Starting from first principles and general assumptions Newton's law of gravitation is shown to arise naturally and unavoidably in a theory in which space is emergent through a holographic scenario. Gravity is explained as an entropic force caused by changes in the information associated with the positions of material bodies. A relativistic generalization of the presented arguments directly leads to the Einstein equations. When space is emergent even Newton's law of inertia needs to be explained. The equivalence principle leads us to conclude that it is actually this law of inertia whose origin is entropic.That way some day they can explain it to me.
I don't see very much of that in this thread. Mostly I think it seems that the point has been taken, with a reminder offered in return that this isn't going to be officially enforced and that you are your own best moderator as to internet viewing at work.There's not so much of the "and I will post something NSFW" stuff in this thread, but there is a lot of mockery that anyone might have a valid reason to ask posters to voluntarily moderate their language. It's in the "don't make me raise your kids" and the "if you're job is soooooo precarious, why are you here in the first place" commentary.
...why the distinction between front page swears and in-thread swears matters?Because swear words in the thread title wind up in the URL, and thus hang around in browsing history for quite a while. Less seriously, swear words above the fold hang out on the main page and are more likely to get seen accidentally or picked up by an auto-filter. Swearing below the fold or in comments will only be seen if someone opens the thread, and thus a user can easily avoid it by not visiting threads that are likely to be problematic or are ambiguous.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:10 PM on January 20, 2010