7th Annual MOST IDM Tournament - Quarterfinals!

Another year with shitty shit I see.

If Homeless People with 808 wins I'll have my account deleted.

  On 3/22/2013 at 8:59 PM, LimpyLoo said:

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can you spare 50 cents for "bus fare"?

 

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YES!!!

  On 3/22/2013 at 3:02 PM, joshuatx said:

Regarding the rogue planet, skim this:

 

 

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In 1998, David J. Stevenson theorized^[11] that some planet-sized objects drift in the vast expanses of cold interstellar space and could possibly sustain a thick atmosphere which would not freeze out. He proposes that atmospheres are preserved by the pressure-induced far-infrared radiation opacity of a thick hydrogen-containing atmosphere.

It is thought that during planetary-system formation, several small protoplanetary bodies may be ejected from the forming system.^[12] With the reduced ultraviolet light that would normally strip the lighter components from an atmosphere, due to its increasing distance from the parent star, the planet's predominantly hydrogen- and helium-containing atmosphere would be easily confined even by an Earth-sized body's gravity. ^[11]

It is calculated that for an Earth-sized object at a kilobar hydrogen atmospheric pressures in which a convective gas adiabat has formed, geothermal energy from residual core radioisotope decay will be sufficient to heat the surface to temperatures above the melting point of water.^[11] Thus, it is proposed that interstellar planetary bodies with extensive liquid-water oceans may exist. It is further suggested that these planets are likely to remain geologically active for long periods, providing a geodynamo-created protectivemagnetosphere and possible sea floor volcanism which could provide an energy source for life.^[11] The author admits these bodies would be difficult to detect due to the intrinsically weak thermal microwave radiation emissions emanating from the lower reaches of the atmosphere, although later research suggests^[13] that reflected solar radiation and far-IRthermal emissions may be detectable if one were to pass within 1000 AU of Earth.

A study of simulated planet ejection scenarios has suggested that around five percent of Earth-sized planets with Moon-sized natural satellites would retain their satellites after ejection. A large satellite would be a source of significant geological tidal heating.^[14]

 

 

This is a planet that was once in a typical orbit around a star but managed to stay enact when it was ejected from orbit and in the process kept it's atmosphere and trapped it's current temperatures and climate in a stable and constant state. So it will drift in space for millions of years, further and further away from it's original star and beyond even broader star groups and clusters, completely forgotten and increasingly impossible to detect but living conditions will last far longer than that of a planet orbiting a dying star.

 

I think the rogue planet is much like the genre of IDM itself, or that of a quintessential stubborn IDM artist - they will both continue to function as they always have, quietly and in increasing solitude but nonetheless content, while the rest of the universe ebbs and flows in a more chaotic and unpredictable manner. They will be beautiful cocoons of hidden life and wonder - but only they themselves will ever know.

Nice.

But there are probably millions of rogue planets. I agree that the name Rogue Planet is IDM, but if you look at the vastness of the Universe and all the mysteries that are to be discovered a Rogue Planet is just pretty meaningless and generally will just crash into other planets/moons and destroy them or itself. Dark Matter is all around us but the actual documentaries about it "Encounters at the End of the World" by Herzog and others are so deeply enriched with IDM aesthetics that calling it EDM instead of IDM gives EDM a lot more credit than it deserves.

Basically everything I voted for except Bio trees (my least favorite one) is losing.

Broken Gifs are IDM how? And Homeless 808s is more Detroit Techno than IDM. LIke I could see there being one homeless guy living in detroit right now who has an 808 and takes it to the library with some cheap headphones and messes with it. But like the Rogue Planet, thats simply not that interesting of a premise. It sounds more like something that would be a Wes Anderson film character. Now had the poll said 303s, I think that would be more IDM because seeing a homeless guy shoot out some acid lines on the street would be goofy enough that itd warrant Ceephax comparisons.

  On 3/23/2013 at 12:51 AM, compson said:

Joined 17-April 12