tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post7828016501632937057..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Fake NewsTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-6416669498249411922017-11-10T08:51:52.261-05:002017-11-10T08:51:52.261-05:00Or if they'd taken a few seconds to (searcheng...Or if they'd taken a few seconds to (searchengine) it, and just said "targeted radiation treatment."<br />Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-65416423527829488232017-11-10T07:43:17.373-05:002017-11-10T07:43:17.373-05:00The use of "photon" in this case is actu...The use of "photon" in this case is actually correct as the electromagnetic spectrum encompasses more than just those waves within the visible spectrum. In this case, it would have been less confusing to the layman had the reporter used the term "x-ray" as this would have more specifically identified the type of photons that most medical linear accelerators spit out.Mark Macedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123760344037758860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-6572615473366155482017-11-09T16:20:59.709-05:002017-11-09T16:20:59.709-05:00Thesauruses, or "Devil's Catechisms"...Thesauruses, or "Devil's Catechisms" as I prefer to call them, inculcate the vile habit of treating synonyms as 100% interchangeable. This is reinforced by bad movies like <i>Dead Poets Society</i>, which actually says to say "morose" instead of "very sad"—never mind "morose" means "sullen and irritable", not just "sadder than might be expressed by just 'sad'".Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-36748882689099318752017-11-09T16:16:55.880-05:002017-11-09T16:16:55.880-05:00Reminds me of a review of Vonda N. McIntyre's ...Reminds me of a review of Vonda N. McIntyre's book <i>Superluminal</i>, mentioned on her blog, that rendered the title as "Superliminal". One of these words means "faster than light"; the other is presumably the opposite of "subliminal" (so, conscious thought, I guess?).Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-89433155686216399472017-11-09T13:23:33.197-05:002017-11-09T13:23:33.197-05:00It can be sort of fun to trace a story back along ...It can be sort of fun to trace a story back along its route by finding a key phrase that shows up everywhere-- the proton/photon messup being especially easy to spot.<br /><br />It's amazing how many newspapers are doing a would-get-you-kicked-out-of-school level rewrite of the AP's reports, and how <i>incredibly bad</i> a lot of them are. It's like when kids "rewrite it in their own words" and treat loose synonyms as having the exact same meaning as the original word! Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-86530776697785440422017-11-09T12:51:36.593-05:002017-11-09T12:51:36.593-05:00I am reminded of a fairly recent irksome hybrid vi... I am reminded of a fairly recent irksome hybrid violation of "typos" and "across multiple platforms" regarding Olivia Newton-John, who fell out of remission from her decades ago breast cancer. The cancer has moved to her spine.<br /><br /> Multiple news sources reported that she was undergoing "photon radiation therapy".<br /><br /> Now I undergo photon radiation therapy every time I exit my house during daylight hours.<br /><br /> When my 10-year-old cousin Savannah died about eight years ago from Ewing's sarcoma [a bone cancer] she had earlier traveled to Boston to receive **proton** radiation therapy.<br /><br /> Not so incidentally, Michael, you violated Muphry's/Skitt's Law above by writing "finder to the typing" [Zombie reporting] and "she dound" [Irish septic tank].<br /><br /> Coming to Philcon? RBS, Jay, and I will be attending.<br /><br /><br />JJBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-32281941435162610442017-11-09T12:22:54.314-05:002017-11-09T12:22:54.314-05:00I remember that too.I remember that too.Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-34698433346149021692017-11-09T09:43:52.126-05:002017-11-09T09:43:52.126-05:00Wait, what, you're saying Elvis WASN'T abd...Wait, what, you're saying Elvis WASN'T abducted by aliens ...???<br /><br />You mention that the president issued an executive order suspending the travel visas of people from seven counties. I hope those seven were the five boroughs of New York and San Francisco and Los Angeles. And I hope it isn't temporary.<br /><br />Speaking of typos. And dysfunctional governments.thefederalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514099991587503764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-70903487071624636892017-11-09T08:52:08.981-05:002017-11-09T08:52:08.981-05:00I remember non-misleading news that was pointing o...I remember non-misleading news that was pointing out military suicides had jumped so they were equal to the general population when corrected for sex and age. Guess that didn't sound impressive enough. :( Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.com