tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7904781470084384549..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Unfriendly SkiesSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31751017735697304082010-04-19T17:01:26.412-04:002010-04-19T17:01:26.412-04:00BTW tx Bee for link about gravity and EM. It's...BTW tx Bee for link about gravity and EM. It's rather a mess, isn't it?Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41470702490273653252010-04-19T16:59:51.893-04:002010-04-19T16:59:51.893-04:00Any serious chance this volcanic eruption (especia...Any serious chance this volcanic eruption (especially, if there's a followup like many scientists predict) will make it cooler this summer?Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36076034157043064682010-04-19T10:41:20.546-04:002010-04-19T10:41:20.546-04:00Click here for the latest on airports closings inc...Click <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/19/iceland.volcano.developments/index.html?hpt=T1" rel="nofollow">here</a> for the latest on airports closings including a country by country breakdown. AirCanada says newfoundland may be affected. Change in the wind, Phil? In any event, Moldova looks good to go. ;-)<br /><br />Two items caught my attention on that page:<br /><br /><i>• European Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54960548721563199252010-04-18T14:30:39.906-04:002010-04-18T14:30:39.906-04:00Hi Bee,
I thought it might be informative for you...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I thought it might be informative for your European and some other readers out there, to note that although <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9-NNUzeX*b" rel="nofollow">the car trip</a> you are now on is certainly a long one, it is comparable to driving from <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-kKmEG54Is*tUcmR9" rel="nofollow">Toronto, Ontario to Thunder Bay Ontario CanadaPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85522452020599944842010-04-18T12:16:29.843-04:002010-04-18T12:16:29.843-04:00Hi Bee,
I’m sorry if I’ve had it sound like the m...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I’m sorry if I’ve had it sound like the major cities of Germany are populated by fast food items, though you must admit to it painting a somewhat humorous mental picture. Also I’m glad to hear the weather is fine and I hope it remains so for both you, Stefan and all the other Hamburgers, Frankfurters and Berliners that are of your acquaintance :-)<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74351470019116686202010-04-18T11:24:50.929-04:002010-04-18T11:24:50.929-04:00Neil: This might help you understand why I think a...Neil: <a href="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/05/millikan-oil-drops.html" rel="nofollow">This might help you understand why I think analogies between GR and Electrodynamics cause more confusion than insights.</a>Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25043765721984953082010-04-18T11:23:00.508-04:002010-04-18T11:23:00.508-04:00Hi Phil,
Yes, you were right again. We're in ...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Yes, you were right again. We're in Hamburg now, meeting friends here and staying over night. Onwards to Frankfurt tomorrow. The Frankfurter sausage btw is not called Frankfurter in Frankfurt, it's called Wiener instead, similar to how the bakery Berliner is not called Berliner in Berlin. In any case, here in Germany it's well into Springtime already (in contrast Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74902547696791613972010-04-18T07:45:04.536-04:002010-04-18T07:45:04.536-04:00Hi Bee,
From your side bar notes it says you hit ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />From your side bar notes it says you hit the road again two hours ago, which then means it will be at least another two hours before you will have to stop for a Hamburger :-) Interestingly Google shows three routes with four hours being the shortest and quickest, taking you over a large body of water to an island and then to the mainland again, which must be a tunnel as a Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66436910935510580852010-04-17T10:50:55.763-04:002010-04-17T10:50:55.763-04:00Hi Bee,
So you did stop over in København, which...Hi Bee,<br /><br /><br />So you did stop over in København, which I figured you might as it being the logical thing to do. Strange I also thought it be a good place to have Stefan come to meet you by train to perhaps briefly take in the city, enjoy each others company and help with the driving the rest of the way. I just had a thought as to what reaction one might get if referring to what Bohr,Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64067249918193904432010-04-17T09:42:49.189-04:002010-04-17T09:42:49.189-04:00Hi Phil,
You guessed correctly :-) I'm in Cop...Hi Phil,<br /><br />You guessed correctly :-) I'm in Copenhagen now and Stefan is coming by train in the evening. Tomorrow we'll continue to Hamburg. It is indeed a long road trip, yes, it's about 1,500 km. Trying to recall when I've been in Denmark last time... Must be two decades ago or so. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78040333501804712322010-04-17T09:36:41.230-04:002010-04-17T09:36:41.230-04:00I'm staying in Copenhagen over night. There wa...I'm staying in Copenhagen over night. There wasn't much traffic on the roads. Here they have a TV in the hotel lobby with flight stats, it reads: cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, canncelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, canncelled...Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89780453338336634662010-04-17T09:27:18.386-04:002010-04-17T09:27:18.386-04:00Drive safely. You will not be the only one who got...Drive safely. You will not be the only one who got the idea to hit the road. <br /><br />But I see that you made it to Copenhagen, though.Thomas Larssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985129937633673870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42877588664163729862010-04-17T05:38:44.613-04:002010-04-17T05:38:44.613-04:00Hi Bee,
It seems you can’t catch a break with you...Hi Bee,<br /><br />It seems you can’t catch a break with your travels of late, with as I recall the last time you had trouble with securing a flight and then just narrowly avoiding a strip search by Canadian immigration officials. These were at least being troubles of human design, which can be overcome more easily, yet now nature has conspired against you. <br /><br />Now you have reported Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40223694285806950902010-04-16T20:24:21.527-04:002010-04-16T20:24:21.527-04:00Like string theory, this is perfectly reasonable y...Like string theory, this is perfectly reasonable yet mostly untrue,<br /><br />http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/volc.htmUncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24631467519206560442010-04-16T16:36:27.399-04:002010-04-16T16:36:27.399-04:00A group of amateur and professional volcano fanati...A group of amateur and professional volcano fanatics is following the eruption - with some pretty detailed discussion as well as some decent modelling and predictions - at the eruptions blog on scienceblogs (http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/).<br /><br />If nothing else, you can sit around and look at pretty impressive pictures of what's giving ATC nightmares.Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289493499922076048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6872487243682699682010-04-16T13:22:01.142-04:002010-04-16T13:22:01.142-04:00Indeed, but the time we get Hurricanes (which I fo...Indeed, but the time we get Hurricanes (which I forgot to mention) from the Caribbean, they are but "strong storms", and none have removed the vinyl siding from my house ... yet. They call them "Nor'Easters" here, because they seem to come from the northeast, but indeed come from the south, given the counter-clockwise rotation of such storms that we now know, but which Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45111215594718483282010-04-16T13:10:21.886-04:002010-04-16T13:10:21.886-04:00Wait till the wind turns... ;-)
But yes, the brig...Wait till the wind turns... ;-)<br /><br />But yes, the bright side is I get to see Copenhagen and Hamburg on the way.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79103267384984360312010-04-16T13:06:35.060-04:002010-04-16T13:06:35.060-04:00And so, once again, I am glad I live in New Jersey...And so, once again, I am glad I live in New Jersey. Not too hot in summer (unlike Wash. D.C.), not too cold in winter (unlike Boston), few Earthquakes, few tornadoes, zero Tidal Waves (unless Snooki visits), and best but not least ...<br /><br />... NO Volcanoes!<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Congrats to Europe on its 2-day unexpected holiday. Always try to look at the bright side. As we say in Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.com