tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post4411157621399188666..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Of the weekSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9839351138416416282008-02-19T04:51:00.000-05:002008-02-19T04:51:00.000-05:00Question of the week: Why is the cord of the vacuu...<I>Question of the week: Why is the cord of the vacuum cleaner always 20 cm too short?</I><BR/><BR/>The Anthropic Principle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25452799253294259082008-02-18T19:43:00.000-05:002008-02-18T19:43:00.000-05:00I prefer Äpplewoi :-)Good taste you have in abunda...<I>I prefer Äpplewoi :-)</I><BR/><BR/>Good taste you have in abundance!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61163925045855195622008-02-18T12:13:00.000-05:002008-02-18T12:13:00.000-05:00Hello Bee,"I have. Once. On my 18th birthday"Presu...Hello Bee,<BR/>"I have. Once. On my 18th birthday"<BR/>Presumably someone else payed for the beer? :=)<BR/>BTW, the pictures of the week, those <BR/>irides, are that real ones? <BR/>Regards<BR/>GeorgGeorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538391164351204407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57755783235259493502008-02-18T10:57:00.000-05:002008-02-18T10:57:00.000-05:00Nice Eyescapes by Rankin.Nice Eyescapes by Rankin.PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84894013991585766922008-02-18T10:34:00.000-05:002008-02-18T10:34:00.000-05:00Hi Bee and Georg,As it so happens I was out with m...Hi Bee and Georg,<BR/><BR/>As it so happens I was out with my daughter and son-in-law (and others) to have a few beers and shot some billiards. As you know of course I am not a scientist and yet my limited exposure to it has proved very beneficial at such occasions. Not so much for the drinking, yet more so for the billiards. All that’s required is a good understanding of Newton’s laws and thePhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2461819230301949302008-02-18T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-18T08:53:00.000-05:00I have. Once. On my 18th birthday. That was more o...I have. Once. On my 18th birthday. That was more or less a coincidence, but sufficient for the rest of my life. Admittedly, I don't drink beer unless under severe peer pressure. Having grown up in Frankfurt, I prefer Äpplewoi :-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6300287635335304812008-02-18T08:50:00.000-05:002008-02-18T08:50:00.000-05:00Hello Bee,"As to the beer, I am German. If the gla...Hello Bee,<BR/>"As to the beer, I am German. If the glass isn't filled up to the calibration mark I wouldn't pay it."<BR/>Obviously You never have been at the <BR/>Oktober"fest" in München. :=)<BR/>GeorgGeorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538391164351204407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32650569924550696582008-02-17T19:30:00.000-05:002008-02-17T19:30:00.000-05:00Hi Uncle,I will keep that in mind as I am indeed o...Hi Uncle,<BR/><BR/>I will keep that in mind as I am indeed on the verge of throwing that vacuum cleaner in the garbage. I'd have already done so, but it doesn't fit in the chute.<BR/><BR/>Dear Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Well my cleaner has a signal that's supposed to turn from green to red when the bag is full. It doesn't work though.<BR/><BR/>Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>I am too pragmatic to ask why my apartment isSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29659191399001234912008-02-17T16:49:00.000-05:002008-02-17T16:49:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,wow, the "search backreaction" button is ...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>wow, the "search backreaction" button is great news - it's really helpful for me! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Concerning vacuum cleaners, some warnings/hints about full dust bags would also be helpful - or even better, Schwarzschild-enhanced non-filling dust bags ;-)...<BR/><BR/>Best, Stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12868669623623844542008-02-17T16:42:00.000-05:002008-02-17T16:42:00.000-05:00Dyson DC07 vacuum cleaner purchased at "Bed, Bath,...<A HREF="http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/dyson.htm" REL="nofollow">Dyson DC07</A> vacuum cleaner purchased at "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" with a 20% discount coupon. It is brilliantly engineered, it is perfect in every way, and its cord is long enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68362700667048865602008-02-17T16:38:00.000-05:002008-02-17T16:38:00.000-05:00The quiet diplomacy link was interesting. On a rel...The quiet diplomacy link was interesting. On a related, if more depressing, note:<BR/><BR/>http://www.rawa.org/index.php<BR/>Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)<BR/><BR/><BR/>anonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78961097861146307402008-02-17T15:34:00.000-05:002008-02-17T15:34:00.000-05:00I thought you were talking about this till the ver...I thought you were talking about <A HREF="http://www.modelingadvice.com/" REL="nofollow">this</A> till the very last words. LOL!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23150360293891488702008-02-17T15:32:00.000-05:002008-02-17T15:32:00.000-05:00'coz you don't buy the vacuum cleaner with the lon...'coz you don't buy the vacuum cleaner with the longer cord.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24908834128153356752008-02-17T14:53:00.000-05:002008-02-17T14:53:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,“Question of the week: Why is the cord of t...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Question of the week: Why is the cord of the vacuum cleaner always 20 cm too short?”<BR/><BR/>One could say that all is relative and it is equally valid to ask why the room is 20 cm too wide or why there are not enough outlets per room?<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of an optimist, a pessimist and a engineer going to a bar and ordering a beer. When the glasses were delivered with Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com