OT: Name Your Favorite....Anything

[Conndog]

David Foster Wallace

Never heard of him- did a quick look, hopefully I can read his "Infinite Jest", but it seems so long!

 

[Bezzz]

Never heard of him- did a quick look, hopefully I can read his "Infinite Jest", but it seems so long!

Don't start with Infinte Jest! Long difficult but amazing read. Try his essays first, "Consider the Lobster" or "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" His final novel published after his death (suicide) "The Pale King" is the most amazing novel I've read but you have to know David. Also I'm just one step removed from him
which I cherish. Or watch the movie "The End Of The Tour" about his book tour after Infinite Jest was published.

 

[CL82]

Thanks, I shall check that one out....!

You will enjoy it.

(Why can you type the plane designation "F"-16 but it gets edited out for me? Methinks the powers that be have more confidence in your self restraint than they do in mine.)

 

[BlueandOG]

Favorite mind blowing formula (due to Leonard Euler)

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For those of us who do not work in math, please explain why this is mind-blowing.

 

[BlueandOG]

Favorite Shakespeare quote (this may go on my headstone, assuming the Veteran’s Administration doesn’t object):

“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” (From The Tempest)

They will object

 

[Bama fan]

Favorite Marilyn Monroe film - "River of No Return" with Robert Mitchum:

My wife watches this film every time it airs..

 

[Zarathustra]

It could be masochism

It also could be " poor boundaries"

 

[Zarathustra]

They will object

How about Falstaff: Henry IV, Act V, scene iii, lines 40- 61
" GIVE ME LIFE" Sir John was a true VITALIST!

 

[MooseJaw]

'What is it called when someone subjects themselves to something they find so obnoxious when they can simply choose to ignore it?'
i know! i know! --- The Boneyard Experience.
what do i win?
(i don't know why i always ask aboot the prizes, nobody ever seems to payoff on any of these deals here ...)

No prize was offered, however the committee has reviewed your post, they like your answer and have put you in 2nd place. Please check the mail for your 2nd place gift.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Probably my favorite underrated physicist is Albert Baez. I was literally working on something citing him earlier today. He developed what's probably to this day the most important way of focusing x-rays. He certainly deserved a Nobel Prize, but it's taken till the last 20 years or so for there to be x-ray sources to fully take advantage of it.

In addition to all that, he happened to have three daughters, Joan, Pauline, and Mimi, all very beautiful and talented. I had no idea he was Joan and Mimi's father when I met him 25 years ago, although I did correspond with him later after I found out.

underrated? have sum, 100 years later!
'Imagine if you had those fluid pump systems basically take the vibration from the motor that’s there anyway, and have that circulate it. It has no moving parts. There’s nothing to break,” says Ristroph.'
no moving parts. nothing to break.
Century-old water valve invented by Nikola Tesla could have modern use | New Scientist

nikki is my favorite 'ist' since archimedes. mebbe someday we'll get to know more of his revelations, currently unavailable to us. downright biblical, methinks.
im bettin that, a pantload of times, mr T thought 'don't need no stinkin proofs, i just know it!' intuition is a greatly underrated talent.

he played this game of life in a league of his own.
frequency and resonance. yup.

 

[eebmg]

For those of us who do not work in math, please explain why this is mind-blowing.

Just the idea that 3 of the most interesting and diverse constants "i" the imaginary unit = sqrt(-1), pi (the irrational number connecting the diameter and perimeter of a circle) and "e". the natural base for logarithms should all be magically related by a single equation. Well, you asked.

 

[MooseJaw]

Just the idea that 3 of the most interesting and diverse constants "i" the imaginary unit = sqrt(-1), pi (the irrational number connecting the diameter and perimeter of a circle) and "e". the natural base for logarithms should all be magically related by a single equation. Well, you asked.

Sounds familiar, I may have heard it from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory. No disrespect, I read that every equation on the show was reviewed by top level Math Brainiac's and were 100% accurate.

 

[Scud49]

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You will enjoy it.

(Why can you type the plane designation "F"-16 but it gets edited out for me? Methinks the powers that be have more confidence in your self restraint than they do in mine.)

I had to type the letter "F" in twice before it stuck - thought it was just an anomaly at the time, guess it wasn't...

 

[Scud49]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video:

 

[eebmg]

Sounds familiar, I may have heard it from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory. No disrespect, I read that every equation on the show was reviewed by top level Math Brainiac's and were 100% accurate.

I imagine Sheldon would not waste his time with such a trivial formula. (Highschool level)

 

[Bama fan]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video:

That was really fun to watch. What great energy, and they all were into it. . I need to rest now, but thanks for the excitement!

 

[Bigboote]

Albert Baez is actually the uncle of John C Baez who is one of the leading Mathematical Physicists today doing all sorts of exotic theorizing from Spin Foams to Loop Quantum Gravity and pushing abstraction using Category Theory into more mainstream Applied Mathematics.

John Baez? I haven't thought of him in years. I remember him from the USENET days. I knew he was a mathematical physicist, no idea what kind of work he did, nor that he was related to Albert.

 

[Bigboote]

Favorite sandwich: Bacon avocado lettuce and tomato.

 

[rvwsleep]

Favorite Marilyn Monroe film - "River of No Return" with Robert Mitchum:

Your favorite over "Some like it Hot" ?

 

[nwhoopfan]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video:

Shuffle dancing trips me out. I have no idea how they do most of what they do, but it looks really cool.

 

[rvwsleep]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video.
300+ million hits

Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Video Edit By Km MusicEiffel 65 is an Italian pop music and dance music group consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte. They are mainly kno...

youtu.be

 

[bluedevil]

'What is it called when someone subjects themselves to something they find so obnoxious when they can simply choose to ignore it?'
i know! i know! --- The Boneyard Experience.
what do i win?
(i don't know why i always ask aboot the prizes, nobody ever seems to payoff on any of these deals here ...)

A set of steak knives.

 

[hoophuskee]

Watching UCONN winning National Championships.

 

[Martin]

Led Zeppelin, spaghetti, the color blue, horror movies, working from home, Pedro Martinez.

 

[Twolf]

Favorite album:

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