Comments on: Lurker Day http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: frank http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3980 frank Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:56:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3980 long time lurker who migrated to cv here from pu. first year grad student interested in particle theory/cosmology. cv is one of my favorite stops - unfortunately havent gotten around here much lately(hence the tardy post). keep up the great work. really enjoy your thoroughly though out and well communicated posts. good mix of physics and other, although less physics lately it seems. sean - best poster i've found on the net. was introduced to your work when i used to your text while studying gr as an undergrad several years ago and have enjoyed your writing ever since. long time lurker who migrated to cv here from pu. first year grad student interested in particle theory/cosmology. cv is one of my favorite stops – unfortunately havent gotten around here much lately(hence the tardy post). keep up the great work. really enjoy your thoroughly though out and well communicated posts. good mix of physics and other, although less physics lately it seems. sean – best poster i’ve found on the net. was introduced to your work when i used to your text while studying gr as an undergrad several years ago and have enjoyed your writing ever since.

]]> By: nereus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3979 nereus Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:51:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3979 been a long time lurker from p.u. days but, unfortunately, haven't read much here lately. first year grad student interested in particle theory/cosmology. this blog is certainly one of the best available. thoroughly thought out posts that are very well communicated. great mix of physics and other, although it seems less physics as of late. sean - in my opinion the best blogger on the internet. first was introduced to your stuff when i used your g.r. text as an undergrad several years ago and have continued to enjoy your writings ever since. been a long time lurker from p.u. days but, unfortunately, haven’t read much here lately. first year grad student interested in particle theory/cosmology. this blog is certainly one of the best available. thoroughly thought out posts that are very well communicated. great mix of physics and other, although it seems less physics as of late. sean – in my opinion the best blogger on the internet. first was introduced to your stuff when i used your g.r. text as an undergrad several years ago and have continued to enjoy your writings ever since.

]]> By: Gary Knapp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3978 Gary Knapp Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:22:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3978 Sorry, I was vacationing on Lurker Day. I have a MS in mathematics, but have worked in mathematical finance in the US for the last 20 years. I studied algebraic geometry and am thrilled by the role it has come to play in physics. I also like the posts that battle inumeracy in the media and society. Blog on! Sorry, I was vacationing on Lurker Day. I have a MS in mathematics, but have worked in mathematical finance in the US for the last 20 years. I studied algebraic geometry and am thrilled by the role it has come to play in physics. I also like the posts that battle inumeracy in the media and society. Blog on!

]]> By: Stephen Altamirano http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3977 Stephen Altamirano Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:35:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3977 I am an undergrad at Stanford, and I'm almost definitely going to major in Physics. I was excited to see a physics blog somewhere on the net (I think I found this through Pharyngula), and in enough time, I hope to know enough to start my own. I am an undergrad at Stanford, and I’m almost definitely going to major in Physics. I was excited to see a physics blog somewhere on the net (I think I found this through Pharyngula), and in enough time, I hope to know enough to start my own.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3976 Elliot Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:19:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3976 Studied Physics/Math as an undergrad. Mostly an avocation. Like everyone else (of course ! ?) continually working on the ultimate TOE. Am interested in the work of Bekenstein, holographic principle, and applications of information theoretic approaches to cosmological problems. Currently work in telecommunications (it pays the bills) Just recently found this site and find it quite interesting. Studied Physics/Math as an undergrad. Mostly an avocation. Like everyone else (of course ! ?) continually working on the ultimate TOE. Am interested in the work of Bekenstein, holographic principle, and applications of information theoretic approaches to cosmological problems. Currently work in telecommunications (it pays the bills) Just recently found this site and find it quite interesting.

]]> By: JoAnne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3975 JoAnne Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:42:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3975 Amy: PVHS women rock! Amy: PVHS women rock!

]]> By: Eugene http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3974 Eugene Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:46:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3974 Hi! Academically, I am Sean's sole progeny so far (and hoping to be joined by another soon), now chugging along as a postdoc at Yale! I mostly lurk, since any post I make tend to be (a) ignored (b) shot down (c) plain wrong, though all my posts are full of deep insight that can be extracted only after long and hard meditation. Hi!

Academically, I am Sean’s sole progeny so far (and hoping to be joined by another soon), now chugging along as a postdoc at Yale!

I mostly lurk, since any post I make tend to be (a) ignored (b) shot down (c) plain wrong, though all my posts are full of deep insight that can be extracted only after long and hard meditation.

]]> By: Prashant Mullick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3973 Prashant Mullick Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:19:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3973 PhD in Chemical Engineering, now developing new products and processes for a major chemical company in the US. I've been following Sean's posts over from the Preposterous Universe for about a year now... PhD in Chemical Engineering, now developing new products and processes for a major chemical company in the US.

I’ve been following Sean’s posts over from the Preposterous Universe for about a year now…

]]> By: cooper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3972 cooper Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:15:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3972 Just a lurker. Non-scientist. Majored in CS and do software work now. Love CV though! Just a lurker. Non-scientist. Majored in CS and do software work now. Love CV though!

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3971 Clifford Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:25:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3971 Tony... Hi...What a pleasant surprise! Just goes to show: "you never know who's reading". Folks...this is the guy who wrote that excellent introductory field theory book I've mentioned a few times.... Cheers, -cvj Tony… Hi…What a pleasant surprise! Just goes to show: “you never know who’s reading”.

Folks…this is the guy who wrote that excellent introductory field theory book I’ve mentioned a few times….

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: A. Zee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3970 A. Zee Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:00:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3970 Couldn't there be another category besides students and embittered elders? I am a still rather sweet elder who in spite of my life of leisure read some blogs some of the time, but perhaps not in my "Waking Life", lurking until this very moment in the flow of time. In any case, I am a big fan of Clifford's and Sean is the one who first showed me how to construct a web page (by cannibalizing his.) Couldn’t there be another category besides students and embittered elders? I am a still rather sweet elder who in spite of my life of leisure read some blogs some of the time, but perhaps not in my “Waking Life”, lurking until this very moment in the flow of time. In any case, I am a big fan of Clifford’s and Sean is the one who first showed me how to construct a web page (by cannibalizing his.)

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3969 Mark Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:23:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3969 Say hi to Brian for me. He and I were grad. lab partners. Say hi to Brian for me. He and I were grad. lab partners.

]]> By: Tom Renbarger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3968 Tom Renbarger Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:30:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3968 Forgot to include -- as for the embitterment portion of the question, I would say that at worst I am in the process of becoming embittered, definitely a case of present imperfect with that shipping deadline looming on the horizon. I'm not sure if I qualify as an elder, either. Forgot to include — as for the embitterment portion of the question, I would say that at worst I am in the process of becoming embittered, definitely a case of present imperfect with that shipping deadline looming on the horizon. I’m not sure if I qualify as an elder, either.

]]> By: Tom Renbarger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3967 Tom Renbarger Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:24:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3967 I'm closer to being a semi-lurker than a full-blown lurker. I've been a post-doc in the observational cosmology group at UCSD, run by Brian Keating, for the past year. The three years before that I was a post-doc with Shaul Hanany's group at the U. of Minnesota. I'm in lurk mode now as we are in the final push of lab testing for BICEP, which ships to Pole on Oct. 17. I think our sky coverage is just small enough that we will not be seriously affected by cosmic variance, actually. :-) I’m closer to being a semi-lurker than a full-blown lurker. I’ve been a post-doc in the observational cosmology group at UCSD, run by Brian Keating, for the past year. The three years before that I was a post-doc with Shaul Hanany’s group at the U. of Minnesota.

I’m in lurk mode now as we are in the final push of lab testing for BICEP, which ships to Pole on Oct. 17. I think our sky coverage is just small enough that we will not be seriously affected by cosmic variance, actually. :-)

]]> By: David http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3966 David Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:47:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3966 al_art (comment 122), You said: "I don't write quickly and by the time I've organized my thoughts the conversation has moved on." Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault. It's just that people usually don't think before they write. al_art (comment 122),

You said: “I don’t write quickly and by the time I’ve organized my thoughts the conversation has moved on.”

Don’t blame yourself, it’s not your fault. It’s just that people usually don’t think before they write.

]]> By: al_art http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3965 al_art Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:39:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3965 I wasn't even lurking on lurker day. I've been a computer programmer for about a decade, but I'm about to return to grad school to become a middle or high school math teacher. I started reading political blogs shortly before the election last year, stumbled upon a science blog a few months later, and via links in posts and comments have collected dozens that I now read more regularly than the political blogs. I have a generic liberal arts degree, so much of the science is beyond me, but I like seeing what's of current interest to scientists and I'm especially interested in the interaction of science and politics (which is a more central issue on the biology blogs). I've commented only about a half dozen times total on other blogs (and never on this one); I don't write quickly and by the time I've organized my thoughts the conversation has moved on. I wasn’t even lurking on lurker day. I’ve been a computer programmer for about a decade, but I’m about to return to grad school to become a middle or high school math teacher. I started reading political blogs shortly before the election last year, stumbled upon a science blog a few months later, and via links in posts and comments have collected dozens that I now read more regularly than the political blogs. I have a generic liberal arts degree, so much of the science is beyond me, but I like seeing what’s of current interest to scientists and I’m especially interested in the interaction of science and politics (which is a more central issue on the biology blogs). I’ve commented only about a half dozen times total on other blogs (and never on this one); I don’t write quickly and by the time I’ve organized my thoughts the conversation has moved on.

]]> By: sal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3964 sal Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:37:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3964 Humanities degree, work in programming/database. Came from PU (bet he didn't check that when he started it). Like math & science, but not that good at it (ACT percentiles (1978) - English 99, Social Studies 96, something else 98, math 46, and that only because was good at geometry, for some reason. Humanities degree, work in programming/database. Came from PU (bet he didn’t check that when he started it). Like math & science, but not that good at it (ACT percentiles (1978) – English 99, Social Studies 96, something else 98, math 46, and that only because was good at geometry, for some reason.

]]> By: Kate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3963 Kate Sat, 24 Sep 2005 05:59:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3963 When not perfecting my lurking skills, I'm working on a DFA (Doctorate of Fine Arts) on science and theater. I started my lurking at Preposterous after meeting Sean at the STAR conference. When not perfecting my lurking skills, I’m working on a DFA (Doctorate of Fine Arts) on science and theater. I started my lurking at Preposterous after meeting Sean at the STAR conference.

]]> By: Moshe Rozali http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3962 Moshe Rozali Sat, 24 Sep 2005 05:42:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3962 We usually don't allow experimentalists in our theory seminars, but I suppose we can make an exception this time. We usually don’t allow experimentalists in our theory seminars, but I suppose we can make an exception this time.

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/comment-page-2/#comment-3961 Mark Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:24:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/21/lurker-day/#comment-3961 Hi Scott, I'll be out at UBC giving the theory seminar in a few weeks. Maybe I'll run into you then. Hi Scott, I’ll be out at UBC giving the theory seminar in a few weeks. Maybe I’ll run into you then.

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