I'd guess that the reason people care about mussel glue and not veld goat saliva is that veld goats don't stick to the hulls of ships, slowing them down and requiring expensive, time-consuming and difficult removal processes. If they can figure out what makes the mussel glue work, they can probably figure out a quick and easy way to get the damn things off of the boats and they can get back to shipping things more quickly.
It's interesting that this kind of reminiscence is coming from the same group that generally prefers the command line over a GUI because it's more powerful.
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Actually, there was an episode of TNG where they discovered that all (humanoid) life in the galaxy is the result of a single race that seeded several worlds with its own genetic material.
I just had an intellectual orgasm when you said those things. Would that be an intelligasm? Anyway, I totally missed out on the evidence that implicated Israel in 9/11. As a non-fan of Israel in general, I'm surprised that I missed it. Can you give me some links?
Oh, also about how feminism ruined America... are there books or pages I can read?
I'm all for getting rid of the cats. Who's with me? At the very least we can get the PTA confused - do they save cute, fluffy birds or cute, fluffy kitties?
That's an interesting position, but can you give any reasons why this is the case?
I can see why subscribing to software is a stupid idea, but when there are legitimate fees associated with a service (such as an online game with a static world, which has to pay for servers) what's the problem with paying a subscription fee?
I've always been confused by this - how is something being forced on you by someone else wearing it in your presence? If someone wears a shirt with a pink triangle on it, they're hardly forcing homosexuality on me. Same with a crucifix or head scarf, it seems to me.
Hardly. Morocco is by far the most liberal Muslim country around. My Dad has been traveling there continuously throughout this whole "ooohh scary Muslim terrorist" thing and has never had any problems.
Well, I would think that the point is to have fun with a piece of hardware that you've got leftover from high school and haven't touched since then.
I don't know, maybe that's just me though.
But yeah, from the point of view of "What has this added to the sum total of practical tools the human race has at their disposal?" the answer is probably "Not much."
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Ford and Arthur are *inside* the artificial universe when it gets deactivated? How do you figure?
I totally missed that one.
I'd guess that the reason people care about mussel glue and not veld goat saliva is that veld goats don't stick to the hulls of ships, slowing them down and requiring expensive, time-consuming and difficult removal processes. If they can figure out what makes the mussel glue work, they can probably figure out a quick and easy way to get the damn things off of the boats and they can get back to shipping things more quickly.
So where can I get a handyboard?
It's interesting that this kind of reminiscence is coming from the same group that generally prefers the command line over a GUI because it's more powerful.
Actually, there was an episode of TNG where they discovered that all (humanoid) life in the galaxy is the result of a single race that seeded several worlds with its own genetic material.
I just had an intellectual orgasm when you said those things. Would that be an intelligasm? Anyway, I totally missed out on the evidence that implicated Israel in 9/11. As a non-fan of Israel in general, I'm surprised that I missed it. Can you give me some links?
Oh, also about how feminism ruined America... are there books or pages I can read?
Thanks!
That's fascinating, thank you.
What's the difference between energy density and power density?
Where can one go to learn about "good" web design? Good as in proper, not good as in pretty.
Yeah but that's the rotation of the earth, not the orbit of the earth. How can you tell if the earth's orbit is changing in speed?
I'm all for getting rid of the cats. Who's with me? At the very least we can get the PTA confused - do they save cute, fluffy birds or cute, fluffy kitties?
Says the last one was 4,000 years ago, but doesn't give any details on where it started or where it ended up. Noah's flood, anyone?
So what are truth serums, and how do they "work"?
It's spelled "truly".
Mod me down for being offtopic, sure, but this is a pretty big pet peeve of mine.
That's an interesting position, but can you give any reasons why this is the case?
I can see why subscribing to software is a stupid idea, but when there are legitimate fees associated with a service (such as an online game with a static world, which has to pay for servers) what's the problem with paying a subscription fee?
I've always been confused by this - how is something being forced on you by someone else wearing it in your presence? If someone wears a shirt with a pink triangle on it, they're hardly forcing homosexuality on me. Same with a crucifix or head scarf, it seems to me.
AMEN!
(probably redundant and/or off topic, but who cares?)
Good to know there will be at least one scene featuring Mary Jane in an evening gown. That's reason enough for me to see it.
What's FOSS?
Hardly. Morocco is by far the most liberal Muslim country around. My Dad has been traveling there continuously throughout this whole "ooohh scary Muslim terrorist" thing and has never had any problems.
Yep yep :) Your cookie is waiting for you at the closest cookie-making retail place...
It used to be the ten millionth or so, but I couldn't find it again so I switched it.
Well, I would think that the point is to have fun with a piece of hardware that you've got leftover from high school and haven't touched since then.
I don't know, maybe that's just me though.
But yeah, from the point of view of "What has this added to the sum total of practical tools the human race has at their disposal?" the answer is probably "Not much."
But it can still be fun.
Not a timestamp, but you're the second person to guess that. *changes sig*
Nope. Think pastries.