Jul 10th 2012, 17:39:29
I was reading the Do the Math energy blog ...
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math
... and he had this aside at the end of his latest post:
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(from above blog)
If you haven’t heard about it, a technical glitch caused the coordinated fireworks displays across San Diego to fire all at once during this year’s July 4th celebration. I was at a party where we managed to get atop a local hill in time to see the Sea World fireworks a bit later, but missed the municipal debacle. So I had to watch a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPCEubDZ9A (or see here for a view of three displays in one frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuJHfkXEI-o ). All I can say is that had I been close at hand to one of the accelerated displays, I would have been laughing so hard I might have had trouble breathing for the next several minutes. Many spectators were deeply disappointed and complained bitterly. But this would have been the best fireworks display of my life, and one I would never forget—unlike all the rest that become boring by the end and then fade into obscurity. Awesome!
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math
... and he had this aside at the end of his latest post:
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(from above blog)
If you haven’t heard about it, a technical glitch caused the coordinated fireworks displays across San Diego to fire all at once during this year’s July 4th celebration. I was at a party where we managed to get atop a local hill in time to see the Sea World fireworks a bit later, but missed the municipal debacle. So I had to watch a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPCEubDZ9A (or see here for a view of three displays in one frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuJHfkXEI-o ). All I can say is that had I been close at hand to one of the accelerated displays, I would have been laughing so hard I might have had trouble breathing for the next several minutes. Many spectators were deeply disappointed and complained bitterly. But this would have been the best fireworks display of my life, and one I would never forget—unlike all the rest that become boring by the end and then fade into obscurity. Awesome!
Finally did the signature thing.