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Anonymous

03:15

@Man_From_India It was a reference to the quest for a working Grand Unified Theory in physics.

Anonymous

A Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is a model in particle physics in which at high energy, the three gauge interactions of the Standard Model which define the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, or forces, are merged into one single force. This unified interaction is characterized by one larger gauge symmetry and thus several force carriers, but one unified coupling constant. If Grand Unification is realized in nature, there is the possibility of a grand unification epoch in the early universe in which the fundamental forces are not yet distinct. Models that do not unify all interactions...

ColleenV

03:32

@CowperKettle It reminds me of a "microfiber cloth" - "Unlike cotton, microfiber leaves no lint..." but "lint free wipes" seems reasonable enough to me. smile.amazon.com/s/…

Catija

Hey @ColleenV! I saw you were taking part in a discussion on ELU meta and it's been brought up on MSE and I'd really love to hear your explanation for why you think "getting to know you" questions should be off topic on meta sites. :D

ColleenV

03:44

@Catija It's too late to go into details, but I'm an anti-social asshole is probably the most succinct explanation ;) Oh, and I hate fun.

Catija

@ColleenV The latter is sort of required on SE. :P

Anyway, you can't be that antisocial, you hang out in here from time to time :P

ColleenV

I just think that those types of activities, while well intentioned, exclude people the extroverts don't even realize they're excluding

And it's pointless unless you want to turn SE into a social site instead of just a community of like-minded folks in the pursuit of sharing knowledge

Catija

? I don't understand... If someone doesn't want to share, they don't share... heck, I don't have any problems with them but I don't have any plans to take part...

ColleenV

Right - this is why I stopped trying to explain it. People don't get the effect on the lurkers

It's hard to explain and I'm heading off to bed (I turned into a pumpkin about 40 minutes ago), so I'm afraid I'll have to leave you hanging

Catija

Anyway, I didn't mean to start a discussion :D I think that seeing it from other points of view is valuable and I don't (as of yet) understand what the "effect on the lurkers" is. Anyway, night!

CowperKettle

03:50

@ColleenV Thank you!

Good Morn all

ColleenV

g'night Catija and mornin' CowperKettle :)

V.V.

04:13

Good night and morning!

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CowperKettle

12:47

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Poem of the day: Dover Beach

Excerpt:

> Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

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CowperKettle

16:54

I don't understand the meaning of play up here

> There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night—
Ten to make and the match to win—
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote
"Play up! play up! and play the game!"

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