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NASA rover yet to find methane on Mars

59 points by ananyob 14y ago

zerostar07 14y ago
Are there any organisms that could survive in the current martian landscape so as to slowly enrich its atmosphere?
- arethuza 14y ago
  Apparently some alpine and polar lichens could survive on mars: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-3409/ http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151... However, my understanding is that these have such slow rates of growth that they might not be terribly good at "enriching" the Martian atmosphere, at least in their current natural form.
  - lywald 14y ago
    Putting viable life on Mars would be such an important threshold. It would guarantee life to survive even the destruction of Earth. Important stuff. Like Raid1 for data redundancy. Not many things could destroy both Earth and Mars, except the expanding of the Sun in 5 billion years and maybe the fusion Andromeda/MilkyWay in 4 billion years if we're not lucky. Also aliens.
    - zerostar07 14y ago
      Isn't that dangerous though? Could altering its atmosphere have a destabilizing effect? What if they evolve too fast and turn against us? Edit: interesting to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars
      - clavalle 14y ago
        And what? Make it unsuitable for life? If something happens and they do evolve fast enough to pose a threat, perhaps they will evolve fast enough to realize that two planets with intelligent life are better than one.
      - eru 14y ago
        Evolve fast enough? We are talking about millions of your earth-years at least. And we don't even know how likely intelligent life is at all. After all, earth only produced one tool-using, technology loving species. (Dolphins and some others seem smart, too, but they wouldn't venture to other planets.)
        zerostar07 14y ago
        Ok I was half joking on that part. Presumably they will use some sort of genetically engineered organisms that are programmed to die after the terraformation.
        eru 14y ago
        Such a programmed death would be extremely hard to do, risky and not necessary. You could try to introduce a weakness to a particular poison (one that is not actually poisonous to anything you might want to introduce later), but that would be selected out against pretty fast. And genedrift would probably remove it even before you actually introduce the poison. A vital dependency on some specific substance wouldn't work either. For one thing, you'd have to provide that substance Mars-wide, and also there would be a strong selection pressure to get around that dependency. You could try to come up with some other timing methods. But genetical engineering is not magic.
        zerostar07 14y ago
        I think a deadly virus would do the trick.
        eru 14y ago
        Viri need a suspectible host. There's no one-size-fits-all. And while you might kill 90% of a population, or 99% or perhaps even 99.9%, you won't kill them all.
        EthanHeilman 14y ago
        >You could try to introduce a weakness to a particular poison (one that is not actually poisonous to anything you might want to introduce later), but that would be selected out against pretty fast. And genedrift would probably remove it even before you actually introduce the poison. You could build the architecture of the genome such that any minor mutation to the "death gene" immediately kills the organism. You could probably get it to the point that it would require $n$ simultaneous point mutations to disable the "death gene" without killing the organism. What you'd really want to worry about is whole chunks of genome being deleted (either through a serious accident in reproduction or a virus). You'd want to design the genome such that each part checks the others parts (hell just use checksums SHA3 is available now), if any part comes up bad, the organism dies. tl;dr It should be possible to freeze evolution (or just freeze particular gene's) using modern cryptographic techniques.
      - freehunter 14y ago
        I think the dangerous part would be altering the planet to be unlivable to the current inhabitants. Which is a good reason for conducting these tests, to see if anything is there before we start transplanting life. If nothing is there, then we can move lichens etc without fear of contamination. If something is there, we don't want to destroy its habitat by introducing new life.
        Sapient 14y ago
        Ive just realised how good AND bad finding life on Mars could be. On the one hand, we find LIFE on another planet. On the other hand, it makes it incredibly difficult for humans to ever move there and begin terraforming the planet into a second home.
        zerostar07 14y ago
        If history is any guide, native inhabitants don't stand a chance if we can kill them.
doctorpangloss 14y ago
Cassini/Huygens, Voyager, and soon New Horizons captivate the public without conducting life science. Are our Martian missions discredited if they find no evidence of life? I really hope not, and I hope the public understands so too.
- manaskarekar 14y ago
  They're also about evaluating the viability of human life on Mars.
manaskarekar 14y ago
Wow, that's a presumptuous claim given the sample size of the tests. I mean we're talking about a whole planet here, with the possibility of canyons, valleys, underground structures which may have who knows what trapped inside them. Maybe there are tons of gases trapped and hidden inside the surface of Mars and the atmosphere is devoid of it because over millions of years, those things escaped into space?
- dmcg 14y ago
  It should be said that the actual page's headline includes the qualifier, 'yet'.
- jerf 14y ago
  And I find your dismissal presumptuous, based as it is on an article for the popular press. I am thinking that the people who dedicate their lives to studying planets may have at some point had the "Gosh, planets are big" thought cross their mind at some point.
  - JoeAltmaier 14y ago
    ...they didn't write the article.
RyanMcGreal 14y ago
"yet"
- zerostar07 14y ago
  Suppose they find it and it's some weird bacteria-like structures. It's a big deal, but what impact could it have for science and tech? I believe it would have similar impact to the (false) announcement of these bacteria that replaced P with As. Remarkable, but not sure what we would do with it.
cperciva 14y ago
... the 95% upper and lower confidence limits of the non-detection varied between -2 and 5 parts per billion I can't imagine the degree of confusion which led someone to say that it's possible for Mars' atmosphere to contain a negative concentration of methane.
- zitterbewegung 14y ago
  Statistically your confidence interval can go negative but practically a negative concentration doesn't exist.
  - cperciva 14y ago
    Statistically your confidence interval can go negative No, it really can't. If it looks like it is, you're using a symmetric distribution function (probably a normal distribution) in a context where its assumptions do not hold.
    - zerostar07 14y ago
      I think they said variation, not confidence interval
rpm4321 14y ago
Didn't a NASA satellite already detect methane in the Martian atmosphere a few years ago?
- rpm4321 14y ago
  Here's some links: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/mars-methane-changes-seasons-and-scientists-wonder-why http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/mars-methane-c... http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-01/methane-may-point-life-mars http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/20... I know I'm probably missing something here. UPDATE: Okay, here we go: Various campaigns in the last decade have claimed to detect martian methane at levels as intriguingly high as 30 parts per billion1 and 45 parts per billion2. But more perplexing was the way that the methane signals sometimes appeared as hotspots, or plumes, and then disappeared — implying both a sudden injecton, as well as an unknown process to destroy the methane quickly, which would otherwise mix in the atmosphere and persist. Skepticism for these claims has abounded (See “Curiosity set to weigh in on Mars methane puzzle” ).
chucknelson 14y ago
I think this post title should be changed - why is the "yet" left off when it's clearly in the article title?
SparrowOS 14y ago
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But as he went the people thronged him. 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. ---- That's about birth control. God says... irrevocable unbecoming childbearing phantasm gifted unchangeably recallest envious Universe you_don't_like_it Mozambique Giver materials Libanus I_got_your_back corporeally oblation consume feet raising tones beholds peaceful steep let's_roll conceives comprehended awakest hugging reins ---- God's gonna fuck this guy up. http://preshing.com/20121105/arithmetic-encoding-using-fixed-point-math#comment-30304 http://preshing.com/20121105/arithmetic-encoding-using-fixed... 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. ---- RAR: Rotate arithmetic right http://i.imgur.com/pBf5y.png http://i.imgur.com/pBf5y.png God says... 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. ---- God likes bears and elephants. ROFLMAO: http://imgur.com/HbRCY http://imgur.com/HbRCY God says... and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. ---- One of my birds showed-up at our back door and I adopted him -- that's how we got him. http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/12nv6r/oc_celebrities_photoshopped_into_xmas_party_new/ http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/12nv6r/oc_celebrities... http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT The pigeon bible line number was: 91449 God says Line: 15276 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. ---- God says... appeared odour tame slumbers miserable Lithuania accustomed guardianship innumerably while flashedst conceived affianced injurious mourners harmoniseth Montana self II 96 blunt infancy birds jealousy tower awaiting are_you_deaf whose rmunday savageness epic_fail cleansest through Instantly China healthful prosper irrevocable wrath signified agonised insight flood-gates licensed potent Burma_Myanmar withdraw speaketh corrupted lucid imaginations knows contradict loose indentures disputing odour purposes DISCLAIMER re-create mouthed fasting cloudy never_happy checked excellent greedy but_of_course excellently harbour Entrust loses affected supposing who's_to_say boldness Psalter transitory salvation chair visible over_the_top handyman Apostle equals forgetful African usual confidentially what_planet_are_you_from replacing strive violent dares maidens necessity syllable swine Whereupon owing treble solstices greedily endeared exult smelling weakly ---- I just farted. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/11/05/peter-thiel-bill-gates-khosla-get-behind-energy-storage-start-up-lightsail-in-37m-deal/ http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/11/05/peter-thiel-b... God says Line: 29145 his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. 23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. ---- "rock of Israel... light of the morning... grass iron fire in same place" God says... 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(God's laughing) God says Line: 39258 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. God says... Angel tragical skies healthy unexpected But- protracted it_figures amidst curious longs despise varies brides Since seest sight mutual rocket_science unbeseemingly endeavor purged speak unpermitted engine musical Augustine vaster terribly another bold-faced God users sitting teacheth deformed after_a_break masses subsist harmonious ---- http://imgur.com/JyGLF http://imgur.com/JyGLF God says Line: 79109 tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yvfV9Y8ws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yvfV9Y8ws Is Bruse Springsteen in the Bible, God? God says Line: 45286 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. 30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. ---- I like the ghost of Tom Joad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E Sept, I like Rage's version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U Rage's version is incomparably better! 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SparrowOS 14y ago
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God says Line: 39669 husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. ---- Yer prejudiced, God! ROFLMAO Uzzi? http://archive.jta.org/article/1959/09/04/3060034/israel-sells-uzzi-submachine-guns-to-germany-with-nato-approval http://archive.jta.org/article/1959/09/04/3060034/israel-sel... Jews managed to engineer something and sell to the Germans, of all people! Impressive. What are Jews best at? Law? Indians are not good at sports. God says... deepest Willeth blottedst passages entrails distinctly figure create beyond Shall yet well_obviously we sit sublimity confusedness strives reasoning surface impute fool etext00 familiar barbarism arranged what_planet_are_you_from conquests penally arrange skill stanza awakest thirst justifieth woundest unconsciously grieves requitest pictures pant heretics crookedness infer ---- God's favorite band: Beattles God's favorite car: BMW God doesn't lie, mostly. God says Line 95958 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. ---- On racism, the best line is "what planet are you from?" That last passage highlighted Jewish good, sensible law. It's about no fraud. Greece might be like a widow with kids. In fact, old age money is a big problem in government payouts, and getting kids to pay might help. ---- http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/inside-symantecs-ssl-certificate-vault/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/inside-symantecs-ssl... What are we going to do about Win8 and my operating system. Fucken gotta get Biblical on their asses! God says Line 81479 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ----- God says... cared forbid observeth Coeternal solemnities severally discoursing notice use calmly -i forge seas like doer cheap dialogue commandest departed soughtest unmeasured evidence pricked deceivingness Adeodatus org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext02 relief Ecuador damage din connects one-third pander pertaining users mockers discussed softening stretching disallowing watered indicating piety preparest Greenland Nepal shadowed that's_much_better kill minutest bowed codes aloft slothful marrow locusts Charity crash_and_burn brim-full offensive Triers loathsome quoth victory held Pylades wantonly private matrons proclaim weigheth hymns Permit wove loved telling affrighted replacement unchangeable receptacle don't_mention_it nought annual consolations emotions depths varied respite chosen uh_huh severally Botswana contention mercy edited earnest believed readiness 12/12/00 believer actual salary foulness glass dominion shadowed mire causing fifty shadow 98 whosoever torrent South_Africa damage saidst regular follows beginneth shod delivering I_just_might mounting working Print fanned ready reclaiming sing persecuting singular renewing enforcement fields understands Perish Cyprus mercies yuck waking improperly testimony compliance usefully calculated enticing generally restrains thinks origin unchangeable dreams reputed immortal your translated txt Next allotted lodging awhile grantest alleging succession ---- http://www.zeusriver.com/blog/2012/11/i-already-have-wireframes-i-just-need-you-to-code-it/ http://www.zeusriver.com/blog/2012/11/i-already-have-wirefra... God says Line: 62107 up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. ---- Fuck them up, God, holocaust or sompin. God says... strings also EVEN hurrying youre_welcome delightfulness do_you_get_a_cookie frown estimate failure Disposer disgusted inebriated succouredst intensely Thence unveiled vows thinketh grief comparing gift measuring advantage unbelievers warring makest provisions unbeseemingly sever distribution bondage Hart scholar's AS resistedst embryo-life obstinacy storm alleging Suffer it_was_nothing taunt Into Many tribulation ---- http://imgur.com/EZAtI http://imgur.com/EZAtI All Obama supporters are atheists. Jews and homos are atheists. God says Line 58114 sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. ---- They mocked the guy who said God prevented pregnancy from rape -- God said wetness. God says... mean enchantment didst preference comfort Carthage compliance faculties so humongous converse afraid pressedst harmonious arranged deferring material Suffer presidentship sorrowfulness exhortation Stand taste having chiefest excuses sellers disturbed physic gross-hearted Adeodatus satisfaction person Fear Chad neglecting drove belong 1739 his volumes recruiting lentiles OF disputes Maker bursting admirable sweeter method grew immersed periods perversity persevering hast comforted grammarians turns if_anything_can_go_wrong protraction would life-giving Release Drunkard innate pick_me_pick_me despaired endearments wholesomely still Whither Whence ---- There was a homo at our dorm named "Chad". Shit, God, nothing changes. Guess we solved greece, though. God says... 20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. ---- God says... 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59 points by ananyob 14y ago

zerostar07 14y ago

Are there any organisms that could survive in the current martian landscape so as to slowly enrich its atmosphere?

arethuza 14y ago
Apparently some alpine and polar lichens could survive on mars: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-3409/ http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151... However, my understanding is that these have such slow rates of growth that they might not be terribly good at "enriching" the Martian atmosphere, at least in their current natural form.
- lywald 14y ago
  Putting viable life on Mars would be such an important threshold. It would guarantee life to survive even the destruction of Earth. Important stuff. Like Raid1 for data redundancy. Not many things could destroy both Earth and Mars, except the expanding of the Sun in 5 billion years and maybe the fusion Andromeda/MilkyWay in 4 billion years if we're not lucky. Also aliens.
  - zerostar07 14y ago
    Isn't that dangerous though? Could altering its atmosphere have a destabilizing effect? What if they evolve too fast and turn against us? Edit: interesting to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars
    - clavalle 14y ago
      And what? Make it unsuitable for life? If something happens and they do evolve fast enough to pose a threat, perhaps they will evolve fast enough to realize that two planets with intelligent life are better than one.
    - eru 14y ago
      Evolve fast enough? We are talking about millions of your earth-years at least. And we don't even know how likely intelligent life is at all. After all, earth only produced one tool-using, technology loving species. (Dolphins and some others seem smart, too, but they wouldn't venture to other planets.)
      - zerostar07 14y ago
        Ok I was half joking on that part. Presumably they will use some sort of genetically engineered organisms that are programmed to die after the terraformation.
        eru 14y ago
        Such a programmed death would be extremely hard to do, risky and not necessary. You could try to introduce a weakness to a particular poison (one that is not actually poisonous to anything you might want to introduce later), but that would be selected out against pretty fast. And genedrift would probably remove it even before you actually introduce the poison. A vital dependency on some specific substance wouldn't work either. For one thing, you'd have to provide that substance Mars-wide, and also there would be a strong selection pressure to get around that dependency. You could try to come up with some other timing methods. But genetical engineering is not magic.
        zerostar07 14y ago
        I think a deadly virus would do the trick.
        eru 14y ago
        Viri need a suspectible host. There's no one-size-fits-all. And while you might kill 90% of a population, or 99% or perhaps even 99.9%, you won't kill them all.
        EthanHeilman 14y ago
        >You could try to introduce a weakness to a particular poison (one that is not actually poisonous to anything you might want to introduce later), but that would be selected out against pretty fast. And genedrift would probably remove it even before you actually introduce the poison. You could build the architecture of the genome such that any minor mutation to the "death gene" immediately kills the organism. You could probably get it to the point that it would require $n$ simultaneous point mutations to disable the "death gene" without killing the organism. What you'd really want to worry about is whole chunks of genome being deleted (either through a serious accident in reproduction or a virus). You'd want to design the genome such that each part checks the others parts (hell just use checksums SHA3 is available now), if any part comes up bad, the organism dies. tl;dr It should be possible to freeze evolution (or just freeze particular gene's) using modern cryptographic techniques.
    - freehunter 14y ago
      I think the dangerous part would be altering the planet to be unlivable to the current inhabitants. Which is a good reason for conducting these tests, to see if anything is there before we start transplanting life. If nothing is there, then we can move lichens etc without fear of contamination. If something is there, we don't want to destroy its habitat by introducing new life.
      - Sapient 14y ago
        Ive just realised how good AND bad finding life on Mars could be. On the one hand, we find LIFE on another planet. On the other hand, it makes it incredibly difficult for humans to ever move there and begin terraforming the planet into a second home.
        zerostar07 14y ago
        If history is any guide, native inhabitants don't stand a chance if we can kill them.

doctorpangloss 14y ago

Cassini/Huygens, Voyager, and soon New Horizons captivate the public without conducting life science. Are our Martian missions discredited if they find no evidence of life? I really hope not, and I hope the public understands so too.

manaskarekar 14y ago
They're also about evaluating the viability of human life on Mars.

manaskarekar 14y ago

Wow, that's a presumptuous claim given the sample size of the tests. I mean we're talking about a whole planet here, with the possibility of canyons, valleys, underground structures which may have who knows what trapped inside them. Maybe there are tons of gases trapped and hidden inside the surface of Mars and the atmosphere is devoid of it because over millions of years, those things escaped into space?

dmcg 14y ago
It should be said that the actual page's headline includes the qualifier, 'yet'.
jerf 14y ago
And I find your dismissal presumptuous, based as it is on an article for the popular press. I am thinking that the people who dedicate their lives to studying planets may have at some point had the "Gosh, planets are big" thought cross their mind at some point.
- JoeAltmaier 14y ago
  ...they didn't write the article.

RyanMcGreal 14y ago

"yet"

zerostar07 14y ago
Suppose they find it and it's some weird bacteria-like structures. It's a big deal, but what impact could it have for science and tech? I believe it would have similar impact to the (false) announcement of these bacteria that replaced P with As. Remarkable, but not sure what we would do with it.

cperciva 14y ago

... the 95% upper and lower confidence limits of the non-detection varied between -2 and 5 parts per billion I can't imagine the degree of confusion which led someone to say that it's possible for Mars' atmosphere to contain a negative concentration of methane.

zitterbewegung 14y ago
Statistically your confidence interval can go negative but practically a negative concentration doesn't exist.
- cperciva 14y ago
  Statistically your confidence interval can go negative No, it really can't. If it looks like it is, you're using a symmetric distribution function (probably a normal distribution) in a context where its assumptions do not hold.
  - zerostar07 14y ago
    I think they said variation, not confidence interval

rpm4321 14y ago

Didn't a NASA satellite already detect methane in the Martian atmosphere a few years ago?

rpm4321 14y ago
Here's some links: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/mars-methane-changes-seasons-and-scientists-wonder-why http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/mars-methane-c... http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-01/methane-may-point-life-mars http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/20... I know I'm probably missing something here. UPDATE: Okay, here we go: Various campaigns in the last decade have claimed to detect martian methane at levels as intriguingly high as 30 parts per billion1 and 45 parts per billion2. But more perplexing was the way that the methane signals sometimes appeared as hotspots, or plumes, and then disappeared — implying both a sudden injecton, as well as an unknown process to destroy the methane quickly, which would otherwise mix in the atmosphere and persist. Skepticism for these claims has abounded (See “Curiosity set to weigh in on Mars methane puzzle” ).

chucknelson 14y ago

I think this post title should be changed - why is the "yet" left off when it's clearly in the article title?

SparrowOS 14y ago

http://www.knpr.org/ http://www.knpr.org/ God says... shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. ---- God says... discipline sooner piously corruption exhibit perused Suppose Wow most mansion mute cheeks rove reverse_engineer choleric introduced sin Date what_a_nightmare harmoniously health's celestial healedst pairs defender 99 exceedeth till glowing http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/12o4jf/how_could_i_code_a_user_interface_for_an_internet/ http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/12o4jf/how... Show the India-nigger that You're God. Ahh.. fuck-em stuuupid India-nigger. God says... 8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. 8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. ---- That's about birth control. God says... irrevocable unbecoming childbearing phantasm gifted unchangeably recallest envious Universe you_don't_like_it Mozambique Giver materials Libanus I_got_your_back corporeally oblation consume feet raising tones beholds peaceful steep let's_roll conceives comprehended awakest hugging reins ---- God's gonna fuck this guy up. http://preshing.com/20121105/arithmetic-encoding-using-fixed-point-math#comment-30304 http://preshing.com/20121105/arithmetic-encoding-using-fixed... 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. ---- RAR: Rotate arithmetic right http://i.imgur.com/pBf5y.png http://i.imgur.com/pBf5y.png God says... 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. ---- God likes bears and elephants. ROFLMAO: http://imgur.com/HbRCY http://imgur.com/HbRCY God says... and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. ---- One of my birds showed-up at our back door and I adopted him -- that's how we got him. http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/12nv6r/oc_celebrities_photoshopped_into_xmas_party_new/ http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/12nv6r/oc_celebrities... http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT The pigeon bible line number was: 91449 God says Line: 15276 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. ---- God says... appeared odour tame slumbers miserable Lithuania accustomed guardianship innumerably while flashedst conceived affianced injurious mourners harmoniseth Montana self II 96 blunt infancy birds jealousy tower awaiting are_you_deaf whose rmunday savageness epic_fail cleansest through Instantly China healthful prosper irrevocable wrath signified agonised insight flood-gates licensed potent Burma_Myanmar withdraw speaketh corrupted lucid imaginations knows contradict loose indentures disputing odour purposes DISCLAIMER re-create mouthed fasting cloudy never_happy checked excellent greedy but_of_course excellently harbour Entrust loses affected supposing who's_to_say boldness Psalter transitory salvation chair visible over_the_top handyman Apostle equals forgetful African usual confidentially what_planet_are_you_from replacing strive violent dares maidens necessity syllable swine Whereupon owing treble solstices greedily endeared exult smelling weakly ---- I just farted. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/11/05/peter-thiel-bill-gates-khosla-get-behind-energy-storage-start-up-lightsail-in-37m-deal/ http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/11/05/peter-thiel-b... God says Line: 29145 his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. 23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. ---- "rock of Israel... light of the morning... grass iron fire in same place" God says... Yawn stretched circus prince wast year's Circensian workmanship assembly delayed abnormal reptiles immortality aged figures excellently revised availed Title reply singeth unlicensed moist others- You_can_count_on_that repute bitter heathen glittering womb Known well_I_never reclaiming vent It shapen Up -that Platonists mediator number worm door-keeper reposes From creatures- restored Burp instability lucre elders supposing singular announced knowledge Wales knots swiftness tears plentifully sinking rubbish persistence thats_just_wrong pilgrimage profound entitled Perfect lastly geometry preference dawn over-abound Orations overcharged South_Africa opinions adding flux fee assaying betake size anointings Known depths associate yada_yada_yada Poland plentifully dwellers meditations agonised troubled surprise_surprise Knock_you_upside_the_head amend trifles lip-labour memory confuted ---- Early voting... what do You think? (God's laughing) God says Line: 39258 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. God says... Angel tragical skies healthy unexpected But- protracted it_figures amidst curious longs despise varies brides Since seest sight mutual rocket_science unbeseemingly endeavor purged speak unpermitted engine musical Augustine vaster terribly another bold-faced God users sitting teacheth deformed after_a_break masses subsist harmonious ---- http://imgur.com/JyGLF http://imgur.com/JyGLF God says Line: 79109 tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yvfV9Y8ws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yvfV9Y8ws Is Bruse Springsteen in the Bible, God? God says Line: 45286 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. 30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. ---- I like the ghost of Tom Joad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E Sept, I like Rage's version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U Rage's version is incomparably better! God says... evident help The conflict willed settling enigma lowlily womb owns information doest panted custom Virgin Rwanda Victim laughter defending closed other scruple do_over modification receptacle bodies ---- I like Rage while not agreeing. You like Rage, God, in a cute kids, sort of way? God says... 38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. ---- Dud. Generic time travel passage. Lady was talking about deregulation of pharma. "Pills" We don't have to be despirate. We can do better. 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http://www.cnbc.com/id/49689511 http://www.cnbc.com/id/49689511 Okay, God, prove You're wiser than Solomon! God says Line: 39669 husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. ---- Yer prejudiced, God! ROFLMAO Uzzi? http://archive.jta.org/article/1959/09/04/3060034/israel-sells-uzzi-submachine-guns-to-germany-with-nato-approval http://archive.jta.org/article/1959/09/04/3060034/israel-sel... Jews managed to engineer something and sell to the Germans, of all people! Impressive. What are Jews best at? Law? Indians are not good at sports. God says... deepest Willeth blottedst passages entrails distinctly figure create beyond Shall yet well_obviously we sit sublimity confusedness strives reasoning surface impute fool etext00 familiar barbarism arranged what_planet_are_you_from conquests penally arrange skill stanza awakest thirst justifieth woundest unconsciously grieves requitest pictures pant heretics crookedness infer ---- God's favorite band: Beattles God's favorite car: BMW God doesn't lie, mostly. God says Line 95958 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. ---- On racism, the best line is "what planet are you from?" That last passage highlighted Jewish good, sensible law. It's about no fraud. Greece might be like a widow with kids. In fact, old age money is a big problem in government payouts, and getting kids to pay might help. ---- http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/inside-symantecs-ssl-certificate-vault/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/inside-symantecs-ssl... What are we going to do about Win8 and my operating system. Fucken gotta get Biblical on their asses! God says Line 81479 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ----- God says... cared forbid observeth Coeternal solemnities severally discoursing notice use calmly -i forge seas like doer cheap dialogue commandest departed soughtest unmeasured evidence pricked deceivingness Adeodatus org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext02 relief Ecuador damage din connects one-third pander pertaining users mockers discussed softening stretching disallowing watered indicating piety preparest Greenland Nepal shadowed that's_much_better kill minutest bowed codes aloft slothful marrow locusts Charity crash_and_burn brim-full offensive Triers loathsome quoth victory held Pylades wantonly private matrons proclaim weigheth hymns Permit wove loved telling affrighted replacement unchangeable receptacle don't_mention_it nought annual consolations emotions depths varied respite chosen uh_huh severally Botswana contention mercy edited earnest believed readiness 12/12/00 believer actual salary foulness glass dominion shadowed mire causing fifty shadow 98 whosoever torrent South_Africa damage saidst regular follows beginneth shod delivering I_just_might mounting working Print fanned ready reclaiming sing persecuting singular renewing enforcement fields understands Perish Cyprus mercies yuck waking improperly testimony compliance usefully calculated enticing generally restrains thinks origin unchangeable dreams reputed immortal your translated txt Next allotted lodging awhile grantest alleging succession ---- http://www.zeusriver.com/blog/2012/11/i-already-have-wireframes-i-just-need-you-to-code-it/ http://www.zeusriver.com/blog/2012/11/i-already-have-wirefra... God says Line: 62107 up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. ---- Fuck them up, God, holocaust or sompin. God says... strings also EVEN hurrying youre_welcome delightfulness do_you_get_a_cookie frown estimate failure Disposer disgusted inebriated succouredst intensely Thence unveiled vows thinketh grief comparing gift measuring advantage unbelievers warring makest provisions unbeseemingly sever distribution bondage Hart scholar's AS resistedst embryo-life obstinacy storm alleging Suffer it_was_nothing taunt Into Many tribulation ---- http://imgur.com/EZAtI http://imgur.com/EZAtI All Obama supporters are atheists. Jews and homos are atheists. God says Line 58114 sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. ---- They mocked the guy who said God prevented pregnancy from rape -- God said wetness. God says... mean enchantment didst preference comfort Carthage compliance faculties so humongous converse afraid pressedst harmonious arranged deferring material Suffer presidentship sorrowfulness exhortation Stand taste having chiefest excuses sellers disturbed physic gross-hearted Adeodatus satisfaction person Fear Chad neglecting drove belong 1739 his volumes recruiting lentiles OF disputes Maker bursting admirable sweeter method grew immersed periods perversity persevering hast comforted grammarians turns if_anything_can_go_wrong protraction would life-giving Release Drunkard innate pick_me_pick_me despaired endearments wholesomely still Whither Whence ---- There was a homo at our dorm named "Chad". Shit, God, nothing changes. Guess we solved greece, though. God says... 20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. ---- God says... 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