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All I can say is that you had to be there...
Vanadium 50 said:But officer....I was only going 0.577c!
Vanadium 50 said:But officer....I was only going 0.577c!
topsquark said:If someone comes on and tries to sell us a cold fusion water heater, then it's off to "banned camp."
(My emphasis.)Dale said:Also, when people ask for clarification please just clarify without the guessing games. We are physicists not psychics.
PeterDonis said:sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from trolling.
BvU said:Can you please read your post and agree that telepathy is required to make sense of it ?
Sam Groves said:What do you mean?
Love it!DaveC426913 said:But this seems like it's kind of bifurcating bunnies at this point.
gmax137 said:I think this is a really good point.
You know those posts, where the student is asking, 'but why is the work mgh?' -- I always think, "carry shingles up to the roofers for a week and then get back to me."
I guess the joke's on you!Vanadium 50 said:And to think I wasn't even a candidate for the humor award...or the biology award!
Vanadium 50 said:Mathematics is not opinion. "Chunky peanut butter is better than smooth peanut butter" is an opinion.
Two sentences. But only one line. On my screen anyway.Vanadium 50 said:Technically not a one-liner since I used a period. think a semicolon or even a full colon would be better?
A semicolon works of course. But we've been taking a bit of artistic license in this thread for a while now. After all, your quote did technically fit on one line...Vanadium 50 said:Technically not a one-liner since I used a period. think a semicolon or even a full colon would be better?
BillTre said:Looks like this is becoming the Vanadium 50 quotes thread.
Okay, let's step it up people! We got this!BillTre said:Looks like this is becoming the Vanadium 50 quotes thread.
Say something clever.berkeman said:Okay, let's step it up people! We got this!
Hey, that all fit on one line, right?BillTre said:Say something clever.
Something clever.BillTre said:Say something clever.
vanhees71 said:Maybe it's time to leave the realm of wordy speculations and do some math
And I was ..even though I don't think anyone has cited a one liner from me in 583 posts.Vanadium 50 said:And to think I wasn't even a candidate for the humor award...or the biology award!
Sadly, I can only take credit for remembering it, not for coining it.
@BillTre. 'So they can learn STEM stuff.'robins thomas said:
What is benefits of STEM Learning Education for kids?
pinball1970 said:even though I don't think anyone has cited a one liner from me in 583 posts.
I find it hard to believe that in nearly 2500 posts you haven't said anything noteworthy!pinball1970 said:And I was ..even though I don't think anyone has cited a one liner from me in 583 posts.
I'll check and feedback.
I know in my heart that I am funny.PeroK said:I find it hard to believe that in nearly 2500 posts you haven't said anything noteworthy!
No sympathy quotes please, that is salt in the wound.Frabjous said:Here you go.
Wow he died 2006. Great parts in the Godfather, City Slickers, Harry met Sally and others. I'll leave it there, off topic and all.phinds said:Ha. I had forgotten that guy. He was hilariously un-funny.
Frabjous said:Waffling is not bravery.
Baluncore said:A physicist, capable of solving the problem without experiment, will cost you several hair-driers or blowers per hour.
Dale said:[... geometrized units are ...] convenient for doing general relativity but less convenient for buying bacon ...