For Chung and Asher

On 06/10/2011 10:29, Frederick the Great wrote:
In articlekaqdnaKT0eAFMRHTnZ2dnUVZ8ludnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk,
wrote:

On 05/10/2011 19:54, Frederick the Great wrote:
In article
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Fredmaster of wrote:

Today is the lowest point of my scientific career.

Someone I collaborate with - more accurately, I am
a minor collaborator of his, and data-flunky - got the
****ing Nobel Prize (not for anything I did, trust me).

That's not the bad part. The bad part is that according
to the Times article, I'm two years older than him.

I'll bet he knows when to use the nominative case.

Why? Some of the people what I knows who are brilliant at maths are ****ing
hopeless at English.

A Finnish poster at sci.math can out-write you or me in English prose.

I dare say, my point was that just because someone is good at math doesn't
necessarily mean they will be particularly literate. Of course you knew that
didn't you?

Now you name somebody brilliant at maths that is ****ing
hopeless at English.

I work in the petro-chem design industry, I've met or had communication with any
number of guys that do advanced math all day but can barely put a coherent email
or letter together. Since you don't know any of them what's the point in me
naming them? As an item of interest the new GB government is actually taking
steps to address this. Applicants for science degree courses will in future face
more stringent English tests.


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In article
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Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:

On Oct 5, 11:54Â*am, Frederick the Great wrote:
In article
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Â*Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:

Today is the lowest point of my scientific career.

Someone I collaborate with - more accurately, I am
a minor collaborator of his, and data-flunky - got the
****ing Nobel Prize (not for anything I did, trust me).

That's not the bad part. Â*The bad part is that according
to the Times article, I'm two years older than him.

I'll bet he knows when to use the nominative case.

http://mingus.as.arizona.edu/~bjw/misc/rbr/waitwhat.jpg

Are you suggesting that I should have said
"I'm two years older than he [is]" ?

Because I think you're only right if I say "than he is."

And I think otherwise.

But consider---what is the "him" the object of?

You treat her worse than I.
You treat her worse than me.

Saying "I'm two years older than he." is either wrong
or at best tin-eared.

It may be tin-eared to some. It is not so to others.
If it is tin eared to you, then recast the sentence
or write "... than he is." But then you think what
you wrote is impeccable.

Unfortunately I'm traveling and
don't have my copy of Fowler's around for moral support.

You may find the article on "than" useful.
I am looking at the second edition.

If you want to copy-edit my professional writing,
and that of prominent Nobelists,
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
type lastname, first initial into the authors box.

Since you think I am incorrect, why would you foist
me on others?

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Old Fritz

Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:

Perlmutter works at LBL, he doesn't need a parking spot.
I wonder if he gets one anyway. Maybe they'll give him one
to keep Harvard or Stanford from hiring him away?

From the campus news: "Inevitably, a reporter wondered when Perlmutter would
get his Nobelist's parking permit, one of the international prize's notable
campus perks. "I was assuming today," Perlmutter replied, adding that "the
only reason to win a Nobel Prize is so that you can park on campus."
In answer to the reporter's question, the Chancellor leaped up and presented
Perlmutter with an NL (Nobel Laureate) parking permit."

The Nobelists used to get their own named individual parking spots. Now they
get a special NL permit and can park in one of two special places. Most of
the spots are right in front of Campbell Hall. On Wednesdays I teach in
Evans, right across from Campbell, so yesterday I made a special detour in
honor of you to check out the NL cars. One old dinged-up Toyota, one
nice-looking Toyota, one spiffy Mercedes.

I knew the story about Nobelists and parking spaces but
not that it was due to Milosz.

They kicked the entire astronomy department out of their
building this year (Campbell, known for years to be seismically
unsound) and they're all in some temporary building near
the practice fields. Berkeley should be grateful that when
Perlmutter gets interviewed it will be in a swank LBL office
and not in some cubicle in this temporary warehouse, that
would embarrass the university, if a university could be
embarrassed.

I'm trying my best, but it's hard to top what the Regents have been doing.
They had a head start.

On 10/5/2011 11:47 PM, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:


Me? I'm probably window dressing in front of a Congressional committee
next Wednesday. Slightest of slight chances that I'll testify. For the
national sales tax initiative. Pretty exciting, huh?



Now if this was a Tuesday LAFF would be all over this ........



Bill


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http://www.celestial-images.com

On 06/10/2011 05:47, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

Me? I'm probably window dressing in front of a Congressional committee
next Wednesday. Slightest of slight chances that I'll testify. For the
national sales tax initiative. Pretty exciting, huh?


Are you gonna wear your 'Lance never doped' T-Shirt?

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On Oct 6, 11:35*am, atriage wrote:
On 06/10/2011 05:47, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

Me? I'm probably window dressing in front of a Congressional committee
next Wednesday. Slightest of slight chances that I'll testify. For the
national sales tax initiative. Pretty exciting, huh?

Are you gonna wear your 'Lance never doped' T-Shirt? *

He said window dressing, not commentary. He'll be wearing the
official Chain Reaction RBR Masters Fattie pro kit, replete with
matching socks, gloves and arm and leg warmers. Mike, don't forget to
sip out of the logo water bottle whenever there's a camera on you.

R

On 06/10/2011 16:47, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 6, 11:35 am, wrote:
On 06/10/2011 05:47, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

Me? I'm probably window dressing in front of a Congressional committee
next Wednesday. Slightest of slight chances that I'll testify. For the
national sales tax initiative. Pretty exciting, huh?

Are you gonna wear your 'Lance never doped' T-Shirt?

He said window dressing, not commentary. He'll be wearing the
official Chain Reaction RBR Masters Fattie pro kit, replete with
matching socks, gloves and arm and leg warmers.

And very splendid he'll look too I'm sure.

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Robert Chung wrote:

On Oct 5, 12:10*am, Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
Today is the lowest point of my scientific career.

Someone I collaborate with - more accurately, I am
a minor collaborator of his, and data-flunky - got the
****ing Nobel Prize (not for anything I did, trust me).

That's not the bad part. *The bad part is that according
to the Times article, I'm two years older than him.
I thought it was the other way around.

It's a good thing I don't own a pickup truck or I'd
be out there road-raging on Brad right now.

Fredmaster Ben

My condolences. Been there, done that. I'm so envious of Perlmutter's
parking space -- when Czeslaw Milosz won, the chancellor asked him
what they could do for him and Milosz pulled a parking ticket out of
his pocket, asked if he could fix it, and since then the best part of
a Nobel is that you get your own parking space on campus.

I notice that you didn't win a MacArthur this year, either.

Always a good idea to make sure the Nobel and MacArthur people have your correct
phone number:




Jim
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Jim
Jim Feeley
POV Media

On Oct 6, 12:30*pm, atriage wrote:
On 06/10/2011 16:47, RicodJour wrote:

On Oct 6, 11:35 am, *wrote:
On 06/10/2011 05:47, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

Me? I'm probably window dressing in front of a Congressional committee
next Wednesday. Slightest of slight chances that I'll testify. For the
national sales tax initiative. Pretty exciting, huh?

Are you gonna wear your 'Lance never doped' T-Shirt? *

He said window dressing, not commentary. *He'll be wearing the
official Chain Reaction RBR Masters Fattie pro kit, replete with
matching socks, gloves and arm and leg warmers.

And very splendid he'll look too I'm sure.

I wonder if he'll throw handfuls of gel packets in the air and watch
the meeting break up as people go scrambling for them.

R

On 05/10/2011 23:00, atriage wrote:
On 05/10/2011 21:53, Davey Crockett wrote:
Davey prefers Penrose to Hawking though

Yeah I do to although I find his books pretty heavy going.

What with all the ceramic tiling.