Nerd Thread!

[STDSkillz]

is in-n-out any good? the family i have in CA swears by that shit.

That's what everyone tells me. I've yet to experience the amazingness of it all. I want to try very badly, though.

[Jericho]

Have you completely lost your mind?
They're the sloppiest fast food burgers you can find. No, I love unwrapping my burger to have the lettuce and onions pasted to the outside of the bun.

[Mustard]

I'm not sure how many calories it had, but I have had the double six dollar burger from Carl's before.

The sandwich isn't for boys.

They're the sloppiest fast food burgers you can find. No, I love unwrapping my burger to have the lettuce and onions pasted to the outside of the bun.
Maybe where you live. Up here, we don't hire totally inept retards to make food.

[Archetype]

Where in Cowtown do you live"?
At SAIT's new res. Kind of a crappy location if it weren't for the school.

[Jericho]

is in-n-out any good? the family i have in CA swears by that shit.
Yeah, it's good, but it's fucking overrated

[Claydon]

is in-n-out any good? the family i have in CA swears by that shit.

why the fuck would you care, you are a cock sucking vegetarian.

[Claydon]

Yeah, it's good, but it's fucking overrated

i wouldn't say it is the best, but i love their shakes and fries A LOT.

[Archetype]

I'm not sure how many calories it had, but I have had the double six dollar burger from Carl's before.

The sandwich isn't for boys.
4000 may have been an overestimation, but the regular 6 dollar one is a cool 1k. So a double is a hefty burger.

[Mustard]

4000 may have been an overestimation, but the regular 6 dollar one is a cool 1k. So a double is a hefty burger.
and I'm a hefty guy, so it seems to fit. Ever since the slightly better diet in favor of shedding pounds thing i'm doing, i haven't gone off the deepend by ordering it again.

yet.

[mongo]

why the fuck would you care, you are a cock sucking vegetarian.

d*** g***** wants me to take her to a classy dinner saturday night. i need input. that's why i care.

[Claydon]

d*** g***** wants me to take her to a classy dinner saturday night. i need input. that's why i care.

she is a vegetarian as well ass muncher

[medlar]

Will you force yourself to eat meat at this "classy" dinner joint?

[Mustard]

d*** g*****?

Dick Gobler?

[Archetype]

Will you force yourself to eat meat at this "classy" dinner joint?
If you haven't eaten meat in years, somehow, I don't think eating it to impress a chick will go over too well with your guts.

[Claydon]

trivia about in and out. average hourly worker makes $11/hr, it is a private company owned and operated by the same family for like 50 years, managers make 6 figures, and since the family who owns and operates are devout christians they have bible verse references printed on the bottom of their cups.

[mongo]

she is a vegetarian as well ass muncher

tell her she can't be, ugmos aren't allowed in our club.

[Hodge]

At SAIT's new res. Kind of a crappy location if it weren't for the school.
So basically by the airport, right?
Shitty. I actually miss Calgary. Kelowna is a shit show as far as I'm concerned.

[Jericho]

tell her she can't be, ugmos aren't allowed in our club.
ohohohohho,you'd be wrong there,man. Most Vegans I know look foul. Like cancer patients. And that's no joke.

[Archetype]

So basically by the airport, right?
Shitty. I actually miss Calgary. Kelowna is a shit show as far as I'm concerned.
Not sure, but I'll find out tomorrow when I fly home. Isn't Kelowna just rich old people?

[Hodge]

That and young people and tons of Albertans. It's a pretty wealthy town, kind of like BC's Calgary though. Overpopulated and even worse to drive in. Really cliche too.

[Archetype]

That and young people and tons of Albertans. It's a pretty wealthy town, kind of like BC's Calgary though. Overpopulated and even worse to drive in. Really cliche too.
Is there anywhere that isn't a bitch to drive in? GP sucked because there wasn't a single driver that cared. Calgary sucks because you can know exactly where you're going, and still get lost. Edmonton is, well, depressing, and the drivers aren't the most fantastic.

[Penguin Rick]

is in-n-out any good? the family i have in CA swears by that shit.

Yes. Very.

It's not all it's hyped up to be though, since people make it seem like its a Godsend. But if you know the secret menu, there is nothing out there that is better value.

[The GWD]

How did you motherfuckers turn the Nerd Thread into a food/off topic?

So I bought the X Files movie. It's just as disappointing as it was in theaters. Scully saving a little boy? Snore-fest.

[Face]

I just watched it last night... it was okay

[Pax Britannia]

It was terrible. People bitched and moaned at the first one because it was too conspiracy based. Well we got a 'monster of the week' film and it was fucking shit.

I want to know whats going through Chris Carters head. Of all the cool paranormal things in the world to do a story about he chooses head transplants.

[Claydon]

Xfiles was always lame gents.


Oh yah....I went there.

[ruffdog]

xfiles sucks

[Gary_Busey]

Fuck both of you, X-Files used to be the shit.

[Claydon]

Fuck both of you, X-Files used to be the shit.

yah...it was shit

[Penguin Rick]

Meh.. I was never a fan of X-Files.

The video game on the other hand...

[The GWD]

It was terrible. People bitched and moaned at the first one because it was too conspiracy based. Well we got a 'monster of the week' film and it was fucking shit.

I want to know whats going through Chris Carters head. Of all the cool paranormal things in the world to do a story about he chooses head transplants.

I actually like the first movie quite a bit. This movie just felt like a sub-par episode that goes on way too long.

Xfiles was always lame gents.


Oh yah....I went there.

You cocksucking, motherfucking, faggot fucking, ball scratching, wine drinking piece of shit. Burn in hell.

[Claydon]

I
You cocksucking, motherfucking, faggot fucking, ball scratching, wine drinking piece of shit. Burn in hell.

wait...what are you trying to say?

[The GWD]

wait...what are you trying to say?

X-Files is the best thing to happen to the world since man discovered fire.

[Claydon]

X-Files is the best thing to happen to the world since man discovered fire.

young fool......

[Face]

I've finally finished all the wiring for my Enterprise

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/saucerlights10.jpg

2 days it took me to get all that shit sorted and working properly... remind me not to try that again

[Archangel]

It's a... big circular thing with lights. Impressive.

[Lone Wolf]

I've finally finished all the wiring for my Enterprise

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/saucerlights10.jpg

2 days it took me to get all that shit sorted and working properly... remind me not to try that again

Is this something you think is fun while doing, or do you find it to be a huge irritation and a pain in the ass, and smash random things?

[Pax Britannia]

Xfiles was always lame gents.


Oh yah....I went there.

Your Nerd card is revoked sir.

[Face]

Is this something you think is fun while doing, or do you find it to be a huge irritation and a pain in the ass, and smash random things?
80% fun, 15% minor irritation, 5% I want to fling the thing like a frisbee out the window and watch it shatter...

[Claydon]

Your Nerd card is revoked sir.


Oh yah......

i have a copy of the klingon dictionary.

Card renewed, and stamped for life!!

[Claydon]

I've finally finished all the wiring for my Enterprise

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/saucerlights10.jpg

2 days it took me to get all that shit sorted and working properly... remind me not to try that again


excuse me...






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[Face]

*shudder*

[Black_Sun]

I always thought I was a nerd, but there's some people in here that make me look like the captain of the fucking football team.

[Blue]

If only. I'ld buy one.

http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/70484/1229512392/dalekhaynes.jpg

[Mustard]

I've got this idea for a MMORPRTSG... any idea how much time it would take to create 100 GB worth of game/world data?

[Nature's Folly]

I've got this idea for a MMORPRTSG... any idea how much time it would take to create 100 GB worth of game/world data?

Depends. Is this with a computer and tons of help from skilled professionals?
OR, With your penis and magic thoughts of gumdrops and lollipops?

[Mustard]

Depends. Is this with a computer and tons of help from skilled professionals?
OR, With your penis and magic thoughts of gumdrops and lollipops?
Why can't it be both?

[Blue]

http://www.bloggerheads.com/images/kenobi_death_star.gif

[highone]

Nerrrrrrrds.....

[Face]

faggot

[Jericho]

Just let him get his hundred posts and that'll be that

[Face]

whoa whoa whoa, improper attitude my man!

[Mustard]

More like gayone.

[Bastard]

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m24/Arrogant__Bastard/slaveleia.jpg

[The GWD]

From the angle of that drawing, it kinda looks like Leia has a tail. I understand it's Jabba's tail, but still.

[Bastard]

It's a sexy threesome with that thing that ate c3po's eye.

[The GWD]

"That thing" has a name sir, and that is Salacious Crumb. The sad thing is that I knew that right off the top of my head.

[Bastard]

Thank you sir. I wouldn't feel bad about knowing that. The really sad thing is that I have started to contemplate different sexual scenarios between various star wars characters. I may very well get a boba fett outfit and let my girlfriend be Sarlacc for Valentine's day.

[Bastard]

I mean that beats a force choke. Am I right?

[The GWD]

Imagine the things you could do to a woman with a lightsaber.

[Bastard]

Imagine the things you could do to a woman with a lightsaber.

Split them open? "And I thought they smelled bad on the outside" Yeah, I got nothing.

[The GWD]

Split them open? "And I thought they smelled bad on the outside" Yeah, I got nothing.

I like it.

No, I got nothing also. Shit. Maybe I should sleep.

"That thing's operational!" Yeah, that's what SHE said.

[Archangel]

She definitely didn't scream "look at the size of that thing!", that's for sure.

[Pax Britannia]

"Thats no moon"

[Bastard]

"Sorry about the mess"

[Pax Britannia]

And now to ruin Yoda's opening scene forever in your minds:

"Now we must eat, cum! Good food yes cum!"

[Bastard]

And now to ruin Yoda's opening scene forever in your minds:

"Now we must eat, cum! Good food yes cum!"

That's pretty bad but then so is this:

“Hey, Luke, thanks for coming after me -- now I owe you one."

[Pax Britannia]

That's pretty bad but then so is this:

“Hey, Luke, thanks for coming after me -- now I owe you one."

"Thats two you owe me junior"

One that always made us laugh in school:

"The force surrounds us and penetrates us"

[Pax Britannia]

One more before I go:

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."

[Bastard]

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid."
"You've got something jammed in here real good."
"Put that thing away before you get us all killed."
“You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home!”

[Archangel]

You people need to get laid.

[Bastard]

You people need to get laid.

“That's ok, I like to keep it on manual control for awhile.”

[Archangel]

I lol'd.

[Candide's Son]

Anbody else see this shit on digg? this new toy (http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-06-force-trainer-toy_N.htm) TRAINS YOU IN THE FORCE!!

[Candide's Son]

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/1-08-09/xekul.jpg
(http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-06-force-trainer-toy_N.htm)

[Pax Britannia]

You people need to get laid.

Nerds dont mock other Nerds.

[Candide's Son]

Nerds dont mock other Nerds.

Word. Solidarity!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h124/Brendadorame/Movies/nerds-3.gif

[Face]

Luke at that speed, do you think you can pull out in time?

[Black_Sun]

I may very well get a boba fett outfit and let my girlfriend be Sarlacc for Valentine's day.She's going to be the sarlacc? She got a snatch with tentacles and rows of jagged teeth coming out of it? Gross.

[mongo]

You people need to get laid.

if we all lowered our standards *cough* (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dm67pe&s=5) we probably could.

[Archetype]

I'm not clicking that.

[mongo]

it's tinypic, how bad can it be?

[Jericho]

it's tinypic, how bad can it be?
A pic of Arch's girl

[Pax Britannia]

Thats cold.

[Hodge]

if we all lowered our standards *cough* (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dm67pe&s=5) we probably could.
I wouldn't fuck Arch either.

[Mustard]

Imagine the things you could do to a woman with a lightsaber.
Oh, I've thought about it, and let me tell you... it would be unfathomably sexy.
I wouldn't fuck Arch either.
RACIST!!!

[Bastard]

She's going to be the sarlacc? She got a snatch with tentacles and rows of jagged teeth coming out of it? Gross.

Yes. Yes, my girlfriend has a snatch with tentacles and rows of jagged teeth. She’s extremely popular with fans of Manga and anime and among Japanese businessmen.

[Claydon]

Nerds dont mock other Nerds.

fag

[hazyvibes86]

I used to be in the marching band..lol

[Blue]

Not the marching band!

[Face]

I just got a new toy in the mail

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/Viper%20MkII/boxart.jpg

yippee!!

...

for those of you not 'in the know', that's the Viper MkII from Battlestar Galactica

edit:
yes, the box says Human Starfighter MkII, that's for legal reasons since this is technically an unauthorized and unlicensed piece of merchandise

[Morfin]

I like the "1/48 scale" like there is an "actual size" of a sci-fi fantasy Human Starfighter.

[Void]

without the wings it does sorta look like a dildo

[Face]

I like the "1/48 scale" like there is an "actual size" of a sci-fi fantasy Human Starfighter.
there is, they have 2 full sized props they use on the set of the show that the actors can interact with, duh

[Claydon]

I just got a new toy in the mail

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/Viper%20MkII/boxart.jpg

yippee!!

...

for those of you not 'in the know', that's the Viper MkII from Battlestar Galactica

edit:
yes, the box says Human Starfighter MkII, that's for legal reasons since this is technically an unauthorized and unlicensed piece of merchandise

how goes enterprise?!

[Claydon]

there is, they have 2 full sized props they use on the set of the show that the actors can interact with, duh

morfin just got NERD BURNED!

[Face]

how goes enterprise?!
I'm taking a break from it for a while, I'm burned out

[Claydon]

I'm taking a break from it for a while, I'm burned out

can't say i blame you, that thing is fucking epic!

[Face]

can't say i blame you, that thing is fucking epic!
nearly 2 months of working 2-3 hours almost every night just wore me out... but its sitting on a shelf right now, just waiting for me to get back to it... I oughta be able to by march or so, after I'm done with my Viper and maybe one other model after it

[Morfin]

morfin just got NERD BURNED!

<Morfin hangs head in shame. Kicks dog.>

[janois]

without the wings it does sorta look like a dildo
You got dildo's on the brain kid.

(waits for void to find a pic with someone with a dildo for a brain)

[Void]

You got dildo's on the brain kid.

(waits for void to find a pic with someone with a dildo for a brain)here ya go:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2607553589_3df8a422d9.jpg?v=0

[janois]

3 whole minutes? You're slipping.

[Hodge]

3 whole minutes? You're slipping.
Well he's gotta look through the various Dildo folders on his hard drive.

[janois]

Well he's gotta look through the various Dildo folders on his hard drive.
You'd think they'd be in labeled folders.
Brain
Toys that look like.
Looks like toys
Celebs
ETC

[Void]

Well he's gotta look through the various Dildo folders on his hard drive.nah, Google is my friend...especially with the filters off

[Hodge]

eBXal1GAA4A

[Claydon]

FzFwgwE870g&

[Face]

my Viper is about 75% finished

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/Viper%20MkII/primed05.jpg

fuck yeah!

[The GWD]

Meh. Do more Star Trek. Do some Star Wars. Do some real life shit.

[}{arlequin]

i was wondering this the other day... which of the sci-fi universes (star wars, trek, bsg etc.) is the most advanced? whose technology is better than all others?

[Void]

i was wondering this the other day... which of the sci-fi universes (star wars, trek, bsg etc.) is the most advanced? whose technology is better than all others?Or better yet, which one violates the least known laws of physics.

[Face]

Meh. Do more Star Trek. Do some Star Wars. Do some real life shit.
between Trek and Wars last year, I did 11 different friggin' models, so settle the fuck down!

[Archetype]

Or better yet, which one violates the least known laws of physics.
The 7th-10th dimensions take care of that.

i was wondering this the other day... which of the sci-fi universes (star wars, trek, bsg etc.) is the most advanced? whose technology is better than all others?

Star Wars has light sabers, but Stargate has a society that can't really be called anything but magic by our understandings.

[Will-Kill]

Stargate at least has a resemblance to Real Life...as in its happening in our time.

[Archetype]

Lost in Space was supposed to be 1997, does that count?

[}{arlequin]

Star Wars has light sabers, but Stargate has a society that can't really be called anything but magic by our understandings.
light sabers are kinda useless w/o the whole force thing backing you up. not technology per se

as for stargate and magic, that's all good too but can an imperial destroyer or a death star wipe it out of existence? b/c if the answer is yes, then i'd say their shit is way better, not to mention more powerful than magic

[Claydon]

star trek, at least some of what they go on and based, albeit loosely on theory.

[Archetype]

as for stargate and magic, that's all good too but can an imperial destroyer or a death star wipe it out of existence? b/c if the answer is yes, then i'd say their shit is way better, not to mention more powerful than magic
Not a clue, they have a city that floats above air, undetectable to any technology but their own. They kept the rest shrouded in mystery. Although, I think they were basically alien hippies, so maybe.

[Gary_Busey]

In the Star Wars movies, were there any mention of any plants or flowers? I want to put something on my girlfriend's flower card when I send them to her, but I don't know what. I was thinking maybe "They were out of "whatever flower or plant that is mentioned in Star Wars", so I got you these instead.".

[Pax Britannia]

Just tell her that waking up to her every morning is more spectacular than the two suns of tatooine.

[Gary_Busey]

That's a little too much.

[Pax Britannia]

It's never too much when it comes to women.

[Claydon]

Just tell her that waking up to her every morning is more spectacular than the two suns of tatooine.

i like your style

(jotting this down)

You could also say that her 2 breasts are as magnificent as the 2 suns of tatooine!

[nobody]

Not sure why they called this a Starwars Flower, but it IS a little freaky looking ...
http://www.starwars.com/kids/explore/reallife/f20060313/img/1_bg.jpg

[The GWD]

In the Star Wars movies, were there any mention of any plants or flowers? I want to put something on my girlfriend's flower card when I send them to her, but I don't know what. I was thinking maybe "They were out of "whatever flower or plant that is mentioned in Star Wars", so I got you these instead.".

Felucia is an entire planet of colorful vegetation, you could play on that. "Unfortunately I didn't have time to travel to Felucia, so I blahablahbllah".

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Felucia

Or there's these. "Unfortunately I couldn't ask Aunt Beru for her flowers because she was too busy being a charred skeleton"

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Beru_Lars's_flowers

[Jericho]

I love you Gdub, but no....you could never be my sidekick

[The GWD]

*sigh* Well at least my backpack's got jets. 'Cause I'm Boba the Fett.

[Archangel]

i was wondering this the other day... which of the sci-fi universes (star wars, trek, bsg etc.) is the most advanced? whose technology is better than all others?

Somebody with not much of a life once calculated that to be able to fucking pulverise an Earth-sized planet, the Death Star's main weapon would have to be fired by a generator so powerful that even if it were powered by a 100% matter/anti-matter-to-energy reaction, the mass of the fuel necessary for just one shot would have had to be greater than the Death Star's already considerable mass.

Or something.


Ah, found the actual link (http://www.theforce.net/swtc/ds/index.html#power):

The accomplishment of the complete disruption of an Earth-like planet sets a lower limit to the destructive capability of the Death Stars' prime weapon. The gravitational binding energy of a planetary body is the minimum amount of energy required to eject all of its material with sufficient force that it will not fall back together. (It is also the total energy which would be released as heat if the entire substance of the planet were gathered together from free space.) For an object of a given mass the gravitational binding energy is increased when a greater fraction of the mass is concentrated near the centre. The density of a planet tends to increase with depth from the surface, because the weight of overlying material causes pressure to increase with depth, and heavier materials tend to sink towards the core when a planet forms.

Alderaan is probably a typical habitable planet, with much the same dimensions and composition as our Earth. An approximation for its gravitational binding energy can be obtained according to the density structure profiles of the Earth or Venus. An approximate figure for the binding energy of Alderaan, assuming Earthlike composition and mass of 5.9 x 10^24 kg, is:

U = 2.4 x 10^32 joules.
It should be noted that this is simply the minimum energy required to destroy a terrestrial planet. The Death Star's maximum capability is much greater.

The duration of the superlaser strike on Alderaan was about 0.21s (although it took slightly more than a second for the weapon to build up energy before the beam was released). Therefore the power of this beam, which needs to exceed the power dissipation rate of any deflector shields of the target, is at least of the order of 10^32 W.

In A New Hope the original Death Star was able to generate at least this amount of energy and to replenish it within the few days which transpired between the destruction of Alderaan and the Battle of Yavin. According to The Death Star Technical Companion, the Death Star was capable of generating sufficient energy for a full planetary disruption in a single day. Thus the main reactor was capable of generating energy beyond the station's continual running needs at a base rate of at least 2x10^27 Watts.

This power is approximately five times the continuous output of the Sun. It is vastly in excess of any artificial power source known to any other major fictional universe.

It should be remembered that this is only a minimum for the power of the Death Star superlaser and the output of the main reactor. This is the quantity of energy which is required to blast the material of a terrestrial planet into space at approximately the escape velocity, which at the surface is about a dozen kilometres per second. Thus any explosion merely at the threshold energy would take hours to unfold. The explosion of Alderaan took less than a second to occur, implying characteristic speeds of at least thousands of kilometres per second. The actual energy delivered by the superlaser therefore must be very much greater than the calculated minimum.

By performing frame-by-frame timing measurements on the expanding cloud of debris, (assuming a movie frame rate of 24/s) the velocities of indentifiable parts of the explosion can be determined. The outermost parts of the cloud are expanding at a characteristic speed of 1.8x10^7 m/s. This is about 6% of the speed of light and 1600 times escape velocity. Since these are the fastest-moving pieces of ejecta, they can be used to determine an absolute upper limit on the total energy of the blast. This destructive energy of Alderaan's superlaser beam was less than 2.6 million times the threshold; in other words: 3.4x10^38 J. The actual total energy was some fraction of this upper limit, depending on how the blast energy was distributed amongst the particles.

This energy corresponds to the annihilation of 3.8x10^21 kg of mass. It is not yet established whether all power technologies in STAR WARS are based on annihilation technologies (such as nuclear fission, fusion or antimatter annihilation) but it has been suggested that the energy requirements of the Alderaan blast could be lowered if the substance of the planet was in some way contributing to the explosion. However it is hard to argue that it could make much difference in practice and in detail. If the energy source was antimatter annihilation then half of the blast energy could have come from matter in the planet, but in this case the Death Star still needs remarkable power in order to create an equivalent amount of antimatter. If we suppose that the blast involved a runaway thermonuclear reaction (neglecting concerns about the required densities and temperatures of reactants) then Alderaan does not contain enough nuclear fuel. If it were entirely made of hydrogen gas (which is grossly unrealistic for a terrestrial planet) then the necessary quantity of reactant would be comparable to the planetary mass. However for a realistic planet made of iron and silicates, which are much less efficient nuclear fuels, the theoretically required reactant mass would be orders of magnitude greater than the total mass of Alderaan. Even if that weren't the case, it can be argued that the violence and rapidity of the observed explosion means that reactions could only take place within the thin cylindrical volume of planetary material in the path of the "superlaser" beam. Even if there were some way to rationalise or reduce the energy requirements of the Alderaan blast by appealing to reactions of some kind, the Death Star's shields were able to withstand a comparable amount of energy as the station stood within the blast region unharmed. The conclusion that the Death Star possessed power systems on the 10^38 J scale seems inescapable.

Measurement of the apparent expansion of the Alderaan debris cloud provides further constraints on the properties of the Death Star's blast. The main debris cloud grows in a way that is slightly elongated in the direction of the incident beam. At late stages, the debris is clearly not concentric with the initial position of the planet. This suggests momentum transfer to a large part of the planetary bulk. Judging by the offset of the centre of mass before the beam strike and several seconds into the explosion, the mean recoil velocity of the ex-Alderaanian matter is on the order of 6.7 x 10^6 m / s in the plane of the picture, implying an impulse of 4.0 x 10^31 kg m / s. A massless, light-speed beam delivering this amount of momentum would have a total energy of 1.2 x 10^39 J. However this is an underestimate by some trigonometric factor, since the beam clearly was not parallel to the plane of the picture. Even so, the momentum-based estimate is in good agreement with estimates based on the apparent velocities of the expanding debris. The difference of one to two orders of mangitude is justified by the inefficiency of converting incident beam energy into kinetic energy of debris; much of the input energy is deposited as heat in the absorbing material.



So yeah, tech-wise, the vehicles in Star Wars are head and shoulders above the rest.

[Face]

My Viper is almost finished!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/Viper%20MkII/painted01.jpg

woot!

[Archangel]

But alas, your earthworm is still unemployed.

[Face]

you've lost me

[Pax Britannia]

Why am i not surprised.

[Face]

about what? What're you talking about? I'm so confused...

[STDSkillz]

In the Star Wars movies, were there any mention of any plants or flowers? I want to put something on my girlfriend's flower card when I send them to her, but I don't know what. I was thinking maybe "They were out of "whatever flower or plant that is mentioned in Star Wars", so I got you these instead.".

Like GWD said, there's the planet Felucia (planet made of colorful mushrooms, pretty much) which was seen in Episode III, but there's no direct mention to a particular type of flower in any of the movies. There's a few mentions in the Expanded Universe, though.

[Gary_Busey]

Like GWD said, there's the planet Felucia (planet made of colorful mushrooms, pretty much) which was seen in Episode III, but there's no direct mention to a particular type of flower in any of the movies. There's a few mentions in the Expanded Universe, though.
I'm not sure she's read anything about the Expanded Universe. I think I'll try the Felucia bit and see what happens. Thanks.

[STDSkillz]

There's also a shitload of flowers that look like sunflowers in the Naboo scene during Episode II. *Shrug*

Not as obscure, at least.

[Pax Britannia]

Playmates toy of the new Enterprise.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii85/Raptor08_2008/star-trek-fanboy-gear-2009012305114.jpg
Looks reasonably detailed for a childs toy. I might pick one up.

[Face]

that looks a little less awful than I feared it would...

[Face]

in other news, my Viper is basically finished, just need to paint a little battle damage/wear and I can call it done like dinner!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/Viper%20MkII/decals02.jpg

woot!

[The GWD]

More like Battlestar Gaylactica.

[Face]

does it please you to ruin my life?

[The GWD]

A little bit, yeah.

[Face]

I find it hard to remember what I ever saw in you

*weeps*

[The GWD]

http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts/articlepics/photoshop/02-10-06-starwars/Crusader.jpg

[The GWD]

http://lolbots.com/moreimages/lo-cute-us.jpg

[The GWD]

http://students.washington.edu/sonjae/vd/han.jpg

[Face]

be strong, he'll just hurt you again, be strong...

[The GWD]

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/valcard6.jpg

[The GWD]

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/15259/06_2008/whitecastle.jpg

[6655321]

nerds.

[The GWD]

Special for Face.

http://www.eclecticsalvage.com/images/13112.GIF

[}{arlequin]

http://i40.tinypic.com/1g419c.gif

[Archetype]

How did Darth Vader know what Luke Skywalker was getting for Christmas?
He felt his presents.

[Archetype]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u50/jjmckool/ep1post.jpg

[Gary_Busey]

My girlfriend rented season 1 of Battlestar Galactica. I'm afraid she's about to enter a realm of nerdiness from which she cannot return.

[Titus_Pullo]

My girlfriend rented season 1 of Battlestar Galactica. I'm afraid she's about to enter a realm of nerdiness from which she cannot return.

You could make it work.

http://i42.tinypic.com/14awlr6.jpg

[wonderllama]

My girlfriend rented season 1 of Battlestar Galactica. I'm afraid she's about to enter a realm of nerdiness from which she cannot return.

is it nerdy to say your current avatar looks like Dengar the bounty hunter from the Empire Strikes Back?

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/f/f8/Dengar2.JPG/250px-Dengar2.JPG

[Gary_Busey]

Obviously.

[wonderllama]

Which isn't so bad considering I've just noticed mine looks like Londo!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F1z3Oa3dJFM/R5AtuszvTtI/AAAAAAAAAOA/hSh9-a_SvCM/s200/Londo%2BS2.jpg

[Face]

My girlfriend rented season 1 of Battlestar Galactica. I'm afraid she's about to enter a realm of nerdiness from which she cannot return.
best show ever

seriously

[Face]

I'm so excited, I just started painting my giant Enterprise model!

[Claydon]

I'm so excited, I just started painting my giant Enterprise model!

you will post pics....NOW!

[Face]

you will post pics....NOW!
I will do no such thing




pics will be tomorrow or the next day

[Claydon]

I will do no such thing




pics will be tomorrow or the next day




NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Face]

fuck you

[Jericho]

Face loves claydon.

[Face]

seriously, there's nothing to see, I've just started airbrushing the light blue 'aztec' colouring on dorsal part of the engineering section... tomorrow I'll have to spend hours and hours and hours applying masking to spray the second colour

[Face]

Face loves claydon.
dude, ew

[Claydon]

seriously, there's nothing to see, I've just started airbrushing the light blue 'aztec' colouring on dorsal part of the engineering section... tomorrow I'll have to spend hours and hours and hours applying masking to spray the second colour

post something you fat bitch

[Jericho]

dude, ew
It's cool. I get it. If he didn't care about your shit, nobody would

[Archetype]

seriously, there's nothing to see, I've just started airbrushing the light blue 'aztec' colouring on dorsal part of the engineering section... tomorrow I'll have to spend hours and hours and hours applying masking to spray the second colour
But why?

[Face]

It's cool. I get it. If he didn't care about your shit, nobody would
and yet I'd still post it

[Face]

But why?
why what?

[Oggie]

So Luke says, "I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you!" and Leia says, "You're who?"
Luke replies, "I'm here to rescue you! Look, I've got your R2-unit and I'm here with Ben Kenobi!" and she's all "Ben Kenobi?! He's here?!"

She doesn't know who the fuck "Ben" Kenobi is. She should have said, "Who? I sent a message to a General Obi-Wan Kenobi. But a Ben Kenobi? Sorry."

[janois]

Maybe she thought he had a speech impediment and mush mouthed it.
Believe mother fucker!

[Oggie]

Don't defend her.
In Empire, Han says, "Hmm, Lando..." and Leia says "The Lando System?"
There's no Lando System you dumb bitch. She's a fucking Senator of the Galactic Empire and she doesn't know the Systems?

Leia is stupid.

[Pax Britannia]

She's a product of the Empire's education system ok! It's not her fault.

[The GWD]

Don't defend her.
In Empire, Han says, "Hmm, Lando..." and Leia says "The Lando System?"
There's no Lando System you dumb bitch. She's a fucking Senator of the Galactic Empire and she doesn't know the Systems?

Leia is stupid.

Was a senator of the Galactic empire. Remember, it was absolved in a New Hope. Even so, she was just a representative from Alderaan, and probably couldn't name every single system. I bet there's shitloads.

[janois]

She was also pretty young and just a junior senator. Just getting her feet wet in the biz.

[Pax Britannia]

Call me crazy but I dont think Oggie was being entirely serious.

[janois]

Serious business here.

[The GWD]

So Luke says, "I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you!" and Leia says, "You're who?"
Luke replies, "I'm here to rescue you! Look, I've got your R2-unit and I'm here with Ben Kenobi!" and she's all "Ben Kenobi?! He's here?!"

She doesn't know who the fuck "Ben" Kenobi is. She should have said, "Who? I sent a message to a General Obi-Wan Kenobi. But a Ben Kenobi? Sorry."

What the fuck are you talkin' about anyways, Oggie? She knew who Ben Kenobi was. Or obviously she wouldn't have said, "He's here?!". The "Ben Kenobi?!" part was just surprise. She was just taken aback by this little short blonde haired stormtrooper bursting in on her.

Do you want me to fuckin' trash your movies, do you want me to trash them? THEN WHY ARE YOU TRASHING MINE? You are trashing them. I'm gonna fuckin' kick your fuckin' ass. Seriously man, you and me, we're fuckin' done professionally.

[Oggie]

I bet there's only about 100 systems.


What the fuck are you talkin' about anyways, Oggie? She knew who Ben Kenobi was. Or obviously she wouldn't have said, "He's here?!". The "Ben Kenobi?!" part was just surprise. She was just taken aback by this little short blonde haired stormtrooper bursting in on her.

He was only known as Ben on Tatooine. It was his alias.

I'm not trashing your movies, I'm trashing Leia.
She's a dumb cunt.

[Archangel]

Don't defend her.
In Empire, Han says, "Hmm, Lando..." and Leia says "The Lando System?"
There's no Lando System you dumb bitch. She's a fucking Senator of the Galactic Empire and she doesn't know the Systems?

Leia is stupid.

Yeah, because everybody in the US Congress knows the names of all the counties in America.

[janois]

Yeah, because everybody in the US Congress knows the names of all the counties in America.
Hey everyone! It's captain buzzkill.

[Archangel]

I bet there's only about 100 systems.

Um, you have seen the Senate Hall in the prequels, right?

[Pax Britannia]

Do you want me to fuckin' trash your movies, do you want me to trash them? THEN WHY ARE YOU TRASHING MINE? You are trashing them. I'm gonna fuckin' kick your fuckin' ass. Seriously man, you and me, we're fuckin' done professionally.

So Christian Bale has been in the news. Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?

[Oggie]

Um, you have seen the Senate Hall in the prequels, right?
Yes.
How many of those reps are from the same system though?
A Star System could have dozens of planets.

[Oggie]

List of known Star Wars Star Systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_systems)

79.
Even if there's 50 more we don't know about, that's still less than 150.
I bet Bail Organa knows all the systems. He probably even tried to pass on his knowledge to his adopted daughter, but SHE WAS TOO FUCKING STUPID TO ABSORB IT ALL!

[The GWD]

He was only known as Ben on Tatooine. It was his alias.

I'm not trashing your movies, I'm trashing Leia.
She's a dumb cunt.

Oh, so now you're saying she shouldn't have known who Ben Kenobi was? Even though, just a minute ago you were saying she should?

How many Kenobis can there be?

And also, what Arch said about the senate hall in the prequels. There was shitloads of different weird creatures with little floating stands.

[Pax Britannia]

List of known Star Wars Star Systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_systems)

79.
Even if there's 50 more we don't know about, that's still less than 150.
I bet Bail Organa knows all the systems. He probably even tried to pass on his knowledge to his adopted daughter, but SHE WAS TOO FUCKING STUPID TO ABSORB IT ALL!

Well she is the love child of Hayden Christensen.

[The GWD]

Well she is the love child of Hayden Christensen.

That's probably why she got captured in Jedi...because Jabba had the high ground.

[Oggie]

Oh, so now you're saying she shouldn't have known who Ben Kenobi was? Even though, just a minute ago you were saying she should?

How many Kenobis can there be?
I never said she should know. I said she shouldn't.

She doesn't know who the fuck "Ben" Kenobi is. She should have said, "Who? I sent a message to a General Obi-Wan Kenobi. But a Ben Kenobi? Sorry."

Read mother fucker.

And also, what Arch said about the senate hall in the prequels. There was shitloads of different weird creatures with little floating stands.
A Star System could have dozens of planets.
Each with their own life form.

[The GWD]

I never said she should know I said she shouldn't.



Read mother fucker.



Each with their own life form.

I haven't slept. Give me a break. Anyways, yeah, how many Kenobis do you think there are?

And you're saying that if Earth was in the Imperial Senate that each different race would get his own floating stand? That's not very diplomatic.

[Pax Britannia]

That's probably why she got captured in Jedi...because Jabba had the high ground.

Thank God no-one told Darth Maul about the high ground advantage.

[Oggie]

And you're saying that if Earth was in the Imperial Senate that each different race would get his own floating stand? That's not very diplomatic.
No.
I'm saying if each of the planets in our solar system had their own intelligent species, they would get their own floating stand.

[The GWD]

Thank God no-one told Darth Maul about the high ground advantage.

I love how confused Darth Maul was about that whole situation. Like, wait, Jedis can jump that high? I didn't know that. Let this new information sink in for a second before we resume fighti...HEY WHAT THE FUCK?!

[janois]

Thank God no-one told Darth Maul about the high ground advantage.
Standing directly above your enemy who is hanging on the edge of a pit doesn't count.

[Pax Britannia]

I love how confused Darth Maul was about that whole situation. Like, wait, Jedis can jump that high? I didn't know that. Let this new information sink in for a second before we resume fighti...HEY WHAT THE FUCK?!

Sorta like when you throw a plasma grenade at someone for the first time in Halo. They sorta walk a few steps away and then realise it's stuck to them, then you share a special moment of realisation before they explode.

[Oggie]

Anyways, yeah, how many Kenobis do you think there are?
Man, Kenobi's probably like Smith or Jones.
There's probably thousands of 'em."

[Claydon]

NERDS!!

[Hodge]

You idiots forgot the most important part:
So Luke says, "I'm Luke Skywalker..."
Then Leia should say,"Hey, my last name is Skywalker too. What a weird coincidence! Wanna make out later?"

[Archangel]

She doesn't know, genius.

[Hodge]

I guess in a galaxy far, far away a last name like Skywalker is fairly common and one should throw caution to the wind when engaging in lewd acts?
Or she doesn't know her own last name or how she came to be a princess but just accepts it.

The moral or the story whether it be mine or Oggie's is that Leia is short a few bricks of the stack.

[Archangel]

Um, I dunno how familiar you are with the back story, but in the movies, her name is Leia Organa. She was hidden from her father by Viceroy/Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan, who raised her as his own daughter.

Until Luke tells her in Jedi, she isn't aware of her Skywalker heritage.

[Black_Sun]

I find this thread amusing.

[Face]

I find this thread amusing.
I find your lack of faith... disturbing

[Archetype]

More like Battlestar Gaylactica.

[Face]

more like jjmcfag

[Archangel]

gaygaymcfool?

[The GWD]

heyheymccoolitwiththeinsults

[Face]

more like great white dope!

wait...

[STDSkillz]

Dammit, I missed out on some awesome Star Wars talk. I want to pwn some n00bs :(

[Black_Sun]

I find your lack of faith... disturbing
I find your fascination with BSG disturbing.

[Archangel]

I find your fascination with BSG disturbing.

As Fatman, Pax and I prove, one can be nerdily fascinated with both Star Wars AND BSG.

[Face]

I find your fascination with BSG disturbing.
I find it amusing that the last model I built was a Viper from BSG, which was made by a company called Black Sun

is that ironic?

[Face]

in other news, I just painted the second colour on my Enterprise model

claydon is no doubt masturbating furiously, waiting for me to post pics

[mongo]

i'm a bigger nerd than arch, now gtfo!

http://archive.gorillamask.net/showpost.php?p=2821757&postcount=39255

[STDSkillz]

I find it amusing that the last model I built was a Viper from BSG, which was made by a company called Black Sun

is that ironic?

Maybe they're a gang too!

[STDSkillz]

i'm a bigger nerd than arch, now gtfo!

http://archive.gorillamask.net/showpost.php?p=2821757&postcount=39255

Oh mongo, your rancor, it's so big!

[mongo]

Oh mongo, your rancor, it's so big!

are you scared yet?

[Archangel]

i'm a bigger nerd than arch, now gtfo!

http://archive.gorillamask.net/showpost.php?p=2821757&postcount=39255


Please. I've got an ISD model on top of my TV.

[Face]

i'm a bigger nerd than arch, now gtfo!

http://archive.gorillamask.net/showpost.php?p=2821757&postcount=39255
I have a wampa on my desk

[Face]

Please. I've got an ISD model on top of my TV.
I have a Star Destroyer, 3 different Enterprises(soon to be 4), a runabout, 2 Klingon ships, an XWing, a YWing, Slave I, the Millennium Falcon, 3 Zakus, and a Gelgoog on or around my tv

me > you

[mongo]

i have a shower curtain that has the periodic table on it. chicks love that shit.

[Face]

i have a shower curtain that has the periodic table on it. chicks love that shit.
Pics or GTFO

[mongo]

Pics or GTFO

next time i am taking a shit, i will snap a couple, just for you.

[Face]

yay!

[Face]

wait... ew

[Claydon]

i have a shower curtain that has the periodic table on it. My boyfriends love that shit.

[janois]

Someone mentioned Supershadow.com today. I forgot how awesomely retarded that guy is.

[Shannon!MD!!!]

i kind of want mongo's shower curtain. i was a chem major and ive memorized the entire peropdic table, atomic numbers and atomic weights, and class

[Face]

attention claydon, you may now commence fapping

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/strongback12.jpg

just try and aim away from the model please

[6655321]

model building must be a pretty tough hobby, just look at that fucking thumb.

[Face]

I've sliced myself up a few times over the years... never needed stitches though

[6655321]

I've sliced myself up a few times over the years... never needed stitches though

thank god!

[Face]

I stabbed myself in the belly with a hobby knife once, that was fun

[leafsmack0]

I made a helium atom masturbate

[Claydon]

attention claydon, you may now commence fapping

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/strongback12.jpg

just try and aim away from the model please

OH GOD!


fap fap fap fap

[Archetype]

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/strongback12.jpg

...but why?

[Claydon]

i love how there is a mcdonalds cup in the background!

[Face]

...but why?
why what?

[The GWD]

So this was a letter to the editor in my local newspaper today, and I thought it was really funny.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/letters/story/475582.html

Obama not Kirk
Those familiar with the original Star Trek series might remember Commodore Stocker.
Stocker served his entire career working behind a desk but thought he could assume command when Kirk and other senior officers were infected with a radiation disease that caused premature aging.
His first order was to stupidly cross the Neutral Zone, a "buffer zone," which if entered usually was considered an act of war. (Duh!)
The Enterprise was surrounded; the ship withstood numerous attacks while Stocker dithered. He decided to surrender but was reminded (by junior officers even, implying the commonness of that knowledge) that Romulans don't take prisoners!
How did they get out of this predicament brought about by arrogance and incompetence?
Fortunately, Captain Kirk was "healed" by Dr. McCoy's anti-aging serum, and he brilliantly strategized the right move to save the day at the last minute.
Moral of the story: It takes leadership skills to lead.
Like Stocker, "Renegade" -- Obama's Secret Service code name -- ain't got 'em.

I think this lady, yes it was a lady, just watched an episode of Star Trek and thought she could tie it in with Obama. When, in fact there's absolutely no parallels whatsoever.

[Face]

that is fucking awesome!

and ridiculous!

Awesomely ridiculous? Or ridiculously awesome? You decide!

[Face]

I just spent the last 3 hours or so putting all that black shit on my Enterprise's engineering section

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/Face-models/NCC-1701-A/engmask02.jpg

god this had better be worth it

[Datači]

It totally is.

[Face]

don't talk to me like you know what you're talking about

actually just don't ever talk to me

[Datači]

I'm just saying. 3 hours. Is there a better way to spend it? I don't think so.

[Genius]

It looks like a cigar with wings.