tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2706904320741043113..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: PIRSASabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-944777754670862232008-01-19T18:11:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:11:00.000-05:00Hi Domenic:I think there is an option to download ...Hi Domenic:<BR/><BR/>I think there is an option to download the files onto the hard disk which was added. The point to me is not so much that the PI lectures are on there, but that the system is designed such that it can be used by other institutions as well, with the hope to eventually collect the seminar recordings that are presently spread on a multitude of websites in various different Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65845287349413384292008-01-19T17:34:00.000-05:002008-01-19T17:34:00.000-05:00From what I remember, PIRSA has been up and runnin...From what I remember, PIRSA has been up and running for quite a while now. I remember using it to re-watch two talks that I slept through (as in, didn't get out of bed in time---not actually slept during!) from the Quantum Foundations Summer School. While the user interface has certainly been updated, is there a difference besides that in the recent launch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27216384718767010212008-01-19T02:19:00.000-05:002008-01-19T02:19:00.000-05:00Stefan: Thanks! I hadn't read the help (obviously)...Stefan: Thanks! I hadn't read the help (obviously). No doubt they'll continue to improve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29524139782972913382008-01-19T02:04:00.000-05:002008-01-19T02:04:00.000-05:00This is a wonderful resource that is being made av...This is a wonderful resource that is being made available.<BR/><BR/>This seems to be the evolution of the internet as it is unfolding. Stefan gave some food for thought for such "blog video postings" to be open up after such a introduction to comments.<BR/><BR/>Youtube clips have already made their way into such an idea, so why then would this not continue?<BR/><BR/>I was rereading Lee Smolin's PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30021254698239230582008-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:002008-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:00Since Garrett Lisi gave a talk on his E8 model las...Since Garrett Lisi gave a talk on his E8 model last year at Perimeter, I searched PIRSA for talks by him, and the result was: <BR/><BR/>"... Displaying all lectures given by: Anthony Garrett Lisi<BR/>Sorry, there are no seminars to display for this speaker. ...". <BR/><BR/>Will his Perimeter talk be put up on PIRSA sometime ? <BR/><BR/>Tony SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47414492889455504092008-01-18T20:40:00.000-05:002008-01-18T20:40:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,From time to time I have watched a few of t...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>From time to time I have watched a few of the online lectures. I’m sorry to report I have not checked out any that you have presented as I wasn’t aware you had. The ones that I watched primarily dealt with quantum foundations and the different interpretations. This is something that I have a keen interest in, although I realize that some physicists believe the whole subject isPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-21251879404765601352008-01-18T20:18:00.000-05:002008-01-18T20:18:00.000-05:00Last night and the night before I watched three se...Last night and the night before I watched three seminars, the first two on time by Smolin, and a random one from Owen Maroney's talk on the foundations of quantum mechanics.<BR/><BR/>They were wonderful talks.<BR/><BR/>Since I've been out of academia for quite some time, I'd forgotten how easy to understand lectures can be. I'd gotten used to trying to figure out a subject by reading a terse CarlBrannenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180079098492232258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70667357086545555612008-01-18T19:01:00.000-05:002008-01-18T19:01:00.000-05:00one of the other remarks I had was that I don't pa...one of the other remarks I had was that I don't particularly like the logo. to me it looks like a roller-coaster.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3029828657204337652008-01-18T18:27:00.000-05:002008-01-18T18:27:00.000-05:00Dear Stefan,Interesting you mention that, because ...Dear Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Interesting you mention that, because I made the same remark when I heard about it. One thing is that (usually) the speakers get asked before they are recorded (some actually say no). However, in practice this doesn't always seem to happen. E.g. in both cases where I was recorded I was not asked whether I'd want to. (It is not completely obvious, since the audio recording Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67461989395952240592008-01-18T17:17:00.000-05:002008-01-18T17:17:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,thanks for the link and info update, and ...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><BR/>thanks for the link and info update, and for collecting the comments by the guys who have realised this site!. The idea is very interesting, to have something like a video arxiv. And I see that in principle it will possible to add comment feeds to the videos, that's cool! <BR/><BR/>Though I have to say I have to get used to the navigation trough the site... And I am stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8158281466113139222008-01-18T16:24:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:24:00.000-05:00It's great to see the evolution of this. Having re...It's great to see the evolution of this. Having recorded a number of conferences myself, I know how little infrastructure there is for this sort of thing, and I can imagine how much work it is maintaining an archive like this.<BR/><BR/>Pity the video is only available in WMV, but it's nice to see mp3 and pdf versions. <BR/><BR/>Next they should add a podcast feed! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com