>> ^messenger:

There's some things in life like this video which you cannot enjoy as intended the first time if they're spoiled. The Crying Game is another example. Murder She Wrote is another.>> ^Yogi:
>> ^messenger:
Does nobody understand what a spoiler is?

I've got a friend who hates spoilers...then I read an article on Wired that said spoilers don't hurt and may even increase your enjoyment of a movie or show. So I hit him with a wrench over and over and over cause FUCK HIM I'LL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT YEARS AGO AND HE SHOULD'VE WATCHED BY NOW!!!



Which is why the Crying Game sucks and Columbo is better than Murder She Wrote.

There's some things in life like this video which you cannot enjoy as intended the first time if they're spoiled. The Crying Game is another example. Murder She Wrote is another.>> ^Yogi:

>> ^messenger:
Does nobody understand what a spoiler is?

I've got a friend who hates spoilers...then I read an article on Wired that said spoilers don't hurt and may even increase your enjoyment of a movie or show. So I hit him with a wrench over and over and over cause FUCK HIM I'LL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT YEARS AGO AND HE SHOULD'VE WATCHED BY NOW!!!

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^entr0py:
Sounds like godless liberal elitism to me. Slow down there Lenin H. Rockefeller
http://factcheck.org/2012/02/college-kills-faith/
That's disappointing. College should kill faith. Well, maybe not kill it, but certainly wound it. If you go to higher education for a few years and you aren't exposed to ideas that make you at least question your faith, you and/or your college have failed in your education.


I agree with you, but what you are saying is EXACTLY what doesn't happen. I know many people that hold doctorate level degrees yet they still think creationism is great; even THOUGH the science they (literally) use in MANY instances is BASED on evolution and it working as purposed by many scientists--over a very long amount of time; and the evidence is ONLY getting thicker and higher not falling apart and slimming it's waistline--it's madness. BUT, the key thing here is that all of these people have one thing in common, all of them... They all wanted to learn about THEIR field, but when it came to anything else outside of it--even fields that are directly linked to their fields--it didn't matter, because they are of a single-minded process.

They happen to not be as curious as you or I and of course many other people that even when they learned a lot about what interested them, they realized that there was NO FENCE and that the rabbit hole (as it is said) keeps going. I think many other people have successfully quarantined sections of their life of from other sections. Their mind functions like the CDC and it is why we start ending up with people with seemingly underlying psychological issues like Rick Santorum, as they treat their life like it is literally a world alone unto themselves.

They can hear and see all the information you say, but unless you have gotten their curiosity they will treat it as a contamination and try to find a way to dispose of the information--meanwhile, if they have psychological problems, their brain is actively helping them in their routine.

I've been confounded as well, for a longtime. Like I said if you pay attention the one thing you SHOULD learn from EVERY class you have taken is that the rabbit hole has yet to stop. So it seems like education would in fact drive a wedge between you and any faith as you learn more, the more you should realize how much we still have to learn. It should make your faith seem even smaller than you feel compared next to the Universe if you ask me... Some people must just be too fat and get stuck in their relative rabbit hole.

No doubt ADSR would produce some great science, but it wouldn't address chemistry issues, or any other important issue any better than a LFTR project. It seems to me that it just introduces large amounts of extra complexity and cost. Particle accelerators are big unreliable machines, hence the need for 3 of them for redundancy and they could well reduce safety if something goes wrong. They are not even particularly suited to breeding, as they produce protons which as the name suggests are charged and so need to be very high energy to hit a nucleus and cause fission. The cynic in me says the whole idea was cooked up by the nuclear energy industry to ensure costs could be kept high, and so turn them and their friends in other energy industries a bigger profit (or even just a profit?). My understanding is also that between the various stockpiles of fissile we have, and high breeding ratios from early LFTRs startup fuel should not be a big issue.

I wish you all the best in your learning, I can think of few endeavors more worthy of changing your life's direction >> ^GeeSussFreeK:

>> ^Spacedog79:
The ADSR or "Accelerator Driven Sub-critical Reactor" is unfortunately a massive waste of time. Why not build a properly configured LFTR reactor and it does just the same thing and you don't need to build 3 large particle accelerators to do it.

I agree in one sense, but in another, the chemistry of the LFTR might prove impossible to solve (though this is hardly even a fear atm), so divesting in a "less" effective way to fission isn't a complete waste. Also, you could use this just to breed thorium which would be handy if you hand thousands of thorium generators to start up (you need a good deal of U233 to start the reaction as Thorium is only fertile, not fissionable). This also would be a good way to burn up waste before we get a highly functional LFTR's with the ability to siphon in fission products. In the end, no road should be left uncharted when the end result maybe the salvation of the energy crisis and a life like star trek
I play to dedicate most of my laymen efforts over the next couple of months in learning more about fission for use in determining if I want to drop my life for what is it now and pursue nuclear physics. Pretty sharp turn from where I am now, but I almost feel morally compelled to do so.

>> ^Spacedog79:

The ADSR or "Accelerator Driven Sub-critical Reactor" is unfortunately a massive waste of time. Why not build a properly configured LFTR reactor and it does just the same thing and you don't need to build 3 large particle accelerators to do it.


I agree in one sense, but in another, the chemistry of the LFTR might prove impossible to solve (though this is hardly even a fear atm), so divesting in a "less" effective way to fission isn't a complete waste. Also, you could use this just to breed thorium which would be handy if you had thousands of thorium generators to start up (you need a good deal of U233 to start the reaction as Thorium is only fertile, not fissionable). This also would be a good way to burn up waste before we get a highly functional LFTR's with the ability to siphon in fission products. In the end, no road should be left uncharted when the end result maybe the salvation of the energy crisis and a life like star trek

I plan to dedicate most of my laymen efforts over the next couple of months in learning more about fission for use in determining if I want to drop my life for what is it now and pursue nuclear physics. Pretty sharp turn from where I am now, but I almost feel morally compelled to do so.

There are two rules to remember if you want to have an awesome life like puppet, rule number one, never run out of Colt 45, rule number two never forget rule number one.

>> ^hpqp:

I would not be in the least surprised if he turned out to be gay, and yes, this is very camp. That being said, I know several people whose personalities are contrary to the heterosexual "norm" and yet are attracted to the opposite sex. A boy in my class in highschool was incredibly camp, exuberant, living his life like a constant performance (he's an actor/musician/artist to boot). Needless to say, he had no problem attracting the girls (in fact, some older women in the art world were fawning over him as well, borderline creepy-like).
In any case, I am of the opinion that our discussion and perception of gender and sexual identity need to move beyond the binary stage:
http://videosift.com/video/Re-Teaching-Gender-and-Sexuality


No you are a fag or not its quite simple , if things were shades of Gray it would be hard to know who to shout at or who should get the death penalty or a good stoning.

and don't try and bring facts into the conversation only dirty liberals use facts to win an argument.

I would not be in the least surprised if he turned out to be gay, and yes, this is very camp. That being said, I know several people whose personalities are contrary to the heterosexual "norm" and yet are attracted to the opposite sex. A boy in my class in highschool was incredibly camp, exuberant, living his life like a constant performance (he's an actor/musician/artist to boot). Needless to say, he had no problem attracting the girls (in fact, some older women in the art world were fawning over him as well, borderline creepy-like).

In any case, I am of the opinion that our discussion and perception of gender and sexual identity need to move beyond the binary stage:

http://videosift.com/video/Re-Teaching-Gender-and-Sexuality

Read her interview about her regrets regarding her previous career: http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/01/04/my-interview/

"Every once in a while people try to slap me in my face with the mistakes I made to try to humiliate me and hurt me. They see the new direction that I have taken in fitness and health and this seems to infuriate them like I am impostor in my own life, like I can never be more than that broken, scared person that I was."

Ah, the simple things in life..like flipping a cap on a marijuana atomizer machine..

Boy, those Japanese robots sure look life like.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Can't wait for the first headline. GAY OFFICER FILES COMPLAINT; CLAIMS PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION BECAUSE OF 'SEXUAL PREFERENCE'


No different than the claims of straight people. Marine life, like most, is about politics. Who you know and blow.

I thought British politics were full of vile, repulsive, intellectually bankrupt old trolls, baby boomers clinging on to life like a barnacle. Then I moved to Australia. Wow.

Interesting. It must depend where then, I'm talking about Northern suburbs, and mostly teenagers.

I totally agree with your other point.>> ^Kofi:

In Melbourne I rarely see people riding without helmets. Most of my friends have been fined and now wear helmets but I am not 100% sure that the two are linked.
The point about cars is bullshit. Cars have seatbelts, airbags, crumple zones etc. A bike = 5 feet of falling over onto some skin, some bone and your mental life. Like I said, don't wear a helmet for your sake. Wear it for the sake of the people who have to look after you when you brain turns to goo.

In Melbourne I rarely see people riding without helmets. Most of my friends have been fined and now wear helmets but I am not 100% sure that the two are linked.
The point about cars is bullshit. Cars have seatbelts, airbags, crumple zones etc. A bike = 5 feet of falling over onto some skin, some bone and your mental life. Like I said, don't wear a helmet for your sake. Wear it for the sake of the people who have to look after you when you brain turns to goo.