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06-06-2006, 09:54 AM
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June 6
Something that's been in the news lately has prompted me to correct a longstanding error in the "Concerning Flight" fiver and a few other places. Can anyone spot what I changed? Meanwhile, here's a link. Vedra recently introduced me to the just-concluded manga series Death Note. It's a fascinating and very original story that reminds me of The Ring in some ways. Several volumes have been released here in translation, but if you can't find them, there are many fan "scanlations" available online (you didn't hear that from me). Death God looks like a good site for general info. If you have any interest in reading the series, make sure you're not spoiled, as there are many shocking twists. Incidentally, the protagonist of Death Note, Yagami Light, is one of the most deeply evil characters you'll ever encounter in fiction... and the name he takes on? "Kira." Yes yes, it's a transliteration of "killer," but I still think I get an I told you so here.
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction 
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06-06-2006, 01:39 PM
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Then again, it's a proven fact that I have negative ranks in Spot (D&D joke, just smile and nod and move along).
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06-06-2006, 01:46 PM
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Looks like you also have negative ranks in Persuade.
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06-06-2006, 01:53 PM
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"Please, Aslan," said Lucy, "what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon," said Aslan; and instantly he vanished away and Lucy was alone with the Magician.
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06-07-2006, 12:46 AM
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It's one of the names, isn't it? 'Leonardo' used to be 'da Vinci', I think...
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06-07-2006, 02:12 AM
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Shit, I meant to post this in the morning and I forgot. Oh well, it's still 06/06/06 as of this moment and this list is still funny:
666: Number of the Beast 664, 668: Neighbor of the Beast DCLXVI: Roman numeral of the Beast 660: Approximate number of the Beast 666.0000: Number of the High Precision Beast 0.666: Number of the Millibeast 1/666: Common Denominator of the Beast 666i: Imaginary number of the Beast -666: Negative number of the Beast 0.005015: Reciprocal of the Beast 1010011010: Binary number of The Beast -0.80902: Sine of the Beast 443556: Square of the Beast 25.807: Square root of the Beast 295408296: Cube of the Beast 0.58779: Cosine of the Beast -1.37638: Tangent of the Beast 2.8235: Log of the Beast 6.5913: Ln Beast 1.738E289: Anti-log of the Beast 6.66E2: Scientific number of the Beast 29A: Hexadecimal number of the Beast 666!: Factorial of the Beast 2, 3, 111: Factors of the Beast 665.5-666.5: Range of the Beast 660: Beast rounded down 670: Beast rounded up $666,666: Annual salary of the Beast 1-666: Area code of the Beast 00666: Zip code of the Beast 1-900-666-0666: : Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. Over 18 only please. 1-888-666-6666: Toll free number of the Beast $665.95: Retail price of the Beast $399.96 (net), $359.86 (30 days): Wholesale Price of the Beast $55.50: Monthly cost of the Beast in twelve easy equal monthly installments $699.25: Price of the Beast plus 5% state sales tax $769.95: Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul $656.66: Walmart price of the Beast $646.66: Next week's Walmart price of the Beast Phillips 666: Gasoline of the Beast Route 666: Highway of the Beast (aka Highway to Hell) 666º F: Oven temperature for roast Beast 666 Minutes: Weekly news program about the Beast 66.6 mHz: FM station of the Beast 666 kHz: AM Station of the Beast 666k: Retirement plan of the Beast 666 mg: Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast 6.66%: 5-year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank, $666 minimum deposit DSM-666 (revised): Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast 999: A Beast and a half Lotus 6-6-6: Spreadsheet of the Beast Word 6.66: Word Processor of the Beast 66686: Old Mac CPU of the Beast G6/666GHz: New PowerMac CPU of the Beast K-666/300: New PC processor chip of the Beast 666GB: Hard drive capacity of the Beast http://www.sixsixsix.com: Home page of the Beaast Beast666@aol.com: Email of the Beast 665.99996973: Intel Pentium number of the Beast Windows 666: Bill Gates's personal Beast SIX6SIX: Vanity license plate of the Beast Q666: Infiniti of the Beast Mazda 666: Economy sedan of the Beast 6 city, 66 hwy: Mileage of the Beast 6, uh... what was that number again?: Number of the Blonde Beast up 6/66: What the Beast did on the Dow today NCC-74666: Federation Starship of the Beast 666 of 666: Beast of Borg 666 Sunset Strip: Old TV series about the Beast soon on Nick-At-Nite 66.6: A Mini-Beast 665.9999...: The Beast's fraternal twin WD-666: Spray Lubricant of the beast 333: Half brother of the Beast Formula 666: All purpose cleaner of the Beast 666-66-6666: Social Security number of the Beast 6666 6666 6666 6666 EXP 6/66: Credit card of the Beast 666 lb CAP: Weight limit of the Beast 6.6.6b6: The new release of the Beast 666 Verbal, 666 Math: The SAT scores of the Beast 666 Park Avenue: Trump Tower of the Beast
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06-07-2006, 06:08 AM
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Nice list
 The nerd in me feels forced to point out that the TRUE sine, cosine, and tangent of the Beast are -.01764, .9998, and -.01764 respectively, as I'm sure the Beast uses radian, and not degrees :P.
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06-07-2006, 06:32 AM
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666 out of 666: Final exam score of the Beast
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06-07-2006, 07:36 AM
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Ahh, the classics. Thanks, evay. The only change I'd make is that 1/666 is even better if you call it the Beast Common Denominator.
By the way, I didn't say anything about 6/6/06 because I thought I was making the June 5 update. Labelling it June 6 here was an accident, though it's more accurate since that's what day it technically was at the time. So in retrospect, an update about evil was pretty appropriate. And when I went downstairs a minute ago, the clock read 3:33....
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction
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06-07-2006, 04:51 PM
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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. — Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Yellow Face," Arthur Conan Doyle
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