IRC log for #sporewiki on 20151008

00:00.46HachimanA Big Rip scenario would be certain to deny that though
00:02.21Wormy_I can understand shrugging off the possibility of a higher purpose.  For me, I believe that meaning can emerge out of meaningless matter, at the level of intelligence.
00:03.36Wormy_What I am is a rational optimist.  Unlike utopian optimists, rational optimists believe in a theory of failure:  understanding why problems happen and things go wrong
00:04.00Wormy_Problems are inevitable, but they are also solvable
00:04.57Wormy_So lets imagine our civilisation at the end of the universe:  they might live forever in their simulation, but they still have to manage their computation and will encounter problems they will have to solve, possibly new ones
00:09.41Wormy_I think nihilism is probably a lot more intelligent than the way its used as an excuse however
00:09.53HachimanYeah of course
00:10.02HachimanEch bedtime
00:17.40TekDroidWell there were some interesting space agency presentationd
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00:21.17Wormy_cool
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00:34.02OpelSpeedsterDamn, Cyrannian's not here
00:34.23OpelSpeedsterWas hoping to discuss something with him
00:34.25OpelSpeedsterah welp
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00:36.18The_RandomnessHello
00:38.13OpelSpeedsterHi
00:40.22The_RandomnessI think I spent something like 8 hours today working on stuff for my computer science classes
00:42.47OpelSpeedsterWhat exactly have you done?
00:43.21The_RandomnessMost of it was for this really neat assignment that's mainly bitwise operations
00:44.21OpelSpeedsterAh
00:44.37The_RandomnessDoing things like replicating the functionality of the boolean not operator (returns 1 if the number is 0, returns 0 otherwise), doing division by a power of 2, etc.
00:49.27OpelSpeedsterOh! I learned stuff like that earlier this year too
00:49.28Wormy_Random:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-amazing-announcement-pluto-alan-stern-a6684981.html#
00:49.30Wormy_http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-amazing-announcement-pluto-alan-stern-a6684981.html
00:49.42The_RandomnessOh neat
00:49.45OpelSpeedsterBut the subject has changed and got more intense lately, so I forgot most about it
00:50.39OpelSpeedsterWormy_: Hype
00:51.47Wormy_I will hype up anything space related.
00:51.50OpelSpeedsterHeh, I thought I lived in an era where it's too late to explore the Earth but too early to explore the Universe, but with the discoveries we're making lately I'd say I'm satisfied
00:52.12OpelSpeedsterBetter get the Hype Train ready, then
00:52.54Wormy_I think it might be present geological activity, such as geysers.  Pluto is warmer inside than it should be.
00:53.16Wormy_It is very similar to Triton
00:53.21OpelSpeedsterHm, yeah, it could be that.
00:53.32Wormy_Or maybe a new moon?
00:53.40OpelSpeedsterDoes it also make tectonic plate movement a possibility?
00:53.45Wormy_Though it would have to be tiny
00:53.58OpelSpeedsterEh, I don't think a new moon would be possible, it would need to be a bit big to make enough tidal heating to heat Pluto's core
00:54.04OpelSpeedsterAnd if it's big then we would have spotted it by now
00:54.10OpelSpeedsterI could be wrong about the tidal heating part though
00:54.21Wormy_Hm, I don't think its war, enough for that, must it does have regions than look like glaciers
00:54.29Wormy_*warm
00:54.32OpelSpeedster"I don't think it's war"
00:54.35Wormy_*but it does
00:55.24Wormy_inb4 UFO base!]
00:55.24OpelSpeedsterWell, nevertheless a body with geological activity would be quite a find
00:56.29Wormy_Well, it would make Pluto very mysterious, some scientists already think it may have collided with another dwarf planet to stay as warm as it seems to be
00:57.17OpelSpeedsterWould such a collision explain why it has differently-coloured spots, or that's related to something else?
00:58.03Wormy_Well it may.  Some regions of the surface seem to be young, suggesting resurfacing events of ice
01:01.15Wormy_As for bringing up a new moon (or should I say moonlet?), I meant it as a separate question, whether or not tidal heating is enough I doubt.  It would obviously have to be small enough for Hubble not to spot it
01:01.48Wormy_Anyway, goodnight.
01:01.51OpelSpeedsterNight.
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07:47.11HachimanHai
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08:43.19CyrannianHi
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08:58.09ImpyDroidSalam aleikum
09:00.51HachimanHello
09:02.45HachimanI need ideas for Old and New Wind Colossi
09:03.16HachimanOne idea I had was a gargantuan griffin
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10:17.04HachimanHello Imp
10:19.21ImpyDroidhi
10:45.32ImpyDroidThe Old Colossus of Wind could be a serpent of some kind
10:45.49ImpyDroidThe New One - a genie perhaps?
10:46.07ImpyDroid<PROTECTED>
10:48.16HachimanI did say before you disconnected that I was thinking at least one of them could be a griffon
10:48.43HachimanNot entirely fond of the idea of anymore humanoid Colossi
10:49.04ImpyDroidA non-humanoid djinn?
10:52.01ImpyDroidMaybe shaped like a bird
10:52.25HachimanThat kinda evades the point of a djinn hur
10:53.57ImpyDroidWho says djinn have to be human-shaped hur
10:55.08ImpyDroid"A few traditions (hadith), divide jinn into three classes: those who have wings and fly in the air, those who resemble snakes and dogs, and those who travel about ceaselessly.[14] described them as creatures of different forms; some resembling vultures and snakes, others tall men in white garb.[15] They may even appear as dragons, onagers, or a number of other animals.[16]"
10:55.10ImpyDroidThere
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10:55.56ImpyDroidThough maybe jinn could fit more as elementals
10:56.27HachimanYeah, djinn, in D&D at least, are more inclined towards being elementals rather than demigods or deities
10:58.10ImpyDroidAlso kind of close to demons
10:59.03ImpyDroidBut aren't most Colossi just oversized and overpowered versions of other magical creatures though
10:59.42HachimanA few are, a few aren't
10:59.46ImpyDroidPhoenixes, dragons, wyverns, giant serpents, etc
10:59.52HachimanMore like other magical creatures are diddy versions of Colossi hur
11:00.10HachimanColossi are supposed to be like personified aspects of nature
11:00.16HachimanAnd magic schools
11:00.33ImpyDroidI mean in terms of appearance
11:01.08ImpyDroidAnd meta
11:01.44HachimanWell yeah, I kinda suppose
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11:32.25HachimanHi Panda
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11:46.54Wormy_hi
11:47.50HachimanHi Worm
11:49.40Wormy_This TED talk goes over some of what we were talking about last night - "Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQliI_WGaGk
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11:49.56dromHai
11:50.18dromWhat's next? Punished_Ink?
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11:51.41Wormy_Can't wait to find out what this Pluto announcement will be
11:51.52dromWormy_: Heh "Stop right there, you chemical scum!"
11:52.39dromThat would make a good one-line for non-organic life arresting that's not silicon-based life
11:53.56Wormy_I don't know about that.  Maybe virtual life or nuclear life, if such things can exist, and even they are analogous to chemistry
11:57.19dromOr even spiritually ascended/descended lif
11:57.21dromlife
11:57.52Wormy_*Gets physicalist on your ass*
11:59.05dromNah man, Sporewikiverse is already gaseous, and it will forever be
12:00.14Wormy_I forget what universe we talk about sometimes.
12:00.57Wormy_Actually I'm not a physicalist, since I believe in abstractions
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12:18.57dromWormy_: http://i.imgur.com/xMvMsy5.webm
12:21.41dromWormy_: http://i.imgur.com/z6LmfzQ.png
12:23.00Wormy_"I'll have what he's having"
12:24.47Wormy_Rich coming from France standing there, we just overtook their economy
12:25.04Wormy_All of Europe failings imo
12:25.19Wormy_I for one will welcome our Chinese Overlords
12:29.09Wormy_Eh, I find the post a bit extreme:  Jumping from joking about our food to Lee Rigby is a bit far
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12:30.26GhelaeHello.
12:31.05Wormy_hi
12:32.12Wormy_Ghelae:  Did you know they are going to announce a discovery on Pluto later?
12:32.39GhelaeNo, I didn't.
12:32.50Wormy_http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-amazing-announcement-pluto-alan-stern-a6684981.html
12:33.49GhelaeSo they're being very secretive about it.
12:34.01Wormy_I think it coiuld either be:  A) geological activity like geysers  B) evidence of a subterranean ocean C) Alien base
12:34.21GhelaeOr D) a confirmation that Pluto is, in fact, a giant space dragon.
12:34.31Wormy_Or that
12:35.46dromE) Pluto will be once again after years of humlitation, considered as a planet
12:36.14dromI still consider Pluto a planet
12:36.20GhelaeOr F) a hoax. https://twitter.com/NewHorizons2015/status/651819788553990144
12:37.29Solid_InkWot?
12:37.52Wormy_Then I will have been pranked big time
12:37.52dromG) a hoax of a hoax
12:39.36Wormy_"BIG New Horizons science announcement tomorrow"
12:39.38Wormy_BIG
12:39.49Wormy_So that means there might be a smaller announcement
12:41.04Wormy_H) Not a hoax, but a cynic
12:42.05Tek0516Hello
12:42.10dromI) Overhyped small news that we already know
12:42.14dromHello
12:45.48Ghelaehttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/06/pluto-charon-photos-nasa-new-horizons-data
12:45.56Wormy_Ghelae:  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v526/n7572_supp/full/526S16a.html
12:46.11Ghelae"The space agency plans to unveil new data and images on Thursday." So looks like drom's option I).
12:48.58GhelaeWormy_: Hmm.
12:49.06Wormy_I can't seem to find the origin of Alan Stern's quote, either he didn't say it or did, but didn't realise how out of context it was.
12:50.58GhelaeI assume the latter. Of course to him and everyone involved it's all amazing, and of course he's not allowed to release information before the official release. All business as usual for New Horizons.
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13:02.58JepardiHi
13:05.28GhelaeHello.
13:14.43Tek0516Wormy_: Found this earlier. You might find it amusing. http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/
13:15.18Wormy_"DEPARTMENT OF DECONSTRUCTION"
13:16.13Tek0516It's amazing how incoherent it is yet still sounds like actual Postmodernism. :P
13:16.52Wormy_"Lyotard"
13:17.11Wormy_I'm guessing this is a mock journal?
13:17.19Wormy_Or maybe not hur
13:17.23Tek0516Random generator.
13:17.58Tek0516Randomly generated postmodernism papers. XD
13:18.18Wormy_They also have a Time Cube version
13:20.20Wormy_Tek0516:  Try this game http://snarxiv.org/vs-arxiv/
13:20.43Wormy_Real science papers vs. randomly generated ones
13:23.08Tek0516I got 6 out of 10 so far
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13:25.13Wormy__hi
13:48.59dromhttp://i.imgur.com/IxoD7NX.jpg
13:50.22Wormy__Ghelae:  Oh well, there is this to be excited about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWfr04BZaI8
13:50.47Wormy__lol
13:52.25dromhttp://i.imgur.com/L0VoWT9.png
13:53.33GhelaeWormy__: The obvious explanation is giant space dragons breathing fire.
13:56.59GhelaeIt suprised me how easy it was to bring them into it. I think space dragons are actually a fine example of a theory with poor explanatory power. They're easily modified - because dragons can do whatever they want - and difficult to falsify - because they're arbitrarily good at hiding.
14:05.07Wormy__Yep
14:13.02Wormy__If the Greeks had known the seasons are opposite in the southern hemisphere, they could easily have varied their myth, even with slightly scientific sounding reasoning, that Persephone banishes heat from her vicinity.
14:14.43Wormy__And indeed predictions with low explanatory power can be testable too.  So I like the idea that before it even matters that an explanation is testable, it has to be hard to vary while still being testable
14:15.47Wormy__Unfortunately, some experimental scientists that scorn quantum gravity theories as "unfalisfiable" don't seem to take this into account.
14:17.23Wormy__http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1653
14:23.34GhelaeOne thing that blog seems to miss is the difference between "facts" and "theories". Going deep into epistemology there's no real boundary between the two, but it's a useful concept for science. A fact is some experimental observation and a hypothesis is a prediction of such an observation, and so can usually be verified but not always falsified. "Zebras exist", an example given in the blog, is an example of a fact rather than a theory
14:25.21GhelaeMeanwhile, a theory is a way of connecting a series of facts and providing some overarching description or explanation to bring them together. Theories are thus often things that should be falsified, but sometimes they can be essentially verified - for example, using atoms to explain material behaviour was verified when it became possible to detect atoms.
14:26.23GhelaeThis is, as I said, a simplistic seperation between "fact"/"hypothesis" and "theory", but I think it works as a basic explanation as to why there's more than falsification in science.
14:28.22Wormy_There's a useful concept here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisimilitude .  It says that verified theories are reliable, and theories at the fringes are tentative.  It is useful when thinking about certainty, it is easy to argue science cannot be infallibly certain, but Newtonian physics and atoms and zebras see, that way
14:28.37Wormy_seem
14:29.50Wormy_What is happening here, is that theories become more and more reliable overtime, until they cannot really change under local experiences, and that means very extreme experiences (being the close to the speed of light or near a massive object) would require changes to the theory on the scale being observed
14:30.38HachimanSo, my friends posed me with a question the other day which I am struggling to answer
14:31.18dromWhat question?
14:31.45HachimanIs there anything that mankind has done that can be considered beneficial that did not come about as a consequence of calamity afflicted by mankind or as an object of self-interest for mankind
14:32.04Wormy_Anyway, I'm saying this all in agreement, from what I understand, a verified explanation would be one of these reliable ones
14:33.25HachimanMy friends argue that mankind has not done anything beneficial for the world that did not come about as an interest for mankind or as compensation for afflictions caused by mankind
14:34.20GhelaeI think that question could easily be answered "no" depending on how generally you consider those two concepts. Even if people enjoy being altruistic then it's in their self-interest to help others.
14:34.21Wormy_Hachiman:  That is quite possibly true.  However, I would disagree with the hidden meaning that humanity is unnatural or fundamentally wrongdoing.
14:35.13Wormy_Actually there is that, altruism can emerge out of self-interest
14:35.23GhelaeFor most of human history, humans have simply not had the resources to enact major changes to their surroundings without it being in their self-interest.
14:37.00HachimanThe conclusion of their argument is that due to this, humanity has no benefit to the world thus no right to exist and thrive as it does as they claim we have only hurt and damaged it
14:37.06HachimanWhich is a shitty conclusion but still
14:37.25GhelaeThat is a terrible conclusion. No other species has had any benefit to the world either.
14:38.28GhelaeWith humans damaging the earth, at least theh have something that singles out humans specifically.
14:39.04GhelaeBut it's worth noting that a lot of humans don't like damaging the earth. Your friends, I assume, are examples of this category.
14:39.11HachimanOf course
14:39.43GhelaeBut it's inevitable that self-interested people who are willing to behave unethically are the most likely people to get into positions of power, because they have more (unethical) tools available to help them get into such positions.
14:40.07Wormy_It's also a parochial conclusion.  It assumes the natural state of the world, a typical place is nature without humanity.  But a typical place in the universe is the void of intergalactic space.
14:40.17HachimanThey are also the sort to discount efforts to compensate for damage we have afflicted and consider the world as we have influenced to already be in a state of disrepair
14:40.24GhelaeSo it's not a surprise that powerful individuals and corporations throughout history have chosen to damage the environment and other people. But that doesn't say anything about the species as a whole.
14:42.32GhelaeDiscounting efforts to compensate for damage? Because the people who try to fix things are the same species as those who cause the damage?
14:42.56HachimanYes
14:43.13GhelaeIt's a fairly common point of view, and also stupid.
14:43.53GhelaeAlthough if they also believe that they, themselves, personally should be wiped off the face of the earth along with everyone else, at least they're not being hypocrites.
14:44.21GhelaeIf they do believe that they are special for being nice environment-loving individuals, what makes them different from those people who try to fix the damage that other people have done?
14:46.27HachimanThey claim that they hate humanity and that we have damaged the world into a state where it cannot be repaired again, along with stating that we have done nothing good for the world outside of compensation or self-interest, yet they are also tied to self-interest in the same way most of us are which is probably why they have not committed suicide yet
14:46.57HachimanThat or they crave the attention or believe themselves to be "realists" thus more enlightened than others
14:47.12GhelaeI assume the latter is the main motivation for their point of view.
14:47.30Wormy_I just find it incredibly pessimistic too.  Human culture changes overtime, there is no reason why problem-solving and technological society cannot preserve the environment.  That and I dispute the very notion what we do is evil or unnatural.
14:48.22GhelaeI do agree that we have done nothing good for the earth outside of compensation or self-interest, but that's true for every species.
14:48.38Wormy_Same
14:49.15GhelaeAnd to restate my previous point (with a little extra), for most of our history we have neither had the resources nor the knowledge to do so. Which is just like every other species on the planet.
14:49.56GhelaeWhen we acquired the resources, we didn't have the knowledge, and then add the natural selective process that the less ethically-inhibited people are more able to come into power, and that's why we end up with environmental destruction instead of utopia.
14:49.59Wormy_And now times are changing.  We are beginning to understand the changes we are making.  The next big step will be to be able to act upon it.
14:50.59Wormy_Bad philosophy tends to close the ends.  It declares full understanding of the problem, and that no new knowledge can be gained.
14:51.07GhelaeUpon said environmental destruction occuring, there were no longer any improvements that could be made that weren't making up for what we'd already done.
14:51.48Wormy_If we lived in an authoritary under such individuals, we would be in the worst kind of Dark Age imaginable.  And we would really solve anything when it objectively could be.
14:52.09Wormy_*we wouldn't really solve anything
14:52.30GhelaeSo for all people's efforts, we as a species do have an "environmental debt", so to speak. I just don't think it's reasonable to assume that says the entire species is evil.
14:56.16Wormy_I just watched a spider consume an entire fly in less than a second
14:56.51Wormy_It landed on the web and the spider didn't even bother to wrap it up
14:57.37HachimanJesus
14:57.40HachimanNow that is evil
15:00.18Wormy_There were 4 or 5 spiders on my window, now there is only this one.  It either kicked them out or ate them
15:00.34Wormy_This is on the outside of said window
15:01.42Wormy_funny tweets https://twitter.com/neiltyson
15:02.37Wormy_Niel also positively supports Edward Snowden
15:13.14Wormy_Hachiman:  Some people argue humanity brings more beauty and life into the world http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v526/n7572_supp/full/526S16a.html
15:13.22Wormy_See the last question
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15:25.11HachimanHai
15:25.22OluapPlayerbleh
15:25.49GhelaeHello.
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15:54.01ImperiosÐø
15:54.03ImperiosHi
15:54.13ImperiosBah wher are the Brits
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15:54.49ImperiosI called for Brits and Brits answered
15:55.08ImperiosGhel: Theology-wise, is the Anglican Church Protestant?
15:55.33ImperiosI heard that despite not adhering to Rome its rituals and the like are mostly Catholic-ish
15:56.17GhelCorrect. Unlike most Protestant denominations, it wasn't created due to theological differences but because Henry VII wanted religious power.
15:56.51GhelSo I think they're technically Protestant but not in an entirely conventional way.
15:56.54ImperiosYes I am aware of that
15:57.21Imperiosa\
15:57.34ImperiosAre there "normal" Protestants in UK though?
15:58.00GhelYes. Or at least there are plenty of non-Anglican churches.
15:59.41GhelI don't know whether this holds generally, but the impression I get is that all the old (e.g. medieval) churches are Anglican, while there are plenty of newer buildings which cater to other denominations.
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16:02.24GhelaeAnd in case I wasn't clear enough earlier: yes, Anglicanism is AFAIK unconventionally Catholic-like for Protestants.
16:02.31ImperiosI get the impression that newer buildings in your places are usually mosques hur
16:03.26GhelaeThere are quite a few of those too. But I've seen a lot more churches than mosques.
16:05.21ImperiosWe have one but it's BIG
16:05.26ImperiosAnd pretty old
16:06.09ImperiosI actually don't see any new religious buildings
16:06.17ImperiosJust the new ones renovated
16:06.21Imperios*old ones
16:06.59GhelaeIn my home village one old pub was turned into a church several years ago. On the other hand, another church closed down and I believe it's due to be turned into a gym.
16:07.45GhelaeThere are no mosques in the area. But there are also very few non-white people.
16:08.00ImperiosI remember that during the USSR one of the largest churches in Saint-Petersburg was made into a swimming pool
16:08.56Imperioshttp://panevin.ru/uploads/calendar/lyuteranskaya_tserkov_sv_petra_i_pavla_stanet_basseinom_1024.jpg This one
16:09.33GhelaeBeing a swimming pool suits it.
16:11.09ImperiosThat's the Lutheran church though
16:11.31ImperiosThe largest Orthodox church was made into a museum of religious history
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16:58.51LuxorHello everyone, I come with a lil' question
16:59.04Wormy_awayIn Nottingham, a church was turned into a pub
16:59.59LuxorI'm not sure I understand even small part of human history after 2015, so, would this:http://imgur.com/RNkhWim be possible?
17:00.29GhelaeAt some point it might be.
17:00.40LuxorBasically it's a raw political map for "Slav Republic" territory on Earth, but I need to know if there could be some problems with the timeline.
17:00.52Ghelaehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:European_Star_Republic is what we currently have for most of future Europe.
17:00.59LuxorAfter all it's some kind of Jozef Pilsudski's Intermarium
17:02.00Luxor**According to ESR** - let's assume that future Intermarium (Slavic Republic) is still some kind of part of this alliance.
17:02.54LuxorOh, it was dissoluted.
17:02.58LuxorMakes things easier.
17:03.03LuxorAnyway, thanks for help Ghel.
17:03.25GhelaeI get the impression he didn't actually read the page.
17:03.36GhelaeIt was "dissolved" in that it's now part of the Allied Terran Republic.
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17:03.56HachimanHai
17:04.27HachimanSo according to one source, NASA has apparently announced that Pluto has the conditions for blue skies like Earth and also indications of liquid surface water
17:04.56HachimanWell, I say liquid water, water ice rather than dry ice
17:05.12GhelaeSo... solid water.
17:05.42dromYeah, solid water
17:05.46GhelaeThose both seem plausible.
17:06.27GhelaeBlue sky only needs an atmosphere thick enough to scatter light but not containing molecules that absorb too much blue.
17:06.53Wormy_awayI'm reading that tholins are responsible for the scattering of light into the blue spectrum, rather than nitrogen.
17:07.02Hachimanhttp://www1.theladbible.com/images/content/561699d4bc3f0.jpg A coloured image of Pluto, courtesy of NASA
17:07.29HachimanIt looks more beautiful than I once envisioned it to be
17:07.39Wormy_awayBy far
17:08.18Wormy_I imagined it as a dark grey and maybe green
17:09.27dromnever forget: http://i.imgur.com/BTk1BiN.gif
17:10.58HachimanThe giant heart on Pluto's surface makes the image all the more heartwarming and breathtaking
17:12.56Wormy_indeed
17:14.32Wormy_Pluto is strange as well, it is a lot warmer inside than we predicted.  The surface geology looks recent in places and has features not seen before
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17:18.25Hachiman_Perhaps Pluto could hold life, however basic and simple, due to the presence of solid water, which I imagine would require liquid water to source from
17:19.39Wormy_The presence of tholins could indicate it
17:20.32Hachiman_If I recall, tholins are a product of methane are they not?
17:21.20Hachiman_If there is methane production on Pluto, this could be an even more exciting find
17:21.45Hachiman_NASA requires more funding pls ;-;
17:25.08Wormy_Countries too busy with escalating conflict http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34462868
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17:34.18Hachiman_Hai Imp
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17:41.58OluapPlayerCyrannian: go featured article stoof
17:42.02OluapPlayerdo*
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17:42.46CyrannianPlanning on doing it tomorrow
17:43.12Technobliteratortfw need filler before I add extragalactics to First Ottzello War
17:43.26TechnobliteratorI don't know what to add other than a badass Zr'Ahgloth going RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWR IM ZRAHGLOTH and killing Inalton
17:45.18OluapPlayeru suk at writin
17:47.16Technobliteratorya mom suks
17:47.32TechnobliteratorI did say from the beginning I'd struggle to write the war because it's so dull :P
17:49.32dromhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Supercarrier Check your fiction bragging privileges (on courtesy of Charles_Murray)
17:50.59OluapPlayerWell, you could go deeper into just Zr'Ahgloth going "rawr"
17:51.22OluapPlayerElaborate on what he's doing, how he's feeling, how his soldiers are doing/feeling, so on and so forth
17:52.09TechnobliteratorOn the Loron side, it's basically just excitement
17:52.21OluapPlayerIt's still something
17:52.37OluapPlayerSo far the war has only detailed the good guy side's point of view
17:52.41TechnobliteratorI can go into how they're so used to curbstomping everyone that they get really mad when the extragalactics suddenly pose a threat to them, so that's an idea
17:53.34Technobliteratoroh, and I can expand on Yogtam's backstory a bit
17:57.09Hachiman_This is what happens when you make a race largely one-dimensional and cannot figure out how to handle subtlety :p
17:57.48TechnobliteratorMore or less, it's why the Loron are best as protagonists in comedic stories as opposed to antagonists in background stories
17:58.13Hachiman_Orks from 40K can be written as both
17:58.30TechnobliteratorThe Loron are more light hearted than Orks
17:58.48Hachiman_That's arguable
17:59.12Technobliteratorwhich might be because the wikiverse is generally more light hearted than 40K by miles
17:59.21Technobliteratoror rather
17:59.24Technobliteratorless grimdark
17:59.33OluapPlayerSame thing hur
18:00.38Wormy_So Koreans ferment this paste that is essential to their cooking in giants pots placed along hills.  Some are left to ferment for decades, according to the BBC.
18:00.55Wormy_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27916392
18:02.04Wormy_Uh oh http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34479873
18:02.47TechnobliteratorI think it'd be a good idea to add depth to Zr'Ahgloth and Thr'aloy, seeing as they're supposed to be important Loron characters and have much less character development than the Rogue Boyz now
18:02.58Technobliteratoralright, I have tons of ideas now
18:02.59Technobliteratorthanks guys :o
18:03.00Technobliterator...I also have swimming, so it'll have to wait until after the session
18:03.01Technobliterator: |
18:03.35Hachiman_Swimming at 7PM
18:03.38Hachiman_What the hell
18:05.17Wormy_Its better to swim at night, less crowds.
18:06.22Technobliterator^
18:06.31Technobliteratorplus it's a training session
18:06.36Technobliteratorso I won't be done until like 9:30
18:06.51Hachiman_A lone woman clad in nothing but swimwear at an almost isolated swimming pool at night, sounds like the intro to a horror film to me
18:06.58Technobliterator._.
18:07.03Technobliterator.___.
18:07.08Technobliteratorbbl
18:08.27OluapPlayerkek
18:08.56Cyrannianhttps://www.facebook.com/WhispersNews/videos/10156203554490195/
18:09.56Wormy_sizes not to scale I see#
18:14.41Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/QeObg1s
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18:15.28Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/JDCxw#
18:15.30GhelaeHello.
18:15.31Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/JDCxw
18:15.35Wormy_hi
18:15.44Wormy_3 has been replaced with #
18:18.09Wormy_http://i.imgur.com/rvz9e3i.jpg
18:20.16GhelaeWormy_: Proof Jesus was an alien.
18:21.01Wormy_drom bad taxidermy http://imgur.com/gallery/v8pt5
18:21.07Wormy_I knew it all along
18:21.39dromhttp://i.imgur.com/EDA1ODl.jpg dat face
18:23.18Ghelae24 is an example of very good taxidermy, I would argue.
18:23.56dromThe chipmink riding a snake? I gotta agree on that one
18:24.05GhelaeYeah.
18:24.48Wormy_Of course, its almost as if they died instantly and then were preserved in formaldehyde.
18:26.10Wormy_http://i.imgur.com/dKd63dx.png
18:30.18Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/Z5fZjiL
18:31.49Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/TWqZjnB
18:32.37GhelaeSome of those would be quite useful.
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18:35.06ImperiosWormy_: You mean the brown soy paste?
18:35.21dromI like the superellipsis
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18:35.49Robotickinghello
18:36.00GhelaeHello.
18:36.25Wormy_Imperios:  Yes, it looks like it.  What is it like?
18:36.56Wormy_Hachiman:  I haven't verified this PETA story, but it may upset you http://imgur.com/gallery/r5MqTns
18:36.58ImperiosWell it has a very strong salty taste
18:37.07Wormy_It should upset any animal loving person
18:38.23ImperiosBest way to described is soy sauce when condensed
18:38.37ImperiosIt's good with fresh vegetables, so you may use it
18:38.51Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/XWJNLOe
18:39.07Wormy_I think I may have had it actually
18:39.12Hachiman_Animal haters disguised as animal lovers that get paid to cause people misery
18:41.10Wormy_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-anthony-cooper/whistleblower-peta-employee-allegations_b_6648696.html
18:41.36Wormy_It was people like that, which let out mink purposefully into the countryside
18:41.39OluapPlayerHow pathetic
18:41.53OluapPlayerPETA is pathetic, that is
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18:49.44OluapPlayerhttps://41.media.tumblr.com/c0debb9660f1d05bb98246a90fa93f87/tumblr_nvuzyaIPpt1ti1l9do1_1280.png
18:50.02Hachiman_hur
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19:10.00OluapPlayerThis is frustrating
19:20.55Hachiman_Fuck, I just had to miss college today
19:21.05Hachiman_One of my tutors brought in a load of taxidermied animals
19:21.14Hachiman_For our stop motion animation unit
19:28.01TekDroidO.o
19:34.28Robotickingtest
19:35.08Wormy_awayBtw, what the hell is Fantasy Dota 2?
19:35.15Wormy_awayI keep getting emails by them
19:35.26Wormy_awayWorried it might be phishing or something
19:35.40Wormy_awayI know what Dota is, but not Fantasy Dota
19:35.59OluapPlayerNever heard of
19:36.28Wormy_awayI'm also getting Holland and Barrett beauty products all the time in my spambox, like snail gel.
19:36.44Hachiman_It's not phishing
19:37.36Hachiman_Fantasy DotA is a feature which allows players to create their own team of professional players within a "Fantasy League" and compete against others
19:37.51Wormy_awayI see
19:37.58Wormy_awayProfessional players, wow
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19:49.25Hachiman_spuh
19:51.16Xhoa
19:52.26OluapPlayerspi
19:52.39Xhoi
19:55.03XhoI should start on that Ministarium of Epochs page
19:55.13XhoMicrowave of Ewoks
19:55.45OluapPlayerwork on kicath sections grrr
19:56.21XhoAh right I need to ask more users if they want to lend characters to it
19:56.38OluapPlayerBy Kicath sections I mean the Vekaron team story
19:56.39Hachiman_Can I be involved
19:56.57Xhofien
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20:40.15dromI imagine a base system where the zero is treated as the highest digit in terms of placement (e.g. Top 10)
20:40.56GhelaeLike SporeWiki's tier system?
20:41.04dromHm, yeah
20:42.18ImperiosHachiman_ OluapPlayer Xho: Our discussion with Hachi earlier this day made me realise
20:42.24ImperiosWe don't have genies in the Fantasyverse
20:42.29dromI imagine it would be a tool to troll those whose system treats 0 as an invaild value and the digit 1 as the highest value.
20:42.38OluapPlayerWe discussed with Hachi today?
20:42.47Hachiman_I discussed with Imp earlier
20:42.57Hachiman_About potential ideas for Old and New Wind Colossi
20:43.20Hachiman_I've pretty much guaranteed that at least one of those Colossi will be a giant griffon hur
20:43.29Ghelaedrom: It seems perfectly reasonable to me. Just unintuitive to anyone used to our 1-is-highest system.
20:43.46OluapPlayerSpeaking of Colossi
20:43.47ImperiosOluapPlayer: As in me and Hachi
20:43.55OluapPlayerhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction%3AVulcardentron I made this around 2 days ago
20:46.27ImperiosHe looks like a burning mouse
20:46.53dromGhelae: #programmerhumor
20:47.17drom(it's not a channel, it is a hashtag)
20:47.33XhoI said we had a lack of genies months ago
20:50.18dromGhelae TekDroid_ Wormy_away Imperios: I should get this cup http://i.imgur.com/jp3vtik.png
20:50.35TekDroid_lol
20:51.59Wormy_awaylol
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20:53.46OluapPlayerWAKE ME UP INSIDE
20:53.48TekDroid_tries to become the World's #-1 Programmer but gets an error and crashed
20:53.55Hachiman_[CAN'T WAKE UP]
20:54.23OluapPlayerAnyone said anything?
20:54.58Hachiman_Imp said Vulcardentron looks like a burning mouse
20:55.00Ghelae[21:46] <Imperios> He looks like a burning mouse
20:55.03Ghelae[21:47] <Xho> I said we had a lack of genies months ago
20:55.13GhelaeAnd that was the only fantasy stuff.
20:55.25OluapPlayerYour face is a burning mouse
20:55.37Hachiman_Ma'fest?
20:56.02Hachiman_And now you scared him off
20:56.04OluapPlayerBurned so badly he died
20:56.26dromGhelae Wormy_away TekDroid_: http://rlv.zcache.com/programming_developer_if_coffee_mug-r359f36066e4f470f99d674ff7a175ccb_x7jgr_8byvr_324.jpg
20:56.52TekDroid_lol
20:57.31Wormy_awaygood one
21:02.21dromhttp://i.imgur.com/xygc39y.jpg
21:04.43dromThis is already posted? https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/blue_skies_on_pluto-final-2.png?itok=I4-pLTkc
21:06.01GhelaeWe discussed Pluto's blue skies earlier, but didn't see that picture.
21:09.01Technobliteratorok back
21:09.29Wormy_awayhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bahar-mustafa-charged-with-sending-malicious-message-after-tweeting-kill-all-white-men-a6683241.html
21:10.11XhoTumblr Dwellers: Cannot Thrive in Real Life
21:10.16Wormy_awayGhel:  Also they tried as hard as possible to make it what the eye would see
21:10.32Wormy_awayThankfully not
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21:18.06OluapPlayerTechnobliterator: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12049457_520564564765865_9047252161906162546_n.jpg?oh=0cf6cb6f3436f3ba422ff92daa19ba10&oe=568823A2
21:18.21Technobliteratorhahahahahahaha
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21:19.05DrodoEmpireHey everyone
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21:21.51RobotickingI must go Farewell
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21:27.04Hachiman_Jesus
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21:34.35TechnobliteratorI'll see if I can't pump out 4 sections
21:34.48Technobliteratormaybe having the next whole "chapter" be Loron focused would be good
21:36.54dromTechnobliterator: I'd appericate more if you could try contacting me on IRC about your concerns or cents on my templates and alike.
21:37.08Technobliterator?
21:37.11TechnobliteratorI made a correction to it
21:37.17TechnobliteratorYou are required to add a category
21:37.27TechnobliteratorAnd the summary I added makes it quite clear
21:37.40Technobliteratorit's not like I completely rewrote it ._.
21:38.40dromI still would appericate if you could
21:39.14dromAnd, you don't put categories outside the "noinclude" tags
21:40.12Technobliteratorfuck
21:40.17TechnobliteratorI should've done that
21:40.28TechnobliteratorI'm too used to templates being wrapped in onlyincludes
21:43.05Cyrannianhttps://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12115759_805318516247005_8862796378180628660_n.jpg?oh=993087e363ff223a08792cc990bddd6c&oe=569B00B7&__gda__=1456402049_12215f4745f4e431cc40201fd985e7f0
21:44.08dromAnd regarding your question about the "usage" of BGCell, Technobliterator. You can find them in use in this page: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Supercarrier#Pre-Franconica_.28supercarrier-like_starships.29    specifically the "Class" column
21:44.30Technobliteratorah
21:44.54Technobliteratornot too bad
21:45.09Technobliteratoryou can probably use CSS for that, but a template's likely more user friendly for most people
21:45.56dromIt is also better than having to create every damn friggin class for every each possible fiction
21:49.57DrodoEmpire"Weather report interrupted by Florida man catching fish in street with his bare hands"
21:50.40Technobliteratorcan't you just use styles?
21:52.02dromTechnobliterator: No
21:52.28dromI know that I have access to the css files, but it doesn't fullfill the requirements
21:55.38dromHm, if you meant about defining a class for the "hard-coded" BGCell inline style. Then yes.
21:55.51dromBut I don't have the energy to do it tonight
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22:54.47OfficerJackalDrodoEmpire: Loud and clear!
22:55.36RobotickingIs he truly...loud and clear?
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22:56.27Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/2vlDTON
22:56.30Wormy_awayhi
22:58.30DrodoEmpireNeptune must've been *pissed* at that guy.
23:03.34Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/6sSLDNu
23:20.46Wormy_awayTrump vs. Scottish government http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34472801
23:20.54Wormy_awayThey wont lick his arse

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