Interesting, so they claim to be harnessing energy from the quantum vacuum. It has been known (theorised) for a while now that vacuum isn't actually empty, and consists of sub-atomic particles/phenomena constantly popping in and out of existence. This definitely should be researched further.

The question is exactly how this is happening, and whether it could work on a large scale. The comment about photon torpedoes seems a bit silly though  

EDIT: Also I don't quite know where the author is getting "dark matter" from. Although I'm no expert in quantum/astrophysics, dark matter is not the same as vacuum energy, also not to be confused with dark energy:

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/120915a.html

Yes, I know there are many British radical Muslims/members of IS that are doing shit like this, the reason I thought it was weird was that the victim was American, and the video was intended as "a message to America". So it seemed odd to me that a Briton was in it. But I guess the perpetrator's original nationality is irrelevant really.


We have to remember that it's only a tiny majority of Muslims that have these ideologies, most Muslims would condemn such horrific actions. In the same way (although less extreme), we shouldn't look at groups like the Westboro Baptist Church and then say "Christians are all evil bigots".

Yeah man, you're probably right. I still think it's weird that they edited out the actual execution, and that the IS guy is British. I've seen so much fake shit on the internets, I'm pretty skeptical with everything I see these days.

Don't get me wrong though, these IS guys are fucking full on nut-jobs.

Yeah that's pretty fucked up, if real (probably real, but couldn't see the actual beheading, was edited out)

Few points: Why was the journalist condemning America? Maybe to avoid torture? Also I thought the executioner had a distinctly British accent? Weird.

The sun is not dense enough to be a black hole, if it was then we would see no light and there would be no life on Earth, because the gravitational pull of black holes is strong enough for light to never escape.

Why is this forum full of so many crazies...

Yes of course you could see the sun from outer space, it produces photons spanning the whole electromagnetic spectrum, from high frequency gamma rays, to low frequency radio waves. Our eyes can only detect a small portion of this spectrum, the visible light that we perceive. We do not need any medium for photons to diffract through to detect them.



Mobile phone cameras pick up IR light because they tend to use cheap CCD chips that have a higher sensitivity range than better cameras, and they use cheaper filters. It's a cool effect actually, but unrelated to the topic.

And the sun is not hollow, it would collapse in on itself for one thing, and if it was hollow it could not sustain the huge forces and heat that allow it to achieve nuclear fusion and produce heat and light. So you should be glad it's not hollow, or you wouldn't be here.

 

I don't get it. Looks like some one's sticking their finger into a nautilus shell.

I've always liked the spinning hollow face effect - The human brain is hard wired to recognise 3d faces.

but I prefer macchiato.

Decksperiment: The gift that keeps on giving 

And also I think I cracked something:




GOD IS GORDON FREEMAN!!!

You're right in saying that the universe is "one heck of an accident", but that's what I believe. Was it Carl Sagan that said "We should be thankful for winning the cosmic lottery!"

Don't forget that although it seems like an incredibly unlikely thing to happen, we are only pondering these questions because we happen to be conscious. Think of all the other life on Earth that can never ask these questions, not to mention the possible other stars/galaxies/other universes where the conditions were not quite right for life to exist. There's nothing there to ask "Where did it come from?"

Although I don't believe in any god, I do feel a certain "spiritual-ish" connection with the universe, when I ponder where all the atoms in my body originated. The beer I'm drinking right now probably contains traces of rare elements that were born in a supernova somewhere billions of light years away...

Yeah, don't sell. I know it's scary when the price drops, but at the end of the day nothing's changed fundamentally - the technology is still sound.

Try and do something to take your mind off it - I just lost a bunch of (fiat) money with the crazy flash crash we just had on BTC-e, was really pissed off... But I just took a walk outside, enjoyed a cold beer, and now I feel a lot better.  

Actually it is true.

Back in ancient times, when people started believing in deities, they had no comprehension of how the world around them could possibly have come about without something creating it.

Now however, science has shown that there are many possible ways that the universe could have come about without involving a god or creator. Note the "not necessary" in the statement.

lol, I just re-read my post and it doesn't read well haha. What I meant was, the real problem is the (perfectly human) elites, not the bullshit about reptiles/satan etc.
 

I believe that there are probably a small number of elite leaders that have disproportionate control of large governments and corporations, including Presidents/CEOs/Banking families etc. But I don't really believe much of the Illuminati stuff I hear, and it annoys me because it's seems to be wild speculation that takes the focus of attention away from the real problem.

I'm talking stuff like Reptilians, Pagan/Satanistic rituals, numerology coincidences, preserved bloodlines from ancient alien experiments, all that shit.

Yes, of course it should be legal - it should be up to individuals to decide what they can/can't put into their own body. I also think people should be educated properly on the various risks of different drugs, and how to take them safely if they choose to do so. Plus, if drugs were legal and had quality control, less people would die from ODs/gang violence etc.

To all the people saying "It's OK as long as you're in a private place, not in public because you could hurt someone", well that's just stupid because other laws cover that stuff. It's already illegal to assault/rape/drink drive/drug drive etc. Obviously if someone was out of control while on drugs, and endangering others, then they should be arrested or whatever.

It's certainly not necessary to believe in a god (if that was so, then all the atheists would vaporize in a cloud of fire and brimstone!). However sadly some people think that if you don't believe, then you are somehow pitiful and not as enlightened as they are. Of course some god-believers couldn't care less whether others believe or not. It's the ones on their high horse which get under my skin.

Well a normal seller wouldn't dump thousands of coins at market price, as they'd lose a shit load of money due to slippage. So in this case I'd say it was most likely manipulation.

What the actual fuck. That just bulldozered my stop losses on a margin trading platform and lost me over £1k. That's more money than I have in the bank ffs.

Manipulation by brokers that use the BTC-e price for their BTC instruments?

 

Here's some maths magic:

1. pick any 3 digit number where all the digits are different. lets call it ABC.

2. Now reverse the number and take it away from the original number, so ABC-CBA

3. You are left with a new number, lets call it XYZ. If there is a minus sign in front, then get rid of it.

4. Now reverse this number and add it to the original, so XYZ+ZYX.

I will magically predict the answer in a MD5 hash.....

ABRACADABRA..... 03f544613917945245041ea1581df0c2