Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[collinsmark]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?

As we all know, electromagnetic radiation is produced when charged particles undergo acceleration. (Stationary charged particles have electric fields; charged particles moving at a constant velocity have magnetic fields in addition; and accelerating charged particles produce electromagnetic radiation in addition to the those.)

Faster acceleration corresponds to higher energy (i.e., higher frequency) photons.

If you want to produce x-rays you accelerate electrons to high speeds in a vacuum and then smash them into a target (typically just a piece of metal). The initial acceleration involves a tad of electromagnetic radiation, but it's the sudden -- almost instantaneous -- deceleration that produces most of the x-rays, when the electrons smash against the target.

That's my guess as to why it's called bremsstrahlung (braking radiation). (But yeah, "deceleration radiation" works too.)

 

[fresh_42]

But I must admit that most Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants speak really well! Which is strange because I've heard from people living in Australia that their Chinese immigrants' English is not so good.

Lol - too simple?

 

[fresh_42]

That's my guess as to why it's called bremsstrahlung (braking radiation). (But yeah, "deceleration radiation" works too.)

I know what it is, I just ask why it has to be the German word for it. I find the 'eigen'-stuff has some rights because it's better than, e.g. proper.
But Bremsstrahlung or Ansatz in the middle of an English sentence looks and even more sounds weird to me.

 

[collinsmark]

I know what it is, I just ask why it has to be the German word for it. I find the 'eigen'-stuff has some rights because it's better than, e.g. proper.
But Bremsstrahlung or Ansatz in the middle of an English sentence looks and even more sounds weird to me.

Oh, I understand now.

That's merely because the German word sounds more intimidating. "Bow down and cower in fear before my bremsstrahlung!" It helps to keep the undergrads on their toes.

 

[fresh_42]

That's merely because the German word sounds more intimidating. "Bow down and cower in fear before my bremsstrahlung!" It helps to keep the undergrads on their toes.

This is the method they teach math at schools over here. I have found terms in schoolbooks I haven't heard a single time in my studies or read in a real book.

 

[Psinter]

A handful of almonds, a double espresso and you will feel like singing :).

I don't like coffee, but I suppose I could try some every now and then. Just not now because my stomach still pains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

I've never seen that movie.
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Guys, I have so many things to do right now that I have decided to take a nap... An 8 hour nap...

 

[WWGD]

I've never seen that movie.
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Guys, I have so many things to do right now that I have decided to take a nap... An 8 hour nap...

Me neither, I had just heard about it and seemed like a fittingly bad joke. I could not come up with anything so I just did a web search -- a new form of (bad) comedy I invented.

 

[lisab]

Where will I be when the Benadryl kicks in?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

 

[WWGD]

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

 

[fresh_42]

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

And you had expected exactly what?

 

[Psinter]

Where will I be when the Benadryl kicks in?

I also took one. Found myself in my bed.
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If you are going to kidnap someone's daughter, make sure it is not Liam Nesson's daughter. If it is then I guess you can try following over the phone:

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

Then prepare your testament.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

lisab has a toy! . Let me guess, a rubber tank or a water gun. I think she'll be in bed after taking her meds.

...
If you are going to kidnap someone's daughter, make sure it is not Liam Nesson's daughter. If it is then I guess you can try following over the phone:
Then prepare your testament.

Your example makes me a little sad. I am off for my genome sequence analysis now.

 

[Psinter]

Your example makes me a little sad. I am off for my genome sequence analysis now.

Well, knowing him, sad is the last thing those who kidnapped her daughter should be feeling.

I'm just joking around.

Talking about sad, this is sad:

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I'm still waiting for another zooby story.

 

[Psinter]

Well, I tried that by starting at Global Warming and I did end up in Philosophy. The way it is made at this point in time, if you end up at Science, you will end up in philosophy.

Kinda makes me want to make a crawler to look how many articles chain and link to Philosophy. Then graph all paths.

 

[WWGD]

philosophy.

Kinda makes me want to make a crawler to look how many articles chain and link to Philosophy. Then graph all paths.

How do you do that?

 

[Sophia]

Science links to philosophy are natural. Science is just a branch of empirical philosophy, even if scientists are reluctant to admit it :-)

 

[Psinter]

How do you do that?

You could use any language, but the easiest and less hassle that comes to mind is Python. There are probably easier or more efficient languages for the task, but that one is the first that comes to my mind.

• Get the HTML
• Put the article name in a list
• Parse the first link found in that article that is not within a parenthesis
• Follow the link
• Repeat

A PL with an already implemented doubly linked list would be better, but that can be implemented in Python or one could probably copy paste it from someone who already did. I feel a little lazy now, what do you say, shall we try it?

EDIT: Now PF members who are professors at universities will give this as homework to their students.

 

[collinsmark]

Fascinating.

I tried it, starting with "doubly linked list." Here are the results:

doubly linked list
computer science
science
knowledge
awareness
consciousness
quality (philosophy)
property (philosophy)
modern philosophy
philosophy

 

[fresh_42]

I started with a different language and on fiber bundles and then ran into a cycle with mathematics.
'Erkenntnis' (perception) was the closest I could get. But there is no English article on it.

 

[Psinter]

Fascinating.

I tried it, starting with "doubly linked list." Here are the results:

doubly linked list
computer science
science
knowledge
awareness
consciousness
quality (philosophy)
property (philosophy)
modern philosophy
philosophy

Yup. That's how it rolls.

 

[Sophia]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

 

[WIN]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

slippery?

 

[Sophia]

Thank you, it is slippery but I was wondering if there is a special name for that kind of ice. We have two different words. One is normal ice and the another one that describes this kind of weather. There are warnings like : 'be careful, there is ? on the road!'

 

[WIN]

Thank you, it is slippery but I was wondering if there is a special name for that kind of ice. We have two different words. One is normal ice and the another one that describes this kind of weather. There are warnings like : 'be careful, there is ? on the road!'

maybe ice sheet or icing layer? no idea

 

[OmCheeto]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

philosophy
.modern philosophy
..property
...quality
...consciousness
...awareness
...knowledge
...science
...natural science
...physics
...physical chemistry
...homogeneous
...glaze ice
....black ice <------- What I call it.

 

[JorisL]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

 

[Sophia]

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

Thank you. We also have a word for freezing rain . I think that OmCheeto's black ice is the right term :-)

 

[fresh_42]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

Freezing rain. (FZRA in METAR code)

 

[fresh_42]

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

So did I.
Edit: TBH I expected the word would be the German one: Blitzeis. I mean if ' Blitzkrieg' isn't translated, so why not call FZRA blitzice? Always the ugly words ...

 

[OCR]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_ice ...[COLOR=#black]..[/COLOR]

 

[Sophia]

So did I. [emoji2]
Edit: TBH I expected the word would be the German one: Blitzeis. I mean if ' Blitzkrieg' isn't translated, so why not call FZRA blitzice? Always the ugly words ...

Adding Blitzeis to my German vocab list.
My favourite word I've learned yesterday is Kummerspeck - excessive fat gained by emotional eating :-) you know, one has to be able to describe himself :-)

 

[fresh_42]

Adding Blitzeis to my German vocab list.
My favourite word I've learned yesterday is Kummerspeck - excessive fat gained by emotional eating :-) you know, one has to be able to describe himself :-)

I wouldn't define it as 'excessive'.

 

[WWGD]

I found a better method for collecting enough change for the washing machines: vending machines, but I must buy items whose decimal part is $.25 or less to make it worthwhile.

EDIT: Even better, some times putting in $1 in the machine and hitting the "return" button gives change without having to buy anything. But there seem to be fewer vending machines now than I remember seeing some 10 years ago.

 

[Borg]

I found a better method for collecting enough change for the washing machines: vending machines, but I must buy items whose decimal part is $.25 or less to make it worthwhile.

I would give you my two cents worth about this but I don't have change for a dollar.