A Conversation for The speed of dark.
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A461125 - The speed of dark.
U128068 Started conversation Oct 28, 2000
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Inspired by a conversation in a forum on the oposite of "thirsty". What is the speed of dark?
A461125 - The speed of dark.
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Oct 28, 2000
Interesting. Could you defend a speeding charge by claiming that the value recorded by the police radar was actually the speed of the absence of ones car, and that, since the absence of one's car includes everything else, your relative speed was zero? And (not only that) but, since the absence of one's car is persistently there wherever one doesn't go, stalking charges should be laid against everyone?
JTG
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Oct 28, 2000
Have they found and dark waves or "darkons"? 
A461125 - The speed of dark.
U128068 Posted Oct 28, 2000
Not yet, but at least they'll behave more rationally than the alleged "photons"
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Oct 28, 2000
Well, that'll be something to look forward to.
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Wayfarer -MadForumArtist, Keeper of bad puns, Greeblet with Goo beret, Tangential One Posted Oct 28, 2000
LOL at this entry and John-the-GURUdener's post
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Martin Harper Posted Oct 29, 2000
You probably already know - but this is something that Terry Pratchett speculates about in his books - he reckoned the speed of dark is greater than the speed of light, since it always manages to get out the way...
{which isn't that high in a world with a high magical field, of course}
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Martin Harper Posted Nov 11, 2000
the not-so-subtle hint was that you should possibly mention this fact in the entry... 
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Martin Harper Posted Apr 7, 2001
Hmm. This entry appears to have been deleted. Anyone hazard a guess as to why? 
A461125 - The speed of dark.
U128068 Posted Apr 8, 2001
That depends on how I feel.
How I feel is related to the restrictions placed on my freedom to "exhist" in side h2g2.
The restrictions on my freedom are imposed by the BBC.
So, I 'spose you' better ask them.
(I'd like to be able to air my political opinions in here, as well as relegious ones, and maybe a few scientific ones. I'd like to be able to sm*ke a virtual j*int and chat about the way of the world. I'd like to put a picture of me in "my space" [a name which I find ironic because it can't reflect me at all]. I'd like to be able to sing Happy Birthday without finding out who owns the copyright and crediting them (well I can but I just can't type the words). I'd like to go home.)
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Martin Harper Posted Apr 8, 2001
Understood - I guess we'll see how the situation continues to evolve. Give us a bell if you decide your complaints and criticisms have been answered and are undeleting the post.
*smokes virtual joint*
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Xanthia,
Happy birthday to you.
I'm a liberal democrat, weak atheist, who reckons that astronomy is overrated and the way of the world is often pretty twisty - you?
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Apr 8, 2001
Blimey. Can't see any scope for an offensive reply to anything above this point. I wonder what terrible thing the mystery poster of message 16 said to upset the censors.
Sorry you deleted the entry Dr Lithium. It was brill. May it rest in peace until sanity is restored.
A461125 - The speed of dark.
Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! Posted Apr 8, 2001
If this entry has been deleted then may I suggest we move this thread out of Peer Review?
Mikey
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U128068 Posted Apr 8, 2001
Move it anywhere you want. As far as I knew the thread then, yesterday, it appears again. You have my permission (not that you need it) to move it to Hades.
But I wouldn't mind knowing what got deleted by the mods. Up 'till now this was one of the most innofensive threads I've seen.
A461125 - The speed of dark.
U128068 Posted Apr 8, 2001
I'm having that missing words problem again.
"As far as I knew the thread was dead, then..."
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- 1: U128068 (Oct 28, 2000)
- 2: John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" (Oct 28, 2000)
- 3: Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Oct 28, 2000)
- 4: U128068 (Oct 28, 2000)
- 5: Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Oct 28, 2000)
- 6: Wayfarer -MadForumArtist, Keeper of bad puns, Greeblet with Goo beret, Tangential One (Oct 28, 2000)
- 7: Martin Harper (Oct 29, 2000)
- 8: U128068 (Nov 11, 2000)
- 9: Martin Harper (Nov 11, 2000)
- 10: U128068 (Nov 17, 2000)
- 11: Martin Harper (Apr 7, 2001)
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- 17: Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Apr 8, 2001)
- 18: Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! (Apr 8, 2001)
- 19: U128068 (Apr 8, 2001)
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