Re: Shanda in Rosh Pina


Steve Goldfarb wrote:
> In <1122999663.878564.259580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Lisa" <lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >So what? There's a difference between asking a real question and
> >asking someone "What color is the sun on your planet?", which is a
> >rhetorical question that suggests the person it is directed at has said
> >something that seems to defy reality.
>
> >As you know.
>
> I've never actually heard that question before, so I didn't realize it was
> a standard rhetorical device.

So... why on earth did you think I was asking it?

> >And if I ask Moshe, for instance, how he's doing, for you to answer
> >would be rude. You can "comment", but your answer wouldn't mean a
> >thing.
>
> If you would consider it rude for the public to answer your question, then
> it is inappropriate for you to post it on a public forum. It is, in fact,
> rude for someone to attempt to hold a private conversation in a public
> forum. It's like talking on your cell phone on the train.

Nah. It's actually quite common here, and I've never heard anyone else
consider it rude. There's still plenty of material for you to comment
on.

> >> It's called yellow, but the light from the sun is "white" by definition,
> >> relative to our eyes and brains.
>
> >No, Steven. It isn't. White actually has a definition, and it's
> >utterly unconnected to the light which comes from the sun.
>
> Yes, Lisa. It is. The definition of "white" is PRECISELY connected to the
> light which comes from the sun. "White" means "reflecting all of the
> visible wavelenths as produced by our Sun." Snow is white because it
> reflects all of the sun's wavelengths back to our eyes.

Nope. It's white because it reflects all of the wavelengths that our
eyes are capable of perceiving. If a person loses the ability to
perceive certain wavelengths, snow won't look white to that person
anymore.

The sun emits a far broader span of wavelengths than the human eye is
capable of perceiving. When you snuck the word "visible" into your
comment, you were recognizing this to a certain extent, but your
mistake was in not seeing that "visible" is what defines white. If the
sun were to stop emitting light that's not visible to us, its color
wouldn't change.

> >> >> This is a much more interesting topic, frankly, then who's bashing O, or
> >> >> which country is or isn't a democracy, or what conspiracy is causing
> >> >> whatever.
> >>
> >> >It's also *way* off-topic, Steven.
> >>
> >> Who cares.
>
> >My. Aren't we in a pissy mood today.
>
> I guess so, yes.
>
> I'd sure rather argue about the color of the sun then about whether or not
> Israel is a democracy, though. Or about who's the biggest O-basher or
> Jew-hater or the most illustrious or the most likely to drive over a
> protestor with a bulldozer.

But I like the bulldozer thing. It got me back listening to my Simon &
Garfunkel albums.

> Is Sharon a goy? Is Sharon a gay? If not, then why does he have a woman's
> name? Hm???

<laugh> Two woman's names, actually. You forgot Ariel from The Little
Mermaid.

> Enquiring minds want to know -- clearly a SHABAK trick,
> orchestrated no doubt by Jonathan Pollard from his jail cell. Unless he's
> a Yemenite, of course, in which case he would reject your foolish
> Ashkenazi attempt to define him.
>
> Let's argue about whether "DH" could actually stand for "Donut
> Hypothesis," and if so, whether or not it should properly be spelled
> "Doughnut."

Actually, it was originally doughnaught. Because it's shaped like a
zero, geddit?

> Or spelt. Or wheat. Or rice.

<grin> Hmm... someone clearly needs a break.

Lisa

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