quantum podcasts

[gikiski]

One of the aspects of quantum physics is uncertainty -- you cannot know both the particle's exact position and velocity1 at a given instantThe reason for that has to to with the measuring methods used to determine either property affecting the other property during its measure or inability to measure the other trait while performing the measurement

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Sorry, this has nothing to do with podcasts ...

[orangenish]

Hey there. I'm not sure if you're on the Liz Phair Support System mailing list or on the LP board, because then you probably know about this already. More Girly Sound songs have resurfaced and can be found here: http://www.lizphairexperience.com/girlysound.html
There's talk of the songs on the offical board here: http://www.lizphair.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=1918

I just thought you might wanna know if you didn't already. Cheers!

Re: Sorry, this has nothing to do with podcasts ...

[gikiski]

Thank you for these beautiful little gems!

Liz trumps most topics.

[mearth]

If you rely on download popularity, reviews or poll results for a given podcast, you might never download a one you personally would have liked2.

If you download and listen to every podcast, your download [sales] "vote" adds to its download popularity and incidental ratings and your time for individually listening to all those podcasts diminishes.

This is why I don't read Harry Potter. I only heard of it because of its popularity with others, and I don't want to contribute to its popularity without knowing if it deserves my vote.

[orangenish]

Well in that case you could borrow the books from the library or a friend. You could even get one of the books from the library at a non-peak Potter time (not when a new movie or book is released) so it doesn't appear that there's a big rush for the book in conjunction to an event.

Now it should be said that I don't read Harry Potter because I read the first one and I don't see what the big deal is.

[gikiski]

I think that proves the value of libraries and free content resources. If the only expense if the time to soak and review, then there's a chance for little to no bias for that review.

When you buy sight-unseen art, you are pre-valuing the work. You're paying the price for what you expect based on previous works (and how did the first reviewer come about knowing those previous works,eh?). So, there is little chance you can approach the work without bias.

[gikiski]

For what it's worth, J.K.R. offers tweens books which make a fascinating read. If they are in fact reading those books, as opposed to the parents buying them and claiming their children are reading them1, then it's a fundamental2 good thing. I think they offer a glimpse of how people relate to one another and how that relationship changes over time, but she throws in a fantastic element in order to hold their interests about it.

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1Which I believe happens more often than not. Call me cynical.
2Sorry, childhood PSA memories creeping into the comment.