Forum: Other Other Topics
09-10-2005, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 52
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Re: Reccomend me some wine.
Try a bottle of Conundrum. White wine, American, $30 plus or minus $7 depending on what state you're in. Fruity (viognier-ish, don't recall if it actually is a viognier blend).
I'm not much of a...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-17-2005, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 92
Re: British Airways
Until around a year ago, even most of the US airlines offered free booze in coach on all international flights. On United, which I flew most often, we weren't just talking free wine either -- lots...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-07-2005, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 71
Re: I Just Drank a Bottle of Cazadores Anejo
Cool. I just had some of their anejo for the first time a couple weeks ago; I've been a fan of the reposado for a while, but hadn't started seeing the anejo till very recently. Very tasty.
My...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-21-2005, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 175
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-14-2005, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 372
Re: Why Quanta, Consciousness, Big Bang
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Secondly while I personally haven't thought much about this First Cause issue, it is my understanding that a lot of very smart people have thought about it deeply. And most of them do...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
07-14-2005, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 92
Re: Limping in EP first in w/ AKo and AQo (et all)
When I read your post, I thought of these two old threads:
Clark limps with AQ (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=595923&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=all&vc=1) and
Clark...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-14-2005, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 288
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-12-2005, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 546
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-29-2005, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 668
Re: Recommend some good IQ questions
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The problem with questions like these are that if the interviewee has heard of them, it doesn't mean he's smart. I could tell the answer to my dumb friend and then he would pass the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-29-2005, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 668
Re: Recommend some good IQ questions
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I can't solve this problem and that really bothers me....
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A hint (in white): <font color="white"> think about what happens if only one person has a dot on his forehead. ...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-29-2005, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 668
Re: Recommend some good IQ questions
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I'm assuming this message is received after dinner? But then why the dinner info? Wouldn't you just look for the dot at the table? Im confused, and by confused, I mean stupid. Also, why's...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-29-2005, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 668
Re: Recommend some good IQ questions
This one is easy, and sort of classic:
You're a monk in an isolated monastery, with 99 other monks. You have all taken vows of silence -- you can't say a word, or communicate by any other means...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-19-2005, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 84
Re: Fat Tire
FYI, for those of you in Colorado, New Belgium is brewing an IPA right now that you can apparently only get at the factory.
A guy who lives in Ft. Collins brought a growler of this stuff to a...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-06-2005, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 163
Re: Lateral thinking?
The first question you asked is, incidentally, the sort of thing Enrico Fermi would supposedly ask his students. How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? How many gas stations? Etc.
You're...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-13-2005, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 60
Re: Cool technology.....
I thought this was pretty neat the first time I read about it: company that makes "audio spotlights." (http://www.holosonics.com/)
Basically, they're able to create a focused sound beam that is...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-26-2005, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 271
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Forum: Televised Poker
04-25-2005, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 167
Views: 643
Re: Did Sklansky say he Could have won a Nobel?
The thing is, it's either an incredibly silly remark or a reasonably apt one, depending on what exactly he said.
I have known multiple Nobel laureates (in physics and chemistry). All were very...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-13-2005, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-01-2005, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31
Re: restaurants/bars/etc near UCLA?
Thanks for all the info. Much appreciated, and I'll definitely try out a few of these places.
Just so I'm clear here, is getting a cab really a pain in LA generally? I've never really spent...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-31-2005, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31
restaurants/bars/etc near UCLA?
Hi folks --
I'll be at UCLA next week for a conference, and I'm looking for a few good places to eat and a few good places to drink. I'll probably have a rental car, but would prefer not to drive...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
03-25-2005, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 178
Re: Coilean pronunciation
Clarification: Coilean himself claims it's "cuh-LAWN" in this other old thread. (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=681476&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=all&vc=1)
And just...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
03-25-2005, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 178
Re: Coilean pronunciation
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how does he pronounce it?
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Supposedly it's "Cawl-yan."
See this old thread: pronunciation unmasked....
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-18-2005, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 213
Re: Hardest to easiest
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i'm at princeton, enrolled in the engineering school - do the fundamentals of physics really change that much from program to program? and how many people from mediocre departments...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-18-2005, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 213
Re: Hardest to easiest
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having seen some of the work the kids do around here, i'd be very suprised if getting an undergrad degree in physics weren't completely unachievable for a gigantic proportion of the...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-18-2005, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 213
Re: It ain\'t football
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Not fair to declare football to have to be NFL but allow for any physicist. Consider there are around 2,000 pro football players. There are nowhere near that many non-hack physicists. ...
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