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[MaximumZero]

Eh, didn't he supposedly live to over 900(0?!)? That's a bit of a stretch for our current medical technology, even with proper nutrition and exercise. Then again, as previously mentioned the technology is getting better all the time.

969, according to Google. I'm going to go with "Yeah, right," on this one and just say that Sky still has lots and lots of time to do whatever she wants.

[Korbac]

Hilarious theory : what if you CAN live forever, just very few people who get old want to?
You can still be killed by bullits, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure etc, but teleomere (I think it is?) shortening, or actual aging, doesn't happen unless you WANT to die.

THE GOVERNMENT KILL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE REALLY OLD AS THEY TAKE UP TAX MONEY

IT'S ALL A PLAN

[MaximumZero]

Hilarious theory : what if you CAN live forever, just very few people who get old want to?
You can still be killed by bullits, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure etc, but teleomere (I think it is?) shortening, or actual aging, doesn't happen unless you WANT to die.

THE GOVERNMENT KILL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE REALLY OLD AS THEY TAKE UP TAX MONEY

IT'S ALL A PLAN

[Skyrunner]

So manythings I want to try, and so little time to do them.

You've got another good 70-80+ years. There's time.

Some things can't wait
Like the slew of programming technology I want to learn and take advantage of before college, or making stuff, or reading, while simultaneously keeping up a grade in a highly competitive environment, and score well on a battery of standardized tests that aren't exactly easy by high school standards... @_@ Then uncertainty whether what I'm doing even counts, and the feeling of inadequacy that visits every so often.

E: Aahhh! Ninjas approaching from all eight cardinal directions, and sixteen more I was previously unaware of!

* Skyrunner is very confused :/ 

[Max White]

What would you call the 24 directions that would be the 3d equivalent to the 2d cardinal directions?

[Skyrunner]

I think I'd go with north, south, east, west, up, down, queer, normal, google, and sweet.

[Flying Dice]

So manythings I want to try, and so little time to do them.

You've got another good 70-80+ years. There's time.

Some things can't wait
Like the slew of programming technology I want to learn and take advantage of before college, or making stuff, or reading, while simultaneously keeping up a grade in a highly competitive environment, and score well on a battery of standardized tests that aren't exactly easy by high school standards... @_@ Then uncertainty whether what I'm doing even counts, and the feeling of inadequacy that visits every so often.

E: Aahhh! Ninjas approaching from all eight cardinal directions, and sixteen more I was previously unaware of!

* Skyrunner is very confused :/ 

More post-ninjas just gives your post a greater chance of being insightful and relevant. It's one of the corollaries to Conservation of Ninjutsu. That aside, don't feel inadequate. At the very least you've probably done more productive things with your life than I have. Alternatively, existence as a self-aware intelligence is in and of itself important and meaningful. I'm probably the last person in the world who should be spouting optimistic platitudes, but things are rarely as bad as they seem. Unless you've been buried in a pit of spiders, in that case they probably are.

Also, sidebackways.

[Xantalos]

So manythings I want to try, and so little time to do them.

You've got another good 70-80+ years. There's time.

Some things can't wait
Like the slew of programming technology I want to learn and take advantage of before college, or making stuff, or reading, while simultaneously keeping up a grade in a highly competitive environment, and score well on a battery of standardized tests that aren't exactly easy by high school standards... @_@ Then uncertainty whether what I'm doing even counts, and the feeling of inadequacy that visits every so often.

E: Aahhh! Ninjas approaching from all eight cardinal directions, and sixteen more I was previously unaware of!

* Skyrunner is very confused :/ 

More post-ninjas just gives your post a greater chance of being insightful and relevant. It's one of the corollaries to Conservation of Ninjutsu. That aside, don't feel inadequate. At the very least you've probably done more productive things with your life than I have. Alternatively, existence as a self-aware intelligence is in and of itself important and meaningful. I'm probably the last person in the world who should be spouting optimistic platitudes, but things are rarely as bad as they seem. Unless you've been buried in a pit of spiders, in that case they probably are.

Also, sidebackways.

The only proper way to wear a shirt.

[fqllve]

Your mileage may vary, but I learned more Spanish after 10 hours of Rosetta Stone than I did after 2 semesters of it taught by a native-speaking professor. Granted Rosetta Stone came after, so it was building on a foundation I already had, but I liked the emphasis on... schematic learning? Don't know what you'd call it, but I like how they throw you into the language, and use your brains own method of classifying differences to learn language naturally, rather than starting with studying the mechanics of a new language.

The problem with Rosetta Stone with Japanese, especially if you're learning with a goal of eventually being able to read it, is that speaking the language itself isn't really the most difficult part, it's the kanji, and Rosetta Stone doesn't really prepare you for that at all. It can be helpful if you want to put emphasis on speech but reading is generally agreed on as the big hurdle for Japanese.

What I'd recommend is picking up the kana and then moving on to either Mitamura's Let's Learn Kanji (which is what I used) or Heisig's Remembering the Kanji, depending on what style of learning you prefer. Then, armed with a good dictionary, start reading. And if you're going to use Rosetta Stone, which may be helpful for speaking, don't use it as your main focus. And keep a particle dictionary on hand.

[Truean]

http://www.advocate.com/politics/prop-8/2013/02/06/mormons-evangelicals-ask-supreme-court-ignore-science-gay-parents

"Dear Supreme Court, please ignore all that stuff saying it's ok to be gay...."

[kaijyuu]

Remember that this is the Supreme Court, which generally rules on the constitutionality of things. Their argument boils down to "nothing in the constitution says people have to make laws that make sense," which is true.

The funny part is they pretty much flat out admit that the scientific evidence is correct.

[PanH]

You can still be killed by bullits, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure etc,

Which is pretty much how people die of old age currently.

Edit : But I'm pretty sure there's some people that thinks it's a real conspiracy.

[Putnam]

Realized that I hate my community ._.

[MaximumZero]

http://www.advocate.com/politics/prop-8/2013/02/06/mormons-evangelicals-ask-supreme-court-ignore-science-gay-parents

"Dear Supreme Court, please ignore all that stuff saying it's ok to be gay...."

That's disgusting. Someone needs to teach these assholes a lesson.

[Reelya]

What would you call the 24 directions that would be the 3d equivalent to the 2d cardinal directions?

I think you mean 26 directions... (3^3 - 1)

But the simple answer is that x/y planar directions are North, East, South, West, with Northeast etc for the diagonals.

With Up/Down for the z-Axis, that could make 3D directions things like "Up-northeast", "Down-east" etc.