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Today, 05:20 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

One of my friends has had such severe morning sickness that she actually had to go to urgent care once and get IV fluids. She doesn't have a regular...

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Today, 05:16 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Including, it seems, this one.

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Today, 03:41 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread WHy are movies obsessed with 'Re-boots' in Small Media at Large

Oh, I'm sorry. If I'm going to pay theatre prices for a movie, I want to watch a good movie. And what is "too seriously"? When I watch movies, I...

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Today, 11:00 AM

caveman1917 replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Then that certain scenario is implicitly defined with us having knowledge of the likelihood of life arising, i still don't see the problem so much....

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Today, 10:34 AM

caveman1917 replied to a thread Does the amount of dark energy increase as the universe expands? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

The only FLRW spacetimes that admit a timelike killing vector field are (anti-)de Sitter and Minkowski. Perhaps i should've phrased my statement as...

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Today, 10:19 AM

grapes replied to a thread Salem/Dallas Oregon, Activity in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

A 1.5! North Carolina was thought to be geologically inactive, then they bid for the superconducting supercollider, and installed a seismic...

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Today, 10:15 AM

grapes replied to a thread How practical is beach soccer? in Off-Topic Babbling

Or quidditch, played on many campuses

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Today, 05:13 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread WHy are movies obsessed with 'Re-boots' in Small Media at Large

Or at least could act.

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Today, 05:11 AM

Gillianren replied to a poll Is Andy Kaufman still alive? in Off-Topic Babbling

Meh. His last resort was psychic surgery, so I don't even think it was tragic.

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Today, 05:09 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread Redeveloping ovaries from stem cells? Can it end menopause as we know it？ in Science and Technology

Well, yes; I've been hoping for the uterine replicator ever since I first read about them in Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I think I was...

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Today, 05:08 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Yes. And that scientific context shows that there is not enough evidence to make a conclusion one way or another. The only completely justified...

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Yesterday, 11:27 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I'm not raising my daughter, though, so parenting as a whole is going to be a new experience.

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Yesterday, 11:25 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Maybe, but all it is so far is opinion. Just because it's the opinion of a lot of people, some of them famous, doesn't mean there's any evidence...

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Yesterday, 10:02 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Or, you know, book.

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Yesterday, 09:17 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Hee. But in my lap is one thing; the bigger problem at the moment is trying to make me scratch between his ears as I'm trying to type.

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Yesterday, 09:16 PM

Gillianren replied to a poll Which do you prefer as starch with a meal? in Off-Topic Babbling

A fair point. We don't eat a lot of non-Italian noodles, and mostly, we just refer to them by name. Most frequently, the non-Italian noodle we eat...

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Yesterday, 07:50 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

And am I the only person creeped out by the "thank you, Cupid!" at the end of today's Gil Thorp? (A strip I'd never even heard of before I began...

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Yesterday, 07:49 PM

Gillianren replied to a poll Which do you prefer as starch with a meal? in Off-Topic Babbling

To me, "noodles" specifically means egg noodles. Everything else, I call pasta. I don't think I qualify as "better-off," just fussy in my...

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Yesterday, 06:31 PM

Gillianren replied to a poll Is Andy Kaufman still alive? in Off-Topic Babbling

Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow!

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Yesterday, 06:30 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Syndication is a wonderful thing. When I was a kid (before infomercials!), Gilligan's Island was on the air so often that I was shocked to learn...

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Yesterday, 06:27 PM

Gillianren replied to a poll Which do you prefer as starch with a meal? in Off-Topic Babbling

Aaaaand now I have the Monty Python song stuck in my head. Thanks, Paul.

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Yesterday, 06:25 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Redeveloping ovaries from stem cells? Can it end menopause as we know it？ in Science and Technology

It might be nice if this technology could be used to help "older" women (at thirty-six, I am considered "of advanced age" to be pregnant) avoid...

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Yesterday, 04:00 PM

Gillianren replied to a poll Which do you prefer as starch with a meal? in Off-Topic Babbling

The advantage to being known as a fussy eater--the only one I have found so far--is that no one is ever offended when I explain that I cannot eat...

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Yesterday, 03:49 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but two of those three are canceled. And Andy Griffith, who played Matlock, is also dead. But yeah, that is...

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Yesterday, 03:44 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Am I just a bad person? Or does everyone think like this? in Off-Topic Babbling

It's perfectly normal, especially if it's followed by a shame/guilt reaction. It's when you don't recognize that it's awful in the face of the loss...

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Yesterday, 03:42 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread My Frustration with the Life In Space forum in Forum Introductions and Feedback

This is, I think, an explanation that a lot of people aren't quite getting. (This is in CT, not LiS, but as established, I don't spend any time in...

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Yesterday, 11:18 AM

caveman1917 replied to a thread Earth does not fly off at a tangent due its high speed in many frames of reference in Astronomy

You can get close to a two-body analysis by application of the shell theorem.

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