Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[fresh_42]

You're sadly right.

No. I made a grammar mistake.

 

[WWGD]

No. I made a grammar mistake.

German humor?

 

[fresh_42]

German humor?

I don't know. Once on our way home from a pizzeria I made a remark which I thought it was funny. One of my friends laughed, whereas the other one did not. He then asked: "Why do you laugh. Did you understand it?" The answer he got was: "No, but I learned when to laugh. He'd rather lose a good friend than a bad punchline."

I have an excuse for tonight. The Bronco's defense ruined my evening.

 

[WWGD]

I don't know. Once on our way home from a pizzeria I made a remark which I thought it was funny. One of my friends laughed, whereas the other one did not. He then asked: "Why do you laugh. Did you understand it?" The answer he got was: "No, but I learned when to laugh. He'd rather lose a good friend than a bad punchline."

I have an excuse for tonight. The Bronco's defense ruined my evening.

No problem, sorry for my over-seriousness.

 

[WWGD]

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.

 

[Psinter]

My first thought was, which I did not write: steeling may have been faster.

You're sadly right.

No. I made a grammar mistake.

But Psinter is here to help:
Steeling...
Steering...
Steering to the near B&N may have been faster.

 

[fresh_42]

But Psinter is here to help:
Steeling...
Steering...
Steering to the near B&N may have been faster.

Did you take the actual weather conditions on the east coast into account?

 

[Psinter]

Did you take the actual whether conditions on the east coast into account?

I did... not...

 

[Enigman]

Saw in some shows on TV this BBC logo and I tried to look at the meaning of it, like what those letters stand for. Guess what is the first thing Google throws at me? I'm not even going to say it. Come on Google, can't I get anything serious these days? *sigh*

I know I joke a lot, but there are times when I want to be serious.

EDIT: It's British Broadcasting Corporation. In case someone is looking for it.

This?

 

[zoobyshoe]

So, I noticed it's 8:30 PM here and decided I had better check to see if the new X-Files was on at 9 or 10. It turns out they aired it at 7:00 ! and I missed it!

What idiot schedules a show like that at 7:00 P.M. ?

 

[fresh_42]

What idiot schedules a show like that at 7:00 P.M. ?

Brad Bazin?
Joe Earley?

 

[WWGD]

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.

 

[rootone]

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.

 

[WWGD]

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.

 

[Sophia]

(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.

 

[Sophia]

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

 

[Sophia]

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!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

This way I became a specialist in carbon solid state physics
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 .

 

[HomogenousCow]

Putting together a computer was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

 

[WWGD]

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.

 

[fresh_42]

I wish I could understand your metaphors .

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.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

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

 

[Borg]

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?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

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.

 

[Psinter]

This?

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.

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.

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...

 

[fresh_42]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1601/Nucleosynthesis_Cmglee_1280.jpg

 

[dlgoff]

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.

 

[WWGD]

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?

 

[WWGD]

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.

 

[fresh_42]

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

 

[WWGD]

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

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?

 

[fresh_42]

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.)

 

[Silicon Waffle]

...
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.

 

[Psinter]

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.

 

[fresh_42]

EDIT: I just added to end of some mentors names the words: The Impact... and some sound quite awesome let me tell you.

How about The Impactor in contradiction to The Target?

 

[Psinter]

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.

 

[zoobyshoe]

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."

 

[Psinter]

I think you need to brush up on the meaning of "adjective."

Why?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Why?

"Mentor The Impact" would be using it as a noun.

 

[Psinter]

"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? Ignore that, now I'm just inventing things.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm not so sure. It is a noun, but I am also describing them. A nounjective? Ignore that, now I'm just inventing things.

Consider:

Conan The Destroyer

or

Conan The Destructive

The first uses a noun, the second, an adjective. They both work, but they're just not the same part of speech.

 

[Psinter]

Consider:

Conan The Destroyer

or

Conan The Destructive

The first uses a noun, the second, an adjective. They both work, but they're just not the same part of speech.

I disagree. Both are nouns and adjectives at the same time. Because when I ask myself: What is Conan? I can reply: A destroyer. || A destructive person.

EDIT: I think.

EDIT2: The noun-adjective duality.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I disagree. Both are nouns and adjectives at the same time. Because when I ask myself: What is Conan? I can reply: A destroyer. || A destructive person.

EDIT: I think.

In the first case you have two nouns: he is both 1.)Conan, and, 2.)the destroyer. In the second case, the two nouns are: 1.)Conan, and, 2.)a person. "Destructive" is an adjective modifying "person".

Your original thing, "Mentor The Impact" would be like "Conan The Destroyer," referring to someone by two nouns.

 

[Ibix]

I agree with Zooby on the Destroyer/Destructive point, but you can use Impactor as a noun. I've heard the dinosaur killing asteroid described as an impactor. Not sure if that's what fresh meant.

 

[fresh_42]

I agree with Zooby on the Destroyer/Destructive point,...

Everybody does.

... but you can use Impactor as a noun. I've heard the dinosaur killing asteroid described as an impactor. Not sure if that's what fresh meant.

Yes, as a passive Latin form. In German the word is usually used for objects in space crushing into another, e.g. the Japanese copper cube they shot on a comet. As it's so close to the English 'impact' I thought I could make this pun.

 

[Psinter]

In the first case you have two nouns: he is both 1.)Conan, and, 2.)the destroyer. In the second case, the two nouns are: 1.)Conan, and, 2.)a person. "Destructive" is an adjective modifying "person".

Your original thing, "Mentor The Impact" would be like "Conan The Destroyer," referring to someone by two nouns.

I got to be honest, I don't get it. I still think its an adjective.

*1 minute later* The only way I can make sense of it is if I put: The Destroyer and The Destructive alone. Without the first noun (Conan). Only then I can say the first is a noun and the second an adjective. But reality is that they are not alone, and that's why I insist.

but you can use Impactor as a noun.

No! I want The Impact!

Spoiler

I'm just kidding with you Ibix.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I agree with Zooby on the Destroyer/Destructive point, but you can use Impactor as a noun. I've heard the dinosaur killing asteroid described as an impactor. Not sure if that's what fresh meant.

"The Impactor" would be much better than "The Impact," yes. I was pondering why the latter sounds so awkward when applied to a person and haven't sorted it out yet.

 

[fresh_42]

The Destructive

... is an adjective made into and used as a noun.

 

[fresh_42]

Have you heard about this new method of American science?
Correction, the church is using it, too.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I got to be honest, I don't get it. I still think its an adjective.

*1 minute later* The only way I can make sense of it is if I put: The Destroyer and The Destructive alone. Without the first noun (Conan). Only then I can say the first is a noun and the second an adjective. But reality is that they are not alone, and that's why I insist.

"Destroyer" is a noun simply by virtue of being the name of a person, place, or thing. It can be used as the subject of a sentence: "The destroyer went out and destroyed stuff today."