It looks like, from a cursory glance at that link, they are ignoring the whole "There's a whole sucking thing, mostly they just kill you" effect in calculating the growth of the vampire population.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
-t - Mar 17, 2007 9:25:36 pm PDT #7660 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hil R. - Mar 17, 2007 11:45:24 pm PDT #7661 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah. There need to be a few more numbers in there -- it needs to be how many people each vampire kills each month, and how many people each vampire turns each month. Which would make for some kind of interesting equations -- a predator/prey relationship is pretty easy to model - it's in every intro-level differential eqations textbook - but the predator/prey/turning would add in all kinds of weirdness. Hmm.
Theodosia - Mar 18, 2007 1:14:44 am PDT #7662 of 10001
'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"
Don't forget the existence of a predator of the predators upon the predator/prey ratio, too.
All the lovely talk of dogs -- last night I caught up with Mythbusters who were examining dog 'myths' like teaching old dogs new tricks, methods of escaping from bloodhounds and evading guard dogs. The doggies were adorable, and everybody had a lot of fun, especially the dogs.
It's definitely an episode that I'd recommend for people who don't follow the show regularly.
tommyrot - Mar 18, 2007 2:51:46 am PDT #7663 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.
It's a good thing that the idea of "Turn two; the rest are food" never really caught on....
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2007 2:58:06 am PDT #7664 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Generally speaking, ideas seem less neat if they get their originator burned up into ash in front of everyone's yes.
Nutty - Mar 18, 2007 3:03:20 am PDT #7665 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Good morning, all.
Number of times I heard upstairs neighbors chant drink-drink-drink: 2
Number of minutes I hung on the doorbell waiting for them to hear it: 3
Volume of song that drew my ire: ca. 90 decibels
Number of years since Boys II Men was cool: infinity
Time of offense: 7:30pm
Status of upstairs neighbors: see above re: drink drink drink
And yet, after my epic yelling event (I eventually got one of them on the phone, and he clearly recalled the last time, which involved 4am, the effword, and threats), they quieted down considerably and left the house at about 9 to go annoy somebody else. But, I mean really -- Boys II Men, on St. Patty's Day, at 7:30pm? These neighbors were in the 3rd grade when Boys II Men was big.
Laura - Mar 18, 2007 4:28:55 am PDT #7666 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Sheesh Nutty, you'll never get invited to their party that way.
sumi - Mar 18, 2007 4:40:45 am PDT #7667 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Animal planet is showing a flyball tournament. Lots of fun and not 100 percent border collie and jack russell. (They had a German Longhaired Pointer on one team.)
Zenkitty - Mar 18, 2007 5:11:19 am PDT #7668 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's so good. Continues to surprise.
eta I can so spell!
tommyrot - Mar 18, 2007 5:16:46 am PDT #7669 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.