Comments on: The Good Ol’ Days of Perimeter http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:20:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-18094 Elliot Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:47:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-18094 Just remember coffee is dark and it give you energy...nuff said. Also it should be pretty easy to prove that our president is topologically equivalent to a Klien bottle. e. Just remember coffee is dark and it give you energy…nuff said. Also it should be pretty easy to prove that our president is topologically equivalent to a Klien bottle.

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]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-17203 Clifford Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:22:40 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-17203 "Is there a Unified Coffee Mug theory?" I believe they are all manifestations of the same underlying object. A Torus. Replace all the many varieties of coffee cup by one Torus. Simple, elegant, and beautiful. This theory creates unexpected cross-disciplinary links with the confectionary world, showing that donuts (doughnuts) are in governed by the same underlying object. Some call this a prediction of the theory, but I think that's a bit strong. It is highy suggestive/encouraging that I'm on the right track though. "To be sure", I'd like to work out some predictions of it though. Perhaps one can tunnel from one type of mug to antoher, with some amplitude that one can calculate with this theory? Time will tell. -cvj “Is there a Unified Coffee Mug theory?”

I believe they are all manifestations of the same underlying object. A Torus. Replace all the many varieties of coffee cup by one Torus. Simple, elegant, and beautiful. This theory creates unexpected cross-disciplinary links with the confectionary world, showing that donuts (doughnuts) are in governed by the same underlying object. Some call this a prediction of the theory, but I think that’s a bit strong. It is highy suggestive/encouraging that I’m on the right track though. “To be sure”, I’d like to work out some predictions of it though. Perhaps one can tunnel from one type of mug to antoher, with some amplitude that one can calculate with this theory? Time will tell.

-cvj

]]> By: Jonathan Vos Post http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-17201 Jonathan Vos Post Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:07:43 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-17201 I like the logos on, for instance, the matchbooks at the bar of Caltech's Faculty Club, the Athenaeum. The bar is officially called "the h-bar." My wife and I tried unsuccessfully to explain that when we paid for Tommy Smothers' drinks. Joseph Wambaugh (he has a great new novel) hung out at the h-bar so often that they have a drink named after him. I have a collection of Space Program coffeemugs from 20 years with NASA, Rockwell, Boeing, Lockheed Matin. I also have a mug from the big Silicon Valley lawfirm Morrison & Foerster. It reads: "MoFo." That means something different in Jive. The Harvard Club coffeemugs are gigantic, at the personal choice of former member Teddy Roosevelt. What do the cups and glasses look like at Gravity's Rainbow venue "The Rotating Vector"? Is there a Unified Coffee Mug theory? I like the logos on, for instance, the matchbooks at the bar of Caltech’s Faculty Club, the Athenaeum. The bar is officially called “the h-bar.” My wife and I tried unsuccessfully to explain that when we paid for Tommy Smothers’ drinks. Joseph Wambaugh (he has a great new novel) hung out at the h-bar so often that they have a drink named after him.

I have a collection of Space Program coffeemugs from 20 years with NASA, Rockwell, Boeing, Lockheed Matin.

I also have a mug from the big Silicon Valley lawfirm Morrison & Foerster. It reads: “MoFo.” That means something different in Jive.

The Harvard Club coffeemugs are gigantic, at the personal choice of former member Teddy Roosevelt.

What do the cups and glasses look like at Gravity’s Rainbow venue “The Rotating Vector”?

Is there a Unified Coffee Mug theory?

]]> By: nc http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-11742 nc Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:00:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-11742 The coolest mug you can get is this one: http://www.kleinbottle.com/drinking_mug_klein_bottle.htm but they are pricey at $80 each. The coolest mug you can get is this one: http://www.kleinbottle.com/drinking_mug_klein_bottle.htm but they are pricey at $80 each.

]]> By: FineStructure http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-11741 FineStructure Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:45:44 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-11741 I guess I very much like the mug as well as the equally interesting lecture that you have given at the perimeter. I dont think I am going to get any fancy mugs from perimeter anytime soon, although I have learnt quite a few things from many lectures posted in their website. I guess I very much like the mug as well as the equally interesting lecture that you have given at the perimeter. I dont think I am going to get any fancy mugs from perimeter anytime soon, although I have learnt quite a few things from many lectures posted in their website.

]]> By: Cynthia http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10905 Cynthia Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:25:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10905 Clifford, I'll gladly amend my impression of PI, at this very moment, in fact. In lieu of my highly naive comment on PI, I do wish you a most enjoyable day! By the way, I do see that you already have a mug. However, I don't see anything wrong with trying to find a companion mug, even if requires a search on eBay to locate one.;) Clifford, I’ll gladly amend my impression of PI, at this very moment, in fact. In lieu of my highly naive comment on PI, I do wish you a most enjoyable day!

By the way, I do see that you already have a mug. However, I don’t see anything wrong with trying to find a companion mug, even if requires a search on eBay to locate one.;)

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10746 Clifford Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:08:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10746 Uh, I have one of the mugs already. I took a picture of it, above. <blockquote> But then, I’m slightly under the impression that PI frowns upon higher-dimensional kind of thinking, especially the stringy variety.</blockquote> That would be a spectacularly wrong impression. Change it. Perimeter is one of the largest and healthiest centers of unfettered string theory activity that I know of. -cvj Uh, I have one of the mugs already. I took a picture of it, above.

But then, I’m slightly under the impression that PI frowns upon higher-dimensional kind of thinking, especially the stringy variety.

That would be a spectacularly wrong impression. Change it. Perimeter is one of the largest and healthiest centers of unfettered string theory activity that I know of.

-cvj

]]> By: Cynthia http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10744 Cynthia Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:03:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10744 Clifford, you ought to do a quick eBay search on coffee mug memorabilia! Oh sure, a genuine, crystal clear PI mug--in its own original box--is bound to fetch a hefty sum on the online auction block. Nevertheless, if you don't mind a few scratches on the glass, you should be able to obtain a mug at a rock bottom price.;) By the way, I'll echo your sentiment a bit. Being in a bizarre, funky-old building oozing with lots of multi-dimensional charm is doubtlessly favorable for out-of-the-box sort of pondering on quantum gravity. In contrast, being in a sterile corporate-like structure suspended in a lower(3+1)dimensional atmosphere would seem to stifle the flow of creativity. But then, I'm slightly under the impression that PI frowns upon higher-dimensional kind of thinking, especially the stringy variety.;) On second thought though, my impression of PI maybe somewhat misguided... Clifford, you ought to do a quick eBay search on coffee mug memorabilia! Oh sure, a genuine, crystal clear PI mug–in its own original box–is bound to fetch a hefty sum on the online auction block. Nevertheless, if you don’t mind a few scratches on the glass, you should be able to obtain a mug at a rock bottom price.;)

By the way, I’ll echo your sentiment a bit. Being in a bizarre, funky-old building oozing with lots of multi-dimensional charm is doubtlessly favorable for out-of-the-box sort of pondering on quantum gravity. In contrast, being in a sterile corporate-like structure suspended in a lower(3+1)dimensional atmosphere would seem to stifle the flow of creativity. But then, I’m slightly under the impression that PI frowns upon higher-dimensional kind of thinking, especially the stringy variety.;) On second thought though, my impression of PI maybe somewhat misguided…

]]> By: Bee http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10736 Bee Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:41:02 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/11/the-good-ol-days-of-perimeter/#comment-10736 Hi Clifford, thanks for this :-) Small wonder these cups keep disappearing! I have the impression they are constantly getting less and less in the kitchen. But then, well, you know, everybody I've every visited who has been at PI at some point, or has a relative who has been there, has at least one cup! I keep thinking they should just open a gift shop or something, like, you know selling the cups, and the T-shirts, and well, underwear and stuff, like they do in the university bookstores ;-) While writing this, it occurs to me that there is a German slang 'Nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben', which literally translates into 'Have cups missing from the shelf', but which means, well, the same as 'having a crack in the pot' (Einen Sprung in der Schuessel haben). So much about kitchenware for today, B. Hi Clifford,

thanks for this :-) Small wonder these cups keep disappearing! I have the impression they are constantly getting less and less in the kitchen. But then, well, you know, everybody I’ve every visited who has been at PI at some point, or has a relative who has been there, has at least one cup! I keep thinking they should just open a gift shop or something, like, you know selling the cups, and the T-shirts, and well, underwear and stuff, like they do in the university bookstores ;-)

While writing this, it occurs to me that there is a German slang ‘Nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben’, which literally translates into ‘Have cups missing from the shelf’, but which means, well, the same as ‘having a crack in the pot’ (Einen Sprung in der Schuessel haben). So much about kitchenware for today,

B.

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