On Triton there's solid, liquid and gaseous methane. Sort of like what water is on our planet. Due to the pressure and gravity, when it rains (methane) it falls very slowly in big droplets 1 to 2 inches big, kind of like how snowflakes fall on Earth. There are also methane ice caps and lakes and clouds
Isn't that interesting?
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
Sometimes I like to picture scenery on the Jovians and their moons. Falling slowly into Jupiter with lightning storms larger than worlds raging in the vast distance. Jupiter's innards are most likely composed of metallic hydrogen at extreme pressures, and no one really knows how matter like that even behaves. It's a pretty awe-inspiring thought, I think, how extremely rare and minute is the amount of environments we'd consider every-day in the universe. Most baryonic matter is plasma or a thin 'gas', yet these, the most common states of matter in the cosmos, are also very foreign to our existence.Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
On Triton there's solid, liquid and gaseous methane. Sort of like what water is on our planet. Due to the pressure and gravity, when it rains (methane) it falls very slowly in big droplets 1 to 2 inches big, kind of like how snowflakes fall on Earth. There are also methane ice caps and lakes and clouds
Isn't that interesting?
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Exactly!
And that's all just in this tiny insignificant solar system of ours. We have moons that resemble Earth. Planets with mind-boggling characteristics. Planets that should resemble Earth but are global warming gone mental squared. And that's just in one of ten to the power of twenty something solar systems. Which means that other solar systems have even more batcrap insane properties.
And I'll never know them. And that's messing with my groove (Poing!)
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
I take that as a "No"
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
Sorry, it's fascinating, I just need rage to make it worthwhile to emerge from under the blankets in this unreasonably cold weather.I take that as a "No"
I'm wearing layers and fuzzy socks.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Due to resolution limitations, most exo-planets we've found are Jupiter-like objects, usually with even greater masses. Since the detection method is what it is, there's a strong sampling bias and many of these objects apparently orbit very close to their mother star, and there's likely mass exchange between the two in many cases. While this infernal scene is pretty cool, it does also mean that very likely the massive planet has cleared the particular system up of smaller bodies anywhere near the star. There are some new methods that had their big break-throughs just a little over a year ago, and we're finally seeing Earth-like objects. In another ten years, who knows?
What messes with my groove is that I will never get to fly there.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
then there are the places that likely no one will ever get to see barring some science miracle...
...damn you Universe and your immenseness...
. . .
Thats what LSD is for
I have a very active imagination so I've seen all sorts of things in dream land while asleep but its not the same as actually going anywhere...
. . .
Universe is a bitch
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
I got 99 problems but the universe ain't one
Wait, no
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Christ fevers suck
I can't keep a coherent thought alive long enough to think it through
Also breathing hurts
Uuugh
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Going to the dentist this afternoon to finish the job.
"Yes it's safe!!!"
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
I think I'm up to Operation Clausewitz-derp now
It hurts to cough-slurp, but I can't durp coughing
And every durp I sneeze, I cough as well-a-durp
JOHNNY SLURP-DURP WHY HATH THOU ABANDONED-DERP ME
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Poor Nessie.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Is...is this like that scene from Old Yeller?Poor Nessie.
. . .
It's worse.Is...is this like that scene from Old Yeller?
Because... because Nessie isn't a...
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
aww
One of my fillings fell out while gnawing carrots, I swallowed it.
In another sign that the idea of free market competition is a load of crap, all the major theaters will be increasing their 3D movie ticket prices today. My area gets an increase of 50%, from $10, to $15 a person. To watch a movie. With a crowd.
This is not a Hollywood studio decision. This is a decision the theaters made, surely by coincidence, all at the same time.
Why?
Because pirates can't pirate 3D movies that aren't on DVD yet.
I've actually hypothesized a novel way they could pirate 3D movies, but then you'd have to have a 3D enabled TV. If I can figure it out, its only a matter of time before someone else does.
You could also point out the price fixing of beverages if you wanted to knock free-market competition.
. . .
So, after being spoiled by several days of 60+ degree (F) weather, its gone back to wind, rain, and 40s. Blech!
pollen
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Not to hijack this thread with talk of 3D TVs, but I never want one. The idea of 3D all the time is nauseating. If I wanted that, I'd turn off the damn TV and participate in REAL LIFE!
We had a huge nerdy discussion about that last night, that they would need to bring out more TVS where you didn't need the glasses. Because who the hell would sit in front of the TV for more than 2 hours with those damn glasses on? Most people use TV as a background noise anyway, they're rarely watching it.
Sorry for the rant, I just think 3D should be confined to theaters and amusement parks. But, I'm sure it will eventually creep into everyone's homes. I guess this crochety lady will have to get with the times.
Um
You don't have to jump off the bridge just because Stacey and Kelly did
It's perfectly possible to live without a television set
Let alone a 3D one!
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
sssh don't tell Americans that Nessie! We even have dual screens in our cars.
My son told me his friend's household has 7 tv sets for 5 people. Two are big screens. One in kitchen, family room, living room, basement play room, 3 in bedrooms. Plus the screens in their cars.
We only have 4 TVs (3 LCD, 1 Plasma)
I'm waiting till the TVs are able to do 3D without glasses as well. The tech is in the pipeline, and even Nintendo is planning to bring it to the DS within a year. Glasses are lame.
Oh, trust me Ness, I wouldn't be buying one. Hubby and I are the types that let the dummies that have to have it first buy it, then we wait until technology is improved and prices lowered before we purchase. That's why we only have the 13" I came into the relationship with, and our Samsung 36" we bought in 2004. No need to buy a ginormous television when we have dumb friends that buy them; we just watch movies over there!
Ok, sorry for thread hijack. Nothing messing with my groove at the moment, but the day is young!
I have CNN on, 'live'. This means Palin stumping in Nevada (is it for anyone or just against Reid?). I'm waiting for her to say the federal stimulus was stupid, and all those underwater Vegas homeowners can just wait for the casinos to bring back their jobs.
Her answer is to be simple and do what's morally right. MORALLY RIGHT. To get our economy ROARING again, means cutting federal spending. OK. Should we start with Nevada?
She mentioned Obamacare and SSSocialized medicine. OK. What's the proposal besides being SSSelfish? She says God has blessed us and made us Exceptional. And we need a Commander in Chief to lead our troops, not a law professor giving lectures.
"The Constitution provides the path to our perfect union", she says. OK, so why bash a constitutional law professor?
"America is going to be JUST FINE if we stick to our principles and TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!"
Did I miss a coup or something?
Catgrrl, have you even seen anything ever using the modern glasses technology? Or are you just judging it based on prior experiences with a completely different tech?
Personally I too get things when they're affordable - but I have a HD set with a HD Sky subscription now because it is affordable and I like it, am looking forward to getting 3D TV when its affordable, not first to get it.
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