Introductions — Science

~terry Tue, Oct 28, 1997 (08:04) seed

Introduce yourself.

~Estaben Sun, Nov 30, 1997 (10:18) #1

Greetings from central arizona. Its so warm and dry here this time of year! I have studied and taught Physics, Biology and Mind Sciences for most of my life (48 years now). I am interested mainly in how they all interlink.

~ratthing Tue, Apr 28, 1998 (11:08) #2

anyone read this conference much? i would be happy to be the host of it, if possible. I have worked in the field of psychobiology and neuroscience since 1982, starting at UT Austin. my areas of interest are in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, ethology, learning, philosophy of science.

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 28, 1998 (22:39) #3

Well, I would if anyone posted in here... there should be a topic in the Porch conference called something like We need hosts to be a great community it's the best place to ask Terry for a host spot

~ratthing Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (10:14) #4

thanks, kitchen, i will do that.

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (13:09) #5

In fact, it is http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/porch/6

~cfadm Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (13:26) #6

ratthing has been installed as host of science.

~ratthing Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (13:57) #7

and it didn't hurt a bit.

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (14:10) #8

See, told ya, ask and ye shall receive...

~riette Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (16:21) #9

Hi, Ratthingy. I'm here too now. I know nothing about sience, so my job will be to make the rest of you feel as clever as you are.

~ratthing Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (16:41) #10

oh no, sweetheart, i think your job here will be to keep us honest! and feel free to ask any questions you want. there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.

~riette Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (19:49) #11

I'll try not to ask too many stupid-answer-provoking questions then.... Starting with: how are the wedding preperations comming on?

~ratthing Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (21:45) #12

ha! ok i suppose. my honey will be purchasing her wedding gown this weekend, and we have decided on a location for the reception and caterers. moving right along!!

~riette Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (02:57) #13

Great. Will you be going along? Because I found it the ultimate test of love, and we nearly failed!

~terry Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (05:50) #14

When was that big date?

~ratthing Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (08:58) #15

as soon as my annulment gets approved by the Catholic Church!

~terry Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (09:55) #16

Oh, you email the Pope then.

~autumn Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (22:09) #17

Hello, I'm here! Generally speaking, I hate science, but I'm open-minded. :-)

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (04:21) #18

Hi, Autumn, nice to see you hear. I'm a little ignorant in the science department, but Ray let me in anyway, so that's nice. It's actually quite interesting here.

~terry Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (07:07) #19

Ray's got it goin' on. Science. Science. Science. - Thomas Dolby

~ratthing Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (10:57) #20

welcome, autumn! i hope you stick around a while.

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (11:29) #21

hey, ratthing, what's your favourite scientific periodical?

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (12:43) #22

I hate my scientific periodical.

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (13:12) #23

and which one would that be, hon?

~ratthing Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (13:52) #24

riette is silly! as for general science periodicals: Science News Scientific American Science

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (00:57) #25

Mine is a woman's periodical. No, seriously, the closest I ever come to reading scientific periodicals, is that one kitchy science and technology magazine, FOCUS, from time to time . . . well, maybe twice a year. But when I do read it, I thoroughly enjoy the stuff they have in there.

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (00:59) #26

Ray, I'll stop being silly if you accept my invitation to the arts conference. You don't have to know anything about it, but you can see Wer's art, some children's art, and mine too. And it is becoming more and more fun.

~terry Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (08:18) #27

Plus, sketches that Riette did in bed...

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (10:04) #28

Soon, I promise.

~terry Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (21:08) #29

Oh, good!

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (01:16) #30

But don't expect TOO much, okay? I'm busy doing the colours, and it may be a bit too pretty pretty and girlish for you guys. We'll see.

~ratthing Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (16:56) #31

riette, i would love to come to your conf and i will! hopefully you can teach me something about art appreciation. my idea of good art is the paintings of the dogs playing poker!

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (22:33) #32

and probably anything by Olivia and Vargas, as well...

~riette Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:02) #33

Well, Ray, would it shock you if I said I loved them too? 'Cos I do - they are hilarious . . . AND well painted, I have to say. No, you really don't have to worry. In the art conference, ANYTHING goes. So come on over, and share your loo sketches with us. Even scientific ones will be welcome! I've always wanted to see your test tube . . .

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:02) #34

but, his graduated cylinder is bigger...

~riette Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (05:28) #35

The bigger, the better!!!

~ratthing Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (00:37) #36

introduce your mind and interests in science here!!

~stacey Wed, Jan 6, 1999 (20:56) #37

i like to play with liquid nitrogen...

~ratthing Wed, Jan 6, 1999 (21:51) #38

ok, ok, ummm, that's good! we all need hobbies!

~Ann Wed, Jan 6, 1999 (22:39) #39

i like to play with liquid nitrogen... } Don't we all?

~KitchenManager Wed, Jan 6, 1999 (22:53) #40

it usually depends on the game with me...

~stacey Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (02:37) #41

hey Ann... don't mind me, it's late and I've just been "getting screwed" (the topic sillies...) uh wer... what kinda games? freezing tennis balls is about as risque as I get

~KitchenManager Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (12:23) #42

have I sparked a "scientific" interest, Stace, or just plain old curiosity?

~stacey Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (13:19) #43

Mmm... maybe both??

~wer Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (13:23) #44

Well, looks like I've got her warmed up, Ray...

~stacey Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (13:33) #45

uh oh... both of you like to play with that stuff?

~wer Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (13:37) #46

what stuff? our tennis balls?

~stacey Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (14:13) #47

do you play tennis?

~ratthing Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (15:14) #48

huh-huh-huh. huh-huh-huh...

~stacey Thu, Jan 7, 1999 (15:17) #49

HUH???????

~KitchenManager Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (00:08) #50

nope, Stace, just with the balls which, btw, don't bounce when they get that cold...

~KitchenManager Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (00:08) #51

(nice Butthead, Ray!)

~stacey Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (10:48) #52

thanks WER for 'splaining Ray's little dialogue... I don't get out much! no, they don't bounce... that'd be my fave part... watching 'em get destroyed with so little effort!

~KitchenManager Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (11:52) #53

there's a topic very much like that in screwed...

~stacey Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (12:00) #54

but there's no liquid nitrogen involved

~KitchenManager Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (12:03) #55

only because it hasn't been brought up...

~stacey Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (13:16) #56

i suppose i have found my purpose...

~wer Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (13:18) #57

one of, maybe, anyway!!!

~stacey Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (13:28) #58

"the new phone books are here! the new phone books are here!"

~wer Fri, Jan 8, 1999 (13:32) #59

and I've got nothing to wear...*sniff*

~aschuth Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (14:53) #60

I would like to invite regulars of this conference to visit the International Conflicts conference here on the Spring: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/InternationalConflicts/all This conference is dedicated to the disputes between groups all over the world, be that social, cultural, political or ethnical differences.

~sprin5 Thu, Feb 3, 2000 (08:34) #61

What are the hot disputes going on now, Alexander.

~aschuth Thu, Feb 3, 2000 (11:42) #62

Chechnya, Tibet, ... There's always the Chiapas, and always something happening in Africa.

~MarciaH Thu, Feb 3, 2000 (15:05) #63

I just read through this topic for the first time and I think I have discovered why Geo is so unpopular. Everyone HATES science unless it is hosted by a guy... Too bad we cannot get some interest going in this one. Ray, my fav science periodical (general purpose) is The New Scientist.

~aschuth Fri, Feb 4, 2000 (17:00) #64

If your theorem were valid, and we accept Ray=guy, then this thing were humming for traffic. Not that Ray weren't the New Scientist himself, mind you.

~MarciaH Fri, Feb 4, 2000 (21:04) #65

Guess you are right. Everyone LOATHES science and will not enter any conference which just might be wonderful but smells faintly like science so it is avoided at all costs. Hey, we talk about wonderful jewels in Geo, but Autumn will never know about that since she does not even come in here to know that. *sigh*

~aschuth Sun, Feb 6, 2000 (15:56) #66

The thing is, we all have only little time, and not identical interests. Some or many areas overlap, but not all totally. Especially the priorities differ... So, with what little time we have, we often walk different paths here. Wouldn't even be noticed if there were more folks moving around. But with basically a dozen folks, and something like half a dozen steadies...

~MarciaH Sun, Feb 6, 2000 (16:24) #67

This is true... I shall stop the lamentations and get back to being interesting. If I just entertain myself and one or two other, so be it.

~aschuth Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (15:20) #68

Oh come on, snap out of it! ;=} It's just, we can be all and everything and all have the same fascinations. We can't even spend like amounts of time around this place. Plus we don't hafta be interesting. Just be. Look at what others do or say, shake our heads in disbelief, make complete fools out of ourselves, and have a grand time all the while!

~aschuth Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (15:21) #69

That's "all and everything to each other", BTW. Hehe, and we can't be without mistakes, eh wot!

~MarciaH Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (16:55) #70

I am torn between telling you to bugger off and pleading my case. I think I shall do neither, but thanks for the sympathy. Sorry I did not use that tack on my resuce work some months ago...;) Since I wrote that post above I have regained the ability to post graphics again and have collected a group of interested and interesting poeople in Geo. Those whose interests lie elsewhere, you are forgiven...but you will miss some really great stuff =)

~MarciaH Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (16:56) #71

It's no use. I am much to compassionate to tell you either one nor to have used that tack with the miserable person I cheered with my letters. Peace!

~sociolingo Sun, Apr 23, 2000 (04:03) #72

I wandered in here after reading terry's stuff on buckminster. I'm no scientist, but I'm not scared of it. i just like physical, touchy feely sort of science. I taught the kids physics in home school, and I didn't do it at school. I found it really interesting, except for the maths stuff which I'm hopeless at. I like Geo cos it's real too. OK, that's enough, anyone else out there?

~MarciaH Sun, Apr 23, 2000 (12:08) #73

Me, too, Maggie. If you could leave the math out, lots of stuff would become a whole lot more interesting to me, as well. I like Geo, too...*grin* Thanks!

~vibrown Mon, May 8, 2000 (23:05) #74

I'm not exactly a scientist, but I did study physics, math, and a little chemistry in college. (I majored in electrical engineering, and now work as a software developer.) I've always been especially interested in astronomy, and I've become more interested in geology, thanks to Marcia and David! :-)

~MarciaH Mon, May 8, 2000 (23:22) #75

...so get your okole over to Geo and see the new topic Mike Kana created. Fine business in Geo!

~MarciaH Mon, May 8, 2000 (23:23) #76

Ginny, don't tell anybody, but I'm not exactly a scientist, either!

~vibrown Mon, May 8, 2000 (23:36) #77

Sure could have fooled me!!! Glad to hear Geo is going strong...going to check it out now...

~MarciaH Tue, May 9, 2000 (00:25) #78

You ARE kind...thank you! Let me know what you think of my new marble...