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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    No doubt, the tactical screwdriver bits are "machined from billet"
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    Books vs Screens for Learning

    Off hand I would suspect that the vast majority of teachers (and students) don't really know how to teach (and learn) "using computers." I could be wrong about that: I'm so out of date that Jimmy Carter was president during my most recent classroom activity. Teachers have been lecturing...
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Best part of the sandwich?
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    Books vs Screens for Learning

    In other words, one-on-one dialog between student and teacher. The student beer bar in Williamstown is called "The Log" Regarding books vs. screens, my feeling is "books" are better. But that might be because that's how I learned. I think they said similar about whiteboards: "Chalk on a...
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    Weird News Compilation

    I never would have guessed that 'communication towers' were that tall.
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    Bidet attachment not fully functioning

    Maybe you need to be seated for the power wash to function? A lockout to prevent spraying the bathroom.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Otter?
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    Programming Jokes: Lame, Science & Math Jokes!

    Maybe ...Economics, Design... ?
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    Weird News Compilation

    Many years ago a friend took his 1970 Chevelle SS through a car wash. The previous car had lost its radio antenna to one of the brushes. It slapped the side of the Chevelle, whack whack whack whack... ruined the paint job. Not a happy camper...
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    High School Potato paradox

    It isn't paradoxical if you have ever boiled sap to make maple syrup. The raw sap is 2 or 3 percent sugar, depending on the tree. If you start with 40 gallons of sap, and boil 20 gallons off, the sugar content doubles (!) to a whopping 5 or 6 percent. The final syrup is near 70 percent sugar...
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    Today I Learned

    I'd like to see the overlaps, perhaps a Venn diagram.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    "Safety Third" lol
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    How effective is nuclear propulsion?

    well, that tears it! No space operas without warp drives :rolleyes:
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    Undergrad Comparing ##a^b## and ##b^a##

    I love threads like this. Thank-you, @PeroK !
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Wasn't George Carlin a DJ there?