Humor Random Comments Thread

[Mojave]

"And thus, the devil himself rose to power. What shall we do? We cannot let him win! We must fight him off, and return peace to the world. "

Wow, library books are fun to read off of.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Nuclear power is the way to go in my opinion. Too bad we can't dump the waste in some hole on the Moon.

We can, but it would just result in a big explosion that would cause the moon to break it's orbit with Earth. Then all these girls run around in these mini-skirts and... Oh wait...

 

[Codz]

We can, but it would just result in a big explosion that would cause the moon to break it's orbit with Earth. Then all these girls run around in these mini-skirts and... Oh wait...

:lol: Gotta love the 70's.

 

[Quick_Nick]

I found it hugely disturbing that Cole Phelps (main character in L.A. Noire, so California '47) yells at a jewish murder that he is going to the gas chamber.
I always asked myself if that is a german thing, like being afraid of talking about these times...

I imagine I would only be afraid of such talk in Germany. Holocaust jokes are abundant here.

The proper authorities haven't done anything?

I've learned very well that unforunately the law doesn't hardly do anything and will easily let it be too late.

Nah, I'm safe (on this at least). She has a problem with endometriosis, and her line of thought is "knowledge is power". She's pretty open about it, and for me, my advice to the women folk is, "If something doesn't feel right, go to the freakin' doctor!".

She dealt with abdominal pain for 6-8 months before she finally pointed to a region on her abdomen and asked "What's right here?". My response was, "Uhh, appendix?".

One doctor said for her to go see another doctor who told her to go see her OB/GYN soon, like right now, today!

She'd developed a tumor the size of a grapefruit on one of her ovaries, on top of that endometriosis was strangling the other ovary. Once she had surgery, she became a whole different person (much less grouchy).

OK, I might get in trouble for the less grouchy comment, but far less trouble for that than what I'd wanted to say....

Had a couple situations like this lately. A friend was having pain for a few days or so, with us thinking "uhh, appendix?". It turned out to be an ovarian cyst. (and she's 17 years old!) Had it removed and she's just fine now.
Then shortly after my girlfriend had similar pain, making me fear the same. But evidently the pain subsided and wasn't likely any real issue.

This friend however is being prescribed birth control pills to manage any further ovary issues. She has no need for birth control and I don't blame her for not wanting this prescription. Side effects like being pregnant, and likely doubled for her age. I'm already afraid. :lol:

 

[astrosammy]

Quote from a German newspaper: "1 nanometer = 1,000,000 milimeters" :facepalm:

 

[Mattyv]

Quote from a German newspaper: "1 nanometer = 1,000,000 milimeters" :facepalm:

That actually seems to be fairly difficult for most people.

 

[Eli13]

Random quote time!

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

 

[mojoey]

I don't want to set the world on fire...i just want to start, a flame in your heart! -Ink Spots

 

[Star Voyager]

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning." - Billy Joel

 

[Linguofreak]

The nuclear debate in switzerland just got funny. For a moment there was the actual threat that someone was actually going to do something (not necessarily the right thing, but at least something) about the looming energy crisis, but I think that threat has passed now.

The first problem is that the executive proposed the plan of building between four and six Gas plants to bridge the gap that will be caused by abandoning nuclear energy. The problem is, of course, that no one has any real idea by what the gas plants should eventually be replaced, everyone seems to just hope that something will turn up.

But the economists did them one better. They said gas plants could not be operated profitably, and proposed instead to build two new nuclear powerplants until 2020. Those new ones they're currently testing in china, that allegedly can't melt down anymore.

Seriously. 8 Years is a hell of a short time to build two nuke plants. And they propose a design that is currently in prototype phase. I wonder if any of these people are sane... :facepalm:

And of course, noone has a clue on where to dispose our old nuclear waste and power plants. Probably in some outback in Africa, because even the most arduous nuclear proponents absolutely oppose a final disposal anywhere in Switzerland. Because, you know, if they'd have to pay for that, suddenly the gas plants wouldn't seem so unprofitable anymore.

Seriously, the way that people are reacting to Fukushima makes me a bit scared for the future of technological civilization, especially in the West. If we're going to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels, we simply can't afford to be scared of nuclear power. (Even worse, by discouraging new construction, I'm not sure that panic over nuclear accidents doesn't actually end up making the safety situation worse, since older plants are probably more prone to accidents both due to wear and tear and due to not implementing new safety features).

 

[NovaSilisko]

I realized today that I saw the Apollo 9 command module when I was little. It was located at the Jackson Space Center until it closed in 2004 or so, and the capsule was moved to San Diego. But, I can't remember it at all... it was before I really cared about space, so it didn't stick in my mind

The only thing that tipped me off to its existence is I found some old photos of the module in place there, along with a scale model of a Saturn IB, and a model of a surveyor probe.

 

[mojoey]

I realized today that I saw the Apollo 9 command module when I was little. It was located at the Jackson Space Center until it closed in 2004 or so, and the capsule was moved to San Diego. But, I can't remember it at all... it was before I really cared about space, so it didn't stick in my mind

The only thing that tipped me off to its existence is I found some old photos of the module in place there, along with a scale model of a Saturn IB, and a model of a surveyor probe.

Before 9/11, when airport security was very relaxed, I was let on one of the planes at the gate (i think it was a Southwest 737, but then again I was like 3 at the time) and got to see the flight deck, which to me looked like the whole thing was nothing but switches and windows...i still think that assertion is correct.

 

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[NovaSilisko]

I thought I was the only one who watched that movie!

 

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[TMac3000]

I loved it too. Gweneth Paltrow FTW:thumbup:

 

[Urwumpe]

Seriously, the way that people are reacting to Fukushima makes me a bit scared for the future of technological civilization, especially in the West. If we're going to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels, we simply can't afford to be scared of nuclear power. (Even worse, by discouraging new construction, I'm not sure that panic over nuclear accidents doesn't actually end up making the safety situation worse, since older plants are probably more prone to accidents both due to wear and tear and due to not implementing new safety features).

Well, less of a problem here. After we again retired our nuclear reactors (Shortly before Fukushima, our chancellorette revoked the law that retired nuclear power in Germany), we had been pretty lucky with the available wind and solar power installations here, our main problem is not producing the power, but distributing it from where it is produced to where it is needed. Let to such strange situations like exporting 10000 GWh on one end of Germany while importing 8000 GWh on the other. The winter is usually the season in which we need to import electricity currently, while the other seasons result in Germany choking in electricity.

The development plans here are also not too bad, we have only very few big projects left, but many small power stations that are planned by local service providers.

What is really sad is, that it is also the practical end of nuclear power research in Germany - now we went from the first row in the early 1990s to the last ranks. While we don't really need huge nuclear power stations here, it is no reason IMHO to stop looking for smaller systems with lower power densities, which could be much safer.

 

[Spacethingy]

Quote from a German newspaper: "1 nanometer = 1,000,000 milimeters" :facepalm:

...and a unit from a respectable UK broadcaster news show:

gigawatts per year

Grrrrrrrrr!!! It makes me mad... :facts:

 

[C3PO]

...and a unit from a respectable UK broadcaster news show:

gigawatts per year

Grrrrrrrrr!!! It makes me mad... :facts:

Danish TV just had an "expert on wind energy" talking about Megawatts per year.

I can understand why a journalist wouldn't know better, but an "expert"?

 

[Urwumpe]

Why? GW/a is a plausible unit. :rofl:

It is [math]\frac{N \cdot m}{s^2} = \frac{kg \cdot m^2}{s^4}=\frac{\Omega \cdot A^2}{s}[/math]

Or the second derivative of torque by time.