Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[rootone]

And Holland (the Netherlands), was once considered to be Spanish territory, and it gets weirder still

 

[fresh_42]

Once, I remember, a colleague entered our common room at the institute and he announced: "I got it. I calculated that Poland will vanish in the Atlantic 200 years from now!" - You cannot even imagine how I wish he will be wrong. One of the reasons, maybe the only, I love the EU for. However, it actually looks like these idiots of politicians (all over the continent + the island) are willing to throw it away because of some thousand refugees. Unbelievable. I hate it if people haven't learned anything from history. You Americans aren't the only one whose politicians are mainly nuts. - Someone ought to send me to sleep ...

 

[rootone]

Good night.

 

[Psinter]

I have this intense need for chocolate right now and the internet throws me this.

 

[Sophia]

I have this intense need for chocolate right now and the internet throws me this.

Psinter, listen to your body. If it needs chocolate, eat chocolate. If anyone criticises you, tell them you have low magnesium level and even though you hate chocolate, you MUST eat it in order to prevent breakdown of your nervous system!

 

[Psinter]

Psinter, listen to your body. If it needs chocolate, eat chocolate. If anyone criticises you, tell them you have low magnesium level and even though you hate chocolate, you MUST eat it in order to prevent breakdown of your nervous system!

Well, I'm underweight by 10 pounds. All people around me say is: "Damn you that can eat so much and not gain weight." and "Why do you eat so much and not gain weight?"

The bad part of it is that no matter how hard I try I don't gain muscle mass either. They only get shaped, not bigger. They grow, but I noticed it requires a ridiculous effort compared to how fast my friends make theirs grow. Like way much more effort. So I stick to just giving them shape.

EDIT: In resume, I don't get much critics for eating chocolate.

 

[Psinter]

Psinter, listen to your body. If it needs chocolate, eat chocolate. If anyone criticises you, tell them you have low magnesium level and even though you hate chocolate, you MUST eat it in order to prevent breakdown of your nervous system!

Sorry for the double post, I'm leaving now, but check this out:

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Seriously, I always hear the noises on pages where e.g animation, marque texts etc exist, even when I scroll my mouse up and down. Do you know why ?

I frequently hear such noises as well, especially when my volume is turned up high. I assume that the audio circuitry is picking up some electrical interference either from the video circuitry or from the processor circuitry.

 

[JorisL]

Determinants suck!

Luckily there's Mathematica.

 

[fresh_42]

https://www.theguardian.com/science...eake-around-international-space-station-video

 

[zoobyshoe]

PF is shutting down for a while tonight.

 

[Psinter]

PF is shutting down for a while tonight.

Where did you learn that? It has been shutting down for a while already. But it's okay, an awesome site like this requires good maintenance.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Where did you learn that? It has been shutting down for a while already. But it's okay, an awesome site like this requires good maintenance.

I learned that in the feedback forum. It will happen about two hours from now.

 

[Psinter]

I learned that in the feedback forum. It will happen about two hours from now.

Ah, okay. Thanks. I'll leave you now then, good night.

 

[dlgoff]

I've been watching the film Reds on TV. This was my first recorded video purchase and the media was recorded on a RCA Capacitance Electronic Disc.

 

[WWGD]

Still confused on how my project went from being unwieldy to being simple to the point of being boring. No PMs needed for sure.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm about to eat a big slab o' salmon and a baked potato.

 

[dlgoff]

I'm about to eat a big slab o' salmon and a baked potato.

Definitely "zooby food" I think.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Definitely "zooby food" I think.

Definitely.

The salmon, though, had the skin on it on one side. That's not zoobie food. I had to get it off and it doesn't come off that easily.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I like salmon skin a lot. But people on diet or would want to stay away from oily fat tend to get rid of them.
I feel very tired, bored and sleepy.

 

[collinsmark]

Definitely.

The salmon, though, had the skin on it on one side. That's not zoobie food. I had to get it off and it doesn't come off that easily.

I cook and eat it with the skin still left on that one side. The skin side goes on the bottom (touching the plate) when served. (This is actually a common way to serve it). You don't need to eat the skin though if you don't want to. It can serve as its own additional "plate," so to speak. When eating, cut through the salmon with the fork (or table knife) until you get to the skin, and then stop. Eat the salmon bite and leave skin intact. In the end, that slab of skin (still intact as a single piece of skin) remains on the plate.

[Edit: this may not work well if you are eating it sashimi style, but it works great if you cook the salmon, since after cooking, the salmon meat almost slides off the skin, when eating it bite by bite, with a fork (and optional table knife).]

 

[zoobyshoe]

I cook and eat it with the skin still left on that one side. The skin goes on the bottom (touching the plate) when served. (This is actually a common way to serve it).

I guess you're all just too lazy to pull the skin off, then.

 

[collinsmark]

I guess you're all just too lazy to pull the skin off, then.

That sounds about right. I am lazy. Tearing off the skin before serving is more trouble than it's worth.

In my defense though, back in the day when I had a lot of cash coming it and would eat at expensive restaurants, that's the way they would serve it -- salmon steak complete with layer of skin still on the bottom side*.

*although they didn't phrase it in those words on the menu. You'd find out eventually though, one way or the other.

 

[zoobyshoe]

That sounds about right. I am lazy. Tearing off the skin before serving is more trouble than it's worth.

In my defense, back in the day when I had a lot of cash coming it and would eat at expensive restaurants, that's the way they would serve it -- salmon steak complete with layer of skin still on the bottom side*.

*although they didn't phrase it in those words on the menu. You'd find out eventually though, one way or the other.

Many years ago I went with a friend to an expensive outdoor restaurant in Big Sur. I ordered trout. So, later, when the waitress brought our food, she asked me, "Would you like me to bone your trout?"

 

[Sophia]

Many years ago I went with a friend to an expensive outdoor restaurant in Big Sur. I ordered trout. So, later, when the waitress brought our food, she asked me, "Would you like me to bone your trout?"

Omg :-) than you could sue her if you choked with a bone

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Omg :-) than you could sue her if you choked with a bone

Oh no...he can't sue people on a bone that gets stuck at his throat while eating. Not this bone, they would claim.

BTW I really like zoobyshoe very much and his salmon too. Sounds very good.

 

[Sophia]

Oh no...he can't sue people on a bone that gets stuck at his throat while eating.[emoji3] Not this bone, they would claim.

BTW I really like zoobyshoe very much and his salmon too. Sounds very good.

Yes I like him too. He's funny and easygoing :-)
And I like all others that I know from the Lounge. There's too many names and I will not write them all because I might forget someone :-)

 

[WWGD]

I like salmon skin a lot. But people on diet or would want to stay away from oily fat tend to get rid of them.
I feel very tired, bored and sleepy.

This may be the good type of fats, the unsaturated type.

 

[Borg]

When you connect to a web site, Http Status Codes are involved. I've always had a fondness for 418.

 

[Psinter]

I just read that it is forbidden by the constitution in my place for any individual (ordinary or from the government) to assign themselves or bestow upon others titles of royalty. You know, like Duchess, King, Queen, etc. Politicians also cannot accept gifts or money from the heads of religious organizations in exchange for legislating (making laws) in favor of the religious organization, but you know...

 

[Sophia]

I just read that it is forbidden by the constitution in my place for any individual (ordinary or from the government) to assign themselves or bestow upon others titles of royalty. You know, like Duchess, King, Queen, etc. Politicians also cannot accept gifts or money from the heads of religious organizations in exchange for legislating (making laws) in favor of the religious organization, but you know...

It would be cool to get into the government and than proclaim that you are the King or Queen

 

[fresh_42]

When you connect to a web site, Http Status Codes are involved. I've always had a fondness for 418.

I don't need even a server for 417 ...

 

[Ibix]

When you connect to a web site, Http Status Codes are involved. I've always had a fondness for 418.

I love these technical jokes. RFC 1149 is one of my favourites, made better by the fact that someone claims to have implemented it...

 

[zoobyshoe]

I had to venture out in my car today and do some zoobie stuff. I noticed, as I often do, that there were cobwebs around the lower parts of the car. I can't understand this. I drive it at least once a day, and you'd think that would be enough to discourage spiders. But I suppose spiders don't get cars and think that if a structure is stationary when they encounter it, it will always be stationary.

 

[fresh_42]

I love these technical jokes. RFC 1149 is one of my favourites, made better by the fact that someone claims to have implemented it...

Lol. What should we say then whose primary language isn't English. At least half of all technical devices have a documentation that is seemingly translated by "Google translate" or even worse by the use of a dictionary. Mostly they were in English before.
Btw the pictures of those who implemented RFC 1149 tell it all. Would have been nice to read how they tested it in the end.

 

[lisab]

I had to venture out in my car today and do some zoobie stuff. I noticed, as I often do, that there were cobwebs around the lower parts of the car. I can't understand this. I drive it at least once a day, and you'd think that would be enough to discourage spiders. But I suppose spiders don't get cars and think that if a structure is stationary when they encounter it, it will always be stationary.

Do you park in the sun? I bet the high temps would kill them.

 

[WWGD]

This is a new tactic I have seen often recently, for those who want you to fill a survey:
" We have given you the opportunity of filling in this survey..." Seems too transparent.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Do you park in the sun? I bet the high temps would kill them.

Yeah, it's pretty much always in the sun, but the webs are down at the bottom where the spiders can park themselves underneath.

 

[fresh_42]

I had to venture out in my car today and do some zoobie stuff. I noticed, as I often do, that there were cobwebs around the lower parts of the car. I can't understand this. I drive it at least once a day, and you'd think that would be enough to discourage spiders. But I suppose spiders don't get cars and think that if a structure is stationary when they encounter it, it will always be stationary.

So the spider has six days to work for food and one day off. Sounds familiar.
Spiders, rats, mice, sparrows - all hemerophile. You can't do nothing about it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

So the spider has six days to work for food and one day off. Sounds familiar.
Spiders, rats, mice, sparrows - all hemerophile. You can't do nothing about it.

Was bedeutet "hemerophile?"

Ich kann nicht nichts tun?

 

[fresh_42]

Was bedeutet "hemerophile?"

Kulturfolger. Animal and plants which use our manipulation of environment to their own benefits and who followed us around the earth.

Ich kann nicht nichts tun?

About spiders.

 

[Astronuc]

So you want to be a celebrity - no need to be talented.

“Celebrities have very much become brands, they've become bonafide international brands, and as they've grown, their teams have become much larger,” said Jeetendr Sehdev, who studies celebrity branding and marketing at the University of Southern California.

He says the modern team can include voice coaches, image consultants, behavioral consultants, stylists, acting coaches, personal chefs, philanthropy consultants and more. “There's a lot of support that goes into building and managing, especially the larger global celebrity brands.”

“I think it's because celebrities have gotten a lot needier,” said, adding that today’s stars require more hand holding because many of them are famous for being famous, not for being talented. “To remain in the public eye, it does take this huge celebrity industrial complex to keep them interesting and allow them to keep making money.”

And a nice chunk of that money goes right back into funding the celebrity industrial complex. Percentages for managers, agents, lawyers. Monthly checks to make-up artists, masseuses, personal trainers and social media managers.

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/26/world/way-keep-oscar-speeches-putting-us-sleep

I was impressed with Broderick Crawford's Oscar for Best Actor in 1950. He starred in "All the King's Men". He was up against:

Kirk Douglas in "The Champion"
Gregory Peck in "Twelve O'Clock High"
Richard Todd in "The Hasty Heart"
John Wayne in "Sands of Iwo Jima"​

 

[Psinter]

It would be cool to get into the government and than proclaim that you are the King or Queen

That would be epic. But first I need the One Ring to rule them all. I don't know how many legislators are there, but I'll need rings for all of them. And over a hundred, over a hundred rings were gifted to the legislators, who above all else desire power.

And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all.

 

[zoobyshoe]

And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all.

That's a cool little story. You could work it up into a whole book and call it, "The King of the Rings," or "The Dominator of the Rings." Something like that.

 

[Psinter]

That's a cool little story. You could work it up into a whole book and call it, "The King of the Rings," or "The Dominator of the Rings." Something like that.

Um... I'm not so sure I get what you mean. That's from The Lord of The Rings. You have seen it, right?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Um... I'm not so sure I get what you mean. That's from The Lord of The Rings. You have seen it, right?

No, "Lord of the Rings," is too boring. Maybe, "Commander of the Rings." Maybe, "The Mordor Master of the Rings." Maybe, "The Dark and Obnoxious Wrangler of the Rings." Something. It'll come to me.

 

[Psinter]

No, "Lord of the Rings," is too boring. Maybe, "Commander of the Rings." Maybe, "The Mordor Master of the Rings." Maybe, "The Dark and Obnoxious Wrangler of the Rings." Something. It'll come to me.

King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes.

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Infernal Swineherd of the Rings

 

[WWGD]

King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes.

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.

I only saw the bilogy, not the full trilogy.

 

[Psinter]

The Infernal Swineherd of the Rings

Nope. Not that one.

I only saw the bilogy, not the full trilogy.

Why? Don't tell me you saw the first and the last and skipped the second...