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by LionElJonson
2011-02-19 02:25am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why are Aboriginals so worse off?
Replies: 91
Views: 8615

Re: Why are Aboriginals so worse off?

The problem with the Aboriginals is that we got cold feet and stopped our attempt at genocide when we were only half-done. If we had never started it, we wouldn't have disrupted the family ties so much, so they'd have more functional families, and, hopefully, less alcoholism and social dysfunctions...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-19 01:30am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?
Replies: 15
Views: 1859

Re: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying we should just tear up the environment and spew poison into the air for shits and giggles, just that the well being of a bunch of trees and rare birds is ultimately less important than things like Obama spending our government into pauperhood. Except that you are ...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-19 01:24am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why are Aboriginals so worse off?
Replies: 91
Views: 8615

Re: Why are Aboriginals so worse off?

The problem with the Aboriginals is that we got cold feet and stopped our attempt at genocide when we were only half-done. If we had never started it, we wouldn't have disrupted the family ties so much, so they'd have more functional families, and, hopefully, less alcoholism and social dysfunctions....
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 10:52pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?
Replies: 15
Views: 1859

Re: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?

It's not hypocrisy, just different values. Who gives a fuck about the environment when we live in cities? I'd rather be more worried about things that will actually affect my children, like, yes, Obama's rampant spending making a huge debt burden they'll have to pay off. That said, though, it's not...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 10:49pm
Forum: Parting Shots
Topic: LionElJohnson has absolutely no shame
Replies: 9
Views: 21451

LionElJohnson has absolutely no shame

I hope you had the foresight to get her cryogenically frozen, so that this loss is ultimately temporary. If you didn't, the pain you're feeling is noone's fault but your own. Death is bad, and the bad feelings are there for a reason. Even if you lost her permanently, though, hopefully you'll get ove...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 10:43pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?
Replies: 15
Views: 1859

Re: Republican/Conservative Hypocrisy?

It's not hypocrisy, just different values. Who gives a fuck about the environment when we live in cities? I'd rather be more worried about things that will actually affect my children, like, yes, Obama's rampant spending making a huge debt burden they'll have to pay off. That said, though, it's not ...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 08:22pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: FTL Idea
Replies: 6
Views: 1809

Re: FTL Idea

This seems like a really good way to destroy the universe if something goes wrong.

Of course, that could well be a part of the plot of this as the aliens flee the universe-destroying wavefront propagating at the speed of light.
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 11:01am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Firefly to ReRun on Science channel.
Replies: 33
Views: 3397

Re: Firefly to air on science channel.

Thanas wrote:The "science channel" shows Sci-Fi shows?
Well, with Sci-Fi Sifi going down the crapper, someone's going to exploit that niche.
by LionElJonson
2011-02-18 04:14am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Jobless Need Not Apply
Replies: 33
Views: 4180

Re: Jobless Need Not Apply

If you keep getting rejected from job applications because you've been unemployed for too long, what's stopping you from just starting your own business and using that as your relevant thing instead? Even if the 'business' is just on paper, at least you'll have something to put on your resume.
by LionElJonson
2011-02-14 04:08pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Transformers 3 Superbowl Trailer
Replies: 64
Views: 10995

Re: Transformers 3 Superbowl Trailer

With the current crop of fully articulated transformers, I can only imagine the sort of work they put into designing each toy. Do you guys think that they use software of some sort to design the toys now, that makes it much easier (compared to the 80s) to design fully articulated robot modes? I'd b...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-13 12:12am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Battle: Los Angeles trailer
Replies: 143
Views: 19175

Re: Battle: Los Angeles trailer

You know, if I was going to do an alien invasion movie, I'd have the aliens roll up into orbit, and then broadcast the following. "Our observations of your society indicates that you will possess recursively self-improving artificial intelligences within the next twenty years. These artificial ...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-12 07:23pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Would this be possible? Sex ratio
Replies: 54
Views: 5875

Re: Would this be possible? Sex ratio

Actually, I'll point out that there's a parasite that spreads among insects that turns the males into females, and causes females to give birth parthenogenetically, so something like this is vaguely possible.

It wouldn't stop population growth, though, just decrease genetic diversity.
by LionElJonson
2011-02-12 05:25pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Bruce Wayne wakes up in the Watchmen universe
Replies: 14
Views: 3411

Re: Bruce Wayne wakes up in the Watchmen universe

The Question read the Watchmen comics, tried to act like Rorschach, got his ass busted and concluded that "Rorschach sucks!". I wonder if Batman ever read the comics. I wouldn't be surprised if he has, given all their trouble with parallel universes, so if he wound up there, he'd almost c...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-12 04:12am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: FTL travel g-forces
Replies: 30
Views: 3753

Re: FTL travel g-forces

IIRC, an Iranian physicist proposed using an array of tiny tubes to harness the Casimir effect to produce negative energy. I dunno how feasible that might be, though. Normal matter won't get you Casimir plates anywhere near that fine. The closest thing I'm aware of is a proposal by to use the Casim...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-11 08:52pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: FTL travel g-forces
Replies: 30
Views: 3753

Re: FTL travel g-forces

This isolation negates portions of Einstein's specific relativity, while leaving general relativity intact... or, I might have those reversed (it's been a few years since college, and QM wasn't exactly the primary field of study). It's special relativity. And QM has little to do with what you're ta...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-10 11:03pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: FTL travel g-forces
Replies: 30
Views: 3753

Re: FTL travel g-forces

As for going FTL, g forces cease to matter because it's impossible to go FTL by simply pouring on acceleration regardless of rate. You're never going to go faster than c no matter how hard or long you step on the gas. You either have the magic trick that allows you to go FTL or you don't. True, but...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-09 07:25am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Bruce Wayne wakes up in the Watchmen universe
Replies: 14
Views: 3411

Re: Bruce Wayne wakes up in the Watchmen universe

Also, somebody needs to tell Rorschach that a) he's paranoid, b) The Question is a lot better at paranoid than he is, and c) his mask looks patently silly. Fuck no. Rorschach's mask is awesome, and Batman would be a hypocrite if he condemned someone else for paranoia. Rorschach's not even that para...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-09 12:46am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: A Squelch of Empires (crossover)
Replies: 480
Views: 276682

Re: A Squelch of Empires (crossover)

My take on the Deathwatch is that they're so extensively conditioned (and chosen for a certain mindset) that they become the very model of a "good Imperial thinker." All about close-up analysis of the situation, very little ability to take a step back from the immediacy of things, all tac...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-06 07:01pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: A subject in an Inquiry of mankind (RAR!)
Replies: 7
Views: 1520

Re: A subject in an Inquiry of mankind (RAR!)

I direct them to contact the Singularity Institute. I also ask them if they would be willing to give the Singularity Institute their knowledge on how to program Friendly AIs, or at least how to make AIs that won't destroy us so they can convert the all the matter in the universe into paper clips or ...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-06 02:54pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Little Green Planet
Replies: 9
Views: 3318

Re: Little Green Planet

I'm hoping that whoever's on the other side of that phone will realise that the farmer shot first (possibly illegally, I might add, depending on the laws of his state), and that the aliens haven't retaliated at him for doing so, and send in the linguists and diplomats rather than the military. The C...
by LionElJonson
2011-02-06 02:51pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Ghost Rider Disappearance Discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 79396

Re: ATTENTION EVERYONE! Re: Ghost Rider

You all have my best wishes, even if I can't help due to living in Australia. Hopefully he'll turn up safe and unharmed.
by LionElJonson
2011-01-28 03:50am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Let's Talk About Watchmen
Replies: 58
Views: 6277

Re: Let's Talk About Watchmen

Rorschach is fucking awesome. Psychologically damaged, but still awesome.

Also, I've never read the graphic novels or watched the whole movie, but didn't V die from the dozens of gunshot wounds he took in that last fight scene?
by LionElJonson
2010-12-12 06:29am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Lab politics
Replies: 61
Views: 6933

Re: Lab politics

Are you seriously this stupid? Have you ever worked in a professional or academic environment where you actually had to present something? A link to wikipedia and a right-wing blog do not constitute evidence. Even still, you are supposed to present your source, summarise the data/evidence related t...
by LionElJonson
2010-12-12 05:52am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Lab politics
Replies: 61
Views: 6933

Re: Lab politics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://www.redstate.com/vladimir/2009/1 ... ge-factor/ Ah yes, a far-right blog and... The source doesn't matter, just the facts, and that was the first source that stated the facts clearly. Confirmation bias... Yeah, we are trained to avoid that, than...
by LionElJonson
2010-12-12 03:10am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Lab politics
Replies: 61
Views: 6933

Re: Lab politics

I notice LionElJonson has once again run away from a thread after he got called out on his bullshit. I would honestly prefer a spambot posting over LionElJonson. I didn't run away; I live in Australia and sometimes require a little thing called "sleep". :wink: In retrospect, I would have ...