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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 12:10 pm
No, and no. Try again.
Clue - its inside the galaxy.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Just to the right? The blue dot.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 2:46 pm
I think I have a higher tolerance for happiness than most people. Rock climbing and sex make me happy. Luckily for me I do a lot of both.
Oh Mimic Octopus also makes me happy. Mimic octopus is badass.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 2:59 pm
The Blue Ringed octopus reigns supreme.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Never saw that before. What a fucking badass! Octopus for the win!
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 25, 2013 at 8:56 pm
When a good photo, after some perseverance, turns out even better:
M-31, The Great Andromeda Galaxy.
By the way, Joel was correct. The Supernova in the previous image is the second blue star to the right of the galaxy core.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 27, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Thanks. Hey, come any time. Just let me know in advance so I can reserve the observatory.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero