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- Bob Schroeck - 06-25-2013
"(For those keeping score, Wagner's is 2,350 times longer.)"
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 07-02-2013
Therefore, to determine the result of an impact, we can make use of what Einstein called a gedankenexperiment, or "thought experiment":
"Bonk"
"Ow!"
In science, it's important that results be repeatable, so let's try that again:
"Bonk"
"Stop it!"
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- DHBirr - 07-02-2013
Of course, in reality, the average person can't throw a small child as fast as they can throw a bouncy ball.[citation needed
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- Bob Schroeck - 07-02-2013
Quote:DHBirr wrote:Heh. Did you see where that "citation needed" link led to?
Of course, in reality, the average person can't throw a small child as fast as they can throw a bouncy ball.[citation needed
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 07-02-2013
It's a whale of a link...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Bob Schroeck - 07-02-2013
<rimshot>
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- DHBirr - 07-03-2013
Oh, thanks, Rob Kelk, now I've got Kirk Douglas in my head singing that silly song from the Disney 20,000 Leagues movie....
I hadn't even thought to check if it was a real link; I figured it was hysterical enough to put that line about throwing small children and then ask for a supporting citation.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- robkelk - 07-03-2013
DHBirr Wrote:Oh, thanks, Rob Kelk, now I've got Kirk Douglas in my head singing that silly song from the Disney 20,000 Leagues movie....Sorry about that... (The phrase is older than that movie; I didn't draw the connection.)
You can change the music, though. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_(album)]citation needed
DHBirr Wrote:I hadn't even thought to check if it was a real link; I figured it was hysterical enough to put that line about throwing small children and then ask for a supporting citation.I guess you were websurfing too fast, then. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_ticket]citation needed
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Shepherd - 07-09-2013
New one up: http://what-if.xkcd.com/53/
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
- robkelk - 07-10-2013
Shepherd Wrote:New one up: http://what-if.xkcd.com/53/"(Remember to clean the whale filter every few days)"
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- hazard - 07-10-2013
I can't help but think that outside of the massive climate shift and the attendant mass extinction events (minor problems really
) this would cause that this is something I would really like to happen, although that's probably my sense of nationalism speaking 
- DHBirr - 07-10-2013
"The sea has dropped by two kilometers. New islands are popping up left and right. The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are losing their connections with the Atlantic. I don't even know what New Zealand is doing. (I'm not sure New Zealand even knows at this point.)"
How many people disagree with my assessment that the original question was inspired by watching Pacific Rim?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- Bob Schroeck - 07-10-2013
Quote:(In fact, I vote we put it directly above the Curiosity rover; that way, it will finally have incontrovertible evidence of liquid water on Mars's surface.)-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 07-10-2013
Hazard Wrote:I can't help but think that outside of the massive climate shift and the attendant mass extinction events (minor problems reallyI didn't know you're a Netherlander...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Norgarth - 07-11-2013
Quote:robkelk wrote:By the end of that column, everyone was a Netherlander. 8PQuote:Hazard wrote:I didn't know you're a Netherlander...
I can't help but think that outside of the massive climate shift and the attendant mass extinction events (minor problems really
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
- robkelk - 07-14-2013
Digression:
DHBirr Wrote:Oh, thanks, Rob Kelk, now I've got Kirk Douglas in my head singing that silly song from the Disney 20,000 Leagues movie....http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.ph ... ost1612076]Have some new words for that tune...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Ankhani - 07-16-2013
"Instead of Earth ocean, portal disgorged bobcat. Would not buy again."
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
- DHBirr - 07-16-2013
Now we know how Mars became such a very watery planet in Aria.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- robkelk - 07-18-2013
Ankhani Wrote:"Instead of Earth ocean, portal disgorged bobcat. Would not buy again.""The stream flows north because of ... let's say 'the Coriolis Effect', and make some physics professor somewhere spit out their coffee."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- hazard - 07-18-2013
Apparently the Dutch have a habit of conducting interplanetary imperialism, atleast so long as there is land they can reclaim from the sea.
Who knew? (I didn't.)
- Logan Darklighter - 07-18-2013
GLADOS voice: "Now you're thinking with Portals!"
- robkelk - 07-30-2013
We missed last week's column, presumably because it was late.
"(Mental note: I'm going to start saying that when people sneeze.)"
This week:
"Oh yeah? Well, the one *I* almost caught once was even bigger, and made out of wood! I swear it was real!"
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Bob Schroeck - 07-30-2013
Quote:Blue whales are not typically covered in hair, but if we transplanted the hair from at least 20 human heads onto a blue whale ...Shave the whales!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 08-06-2013
"The one-inch gap would take about 70 milliseconds to close. Don't stick your hand in."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- robkelk - 08-13-2013
ALT text: "You'd be moving at about 15 subway stops per second."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012