Recent content by Gerafin

Right-o, and I just got done with AP Bio... I actually learned about that. Don't tell my teacher. I think it was the original idea from the medical community, and it stuck. A bunch of concentration gradients doing the wave is a harder concept for most people to grasp, and since most people...

The big bang started it off... Particles crashing against each other. Nothing random, everything governed by physical laws. Particle A strikes Particle B at this angle at this speed. Particle A goes this way. Particle B goes this way. Gravity. Gravity pulls them together. Planets form...

If you have time for a 20 minute lecture... (c'mon, it's not that bad) http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html This is Barry Schwartz, commenting on our loss of "practical wisdom." Sometimes, he says, the bureaucracy and social norms that control...

Vellum, by Hal Duncan. Totally weird, with a plot that regularly jumps between time periods real and fantastical, giving you enough of a glimpse of different characters to create a thoroughly crazy atmosphere. I loved it, personally; a lot of the scenes have stuck with me for years because of...

Open Office all the way for me... I'm an open-source fanatic. Yes, one of those people :) I can boot Linux off of my USB drive which is integrated with my watch, so on school computers I can stick my watch in the computer and run Linux/Open Office without having to install anything. Plus...

Here's my opinion. In the US, we put too much emphasis on the presidential election. I recognize the powers that the prez has, but in comparison to the Senate and House of Representatives, s/he's a figurehead who wouldn't dare go ahead without the support of the majority of his/her party...

Responding to the Arctic Monkey song... You're lucky I'm in a Britpop mood :P I usually go for harder stuff, but when they're serious about what they're singing and have such good guitar... 8/10 Here's my addition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNO4PBO5Zo Blackest Eyes, by Porcupine Tree!

Stephen Hawking has said that the only feasible way to completely overcome global warming at this point is to expand into space colonies. Plus, I'm such an Alastair Reynolds geek (great author, check him out) that I can't imagine the future progressing any other way. Money will become digitized...

Well done indeed. That last page really pulled it together well, even if it was a bit predictable.

This year's theme for the summer program I go to is "Epic." Which means that it's expanded far beyond the internet... EVERYONE in the program uses it. For EVERYTHING. Must... stab... something... I usually don't mind memes. I love them. All your base. I pwn. Etc. But... Epic? It's getting...

A friend annoying someone in class... "How far do you think I can push it before something happens?" "That's what SHE said!" (I even incorporated the XKCD arm movements) My friend remembers this one: "I don't think I can fit this into my mouth the long way..." And I remember this one...

This is a huge update- THEY DID PLAY D&D! Or at least a D&D variant :) Here's a Roman d20: http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4205385