aepokh

I wish I had a 3DS so I could play ACNL.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:21 -0500

I wish I had a 3DS so I could play ACNL.

jtotheizzoe: It’s Plane To See … Yes! All the planets are, more...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:56:36 -0500

It’s Plane To See …

Yes! All the planets are, more or less, on the same plane. This means that their orbits all follow the same flat, circular path. This is illustrated by the following animation:

The planets are not perfectly lined up on the same orbit, though. If we define Earth’s orbit to be “the perfectly perfect ecliptic”, then the other planets orbit within a few degrees of that. Why?

When the solar system formed, there was a massive rotating cloud of debris and dust spinning around the young star we now orbit. We call it the Protoplanetary Disk, which would make a great name for a spaceship. When something spins while being tethered in place by gravity, its mass wants to fly outward into a pizza-like shape, like frosting flying from errantly-aimed eggbeaters. The Earth even bulges a bit around the equator because of this “force”. This means that before the planets ever became planets, their planetary “stuff” was already on the same plane. Naturally, they thought this was just fine, and as they matured into the orbs we know and love, they stayed there.

This can be easily observed in the night sky. When multiple planets are visible, you can draw the line of the ecliptic through them! It’s also why we seem to have so many nights when planets are “near” each other in the sky, but never quite on top of each other (called “conjunction”, check it out in this video)

By now, many of you are fidgeting uncomfortably, barely able to contain the following comment: “Bah! You are wrong, science man! Pluto doesn’t orbit on the ecliptic! It’s wonky as hell!”

Well, the question was “Are all the planets in the solar system on the same plane?” And the answer to that is most definitely yes. You’re just going to have to get over the fact that Pluto is not a planet anymore. Its tilted orbit is one of the main reasons why.

The first step to healing is acceptance. The second step is realizing that this wacky ball of ice is so off-kilter that it’s lucky it didn’t fly right off into interstellar space:

(images via Wikipedia)

Although the planets mostly lie in the same plane, it should be noted that the word planet ultimately comes from Greek “planasthai”, to wander, as in “wandering stars”. Plane and planet have no etymological connection.

thedistanceinsidious: Oh, hello, I didn’t see you there. I’m just preparing my symposium on being a...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:54:11 -0500

thedistanceinsidious:

Oh, hello, I didn’t see you there.

I’m just preparing my symposium on being a giant idiot entitled Hey, Quit Being Such a Fucking Idiot.

Has Kayne done something stupid again?

kumokrieger replied to your post: So I’m making a custom Magic set. I’m not a… The Moon....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:47:58 -0500

kumokrieger replied to your post: So I’m making a custom Magic set. I’m not a…

The Moon. Perfect, except why not give it flying or reach?

Good idea. Flying it is.

So I’m making a custom Magic set. I’m not a designer or a developer so there’s...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:35:27 -0500

So I’m making a custom Magic set. I’m not a designer or a developer so there’s bound to be a bunch of mistakes. Here’s what I’m at so far (15 cards, 1 cycle): http://pastebin.com/RqqWzd4t

Comments?

Finally crafted a Familiar Fez in TF2. My Saharan Spy getup is now complete.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:44:08 -0500

Finally crafted a Familiar Fez in TF2. My Saharan Spy getup is now complete.

Having played against a mono-blue EDH deck with nothing but counterspells and mind control, I have...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:54:29 -0500

Having played against a mono-blue EDH deck with nothing but counterspells and mind control, I have decided not to make one of my own.

better-humans: Presented without comment.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:36:51 -0500

better-humans:

Presented without comment.

dennys: Reblog if you want someone to take you to Denny’s tonight.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:46:40 -0500

dennys:

Reblog if you want someone to take you to Denny’s tonight.

rdreamwalker: asilookatthemoon: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:45:15 -0500

rdreamwalker:

asilookatthemoon:

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog.
I feel like I’ve been preparing for this image all my life.

The internet is over, everyone can go home

It’s just as beautiful as I always imagined.

My life is complete.

Life is over as we know it

Saw this on a furry porn site. I looked at the thumbnail and said, “That probably isn’t porn, I better investigate.”

vim-clutch

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:26:18 -0500

vim-clutch:

slashnull:

cabbagebot:

vim-clutch - A hardware pedal for improved text editing in Vim

Relevant to vim things

This is close to being the funniest shit of all times.

I made a thing

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:01:54 -0500

I made a thing

mtgfan: The best sliver card spoiled from Magic 2014!

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:46:21 -0500

mtgfan:

The best sliver card spoiled from Magic 2014!

cynthiacloud: ladymio: dont be fooled by fakes this is the...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:24:19 -0500

cynthiacloud:

ladymio:

dont be fooled by fakes this is the real spoiler for M14’s chandra

100% real I have seen a lot of shoops in my day and this is not one of them

Is Javascript most like C Lisp Lua ???

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:36:10 -0500

Is Javascript most like

C
Lisp
Lua
???

var des = function(pattern) { var des = 0; ... return des; } I have got to stop doing...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:16:50 -0500

var des = function(pattern) {
    var des = 0;
    ...
    return des;
}

I have got to stop doing this sort of thing.

Incidentally, my script doesn’t seem to run if I load the page with the console open. Anyone know why?

Seems like it’s Questions Night at aepokh.tumblr.com. Any CSSers know if there’s a...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:34:23 -0500

Seems like it’s Questions Night at aepokh.tumblr.com. Any CSSers know if there’s a negative selector (i.e. select all elements that aren’t .someclass)?

Alright, here’s the MySQL data definition. I don’t exactly do this a lot so someone please tell me...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:25:35 -0500

Alright, here’s the MySQL data definition. I don’t exactly do this a lot so someone please tell me if it’s all fucked.

http://pastebin.com/8KywsNfh

(Note: SQL is case-insensitive so I don’t use all caps as is conventional, nor do I conform to SQL_STUPID_ASS_CONVENTIONS_SQL_STUPID_ASS_NAMING_CONVENTION.)

Edit: Card.manacost needs to be 25 instead of 7; I thought the longest mana cost was Gleemax costing 1,000,000, but now I realize that Reaper King costs {2/W}{2/U}{2/B}{2/R}{2/G}. Anyone know a longer mana cost? And is there a better way to change a field’s type without dropping the table and recreating it? I’ve only had a semester of database management and haven’t done anything with it since.

cc Logan and Mitch. You two are the most critical of programmers I know and I don’t want to go forward on this if I’m doing something terrible right at the start. (Original post)

How do you reblog yourself as you?

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:23:02 -0500

How do you reblog yourself as you?

mtgthings: coconutsandmetal98: Unsure if real or fake, but if...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:17:39 -0500

mtgthings:

coconutsandmetal98:

Unsure if real or fake, but if real, I can dig it!

HOLY CRAP.

-1 creates an elemental
-2 destroys a land
0 is a shock…

This is INSANE.
someone please tell me it’s fake. D:

Turn 1, birds

Turn 2, Chandra, annihilate their land

Turn 3, some 4-cmc land destruction which I’m sure they’ll print, shock the only weenie they’ve managed to get out

Turn 4, Thundermaw Hellkite or something?