I nominate Rick Tarara for funniest post of the month to Phys-L
:-)
I smiled
________________________
Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
| -----Original Message-----
| From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
| [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
| Of Rick Tarara
| Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:51 AM
| To: Forum for Physics Educators
| Subject: [BULK] [Phys-l] threads on PHYS-L
| Importance: Low
|
| ;-) Here is my (jaded) view of how many threads seem to go
| on this list:
| ;-)
|
| Original Question: Can someone explain why the sky is blue?
|
| Answer 1: What a silly question--I've know why since 2
| months before birth.
| Besides, that is the wrong question. You should ask, why is
| the sky not red. I've written a 50 page essay on that
| topic--see the following web pages....
|
| Answer 2: You must first diagonalize a n-dimensional Foobish
| matrix, then pass it through a quantum singularity. Next
| apply relativistic chaos theory in the 9 dimensional string
| limit and you will clearly see that the sky must be blue.
| [While this will be exactly correct, only the person who
| provided answer 1 can understand it.]
|
| Answer 3: It is a government plot--the sky should be red.
|
| Answer 4: The sky is sure not blue in New York City.
|
| Anwer 5: It was blue once in Ohio.
|
| Answer 6: No one can understand why the sky is blue because
| it has never been addressed by Physics Education Research.
| None of the material presented to this point will increase
| the gain on the FCI, so it is useless.
|
| Answer 7: "Sky Blue" is a registered trademark in Kazakhstan
| so we shouldn't be using those words.
|
| Answer 8: *(cross posted to 200 science groups)...Delete
| this post before you get sick!
| QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
| Here are 45000 references in which I have mentioned the
| words Blue or Sky...
| HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ........
|
| Answer 8: (Something that actually answers the question..but
| will get lost in the rest of this noise.)
|
| Ad nauseum....
|
| Smile all,
|
| Rick
|
|
| _______________________________________________
| Forum for Physics Educators
| Phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
| https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l
|