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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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lisab said:
the screamin' leek made me laugh

OMG!

I'm so bringing leeks on my next boat ride. My friends just bought a new boat.

:devil:

Umm...

On second thought, it's a Boston Whaler.

They would just say; "Let's eat!"

:biggrin:

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ps. Thank you LisaB. That made me laugh too. :)
 
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There's a storm brewing but the sky is as clear as crystal.
 
  • #2,853
Floating along in the last double digit prime gap. :smile:
 
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poured water down 9th floor today, it didn t reach the ground, that's how cold it is xD
 
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lendav_rott said:
poured water down 9th floor today, it didn t reach the ground, that's how cold it is xD
People can check the temperature at the South Pole online. Post when your local temperature is colder than the South Pole (which has actually happened a few times this winter).

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/antarctica/south-pole
 
  • #2,856
zoobyshoe said:
People can check the temperature at the South Pole online. Post when your local temperature is colder than the South Pole (which has actually happened a few times this winter).

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/antarctica/south-pole
Interesting! :smile:

I just checked the site, and it says,
Wind: 7 mph from 50° Northeast​
I wonder what the 50° Northeast part means. :rolleyes:
 
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collinsmark said:
Interesting! :smile:

I just checked the site, and it says,
Wind: 7 mph from 50° Northeast​
I wonder what the 50° Northeast part means. :rolleyes:

:smile: Good point. Wouldn't the wind blow from the Northeast and to the Northeast simultaneously?
 
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collinsmark said:
I wonder what the 50° Northeast part means. :rolleyes:
At the South Pole, grid north conventionally points northwards along the Prime Meridian.[1] Since the meridians converge at the poles, true east and west directions change rapidly in a condition similar to gimbal lock. Grid north solves this problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_north
 
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Phew
I've finally finished my paper!
 
  • #2,861
Lisa! said:
Phew
I've finally finished my paper!
Congratulations!
 
  • #2,862
Evo said:
Congratulations!
Thank you!:smile:
 
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dlgoff said:
Probably has to do with the station not being exactly at the pole?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station

Nope, its the grid north:
Nathan Tift FAQ
Wouldn’t every direction there be North? How do you give each other directions?

We certainly can’t give directions here like everybody else does. For instance, to go out to the MAPO observatory from the Dome, one would have to walk South and then North without ever turning because they would pass right by the Geographic South Pole. Fortunately, we rarely have to give each other directions because our station is so small and the nearest place that anyone would want to go to is over 800 miles away!

If someone does talk about things being North or South here, they are most likely referring to what we call 'Grid directions' as in Grid North and Grid South. In the Grid system, North is along the Prime Meridian or 0° Longitude, pointing toward Greenwich, England. South would be 180° Longitude, East is 90° and West is 270°. It's actually quite simple. Meteorologists like myself always describe wind directions using the Grid system. It wouldn't mean much to report that the wind at the South Pole always comes from the North!
Lisa! said:
Phew
I've finally finished my paper!

Hope you are feeling better now?
 
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Lisa! said:
Phew
I've finally finished my paper!

Congrats! :D
 
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Today's been really good, actually. I loved today's coffee!
 
  • #2,866
I wonder if Obama will take up the cause to ban human-animal hybrids.
 
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lisab said:
I wonder if Obama will take up the cause to ban human-animal hybrids.
Good thing you got your wings before Obama. :biggrin:
 
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I'm thinking about the legalization of marijuana.
 
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dlgoff said:
Good thing you got your wings before Obama. :biggrin:

:smile:
 
  • #2,870
Google is broken...

All I get are TED videos... :mad:

Does anyone remember the song, with the premise:

"If (in your opinion) I'm so messed up, then why are you following me?"
 
  • #2,871
I hate sherlockians.
 
  • #2,872
Enigman said:
I hate sherlockians.
http://aliimmam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sherlock-meme.jpg

I discovered differential Galois theory yesterday. I think I'm in love with this concept. It's really beautiful.
 
  • #2,873
Mandelbroth said:
http://aliimmam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sherlock-meme.jpg

Shoot yourself and then fall.
P.S. S4 either Jim has cracked p vs np or Mrs Norton's interfering or Jims's brother's back in London.
 
  • #2,874
Enigman said:
Shoot yourself and then fall.
:eek: :-p
 
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OmCheeto said:
Google is broken...

All I get are TED videos... :mad:

Does anyone remember the song, with the premise:

"If (in your opinion) I'm so messed up, then why are you following me?"

Ah ha!

Band: Collective Soul
Song: December
Lyrics I was thinking of: "Why follow me to higher ground, lost as you swear I am."
 
  • #2,877
Enigman said:
Hope you are feeling better now?

Yeah, I am feeling well! Thank you!:smile:

Gad said:
Congrats! :D

Thank you!:smile:
 
  • #2,878
Enigman said:
Evil Math
Pi is evil.

:biggrin:

Surreal numbers - do they exist or not?

dali4.jpg

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad."
 
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  • #2,881
DennisN said:
Shakespeare's Insult Generator:
http://insult.dream40.org/
..."Thou art a crooked butt"? What is that even supposed to mean? :smile:

"Thou art a foul toad."

A toad, madame?

...perhaps it is you who are the toad!

shadowballet1.jpg
 
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dlgoff said:
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk

It's game time here.

In my neck of the woods, everyone is talking about some Superb Owl.

(shamelessly stolen from Colbert :biggrin:)
 
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Dad: "Hey. What are you up to?"

Me: "Nothing. Just Killing vector fields."

Dad: "Vector fields die?"

Me: "...yes. They die and go to heaven. They have a weird connection with God."

Dad: "..."

I've been rolling on the floor crying with laughter on and off for about an hour now. :smile:
 
  • #2,886
lisab said:
In my neck of the woods, everyone is talking about some Superb Owl.

(shamelessly stolen from Colbert :biggrin:)
OMG, he stole "Superb Owl' from me! I've been blogging for at least a decade that I was writing an e-mail and the Microsoft editor came back with the suggestion that the correct wording of "Superbowl' was "Superb Owl". I've written about it here several times. :devil:
 
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Evo said:
OMG, he stole "Superb Owl' from me! I've been blogging for at least a decade that I was writing an e-mail and the Microsoft editor came back with the suggestion that the correct wording of "Superbowl' was "Superb Owl". I've written about it here several times. :devil:

Nice :thumbs:!
 
  • #2,888
lisab said:
Nice :thumbs:!
I want money! I'm suing! How much should I ask for? (I'll split it with you).
 
  • #2,889
Mandelbroth said:
Dad: "Hey. What are you up to?"

Me: "Nothing. Just Killing vector fields."

Dad: "Vector fields die?"

Me: "...yes. They die and go to heaven. They have a weird connection with God."

Dad: "..."

I've been rolling on the floor crying with laughter on and off for about an hour now. :smile:

You have got some serious screw sense...

"What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and
one and one and one and one?"
"I don't know" said Alice. "I lost count."
"She can't do addition." said the Red Queen.
-Through the looking glass.
Answer of course is 1...thank the holey socks for logic operators.
 
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Enigman said:
You have got some serious screw sense...

"What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and
one and one and one and one?"
"I don't know" said Alice. "I lost count."
"She can't do addition." said the Red Queen.
-Through the looking glass.
Answer of course is 1...thank the holey socks for logic operators.
Actually since the Riemann zeta function at 0 is -1/2 \left( \text{i.e.,} \ \ \zeta(0) = - \frac{1}{2} \right), that tells me that 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +... = -1/2.

[Edit: I'll go with your logic operators though. I like those better. :smile:]
 
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collinsmark said:
Actually since the Riemann zeta function at 0 is -1/2 \left( \text{i.e.,} \ \ \zeta(0) = - \frac{1}{2} \right), that tells me that 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +... = -1/2.
I would usually laugh at that, but I've gone through that ridiculous thread about the sum of all natural numbers one too many times. It's beginning to get annoying.
 
  • #2,892
When I was consulting for a paper mill in WV, I happened to be in the control room when a senior operator started raging about Lesbian Tourists. I headed out of the control room and an engineer followed me and explained that the operator was hollering about Lebanese Terrorists. So much for English being a universal language.
 
  • #2,893
The last few days have been "foggy"- for the lack of a better word. I had been pretty much going on like a zombie imitating life. Today's clarity on the other hand is in a frightening contrast to the past few days. It is amazing what a good book and some strong tea (spiked with coffee) can do for you.
 
  • #2,894
Enigman said:
Evil Math
Pi is evil.

By the way, thinking about fun math stuff, I just remembered a PF chat where we talked about silly names in science/math. Micromass came up with a link to a page thread which was hilarious:

Most memorable titles (MathOverflow, 4 pages)

Some gems from page 1:

"A minus sign that used to annoy me but now I know why it is there"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0555

"Making the most out of zero branes and a weak background"
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000PhDT...40V

"How not to prove the Poincare Conjecture"
"math.berkeley.edu/~stall/notPC.pdf"

"Is the null-graph a pointless concept?"
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2FBFb0066433

"On what I do not understand (and have something to say): Part I"
http://arxiv.org/abs/math/9906113

"Holey Sheets"
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211152

"There are not exactly five objects"
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2274177?uid=3738984&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21103362393207
 
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  • #2,895
Latest trailer for new Cosmos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb5tdqplTqQ
 
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turbo said:
When I was consulting for a paper mill in WV, I happened to be in the control room when a senior operator started raging about Lesbian Tourists. I headed out of the control room and an engineer followed me and explained that the operator was hollering about Lebanese Terrorists. So much for English being a universal language.

I overheard yesterday that Beyonce had died from licking poisonous envelope flap glue.

I was like; "What?"
 
  • #2,899
OmCheeto said:
I overheard yesterday that Beyonce had died from licking poisonous envelope flap glue.

I was like; "What?"

...and now I'm like, "What?"
 
  • #2,900
lisab said:
...and now I'm like, "What?"

They explained to me, that I'd overheard the synopsis to an old Seinfeld episode.
 

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