Kevin's Watch

FYI, this just showed up in the News section of the official site:

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Somewhat to my surprise, Gollancz (UK) has already released "The Runes of the Earth" in trade paperback (April 21, 2005). I'm told that the "package" (art, design, paper, type, etc.) is the same as the hardcover. In the US, Ace will be releasing "Runes" in trade paperback at the end of August, 2005. The art is the same as the Putnams hardcover, but the design is slightly different.

Trade paperback is the big one, right? They've had loads of them in Waterstone's for a few weeks now. Looks just like the hardback.

And...I think I finally passed page 180.

I'm a "special" reader.-jay

It's been available here in South Africa since January.

Wow.

Is there any differences in text between it and the Hardccover?

drew wrote:Is there any differences in text between it and the Hardccover?

Yes, Lord Foul will be called Jupiter.

I think you are kidding.

kevinswatch wrote:
I'm a "special" reader.-jay

Good for you!

Loremaster wrote:

drew wrote:Is there any differences in text between it and the Hardccover?

Yes, Lord Foul will be called Jupiter.

Not Saturn?

Or Uranus?

Covenant: "I must defend the Land from the wrath of Uranus."

Hm...-jay

Brain fried from the Bassenesq equation? Or however it's spelled - what the heck is it, anyway?

You should get on the metro, ride it to Greenbelt, then get on the other train and ride it all the way to the other end. That'd give you plenty of time to read.

Just don't do it during rush hour. I got stuck standing on the Orange line on Thursday with a copy of HP 5... and it is really hard to read an 800 page book when there are so many people on the train that some of them don't get off before the doors close on their stop.

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:You should get on the metro, ride it to Greenbelt, then get on the other train and ride it all the way to the other end. That'd give you plenty of time to read.

Hehe, yeah, that's a good idea. Maybe I'll do that after the semester is over...heh. They should start marketing the Metro for us "special" readers. Not only is it a mode of public transportation, but it'll help lazy people force themselves to read a book, heh.

Yeah, the Metro really is a pain when it's rush hour. Watching people get on and off when it's crowded is just nasty.

Haha, yeah, it's the Boussinesq Equation. Thanks for asking. It's a differential equation that models how water transports in soil. Mainly how water in an aquifer drains due to pumping water out of wells. And I get to do a report about it...yay...

Here is the Boussinesq Equation in all of it's wonderful, holy, glory:



Worship the Boussinesq Equation. Live by the Boussinesq Equation.

This is the slightly more famous Bassenesq Equation that you mentioned:



A shame I don't have to do a report on that equation instead.-jay

I know you guys you can do whatever you want to, being admins and all, but can you please keep the water ionization/fishstick profanity down, please? We try to keep this forum a place where everyone can feel welcome. Thanks.

Bass! HAH!

What units does that equation use? Is K the variable that reflects the differences in types of aquifers? Er, wait don't answer that here. Someone might get offended.

Wait, I have a semi-legitimate question, too: Why are there paperback versions out already? Who does the editing for those if it's not SRD, or are they not edited, but just reprinted? Seems a bit of a silly thing to do.

Thanks for your forbearance. You should feel free to talk about what you like in this forum; maybe you should just put a warning at the top of your posts announcing you're going to be discussing inappropriate subject matter.

I can't say for sure, but in general, paperbacks are just reprintings of the text in the hardcovers, usually with some of the typos cleared up, but that's it. Sometimes, in the case of trade paperbacks (the big ones), the paperback IS the hardover--they literally chop the hardcover binding off it, and rebind it in a paper jacket.

I'm sorry if this causes any disillusionment with the publishing process.

LOL, not for me... just feel kinda bad for SRD and his Runes revisions.

Heh. That Bassenesq does look a lot more interesting to solve. I think you're onto something.

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:What units does that equation use? Is K the variable that reflects the differences in types of aquifers? Er, wait don't answer that here. Someone might get offended.

How can anyone possibly get offended by something so holy as the Boussinesq Equation? Heh. People who are offended by water transport equations are not pure of heart.

Well, if you're really interested...

The solution of this equation finds h as a function of x and t, or h(x,t). Where h is the depth of the water table (m) x is the horizontal position in the aquifer (m) and t is time (hours).

K is the hydraulic conductivity, and is usually a property of the soil, yes. It relates to how fast water can move through the soil (cm/hr). So really sandy soil will transmit water faster than really clayey (clayey?) soil. Heh.

Basically the Boussinesq Equation says that the rate at which the depth h changes with time (dh/dt) is equal to how the depth changes over space (d/dx h dh/dx). The y is in this equation just to show that it can be done for two-dimensions, but it can be simplified for only one direction.

In the end, the Boussinesq Equation is basically just a giant diffusion equation. Just like how gas diffuses. Or anything diffuses. It's all related.

And...sweet, I've managed to completely accomplish two things.

1) Put everyone here to sleep and lose them with my mumbo jumbo.

B) Wrote the introductory paragraph to my stupid paper. Hehe.

ß) And I've managed to waste a good amount of time.

Three, three things!

(Don't mind me. I'm sleepy.)

-jay(Turning into a water resources nerd)

See, I actually followed that explanation, and you know how lacking my math skills are. Pretty straightforward, in theory. Put numbers in it, though, and you'll lose me.

Heh, I see a professorship in your future. Just keep the whip cracking as a TA.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion of paperback editions of Runes.