Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

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.


sumi - Sep 22, 2008 12:32:11 pm PDT #9944 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

Park herself, her real-life husband and her onscreen BSG husband, Tahmoh Penikett—are

Yes, that's a confusing sentence that I also had to read more than once to fully understand.


Typo Boy - Sep 22, 2008 12:49:51 pm PDT #9945 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

It makes sense for swimming, wrestling, and some track-and-field sports like discus and shot put where there's not a lot of running involved.

Couldn't there be some [beat] awkward [beat] consequences in wrestling. Or maybe this is a non-computer case of "that's not a bug, its a feature".


§ ita § - Sep 22, 2008 12:56:24 pm PDT #9946 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wrestling is personal enough with your clothes on. There are many holds that would generate much earlier tap outs if naked.


brenda m - Sep 22, 2008 1:19:51 pm PDT #9947 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

ION, I think Google Maps is trying to fuck with me: [link]

That first step is a doozy.


tommyrot - Sep 22, 2008 1:21:42 pm PDT #9948 of 10003
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 first step is a doozy.

Google Maps must have assumed you were Batman....


brenda m - Sep 22, 2008 1:23:59 pm PDT #9949 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, I should probably uncheck that in my profile.


§ ita § - Sep 22, 2008 1:38:55 pm PDT #9950 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why don't I have that option in my profile?


tommyrot - Sep 22, 2008 1:42:07 pm PDT #9951 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Recently there was a conference on multiple universes, or multiverses....

Many scientists look down on philosophy as mere question-posing and guesswork. But philosophy seems impossible to avoid when discussing certain problems in physics, especially those dealing with fundamental aspects of reality, such as cosmology and particle physics. In his entertaining talk, Davies referred to the old Hindu story of the Earth resting on the backs of four elephants, which in turn stand on a giant turtle. One is then faced with the question of what the turtle stands on. Perhaps there is some kind of ultimate explanation down below, a Prime Cause – some kind of “super-turtle” that brings the chain of explanation to an end.

For many physicists, Davies said, the laws of physics themselves have served as such an explanation. But this view becomes problematic if the laws themselves change over time, or vary from region to region. Alternatively, there may simply be no ultimate explanation, he suggested, in which case one must accept an infinite regression of causes — "turtles all the way down.”

I dunno - I've held the "turtles all the way down" view for so long, the "super-turtle" theory just blows my little mind....

[link]


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 22, 2008 1:48:12 pm PDT #9952 of 10003
"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

Couldn't there be some [beat] awkward [beat] consequences in wrestling. Or maybe this is a non-computer case of "that's not a bug, its a feature".

Some of the entertainment I've bought considers it not just a feature, but the main selling point.


Gadget_Girl - Sep 22, 2008 2:10:07 pm PDT #9953 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

Shir, so glad you are OK.