My fellow being.
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To not do so would be for us to become as cold and Godless as the Soviets.
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I believe deeply that we are all part of the same great thing
OK, I think I see your reasoning, basically increased entropy in accordance with thermodynamics, right? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that you might be misapplying the laws in this specific case.
For example, the earth and the moon. The moon at one point had a certain rotational speed (on its own axis) and another speed for its orbit around the earth. The two are now exactly (AFAIK, or very close) the same.
I believe your argument, if applied, would say that the chances of the day-length matching the year-length would be very small, that it was the "special case" and that the longer you leave it, the more likely it would be that the orbits would not be synchronous.
However, due to "tidal locking" (see wikipedia) the moon would indeed eventually tend to have a synchronous orbit.
All I'm saying is, perhaps there is some affect such as this in effect when it comes to near-circular orbits etc.
It took me a long long time to realise that the very first time I got super-duper stoned was the best and could never be topped. Man that was some funny night. I still take an occasional toke, once a month say, but it's only ever one mild toke.
Nothing compared to the mind-bending sessions of old. Ah but that first night... when I could actually hear my thoughts echoing around my head, and I single-handedly invented (only to my uneducated-mind of course) several fields which I now know to be Evolutionary Psychology, Cellular Automata, Process Physics. Magical memories.
LOL, I think you meant a Hyperbaric Chamber. But a Hyperbolic Chamber would be cool to try sleeping in, maybe if it amplified the sound of your heartbeat it would be soothing.
Unless you were high as a kite and had serious arrhythmia!
I would be soooooooooooo good at that job (for soccer at least). It bugs me how bad the commentary is in Pro Evo 2008. And I'm guessing it's not gonna be much better for 2009. They should have some kind of API whereby the average Joe can put in their own commentary, that would be ace.
Hahahahaha, writing a division function, that is just brilliant man.
Reminds me of a time in college when we were learning digital logic design. And we had these little briefcases with NAND gates etc in them, and you had to wire up state-machines etc.
Anyways, there was one piece of homework we got to wire up a shift register or something, and the box, apart from NAND gates etc, also had a few built-in flip flops.
So the next week, when the class were unveiling their creations one by one, everyone's looked pretty much the same with about 20 or 30 wires needed to complete the assignment. And this one girl opened her briefcase to reveal a HUGE SPRAWLING SPAGHETTI of wires. She didn't realise that there were flip-flops built-into the case and wired each flip-flop by hand!
Oh man stoned-chess is (was) one of my favourite things in the world. I used to play with a flat-mate of mine some years back and being able to watch the nesting and recursion algorithms in your own thoughts from an apparent distance was so amazing.
There is the occasional downside that you forget who's move it is, that's why we started writing down the moves as soon as each one was made. Had the added benefit of being able to review our games afterward (while not stoned).
Interesting (or not) aside. I believe it's a "murder" of crows. Who comes up with these words? Is it a competition to see what's the most stupid collective noun that people will accept? I remember finding a list somewhere one (probably Wikipedia) and some of the collective nouns were wayyyyyyyy wacky.
But a "murder of crows" is pretty wacky already, it just seems less wacky because I've been hearing for 20+ years, albeit infrequently.
Home-movies dude! Even ~$1000 cameras can do 1080p60 now. You never seen yourself look so good doing your (own) girl until you seen yourself doing her in 1080p60 goodness.
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No mod points. This is one of the best postings I've ever read on Slashdot.
Hahahahaha, nice.
That's a quote or paraphrase, right?
But I can't jig my memory! HELPS!
My fellow being.
...
To not do so would be for us to become as cold and Godless as the Soviets.
...
I believe deeply that we are all part of the same great thing
I have nothing more to add.
Dinosaurs were essentially restricted to megafauna
What does this even mean?
What a f*cking great idea for a party! When are they due to go full "live" with LHC?
That's a good noise! Care to explain the reference though?
Yes but in a localised close system entropy goes out the window. See "tidal locking" for an example of what I'm talking about.
OK, I think I see your reasoning, basically increased entropy in accordance with thermodynamics, right? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that you might be misapplying the laws in this specific case.
For example, the earth and the moon. The moon at one point had a certain rotational speed (on its own axis) and another speed for its orbit around the earth. The two are now exactly (AFAIK, or very close) the same.
I believe your argument, if applied, would say that the chances of the day-length matching the year-length would be very small, that it was the "special case" and that the longer you leave it, the more likely it would be that the orbits would not be synchronous.
However, due to "tidal locking" (see wikipedia) the moon would indeed eventually tend to have a synchronous orbit.
All I'm saying is, perhaps there is some affect such as this in effect when it comes to near-circular orbits etc.
It took me a long long time to realise that the very first time I got super-duper stoned was the best and could never be topped. Man that was some funny night. I still take an occasional toke, once a month say, but it's only ever one mild toke.
... when I could actually hear my thoughts echoing around my head, and I single-handedly invented (only to my uneducated-mind of course) several fields which I now know to be Evolutionary Psychology, Cellular Automata, Process Physics. Magical memories.
Nothing compared to the mind-bending sessions of old. Ah but that first night
Synecdoche? Please!
... that was me, sorry.
You just learned that word two weeks ago.
No wait a second
OK, I'm hoping for sarcasm. Please tell me that was sarcasm?
Citation please? Or explanation? Something other than claim asserted by appeal to your personal beliefs?
So, I'm confused - your point is the Earth is rare or not?
I think you'll find a lot of regular tax-payers money also goes into destabilizing goverments in South America, the Middle East, The Balkans, etc.
LOL, I think you meant a Hyperbaric Chamber. But a Hyperbolic Chamber would be cool to try sleeping in, maybe if it amplified the sound of your heartbeat it would be soothing.
Unless you were high as a kite and had serious arrhythmia!
I would be soooooooooooo good at that job (for soccer at least). It bugs me how bad the commentary is in Pro Evo 2008. And I'm guessing it's not gonna be much better for 2009. They should have some kind of API whereby the average Joe can put in their own commentary, that would be ace.
Hahahahaha, writing a division function, that is just brilliant man.
Reminds me of a time in college when we were learning digital logic design. And we had these little briefcases with NAND gates etc in them, and you had to wire up state-machines etc.
Anyways, there was one piece of homework we got to wire up a shift register or something, and the box, apart from NAND gates etc, also had a few built-in flip flops.
So the next week, when the class were unveiling their creations one by one, everyone's looked pretty much the same with about 20 or 30 wires needed to complete the assignment. And this one girl opened her briefcase to reveal a HUGE SPRAWLING SPAGHETTI of wires. She didn't realise that there were flip-flops built-into the case and wired each flip-flop by hand!
Oh man stoned-chess is (was) one of my favourite things in the world. I used to play with a flat-mate of mine some years back and being able to watch the nesting and recursion algorithms in your own thoughts from an apparent distance was so amazing.
There is the occasional downside that you forget who's move it is, that's why we started writing down the moves as soon as each one was made. Had the added benefit of being able to review our games afterward (while not stoned).
I too kind of enjoy liver, especially with some fava beans and a nice chianti
Interesting (or not) aside. I believe it's a "murder" of crows. Who comes up with these words? Is it a competition to see what's the most stupid collective noun that people will accept? I remember finding a list somewhere one (probably Wikipedia) and some of the collective nouns were wayyyyyyyy wacky.
But a "murder of crows" is pretty wacky already, it just seems less wacky because I've been hearing for 20+ years, albeit infrequently.
Well, there was that Radiohead video ...
-1 flamebait? Awful moderation.
LOL, no, I'm about 8 or 9 feet away. And I have excellent vision and no glasses.
Home-movies dude! Even ~$1000 cameras can do 1080p60 now. You never seen yourself look so good doing your (own) girl until you seen yourself doing her in 1080p60 goodness.
Er, or something.