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[ChiralWaltz]

Austin has always intrigued me. It struck me as a beacon of light, in a very dark (black gold, Texas tea) kinda place.

Austin's geographic location doesn't match its mental location :D

Saw something today about the L.A. river.

I suppose only in California, would they pave a river...

We do too. We just do it orthogonally.
http://www.judiandjim.com/images/InterestingPics/MansfieldDam070629.jpg

 

[OmCheeto]

Austin's geographic location doesn't match its mental location :D



We do too. We just do it orthogonally.
http://www.judiandjim.com/images/InterestingPics/MansfieldDam070629.jpg

I don't know what "orthogonally" means, but we have dams up here also. They do not constitute "paved rivers", IMHO.

ps. Ok. I googled "orthogonally". I now know what it means.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I have my butler read to me all forum posts. He gives you a British accent.

What accent does he give Evo?

 

[zoobyshoe]

In California, no one can hear you scream.

I had the worst conversation with this kind of content with a woman from New York City, though. Something about quantum neuronal something.

 

[collinsmark]

Ya got to love Austin.

Not too long after the last presidential election (Obama [Democrat] was re-elected), the state of Texas -- a red state (read: Republican) -- filed a petition to succeed from the union. (Meaning they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of the USA.)

In response, the city of Austin filed a petition to succeed from Texas.

http://austinist.com/2012/11/13/disgruntled_austinites_petition_to.php

 

[Evo]

Ya got to love Austin.

Not too long after the last presidential election (Obama [Democrat] was re-elected), the state of Texas -- a red state (read: Republican) -- filed a petition to succeed from the union. (Meaning they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of the USA.)

In response, the city of Austin filed a petition to succeed from Texas.

http://austinist.com/2012/11/13/disgruntled_austinites_petition_to.php

What is even funnier is that Austin is the capital of Texas, where all of those state politicians call home.

But Austin is home to the University of Texas and has a very young and academic demographic, it's also the seat of underground and Indie music. It's very well known in the music world.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I've seen it said that Austin is the sole exception to some of the more backwards ways prevalent in the South.

But the food in the South is just so good.

 

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[Evo]

I grew up a 4 hour drive from Austin, so went there often. My little sister graduated from UT Austin and still lives there.

My youngest daughter Evo Child goes to visit friends in Austin often, she was there last weekend.

 

[Borg]

I had the worst conversation with this kind of content with a woman from New York City, though. Something about quantum neuronal something.

Damn, I almost spit up my coffee when I read that.

 

[inotyce]

People advised me to work with Italian or go back to Italy to work. Oh Symbolism!

 

[turbo]

I would love to spend some time around Austin and its music scene. The rest of Texas can secede to Mexico if they want.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

Come on by anytime. Bring your swim suit and whiskey (the water is 69 degrees year round). Please also bring goggles, as topless sunbathing is permitted

Tuesday is a Full Moon Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyQT167Wqa4
Be sure you seen the adorable girl around 1:38

Zoobyshoe,
I think that NYC girl cut my hair recently. Her information wasn't 100% correct but it was probably the best haircut conversation I can remember.

Evo,
What does your sister do for a living?

 

[renz]

Austin, Texas

Running is water is great, but sometimes I prefer to swim in it. The depth is ~13 feet or ~4 meters:

Where is this place? The water looks so good I want to jump in.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

Where is this place? The water looks so good I want to jump in.

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

 

[Astronuc]

Badger digs up medieval tombs in Germany
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/badger-digs-up-medieval-tombs-171444638.html

 

[Evo]

Evo,
What does your sister do for a living?

She's a psychologist.

 

[lisab]

If I get two goats, I'd name them Nabla and Delta.

 

[OmCheeto]

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

I think I'm movin'...

:!)

My current house is so full of junk, I think I may have only 200 ft² of usable space.
I think I'll be quite comfortable in a 400 ft² house.

 

[inotyce]

Yes Sir, but not until I can get any confirmation about your movement information :D

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

If I get two goats, I'd name them Nabla and Delta.

Poor Delta has to lie around on his back all the time

 

[lisab]

Poor Delta has to lie around on his back all the time

Goats are so nimble, though!

It's been a long week and I'm glad tomorrow is Friday. 'Night, all.

 

[turbo]

Good night basil. My wife picked basil tonight, and the house smells wonderful.

 

[renz]

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

Silly me. I was just at the Barton Spring pool last weekend.
Guess I was on the shallow side of the pool. I need to check out the rest.
The water was super cold.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Every stumble across an adorable little town, feel completely welcomed by the people, overwhelmed by the awesomeness of it, and decide that you want to move there, even if it involves changing your job and your life in some other way? My wife and I think we found it...Gulfport florida. We feel like residents already. Time to start planning! http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346121

 

[Evo]

Had a dream last night, I was sitting at a counter in a break room at work with a few co-workers and suddenly a huge cockroach ran out from under something and I tried to kill it, but kept missing. My co-workers didn't see the roach and wondered why I was smashing about and upset. I told them Britney Spears had reicarnated as a cockroach and was running around the counter. They all yelled 'Britney Spears! Kill that roach! I killed it, what a mess. I've never been a fan.

 

[drizzle]

Lol Evo.

 

[DennisN]

Just read that Discovery Channel is getting heat for stretching the facts in a "documentary";

"Discovery Channel Provokes Outrage with Fake Shark Week Documentary" (TIME).

 

[Evo]

Disgusting, pathetic, and no surprise.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Delightful, pleasing, and shocking.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Just read that Discovery Channel is getting heat for stretching the facts in a "documentary";

"Discovery Channel Provokes Outrage with Fake Shark Week Documentary" (TIME).

I am so sick of discovery/history/aliens channel.

 

[DennisN]

Sorry to upset you, folks . But at least Discovery is getting criticism .

Yet, behold the horror of the mermaid:

Discovery is not new to the business of creating fake documentaries claiming to prove the existence of the strange and supernatural, In 2012, Animal Planet — like the Discovery Channel, part of the vast Discovery Communications empire — aired a piece of so-called ‘docufiction’ entitled Mermaids: The Body Found. The immensely popular special featured footage of a “mermaid” that had supposedly washed up on a beach, and told of a government conspiracy to cover up the findings. However, Mermaids concludes with an admission that the program was fictional. (Wiki link to the horror.)

So I've learned a new word today, docufiction. I will make a confession; I truly do not understand this business. The world, nature, history and the Universe is fantastic as it is, and full of mysteries. Why is that not enough? Well, well, time for some coffee...

 

[WannabeNewton]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

 

[lisab]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

Sadly, I think you know the answer to that question: lots of people.

For example, behold the Crazy Rainbow Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZY0KufWao

She's just one of many.

 

[DennisN]

Crazy Rainbow Woman, what can I say? I'm speechless.

But when I come to think of it, there actually is a little mermaid quite close to me. But she does not move very much.

Thinking positively, and trying to forget about the shark and the mermaid, I'm looking forward to Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, I hope it will be good. I'm also trying to get hold of Particle Fever, I'd like to see that one.

 

[WannabeNewton]

She's just one of many.

Why is the world such a scary place lisab

At least I can eat my words when the government releases its mermaid army.

 

[Evo]

Sadly, I think you know the answer to that question: lots of people.

For example, behold the Crazy Rainbow Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZY0KufWao

She's just one of many.

You have to admit that those special camera effects near the end were, uhm, pointless. What's so scary is that you find so many people like her online.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

What a cool man. All those smiling faces around him "oooo"ing and "ahhh"ing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-zYdOPG2k

 

[inotyce]

I told them too much (positive things) about Japan and they decide not to add me into Japan robot team. Waiting to be interviewed with US team reps.

 

[OmCheeto]

Someone today handed me a 3x5 card with the name of the best patent lawyer firm in town. We had discussed my invention last week, and he seemed intrigued. He knew who Lemmelson was, which meant he knew something. He also introduced me to a new name: Douglas Engelbart*.

Which meant he knew more than I.

I think I will contact this law firm, very soon.

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*And here I've been cursing for years, that old people need to die, because they haven't a clue, as to what the future holds... Goodnight Doug. I wish I'd met you.

 

[OmCheeto]

...Douglas Engelbart
...

Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer.

Guiding philosophy
Engelbart's career was inspired in December 1950 when he was engaged to be married and realized he had no career goals other "than a steady job, getting married and living happily ever after".
Over several months he reasoned that:
1. he would focus his career on making the world a better place;
2. any serious effort to make the world better requires some kind of organized effort;
3. harnessing the collective human intellect of all the people contributing to effective solutions was the key;
4. if you could dramatically improve how we do that, you'd be boosting every effort on the planet to solve important problems — the sooner the better; and
5. computers could be the vehicle for dramatically improving this capability.

hmm... Perhaps Mr. Bernhardt had such a similar vision, when he had this PF thought.

 

[OmCheeto]

This poll is kind of funny:


MAPS: A Poll Asked America Which States Were The Drunkest, The Hottest And Which Had The Silliest Accents

Which state has the worst scenery?

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

 

[drizzle]

What a long trip.

 

[turbo]

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

The ascent can be challenging, though I recommend mounting the north face first, for the uninitiated. Relatively forgiving and the shade from the mountain can make the first ascent a bit less daunting.

 

[OmCheeto]

What a long trip.

You hiked Mt. Sunflower?

 

[Evo]

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

OMG, the website for "Into thick air - Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt Sunflower" IS GONE!

I found it on wayback http://web.archive.org/web/20120518005800/http://www.bettingers.org/air/ks000.htm

But the pictures are missing, those incredible pictures are what made the expedition so unique as it showed you just how treacherous the climb was. Falling into dangerous crevasses (picture of a guy's foot in a small crack in the ground, treacherous climbs across perilous terrain (a ladder laying horizontally over a couple of small rocks).

We need to try to contact these brave men and see if they still have copies for us to share with their fans worldwide!

Can anyone find them?

 

[OmCheeto]

OMG, the website for "Into thick air - Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt Sunflower" IS GONE!

I found it on wayback http://web.archive.org/web/20120518005800/http://www.bettingers.org/air/ks000.htm

But the pictures are missing, those incredible pictures are what made the expedition so unique as it showed you just how treacherous the climb was. Falling into dangerous crevasses (picture of a guy's foot in a small crack in the ground, treacherous climbs across perilous terrain (a ladder laying horizontally over a couple of small rocks).

We need to try to contact these brave men and see if they still have copies for us to share with their fans worldwide!

Can anyone find them?

My friend just got back from a wedding in Kansas. She said it was the most beautiful she'd seen it.

Though, she does own farmland there, and brown dying corn is ugly, and green recuperating corn, is green for her.

She likes green.

And then again, I've learned to like that, also.

 

[drizzle]

You hiked Mt. Sunflower?

No, multiple flights in one day.. I am sad for leaving home.

 

[OmCheeto]

No, multiple flights in one day.. I am sad for leaving home.

I am sure that there is also someone sad to see you fly away.

Red tail lights, are tough.

 

[Evo]

My friend just got back from a wedding in Kansas. She said it was the most beautiful she'd seen it.

Though, she does own farmland there, and brown dying corn is ugly, and green recuperating corn, is green for her.

She likes green.

And then again, I've learned to like that, also.

I've lived and visited many states, Kansas is UGLY. REALLY UGLY. It's flat, it's a land of tumbleweeds, I wonder where the heck fake place she was? The only ok places are not natural. Kansas is naturally a bleak prairie.