tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5899033823728896117..comments2024-03-18T13:34:06.557-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Left, Right & Wrong: Complements Will Get You Everywhere (10.01.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53070494274840043362007-10-08T08:29:00.000-07:002007-10-08T08:29:00.000-07:00“since the idea of solid matter is itself a sort o...“since the idea of solid matter is itself a sort of airy metaphor”<BR/><BR/>Pretty much everything I know on the subject I learned from Buckarooo Banzai - quoting BB during the press conference after he "passed through" the mountain of "solid" rock...<BR/><BR/>"See this rock? It's solid matter, right? But in point of fact, the solid parts of this rock, the neutrons, quarks, protons, and electrons comprise only about one quadrillionth of its total volume...The rest of this rock is actually only empty space. So, back in 1937, Professor Hikita here and Dr. Emilio Lizardo figured that if solid matter was mostly empty space, then a person should be able to discover a way to travel inside things...See, by all accounts, it appears as though I literally went right through a mountain. But you could take that mountain, and pulverize it and sift through it like breadcrumbs for the rest of your natural life, and you would never, ever, find....THIS! (he pulls cover from a large beaker containing the alien thing he pulled from the jet car's driveshaft)... And yet, this living organism came from out of that mountain, even though I was never inside that mountain!<BR/><BR/>'Nuff said.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70326392566268194632007-10-08T05:31:00.000-07:002007-10-08T05:31:00.000-07:00“since the idea of solid matter is itself a sort o...“since the idea of solid matter is itself a sort of airy metaphor”<BR/>Yes, for what is solid matter? I suppose we all remember the illustration in science class showing the hydrogen atom with its proton in the center and the single orbiting electron. It seemed logical that a gas could be so empty, but how could the Iron (Fe) atom with 26 protons, 30 neutrons, and 26 electrons orbiting at 4 different distances from the center be so full of nothingness? Just hold a Steel (Iron) ball in your hand and look at the illustration of the atom to understand the metaphor of “Solid” matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27891879455217146642007-10-08T05:22:00.000-07:002007-10-08T05:22:00.000-07:00Smoov,I'd put together a utility to go back to day...Smoov,<BR/>I'd put together a utility to go back to day one of OC, and convert all posts & comments into xml, and also be able to add new ones as they come out. <BR/><BR/>Has an adhoc query that lets you search by post or post & comments/commentor. So you could run the query you had, or if you wanted to see what Will said about Glamour, it'd return posts & comments, etc.<BR/><BR/>I put it aside when Gagdad said he was going back to add category tags, but I'm sure those are simple tags to incorporate.<BR/><BR/>It's top of my want to do list... right up there with visiting my own blog (which I haven't been able to do in a month). Bloggers html is a bit cheesy, but if you point an intern to the viewsource and knowas archive for the indexing format, they should be able to figure out pretty quickly how retrieve all posts and tags & scrape them into xml, shouldn't take more than a day to do.<BR/>I'd planned to set it up with an option to spit results out to xml/xsl, Word or Microsofts Reader.lit format (I think it's the best for ebook's, certainly above adobe)...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh what I wouldn't give for a day. <BR/><BR/>Bummer of a day to miss. <BR/><BR/>And. Ricky. No. I'm. Not. A. Vegetarian.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16815907665014169442007-10-07T22:12:00.000-07:002007-10-07T22:12:00.000-07:00It is a beautiful drive Robin.I remember one parti...It is a beautiful drive Robin.<BR/><BR/>I remember one particular winter night at the Banff Springs Hotel when the pool had closed but we wanted to go swimming anyway. The architects had made the mistake of designing a walkway around the pool one level above it. Well we stripped down to nothing and jumped off.<BR/>We were able to open the locked doors from the inside once discovered but my usual uncanny sense of timing about when to leave, thus avoid authorities, was a little off and we were apprehended by the police on the long bridge exiting town. Luckily we weren't charged with anything, we had long since pounded our libations so they couldn't get us for that and I guess they didn't have any illegal skinny-dipping laws on the books. :^)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51660365295651730572007-10-07T19:42:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:42:00.000-07:00Well yeah, Walt. It's called job creation. Unemplo...Well yeah, Walt. <BR/>It's called job creation. <BR/>Unemployment just went down again.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61001584602592396682007-10-07T19:35:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:35:00.000-07:00Just look at the mess you and I made, Ben! Now Cu...Just look at the mess you and I made, Ben! Now Cuz will have to use the mop!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27144386033039557082007-10-07T19:34:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:34:00.000-07:00So "living" is "ling's" brother?So "living" is "ling's" brother?USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69154079270302230792007-10-07T19:32:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:32:00.000-07:00Ling is one of the Chinese hells, Ben, as noted on...Ling is one of the Chinese hells, Ben, as noted on your blog. Velly scary!<BR/><BR/>That's 4 spelling errors in 2 days for me -- I'm going to sleep! I'm aiming for 3:30-ish tomorrow!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36107773630248630062007-10-07T19:28:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:28:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15017021077004034892007-10-07T19:27:00.001-07:002007-10-07T19:27:00.001-07:00Welcome back Robin. The Canadian Rockies are truly...Welcome back Robin. The Canadian Rockies are truly magnificent, and you have given me the opportunity to say Banfffffffff over and over again. There is something about that word.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12336219270590752452007-10-07T19:27:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:27:00.000-07:00Serendipity...or a living hell?You decide!Serendipity...or a living hell?<BR/><BR/>You decide!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47271260086145437832007-10-07T19:25:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:25:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28182915943052109002007-10-07T19:24:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:24:00.000-07:00Walt-What serendipity! I was awake at 3:33 this mo...Walt-<BR/>What serendipity! I was awake at 3:33 this mornin'!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31469796999629601622007-10-07T19:23:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:23:00.000-07:00I'll also be more than happy to pilot the yacht Bo...I'll also be more than happy to pilot the yacht Bob buys after the book hits number one.<BR/><BR/>All we gotta do is come up with a flashy title, like: <BR/>More Secret Than "the Secret" and Absolutely More Effective.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the cover photo should be totally unrelated (the kidz love that crap)), with a photo like Spike's sexiest bartenders, which I'm sure Lisa will be glad to pose for. <BR/>Strictly in an artistic sennse of course.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89498694388911491932007-10-07T19:21:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:21:00.000-07:00Yes, I awoke at 3:33 AM Saturday.Lord have mercy!Yes, I awoke at 3:33 AM Saturday.<BR/><BR/>Lord have mercy!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35482647888832828892007-10-07T19:14:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:14:00.000-07:00Hey Rick...buddy!333 strikes again!Hey Rick...buddy!<BR/>333 strikes again!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43660670565620141582007-10-07T19:13:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:13:00.000-07:00I'll be the Chief Financial Officer! Just send all...I'll be the Chief Financial Officer! <BR/>Just send all your money to me, and I'll keep track of it.<BR/><BR/>What? <BR/><BR/>Okay, I promise there'll be no Benron type benboozeling. <BR/>And I got my own calculator, which I'll gladly donate to the cause. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77762585757975681922007-10-07T17:07:00.000-07:002007-10-07T17:07:00.000-07:00I can help with technical stuff.I can help with technical stuff.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73283505394918530722007-10-07T15:46:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:46:00.000-07:00Walt, we still need an Assistant Executive Editor....Walt, we still need an Assistant Executive Editor.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39921162420718172822007-10-07T15:39:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:39:00.000-07:00How come Ricky always gets to be Executive Editor?...How come Ricky always gets to be Executive Editor??walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87439591437480401232007-10-07T15:35:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:35:00.000-07:00Walt, Ben,Check out that last… oh, never mind…(hey...Walt, Ben,<BR/>Check out that last… oh, never mind…<BR/>(hey buddy)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71895951825570822072007-10-07T15:33:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:33:00.000-07:00Ximeze,I thought Van was a vegetarian?:-)Ximeze,<BR/>I thought Van was a vegetarian?<BR/>:-)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60138775912107992912007-10-07T15:30:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:30:00.000-07:00“Progress, whose votaries believe that everything ...“Progress, whose votaries believe that everything new necessarily is superior to everything old."<BR/><BR/>Yes. As Rush has said these young progressives think history began the day they were born.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-92001067833392737882007-10-07T15:29:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:29:00.000-07:00Smoov said:"we really should get all the blog post...Smoov said:<BR/>"we really should get all the blog posts into a single, searchable format. Cross-referencing, indexing and the like would be invaluable..."<BR/><BR/>I know the perfect compuNerd ask about this, since it's right down his alley. <BR/><BR/>Steak dinners have worked wonders in the past....<BR/><BR/>What else do we want it to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27904889470084841552007-10-07T15:28:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:28:00.000-07:00Smoov…I know the feeling. As usual, Bob has summed...Smoov…I know the feeling. As usual, Bob has summed up our problem in just a few words. When communicating with lib/progressives I’ve found I have literally “forgotten how to think so stupid.” So I stopped trying. Now I leave the room or change the subject right away. This is obvious even to them – but I don’t care. I like them better this way.<BR/><BR/>Bob, I’ll proof read again.<BR/>Or Executive Editor – that’s sounds cool.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back, Robin!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.com