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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What did you think Dr. Neil De-Grasse Tyson's forum? He's the astrophysicist who has that silly vest on. - I loved it
ADear lovin' it (ba da ba ba ba)- Wait, do you mean the astrophysicist with the coolest vest ever made? Because that rings a bell. Aside from being named the Sexiest Astrophysicist by People Magazine in 2000 (it's...been a long decade), Dr. Tyson is a pretty charismatic fellow. Even though I personally adore astrophysics, I probably would have enjoyed his lecture even if I didn't. I can't say I learned a lot, but I appreciate new perspectives and the occasional reevaluation of the universe. He's a very entertaining speaker, and he did well at conveying the significance of what he was talking about. At least, for the part that I saw; my biggest complaint is that he went over on time and I had to leave. I'd like to watch the rest sometime, because I'm not even sure how long they let him go. In any case, I thought it was pretty great. Especially for a scientist who has personally disavowed Intelligent Design (really, I knew all of these factoids before he came. Sad, or awesome?), he did very well adapting his remarks for a religious university without railing on our beliefs or compromising his message. I respect that. -Foreman ADear loved it, I thoroughly enjoyed his forum. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that astrophysicists aren't necessarily dry, boring people who can't relate to society at all. He was so much fun to listen to, and I feel like I gained a new appreciation for his field. I'm even kind of interested in reading his book. My favorite part, however, was when he recommended making a champagne toast for something...the billionth second of our lives? Anyway, the faces on the men behind him were classic! -Miss Scarlett Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Is a Chemistry Education minor useful at all if you're not getting a bachelor's in some other teaching area? Could a backup plan of getting it as a minor and then getting licensed to teach in high school be feasible? Will they even allow non-teaching majors to get it as a minor? - Chocolate Parfait
ADear yum, I spoke with Peggy Erickson, in charge of major and minor advisement for the Chemistry/Biochemistry department, and she said she'd be happy to answer your questions via email: peggy_erickson@byu.edu. Marzipan Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How come baseball games don't show instant replays? -Darth Fedora
ADear Darth Fedora, I'm not 100 percent sure what you mean. There are a couple ways your question could be interpreted: 1) Q: Why don't television broadcasts of baseball games show instant replays? A: They do. 2) Q: Why don't the jumbotrons at ballparks show instant replays when you're attending the games in person? A: I haven't been to a baseball game in years, so I can't say what the situation is from personal experience. This site has somebody say "Back twenty or so years ago, many MLB stadia had large screens that showed close plays. It was amazing to me how often the video showed the umpires to be wrong on close plays at first or at home, when an umpire was standing right there." So it sounds like they used to show replays, but don't now. One reason they might not is to avoid firing up the crowd too much about perceived bad calls (I've been at BYU basketball games where the refs asked that replays no longer be shown because the crowd was getting so agitated). 3) Q: Why don't they use instant replay to check on close calls? A: MLB uses instant replay to check on homeruns that might be foul, but that is it. The main resistance to using instant replay is tradition (and fear it would make games even longer in a sport already plagued with some of the most needlessly long games ever). -Humble Master Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why did the 3rd floor of Young Hall begin to vibrate at 11:30 on Tuesday the 27th of October? - (My Name Here)
ADear Myna Mhere, Man, whatever it was affected the third floor of some Wymount apartments too. My thought is a magnitude 1.9 earthquake in Helper. Either that or a particularly strong blow from some construction equipment working on the new productions building by the Marriott Center. Just a couple hypotheses. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board Losties, The producers of Lost have stated that there are certain mysteries that they have no interest in answering/resolving. For example, they don't intend to explain why Libby was in the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute with Hurley nor do they intend to explain the Numbers. This is disappointing to me! And I'm sure it's disappointing to many others. Then today I read this:
Man that's disheartening! There are more?!! Here's my question: which Lost mysteries you think the writers have either forgotten about or just aren't going to bother answering? —Still disappointed about the BSG finale
ADear BSG, Man, I love LOST. SPOILER ALERT, YO. OK, here's my biggest fear, which is also the thing I'm just getting ready to deal with: We may not get much of anything. Reason? If the atom bomb did its voodoo, then we are now in a totally different timeline. What does that mean? It means that almost nothing that mattered before except the characters will still be relevant to the show. To take your example, we may never find out about Libby (which does kill me, by the way) because she never met Hurley and is thus pretty irrelevant now (yes, I know she gave Desmond his boat. On that one...I dunno, just cope.). I worry we'll see a lot of that. Still...I do have faith in LOST. Even if they leave mysteries unsolved, I trust that they'll resolve the ones that really matter to the story in the end. That being said, here are some ones I don't think will be brought up: I'm not sure we're ever going to figure out everything about the polar bears. Walt, I think, will remain a mystery. We will probably never know what the Others meant when they said that he was more than they'd bargained for, or why he seems to be John Locke's spirit guide. I'm not sure the healing properties of the Island will ever get fully explained. I think they're just going to let it ride that certain people (Locke, Rose, Jin) have been healed while others (Jack, Ben) have gotten incredibly sick. In that same vein, I don't know if we'll ever get a really good explanation for why pregnant women on the Island end up dying before term. We will probably not get a good explanation of Aaron, Child of Destiny. The psychic Claire went to see practically begged her to not give the child up for adoption. Kate was told that she was not meant to raise him. That may all lead up to something, or it could just be one of Those Things. Speaking of kids, I'm not sure we'll ever find out exactly why the Others started kidnapping children in the first place. I'm not sure we'll get information about Ben's lists, where they came from, or what they meant back in that timeline. You might also be interested in this list, which is a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly about what mysteries fans feel MUST be resolved. I think we'll learn most of these, but not all. In the meantime, get psyched for next year! ONLY SIXTEEN EPISODES LEFT! -Claudio Back to top QDear 100 Dollar Board, When all is said and done does our football program at BYU make money for the school or does it cost us? Any estimate? - make money money
ADear moneymaker, In 2007, BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe was quoted in the Deseret News saying "The reality of it is, we can't lose money on our operations." This was in the context of an article describing an increase in the price of football tickets. In 2002, BYU Assistant Athletic Director Duff Tittle was quoted in the Deseret News saying "No tithing dollars go toward funding our program, so the reality is that we have to earn our own keep. Over half our operating budget comes from season ticket sales in football and basketball… The health and success of our program depends on full stadiums." I won't assert that every season comes out profitable for BYU, but it is intended to be self-supporting. Dollar figures aren't available because BYU doesn't publish them. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, On the show Scare Tactics what happens if the victim doesn't get scared? Or knows it's all a hoax? Do they just not air that footage? -Fredjikrang
ADear Fred While I haven't been able to confirm it, I would guess that yes, if the prank doesn't work, it's not aired. However, some wonder if the whole thing isn't staged:
Some have also speculated that the lawsuit alluded to in that quote was an early publicity stunt. -Humble Master Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Have any bike thieves been caught/thwarted using the webcam on the East side of the Brimhall Building? The camera I am referring to can be found here: http://newsnet.byu.edu/brmb-e.... - Cheesemass
ADear Cm, You just know that if that happened, it would be in the Police Beat. However, I did a couple of searches on Newsnet's site (universe.byu.edu) and couldn't find mention of any bike thieves being apprehended because of the webcam on the Brimhall building. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How come Whoopie Goldberg has no eyebrows? Do they just not grow or does she shave them? -Madonna Pinecones
ADear Madonna Pinecones, It is possible that she suffers from alopecia, a form of hair loss that afflicts about 2 in every 100 people. This appears to be the most popular answer among the fansites and question/answer websites I perused. Weirdly enough, a lot of other humans out there are as interested in her lack of eyebrows as you are. Oh! And luckily for you, this website says it's not contagious. So rest easy; if you ever meet her, you won't be doomed to a similar fate. Of course, it's also possible that she just, you know, shaves 'em off...but I'm not sure why she would do that. That's a high price to pay for fame. Marzipan ADear Madonna 'cones, Either way, she still isn't funny! Cue the sound! - Commander Keen Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How many things can you think of that are, in some form, subsidized by the government in the U.S. (including federal and state entities)? It might be helpful to divide them up into things that are income-sensitive and things that aren't. Basically I'm just trying to figure out whether someone who is opposed to one particular class of subsidized programs, like Medicaid and city housing assistance programs, should also therefore logically oppose others, like a tax credit for first-time home buyers or subsidized student loans. - Trying to Make Sense
ADear Trying,
Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, No doubt about it... dishes are a tricky situation when six roommates share a kitchen. We have some "OCD clean"roommates and some "clean but not OCD clean" roommates and have tried all sorts of rules and systems with no success. I don't mind a few dishes in the sink and I think we keep things very tidy accordng to my standards but a bowl in the sink makes some people freak out. Its a problem. I've been doing all the dishes, starting and unloading the dishwasher and all this past week for the sake of peace but this can't last forever! What are some of the best dish-doing systems you've used in your experience in shared apartments? I'm talkin' a PLAN because "everyone help out" hasn't worked! Thanks Board!! Nothings As Eternal As the Dishes
ADear so true, My apartment also has a serious problem with dishes. Last year, my roommates and I all decided that the best system would be to simply have everyone wash their dishes as they use them. If someone couldn't get to them right then, she made sure to load them as soon as she could get around to it. It worked out well. Currently, my apartment has a MAJOR problem with dishes. Even though we instituted my previous apartment's rule, our sink is ALWAYS full. We are currently in negotiations about a system in which we each have only one plate, bowl, spoon, fork, etc. This way, if someone doesn't wash her dishes, she either doesn't eat that day or has to get creative. It's pretty pathetic, I'll admit, but we really are desperate enough to try anything. Hopefully you never have to resort to such a thing, ⋯Anomalous ADear Eternal Dish, I know of an apartment that instituted the "No Dish Left Behind Act," which is exactly like a no-dishes-in-the-sink rule, only better. It apparently lasted about three weeks, and after five weeks it was like it never happened. If you want to have a clean sink, you're probably just going to have to marry someone who feels the same way. With five roommates there's just way too much opportunity for social loafing. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear Eternal Dishes, I don't know if you've tried this method before, but it's been working quite well for my apartment this year. At the beginning of the semester, we each picked a day that would be our Dish Duty Day. Now, even though we agreed that everyone should be responsible to put away their own dishes after using them, sometimes people forget to, you know? So, on your Dish Duty Day, you are the captain of the sink, making sure that the orphaned dishes find a home, that the dishwasher is run when necessary, and then emptied when done washing. I've found that this system works well for us, and perhaps it will work for you, if you haven't already tried it. Of course, you need to have everyone on board and willing to pull their own weight. I can see the potential dangers in a system like this: there are only 6 roomies and 7 days in the week, so the person whose day is after the empty day will probably get slammed with lots of dishes, people may take advantage of the system by never doing the dishes on their day and then filling the sink with their sickening, encrusted dishes for other people to clean, etc. But it's just a suggestion, in case you haven't considered it yet. Marzipan ADear, We worked out a system with my roommates where in addition to the clean/dirty sign, each of us put our name on a post-it note. When your name was on the front it was your duty to unload the dishwasher and reload whatever had accumulated in the sink while the dishwasher was full, rotating your name to the back. If the dishwasher wasn't running or full, no dishes could be left in the sink by anyone (you only have to drop it in the dishwasher after all). If it had been your turn long enough for a full load of dishes to accumulate in the sink, you were required to reload and unload that cycle as well as an act of penance before you could rotate your name. It worked pretty well for us, but I did have fantastic roommates. -Ineffable Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Background: In my bathroom is a poster for Colgate Total (though I prefer Aquafresh Extreme Clean) toothpaste which boasts that Colgate Total prevents calculus. I assume that calculus relates to calcium build-up on ones teeth, but I'd never heard the word before. Question: What (if any) is the etymological relationship between calculus (calcium build-up) and calculus (tricky math)? How did they come to get the same name? Inquisitive Idiot
ADear Inquisitive Idiot, According to the etymology dictionary, the origin of the word calculus in its many forms include "reckoning," "account," "pebble used in counting," and "limestone." The connection between the scary math I have yet to take and the plaque that builds up on teeth is summed up well on this here Podictionary website:
If your poster knows something the rest of the scientific community doesn't, and is suggesting that Colgate Total magically prevents the terrifying math I'm avoiding...perhaps I'll switch brands. Marzipan Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why are manhole covers and tunnels round? - M.N.T.
ADear M.N.T., There are several answers, the most famous of which is that a round cover cannot fall into its hole while a square one can. Bonus trivia: According to that article, Nashua, New Hampshire is the only U.S. city to have triangular manhole covers. Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How many credits does it take to be a sophomore? a junior? a senior??? - A Cougar
ADear Cougar, 30, 60, and 90, respectively. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I have a question about finding out if an online school is legitimate. It is called the Eisner Institute, and I am contemplating taking their Marriage and Family Therapy program. I have done some research and haven't found yes or no answers. Just curious if you may be more efficient than me at this (which I am sure you are). Thanks! - Locky
ADear Locky, The Eisner Institute is not accredited. Also, they share a building with attorneys, divorce lawyers, a physician's office, an accounting firm...doesn't sound like the most, uh, institutionesque institution to me. Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I want to know the best place to live off campus. Just to give you some background that might give you insight as to what I'm looking for, I'm a freshman guy here at BYU. My two older brothers are twins, and are currently serving missions for The Church. They are coming home in July of 2010, and since I don't turn 19 until July of 2010, I am planning on doing the Fall 2010 semester before leaving on a mission of my own. One of our childhood friends will also be returning from his mission next summer. And will be the fourth resident of this place. (Also, another childhood friend will be returning from his mission about the same time I leave, so he will most likely take my spot.) So, essentially, I would like to know a good place for four guys to live off campus. Thanks, Mutey the Mailman
ADear Mutey, The first problem with a question like this is that if I make any public recommendations, there won't be any openings there for you! The second problem with a question like this is that my definition of a "good place" is probably not the same as your definition of a "good place." Will an inexpensive place with six roommates, shared bedrooms, and cinder-block walls and a very sociable ward do? Try Miller apartments. Are you looking for a single unit where you won't have neighbors? There are some places along 300 and 400 North that might do. My brother is currently in a 3-plex near 800 N and 200 E that he really likes, but apparently you have to sign up a year in advance, so it's probably already too late for that one. I can give you some guidelines, though. You'll probably want to look south of campus, somewhere between University Avenue and 700 East. Probably north of 300 North as well. Most openings in that region will match the culture and price range you're probably looking for. Get familiar with the BYU Off-Campus Housing website; it's your best friend in situations like this. Don't be afraid to call and ask questions. But really, there are lots of options here. Your housing experience will largely be what you make of it. So go find a place and make it awesome. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, In your collective opinions, what would constitute a perfect day? No, even more than that, what would constitute a perfect week? Month? Year? Life?? I'm feeling really down from school, and just really need something to laugh at. My funny bone appreciates all you do. :) Huzzah! --OneBoot the not-so-bored
ADear Huzzah, Well, today has been pretty good for me. I slept in until 9, returned some books to the library, borrowed The Complete Calvin and Hobbes from PD Kirke and started reading it, and read Sufjan Stevens's hilarious liner notes to The BQE. I'm going to eat some leftover chicken noodle soup I made from scratch and make tapioca pudding while reading some comics, possibly in my long johns. Doesn't that sound like a good day? I think the only thing I'm missing is someone special to share it with. :-/. -Whistler ADear Whistler, It just makes me so happy that you have long johns, and that you would consider making tapioca pudding in them. The mental image, in a non-creepy-abstract-not-actually-picturing-you-in-your-long-johns kind of way, is just classic! Dear Huzzah, Well, this is the kind of thing I contemplate all the time. What truly is a perfect day? Problem is, you usually don't recognize that you've had one till after the fact, so I'm not entirely sure you can plan one. The reason I struggle with this idea is the "perfect" part of it. I can be such a ridiculous perfectionist! When I start thinking along those lines, my "perfect" day would consist of: -Getting up at dawn, having a really good, long heartfelt prayer -Exercising -Eating a healthy breakfast while reading the Wall Street Journal -Reading the scriptures -Getting all my practicing done -Completely organizing my entire apartment, and getting everything spic-and-span -Doing all those things I always mean to do, but never get around to, like writing/calling people from my mission, organizing my filing cabinet (I know, I'm a big fat nerd), actually writing down all the recipes I've called my mom for, so they are no longer on little bits of post-it notes and envelopes, and would actually be legible and usable to anyone else ... See, I'm already getting bored making this list. It's awful! Even if I got all that done in a day, I think I would hate it--it's so regimented. Instead I think "perfect" days happen when you get to just sort of meander from one activity to the next, doing whatever happens to catch your fancy. The day Whistler describes sounds dreamy! I just have a hard time imagining one because I get too caught up in all the things I should do. But if I were being frankly honest with myself, a perfect day right now would consist of me sleeping in, having a good hearty breakfast, maybe lazily finishing a book I've been reading, taking a leisurely shower, finally getting to paint with some watercolors I was recently given, playing piano for a while, and singing, taking a visit to the greenhouse, cooking something new, watching some cooking shows, getting to talk to a very dear friend who is far away, and who I miss very much...now that sounds nice! And as Whistler said, all the better if I had someone special to share it with. -Miss Scarlett ADear Hazzah! My perfect day/week/month would consist of the following: -Sleeping in as late as I want -Eating banana pancakes for breakfast -Dressing like a ninja and running around performing ninja-like acts -Going on an epic roller coaster-riding trip -Meeting Prince Charming -Meeting Chuck Norris -Getting something posted on MLIA -Going to Italy -Racing against a Porsche 911 Turbo in a bright yellow Lamborghini LP560-4, and winning -Rolling down a monstrous hill wrapped in bubble wrap -Watching a Ninja Turtles marathon -Going to football games. A lot of them. -Going to other assorted sporting events -Building a gigantic blanket fort in my apartment -Having a lightsabers battle in my blanket fort -Building the biggest Lego city ever (out of original Legos, not those huge ones) -Spending time at the coast, since it is my favorite place in the world Of course, most of the above would be much more enjoyable with a "special someone" (wink, wink, insert cheesy emoticon here). Wow. I just read my list and I feel kind of sad that I probably won't be accomplishing any of this anytime soon. Hmm. ⋯Anomalous ADear Huzzah, I've had some pretty outstanding days, and that's not always a predictable thing. But one perfect day scenario: Day begins with me waking up at 7:30 or so to find out that a freak blizzard hit the night before and dumped about two feet of snow. The temperature is right around freezing, and class is canceled but the main roads are miraculously clear. I go to the mountains and, in no particular order, ski down, snowshoe around, and sled down for a few hours. Then I come back to Provo and build an epic snow fort. (Needless to say the snow in the mountains is powder and the snow in the valley is just wet enough to be easily workable.) The fort will have multiple stories. And battlements. And gargoyles. Then the Provo City Council or whoever's responsible for the outrageous snowball rules in Provo will repent and we will build another fort and then have an epic snowball fight. Wow, looking back on that, GUESS WHO IS COMPLETELY FIXATED ON SNOW RIGHT NOW. It's getting out of hand. Other potential components of the perfect day include learning random stuff, getting in touch with old friends, Speed Scrabble, cheesecake, Divine Comedy, Vocal Point, newsworthy hacks and pranks, and last but certainly not least, having friends come up with stuff cooler than I can come up with alone and then doing it with them. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear OneBoot the not-so-bored, No one's attacked the perfect life thing yet, so here goes. Mine includes (in no particular order): having spent some time abroad doing some kind of humanitarian aid, having a career in mental health (preferably now as a licensed clinical social worker), getting married at some point and having a successful marriage, having a kid or kids, and just eventually getting through all of the great stuff that is fouling me up right now. Bonus points if I was ever involved in a political demonstration, wrote a book, was involved with a youth community theatre or music program, or finally mastered Liszt's "Liebestraum." At the point when I die, I just want to think that my life was happy and that there wasn't anything I really wish that I had done. - The Black Sheep ADear Boot, Guess I'm a little easier to please. I'd be happy just to sit around outside with some good friends and enjoy the day. Some good food, a little Frisbee...yup. Sounds pretty good. Oh, and as I've said a few times...had I the time and resources, I would love to try my hand at skydiving/BASE jumping. Pretty much nothing sounds cooler. - Commander Keen Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, This has been bugging me for ages, and I've never been able to get a straight answer. What is the official pronunciation of the name of the band named Hüsker Dü? -Cognoscente
ADear Cognoscente, My roommate, the Cheat, tells me that the correct pronunciation is "Hoo-sker Do." This website pronounces it in the same way, but in a Danish accent rather than the Cheat's more American-affected accent. The band got its name from a children's board game from the 50s, based on a Norwegian expression, "Husker Du" (no umlauts), which means, "Do you remember?" The board game title had macrons over the U's, which the band switched to umlauts to give it more of an edge, which apparently is done often in heavy metal/punk rock bands. Märzipän Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, While reading an account written by a cabinetmaker about his apprenticeship in England the 1850s I encountered the sentence "it was all baywool" in reference to the beginning of his training when he knew little of the trade. What is baywool? What did the phrase mean? Decades in the desert
ADear Decades, The OED, carpentry jargon dictionaries, and Google are all coming up empty-handed. Perhaps it is a spelling error? -Whistler Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, Regarding Board Question #54299: I'm an art history major and I'm taking that class right now. It is true that the class covers sketching, drawing, and painting, as well as sculpture, print-making, and other media. However, we don't really learn technique or receive instruction on how to be better. It's more like "Here's the medium, here's how it's used, now use it!" The class is mostly about giving us experience working with different media. If you want to actually learn how to draw or paint or something, I would recommend finding a different class. Also, this class always fills up quickly with the art history and art education majors and it would be difficult to add it as a non-major. A different professor will be teaching next semester, so some of what I have said may not be true for the future, but I don't think there will be major changes. - miss buonarroti
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