tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post7077990838393239284..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: how to break up time and spaceMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-1851956746566044192007-08-02T06:37:00.000-07:002007-08-02T06:37:00.000-07:00I wonder if the growth of New York City: the absor...I wonder if the growth of New York City: the absorption of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and The Bronx; and Los Angeles absorption of its surrounding counties runs counter to his arguement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-67161406684085424962007-08-02T06:35:00.000-07:002007-08-02T06:35:00.000-07:00Michael:they're probably equally good, I'd think. ...Michael:<BR/><BR/>they're probably equally good, I'd think. Either way one of the intervals is three days and the other is four days. If the difference between three and four were relevant your doctor would probably tell you.<BR/><BR/>that being said, I doubt there's something magical about "twice a week", and I suspect that they could either make the pills slightly smaller and say "every three days" or slightly larger and say "every four days". But then people would probably have trouble remembering which days were which, since there's no three- or four-day cycle we habitually keep track of.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-33448279408361063692007-08-02T06:28:00.000-07:002007-08-02T06:28:00.000-07:00The seven day week: those of us who take pills spe...The seven day week: those of us who take pills spend time trying to figure out is Monday:Friday or Monday:Thursday better for taking a medication twice a week.<BR/><BR/>I guess I could set my watch's alarm to go off during Thursday afternoon but its easier to do Monday:Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-73546864991282261522007-08-01T14:56:00.000-07:002007-08-01T14:56:00.000-07:00cwitty:you make a good point about fiscal quarters...cwitty:<BR/><BR/>you make a good point about fiscal quarters. I didn't think of that, probably because I have never worked in the sort of place where people care about those things. When I hear "quarter" I think of an academic term of approximately ten weeks; although these come four to a year and roughly divide the year into quarters at most institutions that use them (think ten weeks of classes, one week of exams, two-week break before the next term starts), they rarely line up exactly with the month boundaries.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-553742171922655402007-08-01T14:39:00.000-07:002007-08-01T14:39:00.000-07:00When was the last time you ever did something that...<I>When was the last time you ever did something that took exactly three months (one quarter) or six months (half a year)?</I><BR/><BR/>Note that a lot of people care very much about fiscal quarters (Google gives about 2 million results for "fiscal quarter").Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558254764912228059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-67774770828131136942007-08-01T06:45:00.000-07:002007-08-01T06:45:00.000-07:00Anonymous,I'd heard of the Toledo War before. It ...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I'd heard of the Toledo War before. It always struck me as a bit strange that the 500-square-mile Toledo Strip was viewed as being roughly equivalent to the entire Upper Peninsula.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-50876336099423868552007-08-01T06:42:00.000-07:002007-08-01T06:42:00.000-07:00The Toledo War was fought between Michigan and Ohi...The Toledo War was fought between Michigan and Ohio over just such a "perfect" border. The original survey and law would have given Toledo to the Michigan Territory. However, this left Northwest Ohio without a port on Lake Erie (the Maumee river). Michigan's contention was that the straight lines of the (mis) surveyed Great Lakes and the letter of the law should prevail, Ohio's position was that the natural geographic features should be distributed to the greatest benefit.<BR/><BR/>During Michigan's bid for statehood, this cause quite a row. Skirmishes, arrests, an aborted invasion of Ohio, and gunfire followed.<BR/><BR/>The "War" was settled by giving the (468 mi^2) Toledo Strip back to Ohio, and Michigan received the bulk of the Upper Peninsula from the Wisconsin Territory. <BR/><BR/>Thus, geography won over straight lines. Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois adjoining borders aren't straight for just this reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-64056338232394262092007-07-31T22:05:00.000-07:002007-07-31T22:05:00.000-07:00I grew up in Kansas City, Missouri which is in bot...I grew up in Kansas City, Missouri which is in both Kansas and (mostly) Missouri. Kansas City is split by the Missouri River, which is why the city exists in the first place. But while the northwest border of Missouri is the Missouri River, the rest of the western border is a straight north-south line. The intersection of the river and this line is right in the middle of Kansas City, making the city split by an artificial boundary rather than the natural boundary already present. And if you've ever driven through the midwest, you know that population density surely isn't what forced such a strange division!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kansas+city&ie=UTF8&ll=39.052252,-94.566193&spn=0.613208,1.278534&z=10&iwloc=addr&om=1" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is the Kansas City area, for the curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com