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The thread discusses various random thoughts and observations, touching on topics such as media programming, personal anecdotes, language use, and mathematical curiosities. The scope includes informal commentary, humor, and reflections on everyday experiences.

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  • Some participants express frustration with the quality of documentaries on channels like the History Channel and National Geographic, suggesting a decline in factual programming.
  • There is a humorous anecdote about discovering a polythene bag obstructing a kitchen extractor fan, leading to a discussion about the clarity of installation manuals.
  • Participants share thoughts on the nature of prime numbers, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 and its implications for mathematical proofs.
  • There are reflections on language use and the reactions to grammatical errors made by native speakers, with some participants sharing their personal responses to such situations.
  • One participant humorously suggests that if 2 were not considered prime, it would complicate the understanding of prime factors in even numbers.

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The discussion contains multiple competing views, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 as a prime and the quality of media programming. No consensus is reached on these topics.

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Participants express varying degrees of skepticism and humor, with some comments reflecting personal experiences and subjective opinions rather than objective analysis.

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  • #5,191
fresh_42 said:
I turned and left. If I accept to wait I go for some real food.
Burger Keiser?
 
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  • #5,192
WWGD said:
Burger Keiser?
No. Wrong coke.
 
  • #5,193
fresh_42 said:
No. Wrong coke.
Pepsi Nugen? Or maybe Ted Nugen(t)?
 
  • #5,194
I thought about the Colonel, but then I had to cross the entire town. Döner would have won if they had a place to park.
 
  • #5,195
fresh_42 said:
I thought about the Colonel, but then I had to cross the entire town. Döner would have won if they had a place to park.
Why does Doner need to park? It is already there!
 
  • #5,196
fresh_42 said:
I thought about the Colonel, but then I had to cross the entire town. Döner would have won if they had a place to park.
Doesn't the TEE take you to Doner?
 
  • #5,197
strangerep said:
Really? You've never heard of snoopy vs the red baron? (Try googling it.) :oldbiggrin:
fresh_42 said:


Here's one with a functional flying doghouse.
 
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  • #5,198
The Beagle video's for sale very cheap... you can have it for peanuts *

* For peanuts, from peanuts, by peanuts..and Charles Schulz.
 
  • #5,199
strangerep said:
Umm,... and what about every religion/cult that's been doing something similar for thousands of years in order to control and fleece a gullible population... ?
Even though I'm on a science forum that's still a topic that I won't touch. It's nearly impossible to talk to anyone with extreme viewpoints regardless of which side they are on.
 
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HankDorsett said:
Even though I'm on a science forum that's still a topic that I won't touch. It's nearly impossible to talk to anyone with extreme viewpoints regardless of which side they are on.
Indeed. Fundamentalism in <insert a subject of your choice> is the total opposite of a scientific attitude which demands the willingness to question everything and take nothing for granted without proof or evidence. Both create necessarily a contradiction if mixed.
 
  • #5,201
WWGD said:
Doesn't the TEE take you to Doner?
Not anymore. It rather takes a walk nowadays. I'm not sure whether the TEE ever made it to Istanbul, but I had preferred this one anyway.
 
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  • #5,202
WWGD said:
Doesn't the TEE take you to Doner?
Btw. Yes, Döner have been invented by a Turk, Kadir Nurman. However, he lived in Berlin, so no trans europe express would have been needed.

The story is funny and tells something about cultures. The dish itself is old, and Nurman had opened a restaurant in Berlin, offering Turkish dishes. But he had no guests. Everybody was running by. To run in contrast to have a meal and two hours time in east Anatolia. So he simply thought: If the Germans do not have time to sit down and eat during their lunch break, I'll put my dishes in a pocket of flatbread and make it an "on-the-run".

At least this is the most popular version. You bet that several others also claim their versions.

Edit: An American student got so used to eat Döner when studying in Berlin, that he opened a Döner stand when back in Seattle. As the poor guy wasn't allowed to import the meat he experimented almost two years to reproduce the right mixture, consistency, and spices. When he finally got it, his business flourished. I hadn't a moment of doubt. It is like made for Americans, too: meat, salad in an eatable pocket and made in minutes. And honestly? It is better food than any burger, considering the nutritions.
 
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  • #5,203
If his name is Alfred Nurman, or , even better Alfred E Nurman, please srend me one.
 
  • #5,204
As a Math person, it hurts me deeply that apartment 1B is not just called apartment B. No units in ring of apartments? There is torsion, because if there are k stories in the complex then (k+1)B =0, because there is no (k+1)St floor. But no unity!
 
  • #5,205
One possibility, ##1## isn't a unit.
 
  • #5,206
fresh_42 said:
One possibility, ##1## isn't a unit.
Maybe true, it is der Janitor's closet.
 
  • #5,207
WWGD said:
Maybe true, it is der Janitor's closet.
Try not to ask him if he is a zero divisor ...
 
  • #5,208
fresh_42 said:
Try not to ask him if he is a zero divisor ...
Alfred E Nurman : 0 dividekeit. Ich, worry?
 
  • #5,209
Firefox update @#$% wiped out all my bookmarks. Will have to export them/save them from time-to-time from now on.
 
  • #5,210
WWGD said:
update @#$% wiped out all my bookmarks.
Isn't software wonderful? Ready to join the Luddites?
 
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Bystander said:
Isn't software wonderful? Ready to join the Luddites?
Yup.
<Smashes compu...>
 
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  • #5,212
Bystander said:
Isn't software wonderful? Ready to join the Luddites?
Right. We take x steps forward, y backwards and we hope that x>y. Not quite sure it's true. EDIT: I, and I am sure many others, had ignored the repeated warnings on blackboxing technology to the degree that we had, that it would increase complexity to the point of implosion. Maybe the day is here.
 
  • #5,213
My Ethiopian friend is highly Selassie.
 
  • #5,214
WWGD said:
My Ethiopian friend is highly Selassie.
I don't know if Selassie translates to "Se-Collie"
 
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I know her brother, Timothy. Friends call him Timmy Selassie.

[Edit: From "Lassie, Come Home". Timmy's father, "Lassie, have you seen Timmy?]
 
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  • #5,217
Second person I run into whose name is (literally) 'Unique'. But I don't know how to speak 'meta', so I can't say , in speak: Are you unique(noun) or 'Unique'(name). So if you run into the two 'Unique' together: " So you are unique? You too?
 
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  • #5,218
Weird how one here in PF may report one's own post.
 
  • #5,219
WWGD said:
Weird how one here in PF may report one's own post.
I think I've done that before, on purpose, for some reason or another (I don't remember the details).

Hitting the report button is a good way to get the mentors' attention on a subject, if you need their input or guidance, even if no bad behavior is necessarily involved.
 
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  • #5,220
collinsmark said:
Hitting the report button is a good way to get the mentors' attention on a subject,
Yup, yup, yup.
 
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