tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post4939342990422847506..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: It's all about sex...Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6027241835992124092007-07-09T10:45:00.000-04:002007-07-09T10:45:00.000-04:00I'm really glad that my sex life is now totally se...I'm really glad that my sex life is now totally separate from reproduction. ;-) I'm pretty sure that humans are the only creatures that have sex purely for the pleasure of it. That needs to be factored into those calculations somehow. <BR/><BR/>And the thing about boobs isn't really supported by real life results, and what about fake boobs? Men should feel really cheated by them since they Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18075801508082727272007-07-08T20:20:00.000-04:002007-07-08T20:20:00.000-04:00Ali: Thanks for your email. However, the reason fo...Ali: Thanks for your email. However, the reason for me requiring ID is not (only) that <I>I</I> know who you are but that every reader knows it. - B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66104914160003563202007-07-08T16:53:00.000-04:002007-07-08T16:53:00.000-04:00Sabine,I just wrote email to you. Check your mailb...Sabine,<BR/>I just wrote email to you. Check your mailbox.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283468903809767683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27691104997545529932007-07-08T13:08:00.000-04:002007-07-08T13:08:00.000-04:00Hi Ali,If you try clicking on your profile, the on...Hi Ali,<BR/><BR/>If you try clicking on your profile, the only message I get is<BR/><BR/><I>The Blogger Profile you requested cannot be displayed. Many Blogger users have not yet elected to publicly share their Profile. </I><BR/><BR/>There is no email address whatsoever. Believe me, I am worrying about being unemployed for the rest of my life, but taking advises from commenters on my blog is the Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30425765869659493052007-07-08T13:04:00.000-04:002007-07-08T13:04:00.000-04:00Guys, you can write me email from the link given t...Guys, you can write me email from the link given to find out who I am. I do not want to write my email here explicitly since it would generate spam. <BR/><BR/>Bee, what I meant is that the last thing you have to worry about at the moment is the number of virgins in heaven. If I were you, I would worry about how to avoid unemployment for the remaining part of your life. That is why I suggested Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283468903809767683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74002029179013201252007-07-08T11:24:00.000-04:002007-07-08T11:24:00.000-04:00Hi Arun:*lol* I think this was indeed the one and ...Hi Arun:<BR/><BR/>*lol* I think this was indeed the one and only link I'll read today - this is just great. I especially like the last paragraph<BR/><BR/><I>Ahmadinejad claims Bush is threatening to "wipe Canada off the map," though this has long been revealed as an inaccurate translation. (Bush's actual words: "Where the heck is Canada? I can't find it on the map.")</I><BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6355844255171004982007-07-08T11:14:00.000-04:002007-07-08T11:14:00.000-04:00Ali,If you want serious discussion, a thread like ...Ali,<BR/>If you want serious discussion, a thread like that here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://pandagon.net/2007/07/06/if-you-read-one-link-tonight/" REL="nofollow">http://pandagon.net/2007/07/06/if-you-read-one-link-tonight/</A><BR/><BR/>will be more conducive. FYI, no one is going to be sympathetic to terrorists' version of paradise; but a lot of people are understanding of the political situationArunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25629211117143470052007-07-08T10:45:00.000-04:002007-07-08T10:45:00.000-04:00Dear Arun,The one important thing you said on this...Dear Arun,<BR/><BR/><I>The one important thing you said on this thread - the problem on your notepad - did it go anywhere?</I><BR/><BR/>Sadly enough, no, it didn't go anywhere, except with me to Starbucks and back to my desk. It's still the same problem as mentioned in an <A HREF="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/05/hat-tip-to-mme-curie.html" REL="nofollow">earlier post</A>. I am looking forSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44582210821210342732007-07-08T10:31:00.000-04:002007-07-08T10:31:00.000-04:00Guys, it's fairly easy: This is my blog. You eithe...Guys, it's fairly easy: This is my blog. You either play according to my rules, or you don't play. Rules are, as stated repeatedly<BR/><BR/>Tolerance for anonymously made insults is strictly zero. <BR/><BR/>Tolerance for insults in general depends on the day of the week, the most recent estimate for the Higgs mass, the weather conditions in Waterloo and on my mood - which is currently pretty bad.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68361599468982599702007-07-08T06:42:00.000-04:002007-07-08T06:42:00.000-04:00Ali,Please identify yourself - the link leads nowh...Ali,<BR/><BR/>Please identify yourself - the link leads nowhere.<BR/><BR/>Bee,<BR/><BR/>None of my comments were intended to be taken seriously. If you find them offensive, or likely to offend others, then please delete them. This comment, though, IS intended to be taken seriously: I find the idea of a martyr being "rewarded" in paradise by the opportunity of deflowering virgins to be utterly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52276388001852791182007-07-08T02:18:00.000-04:002007-07-08T02:18:00.000-04:00ali,I saw the insulting comments a few days ago. ...ali,<BR/><BR/>I saw the insulting comments a few days ago. I did not approve but I also did not write anything in response.<BR/><BR/>I see now that my silence was in error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3021292790643720552007-07-08T01:06:00.000-04:002007-07-08T01:06:00.000-04:00but you do tolerate insults made in public? who is...but you do tolerate insults made in public? who is chris oakley to comment on the number of virgins in heaven? he is an academic drop out. For records, i am not anonymous<BR/><BR/>Go ahead in this line please. You may have a few things to learn from chris oakley because there are no faculty positions in your field, if this is news for you. He can teach you how to get a quant position in nomura Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283468903809767683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86905299701379916242007-07-08T00:58:00.000-04:002007-07-08T00:58:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,The one important thing you said on this ...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>The one important thing you said on this thread - the problem on your notepad - did it go anywhere?<BR/><BR/>How I see this is that you're in the smithy, holding a red hot piece of iron with tongs, and smashing it with a heavy hammer - this is your physics problem. Some sparks fly and some of them are your blog distractions. Sorry if I'm off the mark :)Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1359545379621645162007-07-07T18:57:00.000-04:002007-07-07T18:57:00.000-04:00to 'hypnose' whose comment I just deleted: I don't...to 'hypnose' whose comment I just deleted: I don't tolerate anonymously made insults.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53768709867551334482007-07-07T11:07:00.000-04:002007-07-07T11:07:00.000-04:00Bee, I would not be kidding too much about the 72 ...Bee, <BR/>I would not be kidding too much about the 72 virgins after all. One of the casualties of a fire incident at a nuclear plant in Lyon a few years ago was a muslim, and an urban legent has it that he was found with multiple layers of underwear, allegedly to protect his family jewels before he got to use them on the virgins. <BR/>Quite a smart ass... <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-102389741448744762007-07-07T10:41:00.000-04:002007-07-07T10:41:00.000-04:00bee, they should give you a nobel prize in psychol...bee, they should give you a nobel prize in psychology.<BR/><BR/>best,<BR/>A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20772768859998317492007-07-07T10:30:00.000-04:002007-07-07T10:30:00.000-04:00The US has in its Dreamland arsenal a most formida...The US has in its Dreamland arsenal a most formidable $250 billion anti-Muslim weapons system: SPAM (Smart Pig Air-launched Munitions) including laser- and GPS-guided cluster sows.<BR/><BR/>An unforseen side effect of maize pimp Archer-Daniels-Midland's corn-for-fuel is domestic failure to maintain and reproduce the weapons' inventory, now outsourced to China as Operation Rice <BR/>Rocket.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69400385267947070712007-07-07T06:47:00.000-04:002007-07-07T06:47:00.000-04:00darn Chris, the poor pizza guyhe thought there mus...darn Chris, the poor pizza guy<BR/>he thought there must be more to life than making pizza<BR/>so sacrifices himself in some holy war against infidels<BR/>only to discover that now he has to spend eternity making pizza<BR/><BR/>a bit like the guy or gal, who is in so much pain that he/she seriously contemplates ending it all - but it seems there are no guarantees the pain will end on the other QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-845305273482893962007-07-07T03:16:00.000-04:002007-07-07T03:16:00.000-04:00It could be that the "virgins" actually refer to b...It could be that the "virgins" actually refer to bottles of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. So when you blow yourself up, you are met in paradise by one of the prophets, who tells you, "Iyad, that was a damn fool stupid thing to do - blowing yourself up and killing innocent people. Well, you can start making amends by making pizza for everyone here. Over there are 79 bottles of extra virgin olive oil, 79Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42837111857876576912007-07-07T02:00:00.000-04:002007-07-07T02:00:00.000-04:00Bee said "very interesting piece of information th...Bee said "very interesting piece of information that sexual harassment too is about sex. who'd have thought? "<BR/><BR/>Well, actually, it is part of the standard feminist canon that harassment, molestation, and rape have nothing to do with sex. They are primarily devices for cementing the patriarchy. It's part of the left-wing fantasyland philosophy that rules in anglo-saxonia. Another example Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76442100594434706812007-07-07T01:32:00.000-04:002007-07-07T01:32:00.000-04:00lol Amara the pictures were better when they showe...<B>lol Amara</B> the pictures were better when they showed them on tv<BR/>And it's all much more fun if participating in the hard research.<BR/><BR/><B>Bee,</B> after one's had the eighty virgins, is it paradise no more<BR/>Or are the eighty virgins or their hymens continuously replaced by Saudi surgeons - <EM>going ten to a dozen</EM><BR/><BR/>At last! - a use for doctors, gynos and surgeons in QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44644105580761588382007-07-06T23:51:00.000-04:002007-07-06T23:51:00.000-04:00Pig Lard as terrorist repellant...Brings a whole n...Pig Lard as terrorist repellant...<BR/>Brings a whole new meaning to<BR/>"Pigs in Space"<BR/><BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=USH5lJFRS5c<BR/><BR/>greetings<BR/><BR/>KlausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20231905539912029002007-07-06T22:40:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:40:00.000-04:00"and all will have appetising vaginas"I see. Cunni..."and all will have appetising vaginas"<BR/><BR/>I see. Cunnilingus in paradise. Well, you're still a virgin after oral sex, right? RIGHT?<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, about those 72 [or whatever] virgins: nowhere in the Hadith is it stated that the virgins are human. I have a picture in my mind of a suicide bomber in paradise being presented with a cardboard box containing 72 virgin mice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77209160783303641742007-07-06T22:38:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:38:00.000-04:00OT Bee: John Baez posted 2 papers Roger Penrose w...OT Bee: John Baez posted 2 papers Roger Penrose wrote in 1972---they are quite interesting, though I risk the ire of the String Gods by <BR/>promoting them as they show Roger's early bias for discrete STimes.<BR/>http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/penrose/GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309914321843947595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16899371122608940062007-07-06T16:54:00.000-04:002007-07-06T16:54:00.000-04:00"...passengers should stroke pigs before boarding ...<I>"...passengers should stroke pigs before boarding ..."<BR/><BR/>or sacrifice a camel ? (read last paragraph) </I><BR/><BR/>Nope, sacrificing a camel is not obligatory, while not handling pigs is obligatory.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, is it only the religious angle that would get employees fired for celebrating their airline's success?Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com