Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

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The thread features a variety of informal discussions, including personal anecdotes, reflections on dreams, cultural comparisons regarding education systems, and thoughts on numerical scales. Participants share their experiences and opinions on topics ranging from literature and dreams to educational standards in the US and UK.

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  • Some participants share personal dreams involving a community member, Borek, and discuss interpretations of these dreams.
  • There is a discussion about the differences between the long and short scales of numerical values, particularly regarding the term "billion" and its usage in different cultures.
  • Participants express differing views on the quality of higher education in the US compared to the UK, with some asserting that American high school courses can be equivalent to university-level courses.
  • One participant mentions their experience with Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the US, arguing against the notion that American education is "dumbed down."
  • Another participant shares their experience with the discomfort of playing guitar after a long break, tying it into a creative project related to fish.

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Participants express a range of opinions on educational standards, with no clear consensus on whether American education is comparable to British education. The discussion on numerical scales also reveals differing interpretations and understandings among participants.

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Some statements regarding educational comparisons may depend on personal experiences and regional differences in curriculum. The discussion on numerical scales highlights potential confusion stemming from varying definitions and terminologies used in different countries.

  • #361
zoobyshoe said:
What idiot schedules a show like that at 7:00 P.M. ?
Brad Bazin?
Joe Earley?
 
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  • #362
Looking for the best time to do the laundry, which ultimately always comes down to leaving it until the last minute. Still considering the idea of a chute.
 
  • #363
Chute yeah.
Sometime I visit my brother who lives about one hour away on a local flight.
Final approach to the airport goes right over his house.
Then I have to do all that security clearance stuff and wait half an hour for a bus which is probably not running on time.

Jump with a chute, that would be fun, but air travel is getting more regulated these days.
 
  • #364
rootone said:
Chute yeah.
Sometime I visit my brother who lives about one hour away on a local flight.
Final approach to the airport goes right over his house.
Then I have to do all that security clearance stuff and wait half an hour for a bus which is probably not running on time.

Jump with a chute, that would be fun, but air travel is getting more regulated these days.

But the luggage may be hard to carry with you with a chute, though.
 
  • #365
WWGD said:
(RANT) More than #$% 40 minutes to download an e-book --for pay, not a free one. EDIT: I am near a B&N, may just settle for physical book. All this technology and after an hour I end up walking to the bookstore. Life is a cycle.
Try Kindle, it takes just a few seconds, maybe half a minute.
 
  • #366
WWGD said:
I am sitting in a coffee shop , close to the entrance , and almost everyone coming in makes a few jumps on top of the rug right in front of me, to wipe their shoes clean. It looks like a small dance. I take it as a dance they do to honor me. Hey, it works for me.
That would be a good scene for some alternative movie
 
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  • #367
Oh yeah. Elections are coming. I know who am I voting for!
The party is called We are Family and is founded by a questionable millionaire who has 9 children with 8 different women and is proud of it.
His main objective is defence of traditional family.
Funny thing is that he already has 10,000 signatures from citizens which allows him to enter the campaign. His opponents are parties with creative names such as neo Nazi Our Slovakia , # Web, Courage, Jump! , Rebellion - workers party. 23 parties all together.
Welcome to democracy 2016 SK edition!
 
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  • #368
fresh_42 said:
This way I became a specialist in carbon solid state physics :cool:
And did you know that even water can be burned? However, in this case the calcium part dominates the carbon part.
I wish I could understand your metaphors :DD.
 
  • #369
Putting together a computer was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
 
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  • #370
Sophia said:
Try Kindle, it takes just a few seconds, maybe half a minute.
Thanks, but this is a textbook, and they don't have many available for Kindle. And I have a thing that I prefer the Nook from Barnes and Noble (B&N) since B&N , unlike amazon, has physical bookstores with a coffee shop to hang out in. I prefer to support them economically , since they give me more than just a book for my money.
 
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  • #371
Silicon Waffle said:
I wish I could understand your metaphors :DD.
That means that I tend to start cooking or warming something, go back to the computer or television because to wait is boring, and when I remember my oven again everything has turned into coal. And water creates a strange connection between the minerals in it and the steel of the pot once it is vaporized and all the energy is left for the reaction.
 
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  • #372
fresh_42 said:
That means that I tend to start cooking or warming something, go back to the computer or television because to wait is boring, and when I remember my oven again everything has turned into coal. And water creates a strange connection between the minerals in it and the steel of the pot once it is vaporized and all the energy is left for the reaction.
OK, thank you :biggrin:
 
  • #373
The snow removal contractor for our subdivision used a bobcat to build a 6 foot high, 15 foot radius snowpile on top of the drain where two downhill 300 foot street sections meet. I usually try to clear the snow when they do cover it with the plow but this year is just too much. I sent an email to the homeowner's association and told them that I will not be doing clearing the drain. As you can imagine, water builds up very quickly if the drain is blocked and the snow is melting. I wonder if it will get cleared before cars start crashing?
 
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  • #374
My grandparents think having a twitch on the right eye is a sign of either something bad going to happen or that someone is cursing you. I think someone is thinking really bad about me, so I post this to preempt it. :biggrin:
 
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  • #375
Enigman said:
Haha! Not really. In the little resume of what pages contains the first result said those letters stood for: "**** be crazy". I would have laughed any day at that, but I was dead serious at that point when looking for the real meaning and it bothered me probably more than it should have.
Silicon Waffle said:
My grandparents think having a twitch on the right eye is a sign of either something bad going to happen or that someone is cursing you. I think someone is thinking really bad about me, so I post this to preempt it. :biggrin:
My grandparents think that if you get a little blister in the lower eyelid, it is because your girlfriend/boyfriend is being unloyal to you. (Cheating on you, for shorts)

That would make a great thread: My grandparents think...
 
  • #377
Borg said:
I usually try to clear the snow when they do cover it with the plow but this year is just too much.
There's always a way.

 
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  • #378
WWGD said:
Thanks, but this is a textbook, and they don't have many available for Kindle. And I have a thing that I prefer the Nook from Barnes and Noble (B&N) since B&N , unlike amazon, has physical bookstores with a coffee shop to hang out in. I prefer to support them economically , since they give me more than just a book for my money.
Do you have Barnes and Noble in Slovakia?
 
  • #379
dlgoff said:
There's always a way.


How about if there was a sign asking each passer by (by some snow) to spend 2-or-so minutes stepping on some snow until they melt it? Imagine
after you have 1000 people going by, it would start making a difference. But it may not be realistic.
 
  • #380
WWGD said:
How about if there was a sign asking each passer by (by some snow) to spend 2-or-so minutes stepping on some snow until they melt it? Imagine
after you have 1000 people going by, it would start making a difference. But it may not be realistic.
It may not even work. The denser the snow the harder it melts. Likely a method to preserve some snow for spring.
The co-snowplow by the use of chemical energy is funny, however, doing this in NYC might confront you with not seen before aspects of nowadays public safety concepts, or a one-way trip to Cuba :cool:
 
  • #381
fresh_42 said:
It may not even work. The denser the snow the harder it melts. Likely a method to preserve some snow for spring.
The co-snowplow by the use of chemical energy is funny, however, doing this in NYC might confront you with not seen before aspects of nowadays public safety concepts, or a one-way trip to Cuba :cool:
How about a city-wide snowfight? Or maybe we can put it in trucks and send it to your favorite state, Arizona? But, more seriously, how about finding a way of sending it to states with drought problems, thru some sort of water exchange system, maybe a pipleine, like the oil pipeline?
 
  • #382
WWGD said:
How about a city-wide snowfight? Or maybe we can put it in trucks and send it to your favorite state, Arizona? But, more seriously, how about finding a way of sending it to states with drought problems, thru some sort of water exchange system, maybe a pipleine, like the oil pipeline?
Remember what happened to your last pipeline project?
From NY, VA, MD to CA ... there is this small, tiny difficulty called Rockies. I think it's far more likely what a friend of mine predicted a decade ago: a water pipeline from Alaska to California.
There have been even considerations to catch an iceberg and transport it somewhere. But I've forgotten which Howard Hughes type of rich it was and what he wanted to do with it. It think he wanted to sell it as especially expensive drinking water. (Must have been someone from Nestlé, though.)
 
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  • #383
Psinter said:
...
My grandparents think that if you get a little blister in the lower eyelid, it is because your girlfriend/boyfriend is being unloyal to you. (Cheating on you, for shorts)
That would make a great thread: My grandparents think...
I'm going to kick his arse hard if I ever had one.
 
  • #384
Silicon Waffle said:
I'm going to kick his arse hard if I ever had one.
Hihi. Then we would have to change your name to: Silicon Waffle The Impact

Sounds quite grandiose if I do say so myself.

EDIT: I just added to end of some mentors names the words: The Impact... and some sound quite awesome let me tell you. :-p
 
  • #385
Psinter said:
EDIT: I just added to end of some mentors names the words: The Impact... and some sound quite awesome let me tell you. :-p
How about The Impactor in contradiction to The Target?
 
  • #386
fresh_42 said:
How about The Impactor in contradiction to The Target?
No because I mean the impact as an adjective to their awesomeness. Like when someone impacts you.

I was impacted by his/her awesomeness.
 
  • #387
Psinter said:
No because I mean the impact as an adjective to their awesomeness. Like when someone impacts you.

I was impacted by his/her awesomeness.
I think you need to brush up on the meaning of "adjective."
 
  • #388
zoobyshoe said:
I think you need to brush up on the meaning of "adjective."
Why? o_O
 
  • #389
Psinter said:
Why?
"Mentor The Impact" would be using it as a noun.
 
  • #390
zoobyshoe said:
"Mentor The Impact" would be using it as a noun.
I'm not so sure. It is a noun, but I am also describing them. A nounjective? :confused: Ignore that, now I'm just inventing things. :biggrin:
 

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