| Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #245279] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 00:54 |
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Could some one please tell me where Douglas Adams knowledge of Quantum
mechanics and science comes from? He must heve got it from some where
so as to form a basis for Hitchikers Guide....
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246736 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 06:09 |
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"Dwinga-Lou" <lytateep [at] hotmail.com> wrote in news:1144623253.739595.203600
[at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> Could some one please tell me where Douglas Adams knowledge of Quantum
> mechanics and science comes from? He must heve got it from some where
> so as to form a basis for Hitchikers Guide....
>
I like to think that all those quantum physics boffins got their
inspirations from DNA.
R.
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"To a good wicket-keeper much may be forgiven"
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246737 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 07:19 |
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Dwinga-Lou wrote:
> Could some one please tell me where Douglas Adams knowledge of Quantum
> mechanics and science comes from? He must heve got it from some where
> so as to form a basis for Hitchikers Guide....
<stupid answer>
Well, where do YOU get your knowledge of quantum physics and science? I
get mine at Quantum Physics And Science R Us.
</stupid answer>
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246738 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 07:51 |
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lol. Thanx 4 your input.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246739 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 07:54 |
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Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246746 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 21:02 |
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Dwinga-Lou wrote:
> Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
> stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
it Shroedinger.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246747 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 21:51 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
> Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>
>>Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>>stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>
>
> I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
> it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
> it Shroedinger.
>
And lock it in a box?
/Magnus
--
"Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
Douglas Adams 1952-2001
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246748 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 23:24 |
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"Magnus Pedersen" <mgpeder [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:443ab741$0$27550$edfadb0f [at] dread11.news.tele.dk...
> Omicron Machine wrote:
>> Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>>
>>>Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>>>stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>>
>>
>> I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
>> it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
>> it Shroedinger.
>>
> And lock it in a box?
>
That's the best place for a cat.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246749 ] |
Di, 11 April 2006 01:20 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Magnus Pedersen" <mgpeder [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:443ab741$0$27550$edfadb0f [at] dread11.news.tele.dk...
>
>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>>
>>>Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>>>>stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>>>
>>>
>>>I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
>>>it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
>>>it Shroedinger.
>>>
>>
>>And lock it in a box?
>>
>
>
> That's the best place for a cat.
>
> -- Dave
> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
>
>
I find the best place for a cat is next to a single unstable atom which
could decay at any moment, fastened to a poison gas canister triggered
by the radiation released by the previously mentioned atom. I find the
box is a nuisance since it stops me from knowing the life status of the
cat.
Then again..... I don't like cats.
Richard
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246751 ] |
Di, 11 April 2006 06:41 |
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Richard wrote:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>
> > "Magnus Pedersen" <mgpeder [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:443ab741$0$27550$edfadb0f [at] dread11.news.tele.dk...
> >
> >>Omicron Machine wrote:
> >>
> >>>Dwinga-Lou wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
> >>>>stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
> >>>it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
> >>>it Shroedinger.
> >>>
> >>
> >>And lock it in a box?
> >>
> >
> >
> > That's the best place for a cat.
> >
> > -- Dave
> > http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
> I find the best place for a cat is next to a single unstable atom which
> could decay at any moment, fastened to a poison gas canister triggered
> by the radiation released by the previously mentioned atom. I find the
> box is a nuisance since it stops me from knowing the life status of the
> cat.
>
> Then again..... I don't like cats.
>
> Richard
Have I told my Quantum dentistry story already?
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #246753 ] |
Di, 11 April 2006 08:47 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1144695767.379663.52200 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>
> Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>> Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>> stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>
> I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
> it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
> it Shroedinger.
Something doesn't feel quite right about that... Feels like saying, if I
ever get a monster made from re-animated body parts, I'm going to call it
Frankenstein. :-)
Actually, while I'm talking of Frankenstein (or his monster), there's always
been a couple of major mysteries about it for me: 1. Why did Frankenstein
make a creature apparently out of the body parts of many people instead of
just re-animating a single person? and 2. Even if the monster is supposed to
be made out of a number of people, where did Frankenstein find someone with
a flat head?
A.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247310 ] |
Di, 11 April 2006 12:25 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>
>>Dave Adalian wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Magnus Pedersen" <mgpeder [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:443ab741$0$27550$edfadb0f [at] dread11.news.tele.dk...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>>>>>>stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
>>>>>it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
>>>>>it Shroedinger.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And lock it in a box?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>That's the best place for a cat.
>>>
>>>-- Dave
>>>http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I find the best place for a cat is next to a single unstable atom which
>>could decay at any moment, fastened to a poison gas canister triggered
>>by the radiation released by the previously mentioned atom. I find the
>>box is a nuisance since it stops me from knowing the life status of the
>>cat.
>>
>>Then again..... I don't like cats.
>>
>>Richard
>
>
>
> Have I told my Quantum dentistry story already?
>
I don't think you have
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247315 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 00:20 |
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"Andrew C." <backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote
> Actually, while I'm talking of Frankenstein (or his monster), there's
always
> been a couple of major mysteries about it for me: 1. Why did Frankenstein
> make a creature apparently out of the body parts of many people instead of
> just re-animating a single person? and
There was the idea that each body would have some rotten bit or damaged limb
etc which had caused their death. He wanted to have a healthy specimin so
took the best bits from each body.
> 2. Even if the monster is supposed to
> be made out of a number of people, where did Frankenstein find someone
with
> a flat head?
Ah well, that was the film version and they bugger about with the details
in films, don't they ? Other than that it was a hatchet job !
Steve M
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247324 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 13:52 |
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On 11/04/2006 05:41, Omicron Machine wrote:
> Have I told my Quantum dentistry story already?
No, but I really think you should.
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
Fine day to work off excess energy. Steal something heavy.
LiveJournal: http://johncoxon.livejournal.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247325 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 13:53 |
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On 10/04/2006 20:02, Omicron Machine wrote:
> Dwinga-Lou wrote:
>
>> Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>> stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>
> I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
> it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
> it Shroedinger.
How does one pronounce that name? I've never been certain.
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and
blamed it on the cost of living.
LiveJournal: http://johncoxon.livejournal.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247328 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 15:34 |
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:53:01 +0100, John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>On 10/04/2006 20:02, Omicron Machine wrote:
>
>> Dwinga-Lou wrote:
> >
>>> Well I wouldn't mind a bit of their DNA. I find that Quantum physics
>>> stuff mind bogolingly, mind bogoling
>>
>> I love Quantum physics. Really cool, if you can get your mind around
>> it. I've promised myself that if (when) I ever get a cat, I will name
>> it Shroedinger.
>
>How does one pronounce that name? I've never been certain.
Shrow (to rhyme with "show")
Dinger
That's how my lecturers at university pronounced it.
Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247330 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 19:07 |
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247331 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 19:40 |
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John Coxon wrote:
> On 11/04/2006 05:41, Omicron Machine wrote:
>
>> Have I told my Quantum dentistry story already?
>
>
> No, but I really think you should.
>
(waiting with bated breath) I'm curious to.
My dentist told me about the time she had been talking to a
New Yorker friend who told her "New Yorkers can't figure out why
Californians are so happy." I couldn't figure out what she was
talking about.
--
Tian
http://tianharter.org
I'm seeking endorsements for my campaign. Please let me know if
you want your name on my list! I would be honored to add you..
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247333 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 20:51 |
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Lloyd Gilbert <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
> >> Shroedinger.
> >
> >How does one pronounce that name? I've never been certain.
>
> Shrow (to rhyme with "show")
> Dinger
>
> That's how my lecturers at university pronounced it.
He was wrong.
I know how to pronounce it, but I don't know how to explain it to
english speaking people.
The "oe" is pronounced like the german "ö", but this won't help you
much.:-)
Staso
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Schizophrenic? I'm bleeding quadrophenic.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247334 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 21:18 |
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247336 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 22:50 |
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Kenny Hutchings <askmenicely [at] dodgeit.com> wrote:
> In article <1hdp8bx.ulko2w7hqhogN [at] hurricane.homelinux.org>,
> Staso.Spamfalle [at] gmx.net says...
> > Lloyd Gilbert <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
> > > That's how my lecturers at university pronounced it.
> ^^^
> > He was wrong.
> ^^
> Apparently the collective-lecturer-entity had a gender. It's no wonder
> that Lloyd ended up the twisted physicist, if he was taught by a unified
> persona.
Well, LIoyd learned anything he needed for His Plan[tm] from Him[tm].
> ;)
§;-)
Staso
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Schizophrenic? I'm bleeding quadrophenic.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247339 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 23:49 |
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Kenny Hutchings wrote:
> In article <1hdp8bx.ulko2w7hqhogN [at] hurricane.homelinux.org>,
> Staso.Spamfalle [at] gmx.net says...
> > Lloyd Gilbert <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
> > > That's how my lecturers at university pronounced it.
> ^^^
> >
> > He was wrong.
> ^^
> Apparently the collective-lecturer-entity had a gender. It's no wonder
> that Lloyd ended up the twisted physicist, if he was taught by a unified
> persona.
>
> ;)
>
> K.
I wish I was taught by a unified persona...
Anyways, due to popular command (yes, I consider the curiosity of two
people a popular demand), and the fact that I like to tell stories, the
short anecdote I call my quantum dentistry theory goes as follows
(ahem):
My younger sister was watching television and there was a commercial
for Crest toothpaste that claimed that we needed Crest because 70% of
Canadians have gingivitus. My sister asked if that meant that 70
percent of Canadians have gingivitus now or have had gingivitus before.
I said that quantum physically, it could potentially mean that all
Canadians have 70% gingivitus.
Some time later, I was wearing a particular shirt at a dentist's
appointment. It was a blue shirt that said,
"If this shirt looks red to you, you are moving far too fast."
And the dentist liked my shirt. He said if he hadn't become a dentist,
he'd have studied physics.
I sat down in that weird chair. He said to relax because everything
should be fine and his paitents were generally very comfortable around
him anyways, all but falling asleep, he joked.
"So Hiesenburg could have fallen asleep here, but we'd never know how
fast asleep he was." I said. The dentist laughed, then the check up
proceeded.
After, he was talking to my Mum in the lobby and he said I was very
smart and had fine teeth. My sister told him what I said about the 70%
gingivitus. My mother said "Where are you learning this stuff, you
don't have a single science or math course this year."
The dentist said, "I suppose Schrodinger's cat told her."
I replied, "Yes, but only half the story."
true.dat
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247343 ] |
Do, 13 April 2006 08:18 |
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"Michael Starosta" <Staso.Spamfalle [at] gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1hdp8bx.ulko2w7hqhogN [at] hurricane.homelinux.org...
> Lloyd Gilbert <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>> >> Shroedinger.
>> >
>> >How does one pronounce that name? I've never been certain.
>>
>> Shrow (to rhyme with "show")
>> Dinger
>>
>> That's how my lecturers at university pronounced it.
>
> He was wrong.
> I know how to pronounce it, but I don't know how to explain it to
> english speaking people.
>
> The "oe" is pronounced like the german "ö", but this won't help you
> much.:-)
Somewhere between Shrowdinger and Shrerdinger, but if you say it quickly, I
imagine Shrerdinger probably sounds about right.
A.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247350 ] |
Fr, 14 April 2006 05:00 |
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"Andrew C." <backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote in
news:QhI_f.16515$NN4.16050 [at] newsfe7-win.ntli.net:
> Something doesn't feel quite right about that... Feels like saying, if
> I ever get a monster made from re-animated body parts, I'm going to
> call it Frankenstein. :-)
Many people do that. I blame the movie, personally.
> Actually, while I'm talking of Frankenstein (or his monster), there's
> always been a couple of major mysteries about it for me: 1. Why did
> Frankenstein make a creature apparently out of the body parts of many
> people instead of just re-animating a single person? and 2. Even if
> the monster is supposed to be made out of a number of people, where
> did Frankenstein find someone with a flat head?
He took healthy parts of whatever bodies he could find. I don't suppose he
found someone who was mostly intact. Also, I don't recall Shelley ever
describing the monster with a flat head. I'll have to check the book again.
Sid
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247351 ] |
Fr, 14 April 2006 05:02 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in
news:1144878560.366459.216530 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:
> Anyways, due to popular command (yes, I consider the curiosity of two
> people a popular demand), and the fact that I like to tell stories, the
> short anecdote I call my quantum dentistry theory goes as follows
> (ahem):
/me snips most of the story
> I replied, "Yes, but only half the story."
Very nice story. A couple of lines that I can use too. :-)
Sid
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247356 ] |
Fr, 14 April 2006 09:38 |
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"Sid" <sidESSSPAMMMMM [at] MMMMMMAPSSSSEnerte.net> wrote in message
news:4a8hi0Frud3hU3 [at] individual.net...
> "Andrew C." <backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote in
> news:QhI_f.16515$NN4.16050 [at] newsfe7-win.ntli.net:
>
>> Something doesn't feel quite right about that... Feels like saying, if
>> I ever get a monster made from re-animated body parts, I'm going to
>> call it Frankenstein. :-)
>
> Many people do that. I blame the movie, personally.
>
>> Actually, while I'm talking of Frankenstein (or his monster), there's
>> always been a couple of major mysteries about it for me: 1. Why did
>> Frankenstein make a creature apparently out of the body parts of many
>> people instead of just re-animating a single person? and 2. Even if
>> the monster is supposed to be made out of a number of people, where
>> did Frankenstein find someone with a flat head?
>
> He took healthy parts of whatever bodies he could find. I don't suppose he
> found someone who was mostly intact. Also, I don't recall Shelley ever
> describing the monster with a flat head. I'll have to check the book
> again.
Oh dear.
I was kind of joking. You could tell because I was talking nonsense. :-)
A.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247357 ] |
Fr, 14 April 2006 12:33 |
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Andrew C. <backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote:
[pronounciation of "Schroedinger"
> > I know how to pronounce it, but I don't know how to explain it to
> > english speaking people.
> >
> > The "oe" is pronounced like the german "ö", but this won't help you
> > much.:-)
>
> Somewhere between Shrowdinger and Shrerdinger, but if you say it quickly, I
> imagine Shrerdinger probably sounds about right.
You are right! Tea?
Staso
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Schizophrenic? I'm bleeding quadrophenic.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247360 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 00:30 |
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:47:12 GMT, "Andrew C."
<backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote the following in
alt.fan.douglas-adams:
2. Even if
> the monster is supposed to be made out of a number of people, where
> did Frankenstein find someone with a flat head?
>
According to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood, the flat
head is supposed to be the result of a surgical cut performed by a non-
practising physician.
--
"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je-ne-sais-quoi."
Peter Schickele
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #247362 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 01:56 |
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Weird Beard wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:47:12 GMT, "Andrew C."
> <backwards.moc.liamg [at] senroc.werdna.backwards> wrote the following in
> alt.fan.douglas-adams:
>
> 2. Even if
>
>>the monster is supposed to be made out of a number of people, where
>>did Frankenstein find someone with a flat head?
>>
>
> According to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood, the flat
> head is supposed to be the result of a surgical cut performed by a non-
> practising physician.
>
Did you know that the makeup artist that did that was the uncle of
Keiko Bonk, who was the first Green Party Member elected to Partisan
office in the USA? The office was Hawaii County Council, Dist. 6
serving Upper Puna, Kau, and South Kona. The year was 1992.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added Imigrants Rights March pictures taken Monday.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #249656 ] |
Mi, 03 Mai 2006 16:31 |
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Tian <88092047tnharter [at] ispwest.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> John Coxon wrote:
>> On 11/04/2006 05:41, Omicron Machine wrote:
>>
>>> Have I told my Quantum dentistry story already?
>> No, but I really think you should.
>>
> (waiting with bated breath) I'm curious to.
Somehow it seems like the quantum dentistry story isn't coming.
> My dentist told me about the time she had been talking to a
> New Yorker friend who told her "New Yorkers can't figure out why
> Californians are so happy." I couldn't figure out what she was
> talking about.
Were you happy about that?
(yes, I'm back. Sort of. This RL thing takes up quite some time for
the time being)
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Personally I've found since the invention of alcohol there's been little
time or call for anything else to be invented.
Cups would be nice though.
-- Kieran John on ~afda
----------------------------------------------[ moffe at zz9 dot dk ] --
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| Re: Douglas Adams and Quantum [message #249657 ] |
Mi, 03 Mai 2006 16:51 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Anyways, due to popular command (yes, I consider the curiosity of two
> people a popular demand), and the fact that I like to tell stories, the
> short anecdote I call my quantum dentistry theory goes as follows
> (ahem):
>
*applause*
Good story. Apparently it also should teach me to read the entire
thread before complaining about some part of the thread missing.
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Vampires are not visible in mirrors, which explains why they are often
backed over in parking lots.
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