Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Or catch micrometeoroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 And then slam into a desert at terminal velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hey, lots of things can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 And they are more awesome for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Before or after they hit? I suppose that depends on if they will explode of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Mice can easily survive a terminal velocity impact. Without exploding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 If they survive re-entry, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Well, that's something else. I was just throwing them out of aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Literally, or metaphorically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 I haven't actually been in an aircraft in about a year and a half, so it has to be metaphorically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Good. Wouldn't want to see you splattered with red paint by PeTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Oh, I'm an astronomer. We're already known as all squirrel-killing defilers of sky islands and desecrators of aboriginal sacred grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Also, for fun ... Salt Lake has the nastiest fans in MLS, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 I keep getting surprised that there is a MLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Also, for fun ... Salt Lake has the nastiest fans in MLS, it seems. We're #1! *$^ yeah! Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Oh, I'm an astronomer. We're already known as all squirrel-killing defilers of sky islands and desecrators of aboriginal sacred grounds. Yeah, you should see the s__tstorm around the Thirty Meter Telescope proposal right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I've read some of it. The American Astronomical Society has collected a number of things about that. I mean, if it was really an affront to the native spirits, wouldn't Pele have opened a new pit on Mauna Kea to get the point across? It's been active within the last 200 years IIRC, so that seems quite plausible. And, the astronomers are doing more than anyone to preserve the silversword plants and raise up new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I dunno man. I consider myself to be very sympathetic to the native Hawaiians but I never could figure out a rational reason for the opposition to telescopes. Unless it's some sort of extortion attempt for funding, but I really hate to be that cynical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I think it's too late for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I have this guess that it's a dumb emotional battle against some Very Visibly White People that the locals sense they might have a shot at winning. Though the gender ratio has swung drastically away from the nearly all male it once was, the professional astronomy community remains whiter than any other group I know enough to be able to characterize, and they don't really have any real power or money. So if you need a moral victory and nothing else matters to you, picking a fight with astronomers is a reasonably good-odds choice if you can plausibly do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Mice can easily survive a terminal velocity impact. Without exploding. Which mean they aren't very interesting. But my cats do consider them rather tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Cats are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 This site lists the books found in OBL's compound: http://www.dni.gov/index.php/resources/bin-laden-bookshelf?start=3 In the list: "Website Claims Steve Jackson Games Foretold 9/11,” article posted on ICV2.com (this file contained only a single saved web page) Fnord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I wonder what OBL's Hero Games Forums handle was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I deny that completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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