Comments on: Best Of The Day http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36954 Amara Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:38:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36954 Dear Fred, Do you consider yourself Siciliian? If no, then you are supporting a hypothesis I have, which is that the only people who were not caught by Davide's April Fools joke were Siciliians.... (P.S. Nice to hear from you! I've known about you for at least a year, but never said hello.. so then hello!) Dear Fred, Do you consider yourself Siciliian? If no, then you are supporting a hypothesis I have, which is that the only people who were not caught by Davide’s April Fools joke were Siciliians…. (P.S. Nice to hear from you! I’ve known about you for at least a year, but never said hello.. so then hello!)

]]> By: Fred Lovett http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36904 Fred Lovett Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:12:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36904 Ciao Amara, I live on the other side of Etna, in Linguaglossa, Davide caught me too, particularly as I had an email from some friends in Texas asking me about the Mountain being active. Since all my friends know of Davide and his mountain blog, I assumed the news had travelled that far! Only today when I looked at his blog did I see I was an April Fool. or fish as they call it here, hence the cartoon which I didn't link to at the time. My friends had seen the news of the explosions on 29th March. Hey, as long as we are all well and happy , who cares? Fred. Ciao Amara,

I live on the other side of Etna, in Linguaglossa, Davide caught me too, particularly as I had an email from some friends in Texas asking me about the Mountain being active. Since all my friends know of Davide and his mountain blog, I assumed the news had travelled that far! Only today when I looked at his blog did I see I was an April Fool. or fish as they call it here, hence the cartoon which I didn’t link to at the time. My friends had seen the news of the explosions on 29th March.

Hey, as long as we are all well and happy , who cares?

Fred.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36717 Clifford Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:44:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36717 Amara, That's hilarious! I particularly like the link to the cartoon! Thanks! -cvj Amara, That’s hilarious! I particularly like the link to the cartoon! Thanks!

-cvj

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36676 Amara Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:35:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36676 Dear Clifford, I am so gullible. Every year, someone gets me with an April Fool's joke. This year, I was so stubborn in my gullible-ness, that even when it was obvious it was a joke, I didn't believe it! This year, it was my friend Davide Corsaro at the <a href="http://www.hotelcorsaro.it" rel="nofollow">Hotel Corsaro</a>, who fooled me. His hotel blog is the best source I know for what is happening at Mt. Etna. His hotel is located at 2000m, right at the base, where you can hear and see some of the explosions, plus frequently the INGV and other people monitoring the volcano, stop there or sleep there. On the 1st of April, I saw his blog entry (see the link above), indicating that not only is Etna active again after a few months of quiet (which is true), there appeared to be nearby vent, newly opened, causing major problems for the hotel. This would be extremely unusual, because Etna's variety of volcanic activity is monitored 'religiously', people _always_ have time to investigate and evacuate and anything sudden like this is wierd and frightening. So gullible Amara immediately sends her volcano friends news that 'Etna is not only active again, but has entered into a dangerous mode and our friends at the hotel are in danger...' Of course Davide's blog entry was an April Fool's joke, indicated by the link of a cartoon, which I had thought was his hurried mistake to the 'wrong image'. Italians can pull even bigger pranks than Americans, I think! Dear Clifford,
I am so gullible. Every year, someone gets me with an April Fool’s joke. This year, I was so stubborn in my gullible-ness, that even when it was obvious it was a joke, I didn’t believe it!

This year, it was my friend Davide Corsaro at the Hotel Corsaro, who fooled me. His hotel blog is the best source I know for what is happening at Mt. Etna. His hotel is located at 2000m, right at the base, where you can hear and see some of the explosions, plus frequently the INGV and other people monitoring the volcano, stop there or sleep there.

On the 1st of April, I saw his blog entry (see the link above), indicating that not only is Etna active again after a few months of quiet (which is true), there appeared to be nearby vent, newly opened, causing major problems for the hotel. This would be extremely unusual, because Etna’s variety of volcanic activity is monitored ‘religiously’, people _always_ have time to investigate and evacuate and anything sudden like this is wierd and frightening.

So gullible Amara immediately sends her volcano friends news that ‘Etna is not only active again, but has entered into a dangerous mode and our friends at the hotel are in danger…’

Of course Davide’s blog entry was an April Fool’s joke, indicated by the link of a cartoon, which I had thought was his hurried mistake to the ‘wrong image’. Italians can pull even bigger pranks than Americans, I think!

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36606 spyder Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:06:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36606 Perhaps the saddest, scariest, most wistful of yesterday's contributions would be <a href="http://pandagon.net/2007/04/01/late-breaking-news/" rel="nofollow">this one from Pandagon.</a> Would it be true, but not, but then again yes??? Perhaps the saddest, scariest, most wistful of yesterday’s contributions would be this one from Pandagon. Would it be true, but not, but then again yes???

]]> By: Urbano http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36599 Urbano Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:32:20 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36599 There were more on today's astro-ph! :-) From <a href="http://ofteninerror.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-fools.html" rel="nofollow">Often</a>: It seems that, after the success of the last year, a lot of cosmologists decided to trick a bit on the arXiv :-) . This Monday, you can find no less than (at least) three pranks on astro-ph (besides its own format, which changed today :-) ). arXiv:astro-ph/0703783v1 Natural Dark Energy Authors: Douglas Scott, Ali Frolop arXiv:astro-ph/0703806v1 On the origin of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies Authors: Ria Follop, Anais Rassat, Asantha Cooray, Filipe B. Abdalla arXiv:astro-ph/0703774v1 The Stryngbohtyk Model of the Universe: a Solution to the Problem of the Cosmological Constant Authors: Jordi Miralda-Escude There were more on today’s astro-ph! :-)

From Often:

It seems that, after the success of the last year, a lot of cosmologists decided to trick a bit on the arXiv :-) . This Monday, you can find no less than (at least) three pranks on astro-ph (besides its own format, which changed today :-) ).

arXiv:astro-ph/0703783v1
Natural Dark Energy
Authors: Douglas Scott, Ali Frolop

arXiv:astro-ph/0703806v1
On the origin of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies
Authors: Ria Follop, Anais Rassat, Asantha Cooray, Filipe B. Abdalla

arXiv:astro-ph/0703774v1
The Stryngbohtyk Model of the Universe: a Solution to the Problem of the Cosmological Constant
Authors: Jordi Miralda-Escude

]]> By: Amanda http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36596 Amanda Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:24:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36596 I liked the cosmological constant solution on the arxiv "The Stryngbohtyk Model of the Universe: a Solution to the Problem of the Cosmological Constant", http://www.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703774, - especially because it had so much real content. Unfortunately the author also felt in necessary to make it very clear that it was a spoof.... I liked the cosmological constant solution on the arxiv “The Stryngbohtyk Model of the Universe: a Solution to the Problem of the Cosmological Constant”, http://www.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703774, - especially because it had so much real content. Unfortunately the author also felt in necessary to make it very clear that it was a spoof….

]]> By: Samantha http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36592 Samantha Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:24:49 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36592 You might also consider: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2411405.ece You might also consider:

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2411405.ece

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36580 Clifford Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:52:17 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36580 Now, the sheep thing is good, and the Krauss article is good..... but TiSP is brilliant! I'd missed that.... hilarious. "last hundred smelly yards" - ha ha ha ha ! -cvj Now, the sheep thing is good, and the Krauss article is good….. but TiSP is brilliant! I’d missed that…. hilarious.

“last hundred smelly yards” - ha ha ha ha !

-cvj

]]> By: Samantha http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36578 Samantha Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:44:31 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36578 Did you see this: http://www.google.com/tisp/ [I was taken in by the NPR report - it took me a second hearing before I realized] Did you see this:

http://www.google.com/tisp/

[I was taken in by the NPR report - it took me a second hearing before I realized]

]]> By: mj http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36567 mj Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:06:44 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36567 Without doubt RealClimate's <a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/04/the-sheep-albedo-feedbacki/" rel="nofollow">Sheep albedo feedback</a> is at the top of the list! Without doubt RealClimate’s Sheep albedo feedback is at the top of the list!

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36511 Yvette Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:08:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36511 I sent out an email today telling people that I was engaged to a Cambodian petrol station attendant but not to worry, we'd get married before I started to show. Except all this meant I'd have to stop the physics degree but that was ok because I was getting really sick and bored with it anyway... apparently it was that last comment that finally tipped a lot of people off. ;) Blatant plug- I write for the humor magazine on campus back home, and wrote about five articles for them on various topics. Don't have an electronic edition of this year's to point you to but I put my favorite article online- <a href="http://thechocolatefish.blogspot.com/2007/04/ghost-of-april-fools-past-athenian-2006.html" rel="nofollow">Krauss calls for Vote of No Confidence in God</a>. Other than that, Google has a cute joke on their main page, but they do every year. APOD's got a good one too. I sent out an email today telling people that I was engaged to a Cambodian petrol station attendant but not to worry, we’d get married before I started to show. Except all this meant I’d have to stop the physics degree but that was ok because I was getting really sick and bored with it anyway… apparently it was that last comment that finally tipped a lot of people off. ;)

Blatant plug- I write for the humor magazine on campus back home, and wrote about five articles for them on various topics. Don’t have an electronic edition of this year’s to point you to but I put my favorite article online- Krauss calls for Vote of No Confidence in God.

Other than that, Google has a cute joke on their main page, but they do every year. APOD’s got a good one too.

]]> By: Day Spa » Best Of The Day http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36498 Day Spa » Best Of The Day Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:04:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/01/best-of-the-day/#comment-36498 [...] Original post by Clifford and plugin by Elliott Back [...] [...] Original post by Clifford and plugin by Elliott Back [...]

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