The Bridge

user20683

4:00 AM

so it's Engineer in the classic sense, one who runs and cares for an Engine as well as an Engineer in the modern sense'

Nick T

If they ever make D.E.S.T.I.N.I. will it mess up your company?

user20683

how so?

Randall Munroe's xkcd

Nick T

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user20683

no because I took a Geology sequence

user20683

4:05 AM

which makes the Core look even sillier than it did to start with

user20683

Given that fault lines don't go down far enough to matter

user20683

and the logic just gets worse from there

Nick T

heh, ever see that movie?

user20683

several times

user20683

it's amazingly bad

user20683

4:06 AM

though the cast can't be blamed for the most part

Nick T

:P

user20683

but knowing even basic physics and/or geology pretty much invalidates all of it

Nick T

I laughed so hard during the peach scene that I made my friend laugh and throw up

user20683

unobtanium violates thermodynamics in ways that are headache inducing

Nick T

who needs cold sinks

user20683

4:08 AM

and it behaves a non-newtonian fluid somehow

user20683

and at the same time isn't

user20683

the core isn't that kind of liquid

user20683

and the dynamo action is driven by gravity

user20683

and rotation

Nick T

hell, if the core stopped the entire crust would melt from the dump of rotational energy

user20683

4:10 AM

if the core stopped, every volcano everywhere would simultaneously erupt so hard it'd make Zeus wilt in his naughty bits

user20683

I mean it'd be like the Siberian Traps everywhere

user20683

flood basalt events all over the map

Nick T

I still like sound lasers

because sound = electromagnetic radiation

GnomeSlice ツ

@NickT ???

user20683

my favorite Geology story is one my professor told

user20683

4:13 AM

they found a small cave in Washington state

user20683

it was in the side of a river canyon

user20683

upon mapping this cave it was discovered to be 18 million years old

user20683

made of flood basalt

user20683

they also discovered it was the exact size and shape of an adult wooly Rhinoceros

user20683

so that stuff was moving

GnomeSlice ツ

4:15 AM

@WorldEngineer which stuff?

user20683

flood basalt

user20683

very runny, very hot lava

user20683

it turns into this black rock

GnomeSlice ツ

What does that have to do with the wooly Rhinoceros?

:S

user20683

it erupted and out ran the rhino

Nick T

4:17 AM

the cave was the size of the rhino?

GnomeSlice ツ

Wait, you mean it was still alive?

user20683

then entombed said rhino, burning it away but leaving a cast ala Pompeii

user20683

yep, it got caught

GnomeSlice ツ

Oh, that's what I thought.

user20683

that lava was moving at least 40 mph

GnomeSlice ツ

4:17 AM

@WorldEngineer For a second, I thought you meant scientists cracked it open, and the rhino charged out.

user20683

lol

GnomeSlice ツ

๏_๏

Tim Stone

That really would be the best geology story ever.

user20683

yeah

Mana ಠдಠ

man

user20683

4:21 AM

honestly I'm not sure who has worse Physics: The Core, The Day After Tomorrow or 2012

Mana ಠдಠ

DEEZ DRUMS ARE SO AWESOME

Also hi.

Nick T

2012, the asteroids that travel at like 100 mph?

user20683

the Himalayas flood

user20683

that's insane

Nick T

that's the plot of some DS9 holodeck episode

user20683

4:24 AM

but that's a 60s spoof

user20683

specifically Bond

Nick T

:P

Mana ಠдಠ

@sjohnston He emphasized one of his messages with "Bitch." It got flagged.

sjohnston

ah

Mana ಠдಠ

In a fit of incredible stupidity, entirely disregarding the recent discussion on this stuff, I approved it as valid instead of just telling him to tone down the language. Whoops.

Nick T

4:27 AM

@Mana Looks like you screwed up

@Mana ..., bitch.

Mana ಠдಠ

claps But seriously.

Tim Stone

raises brow

Mana ಠдಠ

sobs

Nick T

You need a Sam Jackson beer

Mana ಠдಠ

I DON'T DRINK

user20683

4:35 AM

what's legal age in CA?

Mana ಠдಠ

19.

GnomeSlice ツ

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user20683

@NickT Unobtanium converts heat to energy...so it converts heat to itself?

Nick T

It's perfect, obviously

That's why we mine it from Pandora, 4 light-years away from us

user20683

indeed

user20683

4:45 AM

where it's guarded by the Alpha Centauri

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hello chat.

Mana ಠдಠ

Hello LessPop.

LessPop_MoreFizz

What's the over/under on this hotel internet connection not sucking?

user20683

who have bionic eyes that shoot gamma rays and cocoa puffs

LessPop_MoreFizz

(Yes, I am at yet another hotel. :/)

Ping is 46 ms! Promising!

Nick T

4:46 AM

Was the ship from Avatar at all physically possible (even granted "magical" technology)?

Mana ಠдಠ

@LessHotelMoreFizz Ooooh

LessPop_MoreFizz

.... Download speed .47 mbps.

Mana ಠдಠ

Lame.

LessPop_MoreFizz

so much for that.

GnomeSlice ツ

@LessPop_MoreFizz Slownload speed?

Clownload speed?

Brownload speed?

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:47 AM

@GnomeSliceツ Those too.

GnomeSlice ツ

FROWNLOAD SPEED.

4

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSliceツ Okay, that one gets a star.

user20683

I spent high school with a 16.4 kbps connection

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer As did I actually.

Mana ಠдಠ

NO. DON'T CHANGE IT. DON'T MAKE ME REMOVE MY STAR.

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:48 AM

^^

Mana ಠдಠ

Thank you.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer But 12 years later, I am officially Spoiled.

user20683

I had 16.4 7 years ago

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer Young'n.

GnomeSlice ツ

Is 200 kb/s very good?

150*

I used to have dial up though so... eh.

user20683

4:51 AM

200kbps is ok for basic dsl

GnomeSlice ツ

DSL is...?

Oh, now it's 100 kb/s

And still falling. :P

So much for 'Wireless Highspeed'.

user20683

lol Cyber Cafe

user20683

they still make those?

user20683

also who the hell uses *NIX and .doc

user20683

WTF

Nick T

4:55 AM

(1.5 * earth's gravity) * (1.5 * earth's gravity) / 2 * (170 days)^2 in joules/kilogram

2.33409862 × 10**16 joules / kilogram

GnomeSlice ツ

90 kb/s

►

Nick T

(1.5 * earth's gravity) * (1.5 * earth's gravity) / 2 * (170 days)^2 / c^2 = 0.2597...so the mass of a ship like the one from Avatar would need to be 26% antimatter assuming it was perfectly efficient?

GnomeSlice ツ

In case I forgot to link this already.

64 kb/s...

user20683

now to watch a much much more scientific movie..."War of the Worlds"

GnomeSlice ツ

@WorldEngineer Scientific? Pffft

Mana ಠдಠ

5:02 AM

@GnomeSlice What the hell am I watching. This is ridiculous.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ I'm sure I've shown you this already.

Mana ಠдಠ

@GnomeSlice I never actually watched it

I just saw the thumbnail and was disturbed

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ ಠ_ಠ

HE-BRO

user20683

topatoco.com/…

GnomeSlice ツ

@WorldEngineer Pft, that's nothing

Mana ಠдಠ

5:05 AM

HASTA LAS-VEGAS, FOOL!

GnomeSlice ツ

Bros like this site. (NSFW language)

Nick T

Fuzzy question mark shirts, 666¢ each: shirt.woot.com

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana, you'd better star that site.

Mana ಠдಠ

> When you’re the best, it’s not cockiness - it’s honesty.

Nick T

should send these to some guy in my lab that we call Brosef

because when you call him Joe he gets upset or something

"IT'S JOSEPH GUYSSSS"

GnomeSlice ツ

5:09 AM

I still like the one about the token black bro

user20683

and then the tripods came and there was blasting of meatbags

GnomeSlice ツ

Okay, I should stop.

LessPop_MoreFizz

GnomeSlice ツ

@LessPop_MoreFizz Saw that on twitter. Not cool.

LessPop_MoreFizz

EATING IS JOYFUL

SHE IS HAPPY

BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO EAT SARA LEE

Well. That was a strange flag.

GnomeSlice ツ

5:14 AM

Flag?

LessPop_MoreFizz

chat flag that popped up

it's gone now

Nick T

@WorldEngineer IMMA EMP UR CAR STARTER MOTOR BUT NOT VIDEO CAMERA OLOLOLOLO

user20683

one issue with that plan

user20683

no car

badp

5:42 AM

@gnomeslice you have been suspended for inappropriate use of chat to spread messages of intolerance towards mermaids and other endangered species. That our yet another relatively harmless image or video. Suspension stands as issued

Note I don't actually know what is it he posted

I'm just sad I don't get to answer that. ;p

GnomeSlice ツ

why was i banded from chat?

Nick T

because you didn't use dithering

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