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		World renowned astrophysicist dies like the inner-nerd in his soul would have wanted: In a headlock (telegraph.co.uk)		55
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Arkanaut		2012-11-29 09:31:27 AM

I would have preferred death by snu-snu, but whatever.

Mjeck		2012-11-29 09:32:45 AM

Goodbye cruel world? Really?

JMacPA		2012-11-29 09:33:34 AM

Huh, looks like Britian's self defence laws work just fine. Who knew?

neilio42		2012-11-29 09:36:21 AM

This story makes me Sikh

/DNRTFA
//I did look at pictures

darth_badger		2012-11-29 09:37:04 AM

That's just Sikh.

Nurglitch		2012-11-29 09:37:09 AM

I'm pretty sure he didn't want to die, or die like that. From the article it mentioned side-effects of anti-malaria medication, and while I've never had any anti-malaria medication I've heard that shiat is a trip. A friend of mine in university, whose father worked for the UN, claimed that every year at regular intervals her father turned the family out of the home and went crazy for a few days.

Gunny Walker		2012-11-29 09:38:37 AM

Never mess with any of the surviving Bond villians. If they can survive 007, they can beat your nerdy butt.

Drubell		2012-11-29 09:39:12 AM

Don't ever make me think Neil Tyson died again, subs.

EVERYBODY PANIC		2012-11-29 09:39:15 AM

Sikhs are gentle in peace, but under duress they are great fighters. Even being gentle, their abilities can sometimes get the better of them. This is just a sad thing all around.

Buck Henderson		2012-11-29 09:40:32 AM

"I'm terribly sorry but I've killed him, sorry Devinder."

Wow! I've gotten shiatty emails before, but damn. Pick up the phone dude.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-11-29 09:41:54 AM

Fearing for his own safety and in an attempt to calm his friend down, the devout Sikh grabbed him in a headlock and pinned him tightly to the ground.

Could have gotten much uglier.

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Buck Henderson		2012-11-29 09:42:55 AM

Nurglitch: I'm pretty sure he didn't want to die, or die like that. From the article it mentioned side-effects of anti-malaria medication, and while I've never had any anti-malaria medication I've heard that shiat is a trip. A friend of mine in university, whose father worked for the UN, claimed that every year at regular intervals her father turned the family out of the home and went crazy for a few days.

Yikes. Whatever happen to a nice gin and tonic?

Smoky Dragon Dish		2012-11-29 09:43:14 AM

Dr Sivia told the inquest he initially thought Professor Rawlings was playing dead and believed "goodbye cruel world" was a reference to a Pink Floyd song they had been listening to earlier in the day.

"I thought this might be a ploy to get me to release him because it was so melodramatic," he told the inquest.

But when he realised he was not getting up he then emailed the professor's wife to apologise for killing him.

Mrs Rawlings said: "At 2230 I got an email from Devinder saying, 'I'm terribly sorry but I've killed him, sorry Devinder'.

"I couldn't believe he was serious, neither of them were practical jokers but I was tired and had jet lag."

You can't make this shiat up.

LrdPhoenix		2012-11-29 09:46:26 AM

That's no Sikh, that's Robin Williams in disguise. You can tell by the chimpanzee arms and terribly loud fashion sense.

lantawa		2012-11-29 09:47:31 AM

Mjeck: Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Aidan		2012-11-29 09:50:07 AM

That was a farking awesome article. Pure Fark goodness.

Couple of things. One; poor mathematician! It's pretty clear he didn't intend to kill the astrophysicist.

Two; I didn't realize mathematicians were so badass. I like it. Astrophysicists better step off.

PandaPorn		2012-11-29 09:50:52 AM

Maybe he choked on his arm hair?

indarwinsshadow		2012-11-29 09:52:03 AM

Archie Goodwin		2012-11-29 09:52:42 AM

It's a shame when billions and billions of brain cells go to waste like that.

Smoky Dragon Dish		2012-11-29 09:53:54 AM

Aidan: That was a farking awesome article. Pure Fark goodness.

Couple of things. One; poor mathematician! It's pretty clear he didn't intend to kill the astrophysicist.

Two; I didn't realize mathematicians were so badass. I like it. Astrophysicists better step off.

imgs.xkcd.com

rocketpants		2012-11-29 09:55:27 AM

lantawa: Mjeck: Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Goodbye cruel world?

i281.photobucket.com

iron_city_ap		2012-11-29 09:57:19 AM

Sivia better watch his back. The first shot of the great nerd war of 2012 has been fired.

gochuck		2012-11-29 09:58:11 AM

Seriously do not want

StrikitRich		2012-11-29 09:59:49 AM

Headlock? Should have gone with a wedgie.

ObscureNameHere		2012-11-29 10:03:48 AM

Smoky Dragon Dish: Aidan: That was a farking awesome article. Pure Fark goodness.

Couple of things. One; poor mathematician! It's pretty clear he didn't intend to kill the astrophysicist.

Two; I didn't realize mathematicians were so badass. I like it. Astrophysicists better step off.

[imgs.xkcd.com image 740x308]

Yet somehow that xkcd missed Philosophy, which would be to the right of the mathematician.

Applied Philosophy = Science.

Amos Quito		2012-11-29 10:08:12 AM

OMG! Tommy Chong killed Harry Potter!

Needlessly Complicated		2012-11-29 10:08:38 AM

Nerdy people problems

Aidan		2012-11-29 10:21:41 AM

Deep Contact		2012-11-29 10:27:19 AM

How cruel to die in a headlock. In the US, he just would of been shot in the head. More effiecient, next problem.

Dirtybird971		2012-11-29 10:29:08 AM

You want a Peace of me??

/damn hippies

splashing slashie		2012-11-29 10:34:10 AM

Needlessly Complicated: Nerdy people problems

Nerd World Problems

FTFY

PapaChester		2012-11-29 10:36:08 AM

ObscureNameHere: Smoky Dragon Dish: Aidan: That was a farking awesome article. Pure Fark goodness.

Couple of things. One; poor mathematician! It's pretty clear he didn't intend to kill the astrophysicist.

Two; I didn't realize mathematicians were so badass. I like it. Astrophysicists better step off.

[imgs.xkcd.com image 740x308]

Yet somehow that xkcd missed Philosophy, which would be to the right of the mathematician.

Applied Philosophy = Science.

Nah. It's to the left of sociologists or we would have the same philosophic views as the ancient era philosophers. We do not, as when society changes, so do our view of right and wrong and other modes of thinking. But I would acquiesce that philosophy may loop around from the left of sociology and back to mathematics as the study of thinking tend to take one through all the sciences, if you are doing it right.

That being said, damn! Poor, poor Dr. Sivia. That has got to suck the biggest of donkey dicks. I can honestly say, I hope I never have to kill my best friend.

numbone		2012-11-29 10:36:13 AM

Towel head -1
Five head - 0

heavymetal		2012-11-29 10:42:53 AM

Frankenstorm		2012-11-29 10:43:00 AM

Why are Sikhs afraid of Steven?

darth_badger		2012-11-29 10:45:16 AM

neilio42: This story makes me Sikh

/DNRTFA
//I did look at pictures

shakes tiny, impotent fist ...

Bender The Offender		2012-11-29 10:47:36 AM

Frankenstorm: Why are Sikhs afraid of Steven?

Because Stevens ate nein.

swahnhennessy		2012-11-29 10:49:01 AM

Smoky Dragon Dish: You can't make this shiat up.

I suppose not. There's enough tackiness to that story that at first I assumed it was shenanigans, but by the time it all added up I realized it was just sad and awkward.

But really, who the hell emails someone to apologize for having just killed their husband?

ObscureNameHere		2012-11-29 10:49:16 AM

I heard Arthur C. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka because he was feeling a little Sikh.

No Time To Explain		2012-11-29 10:53:50 AM

kind of a sad story too

/nothing else really to say, could have ended worse?

Aidan		2012-11-29 10:54:17 AM

swahnhennessy: Smoky Dragon Dish: You can't make this shiat up.

I suppose not. There's enough tackiness to that story that at first I assumed it was shenanigans, but by the time it all added up I realized it was just sad and awkward.

But really, who the hell emails someone to apologize for having just killed their husband?

I'm guessing the mathematician ain't exactly an extrovert...

Mr.Hawk		2012-11-29 11:01:58 AM

rocketpants: lantawa: Mjeck: Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Goodbye cruel world? Really?

Goodbye cruel world?

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Is this an Onion article? Are we being had?

AbiNormal		2012-11-29 11:03:05 AM

Nightenstaff		2012-11-29 11:08:51 AM

"I'm terribly sorry but I've killed him, sorry Devinder."

Suddenly, that break up text from your girlfriend doesn't seem so impersonable.

GranoblasticMan		2012-11-29 11:30:53 AM

Bender The Offender: Frankenstorm: Why are Sikhs afraid of Steven?

Because Steven ate ~~nein~~ naan.

pDiablo		2012-11-29 11:41:26 AM

approves

ObscureNameHere		2012-11-29 11:49:53 AM

AbiNormal: ObscureNameHere: Smoky Dragon Dish: Aidan: That was a farking awesome article. Pure Fark goodness.

Couple of things. One; poor mathematician! It's pretty clear he didn't intend to kill the astrophysicist.

Two; I didn't realize mathematicians were so badass. I like it. Astrophysicists better step off.

[imgs.xkcd.com image 740x308]

Yet somehow that xkcd missed Philosophy, which would be to the right of the mathematician.

Applied Philosophy = Science.

Philosopher = Bullshiatter. Bullshiatting is not a science, it's an art.
[indiebum.files.wordpress.com image 320x240]

Try educating yourself (I know it can be a challenge for the challenged). Where do you suppose 'scientific thought' came from?

Purdue_Pete		2012-11-29 11:52:03 AM

What an astrophysicist might look like...

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Her name is Amy Mainzer... she is on "Universe" and part of NASA's JPL group. She makes space even more interesting and enjoyable to learn about...

AustinFakir		2012-11-29 12:03:42 PM

Giving evidence at the inquest Professor Rawlings' wife Linda, 50, said he had initially suffered mental health "side effects" 15-years ago after taking the controversial anti-malaria drug Lariam during a holiday to Kenya.

I read up on anti-malarial options on travelers' forums a few months ago, and many people reported side effects from Lariam. Reports of strange dreams were the most common, followed by visual disturbances that lasted long after the last dose. The thing that impressed me most was that many of the people who reported strange dreams said it was so bad they switched to a different anti-malarial for their next trip and never took Lariam again. That was scary. How bad can dreams be? They didn't described them as nightmares, just said they were "disturbing."