Comments on: Tagged http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22243 Elliot Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:45:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22243 This was of course the paperback edition. This was of course the paperback edition.

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22242 Elliot Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:45:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22242 It's there. And just happened to be the closest book. e. It’s there. And just happened to be the closest book.

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]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22209 Clifford Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:25:04 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22209 is that really on page 123?! Or are you just throwing pebbles at a hornet's nest? :-D -cvj is that really on page 123?! Or are you just throwing pebbles at a hornet’s nest? :-D

-cvj

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22208 Elliot Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:19:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22208 But there is a third reason that physicists are driven to combine quantum theory with general relativity: an esthetic reason. For a physicist, unlike a poet, the biggest crime against esthetics is the crime of inconsistency. Even worse than an ugly theory, incompatible principles are an attack on the basic values we hold dear. The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind. But there is a third reason that physicists are driven to combine quantum theory with general relativity: an esthetic reason. For a physicist, unlike a poet, the biggest crime against esthetics is the crime of inconsistency. Even worse than an ugly theory, incompatible principles are an attack on the basic values we hold dear.

The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind.

]]> By: Athena http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22168 Athena Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:14:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22168 In fact, during the last month of his stay, the innominacy of the place became as much an obsession to him as the shoddy plans, and he stayed up late into the night sifting through Spanish and Italian dictionaries and poring over maps of Tusacany, Estremadura and Andalusia for inspiration. And then, one afternoon in the final week of their California sojourn, it came to him. He was walking over the grounds with his mother and Dr. Franceschi, the landscape expert, elaborating his feelings regarding caryatids, statuary in general and the function of fountains in a coordinated envrionment of the artificial and the natural, when they emerged from a rough path into a meadow strewn with oaks all canted in one direction. Riven Rock, T.C. Boyle In fact, during the last month of his stay, the innominacy of the place became as much an obsession to him as the shoddy plans, and he stayed up late into the night sifting through Spanish and Italian dictionaries and poring over maps of Tusacany, Estremadura and Andalusia for inspiration.

And then, one afternoon in the final week of their California sojourn, it came to him. He was walking over the grounds with his mother and Dr. Franceschi, the landscape expert, elaborating his feelings regarding caryatids, statuary in general and the function of fountains in a coordinated envrionment of the artificial and the natural, when they emerged from a rough path into a meadow strewn with oaks all canted in one direction.

Riven Rock, T.C. Boyle

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22159 spyder Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:31:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22159 Rosie and Nimrod rubbed <i>their</i> hands. Alyosha and Jean-Pierre have lost <i>their</i> luggage. Singular antecedents joined by <i>or</i> or <i>nor</i> take a pronoun that's also singular. <i>THE DELUXE TRANSITIVE VAMPIRE</i> Gordon, Karen Elizabeth I had the same problem as Andy, but that book stuck out a bit further than its neighbors, other Gordon books. Rosie and Nimrod rubbed their hands.
Alyosha and Jean-Pierre have lost their luggage.
Singular antecedents joined by or or nor take a pronoun that’s also singular.

THE DELUXE TRANSITIVE VAMPIRE Gordon, Karen Elizabeth

I had the same problem as Andy, but that book stuck out a bit further than its neighbors, other Gordon books.

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22153 Supernova Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:01:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22153 <blockquote><i>Preheat the oven to 350° F.</i> Warm the <i>beurre noisette</i> until almost hot (110°F. to 120°F.). Add the vanilla and keep warm.</blockquote> <i>The Cake Bible</i>, Rose Levy Berenbaum. My husband has been making holiday goodies!

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Warm the beurre noisette until almost hot (110°F. to 120°F.). Add the vanilla and keep warm.

The Cake Bible, Rose Levy Berenbaum. My husband has been making holiday goodies!

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22150 astromcnaught Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:37:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22150 "There are also organisms which cannot be placed in either category, such as Euglena and Chlamydomonas. It is thought that they can behave as animals or plants, undergoing photosynthesis in the light but able to feed on organic material in low light conditions. The small multicellular animals such as rotifers feed on microscopic life". Field Guide to the Water Life of Britain - (ahem) Reader's Digest Nature Lover's Library. This is me at home now and the required quote turns out to be about Pond Life. I find that quite funny !! “There are also organisms which cannot be placed in either category, such as Euglena and Chlamydomonas. It is thought that they can behave as animals or plants, undergoing photosynthesis in the light but able to feed on organic material in low light conditions. The small multicellular animals such as rotifers feed on microscopic life”. Field Guide to the Water Life of Britain - (ahem) Reader’s Digest Nature Lover’s Library.

This is me at home now and the required quote turns out to be about Pond Life. I find that quite funny !!

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22147 Jude Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:52:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22147 Wow, my first official tag. Thanks, Clifford. The results are on my blog at http://onlycrook.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/tagged/ As usual, I got carried away, so I'm not going to replicate the entire post here. Wow, my first official tag. Thanks, Clifford. The results are on my blog at http://onlycrook.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/tagged/

As usual, I got carried away, so I’m not going to replicate the entire post here.

]]> By: Tristram Brelstaff http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22146 Tristram Brelstaff Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:29:20 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22146 Gradually a bucket filled up with the discarded outer casing of the crab while a small dinner plate held a much more modest amount of white meat. 'In some parts of the country they call these the "dead men's fingers",' he explained, pulling at the feathery gills at the side of the crab he was working on. 'Nae use to man nor beast'. From 'Stargazing - Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper' by Peter Hill. Gradually a bucket filled up with the discarded outer casing of the crab while a small dinner plate held a much more modest amount of white meat. ‘In some parts of the country they call these the “dead men’s fingers”,’ he explained, pulling at the feathery gills at the side of the crab he was working on. ‘Nae use to man nor beast’.

From ‘Stargazing - Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper’ by Peter Hill.

]]> By: Navneeth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22142 Navneeth Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:17:45 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22142 <blockquote>While we were conversing with them we took occasion to observe our hosts. Each of them made a very good impression. Their humble origin expressed itself in an attractive simplicity, but their bearing and demeanour was aristocratic.</blockquote> <i><b>Seven Years in Tibet</b></i> - Heinrich Harrer (Tr. from German by Richard Graves)

While we were conversing with them we took occasion to observe our hosts. Each of them made a very good impression. Their humble origin expressed itself in an attractive simplicity, but their bearing and demeanour was aristocratic.

Seven Years in Tibet - Heinrich Harrer (Tr. from German by Richard Graves)

]]> By: Brad http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22139 Brad Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:48:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22139 "However, paper-tape punches tend to be slow, noisy and unreliable. Where the data rates are at all high, and elsewhere where at all feasible, experimenters have turned to recording on magnetic tape. We now mention a most remarkable development in the economics of electronic design." Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1970. Obviously the article I'm consulting has held up considerably better than the one that encompasses pg 123 (Information Processing in Astronomy)! “However, paper-tape punches tend to be slow, noisy and unreliable. Where the data rates are at all high, and elsewhere where at all feasible, experimenters have turned to recording on magnetic tape. We now mention a most remarkable development in the economics of electronic design.”

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1970.

Obviously the article I’m consulting has held up considerably better than the one that
encompasses pg 123 (Information Processing in Astronomy)!

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22131 Chinmaya Sheth Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:46:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22131 Sorry, forgot three sentences rule, the other two sentences... "When such a dielectric finds itself in the neighborhood of a charge distribution, or some charges are imbedded within the dielectric, the charges of the dielectric will rearrange themselves and result in a dipole distribution within the dielectric. We refer to this dipole distribution within the dielectric as the induced dipole distribution P(r) and to its equivalent charge density p'(r) as the induced charge distribution." Sorry, forgot three sentences rule, the other two sentences…
“When such a dielectric finds itself in the neighborhood of a charge distribution, or some charges are imbedded within the dielectric, the charges of the dielectric will rearrange themselves and result in a dipole distribution within the dielectric. We refer to this dipole distribution within the dielectric as the induced dipole distribution P(r) and to its equivalent charge density p’(r) as the induced charge distribution.”

]]> By: Paul Clapham http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22130 Paul Clapham Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:52 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22130 "This option is not available for the *SIGNATUREVERIFICATION certificate store. Import certificate is used to add a certificate to the current certificate store. The type of certificate that can be imported varies and is based on the certificate store that is being worked with." From "IBM eServer iSeries Wired Network Security, OS/400 V5R1 DCM and Cryptography Enhancements", IBM redbook SG24-6168-00. “This option is not available for the *SIGNATUREVERIFICATION certificate store. Import certificate is used to add a certificate to the current certificate store. The type of certificate that can be imported varies and is based on the certificate store that is being worked with.”

From “IBM eServer iSeries Wired Network Security, OS/400 V5R1 DCM and Cryptography Enhancements”, IBM redbook SG24-6168-00.

]]> By: andy http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22129 andy Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22129 Professor Johnson, You can order the book for only $200. (just kidding!) "This function is also pathological in that differentiation should be attempted only with considerable caution." Morse and Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics. 1953 I think that John Slater called the book "overly ornate" although I cannot remember where I read that. Professor Johnson,
You can order the book for only $200. (just kidding!)
“This function is also pathological in that differentiation should be attempted only with considerable caution.”
Morse and Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics. 1953
I think that John Slater called the book “overly ornate” although I cannot remember where I read that.

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22128 Chinmaya Sheth Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:39:04 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22128 Just textbook stuff... "We shall find the results of the previous section to be applicable to problems dealing with dielectric materials within which under ordinary circumstances there is neither a macroscopic charge distribution nor a macroscopic dipole distribution." From "Introduction to the Principles of Electromagnetism" by Walter Hauser Just textbook stuff…
“We shall find the results of the previous section to be applicable to problems dealing with dielectric materials within which under ordinary circumstances there is neither a macroscopic charge distribution nor a macroscopic dipole distribution.”
From “Introduction to the Principles of Electromagnetism” by Walter Hauser

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22127 Clifford Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:36:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22127 Three sentences though! I want to know what happens to the step function! The suspense is killing me.... ;-) -cvj Three sentences though! I want to know what happens to the step function! The suspense is killing me…. ;-)

-cvj

]]> By: andy http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22125 andy Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:33:52 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22125 There is a large set of books that are equidistant to me at the current time. I'll pick the most irritating one. "A closely related function, one which illustrates the integral properties of the delta function, is the unit step function: (I'm not good at LaTeX, omitting equation) " Morse and Feshbach There is a large set of books that are equidistant to me at the current time. I’ll pick the most irritating one.
“A closely related function, one which illustrates the integral properties of the delta function, is the unit step function: (I’m not good at LaTeX, omitting equation) ”
Morse and Feshbach

]]> By: DancingBear http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22121 DancingBear Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:18:49 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22121 "(For more information about arriving in Las Vegas see pp286-287). Perhaps the ultimate Las Vegas travel experience is the limousine, particularly the stretch limo. It is possible to rent a wide range of these vehicles, including stretch and superstretch versions that come fitted out with TV, cocktail bar, and even Jacuzzi, for between $40 and $80 an hour." Southwest USA & Las Vegas - Eyewitness travel guides (Quite inspired, I would say.) “(For more information about arriving in Las Vegas see pp286-287). Perhaps the ultimate Las Vegas travel experience is the limousine, particularly the stretch limo. It is possible to rent a wide range of these vehicles, including stretch and superstretch versions that come fitted out with TV, cocktail bar, and even Jacuzzi, for between $40 and $80 an hour.”

Southwest USA & Las Vegas - Eyewitness travel guides

(Quite inspired, I would say.)

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22112 Clifford Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:03:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22112 Yes! It is rather interesting... anyone else? -cvj Yes!

It is rather interesting… anyone else?

-cvj

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22088 astromcnaught Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:16:52 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/21/tagged/#comment-22088 "The form of the aggregate shown here consisted of a list of expressions in brackets. Such an expression is known as a positional aggregate since the values are given in position order. In the case of a positional aggregate used as an initial value and supplying the bounds, the lower bound is S'First where S in the subtype of the index." Programming in Ada 95 - John Barnes. Fascinating I'm sure, but I'm at work (says he quickly), and not reading blogs by the way as we're far too busy. However, I thought I'd join in the random sentence fun despite not having anywhere to post. Hope that's OK. “The form of the aggregate shown here consisted of a list of expressions in brackets. Such an expression is known as a positional aggregate since the values are given in position order. In the case of a positional aggregate used as an initial value and supplying the bounds, the lower bound is S’First where S in the subtype of the index.” Programming in Ada 95 - John Barnes.

Fascinating I’m sure, but I’m at work (says he quickly), and not reading blogs by the way as we’re far too busy. However, I thought I’d join in the random sentence fun despite not having anywhere to post. Hope that’s OK.

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