Random Thing of the Day

EUC Staff Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 1204 Location: Nirn

There is no way number 3 happened!
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There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

You shall learn that history is an intricate weaving of many events. No one thing can be understood without the proper context.

The best techniques are passed on by the survivors.

Trust me, they happened. I know the guy, and he's not really one to claim something happened when it didn't, and not one to claim that it happened to him when it didn't. *Shakes head and walks away*
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock has nothing on this.

EDIT: Another thing I've found:

Bazinga.

EDIT II:

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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

"Bazinga" just about covers it. Wink

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All things die, Anakin Skywalker, even stars burn out.

So this is how liberty dies....with thunderous applause.

Those without swords can still die upon them

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

EUC Staff Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 1204 Location: Nirn

I watched the Skyrim trailer 3 or 4 times today. I watched TOR:Return once. I have a YouTube Playlist up of all of the Skyrim music today.

I may need to turn off my computer Cool

KIDDING, I could never do that.
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There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

You shall learn that history is an intricate weaving of many events. No one thing can be understood without the proper context.

The best techniques are passed on by the survivors.

I would like to raise a point that is very dear to my heart.

On March 31, many cities in the world are holding Earth Hour, where for a period of one hour, people are asked to turn off their lights and do things by candlelight. This is to lower the electricity requirements of the city, and therefore reduce carbon emissions.

I ask everyone who is considering this to do one piece of research: PLEASE LOOK INTO THE TYPE OF ELECTRICITY YOUR CITY RECEIVES.

My city gets its electricity from hydro. Water flows down (due to gravity) and pushes a turbine, which generates power. Carbon emissions are NOT generated.

Candles operate by burning wax and wick to generate light. They DO generate carbon emissions (in trace amounts).

So in my city, technically, turning off your light to burn a candle does harm to the environment.

In cities that generate their electricity by burning coal or oil, then Earth Hour is a good thing. Candles do significantly less harm than coal.

But many forms of electricity are clean. Hydro. Nuclear (in theory). Wind. Solar. If your home is powered by any of these forms, then Earth Hour makes no difference. In fact, on paper, it does more harm than good.

So if you're planning to participate in this event, then please do your research first.

That is all. Smile

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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

Sorry for the double post, but this doesn't have anything to do with the previous one.

Doesn't Saturn's moon, Iapetus, look a bit like a Death Star?

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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

EUC Staff Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 1204 Location: Nirn

I got two random spams on Twitter from the same user.

Random thing: many months ago I played a zombie apocalypse flash game often while listening to the Carpenters. Now when certain Carpenters songs come up (such as Top of the World) my mind creates little flash backs to blasting zombies with a variety of handguns.

I can't decide whether I'm more fascinated by the audio memory that associates certain sounds with specific events/activities or by the stark contrast between the lyrics of Top of the World and a zombie apocalypse.
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I'm just wondering how those two ever went together for you. Confused

On a related note: I watched Night of the Twisters a million times as a kid. On about my 7th viewing, my best friend and I were watching the movie in my parents' room, where the carpet had just been sprayed with carpet cleaner. For whatever reason, that final viewing traumatized me, and I was terrified of bad weather for about 3 years. To this day, the smell of carpet cleaner sends me back to that afternoon watching the film with my best friend. Odd how things associate themselves with memory.
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"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Indeed. I have a heater in my room, and the smell of its fuel source being burned at full power always reminds me of Assassin's Creed (and Outremer in general). Also, I associate Tomb Raider with Britney Spears' Hit Me Baby One More Time Shocked

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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

I associate songs by Akon with that time I had my cell phone and digital camera stolen and almost got assaulted.

My idiot roommate invited a friend over. He brought his friends. They asked to use my computer (I was very trusting back then). They took my phone, my camera, and my good rum. When I went to confront them about it, the one guy almost beat the crap out of me (his buddies calmed him down). I got the phone back right away, and got the camera back later (they tried to con me out of money for it, but I got reimbursed).

When they were on my computer, they downloaded Akon songs. So there's the association.

I never liked Akon, so the point his moot, but I find myself changing the station when he plays.

I'm over the incident. It started a chain of events that led me to date my wife. Because of the incident, I moved out of that house and decided to live alone. Better neighbourhood, no terrible roommates, total independence, etc. And it turns out that the girl who I would end up marrying lived only a 20 minute walk from my new place, so it was easy for us to visit each other when we dated (and I never would have had her go to the other place; it was sketchy, and my one roommate was a terrible person). So all's well that ends well I suppose.
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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

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