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  1. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    If humans were a eusocial species like ants, bees, and wasps and still retained our ability to innovate we would be setting up jump stations around Jupiter right now instead of arguing about feminine penises.
  2. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    You mean like...submarines? Even easier if you are taking out the need for human life support on the journey. Obviously interstellar travel is far more technical, difficult, or whatever adjective you want to use. But it's by no means so far out of reach as to be "magical". Politics has had a...
  3. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    I bet it's really killing Mudcrush Dirtfoot to not garbage all my and Khorum's posts in this thread.
  4. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    You can still achieve relativistic speeds using our current Apollo level propulsion tech. Constant acceleration over a long period of time will always get you there... high school physics. The problem is the "long period of time" part of the equation. And braking. Go take a look at how fast...
  5. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    Who is making that assumption and why would that be relevant? I think the original problem takes into account that technology would improve. It was simply using the speed of light and how much %c we could achieve to come up with the 5-50 million number. Am I wrong about that?
  6. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    You can take it one step further and note that the raisins are only "moving" relative to an outside observer. Since the bread is the entire universe itself there is no outside observer, therefore the raisins have actually maintained their original positions, relative to each other, since the...
  7. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    My favorite analogy in thinking about the expansion of space is imagine bread dough with raisins. It starts as one compressed ball all mushed together but as the bread rises(space expansion) the raisins(galaxies) move further apart. If you look at it like that, the raisins themselves aren't...
  8. TheBeagle

    Sturgis 2002 pic dump

    I should do this with all my pics from the Guadalupe River in the 90's, but instead of Harley trash it's co-eds from UT.
  9. TheBeagle

    Sturgis 2002 pic dump

    Just think of it as vacation pics from someone that went on a white trash safari. Nat Geo for dirt bags.
  10. TheBeagle

    Sturgis 2002 pic dump

    I know a few people that go to Sturgis just about every year. I'm glad and disappointed that I didn't see titties of a couple women who I went to grade school with.
  11. TheBeagle

    Going to College as an Adult

    I graduated at 42. BS in Biology, graduated Magna Cum Laude. Bounced around Montana and Idaho a couple years working fisheries and having a blast. Pay was shit though and with responsibilities back home in Texas I went back to my career in the pool business. Racked up about $25k in debt but I...
  12. TheBeagle

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    *space-time....and it is "something" since it is expanding.
  13. TheBeagle

    Tool might eventually release a new album someday

    Didn't work for me either. Seemed bland. I felt like if you isolated any of the guitar riffs, drum fills, or bass lines they would be indistinguishable from their previous works. Especially stuff from 10,000 Days. Made it 3/4 of the way through and it hadn't elevated my heart rate once. So I...
  14. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    If you can't empathize in some way with any of the characters in a movie/show/play then it's either not worth watching or you're an emotionless robot. I don't understand how anyone could enjoy a show like BB, The Wire, or Sopranos and then say they don't relate at all to any of the characters...
  15. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    The last couple pages are a good study into how rational, intelligent people can view the exact same events and come to entirely different conclusions. I think it boils down to empathy. Some people empathize or "see themselves as" Walt or Jesse and that totally colors how they process what they see.
  16. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    Well fuck, I guess I'mma turn Netflix back on for a month to rewatch BB, catch the new Mindhunter, and the new BB movie.
  17. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    He fucking fake poisoned Jesse's girlfriend's little boy and and then set it up so Jesse would think Fring did it. All because he was butthurt that Fring, Mike, and Jesse were all doing well WITHOUT him. Just like the biochem billionaires. It was Walt's butthurt fucking ego that killed everyone...
  18. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    No shit, and he still pulled it off. Jesse big dicking the Mexican chemist over his dirty shit lab was all him. Gus and Mike wouldn't have made it out alive without him.
  19. TheBeagle

    Breaking Bad

    Jesse was a dumb kid that was in way over his head. He eventually grew into a solid man (in terms of the show). Is everyone forgetting how well he was doing after Mike took him under his wing? Mike obviously saw something worthwhile in him and I would say he was pretty good at sizing people up...
  20. TheBeagle

    Lawyer costs question

    You aren't gonna get raped or beat up doing 10 days in a county or city lock up. The worst part will be extreme boredom.
  21. TheBeagle

    Lawyer costs question

    You continue holding back your entire life by forcing yourself to take shit jobs because you don't want to do 10 days?? Bro... I did a lot of stupid shit in my 20's and did the same dance you're doing right now. It sucked and the time it held me back I will never get back. Just bite the bullet...
  22. TheBeagle

    Weather

    Ya, Tropical Depression Imelda has been parked on top of Houston for two days now and hasn't really moved. Starting to look like Harvey 2.0 with the flooding.
  23. TheBeagle

    Path of Exile

    What is it about slave driver spectres that you guys are liking? Why would they be better than Kitava Heralds?
  24. TheBeagle

    Path of Exile

    Holy shit running an undead army is nucking futs. Still working through the acts but bosses melt quicker than anything I've ever played before. Wish I had more time to play this weekend
  25. TheBeagle

    Car ?'s

    Bought a 2019 Nissan Frontier Pro 4x4 this weekend. Super sporty, sun roof, leather seats, Fosgate stereo system, substantial roof racks, and can tow 6800 lbs. It's got the Intellitrack system in the bed and I'm looking for cool ideas to trick it out. I really want to get it set up for...
  26. TheBeagle

    Marvel Universe stuff

    Imagine being a grown man and still caring what's coming up in Marvel Movie #238. Yikes.
  27. TheBeagle

    The Fishing Thread

    Hobie makes a kayak that's specially designed with a sun shade. It looks pretty sweet.
  28. TheBeagle

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I won't get into my pool until it hits 75. I've tried swimming in various lakes in Idaho and Montana when water temps were mid 60's.. fuuucck that.
  29. TheBeagle

    Wheel of Time series

    The Battle of Dumai's Wells remains one of my favorite chapters/scenes that I've ever read. So he still has that to look forward to!
  30. TheBeagle

    Interesting, Non Political News

    The kind where you want to be well armed and away from highly populated urban areas. Plan accordingly.
  31. TheBeagle

    Interesting, Non Political News

    First few nights sleeping in the Montana back country unnerved the shit out of me. You really come to understand why ancient people worshipped fire and the sun.
  32. TheBeagle

    The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)

    JRE puts out about a half dozen shows a year worth listening to and that's it. He's really milked that cow dry at this point.
  33. TheBeagle

    The Girls Who Broke Your Heart Thread

    You will eventually get frustrated by lack of one on one time with her if you end up really liking her. But in the meantime enjoy that hot ass!
  34. TheBeagle

    Path of Exile

    I mean it's legit free to play, why not just download it and give it a whirl?
  35. TheBeagle

    Poll VOTE: The Top 10 All-Time Greatest FoH Drama/Incidents

    Best news of the day! Johnny we need you back to regale us with tales of hoors and the shit you make them do for money. It would be a welcome distraction from all the politics consuming everything.