Talk:2632: Greatest Scientist - Revision history

2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:F118:400C:2C92:2C67 at 12:38, 14 September 2025

2025-09-14T12:38:57Z

2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1 at 12:44, 13 September 2025

2025-09-13T12:44:10Z

172.70.163.48: Undo revision 351028 by 42.book.addict (talk) Clearly a fully acknowledged redlink, there for illustrative purposes. I can see why OP is upset at your unasked-for changes.

2024-09-24T02:23:32Z

Undo revision 351028 by 42.book.addict (talk) Clearly a fully acknowledged redlink, there for illustrative purposes. I can see why OP is upset at your unasked-for changes.

42.book.addict: Undo revision 351023 by 172.70.91.75 (talk) I did it because it’s a dead link and I want to clean up the maintenance pages a bit

2024-09-24T01:04:47Z

Undo revision 351023 by 172.70.91.75 (talk) I did it because it’s a dead link and I want to clean up the maintenance pages a bit

172.70.91.75: Undo revision 351021 by 42.book.addict (etc) I actually wrote that. Makes no sense to nowiki that bit and not every other 'live' element there (previously nowikied). Don't change others' Talk edits like that...

2024-09-23T22:43:16Z

Undo revision 351021 by 42.book.addict (etc) I actually wrote that. Makes no sense to nowiki that bit and not every other 'live' element there (previously nowikied). Don't change others' Talk edits like that...

42.book.addict at 22:33, 23 September 2024

2024-09-23T22:33:27Z

Rayrge at 12:39, 26 October 2022

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172.70.222.79 at 11:16, 2 July 2022

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141.101.68.87 at 08:13, 20 June 2022

2022-06-20T08:13:30Z

Kynde at 11:44, 17 June 2022

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 He did this before in 1531, where he combines several principles into a single comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.31|108.162.245.31]] 23:39, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 :Hard to believe he's been doing these comics for nearly 500 years now. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.138|162.158.187.138]] 19:46, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
-:: Actually, since it's now 3141, he's been doing it for well over 1,500 years. [[Special:Contributions/2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1|2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1]] 12:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
+:: Actually, since it's now 3141, he's been doing it for well over 1,500 years. EDIT, Holy shit! I just realized, if he's been doing this since 1 that means he's been doing this for 3,040 years!!![[Special:Contributions/2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1|2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1]] 12:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
 So many missed opportunities to include Focault's pendulum, cannonball mine drops, the Magnus and Coriolis effects, electromagnatism, etc, ad nauseam, ad astra [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.193|108.162.221.193]] 13:57, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 He did this before in 1531, where he combines several principles into a single comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.31|108.162.245.31]] 23:39, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 :Hard to believe he's been doing these comics for nearly 500 years now. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.138|162.158.187.138]] 19:46, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
+:: Actually, since it's now 3141, he's been doing it for well over 1,500 years. [[Special:Contributions/2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1|2600:100F:B1BF:AAD5:A01E:DCFD:5116:F8E1]] 12:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
 So many missed opportunities to include Focault's pendulum, cannonball mine drops, the Magnus and Coriolis effects, electromagnatism, etc, ad nauseam, ad astra [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.193|108.162.221.193]] 13:57, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title}}</nowiki></code> or,
 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title#AndSubsection|Text to link with}}</nowiki></code> (that goes, in this case, directly to a subheadered sectio... if valid
-:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even <code><nowiki>[[Padlock]]</nowiki></code> (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
+:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even [[Padlock]] (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
 :::::** Other useful templated shortcuts to external sites are {{template|tvtropes}} (a wiki-in-spirit) and {{template|wiktionary}}, that require the 'page title' as first parameter and any text-to-link-as optional second. Note that because {{tvtropes|TVTropesWillRuinYourLife}}, the TVTropes-linking template is set up to visually warn the possibly compulsive [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia|wikiwalker]] that they may get sucked in and ''does'' retain the padlock... ;)
 :::::HTH, HAND! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.227|172.70.90.227]] 21:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title}}</nowiki></code> or,
 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title#AndSubsection|Text to link with}}</nowiki></code> (that goes, in this case, directly to a subheadered sectio... if valid
-:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even [[Padlock]] (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
+:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even <code><nowiki>[[Padlock]]</nowiki></code> (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
 :::::** Other useful templated shortcuts to external sites are {{template|tvtropes}} (a wiki-in-spirit) and {{template|wiktionary}}, that require the 'page title' as first parameter and any text-to-link-as optional second. Note that because {{tvtropes|TVTropesWillRuinYourLife}}, the TVTropes-linking template is set up to visually warn the possibly compulsive [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia|wikiwalker]] that they may get sucked in and ''does'' retain the padlock... ;)
 :::::HTH, HAND! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.227|172.70.90.227]] 21:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title}}</nowiki></code> or,
 :::::*** <code><nowiki>{{w|Valid Wikipedia Page Title#AndSubsection|Text to link with}}</nowiki></code> (that goes, in this case, directly to a subheadered sectio... if valid
-:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even <code><nowiki>[[Padlock]]</nowiki></code> (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
+:::::*** You ''could'' invoke http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock Padlock] or even [[Padlock]] (if that last one were available locally, which it isn't!), but {{w|Padlock}} or {{w|Padlock#Symbolism|the symbolism of a padlock}} just works better and simpler!
 :::::** Other useful templated shortcuts to external sites are {{template|tvtropes}} (a wiki-in-spirit) and {{template|wiktionary}}, that require the 'page title' as first parameter and any text-to-link-as optional second. Note that because {{tvtropes|TVTropesWillRuinYourLife}}, the TVTropes-linking template is set up to visually warn the possibly compulsive [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia|wikiwalker]] that they may get sucked in and ''does'' retain the padlock... ;)
 :::::HTH, HAND! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.227|172.70.90.227]] 21:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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	string and glue the bricks together; no reason appears why this double brick of double weight		string and glue the bricks together; no reason appears why this double brick of double weight
	should fall faster than two bricks tied together—or either one alone"		should fall faster than two bricks tied together—or either one alone"
		+
		+	;Black Hat
		+	Am I the only one who thinks the scientist looks like Black Hat if you zoom in closely? [[User:Rayrge\|Rayrge]] ([[User talk:Rayrge\|talk]]) 12:39, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

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	In one of Diana Gabalon's Outlander series of books, one of the lead characters, Claire, reinvents penicillin circa 1770 but she time-traveled from the 1970's or so.		In one of Diana Gabalon's Outlander series of books, one of the lead characters, Claire, reinvents penicillin circa 1770 but she time-traveled from the 1970's or so.
	[[User:Joem5636\|Joem5636]] ([[User talk:Joem5636\|talk]]) 10:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)		[[User:Joem5636\|Joem5636]] ([[User talk:Joem5636\|talk]]) 10:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
		+
		+	should it be mentioned that Galileo used pure logic to show that weight doesn't determine the speed of fall?
		+	"Two identical bricks would fall side by side; no doubt about that. If a piece of string was tied
		+	to them they still would. Shortening the string could not change that. Hence two bricks tied
		+	together end to end would fall at the same speed as either brick alone. Now throw away the
		+	string and glue the bricks together; no reason appears why this double brick of double weight
		+	should fall faster than two bricks tied together—or either one alone"

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 :::::** Other useful templated shortcuts to external sites are {{template|tvtropes}} (a wiki-in-spirit) and {{template|wiktionary}}, that require the 'page title' as first parameter and any text-to-link-as optional second. Note that because {{tvtropes|TVTropesWillRuinYourLife}}, the TVTropes-linking template is set up to visually warn the possibly compulsive [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia|wikiwalker]] that they may get sucked in and ''does'' retain the padlock... ;)
 :::::HTH, HAND! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.227|172.70.90.227]] 21:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 :::To close the Petri dish issue, (by the time I got to read tbis) the title text says "... that I left on the rail ..." so it wasn't one of the two hanging from the kite. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 21:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 ::::I noticed that -- two different petri dish "experiments".  I don't think that any reference to Einstein's work is suggested/implied by the comic. [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 15:42, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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 :Proposed new text:
 {| class="wikitable"
-| (Title text) One of the petri dishes fell and one did not || The {{w|Twin paradox}} thought experiment: ... || See {{1432}} || {{w|Albert Einstein}}
+| (Title text) One of the petri dishes fell and one did not || The {{w|Twin paradox}} thought experiment: ... || See [[1432]] || {{w|Albert Einstein}}
 |}
 ::No I think that is very far fetched. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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 :::To close the Petri dish issue, (by the time I got to read tbis) the title text says "... that I left on the rail ..." so it wasn't one of the two hanging from the kite. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 21:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 ::::I noticed that -- two different petri dish "experiments".  I don't think that any reference to Einstein's work is suggested/implied by the comic. [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 15:42, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
+:::::As before I agree and removed a new version of it. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:44, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 ;Height shadow
 I'm not sure which scientist (or probably ancient philosophy) it might be referencing, but I get the direct impression that the ''first'' shadow in the spiel (which KarlMann just removed the row for, and I agree that that it was redundant to the latter shadow, insofar as it was written) is directly referencing the principle of using a [https://geometryhelp.net/similar-triangles-calculating-height-tall-objects-using-shadow/ shadow to calculate height], as indicated by the illustration, as opposed to the 'shadow to calculate radius' of the latter one. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.227|172.70.90.227]] 10:19, 14 June 2022 (UTC)