Random Thoughts 7

[fresh_42]

Whose turn was/is it to put up the screens? (It is still spring.) There have been an incredible number of "philosophers" buzzing around the forum lately; just my perception.

I said it for years: "they" always come in waves. Be it philosophers, crackpots, tri-sectionists, personal theories, whatever, but always in waves.

 

[WWGD]

Weird complaint from a few years back , that I used to ask questions, walk out before they were fully answered, so the person answering the question was thought to be " off", because they were seen as talking to themselves when answering after I had left.

 

[WWGD]

I still don't know just what is it that makes him/her larger than life.

 

[nuuskur]

Whose turn was/is it to put up the screens? (It is still spring.) There have been an incredible number of "philosophers" buzzing around the forum lately; just my perception.

that's definitely happening

I revisit Underwood Dudley's "What to do when the trisector comes" from time to time.

 

[Rive]

I guess the whole neighborhood thought we are insane: running around in the garden with watering cans just before the storm hits in...

We said it's rain-dance. If you want rain, you need to water the plants first.
Everybody knows that, right?
...though it was just the distribution of the slug-control bio-stuff.

We made some 2-3km runs each

 

[WWGD]

When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet extension went from .yu to .me.

 

[fresh_42]

M4.0, 4 hours ago, 10 km depth, ... doesn't sound to worry about, ... however, ...

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NAPLES!​

 

[WWGD]

So this guy shows up everyday wearing a helmet. To make conversation, I ask : "Ah, using your bike to come in?" He replies: " No, why?" My answer: ...............

 

[WWGD]

It seems, for self-help books, any phrase will do as a title: " The strawberries aren't ripe yet" is as good as " I don't wear blue shoes", etc.

 

[BillTre]

 

[gmax137]

Majestically...

Like a hot air balloon?

 

[WWGD]

Wow, sharp kid. Was overhearing a tutoring session in Chemistry at a coffee shop. Involving the periodic table. Kid asks " What's Periodic about the table"? I went to look it up myself.

 

[WWGD]

Cameraman , carrying heavy camera is faster than runners:

 

[gmax137]

 

[Astronuc]

https://news.yahoo.com/watch-hurricane-force-winds-topple-173921588.html

Wooden frames don't do well in hurricane force winds.

 

[Mayhem]

Wow, sharp kid. Was overhearing a tutoring session in Chemistry at a coffee shop. Involving the periodic table. Kid asks " What's Periodic about the table"? I went to look it up myself.

Not exactly sinusoidal, but this is an awesome graph!

 

[Astronuc]

More severe weather - this time in Iowa where some wind turbines were taken down by a tornado or high winds.

https://news.yahoo.com/watch-tornadoes-tear-down-wind-214123250.html

https://apnews.com/article/tornado-iowa-wind-farm-turbines-feb9913c3d53915ffa420e277af4bb6d

 

[WWGD]

I had a good idea where the conversation would lead when this guy made mention of his " Life coach". Unfortunately, it wasn't the name of a bus. I guessed right.

 

[collinsmark]

More severe weather - this time in Iowa where some wind turbines were taken down by a tornado or high winds.

https://news.yahoo.com/watch-tornadoes-tear-down-wind-214123250.html

https://apnews.com/article/tornado-iowa-wind-farm-turbines-feb9913c3d53915ffa420e277af4bb6d

Here's a video. There's some crazy footage in this one.

 

[Astronuc]

Here's a video. There's some crazy footage in this one.

It's interesting to see the towers lean toward the tornado with the atmosphere being drawn into the vortex.

 

[WWGD]

The pluses? The plan gives lifetime u limited access/use of ChatGpt for life for $39.99.

The minuses? Ill think everyone wearing dark glasses is out to kill me. Because I intend to squeeze every drop from it.

 

[Tom.G]

The pluses? The plan gives lifetime u limited access/use of ChatGpt for life for $39.99.

The minuses? Ill think everyone wearing dark glasses is out to kill me. Because I intend to squeeze every drop from it.

No thanks! Too close to being a data-collection scheme.

 

[pinball1970]

The last time the same two teams met in the FA cup back to back was 1885 according to my source (not checked yet)
Nice to see the Manchester Bee on the pitch, a nice touch.
Hopefully City will not eviscerate us, they are totally capable.

 

[fresh_42]

The last time the same two teams met in the FA cup back to back was 1885 according to my source (not checked yet)
Nice to see the Manchester Bee on the pitch, a nice touch.
Hopefully City will not eviscerate us, they are totally capable.

Congratulations!

 

[pinball1970]

Congratulations!

Very stressful to watch. Best part? All the Man City supporters in the pub hugged and shook hands with the red side at the end of the match.
Fantastic. Cheers fresh.

 

[Klystron]

I said it for years: "they" always come in waves. Be it philosophers, crackpots, tri-sectionists, personal theories, whatever, but always in waves.

[bolding added] I had to reseach trisectionists. The rare times I encountered the term as a child I thought it meant a vivisectionist who cut bodies into thirds.

that's definitely happening

I revisit Underwood Dudley's "What to do when the trisector comes" from time to time.

Thanks for the explaination. As children of the "New Math" (1960s) we studied basic number theory, geometry, logic and sets in grammar school, much less Dudley's high school geometry. Adding two even numbers produces an even number.

I realized some adults had weird mathematical preoccupations but attributed that to poor nutrition during the Depression. Today I learned...

 

[WWGD]

Very stressful to watch. Best part? All the Man City supporters in the pub hugged and shook hands with the red side at the end of the match.
Fantastic. Cheers fresh.

In other scores, 1 Paris, nothing Tolouse.

 

[Astronuc]

A new kind of cybercrime.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/burglary-ring-jams-wi-fi-120054956.html

A suspected international burglary ring is accused of using new high-tech devices to conduct surveillance on pricey houses. A police search of their car found cameras that had been camouflaged with leaves. Police say the hidden cameras were secretly positioned outside homes so that the suspects would know when the homeowners had left. In a related incident, authorities retrieved a Wi-Fi jammer used to knock out home security systems such as Ring cameras.

 

[Astronuc]

Here's a video. There's some crazy footage in this one.

Tornado was initially reported as EF-3, but since upgraded to EF-4.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/damaged-wind-turbines-become-important-185620005.html


https://news.yahoo.com/drone-footage-shows-extensive-damage-170224040.html
I don't know if it was the same tornado, or another in the same storm system.

 

[WWGD]

Ok, his name was Golovkin, not Hublot. Just like " One way street" was not the name of the street.

 

[Astronuc]

Railroad safety!

Railroads for the most part are private property, and walking on the right of way or across the tracks in any location other than a public grade crossing is trespassing. In most cases, railroads have been in place for more than 100 years, and in some cases more than 160 years or more.

Being on the tracks around freight cars, or trying to cross between or under freight cars is very dangerous.

Anyone who lives near a railroad track should know and be aware of the potential danger.

Remote operation of locomotives and trains is a separate issue that railroads and regulators must address.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/100-ton-locomotive-no-one-120614174.html
(Contains some gruesome descriptions of injuries and fatalities).

 

[WWGD]

Why does PF automatically log me out when I access through my phone?

 

[jack action]

Why does PF automatically log me out when I access through my phone?

You have to check "Stay logged in" when signing in. Otherwise, you get logged out automatically when the browser is closed.

 

[WWGD]

You have to check "Stay logged in" when signing in. Otherwise, you get logged out automatically when the browser is closed.

View attachment 346126​

Yes, thanks, thing is the second I enter the first w in my handle, I'm logged in and sent to a page such as this one. Let me see how I can get back into the login page after that.

 

[Ibix]

Yes, thanks, thing is the second I enter the first w in my handle, I'm logged in and sent to a page such as this one. Let me see how I can get back into the login page after that.

Tick the box first?

 

[WWGD]

Tick the box first?

Yes, my bad, I wasn't seeing it. Nor thinking :(. My bad, thanks all.

 

[jack action]

How much does one liter of water weigh? 9.81 N (Admit it: you were thinking 1 kg!)

Spoiler: Fun fact!

But one US pint of water weighs one pound!

 

[DrGreg]

How much does one liter of water weigh? 9.81 N (Admit it: you were thinking 1 kg!)

Spoiler: Fun fact!

But one US pint of water weighs one pound!

For what it's worth, when metrication was being introduced in the UK, many decades ago, we were told

A litre of water's​

A pint and three quarters​

and

Two and a quarter pounds of jam​

Weigh about a kilogram​

 

[jack action]

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Calling yourself non-binary categorizes everyone into binary or non-binary, creating a binary system that makes you binary again.

 

[WWGD]

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Calling yourself non-binary categorizes everyone into binary or non-binary, creating a binary system that makes you binary again.

I personally go by the pronouns Eggman/Walrus/Koo Koo Kachoo.

 

[Astronuc]

A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
https://news.yahoo.com/news/railroad-worker-figured-send-thousands-102702532.html

 

[WWGD]

A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
https://news.yahoo.com/news/railroad-worker-figured-send-thousands-102702532.html

I always wondered if a nationwide system of canals to transport water would be feasible.

 

[Astronuc]

I always wondered if a nationwide system of canals to transport water would be feasible.

More likely pipes, since there are a lot of hills and some mountain chains to cross. Canals only work with level grade, or downhill, one-way.

Otherwise, tank cars, which is how some crude oil is moved, are feasible.

I've wondered about those areas that flood frequently, e.g., those areas in the Midwest, that have been occasionally inundated, e.g., along the Platter River, or the Missouri and Mississippi watersheds. If they could push water westward to western Colorado, and the Colorado River basin.

 

[difalcojr]

I've wondered about that too. Excess water in one area, aridity in another. Transfer it from the areas that flood all the time. Divert it.
Canals, pipes, tunnels, even pumping stations for elevation changes, whatever is needed. They do all that in California where needed.
If they can pump oil in pipes everywhere, they can surely pump water.

 

[BillTre]

I've wondered about those areas that flood frequently, e.g., those areas in the Midwest, that have been occasionally inundated, e.g., along the Platter River, or the Missouri and Mississippi watersheds. If they could push water westward to western Colorado, and the Colorado River basin.

Flood waters would have to be decontaminated to be potable.
Floods can pick-up industrial wastes and (literally) crap.
Floods would also be an intermittent supply, so not too dependable and probably not from a dependable site.

The "aqueduct" in California goes through open canals as well as pumping stations and pipes over mountains. By the time it gets to LA it is very hard from the chemicals it picks up in the cement aqueduct.

 

[difalcojr]

Unlike that sweet drinking water going down a natural river channel, that LA gets, by draining pretty completely the Owens Valley supply, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. Didn't know that about the cement canals and hard water.

Lots of problems, for sure, but I think the Army Corps of Engineers could probably do the job if that was their mission. Maybe water diverted closer to its source would be cleaner water too.

 

[Tom.G]

For a bit more info, and some references, about the California Aqueduct, see:
https://www.physicsforums.com/posts/6875543

Cheers,
Tom

 

[WWGD]

Ouch! ChatGpt just told me $2\pi -\pi$ is Rational, as part of a construction *. Then, after I pointed it out, it " corrected it " by telling me $2\sqrt 2 -\sqrt 2$ is Rational.

* Vitali set on $\mathbb R -\mathbb Q$ in case anyone is interested.

 

[fresh_42]

Ouch! ChatGpt just told me $2\pi -\pi$ is Rational, as part of a construction *. Then, after I pointed it out, it " corrected it " by telling me $2\sqrt 2 -\sqrt 2$ is Rational.

* Vitali set on $\mathbb R -\mathbb Q$ in case anyone is interested.

Almost 100 years later, and lesson still not learned!

 

[WWGD]

Almost 100 years later, and lesson still not learned!

We're still in our cage of Freedom, I guess Herr Lang would say.