Great one-liners from PF members

[PhDeezNutz]

I believe those were the Oompa-Loompas of Loompa Land.

I doubt that the original message did any good. Too many people come here and say "I got an A in 12th grade physics. I do not wish to soil my hands with your dirty, filth experimental work. And with grades like mine, I shann't have to!"

Whatever.

Yeah it’s definitely a misconception and a problem.

 

[berkeman]

From a thread discussing differentiation and its definition(s)...

I like to say that if you read two authors you will find four notations.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Is that like "If you lined all the economists in Washington end to end you still wouldn't reach a conclusion"?

 

[jrmichler]

And those that try to help you are not from the telepathy department.

This was in response to:

I am not from control theory background.

 

[DaveE]

How much repulsion do you need to add together to make it attractive?

LOL. I *think* he's referring to the electrons, but it may also be the thread.

 

[berkeman]

From the Academic Advice forum:

As I have said before, your PhD thesis will not be "We finally understand the universe." It will be "The spectrum of glopolium".

 

[Vanadium 50]

Sadly, not the first time I have said that. People just don't believe it. "Yeah, maybe for those other guys...."

 

[Mayhem]

Sadly, not the first time I have said that. People just don't believe it. "Yeah, maybe for those other guys...."

I have no idea how people cannot fathom that university will be anything but a pain once they have completed a few semesters. "It gets better!" Nope, it just gets worse and worse and worse and then one day you have your degree, and since I'm not quite there yet, I'll pretend that it gets better then. Probably not.

 

[pinball1970]

I have no idea how people cannot fathom that university will be anything but a pain once they have completed a few semesters. "It gets better!" Nope, it just gets worse and worse and worse and then one day you have your degree, and since I'm not quite there yet, I'll pretend that it gets better then. Probably not.

Change stuff. Where are you? Talk to people on your course, talk to people in the union bar, talk to people in the scientific club.

 

[berkeman]

From V50 in an Academic Advising thread:

The most important factors, though, are not where you go. They are what you accomplish wherever you go.

 

[berkeman]

This is too funny not to share. It's from a now-deleted thread by a newbie that was deleted because it was personal speculation/personal theory. LOL @pines-demon

I am under the impression that this post is not going to last long...
Edit: also did you just name an interaction after yourself?!

 

[Vanadium 50]

If it's the thread I am thinking of, it is locked (like all the OPs threads) but the message where he names it after himself is still there.

 

[berkeman]

The one I quoted was from a thread start by @Mykhailo Dziabura today, and it was deleted along with the infraction. Is there another thread where the OP is naming new things after themself?

 

[Vanadium 50]

Yes there is. I'll report it now.

 

[berkeman]

Yes there is. I'll report it now.

Thanks, I missed that previously (since I only skimmed his stuff). Your report will be discussed by the Mentors.

 

[berkeman]

Seems like a good time to remind everybody that when you see an issue in a post, please use the "berkeman Report" button to bring the problem to the attention of the Mentors. Thanks

 

[PhDeezNutz]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

 

[berkeman]

Yes there is. I'll report it now.

That post has now been edited to remove his claim to fame. Poor guy...

 

[Tom.G]

Maybe he ought to go into politics, after all he is acting like one!

 

[Borg]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

So its catalytic reaction would be called a kick in deez nuts?

 

[PhDeezNutz]

So its catalytic reaction would be called a kick in deez nuts?

You’re thinking way ahead of me…..and I like it!

 

[pines-demon]

I’m gonna name a certain novel intermolecular interaction after “deez nutz”

Maybe one day it will bear merit……but probably not.

We have a furry theorem, a hairy ball theorem and a Cox–Zucker machine; deez nut interaction does not sound so wacky.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

We have a furry theorem, a hairy ball theorem and a Cox–Zucker machine; deez nut interaction does not sound so wacky.

Don’t forget that in Goldstein, the transformed Hamiltonian where cyclic coordinates are revealed through canonical transformations is referred to as the “Kamiltonian”. (Rhymes with “Camel”)

 

[PhDeezNutz]

How much of your research work do you expect others to do for you?

Need I say more?

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Seems like a good time to remind everybody that when you see an issue in a post, please use the "berkeman Report" button to bring the problem to the attention of the Mentors. Thanks

One day…..One day I will create a berkeman Batman Skylight Symbol

 

[Tom.G]

That could be a great party trick --- if it's available/affordable!

 

[sysprog1]

If I tell you "this is probably OK" and it is not, you will be sad. Since I don't know, I shouldn't guess.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Work in progress.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

“Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together. “

- @PeterDonis

(I can’t quote directly because the thread is closed for moderation)

Which is true of course.

The thing that really got me was that the OP of the thread actually responded with

“Yes I can”

Yikes.

 

[jbriggs444]

(I can’t quote directly because the thread is closed for moderation)

That sounds like an interesting challenge...

We begin by looking at the posting history of @PeterDonis and locate a recent thread. There it is right at the top. Something about being closed for moderation.

We scroll back in that thread to find the comment in question. There it is.

We click the little "share this link" on the post to see what the URL looks like: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/general-relativity-question-gravity-clock.1066746/post-7130447

We quote someone else's post to see what the BBcode for a quote looks like. For instance:
[QUOTE="PhDeezNutz, post: 7130482, member: 577620"]

So all we seem to need is a post number (7130447) and a member number.

Looking at the profile for @PeterDonis and extracting the URL we find:
https://www.physicsforums.com/members/peterdonis.197831/
So the requisite member number seems to be 197831.

Let us construct BBcode for the article in question:
[QUOTE="PeterDonis, post: 7130447, member: 197831"]

And test it:

Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together.

Huzzah! It works.

 

[jack action]

That sounds like an interesting challenge...

We begin by looking at the posting history of @PeterDonis and locate a recent thread. There it is right at the top. Something about being closed for moderation.

We scroll back in that thread to find the comment in question. There it is.

We click the little "share this link" on the post to see what the URL looks like: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/general-relativity-question-gravity-clock.1066746/post-7130447

We quote someone else's post to see what the BBcode for a quote looks like. For instance:
[QUOTE="PhDeezNutz, post: 7130482, member: 577620"]

So all we seem to need is a post number (7130447) and a member number.

Looking at the profile for @PeterDonis and extracting the URL we find:
https://www.physicsforums.com/members/peterdonis.197831/
So the requisite member number seems to be 197831.

Let us construct BBcode for the article in question:
[QUOTE="PeterDonis, post: 7130447, member: 197831"]

And test it:


Huzzah! It works.

Amazed and stunned. Let me one-up you.

I just selected the text in the post, right-clicked, and selected "+Quote". Then you can add in any thread with the button "Insert quotes..." that will appear beside "Attach files" at the bottom of every thread:

Your reasoning here is faulty. You can't do physics by waving your hands and stringing words together.

 

[jbriggs444]

I just selected the text in the post, right-clicked, and selected "+Quote". Then you can add in any thread with the button "Insert quotes..." that will appear beside "Attach files" at the bottom of every thread:

Yes, but did you notice that the thread in question is no longer locked? It is more challenging to quote from a locked thread.

 

[jack action]

Yes, but did you notice that the thread in question is no longer locked? It is more challenging to quote from a locked thread.

Darn! It was locked a minute - if not seconds - before I read this thread!

 

[Borg]

On a spam thread about learning how to code.

Do you teach how to code spam filters, by any chance?

 

[sysprog1]

We have a macabre saying here: we have to die one death. Either epsilontic and limits, or logic and topology.

Reference: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-infinitesimal-in-calculus.1066628/#post-7129537

 

[phinds]

popular science articles are usually so flawed that it would take an entire lecture to correct them.

 

[pinball1970]

A new poster informed Baluncore after a disagreement, that a time will come when he will meet someone smarter.
That day was today because he was that someone!

@berkeman replied.

"Having read thousands of posts by @Baluncore and a dozen or two by you, I doubt that assertion very much."

 

[sysprog1]

Wouldn't a high coin toss in a turbulent air flow effectively be truly random for all practical purposes?

Yes, but put the word “truly” in there and suddenly nothing qualifies. That isn’t unique to randomness.

 

[berkeman]

From a thread where a PF newbie is confused about the speed of objects and the speed of light:

You are mixing apples and oranges, so it's not surprising that your conclusion is bananas.

 

[PeroK]

A new poster informed Baluncore after a disagreement, that a time will come when he will meet someone smarter.
That day was today because he was that someone!

His bravado immediately lost its impact when he mis-spelled "neccesity" on the next line.

 

[sysprog1]

"Why can we not put just hydronium ions in pure water?"
Because you can't pick up a bucket of just one type of ion.

 

[jack action]

The future ain't what it used to be.

 

[gmax137]

The future ain't what it used to be.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/12/06/future-not-used/

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/12/06/future-not-used/

Yogi Berra

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Fun fact: Yogi Bear was likely named after Yogi Berra, who was nicknamed Yogi by a friend because he allegedly resembled a yogi in India.

 

[gmax137]

And no premature gesticulation, i.e. hand-waving right at the start.

 

[berkeman]

Personally I hate living in times where the poetry of history feels like a limerick instead of a haiku.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Personally I’m too uncultured to understand the joke.

 

[Flyboy]

Personally I’m too uncultured to understand the joke.

It's a snippet from this:

History may not repeat, but boy does it rhyme.

Personally I hate living in times where the poetry of history feels like a limerick instead of a haiku.

 

[jack action]

Is it possible to break this pipe up into three straight pieces and model each piece as a beam experiencing transverse vibration?

Of course that analysis is possible. But it won't give you the correct answers.