Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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.


Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2009 10:18:41 am PDT #11222 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Via io9, Kevin Van Aelst does really awesome math/science photos. For instance:

Mitosis...with donuts

Yin-yang...Oreo

The world...in an apple core

Chromosomes...with gummi worms

Hawaii...from Hawaiian Punch


msbelle - Sep 28, 2009 10:50:40 am PDT #11223 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I napped, and now oh so gronky. still...there is work. do not want. want more sleep.


Gudanov - Sep 28, 2009 10:54:20 am PDT #11224 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Back to the 1959 Chevy vs. 2009 Chevy in a 40mph offset collision. I find these two still images kinda fascinating.

2009 Chevy [link]

1959 Chevy [link]

Yea for crumple zones. The difference is incredible.


Jesse - Sep 28, 2009 10:59:45 am PDT #11225 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, that video was amazing. In a scary way!


Hil R. - Sep 28, 2009 11:09:14 am PDT #11226 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, the Russians have a skull fragment that they said was a part of Hitler's skull. Turns out, no. [link] DNA analysis shows that the skull belonged to a woman, and examination of the bone suggests she was under 40. Which makes it possibly Eva Braun's skull, except that it has a bullet hole in it, and there weren't any reports that she was shot.


Burrell - Sep 28, 2009 11:16:33 am PDT #11227 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

msbelle I have to say, you are taking the whole last-minute no childcare thing way better than I usually do. I say kudos.


msbelle - Sep 28, 2009 11:19:02 am PDT #11228 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I think I have a higher level of "just roll with it" post summer. and thanks.


Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2009 12:13:59 pm PDT #11229 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Can someone with an actual graphics program help me out? I have acquired a hi-res version of donut mitosis, but I want to crop each individual print into a file. It's a very simple task, but the only photo-editing software on my work computer is Paint.

(I am going to use this for my cancer pharmacology workshop. Yes, I will be teaching science with donuts.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 28, 2009 12:19:04 pm PDT #11230 of 30001
"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

I have at least one gay friend who says he knew from kindergarten. He just didn't want to pull any girl's ponytails.

The conscious realization hit me at 13, but as my parents have a photo of my preschool "girlfriend" clutching me like Pepe Le Pew with me frantically trying to escape her grasp, there were perhaps signs to be read earlier than that.


Dana - Sep 28, 2009 12:43:30 pm PDT #11231 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Oh, my god, they need ANOTHER REFERENCE.