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Overnight Open Thread (22 Jul 2017)

I still think this is part of an effort to find out who the leakers in the IC are. Trump slams 'illegal' leak alleging Sessions discussed campaign with Russian envoy. I can totally see a IC person with access to intercepts that hates Trump seeing this come across their screen and think they hit the jackpot and must leak it to the press without verifying the document they are looking at. They can't resist the story as it too perfectly fits their narrative. Unfortunately for them, the access to such info would be limited and enables the leak hunters a smaller field to see who is violating their oath.

Dungeons & Dragons

Oh I remember the hours of planning with this stuff as a kid. New 'Dungeons & Dragons' site manages the rules so you can just play.

Dumb

This is tremendously stupid. Drop algebra requirement because minorities keep failing it. Hint. It's not algebra that's the problem for these folks.

Why Is Alcohol Content Referred To As Proof?

Floaters

I've had a few that have annoyed me at times over the years, but I don't think I'm quite ready to have them lazed yet. Laser blasts could finally remove those annoying squiggles in your vision.

Leaks

Top General says leaks to the NY Times are the reason ISIS leader al-Baghdadi escaped US forces and is likely still alive. Par for the course for the media. Of note, this was probably an attempt to fluff up the Obama administration at the time so they seemed like they were tough on terrorism.

Jobs

Hmmm. Retirement looms for me. I need to figure out what I'm going to do when I grow up. The 20 most in-demand jobs that pay more than $100,000.

Portable Torches

Yeah, I think I'd rather have a gun. Anti-pervert mini flamethrowers for women sold online in China.
h/t

The Tomcat

SR-71 Story

Heh. Here's an SR-71 story that'll make you laugh.

USS Gerald R. Ford

Yeah, we commissioned the USS Gerald R. Ford today but it is still far from ready for combat operations.

Cat Video

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1 1st?

Posted by: The Shuddering Hat at July 22, 2017 09:51 PM (vBeA5)

2 cool

Posted by: The Firsting Hat at July 22, 2017 09:51 PM (vBeA5)

3 turd

Posted by: JoeF. at July 22, 2017 09:52 PM (89VjS)

4 Happy Caturday!

Posted by: Basement Cat at July 22, 2017 09:53 PM (3C9q2)

5 What? No Lena? After last night?

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 22, 2017 09:53 PM (e9G8E)

6
In before Eell, l...

Posted by: Il suffit de dire at July 22, 2017 09:53 PM (4DCSq)

7 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 09:53 PM (IcT7t)

8 No Yoko! Yay!

I come to you with large jungle rodents -

themindcircle.com/photos-prove-capybara-can-befriend-every-species/

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 09:54 PM (6FqZa)

9 Th?

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at July 22, 2017 09:55 PM (gffNb)

10 Joy, the invitation is always open. Email in the nic works if you need it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 09:55 PM (IcT7t)

11 Hello Horde!

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 09:56 PM (q1+kD)

12 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 09:54 PM (6FqZa)

You don't really want Yoko do you?

Posted by: CDR M at July 22, 2017 09:56 PM (9I51B)

13 Tranny Honey bawah

Woot-woot ONT

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 09:56 PM (hi/I/)

14 Since it looks like airplanes are a topic, this was willowed from the previous thread

512 They turned the C-119 into a gunship in Vietnam, the AC-119 Stinger/Shadow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119

Posted by: josephistan at July 22, 2017 09:56 PM (ANIFC)

15 20 jobs, lots of managers and no worker bees

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 09:58 PM (hi/I/)

16 Evening Horde!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 09:58 PM (tr2D7)

17 I like how when you click the Floaters article the first thing you see is a picture that looks like it took someone ten seconds to draw in MS Paint.

Posted by: Aunt Luna at July 22, 2017 09:58 PM (oF6wJ)

18 Floaters (in the eye) - my sis-in-law and I were talking, she was saying "I'm seeing more and more of these weird little things when I look at something clear, like the sky" and I saz "yeah, I got em too" so she says "but what does it mean? why are they there?" and I sez "It means you're over 50, baby. That's what it means."

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2017 09:59 PM (V2Yro)

19 Cheers to a drama free ONT.

Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)

20 Awwww....doggeh is so patient.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:02 PM (Enq6K)

21 Cheers to a drama free ONT.

And if you leave the jokes to me, humor free as well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:03 PM (IcT7t)

22 I agree that colleges should get rid of algebra.

(Keep it in 9th grade where it belongs.)

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 10:03 PM (zkGZ8)

23 Hey fappers.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:03 PM (0mRoj)

24
19 Cheers to a drama free ONT.


Seems nobody wants to play tonight...

Posted by: Il suffit de dire at July 22, 2017 10:04 PM (4DCSq)

25 Has anyone seen Valerian?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 22, 2017 10:05 PM (dKiJG)

26 CMR M, that was a very funny. well-told SR-71 story. Even if a 1310 got flamed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 22, 2017 10:05 PM (hyuyC)

27 Has anyone seen Valerian?

Don't think I've ever seen that nic here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:06 PM (IcT7t)

28 Tranny Honey bawah

Woot-woot ONT
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Not sure if the Tranny Honey should go with the Homo Sausage or the Take-It 4 Fingers.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:06 PM (5YBu8)

29 Tranny Honey. Ewwwww.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:07 PM (0mRoj)

30 I just spent time on the satellite map app on my IPad looking at my old digs in the Hudson Valley . It really is amazing we can do this. I was able to basically 'drive' myself around to see what's changed.

Posted by: Jack Sock at July 22, 2017 10:07 PM (IDPbH)

31 Jenner is running for a senate seat. But he still hasn't trained his voice. He's a stupid, lazy transsexual. At least Weird Al in Florida trained his voice.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 22, 2017 10:07 PM (/qEW2)

32 Forgot to mention this back at the Movie thread -

http:// pagesix.com/ 2017/07/22/ john-heard-dead-at-72/

He was better than the few roles he received.

Posted by: gNewt at July 22, 2017 10:07 PM (P7ulB)

33 19 Cheers to a drama free ONT.
Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)0

Seriously, so why did you have to bring it up? Can't be cheerful privately?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 10:08 PM (hi/I/)

34 Cheers to a drama free ONT.

Phillies going down in flames tonight, no drama there.

Posted by: Basement Cat at July 22, 2017 10:08 PM (3C9q2)

35 Tranny Honey nothing! Anyone remember those diet candies back in the early '70s?

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 10:08 PM (zkGZ8)

36
You know what's better than Tranny Honey.

How about "Leaking Tranny Fluid". That's a real tranny porn title.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 10:08 PM (8O3HH)

37 You don't really want Yoko do you?
Posted by: CDR M at July 22, 2017 09:56 PM


You need to ask?

Posted by: Transgalactic Yoko Ono Art and Music Appreciation Society, AoSHQ Colony at July 22, 2017 10:09 PM (DMUuz)

38 If we can get rid of algebra we can...get rid of Biology and if we can get rid of biology.... why dont we dispense with English???

In fact, why don't we just put a college degree certification on the EBT Platinum level card?....

In honor of Queen 'For the Children' Barky.

Posted by: Lower class person whose opinion must be guided at July 22, 2017 10:09 PM (oBuXO)

39 I love the old war birds.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:09 PM (m9X4Y)

40 Oh no no, please God, no Yoko!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:09 PM (0mRoj)

41 The Astros are pounding the Orioles, not much drama there

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:10 PM (6FqZa)

42 Valerian - a few here have seen it, I've read a few reviews. Sounds like another "Jupiter Ascending", I think I'll skip it.

My take on Jupiter Ascending - fantastic effects, mind blowing scenes, so much effort went into that part that they forgot all about making likable characters that I would care about, and well before the end of that movie I couldn't care less who lived or died, I either hated or was bored to death by them all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2017 10:10 PM (V2Yro)

43 Basement Cat, on Monday y'all get to host the Astros

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:11 PM (6FqZa)

44 That SR-71 story has been around awhile. The SR-71 crew may have been monitoring the civilian VHF band and the military UHF, but the Navy pilot wouldn't have heard the controller and civil pilot on the VHF circuit, and the civilian pilot wouldn't have heard the fighter pilot and the controller on UHF.

Posted by: Jim at July 22, 2017 10:11 PM (rnwV8)

45 I have to say something else about "Dunkirk". You realize how mediocre the majority of stuff that makes it to the big screen these days after seeing a film such as "Dunkirk". I asked my husband if he noticed how little dialogue there was. Kind of amazing.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:11 PM (jm1YL)

46 Hello everybody!!

Update on 16 year old daughter's job:
She is still working and saving for her very first iPhone. Her grandmother (hubby's mom) offered to buy the phone for her, but she told her "No, because I want to earn it myself." So proud of her and I figured the Horde would be, too!

Posted by: Jmel at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (OeWgo)

47 So you Willowed me, huh?

-
I've said that Kingsman: The Secret Service is to James Bond movies as GalaxyQuest is to Star Trek movies. Not so much a parody as a loving tribute.

-
Kingsman meets Archer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZkoNJ3DxE

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (Nwg0u)

48 Posted by: Jmel at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (OeWgo)

Way to go!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (0mRoj)

49 Evening, lovely Morons. And the other ones too.... ;-)

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (/o9Qk)

50 Posted by: Jmel at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM

Nice! Good luck to her!

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:13 PM (q1+kD)

51 I called that movie Uranus Descending, because of all the crap it unloaded upon us, the audience. Fortunately I snagged a copy from the library. Which had it because, I'm guessing, the previous owner couldn't find a sucker to pay any money for the used DVD.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:13 PM (6FqZa)

52 These Smirnoff Ice Peach Bellini's are tasty.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:13 PM (Enq6K)

53 "I've said that Kingsman: The Secret Service is to James Bond movies as GalaxyQuest is to Star Trek movies. Not so much a parody as a loving tribute. "

Saw the trailer for the sequel today. Looks kind of funny. I haven't seen the first one. Worth watching?

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (jm1YL)

54 52 These Smirnoff Ice Peach Bellini's are tasty.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:13 PM (Enq6K)

FA...oh you're a chick. Never mind.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (0mRoj)

55 "52 These Smirnoff Ice Peach Bellini's are tasty. "

Yes they are.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (jm1YL)

56 Basement Cat, on Monday y'all get to host the Astros

You're full of good news. OTOH, I remember when the formerly lowly Disastros were being transferred from the NL to the AL, there was some question about renaming the team. IIRC, some suggestions included the Houston Enrons and the Houston-We-Have-A-Problems.

Posted by: Basement Cat at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (3C9q2)

57 "No, because I want to earn it myself."

That will girl will be a force to be reckoned with.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (IcT7t)

58 I already had a belgian chocolate milkshake from the haagen dazs at the mall so, that was enough sugar for one... month.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:15 PM (6FqZa)

59 The minorities are having trouble with algebra, you say? Hmmm, I wonder why that could be.

https://youtu.be/AzeFVa-2HEk

Posted by: Zaklog the Great at July 22, 2017 10:16 PM (OG7NC)

60 Are people out having lives or something? The nerve!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:18 PM (0mRoj)

61 A sample bottle of Pepsi Fire with hot cinnamon flavored whiskey. Tasty.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:19 PM (jm1YL)

62 Good evening.

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2017 10:20 PM (mknWS)

63 The first Kingsman, like the first Kick-Ass, has a problem: it feels it has to waste our time with an origin story.

Dredd and The Dark Knight proved that you don't need an origin story. You just need Karl Urban willing to scowl beneath a mask.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:20 PM (6FqZa)

64 "60 Are people out having lives or something?"

I'd say it's very likely.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (jm1YL)

65 Cheers to a drama free ONT.
Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)

Gould, I...I have to let you know that...I'm pregnant.

With YOUR BABY!

Posted by: Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (mknWS)

66 22 I agree that colleges should get rid of algebra.

(Keep it in 9th grade where it belongs.)
Posted by: FireHorse


Exactly. The real problem is k-12. People who can't pass a high school class are in college.

The guy in the interview doesn't say much about which math classes he wants to replace algebra with. Which college math classes are going to be easier than algebra? 3rd grade arithmetic?

Liberals. What can't they f**k up.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (+lVUW)

67 Robert!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (IcT7t)

68 Are people out having lives or something? The nerve!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:18 PM

A Life? What is that? A magazine or something?

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (q1+kD)

69 So proud of her and I figured the Horde would be, too!
Posted by: Jmel at July 22, 2017 10:12 PM (OeWgo)


You are right. What an admirable young lady!

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (ZapPq)

70 64 "60 Are people out having lives or something?"

I'd say it's very likely.
Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (jm1YL)

Well LA DEE FREAKIN DA!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:22 PM (0mRoj)

71 Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888811653168541699

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812380460810245

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812490762723329

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812591962882052

Posted by: kbdabear at July 22, 2017 10:22 PM (3i2nH)

72 Blancito!

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2017 10:22 PM (mknWS)

73 53 "I've said that Kingsman: The Secret Service is to James Bond movies as GalaxyQuest is to Star Trek movies. Not so much a parody as a loving tribute. "

Saw the trailer for the sequel today. Looks kind of funny. I haven't seen the first one. Worth watching?
Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 10:14 PM (jm1YL)

I was shocked to see why the Villian was planning to take over world, it's very un PC and why James Bond sucks any more. Really good.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 22, 2017 10:22 PM (dKiJG)

74 So our son had some good news this week. He's getting his MBA on a Veteran's full ride scholarship from the school he's attending. He finished his first year of his MBA and was interning for a company this summer. Company offered him a fulltime job. But if he goes part time to finish school he loses his scholarship.

The company he's interning for is a big contributor to the vet's scholarship fund at this school, so the HR person went to talk to them about seeing if something could be done so he didn't lose his scholarship. School said, sorry no. Company said, ok...we'll pay his way for the rest of his MBA program but we're reducing our contribution by that amount to the scholarship fund.

I question the business school's business sense.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:23 PM (Enq6K)

75 More Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812694018686976

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812791427149824

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812899510226946

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888812997640167424

Posted by: kbdabear at July 22, 2017 10:23 PM (3i2nH)

76 Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM

Social Math Justice 101: 1 + 1 = RAAAAAAACIST!

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (q1+kD)

77 Tranny Honey nothing! Anyone remember those diet candies back in the early '70s?

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 10:08 PM (zkGZ

You mean AIDS?

Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (T71PA)

78 The guy in the interview doesn't say much about which math classes he wants to replace algebra with. Which college math classes are going to be easier than algebra? 3rd grade arithmetic?

Posted by: nerdygirl

Maybe some Advanced Bean Math
https://youtu.be/OSlfttDnurw

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (5YBu8)

79 I question the business school's business sense.
Posted by: Tami


Maybe if the school's management had earned better grades in math . . .

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (6FqZa)

80 >>>unfortunate product names

I can't speak to the rest of those products, but I know that Ayds candy was real. My grandma used to buy that stuff. I think they renamed it right around the time they renamed GRID to Aids.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (pvjTE)

81 Blancito!

Sorry, man. I got nothin'. Just glad to see you back in here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (IcT7t)

82 Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:23 PM

Congratulations to your son!

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:25 PM (q1+kD)

83 The minorities are having trouble with algebra, you say? Hmmm, I wonder why that could be.
--

Totally agree with the video.

Now... my theory.

People are different. Women are different then men, Europeans are diffierent from Asians, etc.

However, we HAVE to make sure EVERYONE IS THE SAME. Because "same"= "equal."

Personally, I think the "same" = "equal" is something that the snowflakes want, because of their feelings of inferiority.

"I'm 5'2" tall and weigh 200 pounds. Don't I look beautiful in a bikini? If you say no, you're a hater! We're all beautiful!"

Exhibit One: Michelle Obama is beautful
Exhibit Two: Hillary Clinton is beautiful.
Exhibit Three: Lena Dunham is beautiful.

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:26 PM (aT+Bx)

84 80 >>>unfortunate product names

I can't speak to the rest of those products, but I know that Ayds candy was real. My grandma used to buy that stuff. I think they renamed it right around the time they renamed GRID to Aids.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (pvjTE)

Mmmm, chocolate flavored speed!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:26 PM (0mRoj)

85 Dredd and The Dark Knight proved that you don't need an origin story. You just need Karl Urban willing to scowl beneath a mask.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:20 PM (6FqZa)

Dredd is the Greatest comic book movie ever, I really like that Dredd and partner never have feelings for each other, they are there for a job and act professionally.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 22, 2017 10:26 PM (dKiJG)

86
Well,
I succumbed to my Civ addiction. I have both IV and V on disk but they wouldn't load onto a new Win10 desktop so... paid a lot of money to download VI from steam, and hate it. You can't automate anything; builders/workers/explorers, the tech tree is all different, and you have to micromanage everything.

And it plays very slowly. We hates it.

So then I download version V which is the same as version IV but with a new dress. Same problems as IV, and I can't stop playing either version. Been obsessed with it for the last 48 hours. Obsessed, compulsive, and can't stop. I think that qualifies as 'crazy'.

Pretty sure, it's crazy. and Stupid. Story of my life.

So what's new with Trump?

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:26 PM (m9X4Y)

87 Maybe if the school's management had earned better grades in math . . .

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (6FqZa)

They flunked algebra.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:27 PM (Enq6K)

88 don't the state schools have programs designed to get minority kids up to speed in their freshman year so they can do college work?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:27 PM (0wem/)

89 You like-a the juice Yoko. C'mon, you like-a the Yoko. Ok. I a get you the Yoko.

Posted by: some Greek guys at July 22, 2017 10:27 PM (jZgTE)

90 "I'm 5'2" tall and weigh 200 pounds. Don't I look beautiful in a bikini? If you say no, you're a hater! We're all beautiful!"

If I say no, it means my eyesight's still good. Could be worse, you could be that 400 pound pig from My Big Fat Fabulous Life.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:27 PM (0mRoj)

91 Congratulations to your son!

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:25 PM (q1+kD)

Thanks Erik! He's pretty excited.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:27 PM (Enq6K)

92 Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:23 PM (Enq6

Good news Tami!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 10:28 PM (hi/I/)

93 Cheers to a drama free ONT.
Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)

Gould, I...I have to let you know that...I'm pregnant.

With YOUR BABY!
Posted by: Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (mknWS)


Robert . . . it's your wife.

She's . . . she's . . .

. . .

. . .

there's been an accident.

Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:28 PM (s5o+q)

94 which side of the lid does a toilet hobo live on?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:28 PM (0wem/)

95 Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:26 PM

Yeah...

And replacing "achievement" with "equality" is going to be a disaster for all of us, I'm afraid...

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (q1+kD)

96 Floaters...i first noticed these in my early teens. I never thought it was a big deal. Isnt it kinda cool that there's a kind of diffractive magnification process going on near the surface of your eye? It was so trivial i never discussed it with anyone except a cubemate in my first eng job who told me he'd gone to the doc about them. Huh.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (Eynls)

97 I saw Lauren Southern is getting a boat so they can check on what the NGO's are doing. Also they plan on sinking the boats that the migrants used so they can't be used again.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (dKiJG)

98 Just glad to see you back in here.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:24 PM (IcT7t)

I come here with a heavy heart...

*Pounds chest*

Fucking jalapenos, man...

Posted by: Robert just can't get enough though at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (mknWS)

99 93 Cheers to a drama free ONT.
Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)

Gould, I...I have to let you know that...I'm pregnant.

With YOUR BABY!
Posted by: Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (mknWS)

Robert . . . it's your wife.

She's . . . she's . . .

. . .

. . .

there's been an accident.
Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:28 PM (s5o+q)

My God, the nurse...it's her long lost twin!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (0mRoj)

100 This is for all those idiots who thnk wintter is soooo great because you don't like jot weathr. Well your an idiot. Hot weather won't make your fall and break a hip and you don have to scrap hot weather of your windshield. And you do t have to die in a blizzard on the rod if your in hot weather. Your an idiot.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (1fvpz)

101 31 Jenner is running for a senate seat. But he still hasn't trained his voice. He's a stupid, lazy transsexual. At least Weird Al in Florida trained his voice.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 22, 2017 10:07 PM (/qEW2)

++++

Of all the things I think about when considering Jenner as a potential senator, the last thing I will worry about is whether or not he has done the work to be convincing as a tranny.

Seriously, why would anyone other than his fellow trannies give a shit about how well his transition is going?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (pvjTE)

102 Popular Mechanics is NOT a porn site of buff, sweaty men working in a garage. Such a disappointment. We're literally shaking!

Posted by: Barry & Reggie at July 22, 2017 10:30 PM (bc2Lc)

103 22
I agree that colleges should get rid of algebra.



(Keep it in 9th grade where it belongs.)

*****

They need to get rid of "students" who can't do algebra. We have hundreds of thousands of young people majoring in "more high school" and they want the rest of us to pay for it cuz "feel the Bern"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 22, 2017 10:30 PM (h1jJh)

104 Tami, congrats to you and your son!

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 10:30 PM (ZapPq)

105 have read the sr71 story several times. much better in audio.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:30 PM (0wem/)

106 100 This is for all those idiots who thnk wintter is soooo great because you don't like jot weathr. Well your an idiot. Hot weather won't make your fall and break a hip and you don have to scrap hot weather of your windshield. And you do t have to die in a blizzard on the rod if your in hot weather. Your an idiot.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM (1fv

Rough weekend grammie?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 10:31 PM (hi/I/)

107 >>>I called that movie Uranus Descending, because of
all the crap it unloaded upon us, the audience. Fortunately I snagged a
copy from the library. Which had it because, I'm guessing, the previous
owner couldn't find a sucker to pay any money for the used DVD.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:13 PM (6FqZa)<<<

Anything with Mila Kunis can't be all bad. But... it's damn close.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at July 22, 2017 10:31 PM (jZgTE)

108 Smith: I get my jones for tweaking city stats from Alien Legacy. I recently blew the sh!t out of the sporeship, but the game is still going on, I guess until the Empiants give us some translateable material.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:31 PM (6FqZa)

109 They need to get rid of "students" who can't do algebra. We have hundreds of thousands of young people majoring in "more high school" and they want the rest of us to pay for it cuz "feel the Bern"
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July




well, you also need to get rid of teachers that are not able to teach algebra.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:31 PM (0wem/)

110 So what's new with Trump?
Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith

He's doing so awesome that even cancer is on his side to drain the swamp.

I denounce myself. Worth it.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:32 PM (5YBu8)

111 And replacing "achievement" with "equality" is going to be a disaster for all of us, I'm afraid...
Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:29 PM


Free men aren't equal, and equal men aren't free.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 10:32 PM (DMUuz)

112 howdy all.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 22, 2017 10:32 PM (smD62)

113 100 Grammie, you alright? Or is someone socking you?

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 10:32 PM (ZapPq)

114 Duke of Righteous WTF? @ 77 --

Yep.

http://tinyurl.com/lqy2a3t

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 10:33 PM (zkGZ8)

115 Mis Hum I am waiting for rom service while dancing to mexicn beer karaoke. They are going to brewing me nachos and cookies. I like hot weather.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2017 10:33 PM (1fvpz)

116 well, you also need to get rid of teachers that are not able to teach algebra.

I'm pretty much reaching the stage with most college teachers that AmishDude reached with lawyers, although not quite where D-Lamp got with journalists.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:33 PM (6FqZa)

117 And replacing "achievement" with "equality" is going to be a disaster for all of us, I'm afraid...
--

I don't have kids. I can't imagine the kind of cr@p parents have to put up with these days.

Also... my parents were pretty old school. So I'd probably be an old school parent. Meaning that CPS would probably end up taking my ___inary kids away from me because I said something like "No, you're not special. You're just like every other kid your age that thinks the world revolves around them and money grows on trees. Shut up and do your homework."

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:33 PM (aT+Bx)

118 I'm pretty much reaching the stage with most college teachers that AmishDude reached with lawyers, although not quite where D-Lamp got with journalists.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July




not sure where that is.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0wem/)

119 88 don't the state schools have programs designed to get minority kids up to speed in their freshman year so they can do college work?
Posted by: yankeefifth
----
Many of them, yes.

And so do the service academies. I don't quite know what to make of that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (tr2D7)

120 Free men aren't equal, and equal men aren't free.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 10:32 PM

Yep. And apparently nobody from our side (politically, anyway) seems capable of making the argument that "equality" is about "opportunity" not "outcome"...

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (q1+kD)

121 Emile I am good two more nights in Cancun wear it is hot and their is no snow nor


Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (1fvpz)

122 118 I'm pretty much reaching the stage with most college teachers that AmishDude reached with lawyers, although not quite where D-Lamp got with journalists.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July




not sure where that is.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0wem/)

Killing them all.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0mRoj)

123 well, in NYC the concerned parents wanted the schools to have classes to teach them to help their kids with their homework. that's something I guess.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0wem/)

124 I'm pretty much reaching the stage with most college teachers that AmishDude reached with lawyers, although not quite where D-Lamp got with journalists.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July




not sure where that is.
Posted by: yankeefifth

Right between "let it burn" and "make it burn".

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (5YBu8)

125 I don't have kids either. I heard there was something people had to do first before one can get kids. Maybe I can find out on the internet

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (6FqZa)

126 there's been an accident.
Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:28 PM (s5o+q)

We sent her with Kitty to yacht in the Hamptons...dear Lord...my boat!!!!!

Posted by: Robert duhn duhn duuuuuhhhhhhnnnnnn at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (mknWS)

127 illing them all.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July




got it.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (0wem/)

128 equal men aren't free

I take it you are unfamiliar with thepeoplescube.com?

A most equal bunch.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (Eynls)

129 Gould: Cheers to a drama free ONT.
Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:00 PM (vj/UE)

Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn: Gould, I...I have to let you know that...I'm pregnant.

With YOUR BABY!

filbert (enters room): Robert . . . it's your wife.
She's . . . she's . . .
. . .
. . .
there's been an accident.

Insomniac, Professional Nobody (rushes in): My God, the nurse...it's her long lost twin!

filbert: Not . . . not the twins?

Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (s5o+q)

130 Right between "let it burn" and "make it burn".
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July




heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:35 PM (0wem/)

131 Thanks MisHum and Emmie!

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:36 PM (Enq6K)

132
Yep. And apparently nobody from our side (politically, anyway) seems capable of making the argument that "equality" is about "opportunity" not "outcome"...
----

WHY AREN'T I MAKING A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AS A HOSTESS IN RESTAURANT??? WE'RE ALL EQUAL, AND I'M JUST AS GOOD AS MODEL!!!!

Posted by: sjw snowflakes in the workplace at July 22, 2017 10:36 PM (aT+Bx)

133 I grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin. Moved to Texas as an adult and never looked back. They can keep their lovely winter. Never want to see that kind of winter again.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 22, 2017 10:36 PM (H5knJ)

134 122
Killing them all.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0mRoj)


Present company excepted, I hope.

Posted by: Emmie, math instructor at July 22, 2017 10:37 PM (ZapPq)

135 WHY AREN'T I MAKING A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AS A HOSTESS IN RESTAURANT??? WE'RE ALL EQUAL, AND I'M JUST AS GOOD AS MODEL!!!!
--

WHY AM I NOT KING, I MEAN QUEEN, I MEAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? YOU PEONS OWE ME! YOU OWE ME!!!!!!

Posted by: HILLARY! at July 22, 2017 10:37 PM (aT+Bx)

136 Most in-demand six figure jobs?
- Industrial welder.
- Heavy-lift operator (over 100 Tonnes)
- Site construction manager, major capital projects
and more.

We need skilled crafts people, people. Get some training, and join us in some international shit-hole.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 22, 2017 10:38 PM (o7l6R)

137 Gould: Cheers to a drama free ONT.

Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn: Gould, I...I have to let you know that...I'm pregnant.

With YOUR BABY!

filbert (enters room): Robert . . . it's your wife.
She's . . . she's . . .
. . .
. . .
there's been an accident.

Insomniac, Professional Nobody (rushes in): My God, the nurse...it's her long lost twin!

filbert: Not . . . not the twins?

Robert Duhn duhn duuuuuuhhhhnn (turns to filbert): We sent her with Kitty to yacht in the Hamptons...dear Lord...my boat!!!!!

filbert (sternly) You sent her to the . . . (dramatic incidental music) . . . How could you!

Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:38 PM (s5o+q)

138 I like Denver area winters on balance. There are two Arctic weeks in January that have to be survived. Besides that there are occasional days of snow and ice. The Christmas season sucks because drivers try to run down pedestrians.

But on the plus side I can actually use my head. My brain does not function well above 80 degrees F.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:38 PM (6FqZa)

139 Uh... grammie???

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 10:38 PM (CNHr1)

140 134 122
Killing them all.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:34 PM (0mRoj)

Present company excepted, I hope.
Posted by: Emmie, math instructor at July 22, 2017 10:37 PM (ZapPq)

Hopefully. AmishDude talked about lawyers like Hitler talked about Jews.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (0mRoj)

141 Emmie, math instructors clearly excepted.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (6FqZa)

142 Fucking jalapenos, man...


That's not what we do with 'em around here. But as long as you're enjoying it; carry on, sir!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (IcT7t)

143 ONT Drama is Hard.

I'm tapping out . . .

Posted by: filbert at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (s5o+q)

144 Alien Legacy. There's a video on youtube, and I'm like OMG it's a DOS game. The sound track, OMG OMG

Then I remembered The Hunt for Red October DOS game. I think it was DOS, might have been Windows.
You drive the boat low and slow.

There just isn't much shoot'm up in a sub hunt.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (m9X4Y)

145 Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:33 PM

No kids either, so I can't say how bad it is to be a parent these days. But I imagine I'd be looking into homeschooling if at all possible. I'm not even sure that private schools are that much different these days.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:40 PM (q1+kD)

146 Emmie, math instructors clearly excepted.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July




yeah they teach algebra. oops?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (0wem/)

147 I heard there was something people had to do first before one can get kids. Maybe I can find out on the internet
--

Yes, you need to have about $30,000 and fill out a lot of forms before you get a pretty little Chinese girl.

It's a lot less if you want an American minority baby; I think there's a form you can pick up at the secrety of state office for that. If you take two, you get a discount on your license plates.

And that's how you get a baby.

/I denounce myself.

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (aT+Bx)

148 Smith, yes, 'tis a DOS game that runs nicely on DOSBox. I like DOS games, because they almost always run great on DOSBox. The early 2000s games for Windows 32bit are the ones that freeze up and cause memory leaks on modern machines.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (6FqZa)

149 And here I am bringing game comments to the ONT instead of the game thread. I was too busy sucking on chocolate milk shake at that time

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:42 PM (6FqZa)

150 Yes, you need to have about $30,000 and fill out a lot of forms before you get a pretty little Chinese girl.


Posted by: shibumi at July




easier to just go the fiance route.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:43 PM (0wem/)

151 @137

So twins and the pussy are in the same boat? Good heavens, man, do you know what will happen if they are seen within 2 feet of each other?!

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 10:43 PM (Eynls)

152 Algebra is a good test of memorization and recall of complex ideas, and use of logic and reasoning. In other words, it separates the below average intelligence and diligence folks from the average and above ones. But OK, let's just give a community college diploma to anyone whose maximum math ability is counting to ten using their fingers as an aid.

Posted by: Gref at July 22, 2017 10:43 PM (AMIL/)

153 Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:32

Trump is giving people cancer?
OMG OMG

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:43 PM (m9X4Y)

154 Years ago I overheard a middle-school teacher explain to a parent that "We teach them algebra so that they will learn critical thinking skills. The math is beside the point."

Posted by: Another Bob at July 22, 2017 10:44 PM (lydb7)

155 The guy in the interview doesn't say much about which math classes he wants to replace algebra with.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 10:21 PM (+lVUW)



Differential equations? Group theory? Number theory? Topology?

The mind boggles.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 10:45 PM (SRKgf)

156 well, the thing about algebra is where does it go from there? So you give them their diploma without having received their education, what happens when they get a job and are unable to do the work?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 10:45 PM (0wem/)

157 Yes, you need to have about $30,000 and fill out a lot of forms before you get a pretty little Chinese girl.

It's a lot less if you want an American minority baby; I think there's a form you can pick up at the secrety of state office for that. If you take two, you get a discount on your license plates.

And that's how you get a baby.

/I denounce myself.
Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (aT+Bx)

======

Tis true, to some extent. We adopted my daughter in '96, not a minority baby though. $35k in 1996 dollars.

Posted by: GOULD at July 22, 2017 10:45 PM (vj/UE)

158 Algebra

Google "pons assinorum"...

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 10:45 PM (Eynls)

159 There just isn't much shoot'm up in a sub hunt.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM

Sub hunting seems more like sniper/assassin-style than run-and-gun. Makes sense considering actual sub warfare, I guess.

Also, I enjoyed Civ V quite a bit. It seems much less complex than the earlier Civs to me. In a good way. Plus I like the combat much better.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:46 PM (q1+kD)

160 But OK, let's just give a community college diploma to anyone whose maximum math ability is counting to ten using their fingers as an aid.
--

Yes, exactly!! But not just a community college diploma, but a PhD.

Everyone is a genius!!!!

/what do you mean when everyone is a genius, no one is a genius? I don't understand.

Posted by: sjw snowflakes in University at July 22, 2017 10:46 PM (aT+Bx)

161 154 Years ago I overheard a middle-school teacher explain to a parent that "We teach them algebra so that they will learn critical thinking skills. The math is beside the point."
Posted by: Another Bob at July 22, 2017 10:44 PM (lydb7)


I take your point, but there's something to that, viz., that one learns more from studying math than the simple manipulations involved. It's the utility - and in some contexts, the necessity - of thinking about an issue quantitatively.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM (SRKgf)

162 Can you get Ayds from a Bag of Dicks???

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM (nlbfN)

163 Got home from today's show, got Dan and Carmen taken care of, went into town to Lupe Tortilla, came home and crashed for a few hours. Just got back from getting the guys put up.

Horrible judging today. Poor Carmen, in her last show, didn't make the cut but some cat-footed flat-backed straight-fronted thing did. Sometimes you get the elevator and sometimes you get the shaft.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM (PBalj)

164 But OK, let's just give a community college diploma to anyone whose maximum math ability is counting to ten using their fingers as an aid.

So guys get a 10% advantage?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM (SRKgf)

165 well, the thing about algebra is where does it go from there? So you give them their diploma without having received their education, what happens when they get a job and are unable to do the work?
--

Duh.

Universal Basic Income with a government phone, government cable, government internet and government x-box.

'comfortable poverty.'

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:48 PM (aT+Bx)

166
HS Algebra, the calculations I did while employed involved time/speed/distance, addition, subtraction, and counting.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:48 PM (m9X4Y)

167 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM (PBalj)


Subjective politics. The fucking worst.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2017 10:48 PM (hi/I/)

168 123 well, in NYC the concerned parents wanted the schools to have classes to teach them to help their kids with their homework. that's something I guess.
Posted by: yankeefifth


If the parents know they need help there's hope.
A number of years ago there was a tv movie about Dr. Ben Carson. If you get a chance to see it, do. The parts about his mother were tough. She was married at 13, had to boys, and was deserted.

She would push her kids to do well in school and do their homework. She couldn't really help them because she was illiterate. Ben became a pediatric neurologist, his brother became an engineer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 10:50 PM (+lVUW)

169 What is al gebra?

Posted by: Gary Johnson at July 22, 2017 10:51 PM (jZgTE)

170 Here's an SR-71 story that'll make you laugh.

I've read it before, but I've never heard it. That's an all-time classic. It never gets old.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 10:51 PM (sdi6R)

171 So guys get a 10% advantage?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

33% if you count the boys.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 10:51 PM (5YBu8)

172 Eric the redacted.

My problem with Civ is I try to play it like one is building a civilization, and that is not the way to play it. It is a war game, more like chess but with a lot of spreadsheet data where a 5% difference is the difference between winning a loosing. A predatory capitalist profiteer could do well with it if he could get past the war game look and feel.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:52 PM (m9X4Y)

173
She would push her kids to do well in school
and do their homework. She couldn't really help them because she was
illiterate. Ben became a pediatric neurologist, his brother became an
engineer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 10:50 PM (+lVUW)

The best part is the book reports she required them to do. They'd turn them into her and she'd pretend to read them....even marking them with a red pencil.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 22, 2017 10:53 PM (Enq6K)

174 Algebra is a good test of memorization and recall of complex ideas, and use of logic and reasoning. I
Posted by: Gref at July 22, 2017 10:43 PM (AMIL/)


It shouldn't be a matter of memorization, but rather of abstract reasoning. People mature at different rates, and I find now that mathematical concepts that I found arcane back in the day are obvious now (too late!).

Still, the beauty of mathematics is as an exercise in abstract reasoning, for which it provides a worthy challenge.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 10:53 PM (SRKgf)

175 Evening all.

No life, just at work.

Is grammie drinking?

Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 10:54 PM (D2vc1)

176 imaginary

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 22, 2017 10:54 PM (nlbfN)

177 space imaginary this time?

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 22, 2017 10:55 PM (nlbfN)

178 With all the wild, unsourced and in a few days disproved leaks I've wondered if someone was just making them up. Either the reporter for ratings, an Obama holdover to damage Trump, or perhaps the Trump administration is putting some of these 'in the water' with limited circulation or "watermarked somehow in order to track them back to the leakers.

If the last I hope a perp-walk rodeo is happening in the near future.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 22, 2017 10:55 PM (d3wbb)

179 Yes, grammie is drinking.

This should be fun.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 10:55 PM (D2vc1)

180 Typo version imagenary

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 22, 2017 10:55 PM (nlbfN)

181 My problem with Civ is I try to play it like one is building a civilization, and that is not the way to play it. It is a war game, more like chess but with a lot of spreadsheet data where a 5% difference is the difference between winning a loosing. A predatory capitalist profiteer could do well with it if he could get past the war game look and feel.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 10:52 PM

I haven't played much on the highest two difficulties, but on the rest, you can usually spend most of your time building up as long as you have a few units to protect against a sneak attack war.

It really depends on your neighbors, though. Some of them will bum-rush you very early on, and the computer really cheats with troop numbers. XD

Turtle around your city and just survive until you wear them down. Eventually they will withdraw and/or offer peace. Archer-types are strong in the early game as long as you can protect them within a city or behind melee troops.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 10:57 PM (q1+kD)

182 Understanding algebra has squat to do with Critical Thinking.
It has everything to do with understanding how a lot of things work.

We live in a more technological world than ever before, and behind every techological geegaw that people use is mathematics.
You don't have to be a scientist to appreciate how much of our modern world requires math to function.
Plumber, carpenter, skilled tradesman, all use math at some level or another to do their jobs.

Algebra is needed to learn Calculus. You'll really learn algebra to solve Caculus problems.

But let's raise a whole generation of intellectual midgets, and then wonder why the Chinese will be running our country in another generation.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at July 22, 2017 10:57 PM (S6Pax)

183 I dont need aljebra any more then I need speling or gramer.

Posted by: Young Adolt at July 22, 2017 10:58 PM (XoldI)

184 HP Lovecraft predicted a Chinese-run world in "Shadow Out Of Time".

David Wingrove also wrote a future history (a very long one) on a similar theme. Chung Kuo.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:59 PM (6FqZa)

185 Yes, you need to have about $30,000 and fill out a lot of forms before you get a pretty little Chinese girl.

It's a lot less if you want an American minority baby; I think there's a form you can pick up at the secrety of state office for that. If you take two, you get a discount on your license plates.

And that's how you get a baby.

/I denounce myself.

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (aT+Bx)


Have we got a deal for you!

Posted by: Human Traffickers on the Dark Web at July 22, 2017 10:59 PM (vBeA5)

186 No need for cursive writing either.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (gDoff)

187 Yes, you need to have about $30,000 and fill out a lot of forms before you get a pretty little Chinese girl.



It's a lot less if you want an American minority baby; I think
there's a form you can pick up at the secrety of state office for that.
If you take two, you get a discount on your license plates.



And that's how you get a baby.



/I denounce myself.

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 10:41 PM (aT+Bx)


Obligatory Raising Arizona clip:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srFCu19mo-k

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (Id9+8)

188 I dont need aljebra any more then I need speling or gramer.
Posted by: Young Adolt

Literally Adolt Hutler

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (5YBu8)

189 "Are traps gay?"

Apparently this question was so triggering at Coxcon, a British gaming event, that the person who asked it during a Q and A session was discovered and ejected from the event.

What made this even more surprising is that the gaming reviewer YouTuber "Total Biscuit" got in on the thought-criminal shaming.

http://tinyurl.com/ychbvuga

Posted by: Thrawn at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (E/ibL)

190 So guys get a 10% advantage?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 10:47 PM


- 0.7% for every 6 degree Fahrenheit drop in water temperature.

Posted by: George Constanta at July 22, 2017 11:01 PM (DMUuz)

191 133 I grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin. Moved to Texas as an adult and never looked back. They can keep their lovely winter. Never want to see that kind of winter again.
Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 22, 2017 10:36 PM (H5knJ)


This is my 57th summer in Texas. The older I get the more I dislike the heat.

There has to be a happy medium somewhere that doesn't have blizzards but doesn't get so stinkin' hot for 5 months out of every year.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 22, 2017 11:01 PM (nvMvs)

192 @184

All wok and no pray make good party member!

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (Eynls)

193 189 "Are traps gay?"

If it's a Tranny Honey trap.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (0mRoj)

194 I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else?

*Technologically Illiterate here*

Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (D2vc1)

195 No need for cursive writing either.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (gDoff)


Loving parents make their children learn copperplate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (RZXSp)

196 I grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin. Moved to Texas as an adult and never looked back. They can keep their lovely winter. Never want to see that kind of winter again.
Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 22, 2017 10:36 PM (H5knJ)

This is my 57th summer in Texas. The older I get the more I dislike the heat.

There has to be a happy medium somewhere that doesn't have blizzards but doesn't get so stinkin' hot for 5 months out of every year.
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July




bad weather is minimal but useful adversity. keeps you on your toes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (0wem/)

197 So, 10 years ago, bear in mind 10 years ago so this isn't even recent...at work, I handed a high school student a postcard to fill out his address on. He had no clue. None. He gave it back to me, and had like the zipcode on the second line, his home address on the bottom line, but like a question mark as the house number.

Sadly, this was not a singular incident. Kids literally didn't know how to write their address. It was sad.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM (smD62)

198 well the really crappy schools teach cursive writing but not cursive reading.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM (0wem/)

199 "Are traps gay?"

Apparently this question was so triggering at Coxcon, a British gaming event, that the person who asked it during a Q and A session was discovered and ejected from the event.

What made this even more surprising is that the gaming reviewer YouTuber "Total Biscuit" got in on the thought-criminal shaming.

http://tinyurl.com/ychbvuga
Posted by: Thrawn

Before a "Dangerous Faggot" event, posters of Bruce Jenner with the caption "Trannies are gay" were posted around campus, which caused mass triggering. Milo's response was "If you're triggered by some words on a poster, how are you going to cope with having your dick chopped off?"

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM (5YBu8)

200 We live in a more technological world than ever before, and behind every techological geegaw that people use is mathematics.

You don't have to be a scientist to appreciate how much of our modern world requires math to function.
Plumber, carpenter, skilled tradesman, all use math at some level or another to do their jobs.
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It's how I'd teach algebra to ... ahem ... those unlikely to end up on an academic track.

"A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"

When you're standing there with a saw and a piece of lumber, that's not an entirely academic question.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM (SRKgf)

201 Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM

Wow... Not really surprised, I guess, but geez...

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:05 PM (q1+kD)

202 194 I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else?

*Technologically Illiterate here*
Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (D2vc1)

It's the Dark Net, and it's where all these horrible trolls and people of ill-repute congregate to harass gamerz wymen.

Posted by: Ice T (Law and Order "Gamergate" Episode) at July 22, 2017 11:05 PM (E/ibL)

203 195 No need for cursive writing either.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (gDoff)

Loving parents make their children learn copperplate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (RZXSp)


Ghetto cryptography.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:05 PM (SRKgf)

204 It's how I'd teach algebra to ... ahem ... those unlikely to end up on an academic track.

"A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"

When you're standing there with a saw and a piece of lumber, that's not an entirely academic question.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July




well, explaining to people why they need to know something or why knowing something will be helpful to them gets them to focus.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:05 PM (0wem/)

205 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"

What's a joist?

Posted by: Young Adolt at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (XoldI)

206 I had my second laser surgery last Thursday for cataracts. It was easy and painless. As an added bonus, I am no lo get extremely nearsighted. I now only need reading glasses which I can buy in the dollar store. I've worn glasses since the third grade and I still find myself reaching up to adjust them even though they are no longer there.

Posted by: Bill R. at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (IuYIh)

207 Somebody needs to mention that Muslims "started" algebra, so the minorities are persona non grata and should be beaten with bike locks for daring to insult the New Democrats.

Muslims also started the slave trade. So, they should double shuddup.

Posted by: Antifartwah at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (sPwat)

208 Yeah, I hung out with F-14 jocks down at Meridian. Crazy mofos, they were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (OdK9v)

209 @194 country boy dark web

Think of a bunch of phone numbers without a phone book, with optional tinkering with the signal your phone sends to dial another.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (Eynls)

210 Tranny Honey is a fairly innocuous name. It could be so much worse. Sweet Tranny Lube, Tranny shift helper...

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (wTi/q)

211 >>>No need for cursive writing either.


Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM (gDoff)<<<

Yup. That's real retarded, sir.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (jZgTE)

212 "I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else? "

Not a place where a decent Moron would wish to venture.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (jm1YL)

213
The problem I had with Calculus was I had never seen anything like it before and was thrown into the shark tank with students who had already taken the same course in high school. At one point, I saw the mechanical transformation of the symbols that was taking the derivative and I thought 'ok, that is easy enough', and the very next thought was, it can't be that easy so that has to be wrong. At that point I was completely blocked and never able to learn anything.

The second problem was it was all symbolic. A+B+C divided by the square root of Pi. Ok fine, but it was all just gibberish, meaningless symbols unrelated to the real world.

Give me a product with a fifty percent markup where the customer says, that price is too high, and I say, ok fine we'll take ten percent off if you buy in quantity. That I can understand.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (m9X4Y)

214 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"

===

Hold on! I was told there would be no trigonometry here!

Posted by: Gref at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (AMIL/)

215 the f-14 is such a cool looking plane. in school the f-14 would shove the f-18s head in the toilet.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (0wem/)

216 I'm always late to the party.

Algebra - My 9th grade algebra teacher, Mr. Rivedal, told us that the day would come when we would pay for everything with a little plastic card, and a penny would hold so little value that you wouldn't pick one up off the ground if you found it, and we didn't believe him.

Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (QY6Z3)

217 well, explaining to people why they need to know something or why knowing something will be helpful to them gets them to focus.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:05 PM (0wem/)


Exactly. Jean Piaget pointed out the importance of relating the unfamiliar to the familiar.

It's a pretty basic principle of pedagogy, but one that it is sadly neglected.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (SRKgf)

218 I've had a few that have annoyed me at times over the years, but I don't think I'm quite ready to have them lazed yet.
-----

I have a couple that have been around so long that I've given them names.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (OdK9v)

219 @194 country boy dark web

Think of a bunch of phone numbers without a phone book, with optional tinkering with the signal your phone sends to dial another.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (Eynls)

So, how does one get there?

Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (D2vc1)

220 What made this even more surprising is that the gaming reviewer YouTuber "Total Biscuit" got in on the thought-criminal shaming.

http://tinyurl.com/ychbvuga

Posted by: Thrawn at July 22, 2017 11:00 PM

Seems like I remember Total Biscuit going on a big anti-gun rant a few years ago. I could be remembering incorrectly, though. I do remember stopping watching anything of his for it (or something like that), however.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (q1+kD)

221 @207

Muzzies did _not_ start algebra. That's an idea so stupid only Barky could believe it.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (Eynls)

222 What's a joist?
Posted by: Young Adolt at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (XoldI)


Yeah, you're right. For personal reasons, I have joists on the mind, plus the product of Scotland.

I meant rafters.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (SRKgf)

223 I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else?

*Technologically Illiterate here*

Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:02 PM (D2vc1)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet

When people talk about Tor (Onion), I2P, Freenet, &c., they are talking about when many call the "dark net" or "dark web".

They are anonymized and encrypted networks such that it is (supposedly) impossible for anyone find out who you are or where you visit, even the sites you visit.

Posted by: The Dark Hat at July 22, 2017 11:09 PM (vBeA5)

224 Tonight's ONT brought to you by unfortunate product names:
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There was an old auto service shop in Atlanta named S&M Clutch & Brake.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:10 PM (OdK9v)

225 >> When you're standing there with a saw and a
>> piece of lumber

When I first started learnin' high powered 'rithmetic, my father enjoyed having fun with me. We were building something, and he told me to figure out how long the rafters needed to be on a x/y slope (I forget what it was, 4.5" per foot, I think was what he would use, which is a little better than 20 degree slope).

I used the simple trig, and then he said, yep, son, that's right. He would do it using a square. He knew no trig, and his method, as he had been taught, was to directly measure it.

That was his method of keeping me humble.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:10 PM (8O3HH)

226 @219 cb

Hey, i only know how it could be done. No interest in going there. Last night's ONT spilling over to EMT was dark web enough for me.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:10 PM (Eynls)

227 Educate yourself. Pretty sure you're a moron, not sure you're deplorable.

Posted by: Antifartwah at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (sPwat)

228 I have always desperately struggled with algebra and calc. Geometry was always a snap.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (gDoff)

229 Dark web, I think, is sites that can't be indexed by bots like Google uses because the pages are only available if you have a password to access it. Something like 90% of the web is locked except for those who have the passwords. Much is government or corporate data.

If we ever get the VR type access like in "Neuromancer" then those will be the places that bite back, hard.

However I mat be wrong and thinking of some other web space.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (d3wbb)

230 You don't really need algebra to figure the length need for roof rafters. All you need is a framing square.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (m9X4Y)

231 184 -- boulder terlit : John Hersey (Hiroshima) also wrote a book about the Chinese taking over the world, White Lotus, published in 1965.

Posted by: Deplorable lady with a deplorable basket of deplorable cats at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (lMsBz)

232 224 Do you think they named it that on purpose?

Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (QY6Z3)

233 there is a shop nearby that has a sign out that says "we do foreign and domestic trannys"

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (0wem/)

234 Nice buncha stuff in the post tonight. Thanks for your work, CDR M. Here: *grabs beer from under dog on ice in kiddie pool * This Corona's for you.

Posted by: mindful webworker - simply at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (hGZJP)

235 There was an old auto service shop in Atlanta named S&M Clutch & Brake.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

So they were honest about the mechanic/customer relationship.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (5YBu8)

236 . Drop algebra requirement because minorities keep failing it.
----------

The same reason they dropped History and Economics for Journalism at UNC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (OdK9v)

237 Here in Indiana, there is an insurance firm called Crapo Insurance company.

They pronounce it Craypo, supposedly. But, it's impossible to read it as anything but Crappo Insurance company.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (smD62)

238 I'm a rafter. I rafted down the Apple River once.

Posted by: Young Adolt at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (XoldI)

239 And I see I am wrong, oh well.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 22, 2017 11:12 PM (d3wbb)

240 I'm a rafter. I rafted down the Apple River once.
Posted by: Young Adolt at July




wouldn't that make you a tuber?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:12 PM (0wem/)

241 I used the simple trig, and then he said, yep, son, that's right. He would do it using a square. He knew no trig, and his method, as he had been taught, was to directly measure it.

That was his method of keeping me humble.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:10 PM (8O3HH)



Ah, the Edisonian method. (He once asked a newly hired mathematician to calculate the volume of a light bulb, which the guy - after some work - did. Edison poured water into the bulb, then poured the water into a graduated cylinder.)

But the point is, either works. Not being able to do it by any method ... doesn't.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:13 PM (SRKgf)

242 DAmn, it is embarrassing to post a comment and then read the comments and see that someone already posted the answer that you posted ten minutes later.


I should be used to it by now.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (m9X4Y)

243 Do you think they named it that on purpose?
Posted by: ALH
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Not at all. It was from a time before vulgarity had invaded every corner of society.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (OdK9v)

244 "I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else? "

Not a place where a decent Moron would wish to venture.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (jm1YL)


It's most infamous for having sites like the "silk road" which is like Amazon, but for illegal guns, illegal drugs, hitmen, kiddy porn, actual children and women for sale, snuff films, and things far, far worse than any of us here could dream up.

Posted by: The Dark Hat at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (vBeA5)

245 Drop algebra requirement because minorities keep failing it.
----------

The same reason they dropped History and Economics for Journalism at UNC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July




well, they have waived the marriage and father requirements

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (0wem/)

246 I was lost in high school algebra. But picked it up fairly well when it was necessary for my job. Some of my high school problem was X=? and me being stubborn and not getting the concept theoretically. Once it was applied to real physical things in my job it made sense and worth learning.

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (wTi/q)

247 It's most infamous for having sites like the "silk road" which is like Amazon, but for illegal guns, illegal drugs, hitmen, kiddy porn, actual children and women for sale, snuff films, and things far, far worse than any of us here could dream up.
Posted by: The Dark Hat at July




kiddie

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (0wem/)

248 Seems like I remember Total Biscuit going on a big anti-gun rant a few years ago. I could be remembering incorrectly, though. I do remember stopping watching anything of his for it (or something like that), however.
Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (q1+kD)

The surprising part was Total Biscuit utilizing SJW language and tactics to essentially dog-pile a dude who just asked a silly question. He got popular with GamerGate, but he's seemingly regressed to the mean (probably with being British and all).

Posted by: Thrawn at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (E/ibL)

249 I should be at 50%! *hic!*

Posted by: 100 Proof Hillary at July 22, 2017 11:15 PM (bc2Lc)

250 The same reason they dropped History and Economics for Journalism at UNC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:11 PM (OdK9v)



Inmates of the primate enclosures at innumerable zoos live in hope that their day will come.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:15 PM (SRKgf)

251 It's 89 and 52% humidity. The problem with summer in the PNW is that most homes and some stores don't have air conditioning. The house stays cool but it's like an oven outside. I just can't take the humidity any more.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 22, 2017 11:15 PM (Lqy/e)

252 I still find myself reaching up to adjust them even though they are no longer there.
Like me reaching for my balls!

Posted by: the ex-bruce jenner at July 22, 2017 11:15 PM (nlbfN)

253 @227

?

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:16 PM (Eynls)

254 I was lost in high school algebra. But picked it up fairly well when it was necessary for my job. Some of my high school problem was X=? and me being stubborn and not getting the concept theoretically. Once it was applied to real physical things in my job it made sense and worth learning.
Posted by: X-ray at July




1. x does not equal ?
2. what does x-ray equal?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:16 PM (0wem/)

255 My job is to search patents for our R&D and Legal groups. I am always amazed at how much goes into improving even the simplest things: new materials, new designs, new processes.

Yet we have a huge number of people who have no idea what things do or what they're used for, how they do them or how they're made. And we're not talking about inner-city gangbangers but politicians, bureaucrats, "thought leaders" and policy makers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 11:16 PM (RO6/m)

256 89 and 52% humidity. The problem with summer in the PNW is that most homes and some stores don't have air conditioning. The house stays cool but it's like an oven outside. I just can't take the humidity any more.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July




where are you the desert? 52% humidity is nothing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:17 PM (0wem/)

257 This morning I watched The Young Turks election night meltdown for the first time.

What a pompous bunch of losers.

Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:17 PM (QY6Z3)

258 Posted by: Thrawn at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM

Ah, I see. I didn't really follow the names in GamerGate very closely, so I just assumed he was on the SJW side during it...

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (q1+kD)

259
The dark web is the underground web. The sites there, the servers don't appear on the public DNS system. And the traffic is encrypted.

Much of underneath is the same html and others the regular web uses, but to get there, you have to have access to the correct encrypted name servers that will get you there.

It's used for all sorts of highly illegal stuff.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (8O3HH)

260 216 I'm always late to the party.

Algebra - My 9th grade algebra teacher, Mr. Rivedal, told us that the day would come when we would pay for everything with a little plastic card, and a penny would hold so little value that you wouldn't pick one up off the ground if you found it, and we didn't believe him.

Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (QY6Z3)

++++

I don't think the little plastic cards are going to be around for too much longer. The day isn't that far off when we will be paying for everything with finger or eye scans.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (FUu/Z)

261 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM


sec(45) * 15 = 21.21 ft.

or

sqrt(15**2 + 15**2) = 21.21 ft.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (DMUuz)

262 Nothing says 'yummy' like Jungle Skum.

*recalls SNL skit for Painful Rectal Itch jam'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (OdK9v)

263 Here's an SR-71 story that'll make you laugh.

Good vid. The guy has really polished his story over the years.

Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:19 PM (zEjuG)

264 Clearly, that cat has called for ramming speed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:19 PM (OdK9v)

265 New Thor Ragnarok trailer.

https://youtu.be/ue80QwXMRHg

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:19 PM (cAnNx)

266 As I understand it the 'dark web' is like an unlisted telephone number. If you known the number, you can call it, but someone has to tell you the number first. Unless you like dialing random numbers and talking to whoever answers.

In internet language it means the dark servers don't have an entry in the Domain Name Server system. (Link and unlisted number in the Phone network.)

So an anonymous nobody like me who could set up a server that only people I trust could access it for as long as I have a static IP address. Not that I would do such a thing because ever since the movie 'War Games' people have been 'war dialing' ip address/telephone numbers just to see what they get.

Oh look Maude, this one is at the CIA! Cool, eh?

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:19 PM (m9X4Y)

267 Great ONT, CDR!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (TdMsT)

268 The Feebs run at least one Tor server, and used it to crack down on some illegality, IIRC.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (6FqZa)

269 you notice they had to chain the cat to the boat to stop him from abandoning the boat.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (0wem/)

270 2. what does x-ray equal?

A functional math illiterate?

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (wTi/q)

271 261 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM

sec(45) * 15 = 21.21 ft.

or

sqrt(15**2 + 15**2) = 21.21 ft.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (DMUuz)

Y'all might as well be speaking Chinese.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (0mRoj)

272 Heh, I picked up a penny in the parking lot after work the other day. I mumbled, ah, a good luck penny. The young'n walking near me looked at me like I had two heads.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (gDoff)

273 255 I imagine every workplace has folks like that. I know we sure do.

Case in point - I emailed a writeable document to a staff member, and when she tried to fill in some information, she couldn't. I took a look, and told her to click on the "enable editing" button.

Worked like a charm after that.

Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (QY6Z3)

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (0wem/)

275 White Lotus is an amazing book! Chinese are in charge and white folks slaves. At the end, they have their own non-violent movement against the rulers.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (Lqy/e)

276 Do you want to play a game?

Posted by: AOSHQ hamster entity at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (nlbfN)

277
I don't think the little plastic cards are going to be around for too much longer. The day isn't that far off when we will be paying for everything with finger or eye scans.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
---------

Our local ACE hardware will no longer accept checks. I was a little pissed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (OdK9v)

278 Yep, did it again.

Only a minute late this time.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (m9X4Y)

279 216 Algebra - My 9th grade algebra teacher, Mr. Rivedal, told us that the day would come when we would pay for everything with a little plastic card, and a penny would hold so little value that you wouldn't pick one up off the ground if you found it, and we didn't believe him.
Posted by: ALH at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (QY6Z3)


When I was a kid, people had credit cards, but they were pretty much for major department stores only. Mom handed the nice cashier her card and the cashier pulled out a huge book to make sure that mom's card wasn't listed. Then the cashier used a device to imprint a copy of the card on a triplicate form and filled out a bunch of information by hand.

We've come a long way over the past 50 years.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (nvMvs)

280 Pretty sure algebra isn't the only subject in school minorities are failing

Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2017 11:22 PM (2R5JV)

281 you notice they had to chain the cat to the boat to stop him from abandoning the boat.

The cat is actually pulling the boat. Trust me, I'm an engineer.

Posted by: Bill Nye at July 22, 2017 11:22 PM (kuiuS)

282 I hated algebra in school. Frigging hated it. I hated math, so algebra is a shit sandwich on steroids.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:23 PM (aMlLZ)

283 280 Pretty sure algebra isn't the only subject in school minorities are failing
Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2017 11:22 PM (2R5JV)



Sadly, I believe that's also true.

It's almost as if the problem is more fundamental.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:23 PM (SRKgf)

284 205 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"

What's a joist?
Posted by: Young Adolt at July 22, 2017 11:06 PM (XoldI)


Jesus Christ, that's a steeply pitched roof.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (17QyB)

285 260 So, how does one get there?
Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (D2vc1)


Bob from NSA can help.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (nvMvs)

286 Nope, it's just late and the humidity has dropped from earlier. I can take desert temperatures but I feel like I'm breathing underwater these days.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (Lqy/e)

287 Have a friend / client who is worth an obscene amount of money. Was walking to the subway after dinner one evening, because taking cabs is wasteful, and he stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to pick up a nickel. He did this all the time. Said it was important to realize the value of money and never waste anything.

Now we do it, for the principle. Funny how people with the least money are the most likely to ignore a penny on the ground.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (0wem/)

288 There will never be a USS Hillary Clinton

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (OdK9v)

289 Since I haven't seen a Gainz Thread in a while (probably because I've been at my "job") I thought I'd mention that today I unleashed the firepower of my armed and fully operational Lifting Playlist. This wettest, nastiest, ball-slappinest playlist has so much testosterone in it, it's a banned substance in 6 professional sports leagues and has been found in Venus and Serena Williams' blood samples. My cardio playlist is still in the R&D phase.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:25 PM (5YBu8)

290 "White Lotus is an amazing book! Chinese are in charge and white folks slaves."

I think Chung Kuo is supposed to be more nuanced - but then, Wingrove published that later (and then republished, and now republished a third time under the author's control).

The Chinese rule, the whites (and others) can attain high ranks but only if they accept Chinese rule. And the upper-class Chinese twits being upper-class Chinese twits stab each other in the back a lot.

Pretty much exactly like upper-class white twits today.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 11:25 PM (6FqZa)

291 282 I hated algebra in school. Frigging hated it. I hated math, so algebra is a shit sandwich on steroids.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:23 PM (aMlLZ)


I can relate to this. Even though I ended up as a physical scientist, I was bored by math. "I'm going to synthesize new compounds, dammit, why waste my time with this shit?" was my attitude.

Now, in my dotage, I'm bored by chemistry, and enchanted by math.

Go figure.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:25 PM (SRKgf)

292 Pretty sure algebra isn't the only subject in school minorities are failing

Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2017 11:22 PM (2R5JV)

Ask a kid under 25 how to change a tire. Not even a subject taught in school but most every male used to know how to do it. Growing up without fathers is taking a toll.

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:26 PM (wTi/q)

293 Here's the article I was looking for, speaking of upper-class white twits (literally) fucking us:
tinyurl.com/zlnjrrg

The FBI let a pedobear free because, if it had gone to discovery, they'd have had to release information on how they found out.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (6FqZa)

294 244 "I've heard this "Dark Web" phrase a few times this week. Is that just a term for weird, obscure, legal-relative sites, or something else? "

Not a place where a decent Moron would wish to venture.

Posted by: Tuna at July 22, 2017 11:07 PM (jm1YL)

It's most infamous for having sites like the "silk road" which is like Amazon, but for illegal guns, illegal drugs, hitmen, kiddy porn, actual children and women for sale, snuff films, and things far, far worse than any of us here could dream up.

Posted by: The Dark Hat at July 22, 2017 11:14 PM (vBeA5)

++++

I have TOR installed on my pc, but just for one site: TPB. They sometimes are unreachable over the regular internet, but their onion address almost always works.

I assume TOR is completely infiltrated by the feds, so I don't even think of using it for anything I wouldn't just do with a regular browser.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (pvjTE)

295 8 ways to tell if you're a psychopath.

https://youtu.be/ypNboW30_JE

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (cAnNx)

296

My trouble was just the opposite. Getting so into the math that I didn't care was it supposed to be used for. :-)

For example, not caring that you get an answer, but how you got it. Is it elegant enough? That looks too messy and convoluted. We need to find a more beautiful solution.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (8O3HH)

297 It's almost as if the problem is more fundamental.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:23 PM (SRKgf)

Once it became unnecessary to work for a living thanks to Government Assistance...

Posted by: davidt at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (XoldI)

298 What's a joist?

Back in the old timey days, the Knights of the Round Table would put on a sporting event at Medieval Festivals for the amusement of the crowds.

Two knights on horse back would charge at each other, each carrying a long, heavy pole, and try to knock the other guy off his horse.

Polish people hated this game as much as short people hate dwarf tossing.

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (m9X4Y)

299 Our local ACE hardware will no longer accept checks. I was a little pissed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:21

That's weird. I like my Ace Place, as does the wife. But I usually use a cc, never check.

They are the one w/ good advise I find.

Posted by: Farmer at July 22, 2017 11:28 PM (yJ1e6)

300 Sadly, this was not a singular incident. Kids literally ddn't know how to write their address. It was sad.
Posted by: Tickled Pink


That used to be taught every year in elementary school English class. There was letter writing for various types of letters, addressing envelopes, and postcards. These topics were covered every year from about 3rd grade through 6th. Sometimes the nuns would have you practice by assigning pen pals from schools in other states.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 11:28 PM (+lVUW)

301 A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess using FEN notation?

Posted by: AOSHQ hamster entity at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM (nlbfN)

302 I am an old fart that reads content and comments before committing, so not only an old fart but also old school. That doesn't make me special just I yam what I yam kinda man.

We have 3 children, all in strong marriages, and 7 grandchildren with an 8th on the way. We will out breed you childless ones and the abortion as a claim to fame libtards. Babies are sacred, only the devil can protect anyone within 5 miles who harbors them ill of my grandchildren. The future does not belong to progressive women, it belongs to conservative women you make babies and raise them wisely.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM (CHPoA)

303 Have a friend / client who is worth an obscene amount of money.

So am I! Obscenely little. It never ceases to amaze me that I can save so much of my income and have it invested by knowledgeable people and every quarter the balance is exactly the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM (PBalj)

304 @300

Yup nerdy girl....same here. Minus the nuns. Well, we had nuns but not for those classes.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM (smD62)

305 That used to be taught every year in elementary school English class. There was letter writing for various types of letters, addressing envelopes, and postcards. These topics were covered every year from about 3rd grade through 6th. Sometimes the nuns would have you practice by assigning pen pals from schools in other states.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 11:28 PM (+lVUW)



But now its e-mail.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:30 PM (cAnNx)

306 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?

I'd be saying don't you mean rafters, Dad? And 45 degrees is freaking steep- hope you're not planning on ME putting that roof on!

Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:30 PM (kuiuS)

307 8 ways to tell if you're a psychopath.
Are you talking to me??? ARE YOU!!!??? ARE YOU!!!???

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (nlbfN)

308 My trouble was just the opposite. Getting so into the math that I didn't care was it supposed to be used for. :-)

For example, not caring that you get an answer, but how you got it. Is it elegant enough? That looks too messy and convoluted. We need to find a more beautiful solution.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (8O3HH)



The best mathematicians are often not all that good at physics. The mathematics is there to describe the physics, not the other way around.

Physicists are people who are good at math, but recognize the physical reality.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (SRKgf)

309 "Easy as 1-2-3."
-- Jackson 5

The Fibonacci seque--- ...

... hey, w8 a minute. I posted this earlier today.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (zkGZ8)

310 206 I had my second laser surgery last Thursday for cataracts. It was easy and painless. As an added bonus, I am no lo get extremely nearsighted. I now only need reading glasses which I can buy in the dollar store. I've worn glasses since the third grade and I still find myself reaching up to adjust them even though they are no longer there.
Posted by: Bill R.


My younger sister just went through it. She always wore thick glasses. She's amazed at how well she sees now.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (+lVUW)

311 301 A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess using FEN notation?

Posted by: AOSHQ hamster entity at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM (nlbfN)



What's the FEN notation to flip over the board and kick the table?

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (cAnNx)

312 So, how does one get there?
Posted by: Country Boy at July 22, 2017 11:08 PM (D2vc1)

If you must... use Tor. But really think about going there first.

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 11:32 PM (pL6Vz)

313 I'd be saying don't you mean rafters, Dad? And 45 degrees is freaking steep- hope you're not planning on ME putting that roof on!
Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:30 PM (kuiuS)


Yeah, I corrected that above. And the problem was obviously made up.

But the point remains. When you're actually going to do manual labor, it's worthwhile getting the math right BEFORE you start.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:32 PM (SRKgf)

314 kitten wants to play reminds me of my now old and blind cat when she was a kitten, then a young cat. We had an elderly German Shepherd with hip dysplasia and arthritis caused by the hip dysplasia when she moved in on us fourteen years ago. Much to my surprise, the GSD accepted the half grown fur ball with no problem, and there was peace when I had expected war. Penny, the young cat, was full of energy and mischief. Murphy, the dog, just got older, slower and more bothered by her hurting hips. That wretched cat would wait until poor Murphy got stretched out and as comfortable as she could get, then zip over and leap on the dog's head, forcing poor Murphy to leap up and start trying to get comfortable again. (The vet prescribed pain pills for the dog, and we were not the least bit stingy with them.) Now it's poor Penny's turn to suffer the slings and arrows of a much younger, active cat who just wants to play.

Posted by: Deplorable lady with a deplorable basket of deplorable cats at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (lMsBz)

315 Actually Weather Underground says 68% humidity, which is closer to the truth.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (Lqy/e)

316 " ... don't you mean rafter, Dad?"

Dad must be in Colorado and eating pot brownies.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (CHPoA)

317 Y'all might as well be speaking Chinese.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM


Nah. There's a building 30 feet across that needs a roof. He wants the rafters to be at a 45 degree angle over the middle. Since the middle is over the middle, that's 15 feet in. Touch your thumbs together, and then your index fingers, to make a triangle. Each thumb represents 15 feet, and where your index fingers touch is 15 feet above where your thumbs meet. He wants to know how long each index finger would have to be to close the triangle.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (DMUuz)

318 The Fibonacci seque--- ...


I suspect the Fibonacci sequence was invented by some guy named Fibonacci working out in the gym.

"OK, I've got to do 20 reps."

"1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. OK, I'm done."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (SRKgf)

319 I am an old fart that reads content and comments before committing, so not only an old fart but also old school. That doesn't make me special just I yam what I yam kinda man.

We have 3 children, all in strong marriages, and 7 grandchildren with an 8th on the way. We will out breed you childless ones and the abortion as a claim to fame libtards. Babies are sacred, only the devil can protect anyone within 5 miles who harbors them ill of my grandchildren. The future does not belong to progressive women, it belongs to conservative women you make babies and raise them wisely.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 22, 2017 11:29 PM

Haha, right on!

(And for the record, my lack of kids wasn't due to a lack of wanting them, but rather a poor showing in the dating field.) XD

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:35 PM (q1+kD)

320 Our local ACE hardware will no longer accept checks. I was a little pissed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (OdK9v)

++++

Most payment systems that take credit cards also accept debit cards. That's practically the same a a check, except the money flows out immediately instead of having to wait for the check to clear.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 11:35 PM (FUu/Z)

321 Pretty sure Joist was an early arcade game where you ride around on a giant ostrich, or something.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at July 22, 2017 11:35 PM (jZgTE)

322 While replacing the water heater in my daughters house. She came down in the basement and asked "did Grandpa teach you how to do this?". I hesitated because I don't remember doing that specific task with my Dad but lots of general plumbing and basic electrical. Dad taught me way more than I learned in school.

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:36 PM (wTi/q)

323 I assume TOR is completely infiltrated by the feds, so I don't even think of using it for anything I wouldn't just do with a regular browser.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 11:27 PM (pvjTE)

Oh yeah, the Feds and every other entity... world wide web... Feds, NSA, CIA, and all foreign equivalents... plus cartels, ISIS....

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 11:36 PM (pL6Vz)

324 Now we do it, for the principle. Funny how people with the least money are the most likely to ignore a penny on the ground.
Posted by: yankeefifth
------------

I was walking down along the Soo locks when I saw a kid coming the opposite way. He was kicking a shiny object along. He mis-kicked it and it went off the side of the sidewalk. He just kept walking.

When I got down to where the object had gone off the edge, I looked for it, thinking it must be a washer. It was a dime. I thought, "You know kid, it might mean anything to you, but there have been too many times when I wished that I had another ten cents", and happily picked it up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:36 PM (OdK9v)

325
*squirt*

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 22, 2017 11:37 PM (t5m5e)

326 I had a penpal from Japan in elementary school. She used to send me origami. I wonder what ever happened to those letters. They had the red and blue angle stripes on the edges. Learned how to change the oil and change a tire in high school. Being a single mom. I taught my daughter the same. The only time I didn't let her near me working on the truck is when I got a flat tire on the truck that had split rims. So did the spare. She was about 7. I made her stand 50 feet away when I changed that tire.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:37 PM (gDoff)

327 I was walking down along the Soo locks when I saw a kid coming the opposite way. He was kicking a shiny object along. He mis-kicked it and it went off the side of the sidewalk. He just kept walking.

When I got down to where the object had gone off the edge, I looked for it, thinking it must be a washer. It was a dime. I thought, "You know kid, it might mean anything to you, but there have been too many times when I wished that I had another ten cents", and happily picked it up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July




yep.



poor parenting.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:37 PM (0wem/)

328 What's the FEN notation to flip over the board and kick the table?
Kneeing OM in the crotch: Knee-to-Balls-OM.

Posted by: AOSHQ hamster entity at July 22, 2017 11:38 PM (nlbfN)

329 Grammie, have fun and stay safe!

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (ZapPq)

330 You know who doesn't need algebra? Everybody in administration. That half of each company or organization which does nothing but push papers to each other.

They can rely on the TV to tell them everything they need to know, anyways.

Me? My life would be much poorer without math. Trig is how the physical world is built, calculus is how it moves. Math is a beautiful thing.

Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (kuiuS)

331 Grammie, have fun and stay safe!
Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (ZapPq)

Word... don't go riding around the countryside.

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 11:40 PM (pL6Vz)

332 That's it for me tonight. Ciao.

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 22, 2017 11:41 PM (nlbfN)

333 307 8 ways to tell if you're a psychopath.
Are you talking to me??? ARE YOU!!!??? ARE YOU!!!???


Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 22, 2017 11:31 PM (nlbfN)




Of course not.



Your emotional outburst indicates sociopathy, not psychopathy.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:42 PM (cAnNx)

334 There will never be a USS Hillary Clinton

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (OdK9v)



Every major U.S.N. port has at least one garbage scow in the Harbor Maintenance Fleet.

I think her name would be an entirely fitting name for such a vessel. And the mirth enjoyed by the crew would far outweigh the shame of the name.

I'm imagining what the Commissioning Crew would come up with for the Ship's Logo and Latin Motto.

I'm thinking of the Ship's Logo as a be-Sunglassed Secret Service Agents, tossing a clearly pictured garbage can over a bollard, and the Latin phrasing of "Trash Never Sleeps, but Sometimes Faints", or some such.

Done right, I think Sailors would find great satisfaction and the fleet much amusement, at the Harbor Scow, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Homeport: Guantamo Bay, Cuba.

(alternate Ship's Motto: "She will NEVER be President!")



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


p.s. The Ship's Sponsor at launching, The Hon. Sarah Palin, breaks a bottle of Champagne Hitlery's brand of Scotch, across the ship's stem.


/snrk!

Posted by: Jim at July 22, 2017 11:42 PM (v5iqM)

335 Dad taught me way more than I learned in school.
Posted by: X-ray

I wish I had been smarter and/or more humble back in the day so that I could have learned more from Grandpa (God rest him). He was a farm boy in the depression, so he had so many skills that are dying with the rest of the WW2 generation. Sad.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:42 PM (5YBu8)

336 They can rely on the TV to tell them everything they need to know, anyways.

Me? My life would be much poorer without math. Trig is how the physical world is built, calculus is how it moves. Math is a beautiful thing.
Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (kuiuS)

So..the difference between producers and consumers?

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 11:42 PM (pL6Vz)

337 Me? My life would be much poorer without math. Trig is how the physical world is built, calculus is how it moves. Math is a beautiful thing.

Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM

I think part of the problem is that it isn't taught that way. More like: here, memorize this formula and solve. No, no, never mind what it means, just do it...

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (q1+kD)

338
So if I have no empathy and no emotional control, then I'm a sociopath, not a psychopath?

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (m9X4Y)

339 Now we do it, for the principle. Funny how people with the least money are the most likely to ignore a penny on the ground.
Posted by: yankeefifth



Now there's a coinky-dink.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (SRKgf)

340 But the point remains. When you're actually going to do manual labor, it's worthwhile getting the math right BEFORE you start.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:32 PM (SRKgf)


That's for sure. I'm psychotic when it comes to measuring. I use a lot of calipers and micrometers. With the stuff I do a stupid measuring mistake results in epic failure of galactic proportions that there is no recovery from.


Did I mention how I hate frigging math?

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (aMlLZ)

341 Howdy, Infidel!

My dad showed me how to check my car fluids. He used to change his own oil (and mine) until it became economical to have a shop do it.

When I was a driving instructor, one of my students was extremely nervous and when trying to negotiate a corner, she gunned the gas and didn't straighten the wheel (instructor-side brakes were a joke) so we rammed a curb and flattened a tire.

So I said, "For today's lesson, we will learn how to change a tire."

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (ZapPq)

342 My life would be much poorer without math. Trig is how the physical world is built, calculus is how it moves. Math is a beautiful thing.
Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (kuiuS)


Amen. Preach it!

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:45 PM (ZapPq)

343 FIGHT FOR 15!!!!!

(OK, our company hires part-time workers making $11 an hour for a total of 1500 labor hours a week. If the minimum wage is increased to $15 an hour right now as you demand, how many labor hours will be on next week's schedule?)

*crickets*

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 11:45 PM (zkGZ8)

344 I think part of the problem is that it isn't taught that way. More like: here, memorize this formula and solve. No, no, never mind what it means, just do it...
Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (q1+kD)



Shitty teaching is the bane of STEM subjects. Memorization should play little or no role. Introductory level STEM subjects should be taught by those from other disciplines for whom the precepts of the STEM subject are not intuitively obvious, but who had to learn to grasp them by dint of hard work.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:46 PM (SRKgf)

345 USS Hillary Clinton

It's a shart-range sloop.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (Eynls)

346 So I said, "For today's lesson, we will learn how to change a tire."

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM

Heh, nice.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (q1+kD)

347 Ask a kid under 25 how to change a tire. Not even a subject taught in school but most every male used to know how to do it. Growing up without fathers is taking a toll.
Posted by: X-ray
--------------

Ah! That reminds me. Yesterday as I was passing a parking lot, I noticed a Tesla being loaded onto a AAA roll-back. I was so curious that I turned around and went back to find out what the story was.

There was a mid 60-ish yuppy lady standing and watching. I asked if it was her car, and she said that it was. I asked what the problem was, "I had a flat tire she responded". I asked her why the AAA fellow didn't just change the tire. "It doesn't have a spare tire" she answered.

Geeze-o-pete, did I have to bite my tongue. So, I got into my 22 year-old second hand truck and drove home, leaving her there standing in the hot parking lot as her Tesla was carted away.

I had to look it up went I got home, it seemed so unbelievable, but, no...no spare tire. WTFF?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (OdK9v)

348 141 Emmie, math instructors clearly excepted.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2017 10:39 PM (6FqZa)


Thank you, BTH.

*calms down*

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (ZapPq)

349 One does not simply walk into the Dark Web.

Posted by: Boromir at July 22, 2017 11:48 PM (jZgTE)

350 In high school I laughed at ever needing to memorize the periodic table. Now because of my job I have memorized 90% of it. I would get stumped in a test on the names of most of the man made elements though.

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:48 PM (wTi/q)

351 Nah. There's a building 30 feet across that needs a roof. He wants the rafters to be at a 45 degree angle over the middle. Since the middle is over the middle, that's 15 feet in. Touch your thumbs together, and then your index fingers, to make a triangle. Each thumb represents 15 feet, and where your index fingers touch is 15 feet above where your thumbs meet. He wants to know how long each index finger would have to be to close the triangle.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 11:34 PM (DMUuz)

That makes perfect sense. The calculation itself is foreign to me.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:48 PM (0mRoj)

352 That's for sure. I'm psychotic when it comes to measuring. I use a lot of calipers and micrometers. With the stuff I do a stupid measuring mistake results in epic failure of galactic proportions that there is no recovery from.


Did I mention how I hate frigging math?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (aMlLZ)



I can relate, my brother. I can do the calculations, but am congenitally incapable of cutting anything straight, or ever cutting two things separately to exactly the same length, no matter how hard I try.

Good thing I was a chemist, and not a carpenter, eh?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (SRKgf)

353 lol Emmie. I flunked my first driving test because the I hadn't closed the door on the '49 Chevy pick-up. The driver side door flew open going a corner. The instructor freaked out more that I did.

I think part of the problem is that it isn't taught that way. More
like: here, memorize this formula and solve. No, no, never mind what it
means, just do it...

I find that at work a lot. I went from paralegal to a manufacturing plant doing QA. When I ask why the do something a certain way, they say, 'cause that's how we do it. I want to know why you do it that way.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (gDoff)

354 USS Hillary Clinton

It's a shart-range sloop.
Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron
----------

Limbaugh has suggested that they name a garbage scow after Bill.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (OdK9v)

355 I had to look it up went I got home, it seemed so unbelievable, but, no...no spare tire. WTFF?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM

Well, I guess with the range on those things, they figure you can just walk home and get the spare.

Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (q1+kD)

356 (OK, our company hires part-time workers making $11 an hour for a total of 1500 labor hours a week. If the minimum wage is increased to $15 an hour right now as you demand, how many labor hours will be on next week's schedule?)

*crickets*
Posted by: FireHorse

Let's see if I can do this drunk:
1500 labor hours at $11/hour=$16,500 labor budget.
$16,500 budget divided by $15/hour=1100 labor hours. How'd I do?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (5YBu8)

357 345 USS Hillary Clinton

It's a shart-range sloop.
Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (Eynls)

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Clittoral Combat Ship?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2017 11:50 PM (PXj2C)

358 338
So if I have no empathy and no emotional control, then I'm a sociopath, not a psychopath wife

Posted by: Smith, Ironi Smith at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (m9X4Y)

FTFY

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:50 PM (0mRoj)

359 343 FIGHT FOR 15!!!!!

(OK, our company hires part-time workers making $11 an hour for a total of 1500 labor hours a week. If the minimum wage is increased to $15 an hour right now as you demand, how many labor hours will be on next week's schedule?)

*crickets*
Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 11:45 PM


(beep) None. (beep

Posted by: Unit 386 at July 22, 2017 11:51 PM (DMUuz)

360 While replacing the water heater in my daughters house. She came down in the basement and asked "did Grandpa teach you how to do this?". I hesitated because I don't remember doing that specific task with my Dad but lots of general plumbing and basic electrical. Dad taught me way more than I learned in school.


Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:36 PM (wTi/q)


Did you set your dad on fire with a plumbers torch like I did? We still laugh about that. He was positioning the copper pipes and fittings and handed me the torch. He was reaching up checking to make sure everything was ready to be soldered, and I brain farted while watching what he was doing. I burned a hole through his flannel shirt and just started browning his t shirt. He looks down with a mostly calm voice and says "hey you got me on fire". lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:51 PM (aMlLZ)

361 330 You know who doesn't need algebra? Everybody in administration. That half of each company or organization which does nothing but push papers to each other.


Posted by: t-bird at July 22, 2017 11:39 PM (kuiuS)


What is Pi?

A Mathematician would tell you its the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

A physicist would tell you it's 3.1415 and the numbers keep going on never repeating.

An engineer would tell you, "about 3. But I would use 4 to be safe."

An administrator would tell you, "Its dessert today isn't it!?"

And the salesman would tell you "Well the engineer would tell you its about 3, but I can get to you for 2 1/2."

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 11:51 PM (cAnNx)

362 I want to know why you do it that way.
Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (gDoff)


It's easier to remember if you know why.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:51 PM (ZapPq)

363 I had to look it up went I got home, it seemed so unbelievable, but, no...no spare tire. WTFF?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

With new cars these days, you're lucky if the dealer gives you a can of Fix-a-flat.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:52 PM (5YBu8)

364 350 In high school I laughed at ever needing to memorize the periodic table. Now because of my job I have memorized 90% of it. I would get stumped in a test on the names of most of the man made elements though.
Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:48 PM (wTi/q)



Hell, I don't remember those either. If they've made fewer than 100 atoms of it, fuck it, is my attitude.

For that matter, I don't remember the lanthanide and actinides generally, either.

Having said that, I did expect students to remember the rest of the periodic table. Half of it they probably knew already (e.g., alkali metals, halogens), so in 10 minutes they could easily learn the rest. That way when I talked about group 15 elements, I expected them to know I meant N, P, As, Sb, Bi.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:53 PM (SRKgf)

365 I had to look it up went I got home, it seemed so unbelievable, but, no...no spare tire. WTFF?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:47 PM (OdK9v)

We bought my wife a new Hyundai Elantra. Great car. Love it. But, yup. No spare tire, not even that all but worthless donut once found in the trunk. Just a half-ass fix-a-flat canister. So, we bought a full-size spare tire and it now resides in the trunk.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 22, 2017 11:53 PM (lXk/B)

366 Whoa. Cars with no spares? Yikes!

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (ZapPq)

367 Y'all might as well be speaking Chinese.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:20 PM (0mRoj)

No...it's logical. Believe when I say that, because I have absolutely no mathematical aptitude yet did reasonably well until some psychotic decided that Differential Equations should be taught to humans.

The basic concept is a ratio. And with a pencil and a ruler you could figure it out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (wYseH)

368 @354 garbage scow BilL

I can think of any more bad jokes. Night all!

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (Eynls)

369 ... =1100 labor hours. How'd I do?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
________

You get half credit for this question. (You would have received less, but you showed your work.)

The preliminary schedule would indeed show 1100 labor hours. But when the workers realized that their hours had been cut for no reason, they would have burned the company's facilities to the ground, leaving the schedule in ashes.

The correct answer is 0 labor hours.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (zkGZ8)

370 I can relate, my brother. I can do the calculations, but am congenitally incapable of cutting anything straight, or ever cutting two things separately to exactly the same length, no matter how hard I try.

Good thing I was a chemist, and not a carpenter, eh?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:49 PM (SRKgf)


I would be the opposite, I learned cabinet and counter top making, and between that and guitar building it has me able to cut a line like a laser did it, but if it was chemicals I would probably blow up the house. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (aMlLZ)

371

Speaking of war dialing/port scanning, IP6 should make that computationally infeasible (for a while, at least). 128 bits total.

I've been playing with. Charter is supposed to be rolling out native IP6, but they haven't done it here yet, but they have a 6rd relay, and I use that to play with IP6 internet.

The way it is typically set up is you get 64 bits of "prefix". This is like a public IP address your ISP gives you. The lower order 64-bits are up to you.

So, with IP 6, my router (through the 6rd) relay gets a 64-bit prefix. The machines on the net then have another 64-bit address space to use.

So, if someone had that prefix, they would still have to scan 64-bits worth of possible address space to find any live machine on the subnet.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (8O3HH)

372 277 Our local ACE hardware will no longer accept checks. I was a little pissed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (OdK9v)


Checks take businesses time to process.

I write maybe 5 checks a year, if not less.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 22, 2017 11:54 PM (nvMvs)

373 363 I had to look it up went I got home, it seemed so unbelievable, but, no...no spare tire. WTFF?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

With new cars these days, you're lucky if the dealer gives you a can of Fix-a-flat.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 22, 2017 11:52 PM (5YBu

I drive an '04 Camry.... full-sized spare ( really big trunk too)... still the original Michelin spare.
I may keep the car for... forever.

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 11:55 PM (pL6Vz)

374 A physicist would tell you it's 3.1415 and the numbers keep going on never repeating.
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That's just plain irrational.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:55 PM (OdK9v)

375 Grew up on an Iowa farm 1950s and early 60s. You had to be a jack of all trades. If you couldn't fix or repair or build you had to give up hard earned cash. So you did it yourself. Learned a lot from grandparents and parents. A country boy/girl will survive. I am salt of the earth. Not dumb by any means, not a crease of the pants intellectual. Just an old farm boy with 20/20 vision. Got dead aim.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 22, 2017 11:55 PM (CHPoA)

376 I asked her why the AAA fellow didn't just change the tire. "It doesn't have a spare tire"///

One of my daughters used AAA to change a flat tire recently (she knows how but with 3kids under 6 not easy). The temp spare was low and the AAA guy sent her to a gas station for air. What tow truck doesn't have an compressor or at least a portable air tank.

Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:55 PM (wTi/q)

377 It's almost as if the problem is more fundamental.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:23 PM (SRKgf)

Interesting idea.

Posted by: Hernstein & Murray at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (wYseH)

378 It's easier to remember if you know why.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 11:51 PM (ZapPq)

Yep.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (gDoff)

379 Now there's a coinky-dink.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July




hiyo! what does money in kentucky have to do with anything?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (0wem/)

380 Basic Math & Geometry.

When I set the tile in the kitchen, I included a "border" feature in the middle of the floor, basically equating to the outline of a 30"x45" rectangle of 2" wide border tiles, inset into the field of 12"x12" tiles, which were laid in the diagonal, but with the aforementioned "border" set of tiles, oriented along the true long and cross axis of the kitchen.

The layout of the kitchen has the oven/range set against the North wall, and the refrigerator set directly across the kitchen on the South wall.

Result? The "pockets" in which sit the stove & fridge respectively, all terminate in triangular tiles of about 1.5" on the two sides as defined by their 90 degree corners. All four of those "corner" tiles, would interchange into any of the four corners.

That's a pretty good degree of accuracy in the runout from the initial measuring and setting in of that aforementioned "border", which was actually the first bit of tile set in the project.

The only 12"12" field tile within that border, which did not have to be run through the tile saw, was the center tile.

Wish I could post a pic, here. The measured accuracy across the whole kitchen tile project is better than 1/64th in., across a twelve foot span.

You know the old "measure twice, cut once?

That's a full half-day of measuring, marking, tweaking and measuring again and again.

First tile didn't go down till I was absolutely certain that the last tile would go in perfectly

Doing things WITH math, makes one better AT math. Every damn time.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (v5iqM)

381 Wow , I was stIll on the comedy thread. I'm like the stoner who woke up at the party that everyone else had left 5 hours ago.

Posted by: LASue at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM (Mjus2)

382

288 There will never be a USS Hillary Clinton
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:24 PM (OdK9v)


What a very lovely post. It made me extremely happy.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM (TdMsT)

383 The correct answer is 0 labor hours.

Posted by: FireHorse
________

Holy freaking crap, a correct answer at #359. Someone just earned an arson conviction or a promotion.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM (zkGZ8)

384 261 "A building is 30 feet wide. Its joists need to meet in the middle at a 45 degree angle. How long does each joist need to be?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 22, 2017 11:03 PM

sec(45) * 15 = 21.21 ft.

or

sqrt(15**2 + 15**2) = 21.21 ft.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2017 11:18 PM (DMUuz)


Wouldn't that be 15/sin(22.5)=39.2 ft?

I say 22.5 because I understand the total rafter angle is 45 degrees.

I'm using sin and not sec because I can find it on my calculator.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM (17QyB)

385 The USS Hillary Clinton would have to be followed around by that ship shipping ship (call back to ONTs past), to pick her up and carry her when she starts listing.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at July 22, 2017 11:58 PM (jZgTE)

386 One of my daughters used AAA to change a flat tire recently (she knows how but with 3kids under 6 not easy). The temp spare was low and the AAA guy sent her to a gas station for air. What tow truck doesn't have an compressor or at least a portable air tank.
Posted by: X-ray at July 22, 2017 11:55 PM (wTi/q)

This is most likely the most depressing thing I've read all week.

Proper fooked, we are.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 22, 2017 11:58 PM (lXk/B)

387 Whoa. Cars with no spares? Yikes!
Posted by: Emmie
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Not just a car, but a $70,000 car. Not counting the subsidy, which youpay with your tax dollars.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 22, 2017 11:59 PM (OdK9v)

388 think part of the problem is that it isn't taught that way. More like: here, memorize this formula and solve. No, no, never mind what it means, just do it...
Posted by: Erik the Redacted, Deplorable Barbarian at July 22, 2017 11:43 PM (q1+kD)


Shitty teaching is the bane of STEM subjects. Memorization should play little or no role. Introductory level STEM subjects should be taught by those from other disciplines for whom the precepts of the STEM subject are not intuitively obvious, but who had to learn to grasp them by dint of hard work.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July



I learned more "math" in my first year after college than all the preceding because I had to know it and had a reason to know everything I was learning.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:00 AM (0wem/)

389 He looks down with a mostly calm voice and says "hey you got me on fire". lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2017 11:51

Now that's FFFE. Thanks for the laugh and I should go to bed. Work beckons tomorrow.

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:00 AM (yJ1e6)

390 The ONT, it's full of math.

Yikes

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 12:00 AM (iynDC)

391
Come on guys, think about this how a computer scientist should thing. Computational difficulty.

You only need one trig function, which is transcendental. If you know the slope as a ratio, you don't need to know the angle. If you only know the angle, then you're going to need on transcendental trig function.

You exercise is to calculate the rafter length using the least number of arithmetic operations possible.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 23, 2017 12:01 AM (8O3HH)

392 How wide are the joists/rafters? do you want the length of the outsides, insides, or centers?

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2017 12:02 AM (XoldI)

393 If we aren't going to get any Yoko, I suppose we could get some . . .


Shonen Knife?

https://youtu.be/sv6zD5B9GtE

Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (mkDpn)

394 That makes perfect sense. The calculation itself is foreign to me.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 22, 2017 11:48 PM


Well, the Pythagorean Theorum tells us that with a right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse (the rafter) equals the square root of the squares of the other two sides added together. Or c squared equals a squared + b squared. a is your thumb, b is the distance from thumbs to tips of index fingers, So 15 times 15 is 450, add another 15 times 15 to get 900, and since that is c squared, take its square root, which equals approximately 21.21

Or using trigonometry, you can take the secant of 45 degrees times 15, and get 21.21

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (DMUuz)

395 For you Sudoku fans. Did you know that any arrangement of the numerals 123456789 is divisible (without remainder) by 9 ?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (OdK9v)

396 That makes perfect sense. The calculation itself is foreign to me.

You multiply 15 by 1.4142.

Did I mention that we used four digit trig tables in high school and I've seen that number (and .7071) five billion times?

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (OBJWS)

397 @357 much better! I can now retire peacefully.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 23, 2017 12:04 AM (Eynls)

398
You know the old "measure twice, cut once?

That's a full half-day of measuring, marking, tweaking and measuring again and again.

First tile didn't go down till I was absolutely certain that the last tile would go in perfectly

Doing things WITH math, makes one better AT math. Every damn time.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX



Posted by: Jim at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (v5iqM)


I went psychotic when I put down 2 marble floors. I laid it all out for the best visual pattern and cuts, and then numbered each tile with masking tape and a sharpie.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:04 AM (aMlLZ)

399 I was told there would be no math out here in the real world.

Posted by: California Community College Graduate at July 23, 2017 12:04 AM (OBJWS)

400 You must also account for the overhang on the outside framing.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:04 AM (gDoff)

401 The ONT, it's full of math.

Yikes

Posted by: rhomboid
________

"This article is about mathematics."
-- Wikipedia entry for Rhomboid

Posted by: FireHorse at July 23, 2017 12:04 AM (zkGZ8)

402 I never stop to pick up coins off the ground. That's how the jawas get you. Or post-apocalyptic cannibals. You get distracted by the shiny, and then you're theirs.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 12:05 AM (H5knJ)

403 Everyone accepts that that the Pythagorean Theorem is valid, but not one person in a thousand has ever looked at Euclid's proof that it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:06 AM (OdK9v)

404
But now its e-mail.
Posted by: buzzion


True, but you still need to know how to write an address.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2017 12:06 AM (+lVUW)

405 Did you know that any arrangement of the numerals 123456789 is divisible (without remainder) by 9 ?

Yes, because any string of digits that adds up to (and re-adds up to, etc.) 9 is divisible by 9.

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:07 AM (kuiuS)

406 Yikes, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is on. What a dark movie.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:07 AM (gDoff)

407 Not necessarily amazing and maybe obvious to most people. But my dad had us help put up a pole barn. To get things level from 60 feet across he pulled out some clear tubing and put water in it. Seemed like magic at the time that something so simple worked so accurately.

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 12:08 AM (wTi/q)

408 I say 22.5 because I understand the total rafter angle is 45 degrees.

Oh, man, you're right. But that would be a retarded roof. Or a Weinerschnitzel roof.

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:08 AM (kuiuS)

409 Wouldn't that be 15/sin(22.5)=39.2 ft?
I'm using sin and not sec because I can find it on my calculator.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM


Secant is the reciprocal of cosine, not sine. Try (1/(cos(45)))*15

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (DMUuz)

410 Everyone accepts that that the Pythagorean Theorem is valid, but not one person in a thousand has ever looked at Euclid's proof that it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer
________

Is that the 4 triangles that make the square and the little square inside and then you move 2 triangles so that there are 2 small squares inside?

Posted by: FireHorse at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (zkGZ8)

411 You know the old "measure twice, cut once?

I once measured a 2x4 1' short in shop class. 8th grade. Earned me the scorn of my classmates and my shop teacher, who looked like the old fatguy ijn Porky's, only less forgiving.

I guess I did learn something. I measure five or ten times, then pause, then go for it, and sigh in relief if it fits.

MEASURE AS OFTEN AS NEEDED, THEN FUCKING CUT!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (lXk/B)

412 Yes, because any string of digits that adds up to (and re-adds up to, etc.) 9 is divisible by 9.
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:07 AM (kuiuS)


Why is that? This and primes make me start trying to re-invent the Kabalah for Methodists.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (mkDpn)

413
I have TOR installed on my pc, but just for one site: TPB. They sometimes are unreachable over the regular internet, but their onion address almost always works.

I assume TOR is completely infiltrated by the feds, so I don't even think of using it for anything I wouldn't just do with a regular browser.
---

Now you've made me want to figure out if I still have Tor installed, and then try to go to that site.

Which I probably shouldn't do.

Damn!

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:11 AM (aT+Bx)

414 Measure thrice, cut once. If it still doesn't fix you need a bigger hammer.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 23, 2017 12:12 AM (CHPoA)

415 Flooring my shed, which was 17' long, with red cedar, I was intent upon doing so with no adjacent end joints and using minimum lumber. I ended up writing a program to figure it out. I think I had a 3' piece left over.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:12 AM (OdK9v)

416 Did you know that any arrangement of the numerals 123456789 is divisible (without remainder) by 9 ?

Yes, because any string of digits that adds up to (and re-adds up to, etc.) 9 is divisible by 9.
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:07 AM (kuiuS)

God speaks to us through mathematics.

*shrugs*

Works for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:13 AM (lXk/B)

417
One of the many gadgets I've acquired over the years is an electronic water level. It beeps at you when the water on the other end touches the sensor in the unit, and you know the level mark is the water level in the end of the hose.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 23, 2017 12:13 AM (8O3HH)

418 Measure thrice, cut once. If it still doesn't fix you need a bigger hammer.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 23, 2017 12:12 AM (CHPoA)

And add WD40 and Duct Tape.

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 12:13 AM (wTi/q)

419 Geez, I need to hire one of you guys to do my kitchen floor.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:14 AM (gDoff)

420 Be well all. We're prepared for more of a deluge on the river from WI tomorrow.

I think this is less flooding since 1993, won't be serious damage here. Prayers up for those w/ worse problems.

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:14 AM (yJ1e6)

421 I once measured a 2x4 1' short in shop class.

Happens all the damned time. I work with 30-year veterans. They measure and measure and measure even though they are really good machinists.

Funny that they make fewer mistakes than I do. And they go twice as fast as me because they haven't screwed up the part.

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2017 12:14 AM (OBJWS)

422 So, the boy is in the Seattle area for the next couple of weeks doing some certification.


He calls tonight and talks about how nice the area is, but how expensive it is. How the housing and other things cost similar to California (where he currently lives) but the food in restaurants is astronomically expensive.


That would be the $15/hr minimum wage, bucko. Tell us again how you think Bernie Sanders "has some good ideas."


Maybe in fantasyland...

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:14 AM (/o9Qk)

423 And add WD40 and Duct Tape.
Posted by: X-ray

Duct tape: the handyman's secret weapon.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:15 AM (5YBu8)

424
How could they have left out this unfortunate product name.
http://tinyurl.com/y8djol46

Posted by: YIKES! at July 23, 2017 12:16 AM (t6XCL)

425 You forgot bailing wire.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:16 AM (gDoff)

426 You know the old "measure twice, cut once?

I once measured a 2x4 1' short in shop class. 8th grade. Earned me the scorn of my classmates and my shop teacher, who looked like the old fatguy ijn Porky's, only less forgiving.

I guess I did learn something. I measure five or ten times, then pause, then go for it, and sigh in relief if it fits.

MEASURE AS OFTEN AS NEEDED, THEN FUCKING CUT!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (lXk/B)


When I was doing kitchens and baths I had to install a kitchen for a friend of my father. I show up and everything is off by a mile. My father was a kick ass kitchen designer, he was the ice man, never made mistakes in measuring or design..like ever. So my father calls his friend and asks him how the hell he measured the damn kitchen and starts getting all forensic like. After some back and forth they figure out his friend used a folding ruler and left one of the sections folded. Talk about face palm. That was a disaster.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:16 AM (aMlLZ)

427 @219 cb

Hey, i only know how it could be done. No interest in going there. Last night's ONT spilling over to EMT was dark web enough for me.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 22, 2017 11:10 PM (Eynls)

Hmmmm, guess I have some reading to do.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:17 AM (Jcg9Q)

428 409 Wouldn't that be 15/sin(22.5)=39.2 ft?
I'm using sin and not sec because I can find it on my calculator.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2017 11:57 PM

Secant is the reciprocal of cosine, not sine. Try (1/(cos(45)))*15

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (DMUuz)


I forgot to add, we're looking for the length of the hypotenuse, not the height (adjacent). We have opposite length (15) and top angle (22.5), so 15/sin(22.5)= 15/.383=39.2.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 12:17 AM (17QyB)

429 How could they have left out this unfortunate product name.

http://tinyurl.com/y8djol46

Posted by: YIKES! at July 23, 2017 12:16 AM (t6XCL)

I love that soup.

Posted by: Shemp at July 23, 2017 12:17 AM (wTi/q)

430 I think this is less flooding since 1993, won't be serious damage here. Prayers up for those w/ worse problems.
Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:14 AM (yJ1e6)

Weather is a capricious hell-bitch. We in Northern Colorado have not gotten a good soaking since May, but the lakes are full thanks to a stupendous winter snow-pack. My lawn is all but dead, but Boyd Lake is water-skiing nirvana.

Anyway, hang tough, endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM (lXk/B)

431 Is SMFH around? Waving flag...yoo hoo?

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM (yJ1e6)

432 That was a disaster.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division

Your house is a disaster, huh?
Need a guy who's the master with the plaster, huh?
https://youtu.be/eXiwYUCe_bY

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM (5YBu8)

433 Why is that? This and primes make me start trying to re-invent the Kabalah for Methodists.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Recommended read: 'Prime Obsession', by John Derbyshire. Yes, that Derbyshire, who is actually a mathematician. A simpler, and more enjoyable read by him is 'Unknown Quantity', a entertaining read about the history of Algebra.
http://tinyurl.com/y9urulll

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM (OdK9v)

434 Today is/was National Tequila Day. So I'm wondering, is tomorrow National Bad Hangover Day?

Thanks for the ONT, CDR M.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 23, 2017 12:20 AM (6jaju)

435 >> Is SMFH around?

See last night's ONT. And the fallout from it. She won't be around any more, unfortunately.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (8O3HH)

436 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (gDoff)

437 TPB... the pirate bay?

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (aT+Bx)

438 395 For you Sudoku fans. Did you know that any arrangement of the numerals 123456789 is divisible (without remainder) by 9 ?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (OdK9v)


Did not realize this. But I am a savant at sudoku. It's scary.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (TdMsT)

439 So I'm wondering, is tomorrow National Bad Hangover Day?
Posted by: GnuBreed

Everyday is National Bad Hangover Day
Hic

Posted by: Hillary! who will never be President of the United States at July 23, 2017 12:22 AM (5YBu8)

440 Is SMFH around? Waving flag...yoo hoo?
Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM (yJ1e6)

Last I know, there's been an embannening.

I know little, except... yeah something happened.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:22 AM (lXk/B)

441 Heh, I picked up a penny in the parking lot after work the other day. I mumbled, ah, a good luck penny. The young'n walking near me looked at me like I had two heads.


Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 11:21 PM (gDoff)

I always pick up pennies.

I figured out that the amount of time I take to pick it up is equal to making 12 bucks an hour after taxes.

So if you're willing to work for $12 an hour (which I would if I had to) you should be willing to pick up a penny.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:23 AM (Jcg9Q)

442 That's a full half-day of measuring, marking, tweaking and measuring again and again.



First tile didn't go down till I was absolutely certain that the last tile would go in perfectly



Doing things WITH math, makes one better AT math. Every damn time.







Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX





Posted by: Jim at July 22, 2017 11:56 PM (v5iqM)



^^^This^^^ is soooo hawt.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:23 AM (Id9+8)

443 A fun collection of proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem:

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml

Posted by: Emmie, math instructor at July 23, 2017 12:24 AM (ZapPq)

444 SMFH should be unbanned.

^^^THIS^^^

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 23, 2017 12:24 AM (IcT7t)

445 I'm not in a condition to go back through old threads, what happened to SMFH and L'Elle?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:24 AM (5YBu8)

446 So if you're willing to work for $12 an hour (which I would if I had to) you should be willing to pick up a penny.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:23 AM (Jcg9Q)

Okay, that's just funny. Math related too!

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:24 AM (gDoff)

447 SMFH was banned last night after being baited into a nasty argument.


Frankly, I think she was controlled in her responses. Way more than I would have been if someone passive-aggressively said the things to me that were said to her.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:24 AM (/o9Qk)

448 Now you've made me want to figure out if I still have Tor installed, and then try to go to that site.

Which I probably shouldn't do.

Damn!

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:11 AM (aT+Bx)

++++

Heh. TOR's outside appearance is just a modified Firefox browser. I'm guessing you would know if you installed it. The website I referred to, TPB, is just their acronym. You can usually visit them with any regular browser at their web address. Just google The Pirate Bay.

Or, if you want to, install TOR, then google TPB's onion address. But, you will likely be disappointed, since that just takes you to the same place.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2017 12:25 AM (FUu/Z)

449 Suppose it takes 3 seconds to pick up a penny. 60 seconds in a minute, 20 pennies picked up in a minute. 20 pennies picked up each minute, means 1200 pennies picked up in an hour. 1200 pennies is 12 dollars.

Picking up a penny is like being paid $12.00 an hour.

Picking up a nickle is like being paid $60.00 an hour.

Picking up a dime is like being paid $120.00 an hour.

Posted by: my back hurts from picking up all these fucking coins. at July 23, 2017 12:26 AM (XoldI)

450 Has anyone yet said, "I was told there would be no math"?

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2017 12:26 AM (ZapPq)

451 ISS in Google Street view.
https://tinyurl.com/y9v2em4d

And a youtube video about how they did it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTP62jd4DA&feature=youtu.be

Posted by: goon at July 23, 2017 12:26 AM (EaQ6/)

452 Last nights ont was typical drama queen passive aggressive shit that's gone on for months with cover from the white knights

Posted by: NCKate at July 23, 2017 12:27 AM (2R5JV)

453 I just got a pellet grill. Fired it up today and liked how it works so far. Point being if you have one Walmart has a great deal on pellets. $18.00 for 40 pounds.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yb9ourj7

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 12:27 AM (wTi/q)

454 I do hope SMFH will be unbanned.

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2017 12:28 AM (ZapPq)

455
Recommended read: 'Prime Obsession', by John Derbyshire. Yes, that Derbyshire, who is actually a mathematician. A simpler, and more enjoyable read by him is 'Unknown Quantity', a entertaining read about the history of Algebra.
http://tinyurl.com/y9urulll
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:19 AM


That proves that algebra is racist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2017 12:28 AM (IqV8l)

456 Fucking math.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:28 AM (lXk/B)

457 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.


Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (gDoff)


yeah, I'm also seriously not amused at that turn of events.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:28 AM (aMlLZ)

458 Last nights ont was typical drama queen passive aggressive shit that's gone on for months with cover from the white knights
Posted by: NCKate

So I didn't miss anything by reading a chapter from a Stalin biography and going to bed at 9:30 then?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:30 AM (5YBu8)

459 Fucking math.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:28 AM (lXk/B)


Right?

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:30 AM (aMlLZ)

460 *puts signature on Un-Ban SMFH petition*

(is this the point in the action where the 'ettes burn their bras?).....*asking for a friend, should go without saying...*



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (v5iqM)

461
Heh. TOR's outside appearance is just a modified Firefox browser. I'm guessing you would know if you installed it. The website I referred to, TPB, is just their acronym. You can usually visit them with any regular browser at their web address. Just google The Pirate Bay.

Or, if you want to, install TOR, then google TPB's onion address. But, you will likely be disappointed, since that just takes you to the same place.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2017 12:25 AM
---

So, I did have Tor, updated it and now.. I'm on some strange site that lists dark web sites and what they do.

Now I know where to buy credit card information in PINs and drugs in Russia.

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (aT+Bx)

462 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.
Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21

WTF? How did this train wreck happen? Missed that, where did it start on the ONT?

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (yJ1e6)

463 Did not realize this. But I am a savant at sudoku. It's scary.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Well, to be fair, it has no relevance at all to Sudoku, neither do numbers. They're just symbols. The puzzles could just as easily use nine different pieces of fruit for symbols.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (OdK9v)

464 X-ray. Do they use the same pellets as a pellet stove for heating. That seems pricey for the pellets.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (gDoff)

465 Unfortunate Product Names

Saw a Squirrel Food called "Nut Munch".

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (qQq11)

466 392,
"How wide are the joists/rafters? do you want the length of the outsides, insides, or centers?"

And what about eaves?

But I'm going to assume they just wanted the basic length of the hypotenuse of triangle with 2, 15 foot sides and a 90 degree angle between them. Square root of 2, times 15 feet equals 21 feet and a hair over 2 1/2 inches, as Duncanthrax in 261 above.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:32 AM (d3wbb)

467 Lud, same shit different day. But again, same shit

Posted by: NCKate at July 23, 2017 12:32 AM (2R5JV)

468 Bras? There are 'ettes wearing bras?

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:33 AM (/o9Qk)

469 OK, now I know where to buy a black hat hacker.

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:33 AM (aT+Bx)

470 Unfortunate Product Names

Saw a Squirrel Food called "Nut Munch".
Posted by: garrett

Think I got in trouble in elementary school for calling a kid that.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:33 AM (5YBu8)

471 457: I saw the end of that but had no idea what set them off. Aren't they both good morons?

Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2017 12:34 AM (Mjus2)

472 That proves that algebra is racist.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Clearly the province of white supremacists.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:34 AM (OdK9v)

473 Infidel at July




Hey, were you asking for GNAMM info this morning? send me an email.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:34 AM (0wem/)

474 Bras? There are 'ettes wearing bras?

Not for long.

Posted by: Perv with scissors and ninja skills at July 23, 2017 12:35 AM (IcT7t)

475 Saw a Squirrel Food called "Nut Munch".

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (qQq11)

There was a flooring company on Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford that had a small sign on the wall near their loading dock that said,

"Best Laid Anywhere."

Not sure why I thought of that.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 12:35 AM (wYseH)

476 426 You know the old "measure twice, cut once?

I once measured a 2x4 1' short in shop class. 8th grade. Earned me the scorn of my classmates and my shop teacher, who looked like the old fatguy ijn Porky's, only less forgiving.

I guess I did learn something. I measure five or ten times, then pause, then go for it, and sigh in relief if it fits.

MEASURE AS OFTEN AS NEEDED, THEN FUCKING CUT!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:09 AM (lXk/B)


When I was doing kitchens and baths I had to install a kitchen for a friend of my father. I show up and everything is off by a mile. My father was a kick ass kitchen designer, he was the ice man, never made mistakes in measuring or design..like ever. So my father calls his friend and asks him how the hell he measured the damn kitchen and starts getting all forensic like. After some back and forth they figure out his friend used a folding ruler and left one of the sections folded. Talk about face palm. That was a disaster.


---
Ha. Try laying out a bolt pattern for the base plates of a bridge span or a highrise building. Check it with calibrated steel tape, at measured tension and temperature. Check it with measurements from off alignment control stations. Check it with measurements between layout points.

Still, I sweat until those beams are in place.

Posted by: Old Surveyor at July 23, 2017 12:36 AM (+wjl1)

477 should anyone be thinking of going to GNAMM send me an email so we can get you details and siphon off you valuable insights and knowledge into the collective.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:36 AM (0wem/)

478 463 Did not realize this. But I am a savant at sudoku. It's scary.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
-----------

Well, to be fair, it has no relevance at all to Sudoku, neither do numbers. They're just symbols. The puzzles could just as easily use nine different pieces of fruit for symbols.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (OdK9v)



They stuck some basic ones in the last Mass Effect game using symbols instead of numbers. And they went with the random configuration rather than the standard 3X3 sections.

Probably can find the examples on youtube by searching Mass Effect Andromeda Remdoku.

Posted by: buzzion at July 23, 2017 12:36 AM (cAnNx)

479 >>I saw the end of that but had no idea what set them off.


Both are prone to that stuff. It gets old.

They wouldn't let it go (either of them) and now they can sit in the corner.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:36 AM (qQq11)

480 216, I pick penny's up for the luck.

Posted by: Lopeover at July 23, 2017 12:36 AM (WK4zj)

481
"Best Laid Anywhere."

Not sure why I thought of that.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Local BBQ joint had a sign "Our Butts Are Smokin' Hot"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:37 AM (OdK9v)

482 Want fake documents? Information on bitcoin? Hacked credit cards?

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:37 AM (aT+Bx)

483 X-Ray - which brand of pellet grill? Is it a smoker too?

Prince Ludwig - which Stalin bio? Kershaw?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 12:37 AM (iynDC)

484 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.
Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21

WTF? How did this train wreck happen? Missed that, where did it start on the ONT?
Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (yJ1e6)

I don't know. I saw the tail-end of it this morning on one of the early threads.

*rubs face*

*sighs*

Jeebus...

I need real friends...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:37 AM (lXk/B)

485 penny's up for the luck.
Posted by: Lopeover at July



well that too. why waste that either?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:37 AM (0wem/)

486 Unfortunate Product Names

Saw a Squirrel Food called "Nut Munch".

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (qQq11)

Did you ever hear of that lube for the guitar nut?

I was at a guitar show and a friend comes up and says "hey the dude at that table has nut sauce"

I said great, will you be putting that in your tool box next to the ass grease?

Nut sauce, don't know wtf that dude was thinking when he named that.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (aMlLZ)

487
X-ray. Do they use the same pellets as a pellet stove for heating. That seems pricey for the pellets.


Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (gDoff)
I don't think so. These are some mix of woods like Hickory, Apple Mesquite...And generaly these type of pellets for cooking are $29 for 40 pounds vs the $5 per 40 pounds for heating pellets.

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (wTi/q)

488 Not for long.

Posted by: Perv with scissors and ninja skills at July 23, 2017 12:35 AM (IcT7t)


Good luck finding an 'ette currently wearing one...

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (/o9Qk)

489 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21

WTF? How did this train wreck happen? Missed that, where did it start on the ONT?

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (yJ1e6)


At some point someone wrote something that someone else took umbrage over and things spiraled out from there...

Posted by: The Falconer's Hat at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (vBeA5)

490 Local BBQ joint had a sign "Our Butts Are Smokin' Hot"
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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BTW, Barky ordered food from that location, and now it has been demolished.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (OdK9v)

491 >>There was a flooring company on Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford


Been there.

We used to get our oak flooring there.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (qQq11)

492 Oh, yeah. Nut Sauce has been around forever.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (qQq11)

493 If someone calls me an "ArmyWidow" and "black and blue" and "broken" my ass will beat them into next week. Especially if they then play innocent and claim that it wasn't meant to injure, it was just how they saw me.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (/o9Qk)

494 Pick up a quarter and you're a 1%er.

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (XoldI)

495 It was a Type A personality (NTTAWWT) clash.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:40 AM (OdK9v)

496 And are you a savant at the regular Sudoku or the various versions. Android had a better Sudoku game than what I have found on Apple, that had a better selection of options such as including random shaped 9 number areas rather than 3x3 and also cross or diagonal sections you also had to properly fill in.

Posted by: buzzion at July 23, 2017 12:40 AM (cAnNx)

497 Counterfit Euros! Get your counterfit Euros on teh dark web!

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:41 AM (aT+Bx)

498 Suppose it takes 3 seconds to pick up a penny. 60 seconds in a minute, 20 pennies picked up in a minute. 20 pennies picked up each minute, means 1200 pennies picked up in an hour. 1200 pennies is 12 dollars.

Picking up a penny is like being paid $12.00 an hour.

Picking up a nickle is like being paid $60.00 an hour.

Picking up a dime is like being paid $120.00 an hour.


Posted by: my back hurts from picking up all these fucking coins. at July 23, 2017 12:26 AM (XoldI)

Bingo, thank you.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:41 AM (Jcg9Q)

499 433,
"Recommended read: 'Prime Obsession', by John Derbyshire."

Who is, to me, quite the gentleman.

He once wrote something, back in the early-oughts, and I had something related that I thought he should read but it wasn't online at that time. Asked him if he would like a copy and send me an address where could mail it. He did, I did, and then he sent me a wonderful thank you for my sending him the piece. That makes him a gentleman to me. I also second the above book.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:42 AM (d3wbb)

500
*puts signature on Un-Ban SMFH petition*



(is this the point in the action where the 'ettes burn their bras?).....*asking for a friend, should go without saying...*






Posted by: Jim at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (v5iqM)

Bras cost money. I've removed mine to stand in solidarity with SMFH.
Not that it helps, but as we learned in Animal House, "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4DZeBleLs

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:42 AM (Id9+8)

501 DangerGirl, yep.

Y5. Sent.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:42 AM (gDoff)

502 Is there a place for me to pick up nickels? Because at this point I'd rather do that then work where I do.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:42 AM (/o9Qk)

503 Prince Ludwig - which Stalin bio? Kershaw?

Posted by: rhomboid

The one by Edvard Radzinsky.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (5YBu8)

504 I forgot to add, we're looking for the length of the hypotenuse, not the height (adjacent). We have opposite length (15) and top angle (22.5), so 15/sin(22.5)= 15/.383=39.2.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 12:17 AM


As I understood the problem, the adjacent is 1/2 the width of the building, which equals 15. Rereading it, you are probably correct to use 22.5, instead of 45 as the included angle. The height would then be tan(67.5)*15 instead of 15' and hypotenuse as you say.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (DMUuz)

505 Oh, yeah. Nut Sauce has been around forever.



Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (qQq11)


Yeah it was back around 2000-2001, I never heard of it before that.

Jacksons don't need that shit. Uncle Floyd took care of that. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (aMlLZ)

506 See, Miley knows what is what.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (/o9Qk)

507 436 SMFH was banned on last night's ONT. L'Elle was banned this am. SMFH should be unbanned. It was like watching a train wreck.
Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 12:21 AM (gDoff)


Holy cow. I liked them both. Then again, I like almost everybody.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (nvMvs)

508 >>Picking up a penny is like being paid $12.00 an hour.

>Picking up a nickle is like being paid $60.00 an hour.

>Picking up a dime is like being paid $120.00 an hour.


Guarantee me 40 hrs a week at those rates and we can talk.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:44 AM (qQq11)

509

Look at the constructions of the various trigonometric functions on the unit circle. For example, the tangent can be seen as the length of a tangent line to the circle. The secant is, you guessed, it a certain secant line.

There's also some others, such as "versin", and exsecant, which have co- functions as well. Also "ha-" functions like haversin.

These can all be seen as various line segments on the unit circle related to constructions at an angle theta drawn on that circle.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 23, 2017 12:44 AM (8O3HH)

510 At some point someone wrote something that someone else took umbrage over and things spiraled out from there...

Posted by: The Falconer's Hat at July 23, 2017 12:38 AM (vBeA5)

So a day ending in y then?

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:44 AM (Jcg9Q)

511 Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (/o9Qk)

But it is over, and perhaps we should all move on....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 12:45 AM (wYseH)

512 Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:03 AM (DMUuz)

I remember Pythagorean theorem but how did you arrive at the height of the right triangle being 15 feet? The only measurement provided is the base of that triangle being 15 feet.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:45 AM (0mRoj)

513 *notes Miley's absolute mastery of the arts of highe Moronthamatics.*



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 23, 2017 12:46 AM (v5iqM)

514 This Math.

It has to stop.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:46 AM (qQq11)

515 Try laying out a bolt pattern for the base plates of a bridge span or a highrise building. Check it with calibrated steel tape, at measured tension and temperature. Check it with measurements from off alignment control stations. Check it with measurements between layout points.

Still, I sweat until those beams are in place.
Posted by: Old Surveyor
------------

Heh. I have a set of stainless 1' shrink rules from Lockheed. Each is stamped with the temperature at which it is accurate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:47 AM (OdK9v)

516 you know, as I was at the driving range earlier, taking a minute between knocking the hell out of golf balls, I watched the guy driving the tractor picking up the golf balls. It occurred to me that were it not for the industrial revolution there would be dozens of illegal immigrants scurrying about on the range picking up balls while I was trying to hit them.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:47 AM (0wem/)

517 This Math.

It has to stop.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:46 AM (qQq11)


yeah I'm ready to bite out the ceiling. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:47 AM (aMlLZ)

518 Holy cow. I liked them both. Then again, I like almost everybody.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (nvMvs)

We haven't met yet.

/s

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 12:47 AM (Jcg9Q)

519 493 If someone calls me an "ArmyWidow" and "black and blue" and "broken" my ass will beat them into next week.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM


Considering the damage a mere jawbone of an ass can do, I'd hate to see what a full-on critter could do. I will never call you one of those, much less all.

;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:48 AM (DMUuz)

520 It is way too late for math.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:48 AM (/o9Qk)

521 It occurred to me that were it not for the industrial revolution there would be dozens of illegal immigrants scurrying about on the range picking up balls while I was trying to hit them.
Posted by: yankeefifth

Is that an argument in favor of or opposed to mechanization?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:48 AM (5YBu8)

522
X-Ray - which brand of pellet grill? Is it a smoker too?///

I bought a Pit Boss. Cheaper than the Traeger and seemed to me to do the same thing. It has a smoker setting but watching it cook today at 300 degrees for some test Bratwurst every time the auger feeds new pellets to the fire you get a burst of smoke. Doing ribs Sunday so I will be testing the smoke function.

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 12:48 AM (wTi/q)

523 Seriously.

Next they'll be trading favorite Robert Bly Poems or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2017 12:48 AM (qQq11)

524 Well here's something gruesome but compelling. A farm has a rat infestation. Here they turn over the earth with pitchforks while a dozen ecstatic terriers wait for the pests to run out.

https://youtu.be/o1mlIAnxTws

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 23, 2017 12:49 AM (rnAwa)

525 that is a conundrum isn't it?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 12:49 AM (0wem/)

526 Next they'll be trading favorite Robert Bly Poems or some shit.


I only read Muldoon.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 23, 2017 12:49 AM (IcT7t)

527 One 90 degree angle, one 45 degree angle are given. 3rd angle has to be 45 degrees too so the to sides are also equal at 15 ft each.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:50 AM (d3wbb)

528 Prince Ludwig: spasibo

Added to my library "for later" list.

BTW, there's a recent (2015) bio by a Russian (Khlevniuk ..... so, technically, by a Ukrainian, I guess).

Of no serious importance, but fun, I actually visited Stalin's birthplace, toured his museum, and sat in his chair aboard his WWII command rail car (also roamed and poked around his dacha down in Borzhomi, southern Georgia - but I don't think he spent much time there).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 12:50 AM (iynDC)

529 Ok, I've been on the Dark Web.

Pretty sure los federales are on the way.

Not sure if that will happen before or after all my computer info is stolen by hackers.

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:51 AM (aT+Bx)

530 527 One 90 degree angle, one 45 degree angle are given. 3rd angle has to be 45 degrees too so the to sides are also equal at 15 ft each.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:50 AM (d3wbb)

But the joists meet at a 45 degree angle, so the angle at the top of the right triangle is 22.5 degrees is it not?

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:51 AM (0mRoj)

531 As I understood the problem, the adjacent is 1/2 the width of the building, which equals 15. Rereading it, you are probably correct to use 22.5, instead of 45 as the included angle. The height would then be tan(67.5)*15 instead of 15' and hypotenuse as you say.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (DMUuz)


Cosine, not tangent. Tangent gives you the height of the peak.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 12:52 AM (17QyB)

532
Is that an argument in favor of or opposed to mechanization?
--

Yes?

Posted by: shibumi at July 23, 2017 12:52 AM (aT+Bx)

533 Hey, watch it with that pitchfork!

Posted by: Terrier at July 23, 2017 12:53 AM (XoldI)

534 Try laying out a bolt pattern for the base plates of a bridge span or a highrise building. Check it with calibrated steel tape, at measured tension and temperature. Check it with measurements from off alignment control stations. Check it with measurements between layout points.

Still, I sweat until those beams are in place.
Posted by: Old Surveyor
------------

Every time I see steelworkers using taper pins and sledge hammers to align fastener holes, I think about the shear loads that the fasteners are experiencing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:53 AM (OdK9v)

535 But the joists meet at a 45 degree angle, so the angle at the top of the right triangle is 22.5 degrees is it not?
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:51 AM (0mRoj)


Yes, and you have to use sine or cosine to figure out the length of the rafters. Ends up about 39.2 feet long.

It's a ridiculously pitched roof, but here we are.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 12:53 AM (17QyB)

536 Take 3/4 of pi squared times the radius of the circumference of the cylinder then divide that by the area of the parallelogram and add the length of the short edge of the rhombus.


Easy peasy.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:54 AM (/o9Qk)

537
I need real friends...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at July 23, 2017 12:37

You got some here. Shoot me an email any time.

Be well.

T

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (yJ1e6)

538 See, Miley knows what is what.


Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (/o9Qk)

I do. Oh yes.

What?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (Id9+8)

539 Early alarm, so it's off to the snoozer with me, now.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (v5iqM)

540 Yes you are right Insomniac. And so I'm wrong twice tonight and that means I'm too tired to think straight. I should have drawn it out on paper.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (d3wbb)

541 Old Surveyor - cool. Love this kind of stuff. Please comment more.

X-Ray - thanks. A guy I only see at an in-law's annual events, who's a smoking nut (he actually smokes stuff for caterers now, as a side fun business) was urging me a few months ago to look into Green Mountain's Davy Crockett grill/smoker.

Quite a few items on the list above that (including figuring out why the hell the handguard on my 1943 Quality Hardware M1 carbine keeps popping off after about 30 rounds) - so nothing's happening soon, and taking notes/gathering anecdotal data.

But dang a good smoker would open up a lot of new horizons for cooking.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (iynDC)

542 Home. Where the kitties are.

Home is a good place to be. Even when the fans are just pushing hot air around.

My preferred location to imbibe.

Everything still progressing peaceably tonight?

Good. Good.

Read comments in the 200s earlier. Guess I'll pick up at 500. You'll tell me if I missed anything on the rest, right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - they said there'd be no mass on this blog at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (784ZQ)

543 538 See, Miley knows what is what.


Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:43 AM (/o9Qk)

I do. Oh yes.

What?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (Id9+

What is it you know? And why didnt you tell us before?

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:56 AM (0mRoj)

544 ping

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 23, 2017 12:56 AM (pJeub)

545 540 Yes you are right Insomniac. And so I'm wrong twice tonight and that means I'm too tired to think straight. I should have drawn it out on paper.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (d3wbb)

I know jack shit about trigonometry, but I can still divide numbers dammit!

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:56 AM (0mRoj)

546 544 ping
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 23, 2017 12:56 AM (pJeub)

pong

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (0mRoj)

547 The old hand carpenters worked this stuff out by experienced use of steel squares. It's a powerful tool in the hands of a knowledgeable guy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (OdK9v)

548 All you people who can correctly deal in tangents and cosines at this time of day on this day of the week on the ONT - report to the kitchen for more alcohol.

(hold on, about to do so myself)

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (iynDC)

549 You want a high pitched roof if it's heavy snow country.

Do the weight/stress/support calcatations now

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (XoldI)

550 What is it you know? And why didn't you tell us before?

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:56 AM (0mRoj)

A girl needs to keep a little mystery.
I just donated an apostrophe to you. I keep a little bowl of spares, here by the cash register.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:58 AM (Id9+8)

551 A girl needs to keep a little mystery.
I just donated an apostrophe to you. I keep a little bowl of spares, here by the cash register.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:58 AM (Id9+

Heh. Take an apostrophe, leave an apostrophe.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (0mRoj)

552 I remember Pythagorean theorem but how did you arrive at the height of the right triangle being 15 feet? The only measurement provided is the base of that triangle being 15 feet.
Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:45 AM

Thinking back, I assumed since we were talking algebra, that the 45 degree spec was an included angle, which made for an easy to solve right triangle. If the top angle is 45 total, then the included angle is 22.5, the bottom angle 67.5, and trig is the easy way to get the height using the tangent. Then you could solve using the Pythagorean theorem, but you might as well use the secant function.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (DMUuz)

553 A data scientist gets paid $110k a year. So what does Dr. 'Gotta Fudge' Mann get paid as a Data Seancist?

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (e1mEI)

554 The old hand carpenters worked this stuff out by experienced use of steel squares. It's a powerful tool in the hands of a knowledgeable guy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (OdK9v)

I used to be good with those. Haven't used one in years for what they are intented. These days I use them to draw nice 90 degree lines. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (aMlLZ)

555 I just donated an apostrophe to you. I keep a little bowl of spares, here by the cash register.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess

I'll gladly pay Tuesday for an umlaut today.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (5YBu8)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (DMUuz)

557 Heh. Take an apostrophe, leave an apostrophe.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (0mRoj)

It all balances out in the end.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:00 AM (Id9+8)

558 I do. Oh yes.

What?


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:55 AM (Id9+


You know what is what when it comes to bras.
As in
Bras cost money. I've removed mine to stand in solidarity with SMFH.


Always conserve the integrity of the bra. Therefore, when at home it is entirely appropriate to remove said bra so as to keep it in good shape as long as possible. And for comfort. And in solidarity. But mostly for comfort.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:00 AM (/o9Qk)

559 You want a high pitched roof if it's heavy snow country.

Do the weight/stress/support calcatations now


Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2017 12:57 AM (XoldI)


Speaking of which, I need a new roof. Wonder if metal is cost effective? I live in CO, but not heavy snow area.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:00 AM (gDoff)

560 A girl needs to keep a little mystery.
I just donated an apostrophe to you. I keep a little bowl of spares, here by the cash register.


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 12:58 AM (Id9+


I got a dump truck of them, along with other little grammatical thingies I never use. They build up. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:01 AM (aMlLZ)

561 Data Seancist - good one, Agnew.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:01 AM (iynDC)

562 I'll gladly pay Tuesday for an umlaut today.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (5YBu

Alas, with my cardboard membership status, I cannot offer even a lowly ampersand.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:02 AM (Id9+8)

563 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Take one, I'm feeling generous.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 01:03 AM (0mRoj)

564 I am on S01 episode 4 of Dark Matter and really struggling to get into it. I'm going to stick with it for a few more, but if it doesn't grab me soon, I'm going to have to bail.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:03 AM (/o9Qk)

565 Thor Ragnarok

https://youtu.be/ue80QwXMRHg

Similar enough vibe to Guardians. Everybody here looks good. Karl Urban wields a pair of M16s.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 23, 2017 01:03 AM (rnAwa)

566 But mostly for comfort.


Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:00 AM (/o9Qk)

Bingo.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:03 AM (Id9+8)

567 @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July




Did not get your email.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:04 AM (0wem/)

568 Well, shit. Time to post again the excerpt from Tristram Shandy:
-----
————–Endless is the Search of Truth!
No sooner was my uncle Toby satisfied which road the
cannon-ball did not go, but he was insensibly led on, and
resolved in his mind to enquire and find out which road the ball
did go: For which purpose he was obliged to set off afresh with
old Maltus, and studied him devoutly.—He proceeded next
to Gallileo and Torricellius, wherein, by certain geometrical
rules, infallibly laid down, he found the precise path to be a
PARABOLA,—or else an HYPERBOLA,—and that the parameter,
or latus rectum, of the conic section of the said path,
was to the quantity and amplitude in a direct ratio, as the whole
line to the sine of double the angle of incidence, form’d by the
breech upon an horizontal plane;—and that the semiparameter,———–
stop! my dear uncle Toby,—stop!—go not
one foot further into this thorny and bewilder’d track,—intricate
are the steps! intricate are the mases of this labyrinth!
intricate are the troubles which the pursuit of this bewitching
phantom, KNOWLEDGE, will bring upon thee.—O my uncle!
fly - - fly - - fly from it as from a serpent.—Is it fit, good-natur’d
man! thou should’st sit up, with the wound upon thy groin,
whole nights baking thy blood with hectic watchings?—Alas!
’twill exasperate thy symptoms,—check thy perspirations,—
evaporate thy spirits,—waste thy animal strength,—dry up
thy radical moisture,—bring thee into a costive habit of body,
impair thy health,—and hasten all the infirmities of thy old
age.—O my uncle! my uncle Toby.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:04 AM (OdK9v)

569 Pretty sure los federales are on the way. Not sure if that will happen before or after all my computer info is stolen by hackers

I had a moment like that reading the DPRK news today. The claim was that Lard Boi could deliver a nuke to Los Angeles in ten years. I was thinking... the city will probably be half under a fault line by then, so, what's the point.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:04 AM (6FqZa)

570 I am on S01 episode 4 of Dark Matter and really struggling to get into it. I'm going to stick with it for a few more, but if it doesn't grab me soon, I'm going to have to bail.


Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:03 AM (/o9Qk)


Have to stick with it. It starts really slow. It does get better.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:05 AM (aMlLZ)

571 I got a dump truck of them, along with other little grammatical thingies I never use. They build up. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:01 AM (aMlLZ)

FFS, you're destroying the market value of those things!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:05 AM (Id9+8)

572 kudos to the ONT resident last Wednesday who mentioned CMP having WRA Garands...

we did the paperw*rk on Resident 3vil's latest this afternoon.

new wood, dark bore (will likely clean up) and a "2+" on muzzle and throat wear gauges. no obvious pitting on the receiver, or any where else we could see w/o disassembly.

all in all, a sweet piece.

and she found a Belgium Hi-Power that apparently needs a new home, so, along with the Hawk 12 gauge, an hour well spent at the toy store.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 23, 2017 01:05 AM (pJeub)

573 DangerGirl, it does get a little better when Jayne I mean, Three gets some of his backstory revealed. But it's still not as good as Firefly.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (6FqZa)

574 Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 12:59 AM (DMUuz)

I thought we weren't looking for the height, but for the length of the rafters, which are the hypotenuse of that triangle.

Of course now that you have the two angles, the Pythagorean theorem comes into play, but that's extra steps.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (17QyB)

575 One 90 degree angle, one 45 degree angle are given. 3rd angle has to be 45 degrees too so the to sides are also equal at 15 ft each.
Posted by: geoffb5

Is it on an ellipsoid or a geoid? Angles planar or geodetic?

Posted by: Old Surveyor at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (ZKlDy)

576 Of course now that you have the two angles, the Pythagorean theorem comes into play, but that's extra steps.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (17QyB)

I mean two lengths (height and width).

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 01:08 AM (17QyB)

577 Did not get your email.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:04 AM (0wem/)


For the meetup? I, unfortunately, cannot go. Would love to though, but just don't have the time and I've scheduled all my vacation for the year.
If it is some other email I was supposed to send...

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:08 AM (/o9Qk)

578 Cosine, not tangent. Tangent gives you the height of the peak.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 12:52 AM


Yah, that's what I said. Then sec(67.5)*15 gives the length, which is 39.15 ft.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 01:09 AM (DMUuz)

579 Of course now that you have the two angles, the Pythagorean theorem comes into play, but that's extra steps.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (17QyB)

This is where you get the "intuitive" understanding that the height also has to be 15' since it's a 45 degree angle.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:09 AM (Id9+8)

580 Nite all.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 23, 2017 01:09 AM (17QyB)

581 X-Ray - thanks. A guy I only see at an in-law's annual events, who's a
smoking nut (he actually smokes stuff for caterers now, as a side fun
business) was urging me a few months ago to look into Green Mountain's
Davy Crockett grill/smoker.///

I have a real smoker that I use maybe 3 times a year for family gatherings. I bought this pellet grill as a better option than my gas grill for daily meals. It's electric, load pellets turn the knob and have a wood cooking fire. Part of why I picked Pitt Boss was the openings above the flames for grilling (small area but plenty for a single dude) to really char a steak.

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 01:09 AM (wTi/q)

582 For the meetup? I, unfortunately, cannot go. Would love to though, but just don't have the time and I've scheduled all my vacation for the year.
If it is some other email I was supposed to send...
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July




my bad. misread infidel's email when I was scrolling through the thread.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:11 AM (0wem/)

583 Have to stick with it. It starts really slow. It does get better.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:05 AM (aMlLZ)


DangerGirl, it does get a little better when Jayne I
mean, Three gets some of his backstory revealed. But it's still not as
good as Firefly.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:06 AM (6FqZa)


OK, I'll stick with it some more. I have Firefly on the "to watch" list, but I'm a huge Farscape nerd, so my comparison is more to it than any other series.
I had a tough time getting into Breaking Bad and BCS too, but was glad I stuck with them. I'll stick with this one too for a bit. At least through S1.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:11 AM (/o9Qk)

584 my bad. misread infidel's email when I was scrolling through the thread.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:11 AM (0wem/)


Oh, so you aren't looking forward to my email then? *sulks*
/PA snark

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:12 AM (/o9Qk)

585 OK, we just finished watching "Hatchsaw Ridge" cause we got free HBO.

Decent movie not great IMO. What do others think about "Dunkirk"? Wife wants to see it in the theatre, is it worth it?

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 01:13 AM (yJ1e6)

586 X-Ray, thanks again. The Green Mountain grill/smoker was touted as being kind of a best of both, as it grilled at high temps if you wanted to do that. Will have to continue pondering my options.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:13 AM (iynDC)

587 G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 23, 2017 01:15 AM (IcT7t)

588 Oh, so you aren't looking forward to my email then? *sulks*
/PA snark
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July




ok, send me an email!

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:15 AM (0wem/)

589 Just gooshed a fly on the tablet screen. (Well, dealt a fatal blow to, but, without literal gooshing.)

Fortunately, the touchscreen hasn't worked in months, so I don't have to worry about losing my place in the thread.

Wherever that was.

Posted by: mighty hunter mindful webworker at July 23, 2017 01:15 AM (784ZQ)

590 This is where you get the "intuitive" understanding that the height also has to be 15' since it's a 45 degree angle.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 23, 2017 01:09 AM


That's the mistake I made. Jeff, et. al., pointed out it's a 45 degree total angle, not a 90. Think A frame cabin. Really steep roof.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2017 01:16 AM (DMUuz)

591 G'nite Blanco!

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:17 AM (/o9Qk)

592 496 And are you a savant at the regular Sudoku or the various versions. Android had a better Sudoku game than what I have found on Apple, that had a better selection of options such as including random shaped 9 number areas rather than 3x3 and also cross or diagonal sections you also had to properly fill in.
Posted by: buzzion at July 23, 2017 12:40 AM (cAnNx)




Just regular sudoku. I play web sudoku (not the app). I usually finish a hard in 4 to 6 minutes.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 23, 2017 01:17 AM (TdMsT)

593 We found a house in Delaware that is a geodesic dome. If we were ready to move today, we would snap it up in a minute. It is pretty freaking cool.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:17 AM (/o9Qk)

594 red, it *might* have been I who mentioned the CMP WRAs.

The official AOSHQ gun deal announcer is Grump, who doesn't do the ONT. He reliably tells me about all the C ampersand R and other deals I can't afford/don't have time for/can't get in the People's Republic of CA.

BHPs interest me. Of course they're renowned as great, smooth 9mikemike shooters. But I know zip about them, there are a fair number of twists and turns (Belgian vs. others, Mk number, year of production, etc.), and none of them are being given away, to put it mildly.

Probably one of those things I'll get to about the time I get to a Henry lever rifle in 45LC or .357.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:18 AM (iynDC)

595 Dunkirk is worth seeing in the theater. In particular, the dogfights and flying scenes are worth seeing on the big screen.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:18 AM (H5knJ)

596 I ended up watching the entire rat killing video. Pretty much the extent of my excitement on a Saturday night.

And with that, I'm off to bed. Nite all.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 23, 2017 01:21 AM (Jcg9Q)

597 Posted by: redc1c4 at July 23, 2017 01:05 AM (pJeub)

Oooh...a Belgian Hi Power?

That was my grandfather's service piece when he was a cop in Palestine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:21 AM (wYseH)

598 redc1c4 - If you are not a member of the Garand Collector's Association, I recommend it. They produce a great quarterly publication.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:21 AM (OdK9v)

599 Dunkirk is worth seeing in the theater. In particular, the dogfights and flying scenes are worth seeing on the big screen.
Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:18

Thanks.

Posted by: Farmer at July 23, 2017 01:21 AM (yJ1e6)

600 OK Y5, I sent an email just because.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:22 AM (/o9Qk)

601 Nite CountryBoy!

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:23 AM (/o9Qk)

602 OK Y5, I sent an email just because.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July



well, yeah, just because you are a fantastic Moron! Thanks!

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:23 AM (0wem/)

603 That was my grandfather's service piece when he was a cop in Palestine.


A Jew in Palestine? The horror.


/s

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:23 AM (gDoff)

604 well, yeah, just because you are a fantastic Moron! Thanks!

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:23 AM (0wem/)


*curtsies*
I do what I can.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:24 AM (/o9Qk)

605 463 Did not realize this. But I am a savant at sudoku. It's scary.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Well, to be fair, it has no relevance at all to Sudoku, neither do numbers. They're just symbols. The puzzles could just as easily use nine different pieces of fruit for symbols.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 23, 2017 12:31 AM (OdK9v)


Using numbers clearly is much easier because counting techniques can be employed.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 23, 2017 01:24 AM (TdMsT)

606 A Jew in Palestine? The horror.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:23 AM (gDoff)

I know...disgusting.

He was a mounted cop, keeping the peace for the British. He used to go into Arab villages all of the time, and he told me he never turned his back on any of them...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:25 AM (wYseH)

607 A Jew in Palestine? The horror.///

Like someone with morals in politics?

Posted by: X-ray at July 23, 2017 01:26 AM (wTi/q)

608 CBD - interesting. Your grandpa a Brit?

Mike H. - I'm a CMP customer but not a GCA member, but the newsletter does interest me. I think the carbine collector's newsletter (now defunct) is available online (maybe at the CMP forums?).

Somewhere I saw that CMP lowered their price for the HXP 30-06. Sounds odd. CMP's duty is to maximize their revenue to support their programs - wonder if the PPU Garand-suitable ammo alternative has forced them to lower prices? Reload this now myself, so not in the market any longer (did pick up half a case of the PPU stuff as my reserve).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:26 AM (iynDC)

609 seems kind of slow in her tonight. someone lock up all the silverware?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:26 AM (0wem/)

610 he told me he never turned his back on any of them...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July




well, that is why he was able to tell you the story.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:27 AM (0wem/)

611 OK, I'll stick with it some more. I have Firefly on the "to watch" list, but I'm a huge Farscape nerd, so my comparison is more to it than any other series.

I had a tough time getting into Breaking Bad and BCS too, but was glad I stuck with them. I'll stick with this one too for a bit. At least through S1.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:11 AM (/o9Qk)


Firefly is actually pretty good.

IIRC, Whedon somewhat handed it off to someone with a libertarian bent, and it shows in the resulting series.

Posted by: The Browncoat Hat at July 23, 2017 01:27 AM (vBeA5)

612 This is the latest I've been up in a long time.


I must have a fever.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:27 AM (/o9Qk)

613 Mike H. - I'm a CMP customer but not a GCA member, but the newsletter does interest me.
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Much more than a news letter. It's a slick, well produced publication. LOT's of info and articles, also, Classified section.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:28 AM (OdK9v)

614 He used to go into Arab villages all of the time, and he told me he never turned his back on any of them...

That's what mom told me about waves in the ocean. Never turn you back on them. Has always served me well. With many situations.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:28 AM (gDoff)

615 Your grandpa a Brit?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:26 AM (iynDC)

Oh, fvck no!

He was a Russian Jew who came as a young child, maybe 1908-1910. He became a cop because he loved to ride, spoke fluent Arabic, and could work alone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:28 AM (wYseH)

616 huh. wonder if CBD's granddad and mine ever met.

Mine was in Hebron for a bit.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:29 AM (6FqZa)

617 This is the latest I've been up in a long time.


I must have a fever.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July



well, yeah and the only cure is more ont! and cowbell.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:29 AM (0wem/)

618 mine was a Brit. He was military-police. Also had a knack for languages (I did not inherit this).

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:30 AM (6FqZa)

619 Mine was in Hebron for a bit.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:29 AM (6FqZa)

What was his last name (if you don't mind)?

I can ask my mom.

Everybody knew everybody then.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:31 AM (wYseH)

620 Reid.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:31 AM (6FqZa)

621 Watched a Big Bang clip tonight of when Leonard first applied to be Sheldon's roommate. Sheldon's "contract" stipulated Friday nights (at set time) for watching "Firefly." Leonard asks if that level of detail is necessary. Sheldon says, just want to get this out of the way, because the show will be on for years!

Dark Matter is okay. Don't know if they're going to give it another season, and they have done that switching-up main characters thing I hate, but, it's no Firefly, certainly no Farscape, but it's okay.

What was the other thought-sparking comment?...?...?

Posted by: mindful webworker - nok nok nok Penny? at July 23, 2017 01:32 AM (784ZQ)

622 Speaking of pistols, for those of you who missed it, here is my pick for irony from among the Photopaloosa that Anna Puma linked to last week:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4o7bgn

Luger? or P-38? I think P-38

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:33 AM (OdK9v)

623 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:30 AM (6FqZa)

My grandfather was in the Palestinian Gendarmerie, whose formal name was, I think, the Palestine Police Force. Not military.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (wYseH)

624 Sheldon's "contract" stipulated Friday nights (at set time) for watching "Firefly." Leonard asks if that level of detail is necessary. Sheldon says, just want to get this out of the way, because the show will be on for years!

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE FOX KEPT FUCKING WITH THE SHOW TIMES AND ORDER OF THE SHOW, FAILED TO SCREEN THE LAST THREE EPISODES AT ALL, AND THEN DUMPED THE SERIES

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (6FqZa)

625 I think Dark Matter has slowly gotten less interesting over time (though still interesting), and Killjoys has gotten more interesting.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (H5knJ)

626 3 moron meet ups to chose from. I have friends in ohio, could maybe incorporate a visit there. Then again, the vegas thing sounds like fun. maybe hit California after that and visit an old guitar player that moved out there. Got friends in texas too, and that might be around the time of the Arlington guitar show. Vegas is 3 days, that's really tempting.

I don't really gamble, maybe I'll get drunk, take in the sights, and rent some machine guns. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (aMlLZ)

627 Reid.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:31 AM (6FqZa)

I'll ask!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (wYseH)

628
On the question of "Are traps gay?", Milo has ruled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-Gh4B7d8A

Ruling: Gay, gay, gay, gay!

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 23, 2017 01:35 AM (8O3HH)

629 CBD, very cool. Russian immigrant. Speaking for myself, I envy his life and experiences. And I've been very lucky to have a bit more color than most. But I think there's something about the early 20th century - up to the late middle part - that produced just amazing story-lines and lives for certain people.

And blt, surprising to hear you're not a language guy. Your classical historical and religious knowledge is prodigious, and a real resource here.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:36 AM (iynDC)

630 I don't really gamble, maybe I'll get drunk, take in the sights, and rent some machine guns. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July




send me an email

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:36 AM (0wem/)

631 I have Killjoys on the list of things to watch as well.


In other random news, my parents got a new puppy a couple of months ago, after being dogless for almost ten years. They are having an interesting time adjusting to having a pup. My father has become completely soft-hearted and lets the dog sleep in the bed with them at night, which is something he had never done in the past.


They're also suffering from lack of sleep as the pup gets them up early to go out. She's worth every minute though.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:36 AM (/o9Qk)

632 DangerGirl, that is so sweet.

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:38 AM (gDoff)

633 Oh, yeah: Geodesic domes.

My older brother built the first geodesic kit home in Oklahoma (almost fifty years ago). Well, he had smart men build it while he played with scraps of lumber.

One of my favorite horror stories:

The old family handyman who actually put the kit together (and carved out standard openings for windows, doors, and interior walls meet outside walls - a nightmare) was there when the guys arrived to give it a foam insulating inner coat. Handyman told my bro, don't pay them until that coat is as thick as the 2x4s. Handyman drove off over the hill and out of sight. Bro cut a check for the insulaters, drove off over the hill and out of sight. The insulaters, naturally, immediately packed up, drove off over the hill and out of sight.

Geodesics move and breathe and shift around, so naturally the poly external coating cracked and it leaked badly after just a few years.

All it needed (besides additional insulation) was a concrete overcoat and it would still have been habitable today. Nice space inside, really.

Posted by: mindful webworker - buk buk buk Fuller? at July 23, 2017 01:39 AM (784ZQ)

634 Dark Matter gets less interesting? IIRC its tomatometer has improved over time. I wonder if it's gotten more SJW.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:39 AM (6FqZa)

635 >>>and Killjoys has gotten more interesting.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:34 AM (H5knJ)<<<

Mmmm. Dutch.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at July 23, 2017 01:40 AM (jZgTE)

636 Mike H. - interesting about that pic. I know little about Lugers or P-38s, so have no opinion on that. But - definitely not an 1911 A1! Military police, looks like (band on helmet). But what? An MP taking German prisoners, with an Axis pistol? Where's his carbine? (I think MPs generally had carbines and 1911s) And that artillery piece - German?

The only knowledge I really have is Socratic - the realization that I barely know anything, even the things I'm most interested in.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:40 AM (iynDC)

637 609 seems kind of slow in her tonight. someone lock up all the silverware?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:26 AM (0wem/)


We could call each other names and see who gets banned first....

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 23, 2017 01:41 AM (nvMvs)

638 In other random news, my parents got a new puppy a couple of months ago, after being dogless for almost ten years. They are having an interesting time adjusting to having a pup. My father has become completely soft-hearted and lets the dog sleep in the bed with them at night, which is something he had never done in the past.


They're also suffering from lack of sleep as the pup gets them up early to go out. She's worth every minute though.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July




everyone should sleep with a puppy. my wife insisted we let the puppy sleep in our bed over my strenuous objections. best thing ever. dog snuggles up and sleeps next to me all night. does not toss and turn, kick the covers off and flail about the bed like someone else.

having an afternoon nap on the weekend with a dog is about the best way to spend a weekend.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:41 AM (0wem/)

639 The only knowledge I really have is Socratic - the realization that I barely know anything, even the things I'm most interested in.

Posted by: rhomboid at July



the only thing you know is that you do not know anything.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:42 AM (0wem/)

640 Here's the link to the geodesic dome house, just in case. Of course, it's probably not even a geodesic dome and I'm making a fool of myself. I still think it is cool, although my dream is to have a log cabin on 40 acres, which I can't afford.

(hopefully I won't break the blog, delete space after detail/)

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/ 13604-Collins-Pond-Rd-E_Georgetown_DE_19947_M67107-07127

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:42 AM (/o9Qk)

641
622 Speaking of pistols, for those of you who missed it, here is my pick for irony from among the Photopaloosa that Anna Puma linked to last week:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4o7bgn

Luger? or P-38? I think P-38



Luger.

The P38 frame has a front "strap" over the barrel, and the back of the frame is not "square", as the hammer spur is clearly visible. The pistol in the picture shows no "strap", no hammer spur, and the back of the frame looks square.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 23, 2017 01:42 AM (FlRtG)

642 Pepe was telling us this morning he may have found a better way to spend the weekend

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:42 AM (6FqZa)

643
They're also suffering from lack of sleep as the pup gets them up early to go out. She's worth every minute though.
Posted by: @DangerGirl


At least the pup wants to go outside instead of going on the bed!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2017 01:43 AM (IqV8l)

644 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE

Thanks, Ben. Nobody would get these things without you.

But we're willing to try, anyway.

Posted by: mindful webworker - funny because funny at July 23, 2017 01:43 AM (784ZQ)

645
having an afternoon nap on the weekend with a dog is about the best way to spend a weekend.
Posted by: yankeefifth
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S'truth. Little Sophia curls up next to my shoulder, and that's it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:44 AM (OdK9v)

646 So, we've got CBD checking to see if his grandfather might have known blt's grandfather, while policing in British Palestine. And just recently, JJ wanted to start an effort to see if his uncle KIA on Saipan knew NGU's professional forebear (Navy dentist), the Medal of Honor recipient Salomon.

For a history geek like me, this is far more exciting than, say, the NFL draft.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:44 AM (iynDC)

647 everyone should sleep with a puppy. my wife
insisted we let the puppy sleep in our bed over my strenuous objections.
best thing ever. dog snuggles up and sleeps next to me all night.
does not toss and turn, kick the covers off and flail about the bed like
someone else.



having an afternoon nap on the weekend with a dog is about the best way to spend a weekend.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:41 AM (0wem/)


I love sleeping with a pup. Ours are too big to fit in the bed with us (or maybe we just need to buy a bigger bed?)
Mom says that she doesn't mind the dog until the dog tries to crawl up in between them and pushes at them with her long, gangly legs. I think that while she's complaining, she loves it at the same time.
They'll be bringing the pup here over Christmas, and I can't wait to meet her.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:45 AM (/o9Qk)

648
The P38 frame has a front "strap" over the barrel, and the back of the frame is not "square", as the hammer spur is clearly visible. The pistol in the picture shows no "strap", no hammer spur, and the back of the frame looks square.
Posted by: Arbalest
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So it is written, so let it be.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:46 AM (OdK9v)

649 For me the cast changes in Dark Matter and shuffling in and out of characters has detracted from the show's appeal. Plot-wise, it seemd to be treading water a bit (trying to avoid spoilers for those not current).

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:46 AM (H5knJ)

650 I'm just hoping my grandfather and Dildo's didn't trade gunfire at each other. As I said earlier, the Judaean Peoples' Front was an actual thing in those days. Only they called themselves the Irgun

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:47 AM (6FqZa)

651 Arbalest, bringing the German pistol fu. Well done.

Any guesses on why the H an American MP would be holding a Luger on some POWs?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 01:47 AM (iynDC)

652 DangerGirl, that looks like a half-dome on a wall (with extensions). Sort of like having a big, round roof on a circular house.

My bro's house was a full 3/4 dome. But, yeah, can't tell for sure, but that one looks geodesical. Ish.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I know nothing. No-thing! at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (784ZQ)

653 I love sleeping with a pup. Ours are too big to fit in the bed with us (or maybe we just need to buy a bigger bed?)
Mom says that she doesn't mind the dog until the dog tries to crawl up in between them and pushes at them with her long, gangly legs. I think that while she's complaining, she loves it at the same time.
They'll be bringing the pup here over Christmas, and I can't wait to meet her.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July




yeah, that is where ours likes to go too. sucks in the winter because she likes to spend half the night on top of the covers; eventually she gets cold and goes under the covers.

on the weekend she will drag me over to the couch so she can take a nap next to me. the only time she turns off and gets a decent sleep is when she is curled up next to me. otherwise she is always in guard dog mode.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (0wem/)

654 622 Speaking of pistols, for those of you who missed it, here is my pick for irony from among the Photopaloosa that Anna Puma linked to last week:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4o7bgn

Luger? or P-38? I think P-38
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:33 AM (OdK9v)

Appears to be a Luger as there is no hammer.

Posted by: Insomniac, Professional Nobody at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (0mRoj)

655 Speaking of pistols, for those of you who missed it, here is my pick for irony from among the Photopaloosa that Anna Puma linked to last week:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4o7bgn

Luger? or P-38? I think P-38
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:33 AM (OdK9v)


Hard to tell.

The rear of the gun doesn't clearly show a hammer like in the P-38, which would be more consistent with a Luger.

However, the area in front of the trigger does seem to be similar to a P-38, and it would be consistent with the time the photo was taken.



Posted by: The Parabellum at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (vBeA5)

656 I'm just hoping my grandfather and Dildo's didn't trade gunfire at each other. or sex toys.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:50 AM (0wem/)

657 DangerGirl, that looks like a half-dome on a wall (with extensions). Sort of like having a big, round roof on a circular house.



My bro's house was a full 3/4 dome. But, yeah, can't tell for sure, but that one looks geodesical. Ish.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I know nothing. No-thing! at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (784ZQ)


Yeah, I really don't know what it qualifies as. I just know it's different.

Anyway, on that note, it is bedtime. Have a great night, y'all.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 01:50 AM (/o9Qk)

658 For me the cast changes in Dark Matter and shuffling in and out of characters has detracted from the show's appeal. Plot-wise, it seemd to be treading water a bit (trying to avoid spoilers for those not current).

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:46 AM (H5knJ)


I just wish they would let the android go permanent on that human chip thing. That George Jetson look she got has to go.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 01:50 AM (aMlLZ)

659 begin was the best leader Israel ever had.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:50 AM (0wem/)

660 oh great, now yankeefifth is shipping them.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:51 AM (6FqZa)

661 oops, Begin

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:51 AM (0wem/)

662 I'll ask some people I know if they can identify.

I'll also inquire on Reddit.

Posted by: The Click-Bang Hat at July 23, 2017 01:52 AM (vBeA5)

663 on the weekend she will drag me over to the couch so she can take a nap next to me. the only time she turns off and gets a decent sleep is when she is curled up next to me. otherwise she is always in guard dog mode.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (0wem/)



I'd say she's still in guard dog mode. But curled up next to you she knows where you are and isn't keeping an eye on you because you're right there.

Posted by: buzzion at July 23, 2017 01:52 AM (cAnNx)

664

" ... why the H an American MP would be holding a Luger on some POWs?"


1. German pistols, SMGs, etc., were held in some regard by American troops, and for various reasons: among others, they were quite good until the end. Additionally, at the time this photo was taken, there was probably a lot of captured German ammo as well.

2. It was not uncommon practice in the US Army to hoard weapons. A Garand is good, and Garand AND an M3 (or other) SMG is better.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 23, 2017 01:52 AM (FlRtG)

665 I'd say she's still in guard dog mode. But curled up next to you she knows where you are and isn't keeping an eye on you because you're right there.
Posted by: buzzion at July




chuckle

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:53 AM (0wem/)

666 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'"

Posted by: mindful webworker - dit that werk at July 23, 2017 01:53 AM (784ZQ)

667 "And lo, the terlit hobo will interrupt saying, yea, I know what Thou art about to say, I'll see myself out"

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 01:55 AM (6FqZa)

668 Evening horde.

Love the rats & terriers vid. Always fun to watch dogs working.

Here's a measure once, cut twice story...

Was building speakers with my son. The sides have a large-radius curve cut in them (google "frugelhorn" if you're interested). Process was pretty simple; cut the sides to their basic shape, without the arc. Mark the points on the top and bottom of one side piece where the arc is to intersect, then establish a pivot point on the floor, a stick the length of the radius, then scribe the arc. Stack the four side pieces, adhering them with double-sided tape, then cut all four at once on the bandsaw. That's exactly what we did.

Went to test fit the pieces... the top piece was longer than the top of the side pieces. I had mis-marked the intersection point for the arc, off by about an inch. Much cursing ensues.

This was very expensive plywood, Baltic Birch, and we had to get it from a place about 30 mi. away. So off we go to buy a new sheet of plywood...

Long story short: We did the EXACT SAME THING. A torrent of curse words assaults the neighborhood through the open garage door. Son is near tears, storms upstairs. Average Wife shakes her head.

We'd already gone over budget. So I decided to just glue the cut-offs on to the side pieces. After they dried, I re-scribed the arc (easy this time since I knew where not to scribe), and re-cut the pieces. Fortunately the plan all along was to paint these, so the glue lines aren't visible. The speakers sound excellent.

Still don't know how I made the same mistake twice.

Posted by: Average Guy at July 23, 2017 01:55 AM (LMcFk)

669 On the android, I'm torn. She looks better with her hair down, but my interest here is entirely prurient.

Posted by: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk at July 23, 2017 01:57 AM (H5knJ)

670 should lousagirl stop by someone tell her to have her husband send me an email, please.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:57 AM (0wem/)

671 night everyone

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 23, 2017 01:58 AM (0wem/)

672 'nite all,

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 01:59 AM (gDoff)

673 Luger? or P-38? I think P-38
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 01:33 AM (OdK9v)

Hard to tell.

The rear of the gun doesn't clearly show a hammer like in the P-38, which would be more consistent with a Luger.

However, the area in front of the trigger does seem to be similar to a P-38, and it would be consistent with the time the photo was taken.





Posted by: The Parabellum at July 23, 2017 01:48 AM (vBeA5)


The picture is weird. It almost don't look like either, because the luger has those circular things where you grab it to cock it, and they ride higher than the upper, unless the picture is that bad. The barrel looks like lugar length, because the p-38 barrel is a little shorter. I have both guns, so when I tip the lugar just right to get the right angle to obscure the cocking grip thingies it seems to be more of a match than the p-38. Damn though, the gun in that pic looks completely flat across the top of the upper, and neither is really like that. I would definitely say lugar between the 2, the barrel is lugar length.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 02:02 AM (aMlLZ)

674 Arbalest, interesting points about GIs using captured German hardware.

I'm well aware of the Soviets using captured German weapons, especially the MP-44. Have been watching lots of Russian WWII movies/serials lately for language practice, and in some cases half the Soviets are carrying German guns.

Also aware of the Germans' fondness for the M1 carbine - many photos of the carbine being carried by German soldiers.

But sort of surprised that GIs would have that much use for German guns. Considering how well supplied our guys were, by comparison. Always thought the Lugers, especially, were valued as souvenirs more than tools in the field.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 02:03 AM (iynDC)

675 Film Theory: Why The Star Trek Federation is Fascist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4KBPaS-1PU

Posted by: To Boldly Go Where No Hat Has Gone Before at July 23, 2017 02:04 AM (vBeA5)

676 ☊_☊
 U 

Exits stage right

Posted by: mindful webworker was here at July 23, 2017 02:05 AM (784ZQ)

677 622 Speaking of pistols, for those of you who missed it, here is my pick for irony from among the Photopaloosa that Anna Puma linked to last week:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4o7bgn

Luger? or P-38? I think P-38
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.


I think it's a P08 (Luger)

1. If a P38, I think from that angle you'd see the hammer and the back of the slide and hammer, which would have a curved appearance.

2. Barrel strikes me as too long for a P38

3. From that angle and lighting, I would not expect to see the toggle.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2017 02:06 AM (di1hb)

678 CMP is about to release 100000 1911's from the vaults all over
see FirearmBlog

Posted by: MAxIE at July 23, 2017 02:06 AM (9TR2V)

679 Danggit, Mike H. (probably now gone), you took me back to that Normandy photo collection and now I'm lost in it again, clicking through all the images.

And it seems we have a dispute on that pistol. Fortunately I know nothing about the models in question, so I can spectate.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 02:07 AM (iynDC)

680 But sort of surprised that GIs would have that much use for German guns. Considering how well supplied our guys were, by comparison. Always thought the Lugers, especially, were valued as souvenirs more than tools in the field.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 02:03 AM (iynDC)


Lugers have to be kept meticulously clean and only use high quality ammo or else you start getting jamming problems.

Not the best pistol for wartime use.

However, it is a very, very enjoyable gun to shoot. Very comfortable and very accurate.

Better than either the P-38 or the Luger, IMHO, is the "Broomhandle" Mauser, especially with the original chambering. A flawless weapon, IMHO.

Posted by: The Political Gun at July 23, 2017 02:08 AM (vBeA5)

681 Sup peoples

Posted by: thathalfrican - new faces tie like shoelaces at July 23, 2017 02:11 AM (IYHxL)

682 I don't want to start any trouble or reignite any smoldering resentments, but wasn't it L'Elle who was going on about how unwise it was to invite someone who had been banned to a meetup? And that she hoped there wouldn't be any in Las Vegas?

Karma, she is a cold-hearted bitch.

David

Posted by: David, Internet Deplorable at July 23, 2017 02:12 AM (5Rqpb)

683 Max, didn't see (in a quick check) anything at Firearm Blog about the CMP 1911s, but did see an article on "Homemade Nigerian Revolving Shotguns".

Now - THERE's an item I'll just skip, thank you very much. Yikes.

Thought it was going to be a while before the 1911s were for sale. Doubt I'll be interested, in any case (assuming they'll be pretty rough).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 02:16 AM (iynDC)

684 GI's prized Lugers. I have no reason to think that P-38's weren't grabbed also.

As to the GI in the pic using whatever it is, not so many GI's were issued 1911's, so using an acquired Bosch piece could easily be a matter of convenience.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 02:17 AM (OdK9v)

685 Out

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2017 02:18 AM (OdK9v)

686 Sorry, but I'm a long time moron, and old, and I can't figure out what IC means except Integerated Circuit. Can someone help me? I could see DS as Deep State, but this one has me flummoxed.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 02:19 AM (lIZQs)

687 Intellagence community.

*misspelled on purpose*

Posted by: Infidel at July 23, 2017 02:21 AM (gDoff)

688 683 Try
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybok82dh

Posted by: MAxIE at July 23, 2017 02:25 AM (9TR2V)

689 Thank goodness this is the ONT as I know it by this time of night now....on a tangent about arms or machinery or historical strategy, not that ... thang from last night. I used to think the day threads could get harsh. Thankfully things back to normal here.

Posted by: keena at July 23, 2017 02:25 AM (RiTnx)

690 hi keena! so how was your day. I had a chocolate milkshake !

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:26 AM (6FqZa)

691 684 I heard at Okinawa 1911's were laying all over the ground

Posted by: MAxIE at July 23, 2017 02:26 AM (9TR2V)

692 Oh, and the Federation is probably not fascist. It looks authoritarian on screen because we mostly watch Starfleet, and officers at that. The space navy is itself run like a navy (duh!). And whatever they report of the Federation is likely to be filtered through a naval lens.

So, observational bias coupled with perhaps unreliable narrators.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:29 AM (6FqZa)

693 Lugers have to be kept meticulously clean and only use high quality ammo or else you start getting jamming problems.

Not the best pistol for wartime use.

However, it is a very, very enjoyable gun to shoot. Very comfortable and very accurate.

Better than either the P-38 or the Luger, IMHO, is the "Broomhandle" Mauser, especially with the original chambering. A flawless weapon, IMHO.

Posted by: The Political Gun at July 23, 2017 02:08 AM (vBeA5)


My lugar is an oldie, 1914. First year I think, and its a series "a", so its really early. I never fired jacketed ammo through it, so I used to just feed it garbage lead slug reloads and it always worked flawless. It seems so precision that I always wondered how it would be in dirty combat conditions. Hasn't been fired since the 80's. Its all numbers matching, so I basically retired it years ago. I have what looks like an original or damn close to original holster with a gott mit uns belt buckle. It was a fun gun to shoot, very instinctive.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2017 02:29 AM (aMlLZ)

694 Thanks Max. I did see on a gun forum that the House had passed the 1911 language (committee level, anyway).

Hope the CMP can make good $$$ on those.

Other big chew-toy among CMP types are the Philippine Garands. Have no idea about any of that, but still hope I can arrange to get a service grade special before too long to do most of the shooting, and let the two HRAs rest.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 23, 2017 02:30 AM (iynDC)

695 Hi BTH, went over to a pizza party...seriously w friends and it was delish!

Posted by: keena at July 23, 2017 02:31 AM (RiTnx)

696 In

Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at July 23, 2017 02:33 AM (9LDED)

697 How do you get on the dark net? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: keena at July 23, 2017 02:34 AM (RiTnx)

698 What the Hell just went down in the Baltic?

War ships sunk?

Russia plane fired upon?

Shit getting out of control?

Posted by: Richard Brehme at July 23, 2017 02:35 AM (kFkpX)

699 If someone calls me an "ArmyWidow" and "black and blue" and "broken" my ass will beat them into next week. Especially if they then play innocent and claim that it wasn't meant to injure, it was just how they saw me.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 23, 2017 12:39 AM (/o9Qk)

^^^this^^^

L'Elle went full bunny boiler last night. It was ugly. I don't blame SMFH for unloading on her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2017 02:37 AM (XUcIQ)

700 BBC feed?

Is this real?

Posted by: Richard Brehme at July 23, 2017 02:37 AM (kFkpX)

701 talk about pilfered government goods:

last week a bag used to collect moon rocks in the apollo 11 mission was auctioned off. it still contained some moon dust. it had an interesting provenance. it had been stolen by an infamous collector who was busted. nasa then turned around and sold it for $900. the woman who bought it tried to sell it and nasa, having discovered they made an inventory mistake tried to claim it and took her to court. the judge ruled "tough" and the lady retained possession and put it up at christie's last week.

it went for over $1,500.000.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2017 02:38 AM (WTSFk)

702 Brehme, I dunno where you're getting this from

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:38 AM (6FqZa)

703 I feel a special connection to the Blackbird, as our company made the tires that it would take off and land on. The outside of the tire was Aluminum powder infused rubber to deflect heat because the outer surface of the Blackbird could reach 900F at full velocity. I only hope that I am not disclosing classified information with this post.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 02:41 AM (lIZQs)

704 I do find that Russia and China are doing 'joint exercises' in the Baltic, but I figured that was just Great Power dong waving.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:41 AM (6FqZa)

705 Oh, and the Federation is probably not fascist. It looks authoritarian on screen because we mostly watch Starfleet, and officers at that. The space navy is itself run like a navy (duh!). And whatever they report of the Federation is likely to be filtered through a naval lens.

So, observational bias coupled with perhaps unreliable narrators.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:29 AM (6FqZa)


Counter points:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdiuRMK3UQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5jAixHhSA

Also, the Federation attempts to commit genocide and comes very close to succeeding.

Posted by: The Marquis Hat at July 23, 2017 02:43 AM (vBeA5)

706 If SMFH isn't "unbanned", I'm leaving.

-That is all.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 23, 2017 02:44 AM (Ckg4U)

707 It looks like BBC I just caught this on a YouTube live feed....please tell me this is bullshit showing NATO arrivals in Brussels troop incursions into Latvia, Estonia Russia troops across neighboring borders

Posted by: Richard Brehme at July 23, 2017 02:45 AM (kFkpX)

708 *Maquis. a Marquis Hat probably has more satin.

I think during the Dominion War, Starfleet and especially Section 31 were getting dangerously independent of civilian control. Sisko's side project in getting the Romulans into the war could have backfired spectacularly badly.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:48 AM (6FqZa)

709 "And whatever they report of the Federation is likely to be filtered through a naval lens."

Maybe this has been commented already (I haven't been able to catch up, yet) but doesn' this bring navel gazing to a whole new level?

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 02:48 AM (lIZQs)

710 G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

...possibly for the last time.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 23, 2017 02:49 AM (Ckg4U)

711 Wow, it's hard to crack tne ONT clique.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 02:54 AM (lIZQs)

712 Well, got to head to bed. Heard a very interesting talk this evening from Stu Chapman, who was Director of Marketing for Studebaker of Canada from 1963 until the end in 1966.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2017 02:57 AM (XUcIQ)

713 hard to crack the ont clique...

just don't go full bunny boiler...


bunny boiler, sheeesh


:-D

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2017 02:58 AM (WTSFk)

714 bergerbilder, if I'm in any clique here, I'll eat that satin marquis hat I saw earlier.

it's just very late at night so not many responses are likely to be posted, and those responses will be slow.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 23, 2017 02:59 AM (6FqZa)

715 It looks like BBC I just caught this on a YouTube live feed....please tell me this is bullshit showing NATO arrivals in Brussels troop incursions into Latvia, Estonia Russia troops across neighboring borders

Posted by: Richard Brehme at July 23, 2017 02:45 AM (kFkpX)


Link?

Posted by: O Chapéu De Guerra at July 23, 2017 02:59 AM (vBeA5)

716 Wow, it's hard to crack tne ONT clique.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 02:54 AM (lIZQs)

Geeze, there's no clique. I, for one, simply have no interest in all the Star Trek/Star Wars minutiae. I did like your joke, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2017 02:59 AM (XUcIQ)

717 *unstatic*

This is not a "clique". This is about simple justice Across the Board.

*Pulls Down Shade*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 23, 2017 03:11 AM (Ckg4U)

718 "full bunny boiler"

i'm going to steal that.

lol

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2017 03:13 AM (WTSFk)

719 Clique? Like with a clicker? *hic!*

Posted by: 100 Proof Hillary at July 23, 2017 03:15 AM (bc2Lc)

720 Greetings, Fappers!

Don't ever let anyone tell you that Parisians are rude... I found them to be delightful and kind. Paris itself didn't impress me much, probably because it was approximately 389 degrees. Or possibly because what few restrooms they have are abjectly filthy and built to accommodate midgets. Paris sort of all looked the same to me... the same old buildings with Mansard roofs, with flats, and shops below. The most fun I had was dancing in the Metro with some Ukrainian buskers.

England has been magical, but they need to sort out their street sign situation. I see no point in having them way down low on a wall halfway down the other street. Not helpful. I am also at a loss as to how, of all the cities they have to choose from, Bath is the one that got World heritage designation. We had a lo Ely time, but it's another place that looks exactly the same!

Anyway, another five days and I will be home again!

Miss you assholes!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 23, 2017 03:19 AM (U+fUG)

721 just googled "full bunny boiler" and apparently it's a thing. shows you what i know.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2017 03:21 AM (WTSFk)

722 This thread is too peaceful. We need the FDA to make Hormel include carrot bits in their chili.

Posted by: Adolf Hitler at July 23, 2017 03:23 AM (/qEW2)

723 Miss you assholes!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor


Reggie is better than you - he never misses.

Posted by: Barack Obama at July 23, 2017 03:25 AM (/qEW2)

724 This thread is too peaceful. We need the FDA to make Hormel include carrot bits in their chili.

Posted by: Adolf Hitler at July 23, 2017 03:23 AM (/qEW2)


Oh noes! You've discovered our secret to downing German pilots!!1!

Posted by: English scientists and engineers who AREN'T totes developing "radar" at July 23, 2017 03:26 AM (vBeA5)

725 there's nothing new in the inter webs.

i thought i'd come up with something with "richie mcsnootypants" but found one google citation in an "american spectator" article.

oh well.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2017 03:31 AM (WTSFk)

726 Update on the gun question.

Feed back from a gun guy I know:

"It looks to me like the ... light colored background is overpowering the shadow in detail of the dark pistol, so the barrel is narrowed and (if a Walther) the hammer detail is lost.

I think it's a Walther P38, based on these things:

1. The era. More likely a captured P-38 would be employed by a GI in WWII than a rarer captured Luger;

2. The position of the GI's hand, seems different than it would be if it were a Luger, glove notwithstanding;

3. The Luger rear sight would be a bump further back than that which appears on the Walther and is suggested in the photo; and

3. The portion of the pistol slightly forward of the trigger guard, under the barrel, when accounting for the effect of the light IMO more closely matches that of the Walther than the Luger."

Posted by: The Gunning Hat at July 23, 2017 03:33 AM (vBeA5)

727 One of the most grotesque, appalling cases of white privilege I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmuECTZjECI


Posted by: Barack Obama at July 23, 2017 03:45 AM (/qEW2)

728

721 musical jolly chimp

just googled "full bunny boiler" and apparently it's a thing. shows you what i know.



It is not simply a thing ... it exists as a taxonomic class. I dated one, exactly once. 10 minutes into the date, I had a psychic sensation of a well-maintained riding crop in the exceedingly-close vicinity. I later determined that a conclusive indication was that the conversation was gradually turning into a training session. Yes, I really did manage to escape with my life, and no, this isn't funny.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 23, 2017 03:47 AM (FlRtG)

729 This is not my first time around the block. My one son has a CCW permit (owns 9mm, 0.38, 0.22,, plus many semi-auto rifles. My oldest daughter is a C-Cup. I saw on a you tube video Pete Townshend playing a Fender TELECASTER. Guns, boobs, guitars, that's the ONT.

"Open your mind. Learn to live a little." Quote from the movie "The Big Bus." If you haven't seen it, you need to "open your mind."

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 23, 2017 04:11 AM (lIZQs)

730 Pfeh. Was sleeping nicely, now my brain is in overdrive. Good thing I don't have to be up in the morning.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at July 23, 2017 04:46 AM (66CWr)

731

EMT is coming.

Any drama tonight? Last night was classic.

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 23, 2017 05:04 AM (qul7b)

732 What happened? I missed it.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 23, 2017 05:14 AM (smD62)

733 Any drama tonight? Last night was classic.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 23, 2017 05:04 AM (qul7b)

No drama. Worse. Much worse than drama.

Math. A lot of it. Sine and tangents and some other stuff i never heard of. It was really bad.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 23, 2017 05:21 AM (38w5p)

734

My God Man, Not MATH !?!

Does the Pentagon know? The airborne command posts must MITO launch immediately!

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 23, 2017 05:23 AM (qul7b)

735 I don't have to get up, but its the training. On the other hand
Sunday at around 5:30 seems the normal, its 4am every other day.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2017 05:25 AM (9g/6M)

736
Does the Pentagon know? The airborne command posts must MITO launch immediately!
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 23, 2017 05:23 AM (qul7b)


If they don't know, no need to worry. Some of the horde could prolly lay out the trajectories of the missiles by doing the math in their heads. Oh yeah, Grammie was absolutely loaded. I don't think she could do too much math last night.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 23, 2017 05:27 AM (38w5p)

737 Our Lovely and Sainted "grammie" was not only doing no math, but she reminded me of my own trip to Cancun.

I was so smashed that I couldn't have told you what day it was.

Welcome to the white beaches and beach-side bars!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 23, 2017 05:33 AM (Ckg4U)

738 What happened? I missed it.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 23, 2017 05:14 AM (smD62)

Really short version- two regular ettes got banned.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 23, 2017 05:34 AM (38w5p)

739 716 Wow, it's hard to crack tne ONT clique.


Crack is whack.

When do the Korean Garand's get ok'd for delivery to the US?

Posted by: Zombie Whitney Houston at July 23, 2017 05:36 AM (yKB8T)

740 One of my buddies was nearly arrested and jailed because his Drunken Ass couldn't stay out of the display fountain.

It called to him and he answered.

NEVER get in that mess in Mexico. Trust me.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 23, 2017 05:39 AM (Ckg4U)

741 My squadron, VF84, flew F4J's when I was in the Navy first time in late 60's. They got F14's after I got out, and then got decommissioned after Tailhook. Another squadron, (World Famous Pukin' Dogs?) took the Jolly Rogers name later. Ahh, good times. Off to work, comrades!

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2017 05:49 AM (zLDYs)

742 Dunkirk:

The weird thing is, when it's all over, I realized the most daring thing about the film is that it declares there's such a thing as England. Maybe it's a Brexit statement.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 23, 2017 11:24 AM (ttpW1)

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