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[hartree]

'Effing crystallography. How can something so simple be so "By Our Lady" confusing?

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[circuit_four]

Well, the only expert crystallographer I ever met -- Dr. Shea Zellweger of Mt. Union College in my hometown -- was completely certifiable, which is probably not a good sign. :)

The man was probably also a certifiable genius by many standards -- he was nuts in that Dr. Emmett Brown, lovably mad sort of way. But you can not tell me that the binary flipstick was invented by anything other than a mind that is seriously warped for any mere terrestrial purpose. :)

Also, he was a rotten guest lecturer. I think the concept of "eye contact" was the first thing to go once the aliens got to him. :)

Ooo!

[vindonnus]

I saw the note on the Prisoner's Dilemma in your bio.

Wanna cooperate?

Re: Ooo!

[circuit_four]

For as long as it's optimal! n.n

[hartree]

One of my favorite ideas: "Yes, he's a lunatic. But he's the right kind of lunatic.".

Probably...

[vindonnus]

...because the nature of things is that they're complex.

Definitely...

[hartree]

Of course. When you put Avogadro's number of them together you'd expect that.

But while that many particles working together makes sense, a small part of it, a few unit cells, makes my brain itch.

Geez. It's literally like not being able to understand Mom's wallpaper.