Poll of the Day [1-16-2010]

[Nulls Wife]

So technically this could be a controversial question if some of you believe some of these are already real! That is the exact reason why I didn't put aliens on the list :p

Anyway I am a huge fan of Harry Potter so I think I would want wizards to be real. It would be sweet if there was a hidden part of the world where people were magical!! Oompa Loompas are a definite close second choice but little orange men running around is kinda a creepy thought.

Edit: Fairies-sorry! It wont let me edit the poll.

[Zackj191]

I said genies. They grant 3 wishes, 3 wishes = more of those can now be real.

Also, about the alien thing, it's pretty much completely ignorant to believe there is NO other life in the entire universe.

[Nulls Wife]

Also, about the alien thing, it's pretty much completely ignorant to believe there is NO other life in the entire universe.

I am not saying I believe in aliens or not, I am just saying that just because there is other life doesn't mean it is little green guys in the sky. There is already proof that the is some tiny living organisms in space. Also I am not sure if your post was implying that I was ignorant, because they way I meant it was that I didn't want the poll to be controversial so I didn't put aliens in the poll, since I know that some people believe in aliens and some people do not.

[Skittlemeister]

Regardless of dangerousness, dragons are by far the coolest things to have been invented. I wish they were real, but in certain ways. I'd explain it, but I'd sound really nerdy.

[Zackj191]

I am not saying I believe in aliens or not, I am just saying that just because there is other life doesn't mean it is little green guys in the sky. There is already proof that the is some tiny living organisms in space. Also I am not sure if your post was implying that I was ignorant, because they way I meant it was that I didn't want the poll to be controversial so I didn't put aliens in the poll, since I know that some people believe in aliens and some people do not.


Actually, quite the contrary. I was saying that people who don't believe in aliens are ignorant. But as you stated in your original post that you didn't add Aliens to the list on purpose implied, to me at least, that you do believe in aliens. So my post was meant to say the you are actually intelligent for recognizing there has to be some other form of life "out there." My post was directed more at the people, whomever it may be(I honestly didn't pick out one person, it was just a general accusation), that are highly religious or hard-headed, thus causing them to have a firm belief that there are no aliens out there. Only god, or in other cases, just space and we are the only form of life on the literally trillions or planets.

[Nulls Wife]

Actually, quite the contrary. I was saying that people who don't believe in aliens are ignorant. But as you stated in your original post that you didn't add Aliens to the list on purpose implied, to me at least, that you do believe in aliens. So my post was meant to say the you are actually intelligent for recognizing there has to be some other form of life "out there." My post was directed more at the people, whomever it may be(I honestly didn't pick out one person, it was just a general accusation), that are highly religious or hard-headed, thus causing them to have a firm belief that there are no aliens out there. Only god, or in other cases, just space and we are the only form of life on the literally trillions or planets.


:) Like I said I wasn't sure what you meant by your comment. I am glad to hear that you meant it the way I was hoping you did.

For the record I am not sure I really believe there are little green guys flying around in saucers. However I am not saying it is completely out of the realm of possibility.

[Skittlemeister]

Now, guys, please don't turn this into a discussion or flame thread, k.

[Zackj191]

:) Like I said I wasn't sure what you meant by your comment. I am glad to hear that you meant it the way I was hoping you did.

For the record I am not sure I really believe there are little green guys flying around in saucers. However I am not saying it is completely out of the realm of possibility.

I don't believe that they are little green men, but I do have firm beliefs that there is another form of life, most likely with higher intelligence than us. If you have ever thought of it, why do we think that a UFO is a flying saucer? Someone had to have seen one or at least thought they did to come up with the original idea that it's a flying saucer and not just an airplane shape which would be more practical if someone were to say they saw a UFO.


Now, guys, please don't turn this into a discussion or flame thread, k.

Why not a discussion thread? The poll of the day is to show what you believe and to see what other people think. That also includes discussing about yours and others opinions relating to the current poll of the day, does it not?

[Nulls Wife]

I don't believe that they are little green men, but I do have firm beliefs that there is another form of life, most likely with higher intelligence than us. If you have ever thought of it, why do we think that a UFO is a flying saucer? Someone had to have seen one or at least thought they did to come up with the original idea that it's a flying saucer and not just an airplane shape which would be more practical if someone were to say they saw a UFO.



That is an interesting point. I never thought about it like that before.

Oh and for the record, there is nothing wrong with discussing in the Poll of the Day.

[MultiLockOn]

I said genies. They grant 3 wishes, 3 wishes = more of those can now be real.

Also, about the alien thing, it's pretty much completely ignorant to believe there is NO other life in the entire universe.
I think it's ignorant to say that anyone with beliefs different than you is ignorant.


I struck up dragons. Love to ride one of those bad boys :D

[Letol]

I think it's ignorant to say that anyone with beliefs different than you is ignorant.



OOMPA LOOMPAS.

I actually made one on Rock Band. Oh wait, I can... Ooooh, just wait til I get hold of a 360 or fix mine guys!

[Zackj191]

That is an interesting point. I never thought about it like that before.


I always thought about then when I first started to actually think about other life in the Universe. I am really convinced there has to be aliens. I had a teacher last year(US History, both A and B[we have two parts because we are on a Trimester schedule]) and this year(History of the Vietnam and Korean war and I TA for him currently) and he has many stories of actually either seeing videos of aliens or tracking them. After he graduated from Chico he got drafted to Vietnam and when he got out he joined the Federal Government as an Air Traffic Controller, the guy in those huge towers at the airports. And he would work the radar controls in the tower and direct incoming airplanes, commercial and military, onto to different altitudes and flights to stop collisions and such. Due to his job he had a top secret clearance and was shown multiple videos of ship, flying saucers and a couple others and he tracked things like that on radar multiple times.

I'm gonna start recounting his stories to the best of my knowledge so if you wanna read them, be my guest, but I don't know how long/boring they will be.

He told us about different styles of levels. A level 1 is somebody on the ground or in the air sees something separately. These are easy to discount due to the fact that they can be reflections from clouds, water, fog, ect. A level 2 is when someone on the ground sees something and someone in the air sees the same thing. Those can usually be discounted too, if it's a cloud with weird reflections or what not. A level 3 means that someone on the ground sees something, someone in the air sees something, and it's on the radar. Those are usually very difficult to be discounted. Those are also the stories he tells us about.
One of the many stories he was telling us about involved a level 3. He was on radar tracking a flying object across the Pacific Ocean towards San Fran. Out in the ocean outside the bay are two navy "hot spots" where they test weapons and drills for the military. When they are active no airplane are allowed to fly through them or they might be accidentally shot down or something to that effect. So, he was tracking this object in one of these hot spots, so he radioed to the Navy in there and asked if they were live, they were. So he tried to contact the flying object to tell it to leave, but with no response. So his first instinct was to think it was something do to with the Russians spying on us or something so he called up to the Air Base north of his station which always had two fighter jets ready at all times in case of an attack. He got them in the air and started to direct them towards this object. Now, a fighter jet has two types of radar onboard. They have a wide tracking radar and a narrow gun radar. The wide radar sweeps 180 degrees in front when the gun radar has a 1 degree span and is used for sighting targets to shoot down. So, he has these two fighters heading for this object over the navy hot spot right. When they gen in range they sight onto this object and switch to gun radar. Immediately following this the flying object makes a 90 degrees turn on the spot, which even with today's aircraft is impossible. So the pilots switch back to the wide radar to track it again. Once again they get it just right and switch to gun radar and this object, going about 400 or so mph makes a 180 degree turn, which even if we, as humans, made something capable of this at those speeds is physically impossible for us. Our bodies would literally explode from the force of such a dramatic direction and speed change. So my teacher, Mr. McCombs, decides that he is gonna get this guy whatever it takes. So he directs the pilots to come in from opposite angles from both sides of this thing. So both jets come in from opposite sides and at the same time switch to their gun radars. This object, once again, instantly recognizes it it being targeted and instead of going sideways to dodge the radars it goes straight up. The speed at which our space ships have to go to leave the Earth's gravity at an angle(which is easier than going perpendicular to the Earth) is at least 1800mph. To leave the gravitational pull of the Earth straight up, you have to be going speeds upwards of 2400mph. This object, as soon as it's targeted, stops moving in any direction horizontal to it's current location. Instead, it goes straight up at 2400+mph. It punches through the atmosphere and leave the Earths gravity. Mr. McComb's then calls to "The Blue Cube." That's just the nickname for a windowless building that trackes everything. When I say everything, I mean everything. Ours, and "theirs." So he called to them and they radio back and he explains the situation and tells them this "thing" just left the Earth's atmosphere. They say, "We know, we have been tracking it the entire time. It's heading up to another ship 300 feet across." If you don't know what that looks like, picture a football fields length. Now make a circle out of that length using 300feet at the diameter. That's how big this ship supposedly was. According to Mr. McCombs on the radar the original ship that went out to space was about 20-25 feet across in a flying saucer shape.

You don't have to believe this story if you don't want to, to whomever may have just read it, but Mr. McCombs has told over 15 over these similar stories, some longer, some shorter. And he says he still has more stories like this.

[Gunnergrunt]

Regardless of dangerousness, dragons are by far the coolest things to have been invented. I wish they were real, but in certain ways. I'd explain it, but I'd sound really nerdy.

Explain it, Skittle!

[Shell]

I'll just remove Giggle Faries

I chose... Um... Dragons. Those guys are cool.

[Skittlemeister]

Explain it, Skittle!
I used to play D&D, and the way dragons are explained and portrayed in that game is badassness to the fourth degree.