There have long been Russian-produced explosives circulating in Iraq from cold war times that have a strong, yellow-orangish dye in it. A person handling it using their bare hands will be stained until their skin sloughs off. At one point, this was a method used to identify less savvy bomb-makers in Iraq.
I hear notes played and know if they're flat or sharp with no reference- but I can't tell you what note it is. I wonder if that counts.
Same here. I'm not sure if I have perfect pitch, and I cannot sing on key, but flats and sharps sound different in my head somehow. I used to play trumpet until I decided it was no fun years ago.
Parent's post is just like the troll "600 people died in a recent earthquake and you're all worrying about a shaolin monk suing somebody" post... nicely done, though.:(
Tack on that you're asking the military to fire on other Americans and you're GUARANTEED to get soldiers to balk.
Fifty years from now the world may be a different place after several more moderately successful terrorist attacks, and I also wonder how Americans will change during that time.
The supplied picture is what I'm saying seems nearly impossible, not the text story. I strongly feel that it is simply an artist's rendition of what it may look like, however I cannot find anything that says it is. The image looks entirely unnatural in origin, considering the extreme scale and homogeneity of the entire image except for a gaping hole. I have an amateur yet strong interest in cosmology, so I cannot speak with the background of a scientist, but I am sometimes able to recognize what is likely a true image or not.
Once more, I have come to believe the picture is an artist's rendition, not a computationally rendered map of the hole, although nowhere does it explicitly state that it is only an artist's rendition. Since there is a different between the TIFF and the medium-quality JPG, I believe that an artist saved the TIFF and then continued editing and then saved the medium-quality JPG. Any thoughts? It's genuinely disturbing if the image of the hole is, indeed, an actual map and not an artist's photoshopping.
Hi, go take a look at both of the pictures in question, please. My current drugs only make me drowsy as a side effect of their pain relief. I was having trouble finishing typing, no different from being really, really tired without normal amounts of sleep recently. Take a chill pill dude, I think they gave me a few of those as well.:)
I'm replying to my own post. I went and analyzed their 'high-quality TIFF' and the medium quality image I posted above. First of all, let me say that it IS POSSIBLE that TIFFs are a very, very special file format that look differently before you start processing them for correct color control, etc. However, if that's not the case, then it appears that an artist saved either the med-quality JPG first or the high-quality TIFF first, because there are DEFINITE differences between the two pictures in the hole area. On one image, there are severe differences between the gray/black areas of the photos.
I'm not going to proofread this, but it could be a total wack job post from me, as I'm on unfamiliar drugs right now (oxycodone aka Percocet) due to having gotten LASEK (not LASIK or PRK) eye surgery about 18 hours ago. Holy crap, holy crap. My vision without glasses is absolutely amazing. If you have the cash or live in a place with socialized health care (I'm US military, and they have a program to pay for the entire to be done), then you should DEFINITELY go for it. Unfortunately, there are no LONG, LONG term effects studies, but the original LASIK procedure has been out for 15 years, and LASEK and PRK have been out for nearly ten years. While there is no way of knowing the long-term implications for SURE until time has passed, but due to the nature of the surgery any ill long-term effects are likely to be non-existant, and since none of the world's serious practicing optometrist/opthamologists have a problem with this surgery, I am not very concerned. The entire procedure took less than 20 minutes sitting in the chair, and that's under 30sec laser time per eye. Anyway, I'm a little drowsy right now and have been having trouble writing this mess of words. Thanks for your time.:)
Sorry for the language. What the fuck? That is impossible. It must be some sort of equipment error or methodological mistake. Please go look at the parent's picture, it must be some sort of joke news page for the issue, seriously. It's amazing.
Here's a higher res image of exactly what I'm talking about. I can't find anything that indicates this is an artist rendition rather than an actual map, other than the fact that they used the word 'illustration' just once on the previous page. Please help me figure this out, because I know a hole like this cannot possibly be...possible: Image of the Hole
A little off-topic and out of left field, but it's too bad these probes are three-axis stabilized, which means they cannot help us figure out exactly what is going on with the Pioneer anomaly. The anomaly even featured as an Unsolved Problem of Physics on Wikipedia.
Are you kidding? When I see a movie like "The Core", I can't enjoy some parts of it because of the physics... but True Lies is one of my favorite nostalgia movies, right up there with Back to the Future. It's one of those movies that you see on TV while you're flipping through, and you just have to watch it again.
You like most people in this world, just couldn't be bothered to even think about looking for it.
Okay, how about you stop being a dick and explain exactly where in the Options menu you can find the option to disable image resizing. Here's a hint: it doesn't exist there. At all. Don't be fucking rude to people you don't know, you may find the feeling is now reciprocated.
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There have long been Russian-produced explosives circulating in Iraq from cold war times that have a strong, yellow-orangish dye in it. A person handling it using their bare hands will be stained until their skin sloughs off. At one point, this was a method used to identify less savvy bomb-makers in Iraq.
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I hear notes played and know if they're flat or sharp with no reference- but I can't tell you what note it is. I wonder if that counts.
Same here. I'm not sure if I have perfect pitch, and I cannot sing on key, but flats and sharps sound different in my head somehow. I used to play trumpet until I decided it was no fun years ago.
What a great post, and I am an agnostic/apathetic. I learned a lot.
Parent's post is just like the troll "600 people died in a recent earthquake and you're all worrying about a shaolin monk suing somebody" post... nicely done, though. :(
If everybody tags this "dontholdyourbreath", maybe we can eventually get the parent his karma back.
Tack on that you're asking the military to fire on other Americans and you're GUARANTEED to get soldiers to balk.
Fifty years from now the world may be a different place after several more moderately successful terrorist attacks, and I also wonder how Americans will change during that time.
It's like a car wreck. You just can't look away.
Thanks for your expert insight, AC.
This is a more clever post than anything I have read today. Too bad it's AC.
The supplied picture is what I'm saying seems nearly impossible, not the text story. I strongly feel that it is simply an artist's rendition of what it may look like, however I cannot find anything that says it is. The image looks entirely unnatural in origin, considering the extreme scale and homogeneity of the entire image except for a gaping hole. I have an amateur yet strong interest in cosmology, so I cannot speak with the background of a scientist, but I am sometimes able to recognize what is likely a true image or not.
Once more, I have come to believe the picture is an artist's rendition, not a computationally rendered map of the hole, although nowhere does it explicitly state that it is only an artist's rendition. Since there is a different between the TIFF and the medium-quality JPG, I believe that an artist saved the TIFF and then continued editing and then saved the medium-quality JPG. Any thoughts? It's genuinely disturbing if the image of the hole is, indeed, an actual map and not an artist's photoshopping.
Hi, go take a look at both of the pictures in question, please. My current drugs only make me drowsy as a side effect of their pain relief. I was having trouble finishing typing, no different from being really, really tired without normal amounts of sleep recently. Take a chill pill dude, I think they gave me a few of those as well. :)
I'm replying to my own post. I went and analyzed their 'high-quality TIFF' and the medium quality image I posted above. First of all, let me say that it IS POSSIBLE that TIFFs are a very, very special file format that look differently before you start processing them for correct color control, etc. However, if that's not the case, then it appears that an artist saved either the med-quality JPG first or the high-quality TIFF first, because there are DEFINITE differences between the two pictures in the hole area. On one image, there are severe differences between the gray/black areas of the photos.
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I'm not going to proofread this, but it could be a total wack job post from me, as I'm on unfamiliar drugs right now (oxycodone aka Percocet) due to having gotten LASEK (not LASIK or PRK) eye surgery about 18 hours ago. Holy crap, holy crap. My vision without glasses is absolutely amazing. If you have the cash or live in a place with socialized health care (I'm US military, and they have a program to pay for the entire to be done), then you should DEFINITELY go for it. Unfortunately, there are no LONG, LONG term effects studies, but the original LASIK procedure has been out for 15 years, and LASEK and PRK have been out for nearly ten years. While there is no way of knowing the long-term implications for SURE until time has passed, but due to the nature of the surgery any ill long-term effects are likely to be non-existant, and since none of the world's serious practicing optometrist/opthamologists have a problem with this surgery, I am not very concerned. The entire procedure took less than 20 minutes sitting in the chair, and that's under 30sec laser time per eye. Anyway, I'm a little drowsy right now and have been having trouble writing this mess of words. Thanks for your time.
Sorry for the language. What the fuck? That is impossible. It must be some sort of equipment error or methodological mistake. Please go look at the parent's picture, it must be some sort of joke news page for the issue, seriously. It's amazing.
...possible: Image of the Hole
Here's a higher res image of exactly what I'm talking about. I can't find anything that indicates this is an artist rendition rather than an actual map, other than the fact that they used the word 'illustration' just once on the previous page. Please help me figure this out, because I know a hole like this cannot possibly be
They do have a free trial on the EVE Online homepage.
I'm glad some EVE players with a clue had mod points today. I've never seen a worse troll in my life...
A little off-topic and out of left field, but it's too bad these probes are three-axis stabilized, which means they cannot help us figure out exactly what is going on with the Pioneer anomaly. The anomaly even featured as an Unsolved Problem of Physics on Wikipedia.
As intolerant of differences as any member of the Spanish Inquisition, for the most part.
Wow, a reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Now that's something I didn't expect.
Are you kidding? When I see a movie like "The Core", I can't enjoy some parts of it because of the physics... but True Lies is one of my favorite nostalgia movies, right up there with Back to the Future. It's one of those movies that you see on TV while you're flipping through, and you just have to watch it again.
Very clever... :)
So it's still in mid-air?
You like most people in this world, just couldn't be bothered to even think about looking for it.
Okay, how about you stop being a dick and explain exactly where in the Options menu you can find the option to disable image resizing. Here's a hint: it doesn't exist there. At all. Don't be fucking rude to people you don't know, you may find the feeling is now reciprocated.
I'm wondering the same.
US military gets it free, and has for several years. I am going in within the next two weeks for both my final exam and the actual surgery.
What does this have to do with knowing the results in 4.5million years? *roll eyes*