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Is this from The Onion?

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Is this from The Onion?

No, here's a run down:

Unexplained object colliding with earth in November? True. However, the object is definitely man-made and as been in a highly elliptical orbit around the earth and has most likely from a relatively recent mission to the Moon, of which there have been several.

"Floating city" in China? True. However, it is the result of a type of (rare) mirage called Fata Morgana, which is also the cause of the sailors' stories of the Flying Dutchman.

Trumpets sounds? True and false. Most "trumpet" sounds found on YouTube are hoaxes and the ones that have authentic unidentified sounds are not trumpets. Unidentified sounds are not a new phenomenon and everyone recorded probably has a mundane, natural explanation.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Is this from The Onion?

No, here's a run down:

Unexplained object colliding with earth in November? True. However, the object is definitely man-made and as been in a highly elliptical orbit around the earth and has most likely from a relatively recent mission to the Moon, of which there have been several.

"Floating city" in China? True. However, it is the result of a type of (rare) mirage called Fata Morgana, which is also the cause of the sailors' stories of the Flying Dutchman.

Trumpets sounds? True and false. Most "trumpet" sounds found on YouTube are hoaxes and the ones that have authentic unidentified sounds are not trumpets. Unidentified sounds are not a new phenomenon and everyone recorded probably has a mundane, natural explanation.

Remember Kids, The world is boring and no magic.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Is this from The Onion?

No, here's a run down:

Unexplained object colliding with earth in November? True. However, the object is definitely man-made and as been in a highly elliptical orbit around the earth and has most likely from a relatively recent mission to the Moon, of which there have been several.

"Floating city" in China? True. However, it is the result of a type of (rare) mirage called Fata Morgana, which is also the cause of the sailors' stories of the Flying Dutchman.

Trumpets sounds? True and false. Most "trumpet" sounds found on YouTube are hoaxes and the ones that have authentic unidentified sounds are not trumpets. Unidentified sounds are not a new phenomenon and everyone recorded probably has a mundane, natural explanation.

Remember Kids, The world is boring and no magic.

Nah, the world is very exciting, if you search out for ways to learn about it.

“HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM." - Death

LoL, magic isn't things with no logical explanation. After all, unless you're a wild mage, you know what a fireball will do when you cast it- it's still magic. Something totally artificial fell to Earth. It's fair to assume it's human space garbage, but also prudent to explore the possibility of it being something else.

Don't let the naming of a spell or magical phenomenon make it any less spectacular.

It's man made junk, and it's going to crash in the Indian Ocean.

http://www.iflscience.com/space/space-junk-will-hit-indian-ocean-november

"A recently discovered piece of space junk will plunge into the ocean 100 kilometers (62 miles) off the south coast of Sri Lanka on Sunday, November 13, at around 12 p.m. local time. The object is a rarity among space junk as scientists were able to not only track its trajectory but also to accurately predict where it’s going to impact."

If I lived in Sri Lanka, I'd take a vacation around then and get as far away as I could, just in case they used common core math

sirlynchmob wrote:
It's man made junk, and it's going to crash in the Indian Ocean.

http://www.iflscience.com/space/space-junk-will-hit-indian-ocean-november

"A recently discovered piece of space junk will plunge into the ocean 100 kilometers (62 miles) off the south coast of Sri Lanka on Sunday, November 13, at around 12 p.m. local time. The object is a rarity among space junk as scientists were able to not only track its trajectory but also to accurately predict where it’s going to impact."

If I lived in Sri Lanka, I'd take a vacation around then and get as far away as I could, just in case they used common core math

"Uhhh... Bob, that piece of Space Junk we were talking about it? It just hit a big town!"

"D'oh! I knew I should've used cosine!'

I spent $100 on a calculator so I'd never have to do real math again.

 Grey Templar wrote:
I spent $100 on a calculator so I'd never have to do real math again.

Real maths is done with a computer

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
I spent $100 on a calculator so I'd never have to do real math again.

Real maths is done with a computer

Real maths can't be done on a computer

You know you've hit REAL MATH when you start wondering where the numbers went.

 Verviedi wrote:
You know you've hit REAL MATH when you start wondering where the numbers went.

And then when they come back they're only in your imagination....

Or can only be defined by a range that they're in somewhere...

 Verviedi wrote:
Or can only be defined by a range that they're in somewhere...

But that range could also be imaginary.

I can only imagine(heh) the conversation the person who invented Imaginary numbers had with the first person he told about it. "Dude, what have you been smoking?"

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Is this from The Onion?

No, here's a run down:

Unexplained object colliding with earth in November? True. However, the object is definitely man-made and as been in a highly elliptical orbit around the earth and has most likely from a relatively recent mission to the Moon, of which there have been several.

"Floating city" in China? True. However, it is the result of a type of (rare) mirage called Fata Morgana, which is also the cause of the sailors' stories of the Flying Dutchman.

Trumpets sounds? True and false. Most "trumpet" sounds found on YouTube are hoaxes and the ones that have authentic unidentified sounds are not trumpets. Unidentified sounds are not a new phenomenon and everyone recorded probably has a mundane, natural explanation.

Remember Kids, The world is boring and no magic.

Nah, the world is very exciting, if you search out for ways to learn about it.

“HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM." - Death

You get an exalt just for the Prachett reference

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
I spent $100 on a calculator so I'd never have to do real math again.

Real maths is done with a computer

Real maths can't be done on a computer

Clearly you're not familiar with Maple. God, I hated that POS program.

I had to use that for statistics class. I think the only reason I learned anything was because I couldn't get that stupid program to work and had to do all the work by hand. It was worse because the professor wanted print outs from maple as a "show your work" kind of thing. Ugh.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
I spent $100 on a calculator so I'd never have to do real math again.

Real maths is done with a computer

Real maths can't be done on a computer

Clearly you're not familiar with Maple. God, I hated that POS program.

Maple cannot do "real" maths either. It can be helpful with some repetitive stuff though.

It can be a piece of garbage. Had to use it for Calc 2, and it was painful.

 TheCustomLime wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
It's man made junk, and it's going to crash in the Indian Ocean.

http://www.iflscience.com/space/space-junk-will-hit-indian-ocean-november

"A recently discovered piece of space junk will plunge into the ocean 100 kilometers (62 miles) off the south coast of Sri Lanka on Sunday, November 13, at around 12 p.m. local time. The object is a rarity among space junk as scientists were able to not only track its trajectory but also to accurately predict where it’s going to impact."

If I lived in Sri Lanka, I'd take a vacation around then and get as far away as I could, just in case they used common core math

"Uhhh... Bob, that piece of Space Junk we were talking about it? It just hit a big town!"

"D'oh! I knew I should've used cosine!'

"Is it sahcohtoa or sohcahtoa?"

"I'm pretty sure its sahcohtao or something like that."

Dropbear Victim wrote:
While on the topic of weird sounds, there's been a loud boom in the sky going off in 2 hour intervals around Craigmore, South Australia for the last month or so. Happens in random directions night and day. Some even sounded like they came from almost directly underground a couple of times.The booms are of varying loudness and some rattle the house but the odd thing is that the shaking doesn't always correspond with the loud ones.

That's just the Cthonians. Shudde M'ell and her brood get active this time of year. No biggie.




Regarding the object, it's not Xibalba, is it? *shudder*



(Grant Morrison's Nameless is one of the more fethed-up things I've read in the past few years. Maybe THE most.)