User talk:Robert Tito

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Hi Robert! I have a question. At wikipedia, I have grown used to the popups script. (by User:Lupin). Is it ported to Citizendium?--Anupam Srivastava 17:18, 9 May 2007 (CDT)

Anupam, actually no, but I am not certain about using them in the future. We are talking about them but no verdict yet. HTH, Robert Tito |  Talk 

Ah... thanks for the information. For what its worth, popups is one of the best tools out there :D, especially for those who want to browse, not edit.

carbon in life

Hi, during a cleanup operation I came upon your old draft Robert_Tito/carbon_in_life. You know better its purpose and the right title/place :) --Aleksander Stos 06:48, 15 May 2007 (CDT)

Decision Support

As you may have some interest in it, please have a look at Clinical decision support system and, if possible, lend a helping hand in editing that. Supten 22:33, 17 May 2007 (CDT)

Unprotecting Talk:Logical positivism

Would it be safe to unprotect Talk:Logical positivism yet? It's in a block of articles I signed up for for the Big Cleanup and it needs a checklist. Petréa Mitchell 13:00, 20 May 2007 (CDT) Petréa, it is unprotected. Robert Tito |  Talk 

Talk:Periodic Table

Mr Tito-

I created a template for a periodic table element on the talk page of Talk:Periodic_Table_of_the_Elements. Let me know what you think.--Robert W King 15:16, 23 May 2007 (CDT)

ID

I agree that ID means lotsa other things. But so far as I can tell, there is a lot of energy being devoted here in CZ to Intelligent Design, and they are calling it ID throughout. In Wikipedia they have something called disambiguity, if I recall, that lists various things such as "Big Three" or common names such as "Jack Crawford", in an article, with descriptions and links to the relevant one. I'm sure that the same will happen here in CZ if it hangs around long enough.... Cheers! Hayford Peirce 23:38, 24 May 2007 (CDT)

I just made a ID (disambiguation) article before I saw that you had changed the ID article around. I think that you ought to incorporate your edits into the disambiguaiton article as this wouldn't lead a search to a dead end, the way it does with your edit. If you aren't sure about how to do this, I will ask an editor or someone for help in straightening this out.Hayford Peirce 11:10, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

Haber process

Hi Robert. Earlier today, I created the Haber process article. I've added a respectable amount of information, but I think that it could greatly be improved with the help of an expert such as yourself. I've added almost everything I can think of, but I'm only currently studying Chemistry for my GCSE, so my knowledge isn't close to what it could be. Thanks for any help you could offer, Oliver Smith 16:01, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

Hi Oliver, I saw some of it this afternoon - and generally it is of a good quality. I have not looked into details - as some where not completely correct as it appeared but that was just a birds eye view. I will see what I can do to help you complete it to a full article Robert Tito |  Talk  16:40, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

Sorry - haven't been active at CZ for a while to add the changes. I wasn't confident enough about the science behind water ions, so thanks very much for clearing that up and adding it to the article. Oliver Smith 14:29, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Your galleries

Rob, when you get a few minutes sometime, how about going through your picture gallery and adding licensing, a description, and the source to the images? ---Stephen Ewen 13:55, 28 May 2007 (CDT)

these are all private pictures ©RP Tito

Cool. Do me a favor and just tag 'em all with the following when you get a few minutes.

{{Copyright-by
|copyright holder=Robert Tito
}}

Stephen Ewen 19:24, 28 May 2007 (CDT)

Image:Polymers.jpg

Rob, do me a favor and place some licensing data there. Thanks, ---Stephen Ewen 03:10, 30 May 2007 (CDT)

Steve, that is not needed, is it PLoS and per definition PD, these two are synonyms. Robert Tito |  Talk 

It still needs the source documented so someone can check it and others can re-use it; and PLoS is CC-by so it requires attribution: See http://www.plos.org/ and scroll down to the bottom. See Image:Young_zebra_finch.jpg for a properly documented image upload page from PLoS. Stephen Ewen 22:33, 30 May 2007 (CDT)

Quantum property reference in article:Light

Mr Tito- Can you provide a reference to those experiments which demonstrated the duality in the properties of light? --Robert W King 10:36, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

It's either Rob or Dr. Tito :) Yes, I do have to check my grey memory cells or my references. As far as I know it was published both in Phys. Rev. A and Nature - but I will let you know. I will have to check about your move - because that was not from WP but from MY knowledge - not cut&paste.

Robert Tito |  Talk  10:51, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

I don't mean that it was _from_ WP, but in an effort to conform more to CZ style, articles need to be more or less a narrative than a collection of categorical segments about a subject (I've been told).--Robert W King 10:52, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

that will be the next stage - you started with the very classical model whereas nowadays only the modern view remains - admittedly given examples from the classical billiard balls view. Robert Tito |  Talk 

Billiard balls? --Robert W King 10:57, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

Billiard Balls?? :-) Matt Innis (Talk) 11:11, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

billiard

A sport, where it is the purpose to use a queue and by hitting the white (own) ball hit the other players (white or yellow) ball and a red ball. Unlike pool it has many forms how to achieve a carambole, and none is achieved by removing one of the three balls from the playing table. Robert Tito |  Talk  18:43, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

Light article

I really don't know what to do with this article. Part of me wants to jump in and start changing things, but another part of me wants to step back and point out mistakes so the author can fix them. In this case, I'm not an editor (though, ironically, I'm fairly interested in the underlying physics of computer technology). That means I don't really have to worry about questions about the editors role. But darn it, I do know a something about quantum mechanics! Greg Woodhouse 14:19, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

it should start with electricity and magnetism leading to electromagnetism. explaining it using for instance E=mc² and simple maths to lead to a wave equation. Then become descriptive. But then any approach can work if it is done properly. Robert Tito |  Talk  14:56, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

water and conformation

Oliver, glad to be able to assist. You should remember that water is rather special - the only substance known that has 0.75 cal/mole rest (vibrational) energy at 0K. Its structure also determines the shape (configuration and conformation) of macromoecules - the cage water can form around molecules do provide it with an additional stiffness and rigidity. many partially charged molecules share hydrogen bondas wiht water. Robert Tito |  Talk  15:10, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

DNA and gratitude

Thanks, Rob, for helping to fix that mess. Nancy Sculerati 23:04, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

stochastic convergence article

Don't you think a good starting point for explaining ideas in understandable language is having a clear understanding of them in the first place? I don't mean to sound arrogant or anything, but the initial definition didn't even make sense, and the one being presented in the article now doesn't look like it's the right one. I guess I have a bad habit of asking questions when I think something is wrong instead of jumping in and rewriting it myself. Greg Woodhouse 17:17, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

Greg, without understanding a topic don't write about it, and heaven forbid try explaining it. But since a person started out why not guide along side and help out without jumping in and rewrite it yourself. Just as my notion was to say to him: go ahead tell it in your own words and explain it - without any mathematical gibberish only scientists will understand. Everybody deserves a chance to do something, and make mistakes on his/her way, specially when somebody isn't experienced in writing articles or explaining abstract ideas. It took me some time to get my message over to my students in a way they could understand and invitting enough to delve into the matter themselves. So lets see how he is going along and help - standing at the sideline encouraging him to get on. Robert Tito |  Talk  17:39, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

I guess that's what I hoped I was doing, but maybe it didn't come across that way. Greg Woodhouse 18:01, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

as I perceived it, just some people are very sensitive when it comes to criticism. And in the process of creating an article many are irritated easily. That is the main reason - specially when I see the effort and dislike the chosen path - I only comment on the talk page in mild words and do very minor edits to get the article in a better way. As you said yourself, sometimes you come to think: darn let me write it - but that would only create a problem where none was ontended or eneded. So lets follow the creation of stochas and lets see if it converges on its way :) Robert Tito |  Talk  18:33, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

stochastic convergence

I tried to make it clear in the very first comment on the talk page that the article was a "work in progress" and could contain errors, in this case an incomplete tex expression. I thought it was OK that a non-approved stub article could contain a very obvious error for a few hours. Was I wrong about that?

Ragnar Schroder 20:31, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

absolutely not - but letting an error (even obvious ones) sit on a page can result in some remarks. So where it of course is possible it doesn't seem wise. Maybe building the sentences on the talk page before cutting and pasting them into the article page isn't such a bad idea after all.

Just something to consider. Robert Tito |  Talk  20:37, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

Bolognese

I've been making it for 40 years from *many* recipes, including the best one of all, Marcella Hazan's (which I've tweaked a tiny bit), and I've *never* seen leeks as an ingredient. Carrots *always*, sometimes more carrots than onions, actually, and some celery, but no carrots.... Hayford Peirce 19:03, 30 July 2007 (CDT)

nevertheless it is used - or spring onions when leek is not freshly avalable. But then I am from Europe and a frequent visitor in Italy, as well as a foodie and cook. I do know Italian food prepared in other countries differ from the original local concoction but always is delicious to enjoy (well some trattoria and pizzeria owners can't cook but ok) Robert Tito |  Talk 

I'll be darned -- I use leeks in a lot of my *French* recipes, never in my Italian. I'll give them a try in my next Bolognese.... Hayford Peirce 19:33, 30 July 2007 (CDT)

just do not overdo the amount, remember: leek-onions-chive-spring onions all have somewhat the same palate, basil and oregano are ok (and garlic of course), one or two thin leeks will be too much but a nice sturdy leek is just enough taste to add to the flavor. In some regions zucchini (gourgette) is used as well - though I do not favor that taste. But as with all cooking it is just a matter of balance and taste: you want to know what it is you are eating - don't overdo any of the ingredients. In case of bologne tomatoes are one of the basic ingredients so you can (mis)use them as you wish. Robert Tito |  Talk  23:37, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

Masala Massalla

I dunno. I was just using Google, without regard for language. There were MANY more for masala. I just did a Google specifying *French* -- in French they also say masala many many more times than massalla.... Hayford Peirce 23:47, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

It's a curry ==> India is the origin Robert Tito |  Talk 

::see the talk page -- it was invented in England

French

I know my French: "soupe" is absolutely NOT the same as "potage"; two different things. Hayford Peirce 00:00, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

that's why it is called potage, the same as potage de légumes - it indicates its origin!. Robert Tito |  Talk 

Catalog of Italian cuisine

I am writing you since you were the originator of that article. I have tried setting it up as a table. Please take a look at User:Luigi_Zanasi/Catalog_of_Italian_cuisine and let us know what you think on the talk page. Luigi Zanasi 13:26, 3 August 2007 (CDT)