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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 1, 2026
From Seaeyes
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Just deliver the damn mail! USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation. “The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country,” the letter, posted by NALC Branch 238 to Facebook, reads. The letter, written by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Labor Relations to Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on a hundred vehicles, the letter says."Community Safety" -- riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhht ----- Buc-ee's is kinda asshoe when it comes to trademarks and logos Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain settle trademark infringement lawsuit
Texas-based travel center Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain Mickey’s have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over the companies’ cartoon animal logos. On Sept. 15, Buc-ee’s and Coles IP Holdings, the parent company of Mickey’s, reached a confidential agreement during a settlement conference, according to court records. The settlement stems from a lawsuit Buc-ee’s filed in February, claiming Mickey’s cartoon moose logo is too similar to its own cartoon beaver logo. *** The filing said that like Buc-ee’s logo, Mickey’s logo incorporates “a cartoon animal facing right with wide eyes and a smile, overlaying a round background.” It argued that the similarities between the two logos would likely cause confusion among customers.What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos? ----- Wholesome content
She kept growing. So did his arms. pic.twitter.com/bwiurUYtVR
— Joy Spark (@FakeJoySpark) October 1, 2026
----- Sir Charles speaks some truth
Charles Barkley just said the quiet part out loud and I’m not mad about it.
— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) October 1, 2026
“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life. And yes, you need ID to vote, same as you need it to buy a beer, board a plane, or pick…
----- Kewl stuff
This is how linemen connect 22,000-volt power lines without ever turning the electricity off.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 1, 2026
For extra high voltage lines, linemen often wear specialized conductive suits (Faraday suits) woven with metal fibers. pic.twitter.com/0DLDIV3YQY
----- Lake Powell water level is getting lower than usual Why Lake Powell Keeps Dropping Through The Fall
Lake Powell rises for about ten weeks a year and falls for the other forty-two. The Rocky Mountain snowpack melts from roughly April into July, the reservoir climbs, and then the melt stops while Glen Canyon Dam carries on releasing water downstream at a rate the river cannot replace. That is the whole mechanism, and it explains why every autumn brings another run of headlines about falling water. In 2026 the pattern was unusually stark. The lake peaked on June 1, and by September 15 it had set a modern record low of 3,516.62 feet, the lowest since the reservoir first filled in the 1960s. It is still going down.
What Happens If Flaming Gorge Is Drained To Save Lake Powell
To keep Lake Powell from collapsing, water managers have been quietly draining another giant reservoir upstream, one most Americans have never heard of: Flaming Gorge. It is a bold, and increasingly desperate, move to buy the shrinking Colorado River system a little more time. As of 2026, the latest release is the biggest one yet, and it comes with a very real cost. Here is what actually happens when you drain Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell.Both of these articles seem to be "just the facts" style. No mention of the climate bogeyman that I could find. Refreshing.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by etichal questions
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Therefore, I will be contintent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (wxsGM)
Otherwise, superstition and corruption. Hardly ever see that, right?
Posted by: mindful webworker - right at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: mindful webworker - whistling aimlessly at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)
We have a launch tonight.
SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - NROL-97 - LC-39A
Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 1, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 11:53 p.m. EDT (October 2, 0353 UTC, 05:53 CEST)
https://youtu.be/aqYtiH1UduQ
Posted by: Joyenz at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (PY8/y)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)
(Those who have not met me, TXMoMe is coming up ... just sayin' ...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (wxsGM)
You're missing nothing. Not the same enough to fool. Color scheme is different, so is logo shape.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (8uzBS)
I don't care if it has the ability to make world peace. It doesn't have any CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to do so. None. So, not only no, but HELL NO.
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Ydd86)
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Community safety is for cops. Privatize the postal service, it's an archaic device. And by the way your maps would never have been as good as Musk's.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Tammy at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Tonypete
A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (RNvK7)
i'd rather drink that drink to my own health
i think tonight i'd rather love myself
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (4znQE)
“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life.
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I thought he was black.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
City dwellers who don't know what a beaver is? Or the difference between "round" and "hexagonal"?
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kU0PQ)
Silly me... it's ONT.
Posted by: sal at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Or, We'll Make It Fit at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (Fn+3X)
You can never fill a bathtub if it has a 4” drain wide open sucking the water out faster than you put it in.
In the case of Lake Powell, there are three wide open drains - Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (slH4t)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
Easy. Tell Mexico tough shit. Treaty or not, the water ran out before it got to you. So solly.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (K7v1x)
Posted by: Disney's 14th Assault Lawyer division at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: huerfano at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (2Xqig)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)
Maybe see about bring James along. Of course, it'd probably be too icky for him with Trumpers around.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
It got too dark and one of the screws came un-done, so I will have to finish it in the morning.
So, apparently I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)
At work right now. No access to Amazon. Checked the score online. Steelers are losing to the Browns. The AFC North is a joke. All four teams will finish 8-8, and one of them will lose in the first round of the playoffs. Probably Baltimore.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (EweRc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Fn+3X)
Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (vTZFs)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)
If you can't tell a moose from a beaver, you are not invited to my house, ever.
Nor any other woman that I know.
Beavers are....
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)
You mean, because of the fires?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (PY8/y)
All of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)
Oh, you figured out it was a trick question.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (/QHx4)
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Once Bitten Twice Shy? Nope, they're all starting their diet tomorrow.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)
I suspect Charles does not suffer fools gladly. Nor does he give one solid fuck what others think about his political positions.
It is rather refreshing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Tonypete
A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
I think it technically has to be a something-doodle.
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (kU0PQ)
I have always loved Triumph.
Allied Forces is an awesome album.
Stryker was/is an overtly “Jesus Band”, but I’ve always thought Triumph was a covert Jesus Band. The lyrics have consistently convinced me of that.
Discuss….
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (N91F8)
Looks like leap seconds are going to be eliminated. The CGPM, General Conference on Weights and Measures thing month is likely going to vote to eliminate them in May 2027.
The possibility of a negative leap second due to the earth's little rotation speed up starting in 2020, which likely would've crashed the internet scared them enough to do this. The earth's little speed up has abated looks like, so we wouldn't have needed one, but it scared them enough to do this.
So, UTC will then just run free, ticking at atomic rate. Otherwise, they've just kicked the can down the road on a replacement scheme.
They've raised the tolerance of the difference between UT1 (precise mean solar time) and UTC to one hour. It will take at least 500 years before that difference gets anywhere close to that, maybe 20 minute tops in 500 years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM
Far more boring, I taught tonight and then decorated the studio for Halloween plus put out new merchandise. It’s now fall at the Barre with autumn colors, to include a really pretty brown legging. I sold 2 of the new shirts before I even hung them up! That was kind of fun. But, to your point, I did order some new clothes earlier today that are not workout related. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (10NPz)
Around here that's a pretty old joke. We have a lot of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)
(snif)
If only that was done for me.
Posted by: Owens Lake/River at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'll make my own gas, thank you.
Posted by: Don't Give A Dam! at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
She's fearless but gives me fear when I watch her ski.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)
You mean the live wire sticking out of the joint? Yeah, unless they sealed it after the vid cut off. Doesn't seem safe, does it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Vote Democrat or we kill you!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)
DEATH TO AMERICA VOTE DEMOCRAT! May not be the message they think it is.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u
Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.
-- Lawrence Walsh
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (CI1Dh)
The balls on those guys. Just stepping out the door like nothing, standing on the towers.
Fucking unreal. I thought it was a stunt at first.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:24 PM (RORbl)
The floodgates to our reservoir will be closed down tomorrow. F you downstream.
Hubby and I are so looking forward to our shower. Gets rank after three months, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
Nope nope nope nope
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (f4J0Y)
Thanks for the articles on Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell. Maybe incorrect assumptions about water levels are being followed due to protocol and without common sense?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (D/6p1)
Her: "Mom, I dreamt there was a bunch of people getting stabbed in our house. .. And that I ate a lot of cereal."
Me pondering: "So, there was cereal killing?"
Her: "I want a new mom"
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Ydd86)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
Come on! There's only 6995!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: TRex - oktoberfest dino at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: It Was Cool at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: nurse
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There should be an evaporation tax.
Golf courses w/drip irrigation would
receive a tax reduction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (+UcOf)
A leftist might not be able to differentiate a beaver from a moose with horns...
And someone colorblind might not be able to tell Red for Black in the lettering...
"When did beavers have horns?"--Leftist who believes meat comes from the store, not animals
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Ydd86)
Where, strangely, Rodman went to college - or played basketball.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Rock Me is in my top 10 of best songs ever.
Bluesey, tempo, mood changes, are all just awesome.
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (N91F8)
Honestly, I think you do more in a single day than I do all week. But then I'm old so I guess it all works out.🙂
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando
What I learned today. John Lennon's line about "Here come old flat-top, he come grooving up slowly" comes from a Chuck Berry song about a driving incident turned into a song when a "flat-top" taunted him while passing.
https://tinyurl.com/27ve5kt4
The more you know . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)
Love that song but it sure doesn't seem deep
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (s1VwS)
Most of the western US is desert. WA and OR and ID are OK, I guess. The plains aren't.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)
Palm Springs has its own aquifer so historically they didn't need to drink the rivers. (Steve Sailer, of all people, wrote about this a decade or two ago.)
But these days they've been draining the Colorado River like everyone else, to refill that aquifer.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (88C+u)
When you outlive your family and peers I guess it is time. She's got round the clock sitters and my brother lives nearby. Something changed in the past couple of weeks.
I'm sort of sick to my stomach with dread of what's ahead, but will be happy for her as she knows where she's going. I will probably have an ulcer soon to distract me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)
An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (eRlcH)
Did anyone see the article about Ivanka Trump's 15 y/o daughter who is fluent in Mandaran? She calls XI or whatever he is named Uncle?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)
I mean, at this point, the conspiracy theorists have a better track record.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
I lived in Phoenix (Tempe, actually) for 9 months. I kept thinking, what a stupid place to build a gigantic city. The frying pan that is the Valley of the Sun will die when the water dries up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
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How this would play in a private corporation:
"Hey, boss. We're playing around with the idea of putting cameras in all out delivery vehicles to help keep the community safe."
"That's great. You have a good heart. WE, HOWEVER, do not have the funds for that. We had a net loss of $9 Billion last year. So, I want you to think about where we can make cuts."
"But, boss."
"Cuts, Howard....cuts. And, lets start with the fancy paintwork on all out vehicles. We have over 200,000 vehicles, and we pay for that red white and blue striping with the eagle's head. That costs us. Going forward, every post office gets a stencil and some black paint. The stencil says "MAIL"....that's all, and that's enough. Cuts, Howard, bring me cuts."
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Is it still too early to make an "on fire" joke?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Although lil' Kim threw him out of NoKo because he
got drunk and threw up in the hotel hall.
Would rather Prezzie didn't associate w/him but that's his business.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (+UcOf)
I read that at first as Flaming George, and I certainly don't want to see him drained...ever...
Homey don't play dat game.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (+UcOf)
Be good, be good...be good, be good....be good, be good....be good, be good...be good...Johnny....
_________
CH Soyara's Johnny B. Goode (Gentleman John)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
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I could kick in a few rounds.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
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A secretary I knew, way back in the day, was sorta' a groupie when they'd hit the Washington D.C. area. Nice girl. Not really my type... but, you know, go with the flow. Concerts where cool...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)
Screw you too, pal.
Posted by: A bad person at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (TbWk/)
Nice.
I was worried your link was going to be "I Got Two Tickets To Paradise"
Posted by: no virgins for you, habibi at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
I once worked at a place that made us take annual ethics tests...one day another co-worker comes to me jokingly and says, "Can you give me the answers to the Ethics test?"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)
That's why the assassins were deported to the US a week or so ago.
Yea, we conspiracy theorists are racking up W's.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Well? Was it?
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (Fv808)
The answer is always "Why no, Ms. HR Lady, I would never do anything like that."
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (vTZFs)
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If there was any real justice, they would shoot her (torso only) and retrieve her skull so it could be made into a souvenir goblet for her victim's family.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
So the Jews have gotten to you, too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
Sayo Komada covers Johnny B Goode on the Shamisen
https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons
At least two of the Fortune 500 firms I worked for had pimps on the payroll. Not the sleazebag scum that worked the streets and cheap motels - nope. These guys were full time employees and wore the most expensive suits money could buy and, to a man, had $200 haircuts.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)
So, no purchases from Vancouver stores, go to Winnipeg.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:40 PM (+UcOf)
https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s
This was pretty good.
“Hit the ONT for your daily dose of culture”
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (N91F8)
If the US Post Office collects data, it will be to sell
it, so that they will be somewhat less bankrupt.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Capers are the Kardashians of the food world. Instantly recognizable but completely worthless.
Posted by: Seriously, why bother at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (TbWk/)
-
I could kick in a few rounds.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I suggested that the other day. Just go back to the old fashioned firing squad. Or use a gatling gun.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (7Vi0c)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
Oh my goodness! What a beautiful pooh!
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (GYqb1)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
GFY
Posted by: Doof
Woah. I just looked upstream and it wasn't a Rush insult.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Or have sex with 7 frat bros, say how awesome it was, then sue for rape 2 years later.
Posted by: Schrödinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)
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Not sure you care neighbor but Mai's on Clement St closed today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (y171U)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)
In my next life, I will be a finance major.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?
Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Relatively speaking.
Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?! at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)
Sorry, honey, if you decide to be the town pump, you're probably not gonna be believed when you cry rape.
Way to make the world bend to your "emotions" on discovering you are a whore.
How about joining a convent and spending the rest of your days atoning for your sins? No?
Then fuck right off.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
It's like that blonde joke trying to tell the two horses apart...
In the end, they measured the horses and found the white one was 3 hands taller than the black one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lix
--
I'll have shrimp with lobster sauce, thank you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
_______________________
I think the primary issue is that Buc-ee's didn't want people to assume that it was the same brand under a different name. There are a lot of businesses that do that, especially in the restaurant business. The name is different, but there are similarities in the logo.
Burger King uses a different name in Australia (Hungry Jack's). Different name, and a logo with similarities.
Panera Bread also has locations called St. Louis Bread Co. There are logo similarities.
Denny's operates as The Burger Den and The Meltdown in different locations, but the sign color is similar.
Add to that Buc-ee's just opening up a location in Ohio last April.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (dIske)
>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case
>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.
>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.
https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Small town here. Almost everyone here has Ring cameras.
WTH are you watching? It's the new way of spying on your neighbors.
Gossips love the cameras.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Duck! Dodge! Hide! at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (Fn+3X)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u
I always wondered why they would build such a big city in an area that can't provide enough water.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case
>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.
>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.
https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Sure sounds like these ladies are all in on rape as a way to make their way in the world.
Bitches gonna bitch.
They can fuck off, as well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
I would accept my fate. Because I respect Denzel that much.
But seriously....I really should have gone into business/finance if I wanted to have the finer/sexier things in life.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Arizona does a fine job of managing its water compared to California. They build dams, not tear them down. And they don't dump fresh water into the sea to "save" stupid baitfish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955
Relatively speaking.
Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?!
......
I don't have the energy.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
its the actual surface modelling of a torus.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
One of the worst Warhammer 40 novels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:56 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?
Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)
***
Word is his bark was worse than his bite.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
its the actual surface modelling of a torus.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
Topologically, a mug is a torus...as long as that mug has a handle with a hole in it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (l3cgK)
Except for me, of course, DH has complete access there.
But I'm only partly crazy.
I hit rock bottom as a mom about a week after adopting my son. I told DH "I'm getting nothing out of this boy." Turns out the boy is a psychopath, but at no time ever did I consider harming a hair on his little head. I don't consider that now.
Who are these bitches that are so in thrall to Satan that they think the right thing is to hurt kids?
They should be sterilized by the state, and never be allowed within a 100 year radius of any children, ever.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Schrodinger's bagel is baked and unbaked at the same time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)
They need to rediscover their core mission.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (XUHiS)
>>Bitches gonna bitch.
>>They can fuck off, as well.
Somebody posted a clip of Sunny Hostin, or whatever her name is, on The View saying that if what the women told cops after the initial incident is truly what she told the cops at the time then under NY law it wasn't rape. I was shocked to hear her say that and some of the lawyers here can clarify but according to that witch being drunk and consenting to group sex under NY law is not rape which is why the local DA did not pursue the case.
This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Singular, not plural...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)
This time, I’m back in the military, and haven’t taken a PT test in who knows how long. Years. They had been doing me a solid and pencil whipping them or something, because we were busy I think. I was trying to remember the last time I’d even done a single push-up and then I woke up. Maybe I need to get in some kind of exercise.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (zh/Tt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
If I were worried about holes, this would obsess me
youtu.be/QAZfHHi58AU
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Don't know it. My viet place on valencia closed last year. Sad when they go. The past is a foreign country.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv808)
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And we could all have Skittles shitting unicorns as pets!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 11:02 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
All 18 of those bastards every Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
I've been doing startups for most of my career and consequently I've dealt with a lot of finance guys over the years.
I'm on Team Denzel. And you are a better person for who you are. Great White's look at those guys with disdain.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
Whatcha be wantin' Mac is all the nooks and crannies to hold the melted butter.
Posted by: Thomas' English Muffins at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv80
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I said downstairs, I'm literally outliving all the good places to eat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)
Mine always seem to come out half—baked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
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You have to arrive early to get the lower numbers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (wpRMV)
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism
It would be more constructive for her to get help with her booze behavior. College guys are youngish, but hopefully they'll learn to stay away from drunken sleazebags who are going to have regrets the morning after.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)
It wasn't until recently that I truly intuitively grokked the difference between topology and geometry. And then I could truly appreciate the can't tell the difference between a donut and a coffee mug joke.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
********
I've seen girls in the ED (and one in a university clinic when I was a student) who were raped. In the university girl's case she had a needle mark on her hip from being sedated.
There are rape kits. There is shock and grief. The police are called and names given. This is rape, or what I thought of it.
This female waited 2yrs (I think) before claiming rape, after consensual sex with three frat boys. For drugs. This is prostitution in my book. She was drugged and then another group came in (from what I read). She took more ketamine to deal with the second group.
I could be wrong and she complained the next day, but I remember reading two years. This is not rape it's extortion. Maybe finding her conscious or ethics and feeling humiliated...but it was not rape in the sense people think of it. My opinion.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)
Agree.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Kind of like taking a contract to build 50 feet of fence for $150, and then finding out, once you get there, that the job needs a hundred feet, but they won't pay you any more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 11:11 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 11:12 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
Point taken.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (2WIwB)
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
I've mostly stopped watering front and back yards...my last water bill was over $260 for 2 months, almost $90 of that in sewer fees. Less than 9000 gallons used over 2 months during summer...some of that cleaning the 75 gallon aquatic turtle tank...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)
YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/5y443f6x
(Queued up to 15m, 29s, everything before that is background on Buc-ee's itself.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (O7YUW)
Just going by what I've heard so far including, and I want to emphasize this before she inevitably flips and starts condemning the guys, Sunny whatever her name is said she told the cops she consented to group sex when she reported what happened.
The whole situation is disgusting but there's a difference between being a pig and being a rapist. And both Hochul and James are proven liars and scumbags who will say and do anything for power.
This isn't even politics. This is something much darker and after the Clancy trial I'm starting to think there might be about 20 women left in the country who aren't evil demons. You 20 know who you are.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO
Hopefully she bounces back..
Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
So many people today are about "me me".
F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
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You'll see the difference once they add the soundtrack
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
Revolting Cocks, I assume
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (88C+u)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
Well, so much for getting a banana split from DQ.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Posted by: Gunslinger
Burning down the club you're playing at, killing your guitarist and 100 or so of your fans, and disfiguring 100 or so more, really does hurt your ratings.
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:27 PM (/QHx4)
Andrew McCarthy is putting together his 2027 Cosmic Cat calendar, which includes this gem of an image:
https://t.ly/tSXXP
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
"Every cow has at least one cowlick."
Posted by: mikeski knows exactly this much topology at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
LOL, that's nasty.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (88C+u)
A donut, however, doesn't have to have a cowlick.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)
"College girl gets drunk/high and sleeps with several guys in one night."
Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
And the Hairy Ball Theorem means that at least one spot on earth must have zero (horizontal) wind speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
We got into trouble for blowing some ceiling tiles off the ceiling at a legendary venue in brooklyn..which will remain nameless at this time. Bomb guy accidentally supercharged the bombs. Oops...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (vzuC7)
Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Isn't she a good sport!
Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Hopefully she bounces back..
Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)
********
Thank you. Something's different when I talk to her on the phone. Can't explain it.
Her own mother also did this with back pain but ended up in the hospital. She cooperated with PT, etc, to get discharged. I flew in to care for her with a cousin who's also a RN. She got home and did not want to leave her bed (she was a very active gardener). She was simply done and died a month later.
So I've sort of seen it before. My mother is very sharp, emails daily, works on Ancestry as a hobby. Reads a lot of books and does crossword puzzles. Grocery shops online. Takes care of medical/hair appts with drivers or sitters.
We'll see but I have a feeling she's like her mother and ready to go. She's also 95yrs and the same age as her mother. I both dread this but understand how she may feel to have lost everyone her age.
I don't want to live this long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
If you're still here, I just looked up Mai's and wow, when I first moved here in 1988, I lived on 5th between Clement and Geary, like around the corner and halfway down the block. I had no money back then. Sad to see it close. That whole area was much, much more Irish than it is now. What is now the Chase branch was a bar where I had my first legal drink in CA just after midnight on my birthday in 1988.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (Fv808)
And Trump was in Oklahoma today.
Coincidences? I don't think so.
Posted by: mindful webworker - connecting the dashes at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)
It gets even better. You know that second round of ketamine she took? Snorted it off a frat bro's dick. This isn't rumor, it's actually in the statement of facts in her complaint. She wasn't surreptitiously slipped a roofie in her White Claw. She snorted. A line of ketamine. Off a guy's boner.
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
https://youtu.be/xYY8vA-g8-k
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2GVsD)
If it was not because of social media we would not be aware of this story.
I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.
Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.
It is human nature.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JackStraw
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HueTube is doing monkeybusiness with 'copy url at this time' so not presenting Jimmy Buffet's --- 'Let's Get Drunk & Screw'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: publius
But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************
GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.
I thankfully never knew anyone like this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: publius
But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Or Ariana Grande licks
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
To be fair, it doesn't have coastline.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (Fv808)
Topology: all about holes and hairy balls.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Don't get saucy with me!
Posted by: Harvey Korman as Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
So if you shoot a guy in the face....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv808)
I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.
Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.
It is human nature.
Posted by: four seasons
College-age guys? "Moist" and "warm" are both optional. "Appropriately-sized" is about the only requirement.
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
So if you shoot a guy in the face....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv80
As long as the hole goes all the way through clearly...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)
It is possible to have a flat (zero intrinsic curvature at every point) torus. But a smooth embedding requires 4 dimensions. There's no way to curve a 2D surface into a torus in only 3 ambient dimensions.
However, if you relax the smoothness, you get this fractal flat torus in 3D:
https://t.ly/Qi3SA
That surface is "smooth" up to one derivate. It has tangent planes. However, it blows up at the second derivative level.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************
GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.
I thankfully never knew anyone like this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)
Whores are gonna whore.
Stupid bitch makes it awfully difficult for any REAL rape victim to get justice. Selfish little idiot.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (GYqb1)
Not being gross but there was no sleeping. You can and should read what she said at the time.
And you can because her statements at the time have been released. You can read part here. She was not a victim of anything. I don't want a part of anyone involved but in my opinion and the opinion of the DA at the time it happened this was not rape.
Make your own decision but this case is obviously going to be on the ballot in November so knowing the facts will be helpful.
https://tinyurl.com/3sja49d6
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: tankdemon
But, Bora-Bora isn't....forget it.
Posted by: He Who Smelt It at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-TYnl6-64
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)
So many people today are about "me me".
F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)
What's wrong with "me, me, me"?
https://youtu.be/VnT7pT6zCcA
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:58 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (2GVsD)
---
Federal Government may be closer to taking over California
than I thought. This will be the way, incrementally.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's right. She was hypnotized too.
Posted by: Miss Pat, The Hip Hypnotist at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (Fn+3X)
I get it, Jack. It wasn't rape... I was trying to be polite-- "sleep" as a figure of speech. Didn't read the report but don't need to. Woman was/is a total slut, and the dudes she banged were no better.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankdemon
That excuse seems rather fishy ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)
No wonder it took so long.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)
"Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes"
The article says about 9,000 service personnel - 7000 USN and 2000 Marines.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
I intend to live just long enough to sit on my front porch, in my rocking chair, shaking my cane at everyone who goes past and cursing them out in very purple language, and telling them to get the hell off my lawn.
Hopefully with friends, doing the same.
A girl can dream.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: because mammoths are awesome at October 02, 2026 12:01 AM (88C+u)
Hopefully with friends, doing the same.
A girl can dream.
Posted by: tcn in AK
I'm old, but don't have a rocker. So, I do it at Cracker Barrel.
Posted by: Not The Rainbow Rocker, Though at October 02, 2026 12:03 AM (Fn+3X)
My opinions must be accepted.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)
Check the AoSHQ Style Manual. I believe the accepted terminology is:
Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:04 AM (GYqb1)
-tcn
Is cursing then out in purple language the same as cussing a blue streak?
Is that what happens when you see red?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)
Agreed.
But only the guys have been named and only the guys are facing prosecution. And now the corrupt female governor of NY has taken the outrageous step of issuing and Executive Order and removing the local male District Attorney and replacing him with that fat, ignorant, corrupt piece of shit Stacey Abrams to railroad the guys for a crime they did not commit.
This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
Watching decline is horrible. Both Mom and Dad went away very quickly but still I took care of them. I saw decline.
And now puppy upstairs. He's been sleeping a lot. I got him anxiety treats from Amazon. We'll see.
All of you have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (Sco7b)
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)
We have a couple of generations of children in some places who don't know who their daddy was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:10 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)
Two different things Jack (and note I am not defending either of these chicks.)
-I am betting Clancey is a full on psychopath. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together usually knows they feel 'off.' And he married her and had three kids with her.
-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.
This is not getting some zimas and being forced to listen to the Eagles because the gal has huge tits. And then she changes her mind. This is an obvious wackedoo who obviously had more than one screw loose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)
******
Maybe on my part.
Both my 95yr old grandmother and mother had/have plenty of people around them. Were active. But suddenly were done.
My point being in that she no longer has peers. Her last best friend died 3mo ago, and she had gotten a bit demented at times.
My mother is/was alert and the same as she's always been. I just think she's done.
I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
I got one younger than me, for that very purpose. I can't help it if he gets broken faster than I do! I'm rather hoping that we both go out in a blaze of glory, but, y'know, that's really not in my hands, is it?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (GYqb1)
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
My guess is that this is the stuff of local legend. Everyone at the school at the time probably knew the players involved.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Sorry, man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (Y/06r)
This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.
Posted by: JackStraw
---
NY Governor was the dorm slut.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
I know a guy who told a story...
He had relations with a woman, and lo and behold a year later he has summons to appear in court for child support (I think it was NY state). In the end his lawyer told her lawyer that if she didn't pull the suit, he would explain, in graphic detail how it was very unlikely he had enough "juice" left to impregnate her. The suit was dropped. In the end she got child support payments from the court from four other guys for that child...
In the end,
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)
I do believe that at some point, you are just done. My parents outlived their friends, even though my dad took up mountain running at the ripe old age of 70 and had groupies in the running community that were younger than I am. Both mom and dad had memory issues, particularly after dad's stroke, and once they gave up the running life and didn't have anyone to play cards with, I think it became clear they weren't particularly interested in much. Dad still did crossword puzzles, mom still played solitaire, they like having dinner out and all that, but, at some point, they were done.
Didn't help that dad was killed by the that damned clot shot. Mom lasted three years after that, but she couldn't entirely remember that dad was gone, so who knows? She was the memory care busybody which kept her in the mix, but eventually even that gave out.
Dad was 91, Mom was 94. That's a good run for anyone.
Now I get to pray their asses out of Purgatory into Heaven.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (l3cgK)
It's not.
Forget Clancy for a minute, look at the jury. Watch the interviews where they flat out say they wanted their verdict to be a victory for feminism whatever the fuck that means.
Look what a bunch of leftist women did to 1 black man, formerly their favorite people on the planet, when he dared to venture off the plantation and oppose them.
I live amongst these creatures and have all my life. I will once again suggest you go look at the stats about leftist women. And I guarantee over the next few weeks there will be an outpouring of support for the Cornell slut from them. Watch and see.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (viF8m)
Wasn't that Freddy Krueger's origin story?
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
"Every Which Way but Loose" > "Loose in Every Which Way"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:22 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.
I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.
I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)
We both went through our own illnesses at the same time. We would argue over who would go first...she wanted to because she didn't want to have to deal with my passing. In the end she won the argument, but I did finally have the last word at her funeral.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)
Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Corporate Sponsorship? Brawndo Blue?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)
-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.
----
It's a world gone crazy. Clancy is a psycho and should be put down and discredited/shamed to the world.
The chick that consented, why should the guy know it was a bad situation. This kind of thing has been promoted for the last 50 years. What's new is the 180 flip.
It should never have made the news. The cops and DA should have counseled the girl to reconsider her actions if at all. They had a night of bacchanal. Making it public is the stupid part.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)
Death is never the final word. Thanks be to God.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (GYqb1)
My mind is getting blown by that flat, "infinitely corrugated" torus. Mathematically, it's in between a true smooth surface and a true fractal surface. They call it a smooth fractal.
Everywhere the surface has a well defined tangent plane, but the surface normal fails, and doesn't exist. And that's blowing my mind. Tangents plane that exist, but no normal exists to the planes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)
Well, if she wasn't humiliated by the act itself, she will be now. So, at least there is some justice in the world.
Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (GYqb1)
That's what we do. They don't pass out gold
stars for being responsible.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway loose?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)
Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.
Posted by: tcn
---
How can she be humiliated with all these dough does reinforcing her actions?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: publius
This is why I'm an engineer and not a mathematician. I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)
stars for being responsible.
But maybe they should. You get *more of* what you reward, right?
Everything's so freaking backward now!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Given the world we live in now, why would you think that?
Book deal or Netflix, which do you think she will offered first?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (viF8m)
I feel bad for children who get caught up in the *ucked situations.
What are we teaching our children.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)
I know what I taught mine. What else can we do?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:36 AM (GYqb1)
John Nash ("beautiful mind") and another mathematician named Kuiper (not related the astronomer after which the Kuiper Belt is named) proved that such a 3D embedding of the flat torus existed in the '50s, but had no idea what it would look like.
Then some other work in the '70s "convex integration" laid the framework for finding it.
And it wasn't until 2012 that the crazy infinitely corrugated torus was discovered and visualized.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (w6EFb)
When I arrived at college in the fall of 1970, the 1960s just past, right? I imagined a hedonistic campus culture. Or at least a girl or two who wanted to fool around.
But I was for some reason attracted to young ladies who were nice, chaste, and Just Good Friends.
At the time, I was not sufficiently grateful for my good fortune in this regard.😜
I remember September. Seems like it was only yesterday. (For one more half-hour here in CDST.🕦 )
I will leaves you now with this
https://youtu.be/YVedK1VUfLM
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - ought'm at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (8ddVQ)
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother.
A SuperFreak, even!
Posted by: Rick James at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (wVcYX)
He said he felt like the last survivor out of his group, and he never wanted to be the lone survivor.
So we mourned his death when it came, but also knew that he was ready for it and at peace,
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (slH4t)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:41 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (88C+u)
Sometimes we see a moose walking around town. They are magnificent animals. We know to stay away from them.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
I was happy to be on the second floor of my place at the time.
Nothing dumber than a bull moose in rut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (3hgMF)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)
Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
I watched a bull moose smack into a chain link fence just because... he needed to smack something. These are not the brightest bulbs in the sign.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)
Probably.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (1Ff7Z)
Here's a vid from Military Times showing what the current preliminary designs look like:
https://tinyurl.com/9w4aytvj
(first five minutes of vid)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (1Ff7Z)
Well, my mind has unblown and reassembled itself. The normal vector, as we think it does exist. The tangent plane is a plane, and it must have a normal in 3D space.
The "normal doesn't exist" was a misstatement in some description I was reading. What fails is any notion of derivatives of those normals and tangent vectors.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
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Looked at schematics. No wonder Nash went over the edge.
Posted by: Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper General at October 02, 2026 01:01 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Now, what it is mind blowing about that. The flat torus is just that. It's a closed 2D surface that is everywhere flat, zero intrinsic curvature. That means a simple X-Y plane metric exists. It's still closed, but it's flat.
But that crazy smooth fractal embedding means, trying to apply the rules of the ambient 3D space to that surface breaks down. You can't get to "aha, this is a flat 2D surface" using the basic rules of vector calculus applied to that crazy thing because those derivatives blow up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:06 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ChE99 at October 02, 2026 01:09 AM (14tjg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
It worked out for E. Jean Carrol
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 01:09 AM (1mVbO)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:13 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
If you are still here - thank you for answering my question this morning about gasoline prices in Alaska.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 02, 2026 01:16 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:16 AM (/QHx4)
Anyway, Good Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (j4Fxj)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
I've got to stop thinking about this, because I may indeed go crazy....
You can think of fractals as sort of introducing a concept of fractional dimensions. A number of dimensions in between whole numbers, something crazy like a 1.5D space. In some topological sense, dimensions must be whole numbers, but that fractional dimension concept "exists" in some sense.
So, a truly smooth embedding of the flat torus exists in 4D space. So what all this means is the true "minimum dimensionality" necessary to embed it is some fractional dimension in between 3 and 4.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons
---------
Boneless pork loin is a staple here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah. I grilled a big ham steak on the gas grill outside. Got kind of overdone, as I had to take a phone call. But I ate it anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:20 AM (j4Fxj)
Sleep well ya'll.
Remember fight fight the ass holes who are trying to ruin our country.
VOTE like your life depends on it.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 01:25 AM (3hgMF)
Grocery had my favorite brand of bacon for $6/lb. Not the best deal, but better than the "regular" price. Got 3 lbs, put 2 in freezer.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Another interesting thing about that flat torus embedding. While the derivatives of the tangent vector (and normal) don't exist, if you look at what's happening in the limit as you approach that "infinite corrugation", you see those higher derivatives become infinitely oscillating. They remain bounded, but just infinitely oscillation, like 1/sin(x) as you go to zero.
So, you can see this as sort an exercise of trying to cram 10 lbs in a 5 lb bag so to speak. You can take the smooth 4D embedding and try to cram it down into 3 dimensions.
You succeed, but only in that fractal, infinitely oscillating sense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 01:29 AM (3hgMF)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Perhaps we should employ another critter?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Y/06r)
Here... throw this glass of ice water on him!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
But maybe they should. You get *more of* what you reward, right?
Everything's so freaking backward now!
Posted by: JQ
---
I understand, simple positive reinforcement is missing today.
All this whining over personal responsibility is tedious.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:33 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: publius
This is why I'm an engineer and not a mathematician. I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)
I'm reminded of Gabriel's Horn, which has a finite volume but infinite surface area. Of course, such shapes cannot be made in reality (as there is no current way to make a mass infinitely small or a length infinitely long).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:33 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:34 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:40 AM (ibDUx)
pre-prepare's meals. They aren't cooked but well seasoned and the meat veggie combinations are appealing. They are intended to be eaten at sell by date. I freeze them and eat at will. They do the same with salads, I try to keep those under five days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:40 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Back when my Dad was a young lad, they called pork by another, less civil name...
See, chicken back then was expensive, pork was cheap. So blacks, many being poor, when the ate meat it was pork, so some white folks called it n***er chicken.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:41 AM (l3cgK)
Yes, it's always the day you woke up until you wake up the next morning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:42 AM (xHEjv)
My parents were of the negative reinforcement mindset--
We (children) were *expected* to behave correctly and get good grades, do our chores, complete assigned tasks without question.
Wrong actions received punishment. Always with an explanation, so we knew *what* was wrong.
Promised myself that it would be different when I had children (which, ultimately, wasn't in God's plan for me)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
The ultimate is the Banach–Tarski paradox, or you can turn a pea into the Sun, or vice-versa. You can cut the pea into some "sections" and then reassemble it into a sphere the size of the Sun.
The trouble there is those "pieces" have no defined volume or anything like it, they are "immeasurable sets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
Fucking hell.
Prayers invited, and many thanks for those.
The boy comes home after this. I cannot allow him to destroy the life I gave him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 01:53 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 02, 2026 01:53 AM (DMHwD)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
The ultimate is the Banach–Tarski paradox, or you can turn a pea into the Sun, or vice-versa. You can cut the pea into some "sections" and then reassemble it into a sphere the size of the Sun.
The trouble there is those "pieces" have no defined volume or anything like it, they are "immeasurable sets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, that comes from the properties of set theory, where you can make anything a set, and things get...strange...when dealing with infinite sets.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:55 AM (l3cgK)
Prayers going up right now!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
Damit. I pray he's okay and he learns from this.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:57 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: far cry at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (WbWbV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
>Get a marmot. Those little whistle pigs will set up camp and eat your entire landscape.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 02:01 AM (VQ7/I)
Infinity. That's the root of the strangeness of all this crazy stuff. And there is a progression of infinities, see Cantor's alephs.
First there is countable infinity. That's the infinity of the integers. That is wild enough -- see Hilbert's hotel. This is aleph-0.
But with the real numbers, you take that to the next level -- see the Continuum hypothesis -- aleph-1. The infinity of the real numbers, the real line, is greater than the infinity of the integers.
Each step of additional infinity adds to the craziness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Infinity. That's the root of the strangeness of all this crazy stuff. And there is a progression of infinities, see Cantor's alephs.
First there is countable infinity. That's the infinity of the integers. That is wild enough -- see Hilbert's hotel. This is aleph-0.
But with the real numbers, you take that to the next level -- see the Continuum hypothesis -- aleph-1. The infinity of the real numbers, the real line, is greater than the infinity of the integers.
Each step of additional infinity adds to the craziness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Yes, countable infinities, then uncountable infinities
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:11 AM (l3cgK)
Now, how do you get to aleph-2, the next level of infinity bigger than the continuum.
The number of points in the plane is the same as the number of points on a line, aleph-1. The number of points in 3D space is also the same.
In fact, the number of points in a infinite dimensional space, an aleph-0-D space is also just aleph-1. There are no more points in a infinite, infinite dimensional space than there are points in between 0 and 1 on the real line.
To get to aleph-2, you need an aleph-1 number of dimensions. An uncountably infinite number of dimensions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:12 AM (l3cgK)
I will be bringing his ass home from the hospital and he will no longer be able to get drugs, or act like the ass he has been. However, this probably means he won't be able to get custody of his son, which means I probably won't ever see my grandson again.
I doubt he will learn from this, but at least I can make him safe from predators.
Sorry to share so much foolishness with everyone. We all have our trials. I'm putting and end to this experiment one way or another. He either gets his poop in a group, or we put him in a hole.
But I've had it.
Bless all of you for your graciousness.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 02:13 AM (GYqb1)
Had a very good interview, I think. Felt a real rapport with the hiriing manager. Hoping to get the word for the next phase soon. Friday's interview, we'll see how that goes. Now, back to bed... I need my beauty sleep, y'know!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 02:13 AM (aJQbY)
Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 02:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Another way to see aleph-2 is the total number of functions of real number. That is, the functions that map one real number to another.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:25 AM (3ZUWJ)
{{{tcn}}}
Hope things are clearer in the morning & a better path becomes visible for all of you.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
So thinking of it this way, the Banach–Tarski thing is no surprise. The number of points in a pea is equal to the number of points in a ball the size of the Sun. So, you just rearrange them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:31 AM (w6EFb)
tcn, May You be Blessed with Strength ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:34 AM (3ZUWJ)
You have all our prayers here as well, tcn. I just don't know what to say with stuff like this, why do people act this way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2026 02:39 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 02, 2026 02:44 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 02:44 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2026 02:39 AM (Fv80
Then you're using a mixed up alphabet...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
Yep.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
One of my favorites. You can't paint the inside surface of it. But you can fill it up with paint.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ogre
Then you're using a mixed up alphabet...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Nah.
Posted by: a ghoti at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (3ZUWJ)
If I were clever, I ought to be able to work in the phrase "Cardinality of the continuum" into that wishes were horses thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 02:49 AM (Ia/+0)
If I were an enterprising person I would buy a whole bunch of pink t-shirts and emblazon them with I SURVIVED TWO LETHAL INJECTIONS, and hang around the courthouse. I think they would sell well.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 02:52 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Pray continue, said the Cardinal ...
I continued to wish for the horse's cardinality ...
Alas for the Cardinality of the continuum, said the Cardinal ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:54 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
And the corollary to the wishes were horses thing is if a bullfrog had wings, his ass wouldn't drag the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (w6EFb)
And give her strength and peace of mind to. Deal with it all.
Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (Wo6dn)
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Ruff deal, glad your son will be OK and have you to help him stay on the path. Prayers for you both.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (Ia/+0)
AS well as all "algebraic numbers". Take the square root of two. That's irrational, but not transcendental, which is another way of saying algebraic. The set of all algebraic numbers is countable.
The algebraic numbers are those that are possible roots of a polynomial of *finite degree* with rational coefficients. And the set of such polynomials is also countable.
Now, got to an infinite degree, with Taylor series notions. That gets you to analytic functions. The number of analytic functions is just the same as aleph-1.
But that is vastly smaller than the set of all possible functions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)
aleph-null bottles of beer
take one down, pass it around
aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: drunken math majors at October 02, 2026 03:07 AM (VHUov)
The Ancient Greek Homos first learned the square root of 2 was irrational somewhere in the 5th century BC. It was discovered by a Hippasus, who was a member of the Pythagorean Cult.
The legend is they kept this a secret. It was too terrible, and thus we couldn't handle the truth type of thing.
The fact that there existed a number that couldn't be expressed as the ratio of whole numbers was just too terrible to contemplate. Their world was shattered.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LASue at October 02, 2026 03:21 AM (QerWV)
...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, those transcendental numbers are uncountably infinite, yet we're aware of fewer of those than algebraic irrationals.
I'm reminded of an old joke:
Mathematician 1: "Wanna help me tonight solve some quintics?"
Mathematician 2: "Sure. What do you need?"
Mathematician 1: "Bring Radicals"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
They woulda been even more unhappy to find out that the only square roots of positive integers that ARE rational are those that are already squares of integers themselves.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
Also, according to legend, the man that revealed the irrationality of the square root of 2 was drowned.
They took their math serious in those days.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:30 AM (l3cgK)
A sort of analogous thing happened in 1872, when Karl Weierstrass discovered the infamous function now named the Weierstrass function. It was the first fractal curve discovered, although they didn't call that for a while until that theory was developed later.
It was a function that was everywhere continuous, but nowhere differentiable. This completely shattered the notions of smooth functions.
The great mathematicians of the day were outraged, "Damn you to hell, Weierstrass!". One of them even said that if Newton (and Leibniz) had known of this, they wouldn't have invented calculus, because they would've just given up at the madness they exposed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (MQYOv)
( sips coffee)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
It certainly is a crazy function!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (l3cgK)
*slides cold Fosters down the bar for Reforger*
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
Then there is the Dirichlet Function, which was discovered/invented earlier. It simply is defined as returning 1 if the input is rational, and 0 if irrational.
Talk about pathological. That thing is nowhere continuous, forget about differentiable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:56 AM (w6EFb)
Then there is the Dirichlet Function, which was discovered/invented earlier. It simply is defined as returning 1 if the input is rational, and 0 if irrational.
Talk about pathological. That thing is nowhere continuous, forget about differentiable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:56 AM (w6EFb)
Dirac Delta Function, also known as the Unit Impulse function...only 1 at a value of 1, zero everywhere else. Last used it in Kollege in one of my courses...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)
But yet, since the number of irrational numbers is infinitely greater (the aleph-0 vs aleph-1 thing), the function out to be "mostly" 0.
And there's some general notions that will actually agree with that in some abstract sense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:04 AM (l3cgK)
That is very, very useful. You can use that to switch from the notion of a point charge to some continuous charge density function. And many other very useful purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:06 AM (w6EFb)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Another class of non-analytic functions that are very useful are the so-called "bump functions". Here's the problem, you want to model something "turns on" at some point, yet want to make it smooth. A step function is the simplest, turn on a switch. But that is discontinuous.
The bump functions allow you to do that smoothly. Turn on a signal, and do it smoothly. They are continuous and smooth. Yet non-analytic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:10 AM (w6EFb)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Yes!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:11 AM (l3cgK)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Yes!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:11 AM (l3cgK)
Unit step function, IIRC.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:13 AM (l3cgK)
We've mostly been talking history/philosophy of math, and not real math. But, I'm gonna do it just a little bit, so the rest of you, avert your gaze.
This is simple example of such a smooth bump function. y(x) = 0 if x = 0.
That is a smooth version of the unit step function. You'll find it is infinitely differentiable. Yet it is non-analytic. You can't build a Taylor series around it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:17 AM (w6EFb)
If x is greater or equal to zero, y(x) = e^(-1/x^2). That is the right side of zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
** wheels trebuchet into position **
*** grabs earplugs and large butterfly net ***
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 04:19 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)
If x is greater or equal to zero, y(x) = e^(-1/x^2). That is the right side of zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
Basically a Gaussian function, x>0...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:23 AM (l3cgK)
I see Higher Mathematics is being discussed. I will sit quietly over here until it's over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:24 AM (wzUl9)
I see Higher Mathematics is being discussed. I will sit quietly over here until it's over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:24 AM (wzUl9)
High or Higher, depending on how much has been toked...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:26 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip
** offers spare pair of earplugs & trident **
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 04:27 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (Ia/+0)
What those smooth bump functions show about analyticity vs non-analyticity is a global vs local thing, and that has some "deep thoughts" implications in a lot of physics.
An analytic function "leaks out to infinity". The local tells you the global. That smooth bump function breaks that. for x < 0, it's just a flat line = 0. Nothing about it predicts that behavior at x = 0.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)
They lied, Skip.
They lied.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:29 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
What those smooth bump functions show about analyticity vs non-analyticity is a global vs local thing, and that has some "deep thoughts" implications in a lot of physics.
An analytic function "leaks out to infinity". The local tells you the global. That smooth bump function breaks that. for x
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (w6EFb)
Trigonometric functions like sine and cosine are considered analytic, but don't "leak out to infinity", but rather oscillate forever...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:32 AM (l3cgK)
I didn't really want to be up at 4:30 a.m but came downstairs in the middle of the night and ( stupidly ) left the living door open and who came in to jump up and purr in my ear and tell me that it's breakfast time? My furry friend. He is adorable but I'm too odd to have a toddler at my advanced age . Even with grandchildren , which I don't have yet, I guess you love them and enjoy being with them but eventually they go home.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:32 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (JrHfD)
But whadda I know, I'm just a son of a Western Canadian lady who referred to a Phillips screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)
What I mean by that is not that anything about the function blows up. It's that the behavior of the function *locally*, in a small region "leaks" out everywhere. The local tells you the global. That's the basic property of analytic functions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:38 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:51 AM (JrHfD)
I've come to embrace the new reality because I cannot change it. Changing such fundamental material demands supernatural forces, and as much as I WANT Jesus to return and set things right if it is to happen in my mortal life it will be a stunning surprise, since things have been sliding downhill before any of us were made.
Posted by: He who questions all of it at October 02, 2026 04:54 AM (8ZS/E)
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Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)