Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links from 2013 (Read 35008 times)

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #75 on:** February 22, 2013, 02:10:06 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on February 21, 2013, 10:28:24 PM

Quote from: Hunter Sopko on February 21, 2013, 05:42:19 PM
Americana you want to put in your mouth but can't.

I will stick with porridge like a good Comrade thanks.

I hope you die.

I hope we both die.

SnowFire · « **Reply #76 on:** February 22, 2013, 04:53:39 AM »

Video games! In action! Don't tell Wayne la Pierre though, he might have a breakdown.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/syria022013/s_s20_58020753.jpg

(Full article, which is mostly all photos, here at the Atlantic. )

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #77 on:** February 22, 2013, 08:51:15 PM »

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/2/22/4017160/fan-made-super-mario-video-first-person-perspective-final-world

Just gonna put this here...

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #78 on:** February 23, 2013, 05:26:47 PM »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/the-sublime-storm-on-the-surface-of-the-sun

metroid composite · « **Reply #79 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:30:58 PM »

Quote from: Luther Lansfeld on February 23, 2013, 05:26:47 PM

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/the-sublime-storm-on-the-surface-of-the-sun

At first I was like "ok, it's a solar flare, that's cool." Then I was like "oh, it's big compared to the earth, but the earth is pretty small, whatevs." Then I was like "...Wait, the Sun looks really round in this picture. Like...we see fully a fourth of the sun. This thing is like...10% of the size of the sun. OMFG"

Can you even imagine that on earth? A volcanic eruption that was so big that when viewed from space it was 10% the size of the earth? That went fifteen times as far as the ozone layer, and four times as far as the international space station?

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #80 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:08:14 PM »

Yeah, it's pretty nuts.

SnowFire · « **Reply #81 on:** February 26, 2013, 06:16:21 AM »

Fun fact about the Photosphere: We have no idea why it works like it does, or what's really going on there.

Okay that's not actually that fun. But there's lots to explore and figure out. I think my favorite currently open mystery is this one. In general, the closer you are to a heat-emitting object, the hotter it gets, right? Common sense. Holding your hand far from the stove is cool, closer to the stove is hot, and on the stove is yeowch. But... that isn't exactly true in the Photosphere. As you go up, there are "layers" that are HOTTER than the ones beneath them, closer to the core of the sun. WTF?! How is this even possible?

Grefter · « **Reply #82 on:** February 26, 2013, 06:45:27 AM »

Lies and complete and total bullshit.

That fun fact was indeed fun.

Science is a better mystery novel than all the Charlie Brown detective books rolled into one.

NotMiki · « **Reply #83 on:** February 26, 2013, 06:53:47 AM »

Quote from: SnowFire on February 26, 2013, 06:16:21 AM

Fun fact about the Photosphere: We have no idea why it works like it does, or what's really going on there.

Dunno about the first part, but Wild Arms tells me the second part involves a demon invasion.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #84 on:** February 26, 2013, 10:02:38 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on February 26, 2013, 06:53:47 AM

Quote from: SnowFire on February 26, 2013, 06:16:21 AM
Fun fact about the Photosphere: We have no idea why it works like it does, or what's really going on there.

Dunno about the first part, but Wild Arms tells me the second part involves a demon invasion.

Wild Arms, again proving Jim doesn't know what he's talking about.

NotMiki · « **Reply #85 on:** February 26, 2013, 03:29:40 PM »

Do I look like a scientist?

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #86 on:** February 26, 2013, 04:13:07 PM »

Well, you -do- have a doctor title...

NotMiki · « **Reply #87 on:** February 26, 2013, 08:43:38 PM »

hush.

metroid composite · « **Reply #88 on:** February 27, 2013, 12:23:47 AM »

Quote from: Jo'ou Ranbu on February 26, 2013, 04:13:07 PM

Well, you -do- have a doctor title...

I hear all of snow's posts in Rarity's voice now.
And it fits SO WELL.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #89 on:** February 27, 2013, 03:49:00 AM »

I still suspect Rarity was created by Lauren Faust via delving into my mind while I slept and filtering out the X-rated content.

VySaika · « **Reply #90 on:** February 27, 2013, 04:38:18 AM »

How was there enough left to get a character out of it, then?

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #91 on:** February 27, 2013, 10:22:48 AM »

Ask Lauren Faust, not me.

Nitori · « **Reply #92 on:** February 28, 2013, 01:31:00 PM »

http://bombermine.com/#/play

can't stop killing people

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #93 on:** March 02, 2013, 05:47:21 PM »

http://civic.mit.edu/blog/petey/sorry-nerds-but-obama-was-right-about-the-jedi-meld-and-metaphysics

The seriousest sequester discussion.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #94 on:** March 03, 2013, 06:15:21 AM »

It's true. I sort of remember Outbound Flight, but no one else really does. People sort of lost sight of the EU after the Yuuzhan Vong and the new trilogy. Shame that.

Though I wonder if this was him being more unintentionally right or genuinely right.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #95 on:** March 03, 2013, 08:49:50 AM »

I almost said when this came about "ALthough I think Jedi Mind Meld is, in fact, a thing" but decided that was a little too niche. Good to know someone followed up on that.

Outbound Flight came out after the Vong stuff finished as I recall, when they got to Jacen Solo, Badly Immitating His Grandfather. I'm not 100% though because aside from KotOR2, I kinda consider the EU to have ended with Vision of the Future.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #96 on:** March 03, 2013, 06:43:09 PM »

That's a good call. The Solo children are all fucking awful and Jaina, who gets the most page time, is the worst of them.

Captain K. · « **Reply #97 on:** March 03, 2013, 06:56:57 PM »

Star Wars expanded universe ended after Heir to the Empire trilogy. ijs

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #98 on:** March 04, 2013, 12:30:33 AM »

Outbound Flight came out after Vong, but takes place pre-Rebellion. Features Thrawn and Palpatine.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #99 on:** March 04, 2013, 12:49:19 AM »

I bellieve Zahn wrote it in fact? I actually should have picked it up, just was kinda over it all at the time.

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