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imagineatoms: blahgorrhea: This is mean, but hilarious! This is total shit. You will never wish upon a star that’s a million years old because the furthest star from us in the Milky Way is about 70,000 light years away. And the chances of one that you can see already being dead are quite slim.  But the post is right in one sense. If you think your dreams are going to come true simply because you wish they would they might as well be dead In addition, “lightyears” is being used as a measurement of time when in fact, it’s a measurement of distance. Still hilarious regardless.

imagineatoms:

blahgorrhea:

This is mean, but hilarious!

This is total shit. You will never wish upon a star that’s a million years old because the furthest star from us in the Milky Way is about 70,000 light years away. And the chances of one that you can see already being dead are quite slim. 

But the post is right in one sense. If you think your dreams are going to come true simply because you wish they would they might as well be dead

In addition, “lightyears” is being used as a measurement of time when in fact, it’s a measurement of distance. Still hilarious regardless.

(Source: tastefullyoffensive, via carl-sagan-cosmos)

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Good job internet.

Textbook: The “brightness” of a star is measured in terms of radiative flux.

Website: Luminosity is generally understood as a measurement of  “brightness”.


No wonder people get so confused about the difference between flux and luminosity - and which one is a measure of “brightness”…

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theehokeypokey answered: there are several options. My advice is download vmware player, and use that to run a vm of linux or unix. Emacs has a windows GUI too

Okay, I see that apparently VMware Player is a good start for those wanting to try out different operating systems. Once I download VMware Player, am I going to have access to these OS through this software? Or am I going to have to download LINUX independently and run them through this software? I admit, I am completely lost, so I appreciate you guys helping me out.

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LINUX, UNIX, Python, Emacs etc…

I need some help with the above. For my research internship, we’ve been learning Python (which I’m somewhat familiar with) but then we’ve also been using/ learning LINUX, UNIX, Emacs…. I want to familiarize myself with what we’re doing at home but I have Windows 7 and the terminal has a different syntax than what I’ve been using at my school. Am I supposed to download LINUX? UNIX? Emacs? If I download a new operating system, will they change the entire software of my computer? I am so confused. Can someone please help?

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4zure asked: i'm very much enjoying this video on science vs religion and it's broad panel though :)

It’s fantastic. I’m waiting for exams to be over so I can watch more videos with Lawrence Krauss. I have his book, A Universe From Nothing, and even though I’ve read it twice, I want to read it again. Lawrence Krauss is amazing.

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4zure asked: I mean, don't get me wrong. It's a laughable compliment, at best. The type of compliment where I might chuckle and think and/or tell them some sarcastic response in return. But anger would not be among my range of potential emotions.

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4zure replied to your post: “I’d fuck you.”
sounds like a compliment to me…
That is the worst thing that anyone could possibly say and it deeply angers me that I have been told this on multiple occasions. When men stare and make me so uncomfortable that I have to get up and leave, and all you can say is, “Well, it’s a compliment. He thinks you’re attractive.” Right. Being confronted with pigs is supposed to make me feel good about myself. Interestingly, it’s only men who have responded like that…

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MARS ONE

My friend was skeptical about Mars One and sent an email to Dr. ‘t Hooft. This is the response he got.

Dear ———-,

Yes, Mars One is dead serious.. You can apply for being a member of the crew, but as you can imagine, there is a lot of competition.
No special degrees or diplomas are required, and apart from a lower limit on age (18 years) there are no constraints (nationality, race, gender, etc.). Mars One will be looking for individuals who are ambitious, psychologically stable, able to work in a small group, resourceful, and prepared to undergo a heavy training program. You have to realize that life on Mars will be very constrained, you can’t get out of the habitat without a space suit and then you can’t go far because of continuous threat of dangerous radiation.
I am supporting this initiative because others seem to be too far fetched and do not have a big chance ever to materialize.

Cordial greetings and much success.

Gerard ‘t Hooft

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