Guys, seriously, this thread is really not a place for theology.
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
Yeah, this is exactly why I asked to have replies in PM, rather than in-thread.
(For what it's worth, I doubt that anything really important could be added to the replies by Quag
,petersohn, and FuzzyBoots. Everything else in this derail seemed to be just footnotes to that.)
The conclusion of this tangent is:
Old men, running the world.
A NEW AGE
Er, yeah, still on that Deus Ex tangent from earlier <_<
edited 31st Mar '15 3:21:12 PM by ShadowHog
Moon◊
Who Am I?
God always wins ontological arguments, that's why no one ever bothers anymore...
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Chaotic Greedy
Of course, that's not actually incompatible from being all-seeing of everything that happens on Earth.
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Speaking of light, did you know th Universe used to be orange? It was before the Cosmic Microwave background was redshifted by the expansion of space
Chaotic Greedy
Absolutely no relation to NLK
That was weird.
Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
Dark Eye
Ok, that's pretty awesome. That damn data.
Well, this one is addictive.
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.
I am impressed at how well some people can freehand such drawings...
And I find myself wondering whether my text and drawings made the grade and are showing up on other people's screens. I don't see them, but that might be intentional on the part of the server.
"reason for data loss: User is not a typewriter."
Which is an actual Unix error. :P
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
( ! )
Drawing with a touchpad is a nightmare, but I have no regrets.
-screenshots the finished product-
There's something insignificant written here, but because it's insignificant, you didn't read it.
Who Am I?
It looks like he randomly assigns your contribution to a fake "user handle" (presumably the person who "lost" the data). So I dont know if you can track your own or not.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
I notice we can link to our pairings now.
I don't know what's more disturbing, the 8 bit resolution pictures of god knows what.
Or the ones that just plain hit realism.
And, today, XKCD in sports
Lost in Space
What-If #135: Digging Downward
In which Randall concludes that if you managed to survive past about 3.5 km depth, you'd be eaten by a Balrog.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Who Am I?
I knew it.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
King Arthur's Favorite Bird
Well, people apparently seem to dig deeper than 3.5 km. Of course they don't go in there themselves, but still. They do insane things but encountered no balrog since (or they simply dug a hole too small for the balrog to fit through).
The TauTona Mine is 3.9 km deep, although I'm guessing that's not starting from sea level.
Sounds pretty straightforward to me. God is a control freak, bam, explanation over.