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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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Interrogator said:
My thread amounted to nothing and I've had two of my posts deleted on my first day here. Not that I care, but I suppose I owe you this. It's Mackerel.

Okay, I'll do the honours
http://files.myopera.com/Chyren/files/fishSlap1a.gif
You are now officially initiated as a PF member. Congratulations.
Though I was hoping for Megalodon..*sigh* https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4507459&postcount=91
:biggrin:PF initiation ceremony
What's yours?
I have successfully evaded that question for a long time and I don't intend to get fish slapped...ever.
Evo said:
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.
As long as the Banhammer* is not aimed a me its good, else well...Cheshire taught me a couple of mimsical tricks...
*may not mind the banwhip though...
:-p
 
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  • #2,132
Enigman said:
How in the world is anthropology a science??
Anthropology definitely is a science. But like astronomy and cosmology, it often has to rely on observational data rather than experiments done in the laboratory. [Edit: although many smaller aspects in anthropology, carbon dating for example, do rely on laboratory data.]

Some would break down anthropology into two, smaller sets, physical (biological) anthropology and cultural (social) anthropology. Physical anthropology is the harder science of the two (cultural being "softer") and includes not only physical aspects of modern human biology/physiology, but also human evolution.

Some might also break those two down into four subsets; physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archeology, and anthropological linguistics. Of which, there is overlap between them.

I have some friends with degrees in anthropology. 'Always makes for enlightening conversation.

[Edit: Based on many of those conversations, I have it burned into my neurons, (A) never, ever refer to an Ape as a "monkey" (particularly a Great Ape) and (B) Don't pronounce Neanderthal with /θ/ as the 'th' in "thin". It's pronounced with a hard, German /t/. I'll never make those mistakes again. :redface:]
 
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  • #2,133
collinsmark said:
Anthropology definitely is a science...

Reminds me of my "Economics is about as scientific as Phrenology" post.
 
  • #2,134
Actually, I quit recently found out that Anthropology is not the same a Archaeology. They always looked like that same word. But then I discovered, that all of my acquaintances, that I admired the most, were all Anthropologists.

I'm pretty sure I will never understand my fellow humans.

Nor chemistry, for that matter.
 
  • #2,135
This is my 500th post! :biggrin:

Does anyone else find it odd that Galois was contemporary with the events of Les Misérables? In the context of modern algebra, there are plenty of lines from the musical that I can think of right off the top of my head that sound hysterical in terms of math.

For example, "I'm called Cosette" becomes "I'm called coset." :-p
 
  • #2,136
Try saying "Crackpot Sockpuppet" three times, fast.
 
  • #2,137
OmCheeto said:
Actually, I quit recently found out that Anthropology is not the same a Archaeology. They always looked like that same word. But then I discovered, that all of my acquaintances, that I admired the most, were all Anthropologists.

I'm pretty sure I will never understand my fellow humans.

Nor chemistry, for that matter.

Come to think of it, all the anthro majors I've known have been pretty cool.

It's like they like all of us humans, because they have been trained to observe us from so far away, we look good o:).
 
  • #2,138
I own a chihuahua.

Chihuahua Property Law

1)If I like it, it's MINE.
2)If it's in my mouth, it's MINE.
3)If I had it a little while ago, it's MINE.
4)If I can take it from you, it's MINE.
5)If it's MINE, it must NEVER be YOURS.
6)If it just looks like mine, it's MINE.
7)If I saw it first, it's MINE.
8)If it's edible, it's MINE.
9)If you have something and put it down, it's MINE.
10)If I chew something up, all the pieces are MINE.
11)If I get tired of it, it's YOURS.
12)If I want it back, it's MINE.

http://jlschihuahuas.com/ChiPropertyLaws.html
 
  • #2,139
collinsmark said:
Anthropology definitely is a science.

Clearly this is incorrect. Physics is the one and only science after all.
 
  • #2,140
WannabeNewton said:
Clearly this is incorrect. Physics is the one and only science after all.

+1...
 
  • #2,141
WannabeNewton said:
Clearly this is incorrect. Physics is the one and only science after all.

Anthropology is just the continuation of physics by other means.
 
  • #2,142
Has anyone seen the new wave of troll comments on YouTube,quite disturbing,specially the links
 
  • #2,143
*first snow first snow first snow first snow*! :biggrin:

As a bonus, it's self shoveling!

bv50p.png
 
  • #2,144
Hi ArcanaNoir!

I miss snow. 70 degrees here today. The "fall" weather just is not coming. It's relentless.
 
  • #2,145
Aw, I missed it. 11/12/13 14:15:16 :-p
 
  • #2,146
Borg said:
Aw, I missed it. 11/12/13 14:15:16 :-p
Well, you'll have another chance in a month at 11/12/13 14:15:16.
 
  • #2,147
good god... I forgot that 99 * 2 = 198...

ya imam malo mozga...

that means; "I have a small brain" in Serbski.

:cry:
 
  • #2,148
OmCheeto said:
I forgot that 99 * 2 = 198...
Why would you remember it in the first place? It's just ##2(90+9)=180+18=198##.
 
  • #2,149
Actually there's a trick for multiplying numbers 1-9 to numbers like 9999, I discovered long ago...
(9999...*a)
So multiplying 9,999,999,999,999*9 (a=9)
The number has 13 9s (n=13)
So multiply the second number a with 9
ie. 9*9=81
Now put n-1 9s (ie 12) between tens and units of the product
So 89,999,999,999,991- the final answer should have n+1 numbers.
The only thing is keeping track of the 9s...
 
  • #2,150
Enigman said:
Actually there's a trick for multiplying numbers 1-9 to numbers like 9999, I discovered long ago...
(9999...*a)
So multiplying 9,999,999,999,999*9 (a=9)
The number has 13 9s (n=13)
So multiply the second number a with 9
ie. 9*9=81
Now put n-1 9s (ie 12) between tens and units of the product
So 89,999,999,999,991- the final answer should have n+1 numbers.
The only thing is keeping track of the 9s...


...

6537234568991*7... Do it.
 
  • #2,151
Gad said:
...

6537234568991*7... Do it.

Step 1 Select the computation.
Step 2 Right click.
Step 3 Click compute by wolframalpha
Step 4 Go to the tab just opened.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6537234568991*7&t=crmtb01&f=rc

45760641982937

:-p

Ed- btw I could do it mentally too since one of them is just a single digit number...took a course in Abacus learning long ago...same time I found the 9 trick.
 
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  • #2,152
Enigman said:
Actually there's a trick for multiplying numbers 1-9 to numbers like 9999, I discovered long ago...
(9999...*a)
So multiplying 9,999,999,999,999*9 (a=9)
The number has 13 9s (n=13)
So multiply the second number a with 9
ie. 9*9=81
Now put n-1 9s (ie 12) between tens and units of the product
So 89,999,999,999,991- the final answer should have n+1 numbers.
The only thing is keeping track of the 9s...

just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so
 
  • #2,153
JorisL said:
just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

I had a bad friend. ..I stopped considering her a friend of mine. I didn't have much experience in astronomical industry and I wanted to land a job there. I passed 3 rounds of interview until the fourth time after she had come meet with the prospective employer and discussed my abilities. Could she ever explain why I could have passed the previous interviews ? Is she better than me about psychology ? I am a magician and a real lawyer to be. :biggrin:
My main point is about how much she could understood me before she jumped into any conclusion about me. It is to evaluate and re-evaluate herself and the employees as well as the employer not me exactly.
 
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  • #2,154
JorisL said:
just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

mmm...mines cooler and comes to me much more easily...all you need to know is the multiplication table of 9...
 
  • #2,155
I only need the multiplication table of 1. Which I can honestly say I know by heart (finally).
 
  • #2,156
JorisL said:
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.
 
  • #2,157
Zarqon said:
Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.

For some reason I was sure it is that way as well, for many years. And I am neither German nor French.
 
  • #2,158
Zarqon said:
Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.

Weird. I had to look at the word for the longest time, wondering what you were talking about, until I saw the other 's'.
 
  • #2,160
I'm flemish, so I'm 'sandwiched' between germany and france
 

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