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Relativity Finally Meets Quantum Theory?
prion86 writes "Physisist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara (try saying that 3 times fast) believes she has found a way to blend relativity with quantum theory. The article can be found on the Scientific American site."
> Markopoulou Kalamara (try saying that 3 times fast)
Easy man.
I just copy and paste into my voice synth. (I'm mute).
Markopoulou Kalamara, Markopoulou Kalamara, Markopoulou Kalamara. =)
But it sound kind of wierd though.
She talks about physics like it's cooking. If it turns out she's right, a whole new generation of scientist will grow up thinking that women are only good with kitchen-related things. If it turns out she's not, then, it's just a flash in the pan. Insert moronic sexist joke here. (I hope she's right though, it's about time that somebody found something significant, to finally have another woman's name in physics books).
The ENIAC Demo Competition
but how will this help me with getting laid
It'll help with that special physisist of your dreams you've had your eye on, of course! Great conversation peice.
Physisist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara (try saying that 3 times fast)...
Try saying "physicist" once, and slowly.
Lisp is the Tengwar of programming languages.
gonads
Gonad \Gon"ad\, n.; pl. Gonads. [Gr. ? that which generates.] (Anat.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. --Wiedersheim.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
I believe she has 'nads.
... is whot bwings os tugevza tsuzay.
"I remember reading on the side of my McDonalds Happy Meal box that we'd see the "edge" of the universe within the decade."
That's the first article I've seen quoted from The McDonalds Happy Meal box. Odd, since it is truly the most reliable scientific resource of our time.
Wow.. you must be really smart to be calling Stephen Hawkings a layman ;)
If no one heard the tree fall in the forest, did the tree really fall?
Stephen Hawkings doesn't make it understable for laymen originally, they just rigged his voice box to a thesaurus and voila...
Hate me!
wolfram is a middle-aged balding egomaniac, and this chick is hot. Plus, she's Greek, and he's British. 'nuff said? mmmm'kay
I suspect people haven't yet forgiven him for creating the Daleks.
you are either getting laid or you are not, with an equal probability.
You can't just assume that the two states have equal probability. If you are in thermal equilibrium the probability will be given by the Boltzmann distribution meaning that the probability of "getting laid" falls of exponentially with the energy of the state "getting laid".
Since people getting laid are generally described as "hot" we can conclude that the chance is pretty slim unless you do something to raise the energy of the state "not getting laid" accordingly. (Please reply with suggestions)
On the other hand, if you really are in thermal equilibrium you are dead and the result may not matter much to you.
Any sufficiently advanced libertarian utopia is indistinguishable from government.
Probably not. How often do you see scientists wearing halter tops and tight jeans in photo-ops?
"sweet dreams are made of this..."
ignorant _physicists_ are in my humble experience a rarity
I once had a teacher (who was my tutor in my thesis for my Physics Ms) who had a Astrophysics Phd. We (a group of undergradute students) had a group for watching and recording star-by-asteroids occultations where we collaborated with some people from IOTA.
One day she seemed interested in comming with us and we invited her to the meeting prior to the occultation where we discussed the proceedings, and suddenly she raised her hand and replied:
- "Wait a second, I'm not familiarized with these observations, and haven't checked the occultation schedule yet, so please inform me, is the asteroid occulting the star or the star occulting the asteroid?"
As you could tell I has embarrased as hell, but I had to finish my thesis with her (I had already started).
Posting anonymously for safety sake.
so you're in fact saying that all i have to do is to blindfold myself and get on speed to get laid?
how stupid you think people are? i'm not falling for that. again.
How often would you want to see that... If I saw any of my physics professors in tight jeans and halter top I'd go blind.
Just last night John Baez (mentioned several other times in this thread) announced a potentially important breakthrough: a LQG calculation that derives the same value for a fundamental parameter as one based on classical assumptions. He calls it "tooth-gnashingly nerve-wracking exciting."