Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-10 Thread drd1135
Or lack there of (sigh) -Original Message- From: frank theriault Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:00:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one) On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: (BTW: You can tell they're academics just b

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

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

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/9 Bob W : > 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 Norway of child abuse by

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 n

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

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-09 Thread eckinator
2010/4/8 AlunFoto : > > 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE f

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 prot

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/8 Igor Roshchin : > > 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 http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

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

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread Igor Roshchin
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts : >> 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... > > Jostei

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 : > Well, Jostein, we've all noticed that.  ;-) > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, AlunFoto wrote: >> 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts : >>> motorcycle racers?". We replied, "Um yeah. How did you know?" "Oh" >>> came the reply, "I

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 wrote: > 2010/4/8 Mark Roberts : >> 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 fr

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/8 Mark Roberts : > 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/ http://alunfoto.blogspot

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-08 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: > Matthew Hunt wrote: > > >On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts 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 remem

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 l.

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 wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> (BTW: You can tell they're academi

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Beacom
ked through Canadian Customs this women in a uniform gives me a very tired look and says "chemist?". I apologized and she laughed. -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:22 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet ano

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

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

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 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 >wo

Re: PESO - Famous Scientist (yet another one)

2010-04-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts 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 were in the produce s

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 pla

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 s