Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

Is there a need/interest with PF users to be able to ask just-beyond reference questions requiring only two-three word answers? e.g., are algae protista ? Or, is every nxn matrix satisfying $A^n =I; I$ the identity conjugate to a diagonal matrix with n-th roots of unity in the diagonal, or, is the value of $G$ in $F= \frac {Gm_1m_2}{r^2}$ different in different planets/settings, etc? These would go slightly beyond pure reference questions , but wouldn't be full questions either?

 

[fresh_42]

It is really inconvenient to search for Taylor series these days.

 

[WWGD]

" Windows has run into a problem " blue screen has become :
" Your PC has run into a problem". Hmm

I guess marketing over engineering.

 

[WWGD]

It is really inconvenient to search for Taylor series these days.

Is this related to my post? Don't get it. Are the answers to my questions too obvious ?

 

[collinsmark]

Is this related to my post? Don't get it. Are the answers to my questions too obvious ?

I'm guessing it's unrelated. My interpretation is that it's tough these days to do Internet (e.g., google) searches on Taylor series (i.e., Taylor Series Expansion) due to the increasingly popular superstardom of Taylor Swift.

 

[WWGD]

I'm guessing it's unrelated. My interpretation is that it's tough these days to do Internet (e.g., google) searches on Taylor series (i.e., Taylor Series Expansion) due to the increasingly popular superstardom of Taylor Swift.

Ah, thanks for tailoring your comment to mine ;) , makes sense.

 

[WWGD]

Saw a cop walking into a Dunkin Donuts. Had to hold myself back from shouting " Stereotype, Stereotype!"

 

[dlgoff]

Super Bowl LVIII. How about those KC Chiefs?

 

[WWGD]

Kind of depressing thought came to me when hearing the trope " One door closes but one door opens". Yes, door with the car closes, door with the goat opens.

 

[fresh_42]

Super Bowl LVIII. How about those KC Chiefs?

... Mahomes and the last quarter ...

 

[Borg]

This was my favorite Super Bowl commercial.

 

[Astronuc]

Don't build homes on sandstone cliffs! Duh!
Sandstone cliffs will eventually collapse, especially if it gets too wet, or subject to significant seismic activity.

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...ge-as-more-bad-weather-forecasted/ar-BB1iei3z

 

[WWGD]

Ai voice translator into Spanish: Eton = Eat On, "Continua comiendo". A profesor with last name " Escaleras ", translated into " Stair master". We have at least 10 good years until AI takes over.

 

[dlgoff]

Don't build homes on sandstone cliffs! Duh!
Sandstone cliffs will eventually collapse, especially if it gets too wet, or subject to significant seismic activity.

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...ge-as-more-bad-weather-forecasted/ar-BB1iei3z

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

 

[fresh_42]

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

 

[dlgoff]

View attachment 340338

Thanks for the photo. But I wonder why the link doesn't open for me?

 

[WWGD]

Thanks for the photo. But I wonder why the link doesn't open for me?

Not sure, it opened up for me. Any error message?

 

[dlgoff]

Not sure, it opened up for me. Any error message?

Well. I'm using Chrome and it pops up "taking to long to load." But it does that on about every link. Maybe because I'm still using windows 7.
edit: the message is page unresponsive.

 

[Astronuc]

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

Is the link/url parsed?
When I used the link, it takes me to the article

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

Windows7?!

 

[dlgoff]

Is the link/url parsed?
When I used the link, it takes me to the article

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

Windows7?!

I finally got the article using this link when doing a Google search:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cliffsid...sions-teeter-edge-more-bad-weather-forecasted

I know, I know. Windows 7 is about the only thing that will run on this old machine.

 

[fresh_42]

Windows 7 isn't that bad. I even think it's better than 10 and 11 with all these tons of corrections.

 

[sbrothy]

Today's the 100th anniversary of the founding of Turkey.
View attachment 334498

I'd celebrate with crispy bacon, mayo, lettuce, tomato.

If one want to go against the flow embrace Discordianism:

- There is no Goddess but Goddess and She is Your Goddess. There is no Erisian Movement but The Erisian Movement and it is The Erisian Movement. And every Golden Apple Corps is the beloved home of a Golden Worm.

II - A Discordian Shall Always use the Official Discordian Document Numbering System.

III - A Discordian is Required during his early Illumination to Go Off Alone & Partake Joyously of a Hot Dog on a Friday; this Devotive Ceremony to Remonstrate against the popular Paganisms of the Day: of Catholic Christendom (no meat on Friday), of Judaism (no meat of Pork), of Hindic Peoples (no meat of Beef), of Buddhists (no meat of animal), and of Discordians (no Hot Dog Buns).

IV - A Discordian shall Partake of No Hot Dog Buns, for Such was the Solace of Our Goddess when She was Confronted with The Original Snub.

V - A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing what he reads.

IT IS SO WRITTEN! SO BE IT. HAIL DISCORDIA! PROSECUTORS WILL BE TRANSGRESSICUTED.

---- https://principiadiscordia.com/book/11.php

EDIT: On linux there's still the ddate program. Example output:

sbrothy@PAULINE:~$ ddate
Today is Setting Orange, the 45th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3190

If I create accounts for people I like putting fortune and ddate in there. If for nothing else then to encourage them to configure their logon config files (like .bashrc on BASH).

 

[Astronuc]

I know, I know. Windows 7 is about the only thing that will run on this old machine.

That is a good point. I know several folks who maintain legacy machines running unsupported Win7, but they don't use them on the internet. They tend to isolate them, since the OS is not getting security updates.

For internet, sounds like time for an upgrade of hardware and OS. I generally use FireFox for a browser on a non-Windows machine.

 

[dlgoff]

That is a good point. I know several folks who maintain legacy machines running unsupported Win7, but they don't use them on the internet. They tend to isolate them, since the OS is not getting security updates.

For internet, sounds like time for an upgrade of hardware and OS. I generally use FireFox for a browser on a non-Windows machine.

I can't afford an new machine. I am using FireFox though. I'm aware there are no security updates. I only use this machine for Chrome myyahoo.com email and to use here on PF.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder what the general public would think of doctors if they'd seen some of the exercises in Bayesian probability. If 10% of the population had a disease, and the rate of false positives was 20%, i.e., if diagnostics were 80% correct, then, if one were told by a doctor they have the disease, the probability of a false positive would be 69%.

 

[Tom.G]

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

Yup, welcome to the world of old geezers. That page also downloads here as a blank page... HOWEVER, if I hit Ctrl-U on the keyboard it shows about 6 pages of HTML.

I've switched to a successor to Firefox called Mypal because there were too many of the "blank page" responses in Firefox. I'm running version 28.13.0 but an update was recently released as version 28.13.1. (I'll get to it eventually).

Cheers,
Tom

 

[WWGD]

There are estimates for the expiration date of food. But that's before it's been open/cut( as in fruits, vegetables). Is there some sort of PDE to describe its decay _ after_ it's been opened? Wonder if @BillTre Tre would know?

 

[fresh_42]

There are estimates for the expiration date of food. But that's before it's been open/cut( as in fruits, vegetables). Is there some sort of PDE to describe its decay _ after_ it's been opened? Wonder if @BillTre Tre would know?

I would guess that this depends on the exposure to environmental fungi, usually mold, how much nutrition it contains for that fungi, usually sugar, and how much of conservation ingredients it has, usually some acid like citric acid or vinegar.

 

[fresh_42]

Congratulations, Noriaki Kasai (51), for both world records!

 

[Astronuc]

Two passenger planes hit over 800 mph on recent flights due to strong winds. That's over 200 mph more than a typical plane ride.
https://news.yahoo.com/2-passenger-planes-hit-over-155009611.html

• On Saturday, a Virgin Atlantic plane and a United Airlines plane reached speeds over 800 mph.
• These are some of the highest-known recorded speeds for passenger flights.
• Near record-breaking winds are to blame.

Cruising speed is about 550-600 mph, and a 250-200 mph tail wind gets the ground speed up to 800 mph. Nothing special here. The air speed was normal, and the aircraft were not traveling at 800 mph in the air, but with respect to ground. I've flown in airliners before where the speed was 600 to 650 mph - easy when traveling eastward with the jet stream. Sometimes, one arrives well in advance and sits on the tarmac waiting for a gate.