Post by: JimH on February 09, 2002, 07:14:25 pm
There were some harsh words spoken all around, but I want to say "welcome back".
In the future, I ask for a little reserve when things are said with which you don't agree.
I'll try to be first. Feel free to remind me when I'm not.
(Going back to my Euclidian Geometry now.)
Post by: IQ10 on February 09, 2002, 07:38:29 pm
The Euclidean nature of our imagination led Kant to say that although the denial of the axioms of Euclid could be conceived without contradiction, our intuition is limited by the form of space imposed by our own minds on the world.
[former member]
"All the fish of the same color are supposed to be the same shape size and shape"
Post by: IQ10 on February 09, 2002, 07:40:30 pm
www.friesian.com/curved-1.htm
Post by: Scronch on February 09, 2002, 08:55:06 pm
Copyright (c) 1996, 1998, 1999
Funny, I thought Einstein-bashing and Hawking-glorification had run its course. Something about who was more right than wrong. It never ceases to amaze me how many physics nobodies get their jollies by bashing someone like Einstein.
Oh, wait, this isn't a physics nobody, it's a philosophy nobody. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But then, he did have his cousin's daughter introduce herself on TV during a Miss America pageant. (?!)
Scronch
Post by: KingSparta on February 10, 2002, 03:01:57 am
Firehouse - Don't Treat Me Bad.mp3
Post by: KingSparta on February 10, 2002, 05:52:35 am
Morris The Cat (9 Lives)
Post by: IQ10 on February 10, 2002, 06:43:28 am
Schrodinger developed his theory after years of JRiver computer programmer and coming to realize that bugs are never more than half-fixed.
Exterminators have a lot to fear. In the new world, they will only be half-paid.
[former member]
9 lives is an exterminators worst nightmare.
Post by: IQ10 on February 10, 2002, 06:45:55 am
www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/SchrodCat/cat.gif
www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/SchrodCat/SchrodCat.html
Schrodinger developed his theory after years of JRiver computer programmer and coming to realize that bugs are never more than half-fixed.
Exterminators have a lot to fear. In the new world, they will only be half-paid.
[former member]
9 lives is an exterminators worst nightmare.
Post by: IQ10 on February 10, 2002, 06:50:25 am
[former member]
Post by: leonidas on February 11, 2002, 09:33:35 am
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oh, wait, this isn't a physics nobody, it's a philosophy nobody.
Was that in reference to Hume?
From what I remember of my history of science course, didn't Einstein himself give credit for his own theory of relativity to ideas derived from two of Hume's essays--On Human Understanding and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion? I remember reading the latter work in a Philosophy of Religion course and having come to that same conclusion (that it must have been a major influence on Einstein) prior to having had it pointed out for me in the history/science course. But maybe it was Einstein that influenced Hume.
Lise?Michael
Post by: KingSparta on February 11, 2002, 09:40:50 am
>>9 lives is an exterminators worst nightmare.
this is mostly true with roaches if you spray chemicals, and do not use bait
because:
Roaches have become almost immune to chemical sprays
Post by: leonidas on February 11, 2002, 09:47:47 am
>>>>Roaches have become almost immune to chemical sprays
Now see what you've caused with all that playing around!
Leo
Post by: IQ10 on February 11, 2002, 03:19:20 pm
>this is mostly true with roaches if you spray chemicals, and do not use bait
Yep. That's why I always use bait.. Works evertime, first time.
[former member]
The introduction of a new kind of programming must be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. ... The new style, gradually gaining a lodgement, quietly insinuates itself into manners and customs, and from it ... goes on to attack laws and constitutions, displaying the utmost impudence, until it ends by overturning everything.
- Plato, Republic, 370 B.C.
Post by: Scronch on February 11, 2002, 03:21:26 pm
No, the self-aggrandizing guy that IQ was referencing
http://www.friesian.com/ross
Post by: leonidas on February 11, 2002, 04:10:05 pm
OK, thanks for the explanation--I feel better now that the tranquilizer’s kickin' in. I should've known better anyway, 'cause other than the whole Packers thing, I've never known you to say anything absurd.
[former member]
Interesting quote. Do you think that the interpreter of the text, in translating from Greek to English, meant "programming" as in indoctrination, or did Plato foresee the invention of the computer, or does the answer lie in some combination of the these two possibilities?
Leo
Post by: IQ10 on February 11, 2002, 04:15:23 pm
>Do you think that the interpreter of the text, in translating from Greek to English, meant "programming" as in indoctrination, or did Plato foresee the invention of the computer, or does the answer lie in some combination of the these two possibilities?
The expert in these matters is MHorton.
Post by: leonidas on February 11, 2002, 04:27:00 pm
Leo
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 11, 2002, 04:45:10 pm
>> Roaches have become almost immune to chemical sprays <<
I won't presume to think I can tell the expert anything to do with his field so I'll just relate a personal experience.
When I moved into this old farmhouse 15 years ago, I treated for roaches in the way that had worked twice previously ... boric acid. I treated once before moving anything in and I have yet to see ANY roaches in the past 15 years. I realize that there probably are some unseen but they are certainly not the pests that I have seen them be in the past. I know that there WERE roaches because when I open up a wall (I'm big on remodelling), the roach "carcasses" are about 2 feet thick.
This has worked on two other occasions with more than satisfactory results. Why is method relatively unknown? I say that because whoever I tell looks at me as if I'm nuts.
CVIII
Post by: Scronch on February 11, 2002, 05:09:00 pm
My folks had a neighbor who used to do that.
Nice woman. Used to spray boric acid once a
week to keep down the roaches. Had a baby,
as I recall. Wait--I think I still have a
picture. Ah, here it is...
Scronch
Post by: IQ10 on February 11, 2002, 06:39:13 pm
Post by: Scronch on February 11, 2002, 07:26:28 pm
And, I came upon, upon a drawing of the beast.
His hideousness had outpaced the growth of his lumpy,
crooked stature. And, the, the memories began to flow,
a full-fledged torrent of pain: the horrors his
baseless philosophies turned loose on a sleepy
neighborhood; the illicit formation of his every
thought. Oh, the humanity, the humanity... and
then, then... oh, Lord, help me... I recalled the
ogre's name, nay, moniker--perhaps even alias.
The utter despair that has washed over my very
soul wretches at my physical and spiritual being.
Oh, to sleep, to be wrought unconscious. Anything,
any... thing... to forget that vile mark, that
horrid, unforgettable, unforgivable word. My soul
to attain cerebral vacuity in place of--dare I utter
the creature's name? yeah, but I must--in place of...
IQ !!
.
Post by: KingSparta on February 12, 2002, 01:23:56 am
So true
Note: what I said, "spray chemicals"
Roaches will never become immune to Boric acid, and what is bait made of? Boric acid or a form of boric acid.
Boric acid that attacks the nervous system
used correctly boric acid can be the cheepest and the best thing to use with roaches (and other pests).
pest control companies would rather sell you $500|PLS| contract for pest control rather then you deal with the problem yourself for $1.98
Post by: JimH on February 12, 2002, 04:16:02 am
Post by: IQ10 on February 12, 2002, 04:51:18 am
You searched your closet.
You found a mirror. It happens.
Resist.
Better to look elsewhere.
Efforts to disfigure children or adults are not for me.
It was said a lot better by a poet laureate: http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/heaney/sound/personal.ram
[former member]
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/heaney/personal.html
Post by: Doof on February 12, 2002, 04:58:13 am
[former member]> If you really want to get him back, just start chanting "I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!"
Post by: IQ10 on February 12, 2002, 05:33:30 am
I think the poem above says it a lot better. But you apparently got the meaning.
Post by: Scronch on February 12, 2002, 11:47:39 am
But I could not see to see.
Or is it "see to see..."?
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/dickn21c.html
Scronch
Post by: IQ10 on February 12, 2002, 06:16:53 pm
[former member]
Post by: Scronch on February 12, 2002, 06:34:48 pm
I could not see
to see
Kinky
Pinky
(go ahead, identify that poetic form!)
Scronch
Post by: JimH on February 13, 2002, 08:25:43 am
Post by: Scronch on February 13, 2002, 08:51:01 am
3A
4A
2A
2A
2A
Scronchinku.