Wordie: Quark: Comments

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:48:25 +0000

(fd) A fission boat.
(Thanks R Thomas)

Comment by seanahan, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:17:32 +0000

I'm down with what you're saying Sionnach, that quarks have a certain charm, although that sounds pretty strange. You're usually on top of such things, and cut straight to what's up and getting to the bottom of such things. Hopefully bashing WordNet is just a flavor of the week, since it isn't actually a dictionary.

Comment by SonofGroucho, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:52:58 +0000

@sionnach: I apologise for my ignorant apostrophe: consider it removed.

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:46:17 +0000

I didn't know that Joyce invented quarks. Hail Wordie!

Comment by sionnach, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:59:26 +0000

SoG. Yes it does, courtesy of Murray Gell-Mann. Though, for reasons which are obscure (to me, at any rate), the name of Joyce's {magnum opus/convoluted practical joke on scholars} is written without an apostrophe.

Comment by SonofGroucho, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:34:56 +0000

I believe the word comes from Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce.

Comment by sionnach, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:12:58 +0000

I think quarks have a certain je ne sais quoi, how you say it, charm.

Unless you are in Germany where quark is just another name for a faintly gritty yogurt-like substance.

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:36:32 +0000

But it's not a true hypothesis--it's a hypothetical, truly fundamental particle... or am I misunderstanding?

Ah, who cares. It's still WeirdNet.

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:45:40 +0000

I'm fascinated by true hypotheses. I sprinkle them in the garden between the gnomes.