chuck kottke

Uncle Albert (Einstein) said, or words to this effect: "God does not roll dice with the universe!". But Probability has shown as a useful tool in describing many phenomenon in Physics, not the least of which is Quantum Mechanics, as well as string "theory". Yet, I've often pondered what randomness really is? An infinite series of simultaneous equations, all with 'tipping points'? Something else?? The sound of all those strings vibrating out-of-sync?:P This thread brought to you by the Infinite Improbability Drive. As with the spaceship The Heart of Gold, Drive it like you stole it!:cool:

Hey Thank you too, Jamie!;) (and Wallace and Grommit too! - makes the lumps in life easier to take..):P

Answer this riddle, and you may be the next winner of the Nobel Peace Prize!:laugh3:

100,000 on ave.! That's freight! How the heck?? Seems like only maybe 30 people post on a regular basis... Where are all the rest hiding??:book2::curtain:

Hmm.. a private/public thread for dating/smooching??:laugh3::rolleyes:

Well, since this thread is "how to get to heaven when you die", and I just think we're all in a state of flux - a continuous loop or spiral.. death is the loss of consciousness, but then that all gets picked up and tossed along by someone else.. and the decisions we make affect the next cycle of the wheel of life. So, to me, we're already here! Isn't heaven nice!! :angel: (on the good days, that is..;)) Life's whatcha make of it, and better choices makes things better for everyone, which all comes back in time.. Anyhow, if it helps people to empathize, and by being kind, compassionate, helpful, generous, etc. with the idea in mind that that leads to heaven, well, I'll fine with that. After all, it does make this journey though life sweeter, and makes it better for the next generation as well. Basically, it all boils down to either Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny. And, maybe a little revolution now and then helps clear the air and get things back on an even keel, so-to-speak...:bandana:

:rolleyes:And now they're selling cookies too!:P 26,031 is respectable! I suppose it jumps as we progress into the tour season?

O TAY! ' I understand in a roundabout way.. I can only imagine the headaches you go through keeping it all running! I kinda miss the relaxed days when the TV station would have problems, and they'd put up this cartoon picture of someone looking at cords, and scratching their head.. I'll bet that would come in handy at times!:) Anyhow, that god we've progressed to mice, Ian!:elf::pleased: (highly educated mice, no doubt!):scholar:

Random god-like discussions.. Hmmm...:stunned: I suppose that makes the fare cheaper??:laugh3: You better be good, you better watch out! You better not scream, you better not shout! Jesus's Bus is coming, to town..:P He knows when you've been naughty, he knows when you been nice.. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!

Subliminal meaning - we have increased volume, and are re-routing you through the straits of Magellan:P And just what does an administrator do?? Hmm??

U2??:)

If we take the Fundi's seriously, that bus would have only room enough for 144,000 (the 12 tribes, 12,000 from each, will get to the "kingdom come" acc. to the Bible). Now, let's see.. there's some odd 6 billion people on earth today, and if you combine that will all those who have perished before us, and all who will perish afterwards, that gives us about equal the odds of being struck by lightning while on a hiking expedition in the desert. I think I'll stick to the real world, but the bus idea seems to be some people's idea of how to get there..:laugh3: Max. capacity 66 persons. Leave your change with the driver!:P

There's a show titled "Germany's next Tomato??":P Personally, all the gals I recall named Heidi all had pigtails or ponytails.. Cute ones obviously, but what about miss Klum when she was in school?:laugh3:

Seeing the world for the bee's perspective is part of the secret. Bees see well into the Ultraviolet if I'm recalling correctly. So, wearing bright clothing that's been washed in fluorescent whiteners (most laundry detergents contain these things) will make your clothes look like the biggest flowers on the planet!:daisy: Which naturally bees love. Incidentally, one of Bono's favorite things as a child was petting Bumblebees. ..:cool:

But still we dream, and it's amazing all the combined work and ingenuity has created what we have today.. It's really quite extraordinary that this all exists, and humanity is capable of so much. I had been an atheist for a short while, and then I began to consider just how amazing it all is, and our ability to understand so much. Maybe we shouldn't be asking how to get to heaven when we die, for that's outlandishly ridiculous to me - but rather, how do we create greater harmony on earth? Perhaps the best we can do is couched in the law of averages, but it sure beats returning to the stone ages! Anyhow, then there are the fundies..

:laugh3:Hey, shouldn't the job of God be left to Indiana Jones?? Anyhow, to get to heaven when you die is really quite simple. Just turn left at Albuquerque, and..:P

Oh yay!! I do really like Supertramp as well.. They taught me how to be Logical, practical, dependable; a vegetable.. ;)

2000 miles is the distance from here to Seattle, WA.:P

Hey, the Beatles had a similar following - nothing wrong with that!! Anyhow, hmm.. I wonder if my Aunt knows that she's featured in a successful album? Oh well, no biggie I suppose.:daisy:

Glad you could join our merry band of revolutionaries, Finnie!:) And don't feel to bad about checking it out first - that's what 99.9735% do anyways..:laugh3:

Congratulations on discovering the site, and enjoy the party!:)

Well, that's interesting! here, I have a collection of not-so-rare antique farm implements. Anyone need a threshing machine?:P

Dearth and all his callouses.

Tell me something Lore - do you have the hots for Chris Martin then??:P What if they just showed an image of the revolutionary drum let's say, or the new album cover??:laugh3:

Oh what a luxury to be bored!! I think of all the manic world out there, and I'm glad there's at least someone who's bored!;) I'm thinking: I do all the 'right' things regarding the conservation of resources - recycling, scrapping metals, composting, etc. and I often wonder.. so, all that metal I've saved from the landfill is just being plowed into wild speculative housing developments in our drying-up west, or over-grown suburbias... what the heck am I accomplishing, when the rules are all screwed up?:confused: I feel like a leaf adrift in the wind at times..