tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3891070126501316739..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Sunday smörgåsbordMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82161332187290489202011-11-12T22:51:20.328-06:002011-11-12T22:51:20.328-06:00As to Toronto being further south than Venice, and...As to Toronto being further south than Venice, and part of Norway being farther east than Istanbul, those are very cool.<br /><br />But when Minneapolis (more frigid than Toronto, IMHO) is further south than Venice, THAT blows my mind.. . . . TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580615265824680170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85087485353916717162011-11-12T22:37:42.455-06:002011-11-12T22:37:42.455-06:00It is pretty useless, but something I found on my ...It is pretty useless, but something I found on my own:<br /><br />Re the Fibonacci series, the sequence always shown is not unique in its ratios approaching phi (1.618033988...).<br /><br />Start with ANY TWO numbers, and then follow the same rules, and in just about the same number of consecutive pairs, their ratio approaches 1.619033988... as a limit.<br /><br />Try it. It even works with decimal numbers.<br /><br />So, there is every reason for this ratio to appear, wherever it does. The article seems to blow off much of the phi ratio in art, and the claims are certainly overblown (I've known that for some time), but the ratio does appear in some places.. . . . TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580615265824680170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62310653583431847582011-10-31T12:40:29.892-05:002011-10-31T12:40:29.892-05:00Way before my time, of course, and dad never spoke...Way before my time, of course, and dad never spoke at length about it, but from what I understand it was an asphyxia - either CO or perhaps hydrocarbons excluding O2 - that happened in a motel room.<br /><br />Not rare in that era, I think.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80003222263125092922011-10-31T12:22:22.766-05:002011-10-31T12:22:22.766-05:00Just out of morbid curiosity did the faulty gas he...Just out of morbid curiosity did the faulty gas heater result in fire or carbon monoxide?nolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82455511936231531002011-10-31T07:38:45.809-05:002011-10-31T07:38:45.809-05:00Have you seen this, Minnesotastan? http://thereifi...Have you seen this, Minnesotastan? http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/10/20/white-trash-repairs-historical-thursday-sokushinbutsu-the-art-of-self-mummification/#more-27772James Cominshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988734252520359140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81332152309499514962011-10-30T20:32:25.314-05:002011-10-30T20:32:25.314-05:00Natt, as a sometime-grammar-Nazi, we appreciate qu...Natt, as a sometime-grammar-Nazi, we appreciate quibbles. Fixed. Thanks.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85646702181584486162011-10-30T20:17:21.580-05:002011-10-30T20:17:21.580-05:00hmm. not sure its an argument against an "omn...hmm. not sure its an argument against an "omnipotent, omniscient god" After all, a god could be omnipotent and omniscient and yet evil, right? So, it's more an argument against an infinitely GOOD god, right?<br /><br />Besides, it's actually a simplistic argument similar to others which have been debated by philosophers and theologians for millennia. (see Epicurus of ancient Greece for an early formulation of this argument)<br /><br />For responses to the argument, you can read "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" for one Jewish Rabbi's take on the matter, or the Book of Job for another. For one Christian view, "How Can a Good God Let Bad Things Happen?" is an interesting, if hard book. C.S. Lewis gives a good, intellectual argument on the matter of evil.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797317910988407423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79960829346882651882011-10-30T19:34:57.209-05:002011-10-30T19:34:57.209-05:00Such cruelty.... "Here! Would you mind suckli...Such cruelty.... "Here! Would you mind suckling this puppy for a while?" Yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31516383919973563052011-10-30T19:18:52.483-05:002011-10-30T19:18:52.483-05:00Venice is farther north than Toronto and there are...Venice is farther north than Toronto and there are palm tree on the south-west coast of the UK.<br /><br />Gulf Stream...<br /><br />(Yes, the mediterranean does not have a huge connection to the Atlantic, but all of Europe is being heated thanks to the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks, guys!)Richard "RichiH" Hartmannhttp://richardhartmann.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71314743208738827612011-10-30T16:45:18.869-05:002011-10-30T16:45:18.869-05:00And that cat - it's not a jerk, it's a cat...And that cat - it's not a jerk, it's a cat!Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82733873060045917442011-10-30T16:36:38.011-05:002011-10-30T16:36:38.011-05:00Perhaps it was talking pidgin.Perhaps it was talking pidgin.Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-46247652298139440182011-10-30T16:14:38.670-05:002011-10-30T16:14:38.670-05:00One minor quibble: that's a pigeon, not a duck...One minor quibble: that's a pigeon, not a duck. :)Nattnoreply@blogger.com