Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.

Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'


What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35  

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.


Steph L. - May 17, 2005 8:39:35 am PDT #4837 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The 90-95% of women who have orgasms can have multiple ones on a fairly regular basis.

We can? I think I wasn't issued the proper how-to guide. But good for alla the rest of you.


juliana - May 17, 2005 8:41:02 am PDT #4838 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

That is so very cool about Nilly's project and the Massive stuff and all of it. Yay! I love the idea of the AI soldiers yelling "Run away! Run away!!!!"


Nilly - May 17, 2005 8:41:31 am PDT #4839 of 10001
Swouncing

ita, yes! The LotR soldiers.

There are few things more surprising than realizing that the thing that you built does something unexpected. Then, of course, you have to figure out if it's a bug or an actual feature. Usually, it's a bug and you have to hang your head against the keyboard and start all over again. But when it's not? That's when it really gets interesting.

The way Chaos theory practically started was by a meteorological computer siulation behaving badly. Mathematical properties of certain equations were discovered due to the surprising behavior of a simulation. The world is always more interesting than we think it is. I love that.


DavidS - May 17, 2005 8:42:50 am PDT #4840 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yay! I love the idea of the AI soldiers yelling "Run away! Run away!!!!"

It is very amusing. Heh. Actually it reminds of a fantasy story I read years ago in an anthology about how the extras in old silent movies all had a kind of immortality and that they could live forever in the margins of huge spectacles like Intolerance. It was an intriguing conceit.


§ ita § - May 17, 2005 8:44:10 am PDT #4841 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The 90-95% of women who have orgasms can have multiple ones on a fairly regular basis

Huh. The numbers I saw were closer to 10%. And they're not about how frequent the multiples were. Just that 13% of women were capable. So you see the source of my disagreement.


Polter-Cow - May 17, 2005 8:44:33 am PDT #4842 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The world is always more interesting than we think it is. I love that.

One of my favorite things in all the world is that cytochrome c, the same molecule that's in the electron transport chain allowing cellular respiration, letting the cell use oxygen to survive, is instrumental in setting off the signal cascades that lead to apoptosis, or programmed cell death.


tommyrot - May 17, 2005 8:46:29 am PDT #4843 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

letting the cell use oxygen to survive, is instrumental in setting off the signal cascades that lead to apoptosis, or programmed cell death.

"In the midst of life we are in death."

Hey, how often can I quote Wittgenstein?


Gudanov - May 17, 2005 8:47:48 am PDT #4844 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

The way Chaos theory practically started was by a meteorological computer siulation behaving badly.

Edward Lorenz, right? Chaos theory is cool.


§ ita § - May 17, 2005 8:48:37 am PDT #4845 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't believe my work filters let me do so much orgasm googling. However, I disapprove of co-workers talking to me while I'm the midst of reading up.


Nilly - May 17, 2005 8:51:46 am PDT #4846 of 10001
Swouncing

Edward Lorenz, right?

Yup. Have you read James Gleick's "Chaos"? It's excellent for a popular-science book.