XPost: sci.physics, sci.astro
In article <68RKb.53$Y4.20365@news.uchicago.edu>,
mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>In article <3ff41fb2$0$4741$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
writes:
>>In article ,
>> mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>>In article <3ff18394$0$4751$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
>>writes:
>>>>In article <8LoHb.23$Y4.19683@news.uchicago.edu>,
>>>> mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>I have been reading physics newsgroups for a long time. The
>>>>next morning, I decided that, if the fucking boards could
>>>>grow longer overnight, perhaps they can grow shorter overnight.
>>>
>>>Hey, worth a try.
>>>>
>>>>Sure enough, they had. The second board was exactly the correct
>>>>length and it fit in tight. So I screwed it in before it changed
>>>>its mind about which length it wanted to be.
>>>>
>>>Yes, you have to nake the best of the periods when they're in a
>>>cooperative mood.
>>
>>I guess the art of carpentry is to know when the pesky material
>>is cooperative.
>
>And to what extent it is willing to be cooperative. Yes.
[muttering emoticon here] Now I have learn how to talk to blue
board????! ;-)
>
>> I have 10 more years of practice before I learn.
>
>That's about as much as the average apprentice used to spend (while
>dealing with this stuff all the time, not part time). The belief that
>"since this is not traditional university material, it must be simple"
>is totally off.
Yep. Those machinists in any production line in factories are
amazing people. And it's almost poetry to watch a guy mix
and apply _lumpless_ plaster. I've never watched a whittler(sp?)
of wood but I bet that's instructive as well.
>
>>>>
>>>>Now, all I have to do is figure out how I caused it, figure
>>>>out how to can it, then all I have to do is sell it to certain
>>>>accelerator sites.
>>>
>>>Sure, go for it. You probably got some combination of thermal
>>>expansion and swelling due to changing humidity. Mostly the second, I
>>>would guess.
>>
>>I thought of that but 1/2" or so?
>
>Yes, that's a lot.
Ha. AND the width didn't shrink so it can't be a physical
phenomena. It's got to be me fucking up unless I've truly
become a magician and can change physics laws. In this
case, everybody had better watch out when I'm on the road.
>
>> That would make a big mess
>>if it did that for all blue board. I've been having strange
>>measuring problems which is why I've been resorting to physical
>>fit rather than transformations. I'd really, really like to
>>figure out what I'm doing that causes these errors.
>>
>Can't tell you without seeing how you're measuring.
Yep. I've been trying to "observe" myself but that
doesn't work anymore; I used to be very, very good at
that. I've demonstrated that my brain
is not functional anymore by doing the inequality sections
in my calc 101 book. ~70% of them ended up bassackwards.
Now all I have to do is figure out how to get a red flag
to wave whenever the flips flop.
>
>>When I first started closing critter doorways, I was using the
>>official carpenter's tape measure. I always fucked it up. Since
>>I failed trying to figure how I messed up, I started using my
>>dressmaker's tape measure. That seemed to help but I have no
>>idea why it helped.
>>
>>What was really screwy is that it took the posting of my story
>>24 hours to propogate. Time dilations?
>
>Perhaps:-)
Well, we'll test this one again. I have a couple of hypotheses
that I'll get around to isolating if the behaviour continues.
For the last two nights, the critters in the attic (which I am
now aware exist) started to create more chimneys. So all projects
are now on hol[e]d until I kill the sunovabitches.
Every improvement has three adverse side effects. I can't wait to
find out what the other two are.
/BAH
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