Phi for All

I think *present* physicists are laughing pretty hard right now. And those physicists are too smart and savvy to drink anything while laughing. Most geeks are too easily embarrassed to risk liquid shooting out their nose.

Wow, a tsolkas thread turns into a thread about Farsight! My duty is clear.

I'll break a dollar and get some nickels. In fact, I'll use the dollar Cap'n gave me when I said, "If I had a nickel for every time AnemicPsyche whined, 'yOU'LL pAY!!! yOU'LL aLL pAY!!!'...."

Thank God for Glider! This was my first thought after reading the OP and I'm glad someone else mentioned it before I posted. It's a still shot so why bother with doing it for real? It will look so real you couldn't tell the difference even from a moderate close-up.

As iNow said, it's his choice and it's actually critical that he quits for himself and not for you. If he quits for you he'll always be tempted to borrow one from a friend (and misery loves company, so most smokers would oblige him even if they knew he was trying to quit). If he quits for himself he'll be more likely to resist even when he's around others who are smoking.

Newton will remain "right" until tsolkas fixes the link in his OP. I'll give it two days before closing this thread.

Funny you mention puzzles. AnemicPsycho once did a jigsaw puzzle in record time: the box said 3-5 years but it only took him a month!

I normally disallow posts by new joiners asking for private mail contact. This seems fairly straightforward though and I think it would be a great opportunity for someone interested in learning and teaching. If you do contact gouzai please be cautious and courteous and make certain this request is legitimate. This is *not* an endorsement from the Staff and I would love to hear how this worked out.

A tiny mind *and* a tiny willy? Poor AnemicPsycho! I like the part where the demigod spends an hour wreaking his havoc and it takes us like two minutes to clean it up. Real smart demigod that.

Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. "In honor of this holy season" Saint Peter said, "You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven." The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. "It represents a candle", he said. "You may pass through the pearly gates" Saint Peter said. The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, "They're bells." Saint Peter said "You may pass through the pearly gates". The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties. St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And just what do those symbolize?" Sheepishly the man replied, "They're Carol's."

Neither did you.

Are you kidding me?! Our adaptation to the age of nuclear weaponry has been one of our greatest successes. Do you realize how significant it is that we're still here? I wonder how many other civilizations in the universe (if there is sentient extraterrestrial life) reach this point and end up vaporized? We're not out of the woods yet but we've survived for sixty years with the knowledge that we can wipe out our species. It's still scary but it's not as scary as the USSR and the USA playing "mine's bigger" on a daily basis. The questions are being raised. We'll see if we can adapt in time. Your point would have merit if no one was talking about it.

Better design doesn't guarantee supremacy. It doesn't even guarantee you stay in the market at all. Look at Beta video tapes. They were half the size and started out with four heads but VHS-format marketers flooded us with big old cheap tapes and the public chose the worst design. Was AOL the best designed web-browser? Are Microsoft products better designed than Apple and Linux products? Unfortunately advertising replaces education for the majority of people. They learn about a product from it's manufacturer and that's a biased source at best. But if a better design was coupled with a better marketing campaign we'd stand a decent chance of getting automotive technology that made sense *and* profit instead of just profit.

It would take a great deal of capital for the major automakers to retool. You'd need a large supply of replacement parts. And most importantly you'd need to sell the idea really well to get dealers and parts store owners to agree to stock your product. Oh, and the public would need to give a thumbs up as well (but they can more easily be persuaded). We will be seeing new designs become cost effective as oil continues to climb. We've been in the "if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it" mode for too long. I'd still rather have total electric like the EV-1.

Yesterday at the hospital I saw Norman Alber in a surgery gown running down the hall with a terrified look on his face, so I asked "What's the matter?" He told me, "The nurse said, 'Oh my God, you're shaking! It's a very simple operation, please calm down, you have nothing to worry about, I'm sure it will be all right." I smiled and said, "She was just trying to comfort you, Norm, what's so frightening about that?" Norm's eyes got real big and he said, "She wasn't talking to me. She was talking to the doctor!" __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ insane_alien stormed up to the front desk of the library and said, "I have a complaint!" The librarian said, "What's the problem, sir?" "I borrowed a book last week and it was horrible!", said insane_alien. "What was wrong with it?", asked the librarian. "It had way too many characters and there was no plot whatsoever!", said IA. The librarian's eyebrows shot up. She nodded and said, "Ah. So you must be the person who took our phone book." __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YT2095 walked into a bar yesterday and two steps in he realizes it's a gay bar. "What the heck," he says to himself, I really want a drink." When the gay waiter approaches, he says to YT, "What's the name of your penis?" YT says, "Look, I'm straight. All I want is a drink." The waiter says, "I'm sorry but I can't serve you until you tell me the name of your penis. House rule. Mine for instance is called NIKE, for the slogan 'Just Do It.' That guy down at the end of the bar calls his SNICKERS, because 'It really Satisfies'." YT2095 looks dumbfounded so the bartender tells him he will give him a second to think it over. So YT asks the man sitting to his left, who is sipping on a beer, "Hey bud, what's the name of yours?" The man looks back and says with a smile "TIMEX" YT asks, "Why Timex?" The fella proudly replies, "Cause it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!" A little shaken, YT turns to two guys on his right, who happen to be sharing a Margarita and says, "So, what do you guys call yours?" The first man turns to him and proudly exclaims, "FORD, because 'Quality is Job One'." Then he adds, "Have you driven a Ford, lately?" The guy next to him then says, "I call mine CHEVY ... 'Like A Rock'!" And gives a wink. Even more shaken, YT2095 has to think for a moment before he comes up with a name for his manhood. Finally, he turns to the waiter and exclaims, "The name of my penis is SECRET. Now give me a beer." The waiter starts towards the bar but with a puzzled look stops and asks, "Why Secret?" YT2095 says, "Because it's 'Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman'"! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I was in the supermarket the other day when my cart and another guy's cart collided. He apologized and said, "I wasn't paying attention, I was looking for my wife." I said, "What a coincidence, I'm looking for my wife too and I'm getting a little desperate." He says, "Well, maybe I can help you. What does your wife look like?" I told him, "She's tall, with blond long hair, long legs and a fantastic figure. She's a lingerie model actually. What's your wife look like?" He leaned closer and said, "Never mind, let's look for yours!"

If your dog's barking at the back door and your wife's barking at the front door, who do you let in? Well, it's your call... but the dog'll stop barking when you let him in.

Please, as the opening poster, provide some discussion points. Calling our attention to articles we can find ourselves is unnecessary. Please set the tone and the stage for a productive discussion.

I think this is an inaccurate assumption that places your argument on the shaky foundation of a False Dilemma. The conclusions you are drawing are based on the assumption that we and our ecosystem can't adapt quickly enough to keep pace with technology and I don't think you've given much evidence of that.

Please refrain from calling another member of the forum a "loony". Unless it's true, of course.

What is this, like staking a claim on a topic without putting any investment in it? Or is it more like wishful thinking, titling the thread with an unfulfilled promise? Remember this is a forum for discussion, it's not wikipedia. Closed, please try again.

Watt a load! I'm positive you could be brought up on battery charges for eating an electrician.

OK, I'll play along, since you've given us so much to work with. What reactor? Was it training or the real deal? How did it happen? How was it handled? What was your part in it? Was there any real danger? How often does this happen? How much cannibalism is there in the US Navy as opposed to the British Navy? Have you found any toothmarks on your body? Did anyone tell you the Navy frowns on leaking critical reactor stories over the net?

And the Moderators descend. Why aren't you answering YT's question? This is one of the most poorly constructed Opening Posts I've ever seen. You ask for an answer but have asked no questions. Please try again and try not to bring any more Moderator's mothers into it.

And we don't plagiarize the work of others. I found that letter at Positive Atheism and it sure doesn't read like anything else you've ever written here GIZMOHOTEL. Your other posts are title-cased text speak. Bad, bad GIZMOHOTEL.

Is size the only factor in determining what passes through an ion gate?