Comments on: Alternating Current http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Jill Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:30:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-787 "Physics conferences will have 20 talks per hour...." If only! Can somebody tell me: why, why, WHY do people find it so hard to give talks that are even remotely interesting? I mean, surely *the speaker* must find some interest in the work? “Physics conferences will have 20 talks per hour….”

If only!

Can somebody tell me: why, why, WHY do people find it so hard to give talks that are even remotely interesting? I mean, surely *the speaker* must find some interest in the work?

]]> By: Steinn Sigurdsson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Steinn Sigurdsson Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:36:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-786 I'm sorry Risa, what was that about 30 minutes and 6 minutes and stuff? Will it be on the exam? I’m sorry Risa, what was that about 30 minutes and 6 minutes and stuff?
Will it be on the exam?

]]> By: Risa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Risa Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:41:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-785 True that the Gen Yers (apparently now known as "millenials") have notoriously low attention spans. But it's not like your average 30 min show with 3 commercial breaks requires much more than these 6 min segments. I think the actually interesting part of the network is that it proports to be mostly user submitted and user controlled. We'll see how that works out, but I think recent experience has show it can work brilliantly (eg. blogs, flickr, the moveon contests). And it's hard to imagine getting worse than the drivel that passes for "respectable" TV news. True that the Gen Yers (apparently now known as “millenials”) have notoriously low attention spans. But it’s not like your average 30 min show with 3 commercial breaks requires much more than these 6 min segments. I think the actually interesting part of the network is that it proports to be mostly user submitted and user controlled. We’ll see how that works out, but I think recent experience has show it can work brilliantly (eg. blogs, flickr, the moveon contests). And it’s hard to imagine getting worse than the drivel that passes for “respectable” TV news.

]]> By: KenL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-784 KenL Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:09:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-784 Um, Sean -- are there that many professors under 35? Not just in the Natural Sciences, I mean... Um, Sean — are there that many professors under 35? Not just in the Natural Sciences, I mean…

]]> By: Steinn Sigurdsson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Steinn Sigurdsson Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:33:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-783 I didn't know you went to AAS meetings! I didn’t know you went to AAS meetings!

]]> By: Trevor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Trevor Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:22:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-782 Will this channel show Gore 24/7 saying "In the year 2000..." like every news channel did during his campaign? Good lord, what a lame phrase to dwell on... Will this channel show Gore 24/7 saying “In the year 2000…” like every news channel did during his campaign? Good lord, what a lame phrase to dwell on…

]]> By: almostinfamous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-781 almostinfamous Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:28:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-781 hey al gore knows that when the ADD-addled population grows up, they will think of current tv as being first to cater to their needs hey al gore knows that when the ADD-addled population grows up, they will think of current tv as being first to cater to their needs

]]> By: raj http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-780 raj Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:03:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-780 "Internet pioneer Al Gore"? Sean, I had believed that you were too intelligent to repeat that cannard. I even bought your book. I'll have to reassess my assessment of you. “Internet pioneer Al Gore”? Sean, I had believed that you were too intelligent to repeat that cannard. I even bought your book. I’ll have to reassess my assessment of you.

]]> By: CapitalistImperialistPig http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/comment-page-1/#comment-779 CapitalistImperialistPig Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:51:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/01/alternating-current/#comment-779 Could you try to make your posts a bit shorter? I had trouble maintaining concentration. Think txt msg. Could you try to make your posts a bit shorter? I had trouble maintaining concentration. Think txt msg.

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