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Exactly. I think that intelligence is really more accurately a measure of potential rather than rote knowledge, which is the way more people use it.

Would you consider yourself a genius, or near it?

I have two main problems. One, I have dysgraphia, which is a real b***h if I'm doing a handwritten test. Two, I suck at doing self-reliant work. I can discuss things well, and I can test well, but if I'm given work to do at home or on my own, it doesn't happen. I nearly didn't graduate this year because of that. One of my classes was based entirely on that type of work, with only the final at the end of the year serving as a test.

Yeah, I think we should. Have little decoder rings and whatnot. I always liked decoder rings, but I felt they were a bit superfluous. If you really wanted to challenge a kid, make him figure it out without the ring. The codes that those rings worked for were just substitution ciphers; besides, it'd be funny to watch a kid squirm trying to decode an Ovaltine advertisement.

Now that I've graduated high school, I will sleep. Over the summer, I suppose I'll probably do some writing; my mother suggested a book on the darker historical aspects of clowning. I also have to work on that story of mine, and I was thinking about doing some short stories.
In August, I'll be starting classes at the local community college. I plan to major in music performance and minor in astrophysics.
I've always like cosmology and astrophysics, even when I was a kid. You know Jupiter has forty-one moons? We've just got the one. Imagine how the Jupitarians feels about that.
Also, to clarify my feelings on the matter, Pluto, along with Eris and Charon, will always be a planet to me. I imagine Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea will be as well. I don't like the classification of 'dwarf planet'. It's stupid. If we went by the precise classifications, like half the planets in the Solar System wouldn't be considered 'planets'.

I had an invisible ink pen once. Problem is, it did turn the paper a very, very subtle shade of yellow, so if you had good eyes and patience, you could read it anyway.
I was reading an article about 'impossible' colors earlier. It was cool. I also found one about the Multiverse and some experiments they did where they demonstrated that other universes with different laws of physics could still be habitable, even so far as one in which weak nuclear force didn't exist, which is one of the four fundamental physical attributes, along with gravity, electromagnetism, and strong nuclear force. It was cool.
Although, they did also demonstrate that some universes wouldn't be habitable, for example, if a proton were .02% heavier than it is here, and whatnot. All in all, really interesting.
Also, in the weakless universe, elements heavier than iron would be practically nonexistent, and Earth would have to be closer to the Sun of that universe than Mercury is in our universe in order to develop the way it has, because stars would be a lot cooler, and darker.

I'm going on a tangent.

Also, helium 4 wouldn't exist. It'd be helium 3, they figured. And... crap.

I'm not sure the Force is mastered at calculus.
Also, Jediism has become a valid (although not officially recognized) spiritual movement, based on the spiritual truths communicated in the Star Wars saga. Though, they do recognize Star Wars as being fiction.
Seriously. Look up "temple of the Jedi Order," or "Temple of the Jedi Force." Both of which are entire communities devoted to Jediism on the internet. I find it all quite fascinating. I suppose I'll meditate on the nature of the Force tomorrow.

Although, I suppose the existence of the Force would account for a shitload of psychic phenomena. Nobody seems to be able to fully do that, even those who display such phenomena.
Y'know, my family seems to have a higher concentration of psychic ability than your normal family. My mom used to get 'progress reports' on my dad from her dead grandmother. I used to display precognition, clairvoyance and slight psychokinesis, although I haven't for some time now, and the psychokinesis only happened a few times.
I'd like to regain those traits. I feel like I'm missing something.

Sweet Christ, I think I should be done typing. Good Lord.

See, this is exactly what I was talking about. Right now both of you are having Genius moments because of your vast knowledge of Space and matter, but if I were to start talking about programming and the history of Batman comics or my insane encyclopedia like knowledge of video games..... you guys would most likely have not ever heard of these things and probably be as lost as I am on this current topic.

Eh, I was close. Windstorms, change in the atmosphere... whatever. Same difference.

I suspect that your little exploration of the amount of energy produced by your encounter with your anitmatter associate was intended to tease Soryiu. Jerk.
Most likely, but imagine: space is big, right? I figure there's at least one small area of complete vacuum. Whether or not both of you could fit there is a different story.
If I had to choose a way to die, I suppose that is a good one. Personally, though, I'd like to explore a black hole, or a quasar. Wormholes are an option, although a) I don't know if that'd be lethal, and b) it probably wouldn't stay open long enough for me to get through.
Actually, if I had to pick, I'd like to visit Medieval Europe, or possibly an underdeveloped planet with organisms resembling humans closely enough that I wouldn't stand out, and a technological level approximately even with, say, 15th, 16th century Earth. I'd go on some mighty quest, slay some dragons, then get transported to a hell dimension and get ripped apart by the nature of the laws of physics there.

Well, it's not without supernovas. They still exist, just that that type is gone.
And yes, there are those three classifications, but those are distinct measures of power. The types to which I refer are rather classified according to the purpose for their coming about. As I said, in a weakless universe, stellar collapse would no longer possess the power to cause a supernova. However, the accretion of matter would still be able to cause one.
And yeah, I think you're right about the hypernova. It'd still be cool to see you and your antimatter compatriot explode, though. No hard feelings.

Well, see, Yoda did it. When Order 66 was executed during Episode III, he felt all the other Jedi being killed, despite that they were in other systems than himself, all throughout the galaxy. So, he knew what to do when his clones were all "Hey, I'm gonna shootcha now."
So if Yoda did it, then yes, all it would take is a sufficient connection to the Force to be able to establish a sort of telepathic link with beings in other solar systems.

Soryiu: You're right. If you pulled out video games, I'd get lost pretty quickly. Especially if it's anything other than your basic Mario or Legend of Zelda. Maybe Tetris or something. Same with programming, I only have a very, very rudimentary knowledge. I'd be able to follow a bit farther with Batman, but still. Prolly lose there, too.

Ok Jack, let's play a little game shall we? Out of curiosity I have made a few Batman questions and they are in order of increasing difficuty.

1) Who was the first patient admitted to Arkham Asylum?

2) Who is Joe Chill?

3) What does The Red hood and The Joker have in common?

4) name Mr Friez's wife. (note, only in the movie was it "Mr. Freeze")

5) Who is Holiday?

6) Why does Harvy Dent refuse to look in a mirror? (it's not because of the scars)

7) A cat has a fiddle, she cut's the strings using only one claw. After hanging the strings, she loses her paw.

8.) Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are twins?