Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

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The discussion revolves around various topics, including a dream about a person named Borek, reflections on the book "The Martian," and the complexities of educational systems in the US and UK. Participants share insights on the long and short scales of numbers, particularly regarding the term "billion," and discuss the differences in high school and college education between the two countries. The conversation also touches on personal anecdotes, such as perfecting a Kung Pao sauce recipe and experiences with local disturbances. Overall, the thread showcases a blend of light-hearted personal stories and deeper discussions on education and cultural differences.
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Psinter said:
Nope. Not that one.

Why? Don't tell me you saw the first and the last and skipped the second...
Actually, I only saw the ology or monology.
 
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I don't get it.
 
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Psinter said:
I don't get it.
Sorry man, just playing with you :) , never saw any of it, just a game on trilogy bilogy ilogy 0-logy. Did you expect something funny?
 
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WWGD said:
Sorry man, just playing with you :) , never saw any of it, just a game on trilogy bilogy ilogy 0-logy. Did you expect something funny?
:eek: How could you not see them? I command you to see them at this very moment? Is it command or is it commend? :confused:
 
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Psinter said:
:eek: How could you not see them? I command you to see them at this very moment? Is it command or is it commend? :confused:
Commode?
http://www.drivemedical.com/index.php/folding-steel-commode-retail-2.html
 
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WWGD said:
Commode?
Kommode dragon. Or Kimono Dragon:
es_accidentally-image-searched-kimono-dragon-instead-of-komodo-dragon-was-not-disappointed_11985.jpe
 
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Psinter said:
Kommode dragon. Or Kimono Dragon:
es_accidentally-image-searched-kimono-dragon-instead-of-komodo-dragon-was-not-disappointed_11985.jpe

How about we settle at Kimmodo dragon? Or do you prefer Komono Dragon? Or : Kommon: No dragon?
 
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WWGD said:
How about we settle at Kimmodo dragon? Or do you prefer Komono Dragon?
Kimmodo for the win. :ok:
 
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Kimmodo for a male dragon/female kimono cross and Komono for a male kimono/female dragon cross.
 
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Omg has Coca-Cola decreased the quality of the product recently? I've just had one after like 5 years (I don't usually buy such drinks and when I do, I prefer other brands) and it tastes terribly! Like it was diluted in half. I remember it tasted better in the past. Even the colour is pale on daylight.
Or is this just another brand that thinks it can sell ANYTHING in what they call eastern Europe?
It happens from time to time that brands sell the same product of various quality in different countries. Recently I watched a video where a lady talked about different quality of the exact same creme in the UK and in Spain. I had the same experience with a certain creme which I only bought in the Czech Republic because it was worse here. But the price was the same, of course. Such practices make me angry.
 
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I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.
The original taste is the same but I bet it is more diluted with water. You can even see it when you look at the bottle outside in daylight. It's paler than other cola-like drinks. It looks like a strong tea. I've just did a quick google search and found a few forum posts where people complained that cola here is not the same as the one sold in the UK.

Silicon Waffle said:
I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.
I think the ingredients are " natural" in that they do exist in nature (tho, of course, not synthetically), excpet
possibly for Aspartame in Diet versions.
Psinter said:
:oldlaugh: King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes. :oldbiggrin:

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.
I am surprised that conspiracy theorists did not latch on to the name " The Two Towers " like a hungry dog to a juicy bone, considering the movie came out relatively shortly after September 11 .
 
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The Administrator of the Annuli
 
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The chorus of the torus!

(Enables continuing books.)
 
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fresh_42 said:
The chorus of the torus!

(Enables continuing books.)
up to homeomorphism.
 
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WWGD said:
up to homeomorphism.
As long as you don't write this as a subtitle on the cover ...

I once was going with a friend in a café which was rather crowded. We sat down at a table where economist students already sat. My friend had a textbook with him titled: "Integration and Differentiation" or similar. He laid the book ostentatious on the table. ... 5 minutes later we had the table for us alone.
(true story)
 
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fresh_42 said:
As long as you don't write this as a subtitle on the cover ...
I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.
 
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WWGD said:
I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.
I envy you for your continuous life.
 
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WWGD said:
I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.
Does it have to be a topological title? Ok, if you're a Hindu it could be "My Life the one-point compactification (up to homeomorphism)".
If not you may turn to an algebraic biography: "A Homomorphism in the city". This could bring you additional readers from the gay community.
Or as a geometer: "A Diffeomorphism in my Hometown"
Or as a number theorist: "The Residues of Life"
 
  • #1,471
Silicon Waffle said:
They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.
Did you mean: Coca-cola Cola-cola sounds funny. :DD
WWGD said:
I am surprised that conspiracy theorists did not latch on to the name " The Two Towers " like a hungry dog to a juicy bone, considering the movie came out relatively shortly after September 11 .
o_O What's with September 11?... Wait, I googled it, now I get what you mean. They better not, all of us fans will send them flying away. But I coincidentally found sarcastic humor of it mocking them:
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:rolleyes:

- - - You know, I've always wanted to do blacksmithing: http://imgur.com/gallery/7r6O0LX
 
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WWGD said:
I am surprised that conspiracy theorists did not latch on to the name " The Two Towers " like a hungry dog to a juicy bone, considering the movie came out relatively shortly after September 11 .
The "Two Towers' was published in 1954, so I'm not getting what the conspiracy would be.
 
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fresh_42 said:
The chorus of the torus!
The Tyrant of the Tori
 
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Der Führer of the Little Metal Finger Donuts
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Der Führer of the Little Metal Finger Donuts
Did you really not see the movie? Hmmmmmmm. That's suspicious. :bear:
 
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Evo said:
The "Two Towers' was published in 1954, so I'm not getting what the conspiracy would be.
I meant, sarcastically , that the production for the movie and the choice to film it was made some time shortly before 9 11. EDIT and you know you don't really need something solid and reasonable for many to find a conspiracy.
 
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WWGD said:
I am surprised that conspiracy theorists did not latch on to the name " The Two Towers " like a hungry dog to a juicy bone, considering the movie came out relatively shortly after September 11 .

hahahahahaha :woot:
 
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WWGD said:
I meant, sarcastically , that the production for the movie and the choice to film it was made some time shortly before 9 11. EDIT and you know you don't really need something solid and reasonable for many to find a conspiracy.
I know the Oscar winning special effects director on LOTR, did you realize that Peter Jackson started the LOTR movies about 6 years before they were released? So no, there was no connection at all.
 
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Evo said:
I know the Oscar winning special effects director on LOTR, did you realize that Peter Jackson started the LOTR movies about 6 years before they were released? So no, their was no connection at all.
But that is the whole point, conspiracy theorist ignore all the facts in reaching their conclusion and form these unsupportable half-baked conclusions. People who research carefully before forming an opinion are not considered conspiracy theorists.
 
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WWGD said:
But that is the whole point, conspiracy theorist ignore all the facts in reaching their conclusion. People who research carefully before forming an opinion are not considered conspiracy theorists.
I have to agree with you on that, I never heard of the LOTR conspiracy. But like you said, the stupider the conspiracy is, the more people will believe it. :biggrin:
 
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WWGD said:
But that is the whole point, conspiracy theorist ignore all the facts in reaching their conclusion and form these unsupportable half-baked conclusions. People who research carefully before forming an opinion are not considered conspiracy theorists.
But, I don't even get what the "Two Towers" conspiracy theory would be. 911 was orchestrated by Saruman?
 
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The conspiracy would be "Peter Jackson knew it was coming". I think WWGD is implying a conspiracy among conspiracy theorists to supress conspiracy theories around The Two Towers/The Twin Towers so that they have plausible deniability when accused of seeing conspiracies everywhere. They (9/11 Truthers in particular, but also more generally) can all point to the lack of TT conspiracies and say "look at the obvious opportunity for conspiracy nuts, which we didn't take! Proof that we're not nuts!"

It's at least as plausible as "all the people in on the moon landings have kept quiet for their entire lives". :wink:
 
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zoobyshoe said:
But, I don't even get what the "Two Towers" conspiracy theory would be. 911 was orchestrated by Saruman?
No, it was orchestrated by Saru, Man.
 
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Ibix said:
The conspiracy would be "Peter Jackson knew it was coming". I think WWGD is implying a conspiracy among conspiracy theorists to supress conspiracy theories around The Two Towers/The Twin Towers so that they have plausible deniability when accused of seeing conspiracies everywhere. They (9/11 Truthers in particular, but also more generally) can all point to the lack of TT conspiracies and say "look at the obvious opportunity for conspiracy nuts, which we didn't take! Proof that we're not nuts!"

It's at least as plausible as "all the people in on the moon landings have kept quiet for their entire lives". :wink:
Precisely. You have seen clearly through the machinations of the illuminati and the (fill in favorite group). Now I am suspicious about how you could have know about this...
 
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WWGD said:
No, it was orchestrated by Saru, Man.
Which one:Iran

Japan

Romania

Elsewhere

  • Saru, Estonia, village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County, Estonia
Sports[edit]
  • South African Rugby Union (SACOS) (founded 1966), the former South African Coloured Rugby Football Board and founder member in 1973 of the South African Council on Sport the non-racial anti-apartheid organization
  • South African Rugby Union (founded 1992), the governing body for rugby union in South Africa which emerged from the unification of the South African Rugby Board and the South African Rugby Union
Other uses[edit]
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Which one:Iran

Japan

Romania

Elsewhere

  • Saru, Estonia, village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County, Estonia
Sports[edit]
  • South African Rugby Union (SACOS) (founded 1966), the former South African Coloured Rugby Football Board and founder member in 1973 of the South African Council on Sport the non-racial anti-apartheid organization
  • South African Rugby Union (founded 1992), the governing body for rugby union in South Africa which emerged from the unification of the South African Rugby Board and the South African Rugby Union
Other uses[edit]
Anyone will do.
 
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WWGD said:
Precisely, you have seen clearly through the machinations of the illuminati. Now I am suspicious about how you could have know about this...
It's all there in the public domain if you look carefully. Little clues, probably left by Wexa Digital whistleblowers. For example, one of the towers falls before the other, just like the WTC. And at the beginning of Two Towers, the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring are reduced (Gandalf and Boromir) to seven, a clear reference to Building Seven.

This is kind of fun. Life is a lot easier when you don't sanity check your results...
 
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WWGD said:
Anyone will do.
They were all in on it.
 
  • #1,489
Ibix said:
They were all in on it.
Specially the river Saru.How do you know all this ?
 
  • #1,490
WWGD said:
How do you know all this ?
It can't be a conspiracy if it's only one of them...
 
  • #1,491
Ibix said:
It can't be a conspiracy if it's only one of them...
Ever watch Brad Meltzer's decoded? It seems like the guy is asking to be beaten, by pissing of the mafia, the vatican, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Meltzer's_Decoded
An interesting show at times, but seems he is looking for trouble...
 
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zoobyshoe said:
But, I don't even get what the "Two Towers" conspiracy theory would be. 911 was orchestrated by Saruman?
Hey! You saw the movie! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! :partytime:
 
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Psinter said:
Hey! You saw the movie! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! :partytime:
He only saw the ilogy, neither the bilogy nor the trilogy, I believe.
 
  • #1,494
Psinter said:
Hey! You saw the movie! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! :partytime:
Completely wrong. I read all the books, in (about) 1969. Never seen the movies.
 
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WWGD said:
He only saw the ilogy, neither the bilogy nor the trilogy, I believe.
That's not good at all. zooby must watch all of them.
zoobyshoe said:
Completely wrong. I read all the books, in about 1969. Never seen the movies.
Oh. :frown: Why don't you watch the movies?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Completely wrong. I read all the books, in (about) 1969. Never seen the movies.
You read the book around 1969, I knew it!
Psinter said:
That's not good at all. zooby must watch all of them.

Oh. :frown: Why don't you watch the movies?
Why would he give into the Towerati's attempt to make him buy tickets? do you work for the Towerati group anyway?
 
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Psinter said:
Oh. :frown: Why don't you watch the movies?
I saw a picture of Frodo before the movie was released and I saw that it wasn't Frodo. It wasn't even a Hobbit. So, I didn't want to have the books ruined for me.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I saw a picture of Frodo before the movie was released and I saw that it wasn't Frodo. It wasn't even a Hobbit. So, I didn't want to have the books ruined for me.
Typical Towerati comment. I question your true motives.
 
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WWGD said:
You read the book around 1969, I knew it!

Why would he give into the Towerati's attempt to make him buy tickets? do you work for the Towerati group anyway?
Towe what?! :olduhh:
zoobyshoe said:
I saw a picture of Frodo before the movie was released and I saw that it wasn't Frodo. It wasn't even a Hobbit. So, I didn't want to have the books ruined for me.
Ah, I see. The movies are good. Watch them! I recommend them.
 
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Psinter said:
Ah, I see. The movies are good. Watch them! I recommend them.
You don't understand. I made my own superior version of those movies in my head when I read the books as a young teenager. They can't be topped, and they would be ruined by having to view an inferior version.

You, on the other hand, won't be able to film your own in-head version now, if you read the books, because you've been corrupted by exposure to a pre-existing set of movies.
 

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