tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5760433560639756927..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation" - H. H. Munro (Saki)Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28467494262476553242015-03-14T11:32:41.114-05:002015-03-14T11:32:41.114-05:00The larp article states at the beginning: ".....The larp article states at the beginning: "...visited the Knudepunkt conference in Denmark, the most influential larp gathering of its kind."<br />Which I find kind of misleading, as it seems to be maybe the most influential larp gatherin *in Denmark*. The sentence sounds a bit as if it's meant "in general" (the world?). For example in Germany we have larps that have up to 6000 to 9000 (thousand!) players. I think it's a fairly popular Hobby by now in germany, there are around 500 to 600 larps a year. I know quite many larpers, but that might just be my "scene" (gothic/roleplaying/nerds).<br />And just now I learned that the first german larp was probably helt 1992 (I was 12 :) ) very close to my hometown! Actually it was the town next to the town I went to school. Ah, interesting :) I also started playing roleplaying games (pen&paper) around that age.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696226114699182690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8197621457648752682015-03-11T16:47:57.998-05:002015-03-11T16:47:57.998-05:00Steve, I certainly didn't mean to imply that o...Steve, I certainly didn't mean to imply that only corporate support needs to be cited. When I worked for the Veterans Administration, my publications would cite my VA grants; when I did research on smoking, I cited support from the Tobacco and Health Research Institute. Failing to publicly acknowledge one's financial support is considered reprehensible in medical research; I don't know the standards in other fields.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57965027103359026592015-03-11T14:37:49.781-05:002015-03-11T14:37:49.781-05:00Stan, I pulled my comment because I misunderstood ...Stan, I pulled my comment because I misunderstood where the actual rebuttal ended. The break line and immediately following text led me to believe that the author had changed topics.<br /><br />As to that person accepting money from fossil fuel companies, the fossil fuel companies for several years (if not even now were contributing money to many 'green' efforts. I would be shocked if those green enterprises that accepted the money go around touting their acceptance of the money. In addition, there is nothing un-tainted about people or groups accepting money (almost all government money) for the green side of the arguments. Why should only the non-green contributions be tainted? That is a double standard in a land where freedom of speech is lauded and protected by law. In addition, the total amount provided by (mostly governmental) various agencies for the green side of this debate vastly, vastly outnumbers the amount given to the skeptic side. And those people do not go around listing their donations and grants every time they write an article or paper.<br /><br />Academic papers often DO put in a disclaimer, professing no conflicts of interest. I do not know if all of them consider government funding a conflict of interest or not. But I think that when the government comes down fully on one side of the discussion, then such conflicts DO exist.SteveGinGTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697382976006839418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39425720666204074462015-03-11T13:12:00.427-05:002015-03-11T13:12:00.427-05:00"Use this site to "play with gravity.&qu..."Use this site to "play with gravity."<br /><br />I don't think the underlying code to that gravity thing works properly. Points seem to take straight lines, even when passing very close to the gravity points; they SHOULD be deflected (ala Einstein and his light bending effects in Relativity). And new points do not seem to have the gravitational effects of the original ones.SteveGinGTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697382976006839418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31858334515833129942015-03-11T00:29:54.534-05:002015-03-11T00:29:54.534-05:00I would note that the person in question "has...I would note that the person in question "has accepted more than $1.2 million in money from the fossil-fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers. At least 11 papers he has published since 2008 omitted such a disclosure, and in at least eight of those cases, he appears to have violated ethical guidelines of the journals that published his work."<br /><br />Had I done the same during my academic career, my papers would have been withdrawn from the journals in which they were published.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30859779330882319482015-03-11T00:24:28.891-05:002015-03-11T00:24:28.891-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SteveGinGTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697382976006839418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22933166871201070712015-03-08T22:53:14.597-05:002015-03-08T22:53:14.597-05:00Gotta disagree with the Jezebel article. I'm o...Gotta disagree with the Jezebel article. I'm one of the 40% weirdos who can digest milk with no ill after effect . At 36, I still enjoy drinking a glass of milk at least a few times a week. It's my second favorite non-alcoholic drink, coffee being the first. shibori78noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58132929787024001862015-03-06T11:55:11.971-06:002015-03-06T11:55:11.971-06:00thanks for reminding me of the worst beer i ever d...thanks for reminding me of the worst beer i ever drunk - bud light platinum.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-38972306252336869802015-03-06T11:49:22.930-06:002015-03-06T11:49:22.930-06:00In this country, "light" in a beer label...In this country, "light" in a beer label typically refers to caloric content, not alcoholic potency. The beer-swilling students I know of are not particularly concerned about their weight. Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90546499526312796422015-03-06T11:16:12.450-06:002015-03-06T11:16:12.450-06:00> how students guzzle beer
if it is students, ...> how students guzzle beer<br /><br />if it is students, then the 'beer' has some variant of the word 'light' associated with it, in which case it really is not beer, is it?<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34075574135797704502015-03-06T10:39:04.767-06:002015-03-06T10:39:04.767-06:00> If the legendary romance of hopping railroad ...> If the legendary romance of hopping railroad trains appeals to you<br /><br />the people in those fotos look like street people commonly known as 'crusties'.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61179214400512898042015-03-06T06:25:05.597-06:002015-03-06T06:25:05.597-06:00I did get some occasional moons sometimes, but the...I did get some occasional moons sometimes, but they developed randomly out of the proto disk, not out of my own design. Looks neat! I'll give it a try.Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-75714337439454418892015-03-06T03:44:09.508-06:002015-03-06T03:44:09.508-06:00In the first simulator you link to, a good sense o...In the first simulator you link to, a good sense of achievement is to be had by getting an object into a stable secondary orbit -- that is, a small object orbiting a larger object which in turn orbits a still larger object. Have you ever done that? <a href="https://outerhoard.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/moons.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here's proof that it's possible.</a> (There's a trick to it, which I'll give away if asked, but for now I don't want to spoil anyone's fun.)Adrian Morganhttp://outerhoard.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32143825677854254902015-03-05T23:34:56.729-06:002015-03-05T23:34:56.729-06:00Interesting. Thanks, Adrian.Interesting. Thanks, Adrian.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71259815994525658912015-03-05T23:05:37.153-06:002015-03-05T23:05:37.153-06:00I haven't taken the time to look into the Sher...I haven't taken the time to look into the Sherlock Holmes story because the issue doesn't really interest me, but I'm under the impression that it's not regarded as having been written by Doyle. There's this http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/02/conan-doyle-didnt-write-lost-sherlock.html#.VPkyA-Hcgr0 but again, I've not taken the time to analyse it properly.<br /><br />More comments may follow when I've browsed more links.Adrian Morganhttp://outerhoard.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81536457159477659832015-03-05T16:02:24.088-06:002015-03-05T16:02:24.088-06:00Hmm, the gravity thing is fun to play with, but it...Hmm, the gravity thing is fun to play with, but it doesn't accurately represent orbital behavior. In reality, the center of gravity would lie in one of the foci of the elliptic orbit, rather than in its center as seems to be the case here. I personally like <a href="http://www.nowykurier.com/toys/gravity/gravity.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a> better. You can choose particles of different sizes from the menu on the bottom left, or create a "proto disk" and see how it slowly evolves into a stable system. Another neat simulator is <a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/my-solar-system/my-solar-system_en.html" rel="nofollow">My Solar System</a>.Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com