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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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New room mate is a religious nut, can't move out.
Why can't some people realize that not EVERYTHING is about Jesus.
 
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I'm such a sweet tooth - cheeeeeeeeeeeesecake..mmmmmmmm
Make a trade with your roommate, tell him or her that you will stop tripping the moment Jesus shows up. I had to deal with someone like that some time ago - told him, that I'm alive, means I can make do without Jesus :D
 
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HomogenousCow said:
New room mate is a religious nut, can't move out.
Why can't some people realize that not EVERYTHING is about Jesus.
I saw this right after reading your post. Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-p

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Borg said:
I saw this right after reading your post. Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-p

:smile: Simply excellent!
 
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i'm going to hell :D...I burst laughing like a nutjob when I saw it :D
 
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lendav_rott said:
i'm going to hell :D...I burst laughing like a nutjob when I saw it :D

:smile: me too...
 
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A random question in random thoughts about random advertising:

Google - what did I type or click on to get inundated with urinary catheter supply ads?
 
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lisab said:
A random question in random thoughts about random advertising:

Google - what did I type or click on to get inundated with urinary catheter supply ads?

Hmm have you been shopping on line for cat heater? Did you typo catheater? Google knows all, sometimes they even catch my typo's for me.:-p
 
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edward said:
Hmm have you been shopping on line for cat heater? Did you typo catheater? Google knows all, sometimes they even catch my typo's for me.:-p

Holy crap, I did! But it was years ago. About 5 years ago, in fact. My cat is sleeping on it in the basement right now.
 
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edward said:
Did you typo catheater?
I got:

[YouTube]HlKYtLlvRlU[/YouTube]
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I got:

[YouTube]HlKYtLlvRlU[/YouTube]

WOW great cat theater. Google is getting to be like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates.

This bit at the bottom of the Google catheater page has me a bit confused.

Searches related to catheaters

catheter

rotten tomatoes

fandango

man of steel
 
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Thanks for the vid, Zshoe! :!)
 
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lisab said:
Holy crap, I did! But it was years ago. About 5 years ago, in fact. My cat is sleeping on it in the basement right now.

Is your basement ventilated and warm?
 
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lisab said:
Google - what did I type or click on to get inundated with urinary catheter supply ads?

Have you visited our (PF) thread about urinary catheters lately?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I got:

[YouTube]HlKYtLlvRlU[/YouTube]

Perfect example of the fact training should be built on what animals love to do by themselves.
 
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lendav_rott said:
Is your basement ventilated and warm?

It's partially finished. The cat has open access, and her bed is heated about 9 months of the year.
 
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I guess I'm just bragging, but I was invited to lecture. I am an undergrad working on a senior paper, and I was invited to lecture at a working seminar (the topic I'm working on came up tangentially). The thing is that the seminar is for professors and advanced graduate students. And I'm going to be lecturing them. It's a little intimidating, but I'm excited.
 
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johnqwertyful said:
I guess I'm just bragging, but I was invited to lecture. I am an undergrad working on a senior paper, and I was invited to lecture at a working seminar (the topic I'm working on came up tangentially). The thing is that the seminar is for professors and advanced graduate students. And I'm going to be lecturing them. It's a little intimidating, but I'm excited.

Wow, congrats :thumbs:!
 
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That's great johnqwertyful, good luck. :)
 
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The head of mathematical physics is going to be there, I will be lecturing on Feynman Kac, in particular its applications in path integration and statistical mechanics.
 
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For somple reason I always read Stokes theorem as Strokes Theorem.

Has anyone ever gotten those weird mathematica errors? The one's where you type the same thing again and it works perfectly?
 
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HomogenousCow said:
For somple reason I always read Stokes theorem as Strokes Theorem.
Probably for the same reason that you merge some and simple.
Has anyone ever gotten those weird mathematica errors? The one's where you type the same thing again and it works perfectly?
Had that in MATLAB, but mathematica likes me better.
 
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I have been fighting the urge to etymologize 'avocado'.

This is a compromise[/size][/color]
 
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Enigman said:
I have been fighting the urge to etymologize 'avocado'.

This is a compromise[/size][/color]

I haven't. Let's just start with the obvious source to get the ball rolling.

1763, from Spanish avocado, altered (by folk etymology influence of earlier Spanish avocado "lawyer," from same Latin source as advocate (n.)) from earlier aguacate, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) ahuakatl "avocado" (with a secondary meaning "testicle" probably based on resemblance), from proto-Nahuan *pawa "avocado." As a color-name, first attested 1945. The English corruption alligator (pear) is 1763, from Mexican Spanish alvacata, alligato.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=avocado
 
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From proto-spanish a-vocado, meaning "mute".
 
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Enigman said:
I have been fighting the urge to etymologize 'avocado'.
Some things are better eaten than etymologized.
 
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That is to say, better enzymized than etymologized.
 
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As long as I don't have to entomologize
 
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Borek said:
From proto-spanish a-vocado, meaning "mute".

Pythagorean said:
I haven't. Let's just start with the obvious source to get the ball rolling.

...avocado..."lawyer," ... advocate ... "testicle"

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=avocado
de-butchery mine

hmmm...

DevilsAvocado's nick seems to now take on a whole new meaning...

"Shut up, you testicle!"

:confused:

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/me crawls back in bed, pulling covers over head...
 
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For the fourth (fifth?) night in a row I dreamt I was coding up a program -- except instead of writing code for a computer algorithm, I was writing life. My own life. Often I would write a line of code for the immediate future, moments before it happened.

It was a totally different take on lucid dreaming.
 
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Went to see "The Wolf of Wall Street" - laughed almost from start to finish, so over the top, everything is exaggerated waaaay too much and then some, but it's a great movie. Definitely suggest checking it out if yous want to laugh :D
 
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lendav_rott said:
Went to see "The Wolf of Wall Street" - laughed almost from start to finish, so over the top, everything is exaggerated waaaay too much and then some, but it's a great movie. Definitely suggest checking it out if yous want to laugh :D

hmmm...

I only waste my time seeing Star Trek movies.

"so over the top" :confused:

hmmmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszwuX1AK6A​

The trailer looks like my life...

ps. Love the soundtrack. :smile:
 
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OmCheeto said:
de-butchery mine

hmmm...

DevilsAvocado's nick seems to now take on a whole new meaning...

"Shut up, you testicle!"

:confused:

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/me crawls back in bed, pulling covers over head...


Are you off work sick today :frown:?
 
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*wants to fix the OCD bar so badly*
 
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drizzle said:
*wants to fix the OCD bar so badly*

o:)

wow the angel smiley is less than 4 characters!
 
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lisab said:
I haven't been able to open BBC for several hours. Anyone else having trouble?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

It's working fine for me, accessing it from inside the UK. Maybe the adverts and/or content-blocking for overseas access is broken.
 
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lisab said:
Are you off work sick today :frown:?

Vacation day. I'm constantly maxed out. I either use them or lose them. Though they did allow me to cash out 40 hours of vacation, which just happened to hit my bank account today. Woo Hoo! I'm a thousandaire! I have one more vacation day, and one more holiday left. tic tic tic tic tic :biggrin:
 
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Wow! page 180 on Pi day?!:
 
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that was precisely planned by everybody, no doubt :D
 
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Caffeine...crash...
 
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Lisa! said:
Wow! page 180 on Pi day?!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ5iFQv1KaE​

ps. Thank you for keeping up the hyper-awareness.
 
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this happens when I'm on vacation, I got a game called Deus Ex: Human revolution from a friend and...this has been most of today, been playing this game almost allllll day except a few tea breaks. The most depressing bit is it will be most of tomorrow as well, most likely.
 
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Four wine bottles standing on the wall... once the guests are out there were no wine bottles standing on the wall...

Geez, I don't want to even think about tomorrow :bugeye:
 
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lendav_rott said:
...this has been most of today, been playing this game almost allllll day except a few tea breaks. The most depressing bit is it will be most of tomorrow as well, most likely.

I'm told there is something called "a life" that you can get from somewhere. I can't find them on sale on eBay though. :biggrin:
 
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Borek said:
Four wine bottles standing on the wall... once the guests are out there were no wine bottles standing on the wall...

Geez, I don't want to even think about tomorrow :bugeye:

Well, if you had 6 or 7 guests, you should be fine :smile:.

Drink lots of water.

(Oops, probably too late for the water tip.)
 
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My grandson's have turned all four of my flashlights into storage cylinders for dead batteries.:eek:
 
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edward said:
My grandson's have turned all four of my flashlights into storage cylinders for dead batteries.:eek:
Don't let your grandsons turn all four of your flashlights into storage cylinders for dead batteries. Get rid of cable and upgrade to directTV.
 

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