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Longest Physics Lecture in History?

Posted by simoniker on from the if-i-could-turn-back-time dept.

gfrege writes "Perhaps you remember some long physics lectures from your days at school. But as part of a general strike of students at the Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin concerning cuts in funding for the city's universities, some physicists are in the middle of what could be the longest physics lecture in history. It started at noon on Monday, and is planned to run to noon on Thursday. Check out the topics, and if you're in Berlin, come on down. The Babelfish translations of the lecture titles make for some fun reading, too, if you can't make it there yourself."

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  1. Thats not that long... by raceface · · Score: 5, Funny

    Back in the days when I went to school (up hill both ways) we had lectures that lasted all winter. We got to school on day, it snowed 30 feet, spring came, snow melted then we got to go home. And we LIKED it. back in the day.

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  2. Sorry, can't resist by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "The Babelfish translations of the lecture titles make for some fun reading, too"

    "Beautifully (HU) of balls and impulses"


    Again sorry, but you know it's funny.
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    why? forty-two.
  3. In other news... by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny

    Students at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin will simultaneously break the world record for sleeping in class.

  4. 3 day physics lectures are nothing new by jamesk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember many 3 day physics lectures -- unfortunately most were only one hour in length!!!

  5. Favorite Toppic by sinewalker · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Quantum mechanics for pedestrians"

    This sheds new light on the old "look left, look right, look left again" rule when crossing the street: In quantum, by looking at the cars, you can affect their positions!

    Doesn't apply to me (I tried, nearly got run over). Maybe it works if you're blond...?

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    “Our opponent is an alien starship packed with nuclear bombs. We have a protractor.” — Neal Stepnenso
  6. My favorite Lecture by pimpinmonk · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wednesday 12-2PM: Schoell (DO) quantum mechanics for pedestrians.
    I'm sure this lecture will deal with the newly found danger of falling through covered manholes due to quantum tunneling, but how at the same time you have a chance of surviving a head-on encounter with a car! This lecture will change pedestrians' lives forever!
  7. The most interesting parts.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    are the apparent showing of pornography the 12 hours before the lecture begins and the 12 hours after it ends. If you look at the schedule, you'll note in those time slots, it does say XXX. :)

  8. Re:Maybe if it were a single lecture... by mlush · · Score: 5, Funny
    How coherent would a professor awake for 70+ hours be to a student who's also been awake 70+ hours?

    about as coherent as a professor awake for 1 hour

  9. Re:A: Schachtelsatze by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny
    english, (almost) german word order:

    Oh my God. I ran that through Babelfish twice and got the EULA to Visual Studio. Suddenly, the world became a little clearer...

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
  10. Re:Maybe if it were a single lecture... by Noren · · Score: 4, Funny
    Awake for 70+ hours? No...

    The real difference is, unlike a typical one hour lecture, students can't sleep through all 72 hours of this lecture.