Thought that some tipsters may enjoy this comment from Keith Boss of the
British Stammering Association.I also post my response.
Hi Michael,
Yes, I have it open ready to read. But other issues seem to get in the way. I
will read it soon and get back to you.
Yes, I have seen it. My comments
Stephen Black quotes from Mrazik and Dombrowski (2000), The
neurobiological foundations of giftedness:
Much has been said about Einstein's aberrant development.
He did not learn to talk until the age of 3 and his speech
was not fluent until approximately age 10. He was not
viewed as demonstrating
Two corrections to my last post. The letter recording Einstein's
prowess at age seven should have been dated 1886 (not 1866), and my
comment on Einstein's alleged speech difficulties should have said the
report by Philipp Frank was in relation to a memory from around 60
years earlier (not 40
From the Math Psych mailing list, the passing of a major, influential
psychologist, David Rumelhart. Comments by his colleague James
McClelland. In the last quarter of the 20th century, their of two books
on Parallel Distributed Processing helped to re-establish neural networks
and
Reports of parameters in the metric system re events in Japan are beginning to
drive me up the wall.Does Anderson Cooper have to report distances in
kilometers? I have no idea how far is 260 kilometers.
Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Not to mention sensitivity to MUCH of the world, including Canada, the
enlightened country in the northern part of this continent. To help out a bit
as someone who had to adjust to the change from miles to kilometers, 260 k is
about 2 and a half hours driving at 100 k per hour (roughly 60
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:06:42 -0700, Steven Specht wrote:
For an omnicentric dude, I'm surprised at your frustration with Anderson
Cooper's sensitivity to the culture in which he now finds himself.
Interesting...
Curious, indeed. Hint: take the distance in kilometers and multiply by 0.6
(or
Michael:
One could always take 15 seconds on Google to find out how far is 260
kilometers (google 260 km in miles; answer is 161.6 miles), and/or take an
additional 30 seconds to learn how to convert km to miles (divide the number of
kilometers by 1.61: see
And while we're talking about converting to metrics, here is my quick heuristic
for Fahrenheit to Celsius:
In the range of ~32 F - 100 F, divided F by 2 and subtract 14 and you'll be
within ~2 degrees (it is spot-on between ~60 and 80 degrees F; for colder or
warmer temperatures you can
Why don't you channel your frustration and start a movement to have the USA
join the rest of the world and the 21st century and adopt the metric system.
David G. Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor Associate Head
Department of Psychology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
ph. 405.744.7078
An old friend used this on her 4th-graders for C -- F conversions: Double
C and add 30. (works pretty well)Plus, remember that 16c = 61F. DKH
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Patrick Dolan pdo...@drew.edu wrote:
And while we're talking about converting to metrics, here is my quick
As a fan of professional bicycle racing, I am used to hearing
measurements in kilometers and degrees celsius and converting
them into local units using heuristics like Patrick and Mike
described. Lately, I don't need to convert km to miles, I can
feel the distance.
One aspect of bicycle
And as a (mostly former) runner, you feel the 5K and 10K distances REAL
quick! On the whole metric issue, it shouldn't be a big deal since we publish
in metric anyway. Though, I can't remember kilometers appearing in our method
sections!
OK, new side issue. When in college I used to hear it
Wasn't that attempted during the Carter administration in the US? Didn't work
too well if I remember. Oh, the other way people in the US become familiar with
metric is as a 'do it your-selfer' with separate sets of wrenches in the
garage. And in the 1970s when many of us went on biking crazes
I heard an interviewer on BBC World Service this am say kil'om-eter as he
was interviewing a native Japanese (interviewee) who said kilo-meter. (not
the best phonetic transcription, I realize; I took such a course in 1956.)
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:48 PM, John Kulig
The entry on kilometer/kilometre (which spelling is correct ;-) on
Wikipedia (yadda-yadda) has the following statement:
|Pronunciation
|
|There are two pronunciations for the word:
|/ˈkɪlɵmiːtər/ KIL-o-mee-tər and
|/kɨˈlɒmɨtər/ ki-LOM-i-tər
|
|The former pronunciation follows the general pattern
So is centimeter pronounced sent-uh-meter or sonn-a-meter?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-283637.html
Seems it is SENT-uh-meter for everyone except those with medical training. I
remember a nurse saying it that way during the birth of one of our children
(referring to
I liked saunameter in reference to the temps inside those Finnish
stem-filled hot places.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu wrote:
So is centimeter pronounced sent-uh-meter or sonn-a-meter?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-283637.html
Seems it
There is a sign post on I-40 heading west from NC towards
Knoxville, TN, that announces that Knoxville is 19 KM into the
distance. It was put up prior to the 1982 Knoxville Worlds Fair
to internationalize the event. It was still there as of last
year; one of my favorite road signs.
Ken
Ken et al
Oh man! I love those old bikes. Mine may be a 75 or 76, but I have a 'bike
license' sticker on it from 1977, so its at least that old. I am considering
getting it out of storage and re-building it. Question (off list if this gets
annoying to others): Did you find original parts for
I have a 1980 Miyata (bike, not car) and when I wanted to get it tuned up, I
asked about it at a local bike shop. The kid had no idea what I meant by a
touring bike until a somewhat older employee told him. I felt really,
really old. I still have clips on it rather than those fancy things you snap
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