Big whorls have little whorls
That feed on their velocity,
And little whorls have lesser whorls
And so on to viscosity.
-- Lewis F. Richardson
This was Richardson's summary of his 1920 paper "The supply of energy from and to Atmospheric Eddies" and can be found here, along with the two poems it's parodying. Gotta love physicists with a sense of humour.
In other news, our frisbee game last night was a draw. Go us!
(It's one of the more endearing traits of Ultimate Frisbee that there are no referees, but it does mean that sometimes people's idea of the score at the end of the game can be a little bit hazy. This time round, it turned out that both teams had thought that the other team was winning, so we compromised on a 12-12 split.) Also, one of the opposing team members said something nice to me about my playing at the end of the game, which still has me smiling. After the game our team decamped to my house for an evening of sausages, chips and conversation. It was a pretty good night.
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I think in Ultimate, at least at our level, there's a lot of emphasis on the effort and enthusiasm you put in, rather than simply the skill level you exhibit. So while you may not be the most skilful player out there, when you're on the field you do play your socks off. Also, having watched you play a few times now, you're a better player than you give yourself credit for.
pysqw - a person who thinks themself to be much better at something than they really are.
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