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[fresh_42]

I just saw a discussion on TV which was in French and the moderator said "Tschüss!" at the end. This is funny. Not that she used a German word, but the fact, that "Tschüss!" itself developed from the French "Adieux!". Re-import after transformation. Funny.

 

[WWGD]

No Gesundheit! after "Tschuss"? ( How do you do the umlaut in Tex ?)

 

[WWGD]

This latest "Raw Food" trend does not agree with me. I need some protein to fill full. And raw vegetables, while tasty , get me gassed up. Back to the cooked stuff for me, including cooked vegetables -- and meat, or at least some protein.

Still, part of the problem here, is that it is almost impossible to know when your trial is close to being a randomize, blind/double blind trial, so it is hard to draw conclusions.

 

[fresh_42]

No Gesundheit! after "Tschuss"? ( How do you do the umlaut in Tex ?)

In a TeX editor via the language settings, here via my keyboard which has them as well as the French accents. Only cedille and trema are missing. It starts to get difficult towards Scandinavia (Ångström) and the Czech republic.

 

[WWGD]

In a TeX editor via the language settings, here via my keyboard which has them as well as the French accents. Only cedille and trema are missing. It starts to get difficult towards Scandinavia (Ångström) and the Czech republic.

Gesundheit! !??!

 

[fresh_42]

Gesundheit! !??!

Спаси́бо.

 

[DennisN]

Cool animation:

 

[DennisN]

Another one:

 

[Ibix]

Cool animation:

Nice. The xscreensaver used to have a (less pretty) version that rotated about multiple axes, which was similarly hypnotic.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Science spoils you with its experimentally-based certainty.
Ultimately, if someone wants to deny relativity (or evolution or whatever) they have to cope with multiple fields of technology that only work if their denialism is wrong.

There's no real analogue for experiment outside of science. I can deny the Holocaust or whatever, and as long as I can come up with some kind of conspiracy theory that might make that semi-plausible the only thing you can really do is try to shout me down.

Good historians (or graduate students in history) at least know how to argue without employing logical fallacies and they know to cite references without even being asked. Then of course you can debate the historicity of those references and so forth. It can still be done with a degree of rigor appropriate to the field.

But no...

-Dave K

 

[collinsmark]

I found out today that someone stole my car's license plate renewal sticker. I just got through filing a police report of the theft, I'll have to call the DMV tomorrow and see if they will mail me another when I get the permanent police report. I do not want to have to go down to the DMV animal house.

Oh, my. That's a hassle. It has happened to friends of mine too.

In California the stickers are made such that once they are affixed to the license plate it's difficult to remove them without tearing them off in little bitty pieces. It's still possible though. And it doesn't stop thieves from doing so (or at least trying).

You would think that with mobile communications systems as sophisticated as they are today -- and in conjunction with computer resources and object character recognition (OCR) software -- there might not be much need for physical stickers at all anymore.

 

[jim hardy]

You would think that with mobile communications systems as sophisticated as they are today -- and in conjunction with computer resources and object character recognition (OCR) software -- there might not be much need for physical stickers at all anymore.

You'd think at least they'd be barcoded, eh ?
So 'Lovely Rita MeterMaid' could scan them .

 

[OCR]

You'd think at least they'd be barcoded, eh ?

What a bummer! ... poor Rita is losing her job because of ANPR ...

 

[fresh_42]

What a bummer! ... poor Rita is losing her job because of ANPR ...

It's far worse. There are places where they register your number at two places and calculate your average speed in between for getting you with speeding. No more breaking for the camera and that's it ...

 

[OCR]

No more breaking for the camera and that's it ...

.. ..

 

[WWGD]

The anti-drug ads " This is your Brain on Drugs" have had a great impact on me.
I am eating around 50% more fried eggs every year since the campaign got started.

 

[WWGD]

A friend told me some bad news by email and I just replied with " Sorry to Hear That";
it seems strange to say " Sorry to Read That". Maybe it is just me.

 

[dlgoff]

Enough, all ready. Third evening in a row.

 

[jim hardy]

Third evening in a row.

Wow Don !
Keeping fingers crossed for ya.

old jim

 

[WWGD]

Wonder what the underlying analytics are:
I aced an online Baseball quiz, after which I started getting ads (in that page) to work for the US secret service, CIA, etc ??

 

[fresh_42]

Wonder what the underlying analytics are:
I aced an online Baseball quiz, after which I started getting ads (in that page) to work for the US secret service, CIA, etc ??

If you like baseball, then you are an American (most likely), a Japanese (can be easily ruled out later in the process) or Cuban (could be interesting anyway). This is ultimate the target group!

 

[WWGD]

If you like baseball, then you are an American (most likely), a Japanese (can be easily ruled out later in the process) or Cuban (could be interesting anyway). This is ultimately the target group!

Could be, but what about the interest in joining spying services?

EDIT: Still,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_national_baseball_team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_baseball_team

 

[fresh_42]

Could be, but what about the interest in joining spying services?

How should they find out? If they'd add a question about your neighbors at the end of the quiz, it appeared a bit weird, wouldn't it? I wonder why I don't get ads like this, I mean at least three American politicians regularly email me: Duckworth (D), Cruz (R), Ernst (R). Plus some lobbyists. And there is this strange email from the Smithonian, that regularly says "Betty, we want you back!" Apparently my tv isn't monitored, yet, as I'm a fan of Bellisario series, which are without any doubt a bit of a propaganda.

 

[WWGD]

How should they find out? If they'd add a question about your neighbors at the end of the quiz, it appeared a bit weird, wouldn't it? I wonder why I don't get ads like this, I mean at least three American politicians regularly email me: Duckworth (D), Cruz (R), Ernst (R). Plus some lobbyists. And there is this strange email from the Smithonian, that regularly says "Betty, we want you back!" Apparently my tv isn't monitored, yet, as I'm a fan of Bellisario series, which are without any doubt a bit of a propaganda.

Yes, I guess the costs of sending additional emails are from 0 to epsilon. Info age advertising.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I found out today that someone stole my car's license plate renewal sticker. I just got through filing a police report of the theft, I'll have to call the DMV tomorrow and see if they will mail me another when I get the permanent police report. I do not want to have to go down to the DMV animal house.

One of our cars got repoed. I *just* got hired full time and we have started catching up bills, but we aren't there yet. We missed the phonecall that they were going to repo, because we didn't have phones because they had been cut off. (We got phones again the day AFTER the call, but a different number).

Went out to go to work and the car was gone. Sheesh.

 

[Evo]

One of our cars got repoed. I *just* got hired full time and we have started catching up bills, but we aren't there yet. We missed the phonecall that they were going to repo, because we didn't have phones because they had been cut off. (We got phones again the day AFTER the call, but a different number).

Went out to go to work and the car was gone. Sheesh.

OH NO! Will you be able to get it back or do you have one of those sinister companies that once they get your car, they won't give it back, even if you pay up? Had that happen to a friend.

 

[dkotschessaa]

OH NO! Will you be able to get it back or do you have one of those sinister companies that once they get your car, they won't give it back, even if you pay up? Had that happen to a friend.

We are pretty much going to get gouged for it's return. $200 Towing fee, $20 a day "storage fee" along with whatever other fees they decide to tack on once you show up to pick up the vehicle.

We at first accepted the alternative of losing the car ("well, it's a second car, maybe that's above our means right now") until we realized that otherwise, you still have to pay the difference between your remaining payment and what you get at auction as well as ruining your credit for awhile.

Took out a personal loan using our OTHER car as collateral. Hopefully that plus my new paycheck will help us back on our feet.

sheesh

 

[WWGD]

Outlook's spam filter is so ineffective that I have taken things into my own hands. I received a message on " How to Pay off your House", and I just replied. Thank you, but I don't owe my house any money. I doubt they expect it, hope it will throw them off, tho maybe I will start receiving more messages on dementia/Alzheimer's cures.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Outlook's spam filter is so ineffective that I have taken things into my own hands. I received a message on " How to Pay off your House", and I just replied. Thank you, but I don't owe my house any money. I doubt they expect it, hope it will throw them off, tho maybe I will start receiving more messages on dementia/Alzheimer's cures.

:D

OTOH, Yahoo's is surprisingly good. I've had my yahoo account for... 15 years? I recently deleted or archived everything in my inbox, then started unsubscribing from every (legitimate) e-mail subscription I received as they came in. I'm down to almost zero unsolicited emails per day now.

 

[Evo]

We are pretty much going to get gouged for it's return. $200 Towing fee, $20 a day "storage fee" along with whatever other fees they decide to tack on once you show up to pick up the vehicle.

We at first accepted the alternative of losing the car ("well, it's a second car, maybe that's above our means right now") until we realized that otherwise, you still have to pay the difference between your remaining payment and what you get at auction as well as ruining your credit for awhile.

Took out a personal loan using our OTHER car as collateral. Hopefully that plus my new paycheck will help us back on our feet.

sheesh

When it rains it pours. Why is it when people are having hard times financially, creditors do everything they can to make things more expensive and harder on the people trying to get out of debt?