tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2334819212349623514..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: PS on Cast AwaySabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65100195984333058012008-01-31T20:20:00.000-05:002008-01-31T20:20:00.000-05:00Maybe the bus driver that carefully stopped at gre...Maybe the bus driver that carefully stopped at green lights and merrily sailed through reds migrated to Canada. When asked why, it was because his brother drove on the cross-route.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81812925022803526102008-01-31T17:30:00.000-05:002008-01-31T17:30:00.000-05:00it drives me nuts. since my horn is broken, there ...it drives me nuts. since my horn is broken, there seems to be an increasing amount of Canadians who pleasantly sleep through the green phases of traffic lights while I wave my arms around and slap my forehead.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17512908158753757372008-01-31T17:27:00.000-05:002008-01-31T17:27:00.000-05:00I recall a line of Shakespeare that goes something...I recall a line of Shakespeare that goes something like<BR/><BR/>"...tis an ill wind that blows no good..."<BR/><BR/>and I have been waiting for many years for someone's car horn to malfunction so that I could say<BR/><BR/>"tis an ill horn that blows no good"<BR/><BR/>but, alas, nobody's car horn has ever malfunctioned in my presence.Santo D'Agostinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477124729865108234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49876643843685724652008-01-30T21:17:00.000-05:002008-01-30T21:17:00.000-05:00k, so I give you the birdk, so I give you the <A HREF="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/610799" REL="nofollow">bird</A>Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51230546155121549602008-01-30T20:04:00.000-05:002008-01-30T20:04:00.000-05:00well, I guess I should have said I am against ever...well, I guess I should have said I am against everything ;-)<BR/><BR/>@ Kronprinz: <I>Was he sober?</I> He tried to pick me up, so he can't have been sober.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37798122169506698032008-01-30T16:06:00.000-05:002008-01-30T16:06:00.000-05:00I am not 'against' anything. But in fact, I prefer...I am not 'against' anything. But in fact, I prefer pictures taken without flashlight because the fall of shadows usually is better defined. (Sometimes that's not an option of course. And the flash can have interesting effects on its own.). See, what disturbs me about the picture above is that the foreground/background relation becomes quite funny which gives the photo an artificial touch. To me Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19818605742979477042008-01-30T11:57:00.000-05:002008-01-30T11:57:00.000-05:00So you're against flash photography, too?So you're against flash photography, too?Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-26403747475016425122008-01-30T11:16:00.000-05:002008-01-30T11:16:00.000-05:00plus "Two people running around with headlamps to ...plus "Two people running around with headlamps to paint in the foreground and Chimney Rock", which probably has roughly the same effect as taking two photos and overlaying them?Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14720547964923865362008-01-30T09:04:00.000-05:002008-01-30T09:04:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,That photo of the night sky is simply a 3...Dear Bee,<BR/>That photo of the night sky is simply a 30 second long exposure at ISO 3200 with a short focal length lens on a digital SLR. One of the ways in which complex technology makes life better and simpler. (It would be expensive to experiment thusly with film).<BR/>Best,<BR/>-ArunArunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35754019779505272882008-01-29T23:39:00.000-05:002008-01-29T23:39:00.000-05:00While we are complaining about modern cars, we sho...While we are complaining about modern cars, we should not forget how vastly better they are than even the cars of 10 years ago. My present rather modest [German!] car can, for example, easily outrun and outmanoeuvre a Ferrari from 15 years ago. It is also far more enjoyable to drive than any car made 10 years ago. Deutschland, Deutschland...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30463362600453883692008-01-29T23:25:00.000-05:002008-01-29T23:25:00.000-05:00"A guy in the liquor store told me it's about the ..."A guy in the liquor store told me it's about the airbags or something. "<BR/><BR/>Was he sober?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59177687213432126292008-01-29T17:10:00.000-05:002008-01-29T17:10:00.000-05:00oh, wait, I just read they had somebody with headl...oh, wait, I just read they had somebody with headlights throwing light on the rocks, sorry, so no HDR. Still confusing. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55801678998782543892008-01-29T17:07:00.000-05:002008-01-29T17:07:00.000-05:00interesting. I'm not a huge fan of HDR though, one...interesting. I'm not a huge fan of HDR though, one can overdo it. It completely distorts my senses about light and shadows, depths and color. <BR/><BR/>I was just reading this<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-02/su_science" REL="nofollow">Why Things Suck: Science</A> <BR/><BR/>an as usually low-content Wired article that attempts to be witty but is just Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66120401610252058442008-01-29T16:54:00.000-05:002008-01-29T16:54:00.000-05:00Ah Bee, but if you could hook up to your laptop to...Ah Bee, but if you could hook up to your laptop to your car and find out that your alternator is not working, long before your battery completely discharged... Then also, the stupid car computers should be monitoring that and telling you of the malfunction in plain English (or German as the case may be).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I came here to say, you just have to look at the picture here:<BR/><BR/><A Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84309727586446009642008-01-29T16:18:00.000-05:002008-01-29T16:18:00.000-05:00Dear Arun:That is an interesting future projection...Dear Arun:<BR/><BR/>That is an interesting future projection but it only addresses part of my frustration. It would surely be nicer if one could deal with the car's technology oneself (though there is the question how many people would actually do it). The problem remains however that potentially a bug in one of the more advanced features can render the more basic ones unusable. This is what I Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46733609327637031662008-01-29T14:48:00.000-05:002008-01-29T14:48:00.000-05:00Bee:Yes, I have enough faith in the ingenuity of t...Bee:<I>Yes, I have enough faith in the ingenuity of the astonishingly stubbornly persisting human race to acknowledge they will come to manage the arising problems.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes a resiliency of the human spirit.<BR/><BR/>The last question one places in mind is usually the platform for further inspection. An incubator for further things that come to your mind.<BR/><BR/>Hence, the question PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56804547437940994332008-01-29T12:09:00.000-05:002008-01-29T12:09:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,IMO, this car diagnostics situation is be...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>IMO, this car diagnostics situation is because of poor and unimaginative use of technology. <BR/><BR/>If a car maker made available a public interface specification of its onboard computers, then there would be a lot of freeware development, as in the Linux community, you'd have tools and gizmos to even watch your car while it is running on your laptop screen and so on. I'm Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8641974765281756032008-01-29T11:07:00.000-05:002008-01-29T11:07:00.000-05:00Hi Plato:Apocalyptic Fears! Nonsense.One of the ex...Hi Plato:<BR/><BR/><I>Apocalyptic Fears! Nonsense.<BR/><BR/>One of the exercises I wanted to put ourselves through was based on electricity. Loosing electricity a lot of times I wanted to make sure that this system would still work?</I><BR/><BR/>That's very interesting, but I think you kind of miss the problem. The problem is not one person somewhere in a house who is cut off electricity. The Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14547083455913850042008-01-28T23:24:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:24:00.000-05:00Michael:Broke it down put it back together. I even...<B>Michael</B>:<I>Broke it down put it back together. I even rewired it. Now I'd be very nervous.</I><BR/><BR/>Trial and errors?:) But yes, nervous, looking at it without the progress to that point, you look at a motor much differently?<BR/><BR/> Your ears are listening? Your mind is exploring, yes? Is everything in order when you go over everything you had done? <BR/><BR/>There is a sense of PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83740893276858865842008-01-28T23:11:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:11:00.000-05:00Apocalyptic Fears! Nonsense.For example, John G. O...Apocalyptic Fears! Nonsense.<BR/><BR/>For example, John G. <BR/><BR/>One of the exercises I wanted to put ourselves through was based on electricity. Loosing electricity a lot of times I wanted to make sure that this system would still work?<BR/><BR/> Although water was still a issue you can still use a bucket to fill the toilet when you needed too. My wife to this day knows to fill the tubs PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51891450270111724392008-01-28T21:49:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:49:00.000-05:00The car culture is still alive. I grew up on North...The car culture is still alive. I grew up on Northern Boulevard in Queens, one of the great gasoline alleys of North America. Even now, there is a thriving car culture. Engines are stripped, suspensions are upgraded, computer chips are reprogrammed, and cars are raced. (The races are on Queens Boulevard. Northern Boulevard at five lanes is too narrow).<BR/><BR/>Back in the late 80s and early 90s,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-21089314795075285882008-01-28T20:42:00.000-05:002008-01-28T20:42:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,“Thanks for the advice! But it's not the se...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Thanks for the advice! But it's not the service light. I think the service light is yellow, but this one is red. A guy in the liquor store told me it's about the airbags or something. Since its been on for more than a year it can't be too urgent.”<BR/><BR/>Sounds like the light displays a symbol instead of text. I wouldn’t be so sure that guy in the liquor store knew if this isPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38918174022773011912008-01-28T20:02:00.000-05:002008-01-28T20:02:00.000-05:00Hi Phil:Thanks for the advice! But it's not the se...Hi Phil:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice! But it's not the service light. I think the service light is yellow, but this one is red. A guy in the liquor store told me it's about the airbags or something. Since its been on for more than a year it can't be too urgent. <BR/><BR/>Hi Uncle:<BR/><BR/>The perturbations (aka potholes) I believe to have caused the problem (with the front wheel). It seems Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-48624370091055205632008-01-28T17:26:00.000-05:002008-01-28T17:26:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,“Just returned from the car store, turns ou...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Just returned from the car store, turns out I need an appointment, feels like going to the doctor. Regarding the red light in the panel the guy said "We'll just plug it into our diagnose system and see what it says!” Then he tried very eloquently to convince me I need a service check for the automatic transmission before he noticed I don't have one.”<BR/><BR/>If it is the Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51443746725496629422008-01-28T16:44:00.000-05:002008-01-28T16:44:00.000-05:00I owned a 1972 Fiat Spyder since 1972, in fact I s...I owned a 1972 Fiat Spyder since 1972, in fact I still own just don't drive it. In 2002 I bought an Audi; the damn thing kept running the battery down; and I couldn't figure out why. <BR/><BR/>Then I suddenly realized the thing is full of computers that need always to be running.<BR/><BR/>Like Plato I once worked on my own cars and motorcycles. Now even motorcycles require very specialized Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com