I think you're now officially the least existential person ever.

Bah. The viewer isn't required. No one has to experience something for it to exist.

MM, I'm going with the definition of noise (n) that has it as a synonym for sound (n). I swapped that into the traditional wording without any intention of changing the meaning of the question.

Aww, I love Buffistas.

I love having a job that lets me read Buffistas, if not my email. The COMM competition was fun to read, even after the fact.

I love having a job that sends me on a tour of the under-construction Bay Bridge and pays me for the privilege. Heee! (That will be tomorrow, in the rain, no doubt.)

No one has to experience something for it to exist.

Well, that's one theory.

Did you check out the animation on thinking in ten dimensions?

M, I'm going with the definition of noise (n) that has it as a synonym for sound (n). I swapped that into the traditional wording without any intention of changing the meaning of the question.

Perfectly valid. Thus my caveat re: "my take".

It's not perfect, but it lets me drop the question feeling satisfied I have answered it and go back to watching television.

YOU ARE AT WORK!

(Aren't you?)

YOU ARE AT WORK!

(Aren't you?)

...yes?

How are you watching TV??

I need to start watching this perverted and sleazy morning show: [link]

I also t heart how completely off their rockers Virginia and Alessandra of the NYT are. They need to form a band with Alex Kuczynski.

Well, that's one theory.

Don't just let it sit there--tell us about the others, and the one you believe.

Okay, I was actually *working* all day, and I log in to find 500 new Natter posts. I was thinking KERFLUFFLE! and wondered what heresy had been committed that got the Buffistas split into factions screaming "Aux armes, citoyens!"

I'm actually just a little bit disappointed that there turned out to be no kerfluffle.

However, I enjoyed reading Guess That Buffista, but the physics made my brain curl up in a tiny ball and whimper.