Random Thoughts 7

[pinball1970]

My local is playing a live Jimi Hendrix concert on the PA. This is not a rock pub, it is Holts, what we call an 'Old man' pub.
Perfect antidote to pre final anxiety.

 

[Astronuc]

Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat

I don't know if the headline is accurate, but here is the story.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tech/las-vegas-dystopia-sphere-powered-120113982.html

 

[DennisN]

Perfect antidote to pre final anxiety.

Good luck tomorrow!

 

[BillTre]

 

[DennisN]

Perfect antidote to pre final anxiety.

The final starts in less than an hour. How's the anxiety?
I have made a bet with my dad regarding the match result (we have made some bets during the championship just for fun).

 

[pinball1970]

The final starts in less than an hour. How's the anxiety?
I have made a bet with my dad regarding the match result (we have made some bets during the championship just for fun).

Anxiety high, expectations low which is a reversal of this morning's feeling.
Kick off in 27 Minutes.
I'm arguing with Fresh regarding Judy Garland v Eva Cassidy, a nice deflection.

 

[fresh_42]

Anxiety high, expectations low which is a reversal of this morning's feeling.
Kick off in 27 Minutes.
I'm arguing with Fresh regarding Judy Garland v Eva Cassidy, a nice deflection.

... and you abbreviated Judy Garland by JD. Judy Deflection?

 

[WWGD]

How hard is it to find hidden devices ( YouTube; I was bored)? Just check the local network see what's connected to it. Block other ( cellular) access.Block access to your place, so any batteries die out. Shouldn't that filter out a good 90%

 

[WWGD]

The final starts in less than an hour. How's the anxiety?
I have made a bet with my dad regarding the match result (we have made some bets during the championship just for fun).

At first I thought these were students taking an exam.

 

[fresh_42]

At first I thought these were students taking an exam.

Don't mention the match.

 

[WWGD]

Don't mention the match.

I won't either mention Jehova. Nor mention the Math.

 

[fresh_42]

I won't either mention Jehova. Nor mention the Math.

 

[WWGD]

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Getting stoned; albeit in a different sense, will help lower anxiety.;).

 

[fresh_42]

Getting stoned; albeit in a different sense, will help lower anxiety.;).

Depends. It is quite nasty, but on the other hand, if you're a coyote in the Grand Canyon ...

 

[WWGD]

Depends. It is quite nasty, but on the other hand, if you're a coyote in the Grand Canyon ...

Yes ; Ive heard of shamans saying it should be practiced with care. Albeit Peyote for the coyote may work.

 

[pinball1970]

Don't mention the match.

Spain were better and deserved the win. No doubt about that.

 

[Rive]

To propagate trees and green surfaces, a set of local rules were made to protect them. Consequently, it's almost impossible to legally remove even really problematic trees.

Result? Less and less people dares to plant any trees, to prevent future legal problems

 

[DennisN]

Spain were better and deserved the win. No doubt about that.

Yes, but England played very well, and they were very close to an equalizer at the end.
I hoped England would score so there would be extra time, because I enjoyed the match very much.

There is absolutely no shame in losing against Spain. They had an extraordinary team and won every single match in the championship.

And, hey, I'm from Sweden and we didn't even qualify. We would have been crushed in the championship.

Edit:

And congratulations to the second place, by the way! It's no small feat.
Both my dad and I thought it would be Spain vs Germany in the final, but those two teams battled it out already in a quarter-final.

 

[fresh_42]

Spain were better and deserved the win. No doubt about that.

I found it closer. My observation was that England had technical deficits in one-contact football. I saw a couple of chances where they failed because they had chosen to take another pass or tried to put the ball into a better position instead of shooting directly. Playing like Spain against Spain wasn't the best idea. They might have had a better chance if they had played the good old English style.

 

[WWGD]

Why never " Physics from Itch"?.

 

[Borg]

A bunch of people in my office are getting moved to another building. I'm staying but someone decided that I have to move into the next seat over - probably because they didn't want to adjust their planned seating chart.

 

[pinball1970]

55 years this week Apollo 11 landed on the moon. With all the Space x crazy stuff plus the first Ariane 6 launch I wanted to compare footage.
Even today the 1969 footage is really amazing. The fact it is slow motion just adds to the coolness.
See the amount of debris? Wow.

Anyway, not worth a thread but certainly worth a mention.

Apollo 11



Space x last month.



Ariane 6 last week

 

[WWGD]

I thought I had inadvertently walked into the NFL until I realized I was standing right in front of the men's room , with people desperate for a urinal.

 

[Astronuc]

What to do when your internet goes down while traveling​

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/what...rnet-goes-down-while-traveling-174617112.html

Some good advice. Plan ahead.

 

[WWGD]

Pretty bizarre, due to careless misreading. Free trial! Somehow, for a second, I thought it was a legal trial. Are they suing me for free? Then coffee kicked in.

 

[Astronuc]

Every year, scores of boaters travel the 6,000-mile route around the Eastern United States.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/loopers-great-loop-experience

The Great Loop has been called the last great adventure in North America, a 6,000-mile journey from the Mississippi River to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, around Florida and then up the Atlantic coast, across the Erie Canal, and through the Great Lakes. In 2022, only 227 boats returned to their point of origin, “crossing their wake” and earning the privilege of flying the gold Great Loop burgee (flag). Most “Loopers,” traveling in boats at least 30 feet long, took about a year to complete the route. Omaha Nebraska’s Mike Straub completed the loop in just 91 days. He did the whole thing on a Sea-Doo jet ski.

I think retracing the Lewis and Clark expedition would be a great adventure.

 

[OmCheeto]

Anyone know how to interpret a 'perimeter acre'?

Perimeter Acres

133,489.06

from: https://www.kptv.com/wildfires/

perimeter	perimeter acres
1.14	179.5
3.86	226.09
4.4	701
50.82	18432.12
147.43	84364.39

Plugging in the numbers from the above fires, I get an R² of 1.000 for a quadratic function: y = 2.1122x² +264.07x -474.36

where y is 'perimeter acres' and x is the perimeter, in miles.

 

[docnet]

Anyone know how to interpret a 'perimeter acre'?

Perimeter Acres

133,489.06

from: https://www.kptv.com/wildfires/

perimeter	perimeter acres
1.14	179.5
3.86	226.09
4.4	701
50.82	18432.12
147.43	84364.39

Plugging in the numbers from the above fires, I get an R² of 1.000 for a quadratic function: y = 2.1122x² +264.07x -474.36

where y is 'perimeter acres' and x is the perimeter, in miles.

A perimeter acre is probably defined as
$$\frac{\text{length of the wildfire's perimeter}}{\text{area of wildfire}}.$$

 

[DrGreg]

I'm guessing that "perimeter acres" means the area (near the perimeter) that is actually on fire, assuming the area in the middle is burnt out.

Then the average width of the burning area is approximately the "perimeter area" divided by the "perimeter length" (assuming the width is a lot smaller than the length).

Name	Perimeter length $p$ miles	Perimeter area $a$ acres	Estimated perimeter width $a/(640p)$ miles	Converted to yards $\times 1760$
Lemolo	2.14​	179.5​	0.13106​	231​
Ore	3.86​	226.09​	0.09152​	161​
Trail	4.4​	701.38​	0.24907​	438​
Larch Creek	50.82​	18432.1​	0.56671​	997​
Lone Rock	147.43​	84364.4​	0.89411​	1574​

The values seem plausible.

(For readers outside the UK and US, a yard is about one metre.)

 

[WWGD]

Crowdstrike, anyone? Ive yet to look at my computer. ( Assuming people who have more than one OS installed).

 

[WWGD]

Anyone know how to interpret a 'perimeter acre'?

Perimeter Acres

133,489.06

from: https://www.kptv.com/wildfires/

perimeter	perimeter acres
1.14	179.5
3.86	226.09
4.4	701
50.82	18432.12
147.43	84364.39

Plugging in the numbers from the above fires, I get an R² of 1.000 for a quadratic function: y = 2.1122x² +264.07x -474.36

where y is 'perimeter acres' and x is the perimeter, in miles.

Seems not to be defined at x=1, where you get a negative value.

 

[fresh_42]

(For readers outside the UK and US, a yard is about one metre.)

And I thought it as a little place behind the house.

 

[WWGD]

And I thought it as a little place behind the house.

With two dogs in it.

 

[fresh_42]

With two dogs in it.

Must be Chihuahuas if it is limited to 91 cm.

 

[OmCheeto]

A perimeter acre is probably defined as
$$\frac{\text{length of the wildfire's perimeter}}{\text{area of wildfire}}.$$

So it's 1/length? Length is like wavelength, and 1/wavelength is frequency, so....
What's the frequency, Docnet?

I'm guessing that "perimeter acres" means the area (near the perimeter) that is actually on fire, assuming the area in the middle is burnt out.

Then the average width of the burning area is approximately the "perimeter area" divided by the "perimeter length" (assuming the width is a lot smaller than the length).

Name	Perimeter length p miles	Perimeter area a acres	Estimated perimeter width a/(640p) miles	Converted to yards ×1760
Lemolo	2.14​	179.5​	0.13106​	231​
Ore	3.86​	226.09​	0.09152​	161​
Trail	4.4​	701.38​	0.24907​	438​
Larch Creek	50.82​	18432.1​	0.56671​	997​
Lone Rock	147.43​	84364.4​	0.89411​	1574​

The values seem plausible.

(For readers outside the UK and US, a yard is about one metre.)

I agree, that this seems like a plausible answer.
But I suspect it is wrong.
I loosened up my Google search parameters and discovered this PDF of a 1976 document, where I found on page 64:

Figure 7.--Approximate​

area of wind-driven​

fires, using Anderson's​

double-ellipse formulae​

in appendix II. In​

this figure, the area within the approximate​

perimeter (acres) has​

been divided by the​

squared distance (in​

chains) from the point​

of origin to the head​

of the fire. Thus,​

this ratio decreases with windspeed while​

the area itself actually increases.​

where they use 'chain' as a unit of measure, and Anderson's double-ellipse formulae in appendix II looks to be a rabbit hole of maths.

Seems not to be defined at x=1, where you get a negative value.

At least it didn't include the square root of negative 1.

In any event, never mind.

 

[docnet]

So it's 1/length? Length is like wavelength, and 1/wavelength is frequency, so....
What's the frequency, Docnet?

The quantity perimeter/(surface area) is just a concrete measure of... perimeter per surface area (sorry for the redundancy, but it was so self-explanatory that I'm just so puzzled with your question.

If it helps, the quantity could be loosely interpreted as the "oscillation count" of the perimeter to measure how "wavy" or "curvy" the perimeter is. But there is probably no benefit in defining it using frequencies and wavelengths. The quantity would have a minimum value (corresponding to a circle) and no maximum value (corresponding to certain fractals).

In any case, it may not be the right interpretation of the data, continuing this tangent may not be helpful. I was just trying to offer an alternative.

 

[jedishrfu]

• At 18, they ask for 5-year experience;
• At 50, you are too old to work;
• At 62, you are too young to retire.

So true, to complete the story:

- I notified management on April Fool's that I plan to retire on May 1st
- I retired on May 1st and
- I got to exclaim May Day! May Day!

As so many retirees don't know what to do in the days following retirement.

Retirement is NEVER what you expect it to be.

 

[pinball1970]

As so many retirees don't know what to do in the days following retirement.

I may try being a rock star full time.

 

[fresh_42]

I may try being a rock star full time.

Honestly?

I wish you all the best and seriously hope you will!
I mean, if Taylor can.

 

[phinds]

Crowdstrike, anyone? Ive yet to look at my computer. ( Assuming people who have more than one OS installed).

Crowdstrike provides security add-on to Windows for businesses, not personal computers. Are you a business? Do you pay them to provide their service to you?

 

[pinball1970]

Honestly?

A little tongue in cheek yes, BUT there would be no more restrictions on practice and gigs.
If we have a gig in London or Scotland we have to set off 12ish so I have to book days off.
Certainly make things easier that way.

EDIT: The bassist is 68 and seems relaxed with his retirement and still doing music. Hopefully I can find similar.

 

[BillTre]

Retirement has kept me surprisingly busy.

 

[WWGD]

Honestly?

I wish you all the best and seriously hope you will!
I mean, if Taylor can.

Yes, he can jerk about global warming while touring the globe solo in his mega jet. Taylor did it.
Leason. Be more like Roger Taylor, not the other one.

 

[WWGD]

Crowdstrike provides security add-on to Windows for businesses, not personal computers. Are you a business? Do you pay them to provide their service to you?

Hence the "anyone?".

 

[pinball1970]

Yes, he can jerk about global warming while touring the globe solo in his mega jet. Taylor did it.
Leason. Be more like Roger Taylor, not the other one.

We all manage to fit in one van for gigs so the planet is safe from me!

 

[fresh_42]

Yes, he can jerk about global warming while touring the globe solo in his mega jet. Taylor did it.
Leason. Be more like Roger Taylor, not the other one.

What do you have against Swift? Ok, it's a bit clumsy, however, it's simple.

 

[WWGD]

We all manage to fit in one van for gigs so the planet is safe from me!

I haven't had a car in a while. My gas is the only contributor. I see people avoid me, but only within a 100ft radius.
Edit: Just please leave the van. Down by the river!

 

[WWGD]

Musk moving X and Space X from California to Texas.

 

[pinball1970]

Musk moving X and Space X from California to Texas.

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-elon-musk-spacex-headquarters-california.html

 

[pinball1970]

I haven't had a car in a while. My gas is the only contributor. I see people avoid me, but only within a 100ft radius.
Edit: Just please leave the van. Down by the river!

It is a horrible, ugly, uncomfortable, old thing but we love it. Even when It broke down in Macclesfield when we had a gig in Derby! It is a re-done UK Royal mail van. We only take two vehicles if we are also supplying the PA as well.
I took this from vehicle 2 on way to Lakes.