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The discussion revolves around frustrations with current documentary programming, particularly criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content. Participants express disappointment over National Geographic's sale to Fox, fearing a decline in quality programming. The conversation shifts to lighter topics, including humorous anecdotes about everyday life, such as a malfunctioning kitchen fan discovered to be blocked by installation instructions. There are also discussions about the challenges of understanding various dialects in Belgium, the complexities of language, and personal experiences with weather and housing in California. Members share their thoughts on food, including a peculiar dish of zucchini pancakes served with strawberry yogurt, and delve into mathematical concepts related to sandwich cutting and the properties of numbers. The thread captures a blend of serious commentary and lighthearted banter, reflecting a diverse range of interests and perspectives among participants.
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I keep forgetting. I wear my jeans and red cap, thinking I look hip. Yet, what I get is one of :
" Dude, mine's the one with pepperoni " ,

Or, while they hand me their car keys:

" Park it carefully this time!".
 
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Is the issue of dark matter detection constrained by the limit of grey matter involved? :wink:
 
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WWGD said:
Or, while they hand me their car keys:

" Park it carefully this time!".

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http://www.thebigmoviehouse.com/2017/07/beverly-hills-cop-3-movie-collection-uk.html
 
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The moon rocks are unnaturally aged.

Since they're subject to a proton bombardment from the sun (and other cosmic radiation), which can easily start nuclear events such as radioactive decay the radiocarbon dating gives wrong results.
 
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Why do so many carry construction and otherwise material horizontally, instead of vertically and close-enough to their body? I need to keep a radius of 10+ feet to avoid being hit.
 
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WWGD said:
Why do so many carry construction and otherwise material horizontally, instead of vertically and close-enough to their body? I need to keep a radius of 10+ feet to avoid being hit.
It's all about center of gravity. :wink:
 
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Ok, so Camper Van Sales is not another Dutch guy.
 
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The moon rocks are unnaturally aged.
Actually my remark was an idea, it's not like I know it is true or something.
 
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Sigh...

...When a careless necropost of a necropost becomes a remembrance...🙁
 
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Rive said:
Sigh...

...When a careless necropost of a necropost becomes a remembrance...🙁
That's probably a spammer. Brand new account that *helpfully* links to a website is the main clue. I've reported it.
 
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Borg said:
That's probably a spammer. Brand new account that *helpfully* links to a website is the main clue. I've reported it.
That one has been dealt with (newbie spammer banned). I thought @Rive was referring to this one (not necessarily spam yet):

Daniman said:
Why did he take the value of turns per volts=4.
 
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Now with fist bumps, I feel like I'm playing rock-paper-scissors everyday I run into someone I know.
 
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Still trying to figure out why Sql Server uses TCP (instead of UDP , or other) between front and back ends.
 
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WWGD said:
Still trying to figure out why Sql Server uses TCP (instead of UDP , or other) between front and back ends.
Beats me, is it a TDS protocol thing? I'm wondering about name collisions and buffer overflow. :confused:
 
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I'm also wondering, at what point in AE's career did he realize what his "relevance" theory meant in the terms of nuclear weapons? (seriously, don't try and figure out a punchline.)
 
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Oldman too said:
Beats me, is it a TDS protocol thing? I'm wondering about name collisions and buffer overflow. :confused:
Ah, I think TCP is ussed to make the connection and then TDS is used to communicate. I guess first set up connection in Transportation layer and TDS works in the Application Layer? Or did I forget some of my basics?
 
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WWGD said:
Or did I forget some of my basics?
Jeez... you already forgot more than I'll ever know. I think it it's something like TDS over tcp, let me see if I remember that right.
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Oldman too said:
Jeez... you already forgot more than I'll ever know. I think it it's something like TDS over tcp, let me see if I remember that right.View attachment 300733
Nice. There's also Shared Memory, but not sure where, how it plays a role. (Somehow your attachment didn't render in my PC , though not in your post #9320, but it did when I hit reply) . Will try to see about the APIs as well: ODBC, Native Client, etc.
 
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WWGD said:
Nice. There's also Shared Memory, but not sure where, how it plays a role. (Somehow your attachment didn't render in my PC , though not in your post #9320, but it did when I hit reply) . Will try to see about the APIs as well: ODBC, Native Client, etc.
It's a wwweird world on the web, Your edit didn't appear until I hit reply also... the screenshot was an edit also, connection or coincidence? Your mention of shared memory got me side tracked with the overflow thing again.
 
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More nasty weather near where I live in Kansas.

tornados.jpg


There are several tornadoes in those storms.

edit: some of these storms had wind speeds of 60 to 70 mph
 
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@WWGD , any ideas on this question?
"I'm also wondering, at what point in AE's career did he realize what his "relevance" theory meant in the terms of nuclear weapons? (seriously, don't try and figure out a punchline.)"
 
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dlgoff said:
More nasty weather near where I live in Kansas.

View attachment 300790

There are several tornadoes in those storms.

edit: some of these storms had wind speeds of 60 to 70 mph
Carry on, wayward son. Toto likely not happy.
 
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Oldman too said:
Jeez... you already forgot more than I'll ever know. I think it it's something like TDS over tcp, let me see if I remember that right.View attachment 300733
Not sure, I was just reviewing recently.
 
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WWGD said:
Not sure, I was just reviewing recently.
I'm just curious about AE, although the protocol stuff is interesting.
 
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dlgoff said:
There are several tornadoes in those storms.
One tornado just went north of me. I almost went to my storm shelter but the siren in my area stopped sounding so I decided everything was probably okay.
 
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dlgoff said:
One tornado just went north of me.
Sounds like you're in for a long night, take care!
 
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Oldman too said:
Sounds like you're in for a long night, take care!
Thank you Sir. I will.
 
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Here's a photo I just took:

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dlgoff said:
Thank you Sir. I will.
Sorry if I was too cavalier. Stay safe.
 
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We have ' We Are' contracted to ' We're, and ' They Are' contracted to ' They're ' . But ' Who Are' , as in " Those who are here today " is not contracted to ' Who're' .
 
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I must say I went and checked because I thought "well, I use it, but I wonder if anyone else does...". Apparently they do.
 
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Ibix said:
I must say I went and checked because I thought "well, I use it, but I wonder if anyone else does...". Apparently they do.
Maybe all those in favor of ' Whores'? Or maybe we need to "escape it" into ' Who\'res' ? ;).
 
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I bet there are issues with this company's decision to test the effectiveness of ' Cost-brnefit '( CB) analysis. How to test it other than conducting a CB analysis on it? Calling Godel and B Russell.
 
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dlgoff said:
One tornado just went north of me. I almost went to my storm shelter but the siren in my area stopped sounding so I decided everything was probably okay.
I didn't even know about this tornado in Andover Kansas last night:
 
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Hearing a claim that a person's name has an effect on their personality and life choices, though not clear if true and/or significant enough to be worth examining. As an example, in the US, people called Dennis are more likely ( than those with a different name) to be dentists.
 
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I doubt the claim that small scale problems grow linearly and not exponentially when scaled up. Burying all the cable in an island of 100,000 people with x resources does not scale to doing it in a US State with 21 million people( Florida).
 
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I got my second COVID-19 booster shot today. No reactions; just a little soreness of the arm.
 
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WWGD said:
Sorry if I was too cavalier.
Not at all.
 
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Lil Theroux got bars

 
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Propaganda has often been compared with marketing.
 
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My competition to "Python from Scratch"?

"Python from Itch"
 
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Hamiltonian said:
Was out for a jog today, and saw a man literally walking backwards! he either has severe OCD or was dared to do so(although he was probably in his late 40's so that's a little improbable).
In physical therapy walking exercises include stepping backwards, sideways to the left and then to the right, and somewhat exaggerated stiff leg forward walk; the latter resembling Soviet soldiers marching.*

We generally perform these exercises indoors in series of ~20 steps between parallel bars for balance. Backward walking is most difficult by far, using muscle groups accustomed to stepping toes first. Therapists have told me that walking backward improves balance and coordination and helps accident and stroke victims improve normal unassisted walking gaits.

I have often seen fit athletes at the gym riding treadmills backwards to develop symmetrical leg muscle groups and enhance balance. Your backward jogger may have been practising a similar method.

*I joke about the 'Ministry of Silly Walks' from Monty Python, humor wasted on 20-something trainers.
 
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So, how do I solve this? :oldeyes:

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New on the list of " Greatest Hits":
Will Smith : Chris Rock.
Amber Heard: Johnny Depp.
 
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