So we have the political, atheist and general one. Why not have a science one too (especially as I can then steal them for school ;) )
(https://scontent.fman1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/s960x960/12967515_1165820720096427_1704881862746748496_o.jpg)
Good idea! I'll sticky this topic. :)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2016, 03:21:25 PM
Good idea! I'll sticky this topic. :)
I agree wholeheartedly, and you've set the bar high with that awesome picture Claire, simply fantastic.
The pale blue dot
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/73/20120203104140!Pale_Blue_Dot.png) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot)
Earth rise
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Ffull_width_feature%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F297755main_GPN-2001-000009_full.jpg%3Fitok%3DqZTIuoYP&hash=33ed60323b9749cce0d37c508f364d7ce91032fc)
Trinity test.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theatlantic.com%2Fassets%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fphoto%2F2015%2F07%2F70-years-since-trinity-when-we-test%2Fn22_57-089%2Fmain_900.jpg%3F1437073926&hash=0cfd0d4eb6e7ef04473e3327df1b47a320a2c8b7)
Smallpox virus
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-0JmApS47T64%2FVRgOpcHDBQI%2FAAAAAAAAXmw%2FD3riHclbdBk%2Fs1600%2Fsmallpox%252Bvirus.png&hash=e56e1a0fb92fc7309c8a41949b31ebc801f9bef1)
Tardigrade, False colour scanning electron microscope.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fapod.nasa.gov%2Fapod%2Fimage%2F1303%2Ftardigrade_eyeofscience_1024.jpg&hash=bf494c94c75d84d6f8af31a3b2cc595504c625b9)
The Hubble 'Deep Field' image. There are no stars in this picture, just galaxies. For as far as the Hubble can see.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg)
Pollen
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg)
An ant
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.boston.com%2Funiversal%2Fsite_graphics%2Fblogs%2Fbigpicture%2Fmicro_11_14%2Fm12_formicidae.jpg&hash=eb00ee690d1d5db09a431d3b637fdc7171a8925d)
The surface of Titan, the largest of Jupiter's moons.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fnews%2F200%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F73656000%2Fjpg%2F_73656817_736003e6-6829-4529-ac72-bd2ecb173341.jpg&hash=0513d9014bd0fbf0fc4d38cb3ae44b189b340c98)
Quote from: Tank on April 10, 2016, 05:45:34 PM
Pollen
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg)
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.... *sneezes*
(https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/13001226_10153467575020667_5734342155993399723_n.jpg?oh=d8314fdfbf0ef70f0acc27f9209a8809&oe=577EE26F)
Saturn's beautiful rings form a striking feature, cutting across this image of two of the planet's most intriguing moons. See http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/04/Saturn_s_past_and_present_moons
Quote from: Tank on April 10, 2016, 05:45:34 PM
Pollen
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg)
Scientific name: Itchus Bitchus. >:(
Northern lights.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ttv.is%2Fstatic%2Ffiles%2FMyndir1%2Faurora-borealis.jpg&hash=ee2d2cfa7839e11dfceed6352d03f5ac20d3a999)
Great stuff all... Wish I had something to contribute.
... but I did use that pollen picture in a past blog post:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joesdump.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMicroChicken_Pollen-1024x779.jpg&hash=c3ff2231d5bbbb716b9174d6ae153caa9d5832a4)
An Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C passes in front of the sun at a supersonic speed, creating shockwaves that are caught photographically for research. (http://phys.org/news/2016-04-nasa-image-t-38c-front-sun.html)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.phys.org%2Fnewman%2Fcsz%2Fnews%2F800%2F2016%2Fnasaimaget38.jpg&hash=2ded3f622d2f16cf7a235a4e4c09f403290348d0)
Another image that makes my mind boggle.
Quote
Mapping to Make Sense of Pluto
Today's blog post is from Oliver White, a postdoctoral researcher in planetary science at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He studies the geomorphology and surface processes of planetary bodies in the outer solar system.
(https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/wp-content/uploads/sites/253/2016/04/GeologicalMap.jpg) (https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2016/04/15/mapping-to-make-sense-of-pluto/)
View of Alaska from the ISS.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqMGCcRt.jpg&hash=5df09dfd2b0553ee62fa9c1261f0b3391299ad06)
Here's something you don't see everyday: Wringing out a wet towel in zero gravity.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F0.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com%2F48%2F59%2Fd8b7732b094287e682e231d9787cb073-wringing-out-a-towel-in-zero-gravity.gif&hash=3694b255d2ebd3629d7a31578af044696d1484a1)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/13466357_10153889575927917_8827143730994259160_n.jpg?oh=ea4b9f607b838cd86126422b54480c88&oe=57C41B82&__gda__=1474605451_7813c243d943dcfe7298f3f6f9ac1efc)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21203_1620321634865900_1954840604149802805_n.jpg?oh=ef96a83ccf5938bb371c4df371674d35&oe=58131F00)
Quote from: Tank on July 30, 2016, 11:22:44 AM
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Yup!
But it ruins the old "joke:" "We all sprung from apes - but you did not spring far enough!"
(https://scontent.fpoa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13901606_967674216678520_4465840779394960715_n.jpg?oh=61d458fee4257345b53e5f407b93898c&oe=58141732)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2016, 08:57:13 PM
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Where's Gamera when you need him!?!?!
(glad they're all tiny)
(https://scontent.fpoa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13891854_966208523491756_1796183225406863982_n.jpg?oh=e7c3c250e62b5b52d520f38c4d4cb130&oe=58293D12)
1,000 pictures of Mars. (http://www.uahirise.org/releases/aug2016/index.php?page=1)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.uahirise.org%2Fimages%2F2016%2Fdetails%2FESP_046200_1410.jpg&hash=a0513bd1a932bf5ae5c93a4d3b01e6e71d14268a)
Inspired by Tank's offering some (too early in the morning) thoughts came to me about the "survival" of craters and that either the Martians ones are late or there has been a lot less "weathering" there than on eatth. Less weathering implies less weather there - far less atmophere for a very long time?
Then I looked for known craters on Earth and their ages. (http://www.wired.com/2009/08/impactcraters/)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2Fimpact_lonar1a.jpg&hash=0a8db8e9c44227ba45c9d403f1b1fa8020831798) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Mobile%20Uploads/impact_lonar1a.jpg.html)
There are probably traces of smaller ones as well.
Here's a map. (http://www.psi.edu/epo/explorecraters/background.htm)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2Fcrater_map_22.jpg&hash=670e33449d8b275a1181cace2769fcfe7d1a8094) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Mobile%20Uploads/crater_map_22.jpg.html)
Two beautiful planets... Thanks Tank and Gloucester!
X-ray of the head of a hammer head shark.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10847903_748045318594413_7389040096002113775_n.jpg?oh=45de40840aaf925d272ce3992dd84ac0&oe=58774B4B)
^^^ Whoa! cool one...
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15492313_1095807610531846_6956076045921507878_n.jpg?oh=5dff03c71dbfcb5faa716c31ef1635f6&oe=58AF9F81)
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16194988_1126338674145406_3059506010399204887_n.jpg?oh=13a41f6d6abace6adff0a4f9ff7c6ff6&oe=590CA596)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 24, 2017, 11:44:20 PM
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Fascinating!
^It's cool, isn't it? :grin:
It's amazingly informative. I like how it shows about how much comes from which source when there is more than one source.
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16387896_1852752271661486_5360238231288311513_n.png?oh=e2ecb71424f9e21ab2492ee60c1a1296&oe=59156AB7)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 01:16:36 AM
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Pretty cool - amazing to see they're all related.
I wonder how much was human intervention, and how much was already kind of in the works when we found the plants...
Yeah, me too. :scratch:
I would guess it's mostly artificial selection, much like what happened to bananas, watermelons and some crops. Kind of cool to see all that genetic plasticity is present in a species.
This one is sciency and also fun to watch......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENITui5_jU&feature=youtu.be
^That is really cool! 8)
^ Yeah!
A modulated free-flow system. Momentum rules, OK!?
Betcha the volume was high . . . Too noisy for a garden water feature. But, with an appropriate drive coil, enough Watts and no speaker diaphragm . . . Hmmm.
http://spaceweathergallery.com/comet_gallery.html Cool comets and other mysterious stuff. Must be God playing dice.
Quote from: Icarus on March 31, 2017, 01:51:47 AM
http://spaceweathergallery.com/comet_gallery.html Cool comets and other mysterious stuff. Must be God playing dice.
Cool... bookmarked!
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18156856_1220451164734156_7261642942554057151_n.png?oh=1c045fc5cb47bd255feb7e0636e85d68&oe=598AB9C7)
It needs to be said:
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18058153_1502973869721376_5345393461117179696_n.jpg?oh=ebbb939da3ce65b06aa066137282b3ff&oe=599759F7)
^ 8)
This is so cool, guy lost his left arm and has it replaced with a robotic prosthetic...apparently he can preset the arm to complete simple, automatic functions.
Awesome huh?
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkjC5ghP.gif&hash=c55ad037f213299d204b6607661d81c295b8358b)
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 03, 2017, 03:10:12 PM
This is so cool, guy lost his left arm and has it replaced with a robotic prosthetic...apparently he can preset the arm to complete simple, automatic functions.
Awesome huh?
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkjC5ghP.gif&hash=c55ad037f213299d204b6607661d81c295b8358b)
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
So he's a lefty...
There are those who like a bit of the strange now and then, as they say.
Anyway, back to science images--
It's a sort of tie-dyed image of the Crab Nebula (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21474). The colors are artificial; each of five different hues in the image of the nebula represent what is seen through five different telescopes. Far out, man!
(https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA21474_hires.jpg)
Quote from: Recusant on May 15, 2017, 11:37:13 AM
There are those who like a bit of the strange now and then, as they say.
Anyway, back to science images--
It's a sort of tie-dyed image of the Crab Nebula (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21474). The colors are artificial; each of five different hues in the image of the nebula represent what is seen through five different telescopes. Far out, man!
(https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA21474_hires.jpg)
Love that, have made it my desktop screen on my laptop...gracias amigo!
I really like this sign, it is after all an awesome scientific image.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbRgnDQC.jpg&hash=3226c1d6b54b21971c47b4b0de977f300aac8b80)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftabletopwhale.com%2Fimg%2Fposts%2F17-05-17.jpg&hash=1e4911f9b9957de9c1b64e58725e43fc606e50bd)
^ More power to the molecule!
Have you got a link to the site that image came from?
Quote from: Tank on May 19, 2017, 06:58:57 AM
Have you got a link to the site that image came from?
http://tabletopwhale.com/ (http://tabletopwhale.com/)
Enjoy :grin:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 19, 2017, 01:24:34 AM
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Ooooh pretty, so pretty, colors and lights...Ok, so can someone explain to me what I'm looking at here? 8) (For a minute I thought it was a battle map of "Y Fighters". ;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 03:17:48 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 19, 2017, 01:24:34 AM
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Ooooh pretty, so pretty, colors and lights...Ok, so can someone explain to me what I'm looking at here? 8) (For a minute I thought it was a battle map of "Y Fighters". ;D
It is a map of our metabolic reactions, in particular how we get energy (ATP). I once knew all those as had to remember them for an A Level Biology exam. The stupid things we have to commit to memory for exams when in the real world we can just look them up!
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 05:12:53 PM
..... The stupid things we have to commit to memory for exams when in the real world we can just look them up!
That is one reason why I became an organic chemist. Organic chemistry is very mechanistic, so one only has to remember a few basic principles. One basic principle is how electrons behave and move around. That allows you to figure out what will happen in any reaction, without the need to remember recipes. It's like playing chess: learn a few basic rules and you can start playing. But then creativity kicks in and some people become great chemists, while others don't.
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18582442_1687176597962330_1690020399128410861_n.jpg?oh=4b4e8665895763ad7df631dd62d14814&oe=59A55E71)
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 05:12:53 PM
It is a map of our metabolic reactions, in particular how we get energy (ATP). I once knew all those as had to remember them for an A Level Biology exam. The stupid things we have to commit to memory for exams when in the real world we can just look them up!
Yes, I had to learn most of them as well, especially the citric acid cycle (formerly known as Kreb's cycle) only to forget them just as I walked out the door.
Funny fact: the Krebs bicycle (the Citric Acid and Urea cycles) got translated into "bicicleta de Krebs", which is not
bi-cycle as in two cycles but as in the two wheeled bicycle.:suspicious: I think that name even appeared in Lehninger Biochemistry textbooks up to the 3rd edition until it was eventually corrected.
There's even a fricken' wiki entry (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicicleta_de_Krebs) for it!
Translation FAIL
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 05:12:53 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 03:17:48 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 19, 2017, 01:24:34 AM
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Ooooh pretty, so pretty, colors and lights...Ok, so can someone explain to me what I'm looking at here? 8) (For a minute I thought it was a battle map of "Y Fighters". ;D
It is a map of our metabolic reactions, in particular how we get energy (ATP). I once knew all those as had to remember them for an A Level Biology exam. The stupid things we have to commit to memory for exams when in the real world we can just look them up!
Thanks, but I'm still going to go with the Star Wars "Y" Fighter battle plan.... 8)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 25, 2017, 03:30:58 AM
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Thanks for posting this, I like having it all in one place...(Printed this out, and put in on the side of my fridge)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FB3GDIav.jpg&hash=a7fdd2b02647b3a9fd03649a0869c04acb3a2a61)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUewyORE.jpg&hash=df21dd1783babe6f3ee2bda6f36dbef40f8ac7aa)
I'm sure it's been posted here before, but I like it:
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(https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/p960x960/19221578_1381675581925515_7006818045148144271_o.png?oh=fbd69dc61455472e6f79dd7ef12c51e9&oe=59E70C29)
"Know your crocodilians"
(OK. Just not too intimately... :shocked:)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc4DzzVUkAErJ-F.jpg:large)
I had no idea geese had such long lives.
I had no idea that earthworms live for so long.
I am surprised chickens live thst long - guess those are ones that escape the pot!
They could have had carp at about 70, that was the age of one in London Zoo IIRC. Seems one koi variety can possibly live to 100 in captivity. Just hope carp don't get bored...
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19260758_1596670197018714_973614729111403154_n.jpg?oh=bbe20edf12e247cb6d74da1f9200a7de&oe=59D72F1D)
Don't slip.
^ :cleaning:
I love that^^^^ ;D
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^ :snicker: :rofl:
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Thank you Silver. I have wondered what a chromosome looked like. Now I know that they look like elemental teddy bears.
Where else would we be able to see chromosomes, except on HAF?
"Elemental teddy bears"? :lol: I just don't see it. They look like X's and V's to me...
Each one is a molecule of DNA with proteins that give the molecule stability. Pretty cool.
It looks like cereal.
(https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png)
Interesting plot, Joe. Wondering what date if that it is, the UK population is higher than that currently. Though I will have to admit to my London ears I am not all all sure that those oop north actually speak the native tongue!
Over i billion English speakers if you include all those countries where it is an official alternative language, like India with its hudreds of regional languages.
Fascinating subject, my main 2005 college research project was on the future of English - which will probably turn out to be "Englishes" - as the true lingua franca. Gets all wrapped up in economics - which are not following the path predicted before 2008 . . . But it is still the language of the air and sea transport industries, plus the Internet of course. All of which the French absolutely detest (heh, heh, beh :devil:)
Interesting, but why isn't Austria listed under German?
Quote from: Gloucester on July 30, 2017, 03:29:08 PM
Though I will have to admit to my London ears I am not all all sure that those oop north actually speak the native tongue!
Shush yourself!
What is that picture representing?
Quote from: Claireliontamer on July 30, 2017, 04:15:48 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 30, 2017, 03:29:08 PM
Though I will have to admit to my London ears I am not all all sure that those oop north actually speak the native tongue!
Shush yourself!
Heh!
Actually many northern accents and dialects are probably closer to original English than what we soft, Latin and Norman French contaminated, sootheners speak. Except for the Scots of course :couchhide:
Quote from: Tom62 on July 30, 2017, 04:07:29 PM
Interesting, but why isn't Austria listed under German?
Yes, that is strange. I see there is a little + in the corner, so I assume it expands in the original.
Quote from: hermes2015 on July 30, 2017, 05:57:42 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 30, 2017, 04:07:29 PM
Interesting, but why isn't Austria listed under German?
Yes, that is strange. I see there is a little + in the corner, so I assume it expands in the original.
Tried to find the original. Loads of links to Spsnish sites but none contain the graphic where I looked.
Not sure about the maths because we don't know the age of the graphic. In round numbers Austria had 9 million last year. From 78 subtract Germany's 70 and say 1 for the other two leaves 7 million - not quite enough but . . ..
Bad graphic proofing or summat.
Quote from: Tom62 on July 30, 2017, 04:07:29 PM
Interesting, but why isn't Austria listed under German?
Whoops! :snicker:
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 04:29:06 PM
What is that picture representing?
I think it's number of speakers (in millions) for each of the languages.
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 04:29:06 PM
What is that picture representing?
It's a proportional pie chart of sorts showing how prevalent each language is in the world.
Here's a link to the full-size version:
https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png (https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png)
Quote from: joeactor on August 01, 2017, 08:57:13 PM
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 04:29:06 PM
What is that picture representing?
It's a proportional pie chart of sorts showing how prevalent each language is in the world.
Here's a link to the full-size version:
https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png (https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png)
From that image I notice there are more segments marked "+", some quite large, with no explaination. So, looking at the labelled segments one wonders why Austria's 9 million, not insignificant, does not get its own bit.
Though, knowing the original date, one can check the figures in general but can one trust the whole thing enough to quote it if it leaves data out?
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2017, 09:10:42 PM
Quote from: joeactor on August 01, 2017, 08:57:13 PM
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 04:29:06 PM
What is that picture representing?
It's a proportional pie chart of sorts showing how prevalent each language is in the world.
Here's a link to the full-size version:
https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png (https://i0.wp.com/latestabenfatta.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/a-world-of-languages.png)
From that image I notice there are more segments marked "+", some quite large, with no explaination. So, looking at the labelled segments one wonders why Austria's 9 million, not insignificant, does not get its own bit.
Though, knowing the original date, one can check the figures in general but can one trust the whole thing enough to quote it if it leaves data out?
Maybe the person who made that doesn't like Austria. :rimshot:
Maybe the Asmo made that. I do not see Luxembourg language there. Egad... is he angry with the Austrians too?
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I like the casual-dehyde 8)
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 03, 2017, 07:14:00 PM
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I like the casual-dehyde 8)
:o ;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 03, 2017, 07:14:00 PM
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I like the casual-dehyde 8)
Excellent!
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Cosmologists produce new maps of dark matter dynamics (https://phys.org/news/2017-07-cosmologists-dark-dynamics.html)
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Microscopic view of the foot of a beetle
I thoughy that was a peacock feather.
Whoa! Beetle Foot!!!
Here's another from the same competition:
Leaves of Selaginella (lesser club moss) (40x)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nikonsmallworld.com%2Fimages%2Fgalleries%2F2016%2Fmain%2F31857-maitland-Selaginella.jpg&hash=5088b726ab29128e1d45b71d6759349f5a3467e5)
... and more here:
http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photo (http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photo)
What is the worlds smallest wasp?
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Shown, at the same scale, next at a paraamecium and an amoeba.
Thus little bug lays its eggs inside the egg of another insect, the thrip. Thrips can be as small as 0.5 - 1mm, so their eggs are minute.
Called Megaphragma mymaripenne sounds like it is a tad misnamed!
Not much danger about this one attacking your jello sandwiches at the picnic!
And here's the world's largest wasp
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But your sarnies are still safe, this one's name includes its favourite lunch, it's the tarantula hawk wasp.
Several thousand species in between.
Cool images. 8)
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We think Irma was big, this is the stormy "hexagon" at Saturn's north pole - it could swallow the whole Earth!
(https://i.imgur.com/XyFi23o.jpg)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2017, 11:49:00 PM
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Microscopic view of the foot of a beetle
John, Paul, George or Ringo?
Pete best tank, Pete best.
Quote from: Tank on September 14, 2017, 05:16:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2017, 11:49:00 PM
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Microscopic view of the foot of a beetle
John, Paul, George or Ringo?
Reminds me most of the psychedelic portrait that Richard Avedon took of John Lennon.
Quote from: No one on September 14, 2017, 05:20:09 PM
Pete best tank, Pete best.
10/10 for geek of the day comment! :grin:
Quote from: Tank on September 14, 2017, 05:16:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2017, 11:49:00 PM
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Microscopic view of the foot of a beetle
John, Paul, George or Ringo?
:picard facepalm:
:lol:
Quote from: Tank on September 14, 2017, 05:16:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2017, 11:49:00 PM
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Microscopic view of the foot of a beetle
John, Paul, George or Ringo?
That was good Tank!
In case you ever wondered at the science behind heavier-than-air flight!
(https://i.imgur.com/KPl9LzO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LYsLWHL.jpg)
^So true. :tellmemore:
:grin:
Hold your horses there folks, there are plenty of creationists who manage to survive just fine without a brain.
I want one of these t-shirts, I just love this! ;D
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^ Love that!
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:eeew:
How FedEx trucks are made.
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 16, 2017, 12:37:29 AM
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:eeew:
Nasty!
I always imagined tape worm heads to be more like those of the Dunian Shai Hulud, just a hole surrounded with teeth! This one looks like it has eyes, (or nostrils).
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Quote from: Dave on October 16, 2017, 07:12:37 AM
I always imagined tape worm heads to be more like those of the Dunian Shai Hulud, just a hole surrounded with teeth! This one looks like it has eyes, (or nostrils).
Those are suckers that I assume the little monster uses to hold itself in the intestines.
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Cool chart...
(https://i.imgur.com/lHobnza.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZC0AVL3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/x2ChVyk.jpg)
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Tears of a Clown
^ like a crocodile's?
Not tears, but it is a drop (Prince Rupert's that is...)
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Quote from: joeactor on January 18, 2018, 08:36:57 PM
Not tears, but it is a drop (Prince Rupert's that is...)
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What is this?
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2018, 10:07:32 PM
Quote from: joeactor on January 18, 2018, 08:36:57 PM
Not tears, but it is a drop (Prince Rupert's that is...)
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What is this?
I don't know what it it, but it's beautiful. :tellmemore:
Quote from: joeactor on January 18, 2018, 08:36:57 PM
Not tears, but it is a drop (Prince Rupert's that is...)
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It's made of glass. Called a "Prince Rupert's Drop", and has some amazing properties - more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop)
... and a great video here:
^^^
~That's so cool. 8)
Thanks for sharing it, joeactor.
For the science bit: the sudden cooling and hardening of the glass from the outside causes stresses inside, things like glass shrink as they cool, but the inside can't. That sudden cooling toughens the glass, so withstanding hammer blows, but the tail is still fragile. So if the tail's tough skin is broken those stresses relax in a wave front through the drop.
Pretty sure the shattering effect of a toughened glass car windcreen is the same. A centre punch breaking the skin anywhere causes the whole thing to shatter.
Well, you learn something new every day! :grin:
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:rofl:
Thought this was a cool pic:
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 21, 2018, 02:45:39 PM
Thought this was a cool pic:
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Might frame that for my fun wall!
Linking science to everday life has been mentioned elsewhere, here is a map that links scientists to scientists. It's a bit complex, start in the top right for a bit of almost instant gratification:
(https://imgur.com/laQXxRI.jpg)
http://www.crispian.net/CrispiansScienceMap.html
[This is the latest version]
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.co.uk
That is clever.
Quote from: Dave on January 22, 2018, 12:21:46 PM
Linking science to everday life has been mentioned elsewhere, here is a map that links scientists to scientists. It's a bit complex, start in the top right for a bit of almost instant gratification:
(https://imgur.com/laQXxRI.jpg)
http://www.crispian.net/CrispiansScienceMap.html
[This is the latest version]
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.co.uk
That is really cool. I can only imagine how much time and energy went into researching that and putting that chart together.
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 08, 2018, 09:25:04 PM
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;D ;D ;D
Aw...
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 08, 2018, 09:25:04 PM
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How cute!
Happy Grass Cells... :tellmemore:
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Fungi art.
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Erythrocyte = red blood cell.
Damn small them capillaries. But amazing how many bloody erythrocites can squeeze their way out of them when you get subcutaneous haematomas!
Quote from: Dave on March 24, 2018, 04:25:03 PM
Damn small them capillaries. But amazing how many bloody erythrocites can squeeze their way out of them when you get subcutaneous haematomas!
Do you take blood thinners?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2018, 03:04:07 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 24, 2018, 04:25:03 PM
Damn small them capillaries. But amazing how many bloody erythrocites can squeeze their way out of them when you get subcutaneous haematomas!
Do you take blood thinners?
Yes, warfarin. That was no real problem at first (2005), I seem lucky in that I still do not bruise easily nor bleed for long from cuts. Keeps the medics guessing but so long as my INR is near optimum they give up.
Then they restarted me on aspirin about four years ago, after telling me in no way ever take the stuff with warfarin. The sub-cute bleeding started about two years later. It is not due to impact of any kind, they just appear then fade. The skin over them seems very thin and delicate, can't use any adhesive dressing near them, if the skin tears or breaks they ooze blood. I cut the ankle bits off a couple of socks (good use for ones with a hole in the toe) and use those to hold non-adherent dressings in place. The are, of course, washable and resusable and look nicer than tubular bandage. Got some colourful sci-fi socks I might use in future!
No-one seems really bothered by it, nor me providing it only happens on my fore-arms. Don't really want it on my brain!
My grandfather takes the same, and he has the same subcutaneous bleeding as you described. If he as much as lightly scraps his arm against a wall the skin breaks and bleeds.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2018, 04:33:28 PM
My grandfather takes the same, and he has the same subcutaneous bleeding as you described. If he as much as lightly scraps his arm against a wall the skin breaks and bleeds.
I don't need scrapings or such - I do it all on my own! I have actually tried to cause them with small impacts or abrasions. No result, even a good, hard scratching with my nails invokes no brownish red splodges. Just sore skin.
Sometimes being inquistive can be a pain . . .
Quote from: Dave on March 25, 2018, 04:55:04 PM
Sometimes being inquistive can be a pain . . .
Literally! ;D
Do all we old folks have similar symptoms? If I bang my self into a doorknob or whatever I get an immediate dark spot under my skin....a hematoma I think it is called. Add that we are often cursed with Ichthyosis Vulgaris or thin scaly skin and we know that the grim reaper is stalking us.
Quote from: Icarus on March 25, 2018, 11:06:21 PM
Do all we old folks have similar symptoms? If I bang my self into a doorknob or whatever I get an immediate dark spot under my skin....a hematoma I think it is called. Add that we are often cursed with Ichthyosis Vulgaris or thin scaly skin and we know that the grim reaper is stalking us.
I have been quite lucky so far and don't have a skin that is overly sensitive to knocks and abrasion. In fact, I seem to heal very quickly from cuts, which I hope will stand me in good stead when I have my hip replacement in May.
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2018, 05:31:00 PM
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Trust Mr serious spectaclesss
Well I was interested in this post because apparently the observable universe is individual to each person. So in fact it could be that both of them are correct. The way the brain interprets it's data is based on previous data that it has collected. At least according to the neruoscientists that I have heard speak of these things.
Quote from: Arturo on April 29, 2018, 02:28:40 AM
Well I was interested in this post because apparently the observable universe is individual to each person. So in fact it could be that both of them are correct. The way the brain interprets it's data is based on previous data that it has collected. At least according to the neruoscientists that I have heard speak of these things.
Also, from an evolutionary standpoint, which view works better for you in the real world?
In the short term, and for any given individual, belief may outperform facts.
... until you try to fly by jumping off a cliff. Then the facts usually win.
Quote from: Arturo on April 29, 2018, 02:28:40 AM
. . . The way the brain interprets it's data is based on previous data that it has collected..
And that is the way indoctrination, brainwashing etc works. Stuff rubbish into the developing mind - without teaching critical thinking at the same time - and you end up with prejuduce, bigotry, narcisism, egomania, meglomania and, maybe, paranoia.
Hang on, that list seems to remind me of some guy who keeps getting into the news . . .
Once again Deepak Chopra's assertion just looks like a string of words that sound like they're conveying some deep insight, but doesn't really make sense. What the hell does he mean? Consciousness is a substance? A divine substance? So...quarks and leptons are made of consciousness? What on earth is he talking about?!
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2018, 05:07:12 PM
Once again Deepak Chopra's assertion just looks like a string of words that sound like they're conveying some deep insight, but doesn't really make sense. What the hell does he mean? Consciousness is a substance? A divine substance? So...quarks and leptons are made of consciousness? What on earth is he talking about?!
Ambiguous at best if looking at merely objectively.
Or what I just said in my previous if using one's brain as it has been developed.
How one perceives the universe is not the same thing as what the universe is made up of. We know that the universe is not made up light waves, but what we are seeing is light waves and not the objects themselves. A dog is not it's bark even though hearing a bark might be all that we can perceive about a dog. Likewise with the other senses and including thoughts and memories. A memory of a person is not the same as the person.
Consciousness is not in any way a substance, any more than a software application is a hard drive.
Quote from: Davin on April 30, 2018, 04:17:39 PM
How one perceives the universe is not the same thing as what the universe is made up of.
Right and that's exactly where the idea lies. As I am writing this, the HAF website looks like a grayish-blue to me. But how do I know that my grayish-blue is the same as your grayish-blue?
We are all looking at the universe through a lenses that is based on our previous experiences. There is a TED talk I watched on this a little while ago let me see if I can find it.
The point I am trying to get across is this quote from the video
"Perception is the brain's best guess of what's out there"
So from what I can tell about that is that there is no guarantee that whatever you experience is real or accurate. We could all be in a big void for all we know. Or in the matrix. But we don't know that so there is no point of dwelling on it unless you are schizophrenic or obsessed with the idea in some way.
I've been through this line of thought years ago and I came to the conclusion that yeah it might not be real, for all I can tell this video gives me more evidence that it could all not be real. But I do experience it. And that is the reality I am in so I might as well enjoy it. So what is "really" the universe is just your brain's best guess of what the universe is. It's your brain that is telling you what the universe is. And your brain is just guessing at what it is. There is no guarantee that the brain is even correct in what it's telling you.
Quote from: Arturo on April 30, 2018, 06:35:24 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 30, 2018, 04:17:39 PM
How one perceives the universe is not the same thing as what the universe is made up of.
Right and that's exactly where the idea lies. As I am writing this, the HAF website looks like a grayish-blue to me. But how do I know that my grayish-blue is the same as your grayish-blue?
It is not, but that does not matter. What I codified to the area of the light spectrum that we identify as blue, doesn't actually matter if you codify is as something different. It's like having to different database systems talking to each other. What specific id you place on the "blue" record, let's say it's 12, doesn't have to match the same id I place on my "blue" record, let's say it's 7. We have a translation to make the color less subjective by using common language. When you say "blue" I identify it as 7, and when I say "blue", you identify it as 12. They don't have to have the same exact id in both systems.
We can objectively test where the color falls on the light spectrum because the color itself is not subjective, what is subjective is how our individual brains codify it.
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Blue is that there on the left. It will be there for everyone with the ability to perceive blue.
Boltzmann Brains (the concept presented that I could just be a brain floating in space pretending to be experiencing a universe), are not something new, but it's easy to disprove. The universe as it began, is far less complicated than a brain popping into existence out of the chaos. Therefore, on an infinite time scale, our universe would happen far more often than brains with the ability to hallucinate a simulation like we are experiencing.
And we all agree that there is often something wrong with our perceptions, that's why we follow the scientific method, which over time corrects for that problem.
^^Right. What you are talking about is a shared reality. A reality that everyone agrees is there. But sometimes there are differences in what one perceives and another does and that gets communicated, and then arguments and misunderstandings happen.
But it all stems from how the individual has been interpreting the world.
Now don't get hunky funky on me because I'm about to explain something someone might call psychedelic.
There are ways to "hack", for lack of a better term, your brain. Maybe not all. But certainly some parts that we know about for sure. The way the short term memory works is by narrative, for example, before it's sent to the long term-memory. It's actually used a lot in therapy when dealing with depression or other psychological issues. But what I have noticed is that you don't need a therapist if you can do it yourself. You slowly over time rewrite your life story and suddenly a lot of things don't seem so bad.
I think I actually got that bit from xsilverphinx on here about the short term memory. I may be wrong. But that has a lot to do with the functioning of schizophrenics. The short term memory is experiencing some issue in the brain that causes weird ideas. And that makes them paranoid or delusional or bizarre ideas that are not anything that they have grown up with or apart of their culture.
So yeah, Dave was correct in saying that is how indoctrination works. Especially why people like to use the bible apparently as a tool for brain washing because you can get a feed back loop that is already built into the brain that you can just enter an input and then get what you want out. Much like a computer actually. Enter input, get output.
I think that shared reality as I know it, is not what I'm talking about. I'm saying that there is a reality that we are all perceiving, even if we do not perceive it accurately, we are still perceiving it. Reality is what it is with or without us.
Shared reality as I know it, is the idea that all conscious entities are experiencing a reality based on all their consciousnesses working together. I don't think that this is the way reality is.
If I ask someone what their house number is and they say 12863 but I remember it as 12683, there are not two realities where the person's house number is both, I was simply wrong. That is not two separate realities, that is me remembering something wrong.
Memories are changed all the time, that doesn't change reality, that only changes what one remembers of reality. I'm not really down with the idea that we each have our own realities (though I can understand it), because I think that it over complicates things for no good reason. Sometimes we are simply wrong, no need to try to justify our errors by inserting a reality into our heads, just correct it and move on. One reality is enough to worry about.
But sure, if you want to think about your mind as your own personal reality, and everyone else has their own personal realities, that's fine with me. I have thought a lot about thinking about it that way, and I find it too cumbersome when dealing with fixing things in the real world.
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Like, WOW!
And they were such orimitive computers compared to things we carry around in our pockets and buy for a price that is ridiculous compared to the costs then,
I remember one of the crew of the first shuttle saying that the memory was so small they had to carry a set of programs on media. As each task of the mission was completed they would reboot and load in the cassette for the next task.
Quote from: Dave on July 23, 2018, 08:18:14 PM
Like, WOW!
And they were such orimitive computers compared to things we carry around in our pockets and buy for a price that is ridiculous compared to the costs then,
I remember one of the crew of the first shuttle saying that the memory was so small they had to carry a set of programs on media. As each task of the mission was completed they would reboot and load in the cassette for the next task.
I read of Turing looking at options for memory.
Cathode ray tube, the old type TV, I don't know how he was going to work it.
QuoteTuring received a royal pardon (posthumously) in 2013
That gets my goat.
Not an apology for mistreatment
The government in its beneficence has decided to let slide your perverted behavior.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 04:55:57 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 23, 2018, 08:18:14 PM
Like, WOW!
And they were such orimitive computers compared to things we carry around in our pockets and buy for a price that is ridiculous compared to the costs then,
I remember one of the crew of the first shuttle saying that the memory was so small they had to carry a set of programs on media. As each task of the mission was completed they would reboot and load in the cassette for the next task.
I read of Turing looking at options for memory.
Cathode ray tube, the old type TV, I don't know how he was going to work it.
QuoteTuring received a royal pardon (posthumously) in 2013
That gets my goat.
Not an apology for mistreatment
The government in its beneficence has decided to let slide your perverted behavior.
Not sure about Turing but cathode ray memories were made:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube
Not terribly good in terms of bytes/m^3!
I think thermionic vales were also used as memory units in my lifetime, vaguely remember a "turtle" that had a bunch of valves, some as switches, some as memory. Vague memories of it being demonstrated on "Tomorrow's World".
Skywatchers are happy because Mars is at its' perigee along about now. The planet will appear much larger than it does at other times when it is getting farther away from earth. Mars will be visible to the naked eye and even a small telescope can reveal some details of the planet. Unfortunately there are great surface storms going on right now and the surface of Mars may not be as clear as observers would like.
And then there is this.
A magic number? This is not abut winning the lottery but it may be worth some attention.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/why-the-number-137-is-one-of-the-greatest-mysteries-in-physics
When I'm reincarnated I'm going to be able to do maths like Laurence Eaves (or be an opera diva) V jealous.
This thread has been quiet for some time now. There is so much to learn and much to ponder.
Here is a subject that might get us all atwitter. For sure it will get the religious ones attention. CRISPR explained in some depth in this video. It is an hour long but worthy of the attention of we philosophic types.
https://www.aspenideas.org/session/crack-creation-gene-editing-and-unthinkable-power-control-evolution?gclid=CjwKCAiAjNjgBRAgEiwAGLlf2qBdST5llzwQDXdKosVA5SKBMIoPtC-qLNPkiziM_g2_aSw0-6Hp0xoCZ4kQAvD_BwE
Quote from: Icarus on December 17, 2018, 03:33:11 AM
This thread has been quiet for some time now. There is so much to learn and much to ponder.
Here is a subject that might get us all atwitter. For sure it will get the religious ones attention. CRISPR explained in some depth in this video. It is an hour long but worthy of the attention of we philosophic types.
https://www.aspenideas.org/session/crack-creation-gene-editing-and-unthinkable-power-control-evolution?gclid=CjwKCAiAjNjgBRAgEiwAGLlf2qBdST5llzwQDXdKosVA5SKBMIoPtC-qLNPkiziM_g2_aSw0-6Hp0xoCZ4kQAvD_BwE
Thank you for that, Icarus. I watched the first 6 minutes; I can't wait to watch the rest when I have more time. She is an impressive speaker.
There are radio signals coming from far out in space. I believe thet the signals translate into this: "ET, come home". You can deccide
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46811618
Quote from: Icarus on January 15, 2019, 12:06:10 AM
There are radio signals coming from far out in space. I believe thet the signals translate into this: "ET, come home". You can deccide
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46811618
These Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have been known for a while. The oddity here is the apparent 'repeaters' and I suspect that in due course these will be identified as a rotational or oscillating natural source just as pulsars turned out to be rotating neutron stars.
^ well damn. I was hoping it was some of ET's family who was missing him/her
Quote from: Icarus on January 16, 2019, 02:20:31 AM
^ well damn. I was hoping it was some of ET's family who was missing him/her
You and many others :D
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 26, 2019, 01:21:50 PM
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:snicker:
Bloody porn.
Quote from: Magdalena on April 27, 2019, 01:51:59 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 26, 2019, 01:21:50 PM
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:snicker:
Bloody porn.
:snicker1:
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https://i.imgur.com/by1jHgN.mp4
Quote from: billy rubin on October 21, 2019, 11:10:41 PM
https://i.imgur.com/by1jHgN.mp4
So small compared to the sun!
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:rofl:
And stolen :D
^^ Brandolini's law applies rather neatly to Trumpists and :eyeroll: his GOP acolytes
Quote from: Icarus on February 22, 2022, 02:03:50 AM
^^ Brandolini's law applies rather neatly to Trumpists and :eyeroll: his GOP acolytes
....as well as libtards
Quote from: Tom62 on February 22, 2022, 05:52:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 22, 2022, 02:03:50 AM
^^ Brandolini's law applies rather neatly to Trumpists and :eyeroll: his GOP acolytes
....as well as libtards
So, let me understand this... :notsure:
A "libtard" would call an "alternative facts" type of person a "Trumpist."
And
An "alt-right, Christian conservative Republican" would call, someone who refutes BS, a "libtard"?
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I do wonder as well if all of the parents who don't want their kids wearing mask at school will now protest how kids have to wear helmets to play football, or batting helmets in baseball?
Or protective gear in any sport for that manner, like shin guards in soccer?
FREEEDUM!!
Here is a video that has no immediate political content.
Will Africa have an ocean inside the continent?
It looks like it will one day.
Quote from: Icarus on August 27, 2023, 07:05:56 AMHere is a video that has no immediate political content.
Will Africa have an ocean inside the continent?
It's a interesting video despite the robotic narrator, but the script: "Soon humanity might have two motherlands."
For some values of "soon." ::)
Heh, I saw that earlier. I'd like to live to 30MY old in order to see it. ;D