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[edit] Older stuff

My talk page was getting rather cluttered so I moved everything here. Feel free to browse if you feel like it. zowie


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Zzyzx11 | Talk 16:41, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Achtung!

Please refrain from changing the title of Analogue Disc Record to "Gramophone Record" unilaterally. Thank you. --132.33.132.19


You know, this is sort of amusing -- I didn't revert the title this time, as a quick check of the history would show. But quickly check out Talk:Gramophone record/Archive2 for the history of why the page is named "Gramophone record" and not (as you would like) "Analogue Disc Record". zowie 18:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

No dice. --132.33.132.19

[edit] Hybrid Synergy Drive

Zowie what an edit! Thanks for such a great contribution! --SFoskett 13:46, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birkeland Terrella

Thanks. There's a bunch more pictures at http://www.catastrophism.com/texts/birkeland/ and I have pictures from the rest of the book that I must sort through. And I've heard From Lucy Jago that "a little bit of the terrella in action can be seen in the BBC series 'The Planets' in the programme on the sun (called 'Star') ". --Iantresman 22:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nuclear fission

Not a problem Zowie. gave me a chance to start some topics like Nuclear reactor core that I had been meaning to get to. BTW great job on Fission and long over due. DV8 2XL 23:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi Zowie, let me first say that you have done a superb job on this article, it’s a pleasure to read. However, I do think that you are stretching the topic out to the point where you might be getting into trouble. First articles that get too long tend to get cut back by other editors particularly if the same material has been covered elsewhere under its own heading. Two, excursions into nuclear energy, reactors or weapons, will attract edits from those who have strong convictions against those items, and feel that they must take every opportunity to remark on their perceived hazards of this technology. Keeping those sorts of edits under control in Nuclear energy and Nuclear power is a time consuming task. In short, I do think it would be better if you stuck to the physics of fission and then there would be at least on entry one this subject where sanity will prevaile. DV8 2XL 17:20, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Yep -- lots of overlap all around. I've never really participated in a wikiproject but I'd be glad to try to help sort out the mess. Particularly as I get to the end of the section on reactor physics (which, as you say, probably should be its own article) I'm running into lots of places where there is a single paragraph that links off to a complete article somewhere else. zowie 06:19, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Depleted uranium RfC

Your input to an RfC at Talk:Depleted uranium#Request for Comments would be appreciated. DV8 2XL 07:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sun/Sol

You say that 'Sol' is used in scientific circles - I am an astronomer and have never heard any astronomers refer to it as Sol! Also, I have searched the scientific literature in vain, looking for any references in papers to 'Sol' rather than 'Sun'. Can you give any examples of where scientists use it?

Even if they do, I really don't think it should be highlighted like that in the article as it would be extreme minority usage. If you asked a thousand english speakers randomly what the bright thing in the sky was, I'd be amazed if you even found one who said 'Sol'. Worldtraveller 02:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

This user is not the one who asserted that claim. It was me, and I can provide a diff link if you wish. I will leave a further note on your talk page. BTW Zowie, thank you for sourcing that information.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 21:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC) Correction: maybe looking at diffs it looks like this user did post something about it as well, but I am still making my argument on your talk.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 21:30, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electric Universe Concept, NPOV clarification

I have replied to the mediation request. If you would like further assistance, please let me know, otherwise I will consider the case closed in aweek or so. Cheers,

Sam Spade 13:20, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi from FOT Dude

Hi Zowie, thanks for catching my helioseismology spelling error on the SOHO spacecraft page. I was smart enough to operate SOHO, but not smart enuf to spell. All the people at SOHO were great to work with, but only the MDI Team ever gave the Flight Ops Team chocolate. Rob 23:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Back at you. No, I'm not at GSFC. I left SOHO in 1999, worked at APL, bounced back at GSFC to work on EOS, and now I work on Swift up at Penn State. RockinRobTalk Email

[edit] Request for your comments on Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

I wrote something up about the SOHO Mission Interruption on the SOHO Talk Page. Would you check it out and Be Bold whenever you have a chance? Your input would be valuable. I'd say peer-review it, but I'm just an engineer. :) Thanks. Rob 19:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Science expertise needed...

...here - thought you may be interested. Worldtraveller 21:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take a look! zowie 21:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Choked flow article

Thanks for your kind words. To answer your question, yes I would be interested in re-writing and expanding the entire article. Please visit Accidental release source terms and read the first section Accidental release of pressurized gas. That is what I would like to use for my rewrite with some wording changes to generalize it rather than focusing on its use as a source term for accidental gas releases. Let me know what you think and I will be watching for your response on my talk page User talk:Mbeychok. Regards, - mbeychok 22:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

Hi, Seems you've been here on WP for a while, but haven't seen you around the usual places. Please consider adding the talk pages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics on your watchlist, and adding your name to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Participants. linas 18:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UO3

Since you have chosen to enter this fray here are some places you want to visit to get up to speed:

You will note that the arbitration case was brought forward by the mediator from the mediation pages. --DV8 2XL 10:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lobbying for smaller TeX font as an optional choice

This is an equation created with Wikipedia's TeX font for math markup:

Q\;=\;C\;A\;P\;\sqrt{\bigg(\frac{\;\,g_c\;k\;M}{Z\;R\;T}\bigg)\bigg(\frac{2}{k+1}\bigg)^{(k+1)/(k-1)}}

This is the same equation created using WikiCities' TeX font for the very same math markup:

Image:ChokedFlowCAPUS.png

It is quite obvious that the WikCities TeX font is smaller than the Wikipedia's TeX font. In my opinion, the WikiCities font is also much neater and tidier. What I mean by neater and tidier is that it is much closer to the size of the regular text so that the overall look of an article that uses equations is more balanced.

Also, the smaller TeX font allows for displaying longer equations (within the limited display screen width) than does the Wikipedia font.

I submitted a request to Bugzilla about a month ago asking that Wikipedia make available the smaller WikiCities font as an alternate option ... not to replace the font now used by Wikipedia, but only to offer the smaller WikiCities font as an optional choice to Wikipedians. My request was assigned the bug number 4915. Anyone can vote in favor of proceeding with the bug request at Bugzilla Bug 4915 and thus far I am the only one who has voted to proceed.

If you agree with me that the smaller font should be offered as an alternate, please visit the bugzilla page at Bugzilla Bug 4915 and scroll down to the page bottom where is says "Vote for this bug" and do so. If you are not already registered with bugzilla, it will ask you to do that first ... but it only takes a minute to do so.

If it isn't correct for me to lobby you for the smaller font, please let me know. Thanks and please vote.
mbeychok 00:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Photosynthesis is not relevant to the Sun"

You made a comment in Sun "Photosynthesis is not relevant to the Sun". I can't believe you would fail to see the relevance! No Sun, no photosynthesis. Wherever there is Sun - photosynthesis. The Sun is the direct cause. How can you ignore this scientifically provable fact??

I didn't revert the edit, because as long as it is mentioned later in the body of the article, I am happy. ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 00:49, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, certainly the Sun is responsible for most photosynthesis -- but that is, as the philosophers say, an accident -- it is not inherent in the process of photosynthesis. Anyway, I'm happy to have it in there farther down (as it still is, I'm glad you noticed) but the intro paragraphs should (IMHO) be more about the Sun than about other things that are affected by it. Thanks for the followup! Cheers, zowie 01:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gramophone record

Where did you find the "fuzzed-out" version of the Magical Mystery Tour album for that article? Just curious; I was stumped - DavidWBrooks 22:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

No worries. Just click on the image, then on the image page click "history". Cheers, zowie 03:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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