Gromnir Posted August 7, 2020 Posted August 7, 2020 58 minutes ago, rjshae said: I've never seen a flying water heater hover in the air like that before. vid sound quality o' video is such we cannot recognize national origin o' the would-be plumber/rocketeers. we wanna assume it is australians, or possibly muppets. thanks to years o' farscape viewing, we don't see much difference 'tween muppets and australians. when looking for the farmer's commercial, we discovered the following: HA! Good Fun! 2 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Amentep Posted August 7, 2020 Posted August 7, 2020 I'm kind of surprised they seemed to doubt(?) that the water heater could go through the roof - back in the day when buildings were heated by boilers, a boiler explosion could take down a multi-story building. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Amentep Posted August 8, 2020 Posted August 8, 2020 prehistoric hell ant preserved eating prehistoric roach relative reveals the ant had vertical mandibles. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Gfted1 Posted August 10, 2020 Posted August 10, 2020 NZ Startup to Build First Long-Range Commercial Wireless Power Transmitter. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Lexx Posted August 10, 2020 Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) Like, a Tesla Tower? /Edit: Yeah, they even mention that in the article. Edited August 10, 2020 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Gorth Posted August 10, 2020 Posted August 10, 2020 @Guard Dog originally brought this up in the funny thread, but it turns out there is an interesting story behind it How the ants survived harsh conditions as a group rather than individuals (good little soviet ants!) https://www.stpetersburgnews.net/news/266019898/the-soviet-era-nuclear-bunker-cannibal-ants-mystery-explained 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Amentep Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 preserved puppy's last meal included wooly rhino proving nothing was learned from Jurassic Park, scientists mix genetic manipulation and mosquitoes and plans to release in the wild. Will life find a way? 2 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
ShadySands Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Amentep said: proving nothing was learned from Jurassic Park, scientists mix genetic manipulation and mosquitoes and plans to release in the wild. Will life find a way? Why was I not surprised to see that it was Florida 1 2 Free games updated 3/4/21
kanisatha Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 22 hours ago, Amentep said: proving nothing was learned from Jurassic Park, scientists mix genetic manipulation and mosquitoes and plans to release in the wild. Will life find a way? This is nothing. I am 100% certain we will have genetically manipulated humans and human clones within just a few decades from now. Other types of life-forms much sooner.
Amentep Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, kanisatha said: This is nothing. I am 100% certain we will have genetically manipulated humans and human clones within just a few decades from now. Other types of life-forms much sooner. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Gorth Posted September 7, 2020 Posted September 7, 2020 Conan the Bacterium says: "I'll be back!" 'Super bacteria' survives for three years outside space station Scientists who attached a strain of bacteria to the outside of the International Space Station have been stunned to find it survived for three years, in open space. The experiment, led by a team of Japanese researchers, involved the bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as Conan the Bacterium due to its extreme hardiness. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-54029521 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Azdeus Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Gorth said: Conan the Bacterium says: "I'll be back!" 'Super bacteria' survives for three years outside space station Scientists who attached a strain of bacteria to the outside of the International Space Station have been stunned to find it survived for three years, in open space. The experiment, led by a team of Japanese researchers, involved the bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as Conan the Bacterium due to its extreme hardiness. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-54029521 Things you do *not* bring back down to earth in 2020... Edited September 8, 2020 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
rjshae Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 Conanvirus 2021 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
InsaneCommander Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 What could be "the most significant astronomical finding in decades" will be announced tomorrow. Possible spoiler: apparently an article about this was posted earlier by mistake and removed quickly. If this is correct, they discovered phosphine gas on Venus' atmosphere, which can only be made by microbes or in a laboratory. 1 1
Chilloutman Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 38 minutes ago, InsaneCommander said: What could be "the most significant astronomical finding in decades" will be announced tomorrow. Possible spoiler: apparently an article about this was posted earlier by mistake and removed quickly. If this is correct, they discovered phosphine gas on Venus' atmosphere, which can only be made by microbes or in a laboratory. That would be big, however i guess there would be easier explanation how gas could be there than microbes. 1 1 I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
InsaneCommander Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chilloutman said: That would be big, however i guess there would be easier explanation how gas could be there than microbes. Well, if the article is true, then they have done many studies trying to explain how phosphine could be produced without life, finding no way. There is even a phosphine specialist in the team, saying that there is no way for it, except with life. However, I agree with you. Even if the article is true, this shouldn't be announced as life. It is just like the Viking experiments in the 70s. They released nutrients on a soil sample and detected signs of life consuming it. Then they repeated it but heating the sample first, obtaining no signs. Did they kill the martian microbes on the second part? The same happened in two different locations (two Viking probes on different parts of the planet). Some people consider them pretty conclusive, but NASA disagreed: Edited September 13, 2020 by InsaneCommander
Gorth Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 6 hours ago, InsaneCommander said: What could be "the most significant astronomical finding in decades" will be announced tomorrow. Possible spoiler: apparently an article about this was posted earlier by mistake and removed quickly. If this is correct, they discovered phosphine gas on Venus' atmosphere, which can only be made by microbes or in a laboratory. Damn you NASA, poking your nose where it doesn't belong. Now *they* know about life on Earth 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Chilloutman Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 well i think more in like like A) i guess they detected that gas via spectral analysis - it may be incorrect reading B) eve if its the gas,, we might not know all possible ways how it is created I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
Zoraptor Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 It won't be an incorrect reading. They'll have had it checked by multiple other groups to confirm it. A mistake there and that simple would be career ending for the researchers and for whoever approved publication. OTOH I'd have to agree that the belief that all pathways except for a biological one have been excluded is fundamentally hard to support for an environment as different as Venus's is from Earth. 1
Lexx Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) It's pretty big news, even though we still have to take it with a grain of salt. Will probably spawn a bunch of new Venus missions, which is also cool. Edited September 14, 2020 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
kanisatha Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Gorth said: Damn you NASA, poking your nose where it doesn't belong. Now *they* know about life on Earth Oh, "they" already know. From the moment we broadcast our very first radio signal, "they" have known. Edited September 14, 2020 by kanisatha 1
Chilloutman Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 58 minutes ago, kanisatha said: Oh, "they" already know. From the moment we broadcast our very first radio signal, "they" have known. Well, depends on how far they are... radio waves would reach solar system for sure, but I am not sure any arrived to nearest other system yet? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
Lexx Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 The press conference: "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Chilloutman Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 its hour long, TL:DR anyone? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
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