BEER Group Read. More naming.

[jochen stremmel]

Wow, this is really complicated. Even without David's nice joke. A
slanting hat on the head of Mr. Pynchon's joke.

In the German Wikipedia "Kugelblitz" has this "Disambiguation"-page:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz_%28Begriffskl%C3%A4rung%29. In
the English Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz_%28disambiguation%29.

The phenomenon John refers to is one in theoretical physics that has
no equivalent in the German Wikipedia, as you see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz_%28astrophysics%29. And the
second "ball lightning" in the parenthetical remark which it should
not be confused with is the atmospheric phenomenon, of course, that
has the same name in German, but not in English because the
astrophysicist who named it, gave it a German name.

And then there is that tank, that Flakpanzer IV nicknamed Kugelblitz,
that "was not yet out of development when the war ended".

Really, what's in a name? Sometimes too much.

2013/10/14 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
> It's a typo.  He meant "kugelblintz."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugel
>
> Kugel (קוגל kugl, pronounced IPA: [ˈkʊɡl̩]) is a baked Ashkenazi Jewish
> pudding orcasserole, similar to a pie, most commonly made from egg noodles
> (Lokshen kugel) orpotatoes, though at times made of zucchini, apples,
> spinach, broccoli, cranberry, orsweet potato. It is usually served as a side
> dish on Shabbat and Yom Tov.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blintz
>
> A blin (pl. blini), blintchik (pl. blintchiki) or blintz is a type of thin
> pancake. Blintzes are thin pancakes that typically lack a leavening agent
> and are similar to crêpes, whereas blini are typically thicker and include a
> leavening agent.
>
>
> On Sunday, October 13, 2013, John Bailey wrote:
>>
>> From Wikipedia, and man I love that first parenthetical remark:
>>
>> "In theoretical physics, a kugelblitz (German: "ball lightning", not
>> to be confused with ball lightning) is a concentration of light so
>> intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped:
>> according to general relativity, if enough radiation is aimed into a
>> region, the concentration of energy can warp spacetime enough for the
>> region to become a black hole"
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