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The Tangent Side - Defining Life

Posted May 18, 2013 12:00 AM by Juzek89
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Re: The Tangent Side - Defining Life

05/18/2013 11:14 AM

A better reply would be:

You find rationality i n t e re s t i n g but I find your lack of rationality disturbing.

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Re: The Tangent Side - Defining Life

05/18/2013 7:56 PM

What exactly is this 'life' thing?

Is it useful? Should I get one?

Wait! Tell me later. Gotta run.

Gonna go see the latest Star Trek movie.

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05/18/2013 9:25 PM

Hmm. Been there done that just for giggles.

Simulator programs Vs common sense.
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05/19/2013 12:38 AM

Conway's game of life ... be patient through the description.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vgICfQawE
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05/20/2013 1:37 PM

I confess not being so bright or have a sufficiently technically oriented mind to understand your posts; this one for example: for me a more clear definition of anything, would require a previous definition that was not as clear, and the guy with no glasses gave none !.

When I get your point (seldom, I admit), then my sense of humor is not powerful enough to make me outline the slightest smile, my cheeks weigh tons after reading you.

OK, that's not my point, what intrigues me the most, is not your posts, honestly I don't find them too funny; I am perplexed about what could possibly make you write like that, and pretend we are obligued to know exactly what you meant.

I can only imagine the hundreds of little universes in your brain, being blown by the thougthts trapped in your head; somehow giving birth to all those laconic posts that have (I'm sure) a deeper meaning, but whose obscure phrasing hides it from the common man.

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05/20/2013 4:31 PM

LIFE is anything that ends with DEATH.

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05/20/2013 11:28 PM

Life is a demonstration of negentropy storage ...

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