Is this forum software limited to 20-post pages? I think I looked and couldn't find it (yeah, I know, there's another thread I can ask this on). I had the old software set to display 50 posts per page. BTW, check out the posts-per-page options on https://www.mersenneforum.org/ ...
A Betelgeuse occultation seems a bit unfortunate for the public, who may confuse it with the star's recent light output variability, and add to fear that it will go nova/supernova.
A Betelgeuse occultation seems a bit unfortunate for the public, who may confuse it with the star's recent light output variability, and add to fear that it will go nova/supernova.
It’s 600 LY away - so no issues when it goes super nova. When it does, it will be as bright as a full moon and visible in daylight. Unfortunately, it could pop anytime between now and 1 million yrs into the future - so the chances of seeing it are quite small.
I'm more likely to "pop", so in the words of Alfred E. Neuman, "What, Me Worry?".
I looked on the Web. You can get back issues but you have to sign up. It was a very funny mag and some of the artists characterisations were superb.
But this simply shows that the mic is more dense/heavier than the air surrounding it.....
I loved Mad Magazine when I was a kid! Humor was spot on for adolescent boys (and big boys too). Unfortunately I had to hide them from my parents, and they threw them out when the found them (and punished me as well).
I stashed some in the basement when I went to college. I was pissed when I came home and my mom had thrown them out! "I thought you outgrew that filth Eddie." No mom! Now I'm 65 years old and I still haven't outgrew them!
I stashed some in the basement when I went to college. I was pissed when I came home and my mom had thrown them out! "I thought you outgrew that filth Eddie." No mom! Now I'm 65 years old and I still haven't outgrew them!
I have the TOTALLY MAD 7 CD-ROM collection.
Contains every issue from 1952 to 1998.
Copies crop up on e by gum bay.
The full box artwork can be viewed here: https://archive.org/details/TotallyMad1999Artwork/01-Totally_Mad_1999_front.jpg
Contains every issue from 1952 to 1998.
Copies crop up on e by gum bay.
The full box artwork can be viewed here: https://archive.org/details/TotallyMad1999Artwork/01-Totally_Mad_1999_front.jpg
I thought Mad magazine was gross & stupid when I was 12. Still do. Saw them on the bus riding to band competitions and away games. After 3 issues I quit wasting my time reading them, even when free.
They were gross and stupid. Grammar school humor is (was?) gross and stupid as well.
You sound like Joe Besser, the worst Stooge. Besser said the Three Stooges weren't funny because you always knew what was going to happen. But that's exactly why the Three Stooges were funny.
You sound like Joe Besser, the worst Stooge. Besser said the Three Stooges weren't funny because you always knew what was going to happen. But that's exactly why the Three Stooges were funny.
Let me venture a guess here - Fast Eddie still loves Looney Tunes, Indianajo hates them?
”Duck, Rabbit, Duck” - IMO, funniest cartoon of all time.
Uhhh, how do you spell ’fricaseeing’?
”Duck, Rabbit, Duck” - IMO, funniest cartoon of all time.
Uhhh, how do you spell ’fricaseeing’?
Do you want to hear some of the dirty lyrics we made up in grammar school for popular songs? I want to Catholic school so they're extra dirty.
I don't think I could post them here. But it was the 1960s, so use your imagination. Mamas and the Papas, Bob Dylan, Chuck Barry... you get the drift.
I don't think I could post them here. But it was the 1960s, so use your imagination. Mamas and the Papas, Bob Dylan, Chuck Barry... you get the drift.
I loved Looney Tunes when I was 12. Would watch occasionally when I was 30 and finally had a color TV. Been there, done that. Funniest thing since 1990was The Wrong Trousers Wallace & Grommit. Liked Roger Rabbit.
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MAD magazine was a mixture of sharp satire and cheerful madness.
Reading it was probably how I turned out so weird.
Its satirical spoof on the Consulate cigarettes advert still sticks in my mind.
The official version: Consulate cigarettes - Cool as a mountain stream.
The Mad version: Convalescent cigarettes - Cool as the nurse's hand on your brow.
Reading it was probably how I turned out so weird.
Its satirical spoof on the Consulate cigarettes advert still sticks in my mind.
The official version: Consulate cigarettes - Cool as a mountain stream.
The Mad version: Convalescent cigarettes - Cool as the nurse's hand on your brow.
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With this, I'm thinking "Hawking was wrong!" is the new "Einstein was wrong!"
But more seriously, I've always had doubts about the (physical) singularity in black holes, though my reasoning is not the same as the video below. One of the "rules" of black holes is that you (practically AND theoretically) can't possibly know what happens inside the event horizon, so logically there's no way you could say there's a singularity (or a rabbit or Russell's Teapot) in there, yet physicists have been saying that for many decades.
But more seriously, I've always had doubts about the (physical) singularity in black holes, though my reasoning is not the same as the video below. One of the "rules" of black holes is that you (practically AND theoretically) can't possibly know what happens inside the event horizon, so logically there's no way you could say there's a singularity (or a rabbit or Russell's Teapot) in there, yet physicists have been saying that for many decades.
Quote from Stephen Hawking himself:
"By predicting points of infinite density - singularities - general relativity predicts its own downfall."