor
The Crossing: O Isis und Osiris - Mozart
The Crown: Richard - Billy Bragg
The Root: Carnival of the Animals: Aviary
The Past: I'm on Fire - Johnny Cash
The Future: Interlude VI - Mannheim Steamroller
The Questioner: Oksn - Ruth Rubin
The House: Ten Little Fish - Twin Sisters
The Inside: The Obvious Child -…