Comments on: The Glass Is Half Full: A Response http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/ We read our blog so you don't have to. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:26:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shark http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Shark Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:40:45 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1142 Sorry about the delay on moderating comments. I only have five hands. Sorry about the delay on moderating comments. I only have five hands.

]]> By: Patttttt http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Patttttt Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:07:21 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1125 I will have as many "Ts" as I want in my name, "Minnow". Who is this feckless interloper stealing my identity? I will have as many “Ts” as I want in my name, “Minnow”.

Who is this feckless interloper stealing my identity?

]]> By: Big Cat http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Big Cat Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:25:42 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1124 Yeah, that's the worst part about it. Four T's? Blasphemous. I get the take that the glass starts empty, and that is the glasses natural state. But in the context of glass containing liquid reaching the approximate midpoint of a glass, we must ask ourselves how the liquid got into the glass in the first place. The most obvious assumption is that somebody filled a glass with liquid towards the top 25% of said glass and that the liquid was recently discharged to reach the midpoint of aforementioned glass. The liquid has been displaced. The glass is becoming more empty. Ergo, the glass is half empty. Yeah, that’s the worst part about it. Four T’s? Blasphemous.

I get the take that the glass starts empty, and that is the glasses natural state. But in the context of glass containing liquid reaching the approximate midpoint of a glass, we must ask ourselves how the liquid got into the glass in the first place. The most obvious assumption is that somebody filled a glass with liquid towards the top 25% of said glass and that the liquid was recently discharged to reach the midpoint of aforementioned glass. The liquid has been displaced. The glass is becoming more empty. Ergo, the glass is half empty.

]]> By: Shark http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Shark Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:55:08 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1123 Who is Pat with four t's?? Who is Pat with four t’s??

]]> By: Big Cat http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Big Cat Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:32:47 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1121 OK, I need to step away from the computer a bit. I stand by my original post and will defend it at another time. At the moment, I'm a bit traumatized by the Patttttt imposter. This troubles the Big Cat. It troubles him greatly. OK, I need to step away from the computer a bit. I stand by my original post and will defend it at another time. At the moment, I’m a bit traumatized by the Patttttt imposter. This troubles the Big Cat. It troubles him greatly.

]]> By: patttt http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 patttt Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:17:35 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1117 I see protons. I see protons.

]]> By: Thrill http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Thrill Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:04:09 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1114 You're thinking of photons, JD; we don't see protons. You’re thinking of photons, JD; we don’t see protons.

]]> By: Johnny D http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Johnny D Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:06:39 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1113 So then, evil is the absence of good? That doesn't make sense. Is evil then analogous to the antiproton? What would a room full of antiprotons look like? Would it be the inverse wavelength of what we see? If an antiproton were to bounce off of a surface, would it bounce in the opposite direction of a proton, ie rather than reflect, it bounces in the exact same direction it came from? How is that evil? Maybe I should just read the wikipedia entry on it. So then, evil is the absence of good? That doesn’t make sense. Is evil then analogous to the antiproton? What would a room full of antiprotons look like? Would it be the inverse wavelength of what we see? If an antiproton were to bounce off of a surface, would it bounce in the opposite direction of a proton, ie rather than reflect, it bounces in the exact same direction it came from? How is that evil? Maybe I should just read the wikipedia entry on it.

]]> By: patttt http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 patttt Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:25:36 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1112 Yeah, but is your cousin a world famous soccer player? Didn't think so. Game. Set. Match. Yeah, but is your cousin a world famous soccer player? Didn’t think so.

Game. Set. Match.

]]> By: M. Bock http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 M. Bock Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:27:16 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1108 Cheap shots over the internet! Magic: The Gathering attacks? BLASPHEMY. Cheap shots over the internet! Magic: The Gathering attacks? BLASPHEMY.

]]> By: Hip E. http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Hip E. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:58:37 +0000 http://jo-tel.com/the-glass-is-half-full-a-response/#comment-1106 this is sort of like the false opposition of "dark" and "light" presented in such incredibly dumb ERRRRRRR old books as The Bible. Darkness and Light are not opposites. They are not equals battling for some middle ground. In point of fact, darkness is just the absence of light. It is not a thing in itself. I'm fine with the use of darkness in literature as a stand-in for "evil," and all the smearing and blurring that goes on with artistic language is great. However, when you're talking about the real state of reality, darkness is not a positive thing. It's just what happens when there isn't a lot of something else - namely, light. Light is electromagnetic radiation. It's energy. Stillness is the lack of motion. Light is not the absence of darkness. Magic: The Gathering is not the absence of attractive women. That also happens in our comments section. this is sort of like the false opposition of “dark” and “light” presented in such incredibly dumb ERRRRRRR old books as The Bible. Darkness and Light are not opposites. They are not equals battling for some middle ground. In point of fact, darkness is just the absence of light. It is not a thing in itself. I’m fine with the use of darkness in literature as a stand-in for “evil,” and all the smearing and blurring that goes on with artistic language is great. However, when you’re talking about the real state of reality, darkness is not a positive thing. It’s just what happens when there isn’t a lot of something else – namely, light. Light is electromagnetic radiation. It’s energy. Stillness is the lack of motion. Light is not the absence of darkness. Magic: The Gathering is not the absence of attractive women. That also happens in our comments section.

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