Awesome collection of mid-20th century science art: [link]
What the surface of Venus might look like
Children being attacked by giant grasshoppers!
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
tommyrot - Mar 26, 2008 1:01:14 pm PDT #7426 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.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2008 1:27:51 pm PDT #7427 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dragonflies. Kenneth Heurer was on crack.
So where is our science fiction art these days? Does anyone even bother anymore?
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2008 1:51:37 pm PDT #7428 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Allyson - Mar 26, 2008 1:56:26 pm PDT #7429 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Make. The. Day. Stop.
Also, my neighbors made dinner reservations for me. I'm exhausted. I don't want to go to dinner. I want to get a movie and takeout and chill. If I were going to celebrate, I'd be with the LAistas. I'm not celebratey.
I feel like it's a birthday hijacking. And oddly, I don't feel ungrateful. Mad. But not ungrateful. I sat in a meeting for 6 hours straight on intellectual property, and am now picking nits on the reactivity of hydrofluoric acid 48%.
Seriously. I don't have the energy to be magnanimous.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2008 2:06:39 pm PDT #7430 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can you ask them to postpone, Allyson? Sounds like you've had a long-assed day.
Chemistry question. In the compound shown here, why is the nitrogen bit drawn like that? Shouldn't it be 1 link from the carbon atom to the nitrogen atom and then 2 separate links to hydrogen instead of one bent line?
Also, while I'm reliving high school (please let this stop short of maths), it would seem to me that an online simulator of the electronics kits that seemed so cool when I was a young teen would be pretty simple to put together. I'd love to play with one, and see if I can grasp concepts now I never got then.
sarameg - Mar 26, 2008 2:08:17 pm PDT #7431 of 10001
Happier birthday?!
One of my physics professors used to do paintings (and troubleshoot the science) for scifi writers, as a consultant.
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2008 2:09:42 pm PDT #7432 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the compound shown here, why is the nitrogen bit drawn like that? Shouldn't it be 1 link from the carbon atom to the nitrogen atom and then 2 separate links to hydrogen instead of one bent line?
Because that's an amino group. The bent line means that there are more carbon atoms (two more, one at each kink).
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2008 2:10:59 pm PDT #7433 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, PC. I should have looked at this which is clearer.
Kristen - Mar 26, 2008 2:11:58 pm PDT #7434 of 10001
I call foul on your neighbors. They're bogarting the Allyson.
If you're gonna be forced to spend time with people on your birthday against your will, it should be us.
Pix - Mar 26, 2008 2:13:54 pm PDT #7435 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yeah, I would gently say, "I appreciate the thought and would love to take a rain check, but tonight just isn't going to work for me" or somesuch.