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I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial. ↗

— Slick Rick

#doors #down #hiphop #i #kicked

As I went over to say goodbye I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#dreams

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#device #devil #i #logarithmic #lucky

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#derived #earthquake #energy #introduces #quantity

If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#assumptions #body #calculating #changed #data

Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#although #conditions #depends #distance #fall

Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#devil #logarithmic #plots

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#astronomy #brightness #brought #interest #magnitude

There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.' ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#apparatus #ask #common #frequently #instrument

This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#astronomical #astronomy #being #brightness #depending