xkcd

by **eSOANEM** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:57 am UTC

TheMaskedGecko wrote:
eSOANEM wrote:
be you WJEC? HULK AQA and all we get about lasers be that they emit coherent light (and the definition of coherent we have 2 use be tautological).

Anyway, that be most certainly very awesome. HULK salute whatever board you study on.

Yup, WJEC. We've only just started the topic but it looks like we go quite in depth.

My school is moving to WJEC on a few subjects now but they changed GCSE electronics the year after I finished it and now that I'm doing my A levels they are thinking of moving physics (at GCSE and A-level). I keep just missing out on this goldmine of awesome.

by **Giant Speck** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:31 am UTC

I knew that was going to end up as my title.

by **The Scyphozoa** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:26 pm UTC

Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Did I do that? Holy balls did I initiate that?

by **Sytri** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:33 pm UTC

Not slept well in about a month, work is hell and I dont have any money until I get paid in two weeks. But yesterday I did some bloody great boulering problems (not really difficult but harder than what I've previously done) I cycled lots and I actually feel happy today! For the first time in weeks! To celebrate this I've changed my avatar to my fav picture of me and I'm leaving work early to enjoy my day. Woop!

by **Amie** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:34 pm UTC

Jupiter, Venus and Mars in the sky, visible to the naked eye.

I could die.

EDIIT: Crappy cell phone shot with shaky hands:

by **Menacing Spike** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:09 pm UTC

Wohoo, yet another 1000€ scholarship!

by **eSOANEM** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:44 pm UTC

Amie wrote:Jupiter, Venus and Mars in the sky, visible to the naked eye.

I could die.

EDIIT: Crappy cell phone shot with shaky hands:
Photo0163.jpg

Is that one Mars? On Sunday I was at a friends launching some fireworks (it was his birthday) and someone spotted Venus and Jupiter. Thanks to twitter, I was able to identify which planets they were and point out Mars as well. I love the internet.

by **Amie** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:22 pm UTC

Jupiter and Venus respectively. The colour happened because of camera madness. Mars was ~180 degrees from that

by **eSOANEM** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:46 pm UTC

Ah, I only noticed one of the planets which is why I thought it was Mars. Jupiter was a bit dim and I guess I was looking at my screen at a sub-optimal angle.

Not sure how I forgot to post this earlier:

On Sunday, I got to go segway-ing around some woods and it was awesome. It's such a shame that they're only legal on private land here.

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:52 am UTC

I've always wanted to try a Segway, though I'm nervous I wouldn't be able to get the hang of it. Speaking of, I've been looking at other forms of transportation as of late. Something good for long distance on the cheap.

(Hey look! It would appear that I did get the hang of it! Heh)

by **Odd_nonposter** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:09 pm UTC

I just got the top scores on a 200-person gen chem and an 80-person engineering final.

by **Hyphe** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:27 pm UTC

I just assembled a flat-pack table with nary a curse uttered, and no mysterious parts remaining afterwards. Screwing bits of wood together is so much fun.

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:38 pm UTC

Labs: they go a lot better when you understand everything you're doing, your results match your expectations, and you have enough time to finish everything.

by **Gear** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:41 pm UTC

e^iπ+1=0 wrote:Labs: they go a lot better when you understand everything you're doing, your results match your expectations, and you have enough time to finish everything.

Which makes the point of doing the lab non-existent.

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:42 pm UTC

I'm a first year physics student, so the point of doing the labs is to teach us how to do labs.

by **meridian** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:43 pm UTC

Hyphe wrote:I just assembled a flat-pack table with nary a curse uttered, and no mysterious parts remaining afterwards. Screwing bits of wood together is so much fun.

I sadly love ikea for this reason.

by **SecondTalon** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:35 pm UTC

Chewbaccawacca wrote:I've always wanted to try a Segway, though I'm nervous I wouldn't be able to get the hang of it. Speaking of, I've been looking at other forms of transportation as of late. Something good for long distance on the cheap.

(Hey look! It would appear that I did get the hang of it! Heh)

Bicycle.. or a good pair of walking shoes.

by **pseudoidiot** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:54 pm UTC

I've always wanted to travel by palanquin.

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:01 pm UTC

I'm more of a boot guy, been wearing service-style boots for the past 10 years or so. Every time I attempt to switch to shoes invariably my knees start to hurt. But I've logged well into the hundreds of miles walked in them, so I'm not overly worried about keeping up the trend. Though now that it's brought to my attention I should probably think about getting a new pair sometime soon. The one's I am currently wearing

Spoiler:

still have some life in them, but I'm unsure whether or not they could weather prolonged exposure to the weather. Or perhaps instead the many miles I am anticipating in my near future.

*EDIT*

pseudoidiot wrote:I've always wanted to travel by palanquin.

Heh, that makes me think of this.

*EDIT 2* Well I guess this hasn't been that awesome a day for folks. Though it just got a bit awesome-er for me. Starting up a TNG marathon from episode one! Got my junk food, my lazy boy, and all 7 seasons! Super stoked!

by **Kithplana** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:32 am UTC

Currently watching the Penguin Cam. That's my favorite part of Sea World right there. At least from here the moving walkway isn't trying to whisk me by too quickly.

by **Amie** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:35 am UTC

Title: Absolutely mindblowing video shot from the Space Shuttle during launch
Speechless.

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:01 am UTC

Amie wrote:Title: Absolutely mindblowing video shot from the Space Shuttle during launch
Speechless.

...awesome.

by **Cathy** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:19 am UTC

First saint Patty's day as a 21 year old! Fun but I don't think I'll do it again. Eyes are troiuble focusing.

It is pretty fun thought <3

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:19 am UTC

I just got my new tent and bivvy sack in the mail today! Awesome!

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:24 pm UTC

I signed up for the Tour de Cure this year! And I signed up for the 100 mile (161 kilometer) ride!

The minimum fundraising goal is $150, but I raised $275 and $500 in 2010 and 2011, respectively, so I'm hoping to raise even more this year. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that, though, because I have a lot less time to work with this year than I did when I lived in Alaska and the event was in June, not April. But I'll be happy with whatever I get and I really hope to have just as much fun this year as I did the past two years.

SO EXCITED!

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:04 pm UTC

Yay! That's pretty exciting. Are you planning on setting up a way for us to contribute to your goal online?

Oh, and good luck!

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:11 pm UTC

My signature pic is a link to the donate page. I suppose I should change it to say "click here" or something.

ALSO, for those who donated last year through the PayPal link I provided because the American Diabetes Association page didn't do PayPal payments, this year it does! No need for two links!

by **Chewbaccawacca** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:27 pm UTC

Oh sorry, I couldn't see it because my dunce cap had fallen over my eyes. Heh, anyway, awesome!

by **Armadillo Al** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:02 pm UTC

80 (27 C) degrees and sunny all weekend, and will be that warm for the next couple days at least.

The normal high is a full 35 degrees (19 C) lower than that. Anyone have an idea how many standard deviations from the mean we are right now?

by **roband** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:31 am UTC

My curry sauce base looks as legit as I've ever seen one. Proper happy and it was so simple. Can't wait to eat it tonight..

by **Magnanimous** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:56 am UTC

I now have a copy of Gödel, Escher, Bach from the first 1979 printing. This makes me happy.

by **Giant Speck** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:05 am UTC

Someone donated $100 to my fundraiser this morning.

by **felltir** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:54 am UTC

Waters Corporation (NYSE)‎.

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:02 am UTC

I have surpassed my fundraising goal!

by **I Am Raven** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:15 am UTC

Giant Speck wrote:I have surpassed my fundraising goal!

<fuckyeah>

Yay for you!

by **eSOANEM** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:26 pm UTC

I got my exam results back from modules this January and now I only need 20/120 in one exam to get into my uni!

by **Whelan** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:00 pm UTC

The weather's loverly and I'm headed to a BBQ. Glorious.

by **existential_squirrrel** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:12 pm UTC

I leave for a conference in less than 24 hours, and I am already packed! w00t!

I just have to trim my poster down to size and wash my wrist brace... omygorillas it stinks!

by **dhokarena56** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:26 am UTC

Ladies and gentlemen, I present, for the measly price of $35, the Klein Bottle Hat..

by **Ptolom** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:41 pm UTC

Even more awesone, the man who sells those hats is Dr. Clifford Stoll, who gave this TED talk. http://www.ted.com/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything.html

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