Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[Pepper Mint]

I realized that I click "like" some people's posts just because they are liked by some other people. I actually didn't finish reading or read the whole posts myself.

 

[WWGD]

Still a pleasure working with Windows 7 ultimate. I get no sound.Message: speakers are unplugged...but speakers are internal ??!

 

[JorisL]

Still a pleasure working with Windows 7 ultimate. I get no sound.Message: speakers are unplugged...but speakers are internal ??!

Connectors can become dislodged.

Have you tried turning it off and on again? (I'm ready to start working tech support)

 

[fresh_42]

I've found this one: Quantum Suicide -



Guess that was it for me with the MWI ...

 

[fresh_42]

How do I manage to achieve @Mark44's magnificent stoicism or @micromass' patience with me when I repeatedly fall into a pithole of a dense set.
Any suggestions? Is that genetic?

 

[Psinter]

How do I manage to achieve @Mark44's magnificent stoicism or @micromass' patience with me when I repeatedly fall into a pithole of a dense set.
Any suggestions? Is that genetic?

Let me set your Overdrive to Stoic.

 

[WWGD]

How do I manage to achieve @Mark44's magnificent stoicism or @micromass' patience with me when I repeatedly fall into a pithole of a dense set.
Any suggestions? Is that genetic?

Careful with the closure operator or you will be crushed.

 

[Psinter]

Am I the only one who is having trouble looking at this image:

Source

The eye strain is strong with this one.

 

[fresh_42]

Careful with the closure operator or you will be crushed.

Yep, I fought with myself. Then I thought it would be somehow rude to talk about people, even if in a positive way, without letting them know.
So politeness won over fear, or should I say angst here?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't suppose it's good for a person to eat three pounds of blueberries in one sitting.

 

[fresh_42]

I don't suppose it's good for a person to eat three pounds of blueberries in one sitting.

Except you have collected them in the woods on your own.
(I've recently read that 30 kg (cooked) potatoes a day would be poisonous.)

 

[zoobyshoe]

(I've recently read that 30 kg (cooked) potatoes a day would be poisonous.)

You're safe: there's probably no one on Earth who can eat 30 kg of anything in one day.

 

[Astronuc]

Making a splash - wave dynamics
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video/test-pools-big-splash-energry-110755988.html

 

[Sophia]

I don't want to hijack wrobel's thread about his English so I'll post here. Please feel free to correct my English mistakes whenever I make them. I will be grateful. I know you can't possibly correct every small mistake, but if there's anything that hurts your eyes when you read just tell me. Though I know that I probably won't ever be able to use articles a and the correctly, as that is something completely unnatural for me :-)

 

[Psinter]

To all:

Please don't feel free to correct my English misteaks. I will get mad if you do. Because I don't commit misticks.

I'm just kidding.
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Hi Sophie. Long time no see.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Steaks and misteaks. A nutritious meal?

 

[Sophia]

To all:

Please don't feel free to correct my English misteaks. I will get mad if you do. Because I don't commit misticks.

I'm just kidding.
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Hi Sophie. Long time no see. [emoji2]

Hi Psinter! I was resting from the dangerous claws of the Internet. Or perhaps I was diving even deeper, into abyss of Dark Web? Jk :-) glad to see you again :-)

 

[Psinter]

Steaks and misteaks. A nutritious meal?

A delicious misteak.

Hi Psinter! I was resting from the dangerous claws of the Internet. Or perhaps I was diving even deeper, into abyss of Dark Web? Jk :-) glad to see you again :-)

Same here.
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Grandpa's at it again:

Spoiler

Real Source (I like these comics.)

 

[collinsmark]

Or fishsticks. I'm all about fishsticks.

 

[Marcus-H]

I was reading an article in new scientist about a wearable polymer called second skin, and all I could think about was that scene from game of thrones when the hot redhead turns into a saggy old witch, the future of dating has never seemed so terrifying!

 

[fresh_42]

Steaks and misteaks. A nutritious meal?

Median or dun?

 

[WWGD]

Steaks and misteaks. A nutritious meal?

Missteaks and Mrsteaks

 

[fresh_42]

Missteaks and Mrsteaks

... and their kids who didn't ketchup.

 

[WWGD]

... and their kids who didn't ketchup.

I laid it out there perfectly for you.

 

[fresh_42]

I laid it out there perfectly for you.

Yep, excellent pass!

https://media.giphy.com/media/jprsG5ENT3EM8/giphy.gif

 

[WWGD]

Yep, excellent pass!

https://media.giphy.com/media/jprsG5ENT3EM8/giphy.gif

Good going, Fresh-Beckham. And, BTW, I never miss-steak, I always eat it when it is nearby.
Still, the quadruple pass started of with Sophia.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Just stood in the rain on a crowded railway bridge for a few minutes to see the Flying Scotsman (#flyingscotsman) locomotive go past my local railway station. I inherited a model of it from my father, who saw it on some record-breaking run as a child. Those things are impressive close-up.

 

[Ibix]

Just stood in the rain on a crowded railway bridge for a few minutes to see the Flying Scotsman (#flyingscotsman) locomotive go past my local railway station. I inherited a model of it from my father, who saw it on some record-breaking run as a child. Those things are impressive close-up.

I commute into London Victoria and frequently see the Orient Express (enormously expensive tour of Kent in Pullman coaches) which is often pulled by a steam engine. They are awesome. I completely understand the arguments for going to electric trains, but...

Our train went over a bridge as the Orient Express went under once. The driver announced it - partly a "don't panic about the smoke cloud we're going through" I think. But he sounded excited and it was remarkable how many hardened commuters were craning their necks to see it.

 

[Psinter]

Good going, Fresh-Beckham. And, BTW, I never miss-steak, I always eat it when it is nearby.
Still, the quadruple pass started of with Sophia.

You guys are bananas. I laughed a lot with that series of posts.

 

[fresh_42]

Good going, Fresh-Beckham. And, BTW, I never miss-steak, I always eat it when it is nearby.
Still, the quadruple pass started of with Sophia.

That might change when you get this toilet app and your smartphone starts complaining about your not missed-steaks. Then you'll have to go back to your peenut-butt-a-salary.

 

[OmCheeto]

... I completely understand the arguments for going to electric trains, but...

Reminds me of the time I went to the electric car drag races, back in 2009.

I went to an electric drag race last year and was rather ho-hummed by the lack of noise.

For example, listen to this image:

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It also reminds me of a trip to the coast last summer.

Curtiss Lumber Co. #2 - Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USA​

I wanted to stare at that thing all day, but my friend insisted we go walk the dog.

 

[OmCheeto]

Just stood in the rain on a crowded railway bridge for a few minutes to see the Flying Scotsman (#flyingscotsman) locomotive go past my local railway station. I inherited a model of it from my father, who saw it on some record-breaking run as a child. Those things are impressive close-up.

I just spent at least two hours reading about the Flying Scotsman, and looking at about 200 tweets.
Most enjoyable.
Thank you.

 

[Ibix]

I wanted to stare at that thing all day, but my friend insisted we go walk the dog.

Is that one of those designs with the vertical pistons turning an axle mounted lengthwise along the loco? I came across a video of one by chance - it looked really cool. I don't know what the advantages of the design are.

Interesting fact about the Orient Express service I mentioned - it is pulled by an engine called Tornado, which is a modern steam locomotive. It's an improved version of an old class used by London & North Eastern Railway, built by enthusiasts between 1994 and 2009, pretty much just because. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado

 

[Psinter]

This talk about locomotives reminded me of this song from a movie:



♬Loco locomotive
Loco locomotive
à vapeur ♬

 

[OmCheeto]

Is that one of those designs with the vertical pistons turning an axle mounted lengthwise along the loco?

The pistons are in a "v" pattern.

I came across a video of one by chance - it looked really cool. I don't know what the advantages of the design are.

Everything I know about trains, I learned in the last 12 hours. So I'm the last person you want to direct a question about them.

Interesting fact about the Orient Express service I mentioned - it is pulled by an engine called Tornado, which is a modern steam locomotive. It's an improved version of an old class used by London & North Eastern Railway, built by enthusiasts between 1994 and 2009, pretty much just because. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado

I now know about 10 times more about train engine design and history than I think I should.

Lots of interesting and fun stuff on the Tornado though.

On 21 December 2009, Tornado rescued about 100 people who were stranded by bad weather at London Victoria station. On that day, a number of electric trains, which picked up their power from the third rail, were unable to run because of snow and ice on the line. ​

Take that, E-heads!

 

[JorisL]

It remains weird, testing a talk by yourself.

On the upside I nailed the timing.

 

[fresh_42]

It remains weird, testing a talk by yourself.

On the upside I nailed the timing.

Then you are 10~20% too long. In reality there are disturbances from the audience, the stuff you use for presentation, nervousness and so on. And you can't speak as fast with audience.

 

[JorisL]

Already redid some parts to make it more "fluid" :-)

Optimally I would have 5 minutes to spare by the time I'm done (20 minute talk)

 

[Psinter]

Whoever made this, they nailed it! My superhero.
[/PLAIN]
Soruce

 

[WWGD]

Something new, at least to me, .com websites asking for donations. Weird.

 

[Psinter]

Harry Potter resume: (edit: it's a joke)

Dumbledore yells everyone into their dormitories... Harry Potter is never in the freaking dormitory.

Only the main character messes up that bad. I swear, only the main character!

• Where is Harry? I don't know where he is, sir, but I know where he is not... In the dormitory.

Harry Potter's Girlfriend: Come to bed harry.
Harry Potter replies: Can't do. Must sneak up hidden places in Hogwarts.

But perhaps it is not his fault. After all, he was always sent to his room when he lived with his aunt.

 

[1oldman2]

I don't suppose it's good for a person to eat three pounds of blueberries in one sitting.

My kids tried this experiment in a huckleberry patch a few years ago, I can assure you that is one experiment no one wanted to repeat.

 

[1oldman2]

On a scale of one to ten, Windows ten isn't.

 

[fresh_42]

On a scale of one to ten, Windows ten isn't.

That reminds me on an old joke.

Two hackers meet by chance at an internet cafe. Says the first: "Have you heard? If you read the latest Windows CD backwards in the player then a satanic video can be seen!" Replied the other one: "So what? That's nothing. If you read it forward you get Windows installed!"

 

[Astronuc]

US veteran seeks asylum for Iraqi man who saved his life
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-veteran-seeks-asylum-iraqi-man-saved-life-051630618.html

Seems reasonable to me.

 

[Astronuc]

Why Climbing Mount Everest Is A Non-Stop Horror Show
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shelbyc...verest-climbing-science-dangerous-horrorshow/

 

[Sophia]

Just learned that McDonald's in my area is going on tour to several larger towns. The name of the event can be translated something like Let's be honest tour. They are going to show processing of meals in virtual reality, there will be veggies and fruit stall where you can see how many veggies go into their products and children can plant their own veggies into pots! They couldn't forget to include workshop about waste separation. And there are going to be some sports activities as well.
Oh, McDonald's, you will save the planet! I'm loving you :D

 

[Borg]

Spent 2 1/2 hours on a plane yesterday waiting to takeoff. We actually taxied off of the runway twice during that time. First there was a mechanical issue with a generator that took 2 hours to fix. The second time was due to the ACARS telling the pilot that he had logged too many hours to fly. After sitting between the runway and taxiway for another 45 minutes while he communicated with corporate headquarters, the pilot finally got permission to complete the flight if he could take off within 15 minutes. We made it with 6 minutes to spare.

 

[Sophia]

Spent 2 1/2 hours on a plane yesterday waiting to takeoff. We actually taxied off of the runway twice during that time. First there was a mechanical issue with a generator that took 2 hours to fix. The second time was due to the ACARS telling the pilot that he had logged too many hours to fly. After sitting between the runway and taxiway for another 45 minutes while he communicated with corporate headquarters, the pilot finally got permission to complete the flight if he could take off within 15 minutes. We made it with 6 minutes to spare.

Oh my gosh! If I was there I'd probably collapse from anxiety!
When I was flying to England last summer, the lady who sat next to me asked me about 3x whether I was OK because she clearly saw my distress. If there were problems like in your flight, I would probably either faint or open the door by force and jump out of the plane :-) (I know I couldn't really do it but I'd try)

 

[Borg]

Oh my gosh! If I was there I'd probably collapse from anxiety!
When I was flying to England last summer, the lady who sat next to me asked me about 3x whether I was OK because she clearly saw my distress. If there were problems like in your flight, I would probably either faint or open the door by force and jump out of the plane :-) (I know I couldn't really do it but I'd try)

Delays don't bother me but my wife is like you. As soon as we were delayed, I knew that my biggest anxiety would be dealing with hers.