Badger Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 13 hours ago, Old Man said: So you’re to blame for this eruption? No, but if I eat certain foods, my digestive will go into science experiment mode, and recreate the original event. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Cancer said: I am not convinced Krakatoa ever stops erupting. FWIW, another 1883-class explosion would add to the apocalyptic circumstances of this year. I recommend Simon WInchester's book about the 1883 explosion. And if you want a documentary level view of the 1883 explosion, then watch the film Krakatoa East of Java. The volcano is actually West of Java and that is the only inaccuracy in the film. Allegedly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Google search now includes a die rolling feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 I found a couple of websites years ago, that does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Google's one even works on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, death tribble said: And if you want a documentary level view of the 1883 explosion, then watch the film Krakatoa East of Java. The volcano is actually West of Java and that is the only inaccuracy in the film. Allegedly.. After the eruption it was East of Java, North of Java, South of Java, On Top of Java... Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Old Man said: Google's one even works on my phone. yeah, to be fair, I don't use my cellphone except for emergency calls, so. Lord Liaden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Badger said: yeah, to be fair, I don't use my cellphone except for emergency calls, so. Nice to find another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Old Man said: Google search now includes a die rolling feature! * Cancer spits * Go to the real thing, random.org. For simple HERO 3d6 rolls, this works. For other things, then from the random.org home page choose "Integer generator" and you can select what you want. Hermit and Pariah 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Cancer said: * Cancer spits * Go to the real thing, random.org. For simple HERO 3d6 rolls, this works. For other things, then from the random.org home page choose "Integer generator" and you can select what you want. Yeah, that is one of the 2 I use. roll-dice-online.com being the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 7:23 PM, Old Man said: Oregon douchebag breaks quarantine in Cambodia, gets home via flights to Bangkok, Dubai, and Seattle, whines about almost missing speaking engagement and ruined cruise On 2/18/2020 at 7:25 PM, Michael Hopcroft said: And the local talk radio station hailed him as a hero. On 2/19/2020 at 6:16 AM, ScottishFox said: It's like the opening sequence for an outbreak movie. There's always someone who thinks whatever they have to do is more important than the survival of millions. I just wanted to note how prophetic this turned out to be, in both senses of the word. The comic passed through Seattle, and it became one of the first outbreak areas in the US. Coincidence? Probably. But I'm wondering now about the numbers in the other cities he visited. And the Fox's warning about hubris is well taken, although in the US it's workers that are feeling the real vise. Tom Cowan and ScottishFox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 This Dune film might actually happen pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 But is the Moon in the Seventh House? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: But is the Moon in the Seventh House? Drawing on my memories (fifty years back) of how that detail is reckoned when constructing the chart ... it could be, for about two hours a day, but you would not be looking at the pre-dawn sky while that was true. I think you'd need it to be midafternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 25 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: But is the Moon in the Seventh House? 2 minutes ago, Cancer said: Drawing on my memories (fifty years back) of how that detail is reckoned when constructing the chart ... it could be, for about two hours a day, but you would not be looking at the pre-dawn sky while that was true. I think you'd need it to be midafternoon. Peace may guide the planets, then, but it doesn't help us much on this one, does it? (I'm probably the only person on the board who's seen Hair.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 I didn't see it, but I was around when it had its first run. That was shortly after I tried figuring out the horoscope stuff. (And 8 years or so later, I was a backup crooner for a performance of one of the stranger little songs from Hair, in a dorm-floor talent show.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 13 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Peace may guide the planets, then, but it doesn't help us much on this one, does it? (I'm probably the only person on the board who's seen Hair.) Anyone who thinks there is peace in space, has not had to chase a millennium falcon through an asteroid field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 I wouldn't call space peaceful. More like coldly implacable and brutally indifferent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Oblivion is a type of peace. assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 18 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: But is the Moon in the Seventh House? Ironically, the only reason I know this song is because it's in the episode of Cosmos where Carl Sagan debunks astrology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 I remember when it was a mega-hit single performed by the Fifth Dimension. 47 minutes ago, Pariah said: Oblivion is a type of peace. A lot of people characterize peace as an absence of grief and pain, even of sensation, as in death. But in my experience, peace is a presence, a sense of harmony within oneself, understanding who you are and what your place is. There is no peace in the grave, only silence. Pariah and Old Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 If I lived in the late 60s, I would have to smoke the pot, just to deal with the blindingly bright color schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 The colors were due to taking acid. So you needed pot to achieve a proper balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Pariah said: Ironically, the only reason I know this song is because it's in the episode of Cosmos where Carl Sagan debunks astrology. Which episode is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Bazza said: Which episode is that? Episode 3 of the original series, "Harmony of the Worlds". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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