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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-21-09 09:34 PM
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What is the duration of "now"?
Edited on Sat Mar-21-09 09:41 PM by Boojatta
Specifically, when does something stop being a current event and become history? I doubt that there can be a sharp and non-arbitrary dividing line between current events and history.

After reading this interesting thread and knowing that it will soon be archived, it occurs to me that this DU Group should be upgraded from a group to a topic forum so that everybody (star or no star) can participate. Then some interesting threads that are (arbitrarily) assigned to "non-now" eras will remain available for discussion rather than being quickly archived.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-21-09 09:35 PM
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1. When a thread about it gets locked
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-21-09 09:46 PM
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2. Twice the duration of "RIGHT FUCKING NOW"
:shrug:

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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-22-09 02:07 AM
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3. You missed it while blathering on. nt.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-22-09 06:07 AM
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4. 17.4 attoseconds
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-22-09 09:52 AM
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5. Eternal.
It is always now.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-22-09 10:20 AM
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6. I believe this was covered in Spaceballs.
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