River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Lee - Nov 14, 2009 5:11:16 am PST #19274 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

God, I have so much TV to catch up on this weekend.


tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 5:19:33 am PST #19275 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

tommyrot, I can only figure out ways to figure that out with three weighings. Hmmm.

Since I solved it, I've been thinking about my unconscious assumptions that initially prevented me from figuring it out. (Which is interesting to think about.)

But anyway, here's the solution (for nine balls, but eight uses the same technique):

Put three balls on one side of the scale and three on the other. If one side or the other weighs more, the heavy ball is one of those three. If the two sides weigh the same, it's one of the remaining 3 balls. Now that you have it narrowed down to three, put one ball on one side and another on the other side. As before, the scale will tell you if one side (i.e one ball) is heavier, the other side or if they're the same (in which case it's the remaining ball).


Sue - Nov 14, 2009 5:24:14 am PST #19276 of 30001
hip deep in pie

I've already been up and to the farmer's maerket, but I don't want to go out again. The problem is I have errands to do all over the city and transit sucks. Also, all the rain is headed our way tomorrow, so today's the day I need to be out and about.


Steph L. - Nov 14, 2009 5:38:17 am PST #19277 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I'm still re-watching S3 of Buffy, and I remain committed to my position that the Mayor was the best villain of the 7 seasons.


tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 5:41:13 am PST #19278 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

the Mayor was the best villain of the 7 seasons.

It's his opposition to swearing, isn't it?


Jesse - Nov 14, 2009 5:42:00 am PST #19279 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, der. I was totally doing that in my head, but forgot about the process-of-elimination part at the end. (I.e., if you know it's one of three, you just have to weigh two of them to tell which is heavier.)

It is a rainy day here, and I need to really deal with the leftover crap in my apartment. The stupid issue I have is, I figure my Christmas stuff will live in the basement storage most of the time, but I'm not going to put it down there if I'm just pulling it back out in a couple of weeks.


DavidS - Nov 14, 2009 5:43:24 am PST #19280 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Not only is the Mayor the best villain, his relationship with Faith rivals the relationship of Spike/Dru for most interesting combo on the dark side.


Steph L. - Nov 14, 2009 5:48:54 am PST #19281 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Not only is the Mayor the best villain, his relationship with Faith

It's his relationship with Faith that, for me, makes him the best villain. By "best villain" I don't necessarily mean "biggest badass" or "killed the most people." Biggest badass is probably Angelus (plus there was the satisfyingly painful emotional arc). *Maybe* Glory.

But the Mayor is dangerous and calculating and evil, and still has that relationship with Faith, which is real and warm and totally not evil. And that just somehow makes him the best for me.

Plus the opposition to swearing.


tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 5:52:11 am PST #19282 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

still has that relationship with Faith, which is real and warm and totally not evil.

That's one of the reasons I love Spike. He's a total bad-ass, except his flaw is he's too human. It's his ability to love that's sorta' a reverse tragic-flaw....


SuziQ - Nov 14, 2009 6:02:43 am PST #19283 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Overnight I seem to have traded my migraine for the ability to breath through my nose. Joy.