Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[lisab]

Referring to the Mythbusters should be forbidden in threads on these forums

I remember years ago we had a big discussion about the merits of that program. I don't remember coming to any consensus (do we ever?). But several people agreed that while it doesn't live up to a "professional science" standard, it at least attempts to demonstrate a basic application of the scientific method.

 

[Astronuc]

Antarctica 'Penguin Post Office' Job Attracts Record Number of Applicants
https://gma.yahoo.com/antarctica-penguin-post-office-job-attracts-record-number-194402318--abc-news-travel.html

Well, they're either looking for adventure, or really desparate.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Watching Scott & Bailey on KPBS. It's the most realistic police drama I've ever seen. Which makes it a little sad and boring at times.

 

[DennisN]

I've seen some really good stuff (in my opinion) lately:
The movie "The Imitation Game", trailer:


and the TV series "True Detective", which I also liked a lot.


And, oh, "Selma" was very good too, in my opinion.

 

[Borg]

This one was fun in a quirky way.

 

[Astronuc]

New York Couple to Turn a Combined 212 Years Old - He will turn 108 on Saturday and she is 104. They've been married 82 years.
https://gma.yahoo.com/york-couple-turn-combined-212-years-old-200716518--abc-news-topstories.html

 

[Silicon Waffle]

It usually takes some time (days or even weeks) for me to realize what the starter of a particular thread really means. I am scientifically slow.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe it is a sad comment on my life at this point, but I noticed that if I find a TV lineup I really enjoy, my mood
is significantly better than if I don't . Maybe I should invest in a DVD recorder.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Maybe it is a sad comment on my life at this point, but I noticed that if I find a TV lineup I really enjoy, my mood
is significantly better than if I don't . Maybe I should invest in a DVD recorder.

You are right. I really respect those who understand the values of life they're enjoying at the moment. Some I have met clearly have high levels of knowledge, critical thinking skills and very good common senses. .
Cheers!

 

[zoobyshoe]

This thingy is cool. Waterbird Aquaskipper. I am impressed how fast it can go.

 

[Psinter]

I tried to heat the Subway sandwich I stored in the refrigerator yesterday for today because I was too busy to cook and... Let's just say it didn't end up very well.

It was like magic. In less than 2 minutes it was like that. I didn't even notice. My friends were like: "Did you tried to heat it with a blowtorch? LOL!" And laughing all over the place.

I quoted:

I used the cataclysmic super heating of Ethane and Propane!

 

[Astronuc]

Well done! Well - may be not done well, but rather overdone.

 

[Ibix]

What kind of sandwich was it? Ham and thermite...?

 

[Psinter]

What kind of sandwich was it? Ham and thermite...?

LOL!

I bought a new one and killed that which was killing me: Hunger.

 

[jim hardy]

looks like a carbon footprint.

 

[Astronuc]

Car Thief Throws a Brick at Mercedes, Mercedes Throws it Back
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/car-thief-throws-brick-mercedes-throws-back-180050064.html

Now, that's justice - a la physics!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Hilarious! It serves him right.

 

[Astronuc]

Spiff up your resumes!
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-buffett-hints-successor-50-milestone-211411318.html

Washington (AFP) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hinted Saturday he had found a successor to replace him as he reflected on 50 years in charge of his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate in an annual letter to shareholders.

 

[nuuskur]

HAHAHA @ well done :D :D Laughing so hard that I get tears in my eyes - pun appreciated :)On a more random note:

What is the English word for \partial D - I don't mean the partial differential, it means something else too. The general word for supremum and infimum - extremum? Indicating the boundaries of the domain, whether it is open or closed.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I don't know the other name for ∂D
But BOUND Theories={Sup, Inf, Max, Min}

 

[Borg]

Car Thief Throws a Brick at Mercedes, Mercedes Throws it Back
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/car-thief-throws-brick-mercedes-throws-back-180050064.html

Now, that's justice - a la physics!

An out-cold case.

 

[Astronuc]

Giant, cross-border smuggling tunnel found under Arizona house
http://news.yahoo.com/giant--cross-border-smuggling-tunnel-found-under-arizona-house-221138449.html

Tunnels have long served as a popular means of transporting drugs between Mexico and the United States, especially as recent increases in U.S. agents and fencing along the Southwest border have forced cartels to come up with alternative points of entry. The first cross-border smuggling tunnel was discovered by the Border Patrol in 1990. Since then, a total of 168 tunnels have been identified and, since 2006, 80 have been found and dismantled.

 

[WWGD]

HAHAHA @ <snip>

On a more random note:

What is the English word for \partial D - I don't mean the partial differential, it means something else too. The general word for supremum and infimum - extremum? Indicating the boundaries of the domain, whether it is open or closed.

If D is a region of the Complex plane, then $\partial D$ is the boundary of D. This is the way I have seen it used.

Interesting book I picked up: " Crucial Conversations" on how to have conversations about touchy subjects-- when emotions run high and there are large gaps in the respective points of view -- in a productive way.

 

[OCR]

Interesting book I picked up: " Crucial Conversations" on how to have conversations about touchy subjects-- when emotions run high and there are large gaps in the respective points of view -- in a productive way.

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#1950s

 

[WWGD]

I wonder if Einstein ever developed throat or other type of cancer. Even if he did, he lived until 76, which is a good number even by today's standard. Sorry OCR, I don't know if you are trying to make a point in quoting both. EDIT: Ah, maybe I see the connection. We can set up pipe bars, but then we need to worry about cancer.

 

[OCR]

Ah, maybe I see the connection. We can set up pipe bars, but then we need to worry about cancer.

LoL... carry on.

 

[WWGD]

My landlord has decided not to send " actual" paper rent invoices anymore. Now s/he just sends them by e-mail. as an attachment.
But I don't have a printer at home nor at work. I may have to finish my book on crucial conversations quikly and practice, because I feel like telling him/her : what the $%^ & is wrong with you that you can't just send me an invoice like 99.997% of the landlords do?

 

[nuuskur]

Don't you have a right to demand invoice on paper?

 

[Borg]

My landlord has decided not to send " actual" paper rent invoices anymore. Now s/he just sends them by e-mail. as an attachment.
But I don't have a printer at home nor at work. I may have to finish my book on crucial conversations quikly and practice, because I feel like telling him/her : what the $%^ & is wrong with you that you can't just send me an invoice like 99.997% of the landlords do?

Email him your check.

 

[nuuskur]

Email him your check.

I would pay to see his/her reaction to this smartassery :D

 

[Silicon Waffle]

She updated her invoice delivery system.

 

[wukunlin]

After almost a whole year, I finally managed to get a job. With all that learning to write amazing cover letters and CV's, what really got me the job was something along the lines of "You are young and you are willing to do something other people consider tiring and boring, oh and you are okay with working overseas too."

Funny how things work

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Congratulations!

 

[wukunlin]

Thanks

 

[nuuskur]

Multivariable calculus

 

[thankz]

just a thought, if YOUR supposed to be the smartest why do you want to give me brain damage homie then you just got to just got to rub it in on how your stealing my knowledge.

so your obviously lacking confidence and the jealousy is apparent, ok I get it now I'm COOLER then you

mods: don't delete this as a crazy post! just dealing with a few haters imow

 

[nuuskur]

Multivariable Calculus, still

 

[Enigman]

What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash these stains clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.How do you remove iodine stains anyway?

 

[WWGD]

Congratulations!

Thanks, but receiving no invoice is not really that much of an accomplishment ;) (wonder why some consider me to be self-centered.)

Just kidding, good going, Wukunlin.

 

[zoki85]

Must be Rd3. Rb5 isn't possible after all.

 

[nuuskur]

8 hours later...
Multivariable Calculus \neq \vee

Must be Rd3. Rb5 isn't possible after all.

Try Qd8++

 

[zoki85]

8 hours later...
Multivariable Calculus \neq \vee

Try calculus of variations...

 

[nuuskur]

touché

 

[DennisN]

Computer disk drives have definitely become smaller...

(Image: 5MB drive, brand: Bryant, sourcepage: here. No, it's here. Just kidding, it really is here)

 

[thankz]

the chosen ones! I want the uss wasp! god I can't wait for the new world order fast enough

 

[zoobyshoe]

I went to the post office to get some stamps and became exited when I saw they now have BATMAN stamps!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2014/09/batman_usps_stamps.jpg

What's especially cool is that when you buy a page, 4 of them are 4 different versions of the bat light symbol, and these stamps are round! In my whole life I have never seen a round stamp.

 

[WWGD]

Am I too weird? The are two Starbucki (plural?) near my place. I realized I preferred one because it has square tables, which I prefer, since these have a more "clearly-defined" edge/boundary (i.e., it is defined by a straight line ) and not circular tables, where the edge/boundary " keeps moving". Besides, you can put two square tables together, to get a rectangle ( not quite a square, but in the same family) . With circles, two tables can only be made tangent to each other at one point, and cannot form anything close to a circle when put together.

 

[Astronuc]

Flashback, a Reflective Clothing Line That Wards Off the Paparazzi and Selfie-Seekers
https://www.yahoo.com/style/in-hollywood-the-paparazzi-are-lingering-at-every-112055265903.html

Practical application of applied physics

 

[lisab]

Computer disk drives have definitely become smaller...

(Image: 5MB drive, brand: Bryant, sourcepage: here. No, it's here. Just kidding, it really is here)

Dennis, you know I'm never going to tell a lie and hurt you...that made me laugh!

 

[lisab]

I have jury duty this week.

To non-US PFers, jury duty might seem to be a cultural oddity. When someone is accused of a crime here, the accused can choose to have his/her case decided by 12 citizens chosen at random (a jury), rather than a judge. So, I've been chosen. I can't discus the case now but perhaps in a few days I will, when it's over.

But this morning as I was driving to the court house, a huge bald eagle flew right over my car, only ~3 meters above me! So much 'Merica!