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    Geekend Update: De-Extinction, Voyager 1, and the Higgs Boson

    What dont you understand about the higgs? I do have a pretty firm understanding on how it is supposed to interact in our current universe; but my understanding on its supposed interactions pre big bang is pretty weak.
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    Jimquisition: Rape vs. Murder

    You dont think one could justify rape in the same way? this person knows where a Bomb is that could kill a thousand of innocent people. I know ill rape him or her until they tell me. I am sorry torture is a slow and deliberate act trying to dehumanize a human being and it always has a victim. In...
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    What's your favorite Strategy Game Unit quote? :)

    Who gave you permission to die. Dawn of war 1 Stop bleeding and fight back. Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down. His war machines will crush you under their treads. His mighty...
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    Who wins the Super Bowl?

    The Seattle Seahawks will shock the world. If Matt Hasselbeck keeps on dealing like he did against the saints the seahawks could win it all. How i see it in the NFC Packers over the falcons Seahawks over the bears bringing the NFC championship back to seattle and the Seahawks...
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    Topical Tuesday: Be a Composer!

    Let me see what all needs to be done with video game music. 1) I am so tired of music repeating itself over and over in games. The reason why we all remember the mario brothers theme is not because it is a great theme but because it played it self in a loop for ever and ever. If i sat...
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    Do you Understand?

    That ones actually funny. OP Quantum mechanics was my favorite class in college. We got better science/ math jokes we can use.
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    Van canto = pure win.

    Have you guys ever herd of this band. They are an a cappella metal group. If you just picked your jaw off the floor then that was my first response. I mean when i listen to them i laughed till i cried because of the pure win of it. My only question is how did they think of this and how can i...
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    The Big Divisive Question, Part Two

    WOOO Star Trek Rules! internet high five anybody. While i do see your point that star trek did produce a lot of bad stuff as well, my responce to that is what popular show/ movie hasn't? Franken vader, jar jar binks, porkins, terrible love plots. Star wars has added all that to our popular...
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    Music - girly, melancholy, romantic

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionist_music My music history professor and text book would disagree with you completely.
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    Feel-Good Songs

    The Dvorak cello concerto This piece of music is absolutely beautiful. I like barbershop so i will also show you guys both great pieces of music. I dont know why the second song makes me feel good actually. Its a very sad song.
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    Music - girly, melancholy, romantic

    I am sorry but Claude Debussy isnt a romantic composer. He is the impressionist. A good example of a romantic composer would be Franz List.
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    80's music, what happened to it?

    I see for some reason you failed to mention the actual bands like Judas priest, Manowar, Iron Maiden, and Dio, ect. Pop music has always been shit and we should just learn to accept it. Pop= lowest common denominator and ever since the Beetles it has gotten lower and lower. When you are bitching...
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    The Escapist Presents: The Costumes of Dragon*Con

    Dragoncon was the best 3 days of my entire life. I was in a star trek costume/ jane cob costume all 3 days. next year i dont know what ill go as. Speaking of Star trek the star trek after party was DJ was garrett wong (ensign kim) and there was a break dancing circle. Naturally we were all in...
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    John Williams and why he isnt a great composer.

    I was trying to show that it is possible to take a great theme and turn it into something so much more with just a little variation. Great composition relies more than just a great melody. Would of the point gone along a lot better if i would of used a theme from a different composer? I am sorry...
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    John Williams and why he isnt a great composer.

    What concert piece are you talking about his best piece is "the cowboys" and i have listen/played a lot of it. (if you'll pay me i will play just about anything) It isnt that great while it works as a thematic material it does very little else. I dont get any variation and it's usually stagnatic...