Re : Physics and dogs. I like this quote about the book.
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My dog Kodi tells me that Chad Orzel explains physics with far more clarity and humor than I ever did, and that now she's just keeping me around for my opposable thumbs. Thanks a lot, Chad.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
It is 33F here near Washington DC, it is probably above freezing due to the political rhetoric being put out by anyone and everyone around here lately!
Since physics is involved with how everything works, let's think outside the box. It takes physics to make the Internet work, right?
So, it has to be Al Gore. I mean, he DID invent the internet. It's true, just ask him. :-)
Phil
Edit: I say that tongue in cheek. I just like picking on the guy, he's such an easy target.
Al says it tongue in cheek, too.
All he originally claimed was to have taken the legislative lead in transforming the early educational/scientific/military internet into the commercial monster we know today. Some political opponent twisted that into "invented the internet" and the world has never looked back.
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It's 24F here and there was snow on my back porch when I came out this morning.
TOO EARLY FOR THIS SH*T!!!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
All he originally claimed was to have taken the legislative lead in transforming the early educational/scientific/military internet into the commercial monster we know today. Some political opponent twisted that into "invented the internet" and the world has never looked back.
Exactly. That's why I said "tongue in cheek".
IMHO, the media is worse than the pols. He IS fun to pick on tho.
Ya'll have a nice day, I'm going to go run my first train getting back to work. 'Bout time.
...gods have given their names to planets, but what else
Um... cartoon dogs?
More information please .... ? :-)
Cheers, Mike.
You mean like Pluto?
*embarrassed appearance in thread* Erm... Yes. Since posting that, I have wiki'd myself into a state of abject realisation that I was somewhat rash putting an "s" on the end of my dog.
As for those who claim my cartoon doggod is not a planet...
Just you come here and say that!
*long pause*
Y-e-e-e-s... I thought not... :)
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It is 33F here near Washington DC, it is probably above freezing due to the political rhetoric being put out by anyone and everyone around here lately!
Might bring on rain...
edit: oops - forgot to say hello :/ Hello everyone! :)
On the topic of our current puzzle I'm thinking it was someone who was possibly quite clever...? :)
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IMHO, the media is worse than the pols. He IS fun to pick on tho.
Well, the man deserves to be picked-on for a lot of things. I'm not being relative or comparing him to others. Pick someone, anyone, who speaks a lot in public (on the radio, TV, during a book tour...) and eventually they will say something that isn't *exactly* what they were thinking. Their mouth runs while the connection to their brain falters.
What I understand the man to have said was, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
As far as I know, there is no evidence that he did anything remotely like that, legislatively or any-other-ly. He probably did have some legislative duty that had something to do with something that had something to do with DARPA, or something, that at least tangentially referenced the internet.
It's a fun "stupid thing to say" to pick-on because it's so innocuous. So many things a politician might say are neither innocuous or merely "stupid."
The most fun ones are some of the Bush-isms. Whether you think he's wonderful or satanic, you have to enjoy some of his better "stupid moments."
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
I mean, how can you not laugh at the thought of a President saying that. Sometimes he got it exactly right, though:
"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."
Well yes. The Nobel committee
Well yes. The Nobel committee has certainly had fumble fingers in recent years ...
Hey, you know the meaning of "algorithm" ? Drum roll .... it's what Al Gore would do ... boom, boom. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Re : Physics and dogs. I like
Re : Physics and dogs. I like this quote about the book.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Good afternoon
Good evening Scott - and Annie + everyone !
Bill
RE: RE: RE: ...gods
You mean like Pluto? Or do you mean more like one of these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_dogs
It is 33F here near Washington DC, it is probably above freezing due to the political rhetoric being put out by anyone and everyone around here lately!
RE: Since physics is
Al says it tongue in cheek, too.
All he originally claimed was to have taken the legislative lead in transforming the early educational/scientific/military internet into the commercial monster we know today. Some political opponent twisted that into "invented the internet" and the world has never looked back.
[edit]
It's 24F here and there was snow on my back porch when I came out this morning.
TOO EARLY FOR THIS SH*T!!!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Al says it tongue in
Exactly. That's why I said "tongue in cheek".
IMHO, the media is worse than the pols. He IS fun to pick on tho.
Ya'll have a nice day, I'm going to go run my first train getting back to work. 'Bout time.
Phil
RE: RE: RE: RE: ...go
*embarrassed appearance in thread* Erm... Yes. Since posting that, I have wiki'd myself into a state of abject realisation that I was somewhat rash putting an "s" on the end of my dog.
As for those who claim my cartoon doggod is not a planet...
Just you come here and say that!
*long pause*
Y-e-e-e-s... I thought not... :)
Might bring on rain...
edit: oops - forgot to say hello :/ Hello everyone! :)
On the topic of our current puzzle I'm thinking it was someone who was possibly quite clever...? :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
RE: As for those who
I think Pluto is being REconsidered to be in fact a 'planet', so it could be reinstated at some point.
RE: IMHO, the media is
Well, the man deserves to be picked-on for a lot of things. I'm not being relative or comparing him to others. Pick someone, anyone, who speaks a lot in public (on the radio, TV, during a book tour...) and eventually they will say something that isn't *exactly* what they were thinking. Their mouth runs while the connection to their brain falters.
What I understand the man to have said was, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
As far as I know, there is no evidence that he did anything remotely like that, legislatively or any-other-ly. He probably did have some legislative duty that had something to do with something that had something to do with DARPA, or something, that at least tangentially referenced the internet.
It's a fun "stupid thing to say" to pick-on because it's so innocuous. So many things a politician might say are neither innocuous or merely "stupid."
The most fun ones are some of the Bush-isms. Whether you think he's wonderful or satanic, you have to enjoy some of his better "stupid moments."
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
I mean, how can you not laugh at the thought of a President saying that. Sometimes he got it exactly right, though:
"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
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