Daily Archives: September 20, 2009
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Very Important Poll: Dot Physics Census
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go find as many different computers as I can to vote.
(I see there was a “not Tom” listed as one of the “other” submissions. That’s OK. If there’s an antiTom, though, I’m going to be worried.)
His Majesty is Like a Dose of the Clap
Uncertain Principles: Using Analogies on the Internet Is Like Doing a Really Futile Thing
No matter how carefully you set up your analogy, somebody will come along and interpret it in the most stupidly literal way possible, find some tiny point where it fails to correspond perfectly with the actual topic of discussion, and decide that this disagreement is an utterly devastating counter-argument to whatever point you were trying to make.
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This is incredibly frustrating, because argument by analogy is a tool with a long and distinguished history among intelligent people debating topics in good faith.
Arguing in good faith on the internet has disappeared like a rabbit down its hole.
Aw, crap.
Hey, You Got Peanut Butter in my Burger!
The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles
This is styles, rather than recipes. It includes the guberburger
Burgers with a generous dollop of melted peanut butter ladeled on.
and the cheese-stuffed burger
If you’ve ever tried to duplicate one at home, it’s trickier than it would seem. You’ve got to seal in the cheese securely so you don’t have a blow-out, and, as the cheese melts and puffs up the patty, you’ve got to prick it quickly with a toothpick right after you flip it to let the steam escape. It’s better to leave it to the experts.