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le bonjour de Woit edit

Je vous rappelle une phrase du prix Nobel Richard Feynman:

- Les théoriciens des cordes ne font pas de prédictions, ils font des excuses.

En quoi cela me concerne-t-il ??! Alain r (talk) 09:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

le bonjour de Grossabots edit

salut Alain r, j'hallucine, ils sont encore en train de se prendre la tête, en anglais en plus. bonne continuation

Salut Grossabots. On ne les refait pas, en effet. Comparativement, sur-la-toile doit paraître bien calme depuis quelques mois. Alain Riazuelo 21:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Encore un p'tit coup de Bogdanov  ! edit

J'ai conscience du fait que tu ne m'adresseras sans doute plus jamais la parole après avoir vu mes énormités, mais ma conscience professionelle me force à te filer le lien [1]. S'il te prend l'envie de commenter et peut-être de précser pour que je meurs moins bête... :) Rama 18:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Je pense que Rama était exact dans son explication mais, naturellement, je serais très intéressé d'entendre votre avis. Chaleureusement, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 21:11, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Non non, pas "exact": j'ai essayé d'esquisser une idée générale, mais c'était vraiment à la louche. Compare avec la formulation de Alain_r et tu vois la différence entre quelqu'un qui a une vague idée et quelqu'un qui sait. Cas d'école. Rama 21:58, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Article evaluation? edit

Hello. Apropos your past interest in the matter, I was wondering if you'd care to check Bogdanov Affair. I have been trying to improve this article over the past couple months in my odd snatches of free time, and I think it is currently a useful and informative piece of expository writing. (A dreary rain of sockpuppet edits has continued to drizzle upon it, alas, leading to episodes of semi-protection and an awful lot of blocks.) Zippedmartin mentioned a few issues on the Talk page, which I tried to address; at the moment, I can't think of any other things to do with the article, and I'd like any additional opinions you have to offer.

Like the saying says, "Criticism is the only known antidote to error." Your comments are welcome. Best wishes to you and yours.

(Aussi, merci mille fois pour votre explication de l'Affreuse Kablooie Spatiale, l'univers ekpyrotique et tout cela dans votre légende d'image!)

Anville 17:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for your comments; they were indeed exactly the type of inputs I had hoped to receive. I believe I have addressed them by now (or at least as far as the reliable sources I can find allow), though little nits remain to be picked, such as finding a better word for "Implications". More detailed notes exist here, should you wish to comment further.
Again, best wishes. Anville 22:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Book edit

Dear Alain r, thanks for your comments. I really don't have an infinite amount of time and the goal and virtues of the discussion are not quite clear from your message but my e-mail is myfirstname dot mylastname at gmail dot com. Thanks, Lumidek --Lumidek (talk) 20:04, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Gravitational constant edit

Dear Alain r; Until now, we have not been capable of defining a precise value for the gravitational constant or the Planck length. I believe the following equation will allow a more precise definition for both of these values.

L1 = (L2)2 divided by L3

L1 = 2pi(Planck length)(3/2)1/2

L2 = (1/2)(electron Compton wavelength)

L3 = (2pi)2 (light velocity)(one second)

Let me know if you have an interest in this. DonJStevens (talk) 15:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

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