Posts by onefang 1956 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Dec 2017
"The catholic concept of hell was COLD, with different levels for different sinners."
Reminds me of the lesson that my high school physics teacher taught one day, about the scientific proof that heaven is hotter than hell. Involved the existence of liquid sulfur in hell, and that heaven was lit by the light of a thousand suns. Calculations left as an exercise for the student.
'“Daemonic” possession manifests itself in people babbling in computer languages foreign to them, shaking uncontrollably and vomiting APL, pieces of metal and shards of glass flying as they punch their monitors, according to those who believe in the phenomenon.'
FTFY
'"We touch on the most burning issues: '
So burning witches is coming back in style.
'Palilla blamed the rise in demand for exorcism on the growing number of people seeking the services of fortune tellers and Tarot readers.'
Sounds like an escalating war between snake oil sellers. We'll need popcorn, I wonder what that tastes like cooked in snake oil?
Think it was back in the '80s I was working in a place where the front office had all the office walls replaced with glass, and glass doors. One poor guy managed to bang his head rather harshly on a closed door he thought was open. Half hour later someone noticed he hadn't been seen for a while, so they sent me out on my motorbike to cruise the streets looking for him. He was still dazed and confused when I found him.
"And just to cap it off, not all doors have an indication that it's push or pull only so when you push and nothing happens, you pull, only to find still nothing happens. It's madness I tells ya, madness!"
Reminds me of an ancient ditty from my high school days. "The sign says push to slow the speed, of those that pull before they read." Though perhaps it was the other way around, high school was a very long time ago.
To all those above worried about vacuums and the cold of space, I note this from the article -
"conditions to those found around a star"
Not that cold around a star, probably not that hard a vacuum either. Probably depends on your definition of "around", "star", "cold", and "vacuum" though. YMMV
"Is this enough of a trigger? There has to be some self-organization and self-assembly involved to create life forms. The big question is whether this is something that, inherently, the laws of physics do allow," Ahmed concluded.
Somehow I doubt Ahmed concluded with a comma, there might have been more at the end of that sentence.
Also, I suspect that the laws of physics do indeed allow life, there seems to be plenty of examples around here. Look, found some on my keyboard -->
“But I also think we have to have an approach to recruiting people that is dynamic, that tries different ideas and has unique partnerships - that is able to leverage ideas that may not be traditional within out military sphere. And I think that’s important because the space that we operate in is changing every single day and so why should our ideas change just as rapidly?"
Bribe them with free drugs and access to peoples private porn collections.
I bought a Moto Z, and have one of the battery packs on my to buy list. They charge the internal battery from the pack, but do have a mode where they only charge to 80% to extend the life of the internal battery. Which I have been doing for my smartphones for a while, though I tend to keep them between 40% and 95%.
"Paper maps - for when the journey is part of the fun.
"SatNav - for when you just want to get somewhere without hassle."
Or having the data in a paper map on your phone, and using it without the GPS system like I do. Coz my phone is a lot smaller and lighter than a street directory. Best of both worlds.
"So far seems to be a game platform."
VR has been around for decades, it's only been the last few years that the price has come down far enough for ordinary folk to play with it. In all those decades, the very very expensive VR equipment was mostly not used for games. If there where not actual practical applications, then they would not have spent all that money.
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