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09/08/09
09/06/09
09/06/09
Your brain hurts trying to make sense of what you are seeing as the hair on your neck stands on end. The rooms are a disjointed dim maze. Sounds with no seeming source play on your nerves even further.
I still don't understnad this place but it was certainly an experiance.
09/06/09
That's an easy one to dispel.
First, X-rays are produced by displacing electrons from the deepest atomic levels. Thus, it's a fairly high-energy process, about 100 times more energetic than ordinary chemistry (which involves only the outermost electrons). Therefore, any biological organism capable of producing X-rays would fry their own DNA.
But let's assume that somehow this bat is capable of producing X-rays without damaging its own biological structure. Because X-rays are so energetic, they're very penetrating, meaning that they barely reflect off anything, *especially* soft tissue like that of other biological entities. In other words, the bat might be able to send off X-ray signals but they wouldn't be coming back for the bat to process.
Have you ever wondered why, when you take a chest, leg, arm, etc X-ray, they put you *between* the photographic plate and the machine that produces the X-ray? That's because X-ray imaging works through *transmission*, not reflection.
But, hey, let's assume that somehow the bat produces X-ray signals and they bounce back. When they hit the bat, they'll go right through him since, after all, the bat is also mostly soft tissue.
But, well, let's assume that somehow the bat manages to stop the returning signals, meaning that the bat's tissue absorbs the returning X-rays, so that it can process them. Given how energetic X-rays are, how is the bat going to dissipate all that energy if the signals aren't being transmitted nor reflected? The bat's temperature would quickly rise and the bat would be cooked alive.
So, no, there is no such thing as X-ray "sonar", certainly not in the biological world.
09/05/09
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12/15/08
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12/14/08
12/14/08
On the other hand you can give Scott Pilgrim to just about any nerd and they'll love it.
All Star Superman is great introduction to comics for any reason.
12/23/08
12/14/08
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11/13/08
11/13/08
Meh, seems like there's never any stories like this taking place in America.
11/13/08
I'm sold. This movie looks really fucking creepy, and a lot of fun.
11/13/08
A lot of Gaiman's (relatively) recent work seems like really good ideas that he hasn't bothered to fully develop.
11/13/08
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11/04/08
11/04/08
I'd like to think maybe someday we'll get time travel and some future traveller will go do this.
Peace Laika.
11/04/08