Is it time for my orgasm yet?

That can't be a real pic.

It's a streetlight

Where is that? Gots to be pretty far north. It's beautiful.

There are four lights......

At least the days start to get longer now.

/farking winter... grumble grumble

kilgorn

'Chain Of Command, Part II'.

There are forty-one lights!

Very cool.

kilgorn:

There are four lights......

There are 41 lights.

/by that much

Cosmic Crab:

There are forty-one lights!

OK, I missed it by this much.

SherKhan: Cosmic Crab:

There are forty-one lights!

OK, I missed it by this much.

Only off by one.

/really wanted it to be 42

scansinboy: At least the days start to get longer now.

/farking winter... grumble grumble

Except if it stays cloudy until April like it does here. Even if you do keep sunlight there's very little of it.

All those suns, no wonder we have global warming.

Wiccans aren't the only people that celebrate solstice.

/Zoroastrian
//slowly starting to get used to being left out of any discussion of religion or religious practices.

albuquerquehalsey:

That is the coolest render of Ringworld I've seen.

albuquerquehalsey

One thing about living on Ringworld I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.

/repeat joke

From TFA:

This striking composite image follows the Sun's path through the December Solstice day of 2005 in a beautiful blue sky, looking down the Tyrrhenian Sea coast from Santa Severa toward Fiumicino, Italy. The view covers about 115 degrees in 43 separate, well-planned exposures from sunrise to sunset.

Persepolis: /Zoroastrian
//slowly starting to get used to being left out of any discussion of religion or religious practices.

I sometimes pretend to be Zoroastrian in atheism threads. So, I'm not sure if that helps you feel less left out, or just offended.

albuquerquehalsey

I hate that map, people always spawn-camp.

/lol

t3knomanser: I sometimes pretend to be Zoroastrian in atheism threads. So, I'm not sure if that helps you feel less left out, or just offended.

Hey, if you know what you're talking about, I'll take it. We need all the representation we can get.

/I hope you had a good (albeit, maybe fake) shabeh yalda last night.

itsfullofstars

Santa Severa toward Fiumicino

The Little River band?

Q..Which way is the camera facing?

/trivia?

Interesting stuff on solstice in link below.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm

kilgorn: Q..Which way is the camera facing?

/trivia?

Since it's December and the winter solstice, it must be in the northern hemisphere, therefore, south.

/have tried to explain navigating by cardinal directions to the girlie repeatedly
//is this one of those things where men's brains are wired differently than women's? or is it just her?

kilgorn: Q..Which way is the camera facing?

/trivia?

Up.

Away.

Up and away.

Up up and away?

Persepolis: /Zoroastrian
//slowly starting to get used to being left out of any discussion of religion or religious practices.













what's that all about then?

Black Moses: what's that all about then?

Very simple. Existence = (Good vs. evil). You have free will and a mind that can determine which one to choose. Your actions(thoughts, words, deeds) will strengthen either one of them. You should choose to strengthen good.


The rest is just details.

eqtworld: says who?

Me and my understanding of things for myself.

I think therefore I am.

/So... what's to say I really exist and can think for myself?
//who wants to know?

WTF MATES its summer. crikey !

Beautiful pic.

But, and I am just spitballing here, not trying to bring anyone down, but wouldn't the shadow on the tree be all over the ground if this were 'several exposures'?

/sumpin' aint right...

does anyone else think it's pretty neat that we live in an age in which we can see a picture, digitally edited, showing the entire path of the sun in one frame, the day that it was taken? This just seems to embody the day we live in.

There are FORTY-ONE streetlights!

kilgorn Q..Which way is the camera facing?

Uh...... toward the sun?

insert cliche here: does anyone else think it's pretty neat that we live in an age in which we can see a picture, digitally edited, showing the entire path of the sun in one frame, the day that it was taken? This just seems to embody the day we live in.

You don't need too much technology for a shot like this. Film cameras could do this picture, too.

/I don't mean to pick on you. Just providing information.

eqtworld: you beg the question

While I see the similarities, I don't think this is entirely begging the question here, and I don't see it as a fallacy.

I'm saying I know myself to be able to think and determine things for myself by virtue of existing. As in, I'm the person typing this.. I'm the person struggling to cap off this post. (As far as I know, that's the only absolute I know of) You might be a daydream I'm having or something. Or a chat bot.

thomasde: Beautiful pic.

But, and I am just spitballing here, not trying to bring anyone down, but wouldn't the shadow on the tree be all over the ground if this were 'several exposures'?

/sumpin' aint right...

and why has no one tried to explain the lens flares on the 3 suns?

eqtworld: Then I would not have free will.

For you, not for me.

As I said. This is my understanding for me.

If some guy is standing next to me, I can punch him or I can let him be.

I don't know if it would really hurt him or not if I do punch him, but I know I'm the one throwing said punch, and I believe it's not the right thing to do, so I (for myself) choose not to throw that punch.

nosajghoul: thomasde: Beautiful pic.

But, and I am just spitballing here, not trying to bring anyone down, but wouldn't the shadow on the tree be all over the ground if this were 'several exposures'?

/sumpin' aint right...

and why has no one tried to explain the lens flares on the 3 suns?

its less a lens flare than shot at different aperture, prolly a higher f#

I think the camera faces south, but I'm having a time
believing this was taken in Italy...

eqtworld: I would rather see photos of hot naked Wicca girls..

You'd rather see photos of pale chubby girls with acne?

Persepolis: /Zoroastrian
//slowly starting to get used to being left out of any discussion of religion or religious practices.

Well, you can promote Mazda in the car threads

Persepolis: Wiccans aren't the only people that celebrate solstice.

/Zoroastrian
//slowly starting to get used to being left out of any discussion of religion or religious practices.

I was amazed to learn there were still Zoroastrians in the world. In Canada to, of all places.

eqtworld: Physics is relative but not subjective. There is either fate or free will. not both.

It's impossible to know for sure.

It is possible to know as far as I'm concerned, and that's what I base my belief in.

I'm not saying it's fact. It's faith. And there's nothing wrong with it.

/at least I try to make this world daydream of a magic superbeetle in another universe a better place through my actions. I think that's the important thing.

mrswelborne: Interesting stuff on solstice in link below.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm

Very interesting link; thank you and happy new year!

Coolest farked link I've seen all day.

I try to make this ... a better place through my actions. I think that's the important thing.

Hear Hear!