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He said Star Trek is too “philosophical”? Screw that noise.
I don’t know when this interview happened but I AM SAD AND ANGRY NOW
The philosophies in Star Trek are kinda part of the actual setting. If you don’t get that, why are you allowed to make Star Trek movies.
Sigh. The whole point of Star Trek is that it’s philosophical. If you don’t want philosophical Science Fiction, there’s plenty of that for you to enjoy, but Star Trek is philosophical. Philosophy is part of Star Trek’s DNA, and if you’re given the captain’s chair, you’d better damn well respect that.
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International Space Station Leaking Ammonia Coolant, NASA Says
The International Space Station has a radiator leak in its power system. The outpost’s commander calls the situation serious, but not life-threatening.
The six-member crew on Thursday noticed white flakes of ammonia leaking out of the station. Ammonia runs through multiple radiator loops to cool the station’s power system. NASA said the leak is increasing from one previously leaking loop that can be bypassed if needed. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said engineers are working on rerouting electronics just in case the loop shuts down. The Earth-orbiting station has backup systems.
Space station Commander Chris Hadfield of Canada tweeted that the problem, while serious, was stabilized. Officials will know more Friday.
The space station always has enough emergency escape ships for the crew, but there are no plans to use them.
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The collision between the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy.
the grand showdown
Andromeda is a bit bigger than us. So when that happens, Andromeda’s black hole is gonna consume our black hole in a vicious act of galactic canabalism.
Which is an actual term used in astronomy apparently.
“Galactic Cannabalism” sounds like an electro/death metal fusion band.
Galactic cannibalism is one of my favourite astronomical terms, but it doesn’t beat the term used for the stretching out into a long thin tube that occurs when something falls into a black hole (spaghettification) or the term used for a rock thought to be a meteorite but which later turns out to be an ordinary terrestrial rock (meteowrong).
fuck astronomy remains to be my favorite thing
Just want to add that this is modelled in like billions of years and very few actual objects in the galaxies would actually collide, it’s more a case of shifting gravities moving stars and asteroids and dust about.
Buuuut there’s something like a 3% likelihood, depending on the velocity of Andromeda, that our sun could end up being ‘evicted’ into Andromeda during the first collison (before they rebound back together), and then whatever life that’s on Earth would be able to see the whole Milky Way galaxy in our night-time sky
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Person Curves
Wolfram|Alpha has a whole collection of line art portraits constructed from complex parametric functions. This is one of the greatest uses of mathematics I have ever come across. This discussion thread suggests that it’s probably done by computers rather than bored grad students (I mean, just look at the equation to get 2pac!!)
But the fact remains: This exists, and it is wonderful. Who’s your favorite?
I know what they’re trying to say but TECHNICALLY it already happened?
yea, that guy that played barty crouch junior would make a really great doctor
And maybe the rest of the cast could make guest appearences? Madame Hooch could be the last human or something. She’s so badass.
Narcissa Malfoy would make such a cool big fish from space. Just gonna put that idea out there.
Dobby could totally play the Doctor’s psycic-pollen-induced alter ego. Anyone with me?
Barty Crouch Senior would totally kill it as a Cyberman creator and controller. Just saying.
Ooooooh also, bear with me on this one, but Dumbledore would make such a good Scrooge-type character in a christmassy episode. Maybe featuring fish that swim in the sky? Just a thought.
You know what. When I think about it, Rufus Scrimgeour would make an excellent museum curator. I’m seeing something along the lines of Van Gogh.
I was thinking, Moaning Myrtle would be perfect for the role of a random-love-interest-whose-head-ends-up-in-a-paving-slab. Thoughts?
Actually, Mafalda Hopkirk could really grasp the role of some kind of nurse who falls in love with some kind of human incarnation of the Doctor. Maybe.
I feel like James Potter could really capture the role of a campaigner against the Ood slave-trade, who dies for his cause by being thrown into the giant Ood brain by the baddie. Y’know?
I just keep going back to Mafalda Hopkirk. She could so play a great - great granddaughter of her former character in like the final ever episode with the Tenth Doctor. I can just see it now.
I’ve been thinking about this one for ages: what if Filch played this guy who stole dinosaurs on a Silurian spaceship and ended up getting blown up?? That would be epic, he’d be so good in the role.
Mr. Weasly could be Rory’s dad! I know, crazy but it could work so well! I just picture him sitting on the edge of the tardis with a cup of coffee and some sandwiches, looking at the Earth in space.
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Each ball weighs differently, causing each one to bounce to a specific height, and when precisely placed in the dust pans and thrown down… 2013
As much as I’d love to believe this is true, I detect a little post production magic in here. If he did manage to get the balls to all jump to different heights (easily done using basic vector mechanics) how do you ensure that they are all in the right order and in-line relative to the perspective of the camera? Maybe it took a few tries, but it might have come through in the end.
Still, really cool idea.
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