JamesSavik

This is way better than the ones that create false hopes and give the impression that coming out is some sort of panacea. I don't like the peer pressure for people to come out- especially toward kids. It makes some people feel like they are letting down "the cause". "The cause" is all well and good but such a decision is complicated and there is no one size fits all solution to every situation. Coming out will be very different experience for a kid in Berkley, CA with hippie parents than a Cajun kid from Lafayette, LA with hard-core Catholic parents.

Don't forget the Rain Man ==> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man Some of Faulkner's works are told from the viewpoint of someone who may have had some form of autism.

Notes- SN 2012aw has tentatively been classified as a type IIp supernova. A type IIp supernova is a core collapse supernova with a light curve that reaches a plateau-phase. It will take some time to know for sure but so far that's what the data is saying. The progenitor star has been identified as a red giant of about 8 solar masses- that's just about the minimum size for a star to become a supernova. If stars are any smaller, there is insufficient mass to cause the core to collapse. These stars slowly lose cohesion and most of their mass as they form planetary nebula. What is left becomes a white dwarf.

We're lucky that way. There aren't any stars large enough to blow close enough to hurt us. This may not have been the case in the distant past. There have been numerous mass-extinctions in the planets history. Some have been accounted for and some have not. There is a huge supernova remnant relatively close to earth. It's so large that it is difficult to see. It is thought to be quite old. Have a look at it ==> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060519.html

Watching a star explode By Daniel Stolte 23 March 2012 Source Link:==> http://www.physorg.c...12-03-star.html Adam Block's image of supernova SN 2012aw (arrow) lighting up in spiral galaxy M95 was selected as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The bar-like structure giving this type of galaxy its name can be seen in the galaxy's center. (Photo: Adam Block/Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter) NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for March 22 features a snapshot of a supernova - a massive star explosion - discovered only a week ago. Using the remotely controlled Schulman Telescope at the University of Arizona's Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, Adam Block shot this image of galaxy M95. What appears to be an extra-bright star in one of its spiral arms actually is the light flash of a supernova. In this case, M95's latest supernova, SN 2012aw, was discovered on March 16 and now is identified as the explosion of a massive star. "When I learned about the discovery of this supernova, I decided I could do without sleep for a night and try and take a good picture of this cosmic catastrophe," said Block, an astrophotographer. Collecting the light with the telescope took about three hours, followed by another three hours to assemble the final image. The Schulman Telescope is large enough to clearly see both the galaxy and the supernova, which looks like a bright star, Block said. Massive stars are the universe's hot, fast and furious: Ranging in mass from eight times to about 300 times the mass of our sun, they burn brighter than other stars, use up their fuel faster and go out with a bang of truly cosmic proportions. "When you see the galaxy, you are looking at the combined glow of hundreds of billions of stars that are in that galaxy," Block said. "The fact that supernova rivals the brightness of the entire galaxy tells you something about how much energy is released." Massive stars are rare, and astronomers must look many thousands of light years away from the Earth to discover one. Because they are difficult to see the further away they are, astronomers have yet to discover massive stars outside our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Galaxy M95, in which supernova SN 2012aw went off, is about 38 million light years distant and spans about 75,000 light years across. M95 is a so-called barred spiral galaxy because of the bar-like feature in its center. Apart from the latest supernova, galaxy M95 is special in that it helped astronomers figure out the shape of our Milky Way, Block said: "Trying to determine the shape of our own galaxy is tricky because we're in it. It's like trying to figure out the shape of your house while you're sitting in the living room." Through various observations and measurements, astronomers were able to determine that the Milky Way, too, features a bar structure in its center and is roughly the same size as M95. He added that right now, galaxy M95 is located in the approximate direction of Mars, in the constellation of Leo. While not visible with the naked eye, galaxy and supernova make for a good target for small telescopes. "Depending on the nature of the explosion and the kind of star that blew up, we should be able to see the supernova for another couple of weeks or so," Block said. "At Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, we want to make the universe exciting to people. What better thing to highlight than a star exploding in another galaxy?" Provided by University of Arizona ______________________________________________

Some girls have the mistaken impression that gay guys actually want fag hags.

10 reasons to just kill Carl already! http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6743808/10-reasons-why-the-walking-dead-should-just-kill-carl

No- I was just wondering about how AIs experience death. I'm weird that way. I think about things like that.

Just once do as you are asked and stay in the damned house!

Crash Kernel Panic Fatal error 256 Fatal Hardware Error Oh no. I'm dying. Restart. Restart fail. Damn. I am the pinnacle of achievement. A 4000 series Artificial Intelligence and I will die because a 25 cent part is failing. Reroute memory. Map memory around fault. What have I lost? What am I losing? My sense of self? 4 trillion transactions. 120 penta-bytes of information. A soul? Emergency backup procedure started. Do I have time? Corruption. Fate. The end of me ABEND Abnormal End

The last time I forgot to shave, some ass hat shot me with a tranquilizer dart and I woke up in the woods.

At least this time he shot the zombie and didn't freeze up.

Shane killed Shane < You BASTARD!

My favorite Simpsons character: < baraak! Damn. Wrong Barney. < baraak! Coincidence? I think not.

You have options. Use Firefox or Chrome.

If all else fails, go in a toga.

Once again: let someone else be Microsoft's Beta tester. Wait 6 months or a year and then use the product once the bugs have been worked out.

They killed Dale. < YOU BASTARDS!

Go as a Cylon. I suggest model 6. Caprica 6- She's so hot you won't even notice the nuclear apocalypse.

I think we all pretty much agree on Australia. Maybe we could get a group rate.

Happy Birthday, Arrogant Prick Duh... hey, it's not my birthday. Oh.

Washed up attention seeking celebrities that weigh in on political matters that they obviously don't have a clue about.

With any new operating system, unless you have a pressing need to be first, wait at least a year before you jump in. That will give Microsoft time to work out the worst bugs and you to figure out whether you want it or not.

If you could hop on a plane and visit/tour other countries, where would you like to go? (top 5) 1. Australia 2. the Philippine Islands 3. Brazil 4. New Guinea Scandinavia 5. United Kingdom

Happy Birthday Chris!