Poll: Greatest physicist of the 20th century?

[jhae2.718]

I nominate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jt5ibfRzw" for greatest physicist!

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Now, as the air of General Discussion fills my lungs, I want to laugh at both the thread and myself.

Ooh, something for the quotes thread!

someone hit me with a fish please...

Ok.

this poll is absurd...

Who is Stephen Hawkings?

Ask that in the Stupid Q&A thread.

I nominate Zefrem Cochrane as the greatest physicist.
Oh wait he's a fictional character.



You people are distracting me from my TV episode.

 

[jhae2.718]

Okay, for the first time for the last time, it is Stephen Hawking. Not "Hawkings". No "s".

There's also no "Feynmann" or "Einstien".

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Okay, for the first time for the last time, it is Stephen Hawking. Not "Hawkings". No "s".

Ok, ok, I understood the first time. I noticed the "s".
I was not saying you were stupid.

 

[micromass]

I think it's really sad how Stefan Hawkins is confined to his wheelchair...

 

[jhae2.718]

Ok, ok, I understood the first time. I noticed the "s".
I was not saying you were stupid.

I did not interpret it as such.

Spoiler

<rant>
I am just sick and tired of people not taking the time to make sure what they write is correct. It's not that hard to get the name of such big names correct, but people misspell "Hawking" as "Hawkings" or "Einstein" as "Einstien" all the time.

The same holds with spelling and grammar issues. I can understand typos every now and then, but is it really that hard to use a spell-checker, or to use capital letters and punctuation correctly?
</rant>

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

We should have [rant][/rant] tags integrated into the forum.
People use them often.

 

[micromass]

We should have [rant][/rant] tags integrated into the forum.
People use them often.

We have them already, just click on the eye on the editor.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

We have them already, just click on the eye on the editor.

The spoiler tags just aren't the same you know?...
The rant tags should be like the code tags, but with a red background.

 

[micromass]

The spoiler tags just aren't the same you know?...
The rant tags should be like the code tags, but with a red background.

The spoiler tags are especially made for rants! They make them invisible, except for the masochists who really want to see them...

 

[jhae2.718]

Well, you'd also want type attributes for starters, e.g.:

<rant type="Why is it that I am the only one here who is competent?" />
<rant type="Honestly, I'm the only one who $does_something; I don't know why I bother." />
<rant type="I'm low on caffeine and I just want to yell at someone." />
<rant type="Internet, this is why I'm right and your wrong." /> /*Yes, the misspelling is intended.*/

We need to work out a specification first.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

The spoiler tags are especially made for rants! They make them invisible, except for the masochists who really want to see them...

That's what's wrong with them, they're invisible.
When I rant, I want it to be big and bold.

 

[lisab]

The spoiler tags just aren't the same you know?...
The rant tags should be like the code tags, but with a red background.

You could always just make up one of your own .

 

[micromass]

Well, you'd also want type attributes for starters, e.g.:

<rant type="Why is it that I am the only one here who is competent?" />
<rant type="Honestly, I'm the only one who $does_something; I don't know why I bother." />
<rant type="I'm low on caffeine and I just want to yell at someone." />
<rant type="Internet, this is why I'm right and your wrong." /> /*Yes, the misspelling is intended.*/

We need to work out a specification first.

And for our crackpot friends

<rant type="People with a phoney PhD oppress my freedom of speech. pi is exactly 3, damnit! />

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Well, you'd also want type attributes for starters, e.g.:

<rant type="Why is it that I am the only one here who is competent?" />
<rant type="Honestly, I'm the only one who $does_something; I don't know why I bother." />
<rant type="I'm low on caffeine and I just want to yell at someone." />
<rant type="Internet, this is why I'm right and your wrong." /> /*Yes, the misspelling is intended.*/

We need to work out a specification first.

I want to add this.

<rant type="I just want to yell at someone." />

You could always just make up one of your own .

That's what people have been doing!

And for our crackpot friends

<rant type="People with a phoney PhD oppress my freedom of speech. pi is exactly 3, damnit! />

No that's wrong. I saw one who said pi is 4.

 

[jhae2.718]

No that's wrong. I saw one who said pi is 4.

u shud no that pi is 3.125 i like read it on this web and this guy prooved it wif math

 

[micromass]

Listen up, I haven't done math in like 25 years, but I think I have shown that pi is exactly 22/7. I just hope that the mathematics work out!

 

[jhae2.718]

Hey everyone, I've got this theory that unifies GR and QM worked out pretty well, here's my paper. I just need someone to fill in the math.

<link to poorly formatted 3 page Word document>

 

[jhae2.718]

All seriousness in this thread died the moment it was moved to GD...

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

All seriousness in this thread died the moment it was moved to GD...

*hyperventilating maniacal laugh*NOTICE: In approximately 1 minute the web protection on my computer will lock me out of the Internet.

 

[jhae2.718]

NOTICE: In approximately 1 minute the web protection on my computer will lock me out of the Internet.

 

[physics girl phd]

All seriousness in this thread died the moment it was moved to GD...

I would have thought all seriousness in the thread died when we were given the original selections.

 

[ZapperZ]

the argument came up in class today, people were saying the typical Newton and einstein etc but i feel the aren't really that relevant anymore. so in your opinion, who is the greatest scientist of this century? in terms of both scientific findings, educating the masses of certain theories, and current relevance in the field of research.

I haven't seen a question and a poll so out of touch with reality than this one. You seem to be confusing "greatest" with "popular media figure". And the list that you present for voting is awfully shallow, and only filled with figures that an ignorant news reporter would come up with on a whim.

It was why this belongs more in the General Discussion forum than the General Physics forum, where it was first posted.

Zz.

 

[jhae2.718]

I would have thought all seriousness in the thread died when we were given the original selections.

What I meant was, in General Physics (or other "real" forums) most people try to keep an a air og seriousness/professionalism, but move it to GD and there's no longer that need.

 

[SamirS]

That fish-slap smilie made me think. You know that strange effect when you look at a clock and the first tick seems to take sooo much more time then the other ones? Like it's delayed? Same effect with that smilie for me.

Is there a name for it?

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Heheh... I was rapid-typing when I posted that. Now reading it it does sound kind of odd.
There's this thing set up (not by me) on my computer that I can't access the Internet late at night.

What I meant was, in General Physics (or other "real" forums) most people try to keep an a air og seriousness/professionalism, but move it to GD and there's no longer that need.

Well, GD stands for... wait for it...

*dramatic music*
da-da-da-da-da-da-da!

Goof Department!

 

[jhae2.718]

Heheh... I was rapid-typing when I posted that. Now reading it it does sound kind of odd.
There's this thing set up (not by me) on my computer that I can't access the Internet late at night.

It should be trivial to avoid. Just boot up on a Linux live CD. (If it's done at the router level, it may be a bit more tricky to bypass, but all the same it should be trivial...)

Not that I would be advising anyone how to avoid such things...

 

[gnossienne]

Stephen Hawking has a nice story going for him, but I don't take him to seriously. Richard Feynman in my opinion