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[fresh_42]

BTW, I think the BBs are still playing, orcat least did some reunion shows. Some band had one " Hell Froze Over", but I think it was not them.

Yep, they are still around, sometimes even on tv shows (e.g. Home Improvement).

Edit: I think the movie was (partly) filmed on real Jamaica, not Queens. But there could have been a parallel. I don't know the movie, only what imdb told me.

 

[WWGD]

Yep, they are still around, sometimes even on tv shows (e.g. Home Improvement).

Edit: I think the movie was (partly) filmed on real Jamaica, not Queens. But there could have been a parallel. I don't know the movie, only what imdb told me.

It's pretty impressive how many bands today keep playing even with members into their 70s. They must be doing something consistently right.

 

[WWGD]

I finally heard a description of the "80-hr Workweek" that makes sense. It is not full-on work at the office but more like 40hrs of office/regular work and other 40 hrs of research and followups.

Except this guy on a food truck I remember. He worked from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m daily. I can't guarantee he followed it strictly but he was always there when I walked by his truck. I camt understand how he pulled it of.

 

[fresh_42]

The most crowded, most peaceful open-air music event in Germany with the most drunken visitors is a Heavy Metal concert over several days in the middle of nowhere with only farmers living there.

 

[WWGD]

The most crowded, most peaceful open-air music event in Germany with the most drunken visitors is a Heavy Metal concert over several days in the middle of nowhere with only farmers living there.

Not sure it's the one you're talking about but I understand they had trouble in Germany last year when people attented their own parties in parks in defiance of Covid prohibitions.

 

[fresh_42]

Not sure it's the one you're talking about but I understand they had trouble in Germany last year when people attented their own parties in parks in defiance of Covid prohibitions.

It didn't take place last year due to Covid. I was just mentioning the normal as I saw a documentary on tv. I'm always astonished how it works out well, the clash between completely different kinds of people: headbangers versus farmers. Of course, it is a win-win situation, nevertheless, they find a peaceful way of coexistence despite the fact that the ground is probably ruined for the rest of the year.

 

[Borg]

I recently got a work email that caused this quote from Civilization IV to come to mind:

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

 

[fresh_42]

I recently got a work email that caused this quote from Civilization IV to come to mind:

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

This is as sad as it is true. It is a self re-inforcing construction. I like Bones version of it:

McCoy: The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.

 

[Keith_McClary]

quote from Civilization IV

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

Attributed to Oscar Wilde, but no sources.

 

[Klystron]

Good. I want to go home. I want to go home, I feel so broke up, I want to go home.

Is it originally theirs?

I read that it is a Caribbean folk song, but I don't remember whether the entire song or only the tune.

Growing up in California around the same time as the original Beach Boys band members, we learned to sing and play "Sloop John-B" in grade school. Harry Belafonte helped popularize the song on television at least a few years before the Beach Boys began recording.

I also learned the song was Caribbean folk. Pete Seeger and The Weavers performed a staid version of "John-B" minus the drinking references at my grammar school auditorium. "If I had a hammer.."

 

[WWGD]

I used it again: The barista told me, when I asked for ice in my drink: " Lucky you, this is the last ice I have". I asked her to tell me " I only have ice for you".

 

[WWGD]

Reflex reaction when hearing " Happy Father's day": " Not me, I have the DNA test to prove it!".

 

[gmax137]

I recently got a work email that caused this quote from Civilization IV to come to mind:

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

Reminds me of, "the department of redundancy department," -- Firesign Theater

 

[Frabjous]

I recently got a work email that caused this quote from Civilization IV to come to mind:

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

Reminds me of

”Yes, yes, yes, I do see that there is a real dilemma here. In that, while it has been government policy to regard policy as a responsibility of Ministers and administration as a responsibility of Officials, the questions of administrative policy can cause confusion between the policy of administration and the administration of policy, especially when responsibility for the administration of the policy of administration conflicts, or overlaps with, responsibility for the policy of the administration of policy.” Sir Humphrey Appleby

 

[Borg]

And that reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide.

 

[Keith_McClary]

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

Here we have a Ministry of Red Tape Reduction.

 

[Tom.G]

Here we have a Ministry of Red Tape Reduction.

PLEASE, PLEASE, have them train our local bureaucrats!

 

[Keith_McClary]

PLEASE, PLEASE, have them train our local bureaucrats!

First, they will need to get staffed up and develop policies and procedures.

 

[WWGD]

In a sense it is similar to what happens with research papers. They get so bogged down on technicalities and definitions that it takes up most of the time and energy to address these, rather than do the work. Like " Agricultural habits of the Mayas": What do we mean by habits/agriculture? And who exactly are the Mayas, etc? And on and on. At least in the Social " Sciences" .

 

[WWGD]

I don't mean to look down at them but treating them as natural sciences does not seem to make much sense.

 

[Astronuc]

The battle on the interpretation of quantum mechanics here on PhysicsForums, lasting many years already.

I was thinking about a question suitable for Academic or Career Guidance, as in . . .

"How can I become a quantum mechanic interpreter?" or

"What does it take to be become a quantum mechanic interpreter?"

"The world needs (more) quantum mechanics interpreters?"

 

[fresh_42]

Here we have a Ministry of Red Tape Reduction.

Reminds me of the ministry for silly walks somehow.

 

[fresh_42]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the permanent weather feed the last update of Windows 10 pinned to my taskbar? I mean, we are on day one after a heatwave, and that stupid weather feed says $18°\text{C}$ (it is $21°$) and ... drum roll ... "snowy rain"!? Strange synonym for "cloudy".

 

[Borg]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the permanent weather feed the last update of Windows 10 pinned to my taskbar? I mean, we are on day one after a heatwave, and that stupid weather feed says $18°\text{C}$ (it is $21°$) and ... drum roll ... "snowy rain"!? Strange synonym for "cloudy".

Right click on the taskbar and select Turn Off in the News and Interests section.

Microsoft has been getting out of hand with these so-called "security updates" that are really security holes.

 

[fresh_42]

Thanks.

 

[fresh_42]

Right click on the taskbar and select Turn Off in the News and Interests section.

Microsoft has been getting out of hand with these so-called "security updates" that are really security holes.

It worked, but now (after some hours) it messed up all the remaining symbols: slight shift to the right so that the time isn't fully visible, explorer symbols in the background, which only go away if hovered. Switching it on and off again helped, for now. It is annoying. We still have snowy rain according to MS. At 20° C air temperature! The next official meteorological station is about one mile from here. Do I expect too much when I think this should guarantee some accuracy? At least that snow thingy shouldn't occur on the first day of summer!

 

[Borg]

You really should get a screenshot of that. You might not see snowy rain again for a long time.

 

[fresh_42]

Your order, Sir!

 

[WWGD]

Your order, Sir!

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I was going to suggest you were using F instead of C but just saw that was not the case.

 

[WWGD]

It worked, but now (after some hours) it messed up all the remaining symbols: slight shift to the right so that the time isn't fully visible, explorer symbols in the background, which only go away if hovered. Switching it on and off again helped, for now. It is annoying. We still have snowy rain according to MS. At 20° C air temperature! The next official meteorological station is about one mile from here. Do I expect too much when I think this should guarantee some accuracy? At least that snow thingy shouldn't occur on the first day of summer!

Strangely, I had something similar with my Android, which initialized itself to the wrong day and hour but promptly corrected itself. Maybe after all we've been through with Covid there is now a new ( electronic) virus? of course this is a major leap from just our two two cases.