Comments on: International Pi Day

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:09:19 +0000

“We have met the enemy – and he is us.” Walt Kelly 1953.

Walt Kelly drew a comic strip, “Pogo”, about a possum who lived in the Okefenokee Swamp. The first time it ran, it was a reference to the McCarthy Hearings and the “Red Scare”. It was re-run in 1970 for the first Earth Day.

Sir Terry opined the end would involve someone finding a big, red button labeled “Do Not Touch” followed by the words “I wonder what this does….”

We live in a suicidal civilization.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:33:25 +0000

All true Bryan (no surprise!) We've both stated, in varying ways, the obvious... Humans ARE their own worst enemies!! We have both seen this first hand. When Homo Sapiens eventually becomes extinct, I am certain it will be by our own hand. Unless the Universe beats us too it... Always an outside possibility. Especially given that humans are focused on killing Humans, or just rising to the top of the dung heap, than working to survive some external cataclysm. As a species... Homo Sapiens is incredibly short sighted and stupid.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 03:14:11 +0000

They have eliminated all of the snakes in town, so without the cats to deal with the rodents eating at the half dozen restaurants within a two blocks of me I would be overrun. We have people complaining about cats killing birds and ignore the rodent control they provide.

Man keeps killing off the major predators and then complains when the “prey” overrun the environment.

People in Florida worry about the gators and bears that have always lived here and then import iguanas and pythons. The reality is that ships have always managed to arrive with cats and rats on board. Now we have them everywhere.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:11:21 +0000

Here's one about our beloved & insanely dangerous kitty's (which I'm sure you understand very well). ;) :D I'll post my tweet so you can read my comment on the video & my addendum comment. ;) https://twitter.com/Kryten_42/status/1375320349454168066 And never any rush Bryan, hipparchia or anyone else! Heck, It's up to you if you even want to have a look! I post them only because I think you may find them interesting. PS: If you do watch the vid, you can ignore, for the most part, the first bit about the bees. He recently posted an updated vid about the bee extinction researchers are saying is actually happening now.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:22:46 +0000

:)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:32:16 +0000

The possum qualifies as a barker and the truck stuck in the muck was “parked” until morning. That’s 11-7 😉

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:32:56 +0000

i was out collecting environmental samples years ago, on graveyard shift, and got cornered by a possum. another time, same job, same sampling regime, same shift, i drove the 4-wheel truck into mucky spot that it couldn’t get out of (i walked back, and they towed it out later, during daylight). still, since i was the only one willing to work the graveyard shift, they liked me anyway. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 01:15:56 +0000

In reply to Kryten42. I'll check them out when things calm down and my governor is no longer trying to spread the virus. I've gotten 'math lazy' since CPUs got powerful enough to be useful, hell, my phone app renders Π to 14 decimal places before I can type in 4.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:53:20 +0000

In reply to hipparchia.

I was never fond of ‘parkers & barkers’ – the biggest complaints on graveyards in law enforcement except Friday & Saturday nights.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:54:48 +0000

Here are a couple of my favorite Science vids. (I have MANY!) Veritasium: How One Supernova Measured The Universe This one, by Dr. Becky Smethurst is a kind of followup to that: How we plan to solve the "Crisis in Cosmology" I hope you enjoy!