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Why Now? » Blog Archive » Updates — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:29:27 +0000

[…] Jim in comments has located the original for Bushcronium: Administratium. […]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:52:38 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Jim. I’ve posted it to give credit where it’s due.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:06:52 +0000

The description of Bushcronium is good! It is a variant of something that came out when I was doing time as a grad student in physics: The announcement of the discovery of the element "Administratium", including the observation that administratium "impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact".

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:35:17 +0000

It is a nice piece of snark.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:16:57 +0000

ROTFL!

One of my best friends is Steven Weinberg’s son-in-law (not that I know Weinberg; I’ve merely met him). I’ll have to pass this one on to him through my friend.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:32:22 +0000

It’s a nice job. It starts out like a standard science article, and, in fact, element 118 was just created. It reads like the article on 118 – passed through Alice’s mirror.

By: andante

andante — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:52:20 +0000

Particle physics is totally beyond my brain, but things like “morons” I can certainly understand! What a hoot….thanks for the link!