Physics: The Problem With Motion

[Breakable]

http://rebelscience.blogspot.com/2009/09/physics-problem-with-motion-part-i.html
Reads like science fiction:
Last but not least, I could never have gotten to where I am in my research had it not been for an amazing discovery I made many years ago. I noticed that certain Biblical metaphorical passages written thousands of years ago bore a striking resemblance to the model of the universe that I was beginning to form in my mind.

[Evan Carew]

In science, a crackpot is often described as someone claiming to be misunderstood, and who refuses to submit their work to peer review. See the link here to a humorous page in Wikipedia on the subject. Strangely enough, the US is given special coverage on this page. As you might expect, Louis has a reputation for being a crackpot and is often pwned by scientists or critical thinkers who like to post his rantings on their own blogs. It makes for good reading.
http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/01/laugh_along_with_louis_savain.php

[Phil’s Dad]

“…negotiate right-angle turns without slowing down.”

Tried it. Not good. :sick:

[vansig]

Evan Carew wrote: In science, a crackpot is often described as someone claiming to be misunderstood, and who refuses to submit their work to peer review. See the link here to a humorous page in Wikipedia on the subject.

Evan,
your url came out garbled. unfortunately, the forum software, here, seems to prevent me from correcting it fully..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(person)

[Rezwan]

Yes, it seems parentheses can’t be used in urls. From the expression engine support forums:

Parenthesis aren’t allowed in URLs in ExpressionEngine because in certain circumstances it can cause parts of the URL to be interpreted as code, and are used as part of cross-site scripting hacks. Unfortunately because some browsers will even interpret URL encoded parenthesis in this manner and still allow code execution, ExpressionEngine takes the high road erring on the side of caution…

I suppose one could write the url down http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(person) [note, just tested this – it didn’t work. The parentheses are stripped when you click the link.]

Or do it as code (use the “code” tab in the edit bar), and let people copy and paste:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(person)

[vansig]

Sorry, that’s a ridiculous misfeature. Not-only are posters approved by you, (and therefore moderately trusted), but banning parentheses does nothing to stop cross-site scripting.

proof: click here
http://tinyurl.com/4g5c7t

please disable the ban on use of parentheses.

[Rezwan]

I wouldn’t know how to do that and it seems a lot of trouble to figure out how, when you’ve just demonstrated the simply tinyurl fix.

You are welcome to visit the expression engine forums and find out what steps I need to take to get rid of that feature. If it’s something simple, I’ll consider it.

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