Out of the Blue

[Aug 06, 2011, 12:33 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Going by that grim date, today is the 66th birthday for the nuclear age.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 6, 2011, 13:42

kanniballl

OldScho0l wrote on Aug 6, 2011, 13:33:
Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Going by that grim date, today is the 66th birthday for the nuclear age.

This is bizzare! The first thing I thought of when I woke today was how terrible it was that our country did this. I had no idea that today was the anniversary. Spooky.

The subconscious is a funny thing, as is "waking up."

In a crowded room yesterday, you someone might've said something like "tomorrow is the anniversary..." and you just didn't notice it (but you still heard it). Or perhaps a TV / radio / webcast was on in another part of the room/office and again you heard it but didn't notice it. Or perhaps from previous years/posts you knew the date of the anniversary but consciously forgot until you thought of the date.

Combined with the above, I've heard that the first few seconds after being awake our mind is firing quite strongly. Which explains why I sometimes don't realize that I forgot to do something or messed up a piece of code at work until I wake up the following morning.




"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you." -Fry, Futurama

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Aug 6, 13:25	Re: MIT researchers develop a technique to cure a broad range of viruses.	Jonny
	7.	Aug 6, 15:28	Re: MIT researchers develop a technique to cure a broad range of viruses.	Creston
	16.	Aug 7, 13:52	Re: MIT researchers develop a technique to cure a broad range of viruses.	zirik
	2.	Aug 6, 13:33	Re: Out of the Blue	OldScho0l
>>	3.	Aug 6, 13:42	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	4.	Aug 6, 14:03	Re: Out of the Blue	OldScho0l
	5.	Aug 6, 14:11	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	8.	Aug 6, 16:15	Re: Out of the Blue	Fang
	6.	Aug 6, 15:24	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	9.	Aug 6, 18:49	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	10.	Aug 6, 19:14	Re: Hiroshima	Lesaonar
	11.	Aug 6, 19:54	Re: Hiroshima	kanniballl
	18.	Aug 7, 23:33	Re: Hiroshima	Lesaonar
	12.	Aug 7, 08:35	No subject	AnointedSword
	13.	Aug 7, 12:02	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	14.	Aug 7, 12:59	Re: Out of the Blue	Sepharo
	15.	Aug 7, 13:41	Re: Out of the Blue	zirik
	19.	Aug 7, 23:36	Re: Out of the Blue	Lesaonar
	17.	Aug 7, 19:35	Re: Out of the Blue	Sleette