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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Biting Jewish Meth Grannies Edition
« on: April 17, 2014, 03:28:28 pm »I like to think that the expansion of the universe is like zooming into a fractal.
It's expanding, always has been expanding, always will be expanding. There was no 'big bang', is no god, just new particles popping out of the quantum foam like graceful spirals from what appeared to be a single pixel of a Mandelbrot set; with our wiewport limited by the speed of light.
I like that idea, but it's probably not true.
The main problem with that is that we can observe quite handily a time when the universe was opaque to light and we can observe the expansion of the universe; both of these things together mean that you go back far enough and you get a point in time where any two points in the universe have zero distance from one another (note that this doesn't mean "finite").
We can't see outside of our light cone; but it would be silly to automatically assume that nothing is there just because we can't see it. The logical assumption would be 'more of the same' until proven otherwise.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Biting Jewish Meth Grannies Edition
« on: April 17, 2014, 02:02:58 pm »
I like to think that the expansion of the universe is like zooming into a fractal.
It's expanding, always has been expanding, always will be expanding. There was no 'big bang', is no god, just new particles popping out of the quantum foam like graceful spirals from what appeared to be a single pixel of a Mandelbrot set; with our wiewport limited by the speed of light.
I like that idea, but it's probably not true.
It's expanding, always has been expanding, always will be expanding. There was no 'big bang', is no god, just new particles popping out of the quantum foam like graceful spirals from what appeared to be a single pixel of a Mandelbrot set; with our wiewport limited by the speed of light.
I like that idea, but it's probably not true.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: April 16, 2014, 01:12:35 pm »
link to news item?
They are direct competitors is some areas, I play both of their MMOs.
It would make a ton of sense for Sony to invest their money in their own game division.
They are direct competitors is some areas, I play both of their MMOs.
It would make a ton of sense for Sony to invest their money in their own game division.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: You Just Don't Get It Edition
« on: April 15, 2014, 12:18:41 am »My computer is getting moved from my room to the living room, because apparently I can't be trusted to use it without someone else being able see what I'm doing. The only other option I was given was to lose the computer completely.
The thing is, I've had a computer in my room since high-school. Why is this happening now?
Someone on Lifetime or 'O' talking about the evils of the intarwebs.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: April 12, 2014, 07:04:41 pm »
I'm slowly working on a Kickstarter proposal to summon an elder god.
Contributor rewards would include being eaten first.
Contributor rewards would include being eaten first.
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General Discussion / Re: [insert gender-related title here!]
« on: April 12, 2014, 03:21:45 pm »-snip-Newborn males, specifically, for a period of months have testosterone levels of a teenager,-snip-
Oh flying spaghetti monster, I cannot get the idea of a baby with a moustache out of my head.
help meeeee
It happens, even to girl babies.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: April 10, 2014, 08:15:19 pm »
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/us/florida-day-care-center-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
"Lily's 7-year-old brother aspires to be an engineer and is building a time machine out of his Erector set so he can bring his sister back"
"Lily's 7-year-old brother aspires to be an engineer and is building a time machine out of his Erector set so he can bring his sister back"
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: April 09, 2014, 03:41:40 pm »250
General Discussion / Re: Things You Accomplished Today
« on: April 09, 2014, 03:39:27 am »
Stood in a booth with about 5000 watts of light bulbs, wearing only sunglasses and a surgical mask (not on my face).
That is, actually got out of the house to do something to take care of myself instead of moping/gaming in a dark room all day/night.
That is, actually got out of the house to do something to take care of myself instead of moping/gaming in a dark room all day/night.
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General Discussion / Re: Is it wrong of me to think of the whole Mozilla fiasco as a pretty ugly result?
« on: April 07, 2014, 01:54:40 pm »
Well, he's a new "Corporation being bullied by the internet" story...
Chili's cancels fundraiser with National Autism Association
(misleading quote) "Everybody was all heated up and wanting to boycott. It was bullying. It was orchestrated by a small number of people who wanted to deny assistance to families that we serve through our program."
http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/07/news/companies/chilis-autism/index.html
Chili's cancels fundraiser with National Autism Association
(misleading quote) "Everybody was all heated up and wanting to boycott. It was bullying. It was orchestrated by a small number of people who wanted to deny assistance to families that we serve through our program."
http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/07/news/companies/chilis-autism/index.html
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General Discussion / Re: Is it wrong of me to think of the whole Mozilla fiasco as a pretty ugly result?
« on: April 07, 2014, 04:23:33 am »2. I think that person should be allowed to do whatever they want. I don't understand so-called anti-discrimination laws, that lead to crazy results. If a business owner doesn't want to hire black people, or Polish people, or women, or whoever else, nobody should force him to do that. But you can stop buying there, if you don't like it. That's simple and effective way to make everybody happy, because if somebody is unacceptable to other people, he will be driven out of business. Why make government intervene*?
*Mind you, government itself might need some form of such laws (see: slave states). It's just that I don't really see the difference between prosecuting racists and members of a race. Let live and let live, and hang the criminals.
Because so many businesses are effectively extensions of the government; like all the communications monopolies Cable/Telephone/TV Stations; companies that do business with the government (janitorial/printing/construction contractors, etc); or businesses that the govt. and those companies depend on indirectly, such as restaurants their employees eat at.
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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)
« on: April 07, 2014, 04:10:21 am »254
General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)
« on: April 06, 2014, 09:58:31 pm »255
Life Advice / Re: Does anyone else have this problem?
« on: April 06, 2014, 09:45:02 pm »I used to have kinda the same thing until I was 15 or so. Basically every time I was alone in a room with a mirror I had to check if it's actually me who's looking back at me :x
How would you know if it was always someone else in the first place, just biding their time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Dtsx-VGG0