While you're all sipping your Ovaltine, here's a little tale...
After having propounded his famous theory, Albert Einstein would tour the various Universities in the United States, delivering lectures wherever he went. He was always accompanied by his faithful chauffer, Harry, who would attend each of these lectures while seated in the back row! One fine day, after Einstein had finished a lecture and was coming out of the auditorium into his vehicle, Harry addresses him and says, "Professor Einstein, I've heard your lecture on Relativity so many times, that if I were ever given the opportunity, I would be able to deliver it to perfection myself!"
"Very well," replied Einstein, "I'm going to Dartmouth next week. They don't know me there. You can deliver the lecture as Einstein, and I'll take your place as Harry!"
And so it went to be... Harry delivered the lecture to perfection, without a word out of place, while Einstein sat in the back row playing "chauffer", and enjoying a snooze for a change.
Just as Harry was descending from the podium, however, one of the research assistants intercepted him, and began to ask him a question on the theory of relativity.... one that involved a lot of complex calculations and equations. Harry replied to the assistant "The answer to this question is very simple! In fact, it's so simple, that I'm going to let my chauffer answer it!"
Einstein came to Princeton University in 1935 and was asked what he would require for his study. he replied: "A desk, some pads and a pencil, and a large wastebasket to hold all of my mistakes."
Einstein came to Princeton University in 1935 and was asked what he would require for his study. he replied: "A desk, some pads and a pencil, and a large wastebasket to hold all of my mistakes."
ONE DAY during his tenure as a professor, Albert Einstein was visited by a student. "The questions on this year's exam are the same as last year's!" the young man exclaimed.
"Yes," Einstein answereed, "but this year all the answers are different."
Air Force One crashed in the middle of rural America.
Panic stricken, the Secret Service mobilized and descended on the farm in force. When they got there, the wreckage was clear. The aircraft was totally destroyed, with only a burned hulk left smoldering in a tree line that bordered a farm.
Secret Service descended upon the smoking hulk but could find no remains of the crew or the President's staff. To their amazement, a lone farmer was plowing a field not too far away as if nothing at all happened. They hurried over to surround the man's tractor.
"Sir," the senior Secret Service agent asked, panting and out of breath. "Did you see this terrible accident happen?"
"Yep. Sure did." The man muttered unconcernedly.
"Do you realize that is the President of the United States' airplane?"
"Yep."
"Were there any survivors?" the agent gasped.
"Nope. They's all kilt straight out." The farmer sighed cutting of his tractor motor. "I done buried them all myself. Took most of the morning."
"The President of the United States is DEAD?" The agent gulped in disbelief.
"Yep, he kept a-saying he wasn't ... but you know what a liar he is!"
You shouldn't have bothered, Ray....he's just a little breeder!
You will probably find him in any of the other threads (or boards) that I visit.....
BTW, I don't do SETI boards now, rarely do Predictor but a new project, Rectilinear Crossing Numbers, is already a gathering place for some of the guys.....
You shouldn't have bothered, Ray....he's just a little breeder!
You will probably find him in any of the other threads (or boards) that I visit.....
BTW, I don't do SETI boards now, rarely do Predictor but a new project, Rectilinear Crossing Numbers, is already a gathering place for some of the guys.....
Oh so he and his decendents get all over the place!! Have to teach them to stay put where you want them.
Have any of them complained about a headacke yet? They do hit there heads on things often.
Thank you. Thank you all!
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Thank you.
Thank you all!
Kathryn :o)
Einstein@Home Moderator
While you're all sipping your
)
While you're all sipping your Ovaltine, here's a little tale...
After having propounded his famous theory, Albert Einstein would tour the various Universities in the United States, delivering lectures wherever he went. He was always accompanied by his faithful chauffer, Harry, who would attend each of these lectures while seated in the back row! One fine day, after Einstein had finished a lecture and was coming out of the auditorium into his vehicle, Harry addresses him and says, "Professor Einstein, I've heard your lecture on Relativity so many times, that if I were ever given the opportunity, I would be able to deliver it to perfection myself!"
"Very well," replied Einstein, "I'm going to Dartmouth next week. They don't know me there. You can deliver the lecture as Einstein, and I'll take your place as Harry!"
And so it went to be... Harry delivered the lecture to perfection, without a word out of place, while Einstein sat in the back row playing "chauffer", and enjoying a snooze for a change.
Just as Harry was descending from the podium, however, one of the research assistants intercepted him, and began to ask him a question on the theory of relativity.... one that involved a lot of complex calculations and equations. Harry replied to the assistant "The answer to this question is very simple! In fact, it's so simple, that I'm going to let my chauffer answer it!"
Einstein came to Princeton
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Einstein came to Princeton University in 1935 and was asked what he would require for his study. he replied: "A desk, some pads and a pencil, and a large wastebasket to hold all of my mistakes."
And a few more anecdotes here.
RE: Einstein came to
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I like this one...
ONE DAY during his tenure as a professor, Albert Einstein was visited by a student. "The questions on this year's exam are the same as last year's!" the young man exclaimed.
"Yes," Einstein answereed, "but this year all the answers are different."
Kathryn :o)
Einstein@Home Moderator
Not about Albert, but
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Not about Albert, but still...
Air Force One crashed in the middle of rural America.
Panic stricken, the Secret Service mobilized and descended on the farm in force. When they got there, the wreckage was clear. The aircraft was totally destroyed, with only a burned hulk left smoldering in a tree line that bordered a farm.
Secret Service descended upon the smoking hulk but could find no remains of the crew or the President's staff. To their amazement, a lone farmer was plowing a field not too far away as if nothing at all happened. They hurried over to surround the man's tractor.
"Sir," the senior Secret Service agent asked, panting and out of breath. "Did you see this terrible accident happen?"
"Yep. Sure did." The man muttered unconcernedly.
"Do you realize that is the President of the United States' airplane?"
"Yep."
"Were there any survivors?" the agent gasped.
"Nope. They's all kilt straight out." The farmer sighed cutting of his tractor motor. "I done buried them all myself. Took most of the morning."
"The President of the United States is DEAD?" The agent gulped in disbelief.
"Yep, he kept a-saying he wasn't ... but you know what a liar he is!"
John You left this guy at
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John
You left this guy at another thread.
Time to bring him home?
Try the Pizza@Home project, good crunching.
RE: John You left this guy
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You shouldn't have bothered, Ray....he's just a little breeder!
You will probably find him in any of the other threads (or boards) that I visit.....
BTW, I don't do SETI boards now, rarely do Predictor but a new project, Rectilinear Crossing Numbers, is already a gathering place for some of the guys.....
RE: RE: John You left
)
Oh so he and his decendents get all over the place!! Have to teach them to stay put where you want them.
Have any of them complained about a headacke yet? They do hit there heads on things often.
Try the Pizza@Home project, good crunching.
Hello how r you guy's doin?
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Hello how r you guy's doin?
Son of a BIT!
RE: Hello how r you guy's
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Hiya Doc!
You managed to come away from SETI in one piece?