[Leaps onto Bandwagon]

April 28th, 2004 - 23:08 | 13 comments

As seen on Ed’s blog, I’m continuing the meme with my current book. Aptly, it’s by Richard Dawkins; it’s called Unweaving the Rainbow:

“have to confront the reality? Recruiting advertisments for the”

Not terribly exciting that one.

UPDATE: Dammit, my first proper meme post and I screw it up! As pointed out by Simon in the comments, I’m meant to post the fifth sentence, not line. That’ll teach me to post when exhausted. So, from the same book:

“Literary scholarship is in danger of becoming similarly undermined.”

Or, from the actual closest book to me (An Introduction to the Sun and Stars):

“With the aid of Wien’s displacement law it is a simple matter to determine the temperature of any source of light, provided that it is a black body source.”

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13 Responses to “[Leaps onto Bandwagon]”

1 Ed Apr 28th, 2004 at 11:21 pm

trackbacks work!!!!
2 Lil Apr 28th, 2004 at 11:31 pm

Richard Dawkins rules =’)
Sadly my router (or something) has randomly taken grave exception to me accessing my LiveJournal (which is already packed full of memes!) so I’ll just post it here completely pointlessly “sperm counts will lead to an increase in the number of sperm”
Well that’s a vaguely amusing fracture sentence =)(In case you’re wondering, I’m reading a book on evolutionary biology of sex =)..)
3 Simon Apr 29th, 2004 at 1:42 am

Wasn’t it fifth sentence, not fifth line? Bah, some people never learn
4 Lynsey Apr 29th, 2004 at 9:15 am

What??! What’s a meme? What’s a trackback? What’s a fifth sentence?

*Lynsey feels stupid*
5 Lil Apr 29th, 2004 at 10:47 am

Pah - the fifth line is much funnier =’) The fifth sentence is just “Unfortunately, few fellows are in this luxurious position.”
Lynsey - a meme is a term coined by Richard Dawkins - it’s a “cultural gene” - a piece of information like the 5th sentence thing, passed along from brain to brain, altering each person’s behaviour so that they pass it on to the next person =) Um if you didn’t understand that, type ‘meme’ into google The actual meme involving the 5th sentence thing is in Ed’s blog. The trackback thing is also in Ed’s blog, I’m not 100% sure what it is though
6 Andrew Apr 29th, 2004 at 12:21 pm

Excellent point, Simon! Duly updated.

You have a livejournal, Lil? Link, please
No need to feel stupid, Lynsey. I set up the trackback and didn’t know what it was! As Lil said, it’s some kind of link to the post on Ed’s blog. As for a meme, it’s not that common a term yet, though I’d bet it’ll become one before too long as understanding of the brain progresses.

Sperm counts will lead to an increase in the number of sperm?! Isn’t that a vicious circle? If so, sounds a bit painful…
7 Lil Apr 29th, 2004 at 2:59 pm

XD As I mentioned, I can’t even access my own livejournal at the moment, but it’s at http://www.livejournal.com/users/_starmist_ =) The underscores are important =)
8 Simon Apr 29th, 2004 at 4:26 pm

You know, that new quote of yours, it reminds me of something. “You can have it in any colour you want, as long as its black.” Argh, now you’ve go me trying to remember what a black body source is. Arses.
9 Edward Apr 29th, 2004 at 8:08 pm

Isn’t it one that absorbs all light, reflects none. But it emits light of certain wave lengths, and from the wavelength you can work out what it is made of / colour??? I can’t remember at all.
10 Andrew Apr 29th, 2004 at 8:30 pm

It’s essentially a source that absorbs all radiation, reflecting none. A good description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbody
11 Edward Apr 29th, 2004 at 9:23 pm

ah, it was temperature.
12 Lynsey May 1st, 2004 at 1:47 pm

So I just have to post a random fifth sentence from a book? Off any page, or the first page?

Well here’s one (still not really understanding but I feel the need to contribute and not be left out ):

‘I was a fish gasping on the bed and they were the fishermen reeling me in from the ceiling.’

Now that’s quite an interesting random sentence!
It’s from ‘How to save your own life’ by Erica Jong…I got it from an Oxfam bookshop the other day and it is BLOODY RUDE!!! :O.
13 Lynsey May 1st, 2004 at 1:54 pm

Aha page 23!!!
‘I am writing to you because youre books shows how intelligent plus warm you are.’

Hehe that’s how it’s written (I can spell)!

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