VOTE NOW: Poster of the Year GRAND FINALE 2015

[NancyL]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

[BookMan]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

Ceiling above bed is covered already?

[SoiBiker]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

Is this the kind of wit, wisdom and insight we hope for from the POTY?

Lord help us.

[NancyL]

What I think will be quite interesting is what will happen to the attitude, ego, and outward expression of whoever wins this.

Last year's winner, Jingthing, remains as modest as ever

He is refusing to give up his diamond tiara to this year's winner, which is why the winner has to come up with their own crown. He looks especially fetching wearing it on the Pattaya baht buses

[impulse]

When did it become obligatory to have a cat in every photo?

[BookMan]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

Is this the kind of wit, wisdom and insight we hope for from the POTY?

Lord help us.

Do existential Nihilists have a Lord?

Oh... did u mean the POTY Lord?

[SoiBiker]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

Is this the kind of wit, wisdom and insight we hope for from the POTY?

Lord help us.

Do existential Nihilists have a Lord?

Oh... did u mean the POTY Lord?

Sometimes my vocabulary contains echoes of my Church of England upbringing.

[Jingthing]

What I think will be quite interesting is what will happen to the attitude, ego, and outward expression of whoever wins this.

Last year's winner, Jingthing, remains as modest as ever

Self deprecation is magic and also so easy to do it when it reflects reality.

[NancyL]

^You aint won the POTY yet either:rolleyes:

Just saying IF I win, I can truthfully promise not to install any more mirrors in the condo.

Is this the kind of wit, wisdom and insight we hope for from the POTY?

Lord help us.

Do existential Nihilists have a Lord?

Oh... did u mean the POTY Lord?

That would be Jingy, of course.

If you recall, at one point in the pre-nominations-early discussion phase of this contest -- about six months ago, as I recall, JT came out and gave me his endorsement. But then some of the other candidates cried foul, saying it wasn't fair for the POTY Poll OverLord to have a favorite. I don't know when fairness ever had anything to do with this contest. I hope he reconsiders and lets the world know who he favors.

[Jingthing]

POTY 2015 GRAND FINALE STANDINGS

NancyL 37 votes

Transam 34 votes

SoiBiker 13 votes

villagefarang 12 votes

Crazy Chef 1 7 votes

The Potties Committee in Milwaukee thanks you for voting.

POTY WINNER is crowned at midnight 30 December.

[sipi]

A few brief questions..

Hey Trans. If a Justin Bieber fan is called a Belieber, is a Trans fan called a Transceiver?

SoiBiker. If you peg a playing card to your bike wheel so that it gets caught by the spokes, does it really sound like a motorbike?

[SoiBiker]

I've no idea. As a resident of Bangkok, I can no longer recall what the sound of a lone motorbike is like.

[sipi]

And for:

CrazyChef. What are the advantages of owning a stainless-steel duck-press?

VillageFarang. Do you mind being called a farang?

Nancy. Are there deviations from the predictions of general relativity at very small or very large scales or in other extreme circumstances that flow from a quantum gravity theory?

[big carl]

Is there a thread where the candidates will answer the ten questions and no reply's to them.

Or do I have to read every post and sort them out?

[SoiBiker]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

[BookMan]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

Favourite soi or circuit to ride?

[Jingthing]

That would be Jingy, of course.

If you recall, at one point in the pre-nominations-early discussion phase of this contest -- about six months ago, as I recall, JT came out and gave me his endorsement. But then some of the other candidates cried foul, saying it wasn't fair for the POTY Poll OverLord to have a favorite. I don't know when fairness ever had anything to do with this contest. I hope he reconsiders and lets the world know who he favors.

I have no recollection. I plead the fifth.

[chiang mai]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

What is the meaning of life?

[SoiBiker]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

Favourite soi or circuit to ride?

The one that leads to wherever I want to go. My bike is a mode of transport, not a toy, and Bangkok is hardly a Mecca of recreational cycling in any case.

[SoiBiker]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

What is the meaning of life?

Life has no meaning.

Best to just try and enjoy it.

[chiang mai]

And for:

CrazyChef. What are the advantages of owning a stainless-steel duck-press?

VillageFarang. Do you mind being called a farang?

Nancy. Are there deviations from the predictions of general relativity at very small or very large scales or in other extreme circumstances that flow from a quantum gravity theory?

[NancyL]

And for:

CrazyChef. What are the advantages of owning a stainless-steel duck-press?

VillageFarang. Do you mind being called a farang?

Nancy. Are there deviations from the predictions of general relativity at very small or very large scales or in other extreme circumstances that flow from a quantum gravity theory?

Sipi, thank you for giving me an easy question.

There are some problems in physics which are either fundamental theoretical problems or theoretical ideas which lack experimental evidence and are in search of one, or both as most of them are. It is thought that the full theory of quantum gravity should be capable of answering most of those problems, but it remains to be proven.

Can quantum mechanics and general relativity be realized as a fully consistent theory (perhaps as a quantum field theory)? Is spacetime fundamentally continuous or discrete? Would a consistent theory involve a force mediated by a hypothetical graviton, or be a product of a discrete structure of spacetime itself (as in loop quantum gravity)? Are there deviations from the predictions of general relativity at very small or very large scales or in other extreme circumstances that flow from a quantum gravity theory?

The theory of LQG is one possible solution to the problem of quantum gravity, as is string . There are substantial differences however. For example, string theory also addresses unification, the understanding of all known forces and particles as manifestations of a single entity, by postulating extra dimensions and so-far unobserved additional particles and symmetries. Contrary to this, LQG is based only on quantum theory and general relativity and its scope is limited to understanding the quantum aspects of the gravitational interaction. On the other hand, the consequences of LQG are radical, because they fundamentally change the nature of space and time and provide a tentative but detailed physical and mathematical picture of quantum spacetime.

Presently, no semiclassical limit recovering general relativity has been shown to exist. This means it remains unproven that LQG's description of spacetime at the planck scale has the right continuum limit (described by general relativity with possible quantum corrections). Specifically, the dynamics of the theory is encoded in the hamiltonian constraint, but there is no candidate hamiltonian

Other technical problems include finding off-shell closure of the constraint algebra and physical inner product vector space, coupling to matter fields of Qunatum fieldtheory fate of the renormalization of the gravitonin pertubation theory that lead to ultra violet divergence beyond 2-loops.

While there has been a recent proposal relating to observation of naked singularites,

and doubly special relativity as a part of a program called loop quantum cosmology there is no experimental observation for which loop quantum gravity makes a prediction not made by the Standard Model or general relativity (a problem that plagues all current theories of quantum gravity). Because of the above-mentioned lack of a semiclassical limit, LQG has not yet even reproduced the predictions made by general relativity.

An alternative criticism is that general relativity may be an effective field theory, and therefore quantization ignores the fundamental degrees of freedom.

In other words, I'm still working on it. Get back to me in a couple weeks, Sipi.

[NancyL]

Sorry for the typos, but I think everyone understands the gist of what I was saying, right?

Just let me know when you want me to go back to posting cat videos, folks. I bet you didn't know that I minored in modern physics in college. The head of the Physics Dept was Dr. James Van Allen, you know THAT James Van Allen, as in the Van Allen Radiation Belts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt For a time, Voyager One was in his lab and we had a chance to look at it. (not touch it, mind you, just stand back and look) Just imagine, it's still going strong, in interstellar space.

[SoiBiker]

Presumably you majored in cut and paste.

[NancyL]

Presumably you majored in cut and paste.

There's an art to doing it right.

[Jingthing]

Oh, no. Do we have a PLAGIARISM scandal brewing here?

[SoiBiker]

Oh, no. Do we have a PLAGIARISM scandal brewing here?

Is there a RULE about that?

[villagefarang]

And for:

CrazyChef. What are the advantages of owning a stainless-steel duck-press?

VillageFarang. Do you mind being called a farang?

Nancy. Are there deviations from the predictions of general relativity at very small or very large scales or in other extreme circumstances that flow from a quantum gravity theory?

I understand there are those who get their panties in a twist over the term Farang, but I am not one of those individuals. When I was trying to come up with an online identity to represent my new life far from Bangkok in the natural splendor of Chiang Rai, Village Farang just seemed to fit. I understand the nuances of Thai language and custom enough to treat each person and situation individually without a blanket response of resentment or condemnation. Small people walk around with a chip on their shoulder seeing the worst in others. It is easy to be critical and negative when you are insecure but I don't suffer from that condition. I embrace my farangness and don't apologize for using it in my online name.

[Dancealot]

I'm happy to consider answering any questions members might have for me.

Favourite soi or circuit to ride?

[Jingthing]

Oh, no. Do we have a PLAGIARISM scandal brewing here?

Is there a RULE about that?

No rules. That's how we like it.