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Amazing things to think about

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Ski-hobo
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I know everyone has probibly thought about this, but really, give it a good going over, it makes me feel weird

Statements like, Space never ends
Time never began, and it will never end
Where did matter come from, if time never began, then matter has always been here
If space does end, what is beyond that.






"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 15 2005 6:50PM
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Apple
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the acorn cant trust the squirl.

"hey, acorn, wanna go for a quick hop around the tree tops? Ill bring you right back, I promise"

"Sure thing squirl. just cut me down and PROMISE you wont burry me!"

"Deal"

"Sweet"


Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 16 2005 11:37PM
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PJ
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This what i was talking about, it's called Synesthesia:

When Ingrid Carey says she feels colors, she does not mean she sees red, or feels blue, or is green with envy. She really does feel them.

She can also taste them, and hear them, and smell them.

The 20-year-old junior at the University of Maine has synesthesia, a rare neurological condition in which two or more of the senses entwine. Numbers and letters, sensations and emotions, days and months are all associated with colors for Carey.

The letter "N" is sienna brown; "J" is light green; the number "8" is orange; and July is bluish-green.

The pain from a shin split throbs in hues of orange and yellow, purple and red, Carey told LiveScience.

Colors in Carey's world have properties that most of us would never dream of: red is solid, powerful and consistent, while yellow is pliable, brilliant and intense. Chocolate is rich purple and makes Carey’s breath smell dark blue. Confusion is orange.

more here if you're interested: http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050222_synesthesia.html



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Jul 16 2005 11:37PM
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twix_182
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touche

Take me to your special place Close your eyes, show me your face.....I'm gonna piss on it
Jul 16 2005 11:40PM
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twix_182
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but i wanna hear the rest of the story

Take me to your special place Close your eyes, show me your face.....I'm gonna piss on it
Jul 16 2005 11:40PM
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PJ
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Man, this is fucked up, I should go to bed.

"Other examples of synesthetic experiences people can have, just to name a few, are being able to see sounds — as well as hear them; seeing or "knowing" the colors, sexes, and personalities of letters, numbers, and other symbols; feeling weight and shape on their bodies by just tasting something; and smelling colors."

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Jul 16 2005 11:46PM
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Apple
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So the squirl cuts the acorn down, who without knowing what would happen promptly dies. then the squirl, realizing he has commited a murder burries the acorn to hide the evidence. No one is the wiser untill the next spring, when a new, unregistered Oak tree begins to grow for no reaons at all... but by then winter has taken away all the evidence, the squirl has died of starvation and an older oak tree has been chargerd with "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor".

Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 16 2005 11:48PM
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Apple
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thats really quite amazing that they experince the exact same world that we experience in such a diffrent way.

Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 16 2005 11:48PM
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PJ
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^ hehe..i like the whole squirrel subplot

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Jul 16 2005 11:49PM
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twix_182
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does the oak ever get out of jail?

Take me to your special place Close your eyes, show me your face.....I'm gonna piss on it
Jul 17 2005 12:16AM
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french_fry
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I know somebody just like that, who associaltes people and objects with a color just naturally, pretty crazy stuff. Anyways, what are humans, am I living in a dream itself being in another dream? Am I typing this in a dream??





Gravity sucks

'Weighing in at only 125 lbs, I could easily bench double my weight as a senior in H.S.; maxing out at an outstanding 245 lbs. I still had the build of a small person.' - d-loc


"I only drink on 2 occasions. When I'm thirsty, and when I'm not."
Jul 17 2005 2:06AM
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squeakywaffle
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"Statements like, Space never ends
Time never began, and it will never end
Where did matter come from, if time never began, then matter has always been here
If space does end, what is beyond that."

This isn't necessarily true. It's possible that we live in a universe with a closed geometry, in which case space never ends but neither does it go on forever- it's the same principle you'd experience if you traveled around the world. You never hit an edge, but you came back to where you were and obviously the area of the world is finite. Or, the universe could have an open geometry, or we could be totally wrong about everything. Who knows?

Also according to theory, time did begin (at the "big bang," and there is lots of evidence that supports this as opposed to the steady-state theory) but won't necessarily end (big crunch vs heat-death).

As for matter- it's not necessarily there or not there. An interesting example of this is the radiation from black holes (Hawking radiation) that results from the spontaneous creation of a particle/antiparticle pair in which one member is absorbed into the black hole while the other escapes, essentially becoming "real." This is predicted by the theories of thermodynamics (basically information is lost into the black hole, and according to theory, information must be conserved)- I think there's an article in a recent Scientific American on it if you want to know more...

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WIND BLOWING HARD
KOMPRESSOR GREEN CARD
OUT OF HAND AND INTO FRONT YARD
PICK UP FROM LAWN
CONCLUSION FOREGONE
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Jul 17 2005 2:55AM
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squeakywaffle
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Another awesome thing to think about (i just remembered) is the anthropic principle:

Creationists, Intelligent Design-ists (?), etc. all point to the fact that the odds of our universe (including our own existence) naturally occuring are so miniscule that some external God must exist. However- imagine a universe incapable of supporting or giving rise to life, or simply a universe in which life didn't occur. Nobody would be around to record this absurd statistic of failed universes vs life-supporting universes. The only universe in which the question "why are we here?" can be asked is a universe in which we are already here; therefore, the "chance" argument is a bogus crock of shit put forth by people who don't think things through. It's not like we can sit somewhere and tally up the universes where we didn't make it to try and infer the circumstances of our creation (like we might, for instance, with the lottery).

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WIND BLOWING HARD
KOMPRESSOR GREEN CARD
OUT OF HAND AND INTO FRONT YARD
PICK UP FROM LAWN
CONCLUSION FOREGONE
KEEP WALLET IN POCKET IF WIND IS STRONG
Jul 17 2005 3:12AM
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(Jonesy)
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infinite universes

"You know, I'm sick of following my dreams man. I'm just gonna ask them where they're going, and hook up with them later." R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg
Jul 17 2005 3:36AM
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Apple
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he never went to jail. the prosocution couldnt prove that he could physicaly move, and as such could not prove he was guilty of the crime.

Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 17 2005 8:54AM
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*Fujative*
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if there are over a million molecules of H20 in a drop of water, think about how many molecles are in the ocean


Stewie: Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch.
eat.breathe.sleep.ski
Jul 17 2005 12:10PM
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twix_182
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THANK GOD, I love happy endings

Take me to your special place Close your eyes, show me your face.....I'm gonna piss on it
Jul 17 2005 9:36PM
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mattster
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I once ate 7 grams of mushrooms.... does that count ?

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NS SKATEBOARDERS

Jul 17 2005 9:41PM
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SteezePatrol
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if the universe is unlimited...and if you could travel like quadmetplhiguiilzzizizons times faster than the speed of light, you could get to a point where you would just turn around and see the beginning of the universe (as the light catches up to you)

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so are you like god of all that's steezy and therefore the final word on whether something is steeze-filled or not? - MARIAH

Jul 18 2005 12:54AM
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hippie_cat
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holy fuck this thread is scaring the shit out of me.
but, (people this IS relavant) i got really tanked last night and everything i saw u had to make sure it was real or if i was just thinking it. like there was music on the stereo that i hadnt heard outside of a movie (it was nwa) and i had to make sure i wasnt having a dream about the movie.
now im just freaking myself out!

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Jul 18 2005 7:57AM
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sacchettiadam
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my poinion on whats beyond space is that there is another galaxy. Like another world that dosn't know e are here.

you broke the rules, now im gonna pull out all your pubic hairs.
Jul 18 2005 11:02PM
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9o2mdkNamzz1_1
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So...then if there is nothing there....what do you see? like nothing? lol.

I like to play Guitar!
Jul 18 2005 11:26PM
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SteezePatrol
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nothing

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Sheldon

so are you like god of all that's steezy and therefore the final word on whether something is steeze-filled or not? - MARIAH

Jul 19 2005 12:48AM
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Ski-hobo
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this is important, despite wether or not the universe is infinite, the fact remains that it could expand infinatley. And even if we are crushed back up again into a singulatity and expanded back again into another bing bang. That could happen over and over again for all time, it will never ever ever ever EVER EVER END!







"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 19 2005 7:19PM
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skisebski
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we cant reach the end of the universe because it bends.

*NS Skateboarders*

- getting one inch of snow is like winning ten cents in the lottery-*CCR*



Jul 19 2005 7:48PM
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Ski-hobo
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but the universe is expanding, Im talking about its abaility to grow larger





"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 19 2005 7:55PM
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skisebski
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some theorists believe that the bigbang was caused my two different 3d dimensions who were microns aprt and then suddenly collided. its all very very complexing and mind blowing ideas. i cant even begin to understand.

*NS Skateboarders*

- getting one inch of snow is like winning ten cents in the lottery-*CCR*



Jul 20 2005 7:49PM
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tBatt
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hahahaa thats great

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i'd be better at skiing if i had better places to ski


-NS Skateboarding-

Jul 20 2005 7:52PM
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Ski-hobo
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The elegant universe?





"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 20 2005 11:56PM
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timoski
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there is no heaven
there is no god

what happens when you die


i dealt with that one dark and alone in my bed at like 7

prolly the scariest thing ever, if you think about it

no ones as good as me, they just got better marketing schemes
Jul 21 2005 12:13AM
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Ski-hobo
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^no thoughts, no memory, other than what others have of you.





"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 21 2005 12:15AM
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Kevo
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No, the known universe has a horizon at 14 billion light years. We do not know what is beyond this point because the universe is 14 billion years old and there hasn't been enought time for the light from objects on the other side of this horizon to get to us. Oh, and we are expanding from a central point, becuase background radiation from on side (kind of looks like a dot patern of high/low radiation) matches up perfectly to the background radiation of the exact opposite side 14 billion light years away. Crazy stuff. Take an astronomy class, that stuff is awesome.




To love the times we have
To like what makes us sad
To live when others die
To lose and say goodbye
To last until our moment comes
Jul 21 2005 1:44AM
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Schnoodle.
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just go read one of stephen hawkings books... that sounds so nerdy, but the whole time your reading it its got questions like that that just make u think

Jul 21 2005 1:51AM
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Kevo
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No, the known universe has a horizon at 14 billion light years. This is because the universe is 14 billion years old and the light from objects that might be on the other side of this horizon hasn't reached us yet. We do know the universe is expanding becuase of the direct relationship between the red shifting of light and the distance for a given object- the furthing things are from us, the faster they are moving away from us. We also know that the universe is expanding from a central point becuase the background radiation (looks like a dot pattern in the infer-red spectrum) matches up perfectly between coordinance opposite each other, meaning that at one point they were touching. All of this, however, does not explain what the universe is expanding into, or more importantly, why the expansion itself is increasing in speed. These are crazy things to contemplate. Take an astronomy course if you are interested.




To love the times we have
To like what makes us sad
To live when others die
To lose and say goodbye
To last until our moment comes
Jul 21 2005 1:52AM
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Kevo
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wow, my internet went down so I thought it didn't post, and then I rewrote it over again, but no, the original post actually went through.




To love the times we have
To like what makes us sad
To live when others die
To lose and say goodbye
To last until our moment comes
Jul 21 2005 1:53AM
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Kevo
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There are so many anthropic principles. I could list so many of them, but it would be easier to just type it into googfe so I won't.




To love the times we have
To like what makes us sad
To live when others die
To lose and say goodbye
To last until our moment comes
Jul 21 2005 1:59AM
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hendrik.
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Here's one,

How do you describe color to a blind person? like blue.

-hendrik
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Jul 21 2005 2:17AM
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the_hawk_of_europe
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think about that one:

at night it's colder than outside

Jul 21 2005 6:22AM
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skierman_number1
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Psht, that's easy man. It's almost like the same question as what does a blind person dream about. Just use common sense and you pretty much have the answer.

Jul 21 2005 9:03AM
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flatspinblunt
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I think the problem here is that most people are simply incapable to grasp the concept of nothingness and the fact that we are insignifigant to the universe....

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" yea we can recycle, but it all fits in the trash anyway"
Jul 21 2005 9:12AM
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Ski-hobo
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"Mankind's first emissary into space carries on its side a gold plaque that describes the creatures that built it, where we are and the date when the mission began.

Like a ghost ship, Pioneer 10 will continue to coast silently through space, heading for the red star Aldebaran.

It will take Pioneer 10 more than 2 million years to reach it. Its sister ship, Pioneer 11, ended its mission in September 1995, when the last transmission from the spacecraft was received.

Both Pioneer spacecraft and Voyagers 1 and 2 could outlast the Earth.

Long after our Sun has swollen into a red giant and destroyed our planet, these four spacecraft will still be drifting silently amongst the stars, almost forever. "





"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 27 2005 9:43PM
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seemeski
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I think our universe is like a snow globe


Jul 27 2005 10:00PM
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Apple
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wow. that really is amazing to think about. What would we think if we oneday found a capsule like that floating through space describing the culture and civilizations of another species?. what if that species was almost the same as ours? wouldpeople take that as proff of the existance of god?

Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 27 2005 10:01PM
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Ski-hobo
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^creationist might link that to a god, will scientist would say that similar environments might make similar species.





"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."


" i saw samuel l. jackson sessioning some urban rails with emilio estevez a few years ago" i_am_a_skier
Jul 27 2005 10:18PM
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Apple
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well, I live in a similar, if not the same, enviroment as a bird, yet we are nothing alike. i dont think that scientist would say that similar enviroments make similar species simply because of the diversity of life on our own planet.

Like a virgin on promnight!

-Thom.Savery.
please pardon the cacography.
CCR.. PPP..

"go down to the bottom bunk and finish yourself"
Jul 27 2005 10:24PM
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p-lin101
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thats not possible nothing is always something when you picture it. its usually a black or a white background. thats something isnt it

"I have to raise my standards to bang a fatty" - Ice-Is-Scary

NS Skateboarding
Jul 27 2005 10:33PM
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sherpasrock
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darkness would probably be the closest thing to "nothing" we can picture. its the absence of light. however nothing is the lack or absence of anything, not just light. when the lights are out at home, you may not see anything, but u know that the furnature (etc.) is there. i dont believe we can actually comprehend true nothingness.

yeah im bored, i wish it was winter again
Jul 28 2005 1:35AM
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ronalddregan.
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jst because you have not seen nothing does not mean it cannot excist or that the universe cannot end/ all these things we assume just because we have not seen them with our own eyes but you really never know. Anything is possible/ we have only studied things as far as our solar system there could be anything we dont think is possible beyond that/ like the fact that we thought the world was round or that we couldnt go to space/ because think its rediculous until we see it with our own eyes


anything could be out there
realistic or not

Jul 28 2005 2:04AM
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squeakywaffle
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huh?

The strong and weak? I honestly don't remember the difference anymore, but I outlined the basic foundation they all share. They are all pretty much the same thing until you start getting into more detail.

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WIND BLOWING HARD
KOMPRESSOR GREEN CARD
OUT OF HAND AND INTO FRONT YARD
PICK UP FROM LAWN
CONCLUSION FOREGONE
KEEP WALLET IN POCKET IF WIND IS STRONG
Jul 28 2005 3:32AM
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shea.
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youv'e all heard of the big bang right, well that says the universe was created all of a sudden but not like *click* and poof, it expanded from a sincle point. so the universe is still getting larger and larger

if it were easier it would be called snowboarding

i like the sticker that says " Ya mum rides a Snowboard"
Jul 28 2005 5:00AM
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Badfish2
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wanna blow your mind??? watch "what the bleep do we know" and then "I heart Huckabees"...
granted they're a little cookey, but keep an open mind about them..

We create our reality and that the only reason there is an existence is because we create it with the power of thought.
An atom is made up of mostly empty space, with electrons flying around it, that seem to fall in and out of existence. The nucleus which was once thought of as the only solid particle that remained in existence, it is now shown to do the same thing as the electrons. Therefore at any given moment it is possible that no part of an atom really exists...

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
- Niels Bohr


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