Seen at a dealer we visited yesterday:

(Chicago, IL, USA) Cubs win. We live just over a mile South of Wrigley Field. There are some very creative car horn choruses going on, accompanied by the sound of super-high-revving engines, followed by the smell of burning rubber drifting in a third floor window over a fairly narrow residential side street.

Right now, the ground traffic has quieted and multiple helicopters are the main soundscape.[INDENT]It reminds me of the first time I saw Leonard Cohen. It happened that the concert fell on Fathers' Day. It also happened that the Chicago Bulls won their third championship in a row, that night.

When it became known that the Bulls had won, Cohen dryly remarked,
"I want to congratulate you on your great municipal victory. Enjoy it before the next tax increase."

[/INDENT]There were certainly wild times on the streets, that night. We were glad to quickly get a cab and get home.

Ah! Relative quiet, at least for a few moments. I suspect that the traffic wave has moved out from around the stadium, and is now entertaining the Near West Side, North Shore suburbs, etc. There are still some hooters and hollerers to be heard on foot out the window behind my desk. :fusion:

[QUOTE=kladner;445573](Chicago, IL, USA) Cubs win.
[/QUOTE]

:toot::toot::banana::banana::beer:

[QUOTE=bsquared;445575]:toot::toot::banana::banana::beer:[/QUOTE]
Indeed! I guess many are either home, or ensconced in bars at this point. The sound levels are pretty normal for living a block or so from a major hospital/trauma center. Not even a siren for a while. :smile:
Of course, the El main line a similar distance away still rumbles past now and then.

Heyo! That's what I get for not reading the Lounge for a couple days. (To be fair, I had much more important matters on my mind.)

I've been to see two games this year, and am in the lottery for World Series tickets (long odds of course). I didn't know you lived so close kladner!

Bsquared, does this mean all two of us are now all three of us Cubs fans?! That would be awesome!

[QUOTE=Dubslow;445660]Heyo! That's what I get for not reading the Lounge for a couple days. (To be fair, I had much more important matters on my mind.)

I've been to see two games this year, and am in the lottery for World Series tickets (long odds of course). I didn't know you lived so close kladner!

Bsquared, does this mean all two of us are now all three of us Cubs fans?! That would be awesome![/QUOTE]

I've been a Cubs fan all my life, but sadly have not been to a game in quite a few years. Will have to remedy that, soon.

3! Did you grow up in town?

[QUOTE=Dubslow;445673]3! Did you grow up in town?[/QUOTE]

Grew up in Iowa, where we have to shop around for our pro sports teams :smile:.

[QUOTE=bsquared;445674]Grew up in Iowa, where we have to shop around for our pro sports teams :smile:.[/QUOTE]

Hey, dem AAA Cubbies are out there! What's that experience like? I've only ever been to Single A minor league games.

Yeah they're fun, but of course not like the bigs. A lot more competitive than A-ball, for sure. It's been awhile since I've seen even the ICubs play.

Solving three Rubik's Cubes while juggling them. (about 6 minutes)
Ravi Fernando "Start: 0:26. Cubes solved at 1:38, 4:15, and 5:55. Near-drop at 2:03."
[url]https://youtu.be/K_gHa2x2OQA[/url]
[YOUTUBE]K_gHa2x2OQA[/YOUTUBE]
via [URL="https://plus.google.com/109869432137613080522/posts/KffsGgvCLFg"]Ian Agol[/URL] on Google+: "Watched him do this Saturday at the math dept. picnic."

[url]https://i.imgur.com/xwtwZzV.gifv[/url]

[url]https://i.imgur.com/JEzyFC6.gifv[/url]

GAME 7 HYPE

[URL]http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/this-evil-office-printer-hijacks-your-cellphone-connection/[/URL]

Edit: [url]http://electricalstrategies.com/about/in-the-news/spies-in-the-xerox-machine/[/url]

Does anyone have experience with this?

[url]https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10[/url]

[url]https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HlMpjn9TEm416gg/giphy.gif[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;446405]Does anyone have experience with this?

[URL]https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10[/URL][/QUOTE]
No experience, (no W10), but if it does what it says it is a great thing to have.
[SIZE=1]I hope it doesn't send all that stuff to "Russian Hackers" instead. :smile:[/SIZE]

We hesitate to use it because we practice (extreme) skeptical computing.

However, it sounds like the perfect app.

:help:

We did some incredibly inelegant programming this evening and came up with this:[CODE]def isprime(n):
for i in xrange(2, int(n**0.5) + 1):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True
list = [2, 3, 5, 7]
while list != []:
print list
tmp = []
for i in list:
for j in range(i * 10, i * 10 + 10):
if isprime(j) == True:
tmp.append(j)
list = tmp[/CODE]The program appears to "run out of data" at eight iterations:[CODE][2, 3, 5, 7]
[23, 29, 31, 37, 53, 59, 71, 73, 79]
[233, 239, 293, 311, 313, 317, 373, 379, 593, 599, 719, 733, 739, 797]
[2333, 2339, 2393, 2399, 2939, 3119, 3137, 3733, 3739, 3793, 3797, 5939, 7193, 7331, 7333, 7393]
[23333, 23339, 23399, 23993, 29399, 31193, 31379, 37337, 37339, 37397, 59393, 59399, 71933, 73331, 73939]
[233993, 239933, 293999, 373379, 373393, 593933, 593993, 719333, 739391, 739393, 739397, 739399]
[2339933, 2399333, 2939999, 3733799, 5939333, 7393913, 7393931, 7393933]
[23399339, 29399999, 37337999, 59393339, 73939133][/CODE]We expect this is not very interesting but it was fun for us.

:mike:

I'm not sure what's going on here (other than the fact that there are Mersenne Prime exponents), but the title is German for "Project Floating Calculator Heating Unit". Are you using your computers to heat your home or something? That's not very energy efficient.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;446405]Does anyone have experience with this?

[url]https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10[/url][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;446419]We hesitate to use it because we practice (extreme) skeptical computing.

However, it sounds like the perfect app.

:help:[/QUOTE]

Which company do you trust more? Microsoft or a company you have never heard of?

[QUOTE=henryzz;446596]Which company do you trust more? Microsoft or a company you have never heard of?[/QUOTE]Is this a trick question?

:razz:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;446445]We did some incredibly inelegant programming this evening and came up with this:[/QUOTE]User "[URL=http://www.mersenneforum.org/member.php?u=14625]jvang[/URL]" suggested some improvements, so we now have:[CODE]def isprime(n):
for i in xrange(2, int(n**0.5) + 1):
if n % i == 0: return False
return True
a = [2, 3, 5, 7]
b = [1, 3, 7, 9]
while a != []:
t = []
for x in a:
for y in b:
if isprime(x * 10 + y): t.append(x * 10 + y)
print a
a = t[/CODE][CODE][2, 3, 5, 7]
[23, 29, 31, 37, 53, 59, 71, 73, 79]
[233, 239, 293, 311, 313, 317, 373, 379, 593, 599, 719, 733, 739, 797]
[2333, 2339, 2393, 2399, 2939, 3119, 3137, 3733, 3739, 3793, 3797, 5939, 7193, 7331, 7333, 7393]
[23333, 23339, 23399, 23993, 29399, 31193, 31379, 37337, 37339, 37397, 59393, 59399, 71933, 73331, 73939]
[233993, 239933, 293999, 373379, 373393, 593933, 593993, 719333, 739391, 739393, 739397, 739399]
[2339933, 2399333, 2939999, 3733799, 5939333, 7393913, 7393931, 7393933]
[23399339, 29399999, 37337999, 59393339, 73939133][/CODE]

What about appending 2 digits at once?

[QUOTE=Stargate38;446486]That's not very energy efficient.[/QUOTE]
That is totally energy efficient. If you heat a wire (which in turn heats water, or directly your walls/floor/etc) you transform electrical energy into heat, without finding any prime and without factoring any number. All energy transforms into heat eventually, regardless of the fact that it is passing through your processor or to your boiler. One kilowatt spent on your computer produces exactly the same amount of heat as one kilowatt spent on your boiler. And more prime factors...

[QUOTE=LaurV;446701]That is totally energy efficient. If you heat a wire (which in turn heats water, or directly your walls/floor/etc) you transform electrical energy into heat ...[/QUOTE]But there are more efficient ways to heat your house. [spoiler]Heat pumps, aka a/c[/spoiler]

[QUOTE=retina;446702]But there are more efficient ways to heat your house. [spoiler]Heat pumps, aka a/c[/spoiler][/QUOTE]Indeed. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party manifesto pledge at one of the UK general elections was to address global warming by changing building regulations to require that all new buildings had to have air conditioning on the outside to cool the atmosphere.

[QUOTE=xilman;446710]...all new buildings had to have air conditioning on the outside to cool the atmosphere.[/QUOTE]
Love that! Wonderful! Haha... :tu: :w00t:

[QUOTE=xilman;446710]Indeed. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party manifesto pledge at one of the UK general elections was to address global warming by changing building regulations to require that all new buildings had to have air conditioning on the outside to cool the atmosphere.[/QUOTE]

While the majority of buildings in the UK don't have it on the inside.

[QUOTE=LaurV;446717]Love that! Wonderful! Haha... :tu: :w00t:[/QUOTE]Although a Raving Loony has never been elected to Parliament, several of their manifesto pledges have been enacted. Examples include lowering the voting age to 18, passports for pets and all-day pub opening hours.

[QUOTE=LaurV;446701]That is totally energy efficient. If you heat a wire (which in turn heats water, or directly your walls/floor/etc) you transform electrical energy into heat, without finding any prime and without factoring any number. All energy transforms into heat eventually, regardless of the fact that it is passing through your processor or to your boiler. One kilowatt spent on your computer produces exactly the same amount of heat as one kilowatt spent on your boiler. And more prime factors...[/QUOTE]

However, since I keep my computers in an outhouse because they make a noise like eighteen screaming banshees and disrupt the tranquility of my abode, all I end up with as a side-effect of my prime factors is a warm outhouse. It is occasionally suggested that I could grow cactuses or keep tortoises there, but I go to the outhouse fairly rarely and it seems sad to grow cactuses and keep tortoises that are only rarely seen.

[QUOTE=fivemack;446731]However, since I keep my computers in an outhouse because they make a noise like eighteen screaming banshees and disrupt the tranquility of my abode, all I end up with as a side-effect of my prime factors is a warm outhouse. It is occasionally suggested that I could grow cactuses or keep tortoises there, but I go to the outhouse fairly rarely and it seems sad to grow cactuses and keep tortoises that are only rarely seen.[/QUOTE]Pot plants?

I just looked up the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57_(number)"]Grothendieck prime[/URL] and learned that it is also a Leyland number. Then I checked if the [URL="https://www.google.com/search?q=physicists+prime+9"]Physicist's prime[/URL] is a Leyland number too but that is off by one. So close.

[QUOTE=only_human;446744]Then I checked if the [URL="https://www.google.com/search?q=physicists+prime+9"]Physicist's prime[/URL] is a Leyland number too but that is off by one. So close.[/QUOTE]Obviously experimental error.

[QUOTE=LaurV;446701]All energy transforms into heat eventually, regardless of the fact that it is passing through your processor or to your boiler. One kilowatt spent on your computer produces exactly the same amount of heat as one kilowatt spent on your boiler. And more prime factors...[/QUOTE]

Just playing with you here, because I'm in a good mood! :smile:

Technically, if the energy produces information (for example, a newly found Prime or a newly found Factor), not _all_ the energy is converted to heat; at least, not immediately.

Entropy and Enthalpy; the "Inseparable Sisters". Physics is fun!!! :wink:

I can't imagine how putting 1KW into the computer would produce less heat than putting 1KW into a wire... Therefore I assume that heating a resistor also produces information, but for some reason I believe that we are too stupid to interpret it. :razz:
Maybe at some quantum levels there inside of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichrome"]nichrome[/URL], there are hundreds of mersenne primes found every second... hehehe... :paul:

[url]http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/11/arrival-proves-that-first-contact-movies-can-still-blow-your-mind/[/url]

[QUOTE=LaurV;446809]I can't imagine...[/QUOTE]
So, I am talking alone here... I don't like to talk alone.. :no:
Buddy, why are you purple? What have you done? :shock:
Why did you upset the gods to be? And how? :surprised:
Hopefully you are not purple with anger because of me.. :razz:

[URL]https://lalbumdelleminchiate.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/boat-faceplant.gif[/URL]

[B]A Letter To the US from John Cleese[/B]

[URL]http://cogink.com/cleese/[/URL]


[QUOTE]To the citizens of the United States of America, in light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II resumes monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. [/QUOTE]

[YOUTUBE]mGtYLRQh1Gk[/YOUTUBE]

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;447184][B]A Letter To the US from John Cleese[/B]

[URL]http://cogink.com/cleese/[/URL][/QUOTE]
An amusing piece
But it is not Cleese
To dash your hopes
Have a look at Snopes :razz:

[url]http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/revocation.asp[/url]

[url]http://m.imgur.com/BYywP8k?r[/url]

Me being supr-hero again, hehe... (if you go to youtube, there are more explanations there)

[YOUTUBE]JIikrOUrfZc[/YOUTUBE]

[QUOTE=LaurV;447396]Me being supr-hero again, hehe... (if you go to youtube, there are more explanations there)
[/QUOTE]
Wow - your wildlife is much wilder than ours!

[YOUTUBE]0Q8o61kqFvA[/YOUTUBE]

An older article, but fun and interesting to read nonetheless.

[url]http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/59/9/10.1063/1.2364246[/url]

Did [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/us-navys-most-expensive-destroyer-breaks-down-in-panama-canal"]these guys[/URL] voted with Trump? Or they didn't, and were angry?
edit: I would have liked a lot to be in Panama at that time, hehe... and watch it with my mouth open...

I don't know if it belongs here, really... but at least you could give me a free proofreading service :smile:

It's an article between IT security. politics and rant...

[url]https://medium.com/@luigimorelli/whats-wrong-with-usa-green-card-diversity-visa-program-6b2096f12f31#.tt3suv6cf[/url]

[QUOTE=ET_;447769]I don't know if it belongs here, really... but at least you could give me a free proofreading service :smile:

It's an article between IT security. politics and rant...

[url]https://medium.com/@luigimorelli/whats-wrong-with-usa-green-card-diversity-visa-program-6b2096f12f31#.tt3suv6cf[/url][/QUOTE]

[quote]confirm my dedition to the problem[/quote]

Believe this is "dedication"

[quote]am noy concerned[/quote]

am not concerned

also "governative" is not a word, just use "government" (although "government" is nominally a noun, it can also be used as an adjective. governative makes sense to any fluent speaker of course, but it's not the standard form, and in such an article you need the credit of standard form)

[quote]with concerned regards,[/quote] ^ Capitalize the W

[QUOTE=Dubslow;447785]Believe this is "dedication"



am not concerned

also "governative" is not a word, just use "government" (although "government" is nominally a noun, it can also be used as an adjective. governative makes sense to any fluent speaker of course, but it's not the standard form, and in such an article you need the credit of standard form)

^ Capitalize the W[/QUOTE]

Thank you Dubslow :smile:

Strange activity over in the "And now for something completely different" subforum.
 

@Xyzzy: Please tell me what's going on with the "[B]Projekt Gleitkommarechnerheizgerät[/B]" thread, over in the "And now for something completely different" subforum. All I see are some Mersenne Primes divided by what appears to be random powers of 10, like this:

[code]38,6972593,2098960,50000,MV,(2^6972593/10^381525)%10^50000
38,6972593,2098960,60000,MV,(2^6972593/10^339640)%10^60000[/code]When I asked over there, my post ended up in this thread, so I'm asking here.

[QUOTE=Stargate38;447902]@Xyzzy: Please tell me what's going on with the "[B]Projekt Gleitkommarechnerheizgerät[/B]" thread, over in the "And now for something completely different" subforum. All I see are some Mersenne Primes divided by what appears to be random powers of 10, like this:

[code]38,6972593,2098960,50000,MV,(2^6972593/10^381525)%10^50000
38,6972593,2098960,60000,MV,(2^6972593/10^339640)%10^60000[/code]When I asked over there, my post ended up in this thread, so I'm asking here.[/QUOTE]It's a sort of IQ test. I passed it, so you ought to be able to do so.

[url]http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/usb-killer-fries-devices/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;448211][url]http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/usb-killer-fries-devices/[/url][/QUOTE]

Don't buy one for Xmas! :xmastree:

[QUOTE=paulunderwood;448228]Don't buy one for Xmas! :xmastree:[/QUOTE]
Presumably, the version for contactless payment and ticketing terminals will be next...

[url]http://stevecampbell.deviantart.com/art/Abandoned-Railway-Station-Infrared-637160733[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;448349][URL]http://stevecampbell.deviantart.com/art/Abandoned-Railway-Station-Infrared-637160733[/URL][/QUOTE]
:tu:

[url]https://prankcandles.com/[/url]

It came down to the wire, but yesterday we achieved our riding goal for 2016, which was to ride 50,000 miles. We ended up with 13 states and 490 counties.

:tire:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;449966]It came down to the wire, but yesterday we achieved our riding goal for 2016, which was to ride 50,000 miles. We ended up with 13 states and 490 counties.[/QUOTE]This summer I plan to add all of those states (except the ones I already have), and a few more (10 or more new ones). That should get me over the 1/2 mark for states. It should also bump county total quite a bit (currently at 250).

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;449966]It came down to the wire, but yesterday we achieved our riding goal for 2016, which was to ride 50,000 miles. We ended up with 13 states and 490 counties.

:tire:[/QUOTE]

A couple weeks ago I drove from Champaign to Space Coast, Florida via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Jacksonville.

I see we share a good portion of that trip; the segment of I-75 south from Chattanooga to Florida in particular stands out on the map.

[YOUTUBE]yi2bX2u5HpA[/YOUTUBE]

[url]https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/that-time-a-monkey-flew-to-the-edge-of-space-and-then-smashed-into-a-destroyer/[/url]

[url]https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/nvidia-quadro-gp100-price-details/[/url]

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin_Parish,_Louisiana[/url]

[QUOTE]The parish is split into two non-contiguous parts, because of a surveying error dating to 1868, when Iberia Parish was created by the Louisiana Legislature.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://mentalfloss.com/article/73142/musical-roads-5-places-where-streets-sing"]Musical Roads: 5 Places Where the Streets Sing[/URL]

This is perhaps the most addictive game we have ever played.

[url]http://www.cardcrawl.com/[/url]

You have been warned!

Our stats:

Normal: 103
Constructed: 132
Delve: Level 13

The feral teenager that lives with us (jvang) informed us today that he has improved his ACT composite score from 32 to 34. Unfortunately, his lowest score on the test (30) was math.

He is currently in the process of applying to a special school for his junior and senior year of high school. If accepted, we will have to rename him to the feral teenager who doesn't live with us.

[url]http://www.asmsa.org/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;453104]Normal: 103
Constructed: 132
Delve: Level 13[/QUOTE]Normal: 116
Constructed: 147
Delve: Level 14

:mike:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy]Normal: 103
Constructed: 132
Delve: Level 13[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Xyzzy]
Normal: 116
Constructed: 147
Delve: Level 14[/QUOTE]Normal: 116
Constructed: 184
Delve: Level 14

:mike:

Our eighth IB1K this year:

We are averaging ~151 miles a day.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;455067]Our eighth IB1K this year:[/QUOTE]

What defines a stop? No potty or snack breaks?

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;455068]We are averaging ~151 miles a day.[/QUOTE]
That's a lot more than I've been averaging!

This year's driving log:
[code]
Jan 17
1 - 64 miles 17 - 34 miles
2 - 48 miles 18 - 30 miles
3 - 26 miles 19 - 93 miles
4 - 34 miles 20 - 1 mile
5 - 30 miles 21 - 0
6 - 180 miles 22 - 0
7 - 90 miles 23 - 34 miles
8 - 68 miles 24 - 46 miles
9 - 30 miles 25 - 31 miles
10 - 30 miles 26 - 32 miles
11 - 33 miles 27 - 49 miles
12 - 30 miles 28 - 37 miles
13 - 30 miles 29 - 79 miles
14 - 80 miles 30 - 30 miles
15 - 75 miles 31 - 24 miles
16 - 32 miles
Total - 1400 miles

Feb 17
1 - 32 miles 15 - 31 miles
2 - 45 miles 16 - 157 miles
3 - 150 miles 17 - 93 miles
4 - 17 miles 18 - 17 miles
5 - 56 miles 19 - 52 miles
6 - 30 miles 20 - 87 miles
7 - 46 miles 21 - 34 miles
8 - 16 miles 22 - 35 miles
9 - 35 miles 23 - 35 miles
10 - 35 miles 24 - 33 miles
11 - 161 miles 25 - 34 miles
12 - 47 miles 26 - 3 miles
13 - 40 miles 27 - 51 miles
14 - 50 miles 28 - 28 miles
Total - 1450 miles

Mar 17
1 - 64 miles 17 - 204 miles
2 - 34 miles 18 - 20 miles
3 - 10 miles
4 - 0
5 - 86 miles
6 - 27 miles
7 - 30 miles
8 - 53 miles
9 - 38 miles
10 - 159 miles
11 - 2 miles
12 - 0 miles
13 - 29 miles
14 - 54 miles
15 - 29 miles
16 - 29 miles
Total - 868 miles
[/code]

I usually like driving. I like driving long, I love driving far, and the more aimless the better.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;455067]Our eighth IB1K this year:[/QUOTE]
The times and distances are similar to a trip I did two years ago. It wasn't a direct route, though, I took some scenic side drives along the way.

[QUOTE=masser;455070]What defines a stop? No potty or snack breaks?[/QUOTE]When we have a quick stop, we leave the ignition in the accessory mode. That way, we don't have to wait for the GPS to boot when we return to the motorcycle.

The ignition is controlled by a wireless key fob that is in one of our jacket pockets, so there is no risk of the vehicle being started and stolen.

If you look closely at the duration of the trip and the average speed, you will see that we stopped numerous times for a few minutes each.

:mike:

[URL]https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/intels-first-optane-ssd-375gb-that-you-can-also-use-as-ram/[/URL][QUOTE]Memory Drive Technology uses a middleware layer that boots before, and is transparent to, the operating system, and it combines regular DRAM with the SSD to make a single large pool of volatile memory. For most workloads, this will be slightly slower than if the same amount of DRAM were being used, but the cost should be substantially lower, and the power consumption modestly improved. Intel even claims that some workloads will go faster; although Optane "memory" is slower than regular RAM, the middleware layer that manages the memory can move data around so that it is closer to the processor that is using it, which can assist when using NUMA configurations.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;455180][URL]https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/intels-first-optane-ssd-375gb-that-you-can-also-use-as-ram/[/URL][/QUOTE]
Can you erase it securely as well?

[url]https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/28/someone-recreated-the-offices-dunder-mifflin-in-explorable-3d-and-i-love-it/[/url]

[url]http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-its-alive/[/url]

2 more posts and this thread will have a prime length (569). 433 more posts before we get to 1000...

This is a post.

This is a prime post! :smile:

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/us/arkansas-ten-comandment-monument/index.html[/url][QUOTE]Standing at over six feet tall, the monument was originally authorized in 2015 in "The Ten Commandments Monument Display Act," which defined the Ten Commandments as "an important component of the moral foundation of the laws and legal system of the United States of America and of the State of Arkansas."[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;462277][URL]http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/us/arkansas-ten-comandment-monument/index.html[/URL][/QUOTE][URL]http://katv.com/news/local/10-commandments[/URL]

:rofl:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;462288][URL]http://katv.com/news/local/10-commandments[/URL]

:rofl:[/QUOTE]
Same guy?

[URL]http://ktul.com/archive/driver-runs-over-ten-commandments-monument[/URL][QUOTE]Plans continue for a seven-foot-tall statue of Satan.[/QUOTE]:unsure:

See also the [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32573812"]Edstone[/URL] and
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdStone[/url]

My new favorite phrase for when things go sour: "the plot shittens."

Example of extended usage: that fellow in AR and OK is evidently a big fan of shittening those "monuments"

Bunch of links, references, and math
 

I was aimlessly surfing Reddit not too long ago and found this:
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/6gew57/beat_the_freeze_race_gives_fan_a_generous_head/[/url]

So, how fast was the Freeze, and could I beat him without having a head start? Let's find out.

As a reader on that thread posted, the distance run was 531.4', or 162.0 meters: [url]http://i.imgur.com/IF669E9.jpg[/url] The Freeze took 20.0 seconds to cover it (the fan got a 4.0 second head start).

My best 100m time is 11.98: [url]https://www.tfrrs.org/results/48994_3195102.html[/url] 100-200m times are usually run at the same pace since the lack of a need to accelerate from a standing start again is compensated by fatigue at the end of the race. For instance, Usain Bolt's 100 and 200 times are 9.58 and 19.19 (2x9.58 = 19.16).

So, my 162 meter time would be 11.98x1.62 = 19.41, which is faster than The Freeze's 20.0. But that doesn't tell the whole story. His speed was restricted by the suit and by having to run on the dirt and not on a rubberized track. He didn't train to have a peak performance in that race either.

Further investigation found that The Freeze was Nigel Talton, who had a best 100m time of 10.47: [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/6gi5cq/the_freeze_has_been_identified_as_nigel_talton_a/[/url] His best 162 meter time would be 16.96 (10.47/11.98 * 1.62), or 2.45 seconds faster than mine.

A fair race might be the following:
- Both of us are wearing spikes on a rubberized track
- No head starts, but the Freeze also has to wear his suit
- The Freeze is in the condition he was in during that race (1-2 seconds slower than his best?), but I'm in the best shape of my life and am peaking for that race.

I think the result would be a tossup. Not bad for someone who was the slowest kid in his class in third grade.

Bonus question: Would the fan have won if he didn't celebrate before the race was over? At first I thought the answer would be "yes", but this suggests that premature celebrations might not make that much of a difference: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-urnlaJpOA[/url]

Side note: I was pleasantly surprised that people who graduated and aren't part of a team can still compete and race against college athletes. I can usually beat a few of them and not finish in the bottom 10% (see [url]https://www.tfrrs.org/results/48027_3100367.html[/url] ), but everyone in the race that I ran 11.98 in was pretty damn fast!

I will simply put this here. :whistle:

[SPOILER]19:21, 1st Nov 2015
Thread title (original 'How fast can a thread get to 1,000 posts?') changed[/SPOILER]

I wonder if the title was not changed, the goal may have been achieved by now, no?