Random Thoughts 7

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

Happy Birthday/Anniversary to our Polish friends: 11/11. Wish I had celebrated it on 2011, for the triple 11.

 

[berkeman]

Random thought: I miss Evo.

Me too. Anyone know where she is?

Hopefully not a self-inflicted mishap with her ban hammer.

But yeah, I haven't seen her in a while either. Hope she's doing OK.

Good news, @Evo is back in-country. She was out of the country in very rural areas with no Internet coverage (and yes, with a chainsaw riding in the bed of a pickup truck, as usual).

Thanks for asking!

 

[phinds]

Can we hope to hear from her?

EDIT: scratch that. Of COURSE we can wish for it. What I mean is can we expect it?

 

[berkeman]

Can we hope to hear from her?

EDIT: scratch that. Of COURSE we can wish for it. What I mean is can we expect it?

She's looking for a chainsaw sharpener...

Hopefully she'll post in the main forums soon. Right now we are still catching up in the Mentor forums.

 

[fresh_42]

It is quite a bit eerie. YouTube does know my preferences better than I do. They even manage to make a list of songs that I like but do not really belong together.

 

[WWGD]

This guy looked a lot like Einstein, but you still could tell it wasn't him. Maybe his Nick should be $Mc^2-1$?

 

[WWGD]

It is quite a bit eerie. YouTube does know my preferences better than I do. They even manage to make a list of songs that I like but do not really belong together.

I ask Microsoft to remind me of my Mom's birthday, or where I left my keys.
Just like Santa, they turn the whole " He knows when you are sleeping, he knows now when you're awake" into a cringe song.

 

[WWGD]

I've taken a strange fascination at how coffee slowly poured into milk changes the color of milk.

 

[fresh_42]

I've taken a strange fascination at how coffee slowly poured into milk changes the color of milk.

Don't let Sigmund read this!

 

[WWGD]

Don't let Sigmund read this!

Let him and Carl together figure it out for me. Carl is Jung at heart.

 

[fresh_42]

German is easy. E.g. 'um-fah-ren is the opposite of um-'fah-ren.

 

[berkeman]

German is easy. E.g. 'um-fah-ren is the opposite of um-'fah-ren.

What is the opposite meaning?

 

[fresh_42]

um'fahren with emphasis on the second syllable means drive around and 'umfahren with emphasis on the first syllable means drive over. The ' are not written of course. I just used the phonetic sign that signals emphasis.

 

[fresh_42]

Of course, you can say "überfahren" for drive over which would be the literal translation. But "umfahren" for "drive over" is at least equally often used. It means "drive against something turning it down" like "umfallen" for "fall over".

 

[WWGD]

Or fahrver nuggen (pretty sure I butchered the spelling). It means " Driving Satisfaction"
What's the deal with all the driving-related terms?
P.S Gefahrest Frau Daisy?

 

[fresh_42]

Or fahrver nuggen (pretty sure I butchered the spelling). It means " Driving Satisfaction"
What's the deal with all the driving-related terms?
P.S Gefahrest Frau Daisy?

Only the pun that the same word can mean the opposite of itself. If you think of it, you can construct a lot of puns with the word drive in English, too.

 

[WWGD]

Only the pun that the same word can mean the opposite of itself. If you think of it, you can construct a lot of puns with the word drive in English, too.

I mainly remember " That drove her crazy. But it was such a short drive"

 

[pinball1970]

I was driving home once in the early AM and came upon a deer in the road, not moving much.
So I slowly tried to drive past it.
When I got so that I was about even with the deer decided to run forward of my (I was driving very slowly) and then turned 90˚ across in front of the car. Going slow, I was able to stop. The deer then left.
Deer behavior can be erratic.

Deers are spooked easily

 

[fresh_42]

Deers are spooked easily

There is a song all about driving without having the word drive once in its lyrics.

 

[WWGD]

Musical differences in driving:
Deep Purple: " Highway Star".
Yes: " I'll do the Roundabout".

 

[fresh_42]

Or fahrver nuggen (pretty sure I butchered the spelling). It means " Driving Satisfaction"
What's the deal with all the driving-related terms?
P.S Gefahrest Frau Daisy?

It is "Fahrvergnügen" (driving pleasure). I guess it has to do with ...

 

[pinball1970]

It is "Fahrvergnügen" (driving pleasure). I guess it has to do with ...
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Is that an auto ban thing? That's scary

 

[fresh_42]

Is that an auto ban thing?

The reality is, that it is only an "Autobahn" thing. Everywhere else are automatic speed limits, and often even below the standard level (50 in towns, 100 on country roads). And only 70% of our highways are without limits - theoretically. It's a matter of fact that we are literally in the middle of the continent, which means, we have the entire north-south and east-west traffic of the continent. I assume we have one of the highest traffic densities in Europe, especially heavy goods traffic, so you often cannot drive as fast as you were allowed to.

That's scary

Not really. Have a look:

 

[WWGD]

Du kann funfundfunzig gefahren.

Nice, look at triple fun associated with driving : fun fun(d) fun zig.

 

[fresh_42]

Du kann funfundfunzig gefahren.

Nice, look at triple fun associated with driving : fun fun(d) fun zig.

So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.

I was surprised by the American figures. Almost three times as many deaths on American highways although they are a) equipped with an in my mind quite slow speed limit of usually 70 mph , and b) a far lower traffic density on average.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, Duckduckgo may not track you, but there's a price to pay. Search results are 3rd tier at best. At least non-trivial ones.

 

[WWGD]

So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.

I was surprised by the American figures. Almost three times as many deaths on American highways although they are a) equipped with an in my mind quite slow speed limit of usually 70 mph , and b) a far lower traffic density on average.

Still, do you compare how, by total miles driven?

 

[fresh_42]

All numbers are deaths per one billion kilometers driven.

 

[WWGD]

All numbers are deaths per one billion kilometers driven.

From what I understand is that, part of the reason may be due to it being politically impossible to make more rigorous driving tests for the masses. In several places there aren't public transportation alternatives , so one must drive their own car, else they won't be able to, well, do basic things like work, buy groceries without their private car. I guess we could test this if we had granulated data for cities like NYC, Chicago, Boston, SF, with public transportation, see if rates are lower than those without.