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The discussion revolves around the splitting of larger threads to alleviate server load, specifically continuing the Random Thoughts thread. Participants express their thoughts on various topics, including the emotional impact of the game Bioshock: Infinite, which one user describes as "haunting." They discuss the game's cover art, noting the absence of the female co-lead, Elizabeth, from the front cover, and reference an interview with Ken Levine that suggests this was a marketing compromise. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes, including family dynamics and humorous observations about everyday life, such as experiences at McDonald's and the challenges of parenting toddlers. The thread features a blend of light-hearted banter, reflections on gaming, and casual storytelling, highlighting the community's camaraderie.
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Although I loved Seinfeld, I was never obsessed with it enough to watch each and every episode.

Apparently, "fiancé" kinda rhymes with "Beyonce".

Or something like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8E_27iyOk​

Do not, lick the glue...
 
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  • #2,902
It's -38 F at the South Pole. Wind chill: -61 F.
 
  • #2,903
zoobyshoe said:
It's -38 F at the South Pole. Wind chill: -61 F.

My nephew in law spent a summer in the antarctic.

He posted pictures to prove it.

I should probably envy him, as I'm somewhat old, and nowadays, just sit on my couch, and fart.

But I don't.
 
  • #2,904
Black coffee can clean whiteboards...
 
  • #2,905
Enigman said:
Black coffee can clean whiteboards...

and blackboards
 
  • #2,906
dkotschessaa said:
and blackboards

It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)
 
  • #2,907
Enigman said:
It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)

We have some, but they're green.
 
  • #2,908
OmCheeto said:
My nephew in law spent a summer in the antarctic.
I went to a lecture on boomerangs by a guy who'd spent time at the south pole. He claimed an endurance record for a boomerang of 23h7s, obtained by judicious use of the geopraphic pole and the international date line...
 
  • #2,909
Started my first day on a new project today. Lots to learn. :-p

http://blog.etq.com/Portals/41636/images/drink_from_the_firehose.jpg
 
  • #2,910
Enigman said:
It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)
I do my best work on (black) blackboards. The professors at my local university let me (or probably anyone else, but no one else likes blackboards) use their classroom blackboards as long as no one else is there. That's part of my weekly set up:

One Dr Pepper, a bag of Sour Patch Kids, my iPhone (to play Brahms, Puccini, or Bizet, depending on my mood), and an empty lecture room with lots of blackboard space. 2 hours later, I'll have inevitably come up with something interesting.

That, and I usually end up making at least two Gilbert Strang jokes to myself. His lecture style (based off MIT videos) is hilarious to me. "I...hmm...wait. Let me...let me come back to that in a moment. I'd like to spend a little more time on this concept from 15 minutes ago." :smile:

Ibix said:
I went to a lecture on boomerangs by a guy who'd spent time at the south pole. He claimed an endurance record for a boomerang of 23h7s, obtained by judicious use of the geopraphic pole and the international date line...
This sounds like something I would do.
 
  • #2,911
Enigman said:
Black coffee can clean whiteboards...

We used to clean the tile floors on my aircraft carrier with black coffee.

As I recall, it worked.

:confused:
 
  • #2,912
dkotschessaa said:
and blackboards
But REAL blackboards are porous...
 
  • #2,913
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone..
 
  • #2,914
Gad said:
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone..

Candle time, milady.
 
  • #2,915
zoobyshoe said:
It's -38 F at the South Pole. Wind chill: -61 F.

It's 38 F here!:cry:
 
  • #2,916
We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?
 
  • #2,917
turbo said:
We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?

I thought some guy called Bush started that mispronouncement. :smile:
 
  • #2,918
turbo said:
We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran.
pfft! Ear-ack, Eye-rack. They're just body parts.
What is wrong with these people?

I'm always suspicious of Russian words/names until I see them in Cyrillic script.

Wasn't it Plato that originally said:

я знаю что, я ничего не знаю.

phonetically, as I recall: Yaw1 zn-eye-oh sh-toe, yaw knee-ch2evo knee zn-eye-oh.

And didn't "Bay-zsching" used to be pronounced "Peking"?

1. think aeronautics, or more properly, the German word for "Me".
2. as in "Checkmate!", and not "Chevrolet"

ps. Does anyone know how to turn off autocorrect on a Mac? This post took me about 20 minutes to fix... :mad:

uh oh.

I got it wrong...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GE4dkpOdPw​

I'll blame it on the Russians, as always... :redface:
 
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  • #2,919
Words that haunt me:
Demogorgon
Orichalum
manifold
eigenvector
pretzels
 
  • #2,920
я знаю что, я ничего не знаю.

This comma doesn't make sense. "I know that, I know nothing".

Я знаю, что я ничего не знаю.
 
  • #2,921
Borek said:
This comma doesn't make sense. "I know that, I know nothing".

Я знаю, что я ничего не знаю.

It is the way my Russian friend says it. I put commas in, where I hear them.

But then again, I often transcribe things incorrectly.

I believe it was Marlon who corrected my French abbreviation:

Jenay says re-en.

to

Je ne sais rien.
 
  • #2,922
Actually, the Brits might have started this one rolling. As in Gilbert and Sullivan:

For he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Eye-tal-eye-an,
But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains a Hin-glish-man...
 
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  • #2,923
OmCheeto said:
It is the way my Russian friend says it. I put commas in, where I hear them.

But then again, I often transcribe things incorrectly.

I believe it was Marlon who corrected my French abbreviation:

Jenay says re-en.

to

Je ne sais rien.

Do we have any PFers who are familiar with the Parisian accent? One of my French teachers was from Paris, and she used to say:

Zhen-say reee-en

The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".

The 'reee' in rien is a cross between a throat-clearing sound and a rolled R.

And the last 'n' is just barely noticeable.

And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.
 
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  • #2,924
lisab said:
Do we have any PFers who are familiar with the Parisian accent? One of my French teachers was from Paris, and she used to say:

Zhen-say reee-en

The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".

The 'reee' in rien is a cross between a throat-clearing sound and a rolled R.

And the last 'n' is just barely noticeable.

And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.
I am familiar with that accent.
"J'en sais rien" ?
I would translate it as "I don't have any clue about it". Or in some context "I've no idea".

Edit: It's the colloquial version of "Je n'en sais rien".
 
  • #2,925
fluidistic said:
I would translate it as "I don't have any clue about it". Or in some context "I've no idea".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo[/youtube]
 
  • #2,926
I see by the calendar it's not leap year.
 
  • #2,927
lisab said:
And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.
I thought that was usually pronounced "Bfffft" in Paris.
 
  • #2,928
zoobyshoe said:
I see by the calendar it's not leap year.

I knew that many months ago.
 
  • #2,929
OmCheeto said:
I knew that many months ago.

Born on leap day, were ya?
 
  • #2,930
turbo said:
We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?


I ran, I rock!o:)
 
  • #2,931
OmCheeto said:
...
1. think aeronautics, or more properly, the German word for "Me".


correction: the German word for "Yes"

lisab said:
...
The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".
...
Sometimes I wish the world were modeled after PF.
World Feedback & Announcements
Would you please add the letter "ж" to the english alphabet.
Thank you.​
zoobyshoe said:
Born on leap day, were ya?

No. But I also know that between now and May 30th, there are two national holidays: Presidents day, and Memorial Day.
 
  • #2,932
Lisa! said:
I ran, I rock!o:)

Stevie Wonder! :!) :thumbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOz3p6k5O2g
I mean Iraq, Iran, "Ukraingia", you know
I speak very very um, fluent Spanish
Ah, todo esta bien, chévere, you understand that?
(Chévere?)
Chévere, bien chévere, is that right mama?
'Cause I've got my shaky ...​

It's always his fault, unless it was the Russian's fault, then it's their fault.

ps. My Spanish is very bad, and I always thought he was singing about a "Chevrolet".
Until just now, of course.
"Ah, todo esta bien, chévere" = "Ah, all right, cool"
per google translate, as yo no se nada.
 
  • #2,933
zoobyshoe said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo[/youtube]

I'm glad I googled before reposting a longwinded...
 
  • #2,934
meh, guess I'll root for the referees
 
  • #2,935
Puget Sound oysters are to die for. Or to dive for. Take your pick. :!)
 
  • #2,936
I've had a certain piece of music that has popped into my head over the last 20+ years, but I couldn't remember where I heard it or when or the group/song.

I think this is the piece (between 0:45 - 1:00) -
Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

Actually the piece I have in mind is a bit more complicated. Is there another tune similar - to the bars between 0:45 and 1:00, which is repeated at 1:19-1:33?
 
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  • #2,937
OmCheeto said:
Puget Sound oysters are to die for. Or to dive for. Take your pick. :!)

Wondering what the statute of limitations is, regarding stealing oysters from the state of Washington.

Sorry!

It was my birthday, and I was depressed, and the oysters made everything...

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

right as rain...
 
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  • #2,938
Astronuc said:
I've had a certain piece of music that has popped into my head over the last 20+ years, but I couldn't remember where I heard it or when or the group/song.

I think this is the piece (between 0:45 - 1:00) -
Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

Actually the piece I have in mind is a bit more complicated. Is there another tune similar - to the bars between 0:45 and 1:00, which is repeated at 1:19-1:33?


It sounds a bit like a tune from the band "U.K." from their "Danger Money" album.

Circa 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XG-tZRdTzQ​

Just a guess. There are many songs.
 
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  • #2,939
Auto tagging sucks.
 
  • #2,940
Tagging sucks.
 
  • #2,941
I just had a weird dream:
Maple came running to the windows search helper thingy (the wizard one) and said it had come to relieve Mathematica from its shift... wonder what MATLAB was supposed to be doing...Mathcad's probably retired.
 
  • #2,942
My forearm is not as painful. The 2x2 section where I lost my epidermis and dermis to the red-hot wood stove and the larger surrounding area where I lost epidermis are getting a bit better. Don't ever fall on a roaring wood stove. It's not fun.
 
  • #2,943
  • #2,944
http://www.williamcorey.com/img/beautiful/C-137_master.jpg

*adds Kyoto on a must visit list* :!)

PS. Here's more beautiful http://www.williamcorey.com/japanese-garden-photography-portfolio/index.html.
 
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  • #2,945
Gad said:
*adds Kyoto on a must visit list* :!)

PS. Here's more beautiful http://www.williamcorey.com/japanese-garden-photography-portfolio/index.html.

So beautiful! Some of those pictures reminded me of Nightingale floors. These are floors designed to squeak when you walk on them, so no one can sneak in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJThECzA1bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_floor

I like the idea of Nightingale floors, just from an aesthetic point of view.
 
  • #2,946
That sound would freak the hell out of me. :eek:
 
  • #2,947
I've been to Kyoto, the temples there are amazing.
 
  • #2,948
  • #2,949
Salvation...
 
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  • #2,950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8JOe8y8tY

Urmas Sisask oratorio 92 - the full composition, unfortunately not available in the web. Amazing piece of music, I love it.
 

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