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[Zilla]

Originally Posted by 01d55

So this class I'm in just introduced us to javascript.

Behold the consequences of education.

You didn't even code the "no" option to link anywhere...

[Donomni]

We're not supposed to know what the Tab key does.

[Ryong]

Originally Posted by Loyal2NES

Wait, so a lance of plasma is or may eventually be vaulting straight at us from 8000 lightyears away. And in all that distance there is NOTHING to intercept?

It's a giant deathray IN SPAAAAAAACE. If it is tilted an infinitely small amount at the moment of the explosion, it wouldn't even end up in our solar system. SPAAAAAAACE is huge, the gamma ray isn't so terribly wide.

[Jagos]

Warcraft for President!

[Regulus Tera]

Barack Obama and Sarah Palin in Mercenaries 2.

[01d55]

Originally Posted by Zilla

You didn't even code the "no" option to link anywhere...

Oh, it's not mine. I concerned myself with making it so the functions weren't hard-coded to act on certain div tags - I didn't even change the actual behaviour of the sample page we got.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

Witness the full power of this fully operational exploding star.

Originally Posted by guyy

The other good news: These things never last more than a few minutes, so only one side of the Earth would get cooked.

The other bad news: What if you're on the toasted side?

Of course, scientists still aren't actually sure that stars do this at all, so it may not even be a problem.

Originally Posted by NonCon

You know why else it isn't a problem? 8000 light away. I'd be surprised if people are still around by the time this son bitch hits us.

Originally Posted by Thadius

That's actually another reason to fear it, NonCon.

Since it's 8000 light years away, the star could have already exploded and we wouldn't know it until our doom was nigh.

Originally Posted by guyy

Actually, at that distance it probably has already exploded. But with any luck, it exploded recently, and by the time the deathbeam gets here Earth won't be anywhere near here anymore.

...Astronomy is so weird sometimes.

Originally Posted by Loyal2NES

Wait, so a lance of plasma is or may eventually be vaulting straight at us from 8000 lightyears away. And in all that distance there is NOTHING to intercept?

Originally Posted by Ryong

It's a giant deathray IN SPAAAAAAACE. If it is tilted an infinitely small amount at the moment of the explosion, it wouldn't even end up in our solar system. SPAAAAAAACE is huge, the gamma ray isn't so terribly wide.

On that same note...

For the curious (read "the ones who cannot read the footer of the images" (that means you, Kerensky (thanks for the rep!))), http://punditkitchen.com

[Regulus Tera]

TOP MCCAIN ADVISOR BLASTS PALIN: "OF COURSE" SHE'S NOT READY

tl;dr version:

Originally Posted by The Huffington

A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain's most prominent supporters offered a stunningly frank and remarkably bleak assessment of Sarah Palin's capacity to handle the presidency should such a scenario arise.

Lawrence Eagleburger, who served as Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush and whose endorsement is often trumpeted by McCain, said on Thursday that the Alaska governor is not only unprepared to take over the job on a moment's notice but, even after some time in office, would only amount to an "adequate" commander in chief.

"And I devoutly hope that [she] would never be tested," he added for good measure -- referring both to Palin's policy dexterity and the idea of McCain not making it through his time in office.

The situation is so bad now that even big-time Republicans are fearful of a potential Palin presidency. You can only suspend your beliefs and buy into a fantasy for so long. Now that we are facing a crisis, even Republicans are getting a gut-check. Pure policy doesn't matter as much this time around as competence.

I think a lot of the Republicans who are switching over are saying "even though I disagree with many of Barack's policies, at least he seems competent". You guys cannot take a risk of a Palin presidency at this time.

[guyy]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

[Donomni]

Appealing to the mom crowd only can only get you so far, and in this case, make everything worse.