Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Exclusive First Drive: 2023 Corvette Z06 | Jay Leno's Garage

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

I don't try to stay current on that....

Last I knew, if you believed in the Fermion (sp?) version of String Theory it was 10.

If you believe in the Bosons version it is was up to 26.

I'm sure Erik will set us straight.

Or Anthony, he's smart too.

On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 12:08:33 PM PST, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

The true answer is "42"
Doug

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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Exclusive First Drive: 2023 Corvette Z06 | Jay Leno's Garage

Don't know much about it, but I've heard it predicts a bunch of dimensions - like 23??

But I've had a tough time getting past the 5th Dimension because when I was a kid I had a huge crush on Marilyn McCoo....

Hans.

On 11/10/21, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>  You almost owed me another keyboard.I'm learning, I put my tea down first.
> But Susskind presents it so believably...
> I'm in the Feynman camp.  "String theorists don’t make predictions,
> they make excuses"
>
>    On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 10:27:29 AM PST, Erik Nielsen
> <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
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>  There is another rule that I got from Junichiro Fukai.
> 4.  String theory is just bullshit curve fitting.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:19 PM Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>  I had a wonderful physics PhD I worked with at N2S2 who distilled
> thermodynamics down to 3 easy to understand steps.  He once worked
> with C.P. Snow (Lord Snow) so I think the attribution is correctly there.
>
> 1:  you can never win, you can only break even.2:  you can only break
> even at absolute zero3:  you can never get to absolute zero.
>    On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 07:35:27 AM PST, Erik Nielsen
> <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Thermodynamics is an evil mistress...
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:11 AM Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>  The pertinent stuff begins about 16:30 Like Harry's line:  "The
> engineers will get us out of this, rather than politicians."
>
>    On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 04:56:08 AM PST, Erik Nielsen
> <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Even Harry is opposed to electrifying an old one.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKHRA0JN87w
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 11:15 PM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
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> 
> But…. It’s a Rolls… If you take out the Brit motor, how will you keep
> the suspension lubricated?
> Add enough batteries to get one of those boats rolling…  will it
> comply with weight per axle laws?  Lady Penelope treatment?
>
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 8:47 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Speaking of waftability, if there was any classic car I would convert
> to electric, it would either be a Rolls or a Bentley. They were made
> for silent travel and you can’t get more quiet than that.
>
>
>
> Peter
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>
> Sent from Mail for Windows
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>
> From: Erik Nielsen
> Sent: November 9, 2021 5:31 PM
> To: PeterGT4
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Exclusive First Drive: 2023 Corvette Z06 | Jay
> Leno's Garage
>
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>
>
> ...And no, the main selling feature of a Rolls is waftability.  Once
> you really make it in life, you don't need to race from meeting to
> meeting, they'll start when you arrive.  I still haven't gotten used
> to everyone standing up when I walk in, but I'll go with it...
>
>
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