Daily Archives: September 29, 2007

Unhung zeroes

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 29, 2007

a paper titled “Why Dilatation Generators Don’t Generate Dilatations.” We had read a written version but hoped that his talk would help … What about that Mexican hat? WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON’T FIND THE MEXICAN HAT? (Which was arrived by applying uncertainty around zero/a point.) You make a PLAN “B”. There are more amateurs [...]

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Goose Island Ramblers

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 29, 2007

Google returns about 1,260 hits for “Goose Island Ramblers” yet there is no Wikipedia entry for the locally famous band.  I suppose I could begin the documentation, but then I’d probably have to create a new Glen and Anne’s page and a Polkabilly page and god knows what… probably an In Heaven There is No [...]

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Bears repeating…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 29, 2007

I wrote this a year ago and nothing much has happened to change my mind… It’s not about the shallow nature and the greed of the second generation brass-ring boys seeking to spin straw into gold. It’s not even so much about the immutability of the straw, although that’s a big part of it. What [...]

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Waldo Tunnel — Mystery Solved!

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 29, 2007

I thought the hippies did it — painted the rainbows on Marin’s famous Rainbow Tunnel on the Waldo grade just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Seems rather it was done by Alan Hart, a state employee with a vision. H/T to Brian Hayes for the story.

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