Talk:2202: Earth-Like Exoplanet - Revision history

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Pop culture reference

Kynde at 20:36, 15 September 2019

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Kynde at 20:33, 15 September 2019

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162.158.42.46: Regular cycles of fire can be survived by complex multicellular life that's properly adapted to it

2019-09-15T07:35:20Z

Regular cycles of fire can be survived by complex multicellular life that's properly adapted to it

162.158.75.202 at 07:32, 15 September 2019

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172.68.58.83 at 07:28, 15 September 2019

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Bischoff at 07:11, 15 September 2019

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Bischoff at 07:10, 15 September 2019

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Redbelly98 at 22:31, 14 September 2019

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Redbelly98: Added comments about swinging blades

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Added comments about swinging blades

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 :::Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard.  Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 ::::I'm sure it is not meant as something they have detected, but the things she just mentioned are the swinging blades. She just tells the audience they found a Earth-like planet, but then she mentions four thing that doesn't look like earth, only that it is near the habitablezone and that there are water in the atmosphere. Someone put some silly video game comments in as if this was the plot and i t is not and I will revert it now. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:36, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 Interestingly, there are plants on Earth that use fire as part of their lifecycle; see [http://www.fynboshub.co.za/fynbos-and-fire/ Fynbos] for an example. Of course, the optimal cycle there is about one big fire a decade; truly continual flames would eventually wipe out fynbos as well (but then what fuel is that fire burning? A fuel that lasts forever would revolutionise the energy industry...) - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.42.46|162.158.42.46]] 07:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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 ::I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 :::Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard.  Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 Interestingly, there are plants on Earth that use fire as part of their lifecycle; see [http://www.fynboshub.co.za/fynbos-and-fire/ Fynbos] for an example. Of course, the optimal cycle there is about one big fire a decade; truly continual flames would eventually wipe out fynbos as well (but then what fuel is that fire burning? A fuel that lasts forever would revolutionise the energy industry...) - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.42.46|162.158.42.46]] 07:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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 I thought "between the swinging blades" was just a metaphor - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.148|162.158.214.148]] 05:41, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
-:it is and should be changed in the explanation. It is all the things mentioned by Megan that are the swinging blades--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
+:It is and should be changed in the explanation. It is all the things mentioned by Megan that are the swinging blades--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 ::But anyone who can give some examples where this sentense is used in the real world? I could not find much using google. Would like it in the explanation, better than what I have done so far. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
-::What came to mind for me is the blade-on-a-pendulum from Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum", except that there were multiple ones that a life form would have to avoid being hit by. Do a google image search on "Pit and the Pendulum" to see what I am talking about. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
+:::What came to mind for me is the blade-on-a-pendulum from Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum", except that there were multiple ones that a life form would have to avoid being hit by. Do a google image search on "Pit and the Pendulum" to see what I am talking about. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
-:::That's what came to my mind as well. Not necessarily from this short story, but just a general depiction of a hellish place with fire and deadly (torture) devices. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 07:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
+::::That's what came to my mind as well. Not necessarily from this short story, but just a general depiction of a hellish place with fire and deadly (torture) devices. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 07:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
-:::I was reminded of the climax of Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum"... considering the previous comic, Randall may have been thinking the same.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]]
+:::::I was reminded of the climax of Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum"... considering the previous comic, Randall may have been thinking the same.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]]
-:I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
+::I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
+:::Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard.  Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 Interestingly, there are plants on Earth that use fire as part of their lifecycle; see [http://www.fynboshub.co.za/fynbos-and-fire/ Fynbos] for an example. Of course, the optimal cycle there is about one big fire a decade; truly continual flames would eventually wipe out fynbos as well (but then what fuel is that fire burning? A fuel that lasts forever would revolutionise the energy industry...) - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.42.46|162.158.42.46]] 07:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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	Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard. Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202\|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)		Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard. Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202\|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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		+	Interestingly, there are plants on Earth that use fire as part of their lifecycle; see [http://www.fynboshub.co.za/fynbos-and-fire/ Fynbos] for an example. Of course, the optimal cycle there is about one big fire a decade; truly continual flames would eventually wipe out fynbos as well (but then what fuel is that fire burning? A fuel that lasts forever would revolutionise the energy industry...) - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.42.46\|162.158.42.46]] 07:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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	:::I was reminded of the climax of Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum"... considering the previous comic, Randall may have been thinking the same.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83\|172.68.58.83]]		:::I was reminded of the climax of Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum"... considering the previous comic, Randall may have been thinking the same.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83\|172.68.58.83]]
	:I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98\|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98\|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)		:I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98\|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98\|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
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		+	Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard. Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202\|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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	:it is and should be changed in the explanation. It is all the things mentioned by Megan that are the swinging blades--[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 07:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)		:it is and should be changed in the explanation. It is all the things mentioned by Megan that are the swinging blades--[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 07:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
	::But anyone who can give some examples where this sentense is used in the real world? I could not find much using google. Would like it in the explanation, better than what I have done so far. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC)		::But anyone who can give some examples where this sentense is used in the real world? I could not find much using google. Would like it in the explanation, better than what I have done so far. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
		+	::What came to mind for me is the blade-on-a-pendulum from Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum", except that there were multiple ones that a life form would have to avoid being hit by. Do a google image search on "Pit and the Pendulum" to see what I am talking about. [[User:Redbelly98\|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98\|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
		+	:I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to be observed, the other being the screaming. [[User:Redbelly98\|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98\|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)