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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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

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Post by wink »

captn3m0 wrote: post #69

I thought .ac was the Academic TLD, and was wondering how this domain was registered, but it is just a ccTLD (2 letter, so has to be). .ac just happens to be the academic second level TLD of choice for many countries. Apparently, you could have gotten a .edu before 2001 without being an accredited institution in the US.

There seems to be one odd case where I know zero details, but the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_University_of_Applied_S... - usually knows as "FH München" or "FHM" only rebranded to "HM" in 2007 (and then again somewhat in 2011) and yet they own hm.edu and they did own fhm.edu before that: https://web.archive.org/web/20070510152550/http://www.fhm.ed...

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

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Post by eloeffler »

brabel wrote: post #79
eloeffler wrote: post #70

I'm mildly surprised there has been no mention of (Taylor) SwiftOnSecurity here yet :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftOnSecurity

Doesn’t that constitute impersonation, or is it allowed since it’s supposedly obvious to be parody?

I guess it's mainly un-sueable because the reference is very implicit (nothing but the last name) and using the name Swift by itself constitutes neither impersonation of someone specific nor a Trademark violation or anything like that.

And Taylor Swift actually is invested in data security, so it's a compliment :) That's no reason against filing a lawsuit but much less for filing one.

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

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Post by netdevphoenix »

twodave wrote: post #8
aeve890 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what's the joke though?

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.

Very heteronormative even for 2000

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

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Post by HanClinto »

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #53
DrewADesign wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 story of getting their first album made is epic

Link to a recommended write-up?

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

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Post by shermantanktop »

stavros wrote: post #67
shermantanktop wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A joke is like a soap bubble. The act of explaining a joke pops it and reveals it to have no substance. The essence of humor is simply surprise. Once the surprise is gone, or if it never was surprising, it seems flat or silly. Some people enjoy humor with deeper meaning, and explaining that meaning might be illuminating. But that’s lipstick on a duck.

If I share the OP's objections, which I think I do, the problem isn't with the joke attempt itself, it's with the execution. The joke isn't tied in to the content at all, it's literally just the title, and nothing else. If the author had tied song references into the text, for example, that would make it a much better execution.

Agree, this is definitely Penguin of Doom level humor. But the mechanic is the same as most comedy - the tickle of surprise from two ideas coming together.

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

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Post by commandlinefan »

conception wrote: post #4
amelius wrote: post #2

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.

There was a meme that was floating around about the Hawk-Tuah girl analyzing differential equations (IIRC) just last year. I fell for it, though. My son had to explain to me that it was fake.

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

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Post by userbinator »

varenc wrote: post #64
prmoustache wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you think the owner of this site maintain a server? A quick look at the ip show that it is owned by hostgator.com, a web hosting company. The key here is renting the domain indefinitely and moving to a new web hosting company if one goes bust.

I think the challenge is also caring enough to keep paying money to host a site for no clear purpose or gain. And moving hosting providers since guessing hostgator didn't exist back then. Based on the modified times on some assets on the site I'd guess it was last moved in Oct 2015. So glad they kept it up!

HostGator has been around for a long time too - since 2002.

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

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Post by ekropotin »

junon wrote: post #73

I love the idea of this but the mention of Hedy Lamarr could be confused as parody too when she was in fact an incredibly intelligent engineer and physicist. Anyway it reminds me of the deep fake of Kim K and Nicki Minaj explaining subnetting: https://youtu.be/KcgyGYTnk4M?feature=shared

Dexter Holland from the Offspring, the punk band I was obsessed about during my childhood, has PhD in molecular biology.

I thought this thread is a good place to share this fact.

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

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Post by junon »

hnhg wrote: post #74
junon wrote: post #73

I love the idea of this but the mention of Hedy Lamarr could be confused as parody too when she was in fact an incredibly intelligent engineer and physicist. Anyway it reminds me of the deep fake of Kim K and Nicki Minaj explaining subnetting: https://youtu.be/KcgyGYTnk4M?feature=shared

Has anyone made a ranked list of the most mentioned people or historical facts on HN. Hedy must be on there somewhere: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=hedy+lamarr

I learned about her from HN so that tracks! As she should be.
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