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[Ivan Seeking]

Back to work tomorrow. I used to really like my job! Such a shame that it's morphed into such drudgery .

Look at the bright side. You're getting a tree house. :)

 

[OmCheeto]

Back to work tomorrow. I used to really like my job! Such a shame that it's morphed into such drudgery .

I can relate with this. My co-worker told me once that I'm going to hate being retired, because I love my job so much. They never did that again. I think I may have channeled satan for a bit.

Pea soup, spinning head, and something about sewing socks... You know the bit.

 

[edward]

It is never too early or too late to enjoy your second childhood. I need to get started, because quite apparently I didn't start early.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I think I've just decided to forgo college this upcoming year, and instead I'll travel alone wherever I see fit.

I've accumulated about $7500 over the years. Should that prove insufficient, I can always get a GED-level job helping out here, since the jobs are contractual/seasonal--only six months at a time--I would be able to gather at the least $10,000 more. $17,500 with half a year to travel, with the prior half spent at a research base in Antarctica seems preferable to me than droning off to college with everyone else.

 

[zoobyshoe]

It is never too early or too late to enjoy your second childhood. I need to get started, because quite apparently I didn't start early.

I'm still working on completing my first childhood.

 

[Enigman]

Enigman 258
zoobyshoe 182
Gad 84
collinsmark 79
consciousness 72
Office_Shredder 33
lendav_rott 18
OmCheeto 15
lisab 12
CompuChip 9
Ibix 9
Travis_King 9
Jonathan Scott 6
jhae2.718 5
billiards 5
Borg 5
inotyce 3
ABD EL HAMEED 3
Curious3141 2
BobG 2
JorisL 2
AlephZero 1
Evo 1
cArma 1
256bits 1
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258
>_<

 

[collinsmark]

I can relate with this. My co-worker told me once that I'm going to hate being retired, because I love my job so much. They never did that again. I think I may have channeled satan for a bit.

Pea soup, spinning head, and something about sewing socks... You know the bit.

Hee hee. I get the reference. The Saturday Night Live spoof on The Exorcist. "Your mother sows socks that smell!" Hee hee. The Exorcist. Such a lovely movie.

 

[lisab]

Enigman 258
zoobyshoe 182
Gad 84
collinsmark 79
consciousness 72
Office_Shredder 33
lendav_rott 18
OmCheeto 15
lisab 12
CompuChip 9
Ibix 9
Travis_King 9
Jonathan Scott 6
jhae2.718 5
billiards 5
Borg 5
inotyce 3
ABD EL HAMEED 3
Curious3141 2
BobG 2
JorisL 2
AlephZero 1
Evo 1
cArma 1
256bits 1
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258
>_<

consciousness 73, now.

 

[Borek]

10^th, definitely now.

 

[Evo]

Enigman 258
zoobyshoe 182
Gad 84
collinsmark 79
consciousness 72
Office_Shredder 33
lendav_rott 18
OmCheeto 15
lisab 12
CompuChip 9
Ibix 9
Travis_King 9
Jonathan Scott 6
jhae2.718 5
billiards 5
Borg 5
inotyce 3
ABD EL HAMEED 3
Curious3141 2
BobG 2
JorisL 2
AlephZero 1
Evo 1
cArma 1
256bits 1
-------------------
258
>_<

What?

 

[Enigman]

What?

My Enigma thread...I am doing about 30% of the posting...I should have started it in brain teaser forum...had I known it existed...posts count in sub-forums of fun and games...
And why aren't others asking questions?

BTW that was your 190th post in this part of random thoughts. I am 16 posts behind you...I have too many random thoughts...

 

[dkotschessaa]

We cooked a bunch of our food for the week in advance by grilling it outside. It is so awesome. Not only do we have to cook less, but every bite is a little charcoal scented reminder of a nice little weekend with my sweety.

-Dave K

 

[AlephZero]

I'm still working on completing my first childhood.

The best strategy is to go straight from the first to the second, and skip all the boring stuff in between.

 

[Borg]

My Enigma thread...I am doing about 30% of the posting...I should have started it in brain teaser forum...had I known it existed...posts count in sub-forums of fun and games...
And why aren't others asking questions?

BTW that was your 190th post in this part of random thoughts. I am 16 posts behind you...I have too many random thoughts...

I had to drop off of that thread because it was taking up too much of my time.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Me, studying for finals:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/4/30/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5417-1367358688-27.gif

 

[DennisN]

Me, studying for finals:

Is that George from Seinfeld?

 

[dkotschessaa]

Is that George from Seinfeld?

It's me it's me!

Yes it's George.

I finally got in my groove. I just came on here to look something up. But now I'm on the forums. Oh damn.

 

[Enigman]

But now I'm on the forums. Oh damn.

I know the feeling...Damn is right.
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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!
-Carroll
(Note: there's a pun in there and it ain't Car Roll...I didn't get it...neither did the proof-reader)
Bah Puzzling master Sam Loyd beat Carroll
Because Poe wrote on both;
Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes.;

 

[drizzle]

LOL dkotschessaa!

 

[OmCheeto]

Someone, who reminds me very much of Richard Feynman, has been coming into my bar, for the last 6 months.

He's a homeless man, with a large, beautiful, and very polite dog, named Spike.

 

[Mandelbroth]

Me, studying for finals:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/4/30/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5417-1367358688-27.gif

Much earlier this year, an engineering major in my calculus class asked, rather loudly, "Why the FU(nctor) is Taylor's Theorem important to anyone?!"

I remember the moment very distinctly. I wanted very much for my professor to say the following four words and then refuse to teach the imbeciles of the class:

[PLAIN]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/andyspics/nosoup.gif[/CENTER]

Instead, he simply asked for an apology before he continued teaching. I was disappointed.​

 

[zoobyshoe]

The best strategy is to go straight from the first to the second, and skip all the boring stuff in between.

Sounds like a plan.

 

[Enigman]

I just mistook Schopenhauer for Vidoq...

 

[Evo]

I had a dog named after Vidocq.

 

[Enigman]

Let me guess...a bloodhound?
(or a chihuahua in case it was meant to be ironic...)

 

[Borek]

In Polish Vidocq is pronounced almost exactly as "widok" - which means "a view".

 

[dkotschessaa]

Yesterday morning I was at the airport, headed for England. Then I realized I didn't have my passport. Then I looked around for a clock, trying to figure out if I had enough time to race home and back. There were two sheets of paper on the wall, each with different times. I asked which sheet of paper had the correct time. People looked at me like I was crazy. So I grabbed someone's wrist, and looked at the time on her watch. I had just enough time. But then, when I got to the parking lot, I'd forgotten where I'd parked. Then, someone I hadn't seen in 30 years said; "Hey! That was a great parking job you did!". I screamed back; "Where did I park!?". She said; "Over there, on the line". She pointed to a sea of cars hidden by trees. So I went over and found my black pickup truck, and went to put my backpack in the red hatchback. Then I realized I didn't have much money on me and I might have forgotten to make my credit card payment so I might be in England penniless! And then, I couldn't figure out why I was going to England!

Then I woke up.

I used to have a worm bin for vermicomposting. Once I was in my back yard tending my square foot garden, and there were a bunch of worms in there making racist comments. They were spouting every epithet in the book. I got so mad and screamed at them, "you racist BLEEP BLEEP. You'll never evolve! You'll always be a BLEEP BLEEP worm!"

Then I woke up.

But I told them!

-Dave K

 

[OmCheeto]

Someone, who reminds me very much of Richard Feynman, has been coming into my bar, for the last 6 months.

He's a homeless man, with a large, beautiful, and very polite dog, named Spike.

Correction. He is not homeless.

I just mentioned this post to him, and he mentioned someone named Ginsparg. I'd never heard of anyone named Ginsparg, so I asked if he'd said Ginsberg. He said no.

I think Ginsparg might be an interesting character to look into tomorrow.

I have tomorrow off.

 

[dlgoff]

Sure is a lot of green in the Online Users list.

edit: After a refresh, now mostly blue.

 

[OmCheeto]

Just saw that Lordes was playing tonight.

I'm glad I'm old.

It's freakin' cold outside.

zzzzzzzzzzzzz:zzz:

 

[Evo]

Just saw that Lordes was playing tonight.

I'm glad I'm old.

It's freakin' cold outside.

zzzzzzzzzzzzz:zzz:

Winter is here.

 

[Borek]

Winter is here.

So, technically, yesterday, "Winter was coming".

For all Games of Thrones fans.

 

[Enigman]

FREEZE YOU FOOLS![/size]​

 

[dkotschessaa]

I think putting myself through a math degree was a very masochistic thing to do at my age. Or is that mathocistic.

 

[OmCheeto]

I used to have a worm bin for vermicomposting. Once I was in my back yard tending my square foot garden, and there were a bunch of worms in there making racist comments. They were spouting every epithet in the book. I got so mad and screamed at them, "you racist BLEEP BLEEP. You'll never evolve! You'll always be a BLEEP BLEEP worm!"

Then I woke up.

But I told them!

-Dave K

Holy ███ ! Talking worms!

 

[Enigman]

Holy ███ ! Talking worms!

Does every one except me know how to redact text? (or are you all just copy pasting)
p.s. what's 2⁴ x 11?

 

[drizzle]

It's SO COOOOOOOOOOOOLD! X|

 

[edward]

Does every one except me know how to redact text? (or are you all just copy pasting)
p.s. what's 2⁴ x 11?

Hmm that is about how many BTU's the average furnace will crank out tonight in Minnesota.

 

[OmCheeto]

Does every one except me know how to redact text? (or are you all just copy pasting)
p.s. what's 2⁴ x 11?

Answer to question #1:

I just copied and pasted. hmmmm... I think that's pretty much how my entire life has been. hmmmm... Is creativity just pasting a bunch of miscellaneous life copies, with some photoshop at the end?​

Answer to question #2:

2⁴ means you multiply 2 times itself 4 times. So that's 2x2x2x2, which equals 16.

If you multiply 11 by 16, you get 176.

And that's what 2⁴ x 11 is: 176​

 

[Enigman]

Answer to question #2:

2⁴ means you multiply 2 times itself 4 times. So that's 2x2x2x2, which equals 16.

If you multiply 11 by 16, you get 176.

And that's what 2⁴ x 11 is: 176​

*google searches for funny pf quotes about 176*

 

[Enigman]

Curious and curiouser...angels and pen-lights...
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3476684&postcount=197

 

[OmCheeto]

*google searches for funny pf quotes about 176*

does the same and... wow...

About 9,180,000 results (0.48 seconds)
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Is this how people get ideas for writing books?

 

[OmCheeto]

Curious and curiouser...angels and pen-lights...
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3476684&postcount=197

You're not trying to drag me back into your thread are you?

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4481720&postcount=20

 

[Enigman]

You're not trying to drag me back into your thread are you?

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4481720&postcount=20

^{didn't even cross my mind...}
(just procrastinating, don't mind me...)

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't like David Bowie peddling stuff on TV.

 

[OmCheeto]

I don't like David Bowie peddling stuff on TV.

Since I don't watch TV, I had no idea what you were talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpTwgRk2aUU​

I don't buy Louis Blah Blah, so I don't see it as an advertisement.

But thank you for mentioning it. I like it on every level.

I'd rather be high, I'd rather flying

I'd rather be dead, or out of my head
than training these guns, on the men in the sand.

I'd rather be high, I'd rather be flying...

At least that's what I heard.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

I don't like David Bowie peddling stuff on TV.

I agree. He is much better out of the TV.

 

[Enigman]

Aladdin the chinese pauper or the assassin lord of Alamut?

 

[AlephZero]

Aladdin the chinese pauper or the assassin lord of Alamut?

In the original arabic versions, the story is nominally set in China, but all the characters have arabic names and behave like Muslims or Jews.

Modern (Disneyfied) versions have mixed up the story with Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, which is probably where Alamut comes in.

Burton's translations of the originals here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/burt1k1/tale30.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/burt1k1/tale31.htm

That's the same Sir Richard F Burton who discovered the source of the Nile, and disguised himself as an Arab to get into Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage, among other things. Quite a character, even though he never married Liz Taylor!

 

[Enigman]

Modern (Disneyfied) versions have mixed up the story with Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, which is probably where Alamut comes in.

Actually Aladdin Muhammad was the sixth of the Seven Assassins Lords of Alamut during 1200s till around 1250, just before the mongols razed the fortress in 1256.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nizari_Ismailism#The_Seven_Lords_of_Alamut
The only reference I have ever heard of linking the three stories Aladdin (chinese), Ali Baba and Aladdin of Alamut is from Barbara G. Walker's Women's encyclopaedia of myths and secrets which generally twists everything to suit the author's perspective, trading facts for speculations...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_G._Walker

Right now I am looking for any collaborative and reputable sources about the Assassins and Alamut.
(This is all in lieu of a plot device I have been thinking for a story based during the Crusades.)