tkdguy Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Did he really say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 OT: The spectroscopist in me wants to do the measurements and analysis and settle these lightsaber-color questions once and for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 My co-worker and I wonder if the new talking biometric reader on the door can be hacked to respond in Klingon. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 "in other words, the reason for the Civil War was taco?" "You got it!" "I've been reading the wrong history books. I thought it was about enchiladas!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 8:02 PM, tkdguy said: Did he really say that? Well, Mace Windu is a bit "Sith Curious", so... On 12/19/2018 at 9:23 PM, Ternaugh said: My co-worker and I wonder if the new talking biometric reader on the door can be hacked to respond in Klingon. Propably. Audiofiles usually are among the first things you need to localize. So if anything is on a easily acessed writeable memory, they are it. I give it a 90% propably that the reader Software is just a really small Linux with Speakers. The same kind you find on Routers. With my old taling clock I would have doubted it. But that thing is so last milennium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 "The problem is, most people believe that real science is too difficult and complicated for them to understand. But I don't think this is the case. To do research on the fundamental laws that govern the universe would require a commitment of time that most people don't have; the world would soon grind to a halt if we all tried to do theoretical physics. But most people can understand and appreciate the basic ideas if they are presented in a clear way without equations, which I believe is possible and which is something I have enjoyed trying to do throughout my life." ~Stephen Hawking, "Brief Answers to the Big Questions", p. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 "When someone does a foolish thing, you should tell them it is a foolish thing. They can still continue to do it, but at least the truth is where it needs to be." "Never wrestle with a pig. You both end up dirty, and the pig likes it." There's such a fine line between these two statements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 "Ewm." "Hm?" "Oh, I just burped up some squid heads." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 "If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats." From Richard Bach, Illusions Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says that is the highlight of the book. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Wrong time of year, but.... Someone was going over a passage that stated the "no white after Labor Day" rule was invented by the old money families to differentiate themselves from the nouveau riche. Me: No white after Labor Day? What if I have to use my stormtrooper outfit? L. Marcus and Christopher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That is the reason for the storm.” ~Haruki Murakami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 "Do you think the iron feels no pain as it is hammered, heated, quenched, repeatedly as it is forged into a sword?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, Cancer said: "Do you think the iron feels no pain as it is hammered, heated, quenched, repeatedly as it is forged into a sword?" Never mind the iron. I want to know if it hurts the caterpillar to become a butterfly. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary notes that it obviously KILLS the caterpillar, but does it HURT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Quote The forking paths of semiclassical physics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 "Now remember: The Catholic church only pays for the first 3 children fathered by a priest outside of wedlock." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Quote Fig. 3. Cumulative cratering rates at Jupiter. The curves for Metis, Thebe, and Amalthea are truncated for craters larger than the satellite. Such impacts are deemed disruptive. "Deemed disruptive" seems like a useful user handle here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 My daughter bought and built a STEM toy (a motorized Gatling nerf gun). While loading it... "I just realized I'm pointing this thing at my face while I'm loading it. Not a good idea." "Safety is #6, Dad." tkdguy and Christopher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 "You all know what nostalgia is: It's a memory of something that never happened." Christopher and BoloOfEarth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Tonight I ate rabbit for the very first time in my life. So before taking my first bite, I had to say, "Sorry, Bugs!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 My brother has adopted an increasingly sedentary lifestyle as he's gotten older. Yesterday I was visiting him and his wife at their house. My brother: "You can't take life for granted. I could get run over by a car tomorrow." His wife: "Only if it drove through the living-room window." bigbywolfe, Christopher, tkdguy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 "My response to that proposal is Churchillian: We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 "Just imagine a betta on methamphetamines." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 "I have to send my Sim to the hospital because she's having Santa's baby!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 I was showing one of my students, a little girl, my avatar and asked her if it looked like me. She said no. Me: Why don't you think it looks like me? Student: It's young! Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 But you're just in your forties in spirit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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