[Nerima Spireite]

Surprised there’s not been any mention yet of two British greats who died this week. Of course, I’m speaking of Sir Ken Dodd and Sir Stephen Hawking. Both lived a full life way beyond what many might have considered their prime, both obscuring if not always breaking down barriers, both totally original and resistant to any pigeonholing and both inspiring in their own inimitable ways. RIP in the diddymen cosmoses to them both.

[mr. smith]

Nerima Spireite, on 14 March 2018 - 03:07 PM, said:

Surprised there’s not been any mention yet of two British greats who died this week. Of course, I’m speaking of Sir Ken Dodd and Sir Stephen Hawking. Both lived a full life way beyond what many might have considered their prime, both obscuring if not always breaking down barriers, both totally original and resistant to any pigeonholing and both inspiring in their own inimitable ways. RIP in the diddymen cosmoses to them both.

perhaps not in the same bracket but jim bowen has gone to.

[Mr Mercury]

Loved Ken Dodd, had the pleasure of seeing him at Blackpool Opera house many years ago. The tribute programme on Ch5 the other night was an excellent reminder of his genius.
Jim Bowen also left us as well, announced today!

[Nerima Spireite]

The beginning of the Rapture?

[valemadness]

Quite fitting that Stephen Hawking has died on PI day and what would have been Einstein's 139th birthday

[fishini]

Have read A Brief History of Time 3 times. Still no wiser

[Wooden Spoon]

fishini, on 14 March 2018 - 09:08 PM, said:

Have read A Brief History of Time 3 times. Still no wiser

I must admit I had to read several chapters a couple of times.


The “look of a particle” being dependent on the number of spins in the sub atomic particles part was particularly hard to understand.


Then again I don’t really understand how electrons can be there and not there, or how single light photons can also be in 2 places at the same time, or that particles might not be particles at all but waves oscillating at slightly different frequencies within the same field and thus appear to be matter but are in fact just energy waves.


Very clever stuff that’s beyond my capacities I’m afraid

[calvin plummers socks]

valemadness, on 14 March 2018 - 04:38 PM, said:

Quite fitting that Stephen Hawking has died on PI day and what would have been Einstein's 139th birthday

It's uncanny and what he wouid have wanted......(except only about 4 people have ever heard of Pi day)?!?

[Wooden Spoon]

calvin plummers socks, on 14 March 2018 - 09:18 PM, said:

It's uncanny and what he wouid have wanted......(except only about 4 people have ever heard of Pi day)?!?

And was born 300 years to the day after the death of Galileo

[mr. smith]

calvin plummers socks, on 14 March 2018 - 09:18 PM, said:

It's uncanny and what he wouid have wanted......(except only about 4 people have ever heard of Pi day)?!?

until today when it was the day feature on googles home page

[Wooden Spoon]

mr. smith, on 14 March 2018 - 09:20 PM, said:

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until today when it was the day feature on googles home page

Wouldn’t 22/7 be a more accurate date/representation of Pi day though?

[mr. smith]

a kick in the balls, on 14 March 2018 - 09:28 PM, said:

Wouldn’t 22/7 be a more accurate date/representation of Pi day though?

app its today as march 14 is 3.14 the first 3 digits of pi

[calvin plummers socks]

mr. smith, on 14 March 2018 - 09:39 PM, said:

app its today as march 14 is 3.14 the first 3 digits of pi

Ahhh that makes sense of course!

No one sent me a Pi card this year though

[Mr Mercury]

mr. smith, on 14 March 2018 - 09:39 PM, said:

app its today as march 14 is 3.14 the first 3 digits of pi

I thought today was 14/3/18 though?

[Johnnyspireite7]

Mr Mercury, on 14 March 2018 - 10:11 PM, said:

I thought today was 14/3/18 though?

It's an American construct, they do the date the wrong way round hence September 11th rather than the correct version of the 11th of September.

[Wooden Spoon]

mr. smith, on 14 March 2018 - 09:39 PM, said:

app its today as march 14 is 3.14 the first 3 digits of pi

Yes, but Pi is more accurately represented by 22/7 (22 divided by 7) than 3.14. And it should be 14.3 in English, as 3.14 is the Americans version of writing dates.


Although as Hawking has died on that date it makes it irrelevant

This post has been edited by a kick in the balls: 15 March 2018 - 07:23 AM

[Mr Mercury]

a kick in the balls, on 14 March 2018 - 09:17 PM, said:

I must admit I had to read several chapters a couple of times.


The “look of a particle” being dependent on the number of spins in the sub atomic particles part was particularly hard to understand.


Then again I don’t really understand how electrons can be there and not there, or how single light photons can also be in 2 places at the same time, or that particles might not be particles at all but waves oscillating at slightly different frequencies within the same field and thus appear to be matter but are in fact just energy waves.


Very clever stuff that’s beyond my capacities I’m afraid

I've flicked through it a cpl of times, and like you I'm none the wiser.
I think the reason it sold so may was it became fashionable to buy it rather than a genuine interest in it.

[Sammy Spireite]

Johnnyspireite7, on 15 March 2018 - 06:22 AM, said:

It's an American construct, they do the date the wrong way round hence September 11th rather than the correct version of the 11th of September.

they don't use the number suffix either

so march 15 rather than march 15th

The MRP system I use daily is linked to our Chicago head office hub so all my dates are 'backwards'

[Nerima Spireite]

More evidence the Yanks are buffoons - the U.K. does it day/month/year (small to big)
The Japanese do it the opposite way (year/month/day) i.e. big to small.
Both are logical. Unlike the random month/day/year.

[Nerima Spireite]

If you want a head f€£$, try Brian Greene’s “The Elegant Universe”!