tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post2558810471182773234..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: Astra Inclinant, Non NecessitantLawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-48510369427918442492008-06-12T12:44:00.000-05:002008-06-12T12:44:00.000-05:00Joseph,"Embracing the suck" is less a Dogism than ...Joseph,<BR/><BR/>"Embracing the suck" is less a Dogism than a Gruntism.<BR/><BR/>It's a multistep process. . . example:<BR/><BR/>"The suck" -- it has started raining.<BR/><BR/>"The suck has arrived" -- that first drop of cold rainwater has just rolled down your collar, down your back, and now your nether regios are squelchy.<BR/><BR/>"Embracing the suck" -- you're already as wet as you're gonna get, so you stand there like a log, even though shelter may be but yards away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-77034306270259819642008-06-05T05:55:00.000-05:002008-06-05T05:55:00.000-05:00"I remember reading this book about astrology that..."<I>I remember reading this book about astrology that tried to make something (about human history) out of the fact that the astrological signs were pretty much the same all over. From China to Rome, and possibly in the astrology/astronomy of the ancient Mayans, everyone had pretty much the same groupings of stars, with similar images and name-meanings for the constellations and stars.</I>"<BR/><BR/>By no means entirely true (research the Chinese zodiac). To the extent that <I>is</I> true, it's more of a demonstration of the Weak Anthropic Principle than anything else. The ecliptic and the number of moon phases per solar year are the same whether one is in Rome, Xian, or Chichen Itza. Once you accept those constraints, the number of zodiacs you can come up with is depressingly small.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-15131500854090554352008-06-03T12:59:00.000-05:002008-06-03T12:59:00.000-05:00Scorpio...me too..haha! That was a good one...a n...Scorpio...me too..haha! That was a good one...a nice break from all the gloom in the world...Kelly(Mom of 6)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17068284644013994933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-80382091317258941272008-06-01T16:08:00.000-05:002008-06-01T16:08:00.000-05:00Great story Dog.Keep them coming.Great story Dog.Keep them coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-51319501042578247562008-05-31T22:52:00.000-05:002008-05-31T22:52:00.000-05:00Stingray,Teaching common sense is more difficult t...Stingray,<BR/><BR/>Teaching common sense is more difficult than herding cats. Teaching the scientific method is only slightly less difficult. :-)<BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>If Nazis could time travel they would have won the war. But, maybe none of them have seen <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/" REL="nofollow">Groundhog Day</A>. :-)Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-65341339106804527502008-05-31T19:25:00.000-05:002008-05-31T19:25:00.000-05:00"Embracing the suck"? We need to form a list of '..."Embracing the suck"? We need to form a list of 'Dogisms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-61175214634537875112008-05-31T17:42:00.000-05:002008-05-31T17:42:00.000-05:00Scorpio. Whoo-hoo-hoo!LawMomScorpio. Whoo-hoo-hoo!<BR/>LawMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-59520401895449542712008-05-31T17:25:00.000-05:002008-05-31T17:25:00.000-05:00Michael--But the Egyptian pyramids were actually b...Michael--<BR/><BR/>But the Egyptian pyramids were actually built by time-traveling Nazis in flying saucers!<BR/><BR/>It's true! My astrologer told me! <BR/><BR/>Word verification: ciqxuqmq. The sound I made when she told me that crap.<BR/><BR/>DeDog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-91209922002696650032008-05-31T13:19:00.000-05:002008-05-31T13:19:00.000-05:00Like I told Mom, "He really has the history of rel...Like I told Mom, "He really has the history of religion nailed down tight."<BR/><BR/>But don't underrate the sheer magnitude of a project that obtains astronomical observations accurate on a scale of millenia with nothing more than the naked eye and observatories carved with great precision, with *bronze* tools out of Big Honking Huge Blocks Of Granite. <BR/><BR/>If you know anybody who works with stone, ask them how they'd like to carve blocks of granite with nothing more sophisticated than bronze, wood, fibre ropes, water and sand for tools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-19382542232248314142008-05-31T13:00:00.000-05:002008-05-31T13:00:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh! I posted on a message board (TFL) a lo...Oh my gosh! I posted on a message board (TFL) a looooong long time ago, and I remember LOVING your stories and thinking you should write a book... I just saw your blog show up on someone else's blog and thought "I wonder if that's..." and it IS!! Yay! You're in my bookmarks now :)verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920122156259034765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-4390303932865041602008-05-31T11:51:00.000-05:002008-05-31T11:51:00.000-05:00Everything I ever needed to know about astrology a...Everything I ever needed to know about astrology and religion I found in Zeitgeist part one. Parts two and three might be of interest to you as well, though part one is the only one currently on topic.<BR/><BR/>www.zeitgeistmovie.com<BR/><BR/>It's two hours long and doesn't brook much in the way of interuptions, meaning it would probably be best if you made sure your life was in a lull and planing to stay that way for the next couple of hours before starting it up.<BR/><BR/>Also, there's a reading at the beginning which can be safely skipped if one needs to get to the substance to prevent bordom.<BR/><BR/>Hope you enjoy,<BR/>BennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-62665806547896931562008-05-31T10:38:00.000-05:002008-05-31T10:38:00.000-05:00Harrison, I think you're thinking of "little Greek...Harrison, I think you're thinking of "little Greek bugger<EM>ers</EM>. But good catch.<BR/>LD, sounds as plausible as any other explanation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-85093554681892910872008-05-31T00:24:00.000-05:002008-05-31T00:24:00.000-05:00"...little Greek buggers..." Hahahahahahaha!"...little Greek buggers..." Hahahahahahaha!Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637905469749780888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-15824166057131758512008-05-31T00:13:00.000-05:002008-05-31T00:13:00.000-05:00Amen to that, RM. But while we're looking for thes...Amen to that, RM. But while we're looking for these teachers, can we please get someone in here to teach the coneheads some common sense? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-54981723121201816052008-05-31T00:01:00.000-05:002008-05-31T00:01:00.000-05:00stingray,I guess it was a poor choice of words. I ...stingray,<BR/><BR/>I guess it was a poor choice of words. I do know that real science can pay very well. But there is all of that work to do to get there. Pseudo-science only requires a passing familiarity with impressive words and a lot of charisma. For what it is, there should not be any pay. <BR/><BR/>We still have people playing the lottery almost everywhere, but have only isolated places where other gambling can take place. People just do not understand probability.<BR/><BR/>People feel comfortable criticizing science, yet they are not able to understand the things they criticize. They see theories change and do not realize that these are inevitable responses to increases in information. They do not understand how to evaluate science, so they just lump it all in the same category as other things they do not understand - the pseudoscientific ideas long ago discarded by science.<BR/><BR/>If we had better teachers and less test based teaching, maybe we could interest more people in following a career in the real sciences.Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-50485714616175724212008-05-30T23:41:00.000-05:002008-05-30T23:41:00.000-05:00Rogue Medic: As it turns out, Real Science pays *q...Rogue Medic: As it turns out, Real Science pays *quite* well. While I'm not, unfortunately, one of the exceptionally compensated, it remains fact that Los Alamos is not only home to one of the greatest concentrations of PhDs in Real Science in the world to staff the local national lab, but also one of the highest-average-salary counties in the entire US because of that fact. For a perhaps star-ordained coincidence, our local news rag was just going on about this very phenomenon the other day.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, this unique set of circumstance makes them generally no better than average when it comes to matters outside their field of choice, and interestingly on average somewhat *worse* in the common sense department. The local term is "conehead," for they have roughly the same grace, social skills, and plain common sense as the character Dan Akroyd made famous.<BR/><BR/>As the lovely LabRat is prone to noting, if that much of your brain is wrapped up in field theory, there simply isn't that much left over to worry about driving, crossing the street safely, or making sure your trousers are properly fastened before leaving the house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-21082668232351546592008-05-30T22:39:00.000-05:002008-05-30T22:39:00.000-05:00If only real science had paid a bit better, we mig...If only real science had paid a bit better, we might have an educated bunch of people in the populace. Possibly people with some common sense.Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-10010032941406678732008-05-30T22:08:00.000-05:002008-05-30T22:08:00.000-05:00One more quick note: love the title.One more quick note: love the title.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-14584002624607480952008-05-30T21:59:00.000-05:002008-05-30T21:59:00.000-05:00Quick and dirty, alright.I remember reading this b...Quick and dirty, alright.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading this book about astrology that tried to make something (about human history) out of the fact that the astrological signs were pretty much the same all over. From China to Rome, and possibly in the astrology/astronomy of the ancient Mayans, everyone had pretty much the same groupings of stars, with similar images and name-meanings for the constellations and stars.<BR/><BR/>That book was long on claims and short on evidence. (It might even have been a reprint from the 19th Century, when astrology became enticing at about the same time that upper-class people began holding seances and seeking strange Eastern mystics...)karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.com