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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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Green tea with coffee or Earl Grey with coffee?
 
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  • #2,102
coffee with coffee?
 
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JorisL said:
coffee with coffee?

Need the antioxidants...but I still went with dark chocolate with coffee...does dark chocolate contain antioxidants?...
 
  • #2,104
I believe so
 
  • #2,105
Enigman said:
Green tea with coffee or Earl Grey with coffee?

Earl grey with chocolate.
 
  • #2,106
I had no choice that I have to go back to Italy :banghead: :cry:
 
  • #2,107
Enigman said:
Green tea with coffee or Earl Grey with coffee?

Hard scotch with coffee.
 
  • #2,108
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Hard scotch with coffee.

I think you are confusing me with Hatter(quite terrible company really but excellent hats.) though he does prefer a boiling glass of Mercury...
 
  • #2,109
My aunt had some mercury when she was a child. You could pour it on to a tray and it would form little droplets that you could roll around and merge together, a good few decades before Terminator 2.

She'd no madder than the rest of the family, so either she didn't absorb too much of it or she's baseline saner than the rest of us.
 
  • #2,110
I used to break thermometers* for the mercury...Cheshire loved to play with those mercury balls...Playing until there was only a cat without a grin ...wait it was the other way around. Oh and March Hare recommends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning#Elemental_mercury
-best wishes from wonderland!
##\mathcal E##

##\mathcal E##dit-*Don't try this at home...
 
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I break thermometers for the alcohol.

[This is not quite true - it was my lab partner who discovered that they pop quite nicely if you stick them in boiling water]
 
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Ibix said:
I break thermometers for the alcohol.

[This is not quite true - it was my lab partner who discovered that they pop quite nicely if you stick them in boiling water]

Oh they will break quite nicely in much cooler water, if you get them too close to a stirring magnet :redface:.
 
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lisab said:
Oh they will break quite nicely in much cooler water, if you get them too close to a stirring magnet :redface:.
I protect my baby.

http://imageshack.us/a/img208/1065/qzbc.jpg

She has great specs.

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/6798/glgw.jpg
 
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dlgoff said:
I protect my baby.

http://imageshack.us/a/img208/1065/qzbc.jpg

...

Nice flooring... I have two boxes of those oak tiles. :smile:

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ps. It took me all morning to mentally figure out that 203 was not a prime number. :redface:
 
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OmCheeto said:
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ps. It took me all morning to mentally figure out that 203 was not a prime number. :redface:


Square root of 2 is 1.41, so square root of 200 is around 14 - that means you have to test divisibility only by numbers lower than 14. That leaves us with 7, 11 and 13 (203 is odd, so all even divisors are out of the question, 2+0+3=5, so 3 is out of the question too, and 203 doesn't end with 5 nor 0 so it is divided by 5 either). Let's start with 7 - 203=70+70+63=7*10+7*10+7*9. QED
 
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Museum means a place of learning in Latin...
mmm...
:devil:-PF homepage screenshot would probably do...*
o:)-*...well to get us banned.
:-p
 
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This little house smells pretty good. I spent most of the morning breaking garlic bulbs (German White) into cloves and my wife is planting them for next year's crop. She also brought in a bush of rosemary for the winter. Not a bad combination. An apple pie baking would be over the top. I am already too spoiled.
 
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Borek said:
Square root of 2 is 1.41, so square root of 200 is around 14 - that means you have to test divisibility only by numbers lower than 14. That leaves us with 7, 11 and 13 (203 is odd, so all even divisors are out of the question, 2+0+3=5, so 3 is out of the question too, and 203 doesn't end with 5 nor 0 so it is divided by 5 either). Let's start with 7 - 203=70+70+63=7*10+7*10+7*9. QED

I think my main problem was that I didn't remember that 7*9=63.
I blame this on all of those calculus classes I took.
Only now, though disuse, I can do neither calculus nor simple arithmetic.
If it were not for spreadsheets, I would be a complete imbecile.

ps. I just discovered that it would take a 50 watt Peltier* cooling device over 10 hours to freeze 20 ounces of water. At least I'm wise enough to do the calculations before building some of this junk. Though I did hobble together a complete science failure a few weekends ago, consisting of an automotive coil, battery, aluminum foil, and a bunch of wires. After the failure, I drew the schematic in my head, and decided I had created the worlds most awesomely useless RLC circuit. But at least it only cost me about 15 minutes. And, I didn't kill myself.
(pat on back, pat on back. good job Om)

* Peltier devices are purported to be only 10% efficient in their energy use.
 
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Re-watching Robocop. Hee hee. ED-209. NUKEM (another quality home game from Butler Brothers). "I'd buy that for a dollar." 6000 SUX (an American tradition). Hee hee

Next up is Starship Troopers to continue the Paul Verhoeven theme.
 
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Hmmm...Alice is a good name...Alice Montenegro...M.Alice...I could work with that...now for the next two...
 
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OmCheeto said:
I think my main problem was that I didn't remember that 7*9=63.
I blame this on all of those calculus classes I took.

One of my "epic arithmetic fails" was after spending too long debugging computer software and doing mental arithmetic in hex, which left me convinced that 5 times 8 was 36.

Don't tell me there is no logic to that error in either hex or decimal arithmetic. I already know that!
 
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You know why programmers can't tell the difference between christmas and halloween, don't you?
31OCT = 25DEC
 
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Ibix said:
You know why programmers can't tell the difference between christmas and halloween, don't you?
31OCT = 25DEC

So are we to blame programmers for xmas junk on sale already?

:-p
 
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Testing post title function

Testing post title function
mm..symbols that go along with title are not coming up :\
ED- nope...not working.
Advance ed- icons came up
ED2:neither title or icon comes up...
 
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OmCheeto said:
So are we to blame programmers for xmas junk on sale already?

:-p
Well, if we've got to blame somebody...:-p
 
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How in the world is anthropology a science??
 
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Evo from another thread said:
They were also a sockpuppet of a banned crackpot.

Just wondering-
How many times have you checked to see if I am not another banned user who got himself a sockpuppet?
(I would really be insulted if you say not even once...)
 
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Enigman said:
Just wondering-
How many times have you checked to see if I am not another banned user who got himself a sockpuppet?
(I would really be insulted if you say not even once...)
I've never checked. *Goes to check*

EDIT: OMG! BANS ENIGMAN!
 
  • #2,129
Evo said:
OMG! BANS ENIGMAN!

Few things aren't done; speed of light is not broken, Franzbear is never dead, Mr.E is never banned.
 
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Enigman said:
Few things aren't done; speed of light is not broken, Franzbear is never dead, Mr.E is never banned.
I've accidentally banned innocent people, ask turbo, he reported spam and I banned him. Of course I immediately realized the mistake and resuscitated him before it was too late. :redface:
 

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