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Monday June 6
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adam8797
3089 days ago
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Link for the lazy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes
srsly
3089 days ago
Similarly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popes
Covarr
3089 days ago
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Don't forget opening Netflix, deciding you should get back to work and closing it, and then opening it again.
East Helena, MT
crazysim
3089 days ago
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The helicopter prison escape icon is legendary.
San Diego, California
alt_text_bot
3089 days ago
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'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'
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Monday November 17
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9:29 AM
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adam8797
3656 days ago
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Just a note for anyone who needs the alt text, at least on the iPhone you can tap and hold and it will show up.
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3656 days ago
Same with Android beta
rraszews
3656 days ago
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That was one of Asimov's personal favorites. Mine too.
Columbia, MD
satadru
3656 days ago
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LOVE love.
Also, the referenced Asimov story:
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
New York, NY
samuel
3654 days ago
You should also read The Last Answer, which is not nearly as uplifting of a story. And then, after having read the Last Answer, this essay will give you some insight on how to relate them to each other:
http://lce-asimov.weebly.com/morality-in-the-last-question-and-the-last-answer.html
satadru
3654 days ago
Excellent. I hadn't read that before. Another great eschatological work from a master:
http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
samuel
3654 days ago
Let me know what you think. I can't get Last Answer out of my head, and it has eclipsed Last Question for me, unfortunately.
samuel
3654 days ago
That Arthur C. Clarke story's pretty good. I can't get enough of these, either.
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3656 days ago
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Wednesday September 4
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taddevries
4095 days ago
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Wow...fantastic!
gms8994
4095 days ago
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I was actually helping work on an application to convert this kind of stuff to digital.
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adam8797
4095 days ago
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Alt: "The dose is much lower when administered orally. We're still trying to get the paper into the needles for subcutaneous injection."
denubis
4095 days ago
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hahahahahaHAhaha
::snicker::