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So this is a fairly nerdy theory. Like really nerdy. And it's not even that much of a theory, because it's not really proving anything radical about the cosmere. But hey, I've seen super nerdy stuff on here, *cough*redshift*cough* so here goes nothing. Basically, the way Atium works can prove that the cosmere operates on General Relativity. (Wow, I make it sound like an operating system on a computer...) Yesterday, while I was supposed to be studying for a test, I wiki-walked my way to the modern theory of gravity and the theories of general and special relativity. Now, this subject has been something that bothered me for a while, because it's hard to grasp; but all of a sudden, this time it clicked. I suppose it was because we'd just learned about parametric graphs in Pre-Calculus. [explanation of parametrics vs. the universe] So in parametric graphing, three variables are graphed on a two dimensional plane. The y and x values are assigned by plugging in a variable of t. So if the equations are x=2t+1 and y=3t-2, you could solve for the points by moving in incrememts of t. At t=1, your coordinate would be (3,1); t=2 is (5, 4); t=3 is (7, 7); and so on. When graphed this usually makes some kind of curved or straight line. Now, because two dimensional planes only have x and y axes, the way that you figure out where the low t's and the high t's are is that parametric lines have direction. The line moves from low t's to higher t's, usually represented by little arrows on the graph. Our universe works the same way, but with an extra dimension. At any given moment, you are a point in a three-dimensional graph, which would be your location in the universe. However, there's a fourth dimension involved: time. If you look back at your life graphically, you are not a point in space, but a line moving through space. You change positions (coordinates) as time (t) increases. So if right this second is t=0, then t=-5 is where you were five minutes ago. Perhaps you got up to get a drink of water, and so t=-5 would be a different coordinate than right now: t=0. For each point in time, you have a specific location. You're never in two places at the same time, and you're never nowhere. It's continuous. Now this line of your "coordinates" in space has direction just like the parametric line. You travel from earlier events to later events. You can't go backward on t's, they just keep moving forward. This imaginary line of locations for each point in time is called the "worldline" and everyone and everything has one. Your personal worldline starts with you as a tiny baby at one end, traces every movement you have in your life, before ending with you in some old-folks home somewhere down the line. [End of basic explanation. Physics nerds who already know this can tune back in] Now normally, we can only seen where we've been and where we are, so (still working under the assumption that t=0 is the present) we can "solve" for any values greater or less than 0 for t. That will give us where we were at a certain point in time. But atium lets you see the future. It lets you see worldlines that haven't happened yet. And not just a point on one or two worldlines, but the worldline for every object in sight. So your eyes are "solving" for t=0, but the atium is letting you "solve" for t=2 and is superimposing this new set of coordinates on you set of t=0 coordinates (real life). Electrum works the same way, but instead of the worldlines of everything around you, you can see what your own worldline looks like at t=2. No wonder your brain has to be enhanced to deal with it all! Okay, so I don't know that this has any practical value whatsoever but hey, I thought it was interesting. Not bad for an English Major huh?

The angry tyranno-bunny

Oh, you're right. I totally screwed up how Karma works. Silly me. Thesaurus.com lists synonyms for recompense as: amends, atonement, bus fare, compensation, cue, damages, emolument, expiation, gravy, indemnification, indemnity, overcompensation, pay, payment, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, solatium, sweetener, tip, wages I think Atonement probably sounds the shard-y-est. Yes, that is a word. I did not just completely make it up.

Hmm, on the terms of shard, it seems very Karmatic, though Karma doesn't seem very cosmere-y. Something bad happens to you, something equally good happens to you. Recompense maybe, but that's still not elegant enough. Especially not for a book with as poetic a title as "Silence Divine"

stormlight-fueled nuclear missile. Hyphens totally don't count right?

My parents decided that I had to read the books before I saw the movies, so when I found out we were going to watch them at my church, I had to read all three books in three weeks. It was awesome.

Okay, I haven't read through this entire post, so I don't know if it's been said before, but Yahtzee Croshaw's Zero Punctuation game reviews are quite awesome. There's almost never major spoilers, and they're all hilarious. There's some swearing and some NSFW metaphors, but it's definitely worth it. Don't get offended if he criticizes a good game; he criticizes all games super harshly (except the original Portal for some reason), and making fun of things you love is always fun.

CURSE YOU SILUUUUSSSSS!!! Though it was Chaos who started it, so, CURSE YOU TOO, CHAOS!!!!!! Also, if you give me awesome points for liking KPop, Silus, I think I could put them under "awesome taste in music"! Yay!

If you want a quick runthrough, Hank Green's got the best (hankgames). He's the farthest out of the three I'm watching and has this uncanny ability to look at puzzles and intuitively figure out how they work. Toby Turner is in second (tobygames). He's got the best update schedule, (1-2 videos a day) and he's very funny, though he gets stuck in some strange places. And I'm also watching iJustine's playthrough (ijustinegaming). Well, she tries. The girl cannot wrap her mind around the portal concept. If you do decide to watch her, make sure you put a pillow on your desk to avoid excessively painful headdesk.

Hyperbole and a half is awesome! Nothing more to say. Just another reason I love this site.

Passable Piano, Passable Guitar, French Horn, Mellophone, and Voice. I could probably figure trumpet out without too much trouble as well.

Dang it! I need to write more. That was amazing for just dialogue. Though did anyone else who's played Portal 2 imagine Mr. Johnston's voice being the same as ? It's only one letter, and it's so perfect!

Awesome! You get upvotes for that!

Hi, I'm Feather. I'm around and am currently obsessed with upvotes (the wonderful little + and - buttons at the bottom of the posts). So I've given you your first free of charge*! Also, I totally picked the "I like this answer best because it's ridiculously long, not because it's what I actually think" answer because I took an AP test today and have to take the SAT tomorrow, and that's basically my strategy for getting good essay scores. *Upvote acceptance will be seen as agreement to indentured servitude for life.

I would like to announce THAT I AM A SLIVER! I warned you I was coming for you Chaos! Hooray for fake reputation! (Please don't downvote this just for spite! I will give cookie-bribes as protection! I'm a sliver now, I can do that!)

Well since you all have gotten me addicted to SNSD we might as well throw Hoot! in as well.

So, the reason I haven't been on much in the last few days. YOU MENTIONED LICD. WHY IN THE WORLD DID I READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE ARCHIVE???? Though it did get better as I went along. It's not usually my brand of humor (sheltered) the characters got more complex and I always love a webcomic that's long enough to have a plethora of inside jokes.

*psst* KChan, have you checked out BBC's Merlin? It's fairly awesome, but I'll warn you, they're a bit liberal with the artistic liscense they take with the myths. (Though they get more cannon as the seasons go on). That show is amazing.

Playing Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on my phone via a GBA emulator. In French of course because I can and I'm a language nerd. I'd forgotten how good this game is! It's been a while since I played it. I've also of Pokemon: Version Emeraude (Emerald obviously, but again in French). I'd played LeafGreen and FireRed, so I picked a diferent continent so I could learn new Pokemon, but apparently all the names are different in a different language! Go figure. So I named my "Goubou" "Mudkip" so I could remember (cuz I knew that one) but now it's evolved and it's still named Mudkip, so that's wierd.

I ought to sign up for yourpants. But I'm not on enough here, so I've been avoiding it. And YOU HAVEN'T READ JOHN'S BOOKS???? For shame. Go find the nearest copy of Paper Towns, buy/steal it, and then read it like Margo was a mistborn. (Wow, that story just got a lot more awesome. And it was pretty awesome to begin with.) And John is definitely my favorite. I love Hank, and I'm watching his Portal 2 videos, but John's sheer brilliance at the smallest things just makes me believe in the world all over again. And he definitely has the best gigs. Question Tuesday beats Song Wednesday everytime. (Though the quark song is terribly catchy and helps in physics) Basically, I need a professional writing mentor for a class next year and John Green is second on my (long) list of authors to ask. Brandon's first of course! (Though it's a long shot, it would be remiss of me not to even ask!)

I would like to announce that I only need one more up vote to have a reputation of 50! Mwahaha! I may not be able to dethrone Chaos in post count, but I can beat his reputation!

I've recently re-caught up with all the VlogBrothers videos, and suddenly wondered if any of you all were Nerdfighters. The bounds of Nerdfightaria reach far, and it seemed possible. If you're not a nerdfighter, you might want to be! Though you'd probably have lots of questions, like "What is a Nerdfighter?" "How do I become a Nerdfighter?" "How do I decrease Worldsuck?" "Who the Eff is Hank?" "What's DFTBA?" "How am I supposed to get all of these inside jokes if I don't even know what the heck you're talking about, Feather?" And the answer is, you'll have to ask me to find out! DFTBA!

Wait a tic, there's a triangle there? *did not see that during readthrough* Well, I'll add it! (And yes, we do need some Siri/Susebron songs, because those two are just too cute)