Amentep Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Old thread: 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Heh. looking at the picture in the thread link. the Australian summer of bush fires lasted just up to the point where covid struck. Now I'm waiting for that giant, radioactive lizard (thank you Fukushima) to wade out of the water up there around Cairns and start its stomping march down the East Coast.... 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Io9 - Court reaffirms Star Trek Discovery copyright suit dismissal “Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity.” It's all about the Tardigrades... Edited August 18, 2020 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 The thread title makes me want to punch fur seal pups. SpaceX crushes rocket engine world record during Raptor test. 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Gfted1 said: The thread title makes me want to punch fur seal pups. SpaceX crushes rocket engine world record during Raptor test. Sort of impressive the Saturn V still holds the record for most powerful rocket (guess it makes sense as it is also the largest) Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Malcador said: Sort of impressive the Saturn V still holds the record for most powerful rocket (guess it makes sense as it is also the largest) the thing which we find most interesting is how the basic technology o' rocket science hasn't changed at a fundamental level since late 19th century. refrigeration capable o' liquifying gasses occurred in the late 1800s and the thermoflask (which were invented by either james dewar in 1892, or possible a bit earlier by a french guy with a name we forget) to store those liquid gases for extended periods o' time, is what made it possible for three guys (russian, german and american, if your nationalism button needs a push) to independent and almost simultaneous invent "modern" rockets. honestly, other than size and efficiency, the core technologies o' multi-stage rockets have been little changed since the 1920s. we tend to think o' rockets capable o' breaking earth orbit as cutting edge tech, and on the micro level they are just that-- pinnacle o' what human ingenuity may accomplish. however, unlike computers and medicine and so many other human endeavours, little has changed 'bout rocket propulsion since the early 1900s. oh, and the physics which makes space trips to the moon and mars possible ain't the kinda wacky mind bending stuff o' lorentz, einstein and heisenberg (which curious is kinda where physics also plateaued) but the more basic newtonian math many o' us were exposed to in high school classes. "I think Isaac Newton is doing most of the driving right now."-- bill anders, apollo 8. HA! Good Fun! Edited August 18, 2020 by Gromnir ps spelling fail "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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 14 hours ago, Raithe said: Io9 - Court reaffirms Star Trek Discovery copyright suit dismissal They came from the cold void, the space between the galaxies.... the Tyanids! Tardigrades! 3 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Well she wasn't entirely right when she said I'm probably wondering why I clicked on the video. The title was odd enough. I really just wonder what made me watch the entire thing. That was mesmerizing, and I'm not really into woodworking. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Well, they used to be made of "whalebone" so why not wood. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Well, they used to be made of "whalebone" so why not wood. They were sometimes made of wood too, just not... solid wood 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, majestic said: and I'm not really into woodworking. Is that what the kids are calling it these days? 4 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Oh the juggle of putting it under politics or funny things... Let's settle and just call it Weird.. 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Raithe said: Oh the juggle of putting it under politics or funny things... Let's settle and just call it Weird.. Shame he didn't hit his femoral artery. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 AI Flawlessly Beats US Air Force F-16 Pilot in Simulated Dogfight. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Why would idiots getting off on pointing guns at their junk trigger liberals in the first place? If that's their kink they don't need to attempt to justify it like that. 1 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Where is the hammer for the six shooter in the middle picture? Must be internal, and double action? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Where is the hammer for the six shooter in the middle picture? Must be internal, and double action? You're correct I think as it looks like a Ruger LCR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_LCR 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeYellow Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I've triggered more liberals by waving the hammer and sickle than these idiots do "triggering" their balls. Figgin' noobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 That's a Darwin award, right there 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 27 minutes ago, Azdeus said: That's a Darwin award, right there If I remember correctly there was one like that already. Guy allegedly used rifle ammo to replace a blown fuse in his truck that properly went off and shot his scrotum to kingdom come. Notable as one of the few Darwin awards where the laureate survived. The condition is taking themselves out of the gene pool and that can be done without dying, after all. 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 12 hours ago, majestic said: If I remember correctly there was one like that already. Guy allegedly used rifle ammo to replace a blown fuse in his truck that properly went off and shot his scrotum to kingdom come. Notable as one of the few Darwin awards where the laureate survived. The condition is taking themselves out of the gene pool and that can be done without dying, after all. Correct. So, shooting your balls off qualifies you for the award too “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 NEWSFLASH: Guns aren't toys. LMAO DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Interesting short read: 8 Facts About the Animals of Chernobyl 4 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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