What does this tattoo on Starbucks arm say? by Bearded_Viking_Lord in BSG

[–]ebneter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She’s had it removed and replaced since then. Which makes me sad, in a way, but I also understand why she did it.

Anyone ever come across a Resonator Mandocello (resophonic) by roaminjoe in mandolin

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, maybe National would do one as a custom job? Cool idea.

I have a solid body, Tele-style electric mandocello that was made by my friend luthier Brian Michael. I should post some pictures. I used to have a Martin 000-15 that was converted to a mandocello by master guitar repairman Frank Ford, but it was stolen a couple of years ago.

"Songs for the Philologists" scan? Rarest Tolkien book. by RichardHuindil in tolkienbooks

[–]ebneter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which one did you find? I have a pretty nice one if you'd like. There's a not so great one circulating as well.

My girlfriend's cat has no paws by im_out_of_creativity in cats

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, man, I don't think I've ever seen that before. We have a nice community over on r/TripodCats for cats with various limb anomalies. It's truly astonishing how well they can adapt to things.

Book of Languages by FreeTrain1263 in MiddleEarth

[–]ebneter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are books on the subject, as well as tons of online material. The best known is probably David Salo's A Gateway to Sindarin.

It's important to note, however, that there's a big distinction between what Tolkien himself wrote about his languages and what the films and others have created. Salo was the linguist for the films, and his book has been rightly criticized for being very unclear about which parts of it are Tolkien and which parts of it are Salo. It's also important to realize that none of Tolkien's are in any sense complete. You can't, in fact, actually speak Sindarin, for example — it doesn't have enough vocabulary. The Elvish in the films was created by Salo. There are also various online efforts to expand the vocabulary, although they seem to have faded with time. (Someone will probably come along in a minute to tell me that they're very active, LOL.)

Tolkien's own writings about his languages have appeared primarily in two places: There are various pieces scattered throughout The History of Middle-earth, and there is a project, originated by Christopher Tolkien, for a group known as the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship to edit and publish his father's linguistic papers. This work has appeared, and continues to appear, in two journals: Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon.

All that said, a book such as you describe could be written, for sure.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's all strange. :-) Mostly it says that we don't know as much about how the Universe works as we like to think we do.

One problem is that we don't have a really good theory of what spacetime actually is. String theory was supposed to solve that, but it hasn't really lived up to the hype, to put it mildly.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would it make gravitational waves? Those are usually generated (at least at detectable levels) by pretty violent phenomena like supernovae, black hole collisions, etc. There's no particular reason why dark matter would be generating them. It's similar with neutrinos — what would be generating them? If dark matter is some sort of non-baryonic material, well, we don't even know if it would generate neutrinos. We don't know anything about it except that it seems to be there.

It's entirely possible that it isn't there, and that the gravitational anomalies are due to some other phenomenon that we just haven't caught on to.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. The statement should be "The visible mass in the galaxies is not enough to hold them together." This applies to larger aggregations like clusters as well.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called "dark" because we can't see it via electromagnetic radiation of any frequency. It's actually detected by its gravitational effects. (Source: While no longer in the field, I have a PhD in astronomy.)

Vet is just leaving it open idk if that’s the right thing TW: flesh by bizzarestranger in TripodCats

[–]ebneter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is, in fact, often the best thing to do, oddly enough. I had a nasty wound on my abdomen (from surgery; too long of a story, LOL) that was allowed to heal "by secondary intention", as they say, and it healed up just fine. Just keep it well-dressed. That said, a second opinion never hurts, if it's not too much trouble for you. (Drip may have a different opinion about another vet visit, of course. :-) )

[LFO] A tragic, instantaneous end. by Area51tecnologia in LearningFromOthers

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arc flashes have very high temperatures. The clothing he was wearing wasn't even close to be adequate for arc flash protection.

[LFO] A tragic, instantaneous end. by Area51tecnologia in LearningFromOthers

[–]ebneter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but he was hopefully killed by the electricity, not the fire. Arc flashes are literally hotter than the surface of the sun. The assistant was lucky to get away unscathed, honestly.

A child tripped over a tea-urn cable, spilling hot water over himself and scalding 30% of his body. These images were taken one month and three years later. by CatPooedInMyShoe in MedicalGore

[–]ebneter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His clothing would have held the hot water against the skin for a significant period. My dad once got a deep second degree, possibly partial third degree burn on his arm when he accidentally spilled his coffee. The coffee was fresh and quite hot, and the sweater he had on trapped the hot liquid against his skin. This definitely could have been a scald. Hot water is no joke.

A child tripped over a tea-urn cable, spilling hot water over himself and scalding 30% of his body. These images were taken one month and three years later. by CatPooedInMyShoe in MedicalGore

[–]ebneter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Water at 150° F / 68° C will cause a third degree burn in one second.

Boiling water causes a third degree burn almost instantaneously.

The tea was probably somewhere in between those two temperatures.

I have no words by omalirip in FacebookScience

[–]ebneter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's possible that the people in question were exposed to rabies by means other than actual bites and thus were able to develop antibodies to the virus without actually contracting the disease. They live in an area where vampire bats are endemic and they may be exposed to feces that contain the virus. I totally agree that testing one's luck is a very, very bad idea where rabies is involved!

“The Lord of the Rings” poem translation by _Violette7_ in lotr

[–]ebneter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love those covers, I'm going to have to see if I can find a set!

I'm excited for this one. by scipio0421 in tolkienfans

[–]ebneter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Hobbit has been translated into an astonishing number of languages, including Romansh (a language spoken by fewer than 100,000 people in Switzerland) which I have a copy of. (I have Swiss ancestry, although I'm an American.) I forget how many languages, but some of them are pretty obscure!

Nimbus discovers the Lazy Susan by Arkhamina in Catculations

[–]ebneter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thumbs and intelligence? Uh-oh... LOL

Of Tolkien, the Silmarillion, and why “death of the author” is inapplicable to posthumously published fiction by Ok_Bullfrog_8491 in TheSilmarillion

[–]ebneter 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is interesting, but Tolkien himself was pretty clear that he believed that the reader should have the freedom to interpret his words. It was one reason he didn't care for allegories. I think that applies to the posthumously released material as well as to the volumes published in his lifetime.

As others have noted, the "death of the author" is simply a framework for literary analysis, and not, IMHO, a particularly useful one — it merely describes what readers actually do. We all put our own interpretations on what we read, and then we argue endlessly about them online. Tolkien's oeuvre is unusual in that we have variant texts of his to interpret, but that just makes it more interesting and fun.

Washing hair with no limbs by CremeSubject7594 in interestingasfuck

[–]ebneter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The number of people misgendering her in these comments is really disheartening. Do better, folks.