Whenever life gets you down and things seem hard or tough...

[Jstas]

...and people are stupid obnoxious or daft and you feel that
you've had quite enough...

Just...

...remember...

...that you're standing on a planet that's evolving and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour. That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that is the source of all our power. The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see are moving at a million miles a day in an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour, of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'.

Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars. It's a hundred thousand light years side to side. It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick, but out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide. We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point. We go 'round every two hundred million years, and our galaxy is only one of millions of billions in this amazing and expanding universe.

The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding in all of the directions it can whizz as fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know, twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, how amazingly unlikely is your birth, and pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.


http://minerva.union.edu/gaudetta/milkyway.jpg

That's today's lesson, kids! Brought to you by the letter Q, the number 97.6382 and Carl Sagan!

[Polk addict]

LoL... That was nicely written BTW...

[xj4094dg]

Far out man.....:)

[Keiko]

Okay. That means that our whole solar system could be, like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. This is too much! That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be one little tiny universe. :eek:

Can I buy some pot from you John?

[bobman1235]

LoL... That was nicely written BTW...

You can congratulate Eric Idle on that one.

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[Jstas]

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to catch it.

Can anybody guess what I was watching last night?

[zombie boy 2000]

I'm thinking.... The Meaning of Life?
Or was it Steel Magnolias? It was Steel Magnolias, wasn't it.

[nooshinjohn]

I'm thinking.... The Meaning of Life?
Or was it Steel Magnolias? It was Steel Magnolias, wasn't it.

He watched Fried Greet Tomatoes, followed by Terms of Endearment:p

[everpress]

He watched Fried Greet Tomatoes, followed by Terms of Endearment:p

Geeze, you'd grow 4 vaginas and cry until you created your own ocean with a night like that.

[gtu2004]

I see holes.

this reminds me of the NYC MTA ad below that is still running on many NYC trains which is so retarded it's not even funny.

"Believe it or not. In 1986, the subway and bus fare was $1. That’s $1.86 in 2008 dollars. Today, 30-day Unlimited Ride MetroCard brings the fare down to $1.17. Believe it.”

[maandjojo]

I apologize for this, but the more science tries to prove all this was not the creation of God the more I believe that it had to. Not to believe means that all this just happened by chance. To think that all on this earth were destroyed by a comet and that it never happened again in millions of years! Not hardly. As for me, I believe in God and Polk.

Joe

[Kenneth Swauger]

"Can we have your liver then?"

[zombie boy 2000]

He watched Fried Greet Tomatoes, followed by Terms of Endearment:p

Both of 'em Director's Cuts with French subtitles. I think Prince of Tides is next up to the plate.

[ShinAce]

Nitpic:

The universe is expanding in all directions. Over some distances, less than the speed of light. At a specific distance, the speed of light. Beyond, faster that the speed of light.

The universe itself does not obey the speed of light.

Which means that no matter how big we think the universe is, it could still be infinitely bigger. We just can't see those parts.

[bobman1235]

Nitpic:

The universe is expanding in all directions. Over some distances, less than the speed of light. At a specific distance, the speed of light. Beyond, faster that the speed of light.

Do we actually know this, or is it hypothesis? I mean, we can't SEE far enough to know, so how do they come up with that kind of information?

[nooshinjohn]

Both of 'em Director's Cuts with French subtitles. I think Prince of Tides is next up to the plate. An Officer and A Genleman is being loaded up on the vcr as we speak. Someone stop this madness:eek:

[Jstas]

Nitpic:

The universe is expanding in all directions. Over some distances, less than the speed of light. At a specific distance, the speed of light. Beyond, faster that the speed of light.

The universe itself does not obey the speed of light.

Which means that no matter how big we think the universe is, it could still be infinitely bigger. We just can't see those parts.


Nerd

[ShinAce]

Nerd

Good for me. Too bad for you.

It's not a big deal. Again, all I'm saying is that the universe is a lot bigger than we think it is, or that we can see. At least 100x bigger. Google inflation if you think the speed of light is the true speed limit. Einstein is the one that said it was so, and then changed his mind later on. Hence Special versus General Relativity. The speed of light is only a speed limit locally, not for the universe as a whole.

If you don't believe me, start studying physics/astronomy. It might even help you with speaker stuff.

[zombie boy 2000]

An Officer and A Genleman is being loaded up on the vcr as we speak. Someone stop this madness:eek:

Whadya know? I've got Mystic Pizza firing up on the Beta Max as we speak.

[Jstas]

Good for me. Too bad for you.

It's not a big deal. Again, all I'm saying is that the universe is a lot bigger than we think it is, or that we can see. At least 100x bigger. Google inflation if you think the speed of light is the true speed limit. Einstein is the one that said it was so, and then changed his mind later on. Hence Special versus General Relativity. The speed of light is only a speed limit locally, not for the universe as a whole.

If you don't believe me, start studying physics/astronomy. It might even help you with speaker stuff.

Thanks, sport. Already got me a B.S. Had physics, calculus, chemistry, biology and all sorts of neato science stuff.

You could use a little lesson on "The Meaning of Life", though. Go see everyone's favorite uncle, Monty Python. He can help you out with that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/
http://www.allmovie.com/work/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life-33235

Get a sense of humor.

[bobman1235]

It's just a wafer thin piece of humor.

[Keiko]

Can anybody guess what I was watching last night?

Gidget the Midget?

[Keiko]

Nice tag A$$H0L3 :mad:

[Erik Tracy]

Nitpic:

The universe is expanding in all directions. Over some distances, less than the speed of light. At a specific distance, the speed of light. Beyond, faster that the speed of light.

The universe itself does not obey the speed of light.

Which means that no matter how big we think the universe is, it could still be infinitely bigger. We just can't see those parts.


I think God is receding at the speed of light...as man's knowledge expands outwards at an ever increasing rate....but...that's just me....

[Keiko]

Was it Contact John?

[Erik Tracy]

If you stare at the picture long enough...it starts to expand....whoaaaaa....:p

[Jstas]

Was it Contact John?

Nah, it was Debbie Does Ursa Minor

[bikezappa]

Eames, the furniture designers, made a film in the 60s, I think, that showed what happens when your speed moves 10X faster every 10 seconds. The view point starts from a picnic to .... well you gotta see it. It's on u-tube.

Makes me feel really small.

[Keiko]

Nah, it was Debbie Does Ursa Minor

Which Debbie? :rolleyes:

[Ron-P]

Whenever life gets you down and things seem hard or tough...
...drink a good ale and all is good!

[maandjojo]

You can have my liver but have them squeeze the scotch out of it first.

Joe

[Jstas]

Which Debbie? :rolleyes:

Little Debbie!

Her moon pies are outta this world!

[audiobliss]

That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be one little tiny universe. :eek:
So what happens when I trim my fingernails? :eek: :p

[dudeinaroom]

if you are going the speed of light and turn on your head lights, would you see thr beams? And if you were traveling faster than and turned on your high beam, would you be blinded. Sorry, just one of those things I've wondered since high school.


later,
dude

[Keiko]

Little Debbie!

Her moon pies are outta this world!

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/4ad42d6530.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

Moon pies are good. :rolleyes:


So what happens when I trim my fingernails? :eek: :p

Armageddon! :eek:

[lightman1]

We're all just fig newtons of each others modulation..........

[avelanchefan]

Jstas....thanks man. I actually really needed to hear something like that. Life has been the suck for me for three months now, you wont here a sob story from me on the boards, but it was a great read for me.

Thanks again.

[mrbigbluelight]

Eames, the furniture designers, made a film in the 60s

Good video, made especially so by the music of Elmer Berstein ( sounds like a distant Jewish cousin of Jed Clampett )

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[mrbigbluelight]

Another excellent video dealing with time and space travel.

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