tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8946501431544804100..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Maths of Writing - Andrew StrongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86405054858660164452011-02-24T12:14:07.885+00:002011-02-24T12:14:07.885+00:00Gillian, the coconuts are not only indeterminate, ...Gillian, the coconuts are not only indeterminate, but invisible, as they are stuck in Hawking's black hole. And I'm not going in there to get them out.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7057186479638118832011-02-24T10:40:00.845+00:002011-02-24T10:40:00.845+00:00You obviously don't have Schrodinger's coc...You obviously don't have Schrodinger's coconuts. You never know if the blasted things are clapping or not.Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143802491301982960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17342649088001318012011-02-24T10:24:32.365+00:002011-02-24T10:24:32.365+00:00Rosalie - planks are all the same length - as in &...Rosalie - planks are all the same length - as in 'Plank's constant' (I think that's right, anyway). And you're right, short planks are a measure of the time things takes to sink in. Lynda, the coconuts clap themselves - unless they are Zen coconuts, in which case, there's just one, clapping itself, alone. More than 140 characters for tweeting! Horror! I'll never get anything else done.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32740983288855421802011-02-23T12:18:02.908+00:002011-02-23T12:18:02.908+00:00I like this - having time passing in a narrative i...I like this - having time passing in a narrative is always something I get snagged on. But when a writer does it well, it seems so effortless.Linda Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026320333019630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9470644860001892762011-02-23T11:51:42.448+00:002011-02-23T11:51:42.448+00:00Like this, Andrew - but how long is a plank, that&...Like this, Andrew - but how long is a plank, that's what I'd like to know. Is it short (or doubly short), as in 'as thick as two short...'? Oh, never mind :)Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80798239385415165762011-02-23T10:26:26.638+00:002011-02-23T10:26:26.638+00:00Whose hands are holding the coconut shells of hist...Whose hands are holding the coconut shells of history as they clip clop? A dance to the music of time? Your post really cheered me up this morning.Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90822592180319772032011-02-23T03:51:13.053+00:002011-02-23T03:51:13.053+00:00Twitter is excellent discipline - providing you do...Twitter is excellent discipline - providing you do not indulge in the now available 140+ character tweets!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32155336283046213362011-02-23T02:18:57.631+00:002011-02-23T02:18:57.631+00:00Not at all 'shoddy and laboured' but highl...Not at all 'shoddy and laboured' but highly entertaining, Andrew. And thank you for alerting me to the Edgar post. :)<br /><br />Steve<br />http://spauljensen.wordpress.com/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017755514771329759noreply@blogger.com