Phi for All

I just meant that the original Pastafarians were pirates, and this is clearly their work. I think the little round piece below is a collander.

Clearly the work of pirates.

And that's the way to think about it. Not using steam tractors that simply substitute green components in industrial age tech, but rather a whole different branch on the tree of tool evolution. Am I wrong in thinking that limiting ourselves to solar power would encourage more of a united effort in our species? Burning fossil fuels makes working in small groups efficient, but wouldn't solar-only push us towards more concerted efforts in creating and using energy from the sun to work for us?

My guess is volume.

Adhesive rubber bondage sounds like an intriguing step up from ropes and knots. It could even replace my velcro wall if it doesn't burn the skin.

Uploaded? Are you trying to attach a .doc to your post? I typed this up in word, then copied it and pasted it here. I don’t think the problem is ours. I'm moving this to Suggestions, since it's got nothing to do with Astronomy.

Right, I'm just saying the design was within our abilities should we have decided that polluting with burnt fuels was taboo.

Vitruvius had a basic steam engine design, based on even earlier compressed air designs. He was around from 80 BC - 15AD.

! Moderator Note At some point, you need actual physics in theoretical physics, and it's clear you aren't a fan of evidence, text books, and methodology. Normally, people unsure of a subject ask questions, instead of trying to rewrite the subject. Science seems to attract people with inkling-only concepts they're almost religiously wedded to, who then think science is hidebound for actually reading the texts that make things work in reality. It breaks the heart. Thread closed. Since you don't bother to support your ideas, don't bother to post a thread on this one again.

Escargot is another dish I think is overrated. It's yummy, don't get me wrong, but I've never tasted anything beyond butter, herbs, and garlic. It sometimes bothers me that some foods need to be completely changed to be palatable, and then they become delicacies. Eggs on the other hand...

San Francisco passed a ban on styrofoam earlier this year, so if it is styrofoam it's illegal. http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/SF-bans-Styrofoam-and-other-cities-should-follow-8353106.php

This is what Scotty99 does. It's like ridiculing a yardstick because it can't tell you what shade of green the couch is.

Faith-belief is absolutely corruptible. Hope-belief is often corruptible. Trust-belief is far less corruptible, based simply on the sheer numbers of distrusting skeptics. Our continued understanding of science requires we constantly satisfy true skeptics.

I was at the IAC a few months ago when Elon Musk revealed his Mars plans. I guess he didn't mind spending all that extra money figuring out geocentric orbits, even though the Earth doesn't spin.

Sure, if we continue to demand more trust than faith from our belief in science.

I tried this argument earlier and he ignored it. I don't think he's thinking about all the points of triangulation we have available that allow us to plot star patterns, and how messed up they are when you pretend Earth is at the center. As an analogy, it's like in the movie The Incredibles, when Gazerbeam had burned the word KRONOS through the stalactites and stalagmites in the cave. It made no sense until you were in the right position, then it suddenly made perfect sense. It's the same with celestial orbits.

So is relating everything to extremes. I prefer to think of those folks as fantastic administrators. We need them as editors so typos aren't missed. We need them as merchandisers to keep shelves stocked label out. We need these folks for mass mailings, so our holiday cards don't go out with crooked stamps and labels. A bit of OCD is practically required in some jobs. And you have to admit, it's nice having a bag of clean cloths around for the oil and grease. My wife does that for me with old towels.

Mainly because we're concerned about it, unlike the religious.

I can't remember, are you a geocentrist who believes the Earth isn't spinning? That we're motionless in the center?

I was wondering what Australia and Colorado have in common. Could it be a more rapid temperature changes during a day? In Spring and Summer here, it can get near freezing at 2am yet warm up into the high 70s F by 2pm. But I'm not sure that makes a difference to eggs hidden from the sun. It's not just heat. You can make an egg explode in the microwave, but it won't be rotten. It's got to be that a gas buildup becomes blocked from venting, and pops the egg open from the inside, with a sharp report.

This word, I do not think it means what you think it means....

Can't remember? It was because, as in this thread, you ignored actual evidence against your ideas and provided none in support of them. Instead you wave your hands and insist, and in that thread you got pretty insulting about it. You act like you're being insulted, but can't be bothered to remember why your thread was closed. You make claims you don't bother to defend. You look to science for things it's not meant for, like finding Truth, and then insult it when it doesn't work. And when shown how science really works, you scoff and continue to fail at understanding any of it. Has this been going on since high school? If you find yourself circling the toilet in some of these discussions, I would ask you to reconsider some of your tactics.

I can appreciate the chemistry route, it would certainly be the coolest and most scientific. But I know there are also people out there (you know who you are -- that's right, I'm talking to you now) who LOVE doing this sort of thing physically. These are the people who always peel the warning labels from lighters, love untangling piles of yarn or holiday lights, twitch uncontrollably when they see a peeling sunburn, and don't suffer sweater pills lightly. Going after fibers in a caster with tweezers and a scalpel is their version of neurosurgery; they're removing something extraneous that's impairing brain function, mostly because now they know it's there it'll drive them crazy until they remove it.

The key is that we don't need to leave our bodies to do this. We can create a new reference for the visualization of God anytime we want. He can become a pillar of fiery lamb & dove-filled bushes if you want. Just use your imagination. That's probably how religion started in the first place, wondering about our bodies and if anything was left when they stopped moving.

If I can address the bolded part, I'd like to add that maybe Obama can't do much, but don't you think the part of the electorate that sees Trump as dangerous could be gathered to boycott the media that gives Trump his stage? I've watched many journalists interviewed recently, and it's clear that they cover Trump because people keep watching everything that concerns him, and their ability to generate profit increases. They haven't been doing anything to upset that relationship, as incestuous as it is, because they make so much money from him. Trump even uses that as an excuse to treat people like dirt ("You're going to get so much publicity from working with me that I'm not going to pay you what I said I would"). I propose the Middle-class Media Moratorium. Get your news from state sponsors like NPR and BBC, and avoid every outlet that gives Trump unrestricted, uncritical access. No more clicking on "Trump's Most Disgusting Tweet EVER" bait. Let's remove the pump that fills him with hot air.