Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-10 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: snip (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way they *look*, can't you?)snip It's the hair, I think. ;-) BTW, nice pic, Igor! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-10 Thread drd1135
Or lack there of (sigh) -Original Message- From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:00:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one) On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread eckinator
2010/4/8 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Heh. Next some dentist chime in and call me left-toothed, I guess. Well when you blow through your teeth, do the soundwaves go off to the right or to the left? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Apr 8 09:23:59 CDT 2010 Bob W wrote: Josten, from your photos I thought you were left-footed. :-) Heh. Next some dentist chime in and call me left-toothed, I guess. 'left-footer' is a slang term for a Roman Catholic, probably slightly offensive so if you use it you could

RE: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread Bob W
Josten, from your photos I thought you were left-footed. :-) Heh. Next some dentist chime in and call me left-toothed, I guess. 'left-footer' is a slang term for a Roman Catholic, probably slightly offensive so if you use it you could end up with no teeth left.

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/9 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I know - I thought it might be an interesting idiomatic detour for non-native speakers of English. Interesting indeed, Bob. However a bit awkward for the time being. The number one domestic news headline here since Easter is the first uncovered case in

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way they *look*, can't you?) I was once grocery shopping with my roommate, when we were grad

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/8 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: motorcycle racers?. We replied, Um yeah. How did you know? Oh came the reply, I can tell just by looking! Recently a guy claimed he could see I was left-handed from how I compose my photos... Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread Steven Desjardins
Well, Jostein, we've all noticed that. ;-) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: motorcycle racers?. We replied, Um yeah. How did you know? Oh came the reply, I can tell just by looking! Recently a guy claimed he could

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread eckinator
Yeah, we even know you use your right eye, too =) 2010/4/8 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: Well, Jostein, we've all noticed that.  ;-) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: motorcycle racers?. We replied, Um yeah.

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread Igor Roshchin
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto alunfoto at gmail.com wrote: 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts mark at robertstech.com: motorcycle racers?. We replied, Um yeah. How did you know? Oh came the reply, I can tell just by looking! Recently a guy claimed he could see I was left-handed from how I

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread AlunFoto
Uhh. You guys are so unforginving. :-) Jostein 2010/4/8 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Yeah, we even know you use your right eye, too =) 2010/4/8 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: Well, Jostein, we've all noticed that.  ;-) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/8 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: Josten, from your photos I thought you were left-footed. :-) Heh. Next some dentist chime in and call me left-toothed, I guess. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread Bob W
Josten, from your photos I thought you were left-footed. :-) Heh. Next some dentist chime in and call me left-toothed, I guess. 'left-footer' is a slang term for a Roman Catholic, probably slightly offensive so if you use it you could end up with no teeth left. Used mainly by

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Here is yet another photo, - that of Roger Penrose, mentioned in my previous message (right one, in a blue jacket). In this photo he is actually giving a speach that he inspected our tiling and was not able to find any errors in it (as he frequently find them at other places that have installed

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Igor Roshchin wrote: Here is yet another photo, - that of Roger Penrose, mentioned in my previous message (right one, in a blue jacket). In this photo he is actually giving a speach that he inspected our tiling and was not able to find any errors in it (as he frequently find them at other places

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way they *look*, can't you?) I was once grocery shopping with my roommate, when we were grad students. I don't remember what we were discussing, but it wasn't work. We

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way they *look*, can't you?) I was once grocery shopping with my roommate, when we were grad students. I don't remember what we were discussing, but

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread drd1135
...@robertstech.com Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:22 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one) Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Beacom
in a uniform gives me a very tired look and says chemist?. I apologized and she laughed. -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:22 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one) Matthew

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
I'd bet a good percentage of the members here trained in Physics and/or Math. If you include Computer Science, it might be over half. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: I'd bet a good percentage of the members here trained in Physics and/ or Math. If you include Computer Science, it might be over half. By mass or by count? An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician check into a hotel ... -- Larry Colen