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Das Herrgott würfelt nicht

(Translation - God does not play dice)

- Albert Einstein, explaining his bafflement over Niels Bohr's explanation of quantum mechanics (he had good reason, not least the way in which quantum phenomena seemed to violate relativistic causality: even today, the greatest minds in physics have yet to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics).

Ooh, a good one. Nowadays, String Theory is said to bring together our macroscopic and microscopic worlds. Grand Unified Theory... Ah, it's a beautiful thing to unify everything. It apparently works mathematically (with the addition of about 7 more dimensions), but since strings are so small people aren't sure how to test the theory yet. Oh well. Perhaps it's one thing we weren't meant to know.:%)

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
- Thomas Edison

"Build a man a fire, and you warm him for a day. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life."

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

heres all of mine lol.

"If I'm not back in five minutes... wait longer!" - Ace Ventura

"All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work." - Steve Martin (Sgt Bilko)

"You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no danger music" - Jim Carrey

"Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes" - Buck Murdock (Air Plane 2)

"Thank you very little." - Ty Webb (Caddy Shack)

"We're talking mucho dinero here . . . and probably some American money, too." - Ty Webb (Caddy Shack 2)

"I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule." - Randal Graves (Clerks)

"I know I'm your hero." - Randal Graves (Clerks)

"Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week! No job is too big, no fee is too big!" - Dr. Peter Venkman (Ghost Busters)

"You face forward, or you face the possibility of shock and damage." - Brodie Bruce (Mall Rats)

"At last we meet, for the first time, for the last time." - Lone Star (Space Balls)

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" - Bluto (animal House)

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

This one is from the European Techno Band Scooter. Besides a good and fast beat, one of their songs contains a “statement” that might be borrowed from somewhere else. It is:

[font color="#C00000"]It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice![/font]

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

Das Herrgott würfelt nicht

(Translation - God does not play dice)

- Albert Einstein, explaining his bafflement over Niels Bohr's explanation of quantum mechanics (he had good reason, not least the way in which quantum phenomena seemed to violate relativistic causality: even today, the greatest minds in physics have yet to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics).



Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

"were gunna need a bigger boat"
jaws-

"There's method in his madness"
William Shakespeare

You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Bob Dylan

Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
Bob Dylan

Choose life... But why do I want to do a thing like that?
Trainspotting

Badges? We don't need no stinking badges
Blazing saddles

"Fighting on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics - Even if you win, you're still a retard."

- Tim

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

"There is no remedy for love but to love more" - Thoreau

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Not really famous, but special to me anyway.

"Even though the distance between us is hard, I take you with me no matter where I go or what I do."

Also another one that I use to use a lot on profiles and such

"Death must be a beautiful thing or they wouldnt have saved it for last"

"The internet... They have that thing on computers now?"

-Homer Simpson

keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.


~never negotiate out of fear, but never fear to negotiate.

Last edited by bettachris at 13-Aug-2005 12:36

Ya know, at first glance, the invent-a-particle motive does seem like inaccurate guesswork, but nuclear physics has really taken off in the last century, so I assume that they must have a general idea of what's going on. Bah, like I said, I hate physics. :[

Only 11 dimensions? Ah, that'll be heterotic string theory. If you want the hard stuff, go for bosonic string theory. That needs 26 dimensions.

Of course, strings only make sense as a physical construct (as opposed to a theoretical construct) if you also introduce the concept of D-branes.

Here you go - D-branes and bosonic string theory in one easy lesson.




Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

"When people show you who they are believe them"

Toni Morrison (?)

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~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~

I thought the superstring theory WAS the one that most current physicists are referring to. Suffice to say, none of us here are standing physics doctorates (my mother is, but she was classically trained and refuses to accept string theory), so I'll try and gather what information I can find on the subject.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 15-Aug-2005 23:05

"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

-Dilbert

Blah oleta took mine

"It's always in the last place you look"

well, i have a bachelor's of science in physics, but that's a far cry from understanding it at a doctoral level

and cup, one of my former classmates was going on to higher levels of nucler physics, and he told me that there was a chart invented much like the periodic table of elements in which most of the known particles fit. some of the blanks in between are empty, but a couple particles have been "found" which fit the chart, so that is where the invent-a-particle method has its roots. i told him it still sounds like guesswork to me, and "justify your government grant" games and that's when we got into a deep discussion about strings with some doctoral students.

edit: i forgot to mention one of my favorite quotes, which lindy had as her signature:

if you get upset at someone, walk a mile in their shoes. then you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Last edited by moondog at 16-Aug-2005 00:08

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

Heh. That's pretty cool.

"That's fitting, because you fight like a milkmaid!"
-Guy Threepwood

"That's what I like about science. It's not math!" -My physics teacher

There's a great book called "The Hole in the Universe" by K.C. Cole that goes into the difficulties of uniting string theory with the theory of relativity.


I LOVE physics.

Yucky Physics, I barely survived it in high school, I don't want to think about it here

One quote I heard during inservice that I still like:

"If you plan for a year, plant rice. If you plan for 10 years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate the future." don't know why i would like that one

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

what is this "Physics" you speak of in this country?

"Happiness is finding two olives in your martini when you are hungry" - Johnny Carson

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

Do unto others, then run.

This one goes to 11!!

Last edited by Fallout at 18-Aug-2005 07:32

I don't post here (FP) often but I just wanted to share some of the quotes I've collected:

"Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day"~anon

"Athiesm is a non-prophet organization"~anon

"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security" ~ Benjamin Franklin

"Organization is for people too lazy to look for things"~anon

"The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese"~anon

"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge"~ Alfred North Whitehead

"Some people are like slinkies. Not really good for anything, yet you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs."~unknown

"Be just what you is, not what you is not. Folks that do this are the happiest lot."~ Dr. Seuss

"Never judge a book by its movie!"~anon

"I ferret proofed the house but there still getting in!"~licence plate frame (might need to be a ferret fancier to get that one,lol)

And a couple of my favorite movie qoutes:

"First person that comes out this door gets a... gets a lead SALAD, you understand?!" ~Narrator from "Fight Club"

"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid."~Jack Sparrow from "Pirates of the Carribean"

"Good dags. D'ya like dags?"~ Mickey from "Snatch"




Last edited by pippin at 19-Aug-2005 22:25

This was on a CD case from a small Ecuadorian group I like:

Men will come and go but the music is immortal

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" John Lennon
"If you drink,don't drive.Don't even putt" Dean Martin
"Men willingly belive what they wish!" Julius Caesar

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.