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― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/49616main_COLOR_PAGE9.GIF

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/workshop96/Energy_Balance.GIF

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

1 BILLYION YEARS, goddammit.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Could be tomorrow, could be next year.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

LAGEOS PLAQUE
NASA and the spacecraft contractor, the Aerospace Systems Division of
the Bendix Corporation, asked Dr. Carl Sagan to design a LAGEOS
plaque.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/images/image039.gif

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The remainder of the LAGEOS plaque consists of three maps of the
Earth's surface. The first map denotes the Earth 268 million years in
the past. All the continents are shown together in one mass. The
close fit of South America into West Africa was one of the first hints
that continental drift actually occurs.

The middle map represents the zero point in time for the other two
maps. It displays the present configuration of the planets.

The final map shows the Earth's surface 8.4 million years from now --
very roughly the estimated lifetime of the LAGEOS. Many important
changes in the Earth's surface are shown, including the drift of
California out into the Pacific Ocean.

Whoever comes upon the LAGEOS plaque needs only compare a current map
of the Earth's geography with that in the lower two maps to calculate
roughly the difference between his time and ours. Drift rates of
about an inch per year can, in fact be estimated by comparing the
bottom two maps. The same objective of LAGEOS and the method of
telling time on the plaque are identical.

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa Australia looks FUCKED UP.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

what exactly is being discussed here?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I'm addicted to quitting jobs, it's just so fucking empowering.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

countdown to end of 60 hour workweek:

t -24 hours.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Thursday, 19 August 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG I finally have finished my 7 days in a row of work, wheeeeee!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 20 August 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

5 HOURS

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Friday, 20 August 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

4:07

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Friday, 20 August 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

51 days, 15 hours, 6 minutes, 34 seconds

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

good luck Elvis!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck fuck fuck this job, lalalalalala

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

T MINUS 2 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 2 WEEKS, 3 DAYS, 6 HOURS, 32 MINUTES!!!!

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Just a guess.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

My guess for my job : about three months. But will I jump or be pushed? Hmmm...

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm getting kicked down the stairs.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd call them anti-semites but my boss is Jewish. damn. :(

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

my boss is German but I'm not Jewish.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe you can play the Southerner card?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

It works for gygax.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

how would that work?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

...don't know.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

adam, stop being so anti-semitic for once.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't, it was how you brought me up.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck the bank, fuck the bank, fuck the bank that I work for

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

dan you work for a bank now? Can you get me a job?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

is a bank better than a chemical journal?

― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

is a bank better than a pataphysics journal?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i wasnt trying to be snarky. i just remember h talking about his moral quandry about working for a chemical journal

― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

a bank was fine until they moved me here and gave me a shitty boss, sure.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, morally, yeah working at a bank is pretty shit too. But at least, if I'm gonna sell out, I wanna y'know actually sell out and MAKE CASH (which is the point of selling out, I thought).

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

that makes sense, h. i just wasnt sure what direction you wanted to sail your ship in on the Sea of Work,

― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

anywhere outta this morass, I tells ya!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I make a living by exploting the litigation-crazy climate of modern America. I lose so much sleep over this.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I need to work with animals. I mean I think I literally need to have a cubicle next to a typing pool staffed entirely by marmosets. Are marmosets passive-agressive and bitchy?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Ditto, except for the losing sleep part.

― dean? (deangulberry), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Dean, I hope we can do business someday.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

And I was being sarcastic about the lost sleep, by the way.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it because I'm Jewish?

― dean? (deangulberry), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't work at a bank. That's a Kids in the Hall skit.

It's worse, I work for Foote, Cone and Belding, one of the oldest, largest and shittiest advertising agencies in the world.

Hopefully not for long. Got big plans, BIG PLANS!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan, please, have mercy on a brother and help me get a job somewhere else!

(plans?)

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

HPENCIL, what job experience do you have? What type of job are you looking for?

― dean? (deangulberry), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Skipping 60 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be on here for a while. You know how it is. See ya.

xpost-no, is it about my life?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I do want to see it though.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I will report back tomorrow.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah I got fired Friday.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 27 September 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

dude, seriously?

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 27 September 2004 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry to hear that.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

ack. bummer dude.

jobs suck.
m.

― msp (msp), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry, hstencil. I think I'm quitting today.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

for real this time!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

If you're going to do it, you've got to do it Gear! style on ILE, complete with LIES and FABRICATIONS.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I would, but I seriously worry about my boss' reaction. He is kind of a psycho!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Get him to post on the thread!

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

no fucking WAY

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

yikes, sorry noize dudes.

adaml is all talk, he actually likes his boss a lot. he told me in rare confidance that he aspires to be just like him someday!

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I know that. Adam told me the same thing, but with lots of emoticons and smileys.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,7-2004442076,00.html

― msp (msp), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I quit.

Hooray, I'm going to be an unemployed person again!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Tell us more.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

What more is there to say, young j3ff? I gave two weeks notice, they said fine. My BIG boss maybe doesn't know yet.

And now I have to "hit the sidewalk" all over again.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Well you built it up for so long and then this is all we get?! So much for your career as a screenwriter...

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

But yeah, you wanted out and you're out now, so there you go.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Your words stab my heart like hate knives.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I would settle for you walking off into the sunset or even a freeze frame of you standing on a beach.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

a freeze frame of you standing on a beach.

haha! Check ILE very carefully and you might find what you are looking for.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Adam has the eye of a cinematographer. He would film a great fleeting breakup scene on telegraph ave.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

awwww, that's sweet.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

what did that guy say when we walked by... i guess it didn't matter so much as his expression/tone.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

OT: Did you guys feel the earthquake at all?

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

just a little. i heard 6.0 in paso.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't feel it at all, unfortunately. Being in a high rise makes for major quake excitement.

HOW WILL THIS IMPACT BOYZ 2 MEN'S SLOT AT TEH MID STAET FAIRE!?

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i have to put in my graduatin application this month. NOT MUCH LONGER TIL I AM DONE WITH THIS THO IT IS NOT REALLY AJOB, MORE LIKE A CONCENTRATION CAMP THAT I PAID TO ATTEND.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

YYYYAAAAAAAWWWWWNNNN

I have an interview next week.

― Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Thursday, 30 September 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay, I have a new job now.

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Taking advantage of the official Berkeley 37 HOUR WORK WEEK which gygax just told me about.

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the new job?

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Doing things for money, then going home.

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Glad to see you're getting off on the right foot with this job too.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes.

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

TEH PEEPHOLE'S REPUBLIK AUF BERKELEY

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the 37.5 hour work week.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I will of course be doing this job in the nude.

― BERZERKLEY Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"job"

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't get the Beggars' job.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

THREE HOURS, 15 MINUTES

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 5 November 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

8 months, 3 days.

― Laura E (laurae55), Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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