Is it time for Random Thoughts - Part 4?

[dkotschessaa]

Every other science headline seems to be about 3-d printing.

I'm sure it's just a fad...

 

[Yanick]

Note to self: When moving a washing machine do not make assumptions about how much water may be left in the bottom. Unhooking the exhaust hose requires more than two pieces of paper towel under the machine. D'oh!

 

[dlgoff]

Schumann, Schubert ... what's the difference?

Sent off artwork to print 5000 brochures for my orchestra's next season, due back any day now, with the wrong one!

I know the feeling. I once manually entered 5 rather large admittance matrixes, that modeled our power system at different loads, that took about a week of typing; only to discover the format of the numbers wasn't what the software expected. Luckily the computer had a Fortran compiler and I wrote some code to convert the numbers to the correct format. No one ever knew.

 

[OmCheeto]

I know the feeling. I once manually entered 5 rather large admittance matrixes, that modeled our power system at different loads, that took about a week of typing; only to discover the format of the numbers wasn't what the software expected. Luckily the computer had a Fortran compiler and I wrote some code to convert the numbers to the correct format. No one ever knew.

Reminds me of the time I wrote a program to keep government grants from being charged to a certain object code. The program told me how many new accounts were generated, how many had been blocked, and how many valid accounts there were.

One day, all 10,000 accounts were blocked, and no valid accounts were available.

I decided that something was wrong, and ixnayed uploading the daily chart of accounts.

I had the only operable service center in operation that day.



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That was about 15 years ago. As of late, the only thing I pat myself on the back for, is not pooping my pants.

 

[Astronuc]

Journalism at its finest!

http://www.upworthy.com/if-you-are-gonna-make-jokes-at-the-nsas-expense-might-as-well-do-it-right-to-the-old-boss-face-am2-1a

 

[drizzle]

Lol!

 

[lendav_rott]

Note to self: When moving a washing machine do not make assumptions about how much water may be left in the bottom. Unhooking the exhaust hose requires more than two pieces of paper towel under the machine. D'oh!

hahaaaa, I burst laughing out loud like an idiot :D Did you have fun drying up the place? :P

 

[wukunlin]

wow This isolation sickness thing is real. I haven't gone out and talked to people outside for weeks and I feel like my brain got dunked into a bucket of depressants.

 

[lendav_rott]

wow This isolation sickness thing is real. I haven't gone out and talked to people outside for weeks and I feel like my brain got dunked into a bucket of depressants.

yeah, that's how it goes. When I was on vacation during the winter, I hadn't gone out for like a week - completely alienated from society :/

 

[dkotschessaa]

Spending more time on a final not related to my area of study than one that is related, because I actually want to ::gasp:: LEARN something. Heretical. I know.

 

[HomogenousCow]

If I see one more "Physics without the maths" book on amazon I'm going to lose it.
Learning physics without the maths is like studying Chinese culture from Steven Seagal movies.

 

[dkotschessaa]

If I see one more "Physics without the maths" book on amazon I'm going to lose it.
Learning physics without the maths is like studying Chinese culture from Steven Seagal movies.

But I love "Math without Physics" books.

 

[wukunlin]

If I see one more "Physics without the maths" book on amazon I'm going to lose it.
Learning physics without the maths is like studying Chinese culture from Steven Seagal movies.

I think "wanting to learn physics without the maths" is similar "wanting to have a relationship with this girl without talking to her."

 

[lisab]

I think "wanting to learn physics without the maths" is similar "wanting to have a relationship with this girl without talking to her."

Poetry, but with none of those icky words.

 

[lisab]

And it's only Tuesday.

And *still*, it's only Tuesday.

 

[dlgoff]

And *still*, it's only Tuesday.

And still %@#%!#!@^!

 

[drizzle]

 

[HomogenousCow]

I think "wanting to learn physics without the maths" is similar "wanting to have a relationship with this girl without talking to her."

Or learning how to drive by religiously watching re-runs of Dukes of Hazzard.

 

[drizzle]

Why is the prescribed med come in bottles that challenge one's strength T_T why when patient is the most weak*sniffs*

 

[lisab]

Why is the prescribed med come in bottles that challenge one's strength T_T why when patient is the most weak*sniffs*

You can ask the pharmacist to dispense the meds in easy to open containers. Of course that's hard to remember when you're feeling bad!

I hope you're better soon!

 

[Enigman]

This is bad.

 

[lisab]

This is bad.

Rut-roh!

 

[micromass]

 

[Borg]

 

[drizzle]

zero?

Lol Borg! I should've known it's a troll.

 

[Enigman]

That took a while...=5

 

[lisab]

62257.

The other equations are clearly wrong.

 

[drizzle]

62257.

The other equations are clearly wrong.

 

[micromass]

One is correct. Zero and 5 are not.

 

[AlephZero]

the same number as the answer to 21759 = ?.

(Just staking my claim to having solved it, without telling everybody the answer!)

 

[micromass]

the same number as the answer to 21759 = ?.

(Just staking my claim to having solved it, without telling everybody the answer!)

Yep!

 

[Enigman]

One is correct. Zero and 5 are not.

Never said 5 was the answer.

This was an hint and a pun:

"That took a while"=5

 

[micromass]

Never said 5 was the answer.

This was an hint and a pun:

Aah, you have the right answer then!

 

[drizzle]

Not going to waste a single second on this.

 

[micromass]

Not going to waste a single second on this.

You already did!

 

[drizzle]

Urgghhhhhhh

 

[Lisa!]

What's up?!

 

[collinsmark]

I think there is a hole in the logic = 8.

 

[drizzle]

Did I say that I hate such puzzles?

=7

and no that's not a happy face.

 

[collinsmark]

Did I say that I hate such puzzles?

=7

and no that's not a happy face.

Modulo will get you nowhere. = 9.

Topology might help though. = 10.

 

[HomogenousCow]

Apparently, the average international IQ has dropped by 0.86 points from the 1950s to the 2000s and is projected drop by another 1.28 points by 2050.

Worrying.

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

 

[drizzle]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/842/v877.jpg

Yummy. $2.5. a piece. T_T

 

[lendav_rott]

Who would spend 2.5 bucks just for a bite ? :/

 

[Lisa!]

 

[dkotschessaa]

Graduation today. :)

 

[lisab]

Graduation today. :)

Congrats :thumbs:!

 

[lisab]

It's disorienting when Greg re-arranges forums - kind of like those shifting staircases in Hogwarts.

 

[dkotschessaa]

If would stop pouring, then I could bike to school and drop off my very last paper. Otherwise my graduation ceremony will be a formality without substance!

 

[Enigman]

So...What 'Casual opics outside the realm of science and technology' can be found here?

 

[lendav_rott]

If would stop pouring, then I could bike to school and drop off my very last paper. Otherwise my graduation ceremony will be a formality without substance!

worst hangover of your life imminent? :D i mean you gots something to celebrate afterall :P. Anyway, are you made of sugar that you're afraid of the rain ? :<