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Tom.G
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Just a Heads Up for reported run time.
My UPS (by APC) does self tests when it feels like it. If it tests when the computer system is off it reports 56 Minutes of run time. If it tests with the computer system running the report says 16 Minutes.
Caveat emptor!
My UPS (by APC) does self tests when it feels like it. If it tests when the computer system is off it reports 56 Minutes of run time. If it tests with the computer system running the report says 16 Minutes.
Caveat emptor!
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One desktop with two monitors running, one laptop running, one modem/router running, one Roku running...Tom.G said:If it tests with the computer system running the report says 16 Minutes.
I'm not sure, but I think I can only do a manual test.
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Due to hijack avoidance:
http://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-star-diaries/154-the-seventh-voyage
And for all who missed a previous quote: Here's my favorite story about the tachyon universe:WWGD said:Tachyon, my (Grey)Wayward son...
http://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-star-diaries/154-the-seventh-voyage
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I don't know why, but for a long time now, I have been hoping to go to a fancy place, order a glass of wine, then put some Splenda and ice on it and drink it with a straw. All with a straight face. Maybe a leftover of high school days, when I relished being shocking. And then asking them to microwave it for me and have them give me a cup so I can take the leftover wine home.
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I am taking a break from general dabbling. I will have to leave aside questions like whether any non-singleton Topological space ##T## can be homeomorphic to its square ## T \times T ##. EDIT: I am pretty sure I am ignoring a simple invariant which may provide an easy negative proof. Maybe some type of dimension.
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Topology is a mean <peep>, because you need a lot ofWWGD said:I am taking a break from general dabbling. I will have to leave aside questions like whether any non-singleton Topological space ##T## can be homeomorphic to its square ## T \times T ##. EDIT: I am pretty sure I am ignoring a simple invariant which may provide an easy negative proof. Maybe some type of dimension.
to stand this world of counterexamples. Of course, after a lot ofWWGD said:order a glass of wine, then put some Splenda and ice on it and drink it with a straw
you cannot do topology anymore because you see homeomorphisms all around.WWGD said:order a glass of wine, then put some Splenda and ice on it and drink it with a straw

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fresh_42 said:Topology is a mean <peep>, because you need a lot of
to stand this world of counterexamples. Of course, after a lot of
you cannot do topology anymore because you see homeomorphisms all around.![]()
Sounds like you've tried it...:) hic.
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Well, I'll do my very best!WWGD said:Sounds like you've tried it...:) hic.
This is our nationwide and mandatory tv-show on New Year's Eve. O.k. the original is mandatory, there are also several covers in local dialects, which are optional:
Any questions, Sir Toby?
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A quite bizarre tradition, which you can read about on Wikipedia: Dinner for Onefresh_42 said:Well, I'll do my very best!
This is our nationwide and mandatory tv-show on New Year's Eve. O.k. the original is mandatory, there are also several covers in local dialects, which are optional:
Any questions, Sir Toby?
I'd heard about it, once, but this is the first time I've watched it.Wikipedia said:The sketch has become a tradition in Germany, where up to half the population may watch it every year on New Year's Eve, but it is almost completely unknown in the United Kingdom
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It is a fixed part of private parties to watch it together (usually around 8 p.m.) and many know the few text lines by heart. If you drop "Admiral von Schneider" or any other member's name in a converstion, chances are good you earn a "Skol!" or a "You look better than ever look" with a drunken attitude.DrGreg said:I'd heard about it, once, but this is the first time I've watched it.
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I don't care what others say, I still hear " Until next time, I am Erica" ( "Until next time , America"). A matter of parsing, I guess. If I see the reporter before the show (show: =next time), I will call him, Erica.
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Hear about this philosopher S.Cahn. Would like to see him write a book with I.Kant, authored by : I Kant and S.Cahn , or, would be better if philosopher were named U.Cahn: U Cahn and I Kant.
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Neither Cahn nor Kant is pronounced the way that is necessary to make the pun work. So it is entirely based on the disability to pronounce correctly.WWGD said:Hear about this philosopher S.Cahn. Would like to see him write a book with I.Kant, authored by : I Kant and S.Cahn , or, would be better if philosopher were named U.Cahn: U Cahn and I Kant.
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Maybe not in Deutscher, but in English , yes, more closely. Or you can use the self-motivator Shaka Khan -- and so can(Cahn) you.fresh_42 said:Neither Cahn nor Kant is pronounced the way that is necessary to make the pun work. So it is entirely based on the disability to pronounce correctly.
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I just recognized that the correct pronunciation of Kant is not really a good idea in an English context ...WWGD said:Maybe not in Deutscher, but in English , yes, more closely. Or you can use the self-motivator Shaka Khan -- and so can(Cahn) you.
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Similar problem for the school CUNY (City University of NY) , if check order of letters in (Qwerty) keyboard...Type carefully.fresh_42 said:I just recognized that the correct pronunciation of Kant is not really a good idea in an English context ...
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Lol, we have z and y exchanged, so less risky on this side, although CUNX looks a bit like the Klan.WWGD said:Similar problem for the school CUNY (City University of NY) , if check order of letters in (Qwerty) keyboard...Type carefully.
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You have QWERTZ? keyboards? I had heard of Dvorak (allegedly "Statistically Correct"), but had not heard of QWERTZ.fresh_42 said:Lol, we have z and y exchanged, so less risky on this side, although CUNX looks a bit like the Klan.
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Yep. There are also some differences on the extra symbols like |,~,°,\ which I usually only recognize if I had a disc crash and installation routines start with a different setting or I'm on the computers of my relatives. But I do have troubles to search on Swedish Wikipedia pages sometimes.WWGD said:You have QWERTZ? keyboards? I had heard of Dvorak (allegedly "Statistically Correct"), but had not heard of QWERTZ.
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Overheard today: Auto response of people meeting each other today: A,B walking towards each other:
A ( to B): " How are you doing"?
B: " You too" . Walks away.
A ( to B): " How are you doing"?
B: " You too" . Walks away.
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Yes , it's come to be a greeting not a question.
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You too, Jim :).jim hardy said:Yes , it's come to be a greeting not a question.
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Seems like Starbucks workers have successfully negotiated less rigid uniform rules; I see them in jeans and t-shirts , although still, of course, the aprons and hats/caps. Good for them.
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I smell Zariski 
WWGD said:How about the major ones : invertible, non-invertible? Tho " most" matrices are invertible, i.e., ##Gl(n, \mathbb R)## is dense in ##M_{ n\times n} \mathbb R##
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I smell senility --I thought I was kind of early for this -- since I intended to post this in another forum :(fresh_42 said:I smell Zariski![]()
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I guess advertisement ideas are different through the world. Just got an email for " Thousands of Russian women desperately looking for a man" . Not your traditional pitch, I would say.
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You surf too often on websites about (Bela-)Russian topologistsWWGD said:I guess advertisement ideas are different through the world. Just got an email for " Thousands of Russian women desperately looking for a man" . Not your traditional pitch, I would say.
I'm a crossover fan. It prevents me from banning myself due to off-topic comments.WWGD said:I smell senility --I thought I was kind of early for this -- since I intended to post this in another forum :(
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fresh_42 said:You surf too often on websites about (Bela-)Russian topologists
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Not that I can remember. Only sites where I do not have to give my email in order to register. And the requests are not Math-related either.
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Do you want to swap? Your Russian women and I can offer a daily bible verse, several American politicians of both parties and Christian singles. O.k. I can explain the politicians, but the data miners did a terrible job on the other thing! And before I forget: the Smithsonian regularly addresses me with "Betty, we want you back!"WWGD said:Not that I can remember. Only sites where I do not have to give my email in order to register. And the requests are not Math-related either.
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