Recent content by spikepipsqueak

According to the document Jimmy Higgins posted, your Post Office keeps the lot when there is a complaint and everybody has to start from scratch.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy "Frida", for some unknown reason. Loved it. 5/5

In the past week I've watched Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2. Not doing that again, and I only did it this once because I wanted to see why people like Tarentino. I can almost see it. Bit confused, though. I thought one of these films had the scene with Travolta and Thurman dancing. What have I...

House of Open Wounds. Adrian Tchaikovsky I might have to go in to mourning when I finally read the last of his books.

When I read on here that Gregory Benford had died I thought it was about time I reread Timescape. 10 pages in, I was thinking "No, I would have remembered this." Now I'm trying to figure out what iconic SF novel I had mixed up in my mind with this one.

Take it away! @Tigers! I feel a little guilty, but evidently not guilty enough. :D

They were looking at the same image that was going nuts to my eyes. What you said there ^ is what I think might be going on. I wish I understood that mechanism. It might be a trivial difference, it might be of fundamental importance.

I just showed the 2 circles illusion to the boys. Both reckon they just saw circles. Now I don't know whether to worry about their mental architecture or my own.

I expect to be well paid.

Thanks jonatha. :D Please caption the image above.

Yep. It's a very fine line. :D

@Tigers! :D There's no hole deep enough. :D

Just seen this. TYVM, but can I pass it on to @Elixir?

Isn't that wonderful? I suspect it's our brains doing predictive stuff.

How long has this been going on? I was preparing this when I looked more closely at the packaging of the pork. It said "lightly infused". On closer examination: Pork 88% Water, acidity regulator, (262.331) Salt, Maltodextrin (Maize) Mineral salt (500), Antioxidant (316), Canola oil. No...