Recent content by CrysPhys

In case you already haven't, you should join Microbes Forums. "Turnabout is fair play." :smile:

What you say holds for students who are highly self-motivated. But students who are highly self-motivated would not have wasted two semesters playing video games. I've known students who wandered around aimlessly for a while (if they were part-time students, sometimes for many years)...

In your specific scenario, assuming you have access to all three, use all three. No harm in that; and you'll get the benefit of different perspectives and teaching styles. After a while, if you clearly prefer one, or clearly dislike one, you'll be in the best position to decide which work best...

The search for true love is particularly tortuous.

I think that explains a lot your extreme reaction. Note carefully my original phrasing: No explicit comparison of you to Ayn Rand; no exposition of her philosophy; no judgement call ... only that your point has been well covered in Atlas Shrugged, which after all is a work of fiction. If you...

* I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I was planning to respond to your DM. But since you've gone public, giving everyone the impression that I've attacked you personally, I need to clear the record. * I did not compare you to a despicable fiend, for the simple reason that I do not...

I won't belabor the point because it's too far off topic (besides, it's been well covered in Atlas Shrugged). Fortunately life isn't as bleak, and people aren't as monolithic, as you portray. If there's only one game in town, and if you can't move to another town, then, yeah, you're stuck. If...

Tried it just now. Works with and without login. Thanks. Mr. Spock applauds you. 👏

Huh??? You've totally lost me on this one.

@Greg Bernhardt . Here's another suggestion. You can probably get rid of the "Catch up on new posts" and "Browse the forums" tabs altogether. Right now on the Home Page top main tab bar, you already have: <Physics Forums> <Insights Blog + Menu> <Forums + Menu> <What's New + Menu> ... If...

I'm trying to be polite. An alternative (following the wording in streaming services) would be, "Skip all the garbage". :smile: But remember the old maxim, "One man's garbage is another man's treasure" [as proven many times in real life on Antiques Roadshow].

We now need to consider the new website in its entirety, not just the "Forums" section. What's important is that the website be partitioned such that individual users can efficiently access the portions that are of interest to them without forcing them to wade through substantial portions that...

Some sites (such as Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, ...) can determine which population the bulk of their users fall into and tailor their sites to this population. Forums such as PF, however, face an inherent dilemma: they need to satisfy two distinct and disparate populations of users. The...

After you login, on the new home page, there is a "Browse the forums" button. On the left-hand screen shot, the white cursor arrow is pointing to this button, which is located after the intro, but before all the new discussions stuff that you want to bypass. If you click on this button, you...

Well, I'm a strong proponent of the maxim, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" But, as I replied earlier in this thread, I'm not opposed to stylistic changes as long as it follows the "First do no harm!" principle. At least for some of us, the new style did do harm. To Greg's credit, he has...