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Curious. But this is not unprecedented and it has solutions. People that take a domestic flight within USA (no passport required) can leave the US city, fly over Canada, and land in the destination US city. Flying to/from Alaska is one clear example of this. So all they have to do is have a Cessna available and fly over the other country. It would be unreasonable for the other country to deny fly-over rights, because it works both ways for both countries.
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[QUOTE=retina;407090]Curious. But this is not unprecedented and it has solutions. People that take a domestic flight within USA (no passport required) can leave the US city, fly over Canada, and land in the destination US city. Flying to/from Alaska is one clear example of this. So all they have to do is have a Cessna available and fly over the other country. It would be unreasonable for the other country to deny fly-over rights, because it works both ways for both countries.[/QUOTE]
Good point. Also this particular enclave is actually a bunch of nothing. (Sorry, I [strike]fell for clickbait and[/strike] didn't look into it enough) [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari[/url] [QUOTE]Dahala Khagrabari (#51) was an Indian enclave belonging to the District of Cooch Behar in the State of West Bengal. This was a piece of India within Bangladesh, within India, within Bangladesh. It was one of the smallest—[B]7,000 square metres (1.7 acres)[/B]—of the Indo-Bangladesh enclaves, albeit not the smallest of the 106 Indian exclaves inside Bangladesh and 92 Bangladeshi exclaves inside India. It was the only third-order enclave in the world until 2015, when it was ceded to Bangladesh. Overview Dahala Khagrabari (#51) was completely encircled by the Bangladeshi village of Upanchowki Bhajni, 110, itself contained in the Indian village of Balapara Khagrabari, itself contained in the Debiganj, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. Thus Dahala Khagrabari was the enclave of an enclave of an enclave. [B]In practice, it was a parcel of land used for farming and was not actually inhabited. It was separated by a few metres of Bangladeshi land from its first-order Indian enclave. The owner of this enclave was a Bangladeshi farmer who lives in the enclave surrounding Dahala Khagrabari (#51).[/B][/QUOTE] Belgium/Netherlands: [url]http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/05/15/an-inland-archipelago/[/url] [QUOTE]And in 1971 a corrupt bank occupied a building that straddled the border, which permitted it to avoid being searched by the authorities of either state. The Belgian tax department couldn’t reach the safe, which lay behind “Dutch” counters. And the Dutch authorities could pass the counters but couldn’t open the safe, which was “Belgian.” Finally, authorities from both states undertook to search the premises in a joint effort, and the bank was eventually declared bankrupt after investigations into the laundering of drug money.[/QUOTE] |
[QUOTE=only_human;406148][URL="http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/hitchhiking-robot-embarking-on-coast-to-coast-tour-across-us/ar-AAd5W2L"]Hitchhiking robot embarking on coast-to-coast tour across US[/URL][/QUOTE]
[URL="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/hitchhiking-robot-lasts-just-two-weeks-in-us-because-hu-1721544551"]Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible[/URL] [QUOTE] The researchers who built hitchBOT announced today that they need to stop the experiment because hitchBOT was vandalized in Philadelphia. From the researchers who built hitchBOT: [QUOTE]hitchBOT’s trip came to an end last night in Philadelphia after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City. Unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots. We know that many of hitchBOT’s fans will be disappointed, but we want them to be assured that this great experiment is not over. For now we will focus on the question “what can be learned from this?” and explore future adventures for robots and humans.[/QUOTE] The goal of the hitchhiking trip was to see how humans would interact with hitchBOT. And apparently the answer was “not well.” HitchBOT has been around the world, including trips across the entirety of Canada and Germany without major incident. But America is clearly a hard land for our robot brothers and sisters.[/QUOTE] |
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[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/01/world/cecil-the-lion-brother-jericho-illegally-killed/"]Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, also illegally killed in Zimbabwe, official says[/URL] [/STRIKE] [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/01/jericho-cecil-brother-dead/30990931/"]Status of Jericho, Cecil the lion's brother, disputed[/URL][/QUOTE]. |
[QUOTE=only_human;407099][URL="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/hitchhiking-robot-lasts-just-two-weeks-in-us-because-hu-1721544551"]Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible[/URL][/QUOTE]
Yeah, I figured the US would be the source of his demise. With the way some Americans view property rights, it was pretty much inevitable once he was in the more central part of the US. I mean, you have a computer that's been "abandoned" and you expect people to escort it around. There are probably a ton of Americans who have never left their country and think it's insane it lasted so long in those other places. I think if it as selective golden rule hypocrisy. Using God to justify ungodly behavior. Off-topic:Same as calling capitalism Christian, capitalism is the best answer only because human beings are evil. If everyone adhered to the golden rule the best answer would probably be some form of socialism. Everybody doing what they can and helping out the people that are unable to help themselves for whatever reason. |
[QUOTE=jasong;407134]Yeah, I figured the US would be the source of his demise. With the way some Americans view property rights, it was pretty much inevitable once he was in the more central part of the US. I mean, you have a computer that's been "abandoned" and you expect people to escort it around.
[/QUOTE] All those politicians trying to stand out at the moment an not one of them thought to bring the robot with them on the campaign trail. Purely for altruistic purposes, of course, while traveling in the same direction; although there might also be a debate appearance along the way. |
[QUOTE]not one of them thought to bring the robot with them on the campaign trail.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=kladner;407146]As a baggage handler?[/QUOTE]
Not so much. They could have spun things a thousand ways about technology, future changes, about the robot's presence on twitter, about doing something crowd pleasing for the following -- or about security and safety and surveillance, yada yada yada. In other words they could have fit almost any narrative, and the robot already had a newsy national focus. Yah know, attentive people were already watching. But that probably would have needed creative thinking and more than just bashing rivals, so it would have been too much of a stretch anyway. If I were Trump, I would have taken the robot to Newark, New Jersey, fired it and then called Chris Christie about this bum on his doorstep in a really rotten neighborhood. There could have been opportunities galore. |
[QUOTE=retina;407090]Curious. But this is not unprecedented and it has solutions. People that take a domestic flight within USA (no passport required) can leave the US city, fly over Canada, and land in the destination US city. Flying to/from Alaska is one clear example of this. So all they have to do is have a Cessna available and fly over the other country. It would be unreasonable for the other country to deny fly-over rights, because it works both ways for both countries.[/QUOTE]
The original astronauts to land on the moon had to go through customs on their return: [URL]http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/apollo11_2.pdf[/URL] |
In the article, click on [I]start[/I] to, ahem, start:
[URL="https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150803-physics-theories-map/"]Theories of Everything, Mapped[/URL] [QUOTE]Our map of the frontier of fundamental physics, built by the interactive developer Emily Fuhrman, weights questions roughly according to their importance in advancing the field. It seemed natural to give greatest weight to the quest for a theory of quantum gravity, which would encompass general relativity and quantum mechanics in a single framework. In their day-to-day work, though, many physicists focus more on rooting out dark matter, solving the Standard Model’s hierarchy problem, and pondering the goings-on in black holes, those mysterious swallowers of space and time. For each question, the map presents several proposed solutions. Relationships between these proposals form a network of ideas. The map provides concise descriptions of highly complex theories; learn more by exploring the links to dozens of articles and videos, and vote for the ideas you find most elegant or promising. Finally, the map is extensive, but hardly exhaustive; proposed additions are welcome below.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Theory Index: Big Bang Cosmic inflation Cyclic universe Eternal inflation Black hole information paradox Duality Firewalls Fuzzballs Information loss Cosmological constant problem Multiverse Cyclic dilution Dark energy Cosmological constant Scalar field Dark matter Asymmetric dark matter Axions Kaluza-Klein dark matter Self-interacting dark matter Sterile neutrinos WIMPs Grand unification No GUTs SO(10) SU(5) SU(6), E(6), E(8), etc. Hierarchy problem Multiverse Large extra dimensions Little Higgs Low-energy supersymmetry Relaxion Matter-antimatter asymmetry Affleck-Dine mechanism Asymmetric dark matter Electroweak baryogenesis Leptogenesis Planck/GUT-scale baryogenesis Neutrino mass Extra dimensions Seesaw mechanism Quantum gravity Asymptotically safe gravity Causal dynamical triangulations Loop quantum gravity String/M-theory Space-time Amplituhedron Holography Quantum foam Strong CP problem Nelson-Barr mechanism Peccei-Quinn mechanism[/QUOTE] |
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;407233][url]http://i.imgur.com/dnfz5iA.gif[/url][/QUOTE]Magnificent!
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Edit: Looking back, this is more off-topic than I originally thought. Sorry.
[QUOTE=Xyzzy;406721][url]http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-state-of-georgia-copyright-wall-20150727-column.html[/url][/QUOTE] Not sure how to get the multi-quote function to work, but anyway... Back when the Internet was still a bit slow for video I discovered that there was a lot of unclaimed merchandise that was reverting to the state(whatever state the unclaimed merchandise was in, more specifically any US state). Anyway, I paid $19.95 to get access to the list and then, between the phone book and names I got from friends and family, discovered about a thousand dollars worth of merchandise where supposedly the state of Akansas had tried to find people and failed. Having lots of free time, which I still do, I wrote a rather irate letter to the person in Little Rock who I considered most responsible for this travesty. Turns out the woman knew my mother personally. Anyway, long story short, I like to think that a few Arkansans are a little thicker in the wallet because of me. I just thank God I crossed out all the swear words in my message. The woman said they were still mostly legible, but she understood my unhappiness and was now aware of something she had known nothing about. |
With all the Star Wars news, it got me to thinking about the resemblance between Jabba the Hut and the average pug(dog). Then I had another, even more bizarre thought.
Wouldn't that make Leia action figures close to actual size? Heck, wouldn't that make ALL the Star Wars action figures actual size? I mean, they're in a galaxy far, far away. So those light sabers could literally be the size of toothpicks. It also explains how everybody managed to get into space. If we could stuff our brains into mouse-sized bodies it'd be way easier to propel ourselves into space. The inverse squared law with energy would be totally doable, then. We could just pop back and forth between our big and little bodies, depending on the particular need. Sooooo, so much is becoming clear all of a sudden. Crazy? Me? Nahhhh, the invisible dude living in my closet assures me I'm totally sane. |
[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jerry-brown-wildfires_55c4d343e4b0f1cbf1e4bc45"]Jerry Brown Warns Wildfires Are California's 'New Normal'[/URL]
[QUOTE]As of this week, more than 10,000 firefighters are battling 24 major fires across California. While wildfires are common during the state's typically dry, hot summers, the historic drought plaguing the West coast has exacerbated the fires and made it more difficult for emergency workers to contain them. According to [URL="http:// http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_stats?year=2015"]state data[/URL], there have been nearly 1,500 more fires this year than the average number during the same period over the last five years. [QUOTE]Interval Fires Acres January 1, 2015 through Aug 1, 2015, Fires: 4,201 Acres: 100,000 January 1, 2014 through Aug 1, 2014, Fires: 2,945 Acres: 87,676 5 year average (same interval) Fires: 2,729 Acres: 48,153[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] |
[QUOTE=jasong;407262]With all the Star Wars news, it got me to thinking about the resemblance between Jabba the Hut and the average pug(dog). Then I had another, even more bizarre thought.
Wouldn't that make Leia action figures close to actual size? Heck, wouldn't that make ALL the Star Wars action figures actual size? I mean, they're in a galaxy far, far away. So those light sabers could literally be the size of toothpicks. It also explains how everybody managed to get into space. If we could stuff our brains into mouse-sized bodies it'd be way easier to propel ourselves into space. The inverse squared law with energy would be totally doable, then. We could just pop back and forth between our big and little bodies, depending on the particular need. Sooooo, so much is becoming clear all of a sudden. Crazy? Me? Nahhhh, the invisible dude living in my closet assures me I'm totally sane.[/QUOTE] I would have said, "between Jabba the Hut and Chris Christie." :smile: |
[QUOTE=kladner;407443]I would have said, "between Jabba the Hut and Chris Christie." :smile:[/QUOTE]
Also, Jabba the Hut and the government worker that helped me get my job at KFC. I think half her energy used for walking went into the side to side movement that kept her thighs from rubbing together. Put her in a European car and it'll be a steadier drive on windy days, though only your right hand will be able to hold the steering wheel properly. |
[I confess to belatedness - this film opened end of June, but only happened across my personal radar when I saw a jingoistic TV ad for it last week, and saw it listed on the marquee of the second-run theater near me today]:
[url=http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2015/08/max-movie-review-all-dogs-go-to-war.html]Max movie review: all dogs go to war[/url] | FlickFilosopher.com IMO, a better title would have been the sequel-esque [i]American Sniper: Doggie Style[/i], but I suspect Clint Eastwood and the other [i]American Sniper[/i] producers and releasing studio would nix that one. Other alternate-title suggestions, anyone? Thinking of a few well-known war movies: [i]A hydrant too far All quiet on the western haunch K-9: The piddlemaker Das Bootleather Licking Ryan's (own) privates Fleas of our fathers Full metal water dish[/i] |
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Other alternate-title suggestions, anyone? Thinking of a few well-known war movies: [/QUOTE] We don't need creativity in Hollywood. There are several perfectly good titles just waiting to be reused: Dog day afternoon. A tree grows in Brooklyn Reservoir Dogs. Save the alternative titles for pr0n: Dog day nooner. A woody grows in Brooklyn. Reserve Doggies |
If you love them set them free. If they come back ...
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[QUOTE=only_human;407579]Save the alternative titles for pr0n:[/QUOTE]
If you wish to self-limit thusly, fine by me - I'm just getting rolling here: [i]Heartworm Ridge In Ham's Way[/i] |
[QUOTE=ewmayer;407637]If you wish to self-limit thusly, fine by me - I'm just getting rolling here:
[i]Heartworm Ridge In Ham's Way[/i][/QUOTE] I'm not that fond of porn but the titles on the other hand.... Old Yeller -> Olé Yeller... But if you are just getting rolling then let the good names roll. I'll cast aside my shackles then (they were porn paraphernalia anyway). A Beyotch on the River Kwai Gunga Dingo The Dirty Dachshund The Longest Dog Wag the Doggie |
[QUOTE=only_human;407639]I'm not that fond of porn but the titles on the other hand....
Old Yeller -> Olé Yeller... But if you are just getting rolling then let the good names roll. I'll cast aside my shackles then (they were porn paraphernalia anyway). A Beyotch on the River Kwai Gunga Dingo The Dirty Dachshund The Longest Dog Wag the Doggie[/QUOTE] And for the submissive doggie: The Great Catsby For the dirty doggy: The Suds Also Rises (Dogs are terrible at grammar.) |
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;407671][URL]http://i.imgur.com/9mJVSPY.gif[/URL][/QUOTE]
And they say dogs have no planning ability! |
[QUOTE=Xyzzy;406721][url]http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-state-of-georgia-copyright-wall-20150727-column.html[/url][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=kladner;407706]And they say dogs have no planning ability![/QUOTE] That gets me to thinking. Blacks didn't work out as servants centuries ago, because, you know, Americans forgot to ask them if they wanted to be slaves. That's intended to be ironically funny, my apologies to anyone who's offended by my humor. But dogs...That's an interesting thing to think about. Pretty much every animal out there has many genetic similarities to other animals, so I would imagine a lot of number crunching and a bit of tweaking could make some highly intelligent canines. We might even be able to add hands and make them walk like people at some point. The question then becomes, what happens if some of them want equal rights? |
[url=www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/12/pornhub-legal-action-advert-parmigiano-reggiano-cheese]Hard cheese: Pornhub may face legal action over Parmigiano-Reggiano ad[/url]
I find such blatant misuse of trademark grating, to say the least. |
[QUOTE=ewmayer;407903][URL="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/12/pornhub-legal-action-advert-parmigiano-reggiano-cheese"]Hard cheese: Pornhub may face legal action over Parmigiano-Reggiano ad[/URL]
I find such blatant misuse of trademark grating, to say the least.[/QUOTE] :yucky::ick::max::razz: |
[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/14/us-usa-new-york-sewer-idUSKCN0QJ0ND20150814]Three men arrested following treasure hunt in New York City's sewers[/url] | Reuters
Cf. Beavis and Butt-Head in [url=http://www.tvrage.com/Beavis_and_Butthead/episodes/19166]The Beaverly Buttbillies[/url]. (Aside: the music video in that ep. by [i]The Bubblemen[/i] and B&B's reactions to it: classic.) |
Missouri legislators suggest an intern dress code.....
.....after two state senators resign following sexual harassment revelations regarding interns.
[QUOTE]Rep. [B]Bill Kidd[/B], an Independence Republican, responded almost immediately with the suggestion that an intern dress code was needed. He was seconded by Republican Rep. [B]Nick King[/B] of Liberty. [B]“We need a good, modest, conservative dress code for both the males and females,”[/B] King wrote in an email to colleagues. [B]“Removing one more distraction will help everyone keep their focus on legislative matters.”[/B] [/QUOTE]Are these legislators high school freshmen? Even in that setting, blaming the way young women (or men) dress is nothing but victim blaming. Do these adults think only with their "little heads"? |
[QUOTE=kladner;408333].....after two state senators resign following sexual harassment revelations regarding interns.
Are these legislators high school freshmen? Even in that setting, blaming the way young women (or men) dress is nothing but victim blaming. Do these adults think only with their "little heads"?[/QUOTE]It may, or may not, be amusing to point out that exactly the same reasoning is used by many Muslim authorities to justify the all-enveloping clothing some women are required to wear. |
[QUOTE=xilman;408363]It may, or may not, be amusing to point out that exactly the same reasoning is used by many Muslim authorities to justify the all-enveloping clothing some women are required to wear.[/QUOTE]And indeed almost all modern societies require some form of dress code. Just try walking around naked in public and see how far you get before starting to have your freedom curtailed. Perhaps there are still some remote tribes in Africa or South America or somewhere that wouldn't care but for the most part you will find it difficult.
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[QUOTE=xilman;408363]It may, or may not, be amusing to point out that exactly the same reasoning is used by many Muslim authorities to justify the all-enveloping clothing some women are required to wear.[/QUOTE]
My opinion on this has changed after interacting more with devote Muslims. This is in no way a burden or obligation, I don't know about the 'old world', but here it is seen as an empowering symbol that removes sexuality from the equation. I've heard many people express that they feel pride in wearing a hijab, that they progress on merit and not on sexuality. Now as for how much of this is 'choice' and how much is indoctrination, who can say. |
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[QUOTE=retina;408364]And indeed almost all modern societies require some form of dress code. Just try walking around naked in public and see how far you get before starting to have your freedom curtailed. Perhaps there are still some remote tribes in Africa or South America or somewhere that wouldn't care but for the most part you will find it difficult.[/QUOTE]
I was going to mention an exception in the form of a onetime [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martinez]local celebrity[/url] in my area, but apparently even in loonie-liberal Berkeley he ended up having his freedom curtailed. Met a tragic end a few years back. |
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[QUOTE]Just try walking around naked in public and see how far you get before starting to have your freedom curtailed.[/QUOTE]Don't people engage in such behavior on at least some European beaches? I have seen Euro-tourists going topless, at least, on the Mexican Caribbean coast. To go all the way, it was better to walk a good distance up the beach from town. It is less common in much of the States, though I have been on one such in Texas, and another in California.
The trick, in Texas (South Padre Island) is to drive far enough north on the beach to be in the next county. Hence, enforcement would have to drive all the way down the coast, and a similar distance back north. Driving that far requires that there have been high enough tides, or better still, heavy rains, to wet some of the sand enough to pack in a relatively solid surface. Four wheel drive can help, but I've seen a Hummer, clearly driven by an idiot, axle-deep in dry sand. On the other hand, Black's Beach in San Diego requires considerable physical effort to reach. I'm not sure what the legal status is. |
[QUOTE=kladner;408502]Don't people engage in such behavior on at least some European beaches?[/QUOTE]I have no doubt they do. People also do that inside their own houses. But those places are not public places AFAICT. Private beaches with restricted "club member" access, and private houses, etc. aren't public places. Try going to your local government office naked to pay your taxes and let us know the outcome.
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[QUOTE=retina;408503]I have no doubt they do. People also do that inside their own houses. But those places are not public places AFAICT. Private beaches with restricted "club member" access, and private houses, etc. aren't public places. Try going to your local government office naked to pay your taxes and let us know the outcome.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't referring to private places, though they may have been designated public places. I agree that there are dress codes in most places, though they may be extremely broad as long as certain parts are relatively covered. However, nudity is just one degree of the attire spectrum. For example, in Mexico it is disrespectful and rude to enter a Catholic church wearing short pants, even baggy, knee-length cargo shorts. In fact, in everyday Mexico City, one felt a bit out of place wearing shorts. You just didn't see them that much, in the part of town we were in. It was extremely different at the Gay Pride parade. Costume ranged from full-blown Frida Kahlo imitators, to a guy whose costume was a mask, a cape, sandals, and body paint suggesting a superhero tights. He walked in the parade and posed for photos at the end in the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3calo"]Zócalo.[/URL] None of the very many cops he walked past batted an eye, though like most other people there, they were taking pictures with their phones. |
Not only in Mexico, I think everywhere in the world, and not only in churches, but also in temples, etc. Here they will give or lend you a piece of fabric (very seldom you have to pay something like US 30 cents for an hour, but generally is free) to wrap around your legs like a long skirt (no matter if you are male or female) if you want to go in a temple, and if they consider your shanks too much exposed, no mater if you are man or woman. Which is ok, except when they do this exclusively for money - such places are easy to spot and I will "protest" by not going in, at all :smile:. And generally, I would have nothing against your masked/painted man, but I would not accept him to walk in the office like that.
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[QUOTE=LaurV;408505]And generally, I would have nothing against your masked/painted man, but I would not accept him to walk in the office like that.[/QUOTE]Why not?
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Originally Posted by [B]LaurV[/B] [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?p=408505#post408505"][IMG]http://www.mersenneforum.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG][/URL] [I]And generally, I would have nothing against your masked/painted man, but I would not accept him to walk in the office like that.[/I] Why not? [/QUOTE] I suspect that he would not try it in his place of employment, either, unless it was a Gay bath house or strip bar that he works in. :smile: |
[QUOTE=retina;408506]Why not?[/QUOTE]
Because you can not wear mask in an electronic factory... people have to see your face, to make sure you are not terrorist... :razz: (gotcha!) |
[QUOTE=LaurV;408544]... people have to see your face, to make sure you are not terrorist...[/QUOTE]I think the TSA could learn something from this.
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[URL="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/meet-guy-sorts-worlds-numbers-attic/"]Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic[/URL]
"Neil Sloane curates the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) from his attic home office in Highland Park, N.J." |
[QUOTE=only_human;408624][URL="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/meet-guy-sorts-worlds-numbers-attic/"]Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic[/URL]
"Neil Sloane curates the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) from his attic home office in Highland Park, N.J."[/QUOTE] Very nice! And moving! I think I am going to make a (very small) donation... |
[QUOTE=retina;408364]And indeed almost all modern societies require some form of dress code. Just try walking around naked in public and see how far you get before starting to have your freedom curtailed. Perhaps there are still some remote tribes in Africa or South America or somewhere that wouldn't care but for the most part you will find it difficult.[/QUOTE]
Makes one wonder what would happen if someone were to create a highly transparent fabric that was reasonably inexpensive and capable of keeping one warm. |
[QUOTE=only_human;408624][URL="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/meet-guy-sorts-worlds-numbers-attic/"]Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic[/URL]
"Neil Sloane curates the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) from his attic home office in Highland Park, N.J."[/QUOTE] He'd do it in his basement, but people would make fun of him. ;) |
[QUOTE=jasong;408661]Makes one wonder what would happen if someone were to create a highly transparent fabric that was reasonably inexpensive and capable of keeping one warm.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/transparent-yarn.html[/url] with double knitting and that wouldn't be too hard I think. |
[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-usa-crime-rentboy-idUSKCN0QU26220150825]U.S. arrests CEO, employees of largest online male escort service[/url] | Reuters
The CEO's Twitter handle kinda gives it away, wouldn't you say? |
[QUOTE=retina;408503]I have no doubt they do. People also do that inside their own houses. But those places are not public places AFAICT. Private beaches with restricted "club member" access, and private houses, etc. aren't public places. Try going to your local government office naked to pay your taxes and let us know the outcome.[/QUOTE]
Modernism and naturism meld at the world’s biggest nude town, [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/27/naked-city-cap-agde-sun-swingers-shoplifting"]Cap d’Agde in France[/URL], which swells to 40,000 people in summer. Could there ever be a naked metropolis? Phil Hoad exposes himself to nude urbanism. |
[QUOTE=kladner;408958]Modernism and naturism meld at the world’s biggest nude town, [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/27/naked-city-cap-agde-sun-swingers-shoplifting"]Cap d’Agde in France[/URL], which swells to 40,000 people in summer. Could there ever be a naked metropolis? Phil Hoad exposes himself to nude urbanism.[/QUOTE]
LOL, you said 'swells.' Said the town cop to the late arrival: 'I think we may be able to squeeze you in, sir.' |
[QUOTE=ewmayer;408986]LOL, you said 'swells.' Said the town cop to the late arrival: 'I think we may be able to squeeze you in, sir.'[/QUOTE]
"Always room for one more!" -W. S. Burroughs |
[url]http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6942231/listen-to-the-most-unwanted-song-in-the-world-scientifically-induced[/url]
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Great single-cycle loop. I wonder how long it hung on.
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[QUOTE=kladner;409380]I wonder how long it hung on.[/QUOTE]Until it got weak and weary?
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;409381]Until it got weak and weary?
:razz:[/QUOTE] 'til it wasn't fun anymore. Some of the comments are great! |
[QUOTE=kladner;409380]Great single-cycle loop. I wonder how long it hung on.[/QUOTE]
is not single, the loop is 6 "wipes" long, you can see the camera moving and then it rewinds |
[QUOTE=LaurV;409421]is not single, the loop is 6 "wipes" long, you can see the camera moving and then it rewinds[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you are correct. In other words, the bird was having fun. |
James Bond he says .....
[url]http://globalnews.ca/news/2202428/man-charged-with-fraud-for-evading-tolls-on-the-golden-ears-bridge/[/url]
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[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/04/chimp-that-attacked-a-drone-with-a-stick-planned-ahead-researchers-say/"]Chimp that attacked a drone with a stick planned ahead, researchers say[/URL]
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[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism[/url]
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;409829][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism[/URL][/QUOTE]
Not news for us, who grew in the communist block. Interesting that [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej"]dej*[/URL] opposed it, and that might have been one of the reasons he was killed. Wiki is is very brief - and wrong - about his death, he was sick but not "such sick", however after a visit to kremlin his condition deteriorated rapidly and he died in less than two months. The "official"/underground version which circulated about hid death during ceausescu* was that he was poisoned/irradiated by russians due to the fact that he didn't want to give them the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Island_%28Black_Sea%29"]Snake island[/URL] (former romanian territory, later russian, at that time in dispute, of course the dispute was won by who had more and bigger tanks). Also ceausescu* opposed it (we learned Mendelian stuff in school, about how to torture little/innocent drosophilas, and lysenkoism was a subject of anecdotes and jokes), but he was much late anyhow, when the things (against lysenkoism) were already settling down, and somehow everybody was opposed to it. ---- * proper names are intentionally not title cased, this is out way to "punish" them, by considering them "things" and not people |
Brooklynn, time they are a changin
[url]http://www.brooklynchanging.com/brooklyn-flux/[/url] Brooklyn, 2007-2015 change, hipster invasion. got a link from wired. [url]http://www.wired.com/2015/09/photos-brooklyn-hipsters/[/url] |
[QUOTE=LaurV;409856]... hid death...
... out way ...[/QUOTE] grr... high powers are playing with me! I am sure :ermm: that I wrote "his death" and in the footnote, "our way". :smile: |
[url=www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/homeopathy-conference-ends-in-chaos-after-delegates-take-hallucinogenic-drug-10491114.html]Germany: Homeopathy conference ends in chaos after delegates take hallucinogenic drug[/url] | The Independent
Well, that certainly qualifies as 'alternative medication'... [i]Broadcaster NDR described the 29 men and women “staggering around, rolling in a meadow, talking gibberish and suffering severe cramps”.[/i] Wait - that was the macroeconomics & fiscal policy conference taking place at the same time in a different part of the same venue. Sorry! |
[url]http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Conway_1k-600x338-e1441133098342.jpg[/url]
John Conway looks a bit like he might have an adamantium skeleton. I don't know, maybe it's just me. Got this from their science news page. |
[url]http://www.wired.com/2014/07/whats-up-with-that-why-does-sleeping-in-just-make-me-more-tired/[/url]
Been wondering about my own sleeping patterns lately. It's really easy for us Goatcher's to fall asleep, but from reading this article, that might be our downfall. I've tried to fix my sleeping patterns in the past, but my bed's like my little cocoon of safety. I go there to think, read a book, when I'm stressed and obviously to sleep. Guess it's time to really take this problem seriously. |
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/10/how-high-school-sports-could-be-hurting-your-kids/[/url]
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[url=https://www.distractify.com/math-is-hard-1356798801.html]Dad Writes Check To School In Common Core Math To Show How Ridiculous It Is[/url] | Distractify
It seems every generation of students has some inane version of 'new math' inflicted on them - in my day it was the 'abstract set theory is key to basic arithmetic!' craze. |
[QUOTE=ewmayer;410940][URL="https://www.distractify.com/math-is-hard-1356798801.html"]Dad Writes Check To School In Common Core Math To Show How Ridiculous It Is[/URL] | Distractify
It seems every generation of students has some inane version of 'new math' inflicted on them - in my day it was the 'abstract set theory is key to basic arithmetic!' craze.[/QUOTE] [STRIKE]You[/STRIKE] Yew wuz jist beggin' fer this- [YOUTUBE]UIKGV2cTgqA[/YOUTUBE] |
[url]http://gizmodo.com/a-new-light-based-memory-chip-could-change-the-fundamen-1731307674[/url]
[QUOTE]Electrons are quick, but they’re not quick enough — in fact they’re holding back the speed of modern computing. Now, a team has developed the world’s first ever light-based memory chip that can store data permanently, and it could help usher in a new era of computing[/QUOTE] |
[QUOTE=kladner;410944][STRIKE]You[/STRIKE] Yew wuz jist beggin' fer this-
[YOUTUBE]UIKGV2cTgqA[/YOUTUBE][/QUOTE] Unfortunately that is now OLD Math.....now it's Common Core Math such as this: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBkQAxt1JXA[/url] My only hope is that this will be a passing fad like "Hooked On Phonics" was for the last generations of kids. |
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[URL="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/22/monkey-selfies-copyright-lawsuit-peta"]Peta sues to give copyright for 'monkey selfies' to macaque who snapped them[/URL]
[QUOTE]A macaque monkey who took [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/22/monkey-business-macaque-selfie-cant-be-copyrighted-say-us-and-uk"]now-famous selfie photographs[/URL] should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by People for the Ethical Treatment of [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/world/animals"]Animals[/URL] (Peta). It seeks a court order allowing Peta to administer all proceeds from the photos for the benefit of the monkey, which it identified as six-year-old Naruto, and other crested macaques living in a reserve on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. [/QUOTE] |
If they win, that's bad for Jason, he will remain only with the sexing unicorns... :razz:
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[QUOTE=ewmayer;410940][URL="https://www.distractify.com/math-is-hard-1356798801.html"]Dad Writes Check To School In Common Core Math To Show How Ridiculous It Is[/URL] | Distractify
It seems every generation of students has some inane version of 'new math' inflicted on them - in my day it was the 'abstract set theory is key to basic arithmetic!' craze.[/QUOTE] Yep. I grew up with set theory too. But the only point those "frustrated parents" seem to be making is "The way I was taught is much easier, why can't they just stick with that?", not appreciating that teachers are attempting to instil an understanding of numbers rather than mere rote learning of a set of rules for manipulating them. The first "frustrated parent" mentioned in that article hilariously thinks that his degree in Electronics Engineering with its "extensive study in differential equations and other higher math applications" qualifies him to ridicule current teaching methods of arithmetic to young children. |
[url]http://www.wired.com/2015/09/microsoft-using-linux-run-cloud/[/url]
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[QUOTE=ewmayer;411149][URL]http://www.wired.com/2015/09/microsoft-using-linux-run-cloud/[/URL][/QUOTE]
Lo! How the mighty have fallen! |
[CODE]$ traceroute -m 99 bad.horse
traceroute to bad.horse (162.252.205.157), 99 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 dsldevice.att.net (192.168.1.254) 1.133 ms 1.286 ms 1.787 ms 2 162-201-52-1.lightspeed.mmphtn.sbcglobal.net (162.201.52.1) 26.823 ms 28.221 ms 32.223 ms 3 99.0.216.234 (99.0.216.234) 33.578 ms 36.357 ms 48.897 ms 4 99.15.205.50 (99.15.205.50) 51.364 ms 52.759 ms 55.645 ms 5 99.15.205.91 (99.15.205.91) 56.761 ms 62.093 ms 62.864 ms 6 99.15.205.49 (99.15.205.49) 63.538 ms 55.590 ms 57.440 ms 7 12.83.112.149 (12.83.112.149) 61.179 ms 12.83.112.141 (12.83.112.141) 29.850 ms 12.83.112.149 (12.83.112.149) 28.337 ms 8 12.122.117.97 (12.122.117.97) 42.962 ms 48.394 ms 51.184 ms 9 192.205.33.42 (192.205.33.42) 52.601 ms 53.216 ms 54.996 ms 10 chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.113.25) 70.323 ms chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.113.19) 81.131 ms chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.143.62) 82.698 ms 11 atlanticmetro-ic-306054-chi-b21.c.telia.net (62.115.42.50) 85.536 ms 86.467 ms 89.451 ms 12 ve769.cr2.lga3.amcbb.net (69.9.33.137) 104.221 ms 105.753 ms 72.996 ms 13 e2-1.cr1.lga1.amcbb.net (108.60.132.121) 69.132 ms 69.501 ms 70.047 ms 14 sandwichnet.dmarc.lga1.atlanticmetro.net (208.68.168.214) 71.596 ms 75.809 ms 76.877 ms 15 bad.horse (162.252.205.130) 79.792 ms 83.889 ms 85.233 ms 16 bad.horse (162.252.205.131) 89.191 ms 91.901 ms 92.458 ms 17 bad.horse (162.252.205.132) 104.462 ms 108.383 ms 108.750 ms 18 bad.horse (162.252.205.133) 117.319 ms 87.112 ms 84.387 ms 19 he.rides.across.the.nation (162.252.205.134) 89.756 ms 91.241 ms 91.746 ms 20 the.thoroughbred.of.sin (162.252.205.135) 101.066 ms 101.485 ms 104.979 ms 21 he.got.the.application (162.252.205.136) 113.122 ms 113.497 ms 115.767 ms 22 that.you.just.sent.in (162.252.205.137) 127.826 ms 128.418 ms 132.393 ms 23 it.needs.evaluation (162.252.205.138) 139.161 ms 139.555 ms 147.091 ms 24 so.let.the.games.begin (162.252.205.139) 114.745 ms 113.315 ms 115.547 ms 25 a.heinous.crime (162.252.205.140) 122.601 ms 123.198 ms 125.133 ms 26 a.show.of.force (162.252.205.141) 132.004 ms 132.711 ms 132.693 ms 27 a.murder.would.be.nice.of.course (162.252.205.142) 141.889 ms 142.347 ms 147.085 ms 28 bad.horse (162.252.205.143) 155.518 ms 159.536 ms 159.909 ms 29 bad.horse (162.252.205.144) 165.350 ms 164.781 ms 165.306 ms 30 bad.horse (162.252.205.145) 141.532 ms 142.222 ms 137.821 ms 31 he-s.bad (162.252.205.146) 146.241 ms 150.172 ms 154.156 ms 32 the.evil.league.of.evil (162.252.205.147) 165.224 ms 165.702 ms 169.527 ms 33 is.watching.so.beware (162.252.205.148) 173.620 ms 173.221 ms 177.300 ms 34 the.grade.that.you.receive (162.252.205.149) 185.533 ms 186.025 ms 190.811 ms 35 will.be.your.last.we.swear (162.252.205.150) 191.281 ms 191.690 ms 193.647 ms 36 so.make.the.bad.horse.gleeful (162.252.205.151) 171.122 ms 175.995 ms 170.327 ms 37 or.he-ll.make.you.his.mare (162.252.205.152) 179.610 ms 185.283 ms 185.689 ms 38 o_o (162.252.205.153) 191.888 ms 193.874 ms 192.420 ms 39 you-re.saddled.up (162.252.205.154) 200.459 ms 204.414 ms 204.886 ms 40 there-s.no.recourse (162.252.205.155) 212.673 ms 213.196 ms 216.341 ms 41 it-s.hi-ho.silver (162.252.205.156) 222.066 ms 195.130 ms 197.851 ms 42 signed.bad.horse (162.252.205.157) 195.147 ms 195.772 ms 202.953 ms[/CODE] |
Wtf?
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what a waste of ip addresses :razz:
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For aficionados of British humour, you can't do much better than the final sentence in this report.
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34374121"]US man sets petrol pump alight over spider[/URL] |
[QUOTE=xilman;411408]For aficionados of British humour, you can't do much better than the final sentence in this report.
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34374121"]US man sets petrol pump alight over spider[/URL][/QUOTE] Reminds of the punchline of Gavin retelling Tommy's last days in [I]Trainspotting[/I]: "The kitten was fine." |
[QUOTE=LaurV;411376]what a waste of ip addresses :razz:[/QUOTE]
Not if you get the joke. See also my avatar. |
[url]https://thestack.com/iot/2015/09/25/russian-scientists-create-cockroach-spy-robot/[/url]
It is once again time to break out the [i]Joe's Apartment[/i] DVD, it seems. IIRC there is a scene featuring a mini-cam-carrying cockroach in that ... but even if memory fails me on that detail, the cockroach song and dance numbers are always a hoot. |
[url]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0926/Mormon-church-issues-statement-about-lunar-eclipse-apocalpyse[/url]
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;411465][url]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0926/Mormon-church-issues-statement-about-lunar-eclipse-apocalpyse[/url][/QUOTE]
"Apocalypse Not" once again, it seems. (Unless you were a highly-leveraged stock market bull who went to be last night with his rally cap on.) |
[url]http://www.stripes.com/report-senior-va-executives-abused-positions-for-financial-gain-1.370781[/url]
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;411567][URL]http://www.stripes.com/report-senior-va-executives-abused-positions-for-financial-gain-1.370781[/URL][/QUOTE]
Nice work, if you can get it, eh? So much for any kind of service except self-service.:sad: |
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I guess VW stands for Veemadeamistake Weeadmitit (my German's a little rusty.....).
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[QUOTE=davar55;411641]I guess VW stands for Veemadeamistake Weeadmitit (my German's a little rusty.....).[/QUOTE]
Close enough, though admitting it took a while. Then too, it wasn't really a mistake. It was a calculated deception. But I am quibbling. :smile: |
[QUOTE=Xyzzy;411465][url]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0926/Mormon-church-issues-statement-about-lunar-eclipse-apocalpyse[/url][/QUOTE]
If I may make my own apocalypse prediction, intended to be taken with the same seriousness as any random Mersenne prime prediction, I'd like to make the following observation. If memory serves(?) Jewish year 1 is about 4004BC. If you add 6066 to that(my own take on six, three score and 6) you get 2062. That's my ultra-casual prediction, the world will end in 2062. It's also based on the idea that 1996(2 upside down 6s and a right-side up one) is 2 years before 1998, which is 666*3 and 1999 has 666 upside down. And 1996 plus 66 is 2062. I was still rather bad off with my mental health in the years from 1996 to 1999, which is how I originally got obsessed with these years. Now it's just a casual memory, something to be mentioned in passing when someone with a mental illness totally accepts that their sick. It's cathartic to mention it periodically. Another memory that felt incredibly important years ago, or maybe my brain made it up, is that if you take Osama Bin Laden and switch a couple letters, you get Obama sin laden. Conspiracy theories, ftw. |
[QUOTE=jasong;411778]If memory serves(?) Jewish year 1 is about 4004BC.[/quote]Incorrect. You are citing Archbishop Usher's number. That is based upon the birth of Jesus at 4 BC. That figure is off. The current Jewish year is [URL="http://www.science.co.il/Jewish-Holidays.asp"]5776[/URL]
[quote]If you add 6066 to that(my own take on six, three score and 6) you get 2062.[/quote]666 has nothing to do with time. If you want to work the numbers on time, you have to look at Daniel, not Revelation. Beside, your "take on six, three score and 6" is wrong. Quoting from the KJV skews your concept of numbers (I have personally looked into this.) Numbers in the original were typically written in a numeric form, not a verbal form. The term 'score', i.e. 20, is not in the original, it was put in by the translators. The number is more accurately portrayed in the text as 666, not six hundred sixty six. This goes for the Old and New Testaments. [quote]That's my ultra-casual prediction, the world will end in 2062. It's also based on the idea that 1996(2 upside down 6s and a right-side up one) is 2 years before 1998, which is 666*3 and 1999 has 666 upside down. And 1996 plus 66 is 2062.[/quote] The shape of the numbers that you use have NOTHING to do with any of the numbers expressed in the Bible. If you want a good solid examination of the numbers from the book of Daniel, look at Isaac Newton's examination of the matter. Look at Matt 24:36, Mark 13:32, and Acts 1:6-7 Again, I will extend to you the offer, once again, if you want to discuss these matters more, please PM me. It will be vastly more beneficial to you to discuss this in private. |
One ring to rule them all
Random Amazon side-track fun find:
While looking for something (locking-ring drill depth stop) in AMZN hardware, this popped up in my search - that's some sale discount - pre-owned by Sauron the dark lord, mayhap? [url=http://www.amazon.com/Titanium-Polish-Brush-Finish-Wedding/dp/B00CLTP0EY/ref=pd_sbs_197_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=121R8HZA5BYKQ12ZMAQQ]Men's Titanium 8MM Flat High Polish/Brush Finish Wedding Band Ring w/ FREE gift box (Sizes 7 to 13.5)[/url] Also available in Tungsten carbide! These remind me of the stainless steel (?) wedding band Ed Harris's character sports in [i]The Abyss[/i], the one he pulls off in a fit a pique at his ex-wife and tosses into the nearest chem-blue porta-toilet, only to regret it, retrieve the ring (which leaves his retrieving arm dyed blue up to the bicep for the rest of the movie) and have it end up saving his life later on. |
[url]http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/details-emerge-about-oregon-gunman-a-self-described-conservative-who-loved-guns-and-conspiracy-theories/?utm_source=fark[/url]
For any NSA people reading this, I mean this facetiously, but, apparently, I'm at high risk for killing large numbers of people. |
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