I Love This Game - Page 2

Aikamun · #11 March 3rd, 2004, 08:59 AM

Saber Cherry is not referring to Albert Einstein, but "...et AL..." from Ctennyson's original post.

This dwarf has never seen the "al" of Illwinter.
Aikamun

[ March 03, 2004, 07:02: Message edited by: Aikamun ]

PhilD · #12 March 3rd, 2004, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Aikamun:
Saber Cherry is not referring to Albert Einstein, but "...et AL..." from Ctennyson's original post.

This dwarf has never seen the "al" of Illwinter.
Aikamun

So am I. It's a standing joke among scientists, that everybody keeps citing papers where this "al" is among the list of co-authors, in each and every field of science...

Gandalf Parker · #13 March 3rd, 2004, 04:02 PM

Standing jokes amoung scientists are a problem. I guess like standing jokes amoung any field. It either works, or the explanation is longer than its worth.

I keep making reference to AI meaning "almost implemented" which is in over half of any paper done on AI. (Its a reference to a long list of projects which were AI until they were implemented then they got new names taking them out of AI leaving only un-achieved projects still referred to.)

Or the Priests of Quantum (quantum chaos theory, 11 dimensions, strings and membranes, all of which moves the scientific theories of how everything began back into line with creationism)

Ctennyson · #14 March 4th, 2004, 12:22 AM

From love of Dominions 2 to String Theory. An eclectic bunch to be sure.

Norfleet · #15 March 4th, 2004, 01:28 AM

That would be what happens when you have a game community that is composed of people sufficiently erudite to actually have heard of and maybe worked with these concepts, as opposed to a game community composed primarily of 12 year olds.

[ March 03, 2004, 23:29: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

Arryn · #16 March 4th, 2004, 01:47 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
That would be what happens when you have a game community that is composed of people sufficiently erudite to actually have heard of and maybe worked with these concepts, as opposed to a game community composed primarily of 12 year olds.

Some of us, such as myself, actually majored in physics. Astrophysics in my case, rather than particle physics, but string theory bears on cosmology, so I'm fairly well-acquainted with it.

OTOH, I have no idea how Gandalf derives a connection to so-called "intelligent design" (aka creationism) from string theory.

Ctennyson · #17 March 4th, 2004, 03:26 AM

Where would one find a game community composed of 12 year olds? Is this like...posting on a Playstation 2 board, or something?

LOL.

Gandalf Parker · #18 March 4th, 2004, 04:17 AM

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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
Where would one find a game community composed of 12 year olds? Is this like...posting on a Playstation 2 board, or something?

LOL.

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Gandalf Parker · #19 March 4th, 2004, 04:40 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Arryn:
Some of us, such as myself, actually majored in physics. Astrophysics in my case,

Reminds me of a system admin we had at our Last ISP who had a degree in astrophysics. The owner used to love to make jokes about "its not like this is rocket science" and "not all of us are rocket scientists"

OTOH, I have no idea how Gandalf derives a connection to so-called "intelligent design" (aka creationism) from string theory.

I am NOT desiring to open that can of worms here but if you are really interested here are some cliff notes.

Arryn · #20 March 4th, 2004, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Reminds me of a system admin we had at our Last ISP who had a degree in astrophysics. The owner used to love to make jokes about "its not like this is rocket science" and "not all of us are rocket scientists"

I've gotten my share of that as well. You may note from my sig that I live in Houston. I *have* worked as a rocket scientist ...