FARK.com: (7553281) "The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy" -Dr. Eldon Tyrell

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		"The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy" -Dr. Eldon Tyrell (npr.org)		35
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Arkanaut		2013-01-24 09:23:21 AM

Who submitted this, RoyBatty?

theorellior		2013-01-24 09:24:20 AM

I guess you first have to see attack ships burning off the shoulder of Orion.

Solon Isonomia		2013-01-24 09:28:42 AM

theorellior: I guess you first have to see attack ships burning off the shoulder of Orion.

I know I saw the c-beams glitter last week when I was at Tannhauser Gate, but it was kinda dark.

A Drunken Clam		2013-01-24 09:29:40 AM

"When the sun has set, no candle can replace it." - Ser Loras Tyrell

Cythraul		2013-01-24 09:29:54 AM

Solon Isonomia: theorellior: I guess you first have to see attack ships burning off the shoulder of Orion.

I know I saw the c-beams glitter last week when I was at Tannhauser Gate, but it was kinda dark.

I saw those moments too. But then I lost them, like tears, in rain.

dragonchild		2013-01-24 09:33:10 AM

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

"Uh, yeah. Except we got it on camera."

Jodeo		2013-01-24 09:34:20 AM

90:10
Seventy years is all we have-
eighty years, if we are strong;
yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow;
life is soon over, and we are gone.

(David the psalmist, who was told there'd be no math.)

Nonrepeating Rotating Binary		2013-01-24 09:35:14 AM

Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

Smoky Dragon Dish		2013-01-24 09:41:56 AM

Now "And She Was" by the Talking Heads is stuck in my head.

www.npr.org

cgraves67		2013-01-24 09:42:02 AM

Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

And small dog breeds live longer, in general, than large dog breeds. There are a lot of exceptions to his hypothesis.

TheGogmagog		2013-01-24 09:43:16 AM

RIP, Tyrell Lannister
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Smoky Dragon Dish		2013-01-24 09:44:09 AM

A Drunken Clam: "When the sun has set, no candle can replace it." - Ser Loras Tyrell

"There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: "Not today."
-Syrio Forel of Braavos

Kome		2013-01-24 09:44:29 AM

/hot, like candles burning twice as bright

Smoky Dragon Dish		2013-01-24 09:45:28 AM

TheGogmagog: RIP, ~~Tyrell~~Tywin Lannister
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FIFY, unless I missed something....

Grither		2013-01-24 09:45:45 AM

Man, dinosaurs must've lived forever!

Smoky Dragon Dish		2013-01-24 09:47:11 AM

Grither: Man, dinosaurs must've lived forever!

They did. They lived until the Great Flood about 5000 years ago.

Mad_Radhu		2013-01-24 09:52:16 AM

Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

Also cats can often live 20 years or more while large breeds of dogs usually don't make it past 10 years of age.

What I heard is a better correlation is the frequency of reproduction. Animals that reproduce quickly tend to have evolved to have shorter lifespans than ones that reproduce at slower paces.

Smoky Dragon Dish		2013-01-24 09:58:28 AM

Mad_Radhu: Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

Also cats can often live 20 years or more while large breeds of dogs usually don't make it past 10 years of age.

What I heard is a better correlation is the frequency of reproduction. Animals that reproduce quickly tend to have evolved to have shorter lifespans than ones that reproduce at slower paces.

I thought it was the other way around... animals that have shorter lifespans evolved to reproduce quickly.

Cheron		2013-01-24 09:59:24 AM

So the brighter the shorter your life

/I guess most of the posters in the politics tab are near immortal then

whosits_112		2013-01-24 10:08:47 AM

Smoky Dragon Dish: TheGogmagog: RIP, TyrellTywin Lannister
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FIFY, unless I missed something....

images.wikia.com

You see, it's kind of become a meme on fark to use the "R.I.P." thing and a picture involving someone unrelated, and even to twist up the name, to be sorta similar to the picture and... ah fuggedaboudit.

Whack-a-Mole		2013-01-24 10:09:20 AM

My first thought after clicking the link

Life-Line

trapped-in-CH		2013-01-24 11:15:50 AM

I'm gonna live forever.... I'm not gonna die...

wiredroach		2013-01-24 11:42:24 AM

"Not an easy thing...to meet your maker."

Irregardless		2013-01-24 11:55:07 AM

Birth, copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks
Birth, copulation and death. - T. S. Elliot, Sweeney Agonistes

Tsar_Bomba1		2013-01-24 12:32:51 PM

But I want more life... farker!

//can't believe I'm the first

LesserEvil		2013-01-24 12:45:41 PM

So... a bunch of time lapse images of plants drying up and set on a loop is somehow proof that all life has a "pulse"?

Really?

mongbiohazard		2013-01-24 01:37:44 PM

cgraves67: Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

And small dog breeds live longer, in general, than large dog breeds. There are a lot of exceptions to his hypothesis.

Yeah, I'm pretty skeptical about this "finding". It seems like less of a law and more of a "well, it works out like that a lot of times".

Magorn		2013-01-24 01:57:13 PM

You all get what every living thing gets: One lifetime

/woke up this morning remembering the smell of mammoths

RoyBatty		2013-01-24 02:00:18 PM

Arkanaut: Who submitted this, RoyBatty?

Not me, but I would scrape subby's netflix list any time!

Wook		2013-01-24 03:17:14 PM

Smoky Dragon Dish: Grither: Man, dinosaurs must've lived forever!

They did. They lived until the Great Flood about 5000 years ago.

Oh wait, I get it. If one believes in God, then regardless of education or job function, we're all a bunch stupid hicks living 2000yrs in the past.

HemlockStones		2013-01-24 06:24:02 PM

Call me a quibbler, too. Yes nothing is ever 100% in biology, but when you posit a theory and an impartial observer can think of literally dozens of exceptions, your response is to claim "minor details"? Sheesh.

tzzhc4		2013-01-24 07:09:37 PM

RoyBatty: Arkanaut: Who submitted this, RoyBatty?

Not me, but I would scrape subby's netflix list any time!

Really? What is your opinion of "Silent Running"?

RatMaster999		2013-01-24 07:19:09 PM

This little guy passed away this morning...not getting a kick...

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-01-24 08:49:08 PM

Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: Well, except that Turtles, Parrots and humans live longer than Horses, Cows, Bison; for just a few examples.

So this isn't exactly true.

Are you some kind of life extension nutter? We only live a few decades, that's it. But the species will last as long as the universe, did you know that? It's a fact.

Useless Destruction of Exergy		2013-01-24 09:36:56 PM

trapped-in-CH: I'm gonna live forever.... I'm not gonna die...

"Believe me, Captain, immortality consists largely of boredom" - Zefram Cochrane

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