Comments on: Happy New Year! http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:32:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen Uitti http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23330 Stephen Uitti Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:19:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23330 So, it's time to dig out the 1995 calendars for re-use. So, it’s time to dig out the 1995 calendars for re-use.

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23229 astromcnaught Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:03:02 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23229 A belated Happy New Year from me too!! A belated Happy New Year from me too!!

]]> By: Arun http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23198 Arun Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:53:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23198 Happy New Year! Happy New Year!

]]> By: stefan http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23155 stefan Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:41:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23155 The foto is so nice. My grandma used to have such flowers in her winter garden, along with some tiny cacti. Happy New Year! The foto is so nice. My grandma used to have such flowers in her winter garden, along with some tiny cacti.

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23113 Chinmaya Sheth Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:52:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23113 No problem Clifford. Sometimes I just leave comments too quickly, but you know it is often helpful in clearing things up for me. No problem Clifford. Sometimes I just leave comments too quickly, but you know it is often helpful in clearing things up for me.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23110 Clifford Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:25:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23110 Thanks for the encouraging and thoughtful remarks, everyone! -cvj Thanks for the encouraging and thoughtful remarks, everyone!

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23108 Clifford Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:24:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23108 Hi Chinmaya: - Ok. Sorry I did not get to your question sooner, but seems like I was not needed. -cvj Hi Chinmaya: - Ok. Sorry I did not get to your question sooner, but seems like I was not needed.

-cvj

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23101 Chinmaya Sheth Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:45:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23101 Never mind about #9, I got it. Never mind about #9, I got it.

]]> By: Bee http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23067 Bee Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:06:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23067 Happy New Year :-) Happy New Year :-)

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23061 Mary Cole Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:27:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23061 Happy New Year to you Clifford, and indeed the rest of the community. May this year continue to be enlivened by your posts. It's been a delight to watch the blog grow and develop over the last few months! Happy New Year to you Clifford, and indeed the rest of the community. May this year continue to be enlivened by your posts. It’s been a delight to watch the blog grow and develop over the last few months!

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23051 Amara Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:39:08 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23051 Happy New Year's to you Clifford, and thank you for the lovely salon you've created for us at asymptotia. Happy New Year’s to you Clifford, and thank you for the lovely salon you’ve created for us at asymptotia.

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23045 Chinmaya Sheth Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:04:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23045 Clifford or others, Sorry to be off-topic, but a post today at Cosmic Variance asked for my favorite posts and your post (link in #8) came up and I thought I would mention it in #8. I had an elementary question about the link I gave in #8. I think when the object reaches Schwarzschild radius is a more "extreme indicator" that general relativity becomes important, correct? Is there a more "sensitive indicator". Like in quantum mechanics there is this rule of thumb that if out of the mechanics you are studying you can make a quantity with the units of action and if that quantity ~ h/2pi then quantum effects are important. (From "A Review of Undergraduate Physics" Bayman, Hamermesh). Is there a rule similar to this for general relativity? It seems like in regions of high mass density but about how high? I am sorry if this isn't very clear. Thanks! Clifford or others,

Sorry to be off-topic, but a post today at Cosmic Variance asked for my favorite posts and your post (link in #8) came up and I thought I would mention it in #8. I had an elementary question about the link I gave in #8. I think when the object reaches Schwarzschild radius is a more “extreme indicator” that general relativity becomes important, correct? Is there a more “sensitive indicator”. Like in quantum mechanics there is this rule of thumb that if out of the mechanics you are studying you can make a quantity with the units of action and if that quantity ~ h/2pi then quantum effects are important. (From “A Review of Undergraduate Physics” Bayman, Hamermesh). Is there a rule similar to this for general relativity? It seems like in regions of high mass density but about how high? I am sorry if this isn’t very clear.

Thanks!

]]> By: Chinmaya Sheth http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23038 Chinmaya Sheth Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:54:32 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23038 Happy new year! I've enjoyed reading many of your posts such as the following one: http://cosmicvariance.com/2005/09/08/bad-physics-joke-explained-part-i/ What I like most about it is how you give some quantitative idea of when general relativity becomes important; before that I had some vague notion of "when matter density is high". Thanks! Happy new year!

I’ve enjoyed reading many of your posts such as the following one:

http://cosmicvariance.com/2005/09/08/bad-physics-joke-explained-part-i/

What I like most about it is how you give some quantitative idea of when general relativity becomes important; before that I had some vague notion of “when matter density is high”.

Thanks!

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23019 Plato Mon, 01 Jan 2007 04:13:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23019 All the best in the new year Clifford All the best in the new year Clifford

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23008 Jude Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:32:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23008 Thanks for the larger version of the photo, Clifford. My daughter thanks you too! It's definitely better for wallpaper in the larger version (I tiled the smaller one). Happy New Year from Colorado. Thanks for the larger version of the photo, Clifford. My daughter thanks you too! It’s definitely better for wallpaper in the larger version (I tiled the smaller one). Happy New Year from Colorado.

]]> By: Moshe http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23000 Moshe Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:46:20 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-23000 Happy new year Clifford. And thanks! Happy new year Clifford. And thanks!

]]> By: Pyracantha http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22998 Pyracantha Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:11:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22998 And a happy Echeveria to you too! And a happy Echeveria to you too!

]]> By: Athena http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22991 Athena Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:16:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22991 Happy New Year to you too, Clifford! I've watched your blog bloom from a shiny offshoot to a comfy garden of veritable delights. Thank you for sharing the wondrous things that strike your fancy, so that ours may be struck as well. Congratulations on your successful blog, it's become a perfect retreat! Yes, this post is a perfect example of why I enjoy your blog. You have a warm, open heart that comes clearly through your writing, which makes you accessible, and your posts all that more pleasurable. Moreover, you "get" what blogging should be all about -- sharing goes both ways, including both bloggers as well as readers/commenters. Rather than posting a self-congratulatory, "look-at-all-that-I've-done-this-year-aren't-I-so-wonderful" list (this trap catches some of the more self-indulgent), I really like that you took this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate your readers. Happy New Year to you too, Clifford! I’ve watched your blog bloom from a shiny offshoot to a comfy garden of veritable delights. Thank you for sharing the wondrous things that strike your fancy, so that ours may be struck as well. Congratulations on your successful blog, it’s become a perfect retreat!

Yes, this post is a perfect example of why I enjoy your blog. You have a warm, open heart that comes clearly through your writing, which makes you accessible, and your posts all that more pleasurable.

Moreover, you “get” what blogging should be all about — sharing goes both ways, including both bloggers as well as readers/commenters. Rather than posting a self-congratulatory, “look-at-all-that-I’ve-done-this-year-aren’t-I-so-wonderful” list (this trap catches some of the more self-indulgent), I really like that you took this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate your readers.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22990 Clifford Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:05:05 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22990 Excellent! Check your email! I've sent you a larger version for your personal use, in case you want it! Cheers, -cvj Excellent! Check your email! I’ve sent you a larger version for your personal use, in case you want it!

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22989 Jude Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:50:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/31/happy-new-year/#comment-22989 My biologist daughter insisted that I set this photo as my background image on the computer, so we'll be starting the new year with botanical starbursts. Happy New Year. My biologist daughter insisted that I set this photo as my background image on the computer, so we’ll be starting the new year with botanical starbursts. Happy New Year.

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