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[Enigman]

I just had a weird dream:
Maple came running to the windows search helper thingy (the wizard one) and said it had come to relieve Mathematica from its shift... wonder what MATLAB was supposed to be doing...Mathcad's probably retired.

 

[turbo]

My forearm is not as painful. The 2x2 section where I lost my epidermis and dermis to the red-hot wood stove and the larger surrounding area where I lost epidermis are getting a bit better. Don't ever fall on a roaring wood stove. It's not fun.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Amusing exchange between neighbors on the subject of a too bright floodlight:

http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vrw3r

 

[drizzle]

http://www.williamcorey.com/img/beautiful/C-137_master.jpg

*adds Kyoto on a must visit list* :!)

PS. Here's more beautiful http://www.williamcorey.com/japanese-garden-photography-portfolio/index.html.

 

[lisab]

*adds Kyoto on a must visit list* :!)

PS. Here's more beautiful http://www.williamcorey.com/japanese-garden-photography-portfolio/index.html.

So beautiful! Some of those pictures reminded me of Nightingale floors. These are floors designed to squeak when you walk on them, so no one can sneak in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJThECzA1bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_floor

I like the idea of Nightingale floors, just from an aesthetic point of view.

 

[drizzle]

That sound would freak the hell out of me.

 

[Evo]

I've been to Kyoto, the temples there are amazing.

 

[Enigman]

Well, that's the country that invented ninjutsu-the art of invisibility you're going to need some counter measures...
Drive through Hokkaido when you're there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Road#Melody_Road

 

[Enigman]

Salvation...

 

[lendav_rott]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8JOe8y8tY

Urmas Sisask oratorio 92 - the full composition, unfortunately not available in the web. Amazing piece of music, I love it.

 

[collinsmark]

On a different note, ...

'Just ordered a new T-shirt today. This one says,

DON'T BE A
$$\frac{d^3 x}{dt^3}$$

 

[lendav_rott]

don't be a jerk?

 

[collinsmark]

Yes, that's the idea.

 

[lendav_rott]

Clever way of expressing that :D velocity -> acceleration -> jerk - wouldn't work in my language, though :( the word for "jerk" and jerk (as in don't be a jerk) are too different :/ Did you think of that or where'd you get it?

 

[collinsmark]

I live in the USA, so it works.

Of course, it can't top my

Entropy
It's not what it used to be

T-shirt though. Once, while wearing the shirt, I was explaining what entropy was to my girlfriend at the time. I got so excited and animated about the gloriousness of the 2nd law that she almost broke up with me on the spot.

 

[Enigman]

Slav defence sucks...why won't anyone accept?

 

[lendav_rott]

T-shirt though. Once, while wearing the shirt, I was explaining what entropy was to my girlfriend at the time. I got so excited and animated about the gloriousness of the 2nd law that she almost broke up with me on the spot.

Entropy affects even her xD Was she jealous of you being more enthusiastic about science rather than her? (woman-esque thinking xD )

 

[Enigman]

Entropy
It's not what it used to be

Lemme guess...NOT 0K?

 

[collinsmark]

Entropy affects even her xD Was she jealous of you being more enthusiastic about science rather than her? (woman-esque thinking xD )

I think it was just that I got so incredibly enthusiastic about the 2nd law, it sort of freaked her out. Most of the time I have the personality of a doorknob.

Lemme guess...NOT 0K?

Nothing so specific. 'Just the fact that entropy is greater now than it was just a moment ago, or even at any time in the past, ever.

(Yes, funny though about the "NOT 0K." I never thought of that. I might use that in the future.)

 

[Enigman]

I think it was just that I got so incredibly enthusiastic about the 2nd law, it sort of freaked her out. Most of the time I have the personality of a doorknob.
Nothing so specific. 'Just the fact that entropy is greater now than it was just a moment ago, or even at any time in the past, ever.

Don't be so open about it...
^{closed [ed]isolated[/ed] system, closing apostrophe and your personality...}
P.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero
just making sure...and making a fool out of myself.

 

[collinsmark]

P.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero
just making sure...and making a fool out of myself.

Yes, yes. Very nice. I did not overlook the humor.

"NOT 0K" is a play on words between "Not okay" and "Not 0 Kelvin." Zero Kelvin being, in strict thermodynamic terms, the lowest entropy possible.

And "don't be so open" being another sort of play on words: strictly speaking, entropy never decreases in a closed system. Thermodynamic entropy can decrease in an open system, where "open" is such that other things "outside" the system are not considered in the overall picture, even though in truth, they interact with things within the system. (An "open system" is really an incomplete view of the true, overall system.)

So yes, Very good.

 

[Enigman]

Thankee milord!
_{I am still paranoid that people don't get my avataar...}

 

[Mandelbroth]

Thankee milord!
_{I am still paranoid that people don't get my avataar...}

Clown and old man. We aren't that oblivious.

 

[Enigman]

Clown and old man. We aren't that oblivious.

I am...

 

[Astronuc]

Morning headlines

26 Florida children or teenagers have been killed in “stand your ground”-related cases, reports Nicole Flatow for ThinkProgress.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/05/3252511/jordan-davis-26-children-teens-died-florida-stand-ground-cases/


Oops –> The Koch brothers left a list of VIP donors at a hotel. MoJo’s Andy Kroll and Daniel Schulman report its significance.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/02/06/th...tial-document-at-their-last-donor-conference/

 

[zoobyshoe]

It's been raining here in drought-ridden San Diego since late afternoon. It's forecast to end tomorrow AM, so it's no cure. However, 13 billion gastropods that were hanging on by the skin of their teeth are out celebrating in force, crawling crazily over the sidewalks and streets, drunk with moisture. Many casualties are expected.

 

[Enigman]

Oh dear...
http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/07/mans-life-saved-because-his-doctor-watched-house/

 

[lendav_rott]

what is the plural for the word radius? Radiiiiiiiiiiiiii? English is great and all, but this is too much

 

[Enigman]

what is the plural for the word radius? Radiiiiiiiiiiiiii? English is great and all, but this is too much

Its all [STRIKE]greek[/STRIKE] latin to me...

 

[OmCheeto]

Oh dear...
http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/07/mans-life-saved-because-his-doctor-watched-house/

rare ma ladii?

----------------------------
Malady --> My lady --> Ma lady --> ma ladii
sorry, but I'm in a quite peculiar mood today.
2+4+1 = 7, and then there's another 7, and it's the 7th, and european ones look like sevens, and it's snowing, and I have the day off.
ps. And I can totally relate to finding a doctor who says; "Wow!"

 

[OmCheeto]

I went to a class on Thursday and they said it would cost between $20,000 and $40,000 to file a patent.

Ideas are expensive.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I went to a class on Thursday and they said it would cost between $20,000 and $40,000 to file a patent.

Ideas are expensive.

I suspect the bulk of that must be legal fees for the patent attorney. What's the actual fee charged by the patent office?

 

[Mandelbroth]

Ideas are expensive.

Everything is expensive.

 

[OmCheeto]

Everything is expensive.

The class was free. They even gave us cookies.

 

[Mandelbroth]

The class was free. They even gave us cookies.

The cookie is a lie.