Comments for Luminiferous Æther http://luminiferous-aether.net Fri, 16 May 2008 15:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on An Open Source Game Worth Playing: Nexuiz by Mechwarrior5 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/08/15/an-open-source-game-worth-playing-nexuiz/#comment-4598 Mechwarrior5 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:22:25 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/08/15/an-open-source-game-worth-playing-nexuiz/#comment-4598 Looks like another attempt to make a game that's like quake. Why is it that all of the so called "good" open-source games rarely try to do something original? Looks like another attempt to make a game that’s like quake. Why is it that all of the so called “good” open-source games rarely try to do something original?

]]> Comment on Peoples’ Math Skills So Poor They Can’t Tell if They Won the Lottery by Coin by Coin . com » Book Review: The Automatic Millionaire http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/12/peoples-math-skills-so-poor-they-cant-tell-if-they-won-the-lottery/#comment-3692 Coin by Coin . com » Book Review: The Automatic Millionaire Thu, 01 May 2008 09:44:11 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/12/peoples-math-skills-so-poor-they-cant-tell-if-they-won-the-lottery/#comment-3692 [...] Perhaps this is the teacher side of me flaring with anger, but the author repulsed me when he claimed not to be a ‘math whiz’. Sure, not everyone is Ramanujan but if you’re writing about finances, I expect better of you than to dismiss math skills with the rest of the hoi polloi [...] […] Perhaps this is the teacher side of me flaring with anger, but the author repulsed me when he claimed not to be a ‘math whiz’. Sure, not everyone is Ramanujan but if you’re writing about finances, I expect better of you than to dismiss math skills with the rest of the hoi polloi […]

]]> Comment on Kinetic Typographic Movies by Erik R. http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/04/04/kinetic-typographic-movies/#comment-2346 Erik R. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:43:22 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/04/04/kinetic-typographic-movies/#comment-2346 Wow, that's pretty wild. Wow, that’s pretty wild.

]]> Comment on Lessig’s first Lecture on Corruption by Lawrence Lessig Runs For Congress! (Maybe) | Luminiferous Æther http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/10/19/lessigs-first-lecture-on-corruption/#comment-1204 Lawrence Lessig Runs For Congress! (Maybe) | Luminiferous Æther Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:01:42 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/10/19/lessigs-first-lecture-on-corruption/#comment-1204 [...] Lessig, hero of the copyright wars, and recent crusader against corruption, might be running for congress. He’s put together a 10 minute video on his new website with his [...] […] Lessig, hero of the copyright wars, and recent crusader against corruption, might be running for congress. He’s put together a 10 minute video on his new website with his […]

]]> Comment on Nanotechnology Images by Spartacus http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/09/nanotechnology-images/#comment-820 Spartacus Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:23 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/09/nanotechnology-images/#comment-820 It is impressive and I like the Science as Art competition. But, watch for the details. On a dice the sum of two opposite faces should add up to 7. It is impressive and I like the Science as Art competition.
But, watch for the details. On a dice the sum of two opposite faces should add up to 7.

]]> Comment on Nanotechnology Images by sparge http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/09/nanotechnology-images/#comment-750 sparge Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:48:40 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/09/nanotechnology-images/#comment-750 Surely the pips are nanoscale! Surely the pips are nanoscale!

]]> Comment on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks by Soloflyer http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/07/the-blog-of-unnecessary-quotation-marks/#comment-739 Soloflyer Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:50:01 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2008/01/07/the-blog-of-unnecessary-quotation-marks/#comment-739 why would anyone want to bring emphasis to "that" word? -solo P.S. that was sarcasm why would anyone want to bring emphasis to “that” word?

-solo

P.S. that was sarcasm

]]> Comment on What if American Separatist Movements Had Succeeded? by B.A. McLean http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/12/03/what-if-american-separatist-movements-had-succeeded/#comment-303 B.A. McLean Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:26:35 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/12/03/what-if-american-separatist-movements-had-succeeded/#comment-303 A much better question would be,"What would Europe, and the rest of the world look like today,if the USA had not been there to bail them out! A much better question would be,”What would Europe, and the rest of the world look like today,if the USA had not been there to bail them out!

]]> Comment on The Physics Diet by Steve http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/28/the-physics-diet/#comment-161 Steve Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:04:37 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/28/the-physics-diet/#comment-161 "How to cope with the hunger? I attempted to enjoy it. I thought of the movie Lawrence of Arabia, in which T.E. Lawrence says, 'The trick is not minding that it hurts.' I told myself that the mild ache was only the sensation of evaporating fat. That interpretation has some basis in physics. When you lose weight, most of your fat is converted to the gases carbon dioxide and water vapor, and so you get rid of fat by breathing it out of your body." Nuff said. Also, disordered eating is not the same as having an eating disorder. The so-called "Physics Diet", or crash diet as the rest of the world calls it, is hardly a new idea. It is also know to be an ineffective and dangerous weight loss plan. I would love to get an update from this guy in 5 years time as I would be surprised if he hadn't regained the weight, plus a little extra. “How to cope with the hunger? I attempted to enjoy it. I thought of the movie Lawrence of Arabia, in which T.E. Lawrence says, ‘The trick is not minding that it hurts.’ I told myself that the mild ache was only the sensation of evaporating fat. That interpretation has some basis in physics. When you lose weight, most of your fat is converted to the gases carbon dioxide and water vapor, and so you get rid of fat by breathing it out of your body.” Nuff said.

Also, disordered eating is not the same as having an eating disorder. The so-called “Physics Diet”, or crash diet as the rest of the world calls it, is hardly a new idea. It is also know to be an ineffective and dangerous weight loss plan. I would love to get an update from this guy in 5 years time as I would be surprised if he hadn’t regained the weight, plus a little extra.

]]> Comment on The Physics Diet by Jimmi http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/28/the-physics-diet/#comment-84 Jimmi Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:26:10 +0000 http://luminiferous-aether.net/2007/11/28/the-physics-diet/#comment-84 When did not eating lunch because you're a fat-ass become an eating disorder? When did not eating lunch because you’re a fat-ass become an eating disorder?

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