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Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by Semiapies »

mwexler wrote: post #110

Out of 101 comments, no one mentions that this site is hosting an illegal copy of an artist's work? I mean, sure, the whole book is great... but shouldn't we be having a bit of respect for someone's intellectual property and not linking to it? If Gorgorat.com has permission to print the book, or it's now in public domain, then I'm the first to say link to that pup... but I didn't see anything on the site to say this.…

Because the dominant view here is that only one's own intellectual property exists.

EDIT: and companies/organizations one likes. Everyone else's is fair game.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by mhd »

Mz wrote: post #24

I think it works because it takes money out of the equation. There's a line in a song: "I've got dozens of friends and the fun never ends, that is as long as I'm buying". If the man is spending money to get her attention, how can he not feel like "she wouldn't be here if I didn't have money" and how can she not feel on some level like a commodity being purchased? Your real friends are the ones who enjoy your company…

You know, some people consider quoting Styx songs a criminal offense.

Domo arigato.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by glhaynes »

branden wrote: post #106
glhaynes wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So shouldn't we just downvote the ones that are spammy -- those that make the conversation worse instead of better?

Shouldn't making the conversation better be its own incentive?

People do things because of a broad variety of motivations. Often because of a combination of motivations. If it's helping and not hurting, who cares?

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by ErrantX »

jhollandsworth wrote: post #135
ErrantX wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a wonderful anecdote, but where to begin.. I was pretty hopeless at the whole dating game till I read The Game and started to try it out; it was a brilliant read. But the bare truth of it is that it doesn't actually work all that well. Oh yeh sure you can be a PUA and grab some fairly shallow girls - but it's a bit boring to be honest (and your success rate is fairly low - you "win" by asking lots of women). The…

When reading any of the PUA stuff, you have to realize that the common threads are simply communicating effectively, having confidence, breaking out of your shell, and simply displaying YOUR personality in a fashion that makes you attractive. I think the issue with a lot of people blindly following the advice and material is that they understand the science but don't understand the delivery. The things you learn here…

Absolutely. Problem is everyone handing out PUA avoids telling you that because it is easier to market a "Method"(tm). Took me a few months and I know people who still dont "get it" years later.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by jwecker »

delano wrote: post #136
noarchy wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Surely he is allowed to have his children benefit from his > work after his death. For how many generations?

Until the content enters the public domain.

You know that unless something fundamental changes with how congress is extending copyrights, this never happens these days, right?

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by travisp »

noarchy wrote: post #134
travisp wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ralph Leighton is not dead, and the copyright is Feynman and Leighton. Feynman also has two children. Surely he is allowed to have his children benefit from his work after his death.

> Surely he is allowed to have his children benefit from his > work after his death. For how many generations?

If he can give his house, his car, his money, etc. to his children, I don't see why he can't give them his copyright.

It would be very unfortunate if an author worked for 10 years (not unreasonable) on a fantastic novel, published it, it became a bestseller, and then he died one week later, and it instantly became public domain.

The publishing company that gave him an advance and spent money on marketing the book would lose money (and so they would probably never sign a deal with an old man or someone with bad health again), and the author's children would not benefit from their parent's 10 years of work. If his children died then 1 month later, surely their children (the author's grandchildren) should be able to benefit. It seems that length of time is more relevant than number of generations.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by vorador »

mwexler wrote: post #110

Out of 101 comments, no one mentions that this site is hosting an illegal copy of an artist's work? I mean, sure, the whole book is great... but shouldn't we be having a bit of respect for someone's intellectual property and not linking to it? If Gorgorat.com has permission to print the book, or it's now in public domain, then I'm the first to say link to that pup... but I didn't see anything on the site to say this.…

Actually, I've been captivated by this book and I'm planning to buy it, thanks to this pirated version.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by indrax »

timwiseman wrote: post #138
noarchy wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Surely he is allowed to have his children benefit from his > work after his death. For how many generations?

You touch on a good point. I think our copyright term in the US is far, far too long. But, until the copyright term is changed, it is the law and we should respect that, especially since most of the audiance on this site makes their living through IP of one kind or another. Also, for this particular book, remember that the coauthor is alive, the primary author died fairly recently(1988) and this book wasn't published…

It is not morally inconsistent for someone to seek compensation for creative works while ignoring unjust copyrights.

Doubly so if their compensation isn't based on selling copies.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by mhartl »

foldr wrote: post #26
araneae wrote: post #20

This is one of my favorite quotes from him: "The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it." – Richard Feynman http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/pte/310content/nature/feynman.html

Unfortunately, judging from the context, that wasn't even a joke.

For what it's worth, Richard encouraged his sister Joan to earn a Ph.D. in physics. She worked for years as an astrophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. I had the good fortune of having Joan present at my first scientific talk way back in 1994. I was confused on one point, and she patiently explained to me how a magnetotail extending to infinity could still satisfy div B = 0.
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