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Everything is great about this: A smorgasbord of palindromes, a pretty good Dylan impression, & even an actor (in the background) who looks a little like Allan Ginsburg, since AG was in the original 1965 classic... -
RTM replied to the thread Debunking Humor....The Weird Al song, Bob, is gibberish. But it’s very clever gibberish. Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4
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John J. replied to the thread Debunking Humor....We could add Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins. Perhaps in a rather different category, Cocteau Twins' singer Liz Fraser often sang lyrics composed largely of pseudowords and non-English words (without obvious connection to... -
Mendel replied to the thread Debunking Humor....I really, really want to see the Gonzo version, but all I could find was Big Bird's? -
Todd Feinman reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with
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Today, I've got a twofer... This morning, when using an automatic checker to verify that the sudoku puzzle I'd just created had a unique solution, the bot's stats said that it made 666 guesses before finding the only solution. (The solver's... -
Todd Feinman reacted to Edward Current's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with Like.
A term I have seen for these kinds of names is "aptonym." I was in a band with an ER doctor, and two of his colleagues at the hospital were named Dr. Gutman and Dr. Doctor. But my favorite medical-related aptonym was my old boss' hematologist...
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I think every generation must have its nonsense songs. When I was young it was "Bibbety bobbety boo", and when I was a teenager it was "Ting tang walla walla bing bang". A couple of generations earlier it was the "patter" songs of W. S. Gilbert... -
Ann K replied to the thread Debunking Humor....I think every generation must have its nonsense songs. When I was young it was "Bibbety bobbety boo", and when I was a teenager it was "Ting tang walla walla bing bang". A couple of generations earlier it was the "patter" songs of W. S. Gilbert... -
I had no idea what you and @JMartJr were talking about. Unfortunately now I do. That is horrifically bad and no, I don't see some other singer, Sinatra or otherwise, making it any better.
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I had no idea what you and @JMartJr were talking about. Unfortunately now I do. That is horrifically bad and no, I don't see some other singer, Sinatra or otherwise, making it any better.
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NorCal Dave replied to the thread Debunking Humor....I had no idea what you and @JMartJr were talking about. Unfortunately now I do. That is horrifically bad and no, I don't see some other singer, Sinatra or otherwise, making it any better. -
Thanks for that, @Ann K. I think. After yesterday's mention of Yes, We Have No Bananas for some reason I had I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts playing in my head, now I've got Chickery Chick. Desperate times.
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Short update: I've implemented all missing checks except one: a Spanish Virtual Observatory (VOSA) specific query that I just couldn't figure out. But the impact of that query is small, so I'll just mark it as not done. I haven't tested the new...
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Gary C reacted to flarkey's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
I don't think its surprising that someone has taken the same data, followed the same methods, and ended up with the the same results. All that does is verify the process, but it doesn't validate the conclusions. What would be much more positive...
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Gary C reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
Agree.
A replication that doesn't address any of the methodological criticism and is just as intransparent as the original study is worthless.
