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Amaranthim Talon
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05-04-2008 11:46
From: Dakota Tebaldi Believe it or not, while there is such a thing as a daddy-long-legs spider, what most people CALL a "daddy long legs" is not that spider, but rather is properly called a harvestman.
Daddy long legs (both the real ones and the misidentified ones) are most decidely NOT "the most poisonous spiders in the world", as a certain urban legend claims. ai just think spiders are cool  and lizzies too and snakes I wont have a snake though- cause i like meeces and so do snakes -
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Oryx Tempel
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05-04-2008 12:21
From: Conan Godwin Schrodinger's metaphor was flawed though: it is perfectly possible to test if there is a cat in the box without opening it. Just shake it violently and then listen.
The violent shaking represents science. The point wasn't whether or not there is a cat in the box; that's independent of the scenario. The point was whether the cat was alive; even by shaking the box, you're still shaking a cat that is simultaneously both dead and alive. Only by opening the box and becoming entangled with the state of the cat can you determine its life or death. By opening the box, you and the cat split into two separate universes: one where the cat is alive, and one where it isn't. Which one are you in? Of course, if you subscribe to other theories, the state of the cat was determined at the Big Bang, so all discussion is moot. |
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 12:40
From: Oryx Tempel The point wasn't whether or not there is a cat in the box; that's independent of the scenario. The point was whether the cat was alive; even by shaking the box, you're still shaking a cat that is simultaneously both dead and alive. Only by opening the box and becoming entangled with the state of the cat can you determine its life or death. By opening the box, you and the cat split into two separate universes: one where the cat is alive, and one where it isn't. Which one are you in?
Of course, if you subscribe to other theories, the state of the cat was determined at the Big Bang, so all discussion is moot. 
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Claire Silverspar
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05-04-2008 12:57
wow! I'm away for two days and the thread gets a new lease of life lol...
anything new to report?
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05-04-2008 13:18
From: Conan Godwin Schrodinger's metaphor was flawed though: it is perfectly possible to test if there is a cat in the box without opening it. Just shake it violently and then listen.
The violent shaking represents science. Wouldn't shaking the box break the phial of hydrocyanic acid, and kill the cat? There is a cat in the box in the experiment, the question is whether it is alive or dead after a set period of time in which an event (breakdown of a radioactive substance) may or not happen. What on earth did they teach you in your quantum mechanics 101...? |
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05-04-2008 13:36
From: Macphisto Angelus  Afternoon thread and threadites! Welcome to the new people contributing. Maureen: No sweet nothings to the other thread. However there may have been a little tickling and possibly a nibble or two.  Nibbling???? Well...ok. As long as your heart still belongs here. |
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:00
From: Maureen Boccaccio Nibbling???? Well...ok. As long as your heart still belongs here. *whew* Thanks for saying that. I haven't been able to look this thread in the eye since yesterday.
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Deira Llanfair
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05-04-2008 14:01
From: Snowman Jiminy Been on swim-about mate.... oh Gawd, my attempt at an Australian accent sounds terrible even in text form... Oh thank goodness you're ok I was imagining some horrid tuna fishing boat had netted you!!! 
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05-04-2008 14:09
From: Snowman Jiminy Wouldn't shaking the box break the phial of hydrocyanic acid, and kill the cat? There is a cat in the box in the experiment, the question is whether it is alive or dead after a set period of time in which an event (breakdown of a radioactive substance) may or not happen. What on earth did they teach you in your quantum mechanics 101...? Well, I'm on the side of the cat. If anybody hurts that cat, they are in big trouble from me - alive or dead! 
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:11
 Send me all your lindenz or the kitteh getz it!
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Conan Godwin
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05-04-2008 14:11
From: Snowman Jiminy Wouldn't shaking the box break the phial of hydrocyanic acid, and kill the cat? There is a cat in the box in the experiment, the question is whether it is alive or dead after a set period of time in which an event (breakdown of a radioactive substance) may or not happen. What on earth did they teach you in your quantum mechanics 101...? It would still make a noise though. Unless no one was around to hear it of course.
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Deira Llanfair
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05-04-2008 14:17
From: Macphisto Angelus Send me all your lindenz or the kitteh getz it! You monster!!! Put that innocent animal down!
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05-04-2008 14:21
From: Oryx Tempel The point wasn't whether or not there is a cat in the box; that's independent of the scenario. The point was whether the cat was alive; even by shaking the box, you're still shaking a cat that is simultaneously both dead and alive. Only by opening the box and becoming entangled with the state of the cat can you determine its life or death. By opening the box, you and the cat split into two separate universes: one where the cat is alive, and one where it isn't. Which one are you in?
Of course, if you subscribe to other theories, the state of the cat was determined at the Big Bang, so all discussion is moot. Dead cats tend to make very little sound. Ergo, it's state can be determined without opening the box, simply by shaking it. Or kicking it. Besides, the cat's state is surely determined by whether the box is air tight or not and, if so, how long the cat has been in there. Personally though, I put quantum mechanics and theoretical physics in with all the other religions (that's right! Religions!) and file them under F for "Fairy tales".
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Amaranthim Talon
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05-04-2008 14:22
From: Conan Godwin It would still make a noise though. Unless no one was around to hear it of course. Unbearable...
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:23
 Shhhh kitty, we are holding out for de lindenz *pet pet scratch pat* Crud! I left the cam on!
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Claire Silverspar
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05-04-2008 14:30
From: Macphisto Angelus Send me all your lindenz or the kitteh getz it! /me is now quite possibly more terrified of Macphisto than anything else... How could you! /me tries to hold back the tears and runs off...
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Oryx Tempel
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05-04-2008 14:35
From: Conan Godwin Dead cats tend to make very little sound. Ergo, it's state can be determined without opening the box, simply by shaking it. Or kicking it. Besides, the cat's state is surely determined by whether the box is air tight or not and, if so, how long the cat has been in there.
Personally though, I put quantum mechanics and theoretical physics in with all the other religions (that's right! Religions!) and file them under F for "Fairy tales". No, no, you're missing the point. The cat is both dead AND alive at the same exact moment in time. Shaking the box does nothing, although I'd probably get a sort of sick, grim satisfaction out of watching you do it, not being a huge cat fan myself. It's only when you open the box can you discover the state of the cat, and even then you'd split off into two parallel universes, one where the cat's alive, and one where it's dead. |
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:35
From: Claire Silverspar /me is now quite possibly more terrified of Macphisto than anything else... How could you! /me tries to hold back the tears and runs off... Awwww In no way did I want to upset Claire Bear. Look above.. see me and kitty were just playing. We were just clowing around! *chases you down for a hug*
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05-04-2008 14:36
From: Macphisto Angelus Shhhh kitty, we are holding out for de lindenz *pet pet scratch pat* Crud! I left the cam on! Is that "Girls Gone Wild" on your shelf??? |
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Claire Silverspar
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05-04-2008 14:38
From: Macphisto Angelus Awwww In no way did I want to upset Claire Bear. Look above.. see me and kitty were just playing. We were just clowing around! *chases you down for a hug* /me sniffs... ok then...just don't do it again...us kitties are sensitive about stuffs like that besides, that last picture is cute 
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05-04-2008 14:39
From: Oryx Tempel Is that "Girls Gone Wild" on your shelf??? I thought that said Macphisto gone wild lol
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05-04-2008 14:41
From: Claire Silverspar I thought that said Macphisto gone wild lol LOL, one long video of him lifting his shirt in public places.... "The grocery store! The restaurant! The movie theater! All your dreams of Macphisto baring his chest in public, come true! Yours for only $19.99, and we'll throw in "Barely Legal Macphisto FREE if you call NOW!" |
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:41
you can see my porn?!?!?!
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-04-2008 14:43
From: Oryx Tempel LOL, one long video of him lifting his shirt in public places....
"The grocery store! The restaurant! The movie theater! All your dreams of Macphisto baring his chest in public, come true! Yours for only $19.99, and we'll throw in "Barely Legal Macphisto FREE if you call NOW!" 
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05-04-2008 14:46
From: Oryx Tempel LOL, one long video of him lifting his shirt in public places....
"The grocery store! The restaurant! The movie theater! All your dreams of Macphisto baring his chest in public, come true! Yours for only $19.99, and we'll throw in "Barely Legal Macphisto FREE if you call NOW!" oooh! |