Comments on: Free webinar on history of medieval physics http://boingboing.net/2011/09/29/free-webinar-on-history-of-medieval-physics.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 04:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2011/09/29/free-webinar-on-history-of-medieval-physics.html#comment-1229787 flosofl Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120875#comment-1229787 <blockquote>Not trying to rag on the good folks at Institute of Physics. They're physicists after all.  It's not like they'd be all that web savvy. Hang on a minute...</blockquote> What you did there? I see it.

Not trying to rag on the good folks at Institute of Physics. They’re physicists after all.  It’s not like they’d be all that web savvy. Hang on a minute…

What you did there? I see it.

]]> By: Scott Anger http://boingboing.net/2011/09/29/free-webinar-on-history-of-medieval-physics.html#comment-1229181 Scott Anger Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120875#comment-1229181 I just couldn't resist signing up for this.  But a few caveats for any of you interested. The event appears to be hosted by something called on24.  When you get to the confirmation page, the following is part of the lengthy message you are presented with: Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or above is recommended for viewing this live event. Firefox with RealPlayer is recommended for Mac users. I don't know where to even begin with this... IE 6? RealPlayer? RealPlayer for Mac? But the icing on the cake was probably the fact that when i tried to right-click my text selection to paste it in this post, i was presented with a pop-over that told me "this operation is not allowed".  Ctrl-C apparently works just fine. Not trying to rag on the good folks at Institute of Physics. They're physicists after all.  It's not like they'd be all that web savvy. Hang on a minute... I just couldn’t resist signing up for this.  But a few caveats for any of you interested.

The event appears to be hosted by something called on24.  When you get to the confirmation page, the following is part of the lengthy message you are presented with:

Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or above is recommended for viewing
this live event. Firefox with RealPlayer is recommended for Mac users.

I don’t know where to even begin with this… IE 6? RealPlayer? RealPlayer for Mac?

But the icing on the cake was probably the fact that when i tried to right-click my text selection to paste it in this post, i was presented with a pop-over that told me “this operation is not allowed”.  Ctrl-C apparently works just fine.

Not trying to rag on the good folks at Institute of Physics. They’re physicists after all.  It’s not like they’d be all that web savvy.

Hang on a minute…

]]> By: Phil Stripling http://boingboing.net/2011/09/29/free-webinar-on-history-of-medieval-physics.html#comment-1229067 Phil Stripling Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120875#comment-1229067 Note that the webinar is at 4:00PM BST -- British Summer Time, which I think is GMT + 1. Note that the webinar is at 4:00PM BST — British Summer Time, which I think is GMT + 1.

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