SpaceGazelle wrote:Probs the wrong thread but Susskind is so good at explaining stuff I thought I'd sneak him in.
djchump wrote:Of course the oldest recorded written complaint is in the British Museum: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir
acemuzzy wrote:If you're not happy about it, I suggest you write a strongly worded letter
SpaceGazelle wrote:Probs the wrong thread but Susskind is so good at explaining stuff I thought I'd sneak him in.
Throwing a rock at heaven. What a thought:
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.
poprock wrote:Well, it was nice knowing you all. I’ve seen stories like this before and I know they don’t end well.
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.
https://news.osu.edu/15000-year-old-viruses-discovered-in-tibetan-glacier-ice/
poprock wrote:Well, it was nice knowing you all. I’ve seen stories like this before and I know they don’t end well.https://news.osu.edu/15000-year-old-viruses-discovered-in-tibetan-glacier-ice/Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.
Unlikely wrote:PUT THEM BACK YOU IDIOTS.
poprock wrote:Haven’t you seen any of the relevant sci-fi horror movies, Yoss?
We’ll need these ancient viruses to deal with the ancient predators that awaken from their millennia of slumber as the permafrost thaws.
Blue Swirl wrote:I agree withWell, it was nice knowing you all. I’ve seen stories like this before and I know they don’t end well.https://news.osu.edu/15000-year-old-viruses-discovered-in-tibetan-glacier-ice/Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.because, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't this the plot to The Thing?PUT THEM BACK YOU IDIOTS.
davyK wrote:The Carpenter version of The Thing was from outer space - was in a saucer that crashed and was buried in the ice - it's at the very start of the film.
Blue Swirl wrote:Yeah, but the process was a cellular thing, and it was frozen in the ice for many thousands of years. Close enough, in my book.The Carpenter version of The Thing was from outer space - was in a saucer that crashed and was buried in the ice - it's at the very start of the film.
davyK wrote:Oh yeah - you're right - forgot about that clunky old simulation showing it spreading. There's an Asteroids Deluxe in the rec room in that film. Did I mention I have an Asteroids Dx cabinet?
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