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mind the walrus posted:Either the writer had a really good time coming up with that, or they were so past the horizon point of sanity that it was the only way they could parse what their job demanded of them. My question is what the target market is for an Austin Powers novelization. Did they sell those at Scholastic book fairs next to Goosebumps?
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It’s obviously not from an actual Austin Powers book. Come on. However there is a good collection of them here https://m.imgur.com/gallery/PBZXUeg
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May 31, 2020 01:39
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Samuringa posted:I have no idea what a skaven is yes-yes!
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May 31, 2020 02:33
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Problem patient lied once and said my coworker dropped him in the hoyer, so they made him lift me in the hoyer to show it worked and he knew how to use it lol. It's a lot more freaky being up in one of those than you'd think.
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May 31, 2020 02:57
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 Click the pic for more comedy and even some memes
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Data Graham posted:Bracing myself for incoming ATLA-based memes now that everyone's watching it on Netflix korra to?
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May 31, 2020 06:20
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https://twitter.com/LCRWnews/status/1266957722634686464
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wizzardstaff posted:It’s got some real Douglas Adams vibes.
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May 31, 2020 06:49
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I as a young boy bought the novelization of Waterworld at a book fair and read it a bunch of times before I saw the movie, at which I brought my novelization and tried to read it in the tiny light along with the action on the big screen. It must have been glorious to see those EIGHT PAGES OF COLOR PHOTOS!!! finally brought to life.
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May 31, 2020 07:06
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It's quite the move to call a ship the "Of course I still love you". Imagine trying to have a casual conversation about that.
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May 31, 2020 07:41
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Carbon dioxide posted:It's quite the move to call a ship the "Of course I still love you". Imagine trying to have a casual conversation about that. Lol if you don't bring up Iain M. Banks and his works in casual conversation literally 100% of the time.
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May 31, 2020 07:44
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liking banks is one of the coolest things about musk
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May 31, 2020 07:47
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Carbon dioxide posted:It's quite the move to call a ship the "Of course I still love you". Imagine trying to have a casual conversation about that. All their drone ships are named after stuff from the Culture series Of course I still love you A shortfall of gravitas Just read the instructions
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May 31, 2020 07:47
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theflyingexecutive posted:liking banks is one of the coolest things about musk Broken clocks etc
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theflyingexecutive posted:liking banks is one of the coolest things about musk Counterpoint: Inspiring Musk is the worst thing about Banks
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MizPiz posted:Counterpoint: Inspiring Musk is the worst thing about Banks Also, don't fall into the trap that SpaceX some how sprung fully formed from Musk's forhead, there are many talented people working there, and they probably get to name ahit once in awhile. Elviscat has a new favorite as of 09:15 on May 31, 2020 |
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MizPiz posted:Counterpoint: Inspiring Musk is the worst thing about Banks Musk thinks he's the Culture, but Musk isn't even loving Veppers Jeff Bezos is Veppers Gravitas Shortfall has a new favorite as of 15:19 on May 31, 2020 |
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May 31, 2020 09:31
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The Bloop posted:Take yourself a nice piece of warpstone as a treat.
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May 31, 2020 10:00
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theflyingexecutive posted:liking banks is one of the coolest things about musk Either that or he listened to one of his co-workers talk about it while he was at Paypal and thought the names sounded cool and hip. It's probably this
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May 31, 2020 10:43
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^post/username/avatar combination of the year so far
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I've just started my regular culture re-reading so this speaks to me. If there's more memes then please post em!
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Memento posted:^post/username/avatar combination of the year so far I have a feeling that photo #3 required several dozen takes and a bit of bloodletting.
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Big fan of the petrine cross and ice cream here
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https://twitter.com/LCRWnews/status/1266959114325786626  I'm the worthless funko pops on the top shelf that people won't even bother to steal. LOL
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haven't read any of these books this is referencing, but I have to step in to object. Using the centrifugal effect to simulate gravity is obviously a common thing in both science fiction and sometimes real life.  But, as is implied by the name of the theory that explains gravity, the pull of gravity is "relative." That means that two observers who are moving differently may disagree about the strength of gravity in a particular location (and both be correct). For example, if you are in an elevator that is not moving relative to the Earth, you'll conclude that you're feeling 1g of gravity. On the other hand, if you're in an elevator that is rocketing "upwards," accelerating at 9.8 m/s2 in empty space far away from any planets, you'd also conclude that you're feeling 1g of gravity. But to an outside observer floating around in space not moving relative to the Earth, these two situations have wildly different gravity - the first, 1g, the second, 0g. And the thing is, no one is "wrong." Both frames of reference are equally valid. This is the key insight that led Einstein to develop the theory of general relativity in the first place, and it's called the "equivalence principle": gravity and acceleration are locally indistinguishable. So if both of those observers activate an "anti-grav harness," what happens? Well, what does an anti-grav harness do? Does it set gravity to 0? If so, what does it do to the observer in the rocket-elevator in space? Do they get their 1g of gravity negated and float in their elevator? Or do they get their 0g of gravity negated and still feel the acceleration? The only way to resolve this paradox of perspective is to say that the anti-grav harness zeroes out gravity in its own frame of reference, for there is no other frame of reference that it might prefer. And so even though an outside observer wouldn't think of this as "gravity," the anti-grav harness would negate the effect of the acceleration and you would float in the accelerating elevator. Thus, your buddy who jumped off the balcony is fine. The effect of the centripetal acceleration actually is gravity, from the perspective of the anti-grav harness. What makes a lot more physical sense, anyway, would be for the anti-grav harness to simply create a gravitational force in some direction and strength specified by the user, basically a gravity-powered jetpack. Then of course we don't even have to worry about the nature of the acceleration causing them to fall - they can counteract it with artificial gravity in the same way that they could counteract it with a jetpack or whatever. Anyways, press F to pay respects to Iain M. Bank's understanding of gravity.
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