Links for 2009-08-20

Steinn explains what the LIGO null results mean

"The Hugo Awards for 2009 are going to be presented at the World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne in September next year. The Best Graphic Story category is only a year old, and I think SF fans might benefit from a broad brush introduction to some of the many comics out there that they might consider nominating. I'd like this to be the first of many such articles, from many people."

LIGO has measured nothing to greater precision than all previous measurements of nothing.

"The two iron laws of parking:

1. There is never enough.
2. Thou shalt not add parking, anywhere, ever.

Corrolary: Calling attention to the contradiction between 1 and 2 is bad form."