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Schroedinger says, "But it does sound like a fun project from an outside perspective - containing the universe, that is. ;)"
Whitney says, "I need more control rods."
Juniper says, "Liquid cooling system?"
Whitney says, "... I think that's called 'a stiff drink'."
Whitney says, "I probably need one of those too."
Schroedinger endorses helpfully.
Juniper says, "D thinks that's not a bad idea."
Whitney says, "That's D for ya."
Whitney says, ".... augh my mysticism is coming out in MUSHcode all of a sudden waaaaaaah."

Schroedinger says, "Really? Which part?"
Juniper says, "He also suggests, specifically, when I stop to ask, 'Scotch.' Which isn't the normal for him, but what do I know, I was talkign John Barleycorn and the Green Man with Greer Gilman and Jane Yolen this morning, and D laughed and said, 'I Am.'"
Schroedinger gets chunks of that from pattern study.
Schroedinger says, "NOT Scoresby, though."
Schroedinger had that inflicted on me the other night. Oh my god.
Whitney says, "I tried to wrap my head around bits of it and I got objects that are located inside each other and also a whole bunch of @parent code."
Schroedinger says, "Yay metaphors!"
Juniper says, "Object Oriented."
Schroedinger says, "OORT clouds."
Schroedinger says, "Object-Oriented Religious Traditions."
Whitney snickers helplessly.
Juniper says, "Where object gets increasingly small and incomprehensible and strange as you go down. (Turtles. Lots of turtles.)"
Schroedinger says, "Turtles allllll the way down."
Whitney wants to quote bits of this to LJ.
Schroedinger says, "With a stop for elephants."
Juniper says, "Go ahead."
Schroedinger says, "Feel free."
Juniper says, "Well, you need the four elephants to hold up the world on the back of the turtle, duh. Not four rocks that aren't elephant shaped."
Schroedinger says, "Naturally."
Schroedinger says, "Rocks aren't as good for balancing on slopes. I wonder what happens if one of the elephants sneezes?"
Schroedinger says, "... then again, maybe one of Whit's did."
Whitney says, "OORT cloud suggests the importance of proper orbital dynamics. I do not know if it also suggests epicycles. I think at the moment I am actually stuck with epicycles and attempting to discover theological Kepler."
Juniper has an image of an elephant with a balloon where its trunk ought to be, and the other three glancing worriedly over their shoulders...
Schroedinger is insufficiently Kepler-educated for religion to emerge there. Mine mostly sticks to programming, MUSH or otherwise.
Whitney says, "Kepler invented elliptical orbits, thereby making the math much easier."
Schroedinger says, "... /invented/ them?"
Whitney nods solemnly. Before Kepler there were epicycles. Epicycles are a bitch.
Schroedinger says, "Neat, Kepler and Copernicus have a religious holiday. Those Episcopals are cool."
Schroedinger says, "Ah, fixed vs. not fixed Earth."
Whitney says, "Epicycles are currently striking me as the cosmological equivalent of my current whrrgarbl."
Juniper says, "You are familiar with the Antykythera Machine, yes?"
Schroedinger says, "Aah. So you're trying to find the ellipticals?"
Schroedinger says, "I'm familiar with what it is and does, yeah, though not to any significant degree. I have the BPAL! ;)"
Juniper says, "It is pretty. My inner engineer loves it. But yeah, figuring out Kepler for Whitney's brain would be a good thing. Unfortunately, I'm not sure there are engineers to do math for the soul. :/"