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everyday847 wrote:(unless there's an astronomical CGS conspiracy that passed me by)

In general astronomy/astrophysics uses CGS units. It's not a conspiracy, just a standard convention.

If you cite the previously written question and author, then is it okay to reuse clues?

Moving on to the "science clues from papers/studies" stuff: I think these clues are almost always a waste of time. If you know for a fact that the paper or study is a real classic that people outside a very narrow niche are likely to encounter in their courses, great; otherwise, scrap it ...

everyday847 wrote: Can't do any harm.

It could take up valuable internet resources that could be devoted to more important things, like porn.

Now if we could just add alcohol to the event.....

DumbJaques wrote:

...maybe you wouldn't have felt compelled to attend EFT as a grad student ...

Just so you're all aware, this person is not a grad student and has been known to insult doctoral students, as well as anyone who actually reads books.

I can say with some definitiveness that that weekend is likely smack in the middle of finals for both UCLA and UCI, and there is a good chance that at least one of those teams will be there. I don't know whether this is better or worse than the previous years where it was during our spring break an...

I don't mind having the tournament up north, and most likely UCI will send two teams. But I'd have to request the event be held back a week to August 11-12. I personally cannot leave Southern California the weekend of August 4-5 due to a prior obligation. Can whoever's running the event please post...

I think the important point here is that Jerry learned some interesting physics from a UCI packet. Huzzah for quizbowl. Well, it's more like I learned from your explanation plus my own research into my textbooks. I think that bonus part would have made plenty more sense if it said "the usual f...

quo.vadio wrote: But, just to be fair, there are several things I disagree with, but the particular example on my mind when I said that originally was this: I personally object to phrases such as "actual knowledge." Any thing that is known is knowledge.

Well said.

The "canon" should be everything available in your average university library, as long as enough distinguishing facts are available on the subject.