The Meter

Possibly more information on the meter will be posted later. At the moment, let's make a list of required new magnets!

Contents 1 New Magnets 1.1 The Rules 1.2 Last Printing 1.3 List of Magnets 1.3.1 People We Know 1.3.2 Institutions, Locations, and Governments 1.3.3 Politicians 1.3.4 Entertainment and News Figures 1.3.5 Fictional Characters 1.3.6 Historical Figures 1.3.7 Authors, Artists, and Thinkers 1.3.8 Objects and Substances 1.3.9 Abstract Concepts 1.3.10 Other 2 Existing Magnets 2.1 List of Magnets 2.1.1 People We Know 2.1.2 Institutions, Locations, and Governments 2.1.3 Politicians 2.1.4 Entertainment and News Figures 2.1.5 Fictional Characters 2.1.6 Historical Figures 2.1.7 Authors, Artists, and Thinkers 2.1.8 Objects and Substances 2.1.9 Abstract Concepts 2.1.10 Other 2.2 Obsolete Magnets 2.2.1 Outdated pictures or titles 2.2.2 Yale classes 2.2.3 Yale faculty 2.2.4 TD people we never see

New Magnets

The Rules

• Anybody with access to this wiki may propose a new magnet. Just add it to the list below. Be sure to sign your name after it.
• If you agree that a magnet should be made, sign your name after it.
• I (DMJ) will scan this list monthly for magnets that have at least 3 signatures and print them out. If there are too many, I will only print the ones I think are coolest.

Last Printing

Printed 12 magnets on May 19, 2010: Harvard Divinity School, Aberdeen Group, Cambridge, Miguel, Meg, Jon, Bender, Sextus Empiricus, Steven Moffat, and retitled magnets for America, Palin, and Scott.

List of Magnets

People We Know

Institutions, Locations, and Governments

• City of Boston (DMJ)
• Apple, Inc. (MW, SKS)
• Disney (SW, STN, SKS)

Politicians

• John McCain (DMJ)
• John Kerry (DMJ)
• Joseph Lieberman (DMJ)
• Joseph Biden (DMJ)

(A lot of Johns and Joes in politics, huh? -DMJ)

Entertainment and News Figures

• Glenn Beck (DMJ)
• Tina Fey (DMJ, MW)
• Kevin Siembieda (DMJ, MWG)

Fictional Characters

• The Fourth Doctor, a.k.a. Tom Baker (DMJ, MWG)
  • I would be in favor of having anywhere from 3 to 11 magnets with different actors' versions of the Doctor on them, all labelled simply "The Doctor." -DMJ, MW, MWG, SKS
• Richard Castle (SKS, DMJ)
• The Count (SKS)

Historical Figures

Authors, Artists, and Thinkers

• James Joyce (DMJ, MWG)
• Andy Samberg (SW, SKS)
• Neil Patrick Harris (SW, SKS)
• Nikola Tesla (EBG, DMJ)

Objects and Substances

• Beer (MW, SKS)
• Shrimp Fried Rice (SKS)
• tofu (SW, DMJ)
• Danjel Haansen (DMJ, STN)
• Friend Bat (DMJ, STN, SKS)
• Venom (DMJ)

Abstract Concepts

• Your Mom [classy lady] (SKS)
• cruel irony (SW, SKS)
• Throwing Stuff on The Ground (SKS)
• Awesomeness (SKS)

Other

• Webcomics (SKS)
• Twitter (SKS)
• The Quotation Mark (SKS)
• The Interrobang (SKS)
• This Magnet (i.e. a magnet that refers to itself. Useful for Gödelizing the meter.) (DMJ, SKS)

Existing Magnets

These are the magnets that have already been made. Check here before adding magnets to the New Magnet section. Also propose edits to existing magnets here in bold after the magnet.

List of Magnets

People We Know

• Daniel M. Jordan ("b. 1984, Biophysics PhD student")
• Rachel A. Carpman ("b. 1988, College student")
• Stephane T. Neely ("b. 1983, Law / Divinity student")
• Max W. Gladstone ("b. 1984, Writer")
• Scott C. Caplan ("b. 1984, Social parasite")
• Marshall Godfrey Weir ("b. 1984, Computer programmer")
• Sara Walters ("b. 1987")
• Emma B. Gross ("b. 1986")
• Vladimir Barash ("b. 1984, PhD student in Information Science")
• Steve Sunu ("b. 1985, Freelance writer")
• Jonathan D. Jordan ("b. 1986")
• Meghan Duberek ("b. 1986")
• Miguel Garcia ("b. 1983")

Institutions, Locations, and Governments

• The United Nations ("International council, est. 1945")
• The People's Republic of China ("East Asian country, est. 1949")
• The United States of America ("Liberal democracy, est. 1776")
• Canada ("member of the British Commonwealth, est. 1867")
• Democratic Party ("American political party, est. 1828")
• Republican Party ("American political party, est. 1854")
• Harvard University ("American university, est. 1636")
• Harvard Law School ("American law school, est. 1817")
• Judaism ("world religion, est. c.1800 B.C.")
• Catholicism ("world religion centered in Rome, est. 1054")
• Unitarian Universalism ("Enlightenment religion, est. 1961")
• Facebook ("Social networking website, est. 2004")
• Wizards of the Coast ("game company, est. 1990")
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ("public transit service, est. 1964")
• Cambridge, Massachusetts ("New England city, est. 1636")
• Aberdeen Group ("Corporate research firm, est. 1988")
• Harvard Divinity School ("American divinity school, est. 1816")

Politicians

• Barack Obama ("b. 1961, 44th U.S. President, 2009-present")
• Sarah Palin ("b. 1964, 11th Governor of Alaska, 2006-2009")
• George W. Bush ("b. 1946, 43rd U.S. President, 2001-2009")

Entertainment and News Figures

• Jon Stewart ("b. 1962, American actor and comedian")
• Stephen Colbert ("b. 1964, American actor and comedian")
• Joss Whedon ("b. 1964, Television writer")
• Yoko Ono ("b. 1933, singer, artist, and filmmaker") Magnet has water damage, maybe we should replace it -DMJ
• Steven Moffat ("b. 1961, Scottish television writer and producer")

Fictional Characters

• Batman ("Costumed superhero, est. 1939")
• The Doctor ("b. outside of time, alien adventurer" — picture is of David Tennant)
• The Doctor ("b. outside of time, alien adventurer" — picture is of Chris Eccleston)
• The Doctor ("b. outside of time, alien adventurer" — picture is of Matt Smith)
• James T. Kirk ("b. 2228, Captain, Federation Starfleet" — picture is of William Shatner)
• Barney Stinson ("b. 1975, Bro about town")
• Bender Bending Rodriguez ("b. 2998, Bending unit")

Historical Figures

• George Washington ("1732-1799, U.S. President, 1789-1797")
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ("1929-1968, civil rights activist")

Authors, Artists, and Thinkers

• Confucius ("551-479 BC, Chinese philosopher")
• Karl Marx ("1818-1883, German political philosopher")
• Plato ("427-348 BC, Athenian philosopher")
• Immanuel Kant ("1724-1804, transcendental philosopher")
• Dmitri Shostakovitch ("1906-1975, Soviet composer")
• Philip Glass ("b. 1937, American avant-garde composer")
• Gustav Mahler ("1860-1911, German Romantic composer")
• Niccolo Machiavelli ("1469-1527, Florentine politician and philosopher") Magnet has water damage, maybe we should replace it. -DMJ
• Sigmund Freud ("1856-1939, psychoanalyst")
• Homer ("c. 800 B.C., epic poet")
• John Donne ("1572-1631, English metaphysical poet")
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("1807-1882, American poet")
• Ludwig van Beethoven ("1770-1827, early Romantic composer")
• Jane Austen ("1775-1817, English novelist")
• Sextus Empiricus ("c. 160-210 AD, Skeptical philosopher")

Objects and Substances

• Lysol ("disinfectant, est. 1889")
• The Meter ("power trip, est. 2002")
• Pluto ("Kuiper belt object, 9th planet, 1930-2006")
• The Sphinx ("Ancient Egyptian monument, c.2550 B.C.")
• Wood ("organic material")
• Snow ("precipitation")
• Plaid ("traditional Scottish dress, est. c.1550")

Abstract Concepts

• Taylor Series ("method of approximation, est. 1715")
• The Ref ("recreational mediator")
• Avogadro's Number ("6.02 × 10²³")
• The Scientific Method ("Method of inquiry, est. 1637")

Other

• God ("b. before time, Omnipotent creator")
• Bears ("large mammals")
• Magic: The Gathering ("Collectible card game, est. 1993")
• Zen (no subtitle)

Obsolete Magnets

These are magnets that are rarely relevant to our life and should probably be retired. Inexplicably, they often wind up on the meter anyway.

Outdated pictures or titles

• Daniel M. Jordan ("b 1984, TD '06")
• George W. Bush ("b. 1946, U.S. President, 2001-present")
• Scott C. Caplan ("b. 1984, Law student")
• Sarah Palin ("b. 1964, Governor of Alaska, 2006-present")
• The United States of America ("free republic, est. 1776")

Yale classes

• Economics 110a ("Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis")
• Directed Studies ("Special Program in the Humanities, est. 1946")

Yale faculty

• John Loge ("Dean of Timothy Dwight College")
• Thomas C Duffy ("b. 1955, Director of Yale Bands")
• Henry Sussman ("b.1947, Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature")

TD people we never see

• Meara E. Palmer-Young ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Marc P. Florman ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Nathaniel C. Drake ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Michael Wing-Ming Chan ("b.1984, TD '06")
• Matthew R. Cautero ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Syed Samar Abbas ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Lev Hellebust ("b. 1984, TD '06")
• Matt and Kristin ("2gether 4ever")