You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 10:49:37 am PDT #1136 of 10001
brillig

Until I found out it's a franchise and all contrived.

Enjoy what you enjoy, Wolfram! Resist the pressure to shun the commercial!


brenda m - Jun 10, 2005 10:51:37 am PDT #1137 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hey Gus.

Why are people suddenly talking in code? It's confuuusing.

I want a lemon ice now. Or chocolate. In a paper cup from the window of a pizza place. In short, I want to go back to being six, when this was a major part of my summer routine.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 10:52:15 am PDT #1138 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Oh brenda, you're killing me here. Lemon ice. Want.


Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 10:55:49 am PDT #1139 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Frozen custard (brenda knows the joys of Kopps, I'm sure!). There's a place down the street from my apartment that's supposed to have good custard, and I've been very good about avoiding it so far. I'm thinking I might cave in this weekend.


Vortex - Jun 10, 2005 10:55:54 am PDT #1140 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end


DXMachina - Jun 10, 2005 10:59:14 am PDT #1141 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

What formula (of the form ax*x + bx + c = 0) do you use to find x?

If the side of the cube is 1, then it's

0 = (1 + sqrt(2)) x - 1


-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:01:52 am PDT #1142 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Octagon. Okay. Well, that's 8 isosceles triangles with a 45 - 67.5 -67.5 angles and a side of length x opposite the 45. Such a triangle will have a height of x/(2tan(pi/8)) and area x^2/(4tan(pi/8)), so the octagon would be of area 2(x^2)/tan(pi/8), hmm. I can't remember how to calculate tan(theta/2). Blech.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:32 am PDT #1143 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end

Oh, don't mind us. Play through!


Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:58 am PDT #1144 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

You know what? Repetitions of "sqrt" in conversational prose may lead one to believe that squirting is a math function. Like, I did figure it out eventually, but, not at first.

Hello, all. I am in the sunny (when not stormy) southland, planning quesadillas for supper, and my Red Sox are in the sunny (I presume) Wrigley Field, having their asses handed to them. What is a girl to do? I mean, besides eat quesadillas and hope the Yankees and Orioles were similarly gifted in the ass dept.?


tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:04:30 am PDT #1145 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.

cool!