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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:19 am
by thibodeaux
http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-and-connection-machine/
Great story. Is there anybody like him around today?
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:09 am
by Malcolm
Un-fuckify your link.
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:31 am
by TPRJones
Speaking of jargon, this is the guy that would most agree with Alan Alda on that point. He hated needless jargon.
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 11:38 am
by thibodeaux
exactly:
"Don't say 'reflected acoustic wave.' Say 'echo'."
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 12:12 pm
by GORDON
I heard that a duck's quake doesn't have a reflect action of its acoustical wave.
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 12:20 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:I heard that a duck's quake doesn't have a reflect action of its acoustical wave.
Must be a big fucking duck.
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:04 pm
by GORDON
Ha, I said quake.