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Tweak says, "and shepards we shall be."

The Doctor hates Twitter (i_mthedoctor) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2013-06-21 03:10:00

Entry tags:

amy pond, audrey, eleventh doctor, jean grey (phoenix), leeloo, ninth doctor, verity

So! Brilliant news! Scientists have designed a minute, but functional tractor beam. Pretty fantastic. What's more, the quadruple helix was found in human cells for the first time!

Also on this day, in 1788, the United States Constitution was ratified. Pretty big day really, for Americans at least. Really the whole world. Today it is the oldest written constitution in operation in the world. Isn't that fantastic?

Also! I just ran a two mile run, gorgeous day out today. Tomorrow I'll try for three! I love running.

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	heartofflame 2013-06-21 09:31 am UTC (link)
	I have to admit, you're a little all over the place on this one, but enjoyable to read all the same. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh... well I suppose that's because it's really exciting stuff to talk about! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daftoldface 2013-06-21 09:32 am UTC (link)
	Well of course they only found it now. Never been looking in the right place, have they? ~~Apes.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:38 am UTC (link)
	Well, no I suppose they haven't. Or, perhaps they were just couldn't see that far down? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bidabble 2013-06-21 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	A tractor beam? Seriously? That sounds more like science fiction than science. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:38 am UTC (link)
	Well yes but Science Fiction has led to science fact plenty of times. Cell Phones, for instance, were inspired by Star Trek communicators. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bidabble 2013-06-26 06:55 am UTC (link)
	I'm not sure I want replicated food next. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_mthedoctor
2013-06-26 07:02 am UTC (link)

Actually other things have come from Star Trek already--they are currently operating on the idea of creating plasma 'shields' to help protect spacecraft from space debris.

What's more, the idea of powerful lasers that can take missiles out already exists.

Further, the concept of a hologram/virtual world is already within our grasp--so those are all likely to come before food replication.

Though, they have invented a 3D printer whose technology may someday be able to be used to do just that with food.

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	bidabble 2013-06-26 07:14 am UTC (link)
	That would make my job obsolete. I don't like that idea. That makes me feel like the guys fired from a factory when the machines came in and took over all the jobs. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-27 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Oh hush now, you'd still have to make the food somewhere, and you'd likely have to come up with your own recipes. The food can't just materialize, it has to come from somewhere.... well I suppose in Star Trek it did materialize. I suppose that could happen. OH! That'd be brilliant! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bidabble 2013-06-28 03:44 am UTC (link)
	See? There would be no need for chefs. Food would just appear. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	whosscared 2013-06-21 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	I've been enjoying my runs, too. Running is fun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:38 am UTC (link)
	I LOVE RUNNING! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	whosscared 2013-06-26 06:55 am UTC (link)
	Do you do a lot of running in your dreams? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 07:05 am UTC (link)
	A bit, yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	whosscared 2013-06-26 07:08 am UTC (link)
	That's good. I mean, running is good. Fun. Running is fun. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-27 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	I do enjoy it immensely Amy Pond! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	whosscared 2013-06-28 02:15 am UTC (link)
	~~Can you say "come along Pond" for me? Just once?~~ You let me know if you start running in your dreams. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pleadingthe5th 2013-06-22 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Congratulations on your run! And good luck for tomorrow. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:39 am UTC (link)
	I shall do all that I can to ensure that it is a safe and fun run. Do you really think I'll need luck though? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pleadingthe5th 2013-06-26 11:35 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure perseverance and skill are more important, but it's customary to wish someone well when they venture to beat their record, is it not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-27 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose so, yes. Well... alright! Good luck to me then, and good luck to you for whatever records you might beat today! OH! I should try beating my record at hackey sack! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pleadingthe5th 2013-06-27 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a wizard at haircuts and foils. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-27 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Foils? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pleadingthe5th 2013-06-27 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Foils. You know--for highlighting. Like these: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jokeshopgirl 2013-06-22 02:28 am UTC (link)
	You really get off on history, don't you? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i_mthedoctor 2013-06-26 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Well.. I... suppose what do you mean by--oh, OH. Well no, I don't suppose anyone could actually manage to 'get off' on a subject, but I do find it remarkable. It is, afterall, how everything started. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jokeshopgirl 2013-06-26 06:54 am UTC (link)
	....definitely didn't mean it literally. I suppose it's possible... there are a lot of weird things possible around here, but... It's the records of how things went, not necessarily how they started. Or, rather, it's the records kept by those in power as things went along. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_mthedoctor
2013-06-26 07:04 am UTC (link)

Yes, well, things start because of a beginning. Therefore history is the beginning, and therefore how things started.

Why are you here? Because your parents ... joined, why are they here? Your grandparents joined, so on and so forth. That's biological history, but you can even go beyond that. Why did your grandparents, or great grandparents, or so on and so forth, move here? Or are you full-blooded Native American? Then, can you trace all the way back to ancestors of Aztecs or other Native cultures, and then why did they cross the land bridge? Why did they come here?

You see, there's a beginning a history that starts everything, and that's fascinating.

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	jokeshopgirl 2013-06-26 07:09 am UTC (link)
	Aren't there things that happened before History? You might be talking about a chicken and egg type situation, you know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_mthedoctor
2013-06-27 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Nothing happens before history. I suppose in the typical understanding 'yes'. That's why there are 'pre-historic' times, but that's just typical of us humans to think of ourselves so centrally that history didn't happen before our existence. Come now. History is the study of the past, and the past continues to go on and on until the beginning of time. So, in my mind, History is the study of everything.

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	jokeshopgirl 2013-06-28 03:40 am UTC (link)
	But what happened before the beginning of time? ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)