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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

I’m giving you a challenge, find out where this quote is from:

quote:

I was in this prematurely air-conditioned supermarket
And there were all these aisles
And there were these bathing caps that you could buy
That had these kind of fourth-of-July plums on them
That were red, and yellow, and blue
And I wasn’t tempted to buy one
But I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach

I have not googled this quote, I wrote it down from memory, so I have no idea how available it is on the web, but I’m sure that it’s there. I’m also sure that the formatting I put down is not correct. Are you ready? Then go!

If anyone else wants to try and find it, or post about how long it’s taking Kayla to find it, go ahead! [The Wave]

Hobbes

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

*grin*

Don't hate me, but I have the answer.

Should I email Hobbes directly or post it here?

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

I already found it, but should we wait around and see how long it takes Kayla? [Smile]

It's pretty simple, by the way...

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Darn. Well let's wait a bit more for Kayla and maybe next time I'll come up with a harder one. Feel free to e-mail if you want. [Big Grin]

Hobbes

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Oh, man, I was looking for little black dresses for ladyday!

Lucinda Childs (Philip Glass: Einstein On The Beach)

[Razz]

Oh, and if you are reading this Dan_Raven, I'm still waiting for an answer as to whether or not I found the right quote for you!

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

email sent, stuffed tiger [Wink]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Okay, how about:

"Women don't sweat, they glow"

I have no clue, so you could tell me the last episode of MASH and I might believe you. Except I didn't see that, and I do remember seeing this. It came up in conversation today.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's who says it in Einstein on the Beach though Christopher Knowles wrote it (I might have spelled that wrong, like I said, from memory [Smile]

). Close enough as I'm not sure any site actually says that.

Challenge two: what was the orginal name for a black hole?

This one is still pretty easy I think (I'm not googling these) but it's hard to come up with something that's not on Google.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Jeeze, what website told you guys she wrote it? She didn't.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Einstein on the Beach is one of the defining modern operas (as in occured in the last 50 years). It has many speaking parts, but it also containts plenty of signing. It's about 5 hours long (it doesn't have an intermission). Philip Glass is the composer, Robert Wilson is the director. For more information, talk to me. [Big Grin]

Hobbes

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

quote:
Paul Davies: Can I just turn to somewhat later when you’re interest began to develop in gravitation and then of course subsequently the era of Black Holes, because many people right the way to the Laplace, have been credited with the idea of the invention of a Black Hole, but as I understand it you invented the words Black Hole, is that right?

John Wheeler: The occasion was a meeting in the fall of 1967 at the Institute of Space Studies in New York to consider this marvellous work of Jocelyn Bell and Anthony Hewish on the pulsars. What could be the cause of these absolutely regular pulses from some object out in space, and one obvious possibility was vibration of a white dwarf star, another was the rotation of a neutron star. But then I thought that to keep one’s mind open, to look at all the possibilities one ought really to look at the gravitationally completely collapsed object. Well, the very words sounded so foggy, so ethereal, so far from touchability that nobody resonated to that as a possibility to be investigated. So in desperation I adopted the words Black Hole. Well, here at least was a name.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Correct! [Big Grin]

I'll be back with a new challenge soon. [Smile]

Hobbes

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Oh and it was Amazon. [Razz]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J28/104-7194446-9021560?v=glance

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

And I'll be out of the room for awhile.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Well...she gave the speech (approx. 54 times in one song [Big Grin]

) but she didn't write it. Did you get the black hole one from A Brief History of Time (the Morris movie)?

Challenge 3: What is the position (latitute and longitude) of the world's oldest tree?

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s941066.htm

Oh, and 37deg 22' 35.9'' Longitude: -118deg 11' 0''

?

quote:
tree's secret location in the Schulman Grove in the Inyo National Forest.

Not a very well kept secret, if you ask me. [Wink]

Oh and the name Methusela is a hoot. [Big Grin]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

[The Wave]

Challenge 4: How many states is Smartfood popcorn sold in?

Hobbes [Smile]

[ September 23, 2003, 10:51 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

And, by the way, you asked where it was from. I told you. I even gave you the name of the person speaking the line. [Razz]

You didn't ask for the author, to which, all I have to say is, "Well, let's get specific, Bob!"

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

poopcorn?

[edit: I saw that!]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's true, that's why I said it was good enough, since Einstein on the Beach by its self would've done it. [Smile]

Hobbes

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Darn. Yes, I admit it. I put in two 'o's. [Embarrassed]

Maybe I need help...

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Man, don't you wish you lived in this school district?

http://www.townonline.com/marshfield/arts_lifestyle/arts_lifestyle/mar_edummlunchmenus09102003.htm

quote:
Each sandwich comes with choice of bag of Smartfood Popcorn or Pretzels and assorted dessert.

This stuff is made by Pepsi/Frito Lay. Wouldn't it be available everywhere? There was a guy who found some in the Napa Valley back in June.

Ooh, it's only 40 cents a bag in Jersey!

http://www.nbtschools.org/Menus/menu.html

I have no idea. How many?

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Oh, and the "Well, let's get specific, Bob" was a quote from a movie, in case you didn't recognize it. [Smile]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Well you were right, only you didn't give it as your answer. 50. [Smile]

Challenge 5: What's the breakdown of the constant (V/mm) of the best di-electric we know of (highest Kappa value)?

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

quote:
When you say "the best dielectric" it has to be qualified with what you
intend to do with it. Capacitor dielectrics are what most folks on the
list are talking about. There you want good insulation resistance, high
dielectric constant, high puncture voltage, and low dissipation factor.

If you just need to insulate against high voltage flash over, or
puncture, glazed ceramic or glass are good choices.

quote:
A novel epoxy-based composite with very ultra high dielectric constant [er~1000] has been developed in this work. The previous record of er =150 was only recently reported. To our best knowledge, this is the highest K value of the polymer based composite ever reported. High dielectric constant is obtained by increasing the concentration of conductive filler close to but not exceed the percolation threshold within the polymer matrix. This novel ultra high K material also has low dielectric loss [< 0.02], good adhesion and perfect multi-chip-module laminate [MCM-L] process compatibility. An embedded capacitor prototype with capacitance density of 100 nF/cm2 has been manufactured using this composite and spin coating technology. This novel composite is the perfect material candidate for the integral embedded capacitor applications for next generation electronic products.

Holy carp, I don't even understand this stuff!
[Eek!]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's close, but you have to find the di-electric breakdown value, you just found the di-electric value.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

When designing a thruster element with optimal force density, mainly determined by the dielectric constant and breakdown value of the insulator, the optimal radius of the smaller electrode in the case of semispherical thruster is ri=0.707ro; and the optimal diameter of the smaller electrode for the semicylindrical thruster is ri=0.5ro.

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877?

Once again, I have no idea.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

It sounds pretty good. [Smile]

Do you want more challenges or is this just an anoyance?

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

No, it's fun and occupies me. However, I want to watch NYPD Blue and then go to be. [Smile]

Maybe another time, when we are both online?

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

[The Wave]

Hobbes