PHJF wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 09:05:
And I'll apply the adage that any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic. Truly great discoveries often happen before they can be explained.

Yes, it is within the realm of possible. I did say I hoped I was wrong. But just the same, I'm taking the wait and see approach..

Kxmode wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 10:33:
Didn't understand xkcd: Salvage. When I read the explanation it didn't help me guffaw. xkcd is funny most of the time, but every once in a while something like this happens and I just scratch my head.

Google solutions for dropping your mobile phone in the toilet.

Didn't understand xkcd: Salvage. When I read the explanation it didn't help me guffaw. xkcd is funny most of the time, but every once in a while something like this happens and I just scratch my head.

I'm going to have to apply the adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" to this one. I hope I'm wrong.

And I'll apply the adage that any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic. Truly great discoveries often happen before they can be explained.

I'm going to have to apply the adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" to this one. I hope I'm wrong. The lack of progress in human exploration off this planet has been probably the greatest disappointment in science since the Apollo missions.

Anyone read the Time magazine article on fusion (Nov. 2nd issue)? It was clearly supposed to make you think it's only a matter of time, and possibly a lot less time than you think. But I came away thinking, "Uh. yeah -- probably not in my lifetime."

jdreyer wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 16:05:
NASA has trialled an engine that would take us to Mars in 10 weeks.

The engine is controversial because it seems to violate one of the fundamental concepts of physics - the conservation of momentum, which states that for something to be propelled forward, it needs some kind of propellant to be pushed out in the opposite direction. But the EM Drive doesn't require any propellant in order to create thrust, it simply relies on electromagnetic waves.

I guess we'll find out one way or the other, but I'm getting visions of cold fusion in my head.

The EM drive is getting traction. (Pun, totally intended)

Don't worry about it jdreyer, its not breaking any real physical laws. You still need to pump energy in. Lots of it. It's just that Newton's law of conservation of momentum appears to be bucking, and appearances can be deceiving. But Newton's law is pretty old, very classical, and definitely doesn't take into account a myriad of quantum effects. Three seperate labs have confirmed the drive works now. NASA's lab, that University in Germany, and the Chinese (whom no one believes, fucking racists). After NASA completes this study others will jump on the bandwagon.

I loved the part about Jar Jar and the Emperor being from the same planet, thus making them "neighbors".

I gotta go watch The People vs George Lucas again...

That's just brilliant. Truly brilliant. It actually even MAKES SENSE.


Loved this in the comments:

JJ Abrams is sitting in his study right now twitching angrily, deciding who to call first concerning the leak."George, part of your fucking deal was to NOT. SAY. ANYTHING!!!"

"But....Jar Jar is the key to all of this...."

"SOMEONE FOUND OUT GEORGE! I DONT KNOW WHO YOU TOLD BUT... STOP IT. STOP IT WITH THE WHOLE but jar jar is the key derpderpderp ITS NOT FUCKING FUNNY GEORGE!"

Oops double post

descender wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 18:34:
Yeah, all those clickbait articles on Reddit... wtf?

Barring... complete ignorance, the JarJar theory is really well written, as is the Dark Luke theory if you google it up.

Neither are true stories, and they aren't meant to be. They are meant to be fun, something certain posters around here just can't seem to handle.

The trauma Lucas has brought upon on Star Wars fans with JarJar is so great they continue to try and rationalize his existence. They just can't accept the fact that the creator of their beloved fantasy world would insert a cartoon character into the films they had been anticipating for 20 years. It was like Roger Rabbit, only unlikable and with a bad plot, acting and writing.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go work on my theory that the whiny, obnoxious and easily manipulated Anakin we see in the films was just a poor quality clone that Palpatine used as a body double while he secretly trained the real Dark Lord of the Sith in the ways of the dark side.

descender wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 18:34:
Yeah, all those clickbait articles on Reddit... wtf?

Barring... complete ignorance, the JarJar theory is really well written, as is the Dark Luke theory if you google it up.

Neither are true stories, and they aren't meant to be. They are meant to be fun, something certain posters around here just can't seem to handle.

None of them are true stories, not even the originals. That's the fiction part of science fiction.

descender wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 18:34:
Yeah, all those clickbait articles on Reddit... wtf?

Barring... complete ignorance, the JarJar theory is really well written, as is the Dark Luke theory if you google it up.

Neither are true stories, and they aren't meant to be. They are meant to be fun, something certain posters around here just can't seem to handle.

George Lucas has interviews where he admits that he loves Jar Jar. He also said that Jar Jar was a character for children.

Now, he obviously didn't plan this at all. It's just fun to "toy with the idea"

D23 Expo

Jar Jar is the key to all this

Yeah, all those clickbait articles on Reddit... wtf?

Barring... complete ignorance, the JarJar theory is really well written, as is the Dark Luke theory if you google it up.

Neither are true stories, and they aren't meant to be. They are meant to be fun, something certain posters around here just can't seem to handle.

[PRACTICE] The guy who wrote that clickbait garbage is an untrained fucktard


And, no, I did not do the guy the favor of clicking it.

Jar Jar Binks.... just fuck off, man!

Cutter wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 11:21:
And what about all the guys out there who can't grow face fuzz?

They could still contribute to the cause, women aren't likely to grow their mustaches either but could contribute.

15 second Warcraft - Trailer Tease (HD). Full trailer debuting on Friday during BlizzCon.

Edit: Trailer is debuting during the opening ceremonies...

This comment was edited on Nov 3, 2015, 17:37.

jdreyer wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 16:03:
If you'd joined the USN, you would have been able to keep it.

Well, I had it in the USAF. Just had to shave it off for basic training(which probably would have applied in the Navy too), I grew it back immediately after basic. The second time was a odd situation involving an IG inspection which isn't worth explaining. But basically I shaved it off, and then immediately grew it back.

You should! Last year I went with the Tony Stark goatee, and my wife went bonkers for it.

Unfortunately my chin hair never really quite fills in -- oh well.
q[Every time I shaved down to a 'stache, it lasted just a few hours. I just looked way too much like a pedo. I couldn't stand it. Yeah, or a 80's porn star. But at this point I know I would hate looking in the mirror without it. *shrug*

NASA has trialled an engine that would take us to Mars in 10 weeks.

The engine is controversial because it seems to violate one of the fundamental concepts of physics - the conservation of momentum, which states that for something to be propelled forward, it needs some kind of propellant to be pushed out in the opposite direction. But the EM Drive doesn't require any propellant in order to create thrust, it simply relies on electromagnetic waves.

I guess we'll find out one way or the other, but I'm getting visions of cold fusion in my head.

Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 14:37:
I've had a mustache since I could grow one, roughly since 1982. Since then it's been shaved off twice, both due to my service in the USAF.

If you'd joined the USN, you would have been able to keep it.

Over the years I've considered shaving it off several times just to do something different, but in the end I never have.

You should! Last year I went with the Tony Stark goatee, and my wife went bonkers for it.

I have long assumed it made me look "old" and out of touch. You really don't see a lot of them around these days.

Every time I shaved down to a 'stache, it lasted just a few hours. I just looked way too much like a pedo. I couldn't stand it.

Cutter wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 12:17:

mch wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 11:33:
Leave it to Cutter to make cancer a competition.

Jesus christ.

How fucking dumb are you? I'm talking about basic equality here. Something you SJWs never cease whining about. In 2007 breast cancer was receiving twice as much money as that for prostate cancer. Now it's 10 times as much, you fucking tool. Christ, do some research and actual thinking if you're capable of it before spouting off.

In their defense, breasts are ten times sexier than prostates, so there's that.