I think that's Delta Chi Gamma.

I FEEL LIKE YELLING HERE, APOLOGIES TO ALL WITH SENSITIVE EARDRUMS.

If the free market is such a great dynamo of the economy over fiscal expenditure and government explain to me why we had a Wall street bailout?

BECAUSE GOVERNMENT FORCED BANKS TO GIVE HOUSES TO POOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T AFFORD THEM IN THE NAME OF "FAIRNESS". TAXOCRATS BUY THE ALLEGIANCE OF "THE POOR" WITH TAX DOLLARS. BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A VICTIM?

ME AGAINST ALL BAILOUTS. STILL AM. FAILED CONSERVATIVE LIKE BUSH STILL NOT EQUAL SOCIALIST IDEOLOGUE WHO NOW SEEK TRILLION DOLLARS ON A TARGET GIFT CARD. IT'S SCUM POLITICIANS' WET DREAM, ALL MONEY/NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

What are you going to say now? The banking industry is not deregulated enough? The fed wasn't lax enough? The SEC shouldn't exist so more money could be rolled and rolled over in toxic packages? socialism? credit controls were not lax enough? What about regressive credit card debt? diminishing middle class? housing market bubble? run away government spending? defense spending? loss of capital infrastructure? lack of progressive tax structures? loosening of tax codes to corporate entities? run away trade deficit? increased federal debt? billions per month in Iraq that don't go to troops? spending on the drug war? spending on abstinence programs that don't work?

IT CALLED SPENDING MORE THAN YOU MAKE. YOU/ME DO IT AND GO BROKE OR TO JAIL. GOVERNMENT DO IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT...THAT WHY BIG GOVERNMENT SUCKS.

ME AGAINST 90% OF FEDERAL GOVT. TOO BIG, TOO POWERFUL. ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL NONSENSE MUST GO.

Don't blame the previous 8 years of economic fumbling on a incoming president. At least he is trying to formulate a plan to avert disaster, unfortunately the free market doesn't care about the welfare of the economy as a whole, there is no invisible hand to pick up the American economy, notice the large manufacturing sector that has moved almost all production overseas.

FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF TAXOCRATS GOES ALL WAY BACK TO CARTER; BEFORE HIM, FAILED WELFARE SOCIETIES OF FDR AND LBJ. KENNEDY LAST LIBERAL TO DEMAND LOW TAXES FOR PROSPERITY.

They don't care about the American economy, they care about their own profits that is free market economics, fiscal spending and government stimulus is needed now to create a net injection into the economy.

HYPERINFLATION IS WHAT OBAMA WILL BRING.

The market plunged because Obama didn't promise any kind of net government bailout and you are here crying about socialism and new deals.

What do you think that says.

IT SAYS THERE NOTHING SO BAD ON OWN GOVERNMENT CAN'T MAKE WORSE. IF OBAMA WANT QUICK RECOVERY, HE SLASH TAXES FURTHER AND PROMISE NOT INTERFERE. HE INTEND GROW THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT VIA GAMMA RADIATION.

POLITICIANS = INSECURE CLOWNS WITH TERRIBLE EGOS. THEY WANT BE HEROES BY PRETENDING TO STOP CRISES THEY CREATED IN 1ST PLACE! THEY 'TAKE ACTION' EVEN WHEN ACTION MAKE WORSE.

HULK SMASH.

1. The Planets Move (2000 B.C. – 500 B.C.)
A thousand years of observations reveal that there are stars that move in the sky and follow patterns, showing that the Earth is part of a solar system of planets separate from the fixed stars.

2. The Earth Moves (1543)
Nicolaus Copernicus places the sun, not the Earth, at the center of the solar system.

3. Planetary Orbits Are Elliptical (1605 – 1609)
Johannes Kepler devises mathematical laws that successfully and accurately predict the motions of the planets in elliptical orbits.

4. Jupiter Has Moons (1609 – 1612)
Galileo Galilei discovers that Jupiter has moons like the Earth, proving that Copernicus, not Ptolemy, is right. Copernicus believes that Earth is not unique, but instead resembles the other planets, all of which orbit the sun.

5. Halley's Comet Has a Predictable Orbit (1705 – 1758)
Edmund Halley proves that comets orbit the sun like the planets and successfully predicts the return of Halley's Comet. He determines that comets seen in 1531 and 1607 are the same object following a 76-year orbit. Halley's prediction is proven in 1758 when the comet returns. Unfortunately, Halley had died in 1742, missing the momentous event.

6. The Milky Way Is a Gigantic Disk of Stars (1780 – 1834)
Telescope-maker William Herschel and his sister Carolyn map the entire sky and prove that our solar system resides in a gigantic disk of stars that bulges in the center called the Milky Way. Herschel's technique involves taking a sample count of stars in the field of view of his telescope. His final count shows more than 90,000 stars in 2,400 sample areas. Later studies confirm that our galaxy is disk-shaped, but find that the sun is not near the center and that the system is considerably larger than Herschel's estimation.

7. General Relativity (1915 – 1919)
Albert Einstein unveils his theory of general relativity in which he proposes that mass warps both time and space, therefore large masses can bend light. The theory is proven in 1919 by astronomers using a solar eclipse as a test.

8. The Universe Is Expanding (1924 – 1929)
Edwin Hubble determines the distance to many nearby galaxies and discovers that the farther they are from us, the faster they are flying away from us. His calculations prove that the universe is expanding.

9. The Center of the Milky Way Emits Radio Waves (1932)
Karl Jansky invents radio astronomy and discovers a strange radio-emitting object at the center of the Milky Way. Jansky was conducting experiments on radio wavelength interference for his employer, Bell Telephone Laboratories, when he detected three groups of static; local thunderstorms, distant thunderstorms and a steady hiss-type static. Jansky determines that the static is coming from an unknown source at the center of the Milky Way by its position in the sky.

10. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (1964)
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discover cosmic microwave background radiation, which they suspect is the afterglow of the big bang. Their measurements, combined with Edwin Hubble's earlier finding that the galaxies are rushing away, make a strong case for the big bang theory of the birth of the universe.

11. Gamma-Ray Bursts (1969 – 1997)
The two-decade-long mystery of gamma-ray bursts is solved by a host of sophisticated ground-based and orbiting telescopes. Gamma-ray bursts are short-lived bursts of gamma-ray photons, which are the most energetic form of light and are associated with nuclear blasts. At least some of the bursts have now been linked with distant supernovae — explosions marking the deaths of especially massive stars.

12. Planets Around Other Stars (1995 – 2004)
Astronomers find a host of extrasolar planets as a result of improved telescope technology and prove that other solar systems exist, although none as yet resembles our own. Astronomers are able to detect extrasolar planets by measuring gravitational influences on stars.

13. The Universe Is Accelerating (1998 – 2000)
Unexpectedly, astronomers find that instead of slowing down due to the pull of gravity, the expansion of the universe at great distances is accelerating. If these observations are correct and the trend continues, it will result in the inability to see other galaxies. A new theory of the end of the universe based on this finding has been called the "big rip."

>> ^Crawlius:
>>
I am not fortified against the idea that there -might- be systems in the cosmos which exert that kind of influence... But as of yet, such effects are undetected. Astrology is, like many things in the theatre of spirituality, a belief in the unseen. It is in its very nature to betray logic, and it is for this reason that you receive criticism.
But the Mayan Calendar...? Fuck it. 2012 will speak for itself.



aw man... yea... to be perfectly honest, and I know many of you will laugh at this, but from my humble observation, I see between 60-90 % of people falling into similar patterns of astrological (yearly/seasonal/solar/lunar/planetary/galactic) significance.
it could be because of the patterns in variation as we grow up during specific growth stages... these in repetitive cycles of maybe of sun, humidity, oxygen, bloody gamma rays, pollen, weather... gravity, black holes, 97 % of the missing matter out there, I don't know! some kind of evolution pattern or something... In Entropy it is postulated that if time is change, and change is light, then wouldn't a presence of such bodies influence the infinite possibilities of our patterns? One would be closed minded to ignore the unknown and unproven false, unlike the idea of "god".

The maya have been interpreted and revived in a few ways, but it seems their astrology is much more basic (and complex). They go for numbers of days where each day is a unit, a minimal integer. They fit in 27.32 day moon cycles within the yearly 365.242199 days. They take out days of time to correct the calendar in incredibly precise ways with 13 moons fitting perfectly in a year (as opposed to 12). The pattern of days taken away is eerily harmonic and speaks of greater cycles going on... then, also there is a parallel (slightly more iffy, more spiritually? based -dna supposedly-?!) calendar (tzolkin [dreamspell interpretation]) talks about a 260 day year with 13*20 (tones and tribes) matrix of different combinations ... and it all makes sense in a measure of time kinda, but indeed minimally (or so much so we don't notice it)in practical life, but almost seems more of a game than a prophecy, but lets anyone imagine their most intense vision... and if we can do all these wonderful things, can a prophecy be a vision? or vice-versa?

I wish more research were done on the subject, might be a good retirement project. If 2012 is an excuse to be happier for those who chose that, or fear for those who chose to fear, yea fookit, let it happen, let the SHTF! pffft! fear is a disease and a disorder and creates more disease and disorder. Once you start realizing how delicate things are, you start paying more attention to detail.

ahhh Goldie Hawn, so bouncy, so nubile, i remember "A Little 'Tea' With Goldie" from Laugh-in days. (tea being code for marijuana). Yeah i'm old shuddup.

Blu-Ray: looks like all they did was crank up the gamma.

"Internet Explorer supports PNG images but is unable to correctly display images with gamma correction or color correction. Versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 7 are unable to correctly display images with alpha channel (for transparency) without additional coding [24]" From Here.

Internet Explorer for Mac supports PNG though. IE really doesn't support much of anything. If you take a look at this statistics link, from w3schools.com, you'll see that Firefox is becoming QUITE popular though, with it's users quickly rising. Link.

I don't think GIF would be a viable option because the filesizes are too large and dithering looks worse then JPEG artifacts. You could limit the filesize for GIFs? What do you think dag?

Another idea. Allow hotlinking of images for avatars from approved sites. Postimage might suffice. But then thumbnails would be a problem, no? Let me know if it's a viable option.

Bring these ideas up at your next board meeting dag! lol

This makes me sad, I really like PNG. Damn Microsoft. Can't they get anything right?

I do have good news though. If you go here you can sign a petition for IE to support PNG. Not excellent news as I don't think Microsoft will give a Flying V.

*As a side note, IE doesn't even fully support JPEG either, "Internet Explorer does not support progressive display of progressive JPEG." From Here.)
I swear I have OCD. I've edited this post atleast a dozen times.

From Wikipedia; "The series began with the pilot Rocky the Flying Squirrel. Production began in February 1958 with the hiring of voice actors June Foray, Paul Frees, Bill Scott, and William Conrad. Eight months later, General Mills signed a deal to sponsor the cartoon, under the condition that the show be run in a late-afternoon time slot, where it could be targeted towards children. Subsequently, Ward hired most of the rest of the production staff, including writers and designers. However, no animators were hired, since Ward was able to convince friends of his at Dancer, Fitzgerald, & Sample — an advertising firm that had General Mills as a client — to buy an animation studio in Mexico called Gamma Productions S.A. de C.V. (formerly known as Val-Mar Animation.) This outsourcing of the animation for the series was considered financially attractive by General Mills, but caused numerous problems. Bill Scott, when interviewed by animation historian Jim Korkis in 1982, described some of the problems that arose in the production of the series:
We found out very quickly that we could not depend on the Mexico studio to produce anything of quality. They were turning out the work very quickly and there were all kinds of mistakes and flaws and boo-boos. They would never check. Mustaches popped on and off Boris, Bullwinkle's antlers would change, colors would change, costumes would disappear. By the time we finally saw it, it was on the air."[citation needed]

I totally just figured out how to induce a supernova, IRL, without any modifications to the laws of physics. Just launch a small black hole towards a star. If the black hole is charged, it can be aimed and accelerated by electromagnets. When it enters the star it will grow and slow, emitting massive amounts of gamma radiation as it consumes the core of the star. It would cause an explosion which would probably resemble type II supernovae.
But how could a tiny black hole be manufactured? A 1kg black hole would emit 3*10^32 watts (more than a thousand suns) of hawking radiation, for the instant before it fizzles. That radiation is inversely proportional to the square of mass, so particle accelerators can't make long-lived black holes. At a billion kg, it'd have a lifetime in the thousands of years and a luminosity around 10^14 watts, which is relatively manageable but much more difficult to make. For reference, a 100m x 100m x 100m cube of water weighs 1 billion kg. I have no idea how the heck to make a 1 billion kg black hole, but it's not necessarily impossible.

The lyrics, stolen shamelessly from Digg:
Brohemian Rhapsody

Is this the frat life
This is so phat to me
Hittin' the ice-luge
This is the sickest party
Open your thighs
Give my bros high fives, so sweet
I'm just a frat boy, taking virginities
Because it's golf pros, tennis hoes
Gettin' high with my bros
Anyway this bitch blows, doesnt really matter to me
To me

Harlan, just killed a keg
God I rule at Tony Hawk
Dude you suck, don't even talk
Duncan, we're up at beer pong
If you don't sink 5 cups you're such a gay
You guys, brooos
I'm so effing drunk
If I'm not out of bed on time tomorrow
Wake me up, wake me up
I can't miss Western Civ

Oh great, I have to piss
Break the seal yeah now it's time
What the hell is with this line
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and pee outside
Oh no, duuude (There's a cop car)
Damn you Gamma Pi
I sometimes wish I never had pledged at all

I see a little party foul over there
What a douche, what a douche someone get the mop bucket
Chad and Moose are fighting
What is with this lighting here
Broke a lamp, broke a lamp
Broke a lamp, broke a lamp
Shards of glass inside my foot
Oh God oh ow ow ow ow
I tried to jump it, thought I could clear it
He tried to jump it, he's a drunk idiot
Get him some gauze for his lamp injury
Easy Trent, easy bro, think I'm bout to blow
(Vomit noise) No! We will not let you bro, let me bro!
(Vomit noise) No! We will not let you bro, let me bro!
(Vomit noise) No! We will not let you bro, let me bro!
Will not let you bro, let me bro!
Will not let you bro, let me bro!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Dude I'm gonna, dude I'm gonna, dude I'm gonna let me bro
Fuck all you guys, I'm gonna puke and rally, rally, rally

Swear to God I'm not crying, there's shit in my eye
You guys promised to love me until we all died
Oh Logan, can't do this to me Logan
Just gotta get hugged, just gotta hug it out here

Brotherhood's forever,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, Bro-dy

it is very ZINGY. the smallprint is not comfy.
it's even worse on mac gamma.
i normally make smallprint darker and less saturated than the "official" colour to compensate for this. then it looks like the "official" colour (when surrounded by white and antialiased)

There was an interesting discussion over at:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=67401

I'm still a bit skeptical. I mean come on, a regular old lead round has a similar toxic effect if it enters your body. Maybe we should contract Nerf to make our weapons.

Depleted uranium is not a significant health hazard unless it is taken into the body. External exposure to radiation from depleted uranium is generally not a major concern because the alpha particles emitted by its isotopes travel only a few centimeters in air or can be stopped by a sheet of paper. Also, the uranium-235 that remains in depleted uranium emits only a small amount of low-energy gamma radiation. However, if allowed to enter the body, depleted uranium, like natural uranium, has the potential for both chemical and radiological toxicity with the two important target organs being the kidneys and the lungs.
http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/depletedu/health/index.cfm

Now look at lead:

Lead is a very strong poison. When a person swallows a lead object or inhales lead dust, some of the poison can stay in the body and cause serious health problems. A single high, toxic dose of lead can cause severe emergency symptoms. However, it is more common for lead poisoning to build up slowly over time. This occurs from repeated exposure to small amounts of lead. In this case, there may not be any obvious symptoms, but the lead can still cause serious health problems over time, such as difficulty sleeping or lowered IQ in children.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002473.htm

Maybe we should just think a little harder about not going to war in the first place.

From an Australian Parlimentary proceeding regarding the Lancelin Defence Training Area. It's kinda funny Rokke gets hit pretty hard.
http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/451a59fb51257dd248256c85002bc738/d5a84c09a211cadd48256d8600336c20?OpenDocument

Leuren Moret "says she specializes in "the study of the damaging effects of low level radiation" - 3:35 min
- Look again at her education and ask if that makes any sense what so ever?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuren_Moret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Rokke

There are some scientific misconceptions in the video but the overarching message is correct that this substance should not be used the way it is. These are not "bombs" they're DU penetrators. The main danger is not from external beta or gamma radiation from the U238 as these levels are very very low but instead from the alpha particles given off by the substance. Because of the extreme pyrophoricity of U, the metal is turned into a fine uranium oxide powder on impact and it is the inhallation of these particles which continually irradiate lung tissue with alpha particles that's dangerous. The lady at the end Leuren Moret, is not a nuclear physicist, she has a degree in geology and no particular expertise in the area of nuclear radiation. Saying that areas where DU weapons are used will be contaminated FOREVER is also pretty misleading. The half life may be very long but the uranium particles will diffusely dissipate over large areas on time scales vastly shorter than the half life, thus rendering it harmless. This uranium was mined from the earth to begin with and uranium is naturally found in dust everywhere on the planet because its a very common element. It is only the high concentrations of pure uranium oxide dust that are produced by DU penetrators which are created immediately at the site of use that are especially dangerous.

I think the plastic suits are intended to do just that, only keep the radioactive dust out. There's no way you could walk around in there with enough lead on to block all the gammas. I think they just accept the dose and limit their time in there.

Upvote for the sheer pretense, oh and, way too geek, to be counted as cuisine, better perhaps than "Molecular Gatronomy" (pretentious squared) would be, "Crackerfied Kitchenette"...."Here sir, suck on this sacrement wafer flavoured of smoked candy apple, while your drop of goo is being freeze dried, then re-envigored in a bath of freon and "food-safe" gamma particles"

Absurdly melodramatic narration, immensely cheesy animation and music, condescending MTVesque editing, takes 15 minutes to explain a single simple concept but nonetheless a fairly decent look at gamma ray bursts and the cosmic dark ages.