Great one-liners from PF members

[berkeman]

Seems like a good time to remind everybody that when you see an issue in a post, please use the "berkeman Report" button to bring the problem to the attention of the Mentors. Thanks

 

[PhDeezNutz]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

 

[berkeman]

Yes there is. I'll report it now.

That post has now been edited to remove his claim to fame. Poor guy...

 

[Tom.G]

Maybe he ought to go into politics, after all he is acting like one!

 

[Borg]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

So its catalytic reaction would be called a kick in deez nuts?

 

[PhDeezNutz]

So its catalytic reaction would be called a kick in deez nuts?

You’re thinking way ahead of me…..and I like it!

 

[pines-demon]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

We have a furry theorem, a hairy ball theorem and a Cox–Zucker machine; deez nut interaction does not sound so wacky.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

We have a furry theorem, a hairy ball theorem and a Cox–Zucker machine; deez nut interaction does not sound so wacky.

Don’t forget that in Goldstein, the transformed Hamiltonian where cyclic coordinates are revealed through canonical transformations is referred to as the “Kamiltonian”. (Rhymes with “Camel”)

 

[PhDeezNutz]

How much of your research work do you expect others to do for you?

Need I say more?

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Seems like a good time to remind everybody that when you see an issue in a post, please use the "berkeman Report" button to bring the problem to the attention of the Mentors. Thanks

One day…..One day I will create a berkeman Batman Skylight Symbol

 

[Tom.G]

That could be a great party trick --- if it's available/affordable!

 

[sysprog1]

If I tell you "this is probably OK" and it is not, you will be sad. Since I don't know, I shouldn't guess.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Work in progress.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

“Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together. “

- @PeterDonis

(I can’t quote directly because the thread is closed for moderation)

Which is true of course.

The thing that really got me was that the OP of the thread actually responded with

“Yes I can”

Yikes.

 

[jbriggs444]

(I can’t quote directly because the thread is closed for moderation)

That sounds like an interesting challenge...

We begin by looking at the posting history of @PeterDonis and locate a recent thread. There it is right at the top. Something about being closed for moderation.

We scroll back in that thread to find the comment in question. There it is.

We click the little "share this link" on the post to see what the URL looks like: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/general-relativity-question-gravity-clock.1066746/post-7130447

We quote someone else's post to see what the BBcode for a quote looks like. For instance:
[QUOTE="PhDeezNutz, post: 7130482, member: 577620"]

So all we seem to need is a post number (7130447) and a member number.

Looking at the profile for @PeterDonis and extracting the URL we find:
https://www.physicsforums.com/members/peterdonis.197831/
So the requisite member number seems to be 197831.

Let us construct BBcode for the article in question:
[QUOTE="PeterDonis, post: 7130447, member: 197831"]

And test it:

Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together.

Huzzah! It works.

 

[jack action]

That sounds like an interesting challenge...

We begin by looking at the posting history of @PeterDonis and locate a recent thread. There it is right at the top. Something about being closed for moderation.

We scroll back in that thread to find the comment in question. There it is.

We click the little "share this link" on the post to see what the URL looks like: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/general-relativity-question-gravity-clock.1066746/post-7130447

We quote someone else's post to see what the BBcode for a quote looks like. For instance:
[QUOTE="PhDeezNutz, post: 7130482, member: 577620"]

So all we seem to need is a post number (7130447) and a member number.

Looking at the profile for @PeterDonis and extracting the URL we find:
https://www.physicsforums.com/members/peterdonis.197831/
So the requisite member number seems to be 197831.

Let us construct BBcode for the article in question:
[QUOTE="PeterDonis, post: 7130447, member: 197831"]

And test it:


Huzzah! It works.

Amazed and stunned. Let me one-up you.

I just selected the text in the post, right-clicked, and selected "+Quote". Then you can add in any thread with the button "Insert quotes..." that will appear beside "Attach files" at the bottom of every thread:

Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together.

 

[jbriggs444]

I just selected the text in the post, right-clicked, and selected "+Quote". Then you can add in any thread with the button "Insert quotes..." that will appear beside "Attach files" at the bottom of every thread:

Yes, but did you notice that the thread in question is no longer locked? It is more challenging to quote from a locked thread.

 

[jack action]

Yes, but did you notice that the thread in question is no longer locked? It is more challenging to quote from a locked thread.

Darn! It was locked a minute - if not seconds - before I read this thread!

 

[Borg]

On a spam thread about learning how to code.

Do you teach how to code spam filters, by any chance?

 

[sysprog1]

We have a macabre saying here: we have to die one death. Either epsilontic and limits, or logic and topology.

Reference: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-infinitesimal-in-calculus.1066628/#post-7129537

 

[phinds]

popular science articles are usually so flawed that it would take an entire lecture to correct them.

 

[pinball1970]

A new poster informed Baluncore after a disagreement, that a time will come when he will meet someone smarter.
That day was today because he was that someone!

@berkeman replied.

"Having read thousands of posts by @Baluncore and a dozen or two by you, I doubt that assertion very much."

 

[sysprog1]

Wouldn't a high coin toss in a turbulent air flow effectively be truly random for all practical purposes?

Yes, but put the word “truly” in there and suddenly nothing qualifies. That isn’t unique to randomness.