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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#41

There used to be a series of network posts by the "Router God". They went missing, and someone resurrected a bunch of them. Sadly, the article "7 of 9 on OSPF" has left us for good.

They seem to be in the wayback machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100528044501/http://www.router...

https://web.archive.org/web/20100328035939/http://routergod....

Along with Gunney Sgt Hartmann:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100508022721/http://www.router...

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#43
Before anyone has a lighthearted Sunday night moment of humor sharing: you probably don't want to link to this site in your employer's Slack watercooler channel.

Different people might deconstruct the humor of the site's gimmick different ways. Some innocuous, some not.

But no need to do any literary analysis and critical thinking this time, because...

Today most people will immediately realize that something like the "Booble" search form on that page is probably a bad idea for a welcoming modern work environment.

(Related: for the same less-welcoming reason, it's maybe not a great idea on HN.)

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#44
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s called absurdity. It’s funny because it’s obviously not true, and also funny because of the undertones that it’s a clever way to get horny teenagers to study physics who really just want to see the photos.

It would be absurd if pop stars by defintion could not explain semiconductor physics. Like how a snake wearing boots is absurd.

You are being pedantic, but I’ll play along. Absurd has multiple meanings. It can mean nonsensical, but it can also mean utterly ridiculous or silly. Under those other meanings I believe the pop-star-physics-professor still qualifies.

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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I don't see much connection here between miss BS and semiconductor physics. It's just a physics book that happens to have pictures of the popstar in it.

It’s a 25 year old joke. It was a simpler time.

I recently watched A Fish Called Wanda because some old folks said it is a great movie. It is not. It is shit.

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#47

Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.

Brian May (Queen) has a PhD degree in astrophysics :)

Tom Scholz, the guitarist for Boston with a masters in MechE from MIT, built his own effects, and much of his own recording equipment.

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#48

Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.

From Wikipedia "...Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982...."

Excerpt from https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/remarkable-rise-dolph-lundgren/ "....As a result, he was awarded a full ride to the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar..."

The above Wikipedia article says Dolph quit studying at MIT after two weeks for acting career.

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

#49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brian May (Queen) has a PhD degree in astrophysics :)

Tom Scholz, the guitarist for Boston with a masters in MechE from MIT, built his own effects, and much of his own recording equipment.

The guitars on Def Leppard's Hysteria [1987] were supposedly direct recorded using a Rockman.

Re: Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a 25 year old joke. It was a simpler time.

I recently watched A Fish Called Wanda because some old folks said it is a great movie. It is not. It is shit.

I’m team old folks on this, youngun
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