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  • xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 2 13:34:55 2022
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    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
    https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there. I mean, there is gotta be some time for engineering all the scientific stuff.

    Explained at:

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2640:_The_Universe_by_Scientific_Field

    Lynn

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Jul 2 14:05:35 2022
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    On 7/2/2022 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
       https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there.  I mean, there is gotta be some time for engineering all the scientific stuff.

    Explained at:

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2640:_The_Universe_by_Scientific_Field

    Engineering is applying what the Scientists have learned. :P


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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Sat Jul 2 18:09:02 2022
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    On 7/2/2022 4:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/2/2022 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
        https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there.  I mean, there is gotta be some time for
    engineering all the scientific stuff.

    Explained at:

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2640:_The_Universe_by_Scientific_Field
    Engineering is applying what the Scientists have learned.  :P

    Yup, been doing that for almost 50 years now.

    And I have learned a fact over the years. If the PhD says something is
    an approximation, watch out ! The edge conditions will eat you alive.

    Lynn

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Jul 2 19:26:53 2022
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    On 7/2/2022 4:09 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/2/2022 4:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/2/2022 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
        https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there.  I mean, there is gotta be some time for
    engineering all the scientific stuff.

    Explained at:

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2640:_The_Universe_by_Scientific_Field

    Engineering is applying what the Scientists have learned.  :P

    Yup, been doing that for almost 50 years now.

    And I have learned a fact over the years.  If the PhD says something is
    an approximation, watch out !  The edge conditions will eat you alive.

    A high school chemistry teacher like to tell us that the way science
    advanced is when the older, more experienced scientists would say "Oh,
    we know that this is what will happen when you try that", some student
    or younger scientist tries "that" and gets something other than "this"
    at which point the more experienced scientists go "Wait, what? Lemme
    see that!". :D

    He'd also ask the class a question and if no one answered quickly enough
    would say, "Well, what is it? Yes? No? Maybe so? I don't know?"

    The semester I had him it was the first class of the day for me. I'd
    sit at my desk in the front row, put my head down and kind of doze.
    Until he handed out tests. Then I'd finish the test in half the time
    any one else took and go back to dozing. Got straight A's in the class.
    He never gave me any trouble for seeming to not pay attention. Hee hee.


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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Jul 2 21:47:04 2022
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    In article <t9q34f$gh9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
    https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there. I mean, there is gotta be some time for engineering all the scientific stuff.

    A physicist might claim that Astronomy is observational physics.

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Sun Jul 3 14:47:53 2022
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    On 7/2/22 5:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/2/2022 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
        https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there.  I mean, there is gotta be some time for
    engineering all the scientific stuff.

    Explained at:

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2640:_The_Universe_by_Scientific_Field

    Engineering is applying what the Scientists have learned.  :P

    It also includes doing the scientist’s scutwork (though not the actually scientific scutwork, which for some reason or other seems to be biased
    toward women operators). Someone at Corning may have been an amateur astronomer, per accidens, but the Hale didn’t actually require an
    astronomer once Corning had the specs.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Robert Woodward on Sun Jul 3 19:31:01 2022
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    Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote in news:robertaw-896478.21470302072022@news.individual.net:

    In article <t9q34f$gh9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    xkcd: The Universe by Scientific Field
    https://xkcd.com/2640/

    A little exaggeration there. I mean, there is gotta be some
    time for engineering all the scientific stuff.

    A physicist might claim that Astronomy is observational physics.

    Sheldon: I'm a physicist. I have a working knowledge of the entire
    universe and everything it contains.

    Penny: Who's Radiohead?

    Sheldon: (after several seconds of twitching) I have a working
    knowledge of the important things in the universe.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Sun Jul 3 19:28:15 2022
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    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote in news:t9qupc$2rs09$1@dont-email.me:

    The semester I had him it was the first class of the day for me.
    I'd sit at my desk in the front row, put my head down and kind
    of doze. Until he handed out tests. Then I'd finish the test in
    half the time any one else took and go back to dozing. Got
    straight A's in the class.
    He never gave me any trouble for seeming to not pay attention.
    Hee hee.

    I did the same thing in physics. And becausae he put extra credit
    questions on his tests, I ended up with over 100% on my grade.

    Only time he tested me, he asked what he'd just said, and repreated a
    couple of minutes of the lecture back to him word for word. After
    that, we got along fine.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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