Did anyone watch So You Think You Can Dance this week? I've just finished and was wondering if the people who didn't like Heidi before liked her better now--because I think she was loads better with Travis as her partner. As for who might be going, I'd vote for Martha (who I've never liked) and Ivan (who I like a lot, but I just don't think he can compete technically at this point).
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
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.
megan walker - Jul 20, 2006 7:24:25 am PDT #7680 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hayden - Jul 20, 2006 7:25:10 am PDT #7681 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I remember a friend talking about some wacky scientist or another who'd managed to move the centre of his consciousness into his navel. I'm still not sure I believe that's possible, but then again, I'm sense-bound. What if I were blind and deaf? Would I still be in my head?
That's not just the Greeks, but a tenet of Confucianism and early Taoism. Even in the West, the head didn't become the home of consciousness until the late Dark Ages. I can't remember the details, but this was part of a paper I wrote for a class on Theories of Consciousness back in the early 90s.
juliana - Jul 20, 2006 7:26:25 am PDT #7682 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Who's in the homunculus's head, then?
When a body meets a body comin' through the brain?
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2006 7:27:17 am PDT #7683 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.
That's not just the Greeks, but a tenet of Confucianism and early Taoism. Even in the West, the head didn't become the home of consciousness until the late Dark Ages.
That just seems really odd to me, but of course I'm a product of a "head-consciousness" culture, so....
Hayden - Jul 20, 2006 7:30:39 am PDT #7684 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That just seems really odd to me, but of course I'm a product of a "head-consciousness" culture, so....
I think I know what ita's talking about. I can recall stories about some scientist who was doing thought-experiments in the 70s by trying to get subjects to center their consciousness lower in their bodies.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2006 7:56:22 am PDT #7685 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tommy, have you seen this? It's kinda...weird.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 20, 2006 8:01:29 am PDT #7686 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think I know what ita's talking about. I can recall stories about some scientist who was doing thought-experiments in the 70s by trying to get subjects to center their consciousness lower in their bodies.
Haven't males been doing this....forever?
SuziQ - Jul 20, 2006 8:02:03 am PDT #7687 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The sci-fi is making my brain hurt.
Megan - have not watched yet. Hopefully Tivo grabbed for me and I can watch eventually.
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2006 8:03:33 am PDT #7688 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.
Tommy, have you seen this? It's kinda...weird.
I think I've seen a picture or two of the new 747-8, but those pictures really emphasize the weird curvature of the wings. Huh. (Also, the pictures show the saw-tooth pattern to the back of the engine nacelles, where the bypass air exits. This is to make the engines quieter.)
The new 787 has weirdly-curved wings, but not to the same degree, I think: [link]
I think that because both planes have wings that are mostly composite, there's a lot more they can do with wing shapes than for wings of aluminum.
Sean K - Jul 20, 2006 8:06:09 am PDT #7689 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I always feel like I'm thinking in my head (as bizarre as that sounds out of context).
I dare not get too excited about Eureka, because I still smart from the Coupling fiasco.
I think one way or another, it's at least a good thing for putting giant full-page sized picture of Colin in Entertainment Weekly.
Still haven't seen the premiere though, due to work, a crappy VCR, and no Tivo. Glad to hear it did well.