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Post by starcruiser on Aug 19, 2017 12:22:56 GMT -7
Luger - not Ruger (totally different thing)!
Anyway yes, since the "handle" of the type-2 Phaser was the power pack, I could imagine just removing that and installing a larger assembly built as a stock.
Crocheted Spock hair and ears?!?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 12:36:01 GMT -7
I keep doing that! Yes, Luger and Ruger are totally different companies. Oh yes... crochet Spock hair and ears  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 13:42:15 GMT -7
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Post by starcruiser on Nov 6, 2017 20:52:38 GMT -7
Jeez...that was always a wonderful comic strip!
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Post by rabid on Nov 6, 2017 21:18:14 GMT -7
Captures the effect of basic human nature on science AND is funny as hell. Man I miss that comic.
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Post by Gorn on Nov 14, 2017 20:29:32 GMT -7
I've never heard of basic human nature making Scientists entirely miss a phenomenon on mistake, because it was spoken in another language. Due to ideology, yes, but not due to missing the forest for the trees.
Without supporting references, it seems a false statement.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 8:03:44 GMT -7
Well... maybe not so "Completely Different"... seems we have cause for debate at this point.  Since the caption is in English, and since most of the members of this forum are from the U.S. it is understandable that we would assume these researchers are American, and would therefore easily recognize Spanish. Since these researchers also seem to be clueless, I'm sure our Canadian and English members have also concluded that they are form the U.S. They may, however be from Australia where Spanish is not as likely to be instantly recognized (Does "magandang umaga" seem like something we would immediately pin down as a commonly spoken language, or something I just made up?). Who knows, maybe they get that "Eureka moment" it on the 40th response (as they appear to be in the early stages of gathering data, they have not yet missed this mark, but are in the "What the heck" phase). It also seems likely that once they review the data and do a bit of research they will have the light-bulb moment and continue on with what is likely to be some very interesting research. It also seems to be assumed that since the guys are wearing lab coats, have beards, bad hair, and glasses that they must be scientists of some sort. They could, however, be middle aged incompetent weirdos with bad fashion sense and an odd fondness for animals, like the lab-coated gentlemen in the following cartoon:  Or... it could be a Farside cartoon, and not something to delve too deeply into.  As with this installment. Sound boards don't actually have "Suck" knobs, so this is totally fanciful and meant as an entertaining distraction, not a statement on Roadies, Sound Technicians, or the Music Industry as a whole. |
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Post by rabid on Nov 17, 2017 22:04:34 GMT -7
irony.exe has crashed.
if i have to explain it...the cartoon is funny because the scientists are trying to see if dolphins can speak english, in fact they can communicate fine in spanish, something that the scientists aren't testing for specifically, and it's the right answer but not in the form they understand.
This comic speaks to human limitiations. Yes, it happens in science all the time. Looking for specific results can lead to tunnel vision and possibly missing simultaenous and serendipitous effects. For example, The discovery of penicillin was an accident, just so happened an observant researcher noted that bacteria didn't grow around penicillium mold. He could have just discarded it as a contaminant...it wasnt what he was looking for in that experiment.
"One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did"
Alexander Flemming.
Back to the cartoon--if the scientists at hand noticed the pattern maybe they'll figure it out. Instead they are stuck on the "proper" response being "Hello".
But yeah it happens in science, unless one wants to avoid that consideration (and witty observation about human nature) by being too literal. Ironic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 19:08:55 GMT -7
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Post by rabid on Jan 27, 2018 15:59:24 GMT -7
That sickened me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2018 15:47:06 GMT -7
Yeah... Like some fat bald guy has your picture tattooed on his back.
That's FAME, Baby!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2018 17:20:11 GMT -7
Is this really what we have become? Adult Star Trek Onsies?  |
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Post by starcruiser on Feb 21, 2018 17:50:31 GMT -7
Yea....pass....
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Post by JAFisher44 on Feb 21, 2018 18:03:14 GMT -7
Yeah, who the hell would buy a onesie that doesn't have built in feet?!
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Post by cowboy40 on Feb 23, 2018 13:34:25 GMT -7
things are getting that bad with the franchise...they can't afford the material!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 16:59:13 GMT -7
This is really nice.
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Post by starcruiser on Feb 23, 2018 19:41:17 GMT -7
Surprisingly well done!
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Post by Gorn on Apr 15, 2018 19:51:26 GMT -7
The discovery of penicillin is not at all the same thing as the comic.
Discovering penicillin is something we call "serendipity".
The comic depiction is something we call "ignorance".
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Post by rabid on Apr 16, 2018 16:45:48 GMT -7
@ironnerd I saw that tactical display ST: II a while ago. Lol you just beat me to it. Nice video! Kind of puts the calamity of our little imaginary crews in this game into perspective eh?
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Post by Gorn on Apr 16, 2018 17:37:45 GMT -7
No, the difference between serendipity and ignorance is education.
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