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    Hello William,
    No offense taken.

    Hello Manfred,
    My Russian supervisor told me "Bob there are some questions you should not ask."
    My Pommie supervisor had a slightly different take on things. I once asked him "Can I ask you a stupid question?'
    His answer was "You can try but I must warn you, only truly intelligent people can ask truly stupid questions."
    That was twenty years ago and I'm still confused.

    Bob

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    Hello William,
    I missed your last post. Was busy replying to the previous ones. Bit of background: I have a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in Philosophy, a BA Hons in Philosophy, and a PhD in Philosophy.
    Strangely enough it was my HND in Mining Engineering that allowed me to be a mining engineer [ gained Chartered status in 1979 ]. My experiences in the mining industry are unfortunately covered by the National Security Legislation of three sovereign states.

    Last sentence is a bit of BS I added for fun. The real 'Legislation' is never written down.
    In addition to my formal thingies I did receive a 'Gold Star' for finger painting in 1957. [ just a fact ]

    Bob

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    Re: Lightweight Gear

    Finger painting is so much fun and some modern high end artists get paid a fortune for it.

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    The last sentence, ("My experiences in ...), sticks out like Dog's Ball's as verifiable Bull Dung (don't ya love mixing those metaphors) - but it was generous of you to assume my having a lack of Bull Dung Detection - probably you mistakenly and misguidedly also assume that the Maroons are the epitome of State of Origin . . . oh it could be a never ending narrative of slur, sarcasm and sledging. (Oh, the Alliteration!)

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    On the more serious matter under the sub-head Emotional Intelligence: sincere thanks for the background briefing, it is well received, noted and appreciated (understood). It makes for a deeper sense of the foregone.

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    On another topic - are you still using a Flash to photograph the birds in your backyard? Never really found out what you choose and I sometimes think about it, not you specifically, didn't remember it was you until a few posts ago... when the Kookaburras take up Office on my Hill's Hoist, I'd ponder sometimes, "Wonder what that Bloke decided? He never came back to tell us."

    WW

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    Hello William,

    Well said!

    1] Never knew that.
    2] Not that interested in League only ever played Union.
    3] Not sure what you are on about sorry.
    4] Good to know I got you pondering.

    Bob

    PS If you are interested in poetry check out James Joseph Sylvester. From memory there have been a lot of mathematicians that were into poetry. Bronowski was a poet.

    Just found this:

    Out of the cradle
    Onto dry land
    Here it is standing:
    Atoms with consciousness;
    Matter with curiosity.
    Stands at the sea,
    Wonders at wondering: I,
    A universe of atoms
    An atom in the universe.

    That's supposed to be by Richard Feynman.

    I might look for some more.

    Bob

    This is the one I was looking for: https://www.southalabama.edu/mathsta...ewLastPoem.pdf

    Sorry to keep adding bits.
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    Re: Lightweight Gear

    1] Glad to advise.
    2] possible Private School education roots - I played proper Football (the round one), quite a difficult 'choice' at a "Rugby" School.
    3] Simply explained - thanks for your background. It adds context to what you wrote.
    4] I can live without knowing the answer: there are many things to ponder.

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    Thanks for the name, the link and the poems. Yes I am interested.Will research.

    And on Mathematicians and Poetry:"You have no idea, how much poetry there is in the calculation of a table of logarithms." Carl Friedrich Gauss.

    In your leisure time, have a go at - "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", it certainly slowed me down, and I am on the second reading. . . very slowly.

    Cheers for now.

    Bill

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    Hello Bill,

    I'm not much good at mathematics. Tend to go off at tangents. I did read up on Gauss for my thesis.
    If you are interested you can read it here:
    https://rune.une.edu.au/web/handle/1959.11/17416

    For what it is worth I hold that there is only one 'dimension' in this universe and that time is discrete with gaps. Just my opinion.

    Bob

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