Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146

[The Succubus]

See medicine thread re: arachnatherapy.

[Kneenibble]

In space they might not resonate with a sound, but perhaps solar winds would cause a unique frequency to be broadcast that could be picked up by highend recevers. Vibration dosnt strickly cause sounds, it can cause radio signals, infact thats how radiowaves are put out, vibrations.
So a supercomplex living crystal creature, should put out some sort of frequency, even if we dont have the equipment to hear it yet.

The man speaks wisdom.

Apropos this very idea, NASA recorded the EM frequencies of various planets, and converted them -- I know not how -- into audible sound. The result is strange and haunting music with deep and subtle patterns.

[Lyesmith]

The man speaks wisdom.

Apropos this very idea, NASA recorded the EM frequencies of various planets, and converted them -- I know not how -- into audible sound. The result is strange and haunting music with deep and subtle patterns.

Alas, poor Pluto.

[Kneenibble]

I don't think they did Pluto actually, although this was before the poor chthonic bastard was demoted.

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In perusing an accounts book from 1900 at work today, I found between the pages a few loose papers fastened with a pin that has turned to rust and stained the pages between which it is sandwiched. What is correct, to remove the pin and save further damage to the paper, or keep it the way it is for ... I don't know, historical accuracy?

[Lyesmith]

I don't think they did Pluto actually, although this was before the poor chthonic bastard was demoted.

I still like Pluto. My third act as Supreme Ruler will be re-instating it.

[Dr. Bath]

On the topic of haunting music, if you slow down Justin Bieber 800% you get... this. An etheric journey through sound. (note: it is quite long)

[CurlyKitGirl]

In space they might not resonate with a sound, but perhaps solar winds would cause a unique frequency to be broadcast that could be picked up by highend recevers. Vibration doesn't strickly cause sounds, it can cause radio signals, in fact that's how radiowaves are put out, vibrations.
So a supercomplex living crystal creature should put out some sort of frequency, even if we dont have the equipment to hear it yet.

That makes sense, I never really understood the concept of solar winds (science is not a strong point of mine).
So would other alien species and planets be able to pick up these vibrations or no?

The man speaks wisdom.

Apropos this very idea, NASA recorded the EM frequencies of various planets, and converted them -- I know not how -- into audible sound. The result is strange and haunting music with deep and subtle patterns.

Ooooh, any links?
And now I have an answer of sorts to my question ^. Planets could pick up the spider vibrations.

Alas, poor Pluto.

Alas, poor Pluto, I knew him Iupiter.

I don't think they did Pluto actually, although this was before the poor chthonic bastard was demoted.

Not to mention many people believe he was named after Mickey's dog.
Pluto's situation couldn't get any worse unless we suddenly reclassified him as a very large asteroid.
Or possibly that it's Charon which is the dwarf planet, and Pluto the moon.

[Dr. Bath]

I don't think they did Pluto actually, although this was before the poor chthonic bastard was demoted.

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In perusing an accounts book from 1900 at work today, I found between the pages a few loose papers fastened with a pin that has turned to rust and stained the pages between which it is sandwiched. What is correct, to remove the pin and save further damage to the paper, or keep it the way it is for ... I don't know, historical accuracy?

Best to remove it I think. You could put it in a little bag and store it along with the loose papers, for completions sake.

Rusty pins are pretty cool though. Actually most rusty stuff. As long as you're not, say, relying on it to hold your weight or not kill you or something.

[Kneenibble]

I still like Pluto. My third act as Supreme Ruler will be re-instating it.

Sir, I foresee tyrant madness the likes of Mr. Burns and his casino and the Spruce Moose incident.

Ooooh, any links?
And now I have an answer of sorts to my question ^. Planets could pick up the spider vibrations.

Jupiter is my favourite. Amazon.com has .mp3s for sale, although being the rebel dredges that they are, they won't sell digital music to Canada.

Best to remove it I think. You could put it in a little bag and store it along with the loose papers, for completions sake.

Rusty pins are pretty cool though. Actually most rusty stuff. As long as you're not, say, relying on it to hold your weight or not kill you or something.

That's a good idea, and I agree about rust. Although now I'm going to have to caress it with my salad fingers and creep out the poor student assistant at the next desk.

[CurlyKitGirl]

On the topic of haunting music, if you slow down Justin Bieber 800% you get... this. An etheric journey through sound. (note: it is quite long)

I have no idea who this chap is, but that's very pretty music that.

Best to remove it I think. You could put it in a little bag and store it along with the loose papers, for completions sake.

Rusty pins are pretty cool though. Actually most rusty stuff. As long as you're not, say, relying on it to hold your weight or not kill you or something.

Not to mention tetanus.
Best thing to do is to put it in a bag with a little note saying where the pin was found. Posterity and all.

EDIT:
I also think that rust can harm books.
*headdesk*
Foxed. The book will become more foxed. And being foxed is a bad thing.
Plus eventually the decay will allow you to get high from the old books.

Jupiter is my favourite. Amazon.com has .mp3s for sale, although being the rebel dredges that they are, they won't sell digital music to Canada.

More prettiness. Iupiter sounds a lot like Bieber actually.
Therefore: Bieber is from Iupiter.

My logic is impeccable.

[Teddy]

If, in thirty years, the small crystalline spider webs that drift through the blueness of space with nary a whisper approach this miniscule and insignificant part of the universe, intent on entrapping us in all in their etheral rainbowing beauty, do you think it's possible they would sing?
Crystals resonate and sing if struck after all.
But there's no sound in space.

Now, it's obvious that the crystal webs would resonate given the high amount of space rubbish in orbit around us; but at what point would the non-sound of space become the sound of an atmosphere?

I see that Spidermew already has given some mumbo-jumbo pseudoscience answer to this (:rolleyes:), but I can at least say that sound waves requires that molecules hit molecules for the sound to spread. In vacuum, there's obviously nothing to hit, but when there starts to be a thin atmosphere, molecules will start hitting (on*) eachother, and soundwaves can spread. The denser the atmosphere, the easier will it be to hit something, allowing the sound to travel faster and, since there will be more molecules to start the chain with, be louder.

*Sorry, I just had to sneak that in there for the giggles.

More prettiness. Iupiter sounds a lot like Bieber actually.
Therefore: Bieber is from Iupiter.

My logic is impeccable.

We'll have to speed Jupiter up 800% and see if they still sound like each other. For SCIENCE!

[Lyesmith]

We'll have to speed Jupiter up 800% and see if they still sound like each other. For SCIENCE!

Bieber slowed 800% is apparently extremely epic.

[Teddy]

Bieber slowed 800% is apparently extremely epic.

Yeah, I listened through the entire song. It's over half an hour long (I was doing other stuff while listening), and at the end feels like it doesn't actually have an ending, because everytime you think it ends, it starts again. But yeah, it's epic.

EDIT: Started listening to the original song, and it certainly isn't epic. This poses a new question: Will slowing down any song by 800% automatically make it epic no matter what song it is, or are there exceptions?

[Phase]

I would think that the space-spiders, once finished with all life on the planet, would move on to consume the very crust, leaving the body itself to drift apart. Of course this is a more terrifying situation for me, because then this web would affect me as well.

I'm glad you appreciate my creepy death scenario, there's nothing more terrifying than seeing something happening to your body, but not actually being present enough to feel it properly or do anything about it.

Yeah. That's what I assume happens to victims of Headcrabs, they can feel and sense everything, they just don't have any control as their body is mutilated and they beat their friends to death with their bare hands.

[SpiderMew]

That makes sense, I never really understood the concept of solar winds (science is not a strong point of mine).
So would other alien species and planets be able to pick up these vibrations or no?

I would say yes. Perhaps if there was some sort of muti-species, space faring society, the signal caused by those creatures and their crystalline structure would end up becoming some cosmic legend, as a warning of their approach.



What if such creatures were drawn towards the radio and television type frequency's we use today. Any race that develops radio or television technology and doesn't keep the signals from going out into space, draws their attention. What if they feed on it?

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Who's happy with his A-level results?

English Lit - A*
History - A*
German - A*

Yep, I'm happy with my A-level results. /gloat

[The Succubus]

Grats on the A*-Level results Fred

Jupiter is one of the weaker songs from The Planets, at least in my opinion. It goes on for too long and doesn't really stick to a theme, unlike Mars, with its thundering horns or Neptune with it's cold and distant twinkling sounds. Neptune is probably my favourite.

[Lyesmith]

Who's happy with his A-level results?

English Lit - A*
History - A*
German - A*

Yep, I'm happy with my A-level results. /gloat

Swot!


But I don't care what I actually got.
I GOT INTO SUSSEX I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS OVERJOYED!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Swot!

I'm going to Exeter. I am very happy indeed.

[Rawhide]

Fifty-Eyed Fred: tvtropes does not allow hotlinking of images.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Fifty-Eyed Fred: tvtropes does not allow hotlinking of images.

Bah, I only used it because it was the first one that showed up on Google Images. I'll fix it.

Edit: There. Awesome.

[randman22222]

Congratulations, guys.

I suppose I'm not allowed to celebrate my getting into Strathclyde quite as joyously as you guys, seeing as I was only switching unis, not getting into one?

[Archonic Energy]

God, imagine the Event happening again! NO! DO NOT IMAGINE THE EVENT HAPPENING AGAIN! IT WILL CAUSE DISTRESS! THE EVENT IS IN THE PAST!
*REMAIN INDOORS*

AHHH
AHHHHHH
AHHH
THE EVENT AHHHH

REMAIN INDOORS REMAIN INDOORS REMAIN INDOORS

UNLESS INFECTED

Dammit. Gonna have to get the electrocurative chair out again. Stupid THE EVENT.

YES,

A very different THE EVENT

Scratching only makes it worse

^ Your "The Event" sounds more interesting.

DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE EVENT

Related : Mitchell & Webb's sherlock holmes sketch.

i know watson... i know. the fog...


Anyway ION:

Sorry, I just had to sneak that in there for the giggles.

methinks it's time for some out of context quoting!

[KuReshtin]

Congratulations, guys.

I suppose I'm not allowed to celebrate my getting into Strathclyde quite as joyously as you guys, seeing as I was only switching unis, not getting into one?

You can still celebrate it.
Also, if you'll be in the neighbourhood at around the UKitP winter meet, you can tag along to that as well.
That's always a joyous occasion.

[randman22222]

You can still celebrate it.
Also, if you'll be in the neighbourhood at around the UKitP winter meet, you can tag along to that as well.
That's always a joyous occasion.

Yes. This would be awesome!

When does it usually happen? I have to plan out my flights way ahead of time...

[Archonic Energy]

the date hasn't been "decided" yet
we usually end up with a mega large table with everyone's available dates and go for the one that has the most yesses

[Rawhide]

If you notice this notice you will soon notice that this notice is a notice that was not worth noticing at all.

[AtlanteanTroll]

My mom has some random German friend coming over for the next two days. Should I avoid watching Fawlty Towers?

[KuReshtin]

My mom has some random German friend coming over for the next two days. Should I avoid watching Fawlty Towers?

I don't see how watching the episode with the Germans would in any way increase the possibility of you making an inappropriate comment, since you already know about the episode in question and have thought about it.

[Lioness]

My family made me eat cake.

Now I'm sad, because cake is the last thing I need right now.