[QUOTE=tServo;564218]A mysterious metal monolith was spotted in the Utah desert by a helicopter team doing a wildlife survey.
It was in a pit surrounded by a bunch of agitated Australopithecus afarensis.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it was posted earlier.
[QUOTE=rogue;564205][URL="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55056570"]Mystery monolith in Utah[/URL][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Uncwilly;564206]And so it begins. We already have reason to visit Clavius Crater. We need to stop the Europa Clipper now.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Nick;564208]Does "I was like" mean "I thought" or "I said"? Or is it non-specific?[/QUOTE][url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleyspeak[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;564237][url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleyspeak[/url][/QUOTE]

Frank Zappa's song "Valley Girl" is worth a listen as a caricature of this use of language. I moved to the LA area in 1987, and there were definitely girls at my high school who intentionally spoke like that- maybe a bit of a subgroup like "emo" kids a dozen years ago.

[url]https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/11/17/firefox-83-introduces-https-only-mode/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;564326][URL]https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/11/17/firefox-83-introduces-https-only-mode/[/URL][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Once HTTPS becomes even more widely supported by websites than it is today, we expect it will be possible for web browsers to deprecate HTTP connections and require HTTPS for all websites.
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- as if no-one uses a browser to access devices on their local LAN or isolated networks!

[QUOTE=Nick;564331]- as if no-one uses a browser to access devices on their local LAN or isolated networks![/QUOTE]Are you saying you use your "free" browser for purposes that don't make advertising money for the providers? That means you are stealing! :shock:

Well, at least I'm sure they see it that way. And they would be happy to charge you money for an HTTP capable browser.

[QUOTE=retina;564336]Are you saying you use your "free" browser for purposes that don't make advertising money for the providers? That means you are stealing! :shock:

Well, at least I'm sure they see it that way. And they would be happy to charge you money for an HTTP capable browser.[/QUOTE]

You mean you don't use an ad-blocker?

[QUOTE=tServo;564218]A mysterious metal monolith was spotted in the Utah desert by a helicopter team doing a wildlife survey.
It was in a pit surrounded by a bunch of agitated Australopithecus afarensis.

[URL="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html"]https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html[/URL]

Just kidding about the last part.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=rogue;564205][URL="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55056570"]Mystery monolith in Utah[/URL][/QUOTE]The AP story described the thing as "a three-sided stainless steel object." I'm not certain what "three-sided" means, but I'm guessing it means it's like a long rectangular sheet of steel with folds parallel to the long sides, so the end-on view looks like this:


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[SIZE=7]/_\ viewed from above?
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[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;564364]The AP story described the thing as "a three-sided stainless steel object." I'm not certain what "three-sided" means, but I'm guessing it means it's like a long rectangular sheet of steel with folds parallel to the long sides, so the end-on view looks like this:


[center]|_______________________|[/center][/QUOTE]

An inside and outside and, when you touch it, an unside.