OK, I think because I freaked out that ONE TIME my officemate was really late during really nasty weather (he didn't appear until after noon) I have a reputation. He now calls or emails me when he's going to be late. On one hand, ok. On the other...well, it's kind of weird, isn't it?
Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!
'War Stories'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 14, 2005 5:59:55 am PST #5974 of 10002
-t - Jan 14, 2005 6:00:55 am PST #5975 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Exam~ma for Hil.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 14, 2005 6:06:04 am PST #5976 of 10002
What is even happening?
That crazy wind we have been having all morning? It's really brought the temperature down. We all wore our winter coats this morning, when I took Ben and Julia to school. When we walked outside, the balminess hit us like a slap in the face. When I got home, I checked the temperature, and it was 62 degrees. Two hours later, it is 42 degrees.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2005 6:06:26 am PST #5977 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
We are wondering if B5 Season 5 is worth it to buy, or if we should Netflix it.
I bought it, but that's because I think B5 is in the short list of great television and because it really was plotted as a novel. In novels, however, one of your characters can't turn prima donna on you and quit four-fifths of the way through, leaving you to scramble rewrites for an inadequate substitute. Season 5 does wrap up all the arcs, and it gives you "Sleeping in Light," which is a lovely coda for the series.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 14, 2005 6:14:57 am PST #5978 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
On the other...well, it's kind of weird, isn't it?
Well, it depends on the scale of the freakout, and maybe I'm sensitive, but if I thought that a co-worker had a problem with my lateness, I'd try to smooth things over and be proactive to not get freaked out on again. that's just me though, I may be over-sensitive and conflict avoidant.
In novels, however, one of your characters can't turn prima donna on you and quit four-fifths of the way through, leaving you to scramble rewrites for an inadequate substitute.
heh. I will say no more so's not to spoil Gud, but heh.
dcp - Jan 14, 2005 6:20:27 am PST #5979 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
How long does it take for a signal to get from Saturn [?]
Right now, Saturn is approx. 67 light-minutes from Earth.
Gudanov - Jan 14, 2005 6:20:32 am PST #5980 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
If you say more, whitefont!
sarameg - Jan 14, 2005 6:21:54 am PST #5981 of 10002
I got freaked out because I started picturing him dead or injured in one of the eight kazillion accidents that had happened that day. I'm not prone to that sort of panic usually. And that reminded me, he did used to often send out (prior to said incident) an email to the boss when he was going to be late, it's just that now he teases me with the "so you'll know I'm not dead." SoI guess the difference is now the awareness that I will be concerned if I don't hear anything, whereas before the note seemed superfluous. Or something.
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2005 6:22:34 am PST #5982 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gud doesn't want to be spoiled about Saturn and Titan....
TomW - Jan 14, 2005 6:22:35 am PST #5983 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
But if it were, say, a light-year away, we wouldn't know it had gotten there until a year later, right?
According to google and my back of the envelope calculations, Saturn is (on average), 0.000135 light years from Earth. That would be about 1hr 10mins for a signal to get back. The current actual distance may be larger or smaller (I think larger - I saw 1hr 24mins quoted as the current signal lag).