tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post9030445548259847708..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: Are they being sarcastic? 'Cause I can't tell anymoreMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-35443712015109924472012-06-27T10:18:18.302-07:002012-06-27T10:18:18.302-07:00Addendum: Vicki's being kinda gross here, and ...Addendum: Vicki's being kinda gross here, and I was getting to thinking she might actually get to half as awesome as the Power Couple of Awesome. :(<br /><br />Slid right back down to one-tenth of the awesome due to being really kind of assholish about the food. :|Apocalypse Reviewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-83537928504171697942012-06-27T07:26:51.269-07:002012-06-27T07:26:51.269-07:00Yay! :)
-215 C? Iiiiiiii think I'll just get ...Yay! :)<br /><br />-215 C? Iiiiiiii think I'll just get started on my insulated chamber now, yes?<br /><br />(O.o)Apocalypse Reviewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-83518572451120025962012-06-26T16:12:48.919-07:002012-06-26T16:12:48.919-07:00Apparently the reduction in sunlight lasts for a p...Apparently the reduction in sunlight lasts for a period of weeks. Later in <i>Apollyon</i> we read, "Two days later, the sun rose bright and full and the earth began to thaw."aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-31741233898477710822012-06-26T12:27:15.968-07:002012-06-26T12:27:15.968-07:00OK, drop to 2/3 the light, it's (2/3)^4 the ab...OK, drop to 2/3 the light, it's (2/3)^4 the absolute temperature - somewhere around the -215C mark.<br /><br />If there were any atmospheric gas left to freeze, which after the impact there wouldn't have been.<br /><br />:-)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-61362590668963896072012-06-26T11:57:51.185-07:002012-06-26T11:57:51.185-07:00From Apollyon
Tsion: “Revelation 8:12 reads, '...From <i>Apollyon</i><br /><br />Tsion: “Revelation 8:12 reads, 'Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.'<br /><br />“Regardless of whether it means one-third of each star or a third of all stars, the effect will be the same. Day or night, the skies will be one-third darker than they have ever been. Not only that, but I take from this passage that one third more of the day will be dark. So the sun will shine only two-thirds the time it used to. And when it is shining, it will be only two-thirds its usual brightness.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />Presumably if the reduced sunlight does not provide enough energy, L&J could say that Jesus himself sustains the world. In Book #16, there is no more sun, and it's never dark out.aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-12054513294743211132012-06-26T11:50:26.212-07:002012-06-26T11:50:26.212-07:00Do they mention how much the sun will be dimmed?
...Do they mention how much the sun will be dimmed?<br /><br />IIRC, the sun is dimmed by 1/3.<br /><br />Also, the scene with Chaim and the other panelists comes from Book #5, <i>Apollyon</i>.aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-81219672356319389432012-06-26T11:45:45.232-07:002012-06-26T11:45:45.232-07:00Jews share a hive mind. Why do you think there are...<i>Jews share a hive mind. Why do you think there are no denominations like Hasidic or Reform or Orthodox or anything like that with Jews? Because it's obvious they are a monolithic group who follow in lockstep unity the advice laid out by their Rabbis</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ruling-due-mon-on-mans-bid-to-get-nyc-synagogue-bomb-plot-case-dismissed/2012/06/25/gJQAxI910V_story.html" rel="nofollow">Ahmed Ferhani</a> is being prosecuted for a plot to blow up New York syanagogues. The Algerian immigrant allegedly planned to pose as a Jew so that he could "infiltrate" a synagoue in order to plant the bomb. Had the plot not been stopped by the authorities, I suspect he would have disguised himself as a Chassidic or ultra-Orthodox Jew, not realizing that his disguise would have drawn attention to himself if his target was a Reform or Conservative synagogue.aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-61995595088725214632012-06-26T05:03:11.780-07:002012-06-26T05:03:11.780-07:00Oops, sorry, forgot a squaring. It'll be -430F...Oops, sorry, forgot a squaring. It'll be -430F, where all the gases are solid.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-88163362305070209972012-06-26T05:02:11.371-07:002012-06-26T05:02:11.371-07:00Oh, no, RTCs aren't a hive mind! They're e...Oh, no, RTCs aren't a hive mind! They're entirely free to have their own personal experience of God, and the pastor's just there to help when they do it wrong. [/sarcasm]<br /><br />If I genuinely believed that you would be tortured forever unless you said the magic words before you died... yeah, I'd be <i>terrified</i> on your behalf, and I might well do some objectively-evil things to get you to come round to my way of thinking. This is why philosophy is important - it gives a basis for moral decisions other than "what someone else says I should do".<br /><br />Do they mention how much the sun will be dimmed? Because temperature goes as a fourth-power law - you halve the sun's output, temperature drops (on an absolute scale) by a factor of 16 - so you'd be looking at somewhere around -330F, where oxygen and nitrogen are both liquids.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com