Is it time for Random Thoughts - Part 4?

[DennisN]

 

[JorisL]

Ugh, Lie Groups don't know if I hate them or love them.
Generating weight diagrams by hand for an assignments makes me question my intelligence every 3 calculations...

 

[Astronuc]

Why are banks different than other corporations?

http://billmoyers.com/2014/06/12/anat-admati-on-seeing-through-the-bankers-new-clothes/

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair

 

[interhacker]

Nationalism is bad for the human race.

http://vimeo.com/m/83583618

 

[leroyjenkens]

I never got car adds in the mail until I bought my first new car. After that I got lots of adds telling me about all these different cars that are available and how good the prices are.
Obviously, these people need new marketing experts, because the person least likely to buy a new car is someone who just bought one.

 

[OmCheeto]

I got a solicitation call the other day from someone claiming the government had millions and millions of dollars to give away as part of a home energy improvement program. He asked me how many square feet my house was, and what my minimum and maximum electric bills were. When I told him, he hung up on me.

That was a first.

Next time, I think I'll cut them off, tell them my home is solar powered, and my energy bills are zero. Maybe they'll hang up even faster.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Friday the 13th? Full Moon? bah!

I'm going moonlight canoeing with my wife (in gator inhabited waters) tonight. can't wait!

 

[drizzle]

Have fun, dekotschessaa! Out doors activities at night are a lot more fun during a full moon.

 

[OmCheeto]

Friday the 13th? Full Moon? bah!

I'm going moonlight canoeing with my wife (in gator inhabited waters) tonight. can't wait!

Be sure and wear aluminum foil hats, as there's also a coronal mass ejection expected to hit today.

Also, wear life jackets, as the lunar and solar em interference may cause rogue wavefronts, tipping your canoe.

 

[Evo]

Friday the 13th? Full Moon? bah!

I'm going moonlight canoeing with my wife (in gator inhabited waters) tonight. can't wait!

Be careful, just read the news yesterday, they found the body parts of a man that was snatched out of a boat by a gator.

 

[HeLiXe]

Be sure and wear aluminum foil hats

LOL...I can't think of another forum I would see this on lol.

 

[DennisN]

Be sure and wear aluminum foil hats, as there's also a coronal mass ejection expected to hit today.

 

[DennisN]

I've just seen 3/4 of "http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/05/measure-for-measure-quantum-physics-and-reality/" (World Science Festival), but I had to stop because I got headaches from it . Making small note to myself: Don't watch programs about interpretations of Quantum Mechanics on hot Saturdays, you will get headaches.

 

[OmCheeto]

Tin Foil Hats Actually Make it Easier for the Government to Track Your Thoughts

In 2005, a group of MIT students, ...tested the effectiveness of foil helmets at blocking various radio frequencies.

The helmets shielded their wearers from radio waves over most of the tested spectrum ... but, surprisingly, amplified certain frequencies: those in the 2.6 Ghz ( allocated for mobile communications and broadcast satellites) and 1.2 Ghz (allocated for aeronautical radionavigation and space-to-Earth and space-to-space satellites) bands.

... MIT guys' ... conclusion -- "the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC" -- maybe goes a few steps too far, their study at least shows that foil helmets fail at, and even counteract, their intended purpose. That, or the students are aliens who fabricated these results in an effort to get you to take your perfectly functional helmet off.

(selective editing and bolding, all mine...)

I will get started immediately, on my own independent research.

ps. I hope dkotschessaa and his wife survived the canoe trip. They seemed like nice people.

 

[Psinter]

Chocolate - Nutrition Facts :!)
Serving Size: 1/3 cup
What I serve myself: "until satisfied"

Vegetables - Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/3 cup
What I serve myself: "1/64 cup"
*fills the rest with chocolate*

 

[HeLiXe]

Chocolate - Nutrition Facts :!)
Serving Size: 1/3 cup
What I serve myself: "until satisfied"

Vegetables - Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/3 cup
What I serve myself: "1/64 cup"
*fills the rest with chocolate*

Awesome

 

[Borek]

small note to myself: Don't watch programs about interpretations of Quantum Mechanics [STRIKE]on hot Saturdays[/STRIKE], you will get headaches.

Corrected that for ya.

 

[DennisN]

Corrected that for ya.

Your correction is actually quite true.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

I love you Dad. Thanks for everything that you do to help me learn and grow.

 

[dlgoff]

I'm a happy father today.

Evidently I had an influence in my daughters life.

She's carrying on the Love ...

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/10415608_874094339271666_141360143659391851_n.jpg

Image compliments of https://www.facebook.com/OrientalSportsCenterDenver

 

[Borek]

Liked the picture for you

 

[Evo]

Very nice dl!

 

[OmCheeto]

I'm a happy father today.

Evidently I had an influence in my daughters life.

She's carrying on the Love ...

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/10415608_874094339271666_141360143659391851_n.jpg

Image compliments of https://www.facebook.com/OrientalSportsCenterDenver

Ha!

Never had kids of my own. One of my co-workers about a month ago posted a picture of her son in one of those outfits. I didn't quite recognize it, so I accused her mother of; "Weird outfit. Is he wearing a potato sack? (Ask mom) Or is he a 12th level white ninja?"

She politely responded; "It's his karate uniform and he's still a first level ninja"

Her mom, who is probably my age, also responded; "Some flour sacks were pretty prints and mom would make our clothes out of them after the flour was used up."

Anyways, I love this photo. Great set of smiles.

 

[drizzle]

Nice dl.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Be careful, just read the news yesterday, they found the body parts of a man that was snatched out of a boat by a gator.

They really don't bother people much in the waters here, especially when there's a group. (We did this last year too).

..>But it was canceled anyway due to lightning. Instead, we bought a new blu-ray player and watched a movie.

:)

-Dave K

 

[Evo]

They really don't bother people much in the waters here, especially when there's a group. (We did this last year too).

..>But it was canceled anyway due to lightning. Instead, we bought a new blu-ray player and watched a movie.

:)

-Dave K

So happy to hear you were not eaten by gators! That man was in a boat with his family. I love how much in love and how fun you and your wife appear to be, I wish you both much happiness!

 

[dkotschessaa]

So happy to hear you were not eaten by gators! That man was in a boat with his family. I love how much in love and how fun you and your wife appear to be, I wish you both much happiness!

We are America's favorite couple. At least that's what I keep telling her.

 

[Evo]

we are america's favorite couple. At least that's what i keep telling her.

lol!

 

[Drakkith]

Hmmm... me and a lady that stopped found a girl/guy passed out on the side of the road in front of my apartment complex. Turns out they were drunk. And yes, the sex of the individual was questionable. Neither of us could tell from looking at them, but in the picture on their ID, which was in the dirt nearby, they looked like a woman, and next to "Sex" it was marked "M". I'm kind of confused...

 

[WWGD]

I was telling some people I didn't know very well a made-up story about "Gary Hitler", Adolph's younger brother, who had moved to America and who was (supposedly) a brilliant up-and-coming comedian in the 1930's but had to abandon comedy because of his last name. The listeners took the question so seriously and asked me so many follow-ups (which I also made up), that, together with the fact that I don't know them well, it seemed too awkward for me to confess I made-up the whole thing (which I didn't do). I am trying to see how to come clean with them; I never thought they would take the story seriously. Sadly, this is not the first time this happens to me.