It's a tough life, being a lab mouse.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Theodosia - Oct 02, 2005 6:38:05 am PDT #2626 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
dw - Oct 02, 2005 7:08:13 am PDT #2627 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
It's a man's life in an animal testing laboratory.
(I'm the only one who will get that joke, sadly.)
Jars - Oct 02, 2005 7:12:20 am PDT #2628 of 10002
I trampolined this morning. So much fun! I hadn't done it since I was a kid. Hooray for exercise that doesn't bore me to tears!
Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2005 7:12:41 am PDT #2629 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Actually, most of us get the Monty Python references.
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2005 8:02:26 am PDT #2630 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.
Actually, most of us get the Monty Python references.
Yes, it's all part of "The Test," which you'll find out soon enough.
Volans - Oct 02, 2005 8:32:52 am PDT #2631 of 10002
move out and draw fire
OK, I have a question: the NASA site gives the times for the eclipse tomorrow in UT, which I assume is Universal Time (and not University of Texas, Utah, or urinary tract). What does that translate to here on Earth? GMT?
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2005 8:34:19 am PDT #2632 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.
UT is used as a basis for calculating time throughout most of the world. UT is also called Greenwich Time, Greenwich Mean Time, Zulu Time. It is the time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated.
eta: Of course, anything astronomy-related to the Earth has exceptions:
UT, GMT and UTC can be used interchangeably (*)
*There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Civil Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by the addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time (TAI). TAI is based on atomic clocks. The last leap second added to UTC was on December 31, 1998 at 23:59:60 UTC (the last minute of 1998 had one extra second). There will be no leap second in June 2003 but may be in December 2003, it will not be decided until July 2003! UT, GMT and UTC differ negligibly; therefore, they are used and can be used interchangeably without ill effect.
Volans - Oct 02, 2005 8:37:38 am PDT #2633 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I bow before your google-fu.
Also, thanks!
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2005 8:40:50 am PDT #2634 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.
I bow before your google-fu.
It has been said that my google-fu is strong....
But really, the google search is always there - you just have to let it tell you what it is.
Also, I am a leaf on the wind....
Jesse - Oct 02, 2005 8:43:25 am PDT #2635 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As far as I can tell, the Wistar Institute is FULL of creepy shit that they only tell us about sometimes.
Also, I feel the need to clarify my "but" wrt the dating life of the Aubrey and Maturin. It was not "the movie was good, but..." It was actually, "I got stuff for my class, but the real thing is..."