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Post by Janitor From Mars on May 20, 2009 21:48:08 GMT -5
What, no pics of Planet X?
You didn't hear this from me.
*pulls out memory wipe*
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Post by aka Cthulhu on May 20, 2009 22:18:06 GMT -5
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Post by The Line on May 20, 2009 22:24:12 GMT -5
space in general is so fascinating.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on May 20, 2009 23:35:11 GMT -5
I need the Scanners headexplodie gif!
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on May 20, 2009 23:38:30 GMT -5
You want to know what's larger than that? Space Jaws. That's right... a giant space Great White Shark.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on May 21, 2009 0:06:17 GMT -5
That is incredible i've now become fascinated with Space.
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Post by Strotha on May 21, 2009 1:57:30 GMT -5
I need the Scanners headexplodie gif! I love Scanners.
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Post by Shy Guy on May 21, 2009 1:59:07 GMT -5
where i work, the land is so flat you can see the curve in the sky. it makes you feel very insignificant.
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Post by Loki on May 21, 2009 5:50:02 GMT -5
Many insignificant persons did find out all that stuff about space though...
To be honest, humans ARE very significant, and the whole "we're so puny... a zit on Deep Space's ass" thing sounds to me like a clichè stockphrase, like "life is short".
In fact, life is the longest thing in our lives [duh...], and we aren't insignificant at all. After all we managed to discover many fascinating things about the universe, and even send artifacts and people out there.
For being puny and insignificant, we've accomplished many impressive tasks. Even more impressive considering we've been around for a short time [in universe's timeline] and we're indeed small compared to, say, dinosaurs
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Post by Alexander The So-so on May 21, 2009 6:01:42 GMT -5
I'm disappointed that no one has posted this yet.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 21, 2009 6:34:16 GMT -5
Good thing to keep in mind when you try to put a significant other on a pedestal.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 21, 2009 8:47:55 GMT -5
That would explain why we haven't seen aliens yet--they're too busy visiting each other. Or maybe they're afraid to come here.
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Post by Macho Dude Handy Damage on May 21, 2009 10:52:01 GMT -5
Many insignificant persons did find out all that stuff about space though... To be honest, humans ARE very significant, and the whole "we're so puny... a zit on Deep Space's ass" thing sounds to me like a clichè stockphrase, like "life is short". In fact, life is the longest thing in our lives [duh...], and we aren't insignificant at all. After all we managed to discover many fascinating things about the universe, and even send artifacts and people out there. For being puny and insignificant, we've accomplished many impressive tasks. Even more impressive considering we've been around for a short time [in universe's timeline] and we're indeed small compared to, say, dinosaurs I think people seem to mistake what we've accomplished as a species with does what we've accomplished actually have any significance to the universe. Sure, as far as we know, we are the most intelligent species in the universe. We haven't discovered anything to contradict that yet. And yes, humans are smart. We've accomplished a lot and gained a lot of knowledge about life, earth and the universe. The question is... does it matter to the universe? That's a question to which we'll most likely never get an answer.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on May 21, 2009 14:52:03 GMT -5
I actually have vacationed on V354 Cephei before. It wasn't that great. Everything was overpriced there, and the buffets weren't even that great.
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Post by AriadosMan on May 21, 2009 14:54:22 GMT -5
I actually have vacationed on V354 Cephei before. It wasn't that great. Everything was overpriced there, and the buffets weren't even that great. You should have splurged and went to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe instead, much better service there.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 21, 2009 15:21:33 GMT -5
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown And things seem hard or tough 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.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 21, 2009 16:03:04 GMT -5
Many insignificant persons did find out all that stuff about space though... To be honest, humans ARE very significant, and the whole "we're so puny... a zit on Deep Space's ass" thing sounds to me like a clichè stockphrase, like "life is short". In fact, life is the longest thing in our lives [duh...], and we aren't insignificant at all. After all we managed to discover many fascinating things about the universe, and even send artifacts and people out there. For being puny and insignificant, we've accomplished many impressive tasks. Even more impressive considering we've been around for a short time [in universe's timeline] and we're indeed small compared to, say, dinosaurs How can we discover things that already exist? For example, saying we discovered things about space is much like saying the white explorers in Africa discovered the Victoria Falls. It already existed so we didn't discover it. I mean we may have FOUND new things about space, but those things have always been there. We are significant in our solar system, and maybe in our galaxy, but beyond that, we aren't shit.
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Post by clifford on May 21, 2009 16:04:37 GMT -5
Humans are significant. Even If this life is the only thing we have in the universe. If this life is all we have then that means we are experiencing everything right now. Our heavens, our hells, and any enlightenment that we may pick up along the way. If you look at the bigger picture our lives are just one link in a long chain that stretches from the begging of time, and we will pass on the gift of life to offspring who will carry our legacies with them far into the future, and possibly into the outer reaches of the universe. Along the way our offspring may affect the universe in ways that we can even begin to imagine. If we take the universe at face value then our lives become even more significant. If one of the other 20 million sperm had won the race to the egg we would not be here. In my case if I had been born 30 years earlier there is a good chance both me, and my mother die during birth. Every person we will ever see is special, and everything that has ever existed in the universe is connected to us in one way or another. Even the smallest action taken by a child may have implications we can not imagine. Right now as far as we know we are the most significant things in the universe, and every person you see around you is just as important as you are. Out of everyone who has ever been, or will be the people we see now are the ones we will share the experience of life with. We learn from them. and they learn from us, and we all learn for those who came before us. When we are done we will pass on what we have learned to future generations, in hopes that humanity will better itself. Perhaps some day humanity will unlock the secrets of the universe, and achieve perfection. Humans are still a very young species, and right now we are just starting to take our first baby steps into the universe around us. Who knows what wonders the universe holds, who know if we will ever find them. For all we know tomorrow all of humanity could be wiped from the face of the universe. All that we know right now is that we have life, and as long as we have life there is hope... Our ability to constantly improve ourselves, and our undying hope that someday we will archive something bigger and better is what makes humans significant. Best post I think I've ever read here.
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Post by Loki on May 21, 2009 17:31:30 GMT -5
Many insignificant persons did find out all that stuff about space though... To be honest, humans ARE very significant, and the whole "we're so puny... a zit on Deep Space's ass" thing sounds to me like a clichè stockphrase, like "life is short". In fact, life is the longest thing in our lives [duh...], and we aren't insignificant at all. After all we managed to discover many fascinating things about the universe, and even send artifacts and people out there. For being puny and insignificant, we've accomplished many impressive tasks. Even more impressive considering we've been around for a short time [in universe's timeline] and we're indeed small compared to, say, dinosaurs How can we discover things that already exist? For example, saying we discovered things about space is much like saying the white explorers in Africa discovered the Victoria Falls. It already existed so we didn't discover it. I mean we may have FOUND new things about space, but those things have always been there. We are significant in our solar system, and maybe in our galaxy, but beyond that, we aren't excretory matter. As long as we're "alone", we're the only measuring stick, so the competition is just between Civilization A and B. It's like the (somewhat rhetorical) question "if a tree falls in a forest, and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Fine, we are smaller than small in the endless universe, but in OUR world/galaxy we are Teh Hot Crap. Seriously, I don't really get all the fuss about competing with competition we aren't even sure existing... CURRENTLY, human race is the most relevant and important on Earth. 70 million years ago, it was the dinosaurs. In 50 million years, who knows? P.S. White man didn't discover Victoria Falls, but sure as hell mankind discovered plenty of things which weren't EXISTING before. At least not ACTUALLY, but maybe just POTENTIALLY...
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 21, 2009 17:34:06 GMT -5
How can we discover things that already exist? For example, saying we discovered things about space is much like saying the white explorers in Africa discovered the Victoria Falls. It already existed so we didn't discover it. I mean we may have FOUND new things about space, but those things have always been there. We are significant in our solar system, and maybe in our galaxy, but beyond that, we aren't excretory matter. As long as we're "alone", we're the only measuring stick, so the competition is just between Civilization A and B. It's like the (somewhat rhetorical) question "if a tree falls in a forest, and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Fine, we are smaller than small in the endless universe, but in OUR world/galaxy we are Teh Hot Crap. Seriously, I don't really get all the fuss about competing with competition we aren't even sure existing... CURRENTLY, human race is the most relevant and important on Earth. 70 million years ago, it was the dinosaurs. In 50 million years, who knows? P.S. White man didn't discover Victoria Falls, but sure as hell mankind discovered plenty of things which weren't EXISTING before. At least not ACTUALLY, but maybe just POTENTIALLY... Oh, yeah, we have discovered things, but true discoveries are advances in technology and science. If it is something in nature, then, well, we can't discover it, cause it was already there.
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