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Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 11:28:17 AM
There's no chat room here (or not one that I've been told about--dammit!) so here's a thread to chat in. No topic, no sweat.

;D

[I hope I don't get in trouble for this somehow.]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on June 17, 2008, 11:32:08 AM
Quote from: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 11:28:17 AM
[I hope I don't get in trouble for this somehow.]

"That's the one, officer--with the Minnesota plates!  Grab him!"

;D  ;D  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 11:34:47 AM
Quote from: bhodges on June 17, 2008, 11:32:08 AM
"That's the one, officer--with the Minnesota plates!  Grab him!"

;D  ;D  ;D

--Bruce

Eee! Where's my blonde wig and lipstick?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 17, 2008, 12:43:52 PM
Elgar
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 17, 2008, 01:00:54 PM
Nowhere else to put this really:

At 22:35pm (in 30 mins) UK time there will be a documentary on BBC1 about the Berliner Philharmoniker doing a tour in Asia. I assume UK (or proxied people) who miss it can catch it on iPlayer.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2008, 01:26:37 PM
Even though I can't wait to get back to college, I have a lot of practicing to do before then.  Oh seating auditions :)  (and I hope my new roommate will be a good person :))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 17, 2008, 01:48:09 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 17, 2008, 01:26:37 PM
Even though I can't wait to get back to college, I have a lot of practicing to do before then.  Oh seating auditions :)  (and I hope my new roommate will be a good person :))
what are you practicing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2008, 01:59:07 PM
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 17, 2008, 01:48:09 PM
what are you practicing?
mainly for Seating auditions.  Saint-saens 3rd symphony.  Last year I was 2nd bass both semesters, and the principal is student teaching this semester, so maybe I'll improve.  hehe
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PSmith08 on June 17, 2008, 02:12:55 PM
I really like those old Enron commercials.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 02:14:51 PM
Why do we use so many CD images when we could just type the information?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2008, 02:19:08 PM
Quote from: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 02:14:51 PM
Why do we use so many CD images when we could just type the information?
because pictures are more interesting ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 17, 2008, 02:26:56 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 17, 2008, 01:59:07 PM
mainly for Seating auditions.  Saint-saens 3rd symphony.  Last year I was 2nd bass both semesters, and the principal is student teaching this semester, so maybe I'll improve.  hehe
cool..... if that's 2nd out of 8, not bad.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2008, 02:32:09 PM
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 17, 2008, 02:26:56 PM
cool..... if that's 2nd out of 8, not bad.  8)
well, 2nd out of 10.......(And growing)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 17, 2008, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 17, 2008, 02:32:09 PM
well, 2nd out of 10.......(And growing)
lol, i was actually expecting you to say something like- no, actually 6!
i'm assuming all 10 don't play at the same time? Usually an orchestra has 8 basses, at least that's what i've read in orchestration books but i've never counted.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: M forever on June 17, 2008, 03:43:35 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 17, 2008, 01:59:07 PM
mainly for Seating auditions.  Saint-saens 3rd symphony.  Last year I was 2nd bass both semesters, and the principal is student teaching this semester, so maybe I'll improve.  hehe

There isn't much in there for the bass - naturally, since it was written from a French orchestral point of view (although written for and premiered in London) and since they didn't really have an orchestral bass playing school at the time, there are only a few runs and some very moderatley difficult passages. What is tricky though are the divisi chords at the beginning of the slow movement they have to be well in tune and I can tell you now that will be difficult because half your section will not press the strings down properly with the left hand on the long notes and not play with a slow bow but well defined tone - they will play on the fingerboard producing a wobbly, timid, badly defined sound which will be very hard to tune. Unless somebody really addresses that, best in a sectional. The repeated pizz entries are also a little tricky musically because people always play them as if they were upbeats - but the first of each two notes is on the beat.

Where do you play, BTW?

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 17, 2008, 02:35:59 PM
lol, i was actually expecting you to say something like- no, actually 6!
i'm assuming all 10 don't play at the same time? Usually an orchestra has 8 basses, at least that's what i've read in orchestration books but i've never counted.

Orchestras can have anything from a handful to 10 or sometimes even 12 basses, depending on the type of orchestra, the availability and the occasion, as well as the literature of course. Standard "romantic" literature is typically played with 8 basses if the string section is 16-12-14-10-8 (in the US big orchestras often have 9), in Germany the standard is 14-12-10-8-7 and 16-... for "bigger" pieces, rarely 18-16-14-12-10, or other numbers if explicitly defined by the composer (e.g. Strauss often asks explicitly for the "Bayreuth" string section size: 16-16-12-12-8).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 03:53:34 PM
Hey, which Naxos CD should I download?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 04:55:06 PM
Never mind.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2008, 07:51:18 PM
Quote from: M forever on June 17, 2008, 03:43:35 PM
There isn't much in there for the bass - naturally, since it was written from a French orchestral point of view (although written for and premiered in London) and since they didn't really have an orchestral bass playing school at the time, there are only a few runs and some very moderatley difficult passages. What is tricky though are the divisi chords at the beginning of the slow movement they have to be well in tune and I can tell you now that will be difficult because half your section will not press the strings down properly with the left hand on the long notes and not play with a slow bow but well defined tone - they will play on the fingerboard producing a wobbly, timid, badly defined sound which will be very hard to tune. Unless somebody really addresses that, best in a sectional. The repeated pizz entries are also a little tricky musically because people always play them as if they were upbeats - but the first of each two notes is on the beat.

Where do you play, BTW?
I play in the college orchestra of where I go to school, SUNY Fredonia.  We played this past year Mahler 4, Some of the Dvorak Slavonic dances, the opera was Hansel and gretel.  This past semester, we played Rimsky-korsakov's Sheherazade, Tchaik's Swan lake, Piston's Incredible Flutist and the Egmont overture and Weber's Overture to Der Freischutz.  :)

and this year, there will be another orchestra.  Since we're getting a lot of more strings, there's going to be a smaller orchestra that probably will consist of mostly freshman and people who aren't in the opera this year
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 17, 2008, 07:59:44 PM
Quote from: mn dave on June 17, 2008, 04:55:06 PM
Never mind.  ;D
Dang, I was going to recommend this one:

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7986/fartsichorduy0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: M forever on June 17, 2008, 08:15:23 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 17, 2008, 07:51:18 PM
I play in the college orchestra of where I go to school, SUNY Fredonia.  We played this past year Mahler 4, Some of the Dvorak Slavonic dances, the opera was Hansel and gretel.  This past semester, we played Rimsky-korsakov's Sheherazade, Tchaik's Swan lake, Piston's Incredible Flutist and the Egmont overture and Weber's Overture to Der Freischutz.  :)

and this year, there will be another orchestra.  Since we're getting a lot of more strings, there's going to be a smaller orchestra that probably will consist of mostly freshman and people who aren't in the opera this year

Sounds like a lot of challenging stuff there. Especially the Freischütz overture is really difficult to play on the bass (and for the rest of the strings, too) - that is, to play well, fumbling through it is not that much more difficult than through a lot of other stuff. I hope you play German bow so that you could really hammer out all those 8th runs and arpeggios, especially the passage where you have all the offbeat accents, that really separates the boys from the men (and also the French bow from the German bow players  ;D ). That has to be played every single note martellato.
Hänsel und Gretel always brings back great memories. There must be a law in Germany that every kid has to see it at least three times before the age of 12 because schools take the kids to see it all the time, or more precisely, around Christmas when it is played everywhere. That is a little bit of a cliché, but it's a nice one. When I was a music student in Weimar and substitute in the Staatskapelle, I played it at least a dozen or so times every year - and right there, in the Deutsches Nationaltheater, was where the opera was premiered, by no less a conductor than Richard Strauss. That happened mostly around Christmas, of course, although it is typically also found in the repertoire sporadically throughout the year. There were some days when we actually played it twice on one day, in the morning and then in the late afternoon. Great memories!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 18, 2008, 04:08:20 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 17, 2008, 07:59:44 PM
Dang, I was going to recommend this one:

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7986/fartsichorduy0.jpg)

:o I. Must. Have. It.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 18, 2008, 05:08:07 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 17, 2008, 03:43:35 PM
Orchestras can have anything from a handful to 10 or sometimes even 12 basses, depending on the type of orchestra, the availability and the occasion, as well as the literature of course. Standard "romantic" literature is typically played with 8 basses if the string section is 16-12-14-10-8 (in the US big orchestras often have 9), in Germany the standard is 14-12-10-8-7 and 16-... for "bigger" pieces, rarely 18-16-14-12-10, or other numbers if explicitly defined by the composer (e.g. Strauss often asks explicitly for the "Bayreuth" string section size: 16-16-12-12-8).
Wow, that's awesome to know.
"16-12-14-10-8"- That's exactly what it has in the orchestration books i've read, although it's been so long i can remember which ones.
I'm guessing that the setup in Germany is more often 14- when doing Mozart, but 16- when doing Mahler. And perhaps the American orchestras just keep to the 16- even with Mozart. Must be a traditional thing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 18, 2008, 11:30:37 AM
In a nutshell, everything leads bach to Bach.   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: M forever on June 18, 2008, 07:00:31 PM
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 18, 2008, 05:08:07 AM
Wow, that's awesome to know.
"16-12-14-10-8"- That's exactly what it has in the orchestration books i've read, although it's been so long i can remember which ones.
I'm guessing that the setup in Germany is more often 14- when doing Mozart, but 16- when doing Mahler. And perhaps the American orchestras just keep to the 16- even with Mozart. Must be a traditional thing.

No. "Classical music" is typically played with 12- or 10- or slight variations such as 10-10-8-6-4, and that applies to American orchestras as much as to European ones because it's mostly what the conductor asks for and most ocnductors still have that cliché idea that Mozart and Haydn must always be "light and delicate". In Germany, 14-12-10-8-7 is the typical string section for the vast majority of "romantic" repertoire and only some of the "really big" pieces are typically played with 16- or other string sections (again, typically when these are explicitly asked for as in the examples I gave) while in America, the bigger orchestras play nearly everything "bigger" with 16-14-12-10-9 so in many cases, they use slightly larger string sections than e.g. German orchestras but that's OK since, as was recently discussed in another thread, it doesn't make that much of a difference to begin with and German string sections produce a whole lot more sound than their American colleagues anyway (esp. at the bottom end). But then the winds also make more sound, so it all balances out in roughly the same ways.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 19, 2008, 08:35:14 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 18, 2008, 07:00:31 PM
No. "Classical music" is typically played with 12- or 10- or slight variations such as 10-10-8-6-4, and that applies to American orchestras as much as to European ones because it's mostly what the conductor asks for and most ocnductors still have that cliché idea that Mozart and Haydn must always be "light and delicate". In Germany, 14-12-10-8-7 is the typical string section for the vast majority of "romantic" repertoire and only some of the "really big" pieces are typically played with 16- or other string sections (again, typically when these are explicitly asked for as in the examples I gave) while in America, the bigger orchestras play nearly everything "bigger" with 16-14-12-10-9 so in many cases, they use slightly larger string sections than e.g. German orchestras but that's OK since, as was recently discussed in another thread, it doesn't make that much of a difference to begin with and German string sections produce a whole lot more sound than their American colleagues anyway (esp. at the bottom end). But then the winds also make more sound, so it all balances out in roughly the same ways.
ah, i see..... i had to reread your previous post. Makes sense now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 09:11:39 AM
Discussing musical detail in The Chat Thread?

I mean, no law against it or anything . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 19, 2008, 09:14:41 AM
I'm feeling like my avatar today.  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2008, 09:29:20 AM
Quote from: mn dave on June 19, 2008, 09:14:41 AM
I'm feeling like my avatar today.  >:(

Did anyone crap in your porridge this morning?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Keemun on June 19, 2008, 09:57:44 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 09:11:39 AM
Discussing musical detail in The Chat Thread?

I mean, no law against it or anything . . . .

We must counteract it with more one-liners.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 10:09:40 AM
You mean, I contributed one line more than quite advisable?

Perhaps you're right at that!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Keemun on June 19, 2008, 11:06:42 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 10:09:40 AM
You mean, I contributed one line more than quite advisable?

Perhaps you're right at that!  ;D

4 out of 5 dentists agree: Posts in The Chat Thread are best limited to one line.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2008, 11:21:16 AM
Minnesota and North Dakota will become a part of Canada, within the next 100 years.

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 11:21:29 AM
Quote from: Keemun on June 19, 2008, 11:06:42 AM
4 out of 5 dentists agree: Posts in The Chat Thread are best limited to one line.  ;)

Copped for being out of compliance again!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 11:21:49 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 19, 2008, 11:21:16 AM
Minnesota and North Dakota will become a part of Canada, within the next 100 years.

You mean, they're not Canada already?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2008, 11:23:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 11:21:49 AM
You mean, they're not Canada already?

Ohh, and Alaska too.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2008, 11:25:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 11:21:49 AM
You mean, they're not Canada already?

Dave says Eh like we do, so may as well.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 19, 2008, 12:07:08 PM
What's a canada?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 12:31:37 PM
Fine av, Dave!  Most chic facial hair.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 19, 2008, 01:11:05 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2008, 12:31:37 PM
Fine av, Dave!  Most chic facial hair.

Very nice of you, old man.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2008, 02:49:32 PM
Whet's this all aboot then, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 20, 2008, 10:43:04 AM
IT'S FRIDAY!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 25, 2008, 08:55:06 AM
With the numerous German speaking composers, how come so very little of them come from Switzerland?  Or Lichenstein or Luxembourg for that matter  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 25, 2008, 09:08:30 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 25, 2008, 08:55:06 AM
With the numerous German speaking composers, how come so very little of them come from Switzerland?  Or Lichenstein or Luxembourg for that matter  ???

Because Lichtenstein has the population of your average village... Switzerland has produced very good composers: Honegger, Martin, Huber. Not bad for a population of a few million rather than several dozen million...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on June 25, 2008, 09:15:04 AM
Why are the American moderators both from Texas? Is this a conspiracy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 25, 2008, 10:26:25 AM
There are three American mods, but only one is in Texas. I think the fact there are three of them and that Rob has moved to be right next door to them is however deeply sinister.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 25, 2008, 10:29:12 AM
What's the word for fear of sheep?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 25, 2008, 10:33:00 AM
Well, it is not 'Welsh'. That is the word for a lover of sheep.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 25, 2008, 10:58:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 25, 2008, 10:29:12 AM
What's the word for fear of sheep?

Ovinaphobia - I recall running into this one a while ago (such is the sadness of my online life $:)).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 25, 2008, 10:59:26 AM
Oh...I assumed Karl knew and we were going to get a sort of knock-knock joke from him.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 25, 2008, 11:01:26 AM
A little bird (or, it might have been a small furry mammal) told me you would know, Sara  ;)

No, Mike, I didn't know . . . sort of had the raw materials for a guess, which is better for recognition than speculative wordsmithing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 05:25:55 AM
Is there some sort of political scorecard online comparing Obama to McBushCain?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 06:46:01 AM
I try to listen to Modern music, but Baroque, Classical and Romantic keep dragging me back in.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on July 09, 2008, 08:01:03 AM
I am deeply impressed by Arthur Nikisch. Shame that he recorded so little...

Does this belong to the non sequitur thread? Is this the non sequitur thread? I hope it is.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 08:07:40 AM
Quote from: Renfield on July 09, 2008, 08:01:03 AM
I am deeply impressed by Arthur Nikisch. Shame that he recorded so little...

Does this belong to the non sequitur thread? Is this the non sequitur thread? I hope it is.



Yes, it is.

Nikisch? If it's the same guy I'm thinking of, I bet the sound on those recordings is pretty horrible.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2008, 08:11:47 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 20, 2008, 10:43:04 AM
IT'S FRIDAY!!!
no, actually, it's Wednesday.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on July 09, 2008, 08:11:47 AM
no, actually, it's Wednesday.

What was I thinking?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on July 09, 2008, 08:17:57 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 09, 2008, 08:07:40 AM
Nikisch? If it's the same guy I'm thinking of, I bet the sound on those recordings is pretty horrible.

You bet wrong. $:)

I wouldn't have guessed 1913 if I didn't know the date: I'd place it in the 1920's! (;))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 08:20:47 AM
Quote from: Renfield on July 09, 2008, 08:17:57 AM
You bet wrong. $:)

I wouldn't have guessed 1913 if I didn't know the date: I'd place it in the 1920's! (;))

Oh, sure. That was a swell decade for audiophile recordings.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on July 09, 2008, 08:21:21 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 09, 2008, 08:20:47 AM
Oh, sure. That was a swell decade for audiophile recordings.  :P

Exactly. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Bogey on July 09, 2008, 10:06:46 AM
Just finished The Doolittle Raid and am about to choose a new book to read from the shelf....I love this moment.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Christo on July 09, 2008, 10:19:49 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 20, 2008, 10:43:04 AM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 10, 2008, 09:17:05 PM
No, it isn't

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Christo on July 10, 2008, 11:13:52 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 20, 2008, 10:43:04 AM
IT'S FRIDAY!!? SATURDAY!?! SUNDAY?!! MONDAY!!?! TUESDAY?!! WEDNESDAY??! THURSDAY!?! ...SOME DAY!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 11, 2008, 04:35:41 AM
Every day is Sunday to a bird.

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44805000/jpg/_44805766_statue_512.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 11, 2008, 04:37:33 AM
That's a thought worthy of consideration, Dave  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 11, 2008, 04:43:25 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 12:54:44 PM
What's up?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on February 09, 2009, 12:57:52 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 09, 2009, 12:54:44 PM
What's up?  ;D

Probably the bottom of that martini glass!   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on February 09, 2009, 01:12:04 PM
Not much. What's up yours?


(I didn't just say that.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 01:33:05 PM
Quote from: Cato on February 09, 2009, 12:57:52 PM
Probably the bottom of that martini glass!   8)

I wish. I have about one of these a week, if that.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 01:33:35 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 09, 2009, 01:12:04 PM
Not much. What's up yours?

I like it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:50:39 PM
Noticed a reference to a knock knock joke is this thread - anyone want to hear the one my 9 year old son told me today?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 01:53:11 PM
Quote from: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:50:39 PM
Noticed a reference to a knock knock joke is this thread - anyone want to hear the one my 9 year old son told me today?

Sure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:54:10 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 09, 2009, 01:53:11 PM
Sure.
Knock knock
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 01:55:37 PM
Quote from: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:54:10 PM
Knock knock

Who's there?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:57:35 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 09, 2009, 01:55:37 PM
Who's there?
I'm up
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 02:02:22 PM
Quote from: Sef on February 09, 2009, 01:57:35 PM
I'm up

I'm up who?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sef on February 09, 2009, 02:03:07 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 09, 2009, 02:02:22 PM
I'm up who?  ;D
Ewwww - better not step in you then!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 02:06:20 PM
Quote from: Sef on February 09, 2009, 02:03:07 PM
Ewwww - better not step in you then!

Damn. Fell for that one.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on February 09, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
Bless!

Children are so cheeky these days. Just the other day I was walking down the street and a young girl hand-in-hand with her mother (presumably) commented to me on the way past that my lace was undone. So of course I stopped to make my own inspection only to discover, to my dismay, that my laces were most certainly not undone.  :o

Who can you trust in this day and age, who, when lies can come from even the mouths of babes?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 09, 2009, 02:26:07 PM
Quote from: Episode VI: Return of the Mog on February 09, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
Bless!

Children are so cheeky these days. Just the other day I was walking down the street and a young girl hand-in-hand with her mother (presumably) commented to me on the way past that my lace was undone. So of course I stopped to make my own inspection only to discover, to my dismay, that my laces were most certainly not undone.  :o

Who can you trust in this day and age, who, when lies can come from even the mouths of babes?!

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 10:17:40 AM
Mozart's mother wore combat boots.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 28, 2009, 10:20:45 AM
I wonder who Hummel really studied with . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 10:25:17 AM
Where is Q? Where is James?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2009, 12:10:10 PM
Somewhere in The Netherlands. And somewhere in the U.S. (I think)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 12:11:31 PM
The nether regions?  :o

You're in India, right? How's that been?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2009, 12:16:09 PM
Very, very hot this time of the year.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 28, 2009, 12:17:16 PM
No doubt!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 12:18:31 PM
Humid too, I'll bet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2009, 12:21:27 PM
Yep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 12:22:07 PM
Yep. *sips beer*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 28, 2009, 12:33:52 PM
I changed my forum name.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 11:41:29 AM
I have to lose weight but I am too lazy....and busy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 11:42:29 AM
Ever been curious what it would like to see your stomach digesting food?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 11:44:16 AM
I don't like to see the inner workings of anyone including me.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 11:47:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 29, 2009, 11:41:29 AM
I have to lose weight but I am too lazy....and busy.

You had the stats as your sig. one time, didn't you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 11:54:27 AM
Yeah. Back when I was psyched up.  :-\

I'm at 266 right now.  ;D  Wanna be around 220.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 12:03:52 PM
Ah.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:06:38 PM
So, help me!!!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 12:10:40 PM
Find a wolf and ask it to chase you every morning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:12:25 PM
Quote from: opus67 on May 29, 2009, 12:10:40 PM
Find a wolf and ask it to chase you every morning.

YES!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:12:54 PM
[spam]

http://hellnotes.com/dead-earth-the-vengeance-road/

[/spam]

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:24:23 PM
India... I was in India... well, Goa in January 08 and coming back was extremely depressing... no snow that January, just icy rain and everything looked SO grey and dull beyond words. Such a contrast. Took a while to accustom, it went much more smoothly the other way round, I loved India from the first moment, after the customs which were a pain  ;D
Holiday spirit, I know, but still.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:25:52 PM
I've never been to either place. Closest I've been is London.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 12:28:32 PM
I live on the opposite coast, further down south. Glad to know that you had a great time. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:33:10 PM
Rare photo of GMG moderators.

(http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_283/1214336893WpXb7h.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:38:15 PM
Looks like the wolf is gonna eat them. Which one of them is the one on the front, the one with the halo?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:39:44 PM
Quote from: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:38:15 PM
Looks like the wolf is gonna eat them. Which one of them is the one on the front, the one with the halo?

You mean the bumblebee? Gotta be Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 12:42:01 PM
The bee looks like a girl to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:42:36 PM
Quote from: opus67 on May 29, 2009, 12:42:01 PM
The bee looks like a girl to me.

Shh.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2009, 12:43:02 PM
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:43:42 PM
I'm proud of GMG for not posting in that fraud thread. Very proud indeed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:48:08 PM
You're proud of GMG or of yourself? If the latter, you should be. If the former, it makes no sense.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:48:49 PM
Quote from: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:48:08 PM
You're proud of GMG or of yourself? If the latter, you should be. If the former, it makes no sense.  ;D

Does too!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:55:44 PM
But you did, look:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,10960.msg309036.html#msg309036

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 12:57:14 PM
Quote from: matti on May 29, 2009, 12:55:44 PM
But you did, look:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,10960.msg309036.html#msg309036

;D

I meant lately. :) So sorry.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 05:24:15 PM
Nothing more ghastly than a weak cup of coffee.  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 06:14:36 PM
Who's pulling a GMG all-niter?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 06:15:27 PM
Depends which part of the planet you're stuck to.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 29, 2009, 08:06:57 PM
i have a lot of music to prepare for the next semester.

This summer better be a productive one, or I'll be screwed  $:) 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 30, 2009, 05:09:49 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 05:24:15 PM
Nothing more ghastly than a weak cup of coffee.  >:(

I feel your pain. Dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 30, 2009, 05:19:49 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 29, 2009, 08:06:57 PM
i have a lot of music to prepare for the next semester.

What do you mean by this? :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 30, 2009, 07:54:51 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 30, 2009, 05:19:49 AM
What do you mean by this? :)
I have a lot of music to learn, and the stuff I do know, I have to get it better. :)

Have to learn Schumann 2, and Dvorak's carnival overture for seating auditions, and my own stuff for my recital for next semester :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 30, 2009, 08:12:33 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 30, 2009, 07:54:51 AM
I have a lot of music to learn, and the stuff I do know, I have to get it better. :)

Have to learn Schumann 2, and Dvorak's carnival overture for seating auditions, and my own stuff for my recital for next semester :)

Which instrument do you play?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 30, 2009, 08:15:13 AM
Bassoon?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 30, 2009, 09:12:17 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 30, 2009, 08:15:13 AM
Bassoon?
Drop the "oon" and you would be correct :P  I play the bass.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 30, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
How often have I told Dr. Karl to drop the oon?  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 30, 2009, 11:05:52 AM
Good aftern...  Dave!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 30, 2009, 11:09:26 AM
Quote from: opus67 on May 30, 2009, 11:05:52 AM
Good aftern...  Dave!

Same back at ya, my friend.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 30, 2009, 11:10:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 30, 2009, 11:09:26 AM
Same back at ya, my friend.  :)

Really? 18 minutes to 1, Sunday morning. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 30, 2009, 11:41:47 AM
Quote from: opus67 on May 30, 2009, 11:10:14 AM
Really? 18 minutes to 1, Sunday morning. :P

It's way past your bedtime.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 30, 2009, 12:07:32 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 30, 2009, 11:41:47 AM
It's way past your bedtime.

On most days it would be be... not so now. 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 01, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
I seem to spend less money when I stay out of the music areas of GMG.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 09, 2009, 08:30:07 AM
I had a fun mix-up on Amazon Marketplace just now. I received an email saying this:

"Thank you for your order from Better World Books!

We have received your order, which includes:
The Encyclopedia of Ships: The History and Specifications of Over 1200 Ships"

When in fact I had ordered the spectacularly differently titled "Anselm Kiefer: Velimir Chlebnikov and the Sea"

Mistakes happen, sure, but doesn't seem to be entirely random given the ship/sea relation, which makes it more puzzling as I am getting nosy wondering about exactly what happened, but don't want to pester them with silly details. Maybe they have similar covers or something :-*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 09, 2009, 08:31:37 AM
WEIRD!

I've not had anything like that happen to me. Yet.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 09, 2009, 12:56:24 PM
I once ordered Karajan's Symphonie Fantastique from Amazon, and got Gardiner's! But I liked the latter, so I kept it. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 09, 2009, 01:40:24 PM
269 pounds today. Aye yi yi!

Lower back pain too.  :-\

I'm getting old...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 09, 2009, 04:59:40 PM
Quote from: Renfield on June 09, 2009, 12:56:24 PM
I once ordered Karajan's Symphonie Fantastique from Amazon, and got Gardiner's!

Excellent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 09, 2009, 08:16:59 PM
Learning Internet terminology with Dr. Wiefelspütz (a german politician):
DNS, TLD, GAGA, GOGO, TRALAFITTI (http://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/dr_dieter_wiefelspuetz-650-5785--f180717.html#q180717).  Period.

For the Germans: Reading abgeordnetenwatch.de/Wiefelspütz can be a good source of recreation and fun...
Abgeordnetenwatch.de is where german politicians/MPs answer the questions of the people.

There's a heavy debate over www censorship in Germany, because some politicians (who have close to zero clue about the Internet) found out, tEh interWebb carries some really evil stuff, so now they want to gain some control over it. At first only DNS redirection. Child pr0n is the "door opener".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 10, 2009, 07:59:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 09, 2009, 08:31:37 AM
WEIRD!

I've not had anything like that happen to me. Yet.  :-X

They kindly told me the problem, and it is Amazon's fault somehow - another seller (powellsbookstore) seems to have put the correct title in their description:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1566199093/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1244649333&sr=8-2&condition=used

I guess Amazon accidentely merged a listing or something. Interesting, anyway :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 08:04:33 AM
Quote from: Lethe on June 10, 2009, 07:59:03 AM
They kindly told me the problem, and it is Amazon's fault somehow - another seller (powellsbookstore) seems to have put the correct title in their description:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1566199093/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1244649333&sr=8-2&condition=used

I guess Amazon accidentely merged a listing or something. Interesting, anyway :D

Yes. I'm surprised with the huge inventory more mistakes like this aren't made.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 10, 2009, 08:06:09 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 10, 2009, 08:04:33 AM
Yes. I'm surprised with the huge inventory more mistakes like this aren't made.

The only remotely similar experience I've had . . . there is/was a page for the first Ryko CD reissue of two early Zappa/Mothers albums together, We're Only In It For the Money and Lumpy Gravy. I ordered a used copy through a third-party seller, and the disc on offer (and which arrived) turned out to be not the double-album single-disc, but simply the later reissue of the single album, We're Only In It For the Money.  The seller was very gracious about working out a compromise.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 08:13:34 AM
Recently I received a "like new" CD from a third-party vendor that wasn't quite. IMO.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 10, 2009, 08:28:55 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 10, 2009, 08:13:34 AM
Recently I received a "like new" CD from a third-party vendor that wasn't quite. IMO.

Ah, well, comparable to that, I got a disc . . . well, let's go to the tape:

QuoteHi. This disc arrived today. You listed the condition as "Used - Good." Yet the booklet has suffered water damage, is useless, the pages are all glued together, and some of the back cover of the booklet was stuck to the upper side of the compact disc. For an item listed as in "good" condition, I should not have expected such a problem with the booklet.

The seller appeared to respond well, said he would refund me for the disc (which is a bit more generosity than I was quite expecting, but fine).  I say appeared to respond well, because weeks went by, and the seller did not act on that promise.  Wound up having to resort to an 'amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee claim' . . . amazon made good, and if anything this was even better, because I was refunded the entire amount of the transaction (i.e., incl. shipping).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 08:36:51 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 10, 2009, 08:28:55 AM
Ah, well, comparable to that, I got a disc . . . well, let's go to the tape:

The seller appeared to respond well, said he would refund me for the disc (which is a bit more generosity than I was quite expecting, but fine).  I say appeared to respond well, because weeks went by, and the seller did not act on that promise.  Wound up having to resort to an 'amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee claim' . . . amazon made good, and if anything this was even better, because I was refunded the entire amount of the transaction (i.e., incl. shipping).

If it doesn't say "like new", I don't get my hopes up too high. Actually, I don't make a purchase unless it says "new" or "like new".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 10, 2009, 08:41:04 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 10, 2009, 08:36:51 AM
If it doesn't say "like new", I don't get my hopes up too high. Actually, I don't make a purchase unless it says "new" or "like new".

Normally, that's my standard, too.  This was a case where I had to have John Cage, and had to have it NOW  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 08:47:01 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 10, 2009, 08:41:04 AM
Normally, that's my standard, too.  This was a case where I had to have John Cage, and had to have it NOW  ;D

Makes sense.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 10:46:04 AM
It is interesting in my middle-age, that I am now into both classical music and hard rock/heavy metal. I mean, I didn't listen to the hard stuff till the late nineties and now I crave it often. Music for teenage boys? I guess not...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 10, 2009, 05:39:46 PM
Just when I thought classical music couldn't sound any better to my ears.......haven't listened to music in two days until this evening.  Wow, it's like still great, only even more intensified.   Wonderful!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 10, 2009, 05:40:49 PM
Yeah, it's good stuff, I hear.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 11, 2009, 04:35:56 AM
Here's my advice for anybody of you, höchst geachtete hier versammelte Damen und Herren: Please learn german, then our communication could increase in quality. German r0xx0rz! I heard especially in Poland and Britain there's no common interest in our language.

Change! Yes you can! Haut rein, Leute! dzień dobre! (?) ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2009, 04:44:27 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 11, 2009, 04:35:56 AM
Please learn german, then our communication could increase in quality.

Really? In what way does our communication in inglese fall short?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 11, 2009, 04:44:45 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 11, 2009, 04:35:56 AM
Here's my advice for anybody of you, höchst geachtete hier versammelte Damen und Herren: Please learn german, then our communication could increase in quality. German r0xx0rz! I heard especially in Poland and Britain there's no common interest in our language.

Change! Yes you can! Haut rein, Leute! dzień dobre! (?) ;)

I actually would love to learn how to speak German.  I'll look into maybe taking some classes in the Fall.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2009, 04:46:29 AM
Think of all those turgid pamphlets you could read in the original, Ray!  :D ;D 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 11, 2009, 04:52:19 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/oZHMb3p5Ijg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 11, 2009, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 11, 2009, 04:35:56 AM
Here's my advice for anybody of you, höchst geachtete hier versammelte Damen und Herren: Please learn german, then our communication could increase in quality. German r0xx0rz! I heard especially in Poland and Britain there's no common interest in our language.

Change! Yes you can! Haut rein, Leute! dzień dobre! (?) ;)

So, teach us...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 11, 2009, 05:08:08 AM
Ich bin ein auslander!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 11, 2009, 06:45:25 AM
Yeah, the Chaplin german is funny :D

Quote from: MN Dave on June 11, 2009, 05:08:08 AMIch bin ein auslander!!!
NEIN! So etwas gibt es nicht! It's political incorrect to use segregating terms in german[1], so using "Ausländer" is indeed politically incorrect here (maybe since 2 or 3 years). Today, if you come to germany you are having a "migrational background". There's a lot of politically correct language cleanup these days.

The same with "Negerküsse":

(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:MDxufs7uGn2L0M:http://www.journalistenakademie.de/ajeleth/jddszkaf/bilder/OJ26-liane_negerkuss.jpg)

No more Negerküsse. In Germany, Negroes do not have to exist. It's cleaned up and called "Schokokuss" now.

[1]Also germans are very picky about generalizations. Negative generalizations about other people/folks are disallowed and wrong, positive ones are welcome. This is not what I call "Scientific". Well, Politik...

Ich liebe Euch, meine Freunde, weil Ihr anders seid... :D

Viel Erfolg, ChamberNut! Personally, I want to learn Dutch one day. And re-initialize my French. I was good at it at school, but forgot most of it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 11, 2009, 06:52:23 AM
This is already too hard for me.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2009, 07:38:04 AM
Entschuldigung!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 11, 2009, 08:45:05 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 11, 2009, 07:38:04 AMEntschuldigung!
Aber wofür? You're innocent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 11, 2009, 12:00:33 PM
Whoa! This forum needs more threads/posts like this one (http://www.good-music-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,5637.0.html).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 11, 2009, 12:01:44 PM
Yes. KevinP at one time listened to classical music... ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 11, 2009, 07:48:48 PM
Does anyone else think Einstein looks exactly like Grieg?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 11, 2009, 07:52:21 PM
(http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-history/albert-einstein.jpg)(http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/edvard-grieg.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 11, 2009, 08:06:49 PM
Have they ever been seen together?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 12, 2009, 06:35:08 AM
I am going to see Judas Priest and Whitesnake.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 12, 2009, 07:35:04 AM
Taking Eric?  :o ;D 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 12, 2009, 07:37:22 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 12, 2009, 07:35:04 AM
Taking Eric?  :o ;D 8)

???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 12, 2009, 06:53:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHAshi4vdbg     :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 13, 2009, 07:57:51 AM
Kind of related to the recent German talk: can any German member of the forum confirm a pointless observation I have made? (Which in its total lack of interest to other people, obviously becomes vitally interesting to myself ::))

Basically, text on the spines of books I have generally run from top to bottom, but two ones I have that were translated into English but still printed by a German publisher have spines going from bottom to top - is this standard practice in Germany or are they just weird (I have a couple of English ones in this format too, but they are uncommon)?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 13, 2009, 11:24:41 PM
Interesting, Lethe! Having a look at my/wifes 1000s of books, text on the spines of german books goes either from bottom to top or horizontal, on the bolder ones.
I can see only very very few books with top->bottom; they are computer/computer science, technical/related, but also from german publishers. But also on the vast majority of technical books text is bootom->top.

EDIT:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchrücken (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchr%C3%BCcken)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spine_(book)#Spine_orientation_and_titling_conventions
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 14, 2009, 03:02:08 AM
Thanks! It may be small and petty, but this is something I shall remember (and annoy people by telling them about it when I run out of things to talk about) forever 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 14, 2009, 03:49:50 AM
Quote from: Lethe on June 14, 2009, 03:02:08 AM
Thanks! It may be small and petty, but this is something I shall remember (and annoy people by telling them about it when I run out of things to talk about) forever 0:)

It is a question you can ask new acquaintances to test whether or not they will be your kind of people. It will be an elect club of great white souls.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 14, 2009, 11:08:15 AM
Chopin had a great signature!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Chopin_signature.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 14, 2009, 11:09:21 AM
1729th post
0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 14, 2009, 07:21:50 PM
Quote from: opus106 on June 14, 2009, 11:08:15 AMChopin had a great signature!
The mirroring looks pretty perfect; sure this isn't a fake?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 15, 2009, 12:22:33 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 14, 2009, 07:21:50 PM
The mirroring looks pretty perfect; sure this isn't a fake?

You should ask the Wikipedian who uploaded it. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 15, 2009, 05:50:37 AM
My name is Dave.

And I'm a musicaholic.   >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Keemun on June 15, 2009, 06:15:38 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 15, 2009, 12:22:33 AM
You should ask the Wikipedian who uploaded it. :)

If it's on Wikipedia, it has to be true.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 15, 2009, 06:25:53 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 15, 2009, 12:22:33 AMYou should ask the Wikipedian who uploaded it. :)
I think it's a fake. Or - he's perfect. :)

I've cut the top mirroring part, turned it 180°, made it cyan and layered it over the bottom part with 50% opacity. They almost match.

(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/9/21/1446950/Chopin_signature_fake.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 15, 2009, 06:38:41 AM
Quite possibly (it's fake). This site has (only) the top part all over the place -- http://www.chopin.pl/ .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 16, 2009, 11:42:55 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Wikipedia-lolcat.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 18, 2009, 11:34:30 AM
Why am I becoming so attached to an avatar of a composer I rarely isten to ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 18, 2009, 11:35:17 AM
Quote from: Lethe on June 18, 2009, 11:34:30 AM
Why am I becoming so attached to an avatar of a composer I rarely isten to ???

Maybe he reminds you of someone...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 18, 2009, 11:41:53 AM
If only I knew people that stylish :P

Hmm, that must be it. Wishing I could be as pimp-styling as that portrait...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 18, 2009, 11:49:44 AM
We want the kitteh!

ve wantz teh kitteh!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 18, 2009, 12:07:25 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 10, 2009, 08:13:34 AM
Recently I received a "like new" CD from a third-party vendor that wasn't quite. IMO.

More disappoints. I think I will stay away from "like new" CDs, unless I'm desperate.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 18, 2009, 12:09:04 PM
Quote from: opus106 on June 18, 2009, 11:49:44 AM
We want the kitteh!

ve wantz teh kitteh!

YES!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 18, 2009, 12:11:09 PM
Hehe, I often find myself wondering what second hand sellers are on - it must be powerful. Their sense of optimism in talking up the quality of an item to make a sale is not tempered by the realisation that people can give them negative feedback for doing so...

It's the same with books. I've had "VG" condition ones come both discoloured, with spinal creasing and dog ears. In the case of book sellers, I am starting to think that the criteria is based on "average" meaning "falling apart/has no spine" and poor meaning "has no binding, pages only" or something... ::)

Edit: cat compromise, whee :3
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 18, 2009, 12:14:23 PM
I can haz Lucchesi?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 18, 2009, 12:15:22 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 18, 2009, 12:11:09 PM
Hehe, I often find myself wondering what second hand sellers are on - it must be powerful. Their sense of optimism in talking up the quality of an item to make a sale is not tempered by the realisation that people can give them negative feedback for doing so...

It's the same with books. I've had "VG" condition ones come both discoloured, with spinal creasing and dog ears. In the case of book sellers, I am starting to think that the criteria is based on "average" meaning "falling apart/has no spine" and poor meaning "has no binding, pages only" or something... ::)

Edit: cat compromise, whee :3

I accidentally rated the worst seller with a four. Drats!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 18, 2009, 03:29:55 PM
Guys, whatever you do.

DON'T HASSEL THE HOFF!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 18, 2009, 03:31:16 PM
Sexy undies, dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 18, 2009, 08:24:44 PM
Quote from: И Forever on June 18, 2009, 12:14:23 PMI can haz Lucchesi?
Who is the guy in your avatar - Borat?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 18, 2009, 08:58:08 PM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 18, 2009, 08:24:44 PM
Who is the guy in your avatar - Borat?
I'm pretty sure it involves a guy named Jesus from The Big Lebowski, though I've never seen it.

Also, @fellow name-changers: we should probably all agree to change our names back soon, per forum decorum quorum.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 18, 2009, 10:48:15 PM
Quote from: SpongeSteve SquareJobs on June 18, 2009, 08:58:08 PM
I'm pretty sure it involves a guy named Jesus from The Big Lebowski, though I've never seen it.

Also, @fellow name-changers: we should probably all agree to change our names back soon, per forum decorum quorum.

Yes, I've already complied.  I was really bored and giddy yesterday.  I am getting a little cabin fever, except substitute Europe for cabin.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 19, 2009, 04:31:38 AM
Quote from: Catison on June 18, 2009, 10:48:15 PMYes, I've already complied.  I was really bored and giddy yesterday.  I am getting a little cabin fever, except substitute Europe for cabin.
Only bored? If you want to sleep, Germany offers Herrn Steinmeier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMxi_Mxjx1Q). He's the SPD's (biggest opposition party) candidate for chancellorship.*yawn* *fell asleep* A german Satire Magazine (Titanic) wrote: "Prinz Valium". :D

(http://www.topnews.in/files/Steinmeier.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 05:08:44 AM
Quote from: SpongeSteve SquareJobs on June 18, 2009, 08:58:08 PM
I'm pretty sure it involves a guy named Jesus from The Big Lebowski, though I've never seen it.

Also, @fellow name-changers: we should probably all agree to change our names back soon, per forum decorum quorum.

Correct, and agreed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 05:09:27 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 19, 2009, 04:31:38 AM
A german Satire Magazine (Titanic) wrote: "Prinz Valium". :D

Ah! An allusion to Beetlejuice!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 05:10:22 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 19, 2009, 05:08:44 AM
Correct, and agreed.

So Karl....what is your Bowling score average? :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 05:13:11 AM
What a nimiety of . . . riches have we here! I am quite undone.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 05:15:12 AM
The Internet is cloudy with opinions. I need to see the sun.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 05:17:55 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 05:15:12 AM
The Internet is cloudy with opinions. I need to see the sun.

This.

Quote from: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 05:10:22 AM
So Karl....what is your Bowling score average? :P

I have none;  it is decades since I rolled  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 19, 2009, 05:44:43 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 05:10:22 AM
So Karl....what is your Bowling score average? :P

Careful it isn't candlestick bowling.  Wicked!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 19, 2009, 05:59:32 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 05:15:12 AM
The Internet is cloudy with opinions. I need to see the sun.

There (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/): the ultimate in truthiness. Happy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 06:00:40 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 19, 2009, 05:59:32 AM
There (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/): the ultimate in truthiness. Happy?

Ha. Very good.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 06:04:36 AM
Is it just me? Or do you have to read drogulus's posts at least twice?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 06:05:14 AM
What Dave needs is Nielsen's Helios Overture  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2009, 07:51:55 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 06:04:36 AM
Is it just me? Or do you have to read drogulus's posts at least twice?
My general policy on posts that need to be read twice is, if it needs to be read twice, I move on instead.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 07:52:41 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 19, 2009, 07:51:55 AM
My general policy on posts that need to be read twice is, if it needs to be read twice, I move on instead.  ;D

Heh. I'll skip over long paragraphs...in general.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2009, 08:28:45 AM
Last post before going on vacation: have fun over the next few weeks, y'all!

Post over.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 19, 2009, 08:41:49 AM
Buh-bye!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:24:25 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 07:52:41 AMHeh. I'll skip over long paragraphs...in general.

      You know, that's not a very healthy view on life. If someone takes the time to say something long and involved, it's usually because the person has a well thought out and studied, not to mention timely to say, and their opinion is always worthwile! It's very rarely because the other person thinks that you're full of it and just wants to prove you wrong. I find that long, drawn out, responses tend to be written by people who have really taken the time to research the subject, and therefore have more important things to say than the rest of you peons. If variety is the spice of life, than someone else's opinion could be just the variety your life needs - the spicier the better! I personally prefer paprika and chili seasonings, which is why I always take the time to read Karl's posts. I also find Bogey's posts to regularly be both nutritious and delicious. But it doesn't really matter whose posts you read, as long as you make sure to always read the long paragraphs that people thoughtfully post on-line, to prove you wrong. Remember- it's for your own good!


But... Anyways... Yeah. Long paragraphs are important.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:27:15 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:24:25 AM
      You know, that's not a very healthy view on life. If someone takes the time to say something long and involved, it's usually because the person has a well thought out and studied, not to mention timely to say, and their opinion is always worthwile! It's very rarely because the other person thinks that you're full of it and just wants to prove you wrong. I find that long, drawn out, responses tend to be written by people who have really taken the time to research the subject, and therefore have more important things to say than the rest of you peons. If variety is the spice of life, than someone else's opinion could be just the variety your life needs - the spicier the better! I personally prefer paprika and chili seasonings, which is why I always take the time to read Karl's posts. I also find Bogey's posts to regularly be both nutritious and delicious. But it doesn't really matter whose posts you read, as long as you make sure to always read the long paragraphs that people thoughtfully post on-line, to prove you wrong. Remember- it's for your own good!


But... Anyways... Yeah. Long paragraphs are important.

Well, I skim them, I should have said. And the majority are very skim-able. Depends on the post-er as well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 09:35:30 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:24:25 AM
      I find that long, drawn out, responses tend to be written by people who have really taken the time to research the subject, and therefore have more important things to say than the rest of you peons.

That is absolute bullsh*t!  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:37:04 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 09:35:30 AM
That is absolute bullsh*t!  >:(

Ha. I didn't catch the "peon" thing. What an asshole.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 09:38:57 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:24:25 AM
But... Anyways... Yeah. Long paragraphs are important.

Okay. But still, with Ernie's long posts . . . you can read them a second time, but you will then wonder why you bothered  ;D 0:) 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:39:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 19, 2009, 09:38:57 AM
Okay. But still, with Ernie's long posts . . . you can read them a second time, but you will then wonder why you bothered  ;D 0:) 8)

Yeah, that. And some people need an editor. I find Karl can say a lot with very little.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 19, 2009, 09:46:24 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 09:37:04 AM
Ha. I didn't catch the "peon" thing. What an asshole.

LOL.  I think that was the point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:47:20 AM
Quote from: Catison on June 19, 2009, 09:46:24 AM
LOL.  I think that was the point.

Still. Asshole.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:54:23 AM
You guys know I was kidding, right? Hence the slightly ironic long paragraph post about long paragraphs being important?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:54:48 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:54:23 AM
You guys know I was kidding, right? Hence the slightly ironic long paragraph post about long paragraphs being important?

Now I do. Good show.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:58:39 AM
I guess the paragraph was a bit short for a long paragraph :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 09:59:55 AM
I'm afraid you've traumatized our friend Ray.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 10:00:47 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:58:39 AM
I guess the paragraph was a bit short for a long paragraph :P

Quite all right, old thing!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 19, 2009, 10:32:33 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 19, 2009, 06:04:36 AM
Is it just me? Or do you have to read drogulus's posts at least twice?

I don't have to read them at all.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 10:32:38 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:54:23 AM
You guys know I was kidding, right? Hence the slightly ironic long paragraph post about long paragraphs being important?

Sorry, I didn't catch it.  Carry on.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 10:33:59 AM
Quote from: knight on June 19, 2009, 10:32:33 AM
I don't have to read them at all.

Mike

Hi, Mike! Haven't changed I see.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 19, 2009, 10:36:10 AM
That's right, the one true fixed star in the firmament, until I implode.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 19, 2009, 10:41:26 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 09:24:25 AM
      You know, that's not a very healthy view on life. If someone takes the time to say something long and involved, it's usually because the person has a well thought out and studied, not to mention timely to say, and their opinion is always worthwile! It's very rarely because the other person thinks that you're full of it and just wants to prove you wrong. I find that long, drawn out, responses tend to be written by people who have really taken the time to research the subject, and therefore have more important things to say than the rest of you peons. If variety is the spice of life, than someone else's opinion could be just the variety your life needs - the spicier the better! I personally prefer paprika and chili seasonings, which is why I always take the time to read Karl's posts. I also find Bogey's posts to regularly be both nutritious and delicious. But it doesn't really matter whose posts you read, as long as you make sure to always read the long paragraphs that people thoughtfully post on-line, to prove you wrong. Remember- it's for your own good!


But... Anyways... Yeah. Long paragraphs are important.

;D In my case, I manage to say in two paragraphs what a more articulate person could in two sentences ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 10:45:42 AM
Quote from: knight on June 19, 2009, 10:36:10 AM
That's right, the one true fixed star in the firmament, until I implode.

Long may your freak flag wave without imploding! So to speak.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2009, 11:21:41 AM
How long does a short paragraph have to be before it becomes a long one?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2009, 11:22:58 AM
And while I'm on the case, how short does a long paragraph have to be ... etc, etc.?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 19, 2009, 11:28:42 AM
Depends upon the shortness of the person involved.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 19, 2009, 11:29:46 AM
Depends on the reader.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 19, 2009, 11:34:14 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 19, 2009, 11:21:41 AM
How long does a short paragraph have to be before it becomes a long one?

32,767 bytes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2009, 11:37:23 AM
I see. So it would be quite possible for a short paragraph to be too long, and a long paragraph too short? Perhaps even so much so, that the long paragraph might become short and the short paragraph long?

But if that happened, and I said (let's suppose) 'pass me the long paragraph please', I might end up with the wrong one. Or the right one. There's really no way of knowing, is there?

I'm standing on the edge of an abyss of unknowingness.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 19, 2009, 11:54:05 AM
It depends on whether the person you ask to pass the paragraph is over or under 5'2" - a shift in hight perspective changes depth perception.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 19, 2009, 11:58:44 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 19, 2009, 11:28:42 AM
Depends upon the shortness of the person involved.

Here's one for Bruce:

QuoteRobin Hood: And you're a robber too. How long have you been a robber?
Strutter: Four foot one.
Robin Hood: Good lord! Jolly good. Four foot one? Well that-that-that is-is- a long time, isn't it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 19, 2009, 06:18:04 PM
Regarding paragraphs and pithiness, here's a pithy response to the 'paragraph' conundrum, not including the deliberately verbose intro:



It's vague (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vagueness/).


;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 20, 2009, 01:27:36 AM
Quote from: Renfield on June 19, 2009, 06:18:04 PM
Regarding paragraphs and pithiness, here's a pithy response to the 'paragraph' conundrum, not including the deliberately verbose intro:


It's vague (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vagueness/).

Thanks. I understand everything now. Well, vaguely, at any rate.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 20, 2009, 05:46:16 AM
Today: 99 chants. 99 cents.

http://www.amazon.com/99-Essential-Chants/dp/B002C1ZYVA/ref=amb_link_84598711_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1H6P0NJ1HFTXQBTVF0KY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=481886271&pf_rd_i=163856011
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 20, 2009, 07:06:50 AM
Opera 10 rocks. Try the portable version: http://opera10.opera-usb.com
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 20, 2009, 07:27:30 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 20, 2009, 01:27:36 AM
Thanks. I understand everything now. Well, vaguely, at any rate.

Since, indeed, it is a crucial thing to know whether if you cut one head off of a two headed man, you have in fact decapitated him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 20, 2009, 08:35:09 AM
Quote from: Renfield on June 20, 2009, 07:27:30 AM
Since, indeed, it is a crucial thing to know whether if you cut one head off of a two headed man, you have in fact decapitated him.

Exactly. I'm definitely going to stop doing that now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 20, 2009, 11:15:44 PM
Mind you, if we take that example and define decapitation as 'topping' someone, then off with one head and the guy will be dead. Like Elgarian, I will have to take more care about the things I get up to.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 08:51:51 AM
If you're into creepy little films, treat yourself to eight minutes of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10diurwIa7Y
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 09:11:31 AM
Dave, very effective, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 09:20:35 AM
Glad you enjoyed it, my friend. Boy, they even made creepy stuff back in the '20s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2_jVmJ6wA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2_jVmJ6wA)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 21, 2009, 09:37:34 AM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 09:11:31 AM
Dave, very effective, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Mike

Me too.   :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 09:39:25 AM
Macabre.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 09:47:21 AM
Quote from: Catison on June 21, 2009, 09:37:34 AM
Me too.   :o

Hee hee.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 09:39:25 AM
Macabre.

Mike

Could play the Mussorgsky to that bit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 11:02:45 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 08:51:51 AM
If you're into creepy little films, treat yourself to eight minutes of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10diurwIa7Y

Chilling............. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 11:54:27 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 11:02:45 AM
Chilling............. :(

Play with me.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 11:58:29 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 11:54:27 AM
Play with me.  >:D

:o :( :( :( :( :(  No!!!!!!!!!!   I'm scared.  :(

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 12:01:14 PM
I saw you behind me Dave in my bathroom mirror. How did you do that? Can we have an agreement that the bathroom is out of bounds. I like my privacy in there.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 12:01:59 PM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 12:01:14 PM
I saw you behind me Dave in my bathroom mirror. How did you do that? Can we have an agreement that the bathroom is out of bounds. I like my privacy in there.

Mike

Well then, don't say my name into the mirror three times.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 12:02:23 PM
All is well again in the ChamberNut household.  For half an hour, I had a frantic search for 3 discs out of the 10 Quartetto Italiano complete Beethoven string quartets.  The 3 missing discs were also all of the late quartets except for op. 132  0:)

Doing some major clean up of clutter off the computer desk, I had the entire CD set in my hands, as it slipped out of my hands all of the CD sleeves went flying into the pile of clutter!  I must have searched the entire pile about 10 times, it seemed!

Anyways......they are now safely back in their case.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 12:04:06 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 12:01:59 PM
Well then, don't say my name into the mirror three times.  0:)

Oh, I see that is what does it. Difficult one. My son is Dave, I go to thast small room to vent my ire, plenty of ire to vent. It saves his life on a regular basis.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 12:04:35 PM
I literally had a disc, which was near to hand, completely vanish to someplace else.

I blame demons.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 21, 2009, 12:05:29 PM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 12:04:06 PM
Oh, I see that is what does it. Difficult one. My son is Dave, I go to thast small room to vent my ire, plenty of ire to vent. It saves his life on a regular basis.

Mike

It's a damn fine name.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 12:12:06 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 12:05:29 PM
It's a damn fine name.

Stop....Dave.  Will you stop....Dave.    My mind is going........I can feel it......I can feel it.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 12:17:06 PM
Oh dear........well, we will check up on ChamberNut later and see whether he is still breathing. Anyone know who was to get his CD collection?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 12:19:25 PM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 12:17:06 PM
Oh dear........well, we will check up on ChamberNut later and see whether he is still breathing. Anyone know who was to get his CD collection?

Mike

For the average or most GMGer, it would not have been anything to get too excited about.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 21, 2009, 12:35:37 PM
Don't underestimate the glint of averace in the eye of the average GMGer!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: owlice on June 21, 2009, 05:55:03 PM
ChamberNut, how long ago did you post at Beethoven? I posted there six years ago or so.

~~~

I HAVE MY PATIO BACK!!! (I'm sure you all are thrilled, just thrilled with the news! :D ) The yard guy has finally finished his work (which seemed to involve leaving a lot of stuff all over the patio, showing up and disappearing 30 minutes later, leaving me voice mail that started with "Hi, Gorgeous" :o, calling maple trees oak trees and mowing the lawn one blade at a time), taken all of his stuff, and left me with a cleared-out garden and more importantly, a clean patio!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 05:59:24 PM
Quote from: owlice on June 21, 2009, 05:55:03 PM
ChamberNut, how long ago did you post at Beethoven? I posted there six years ago or so.

I thought the name 'Owlice' seemed so familiar!  :)  I started posting in Feb 2006, and stopped more than a year ago.  My moniker there wasn't ChamberNut, but 'Catmando'.  ;D  Every few months or so, I'll go and check to see what's going on, but don't participate on the forum anymore.  Another reason I stopped posting there is there was very little music discussion going on, only political mumbo jumbo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: owlice on June 21, 2009, 06:16:29 PM
ChamberNut, I've used the same moniker forEVer. :D I'm looking at a thread there now that I'd started in 2003; I'm now in 2006 posts and have another eight pages to go. I'm surprised the thread lasted so long; now I'm curious to see whether it, too, fell to political mumbo jumbo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 06:22:17 PM
Quote from: owlice on June 21, 2009, 06:16:29 PM
ChamberNut, I've used the same moniker forEVer. :D I'm looking at a thread there now that I'd started in 2003; I'm now in 2006 posts and have another eight pages to go. I'm surprised the thread lasted so long; now I'm curious to see whether it, too, fell to political mumbo jumbo!

I've tried to recruit a few Beethoven Bulletin Board members over to GMG, but they are a loyal group!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: owlice on June 21, 2009, 06:30:19 PM
I see a thread you started there still on the front page of the forum! And is the Navneeth posting there the same person posting here under "Opus106," perhaps?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 06:31:30 PM
Quote from: owlice on June 21, 2009, 06:30:19 PM
I see a thread you started there still on the front page of the forum! And is the Navneeth posting there the same person posting here under "Opus106," perhaps?

Yup!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: owlice on June 21, 2009, 06:37:03 PM
I knew it!!

Urrrrr, I mean.... thanks for the info! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on June 21, 2009, 08:08:34 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 09:20:35 AMGlad you enjoyed it, my friend. Boy, they even made creepy stuff back in the '20s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2_jVmJ6wA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2_jVmJ6wA)
I read the "Malleus Maleficarum" - very interesting, e.g. in order to learn about our European tradition, finally. For the german speaking, I can highly recommend this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HXBNGBP6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/Hexenhammer-Malleus-maleficarum-Heinrich-Kramer/dp/3423307803/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245643421&sr=8-1)

English speakers will be punished by a crappy cover. OMFG.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51838MNG7FL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 21, 2009, 09:08:22 PM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 09:11:31 AM
Dave, very effective, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Mike

Ditto! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 21, 2009, 11:43:42 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 08:51:51 AM
If you're into creepy little films, treat yourself to eight minutes of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10diurwIa7Y

It has its creepy moments, but on the whole I found it rather silly.

Quote from: owlice on June 21, 2009, 05:55:03 PM
I posted there [at Beethoven.com] six years ago or so.

Quote from: ChamberNut on June 21, 2009, 05:59:24 PM
I thought the name 'Owlice' seemed so familiar!  :)


Oh...


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 22, 2009, 02:41:38 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 21, 2009, 08:51:51 AM
If you're into creepy little films, treat yourself to eight minutes of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10diurwIa7Y

I haven't experienced shivers like that since I saw the BBC production of Schalcken the Painter back in 1979. Alas, only the first 10 minutes is available on Youtube, and all the scary stuff comes later, but if you're interested in C17th Dutch painting, you'll find yourself glued to it anyway (for reasons which will become clear as you watch).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK0Bg0LIAPs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK0Bg0LIAPs)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 22, 2009, 05:12:11 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on June 21, 2009, 08:08:34 PM
I read the "Malleus Maleficarum" - very interesting, e.g. in order to learn about our European tradition, finally. For the german speaking, I can highly recommend this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HXBNGBP6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/Hexenhammer-Malleus-maleficarum-Heinrich-Kramer/dp/3423307803/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245643421&sr=8-1)

English speakers will be punished by a crappy cover. OMFG.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51838MNG7FL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Hm. Could be something I'd pick up. Of course, I've heard of it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 22, 2009, 05:21:24 AM
As a general thing, I too appreciate a piece of music, or a canvas, or a film, that 'makes me think';  but I am skeptical of employing 'makes me think' as any touchstone for good art.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 05:42:15 AM
I'll have to think about that...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 07:04:39 AM
I sit on my butt all day at work, now I worry about sitting on my butt at night, writing, because I'm trying to lose weight. Must keeping moving about, don't you know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 07:07:59 AM
No wonder Mozart's two-piano concerto fails to cheer me up; it's his concerto No. 27.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 07:12:12 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 07:07:59 AM
No wonder Mozart's two-piano concerto fails to cheer me up; it's his concerto No. 27.  ::)

You need cheering up?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 07:14:05 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 07:04:39 AM
Must keeping moving about, don't you know.

I think that was someone ringing the doorbell just now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 07:35:42 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 07:14:05 AM
Yes.

:: juggles :: ::stands on head::  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 07:36:15 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:34:32 AM
I think that was someone ringing the doorbell just now.

There was no one there! Hey, wait a minute...  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:37:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 07:36:15 AM
There was no one there! Hey, wait a minute...  >:(

Oh heck, It wasn't someone saying 'Play with me', was it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 07:44:41 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:37:20 AM
Oh heck, It wasn't someone saying 'Play with me', was it?

(http://www.darkcarnivalfilmfest.com/images/peekers_web.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:53:31 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 07:44:41 AM
(http://www.darkcarnivalfilmfest.com/images/peekers_web.jpg)

Just don't go there is my advice. But of course it could be OK ....  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 07:56:29 AM
And er, ... do let us know how it turns out.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 23, 2009, 08:12:25 AM
Quote from: knight on June 21, 2009, 09:11:31 AM
Dave, very effective, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Me too. Such a shame he didn't finish that fine breakfast.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 08:14:40 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 23, 2009, 08:12:25 AM
Me too. Such a shame he didn't finish that fine breakfast.

I know. That's nearly the best part of it.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:20:25 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 07:35:42 AM
:: juggles :: ::stands on head::  :-\

Thanks. :)

I'm bored. Will you plaay with meee?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 08:21:36 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:20:25 AM
Thanks. :)

I'm bored. Will you plaay with meee?

It's fun to play.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:23:26 AM
Very un-boring, I agree.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 08:25:30 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:23:26 AM
Very un-boring, I agree.

Why don't you read a book? Or how about watch a movie?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:29:42 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 08:25:30 AM
Why don't you read a book?

Will do. In fact, I just got a couple of them to keep me busy for the next few days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 08:31:57 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:29:42 AM
Will do. In fact, I just got a couple of them to keep me busy for the next few days.


Sounds good. Or you can meditate on why you're so bored.   0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 08:32:03 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 08:23:26 AM
Very un-boring, I agree.

In the light of recent events, can we be sure it's really Dave?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 09:24:39 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 08:32:03 AM
In the light of recent events, can we be sure it's really Dave?

How sure are you that you are talking to the real Navneeth? >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 23, 2009, 09:25:29 AM
Before I first heard Eine Alpensinfonie, I had always thought it was Eine Alphornsinfonie and thought it would be a "concerto like" work for alphorn and orchestra.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 10:35:34 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 09:24:39 AM
How sure are you that you are talking to the real Navneeth? >:D

I'm not even sure that I'm the real me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 10:40:24 AM
We're all 1s and 0s...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 10:44:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 23, 2009, 10:40:24 AM
We're all 1s and 0s...

Only if we're mathematicians. If we're electronic engineers, we're ons and offs. If we're philosophers, we're yesses and noes. If we're the Grand Old Duke of York's men, we're ups and downs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 23, 2009, 10:51:51 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 10:44:14 AM
If we're philosophers, we're yesses and noes.

Actually, we can also be NANDs. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 10:54:30 AM
OR NOT.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 11:24:26 AM
Quote from: Renfield on June 23, 2009, 10:51:51 AM
Actually, we can also be NANDs. ;D

Quote from: opus106 on June 23, 2009, 10:54:30 AM
OR NOT.

Fortunately I'm one of the Grand Old Duke's Men, so I don't need to worry about those options. I'm distinctly troubled, however, by what happens to me when I'm only halfway up and therefore am neither up nor down.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 23, 2009, 11:34:56 AM
Move in any one direction before anyone notices.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 23, 2009, 11:38:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 11:24:26 AM
I'm distinctly troubled, however, by what happens to me when I'm only halfway up and therefore am neither up nor down.


I gather that there are excellent drugs to cope with that condition these days.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2009, 11:46:13 AM
Better Living Through Pharmacology!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 23, 2009, 11:49:18 AM
(http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/carlson/HYPNOTIC.GIF)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 12:01:54 PM
Quote from: knight on June 23, 2009, 11:38:17 AM
I gather that there are excellent drugs to cope with that condition these days.

We don't understand that, here in Nursery-Rhyme-Land.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 23, 2009, 12:28:10 PM
Oh for those far off days of innocence.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 23, 2009, 12:41:50 PM
Quote from: knight on June 23, 2009, 12:28:10 PM
Oh for those far off days of innocence.

Just been chatting to Miss Muffet, and she asks if you could explain it please, Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 23, 2009, 02:00:45 PM
But of course. I have PMed Miss Muffet, she can pass it along.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 24, 2009, 05:24:27 AM
It's beginning to become a hassle tracking what I own and don't own, between all the CDs and the downloads and blah blah blah...  :P I need a classical music buyer.  ;D If I was Harry, I would employ one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 24, 2009, 07:43:57 AM
Classical is boring. I need some rock and there is none on my iPod.  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 24, 2009, 09:04:43 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 24, 2009, 07:43:57 AM
Classical is boring. I need some rock and there is none on my iPod.  >:(

Blasphemy!  >:(  Arrest this man!  $:)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 24, 2009, 09:05:37 AM
 :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 24, 2009, 10:25:36 AM
(http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2009/06/colors.gif)

All that is blue is not (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/24/the-blue-and-the-green/).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 24, 2009, 10:30:46 AM
MY EYES!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 24, 2009, 04:38:31 PM
Go get some Nickelback. I guarantee that it'll be the end of your non-classical binge.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 24, 2009, 04:44:26 PM
Quote from: Dana on June 24, 2009, 04:38:31 PM
Go get some Nickelback. I guarantee that it'll be the end of your non-classical binge.

Everytime a Nickelback song gets played, God kills a llama.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 24, 2009, 04:49:50 PM
Quote from: Dana on June 24, 2009, 04:38:31 PM
Go get some Nickelback. I guarantee that it'll be the end of your non-classical binge.

No, sir. I won't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 09:27:38 AM
(http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/06/Picture%201.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 25, 2009, 09:29:44 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 25, 2009, 09:27:38 AM
(http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/06/Picture%201.png)

That is hilarious!  Although I could see if someone took offense to it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 09:36:56 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 25, 2009, 09:29:44 AM
That is hilarious!  Although I could see if someone took offense to it.

Really? Offense? A cat that looks like Hitler?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 25, 2009, 09:40:25 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 25, 2009, 09:36:56 AM
Really? Offense? A cat that looks like Hitler?  ???

Not the cat itself, of course.  However, the setting up with the hat collar along with the cat. I guarantee that someone will find it offensive.  I don't.  But....just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 09:48:19 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 25, 2009, 09:40:25 AM
Not the cat itself, of course.  However, the setting up with the hat collar along with the cat. I guarantee that someone will find it offensive.  I don't.  But....just sayin'.

I will not worry overly much.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 25, 2009, 10:19:22 AM
Chat is cat with an H. And Hitler starts with an H. This must surely be the work of the beings from Niburu who landed at Roswell in '47.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 10:22:47 AM
(http://www.disclose.tv/files/photos/ae06fbdc519bddaL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 25, 2009, 10:24:35 AM
I assume they were made out of wax?


(I know they were dummies, though.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 10:27:49 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 25, 2009, 10:24:35 AM
I assume they were made out of wax?


(I know they were dummies, though.)

The Nazis?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 25, 2009, 10:31:42 AM
I was just referring to the two in the picture, but yes, the Nazis also.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 25, 2009, 12:16:40 PM
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 25, 2009, 01:14:35 PM
They have peanuts in their hair...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: not edward on June 25, 2009, 01:18:15 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 25, 2009, 09:27:38 AM
(http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/06/Picture%201.png)
There's an entire website devoted to cats with that particular 'look': http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 26, 2009, 12:03:23 PM
I have never owned, and I suspect I never shall own, a Michael Jackson recording.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 26, 2009, 12:09:44 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 26, 2009, 12:03:23 PM
I have never owned, and I suspect I never shall own, a Michael Jackson recording.

Neither have I, nor will I (in all probability). What does this say about us?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 26, 2009, 12:58:36 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightwad,_Missouri#Tightwad_Bank

Brilliantly named!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 26, 2009, 10:35:04 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 26, 2009, 12:09:44 PMWhat does this say about us?

That we missed out on the creative force that gave us Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, and 90s culture music in general. Oh well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 27, 2009, 02:25:28 AM
Quote from: Dana on June 26, 2009, 10:35:04 PM
That we missed out on the creative force that gave us Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, and 90s culture music in general. Oh well.

I wonder if it's too late to fix that?  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 27, 2009, 06:20:02 AM
Nah, because it's not actually a problem.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Catison on June 27, 2009, 07:23:02 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 26, 2009, 12:03:23 PM
I have never owned, and I suspect I never shall own, a Michael Jackson recording.

You know, it actually has quite a bit of good stuff in there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 27, 2009, 08:25:27 AM
Quote from: Catison on June 27, 2009, 07:23:02 AM
You know, it actually has quite a bit of good stuff in there.

I believe you. I don't think in these comments we were passing judgement, as such, except merely whimsically; I think we were talking about ourselves (that endlessly fascinating topic), not Mr Jackson.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 27, 2009, 09:02:09 AM
Also, I've been exposed to a great deal of it (I haven't lived away in a manger shelter).  Never felt any need to own it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 29, 2009, 05:28:01 AM
Enough about this Jackson character.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 29, 2009, 05:45:06 AM
Seriously.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 29, 2009, 10:58:01 AM
It's hot and sunny today. It was hot and sunny yesterday too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 29, 2009, 10:59:50 AM
It was cool and drizzly this morning, but I brought my swimgear all the same.  Now it's nearly sunny, and warm.  Good thing I brought my gear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 29, 2009, 11:04:02 AM
Partly cloudy here. The trees are waving at me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 29, 2009, 11:33:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 26, 2009, 12:03:23 PM
I have never owned, and I suspect I never shall own, a Michael Jackson recording.

I grew up on Jackson!  My first tape that I ever owned was Michael Jackson's Bad.  And Thriller is still the best music video I've ever seen!  And Billie Jean is still one of the best pop songs ever!!  Darn you Karl! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 29, 2009, 11:49:54 AM
England shouldn't be this warm. It's positively un-English, and as a citizen I feel at least entitled to some fog or rain.

Every year I think "OK, the last one was simply a blip in the system", then it's devilishly warm again the following one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 29, 2009, 01:24:47 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 29, 2009, 11:49:54 AM
England shouldn't be this warm. It's positively un-English, and as a citizen I feel at least entitled to some fog or rain.

You're right. I didn't vote for this either. It feels just a little scary, waking up to heat like this. There's a character to it that feels ... ominous.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 29, 2009, 01:34:36 PM
I am headed to London for three days tomorrow....it is going to be hot, hot. I blame the government.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 29, 2009, 01:48:59 PM
We should picket No.10 to have the policy on weather changed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 29, 2009, 02:20:22 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 29, 2009, 01:48:59 PM
We should picket No.10 to have the policy on weather changed.

No point. They'd just set up a committee to investigate it in private, and then (if it ever reported at all) it would say that the weather was doing nothing wrong. It was just following the rules.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 29, 2009, 02:27:29 PM
Well, it is possible that Gordy would claim that it would be worse under the Tory party. He would promise a rise in the temperature over the coming five years.

Mandy would explain he did not mean what he said, Labour would in fact be cutting the temperature over the next four years, except in old folks homes, (They need old folk to peg out and stop bed-blocking.) The Chancellor would say that no decision had been taken and would not until after the election. The Governor of the BoE would say that existing temperatures are not sustainable. The WHO would warn against increases in temperature. Gordy would say he had been misquoted and that the temperature would in fact remain a constant.

In any case, they won't let you into Downing St to protest. So, we can all just lie on our bathroom floors and fade into oblivion until the cock crows.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 02:02:49 AM
I suppose bonus-seeking bankers would buy up the bad temperatures cheaply, combine them in a complicated way with some good temperatures so that you couldn't tell how bad the bad temperatures really are, and then sell them on at a profit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:21:38 AM
I was just wondering - in between the usual contemplations of the eternal verities - whether there was any mileage in chatting about the way this chat thread is going. Y'know - I mean, chatting about how the chat has been so far; where we might take it in the future; whether it was a good idea in the first place; whether it was a bad idea that turned out better than expected, or whether it's just been downhill all the way. Of course some of us might think it'd be better to let it grow organically where it will; not to sit in judgement upon it, but just to indulge in the endless adventure that the thread is becoming. It may be - oh I shudder at the thought - that this intervention of my own will have some totally unforeseen negative effect on the way it develops.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure I could handle that responsibility. I wish I'd thought of this earlier.

There's a small dark cupboard here. I'll just go inside, for a moment. Just carry on talking among yourselves ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 07:23:51 AM
I wrote a novella where the protag is doing an awful lot of moving around with a severed foot. How possible is that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 30, 2009, 07:24:27 AM
Chat on chat . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:46:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 30, 2009, 07:23:51 AM
I wrote a novella where the protag is doing an awful lot of moving around with a severed foot. How possible is that?

Sounds like me in this cupboard. Apart from the severed foot bit.
Just a minute though.
Where's my foot?

Oh heck. I knew there was something odd about today. I'm a character in your novella.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 07:47:14 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:46:14 AM
Sounds like me in this cupboard. Apart from the severed foot bit.
Just a minute though.
Where's my foot?

Oh heck. I knew there was something odd about today. I'm a character in your novella.

You're welcome.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:48:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 30, 2009, 07:47:14 AM
You're welcome.

Thanks. Does it have a happy ending?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 07:50:32 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:48:20 AM
Thanks. Does it have a happy ending?

All considered, yes.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 30, 2009, 07:52:52 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 07:48:20 AM
Thanks. Does it have a happy ending?

For some of the characters, I am sure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 07:54:19 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 30, 2009, 07:52:52 AM
For some of the characters, I am sure.

Yes. The bad guy isn't too perky at the end.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 30, 2009, 07:56:18 AM
But did the bad guy have to be a Pelléas enthusiast?  0:) 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 07:58:02 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 30, 2009, 07:56:18 AM
But did the bad guy have to be a Pelléas enthusiast?  0:) 8)

He's a violinist, in fact.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 08:37:28 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 30, 2009, 07:54:19 AM
The bad guy

Is he the chap who's got my foot?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 08:47:08 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 08:37:28 AM
Is he the chap who's got my foot?

It's around here somewhere...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 30, 2009, 09:27:39 AM
Can we amalgamate The Cat Thread with The Chat Thread?  There is only one letter difference.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 09:29:40 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 30, 2009, 09:27:39 AM
Can we amalgamate The Cat Thread with The Chat Thread?  There is only one letter difference.  ;D

NO!  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 09:40:04 AM
(http://solongthanksforallthefish.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/dune-cat.jpg)
Title: Re: The Cat & Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on June 30, 2009, 09:41:49 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 30, 2009, 09:40:04 AM
(http://solongthanksforallthefish.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/dune-cat.jpg)

Thanks for amalgamating them, Dave!  ;D ;)
Title: Re: The Chat & Cat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 30, 2009, 09:55:22 AM
My wife's a Leo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on June 30, 2009, 09:56:00 AM
At least she isn't named "Leo".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 01:17:33 PM
I was wondering just now whether to suggest that we have a chat about how the chat about the chat was going, but then I thought, well, the chat about the chat never really did get going, did it? So there wouldn't be much to say. So I decided against it. But the thought is out there, now, and I feel better for it. Besides, I have other fish to fry.

So what's everyone else's take on the haddock issue?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on June 30, 2009, 05:37:35 PM
I never really liked fish that much.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 01, 2009, 12:10:35 PM
Where is that most elusive fish?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 01, 2009, 12:24:07 PM
. . . and it went . . . wherever I . . . did go.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 01, 2009, 10:19:56 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 01, 2009, 12:10:35 PM
Where is that most elusive fish?  ???

There are those who question whether it was really a fish at all. People, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 03:45:14 AM
Smells like fish.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on July 02, 2009, 04:25:49 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 30, 2009, 01:17:33 PM

So what's everyone else's take on the haddock issue?

Take some aspirin, if you have a haddock.   :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 09:08:47 AM
Speaking of fish - has anyone ever eaten jellied eels? I tried some, once, sitting on a harbour wall by the sea. They were the most horrible things I've ever tried to eat. After one mouthful, everything about them screamed 'these will do you harm'. I was sitting there, wondering whether to abandon the attempt and throw them away, when suddenly a giant gull swooped down from the sky and snatched the whole bagful. I kid you not. It was a scary moment. I didn't know whether the laugh was on me, or the gull. After all, the poor devil presumably went away and ate the wretched things.

I suddenly wonder whether eels are fish. If they're not, then I have seriously sidetracked this thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 02, 2009, 09:09:53 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 09:08:47 AM
Speaking of fish - has anyone ever eaten jellied eels?

Once in Estonia, I was served a dish which would quite closely answer to that description.

It must be an acquired taste.

I did not.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 09:12:17 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 02, 2009, 09:09:53 AM
Once in Estonia, I was served a dish which would quite closely answer to that description.

Was yours a gull-free experience, Karl?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 02, 2009, 09:15:50 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 09:12:17 AM
Was yours a gull-free experience, Karl?

Oh, yes, we were indoors, late autumn.

No gulls were invited, nor came they unbidden.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 02, 2009, 09:46:19 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 01, 2009, 12:10:35 PM
Where is that most elusive fish?  ???

Marvin's frying it !!! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13314.msg327276.html#msg327276)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 02, 2009, 09:48:41 AM
I've always liked Marvin. Though I used to get him mixed up with Renfield for some reason.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on July 02, 2009, 11:18:33 AM
 :o

sorry, wrong thread...

:o :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 02, 2009, 11:25:12 AM
Keep those smelly furballs outta here.  $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 11:53:05 AM
Quote from: John on July 02, 2009, 11:18:33 AM
sorry, wrong thread...

Strange. I felt sure it was the right one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 02, 2009, 12:04:02 PM
Tomorrow I will be living after midnight, rocking till the dawn, loving till the morning. Then I'm gone. I'm gone...

(http://www.powerlinead.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Judas_Priest.12160507.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2009, 12:08:20 PM
Well, John got to it first. The Chat thread and the Cat thread were next to one another and I clicked, but had to read to check which one I had entered. Well, those high temperatures of a couple of pages ago have climbed a bit. The underground rail system in London has been poleaxingly hot.

Saw Britten's Midsummer Night's  Dream last night, almost at the longest day over here. Boy, it was steaming up in those top seats.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 12:20:42 PM
Quote from: knight on July 02, 2009, 12:08:20 PM
The underground rail system in London has been poleaxingly hot.

I believe you, Mike.

QuoteSaw Britten's Midsummer Night's  Dream last night, almost at the longest day over here. Boy, it was steaming up in those top seats.

I believe this too. Nice time to see it. Was it any good, or couldn't you see through the steam?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2009, 12:27:23 PM
I have to admit, that I did not much enjoy the music in Act 1 or 2. Britten seems to have decided to forsake long breathed melody in favour for shimmering orchestral effects and fragmented tunes. There is almost nothing that could be extracted as an aria, most tunes were perhaps two bars long.

I enjoyed the production and the humour, especially in the last act. The playing was exceptionally good,the voices good, but not many words came across. For most of act 2, the four 'lovers' ran across the stage, on and off, run, stand sing 20 notes, run off. It became a visual tick.

I increasingly find it a pity that Britten decided to turn his back on the kind of opera he produced in Peter Grimes....too traditional.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on July 02, 2009, 12:45:30 PM
Quote from: knight on July 02, 2009, 12:08:20 PM
Well, John got to it first. The Chat thread and the Cat thread were next to one another and I clicked

Mike

Coming soon: Le Fil du Chat Parlant!   $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 01:07:37 PM
Quote from: knight on July 02, 2009, 12:27:23 PM
I have to admit, that I did not much enjoy the music in Act 1 or 2. Britten seems to have decided to forsake long breathed melody in favour for shimmering orchestral effects and fragmented tunes. There is almost nothing that could be extracted as an aria, most tunes were perhaps two bars long.

I enjoyed the production and the humour, especially in the last act. The playing was exceptionally good,the voices good, but not many words came across. For most of act 2, the four 'lovers' ran across the stage, on and off, run, stand sing 20 notes, run off. It became a visual tick.

I increasingly find it a pity that Britten decided to turn his back on the kind of opera he produced in Peter Grimes....too traditional.

Just be thankful you didn't get Wonder Woman and Superman turning up, as we did in a recent production of Seraglio. At least, it looked like Superman, but his costume was black, so some doubt remained about whether this was a genuine historically informed performance.

But that Mozart, eh? Way ahead of his time. Does anyone know which Mozart opera Batman appears in?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2009, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 01:07:37 PM
But that Mozart, eh? Way ahead of his time. Does anyone know which Mozart opera Batman appears in?

The one where Elvira was sung by Mado Robin.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2009, 02:07:42 PM
I am gonna miss Mollie Sugden rather more than I will miss Michael Jackson.

(http://content9.flixster.com/photo/95/41/65/9541651_tml.jpg)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 02, 2009, 07:09:19 PM
Quote from: knight on July 02, 2009, 02:07:42 PM
I am gonna miss Mollie Sugden rather more than I will miss Michael Jackson.

You just wanna be startin' somethin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 03, 2009, 03:11:00 AM
Sure, shall we try an Ikea flatpack desk....or how about a nice cake? You choose.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 03, 2009, 07:13:05 AM
I have to admire the people in the crowd at Wimbledon who shout "COME ON ANDY" during a game featuring Andy Murray and Andy Roddick. That kind of oblivious self-confidence must be quite healthy. Thinking = stress.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 03, 2009, 07:24:57 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 03, 2009, 07:13:05 AM
I have to admire the people in the crowd at Wimbledon who shout "COME ON ANDY" during a game featuring Andy Murray and Andy Roddick. That kind of oblivious self-confidence must be quite healthy. Thinking = stress.

Let's see if we can help them:

Come on Andy!
Come on Andy!

Or
Up with Andy! Down with Andy!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 03, 2009, 07:33:50 AM
It's a shame they can't pronounce each one differently. Damn similarities of our dialects :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 03, 2009, 07:48:33 AM
Facing my first w. classical burnout. Apart from the few times Bruckner's 9th played in my head -- only a for a few minutes at that, I've had virtually nothing else play in the past few days... although irritating, not-so-special popular tunes seem to have crept in. And I rarely play any CDs, also. I just played Mozart (the C minor -- C Minor! -- string quintet) and turned it off as soon as it started. Bartok seems more "comforting" in these times, though. (SQ4)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 03, 2009, 07:55:43 AM
Overfamiliarity might be a factor - how about diving into the weird stuff?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 03, 2009, 07:56:37 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 03, 2009, 07:55:43 AM
Overfamiliarity might be a factor - how about diving into the weird stuff?

Yes, that's where Bartok fits in. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on July 03, 2009, 09:43:16 AM
opus 106, sounds like you're ready for an "exploratory phase".  :)

Mozart will always be there to come back to.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 03, 2009, 11:42:30 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 03, 2009, 09:43:16 AM
opus 106, sounds like you're ready for an "exploratory phase".  :)

An exploratory phase in a new direction. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 03, 2009, 01:52:45 PM
I think I've discovered a solution to the problem of pesky listening piles. To force myself to listen to four discs I recently purchased but have yet to play, they are going to remain on my desk as a house for my egg timer until they are played and filed. This is both an inefficient use of space, looks stupid, and can result in them getting knocked on the floor by accident and perhaps requiring a case replacement. Good incentive so far, I'm going to play the Brian tomorrow...

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3731/99834151.jpg) (http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9273/79810732.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 03, 2009, 01:57:52 PM
That chicken looks very snug and cosy. I bet (s)he's enjoying the experiment.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on July 03, 2009, 01:59:10 PM
Quote from: Lethe on July 03, 2009, 01:52:45 PM
I think I've discovered a solution to the problem of pesky listening piles. To force myself to listen to four discs I recently purchased but have yet to play, they are going to remain on my desk as a house for my egg timer until they are played and filed. This is both an inefficient use of space, looks stupid, and can result in them getting knocked on the floor by accident and perhaps requiring a case replacement. Good incentive so far, I'm going to play the Brian tomorrow...

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3731/99834151.jpg) (http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9273/79810732.jpg)

Sara, that is hilarious!!  ;D ;D

You 'crack' me up.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 03, 2009, 03:54:52 PM
Over easy, fella!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 04, 2009, 06:24:49 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 02, 2009, 07:09:19 PM
You just wanna be startin' somethin'.

Karl, By coincidence, today, I discovered that you were making an allusion to one of MJ's songs....my cultural education goes on apace, the allusion was lost on me, thus the non-sequiter of a reply.

What was lost on me has now been found...in a sense.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2009, 07:07:13 AM
Harry (and others) are sensible enough to not join silly games like Classical Music Word Association Game.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 07, 2009, 07:23:39 AM
And what was your own position on that game?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2009, 07:48:43 AM
I joined the game, so I'm not sensible. But I might stop with it  :'(.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 07, 2009, 08:09:54 AM
Is being sensible a Good Thing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2009, 09:01:11 AM
It's probably not about good or wrong. But it's obvious you have less attention to listening to music.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 07, 2009, 09:08:41 AM
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right.

Just beat it . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2009, 09:26:57 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 07, 2009, 08:09:54 AM
Is being sensible a Good Thing?

There's a Dutch saying: "keep the sensible for the dumb".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 07, 2009, 09:29:34 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 07, 2009, 09:08:41 AM
Just beat it . . . .

The carpet? The egg? The system? The clock? Time?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 07, 2009, 09:31:14 AM
Quote from: Henk on July 07, 2009, 09:26:57 AM
There's a Dutch saying: "keep the sensible for the dumb".
That sounds sensible to me... er, no, I mean ....  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 07, 2009, 10:13:52 AM
Is this sensible?

Quotefor those of you long-time Gmail-ers who might feel some separation anxiety, we've got a solution. Just go to Settings, click on Labs, turn on "Back to Beta," and it'll be like Gmail never left beta at all.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/gmail-leaves-beta-launches-back-to-beta.html
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 07, 2009, 12:19:06 PM
It seems to take the meaning of 'sensible' to dizzy new depths.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 07:03:51 AM
The reason why this forum is so good is when there's a conflict between two members nobody mind about it  :). The conflict then vanishes. But as a consequence of the conflict, as in all things, power relations take shape, which is of course a good thing.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 09, 2009, 07:20:13 AM
Quote from: Henk on July 09, 2009, 07:03:51 AM
The reason why this forum is so good is when there's a conflict between two members nobody mind about it.

Smile when you say that.

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 07:28:58 AM
I edited the message :P.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 08:10:25 AM
Has there been an important conflict that I missed? (I tend to go for the quiet life, myself.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 08:22:41 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 08:10:25 AM
Has there been an important conflict that I missed? (I tend to go for the quiet life, myself.)

See thread "schoolgirl crushes", a conflict between me and DavidW about editing messages which got a different turn.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 08:24:23 AM
I don't consider that a conflict, I simply voiced my complaint.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 08:39:50 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 08:24:23 AM
I don't consider that a conflict, I simply voiced my complaint.

Come on, you say I manipulate people here, that I'm not honest. After explaining you arguing wrong about the editing discussion, you try to make me ridiculous and bully me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 08:46:08 AM
You're really blowing everything out of proportion, you seem very upset.  I didn't insult you, nor did I bully you.  There's no reason to get so upset.  I bear you no ill will.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 09:15:29 AM
Ouch. Sorry, sorry - I had no idea I was acting as a catalyst for all this reopening of wounds. Is it possible to stop it escalating again? (To this detached observer, this looks more like a series of misunderstandings, rather than actual harm being intended by anyone.) Anyway - my apologies for inadvertently relighting the fuse.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 09:17:26 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 09:15:29 AM
Ouch. Sorry, sorry - I had no idea I was acting as a catalyst for all this reopening of wounds. Is it possible to stop it escalating again? (To this detached observer, this looks more like a series of misunderstandings, rather than actual harm being intended by anyone.) Anyway - my apologies for inadvertently relighting the fuse.

Well if I had known how easily Henk's feelings are hurt I wouldn't have said anything! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 09:18:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 08:46:08 AM
You're really blowing everything out of proportion, you seem very upset.  I didn't insult you, nor did I bully you.  There's no reason to get so upset.  I bear you no ill will.

I feel rather the opposite of being upset. Isn't saying I'm upset not just again another sign of your resentment tactics? I feel being a victim of it already, though I realize what's going on. Therefore I've tried to avoid it.

Now explain what this have to mean (in thread schoolgirl crushes):

Me:
I don't manipulate things with it.

You:
I disagree, I've seen you use it for that purpose multiple times.

later on in that thread:
You:
Snipper, I thought you were married with children.

I admit I don't understand the word "snipper" fully but the sentence sounds bullying considering the context. What did you exactly mean to say with it?

Why didn't you reply on my posts about why editing is not a bad thing?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 09:20:32 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 09:17:26 AM
Well if I had known how easily Henk's feelings are hurt I wouldn't have said anything! :D

Resentment tactics, David, though you may not realize.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 09:22:42 AM
I hate to say it Henk, but you've done it again.  By moving your post you made Elgarian's reply look wacky because you removed the post he was replying too.  At least you posted it again, but why couldn't you just leave it alone?  Please consider my words.  Don't get in a huff, just think about it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 09:28:11 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 09:15:29 AM
Ouch. Sorry, sorry - I had no idea I was acting as a catalyst for all this reopening of wounds. Is it possible to stop it escalating again? (To this detached observer, this looks more like a series of misunderstandings, rather than actual harm being intended by anyone.) Anyway - my apologies for inadvertently relighting the fuse.

May happen. But the golden rule on an internet-forum like this might be "don't mind if there's a conflict between two members". Not suitable for real life, but here it might work.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 09, 2009, 09:30:27 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 09:22:42 AM
I hate to say it Henk, but you've done it again.  By moving your post you made Elgarian's reply look wacky because you removed the post he was replying too.  At least you posted it again, but why couldn't you just leave it alone?  Please consider my words.  Don't get in a huff, just think about it.

As I said, it's a good habit to quote the text you reply on.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 09, 2009, 01:23:58 PM
Can we start being silly again, now?

Man carrying custard pie  :D + banana skin on path  >:D = Whoops. ??? Splat. :o Umph. :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 09, 2009, 02:35:02 PM
We have friends whose young son would vomit at the very word 'banana.' Of course, his class mates clued into this and there was an uncomfortably frequent telephone call the gist of which was.....please come and fetch your son, he has been sick on my feet YET AGAIN.

I don't know why the teacher kept risking such proximity. She may have tauget, but she did not seem to learn.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 09, 2009, 02:41:23 PM
Quote from: knight on July 09, 2009, 02:35:02 PM
We have friends whose young son would vomit at the very word 'banana.' Of course, his class mates clued into this and there was an uncomfortably frequent telephone call the gist of which was.....please come and fetch your son, he has been sick on my feet YET AGAIN.

I don't know why the teacher kept risking such proximity. She may have tauget, but she did not seem to learn.

Mike
He wouldn't last long reading the polls on this forum.  ;D Poor guy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 10, 2009, 04:57:11 AM
Slim girls are attractive to men, fuller girls are attractive to men because they are more attractive than slim girls. There is a thought behind this.  ;) ;D

Which type do you prefer?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 10, 2009, 09:54:43 AM
I like the RIP Michael Jackson thread much better than the Mozart is a fraud? thread
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 10, 2009, 10:52:45 AM
Pop music is tasty to me, jazz is fine to me, classical music is ? (I don't know) to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 10, 2009, 10:53:48 AM
Well Karl, one must at least admire your application to a thread you did not so much enjoy.

I don't feel obliged to contribute in any significant way if I don't enjoy the thread.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 10, 2009, 12:27:35 PM
I can't be bothered with the Mozart is a Fraud thread.

Does this mean I'm uninquisitive? Complacent? Just plain bad?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 10, 2009, 12:41:06 PM
You're grounded.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on July 10, 2009, 12:53:18 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 10, 2009, 12:27:35 PM
I can't be bothered with the Mozart is a Fraud thread.

Does this mean I'm uninquisitive? Complacent? Just plain bad?

It was kind of fun the first time around, although the milk went sour many times even then. The second helping... only for the ultra-masochists with tummies of iron.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 10, 2009, 01:22:56 PM
And the constitution of a dead horse.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 10, 2009, 01:24:20 PM
Quote from: knight on July 10, 2009, 01:22:56 PM
And the constitution of a dead horse.

Mike

Hey that describes me on this day of 100+ (Fahrenheit) heat. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 10, 2009, 01:31:04 PM
I am posting an internet meme here to apologize to Sara for disagreeing with her in the listening thread. :(

http://www.youtube.com/v/ELyTBXzfQJ8
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 10, 2009, 01:32:24 PM
I haven't looked at the RIP Michael Jackson thread either.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 10, 2009, 01:35:03 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 10, 2009, 01:31:04 PM
I am posting an internet meme here to apologize to Sara for disagreeing with her in the listening thread.

Did it come to blows? Articles of furniture being thrown about? Or was it restricted to icy stares?


[Footnote: that video is ever so funny.]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 10, 2009, 02:38:53 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 10, 2009, 01:35:03 PM
Did it come to blows? Articles of furniture being thrown about? Or was it restricted to icy stares?


[Footnote: that video is ever so funny.]
Well actually, we just had some frank words!

I don't think we'll be seeing each other in the future though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 10, 2009, 04:19:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 10, 2009, 01:31:04 PM
I am posting an internet meme here to apologize to Sara for disagreeing with her in the listening thread. :(

http://www.youtube.com/v/ELyTBXzfQJ8
lol those last few seconds
Is this really an original video or is it a scene from a movie with different subtitles?  ???
(not to mention the other videos like this)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 10, 2009, 04:37:21 PM
Downfall Greg, a great film check it out sometime.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 10, 2009, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 10, 2009, 04:37:21 PM
Downfall Greg, a great film check it out sometime.
gotcha
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 11, 2009, 06:27:33 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 10, 2009, 01:31:04 PM
I am posting an internet meme here to apologize to Sara for disagreeing with her in the listening thread. :(

http://www.youtube.com/v/ELyTBXzfQJ8

Thank you so much for posting that! ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 13, 2009, 10:14:59 AM
I will see you guys around. If you need to contact me, just PM.

Peace!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 13, 2009, 11:02:27 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2009, 10:14:59 AM
I will see you guys around. If you need to contact me, just PM.

Peace!  :)
See ya! And don't be gone too long. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 13, 2009, 11:13:38 AM
While you're gone, could you change your av?  ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 13, 2009, 11:22:04 AM
It seems duller already. Come back soon.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 13, 2009, 01:09:16 PM
I think I'll hunker down in this thread until the Newman Tornado passes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 13, 2009, 01:34:55 PM
The posts in this thread are coated in a special Newman-repelling gel, so I think we're OK.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 13, 2009, 04:00:42 PM
Sweet!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 13, 2009, 04:02:16 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 13, 2009, 04:00:42 PM
Sweet!

(http://planetsmilies.net/happy-smiley-611.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 05:36:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 05:35:24 AM
Phew.

Keep the gel stocked, in case!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 05:43:53 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 14, 2009, 05:36:02 AM
Keep the gel stocked, in case!

Panicking a little, I rushed to Amazon to buy up their remaining stocks. Oh no. "Temporarily unavailable".

Red alert!

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 14, 2009, 05:59:03 AM
What am I going to read now that the 911 thread can't increase in length by 5+ pages per day?

Books? PFFT!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 06:03:22 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 05:59:03 AM
Books? PFFT!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:09:09 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 05:59:03 AM
Books? PFFT!

Glad you mentioned books. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of The Parish Churches of England, ordered a couple of days ago. I propose to read it while playing, alternately, the music of Parry and Gibbs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:10:11 AM
Anyone for tennis, by the way?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 14, 2009, 06:13:18 AM
Parry sounds like a plan. I can't get along with his orchestral music, but the choral works are super-duper, especially the secular ones (Songs of Farewell, etc).

Re. tennis, the more Murray loses, the happier I am. He's even more fun to root against than Henman.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 06:15:47 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:10:11 AM
Anyone for tennis, by the way?

Angus Podgorny, what do y'mean?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:18:49 AM
And while I'm here - does anyone else share my feeling that the 'what are you listening thread' is like a black hole? Things that go into it disappear without trace, because when you make a post, before you can say 'Jack Robinson' [why 'Jack Robinson', incidentally? What's his claim to fame?], five billion new posts have piled up on top of yours and buried it forever.

F'rinstance, I just posted a really thoughtful post about Gibbs's 'Dale and Fell' - I'd lingered over it, nurtured it, gave time to it; then posted it in the 'listening' thread; and swoosh bang - it was swept away by the whirlwind and buried deeper than did ever plummet sound. I'm still aching at the loss.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:22:02 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 06:13:18 AM
I can't get along with his orchestral music [Parry]

You'll be telling me you don't like breakfast in the Pump Room at Bath, next.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 06:28:10 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:18:49 AM
And while I'm here - does anyone else share my feeling that the 'what are you listening thread' is like a black hole? Things that go into it disappear without trace, because when you make a post, before you can say 'Jack Robinson' [why 'Jack Robinson', incidentally? What's his claim to fame?], five billion new posts have piled up on top of yours and buried it forever.

F'rinstance, I just posted a really thoughtful post about Gibbs's 'Dale and Fell' - I'd lingered over it, nurtured it, gave time to it; then posted it in the 'listening' thread; and swoosh bang - it was swept away by the whirlwind and buried deeper than did ever plummet sound. I'm still aching at the loss.

It's the turf, don't let it get you down!

You should cross-post your thoughtful remarks on a lower-volume thread, though. Dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 07:50:49 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 06:18:49 AM
And while I'm here - does anyone else share my feeling that the 'what are you listening thread' is like a black hole? Things that go into it disappear without trace, because when you make a post, before you can say 'Jack Robinson' [why 'Jack Robinson', incidentally? What's his claim to fame?], five billion new posts have piled up on top of yours and buried it forever.

F'rinstance, I just posted a really thoughtful post about Gibbs's 'Dale and Fell' - I'd lingered over it, nurtured it, gave time to it; then posted it in the 'listening' thread; and swoosh bang - it was swept away by the whirlwind and buried deeper than did ever plummet sound. I'm still aching at the loss.

I feel exactly the same way Elgarian.  I was going to start up another thread just to separate actual discussion of music from listmania.

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Now playing: Hob. III:45 String Quartet Op. 50 No. 2 mvt. 4   
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 14, 2009, 08:04:59 AM
I don't post on "listmania" very often for the reason that simply stating what I'm listening to does not add anything constructive to the thread. (Okay, occasionally someone else might comment, but as I said it's only on occasion.) These days, it's more for marking the dates when I listen to a work or performance for the first time for posterity :P or just fulfilling my thread duty.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 08:07:31 AM
Gurn showed me this thing called Foxy Tunes, it's a neat add on.  If you listen on your computer alot, then you can just add what you're listening to as a sig on every post.  And you can look back over your posts and easily what you were listening to. :)

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Now playing: Hob. III:46 String Quartet Op. 50 No. 3 mvt. 3   
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 14, 2009, 08:15:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 08:07:31 AM
Gurn showed me this thing called Foxy Tunes, it's a neat add on.  If you listen on your computer alot, then you can just add what you're listening to as a sig on every post.  And you can look back over your posts and easily what you were listening to. :)

True, I used to have FoxyTunes (on Windows) before they brought out Signatures, but from the time I switched to Linux, I didn't bother with an extra music player within the browser. I nevertheless gave it a try, but the player I usually use (Banshee) is not yet supported. And only an early version of Amarok (quite possibly the most popular player for Linux users) is supported. I'd be happy if Signatures were a separate add-on, with support for a variety of non-Windows-only players.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 14, 2009, 08:46:10 AM
Quote from: opus106 on July 14, 2009, 08:04:59 AM
I don't post on "listmania" very often for the reason that simply stating what I'm listening to does not add anything constructive to the thread. (Okay, occasionally someone else might comment, but as I said it's only on occasion.) These days, it's more for marking the dates when I listen to a work or performance for the first time for posterity :P or just fulfilling my thread duty.

Different strokes, eh?  The "What are you listening to?" thread is one of my favorites because (a) I'm often reminded of a piece that I've not heard in some time that I'd like to hear again, and (b) I'm often introduced to a piece (or recording) that I'm not familiar with but interested in.  Still, I probably post fewer than one out of five times I open the thread, seldom thinking that what I happen to be listening to at a given moment would be of interest to anyone else.

I don't Twitter or Facebook, either!   ;)  And this might be my first post on this thread....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 08:48:28 AM
Yeah the listening thread is clearly a good thing, I just feel that it needs a complementary thread so that you have a place that's not a black hole without having to create dedicated threads.  And I've started one! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 14, 2009, 09:02:52 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 14, 2009, 08:46:10 AM
I'm often reminded of a piece that I've not heard in some time that I'd like to hear again
I'll classify those as Comments not Said Aloud. :D

QuoteI'm often introduced to a piece (or recording) that I'm not familiar with but interested in.

I have just a handful and they're pretty mainstream.

It's not that I dislike the thread. I visit it for the very reasons that you put forward, but when it comes to my contribution -- or the lack of it -- I'd like it have to at least a little meat in it. :)

QuoteI don't Twitter or Facebook, either!   ;) 

Neither do I. ;) I am averse to social-networking websites.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 14, 2009, 09:06:30 AM
Question:

"Trio for violin, viola, and cello"

Is the final comma required for this and sentences like it to be grammatically correct? I don't know why, but this style feels clumsy to me...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on July 14, 2009, 09:18:20 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 09:06:30 AM
Question:

"Trio for violin, viola, and cello"

Is the final comma required for this and sentences like it to be grammatically correct? I don't know why, but this style feels clumsy to me...

It depends on which style manual you are following.  IMHO, I'd go with no comma for exactly the reason you state: it feels slightly clumsy.  Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma) is a big Wiki page on the whole thing.  Lately I've been using The New York Times style guide, which eschews a comma before "and" in a series of words.

Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on July 14, 2009, 09:18:53 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 09:06:30 AM
Question:

"Trio for violin, viola, and cello"

Is the final comma required for this and sentences like it to be grammatically correct? I don't know why, but this style feels clumsy to me...

Style guides, including Strunk and White, sometimes say the final comma should be there, but it seems to be common usage to omit it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 14, 2009, 09:31:31 AM
Than you both! I guess that I can continue omitting it, partially on grounds of laziness $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on July 14, 2009, 09:34:01 AM
Of course, as soon as I wrote that, I noticed the Henry Miller quote in my signature...  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 09:56:12 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 08:48:28 AM
Yeah the listening thread is clearly a good thing, I just feel that it needs a complementary thread so that you have a place that's not a black hole without having to create dedicated threads [...]

Viz. my exhortation to Elgarian:

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 14, 2009, 06:28:10 AM
You should cross-post your thoughtful remarks on a lower-volume thread, though. Dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 14, 2009, 09:56:53 AM
Poured me in a glass of Rose. I deserved it!  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 10:06:42 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 14, 2009, 06:28:10 AM
You should cross-post your thoughtful remarks on a lower-volume thread, though. Dude.

Good thinking. I shall do it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 10:10:31 AM
Quote from: bhodges on July 14, 2009, 09:34:01 AM
Of course, as soon as I wrote that, I noticed the Henry Miller quote in my signature...  ;D

Oh, you can't go by Henry Miller, Bruce  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 10:11:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 07:50:49 AM
I was going to start up another thread just to separate actual discussion of music from listmania.

Good thinking again. How reassuring to know that I am not alone. That I am not a mere unheeded voice wailing plaintively into the night. That I am understood. That there are people out there who hear, and respond. That this is, indeed, a global village where the concern of one is the concern of all ... or where, as Mr Spock learned, the needs of the many do not always outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

(Stop me if you think I'm going over the top, by the way ...)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 10:11:39 AM
That I am not a mere unheeded voice wailing plaintively into the night.

Gustav! Depart from that man's body!

(Third exorcism this week . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 10:15:32 AM
Bach needs gel! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13241.0.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on July 14, 2009, 10:17:18 AM
Quote from: bhodges on July 14, 2009, 09:34:01 AM
Of course, as soon as I wrote that, I noticed the Henry Miller quote in my signature...  ;D

--Bruce

Where else would you go to find a precedent for a series of three or more body parts with a single conjunction?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 14, 2009, 10:20:05 AM
Surgically (erm) done.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on July 14, 2009, 10:21:27 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 14, 2009, 10:17:18 AM
Where else would you go to find a precedent for a series of three or more body parts with a single conjunction?


;D  ;D , and  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 10:26:53 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 14, 2009, 09:06:30 AM
Question:
"Trio for violin, viola, and cello"
Is the final comma required for this and sentences like it to be grammatically correct? I don't know why, but this style feels clumsy to me...

I well remember one particular day when I consciously rejected the style guide in favour of what I intuitively felt was right. There was a feeling of liberation in that, but also a feeling of necessary rightness (a bit like Wittgenstein kicking away the ladder, but on an infinitesimally smaller scale). Like realising that it's so much more effective, and more musical, to write, 'I don't know what you're thinking of' and doing so, than to write 'I don't know of what you're thinking', despite the rule about not ending sentences with prepositions.

One consequence of that realisation is that these days, whether or not a comma goes in front of 'and' is determined by the music, rhythm, and meaning of the particular sentence - not by general rule. So if I want the reader to pause after 'viola', I'll put a comma; if I don't, I'll leave it out. And on that principle I'll stand my ground against any editor who's smaller than I am.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 10:32:35 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 14, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
Gustav! Depart from that man's body!

(Third exorcism this week . . . .)

Thanks Karl. I feel better now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 11:13:12 AM
The excellent DavidW (praised be he) has started up a kind of spillover thread from the growing-faster-than-light listening thread, which is just the place for posting our thoughts about the thoughts we have when we think about what we're listening to. I've transferred my soon-to-be-engulfed post from the listening thread over to there, and you know? - I feel better for it.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 11:16:26 AM
Yeah that was a cool post you made Elgarian.  And it reminded me that I had just read in an old rmcr thread some discussion of contemporary composers that take radically different approaches to their music on subsequent performances... but I don't remember who now! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 11:27:52 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 11:16:26 AM
And it reminded me that I had just read in an old rmcr thread some discussion of contemporary composers that take radically different approaches to their music on subsequent performances... but I don't remember who now! :D

You realise that all those who pass this way will be unable to sleep now, until you've resolved this? WE NEED TO KNOW!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 14, 2009, 12:26:42 PM
I have been away a day or so. Where has my other fave Dave gone to then? I hope he is back soon.

Speaking of fave Daves, David, thanks for starting the new thread. I agree with you and Elgarian about the listening thread.  Long ago I gave up on trying to engended any two way discussion there. I don't even read it. I don't see the point in just basically listing works; or what has been bought.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 12:50:54 PM
Ah another one will enjoy the classical chat thread.  Cool beans Mike! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 14, 2009, 01:02:39 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 12:50:54 PMCool beans Mike! :)
;D

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 14, 2009, 01:09:17 PM
Quote from: knight on July 14, 2009, 12:26:42 PM
Where has my other fave Dave gone to then? I hope he is back soon.

He didn't say. We need him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 14, 2009, 01:16:41 PM
Maybe a nice summer vacation is what he's up to. :)

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Now playing: Koopman: Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 - J.S. Bach
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 17, 2009, 05:09:37 AM
Nah. Just haven't been listening to classical.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2009, 05:51:13 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2009, 05:09:37 AM
Nah. Just haven't been listening to classical.

Neither have we. We've been too busy examining the pros and cons of the great 'Sibelius's-transvestite-wife-wrote-his-symphonies-while-he-was-faking-Mozart-operas-but-making-it-look-as-if-Wagner-had-done-it' conspiracy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 17, 2009, 06:02:41 AM
Check the olive oil!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 17, 2009, 06:28:38 AM
I'm becoming Diner-boy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 17, 2009, 06:43:26 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2009, 06:28:38 AM
I'm becoming Diner-boy.

No I'm pretty sure that's D Minor. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 17, 2009, 06:45:21 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 17, 2009, 06:43:26 AM
No I'm pretty sure that's D Minor. ;D

True dat.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 21, 2009, 09:55:16 AM
http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/Postscripts_19_hc.html

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 12:34:47 PM
Fighting in the Diner: What life is all about.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 24, 2009, 12:36:10 PM
It's when people start flicking peas at each other - that's when it starts to get distressing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 12:36:53 PM
Barbarians!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 12:38:53 PM
I hate this one:  ::)



::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 24, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
Try flicking a pea at it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 12:42:07 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 24, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
Try flicking a pea at it.

I do not flick food, sir!

Although I'm not above urinating on it.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 24, 2009, 12:44:00 PM
There might be some people - I don't say there definitely are, mark you - but there might be some people who'd prefer you to flick it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 01:13:28 PM
Imagine!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2009, 01:20:52 PM
- My dog has no nose.
- How does it smell?
- Awful!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 24, 2009, 01:25:59 PM
-Does your dog bite?
-No, my dog does not bite.
[chomp!]
-I thought you said your dog doesn't bite.
-That's not my dog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on July 27, 2009, 08:32:54 AM
Im scared!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Dy6W9Ko9VlQ
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 27, 2009, 08:33:28 AM
Yeah, that's a weird one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on July 27, 2009, 08:36:48 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 27, 2009, 08:33:28 AMYeah, that's a weird one.
Seems like Chris Cunnningham knows how to do scary stuff. I wish he did a horror movie.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 27, 2009, 08:37:50 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on July 27, 2009, 08:36:48 AM
Seems like Chris Cunnningham knows how to do scary stuff. I wish he did a horror movie.

Have you seen PEEKERS? (See above post (way above), or just search on YouTube).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on July 27, 2009, 08:52:15 AM
Play with me. That's the rules...
Just did. Nice one, yeah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 11:15:54 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 27, 2009, 08:37:50 AM
Have you seen PEEKERS?

Just remembering it is scary.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 27, 2009, 11:36:01 AM
Just buried my jazz cd's. Though I like jazz, the annoying thing about it is you usually can't follow all the individual instrument doing all different things (it's not really harmonized), the bass playing often can't be heard at all. This makes me bury my jazz collection (expect the vocal stuff), with pain in my hart I have to say. If someone has a different view on this please let me know, it may change my mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 27, 2009, 01:01:22 PM
Just left Rob Newman for good. I encourage others to do the same. We can use this as a hangout.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 27, 2009, 01:37:50 PM
Brian, Nice to see you here. I still will have kindergarden duties to perform over in the other place; but one compensation. I have been listening for the first time to Martinu's beautiful fragments of his opera Juliette. What a stunning score, wild in places, filigree in others and passionate. A real find.

My boss is very musical, she plays piano to concert standard. This week she is the repetiteur for Dorset Opera. They are putting on Cav and Pag, she has got tickets for my wife and I to go. So, Wed we head off to what I hope will be sunny Dorset for a couple of days.

We went in December to hear her play Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto. We hit wonderful weather. Here the gardens in Stourhead, full of colour even in winter.

(http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/th_IMG_8495.jpg)

(http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/th_IMG_8516.jpg)

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 01:49:21 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 27, 2009, 01:01:22 PM
We can use this as a hangout.

It's a good hanging-out kind of place, particularly for anyone attempting rehabilitation after exposure to too much Newman.

The fact is that Things Happen here in this thread. Big things. Things that make a difference. Things that Change Lives. Truth is spoken. Wisdom is sought, and dispensed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 27, 2009, 01:52:58 PM
Also, clubs are formed!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 27, 2009, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 01:37:50 PMI have been listening for the first time to Martinu's beautiful fragments of his opera Juliette. What a stunning score, wild in places, filigree in others and passionate. A real find.

As a composer, the guy can't put a foot wrong. Remarkable considering how much he wrote.

Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 01:37:50 PMsunny Dorset

:D I really hope it stops raining with impunity as it has been doing in this whole region for several weeks...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 27, 2009, 04:14:16 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 01:49:21 PM
It's a good hanging-out kind of place, particularly for anyone attempting rehabilitation after exposure to too much Newman.

The fact is that Things Happen here in this thread. Big things. Things that make a difference. Things that Change Lives. Truth is spoken. Wisdom is sought, and dispensed.

Wow.

Can haz cheezburger?

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 08:22:46 PM
Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 01:37:50 PM
Stourhead

Stourhead. Astonishing place. Like walking around inside a giant 3-D painting by Claude Lorrain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 08:24:27 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 27, 2009, 04:14:16 PM
Wow.

Can haz cheezburger?



Exactly the sort of thing I mean.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 27, 2009, 10:26:15 PM
Quote from: Lethe on July 27, 2009, 03:40:37 PM
As a composer, the guy can't put a foot wrong. Remarkable considering how much he wrote.

:D I really hope it stops raining with impunity as it has been doing in this whole region for several weeks...

Sarah, I don't know any other Martinu...what do you suggest? Re the rain...yes, a break, a reliable one, would be nice. We had a visitor from Jordan for the weekend. He was astonished at how green it was. Where he lives, it has rained three times in 12 months; but he quickly got fed up with the rain here....no runing out into it in delight!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 12:01:24 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 27, 2009, 08:22:46 PM
Stourhead. Astonishing place. Like walking around inside a giant 3-D painting by Claude Lorrain.

Wow.  Must visit sometime.  Am reminded of Ilnacullin, in Bantry Bay near Glengariff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 28, 2009, 12:45:04 AM
Quote from: Lethe on July 27, 2009, 03:40:37 PM
I really hope it stops raining with impunity as it has been doing in this whole region for several weeks...

Rain? Don't talk to me about rain, up here in the northwest. Where you'd take an umbrella, we take a snorkel.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 28, 2009, 01:30:57 AM
Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 10:26:15 PM
Sarah, I don't know any other Martinu...what do you suggest?

His success in every form (SQ, instrumental, violin or piano concertante, symphony, chamber, opera, ballet) makes picking one or two discs so difficult that I may as well dive right into something obscure: The Epic of Gilgamesh. It's a neat oratorio that fortunately is gaining in advocates if not recordings. I haven't heard the Naxos one, but I don't think it's a new recording and is probably licenced from Marco Polo (so may be a little less than ideal, sound-wise). The Supraphon one is great, but a little more expensive.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 28, 2009, 06:51:08 AM
We've been having evening showers, yesterday and today. And it's not even the season yet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 06:58:43 AM
A couple more of Stourhead, larger format this time.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/IMG_8500.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/IMG_8506.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/IMG_8493.jpg)

Nearby Shaftsbury

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/IMG_8476.jpg)

And Sarah, thanks for the suggestion.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 28, 2009, 07:27:53 AM
Wow; beautiful photographs! Are you trying to give me the 'travel bug'?  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 07:31:26 AM
Thanks....they are deceptive in that even in Venice or Rome, I can make the place look uninhabited.

Those were all taken in December, there was hard ice on the lake. But what lovely light.

If you want to PM me, I can give you my photobucket ID, be warned though, there are a lorra, lorra photos there.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on July 28, 2009, 07:44:25 AM
Quote from: Henk on July 27, 2009, 11:36:01 AM
Just buried my jazz cd's. Though I like jazz, the annoying thing about it is you usually can't follow all the individual instrument doing all different things (it's not really harmonized), the bass playing often can't be heard at all. This makes me bury my jazz collection (expect the vocal stuff), with pain in my hart I have to say. If someone has a different view on this please let me know, it may change my mind.

I have hundreds of jazz recordings; I played acoustic bass professionally when I was younger and have probably spent more time listening to jazz than any one kind of music, though these days it has taken second place to Classical music.  I haven't played bass professionally in close to 20 years, and while I am tangently still in the music business, my focus has changed considerably.

Having said all that, I just want to say that I think you are listening for the wrong things in jazz.  The idea is NOT (at least IMO) to follow ALL the instruments.  Yes, there can be dialogs going on, but in general, I think you should follow the lead improviser, and only notice the others as they respond in a noticeable way to what he is doing.  Listen for patterns, and sequences which make up most of a improvised solo, and listen for the overall arc of the solo.

Sonny Rollins is a good guy to do this with since he organizes his solos in a very structured manner.  Also, Miles Davis will often dialog with the drummer and this is fairly easy to follow.

Don't worry about not hearing the bass, speaking as a bass player, our role is almost entirely supportive and it is not important to hear exactly what we are playing as much as it is to sense our presence, and to appreciate the bassist's partnership with the drummer.  The specific notes the bassist is choosing are a lot more important for the musicians playing with him than it is for the audience.

Also, listen to piano trios such as Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett, or on the other hand pianoless trios such as Sonny Rollins did on his Live at the Village Vanguard (http://www.amazon.com/Night-Village-Vanguard-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B00000K4GJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248795957&sr=1-2).  A trio offers an easier way to appreciate the interplay between the players, esp. the bass and piano or bass and horn, than in a quintet setting.

Happy listening.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 28, 2009, 09:34:39 AM
Wow! The Mozart thread got closed again - what's the word?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 09:36:37 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 28, 2009, 09:34:39 AM
Wow! The Mozart thread got closed again - what's the word?

Read back a few posts, Brian, and you will see that you managed to run Newman off. No point leaving it open with its master gone... :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 09:43:47 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 09:36:37 AM
Read back a few posts, Brian, and you will see that you managed to run Newman off. No point leaving it open with its master gone... :)

Todd left, too?  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on July 28, 2009, 09:45:38 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 06:58:43 AM
A couple more of Stourhead, larger format this time.

Those photos look about as heavenly as anything I've seen on earth.  Gorgeous.

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on July 28, 2009, 09:49:05 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 09:43:47 AM
Todd left, too?  :o

No, no, he's still here.  Only one contributor felt compelled to find greener pastures.

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 28, 2009, 09:52:22 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 09:36:37 AM
Read back a few posts, Brian, and you will see that you managed to run Newman off. No point leaving it open with its master gone... :)

8)
Wait, *I* did? Dang!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 10:02:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 28, 2009, 09:52:22 AM
Wait, *I* did? Dang!

That's what he said in his mysterious 33rd complaint; he couldn't handle the relentless pressure from that educated kid with the perfect ear down in Texas. I know sure as hell he didn't mean ME!   ;D

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 28, 2009, 10:03:35 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 10:02:40 AM
That's what he said in his mysterious 33rd complaint; he couldn't handle the relentless pressure from that educated kid with the perfect ear down in Texas. I know sure as hell he didn't mean ME!   ;D

8)
:P
I just got back from reading the thread, and have to say ... it feels like this forum has collectively popped a gigantic pimple.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:16:37 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 10:02:40 AM
That's what he said in his mysterious 33rd complaint; he couldn't handle the relentless pressure from that educated kid with the perfect ear down in Texas. I know sure as hell he didn't mean ME!   ;D

8)

Yeah Gurn's so old that he actually remembers the Alamo! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 28, 2009, 10:19:18 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:16:37 AM
Yeah Gurn's so old that he actually remembers the Alamo! ;D

Yup, I remember when we started mixing the adobe for that puppy... It was kinda hot that day.... :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 10:19:50 AM
Ozzy peed on it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:26:35 AM
Ozzy? Who he?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 10:29:46 AM
(http://www.podcastingnews.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/ozzy-osbourne-c10045608.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:31:30 AM
I am not sure that enlightened would be quite the word.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 10:35:11 AM
He's British for god's sake.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:39:36 AM
There are almost 60 million of us here. I don't know them all yet. Though I kind of think he is unlikely to cross my path. But, next time I notice off-piste pissing, I will ask to see the teeth for identification purposes...once the job is finished of course.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2009, 10:40:59 AM
Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 01:37:50 PM

We went in December to hear her play Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto. We hit wonderful weather. Here the gardens in Stourhead, full of colour even in winter.

(http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/th_IMG_8495.jpg)

(http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/Dorset%20Dec%2008/th_IMG_8516.jpg)

Beautiful, Mike!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2009, 10:42:50 AM
Quote from: knight on July 27, 2009, 01:52:58 PM
Also, clubs are formed!

Mike

Possibly, even the alleged Henning Mob  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 10:43:03 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 10:39:36 AM
There are almost 60 million of us here. I don't know them all yet.

I thought there were a couple hundred of you.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 10:44:02 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 10:39:36 AMBut, next time I notice off-piste pissing, I will ask to see the teeth for identification purposes...once the job is finished of course.

Better than on-piste pissing, methinks.

Stand clear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:47:28 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 10:43:03 AM
I thought there were a couple hundred of you.  ;D

100 of which have buck teeth! ;D

(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ken-dodd-insurance-431.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 10:49:15 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:47:28 AM
100 of which have buck teeth! ;D

(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ken-dodd-insurance-431.jpg)

Is that Donald Trump facing a strong headwind?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:49:37 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 10:43:03 AM
I thought there were a couple hundred of you.  ;D

What does this guy do when he is not wetting things? Mind you if those teeth are often donned, he is spraying spume moment to moment.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:49:52 AM
And I'm saving this one for the next crackpot thread--

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1401/1270175934_5778647519.jpg?v=0)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:51:08 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 10:49:15 AM
Is that Donald Trump facing a strong headwind?

That is the beloved Doddie being pleasured by his tickling stick.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 10:52:02 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 10:49:37 AM
What does this guy do when he is not wetting things? Mind you if those teeth are often donned, he is spraying spume moment to moment.

Mike

(http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/ozzy_osbourne_tattooed.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2009, 10:52:14 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 10:49:15 AM
Is that Donald Trump facing a strong headwind?

He's just got sight of the Verazzano Narrows Bridge marching up the estuary . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 10:53:21 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 10:51:08 AM
That is the beloved Doddie being pleasured by his tickling stick.

Mike

Yup, this could be my next avatar. ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Ken_dodd_december_2007.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 10:56:15 AM
Doddie is starting to look a bit dessicated. He still does four hour stand-up shows. Amazing guy.

Dave, that new photo of your guy...he is clearly wet. I don't think I want to associate with him. I don't want to know how he got wet.

0:) 0:) 0:)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 11:02:39 AM
Who can blame you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 11:06:30 AM
Phew, I am so glad I stopped you giving him my address.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 11:08:41 AM
Quote from: knight on July 28, 2009, 11:06:30 AM
Phew, I am so glad I stopped you giving him my address.

Mike

I gave it to this guy instead.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/wikiality/images/5/5c/Halford.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2009, 11:09:17 AM
He gave your address as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Salzburg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 11:14:20 AM
Dave, He looks like he might enjoy being wetted by your other guy. Give him Ozz's address instead.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 11:17:30 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 11:08:41 AM
I gave it to this guy instead.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/wikiality/images/5/5c/Halford.jpg)

Thank God I wasn't drinking coffee when I saw this post!  You've outdone yourself, Dave.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 28, 2009, 11:26:27 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 28, 2009, 01:21:36 PM
Blimey. How a world can change in the blink of an eye. Phew. Never expected that. I suppose it was finally settled that Mozart was really Sibelius pretending to be Wagner, then.

Good. So how're we doing so far? We have, in the blue corner, Stourhead. DavidRoss says Wow, and he is indisputably right on this, and we have Mike's photos to prove it. Then in the red corner we have weird photos of people with funny teeth and/or leather jackets. I don't quite get that, but I hope to some day. Because if it's in this thread, it's TRUE.

I'm wondering about starting a 'music memorabilia' thread - but would that bore the pants off everybody, do you think? I was thinking of a place for posting stuff like this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/sutherland.jpg)

It might be too anorak-trainspotterish, maybe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 01:44:07 PM
Joan Sutherland, eh?  Don't tell us you were working your way around the world, slaving away in Sydney as a carwash attendant, trying to save your passage, when Ms Sutherland left you her autograph instead of a tip?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 28, 2009, 02:19:13 PM
For obvious reasons, I can't show you....but my boss has framed on her livingroom wall a letter that Britten wrote to a friend. A very odd letter about some boy he was enamoured of.

I used to have Baremboim's signature on my Beethoven 9th vocal score, it wore out, the score, not the signature and a number of signed LPs, but they all went when I sold all the LPs. So, nothing much to show that I can think of.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2009, 02:51:03 PM
When Carter came to Symphony for the premiere of his Horn Concerto, he autographed my program. (http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2008/12/happy-birthday-mr-carter.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on July 28, 2009, 05:36:37 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 28, 2009, 01:21:36 PM

I'm wondering about starting a 'music memorabilia' thread - but would that bore the pants off everybody, do you think? I was thinking of a place for posting stuff like this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/sutherland.jpg)

It might be too anorak-trainspotterish, maybe.
I don't know what anorak-trainspotterish means, actually, ::), but I have one signed item to contribute. In 1995, the Trio Di Clarone (Sabine Meyer, Reiner Wehle, and Wolfgang Meyer) did a program of clarinet and basset horn music in DC.  I sat in the front row, held my breath through the entire performance, then dashed backstage and accosted the performers, begging them in a mangled mixture of English, German, and besotted fan-speak to sign my program and please, please, PLEASE tell me how they could do what they did.  (That was SO not like me.  I was possessed by an evil spirit.)  Then I came home and seriously contemplated putting my entire grendilla collection, which at that time consisted of clarinets in Eb, C, Bb, and A and a basset horn in F, into the fireplace, dousing them with lighter fluid, and tossing in a match.  Possibly myself as well. :'(   I contented myself with drinking the pain away and eventually framing the program and ticket stub to hang next to the piano as a reminder that Music Gods walk among us.  I would have to overcome a pretty intimidating techno-phobia to figure out how to take a digital picture and post it, but if you really, really want to see it. . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 05:53:32 PM
Quote from: secondwind on July 28, 2009, 05:36:37 PM
I don't know what anorak-trainspotterish means, actually, ::), but I have one signed item to contribute. In 1995, the Trio Di Clarone (Sabine Meyer, Reiner Wehle, and Wolfgang Meyer) did a program of clarinet and basset horn music in DC.  I sat in the front row, held my breath through the entire performance, then dashed backstage and accosted the performers, begging them in a mangled mixture of English, German, and besotted fan-speak to sign my program and please, please, PLEASE tell me how they could do what they did.  (That was SO not like me.  I was possessed by an evil spirit.)  Then I came home and seriously contemplated putting my entire grendilla collection, which at that time consisted of clarinets in Eb, C, Bb, and A and a basset horn in F, into the fireplace, dousing them with lighter fluid, and tossing in a match.  Possibly myself as well. :'(   I contented myself with drinking the pain away and eventually framing the program and ticket stub to hang next to the piano as a reminder that Music Gods walk among us.  I would have to overcome a pretty intimidating techno-phobia to figure out how to take a digital picture and post it, but if you really, really want to see it. . . .
I love that a great performance can reduce a grown man to babbling, starstruck fandom!  Reminds me of the time a few years ago when we surprised our younger son by taking him to LA (Northridge, actually) to see a production of Eric Whitacre's opera-in-progress, Paradise Lost (he was--and still is--an admirer of Whitacre's music).  After the performance, Whitacre invited a discussion with the audience and then hung around just to talk.  We encouraged Mason to go talk with him, and he did, but charmingly turned from a cocksure adolescent to a tongue-tied child in a matter of seconds!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 29, 2009, 12:27:18 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 28, 2009, 01:44:07 PM
Joan Sutherland, eh?  Don't tell us you were working your way around the world, slaving away in Sydney as a carwash attendant, trying to save your passage, when Ms Sutherland left you her autograph instead of a tip?

That's so accurate, I'm wondering if you were there, hiding in a cupboard.


[OK. OK. The truth: I found a signed copy of Russell Braddon's biography in a secondhand bookshop. That could mean the unsigned copies may be the rare ones.]

I'll say more in the memorabilia thread which, I am now persuaded, I shall create - after I have put on my anorak and updated my trainspotter's log.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 29, 2009, 12:30:42 AM
Quote from: secondwind on July 28, 2009, 05:36:37 PM
I contented myself with drinking the pain away and eventually framing the program and ticket stub to hang next to the piano as a reminder that Music Gods walk among us. 

I understand this completely, and it encourages me to start up the memorabilia thread so we can swap tales like this.

QuoteI would have to overcome a pretty intimidating techno-phobia to figure out how to take a digital picture and post it, but if you really, really want to see it. . . .

I do. New thread will appear - watch for it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 29, 2009, 01:10:27 AM
Music Memorabilia thread here:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13713.new.html#new (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13713.new.html#new)

Karl, I wonder if you'd be willing to copy your 'Carter' link over there? And secondwind - would you copy your story over there to get us going?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 29, 2009, 05:16:09 AM
I hope everyone reading this is having a fine day (or night).  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 29, 2009, 05:17:05 AM
Thanks! You, too, laddie!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 29, 2009, 05:17:30 AM
 :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 29, 2009, 05:25:28 AM
(http://www.whatknows.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pleased-to-meet-you-im-an-anteater.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2009, 01:29:06 PM
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/8903/how_to_get_viruses_on_your_computer.html?cat=15
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2009, 06:27:56 PM
Was the Albinoni Adagio really written by Remo Giazotto?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 29, 2009, 06:30:05 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 29, 2009, 06:27:56 PM
Was the Albinoni Adagio really written by Remo Giazotto?  ???

Damn, we should have asked Newman before he left. Your timing is always screwed up, Greg... :D

8)

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Listening to:
Ronald Brautigam - K 455 10 Variations in G  for Keyboard on the arietta "Unser dummer Pöbel meint"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2009, 06:36:42 PM
Ah, so it's just a wacky conspiracy theory? I hope so.
Enjoying a couple of very different performances on youtube veeeeeeryyyyyy much.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 29, 2009, 06:39:36 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 29, 2009, 06:36:42 PM
Ah, so it's just a wacky conspiracy theory? I hope so.
Enjoying a couple of very different performances on youtube veeeeeeryyyyyy much.  :)

Actually, it might be true. Several years ago I read something to that effect, but I can't remember the name they put forward. In any case, it is a lovely piece of music, no doubt. :)

8)

----------------
Listening to:
Ronald Brautigam - K 485 Rondo in D for Keyboard
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 29, 2009, 06:53:15 PM
Bloomington Indiana is far, far, far away from NY.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2009, 06:55:13 PM
Quote from: wikipediaGiazotto is famous for his publication of a work called Adagio in G minor which he claimed to have transcribed from a manuscript fragment of an Albinoni sonata that he had received from the Saxon State Library. He stated that he had arranged the work but not composed it. He subsequently revised this story, claiming it as his own original composition. The fragment has never appeared in public, Giazotto stated that it contained only the bass line, and the work was copyrighted by Giazotto.[1][2]
Maybe we'll never really know the truth?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 29, 2009, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 29, 2009, 06:53:15 PM
Bloomington Indiana is far, far, far away from NY.
It is also a very cool place. I'm from Columbus. Hope you enjoy it.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 29, 2009, 08:47:26 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 29, 2009, 07:49:25 PM
It is also a very cool place. I'm from Columbus. Hope you enjoy it.  :)
Just got back from the trip.  Left on Saturday, arrived on Sunday (Stopped in Erie, PA on saturday night).  Went there to look at the school, which was amazing.  Then we went to Cincinnati after visiting the school on Monday, saw UC on Tuesday, and then went back to Erie, and finally, went from Erie to home today.

I'm sick of the car.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 06:40:56 AM
Take a nice walk today.    :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2009, 07:14:57 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 29, 2009, 08:47:26 PM
Just got back from the trip.  Left on Saturday, arrived on Sunday (Stopped in Erie, PA on saturday night).  Went there to look at the school, which was amazing.  Then we went to Cincinnati after visiting the school on Monday, saw UC on Tuesday, and then went back to Erie, and finally, went from Erie to home today.

I'm sick of the car.
If what you're after is a music school, Bloomington is pretty close to the top. :) I have a friend heading there in the fall for a master's in piano performance.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 10:14:05 AM
What happened to that nice Elgarian chap?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 04, 2009, 10:25:42 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2009, 07:14:57 AM
If what you're after is a music school, Bloomington is pretty close to the top. :) I have a friend heading there in the fall for a master's in piano performance.
yeah, I know.  I just hope my GRE grades and paper are good enough to get an invitation to get an interview.  Then I have to hope they admit me to the school.  hehe.  Grad school searching is fun!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2009, 12:20:35 PM
Ring of Fire, good luck!!

Quote from: MN Dave on August 04, 2009, 10:14:05 AM
What happened to that nice Elgarian chap?
He's online.  :) He's even reading this thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 12:21:48 PM
Eee!!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:28:38 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 04, 2009, 10:14:05 AM
What happened to that nice Elgarian chap?

He's climbing the Mountain of TooMuchToDo, and drowning in the Lake of GetMeOutOfHere, and spitting fire in all directions and being very not nice at all to everyone and everything - yes even to small cuddly furry creatures - in his desperation. He has even threatened to tear up his favourite comics, but will anyone listen? No!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:29:26 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 04, 2009, 12:21:48 PM
Eee!!  :o

I heard that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:30:50 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2009, 12:20:35 PM
He's online.  :) He's even reading this thread.

You see? They have CCTV recording our every move.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 12:39:25 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:28:38 PM
He's climbing the Mountain of TooMuchToDo, and drowning in the Lake of GetMeOutOfHere, and spitting fire in all directions and being very not nice at all to everyone and everything - yes even to small cuddly furry creatures - in his desperation. He has even threatened to tear up his favourite comics, but will anyone listen? No!

What do you do, if I may ask?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 12:43:24 PM
Dave, I believe he just told you.

8) Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 12:45:26 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:49:00 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 04, 2009, 12:39:25 PM
What do you do, if I may ask?

At this moment, I'm (a) editing a journal; and (b) preparing an article for publication in another one; and (c) trying to prepare a lecture. And the whole world is conspiring against me in all of these endeavours, and has been so doing for several days now.

I believe Mozart is at the root of it somewhere.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:50:05 PM
I mean - not Mozart - but whoever Mozart really is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:52:01 PM
I'm telling you, this rare 1962 issue of The Beano comic is going to be toast, if this goes on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 12:56:07 PM
I notice you blame our faultless poster Mozart, then threaten to destroy an inanimate object: Antisocial behaviour: I know this great therapist, Dr Melfi, she really stuck with that Tony Soprano guy. I am sure she would see you.

PM me for her contact details.

0:) Mike  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 12:57:53 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 12:56:07 PM
I notice you blame our faultless poster Mozart, then threaten to destroy an inanimate object: Antisocial behaviour: I know this great therapist, Dr Melfi, she really stuck with that Tony Soprano guy. I am sure she would see you.

PM me for her contact details.

0:) Mike  0:)

She also has nice legs. 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 12:59:01 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 12:56:07 PM
I notice you blame our faultless poster Mozart, then threaten to destroy an inanimate object: Antisocial behaviour

Just be thankful you haven't seen me with the small furry cuddly creatures. Boy, did I make them pay!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 01:02:22 PM
Nah....no one cares about them!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:04:59 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:02:22 PM
Nah....no one cares about them!

Their mothers did!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 01:05:07 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:02:22 PM
Nah....no one cares about them!

Mike

Now I'm not sure if you're talking about the small furry cuddly creatures or the nice legs! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:07:31 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 01:05:07 PM
Now I'm not sure if you're talking about the small furry cuddly creatures or the nice legs! :D

My point exactly, David. What happened to those good old days, when precision of expression really mattered? When people knew the difference between a small furry cuddly creature and a pair of legs? I mean, what do they teach kids in schools these days?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 01:14:59 PM
Well, really! OK. Precision of expression.....'them' is an extension of the word 'he' in the possessive. So the strict use is to animate objects. Had I been referring only to part of an animate object, or to inanimate objects, I would have used the word 'those'.

I assumed you would have automatically kept up there guys.

;D

Mike


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:16:39 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:14:59 PM
I assumed you would have automatically kept up there guys.

Yeah, but we've not been well, Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:18:11 PM
What happened to that nice MN Dave chap?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 01:20:32 PM
Pah....reason I have not posted for a couple of days; I am off with Swine-flu. I was so bad yesterday morning, I could not manage the security code into my mobile phone in order to tell my boss.

Today, I am much better...but farrrrrr from well, so don't give me that excuse!

::)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:30:25 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:20:32 PM
Pah....reason I have not posted for a couple of days; I am off with Swine-flu.

Really? Oh gosh, how horrible. Hope you feel better soon.

And don't sneeze on the keyboard, or we'll all catch it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 01:30:38 PM
Mike just needs to visit down south here and learn how we speak round here.

Them's good eats!(http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/the_turtle/callsm.gif)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 04, 2009, 01:31:24 PM
I'm around here somewhere. Feel better, Mike; that's awful!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 01:39:36 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:20:32 PM
Pah....reason I have not posted for a couple of days; I am off with Swine-flu. I was so bad yesterday morning, I could not manage the security code into my mobile phone in order to tell my boss.

Today, I am much better...but farrrrrr from well, so don't give me that excuse!

::)

Mike

Oops I missed that!  Get well man. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 04, 2009, 01:40:51 PM
G'night all. I'm off for a dram of single malt cup of cocoa and an episode of Star Trek before bed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 01:42:46 PM
Thanks guys; one good side effect is a weight loss of 8lbs in three days.

My son and his girlfriend have been through it, they live near Edinburgh. There seemingly people are expected to maintain quarantine and stay at home. Though, assuming you can guess the reason for such a dramatic weight loss; I would not dare to stray from the house even if I could.

Would them good eats be grits? Even the thought right now! Ugh. That DavidW has a cruel streak to him.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 01:51:34 PM
I love grits! ;D

Well plop down with a nice Ian Rankin novel or some Bach Cantatas on the hifi and hours will pass like minutes, and you'll be right as rain. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 02:06:19 PM
Yesterday an entire series of The Sopranos passed before my eyes; but I do't recall much.

But food is now staying down.

Life will go on.

Mike the suffering  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 04, 2009, 02:20:53 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 02:06:19 PM
Yesterday an entire series of The Sopranos passed before my eyes; but I do't recall much.

But food is now staying down.

Life will go on.

Mike the suffering  0:)

Nice to hear you're on the mend Mike.  You're the first person I know to get a dose of the swine flu  :'(

We've had a few people off work with colds, probably sheer panic thinking its swine flu.  When you get flu, you know its flu, its a few days spark out, isn't it? 

I guess the Scots in you will get you up and about in no time, Ancestors from the Highlands wearing Kilts must breed immunity LOL  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 04, 2009, 02:59:30 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on August 04, 2009, 02:20:53 PM

I guess the Scots in you will get you up and about in no time, Ancestors from the Highlands wearing Kilts must breed immunity LOL  ;D

Thanks Tony.

I have painted my bum blue to connect me to those tough clan members. I just knew it would help.

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 04, 2009, 03:17:37 PM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 02:59:30 PM
Thanks Tony.

I have painted my bum blue to connect me to those tough clan members. I just knew it would help.

Mike


;D

How does the swine flu effect you or anyone going back to work?  Are you advised to stay off for a week, two weeks?  How long does one remain a 'carrier' of the virus, ie can you get yourself fit and still spread it unbeknowingly?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 05:25:13 AM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 02:59:30 PM
I have painted my bum blue...

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 05:36:48 AM
QuoteIf you haven't seen Blue Man Group (http://www.ticketluck.com/categories/Blue-Man-Group/Blue-Man-Group-Charles-Playhouse/index.php), you haven't seen Boston
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2009, 05:38:15 AM
In Boston, everyone looks like Blue Man Group in the middle of winter! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 05:44:58 AM
Je-je-je!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2009, 05:55:11 AM
Well gents, I'm off to meet my (past and future) college roommate down at San Antonio's River Walk ... he's in town for the day and we are going to have lunch and argue over who's bringing the microwave, to celebrate.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 05:55:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 05, 2009, 05:55:11 AM
Well gents, I'm off to meet my (past and future) college roommate down at San Antonio's River Walk ... he's in town for the day and we are going to have lunch and argue over who's bringing the microwave, to celebrate.  :)

Have fun. Order a salad.  $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 06:02:25 AM
Bring along some wheat germ!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 05, 2009, 06:22:54 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on August 04, 2009, 03:17:37 PM
;D

How does the swine flu effect you or anyone going back to work?  Are you advised to stay off for a week, two weeks?  How long does one remain a 'carrier' of the virus, ie can you get yourself fit and still spread it unbeknowingly?

Tony, My understanding is that it takes up to four days to manifest itself and you are infectious for around five days. Recovery can be up to two weeks with a normally progressing dose. I had three bad days and my boss has told me I am not to turn up to work until next week at the earliest. I said I wanted to try to get in on Friday, but no dice.

I did not get the cough, my son, in Edinburgh, did. He is right in the target age range and he and his girlfriend came through it in six days.

It was quite nasty at its height and I don't feel great right now, but I will be fine. and all those I know who have had it have recovered well.

Some people can have it, be carriers, but never be aware they have the infection.

Of course, basically you self diagnose. I had a doctor's appointment for Tuesday, because I have had odd symptoms for over a week. I had not connected them to flu. When I phoned to say I could not and did not think it wise to come to the surgery, the receptionist simply said that she hoped I would pull through!

I did not bother phoning up the National Advice Line.....some of the staff are those from my own gov dept drafted in during the crisis; so I have no faith they know anything useful...read that how you may wish. But my wife did phone and if there are say 10 symptoms I had about half of them. So I hope that is it and that I don't catch it 'for real' further up the line.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 06:24:48 AM
Oof, Mike, I missed that you had suffered this beastie.  Mend rapidly!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: zamyrabyrd on August 05, 2009, 06:36:44 AM
Quote from: knight on August 04, 2009, 01:20:32 PM
Pah....reason I have not posted for a couple of days; I am off with Swine-flu. I was so bad yesterday morning, I could not manage the security code into my mobile phone in order to tell my boss.

Today, I am much better...but farrrrrr from well, so don't give me that excuse!
Mike

Whoa, sorry to hear, get better (excellent) soon. Now, when you have time can you tell us how you think you got it, so as to know how to avoid it? I tend not to believe the TV news about anything, let alone "pandemics" but maybe this bug is more prevalent than usual. There's supposed to be a nasty strain of something in Central China, too.
ZB
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 06:56:13 AM
What?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2009, 06:56:56 AM
Welcome RexxyNOB17.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2009, 06:59:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 05, 2009, 06:56:13 AM
What?

It's like he used a thesaurus to sound smart but forgot about the dang fangled grammar stuff!(http://www.truckingboards.com/trucking/upload/images/smilies/redneck.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 07:02:05 AM
He's selling patio furniture.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 05, 2009, 07:04:12 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2009, 06:59:55 AM
It's like he used a thesaurus to sound smart but forgot about the dang fangled grammar stuff!(http://www.truckingboards.com/trucking/upload/images/smilies/redneck.gif)

But the important thing is Rexxy did not forget to put up the ad for patio furniture.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 07:06:06 AM
On account of string theory groceries bike air sail momentum conglomerates are therefore withdrawing exponentilly albatross wig blower.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2009, 07:08:50 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 07:06:06 AM
On account of string theory groceries bike air sail momentum conglomerates are therefore withdrawing exponentilly albatross wig blower.

Gravity's Rainbow?;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 05, 2009, 07:11:03 AM
We could make a fun game out of this. ;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 07:12:30 AM
heedless watermelon

(oh)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 07:13:42 AM
Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly
by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz

Oh freddled gruntbuggly
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Diletante on August 05, 2009, 07:17:18 AM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 07:17:54 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 05, 2009, 07:12:30 AM
heedless watermelon

The worst kind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 07:32:53 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 07:13:42 AM
Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly
by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz

Oh freddled gruntbuggly
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!

Exactly so. It puts me in mind of one of his earlier works (see below), when he was still restricted to more formal rhyme schemes and alliterative rhythms, though both are works of great genius of course.

Quags from a Greaping Gybe

And when thy nadgered gurblings purge my prongs,
I shall not smedge my pobble, nor my pog.
For there is quangled quirbling undermongs,
To munge my mimbling - and to splite the sprog.


The sheer opportunistic bravado and unexpected plangency of phrases such as 'smedge my pobble', are so characteristic of the man's work, don't you think?


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 07:39:44 AM
I'll definitely take your word for it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 07:41:57 AM
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 07:56:49 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 07:17:54 AM
The worst kind.

You don't know the half of it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 07:59:35 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 07:39:44 AM
I'll definitely take your word for it.

You don't need to. You'll never be able to smedge your pobble again without recalling his profound insight, will you? There's all the proof we need.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 08:01:44 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 05, 2009, 07:56:49 AM
You don't know the half of it!

Half a heedless melon? The very thought makes you shudder, doesn't it? And 'what about the other half?' I hear you ask.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 05, 2009, 08:04:26 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 08:01:44 AM
Half a heedless melon? The very thought makes you shudder, doesn't it? And 'what about the other half?' I hear you ask.

Half a heedless melon is better than none. Or is it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 05, 2009, 09:03:07 AM
Word association football....there is nowt like it.


ZB,

No idea how I got it and despite having it, I am not any kind of expert. So, I don't really have any good info to pass along beyond what I have said.

Thanks to you and Karl for your good wishes.

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 11:41:16 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 08:04:26 AM
Or is it?

This, of course, is the Big Question; the one we've all been pretending not to ask. Heedlessly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 11:42:30 AM
Quote from: knight on August 05, 2009, 09:03:07 AM
Word association football....there is nowt like it.

It just looks like a football. Really it's a melon.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 05, 2009, 11:42:49 AM
The watermelon that can be explained, is not the true watermelon.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2009, 12:53:04 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 05:55:54 AM
Have fun. Order a salad.  $:)
I got a bacon cheeseburger with barbeque sauce. I'm such a bad boy. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2009, 12:53:45 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 05, 2009, 08:04:26 AM
Half a heedless melon is better than none. Or is it?
What about a heedless canteloupe?  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 05, 2009, 12:55:35 PM
They bump into trees becaues they can't see.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2009, 11:56:43 PM
Quote from: knight on August 05, 2009, 12:55:35 PM
They bump into trees becaues they can't see.

The damage done to tree bark by repeated impacts of heedless cantaloupes has been largely overlooked by forestry conservationists.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 05:47:39 AM
Why don't we have a 'chopping wood and carrying water' thread?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 05:49:58 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 05:47:39 AM
Why don't we have a 'chopping wood and carrying water' thread?

Because we're out chopping wood.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 05:50:57 AM
Alan,

I just can't imagine.

Ask greg, sounds like his territory.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 05:53:12 AM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 05:50:57 AM
Alan,

I just can't imagine.

Ask greg, sounds like his territory.

Mike

Who are you talking to?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 05:58:13 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 05:53:12 AM
Who are you talking to?

Mike was talking to me - but I missed it because I was out carrying water at the time.
Life, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 05:59:32 AM
Alright then. So why don't we have a 'chopping water and carrying wood' thread?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:00:32 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 05:58:13 AM
Mike was talking to me - but I missed it because I was out carrying water at the time.
Life, eh?

Hi, Alan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 06:00:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 05:53:12 AM
Who are you talking to?

"Are YOU taken' ta' me?"

ARE you taken' ta ME!

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:03:04 AM
(http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/1942_john_deere_tractor.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:04:50 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:00:32 AM
Hi, Alan.

Hi, Dave.

Resolution
I hereby make this resolution. That I will not make any further CD purchases before August 14th 2009.* I declare this in the presence of at least two witnesses, Mike and Dave. So let it be. Let wood be chopped. Let water be carried.

*[Unless there's something really good in the Hyperion bottom ten sale before Sunday.]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:06:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:04:50 AM
Hi, Dave.

Resolution
I hereby make this resolution. That I will not make any further CD purchases before August 14th 2009.* I declare this in the presence of at least two witnesses, Mike and Dave. So let it be. Let wood be chopped. Let water be carried.

*[Unless there's something really good in the Hyperion bottom ten sale before Sunday.]

Hm. I just purchased some tone poems. First classical purchase in quite a while.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:07:52 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:06:02 AM
Hm. I just purchased some tone poems. First classical purchase in quite a while.

You want to make any resolutions about that? Carry any water or chop any wood with regard to this purchase? We're here to help.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:08:07 AM
The trick is to keep out of the OOOLOOKATTHISCDDOYOUHAVETHIS
ONEISITANYGOODIWANTITWHERECANIGETITCHEAPOOOIT'SREALLY
GOODOOOYOUSHOULDGETIT threads.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:08:48 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:07:52 AM
You want to make any resolutions about that? Carry any water or chop any wood with regard to this purchase? We're here to help.

Click button. Download music.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:11:51 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:08:07 AM
The trick is to keep out of the OOOLOOKATTHISCDDOYOUHAVETHIS
ONEISITANYGOODIWANTITWHERECANIGETITCHEAPOOOIT'SREALLY
GOODOOOYOUSHOULDGETIT threads.

These are words of Great Wisdom. I shall abide by them.

It puts me in mind of those terrible days of 'trying to give up smoking', when I would say 'Ok, I'm giving up smoking'. And the desire to light a cigarette there and then was almost irresistible.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:13:00 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:11:51 AM
These are words of Great Wisdom. I shall abide by them.

It puts me in mind of those terrible days of 'trying to give up smoking', when I would say 'Ok, I'm giving up smoking'. And the desire to light a cigarette there and then was almost irresistible.

I'm with you on that one, podnah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:15:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:08:48 AM
Click button. Download music.

We would do this for you. Because we're those kinds of guys. Actually Mike seems to have gone, but I know he would if he could, and now I have to go too, back to a world of insane monstrosities, absurd demands, and cataclysmic catastrophies. And that's just the kitchen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:16:34 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 06:15:17 AM
We would do this for you. Because we're those kinds of guys. Actually Mike seems to have gone, but I know he would if he could, and now I have to go too, back to a world of insane monstrosities, absurd demands, and cataclysmic catastrophies. And that's just the kitchen.

Talk to you soon, my friend.

In other news...who broke Twitter?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 06, 2009, 06:19:07 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:08:07 AM
The trick is to keep out of the OOOLOOKATTHISCDDOYOUHAVETHIS
ONEISITANYGOODIWANTITWHERECANIGETITCHEAPOOOIT'SREALLY
GOODOOOYOUSHOULDGETIT threads.

But Elgarian starts most of those threads! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:19:56 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 06, 2009, 06:19:07 AM
But Elgarian starts most of those threads! :D

Can you access twitter.com?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 06, 2009, 06:24:18 AM
I was going to say yes, but actually trying it doesn't seem to load.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:25:31 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 06, 2009, 06:24:18 AM
I was going to say yes, but actually trying it doesn't seem to load.

Ah. So it IS down. Hm...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:25:46 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:16:34 AM
Talk to you soon, my friend.

In other news...who broke Twitter?
The real tragedy is, twatter.com is down too! Twitter is so down I don't even get a page cannot be found error, my browser erases the URL and says I'm not even trying to surf the web. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 06:28:29 AM
Sorry guys, I was rummaging in a different room twttering on about music, imagine. I see that undertaking Alan.....one day at a time. Phone me if you get the urge, day or night. That is the urge to buy CDs.  8)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:31:49 AM
Also, Facebook is giving me an error whenever I type anything.

Twilight of the Social Networks!

Lucky we have the Mike Hotline  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:32:40 AM
rassafrassin...  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:34:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:31:49 AM
Also, Facebook is giving me an error whenever I type anything.

Twilight of the Social Networks!

Lucky we have the Mike Hotline  ;D

I have two GMG Facebook friends and one of them is not you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:35:26 AM
And neither is the other one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:37:53 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:35:26 AM
And neither is the other one.
Dag nabbit!

Me shall you find in the friend-rosters of Messrs Henning, Campbell, Catison, and uh ... somebody else too?
I would creepily search for you, but every time I do anything now I get an error message. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:38:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:37:53 AM
Dag nabbit!

Me shall you find in the friend-rosters of Messrs Henning, Campbell, Catison, and uh ... somebody else too?
I would creepily search for you, but every time I do anything now I get an error message. :(

See Google Wave thread for my address. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 06:39:16 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:35:26 AM
And neither is the other one.

You can be so cruel Dave!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:39:25 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:38:31 AM
See Google Wave thread for my address. :)
Aaaaaaaaaah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:41:30 AM
Knew I shoulda read that thread sooner!

Crap, now every time I click the friend request button it has an error message again.
Come back to my place? http://www.facebook.com/breinhart
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:41:43 AM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 06:39:16 AM
You can be so cruel Dave!

Mike

In the right measure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 06:41:57 AM
Can someone talk Brian down please? I have dialled 911.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:42:13 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:41:30 AM
Knew I shoulda read that thread sooner!

Crap, now every time I click the friend request button it has an error message again.
Come back to my place? http://www.facebook.com/breinhart

I can't access from work but will work out later. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:43:21 AM
Added thou.

You look like a mean 'un in your profile picture, but that's okay because in mine I look like a pussy cat.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 06:44:49 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 06:43:21 AM
Added thou.

You look like a mean 'un in your profile picture, but that's okay because in mine I look like a pussy cat.  :D

I have to change that picture. I'm not really that mean.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 06:46:15 AM
It is not merkin time of year again is it? That Dave, I think he looks like a big baby.

But like I said when my wife got her hair cut and she did not like it....it will grow.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 06, 2009, 07:16:51 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 06:34:55 AM
I have two GMG Facebook friends and one of them is not you.

And the other is not me!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 07:22:01 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 06, 2009, 07:16:51 AM
And the other is not me!  :o

See how you are?

Ooo, you shaved it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 08:16:44 AM
BBC:
Micro-blogging service Twitter was taken offline in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack.

The popular site has been subject to a so-called denial-of-service attack, according to the firm's official blog.

Denial-of-service attacks take various forms but often involve a company's servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.

The outage began Thursday morning but the geographic scale of the attack is still not known.

"On this otherwise happy Thursday morning, Twitter is the target of a denial of service attack," said company co-founder Biz Stone on the company's blog.

"Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, and in this case, Twitter for intended customers or users."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 08:20:25 AM
Some people need a frakkin life.  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 08:44:47 AM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 06:28:29 AM
Phone me if you get the urge, day or night. That is the urge to buy CDs.

It used to be the urge to smoke, many years ago. My way of stopping was to replace an uncontrollable unhealthy addiction (smoking) with another uncontrollable healthy one (books and art and music). So here, 20 years later, all my books and pictures and CDs have been paid for not by me, but by the tobacco companies. Let them put that in their pipes and smoke it, say I. I just did a rough calculation. It's cost them about £30,000 so far.

Actually, I'm going to be away most of next week, so I want to avoid missing the pleasure of parcels of musical fun arriving in the post. Hence the CD-buying restraint. But just watch me when I get back. I'll be CD-Buying-Superboy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 06, 2009, 09:22:40 AM
Just watch his smoke (as it were)!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 06, 2009, 10:55:25 AM
In exaltation of my previous posts (In "Interesting romantic composers"), which I better could post in this thread. Now extra stimulating this exaltation with Prince's latest, in repeat Forever (thinking about the girl who I would like to be my girl) and Colonized Mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:19:01 PM
I have failed.

Foolishly, I checked to see if Hyperion had a new 'bottom ten'. They did.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 12:21:47 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:19:01 PM
I have failed.

Foolishly, I checked to see if Hyperion had a new 'bottom ten'. They did.
That might be a good thing. Their last bottom ten had at least three discs I was tempted to pick up.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:26:48 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 12:21:47 PM
That might be a good thing.

Ah, Brian - not when I was trying to prove to myself that I am a Man of Iron Will Power, it's not. That list of theirs will be the ruin of me. It's turned me into a feeble flab of a person who can't just say no. 'Oh, only one more,' squeaks the little internal voice, and over the edge I go.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:29:48 PM
Incidentally, if anyone out there is wondering about how they might make a major melodrama out of a tiny substanceless peanut, I'll be glad to pass on some tips.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 06, 2009, 12:31:34 PM
Rage over a lost penny? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on August 06, 2009, 12:31:43 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:29:48 PM
Incidentally, if anyone out there is wondering about how they might make a major melodrama out of a tiny substanceless peanut, I'll be glad to pass on some tips.

[now sending in request form, neatly filled out]

;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 12:38:22 PM
Sometimes merchandise gives out a message that only you can hear.

'Buy me.'

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:39:02 PM
Quote from: bhodges on August 06, 2009, 12:31:43 PM
[now sending in request form, neatly filled out]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your application form. Unfortunately our resident Peanut-to-Melodrama guru is currently unable to reply, as he was last seen running around the office smashing the furniture with a sledgehammer, screaming that his pen had run out of ink.

Yours faithfully, etc ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:39:52 PM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 12:38:22 PM
Sometimes merchandice gives out a message that only you can hear.

'Buy me.'

YOU'VE HEARD IT TOO!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 12:40:48 PM
 $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 12:41:05 PM
Yes, seemingly I heard it being spelt incorrectly. I have a very discerning ear.

;)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:41:35 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 12:40:48 PM
$:)

The game's up, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 12:42:53 PM
The game is a foot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:45:53 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 12:42:53 PM
The game is a foot.

The game is 12 inches long?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 12:47:09 PM
A short game then, as games go. Three could be run simultaneously out in the yard.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 12:47:09 PM
A short game then, as games go. Three could be run simultaneously out in the yard.

Just had one of those coffee-spraying moments. Nice one Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:53:30 PM
Look, I don't want to make a big deal out of this, but you do realise that when my newly ordered bargain bottom ten Hyperion disc arrives in the post, it probably won't do so until Monday, and then I won't be here to enjoy its friendly plop onto the doormat? I mean, I'm being brave and all that, but I just want it recognised that I'm under a lot of pressure here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 01:03:00 PM
You ordered ALL bottom 10! I had assumed possibly one or two of them.

I think an intervention may be in order. You can avoid this if you redirect the package to me, unopened.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:05:03 PM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 01:03:00 PM
You ordered ALL bottom 10! I had assumed possibly one or two of them.
No no! Disc. Disc. Not discs. I'm not that far gone, thank goodness!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 01:12:29 PM
As you say, 'thank goodness'. I did wonder how 10 discs would plop, as against damage the parquet.

OK, I have called the dogs off....fir ra noo.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:14:01 PM
Phew.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 06, 2009, 01:14:52 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:45:53 PM
The game is 12 inches long?

No! The game has five toes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 01:23:48 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 12:26:48 PM
Ah, Brian - not when I was trying to prove to myself that I am a Man of Iron Will Power, it's not. That list of theirs will be the ruin of me. It's turned me into a feeble flab of a person who can't just say no. 'Oh, only one more,' squeaks the little internal voice, and over the edge I go.
Good thing you don't know about Naxos Direct's $2.99 sale.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:30:51 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 01:23:48 PM
Good thing you don't know about Naxos Direct's $2.99 sale.

Crikey, yes. I'm glad I don't know about that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 01:34:49 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:30:51 PM
Crikey, yes. I'm glad I don't know about that.
In that case, I absolutely, positively, will not link to it. (http://www.naxosdirect.com/clearance.php?composer=&label=&price_from=1&price_to=3&search=Go)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:36:03 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 01:14:52 PM
No! The game has five toes.

5 toes. 12 inches. I see a pattern here.

12+5=17
12-5=7

17-7=10 = total number of toes on two feet.

You're not going to try to tell me that's a coincidence, are you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 01:36:10 PM
Yes, thank goodness Brian did not tell Elgarian about the Naxos sale. (Suspiciously cheap real-estate)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:37:43 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2009, 01:34:49 PM
In that case, I absolutely, positively, will not link to it. (http://www.naxosdirect.com/clearance.php?composer=&label=&price_from=1&price_to=3&search=Go)

I wouldn't know about it if you did, would I?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 01:36:10 PM
Yes, thank goodness Brian did not tell Elgarian about the Naxos sale. (Suspiciously cheap real-estate)

Talk about near misses. Phew.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 01:38:59 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 06, 2009, 01:14:52 PM
No! The game has five toes.

And a bottom. The game is also a way of paying bills.

It is a many layered game.

Corr, I do feel for any less than secure English speakers trying to follow us through this lot. I seem to have discovered my metier at last; drivel.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:41:09 PM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 01:38:59 PM
I do feel for any less than secure English speakers trying to follow us through this lot.

Oh they'll be OK. It's us I'm worried about.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 01:50:44 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:41:09 PM
Oh they'll be OK. It's us I'm worried about.

Perhaps this is the stressbuster thread. Or, might it be the 'Sienfield' thread........'A thread about nothing'.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2009, 02:27:24 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2009, 01:38:35 PM
Talk about near misses. Phew.
I just googled the phrase "Off Target," and this came up:

(http://www.jonco48.com/blog/in_20yer_20face.jpg)

Ouch! (http://www.naxosdirect.com/clearance/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2009, 10:56:09 PM
Elgarian, Perhaps you will be home for the plop after all.

http://news.aol.co.uk/post-fears-rising-as-strikes-spread/article/20090806040159200043454

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 05:05:22 AM
It's another day and I ain't dead yet.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 07, 2009, 05:09:30 AM
Beautiful morning here in the Town of the Pulse  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 05:09:58 AM
Rain here, but we need it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 07, 2009, 05:11:29 AM
I took a morning walk and enjoyed some of that warm, golden sunshine. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 07:11:04 AM
Tonight, a martini.

Next week: vacation.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on August 07, 2009, 07:15:15 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 07, 2009, 05:09:30 AM
Beautiful morning here in the Town of the Pulse  8)

This morning was very nice knowing that my Yankees finally beat your Red Sox.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 07, 2009, 07:29:54 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 07:11:04 AM
Tonight, a martini.

Next week: vacation.  8)

Is this a one thing a week thing with you?  ;D

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2009, 07:45:36 AM
Quote from: Franco on August 07, 2009, 07:15:15 AM
This morning was very nice knowing that my Yankees finally beat your Red Sox.

:)
This morning was very nice knowing that my Nationals have won 10 of their last 16 including 5 in a row. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 07:47:23 AM
Quote from: knight on August 07, 2009, 07:29:54 AM
Is this a one thing a week thing with you?  ;D

Mike

:)

No one's playing the Mike game.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 07, 2009, 07:50:45 AM
This evening -- morning in Headingley -- has been a little strange considering that England have been bowled out for a mere 102 on the first day of the fourth test.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:06:11 AM
This deal with folks trying to get all the music categorized, numbered and boxed is driving me batty.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:08:53 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 11:06:11 AM
This deal with folks trying to get all the music categorized, numbered and boxed is driving me batty.
Is MN Dave neoclassical?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:11:23 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:08:53 AM
Is MN Dave neoclassical?

He's Romantic...mostly.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:24:07 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 11:11:23 AM
He's Romantic...mostly.  ;D
Ah, but if he's late romantic, in the grand tradition, that means listening to him induces nihilism!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:37:57 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:24:07 AM
Ah, but if he's late romantic, in the grand tradition, that means listening to him induces nihilism!

>:(   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:41:40 AM
I'll have the Grand Style cheeseburger, please.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:42:08 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 11:06:11 AM
This deal with folks trying to get all the music categorized, numbered and boxed is driving me batty.

I don't think I've visited that thread. Please tell me where it is, so I can categorise it, number it, and put it in a box.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:43:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:42:08 AM
I don't think I've visited that thread. Please tell me where it is, so I can categorise it, number it, and put it in a box.

Oh, you'll find it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:47:11 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 11:43:02 AM
Oh, you'll find it.

I may not. I have my eyes closed.

If we did put labels on ourselves (eg MN Dave is Romantic Mostly), what would they be? I think mine would be Slightly Soppy Late English Romantic Folksy Baroque With Occasional Palm Court Overtones.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:49:51 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:47:11 AMSlightly Soppy Late English Romantic Folksy Baroque With Occasional Palm Court Overtones.
That turn of phrase reminds me of the Indoor Outdoor Luxury Barbecue and Finger Buffet with Riparian Entertainments:

(http://www.brightcecilia.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3089&d=1238497906)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 11:50:38 AM
Romantic Mostly But If You Pay Me I'll Listen To Whatever You'd Like For Instance That Delius Character
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 07, 2009, 11:52:59 AM
I'm Baroque.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on August 07, 2009, 11:54:01 AM
I'm miffed
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:59:01 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 11:50:38 AM
If You Pay Me I'll Listen To Whatever You'd Like For Instance That Delius Character

You'd do that for money?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 07, 2009, 11:49:51 AM
That turn of phrase reminds me of the Indoor Outdoor Luxury Barbecue and Finger Buffet with Riparian Entertainments:

I forgot to include Elvis and Bob. Why is life so complicated sometimes?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:01:48 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 11:59:01 AM
You'd do that for money?

Or some barbecue.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:04:44 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 12:01:48 PM
Or some barbecue.

So what sort of exchange rate are we talking, here? Say, I give you a chicken thigh and a beefburger, for - let's think - on Hearing the First Cuckoo? That seem fair?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:05:24 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:04:44 PM
So what sort of exchange rate are we talking, here? Say, I give you a chicken thigh and a beefburger, for - let's think - on Hearing the First Cuckoo? That seem fair?

Oh, yes. That would be fine.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 07, 2009, 12:07:27 PM
Not enough curling jokes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:07:48 PM
(http://fileserver.tinker.com/tinker/events/3/3549_main_image_1244239551.jpg)
(http://www.steenslid.com/music/delius/bilder/delius04.jpg)
(http://fileserver.tinker.com/tinker/events/3/3549_main_image_1244239551.jpg)
(http://www.steenslid.com/music/delius/bilder/delius04.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:10:25 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 12:05:24 PM
Oh, yes. That would be fine.

Chicken thigh and beefburger are in the post. (I can't believe you agreed to this, Dave. Man, you must be hungry.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:11:52 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 07, 2009, 12:07:27 PM
Not enough curling jokes.

I have never heard a curling joke.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:13:03 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:10:25 PM
Chicken thigh and beefburger are in the post. (I can't believe you agreed to this, Dave. Man, you must be hungry.)

I'm a slut.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2009, 12:27:31 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 12:13:03 PM
I'm a slut.
I don't blame you.

(http://blogs.menupages.com/sanfrancisco/brisket.jpg)


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:28:06 PM
 :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 12:35:03 PM
Oh, those filthy louts with their multiple toilet paper threads. What's this world coming to? I'm going to listen to some Delius now until this mess gets cleaned up. Where are my slippers and pipe? C'mon, Bosco.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2009, 12:37:39 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 12:35:03 PM
Oh, those filthy louts with their multiple toilet paper threads. What's this world coming to? I'm going to listen to some Delius now until this mess gets cleaned up.

That'll show 'em.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 07, 2009, 12:42:29 PM
Just as well it got cleaned up quickly if the plan was constant Delius; much as I like his music.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 08, 2009, 01:27:16 AM
Quote from: knight on August 06, 2009, 10:56:09 PM
Elgarian, Perhaps you will be home for the plop after all.

Guess what? Against all the odds, ploppification occurred this morning!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 01:38:40 AM
Congratulations, what was the weight and was it a boy or a girl?

I have been listening to the echos of my own latest plop today: de Falla Magician/Three Cornered Hat. The classic FM mood guide on the case tels me to expect: A bit of romance, not so much soothing, quite a lot of uplifting, almost as much exhilarating and some joyful.

Needless to say, I have all but wet myself with that combo all thrown at me in a mere hour!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 08, 2009, 01:43:09 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/07/man_blames_cat/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 01:57:26 AM
Sarah, I especially enjoyed the signoff:

It is unclear if the cat was neutered. ®

Some rather odd seeming animal related stories listed there.....

Cats mix baby 'cry' with purr to score dinner (14 July 2009)
Please don't eat your horse, EU asks owners (22 June 2009)
Cartoon lion urges Lancs kids to dob in terrorist classmates (10 June 2009)
El Reg reader crafts Gordo Lolcatprat (8 June 2009)
Dutch cat skinner publishes critics' personal details (28 May 2009)
Netbook gets Hello Kitty overhaul (12 February 2009)


Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 08, 2009, 05:36:49 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 08, 2009, 01:27:16 AM
Guess what? Against all the odds, ploppification occurred this morning!

Lucky, it looks our days are numbered here in the US for Saturday delivery, while you will keep getting plops on Saturday! :'(

Hopefully that Carter cd will arrive today... :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 05:39:16 AM
Would that be a silent plop?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 08, 2009, 05:42:33 AM
Quote from: knight on August 08, 2009, 05:39:16 AM
Would that be a silent plop?

Mike

Yup the sound of one cd plopping. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 06:46:06 AM
Can that sound not be heard if you are not there?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 08, 2009, 07:18:09 AM
Quote from: knight on August 08, 2009, 06:46:06 AM
Can that sound not be heard if you are not there?

Mike

Well if it's a big box set the plop will be a sonic boom heard by many for miles! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 08, 2009, 07:42:30 AM
I think D Minor changed his username so that his thread would look like a giant and attract more attention in the Diner than it otherwise would. Or something.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 08, 2009, 07:50:58 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 08, 2009, 07:42:30 AM
I think D Minor changed his username so that his thread would look like a giant and attract more attention in the Diner than it otherwise would. Or something.

Combine his username with Harry's signature pictures and the board will crash.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 08, 2009, 08:57:58 AM
Quote from: knight on August 08, 2009, 05:39:16 AM
Would that be a silent plop?

There are three grades of ploppification:

1 CD: Plop

2CDs: PLOP

Box set: PLOP

Bigger than that won't fit through the letter box. So it's 'DING DONG'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 09:26:00 AM
As Lesley Phillips would say when he espied a large box.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 08, 2009, 11:16:15 AM
Are you continuing to feel better, Mike?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 08, 2009, 02:38:14 PM
Thanks, yes, at last on the mend and actually went out for a while this evening.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 08, 2009, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: knight on August 08, 2009, 02:38:14 PM
Thanks, yes, at last on the mend and actually went out for a while this evening.

Mike

Nice! :)

No ploppification for me, Carter is for another day. :'(

Oh that's right I still have cds from earlier this week that I haven't even listened to once yet! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 09, 2009, 06:09:58 AM
Quote from: knight on August 08, 2009, 02:38:14 PM
Thanks, yes, at last on the mend and actually went out for a while this evening.

Mike

(* pounds the table *)

(* then sips hot tea *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 09, 2009, 01:16:53 PM
I'm away for a few days to potter about among ruined abbeys and castles in Norfolk, and drink large quantities of tea in tea gardens. Don't say anything interesting while I'm gone. Or if you do, remember to tell me about it at the end of the week.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 09, 2009, 05:37:48 PM
Jury duty tomorrow!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 09, 2009, 05:52:48 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 09, 2009, 05:37:48 PM
Jury duty tomorrow!

It's been quite a while since I've been called.  Do you want to be picked for a jury?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 09, 2009, 06:38:05 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on August 09, 2009, 05:52:48 PM
It's been quite a while since I've been called.  Do you want to be picked for a jury?
It depends. I am going back to college on Friday, so if the trial is less than three days, sure. If it's longer, however ... well, there could be problems.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 09, 2009, 06:42:49 PM
Don't go to college.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 09, 2009, 06:59:19 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 09, 2009, 06:42:49 PM
Don't go to college.
Hmm, does MN Dave Studios have an internship position open this winter?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 10, 2009, 05:02:06 PM
1. Mike, how often are we going to be enjoying the pleasure of your company in the coming months? I've read some disconcerting things in The Economist about impending blackouts in England.

2. Jury duty was fun. I didn't have to sit on a jury. I was part of a group of 30 under consideration for a DWI trial. The defense attorney got a chance to question us and really hammed it up, playing to the lowest common denominator and basically making his argument even though the case had not yet begun.  ;D  He said "y'all" a lot despite having a slick east-coast accent, and mocked the articulate prosecutor by saying things like, "I don't understand big fancy words like that." He told us he was from a rural hillbilly high school, and indeed, I have visited his high school and their sports team name is the "Battlin' Billies." Eventually he got around to me and found out I go to Rice University. His eyes got wide, he told me I must be really smart, and after he finished questioning everybody and jotted down his little list of jurors to keep and eliminate, I was told my services were no longer required.
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 11, 2009, 04:29:33 AM
Glad I had a sweater on the refrigerator bus this morning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 11, 2009, 12:14:52 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 11, 2009, 04:29:33 AM
Glad I had a sweater on the refrigerator bus this morning.

Karl, when you step outside this afternoon, I think you'll be hoping that bus comes back for you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 13, 2009, 08:43:06 AM
Anyone in the market for conductors?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 13, 2009, 08:50:22 AM
I'll be back Sunday, guys. Time to move to college!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 13, 2009, 08:52:39 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 13, 2009, 08:50:22 AM
I'll be back Sunday, guys. Time to move to college!

That time of year!  Success to you, Brian!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 13, 2009, 08:57:00 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on August 11, 2009, 12:14:52 PM
Karl, when you step outside this afternoon, I think you'll be hoping that bus comes back for you.

True enow, Tony: I was glad for both the bus, and my sweater  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 13, 2009, 09:02:33 AM
Met another composer at the MFA shop last night, a gent who has also worked with Judith Shatin.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Père Malfait on August 13, 2009, 09:03:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 13, 2009, 08:50:22 AM
I'll be back Sunday, guys. Time to move to college!

Best of luck to you!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Harry on August 13, 2009, 09:13:19 AM
A chat thread huh, well what about live video chats rooms with GMG members. We go on cam with say 6-8 members and discuss happily about all sort of things. ;D
We could make a friends list. Anyone that comes in the room that wants to fight or use inapproprate language we either kick out of the room as a warning, or ban them all together. As the moderator of your own video chat room, your are the king.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, sounds like fun.
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 13, 2009, 09:15:09 AM
Quote from: Harry on August 13, 2009, 09:13:19 AM
A chat thread huh, well what about live video chats rooms with GMG members. We go on cam with say 6-8 members and discuss happily about all sort of things. ;D
We could make a friends list. Anyone that comes in the room that wants to fight or use inapproprate language we either kick out of the room as a warning, or ban them all together. As the moderator of your own video chat room, your are the king.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, sounds like fun.
;D

Keep it clean, guys & girls.  Keep it clean!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 13, 2009, 09:48:48 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 13, 2009, 09:15:09 AM
Keep it clean, guys & girls.  Keep it clean!  ;D

Yeah, no 12-tone, atonal stuff. :P ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 13, 2009, 10:35:51 AM
Brian, I hope the move goes well; give us a run down.

I know nothing about possible black-outs; though they would not surprise me. This supposed third richest economy in the world feels increasingly like a banana republic.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2009, 05:28:06 PM
Thanks, guys! Move is finished, now just gotta start unpacking. Luckily I have no roommate this year and a set of speakers, so it's Bruckner tonight! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.msg345372.html#msg345372) Such a great way to begin.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 14, 2009, 05:41:57 PM
Nice Brian!  When I was a freshman in college I always liked to do my math homework while listening to Bruckner. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2009, 06:09:49 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 14, 2009, 05:41:57 PM
Nice Brian!  When I was a freshman in college I always liked to do my math homework while listening to Bruckner. ;D
You should write a book called The Bruckner Effect.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 14, 2009, 06:20:15 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 14, 2009, 05:41:57 PM
Nice Brian!  When I was a freshman in college I always liked to do my math homework while listening to Bruckner. ;D

For me...anytime is a great time for a Bruckner Symphony.  Just like a Mars bar a day....at work, rest and play!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 14, 2009, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2009, 06:09:49 PM
You should write a book called The Bruckner Effect.  >:D
I would buy it...........
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 14, 2009, 08:52:43 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 14, 2009, 05:41:57 PM
Nice Brian!  When I was a freshman in college I always liked to do my math homework while listening to Bruckner. ;D
I think I play Bruckner much more than anyone when driving to work...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 14, 2009, 11:06:15 PM
How far do you have to drive? I would not put in a Bruckner disc unless I had at least a half hour run. I don't like to chop such works up.

Listening to Dvorak's 5th as I write...verdent music on a grey morning.

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 15, 2009, 01:25:44 AM
Creeping in briefly to say hello. Tea has been drunk. Ruins have been explored.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 15, 2009, 01:55:37 AM
And yet; Stands the Church clock not yet at ten to three?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 15, 2009, 08:11:39 AM
In fact, no honey was consumed with the tea at any time - so Rupert Brooke would have been disappointed I think.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 17, 2009, 05:00:22 AM
Hello, my friends.

I really can't think of one piece of classical I need at the moment. That's a good thing, right?  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 17, 2009, 05:36:37 AM
Do you mean no classical music you need to listen to? (A bad thing, IMO)  Or, need to run out and buy? (Not at all a bad thing, esp. for the wallet.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 17, 2009, 05:40:40 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 17, 2009, 05:36:37 AM
Do you mean no classical music you need to listen to? (A bad thing, IMO)  Or, need to run out and buy? (Not at all a bad thing, esp. for the wallet.)

Run out and buy. Sorry.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 17, 2009, 06:41:39 AM
Then, I do rejoice with you!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 17, 2009, 09:45:05 AM
Mercy . . . I was just leafing through the last twenty pages of the Lucchesi is a Fraud? thread. Entirely worth it for the amusement value of R. Newman asking, "Any evidence, David?" (http://www.smileydesign.net/smileys/cost10.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 17, 2009, 12:52:38 PM
I have a feeling that phrase will keep coming back to haunt me on this forum. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 17, 2009, 02:00:34 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 17, 2009, 05:00:22 AM
I really can't think of one piece of classical I need at the moment. That's a good thing, right?  :)

Part of me wishes I'd achieved that happy state of contentment. The other part of me says order another CD and stop being silly.

I'm at the mercy of my own tug o' war.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 18, 2009, 10:19:17 AM
Okay, I just purchased a big, fat box of Haydn quartets. So there.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 18, 2009, 10:30:56 AM
My commiserations.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 18, 2009, 10:32:56 AM
Quote from: knight on August 18, 2009, 10:30:56 AM
My commiserations.

>:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 18, 2009, 10:46:44 AM
(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 01:21:08 AM
Quote from: HM Dave on August 18, 2009, 10:19:17 AM
Okay, I just purchased a big, fat box of Haydn quartets. So there.  0:)

Oh no! Not that!


The experience has clearly had a terrible effect on you, transforming you from MN Dave to HM Dave. Does the HM stand for 'Haydn Misery'?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 04:19:55 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 01:21:08 AM
Oh no! Not that!


The experience has clearly had a terrible effect on you, transforming you from MN Dave to HM Dave. Does the HM stand for 'Haydn Misery'?

What's with the Haydn bashing? He's not Dittersdorf!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 04:36:33 AM
Quote from: HM Dave on August 19, 2009, 04:19:55 AM
What's with the Haydn bashing? He's not Dittersdorf!  ;D

Oh, to be thus damned by faint praise! Poor 'Papa'!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 19, 2009, 04:49:43 AM
Just finished reading a book on Haydn.  Dave, I for one am jealous of your 'big box 'o Haydn'!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 04:59:11 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 19, 2009, 04:49:43 AM
Just finished reading a book on Haydn.  Dave, I for one am jealous of your 'big box 'o Haydn'!  0:)

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 05:06:17 AM
I played some bits and pieces of classical for my mother last night. It's like she'd never heard music before, ooing and ahing.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 19, 2009, 05:08:51 AM
Quote from: HM Dave on August 19, 2009, 05:06:17 AM
I played some bits and pieces of classical for my mother last night. It's like she'd never heard music before, ooing and ahing.  ;D

Awesome!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 05:20:18 AM
Très cool, Heavy Metal D!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 05:21:48 AM
Actually, it's pretty much CM Dave at the moment.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 10:54:30 AM
Crappy pop music is crappy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 19, 2009, 10:56:22 AM
You should be VG Dave, and...

Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 10:54:30 AM
Crappy pop music is crappy.

...duh!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 10:58:02 AM
VG? Very good? Vulcan gonads? Viral goblins?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 19, 2009, 10:59:56 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 10:58:02 AM
VG? Very good? Vulcan gonads? Viral goblins?

Van Gogh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 19, 2009, 11:00:32 AM
Venetian Gondola.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 11:01:06 AM
Quote from: opus106 on August 19, 2009, 10:59:56 AM
Van Gogh.

D'oh!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 11:02:45 AM
Van D'oh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 11:03:03 AM
(VD Dave?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 19, 2009, 11:03:58 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2009, 11:02:45 AM
Van D'oh?

:D

Good time of day to you all. I'm off to bed. See you later. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2009, 11:03:03 AM
(VD Dave?)

>:( You said you wouldn't tell.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 11:50:10 AM
I figured out how to change my interface on the Russian wikipedia to English . . . which I needed to do, in order to figure out how to add pages to my Watchlist.  (The content of the pages itself, is still in Russian.)

Cor, what fun!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 19, 2009, 11:55:23 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2009, 11:03:03 AM
(VD Dave?)
Venereal disease?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 11:58:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 04:19:55 AM
What's with the Haydn bashing? He's not Dittersdorf!  ;D

Oh I wasn't Haydn-bashing. I was just being a bit silly, really. Y'know, just for the sake of it. I was probably disturbed by the switching between MN and HM that was going on. Still am. All this change; it's not good for us, I tell you ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 12:02:12 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 11:58:12 AM
Oh I wasn't Haydn-bashing. I was just being a bit silly, really. Y'know, just for the sake of it. I was probably disturbed by the switching between MN and HM that was going on. Still am. All this change; it's not good for us, I tell you ...

But it's all we have.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:09:40 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 12:02:12 PM
But it's all we have.

I know, but if we must have change, then all I'm saying is, let it always be the same. That's not much to ask.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:09:40 PM
I know, but if we must have change, then all I'm saying is, let it always be the same. That's not much to ask.

I hope you don't change your mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2009, 12:12:37 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
I hope you don't change your mind.

I tried once, but the clerk was unable to make change.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 12:16:32 PM
http://instantrimshot.com/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:18:39 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
I hope you don't change your mind.

From now on, I'm not going to change anything at all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:19:07 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 19, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
I hope you don't change your mind.

From now on, I'm not going to change anything at all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 19, 2009, 12:21:12 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:19:07 PM
From now on, I'm not going to change anything at all.

That'll save you money on underwear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2009, 12:32:10 PM
Except underwear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 19, 2009, 01:08:58 PM
Installed Windows 7. Works fine. The release candidate can be downloaded for free until tomorrow 5 pm. So If you want to install it, you have to be quick.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 19, 2009, 07:49:03 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2009, 12:12:37 PMI tried once, but the clerk was unable to make change.

Could he at least make cents of your gray matter?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 20, 2009, 07:27:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 20, 2009, 07:25:33 AM
Dave, you are the man.

MaN Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 07:34:45 AM
Quote from: opus106 on August 20, 2009, 07:27:47 AM
MaN Dave.

8)


:P


;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 07:37:25 AM
Occasionally, I think the Listening thread is sort of silly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 20, 2009, 08:11:47 AM
Example of a newspaper headline for a city paper: TWO MURDERED IN DRUG SHOOTING

Example from a local newspaper two days ago: FARMER DIES AFTER SIREN CAUSES CATTLE STAMPEDE (http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2009/08/18/117233/farmer-dies-after-siren-causes-cattle-stampede.html)

Urban people can keep their exciting gang-related violence - as long as I stay out of the way of the domesticated animals, I'm pretty secure 0:)

Edit: I do rather like the following; "Despite the spate of tramplings, such attacks are rare."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 20, 2009, 08:46:53 AM
Q. What do you call the series Supraphon releases* celebrating the career of Charles Mackerras? (Like the one they did for Ancerl.)


A. Mackerras' Gold.



:D




*I don't know, they might.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2009, 09:32:51 AM
Quote from: Lethe on August 20, 2009, 08:11:47 AM
as long as I stay out of the way of the domesticated animals, I'm pretty secure 0:)

Despite the contempt of local farmers, who shout things like 'Be careful of those cows - all their fathers were bulls', I remain convinced that cows are out to get me. They ignore everybody else who walks through the fields, but they always notice me and approach en masse. Why? And why is it that the stile I need to cross is always a focus point for their gatherings? They look at me as if to say ' you don't seriously think we're going to let you through, do you?' I tell you, the apparently placid British countryside is fraught with danger and the continual threat of animal violence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2009, 09:35:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 20, 2009, 07:37:25 AM
Occasionally, I think the Listening thread is sort of silly.

Sometimes I think that about the whole universe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 20, 2009, 09:51:58 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 20, 2009, 09:32:51 AM
Despite the contempt of local farmers, who shout things like 'Be careful of those cows - all their fathers were bulls', I remain convinced that cows are out to get me. They ignore everybody else who walks through the fields, but they always notice me and approach en masse. Why? And why is it that the stile I need to cross is always a focus point for their gatherings? They look at me as if to say ' you don't seriously think we're going to let you through, do you?' I tell you, the apparently placid British countryside is fraught with danger and the continual threat of animal violence.

They can sense our inherent wimpishness - I'm sure they don't bother people who hate opera :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 09:53:53 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 20, 2009, 09:35:17 AM
Sometimes I think that about the whole universe.

My man!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 20, 2009, 10:28:47 AM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2224082076_41673b977f.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 10:32:55 AM
It's only a red x till tonight, my friend.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 20, 2009, 11:07:02 AM
I see bovines in your future.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 20, 2009, 11:08:26 AM
Converted to ASCII for Dave's benefit. I'll be amazed if it can be deciphered, but my house is currently empty and I am that bored.

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 20, 2009, 11:09:05 AM
Sara: Make fire  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 11:09:18 AM
Ha. Looks familiar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 20, 2009, 11:24:50 AM
Anyone want to do a monthly book club here?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2009, 01:08:32 PM
Quote from: Lethe on August 20, 2009, 09:51:58 AM
They can sense our inherent wimpishness

It's true, you're right. And don't get me started on 'other people's dogs' ("He just wants to play"), wasps, the occasional menacing behaviour exhibited by sheep, and worst of all, the frighteningly large gull that swooped down like a jet plane and stole a bag of jellied eels from my very hand at Folkestone.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 20, 2009, 01:37:25 PM
Sara, you have officially won the Brian's Favorite Person of the Month Award.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 20, 2009, 06:27:23 PM
Well, it's time to head back to college............See you guys on Saturday/Sunday. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 21, 2009, 06:07:18 AM
There are no better classical forums than this one. Right?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 06:23:42 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 21, 2009, 06:07:18 AM
There are no better classical forums than this one. Right?

Right??  Right???  Tell me it isn't so, tell me you wouldn't cheat on gmg for a cheap two bit forum with better smilies!? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 21, 2009, 06:35:51 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 06:23:42 AM
Right??  Right???  Tell me it isn't so, tell me you wouldn't cheat on gmg for a cheap two bit forum with better smilies!? ;D

We could use a few more smilies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 07:17:28 AM
Yup bananas need to be included. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 21, 2009, 07:18:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 07:17:28 AM
Yup bananas need to be included. :)

Yep. And a headbangin' classical dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 21, 2009, 08:54:30 AM
We need a Xenakis smiley- one with a dent in its cheek and blind eye, carrying a piece of staff paper in one hand that's 6 feet long with 300 staves and a book of advanced calculus and statistics in the other.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2009, 06:43:46 PM
My home city of Chennai, formerly Madras, formerly Mardraspatnam and variants thereof, turns 370 today. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 21, 2009, 06:49:10 PM
Happy birthday!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2009, 06:51:38 PM
Thanks! Where's the cake? ;D (And no, I don't accept animated GIFs. :P)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 21, 2009, 06:54:58 PM
There's an 82% chance you're a Hindu!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2009, 06:58:47 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 21, 2009, 06:54:58 PM
There's an 82% chance you're a Hindu!

82.27%, actually. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 07:06:07 PM
Quote from: opus106 on August 21, 2009, 06:51:38 PM
Thanks! Where's the cake? ;D (And no, I don't accept animated GIFs. :P)

The cake is a lie! ;D

That totally doesn't get old, especially on a forum where 95% of the posters will have no idea what I'm talking about. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 22, 2009, 05:03:56 AM
Quote from: opus106 on August 21, 2009, 06:58:47 PM
82.27%, actually. ;)

;D

I was surprised by the lack of Buddhists. I guess I don't know much about your part of the world.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 22, 2009, 06:04:05 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
All my base
Are belong to you
/best poem of the 21st century
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 22, 2009, 06:07:35 AM
Good one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 06:12:59 AM
Brian that's a twentieth century meme (21st century my ass)! :D  Lost popularity before the 90s even ended. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 22, 2009, 07:52:42 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 22, 2009, 05:03:56 AM
I was surprised by the lack of Buddhists. I guess I don't know much about your part of the world.  :-\

Not many here. In fact, not many in the south of the country. (However, you can find small pockets of monks (refugees from Tibet, mostly) in places like Karnataka.) More in the northern and eastern regions. That is where you will also find a lot of monastries, stupas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa), places where Buddha is said to have stayed, and of course Bodh Gaya -- the place where it all started. :)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 22, 2009, 08:30:21 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 06:12:59 AM
Brian that's a twentieth century meme (21st century my ass)! :D  Lost popularity before the 90s even ended. ;D
Crud.  ;D  I hate being unintentionally retro.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 09:09:59 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 22, 2009, 08:30:21 AM
Crud.  ;D  I hate being unintentionally retro.

S'all right, we're all retro here. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 22, 2009, 06:14:59 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 09:09:59 AM
S'all right, we're all retro here. ;D
Yeah, man, we're a century or two more retro than most people...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 06:19:24 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 22, 2009, 06:14:59 PM
Yeah, man, we're a century or two more retro than most people...

Well for a little while I got to feel current when I listened to a Carter cd of works written in the last few years.  But then I remembered that only like 1 in 10,000 people listen to Carter. :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 23, 2009, 04:58:33 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 22, 2009, 06:19:24 PM
Well for a little while I got to feel current when I listened to a Carter cd of works written in the last few years.  But then I remembered that only like 1 in 10,000 people listen to Carter. :'(
Ha, 1 in 10,000?  ;D
I bet it's more like 1 in 20 or 30,000 that actually regularly listens to him.  ;D
(sadly)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 24, 2009, 05:00:49 PM
this place is a ghost town.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 25, 2009, 01:12:54 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 24, 2009, 05:00:49 PM
this place is a ghost town.  ???

(http://paranormalknowledge.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bodie-300x225.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 25, 2009, 04:25:59 AM
yo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 25, 2009, 04:27:44 AM
What place?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 25, 2009, 04:33:09 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 25, 2009, 04:27:44 AM
What place?  ???

GMG.  Well, at one time last night.  Only you, me and George were on.  For a brief period, I'd never seen GMG so desolate.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 25, 2009, 04:33:57 AM
Hey, as far as I'm concerned, you, Dave & George are a party, Ray!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 25, 2009, 05:29:52 AM
Believe me, most message boards don't have this level of activity. They're really not supposed to. This is more like a massive chat room.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 25, 2009, 05:43:40 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 21, 2009, 07:06:07 PMThe cake is a lie! ;D

I just got it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 25, 2009, 08:29:08 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 25, 2009, 05:29:52 AM
Believe me, most message boards don't have this level of activity. They're really not supposed to. This is more like a massive chat room.

So when deserted, more like a ghost room than a ghost town? I wonder if a virtual candle flickers inexplicably somewhere? Or some part of the virtual room space feels unnaturally cold?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 25, 2009, 09:21:28 AM
Wouldn't it be scary if you were the only one on the board....all day long?  :o  Wouldn't you start wondering?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 25, 2009, 09:22:47 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 25, 2009, 09:21:28 AM
Wouldn't it be scary if you were the only one on the board....all day long?  :o  Wouldn't you start wondering?  ;D

Read I AM LEGEND.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 25, 2009, 01:17:29 PM
Quote from: Dana on August 25, 2009, 05:43:40 AM
I just got it.

Awesome! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 25, 2009, 01:48:05 PM
      My roommate started playing that game on a Tuesday evening two nights ago and couldn't stop. Literally, he played the entire game in one night.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 25, 2009, 03:55:29 PM
Probably 90% of the time he spent on that hard final level. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on August 26, 2009, 02:50:32 AM
Are most of you Americans? You're online at the wrong time. Hey Admin, please introduce official Wurst opening times ;):

Erm, and Central European time please :)

Mo,-Fr: 6-7am, 6-10pm
Wed: 12-2pm
Sa, Sun: Whole Wurstday (i.e. 12:00 - 00:00)

I'm sure you Americans don't mind getting up at 4am, as GMG is important enough for your survival!

Honestly: Some German politician (teh interwebb wannabe contr0113rz) came up with the idea, to sanctionize the porn industry by introducing opening times for web sites, hahaha! Child protection, protection of any citizen from unwanted opinion like racism and such is a big topic here in Germany. As for the written and spoken word, Germany does not believe in autonomously thinking citizens or in the "market" of opinions. Other than the U.S., afaik you are allowed to say or write any bullshit you want.

The advantage is: In germany, if you are at a loss, if you live under a bridge, just go on the market place and say a few words ;). Easy. This will bring you a warm room (also a room mate) and free meals.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 26, 2009, 06:25:38 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 25, 2009, 09:21:28 AM
Wouldn't it be scary if you were the only one on the board....all day long?  :o  Wouldn't you start wondering?  ;D

Are you talking about Christmas? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 26, 2009, 08:02:45 AM
Sforzando?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 26, 2009, 08:11:02 AM
Uh...er, accelerando?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 26, 2009, 08:11:44 AM
I was wondering where he's been.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 26, 2009, 08:12:11 AM
Tacet
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 26, 2009, 08:13:49 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 26, 2009, 08:11:44 AM
I was wondering where he's been.  :)

Ah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 12:50:17 PM
I feel fed up and beleaguered, and rather despondent about the possibility of anybody ever understanding anybody else most of the time.

So please somebody, say something pleasant, but easy. But however easy you think it is, be warned that I may not understand you, and you may not understand any reply I might make. You may not even understand this. I may not even understand it myself.

:o (I find this generally to be the most useful of the smilies.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 27, 2009, 12:55:32 PM
I like bean burritos.  People around me might not like me liking bean burritos though. :)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 01:08:58 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 27, 2009, 12:55:32 PM
I like bean burritos.  People around me might not like me liking bean burritos though. :)

I have never even had a bean burrito. What kind of a life is that? I ask you? But may I say, also, that I applaud your liking of bean burritos, and wish you well in your future burrito experiences.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 27, 2009, 01:20:09 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 01:08:58 PM
I have never even had a bean burrito. What kind of a life is that? I ask you? But may I say, also, that I applaud your liking of bean burritos, and wish you well in your future burrito experiences.

Your life is less gassy.  You'll have to compensate for that with hot balloon rides at dawn. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 01:25:37 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 27, 2009, 01:20:09 PM
Your life is less gassy.  You'll have to compensate for that with hot balloon rides at dawn. ;D

Hot balloon rides v Bean burritos. That's a tough one, but the equivalence is clear. We have understanding here. We have communication. We have (dare I say it?) lift-off.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 27, 2009, 02:27:47 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 12:50:17 PMI feel fed up and beleaguered, and rather despondent about the possibility of anybody ever understanding anybody else most of the time.

What?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 28, 2009, 12:32:35 AM
Quote from: Dana on August 27, 2009, 02:27:47 PM
What?

Bich mungle di ghoult?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 28, 2009, 12:40:37 AM
I am back, but not for long; away again tomorrow. Now....tell me if that is not clear and I will go drown myself.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 28, 2009, 02:01:48 AM
Quote from: knight on August 28, 2009, 12:40:37 AM
I am back, but not for long; away again tomorrow. Now....tell me if that is not clear and I will go drown myself.

So let's check that I've got this straight. You're still away, and will stay away for a long time, but you're coming back yesterday.

See? No need for all this silly defeatist talk at all.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on August 28, 2009, 02:13:22 AM
Quote from: knight on August 28, 2009, 12:40:37 AM
I am back, but not for long; away again tomorrow. Now....tell me if that is not clear and I will go drown myself.

Mike

Now, where exactly are you going to drown yourself? From what you've told me, even the fish in your pond need feet to move around this year.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 28, 2009, 04:15:22 AM
I could drown myself in Strauss music...or a good book. So literal!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 28, 2009, 04:53:56 AM
Drowning by Viennese waltz, I like the sound of that. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 28, 2009, 05:04:04 AM
Every day is Sunday to a bird.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 28, 2009, 05:36:46 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 12:50:17 PM
I feel fed up and beleaguered, and rather despondent about the possibility of anybody ever understanding anybody else most of the time.

So please somebody, say something pleasant, but easy. But however easy you think it is, be warned that I may not understand you, and you may not understand any reply I might make. You may not even understand this. I may not even understand it myself.

:o (I find this generally to be the most useful of the smilies.)


I do hope you have a lovely, relaxing, uplifting weekend, mon vieux.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 28, 2009, 05:38:31 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 27, 2009, 01:08:58 PM
I have never even had a bean burrito. What kind of a life is that? I ask you?

Even a life without bean burritos, is worth the living.

Just saying.

Life without tea, that's another affair.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 28, 2009, 05:38:47 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 28, 2009, 05:04:04 AM
Every day is Sunday to a bird.

Especially our birds.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 28, 2009, 05:42:33 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 28, 2009, 12:32:35 AMBich mungle di ghoult?

Sprechen zi Deutsche?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on August 28, 2009, 05:49:22 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 27, 2009, 12:55:32 PM
I like bean burritos.   ;D

I like any kind of burritos! Although I cannot play a musical instrument, I can emulate some beautiful bassoon and tuba passages when I load up on these.  ;D

Bassoonheit!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 28, 2009, 06:08:54 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 28, 2009, 05:04:04 AM
Every day is Sunday to a bird.

Especially to a stuffed chicken awaiting carving for Sunday lunch.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 28, 2009, 07:57:25 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 28, 2009, 05:36:46 AM
I do hope you have a lovely, relaxing, uplifting weekend, mon vieux.

I just knew you'd hit the right note. Merci, Monsieur, et mes autres braves.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
There may be some music shopping in store for me with all these GMG greatest hits threads popping up. Mozart, now Bach.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 31, 2009, 06:44:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 31, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
There may be some music shopping in store for me with all these GMG greatest hits threads popping up. Mozart, now Bach.

What an excuse! ::)

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 06:44:55 AM
I said MAY be.  >:(  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 31, 2009, 06:47:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 31, 2009, 06:44:55 AM
I said MAY be.  >:(  ;D

It doesn't take very long for that may to turn into a will, here at GMG. >:D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 07:17:16 AM
Quote from: opus106 on August 31, 2009, 06:47:12 AM
It doesn't take very long for that may to turn into a will, here at GMG. >:D ;D

It usually goes straight from maybe into ploppification. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 07:50:06 AM
BACH WARS!!!

Zoooom! Zoooom!

K-Chowwww....!!!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggooorrrmmmm!!!!

POWPOW!!!!

And so on...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 08:02:45 AM
Oh, fie.  A month ago, I had finally got my PC back into disc-burning form . . . and now it seems as if the disc drive doesn't recognize blank discs I feed into it.

Little help?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 31, 2009, 08:12:33 AM
I just broke my first hinge of a 2-CD set.

This is one area where I prefer what the Americans do (compared to what the rest of the world does :D). Two-fers made in the US, from what I've bought, open like a book, the tray holding the CDs are hinged on the inside. Easier to handle, and the CD on the other side facing the floor will not fall down accidentally.

Oh, and I also like how they've named musical notes/durations -- easier to remember. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 08:22:23 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 31, 2009, 08:02:45 AM
Oh, fie.  A month ago, I had finally got my PC back into disc-burning form . . . and now it seems as if the disc drive doesn't recognize blank discs I feed into it.

Little help?

Do you have a sledge hammer?  It might help to approach this Gallagher style. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 08:25:20 AM
This guy walks into a pet store.

The parrot there says: "Psst. Hey buddy."

Customer says, "What?"

"Fuck you!"

He can't believe it. "What was that?!"

"Fuck you, you ugly asshole."

The store owner comes running out from the back. "Hey! I told you not to talk to the customers like that. If you do that again, I'm going to feed you to the cats!"

The next day, the guy walks into the pet store again.

The parrot says: "Psst. Hey buddy."

Customer: "What now?'

"You know what."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 31, 2009, 09:56:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 07:17:16 AM
It usually goes straight from maybe into ploppification. ;D

Now yer talkin'!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 31, 2009, 09:57:53 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 31, 2009, 08:02:45 AM
now it seems as if the disc drive doesn't recognize blank discs I feed into it.

You sure they've been properly introduced?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 10:05:14 AM
Those poor cds are being shoved naked and shivering into the pc.  Not even a cup of coffee to chat about things first. :'(  That's why I would take out the sledgehammer to get the job done, but that's also why I should never ever become a marriage counselor! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 10:06:18 AM
C'mon. That joke's funny.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 10:08:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 31, 2009, 10:06:18 AM
C'mon. That joke's funny.

Maybe it's a Minnesota thing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 31, 2009, 10:12:34 AM
 >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 10:13:52 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 31, 2009, 10:12:34 AM
>:(

This really isn't my day for passing joy along to Dave, is it?  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 10:16:53 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 31, 2009, 09:57:53 AM
You sure they've been properly introduced?

Entirely properly, I give you every strict assurance.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 10:21:12 AM
Oh Karl's very British about the whole thing.  He always is. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 10:21:12 AM
Oh Karl's very British about the whole thing.  He always is. :)

Our Britannic buds on GMG beg to differ  ;) ;D

Seriously, though . . . is this just a mechanical failure, and is the likely 'solution' to (* gasp *) get a new PC?  Or is there some less-dire help?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 10:37:21 AM
1. Is it a cd burner or just a cd-rom drive?  If just a cd-rom go buy a cd burner.
2. Have you tried another brand of cd-r? If yes, go on.  If no, try another brand.
3. Are you using windows?  If yes, go on.  If no, throw your useless mac away. >:D

No okay seriously if it's a new burner that you just installed you might not have the driver setup right, and the software can't communicate with the hardware.  Have you installed the driver?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 10:45:29 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 10:37:21 AM
1. Is it a cd burner or just a cd-rom drive?  If just a cd-rom go buy a cd burner.
2. Have you tried another brand of cd-r? If yes, go on.  If no, try another brand.
3. Are you using windows?  If yes, go on.  If no, throw your useless mac away. >:D

Thanks!

The answers are:

1.  Our HP has two CD-ROM drives, one is play/read only, the other is read-or-write.

2.  In this recent attempt, I've used three different types of CD, and it's failed with each of them.

3.  Yes, windows.  I am not a Fruitist!  ;D

Should I buy a cd-burner? What do they cost?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 11:00:36 AM
Is the read/write one new?  What happened that made it not work when it worked before?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 31, 2009, 11:21:15 AM
Bringing my minimal experience to bear on this issue, I can say that on the two occasions in the last ... five? ... years when I've encountered a persistent CD-burning problem, a new CD burner has solved it completely. They don't cost much, and they're easy to fit, so it's worth trying, I'd say (if the one that's in now is an old one).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 11:26:37 AM
Yeah it's hard to imagine that Karl was tinkering with advanced settings that made it fubar'd on the software side.  That leaves it as a hardware problem.  I'm the kind of lazy fool that I just plop my pc down in the repair shop and say "please repair or replace the following part." ;D  You can tell that I'm a theorist. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 11:28:42 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 11:00:36 AM
Is the read/write one new?  What happened that made it not work when it worked before?

No, this is the internal drive in the PC.  When it was failing before, it was (probably) a conflict between the burning software and Norton.  I say (probably) because the problem did go away when I switched anti-virus programs.

But this is a new type of failure I've never encountered before.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 11:31:37 AM
Also, the tray has been "kind of funny" lately.  I.e., I tap the "open" button, and the tray doesn't open;  it has the feel of a mechanical failure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 31, 2009, 11:38:06 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 31, 2009, 11:21:15 AM
Bringing my minimal experience to bear on this issue, I can say that on the two occasions in the last ... five? ... years when I've encountered a persistent CD-burning problem, a new CD burner has solved it completely. They don't cost much, and they're easy to fit, so it's worth trying, I'd say (if the one that's in now is an old one).

Yes, this is the desktop we've had for . . . several years now.  Just on the chance of immediate gratification, I hopped over to Radio Shack, but $100 has to be too much for what I want.  Found a unit on amazon.com for $25 which I think likely to answer my demand.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2009, 11:45:27 AM
Okay yeah buy a new one then.  You might want to play it safe, like me, and go to a pc repair shop and have them install your new drive.  It's not hard, it's just remove case, out with the old, in with the new, but then it's on your head if you mess it up. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on August 31, 2009, 11:51:50 AM
If the old drive is more than a few years old, it could be you are using media of too high a speed.  I recently had this problem when I bought some 12X CD-RWs and they would not work.  4X disks work fine.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 31, 2009, 12:31:59 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 31, 2009, 10:45:29 AM
Thanks!

The answers are:

1.  Our HP has two CD-ROM drives, one is play/read only, the other is read-or-write.

2.  In this recent attempt, I've used three different types of CD, and it's failed with each of them.

3.  Yes, windows.  I am not a Fruitist!  ;D

Should I buy a cd-burner? What do they cost?

Karl -- must be a Boston thing because my optical drives were being problematic, too. I just picked up my pc from the repairman. The set-up was similar to yours, so I had both drives replaced with DVD burners. It only cost me about $130, and I'm sure it would have been a lot cheaper if I had the time and inclination to replace them myself. What a huge improvement!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on August 31, 2009, 12:41:56 PM
     Here's an external USB powered CD/DVD burner from Samsung for $59 from TigerDirect:
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4442292&Sku=S203-8524)
    (http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/S203-8524-main-sp.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on August 31, 2009, 01:11:12 PM
Have you tried taking the bagel out of the CD tray?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on August 31, 2009, 01:29:06 PM

     AND here are the top selling bagel burners from (http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResource/Themes/2005/Nest/logo.gif) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005%204802&name=Top%20Sellers&ActiveSearchResult=True)(click on egg)

     All are in the $30 range.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 01, 2009, 11:15:38 AM
I wanted to post this in the "Moon Landings" thread, but it's locked :( >:(, so here it is...


Shocking, yet bloody brilliant: Conspiracy theorist convinces Armstrong that the landings were faked (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/conspiracy_theorist_convinces_neil?utm_source=a-section)!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2009, 11:20:13 AM
Quote from: opus106 on September 01, 2009, 11:15:38 AM
I wanted to post this in the "Moon Landings" thread, but it's locked :( >:(, so here it is...


Shocking, yet bloody brilliant: Conspiracy theorist convinces Armstrong that the landings were faked (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/conspiracy_theorist_convinces_neil?utm_source=a-section)!

I've always said The Onion get their best ideas through keeping abreast of GMG.

. . . after watching a few persuasive YouTube videos, and reading several blog posts . . . yes, it's like Old Home Week at the Mozart Mosh-Pit!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 01, 2009, 11:21:40 AM
It'll be a nice day if it doesn't rain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2009, 11:24:01 AM
I'm going for a swim.  Very shortly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2009, 11:25:37 AM
Alan is one of my favorite 'new GMG-ers'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 01, 2009, 11:26:11 AM
Well that's clinched it for me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on September 01, 2009, 11:27:45 AM
Quote from: opus106 on September 01, 2009, 11:15:38 AM
I wanted to post this in the "Moon Landings" thread, but it's locked :( >:(, so here it is...


Shocking, yet bloody brilliant: Conspiracy theorist convinces Armstrong that the landings were faked (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/conspiracy_theorist_convinces_neil?utm_source=a-section)!

If the moon landing was faked, that makes the Apollo 13 mission an even more elaborate conspiracy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 01, 2009, 12:37:58 PM
But still an inspirational story of triumph and the power human spirit!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 02, 2009, 07:57:31 AM
Abecedarian

Definition - pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also, a beginner.


Now they're just making words up.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 02, 2009, 07:59:08 AM
From medieval Latin, abecedarium
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 02, 2009, 08:00:12 AM
Middle English, from Medieval Latin abecedrium, alphabet, from Late Latin abecedrius, alphabetical : from the names of the letters A B C D + -rius, -ary.

!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 02, 2009, 08:00:53 AM
Ack! Slow post.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 02, 2009, 08:28:11 AM
Yep. Still a word no one uses.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 02, 2009, 09:00:25 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 02, 2009, 08:28:11 AM
Yep. Still a word no one uses.

So?  (And you know that no one is an exaggeration)  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 02, 2009, 09:03:59 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 02, 2009, 09:00:25 AM
So?  (And you know that no one is an exaggeration)  ;)

Of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 02, 2009, 09:12:24 AM
One of my linguistic charges from the non-native speakers in my life, is to make them aware of words which are standard English, but which don't fall within the list of 315 words Guaranteed to be Comprehensible to Television Audiences  ;D

(Not that I've made a point of teaching them abecedarian, mind you.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 02, 2009, 10:08:49 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 02, 2009, 07:57:31 AMAbecedarian

Definition - pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also, a beginner.

Cool! I think I'll go use it in a sentence!

Ahem... I find abecedarian studies to be a rewarding area of study.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 02, 2009, 10:12:02 AM
Abecedarian musicology is not just the Jackson 5, you know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 02, 2009, 11:53:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 02, 2009, 07:57:31 AM
Now they're just making words up.

Blingery pok, cumblian?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 02, 2009, 12:04:52 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 02, 2009, 11:53:14 AM
Blingery pok, cumblian?

Muzzlewump.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 02, 2009, 12:06:46 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 02, 2009, 12:04:52 PM
Muzzlewump.

Quote from: MN Dave on August 18, 2009, 06:04:08 AM
SQUONK!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 02, 2009, 12:10:00 PM
Dave must be a bassoon. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 02, 2009, 12:46:41 PM
Surely 'muzzlewump' is a real word? I thought it was defined as the small diamond-shaped indentation you sometimes get when a burglecrumbly presses a little too tightly against a horizontal nadgerwort. Or is that only on Tuesdays?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 02, 2009, 01:19:24 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 02, 2009, 12:10:00 PMDave must be a bassoon. ;D

HAH! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 02, 2009, 01:19:31 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 02, 2009, 12:46:41 PM
Surely 'muzzlewump' is a real word? I thought it was defined as the small diamond-shaped indentation you sometimes get when a burglecrumbly presses a little too tightly against a horizontal nadgerwort. Or is that only on Tuesdays?

Indeed, you are correct. sir.

I'll have my Beethoven on the rocks.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 06, 2009, 07:53:12 PM
A macaroni (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 06, 2009, 08:02:06 PM
Welcome aboard GMG MN Dave!  I hope you enjoy it here.  :)

You should introduce yourself in the Introductions thread, and tell us who are some of your favorite composers and works?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 06, 2009, 08:07:10 PM
(http://www.stolaf.edu/people/murphye/map%20project/old-man-laughing.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on September 07, 2009, 04:39:49 AM
Oh, sad. My cat brought me a dead greenfinch every day, 4 days long. 4 Bird funerals which I've done...

I asked my neighbor if he had an idea about why the  cat has such a success exclusively with greenfinches. Usually she's got only very few sucess over the year, fortunately.

Yes, he read in the newspaper...:

Trichomonas gallinae kills many Greenfinches in Germany. (Google translation) (http://translate.google.de/translate?prev=hp&hl=de&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.de%2FGEO%2Fnatur%2Ftiere%2F61450.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=)
http://www.geo.de/GEO/natur/tiere/61450.html (German)

So probably my cat brought me dead or almost-dead birds. My neighbor said he's seen some birds just sitting around, not trying to escape any more...

(http://img.geo.de/div/image/61450/01-gruenfink-popup.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 07, 2009, 04:45:20 AM
Did you enjoy these gifts from your cat?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on September 07, 2009, 04:52:33 AM
No I don't, I like birds very much. We've got many blackbirds here, not a beauty, but the best singer!
I cannot prevent my cat from being successful. Usually it's only mice. But also 1 or 2 birds a year.

I heard in some areas of the U.S. cats have a reputation as good as pigs in muslim states or doves in German cities...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 07, 2009, 04:58:18 AM
I like kitties but I'm slightly allergic and my wife is full-blown allergic.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 07, 2009, 08:41:09 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 07, 2009, 04:52:33 AMNo I don't, I like birds very much.

Don't be too hard on the cat. It's just trying to tell you that it loves you :-*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 07, 2009, 10:28:17 AM
I don't like the birds that crap on my car. Whenever I go to Gloucester, the seagulls use my car for target practice. Rats with wings.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 07, 2009, 10:33:10 AM
Quote from: Dana on September 07, 2009, 08:41:09 AM
Don't be too hard on the cat.

It is Le Chat thread after all.....

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 07, 2009, 11:16:10 AM
Quote from: knight on September 07, 2009, 10:28:17 AM
I don't like the birds that crap on my car. Whenever I go to Gloucester, the seagulls use my car for target practice. Rats with wings.

Mike

fit these on your car to give it some street cred.... http://www.flockoff.co.uk/ (http://www.flockoff.co.uk/)

>:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 07, 2009, 11:21:23 AM
Quote from: knight on September 07, 2009, 10:28:17 AM
I don't like the birds that crap on my car. Whenever I go to Gloucester, the seagulls use my car for target practice. Rats with wings.

Mike

Yet all the surrounding cars are spotless.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 07, 2009, 11:29:41 AM
Dave, exactly that did happen to me recently. I looked at all the cars around mine, spotless.

Papy, those spikes will not work unless they are about 90 feet long. They don't sit on the car, merely dive bomb it.

Yesterday I went out to use the car. Stupidly I had parked it under a tree, it was like a Jackson Pollock canvas. The birds had been ingesting pink berries. My car was splatted pink through to dark wine shades. It is clean today. Who knows what tomorrow brings.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 07, 2009, 11:41:35 AM
Quote from: knight on September 07, 2009, 11:29:41 AM
it was like a Jackson Pollock canvas.

you can't fault them on taste... ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 07, 2009, 12:09:43 PM
I can honestly say that tasting it never entered my mind.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 07, 2009, 12:20:31 PM
I would think the constant rain would keep your car clean. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 07, 2009, 12:26:45 PM
Quote from: knight on September 07, 2009, 12:09:43 PM
I can honestly say that tasting it never entered my mind.

Mike

add garlic....  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 10:11:23 AM
Why was that thread locked?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 08, 2009, 10:38:50 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 10:11:23 AM
Why was that thread locked?  ???

Bach has moved on to Phase II
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 10:41:34 AM
haha. Not that one.

Anyway, that Bach thread shouldn't have been locked either.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 12:07:49 PM
What's happened to MN Dave? Is MN Dave an adequate substitute?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 08, 2009, 12:14:57 PM
Who left this big empty pod here?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:22:56 PM
It's me!

No, really...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 12:24:34 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:22:56 PM
It's me!

No, really...

Yes, but you would say that, wouldn't you? I've seen Captain Kirk say exactly the same thing when he wasn't, really.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:26:41 PM
I'll prove it! *shows birthmark*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 08, 2009, 12:27:41 PM
Reminds me of a question which crossed my mind as I walked to the office today:

Body art? Or smudge?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 12:33:24 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:26:41 PM
I'll prove it! *shows birthmark*

Yes well, when Dr Janice Lester inhabited James Kirk's body in Turnabout Intruder, she could have said the same, couldn't she? I won't be convinced by anything less than a Vulcan mind-meld AND a bioptical infra-tachyon polarised personality-configured brain-scan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:35:04 PM
Ask me something that only MN Dave would know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 12:52:50 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:35:04 PM
Ask me something that only MN Dave would know.

But what if the alien intruder has absorbed all his memories?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2009, 12:53:34 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 12:52:50 PM
But what if the alien intruder has absorbed all his memories?

But would the alien know what it is to be human? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 01:08:25 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2009, 12:53:34 PM
But would the alien know what it is to be human? ;D

Indeed. These are just some of the mysteries explored in the GMG chat thread. And they call us frivolous! Ha! You want deep? Here it is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 08, 2009, 05:11:42 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2009, 12:53:34 PM
But would the alien know what it is to be human? ;D

Does Dave? (* ducks *)  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 08, 2009, 05:12:06 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 08, 2009, 01:08:25 PM
And they call us frivolous!

Who!?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2009, 05:39:42 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 08, 2009, 05:11:42 PM
Does Dave? (* ducks *)  8)

For a horror writer I'm sure it's easier to explore the mind of a monster than a person. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Bu on September 08, 2009, 05:52:58 PM
I've finally discovered the benefits of using LastFm.  It only took me a year and a half, but still.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 08, 2009, 05:55:50 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 08, 2009, 12:26:41 PMI'll prove it! *shows birthmark*

I accused him being an imposter your Honor, and that was when he showed it to me...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 09, 2009, 01:07:57 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 08, 2009, 05:12:06 PM
Who!?

Them, of course! The creatures who've taken over MN Dave. They have an agenda beyond the merely obvious.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 09, 2009, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 09, 2009, 01:07:57 AM
Them, of course! The creatures who've taken over MN Dave. They have an agenda beyond the merely obvious.

Aha!  That's why he started a lit club!  All pieces of the puzzle. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 09, 2009, 04:30:53 AM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 09, 2009, 10:26:45 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 09, 2009, 04:30:53 AM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

Apparently it is 20 years since that happened (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/07/google-ufo-doodle-explained/).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 09, 2009, 10:29:26 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 09, 2009, 04:30:53 AM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE STILL BELONG TO US
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 09, 2009, 10:33:15 AM
Yes, I know. Give them back.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 09, 2009, 01:19:06 PM
I never thought they were worth much in the first place. I'm glad to see the back of them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 10, 2009, 05:34:36 AM
Down in Havana there's a funny looking bubba,
He plays the rhumba on the tuba down in Cuba . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 10, 2009, 05:35:27 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 10, 2009, 05:34:36 AM
Down in Havana there's a funny looking bubba,
He plays the rhumba on the tuba down in Cuba . . . .


I hope that wasn't supposed to rhyme.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 10, 2009, 05:36:55 AM
They sing it to rhyme.  I wonder how the word at the end of the first line needs to be spelled.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 10, 2009, 12:54:23 PM
The question I need to ask is: is Dave feeling better for the change?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 10, 2009, 01:47:03 PM
 ??? I am corn-fused.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 12:07:08 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 10, 2009, 01:47:03 PM
??? I am corn-fused.

I'm not surprised. You've been through a difficult transition period, but I think the worst may be over now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 05:27:29 AM
I'm as happy as a kitten up a tree.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 05:34:16 AM
A professional author I know asked me when I'm going to write a crime novel.

Oh, the pressure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 11, 2009, 05:35:46 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 05:34:16 AM
Oh, the pressure.

Sometimes, that's a good thing.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 05:37:04 AM
How did you answer?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 05:42:14 AM
I expressed my concern about not having written one before and asked about the word count--certain types of novels are expected to be within a certain range. I'm sort of pumped about it now but I have other things going on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 06:58:30 AM
I wish it were next March already.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 06:59:28 AM
This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 11, 2009, 07:02:43 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 06:59:28 AM
This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.

Eek! :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 07:04:16 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 06:59:28 AM
This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.

Interviewer  And what was your reaction to this? 
Man  Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease ... with other mice.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 07:13:03 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 07:04:16 AM
Interviewer  And what was your reaction to this? 
Man  Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease ... with other mice.


Well, you can joke about it now, Dr Henning, but what about when we see them all start to jump overboard? We'll all know then what's about to happen to the ship, won't we?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on September 11, 2009, 08:14:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 05:42:14 AM
I expressed my concern about not having written one before and asked about the word count--certain types of novels are expected to be within a certain range. I'm sort of pumped about it now but I have other things going on.

I used to read crime fiction a lot but haven't in a long time.  In fact, I'm giving away all my books - a lot of Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman and others of that ilk, with some George Simenon thrown in.  I like the structure of a good crime novel, and the series allows real development of a character or group of characters.  But my time is not as free as it once was and I have to focus my reading more deliberately nowadays. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 08:24:42 AM
I used to steal crime fiction.

(No, that's a crime fiction.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 08:25:15 AM
Quote from: Franco on September 11, 2009, 08:14:20 AM
I used to read crime fiction a lot but haven't in a long time.  In fact, I'm giving away all my books - a lot of Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman and others of that ilk, with some George Simenon thrown in.  I like the structure of a good crime novel, and the series allows real development of a character or group of characters.  But my time is not as free as it once was and I have to focus my reading more deliberately nowadays. 

Well, you had some fun there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 10:46:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 08:24:42 AM
I used to steal crime fiction.

(No, that's a crime fiction.)

(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7071/1supermorsm1jh0.jpg)

Fictional Friday Crime-Fighting Rodents
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 11:07:42 AM
Oh, you have so asked for this, Tony.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 11:20:56 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 11:07:42 AM
Oh, you have so asked for this, Tony.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/DM3_3.JPG/200px-DM3_3.JPG)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 11, 2009, 11:30:28 AM
Playing Scattergories on the weekend, my choice of Earwig for Allergies was shot down my both my sister and wife.

I thought it was a pretty legit answer. 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 11:36:57 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 11, 2009, 11:30:28 AM
Playing Scattergories on the weekend, my choice of Earwig for Allergies was shot down my both my sister and wife.

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Mi8DmT0KtfC4TM:http://www.18669nobugs.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/earwig_background_main.221202754_std.gif)

Yay! Dermaptera Saturdays ahead !!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:42:28 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/elgarcaricaturegrey.jpg)

"Alright all you mice. Stop messing about and pay attention. We'll start with The Cheese of Gerontius; then we'll play the Introduction and Allegro for Cheese; and we'll finish off with the Cheeso Concerto." If they want an encore, we'll give 'em a few highlights from The Cheesedom."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 11:43:54 AM
The Cheestles
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:47:08 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 11:43:54 AM
The Cheestles

Oh they were great. Remember 'Cheese Cheese Me'? 'Can't Buy Me Cheese'? and 'Stilton Pepper'?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:49:36 AM
I am the cheeseman! Goo goo g'gouda.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:51:29 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:49:36 AM
I am the cheeseman! Goo goo g'gouda.

And so we come full circle. In Cheese are our beginnings and our ends.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:52:13 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:51:29 AM
...our ends.

Oh my.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 11:53:20 AM
"For You, Bleu"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:53:28 AM
"And, in the end, the cheese you take is equal to the cheese you make."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 11:53:52 AM
"Let It Brie"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:55:36 AM
Good lord.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/julius-andreas-gimli-arn-macgyver-chewbacka-highla-cci
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:55:49 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:52:13 AM
Oh my.

I didn't mean that.

No, I was going all sort of T.S. Eliot-ish. Little Gouda-ing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 11:57:35 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:49:36 AM
I am the cheeseman! Goo goo g'gouda.

LOL


Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 11:53:52 AM
"Let It Brie"

LOL
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:57:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 11, 2009, 11:53:52 AM
"Let It Brie"

This is the best one so far.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:58:11 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on September 11, 2009, 11:57:35 AM
LOL


LOL

Oh, so I get LOL minor?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 11, 2009, 11:59:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:57:47 AM
This is the best one so far.

Grazie!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 11, 2009, 11:59:56 AM
I've never seen advertisements on this forum before. Suddenly, now I'm getting them. I wonder why?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 12:00:48 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 11:58:11 AM
Oh, so I get LOL minor?

A silver medal 'aint bad.   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 12:01:25 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on September 11, 2009, 12:00:48 PM
A silver medal 'aint bad.   ;)

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 12:06:41 PM
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4xQpJzJZC7fy3M:http://wholesale-cheese.com/images/cheeseman.jpg)(http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/28weeks.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 12:07:17 PM
Gets me every time.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 11, 2009, 12:42:44 PM
This would almost be worth the $3.01 for curiosity's sake:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-CENT-CD-William-Shatner-Exodus-oratorio-SEALED_W0QQitemZ150371196121QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item2302d25cd9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 (http://cgi.ebay.com/1-CENT-CD-William-Shatner-Exodus-oratorio-SEALED_W0QQitemZ150371196121QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item2302d25cd9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 11, 2009, 06:06:04 PM
The King of Pop
(http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Paul_McCartney_Biography.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on September 15, 2009, 09:13:47 AM
First signs of autumn outside, leaves falling, rain, a bit cold, at home mystical Rautavaara music, and a Räucherkerze with its lovely smell...

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:i6v91f-RFy-fwM:http://cdn.fotocommunity.com/photos/15385711.jpg)

I welcome autumn, goodye summer!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 15, 2009, 11:07:03 AM
I would be more sanguine about it had we had anything we could have identified as a summer.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 15, 2009, 11:32:43 AM
Quote from: knight on September 15, 2009, 11:07:03 AM
I would be more sanguine about it had we had anything we could have identified as a summer.

Mike

Same here. At one point in July I started work on an ark.

Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 15, 2009, 09:13:47 AM
First signs of autumn outside, leaves falling, rain, a bit cold, at home mystical Rautavaara music, and a Räucherkerze with its lovely smell...

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:i6v91f-RFy-fwM:http://cdn.fotocommunity.com/photos/15385711.jpg)

I welcome autumn, goodye summer!

Autumn is my favorite season. It will probably take a few more weeks before it starts to make itself felt here in New England.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 15, 2009, 11:39:02 AM
Still summer here, surprisingly enough.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 15, 2009, 12:08:10 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 15, 2009, 11:39:02 AM
Still summer here, surprisingly enough.

Same here.  Actually, hotter and more humid then in July and August.  And....the mosquitoes are terrible right now.  Usually, there aren't any at this time of year.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 15, 2009, 12:53:56 PM
Quote from: knight on September 15, 2009, 11:07:03 AM
I would be more sanguine about it had we had anything we could have identified as a summer.

I agree, Mike. At first it's possible to shrug it off - let's wait and see. Then we start to make uneasy jokes about it; finally a sort of gritty despondency sets in.

But today the sun was shining in York, where we spent the day, eating lunch and drinking tea outside in delectable locations, and perfectly warm. So that's something.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 16, 2009, 06:26:59 AM
Oh, boy! Gotta be a slice of heaven!

::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2009, 06:36:10 AM
Dude Karl you're such a stalker. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on September 16, 2009, 06:39:23 AM
I see this at the bottom of the home page

QuoteMost Online Ever: 610 (August 06, 2008, 07:37:33 AM)

and often wonder what was going that day to cause such a crowd to appear
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 16, 2009, 06:51:09 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 16, 2009, 06:36:10 AM
Dude Karl you're such a stalker. ;D

(http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/28weeks.jpg)(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3925530231_85f84b5efd.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 16, 2009, 08:12:01 AM
Quote from: Franco on September 16, 2009, 06:39:23 AM
I see this at the bottom of the home page

and often wonder what was going that day to cause such a crowd to appear

Annual BOT conference.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on September 16, 2009, 09:48:47 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 15, 2009, 11:39:02 AMStill summer here, surprisingly enough.
Here in the west of germany, this week many people think about starting the heating season. I came home an hour ago, it's now 18°C/64°F here at home in my house, I'm unwilling to heat, I have blankets :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 16, 2009, 09:51:06 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 16, 2009, 09:48:47 AM
Here in the west of germany, this week many people think about starting the heating season. I came home an hour ago, it's now 18°C/64°F here at home in my house, I'm unwilling to heat, I have blankets :)

In Canada, we don't start the heat until it's at least -10 C  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Harpo on September 16, 2009, 01:58:08 PM
Quote from: Szykniej Autumn is my favorite season. It will probably take a few more weeks before it starts to make itself felt here in New England.
/quote]

Spring is my favorite, but autumn always reminds me of going back to school: optimism, curiosity, fear, pristine notebooks, and a new dress

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:zdZXjmms7kAcpM:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5804441/2/istockphoto_5804441-young-schoolgirl.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 16, 2009, 02:08:38 PM
Autumn is also my favorite season.  I love the stretch of late August to mid-October (Cdn. Thanksgiving).  Reaping and enjoying the harvest, and the colours!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 24, 2009, 09:43:14 AM
I don't watch a lot of TV, but........did anyone catch the pilot episode of Modern Family last night?

It was hilarious!!!  ;D George & Brian, check it out!  It reminded me of Arrested Development.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 24, 2009, 10:10:54 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 24, 2009, 09:43:14 AM
I don't watch a lot of TV, but........did anyone catch the pilot episode of Modern Family last night?

It was hilarious!!!  ;D George & Brian, check it out!  It reminded me of Arrested Development.
Reminded you of Arrested Development? Okay, I gotta catch the rerun.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 27, 2009, 10:55:40 AM
Looking at the birthdays in Friday's London Times: Catherine Zita Jones 40, Michael Douglas 65.

I guess his and her pots of anti-ageing cream for the joint party gift list.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 28, 2009, 08:47:11 AM
I'm in between there somewhere.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 28, 2009, 08:53:04 AM
Quote from: Groucho Zeta-MarxI wish I was between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas somewhere.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 28, 2009, 08:57:14 AM
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 28, 2009, 08:58:44 AM
The voice of experience!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 28, 2009, 09:27:01 AM
Geez!  I keep thinking you are me, Dave!  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 28, 2009, 09:34:23 AM
YOU DON'T OWN BRAHMS!!!

;D Ahem.

Have you used this picture?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on September 28, 2009, 09:36:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 28, 2009, 09:34:23 AM
YOU DON'T OWN BRAHMS!!!

;D Ahem.

Have you used this picture?

;D

Nope.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 28, 2009, 09:44:08 AM
Some say Wagner pwned Brahms.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 28, 2009, 09:45:24 AM
Quote from: opus106 on September 28, 2009, 09:44:08 AM
Some say Wagner pwned Brahms.

>:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on September 28, 2009, 09:45:31 AM
Neither one would have cared.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on September 28, 2009, 10:04:09 AM
Quote from: opus106 on September 28, 2009, 09:44:08 AM
Some say Wagner pwned Brahms.
Some say anything...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 28, 2009, 10:22:41 AM
It's a sign of how bizarre and out of touch the institution of banking is that in an interview on TV at the moment, a government minister is having to use the same language as they do with Iran, North Korea and co.

"We must make them see that this behaviour is unacceptable and that change must happen", etc.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 28, 2009, 10:23:33 AM
To pwn, or not to pwn? That is the question.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 28, 2009, 10:30:44 AM
"We must make them see that this behaviour is unacceptable and that change must happen", etc.

No doubt with the same effect.

Zilch.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 28, 2009, 10:36:49 AM
Maybe they should be pwned?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 06, 2009, 06:13:50 AM
(http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2009/10/6/Quigmans.794.g.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 06, 2009, 12:46:57 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 06, 2009, 06:13:50 AM
(http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2009/10/6/Quigmans.794.g.gif)

;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 15, 2009, 05:45:48 PM
A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 15, 2009, 06:02:20 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 15, 2009, 05:45:48 PM
A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.
Whoa. Right to the point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on October 15, 2009, 07:52:13 PM
     What's the Chat Thread about? Hmm? I guess what I mean is... what is it really about? ({John Cleese voice} What is anything really about when you get down to it...)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 15, 2009, 11:51:27 PM
I've always thought this thread was about skeletons, beer, and mops. But they laughed, and said, 'Ha! You stupid skeleton-obsessed, beer swilling mopper, you! What do you know?'

But who's laughing now, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on October 16, 2009, 01:15:30 AM

     Yeah!

     I guess....

      :-[

     So OK, who?

      ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 16, 2009, 04:49:35 AM
Quote from: drogulus on October 16, 2009, 01:15:30 AM
So OK, who?

Members of the Anti-Skeleton Beer-Mopping League. (Naturally, they won't admit to it. But we know.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 16, 2009, 04:50:26 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 16, 2009, 04:49:35 AM
Members of the Anti-Skeleton Beer-Mopping League. (Naturally, they won't admit to it. But we know.)

How you doing, lad?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 16, 2009, 04:52:38 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 16, 2009, 04:50:26 AM
How you doing, lad?

Be with you in a minute, Karl - when I've mopped up all this beer.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 04:57:25 AM
Happy weekend, fellows.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 16, 2009, 05:02:47 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 04:57:25 AM
Happy weekend, fellows.

May the Bobster go with you, Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 05:05:25 AM
 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 16, 2009, 05:29:21 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 04:57:25 AM
Happy weekend, fellows.

Same to you, wi' knobs on!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 05:44:27 AM
Quote from: drogulus on October 15, 2009, 07:52:13 PM
    What's the Chat Thread about? Hmm? I guess what I mean is... what is it really about? ({John Cleese voice} What is anything really about when you get down to it...)

Man, do you have to over-think EVERYTHING?  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on October 19, 2009, 01:11:26 PM
MN Dave....I heard on the radio today that there is a law in your state of Minnesota that prohibits men's and women's underwear being hung out on the same washing line. Taking safe sex a little far surely!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 19, 2009, 03:03:13 PM
I think I saw a washing line in the '70s.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Dana on October 19, 2009, 07:14:30 PM
I heard that there was some shouting and a scuffle one night, and it was never seen or heard from again...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on October 21, 2009, 06:52:31 AM
Oh dear. :-\

If you accidentally type archivmusic.com, you're redirected to arkivmusic.com
If you accidentally type archiv.com, you're redirected to a girlie site.

Can someone hold my hand? I'm feeling traumatised at the moment. :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2009, 07:09:50 AM
How many smores recipes can you take?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 21, 2009, 07:18:29 AM
That's all I can takes, and I can't takes no smores.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2009, 07:58:17 AM
What's smores, precious?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2009, 07:59:11 AM
Girlies make them out of graham crackers, marshmallows, and heaven knows what else.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2009, 08:12:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 21, 2009, 07:59:11 AM
Girlies make them out of graham crackers, marshmallows, and heaven knows what else.

Well if i'm not mistaken, a graham cracker is what in the home of biscuits, Ruddy Great Britain, we call a digestive biscuit.

Digestives and marshmallow's are often combined with butter, sometimes with chocolate and glace cherries, to make a diabetic nightmare of a snack called Rocky Road. Perhaps that's our equivalent of your smores. I have toothache just thinking about it.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on October 21, 2009, 08:37:57 AM
Is anyone else familiar with a mars bar slice or is this purely an Australian culinary phenomenon?

Melt a lot of mars bars. Melt some butter. Melt some chocolate. Melt some more butter. Set in the fridge. Or something like that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2009, 08:40:25 AM
Quote from: Novi on October 21, 2009, 08:37:57 AM
Is anyone else familiar with a mars bar slice or is this purely an Australian culinary phenomenon?

Melt a lot of mars bars. Melt some butter. Melt some chocolate. Melt some more butter. Set in the fridge. Or something like that.

We have that in Scotland too. This is the home of the deep friend Mars Bar. There's nothing you can do with a Mars Bar that they haven't thought of already.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on October 21, 2009, 08:57:10 AM
Quote from: Benji on October 21, 2009, 08:40:25 AM
We have that in Scotland too. This is the home of the deep friend Mars Bar. There's nothing you can do with a Mars Bar that they haven't thought of already.  :-X

I had a bite of one of those once, in the interest of a full Scottish experience. It did occur to me at that point that the chippie likely wouldn't have an oil vat segregation system in place to appease my poor little vegetarian sensibilities. :-X ;D

(It was gross, regardless :P).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2009, 09:00:51 AM
THEN YE'RE LUCKY YOU DINNA HAVE THE HAGGIS!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on October 21, 2009, 09:39:37 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 21, 2009, 09:00:51 AM
THEN YE'RE LUCKY YOU DINNA HAVE THE HAGGIS!

There were likely errant bits of fried haggis in that oily morass, Mr McDave. >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 21, 2009, 09:48:32 AM
I hear they have deep-fried pickles in North Dakota.  Is this something that is common elsewhere?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 21, 2009, 10:16:48 AM
Quote from: Novi on October 21, 2009, 08:37:57 AMMelt a lot of mars bars. Melt some butter. Melt some chocolate. Melt some more butter. Set in the fridge. Or something like that.


Chocaholics Anonymous would strongly disapprove of that message !





*note to self : go to shop tomorrow, get Mars bars, butter......*

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on October 21, 2009, 11:44:51 AM
Then go to the Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh and have their Scottish take on Petite Fores. Apart from Iron Bru Turkish Delight they have deep fried Mars Bar. It is something that I had avoided until then, but at the du Vin, it is light with a very light batter and only a small amount of it, not the whole thing coated in fish batter and fried along with the fish and sausages.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2009, 12:09:58 PM
Hi, Mike!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on October 21, 2009, 12:33:56 PM
Hi there Dave. I see you have been imaginatively filling the diner with your magic.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2009, 12:37:20 PM
At times, Dave's cave leaves nothing to the imagination . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2009, 12:46:34 PM
Quote from: knight on October 21, 2009, 12:33:56 PM
Hi there Dave. I see you have been imaginatively filling the diner with your magic.

Mike

That's what Papageno and JdP do too! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 22, 2009, 02:08:55 AM
Quote from: Novi on October 21, 2009, 06:52:31 AM
Oh dear. :-\
If you accidentally type archivmusic.com, you're redirected to arkivmusic.com
If you accidentally type archiv.com, you're redirected to a girlie site.

And if you purposely type archiv.com, you're still redirected to that site!   :o   >:D   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 22, 2009, 02:43:23 AM
Tony!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 22, 2009, 06:46:06 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on October 22, 2009, 02:08:55 AM
And if you purposely type archiv.com, you're still redirected to that site!   :o   >:D   ;D

:D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 22, 2009, 12:36:50 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 22, 2009, 02:43:23 AM
Tony!!


:-[       0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on October 26, 2009, 06:12:59 AM
Discovery for today: 'poetical' is still an accepted word in the English language. I had assumed it was phased out.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 26, 2009, 06:15:06 AM
9,780,000 google hits.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 26, 2009, 06:17:10 AM
9,940,000!

If anything, it's increasing by the minute. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 26, 2009, 06:53:01 AM
Creative naming schemes. :D

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/chandoschaconnechan0578.jpg)

Sub-titled: Early works for voices, viols and virginals

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/chandoschaconnechan0609.jpg)

Music for voices, viols & harpsichord, from a time of persecution




Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on October 26, 2009, 06:55:06 AM
Byrd Dog

Use your imagination.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 26, 2009, 07:07:53 AM
Tweety Byrd
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 26, 2009, 07:11:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 26, 2009, 07:07:53 AM
Tweety Byrd

Great minds...  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 26, 2009, 03:58:51 PM
Birds, Byrds, and Birdies

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:9yiYWCXs7dqmRM:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NMUZfRr71Yk/SXK79qwUD7I/AAAAAAAAC4M/MBwNADmoNe4/s400/larry_bird_245x325.jpg)(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:lU7_8WxF8X72hM:http://www.polarconservation.org/education/explorers/richard-evelyn-byrd/images/richard-evelyn-byrd.jpg)(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:o4cm__WsQb8waM:http://blissfullydomestic.com/wp-content/uploads/Big-bird.jpg)(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ApqUhpZaZkJnBM:http://www.nndb.com/people/536/000022470/birdman-of-alcatraz.jpg)(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FaQuzz7WhfCBTM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Birdie_Tebbetts.jpg/200px-Birdie_Tebbetts.jpg)(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FdXUsAsG7PQnlM:http://www.ebrookville.com/fchs/music/Jazz_Greats/parker1.jpg)(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OaQImUzNNTlJyM:http://waynenet.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/byrds65.jpg)(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1iLNU6hXb5rdvM:http://arsandy.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/40-feather-shuttlecock.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on October 26, 2009, 04:02:05 PM
I'm Wuorinen that Byrd to stop Messiaen up its Cage.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 26, 2009, 04:14:32 PM
Quote from: corey on October 26, 2009, 04:02:05 PM
I'm Wuorinen that Byrd to stop Messiaen up its Cage.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on October 26, 2009, 06:54:12 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 16, 2009, 05:44:27 AM
Man, do you have to over-think EVERYTHING?  :D

    Did you know that not collecting stamps is a hobby?

     
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 27, 2009, 02:01:08 AM
Quote from: drogulus on October 26, 2009, 06:54:12 PM
    Did you know that not collecting stamps is a hobby?

     

Philatenotly
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on October 27, 2009, 12:44:16 PM

Quote from: Szykniej on October 27, 2009, 02:01:08 AM
Philatenotly

    See, it even doesn't have a name.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 28, 2009, 12:45:06 AM
Quote from: opus106 on October 26, 2009, 06:53:01 AM
Creative naming schemes. :D

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/chandoschaconnechan0578.jpg)

Sub-titled: Early works for voices, viols and virginals

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/chandoschaconnechan0609.jpg)

Music for voices, viols & harpsichord, from a time of persecution

Different label and ... ugh!

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/signumsigcd180.jpg)

;D

QuoteArmonico Consort's 'Naked Byrd' programme [features] music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves and whose art saw their emotions laid bare
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 01, 2009, 12:07:02 AM
I saw something neat earlier. There were some new lamp posts installed along a path I was walking, and there were still the factory stickers on the sides, reading:

   "CAUTION

HEAVY OBJECT"

In case the 20 feet of shining metal was not evidence enough...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 03, 2009, 12:51:46 PM
Just back after a week's holiday, and not wanting to be here, no, not at all; still wanting to be there, doing that.

But since I am here, I ought to confess that I've been not collecting stamps (with considerable dedication, actually) all my life. I've also devoted a great deal of time to not collecting cuddly toy rabbits, small plastic facsimiles of famous monuments, curiously shaped wood shavings, nor, indeed, giclée prints of fatuously-labelled large heavy lamp posts. Maybe I shouldn't have admitted to these nonthusiasms. It's a risk, I know.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on November 03, 2009, 12:55:09 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 03, 2009, 12:51:46 PM
Just back after a week's holiday, and not wanting to be here, no, not at all; still wanting to be there, doing that.

Still wanting to be where, doing what?  As they say here in the supermarket tabloids, "Inquiring minds want to know!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on November 03, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
Quote from: secondwind on November 03, 2009, 12:55:09 PM
Still wanting to be where, doing what?  As they say here in the supermarket tabloids, "Inquiring minds want to know!"
Okay, never mind, found it -- walking the Malvern Hills . . . England Traveling Opera Handel Festival. . . . I can see your point.  I'd like to be there doing that too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 03, 2009, 01:14:06 PM
Quote from: secondwind on November 03, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
I'd like to be there doing that too.

Oh yes, you most certainly would. It was just as good as you think it might be.

Sigh. 'Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu.'
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 04, 2009, 12:40:21 PM
Well, it is nice to see you back; despite the non-polymath paucity of your interests. But then, we all have our limitations; brave of you to post yours so brazenly. Not collecting giclée prints of fatuously-labelled large heavy lamp posts. I am sure you will see the light on that one at some point.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 04, 2009, 01:35:52 PM
Quote from: knight on November 04, 2009, 12:40:21 PM
I am sure you will see the light on that one at some point.

Two answers (choose the most appropriate, or both if you wish):

1. That's the best pun I've seen so far in this thread.

2. I live in hope, Mike. It's that kind of practical education that one hopes will filter through in threads like this. And I am willing to learn.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 06, 2009, 10:07:39 AM
Simplify!

I sold a ton of CDs recently. It was semi-painful, but I'm okay now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2009, 04:57:01 AM
What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? (http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 05:08:40 AM
 :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 10, 2009, 05:59:24 AM
And how's our Heavy Metal Dave?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 06:11:59 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 10, 2009, 05:59:24 AM
And how's our Heavy Metal Dave?

Fine. You?

I heard for everyone on the planet to live a middle class lifestyle would take four planet Earths. Howzabout that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 10, 2009, 07:20:10 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 06:11:59 AM
I heard for everyone on the planet to live a middle class lifestyle would take four planet Earths. Howzabout that?

So, to look on the bright side, we're already 25% of the way towards a solution.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:22:46 AM
I'll just pop out to find the other three...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2009, 07:26:05 AM
Isn't there something called a Middle Earth? And, if there's a Middle Earth, there must be another one twice as far away, right?

Hey, now the glass is three-quarters full!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:29:19 AM
Then there's Counter-Earth...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2009, 07:31:50 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:29:19 AM
Then there's Counter-Earth...

Is it any good? Sounds bogus to me. :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:33:08 AM
...And Under-The-Counter-Earth...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2009, 07:39:26 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:33:08 AM
...And Under-The-Counter-Earth...

And that sounds worse. Get us some regular Earths, please.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:43:22 AM
Quote from: opus106 on November 10, 2009, 07:39:26 AM
And that sounds worse. Get us some regular Earths, please.

(http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2008/12/eartha_kitt.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2009, 07:50:09 AM
::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 10, 2009, 12:25:46 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:22:46 AM
I'll just pop out to find the other three...

I've found one! I've found one!

Oh ... no, sorry. It was just a tennis ball. Gosh, for a moment, though ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 12:26:18 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 10, 2009, 12:25:46 PM
I've found one! I've found one!

Oh ... no, sorry. It was just a tennis ball. Gosh, for a moment, though ...

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 06:27:17 AM
Happy Friday. Board's a bit slow...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:23:24 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 06:27:17 AM
Happy Friday. Board's a bit slow...

Happy Friday the 13th!  >:D

Wait...  did you hear that? Seemed like the sound of steel on bone. *hides*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:24:42 AM
ch-ch-ch haa-haa-haaaaaa.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:26:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:24:42 AM
ch-ch-ch haa-haa-haaaaaa.

:o

Save me jeebus!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:27:12 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:26:20 AM
:o

Save me jeebus!

Jebus lubs you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 13, 2009, 07:32:53 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:24:42 AM
ch-ch-ch haa-haa-haaaaaa.

Was that a sneeze? If it was, I'll run an antivirus scan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:34:26 AM
It was ominous music made verbal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:43:02 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:27:12 AM
Jebus lubs you.

He wouldn't if he knew what I did last summer.

Ch-ch-ch ha-HA-HAAAAAA
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 13, 2009, 07:43:40 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:24:42 AM
ch-ch-ch haa-haa-haaaaaa.

Ha-chachachacha

(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/349765/Jimmy+Durante.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:44:19 AM
LOL
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:52:31 AM
Is anyone SAD (seasonally affected)? I'm at work and it's pitch black outside already. Soon it'll be dark when I wake up too.

I want to be at home under my duvet, with some tea and a pack of biscuits.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 07:53:55 AM
...and a good book.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 13, 2009, 08:02:38 AM
You're the nose on the great Durante
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 13, 2009, 08:04:14 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:52:31 AM
Is anyone SAD (seasonally affected)? I'm at work and it's pitch black outside already. Soon it'll be dark when I wake up too.

I want to be at home under my duvet, with some tea and a pack of biscuits.

The dark at the end of the work-day is rough.  For a while yet, though, at least there's light while I saunter to the bus in the morning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 08:10:56 AM
Quote from: ^ on November 13, 2009, 08:04:14 AM
The dark at the end of the work-day is rough.  For a while yet, though, at least there's light while I saunter to the bus in the morning.

Likewise. Though I usually use the bus as an extension of my sleeping hours. I am on autopilot for the first hour of the morning, which makes it worrying when I arrive at the bus stop and realise that I crossed three major roads without paying any attention.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 13, 2009, 08:15:01 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 08:10:56 AM
Likewise. Though I usually use the bus as an extension of my sleeping hours.

Happily, the Prokofiev Opus 64 is always sonic sunshine!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 08:22:12 AM
Did you take some Harry pills, Karl? What's with the font?  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 08:33:37 AM
Quote from: ^ on November 13, 2009, 08:15:01 AM

Happily, the Prokofiev Opus 64 is always sonic sunshine!

Funnily enough, I put the Maazel recording on my mp3 player and listened to it in it's entirity this afternoon... no fault of the music but it was a poor choice - those star-crossed lovers, how depressing. :(

Now I am enjoying a bit of funk to keep my spirits up. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 13, 2009, 08:46:25 AM
I'm still getting the hang of the fontage, Dave . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 10:06:29 AM
Okay!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on November 13, 2009, 01:25:44 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 10, 2009, 07:43:22 AM
(http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2008/12/eartha_kitt.jpg)

Nice, but I'd rather a Julie.

(http://www.wmob.com/images/art/JulieNewmar.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 01:37:10 PM
Me too. But I wasn't doing Catwomen.  >:(

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on November 13, 2009, 03:37:55 PM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 07:52:31 AM
Is anyone SAD (seasonally affected)? I'm at work and it's pitch black outside already. Soon it'll be dark when I wake up too.

I want to be at home under my duvet, with some tea and a pack of biscuits.

I usually love the winter, but for some reason, the lack of sunlight is really affecting me this year. The cold I don't mind - although it's been quite warm until this evening. :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 04:09:19 PM
Quote from: Novi on November 13, 2009, 03:37:55 PM
I usually love the winter, but for some reason, the lack of sunlight is really affecting me this year. The cold I don't mind - although it's been quite warm until this evening. :-\

Bloody east coast weather. Mild and then *bam* you need another five layers to not feel the chill. It's especially bad down my way with the wind off the Firth. Brass monkeys!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on November 13, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 04:09:19 PM
Bloody east coast weather. Mild and then *bam* you need another five layers to not feel the chill. It's especially bad down my way with the wind off the Firth. Brass monkeys!  :o

Brrrr... tucked in bed with a hot water bottle now. Another exciting Friday night... ::) :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 05:24:42 PM
Quote from: Novi on November 13, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
Brrrr... tucked in bed with a hot water bottle now.

That's what you call your wife?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 13, 2009, 05:28:44 PM
Quote from: Novi on November 13, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
Brrrr... tucked in bed with a hot water bottle now. Another exciting Friday night... ::) :D

Bless! I'm here at half 2 in the morning ripping my Boult RVW box set to mp3. What a life!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on November 13, 2009, 05:36:06 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 01:37:10 PM
Me too. But I wasn't doing Catwomen.  >:(

:D

I thought we were doing heavenly bodies in general.   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on November 13, 2009, 05:36:35 PM
Quote from: Benji on November 13, 2009, 05:28:44 PM
Bless! I'm here at half 2 in the morning ripping my Boult RVW box set to mp3. What a life!  ;D

LOL, I'm trying to finish last week's Observer crossword and win 'a set of stylish Penguin Dictionaries.' (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,11262.msg370349.html#msg370349)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 13, 2009, 05:37:18 PM
Hm... I've actually had an interesting night so far, kind of... it'd be more interesting if the couples and the little kids in the park actually got visibly scared from my atonal electric guitar riffs.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on November 13, 2009, 05:38:14 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 05:24:42 PM
That's what you call your wife?  ;D

Hey, she likes it when I talk dirty. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 05:38:35 PM
I wrote the first draft of a book review. My brain hurts now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 13, 2009, 05:42:13 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 13, 2009, 05:38:35 PM
My brain hurts now.

(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5008/gumby7em.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 13, 2009, 11:03:33 PM
*Is currently getting nearly full speed at RapidShare* w00t!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 14, 2009, 09:25:45 AM
Your dose of Saturday Craziness: this is just sheer... seriously, I'm at a loss for words here!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33883605/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 14, 2009, 12:52:51 PM
I'm feeling a bit glum. In the last few weeks I've been living in Opera-Land, high in the stratosphere (yes, cheap seats): Ariodante, Alcina, Werther, and finally Cosi Fan Tutte brought the run to an end last night. So suddenly, despite the fact that I have a million things to be thankful for, life seems a bit ... humdrum. And there's a big gap now until February at the earliest. And I want more of the same. I WANT MORE, I tell you!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/BlakeIwant.jpg)

That's me, there, trying to climb back to the cheap seats.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 14, 2009, 03:15:15 PM
You want more...then try this at the ENO.

Turandot. Not as I had been told, set in a fast food outlet, but in a large Chinese Restaurant. We might proceed with me answering a series of very obvious questions about the proceedings....

Were there by any chance three Elvis impersonators striking poses?
Well, funny you ask that but, yes!
How about golfers, any of them?
Spot on! Yes two swinging away, one in baby blue the other in pastel pink. Odd thing, they came back after act 1 and restrained the tenor whilst the servant girl was being tortured, they did a good job there. I felt the tenor was a bit hampered in having to wear his old raincoat throughout the evening. Difficult to cut a dash in such a garment.
How about nuns, I like an opera with nuns?
Amazing, right on the button, there were two and a Chelsea Pensioner, also an ancient wino-hippy who was press-ganged into becoming the Emperor, despite having flicked the V sign at all and sundry in his journeys round the restaurant. There was a head on a plate served up to the diners and a Hasadic Jewish man with a very fetching handbag.

You get the feel for this I guess; the theme was 'Randomness'. The sets were great and there were also a lot of projected Chinese ideograms sliding over the walls and floor, they made a really beautiful effect.

However, if I was to pick out my personal highlight of 'Randomness', it has to be the supernumerary writer. He silently observed and took notes throughout; excepting during 'In questa reggia' when he upstaged the soprano by sitting at the front of the stage eating with chopsticks and ignoring the Ice Princess. During the eventual love duet, Turandot got her theatrical revenge. She disemboweled him with a sword and the lovers then managed to ignore his trails of blood and much extended death throws. Those two lovers displayed remarkable self absorbsion. It was an original touch.

Musically the performance was rather good, but the eye was provoked and distracted by all sorts of mysteries. One mystery I sense that I did solve was that Chinese writing: it read. 'You round-eyes will sit through any old shit.'

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on November 14, 2009, 07:56:33 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 14, 2009, 12:52:51 PM
I'm feeling a bit glum. In the last few weeks I've been living in Opera-Land, high in the stratosphere (yes, cheap seats): Ariodante, Alcina, Werther, and finally Cosi Fan Tutte brought the run to an end last night. So suddenly, despite the fact that I have a million things to be thankful for, life seems a bit ... humdrum. And there's a big gap now until February at the earliest. And I want more of the same. I WANT MORE, I tell you!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/BlakeIwant.jpg)

That's me, there, trying to climb back to the cheap seats.
Post opera, Elgarian triste est. . . I'm pretty sure that's what I learned in high school Latin class. . . just part of the process.  Don't worry, you'll be back in the cheap seats soon! 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 15, 2009, 12:10:40 AM
Quote from: knight on November 14, 2009, 03:15:15 PM
Were there by any chance three Elvis impersonators striking poses?
Well, funny you ask that but, yes!
How about golfers, any of them?
Spot on! Yes two swinging away, one in baby blue the other in pastel pink.

I'm trying to decide, Mike, if it's better to have Elvis impersonators and golfers in Turandot, or to have Superman and Wonderwoman in Il Seraglio (which is what we got earlier in the year). It's too close to call. I think I need more information - such as whether the Elvises were wearing the black leather TV Special suit or a Las Vegas jumpsuit; and what the golfers' handicaps were.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 15, 2009, 12:23:48 AM
Quote from: secondwind on November 14, 2009, 07:56:33 PMPost opera, Elgarian triste est.
Seeing this in Latin is itself comforting of course, because it puts a proper chronological perspective on one's misery, as the millennia roll back. However, drifting back to distant memories of school Latin classes, I find myself wondering if it should be post operam, and I feel slightly anxious that I can't remember. Displacement anxiety, of course, in the post-opera(m) situation.

Well at least I had no golfers and Elvis impersonators to put up with (a la Mike). It's no consolation to Mike, of course, but Opera North's Werther (with recovering-from-swine-flu-Alice Coote) and Cosi were both seriously good, indeed, inspired productions.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 15, 2009, 10:22:30 AM
This just isn't fair! >:(

First they [Bombay] host the Vienna Phil., and now Gramo-winning young hot-shots. (http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_quartet-treats-town-with-beethoven_1311373)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:28:44 AM
Have a good week, friends.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 16, 2009, 05:36:43 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:28:44 AM
Have a good week, friends.  :)

You too, mein freund. Going away somewhere for the week? :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:37:16 AM
Nope.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 16, 2009, 05:39:42 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:37:16 AM
Nope.  :D

Okay, good. Now, get busy and make us some polls. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:40:43 AM
Quote from: opus106 on November 16, 2009, 05:39:42 AM
Okay, good. Now, get busy and make us some polls. ;D

And have Odd on my ass? No, no, no...  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 16, 2009, 05:42:21 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 05:40:43 AM
And have Odd on my ass? No, no, no...  :'(

Don't worry, dear friend, we'll get even with him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 16, 2009, 08:44:05 AM
Quote from: opus106 on November 16, 2009, 05:39:42 AM
Okay, good. Now, get busy and make us some polls. ;D

I'm just looking at some of the small print concerning the rules of the forum, and I see that rule 2,765, paragraph 437, subsection 856(c) clearly states: 'MN Dave shall provide polls as and when required by other forum members'. And here's Dave's signature clear enough, at the foot of page 67,842. I mean, he knew what he was getting himself into, that's plain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 16, 2009, 08:51:14 AM
Better get on that then.  $:)

Though I can't really think of one at the moment...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 16, 2009, 08:56:01 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 16, 2009, 08:44:05 AM
I'm just looking at some of the small print concerning the rules of the forum, and I see that rule 2,765, paragraph 437, subsection 856(c) clearly states: 'MN Dave shall provide polls as and when required by other forum members'. And here's Dave's signature clear enough, at the foot of page 67,842. I mean, he knew what he was getting himself into, that's plain.

*In a hushed voice, with a slightly worried look on face.* What does the rule state about a change in username? I mean, he could easily change just one letter, or remove capitals, and he would no longer be MN Dave. The man's prone to doing that ever so often.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 17, 2009, 05:30:29 AM
 :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2009, 05:50:43 AM
Where's the Changes-in-the-Rule-Book department? >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:06:54 AM
Quote from: opus106 on November 18, 2009, 05:50:43 AM
Where's the Changes-in-the-Rule-Book department? >:(

They're terribly busy. Last time I was there, all the staff were compiling a dossier on rules broken by MN Dave. It'll be delivered to him in a wheelbarrow later in the week.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 07:10:49 AM
There are rules???  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2009, 07:15:54 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:06:54 AM
They're terribly busy. Last time I was there, all the staff were compiling a dossier on rules broken by MN Dave. It'll be delivered to him in a wheelbarrow later in the week.

Snappy chaps. I like it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:23:07 AM
Quote from: Amvend on November 18, 2009, 07:10:49 AM
There are rules???  :o

Yes, but only for MN Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 07:23:38 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:23:07 AM
Yes, but only for MN Dave.

*snort* Whoever HE is...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:25:48 AM
Quote from: Amvend on November 18, 2009, 07:23:38 AM
*snort* Whoever HE is...  ::)

Even when you close your eyes, we can still see you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 07:28:25 AM
(http://www.icis.com/blogs/asian-chemical-connections/035ostrich_468x538.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:29:37 AM
Quote from: Amvend on November 18, 2009, 07:28:25 AM
(http://www.icis.com/blogs/asian-chemical-connections/035ostrich_468x538.jpg)

"They're behind you!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Carolus on November 18, 2009, 07:30:13 AM
I think this forum should adopt the codify continental system based on Napoleon's civil code. Maybe 500 rules would be enough.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 07:32:05 AM
Quote from: Carolus on November 18, 2009, 07:30:13 AM
I think this forum should adopt the codify continental system based on Napoleon's civil code. Maybe 500 rules would be enough.

Yes, provided each rule was divided into 500 subsections, each with 500 paragraphs. This is a complicated place.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 07:38:08 AM
I like a man who likes Pooh.

*checks spelling*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 08:59:02 AM
Quote from: Amvend on November 18, 2009, 07:38:08 AM
I like a man who likes Pooh.

*checks spelling*

I think MN Dave would have liked Pooh too, but he isn't here to ask.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 18, 2009, 08:59:33 AM
Quote from: Amvend on November 18, 2009, 07:38:08 AM
I like a man who likes Pooh.

*checks spelling*

But a man who likes bears is another matter (and another forum) entirely...  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 18, 2009, 11:29:25 AM
Well, there's bears and then there are bears.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 11:33:33 AM
Quote from: knight on November 18, 2009, 11:29:25 AM
Well, there's bears and then there are bears.

You mean ... there's Rupert ... and then there's Pooh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 18, 2009, 11:49:27 AM
That kind of sums it up.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 18, 2009, 12:00:19 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 18, 2009, 11:33:33 AM
You mean ... there's Rupert ... and then there's Pooh?

Sure, why not. Now, Rupert and Pooh may come to be very good friends, having bonded over many a good game of pooh sticks. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 18, 2009, 03:58:31 PM
I just found the myspace and facebook profiles of a friend I haven't even seen for 8 or 9 years.  ;D

I had actually searched several times over the course of 2 years or so, never finding anything. I read a few of his myspace blogs, and he sounds even more like a really intelligent and respectable guy than before- somehow, even though as a kid he was spoiled rotten (he had every video game system there was in his room, tons of games, and a dad that would buy him anything he wanted, etc.).

He also had uploaded some sort of "hibachi" video where he flips spatulas- and it's actually pretty cool because he's good at it.

But, I'm not going to add him as a friend... that would just be awkward...  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 18, 2009, 05:56:38 PM
Boy, this place is dead.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 05:57:45 PM
(http://www.syntagmamedia.com/wp-content/Gravestone.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 18, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
It's 10 PM on a Wednesday night, what do you expect?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 05:59:35 PM
Quote from: Corey on November 18, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
It's 10 PM on a Wednesday night, what do you expect?

No! It's 9 PM!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 18, 2009, 06:01:48 PM
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 18, 2009, 06:03:14 PM
Quote from: Corey on November 18, 2009, 06:01:48 PM
Does anybody really know what time it is?

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 18, 2009, 07:11:34 PM
Quote from: Corey on November 18, 2009, 06:01:48 PM
Does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody really care?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on November 18, 2009, 09:20:36 PM
      No,(http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)Greg,(http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)please (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)go (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)on. (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)This (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)is (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)riveting!!(http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/new_sleeping.gif)

      (about time, oh no-o-o-o....(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif))

     

     
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 19, 2009, 12:23:03 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 19, 2009, 12:07:58 PM
Care for a cup of tea and some biscuits?

That's the quickest way to a British gent's heart, a nice cup of tea and some biscuits. If you're ever in the UK and get invited to partake in this little ritual, you're in there!

Here's an interesting story from a website with a name that is just typically British.

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/news/?id=236 (http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/news/?id=236)


Quote from: Brahmsian on November 19, 2009, 11:42:48 AM
En francais, a biscuit is a cookie.  What's a biscuit for an Englishman?

Ah the definition of a biscuit...something the British take very seriously. For example, there is much heated pub debating to be done on the subject of whether a jaffa cake (a light sponge with an disc of orange flavoured jelly, half coated in chocolate) is a biscuit, or in fact a small cake. I am not joking, this conversation happens with alarming regularity - many Brits of all generations will have had the discussion - i'm sure someone will back me up on that. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 19, 2009, 12:29:12 PM
Thanks for the link, Benji. After reading that, I plan on catching some Zeds ;)... have quite a bit of work ahead of me tomorrow. Good day to you, sir. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 19, 2009, 12:31:14 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 19, 2009, 12:29:12 PM
Thanks for the link, Benji. After reading that, I plan on catching some Zeds ;)... have quite a bit of work ahead of me tomorrow. Good day to you, sir. :)

And a good day to you too, kind sir. Sleep well old chap.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 19, 2009, 12:41:22 PM
I say! Pip pip and all that rot!  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 19, 2009, 12:43:34 PM
Speaking of Rupert: it always puzzled me that at Christmas or on birthdays Rupert and his chums always received the same presents (albeit differently distributed each year). They were always, I seem to recall, sport-orientated: a football, a cricket bat, a model yacht, and a tennis racket, and that was pretty much the limit as far as imaginative gifts went. It always struck me as the only serious drawback to living in Nutwood.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 20, 2009, 08:05:03 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

;__:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 20, 2009, 08:24:56 AM
It's frightening how often I have to clean my vents, but then my pc is under my desk so I guess the fan is constantly eating up the dust and fluff from my socks. Yum.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 20, 2009, 11:35:46 PM
Quote from: Benji on November 19, 2009, 12:23:03 PM


Ah the definition of a biscuit...something the British take very seriously. For example, there is much heated pub debating to be done on the subject of whether a jaffa cake (a light sponge with an disc of orange flavoured jelly, half coated in chocolate) is a biscuit, or in fact a small cake. I am not joking, this conversation happens with alarming regularity - many Brits of all generations will have had the discussion - i'm sure someone will back me up on that. :D

I can confidently tell you; the courts ruled it was a cake, not a biscuit....not joking.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 21, 2009, 04:23:45 AM
Quote from: knight on November 20, 2009, 11:35:46 PM
I can confidently tell you; the courts ruled it was a cake, not a biscuit....not joking.

Mike

Oh yeah. The definition of either 'cake' or 'biscuit' puts them in different tax brackets right? Was it that cake is seen as a luxury item and biscuit as daily essentials? Makes you proud, doesn't it?  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 21, 2009, 04:29:23 AM
What do the English call an English muffin? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on November 21, 2009, 04:34:30 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 21, 2009, 04:23:45 AM
Oh yeah. The definition of either 'cake' or 'biscuit' puts them in different tax brackets right? Was it that cake is seen as a luxury item and biscuit as daily essentials? Makes you proud, doesn't it?  8)

From the ever trustworthy and scholarly source:

Quote from: wikipedia
Under UK law, no Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged on biscuits and cakes — they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are subject to VAT, currently 15%. McVities classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the case ended up before the courts.[5] This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit, and particularly because they are commonly eaten alongside, or instead of, traditional biscuits. A question that the court asked itself was "what criteria should be used to class something as a cake?"
McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes, producing a 12" (30 cm) Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes.[6]
McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, among other things, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Potter QC, included the name, ingredients, texture, size, packaging, marketing, presentation, appeal to children, and manufacturing process. Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes.[7]

Jaffa cakes are ace. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 21, 2009, 04:40:33 AM
Quote from: Novi on November 21, 2009, 04:34:30 AM
From the ever trustworthy and scholarly source:

Jaffa cakes are ace. :)

Don't know about you, but I couldn't concentrate after the mention of the 12 inch jaffa cake. I know what i'm asking Santa for now.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 21, 2009, 04:52:45 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 21, 2009, 04:29:23 AM
What do the English call an English muffin? . . .

Well, this is interesting. We have two things that are called muffins here

- the usual muffin, which is a mini egg-based sponge cake about the size of a fist.
- the breakfast muffin, which is a small bread item, about 12cm in diameter and maybe 3cm thick. This would normally be halved, toasted, buttered and topped with jam, or bacon/egg typically.

However.... A search of google images to confirm what Americans expected an English Muffin to look like threw up two very distinct things. Firstly, the breakfast muffin above, as I expected, but also what we would in the UK call a crumpet. A crumpet is a little flour/yeast combo that is cooked from underneath on the stove rather than baked, to give it a very airy texture, perfect for soaking up artery-busting amounts of butter and jam (or in my case Nutella, because i'm addicted to the stuff).  ;D

So, it would seem to me, Dr Karl, that you should learn the definitions of Breakfast muffins and crumpets to avoid breakfast disappointment if you ever visit our shores.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 21, 2009, 06:15:43 AM
I'm disappointed by the lack of interest in the birthday and Christmas presents of Rupert Bear and his pals, in comparison with the huge upsurge in the number of devotees of muffinology and computer vent hygiene. I suppose I'm witnessing the death of an old fashion and the birth of two new ones.

Pass the butter and the feather duster please. Thanks.
Anyone want to buy some old Rupert Bear annuals?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 21, 2009, 02:37:30 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 21, 2009, 04:29:23 AM
What do the English call an English muffin? . . .

A good time.

Re the Jaffa Cake....VAT would have been due on it as a chocolate biscuit, but not as a cake. The distinction revolved around the bread texture of the cake...or cake texture I suppose; as against the hard biscuit consistency of a biscuit. As the Jaffa Cake remains spongy, it was classified as a cake.

The company won its appeal against what was then HM Customs and Excise.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 22, 2009, 04:16:12 PM
Quote from: knight on November 21, 2009, 02:37:30 PM
A good time.

Hah!

Quote from: Benji on November 21, 2009, 04:52:45 AM
Well, this is interesting. We have two things that are called muffins here

- the usual muffin, which is a mini egg-based sponge cake about the size of a fist.
- the breakfast muffin, which is a small bread item, about 12cm in diameter and maybe 3cm thick. This would normally be halved, toasted, buttered and topped with jam, or bacon/egg typically.

However.... A search of google images to confirm what Americans expected an English Muffin to look like threw up two very distinct things. Firstly, the breakfast muffin above, as I expected, but also what we would in the UK call a crumpet. A crumpet is a little flour/yeast combo that is cooked from underneath on the stove rather than baked, to give it a very airy texture, perfect for soaking up artery-busting amounts of butter and jam (or in my case Nutella, because i'm addicted to the stuff).  ;D

So, it would seem to me, Dr Karl, that you should learn the definitions of Breakfast muffins and crumpets to avoid breakfast disappointment if you ever visit our shores.  ;)

The tea shop in Newbury Street here in the Back Bay serves a crumpet which reminded me of (a not-so-crunchy) English muffin (so-called).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 22, 2009, 06:08:47 PM
I rather like this torture scene...

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/5vw1ir1YtQQ&feature=related
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 23, 2009, 02:40:34 AM
As far as I am aware, muffins and jaffa cakes have never featured significantly among the Christmas and birthday presents of Rupert Bear and his chums.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 23, 2009, 03:24:41 AM
Of course, in recent years the coffee shops here invented the curiosity known as "muffin tops."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on November 23, 2009, 04:41:59 AM
Muffin-top?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 23, 2009, 05:01:24 AM
I remember muffin tops from Seinfeld. Did they come up with the concept?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 23, 2009, 01:20:11 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 23, 2009, 05:01:24 AM
I remember muffin tops from Seinfeld. Did they come up with the concept?

I'm fairly sure it had nothing to do with Algy Pug, Bill Badger, or Edward Trunk.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 24, 2009, 08:13:55 AM
Don?  Is all well? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 23, 2009, 01:20:11 PM
I'm fairly sure it had nothing to do with Algy Pug, Bill Badger, or Edward Trunk.

I have no idea what you're talking about.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 24, 2009, 08:42:32 AM
Sesame Street has some great atonal honkers.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:44:45 AM
Why the Sesame Street obsession?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 24, 2009, 08:47:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:44:45 AM
Why the Sesame Street obsession?

I don't know.  I've been feeling very nostalgic regarding my childhood.  I've reserved the 40th anniversary book at the library.  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:49:21 AM
I see.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 24, 2009, 08:52:02 AM
Dave, you don't still resent the fact that Sesame Street did not have a zombie muppet?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:53:18 AM
They had monsters so who's complaining?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 24, 2009, 08:54:49 AM
That's the magnanimity of spirit we loves you for!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:56:59 AM
Thanks. I try.  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 24, 2009, 08:59:11 AM
If I gouge out my left eye, will it stop hurting?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 09:01:09 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 24, 2009, 08:59:11 AM
If I gouge out my left eye, will it stop hurting?

There's only one way to find out!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 24, 2009, 09:04:26 AM
Do I hold the record for the most idiosyncracies in a person?   ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 09:05:45 AM
Quote from: Brahmsian on November 24, 2009, 09:04:26 AM
Do I hold the record for the most idiosyncracies in a person?   ???

Doubtful.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 24, 2009, 09:11:05 AM
No. The woman in this case study does:

Dr: I am Dr _ . I would like to know something more about you
Edna: You have a nasty mind, Lord!! Lord! Cat's in a cradle.
Dr: Tell me, how do you feel?
Edna: London's bell is a long long dock, hee! hee! (uncontrollable maniacal laughter)
Dr: Do you know where you are now?
Edna: D_n! S_t on you all who rip into my internals! The grudgerometer will take care of you all!! (Shouting) I am the Queen, see my magic, I shall turn you into smidgelings forever!
Dr: Your husband is concerned about you. Do you know his name?
Edna: (Stands, walks and faces a wall) Who am I, Who are we, who are you, who are they (turns) I...I...I...I... (makes Grotesque faces)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:04:44 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 24, 2009, 08:59:11 AM
If I gouge out my left eye, will it stop hurting?

Painful eye you say? Apply one leech, four times a day.

Next!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 10:05:22 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:04:44 AM
Painful eye you say? Apply one leech, four times a day.

Next!

Or have a Mog lick your eyeball.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 24, 2009, 10:11:04 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:04:44 AM
Painful eye you say? Apply one leech, four times a day.

Next!

See vasectomy thread.  Next!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:12:53 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 10:05:22 AM
Or have a Mog lick your eyeball.

Yes, cat saliva has antiseptic properties, which is why Mog never gets a bum infection.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 10:15:42 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:12:53 AM
Yes, cat saliva has antiseptic properties, which is why Mog never gets a bum infection.  8)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 24, 2009, 10:15:56 AM
TMI
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 24, 2009, 10:20:20 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 24, 2009, 10:15:56 AM
TMI

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 11:34:56 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 08:36:06 AM
I have no idea what you're talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Bear)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 11:39:50 AM
Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 24, 2009, 11:51:34 AM
Right...who just did that? I just had a powercut. Finally managed to find the torch and the power came on again.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 11:53:22 AM
Mess with me, will ya?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 12:46:14 PM
Quote from: knight on November 24, 2009, 11:51:34 AM
Right...who just did that?

It really was Dave. I saw him do it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 12:47:37 PM
Thank you, handy-dandy teleportation device!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 12:54:35 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 12:47:37 PM
Thank you, handy-dandy teleportation device!

Have you upgraded to the Mark V? Or are you still using the Mark IV, with the wobbly handle?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 01:21:14 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 12:54:35 PM
Have you upgraded to the Mark V? Or are you still using the Mark IV, with the wobbly handle?

Mark IV, but I had someone adjust the handle so it works fine now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 01:39:00 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 01:21:14 PM
Mark IV, but I had someone adjust the handle so it works fine now.

That's good. I was going to warn you off upgrading to the Mark V. The multifangulated output connector doesn't work properly, and although the instruction book recommends seven bimodulated aerial degrundulators, it actually works better with six.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 01:42:45 PM
Incidentally, I've heard some people claim that it doesn't matter how many bimodulated aerial degrundulators you use. Can you believe that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 01:48:18 PM
Outrageous.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 24, 2009, 01:53:44 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 24, 2009, 01:42:45 PM
Incidentally, I've heard some people claim that it doesn't matter how many bimodulated aerial degrundulators you use. Can you believe that?
I've just found my new pickup line.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 24, 2009, 02:30:53 PM
Do you know what this thread is missing? Biscuit chat.

Crazy coincidence that after I was enlightening you all with tales of jaffa cakes and biscuits and how important they are to the British way of life, popular Stephen Fry vehicle/quiz show QI should pick up exactly that subject.

http://www.youtube.com/v/8SoBNKu0-z0&feature=related

Fast forward to 5:00 for a quintessentialy English anecdote. And if you can't be bothered:

"I think it was, in the second World War, they would have people from the ministry of Labour going around checking on everybody, and . . . particularly on the big estates, to see if all these people could . . . if someone could be released for essential war work, and they went to . . . to Chatsworth, where the Duke of Devonshire's estate was, and they . . . you know, stopwatch and clipboard, and they checked everybody, and eventually, they had an interview with the . . . with the Duke, and they said, "Well, your Grace, we can understand that you need, er, 47 gardeners and 13 under-gardeners, and you need, er, erm, grooms, and you need chauffeurs, and you need, er, upstairs maids and downstairs maids and in-between maids and laundry room maids and stillroom maids and kitchen maids and nursemaids and housemaids and parlour maids, and we can understand that, er, you need the boy to scrape the knives and boots, and you need the butler and the four footmen, and the under-butler . . . but we wonder if a man economy might be made . . . Do you . . . Does your Grace necessarily need two pastry cooks?"

To which he apparently replied, "Oh, damn it. Can't a man have a biscuit?" . . . Which is, I mean . . . you know, we're all prepared to make sacrifices, and beat the Hun, but I mean, really. That's going a bit far, isn't it?"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 26, 2009, 09:33:34 AM
Star Wars Facebook Updates (http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889) :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 26, 2009, 10:21:07 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 26, 2009, 09:33:34 AM
Star Wars Facebook Updates (http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889) :D

That was good for a chuckle, thanks!  :D

Attached a similar joke Facebook profile...this time it's Hitler's facebook. The original is in Spanish so I annoted it with rough translations.  :)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 26, 2009, 12:16:49 PM
Quote from: Corey on November 26, 2009, 09:33:34 AM
Star Wars Facebook Updates (http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889) :D
That was surprisingly hilarious. (and the Hitler one was, too)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 27, 2009, 09:49:57 AM
I'm surprised Opus106 doesn't have a BWV???? as a user name.  :D

Was there a big explosion I'm not aware of......is anyone still alive?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 27, 2009, 10:09:53 AM
*crickets chirping*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 27, 2009, 10:33:56 AM
Cricket's over for the winter here.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 27, 2009, 10:40:12 AM
Quote from: knight on November 27, 2009, 10:33:56 AM
Cricket's over for the winter here.

Mike

Sri Lanka lost by an innings and 144 runs today to India.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 27, 2009, 10:52:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 27, 2009, 10:40:12 AM
Sri Lanka lost by an innings and 144 runs today to India.

High Five, dude!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 27, 2009, 10:59:06 AM
Yes, it is always cricket weather somewhere or other.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on November 30, 2009, 05:53:23 PM
:D

(http://www.harkavagrant.com/history/beethovensm.png)

source (http://www.harkavagrant.com/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 08:56:54 AM
When the EEL hits your eye, like a big pizza pie...

that's a moraaaay!

(http://www.divetrip.com/photos/moray01.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 02, 2009, 09:01:08 AM
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 02, 2009, 09:05:29 AM
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9540/600pxawesomehurrhurr.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 02, 2009, 09:11:11 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 08:56:54 AM
When the EEL hits your eye, like a big pizza pie...

that's a moraaaay!

(http://www.divetrip.com/photos/moray01.jpg)

Ah, from Forty Great Unclaimed Melodies!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 09:15:57 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 02, 2009, 09:11:11 AM

Ah, from Forty Great Unclaimed Melodies!

Nevah hoid of it.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on December 02, 2009, 09:52:33 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 08:56:54 AM
When the EEL hits your eye, like a big pizza pie...

that's a moraaaay!

(http://www.divetrip.com/photos/moray01.jpg)

That is one talented fish.  I think he could join Eel Divo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 09:53:02 AM
The hills are alive...


THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!!!


EEEE!!!!
:o  :'(

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 10:11:20 AM
[too much caffeine]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 10:27:56 AM
Have you heard my latest composition?

Played on two flutes, one in this dimension and one in dimension X, it can only be performed on the third Tuesday of an even month (in this dimension; they don't have Tuesdays in the other one), and only then if a rabbit is in attendance (in the other dimension, not here; they do have rabbits, y'know). Each flutist must hop around in circles on one leg while playing random notes for exactly seven minutes, after which they cover the flutes with chocolate sauce and give the audience (except the rabbit) the finger.

I call it "X99-B-Tibbar in X major"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 02, 2009, 12:11:45 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 10:27:56 AM
Have you heard my latest composition?

Played on two flutes, one in this dimension and one in dimension X, it can only be performed on the third Tuesday of an even month (in this dimension; they don't have Tuesdays in the other one), and only then if a rabbit is in attendance (in the other dimension, not here; they do have rabbits, y'know). Each flutist must hop around in circles on one leg while playing random notes for exactly seven minutes, after which they cover the flutes with chocolate sauce and give the audience (except the rabbit) the finger.

I call it "X99-B-Tibbar in X major"
As much as I like it, it's already been done. Ubloobideega wrote a piece just like that in 1972, except the chocolate sauce is honey, and he gives the audience real fingers from the stack of dead corpses he brings onstage every performance.

The title of the piece is "XXXX U."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 12:25:01 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 02, 2009, 12:38:09 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 10:27:56 AM
Have you heard my latest composition?

Played on two flutes, one in this dimension and one in dimension X, it can only be performed on the third Tuesday of an even month (in this dimension; they don't have Tuesdays in the other one), and only then if a rabbit is in attendance (in the other dimension, not here; they do have rabbits, y'know). Each flutist must hop around in circles on one leg while playing random notes for exactly seven minutes, after which they cover the flutes with chocolate sauce and give the audience (except the rabbit) the finger.

I call it "X99-B-Tibbar in X major"

Been listening to it, often, and with great care. On the 473rd listening, I was beginning to suspect that you'd used slightly too much chocolate sauce, Dave; but then I realised that in my excitement, I'd slopped my mug of cocoa.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 02, 2009, 12:40:13 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 09:53:02 AM
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!!!

No ... the EELS are alive.

I'd been thinking it was time we got more fish back into this thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 01:17:28 PM
Let us write the lyrics to a pop song titled "Chocolate Eels". It will be a big, big hit. I can feel it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 02, 2009, 01:32:24 PM
Well it's one for the oyster,
Two for the shrimp,
Three for the mussel,
You're a feeble wimp,
So don't you,
Step on my chocolate eel.
You can do anything, but
Don't make my choc-eel squeal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 02, 2009, 01:44:05 PM
How many rivers must a man swim down,
Before they call him a fish?
And how many mugs of cocoa must he drink,
Before he gets his chocolate wish?
And what do we get if we mix them both up,
And spoon them into a dish?

The answer, I feel, is like a chocolate eel,
The answer is like a chocolate eel.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 02, 2009, 01:52:13 PM
Well done, sir.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 02, 2009, 07:40:24 PM
I should just like to say, Yowza.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 03, 2009, 12:29:52 AM
They were released together on a two-track single yesterday, but I see no impact on the charts yet. Could it be that MN Dave has misled me?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 04:27:05 AM
(http://images.zaazu.com/img/male10-male-smiley-thinking-smiley-emoticon-000049-large.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:16:40 AM
Talking about music is like skating about cowpunching. Or something.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 03, 2009, 05:34:33 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:16:40 AM
Talking about music is like skating about cowpunching.

Yes, it is curiously similar, now you mention it. I suspect there's a deep one-to-one symbolism linking the two, so that each event in a typical cow-punching episode has its precisely corresponding technique on the ice, and one might even say that the true meaning of cowpunching is only revealed when expressed on skates: 'I lassoo, therefore I spin.'

Of course, I could be wrong about this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:37:02 AM
You? Wrong? I think not.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 03, 2009, 05:53:04 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:37:02 AM
You? Wrong? I think not.

I'm relieved you should say that, because since making my last post I've written and published a substantial monograph on the subject, amusingly titled 'Frosty the Cowman: refrigerated thoughts towards a symbolic analysis of Rodeo Ice-ology'. I've given you full credit for the initial discovery, Dave, prominently displayed in the middle of an extensive footnote at the bottom of page 1,278, about the history of skate-punching in Inner Outer Mongolia, but unfortunately it's in very small print and is quite hard to read.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:54:11 AM
That's okay. I'll take what I can get.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on December 03, 2009, 07:47:16 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:54:11 AM
That's okay. I'll take what I can get.

Your partner must feel so special. Unless you're alone, in which case keep your chin up - someone will settle for you one day.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 03, 2009, 08:29:44 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 05:16:40 AM
Talking about music is like skating about cowpunching. Or something.

You would have experience with cowpunching.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 03, 2009, 08:54:48 AM
Cow-tipping, anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on December 03, 2009, 09:30:27 AM
dm, please come out of the 'Meltdown'!

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on December 03, 2009, 11:11:33 AM
The he'll just post endlessly about Brahms's 1st PC and making fun of Elgar. Trust me, he's in the right place.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 03, 2009, 11:28:44 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 03, 2009, 08:54:48 AM
Cow-tipping, anyway.

Is this different to cow-patting?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 01:40:11 PM
Who nails Mahler's wife?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 01:44:31 PM
Little boy on the playground: I have big boots!

My friend's little girl: Quiet, you!

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 03, 2009, 01:46:43 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 01:40:11 PM
Who nails Mahler's wife?

How long have you got?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 03, 2009, 01:48:58 PM
Quote from: knight on December 03, 2009, 01:46:43 PM
How long have you got?

Mike

That's a personal question.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on December 03, 2009, 03:29:37 PM
Quote from: knight on December 03, 2009, 01:46:43 PM
How long have you got?

Mike
(http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/10/285x214/33106_1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 03, 2009, 09:23:10 PM
Naughty mocker!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 04, 2009, 07:34:53 PM
http://www.albionrecords.org/

Edit: Also, gotta love Wikipedia citation required-bombing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kyr
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on December 08, 2009, 09:51:23 AM
Anyone else cheated on a young Swedish model at least 7 times?

Confess!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on December 08, 2009, 01:26:55 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 08, 2009, 09:51:23 AM
Anyone else cheated on a young Swedish model at least 7 times?

Confess!!!

I often think about replacing my Ikea bookshelves with something more robust. Does that count?   >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on December 08, 2009, 01:31:38 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 08, 2009, 09:51:23 AM
Anyone else cheated on a young Swedish model at least 7 times?

Confess!!!

Quote from: Benji on December 08, 2009, 01:26:55 PM
I often think about replacing my Ikea bookshelves with something more robust. Does that count?   >:D

;D  ;D  ;D

Comedic routine of the day...

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 09, 2009, 09:36:04 AM
Hey Erato, did you manage to witness this? :)

(http://www.altaposten.no/multimedia/dynamic/00340/Fenomen_over_Borras_340152c.jpg)

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596359
http://www.altaposten.no/lokalt/nyheter/article316411.ece
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6902336

As per one eye witness, a popular explanation in Norway has been about a rocket launched from a Russian sub (http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=09&month=12&year=2009).

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on December 09, 2009, 10:17:02 AM
Wow. At first I thought it was some kind of time lapse photograph being used as a hoax but there is a video. Not that that proves anything in itself - could be viral marketing for some end of the world film for all I know.

Something about it just doesn't ring true... The spiral pattern seems to be perfectly oblique to the viewpoint of everyone who has photographed it, which strikes me as odd as they would supposedly be photographing it from various angles.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 10, 2009, 05:52:33 AM
An update has been posted on Spaceweather.com: http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=12&year=2009 -- an out-of-control Russian ICBM is a probable candidate.


Quote from: Benji on December 09, 2009, 10:17:02 AM
Something about it just doesn't ring true... The spiral pattern seems to be perfectly oblique to the viewpoint of everyone who has photographed it, which strikes me as odd as they would supposedly be photographing it from various angles.

If, as people are suggesting, this happened out at sea and a fair distance away, and all the observers were inland, then there wouldn't be much difference at this scale.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 10, 2009, 05:54:26 AM
It's the Giant Aneroid Barometer from Outer Space, and we're all DOOMED.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 10, 2009, 07:29:19 AM
Ooooh, noooooo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on December 10, 2009, 08:47:47 AM
I think it looks like a big coiled telephone cable going into the sky. Guess someone does really does have a direct line to the big man in the sky after all.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on December 10, 2009, 10:48:45 PM

    The BBC confirms it's a Russian sub-launched missile (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8405481.stm). The spiral pattern is produced by the missile going out of control. Think of fireworks rockets. That's what they do. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 11, 2009, 01:08:29 AM
I don't want to alarm Karl even more, but I'm afraid it really is the Giant Aneroid Barometer from Outer Space:

(http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28553/28553-h/images/image162.jpg)

Let's not be distracted by the cover-up stories about a Russian missile. It's the biggest, fiercest barometer in the galaxy, and it's COMING for YOU.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on December 11, 2009, 02:05:32 AM

     No, it's a Cosmic Egg Timer. We're done.  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/evil.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 09:39:51 AM
In the immortal words of Paul McCartney:

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

Why, why, why, why, why, why
Do you say good bye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye

Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello
Hello

Hela, heba helloa
Hela, heba helloa
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 11, 2009, 10:47:20 AM
QuotePosts: 1111

Nice!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 11, 2009, 10:53:27 AM
That's like a two-way Nelson! I'm sure ol' Shep is dancing in his grave right now.*




*For the benefit of non-cricket-watching people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shepherd_%28umpire%29#Umpiring). ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 11:09:18 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 11, 2009, 10:47:20 AM

Nice!

OOo!!! Time to delete my account!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 19, 2009, 11:54:36 AM
 :'(

Another example of how the visual arts are constantly over-promoted compared to music: a TV show on the "restoration" of a medieval castle has just finished. They were at pains to show their "meticulous research" on the furnishings and decorations, and yet the soundtrack to the programme was fully new age, with keyboard string instruments and miscellaneous undefinable hooting. I don't get how the people involved can be so short-sighted...

I wonder how many people think that medieval courtly music sounded like Wagner.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 19, 2009, 06:37:05 PM
So, today, the guy I enjoy talking to most at work was caught stealing from one of the registers, arrested, and fired. I saw him walking out of the store in handcuffs and it looked like he had been crying.

There goes another person that actually gave me a reason to look forward to going to work. The last guy who I really enjoyed talking to was fired about a year ago because after he came back from jail (apparently driving while on painkillers), I heard he passed out while clocking in at the registers and then failed a drug test.

I don't understand what's wrong with these people. The guy with the painkillers is one that was abnormally nice, friendly, fun (though sometimes a little bit too hyper) and it was fun talking about anime or Japanese stuff with him. The guy who got fired today was a really messed up guy with tons of problems and anger, but he's the only person I can really talk music with (I even planned on playing guitar with him, and playing his bass), among other things. I had no idea he would do something so stupid.

And then someone else who I somewhat enjoyed talking to is leaving soon... I just don't understand.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 20, 2009, 04:08:10 AM
There are lots of people out there. Don't think that the world is collapsing because one or two people pass out of your orbit now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 20, 2009, 05:31:57 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 20, 2009, 04:08:10 AM
There are lots of people out there. Don't think that the world is collapsing because one or two people pass out of your orbit now.
Yeah, I do plan on going to community college in August, so that'll take care of that, and more.  8)
I can take 7 months (starting end of Jan.) with just 2 or 3 interesting people to talk to- I've done it before with 0 (not counting internet people).  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 20, 2009, 05:34:58 AM
And of course, it is unpleasant when people whose society you've more or less enjoyed turn out to have serious behavioral issues.

And not only people on the Internet . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 20, 2009, 05:06:40 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 20, 2009, 05:34:58 AM
And of course, it is unpleasant when people whose society you've more or less enjoyed turn out to have serious behavioral issues.

And not only people on the Internet . . . .
Yeah, it's always a surprise.
The weird thing is, today this guy who used to be in my class came through my line today. I hadn't seen him for probably 7 or 8 months since he just went to Pennsylvania one day and never came back (though he did unenroll, but he said it would be temporary just to prevent his grades from falling from bad attendance). We thought he just moved or died or something.  ;D So, it ends up he needs a job and since that one dude left, I told him he could apply and I'd recommend him- so, who knows. It would be great.

Also, a month or so ago, while at the gym, I saw the guy who used to be a loader but moved to Orlando and it was another complete surprise. He told me he moved back and they wouldn't rehire him. Everyone wants him back, too, so it may turn out that he gets the job again. Either way, it could be one of these two people who both nearly shocked me to death.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on December 20, 2009, 08:52:53 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 19, 2009, 06:37:05 PM
So, today, the guy I enjoy talking to most at work was caught stealing from one of the registers, arrested, and fired. I saw him walking out of the store in handcuffs and it looked like he had been crying.

There goes another person that actually gave me a reason to look forward to going to work. The last guy who I really enjoyed talking to was fired about a year ago because after he came back from jail (apparently driving while on painkillers), I heard he passed out while clocking in at the registers and then failed a drug test.

I don't understand what's wrong with these people. The guy with the painkillers is one that was abnormally nice, friendly, fun (though sometimes a little bit too hyper) and it was fun talking about anime or Japanese stuff with him. The guy who got fired today was a really messed up guy with tons of problems and anger, but he's the only person I can really talk music with (I even planned on playing guitar with him, and playing his bass), among other things. I had no idea he would do something so stupid.

And then someone else who I somewhat enjoyed talking to is leaving soon... I just don't understand.

      Earlier this year I spent my vacation visiting my father and noticed that in Arlington, Texas, where he lives, there are an unnaturally large number of offices for bail bondsmen, some featuring big signs saying something like if you're ever in trouble call us and so on.* Now what I want to know is where do you go in Arlington, Massachusetts where I live? Who do I call the next time I zone out on Oxycontin and steal money from a cash register? My community is woefully underserved in this respect.

      * Uh, if you need a bailbondsman what are you doing driving around reading signs? Maybe you're supposed to be the girlfriend heading over to work at the taqueria or the hospital, worried about how to spring the boyfriend, who's really a nice guy, just a little confused, that's all, and then you read the sign.....
     
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 21, 2009, 02:37:46 AM
Quote from: drogulus on December 20, 2009, 08:52:53 PM
My community is woefully underserved in this respect.

Not underserved, just more discreet. Around here, they operate as insurance companies. "Surety agent" sounds so much nicer than "bail bondsman".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 21, 2009, 04:55:39 AM
Dance, dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on December 21, 2009, 11:00:38 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on December 21, 2009, 02:37:46 AM
Not underserved, just more discreet. Around here, they operate as insurance companies. "Surety agent" sounds so much nicer than "bail bondsman".

     Naw, there's more to it than that. I think the good folks of the Commonwealth lack a proper appreciation of low level criminality.

     Coming back on the plane circling over Boston I had the feeling that I was returning to a great civilization. I actually felt that cliche about Athens (not the Hub of the Universe, though). There is something very real behind it. Too bad Boston is full of the sourest people on the planet. It's an astonishingly unfriendly place.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 25, 2009, 06:26:09 AM
When I use my name in the search function to try to find a post I made in a thread, it asks me if I meant to search for "skunk".      :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 25, 2009, 03:31:39 PM
I guess I really did get a 4.0 this semester, and it wasn't a dream to screw with my mind! 

I still have no clue how I managed a 4.0......but I'll take it!   :D 8)  :o ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 25, 2009, 04:19:20 PM
Bravo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2009, 07:56:01 AM
Time to be a stereotypical internet moron and ask for medical advice on a forum :P

I slipped on some ice yesterday and landed on my wrist. If it had even a hairline fracture I'd know about it, so it doesn't, but the discomfort hasn't gone away overnight. If it's a sprain, would it be worth buying one of those compressive wrist wraps to ward off any nastiness, or am I just being paranoid and should wait for the ache to fade away?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 08:52:15 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 07:56:01 AM
I slipped on some ice yesterday and landed on my wrist. If it had even a hairline fracture I'd know about it, so it doesn't, but the discomfort hasn't gone away overnight. If it's a sprain, would it be worth buying one of those compressive wrist wraps to ward off any nastiness, or am I just being paranoid and should wait for the ache to fade away?

Give it a few days, I'd say, without doing any push-ups on that wrist over that time. :P

(Without possessing medical qualifications, and being a typical non-specialist internet moron responding to a specialist question. ;D)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2009, 11:14:07 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 08:52:15 PM
(Without possessing medical qualifications, and being a typical non-specialist internet moron responding to a specialist question. ;D)
...and the circle closes :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 11:59:56 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 11:14:07 PM
...and the circle closes :)

With much rejoicing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 27, 2009, 06:55:16 PM
Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?  ???

This is about the 3rd or 4th time it's happened... by the time I come home from work I still have a headache, and I feel like I'm about to throw up (and once I actually did, even though I hardly ever throw up).

This time, I knew that it wasn't me getting sick by remembering the patterns of what happened before. Just take an aspirin and relax for a couple of hours. Now I feel completely fine and am reviewing the program I'm writing (whereas just 2 hours ago, just thinking about it enough- or anything that requires thought like that- would probably have made me puke).

It's a weird phenomenon... can't say I've experienced it before...  ::) i don't really understand how I can have flu-like symptoms for a few hours and then just have it disappear by doing nothing.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 27, 2009, 07:05:03 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 27, 2009, 06:55:16 PM
Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?  ???


Sounds like you're having migraines.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:07:08 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 27, 2009, 06:55:16 PM
Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?  ???

My knowledge of headache-related causality is limited. ;)

But I do know headaches can often be accompanied by nausea, under certain conditions (I would guess - repeat, guess - things like stress, insomnia, malnutrition, as well as more chronic stuff; certainly migraines are notoriously nausea-inducing).


Edit: Szykniej beat me to it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 27, 2009, 07:09:11 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:07:08 PM

Edit: Szykniej beat me to it.

But your answer was much more thorough   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: listener on December 27, 2009, 10:00:39 PM
Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?

Headaches after driving sounds car-related.    Maybe sensitivity to a mould in the heating/ac system?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 28, 2009, 07:13:37 AM
Well, I don't think it was a migraine because the headache wasn't really that strong- and I've had some before which were pretty bad bad but never made me feel sick.



Quote from: listener on December 27, 2009, 10:00:39 PM
Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?

Headaches after driving sounds car-related.    Maybe sensitivity to a mould in the heating/ac system?
Hmmm... I didn't have the heating or ac on... (I don't know if that makes a difference)...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 28, 2009, 07:18:12 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 28, 2009, 07:13:37 AM
Well, I don't think it was a migraine because the headache wasn't really that strong- and I've had some before which were pretty bad bad but never made me feel sick.


Hmmm... I didn't have the heating or ac on... (I don't know if that makes a difference)...

Oh, well ... I guess all that's left is an inoperable brain tumor ...


:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 28, 2009, 07:36:03 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on December 28, 2009, 07:18:12 AM
Oh, well ... I guess all that's left is an inoperable brain tumor ...


:P
Lol  :D
Though I probably would be dead already since the first time this happened was well over a year ago.

Maybe it is a migraine, but I'm just misunderstanding that migraines don't necessarily have to be more painful than normal headaches, but the difference is the nausea part?...

The headache started right after lunch break yesterday, which happened to be an abnormally stressful lunch break, although I let myself forget about it and played around with the girls later, which helped a bit.

Looking at the list of stuff that happens before migraines, whatever might happen on the list is pretty normal, and I don't see how yesterday was different from any other Sunday.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 08:39:08 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 28, 2009, 07:36:03 AM
Maybe it is a migraine, but I'm just misunderstanding that migraines don't necessarily have to be more painful than normal headaches, but the difference is the nausea part?...
Migraines can actually present quite a wide range of symptoms. I used to get them with full blown fortification spectra (silvery flashing lights) for half an hour, followed by a one-sided headache for up to 2 days afterwards, with or without nausea. Usually the attacks came on when I relaxed after something stressful (eg at the weekend after a tough week's work). But in recent years they've been vaguer, perhaps because I now take beta-blockers all the time (for other reasons). I've gradually grown to recognise the 'migraine' feeling of being unaccountably below par for up to an hour, followed by maybe a day or two of not-quite-right-vision, headache, slight nausea, vague sense of confusion -  but otherwise perfectly capable of normal activity.

Point is - a migraine can be a slight unpleasantness at one end of the spectrum, or almost completely debilitating at the other, but it's usually recognisably different to a normal stress-induced headache.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 28, 2009, 08:43:43 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 08:39:08 AM
Migraines can actually present quite a wide range of symptoms. I used to get them with full blown fortification spectra (silvery flashing lights) for half an hour, followed by a one-sided headache for up to 2 days afterwards, with or without nausea. Usually the attacks came on when I relaxed after something stressful (eg at the weekend after a tough week's work). But in recent years they've been vaguer, perhaps because I now take beta-blockers all the time (for other reasons). I've gradually grown to recognise the 'migraine' feeling of being unaccountably below par for up to an hour, followed by maybe a day or two of not-quite-right-vision, headache, slight nausea, vague sense of confusion -  but otherwise perfectly capable of normal activity.

Point is - a migraine can be a slight unpleasantness at one end of the spectrum, or almost completely debilitating at the other, but it's usually recognisably different to a normal stress-induced headache.
That's really helpful!
Sounds like to me that's what it might be...


silvery flashing lights sounds craaaaaaaaaazy  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 09:22:16 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 28, 2009, 08:43:43 AM
silvery flashing lights sounds craaaaaaaaaazy  ???
First time it happens, if you don't know what it is, it's terrifying! In addition to the lights, you get a gradually widening 'hole' in your vision within the arc of silver lights, which clears as the lights expand beyond the limits of vision over a period of about 40 minutes. Everyone doesn't experience the same thing exactly - there are some examples of what people report here (looking at some of them makes me feel as if I'm getting a migraine attack!):

http://www.migraine-aura.org/content/e24966/e22874/e47197/index_en.html (http://www.migraine-aura.org/content/e24966/e22874/e47197/index_en.html)

Of course I don't think we should rush to rule out the inoperable brain tumour diagnosis.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 28, 2009, 10:44:27 AM
Fortunately, I don't suffer from migraines myself, but my wife has had some problems with them and in her case, caffeine was identified as the trigger. It coincided with her starting to drink a lot of tea, which apparently has a different type of caffeine than coffee, which doesn't seem to bother her.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 12:46:19 PM
So, Greg, I think we have a solution for you. Don't drink coffee (or tea, to be safe). Don't eat chocolate or cheese (also known migraine triggers). Never eat lunch (it seemed to be the lunch that triggered it yesterday). And if lunch - well, it seems to me all meals are suspect, so best simply not to eat, I think. Don't let yourself get stressed, and if you do get stressed, for Pete's sake don't relax. In fact, clearly this stress/relax issue is a bit of a lose-lose situation, so maybe you'd be better off just staying in bed. You should be OK then.

Any time you need more medical advice, just let us know.

(Cheese or chocolate, anyone? Cup of coffee? Paracetamol?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 28, 2009, 01:01:58 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 12:46:19 PM
So, Greg, I think we have a solution for you. Don't drink coffee (or tea, to be safe). Don't eat chocolate or cheese (also known migraine triggers). Never eat lunch (it seemed to be the lunch that triggered it yesterday). And if lunch - well, it seems to me all meals are suspect, so best simply not to eat, I think. Don't let yourself get stressed, and if you do get stressed, for Pete's sake don't relax. In fact, clearly this stress/relax issue is a bit of a lose-lose situation, so maybe you'd be better off just staying in bed. You should be OK then.

Any time you need more medical advice, just let us know.

(Cheese or chocolate, anyone? Cup of coffee? Paracetamol?)
You're a genius. I'll have to do that.
BUT... maybe for fun, one day next week, I'll do everything bad at the same time. I'll have a gallon of coffee and tea, 3 Hershey Bars, and a pound of cheese for 5 different meals, each, during the day.

Also, I'll make sure I'm 30 minutes late for work without calling, and I'll rush like a maniac driving there, narrowly avoiding getting into wrecks. Then, I'll cuss out the customers for no reason and flash everyone and run off to my car, where an accomplice puts a straight jacket on me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 01:07:26 PM
Now look what's happened. I realised I'd mis-spelt 'paracetamol', and corrected it - and then realised that you'd quoted my post, so my error remained and I was helpless to change it. So I started to get stressed, and then took deep breaths to try to relax, and ate some cheese and chocolate to make me feel better, and, and ..... it's all your fault, Greg!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 28, 2009, 02:03:56 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 01:07:26 PM
Now look what's happened. I realised I'd mis-spelt 'paracetamol', and corrected it - and then realised that you'd quoted my post, so my error remained and I was helpless to change it. So I started to get stressed, and then took deep breaths to try to relax, and ate some cheese and chocolate to make me feel better, and, and ..... it's all your fault, Greg!

Sounds like a brain tumor to me ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on December 28, 2009, 08:28:18 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 28, 2009, 08:43:43 AM
That's really helpful!
Sounds like to me that's what it might be...


silvery flashing lights sounds craaaaaaaaaazy  ???

      (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif)

      What about demonic possession? (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif) Isn't that more likely given your interests?

       I recommend drinking and taking lots of drugs to force the demon out. Call work and tell them you're sick. It's probably best not to mention the demon, at least not until we get confirmation from a witch doctor or..........another kind of witch doctor. (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/badgrin.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 29, 2009, 01:19:47 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on December 28, 2009, 02:03:56 PM
Sounds like a brain tumor to me ...

I knew it! I had the feeling that it wasn't going to be a good day.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 29, 2009, 06:32:30 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 01:07:26 PM
Now look what's happened. I realised I'd mis-spelt 'paracetamol', and corrected it - and then realised that you'd quoted my post, so my error remained and I was helpless to change it. So I started to get stressed, and then took deep breaths to try to relax, and ate some cheese and chocolate to make me feel better, and, and ..... it's all your fault, Greg!
No, you're hallucinating again. Look the quoted area of my post again. It's spelled correctly.  ;)



Quote from: drogulus on December 28, 2009, 08:28:18 PM
      (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif)

      What about demonic possession? (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif) Isn't that more likely given your interests?

       I recommend drinking and taking lots of drugs to force the demon out. Call work and tell them you're sick. It's probably best not to mention the demon, at least not until we get confirmation from a witch doctor or..........another kind of witch doctor. (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/badgrin.gif)
I think I need to go see Benny Hinn.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 29, 2009, 09:14:43 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 29, 2009, 06:32:30 AM
No, you're hallucinating again. Look the quoted area of my post again. It's spelled correctly.

So it was all just a bad dream. Hoorah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 29, 2009, 09:18:10 AM
Thanks to everyone here who wished me a happy birthday on facebook...
(saves the trouble of writing "thanks"... "thanks"... etc. A couple years ago my whole Sunday school class commented, and it was a bit weird doing that about 10 times)  :-X


Quote from: Elgarian on December 29, 2009, 09:14:43 AM
So it was all just a bad dream. Hoorah!
Are you sure you were asleep?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 29, 2009, 09:19:56 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 29, 2009, 09:18:10 AM
Are you sure you were asleep?
I'm not sure of anything....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 01, 2010, 10:29:44 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_zu_Guttenberg

WTF is with this dude's name? He has a better title than the Kaisers had.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 07, 2010, 10:09:33 AM
Is GMG slowing down? The pace seems slower lately.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on January 07, 2010, 10:27:31 AM
Holidays over, people getting back to work, maybe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 07, 2010, 10:38:07 AM
Slackers.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 07, 2010, 01:01:54 PM
As for me .... I've not been very well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 07, 2010, 02:06:32 PM
Aren't you better yet?  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 07, 2010, 05:35:22 PM
Quote from: Spud on January 07, 2010, 10:38:07 AM
Slackers.

Keeping that disapprobation in mid-season form, I see.   Good show!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Andante on January 07, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 28, 2009, 09:22:16 AM
First time it happens, if you don't know what it is, it's terrifying! In addition to the lights, you get a gradually widening 'hole' in your vision within the arc of silver lights, which clears as the lights expand beyond the limits of vision over a period of about 40 minutes. Everyone doesn't experience the same thing exactly - there are some examples of what people report here (looking at some of them makes me feel as if I'm getting a migraine attack!):

Hello Elgarian nice to catch up with you again, regarding "silvery flashing lights" About 12 months ago as I got out of bed I had the said flashes and sparkles, this was immediately followed by a painless loss of vision (80%) in my left eye unfortunately it is permanent, so if you get this for heavens sake get it checked out
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:01:06 AM
Quote from: Andante on January 07, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Hello Elgarian nice to catch up with you again, regarding "silvery flashing lights" About 12 months ago as I got out of bed I had the said flashes and sparkles, this was immediately followed by a painless loss of vision (80%) in my left eye unfortunately it is permanent, so if you get this for heavens sake get it checked out

Hello Andante. That must have been a lot more than an 'ordinary' migraine you had there, and I'm very sorry to hear that you're still affected by its consequences.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:04:01 AM
Quote from: Spud on January 07, 2010, 02:06:32 PM
Aren't you better yet?  :-\

I'm just beginning to feel like a normal human being. It's years since I had a sinus infection as bad as this, and it simply laid me out for days. Even now, the difference between me and a washed-out dishcloth is not large. People keep picking me up and putting me in the kitchen sink by mistake. No joke, I tell you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 08, 2010, 03:13:12 AM
Sinus infection? I think I got one of those the first three 3 years of high school (3 years in a row, until I went to a different high school the last year). I wonder if the reason was the building I was in? It wasn't too old, but it was extremely dirty... do you think the building where you work is dirty like this? (assuming work, of course)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 03:48:03 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 08, 2010, 03:13:12 AM
Sinus infection? I think I got one of those the first three 3 years of high school (3 years in a row, until I went to a different high school the last year). I wonder if the reason was the building I was in? It wasn't too old, but it was extremely dirty... do you think the building where you work is dirty like this? (assuming work, of course)
No, nothing like that. I think some people have narrower sinus passages than others, so all the goo that's produced when you have a cold can't drain away properly, and so the sinuses are more easily infected. Another problem is that the older one gets, the harder certain infections seem to hit. Another problem might be that I make too much fuss about it all, but I firmly reject that hypothesis.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 08, 2010, 06:30:21 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:04:01 AM
I'm just beginning to feel like a normal human being. It's years since I had a sinus infection as bad as this, and it simply laid me out for days. Even now, the difference between me and a washed-out dishcloth is not large. People keep picking me up and putting me in the kitchen sink by mistake. No joke, I tell you.

Really? I mean, don't they know that dishcloths don't like Handel arias?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on January 08, 2010, 06:35:15 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:04:01 AM
I'm just beginning to feel like a normal human being. It's years since I had a sinus infection as bad as this, and it simply laid me out for days. Even now, the difference between me and a washed-out dishcloth is not large. People keep picking me up and putting me in the kitchen sink by mistake. No joke, I tell you.
I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling bad.  What have you been taking for the sinus infection?  My doctor usually gives me antibiotics, and they seem to work brilliantly.  The first time I argued with him about it. . ."Are you sure I need antibiotics?  I know people say they are being over-prescribed, and maybe they won't help me anyway. . ."    He said I had two choices--I could argue with him, make him rinse some stuff out of my sinuses and send it off to be cultured, wait a few days, and then find out he was right, or I could trust him, take the antibiotics, and feel better much sooner.  "So," he said, "what would you prefer to do next, argue or feel better?"  He was right.  I felt massively better within 12 hours of starting the prescription.  I hope you get whatever you need to recover from your infection, whatever type it is. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 08, 2010, 09:11:44 AM
Although there is a history of over-prescribing antibiotics, there are ailments for which they are just plain the right treatment.

And, Alan: Hope you mend rapidamente!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on January 08, 2010, 09:28:23 AM
Anyone have experience with shipping a desktop computer through the mail? I'm wondering if packing this with foam padding (the kind that you sometimes find on beds) is going to be adequate.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 08, 2010, 10:46:03 AM
Quote from: Corey on January 08, 2010, 09:28:23 AM
Anyone have experience with shipping a desktop computer through the mail? I'm wondering if packing this with foam padding (the kind that you sometimes find on beds) is going to be adequate.
They're pretty resilient, I've done it a few times. You have to put your faith in the postal service to just throw it around like normal, rather than actually kick the shit into it (which they sometimes seem to do). It's worth layering - buy some bubble wrap, and wrap it tightly a few times to help dissipate any vibration shocks, then do whatever you would with the cushioning packaging.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 12:28:57 PM
Quote from: secondwind on January 08, 2010, 06:35:15 AM
What have you been taking for the sinus infection?

There's nothing like a good dose of sympathy for helping one to feel better. Thanks for these good wishes, Karl and Nancy. Conversation with doctor went like this (I'd gone to see him about something else):
Him: You look very well.
Me: Actually I feel terrible. I have sinusitis.
Him: We can fix that, you know.
Me: Yes, but skim back through my records and see all the previous times I tried antibiotics to fix sinusitis.
Him: Oh dear yes, I see what you mean. On each occasion the patient recovered in spite of the treatment.
Me: Yes. But only just.
Him. Back to the steam inhalations then?
Me: Yes.

And indeed, the condition is fixing itself, without the added trauma of antibiotic side effects (to which it seems to be my appointed lot to be particularly prone).

Still feel somewhat dish-clothish though, despite the persistent attraction to Handel arias, Navneeth. Sometimes I feel an urge to squeeze myself dry and flop into a bucket.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 08, 2010, 12:36:55 PM
feel better. or else...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:12:52 PM
Quote from: mn dave on January 08, 2010, 12:36:55 PM
feel better. or else...

You don't scare me, Big MN Dave. Dishcloths don't feel pain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 08, 2010, 01:26:42 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 01:12:52 PM
You don't scare me, Big MN Dave. Dishcloths don't feel pain.

I'll use you to clean the toilet!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on January 08, 2010, 05:37:31 PM
Well, Elgarian, I'm sending massive doses of sympathy your way.  I'm sorry you have one of those stubborn infections that doesn't respond to much of anything  >:(.  Except maybe sympathy  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 09, 2010, 01:16:03 AM
Quote from: mn dave on January 08, 2010, 01:26:42 PM
I'll use you to clean the toilet!  ;D
I feel better already!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 09, 2010, 01:22:00 AM
Quote from: secondwind on January 08, 2010, 05:37:31 PM
Well, Elgarian, I'm sending massive doses of sympathy your way.  I'm sorry you have one of those stubborn infections that doesn't respond to much of anything  >:(.  Except maybe sympathy  :)
Well, thank you for this. Curiously, I see that the official advice from the National Health Service Helpline is NOT to use steam inhalation for sinusitis because (a) of the risk of scalding, and (b) it's not of proven effectiveness.

Well, (b) is nonsense - steam inhalation is the only thing I've ever found that repeatedly and reliably relieves the symptoms. And (a) sounds like one of those absurd 'precautions against litigation' pieces of advice, like the warning labels 'Caution! Risk of scalding! This water is very hot!" on hot water taps in public toilets.

So that's the NHS helpline down the pan.

[Looks around to see what's next...]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 09, 2010, 03:04:44 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 08, 2010, 12:28:57 PM
Still feel somewhat dish-clothish though, despite the persistent attraction to Handel arias, Navneeth. Sometimes I feel an urge to squeeze myself dry and flop into a bucket.

Ouch! It's that bad, is it? Heed The Big Bad Dave's words. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 09, 2010, 04:46:37 AM
Quote from: mn dave on January 08, 2010, 01:26:42 PM
I'll use you to clean the toilet!  ;D

As if you have toilets in Minnesota!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 09, 2010, 05:03:15 AM
Well, I'm sure he must have one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 18, 2010, 01:12:51 AM
Could anyone please identify either one or both of these men for me? :) [Pictures attached.]



Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 18, 2010, 04:17:59 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 18, 2010, 01:12:51 AM
Could anyone please identify either one or both of these men for me? :) [Pictures attached.]

The bottom one is a young Paul Newman.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 18, 2010, 04:28:07 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on January 18, 2010, 04:17:59 AM
The bottom one is a young Paul Newman.

Thanks, Tony.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 18, 2010, 08:32:22 AM
So, when I graduate from my school (two weeks or so from now), I'll be the only one to do so since the last 13 people that dropped out.  8) (though that includes the couple that will in a week)
The last guy who graduated graduated over a year ago- saw him once probably half a year ago and he said he wasn't even interested in being a programmer.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 18, 2010, 08:44:50 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 18, 2010, 08:32:22 AM
So, when I graduate from my school (two weeks or so from now), I'll be the only one to do so since the last 13 people that dropped out.  8) (though that includes the couple that will in a week)
The last guy who graduated graduated over a year ago- saw him once probably half a year ago and he said he wasn't even interested in being a programmer.  ::)

Cool! That means you have both valedictorian and salutatorian honors all wrapped up!   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 18, 2010, 08:54:56 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on January 18, 2010, 08:44:50 AM
Cool! That means you have both valedictorian and salutatorian honors all wrapped up!   ;)
Ha, didn't even think of that.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 18, 2010, 10:14:48 AM
Now you reap the fruit of having sabotaged all your fellow students . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on January 18, 2010, 10:53:48 AM
They should make it easier to adopt an orphan child in need.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 22, 2010, 09:25:37 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm

What the f*ck.

What

The

F*ck

?

Seriously. The titanic absurdity of this debacle is so face-palm inducing that if I tried it, I would  probably cave my face in.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7866/facepalmr.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 22, 2010, 09:31:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 18, 2010, 08:54:56 AM
Ha, didn't even think of that.  :D

And you can tell future employers that you were in the top 100% of your graduating class.   :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 22, 2010, 09:40:47 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 22, 2010, 09:25:37 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm

What the f*ck.

What

The

F*ck

?

Seriously. The titanic absurdity of this debacle is so face-palm inducing that if I tried it, I would  probably cave my face in.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7866/facepalmr.jpg)

The New York Times reported on this last November.  Apparently these things cost $60,000 each and the Iraqis have purchased 1,500 of them, which puts the total cost close to $100 million.


The New York Times
November 4, 2009
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless
By ROD NORDLAND

BAGHDAD — Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq's security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless.

The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works "on the same principle as a Ouija board" — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, who described the wand as nothing more than an explosives divining rod.

Still, the Iraqi government has purchased more than 1,500 of the devices, known as the ADE 651, at costs from $16,500 to $60,000 each. Nearly every police checkpoint, and many Iraqi military checkpoints, have one of the devices, which are now normally used in place of physical inspections of vehicles.

With violence dropping in the past two years, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken down blast walls along dozens of streets, and he contends that Iraqis will safeguard the nation as American troops leave.

But the recent bombings of government buildings here have underscored how precarious Iraq remains, especially with the coming parliamentary elections and the violence expected to accompany them.

The suicide bombers who managed to get two tons of explosives into downtown Baghdad on Oct. 25, killing 155 people and destroying three ministries, had to pass at least one checkpoint where the ADE 651 is typically deployed, judging from surveillance videos released by Baghdad's provincial governor. The American military does not use the devices. "I don't believe there's a magic wand that can detect explosives," said Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., who oversees Iraqi police training for the American military. "If there was, we would all be using it. I have no confidence that these work."

The Iraqis, however, believe passionately in them. "Whether it's magic or scientific, what I care about is it detects bombs," said Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, head of the Ministry of the Interior's General Directorate for Combating Explosives.

Dale Murray, head of the National Explosive Engineering Sciences Security Center at Sandia Labs, which does testing for the Department of Defense, said the center had "tested several devices in this category, and none have ever performed better than random chance."

The Justice Department has warned against buying a variety of products that claim to detect explosives at a distance with a portable device. Normal remote explosives detection machinery, often employed in airports, weighs tons and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. The ADE 651's clients are mostly in developing countries; no major country's military or police force is a customer, according to the manufacturer.

"I don't care about Sandia or the Department of Justice or any of them," General Jabiri said. "I know more about this issue than the Americans do. In fact, I know more about bombs than anyone in the world."

He attributed the decrease in bombings in Baghdad since 2007 to the use of the wands at checkpoints. American military officials credit the surge in American forces, as well as the Awakening movement, in which Iraqi insurgents turned against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, for the decrease.

Aqeel al-Turaihi, the inspector general for the Ministry of the Interior, reported that the ministry bought 800 of the devices from a company called ATSC (UK) Ltd. for $32 million in 2008, and an unspecified larger quantity for $53 million. Mr. Turaihi said Iraqi officials paid up to $60,000 apiece, when the wands could be purchased for as little as $18,500. He said he had begun an investigation into the no-bid contracts with ATSC.

Jim McCormick, the head of ATSC, based in London, did not return calls for comment.

The Baghdad Operations Command announced Tuesday that it had purchased an additional 100 detection devices, but General Rowe said five to eight bomb-sniffing dogs could be purchased for $60,000, with provable results.

Checking cars with dogs, however, is a slow process, whereas the wands take only a few seconds per vehicle. "Can you imagine dogs at all 400 checkpoints in Baghdad?" General Jabiri said. "The city would be a zoo."

Speed is not the only issue. Colonel Bidlack said, "When they say they are selling you something that will save your son or daughter on a patrol, they've crossed an insupportable line into moral depravity."

Last year, the James Randi Educational Foundation, an organization seeking to debunk claims of the paranormal, publicly offered ATSC $1 million if it could pass a scientific test proving that the device could detect explosives. Mr. Randi said no one from the company had taken up the offer.

ATSC's promotional material claims that its device can find guns, ammunition, drugs, truffles, human bodies and even contraband ivory at distances up to a kilometer, underground, through walls, underwater or even from airplanes three miles high. The device works on "electrostatic magnetic ion attraction," ATSC says.

To detect materials, the operator puts an array of plastic-coated cardboard cards with bar codes into a holder connected to the wand by a cable. "It would be laughable," Colonel Bidlack said, "except someone down the street from you is counting on this to keep bombs off the streets."

Proponents of the wand often argue that errors stem from the human operator, who they say must be rested, with a steady pulse and body temperature, before using the device.

Then the operator must walk in place a few moments to "charge" the device, since it has no battery or other power source, and walk with the wand at right angles to the body. If there are explosives or drugs to the operator's left, the wand is supposed to swivel to the operator's left and point at them.

If, as often happens, no explosives or weapons are found, the police may blame a false positive on other things found in the car, like perfume, air fresheners or gold fillings in the driver's teeth.

On Tuesday, a guard and a driver for The New York Times, both licensed to carry firearms, drove through nine police checkpoints that were using the device. None of the checkpoint guards detected the two AK-47 rifles and ammunition inside the vehicle.

During an interview on Tuesday, General Jabiri challenged a Times reporter to test the ADE 651, placing a grenade and a machine pistol in plain view in his office. Despite two attempts, the wand did not detect the weapons when used by the reporter but did so each time it was used by a policeman.

"You need more training," the general said.

Riyadh Mohammed contributed reporting.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: November 5, 2009
An article on Wednesday about a bomb detection device used by the Iraqi security forces that is considered useless and costly by the American military misstated the surname of the leader of ATSC (UK) Ltd., the London-based company that has sold hundreds of the devices to Iraq's Interior Ministry. He is Jim McCormick, not Mitchell.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 22, 2010, 09:42:05 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 22, 2010, 09:25:37 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm

What the f*ck.

What

The

F*ck

?

Seriously. The titanic absurdity of this debacle is so face-palm inducing that if I tried it, I would  probably cave my face in.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7866/facepalmr.jpg)

Yeah.

I spent a minute in quiet contemplation myself, over that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 22, 2010, 11:25:34 PM
 The device is sold by Jim McCormick, based at offices in rural Somerset, UK.

Someone needs to pay him a visit and apply a mallet to the back of his head. The slammer really is too good for the likes of this guy.

Alternatively, drop him into the middle of a minefield equipped with one of his own devices. I am sure his heart rate will remain calm enough to allow him to prove his gizmo works.

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 22, 2010, 11:40:37 PM
Quote from: knight on January 22, 2010, 11:25:34 PM
The device is sold by Jim McCormick, based at offices in rural Somerset, UK.
Man, I couldn't be better situated :P Thinking he could escape people who give a damn by not living in a city. We're not all too cider-drunk to watch the news. Well, most of us... ;_:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 22, 2010, 11:57:23 PM
Happen to have a cricket bat or some such tool to hand?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 23, 2010, 04:12:46 AM
Ah, memories of This Is Spinal Tap . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on January 23, 2010, 05:54:11 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 22, 2010, 09:40:47 AM
The New York Times reported on this last November.  Apparently these things cost $60,000 each and the Iraqis have purchased 1,500 of them, which puts the total cost close to $100 million.


The New York Times
November 4, 2009
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless
By ROD NORDLAND

BAGHDAD — Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq's security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless.

The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works "on the same principle as a Ouija board" — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, who described the wand as nothing more than an explosives divining rod.

Still, the Iraqi government has purchased more than 1,500 of the devices, known as the ADE 651, at costs from $16,500 to $60,000 each. Nearly every police checkpoint, and many Iraqi military checkpoints, have one of the devices, which are now normally used in place of physical inspections of vehicles.

With violence dropping in the past two years, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken down blast walls along dozens of streets, and he contends that Iraqis will safeguard the nation as American troops leave.

But the recent bombings of government buildings here have underscored how precarious Iraq remains, especially with the coming parliamentary elections and the violence expected to accompany them.

The suicide bombers who managed to get two tons of explosives into downtown Baghdad on Oct. 25, killing 155 people and destroying three ministries, had to pass at least one checkpoint where the ADE 651 is typically deployed, judging from surveillance videos released by Baghdad's provincial governor. The American military does not use the devices. "I don't believe there's a magic wand that can detect explosives," said Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., who oversees Iraqi police training for the American military. "If there was, we would all be using it. I have no confidence that these work."

The Iraqis, however, believe passionately in them. "Whether it's magic or scientific, what I care about is it detects bombs," said Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, head of the Ministry of the Interior's General Directorate for Combating Explosives.

Dale Murray, head of the National Explosive Engineering Sciences Security Center at Sandia Labs, which does testing for the Department of Defense, said the center had "tested several devices in this category, and none have ever performed better than random chance."

The Justice Department has warned against buying a variety of products that claim to detect explosives at a distance with a portable device. Normal remote explosives detection machinery, often employed in airports, weighs tons and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. The ADE 651's clients are mostly in developing countries; no major country's military or police force is a customer, according to the manufacturer.

"I don't care about Sandia or the Department of Justice or any of them," General Jabiri said. "I know more about this issue than the Americans do. In fact, I know more about bombs than anyone in the world."

He attributed the decrease in bombings in Baghdad since 2007 to the use of the wands at checkpoints. American military officials credit the surge in American forces, as well as the Awakening movement, in which Iraqi insurgents turned against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, for the decrease.

Aqeel al-Turaihi, the inspector general for the Ministry of the Interior, reported that the ministry bought 800 of the devices from a company called ATSC (UK) Ltd. for $32 million in 2008, and an unspecified larger quantity for $53 million. Mr. Turaihi said Iraqi officials paid up to $60,000 apiece, when the wands could be purchased for as little as $18,500. He said he had begun an investigation into the no-bid contracts with ATSC.

Jim McCormick, the head of ATSC, based in London, did not return calls for comment.

The Baghdad Operations Command announced Tuesday that it had purchased an additional 100 detection devices, but General Rowe said five to eight bomb-sniffing dogs could be purchased for $60,000, with provable results.

Checking cars with dogs, however, is a slow process, whereas the wands take only a few seconds per vehicle. "Can you imagine dogs at all 400 checkpoints in Baghdad?" General Jabiri said. "The city would be a zoo."

Speed is not the only issue. Colonel Bidlack said, "When they say they are selling you something that will save your son or daughter on a patrol, they've crossed an insupportable line into moral depravity."

Last year, the James Randi Educational Foundation, an organization seeking to debunk claims of the paranormal, publicly offered ATSC $1 million if it could pass a scientific test proving that the device could detect explosives. Mr. Randi said no one from the company had taken up the offer.

ATSC's promotional material claims that its device can find guns, ammunition, drugs, truffles, human bodies and even contraband ivory at distances up to a kilometer, underground, through walls, underwater or even from airplanes three miles high. The device works on "electrostatic magnetic ion attraction," ATSC says.

To detect materials, the operator puts an array of plastic-coated cardboard cards with bar codes into a holder connected to the wand by a cable. "It would be laughable," Colonel Bidlack said, "except someone down the street from you is counting on this to keep bombs off the streets."

Proponents of the wand often argue that errors stem from the human operator, who they say must be rested, with a steady pulse and body temperature, before using the device.

Then the operator must walk in place a few moments to "charge" the device, since it has no battery or other power source, and walk with the wand at right angles to the body. If there are explosives or drugs to the operator's left, the wand is supposed to swivel to the operator's left and point at them.

If, as often happens, no explosives or weapons are found, the police may blame a false positive on other things found in the car, like perfume, air fresheners or gold fillings in the driver's teeth.

On Tuesday, a guard and a driver for The New York Times, both licensed to carry firearms, drove through nine police checkpoints that were using the device. None of the checkpoint guards detected the two AK-47 rifles and ammunition inside the vehicle.

During an interview on Tuesday, General Jabiri challenged a Times reporter to test the ADE 651, placing a grenade and a machine pistol in plain view in his office. Despite two attempts, the wand did not detect the weapons when used by the reporter but did so each time it was used by a policeman.

"You need more training," the general said.

Riyadh Mohammed contributed reporting.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: November 5, 2009
An article on Wednesday about a bomb detection device used by the Iraqi security forces that is considered useless and costly by the American military misstated the surname of the leader of ATSC (UK) Ltd., the London-based company that has sold hundreds of the devices to Iraq's Interior Ministry. He is Jim McCormick, not Mitchell.
This is the free market at work.  You wouldn't want to mess it up with some pointless government regulation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 24, 2010, 11:43:55 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 22, 2010, 11:40:37 PM
Man, I couldn't be better situated

This is entirely unrelated to the ongoing discussion except for the fact that I drove through Crewkerne twice last week and did not stop to visit the secondhand bookshop on either occasion.

My pulse seems OK. Blood pressure reasonable. But there must be something wrong with me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 24, 2010, 12:27:28 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 24, 2010, 11:43:55 AM
This is entirely unrelated to the ongoing discussion except for the fact that I drove through Crewkerne twice last week and did not stop to visit the secondhand bookshop on either occasion.

My pulse seems OK. Blood pressure reasonable. But there must be something wrong with me.
Hehe, they had two tables of ones for £1 each outside last time I went (about a month ago), but I'm afraid I took all the good ones :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 24, 2010, 07:19:40 PM
Ugh... so after the last person in the store who I actually really enjoy talking to (because of similar interests) leaves in 2 weeks, I'll have no one I'll really feel like talking to.  ::)

I do work around a bunch of cute girls- sounds great in theory- but, I hate to say it, but they're really boring. The only time I'm not bored to death by just looking at them is when I'm either playing around with them or acting silly or whatever. Having a conversation with them is okay, but I swear, it'd be nice if one of them actually said something genuinely interesting for once.  :-\

I once compared them to Spongebob characters... one was Patrick because she always stares into space with her mouth open- another is Sandy because she's crazy and constantly hitting me- one is Pearl because she's too dramatic with uninteresting things- and another was Mrs.Puff, although that one really didn't make any sense.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 25, 2010, 12:47:45 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 24, 2010, 12:27:28 PM
Hehe, they had two tables of ones for £1 each outside last time I went (about a month ago), but I'm afraid I took all the good ones :P

When I eventually do get to visit it, I'll remember to take a wheelbarrow with me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 28, 2010, 12:33:53 PM
I had an ear wash at the doc's so now everything sounds squeaky clean!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 28, 2010, 01:10:30 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 28, 2010, 12:33:53 PM
I had an ear wash at the doc's so now everything sounds squeaky clean!  ;D

We'll try to remember to whisper for the next few days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 28, 2010, 02:03:29 PM
It's disgusting for the nurse I'm sure.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 28, 2010, 03:20:46 PM
THAT'S AWESOME, DAVE!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 28, 2010, 03:37:10 PM
 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 28, 2010, 05:55:19 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 28, 2010, 12:33:53 PM
I had an ear wash at the doc's so now everything sounds squeaky clean!  ;D

I used to do that but now I just dyi that.  Much cheaper (even post insurance). :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 01:04:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 28, 2010, 05:55:19 PM
I used to do that but now I just dyi that.

How?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 29, 2010, 08:13:36 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 01:04:07 AM
How?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YJZHZS3AL._SS500_.jpg)

Just 5 drops in one year, lie down with head tilted (to keep it in) for 10 minutes and then irrigate.  Repeat with other ear.  Works just as well as going into the dr's office. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 29, 2010, 08:19:15 AM
But I'll miss that thrilling sensation of a huge syringe shooting peroxide water into my ear!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 09:02:33 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 29, 2010, 08:19:15 AM
But I'll miss that thrilling sensation of a huge syringe shooting peroxide water into my ear!

The vibrations from that process mangle up my eustacian tubes, so that my ears feel blocked and uncomfortable for weeks or even months afterwards - so I stopped having it done. DavidW's system sounds a lot less agonising! (Thanks DW.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 29, 2010, 09:03:39 AM
Oh, sorry, Elgy. I don't have this problem. Happy you found a solution to that build-up.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 29, 2010, 09:07:32 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 29, 2010, 09:03:39 AM
Happy you found a solution to that build-up.

That's what she said! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 29, 2010, 10:37:45 AM
Are we still talking about ears?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 29, 2010, 10:40:32 AM
♫ Are you reelin' in the ears . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 29, 2010, 10:43:10 AM
Got any to lend a friend?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 29, 2010, 12:20:46 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 29, 2010, 10:40:32 AM
♫ Are you reelin' in the ears . . . .

... lobe-ing away the time ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 12:49:24 PM
Quote from: knight on January 29, 2010, 10:37:45 AM
Are we still talking about ears?

We're always talking about ears, here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 29, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 12:49:24 PM
We're always talking about ears, here.

(http://images7.cafepress.com/product/275209017v7_480x480_Front.jpg)


... and bananas
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 01:40:18 PM
Banearnas, in fact.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 29, 2010, 01:41:12 PM
Or is it Bearnearnears?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 29, 2010, 01:47:44 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on January 29, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
(http://images7.cafepress.com/product/275209017v7_480x480_Front.jpg)


... and bananas

Oh....I did not know it was 'Stick it in Your Ear Week.' It comes round so quickly.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 29, 2010, 03:03:07 PM
Quote from: knight on January 29, 2010, 01:47:44 PM
Oh....I did not know it was 'Stick it in Your Ear Week.' It comes round so quickly.

Mike
Let's all celebrate that with Charlie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/CbfH8AlO9j4
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 31, 2010, 06:21:09 PM
So this girl I used to work with just told me on myspace she's pregnant (and added that it was "unexpected").
She lives in either Alabama or Georgia now, can't spell, is blonde... it's kind of funny, kind of sad...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 06:18:44 AM
Say you were allergic to religion in all its forms. Say someone invited you to their religious event. Say you really didn't want to go. Say it's a relative; a kid. What do you say?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 01, 2010, 06:26:22 AM
Is one going to go heavy on the religion question, at a kid's expense?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 06:28:40 AM
Yeah, I know. But there you are--going to something you don't really agree with.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 01, 2010, 06:34:32 AM
I think it a fairly easy matter to report that one is unavailable for an event, without making the religion question a factor in the response.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 06:35:40 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 01, 2010, 06:34:32 AM
I think it a fairly easy matter to report that one is unavailable for an event, without making the religion question a factor in the response.

Oh, I wouldn't do that: make religion the issue. But it would be nice if the parents got the hint somehow. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on February 01, 2010, 10:04:23 AM
Oscar Wilde would claim that he unfortunately could not attend, due to a subsequent engagement.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 10:06:15 AM
Quote from: knight on February 01, 2010, 10:04:23 AM
Oscar Wilde would claim that he unfortunately could not attend, due to a subsequent engagement.

Mike

That will confuse the tyke anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on February 01, 2010, 11:01:03 AM
He also claimed that reply had all the charm of candor. Make sure you don your green carnation when you give your apologies.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 01, 2010, 01:36:20 PM
If the kid is old enough to understand this answer, and the parents won't completely and totally freak out, I'd probably say the same thing to a kid that I would to an adult,  something like,

"Well, you know I'm an atheist and I don't usually attend religious activities because I'm not a believer, but if it is important to you for me to be there, I'll be there to support you."  And then I'd do my best to look proud and supportive during the -- whatever it is -- and just not participate in any activities, prayers, postures, etc., that aren't part of my usual set of behaviors.  I don't assume that my attendance at an activity requires or implies that I "believe in" whatever it is.  Of course, it helps to look totally clueless about the proceedings--which I usually am, anyway!  You don't have to be Jewish to attend a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah as a friend/neighbor/mentor of the young person who is entering adulthood in the community. 

That's assuming that the activity isn't something that I actively oppose for everyone, always and everywhere, . . . trying to think of an example, here. . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 01:44:09 PM
Quote from: secondwind on February 01, 2010, 01:36:20 PM
If the kid is old enough to understand this answer, and the parents won't completely and totally freak out, I'd probably say the same thing to a kid that I would to an adult,  something like,

"Well, you know I'm an atheist and I don't usually attend religious activities because I'm not a believer, but if it is important to you for me to be there, I'll be there to support you."  And then I'd do my best to look proud and supportive during the -- whatever it is -- and just not participate in any activities, prayers, postures, etc., that aren't part of my usual set of behaviors.  I don't assume that my attendance at an activity requires or implies that I "believe in" whatever it is.  Of course, it helps to look totally clueless about the proceedings--which I usually am, anyway!  You don't have to be Jewish to attend a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah as a friend/neighbor/mentor of the young person who is entering adulthood in the community. 

That's assuming that the activity isn't something that I actively oppose for everyone, always and everywhere, . . . trying to think of an example, here. . .

Good answer.

I wouldn't call myself an "atheist". I'm not sure what to call myself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 01, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on February 01, 2010, 01:44:09 PM
I'm not sure what to call myself.

'Me', a name I call myself,
'Fah', a long long way to ruuuuun,
'Soh', a needle pulling thread,
'Lah', a note to follow soh,
'Te', a drink with jam and bread,
And that brings ....

[fading into distance]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 01, 2010, 02:03:41 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on February 01, 2010, 01:44:09 PM
Good answer.

I wouldn't call myself an "atheist". I'm not sure what to call myself.

"Dave"?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 01, 2010, 02:05:53 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 01, 2010, 02:03:41 PM
"Dave"?

Yes. That works.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 01, 2010, 03:19:54 PM
I call myself "Dave," too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 01, 2010, 03:37:55 PM
We've all called ourselves Dave one time or another.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 01, 2010, 04:32:57 PM
I read over the "allergic to religion" part a little too fast.  If you're pretty sure you'd have a severe allergic reaction going to the whatever, then it's no good going.  Maybe just explaining about the allergy would work.  So it's not really about religion, it's just about you and your allergy.  Hey, my brother is that way about cats--if he spends more than a couple of minutes in a room with one, his eyes start to swell shut.  Even kids can understand that! 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 02, 2010, 12:50:19 AM
Quote from: secondwind on February 01, 2010, 04:32:57 PM
If you're pretty sure you'd have a severe allergic reaction going to the whatever, then it's no good going.

Good thought. Sometimes the personal price paid in order to do something can be out of all proportion to the good it might do. What's reasonable to ask A to do can be a nightmare for B.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 04, 2010, 01:30:42 PM
I found out today that this guy who was in my class a year ago (and was my age) was shot and killed recently. The story was that he was stealing lawn equipment from a shed and the guy thought he was breaking into his house, but since both him and the guy who shot him were drug dealers, I somehow doubt it. Not to mention that his girlfriend, who also has a drug problem (used to see her wait outside of class all the time for him) is pregnant now.

All I can say:
(http://arikia.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/facepalm1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 05, 2010, 12:42:53 PM
I found an obituary:
http://www.tributes.com/show/Brett-Canada-87295731

And an article with someone's opinion:
http://erickacourtney.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/home-burglar-shot-and-killed-by-home-owner/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 06, 2010, 06:01:17 AM
What a distressing story, Greg.  You are too young to see your peers dying, and it's hard for me to imagine the feeling of learning that someone I have known has been shot to death.  It was especially sad to note that this young man's son was born 6 weeks before the shooting.  If in fact both men were involved in the drug trade, I'm sure there was more to the story than the official version.  A sad story all the way around.   :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 06, 2010, 06:39:19 AM
Well, it wasn't as bad as it could've been for me, since he used to sit in front of me and I didn't really talk to him much, although I remember him being a good guy (at least when he wasn't asleep or drawing private parts in Paint when everyone could see them :D ).

For my friend, though... I could understand why she was so bothered by it. They were closer than I thought- just yesterday I had found out that he asked her out 5 or 6 times and said he'd leave his girlfriend for her, but she said no each time, since dating a drug dealer is obviously not a good idea.  ::) (This girl has a very strange history of the men in her life dying, I mean, to where it seems statistically nearly impossible... what was it, 3 ex-boyfriends, dad, and this guy)  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 06, 2010, 10:12:23 AM
If you thought the Nobel for Obama was bad, then check this out: a former laureate is backing, along with a tech. magazine, the Internet for the 2010 award. (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/internet-for-peace-nobel/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 06, 2010, 10:47:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 06, 2010, 10:12:23 AM
If you thought the Nobel for Obama was bad, then check this out: a former laureate is backing, along with a tech. magazine, the Internet for the 2010 award. (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/internet-for-peace-nobel/)

That brings to mind a friend of mine from school having an old lady in Greece ask him where Mrs. Vodafone's shop is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 06, 2010, 04:23:59 PM
Open this, then pause and move the slider back to the start:

http://www.youtube.com/v/QLx60TZ9_T8

And then start this at the same time as you resume the other:

http://www.youtube.com/v/65ea873fF2Y

And overlay them. "Enjoy" :3
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 07, 2010, 02:45:36 AM
I almost thought that was the fat kid from Superbad for a second... glad it wasn't.
Though I do agree with him (i see what he's talking about all the time)...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 07, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
Most amusingly, the Russians in my life have decided they want to have a "Super Bowl party" entre nous this evening.  I've ordered a plate of nachos which I shall pick up on the way home from the MFA this afternoon (on-line ordering is such fun);  and Maria was even in the mood to fetch in some beer (Ipswich I.P.A. (http://www.mercurybrewing.com/ipswich.html)).  Of course, the girls actually have a project they want to get work done on tonight;  so I suspect we'll probably watch for about half an hour ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 07, 2010, 06:02:15 AM
Quote from: Lethe on February 06, 2010, 04:23:59 PM

And overlay them. "Enjoy" :3

I think there was one point where he actually spoke three consecutive words without an f-bomb. It might have been a somewhat amusing story if he had a vocabulary.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 07, 2010, 06:38:11 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 07, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
Most amusingly, the Russians in my life have decided they want to have a "Super Bowl party" entre nous this evening.  I've ordered a plate of nachos which I shall pick up on the way home from the MFA this afternoon (on-line ordering is such fun);  and Maria was even in the mood to fetch in some beer (Ipswich I.P.A. (http://www.mercurybrewing.com/ipswich.html)).  Of course, the girls actually have a project they want to get work done on tonight;  so I suspect we'll probably watch for about half an hour ; )

Karl, "Super Bowl Party" and "entre nous" are words that just shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Keemun on February 07, 2010, 06:51:26 AM
Quote from: Lethe on February 06, 2010, 04:23:59 PM
Open this, then pause and move the slider back to the start:

http://www.youtube.com/v/QLx60TZ9_T8

And then start this at the same time as you resume the other:

http://www.youtube.com/v/65ea873fF2Y

And overlay them. "Enjoy" :3

If you go here, it'll do it automatically:  http://bit.ly/6I6Bz8 (http://bit.ly/6I6Bz8)   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 07, 2010, 04:01:12 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on February 07, 2010, 06:38:11 AM
Karl, "Super Bowl Party" and "entre nous" are words that just shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

:)

As my music attests, Tony, I am a man of dangerous juxtapositions ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 07, 2010, 05:00:20 PM
Quote from: Keemun on February 07, 2010, 06:51:26 AM
If you go here, it'll do it automatically:  http://bit.ly/6I6Bz8 (http://bit.ly/6I6Bz8)   8)
Actually fits in nicely.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 09, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
You know, it's the darnedest thing.  I have no trouble keeping Beethoven and Brahms distinct . . . yet I am confusing Ray & Dave all the time, with their Brahmsian and Beethovenian IDs.

This is not any call for change.  Just noting a glitch in my neural processing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 09, 2010, 05:51:52 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 09, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
You know, it's the darnedest thing.  I have no trouble keeping Beethoven and Brahms distinct . . . yet I am confusing Ray & Dave all the time, with their Brahmsian and Beethovenian IDs.

This is not any call for change.  Just noting a glitch in my neural processing.


The name is under the avatar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 09, 2010, 05:56:05 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 09, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
You know, it's the darnedest thing.  I have no trouble keeping Beethoven and Brahms distinct . . . yet I am confusing Ray & Dave all the time, with their Brahmsian and Beethovenian IDs.

This is not any call for change.  Just noting a glitch in my neural processing.


It's been a couple of weeks, yet occasionally I am shocked to note "Ray"* recommending a CD of music for viol consort written in the 1650s.



*Que ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 09, 2010, 05:56:36 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on February 09, 2010, 05:51:52 AM
The name is under the avatar.

Yes, thanks!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 09, 2010, 06:08:30 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 09, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
You know, it's the darnedest thing.  I have no trouble keeping Beethoven and Brahms distinct . . . yet I am confusing Ray & Dave all the time, with their Brahmsian and Beethovenian IDs.

This is not any call for change.  Just noting a glitch in my neural processing.


I confuse Ray with Que since Que is now using Ray's avatar! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on February 09, 2010, 06:36:31 AM
ME 2
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 09, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
Me 4.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 09, 2010, 12:27:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 09, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
Me 4.

I also get you confused with Ciel_Rouge since you both have an unnatural obsession with anime girls! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 12, 2010, 07:58:23 AM
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/gNYZH9kuaYM

I may have one or two quibbles on the historical aspects, but this is a very nicely made flip-book-animation video. Enjoy!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 12, 2010, 09:51:42 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 09, 2010, 12:27:37 PM
I also get you confused with Ciel_Rouge since you both have an unnatural obsession with anime girls! :D
Haha, but it's perfectly natural!  ;D
(just redid my avatar)  8)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 12, 2010, 10:42:15 PM
Check out this amateur video (http://spaceweather.com/swpod2010/11feb10/anna-herbst1.mov?PHPSESSID=sd45c5phhsv213e2glkfen0d33) of the SDO (http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/) launch. As the rocket passes through a layer of high-altitude clouds, the shock-waves (visible as it disturbs the surrounding clouds) destroys a colourful sundog (http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm).

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 13, 2010, 06:20:28 PM
So, I finished school Monday and unless they hire me at this one place (which happens to be a VERY, VERY good place to work with- computer related stuff), it's another summer working regular hours at the most torturously boring place I've ever known. There are supposed to be a bunch of new people that were hired which start working very soon, including a cashier that's supposedly a Polish girl.

Of course, good stuff never lasts while the awful stuff stays around forever, so being optimistic about getting the job would be really dumb (even though I know/will know the right people and will know the right things to say).

I bet that I won't get the job because "they aren't hiring programmers specifically," and the new people at work turn out very boring, and without anything in common with me. I should probably bet money on this.

But of course, that's why I have music and anime and guitar and stuff. Of course, I won't be able to listen to music the whole day and talk to my interesting friends and watch Family Guy when the teacher isn't looking at my monitor any more during the week... but I guess I can pretend to do that in my mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 13, 2010, 07:08:51 PM
Greg, congratulations on finishing your program!  I'll be optimistic for you to get that good job at the very, very good place.  I'll even be optimistic that you will have co-workers there who share some of your interests!  And that you find your work interesting and meaningful enough that you don't even miss Family Guy for the 40 hours you're being paid to be on the job!  Good luck.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 14, 2010, 03:01:18 AM
Thanks.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 14, 2010, 03:05:01 AM
Congrats, Greg! May this Chinese New Year bring both of us lots of interesting people to talk with IRL. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 14, 2010, 05:32:26 AM
Congratulations, Greg!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 14, 2010, 09:38:06 AM
Wha...! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulist)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 14, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 14, 2010, 09:38:06 AM
Wha...! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulist)

I am somehow more intimidated by this incidental reference:

QuoteIn the Innu mythology of Canada, Matshishkapeu (literally the "Fart Man") is the most powerful spirit, a legendary shaman capable of inflicting gastrointestinal pain or relief.

:o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 14, 2010, 11:01:12 AM
Quote from: Renfield on February 14, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
I am somehow more intimidated by this incidental reference:

:o

Same here.

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 14, 2010, 05:59:36 PM
Anyone ever go to:
http://googlestatistics.com/ ?
Just the first page alone is filled with tons of hilarious stuff...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 14, 2010, 07:40:23 PM
Thank you, Japan :P

http://www.youtube.com/v/GFKxiWDt8Kk http://www.youtube.com/v/U_OCTf_eFE8
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 14, 2010, 08:21:04 PM
My neighbours will likely be asking themselves just what is so bloody funny at five in the morning. ;D

'Where's Dragon' will be genuinely hard to keep out of my mind, should I ever visit Wales.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 20, 2010, 08:08:42 AM
QuoteAccording to a 2009 study by a Jesuit scholar, the most common deadly sin confessed by men is lust, and for women, pride.[12] It was unclear whether these differences were due to different rates of commission, or different views on what "counts" or should be confessed.[13]
[edit]
Gee... I wonder if there is a relation?  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 20, 2010, 02:43:57 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 20, 2010, 08:08:42 AM
Gee... I wonder if there is a relation?  ::)

Despite the despicableness of this whole business of quantitative analysis of people's religious 'things' (in my very personal opinion), the question is still legitimate. Perhaps men are more likely to report lust, and women pride, than commit it. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 20, 2010, 07:33:05 PM
Quote from: Renfield on February 20, 2010, 02:43:57 PM
Perhaps men are more likely to report lust, and women pride, than commit it. :D
Ehhhh... to me, it seems that if you just wanted to report something, a man would report pride instead of lust. If that's what you mean, though I'm not certain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 20, 2010, 07:47:28 PM
So, I finally met the Polish girl I mentioned before. First impressions were- one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen in my life (probably the prettiest I've actually talked to), looks kinda Asian-ish, has a thick but understandable accent which is somehow really relaxing...

Surprisingly, fun to talk to, also. I made her laugh a couple of times today to where it looked like she was nearly choking to death, so I guess she has a sense of humor.

I'm starting to think people from Poland are pretty cool...  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 20, 2010, 10:34:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 20, 2010, 07:33:05 PM
Ehhhh... to me, it seems that if you just wanted to report something, a man would report pride instead of lust. If that's what you mean, though I'm not certain.

Ah, but what if men felt guiltier about lust?

At any rate, it's always a concern with self-reported data, this sort of thing. Major headache, if it's serious research.

(Which I suppose the Jesuit would call this, if asked about it. And maybe it is, and I'm the heathen! ;))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on February 21, 2010, 12:27:39 AM
Well if it is true that men think about sex roughly three times a minute, it would be odd if they were not owning up to it on seemingly appropriate and monotonously regular occasions.

Even certain posters here probably don't manage the sin of pride three times a minute. So that fault takes a comparative back seat.

Anyway Greg, chat about your potential, anticipated, near-miss and ex-girlfriends surely sits nicely in that thread where you get all kinds of advice on affairs of the heart. Don't go confusing us and tricking us to think that we are in the wrong thread.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 21, 2010, 03:10:55 AM
Quote from: knight on February 21, 2010, 12:27:39 AM
Anyway Greg, chat about your potential, anticipated, near-miss and ex-girlfriends surely sits nicely in that thread where you get all kinds of advice on affairs of the heart. Don't go confusing us and tricking us to think that we are in the wrong thread.

Mike
I wasn't planning on going in further detail anyways, since I'm not really into that anymore. Just thought it was interesting (at least at first).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 21, 2010, 04:17:11 PM
What are your seven deadly sins?

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/seven_deadly_sins.html


Here's my results:  ::)
Quote
Greed:     Medium     

Gluttony:    High    

Wrath:    High    

Sloth:    Low    

Envy:    Low    

Lust:    Very Low    

Pride:    Very High    
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 21, 2010, 04:37:39 PM
To Purgatory with you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on February 21, 2010, 04:45:21 PM
Greed:   Medium   
Gluttony:   Medium   
Wrath:   Very Low   
Sloth:   High   
Envy:   Very Low   
Lust:   High   
Pride:   Medium

Pretty much right. I'm lazy, like eating, and am a very desperate single person, but not envious and I haven't been genuinely angry in over two years.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 21, 2010, 05:22:18 PM
Quote from: Renfield on February 21, 2010, 04:37:39 PM
To Purgatory with you.
Lol. Also, I noticed if you just set my "envy" score to very high, those would probably be the results of an average woman.  ??? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 22, 2010, 01:27:04 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 21, 2010, 05:22:18 PM
Lol. Also, I noticed if you just set my "envy" score to very high, those would probably be the results of an average woman.  ??? :D

That is a cheap shot I opted not to take. >:D

(Though if I took said test myself, I would probably top everything but envy. So it's not like I'm claiming moral superiority.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 22, 2010, 02:35:53 AM
Quote from: Renfield on February 22, 2010, 01:27:04 AM
That is a cheap shot I opted not to take. >:D

(Though if I took said test myself, I would probably top everything but envy. So it's not like I'm claiming moral superiority.)
Are you kidding? We all know you're perfect.  0:) (angel emoticon intended)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 22, 2010, 03:17:14 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 22, 2010, 02:35:53 AM
Are you kidding? We all know you're perfect.  0:) (angel emoticon intended)

Of course not. I already mentioned I would fail the Envy bit. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 22, 2010, 04:08:08 AM
Here are my results:

Greed: medium
Gluttony: medium
Wrath: very low
Sloth: very high
Envy: very low
Lust: low
Pride: very low

Seems right, I'm very lazy and moderately greedy and gluttonous. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 22, 2010, 04:12:17 AM
You know Greg I find it hard to believe that your score for lust is very low.  I figured you for a type always wanting more women, wine and music. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 22, 2010, 04:26:58 AM
So there. Moderate failure.


Greed:   Medium   

Gluttony:   High   

Wrath:   Medium   

Sloth:   Medium   

Envy:   Very Low   

Lust:           Medium   

Pride:   Medium


At least I did predict the Envy score. Yet I am amused at how the creator of that 'test' decided one's main measure of lust is essentially being Tiger Woods. That sounds more like lack of character, than a mortal sin. $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 22, 2010, 04:06:17 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 22, 2010, 04:12:17 AM
You know Greg I find it hard to believe that your score for lust is very low.  I figured you for a type always wanting more women, wine and music. ;D
(probably should be low-medium)... it's not like they ask me how I much music I want to listen to, though...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 22, 2010, 07:57:32 PM
Well, my score was very low in everything except . . . lust.  But you know, girls just want to have fun! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 23, 2010, 06:28:14 PM
Quote from: secondwind on February 22, 2010, 07:57:32 PM
Well, my score was very low in everything except . . . lust.  But you know, girls just want to have fun! ;D
Either that, or you've been hanging around us guys too much.  :D


So, I had a crazy headache again... this time, it wasn't from coming home from work- had today off. It just developed until it was painful to think of anything and I felt sick. Then, I took 2 Aspirin and after 30 or 40 minutes I'm fine. I wonder what causes these... I do tend to think a lot and had to strategize and time bunch things to do, and often I grind my teeth when I'm doing that.  ::) Maybe I should just be extra careful and make sure I don't grind my teeth, which is possibly what causes the headaches...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on February 23, 2010, 06:37:28 PM
Possibly, if you have health insurance and a good GP, you should mention these headaches to your doctor.  Just sayin' . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 23, 2010, 06:57:43 PM
Hm, if I start getting them all the time, maybe. Typically, I get 2-4 "regular" headaches a month, which I'd imagine is very normal. The only new thing is the nausea with it, which until I found out (i think on this thread, too) actually makes it a migraine- but it's only happened probably 4 times in the last year, maybe. Hopefully no more, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 24, 2010, 12:40:17 AM
Still, anything periodic and unpleasant is worth reporting to a doctor: at best, they actually might have a very simple explanation or solution to it that you might not have thought of, or known otherwise. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 24, 2010, 12:50:42 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 21, 2010, 04:17:11 PM
What are your seven deadly sins?

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/seven_deadly_sins.html

I scored low on everything, but medium on sloth and lust: an odd combination. Presumably it means I'm attracted to women but can't be bothered to chase them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 24, 2010, 09:13:31 AM
I think my boots have about dried out at last from this morning's commute.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 24, 2010, 12:56:53 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 24, 2010, 09:13:31 AM
I think my boots have about dried out at last from this morning's commute.

Confucius says: He who walks in river, gets wet boots.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 24, 2010, 01:04:49 PM
He must know somethin' . . . but he just keeps rollin' along.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 24, 2010, 01:17:16 PM
I shouldn't publish my results ...I'll be skipping purgatory, going straight to hell ;D

Greed:     Medium     

Gluttony:    High    

Wrath:    Low    

Sloth:    High    

Envy:    Very Low    

Lust:    Very High    

Pride:    Very High


Edit: Mrs. Rock just took the test. Her results:

Greed:     Medium     

Gluttony:    Medium    

Wrath:    High    

Sloth:    Very High    

Envy:    Very Low    

Lust:    Medium    

Pride:    Medium


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 24, 2010, 01:22:22 PM
Well, ahem... at least you aren't angry.  8)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 24, 2010, 01:30:50 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 24, 2010, 01:22:22 PM
Well, ahem... at least you aren't angry.  8)

Yes, I'm a very even-tempered, happy sinner  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 24, 2010, 06:19:59 PM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on February 24, 2010, 02:11:46 PM

I think this means: angry guy who's too lazy even to care about any of the other stuff.  Yep, that would be about right...  ;D
Lol, what an odd description.

Though it seems weird to have ratings like that from someone who is on a music forum. Just think about it- shouldn't either Gluttony, Greed or Lust (or all) be high? You come to a music forum to either discuss music you like (which you like enough to listen to all the time, probably- "Gluttony") or music that you want to listen to ("Lust" or "Greed"). It seems like all of us should automatically score high on these, but I guess the quiz doesn't take into account music.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 02, 2010, 08:03:29 AM
Hey Dave (um..., the one who has been missing from the forum for some days -- MN, Beethovenian), here's something (http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/) I think will be right up your alley. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Andante on March 02, 2010, 01:07:53 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 24, 2010, 12:50:42 AM
I scored low on everything, but medium on sloth and lust: an odd combination. Presumably it means I'm attracted to women but can't be bothered to chase them.
Confucius says: those that are attracted to women but can't be bothered to chase them are afraid of catching them  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 02, 2010, 01:37:56 PM
Quote from: Andante on March 02, 2010, 01:07:53 PM
   Confucius says: those that are attracted to women but can't be bothered to chase them are afraid of catching them  ;D

We could test that hypothesis if only we had a suitable test for Fear. But even if we had one, I'd probably be too afraid to take it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 04, 2010, 08:57:27 AM
http://ie6funeral.com/  :'(

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 04, 2010, 10:50:55 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 04, 2010, 08:57:27 AM
http://ie6funeral.com/  :'(

;D
Lol!
Possibly my favorite part:

Quote
Google Chrome:

I remember one day after work, I saw IE6 walking home. I pulled over in my car and said "Hey IE6, do you want a ride?"

He responded "Page Cannot Be Displayed" and fell over.

Man, that guy was a hoot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on March 04, 2010, 11:46:52 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 24, 2010, 12:50:42 AM
I scored low on everything, but medium on sloth and lust: an odd combination. Presumably it means I'm attracted to women but can't be bothered to chase them.

I took the test and came out top in sloth and gluttony.  I'm not bragging about this, mind you, just letting you know who you're allegedly dealing with.   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 04, 2010, 12:04:57 PM
Quote from: John on March 04, 2010, 11:46:52 AM
I took the test and came out top in sloth and gluttony.

I sense a gambling opportunity. We could take bets on whether, if I were to give you this cream bun, you could  be bothered to eat it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 04, 2010, 12:59:09 PM
...all because I saw Se7en on the list of top rated movies and decided to watch it...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 05, 2010, 05:30:39 PM
Today, while loading stuff into this old guy's car, I noticed his bumper sticker, which mentions Esperanto. It turns out he is an Esperanto teacher, and he's actually originally from Germany- I think he said he learned Esperanto before English, which helped him learn English quicker or something.

I got his card, which reads:
"I help well-spoken adults find jobs in China through contacts who speak Esperanto." (i think he said he spent time in China, too)

He mentioned that the lessons were free, or something, but didn't go into much detail.

I'm not sure what I should do- I'm really considering calling him sometime next week or so just to see what a class is like, but at the same time, I'm not really interested in learning Esperanto. I don't want to waste his time, or anything... but he seems like someone I would really like to get to know, too.

Anyone have an opinion of what I should do?  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: secondwind on March 05, 2010, 06:46:00 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 05, 2010, 05:30:39 PM
Today, while loading stuff into this old guy's car, I noticed his bumper sticker, which mentions Esperanto. It turns out he is an Esperanto teacher, and he's actually originally from Germany- I think he said he learned Esperanto before English, which helped him learn English quicker or something.

I got his card, which reads:
"I help well-spoken adults find jobs in China through contacts who speak Esperanto." (i think he said he spent time in China, too)

He mentioned that the lessons were free, or something, but didn't go into much detail.

I'm not sure what I should do- I'm really considering calling him sometime next week or so just to see what a class is like, but at the same time, I'm not really interested in learning Esperanto. I don't want to waste his time, or anything... but he seems like someone I would really like to get to know, too.

Anyone have an opinion of what I should do?  :-\
If you'd like to get to know him, get to know him.  He's probably had an interesting life!  Maybe he'll find you a great job in China!  Who know, but if you have this gut instinct that says it would be good to get to know him, I say go for it.  If you're not interested in Esperanto, you can let him know that.  He might want to get to know you anyway--hey, you're an interesting guy! 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 05, 2010, 06:48:04 PM
Take a couple of lessons.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 06, 2010, 08:15:17 AM
Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 06, 2010, 09:00:56 AM
Yes; one can take a couple of lessons even in a language in which one has no ambitions of mastery.  The process is good for the mind . . . and for the ear.  That in addition to the fact that you seem to wish to make the fellow's better acquaintance . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on March 06, 2010, 03:44:17 PM
Lets hear it for old guys!   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Andante on March 06, 2010, 04:07:23 PM
Quote from: John on March 06, 2010, 03:44:17 PM
Lets hear it for old guys!   ;D

Hooray,   It's about time I was appreciated.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 06, 2010, 06:39:02 PM
Quote from: John on March 06, 2010, 03:44:17 PM
Lets hear it for old guys!   ;D
I like old guys that are cool and smart (i have a feeling that old guy Esperanto teacher is like that).

I don't like old guys such as one that drove me in a taxi once... he asked why I needed a taxi, etc. and I told him it was because my parents were gone. He then acted extremely shocked that I wasn't throwing a party, especially since they were gone for so long. I wanted to say, "hell, no, I'm not letting a bunch of drunk monkeys run around in my house," but I didn't.  ;D

And then he's like, "man, get drunk, get laid, man," the sort of attitude that really irritates me. Then he went on and talked about how he met someone in a bar, and she called him up and told him she had a porno video on and she wanted him to come over and have fun. I mean, who talks about this after just meeting someone?  ??? People like that are like the bottom feeders of society.

I did enjoy talking to him, though, and was nice and friendly. It's just his style I don't like...

btw, I think everyone here is awesome.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 06, 2010, 11:17:36 PM
Well thanks Greg, You may call me, 'Your Awesomeness'.

If getting older has compensations, I have yet to discover them.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 07, 2010, 12:02:16 AM
Quote from: knight on March 06, 2010, 11:17:36 PM
If getting older has compensations, I have yet to discover them.
We get wiser. Haven't you noticed that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 07, 2010, 02:00:07 AM
Balance that with the loss of memory; the wisdom is there, but what is it I was so wise about yesterday?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 07, 2010, 04:40:33 AM
Quote from: knight on March 06, 2010, 11:17:36 PM
If getting older has compensations, I have yet to discover them.
Mike

Quote from: Elgarian on March 07, 2010, 12:02:16 AM
We get wiser. Haven't you noticed that?

And it beats the alternative.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 07, 2010, 05:15:44 PM
Quote from: knight on March 06, 2010, 11:17:36 PM
Well thanks Greg, You may call me, 'Your Awesomeness'.

If getting older has compensations, I have yet to discover them.

Mike
Yes, sir, "Your Awesomeness."  8)
lol
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 07, 2010, 05:49:06 PM
Some lunatic on Demonoid (I know it's full of them, but even so, this guy takes gold):



"As those are old soviet recordings I thought to give them some "fresh air", coverting (upsampling) them to 96khz/24 bits for a better, more open-sounding and, at the same time, absolutely accurate to the original, audio experience.
No other proccessing of the original material was made.

[...]

WARNING:

There will be here at no time after I upload this a bunch of a shelf-called "audio engineers" who are nothing else but maniacs with some strange complexes, and will tell you that the final acoustic result is not enchanced thus, furturmorre that is somehow deteriorated, that you may harm your hard disk or speakers or even your brain, that resampling a cd`s data is an insult to the artists, to the music , to God, etc...
I shall not reply to any of them!
Please do not consider that as a lack of arguments.
I would have never considered occupying an extra place on your hard disc, if I had not been extensively exprimented with this proccess and those particular programs over the last two or three years.

Just ignore them, download this and TRUST ONLY YOUR EARS!."




He managed to make a sub 300mb CD 2gb in size.

(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2451/lalalan.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 07, 2010, 06:55:36 PM
 :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 17, 2010, 01:03:47 PM
I have been buying and watching some series of documentaries on history, religion and architecture. All of these have been prepared by academics and therefore in their fields, experts. However they all abuse the music they use within the programmes.

Typically, discussion of the Norman French influencess on English 12th Century architecture is accompanied by Tallis or by Bruckner motets or Handel! The music gets chopped up and smeared across the soundtrack in a really superficial way, merely for effect.

I assume that many who know nothing about music watch these programmes and assume the music is contemporary with what they are being asked to look at.....it annoys me.

Outraged of Gloucestershire
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 17, 2010, 02:48:09 PM
Same. They often play Wagnerian sounding synth music during documentaries on medieval kings too. My face during this:

(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4752/rageoriginal.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 17, 2010, 03:59:44 PM
Why Miss Sarah, without those glasses you look so............


Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 18, 2010, 05:23:19 AM
http://rawstory.com/2010/03/protesters-mock-parkinsons-man/

Finally a victory against those darned PCers ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 18, 2010, 05:47:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 06, 2010, 06:39:02 PM
I like old guys that are cool and smart (i have a feeling that old guy Esperanto teacher is like that).

If you want to learn a useless language, I suggest Klingon. At least that way you have a chance of getting laid at Star Trek conventions.

Sarge, an old fart who's pretty sure he's no longer considered "cool and smart" by Greg  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 18, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 18, 2010, 05:47:30 AM
If you want to learn a useless language, I suggest Klingon.

No, I think he is set with C#. :D

(Just kidding, Greg. :))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 18, 2010, 08:31:47 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 18, 2010, 05:47:30 AM
If you want to learn a useless language, I suggest Klingon. At least that way you have a chance of getting laid at Star Trek conventions.

Sarge, an old fart who's pretty sure he's no longer considered "cool and smart" by Greg  ;D
I actually knew someone who was learning the language from The Lord of the Rings. My dad's friend and his wife were learning it so they could talk to each other in public and people wouldn't understand what they were saying. I don't know how much they learned, but in my opinion, it would be fun but a waste of time at the same time. Why not learn a real language, which is just as fun, but also actually useful at the same time?  ???



Quote from: Opus106 on March 18, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
No, I think he is set with C#. :D

(Just kidding, Greg. :))
Lol.  :D
I haven't learned C# yet, but it would definitely be the language to learn for writing Xbox games (not that I plan on doing so...). But if I don't have to learn it for a job, honestly, I don't plan on learning it. It'd be fun to learn, but not the #1 most interesting thing in the world.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on March 18, 2010, 09:13:58 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 18, 2010, 08:31:47 AM
I actually knew someone who was learning the language from The Lord of the Rings. My dad's friend and his wife were learning it so they could talk to each other in public and people wouldn't understand what they were saying. I don't know how much they learned, but in my opinion, it would be fun but a waste of time at the same time. Why not learn a real language, which is just as fun, but also actually useful at the same time?  ???

How sad does it make me if I have to (and can) ask if it's Quenya or Sindarin that they were learning?

Better yet, Black Speech. Marital rows would enter a whole new dimension. 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 18, 2010, 02:09:29 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 18, 2010, 09:13:58 AM
How sad does it make me if I have to (and can) ask if it's Quenya or Sindarin that they were learning?

Better yet, Black Speech. Marital rows would enter a whole new dimension. 8)
Honestly, I don't know which one, and I'm not even 100% sure it was even The Lord of the Rings- more like 80% sure.


QuoteThe only example given of "pure" Black Speech is the inscription upon the One Ring:
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

When translated into English, these words form the lines:
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
I had to look up Black Speech... it's been so long since I've read the books and watched the movies, that I couldn't even remember a name of any of the languages in LOTR.  :-\

But... to me, that has a similar look to Hungarian.




In other news, Rimsky-Korsakov is the featured Wikipedia article for today.  8)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 03:11:38 AM
I'm thinking of changing my last name to "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" or "_", so if I'm in some type of list of composers (such as the list on my computer), I'll always be at the top of the list...  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on March 19, 2010, 04:01:59 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 19, 2010, 03:11:38 AM
I'm thinking of changing my last name to "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" or "_", so if I'm in some type of list of composers (such as the list on my computer), I'll always be at the top of the list...  :)

How about Aaacook? And you'd also need to make your first name Aaagreg for those with lists arranged by first name.

Aaagreg Aaacook. That sounds either Dutch, or vaguely Old Germanic.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 19, 2010, 04:46:42 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 19, 2010, 04:01:59 AM
Aaagreg Aaacook. That sounds either Dutch, or vaguely Old Germanic.

Eeestonian, I think.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 19, 2010, 06:09:52 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 19, 2010, 04:01:59 AM
How about Aaacook?

Not when Aaaaook is also on that list.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 19, 2010, 07:21:04 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 19, 2010, 06:09:52 AM
Not when Aaaaook is also on that list.

Not the celebrated Aaaaook of the Orth?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 19, 2010, 07:30:19 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 19, 2010, 07:21:04 AM
Not the celebrated Aaaaook of the Orth?!

Indeed, it is him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 19, 2010, 07:37:38 AM
Don't be a naughty Eskimo . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 01:47:36 PM
Those names sound so awkward. I could also just go with "Aaaaaaaaaaargh," since it sounds tough and pirate-like.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 19, 2010, 02:07:16 PM
You are close to the sea are you?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 02:34:31 PM
Somewhat... I think it's a little over an hour away. I don't know exactly, because I don't like the beach much- i'd only go there if I could bring my laptop.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 19, 2010, 03:57:52 PM
So you might stick out a bit as a pirate, when so far from the sea?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 04:50:33 PM
Quote from: knight on March 19, 2010, 03:57:52 PM
So you might stick out a bit as a pirate, when so far from the sea?

Mike
Yeah, though if I do, it's all the same. Doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 05:44:45 PM
(http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/4/3/0/5/430527/pics/_c456160_image_0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 05:47:38 PM
Dave is a viking.  ;D



http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/czuOSF_0yy4
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 19, 2010, 05:51:34 PM
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:JYvbIXTLAWWKBM:http://www.pcmofo.com/pictures/448.jpg)(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:0QLA1qQJer3OYM:http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/16/0,1425,sz%3D1%26i%3D169690,00.jpg)(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AMzPGsTV3j3UPM:http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/images/SocialNetworking/thumb/1/1f/Pirate_laptop.jpg/275px-Pirate_laptop.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 05:52:04 PM
I forgot how to embed videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi66fs7xRoc
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 05:56:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrAfYv6KaE
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 06:03:57 PM
(http://zhurnaly.com/images/viking_train_whistle.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 06:05:43 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on March 19, 2010, 05:52:04 PM
I forgot how to embed videos

Change the last ? and = to a /

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/Fi66fs7xRoc

...but yours doesn't work for some reason.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 06:07:37 PM
Sure. I'll remember that.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2010, 06:10:44 PM
I can understand how the Malmsteen could be interpreted as corny, but... the first one- wow. Second one not bad, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 19, 2010, 06:14:53 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 19, 2010, 06:10:44 PM
I can understand how the Malmsteen could be interpreted as corny, but... the first one- wow. Second one not bad, though.

I like them both, but yeah, the first one is pretty corny.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 20, 2010, 07:15:32 PM
 :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 21, 2010, 12:32:39 PM
Just compiled a list of about 13 or so places that I would like to work... I figure that if I can find at least 20, I might actually get one.


Also expanding my Prokofiev collection... I guess you can say by now I have most of his recorded stuff. In a while, I might post how my collection looks- I expect some to love how it looks and some to hate it.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:15:14 AM
The American people want me for president.

Don't you hate when politicians tell us what the "American people" want?

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 24, 2010, 07:24:07 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:15:14 AMDon't you hate when politicians tell us what the "American people" want?

But . . .

Quote from: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:15:14 AM
The American people want me for president.

It's true! We do!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:25:50 AM
Oh, those American people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 24, 2010, 07:27:27 AM
You love us! You know you do!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:29:07 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 24, 2010, 07:27:27 AM
You love us! You know you do!

The American people want me to have lots and lots of money.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 24, 2010, 07:31:28 AM
Why, sure we do!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:32:36 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 24, 2010, 07:31:28 AM
Why, sure we do!

The American people want the American people to have no other gods before me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 24, 2010, 07:38:25 AM
Our people will get back to you on that. Have a nice day!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 07:42:07 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 24, 2010, 07:38:25 AM
Our people will get back to you on that. Have a nice day!

The American people said so!!!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 24, 2010, 09:13:25 AM
The British people, I'm sure, want all the above for the American people, also. (I think I can safely speak for all of them - apart from the chap down the road who keeps a lot of cats. He's a bit odd, and I'm not very sure what he wants. He may not even be British, which would solve the problem, wouldn't it?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 24, 2010, 10:06:39 AM
Those non-British British people sure are strange...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 24, 2010, 10:17:16 AM
We are all Britons. And I am your king.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 24, 2010, 10:22:21 AM
The American people don't say that. They say I'm King.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 24, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
This is so odd... ever have completely random people try to talk to you on myspace? At first I thought it was spam, but looks like a real person. Now I wonder if (hate to say this if it isn't true) she's a prostitute.   ??? :D I mean, nowadays, why wouldn't they try to do their business online? It would be safer, wouldn't it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
The American people want Greg to have his own island and to never leave it, hence the sharks-infested waters.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 24, 2010, 10:37:01 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
The American people want Greg to have his own island and to never leave it, hence the sharks-infested waters. and to be able to take vacations from it and go anywhere free of charge whenever he wants to.
Thanks, American people!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 24, 2010, 10:37:44 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 24, 2010, 10:37:01 AM
Thanks, American people!  8)

How unAmerican!  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Keemun on March 24, 2010, 11:06:00 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 24, 2010, 10:17:16 AM
We are all Britons. And I am your king.

Well I didn't vote for you.

(I just watched that movie last week with my daughter, who first saw portions of it in school when they were learning about Medieval England.  :D)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 24, 2010, 11:24:21 PM
Just ran into this beauty:

Miscast. If you fail to cast a spell, there'll be a 20% chance of some unexpected effect instead. A nice touch of realism.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 24, 2010, 11:48:25 PM
Quote from: Lethe on March 24, 2010, 11:24:21 PM
Just ran into this beauty:

Miscast. If you fail to cast a spell, there'll be a 20% chance of some unexpected effect instead. A nice touch of realism.

Anyone who's ever watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer knows that.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 25, 2010, 03:46:59 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 24, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
This is so odd... ever have completely random people try to talk to you on myspace? At first I thought it was spam, but looks like a real person. Now I wonder if (hate to say this if it isn't true) she's a prostitute.   ??? :D I mean, nowadays, why wouldn't they try to do their business online? It would be safer, wouldn't it?
I figured it out... really advanced spam!  :o
(kinda like that jack123 member we just had)


here's the message I got back (not even acknowledging my odd comment about beating up homeless people with baseball bats)
Quote
heyy i need to run out to the store but i just wanted to msg you back. if u wantt i posted some new pics up.. i wasnt allowed to post them on myspace tho ...

tinyurl.com/y9xqhca

So I visited the site and there aren't any bad pics, but to "add as her as a friend" it takes you to the signup page. I entered a bunch of fake information and then it takes you to another page. They need your credit card number in order to get you to have a "free membership to try it out."

So, right now, I'm reporting the site to the Web of Trust add-on, since no one has rated it yet, as I guess it's a brand-new scam. This way, when people visit the site, the wheel should be red and people will know.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 25, 2010, 04:44:05 AM
If you fail to do any number of things, there is a substantial chance of some unexpected effect.

(Just saying.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 07:41:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2010, 04:44:05 AM
If you fail to do any number of things, there is a substantial chance of some unexpected effect.
Let this be named the First Henning Law of Not Doing. And the First Law of Doing is like unto it, thus:

If you do any number of things, there is a substantial chance of some unexpected effect.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 25, 2010, 07:46:17 AM
My name is Henning. And I approve this message.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 10:11:05 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2010, 07:46:17 AM
My name is Henning. And I approve this message.
Lo! Here we haveth a Great Sign. For I did a veritable Number of Things (namely, one), and have achieved Some Unexpected Effect. Thus is the Prophecy fulfilled.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 25, 2010, 11:00:00 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 25, 2010, 03:46:59 AM
I figured it out... really advanced spam!  :o
(kinda like that jack123 member we just had)


here's the message I got back (not even acknowledging my odd comment about beating up homeless people with baseball bats)
So I visited the site and there aren't any bad pics, but to "add as her as a friend" it takes you to the signup page. I entered a bunch of fake information and then it takes you to another page. They need your credit card number in order to get you to have a "free membership to try it out."

So, right now, I'm reporting the site to the Web of Trust add-on, since no one has rated it yet, as I guess it's a brand-new scam. This way, when people visit the site, the wheel should be red and people will know.  :)
My message sent: "wow, spam, nice job!"
Checked my inbox- says the message was read (no reply).
Hilarious.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 11:14:57 AM
I would sincerely like to apologize for any apologies I might have apologized for. Unless it concerned Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 25, 2010, 11:28:54 AM
I'd only offer a sorry excuse for an apology, anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 25, 2010, 11:32:37 AM
I eat apologies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 11:34:30 AM
I only listen to HIP Bernstein.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 25, 2010, 11:35:10 AM
MNDave, Not sure I accept your apologiy for an apology, (if that is what it was),.....it displeases me when people are more amusing than I am.

>:(

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 11:37:28 AM
Quote from: knight on March 25, 2010, 11:35:10 AM
MNDave, Not sure I accept your apologiy for an apology, (if that is what it was),.....it displeases me when people are more amusing than I am.

>:(

Mike

I'm sure you're in a constant state of displeasure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 25, 2010, 11:38:27 AM
No, my diary for 19th Feb 2004 confounds that theory.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 25, 2010, 12:55:04 PM
And here I was going to say, I'm sure that never happens . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:02:59 PM
I'm just wondering, here, if maybe I can - you know - plant a kind of all-embracing apology for my future actions here and now, and then have done with the whole apologising business once and for all. So if anyone makes a fuss if I'm horrible to them, I can just point them back here and say, there you go, bub - have a read of that and you'll see everything is alright, so let us now enter into the joy.

I could try it out just as an experiment. Who could I try it on? Hmmm.

OK. I hereby apologise for any future offence I may give to the excellent, the wonderful, the witty, the talented, the extremely likeable, MN Dave. Signed, Elgarian.

Now we test it:

Yah! Boo! MN Dave is a silly old fool!

Now we await results.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 02:19:38 PM
QuoteYah! Boo! MN Dave is a silly old fool!

Silly, yes. Old, not quite yet. A fool? Sometimes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:24:52 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 02:19:38 PM
Silly, yes. Old, not quite yet. A fool? Sometimes.
Dave. It's not supposed to be like this. You're supposed to foam at the mouth and stuff, and shout things like 'Blimey, the Bumptious Whipper Snapper! Just lemme get me 'ands on  'im and I'll show 'im a thing or two!!' - so I can point you to my pre-post-apology and be forgiven.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 25, 2010, 02:28:48 PM
Is this like buying indulgencies? If so, no money has as yet come my way, I will PM my address.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 02:29:35 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:24:52 PM
Dave. It's not supposed to be like this. You're supposed to foam at the mouth and stuff, and shout things like 'Blimey, the Bumptious Whipper Snapper! Just lemme get me 'ands on  'im and I'll show 'im a thing or two!!' - so I can point you to my pre-post-apology and be forgiven.

Oh, sorry. Ahem...

Ye great bastard! If I could reach you, I'd tear out your vitals!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:30:52 PM
Quote from: knight on March 25, 2010, 02:28:48 PM
Is this like buying indulgencies? If so, no money has as yet come my way, I will PM my address.
If this experiment works, I'll make sure you get a piece of the action ....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:33:12 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 02:29:35 PM
Oh, sorry. Ahem...

Ye great bastard! If I could reach you, I'd tear out your vitals!

Dave, Dave. Calm down, my dear chap. Please go back to post number 1722 and read my apology therein.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2010, 02:34:04 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:33:12 PM
Dave, Dave. Calm down, my dear chap. Please go back to post number 1722 and read my apology therein.  :)

Oh. I see. Very good, then.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 25, 2010, 02:36:40 PM
I hereby declare the experiment a success, and I think I can now safely recommend this general procedure to all members. I can go to bed in the secure knowledge of a job well done. Peace and Joy to all. And a cheque for Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 25, 2010, 02:54:53 PM
Yes, don't forget that cheque oh best beloved.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 02:08:40 AM
I hereby apologise in advance for any misleading statements I may make about cheques, real or fictional.

Quote from: knight on March 25, 2010, 02:54:53 PM
Yes, don't forget that cheque oh best beloved.

It's in the post, Mike.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 26, 2010, 02:14:26 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 02:08:40 AM

It's in the post, Mike.

Like I have not heard that one before.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on March 26, 2010, 02:20:28 AM
The last several posts gave me a literal and hearty laugh this morning.
Great you folks!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 03:35:59 AM
Quote from: knight on March 26, 2010, 02:14:26 AM
Like I have not heard that one before.
Elgarian's legal representatives refer you to post 1732 for the appropriate apology.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2010, 03:47:54 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 03:35:59 AM
Elgarian's legal representatives refer you to post 1732 for the appropriate apology.

You had better put up an apology for referring to earlier posts of yours frequently.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 26, 2010, 04:51:42 AM
I must apologize in advance because I'm sure to make more jokes about Knight's curtains! ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 26, 2010, 05:24:52 AM
Sorry, everyone!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 26, 2010, 07:16:56 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2010, 04:51:42 AM
I must apologize in advance because I'm sure to make more jokes about Knight's curtains! ;D ;D

Don't start to open that subject.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 26, 2010, 07:18:25 AM
Oh, right in the arras!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 26, 2010, 07:25:03 AM
Preferable I guess to in the Arsenale...oh, different play.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 09:25:38 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2010, 03:47:54 AM
You had better put up an apology for referring to earlier posts of yours frequently.

I hereby apologise for every thing that I have done and have not done, in the past; for everything I may or may not do in the future; and for everything I am doing, and not doing at present (including making this apology).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2010, 09:50:12 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 09:25:38 AM
I hereby apologise for every thing that I have done and have not done, in the past; for everything I may or may not do in the future; and for everything I am doing, and not doing at present (including making this apology).

And thus the vision is realised.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 26, 2010, 09:51:55 AM
Now he cannot apologize for omitting any potential occasion for apology . . . of which he is the agent.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 26, 2010, 11:18:28 AM
How about the things he might have done, may be doing or might do?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 26, 2010, 11:24:08 AM
Well, he might get around to apologizing, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 26, 2010, 12:38:29 PM
Quote from: knight on March 26, 2010, 11:18:28 AM
How about the things he might have done, may be doing or might do?
I may have already apologised for those; or I may be apologising now for them; or I may apologise for them in the future.

Also, I apologise for all these things on behalf of all my ancestors, and on behalf of all my future descendants, and for any trouble that may have been or may be caused by any tortoises they have owned or may own.

[But it's all lies, I tell you. Lies!  I don't CARE about that bit about the tortoises. Not really. :P]

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 26, 2010, 01:15:47 PM
Yes, the tortoise bit did not have the ring of truth about it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 26, 2010, 03:02:38 PM
I posted my signature as a status update on myspace... I have Meshuggah as a friend, and it'd be so awesome if they said they liked it... though professional artists have way too many friends to even see or comment on anything... maybe I'll comment their page...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 26, 2010, 04:39:40 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2010, 03:02:38 PM
I posted my signature as a status update on myspace... I have Meshuggah as a friend, and it'd be so awesome if they said they liked it... though professional artists have way too many friends to even see or comment on anything... maybe I'll comment their page...

Also, they might not even be involved with their MySpace page.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 26, 2010, 05:33:51 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 26, 2010, 04:39:40 PM
Also, they might not even be involved with their MySpace page.
True... probably band managers or something usually deal with that stuff.
Sometimes band members have their own pages and write blogs... such as Mikael Åkerfeldt (which happen to be surprisingly entertaining, interesting, and charismatic (weird word choice, but whatever)).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 29, 2010, 06:15:31 AM
I should like to apologize for the inadequacy of any previous apology.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 29, 2010, 05:13:15 PM
Finally thought of looking up a top-rated TV Series list:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/tvminiseries


I've never even heard of any of these shows at all, except for the #1 position- Band of Brothers. Averaging a 9.6 rating out of 71,000 votes is beyond impressive, I have to say... but, I'm completely cool with it being in first place. Although it's been awhile since I watched it and don't remember too much of it (I did watch the whole thing, though), it really was a great series. It deserves the high rating.


EDIT: These are only mini-series, though... i looked up 24 (score: 8.9) and Heroes (score: 8.4) and these weren't in the list since they don't include regular TV series. I can't find a list for top-rated TV series on that site, though.  :'(


EDIT 2: Looks like what is supposedly the top-rated TV show is Arrested Development- with a 9.7 average!!!  :o I thought it was a decent show, but really?...

(getting this info from a random place, though I still looked up the link to confirm it)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 29, 2010, 06:40:41 PM
Another list- top 100 classical works.

This one doesn't seem to be based on vote count, but it seems like one of the most reasonable lists I've come across.

QuoteCriteria: - Classical Music Works are ranked for their innovation and influence, as well as their aesthetic importance, historical significance and lasting popularity.
Thank you.
I don't like lists that appeal to newbies that list Pachelbel's Canon in the top 5 or something stupid like that.

Maybe it's because it has The Rite of Spring at #5 and Mahler's 9th at #6 that I like this list. However, even the ones that I would never choose in the top 10 seem perfectly reasonable to be in this list (Picture in an Exhibition being the only questionable one).

Top 10:
Quote
1. Symphony No. 9 "Choral" – Ludwig Van Beethoven

  2. Mass In B Minor – Johann Sebastian Bach

  3. Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" – Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky

  4. Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  5. Rite Of Spring – Igor Stravinsky

  6. Symphony No. 9 – Gustav Mahler

  7. The Ring of the Nibelungs – Richard Wagner

  8. Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" – Ludwig Van Beethoven

  9. Pictures At An Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky (orch. by Maurice Ravel)

10. Symphony No. 5 – Ludwig Van Beethoven

As much as I dislike the Beethoven 9th, it just seems reasonable to be #1 in any list. Just because.
And the Ring cycle definitely belongs on here...

http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best-classic-wks.html
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on March 30, 2010, 04:21:36 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 29, 2010, 06:40:41 PM
As much as I dislike the Beethoven 9th...

>:(

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 30, 2010, 07:14:35 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 29, 2010, 06:15:31 AM
I should like to apologize for the inadequacy of any previous apology.
I suppose we must consider whether this apology is itself adequate?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 30, 2010, 07:18:13 AM
Don't see how it could be, really.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on March 30, 2010, 02:31:45 PM
Myspace spam is starting to annoy me...
I got another strange message.

The first quoted text is what you see in the message:

QuoteHi, I am Ashley. Thanks for the add. Not sure if u checked out my page or not. but I looked at urs and was gonna ask if your with anybody right now. If no maybe youd want to meet up for dinner sometime or go out for drinks. I'm a pretty friendly girl! Let me know. Either way thx 4 the add. p.s I was gonna send u more pictures if u have an email address, just send it back to me. Talk 2 ya l8r.


The second is when I copied and pasted the message here. If you highlight the whole thing from the original message, you can see there is extremely small words inserted between some words- but after copy and paste, the words are normal size:

Quote
Hi, I am Ashley. Thanks edit for the add. Not axon sure if u checked nude out my page or jags not. but I looked at urs and was gonna ask if your with anybody right now. fley If no maybe youd gyri want to meet up for dinner sometime bake or moon go out for drinks. undo fief I'm a pretty friendly girl! Let me know. howe Either way thx bleb 4 bonk the add. p.s I meet was gonna send u haed more pictures if u have an email address, just send semi it back to me. Talk 2 ya l8r.


I just don't understand the point of this. I changed my status to "married" just now, so I wonder if that'll stop them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 05:12:53 AM
"I hate music
Sometimes I don't
I hate music
It's got too many notes
Tommy said so"

--The Replacements "I Hate Music"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 01, 2010, 05:23:55 AM
Tommy must be retarded.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 05:25:46 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 01, 2010, 05:23:55 AM
Tommy must be retarded.

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on April 01, 2010, 05:26:53 AM
Quite right, slick.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 05:32:07 AM
I think they were joking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 05:34:51 AM
Kind of like Genesis with "I Can't Dance," eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 05:42:58 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2010, 05:34:51 AM
Kind of like Genesis with "I Can't Dance," eh?

I don't know. I assume the members of Genesis can't dance. Actually, I've seen proof in Phil Collins videos!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 05:46:55 AM
I boldly speculate that Mike Rutherford is no Fred Astaire.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 07:15:44 AM
I posted that Replacements quote because I've pretty much heard it all by now. It seems most recordings I buy just sound like stuff I've already heard.

Meh.   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 07:47:08 AM
Well, I never did understand the need for 143 versions of the Brahms 2nd piano concerto...for any favours, why don't you move onto his First...completely different animal.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 07:48:37 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 07:47:08 AM
Well, I never did understand the need for 143 versions of the Brahms 2nd piano concerto...for any favours, why don't you move onto his First...completely different animal.

Mike

;D  You're a genius!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 07:52:02 AM
I know...I know.

So you are sorted for another 15 years then?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 07:55:34 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 07:52:02 AM
I know...I know.

So you are sorted for another 15 years then?

Mike

Sure thing, man. I love buying the same piece over and over...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 07:57:57 AM
Brahms also wrote a violin concerto, but no rush...........

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:01:35 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 07:57:57 AM
Brahms also wrote a violin concerto, but no rush...........

Mike

Oh, God. Now I'm overwhelmed.  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 08:05:38 AM
Damn, I have overdone it....straight into overload. I am sorry.


Have you tried Pachelbel's Canon? It will have a calming effect and there are lots of versions to collect.


Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:09:41 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 08:05:38 AM
Damn, I have overdone it....straight into overload. I am sorry.


Have you tried Pachelbel's Canon? It will have a calming effect and there are lots of versions to collect.


Mike

That is sooo 1987 - 1989.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 08:13:10 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:09:41 AM
That is sooo 1987 - 1989.  ::)

In other words: a Classic? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:13:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2010, 08:13:10 AM
In other words: a Classic? . . .

For two years it was.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 08:15:43 AM
I understand, it is rather a short piece, so a mere two years will just about have squeezed the juice from it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:16:53 AM
Perhaps I should take up bird-watching or poetry-reading.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:22:10 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 08:05:38 AM
Have you tried Pachelbel's Canon? It will have a calming effect and there are lots of versions to collect.

Lots! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:23:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:16:53 AM
Perhaps I should take up bird-watching or poetry-reading.

I suggest backyard astronomy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 08:24:04 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:16:53 AM
Perhaps I should take up bird-watching or poetry-reading.

Oh, heck, open your veins now. Clearly enough is enough.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 08:27:28 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:22:10 AM
Lots! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM)

This gives me an idea . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:28:30 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2010, 08:27:28 AM
This gives me an idea . . . .

Hm...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 08:29:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:28:30 AM
Hm...

Aye. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,16071.0.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:35:02 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 01, 2010, 08:23:12 AM
I suggest backyard astronomy.

Ho hum. Same old stars...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 08:35:22 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 08:24:04 AM
Oh, heck, open your veins now. Clearly enough is enough.

Mike

Now there's a hobby!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 09:11:27 AM
Can something so short lived be regarded as a hobby?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 09:16:13 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 09:11:27 AM
Can something so short lived be regarded as a hobby?

Mike

You have a point. Why did you have to go and spoil it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 09:19:26 AM
I am now so devastated, I am running that warm bath and stropping that razor.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 09:25:38 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 09:19:26 AM
I am now so devastated, I am running that warm bath and stropping that razor.

Mike

Good Lord, no! The world needs you! Well, at least GMG does...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on April 01, 2010, 09:42:52 AM
How ironic that the Phoenix Coyotes might be moving back to Winnipeg!

Go JETS Go!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 10:05:28 AM
New topic....New topic. Unfortunately, one I know completely nothing about. Sorry about that. Catch you later guys.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 10:06:20 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 10:05:28 AM
New topic....New topic. Unfortunately, one I know completely nothing about. Sorry about that. Catch you later guys.

Mike

Where are you going? Don't leave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 10:07:51 AM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 01, 2010, 10:09:47 AM
If I was in America, I would watch American Football and support THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, for no reason whatsoever.
Aye.  All they need is that '67 team back again.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 10:11:53 AM
A cheese-head from afar . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 10:15:47 AM
 >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 10:20:06 AM
Oh....don't look like that. I would contribute, but have no idea what the last posts mean.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 01, 2010, 12:00:25 PM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 10:20:06 AM
I would contribute, but have no idea what the last posts mean.

I often feel like that....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 12:03:57 PM
But we are both OK with that....well I have to be. There is so much I know nothing about. So I just wait it out politely on the sidelines.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 01, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
Quote from: John on April 01, 2010, 10:09:47 AM
If I was in America, I would watch American Football and support THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, for no reason whatsoever.

May I suggest the Cleveland Browns instead? Brits admire heroic failures, right? (e.g., The Charge of the Light Brigade, Isandlwana, Dunkirk) and you can't have a team more familiar with failure than the Cleveland Browns. I gave up on them 50 years ago (while still in elementary school). They are a team you can count on, year after year.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 12:12:50 PM
What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?

(http://www.throwbackguy.com/images/vikings%20logo.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 01, 2010, 12:27:12 PM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 12:03:57 PM
But we are both OK with that....well I have to be. There is so much I know nothing about. So I just wait it out politely on the sidelines.
Exactly so, Mike. But also, we take care when engaging in discussion within our own areas of expertise, do we not? I think we're both aware that if we were to discuss the snorkling of burgledingers too often (particularly those of the bliptonistic  formulation), we might seem to be flaunting our knowledge of bliptonism to an extent that could lay us open to the accusation of elitism. Neither of us would want that - even if it were a matter of considerable urgency that the burbledingers should be snorkled without delay.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 12:29:07 PM
Hear that on TV all the time — snorkel without delay!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 01, 2010, 12:30:10 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2010, 12:29:07 PM
Hear that on TV all the time — snorkel without delay!
Good advice is good advice, wherever you hear it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 01, 2010, 12:31:23 PM
Well, and the Firesign Theatre sez, Take your television's advice.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 12:33:29 PM
I just pretend to know what Mike's going on about.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 01, 2010, 12:53:21 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 12:33:29 PM
I just pretend to know what Mike's going on about.
Do you think we might all be pretending like that, about everybody? Spoofle burfish gloop?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 01:01:27 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 01, 2010, 12:33:29 PM
I just pretend to know what Mike's going on about.

I knew that.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 01, 2010, 05:47:02 PM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 09:19:26 AM
I am now so devastated, I am running that warm bath and stropping that razor.

Mike

I have never stropped a razor in my entire life. As a matter of fact, prior to this post, I have never even used "strop" in a sentence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2010, 10:06:36 PM
In the circs., turning my razor on just would not get the job done.

Every day something new...that's my motto. I wonder what it will be for each of us today?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 01, 2010, 10:21:13 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 01, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
May I suggest the Cleveland Browns instead? Brits admire heroic failures, right? (e.g., The Charge of the Light Brigade, Isandlwana, Dunkirk) and you can't have a team more familiar with failure than the Cleveland Browns. I gave up on them 50 years ago (while still in elementary school). They are a team you can count on, year after year.
Sarge

No.  The Cleveland Browns are not a team well enough equipped to win the Superbowl.  Also, I do not like the name 'Cleveland Browns'.  Bizzarely, I get images of minty-balls chefs running out to play ball when I think 'Cleveland Browns.'  ???

The Packers were the first team I ever heard of, and they STILL have the same name as they did when I was born.
Yep. 
I like the Green Bay PACKERS.  I don't know where Green Bay is, but I sure support it.  And whatever needs packed, I'll help them.   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 02, 2010, 05:29:07 AM
Happy Friday. :)

How old is middle-aged?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 02, 2010, 05:34:03 AM
Never mind.  >:(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moldyoldie on April 02, 2010, 05:39:34 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 01, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
May I suggest the Cleveland Browns instead? Brits admire heroic failures, right? (e.g., The Charge of the Light Brigade, Isandlwana, Dunkirk) and you can't have a team more familiar with failure than the Cleveland Browns. I gave up on them 50 years ago (while still in elementary school). They are a team you can count on, year after year.

Sarge
Uh, I'm not sure I'd deem them "heroic", but if we're talkin' 'bout abject failures...
(http://www.blogcdn.com/nfl.fanhouse.com/media/2009/04/detroit-lions.jpg)

Besides, the present Cleveland Browns are an expansion team, remember?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2010, 05:46:23 AM
Quote from: Moldyoldie on April 02, 2010, 05:39:34 AM
Besides, the present Cleveland Browns are an expansion team, remember?

I know...but that's what adds to their mystic of failure: they are the historic team in name only. Cleveland couldn't hold on to the real thing  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moldyoldie on April 02, 2010, 06:04:17 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2010, 05:46:23 AM
I know...but that's what adds to their mystic of failure: they are the historic team in name only. Cleveland couldn't hold on to the real thing  ;D

Sarge
You can have a "mystique" of failure, or you can have the genuine article (Lions). ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 02, 2010, 06:49:14 AM
Green Bays first pre-season game...
Aug. 12-16
CLEVELAND BROWNS (Gold pkg.)
Midwest Shrine Game
TV: WFRV/state

Ha!  Green Bay will kick Clevelands minty balls all over the field.
:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 02, 2010, 06:51:44 AM
Quote from: knight on April 01, 2010, 12:03:57 PM
So I just wait it out politely on the sidelines.
Mike

Yes, just as the Cleveland Browns coach will have to do in August when they are hammered by THE PACKERS.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2010, 06:54:53 AM
Quote from: John on April 02, 2010, 06:49:14 AM
Green Bays first pre-season game...
Aug. 12-16
CLEVELAND BROWNS (Gold pkg.)
Midwest Shrine Game
TV: WFRV/state

Ha!  Green Bay will kick Clevelands minty balls all over the field.
:D

Of course they will...that's what I keep telling ya  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2010, 07:10:51 AM
Quote from: Moldyoldie on April 02, 2010, 05:39:34 AM
Uh, I'm not sure I'd deem them "heroic", but if we're talkin' 'bout abject failures...
Besides, the present Cleveland Browns are an expansion team, remember?

Just found this in wiki: "The Browns are officially viewed as one continuous franchise that began in 1946 as a member of the All-American Football Conference, joined the NFL in 1950, suspended operations from 1996-1998, and resumed play in 1999. The Baltimore Ravens were an expansion team created in 1996 with former Browns players."

If that's true, then the Lions and Browns are the only non-expansion teams that have not been in a Super Bowl. They are also tied at four NFL championships each in the years preceding the creation of the Super Bowl. In other words, they are equals in the failure department.  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 02, 2010, 05:07:29 PM
Quote from: John on April 02, 2010, 06:51:44 AM
Yes, just as the Cleveland Browns coach will have to do in August when they are hammered by THE PACKERS.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/01/!BoHLw6Q!mk~$(KGrHqMH-DEEuUwY0E21BLmQzr,g2!~~_35.JPG)

Hurry and bid, John! Only 8 days left!


http://cgi.ebay.ca/FOOTBALL-DOLLAR-BILLS-WITH-VINCE-LOMBARDI-PORTRAIT_W0QQitemZ190379769212QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Football?hash=item2c5384bd7c (http://cgi.ebay.ca/FOOTBALL-DOLLAR-BILLS-WITH-VINCE-LOMBARDI-PORTRAIT_W0QQitemZ190379769212QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Football?hash=item2c5384bd7c)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on April 02, 2010, 10:54:26 PM
Quote from: John on April 01, 2010, 10:21:13 PM
I like the Green Bay PACKERS.  I don't know where Green Bay is, but I sure support it.

(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/wi/WI_24070.gif)

QuoteAnd whatever needs packed, I'll help them.   8)
"Packers" is short for "meatpackers", but I hear the players are making enough money, that very few need to moonlight at the plant, these days.  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/wink.gif)

Go Pack !!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 02, 2010, 11:53:32 PM
Thank you for the map, Dan.
I support them in their efforts to pack as much meat as they can, especially in the offense.  I might send them some Haggis, and they can pack that too.

Szykniej, thank you for the Lombardi Million Dollars link.  It only costs a dollar.  I expected to pay much more for a dollar bill with the mighty Lombardis face on it.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 03, 2010, 04:23:53 AM
Dear John,

You are now my worst enemy.

(http://ready2beat.com/files/n/10584-sports-football-minnesota-vikings-tv-schedule.jpg)

Love,

Dave
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on April 03, 2010, 06:13:47 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 03, 2010, 04:23:53 AM
Dear John,

You are now my worst enemy.

Love,

Dave

Good! .... More haggis for us, then!! 

(http://www.dailytitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/SPORTS_PANTHERS-PACKERS_11-216x300.jpg)

(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/cheesy.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 03, 2010, 12:04:41 PM
Now haggis is something I understand.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 03, 2010, 04:31:56 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 03, 2010, 04:23:53 AM
Dear John,

You are now my worst enemy.
Love,
Dave

Dave's wurst enemy

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m308/selmasaurus/wurst.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 03, 2010, 08:26:58 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 03, 2010, 04:23:53 AM
Dear John,
You are now my worst enemy.
(http://ready2beat.com/files/n/10584-sports-football-minnesota-vikings-tv-schedule.jpg)

The Minnesota Vikings.  Ha!  They don't even know what Vikings are in Minnesota.  And they wouldn't know where to find one.  I suppose they all think a Viking is the name of the next Ford vehicle.  Minnesota has native American origins, so they don't even know how to name themselves properly.  They should be called the Minnesota Anishinaabes or Minnesota Dakotas.  THEN I might respect them.  Meanwhile Green Bay Packers know why they're called 'Packers' and they behave accordingly.  They pack it!
Unfortunately, if the Vikings lived up to their name, the stadium would be raped and pillaged and burnt down before any game begins.   :-*
I LIKE THE GREEN BAY PACKERS!   :P  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 03, 2010, 10:11:55 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on April 03, 2010, 04:31:56 PM
Dave's wurst enemy

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m308/selmasaurus/wurst.jpg)

I know they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach; but she seems very much to be catering to a niche market.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 04, 2010, 07:02:56 AM
Quote from: John on April 03, 2010, 08:26:58 PM
The Minnesota Vikings.  Ha!  They don't even know what Vikings are in Minnesota. 

You don't know much about Minnesota; you probably don't even know where it is. And, anyway, I don't really care for sports.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 04, 2010, 07:09:24 AM
I like these new Firefox personas.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 04, 2010, 02:52:56 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 03, 2010, 12:04:41 PM
Now haggis is something I understand.

I am grateful . . . you understand it so that we don't have to.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 04, 2010, 03:07:31 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 04, 2010, 02:52:56 PM
I am grateful . . . you understand it so that we don't have to.

Reminds me of John Oliver on the Daily Show, he said that he wanted to feel back at home by having boiled, flavorless meat. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 04, 2010, 03:10:41 PM
Haggis is not a bit like that. To know it is to love it.

'Haggis Ingredients:

1 sheep's stomach bag
1 sheep's pluck - liver, lungs and heart
3 onions
250g beef Suet
150g oatmeal
salt and black pepper
a pinch of cayenne
150mls of stock/gravy'

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 04, 2010, 03:12:21 PM
OMG that is disgusting! (http://planetsmilies.net/vomit-smiley-31.gif)

I think I'll take the boiled, flavorless meat instead. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 04, 2010, 03:15:54 PM
LOL It's all in that emoticon. (Then out of it.)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 04, 2010, 03:24:19 PM
I think now I know the real reason why the Irish stuck with potatoes, they saw Scots eating their Haggis and immediately became vegetarians! >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 04, 2010, 03:29:00 PM
Then came the potato famine, so they gave in and went back to good ole Irish Stew. NB Two types of potato used here!

Ingredients3 middle necks of lamb (about 1.8kg/4lb), filleted and boned - you need to end up with about 950g/2lb 2oz pure meat
650g floury potatoes , such as King Edward
650g waxy potatoes , such as Desirée or Pentland Javelin
1kg carrots
2 onions
½ tsp fresh thyme leaves
chopped fresh chives and parsley, to garnish
FOR THE STOCKbones from the lamb
1 large carrot , quartered
1 onion , quartered
½ celery stick, quartered
1 bay leaf
2 large sprigs of thyme
a generous sprig of parsley
6 black peppercorns , lightly crushed
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 04, 2010, 03:32:11 PM
Well that doesn't sound revolting! :) 

I think just to avoid things like haggis, if I ever take a trip to the UK I should eat fast food and eat indian.  Can't go wrong there! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 04, 2010, 03:33:50 PM
Don't  disdain the tinned squirrel.  8)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 04, 2010, 03:38:32 PM
I guess I can't get too snooty though, some of the fast food around here can only be identified as food by a team of scientists... like Taco Bell's collection of random food products that they have titled "burrito" and "taco", and kfc which combines parts of biscuits, corn, potatoes and chicken in one mushed together bowl.  I think they are meant to be taken as artistic statements instead of meals to be consumed. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on April 04, 2010, 03:44:28 PM
Quote from: knight on April 04, 2010, 03:33:50 PM
Don't  disdain the tinned squirrel.  8)
Had to look that one up.

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1117/1230147823_7aac3bd1b6.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 04, 2010, 10:46:58 PM
The tinned squirrel was brought up as, some time ago, I saw a documentary about people from the US preparing to visit the UK. They seemed to get it in their heads that we ate the most astonishing things. (Though haggis does justly fit into that descriptor.) Where they got their ideas from I don't know. But one person, while packing, was declaring to camera that she had no intension of going near the Brit obsession for tinned squirrel.

That photo is the first evidence I have seen that such a product even might exist.

For those who may wonder, Haggis is not eaten by many people and even those who eat it do not eat it often. Fried, I think it tastes good, boiled, the other way of serving it....NO WAY.

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on April 05, 2010, 12:56:07 AM
Quote from: knight on April 04, 2010, 10:46:58 PM
That photo is the first evidence I have seen that such a product even might exist.
I'm pretty sure it's a gag label, Mike.  The photographer went all out for this shot, methinks.  I especially like the warning on the side: "May contain traces of nuts". 

Yeah, ... that's what I'd be worried about.  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/grin.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 05, 2010, 02:28:42 AM
Yes, I thought so too....just how fresh...with fur on. I don't think there is such a thing as tinned Squirrel. BUT there is such a thing as tinned haggis.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 05, 2010, 03:01:43 AM
A tin of Haggis.

I eat those contents six or seven times a year because I can't be bothered cutting open a Haggis, etc.  I do like Haggis!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 05, 2010, 04:36:58 AM
Someday I'll try haggis — but only where it's done right. (Taking to heart Mike's caution about The Boiled Stuff.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 05, 2010, 04:39:42 AM
Quote from: knight on April 04, 2010, 10:46:58 PM
The tinned squirrel was brought up as, some time ago, I saw a documentary about people from the US preparing to visit the UK. They seemed to get it in their heads that we ate the most astonishing things.

I think that credulousness on that head is driven by geniune weird foodstuffs found in nooks and grannies throughout this great land of our'n.  Including but not limited to tinned rattlesnake meat, and "prairie oysters."

(In New England, the local delicacy which may not appeal to all visitors must be clam bellies.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 05, 2010, 05:09:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 05, 2010, 04:39:42 AM
I think that credulousness on that head is driven by geniune weird foodstuffs found in nooks and grannies throughout this great land of our'n.  Including but not limited to tinned rattlesnake meat, and "prairie oysters."

(In New England, the local delicacy which may not appeal to all visitors must be clam bellies.)


New Englanders are master clam eaters! ;D  I had totally forgotten about prairie oysters.  But you know what?  Those are still edible compared to the horrors of Taco Bell and KFC! ;D jeje
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moldyoldie on April 05, 2010, 06:11:21 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2010, 07:10:51 AM
Just found this in wiki: "The Browns are officially viewed as one continuous franchise that began in 1946 as a member of the All-American Football Conference, joined the NFL in 1950, suspended operations from 1996-1998, and resumed play in 1999. The Baltimore Ravens were an expansion team created in 1996 with former Browns players."

If that's true, then the Lions and Browns are the only non-expansion teams that have not been in a Super Bowl. They are also tied at four NFL championships each in the years preceding the creation of the Super Bowl. In other words, they are equals in the failure department.  ;D

Sarge
That has to be the most oddball "official-ness" I've ever read in my life. ::)

In any case, I'm gonna say at present the Lions will beat the expansion-but-officially-not-expansion Browns to the Stupor Bowl.  If the Cardinals can do it, anyone can!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 05, 2010, 06:24:38 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 05, 2010, 05:09:16 AM
New Englanders are master clam eaters! ;D  I had totally forgotten about prairie oysters.  But you know what?  Those are still edible compared to the horrors of Taco Bell and KFC! ;D jeje

It is literally decades since I ate anything vended by a Taco Bell or a KFC.

And there are reasons, je-je-je!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moldyoldie on April 05, 2010, 06:33:56 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 05, 2010, 06:24:38 AM
It is literally decades since I ate anything vended by a Taco Bell or a KFC.

And there are reasons, je-je-je!

The new grilled chicken at KFC isn't half-bad!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 05, 2010, 06:49:22 AM
Quote from: Moldyoldie on April 05, 2010, 06:33:56 AM
The new grilled chicken at KFC isn't half-bad!

Well okay also fresco menu at Taco Bell isn't bad either. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 05, 2010, 06:49:57 AM
No, I shan't eat there, I tell you!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 06, 2010, 07:11:00 AM
Outrage - 8 points

Proper nouns come into play in Scrabble rule change  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8604625.stm)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 06, 2010, 09:12:55 AM
I just found out yesterday my 3rd grade teacher is in prison right now since he was busted for having child p***.

So, yeah...  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 06, 2010, 09:15:00 AM
Pee Wee Herman was just the tip of the iceberg . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 08, 2010, 02:50:10 AM
Ok, this is weird (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/6130393466/ref=pe_3421_19472751_snp_dp).

It is based off of free Wikipedia content, yet it costs twice as much as a book that the publisher actually had to pay researchers to do a good job on... An enviable business model.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 10:23:38 AM
Who wants to cyber-fight?  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 08, 2010, 10:25:40 AM
A knot of keyboard warriors
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 08, 2010, 10:40:38 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 10:23:38 AM
Who wants to cyber-fight?  >:(

I am always up for a good fight.  What do you want to fight about?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 10:42:53 AM
Quote from: John on April 08, 2010, 10:40:38 AM
I am always up for a good fight.  What do you want to fight about?

Hm. I'm up for trading a few personal insults, Mr. Cueball.

Or we could fight about hedgehogs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 08, 2010, 11:37:42 AM
Quote from: John on April 08, 2010, 10:40:38 AM
I am always up for a good fight.  What do you want to fight about?

I think this is Karl's cue to post that youtube of Monty Python about hiring someone for a good argument. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 08, 2010, 12:40:21 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 10:42:53 AM
Or we could fight about hedgehogs.
Or we could fight with hedgehogs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 12:40:45 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 08, 2010, 12:40:21 PM
Or we could fight with hedgehogs.

Now you're talkin'!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 08, 2010, 12:42:18 PM
Quote from: John on April 08, 2010, 10:40:38 AM
I am always up for a good fight.  What do you want to fight about?

Which of us are geniuses, and which are [expletive deleted].   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 08, 2010, 12:42:44 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 12:40:45 PM
Now you're talkin'!  8)

Let battle commence: large fully adult hedgehog launched in a high arc, perfectly aimed so as to land and make a serious dent (plus a few holes) in your hat.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 12:43:44 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 08, 2010, 12:42:44 PM
Let battle commence: large fully adult hedgehog launched in a high arc, perfectly aimed so as to land and make a serious dent (plus a few holes) in your hat.

Oh, I thought you meant against hedgehogs.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 08, 2010, 12:44:45 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 12:43:44 PM
Oh, I thought you meant against hedgehogs.  ;D
That comes next. Whichever one of us is left standing takes on the hedgehog menace.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 05:44:38 AM
Of the twelve threads with the most recent activity, three of them have Bach in the subject header.

OTOH, one has Hedgehog in the subject header.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 05:48:06 AM
(http://repairstemcell.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/hedgehog.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 05:57:22 AM
Ooh!  What a lovely red x! ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 06:00:42 AM
bloody hell
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2010, 06:19:28 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 05:57:22 AM
Ooh!  What a lovely red x! ; )

Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 06:00:42 AM
bloody hell

Not to worry, Dave...I see the hog  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 06:22:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2010, 06:19:28 AM
Not to worry, Dave...I see the hog  8)

Sarge

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:49:35 AM
I am assuming from Dave's lack of response that my first hedgehogian salvo rendered him incapable of responding in kind. (I'm not surprised; it was pretty devastating: the damage inflicted on his hat must have been almost impossible to overcome.) I therefore claim victory in Phase 1 of the Great GMG Cyber Wars.

And now for Phase 2. Those evil, scheming hedgepigs had better watch out.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:50:37 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:49:35 AM
I am assuming from Dave's lack of response that my first hedgehogian salvo rendered him incapable of responding in kind. (I'm not surprised; it was pretty devastating: the damage inflicted on his hat must have been almost impossible to overcome.) I therefore claim victory in Phase 1 of the Great GMG Cyber Wars.

And now for Phase 2. Those evil, scheming hedgepigs had better watch out.

I admit I was stunned enough to listen to some Elgar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:50:57 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 05:44:38 AM
OTOH, one has Hedgehog in the subject header.[/font]
That could merely be the beginning of something much bigger.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:54:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:50:37 AM
I admit I was stunned enough to listen to some Elgar.
Which? The Introduction and Hedgehoggro for Strings? Or The Dream of Hedgehogrius?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:58:07 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:54:58 AM
Which? The Introduction and Hedgehoggro for Strings? Or The Dream of Hedgehogrius?

Hog and Circumstance of course!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 08:03:33 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:58:07 AM
Hog and Circumstance of course!
I've never felt that he was at his best when writing specifically for Great Hedgehogian Occasions. They are just too spiky, in my view. I much prefer the more private pieces like the Hedgehog Quintet, or the Violin Hognata. No one conjures up the feeling of gently lapping at the saucer of milk, or the comfort of nestling into a nice little soft pile of tree bark scrapings, quite in the way that Elgar does.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 08:06:53 AM
Still, once in a while I like putting on the old Hedgehog Variations.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 09, 2010, 08:21:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:50:37 AM
I admit I was stunned enough to listen to some Elgar.

Elgar, the sonic equivalent of flying hedgehogs. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 08:22:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:49:35 AM
I am assuming from Dave's lack of response that my first hedgehogian salvo rendered him incapable of responding in kind.

You wiped us all out!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 08:23:33 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 07:50:37 AM
I admit I was stunned enough to listen to some Elgar.

POW!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 08:23:39 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 08:06:53 AM
Still, once in a while I like putting on the old Hedgehog Variations.
Yes, they're very rewarding. I'm particularly fond of the Hedgehogabella variation. I'm also intrigued by the so-called 'Hognigma' - a 'hidden' species of small spiny mammal which is nowhere specified, but which 'runs alongside' the common hedgepig, usually at the bottom of the garden or in the shrubbery.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 08:24:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 08:22:17 AM
You wiped us all out!
Ha! Yes, I've been working on the deadly 'bouncing hedgehog' for years.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 09, 2010, 08:28:23 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 08:24:55 AM
Ha! Yes, I've been working on the deadly 'bouncing hedgehog' for years.

You must have used flubber! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 08:31:15 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 09, 2010, 08:28:23 AM
You must have used flubber! ;D
Flubber was just the starting point that led me to the discovery of 'Hogger'. Watch out though - that hedgehog I launched yesterday is probably still bouncing somewhere, wreaking havoc wherever it lands.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 08:43:00 AM
Yow! There goes Schenectady!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 09:06:15 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 08:43:00 AM
Yow! There goes Schenectady!
Once a bouncing hedgehog is unleashed, the whole business is out of my hands, unfortunately. While the various towns and cities are falling, protective prickle-proof headgear is strongly recommended for all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 09:07:18 AM
Yonkers sez, Schenectady had it coming.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 09, 2010, 10:43:58 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 09:07:18 AM
Yonkers sez, Schenectady had it coming.
Better Schenectady than Albany........

......I should rethink that with all the politicians in Albany....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 09, 2010, 10:44:16 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 07:54:58 AM
Which? The Introduction and Hedgehoggro for Strings? Or The Dream of Hedgehogrius?

It was, 'Landed on Hope and Old Glory'

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 09, 2010, 12:02:03 PM
I'm considering changing my avatar temporarily to that superhero character with the big "G" on his shirt, and calling everyone "Inferior," like I did for awhile a long time ago.

Maybe I'll even go to the Introductions section and find a thread where a new member introduces themself, and I could be like, "Greetings, Inferior!" or "Hello, Inferior! Now worship me." or something...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:04:56 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 09, 2010, 12:02:03 PM
I'm considering changing my avatar temporarily to that superhero character with the big "G" on his shirt, and calling everyone "Inferior," like I did for awhile a long time ago.

Maybe I'll even go to the Introductions section and find a thread where a new member introduces themself, and I could be like, "Greetings, Inferior!" or "Hello, Inferior! Now worship me." or something...

Sounds like a plan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 09, 2010, 12:17:34 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 08, 2010, 10:42:53 AM
Hm. I'm up for trading a few personal insults, Mr. Cueball.
Or we could fight about hedgehogs.

Here is a fine cueball.  As you can see, it is of fine symmetry, crafted with the finest of finishes, and its the only thing that doesn't 'change' in volumetric display.  I am proud to be associated with such a fine object, for I too share those qualities.   ???
Meanwhile, I would never argue against Hedgehogs, for they are fine artworks on our country roads.  Also, I killed one when I was a boy by keeping it in a coal scuttle and feeding it milk and bread.   :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 12:18:11 PM
No residual chalk on that baby!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:36:48 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 09, 2010, 12:02:03 PM
Maybe I'll even go to the Introductions section and find a thread where a new member introduces themself, and I could be like, "Greetings, Inferior!" or "Hello, Inferior! Now worship me." or something...
This is the kind of thing that might enrage those members of the forum who are either hedgehogs or their representatives, and who knows where that might lead?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:38:42 PM
I'm reading Stoic philosophy and it's giving me a headache. Of course, Stoics didn't have much else to do other than talk about this stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:38:57 PM
Quote from: John on April 09, 2010, 12:17:34 PM
Meanwhile, I would never argue against Hedgehogs, for they are fine artworks on our country roads.
A fine illustration of the aesthetics of ethics in action.

Or is it the ethics of aesthetics?

Well, whatever, it's a fine example of it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:40:20 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:38:42 PM
I'm reading Stoic philosophy and it's giving me a headache.
It's supposed to do that, so as to give you something to be stoical about.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:42:05 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:40:20 PM
It's supposed to do that, so as to give you something to be stoical about.

Virtue = headaches.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:46:06 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:42:05 PM
Virtue = headaches.
To the Stoic, paracetamol is the Great Enemy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 12:49:18 PM
Howls of execration!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:53:10 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 09, 2010, 12:49:18 PM
Howls of execration!
But do stoics howl? And if they did, would they be stoics?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 09, 2010, 12:56:14 PM
QuoteHowls of execration!

I seem to remember that being the final phrase in an English translation of Camus' L'étranger.

Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:53:10 PM
But do stoics howl? And if they did, would they be stoics?

It's a fair cop.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 09, 2010, 12:56:51 PM
Men hate the man who has convinced them.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:59:15 PM
Quote from: knight on April 09, 2010, 12:56:51 PM
Men hate the man who has convinced them.
Fortunately, I've never convinced anybody about anything. I don't even convince myself most of the time. And I should know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 09, 2010, 01:02:55 PM
We should be able to converse with ourselves.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 01:17:17 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 09, 2010, 12:59:15 PM
Fortunately, I've never convinced anybody about anything. I don't even convince myself most of the time. And I should know.

LOL
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 09, 2010, 02:49:25 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2010, 12:42:05 PM
Virtue = headaches.
I must be somewhat virtuous, then... and Elgarian must be a saint, with those rainbow-colored migraines.   8)

(ok, i'm pretty sure they were grey, but whatever)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 10, 2010, 08:19:08 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 09, 2010, 02:49:25 PM
I must be somewhat virtuous, then... and Elgarian must be a saint, with those rainbow-colored migraines.   8)

(ok, i'm pretty sure they were grey, but whatever)

Silver actually. However, I think I'm mostly an ex-saint, as I don't get 'em very often these days. Just as well, too - the damn halo was always such a nuisance. People can't help but notice, you see, and you find yourself in scrapes like this:
Passerby: Hey, you've got a halo.
Me: Yeah, right.
Passerby: Are you some sort of saint then?
Me: No, I'm a migraine stoic.
Passerby: That's the same as a saint, right?
Me: If you say so.
Passerby: OK then, do something saintly.
Me: Leave me alone, I'm having a migraine ....
Passerby: YOU'RE NOT A SAINT AT ALL! YOU'RE AN IMPOSTOR!
Me: Oh, get lost, creep!

You see? It's just not worth it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 10, 2010, 12:31:50 PM
I don't blame you. It's not easy being a saint.
Heck, even... certain people... ugh, never mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 11, 2010, 05:24:48 PM
Almost a month till I graduate............at least for my undergraduate degree.........Kinda feel strange about it.

At least I will be graduating with honors :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 04:24:16 AM
Bravo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 10:09:00 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on April 11, 2010, 05:24:48 PM
At least I will be graduating with honors :)
I'll drink to that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 10:34:59 AM
MN Dave: I've stubbed my toe.

Elgarian: I'll drink to that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:47:11 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 10:34:59 AM
MN Dave: I've stubbed my toe.

Elgarian: I'll drink to that!

My dear fellow, if you stubbed your toe, I would move heaven and earth to console you; I would send you food parcels containing the most delicious things I know, to cheer you up; I would ask World Leaders to write to you, assuring you of their condolences, and those of the nations they represent; I would ask leading songwriters to compose songs with titles like 'Oh Dave, Please Don't Stub Your Toe Any More' and 'Toe Stubber Blues' on your behalf.

And then, and only then, would I drink to it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 11:48:32 AM
I stubbed my toe.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:49:43 AM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 11:48:32 AM
I stubbed my toe.

Mike

I'll drink to that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 11:50:24 AM
I see.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 11:50:43 AM
I won't drink to stubbed toes.

I know where to draw the line.

Sometimes I draw the line with my toe.

(Not a toe that I've stubbed, though.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 11:51:12 AM
You gentlemen always cheer me up.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 11:50:24 AM
I see.

Mike

But only after I blah blah blah, and World Leaders, blah blah, etc.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 11:52:04 AM
But.....I have a stubbed toe!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:53:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 11:51:12 AM
You gentlemen always cheer me up.  :D

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE CHEERFUL!  YOU ARE A TOE-STUBBEE!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:54:37 AM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 11:52:04 AM
But.....I have a stubbed toe!

Mike

Is this another stubbed toe? Or is it the same stubbed toe, twice whinged-about?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 11:54:59 AM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 11:52:04 AM
But.....I have a stubbed toe!

Well, I won't be responsible if you aggravate it by drawing lines with it.

I won't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 11:55:53 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:54:37 AM
Is this another stubbed toe? Or is it the same stubbed toe, twice whinged-about.?

I think we should let Mike off; there's several whinges he's voluntarily waived.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 11:56:40 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:54:37 AM
Is this another stubbed toe? Or is it the same stubbed toe, twice whinged-about?

I am twice whinging.......well make that thrice. I get none of the stuff that Dave gets.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 11:58:05 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 12, 2010, 11:50:43 AM
Sometimes I draw the line with my toe.

(Not a toe that I've stubbed, though.)

Herein lies Great Wisdom. Not for nothing is Karl Henning known as StoobahLinDrawHym: that is, He-Who-Stubbeth-Toe-But-Liveth-To-Draw-The-Line.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:01:22 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 11:56:40 AM
I am twice whinging.......well make that thrice. I get none of the stuff that Dave gets.

Mike

Yes you do, yes you do. We're only joking. It's just that you get smaller food parcels, and the World Leaders we contact are really a bit second rate and not so well-known, and you get a Toe Stubbing song sung by Britney Spears. Otherwise, it's the same treatment. Honest.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 12:02:15 PM
Das Lied von der Toe-ge-stubbing
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 12:03:16 PM
Elgarian, I am not molified. I believe in equal opportunities whinging and rewards for same.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 12:04:21 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 12, 2010, 12:02:15 PM
Das Lied von der Toe-ge-stubbing

Der Doppelwhinger

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:06:53 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 12:03:16 PM
Elgarian, I am not molified. I believe in equal opportunities whinging and rewards for same.

Mike

Well look, Mike, we're all just taking orders from StoobahLinDrawHym, and it's more than our jobs are worth to go against his Toe Stubbing doctrine. You just need to try a bit harder, that's all. You see, when Dave stubs his toe, he really means it. He puts his heart and soul into it. He would still stub his toe whether or not there was anything in it for him, afterwards.

Now can you truly put your hand on your heart and say the same?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 12:10:11 PM
Put my hand on my heart....I don't have the fortitude. I am so immersed in the pain from my toe. Wadda I have to for you? Cut it off and send it to you and all you do is quote regulations at me!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:14:26 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 12:10:11 PM
I am so immersed in the pain from my toe.
At times such as these, I ask myself, 'What would Psmith have done?'
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 12:31:04 PM
And...well....what would he have done?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:31:45 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 12:31:04 PM
And...well....what would he have done?

Mike
He would have wondered what Napoleon would have done.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 12:35:58 PM
That's easy then.

He would move heaven and earth to console me; he would send me food parcels containing the most delicious things he knew, to cheer me up; he would ask World Leaders to write to me, assuring me of their condolences, and those of the nations they represent; he would ask leading songwriters to compose songs with titles like 'Oh Mike, Please Don't Stub Your Toe Any More' and 'Toe Stubber Blues' on my behalf.

But he's dead, so NOW get on with it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:38:26 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 12:35:58 PM
That's easy then.

He would move heaven and earth to console me; he would send me food parcels containing the most delicious things he knew, to cheer me up; he would ask World Leaders to write to me, assuring me of their condolences, and those of the nations they represent; he would ask leading songwriters to compose songs with titles like 'Oh Mike, Please Don't Stub Your Toe Any More' and 'Toe Stubber Blues' on my behalf.

But he's dead, so NOW get on with it.

Mike

No Mike. I think in these circumstances, Napoleon would have invaded Russia.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 12, 2010, 12:42:23 PM
or re-instated the guillotine to cut the said toe....  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 01:00:28 PM
OK poultice time then guys...where's that moutard?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 01:13:37 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 12:38:26 PM
Napoleon would have invaded Russia.
... regardless of whether he'd stubbed his toe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 12, 2010, 01:18:27 PM
Quote from: knight on April 12, 2010, 01:00:28 PM
OK poultice time then guys...where's that moutard?

Mike

English or French, Sir ?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 01:26:47 PM
Did someone say "mustard"?
(http://idesh.net/img/report/glupa-imena/Gray%20Poupon.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 01:33:11 PM
I once stubbed my mustard.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 01:34:56 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 12, 2010, 01:33:11 PM
I once stubbed my mustard.
I'm sending you a toe to rub on it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 12, 2010, 01:57:37 PM
Quote from: papy on April 12, 2010, 01:18:27 PM
English or French, Sir ?  ;D

Oh French, to honour Napoleon.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 02:14:32 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 12, 2010, 01:34:56 PM
I'm sending you a toe to rub on it.
Creepiest sentence I've read in my life.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 12, 2010, 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 12, 2010, 02:14:32 PM
Creepiest sentence I've read in my life.

And this is from the person that watches sick anime! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 12, 2010, 02:21:12 PM
Just checked in to see what all the noise was about....oh....toes...and mustard...and rubbing...

Sarge, backs slowly out of the thread
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 02:59:40 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 12, 2010, 02:15:24 PM
And this is from the person that watches sick anime! ;D

Does he? What a perv!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 04:29:47 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 02:59:40 PM
Does he? What a perv!
Your face is perverted.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 04:33:59 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 12, 2010, 04:29:47 PM
Your face is perverted.

Sensitive.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 12, 2010, 05:39:08 PM
When you're in Meshuggah, you're sensitive, dammit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 06:04:58 PM
I can see that.
(http://www.revolvermag.com/files/images/meshuggah_0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 06:17:11 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 12, 2010, 05:39:08 PM
When you're in Meshuggah, you're sensitive, dammit.
Of course. They're all monks. Here's a picture of one of them:

(http://reyesdelmetal.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/meshuggah-obzen2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 06:18:46 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 06:04:58 PM
I can see that.
(http://www.revolvermag.com/files/images/meshuggah_0.jpg)
Imposters!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 12, 2010, 06:21:18 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 12, 2010, 06:17:11 PM
Of course. They're all monks. Here's a picture of one of them:

(http://reyesdelmetal.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/meshuggah-obzen2.jpg)

I think he's doing it wrong...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 12, 2010, 06:24:11 PM
Yeah, it's just a case of improper form with the third arm.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 13, 2010, 04:52:03 PM
Went to Disney today...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 13, 2010, 05:17:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 13, 2010, 04:52:03 PM
Went to Disney today...

For some reason I imagined that it was Godzilla style! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 13, 2010, 05:26:21 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 13, 2010, 05:17:11 PM
For some reason I imagined that it was Godzilla style! :D
now THAT would be a fun park!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 13, 2010, 05:28:47 PM
That would've been cool. He could've eaten all the tourists. Or maybe be selective and just eat all the Japanese ones.  :D

Though I would've probably preferred if he just ate all the people in the parade. The level of fruitiness and corniness at the same time almost made me feel sick by itself (no offense). A guy flopping and prancing around with a can of paint and a ladder and smiling... real people acting like plastic figures of Disney characters... and some stupid song playing, "Embrace your dreams! You can make any dream come true!" If I could only say, "That's completely not true, you dumb f***! Stop putting false hope in little kids!"  :D

Space mountain was pretty awesome, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 13, 2010, 05:38:04 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 13, 2010, 05:28:47 PM
That would've been cool. He could've eaten all the tourists. Or maybe be selective and just eat all the Japanese ones.  :D

Though I would've probably preferred if he just ate all the people in the parade. The level of fruitiness and corniness at the same time almost made me feel sick by itself (no offense). A guy flopping and prancing around with a can of paint and a ladder and smiling... real people acting like plastic figures of Disney characters... and some stupid song playing, "Embrace your dreams! You can make any dream come true!" If I could only say, "That's completely not true, you dumb f***! Stop putting false hope in little kids!"  :D

Space mountain was pretty awesome, though.
Space Mountain is kinda creepy with the lights on.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 13, 2010, 05:40:41 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on April 13, 2010, 05:38:04 PM
Space Mountain is kinda creepy with the lights on.....

All of the dead bodies... ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 13, 2010, 05:47:20 PM
You mean through the whole ride? Do they even do that?

You know what's kinda awkward is being in a ride that is based off of some culture, and then someone from that culture being in it. For example- with the Aladdin ride, hearing that Arabic music and seeing an Arab group right next to you take pictures while waiting in line. They looked like they were having fun- they didn't seem strange at all, but the combination of the group and the ride at the same time seemed... interesting.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 13, 2010, 05:54:21 PM
in 6th grade, I went on an school trip where we went on the ride with the lights on.  The track seems so close to your head....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 13, 2010, 05:57:41 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on April 13, 2010, 05:54:21 PM
in 6th grade, I went on an school trip where we went on the ride with the lights on.  The track seems so close to your head....

I had that experience (track close to your head) on the ride with the lights off, scary!

I think the best fake out like that is this ride on Great America where you go through a cave and you're traveling so fast that you don't estimate the gap between the ceiling right and it looks like you're going right towards it, it's great!! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 13, 2010, 06:24:19 PM
I like sliding down the banister that turns into a razor blade.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:15:08 AM
I liked this thread better when it was about toes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 05:29:58 AM
And whingeing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 08:18:54 AM
http://www.alexgitlin.com/tf1.jpg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 08:59:44 AM
Devo will be performing locally this year.

Yay me.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AWJDcYVxL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 09:04:10 AM
Crush that dove with a ton of love.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 09:07:31 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 09:04:10 AM
Crush that dove doubt with a ton of love.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 09:10:26 AM
No kidding? I heard the song only once . . . and between the pop singer's tendency to mumble, and the implicit rhyme . . . I really thought I heard him sing as I have "cited."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 09:15:31 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 09:10:26 AM
No kidding?

Would I kid about that?   >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 09:16:27 AM
You might; why not?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 09:18:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 09:16:27 AM
You might; why not?

This is DEVO we're talking about.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 09:28:14 AM
Yes, those lovable spuds from O-High-O!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 09:32:07 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 09:28:14 AM
Yes, those lovable spuds from O-High-O!

(http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/7/2/3/1/32351327-32351332-slarge.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 09:42:54 AM
Also coming soon: Rush and Squeeze.   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 12:18:57 PM
Hey, look at me! I have two ears and I'm putting music in them! Weeeee! Hooohaaaa!!!! Woweewoweewoooooowwww!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:32:29 PM
Remember those good old days, when we whinged about stubbed toes? We just don't seem to get into conversations like that any more. Sign of the times, I guess.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 12:34:02 PM
We can play Hide the Hedgehog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 12:35:39 PM
I just wrote down some ideas and I'd like to share them with you.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

And furthermore, blah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 14, 2010, 12:39:52 PM
Hey that's a Kesha song.  Yeah it's not a good song, just a song. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:45:33 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 12:35:39 PM
I just wrote down some ideas and I'd like to share them with you.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

And furthermore, blah.
You make a compelling case, Dave, and I for one am persuaded over to your point of view on this. I just wondered, though, whether your argument couldn't be improved by rethinking the bit I've highlighted in red? Just a thought.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Père Malfait on April 14, 2010, 12:46:36 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 12:34:02 PM
We can play Hide the Hedgehog.

Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Can't you see?
You were always meant for me.
Who knows what I'm waiting for,
When I sit I feel quite sore,
Hedgehog, hedgehog, come with me,
Away, away to Innisfree.


:D ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 12:46:46 PM
I'll drink to that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:48:34 PM
Quote from: Pére Malfait on April 14, 2010, 12:46:36 PM
Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Can't you see?
You were always meant for me.
Who knows what I'm waiting for,
When I sit I feel quite sore,
Hedgehog, hedgehog, come with me,
Away, away to Innisfree.

That's not far short of genius. I've never encountered a finer piece of hedgehog verse, truly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 12:49:46 PM
I haven't yet met the hedgehog capable of resisting such eloquence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 12:52:34 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:45:33 PM
You make a compelling case, Dave, and I for one am persuaded over to your point of view on this. I just wondered, though, whether your argument couldn't be improved by rethinking the bit I've highlighted in red? Just a thought.

;D

Quote from: Pére Malfait on April 14, 2010, 12:46:36 PM
Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
Hedgehog, hedgehog,
Can't you see?
You were always meant for me.
Who knows what I'm waiting for,
When I sit I feel quite sore,
Hedgehog, hedgehog, come with me,
Away, away to Innisfree.


:D ::)

;D

You guys are cracking me up...

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:58:23 PM
I wandered lonely as a cloud,
For ages, over dales and hills;
Then all at once I sat down on
A host of golden hedgehog quills.
I jumped right up and cried out loud,
This isn't my idea of thrills!
So no more hedgehogs please, for me;
I think I'll stick with daffodils.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 01:01:04 PM
Your sad pavans put the hurt on my hedgehog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:01:42 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 12:46:46 PM
I'll drink to that!
I'll drink to drinking to that!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 01:01:56 PM
I had no idea I'd stumbled into the "Hedgehog Thread."

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:02:56 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 01:01:04 PM
Your sad pavans put the hurt on my hedgehog.
It's nothing personal about your hedgehog, Karl. It's just that, well, these are hard times for hedgehogs. That's all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 01:03:11 PM
Quote from: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 01:01:56 PM
I had no idea I'd stumbled into the "Hedgehog Thread."

Why, you nearly stubbed your toe on it, Bruce!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:03:36 PM
Quote from: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 01:01:56 PM
I had no idea I'd stumbled into the "Hedgehog Thread."
Just be careful where you sit down, Bruce.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 01:03:51 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:02:56 PM
It's nothing personal about your hedgehog, Karl. It's just that, well, these are hard times for hedgehogs. That's all.

And my hedgehog was unto Sorrow born.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:04:12 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 01:03:11 PM
Why, you nearly stubbed your toe on it, Bruce!
Aaaah! Just like old times.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 01:05:53 PM
Are they still being used for croquet, or has PETA spoiled all the fun? 

;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 14, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
Tucking the flamingo up under the arm is a lost art, anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 01:08:26 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
Tucking the flamingo up under the arm is a lost art, anyway.
Just don't get me started on flamingoes!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: bhodges on April 14, 2010, 01:08:42 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 14, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
Tucking the flamingo up under the arm is a lost art, anyway.

;D  Yes, I've gotten quite out of touch with proper technique.

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 14, 2010, 01:21:17 PM
This morning I visited everyone at school during their 15-minute break. Then, it turns out there was a substitute teacher, so I just went to class and played Halo with everyone. Technically, it was probably illegal tresspassing since I'm not a student there anymore, but none of the subs ever keep track of anything or say anything about us playing video games.
So, yeah, I actually did it, finally!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 14, 2010, 01:39:25 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:45:33 PM
You make a compelling case, Dave, and I for one am persuaded over to your point of view on this. I just wondered, though, whether your argument couldn't be improved by rethinking the bit I've highlighted in red? Just a thought.
QuoteQuote from: MN Dave on Today at 20:35:39
I just wrote down some ideas and I'd like to share them with you.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

And furthermore, blah.
An interesting posit.  But I'm not so sure your marking highlights ALL the weaknesses in his argument.  All I can say is it started out promisingly, but it really sagged in the middle, and by the end I put some Ligeti on to cheer me up.  Yes, it is a valid argument Elgarian, but the process by which Dave makes his case for 'blah' could be strengthened immensely by adding two more blahs and taking out that one which you indicate.  Then, I think, he will be able to take this well formed theory and publish it forthwith.  Of course, it is just what the World wants to hear, its a no-brainer that his advancement of the blah principle will reach a Worldwide audience.
I am delighted to read such an informative post.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 14, 2010, 02:53:51 PM
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blop blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blit blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

And furthermore, blah.

[Fixed.]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 14, 2010, 03:11:23 PM
I see the blop.
Also, that would be funny if you typed them out individually.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 14, 2010, 03:22:35 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 14, 2010, 03:11:23 PM
I see the blop.
Also, that would be funny if you typed them out individually.

Ah you saw the blop but not the blit.  It just sneaks by so unassuming, like a hedgehog. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 14, 2010, 03:43:08 PM
QuoteDAVID W...so unassuming, like a hedgehog.

LOL

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 15, 2010, 12:08:09 AM
Quote from: John on April 14, 2010, 01:39:25 PM
An interesting posit.  But I'm not so sure your marking highlights ALL the weaknesses in his argument.  All I can say is it started out promisingly, but it really sagged in the middle, and by the end I put some Ligeti on to cheer me up.  Yes, it is a valid argument Elgarian, but the process by which Dave makes his case for 'blah' could be strengthened immensely by adding two more blahs and taking out that one which you indicate.  Then, I think, he will be able to take this well formed theory and publish it forthwith.  Of course, it is just what the World wants to hear, its a no-brainer that his advancement of the blah principle will reach a Worldwide audience.
I am delighted to read such an informative post.
I take your point, John. I think we both agree that it's very close to being better than it might have been if it had been worse. The danger in making it available so publicly though, is the risk of plagiarism. Here we are, just 3 weeks or so from a General Election, and I'm sorry to say that a very large number of British politicians must have been reading this thread and stealing Dave's ideas - without, I'm sorry to say, acknowledging their sources.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 15, 2010, 12:15:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 14, 2010, 03:22:35 PM
Ah you saw the blop but not the blit.  It just sneaks by so unassuming, like a hedgehog. ;D
Perfectly expressed, David. The multiconnectivity of thought in this thread is a continual source of inspiration.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 15, 2010, 03:32:15 AM
Yes Elgarian, I agree completely.  It is mostly coming from the Labour Party, but the Blah principle has spread to the Tories now, and it wont be long before my right wing pals in the Lib Dems pick up on Daves Post too. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 15, 2010, 03:52:59 AM
The record will show that Dave dared to blah while others merely sat in complacency.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 15, 2010, 03:53:19 AM
Hedgehog's been at my laptop again.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 15, 2010, 04:15:09 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 15, 2010, 03:52:59 AM
The record will show that Dave dared to blah while others merely sat in complacency.

Maybe he should start a blah-g. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Père Malfait on April 15, 2010, 04:49:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 14, 2010, 12:48:34 PM
That's not far short of genius. I've never encountered a finer piece of hedgehog verse, truly.

I wish I could take credit for it, but alas, it's not mine - that winsome verse comes from Christopher Durang's play, "Titanic". Credit where it's due, and all that.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 15, 2010, 04:51:05 AM
I was in tears the first time I saw an all-hedgehog production of A Night to Remember.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 15, 2010, 05:15:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 15, 2010, 04:51:05 AM
I was in tears the first time I saw an all-hedgehog production of A Night to Remember.

That was actually Dan DeVito, sometimes it's hard to tell him apart from a hedgehog. ;D

(http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/danny_devito.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 15, 2010, 07:30:47 AM
Quote from: John on April 15, 2010, 03:32:15 AM
Yes Elgarian, I agree completely.  It is mostly coming from the Labour Party, but the Blah principle has spread to the Tories now, and it wont be long before my right wing pals in the Lib Dems pick up on Daves Post too. :(
Of course we've all been aware for a while now that Dave is a man ahead of his time, and his demonstration of the basic principles of blahology, anticipating so completely all the moves of the politicians, merely clinches it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 15, 2010, 09:19:36 AM
QuoteThis morning I visited everyone at school during their 15-minute break. Then, it turns out there was a substitute teacher, so I just went to class and played Halo with everyone. Technically, it was probably illegal tresspassing since I'm not a student there anymore, but none of the subs ever keep track of anything or say anything about us playing video games.
So, yeah, I actually did it, finally!  ;D
And again, today.  8)

Played some really strange levels, which include a Christmas level where you shoot stuff like candy canes instead of rocket launchers, and another level where it's Zelda-themed- you can ride on a horse (instead of a tank) and use sniper rifles at the same time. There's also a level based off of Rainbow Road from MarioKart.

But if my teacher came back early and caught me there playing video games, oh man...  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 15, 2010, 09:28:04 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 15, 2010, 09:19:36 AM
And again, today.  8)

Played some really strange levels, which include a Christmas level where you shoot stuff like candy canes instead of rocket launchers, and another level where it's Zelda-themed- you can ride on a horse (instead of a tank) and use sniper rifles at the same time. There's also a level based off of Rainbow Road from MarioKart.

But if my teacher came back early and caught me there playing video games, oh man...  ???

You, sir, are a wild man.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 15, 2010, 11:46:55 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 15, 2010, 05:15:55 AM
That was actually Dan DeVito, sometimes it's hard to tell him apart from a hedgehog. ;D

(http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/danny_devito.jpg)

No, that was a penguin. A bird of a very different feather.

Sage word of the day: Never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 15, 2010, 01:15:08 PM
A dead hedgehog.
A Jack Kerouac Hedgehog.
On the Road.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 15, 2010, 01:35:17 PM
I think that's more of a Cormac McCarthy type of Hedgehog. ;D  I can see it now "my features whilst reading The Road." :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 16, 2010, 12:11:18 AM
Quote from: John on April 15, 2010, 01:15:08 PM

(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8081.0;attach=24992;image)
A dead hedgehog.
A Jack Kerouac Hedgehog.
On the Road.
I think that one's just having a rest.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 16, 2010, 03:27:15 AM
Yes, poor chap who's had a rough morning snuffling about the hedge.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 16, 2010, 12:31:21 PM
Wild horses could not induce me to open a thread of photos started by Sean.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 16, 2010, 12:39:54 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 16, 2010, 12:31:21 PM
Wild horses hedgehogs could not induce me to open a thread of photos started by Sean.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 17, 2010, 01:39:03 AM
That's right. Only hedgehog discussions allowed here.

(http://thompsonstshirts.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sonicposter.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 17, 2010, 02:06:53 AM
No, rather hedgehog discussions are only allowed here; a very different restriction.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 17, 2010, 04:37:15 AM
The groundhogs are out and about 'round these parts.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 17, 2010, 04:54:54 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 17, 2010, 04:37:15 AM
The groundhogs are out and about 'round these parts.
Where do you see them most often? In hedges?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 17, 2010, 04:59:09 AM
Rising from out of the ground!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 17, 2010, 06:34:39 AM
Sounds more like Moonshine than hogs.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 17, 2010, 07:25:52 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 17, 2010, 04:59:09 AM
Rising from out of the ground!  :o
If they rise from the ground beneath hedges, they would be hedgegroundhogs. I'd feel more comfortable with that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 17, 2010, 02:12:55 PM
We should be able to discuss Tail and Knuckles as well on this thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 17, 2010, 02:20:08 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 17, 2010, 02:12:55 PM
We should be able to discuss Tail and Knuckles as well on this thread.
We can discuss anything - really, anything on this thread. That's what makes it so exciting: plumbing the depths of stubbed toe blues, and soaring to the dizzying heights of hedgehogology at the frontier of knowledge.

It's all rather overwhelming really. I need to sit down.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 17, 2010, 03:08:49 PM
Yes, please. I don't want you to get a migraine.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on April 17, 2010, 07:31:15 PM
Suitable use for a hedgehog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 21, 2010, 07:19:08 AM
I wonder what the best option to put on an job application would be if the only options were full-time and part-time, when you mean to say that you want any hours you can get, but would prefer full-time...?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 21, 2010, 07:19:56 AM
Can you check both boxes?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 21, 2010, 08:26:39 AM
I don't know- I'll probably be doing an application or two today, but I think I can recall some where they only give you the option of choosing one. Not sure what'd be the best choice in that case.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 21, 2010, 08:31:18 AM
Both, or full-time. Make a note. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 21, 2010, 08:34:35 AM
Cool, thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 21, 2010, 08:53:28 AM
We're here for you, buddy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 21, 2010, 08:57:22 AM
Yes, sir!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on April 22, 2010, 11:22:12 AM
Just saw this in the Forum Stats area:

Quote388637 Posts in 7660 Topics by 837 Members. Latest Member: Sean
Latest Post: "Re: What are you listeni..." ( Today at 02:19:33 PM )
View the most recent posts on the forum.
[More Stats]
LOL

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 22, 2010, 11:40:52 AM
That 'Sean' may need to be authenticated.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 22, 2010, 11:41:56 AM
(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 22, 2010, 11:42:07 AM
Quote from: Franco on April 22, 2010, 11:22:12 AM
Just saw this in the Forum Stats area:
Sean
LOL

QuoteSometimes I feel like registering under his username myself just so he'll be freaked out when he returns  :D
Sarge

or maybe not...  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 22, 2010, 11:42:38 AM
Quite.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 22, 2010, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: papy on April 22, 2010, 11:42:07 AM
or maybe not...  ;D

;D :D ;D

Actually, it isn't me. This Sean is a mystery. If he did post once in the listening thread, he deleted it (I couldn't find it anyway). His profile lists 0 posts:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=2119


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 22, 2010, 12:43:02 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 22, 2010, 12:01:20 PM
;D :D ;D

Actually, it isn't me. This Sean is a mystery. If he did post once in the listening thread, he deleted it (I couldn't find it anyway). His profile lists 0 posts:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=2119


Sarge

The notion of parodying our Sean seems appealing, then he question arises, how? 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 22, 2010, 03:33:26 PM
It isn't me, either.

(though i kinda wish I had done that...)

Could be Sean reading through and re-registering before

Quote
Sometimes I feel like registering under his username myself just so he'll be freaked out when he returns 
Sarge

happens.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 22, 2010, 04:49:21 PM
penis
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 22, 2010, 09:33:19 PM
And the point of that interjection is?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 23, 2010, 03:59:10 AM
Aliens had taken taken control of my mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 23, 2010, 04:05:33 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on April 22, 2010, 12:43:02 PM
The notion of parodying our Sean seems appealing, then he question arises, how?

Exactly, how do you parody a self-parody? I don't know. It's beyond my powers anyway.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 23, 2010, 04:06:41 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 23, 2010, 03:59:10 AM
Aliens had taken taken control of my mind.

Just recently? I've always assumed you were an alien.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 23, 2010, 04:31:16 AM
He is Ubloobideega's ex-wife, after all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 23, 2010, 05:17:46 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 23, 2010, 03:59:10 AM
Aliens had taken taken control of my mind.
I hate it when they do that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 23, 2010, 06:02:47 AM
If aliens took control of Dave's mind . . . how should we know? ? ?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 23, 2010, 06:21:08 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 23, 2010, 04:05:33 AM
Exactly, how do you parody a self-parody? I don't know. It's beyond my powers anyway.

Well, I claim the dubious distinction for for triggering Sean's latest hiatus with this sarcastic remark on his "The Rite of spring and juxtaposition over architectonics" thread." I posted it after he ridiculed the academics at his local University who, according to his own account, refused to listen to his ideas and  would basically flee in terror when they saw him coming.

QuoteHow would you like it if you were at your job, and your boss was on your back for not making hamburgers fast enough, and there was some ninnie following you around, bending your ear about the Apollonian/Dionysian dichotomy of the burger and the bun?

So it occurs to me, you could reproduce one of his pseudo-intellectual rants and replace "Rite of Spring" with "Hamburger bun."  On the other hand, I'm not sure anyone would really notice the difference.   ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 23, 2010, 06:22:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 23, 2010, 04:31:16 AM
He is Ubloobideega's ex-wife, after all.

:o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 26, 2010, 05:12:03 PM
After thinking all day the last two days of what I should do next... the most attractive option I have is to move to Tampa, FL (2 hours away from where I live now).

I'm thinking that once I finish what I'm writing for the Takemitsu composing competition (it'll take at least a month or two), I'll start sending out applications for a full time job there, and if I get one, I'll find a cheap apartment. I'll also try to teach guitar lessons and/or join a band to make extra money, and see what happens with that.

Reasons specifically to move there-
1. The music scene is great there- or, at least, I'm assuming it is because that's where Death metal started!  :o That's an entire, very important, genre of music, and because of that, it just seems like it'd be a great place to be a guitarist. They also have 2 orchestras around (though Florida orchestras aren't exactly the greatest).
2. Apartments prices seem to be not too bad.
3. I have several friends from both high schools I went to that are attending USF (the university in that city). I would loooooooooove to see them again...


Any advice or suggestions about this? Good idea or not?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 28, 2010, 06:07:29 AM
Well, never mind about that moving there soon. I'll probably go to community college where I'm at for 2 years and then the university there- but, this means that I will likely be moving there, anyways.

I do know someone who used to live there, and he loved it (even goes back when he can). I've heard nothing but good things about this place (Clearwater would be another story).  :P

Probably no one here has lived in Tampa before, though...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 12:04:39 PM
Hi, girls.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 30, 2010, 12:19:43 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 12:04:39 PM
Hi, girls.  8)
I think they just left, Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 12:44:06 PM
Bummer.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 30, 2010, 01:04:44 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 12:44:06 PM
Bummer.  :-\
Hang on, no, I think there's one still around, over there ....

Ah, no, sorry. When I said you were looking for her, she ran off.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 01:32:33 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 30, 2010, 01:04:44 PM
Hang on, no, I think there's one still around, over there ....

Ah, no, sorry. When I said you were looking for her, she ran off.

:'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on April 30, 2010, 02:51:11 PM
That's okay. It was probably because I was with him.
But at least they don't run off in my imagination...  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 01, 2010, 01:58:34 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 30, 2010, 01:32:33 PM
:'(
Sorry, I was interrupted while I was posting last night. As I was saying, she ran off ... muttering something about needing to buy you some chocolate, flowers, CDs, and a bottle of single malt.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 01, 2010, 06:02:35 AM
Random question:
How do some people from countries like Sweden or Norway get to be native-level English speakers?

The reason for that question is that I was just watching some video interview with Thomas Haake of Meshuggah, and his English is perfect, yet he denies "being brought up bilingually," but says he's just always had a talent with it for some reason. I know the similarity in languages might help a little, but is the main reason probably just from reading a lot and being exposed to the language a lot?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 01, 2010, 06:17:52 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 01, 2010, 06:02:35 AM
Random question:
How do some people from countries like Sweden or Norway get to be native-level English speakers?

The reason for that question is that I was just watching some video interview with Thomas Haake of Meshuggah, and his English is perfect, yet he denies "being brought up bilingually," but says he's just always had a talent with it for some reason. I know the similarity in languages might help a little, but is the main reason probably just from reading a lot and being exposed to the language a lot?
Quite a strong focus in school (I think I had a total of 5 or 6 years of English in school); being exposed to it a lot, and the fact that the languages aren't too remote linguistically. I also had 3 years of German and 2 years of French and to this day can navigate reasonably well around these countries in their native tongues.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: sospiro on May 02, 2010, 01:10:27 AM
Quote from: erato on May 01, 2010, 06:17:52 AM
Quite a strong focus in school (I think I had a total of 5 or 6 years of English in school); being exposed to it a lot, and the fact that the languages aren't too remote linguistically. I also had 3 years of German and 2 years of French and to this day can navigate reasonably well around these countries in their native tongues.

(http://i42.tinypic.com/r1dg5y.gif)

I can get by in Spanish & Italian as a tourist but that's my limit. I can speak Swahili but that's another story.

I once came a cropper though in Barcelona for speaking Spanish to a Catalan & was gently chided. I was mortified & got so flustered ended up speaking Italian.

Talking of Barcelona  :D  my friend & I are flying out this afternoon. The main purpose of the trip is to see the Spanish Grand Prix but we're planning on visiting the Picasso Museum (http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/en/) and hoping to go to Figueres for the Dali Museum (http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/figueres/en_index.html).

There's nothing on at the Liceu which appeals but we've got tickets for http://www.operaflamenco.com/ at the Palau de la Música Catalana.

And if we can get tickets we're going to see FC Barcelona play CD Tenerife at the Nou Camp.

Adiós for now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 02, 2010, 06:07:49 AM
Quote from: erato on May 01, 2010, 06:17:52 AM
Quite a strong focus in school (I think I had a total of 5 or 6 years of English in school); being exposed to it a lot, and the fact that the languages aren't too remote linguistically. I also had 3 years of German and 2 years of French and to this day can navigate reasonably well around these countries in their native tongues.
Excellent!
To me, that sounds like a more successful education system than others. Here in the U.S., it's rare for someone to become fluent in another language through school unless they go to college.

Most people either take Spanish or French in high school for 1-4 years (usually both at the same time aren't allowed). My friend from Colombia took English over there, but he had 9 classes at the same time, so didn't learn much from school.

I think it would be better if they made everyone take a foreign language class from 6th grade to 12th grade or so- that'd be 7 years of the same language, and maybe more people might come out of high school actually having learned another language. And they should offer either Spanish, French, or German for that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 06, 2010, 06:51:31 PM
Anyways...
how do I get this out of my head? It's torturing me...

Lately, all I can think about is being in Japan. But, obviously, it'll be a long time before I even get a chance to visit- let alone, live- there. Every single day is painful, being where I am (thinking of not being there). The only thing I can do is go on Google Street View and pretend I'm there, and I'm doing that constantly lately. I've practically lost passion for just about everything and can only think of going there, just so I can escape into a completely different world.

Hopefully this will pass in time, maybe?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 07, 2010, 10:37:54 AM
I think I know... distractions!

"When you're in prison, you do anything to get distracted."
"Hope is a dangerous thing- it can drive a man wild."

Taking Morgan Freeman's advice...  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 07, 2010, 06:12:53 PM
God, I wanna play Final Fantasy again...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 07, 2010, 06:56:44 PM
I tried going back to FFVII a few months ago but it was dull as hell. The required amount of time is just grossly wasteful to do at the moment and I guess I burnt out on it on first plays.

I noticed I had a memory card save with everybody with their 2/3 limits (including Yuffie) before entering Junon. Hell yeah for being a geek.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 07, 2010, 07:31:11 PM
The time is the thing that gets me. It's perfect to do if you're in high school or middle school, and have weekends off and few responsibilities- but for me too, now is not good.

VII I've only completed once, and it was quite an experience.
(just now, I remembered that I had tried to play again, but got to Red XIII's village and quit- might still have a save  :) ).

My opinions on the others:
1-3: haven't played
4: played- pretty good, but not earth-shattering
5: haven't played, even though I own it
6: played the beginning- quit because it was so tedious only being able to play at certain times. Regarded by many as the true greatest FF.
8: haven't played, but want to
9: my personal favorite FF (and 2nd favorite game of all-time). So much charm, huge scope, fun mini-games...
10: liked it a lot, though one thing got to me- the story felt too straightforward and simplistic. Go to one temple, then the next, rinse and repeat. There was pretty much just one twist in the storyline, and it felt kinda cheap. The cutscenes, though, were INCREDIBLE, and still retains at least a little bit of soul.
10-2: strange... awkward. Somehow, I found it fun even though there wasn't much of a story. I don't remember much of it, but I guess I found it to be a fun experiment.
11: online- don't even wanna play it
12: by this point, I think the series has completely lost its soul. The characters and story were COMPLETELY UNMEMORABLE AND BORING. Ugh. However, I enjoyed it because I thought just about everything else in the game was a huge improvement- battle system, graphics, maps...
13: never played it- don't have a PS3. The trailer I saw didn't impress me at all, and according to some opinions I've read online, it confirms my fears that the series has lost its soul. Hopefully it'll pick back up, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 07, 2010, 07:47:18 PM
8 is really neat, it has the movie-like quality of 10, but a better setting. Its battle system is much more of a pain in the ass than 7, 9 and 10, though. The rest I don't like. Definitely play 7 though if it's for a first time, it has by far the best plot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 08, 2010, 07:13:05 PM
I've also heard that random encounters are worse in 8 than any other game, though I don't know how true that is.
I'll have to research whether or not it's possible to run a downloadable copy on an emulator on my PC, though I doubt it since you can't with the other FFs (usually they freeze up at a certain point).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 09, 2010, 10:55:14 AM
Dude, a secondhand PS probably costs about $10 by now :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 02:58:27 PM
Quote from: Lethe on May 09, 2010, 10:55:14 AM
Dude, a secondhand PS probably costs about $10 by now :P
So, just now, looking that up on ebay... there is one. For $10. 0 bids.  :o
But... I'll have to think it over. There's a few cheap ones for under $20.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 09, 2010, 03:30:10 PM
Maybe keep an eye out on second-hand ads around your town (Cragslist or local newspapers/shops, etc) - it's common for people to get rid of an old console and tons of games/controllers for a really low price.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 03:39:34 PM
Good advice, thanks. I get the newspaper every day, so I could do that.  8)

Also great news to see that if I wanted to buy FF8, it's only $20 to buy a brand new copy, whereas a couple of games I have are literally over a hundred dollars because they're out of print. Really tragic to see stuff like that- although I could make a lot of money if I sold one of these games, I just couldn't do it, even if it were for, say, $80. I wouldn't sell it for $1000... (well, I would, but I'd just buy another copy immediately).  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 03:57:14 PM
I've never been a fan of jrpgs... wait... I think it's time to resurrect that old gaming thread... ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 04:09:34 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 03:57:14 PM
I've never been a fan of jrpgs... wait... I think it's time to resurrect that old gaming thread... ;D
Really? lol  :D
Man, JRPGs are the only genre I can think of that turns a regular game into a work of art!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 04:11:33 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 09, 2010, 04:09:34 PM
Really? lol  :D
Man, JRPGs are the only genre I can think of that turns a regular game into a work of art!  ;D

Random encounters suck. :P >:D 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 04:36:32 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 04:11:33 PM
Random encounters suck. :P >:D
I completely agree with you there. That's why I like the battle system of something like FF 12, where you actually see the monster and fight (or run away) in real time with a menu.
Just about every other JRPG has random encounters, though, and I don't like it at all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 04:41:32 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 09, 2010, 04:36:32 PM
I completely agree with you there. That's why I like the battle system of something like FF 12, where you actually see the monster and fight (or run away) in real time with a menu.
Just about every other JRPG has random encounters, though, and I don't like it at all.

I still want to play FF 12 just for that reason, haven't yet though and now there is a new one out!  I wonder if it has random encounters...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 04:56:41 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 04:41:32 PM
I still want to play FF 12 just for that reason, haven't yet though and now there is a new one out!  I wonder if it has random encounters...
If you're in it for the gameplay, I'd really recommend FF12. I actually didn't mind chilling out in a field with lower-level monsters, hacking away. It was actually relaxing.
But... you'll miss out on the story. It just sucks. I can't even remember what it was about.

As for 13, it looks like it has random encounters (talk about a step backwards).  ::) Not only that, but I hear it is "too linear" for a very long time. I bet the story sucks, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 09, 2010, 05:42:08 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 09, 2010, 04:41:32 PM
I still want to play FF 12 just for that reason [visible enemies]
If you can put up with bad Graphics, Grandia was one of the first to use the "visible monsters" thing, although generally it's hard to avoid them in this kind of game because the areas are tight, but it at least offers some choice.

I suggest Grandia in particular because it has quite a fun plot, G2 is also a very good game, but with slightly more annoying characters. It has a PS2 port, but sadly this one wasn't as stable as the Dreamcast original, but still more than adequate.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 09, 2010, 05:45:20 PM
Maybe they should make a JRPG with no battles, just minigames...
although I'm not sure if that would be good, or the most spectacular failure ever.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 13, 2010, 03:37:34 PM
My desktop is a picture of the band members of Meshuggah and my web browser has a K-On theme. I feel disoriented every time I go on the computer now.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 14, 2010, 08:42:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 09, 2010, 04:09:34 PM
Man, JRPGs are the only genre I can think of that turns a regular game into a work of art!  ;D

Not at all, IMO, even though they do often look very pretty.


For my admittedly rather 'busy' view of art as a creative interplay of content and presentation, there are more games from Western developers than Japanese ones that have made me feel like following a good film, or delving into the visual world of a good painting.

Compared to the work done by the best of these - *cough*BlackIsleBiowareTroikaGames*cough* - Japanese offerings are very pretty, but often noticeably shallower - with notable exceptions like Earthbound.

Especially compared to the levels of nuance one can comfortably expect from the best specimens of modern anime.


Heck, even Bethesda. Fallout 3 has a lot of rough edges, but its capacity to conjure the sights, sounds and stories of a 'world after the end' by simply placing you there with no way out is as arresting as any elegy.

Or Bioshock? Screw Ayn Rand: the feeling the city of Rapture gives you, that constantly oppressive ambience, the madness in the streets, the tragedy of the Big Daddies, the sadness of the Little Sisters: it's powerful.


But I'll grant that it's easier to view the JRPGs from an artistic standpoint, given the way their visual elements are presented - i.e. as lengthy cutscenes and animations during idle moments of combat, for instance during summoning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 14, 2010, 01:00:54 PM
I'm not familiar with those games, so I couldn't say anything about them.
(I guess I'm not familiar with much, anyways- mainly just Playstation-based stuff and old Sega Genesis games.)  :D

I was thinking about storyline and stuff... and I did get to play a bit of Earthbound, since Corey recommended it. Pretty cool, except I got stuck around the beginning and stopped playing.


Heh........ I'm thinking I should make a top ten list of favorite games. I feel another top ten coming on...  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 15, 2010, 06:10:46 PM
I just want to say......now that I have graduated, I don't want to enter the real world.  There's still graduate school to look forward to....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 15, 2010, 06:54:50 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 15, 2010, 06:10:46 PM
I just want to say......now that I have graduated, I don't want to enter the real world.  There's still graduate school to look forward to....
Lol, I could understand that. I'd rather stay in school, too. The real world sucks.
What was it that you were majoring in, btw?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 16, 2010, 12:34:37 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 15, 2010, 06:10:46 PM
I just want to say......now that I have graduated, I don't want to enter the real world.  There's still graduate school to look forward to....

Quote from: Greg on May 15, 2010, 06:54:50 PM
Lol, I could understand that. I'd rather stay in school, too. The real world sucks.

The two of you should follow this comic strip -- if you don't already! ;D
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 16, 2010, 03:56:40 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 15, 2010, 06:54:50 PM
Lol, I could understand that. I'd rather stay in school, too. The real world sucks.
What was it that you were majoring in, btw?
Music Education.  For grad school, hopefully musicology.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 22, 2010, 07:07:03 AM
Bloody hell it's warm. Why can't we get some of that nice Mediterranean dry heat - it's only 26 degrees but it feels like 40 ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 22, 2010, 02:46:33 PM
Only a week ago it was 13, I know which I prefer.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 22, 2010, 11:41:45 PM
Quote from: Lethe on May 22, 2010, 07:07:03 AM
Bloody hell it's warm. Why can't we get some of that nice Mediterranean dry heat - it's only 26 degrees but it feels like 40 ???
Yes. The problem is - it's so debilitating. If I set off on a walk, within minutes I'm dripping with perspiration, and the walk becomes an endurance exercise. The only thing to do is sit quietly in the shade reading or listening to music. Now of course these are fine things, and I often choose to do them. But I don't want to be forced to do them, exclusively, by circumstance. I want a life beyond them.

So on the whole, I prefer last week's 13.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 22, 2010, 11:44:26 PM
On the other hand ...

Yesterday found me lounging for a couple of hours at the riverbank, with a CD player, headphones, and a couple of Vaughan Williams CDs. I can't do that when it's 13 degrees.

Life is so full of contradictions and things.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 23, 2010, 07:07:58 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on May 22, 2010, 11:44:26 PM
I can't do that when it's 13 degrees.

I know that you're talking about Celsius, but it's just hilarious to take your remark as Fahrenheit! :D  It would be like "no kidding!" ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 23, 2010, 07:44:50 AM
I think my years in Greece have put me off warm weather for life.

Nowadays, though I enjoy the occasional walk outside in warm weather (which I am sufficiently heat-adapted not to mind), especially at night, I almost invariably stay inside and wait until things cool down.

My mother still asks herself who I got these Northern genes from!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 23, 2010, 07:46:14 AM
Quote from: DavidW on May 23, 2010, 07:07:58 AM
I know that you're talking about Celsius, but it's just hilarious to take your remark as Fahrenheit! :D  It would be like "no kidding!" ;D
Good way to listen to Sinfonia Antartica though.

Brrrrr.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on May 23, 2010, 08:14:56 AM

      How are we all doing? (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)

      Let's chat about the weather, shall we?

      Damn! I'm not ready for the summer.

      But who is, the way it sneaks up on you?

      Or even:

      Is it hot enough for you?

      Really, I don't like hot weather. In New England the combination of heat and humidity is oppressive, and I don't have air conditioning. I'm far more comfortable when it's too cold than too hot. And the good side of New England is that it's not Fargo. The temperature rarely goes below 0 degrees F.

      That about does it for me, I'm afraid. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 23, 2010, 03:50:36 PM
Today was about 94 F and I worked outside for 5 hours... yay...  ::)
It's only going to get hotter this summer, too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 23, 2010, 03:55:50 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 23, 2010, 03:50:36 PM
Today was about 94 F and I worked outside for 5 hours... yay...  ::)
It's only going to get hotter this summer, too...
heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   >:( >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 23, 2010, 03:58:57 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 23, 2010, 03:55:50 PM
heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   >:( >:D
Yeah, man, I felt like a walking pile of dirty water all day today. The temperature up to, maybe 100 F, wouldn't really bother me much if it weren't for the humidity.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on May 23, 2010, 04:29:23 PM
It's a great day for floaters!   (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/cool.gif)

(http://mamrie.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/littlewolf-tubing.jpg)
Little Wolf River - WI
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 23, 2010, 07:11:25 PM
Quote from: Dan on May 23, 2010, 04:29:23 PM
It's a great day for floaters!   (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/cool.gif)

(http://mamrie.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/littlewolf-tubing.jpg)
Little Wolf River - WI
that's great and all, but what about the sinkers?  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 23, 2010, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 23, 2010, 07:11:25 PM
that's great and all, but what about the sinkers?  >:D
The sinkers died.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 23, 2010, 07:23:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 23, 2010, 07:15:38 PM
The sinkers died.
:o ??? :'( >:(

on behalf of the surviving sinkers, I must, nay I shall, get revenge!  >:D :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 23, 2010, 07:31:15 PM
Revenge on who? The alligators?  :D

I was a surviving sinker once. I had actually drank some immortality water, but annoyed this guy in the mob, so he took his henchman and they chained me underwater with the intent to drown me for eternity. But then, a talking shark came up to me and started to make conversation with me- realizing I couldn't talk, it swam away, mumbling to itself in an English accent, "How rude, land dwellers these days..."

Actually, I don't know how I survived and got back onto land. I'm not even sure I'm still alive, or if my "reality" is just a hallucination from still being underwater, caused by the human brain not being able to take so much torture without dying, and creating an alternate universe for me to live in.

Oh well... who knows.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: WI Dan on May 23, 2010, 07:34:13 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 23, 2010, 07:11:25 PM
that's great and all, but what about the sinkers?  >:D

(http://captainjacksdockaccessories.com/cjdocks/nfoscomm/catalog/images/Nautical.jpg)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on May 25, 2010, 12:30:10 PM
I should listen to some classical music one of these days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 25, 2010, 01:06:09 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 25, 2010, 12:30:10 PM
I should listen to some classical music one of these days.
But if you did, you'd probably like it, and then you'd buy some more CDs, and you'd like them too, and you'd buy more CDs, and before you know it there's nothing left to eat in the house and no money to buy food because it's all gone on CDs. That's not a road any sensible fellow wants to go down.

I mean, it's up to you, Dave, but I know what I'd do in your position.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 25, 2010, 01:07:35 PM
Today, I bought a bicycle.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 25, 2010, 01:08:39 PM
Very Elgar.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on May 25, 2010, 01:52:31 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on May 23, 2010, 03:55:50 PM
heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   >:( >:D

      I think we have the winning entry. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/police.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 26, 2010, 02:16:02 AM
Quote from: knight on May 25, 2010, 01:08:39 PM
Very Elgar.

Mike
I bet mine is a lot more comfy than his old Sunbeam. Mine has 18 gears, a gel saddle and punctureproof tyres, so I should be able to compose a lot better, now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 26, 2010, 02:44:20 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on May 26, 2010, 02:16:02 AM
I bet mine is a lot more comfy than his old Sunbeam. Mine has a 18 gears, a gel saddle and punctureproof tyres, so I should be able to compose a lot better, now.

Suddenly, the mental (audio) image of an Elgar symphony with industrial metal orchestration became hard to resist.

Sort of like a steampunk conversion; which is apt, given how steampunk is conceived as a variation on the theme of Victorian England.


We might be on to something here - quick, secure publishing rights! :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 26, 2010, 05:13:16 AM
I'm sure they already have something like that out... kinda like that samurai metal that you thought was an original idea.
(it was samurai metal, right?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 26, 2010, 05:24:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 26, 2010, 05:13:16 AM
I'm sure they already have something like that out... kinda like that samurai metal that you thought was an original idea.
(it was samurai metal, right?)

Indeed. But there can only be so many off the wall musical concepts that have actually been realised, so I'm keeping my hopes up.

Also, I googled Steampunk Elgar before posting, just to be on the safe side. :P


Edit: On the topic of 'I'm sure they already have something like that', your comment reminds me of a friend, who basically harbours this expectation for everything you care to propose. For him, the concept of chance in the adoption of ideas doesn't seem to come into play.

If it's there to be thought of and useful and/or potentially marketable, someone must have thought of it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 26, 2010, 05:29:56 AM
True...

maybe I should invent a style called Penderecki metal?

An ensemble consisting of 52 downtuned, heavily distorted 8-string guitars which Penderecki himself writes for.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 26, 2010, 05:34:25 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 26, 2010, 05:29:56 AM
True...

maybe I should invent a style called Penderecki metal?

An ensemble consisting of 52 downtuned, heavily distorted 8-string guitars which Penderecki himself writes for.

Maybe Penderecki Tribute Metal would get you further, so you can incorporate varied songwriting into the mix.

Hiroshima Metal. There we go.


Blast (pun unintended) - there's already a band by that name. No big surprise there...

Edit: No, three four of them. Renfield, learn to Google.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 26, 2010, 05:41:53 AM
Songwriting?...

I'd just have a group of screamers. It would be the most intense thing ever.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 26, 2010, 05:46:41 AM
Though I'd have to try to find out how to emulate the extended techniques of string instruments on the electric guitar. For the behind the bridge scrape, I guess I could just scrape the strings with the side of the pick, for example.
The whole addition of whammy bar effects, effects pedals (such as delay, especially) and harmonics would open up possibilities never heard before in your wildest dreams... (or nightmares)  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 26, 2010, 06:20:25 AM
Sounds nice and noisy guys, but I'd been thinking more along the lines of 'Introduction and Allegro for Puncture Repair Kit and Rubber Tyre', 'Serenade for Saddles', or 'Chainsong de Matin'; or maybe a programmatic piece such as 'Fallsoff'.

Oh and of course: a 'Pump and Circumstance March'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 26, 2010, 09:24:29 AM
Make that a lento puncture.

I am certain that with your gel saddle you will manage much better music and more of it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 26, 2010, 12:36:23 PM
Quote from: knight on May 26, 2010, 09:24:29 AM
I am certain that with your gel saddle you will manage much better music and more of it.
I think it's part of the guarantee that comes with the bike. I shall check the small print.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 27, 2010, 02:34:12 PM
Just saw this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1281870/50-Cent-loses-54-pounds-Things-Fall-Apart-film-role.html

That must be one important film role for him.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2010, 01:31:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 27, 2010, 02:34:12 PM
Just saw this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1281870/50-Cent-loses-54-pounds-Things-Fall-Apart-film-role.html

That must be one important film role for him.  :o

I'm sure he'll at least be nominated for an Oscar for the weight loss. ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on May 28, 2010, 06:51:07 AM
Sitting around, listening to music.

Lazy bastards.

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 28, 2010, 07:51:12 PM
I know, what's wrong with everyone?  ::)
At this moment, Ubloobideega is in my room, plotting a terrorist attack, and none of you guys are helping to stop him. Come on...  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 29, 2010, 12:48:12 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 28, 2010, 07:51:12 PM
I know, what's wrong with everyone?  ::)
At this moment, Ubloobideega is in my room, plotting a terrorist attack, and none of you guys are helping to stop him. Come on...  :(

I believe the above message has been forwarded to the FBI.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 29, 2010, 04:54:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 29, 2010, 12:48:12 AM
I believe the above message has been forwarded to the FBI.
Excellent! Hopefully the FBI can take of Ubloobideega and his silly antics.
Every time I try to calmly approach him about the matter, he teleports out of the room like a scared animal and I don't see him for days.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on May 29, 2010, 06:10:12 AM

      (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/evil.gif)

     (Fake Moderator)

      (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/tongue.gif)

      No more music talk in the Diner, please. And I must remind all that this is a chat thread, as well as the Chat Thread, off limits therefore to substantive conversation about real things (hereafter defined as the subjects of empirically verifiable propositions). Don't you people have feelings to talk about or...............something to do?

     
Quote from: Greg on May 29, 2010, 04:54:13 AM
Excellent! Hopefully the FBI can take of Ubloobideega and his silly antics.
Every time I try to calmly approach him about the matter, he teleports out of the room like a scared animal and I don't see him for days.  :(

      That's more like it. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 29, 2010, 11:15:42 AM
Quote from: drogulus on May 29, 2010, 06:10:12 AM
      Don't you people have feelings to talk about or...............something to do?

You first. Talk about your feelings and what you are doing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on May 29, 2010, 01:33:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 29, 2010, 11:15:42 AM
You first. Talk about your feelings and what you are doing.

      I'm pretending to be a moderator, and I feel powerful. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)

     
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 29, 2010, 03:23:07 PM
Alright, I'll pretend to be a moderator, too. No... even better, I'll be three at the same time.

Ban Them All!
8)
- Greg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 29, 2010, 04:46:53 PM
Okay, seriously...

right now I'm messing around with ideas of using Meshuggah-like rhythm in the context of a Romantic-style score.  :o
Believe it or not, you can pull it off, making it sound very melodic instead of rhythmic, if you do it a certain way. So... I'll add this to my bag of personal ideas.  8)


I found an in-depth study of their rhythm:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6375990/Recasting-Metal-Rhythm-and-Meter-in-the-Music-of-Meshuggah

I'm trying to think of a composer that uses these techniques, but I'm not sure... I've heard Indian music uses the same techniques, but along a greater range.

Usually, it's just presenting a 4/4 time with a guitar riff that's in, say, 11/16 and repeated several times and then varied at the end to make it "fit" at the end of a 4-bar (or 8-bar, whatever) phrase. At other times, such as in "I" (my favorite non-classical work), the whole "we only use 4/4 time" claim doesn't work, because the rhythms truly are "random", Rite of Spring-ish, with changing meter every few seconds. (As a result, they are unable to even perform it live).


I also found a study on thematic transformation of the themes in Mahler's 6th, a bit earlier, which was very good...




EDIT: the whole point is, I'm trying to see what odd ideas I can combine to make my own unique style, that will hopefully eventually be the best music I've ever heard.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 29, 2010, 09:59:35 PM
If you want a 'ravings' thread as against a 'chat' thread, do say.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 30, 2010, 05:21:01 AM
Quote from: knight on May 29, 2010, 09:59:35 PM
If you want a 'ravings' thread as against a 'chat' thread, do say.

Mike
Oh yeah, you don't use the "-".

So, my post should read:

Ban Them All!

8)

Greg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 30, 2010, 05:07:40 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2010, 05:21:01 AM
Oh yeah, you don't use the "-".

So, my post should read:

Ban Them All!

8)

Greg

You know, I was thinking yesterday: if you added a reference about bleeding-edge contemporary (live) music, you'd get all four. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on May 30, 2010, 05:39:42 PM
Quote from: Renfield on May 30, 2010, 05:07:40 PM
You know, I was thinking yesterday: if you added a reference about bleeding-edge contemporary (live) music, you'd get all four. ;)
Okay, I'll add Que in there, too.

Here goes:













-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, today I went to this concert today. This contemporary ensemble played several HIP performances of Mozart, Bach, and Haydn. Then they played music by new composers, including:

Xzytrwqer Lalinsky: Paradoxiliacamorphiosis for 2 percussionists and randomly selected singing audience members
Ubloobideega: F*** You, Muthaf***a! for 11 angry prisoners
Jajou Lalou: Silence for turtle
Pierre de la Jeux de la Mierda de la Puta de la Obasan de la Haagen-Dazs: Explosive Diarrhea for orchestra (in this work, all of the members are assigned to play Beethoven's 7th symphony- but the catch is, each member plays an instrument that he doesn't know how to play- for example, a trombonist may be assigned to play the cello, while a cellist may be assigned to play the flute)

Ban Them All!

8)

Greg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 30, 2010, 10:23:38 PM
Too bad SMF doesn't let me selectively hide avatars. >:(

:D ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on May 31, 2010, 02:52:39 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2010, 05:39:42 PM
Xzytrwqer Lalinsky: Paradoxiliacamorphiosis for 2 percussionists and randomly selected singing audience members

That made me LOL!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 01, 2010, 06:08:42 AM
No pipe and slippers for me, thanks. However a GMG tattoo is not out of the question.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 01, 2010, 06:24:00 AM
Left shoulder rear?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 01, 2010, 07:32:40 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 01, 2010, 06:24:00 AM
Left shoulder rear?

Of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 01, 2010, 07:51:42 AM
For the ladies, of course, the pert little 'too on the sacral vertebrae is tout ce qu'il y a du chic.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: sospiro on June 01, 2010, 08:15:36 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 01, 2010, 07:51:42 AM
For the ladies, of course, the pert little 'too on the sacral vertebrae is tout ce qu'il y a du chic.

Noooo!!

Just imagine how a tatt will look when the lady in question is 70.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 02, 2010, 06:53:57 PM
Interesting...  ::)

Some survey for a bunch of different countries- respondents having sex weekly + respondents satisfied:

http://www.durex.com/en-CA/SexualWellbeingSurvey/Fequency%20of%20Sex/pages/default.aspx

The highest is Greece, at 87/51%, and the lowest is Japan, at 34/15%. The US is at the lower end, at 53/48%.

I don't know what to think of this... well, I probably shouldn't say what I'm inclined to think, though.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 02, 2010, 09:37:25 PM
It would be best to worry about what you are doing rather than other people :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 04, 2010, 04:13:57 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 02, 2010, 09:37:25 PM
It would be best to worry about what you are doing rather than other people :P

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-nmpEaAYNWA/SqvUN65L9bI/AAAAAAAACFk/nhPdZHfxGR4/s400/bodydouble-dressing.jpg)

I like to watch ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 04, 2010, 04:53:03 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 02, 2010, 09:37:25 PM
It would be best to worry about what you are doing rather than other people :P
Doesn't really matter.

But, to me it seems to reflect that maybe, just maybe, people who live in the US or Japan tend to be harder workers (more concerned with working than having fun) than people in Greece. Then again, that may be nothing new, but this poll seems to be an interesting one to reflect that idea.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 05, 2010, 06:55:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWPbnwsIeE&feature=player_embedded

hehe
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 10, 2010, 12:26:33 PM
a thought just occurred to me through a mistake:

I applied for a USPS job (that I didn't want to, but with some external forces was compelled to apply).  So anyway, I had a hard time decided whether I want to call to confirm that I would be at the group orientation, or withdraw my application for the past 2 days. so today, I decided to withdraw it, because I felt uncomfortable with the job.  Now, I feel like I made a huge mistake and should've went to the damn orientation, and see what it was like.  But it's too late now.

I'm not looking for sympathy, pity, disgust, or anything.  What's done is done.  But this experience has taught me that I am not a rational person.  Not even close.

It's just a thought.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on June 10, 2010, 12:52:55 PM
It's not necessarily irrational to act out of principle ("I don't go to places I feel uncomfortable in"), vs. rational to be opportunistic ("I take every chance I get"), however less profitable the former might be. Just saying. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 14, 2010, 02:42:45 PM
      I'm in Texas. I ate a T-bone steak yesterday. My dad looked at me like I was a total idiot: Who orders a T-bone steak in a Mexican restaurant in Texas? (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/rolleyes.gif)

      The correct answer is "I do!". (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)

      I did get some barbecue this time (brisket.....yum!).

      Tomorrow we (GF & I) go home. She loves Texas, btw. Heat, pterodactyls, paycheck loan emporia, all of it is good by her. Some of this stuff gets on my nerves after a couple days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 14, 2010, 02:44:44 PM
I'm in Minnesota and just ate some chicken. Whodathunk?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 14, 2010, 02:53:47 PM
Is this something you were compelled to do, or was there a choice here?

I'm in Gloucestershire and I have not just eaten chicken. My democratic choice here.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 14, 2010, 03:33:16 PM
Quote from: knight on June 14, 2010, 02:53:47 PM
Is this something you were compelled to do, or was there a choice here?

I'm in Gloucestershire and I have not just eaten chicken. My democratic choice here.

Mike

And Gloucestershire is not only a mouthful, it's a better place for having Mike in residence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 14, 2010, 03:53:16 PM
I'm in Massachusetts, and we've had red caviar on baguette with butter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 14, 2010, 04:53:50 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 14, 2010, 03:53:16 PM
I'm in Massachusetts, and we've had red caviar on baguette with butter.

I only had a burger at  Outback   :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 14, 2010, 04:56:10 PM
Tony! Come to Woburn next Monday?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 14, 2010, 05:14:38 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 14, 2010, 04:56:10 PM
Tony! Come to Woburn next Monday?

Yo, Karl -- Check pm.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 14, 2010, 05:44:45 PM
Aye; I had this in mind, but I understand if timing is infelicitous, mon vieux.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 14, 2010, 05:51:57 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 14, 2010, 05:44:45 PM
Aye; I had this in mind, but I understand if timing is infelicitous, mon vieux.

I'll try to come. We'll have to play it by ear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 16, 2010, 07:25:37 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on June 14, 2010, 05:51:57 PM
I'll try to come. We'll have to play it by ear.

     (why am I quoting this? I forgot why....)

     I'm in Massachusetts, where I live. Wasn't Texas fun? And if not, why not? That's a weighty question, so let's defer that for now. My dad is well. We watched a movie from his huge collection of bargain basement DVDs. We also looked at old photos he took in January, 1946 in Danzig (now Gdansk).

     (http://sabaoth.infoserve.pl/danzig-online/color/c3.jpg)

     His Victory ship was delivering horses, mules, cattle, and fertilizer to Polish farmers (per the Marshall Plan). The idea was to help with the planting so Poles wouldn't starve. I was unaware that Stalin permitted aid to Poland (he turned it down for the Soviet Union) until my father told me what he'd been doing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 16, 2010, 07:43:31 AM
Quote from: drogulus on June 16, 2010, 07:25:37 AM
     (why am I quoting this? I forgot why....)

     I'm in Massachusetts, where I live.

Come to a concert Monday night?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 16, 2010, 08:26:40 AM

     
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 16, 2010, 07:43:31 AM
Come to a concert Monday night?

     Thanks for the invite, but I'll be back at work by then.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 16, 2010, 08:57:33 AM

      Speaking of Chat, a guy on the internet says:

      "The RCA Tube Manual is possibly the greatest book ever written."

      How, I'm trying to wonder, is a greatest book possible?  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)

      He also says:

      "The Mullard Tube Substitution book is nice to cuddle up with on a cold dark night."

      I don't think there's any question about that but really, the RCA quote is hard to fathom.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 16, 2010, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on June 16, 2010, 09:25:10 AM

Whereas Langford-Smith's Radiotron Designer's Handbook (4th ed.) - all 1482 pages of it - now that is a contender.   ;)

     Soooo do you think that it isn't possible for the RCA to be the greatest book ever but it is possible for the Radiotron Designer's Handbook to be?

     That, I think, is entirely orthogonal to Chat! It's........a puzzlement.

     You're not playing fair. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/sad.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 11:49:06 AM
That "World Cup" thread could read "Drying Paint" or "Toenail Clippings" and it would still get the same amount of attention from me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 17, 2010, 11:56:23 AM
We can't all have perfect taste, and don't worry, we forgive you :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:00:59 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 17, 2010, 11:56:23 AM
We can't all have perfect taste, and don't worry, we forgive you :P

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 17, 2010, 12:27:40 PM
     (http://forums.mozillazine.org/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)

     The World Cup is the most solid-state thing I've ever seen. It's the Polytone Mini Brute of sports.

     (http://71.18.41.56/images/miniiibenson.jpg)

     (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/tongue.gif)

     

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:29:39 PM
Quote from: drogulus on June 17, 2010, 12:27:40 PM
        The World Cup is the most solid-state thing I've ever seen. It's the Polytone Mini Brute of sports.

Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 17, 2010, 12:41:27 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:29:39 PM
Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about.  ;D

I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on June 17, 2010, 12:41:27 PM
I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.

Yeah, just like the World Cup.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 17, 2010, 12:43:57 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:29:39 PM
Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about.  ;D

Only a madman could decipher the madness of drogulus. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: drogulus on June 17, 2010, 12:45:15 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 17, 2010, 12:29:39 PM
Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about.  ;D

     You can't beat optimism. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)

      (Well, you can, really, but why be downbeat?)

     
Quote from: Szykniej on June 17, 2010, 12:41:27 PM
I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.

      Nooo, you are the anti-{that person}! Stay outta this! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/angry.gif)

     
Quote from: DavidW on June 17, 2010, 12:43:57 PM
Only a madman could decipher the madness of drogulus. ;D

      Do you have anyone in mind?

      I'm on vacation, and therefore dangerous. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)

      In my youth I was a bit reckless but otherwise sound:

      (http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5635/clipboard01dz.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 18, 2010, 05:18:34 PM
Looking up a phone videos of people using Microsoft Sam to prank call people- the best I've seen so far might just be this one (a prank call to a bakery):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7kE1gcW-8c


The whole video is worth watching, but the first minute- WOW!!!  :o
"Do you sell swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh?"
"If I don't get swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh I will die. swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh is great. swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh is the best thing ever invented. I need swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh now. Do you sell swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh?"


And:
"My rofl copter goes swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh"

And:
when he is transferred at 7:54- "Good afternoon, this is..."
"Will you be my friend?"

(if you type "soi" into Microsoft Sam, you get that swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh sound)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 27, 2010, 05:46:22 AM
*bumpity*

So what do you have to say for yourself?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 27, 2010, 05:50:18 AM
I didn't do it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 27, 2010, 06:42:48 AM
Have you an alibi?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 27, 2010, 11:18:30 AM
Quote from: knight on June 27, 2010, 06:42:48 AM
Have you an alibi?

Mike
She was with me down at the pub. We were planning the Big Revolution. There were witnesses. Revolving ones.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 28, 2010, 05:26:03 PM
Can anybody identify what accent the farmer is using? I haven't heard it before.

It's very small/bandwidth friendly.

http://www.zshare.net/video/77756823a26f8533/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on June 28, 2010, 05:29:19 PM
I think he's going for a New England effect.  If you ever watched Murder, She Wrote, you would have heard this a lot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on June 28, 2010, 06:06:07 PM
He's going for a Maine accent. That's from Stephen King's PET SEMETARY.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 28, 2010, 06:08:12 PM
Quote from: Lethe on June 28, 2010, 05:26:03 PM
Can anybody identify what accent the farmer is using? I haven't heard it before.

It's very small/bandwidth friendly.

http://www.zshare.net/video/77756823a26f8533/

Specifically, it sounds like it's supposed to be a Maine accent (the ah-yup gives it away), but like most affected accents in movies, it's a bit overdone. "Murder She Wrote" did take place in Maine, but there is a wide variation in accents throughout New England.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 28, 2010, 06:31:27 PM
Thanks, everyone.

Dave: indeed, I made the clip - watching it at my PC atm. I can't seem to ever just sit down and watch a film so it's so far taken 3 hours and billions of little pauses just to get a third of the way in ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 29, 2010, 09:59:43 AM
I just had someone from the Orlando Philharmonic call me about subscribing to a season. Even though it's pretty cheap, I don't have enough money to... BUT, I thought it was cool and kind of surreal hearing an actual person say "Mahler's second symphony, the Resurrection..."

You know, a real person saying that. Out loud. Wow.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 30, 2010, 08:20:39 AM
i think I should uninstall Finale Notepad.  Get rid of the delusions that I can be a good composer :D  (especially only finishing two pieces ((that are, at best, mediocre))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on June 30, 2010, 04:05:19 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on June 30, 2010, 08:20:39 AM
i think I should uninstall Finale Notepad.  Get rid of the delusions that I can be a good composer :D  (especially only finishing two pieces ((that are, at best, mediocre))
Well, the first pieces of the greats were probably mediocre as well.  8)


Looks like I have a programming contract today... if I can do a few things by 30 days from now, I'll get paid $250 (and I'll be working at home). If I can do this and do whatever else next reasonably well, I have a chance at being hired as an official programmer eventually. I just have to learn some KML at the moment, but it looks pretty simple- and the stuff I'm doing is pretty cool.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 09, 2010, 08:26:56 AM
The Decision

So, LeBron James is heading to Miami.

Well, that's his choice.  Just seems wrong the way he about it, making a big show, and dragging it out like that.  I feel sorry for the Cleveland fans.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 08:40:09 AM
Is Dwayne Wade staying? (I thought he was a free agent)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 09, 2010, 08:44:27 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 09, 2010, 08:40:09 AM
Is Dwayne Wade staying? (I thought he was a free agent)

Yes, James, Wade and Bosh (I'm a Raptors fan) are all in Miami now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 08:47:57 AM
Looks like I'll have to become a Heat fan, then!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 03:15:07 PM
Can somebody buy this for me?
http://www.indiemerchstore.com/necrophagist/item/4377/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 09, 2010, 03:28:46 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 29, 2010, 09:59:43 AM
I just had someone from the Orlando Philharmonic call me about subscribing to a season. Even though it's pretty cheap, I don't have enough money to... BUT, I thought it was cool and kind of surreal hearing an actual person say "Mahler's second symphony, the Resurrection..."

You know, a real person saying that. Out loud. Wow.  :o

Ha! You know, that may very well have been someone I work with! :D We have a couple people who work for Orlando Phil. Do you remember the person's name?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 09, 2010, 03:32:50 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on July 09, 2010, 08:26:56 AM
The Decision

So, LeBron James is heading to Miami.

Well, that's his choice.  Just seems wrong the way he about it, making a big show, and dragging it out like that.  I feel sorry for the Cleveland fans.

Let's just hope the Cleveland Orchestra doesn't follow LeBron. There were rumors.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 03:42:58 PM
Quote from: Corey on July 09, 2010, 03:28:46 PM
Ha! You know, that may very well have been someone I work with! :D We have a couple people who work for Orlando Phil. Do you remember the person's name?
Lol cool  :D
Nah, I don't remember the name. Just that it was some lady.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 09, 2010, 04:47:15 PM
She also says it "Mahler's second symphony, the Resurrection" every time — and pronounces Chopin "Cho (like Margaret Cho)-pen". Drives me insane.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 04:59:40 PM
Yeah, that would be her.  :D
So, is it some place where you all work together? Or have you talked to her/heard her talk through the phone?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 09, 2010, 05:21:52 PM
The actual office where I work works with several theaters/orchestras. I work with the San Antonio Symphony.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 09, 2010, 07:12:29 PM
That's wild, though. When she called, I couldn't help but think of you and your job. I probably sounded weird, though- "hm... well, I'm not interested in a subscription because I don't have a lot of money right now" (her reaction, "oh," sounded like she was nearly embarrassed and felt bad for me or something)... and then at the end, "Thanks for calling me, though!" I said that because having an actual human voice just mention the name "Mahler" to me seemed completely surreal- even more surreal than having a girl say to me, "I love you."  :o

I do want to go to the Mahler 2nd. What if I die before I get to hear it live?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 10, 2010, 08:42:06 AM
I just downloaded a $1.99 app that gives me access to 23,469 books!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 10, 2010, 09:17:47 AM
Reading all those books, how will you find time to listen to music?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 10, 2010, 09:23:13 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 10, 2010, 08:42:06 AM
I just downloaded a $1.99 app that gives me access to 23,469 books!  :o

We expect you to provide full reviews of every single one of these books in 64.3 years (1 book a day).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 10, 2010, 10:47:01 AM
Ha!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 10, 2010, 05:36:20 PM
Is there a such thing as a quarter-life crisis?  Because I am far too young to have a mid-life crisis!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 10, 2010, 05:43:16 PM
It's called entering the adult world and realizing the romantic bohemian life is not a working model.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 10, 2010, 06:41:13 PM
Quote from: Corey on July 10, 2010, 05:43:16 PM
It's called entering the adult world and realizing the romantic bohemian life is not a working model.
That's why I went to school for computer programming...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 12, 2010, 04:19:23 AM
Have a good week, folks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 13, 2010, 06:44:54 AM
http://www.mono-1.com/monoface/main.html

custom face creation out of a bunch of different pictures.

Try this- the most attractive combination:
Head and Shoulder- Erin
Eyes- Lindsay
Nose- Ellen
Mouth- Erika

Are there any more sites like this?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 13, 2010, 06:47:59 AM
de Tortoise non est disputandum
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 13, 2010, 08:49:59 PM
He'll just send you to this guy anyway:

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/08/mr-owl-425.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 14, 2010, 05:20:10 AM
Quote from: Corey on July 13, 2010, 08:49:59 PM
He'll just send you to this guy anyway:

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/08/mr-owl-425.jpg)
I don't see a pic...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on July 14, 2010, 10:03:30 AM
I've wondered about this stat:

QuoteMost Online Today: 49. Most Online Ever: 610 (August 06, 2008, 07:37:33 AM)

What was going on on August 06, 2008?  Was that when the forum migrated from one location to another and people were re-registering?  Or did the Mother of All Flame Wars occur?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 14, 2010, 10:25:10 AM
Quote from: Franco on July 14, 2010, 10:03:30 AM
I've wondered about this stat:

What was going on on August 06, 2008?  Was that when the forum migrated from one location to another and people were re-registering?  Or did the Mother of All Flame Wars occur?

All the MN Daves logged in at the same time  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 14, 2010, 10:33:57 AM
Quote from: Franco on July 14, 2010, 10:03:30 AM
What was going on on August 06, 2008?  Was that when the forum migrated from one location to another and people were re-registering?  Or did the Mother of All Flame Wars occur?

We don't if it's a true "spike" -- what was the user count during the rest of August of that year and during 2008? It is likely that bots are also included in the count.

Quote from: papy on July 14, 2010, 10:25:10 AM
All the MN Daves logged in at the same time  ;D

Can't be. The Universe would have collapsed in on itself if that had happened.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 16, 2010, 12:17:41 PM
Tenor clef is really a pointless clef for the bass.  Give me either bass or treble.....just sayin
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 16, 2010, 12:45:08 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 16, 2010, 12:17:41 PM
Tenor clef is really a pointless clef for the bass.  Give me either bass or treble.....just sayin

Gotta love them ledger lines, though ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 16, 2010, 05:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 16, 2010, 12:17:41 PM
Tenor clef is really a pointless clef for the bass.  Give me either bass or treble.....just sayin
You probably personally offended some random weirdo out there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 19, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
What happened to Scarpia?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 19, 2010, 09:23:39 AM
Not sure, but he is missed!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on July 19, 2010, 09:32:56 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 16, 2010, 12:17:41 PM
Tenor clef is really a pointless clef for the bass.  Give me either bass or treble.....just sayin

Ah, the sound of the voice of ignorance.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 19, 2010, 09:34:29 AM
Quote from: Brahmsian on July 19, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
What happened to Scarpia?  ???

Gosh, he was here just the other day, Ray.  A quick search of recent posts suggests that he might have tired of petty attacks against his concise, direct, and pointed opinions by some who failed to appreciate his underlying warmth and wit.

Or maybe his wife told him he was wasting too much time on the forum and demanded more attention!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 19, 2010, 10:56:44 AM
Quote from: Franco on July 19, 2010, 09:32:56 AM
Ah, the sound of the voice of ignorance.
No, not the sound of ignorance.  Just the sound of somebody who rather see treble clef over tenor, especially how with tenor you would still have some ridiculous ledger lines, which would be easier read in treble
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on July 19, 2010, 11:11:41 AM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on July 19, 2010, 10:56:44 AM
No, not the sound of ignorance. 

From where I sit, the only reason someone would prefer to read music written using a treble or bass clef instead of the tenor clef would be because they have less familiarity with the tenor clef than the other two.

Otherwise it would make absolutely no difference.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 19, 2010, 11:43:34 AM
Quote from: Franco on July 19, 2010, 11:11:41 AM
From where I sit, the only reason someone would prefer to read music written using a treble or bass clef instead of the tenor clef would be because they have less familiarity with the tenor clef than the other two.

Otherwise it would make absolutely no difference.

But I think bass players are not accustomed to reading a C clef.  (Where they are taught to read treble clef.)  Idiosyncratic use of archaic clefs is rough on the performers.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on July 19, 2010, 11:47:09 AM
I am a bass player and it is considered a clef one should know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 19, 2010, 11:54:01 AM
Quote from: Franco on July 19, 2010, 11:47:09 AM
I am a bass player and it is considered a clef one should know.
I know, but I don't see the practicality of it, seeing as c4 on treble is one ledger line below the bottom staff, whereas in tenor, the same note is on the 2nd highest line.  I'd rather see the notes in the staff itself, as it makes it easier to read.  I know the limitations of treble with getting the lower notes below that C, and that is where tenor would be better, but if I see a change in a piece, I'd rather go from bass to treble, rather than bass to tenor.  But perhaps my statement that tenor clef is useless was a bit of hyperbole
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 19, 2010, 12:06:17 PM
Quote from: Franco on July 19, 2010, 11:47:09 AM
I am a bass player and it is considered a clef one should know.

Very good, thanks for the correction.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 24, 2010, 07:23:45 PM
Hey, I want everyone to try out this little experiment: try to spontaneously come up with music in your head that sounds like early Beethoven/late Haydn. There doesn't have to be a formal structure- just clarity and flow.

I just want to see what anyone can conclude from their own experience of doing that. This is something that kind of "just happened" to me a couple of days ago.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 24, 2010, 09:54:31 PM
Once I woke up with a Haydnesque piece in my head that seemed completely original, but it could've just been various bits of Haydn that I had heard and reassembled together in my brain out of order.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on July 24, 2010, 09:57:51 PM
Quote from: Corey on July 24, 2010, 09:54:31 PM
Once I woke up with a Haydnesque piece in my head that seemed completely original, but it could've just been various bits of Haydn that I had heard and reassembled together in my brain out of order.

It could be the theme music from a commercial for a headache or allergy medicine.  They sometimes sound like Haydn.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 25, 2010, 05:08:43 AM
Gosh! What would a fellow who is allergic to Haydn do?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 25, 2010, 05:51:35 AM
Quote from: Corey on July 24, 2010, 09:54:31 PM
Once I woke up with a Haydnesque piece in my head that seemed completely original, but it could've just been various bits of Haydn that I had heard and reassembled together in my brain out of order.
I've had that happen twice- once with an altered version of the Malmsteen Electric Guitar Concerto and another time with an altered version of Lindberg's Kinetics.

I thought I was listening to those pieces- I even double-checked the Lindberg, and it definitely wasn't it (and the Malmsteen I knew too well to have to check).

But it's interesting how, while imaging the music, there are different paths you can take. To even begin to do it, you have to be extremely relaxed and focused. Then, you just have to maintain that focus and not let it go into something else- meaning, either: 1) turning into actual bits of music that already exists; 2) stopping or pausing; 3) forcing selection of notes. I would consider all of those forms of "distortion."

I'm actually doing it right now.  :D I've even done it once with a Bach harpsichord work, but I really want to try out a late Romantic Adagio movement. The hard part is, knowing how important this is to me makes it extremely hard to relax (and relaxing is the only way to even start the music).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 25, 2010, 07:00:50 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 25, 2010, 05:08:43 AM
Gosh! What would a fellow who is allergic to Haydn do?!
He'd suffer a haydnache.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 25, 2010, 07:02:59 AM
Why did I say that? I mean, it's not even slightly funny, is it? So why? Did I just need to fill the silence? If so, why? What's wrong with silence? Eh?
I need to give myself a good talking to.

Or would that also be just to fill the silence?


There's no escape from neurosis, is there?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 25, 2010, 07:34:39 AM
(http://leah.ciseconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/TheScream.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 25, 2010, 08:42:32 AM
Yes, exactly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 25, 2010, 03:27:42 PM
Watching a video of an English class in Japan: (though this class is only a 3rd grade class)
http://www.youtube.com/v/C3ZJb-QF--s

This could me some day, possibly... all depending.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 07:26:38 AM
Ah, the things I don't even remember posting . . . .

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 15, 2010, 04:51:05 AM
I was in tears the first time I saw an all-hedgehog production of A Night to Remember.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 28, 2010, 08:17:42 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 28, 2010, 07:26:38 AM
Ah, the things I don't even remember posting . . . .

Must have been the Kingsford.   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: sospiro on July 28, 2010, 08:57:44 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 25, 2010, 03:27:42 PM
Watching a video of an English class in Japan: (though this class is only a 3rd grade class)
http://www.youtube.com/v/C3ZJb-QF--s

This could me some day, possibly... all depending.

Good luck.

A friend of mine went to TEFL in Japan. He said his only success was his class learning the names of the current Stoke City FC team.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 09:49:25 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on July 28, 2010, 08:17:42 AM
Must have been the Kingsford.   ;)

Hey! I should have been over, only I had composing (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg435085.html#msg435085) to do . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 10:41:17 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 25, 2010, 03:27:42 PM
Watching a video of an English class in Japan: (though this class is only a 3rd grade class)

. . . This could me some day, possibly... all depending.

Some day? I thought you werer already well past third grade . . . .

(Sorry!— low-hanging fruit.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 11:47:18 AM
Is it bad that I paid $2.00 for a 99 track download of Handel?  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 11:55:02 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 11:47:18 AM
Is it bad that I paid $2.00 for a 99 track download of Handel?  0:)

Only if you feel you have to listen to it ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:02:13 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 28, 2010, 11:55:02 AM
Only if you feel you have to listen to it ; )

Not a huge Handel fan but for two bucks, jeez. And who knows, I might become one.  :P  If you would like to check out similar deals, go to AMAZON.COM, the MP3 area, and search for "essential classical".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 12:06:38 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:02:13 PM
Not a huge Handel fan but for two bucks, jeez. And who knows, I might become one.  :P  If you would like to check out similar deals, go to AMAZON.COM, the MP3 area, and search for "essential classical".

I got an Arte Nova recording of Messiah for a song, and (questions of the price aside) it's a good performance.  Surprised very much on the upside.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:07:50 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 28, 2010, 12:06:38 PM
I got an Arte Nova recording of Messiah for a song, and (questions of the price aside) it's a good performance.  Surprised very much on the upside.

Yep, good cheap stuff there if you dig. Once bought a "10 disc" box set of Ormandy for $9.99.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 12:10:20 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:07:50 PM
Yep, good cheap stuff there if you dig. Once bought a "10 disc" box set of Ormandy for $9.99.

I can top that: a 40-disc box of Bach I snaffled for $20.

Of course, this astonishingly discounted Brahms box comes mighty close, too . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 28, 2010, 12:21:48 PM
While we are here, chatting about topping things, you can still go there and download a 6-disc set of many well-received and (what some consider to be) so-so performances of symphonies from the late 19th Century, for free (https://www.amazon.com/Love-80s-Vol-1880s/dp/B002RHVBHU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1280348213&sr=301-1).

But -- how much ever one might try digging from the other side of the planet, one will never come out the other side. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:22:58 PM
Can you say:

FOUR DAY WEEKEND?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:25:50 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 28, 2010, 12:21:48 PM
While we are here, chatting about topping things, you can still go there and download a 6-disc set of many well-received and (what some consider to be) so-so performances of symphonies from the late 19th Century, for free (https://www.amazon.com/Love-80s-Vol-1880s/dp/B002RHVBHU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1280348213&sr=301-1).

But -- how much ever one might try digging from the other side of the planet, one will never come out the other side. :(

Yes, saw that whilst digging.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 28, 2010, 12:43:22 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 12:22:58 PM
Can you say:

FOUR DAY WEEKEND?

What's on your calendar to create such an unlikely thing at July's end?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 28, 2010, 12:55:44 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 25, 2010, 03:27:42 PM
Watching a video of an English class in Japan: (though this class is only a 3rd grade class)
http://www.youtube.com/v/C3ZJb-QF--s

This could me some day, possibly... all depending.

On a similar yearning-to-be-there note...

http://www.youtube.com/v/5SR-W6NS9DQ

2:22 - 2:31... that place* is heaven!  ;D


*At the recently concluded ComicCon
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 28, 2010, 01:18:20 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 11:47:18 AM
Is it bad that I paid $2.00 for a 99 track download of Handel?  0:)
How do you feel about track 39? Just wond'rin'. (With a kind of purpose to it.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 03:54:47 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 28, 2010, 12:43:22 PM
What's on your calendar to create such an unlikely thing at July's end?

0
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 04:02:01 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 28, 2010, 01:18:20 PM
How do you feel about track 39? Just wond'rin'. (With a kind of purpose to it.)

Rinaldo, HWV 7: "Lascia ch'io pianga"?

That made me appreciate Handel a bit more.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 29, 2010, 02:48:39 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2010, 04:02:01 PM
Rinaldo, HWV 7: "Lascia ch'io pianga"?

That made me appreciate Handel a bit more.
I thought you might.  That's an interesting indicator. If you like that, then there's a great ocean of Handel's vocal music out there that is just as, or more, beautiful. It was that kind of stuff that got me going on Handel - not the instrumental work.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 29, 2010, 03:05:55 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 29, 2010, 02:48:39 AM
I thought you might.  That's an interesting indicator. If you like that, then there's a great ocean of Handel's vocal music out there that is just as, or more, beautiful. It was that kind of stuff that got me going on Handel - not the instrumental work.

Good to know. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2010, 08:01:35 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 28, 2010, 10:41:17 AM
Some day? I thought you werer already well past third grade . . . .

(Sorry!— low-hanging fruit.)

You have to have a bachelor's to do that, so it would take a while.
Just a possibility, anyways... if ever lived there, I could either do that or programming.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 29, 2010, 06:35:07 PM
"If you could choose between two paths, which would you choose? The Left - where nothing goes right, or the Right - Where there's nothing left?"

My friend posted this as a facebook status. I tried googling it, but couldn't find any results. It could be just some lyrics to a silly pop song, but she can be very, very clever sometimes. I like it... in a way, it could even be used to describe civilizations or cultures, if you think about it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 30, 2010, 04:29:12 AM
I managed to confuse a fellow musician & friend with my facebook status reading: An opportunity going to waste in the US confectionery industry: The Chewy Chevy
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on July 30, 2010, 04:39:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 29, 2010, 06:35:07 PM
"If you could choose between two paths, which would you choose? The Left - where nothing goes right, or the Right - Where there's nothing left?"

Middle
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 30, 2010, 04:48:27 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 30, 2010, 04:39:29 AM
Middle

Watch out for poison ivy. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 30, 2010, 03:39:51 PM
I would choose the Right path- there is always something left in your mind, and everything goes right.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 30, 2010, 10:49:06 PM
Um, I think the original quote referred to political "left" and "right".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 31, 2010, 05:21:02 AM
Do you know the source of the quote, then?
I'd still go right, though kind of walk on the path instead of going so far right that I drown in a marsh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 31, 2010, 03:36:06 PM
I believe the correct term for what the Right path leads to is a "quagmire".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on July 31, 2010, 07:35:02 PM
Certainly not this Quagmire?


(http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv163/civicracexpirement/quagmire.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on July 31, 2010, 07:36:43 PM
No, that's just Wrong. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 04, 2010, 10:44:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 10, 2010, 08:42:06 AM
I just downloaded a $1.99 app that gives me access to 23,469 books!  :o

Am enjoying a ghost story collection today. They also have composer bios!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Franco on August 09, 2010, 11:03:02 AM
Groom accidentally kills wedding guests (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/09/turkey.wedding.shooting/index.html?eref=rss_world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+World%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)

QuoteCNN) -- Three family members at a wedding in Turkey have been accidentally shot dead by the groom firing an AK-47 rifle in celebration.

The groom, Tevfik Altin, lost control of his rifle, spraying the guests with bullets and killing his father and two aunts and injuring six others, according to CNN Turk.


Different.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on August 09, 2010, 11:22:45 AM
QuoteThree family members at a wedding in Turkey have been accidentally shot dead by the groom firing an AK-47 rifle in celebration.

The groom, Tevfik Altin, lost control of his rifle, spraying the guests with bullets and killing his father and two aunts and injuring six others

Bummer.

Somehow I doubt that this is one of those occasions where muttering an insincere "sorry" will suffice to clear his conscience.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 12, 2010, 08:02:09 AM
What happened to Joe Barron?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 12, 2010, 08:04:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 12, 2010, 08:02:09 AM
What happened to Joe Barron?

He appeared a week ago. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9282.msg437958.html#msg437958)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 12, 2010, 08:07:01 AM
Thanks
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 21, 2010, 11:49:07 AM
H.P. Lovecraft: Copywriter (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html)  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:23:33 AM
We have had a proliferation of topics that seem set up to cause an argument. Could we have a rest from any further ones for a while please?


WRONG!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 26, 2010, 06:26:08 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:36:19 AM
Jeez. I wish they'd quit locking stuff around here.

I was going to say I'll miss False_Dmitry's posts.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on August 26, 2010, 06:39:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:23:33 AM
We have had a proliferation of topics that seem set up to cause an argument. Could we have a rest from any further ones for a while please?


WRONG!

Totally down with that idea.

(http://craphound.com/images/xkcdwrongoninternet.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 26, 2010, 07:30:38 AM
Woolly bully.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 11:48:04 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:23:33 AM
We have had a proliferation of topics that seem set up to cause an argument. Could we have a rest from any further ones for a while please?


WRONG!

David, I just don't know what you mean. I have checked the spelling again and I see no grammatical errors.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 26, 2010, 12:04:34 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:36:19 AM
Jeez. I wish they'd quit locking stuff around here.

I was going to say I'll miss False_Dmitry's posts.

So, I saved you from lying in public. You should thank me. :)

8)

Wow, you look nearly naked without one of your thousand avatars on. At least use a fig leaf...

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/imagesqtbnANd9GcTdQ9zHpJlAM9gxDarWK.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Gurn, I sent the lad a warning about his shed.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 26, 2010, 12:09:57 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Gurn, I sent the lad a warning about his shed.

Mike

Yes, it was a bit tatty, but that seemed nearly draconian. Well, so it goes. :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on August 26, 2010, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Gurn, I sent the lad a warning about his shed.

Mike

Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 11:52:35 AM
(http://www.lakestevensfire.org/images/gallery/A%20Shift%20Shed%20Fire.jpg)

>:D :o >:D

Mike

Subtle.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 12:19:59 PM
I do like people to come home to a nice warm fire.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 26, 2010, 12:36:35 PM
I'm getting disturbing feelings of deja vu ....

[I've been listening to too much Wagner, haven't I?]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 26, 2010, 01:13:27 PM
Only you can say how much is too much, Alan ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 01:58:56 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 11:48:04 AM
David, I just don't know what you mean. I have checked the spelling again and I see no grammatical errors.

Mike

I was not setting up an argument. Never have; never will.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 01:59:31 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on August 26, 2010, 12:04:34 PM
So, I saved you from lying in public. You should thank me. :)

8)

Wow, you look nearly naked without one of your thousand avatars on. At least use a fig leaf...

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/imagesqtbnANd9GcTdQ9zHpJlAM9gxDarWK.jpg)

No one can save me from lying because I don't lie, Gurn.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 01:59:58 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Gurn, I sent the lad a warning about his shed.

Mike

What's your problem with it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 02:05:19 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 06:23:33 AM
We have had a proliferation of topics that seem set up to cause an argument. Could we have a rest from any further ones for a while please?


WRONG!

>:D 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 02:08:55 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 02:05:19 PM
>:D 8)

Well, you were. And I said that in the Chat Room.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 02:10:45 PM
But I don't think I was wrong....thus the horse's head left at the bottom of your bed.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 02:11:44 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 02:10:45 PM
But I don't think I was wrong....thus the horse's head left at the bottom of your bed.

Mike

I'll say it again: I did not start that thread to start an argument. I avoid arguments. Except this one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 02:23:44 PM
Then perhaps you should take it behind the scenes.

Knight
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 02:40:48 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 02:23:44 PM
Then perhaps you should take it behind the scenes.

Knight

Mr. Flaming Shed wishes to take it behind the scenes NOW? Right. If you think I started that thread because I like flame wars, I guess you don't know me as well as you think. I'll leave it at that and not bother to change your mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 26, 2010, 02:53:00 PM
No one suggested that you started the thread with a deliberate flame war in prospect. Though the day it was started we agreed it was how it would end. So since you don't seem inclined to discuss this privately and since the lighter hearted hints are brushed aside as mods being touchy, I will be direct and reiterate that there have been too many threads affording opportunities for unpleasant disagreement.

By the way just what was a thread entitled, 'Old GMG War Stories' likely to elicit I wonder?

Knight
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 26, 2010, 02:54:22 PM
Quote from: knight on August 26, 2010, 02:53:00 PM
No one suggested that you started the thread with a deliberate flame war in prospect. Though the day it was started we agreed it was how it would end. So since you don't seem inclined to discuss this privately and since the lighter hearted hints are brushed aside as mods being touchy, I will be direct and reiterate that there have been too many threads affording opportunities for unpleasant disagreement.

By the way just what was a thread entitled, 'Old GMG War Stories' likely to elicit I wonder?

Knight

Talk of old times. Goodbye.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 29, 2010, 03:13:55 AM
I hate software developers. How often must this happen:

(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5462/clipboard01o.png)

A miniscule sub-1mb application forces a scan of every single hard disk (8tb in my case) just to check if you have enough space which 99.9% of all installers do. Frankly if somebody is running on less than the space required for one of these things, then they deserve to see a "this program did not install" message at the end of what is an almost instantaneous install anyway. I can understand why these were useful for windows 95, but omg, this is prioritising dunces at the inconvenience of everybody else. Raaagggeeee!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 29, 2010, 11:05:20 AM
One of the funniest things I've found on the internet:

"Missing Missy"
http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 30, 2010, 11:17:42 AM
Sometimes a great wave of bleakness sweeps over me, and I find myself wondering if I understand anything about music at all. I was just looking at a discussion of English symphonies in the Classical Chat thread - and I'm very fond of some English music, and some of Parry's symphonies in general - but I simply couldn't think of anything to contribute to that thread, at the level of discourse that was taking place. I have no idea whatsoever how Parry's symphonies really stand, as music; whether they're really any good or not. I can hear wisps of Brahms flavouring, and passages of proto-Elgar in them, but I have no idea at all why that is (in musical theory terms), nor if it matters.

And then again, I listen for the umpteenth time to my Derycke Cooke CDs, and he takes me step by step through the Ring leitmotifs, and then I listen to the actual Ring ... and if I'm not careful, I spend all my time trying to decide whether that tune I just heard was this leitmotif or that one because they sound awfully similar, some of them, and often I can't tell one from another, there in situ; most of the time I just don't damn well know, after all these years of listening. So all I can do is sit and let it all happen, somehow, catching hold of whatever I can, knowing that at least nine-tenths of the fruits of the man's genius is just going over my head.

So here and now today, I'm just wondering what the heck this music thing is all about, really. I seem to enjoy myself when I listen to most of what I listen to. It seems meaningful (that is, more than mere pleasure) a lot of the time, on some sort of level. But I can hardly ever figure anything out. If I don't understand what I hear, then I don't understand, full stop. I have no inner resource to change that. (For comparison, if I find myself confronted with a work of visual art that I don't understand, I have a whole rack of different lines of approach I can adopt, often successfuly - so the contrast is very marked.)

Anyway, I thought I'd just pour this out here in the chat thread because I didn't know where else to put it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on August 30, 2010, 11:24:18 AM
Do you read music?  Having the major leitmotifs scribbled out might make them easier to keep in mind.

For my part, I don't put a great deal of effort into keeping track of them.  Many of them are similar, as you note, and Wagner tends to make one morph into another at various points.  I don't find trying to keep track of which Leitmotif is which is a tremendous enhancement to my enjoyment of the music.



Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 30, 2010, 11:44:35 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on August 30, 2010, 11:24:18 AM
Do you read music?  Having the major leitmotifs scribbled out might make them easier to keep in mind.
Only on the utmost elementary level. I have the leitmotifs available in various books, and in a very few cases I can 'imagine' the tune when I look at the music, but that's rare. So it doesn't really help all that much.

QuoteFor my part, I don't put a great deal of effort into keeping track of them.  Many of them are similar, as you note, and Wagner tends to make one morph into another at various points.  I don't find trying to keep track of which Leitmotif is which is a tremendous enhancement to my enjoyment of the music.
Well, for instance - Cooke does this brilliant bit of analysis at one point where he explains how the spear motif morphs into the 'love' motif, and while I'm listening to him, I can follow it, and it would really make a difference, I can see, to be able to recognise that, at that particular dramatic moment. But I can't hold it in my head. I seem to have a feeble musical memory, so that although I follow him while he's telling it, when I plunge into the real thing on my own, it's as if I never heard or understood it.

I should stress that it happens to manifest itself in this way at the moment because I happen to be listening to Wagner right now, so leitmotif recognition is uppermost. But next week, next month, it could manifest itself quite differently, while listening to Handel, or Elgar, or Mozart, with no real understanding of what's going on at all, but just 'responding' vaguely to the flow of sound. And that's all very nice, and so on; but I know it's all rather feeble, really.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 30, 2010, 11:52:58 AM
Elgarian: I am much the same. Often formalities of structure fly way beyond me, so - for example - I can recognise the very standard format of a Haydn symphonic movement, and where he tweaks with repeats, development, etc, but with more advanced late-Romantic sonata structures I often lose track. And yet, going by feel, it's still clear to my mind which works are well-structured and which are not, but I simply cannot explain in a detailed or effective way why. It's essentially winging it, but it's a lot of fun and the chaos adds a lot of mystery to music as a whole - if I understood everything I might find myself losing some elements of enjoyment that I take from music as much as I gain others.

This, coupled with a terrible memory, means on occasion a piece I know I like a lot and have listened to quite a few times can seem almost new to me when I return to it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 30, 2010, 12:18:17 PM
Quote from: Lethe on August 30, 2010, 11:52:58 AM
snip...It's essentially winging it, but it's a lot of fun and the chaos adds a lot of mystery to music as a whole - if I understood everything I might find myself losing some elements of enjoyment that I take from music as much as I gain others....

Sara, well, this has long been one of my sources of frustration in so very many ways. On the one hand, I am in a similar situation to you and Alan, rudimentary knowledge of the finer points (or even the coarser ones) of music theory. Yet there can be little doubt that it doesn't impede me in my enjoyment of the music even one bit. Of course, I would like to be more fluent in discussion situations, but I'm not particularly fluent at anything, so why should music be excepted?

But the opposite side of the coin is something you touch on too, and it makes me rather content with my lot. Which is that whenever I read something by a really knowledgeable music lover, the element of pure enjoyment of the music is like totally lost, rarely even entering the discussion. IMO, music exists to entertain not to analyze, so I think that for now, I will deal with it...  :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on August 30, 2010, 12:28:28 PM
Yep. That's why I don't discuss. It's for listening.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on August 30, 2010, 12:40:13 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 30, 2010, 11:17:42 AM
And then again, I listen for the umpteenth time to my Derycke Cooke CDs, and he takes me step by step through the Ring leitmotifs, and then I listen to the actual Ring ... and if I'm not careful, I spend all my time trying to decide whether that tune I just heard was this leitmotif or that one because they sound awfully similar, some of them, and often I can't tell one from another, there in situ; most of the time I just don't damn well know, after all these years of listening. So all I can do is sit and let it all happen, somehow, catching hold of whatever I can, knowing that at least nine-tenths of the fruits of the man's genius is just going over my head.
Just recently, I was looking at the development section in the first movement of Mahler's 3rd, and despite having heard it probably 80 times (wild guess, lol), I didn't realize until then that the opening horn theme was being played in those bars. (The horn theme was being covered by a wild march with stuff that sounds like different melodies playing at the same time, and it's natural to only pay attention to the strings in the high register play something different instead of the horn theme in the middle).

Earlier today, I was looking over the last movement of the same symphony because I realized that I didn't have a good grasp of the structure and didn't quite get how the themes were being developed. Just studying the score by identifying which melodies appear where helped a lot.

In short, such stuff is sometimes only knowable with the aid of a score- especially for music in the late Romantic style.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on August 30, 2010, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on August 30, 2010, 12:18:17 PMBut the opposite side of the coin is something you touch on too, and it makes me rather content with my lot. Which is that whenever I read something by a really knowledgeable music lover, the element of pure enjoyment of the music is like totally lost, rarely even entering the discussion. IMO, music exists to entertain not to analyze, so I think that for now, I will deal with it...  :)

I don't think there is a dichotomy between understanding music and enjoying it.  That sophisticated listeners use a more technical vocabulary doesn't mean they are not getting pleasure from it, and I suspect a richer pleasure.  I'm no expert, I have some musical education but a lot less than many here, but when I've taken enough interest in a piece of music to study it I seem to end up enjoying it more, even if I decide to relax and just let the music wash over. 

Imagine two people sitting in a restaurant eating the same dish.  One is saying, "interesting, using dill in a cream sauce to bring out the flavor of the meat..." while another says, "wow, that tastes good."   The connoisseur is still tasting the food, even if he enjoys analyzing it as well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 30, 2010, 12:59:03 PM
Quote from: Lethe on August 30, 2010, 11:52:58 AM
And yet, going by feel, it's still clear to my mind which works are well-structured and which are not, but I simply cannot explain in a detailed or effective way why. It's essentially winging it, but it's a lot of fun and the chaos adds a lot of mystery to music as a whole - if I understood everything I might find myself losing some elements of enjoyment that I take from music as much as I gain others.
That's very comforting, though on levels of musical comprehension (judging from the knowledgeable character of your posts), I still feel that

<-- you're up here somewhere



<--- while I'm down here.

On the whole though (and now I'm responding to Gurn as well), I know from my personal experience of the visual arts that a significant improvement in what we might call cognitive comprehension can have an immense payoff subliminally. I even, in my own limited way, recognise this musically, too. If I think of a work like the Elgar violin concerto, where I've taken really significant pains, spread over years, to try to understand its structure, the effect on its personal emotive impact has been enormous. It shifted gradually from being (for me) one of the most tedious of Elgar's works to being one of the two or three most overwhelming.

Trouble is - life's too short. It took me years of listening and reading, to get to grips (at least to some minimal degree) with one 50-minute violin concerto. I couldn't possibly do that for everything. So I bumble along in the way that I do. And I agree wholeheartedly, Gurn - it's possible for knowledgeable people to lose track completely of the importance of enjoying the music (that happens in the visual arts too); but it's also possible to be knowledgeable and still be capable of being set on fire. I just want it all!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on August 31, 2010, 08:01:47 PM
I'm officially a student at NIU.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on August 31, 2010, 08:30:38 PM
Oh, you're in Chicago? Cool.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on August 31, 2010, 08:34:18 PM
Quote from: Corey on August 31, 2010, 08:30:38 PM
Oh, you're in Chicago? Cool.

Yep. I actually live out in Geneva, essentially at the end of the rails.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2010, 11:34:12 AM
Can hardly believe this headline I read:

QuoteEx Kills Woman for Changing Facebook Status
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 07, 2010, 07:49:32 AM
Great Shed of Mercy . . .  did she really say that?

QuoteI am very proud of my posts in this thread, they are IMHO brilliantly intelligent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on September 07, 2010, 07:50:43 AM
Haha god, imagine if this were any other forum... :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on September 07, 2010, 07:52:34 AM
Also: that was in her "humble" opinion?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 07, 2010, 07:58:43 AM
Quote from: Corey on September 07, 2010, 07:52:34 AM
Also: that was in her "humble" opinion?

Aye, that remark is rich . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 07, 2010, 10:49:40 AM
But without her our GMG Essentials list lacks the 1812 Overture....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on September 07, 2010, 05:21:12 PM
Or "Diamond Music" :X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 11, 2010, 02:36:29 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/nyregion/11religion.html
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 13, 2010, 08:58:06 AM
Has anybody had Youtube issues today? Currently when I load a video the red progress bar shows at 100% right away even though it hasn't fully buffered yet, and in addition to that playing randomly stops and can only be restarted by skipping a second ahead.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 13, 2010, 09:27:33 AM
Quote from: Lethe on September 13, 2010, 08:58:06 AM
Currently when I load a video the red progress bar shows at 100% right away even though it hasn't fully buffered yet...

That happened when I loaded a HTML 5 video (but not today).

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 13, 2010, 10:08:47 AM
Ah cool, thanks. I guess if it's not just me it'll be fixed eventually.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 14, 2010, 07:51:10 AM
Teddy Roosevelt became President of the US 109 years ago today, at age 42.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 14, 2010, 07:57:54 AM
Gosh, That would make him really quite elderly had he still been alive!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 14, 2010, 08:36:50 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 14, 2010, 07:51:10 AM
Teddy Roosevelt became President of the US 109 years ago today, at age 42.

Also: The only US President whose term spanned either side of 1900, died in 1901. Something I learnt earlier in the day.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 14, 2010, 08:39:50 AM
I heard on the radio that Mahler's "Symphony of a thousand" was performed for the first time 100 years ago this week.  I suggest we fly flags at half-staff to observe this day of infamy in music history.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on September 14, 2010, 08:43:51 AM
You must have meant that for the 'Joke' thread. I will ask a Mod to move it.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 14, 2010, 08:46:21 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 14, 2010, 10:55:43 AM
Did I miss the celebrations marking the 99th anniversary of his Symphony of nine-hundred and ninety-nine?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 16, 2010, 04:43:02 PM
I ocasionally see British posters browsing here during the small hours, but do any of you have actual sleeping problems? If so, have you found any methods to deal with it? (An open question to anyone.)

I've tried a lot of suggestions - avoiding electronic media for an hour before sleeping (so the brain calms down), exercising to tire myself out - but generally they haven't worked.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 16, 2010, 11:54:07 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 16, 2010, 04:43:02 PM
I ocasionally see British posters browsing here during the small hours, but do any of you have actual sleeping problems? If so, have you found any methods to deal with it? (An open question to anyone.)

I've tried a lot of suggestions - avoiding electronic media for an hour before sleeping (so the brain calms down), exercising to tire myself out - but generally they haven't worked.
My sleep pattern is a bit strange these days - I fall asleep fine, then wake some hours later - really wide awake. Sometimes I just give in to it, get up, grab a whisky, and switch on the computer for half an hour. I'm usually able to nod off after that.

But in general - I have no solutions other than reading myself to sleep, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 17, 2010, 04:14:16 AM
I don't seem to have a problem, nor am I British ... sometimes my power-down ritual is to play a long, quiet Feldman piece — Triadic Memories or Crippled Symmetries — whose broad pace and 'invitations to silence' will conduce me to sleep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 17, 2010, 04:29:09 AM
I'll wake up in the wee hours to pee and then my brain will kick in with story ideas or worries about work.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on September 17, 2010, 04:35:58 AM
I usually drink a big cup of Greek mountain tea (http://greekfood.about.com/od/mezethesdrinks/a/tsaitouvounou.htm) about 30 minutes before sleep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 17, 2010, 04:51:55 AM
Ooo. And I got a bad charlie horse last night.  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 17, 2010, 04:55:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2010, 04:29:09 AM
I'll wake up in the wee hours to pee and then my brain will kick in with story ideas or worries about work.  ;D

No, no, you've got to let those wee-hour trips be solely about the restoration of comfort. Keep that brain good and shut down.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 17, 2010, 04:56:38 AM
Quote from: Corey on September 17, 2010, 04:35:58 AM
I usually drink a big cup of Greek mountain tea (http://greekfood.about.com/od/mezethesdrinks/a/tsaitouvounou.htm) about 30 minutes before sleep.

Ironwort, eh? Hadn't heard of it before.  Chamomile is always good before bed-time.  Or mint.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 17, 2010, 04:58:11 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2010, 04:55:14 AM
No, no, you've got to let those wee-hour trips be solely about the restoration of comfort. Keep that brain good and shut down.

Yeah, that's how it used to be.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on September 17, 2010, 04:58:55 AM
Quote from: Lethe on September 16, 2010, 04:43:02 PM
I ocasionally see British posters browsing here during the small hours, but do any of you have actual sleeping problems? If so, have you found any methods to deal with it? (An open question to anyone.)

I've tried a lot of suggestions - avoiding electronic media for an hour before sleeping (so the brain calms down), exercising to tire myself out - but generally they haven't worked.

I just don't need much sleep. I tend to sleep 2am-9am weekdays, 4-12 weekends.

Reading in bed usually puts me to sleep. Buy yourself a book of short stories (I only tend to read sci-fi so there's endless choice of short stories) and try to read a story before sleep - the key benefit of the short story over a novel being that even if you get totally engrossed you won't need to force yourself awake to keep reading chapter after chapter...  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on September 17, 2010, 05:01:46 AM
Yes, reading helps and do at least an hour of it before sleep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 17, 2010, 05:06:01 AM
I used to read at bedtime practically every day. Haven't done so for . . . many years.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 17, 2010, 08:58:55 AM
I've been going through Terry Pratchett's books before sleeping for the past half year or so - I find them useful because they have no chapters, so you can end at a scene change of your choice.

It feels nice to wind down, but it hasn't had any noticable impact on my sleep. I'll still keep doing it, though, as it's relaxing - maybe eventually I will notice a difference :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on September 17, 2010, 09:01:08 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2010, 05:06:01 AM
I used to read at bedtime practically every day. Haven't done so for . . . many years.

I'm either reading, or working on a crossword or sudoku before bedtime.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on September 17, 2010, 04:40:48 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2010, 04:56:38 AM
Ironwort, eh? Hadn't heard of it before.  Chamomile is always good before bed-time.  Or mint.

It's very unique — has a great subtle musky flavor. Nothing else quite like it. I buy it from this place in town called TeaGschwendner (http://shop.tgtea.com/store/product/218/Greek-Mountain-Tea/), which is pretty much the best tea shop I've been to.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 01, 2010, 06:55:40 AM
How's it goin'?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 01, 2010, 06:59:51 AM
Happy day, dude!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 01, 2010, 07:02:43 AM
Thanks. Had a peanut butter cupcake for breakfast.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 01, 2010, 07:14:18 AM
I love being on the MusicWeb email list. Every so often Len Mullenger, the Publisher/Boss, sends these funny emails saying things like "I have found a free site which shows the speeds your neigbours are getting for broadband. Mine is 6.99Mbps which is fastest around me     Regards     Len"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 01, 2010, 08:17:30 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 01, 2010, 07:02:43 AM
Thanks. Had a peanut butter cupcake for breakfast.

Peanuts are one of your five a day. Have another 4 muffins, stat.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 01, 2010, 08:33:51 AM
Quote from: Benji on October 01, 2010, 08:17:30 AM
Peanuts are one of your five a day. Have another 4 muffins, stat.

Since I'm going out tonight and will probably consume a birthday martini, I will say no to more cupcakeage.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 08, 2010, 06:49:48 PM
I just have to share this:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Norway

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060310054102/uncyclopedia/images/c/ca/Grandtheftauto-Norway_cover.jpg)

QuoteThere are rumours that weather may play a part in the game, as the player may freeze to death if he stays outside too long.
QuoteThere are some interesting spins on the game play though that are based on Norwegian culture and society. First, when selling drugs the police does nothing, but buying prostitutes gives you instant 4 stars. The cops in the game does not wear guns until 5 stars and if you get arrested by them nothing happens. When you go to the hospital you don't lose any money but you only get half health.
Wow.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 08, 2010, 08:03:26 PM
That uncylopedia *waves fist* I was reading an article on Joe Pesci, thinking it was Wikipedia and being shocked that someone so actually violent could be allowed to make films... took a while to click it was kidding on that his many film roles were documentaries or something. Doh.

My favourite entry is that for geologist, mostly because I know for fact that it's all so so true. This is particularly true:

There is a considerable, and still growing body of scientific literature that suggests that geologists are in fact the world's first alcohol-based life form. Owing to a crucial imbalance in blood electrolyte levels (possibly caused by overexposure to bad rock puns) most find it necessary to imbibe vast quantities of alcoholic beverages at every opportunity. If you ever encounter a geologist who is sober after 6pm, this person is an imposter: possibly an alien; probably a geophysicist or engineer, marine geographer or hydrologist etc.

Most likely a bloody geophys *tut*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 10, 2010, 07:55:56 AM
Today (in most parts of the world) is 10/10/10  Is this supposed to be the 'new' Apocalypse?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 08:31:40 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 10, 2010, 07:55:56 AM
Today (in most parts of the world) is 10/10/10  Is this supposed to be the 'new' Apocalypse?  ;D

I think it probably is. Reading 10 in binary, this translates to 2/2/2. Three twos are six. And three sixes are 666. Need I say more?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 10, 2010, 08:39:26 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 08:31:40 AM
I think it probably is. Reading 10 in binary, this translates to 2/2/2. Three twos are six. And three sixes are 666. Need I say more?

No more need be said, indeed!  :o :D  It was nice knowing you.   :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 10, 2010, 08:42:57 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 08:31:40 AM
I think it probably is. Reading 10 in binary, this translates to 2/2/2. Three twos are six. And three sixes are 666. Need I say more?

I heard the guy with the half-full glass say that it should be converted to decimal from 101010.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 08:43:46 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 10, 2010, 08:39:26 AM
No more need be said, indeed!  :o :D  It was nice knowing you.   :'(

By the way, I distinctly remember feeling there was something particularly odd about the universe at 10 past 10 this morning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 08:46:39 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 10, 2010, 08:42:57 AM
I heard the guy with the half-full glass say that it should be converted to decimal from 101010.
But of course! Brilliantly observed. Perhaps Douglas Adams is due to return to us!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 10, 2010, 09:08:55 AM
At 10:10:10 on 10.10.10, I was sitting in bed reading a murder mystery: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 09:15:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 10, 2010, 09:08:55 AM
At 10:10:10 on 10.10.10, I was sitting in bed reading a murder mystery: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.
Imagine how scary it would have been to be an actor playing one of the dwarves in Snow White, and then find yourself at 10.10.10 on 10/10/10 singing:

IO, IO, IO,
It's off to work we go.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 10, 2010, 05:22:13 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 10, 2010, 07:55:56 AM
Today (in most parts of the world) is 10/10/10  Is this supposed to be the 'new' Apocalypse?  ;D
I wish.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 11, 2010, 08:19:30 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 10, 2010, 09:15:38 AM
Imagine how scary it would have been to be an actor playing one of the dwarves in Snow White, and then find yourself at 10.10.10 on 10/10/10 singing:

IO, IO, IO,
It's off to work we go.

Whilst assembling three Tent Tent Tents
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 11, 2010, 02:15:36 PM
Whatever happened to

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWKoBoOiRDjOmToM7WyxZu5e5AfB7PhrnwDMvTe-srH1QP1KA&t=1&usg=__ILV9bvFSCVCNpuxtoakygEPcaRc=) ?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 11, 2010, 05:01:30 PM
I purposely waited until yesterday to pay my bills so I could write 10/10/10 on my checks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 11, 2010, 05:13:22 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 11, 2010, 02:15:36 PM
Whatever happened to

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWKoBoOiRDjOmToM7WyxZu5e5AfB7PhrnwDMvTe-srH1QP1KA&t=1&usg=__ILV9bvFSCVCNpuxtoakygEPcaRc=) ?

He got rin tin tinitus from listening to amplified jazz organ through headphones every day.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 13, 2010, 11:44:08 AM
Whingers annoy me. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 13, 2010, 11:45:22 AM
I hears ya.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 13, 2010, 01:05:24 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 13, 2010, 11:44:08 AM
Whingers annoy me. Just sayin'.

I dont know. Debra used to be OK ...

(http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Debra%20Winger.jpg)


Actually, I never encountered the term before so I had to look it up:

whinge   /ʰwɪndʒ, wɪndʒ/  Show Spelled
[hwinj, winj]  Show IPA

–verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing.  British  and Australian  Informal .
to complain; whine.
Use Whingers in a Sentence
See images of Whingers
Search Whingers on the Web

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Origin:
bef. 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge,  OE hwinsian  (not recorded in ME); c. OHG winsōn  (G winseln ); deriv. of Gmc base of whine

—Related forms
whinger, noun
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 13, 2010, 06:14:23 PM
Anyone watch any of the new Family Guy episodes lately? The newest one was one of the funniest I've seen...
"no cookie for, Diabeto."  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 13, 2010, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 08, 2010, 06:49:48 PM
I just have to share this:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Norway


I wrote an Uncyclopedia article (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nigerian_economy) one time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 14, 2010, 05:26:44 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on October 13, 2010, 01:05:24 PM
Actually, I never encountered the term before so I had to look it up:

whinge   /ʰwɪndʒ, wɪndʒ/  Show Spelled
[hwinj, winj]  Show IPA

–verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing.  British  and Australian  Informal .
to complain; whine.
Use Whingers in a Sentence
See images of Whingers
Search Whingers on the Web


Man, those are links to GMG pages! ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 14, 2010, 06:50:53 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2010, 11:13:22 PM
I wrote an Uncyclopedia article (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nigerian_economy) one time.
Yeah, I remember that one!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 14, 2010, 09:03:42 AM
Quote from: Dana MilbankShe didn't mention mice with human brains in Wednesday's debate. But she said silly things.

Gosh, what have I been missing, paying as little attention to fresh-extruded television as I do?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 14, 2010, 11:06:19 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 14, 2010, 09:03:42 AM
fresh-extruded television as I do?

For some reason that formed a mental image for me of tv as meat grinder.  Kind of like Pink Floyd's the Wall when the kids stepped in...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 14, 2010, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 14, 2010, 11:06:19 AM
For some reason that formed a mental image for me of tv as meat grinder.  Kind of like Pink Floyd's the Wall when the kids stepped in...

Meat grinder? MY mental image featured a direct result of eating ground meat... ::)

The woman is a moron, no wonder she is championed by Palin, the Queen of Morons! All Hail! :P

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 14, 2010, 11:26:50 AM
Moron Nation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 14, 2010, 01:58:20 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2010, 11:13:22 PM
I wrote an Uncyclopedia article (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nigerian_economy) one time.

From my experience in the banking industry, your article needs more spelling/grammar errors and more OTT formal language. Seeing some of the letters they send is a hoot. But then you realise the ones you're reading are the successful ones because they actually worked and some gullible soul lost a lot of money and it's rather depressing.  :(

On a lighter note...

http://www.youtube.com/v/5otrtpiljAw
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 14, 2010, 02:55:59 PM
That was awesome Ben! :D :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 14, 2010, 03:03:53 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 14, 2010, 02:55:59 PM
That was awesome Ben! :D :D

The best is at the end:

"You want my bank account details? How's about this: f*ck off!"

"....is that your sort code Sir?"  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 18, 2010, 03:47:48 AM
Does anyone else misread this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17396.0/topicseen.html) as The Enlightened Pudding?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 18, 2010, 04:55:14 AM
Which pudding is more enlightened tapioca or chocolate?  I'm sure a brit is going to jump in with blood pudding! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 18, 2010, 07:38:41 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 18, 2010, 04:55:14 AM
Which pudding is more enlightened tapioca or chocolate?  I'm sure a brit is going to jump in with blood pudding! ;D

Hey, blood pudding is a European thing not just British  :P

And yeah blood pudding (actually 'black pudding' to us) is good, but any good Brit will agree that Yorkshire Pudding is king of pudding. Long live the Yorkie Pud.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 18, 2010, 07:52:20 AM
Oh sorry didn't realize that other countries enjoyed eating congealed pigs blood! >:D

I like rice pudding myself, but then again I haven't had Yorkshire pudding. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 18, 2010, 08:30:47 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 18, 2010, 07:52:20 AM
Oh sorry didn't realize that other countries enjoyed eating congealed pigs blood! >:D

I like rice pudding myself, but then again I haven't had Yorkshire pudding. :)

It's not just blood...there is, erm, chopped fat and cereal of some sort...oats maybe. The way I see it, if you're prepared to eat your cereal with cow's milk on it, why wouldn't you eat cereal soaked in pigs blood. And I don't like the word "congealed"... I prefer set.  8)  But if you don't like the idea of blood, there is also white pudding, which is the oats and pork fat, sometimes fruit, with none of the blood.

Rice pudding is amazing yep. But Yorkshire is still king. Yorkshire pudding with a couple of quality sausages inside and some mashed potato and gravy. I had just that for my dinner last wednesday in fact.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 20, 2010, 07:06:34 AM
Had a flu shot today.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 20, 2010, 07:07:30 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 20, 2010, 07:06:34 AM
Had a flu shot today.

Had mine.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 10:29:51 AM
I get a four day weekend starting tomorrow.  Three cheers for fall break! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 20, 2010, 10:31:32 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 10:29:51 AM
I get a four day weekend starting tomorrow.  Three cheers for fall break! :)

Excellent! Perhaps you will write a review! ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 20, 2010, 10:53:27 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 10:29:51 AM
I get a four day weekend starting tomorrow.  Three cheers for fall break! :)

Fabulous! You in the mood for a baaaad viola sonata? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 20, 2010, 10:56:12 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 20, 2010, 10:53:27 AM
viola sonata? ; )

I tried downloading it yesterday but it didn't work.  Perhaps because I'm on Firefox/Ubuntu? 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 20, 2010, 10:57:36 AM
Try again, Ray?  If it fail again, let me know, and I'll dispatch you a disc.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 20, 2010, 10:53:27 AM
Fabulous! You in the mood for a baaaad viola sonata? ; )

Heck yeah!  Your funky face is on the cover flow. ;D

Edit: that is ipod speak for your viola sonata is on my ipod where I used the portrait on your blog for the album art. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 20, 2010, 12:05:50 PM
Too much fun!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:30:13 AM
Remember Freakies cereal? It didn't last too long but I had all the figures.
(http://www.mysteryisland.net/freakiestoys.jpg)
I miss them.  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2010, 06:31:32 AM
I somehow missed that one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 21, 2010, 06:31:53 AM
Justin Bieber sounds amazing when his music is slowed down by 800%:
http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

(normal speed, not so much).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 06:38:02 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 21, 2010, 06:31:32 AM
I somehow missed that one.

I give a pass to most diabetic coma inducing cereals too. ;D  Don't get me wrong, I have a sweet tooth, but for a daily breakfast item?  Meh. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:39:17 AM
The cereal wasn't all that but I liked the colored plastic. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 06:39:49 AM
Greg your post reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Apu puts on Indian music and it sounds like well... Indian music.  But then Apu says oh too fast and slows the record player down and then it sounds like the Beatles!! :D :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:41:40 AM
The Freakies were made up of seven creatures named Hamhose, Gargle, Cowmumble, Grumble, Goody-Goody, Snorkeldorf and the leader BossMoss. In the mythology of the Freakies, the seven went in search of the legendary Freakies Tree which grew the Freakies cereal. They found the Tree, realized the legend was true, and promptly took up residence in the Tree which then became the backdrop for all the TV spots and package back stories.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2010, 06:42:13 AM
Maybe once every three years I'll buy a box of Cap'n Crunch.  I'll take my time (not quite the three years) with the box, and then I'm all set for a long time, I can go back to Cheerios and Rice Chex.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 21, 2010, 06:43:10 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:41:40 AM
Snorkeldorf

Sounds like a composer's name.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2010, 06:44:15 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 21, 2010, 06:43:10 AM
Sounds like a composer's name.  :D

I was just going to say: Before Boulez changed his name
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:44:35 AM
I like most cereals but Life and Shredded Wheat the most.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 06:45:38 AM
My favorite is oatmeal, my least favorite is cleaning the oatmeal bowl! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:46:51 AM
Mostly I eat fruit for breakfast. And some sort of granola bar. On the weekend, there are eggs and things.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 06:48:28 AM
That's nice and healthy of you Dave! :)  If I did that I think I would be massively starving before class got out and it was lunch time. :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 21, 2010, 07:21:14 AM
I sometimes get confused between Papy and Rappy.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 07:22:37 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 21, 2010, 07:21:14 AM
I sometimes get confused between Papy and Rappy.  ???

You know what's funny?  I get confused between myself and HaydnFan/BaxFan! :D  First of all we had the same avatar, second of all how many people are mad about BOTH Haydn and Bax??  It's confusing I tells ya. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 21, 2010, 07:26:08 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 21, 2010, 07:22:37 AM
I get confused between myself and HaydnFan/BaxFan! :D  First of all we had the same avatar, second of all how many people are mad about BOTH Haydn and Bax?? 

Yes, I was too for awhile!   :)  I also keep thinking that GMG member Orpheus is Corey.  I think Corey, years ago, was Orpheus.  I could be wrong.  ???

And, I thought Que was me for awhile, when he was sporting the young Brahms' avatar.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 11:05:10 AM
My shins are beginning to itch.

Winter is around the corner.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 21, 2010, 12:01:36 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 06:39:17 AM
The cereal wasn't all that but I liked the colored plastic. :)

I think that's how they came up with the idea for Fruit Loops.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2010, 12:07:14 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 11:05:10 AM
My shins are beginning to itch.

Winter is around the corner.

No way! Mine too. It was so bad I had to take a sharp bit of plastic to it.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 21, 2010, 07:40:05 PM
I think I might know a real-life Bruckner...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 22, 2010, 10:54:19 AM
I'm sorry. I see "ChamberNut" and I think "ChamberButt." I know, I know...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 22, 2010, 11:12:22 AM
When I see chamberNUT I think squirrel!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 22, 2010, 11:22:49 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 22, 2010, 11:12:22 AM
When I see chamberNUT I think squirrel!! ;D ;D
SQUIRREL!!!
(http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2010/04/30/56329/files/2010/03/dug-2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 22, 2010, 11:28:37 AM
Exactly! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 23, 2010, 06:47:55 AM
"My nipples explode with pleasure."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 23, 2010, 02:09:19 PM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs397.ash2/67572_454109602272_618817272_5706159_4266972_n.jpg)

This is what I did today: made an alien chestburster out of paper mache. Top that!  8)

It's for my Halloween costume. Next job is to paint the thing. Pictures to follow in a few days...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 02:35:55 AM
Nice Ben! :)  I'm working on an origami alien.  I felt pleased with myself for finishing the pleats in the tail last night. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 24, 2010, 03:30:56 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 02:35:55 AM
Nice Ben! :)  I'm working on an origami alien.  I felt pleased with myself for finishing the pleats in the tail last night. :)

haha you took me seriously? Can't wait to see it on flickr.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:39:03 AM
Well I can't find the facehugger, but I remembered the diagrams for the alien are online!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:46:26 PM
Not as awesome as your facehugger but I've done my folding Ben. :)

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/5112593902_53b5139b9f.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahlerfan999/5112593902/)
Gigaldo's Alien (side view) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahlerfan999/5112593902/) by mahlerfan999 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mahlerfan999/), on Flickr

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5112594316_f182996fc0.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahlerfan999/5112594316/)
Gigaldo's Alien (top view) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahlerfan999/5112594316/) by mahlerfan999 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mahlerfan999/), on Flickr

Next time I fold this I'll do with foil so that I can actually shape the legs, arms, and tail.  The paper got really thick on me!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 24, 2010, 03:49:00 PM
That's crazy awesome, David! Love it! :D

Is the template from a book or the interweb?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:51:02 PM
Yup the interblarg-- http://gilgado.pajarita.org/40%20Extraterrestre%20gilgado.pdf (http://gilgado.pajarita.org/40%20Extraterrestre%20gilgado.pdf) anyone can fold it since it's online! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Bogey on October 24, 2010, 03:54:10 PM
Coolness in the extreme, David!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 24, 2010, 03:54:23 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:51:02 PM
Yup the interblarg-- http://gilgado.pajarita.org/40%20Extraterrestre%20gilgado.pdf (http://gilgado.pajarita.org/40%20Extraterrestre%20gilgado.pdf) anyone can fold it since it's online! :)

Cool! My rudimentary Spanish can have a workout!  :D

Page 7 looks like some kind of advanced fighter plane schematic  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:57:44 PM
Quote from: Benji on October 24, 2010, 03:54:23 PM
Cool! My rudimentary Spanish can have a workout!  :D

Page 7 looks like some kind of advanced fighter plane schematic  ???

Yeah it does, doesn't it? :D  That's the thing with origami the final figure doesn't emerge until the very end. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 03:59:05 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 24, 2010, 03:54:10 PM
Coolness in the extreme, David!

Thanks Bill! :)

Ben, you'll have to post a pic when you're in costume! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 24, 2010, 04:06:43 PM
You can count on it!   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 24, 2010, 06:20:57 PM
Nicely done, Davey!  (Gigaldo, or Giger?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 24, 2010, 06:24:39 PM
Woops I had the name wrong!  Gilgado.  Stupid typo.

Okay Giger = the vision, Gilgado = origami designer, me = folder, you = the audience. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 24, 2010, 06:32:22 PM
It's weird to look through a book of Giger's work, and to feel that he was basically arcing towards set design for a Ridley Scott movie : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 24, 2010, 06:33:14 PM
I didn't realise until I read an interview with Ridley Scott that Giger is pretty much responsible for the entire look of the Alien film. The actual Alien character he had already created for a book of alien designs IIRC, which Scott had seen - that's what caused him to insist Giger was hired by the studio to create the rest.

Scott and his team already had all the remaining concepts in the screenplay: the face-hugger, the chest-burster, the egg, the space jockey etc - and put Giger to work fleshing out those concepts. What a job he did!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 25, 2010, 08:22:03 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Incarceration_rates_worldwide.gif)

Ugh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 25, 2010, 08:46:27 AM
Take heart, Greg! That chart is wrong. There is a country missing. I'll give you a prize if you know which.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 25, 2010, 08:54:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 25, 2010, 08:46:27 AM
Take heart, Greg! That chart is wrong. There is a country missing. I'll give you a prize if you know which.

No need to be cute.  Although the number of prisoners reported in China is low, the actual number may be higher than the US rate.  Same for North Korea. 

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 25, 2010, 08:54:51 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 25, 2010, 08:46:27 AM
Take heart, Greg! That chart is wrong. There is a country missing. I'll give you a prize if you know which.

I thought China went straight for executions...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 25, 2010, 09:05:30 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 25, 2010, 08:54:51 AM
I thought China went straight for executions...

If they gave every Chinese criminal a Nobel Peace Prize, then capital punishment would cease to exist there.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 25, 2010, 09:16:44 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 25, 2010, 08:54:09 AM
Same for North Korea.
Their whole country is a giant prison. That doesn't count.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 26, 2010, 05:29:42 AM
I've given up Satzaroo's/Schlomo's piano, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 26, 2010, 06:27:40 AM
Quote from: Greg on October 25, 2010, 08:22:03 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Incarceration_rates_worldwide.gif)

Ugh.
Isolated facts in the absence of context tell us little.  Why is the incarceration rate so high?  (see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html )How does it relate to the crime rate?  The conviction rate?  Given that almost 9 out of 10 prisoners are incarcerated by the States, not the Feds, which states have the highest rates and which have the lowest? (LA @ 865/100K & Maine @ 159/100K) What do the states with high and low rates have in common and what are the most relevant differences? (see http://www.publicagenda.org/charts/incarceration-rate-state )  What do the states with the lowest rates have in common with other countries that have low rates?  What percentage of prisoners are locked up because of crimes solely involving possession of controlled substances? 

A very interesting subject, Greg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 26, 2010, 09:17:17 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 26, 2010, 06:27:40 AM
Isolated facts in the absence of context tell us little.
Well, according to that link, the US is tougher in general. It's a good thing, though- if the police weren't on it constantly, there would be so much crime in this country (like there's not enough already).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 26, 2010, 11:17:19 AM
The contingency is remote, but I'd much rather be imprisoned in the US than in either Russia or China.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 27, 2010, 09:26:41 AM
Just saw a post by david-jw.

THERE'S ANOTHER DAVE!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 27, 2010, 11:59:28 AM
There is only one true Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 27, 2010, 12:01:06 PM
And he is in the Shed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 27, 2010, 12:25:14 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 27, 2010, 11:59:28 AM
There is only one true Dave.

One Dave to rule them all, One Dave to find them,
One Dave to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of GMG where the Shadows lie
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 27, 2010, 12:35:24 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 27, 2010, 12:25:14 PM
In the Land of GMG where the Shadows lie

No, In the Land of GMG where the Wild Dave be

(http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Brad/wherethewildpix)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 27, 2010, 12:36:59 PM
How many Daves does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Six.  One to do it, and five to post silly things on gmg like this. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 27, 2010, 01:56:10 PM
He's right!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 28, 2010, 09:57:22 AM
Anyone else besides me that is getting confused between DavidW and david-jw?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 28, 2010, 02:50:57 PM
My stepson Owen has taken up the trumpet (Grade 7), and doing very well!  :)

Not quite ready for Haydn yet though.   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 28, 2010, 03:23:46 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 28, 2010, 02:50:57 PM
My stepson Owen has taken up the trumpet (Grade 7), and doing very well!  :)

Not quite ready for Haydn yet though.   :D

Great! As a lad, I used to play trumpet. Didn't stick with it though.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on October 28, 2010, 09:56:50 PM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 31, 2010, 03:12:58 PM
Happy Halloween guys and gals! My 'costume' from my party last night  ;D 

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1124.snc4/148607_457554682272_618817272_5769965_2414536_n.jpg)


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 31, 2010, 03:18:38 PM
You've spilled something on your shirt.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 31, 2010, 03:22:01 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on October 31, 2010, 03:18:38 PM
You've spilled something on your shirt.

Nothing a hot wash cycle won't get out  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on October 31, 2010, 03:24:57 PM
Cool stuff, by the way.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 31, 2010, 03:32:36 PM
That's awesome Ben! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 31, 2010, 05:49:58 PM
Cheers guys! I'm chuffed with how well it all came together. My guests didn't believe I'd made it all myself, which I took as a compliment.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on October 31, 2010, 05:55:45 PM
For the real hardcore SW geeks, this is my brother the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs917.snc4/73085_457555117272_618817272_5769975_6441141_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 31, 2010, 06:48:13 PM
Oh he was hit by the same club that hit Dave! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 02, 2010, 04:04:40 AM
Anyone seen Dave since he was Clubbed? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 02, 2010, 08:49:40 AM
Today is El Dia De Los Muertos!  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 02, 2010, 08:56:06 AM
Is it really? I should have thought it more likely that would be All Souls' Day, rather than All Saints' Day . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 02, 2010, 09:08:10 AM
Congratulations to the New York San Francisco Giants.  I guess.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 02, 2010, 09:21:44 AM
Looking forward to caramel covered apples.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 02, 2010, 09:29:16 AM
I'm going for sushi. Can't wait to get some salmon skin hand rolls...

Sounds disgusting but it's the best thing EVER.  8)

Enjoy your candy apples  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 02, 2010, 09:31:53 AM
I just had some lovely carrot-ginger soup with a toasted organic English muffin (and you didn't even know there are still organic English to make muffins out of)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 02, 2010, 09:40:53 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 02, 2010, 09:31:53 AM
I just had some lovely carrot-ginger soup with a toasted organic English muffin (and you didn't even know there are still organic English to make muffins out of)

Well this is certainly food for thought. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 03, 2010, 04:03:54 PM
I fiiiiiiiiiinaly got my program compiled. Now I can actually start work on this project- when I'm done, I'll get at least $250 for it and then he's going to want to hire me full-time as a programmer. I'm thinking it might take two weeks or so, but at least I only have to depend on myself now. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 03, 2010, 04:33:17 PM
Cool Greg! :)  You should celebrate with some Xenakis! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 03, 2010, 04:49:57 PM
Quote from: DavidW on November 03, 2010, 04:33:17 PM
Cool Greg! :)  You should celebrate with some Xenakis! ;D
Haha!  :D
I have been listening to Takemitsu's Corona & Crossing, so I think that will suffice in place of Xenakis.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 04, 2010, 05:30:40 AM
Well done!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 05:16:21 AM
The board is pretty quiet the last two days.

What's everyone/anyone up to?  :)



Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 05:35:24 AM
Work, had a busy Monday.  Probably same with the others too. :)

I finished ripping my music collection to mp3 booya! ;D  I actually wasted the entire weekend on that home stretch, thus proving that I have no life. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 05:40:11 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 05:35:24 AM
Work, had a busy Monday.  Probably same with the others too. :)

I finished ripping my music collection to mp3 booya! ;D  I actually wasted the entire weekend on that home stretch, thus proving that I have no life. ;D

Dare I ask.... what bitrate? ;)

I'm in the process of ripping my own collection, and i've come to the conclusion that the mp3s are mainly for the convenience of putting on my portable player, with the crappy earphones, so it's not effective, in terms of cost to my time, to rip any higher than 256kps because I'm not convinced I can really hear any shortcomings of that bitrate given the limitations of the player/format/earphones.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 09, 2010, 05:42:24 AM
Seriously ratcheted busy-ness. Which is good, of course (job security and all that).  No juice for composition, but maybe the break is simply a good thing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:04:29 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 09, 2010, 05:40:11 AM
Dare I ask.... what bitrate? ;)

I'm in the process of ripping my own collection, and i've come to the conclusion that the mp3s are mainly for the convenience of putting on my portable player, with the crappy earphones, so it's not effective, in terms of cost to my time, to rip any higher than 256kps because I'm not convinced I can really hear any shortcomings of that bitrate given the limitations of the player/format/earphones.

I used lame -V 0 for the Bach, Haydn and Beethoven editions, but I switched to 128 for everything else because I double blind tested and I can't hear the difference, but I can put alot more music on my ipod.  If I want better sound quality that would mean I'm using my Senn 650s on my hifi which would mean that I'm playing the cd anyway! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 06:28:59 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:04:29 AM
I used lame -V 0 for the Bach, Haydn and Beethoven editions, but I switched to 128 for everything else because I double blind tested and I can't hear the difference, but I can put alot more music on my ipod.  If I want better sound quality that would mean I'm using my Senn 650s on my hifi which would mean that I'm playing the cd anyway! :D

Interesting. I'd never gone as low as 128 as i'd just assumed I would hear the difference.

192kbs has been the lowest i've used. That is the standard that Napster use and I can't hear anything wrong with anything i've downloaded from them.

You get more battery life out of the players at lower kps apparently. It works harder decoding higher bitrates?! ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:45:21 AM
Well you can test yourself.  Just rip a track to wav, and then compress to your desired bitrate and then extract that mp3 back to wav so that you have two wav files.  Download and install win-abx and feed it those two files and see if you can identify if x is a or b for different trials.  For 95% confidence that you are not guessing you need at least 8/10 correct. :)

Back ten years ago 128 was not as good as it is today.  That is considered a high bitrate now, and alot of streaming is at 64 which is the new 128.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 06:55:18 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:45:21 AM
Well you can test yourself.  Just rip a track to wav, and then compress to your desired bitrate and then extract that mp3 back to wav so that you have two wav files.  Download and install win-abx and feed it those two files and see if you can identify if x is a or b for different trials.  For 95% confidence that you are not guessing you need at least 8/10 correct. :)

Back ten years ago 128 was not as good as it is today.  That is considered a high bitrate now, and alot of streaming is at 64 which is the new 128.

Spot the scientist ;)

You know what, i'll just take your word for it.

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:57:10 AM
Oh no you shouldn't!  Some people are more sensitive to mp3 artifacts than others.  Maybe you have a golden ear, or I have lead ears.  You won't know unless you abx! ;D

Now you've opened the door, Ernie is sure to post five billion long posts on the subject! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 07:03:46 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:57:10 AM
Oh no you shouldn't!  Some people are more sensitive to mp3 artifacts than others.  Maybe you have a golden ear, or I have lead ears.  You won't know unless you abx! ;D

Now you've opened the door, Ernie is sure to post five billion long posts on the subject! :D

Quick, change the subject!

Erm...what's your favourite marsupial?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 09, 2010, 07:06:05 AM
The Croupier's Marsupial
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 07:07:58 AM
Squirrel glider!  You just wish you were that bad ass! ;D

(http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/images/stories/articles/0608/southern%2520flying%2520squirrel%2520voplaning.jpg&sa=X&ei=ZXHZTOiBBIehnAfmy4nDCA&ved=0CAQQ8wc4EA&usg=AFQjCNGAubxliUQYESylizgrfNyrpaRRMw)

Honey I'm running late for work, think I'll just glide in <jumps out window>
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 09, 2010, 07:13:42 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 06:45:21 AM
Well you can test yourself.  Just rip a track to wav, and then compress to your desired bitrate and then extract that mp3 back to wav so that you have two wav files.  Download and install win-abx and feed it those two files and see if you can identify if x is a or b for different trials.  For 95% confidence that you are not guessing you need at least 8/10 correct. :)

Back ten years ago 128 was not as good as it is today.  That is considered a high bitrate now, and alot of streaming is at 64 which is the new 128.

My decision may be skewed because I don't generally use mobile devices, but I only rip things lossless.  Even if at a given bit rate I can convince myself that I am unlikely to notice the difference, I will always be left wondering, for any given track, whether it might have been better in the original.  The addition storage requirements for flac is worth it, just for the satisfaction of abolishing this uncertainty.  Also, all this ripping takes so much time, I don't want to have to do it again, if I find out that my compressed tracks are not satisfactory.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 07:19:13 AM
If I was using pc only I probably would rip into flac as well.  More than enough room on the hd.  I was tempted to rip everything as flac and then batch encode mp3s so I had both... but that doubles the time and at home I just play cds anyway. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 09, 2010, 07:22:17 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 07:19:13 AM
If I was using pc only I probably would rip into flac as well.  More than enough room on the hd.  I was tempted to rip everything as flac and then batch encode mp3s so I had both... but that doubles the time and at home I just play cds anyway. :)

The shelves of CDs are getting oppressive, and my goal is to use my pc as a juke-box to feed a DAC connected to the stereo.  The CDs will be boxed up for backup, I'm thinking of keeping the booklets handy for reference while listening to the FLACs.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 07:31:13 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 09, 2010, 07:22:17 AM
The shelves of CDs are getting oppressive, and my goal is to use my pc as a juke-box to feed a DAC connected to the stereo.  The CDs will be boxed up for backup, I'm thinking of keeping the booklets handy for reference while listening to the FLACs.

I feel oppressed by every single one of my possessions.

I feel like they're a weight around my neck, stopping me from being able to move somewhere more exciting at a moment's notice.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 09, 2010, 07:42:14 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 09, 2010, 07:31:13 AM
I feel oppressed by every single one of my possessions.

If you meet the Buddha in a pub, stand him a pint.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 07:48:24 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 09, 2010, 07:42:14 AM
If you meet the Buddha in a pub, stand him a pint.

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 08:07:02 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 09, 2010, 07:31:13 AM
I feel like they're a weight around my neck, stopping me from being able to move somewhere more exciting at a moment's notice.  :o

Is there some place you'd rather be? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 08:16:37 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 08:07:02 AM
Is there some place you'd rather be? :D

Edinburgh is an amazing, beautiful place to live and my home in this country as long as i'm here.... but yeah, I want to live somewhere else for a time. I've visited Hong Kong for 10 days in 2008 and New York for a week last year. Those are just two places i'd love to spend a whole year at least. I want to experience a place, not just visit, and that takes time.

I'm looking at teaching English as a foreign language abroad. That might allow me to live somewhere interesting for an extended period, maybe even HK!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 08:18:49 AM
That would be neat! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 09, 2010, 08:20:56 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 08:18:49 AM
That would be neat! :)

First step: learn English :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2010, 08:23:12 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 09, 2010, 08:20:56 AM
First step: learn English :P

Nah not needed, just make it up as you go along!  That's what I do when I teach:

"alright students, today we will learn Newton's 4th law: how to time travel..." ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 09, 2010, 09:05:34 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 09, 2010, 08:20:56 AM
First step: learn English :P

That explains the current absorption with Copland songs, je-je-je! ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 10, 2010, 03:56:27 PM
You know what's cool? Depressing the sustain pedal of a piano forcefully (without hitting a note), which lets out a very quiet, distant-sounding gigantic tone cluster while at the same time playing an innocent-sounding, one-voice melodic line in C Lydian in a high register. Very ethereal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 10, 2010, 04:07:39 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 09, 2010, 09:05:34 AM
That explains the current absorption with Copland songs, je-je-je! ; )

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 10, 2010, 04:07:59 PM
Quote from: Greg on November 10, 2010, 03:56:27 PM
You know what's cool? Depressing the sustain pedal of a piano forcefully (without hitting a note), which lets out a very quiet, distant-sounding gigantic tone cluster while at the same time playing an innocent-sounding, one-voice melodic line in C Lydian in a high register. Very ethereal.

Record it?  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 10, 2010, 06:50:15 PM
Quote from: Benji on November 10, 2010, 04:07:59 PM
Record it?  :)
I don't exactly have anything to record with.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 11, 2010, 03:11:43 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 10, 2010, 06:50:15 PM
I don't exactly have anything to record with.

In this day and age?! My smartphone (cell phone!) has a record function, as did every phone i've had for the last ten years come to think of it.

I'm sure you can find something  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 11, 2010, 05:22:22 AM
Well my cheap as dirt prepaid phone can't record so there! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 11, 2010, 07:29:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 11, 2010, 05:22:22 AM
Well my cheap as dirt prepaid phone can't record so there! ;D

But I imagined you to have some ultra-modded smartphone running some obscure custom build of symbian or android ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 11, 2010, 08:03:37 AM
Quote from: Benji on November 11, 2010, 07:29:43 AM
But I imagined you to have some ultra-modded smartphone running some obscure custom build of symbian or android ;)

I'm always the last person to jump on new tech! :D  I didn't even start using cell phones until 2007. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 11, 2010, 10:15:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 11, 2010, 08:03:37 AM
I'm always the last person to jump on new tech! :D  I didn't even start using cell phones until 2007. ;D
Me, too.
My mp3 players might work (can't figure out how to do it on my phone)... of course, I'd be surprised if it even picks up such a subtle sound...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 11, 2010, 10:21:11 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 11, 2010, 10:15:24 AM
Me, too.
My mp3 players might work (can't figure out how to do it on my phone)... of course, I'd be surprised if it even picks up such a subtle sound...

What's the purpose of recording it, anyone who has had contact with a piano has heard it already.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Benji on November 11, 2010, 12:06:32 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 11, 2010, 10:21:11 AM
What's the purpose of recording it, anyone who has had contact with a piano has heard it already.

*Raises hand meekly*  :-[

...well, not in a long time anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on November 18, 2010, 01:12:21 PM
I can't wait until applications are done.....then I can start worrying about things that are out of my control.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 18, 2010, 07:05:46 PM
I just contacted a friend who I haven't seen in over 6 years on facebook and he just replied.  :D
Really, really strange... and I'm thinking about contacting someone I haven't spoken to in 10 years!  :o

For some reason, I feel nervous thinking about it. Probably looking at my old friends' profiles without talking to them doesn't help. I feel like a stalker.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 20, 2010, 05:32:40 PM
Today, I had a little girl who appeared to be only about 9 years old tell me I was cute. That was embarrassing...  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 20, 2010, 05:39:54 PM
Yesterday I got an external sound card for my laptop... and then discovered with the improved sq that 128 is a good enough bit rate.  Time to rerip lossless. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 21, 2010, 10:10:49 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 20, 2010, 05:39:54 PM
Yesterday I got an external sound card for my laptop... and then discovered with the improved sq that 128 is a good enough bit rate.  Time to rerip lossless. :D
Your whole collection?

Also yesterday, I had this Muslim-looking dude go through my line- I had to give him $2.99 in change, but I gave him $3 because I didn't feel like giving him back change. He had said something, but I didn't quite get exactly what he said, then he left. He came back after going to his car to give me a penny.  :D He was kind of laughing as he gave it to me. That was awfully nice, though no one cares if the register is short a penny.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 21, 2010, 10:14:28 AM
Nah just my new collection, I don't listen to my old cds that often to care enough to rerip them, just glad to have them digital.  The grad school me had a different taste in music, and I find his cd collection dull. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on November 21, 2010, 10:55:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 20, 2010, 05:32:40 PM
Today, I had a little girl who appeared to be only about 9 years old tell me I was cute. That was embarrassing...  :-[

:) :o

Why did you feel embarrassed, for her or yourself?

I can't do anything but to make use of sublimation confronted with such things.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 21, 2010, 04:10:56 PM
Quote from: Henk on November 21, 2010, 10:55:30 AM
:) :o

Why did you feel embarrassed, for her or yourself?

I can't do anything but to make use of sublimation confronted with such things.

Henk
I think that's normal.
You would probably stare creepily and say, "hhhhhHHHHHHhhhhhHHHHH thaaaaaaaaank yoooooooooouuuuuu..."
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwqZDgGr3SqRFe44vZId9w0YL3qHe5M8P9dePO4zgAEPJ_r0_2tw)
:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 21, 2010, 04:21:47 PM
Run kid!!

(http://www.deep-focus.com/images/920_ichi.jpg)

Greg is not normal. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 21, 2010, 05:49:05 PM
You wanna have dinner with me...

at McDonalds?


(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaCPReoSkRr99QYunduUOxmjdk7OpQvbf6nHp3y5w2vzXIIvbvzw)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on November 21, 2010, 05:52:32 PM
Would you like a balloon? ;D

(http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/it-pennywise-basement.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 21, 2010, 06:39:52 PM
Quote from: DavidW on November 21, 2010, 05:52:32 PM
Would you like a balloon? ;D

(http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/it-pennywise-basement.jpg)

Scary!   ???  Tim Curry was the perfect choice for this role.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 21, 2010, 08:17:27 PM
For our Romantic dinner date, I'll buy her a happy meal:

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQEbWXdDEpI0QP4zqCyY1mFB1gtlF_s2WNX19QQrTnD4nfDwk0DA)
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 22, 2010, 04:05:45 AM
BTW . . . the "original" Ronald McDonald in the '70s commercials was played by King Moody, who before had created the role of Shtarker, Siegfried's underling at Kaos, on Get Shmart.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on November 29, 2010, 02:42:07 PM
(copied from a friend)
‎::How to beatbox with Google Translator::
1) Go to Google Translate
2) Set the translator to translate German to German
3) Copy + paste the following into the translate box: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch
4) Click "listen"
5) Be amazed
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 29, 2010, 07:29:29 PM
Sweet.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on November 30, 2010, 05:25:30 PM
Today I went to my friend's house in Orlando, which was a 55-min drive. They have a metal band, called "Break of Mourning," which plays Opeth-like music. It would be nice if they lived near me, since they have a lot in common with me that no one else I know right now does- they even have interests in the same anime I watch, interest in Japan, etc. 

We had to go to the drummer's house and we just messed around- with me there, 3 guitars and drums. Yeah...  8)
But I don't plan on going back anytime soon, just because of the long drive. Kind of typical, though- another reason why I want to move out into the city eventually.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 01, 2010, 12:42:53 AM
I've been having migraines and serious energy issues for days now culminating in me being up in the middle of the night with the throbbing headache.  A few days of this torture... and I figure it out... stupid coffee bag had "decaf" in very small letters.

Any other coffee drinkers out there get so thoroughly sickened by picking out the wrong coffee?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 01, 2010, 02:50:10 AM
Gosh, Davey, are you generally taking in too much caffeine, and therefore suffering withdrawal when you drink decaf?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 01, 2010, 03:30:10 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 01, 2010, 02:50:10 AM
Gosh, Davey, are you generally taking in too much caffeine, and therefore suffering withdrawal when you drink decaf?

Well not "too much" but I drink four cups of coffee a day. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 01, 2010, 03:40:20 AM
Sounds like you could use a drying-out period, lad!  Get rid of those pamphlets from Starbucks (starting with the perennial favorite Coffee Is Good Food) . . . .

; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 01, 2010, 03:46:16 AM
My brain gets foggy even when the withdrawal is over.  I prefer the caffeinated state of life! ;D  But that reminds me of this funny amazon review of Girl Who Played with Fire:

Quote from: Girl Who Played with CoffeeIf you like coffee, BUY THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY!!!!! If you were disappointed with how very little coffee drinking there was in Dragon Tattoo, you will NOT be disappointed here!!!!!! This action-and-coffee-packed sequel to The Girl With THe Dragon Tattoo has 30% more coffee!!!!!! How does our protagonist, Mikael, manage to get through the day? Pour another cup of coffee!!!!! What does he do to come up with the best possible theory? Drink some coffee!!!!!

HEre's what some coffee companies/drinkers think of this book!!!!

"This book promotes our product very well"
-Swedish Coffee magazine

"Mikael's constant addiction to drinking coffee makes us happy"
-Starbucks

"I can totally relate to Mikael Blomqvist, I need coffee to get through the day as well"
-Coffee addict

"Going to Starbucks? Take this book with you!"
-Coffee addict

"I like this book, there's lots of cups of coffee"
-An underage coffee addict

So overall, if you like mystery novels but prefer constant coffee drinking as opposed to actual character development, plot, or action, then buy this book, you will NOT regret it! This book will bring out the coffee addict in you! So make a pot of coffee and begin reading this book NOW!!!!!

;D jeje
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 01, 2010, 08:22:57 AM
Have a good December, folks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 01, 2010, 08:24:27 AM
Oh you're going to be gone for like the next month? :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 01, 2010, 08:29:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on December 01, 2010, 08:24:27 AM
Oh you're going to be gone for like the next month? :'(

You never know. :) It's been mostly Facebook for me lately, mainly because I'm trying to network for the book, the blog and such. Not to mention something else I've got coming up...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 03, 2010, 01:06:03 PM
Just reading a transcript of a video made by some transcription software. And it wrote out "De Tocqueville" as "Dick Hotfield."  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 07, 2010, 07:26:44 AM
I found this amusing.
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/14/1346899//Eugene,%20Crystal.jpg)

Just in case anyone wonders why I find it harder to talk to girls...  :-\
:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 07, 2010, 07:31:50 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 07, 2010, 07:26:44 AM
I found this amusing.
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/14/1346899//Eugene,%20Crystal.jpg)

Just in case anyone wonders why I find it harder to talk to girls...  :-\
:D

If you think that has anything to do with why you find it harder to talk to girls...well then I know why you find it harder to talk to girls.   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 07, 2010, 07:55:57 AM
Heck, my wife would have trouble talking to Crystal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 07, 2010, 08:07:47 AM
A co-worker is leaving the company; and how do I find out? He tells me in person. People, what are facebook status updates for?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 07, 2010, 08:21:39 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 07, 2010, 08:07:47 AM
A co-worker is leaving the company; and how do I find out? He tells me in person. People, what are facebook status updates for?
a facebook status updates are to keep one informed when a friend/acquaintance/stalker does something insignificant, such as eating a burrito while taking a shower.

Oh wait.....I think that's Twitter.....I get them confused sometimes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 07, 2010, 08:50:11 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 07, 2010, 07:31:50 AM
If you think that has anything to do with why you find it harder to talk to girls...well then I know why you find it harder to talk to girls.   :P
Not to be taken seriously.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 09, 2010, 05:57:49 AM
I'm now friends on Facebook with someone who I haven't talked to in about 10 years...
8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 09, 2010, 08:22:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 09, 2010, 05:57:49 AM
I'm now friends on Facebook with someone who I haven't talked to in about 10 years...
8)

You're like "hey dad..." ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 09, 2010, 08:22:56 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on December 07, 2010, 01:24:26 PM
Best Recordings of 2010 Countdown

# 10
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-recordings-of-2010-10.html (http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-recordings-of-2010-10.html)

Wrong chat thread Jens.  This is the diner.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 09, 2010, 09:16:34 AM
Quote from: DavidW on December 09, 2010, 08:22:29 AM
You're like "hey dad..." ;D
That would be sad.  :'(
But nah, I just talked to him yesterday on the phone.  8)

Actually, it was just a friend I grew up with, but the fact that I haven't talked to him since I was 12 or 13 makes it surreal... :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 09, 2010, 09:47:41 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on December 09, 2010, 09:34:10 AM
Pray tell, where does this belong then?

The classical chat thread works.  This thread is just for silly bs and not music. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 09, 2010, 09:50:02 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 09, 2010, 09:16:34 AM
But nah, I just talked to him yesterday on the phone.  8)

It's hard to get past Knight's Scottish accent isn't it? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 12, 2010, 12:50:37 PM
The most divided Amazon product I've ever seen is:


http://www.amazon.com/Komodo-Playstation-1-Memory-Card-1MB/dp/B001TEYMRI/ref=pd_sim_vg_9

5 stars- 12
2 stars- 1
1 star- 17
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 12, 2010, 02:30:13 PM
Oh a bimodal distribution sweet!  I love that the average is not representative of any individual review, since there are no three star reviews! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 13, 2010, 04:58:06 AM
"Oh a bimodal distribution sweet!"

Nerd!

Hey, does Elgarian still post here?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 13, 2010, 05:06:24 AM
Haven't heard from him in a spell.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 13, 2010, 05:12:24 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 13, 2010, 05:06:24 AM
Haven't heard from him in a spell.

Bummer.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 13, 2010, 05:51:50 AM
He has permitted real life (and a vacation) to distract him from participation here. He is well, however!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 13, 2010, 05:53:44 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 13, 2010, 05:51:50 AM
He has permitted real life (and a vacation) to distract him from participation here. He is well, however!

I take back my "bummer."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 16, 2010, 03:05:34 AM
Look people, Scarpia and Dave both scorned me in the past, so I make a fool of them now with humour I try.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 16, 2010, 03:13:48 AM
Ok, forget this, I'm learning from this already again, so I don't want to start a new discussion.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 16, 2010, 04:19:22 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 16, 2010, 03:05:34 AM
Look people, Scarpia and Dave both scorned me in the past, so I make a fool of them now with humour I try.

Henk

I'd don't think I'm the one you're making a fool of.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 05:19:12 AM
Why did the pigeon cross the road?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 16, 2010, 05:29:28 AM
Due to a case of mistaken self-identity?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 05:45:58 AM
Too many pedestrians on this side.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 16, 2010, 05:53:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 16, 2010, 05:45:58 AM
Too many pedestrians on this side.

So the signal hadn't turned to green, then. That's a case of pigeon caught jaywalking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on December 16, 2010, 08:21:49 AM
Henk, regarding Dave, you are mistaken.  Dave has a wonderful sense of humour, and although you delude yourself into believing it is a symptom of your diagnosis of 'depression', it is actually the opposite.

Dave's sense of humour (or anyone else with a good sense of humour) is actually HEALTHY to have.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 08:22:30 AM
Dave is my man!  You, too, Ray.  Didn't meant to sound exclusive . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on December 16, 2010, 08:27:21 AM
Welcome to GMG, George!  :P

I guess it was time to purge?  :D

(http://inthu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/anaconda-300x296.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 16, 2010, 08:27:58 AM
Much appreciated, amigos.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 08:32:43 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 16, 2010, 08:27:21 AM
Welcome to GMG, George!  :P

I guess it was time to purge?  :D

Ah, did George just newbify himself?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:32:54 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 16, 2010, 08:21:49 AM
Henk, regarding Dave, you are mistaken.  Dave has a wonderful sense of humour, and although you delude yourself into believing it is a symptom of your diagnosis of 'depression', it is actually the opposite.

Dave's sense of humour (or anyone else with a good sense of humour) is actually HEALTHY to have.

Ok, I appreciate your honesty and for letting me know. I have to admit I don't always understand his humour.

Look, I just don't want to become like Dave or rather to get the mental disease I project on him as a result of having read too many books. I liked to project that on Dave :).

And people take me too seriously in what I'm saying. There's always some self-spot in it. People don't notice, because other things dominate. But it's me how is trying to learn.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 08:33:55 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:32:54 AM
Ok, I appreciate your honesty and for letting me know. I have to admit I don't always understand his humour.

Well, you don't always understand mine, I hope? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:36:50 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 16, 2010, 08:33:55 AM
Well, you don't always understand mine, I hope? ; )

I never do, Karl. You're a complete idiot to me. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 08:37:14 AM
That's cool.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:40:40 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 16, 2010, 08:37:14 AM
That's cool.

I was just joking. Sorry.

I understand your humour not really. But I have not really tried to understand it. I read it and read it, but never "study" it, well I think that once I will start to understand.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 16, 2010, 08:42:05 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:40:40 AM
I was just joking. Sorry.

I think he caught that. You should use less words. Not more.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on December 16, 2010, 10:09:24 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 16, 2010, 08:40:40 AM
I was just joking. Sorry.

I understand your humour not really. But I have not really tried to understand it. I read it and read it, but never "study" it, well I think that once I will start to understand.
Henk, much of Karl's humor depends on cultural allusions and wordplay that would go over the heads of most American-born native English speakers of average intelligence and education, so no one would expect you to understand it any more than we would expect Karl to get your subtle jokes in Dutch.  No worries.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 16, 2010, 11:55:09 AM
M

I just wondered what that ferocious dude was up to.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 12:00:40 PM
Quote from: Sackbut on December 16, 2010, 11:55:09 AM
M

I just wondered what that ferocious dude was up to.

I think he may still be in Boston, but I haven't run into him in a looong time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 12:00:59 PM
I may need a bigger boat.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 16, 2010, 12:01:20 PM
I know a black belt ninja in Boston. Just sayin'...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 16, 2010, 12:13:53 PM
Good to know if I read lots of books again and sink into depression . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 16, 2010, 12:17:37 PM
Yeah, that can only lead to telling dumb jokes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on December 16, 2010, 03:35:51 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 16, 2010, 12:00:59 PM
I may need a bigger boat.

And you can tell us stories about the good old cmg days where you were stuck out in the waters surrounded by hungry sharks... and when you're done with a story M Forever will suddenly pop back up and eat you! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 16, 2010, 06:36:46 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 16, 2010, 12:00:40 PM
I think he may still be in Boston, but I haven't run into him in a looong time.
Intentionally?  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 16, 2010, 08:53:36 PM
I have a hard time figuring out a lot people... but my buddy, super hot Polish girl that works with me is hard in the sense that I look at aspects of her life and mix them together, and they make what appears to me to be the most miserable existence possible. Combine these:

1. Works almost full time at Lowes (the worst aspect).
2. No car. No license (her parents or aunt/whatever have to pick her up).
3. No citizenship (and with what you have to go through to get one, it'll probably never happen).
4. Addicted to smoking.
5. Single mother.
6. No boyfriend (as far as I know).
7. (probably) No computer/internet (no facebook etc.). (3rd worst thing on the list, maybe?)

I'll have to ask one of these days what she does in her free time because with that combination, I don't see how any human being could possibly be happy- yet, she's constantly smiling and laughing... so much, that I wonder wtf she is always laughing at. But I wouldn't tell her what I think about this because she is very cool and that would just make her feel bad.

Probably the only person with a worse situation (that has come out of it now) is my friend who was working while being homeless at the same time. He couldn't afford a place because his money was going to child support after a divorce 5 years ago, and on top of that, his mom died. Actually, he's the type to smile all the time, too.

It would be nice to have more of their happy chemicals in my brain...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 16, 2010, 09:38:09 PM
;D When I look up somebody interesting I've met on Facebook and find they have no entry I tend to figure that they are one of those mythical beasts: an attractive, successful, talented person who has better things to do than use the internet.

It's really hard to come to terms with how much better than me some people are :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 16, 2010, 10:02:34 PM
Just saw this at Abstruse Goose (http://abstrusegoose.com/328). ;D


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(http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/DOES_NOT_EXIST.PNG)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 17, 2010, 12:30:20 AM
Quote from: Lethe on December 16, 2010, 09:38:09 PM
;D When I look up somebody interesting I've met on Facebook and find they have no entry I tend to figure that they are one of those mythical beasts: an attractive, successful, talented person who has better things to do than use the internet.

It's really hard to come to terms with how much better than me some people are :P

But on this site, if we are all in that Internet gutter, we are nevertheless looking at the stars.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 17, 2010, 03:23:40 AM
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-2001-cat.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 17, 2010, 05:54:18 AM
(http://s3prod.weheartit.netdna-cdn.com/images/5213545/cats,drugs,funny-33b1608cc24abff1049c5fc39e8ead82_h_thumb.jpg?1290974443)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 17, 2010, 05:58:25 AM
LOL

I'm just wild about my good cocaine.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 17, 2010, 05:59:39 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 17, 2010, 03:23:40 AM
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-2001-cat.jpg)
Ramarkable shot. Amazing to see the eye at that angle.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 17, 2010, 06:10:51 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 17, 2010, 05:59:39 AM
Ramarkable shot. Amazing to see the eye at that angle.

Indeed. Ever since seeing that image, I have wanted it as my avatar, but it will appear very small given the forum's size limits.

Cats are very good subjects for photography. And I suppose they are even better if they are a pet, when you can approach them and get shots up-close.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 17, 2010, 06:29:56 AM
As a pet, at least you know that you have some kind of investment in the thing mauling your arm.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 20, 2010, 09:44:26 AM
The TV news today has been mind-boggling.

The media has been bitching about snow for a week now, and today, we discover that a dozen British inhabitants have been arrested on suspicion of planning mass murder, and what do we have as a news headline? 15 minutes of f*cking snow again. OH GOD DID THE LORRY JACKKNIFE? ON THE ROAD? TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS THRILLING "TRAVEL CHAOS" :-X

Sure, it's important, but the weight they give to the event is a perfect example of non-existent standards of reporting. Why do difficult research when you can just step outside and start bitching live on camera.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 20, 2010, 12:38:46 PM
Fact: the media sucks.

More snow falling here. Just what we needed...  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 20, 2010, 01:00:15 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 17, 2010, 06:10:51 AM
Cats are very good subjects for photography.

If you can get them to sit still.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 20, 2010, 06:52:15 PM
Today I saw a lady that was very tall... about 6'8" or so. She was wearing high heels, so maybe 6'5" in reality. Then I saw a guy 10 minutes later that was probably only about 4'8". I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like if they mated.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 20, 2010, 09:58:36 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 20, 2010, 01:00:15 PM
If you can get them to sit still.

That's the best thing: they stay still! Maybe pets take a lot more liberty with their owners and are a bit troublesome. (I have never had one.) If they're disturbed ever so slightly they tend to stare at you for a long time (or at the location where you previously stood, even after you hide yourself in the hope that they'll go back to the pose you want. ;D).



(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/1049293971_83cab1c080.jpg)(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2560779327_03b8b91e35.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/1392384340_6e0a5fd535.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 12:35:12 PM
Well, I've heard all the different kinds of music and tons of recordings.

Now what?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 21, 2010, 01:25:23 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 17, 2010, 06:10:51 AMCats are very good subjects for photography.

If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels, then cats are the last refuge of bad photographers!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 21, 2010, 01:28:25 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 12:35:12 PM
Well, I've heard all the different kinds of music and tons of recordings.

Now what?  ???

I guess you just have to listen to 4'33" for the rest of your life.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 01:52:01 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 21, 2010, 01:28:25 PM
I guess you just have to listen to 4'33" for the rest of your life.

Truer than you may think.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 21, 2010, 07:23:50 PM
As much as I really like these people...

(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/14/1346899//Facebook-%20ugh.jpg)

is it just me or does reading that make anyone else feel a little bit "ugh" ???... as in, 8 comments and no one says anything?  ??? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 21, 2010, 07:32:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 21, 2010, 07:23:50 PM
As much as I really like these people...

(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/14/1346899//Facebook-%20ugh.jpg)

is it just me or does reading that make anyone else feel a little bit "ugh" ???... as in, 8 comments and no one says anything?  ??? :D

Why would that make you go ugh? You post on the GMG forums. You read way dumber shit here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 22, 2010, 04:14:56 AM
worrrrd
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2010, 04:21:37 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 21, 2010, 07:32:37 PM
Why would that make you go ugh? You post on the GMG forums. You read way dumber shit here.
Only if they are reading your posts!  :o  doh! So sorry - I really couldn't help myself - you just left yourself wide open for that one! I'll go crawl back into my cave now...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 04:26:42 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 22, 2010, 04:21:37 AM
Only if they are reading your posts!  :o  doh! So sorry - I really couldn't help myself - you just left yourself wide open for that one! I'll go crawl back into my cave now...

No reason to be sorry. I didn't exclude myself from the stupidity.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 22, 2010, 04:31:25 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 22, 2010, 04:21:37 AM
I'll go crawl back into my cave now...

Before you do that, I think you should use your time outside to learn about Ligeti. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2010, 04:38:03 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 22, 2010, 04:31:25 AM
Before you do that, I think you should use your time outside to learn about Ligeti. ;)
Sorry, who's that?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 22, 2010, 04:40:27 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 22, 2010, 04:38:03 AM
Sorry, who's that?  ;D

My point, exactly. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 22, 2010, 05:02:12 AM
wassup yo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 22, 2010, 06:06:16 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 21, 2010, 07:32:37 PM
Why would that make you go ugh? You post on the GMG forums. You read way dumber shit here.
Of course- Rob Newman!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 06:08:45 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2010, 06:06:16 AM
Of course- Rob Newman!

No... I was thinking of folks who have posted in the last day or so.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 22, 2010, 06:10:27 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 06:08:45 AM
No... I was thinking of folks who have posted in the last day or so.
I don't know who you're talking about, but whatever posts they may be, they just couldn't compare to Rob Newman. (not even sure you were here when he was- maybe that was during your break?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 22, 2010, 06:11:23 AM
Come to think of it . . . has anyone seen Rob and Philo in the same place, at the same time ? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 06:12:28 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2010, 06:10:27 AM
I don't know who you're talking about, but whatever posts they may be, they just couldn't compare to Rob Newman. (not even sure you were here when he was- maybe that was during your break?)

I know who Newman is. I've read some of his posts. I find him widely entertaining.

And of course you wouldn't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 06:15:12 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2010, 06:10:27 AM
I don't know who you're talking about, but whatever posts they may be, they just couldn't compare to Rob Newman. (not even sure you were here when he was- maybe that was during your break?)

Actually I believe RN is back,  but under a different name, and he's not pushing the Mozart bit.  I remember seeing a post in which the author effectively admitted to being RN, but now I don't remember who it was.  Maybe I'm mistaken.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 22, 2010, 06:20:40 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 06:15:12 AM
Actually I believe RN is back,  but under a different name, and he's not pushing the Mozart bit.  I remember seeing a post in which the author effectively admitted to being RN, but now I don't remember who it was.  Maybe I'm mistaken.

I suspect Antoine Marchand. That guy's sneaky...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 22, 2010, 06:23:42 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 06:12:28 AM
I know who Newman is. I've read some of his posts. I find him widely entertaining.

And of course you wouldn't.
Entertaining, yes- but for him to actually believe the stuff he says...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 22, 2010, 06:25:42 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 22, 2010, 06:20:40 AM
I suspect Antoine Marchand. That guy's sneaky...

He's really Ton Koopman keeping a low profile.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:44:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2010, 06:23:42 AM
Entertaining, yes- but for him to actually believe the stuff he says...  ::)

And you can think of no one like that who posts here currently.

Are you for serious?!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 22, 2010, 09:51:19 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:44:21 AM
And you can think of no one like that who posts here currently.

Are you for serious?!

Yes, Newman is an outright crackpot fraud.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 22, 2010, 09:51:19 AM
Yes, Newman is an outright crackpot fraud.

The dude is straight up awesome:

http://www.topix.com/forum/music/classical/TKV7LQLQFV593LJKP
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 10:28:37 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
The dude is straight up awesome:

http://www.topix.com/forum/music/classical/TKV7LQLQFV593LJKP

You realize after making that remark no one on this site will take anything you say seriously again?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 10:50:23 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 10:28:37 AM
You realize after making that remark no one on this site will take anything you say seriously again?

lol
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on December 22, 2010, 12:23:21 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
The dude is straight up awesome:

http://www.topix.com/forum/music/classical/TKV7LQLQFV593LJKP
Nice press for us. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 22, 2010, 12:29:17 PM
What fun to relive such immoral bits as:

QuoteFortunately, the findings of impartial/objective researchers have started exposing this reality for the general public to appreciate. And this new world of having more than one point of view enrages the 'conservatives' of the Mozart industry.

And the Newman-ster "answering" the demand for his own music credentials with:

QuoteEven more relevant -

Which Music School did Mozart attend?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 22, 2010, 12:36:42 PM
They allow crazy people to use the Internet?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 22, 2010, 12:45:39 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
The dude is straight up awesome:

http://www.topix.com/forum/music/classical/TKV7LQLQFV593LJKP

Alright! Which one of you is my fellow Londoner XAB?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on December 22, 2010, 12:58:10 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 22, 2010, 12:45:39 PM
Alright! Which one of you is my fellow Londoner XAB?

I mean you have to respect that dedication to trolling. That's just pro shit, man.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 01:03:16 PM
Odd that people here had the patience to engage Mr. Newman for page after page after page, long after it was clear that he would not under any circumstances address any question that was put to him, except to try to change the subject.    :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 22, 2010, 01:56:58 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 01:03:16 PM
Odd that people here had the patience to engage Mr. Newman for page after page after page, long after it was clear that he would not under any circumstances address any question that was put to him, except to try to change the subject.    :P

Still goes on: Page after page of back and forth leading to Nowheresville.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 01:58:43 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 22, 2010, 01:56:58 PM
Still goes on: Page after page of back and forth leading Nowheresville.

Leading to Nowheresville, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on December 23, 2010, 06:04:17 AM
Do you suppose that, if you shave a wookie, the result is Robert Newman?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 23, 2010, 06:08:49 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 01:58:43 PM
Leading to Nowheresville, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.   :P

Indeed, sir.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on December 23, 2010, 09:02:24 AM
I can't believe how many crazy things with text the Japanese do on web forums...

http://mb2.jp/_kei/1.html

a couple:
(●^皿^●)ノ
(゜口゜川)
`・ω・´
★ (so many stars...)


and apparently, they can squeeze the whole word for "percent" into one little character, as if imitating "%"...
100㌫
:o

Either they are Unicode experts or they have some type of options I don't know about.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 24, 2010, 04:24:02 AM
Recordings You Have Considered But Decided Against But Then Again Maybe You'll Pick It Up Which You Did But Then Knew You Should Never Have Purchased It Well Maybe It Will Grow On You
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 24, 2010, 04:37:27 AM
Hey! I like that Avner Dorman CD!
In fact I chose it as a recording of the year over at MusickWebbe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 24, 2010, 04:52:10 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 24, 2010, 04:37:27 AM
Hey! I like that Avner Dorman CD!
In fact I chose it as a recording of the year over at MusickWebbe.

Didja? What a coinkydink. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on December 24, 2010, 06:52:22 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 24, 2010, 04:24:02 AM
Recordings You Have Considered But Decided Against But Then Again Maybe You'll Pick It Up Which You Did But Then Knew You Should Never Have Purchased It Well Maybe It Will Grow On You
That thread would probably run to several pages and no doubt would offer plenty to offend nearly everyone!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 31, 2010, 11:42:53 AM
Happy New Year, guys!

I will see you around some time.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 31, 2010, 11:51:18 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 31, 2010, 11:42:53 AM
Happy New Year, guys!

I will see you around some time.  8)

Farewell, Dave! I look forward to welcoming the Dave-a-Tron 2011. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on January 01, 2011, 01:41:44 PM
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch this video and not laugh. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz_m6N1IYuc)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 04, 2011, 02:35:05 AM
Lethe has a new avatar. :) The old one is still fresh in memory.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on January 04, 2011, 06:32:44 AM
Quote from: Henk on January 04, 2011, 02:35:05 AM
Lethe has a new avatar. :) The old one is still fresh in memory.

Where is yours, Henk?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 06, 2011, 06:18:59 PM
I need advice/ideas... please.

This guy (customer at the store) was talking to me for about 10 minutes the day before yesterday. He seems a bit strange... to make it short, clearly he isn't gay or anything but he ended up asking for my cell phone number, and I gave it to him.  :-X (I think he just wants a friend or something.)

I've gotten two calls now from an unknown number, and I think it's him. I really don't feel like hanging out with more people, much less someone who I only talked to ten minutes! In fact, I'm trying to limit my time I'm spending with my friend right now, because with his license suspended he's stuck at home and always wanting to do something.  ::) In a way, besides my part-time job, I have one that is full-time (if I want to make it that way) so it's not a good idea spending so much time hanging out with people.


What should I do? My best idea is to not answer the phone when I see that number, and if he ends up coming through my line again and talks to me, I should tell him that I was busy and that I actually work on the computer for a second job (he asked me what I do in my free time and I said I go on the computer).

Good idea or no?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 07, 2011, 03:15:45 AM
Something completely unrelated and random:

http://www.dominos.jp/25th/index.html

Dominos Japan site. Their standards of what looks professional must be completely different, because I see stuff like this everywhere. Enjoy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 07, 2011, 04:41:57 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 06, 2011, 06:18:59 PM
I need advice/ideas... please.

This guy (customer at the store) was talking to me for about 10 minutes the day before yesterday. He seems a bit strange... to make it short, clearly he isn't gay or anything but he ended up asking for my cell phone number, and I gave it to him.  :-X (I think he just wants a friend or something.)

I've gotten two calls now from an unknown number, and I think it's him. I really don't feel like hanging out with more people, much less someone who I only talked to ten minutes! In fact, I'm trying to limit my time I'm spending with my friend right now, because with his license suspended he's stuck at home and always wanting to do something.  ::) In a way, besides my part-time job, I have one that is full-time (if I want to make it that way) so it's not a good idea spending so much time hanging out with people.


What should I do? My best idea is to not answer the phone when I see that number, and if he ends up coming through my line again and talks to me, I should tell him that I was busy and that I actually work on the computer for a second job (he asked me what I do in my free time and I said I go on the computer).

Good idea or no?

I think that waiting to meet him again and getting something of a better bead, and meanwhile eliding the phone calls, is a good idea.

This bit of advice is not much use to you right at present, but the easier thing to do would have been not to give out your number in the first place
; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 07, 2011, 04:42:36 AM
That was not me, calling, BTW ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 07, 2011, 05:50:18 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 07, 2011, 04:41:57 AM
I think that waiting to meet him again and getting something of a better bead, and meanwhile eliding the phone calls, is a good idea.

This bit of advice is not much use to you right at present, but the easier thing to do would have been not to give out your number in the first place
; )
If I were a girl, I think being prepared for how not to give out my cell phone number (politely) would be more like a regular chore. Maybe next time, I'll say I don't have a cell phone... and if they ask if I have a home phone, I'll say it doesn't work at the moment.  :D


Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 07, 2011, 04:42:36 AM
That was not me, calling, BTW ; )
Lol  :D
If it were you, I would have definitely answered... "Wuz uuuuuuuuuuuup mah homie, yo yo dawg... g, ware u iz?"  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 07, 2011, 06:25:40 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 07, 2011, 05:50:18 AM
If I were a girl, I think being prepared for how not to give out my cell phone number (politely) would be more like a regular chore. Maybe next time, I'll say I don't have a cell phone... and if they ask if I have a home phone, I'll say it doesn't work at the moment.  :D

Lol  :D
If it were you, I would have definitely answered... "Wuz uuuuuuuuuuuup mah homie, yo yo dawg... g, ware u iz?"  8)

You say, "sure, my phone number is 123-4567.  If they ask the area code, 000.   8)

Clearly there is something odd about the character.  The acceptable thing would be for this person to offer to give you his phone number, not to ask for yours.   

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 07, 2011, 07:19:02 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 07, 2011, 06:25:40 AM
You say, "sure, my phone number is 123-4567.  If they ask the area code, 000.   8)

Clearly there is something odd about the character.  The acceptable thing would be for this person to offer to give you his phone number, not to ask for yours.
I thought about the fake phone number idea.  :D

Yeah, I also think it is odd, because who does that? He seemed strange in the sense that I think he is one of those people with something a "little bit off." I've known and been friends with people like that, but it's just basic human nature to be wary of people like that until you get to actually know them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 10, 2011, 11:21:05 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 04, 2011, 06:32:44 AM
Where is yours, Henk?

New avatar, you as well I see.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 10, 2011, 11:27:12 AM
All I see is a toucan . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 15, 2011, 02:30:19 PM
One college choice down.....3 to go.....Hopefully I'll receive better news from the other ones!
(I didn't expect them to accept me anyways.  Not that I doubt my abilities, but more that they only select a few to interview)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 16, 2011, 08:31:28 AM
Keep us up with it. When will it have to be decided by, one way or another?

Mike

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 16, 2011, 01:26:53 PM
Hopefully by the end of March.  My last interview is Feb. 26 at Bowling Green State University, and well, my first interview is the week before at Cincinatti.  Strangely enough, McGill doesn't require an interview, just 2 papers.   I probably should have set myself up with more "safety schools"......but I'll see what happens!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 16, 2011, 10:58:29 PM
Over a month of stretched nerves......more than long enough.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 17, 2011, 09:48:52 AM
A "description" of a new CD containing Mozart's piano sonatas (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Regis/RRC1345):

World-renowned pianist Maria Joao Pires performs Mozart's 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th sonata at super-budget price.

::)

I wonder if the person who wrote that was working at newspaper publisher previously, and a bad one at that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 17, 2011, 03:59:38 PM
Speaking of hyperbole, I just encountered this gem (http://landofllostcontent.blogspot.com/2011/01/erik-chisholm-ballet-music.html) on a blog which I generally very much enjoy:

"It is possible to argue that the Glasgow-born Erik Chisholm is one of the leading twentieth-century composers: not only in Scotland but in the United Kingdom and worldwide."

It then continues in this untenable vein:

"The present CD showcases two important ballet scores from the nineteen-forties. One is a major work that ranks beside Sir Arthur Bliss, Constant Lambert, Lord Berners and perhaps even Igor Stravinsky himself."

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on January 17, 2011, 04:01:49 PM
Ah yes, of course... that guy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on January 24, 2011, 06:38:49 AM
iTunes is a creepy program.

Case in point: there is a feature called "Shared Libraries." I am sitting in a reading room in the British Library, and upon opening iTunes was immediately greeted with a list of other iTunes users within range - this even though I had not connected to any wireless networks! I clicked on the library belonging to "Louisa Y----" (last name really appears on my screen), browsed through her collection, and discovered that she has a wonderful Jordi Savall album. I opened another library and discovered Bach violin concertos with Jaime Laredo and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Naturally, I now want to find out if somebody else can listen to the stuff in my library. But I cannot figure out how to do this. I have "Home Sharing" turned off, but of course am not at home. This is creepy. Right now there are seven iTunes libraries getting picked up by my computer, and one of them is password-protected but the others are free and open. Louisa, if you're reading this, it's a good thing I'm in a mood for Atterberg because otherwise I would be enjoying your music and wondering just who the heck you are. Even without listening to your music, I can tell from your playlists that you love the poetry of Rumi, enjoy watching TED Talks, and have previously attended, or are currently attending one of, Stanford and Texas A&M Universities.

iTunes is a creepy program.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 24, 2011, 07:42:29 AM
No Fruit for me, thanks!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on January 24, 2011, 07:57:42 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 24, 2011, 06:38:49 AM
iTunes is a creepy program.

Case in point: there is a feature called "Shared Libraries." I am sitting in a reading room in the British Library, and upon opening iTunes was immediately greeted with a list of other iTunes users within range - this even though I had not connected to any wireless networks! I clicked on the library belonging to "Louisa Y----" (last name really appears on my screen), browsed through her collection, and discovered that she has a wonderful Jordi Savall album. I opened another library and discovered Bach violin concertos with Jaime Laredo and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Naturally, I now want to find out if somebody else can listen to the stuff in my library. But I cannot figure out how to do this. I have "Home Sharing" turned off, but of course am not at home. This is creepy. Right now there are seven iTunes libraries getting picked up by my computer, and one of them is password-protected but the others are free and open. Louisa, if you're reading this, it's a good thing I'm in a mood for Atterberg because otherwise I would be enjoying your music and wondering just who the heck you are. Even without listening to your music, I can tell from your playlists that you love the poetry of Rumi, enjoy watching TED Talks, and have previously attended, or are currently attending one of, Stanford and Texas A&M Universities.

iTunes is a creepy program.

Hm. Can you play anything from these other libraries, or is it just showing them to you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on January 24, 2011, 09:19:56 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 17, 2011, 03:59:38 PM
Speaking of hyperbole, I just encountered this gem (http://landofllostcontent.blogspot.com/2011/01/erik-chisholm-ballet-music.html) on a blog which I generally very much enjoy:
"It is possible to argue that the Glasgow-born Erik Chisholm is one of the leading twentieth-century composers: not only in Scotland but in the United Kingdom and worldwide."
It then continues in this untenable vein:
"The present CD showcases two important ballet scores from the nineteen-forties. One is a major work that ranks beside Sir Arthur Bliss, Constant Lambert, Lord Berners and perhaps even Igor Stravinsky himself."
;D

Hyperbole indeed.  I LIVE in Glasgow, I am a Glaswegian, I was born here, I am heavily into Classicasl Music but I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS FELLOW.  Amazing the sh*! that gets talked just to sell CD's.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2011, 10:29:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 06, 2011, 06:18:59 PM
I need advice/ideas... please.

This guy (customer at the store) was talking to me for about 10 minutes the day before yesterday. He seems a bit strange... to make it short, clearly he isn't gay or anything but he ended up asking for my cell phone number, and I gave it to him.  :-X (I think he just wants a friend or something.)

I've gotten two calls now from an unknown number, and I think it's him. I really don't feel like hanging out with more people, much less someone who I only talked to ten minutes! In fact, I'm trying to limit my time I'm spending with my friend right now, because with his license suspended he's stuck at home and always wanting to do something.  ::) In a way, besides my part-time job, I have one that is full-time (if I want to make it that way) so it's not a good idea spending so much time hanging out with people.


What should I do? My best idea is to not answer the phone when I see that number, and if he ends up coming through my line again and talks to me, I should tell him that I was busy and that I actually work on the computer for a second job (he asked me what I do in my free time and I said I go on the computer).

Good idea or no?
With all the crazies out there, I personally would be careful about who I gave my number to. You know absolutely nothing about him. He may be a nice guy and harmless or he could be a psycho or a thief. In future, you could say something like you don't mix business with your personal life and not give out the number. There are probably other, similar ways.

What you tell him to get rid of him is up to you, however, the more true info you give about yourself, the higher the risk if he is anything but someone looking for attention. So unless you want to invite him into your life, why tell him anything more about yourself? It is not rude to tell him you don't have the time and it just happens to be the truth!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 25, 2011, 03:11:07 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 24, 2011, 10:29:10 AM
With all the crazies out there, I personally would be careful about who I gave my number to. You know absolutely nothing about him. He may be a nice guy and harmless or he could be a psycho or a thief. In future, you could say something like you don't mix business with your personal life and not give out the number. There are probably other, similar ways.

What you tell him to get rid of him is up to you, however, the more true info you give about yourself, the higher the risk if he is anything but someone looking for attention. So unless you want to invite him into your life, why tell him anything more about yourself? It is not rude to tell him you don't have the time and it just happens to be the truth!
Yes, true, thank you.
Luckily, I haven't seen him after not answering those two phone calls.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on January 25, 2011, 11:49:29 AM
Quote from: mn dave on January 24, 2011, 07:57:42 AM
Hm. Can you play anything from these other libraries, or is it just showing them to you?

It's all playable. You can't copy and paste it onto your own computer, but you can play it. Um... that's how I discovered I really like Arcade Fire.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on January 25, 2011, 11:52:16 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 25, 2011, 11:49:29 AM
It's all playable. You can't copy and paste it onto your own computer, but you can play it. Um... that's how I discovered I really like Arcade Fire.

You're right. That is creepy, if it's a privilege for which you never signed on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on January 25, 2011, 11:56:50 AM
Brian, does that have to do with Ping, or whatever it's called? I don't mess with that...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 27, 2011, 04:55:25 AM
Awesome Google translate sentence:
QuoteYou can also penetrate the 500-yen coin table was also done
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on January 27, 2011, 04:58:51 AM
Quote from: mn dave on January 25, 2011, 11:56:50 AM
Brian, does that have to do with Ping, or whatever it's called? I don't mess with that...

Not sure what that is  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 27, 2011, 05:18:30 AM
Quote from: mn dave on January 25, 2011, 11:52:16 AM
You're right. That is creepy, if it's a privilege for which you never signed on.

Presumably making your library visible to others is something that can be selected or not in a configuration dialog, somewhere.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on January 28, 2011, 05:22:37 PM
We got another 15 cm of snow today.  The wet and heavy stuff too.  Running out of room in our yard to shovel the damn stuff!  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on January 28, 2011, 06:12:57 PM
How do you prevent anger?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 02, 2011, 06:12:03 PM
well.......

Another college rejected me.  Not sure if I expected to be accepted or rejected, I don't know.  But my heart just sank.  It all comes down to 2 colleges.  If I don't get accepted into either.....i don't know what I'd do......

I have to re-evaluate things.  I don't want to be stuck at a job where I will be miserable, and will be living pay check to pay check.  I know I am not the smartest person in the world, but I also know I am not the dumbest.

But.......right now, I question my choice of major for grad school.  I don't know if my interest is purely just to read it, or if it would be a suitable career choice.  I don't know if my writing samples were amateurish or showed potential.  Perhaps my writing skills are just not up to par.  I just don't know.  Just need to think......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: petrarch on February 02, 2011, 08:08:03 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on February 02, 2011, 06:12:03 PM
Another college rejected me.  Not sure if I expected to be accepted or rejected, I don't know.  But my heart just sank.  It all comes down to 2 colleges.  If I don't get accepted into either.....i don't know what I'd do......

I have to re-evaluate things.  I don't want to be stuck at a job where I will be miserable, and will be living pay check to pay check.

And being accepted by any of those colleges is a guarantee against that?

Life is made of opportunities; you have an active part in creating them and then in wholeheartedly taking them. So, don't despair, and avoid complacency.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 02, 2011, 10:35:29 PM
Quote from: Ring of Fire on February 02, 2011, 06:12:03 PM
well.......

Another college rejected me.  Not sure if I expected to be accepted or rejected, I don't know.  But my heart just sank.  It all comes down to 2 colleges.  If I don't get accepted into either.....i don't know what I'd do......

I have to re-evaluate things.  I don't want to be stuck at a job where I will be miserable, and will be living pay check to pay check.  I know I am not the smartest person in the world, but I also know I am not the dumbest.

But.......right now, I question my choice of major for grad school.  I don't know if my interest is purely just to read it, or if it would be a suitable career choice.  I don't know if my writing samples were amateurish or showed potential.  Perhaps my writing skills are just not up to par.  I just don't know.  Just need to think......

What is the graduate school major you are pursuing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 03, 2011, 06:41:25 AM
Quote from: petrarch on February 02, 2011, 08:08:03 PM
And being accepted by any of those colleges is a guarantee against that?

Life is made of opportunities; you have an active part in creating them and then in wholeheartedly taking them. So, don't despair, and avoid complacency.
I know being accepted guarantees me nothing but being able to attend the college.   I know that it's basically guaranteed that I would fail if I shut down, and don't do anything.  Perhaps someday, this will be a learning experience when it's all said and done.
Quote from: Scarpia on February 02, 2011, 10:35:29 PM
What is the graduate school major you are pursuing?

Musicology.   I know the field is competitive (at least through school), and a lot of people would apply to the schools I applied to.  Perhaps that is the main reason why I wasn't accepted.  But then again, I don't know definitively that is the truth, because in the rejection letters, they've been polite and saying "a lot of people applied here, we had to reject many talented people", or something along those lines. 
Perhaps it's the not right fit for me, not being a competitive person by my nature. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on February 03, 2011, 06:55:50 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 28, 2011, 06:12:57 PM
How do you prevent anger?...

Meditation. And you don't eliminate it, you just don't allow it to carry you away.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 03, 2011, 06:57:25 AM
You tell the anger where to get off, not the anger you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 04, 2011, 05:32:52 AM
I just realised what Donald Trump has been doing with his hair all this time:

(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7421/35108690.jpg) (http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6451/57727557.jpg)

It's a touching tribute.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 05, 2011, 09:43:14 AM
I'm glad I don't live in Malawi. I'd probably have to emigrate ...

http://www.gadling.com/2011/02/04/malawi-to-ban-farting/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl7%7Csec3_lnk1%7C199337 (http://www.gadling.com/2011/02/04/malawi-to-ban-farting/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl7%7Csec3_lnk1%7C199337)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 05, 2011, 10:58:17 AM
Quote from: mn dave on February 03, 2011, 06:55:50 AM
Meditation. And you don't eliminate it, you just don't allow it to carry you away.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 03, 2011, 06:57:25 AM
You tell the anger where to get off, not the anger you.
If only it were that easy...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 05, 2011, 11:08:27 AM
This was my 3rd grade teacher (I saw him on the news this morning, and the first offence I read about in the newspaper a while ago, which I probably mentioned previously here):

http://badbadteacher.com/dale-chisena-sr/

Luckily, he wasn't all weird when I knew him, what, ~14 years ago.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on February 05, 2011, 11:45:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 05, 2011, 10:58:17 AM
If only it were that easy...

Who said meditation is easy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 05, 2011, 01:57:25 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 05, 2011, 11:45:30 AM
Who said meditation is easy?
Hmm, good point.
Ever hear of the "drug" DMT? Supposedly that blows meditation away, after only the 5-10 minutes that it lasts (assuming there are any relations in effect or goals/purpose). The way people talk about it seems like something that someone would say if they because instant master of meditation overnight and understood all things.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on February 05, 2011, 06:18:33 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 05, 2011, 01:57:25 PM
Hmm, good point.
Ever hear of the "drug" DMT? Supposedly that blows meditation away, after only the 5-10 minutes that it lasts (assuming there are any relations in effect or goals/purpose). The way people talk about it seems like something that someone would say if they because instant master of meditation overnight and understood all things.  :D

Oh, like LSD?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 06, 2011, 12:42:10 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 05, 2011, 06:18:33 PM
Oh, like LSD?  :P
Not really- LSD is supposedly a joke in comparison. I don't know how dangerous LSD is, but DMT is actually very safe and non-addicting, too (one reason may be that it is already in our bodies).

Usually, people who take it completely lose their ego (if relaxed enough) and gain a completely different perspective on things (ability to view the world outside of their selves/ego- just as it is). I don't know how long that feeling last for them, though, because I'm under the impression that most people who do it once don't try it again.

For example:
http://www.youtube.com/v/yG42lFHK7Cc&feature=related
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 12, 2011, 11:41:10 AM
My 2011 Who's Who in Baseball arrived in today's mail. There's still a foot of snow on the ground outside, but spring is just around the corner!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: greg on February 14, 2011, 06:04:48 PM
Facebook status from a childhood friend who now works at a Kobe's in San Antonio:

QuoteI'm hungry, I'm tired, and I hate my job. I'm only here to cook for you so that you can go home and get some easy sex. Happy Valentines Day!
Best facebook status ever!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on February 22, 2011, 01:12:49 AM
Has Dave left us?

Where is Philoctatus?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on February 22, 2011, 07:20:52 AM
Dave has long been back. I cannot answer for Philo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 02, 2011, 03:16:02 PM
So....it looks like I got into one of the schools I applied to!  So, that's a plus.

But that now leaves me with another problem!  I need to find a different piece to work on than Kol Nidrei!  Thankfully I have a decent selection to pick from.  I probably could pick up the Arpeggione Sonata, but I am liking the Misek Sonata #2.  So there's the problem!

Still, it's a good problem to have.   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 02, 2011, 03:23:31 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on March 02, 2011, 03:16:02 PM
So....it looks like I got into one of the schools I applied to!  So, that's a plus.

But that now leaves me with another problem!  I need to find a different piece to work on than Kol Nidrei!  Thankfully I have a decent selection to pick from.  I probably could pick up the Arpeggione Sonata, but I am liking the Misek Sonata #2.  So there's the problem!

Still, it's a good problem to have.   8)

Big plus, congratulations.  Where were you accepted?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 02, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 02, 2011, 03:23:31 PM
Big plus, congratulations.  Where were you accepted?
Bowling Green State University.  The music history teacher at my undergraduate school (SUNY Fredonia) suggested it when I e-mailed him during the summer.  Visited there twice, and like the feel of the campus.  So, it's something to look forward to.

I didn't technically get in yet, have to be accepted by the graduate school part.  But I see no reason for them to reject me.   Good GPA, decent GRE scores (and an improved GRE scores over the last time I took them.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 04, 2011, 03:58:31 AM
In German, what is the difference between the spellings of fantasiestücke and phantasiestücke? Schumann's Op.73 seems to be spelt both ways.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 04, 2011, 07:53:15 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on March 02, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
Bowling Green State University.  The music history teacher at my undergraduate school (SUNY Fredonia) suggested it when I e-mailed him during the summer.  Visited there twice, and like the feel of the campus.  So, it's something to look forward to.

I didn't technically get in yet, have to be accepted by the graduate school part.  But I see no reason for them to reject me.   Good GPA, decent GRE scores (and an improved GRE scores over the last time I took them.)
Nice job, man!  :)
My parents went to Bowling Green that one time they went to Kentucky when I didn't come along... they said the music store was great, and they have pictures of them playing all the guitars. I have the impression that it is a pretty musical area over there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 07, 2011, 12:09:23 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 04, 2011, 07:53:15 AM
Nice job, man!  :)
My parents went to Bowling Green that one time they went to Kentucky when I didn't come along... they said the music store was great, and they have pictures of them playing all the guitars. I have the impression that it is a pretty musical area over there.
Thanks!
Though, BGSU is in Bowling Green, Ohio.  There is an university in Bowling Green, Kentucky as well, but never been there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 13, 2011, 04:39:31 AM
I saw the sun shining brightly on a brick wall and noticed how much I could see and thought "wow, that is high resolution" before I could stop myself. Computers are ruining me ;_:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 13, 2011, 02:35:27 PM
Last night I was rearranging my album shelves and dropped my entire David Ositrakh vinyl collection on my foot. Not only do I have more of his recordings than any other violinist, but those old Melodiya records are as heavy as bowling balls. Perlman or Szigeti would have been much less painful.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 13, 2011, 07:54:29 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on March 13, 2011, 02:35:27 PM
Last night I was rearranging my album shelves and dropped my entire David Ositrakh vinyl collection on my foot. Not only do I have more of his recordings than any other violinist, but those old Melodiya records are as heavy as bowling balls. Perlman or Szigeti would have been much less painful.

First things first: are the discs all right?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 14, 2011, 02:03:32 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 13, 2011, 07:54:29 PM
First things first: are the discs all right?

Yes, my foot sufficiently cushioned the fall.   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 14, 2011, 06:29:04 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on March 14, 2011, 02:03:32 AM
Yes, my foot sufficiently cushioned the fall.   :)

Phew. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 14, 2011, 02:09:45 PM
Quote from: Apollon on February 22, 2011, 07:20:52 AM
Dave has long been back. I cannot answer for Philo.

I'm around, but my interests have been drawn elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 19, 2011, 12:10:33 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on March 02, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
Bowling Green State University.  The music history teacher at my undergraduate school (SUNY Fredonia) suggested it when I e-mailed him during the summer.  Visited there twice, and like the feel of the campus.  So, it's something to look forward to.

I didn't technically get in yet, have to be accepted by the graduate school part.  But I see no reason for them to reject me.   Good GPA, decent GRE scores (and an improved GRE scores over the last time I took them.)
It's official, I got in.   8)
Still waiting to hear from University of Cincinnati, though. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 19, 2011, 05:11:09 PM
Congrats! And good luck with Cinci, too!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 19, 2011, 05:21:29 PM
Quote from: Apollon on March 19, 2011, 05:11:09 PM
Congrats! And good luck with Cinci, too!
Thanks! 
I am not too optimistic about Cinci, though, mainly due to the fact they only accept 4 people a year (apparently, there was 18 applicants.  so, I have roughly a 22% chance of being one of those 4).  But I put did my best at the interview (except for one question "Why do you want to go to UC?".  I rambled nonsense that I tried to make sound like a valid reason.  Caught me of guard a bit I think).  So, what happens will happen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 21, 2011, 12:44:49 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on March 19, 2011, 05:21:29 PM
Thanks! 
I am not too optimistic about Cinci, though, mainly due to the fact they only accept 4 people a year (apparently, there was 18 applicants.  so, I have roughly a 22% chance of being one of those 4).  But I put did my best at the interview (except for one question "Why do you want to go to UC?".  I rambled nonsense that I tried to make sound like a valid reason.  Caught me of guard a bit I think).  So, what happens will happen.
Heard back from UC (the postal service sent it to the wrong place, just got it now.).  Didn't get in, but wasn't really expecting to.  At least I tried.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 21, 2011, 04:02:21 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on March 19, 2011, 12:10:33 PM
It's official, I got in.   8)

Congratulations, Paul! I just checked out your YouTube clips and I really liked the Weinberg selections. I always found thumb position particularly challenging, so I can appreciate the difficulty of that piece. Are you pursuing a performance route in your future studies or another area of specialization?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 21, 2011, 05:45:07 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on March 21, 2011, 04:02:21 PM
Congratulations, Paul! I just checked out your YouTube clips and I really liked the Weinberg selections. I always found thumb position particularly challenging, so I can appreciate the difficulty of that piece. Are you pursuing a performance route in your future studies or another area of specialization?
thanks! 
I am pursuing music history/musicology for my graduate studies, and possibly going on for a PhD.  But I also want to take lessons while at Bowling Green. 
I was originally going to do 3 movements of the piece. The third, Fourth (the two I did), and the 5th.  The 5th wasn't terribly hard for the most part, but it just didn't come together.  The main difficulty of the 5th mov. was the shifting from first position F, all the way to a double stop of harmonic d on the g string, and B on the d string.  I probably will try to play that movement on a further date, along with the 2nd.
Thanks for looking at the videos.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 26, 2011, 07:48:42 AM
The national census form:

"If not, go to question 43"

Question 43: "There are no more questions"

I am being deadpanned by a piece of paper :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on March 26, 2011, 03:01:29 PM
Tonight on the London Underground: the funniest conversation I've ever been in. (http://bit.ly/dHleKD) Full transcript, to the best of my memory, on my blog now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 26, 2011, 03:07:13 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on March 26, 2011, 07:48:42 AM
The national census form:

"If not, go to question 43"

Question 43: "There are no more questions"

I am being deadpanned by a piece of paper :(

Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on March 28, 2011, 11:56:53 AM
Zowie!

Quote99999 Views

And . . . the odometer just clocked over to 100000 . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 31, 2011, 03:15:44 PM
Had to give a major presentation today. Fucking crushed it.
8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 05, 2011, 04:49:50 AM
If I am not online the next few days, it'll probably be because of the storm system again. If it's anything like the one last week, I'll be without internet for 3 days and without electricity for nearly 24 hours. It's pretty much a category 2 hurricane, except it's not called that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 05, 2011, 05:08:58 AM
Be safe there, Greg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 14, 2011, 07:08:54 PM
Quote from: Apollon on April 05, 2011, 05:08:58 AM
Be safe there, Greg.
Oh, thanks. That day it happened to be nothing, luckily.



Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 14, 2011, 07:12:22 PM
I remember when I was a kid... watching Animaniacs, Pokemon, Digimon, etc. the sense of imagination and adventure... the grownup world is not good at all. The real world is painfully ugly and dull. Would be nice if instead of growing up, I got sucked into one of those cartoon worlds instead.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on April 15, 2011, 05:16:26 PM
Taking risks is what makes grown-up life fun.

I'm taking a risk soon — about to start my second job. I'm hoping I can somehow make it work once I go to school for musicology — another risk, but worth it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 15, 2011, 06:16:12 PM
Quote from: Corey on April 15, 2011, 05:16:26 PM
Taking risks is what makes grown-up life fun.

I'm taking a risk soon — about to start my second job. I'm hoping I can somehow make it work once I go to school for musicology — another risk, but worth it.
Out of curiosity, have you been accepted to a school yet, or still searching? 


I am going to school for music history starting in the fall, and I am nervous as hell about it.  I guess when I actually start school, I'll let my insecurities about my work/intelligence go.  But for now, the risk of going to school and everything is just making me anxious partly due to my own insecurities.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on April 15, 2011, 06:20:16 PM
I'll just say I'm several links behind you on the educational sausage-maker. It'll be just a city college to begin with, until I transfer somewhere else. I'd like to go to Northwestern eventually as I think they have an interesting music program there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 15, 2011, 06:24:10 PM
gotta start somewhere, as the old cliche of sorts goes. 

now, if I had been on top of things the fall before last during my senior year of undergrad, I'd probably be in grad school by now.  But, better later than never I suppose.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 15, 2011, 07:51:14 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 31, 2011, 03:15:44 PM
Had to give a major presentation today. Fucking crushed it.
8)

Spoken like a true heathen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 15, 2011, 08:34:53 PM
Quote from: Corey on April 15, 2011, 06:20:16 PM
I'll just say I'm several links behind you on the educational sausage-maker. It'll be just a city college to begin with, until I transfer somewhere else. I'd like to go to Northwestern eventually as I think they have an interesting music program there.

I had to take the community college route to get to university. I'm sure you'll get there eventually. You're smart as a whip.

As an aside, this is my fifth day of not being able to walk.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2011, 05:59:05 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 15, 2011, 08:34:53 PM
As an aside, this is my fifth day of not being able to walk.

What happened Philo?  Are you okay? ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on April 16, 2011, 06:06:26 AM
He's a skater. Comes with the territory.

Unless something more serious happened. :\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 16, 2011, 07:08:32 AM
Quote from: Corey on April 16, 2011, 06:06:26 AM
He's a skater. Comes with the territory.

Unless something more serious happened. :\

David: Corey got it right. It was a skateboarding incident, but I'll be off my leg for at least another month. I'm supposed to get an MRI next week, and then most likely surgery.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2011, 09:36:52 AM
That's good... I was imagining 127 hours.  A rock fell on my leg and while I deliberated about whether to cut off my leg I decided to pull out my iphone and post on gmg...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CD on April 16, 2011, 09:46:50 AM
also — Thanks philo :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 16, 2011, 02:45:51 PM
Quote from: haydnfan on April 16, 2011, 09:36:52 AM
That's good... I was imagining 127 hours.  A rock fell on my leg and while I deliberated about whether to cut off my leg I decided to pull out my iphone and post on gmg...
Sounds like the women who post on facebook while they're having a baby.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2011, 03:11:01 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 16, 2011, 02:45:51 PM
Sounds like the women who post on facebook while they're having a baby.  ;D

Twitter update: ow!!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 16, 2011, 03:21:04 PM
Quote from: Coco on April 16, 2011, 09:46:50 AM
also — Thanks philo :)

Anytime, Ms. Peru.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 19, 2011, 06:07:43 PM
I am glad the next time I go to Bowling Green, OH I don't have to come back until November.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 21, 2011, 05:39:02 PM
Composers b. 101-200 B.C.
Pick your top 1 from the following list.
You many only select up to 1 option.

(http://bpm.ite.edu.sg/wm_cafshared/ui/img/controls/SelectRowCheckbox/checkbox-calc.gif)  Flaccus

(http://www.reasontogo.com/images/button/SubmitVote.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on April 21, 2011, 05:56:05 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on April 21, 2011, 05:39:02 PM
Composers b. 101-200 B.C.
Pick your top 1 from the following list.
You many only select up to 1 option.

(http://bpm.ite.edu.sg/wm_cafshared/ui/img/controls/SelectRowCheckbox/checkbox-calc.gif)  Flaccus

(http://www.reasontogo.com/images/button/SubmitVote.gif)

Umm, I chose Flaccidus uh, Flaccus, Tony, because I really didn't know another.  My bad... :D

8)


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Now playing:
Royal PO / Previn  Ax - Bia 337 Op 37 Concerto #3 in c for Piano 1st mvmt - Allegro con brio
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 21, 2011, 06:00:04 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on April 21, 2011, 05:56:05 PM
Umm, I chose Flaccidus uh, Flaccus, Tony, because I really didn't know another.  My bad... :D

8)

I considered including his cousin Flatulent during the tedious compiling of the list, but I ran out of gas ...

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on April 21, 2011, 06:13:07 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on April 21, 2011, 06:00:04 PM
I considered including his cousin Flatulent during the tedious compiling of the list, but I ran out of gas ...

0:)

Wait, I have some..... crap it got away.   :-X  Guess I'll see you guys later!  :o

8)

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Now playing: Royal PO / Previn  Ax - Bia 337 Op 37 Concerto #3 in c for Piano 2nd mvmt - Largo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 22, 2011, 02:44:27 PM
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gv1xy/urgent_need_to_know_right_fucking_now_is_it_safe/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 27, 2011, 11:01:50 AM
My knee surgery is scheduled for Friday.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 27, 2011, 12:36:02 PM
Hope it goes well. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on April 27, 2011, 01:59:30 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on April 22, 2011, 02:44:27 PM
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gv1xy/urgent_need_to_know_right_fucking_now_is_it_safe/

that username... :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on April 29, 2011, 03:56:47 AM
My live blog of the Royal Wedding. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/live-blog-the-royal-wedding/) With pot-shots at Dave Cameron and John Rutter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 29, 2011, 04:03:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 29, 2011, 03:56:47 AM
My live blog of the Royal Wedding. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/live-blog-the-royal-wedding/) With pot-shots at Dave Cameron and John Rutter.

Fun! Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 29, 2011, 04:10:16 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 29, 2011, 03:56:47 AM
My live blog of the Royal Wedding. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/live-blog-the-royal-wedding/) With pot-shots at Dave Cameron and John Rutter.

"Uh, so it turns out the person in all-yellow with a big yellow cylinder on their head is... the Queen. Sorry, United Kingdom. I hope I haven't offended you. If it is any consolation, she does look slightly sharper than David Cameron."

Hilarious, Brian  :D  I havent been paying any attention to the wedding (didn't even know it was today) until I saw your post about the blog. Yours is the only coverage I'm interested in. Keep on truckin'  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 29, 2011, 04:24:04 AM
"The household trumpeters botching their fanfares, again. A couple of those notes were sharper than David Cameron."--Brian's blog

;D :D ;D

I think it's tradition  :D  When I saw a change of the Horse Guards, the trumpeter (mounted) botched it coming and going. But this is probably as good as it got on the battlefield-- so, in a way, it's authentic  ;)

Sarge


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Luke on April 29, 2011, 04:51:13 AM
This ardent republican, intending to hide his head under the duvet all day, took a peek. Hm. I have to admit I  felt a surge of guilty pleasure at times - not down to any of the people involved in the day but simply...well, sometimes a bit of Parry or Walton just does that to a person. Turn the sound down and it was just a bunch of people in funny clothes flouncing around in a big old building; turn it up and the goosebumps and lumps in the throat spring up. The power of music!

'I Was Glad' as she walked up the aisle, alone, a long distance camera shot showing her walking into the distance through a forest of trees and giant pillars - that was stirring stuff in a fairytale, innocent-into-the-woods kind of way; Crown Imperial as they walked out also powerful in a much more rigid, pageantry-driven way which I usually detest. Damn those rhetorical tropes with which music plays with our unwanted responses! The power of a big ol' dominant preparation and a swelling patriotic tune as the happy couple (about whom, sound down, I could not care less) appear on the steps. Ugh. I feel soiled  ;D

Thankfully, the Rutter was awful, though, so that was OK....

Oh, and the organist, Rob Quinney, was my 'college son' at university. So really, I should have had an invite  ;D

Now I have to find some music with which to cleanse the palate...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 29, 2011, 04:53:00 AM
Quote from: Luke on April 29, 2011, 04:51:13 AM
. . . Thankfully, the Rutter was awful, though, so that was OK....

Yes, he's quite reliable there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Luke on April 29, 2011, 04:59:02 AM
Predictably bad, but really it stuck out so terribly when surrounded by Proper Big Tunes that go somewhere and mean something. The usual four bars of arpegiated noodling (poor, poor Rob having to play that to the world) followed by a kind of poppy, directionless...thing. Sometimes Rutter can hit on a fine melody and can shape it to a pointed, cathartic place, but not here. And though I myself am not religious, it rankles with me that he, who has no faith, has made a career out of setting words that clearly do not mean anything much to him beyond their inherent poetry. It strikes a sour note to think - yes, but the emotion and the piety you are simiulating in this music is just that: simulation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on April 29, 2011, 06:14:25 AM
A cynical undercurrent which is entirely alien to the sacred music of RVW, e.g.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Diner on April 29, 2011, 06:36:27 AM
I got your royal wedding...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 29, 2011, 07:23:17 AM
This s*it is so freaking stupid...




(to say my honest opinion)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 29, 2011, 07:28:37 PM
Quote from: haydnfan on April 27, 2011, 12:36:02 PM
Hope it goes well. :)

Thanks. The surgery went well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 29, 2011, 07:29:25 PM
Awesome Philo, it's good to hear! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 30, 2011, 03:12:28 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 29, 2011, 07:28:37 PM
Thanks. The surgery went well.
Good!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 04, 2011, 04:53:50 PM
Is there a way to make money playing guitar that isn't a complete gamble? I think this is really the only thing that I can do that can impress/blow away anybody.

Like, joining a band that makes a lot of money?... just a consideration. (I don't exactly want to go that career route, but with money, the whole world can be open to you).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 04, 2011, 05:02:01 PM
A friend of mine did this Greg: teach.  He opened a school and taught guitar.  Sure fire way to make consistent money.  Performing is always a gamble, it's a highly competitive world.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 04, 2011, 05:50:13 PM
Teaching is a gamble too, though. I would only do it if I lived in a city- I wouldn't make enough money out here, since most of these people are old rednecks who would want redneck music lessons.

But I can't just start renting an apartment in a city and start giving lessons, since you never know if you are going to be able to get by with rent at first... eventually, yes, but it seems like a gamble and I don't want to run out of all of the money I saved.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 04, 2011, 06:20:28 PM
Uh yeah he lived in LA, I imagine that is a bit different.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 04, 2011, 07:28:58 PM
First day of PT today: 70 per cent flexion in the knee. Projected walk time: mid-June.

Plus my therapist is awesome!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 05, 2011, 10:12:01 AM
4th day of strep throat — finally recovering with some antibiotics. Still, can't eat a lot of things.

Playing Pokémon and listening to Elliott Carter. What do you mean "cognitive dissonance"? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 05, 2011, 10:18:05 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 04, 2011, 07:28:58 PM
First day of PT today: 70 per cent flexion in the knee. Projected walk time: mid-June.

Plus my therapist is awesome!

;D


Best of luck, dude!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 05, 2011, 10:19:00 AM
Quote from: Coco on May 05, 2011, 10:12:01 AM
4th day of strep throat — finally recovering with some antibiotics. Still, can't eat a lot of things.

Playing Pokémon and listening to Elliott Carter. What do you mean "cognitive dissonance"? :D

News at 11: strep throat leads to listening to Carter.  You're sick man. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 05, 2011, 10:19:29 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 05, 2011, 10:18:05 AM
Best of luck, dude!

Thanks. I'm hopeful for quick recovery.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 05, 2011, 10:20:05 AM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 05, 2011, 10:19:00 AM
News at 11: strep throat leads to listening to Carter.  You're sick man. ;D

Soon he'll be reading de Man.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 05, 2011, 10:20:13 AM
Quote from: Coco on May 05, 2011, 10:12:01 AM
4th day of strep throat — finally recovering with some antibiotics. Still, can't eat a lot of things.

Best of luck, dude!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 05, 2011, 10:26:23 AM
:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 07, 2011, 08:35:27 PM
Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/ahmadinejad-allies-charged-with-sorcery)

Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits).

Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 09, 2011, 08:31:24 AM
Rain! After months of dryness. The farmers will be happy. But much rain will fall?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 09, 2011, 10:05:47 AM
Still raining heavily. Good for the farmers!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 09, 2011, 11:06:04 AM
I see Memphis TN is under water again.  The one poster from the city, Franco, has resigned from the site, I hope he is high and dry.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 09, 2011, 11:20:14 AM
I can't say that I understand why people choose to live near a river that floods regularly. :-\

Well hope Franco is alright.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 10, 2011, 02:04:01 PM
Graceland, Dave, Graceland.

-

Unrelated:

"Low battery warning: 91%"
- my laptop
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 10, 2011, 03:19:16 PM
Scarpia, this humble intellect with a strong tendency to common sense. What is his destination?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 15, 2011, 10:59:24 AM
 :o :o :o

QuoteSpiral galaxies are inherently interesting. Something about their beauty is so enticing... but when you look at them more carefully, the science and physics behind them is terrifically compelling. And when you use different eyes — say, radio telescopes — then you see something different entirely:

(http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2011/02/ngc6946_vis_h1.jpg)

This shows two views of the lovely face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946. On the left is a visible light image, and on the right is the radio view, taken by the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (taken over the course of 192 hours). Amazingly, these two images are to the same scale!

Rest of the post can be found here (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/15/the-belch-of-a-gassy-galaxy/).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 18, 2011, 09:25:15 AM
So MusicWeb just sent out their listserv asking who wants to review what CD, and one of them is this.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NQB6Fn-%2BL._SS500_.jpg)

:o :o :o 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 18, 2011, 09:34:46 AM
A Hummel tattoo... that's badass! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 18, 2011, 03:38:37 PM
+ Schumann on the other arm. Rather heavy looking work, but the sentiment is a pleasant change :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 18, 2011, 05:03:56 PM
Senator questions benefits to 'adult baby' (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 18, 2011, 05:09:32 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 18, 2011, 09:25:15 AM
So MusicWeb just sent out their listserv asking who wants to review what CD, and one of them is this.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NQB6Fn-%2BL._SS500_.jpg)

:o :o :o 8)

I hope you had the good sense to say "I do!". :)  If you're gonna look like that, you better be able to play. :)

8)

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Moscow SO / Polyanski  Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) - Shostakovich Op 107 Concerto #1 in Eb for Cello 3rd mvmt - Allegro con moto
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 18, 2011, 05:12:52 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 18, 2011, 05:09:32 PM
I hope you had the good sense to say "I do!". :)  If you're gonna look like that, you better be able to play. :)

Brian calls her up... "what would you do to get a 10/10?" ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 18, 2011, 05:17:10 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on May 18, 2011, 05:03:56 PM
Senator questions benefits to 'adult baby' (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/)

"if they screw with my disability check, then the next time you see me will be in a body bag".  I'm down with that. I'm the one paying my share to support these 2 morons.   ::)

8)


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Moscow SO / Polyanski  Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) - Shostakovich Op 126 Concerto #2 in G for Cello 1st mvmt - Largo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on May 18, 2011, 05:17:39 PM
In spite of Daria's superstructure, if she really has Tramp Stamps, that's Super Bad News all around, dudes! 

Push ups and cold showers and a happy life!   8)

Hummel's a poser anyway!   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 18, 2011, 05:19:48 PM
You know that is the same Daria who registered here but only had 5 posts?


(no surprise...)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 18, 2011, 05:20:28 PM
And I agree.... super hot!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 18, 2011, 05:21:43 PM
Quote from: Cato on May 18, 2011, 05:17:39 PM
In spite of Daria's superstructure, if she really has Tramp Stamps, that's Super Bad News all around, dudes! 

Push ups and cold showers and a happy life!   8)

Hummel's a poser anyway!   ;D

A Nepomuk Ho. Don't see them around too much these days. Hopefully, Brian will fill us in on the ins and outs, so to speak. That disk was probably on its way to him before he even posted it. :D

8)

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Moscow SO / Polyanski  Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) - Shostakovich Op 126 Concerto #2 in G for Cello 1st mvmt - Largo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 18, 2011, 05:32:46 PM
Someday, there'll be babe musicians with Henning tattooed on their left bicep. You know it to be true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 18, 2011, 05:34:30 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 18, 2011, 05:32:46 PM
Someday, there'll be babe musicians with Henning Luchesi tattooed on their left bicep. You know it to be true.

There fixed that for you. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 18, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 18, 2011, 05:32:46 PM
Someday, there'll be babe musicians with Henning tattooed on their left bicep. You know it to be true.

As long as she doesn't honk, Karl, we're good with it. :D

8)

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Moscow SO / Polyanski  Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) - Shostakovich Op 126 Concerto #2 in G for Cello 3rd mvmt - Allegretto
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 18, 2011, 05:43:37 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 18, 2011, 05:32:46 PM
Someday, there'll be babe musicians with Henning tattooed on their left bicep. You know it to be true.
:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 18, 2011, 07:10:20 PM
I've finally finished reripping my cd collection into flac!!  It's done!!  My modest collection comes out to about 220 GBs.  Still alot of work.  For once I can pity those with large (>10,000 cds, lps) collections that want to rip their collection.  What a lot of work that would be.  As it is I've basically done this project twice since I did it in mp3 and then changed my mind and wanted lossless. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 18, 2011, 07:35:16 PM
Re Daria - after the initial wow factor, I think the only lasting effect seeing that CD cover would be a lower opinion of Hummel :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 19, 2011, 04:40:26 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 18, 2011, 07:35:16 PM
. . . a lower opinion of Hummel :(

Is that medically possible? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 19, 2011, 04:49:28 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 18, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
As long as she doesn't honk, Karl, we're good with it. :D

8)

:D

By the way, here's the other (Schumann) arm:

(http://www.gloukhova.com/assets/images/Daria-New-Photo.jpg)

EDIT: Uh-oh, I crashed her website.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 19, 2011, 04:54:14 AM
Well, then there's room for Henning in between, isn't there?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 19, 2011, 05:06:19 AM
I'll take the right one, you take the left. Our names will just stare at each other awkwardly all day.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 19, 2011, 08:11:04 AM
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/826480/Free.JPG)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 19, 2011, 04:01:13 PM
*high five*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 19, 2011, 06:23:18 PM
I don't get it. Explanation?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 19, 2011, 07:53:43 PM
The first two are offering free tat, the third is petitioning to release a guy from jail, and looking like they're giving him away when placed in context with the others...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 20, 2011, 02:12:13 AM
Oh... okay, I get it now.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 05:06:13 AM
Hail last night, hammering the skylights, knocking out the power.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 12:21:33 PM
There are now two seasons in Minnesota: Snow and Tornado.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 22, 2011, 02:44:58 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 12:21:33 PM
There are now two seasons in Minnesota: Snow and Tornado.

Do you like it? ;) ;D

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 02:49:19 PM
Quote from: Henk on May 22, 2011, 02:44:58 PM
Do you like it? ;) ;D

Hell no.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 22, 2011, 03:41:19 PM
And in Florida: Hell and Tornado.

(Hell referring to the heat/head index)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 03:43:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 22, 2011, 03:41:19 PM
And in Florida: Hell and Tornado.

(Hell referring to the heat/head index)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 22, 2011, 03:49:57 PM
In Chicago we have winter and Construction.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 04:35:29 PM
Quote from: Coco on May 22, 2011, 03:49:57 PM
In Chicago we have winter and Construction.

Yeah, us too.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 22, 2011, 04:52:28 PM
"In Soviet Russia, season complain about you!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 22, 2011, 06:15:54 PM
^ LOLd at this, but replace "season" with "weather".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 23, 2011, 04:41:18 AM
Quote from: Coco on May 22, 2011, 04:52:28 PM
"In Soviet Russia, season complain about you!"

Excellent. What's that from?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 23, 2011, 04:43:12 AM
I think it's from the Russian lolcats site . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 23, 2011, 04:49:50 AM
It was a standup comedian from the 80s but as Karl knows I might be really wrong about the time frame (thinking of Beethoven Masur). :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 23, 2011, 04:52:04 AM
Yakov Smirnoff that's it!  Funny enough I didn't google autocompletion answered my question! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 23, 2011, 06:21:31 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 12:21:33 PM
There are now two seasons in Minnesota: Snow and Tornado.

A memorable quote from R. K. Narayan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._K._Narayan)'s The Bachelor of Arts: Madras is hot for ten months in the year and hotter for two. (Madras, until 1996, was the name of Chennai. And currently, we're in the middle of those two months.)

You are at least blessed with variety, Dave. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 23, 2011, 06:22:12 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 23, 2011, 06:21:31 AM
You are at least blessed with variety, Dave. ;D

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 23, 2011, 05:24:29 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 23, 2011, 04:43:12 AM
I think it's from the Russian lolcats site . . . .

I can has queue for ersatz cheezburger?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 23, 2011, 05:57:48 PM
I borrowed the form of the joke from Yakov Smirnoff :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 27, 2011, 08:12:52 AM
I really lost some of the pleasure posting here, thanks to people like Florestan, Tony etc.

It just seems impossible to discuss things in a normal way, without being attacked or trapped.

Florestan calls me a "lad", Philoctetes calls me a "fucktard". I don't accept this.

It´s because there´s no alternative, I keep on posting here. But GMG is not a great place more for me, I´m sorry to say. There are unpleasant people here.

This is supposedly how Florestan and Tony wanted to make me feel about GMG. They have reached their goal.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 27, 2011, 08:43:20 AM
No alternative? You're not required to post on any forum, as far as I know.

Paulb still posts on the Amazon forums. Maybe you'd fit in there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on May 27, 2011, 09:54:19 AM
Quote from: Henk on May 27, 2011, 08:12:52 AM
I really lost some of the pleasure posting here, thanks to people like Florestan, Tony etc.

It just seems impossible to discuss things in a normal way, without being attacked or trapped.

Florestan calls me a "lad", Philoctetes calls me a "fucktard". I don't accept this.

It´s because there´s no alternative, I keep on posting here. But GMG is not a great place more for me, I´m sorry to say. There are unpleasant people here.

This is supposedly how Florestan and Tony wanted to make me feel about GMG. They have reached their goal.

Henk

Moi?    ???   


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 09:56:29 AM
There were complaints of a whining sound ... anyone noticed any messianic-trending threads lately?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 27, 2011, 10:09:57 AM
Bye bye people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:13:18 AM
He'll be back and I'll be glad to see him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:17:04 AM
I blame all this on Florestan. Or The Evil Snare as we like to call him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:18:00 AM
But even he's no match for Forum Bully Karl Henning.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 10:23:11 AM
Hmm, whining's stopped. I'll tell engineering . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Churchmouse on May 27, 2011, 10:24:16 AM

Forum bullies are just cowards, sitting behind their screens.
And cussin shouldn't be allowed either.  There may be ladies present!   :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 10:25:59 AM
Quote from: Churchmouse on May 27, 2011, 10:24:16 AM
Forum bullies are just cowards, sitting behind their screens.

I agree.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:26:34 AM
Keyboard warriors I call 'em.  $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 10:27:27 AM
Bzzzzzt.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 10:33:45 AM
Oh boy a nice warm sunny day I sure love summer. :)

It's summertime and the living is easy... 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:34:08 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 27, 2011, 10:33:45 AM
Oh boy a nice warm sunny day I sure love summer. :)

It's summertime and the living is easy... 8)

We have sun...occasionally.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 10:35:20 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:34:08 AM
We have sun...occasionally.

You have... construction I bet. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 27, 2011, 10:35:20 AM
You have... construction I bet. ;D

Hell yes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 10:37:46 AM
The potholes there can swallow entire cities.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 27, 2011, 10:40:18 AM
Can anyone figure out what this program does?

http://www.jbum.com/syd/index.html
(download the JSyd version)

It seems useful somehow, and even includes source code for me to study. Except I don't know what it does.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 10:40:49 AM
Quote from: Leon on May 27, 2011, 10:38:01 AM
Since Memorial Day kicks off summer I have changed my avatar to mark the event.  And will be blasting the boys as I bar-b-que some red meat and drink cheap American beer.

What's on your grill?

mesquite steaks...usually
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 10:44:32 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 27, 2011, 10:37:46 AM
The potholes there can swallow entire cities.

Driving down the street here is like going on an amusement park ride the road is so uneven! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 27, 2011, 11:01:38 AM
What is memorial day?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 11:02:25 AM
In honor of our war veterans, and those who perished in battle.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 27, 2011, 11:03:01 AM
Danke.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 11:09:03 AM
Ti prego!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 01:48:21 PM
Glad you're back, Henk!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:08:38 PM
I have to shave me sideburns.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 02:09:58 PM
I'm just not really a side burns kind of guy. 

Dave, you should go with mutton chops, go bigger!  Make up for my complete lack of side burns. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:11:50 PM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 27, 2011, 02:09:58 PM
I'm just not really a side burns kind of guy. 

Dave, you should go with mutton chops, go bigger!  Make up for my complete lack of side burns. ;D

The wife won't tolerate it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:12:08 PM
My father in law had mutton chops; looked rather odd, except when he was on stage playing Vicrotian parts in am dram plays.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 02:14:37 PM
Mike, your Father in law must have been a method actor.  No slapping on fake mutton chops for him! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:17:29 PM
You are right, he trained specially in order to be right for corpulent characters. There seemed to be one in every play, which was a remarkable coincidence.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 27, 2011, 02:17:49 PM
Quote from: Henk on May 27, 2011, 02:06:40 PM
If you don´t know what I´m complaining about, why do you react stupidly?

Henk

You    '     re still doing putting those spaces in the hyphenated words I see. (In sarcastic voice) What a way to butcher the English language!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:22:35 PM
Quote from: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:12:08 PM
My father in law had mutton chops; looked rather odd, except when he was on stage playing Vicrotian parts in am dram plays.

Mike

This him?
(http://www.clashmusic.com/files/imagecache/big_node_view/files/images/lemmy02.jpg)
;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:24:12 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 27, 2011, 02:17:49 PM
You    '     re still doing putting those spaces in the hyphenated words I see. (In sarcastic voice) What a way to butcher the English language!!!

I think he's using a different character for his apostrophe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 02:25:00 PM
Quote from: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:17:29 PM
You are right, he trained specially in order to be right for corpulent characters. There seemed to be one in every play, which was a remarkable coincidence.

Mike

Hahaha! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 02:27:27 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:22:35 PM
This him?

Nah I bet this was him when he was young--

(http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/screenshots/114075d1245862146-eq-emulator-nostalgia-mutton-chops-big.jpg)

He was in a English west country group. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:27:38 PM
Dave and David, He was not a thin man. I can't find a photo that is anything like him. So in lieu, here are some mutton chops.

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6M4Fyr2m9l3lYJxAx2_Q_1g739zIyQlsxdKRXeLeb4XCmhFRcwA)

This is him in extreme method-mode.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:29:31 PM
(http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/auto/r/350x0/9/4/9463f_ORIG-b7d8c_ORIG_asimov_020509.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:32:12 PM
This is much closer, but with grey hair rather than white.

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDL_jnGw6c6FGGiNtQ_Hq_vW2mQaKeMzMhPLu0V2n2ASA1UeyH)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 27, 2011, 02:34:41 PM
rut-ro....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 02:59:46 PM
Guys, I have just tidied up some weeds; hope you don't mind.

Knight
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 27, 2011, 03:10:38 PM
Looks great!

(http://www.heritagelandscapes.co.uk/heritage_files/perfect%20lawn1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 03:11:55 PM
I guess he likes to eat mutton chops for snacks as well... that would be round even by my standards! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 03:20:05 PM
I do like my lines straight. Took me hours that did.

Well, time for a pair of mutton chops, or as said by the lower orders in Dickens's London; A pair o' mutting chops.

Then bed.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 03:22:25 PM
There was good----valuable----needed stuff in the old files?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 27, 2011, 03:25:48 PM
Quote from: Coco on May 27, 2011, 03:10:38 PM
Looks great!

(http://www.heritagelandscapes.co.uk/heritage_files/perfect%20lawn1.jpg)

Now that is perverted.

I fancy myself the dandelion king.

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/04/21/opinion/21wrightimg/21wrightimg-custom3.jpg)


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 03:27:26 PM
Oh, I see I will need to heave to on the weeding again, already.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 27, 2011, 03:29:03 PM
Quote from: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 03:27:26 PM
Oh, I see I will need to heave to on the weeding again, already.

It's only a weed if you think it's a weed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 27, 2011, 03:30:24 PM
I think it's a weed.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 27, 2011, 03:34:46 PM
Young dandelion leaves make a good salad.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 27, 2011, 03:36:18 PM
Testify!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2011, 03:37:24 PM
When I was a kid I once got into trouble for mowing over my Mother's flowers... I thought they were weeds! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 27, 2011, 03:37:27 PM
Quote from: Coco on May 27, 2011, 03:34:46 PM
Young dandelion leaves make a good salad.

Just attach the salad drier to the catcher on the lawn mower and you're good to go.   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Churchmouse on May 28, 2011, 01:18:14 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 27, 2011, 03:20:44 PM
Fucking found all of my old files.

Glad that I didn't throw everything out spring cleaning.

8)


Your foul language pisses me off! >:(

Moderator,  where's the moderator ?


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 02:49:46 AM
Churchmouse,

Glad you felt you could bring this up. Most moderation here happens behind the scenes. So in effect it is nearly all invisible. Part of that process is using the, 'report to moderator' button if there is something which you wish to draw to our attention.

Of course, people can and do occasionally dialogue on Moderator issues on the site.

Here we do like to ensure the rules are pragmatically applied. The use of obscene language is indeed against the rules, but although we aim at family friendliness, we are not going to vitiate content so that it is entirely neutered for the taste of any passing milksops.

There are also slightly different rules implicit in the Diner where we permit a more robust approach. It acts like a safety valve that keeps the music content nearer to being civilised. Discussing music is the real purpose of the site.

Nevertheless it has a life of its own and 'the community' and its wider happiness is an important factor for us. Enjoyment, networking, building on-line friendships and interaction; as well as putting forward opinions and sometimes 'listening' to those of others is all part and parcel of virtual-life here. You have stumbled into quite a complex organism.

Over the years, we have sometimes applied the rules very literally and it can make for dull exchanges to the point that the becalmed site then loses members and traffic falls. It is a balancing act.

I don't like to see bad language used casually, but it certainly has its place, behind the scenes perhaps.

I am sure Philo will take note.

You are making your needs known up front: no bullying, no swearing. Now, I do hope we will see you posting interestingly and entertainingly on musical topics.

Regards,

Knight
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Churchmouse on May 28, 2011, 02:58:35 AM

So, I drew the moderator out of the woodwork and have sussed that this forum is not my scene. 

Even though I know Gurn Blanston from another forum.  He is a more honorable chap,  and he is the reason I thought I would like to join this forum,  but, no sorry  Gurn.  Maybe another place.


Good Bye.     
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 03:04:49 AM
I think I had sussed before you had that you were not going to fit in. Possibly best to start a site of your own where you can control people to your taste. A kind of underhand passive aggressive bullying perhaps. One piece of advice for the future: try making at least a token valuable and relevent contribution before you make demands of the long term members.

Anyway, do feel free to delete your account. No doubt Gurn can reach you by some other method.

Knight
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 28, 2011, 03:16:47 AM
Man, this forum is way more tame than many of the other classical boards.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 03:22:41 AM
This forum rocks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 03:27:53 AM
Bye.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 03:34:38 AM
No, I'm not leaving. Posts have been deleted.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 03:35:52 AM
Sorry Dave, I tidied up the garden again. Rather a lot of rubbish blew in.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 03:36:44 AM
It happens.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 03:38:12 AM
Another way of suggesting that **** happens?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 03:43:24 AM
Quote from: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 03:38:12 AM
Another way of suggesting that **** happens?

Mike

I did it for the 'mouse.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 28, 2011, 04:06:52 AM
Gurn'll be so tore up. I just know it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:09:41 AM
Karl,  J'ai personally desole. But I am a brave little chap.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 28, 2011, 04:12:47 AM
You've borne up well 'neath woise, Mike!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:14:53 AM
Tis true, tis true. Pox plague, war....they were worse.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on May 28, 2011, 04:18:37 AM
And then came Pelléas . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:21:25 AM
And behind him Melisande. Those were the days. Eric the Viking, passed into legend.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 28, 2011, 04:30:57 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on May 28, 2011, 03:16:47 AM
Man, this forum is way more tame than many of the other classical boards.

Yes, and rather relatively low on crazies and pseuds — and they tend to out themselves fairly quickly. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:32:18 AM
Pseuds?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:34:57 AM
I once had a pair of pseude shoes, I wore them out quite quickly. They were brown, not blue.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 28, 2011, 04:35:35 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:32:18 AM
Pseuds?

Phonies, y'know?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:36:26 AM
Quote from: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:34:57 AM
I once had a pair of pseude shoes, I wore them out quite quickly. They were brown, not blue.

Mike

I had a pair of pseudo shoes.  They were worthless.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:36:49 AM
Quote from: Coco on May 28, 2011, 04:35:35 AM
Phonies, y'know?

No, I didn't. That's why I asked.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:36:55 AM
But mine were real pseud, honest.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:37:42 AM
Hey, Pseud. Don't make it bad...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:41:35 AM
Lemmon and McCartney?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:42:47 AM
Whatever happened to that Elgar chap? Alan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 28, 2011, 04:43:18 AM
But I don't understand. If swearing is against the rules (and that is what Knight himself stated in his post), why wasn't one of the most offensive words in the English language, well...moderated? And if you only moderate it some of the time, well that is favoritism and a road to conflict. Personally, it wasn't a big deal to me (though I would prefer we not use words like that in a public forum), but rules are rules and selective application is, in my opinion, not recommended.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 28, 2011, 04:46:41 AM
Yes, but Philo has been here for years and contributes a lot of value.

Churchmouse was some nonentity who suddenly appeared and felt it incumbent upon them to tell the moderators how to run the site, which is not the best way to introduce oneself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:49:22 AM
Quote from: Coco on May 28, 2011, 04:46:41 AM
Churchmouse was some nonentity who suddenly appeared and felt it incumbent upon them to tell the moderators how to run the site, which is not the best way to introduce oneself.

Exactly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 28, 2011, 04:52:13 AM
ukrneal, it is a perfectly legitimate question. It was not about favouritism. But I don't think we have to expunge every single cuss word. This instance was not directed at anyone, it was a mere emphasis. But I have now reminded Philo and hope he can utilise the wider vocabulary he has to make such emphasis.

It is a useful issue to raise from time to time.

I am going out now, but am happy to discuss it further if that is wanted.

Knight


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 28, 2011, 07:07:56 AM
Didn't the forum software used to automatically bleep out stuff?  We could just turn it on again, and while we're at it the mp3 function work again as well. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:30:42 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 28, 2011, 07:07:56 AM
Didn't the forum software used to automatically bleep out stuff?

PF had that (maybe still does). And every time someone mentioned any of the volumes by Landau and his co-author, it would show up as "Landau and Lif****z". ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 28, 2011, 07:41:25 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:30:42 AM
PF had that (maybe still does). And every time someone mentioned any of the volumes by Landau and his co-author, it would show up as "Landau and Lif****z". ;D

Oh yeah I remember that! ;D  I thought we did too, and there was musician named Fuchs and it would block the name. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 28, 2011, 07:41:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:30:42 AM
PF had that (maybe still does). And every time someone mentioned any of the volumes by Landau and his co-author, it would show up as "Landau and Lif****z". ;D

Yes, in the short period of time that we tried that out here, there were a multitude of examples of perfectly adequate words that even the most diehard bluenose would use that were starred out. It was actually to the point of silliness. :-\

8)

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Now playing:
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:45:14 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 28, 2011, 07:41:25 AM
I thought we did too, and there was musician named Fuchs and it would block the name. :D

Huh? I thought these programs blocked only strings supplied by the forum owner. Did it also know how to read like humans did? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 28, 2011, 07:49:04 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:45:14 AM
Huh? I thought these programs blocked only strings supplied by the forum owner. Did it also know how to read like humans did? ;D

Or it just blocked the string 'fuc', I would like to use the wayback machine to refresh my memory! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:52:09 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 28, 2011, 07:49:04 AM
Or it just blocked the string 'fuc'...

Ah. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 28, 2011, 08:01:51 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 07:45:14 AM
Huh? I thought these programs blocked only strings supplied by the forum owner. Did it also know how to read like humans did? ;D

It came with a list of words, like an online dictionary does. The owner could allow a string or add strings, but he didn't have to create them from scratch. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 28, 2011, 08:05:29 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 28, 2011, 08:01:51 AM
It came with a list of words, like an online dictionary does. The owner could allow a string or add strings, but he didn't have to create them from scratch. :)

8)

Quite. It was silly of me to include 'only'. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 28, 2011, 08:12:44 AM
The script that corrected "Mozart" to "Luchesi" could be charitably called ill-advised, at best. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on May 28, 2011, 01:05:14 PM
One forum I posted on wouldn't let me use the word "analog".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 28, 2011, 01:58:43 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on May 28, 2011, 01:05:14 PM
One forum I posted on wouldn't let me use the word "analog".

It was just to shut the vinyl fans up. ;D ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on May 28, 2011, 02:33:48 PM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 28, 2011, 01:58:43 PM
It was just to shut the vinyl fans up. ;D ;)

Maybe.   :)   Ironically, I found the extreme use of the profanity blocker to be a bit anal.    ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 28, 2011, 03:02:48 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on May 28, 2011, 02:33:48 PM
Maybe.   :)   Ironically, I found the extreme use of the profanity blocker to be a bit anal.    ;D

I know the analgesics forum couldn't even be found! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 29, 2011, 06:48:36 PM
You are all mean mean meanies who make me feel bad about myself and I hate you! Goodbye!

So anyway... Actually, this place is a lot nicer than it was a couple of years ago. Genuine community feeling. Feel all snuggly.

Sorry. I'm in a weird mood today  :-\


Quote from: Mn Dave on May 28, 2011, 04:36:26 AM
I had a pair of pseudo shoes.  They were worthless.

When I was an impoverished student, I was visited in my flat by a friend who seemed to feel that the politically correct thing to do was to walk everywhere in bare feet. However, this was the middle of winter, and when it finally came time to leave, he couldn't bear the prospect of the hour-long walk home on the icy midnight streets. So he begged me for a pair of shoes. Since he was a foot taller than me, of course none of my shoes would have fitted. In the end, he walked into the night in an old pair of socks of mine. I never saw those socks again...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 29, 2011, 07:28:02 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 29, 2011, 06:48:36 PM
So anyway... Actually, this place is a lot nicer than it was a couple of years ago. Genuine community feeling. Feel all snuggly.
And it's better that way!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 29, 2011, 09:36:27 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 29, 2011, 06:48:36 PM

When I was an impoverished student, I was visited in my flat by a friend who seemed to feel that the politically correct thing to do was to walk everywhere in bare feet. However, this was the middle of winter, and when it finally came time to leave, he couldn't bear the prospect of the hour-long walk home on the icy midnight streets. So he begged me for a pair of shoes. Since he was a foot taller than me, of course none of my shoes would have fitted. In the end, he walked into the night in an old pair of socks of mine. I never saw those socks again...

What happened to your friend? Is he now a ravenous CEO ripping off his shareholders, or did he join an ashram? Or, did you send him to a doctor to get his head tested?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 29, 2011, 10:33:23 PM
Quote from: knight66 on May 29, 2011, 09:36:27 PM
What happened to your friend? Is he now a ravenous CEO ripping off his shareholders, or did he join an ashram? Or, did you send him to a doctor to get his head tested?

Lost contact with him after he moved to a different city, and to be honest I was glad, as I was becoming very cynical about all ideologies and their adherents. Last I heard he had some drudge position with the tax department. Most political radicals end up working for the government!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 29, 2011, 10:49:04 PM
That is really quite funny. I work in a tax department, though I hope not as a drudge. Don't encounter much burnt out radicalism; but for sure, anyone who thinks that the UK Civil Service is full of grey people is misinformed. It is crammed with eccentrics, some of them exceptionally bright, others we could get survive well without.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on May 30, 2011, 05:21:30 AM
There's one for you, nineteen for me ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 30, 2011, 06:52:47 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on May 30, 2011, 05:21:30 AM
There's one for you, nineteen for me ...

You need some new jokes.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 30, 2011, 01:06:49 PM
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8561/clipboard01zs.png)

I think I might just pass on this one...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on May 30, 2011, 01:39:01 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on May 30, 2011, 01:06:49 PM
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8561/clipboard01zs.png)

I think I might just pass on this one...

;D Me too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2011, 02:10:33 PM
What if it were the only copy in the universe?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 30, 2011, 02:30:36 PM
Then logically there will be only one person in the universe who will shell out for it. :D

In other news: Two days ago it was 45ºF. Today it's 88ºF. Can we have some sort of consensus here, Mr. Weather?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 30, 2011, 07:02:32 PM
Quote from: Coco on May 30, 2011, 02:30:36 PM
In other news: Two days ago it was 45ºF. Today it's 88ºF. Can we have some sort of consensus here, Mr. Weather?

Celsius is better. It's the superior form of temperature measurement.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 30, 2011, 11:56:23 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 30, 2011, 07:02:32 PM
Celsius is better. It's the superior form of temperature measurement.

You can have both if you move to Britain - we use celsius for freezing weather and farenheit for warm ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 31, 2011, 05:44:43 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on May 30, 2011, 11:56:23 PM
You can have both if you move to Britain - we use celsius for freezing weather and farenheit for warm ::)
I would prefer the other way!  32 degrees farenheit sounds a lot warmer than 0 degrees celsius even though it's the same temperature.  (and it would feel cooler if it was 32 degrees celcius rather than 90 degree farnheit)

Of course, I may be a little bit crazy.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on May 31, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
I would be absolutely fine with living where the temperature ranges from very cold in the winter to only moderately warm in the summer. Norway or Iceland would be perfect.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 31, 2011, 06:26:27 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on May 31, 2011, 05:44:43 AM
I would prefer the other way!  32 degrees farenheit sounds a lot warmer than 0 degrees celsius even though it's the same temperature.  (and it would feel cooler if it was 32 degrees celcius rather than 90 degree farnheit)

Of course, I may be a little bit crazy.....

I have always assumed it was so that when people say it is cold, it sounds freezing, and when people say it is warm, it sounds like a heatwave. In a country with no dramatic weather, you must create your own drama.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 31, 2011, 07:50:43 AM
Celsius makes way more sense. 0 for freezing, 100 for boiling. Very simple. Unfortunately, we're stuck with Fahrenheit.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 31, 2011, 12:50:11 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 30, 2011, 07:02:32 PM
Celsius is better. It's the superior form of temperature measurement.

And then Kelvin is superior to Celsius since 0 is absolute. 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 01, 2011, 06:36:29 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 31, 2011, 12:50:11 PM
And then Kelvin is superior to Celsius since 0 is absolute. 0:)

Just what I had in mind reading the previous posts. ;D

Oh, and it's a cool 300.15 K where I live, at 2000 hrs. It rained in the evening, after nearly a month of boiling in the sun, and everyone's happy! 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on June 01, 2011, 07:12:51 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 31, 2011, 07:50:43 AM
Celsius makes way more sense. 0 for freezing, 100 for boiling. Very simple. Unfortunately, we're stuck with Fahrenheit.  ::)

Fahrenheit, miles, lbs...  You're still in the Bronze Age when it comes to measurements. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 01, 2011, 06:28:42 PM
Quote from: Florestan on June 01, 2011, 07:12:51 AM
Fahrenheit, miles, lbs...  You're still in the Bronze Age when it comes to measurements. ;D

Since the majority of US citizens believe decimal based measurement systems are part of an ungodly socialist conspiracy, it could not be otherwise.

BTW, I was not previously aware of what Kelvin actually is! It's basically Celsius transposed by 273.15, so the conversions should be pretty easy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 07, 2011, 04:24:15 AM
Whee, I got a new volunteering job as a museum conservator. This time it may actually lead to paid employment for the first time in a while. It wasn't in a field that I anticipated any luck in, given how much competition there is for positions (and the current financial climate - my town's museum has had to close recently), but I suppose it is a question of leaping at any additional training that they offer you until you become somewhat indespensible, and this current position seems to offer a fair bit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 07, 2011, 04:28:33 AM
Outstanding, Sara! It may not be so obvious to the general public, but conservation is the lifeblood of the artistic repository of the world!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on June 07, 2011, 06:48:29 PM
Sounds perfect for you, S! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 08, 2011, 01:18:48 AM
Danke! I was becoming despondant about my lack of prospects (self-inflicted for various reasons), but I am glad I avoided trying for an office job, because the environments I'll be around in this are much nicer.

This is silly, but: ever since I was small I had a strange fascination for high streets that had almost perpetually locked and gated doors. Every now and again when I saw somebody actually go inside one, I wondered what kind of privileged position this person was in, and where the alleyway led behind the maze of shop buildings. This curiosity is doubled when it's an old town, because what is inside (perhaps a yard, and an external flight of steps going to the first floor) will possibly be relatively untouched by recent development because it's a functional part of the building rather than a street-facing part. The area I will be starting out in requires going through just one of those mystery gates, meaning that a far more important milestone in my life has been reached than mere employment.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 08, 2011, 02:10:26 AM
Now, when I watch the opening credits of Get Smart, I'll think of Sara : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on June 08, 2011, 06:39:07 AM
95ºF today, landlord continues to ignore our requests to fix the air conditioner. I think it's time to move.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on June 08, 2011, 08:34:36 AM
Yesterday, we were the hottest we've been since '88.  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 08, 2011, 06:40:46 PM

It's chilly down under.

[/entendre doubled]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on June 09, 2011, 06:31:47 AM
Ha, and while I was at work yesterday he dropped by and fixed it. I'd forgotten what 75ºF feels like.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 11, 2011, 08:51:53 AM
Magic trick time! :)

http://youtu.be/Hc1WXBtum2o (http://youtu.be/Hc1WXBtum2o)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on June 11, 2011, 02:40:01 PM
We are almost at the 500K posts, GMG.  Is there a prize to the poster who puts up the 500,000th post?   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2011, 03:43:04 PM
Had a wisdom tooth extracted this morning.  In pretty good shape, all things considered . . . but I am grateful for the pain medication.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 11, 2011, 04:10:30 PM
Sorry to hear that Karl.  Bet you'll feel fine in a couple of days. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2011, 04:16:05 PM
The LvB Opus 68 will help! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 11:35:16 AM
I'm restricting you all to one GMG post a day. Sorry.  $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on June 12, 2011, 11:45:24 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 11:35:16 AM
I'm restricting you all to one GMG post a day. Sorry.  $:)

Such a policy would cause us to weigh more heavily the content of our individual posts, thus raising the level of discourse on the forum.

In this spirit, here's a picture of two sea otters holding hands:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Sea_otters_holding_hands.jpg)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 11:47:12 AM
Quote from: Coco on June 12, 2011, 11:45:24 AM
In this spirit, here's a picture of two sea otters holding hands:

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 12, 2011, 12:55:34 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 11:35:16 AM
I'm restricting you all to one GMG post a day. Sorry.  $:)
F
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 12, 2011, 12:55:52 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 11:35:16 AM
I'm restricting you all to one GMG post a day. Sorry.  $:)
That!  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on June 12, 2011, 01:31:41 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 12, 2011, 12:55:52 PM
That!  ;)

:o




;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 15, 2011, 10:43:10 AM
The Moon is right around the meridian here and getting eclipsed, but thick clouds are preventing me from watching it.

I'll have to settle for Google: http://www.youtube.com/google

:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 15, 2011, 12:12:56 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 11, 2011, 08:51:53 AM
Magic trick time! :)

http://youtu.be/Hc1WXBtum2o (http://youtu.be/Hc1WXBtum2o)

Hah! My card was 3!

But I like the theme. Magic trick standup comedy time! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfjCUeCPMM
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 15, 2011, 01:02:18 PM
That was great Brian! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 20, 2011, 06:26:15 AM
From Abstruse Goose (http://abstrusegoose.com/373) (go to the page to read the mouse-over text)

They just don't get us, do they? ;D

(http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/op_9_no_2.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 20, 2011, 07:31:33 AM
He SO jelly.
Title: Raspberry Bush Outrage!
Post by: Scarpia on June 20, 2011, 09:37:15 AM

My neighbor is an old lady whose son shows up once every week or two to cut the lawn.  Well, apparently the son saw some weeds and decided it would be easier to spray herbicide on them than simply pull them out.  On the other side of the fence from these weeds was our raspberry bush (which we have been cultivating for three years and which was finally yielding fruit in large quantities).  Now the raspberry bush is dying.  Even if it survives, we are not keen on eating fruit from a bush contaminated with a herbicide.   The old lady also had an enormous azalea bush (probably 50 years old) which was the glory of the neighborhood every spring, which is now dying because the idiot also sprayed a weed that was growing next to it.  We have dug a new garden a safe distance from imbeciles, but it will be years before we will be picking raspberries in the morning again.

Do all countries have idiots like this, or is this a uniquely American phenomenon?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 20, 2011, 09:55:49 AM
So Dale Gribble did have a basis in reality ???
Title: Re: Raspberry Bush Outrage!
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 20, 2011, 10:19:47 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on June 20, 2011, 09:37:15 AM
Do all countries have idiots like this, or is this a uniquely American phenomenon?

http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLwnSXNpFU

http://www.youtube.com/v/chZAajLr_-U&feature=related

Title: Re: Raspberry Bush Outrage!
Post by: Lethevich on June 20, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 20, 2011, 10:19:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLwnSXNpFU

http://www.youtube.com/v/chZAajLr_-U&feature=related

There's this classic too:

(http://i.imgur.com/tvOBv.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 20, 2011, 11:50:57 AM
But is she as smart as a fourth-grader?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 20, 2011, 11:51:10 AM
Well, it's that thing about the moon being far away. Deceptive if you have an elephant in front of you.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 22, 2011, 05:03:48 PM
This is good no matter which way you lean, they both were focused, intelligent and not foaming at the mouth:

Jon Stewart vs Chris Wallace

http://www.youtube.com/v/RwyUdBp-cck
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 22, 2011, 07:47:27 PM
I took the test in DavidW's signature:

My results-
Mega-Dorky Non-Nerd


Quote
For Science/Math:


76% scored higher,
3% scored the same, and
21% scored lower.



For Computers/Technology:


41% scored higher,
3% scored the same, and
56% scored lower.



For Sci-Fi/Comic:


73% scored higher,
6% scored the same, and
21% scored lower.




For History/Literature:


74% scored higher,
5% scored the same, and
21% scored lower.





For Dumb/Dork/Awkwardness:


8% scored higher,
4% scored the same, and
88% scored lower.
Not sure I agree with that last one being that high... and apparently, not programming in extinct programming languages and not taking apart a VCR player and reassembling it lowers my "Computers/technology" score.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 05:57:26 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 22, 2011, 07:47:27 PM
I took the test in DavidW's signature:

My results-
Mega-Dorky Non-Nerd

Not sure I agree with that last one being that high... and apparently, not programming in extinct programming languages and not taking apart a VCR player and reassembling it lowers my "Computers/technology" score.  ::)

Now I feel like an old fart! :D  Those were the languages taught when I was in school.  Taking apart a vcr player probably goes under science, you don't need any help there though... probably sleep with a periodic table, you nerd you! :D :D ;D  Yeah it is weird that you scored highly in every area but the one you uber like.  Well and also you're not a dork.  I am! <puts on pocket protector> ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 06:29:59 AM
Wow Leon you're so non-nerdy most of the questions you must have thought "huh?" :D

Soapy is nerdy like me, but not dorky.  I stand alone on the dorkiness! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 23, 2011, 06:46:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 05:57:26 AM
Now I feel like an old fart! :D  Those were the languages taught when I was in school.
Well, I guess some languages come and go, with the exception of C++/Java/BASIC, or HTML/CSS... Ada and COBOL? lol if I saw a job posting that required any of those languages I'd die laughing.  :D I've read that even Perl is dying out, being replaced by PHP for internet (understandably...), and being replaced by Lua for video games.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2011, 06:47:55 AM
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Don't know if this is a good thing or not ???

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 06:48:35 AM
Summa cum nerdy
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 06:54:41 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 23, 2011, 06:46:39 AM
Well, I guess some languages come and go, with the exception of C++/Java/BASIC, or HTML/CSS... Ada and COBOL? lol if I saw a job posting that required any of those languages I'd die laughing.  :D I've read that even Perl is dying out, being replaced by PHP for internet (understandably...), and being replaced by Lua for video games.

Well you might be surprised... alot of businesses have legacy code and it's much easier and cheaper to keep modifying that instead of replacing it wholesale with the current languages.  Even fortran is still used extensively today since so much engineering projects were done using it back in the day. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 06:55:21 AM
It looks like Gurn would give a history prof a run for his money! :D :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 06:59:11 AM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:07:58 AM
Soapy, I cannot believe that anyone got a lower Sci-Fi Comic score than I did.

I suppose part of it is just that I happened to know when Superman opened, and twigged the TOS/TNG question . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:14:21 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 23, 2011, 06:47:55 AM
Don't know if this is a good thing or not ???

Nice History/Lit score! Hat's off to you!

(Mine should be better, but I suppose some of those questions were on the nerdy side, too . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:16:20 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on June 23, 2011, 07:15:19 AM
I have literally no idea what that means.  Please don't tell me.

Don't read this:

The Original Series (i.e. of Star Trek)
The Next Generation
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 07:18:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 23, 2011, 07:16:20 AM
Don't read this:

The Original Series (i.e. of Star Trek)
The Next Generation


Nerd alert! ;D 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 23, 2011, 07:18:53 AM
The rating is a little odd given the median...


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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 07:20:38 AM
All hail the nerd god!  We are not worthy!!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2011, 07:23:17 AM
My score...nothing surprsing here  8)

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Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:25:12 AM
Votive candles burning to Sara!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:26:59 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 07:18:43 AM
Nerd alert! ;D 

I probably wouldn't know that, except my roommate in Buffalo was a serious Next Generation addict.

(He was also a great fan of The Wonder Years and Quantum Leap, FWIW. Oh, and Alien Nation.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 07:30:48 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 23, 2011, 07:26:59 AM
I probably wouldn't know that, except my roommate in Buffalo was a serious Next Generation addict.

(He was also a great fan of The Wonder Years and Quantum Leap, FWIW. Oh, and Alien Nation.)


When the show premiered I taped every first air episode for the whole 7 season run.  I watched each one 5-10 times. :D  Of course I was a kid then, kids get obsessive. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Père Malfait on June 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
No surprises here, except the Science/Math score seems a bit high (since I have always been clueless about the latter and indifferent about the former). OTOH, there weren't really any *actual* science or math questions on the quiz, imo.

So, fwiw, here's mine:


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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on June 23, 2011, 07:54:47 AM
The Kings of Nerd
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Père Malfait on June 23, 2011, 09:25:54 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 23, 2011, 07:54:47 AM
The Kings of Nerd

You know it, Karl!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 12:29:30 PM
Stupid question for the older people... if people didn't have vcrs in the 60s then how do these tv broadcasts end up on youtube, who recorded them?

http://www.youtube.com/v/6cYdH46HqpE I was just thinking that while listening. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 23, 2011, 02:38:04 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 06:54:41 AM
Well you might be surprised... alot of businesses have legacy code and it's much easier and cheaper to keep modifying that instead of replacing it wholesale with the current languages.  Even fortran is still used extensively today since so much engineering projects were done using it back in the day. :)
Yeah, there's that. Doing a search of either those 2 or Fortran, there are a handful of jobs online- but they're very rare. I've never accidentally stumbled on one of them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2011, 02:56:41 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 12:29:30 PM
Stupid question for the older people... if people didn't have vcrs in the 60s then how do these tv broadcasts end up on youtube, who recorded them?

http://www.youtube.com/v/6cYdH46HqpE I was just thinking that while listening. :)

Well, there were video recorders. They were like computers; big as houses! VCR, remember is Video Cassette Recorder. The old ones were giant reel-to-reel tapes, like Stewie's music collection! It was the combination of spinning heads and cassettes that came along in the late 70's to make home video recorders possible.  :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 03:04:38 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 23, 2011, 02:56:41 PM
Well, there were video recorders. They were like computers; big as houses! VCR, remember is Video Cassette Recorder. The old ones were giant reel-to-reel tapes, like Stewie's music collection! It was the combination of spinning heads and cassettes that came along in the late 70's to make home video recorders possible.  :)

8)

wow that's crazy! :o  Probably only the well off could afford them?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2011, 03:07:54 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 03:04:38 PM
wow that's crazy! :o  Probably only the well off could afford them?

You mean the home versions? My roommate and I had them in 1980. We paid around $600 each. IIRC< they were Panasonic's. :)

The older ones, of course, only TV studios had them. :-\

8)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 03:12:33 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 23, 2011, 03:07:54 PM
You mean the home versions? My roommate and I had them in 1980. We paid around $600 each. IIRC< they were Panasonic's. :)

Really?  Why didn't you just buy a vcr? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 03:35:41 PM
Leon, I never thought of museums having tv reels... but that makes they are now a part of our history and culture. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2011, 03:55:26 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 03:12:33 PM
Really?  Why didn't you just buy a vcr? :D

Umm, we did. They were $600+ each... :)

They had only been on the market for less than a year. The entire concept of being able to set a timer to tape a show and watch it later while blipping out commercials took some serious getting used to!   :)

8)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 23, 2011, 06:21:11 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 23, 2011, 03:55:26 PM
Umm, we did. They were $600+ each... :)

They had only been on the market for less than a year. The entire concept of being able to set a timer to tape a show and watch it later while blipping out commercials took some serious getting used to!   :)

8)

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Oh I misread you... I thought you meant you bought one of those huge video recorders! :D  What can I say? it was before dinner. :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 24, 2011, 01:37:39 PM
Today was a good day, had a pretty good exercise session, and my new computer came :)  I am happy :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 24, 2011, 01:56:34 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on June 24, 2011, 01:37:39 PM
Today was a good day, had a pretty good exercise session, and my new computer came :)  I am happy :)
:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 25, 2011, 08:45:47 AM
Quote from: manangel"Lossless" formats are 50-60% compressed relatively to the original, which would be no problem if someone had to deal with data files, but when it comes to music (= Art), and especially to classical music, this implicates a certain amount of quality degradation.

Whenever I encounter this guy on Demonoid I want to shove my face through a window :-\

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on June 27, 2011, 04:48:23 PM

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(http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nt2.php)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 27, 2011, 04:54:56 PM
That low dork score :o We have a social Alpha in our midst ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 27, 2011, 06:18:59 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 27, 2011, 04:54:56 PM
That low dork score :o We have a social Alpha in our midst ;D

He can buy beer for us.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 27, 2011, 06:36:33 PM
Just took the nerd test:
Carl Sagan questions made me laugh.
Question on DVD sets owned reffed "mainstream" nerd hits, but not a lot of the stuff I own (e.g. Spaced, Blade, Dead Like Me, anime).
I care that my socks have holes!

Let me tell ya, the REAL nerd test would be about more than superheroes and computers.


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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 27, 2011, 08:08:30 PM
Oh Dead Like Me... awesome! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 27, 2011, 08:20:08 PM

You are a person of taste and intelligence. Good looking, too!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2011, 04:09:28 AM
How so? Will this be a temporary hiatus?

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2011, 04:17:28 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 27, 2011, 04:54:56 PM
That low dork score :o We have a social Alpha in our midst ;D


Jay and I should form a clique.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2011, 07:23:17 AM
My score...nothing surprsing here  8)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/5923ed69e83ecd56.png)

Quote from: Jay F on June 27, 2011, 04:48:23 PM

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Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 02, 2011, 04:30:17 AM
Quote from: Jay F on June 27, 2011, 04:48:23 PM

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I think the nerdiest answer I gave was not going on a date in years. :(
Really well written quiz, by the way. I never felt that the answers provided for a given question failed to include a right answer for me; they gave good ranges of Q's and A's.
Internet vs. Sex  ;D ;D


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Not sure how I got a 21% on sci-fi/comic as I don't read or watch any sci-fi at all and the only comic I read is Calvin and Hobbes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 02, 2011, 01:16:13 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2011, 04:17:28 AM

Jay and I should form a clique.

Sarge
Indeed, Sarge. You'll have to be the alpha alpha, as you scored even lower in science and technology than I did.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 02, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
I walk alone...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 02, 2011, 03:50:38 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 02, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
I walk alone...

Don't worry, I'm there too in my hidden guise :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 02, 2011, 11:05:38 PM
It told me that I must have taken the test before; though I have not.

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Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on July 03, 2011, 01:34:33 PM
Well, that's a good reason, so nothing sinister.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 03, 2011, 07:16:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 02, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
I walk alone...

This is because I took a vacation!  Else I'm always online. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 04, 2011, 06:19:10 AM
Happy Birthday to my dear neighbour, the United States of America!  And a very happy 4th of July to my GMG friends down south.  Enjoy!   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 04, 2011, 07:08:21 AM
Happy 235th to my fellow Americans! For the Fourth I wrote a blog post called Ten Things I Miss About America (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/). :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 04, 2011, 05:42:53 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 04, 2011, 07:08:21 AM
Happy 235th to my fellow Americans! For the Fourth I wrote a blog post called Ten Things I Miss About America (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/). :)

Interesting and enjoyable post, though I differ from you on several points. One of the things I like about Australia is that people don't try to talk to you on public transport (except for wackos or foreigners practicing their English). And actually I don't buy your point completely anyway - New York is famous for its non-chatty subway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 04, 2011, 06:30:15 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 04, 2011, 05:42:53 PM
Interesting and enjoyable post, though I differ from you on several points. One of the things I like about Australia is that people don't try to talk to you on public transport (except for wackos or foreigners practicing their English). And actually I don't buy your point completely anyway - New York is famous for its non-chatty subway.
He's from Texas, and it's a bit different in the south.
But there is next to no public transportation throughout most of the US, so I think he must mean other places. Or maybe not- if he lived in the city, that's a different story, since I can't remember which city he is from- he'd have to clarify that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 05, 2011, 05:08:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 04, 2011, 06:30:15 PM
He's from Texas, and it's a bit different in the south.
But there is next to no public transportation throughout most of the US, so I think he must mean other places. Or maybe not- if he lived in the city, that's a different story, since I can't remember which city he is from- he'd have to clarify that.

There's a light rail system in Houston, albeit a modest one. Admittedly most of my interactions there were with people asking, "Which way to the football stadium?"

I actually don't mind keeping quiet on the Tube, most of the time, although I am a natural seeker of eye contact and the Tube was mainly an example of the broader trend. As Dundonnell has pointed out to me, however, a lot of that is "a city thing" and not a pan-UK phenomenon.

I've never been to New York!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 05, 2011, 05:10:21 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 05, 2011, 05:08:30 AM
I've never been to New York!

It's rather different to London : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 05, 2011, 05:13:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 04, 2011, 07:08:21 AM
Happy 235th to my fellow Americans! For the Fourth I wrote a blog post called Ten Things I Miss About America (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/). :)

Hehe interesting list, although my experience with public transport involves a lot of "you first", "no you"s - perhaps London's underground is more formalised?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 06, 2011, 07:39:20 PM
Just watched the "Morgan Freeman's Through The Wormhole Season 2-Is There a Sixth Sense?" episode.
I wonder how true some of the stuff is.
One thing I've noticed is that how easy it is to predict the future sometimes. If you just listen to hunches, you'll often be right.

I was looking for my pants, but didn't see them at first in my room. I had a hunch they were in the bathroom, but didn't give it much thought until I looked all over my room and still couldn't find them. Then, I found them in the bathroom, and almost got a heart attack, because I had no idea they were in there (completely forgot).

Seems if I listened to intuition before, I could have predicted the future more easily. So when I actually sit down and think about it, I'm pretty sure I know my future now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 06, 2011, 08:04:05 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 06, 2011, 07:39:20 PM
I was looking for my pants, but didn't see them at first in my room. I had a hunch they were in the bathroom, but didn't give it much thought until I looked all over my room and still couldn't find them. Then, I found them in the bathroom, and almost got a heart attack, because I had no idea they were in there (completely forgot).

You should call Ripley's Believe It Or Not!  :)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 07, 2011, 03:23:53 AM
How Michael Bay would direct The Great Gatsby (http://www.cracked.com/blog/storyboards-from-michael-bays-the-great-gatsby/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 07, 2011, 02:10:42 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 07, 2011, 03:23:53 AM
How Michael Bay would direct The Great Gatsby (http://www.cracked.com/blog/storyboards-from-michael-bays-the-great-gatsby/)
I wonder if you caught the recent article with your name (minus a letter or two, but pronounced almost the same) in it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 07, 2011, 02:15:44 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 07, 2011, 02:10:42 PM
I wonder if you caught the recent article with your name (minus a letter or two, but pronounced almost the same) in it.

Erm...no?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 07, 2011, 02:29:15 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 07, 2011, 02:15:44 PM
Erm...no?
I'll pm you the link.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 08, 2011, 07:33:01 AM
Has anyone heard from JdP lately?   I know he has been ill, hope he's doing OK.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on July 08, 2011, 06:27:28 PM
Check out this Mahler t-shirt design I made :D

(http://i51.tinypic.com/msj0g.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 09, 2011, 07:14:30 AM
Quote from: Coco on July 08, 2011, 06:27:28 PM
Check out this Mahler t-shirt design I made :D

(http://i51.tinypic.com/msj0g.png)
Whoa!  :o
What score is that? I would definitely buy this if it were made.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on July 09, 2011, 08:15:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 09, 2011, 07:14:30 AM
Whoa!  :o
What score is that? I would definitely buy this if it were made.

It's from the 8th — and you can buy it!

http://www.zazzle.com/235394043920570505?side_front=vert&style=basic_tshirt_light&color=mint&size=a_s&context=rothelle&view=front

I've already ordered one. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on July 09, 2011, 05:26:21 PM
Say hello to my new kitten Myrrha! :D

(http://i52.tinypic.com/wmc9hx.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 09, 2011, 06:27:12 PM
Quote from: Coco on July 09, 2011, 08:15:09 AM
It's from the 8th — and you can buy it!

http://www.zazzle.com/235394043920570505?side_front=vert&style=basic_tshirt_light&color=mint&size=a_s&context=rothelle&view=front

I've already ordered one. :D
I created an account and logged in, but got this while clicking the link:

QuoteThe product that you have requested is unavailable. This is likely because:
You do not have access to the product ,
The product ID is not valid, or
The product was deleted
If you got to this page after manually entering the URL into the Address field of your browser, please make sure that it is spelled correctly.
To return to the previous page:
I also did a search with the term "mahler" and couldn't find it. I even tried googling Mahler t-shirts, and couldn't find it.



Quote from: Coco on July 09, 2011, 05:26:21 PM
Say hello to my new kitten Myrrha! :D
:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on July 09, 2011, 09:42:21 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 09, 2011, 06:27:12 PM
I created an account and logged in, but got this while clicking the link:
I also did a search with the term "mahler" and couldn't find it. I even tried googling Mahler t-shirts, and couldn't find it.

Weird, well I can send you the file for the image and you can make the shirt like I did. Or maybe you should wait until I get mine, just in case it's crappy. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 10, 2011, 07:42:47 AM
Quote from: Coco on July 09, 2011, 09:42:21 PM
Weird, well I can send you the file for the image and you can make the shirt like I did. Or maybe you should wait until I get mine, just in case it's crappy. :P
I think I'll wait until you get yours. When you do, if you can tell me a few things like the cost, how it fits, and what happens if you dry it, that would be awesome. I usually wear a medium, but if it's going to shrink a lot when I wash it, I might want a large.

I need a couple more shirts- custom T-shirts are expensive, so I'll probably only get 2 for now- a Mahler shirt and a Meshuggah shirt. Promotion, man, promotion!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 10, 2011, 04:40:45 PM
Quote from: Coco on July 09, 2011, 05:26:21 PM
Say hello to my new kitten Myrrha! :D

(http://i52.tinypic.com/wmc9hx.jpg)
How cute. I love white cats.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on July 10, 2011, 05:02:14 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 10, 2011, 07:42:47 AM
I think I'll wait until you get yours. When you do, if you can tell me a few things like the cost, how it fits, and what happens if you dry it, that would be awesome. I usually wear a medium, but if it's going to shrink a lot when I wash it, I might want a large.

I need a couple more shirts- custom T-shirts are expensive, so I'll probably only get 2 for now- a Mahler shirt and a Meshuggah shirt. Promotion, man, promotion!  :D

They have different types of shirts — the more expensive ones probably fit better, if you're concerned about that. I got the American Apparel shirt because I'm a ponce. :P

Quote from: Jay F on July 10, 2011, 04:40:45 PM
How cute. I love white cats.

She says "thank you." :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 10, 2011, 07:00:33 PM
I own this (the music across the top is the opening of the 9th). As Vyvyan would say, "Very metal":

(http://images0.cpcache.com/product/71902030v4_480x480_Front_Color-Brown.jpg) (http://www.cafepress.com.au/+bruckner,71902030)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 11, 2011, 02:54:42 PM
Met a girl in a bar. We debated which quartet was better, Takacs or Emerson.

Greg, move to London.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 11, 2011, 03:01:04 PM
What were your own arguments? : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 11, 2011, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 11, 2011, 03:01:04 PM
What were your own arguments? : )

She mentioned that the Emersons stood through a concert she saw, at which point I intervened on behalf of the Pavel Haas Quartet, and, having seen them live 5 times (!), was able to successfully persuade her into whipping out her smart phone and googling them. She's gonna give them a listen because she loves Janacek ... and thinks the cellist is hot.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 11, 2011, 05:51:28 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 11, 2011, 02:54:42 PM
Greg, move to London.
Any jobs there I can get?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 12, 2011, 02:24:37 PM
I've found the new guitar I want:
(http://www.rondomusic.com/photos/electric/interceptor930rnblackflame1.jpg)
(http://www.rondomusic.com/photos/electric/interceptor930rnblackflame5.jpg)
http://www.rondomusic.com/interceptor930rnblackflame.html

Agile 930

I even read about someone buying it and worry about certain things, but turned out to be well-made and satisfying.
It's tuned:
e-a-b-e-a-d-g-b-e, but I bet you could get away with tuning the low e down to a, which would be the lowest note of the grand piano.
8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2011, 02:49:31 PM
Here's my blog about why I like Google+. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/plus-one-to-google/) If anyone really cares about that kind of thing. Oh, and feel free to add me. I definitely need a "dead composer enthusiast" circle!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 12, 2011, 04:59:40 PM
Ok, forget that 9 string.

(http://www.haloguitars.com/store/images/D/d-16133.jpg)
Halo XSI 10
27 frets.
Tuning:
C#-F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E-A

If low C# is tuned to bottom A of piano, range is the piano minus the very top C#-C octave. That can be fixed with an octave pedal.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 12, 2011, 05:10:05 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 12, 2011, 02:49:31 PM
Here's my blog about why I like Google+. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/plus-one-to-google/) If anyone really cares about that kind of thing. Oh, and feel free to add me. I definitely need a "dead composer enthusiast" circle!
I signed up. Looking forward to when it's ready.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on July 12, 2011, 06:23:53 PM
I'm on it.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on July 16, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Does anyone know where I can buy those plastic cd sleeves (to replace jewel cases)? Ideally a bricks-and-mortar that's open on Sundays as I'd like to pick some up tomorrow. Cd shop? Electronic goods like Dixon's?

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 16, 2011, 02:54:33 PM
Staples.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 16, 2011, 04:30:11 PM
Quote from: Novi on July 16, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Does anyone know where I can buy those plastic cd sleeves (to replace jewel cases)? Ideally a bricks-and-mortar that's open on Sundays as I'd like to pick some up tomorrow. Cd shop? Electronic goods like Dixon's?

Cheers!

I buy my paper ones from Rymans, I've never seen full plastic ones irl, only plastic-fronted ones. Failing that, eBay always many types of these at low prices
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on July 16, 2011, 05:03:21 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on July 16, 2011, 04:30:11 PM
I buy my paper ones from Rymans, I've never seen full plastic ones irl, only plastic-fronted ones. Failing that, eBay always many types of these at low prices

Thanks. I'm looking for something a little more durable than paper, but still lightweight. I'm looking at 6 very hefty boxes of cds that I have to ship overseas (maybe 20 kg each, as I can barely lift them) and have decided to ditch the jewel cases. Not sure what to do with booklets and various other bits of paper though.

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 16, 2011, 02:54:33 PM
Staples.

Thanks Karl! Took a while to realise that Staples is a stationers. The closest one is 5 miles out of town though. I guess I might try a couple of closer stationers or order on-line and hope for next day delivery.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 16, 2011, 07:21:35 PM
I've seem a site somewhere selling sleeves custom made for retaining the booklet and tray card - I can imagine that they would be expensive, though :'(

Edit: here we go (http://www.jazzloft.com/p-34281-space-saving-cd-sleeves.aspx).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 17, 2011, 02:20:03 AM
Quote from: Novi on July 16, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Does anyone know where I can buy those plastic cd sleeves (to replace jewel cases)? Ideally a bricks-and-mortar that's open on Sundays as I'd like to pick some up tomorrow. Cd shop? Electronic goods like Dixon's?

Cheers!

Hi Novi

You could try PC world too :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-transparent-plastic-cd-sleeves-pack-of-100-03065162-pdt.html (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-transparent-plastic-cd-sleeves-pack-of-100-03065162-pdt.html)

even Tesco's...

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-3910.aspx (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-3910.aspx)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 18, 2011, 10:33:49 AM
If you're wondering how the Havergal Brian thread fellow to the bottom of the composer forum so quickly...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 18, 2011, 01:12:10 PM
I think Snips has earned a new nickname-- "the whirlwind" ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 18, 2011, 04:42:02 PM
For those who are aware of the joke, new Rebecca Black video:

http://www.youtube.com/v/2OxWD85Ngz4
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 19, 2011, 06:03:07 AM
Wasn't as funny as the first one, but it was a nice laugh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Novi on July 19, 2011, 09:43:13 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 17, 2011, 02:20:03 AM
Hi Novi

You could try PC world too :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-transparent-plastic-cd-sleeves-pack-of-100-03065162-pdt.html (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-transparent-plastic-cd-sleeves-pack-of-100-03065162-pdt.html)

even Tesco's...

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-3910.aspx (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-3910.aspx)

Hi Papy Oli. Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up giving up on the idea though as the thought of extracting and transferring so many cds was doing my head in. But thanks anyway. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 22, 2011, 03:19:20 PM
Soooooo......16 more days till move to Bowling Green.........27 days till the entrance exams......................where's the time gone?   AHHHHHHH! ???   

With that said, still excited  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 03:22:28 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on July 22, 2011, 03:19:20 PM
where's the time gone?   

As a teacher I think the same thing, I'm now preparing for the next semester and in a little over a week check out the textbooks and class starts two weeks after that.

I enjoyed my summer.  I guess I also have to now start getting up early again. :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 22, 2011, 05:02:11 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 03:22:28 PM
As a teacher I think the same thing, I'm now preparing for the next semester and in a little over a week check out the textbooks and class starts two weeks after that.

I enjoyed my summer.  I guess I also have to now start getting up early again. :-\

8)
What kind of teacher are you, if you don't me asking?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 07:00:05 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on July 22, 2011, 05:02:11 PM
What kind of teacher are you, if you don't me asking?

An evil one! I teach physics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 24, 2011, 08:58:02 AM
This was funny (or maddening depending on your pov):

Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined (http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-continues-debate-over-whether-or-not-nati,20977/)

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 24, 2011, 04:32:40 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 24, 2011, 08:58:02 AM
This was funny (or maddening depending on your pov):

Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined (http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-continues-debate-over-whether-or-not-nati,20977/)

;D

A bit depressing, really. As Jeremy Clarkson said, if the American president really is the leader of the free world, why don't the rest of us (i.e. non-USA-nians) get a vote?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 24, 2011, 04:36:59 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 24, 2011, 08:58:02 AM
This was funny (or maddening depending on your pov):

Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined (http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-continues-debate-over-whether-or-not-nati,20977/)

;D
It's strange when the onion has something that seems to be true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 24, 2011, 05:40:52 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on July 24, 2011, 04:36:59 PM
It's strange when the onion has something that seems to be true.
It is true. Rich, old, white, American guys control the world. Most of them don't care about other people.

Here's a picture of a typical one:
(http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/code_geass_-charles_di_britannia_400.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 24, 2011, 05:52:10 PM
(http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/code_geass_-charles_di_britannia_400.jpg)

"I knew nothing about the phone-hacking."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 24, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
(http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hack-murdoch-bradley-did.jpg)
Meh, doesn't look as evil and asshole-ish enough.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 24, 2011, 06:02:07 PM
(http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/code_geass_-charles_di_britannia_400.jpg)

"Down with the middle class."







(hey, this is fun)  :D


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 24, 2011, 06:13:45 PM
(http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/code_geass_-charles_di_britannia_400.jpg)

"Poor people are good for the economy."



Better stop this soon  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 24, 2011, 06:17:08 PM
You so silly!  ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 24, 2011, 08:24:18 PM
(http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/code_geass_-charles_di_britannia_400.jpg)

Are there no prisons?  Are there no workhouses? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 24, 2011, 09:35:08 PM
^ Unreasonably proud of myself for getting that reference.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 25, 2011, 08:04:45 AM
Okay, now I just have to know what you are referring to, David....  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 25, 2011, 08:08:15 AM
Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 30, 2011, 03:32:55 PM
I think I enjoy cooking more than I think.

I felt like crap (mentally) before I cooked, then now after, I feel a lot happier.  (even though I am a little worried about undercooking the chicken  :-X )

But all in all, in good spirits now, even if it was just a coincidence that I feel better now :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 31, 2011, 02:18:16 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on July 30, 2011, 03:32:55 PM
(even though I am a little worried about undercooking the chicken  :-X )

This is the one reason I have for being unable to sautée a whole chicken breast. It's supposed to be super simple - super simple to give yourself food poisoning :P

But indeedie, everybody should make a point to learn basic cooking skills - it is fun, healthy and self-improving.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 31, 2011, 05:23:00 AM
Just buy a cooking thermometer.  When the chicken reaches 160-170, it's done.  If you overcook meat to make sure that its done, it will taste dry and bland and you won't want to cook in the future.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 31, 2011, 06:28:20 PM
Apparently there is a new term, "homoskeptic", which as far as I can tell means a climate change skeptic who also thinks that gay people are bad.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 31, 2011, 06:53:02 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 31, 2011, 06:28:20 PM
Apparently there is a new term, "homoskeptic", which as far as I can tell means a climate change skeptic who also thinks that gay people are bad.
Nothing about that even makes any sense...  ???


I watched that one show on the Science Channel about entanglement. Don't know why I haven't heard about this 6 or 7 years ago, but I didn't even know that they've figured out how to teleport an atom. They need to eventually work on teleporting a grain of rice, so people could actually see something visually get teleported- though I bet they would need like $10 billion of equipment just to do that.  ::)

If they ever figured out how to teleport people, don't step onto the teleport pad by a scientist with purple hair named Lucca...  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 31, 2011, 07:05:04 PM

To misquote Marge Simpson: "Quantum physics is none of my business."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 01, 2011, 02:37:35 PM
Fun read- Kim Jong Il's NBA obsession:
http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061029-9999-1n29kim.html


His own system of scoring:
Quote
Chinese media have reported that the country even developed its own scoring system, with three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds. Miss a free throw, and it's minus one.
He also wanted to meet Michael Jordan, but MJ declined for obvious reasons...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on August 02, 2011, 06:32:22 AM
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 02, 2011, 12:57:20 PM
We really need to pin this chat thread! ;D ;D

So where I live we have not had much rain in months, and right now as I type it is 109 degrees Fahrenheit outside (that's about 43 C) and the high today is supposed to be 111 F (or 44 C)! :o  Anyone else suffering with the heat?

The drought and heat wave is so bad here in OK and TX that it has made the national news.  Grass and trees are dieing.  Lakes and rivers are drying up.  We've had over 30 days of triple digit highs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2011, 02:49:06 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 02, 2011, 12:57:20 PM
The drought and heat wave is so bad here in OK and TX that it has made the national news.  Grass and trees are dieing.  Lakes and rivers are drying up.  We've had over 30 days of triple digit highs.

My parents told me they are watering the house so the foundation doesn't crack.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 02, 2011, 02:55:47 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 02, 2011, 02:49:06 PM
My parents told me they are watering the house so the foundation doesn't crack.

Yeah you're probably not missing Texas right now! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 02, 2011, 02:56:53 PM
In NY, it's only 83  8) :P 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 02, 2011, 03:43:09 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 02, 2011, 12:57:20 PM
We really need to pin this chat thread! ;D ;D

So where I live we have not had much rain in months, and right now as I type it is 109 degrees Fahrenheit outside (that's about 43 C) and the high today is supposed to be 111 F (or 44 C)! :o  Anyone else suffering with the heat?


Thunderstorms at the moment in Boston.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 03, 2011, 04:11:45 AM
As part of the research for my dissertation, I'm currently reading a book from 1611 written by a country minister named Arthur Dent.

This fits in with my dissertation-writing motto:

(http://reportsyouneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dontpanic.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on August 03, 2011, 08:15:21 AM
"I hate music

Sometimes I don't

I hate music

It's got too many notes" -- The Replacements
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 03, 2011, 10:05:57 AM
Silly question Wednesday:

Is there a dating site devoted exclusively to people who love classical music?   8) ;D :D ;) :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 03, 2011, 04:07:55 PM
I think snyprrr would want to know that, too!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 03, 2011, 07:29:07 PM
Yesterday I started reading a book of essays on the comicbook hero Superman ("The Man from Krypton"). Although I haven't read the comics since I was a kid, I've had some provisional knowledge of developments in comics over the years (hazard of being a nerd), and find it interesting to consider the aspects of this American hero.

One interesting facet of recent stories is themes of (disguised) politics. Superman is after all supremely powerful, so really anything he does has a political implication. Although he is always a symbol of good, Supes can be shown as a conservative figure or a liberal one. As a conservative he will frown on nonconformity, fight wars for his country and even undertake espionage. As a liberal, he is more of an Obama figure, serving as a model for Good and leading by sheer charisma - but if the people's faith in him lapses, he is rendered virtually powerless.

These themes are perhaps the most interesting aspects of the character these days, but I don't think they could be worked into a successful blockbuster film.

It's interesting to contrast the DC and Marvel superhero pantheons - for years, Marvel was the underdog, but, now that audiences want more psychologically believable characters, Marvel is dominant. The Marvel heroes are, cleverly, all built on a personal problem. DC heroes are more fantastical and lack depth. Batman is the exception, being an archetype of dark rage who makes even Wolverine look like a tantrumish toddler, and Superman has some interest simply from his incomparable power. But Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash - what are they but ciphers in crazy clothes? Attempts have been made to retroactively force some psychological interest into their characters, but it hasn't stuck.


Quote from: ChamberNut on August 03, 2011, 10:05:57 AM
Silly question Wednesday:

Is there a dating site devoted exclusively to people who love classical music?   8) ;D :D ;) :)

Google is your friend:

www.classicalpassions.com

www.classicalpartners.com

www.cmle.com

www.classicalmusiclover.co.uk


I can't vouch for how active these sites might be.


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 03, 2011, 11:56:22 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 03, 2011, 10:05:57 AM
Silly question Wednesday:

Is there a dating site devoted exclusively to people who love classical music?   8) ;D :D ;) :)

Yes, banner ads keep popping up for one in my browser with a random violin babe. Whatever it is, it looks sketchy, though...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 04, 2011, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 03, 2011, 07:29:07 PM



Google is your friend:

www.classicalpassions.com

www.classicalpartners.com

www.cmle.com

www.classicalmusiclover.co.uk


I can't vouch for how active these sites might be.

Thanks, I've checked one of these sites.  Looked for my age range across Canada (zero results to the query).  :D  Activity isn't exactly bustling.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 04, 2011, 09:29:21 AM
Only "buddies" on line. Doesn't actually happen all that often! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 05, 2011, 01:57:12 PM
every time I do more than one load of laundry, without fail, I always think to myself "Man.......I have a lot of socks......"  Today was no different :D

(trying to get everything clean tonight for the trip on Sunday)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 06, 2011, 07:11:53 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 05, 2011, 01:57:12 PM
every time I do more than one load of laundry, without fail, I always think to myself "Man.......I have a lot of socks......"  Today was no different :D

I have yet to figure out why the number of socks that go into the washing machine is always different from the number that comes out.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 06, 2011, 09:27:49 AM
One in each pair is biodegradable and so the sock industry keeps going. Mind you, these days, they seem to wear out before they degrade in the machine. Just an alternative way to the same end. Like the glazier sending his son out to break a few local windows.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 07, 2011, 06:17:44 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on August 06, 2011, 07:11:53 AM
I have yet to figure out why the number of socks that go into the washing machine is always different from the number that comes out.

Do you actually count the socks as you put them in? I think the socks are lost before they get to the washing machine.

Another urban myth exposed! 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on August 07, 2011, 10:42:59 PM
Well, this is a mystery that I can recall right through my single then married life. What I only very rarely have observed is what you suggest; a stray sock on the floor etc that did not get put in. What not infrequently happens is that we keep the odd socks in one place and rarely get a match. After many months the abandoned socks are binned. It is some time since I noticed it happen. But right now there is one odd sock that has been sitting for months at the edge of the sock-bin.

With my son; we sorted this out by only buying him all black socks. But we had to replenish those on a regular basis and on one occasion did find one of his socks trapped under his door half in and half out of his room. We decided this was one sensible sock trying to make a dash for it, away from footrot, disorder and no doubt other abuses.

Urban-myth intact from over here.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 08, 2011, 06:34:11 AM
Quote from: knight66 on August 07, 2011, 10:42:59 PM
Well, this is a mystery that I can recall right through my single then married life. What I only very rarely have observed is what you suggest; a stray sock on the floor etc that did not get put in. What not infrequently happens is that we keep the odd socks in one place and rarely get a match. After many months the abandoned socks are binned. It is some time since I noticed it happen. But right now there is one odd sock that has been sitting for months at the edge of the sock-bin.

With my son; we sorted this out by only buying him all black socks. But we had to replenish those on a regular basis and on one occasion did find one of his socks trapped under his door half in and half out of his room. We decided this was one sensible sock trying to make a dash for it, away from footrot, disorder and no doubt other abuses.

Urban-myth intact from over here.

Mike

It's intact on this side of the Atlantic, too. We've had much the same experience, except with white socks for my son who is very active in sports. I think there is merit in your biodegradability theory.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: matti on August 08, 2011, 06:56:10 AM
Quote from: knight66 on August 07, 2011, 10:42:59 PM
Well, this is a mystery that I can recall right through my single then married life. What I only very rarely have observed is what you suggest; a stray sock on the floor etc that did not get put in. What not infrequently happens is that we keep the odd socks in one place and rarely get a match. After many months the abandoned socks are binned. It is some time since I noticed it happen. But right now there is one odd sock that has been sitting for months at the edge of the sock-bin.


I bought some very smart socks (in Lithuania I think it was), with metal hims and hers with which you can attach the pair together after using them, and therefore they will never part. No odd socks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 08, 2011, 07:01:42 AM
Now listening to The Bobs: "Where Does the Wayward Footwear Go?"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 10, 2011, 02:02:50 PM
You know, I probly should just stop cooking Chicken.....2nd time in a row something got messed up
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 10, 2011, 02:06:10 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 10, 2011, 02:02:50 PM
You know, I probly should just stop cooking Chicken.....2nd time in a row something got messed up

I don't think I've cooked chicken while living in England. Not because things got messed up - I never messed up chicken - but because it's been so much easier to make spaghetti or curries or other things.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 10, 2011, 02:08:55 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 10, 2011, 02:06:10 PM
I don't think I've cooked chicken while living in England. Not because things got messed up - I never messed up chicken - but because it's been so much easier to make spaghetti or curries or other things.
It should be easy to make.  But first time, it was that it was slightly undercooked, this time, I set the fire alarm off. (after I took the chicken out)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Bulldog on August 10, 2011, 02:33:59 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 10, 2011, 02:08:55 PM
It should be easy to make.  But first time, it was that it was slightly undercooked, this time, I set the fire alarm off. (after I took the chicken out)

A "fryer" takes about one hour to cook;  larger chickens 1 1/2 hours.  All at 350 degrees.  Follow my advice and your chicken will taste great, assuming it's fresh and seasoned well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 11, 2011, 05:51:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 04, 2011, 09:29:21 AM
Only "buddies" on line. Doesn't actually happen all that often! : )

And again!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 11, 2011, 06:04:46 AM
Not especially dynamic in the manner of the Ignore list, of course . . . just casts their ID in boldface here or there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 11, 2011, 07:26:49 AM
My friends' facebook post- I guess it's from some song or something:

Quote"Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards.
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America.
Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America."
8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 11, 2011, 11:01:14 AM
Quote"The second aggregate resembles some automatic kitchen utensils"

I am never going to try to use Babelfish to translate Russian tech support, ever again...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 11, 2011, 11:02:19 AM
Smart chick, you!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 11, 2011, 12:16:51 PM
This is what it normally sounds like when I'm just messing around on guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/v/b1zfeciAGUw&feature=channel_video_title

One of these days I'll actually write out some sort of etude!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 12, 2011, 02:25:47 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on August 10, 2011, 02:33:59 PM
A "fryer" takes about one hour to cook;  larger chickens 1 1/2 hours.  All at 350 degrees.  Follow my advice and your chicken will taste great, assuming it's fresh and seasoned well.
I was just sauteeing the breasts, not the whole chicken, but when I make a whole one, I'll follow that!

I think I figure out what happened:  The burners were hotter than I expected which made the olive oil too hot and when I added the chicken broth, it became smokey as hell.

Tonight is something I am familiar with making, though I screwed the rec. up (forgot garlic and put a tbs of salt in instead of 2 teaspoons!  ((though took some out)).  Hopefully, it's still good.  Here's hoping!   8)

EDIT:  Success!  even w/o the garlic, its good :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 16, 2011, 05:23:01 PM
tomorrow....the two tests!  The day is near! 

Shouldn't stress.  i should know the info well enough :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 18, 2011, 06:19:25 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 16, 2011, 05:23:01 PM
tomorrow....the two tests!  The day is near! 

Shouldn't stress.  i should know the info well enough :)
Passed the two history tests ( ;D 8)    :D )

Failed the theory test ( :'( :( ??? (Failed it by 2%))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 18, 2011, 06:23:10 AM
Sorry to hear that Paul... what are the consequences?  Do you have to take a more remedial theory class and then test again?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 18, 2011, 08:39:01 AM
Just have to take a survey of music theory.  Could've attempted the test again in Dec, but thought I might be better off just taking the theory course again, just to have a solid base of basic theory before I head into the advanced world :)

Just glad I passed the two history tests, so I can take upper level classes :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 18, 2011, 09:20:24 AM
That doesn't sound bad at all! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on August 18, 2011, 06:59:38 PM
Start my classes Monday. Finally on the way to being a real composer. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 18, 2011, 07:34:46 PM
Good luck Coco!  I start classes on Monday myself. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 18, 2011, 08:21:43 PM
About an incident involving Depardieu on an airline.  It's not the story that's funny but Cooper laughing more and more at his jokes until he is giggling uncontrollably. :D

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2011/08/17/ac.ridiculist.depardieu.cnn.html (http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2011/08/17/ac.ridiculist.depardieu.cnn.html)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 01:06:10 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 11, 2011, 11:01:14 AM
I am never going to try to use Babelfish to translate Russian tech support, ever again...

Yes the example you quoted was clearly nonsense. So is it the first, third, or some other aggregate that resembles some automatic kitchen utensils?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 05:01:45 AM
Quote from: Coco on August 18, 2011, 06:59:38 PM
Start my classes Monday. Finally on the way to being a real composer. :)

Success to you! Don't hesitate to sling the odd question, if I may be of any service.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 05:02:54 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 01:06:10 AM
Yes the example you quoted was clearly nonsense. So is it the first, third, or some other aggregate that resembles some automatic kitchen utensils?

Pity. I really do prefer my simple, manual can-opener.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 19, 2011, 05:07:11 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2011, 05:02:54 AM
Pity. I really do prefer my simple, manual can-opener.

Your simple, manual, unaggregated can-opener.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 19, 2011, 05:31:48 AM
As an aside, it's going to be strange becoming a grad student.  From 18+ credits, to only 8.  From 8 AM classes, to 4:30, or 6:00 classes.   

(I also never got a scholarship to play in the orchestra before :D)

I think people will think I am crazy for wanting to learn both Russian and German.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 05:35:47 AM
Not a bit of it, they're both languages whose literature is rich.

I think people who don't want to study a foreign language in depth, are crazy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 19, 2011, 05:40:49 AM
yeah, true :)

But it's also more of what I'll use for my hopeful profession.  Since I am a music history major/master (What's the term for the discipline one studies as a grad student?), German would be extremely useful as a base language.  For my interests in music, Russian would be extremely useful as well. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 05:43:15 AM
Both languages have declining nouns, so grammatically, you'll have synergies in your favor.  A good deal of work cut out for you, but I speak as one who has found the work put into learning foreign languages most rewarding.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Archaic Torso of Apollo on August 19, 2011, 05:53:19 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 19, 2011, 05:31:48 AM

I think people will think I am crazy for wanting to learn both Russian and German.  :D

Hey, if I did it, so can you  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on August 19, 2011, 06:06:01 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2011, 05:01:45 AM
Success to you! Don't hesitate to sling the odd question, if I may be of any service.

Of course. And thank you. :)

Quote from: Leon on August 19, 2011, 05:55:25 AM
Good for you! 

I am having to delay my start at doing more work on my masters - which is a drag, but it will be much better next year when my schedule will be a bit saner.   Trying to do it right now would mean not doing it with the kind of attention I would hope to bring to the study.

Good luck to you, and keep us informed of what your working on.

:)

Thank you. I'll be 30 by the time I have even a Bachelor's, but I don't care. :D Hopefully I won't be as old as Havergal Brian was when people actually started listening to his music. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 06:08:25 AM
Quote from: Coco on August 19, 2011, 06:06:01 AM
Thank you. I'll be 30 by the time I have even a Bachelor's, but I don't care. :D

Nor should you!  I was "slow" to get on the academical track, and took a year off mid-process here and there.  It shouldn't be a cookie-cutter!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on August 19, 2011, 06:13:04 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 19, 2011, 05:31:48 AM
I think people will think I am crazy for wanting to learn both Russian and German.  :D

I want to study both Chinese and German, so I sympathize. Unfortunately, my college doesn't have any German courses, but the Goethe Institute here does.

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2011, 06:08:25 AM
Nor should you!  I was "slow" to get on the academical track, and took a year off mid-process here and there.  It shouldn't be a cookie-cutter!

True, that. And most artists don't hit their stride until their 50s anyway.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 06:14:35 AM
The Goethe Institute is a fabulous cultural resource!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 06:16:56 AM
Quote from: Leon on August 19, 2011, 06:14:57 AM
Not to brag   ::)  but I am twice your age.   :D   Yep, I'll be 60 in December.  And yet, I have the temerity to go back to school.   :P

Don't ever let anyone make you feel as if you are too old for something.

;)

Good on you, Leon! I am honored to know you (if this be knowing : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 19, 2011, 06:54:37 AM
Quote from: Leon on August 19, 2011, 06:14:57 AM
Not to brag   ::)  but I am twice your age.   :D   Yep, I'll be 60 in December.  And yet, I have the temerity to go back to school.   :P

Don't ever let anyone make you feel as if you are too old for something.

;)

Way to go, Leon! I got my Bachelors at 22, but didn't get my Masters until I was 47. I'm certain the life experience and maturity I gained in the intervening years made the program more meaningful and useful to me than it was for those who started right after receiving their undergrads. I know if I could start a Bachelors program over again right now, I'd do a lot better than when I was much younger.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 10:53:57 AM
Quote from: Renfield on August 19, 2011, 05:07:11 AM
Your simple, manual, unaggregated can-opener.

Do they still make those, in these post-aggregated times?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 10:55:54 AM
Unreconstructedly unaggregated, indeed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 19, 2011, 11:28:56 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 10:53:57 AM
Do they still make those, in these post-aggregated times?

They do: it's very retro.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 11:40:38 AM
Quote from: Renfield on August 19, 2011, 11:28:56 AM
They do: it's very retro.

Let's follow this though logically then. It seems that what we used to think of as a set of kitchen utensils 50 years ago would today be an aggregate. That represents 300% linear aggregation in terms of word size since 1961. No wonder Sara was upset.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 19, 2011, 11:48:24 AM
I don't want an electric garlic press, either. NIMK
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2011, 01:04:44 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 19, 2011, 11:48:24 AM
I don't want an electric garlic press, either. NIMK

But, but ... how do you aggregate your garlic, then?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 19, 2011, 02:16:09 PM
I only have 36 more hours in England. So my blog is beginning a final countdown of sorts...

Favorite London Food Haunts: Nos 10-6 (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/favorite-london-food-haunts-nos-10-6/)
Favorite London Food Haunts: No 5 (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/london-food-haunt-no-5-brick-lane-beigel-bake/)

Look for Nos 4 and 3 tomorrow, No 2 early Sunday morning, and No 1 on Monday after I've returned to the States.

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2011, 01:53:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 19, 2011, 02:16:09 PM
I only have 36 more hours in England.

Now here's a strange thing. As I read that, I felt an instant pang of sadness - that even though I've never met you, we'd shortly be the poorer for your absence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 20, 2011, 05:57:20 AM
In happy news,

I am getting a scholarship to play in the Orchestra and to take lessons.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 20, 2011, 06:15:31 AM
Wonderful news, indeed!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 20, 2011, 06:43:10 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 20, 2011, 05:57:20 AM
In happy news,

I am getting a scholarship to play in the Orchestra and to take lessons.  :D
Nice!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on August 20, 2011, 09:46:30 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on August 20, 2011, 05:57:20 AM
In happy news,

I am getting a scholarship to play in the Orchestra and to take lessons.  :D

(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/happy/thumbs-up.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 20, 2011, 10:10:59 AM
Congratulations, paulrbass!!

Quote from: Elgarian on August 20, 2011, 01:53:38 AM
Now here's a strange thing. As I read that, I felt an instant pang of sadness - that even though I've never met you, we'd shortly be the poorer for your absence.

I'll still be online, of course. But I felt that pang of sadness too, in fact it's more of a permanent throb, because I've grown to love this place. This island and this culture feel like my home, now. Work visas are, from what I hear, preposterously expensive and difficult to obtain, but you can bet that as soon as I get back I'll begin plotting my return to England.

It was an immense pleasure getting to attend several dozen concerts this year and in the process meeting GMGers Papy Oli, Luke, J.Z. Herrenberg, vandermolen, and Dundonnell. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 21, 2011, 03:55:39 PM
Quote from: Coco on August 19, 2011, 06:13:04 AM
True, that. And most artists don't hit their stride until their 50s anyway.

There's a thread in that: artists who continue to mature, versus those who blaze brightly and then fizzle out.

Actually , the notion is giving me strong deja vu. Is there such a thing as too many threads?


BTW, congratulations, paulrbass! I hope you get a nice conductor, and get to play a good variety of pieces.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 21, 2011, 04:40:45 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 21, 2011, 03:55:39 PM
BTW, congratulations, paulrbass! I hope you get a nice conductor, and get to play a good variety of pieces.
I met the conductor, she seems nice, though I haven't been to a rehearsal yet (Though, I am used to conductors who aren't the nicest of people while on the podium)

I saw the program for the year, the first concert includes Romanian Rhapsodies 1 and 2 by Enescu.  Mahler 4 is also on the schedule.  (Will be my second time playing it), and another highlight is Mozart's Requiem.    There are other pieces I am forgetting, including modern stuff, but those are the ones that stick out.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on August 22, 2011, 04:32:59 AM
Back in Texas. Had some tacos for dinner last night, and this morning my laptop thinks it's 1:30 p.m. I'm too nostalgic to change it back, but I'm not really all that nostalgic, because my parents bought and framed a "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster and put it up in my room. :)

(http://atomictoasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/keepcalm1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 22, 2011, 04:35:50 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 22, 2011, 04:32:59 AM
Back in Texas. Had some tacos for dinner last night, and this morning my laptop thinks it's 1:30 p.m. I'm too nostalgic to change it back, but I'm not really all that nostalgic, because my parents bought and framed a "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster and put it up in my room. :)

(http://atomictoasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/keepcalm1.jpg)
Cool poster! Now all you need is a "mind the gap" somewhere and you are all set!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 22, 2011, 04:17:10 PM

Careless talk costs lives!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on August 22, 2011, 06:14:02 PM
If teenage boys today don't want to use condoms, we should at least be telling them to keep a cell phone in their pocket at all times.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 22, 2011, 07:22:07 PM
Wellllcome home, Brian, darp darp! You don't need any of them there's fancy britches Englaaaaand. Gettin' back to good ole confederate country, darp darp! Alls you needs is a bottle of beer, some wife beaters, and an ole TV that picks up Nascar. You them there's a good ole simple boy, aintcha Brian?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on August 22, 2011, 09:21:27 PM
Dey terk err jerbs!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 23, 2011, 06:16:52 AM
Quote from: Coco on August 22, 2011, 09:21:27 PM
Dey terk err jerbs!
Deeeee deeeeeeerrrrrr errrrr duuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 24, 2011, 07:44:30 PM
Ok, another day of needlessly worrying about the weather up here in Bowling Green done!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on August 25, 2011, 05:29:48 AM
Brian, your enthusiasm for It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown somehow stuck . . . with Borders passing like a ship in the night, I snapped up the DVD. I shall report : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 25, 2011, 06:47:14 AM
Brian, glad to hear you're safely home again.

Now, get going: there's work to be done in the Sibelius thread, and important new CDs to be bought!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 25, 2011, 07:18:41 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 25, 2011, 06:47:14 AM
Brian, glad to hear you're safely home again.

Now, get going: there's work to be done in the Sibelius thread, and important new CDs to be bought!

Haha! There really is no escape, is there? Sorry, Brian. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 26, 2011, 05:41:05 AM
It's been a productive day at work. Not for my employer, of course! I've just spent eight hours writing a short story, after being inspired by a competition. The "prompt" was "How did I end up here?" Word limit is 1500, which is very limiting. I think I spent most of my writing time just whittling it down to size. A considerable task, considering my original idea was rather epic. Much was improved along the way, of course, but the piece is now very hard-boiled in style, which luckily in this case suits the subject.

My only worry is that I didn't include the actual phrase "How did I end up here?" in the story. Just couldn't bring myself to. It just seemed too trite. I hope they won't hold it against me....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2011, 07:14:24 PM
I can't remember if you live in central TX or a bit west Brian, but hope you're not in range of those wildfires...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 06, 2011, 04:38:15 PM
Bad news:  The strings I like on my instrument now cost $239 ($209 currently on sale)
Good news:  I only have to buy them every 2 or so years.  (And I have one more year till the A, D, G Need to be replaced)

Bad News:  The C String will cost $77 (on sale price), and replacement for that string is coming up quick.
Good News:  It's one string.

Good News:  Bass Strings are a lot harder to break then Violin strings.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 06, 2011, 05:13:34 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 06, 2011, 04:38:15 PM
Bad news:  The strings I like on my instrument now cost $239 ($209 currently on sale)
Good news:  I only have to buy them every 2 or so years.  (And I have one more year till the A, D, G Need to be replaced)

Bad News:  The C String will cost $77 (on sale price), and replacement for that string is coming up quick.
Good News:  It's one string.

Good News:  Bass Strings are a lot harder to break then Violin strings.

La Bella or Dominant?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 06, 2011, 05:17:50 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 06, 2011, 05:13:34 PM
La Bella or Dominant?
Bel Canto made by Thomastik-Infeld
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 06, 2011, 05:28:35 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 06, 2011, 05:17:50 PM
Bel Canto made by Thomastik-Infeld

Ah, a hybrid man!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 06, 2011, 05:35:09 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 06, 2011, 05:28:35 PM
Ah, a hybrid man!
They sound extremely nice on my bass.  So, it's worth the money  8) (that is, unless it gets to above $300).

I've always wanted to just experiment with the different brands of strings, but the price is a detriment to that idea.  Maybe when I win the lottery, I can do that.   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 06, 2011, 10:04:56 PM
I didn't know bass and violin strings had bits of platinum in them. :o :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 07, 2011, 02:45:27 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 06, 2011, 10:04:56 PM
I didn't know bass and violin strings had bits of platinum in them. :o :P

Although there are very cheap strings made today out of single strands of metal, most strings have either a synthetic core (like perlon) wrapped  with a metal such as aluminum, tin, or silver or  a steel core wrapped with a metal such as steel, silver, or titanium. Violin "e" strings are often plated with gold or platinum. I once played a bass with nylon strings -- very "gutty" sound.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 07, 2011, 06:03:45 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 07, 2011, 02:45:27 AM
Although there are very cheap strings made today out of single strands of metal, most strings have either a synthetic core (like perlon) wrapped  with a metal such as aluminum, tin, or silver or  a steel core wrapped with a metal such as steel, silver, or titanium. Violin "e" strings are often plated with gold or platinum.

Wow! All this for durability or the Sound?

More reasons to play HIPpily. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 12, 2011, 09:30:28 AM
Just received a package of CDs I had mailed from my old place in London to my home here in Texas. The package was sliced open and it had a sticker saying, "SECURITY X-RAY CHECKED BY POST DANMARK." Well, if my box has been to Denmark, that's probably why it took three weeks to reach the States.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 12, 2011, 09:35:06 AM
Denmark's got the same vowels (and in the same order) as Texas . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 12, 2011, 07:21:36 PM

Why did they have to open it if they had an x-ray? ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 12, 2011, 11:02:40 PM
GMG is not working correctly at my end: I don't see any composer's photo next to Mirror Image's name. It's just various shades of blue. :-\



Was tempted to post it in the Bug Report thread, but I didn't want to disturb Rob with any of my sillyness.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 13, 2011, 12:52:15 PM
I didn't want to post this on the classical chat thread because then people would be like snoot! snoot! that's cracked, not serious enough *sticks nose in air*.  Here read this if you have the time:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19411_5-bizarre-dark-sides-to-modern-orchestras.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_19411_5-bizarre-dark-sides-to-modern-orchestras.html)

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 14, 2011, 06:43:49 AM
Crazy rollercoaster weather in NW Ohio.  From 81, to 63 and back to the 70s in the weakend.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 14, 2011, 07:02:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 13, 2011, 12:52:15 PM
I didn't want to post this on the classical chat thread because then people would be like snoot! snoot! that's cracked, not serious enough *sticks nose in air*.  Here read this if you have the time:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19411_5-bizarre-dark-sides-to-modern-orchestras.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_19411_5-bizarre-dark-sides-to-modern-orchestras.html)

:)

Nonsense - this one's actually smart, informative and funny! :D

(Talk about a back-handed compliment.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 14, 2011, 07:11:31 AM
Quote from: Renfield on September 14, 2011, 07:02:19 AM
Nonsense - this one's actually smart, informative and funny! :D

(Talk about a back-handed compliment.)

Indeed. All those traits can be found in most Cracked articles by "Christina H." or "John Cheese," FYI. And the one DavidW links to is a good 'un - folks, click it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 14, 2011, 09:10:42 AM
I wonder if Karl takes performance enhancing drugs... ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 14, 2011, 09:14:22 AM
No way, I play clean!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 14, 2011, 09:48:03 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 14, 2011, 09:14:22 AM
No way, I play clean!

The only boost you get is in your tea! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 14, 2011, 03:42:28 PM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 14, 2011, 09:14:22 AM
No way, I play clean!
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiZsJ43TKr96tNNrVI0AfDR09PlEhEVVINf4c-quvJJE-H_5Q-Ddkw0Jg0) 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 14, 2011, 06:56:27 PM
I suppose a composer's drug would be opium?... (because of Berlioz?)
Does anyone even use opium anymore?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 15, 2011, 03:28:23 AM
Afghanistan has been in robust opium production since the ouster of the Taliban (talk of "unintended consequences").
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 15, 2011, 01:27:51 PM
My name's Dave and I like Johan Sebastian Bach, The Beatles, Ludwig van Beethoven, Blondie, Blue Oyster Cult, David Bowie, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Elvis Costello, Devo, Didjits, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Joe Jackson, George Jones, Judas Priest, Paul McCartney, The Monkees, Graham Parker, Gene Pitney, The Police, Prince, Queen, Sparks, Cat Stevens, The Stranglers, Talking Heads, Van Halen and Ween.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 15, 2011, 07:08:37 PM

Hi Dave, here's your first-timer's chip.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 15, 2011, 07:29:41 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 15, 2011, 03:28:23 AM
Afghanistan has been in robust opium production since the ouster of the Taliban (talk of "unintended consequences").
They need something, I guess...


I had an idea inspired by a post on lamebook. Go to a bar. If a hot lady asks you to buy her a drink, say no.  8)
Ha!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 15, 2011, 08:37:09 PM
Netflix sees stocks drop by 20% and loses 1 million subscribers:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Price-Hike-Sends-Netflixs-nytimes-985924951.html?x=0&.v=1 (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Price-Hike-Sends-Netflixs-nytimes-985924951.html?x=0&.v=1)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 16, 2011, 04:07:40 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 15, 2011, 08:37:09 PM
Netflix sees stocks drop by 20% and loses 1 million subscribers:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Price-Hike-Sends-Netflixs-nytimes-985924951.html?x=0&.v=1 (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Price-Hike-Sends-Netflixs-nytimes-985924951.html?x=0&.v=1)

There, it's true: I'm one in a million . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 04:13:26 AM
What I find upsetting is that the #s show that 10 times more people prefer streaming to dvd rentals.  I'm just saying that most people would prefer having a very limited selection available RIGHT NOW, instead of a nearly complete selection available within 1-2 shipping days.  Is this a sign of our times?  Are we as a society insanely impatient?  Or is it that people want to watch so much tv that they need an all you can eat buffet? :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 16, 2011, 04:07:40 AM
There, it's true: I'm one in a million . . . .

No more Robocop 25, Critters 7: the crittering and other straight to video releases. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on September 16, 2011, 05:50:29 AM
Trying to find the relationship 'love/hate' links of North American country.  Of course, I'm joking around here, and this isn't to be taken seriously, but I find these generalizations to be somewhat amusing:

Canada loves Cuba

Cuba loves Canada (except for the rude Quebec tourists, many Cubans have told me so.  They'll ask "Are you Canadian or from Quebec?")

USA hates Cuba

Cuba hates USA

USA loves Canada

Canada loves/hates USA

Canada loves/hates Mexico

Mexico loves Canada

Mexico hates USA

USA hates Mexico

*Not sure what Cuba and Mexico think of each other??   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 16, 2011, 06:12:12 AM
USA hates Canadian pharma spam (apart from Rush Limbaugh, possibly)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 07:10:44 AM
USA = crazed xenophobia... just kidding! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on September 16, 2011, 08:05:48 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 16, 2011, 06:12:12 AM
USA hates Canadian pharma spam (apart from Rush Limbaugh, possibly)

True, that!   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 09:50:47 AM
I drank orange juice this morning (I really did), and so should you. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/web/google-logo-orange/index.html) ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 19, 2011, 08:12:05 AM
Netflix is changing the dvd service to quickster or some stupid bull like that.  What was cool though was finding an apology from the ceo in my inbox.  They will also be offering games.  I feel kind of depressed that I had been using netflix since they were just a CA company and soon I will no longer be using netflix because they want to rebrand and then forget about their dvd mailing service.  Isn't this all coming a bit too soon?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 19, 2011, 08:16:45 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 09:50:47 AM
I drank orange juice this morning (I really did), and so should you. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/web/google-logo-orange/index.html) ;D

Grapefruit juice, here.

BTW, how cool that Szent-Györgyi first extracted C from paprika!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 19, 2011, 08:29:56 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 19, 2011, 08:12:05 AM
Netflix is changing the dvd service to quickster or some stupid bull like that.  What was cool though was finding an apology from the ceo in my inbox.  They will also be offering games.  I feel kind of depressed that I had been using netflix since they were just a CA company and soon I will no longer be using netflix because they want to rebrand and then forget about their dvd mailing service.  Isn't this all coming a bit too soon?

We subscribed to Netflix for probably almost two years, and apart from the initial trial period, we've just done the two movies per month plan. So we were never heavily invested in the use of Netflix.  When I learnt that they were hiking the subscription — something to which I should have reacted in a different tone if they had communicated it in a straightforward manner, We are advising you of the following changes, and these are the reasons behind it — my immediate response was to ask myself, Is the use which I am getting out of the service worth a 62% increase in expense, i.e., an addition $36 per annum? For myself, the answer was, Not particularly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 19, 2011, 09:57:34 AM
Avast ye scuppernongs! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day! All foes of Fiendish Captain Purplebeard, take a long walk down a short plank! Arrrr etc etc
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 19, 2011, 10:40:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 19, 2011, 09:57:34 AM
Avast ye scuppernongs! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day! All foes of Fiendish Captain Purplebeard, take a long walk down a short plank! Arrrr etc etc

Pieces of Eight! Aaaarhh, Jim Lad! Shiver me timbers and splice the mainbrace! Hoist the jibboom spanker!

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Ahoy me hearties!



(This is great fun I agree, but why are we doin' it, Brian?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 19, 2011, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 19, 2011, 10:40:15 AM
Pieces of Eight! Aaaarhh, Jim Lad! Shiver me timbers and splice the mainbrace! Hoist the jibboom spanker!

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Ahoy me hearties!



(This is great fun I agree, but why are we doin' it, Brian?)

T'day be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me lad! I heerd it from a landlubber at a tavern in Marrrrrrgate!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 19, 2011, 01:02:45 PM
I am going to start listening to German-language Starcraft broadcasts to see if I can learn the language by immersion. This is maybe less silly than it sounds, because SC commentary in any language is peppered with English terms, so to hear them throwing in "unit-control" and "timing push" every now and again gives context that might otherwise have lost me.

My biggest problem I suppose will be my terrible I am at understanding voices anyway :\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 19, 2011, 01:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 19, 2011, 01:02:45 PM
I am going to start listening to German-language Starcraft broadcasts to see if I can learn the language by immersion.

The language of German or the language of nerds? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 19, 2011, 01:05:41 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 19, 2011, 01:04:27 PM
The language of German or the language of nerds? ;D

;) "Eine hero zergling" resonates to nerds of all creed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 19, 2011, 11:16:25 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 19, 2011, 12:52:30 PM
T'day be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me lad! I heerd it from a landlubber at a tavern in Marrrrrrgate!

I see. So it was a one-day festival of pirate-talk, which means that now it's over. Well alright, but what do I do this morning with these timbers I've shivered, and this jibboom spanker that's been hoisted? And there are 15 ruffians here, gathered around a dead man's chest, demanding breakfast. What about them?


Thought for the day:

If a man dies, would his ribcage actually stand up to the weight of fifteen men sitting on him?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 19, 2011, 11:44:56 PM
Chest = wood or leathern trunk, not human upper torso.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 20, 2011, 12:02:40 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 19, 2011, 11:44:56 PM
Chest = wood or leathern trunk, not human upper torso.

Yes. That was just my little (admittedly very little) joke; though exposed now, like this, alas, it looks even smaller....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 20, 2011, 01:44:38 AM

HA! I stand TRIUMPHANT over your feeble jest. Tremble, puny pun, before the MIGHT of my banal, joy-killing literalism!

Wait, what?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 20, 2011, 01:49:42 AM

The Australian dollar is apparently fated to drop to parity (http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/dollar-to-slip-below-parity-within-days-20110920-1kis9.html) with the US and then continue downward. No more "cheap" imports for me, I guess :(  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 20, 2011, 03:59:14 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 20, 2011, 01:44:38 AM
HA! I stand TRIUMPHANT over your feeble jest. Tremble, puny pun, before the MIGHT of my banal, joy-killing literalism!

I quake (Pirate Bold though I was, 'twas for but a day) beneath your victorious gaze, and hand over my cutlass, my Treasure Map, and my Handbook of Bad Jokes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 20, 2011, 04:07:02 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 20, 2011, 01:44:38 AM
HA! I stand TRIUMPHANT over your feeble jest. Tremble, puny pun, before the MIGHT of my banal, joy-killing literalism!

There's another text wants a musical setting . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 20, 2011, 04:18:16 AM
Do you realise that in the WHOLE of Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day, no one said 'Yo Ho Ho, and a Bottle of Rum'? What a shockingly missed opportunity.

(I blame Brian for this.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 20, 2011, 04:36:39 AM
Garn!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 20, 2011, 07:10:39 AM
Next up: Talk like a Henning day.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2011, 07:30:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 20, 2011, 07:10:39 AM
Next up: Talk like a Henning day.  8)

Indeed. It shall be indisputably beneath an underripe lemon, make no mistake!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 20, 2011, 07:41:35 AM
J'espère que cela a du sens. Je-je-je!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 20, 2011, 08:39:04 AM
Pffft
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 20, 2011, 12:17:12 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 20, 2011, 08:39:04 AM
Pffft
Talk like a James day is tomorrow...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 20, 2011, 12:22:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 20, 2011, 12:17:12 PM
Talk like a James day is tomorrow...

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2011, 12:56:33 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 20, 2011, 12:17:12 PM
Talk like a James day is tomorrow...

Whilst showering this morning I drafted posts for putative days in honor of James, Sgt Rock, Mirror Image, and MN Dave...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 20, 2011, 02:47:53 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2011, 12:56:33 PM
Whilst showering this morning I drafted posts for putative days in honor of James, Sgt Rock, Mirror Image, and MN Dave...
На здоровье!

Aye, work is progressing somewhat steadily. I have four performers that shall be reciting the holy posts of the abovementioned next Tuesday at the Cathedral.

Rehearsals have gone smoothly, and they seem well prepared. The performance of James' part so far has seemed to be one of the most impressive, with his "dewd"s and "Pfffffft"s well articulated. If all goes well, I might consider an orchestral score, or perhaps a ballet adaptation, though it may take me a minimum of 8 years to finish.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 21, 2011, 06:12:28 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 20, 2011, 02:47:53 PM
На здоровье!

Aye, work is progressing somewhat steadily. I have four performers that shall be reciting the holy posts of the abovementioned next Tuesday at the Cathedral.

Rehearsals have gone smoothly, and they seem well prepared. The performance of James' part so far has seemed to be one of the most impressive, with his "dewd"s and "Pfffffft"s well articulated. If all goes well, I might consider an orchestral score, or perhaps a ballet adaptation, though it may take me a minimum of 8 years to finish.



This is freakishly awesome.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 21, 2011, 06:24:59 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 20, 2011, 02:47:53 PM
. . . though it may take me a minimum of 8 years to finish.

I'm cryin' here ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 21, 2011, 06:41:27 AM
yea...... i'm sure henning's music is good.............. if you like that sort of thing, but nothing compares to the perfection of bach.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 21, 2011, 07:08:00 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 21, 2011, 06:12:28 AM
This is freakishly awesome.

What. Ever. Your view is corrupt. If you'd just listen to music instead of reading irrelevant quotes ....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 21, 2011, 07:56:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 21, 2011, 06:12:28 AM
This is freakishly awesome.
Yours, too, especially if you think of the shower for being a substitution for a bus.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
Quote from: Coco on September 21, 2011, 06:41:27 AM
yea...... i'm sure henning's music is good.............. if you like that sort of thing, but nothing compares to the perfection of bach.
Dood .. nothing can compare to the complexities of Bach. If .. you had more insight and countless hours of deep listening, you would understand that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 21, 2011, 06:25:42 PM
So we see that it's just more fun being James than Karl ;)


The other night I watched the Charlie Sheen roast. It was amazingly sleazy. The sex and drugs jokes I suppose were par for the course (nearly typed "coarse" there), but the jokes about Sheen beating up his ex-wives, and everyone on stage palling about with CONVICTED RAPIST Mike Tyson  ::)

What the hell was Bill Shatner doing there?! Presumably he was there for a fat cheque.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 21, 2011, 07:02:34 PM
Tomorrow: talk like a Sarge day. Many naked photos of hot women expected.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 22, 2011, 04:47:23 AM
I think I've finally realized that there's slim chance of finding some new artist/composer/music that I like, or that will measure up to what I already know, and so must sit back and enjoy a life's accumulation of interests. Fortunately, I have a lot of them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 04:55:47 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 22, 2011, 04:47:23 AM
I think I've finally realized that there's slim chance of finding some new artist/composer/music that I like, or that will measure up to what I already know, and so must sit back and enjoy a life's accumulation of interests. Fortunately, I have a lot of them.

More Henningmusick! No, but really!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 04:56:21 AM
I mean, he's no Devo, but . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 22, 2011, 04:58:08 AM
There will always be room for that, my friend.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 04:59:04 AM
\m/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2011, 05:02:48 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 21, 2011, 07:02:34 PM
Tomorrow: talk like a Sarge day. Many naked photos of hot women expected.

  :D  ...yes, I'm more visual than verbal  8)


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 05:04:19 AM
Great pic for Harry, though NSFW (hope a co-worker who sits behind me was visually occupied elsewhere).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2011, 05:06:19 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 22, 2011, 05:04:19 AM
Great pic for Harry, though NSFW (hope a co-worker who sits behind me was visually occupied elsewhere).

Oh....sorry about that. I shall post a warning.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 06:05:23 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2011, 05:02:48 AM
  :D  ...yes, I'm more visual than verbal  8)


Sarge
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/beastmaster_tanyaroberts.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/Jadzia.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/P9050174_800.jpg)
Aye.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2011, 06:11:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 06:05:23 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/beastmaster_tanyaroberts.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/Jadzia.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/P9050174_800.jpg)
Aye.

That's uncanny, Greg. It sounds just like me! First, Karl, then me. You have a talent for mimicry  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 22, 2011, 06:12:19 AM
Last night I had a dream that we had a new member here posting under the name "Supersized" whose avatar took up half the screen and typed only in bold font. Huh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 07:29:27 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2011, 06:11:10 AM
That's uncanny, Greg. It sounds just like me! First, Karl, then me. You have a talent for mimicry  ;D

Sarge

(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 07:30:02 AM
Quote from: Coco on September 22, 2011, 06:12:19 AM
Last night I had a dream that we had a new member here posting under the name "Supersized" whose avatar took up half the screen and typed only in bold font. Huh.

(* double chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 09:18:19 AM
Quote from: Coco on September 22, 2011, 06:12:19 AM
Last night I had a dream that we had a new member here posting under the name "Supersized" whose avatar took up half the screen and typed only in bold font. Huh.
LOL must be American.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 22, 2011, 10:53:54 AM
Seriously, when the chicken showed up (re: Talk Like Sarge Day), I laughed hard enough for my neighbours to hear.

Ditto the uncanny Henning parody.


You ought to consider doing this for a living, frankly! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 11:14:22 AM
: )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 11:15:35 AM
Witty and well done. I might only add a footnote that . . . oh, why bother? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 11:21:09 AM
Quote from: Renfield on September 22, 2011, 10:53:54 AM
Seriously, when the chicken showed up (re: Talk Like Sarge Day), I laughed hard enough for my neighbours to hear.

Ditto the uncanny Henning parody.


You ought to consider doing this for a living, frankly! :D
Haha  :D
Well, I guess that's kinda similar to the joking me and my little brother have been doing for over a year now- just take stereotypes/traits and stretch them to the extreme and make it bizarre.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 11:21:57 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 22, 2011, 05:04:19 AM
Great pic for Harry, though NSFW (hope a co-worker who sits behind me was visually occupied elsewhere).

http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/june2010/harryqus_birthday_gift.jpg


Aye.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 22, 2011, 11:35:47 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 11:21:09 AM
Haha  :D
Well, I guess that's kinda similar to the joking me and my little brother have been doing for over a year now- just take stereotypes/traits and stretch them to the extreme and make it bizarre.

Thank you for the generous implication that, as raw material, I am not of myself bizarre ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2011, 11:44:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 11:21:57 AM
http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/june2010/harryqus_birthday_gift.jpg


Aye.

Say, why was that uploaded in a June? Sarge must have seen it and immediately thought, "I'm saving this for Harry's birthday!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 22, 2011, 11:44:44 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 22, 2011, 11:44:10 AM
Say, why was that uploaded in a June? Sarge must have seen it and immediately thought, "I'm saving this for Harry's birthday!"

Sounds like Sarge alright.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 11:21:09 AM
Haha  :D
Well, I guess that's kinda similar to the joking me and my little brother have been doing for over a year now- just take stereotypes/traits and stretch them to the extreme and make it bizarre.
Just realized this was my 10,000th post. Shoulda saved it for the link to the nude photo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 22, 2011, 06:46:00 PM
Back in the '70s, I was stationed in the Mongolian desert, and that's where I first met Mrs.Rock. I was a'wandering around off base for a bit when I saw a fine-looking lady alone in the middle of the desert, without anyone else around for a mile. I approached her and said,
"Wanna git murried?"

She looked up and said in a high-pitched voice, "Okay."

Ever since our wedding night, under the moonlight, we have been playing old vinyl Xenakis recordings and eating greasy tomato soup with our hands, out of the same pot (hehe!)  ;) . Then I recall the old war stories of past, like the brutal ambush I experienced back in Mongolia. See, back in the day, they had no guns, but instead armed you with toothpicks. I took out 55 Mongolian rebels that day and still keep that toothpick with me wherever I go.

Then, we took a break from the Mongolian War and settled down in Intercourse, Pennsylvania and lived among the Amish. Our marriage ended when (without realizing she had magical powers) turned into a tomato soup, when I told her, "If you were tomato soup, I'd drink you right up!"

Here is a current picture of the first Mrs.Rock:
(http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2008/07/21/NY0210_Tomato-Soup_lg.jpg)


A few years later, I met the second Mrs.Rock. Here is a current picture of her:
(http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/garden/rock06.jpg)


Alright... tomorrow, talk like a MN Dave day!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2011, 07:22:57 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 06:46:00 PM
Then, we took a break from the Mongolian War and settled down in Intercourse, Pennsylvania and lived among the Amish.

I get sad when people won't buy Szell recordings "because of the old sound." It didn't sound old when I was there!

But no disc will ever live up to the experience of seeing Mahler's 11th live at Severance Hall on September 31, 1962. I was there with a lovely young date from my junior college named Magda, whose unibrow you sure as hell would overlook if you saw those legs. Damn, I miss them.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 10:16:59 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 06:46:00 PM
Here is a current picture of the first Mrs.Rock:

A few years later, I met the second Mrs.Rock. Here is a current picture of her:

Due to Sarge's gift to Harry, I scrolled down very slowly so as to make sure that I don't get into trouble. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 23, 2011, 03:51:29 AM
Ah, it's Friday at last! Got a bit more rest, I've some hot tea I'm sipping, I don't have to work tonight.  Quality of life greatly improved.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 04:54:34 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 22, 2011, 09:18:19 AM
LOL must be American.  :D
Dutch, I think....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 23, 2011, 05:52:27 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 04:54:34 AM
Dutch, I think....
If he meant half the screen vertically, then yeah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 06:32:31 AM
Talk like MN Dave day?

Cool.

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 07:51:10 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 06:32:31 AM
Talk like MN Dave day?

Cool.

8)

Beethoven rocks. Also: metal.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 08:10:43 AM
!!!

Good luck.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 08:10:43 AM
!!!

Good luck.  ;D

Sorry, that didn't sound like Mn Dave at all. Try harder maybe? :-\


(;D)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 23, 2011, 09:00:45 AM
I wasn't fooled by that 'Good Luck' nonsense. It was nothing like the real MN Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 23, 2011, 09:03:01 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 23, 2011, 03:51:29 AM
Ah, it's Friday at last! Got a bit more rest, I've some hot tea I'm sipping, I don't have to work tonight.  Quality of life greatly improved.

As you started your day, I attended a refreshing wind quintet concert! Lovely time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 08:10:43 AM
!!!

Good luck.  ;D

Listening to:

Music.

It is good.

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 23, 2011, 09:31:47 AM
The trick to posting like MN Dave is that you have to change your avatar 10 times in a day. I really don't feel like doing that, though...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:42:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 23, 2011, 09:31:47 AM
The trick to posting like MN Dave is that you have to change your avatar 10 times in a day. I really don't feel like doing that, though...

No such scruples here!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 09:42:45 AM
I charge ten cents a word. You get them for free.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 23, 2011, 09:44:44 AM
Quote from: Brontosaurus C. McGinley on September 23, 2011, 09:42:21 AM
No such scruples here!  8)

I was just looking at your profile seconds ago, trying to figure out who you were, and it had a different picture! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:52:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 23, 2011, 09:44:44 AM
I was just looking at your profile seconds ago, trying to figure out who you were, and it had a different picture! ;D

I am ruthlessly efficient.

My efficiency has no ruth!  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 09:57:22 AM
Really, you're only getting the tip of my brain. Imagine the depths hidden behind my posts here.




:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 10:01:28 AM
Quote from: Leon on September 23, 2011, 09:59:46 AM
[spotify]

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 10:01:58 AM
Chop wood. Carry water. Post music.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 10:02:33 AM



<---- Get it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 23, 2011, 11:08:15 AM
The Tip of Dave's Brain . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 11:28:39 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 23, 2011, 11:08:15 AM
The Tip of Dave's Brain . . . .

Now coming to a theater near you. Starring John Malkovich as Tip.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 11:33:47 AM
Is that a trojan in your avatar or are you just glad to see me?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 11:37:07 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 11:33:47 AM
Is that a trojan in your avatar or are you just glad to see me?

That's a Spartan but I'm still glad to see you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 23, 2011, 12:39:53 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 23, 2011, 10:01:58 AM
Chop wood. Carry water. Post music.

That was definitely Dave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 12:40:45 PM
So....I got the Passenger on Blu Ray today.......but it won't go past the opening menu.......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 01:07:08 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 12:40:45 PM
So....I got the Passenger on Blu Ray today.......but it won't go past the opening menu.......

Did you buy it or rent?  A scratch on a dvd is usually not much to worry about it, on a bd means it won't play.  If it's not that make sure that the firmware on your bd player is up to date, fox keeps changing the encryption. :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 01:26:55 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 01:07:08 PM
Did you buy it or rent?  A scratch on a dvd is usually not much to worry about it, on a bd means it won't play.  If it's not that make sure that the firmware on your bd player is up to date, fox keeps changing the encryption. :-\
I bought it, and no scratches.  I updated the firmware, and still a problem.  So I e-mailed Arkiv to see what to do. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 01:29:51 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 01:26:55 PM
I bought it, and no scratches.  I updated the firmware, and still a problem.  So I e-mailed Arkiv to see what to do.

This is a long shot but did you also check the region and ntsc/pal?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 01:35:33 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 01:29:51 PM
This is a long shot but did you also check the region and ntsc/pal?
It says it's designed for worldwide playback.

Is it possible that my TV is to blame?  it says 1080i high def, and my TV is 720p.  I am not the most technical person in the world, so I am not sure.  I really hope not.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 01:35:33 PM
It says it's designed for worldwide playback.

Ah ha!  That can be misleading.  Most blu-ray players are region locked and will also not play region free discs.  It is very hard to find blu-ray players that will (but much easier to find dvd players that will).  If you can, you should return the disc.  You will most likely not be able to get your player to play it.

QuoteIs it possible that my TV is to blame?  it says 1080i high def, and my TV is 720p.  I am not the most technical person in the world, so I am not sure.  I really hope not.

As long as your tv is capable of the high def standards and has an hdmi port that you're using that won't be the problem.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 02:45:18 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Ah ha!  That can be misleading.  Most blu-ray players are region locked and will also not play region free discs.  It is very hard to find blu-ray players that will (but much easier to find dvd players that will).  If you can, you should return the disc.  You will most likely not be able to get your player to play it.
So even though it actually got to the opening menu, I am basically screwed?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 02:52:24 PM
God [and/or universal power of your choice, and/or none: expression vacant] forbid Talk Like A Renfield day ever comes.

Meaningless drivel [edit: by which one means less [edit 2: and no more, surely [edit 3: where 'surely' reflects relative certainty]]]. Bad joke. Self-infatuation. Mahler. Condescending mien showing through every word. Mahler. I am smarter than you. Karajan.


Sound about right?



(It is true that only one as genuinely self-centred as myself would even attempt this joke; but I hope at least one person cracked a smile, one person took it to be an insult even if it isn't, one person thought it was stupid, and one person didn't even read it at all.

That's certainly my usual expectation for any given post I write, even when it doesn't unintentionally spark a flame war.)




paulbrass: Yep. However, I think (some?) Blu-ray players can switch region, albeit a limited number of times.

So if you really wanted to watch The Passenger on Blu-ray, you could do that, and switch back to your region afterwards.

(Though the feature is, as far as I'm aware and to the extent it even applies widely, intended for when you move country.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 02:56:35 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 02:52:24 PM
God [and/or universal power of your choice, and/or none: expression vacant] forbid Talk Like A Renfield day ever comes.

Honestly I thought it would just be Karajan Karajan Karajan Karajan.  ;D

By the way, "Brontosaurus C. McGinley" is retired.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 03:08:22 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 02:52:24 PM

paulbrass: Yep. However, I think (some?) Blu-ray players can switch region, albeit a limited number of times.

So if you really wanted to watch The Passenger on Blu-ray, you could do that, and switch back to your region afterwards.

(Though the feature is, as far as I'm aware and to the extent it even applies widely, intended for when you move country.)
on second thoughts, there's a big A on the back of the box, which is the same region as the back of my Blue Ray player.  So it should be able to play it.

I still wonder how it even gets to the main menu if it's a wrong region issue.  But then again, I never dealt with wrong region issues on DVDs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:13:38 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 02:45:18 PM
So even though it actually got to the opening menu, I am basically screwed?

I think that you should wait on the reply from Arkiv but also contact customer support for your blu-ray player.  They'll either confirm what I think or find a solution.  The only thing you lose is time. :-\

To my knowledge playing region free bds is hit or miss.  They all follow the same standard of atsc, but play tricks to try to make them unplayable outside the region they were made.  One which did not happen to you is making the menu in pal or ntsc instead of atsc.  But I'm sure there are other tricks, and people frequently complain about buying region-free discs and have trouble playing them (to be fair as many people suffer no problems).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:16:18 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 03:08:22 PM
on second thoughts, there's a big A on the back of the box, which is the same region as the back of my Blue Ray player.  So it should be able to play it.

I still wonder how it even gets to the main menu if it's a wrong region issue.  But then again, I never dealt with wrong region issues on DVDs.

Oh nice!  It must be the player then.  I still say contact customer support for your player.  Just tell them all of the facts without interpretation and let them figure it out. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 03:21:00 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:16:18 PM
Oh nice!  It must be the player then.  I still say contact customer support for your player.  Just tell them all of the facts without interpretation and let them figure it out. :)
I'll see what happens with Arkiv, maybe they've handled these questions in the past.

I wish I was more technically sound.  heh
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 03:27:11 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 02:56:35 PM
Honestly I thought it would just be Karajan Karajan Karajan Karajan.  ;D

By the way, "Brontosaurus C. McGinley" is retired.

Hey, Karajan ain't in my avatar! You're going to hurt poor Gustav's feelings. :'(



But you know, that one time Karajan conducted The Symphony of Psalms using a Llama for the percussion and-....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:29:42 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 03:21:00 PM
I wish I was more technically sound.  heh

I don't think it would help, it was built to stick a disc in and push play.  When that fails not much else you can do.  Blu-rays can be frustrating with how frequently they won't play.  I really tire of it.  More and more I consider ditching my blu-ray player.  Already I no longer pay the bd access fee on netflix.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 03:31:51 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:29:42 PM
I don't think it would help, it was built to stick a disc in and push play.  When that fails not much else you can do.  Blu-rays can be frustrating with how frequently they won't play.  I really tire of it.  More and more I consider ditching my blu-ray player.  Already I no longer pay the bd access fee on netflix.
But I would know more of these things prior to asking on here....and more knowledge never hurts  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:48:00 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 23, 2011, 03:31:51 PM
But I would know more of these things prior to asking on here....and more knowledge never hurts  8)

Yeah you would feel stupid if you had a dvd player and tried to make it play! :D 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 23, 2011, 04:35:58 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 03:48:00 PM
Yeah you would feel stupid if you had a dvd player and tried to make it play! :D
I would never do that....hopefully..... :D

I'll be returning the Blue Ray to get another one.

Hope that solves the problem.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 23, 2011, 07:18:08 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:52:15 AM
I am ruthlessly efficient.

My efficiency has no ruth!  :o
Brontosaurus C. McGinley? I must have missed that today, but it does sound like a name Dave would use!  :D



Quote from: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 02:52:24 PM
God [and/or universal power of your choice, and/or none: expression vacant] forbid Talk Like A Renfield day ever comes.

Meaningless drivel [edit: by which one means less [edit 2: and no more, surely [edit 3: where 'surely' reflects relative certainty]]]. Bad joke. Self-infatuation. Mahler. Condescending mien showing through every word. Mahler. I am smarter than you. Karajan.


Sound about right?



(It is true that only one as genuinely self-centred as myself would even attempt this joke; but I hope at least one person cracked a smile, one person took it to be an insult even if it isn't, one person thought it was stupid, and one person didn't even read it at all.

That's certainly my usual expectation for any given post I write, even when it doesn't unintentionally spark a flame war.)
I considered either a day for you or Cato, but I'm not sure, because it would be very difficult. Somehow, even though you are only my age and English is your second language, you have a larger vocabulary nearly anyone I've known (how that happens, I have no idea).  ???

Heck, let's do it anyways... talk like a Renfield day tomorrow... I think it could be accomplished somehow using a thesaurus for each word and random insertions points for the word "Mahler."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 08:53:38 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 23, 2011, 07:18:08 PM
I considered either a day for you or Cato, but I'm not sure, because it would be very difficult. Somehow, even though you are only my age and English is your second language, you have a larger vocabulary nearly anyone I've known (how that happens, I have no idea).  ???

Heck, let's do it anyways... talk like a Renfield day tomorrow... I think it could be accomplished somehow using a thesaurus for each word and random insertions points for the word "Mahler."

It happens because it's not my second language! That's the short answer.




The long answer is that I was brought up in a two-language household, which [psycholinguist mode engaged] gave my brain the necessary phonetic and morphological framework for two languages, even if I used only one for the first seven years of my life (but heard both, especially at ages 1-4). Then I was exposed to an all-English environment at the age of 8, and within a couple of years, despite my exposure to spoken English declining drastically (except for games!), English had overtaken my other language at all levels.

I speak English with an English accent (though you wouldn't be able to place it beyond quasi-London), I think in English, think through English: that is, the conceptual form of my thoughts is often such that I have trouble rendering them in Greek without 'translation' - something that frustrated me for all my time in Greece, as it made it hard to talk to people, and gave me shitty essay grades in Greek.

If were to make an informed guess, I'd assume both the fact that a) English fits better with my very systematic way of thinking - by virtue of its being a more analytical language than Greek, i.e. (roughly) syntax-centred, vs. morphology-centred, as I now know through linguistics - as well as the fact that b) English represented a culture that I was in all respects more comfortable in, compared to Greek, both played a role in my ending up as I have. Not that I'd have it any other way! I am very proud of my language, and like any other inherently powerful implement, I keep it as sharp as possible. I prefer having 'the right word for the job', vs. 'sort of'.

(So therein may lie your explanation about the vocabulary. It could well be like some of your Southern folk and their gun fetish. :D)



How's that for background material? Now you can be that much more Renfield. ;)

But remember, you need to edit every post at least five times before you post it, and ten times after.

Edit: Including the tangential-aside-edit, such as this one, to add that my girlfriend says I sleep with a dictionary under my pillow.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:34:31 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 08:53:38 PM
Edit: Including the tangential-aside-edit, such as this one, to add that my girlfriend says I sleep with a dictionary under my pillow.

I'm no doctor, but that might be the cause of your neck issues right there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 09:55:52 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:34:31 PM
I'm no doctor, but that might be the cause of your neck issues right there.

Hahaha! :D

But why is the pain gone now? Or is it for now? If I throw away the dictionary, I'll have to start writing in symbols. :o

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 05:34:14 AM
Quote from: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 08:53:38 PM
It happens because it's not my second language! That's the short answer.




The long answer is that I was brought up in a two-language household, which [psycholinguist mode engaged] gave my brain the necessary phonetic and morphological framework for two languages, even if I used only one for the first seven years of my life (but heard both, especially at ages 1-4). Then I was exposed to an all-English environment at the age of 8, and within a couple of years, despite my exposure to spoken English declining drastically (except for games!), English had overtaken my other language at all levels.

I speak English with an English accent (though you wouldn't be able to place it beyond quasi-London), I think in English, think through English: that is, the conceptual form of my thoughts is often such that I have trouble rendering them in Greek without 'translation' - something that frustrated me for all my time in Greece, as it made it hard to talk to people, and gave me shitty essay grades in Greek.

If were to make an informed guess, I'd assume both the fact that a) English fits better with my very systematic way of thinking - by virtue of its being a more analytical language than Greek, i.e. (roughly) syntax-centred, vs. morphology-centred, as I now know through linguistics - as well as the fact that b) English represented a culture that I was in all respects more comfortable in, compared to Greek, both played a role in my ending up as I have. Not that I'd have it any other way! I am very proud of my language, and like any other inherently powerful implement, I keep it as sharp as possible. I prefer having 'the right word for the job', vs. 'sort of'.

(So therein may lie your explanation about the vocabulary. It could well be like some of your Southern folk and their gun fetish. :D)



How's that for background material? Now you can be that much more Renfield. ;)

But remember, you need to edit every post at least five times before you post it, and ten times after.

Edit: Including the tangential-aside-edit, such as this one, to add that my girlfriend says I sleep with a dictionary under my pillow.
You edited the post right after you make a joke about you editing it.  :D

That's a good, detailed explanation. It really is a curious thing... and here, I had thought that Greek was a more precise language because I've always heard of the various words that translate to English "love," but are more precise- maybe that's an exception?

I might have to think of some post later, hehe...  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 02:10:49 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2011, 05:34:14 AM
You edited the post right after you make a joke about you editing it.  :D

That's a good, detailed explanation. It really is a curious thing... and here, I had thought that Greek was a more precise language because I've always heard of the various words that translate to English "love," but are more precise- maybe that's an exception?

I might have to think of some post later, hehe...  :)

Of course, or the joke wouldn't nearly be as effective, would it? :D


Thing is, Greek is morphology-heavy, like Finnish (but not as crazily adaptable). Which means it can easily shape words to do different things, and it has a pretty wide array of words, for that reason - as words are its primary raw material, for expressing statements.

On the other hand, English is a lot more analytic: the emphasis (and the meaning) of a sentence revolves more around how the words one uses combine with each other, rather than how the words themselves are formed (i.e. which 'version' of a word you employ).

So if you tend to take statements apart piece by piece to properly process them, Greek is just terrible for this, since everything is so dense, and - worst of all, for me - extremely ambiguous. See, it's all down to word forms, and many words have the same word-form for different uses. So even if you are a native speaker of the language, you might still not be able to tell what the other person is talking about just by looking at their words, an awful lot more often than the same thing happens in English (e.g. 'Flying planes can be dangerous.') So when I write/talk in Greek to any extent, it's tortuous, since I need to disambiguate endlessly, or delay my responses noticeably to identify an extremely precise wording. At which point almost any Greek would tell you I'm doing it wrong. ;D

And don't get me started on choosing between the 'polite' plural and 'intimate' singular. I just can't do that one. Ever.


But I think I'll now cut it out with the Linguistics Interlude, because a) people who don't like linguistics are probably unhappy, and b) I am really not a linguist, in any proper sense, so I wouldn't want to pretend otherwise. I just know some basics about language. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 03:35:54 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 02:10:49 PM
Of course, or the joke wouldn't nearly be as effective, would it? :D


Thing is, Greek is morphology-heavy, like Finnish (but not as crazily adaptable). Which means it can easily shape words to do different things, and it has a pretty wide array of words, for that reason - as words are its primary raw material, for expressing statements.

On the other hand, English is a lot more analytic: the emphasis (and the meaning) of a sentence revolves more around how the words one uses combine with each other, rather than how the words themselves are formed (i.e. which 'version' of a word you employ).

So if you tend to take statements apart piece by piece to properly process them, Greek is just terrible for this, since everything is so dense, and - worst of all, for me - extremely ambiguous. See, it's all down to word forms, and many words have the same word-form for different uses. So even if you are a native speaker of the language, you might still not be able to tell what the other person is talking about just by looking at their words, an awful lot more often than the same thing happens in English (e.g. 'Flying planes can be dangerous.') So when I write/talk in Greek to any extent, it's tortuous, since I need to disambiguate endlessly, or delay my responses noticeably to identify an extremely precise wording. At which point almost any Greek would tell you I'm doing it wrong. ;D

And don't get me started on choosing between the 'polite' plural and 'intimate' singular. I just can't do that one. Ever.


But I think I'll now cut it out with the Linguistics Interlude, because a) people who don't like linguistics are probably unhappy, and b) I am really not a linguist, in any proper sense, so I wouldn't want to pretend otherwise. I just know some basics about language. :)
That's interesting, because I never even studied the very basic of Greek, even though I have with many languages, just to get a very general feel and knowledge of a few important aspects. I didn't even know it was comparably as morphological-heavy as Finnish...

If ambiguity is what you don't like, I wonder what you would think of Japanese.  :D Vocabulary-wise, they have quite enough words- if you consider the foreign words (mainly English) and words which are uniquely Japanese, it's almost a scarily huge choice of words- you would like that. However, the core of the language can allow for lots of vagueness- for example, subjects can be omitted and understood through context, there is no word for "a/the,"  there is no plural "s," etc. Precise vocabulary, but optionally imprecise semantics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 03:45:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2011, 03:35:54 PM
Precise vocabulary, but optionally imprecise semantics.

Sounds like Greek, only at least there's some deliberate mystique in Japanese, leading to things like haiku.

Greek is just... I mean, the old version of the language (Classical Greek) was a lot less semantically messy, I can say that much. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 04:20:59 PM
Oh, I almost forgot- have to honor this day.  :)


Mahler's [edit: what I think to say] neurological impetus [edit: in a general manner of speaking] gave way to new auroras of creativity [edit: specifically, I'm trying to say, as a matter of creativity], catastrophically pulverizing hitherto [edit: or hitherthen] notions of the previously defined nexus of creativity, specifically, in a manner of speaking, Mahler, being cast off as such as a nomad by the popular appraisal of his contemporaries, with his dactylological style of conducting, set forth general rave, however [edit: just felt like adding an edit here] his polymorphic style of composition was apt to divide many, although [edit: and I feel this is essential] he became somewhat of a dominie, in a figurative sense, to his predecessors, namely the atonal school of Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, etc. and [edit: this triumvirate, did I mention, being the atonal, 2nd Viennese school], it being distinguished from the fact of his influence that the discombobulation of some of the Mahler nuances, sparking ardent, almost draconian passion [edit: albeit in a dolorific sense], the tête-à-tête studies of his most unabashedly incorruptible of followers gave way to unprecedented, abberantly idiosyncratic stylings of the future.

Therefore, Mahler was somewhat of a futurist.

[edit: in a historical sense, considerably so]

[edit: though I mean to say, in a manner of speaking]

[edit: and I just might add another point to this]

[edit: kind of, you know, it was somewhat of a some sort of a reminiscence of such so that in a way, something such as what it is is somehow what the essence of the thing I mentioned [edit: although, in a non-specific sense] could justifiably coexist with other logic [edit: so that it would be [edit: and, I mean, not vaguely, [edit: and it was such that way] existing in that sphere of logic], profound], and that way it would be as such.]  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 04:31:49 PM
Your have categorically sparked laughter of ardent, almost draconian passion - albeit of course in a dolorific sense - from me. :D :D


Also, 'dactylological' is a genuinely pretty good adjective for Mahler's (catastrophically pulverizing) conducting. ;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 04:40:12 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 04:31:49 PM
Your have categorically sparked laughter of ardent, almost draconian passion - albeit of course in a dolorific sense - from me. :D :D


Also, 'dactylological' is a genuinely pretty good adjective for Mahler's (catastrophically pulverizing) conducting. ;D


Hehe...
okay, if we ever have a Talk like a Greg day, here's a hint...

write... every... word... like... this...
;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 04:47:22 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2011, 04:40:12 PM
Hehe...
okay, if we ever have a Talk like a Greg day, here's a hint...

write... every... word... like... this...
;)

And include copious references to Final Fantasy? :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 04:47:22 PM
And include copious references to Final Fantasy? :D
Yes.
Let's make Talk like a Greg day tomorrow.

I think the perfect post would have about 2-3 ellipsis per line, several mentions of Mahler, anime, Final Fantasy, lucid dreaming, and Meshuggah. I'll make a post tomorrow, though anyone else is welcome to make one, too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 24, 2011, 06:47:09 PM
Jenna Edwards
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I thought she was actually building one herself first msg, but evident she can't even put a flatpack together.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 24, 2011, 07:05:58 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2011, 04:56:29 PM
Yes.
Let's make Talk like a Greg day tomorrow.

I think the perfect post would have about 2-3 ellipsis per line, several mentions of Mahler, anime, Final Fantasy, lucid dreaming, and Meshuggah. I'll make a post tomorrow, though anyone else is welcome to make one, too...

so... my dream last night involved this girl from my work (who for some reason was wearing a japanese school girl outfit, lol) came over to the house i lived at when i was 13 and we both listened to mahler's 6th... but this version had insanely complex guitar lines that sounded like they were influenced by schoenberg...

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 07:11:43 PM
I'm not even going to try to beat that one. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 07:26:23 PM
Quote from: Coco on September 24, 2011, 07:05:58 PM
so... my dream last night involved this girl from my work (who for some reason was wearing a japanese school girl outfit, lol) came over to the house i lived at when i was 13 and we both listened to mahler's 6th... but this version had insanely complex guitar lines that sounded like they were influenced by schoenberg...

;D
Absolutely perfect.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2011, 08:28:37 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on September 24, 2011, 07:30:10 PM
You forgot to mention that she was 14. Also, that Greg texted her.
Nah, it was perfect as it is- I rarely text. 14 would only make sense if, in the dream, I were really 13.

Hmm... since Corey did that so well, we could keep tomorrow open to Post like a Greg posts, but officially make it a Post like a Philo day.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 24, 2011, 08:29:46 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2011, 08:28:37 PM
Nah, it was perfect as it is- I rarely text. 14 would only make sense if, in the dream, I were really 13.

Hmm... since Corey did that so well, we could keep tomorrow open to Post like a Greg posts, but officially make it a Post like a Philo day.  8)

That's an odd statement.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2011, 06:16:51 AM
Quote from: Coco on September 24, 2011, 08:29:46 PM
That's an odd statement.

1/5

Mother fucker.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 25, 2011, 01:39:49 PM
What I could've been doing over the weekend:
1. Practice my bass.
2. Start studying for Midterms.
3. Other work related to school.

What I actually did:
1.  Worked on my "summer project" that I didn't do over the summer.   8)

End result:
Satisfaction, and pleasure.  Would do it all over again if I could.   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2011, 04:02:55 PM
Tomorrow... hmmm... talk like a... Luke day?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2011, 07:30:47 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on September 25, 2011, 07:26:44 PM
Coco was far closer. I don't think I've ever combined mother and fucker on this forum.
True.

I guess it'd be closer if I did it like this:



Quote from: Greg on September 25, 2011, 06:16:51 AM
1/5

Fuck.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 25, 2011, 07:33:28 PM
0/5

Fuck dat shit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2011, 07:42:22 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on September 25, 2011, 07:32:08 PM
Indeed that would be closer, but I like using fuck in a very specific way.

So like that is the fucking dumbest thing I've ever seen
or
God, that person is so fucking retarded
and
so forth.
How about:

Quote
0/5
This post is fucking shit.

Closer?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 25, 2011, 07:50:53 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on September 25, 2011, 07:34:32 PM
I don't think I'd use dat, but I do try to keep my mind open to new linguistic morphology.

I notice you occasionally enjoy employing a mild gangsterism, so thought it was appropriate. But correction is appreciated ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 26, 2011, 01:20:54 PM
Cracked's guide to Prog Rock, enjoy. ;D

http://www.cracked.com/funny-2359-progressive-rock/ (http://www.cracked.com/funny-2359-progressive-rock/)

There are a few prog rock bands I really like, but I was still really amused by this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on September 26, 2011, 08:44:32 PM
The three statements made to me in my life that have made me the happiest:

1. I now pronounce you man and wife.

2. Congratulations, it's a boy.

3. We, the people find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on September 27, 2011, 04:42:31 AM
Oof, what a rough morning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 29, 2011, 10:57:57 AM
the new copy of The Passenger came, and it works!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 29, 2011, 11:51:40 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on September 29, 2011, 10:57:57 AM
the new copy of The Passenger came, and it works!  :D

Awesome!  Must have just been a defective disc then. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 29, 2011, 04:40:31 PM
Man, what a week this has been.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 29, 2011, 06:02:38 PM
Quote from: Coco on September 29, 2011, 04:40:31 PM
Man, what a week this has been.

'sup dog?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 29, 2011, 06:47:33 PM
Cold and raining every day, stressful week at work, completely blew an important quiz because I was simply not prepared, completely broke, etc.

I just need to remind myself that I'll inevitably have weeks like these and that it's worth it to work through them. And there's always music.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on September 30, 2011, 10:49:19 AM
Why would anyone eat regular Oreos when you have Double Stuf?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 30, 2011, 11:12:01 AM
Working on a Java program... I call it "Query Sender." Multiple user can connect to a database and send query results back and forth to each other.

But more interesting is the idea I have for my next program... it would be a program where you can generate various modern classical music formulas- right now, I'm considering the tone row and the infinity series. You can do either manual or random and hear playback as well. For the infinity series, I'd probably limit the amount of playback notes to 100 or so. For the tone rows, I'd do all of the transformations, including possibly IR. Maybe I'll even do Xenakis pitch sieves...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on September 30, 2011, 11:23:40 AM
Quote from: The Six on September 30, 2011, 10:49:19 AM
Why would anyone eat regular Oreos when you have Double Stuf?

Because the creme is the worst part of an Oreo?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 30, 2011, 11:55:00 AM
Quote from: Coco on September 30, 2011, 11:23:40 AM
Because the creme is the worst part of an Oreo?

Exactly. I'd prefer an Oreo variation that came without any filling  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 01, 2011, 06:32:06 PM
I can't believe how easy it is to imitate Prokofiev dead-on... I may have to write a "Prokofiev piece" one day.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 01, 2011, 06:41:32 PM
Ha!
Theodore Ziras, the greatest guitarist in Greece, commented on my video of me playing a cover of one of his songs- said it was great.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Renfield on October 01, 2011, 08:05:03 PM
Nice!

(Now if only I knew who that fellow was. ;D)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 01, 2011, 09:46:02 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 01, 2011, 06:32:06 PM
I can't believe how easy it is to imitate Prokofiev dead-on... I may have to write a "Prokofiev piece" one day.  8)

You should hold a 'Compose Like Prokofiev' Day.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 02, 2011, 07:28:30 AM
Quote from: Renfield on October 01, 2011, 08:05:03 PM
Nice!

(Now if only I knew who that fellow was. ;D)
lol well, greatest in Greece who does the neoclassical/shred/post-Yngwie/whatever style of playing. I definitely got my sweeping and tapping arpeggios that I play a lot from him.



Quote from: Opus106 on October 01, 2011, 09:46:02 PM
You should hold a 'Compose Like Prokofiev' Day.
That would be cool. Not sure how many people I could get to do that... what would be cool would be to write a piano sonata in the style of Prokofiev- have 4 movements, with each movement being written by someone different. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2011, 10:21:06 AM
Irony for the day (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/beutler-hoffmann-steinman-share-nobel-medicine-prize/2011/10/03/gIQARZUOHL_story.html): "[T]he decision to award the Nobel Prize to Ralph Steinman was made in good faith, based on the assumption that the Nobel Laureate was alive," the foundation said.

[Emphasis mine]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 05, 2011, 05:35:45 PM
My cool find for the week is Leech block addon for FF and chrome.  I use it to heavily restrict my internet usage.  It has made me more productive which is awesome because when online my time management skills are non-existent. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 06, 2011, 06:58:29 PM
Anyone see the new South Park episode?

Stan's depression gets to where every time he hears something, it sounds like pooping, and everything looks like shit squirting all over the place. He meets a secret society that offers the only solution that actually works: alcohol.

Totally understandable, though I don't drink, so I guess the computer is my alcohol...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 06, 2011, 09:25:53 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 06, 2011, 06:58:29 PM
. . . where every time he hears something, it sounds like pooping, and everything looks like shit squirting all over the place.

I think you need to be about the age of two to find that novel.  Even four-year-olds get a bit jaded about that wheeze.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on October 07, 2011, 04:43:27 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 06, 2011, 09:25:53 PM
I think you need to be about the age of two to find that novel.  Even four-year-olds get a bit jaded about that wheeze.

Actually I saw the earlier part of the episode he's referring to and thought it was hilarious — I guess it's all about presentation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 07, 2011, 05:49:30 AM
Quote from: Coco on October 07, 2011, 04:43:27 AM
Actually I saw the earlier part of the episode he's referring to and thought it was hilarious — I guess it's all about presentation.
It is... you'd have to see it for yourself, Karl.


A couple of other favorite parts from the episode...
-Stan turns on the TV on to some news channel and hears a news report, "Breaking news from MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, whatever, f*** you!"
-The very beginning- his alarm clock wakes him up- "Big, Hairy Mike in the morning... and we got a hot new song by this new band-"  they play it, and it's just drum beat with farting noises.
-Stan and his dad go to the president to get him to sign a bill- he does, but the president is a quacking duck and the way he signs it is by spitting out poop onto the paper.

All the while, Stan just stares into space with his head down, sick of "everything being shit." Really unique portrayal of world-weariness... I might actually have to watch some of that again.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 07, 2011, 05:59:38 AM
Quote from: Coco on October 07, 2011, 04:43:27 AM
Actually I saw the earlier part of the episode he's referring to and thought it was hilarious — I guess it's all about presentation.

Quote from: Greg on October 07, 2011, 05:49:30 AM
It is... you'd have to see it for yourself, Karl.

Duly noted, lads.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 07, 2011, 12:27:34 PM
Hi.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on October 07, 2011, 12:40:42 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 07, 2011, 12:27:34 PM
Hi.

I like the new avatar, Leonidas' statue at Sparta.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 07, 2011, 01:16:01 PM
Thanks for noticing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 07, 2011, 11:15:28 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 07, 2011, 12:27:34 PM
Hi.

Sir, I think you are missing your pants.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 08, 2011, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 07, 2011, 11:15:28 PM
Sir, I think you are missing your pants.

Thanks for noticing.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on October 08, 2011, 09:58:09 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 08, 2011, 04:27:21 AM
Thanks for noticing.   ;D

Getta loada them gams!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2011, 10:13:18 AM
Today I met a guy who had a brother who played for the NY Phil for 46 years, and he said he has met Leonard Bernstein, etc. Of course, I didn't even think of asking a question like "who is your favorite composer?" or something like that- of course I would have to forget about that.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 09, 2011, 10:14:06 AM
Quote from: Greg on October 09, 2011, 10:13:18 AM
Today I met a guy who had a brother who played for the NY Phil for 46 years, and he said he has met Leonard Bernstein, etc. Of course, I didn't even think of asking a question like "who is your favorite composer?" or something like that- of course I would have to forget about that.  ::)

Instead you asked, "Do you like Meshuggah?"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2011, 10:36:36 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 09, 2011, 10:14:06 AM
Instead you asked, "Do you like Meshuggah?"
Oh, certainly. He told me about all of the Meshuggah covers they used to do in the 70s... the instrumentation was weird though. 30 bassists, a solo violinist, 4 percussionists and a vocalist. They even did a Meshuggah opera about inverting time through use of DMT.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2011, 11:46:26 AM
Ubloobideega ate my homework.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 09, 2011, 06:44:12 PM
(https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/scaled_full_1068288b5c04ea2c2a07.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 10, 2011, 08:49:16 AM
DavidW has left the building.  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 10, 2011, 08:56:59 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 10, 2011, 08:49:16 AM
DavidW has left the building.  :-[

It's a seasonal thing with the Davids of the board. One minute, they're here; and in the next, they vanish -- only to come back a few months later.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 11, 2011, 07:19:02 AM
We have families of our own, y'know. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 11, 2011, 02:47:55 PM
Got new glasses today :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 11, 2011, 02:55:04 PM
You look good in them. Very studious.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 11, 2011, 03:02:46 PM
Now, only if they made me studious    :o

http://www.lenscrafters.com/eyeglasses/14/dviations/6602650  Got those in brown. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 13, 2011, 08:00:16 AM
Well, he didn't make a lot of money and didn't manage the production of particularly shiny objects, but he did contribute MUCH to computer science: Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of the C programming language and a developer of the UNIX operating system, passed away on the 8th. It's difficult to sum up how much these two creations of his have influenced the world since their inception. For one, Mac OS X is Unix-based. And for all this, much of the world learned of this news through a post (http://news.google.com/news/story?q=dennis+ritchie&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dPIu4JEO-C8rM2M6GQL6J1eiwX11M&hl=en&ei=cQWXTpeQKszRrQfyopiLCg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQqgIwAA) in Google Plus nearly a week after the event.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 13, 2011, 08:38:43 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 13, 2011, 08:00:16 AM
Well, he didn't make a lot of money and didn't manage the production of particularly shiny objects, but he did contribute MUCH to computer science: Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of the C programming language and a developer of the UNIX operating system, passed away on the 8th. It's difficult to sum up how much these two creations of his have influenced the world since their inception. For one, Mac OS X is Unix-based. And for all this, much of the world learned of this news through a post (http://news.google.com/news/story?q=dennis+ritchie&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dPIu4JEO-C8rM2M6GQL6J1eiwX11M&hl=en&ei=cQWXTpeQKszRrQfyopiLCg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQqgIwAA) in Google Plus nearly a week after the event.
Mac is Unix-based and most video games are written in C or C++, yet you don't hear about this guy on the news...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 13, 2011, 12:10:52 PM
The new Sarge.

http://dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=20160
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 13, 2011, 09:11:41 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 13, 2011, 12:10:52 PM
The new Sarge.

http://dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=20160

I really didn't know a comic book was based on a member of GMG! :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 14, 2011, 03:36:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 13, 2011, 09:11:41 PM
I really didn't know a comic book was based on a member of GMG! :o

:P

;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 14, 2011, 07:08:11 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 14, 2011, 03:36:53 AM
:P

;D

On a serious note, I didn't know Sarge's namesake was a comic book character until I saw your post.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 14, 2011, 07:34:28 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 14, 2011, 07:08:11 AM
On a serious note, I didn't know Sarge's namesake was a comic book character until I saw your post.

Yep. An oldie.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 17, 2011, 07:10:27 PM
On That Metal Show, they feature Graham Bonnet mentioning Andy's band, Lyraka. He can't pronounce Andy's last name!  :D


http://www.vh1.com/video/that-metal-show/full-episodes/rick-nielsen-graham-bonnet/1672642/playlist.jhtml
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 18, 2011, 04:28:35 AM
Yeah, that was embarassing. He should change his name to Andy D. so these old rockers can pronounce it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 18, 2011, 04:41:12 AM
I thought his name was Andy D . . . made it easy for us composer types . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 18, 2011, 05:16:14 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 10, 2011, 08:56:59 AM
It's a seasonal thing with the Davids of the board. One minute, they're here; and in the next, they vanish -- only to come back a few months later.
Who told you about the annual gathering of the Davids?  (It makes Burning Man look like a Sunday School picnic!)  Every year we have to go for a refresher course in how to be annoying, taught by:






(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/David_Hasselhoff_2009.jpg/220px-David_Hasselhoff_2009.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 18, 2011, 04:31:51 PM
It's middle of October and basically all registered for spring semester!   8) ??? :o 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on October 18, 2011, 04:35:10 PM
Cool. Our first day of reg isn't until Nov. 6th. I'll be there the first day so I can get in on all the classes I want.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 18, 2011, 04:53:44 PM
I also want to do it early so I get in the classes I want.  The grad school is smaller than undergrad, so I should get into the only other class I want to get into.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 18, 2011, 06:51:03 PM
I would be registered by now, but I have to get my high school transcripts.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on October 18, 2011, 06:56:47 PM
BTW Greg, I'm going to register early next semester so I can take Japanese :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 18, 2011, 07:01:34 PM
Well.......I am taking Schenkerian Analysis...... :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 18, 2011, 07:02:51 PM
Quote from: Coco on October 18, 2011, 06:56:47 PM
BTW Greg, I'm going to register early next semester so I can take Japanese :)
Hell yeah, Corey, that means eventually we're going to have to communicate in Japanese!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on October 18, 2011, 07:21:16 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on October 18, 2011, 07:01:34 PM
Well.......I am taking Schenkerian Analysis...... :P

That has to be 10X as difficult as Japanese, so I salute you (knowing I'll be there eventually). :)

Quote from: Greg on October 18, 2011, 07:02:51 PM
Hell yeah, Corey, that means eventually we're going to have to communicate in Japanese!  :D

Wakatteru, wakatteru yo!

I looked this up.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 18, 2011, 07:40:03 PM
Quote from: Coco on October 18, 2011, 07:21:16 PM
That has to be 10X as difficult as Japanese, so I salute you (knowing I'll be there eventually). :)

would be my  first upper level theory class :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 20, 2011, 04:18:52 AM
There is only one solution to the world's problems. GMG needs to start its own country: Gimgaland.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 20, 2011, 04:22:29 AM
Occupy Gimgaland!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 20, 2011, 04:26:07 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 20, 2011, 04:22:29 AM
Occupy Gimgaland!

Now, where should we put it?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on October 25, 2011, 04:38:31 PM
http://www.mor-bid.com/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 25, 2011, 04:45:41 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 20, 2011, 04:26:07 AM
Now, where should we put it?  ???

Are you offering a shed?

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on October 25, 2011, 04:38:31 PM
http://www.mor-bid.com/

I laughed for so long.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 25, 2011, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 25, 2011, 04:45:41 PM
Are you offering a shed?

If you see the shed, burn the shed!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 26, 2011, 12:15:26 AM
Sheds are so, so ... interiorised. Don't you think?

Think outdoors. Think allotments.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on October 26, 2011, 04:30:53 AM
Death is as great as all outdoors.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 26, 2011, 09:01:59 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 26, 2011, 04:30:53 AM
Death is as great as all outdoors.

Undeniably, but you can't grow carrots in it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 26, 2011, 09:12:12 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 26, 2011, 09:01:59 AM
Undeniably, but you can't grow carrots in it.
Whence cometh thy humus?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 26, 2011, 09:33:11 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 26, 2011, 09:12:12 AM
Whence cometh thy humus?

My humus cometh from the Lard.

(I am presently seeking an alternative low-fat option.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 26, 2011, 09:38:37 AM
For it is written, Yea, thy tilth shall be larded to the skies.
And lo, Thomas The Tank Engine shall deliver thy crumb from the Fat Controller.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on October 31, 2011, 02:58:26 PM
"10/10 is nothing like 5/5, one is 100%, the other is anything from 80-100%"

(http://i.imgur.com/MbI3I.jpg)

FML FMMSN
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on November 01, 2011, 08:43:25 AM
11/1/11

Coming soon:

11/11/11

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 01, 2011, 10:05:10 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on November 01, 2011, 08:43:25 AM
Coming soon:

11/11/11

One of the few times when the world agrees with the USofA.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on November 02, 2011, 05:10:22 AM
11/11/11 is a mere trifle compared to November 11, 1111.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on November 02, 2011, 05:20:08 AM
Tonight: Final dress rehearsal of Le Nozze Di Figaro.  First was last night.

Friday:  First performance.  Sunday:  Last performance.

Busy week!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mn Dave on November 02, 2011, 05:26:20 AM
Quote from: Florestan on November 02, 2011, 05:10:22 AM
11/11/11 is a mere trifle compared to November 11, 1111.  ;D

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 02, 2011, 07:29:32 AM
Shitty movie advertising slogans are going to take a big hit when 2013 comes along :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on November 02, 2011, 08:20:04 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 02, 2011, 07:29:32 AM
Shitty movie advertising slogans are going to take a big hit when 2013 comes along :(

"Did you miss the end of the world last December? Experience it in 3-D with Independence Day 4.0. In theaters across the nation starting next week".  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 04, 2011, 10:10:17 AM
I keep getting spam from a bot with a (constantly changing) email always named "Anthony Morrison", and the titles tend to be things like "Hey Anette (I don't know why it thinks that this is my name) I found this link for you" or "Anette, a discovery". The latest is "You'll NEVER succeed."

:'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 04, 2011, 10:20:49 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 04, 2011, 10:10:17 AM
I keep getting spam from a bot with a (constantly changing) email always named "Anthony Morrison", and the titles tend to be things like "Hey Anette (I don't know why it thinks that this is my name) I found this link for you" or "Anette, a discovery". The latest is "You'll NEVER succeed."

:'(

Sorry about that, Anette Sara. I've been getting something similar to the first two in the past month or so; it's from a Yahoo Group to which I belong, and a few of my former classmates' email IDs have been taken over. Since I haven't seen any unnecessary 'sent mail' from my email account associated with that group, I don't think that mine has suffered the same fate.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 04, 2011, 11:29:14 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 04, 2011, 10:10:17 AM
I keep getting spam from a bot with a (constantly changing) email always named "Anthony Morrison", and the titles tend to be things like "Hey Anette (I don't know why it thinks that this is my name) I found this link for you" or "Anette, a discovery". The latest is "You'll NEVER succeed."

:'(

Stop right there, Anette! My pal Tony (Mr Morrison to you) is a perfectly nice guy!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 04, 2011, 11:46:41 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 04, 2011, 11:29:14 AM
Stop right there, Anette! My pal Tony (Mr Morrison to you) is a perfectly nice guy!

A shame that I never click them - for all I know it could've been a run-on sentence ending in "... if you don't click this link I found".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 05, 2011, 11:54:17 AM
How many of you have witnessed (as students) college lecturers smoking during class hours?

For young'uns like me who haven't, check out 3:35 here (http://media.physics.harvard.edu/video/?id=Sidney_Coleman_lecture_01)!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 06, 2011, 12:43:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/Wl9y3SIPt7o

Lol statute of limitations in action.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 06, 2011, 02:27:18 PM
Question: I'm going to apply for a job at Winn-Dixie. Should I or should I not mention that I worked for Winn-Dixie for ~2 weeks 5 years ago? My memory of that period of time is so hazy that it's almost like it never happened- I ended up quitting because I got a job at the library, so I don't think I gave a 2 weeks notice.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 06, 2011, 02:47:36 PM
Quote from: Greg on November 06, 2011, 02:27:18 PM
Question: I'm going to apply for a job at Winn-Dixie. Should I or should I not mention that I worked for Winn-Dixie for ~2 weeks 5 years ago? My memory of that period of time is so hazy that it's almost like it never happened- I ended up quitting because I got a job at the library, so I don't think I gave a 2 weeks notice.

They'll have a record of it in their computer. Don't say no if you are asked directly, especially in writing. However, if you elect not to volunteer the information if you are not asked, I see nothing wrong with that.

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 06, 2011, 03:41:12 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on November 06, 2011, 02:47:36 PM
They'll have a record of it in their computer. Don't say no if you are asked directly, especially in writing. However, if you elect not to volunteer the information if you are not asked, I see nothing wrong with that.

8)
Makes sense- I'll do that.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on November 07, 2011, 05:20:37 AM
Already registered for my spring classes.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 08, 2011, 05:10:53 AM
Does anyone else feel that one is reading about a woman whenever the name Jena Jando is mentioned? :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 08, 2011, 05:11:51 AM
Similarly, I must be cautious on hearing the English name Dana. Well, it's easier now, as I know some five lads of the name.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 08, 2011, 05:16:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 08, 2011, 05:11:51 AM
Similarly, I must be cautious on hearing the English name Dana. Well, it's easier now, as I know some five lads of the name.

If JJ's name that we're used to is the Anglicised version, then something tells me it would be work better (for him ;)) if it was written in his native way.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on November 08, 2011, 07:53:52 AM
The weather here is crazy, 67.5 degrees today, going to be 43 on Thursday with a chance of snow. I guess I'll have to abandon wearing short sleeve's soon......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 09, 2011, 06:50:30 AM
Look who has 'reviewed (http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R37EK8WUQSX607/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004X28O7W&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=)' the Ivo Janssen Bach box! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 09, 2011, 06:54:54 AM
Well, pop musicians hawk their own wares all the time....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on November 09, 2011, 01:42:39 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 09, 2011, 06:50:30 AM
Look who has 'reviewed (http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R37EK8WUQSX607/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004X28O7W&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=)' the Ivo Janssen Bach box! ;D

Anyway, I hope you will buy this Bachbox. If you do you may find that you will be very pleasantly surprised.  
I already enjoy listening to Bach, so is it listening to Janssen play Bach that should surprise me?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 10, 2011, 07:32:40 PM
Ever since I discovered Guitar Pro's capabilities of making pdfs (what, yesterday?), I'm creating my own music scores and following along with them. These are sorely needed, since I very much enjoy looking at scores while listening to them.

(i thought I could actually follow along to Meshuggah- yeah, right!)  :P

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/ibanezmonsterg/Meshuggah-Dehumanization.jpg)

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/ibanezmonsterg/Meshuggah-Dehumanization-2.jpg)

(though, sometimes, you get stuff like this, which makes you wonder if the person writing this out ever heard of the 12/8 time signature)
::)
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/ibanezmonsterg/Meshuggah-DancerstoaDiscordantSystem.jpg)


It's so cool to look at it like this- almost like a rock band being a chamber group.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 20, 2011, 05:45:42 PM
An American-oriented question:

"gave it one star because even a poorly written book about the War Between the States is worth some review."

Is there a wider reason for him calling the civil war by that (Upper Case) name? Perhaps similar to the "War of Northern Aggression" thing that is bandied about? I suppose that I mean, does this writer have an agenda revealed by his choice of that title that I am not recognising, or is it just intentionally over-elaborate?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on November 20, 2011, 07:01:59 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 20, 2011, 05:45:42 PM
An American-oriented question:

"gave it one star because even a poorly written book about the War Between the States is worth some review."

Is there a wider reason for him calling the civil war by that (Upper Case) name? Perhaps similar to the "War of Northern Aggression" thing that is bandied about? I suppose that I mean, does this writer have an agenda revealed by his choice of that title that I am not recognising, or is it just intentionally over-elaborate?

Isn't it kinda late to be drinking coffee? :-* ;D

(Definitely trying to sound important!)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on November 21, 2011, 02:13:01 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 20, 2011, 05:45:42 PM
An American-oriented question:

"gave it one star because even a poorly written book about the War Between the States is worth some review."

Is there a wider reason for him calling the civil war by that (Upper Case) name? Perhaps similar to the "War of Northern Aggression" thing that is bandied about? I suppose that I mean, does this writer have an agenda revealed by his choice of that title that I am not recognising, or is it just intentionally over-elaborate?

"The War Between the States" is often used when referring to the U.S. Civil War. Wikipedia has a good article about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_the_American_Civil_War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_the_American_Civil_War)

The names "Civil War" and "War Between the States" have been used jointly in some formal contexts. For example, to mark the war's centenary in the 1960s, the state of Georgia created the "Georgia Civil War Centennial Commission Commemorating the War Between the States". In 1994, the U.S. Postal Service issued a series of commemorative stamps entitled "The Civil War / The War Between the States".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 21, 2011, 09:56:12 AM
Danke!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 23, 2011, 05:58:50 PM
Kind of a drag that there are some who post in the Diner as if they thought that The Problem with GMG is that there just aren't enough religion-bashing threads.

Then, too, of course the holidays are approaching, and that brings the religion-hate in lots of people.  Guess they have to vent their scorn every now and again.  Still, it isn't as if that behavior is in the least admirable.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 24, 2011, 07:01:11 PM
>buying Korean clothes due to price
>taking bets on how long they will take to fall apart
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 25, 2011, 12:45:54 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 23, 2011, 05:58:50 PM
Kind of a drag that there are some who post in the Diner as if they thought that The Problem with GMG is that there just aren't enough religion-bashing threads.

Then, too, of course the holidays are approaching, and that brings the religion-hate in lots of people.  Guess they have to vent their scorn every now and again.  Still, it isn't as if that behavior is in the least admirable.

My GMG existence has been so Haydn-centric of late, that I haven't much noticed what's going on elsewhere. But yes, now I see. How many times do people want to beat each other up over the issue of whether the King of France is bald, I wonder? I suppose the aim is to cover all the bases.

Examples for future consideration:

Is the King of France bored by these discussions?
Does the Queen of France agree with him?
Does the King of France respect the religious views of the Queen of France?
Does the Queen of France believe in the existence of the King of France?
Is a belief in the existence of the King of France rational?


Plenty of scope there for venting one's spleen pointlessly against opposing views. Wake me up, Karl, if they need any more.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 25, 2011, 07:16:55 PM
The King of France is raped by a gang of clowns each morning. However, it is a different gang each morning. If the average amount of clowns involved is 5-7 per morning, how many weeks does it take until he is raped by 100 clowns?

The King of France is interested in such questions, because it makes you calculate something precise with an imprecise amount of information. His philosophy of imprecision is entitled:

"Impr"

and it is pronounced "Imp." The answer is not the answer, yet the answer that is not the answer is the answer, and the answer is the answer.

The King of France also regularly likes to dress up like the Pink Pather whilst being raped, and goes door to door in the streets of Paris, handing out pictures to families so they can better understand the King of France. The families are much curious about the concept of Impr.

Sometimes, the King of France does this out in the streets of Paris as well, while drowning his self in a water fountain (he is immortal and can revive himself).  The families go out and watch for afternoon entertainment whilst eating lunch, as this is just one cultural hobby out of the many, which I won't even be going into detail...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2011, 12:54:35 AM
It all seemed fine until I reached the last sentence, at which point I realised that what you were saying was completely irrational. Every schoolboy knows that neither the King of France, nor any of the families associated with him, eat lunch.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 26, 2011, 03:13:10 AM
Ooops, just a small, forgetful mistake. What was it that they do in France? Didn't they have just one meal a day, called "brinner", that they always eat at midnight? Or am I mistaking them for the Madagascarians?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2011, 08:01:10 AM
I think it's the other way round, Greg. The Madagascarians are mistaking you for the King of France. When you start encountering what we might call 'metaphysical lunch errors', don't say you weren't warned.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 12:26:44 PM
Louis the XIV ate lunch accompanied by many; yet he ate lunch alone.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2011, 01:02:51 PM
Quote from: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 12:26:44 PM
Louis the XIV ate lunch accompanied by many; yet he ate lunch alone.

Warning! Warning! Metaphysical Lunch Error Alert!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 01:07:55 PM
Was it so?
It was so.
So it was.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 26, 2011, 01:13:55 PM
(http://www.dinosaur-toys-collectors-guide.com/images/RTO-potty-4soft.jpg)

Why dinosaurs are extinct.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 01:17:47 PM
They are smaller than I had imagined.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 26, 2011, 03:26:56 PM
Quote from: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 12:26:44 PM
Louis the XIV ate lunch accompanied by many; yet he ate lunch alone.

Mike
I had those types of metaphysical lunch errors throughout most of 11th grade and a little bit every now and then during the surrounding years.

But the real problem is not the metaphysical lunch errors, but the metaphysical component of the metaphysical aspect of the metaphysical lunch errors. You see, whoever the King of France, may be, whether or not he lives in Madagascar, is subject to much debate in the mind of Ubloobideega. That's the reason why.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 26, 2011, 05:57:30 PM
The Lunch of the Spheres
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 26, 2011, 06:06:58 PM
What does the King of France eat for lunch? An Escher Sandwichtaco Tesselation? Or does it eat him?
That's what Ubloobideega was wondering today.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 10:16:01 PM
Quote from: Greg on November 26, 2011, 03:26:56 PM
I had those types of metaphysical lunch errors throughout most of 11th grade and a little bit every now and then during the surrounding years.

But the real problem is not the metaphysical lunch errors, but the metaphysical component of the metaphysical aspect of the metaphysical lunch errors. You see, whoever the King of France, may be, whether or not he lives in Madagascar, is subject to much debate in the mind of Ubloobideega. That's the reason why.

I will explain. Although not metaphysical, it is nevertheless curious.

Louis would eat lunch in the company of his court. His table was set up facing out across the gardens of Versailles. As he ate; his court stood silently behind him and he alone had food. As I said; curious. The mores he promoted were in order to glorify him and keep the courtiers insecure.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 26, 2011, 11:34:37 PM
Quote from: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 01:17:47 PM
They are smaller than I had imagined.
Mike

They're not. It's a giant loo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 27, 2011, 12:15:33 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 26, 2011, 11:34:37 PM
They're not. It's a giant loo.

Thank you, of course. That makes much more sense, sets my mind at rest.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 27, 2011, 12:42:38 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 26, 2011, 01:13:55 PM
(http://www.dinosaur-toys-collectors-guide.com/images/RTO-potty-4soft.jpg)

Why dinosaurs are extinct.

Interesting. Recent discoveries among the fossil record at the end of the Cretaceous period do indeed show many dinosaur skeletons apparently stuck halfway in some strange unidentified aperture. This clears up the puzzle. Thanks Dave.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 27, 2011, 02:09:21 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 27, 2011, 12:42:38 AMThis clears up the puzzle. Thanks Dave.

yes, it lift the lid on this mystery....


*already gone*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 27, 2011, 10:01:43 AM
Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 27, 2011, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: knight66 on November 26, 2011, 10:16:01 PM
I will explain. Although not metaphysical, it is nevertheless curious.

Louis would eat lunch in the company of his court. His table was set up facing out across the gardens of Versailles. As he ate; his court stood silently behind him and he alone had food. As I said; curious. The mores he promoted were in order to glorify him and keep the courtiers insecure.

Mike
Oh, all along we were talk about King Louis? That guy was a schmukus- I thought we were talking about future King Merde, who will rule from AD 2337-2455. In those years, Europe is divided into 5 countries- England, France, Germany, Poland, and Luxembourg.

King Merde didn't do that stuff, because in the future it doesn't make sense to their culture. Kind of as I said, he would be raped by a gang of mimes while eating lunch in front of families, as a sort of pastime. Every time a mime would accidentally make a sound, he would castrate them publicly, so it was quite a slow affair, sometimes lasting days at a time, and about 95% of the time just an hour or two, without finishing.

Also, in French culture during that time, it was ("will be") customary for the king to go around, licking random people's food before eating it, during dinnertime. That was the law- anyone who resisted will be vaporized, and/or serialized into data and sent to internet prison for a while. After he licked your food, you also had to say, "Mmm, yummy, La Merde in za me tummy!" and then simultaneously, in the space of 3.5 seconds, clap your hands 3 times, blink 10 times, stomping your foot 7 times and making loud breath noises 4 times, because he wants to improve the citizens' grasp of complex rhythmic subdivisions.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 27, 2011, 08:27:34 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 27, 2011, 10:01:43 AM
Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)

But until they're dead, they might do something unexpected :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 27, 2011, 09:24:32 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 27, 2011, 10:01:43 AM
Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)

Where are the obit. threads for composers? All I see are those for performers. (I assume the apparent correlation that you observed is restricted to the last week or so.)

And during the same time, I saw activity in some living composer threads (Henning and Rihm, to name two) and the creation of a thread for a living composer about an hour or ago or less (Dusapin).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 27, 2011, 10:14:13 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on November 27, 2011, 10:08:32 PM
There's nearly a daily dose of contemporary composers in the "Only the New (Music)" thread.

Philo, you'll be happy to know that I'm getting more into Contemporary classical music. I bought some Dusapin, Chin, and Rihm recordings early yesterday. 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 27, 2011, 10:22:13 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on November 27, 2011, 10:16:24 PM
I am happy to know that, and it seems like you're starting to branch out into some less "safe" areas, which is, to me, always a sign of positive growth.  8)

Thanks, Philo. We all must take risks from time to time, because if we don't, then we'll never experience anything. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on November 30, 2011, 07:56:05 AM
Today is a nice surprise.  The sun is out, and Bowling Green isn't a big lake with all this rain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 30, 2011, 02:48:42 PM
This is what I listened to NPR:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-reich-bargain-20111130,0,5348681.story

QuoteNew data from the Commerce Department shows employee pay is now down to the smallest share of the economy since the government began collecting wage and salary data in 1929. Meanwhile, corporate profits now constitute the largest share of the economy since 1929. That, by the way, was the year of the Great Crash that ushered in the Great Depression.
Yay.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 02, 2011, 07:08:57 AM
The day hasn't exactly started the way I would've like it to.........the shade part of my bedroom light fell right on me head.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 02, 2011, 07:22:55 AM
Did a light bulb wink on?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 02, 2011, 06:29:00 PM
Unemployment in the US dropped to 8.6%....

I just listened to the same Christmas song about 40 times in a row a couple of hours ago, and it's nice that I can't even remember it now...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 03, 2011, 05:31:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 02, 2011, 06:29:00 PM

I just listened to the same Christmas song about 40 times in a row a couple of hours ago, and it's nice that I can't even remember it now...

Wow! Some people posting in the "Can't Get it Out of My Head" thread can hear 7 complete symphonies, 3 operas, and 16 piano concertos in their heads every morning!   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 03, 2011, 05:44:58 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 02, 2011, 06:29:00 PM
Unemployment in the US dropped to 8.6%....

Unfortunately, you appear to live in one of the most difficult areas for employment:

The 10 Worst U.S. Cities to Find a Job


10. Orlando, Florida - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.11
  9. St. Louis - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.12
  8. Rochester, NY - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.31
  7. Memphis, TN - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.33
  6. Sacramento, CA -Number of job seekers per opening: 2.70
  5. Detroit - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.75
  4. Las Vegas - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.75
  3. Riverside, CA - Number of job seekers per opening: 3.25
  2. Los Angeles - Number of job seekers per opening: 3.48
  1. Miami - Number of job seekers per opening: 4.37
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 03, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 03, 2011, 06:41:42 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 03, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people :)

Except for those working at Disney World. 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 03, 2011, 07:22:14 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 03, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people :)
Depends on the area. The area where I live is simply an area where old rednecks go to retire and die, though it does have a few small areas with lower-income housing (where a lot of black people live).
The actual city of Orlando, seemed like it just had a lot of middle-aged white or black people when I was walking around (businessmen, I suppose?). I don't go there much, though, but I think the actual people who live there are quite diverse in the Orlando-Kissimmee area.

About this time of year, the population here pretty much doubles because of the people from up north... I'm sure there are more areas, probably around the beach, with lots of retired people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on December 03, 2011, 05:54:05 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 03, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people :)

One of my best friends is from Florida. He reads GMG, so let's all say nice things about him. What a cool guy!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 03, 2011, 11:54:11 PM
HE SOUNDS AWESOME

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 06, 2011, 01:24:23 PM
9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.

16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.

37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.


I try not to read the bible because of things like this, but I ran into this passage earlier and got feelings of deja-vu. Add into the middle of it "You were waylaid by bandits and lost 4 hit-points" and it could be the travel log from a MUD RPG.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 06, 2011, 04:07:47 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 06, 2011, 01:24:23 PM
I try not to read the bible because of things like this . . . .

Completely understandable.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 06, 2011, 04:08:27 PM
Brian's friend from Florida rocks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 06, 2011, 06:34:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 03, 2011, 05:54:05 PM
One of my best friends is from Florida. He reads GMG, so let's all say nice things about him. What a cool guy!
Your friend is super cool... because I say so.


Ever read the book of Numbers, Lethe (or is that from Numbers)?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2011, 04:01:29 AM
It's like, literary minimalism . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 07, 2011, 09:52:31 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/L2URu.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 07, 2011, 11:30:38 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 06, 2011, 01:24:23 PM
9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.

16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.

37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.



Yes, alright. This is gripping stuff. So what happened next?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 07, 2011, 01:15:32 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 07, 2011, 09:52:31 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/L2URu.gif)
That's creepy. He's looking at you like he wants to have an affair with you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 07, 2011, 01:35:49 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 07, 2011, 11:30:38 AM
Yes, alright. This is gripping stuff. So what happened next?

Mount Hor was a total letdown, so they went back to Marah.

Quote from: Greg on December 07, 2011, 01:15:32 PM
That's creepy. He's looking at you like he wants to have an affair with you.

Whether you want it or not.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 07, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 07, 2011, 01:35:49 PM
Whether you want it or not.
He has so much money and power- I guess most people get like that at that point...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 07, 2011, 03:11:13 PM
Speaking of old people in Florida, I actually looked it up:

http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-with-the-most-old-people-2010-10#1-punta-gorda-fla-14

The top 6 cities in the US with the highest percentage of old people are in Florida. The only city I know of, though, is #5 (Ocala). Ocala is only an hour away from where I live, though I haven't visited there yet. I'm surprised The Villages wasn't listed there (40 minutes away from where I live), because every house has to be occupied by at least one person who is at least 55 (it's a retirement community).

The #1 entry, Punta Gorda, Fl., has a percentage of 30.5% for senior citizens. I see hundreds of people a day, and would have to say that the city where I live easily has just as high of a percentage.

Out of the entire world, though, I bet Okinawa has the highest percentage of old people... just seems like there isn't any info to confirm this, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 07, 2011, 10:09:30 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 07, 2011, 09:52:31 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/L2URu.gif)

Did you watch the smiling contest between Colbert and Cain (in the video)? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 08, 2011, 01:42:39 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 07, 2011, 01:35:49 PM
Mount Hor was a total letdown, so they went back to Marah.

Yeah, that's what I'd have done too. Marah, after all, is where things were really buzzing (for those in the know).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 10, 2011, 06:28:16 AM
I was trying to figure out the number of 5-note musical scales possible.
Is this correct?
   
C 12, 5       12!/5!7! = 792 scales
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 10, 2011, 06:37:37 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 10, 2011, 06:28:16 AM
I was trying to figure out the number of 5-note musical scales possible.
Is this correct?
   
C 12, 5       12!/5!7! = 792 scales

It is, if the order of the notes is irrelevant. Otherwise it's 12P5 (a permutation): a lot more!

Disclaimer: I don't know the exact definition of a musical scale.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 10, 2011, 06:50:47 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 10, 2011, 06:37:37 AM
It is, if the order of the notes is irrelevant. Otherwise it's 12P5 (a permutation): a lot more!
Good, that's exactly what I was thinking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 10, 2011, 04:30:50 PM
A deputy chairman of Russia's Central Election Commission told the Interfax news service that the final report on the election results was signed Friday, and that he saw no reason to annul them.

The difference between Europe and a banana republic? A little pigmentation :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on December 11, 2011, 06:57:08 AM
Sarah, shouldn't it be rather Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersonova?  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 11, 2011, 07:26:19 AM
+1
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 11, 2011, 01:40:43 PM
I don't think I set the alarm off faster than I did today.  Opened up the oven, and the alarm went off!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 11, 2011, 01:56:05 PM
Life is good. Knowing that not everyone is going to understand you — or going to like you — is liberating.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on December 12, 2011, 12:24:27 PM
Hopefully life will be simpler after I'm dead.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 12, 2011, 05:35:48 PM
Attention! Time to get LoJack for your tuba!

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/12/12/rash-of-unsolved-tuba-thefts-plagues-southland-high-schools/ (http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/12/12/rash-of-unsolved-tuba-thefts-plagues-southland-high-schools/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 15, 2011, 04:57:31 PM
Home now that the semester is over!  8)   Should get a 4.0 GPA, but I shall see when I get my grades

but....it's weird to be home not seeing my cat who just died 2 or 3 days ago :( :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 15, 2011, 07:26:03 PM
Well, apparently, if I don't print up and rush over to send some documents tomorrow (no later, because they close for break starting Saturday) for school that I didn't even know I had to do, I'll receive no financial aid, and will have to waste another half of a year with no school, this time definitely on antidepressants while I look for a new job.

Oh, and they warned me when? Two days ago via e-mail, which I just happened to check today for no reason. Thanks a lot. And they happen to include in the letter "the priority deadline has passed," meaning, I'm going to have to put my life savings into starting school and wait a little while until the financial aid refunds it (instead of sending the warning before the priority deadline). Thanks again.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 16, 2011, 04:54:53 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 15, 2011, 07:35:52 PM
What's needed for financial aid is made pretty clear on the websites. You shouldn't be depending on your school to be doing any of this for year. They were simply being courteous with that email. My school has never reminded me of my deadline dates nor would I trust them to be as concerned about it as I am.
On what websites?
They got my FAFSA 9 months ago...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 16, 2011, 08:28:00 PM
Well, that was... not fun. I got it all done, but it was frantic, intense, and I had to force my previous technical school to give me my transcripts now instead of the normal 3-4 day wait.

I also had to call them about what to bring for proof of Florida residence, because in the paper they mail you, "everyone is non-resident by default." All of this is so poorly explained and only leads to confusion- either that, or I've misplaced the official "directions/steps."

Although I saved myself from a certain death today, I'll still be in limbo all throughout the next two weeks, when I just hope they take care of my paperwork after their winter break (hopefully that's the end of the documents I have to submit...). I'll have to pay by Jan.3, the day right after they reopen- but they have payment plans, so I might not have to end up bankrupt before the financial aid kicks in.

Since I'll have no one to ask questions for the next two weeks, I have one more:
I'm registering for classes, and a lot of them are full. There is one final orientation left for students a few days before the semester starts, and I overheard someone saying something about having to "wait for the next orientation for the class to open positions back up again."
If a class says "full," is it simply full and won't add available seats, despite orientations?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 17, 2011, 05:52:44 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on December 16, 2011, 08:34:44 PM
This is the website I used to do all of my financial aid:
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/fafsa.jsp

I didn't have a single problem with it.

As to transcripts, you should always have multiple copies of them and request them far in advance of actual need.

Classes are never full, if there is sufficient need expressed, they will allow you to enter the class, but that is generally only done for seniors, at least at my school.
Thanks, man. Big help.  :)
I'll get used to it with time- getting started is the most confusing part...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 18, 2011, 01:18:13 AM
Today I learned: Medicare covers penis pumps, but not eye care.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 18, 2011, 07:18:54 AM
SOPA encapsulated (https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/veto-sopa-bill-and-any-other-future-bills-threaten-diminish-free-flow-information/g3W1BscR)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 18, 2011, 07:19:55 AM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 18, 2011, 01:18:13 AM
penis pumps
Wtf? I thought that was some kind of a device that Austin Powers used- that's a medical procedure, too?
How do you start a health insurance company, anyways? I'd like to be filthy rich while sucking the blood out of thousands of Americans.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 18, 2011, 07:25:26 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 18, 2011, 07:19:55 AM
Wtf? I thought that was some kind of a device that Austin Powers used- that's a medical procedure, too?

It's for impotence, apparently.

To equal your penis pump, the NHS offers boob jobs to anorexics with low self-esteem.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on December 18, 2011, 03:52:07 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 18, 2011, 07:25:26 AM
It's for impotence, apparently.

To equal your penis pump, the NHS offers boob jobs to anorexics with low self-esteem.

I like to watch Embarrassing Bodies for the women scoring free breast equalisations and labial reductions.

>:(   :o  :'(  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 18, 2011, 10:34:24 PM
Tabloid TV. Rots the brain.

MIke
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on December 18, 2011, 10:38:30 PM

Like, whut everrrrr.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 19, 2011, 01:17:51 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on December 18, 2011, 10:38:30 PM
Like, whut everrrrr.

You went and proved my point.  8)

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 19, 2011, 02:29:12 AM
Quote from: knight66 on December 18, 2011, 10:34:24 PM
Tabloid TV. Rots the brain.

MIke

QFT
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on December 19, 2011, 04:10:21 AM
Quote from: knight66 on December 19, 2011, 01:17:51 AM
You went and proved my point.  8)

Mike

Acute irony deficit.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 19, 2011, 04:40:52 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on December 19, 2011, 04:10:21 AM
Acute irony deficit.

Nay, the layer of irony coexists with the demonstration of the point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 19, 2011, 06:30:49 AM
It was awfully nice to see Waterstones (a large chain bookstore) display one book in the "German History" section on the shelf width-ways so that its cover faces out. That way the section wasn't quite so dwarfed by the "Hitler/Nazism" section to its right (although when I pulled the book in question out, the one beneath it had "Third Reich" in its title).

The area of the shelving containing books on the Titanic was also subtantially larger than the section on "French History", not counting the "1000 Years of Annoying the French" style books which make me wish this country got nuked during the Cold War so this kind of POV history byte genre could never have gotten started.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 19, 2011, 06:32:20 AM
Waterstones . . . they used to be here in Boston.  I was in shops both in Quincy Market and on Newbury Street, before they shut these stores down.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on December 19, 2011, 03:27:15 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 19, 2011, 04:40:52 AM
Nay, the layer of irony coexists with the demonstration of the point.

I don't want to get into a whole thing, so I'll just say this: there are indeed no stupid TV programs, only stupid TV viewers, i.e. the curious and playful mind can extract something of worth from any experience, whereas the dullard remains dull, however elevated his preoccupations.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 20, 2011, 02:09:23 AM
What, entirely a caste system? No mental mobility? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 20, 2011, 07:32:21 AM
First semester of graduate studies successful!  a 4.00 GPA!  8) 8) 8) 8)   (Though, to be completely accurate, one grade still needs to be posted, but will be an A)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 20, 2011, 07:40:05 AM
Bravo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 20, 2011, 08:10:21 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on December 20, 2011, 07:32:21 AM
First semester of graduate studies successful!  a 4.00 GPA!  8) 8) 8) 8)   (Though, to be completely accurate, one grade still needs to be posted, but will be an A)
Super job! Seems to me you've earned yourself a small present, not that I had anything special in mind like a cd. Nah, not me... 0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 20, 2011, 12:02:53 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 19, 2011, 06:30:49 AM
"1000 Years of Annoying the French"

oh the joy of entente cordiale  ;D

Mind you, our politicians (both sides) seem to want and stretch it as much as they can at the moment... Unfortunately, without the doses of humour and self-deprecation required for that exercise  :-\

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 20, 2011, 12:36:48 PM
Ya it's sad, it reminds me of the Argentines when they feel mad about something they can't do anything about - turn to the old stock target :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 20, 2011, 12:54:17 PM
if this froggy lot continue to strike at their airports and disrupt my flight back for Christmas, I might become unnecessarily English...

"Dear Sirs...." 

*tut tut *

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 20, 2011, 04:43:19 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 20, 2011, 07:40:05 AM
Bravo!

Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 20, 2011, 08:10:21 AM
Super job! Seems to me you've earned yourself a small present, not that I had anything special in mind like a cd. Nah, not me... 0:)

Thanks :D   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 20, 2011, 05:00:25 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on December 20, 2011, 12:54:17 PM
if this froggy lot continue to strike at their airports and disrupt my flight back for Christmas, I might become unnecessarily English...

"Dear Sirs...." 

*tut tut *

;D

Definitely consider raising your voice and repeating the question when they apologise for not speaking English - it's the Briton's favoured method for getting what he wants on the continent. Sometimes it even works.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 20, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Smelling of beer and vomiting onto their shoes may move things along somewhat. A more direct kind of Esperanto that the British find effective.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 21, 2011, 02:28:24 AM
Quote from: knight66 on December 20, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Smelling of beer and vomiting onto their shoes may move things along somewhat.

Good to see that the Britons have picked up a pointer or two from the Finns* ; )

* (When on holiday in Tallinn. Haven't observed if they do that at home.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 21, 2011, 11:14:39 AM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 20, 2011, 05:00:25 PM
Definitely consider raising your voice and repeating the question when they apologise for not speaking English - it's the Briton's favoured method for getting what he wants on the continent. Sometimes it even works.

Quote from: knight66 on December 20, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Smelling of beer and vomiting onto their shoes may move things along somewhat. A more direct kind of Esperanto that the British find effective.

Mike

duly noted.

And, in true English fashion, do I then re-join the queue at my original spot ?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on December 21, 2011, 11:43:13 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on December 21, 2011, 11:14:39 AM
duly noted.

And, in true English fashion, do I then re-join the queue at my original spot ?  :P

Yes. Vomiting is not absolutely essential, but queuing etiquette is de rigueur.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on December 21, 2011, 03:21:52 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 20, 2011, 02:09:23 AM
What, entirely a caste system? No mental mobility? . . .

Wow, that was a bit obscure - I almost missed it. To elaborate: I've known a couple of people who took in vast amounts of high culture, but remained unable to discuss it in any sort of systematic or perceptive fashion. I don't even need to coin the description for this phenomenon - the "educated idiot".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 29, 2011, 02:34:32 AM
Lethevich, you have such a great self-image, it's reflected in your (nick)name. And it's all not just fantasy...:)

So nice to read your posts again.

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 29, 2011, 03:47:02 PM
I'm trying to figure out why I had a nosebleed all of a sudden (never had one before)...

I don't do drugs- just a little bit of Vitamin B6, but not at overdose levels. Most likely it's the sudden cold weather and dry air- the day after Christmas, I was outside, sweating, playing basketball. Last night and tonight, it's somewhat cold even with a jacket on. During the winter, every morning after I wake up I blow my nose and see loooots of red.

I was at work, stuck on a register (lucky no customers around) when I bend down to look at my programming code snippet notes, and blood just starts gushing out. Then, a minute later, I start feeling dizzy and nearly faint.

This dry air is not so good- feels like a knife stabbing the inside of my nose. I'm used to a jungle climate.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 29, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
http://www.rightwingwatch.org

Try saying this site's name out loud five times in quick succession.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 30, 2011, 08:44:48 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 29, 2011, 03:47:02 PM
I'm trying to figure out why I had a nosebleed all of a sudden (never had one before)...

I don't do drugs- just a little bit of Vitamin B6, but not at overdose levels. Most likely it's the sudden cold weather and dry air- the day after Christmas, I was outside, sweating, playing basketball. Last night and tonight, it's somewhat cold even with a jacket on. During the winter, every morning after I wake up I blow my nose and see loooots of red.

I was at work, stuck on a register (lucky no customers around) when I bend down to look at my programming code snippet notes, and blood just starts gushing out. Then, a minute later, I start feeling dizzy and nearly faint.

This dry air is not so good- feels like a knife stabbing the inside of my nose. I'm used to a jungle climate.  :P

The art of being ill. Well understood, Greg, do you have some good examples in your family?

I also discovered it. Was ill, since yesterday night. Was analyzing at the same time, with the risk of losing control. A visit to the supermarket, the signs you get from people, make me feel less concerned about it.

It will be part of a supplement for a book I'm writing (about the work of Arnold Cornelis). The other part will be about cancer.

Greg, those vitamine B6, is that a sort of confession? ;) Why do you take it?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 30, 2011, 09:13:58 AM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 29, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
http://www.rightwingwatch.org

Try saying this site's name out loud five times in quick succession.

rightwingwatchrightwingwatchrightwingwatchrightwingwatchrightwingwatch

5! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 30, 2011, 09:26:56 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 30, 2011, 08:44:48 AM
The art of being ill. Well understood, Greg, do you have some good examples in your family?

I also discovered it. Was ill, since yesterday night. Was analyzing at the same time, with the risk of losing control. A visit to the supermarket, the signs you get from people, make me feel less concerned about it.

It will be part of a supplement for a book I'm writing (about the work of Arnold Cornelis). The other part will be about cancer.

Greg, those vitamine B6, is that a sort of confession? ;) Why do you take it?

Henk
I take Vitamin B6 at night because when you do, you get more vivid dreams- when you have lucid dreams, this is very important, because every now and then your lucid dreams can be fuzzy instead of the (more often) hyperrealistic-type. When I'm flying across giant forests, I prefer it feel 100% real!  :P

Examples in my family? Not really, though I think my (step)dad had one before. My research leads me to believe it's not the B6 though, and it's the sudden dry, cold weather.

What happened with you last night? You okay?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 30, 2011, 10:11:40 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2011, 09:26:56 AM
I take Vitamin B6 at night because when you do, you get more vivid dreams- when you have lucid dreams, this is very important, because every now and then your lucid dreams can be fuzzy instead of the (more often) hyperrealistic-type. When I'm flying across giant forests, I prefer it feel 100% real!  :P

Examples in my family? Not really, though I think my (step)dad had one before. My research leads me to believe it's not the B6 though, and it's the sudden dry, cold weather.

What happened with you last night? You okay?

You didn't understand my post, I think.

I'm okay.

I am on Twitter now. Nice to follow those famous, good looking girls. I tweeted Bar Refaeli and BarRefaelifans, because she's my favourite among them. I don't know if she read it, she didn't react, my tweet wasn't that good, the tweet to BarRefaelifans was, they reacted and that was slightly productive (Bar reads those tweets also), but it was better when they would have retweeted my tweets.

But Bar tweeted "I miss my guitar hero". I like those remarks.

I got ill, somehow. I was in the proces of analyzing and I needed to get ill probably, to get to a better understanding and new knowledge.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 30, 2011, 11:18:56 AM
Okay, I see...

(I think)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 31, 2011, 04:41:42 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 07, 2011, 03:11:13 PM
The #1 entry, Punta Gorda, Fl., has a percentage of 30.5% for senior citizens. I see hundreds of people a day, and would have to say that the city where I live easily has just as high of a percentage.
Well, according to the Orlando Sentinel, Lake County has 31.8% age 65 or over, so I was right. It would be pretty safe to assume that the county I live in is more densely populated with old people than any other county in the country.
I really love how my parents decided to move here right after I graduated high school and was in the process of working to buy a car so I could drive to college...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 31, 2011, 05:14:38 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 21, 2011, 02:28:24 AM
Good to see that the Britons have picked up a pointer or two from the Finns* ; )

* (When on holiday in Tallinn. Haven't observed if they do that at home.)

Actually, in Tallinn, the tourists that are most drunk, are Brits! Tallinn has only quite recently started to attract tourists from the Isles, and according to local people, and my own experience (almost every summer a visit in the good ol' town) - the Brits there are numerous, loud, and drunk. Naturally, the Finns that are most drunk, don't leave their ships, with tax free shops and bars, at all. Senior people drunk in a bar at 9 o'clock in the morning is quite a sight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 03, 2012, 07:00:11 AM
Quote from: North Star on December 31, 2011, 05:14:38 PM
Actually, in Tallinn, the tourists that are most drunk, are Brits!

Hmm, that's a change! : )

Separately . . . a bit trippy to see "Mel" from The Dick Van Dyke Show in an elevator in The Birds. And with a mustache, to boot. (And Morey Amsterdam would have booted that mustache, you may be sure.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 04, 2012, 05:00:07 AM
interesting bit of information on the part of the forum software : )

QuoteViewing the topic Why do people hate classical these days? (Started by Jack123...now a guest).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 06, 2012, 04:05:22 PM
Going to sleep. See you guys tomorrow! :)

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on January 07, 2012, 09:01:22 AM
Aside from actual pain, starting to sneeze and losing it is probably the worst feeling.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 08, 2012, 04:51:26 AM
:) I know that feeling. Did it just again, have you thought of sneezing inwards?

Henk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 08, 2012, 07:38:02 AM
The spring semester starts tomorrow (even though the majority of the semester happens during the winter)....and I will:
and lastly, and most importantly,Hopefully, I will follow these goals :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 10, 2012, 06:09:44 AM
MBTA fares could rise as much as 43 percent (http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/state-unveils-two-mbta-fare-increase-service-cut-scenarios/DoUG26YM6frTKPtULQkOUK/index.html)

Not at all pleased with this. Service ain't hot, as it is;  and they're going to cut back service? And yet, charge us 43% more for the reduced service?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on January 11, 2012, 02:02:49 PM
Today at work I called a James Stockhausen. Coincidence?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 12, 2012, 05:59:48 PM
I still haven't gotten a chance to talk to an academic adviser, but I should be able to soon.

College Composition and Psychology will be healthy challenges, but Web Authoring and Java are going to be mind-numbingly easy. Tonight, I did my homework which is due in 2 weeks in 3 minutes. I finished my classwork and sat there for 20 minutes, waiting for the rest of the class to catch up (and I used objects in my code).

I got to talk to my instructor (who seems like a really cool guy), and I can't remember if he said I could test out of Java or not, but he said I could test out of some of the other beginning programming courses. That's good, because this stuff is a colossal waste of time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: lescamil on January 12, 2012, 11:47:43 PM
Hey, if anyone is actually interested in joining a real classical chatroom, I'm an operator at an IRC channel that is originally affiliated with another music forum, but we just invite everyone now from anywhere (since its now kinda dead). If anyone knows how to use IRC and is interested, we are on the PSIGenix network (irc.psigenix.net) at the #concerthall channel. Stop by if you want! I'm trying to get it going, and we can use more musically interested people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 13, 2012, 05:17:13 AM
Today, I had my first journey into baking in trying to make a gingerbread cake thing.  Hopefully, I didn''t screw it up by not follow directions  properly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on January 14, 2012, 06:25:26 PM
You really have to train yourself to poop at the right time. For example, if you have to drop a massive load, and you're driving, it's only going to get worse the closer you get to your home. It's like the poop is anticipating it so much that it just can't wait. And by the time you park you're rushing up to your door and it's even worse than before. It takes a lot of meditation to make your body think you're farther away from home than you really are in order to counter that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 15, 2012, 05:10:53 AM
I think this has become "The Soliloquy Thread"...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 15, 2012, 07:12:07 AM
Quote from: The Six on January 14, 2012, 06:25:26 PM
You really have to train yourself to poop at the right time. For example, if you have to drop a massive load, and you're driving, it's only going to get worse the closer you get to your home. It's like the poop is anticipating it so much that it just can't wait. And by the time you park you're rushing up to your door and it's even worse than before. It takes a lot of meditation to make your body think you're farther away from home than you really are in order to counter that.

Maybe you need some Depends! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 15, 2012, 07:15:55 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 15, 2012, 05:10:53 AM
I think this has become "The Soliloquy Thread"...
if this is a soliloquy thread.....am I supposed to pretend you didn't say this?  Or should I acknowledge it?  what is proper?  Please help, as I am not a theater major.......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on January 15, 2012, 08:09:57 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 15, 2012, 07:12:07 AM
Maybe you need some Depends! :D

Oh please this pooping thing happens to everybody. It's all about fooling your brain into thinking you're farther away than you are.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 15, 2012, 08:44:13 AM
First world problems: friend forgot to pay the ISP bill and the net connection was down for, what, 25 mins? I was at a complete loss as to what to do during that time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 15, 2012, 02:40:54 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on January 15, 2012, 07:15:55 AM
if this is a soliloquy thread.....am I supposed to pretend you didn't say this?  Or should I acknowledge it?  what is proper?  Please help, as I am not a theater major.......
Well, now it isn't any more... (not that that's a bad thing)



Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 15, 2012, 08:44:13 AM
First world problems: friend forgot to pay the ISP bill and the net connection was down for, what, 25 mins? I was at a complete loss as to what to do during that time.
Do what they used to do back in the old days: throw rocks at cars.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 16, 2012, 01:19:51 AM
Doctor: So, what seems to be the problem?

Patient: Well, I'm having this problem ... with my bowels.

Doctor: I see. So what is this problem? Are you irregular?

Patient: No, I'm regular as clockwork. Every morning, 7 o'clock on the dot.

Doctor: I must say I don't understand. How exactly do you have a problem then?

Patient: Well, I don't get up till 8.


Boom-tish!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 16, 2012, 01:37:02 PM
I am making fish for the 2nd time in my life!  The first time involved the smoke detector going off, so far, the detector has been quiet :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 16, 2012, 01:40:30 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on January 16, 2012, 01:37:02 PM
I am making fish for the 2nd time in my life!  The first time involved the smoke detector going off, so far, the detector has been quiet :)

You're braver than me - fish fillets are terrifying :( 30-60 seconds under, raw, 30-60 seconds over, dry. Why god, why ;__;
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 16, 2012, 01:58:45 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 16, 2012, 01:40:30 PM
You're braver than me - fish fillets are terrifying :( 30-60 seconds under, raw, 30-60 seconds over, dry. Why god, why ;__;
it's not something I am comfortable with........I'd much rather stick a thermometer in a piece of meat/chicken/pork and get the temp, and also the varying degrees of redness in meat and whiteness in chicken is easier to tell.  With chicken, I know when it's raw and translucent.  With fish (cod is the culprit here), I find it much more difficult to tell.  When I ate it, it looked all white.....so hopefully I won't get sick.   :P

but hey, the smoke detector didn't go off :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on January 17, 2012, 08:29:44 AM
Where is that most elusive fish?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 19, 2012, 04:46:25 PM
(http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/uploads/Images/meshuggah_koloss_360.jpg)
This will be the highlight of my year... March 27...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 19, 2012, 05:08:22 PM
For kindle users both the fire and the touch have updates out.  The Fire update seems to be minor just adding a couple of features to the browser and email.  The Touch update makes the device more responsive and the touch sensitivity better.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 19, 2012, 05:34:06 PM
I still wonder how the name "Kindle Fire" made it past the executives.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 19, 2012, 05:55:52 PM
The Kindle naming came from a quote from Voltaire:

QuoteThe instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.

The name makes sense, is pretty cool.  The fire seems like a perfect addition to the name.  I don't know, works for me. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 19, 2012, 06:37:39 PM
To me, it conjurs up images of leaving it alone on your coffee table, and coming back to find your house burned down ;D But hey, nobody else seems bothered :) Danke for the clarification.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 19, 2012, 08:14:44 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 19, 2012, 06:37:39 PM
To me, it conjurs up images of leaving it alone on your coffee table, and coming back to find your house burned down ;D But hey, nobody else seems bothered :) Danke for the clarification.

That's peanut butter, flour and sugar left on the table! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 20, 2012, 02:29:51 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on January 16, 2012, 01:37:02 PMI am making fish for the 2nd time in my life! 

You are not making fish. Only the Lord can do that.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 23, 2012, 09:39:41 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on January 20, 2012, 02:29:51 AM
You are not making fish. Only the Lord can do that.

That's beautiful!

Separately:

Not ashamed to admit that I don't even remember who played in the Super Bowl last year.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 24, 2012, 07:16:04 AM
A quote from Leonard Maltin on the back of the clamshell for Mel Brooks's High Anxiety:

Quote from: Leonard MaltinMoments of great comedy.

Moments . . . in a 90-minute movie: damning with faint praise?  Just strikes me as curiously under-powered enthusiasm for a selling citation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 24, 2012, 07:18:06 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on January 20, 2012, 02:29:51 AM
You are not making fish. Only the Lord can do that.

Indeed. I, too, processed fish yesterday.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 07:24:45 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 24, 2012, 07:16:04 AM
A quote from Leonard Maltin on the back of the clamshell for Mel Brooks’s High Anxiety:

Moments . . . in a 90-minute movie: damning with faint praise?  Just strikes me as curiously under-powered enthusiasm for a selling citation.
Not everyone appreciates the humor of Mel Brooks. Though that bit can be interpretted in multiple ways.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 24, 2012, 07:26:22 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 07:24:45 AM
Not everyone appreciates the humor of Mel Brooks.

Understood. Quite picky about his work, myself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 24, 2012, 07:27:22 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 24, 2012, 07:26:22 AM
Understood. Quite picky about his work, myself.

Hey! Maybe I'm an elitist!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 08:36:19 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 24, 2012, 07:26:22 AM
Understood. Quite picky about his work, myself.
It is...uneven. Not sure that is the right word, but best I can come up with. He can go over the top and become unfunny. High Anxiety is not my favorite by a long shot. BUT, there are some hilarious moments. Assume you've seen Young Frankenstein, which is my personal favorite. The Moses bit from History of the World, Part I may just be my favorite bit he's ever done, but it is in direct competition with the Inquisition scene from the same movie.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 24, 2012, 09:18:14 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 08:36:19 AM
It is...uneven. Not sure that is the right word, but best I can come up with.

Diplomatically put. I had seen High Anxiety back when it was first released . . . I went back to it, partly because of my recent Hitchcock immersion, partly because I realized that I scarce remembered Brooks's movie . . . .

Quote from: mc ukrneal. . . Assume you've seen Young Frankenstein, which is my personal favorite.

Yes, agreed that that is his best it's my personal favorite, too.

Quote from: mc ukrnealThe Moses bit from History of the World, Part I may just be my favorite bit he's ever done, but it is in direct competition with the Inquisition scene from the same movie.

I should blush to admit this, but I've not yet seen that one . . ..
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 24, 2012, 12:33:49 PM
I'm currently listening to my recital again 2 years after the fact.  I still can't get over all the stupid mistakes, and intonation problems I had.  Still, people said it was very good, so perhaps I should listen to them, and be less hard on myself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 24, 2012, 12:36:21 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 23, 2012, 09:39:41 AM
Not ashamed to admit that I don't even remember who played in the Super Bowl last year.

Quote from: karlhenning on January 24, 2012, 07:27:22 AM
Hey! Maybe I'm an elitist!

You can't be an elitist without Eli.

(Karl, you must find a football fan to discover what that means.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 12:52:34 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 24, 2012, 09:18:14 AM
I should blush to admit this, but I've not yet seen that one . . ..
Stupid, stupid movie, and yet, there are parts I just can never get tired of and overall I like the movie (contradictory, ain't it?!). It needs a miracle (inisde joke)! It is too episodic, but that structure allows you to compartmentalize the scenes and enjoy the good ones to the max. Rent it if you can - the Moses bit is at the very beginning. The Inquisition - what a show (with singing and synchronized swimming). How is a scene of torture and serious historical import brought to song and dance you ask? Only as Mel Brooks can! I cannot imagine this scene being done by anyone else. It's different.

QuoteThe Inquistion, what a show
The Inquistion, here we go
We know you're wishing
That we'd go away
But the Inquistion's here and it's here to stay
The Inquistion, oh boy
The Inquistion, what a joy
The Inquistion, oy oy
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on January 24, 2012, 08:29:40 PM
Wendy's really stepped it up with their breakfast. They still don't have it in very many locations, which is too bad, because it's by far the best out of all fast food. Better quality bread and eggs, and the selection is impressive. I still have to try the roasted burrito, egg burger, and honey chicken biscuit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 25, 2012, 04:11:19 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 24, 2012, 12:52:34 PM
Stupid, stupid movie, and yet, there are parts I just can never get tired of and overall I like the movie (contradictory, ain't it?!). It needs a miracle (inisde joke)! It is too episodic, but that structure allows you to compartmentalize the scenes and enjoy the good ones to the max. Rent it if you can - the Moses bit is at the very beginning. The Inquisition - what a show (with singing and synchronized swimming). How is a scene of torture and serious historical import brought to song and dance you ask? Only as Mel Brooks can! I cannot imagine this scene being done by anyone else. It's different.

QuoteThe Inquistion, what a show
The Inquistion, here we go
We know you're wishing
That we'd go away
But the Inquistion's here and it's here to stay
The Inquistion, oh boy
The Inquistion, what a joy
The Inquistion, oy oy

Why does this make me think of Michael Palin, dressed as Cardinal Richelieu, miming Petula Clark? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 25, 2012, 05:53:06 AM
Seen at imdb.com, third in a list of FAQ for The Lord of the Rings:

QuoteWere the hobbits gay?

What utter idiocy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2012, 05:57:58 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 25, 2012, 04:11:19 AM


Why does this make me think of Michael Palin, dressed as Cardinal Richelieu, miming Petula Clark? . . .
Monty Python (or former members) and Mel Brooks have certain elements that are similar - zany, unpredictable (and yet predictable), cleverly worded, etc. And yet they could not be any different!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 25, 2012, 06:01:42 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2012, 05:57:58 AM
Monty Python (or former members) and Mel Brooks have certain elements that are similar - zany, unpredictable (and yet predictable), cleverly worded, etc. And yet they could not be any different!

Whatever his failings, Mel Brooks gets my enduring gratitude for having created Maxwell Smart, Agent 86. In retrospect (and with tongue in cheek) he credited himself with having invented the cell phone . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 25, 2012, 07:58:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 25, 2012, 05:53:06 AM
Seen at imdb.com, third in a list of FAQ for The Lord of the Rings:
    Were the hobbits gay? (http://were%20the%20hobbits%20gay?)
What utter idiocy.

Only someone who hasn't read the books could pose that question -_- They are totally different in the films.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 27, 2012, 04:35:54 PM
I'll be teaching my first professional guitar lesson Sunday (meaning, having a lesson planned out and getting paid for it). But I'll only limit myself to this one student, because I'm too busy to have much more than one. The extra money may be extremely useful.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 27, 2012, 04:52:12 PM
Quote from: Greg on January 27, 2012, 04:35:54 PM
I'll be teaching my first professional guitar lesson Sunday (meaning, having a lesson planned out and getting paid for it). But I'll only limit myself to this one student, because I'm too busy to have much more than one. The extra money may be extremely useful.

It's also important not to take on too much initially, and potentially get overwhelmed. It's cool that you're taking the job seriously (a sure chance of return customers), and good luck with it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 27, 2012, 05:07:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on January 27, 2012, 04:35:54 PM
I'll be teaching my first professional guitar lesson Sunday (meaning, having a lesson planned out and getting paid for it). But I'll only limit myself to this one student, because I'm too busy to have much more than one. The extra money may be extremely useful.
good luck with the teaching gig!  And have fun with it :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 27, 2012, 06:30:55 PM
Thanks, you two.
Yep, I'm taking it seriously for sure if I'm getting paid for it!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 28, 2012, 04:38:45 AM
Best of luck, Greg! Bend some time! ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 28, 2012, 06:42:26 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 28, 2012, 04:38:45 AM
Best of luck, Greg! Bend some time! ; )
I'll bend that time into a knot!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 28, 2012, 08:11:59 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 28, 2012, 06:42:26 AM
I'll bend that time into a knot!  8)
Hopefully you'll be able to untie that knot once you're done needing it to be tied into a knot....I don't know about you, but I don;'t want to stay in the same time forever (Unless I am doing a huge project for school, then go ahead and keep it tied!) 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 28, 2012, 08:44:03 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on January 28, 2012, 08:11:59 AM
Hopefully you'll be able to untie that knot once you're done needing it to be tied into a knot....I don't know about you, but I don;'t want to stay in the same time forever (Unless I am doing a huge project for school, then go ahead and keep it tied!) 8)
I see, the same for me right now... though it would be nice to tie time into an unbreakable knot either 14 years ago, during a dream, or during retirement. Now... it would much better to speed up time at least several years.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 28, 2012, 04:13:29 PM
Next Week, I have interviews for assistantships!   AHHH!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2012, 11:40:22 PM
keyboard
>£2.99
warranty
>£10.98

(http://i.imgur.com/20rUn.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 29, 2012, 10:08:57 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on January 28, 2012, 11:40:22 PM
keyboard
>£2.99
warranty
>£10.98

That's the sort of thing which destroys computers in TV shows from the '60s, of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 29, 2012, 01:20:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on January 27, 2012, 04:35:54 PM
I'll be teaching my first professional guitar lesson Sunday (meaning, having a lesson planned out and getting paid for it). But I'll only limit myself to this one student, because I'm too busy to have much more than one. The extra money may be extremely useful.
It went very well. He ended up wanting me to stay longer, so I stayed a half an hour longer, and instead of $20, he actually gave me $40! (and said he has a much clearer idea of where he is and what he needs to learn)

He's basically at the very beginning level- we worked on the riffs to Iron Man and Smoke on the Water, for example, and I showed him some internet links, including one that has the map of notes over the fretboard. Also, one thing I liked was that he had very good, specific questions. I need very little preparation to get the lesson to last an hour.

As for teaching harmony, it seems like it'll be a bit tricky, though I do have a plan that I hope will be effective. He has the map of all of the notes and I told him to try to learn as much as he can from it. I'm thinking doing intervals and then scales/modes and then chords after that, maybe? (and somehow tieing it in with what he learned from the fretboard?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 29, 2012, 04:19:27 PM
Good on you, Greg!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 29, 2012, 06:24:45 PM
Quote from: North Star on January 24, 2012, 07:18:06 AM
Indeed. I, too, processed fish yesterday.

You didn't COOK them? (Fry, poach, bake, grill) Or PREPARE them?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 30, 2012, 06:27:09 AM
I had spoiled meat... that will teach me something I should already know... never buy meat from walmart just because it's convenient. :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 30, 2012, 06:34:05 AM
No expiry date? Or were you careless? (Wal-Mart is the wrong place to be careless, I hear . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 30, 2012, 08:05:54 AM
This is interesting. Supposedly, the president will be answering our questions.

go here:
http://www.youtube.com/api/moderator/g/ytmod/view?channame=whitehouse&title_text_color=1b3050&wrapper_link_color=3978af&box_background_color=eff1f3&background_color=154B69&link_color=3978af&wrapper_color=e6e6e6&wrapper_text_color=1b3050&body_text_color=1b3050&hl=en_US&owner=360b5828adc21380&box_opacity=255&font=arial&wrapper_opacity=255#52/e=1d206d&s=1&tt=1

flip through the pages, and you'll see that almost every question being asked is about legalizing marijuana. About 29 out of every 30 questions.

I'm still confused why a pretty safe drug like this is illegal, while legal drugs are far more dangerous, so I can see why.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 30, 2012, 08:07:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 30, 2012, 06:34:05 AM
No expiry date? Or were you careless? (Wal-Mart is the wrong place to be careless, I hear . . . .)

I didn't see a date on there.  I was too careless in the wrong store.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 30, 2012, 08:25:37 AM
Oof!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 30, 2012, 10:58:35 AM
I may just be jeopardizing my probationary membership in the Cabana Haydnista with this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.msg597064/topicseen.html#msg597064) . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 30, 2012, 01:00:38 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 30, 2012, 08:25:37 AM
Oof!

Well it wasn't too bad I was just nauseous for a day and without my usual hearty appetite.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 30, 2012, 02:24:04 PM
Quote from: Greg on January 30, 2012, 08:05:54 AM
This is interesting. Supposedly, the president will be answering our questions.

go here:
http://www.youtube.com/api/moderator/g/ytmod/view?channame=whitehouse&title_text_color=1b3050&wrapper_link_color=3978af&box_background_color=eff1f3&background_color=154B69&link_color=3978af&wrapper_color=e6e6e6&wrapper_text_color=1b3050&body_text_color=1b3050&hl=en_US&owner=360b5828adc21380&box_opacity=255&font=arial&wrapper_opacity=255#52/e=1d206d&s=1&tt=1

flip through the pages, and you'll see that almost every question being asked is about legalizing marijuana. About 29 out of every 30 questions.

I'm still confused why a pretty safe drug like this is illegal, while legal drugs are far more dangerous, so I can see why.
He didn't address that question. Not surprising.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on January 30, 2012, 06:25:30 PM
Tried to watch that but eh, canned responses just make me more cynical. At least you get better orators over there than we do in this country.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on January 30, 2012, 07:36:23 PM
Anyone got any advice on how to get into atonal/modern stuff? At the moment it's just unpleasant to me and I'm curious as to what I'm missing. Is it just a matter of adjusting to it through putting in the hours listening to it or is it something that someone can just find unpleasant and never get past that point?

*awaits the barrage of conflicting opinions* :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 30, 2012, 07:50:17 PM
Quote from: nesf on January 30, 2012, 07:36:23 PM
Anyone got any advice on how to get into atonal/modern stuff? At the moment it's just unpleasant to me and I'm curious as to what I'm missing. Is it just a matter of adjusting to it through putting in the hours listening to it or is it something that someone can just find unpleasant and never get past that point?

*awaits the barrage of conflicting opinions* :D

I'm going to cross post on the classical chat thread... meet you over there. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 30, 2012, 08:57:58 PM
Yes, that's the place for this question.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on January 31, 2012, 02:52:16 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 30, 2012, 07:50:17 PM
I'm going to cross post on the classical chat thread... meet you over there. :)

Whoops, didn't realise such a thread existed. Sorry!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 02, 2012, 07:55:18 AM
Thinking about going to the doctor, but I'm not sure......I'm not quite sure what I am experiencing is worth going to the doctor.   :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 02, 2012, 08:00:18 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 02, 2012, 07:55:18 AM
Thinking about going to the doctor, but I'm not sure......I'm not quite sure what I am experiencing is worth going to the doctor.   :-\

You should start a poll.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 02, 2012, 08:17:50 AM
You're wicked, Nav.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 03:46:58 PM
 :D :D :D

Rate my hernia!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 02, 2012, 04:44:58 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 02, 2012, 07:55:18 AM
Thinking about going to the doctor, but I'm not sure......I'm not quite sure what I am experiencing is worth going to the doctor.   :-\
Ended up going to the Student Health Services, which told me to go to the ER.  But nothing was wrong, so I am happy.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 05:04:49 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 02, 2012, 04:44:58 PM
Ended up going to the Student Health Services, which told me to go to the ER.  But nothing was wrong, so I am happy.  :)

That's quite a runaraound considering nothing was wrong.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 02, 2012, 05:06:14 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 02, 2012, 04:44:58 PM
Ended up going to the Student Health Services, which told me to go to the ER.  But nothing was wrong, so I am happy.  :)
You aren't out $1000 after being there for a half an hour or hour, are you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 02, 2012, 05:15:25 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 05:04:49 PM
That's quite a runaraound considering nothing was wrong.
yeah.  The SHS nurse said that it was just for a precaution, as the SHS doesn't really have a lot of equipment.
Quote from: Greg on February 02, 2012, 05:06:14 PM
You aren't out $1000 after being there for a half an hour or hour, are you?
It was billed to my insurance through my parents, so I am not sure how much it is.  (And I wish I was there for only an hour)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 02, 2012, 05:19:03 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 02, 2012, 05:15:25 PM
It was billed to my insurance through my parents, so I am not sure how much it is.  (And I wish I was there for only an hour)
Oh, okay... I exaggerated the time (you were probably there for a few hours), but if I remember right, it's normally about $1000 for a typical ER trip. Since you have insurance, I'd imagine most likely it would cover all or most of it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 02, 2012, 05:33:29 PM
Did the symptoms include the phrase "lasting more than four hours"?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 05:37:39 PM
Once again thankful I live in Australia  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 02, 2012, 05:42:08 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 05:37:39 PM
Once again thankful I live in Australia  0:)
As long as you stay inside, eh?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 05:55:26 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 02, 2012, 05:42:08 PM
As long as you stay inside, eh?  :P
Actually, it's been very cool here the last couple of days (supposed to be midsummer). 20 celcius (68 fahrenheit) ATM. Sydney is actually very temperate, while Melbourne on the south coast gets much hotter summers (and horrendous bushfires) due to winds coming down from the central desert.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 02, 2012, 06:01:52 PM
There has to be something better about living where I do than living in Australia. I actually had in mind all of the insects and stuff in Australia (here, it's pretty bad with bugs, but there is probably much worse).

How hot does it get in summer? Here it gets to 100F pretty often (between 90-100 for certain each summer day), with a heat index bringing it over 110F pretty regularly. Is it better to be in dry air or to have your entire body covered in sweat within 20 seconds of standing outside? (I've never been in a desert)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 06:36:14 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 02, 2012, 06:01:52 PM
There has to be something better about living where I do than living in Australia. I actually had in mind all of the insects and stuff in Australia (here, it's pretty bad with bugs, but there is probably much worse).

How hot does it get in summer? Here it gets to 100F pretty often (between 90-100 for certain each summer day), with a heat index bringing it over 110F pretty regularly. Is it better to be in dry air or to have your entire body covered in sweat within 20 seconds of standing outside? (I've never been in a desert)
Most Australians don't live in desert.

I don't think the insects here are especially bad, though I've really nothing to compare it to. They're not swarming all over the place. My friend has trouble with mosquitos, but her yard is rather damp. At my parents' place on the north edge of the city, the only insect problem was occasionally ants getting into the kitchen (though due to pets we did have fleas at one point!). I have seen one poisonous spider in my life (a redback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider)) - found it under the house and killed it with a hammer. A few places I've lived in the inner city had cockroach infestations, but I suspect this is not unusual. There is a breed of large outdoor cockroach which will occasionally wander into the house - they're pretty scary if they fly at you!

Sydney temps can be in the 100s during summer, but it's variable due to coastal winds. (The hottest day I recall was 111f a few years ago. It was new year's day, and I felt very sorry for all the people with hangovers.) I'd say more of a problem than high temps during the day is when the night doesn't dip below 70 - though of course this depends on the winds. Humidity is variable, depending on wind conditions and if it's been raining. Hot winds from the inland are dry so not a problem in that respect. We had a crazy duststorm here a couple of years ago - I looked outside in the morning and everything was orange-red, with visibility of about 30 feet. Some idiots actually went jogging in this stuff and ended up in hospital. Hopefully that was a one-off....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 03, 2012, 05:45:56 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 02, 2012, 06:36:14 PM
Most Australians don't live in desert.

I don't think the insects here are especially bad, though I've really nothing to compare it to. They're not swarming all over the place. My friend has trouble with mosquitos, but her yard is rather damp. At my parents' place on the north edge of the city, the only insect problem was occasionally ants getting into the kitchen (though due to pets we did have fleas at one point!). I have seen one poisonous spider in my life (a redback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider)) - found it under the house and killed it with a hammer. A few places I've lived in the inner city had cockroach infestations, but I suspect this is not unusual. There is a breed of large outdoor cockroach which will occasionally wander into the house - they're pretty scary if they fly at you!

Sydney temps can be in the 100s during summer, but it's variable due to coastal winds. (The hottest day I recall was 111f a few years ago. It was new year's day, and I felt very sorry for all the people with hangovers.) I'd say more of a problem than high temps during the day is when the night doesn't dip below 70 - though of course this depends on the winds. Humidity is variable, depending on wind conditions and if it's been raining. Hot winds from the inland are dry so not a problem in that respect. We had a crazy duststorm here a couple of years ago - I looked outside in the morning and everything was orange-red, with visibility of about 30 feet. Some idiots actually went jogging in this stuff and ended up in hospital. Hopefully that was a one-off....
Sounds like the heat is slightly worse where you live, but the bugs aren't. All of those insect problems you listed are very common here. I've had a cockroach fly on my head while trying to fall asleep, so I know what you mean.

Also, I wonder if "Redback" is the same as the Black Widow Spider, or if they are different spiders.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on February 03, 2012, 05:56:48 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 03, 2012, 05:45:56 AM
Sounds like the heat is slightly worse where you live, but the bugs aren't. All of those insect problems you listed are very common here. I've had a cockroach fly on my head while trying to fall asleep, so I know what you mean.

Also, I wonder if "Redback" is the same as the Black Widow Spider, or if they are different spiders.

Read the Wiki link thoughtfully provided by Mr./Ms. Resist, Greg. It tells all. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 03, 2012, 06:24:33 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on February 03, 2012, 05:56:48 AM
Read the Wiki link thoughtfully provided by Mr./Ms. Resist, Greg. It tells all. :)

8)
I read most of it but didn't see this part:
QuoteThe Redback spider is a member of the spider genus Latrodectus, in the family Theridiidae. It is related to the best known member of the group, the black widow spider
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 04, 2012, 04:20:07 AM
So....my interview for the music history assistantship is next friday, and just got real nervous about the interview with having to look at scores and discuss them (In terms of style, and performing forces in order to describe the genre and possible composer) during the interview.  I am just extremely worried....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 05, 2012, 08:08:43 AM
Ouch!

QuoteOn February 14 he received a letter from her breaking off their relationship.

web.archive.org/web/20040620030336/http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=5,5,1,42 (look under Bartók's VC 1).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 05, 2012, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 05, 2012, 08:08:43 AM
Ouch!

web.archive.org/web/20040620030336/http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=5,5,1,42 (look under Bartók's VC 1).

it probably went along the lines of... .

Roses are red
Violets are blue
in Vs. Janacek thread
I chose him over you.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 05, 2012, 09:23:08 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 05, 2012, 09:19:08 AM
it probably went along the lines of... .

Roses are red
Violets are blue
in Vs. Janacek thread
I chose him over you.

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 05, 2012, 12:57:39 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 04, 2012, 04:20:07 AM
So....my interview for the music history assistantship is next friday, and just got real nervous about the interview with having to look at scores and discuss them (In terms of style, and performing forces in order to describe the genre and possible composer) during the interview.  I am just extremely worried....

I have an interview too.  Good luck on yours!  I just spent time practicing my presentation and I have to get up very early to drive to the airport.  Will be gone for 3 days to Charlotte.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 05, 2012, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 04, 2012, 04:20:07 AM
So....my interview for the music history assistantship is next friday, and just got real nervous about the interview with having to look at scores and discuss them (In terms of style, and performing forces in order to describe the genre and possible composer) during the interview.  I am just extremely worried....
Quote from: DavidW on February 05, 2012, 12:57:39 PM
I have an interview too.  Good luck on yours!  I just spent time practicing my presentation and I have to get up very early to drive to the airport.  Will be gone for 3 days to Charlotte.
Good luck gentlemen!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 05, 2012, 01:11:23 PM
Thanks! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 05, 2012, 03:50:08 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 05, 2012, 12:57:39 PM
I have an interview too.  Good luck on yours!  I just spent time practicing my presentation and I have to get up very early to drive to the airport.  Will be gone for 3 days to Charlotte.
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 05, 2012, 01:02:52 PM
Good luck gentlemen!!
Thank you both!

Good luck with yours David!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 06, 2012, 07:26:20 AM
The ingredients list on a tin of beans:

QuoteContains beans and other organic substances

That is quite the catch-all, let's hope it's not a garnish of salmonella -_-
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 06, 2012, 03:30:17 PM
Thanks everyone!  I made it through the trip alright.  Hotel is nice, tomorrow will be very busy.  My presentation is first thing in the morning but I have a full schedule of interviewing from 8 am to 6 pm ish. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 06, 2012, 03:38:08 PM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 06, 2012, 07:26:20 AM
The ingredients list on a tin of beans:

That is quite the catch-all, let's hope it's not a garnish of salmonella -_-

At least the beans are listed first.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 06, 2012, 03:53:42 PM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 06, 2012, 07:26:20 AM
The ingredients list on a tin of beans:

That is quite the catch-all, let's hope it's not a garnish of salmonella -_-
Depending on at which pharmacy I buy my over-the-counter sleeping aid, they sometimes apply a warning sticker which says "May cause drowsiness".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 06, 2012, 04:00:47 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 06, 2012, 03:53:42 PM
Depending on at which pharmacy I buy my over-the-counter sleeping aid, they sometimes apply a warning sticker which says "May cause drowsiness".

Then, if it doesn't work, they're covered!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 07, 2012, 04:53:29 AM
This is bugging me. There is a piano tune in my head, famous, that sounds American and maybe around 1920s - it's often used in media to create a general Laurel & Hardy or circus-sounding moment. It has four chords which repeat twice, then modulates (I think this is the word) up and down to form another group of four to the effect of a comedic/shambling march. It's hard to explain ahh.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 07, 2012, 10:49:30 AM
The laurel and Hardy cuckoo tune maybe ? ...it starts with 2 sets of 4 notes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8NjVVKvuE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8NjVVKvuE)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 07, 2012, 05:29:10 PM
My interview went well, long day.  I'll fly back tomorrow. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 07, 2012, 06:09:59 PM
Grats, David. I had a kind of interview today too, although infinitely less high pressure.

Quote from: Papy Oli on February 07, 2012, 10:49:30 AM
The laurel and Hardy cuckoo tune maybe ? ...it starts with 2 sets of 4 notes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8NjVVKvuE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8NjVVKvuE)

That is definitely the kind of thing, but not fully it. The reason it came to mind is because this movement appears to be an extended series of variations based either literaly on the tune, or unintentionally:

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/ye6Psolu/06_-_Lamento_Vier_Intermezzi_u.html

It comes closest in "tone" at the first two repeats of the four notes around 4:08, but rapidly digresses.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 07, 2012, 10:31:41 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Sa2Yq-2g&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Sa2Yq-2g&feature=related)

???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 07, 2012, 11:35:04 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 07, 2012, 10:31:41 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Sa2Yq-2g&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Sa2Yq-2g&feature=related)

???

When she said "circus-sounding moment" that's what came to my mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 08, 2012, 01:01:39 AM
Not that either - maybe the use of that word was misleading; bouncy, playful in a simple early pop kind of way - it is used nowadays for scenes of an archaic nature, as it seems quaint nowadays. I've only heard it played on the piano.

I just realised it might begin with three notes (at least in some versions) before the repeats of four I mentioned. The first two are kind of slurred together sometimes. My total colourblindness when it comes to picking the right notes means I can't even midi keyboard it -_-
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2012, 02:14:57 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 07, 2012, 05:29:10 PM
My interview went well, long day.  I'll fly back tomorrow. :)

Coolness!

Separately:

0 inches snow accumulation expected in the next 36 hours; I like that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 11, 2012, 05:16:26 PM
I will be searching, but does anyone have any good suggestions for this?:

What I want is an easy way to backup online about 400-500GB of data for a little while (probably less than a month) while I return an external hard drive. The reason is that my primary hard drive is shutting off randomly now, and it's still in warranty, so I'm just going to have to send it back and get a new one. While I'm doing that, that means I'll only have one copy of my library, which is unreasonable, for any amount of time, ever. Online storage will mean a temporary backup.

My first choice is to upgrade my mediafire account for just a month ($9) and upload zipped folders (the limit is 4GB each), which will be a lot of work (considering not even worrying about back up my videos, since that's probably 200 of those 400 or 500 GB right there). It would be nice if there were something just like that, but you could upload everything at once, even if it is a 10 hour upload process.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 11, 2012, 09:09:51 PM
Multiple drop box accounts, 100 gigs for $20/yr per account.  Easy to use.

But an external drive is a much smarter answer.  Do you know how long downloading and uploading 500 gigs would take!?  Why are you returning an external drive?

Edit: link https://www.dropbox.com/ (https://www.dropbox.com/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 11, 2012, 09:52:00 PM
One of the reasons for the popularity of Rapidshare is that there is an uploader application for the site, which you start in the morning and do your own stuff in the meanwhile. It requires a premium account, of course. Perhaps there is on like that for MediaFire too?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 12, 2012, 12:20:46 AM
Seedboxes are intended for torrenting, but may be the cheapest option if it's for a month - whatbox.ca for example offers 500gb for $40/month.

But I would strongly suggest an external HD like David says - American connections aren't all that good, it would probably take over a month to upload it even if you have an okay one, not to mention the download time on the other side.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 12, 2012, 02:40:32 AM
Yeah, an external hard drive is the way to go. Useful in the long term as a back up location (i.e. if you have 2 external hard drives, fill both of them with music and have the second at a different location in case of fire etc)

Other than that, if you feel you have to have an off-site backup, then a seedbox or another server is a decent option for that much storage, cloud storage is expensive, Dropbox 100GB is €20/month over here, Amazon Cloud Drive $500 for a year's 500GB. iTunes Match won't work as it has a limit of 25K songs which you're probably well over unless everything is in FLAC. Uploading 500GB is going to violate Fair Usage Policies for most connections though (I assume you have these policies in the US?).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 05:23:20 AM
Quote from: nesf on February 12, 2012, 02:40:32 AM
Yeah, an external hard drive is the way to go. Useful in the long term as a back up location (i.e. if you have 2 external hard drives, fill both of them with music and have the second at a different location in case of fire etc)
That's exactly what I do. Cool to see someone else with the same idea.



Quote from: DavidW on February 11, 2012, 09:09:51 PM
Why are you returning an external drive?
My primary drive shuts itself off after a few minutes, and it's not because of the chord. The click and sound of the fan on startup usually means it's dying. They usually don't last long.

I was going to use Dropbox, but I saw that it is $20/month, not $20/year for 100GB. I may consider just doing nothing while replacing it, though it's risky because you just have to hope you don't have unfortunate timing in case your other one stops working during that time (although there are ways of recovering data).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 05:36:14 AM
Well, to be more specific, all of a sudden, I have to put the chord in a certain way, and it'll work fine... until just barely shake it and it shuts off. I can't even put it in all the way- only works halfway.
(and I guess there isn't really a click on startup, either...)
I tried two chords, it's like the connection inside the drive is slightly messed up.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 06:19:48 AM
Okay, I got it now. What I'll do is use the drive that was my backup drive as the primary and the primary as the backup (I have a year and 3 months left on my warranty, so it isn't completely urgent).

Just used my primary that wasn't working right for a half an hour without touching anything at all, and it hasn't shut off (tried a different outlet this time). Wiggling it around a bit turned it off, though, so I guess it isn't the outlet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 12, 2012, 06:24:21 AM
If it's under warranty, the pc company might ship you a new hd.  That happened to me.  My hp laptop had an hd crash and I contacted them and they shipped me a replacement hd with next day fedex express.

It could be the power supply you need to replace, if you have a desktop that is a cheap fix, cheaper than a new hd. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 02:44:16 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 12, 2012, 06:24:21 AM
If it's under warranty, the pc company might ship you a new hd.  That happened to me.  My hp laptop had an hd crash and I contacted them and they shipped me a replacement hd with next day fedex express.

It could be the power supply you need to replace, if you have a desktop that is a cheap fix, cheaper than a new hd. :)
Well, they are IOMega external hard drives (I'd be surprised if they don't get well over half of the new ones back, given that the warranty is for 3 years). Supposedly, they usually fix it and send it back, but I'll have to look into how to do that (their site is complicated and it costs $25 for a phone call).

I know it's not the power supply cord, because I had to replace that not long ago, since I had messed it up, and I even tried it with the other power supply cord that I use for my backup HD, with the same results.

btw, thanks for the advice.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 02:52:59 PM
I didn't even know what "schizoid" was until now.  :o :-[
(thought it had to do with schizophrenia...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid

Interesting... there is a lot here I totally can relate to, minus loneliness and depersonalization, which I haven't experienced before.

21st century Schizoid Man...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 12, 2012, 04:24:57 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 12, 2012, 02:52:59 PM
I didn't even know what "schizoid" was until now.  :o :-[
(thought it had to do with schizophrenia...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid

Interesting... there is a lot here I totally can relate to, minus loneliness and depersonalization, which I haven't experienced before.

21st century Schizoid Man...  ::)

Interestingly they diagnosed me with that once before realising it was the drugs and just leaving it as Schizotypal (they had me down for both). :)

Depersonalisation is, well, bizarre. One of the clearest experiences I had of it was having a conversation with another person and feeling like someone else was controlling my half of the conversation. That was strange.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 12, 2012, 04:36:15 PM
I think the issue of drug-taking is underestimated in psychological studies. Unless you actually confine someone, you can't be sure that their schizophrenic symptoms aren't the result of just being stoned all the time :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 12, 2012, 04:46:46 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 12, 2012, 04:36:15 PM
I think the issue of drug-taking is underestimated in psychological studies. Unless you actually confine someone, you can't be sure that their schizophrenic symptoms aren't the result of just being stoned all the time :)

Unfortunately it was prescribed drugs in my case. No fun at all! :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 05:26:39 PM
Quote from: nesf on February 12, 2012, 04:24:57 PM
Interestingly they diagnosed me with that once before realising it was the drugs and just leaving it as Schizotypal (they had me down for both). :)

Depersonalisation is, well, bizarre. One of the clearest experiences I had of it was having a conversation with another person and feeling like someone else was controlling my half of the conversation. That was strange.
I'm confused about the discussion on this first paragraph, but the second one... is it anything similar to when you work too hard too long and you feel like your mind is completely gone, or is it specifically like someone else is controlling you?



Out of curiousity, I did a test:
QuoteParanoid   34%   49%
Schizoid   90%    53%
Schizotypal   58%   53%
Antisocial  38%   47%
Borderline  54%   47%
Histrionic  30%    43%
Narcissistic  62%   41%
Avoidant  34%   39%
Dependent  14%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive  54%   40%
left=mine right=average

hmmm.... well, here's the link for that. Kinda interesting:
http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/newpd.pl
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 12, 2012, 05:43:26 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 12, 2012, 05:26:39 PM
I'm confused about the discussion on this first paragraph, but the second one... is it anything similar to when you work too hard too long and you feel like your mind is completely gone, or is it specifically like someone else is controlling you?

Not really, it was for me more like observing my own voice coming from between me and the other person and hearing it this way in my right ear. It was very disconcerting. But it didn't feel like an out of body experience in that I didn't have a sensation of being outside my body or anything like that.



Quote from: Greg on February 12, 2012, 05:26:39 PMOut of curiousity, I did a test:left=mine right=average

hmmm.... well, here's the link for that. Kinda interesting:
http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/newpd.pl



QuoteParanoid      82%   49%
Schizoid      58%   53%
Schizotypal   74%   53%
Antisocial      46%   47%
Borderline   54%   47%
Histrionic     62%   43%
Narcissistic   30%   41%
Avoidant      50%   39%
Dependent   66%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   38%   40%

I be odd. :)

But these online tests are very, very unreliable though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2012, 06:12:03 PM
Quote from: nesf on February 12, 2012, 05:43:26 PM
Not really, it was for me more like observing my own voice coming from between me and the other person and hearing it this way in my right ear. It was very disconcerting. But it didn't feel like an out of body experience in that I didn't have a sensation of being outside my body or anything like that.
Yep, that's something I've never experienced before.
Actually, the weirdest thing I've experienced WILD (wake induced lucid dreaming). Observing stuff like your body going into sleep paralysis or your mind going from a waking state to a dreaming state and stuff- not sure you can get much weirder than that without drugs. But that's another story.



Quote from: nesf on February 12, 2012, 05:43:26 PM
But these online tests are very, very unreliable though.
I suppose they can be, but they are entertaining, at least.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 01:57:32 AM
 Quote from: Greg on February 12, 2012, 11:12:03 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg600957#msg600957)
I suppose they can be, but they are entertaining, at least.
 
I think you've got the verb modes reversed: they are unreliable, but they can be entertaining, at least ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 13, 2012, 02:15:05 AM
Just curious, Karl: did you post the above from a hand-held device?
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 02:30:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 13, 2012, 02:15:05 AM
Just curious, Karl: did you post the above from a hand-held device?

No, Nav, that one was from a computer.

This one, though, from a Droid.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 03:51:59 AM
Interesting how the quotes work differently between the two media . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 13, 2012, 03:53:03 AM
Rumor has it... Adele swept the grammys.  This is cool because she is cool, and 21 is my favorite album of the year. :)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-grammys-musicians-honor-each-other--and-salute-houston/2012/02/12/gIQA0Lyj9Q_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-grammys-musicians-honor-each-other--and-salute-houston/2012/02/12/gIQA0Lyj9Q_story.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 13, 2012, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 13, 2012, 02:30:08 AM
No, Nav, that one was from a computer.

This one, though, from a Droid.

Danke. I've seen the different 'quote formats' from two computers, on different browsers. I thought it was the (side-)effect of TapaTalk.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 04:11:43 AM
Might be; I am using Tapatalk on the Droid. (I mean, generally; right now I'm posting from a computer.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 13, 2012, 04:22:51 AM
>walked 45 mins into town to catch bus to work
>left bus pass at home
>didn't have enough money in wallet
>no cash-point nearby
>walked 45 mins back home

fgsfds
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 13, 2012, 08:41:36 AM
1 hour's sleep, 7 hours awake, 1 hour asleep, 2 hours psychotherapy interview, 8 hours of child minding. This was my night and day today. :/

/whine
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 08:56:09 AM
Oh, look! A new post to the thread! Must be somebody posting how he actually prefers something other than the thread topic!  How interesting!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 13, 2012, 09:09:30 AM
Apologies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 13, 2012, 09:11:30 AM
What is the thread topic?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 13, 2012, 09:16:50 AM
Quote from: nesf on February 13, 2012, 09:09:30 AM
Apologies.

Karl is not attacking you.  He is passive-aggressively attacking MI for his post on the Bullwinkle thread. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2012, 09:35:06 AM
 Quote from: nesf on Today at 02:09:30 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg601125#msg601125)
Apologies.
 
What Davey said. I was just chatting . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 13, 2012, 12:30:06 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 13, 2012, 08:56:09 AM
Oh, look! A new post to the thread! Must be somebody posting how he actually prefers something other than the thread topic!  How interesting!

I believe the curious case of Socrates can shed light on this phenomenon. Apparently one day he suggested a thread topic (in the Athenian Forum, I guess) and then asked all the wisest men in Athens to post a response using their computers. Turns out that everyone posted about something other than the thread topic, and that's how he realised he was actually himself the wisest man in Athens because he was the only one who didn't have a computer. Of course he never realised what amazing CD bargains* he was missing, but that's another story.

I may have got the details of this wrong here and there, but I'm pretty sure the gist of it is right.



*Of course in those olden days it would have been vinyl LPs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 13, 2012, 02:13:54 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 13, 2012, 12:30:06 PMI believe the curious case of Socrates can shed light on this phenomenon. Apparently one day he suggested a thread topic (in the Athenian Forum, I guess) and then asked all the wisest men in Athens to post a response using their computers. Turns out that everyone posted about something other than the thread topic, and that's how he realised he was actually himself the wisest man in Athens because he was the only one who didn't have a computer. Of course he never realised what amazing CD bargains* he was missing, but that's another story.

I may have got the details of this wrong here and there, but I'm pretty sure the gist of it is right.

*Of course in those olden days it would have been vinyl LPs.

It's history come to life! I love it! Presumably So-crates was condemned to death after quietly opining that he thought Havergal Brian was overrated? ;)


Regarding the recent quote formatting quirks, I too have noticed this, particularly in the posts of J.Z. Herrenberg. At first I assumed he was just being persnickety....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 14, 2012, 12:02:14 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 13, 2012, 02:13:54 PM
Presumably So-crates was condemned to death after quietly opining that he thought Havergal Brian was overrated?

I wasn't aware of this, but it has the ring of truth to it, doesn't it? (Even though critics may carp that Socrates had not heard Brian at his full maturity). So surely it's a line of scholarship worth pursuing, along with further study of Plato's ideas about the fallacy of regarding a cave as the ideal home audio listening environment.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 14, 2012, 12:18:30 AM

Plato was write about the cave thing, but you have to line the floor with special sand that costs $2000 per square foot. Some people skimp and go for the $50 supermarket dirt, but reputable A-B tests have shown!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 14, 2012, 02:22:20 AM
We get our sand at BJ's Wholesale Club
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 14, 2012, 03:37:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 13, 2012, 09:35:06 AM
Quote from: nesf on Today at 02:09:30 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg601125#msg601125)
Apologies.
 
What Davey said. I was just chatting . . . .

Oh? I thought you were just chiding... :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 14, 2012, 03:59:13 AM
Tut-tut! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 15, 2012, 09:23:38 AM
Going on right now: Live Google Hangout from CMS, the LHC detector at CERN.

https://plus.google.com/101560853443212199687/posts

You don't have to be a member to watch it; only to "hangout" (ask questions).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 15, 2012, 10:00:41 AM
Valley of the Acronyms
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 15, 2012, 11:43:10 AM
From the if new were forced to be truthful contest on Cracked:

(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/9/0/3/116903_slide.jpg)

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 02:31:01 AM
I sometimes wonder what planet people live on when they claim "rising food prices". I just bought 1kg of carrots, a large swede (I see what you are about to do here) and 650g of onions for 90p total. Do they expect it to be free or something -_-
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on February 16, 2012, 03:09:13 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 02:31:01 AM
I sometimes wonder what planet people live on when they claim "rising food prices". I just bought 1kg of carrots, a large swede (I see what you are about to do here) and 650g of onions for 90p total. Do they expect it to be free or something -_-

Food prices have been quite volatile in third world countries to be fair. We're pretty shielded from it in the EU. But yes, the UK has stupidly low food prices. I'm shocked whenever I buy food over there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 16, 2012, 03:53:21 AM
Food prices here upticked somewhat at the time of increased fuel prices.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: UB on February 16, 2012, 08:53:32 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 02:31:01 AM
I sometimes wonder what planet people live on when they claim "rising food prices". I just bought 1kg of carrots, a large swede (I see what you are about to do here) and 650g of onions for 90p total. Do they expect it to be free or something -_-

Check out the food prices (http://grammyandpapas.blogspot.com/search?) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. You will never complain about the price of food again.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 09:07:25 AM
I can't speak even for the rest of Europe, merely the whiney bitches all over the news in the UK who want their beef steaks and cheese to cost slightly less, presumably so that they may buy slightly more. It's safe to assume about many matters that if it's in sub-Saharan Africa, it's likely far from ideal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2012, 11:03:58 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 02:31:01 AM
...carrots, a large swede and onions....for 90p total.

In Germany I'd pay probably double that...that is, if purchasing Swedes were legal. Unfortunately, human trafficking has been outlawed here.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 11:08:13 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2012, 11:03:58 AM
In Germany I'd pay probably double that...that is, if purchasing Swedes were legal. Unfortunately, human trafficking has been outlawed here.

;D I confess, it was from quite a silly special offer, often they would be double. But there are always sales of this kind, yet westerners always seem to find a way to complain. It's like the British with their weather.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2012, 11:14:09 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on February 16, 2012, 11:08:13 AM
;D I confess, it was from quite a silly special offer, often they would be double. But there are always sales of this kind, yet westerners always seem to find a way to complain. It's like the British with their weather.

Yeah, actually food can be remarkably cheap in Germany.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 17, 2012, 06:57:50 PM
Speaking of food... the stereotype of Southern Baptists being all about food is too true.

My friends from church on facebook: now, even though I haven't talked to most of them much over the last few years, and I know food isn't their only interest, why is it (when they rarely post on facebook) that all of their facebook posts are about food? If it's not food, it's about their new spouses or whatever, but never something... beyond simple.  ::) Those are some decent people, but some of them seriously need to get weirder.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on February 17, 2012, 11:27:40 PM
You don't think your Southern Baptists are weird? They certainly appear so to outsiders.

Quote from an anonymous Irish girl: "The whole truth about any of us would shock all the rest of us."

Your contacts are probably too wise to display their weird side to the world through Facebook.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 18, 2012, 06:46:23 AM
Quote from: knight66 on February 17, 2012, 11:27:40 PM
You don't think your Southern Baptists are weird? They certainly appear so to outsiders.
Well, being too normal is a way of being weird...


Quote from: knight66 on February 17, 2012, 11:27:40 PM
Your contacts are probably too wise to display their weird side to the world through Facebook.
That's most likely it. There was one guy in my class who, I heard, went running around naked during the camping trip before the one where I went with them.
But sometimes I wonder about some of them. I mean, do they have hobbies or interests that they are crazy about? If so, they never talked about them. They almost lead me to believe they have no interests past the most basic things in life.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 18, 2012, 03:11:37 PM
After wearing my Meshuggah shirt to work so many times, I finally get a customer who is also a fan!  8)

Him and his girlfriend (very hot girl) even went to see them play in Orlando a few years ago. He said he listened to my favorite album (Catch 33) once for 18 hours! He also said they are all extremely tall (near 7 feet tall), and I said jokingly that it's because they are all Swedish- then he mentioned that he is also Swedish (because of his parents). A group of 7 foot tall cavemen playing extremely heavy metal has to leave some type of scary impression.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on February 22, 2012, 12:00:39 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 18, 2012, 03:11:37 PM
... then he mentioned that he is also Swedish (because of his parents)

That usually does it.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 22, 2012, 06:08:36 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 21, 2012, 06:46:35 PM
One of my amazon shipment's tracking number doesn't come up with USPS.......this means nothing, right?

Probably only means that there's a lag in USPS updating their online system, Paul.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 22, 2012, 06:09:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 22, 2012, 06:08:36 AM
Probably only means that there's a lag in USPS updating their online system, Paul.
You responded just as I was deleting my post, ha.  It finally got into their system.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 24, 2012, 04:44:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 18, 2012, 03:11:37 PM
After wearing my Meshuggah shirt to work so many times, I finally get a customer who is also a fan!  8)

Him and his girlfriend (very hot girl) even went to see them play in Orlando a few years ago. He said he listened to my favorite album (Catch 33) once for 18 hours! He also said they are all extremely tall (near 7 feet tall), and I said jokingly that it's because they are all Swedish- then he mentioned that he is also Swedish (because of his parents). A group of 7 foot tall cavemen playing extremely heavy metal has to leave some type of scary impression.  :D

I'm a 6'5" midget.  >:(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 24, 2012, 05:17:08 AM
Quote from: Ataraxia on February 24, 2012, 04:44:21 AM
I'm a 6'5" midget.  >:(

Ataraxia Oxymoron. That's your new name. ;D

P.S.: Hello, Dave. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 24, 2012, 05:21:05 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 24, 2012, 05:17:08 AM
Ataraxia Oxymoron. That's your new name. ;D

P.S.: Hello, Dave. :)

Well, hello there. Well met, my friend.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 25, 2012, 06:53:36 AM
A few pages back, I mentioned how my external hard drive was shutting off. Now, my other hard drive has shut off by itself a couple of times, though it isn't doing it constantly. It seems like too much of a coincidence for them to develop the same problem within a few weeks of each other, especially since I rarely use the backup one (which I just started using now).

Maybe it's my laptop or laptop connection?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on February 25, 2012, 06:58:16 AM
Quote from: Ataraxia on February 24, 2012, 04:44:21 AM
I'm a 6'5" midget.  >:(

By all the Gods!  You would tower over me!  I am a wee fat bald guy.  If we had a game of basketball you would probably mistake me for the ball and slam dunk me into the net.   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 25, 2012, 07:14:51 AM
Quote from: Scots John on February 25, 2012, 06:58:16 AM
By all the Gods!  You would tower over me!  I am a wee fat bald guy.  If we had a game of basketball you would probably mistake me for the ball and slam dunk me into the net.   :P

I'm enjoying your evolution. Did I miss Amoeba John?

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on February 25, 2012, 07:26:27 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 25, 2012, 07:14:51 AM
I'm enjoying your evolution. Did I miss Amoeba John?
Sarge

No Sarge.  By some cosmic quirk, before I came into being as a fish many millions of years ago on Earth, I evolved in a paralell universe on a different planet as a life form which is indescribable to humankind.  I can only provide you with a picture of my genetic helix at that time...

(http://www.geneinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dna-double-helix.jpg)

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 25, 2012, 06:17:16 PM
Quote from: Scots John on February 25, 2012, 06:58:16 AM
If we had a game of basketball you would probably mistake me for the ball and slam dunk me into the net.   :P

Then we should sit and have a drink instead.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 27, 2012, 07:37:03 AM
I am going to see Madonna.

It was not my idea.

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 27, 2012, 08:08:12 AM
Thanks for taking one for the team, dude!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 27, 2012, 08:13:46 AM
I'm sure it will be a fine spectacle.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 27, 2012, 08:58:40 AM
That will be designed to make up for musical shortcomings, no doubt ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 27, 2012, 09:00:44 AM
Ha!

She has a few catchy tunes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 27, 2012, 09:05:00 AM
You keep on pushing my love over the borderline, dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 27, 2012, 11:47:42 AM
i need to learn to control my anger better.........Got pissed when I learned that I have to play a stupid Ravel piece that I've already played for a "Young People's concert" over playing Mozart's Requiem.

Still pissed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 27, 2012, 12:21:39 PM
Zen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 27, 2012, 03:36:13 PM
Be a leaf.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 27, 2012, 09:16:34 PM
In the category of "Stupid stuff that makes the news":

QuoteA pilot's birthday greeting has caused panic on a US flight after passengers misheard the word "mom" as "bomb".

The incident occurred on Friday after an air traffic controller asked the pilot to wish his mother, who was a passenger on the plane, a happy birthday over the plane's public address system.

Many passengers on board the flight from Baltimore to New York's MacArthur airport reportedly panicked after believing the pilot said the plane had "a bomb on board" rather than "a mom on board".

Flight attendants on the Southwest Airlines plane tried to calm passengers and explain the mistake.

London's Daily Telegraph reports that several passengers have since complained to authorities.

Brandy King, spokeswoman for Southwest Airlines, told The Telegraph: "The pilot made an announcement that was misunderstood.

"He did clarify with the passengers that he was wishing the mother on board a happy birthday."

The US Federal Aviation Authority said that pilots and air traffic controllers are counselled to "refrain from unnecessary talk" beyond brief greetings.

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/pilots-birthday-greeting-causes-bomb-scare-20120228-1u075.html

How does a birthday greeting become a bomb scare?

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been advised that there is a mom on board. Could everyone check under their seats to see if there is a mom? If you see one, do not touch her, just raise your hand and notify the cabin crew, who are standing by with cake. ... ... ... ... WHAT? These passengers are idiots!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 28, 2012, 10:36:24 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 27, 2012, 11:47:42 AM
i need to learn to control my anger better.........Got pissed when I learned that I have to play a stupid Ravel piece that I've already played for a "Young People's concert" over playing Mozart's Requiem.

Still pissed.

I just wanted to reply to myself in just to say I overreacted, and reiterate that I still need to learn to control my emotions far better than I do currently.  I do not handle anger well, and hate yelling. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 04:35:19 AM
Speaking of anger, wanted to punch a tailgater on the icy way into work.  >:(

I'm better now.  :-*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 29, 2012, 04:38:56 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 29, 2012, 04:35:19 AM
Speaking of anger, wanted to punch a tailgater on the icy way into work.  >:(

I'm better now.  :-*

The tailgater, on the other hand,... ?

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 04:44:07 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 29, 2012, 04:38:56 AM
The tailgater, on the other hand,... ?

They're always in a pick-up truck. He looked over as he finally passed me, then looked away as I gave him the  mad face. I wonder if he could read lips...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 29, 2012, 05:20:01 AM
I really appreciate when they tailgate you when you're going 5-10 mph over the speed limit.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll speed for you and get a ticket because you're in a rush!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 05:23:07 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 29, 2012, 05:20:01 AM
I really appreciate when they tailgate you when you're going 5-10 mph over the speed limit.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll speed for you and get a ticket because you're in a rush!"

Yeah, it's just a very stupid driving habit all the way around.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 29, 2012, 05:26:45 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 29, 2012, 05:20:01 AM
I really appreciate when they tailgate you when you're going 5-10 mph over the speed limit.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll speed for you and get a ticket because you're in a rush!"
Driving would be perfect if it were not for other drivers.

Speaking of drivers......the parking lots at my school absolutely suck.  I don't know how many times I've almost gotten into an accident, from either me not being able to see out of the aisles, or people not paying attention because they want to leave the lot.  (yesterday, as I was entering the lot, guy looked to the right, but failed to look to the left.  Almost hit me)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 05:32:21 AM
Yep. People are stupid. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 29, 2012, 10:42:36 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 29, 2012, 05:32:21 AM
Yep. People are stupid. ;)

It surprises you, how their capacity for stupidity continues to expand ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on February 29, 2012, 11:23:32 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 27, 2012, 07:37:03 AM
I am going to see Madonna.
It was not my idea.
0:)

***watches as repect for MN Dave crumbles before our ears***
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 11:42:53 AM
Quote from: Scots John on February 29, 2012, 11:23:32 AM
***watches as repect for MN Dave crumbles before our ears***

I had respect??  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 29, 2012, 11:46:40 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 29, 2012, 11:42:53 AM
I had respect??  ???

You had respect in The Shed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 29, 2012, 11:58:43 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on February 29, 2012, 05:26:45 AM
Driving would be perfect if it were not for other drivers.
Thing is, most people seem to think they are good a driver. And even good drivers make mistakes. The biggest problem (my opinion of course) is when people make quick and sudden changes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on February 29, 2012, 12:21:42 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 29, 2012, 11:46:40 AM
You had respect in The Shed.

Oh! That's where I left it.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on February 29, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 29, 2012, 11:58:43 AMThing is, most people seem to think they are good a driver. And even good drivers make mistakes. The biggest problem (my opinion of course) is when people make quick and sudden changes.

People who think themselves smart and capable (most people) are more likely to be complacent, and therefore act stupid and incapable. But the fool who knows he is a fool is truly wise! This is the wisdom of Socrates.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 01, 2012, 06:08:46 AM
 Quote from: Elgarian on February 29, 2012, 04:46:40 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg605777#msg605777)
You had respect in The Shed.
   
Wisdom!

Respect, and an irrepressible viola.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2012, 06:32:25 PM
Robots perform James Bond!! ;D

http://youtu.be/_sUeGC-8dyk (http://youtu.be/_sUeGC-8dyk)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 01, 2012, 06:49:55 PM
In my Java class, while we were working on group projects, one of the guys in my group had DreamViews open.  :o
I guess 50,000 members is quite large for a forum, but still, quite improbable to know someone in real life who is also a member of the site. We laughed about how the site got hacked by a Russian ("it's always the Russians...")

Not many people even know about lucid dreaming- talking to people about it, they might get a vague notion of it at the most... heck, this is a forum of 1000 members and no one seems to even have a clue what I'm talking about in the Dreams thread. That's why seeing that was such a surprise.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 02, 2012, 11:56:22 AM
I think I may have been in Buffalo, the first time I said spot on.

But it might have been Wooster.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 02, 2012, 11:58:57 AM
Also: it's kind of funny to think that both Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands became US territory as a result of the Spanish-American War.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 02, 2012, 12:06:26 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2012, 06:32:25 PM
Robots perform James Bond!! ;D

Quote from: Greg on March 01, 2012, 06:49:55 PM
In my Java class, while we were working on group projects, one of the guys in my group had DreamViews open.  :o
I guess 50,000 members is quite large for a forum, but still, quite improbable to know someone in real life who is also a member of the site. We laughed about how the site got hacked by a Russian ("it's always the Russians...")

Not many people even know about lucid dreaming- talking to people about it, they might get a vague notion of it at the most... heck, this is a forum of 1000 members and no one seems to even have a clue what I'm talking about in the Dreams thread. That's why seeing that was such a surprise.


Quote from: karlhenning on March 02, 2012, 11:58:57 AM
Also: it's kind of funny to think that both Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands became US territory as a result of the Spanish-American War.

Quote from: karlhenning on March 02, 2012, 11:56:22 AM
I think I may have been in Buffalo, the first time I said spot on.

But it might have been Wooster.




Have I entered a lunatic asylum?  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 02, 2012, 12:08:30 PM
Spot on, Sarge! (What a difference a comma makes . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 02, 2012, 12:11:01 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 02, 2012, 12:08:30 PM
Spot on, Sarge!

Thank god! Unable to follow the logic of this thread, I thought I was losing it  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 02, 2012, 12:19:02 PM
Sarge always knows where his towel is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 02, 2012, 01:07:48 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 02, 2012, 12:19:02 PM
Sarge always knows where his towel is.

Spot on, Karl.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 02, 2012, 01:19:18 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 02, 2012, 12:06:26 PM



Have I entered a lunatic asylum?  ;D

Sarge
Maybe, but at least we have our straight jackets on, so we can't hurt each other.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 02, 2012, 01:49:16 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 02, 2012, 11:56:22 AM
But it might have been Wooster.

We'll always have Wooster...

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 02, 2012, 02:43:14 PM
I'll say it again: I had the greatest time going back to Wooster to play.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 04, 2012, 03:34:22 PM
Hmmm... researching for an essay, and I'm learning something in detail that explains this quite well.
Metal was created by Black Sabbath (and Judas Priest followed shortly after)... I know that. I know they are from England, but after that, I didn't know much.

Birmingham, England, where they both grew up, during the 60s, was a town filled with factories everywhere, and basically, they were poor and working-class, pretty much doomed to work in factories the rest of their lives. This bleak, hopeless outlook (combined with the young people straying from the church) is the explanation for the birth of heavy metal. The music is influenced by the sounds of the factory.

Am I the only person who didn't know this? (and shouldn't I have known this already)?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 04, 2012, 05:59:26 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 04, 2012, 03:34:22 PM
Hmmm... researching for an essay, and I'm learning something in detail that explains this quite well.
Metal was created by Black Sabbath (and Judas Priest followed shortly after)... I know that. I know they are from England, but after that, I didn't know much.

Birmingham, England, where they both grew up, during the 60s, was a town filled with factories everywhere, and basically, they were poor and working-class, pretty much doomed to work in factories the rest of their lives. This bleak, hopeless outlook (combined with the young people straying from the church) is the explanation for the birth of heavy metal. The music is influenced by the sounds of the factory.

Am I the only person who didn't know this? (and shouldn't I have known this already)?  ???

I didn't know that and I find it quite interesting. What did you discover to be the best source for that info, Greg?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 04, 2012, 06:01:55 PM
Saying that Black Sabbath "created" heavy metal is going a bit far. Especially since the both the Stooges and Led Zeppelin were founded before them.

http://www.anus.com/metal/about/history/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 04, 2012, 06:08:41 PM
I'd say Sabbath made it heavy and Priest made it metal.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 04, 2012, 06:11:19 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 04, 2012, 03:34:22 PM
Hmmm... researching for an essay, and I'm learning something in detail that explains this quite well.
Metal was created by Black Sabbath (and Judas Priest followed shortly after)... I know that. I know they are from England, but after that, I didn't know much.

Birmingham, England, where they both grew up, during the 60s, was a town filled with factories everywhere, and basically, they were poor and working-class, pretty much doomed to work in factories the rest of their lives. This bleak, hopeless outlook (combined with the young people straying from the church) is the explanation for the birth of heavy metal. The music is influenced by the sounds of the factory.

Am I the only person who didn't know this? (and shouldn't I have known this already)?  ???

Greg, have you seen this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal:_A_Headbanger's_Journey
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 04, 2012, 07:10:11 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 04, 2012, 06:11:19 PM
Greg, have you seen this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal:_A_Headbanger's_Journey
Nope, but it looks good. I might have to watch that!  :)


Quote from: Szykneij on March 04, 2012, 05:59:26 PM
I didn't know that and I find it quite interesting. What did you discover to be the best source for that info, Greg?
I found the article on an Academic Search Complete database, but after googling it, it's on scribd, so here's a link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51819567/Leigh-Michael-Harrison-Factory-Music-How-the-Industrial-Geography-and-Working-Class-Environment-of-Post-War-Birmingham-Fostered-the-Birth-of-Heavy



Quote from: eyeresist on March 04, 2012, 06:01:55 PM
Saying that Black Sabbath "created" heavy metal is going a bit far. Especially since the both the Stooges and Led Zeppelin were founded before them.

http://www.anus.com/metal/about/history/

I'm interested in which songs you think are heavy metal, since I don't really listen to many of these bands much.

To many people (and me, unless you can convince me otherwise), this is the first metal song ever:

http://www.youtube.com/v/akt3awj_Ah8&feature=channel

QuoteWhat is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I'm the chosen one
Oh nooo!
Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire
Satan's sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!
Is it the end, my friend?
Satan's coming 'round the bend
People running 'cause they're scared
The people better go and beware!
No, no, please, no!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 04, 2012, 07:22:59 PM
IMO the first album in the style of heavy metal that was to become mainstream and copiable (Sabbath are too distinctive to represent anything other than themselves) was Priest's Stained Class (1978) or perhaps Sin After Sin (1977):

http://www.youtube.com/v/KO2DYwvseiY http://www.youtube.com/v/H_mpt8xyZVI
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 03:44:15 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on March 04, 2012, 07:22:59 PM
IMO the first album in the style of heavy metal that was to become mainstream and copiable (Sabbath are too distinctive to represent anything other than themselves) was Priest's Stained Class (1978) or perhaps Sin After Sin (1977):

http://www.youtube.com/v/KO2DYwvseiY http://www.youtube.com/v/H_mpt8xyZVI

0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 03:48:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 04, 2012, 07:10:11 PM
Nope, but it looks good. I might have to watch that!  :)

Yes, give it a look.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 03:55:00 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 04, 2012, 06:08:41 PM
I'd say Sabbath made it heavy and Priest made it metal.  >:D

Exactly! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 08:41:23 AM
Lately I've been bored with pretty much everything I usually find interesting.

Ho hum.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 09:50:16 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 05, 2012, 08:41:23 AM
Lately I've been bored with pretty much everything I usually find interesting.

Ho hum.

That's usually a sign of depression...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 09:53:25 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 09:50:16 AM
That's usually a sign of depression...

Well, I don't feel depressed that I can tell. I think it's just a sign of everything losing its glamour.

I'm old.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 09:56:20 AM
Man getting old sounds like it sucks! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 09:57:21 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 09:56:20 AM
Man getting old sounds like it sucks! ;D

Yes, looking behind the bright, shiny curtain isn't something for which everyone's prepared.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 05, 2012, 10:00:05 AM
 Quote from: DavidW on Today at 02:56:20 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg607523#msg607523)
Man getting old sounds like it sucks! ;D
 
Better than the alternative. Even when zombies are not involved.  (Or even when zombies are involved?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 05, 2012, 10:01:38 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 05, 2012, 10:00:05 AM
Better than the alternative. Even when zombies are not involved.  (Or even when zombies are involved?)

Benjamin Button? ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 05, 2012, 11:18:17 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 05, 2012, 10:00:05 AM
Quote from: DavidW on Today at 02:56:20 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg607523#msg607523)
Man getting old sounds like it sucks! ;D
 
Better than the alternative. Even when zombies are not involved.  (Or even when zombies are involved?)

(http://www.thebigthrill.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/wilbanks-dave.jpg)(http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/runnign-zombies080611.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 11:19:56 AM
:o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 05, 2012, 11:21:13 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 05, 2012, 11:19:56 AM
:o

... but looks more like

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 12:10:13 PM
Your #1 composer.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Urinal_with_urinal_cake_gsu_cit_2004.jpg/250px-Urinal_with_urinal_cake_gsu_cit_2004.jpg)

Your #2 composer.

(http://www.plumbingproducts.com/images/pp-leaky-toilet.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 12:19:22 PM
(http://www.backyardideascenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Garden-Sheds.jpg)
The Shed abides, dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 05, 2012, 12:27:13 PM
We must never confuse an image of The Shed with The Shed itself. The Shed contains all that is (including Itself, and all images of Itself). Within The Shed all boundaries dissolve. That which is interesting becomes boring, and that which is boring becomes interesting. And we must never forget that inside The Shed there are always large second helpings of our favourite icecream. (As long as we hold fast.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 05, 2012, 12:31:21 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 05, 2012, 12:27:13 PM
We must never confuse an image of The Shed with The Shed itself. The Shed contains all that is (including Itself, and all images of Itself). Within The Shed all boundaries dissolve. That which is interesting becomes boring, and that which is boring becomes interesting. And we must never forget that inside The Shed there are always large second helpings of our favourite icecream. (As long as we hold fast.)

Truth.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 05, 2012, 05:19:27 PM

Your #2 composer.

(http://www.plumbingproducts.com/images/pp-leaky-toilet.jpg)

Composer, not composter!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 05, 2012, 05:39:05 PM
That, too, is contained in the shed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 05, 2012, 09:10:06 PM
Dave's fav: Loodwig John Beethoven.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 05, 2012, 09:54:11 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 05, 2012, 12:10:13 PM
Your #1 composer.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Urinal_with_urinal_cake_gsu_cit_2004.jpg/250px-Urinal_with_urinal_cake_gsu_cit_2004.jpg)

Your #2 composer.

(http://www.plumbingproducts.com/images/pp-leaky-toilet.jpg)



(http://www.jpgr.co.uk/lulu_a.jpg)

What have I won ?!?!?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 06, 2012, 12:14:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 05, 2012, 05:39:05 PM
That, too, is contained in the shed.

Yea. And all that is contained in the Shed is outside the Shed. And all that lies outside the Shed is within it. (Except in warm weather, when there is a risk of the icecream melting.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 06, 2012, 04:28:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 05, 2012, 09:10:06 PM
Dave's fav: Loodwig John Beethoven.

Didn't he keep a bedpan under his piano?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 06, 2012, 04:29:28 AM
That would have been a pianopan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 06, 2012, 04:30:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 06, 2012, 04:29:28 AM
That would have been a pianopan.

A claviercan
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 07, 2012, 09:20:46 AM
 Quote from: Elgarian on March 06, 2012, 05:14:39 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg607769#msg607769)
Yea. And all that is contained in the Shed is outside the Shed. And all that lies outside the Shed is within it. (Except in warm weather, when there is a risk of the icecream melting.)
    Shedly, yes . . . Alan, permit me to direct you here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg607970.html#msg607970).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 07, 2012, 12:05:01 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 07, 2012, 09:20:46 AM

Alan, permit me to direct you here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg607970.html#msg607970).

Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt, and have gone off to Henning's Headquarters to report.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 07, 2012, 12:06:04 PM
Woot!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 07, 2012, 04:41:27 PM
Looks like I didn't get an assistantship for this upcoming academic year :(  (I screwed up the interview, so I can't be totally unsurprised)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 07, 2012, 04:42:27 PM
I'm sorry to hear that Paul.  What are you going to do then?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 07, 2012, 04:51:47 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 07, 2012, 04:42:27 PM
I'm sorry to hear that Paul.  What are you going to do then?
Dunno, just finish my degree up and hope I get some teaching experience if/when I go for a PhD program.....though, this is all speculative still.  I just know a few friends got assistantships, and I didn't get an E-Mail or nothing comes up on the "GA Stipends" link with list of assistantship offers. 

Edit #1:  Though, I do have a couple of self-esteem problems, with questioning of my own intelligence, self-worth, and whatnot.  I just hope after the initial disappointment wears off....I'll be fine....but......I just don't know that either.

Edit #2:  I can't control what happened in the past..........I can only control what I do in the present, or the future.  I don't know why I am even being depressed about this now (especially since I don't even know for sure).....being depressed won't change the fact.  Hopefully, I can learn from it and be better the next time I have the opportunity.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 07, 2012, 06:22:01 PM
Avoid pre-emptive suffering, whenever possible.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 07, 2012, 06:56:32 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 07, 2012, 06:22:01 PM
Avoid pre-emptive suffering, whenever possible.
This was a definitely a case of pre-emptive suffering, as it appears that my friend only knows through someone telling her at the CMA.  Me being at home in Albany makes it impossible for me to be in the CMA in Bowling Green OH.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 12, 2012, 12:38:01 PM
So...I am now all registered for the Fall Semester!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 13, 2012, 05:04:23 AM
I have the crud.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 13, 2012, 05:06:56 AM
Lots of hot tea with lemon & honey for you, laddie! Mend soon!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 13, 2012, 05:13:06 AM
Thanks.

I'm at work.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 13, 2012, 05:23:48 AM
Oof. All the more reason to give the tea flowing. Mu'ad Dib say: The tea must flow . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 13, 2012, 05:30:03 AM
I have a bottle of Lipton diet green tea. Does that count?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 13, 2012, 11:02:36 AM
I just realized something... the movie Fight Club and the book Anthem have one thing in common: the stories wouldn't quite have worked if the main characters hadn't just "stumbled" on an abandoned house. I mean, who abandons houses?

The guy in Fight Club would have to work for the companies he hates not just selling soap, but doing more than that. The guy in Anthem would be living in the woods until a coyote eats him while he's sleeping. They are able to be individuals and self-sufficient, etc. only because someone else abandons a house. Ridiculous.

As much as I like these stories, they shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone, ever.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 13, 2012, 11:03:43 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 13, 2012, 11:02:36 AM
I just realized something... the movie Fight Club and the book Anthem have one thing in common: the stories wouldn't quite have worked if the main characters hadn't just "stumbled" on an abandoned house. I mean, who abandons houses?

People on whom the bank has foreclosed?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 13, 2012, 11:22:13 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 13, 2012, 11:02:36 AM
I just realized something... the movie Fight Club and the book Anthem have one thing in common: the stories wouldn't quite have worked if the main characters hadn't just "stumbled" on an abandoned house. I mean, who abandons houses?

The guy in Fight Club would have to work for the companies he hates not just selling soap, but doing more than that. The guy in Anthem would be living in the woods until a coyote eats him while he's sleeping. They are able to be individuals and self-sufficient, etc. only because someone else abandons a house. Ridiculous.

As much as I like these stories, they shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone, ever.


I've never taken Fight Club seriously, entertaining it was, but I laugh when anyone references that book/film in connection to reality.

I remember when the movie came out, I knew of groups of people that started fight clubs, they said how rejuvenating it was, of course the "clubs" didn't last long, because they realized nothing good was coming from them other than bruises and shattered egos.   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 13, 2012, 11:35:57 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 13, 2012, 11:03:43 AM
People on whom the bank has foreclosed?
Hmmm... true. Though I'd imagine it'd be illegal to just move all of your stuff and live in the house. If it weren't, I'd like my own free house!  8)


Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 13, 2012, 11:22:13 AM

I've never taken Fight Club seriously, entertaining it was, but I laugh when anyone references that book/film in connection to reality.

I remember when the movie came out, I knew of groups of people that started fight clubs, they said how rejuvenating it was, of course the "clubs" didn't last long, because they realized nothing good was coming from them other than bruises and shattered egos.   :D
lol  :D
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 14, 2012, 04:17:30 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 13, 2012, 05:23:48 AM
Oof. All the more reason to give the tea flowing. Mu'ad Dib say: The tea must flow . . . .

Okay, now I'm in bed. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 14, 2012, 04:20:30 AM
More tea!
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 14, 2012, 04:39:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 14, 2012, 04:20:30 AM
More tea!

Yes, Roz is making it now.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 14, 2012, 04:57:28 AM
Cherish la Roz, laddie!
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 14, 2012, 05:02:21 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 14, 2012, 04:57:28 AM
Cherish la Roz, laddie!

Always.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 14, 2012, 05:18:01 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 13, 2012, 05:23:48 AMOof. All the more reason to give the tea flowing. Mu'ad Dib say: The tea must flow . . . .
Props must be given for the Dune reference!


Quote from: Greg on March 13, 2012, 11:35:57 AMHmmm... true. Though I'd imagine it'd be illegal to just move all of your stuff and live in the house.
Erm, it's called squatting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 14, 2012, 07:19:38 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 14, 2012, 05:18:01 PM
Erm, it's called squatting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting).
I need a devilish smile icon here... that's cool. Never even heard of that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 16, 2012, 10:19:04 AM
http://www.theonion.com/articles/alien-world-to-help-out-syria-since-this-one-refus,27620/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 21, 2012, 03:01:29 PM
I'm gonna go to bed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 21, 2012, 09:44:43 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 21, 2012, 03:01:29 PM
I'm gonna go to bed.

I know you like Facebook, but please don't try to change this place into something similar. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 05:13:08 PM

Status: Eyeresist is reading this thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2012, 06:10:19 PM
If this were Twitter, I'd retweet that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:22:06 PM
It's always nice to be reminded that my skin isn't white.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 06:40:15 PM
^ Enigmatic.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 06:40:15 PM
^ Enigmatic.

Sorry about that. Today, whilst walking home from school, under the warm spring shower. Three adorable tween girls spat some racial slurs at me. I think they were seeking to get a rise out of me, but it takes a lot more than that to draw my attention.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:45:34 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
Sorry about that. Today, whilst walking home from school, under the warm spring shower. Three adorable tween girls spat some racial slurs at me. I think they were seeking to get a rise out of me, but it takes a lot more than that to draw my attention.

I'm white, but not in the same category as adorable tween girls.  ;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:47:15 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:45:34 PM
I'm white, but not in the same category as adorable tween girls.  ;D

Well it sort of threw me for a loop, as this is the first time it has happened in about a year. It was just sort of startling, I guess.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:49:53 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:47:15 PM
Well it sort of threw me for a loop, as this is the first time it has happened in about a year. It was just sort of startling, I guess.

Sorry you had that happen, racial slurs are inappropriate on all levels.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 06:50:00 PM
Guess I'm lucky to have avoided such stuff (though I did get called "faggot" a lot in younger days). I remember years ago walking with an asian girlfriend and a passing guy muttered "gook". I was quietly freaked out by that. Part of it was just "What? Really? In this day and age?" But people are vicious morons. That's my default opinion and I'm rarely proven wrong.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:52:45 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:49:53 PM
Sorry you had that happen, racial slurs are inappropriate on all levels.

I agree there. I think Richard Pryor had it right.

Quote from: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 06:50:00 PM
Guess I'm lucky to have avoided such stuff (though I did get called "faggot" a lot in younger days). I remember years ago walking with an asian girlfriend and a passing guy muttered "gook". I was quietly freaked out by that. Part of it was just "What? Really? In this day and age?" But people are vicious morons. That's my default opinion and I'm rarely proven wrong.

It was even more shocking as I live in a college town which is actually really diverse. I think I'm just too much of an optimist to accept such a cynical opinion. I do assume that most people will think crude things, but most are decorous enough not to express them. It's really the explicitness that is surprising.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:54:05 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 06:50:00 PM
Guess I'm lucky to have avoided such stuff (though I did get called "faggot" a lot in younger days). I remember years ago walking with an asian girlfriend and a passing guy muttered "gook". I was quietly freaked out by that. Part of it was just "What? Really? In this day and age?" But people are vicious morons. That's my default opinion and I'm rarely proven wrong.

Throw in ignorant.

You would think that with all the accessible media at hand, that naive people would be able to witness the value of other cultures other than their own, and realize that we are all human no matter our exterior, but it seems that the hatred gets around just as fast through the internet and TV.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 07:01:58 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:54:05 PMYou would think that with all the accessible media at hand, that naive people would be able to witness the value of other cultures other than their own, and realize that we are all human no matter our exterior

Speak for yourself  mmmbuzzclick.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 07:04:49 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 22, 2012, 07:01:58 PM
Speak for yourself  mmmbuzzclick.


Siri?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 07:05:34 PM
For those who haven't seen, here's what may be the best set done by a stand-up comic:

http://www.youtube.com/v/AltWj4iAmno
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 22, 2012, 07:11:43 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 22, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
Sorry about that. Today, whilst walking home from school, under the warm spring shower. Three adorable tween girls spat some racial slurs at me. I think they were seeking to get a rise out of me, but it takes a lot more than that to draw my attention.
Surprising to hear about this in Chicago, especially from people so young. Over here, it's not as surprising (though I haven't witnessed anything)- just look at what's in the national news in my area.



Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 22, 2012, 06:54:05 PM
Throw in ignorant.

You would think that with all the accessible media at hand, that naive people would be able to witness the value of other cultures other than their own, and realize that we are all human no matter our exterior, but it seems that the hatred gets around just as fast through the internet and TV.
There's that, but I think the overall effect seems to be that the internet is helping with this, especially in places such as the Middle East.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 06:28:50 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 22, 2012, 07:11:43 PM
Surprising to hear about this in Chicago, especially from people so young. Over here, it's not as surprising (though I haven't witnessed anything)- just look at what's in the national news in my area.

I actually don't live in Chicago. I live in Dekalb which is a really rural community, even though a mid-major university is at the heart of the town.

Yeah, I just heard about the racist guy who killed the young black kid and apparently didn't even get arrested for it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 06:36:35 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 06:28:50 PM
I actually don't live in Chicago. I live in Dekalb which is a really rural community, even though a mid-major university is at the heart of the town.

Yeah, I just heard about the racist guy who killed the young black kid and apparently didn't even get arrested for it.

If you're referring to the neighborhood watch incident in Florida, yes the shooter wasn't arrested, but there is a federal investigation into the case, it hasn't ended just yet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 06:45:04 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 06:36:35 PM
If you're referring to the neighborhood watch incident in Florida, yes the shooter wasn't arrested, but there is a federal investigation into the case, it hasn't ended just yet.

Not really the point.

He also was of mixed-heritage, which I forgot to insert in my last post, the shooter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 25, 2012, 06:54:57 PM
I just saw you mentioned this on facebook, Kevin.  :D

But yeah, supposedly he was in his car, following Trayvon before shooting him. (wtf?)  ???
What I want to know is if this guy has a history of paranoia...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 25, 2012, 07:00:57 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 25, 2012, 06:54:57 PM
What I want to know is if this guy has a history of paranoia...

Considering he seems to have had appointed himself the unpaid militia of the suburb, I am amazed even the residents felt safe around him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 07:01:54 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 06:45:04 PM
Not really the point.

He also was of mixed-heritage, which I forgot to insert in my last post, the shooter.

Not "the" point? Or not "your" point?

Because the investigation has much to do with this incident, the shooter is being investigated for civil rights violations. He wasn't arrested mainly because of Florida's "stand your ground" law allowing citizens to defend themselves, but it seems this man was hardly defending himself, he followed that boy for some time.


Quote from: Greg on March 25, 2012, 06:54:57 PM
What I want to know is if this guy has a history of paranoia...

The shooter in 2005 was charged with assaulting a police officer.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:12:49 PM
I'm on my mobile, so this reply has to be awkward.

@TheGSMoeller

What I mean is that the incident itself has no place in reality.

The police offered flimsy justifications for their inaction, especially given their respective criminal hisories, or lack thereof. This isn't their first racist flub.

I am most pleased that the Feds were called in, but it isn't as if their clean. I have no faith that any true resolution will be had.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 07:23:25 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:12:49 PM
I'm on my mobile, so this reply has to be awkward.

@TheGSMoeller

What I mean is that the incident itself has no place in reality.

The police offered flimsy justifications for their inaction, especially given their respective criminal hisories, or lack thereof. This isn't their first racist flub.

I am most pleased that the Feds were called in, but it isn't as if their clean. I have no faith that any true resolution will be had.

Understandable, I guess I'm holding on to some hope that this investigation does bring a true resolution, or at least changes the way future incidents are handled.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:27:16 PM
@TheGSMoeller

If the kid wasn't black, I'd share your sentiment.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 07:31:44 PM
The new Blank Panther party has put a bounty on Zimmerman's capture...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-panther-rage-10g-capture-trayvon-killer-article-1.1050370
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:37:48 PM
@TheGSMoeller

I saw that. It's almost a throwback. They know they can't trust the police, so it's time for some community action. Did you hear his father offer up the Kramer defense? Just disgusting. Perhaps I'm too jaded and cynical, but the US is not good at race relations, and they simply refuse to take responsibility for their gross failures.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 26, 2012, 12:35:49 PM
I haver gal and her name is Brian!
I haver gal and her name is Brian!
I haver gal and her name is Brian!
All the live long daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!


;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 26, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
I have a new job, starts at the end of July!  The search is over and I have a permanent position again, and a significant pay raise!! :)

I was under a huge deal of stress, and while I still have have moving across the country to stress me out, a huge burden has finally been lifted off of my shoulders.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 26, 2012, 06:29:49 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
I have a new job, starts at the end of July!  The search is over and I have a permanent position again, and a significant pay raise!! :)

I was under a huge deal of stress, and while I still have have moving across the country to stress me out, a huge burden has finally been lifted off of my shoulders.

Gratz on the job  ;D  ...and go easy on yourself with the move.
My family and I just moved from Virginia to Georgia, that was stressful and it was only 2 states away.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 26, 2012, 06:55:46 PM
Later on this year is going to be cool, because... I'll get to brag that I have the hottest girl in the world cutting my hair. I totally forgot about it, but it only costs $6 at the school where I graduated. She just started the cosmetology class, but in a few months they'll move on learning how to cut hair.

Hehehe  ;D :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 26, 2012, 07:33:37 PM
Sometimes the mind must be truly deranged before genius can be achieved. For instance, I discovered this last night whilst in a state of extreme sleep deprivation:

1. Get the TV guide.
2. Read the names of the shows. For the major noun in each title, substitute "penis".
3. Hilarity results.


N.B. May not be as hilarious if you don't possess an instance of the aforementioned organ.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 26, 2012, 07:42:18 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2012, 06:55:46 PM
Later on this year is going to be cool, because... I'll get to brag that I have the hottest girl in the world cutting my hair. I totally forgot about it, but it only costs $6 at the school where I graduated. She just started the cosmetology class, but in a few months they'll move on learning how to cut hair.

Hehehe  ;D :P

If only this so called "hottest girl in the world" was actually dating you then you might have something substantial to brag about, but getting a hair cut for $6 is hardly anything worth mentioning. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 26, 2012, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2012, 07:42:18 PM
If only this so called "hottest girl in the world" was actually dating you then you might have something substantial to brag about, but getting a hair cut for $6 is hardly anything worth mentioning. :)
Well, both cases are solely based on luck, so... I guess you couldn't brag in either case, now that I think about it.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 26, 2012, 08:28:34 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2012, 08:04:56 PM
Well, both cases are solely based on luck, so... I guess you couldn't brag in either case, now that I think about it.  ::)

All jokes aside, you need a woman.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2012, 08:54:23 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
I have a new job, starts at the end of July!  The search is over and I have a permanent position again, and a significant pay raise!! :)

I was under a huge deal of stress, and while I still have have moving across the country to stress me out, a huge burden has finally been lifted off of my shoulders.

Congrats, and welcome back, David. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 26, 2012, 09:17:11 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2012, 08:28:34 PMAll jokes aside, you need a woman.

* Singing James Brown in my head right now *
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 27, 2012, 02:22:42 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
I have a new job, starts at the end of July!  The search is over and I have a permanent position again, and a significant pay raise!! :)

I was under a huge deal of stress, and while I still have have moving across the country to stress me out, a huge burden has finally been lifted off of my shoulders.

Bravo, Davey! And welcome back Ready for some Schnittke?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 27, 2012, 03:16:52 AM
Thanks guys.  Karl, if by Schnittke you mean Haydn then yes!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 27, 2012, 03:49:55 AM
Schnittke, Haydn . . . who can tell the difference? Nyuk-nyuk . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 27, 2012, 04:30:02 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2012, 08:28:34 PM
All jokes aside, you need a woman.
Not as much as you.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 27, 2012, 04:33:02 AM
What a peculiarly presumptuous (and probably condescending) remark, John!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 27, 2012, 05:10:45 AM
Presumptuous indeed. Unless it was someone who was okay with seeing me once a week, for an hour, and barely communicating on the phone.
Let's see... 50-55 hours a week with school + work, 8-9 hours a sleep per night to feel like I'm even alive, chores (cleaning the bathroom and mowing the lawn each week, doing the dishes nearly every day), seeing my friend for an hour in the morning if I can wake up early on my one day off each week... being stingy because I don't have much money... nah, probably wouldn't be that enjoyable.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the composing project. Well, I try, but there's barely any time, so progress is slow to non-existent.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 27, 2012, 07:34:26 AM
I've missed that cagey Austrian!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 27, 2012, 08:22:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
I have a new job, starts at the end of July!  The search is over and I have a permanent position again, and a significant pay raise!! :)

I was under a huge deal of stress, and while I still have have moving across the country to stress me out, a huge burden has finally been lifted off of my shoulders.

Cool. Where are you moving to?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 27, 2012, 09:48:34 AM
Thanks guys.

South Carolina Dave. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 27, 2012, 10:20:12 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 27, 2012, 09:48:34 AM
South Carolina Dave. :)

Lots of horror readers in SC. You'll fit right in.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on March 28, 2012, 05:41:11 AM
I bid you all adieu as I leave for the realms of the metal that is heavy.

See you later, 'gators!  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 28, 2012, 05:45:00 AM
Who was that helmeted man?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 28, 2012, 05:48:44 AM
. . . kind of a short feller, warn't he?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 28, 2012, 07:21:29 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 28, 2012, 05:48:44 AM
. . . kind of a short feller, warn't he?

He reminds me of a nightmare I had as a child.  I woke up in the middle of the night and looked out my bedroom window... there was a FLASH! of lightning and I saw a tiny viking in the window seal!!  *funny enough I'm not making this up*  It was scary. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on March 28, 2012, 06:18:18 PM
Hi.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 28, 2012, 06:19:10 PM
Yo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 28, 2012, 06:23:24 PM
Salut
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 28, 2012, 06:23:53 PM
No, the correct response is "Silver".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 28, 2012, 06:26:56 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 28, 2012, 06:23:53 PM
No, the correct response is "Silver".

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on March 28, 2012, 06:27:44 PM
How's tricks?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 29, 2012, 03:20:37 AM
Fer kids.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 29, 2012, 04:38:43 AM
Gooooood morning. (sung)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 29, 2012, 04:45:15 AM
Rise and shine!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 29, 2012, 08:39:33 AM
Quote from: Coco on March 28, 2012, 06:18:18 PM
Hi.

sup son n__n
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 29, 2012, 08:45:03 AM
For a while there, mail.com was talking German to me (in one dialogue box, where it ought to have read "Do not ask me this again"). A new update has fixed this, though. Sehr gut.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on March 29, 2012, 09:36:19 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on March 29, 2012, 08:39:33 AM
sup son n__n

Currently pulling my hair out whilst working on Japanese stuff. Eyah.

(http://www.styleblueprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Woman-pulling-out-hair2.gif?cda6c1)

F'kin languages, how do they work?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 29, 2012, 10:56:07 AM
Does the pictures thread absolutely have to become about Philo's sexual tastes?  Aren't there other fora for that sort of rannygazoo?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 29, 2012, 06:17:32 PM
Quote from: Coco on March 29, 2012, 09:36:19 AM
Currently pulling my hair out whilst working on Japanese stuff. Eyah.

(http://www.styleblueprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Woman-pulling-out-hair2.gif?cda6c1)

F'kin languages, how do they work?
Hey man, feel free to send me a message if you ever need any help.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on March 29, 2012, 06:43:18 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 29, 2012, 06:17:32 PM
Hey man, feel free to send me a message if you ever need any help.  :)

I'm actually progressing pretty well — I'm good with hiragana and katakana, I get the basic sentence structure and I've learned about 50 kanji so far (which is not in my school course), it's just speaking that trips me up. Afterwards I feel like my mouth has been using muscles it normally doesn't. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 30, 2012, 03:58:23 AM
Quote from: Coco on March 29, 2012, 06:43:18 PM
I'm actually progressing pretty well — I'm good with hiragana and katakana, I get the basic sentence structure and I've learned about 50 kanji so far (which is not in my school course), it's just speaking that trips me up. Afterwards I feel like my mouth has been using muscles it normally doesn't. :D

Probably true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2012, 05:39:26 AM
Quote from: Coco on March 29, 2012, 06:43:18 PM
I'm actually progressing pretty well — I'm good with hiragana and katakana, I get the basic sentence structure and I've learned about 50 kanji so far (which is not in my school course), it's just speaking that trips me up. Afterwards I feel like my mouth has been using muscles it normally doesn't. :D
Cool.  8)
Well, I don't get much chance to do any speaking myself (unless I'm whispering to myself  ::) ), but it gets easier over time. I don't know if this will help or not, but it helps to "get in character"- try to sound like a Japanese guy talking; one thing that helps is shaping and pronouncing vowels at the back of your throat (rather than in the front of your mouth, like in English). The 'r' sound is also very tricky, but the only tricky sound in Japanese (some say the syllabic 'n' in 'fun'iki' is tricky, but I disagree). If you can say "ryuu" perfectly, while completely relaxed and without twisting your mouth unnaturally, that's a major accomplishment. Japanese isn't as hard to speak as, say, Mandarin or Cantonese.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on March 30, 2012, 06:12:11 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2012, 05:39:26 AM
Cool.  8)
Well, I don't get much chance to do any speaking myself (unless I'm whispering to myself  ::) ), but it gets easier over time. I don't know if this will help or not, but it helps to "get in character"- try to sound like a Japanese guy talking; one thing that helps is shaping and pronouncing vowels at the back of your throat (rather than in the front of your mouth, like in English). The 'r' sound is also very tricky, but the only tricky sound in Japanese (some say the syllabic 'n' in 'fun'iki' is tricky, but I disagree). If you can say "ryuu" perfectly, while completely relaxed and without twisting your mouth unnaturally, that's a major accomplishment. Japanese isn't as hard to speak as, say, Mandarin or Cantonese.  :P

Yeah, the pronunciation is pretty easy. I've seen lots of Japanese films, and my instructor is a native, so I can mimic it pretty well. I should upload a recording of me reading a few sentences. :D Reading the kana at a normal speed is a little more difficult, though, especially if the words are new.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2012, 07:18:58 AM
I'm employed.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 30, 2012, 07:22:06 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2012, 07:18:58 AM
I'm employed.  ;D
That's great news! Congratulations!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 30, 2012, 07:25:28 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2012, 07:18:58 AM
I'm employed.  ;D

Excellent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2012, 07:08:45 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 30, 2012, 07:22:06 AM
That's great news! Congratulations!

Quote from: karlhenning on March 30, 2012, 07:25:28 AM
Excellent!

Thank you, and thank you.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2012, 07:13:03 PM
Now, if only I could find the energy to go upstairs and grab another beer. Gotta get a fridge in the basement.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 31, 2012, 04:37:04 AM
Anyone from Finland that I could interview about the Finnish education system?
I'm doing an essay on the Finnish education system and need a variety of sources... I wouldn't need much, because I'd only plan to include no more than a couple of sentences. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 31, 2012, 06:02:55 AM
Congrats Greg! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 31, 2012, 12:30:57 PM
Amazon changed. I hate them.

http://www.amazon.com/

Now instead of that familiarly ugly layout I feel like I stepped out my front door into a different country.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 31, 2012, 12:55:33 PM
They've had a this new interface for a while now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 31, 2012, 01:58:16 PM
Yeah it happened many months ago.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 31, 2012, 02:04:01 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 31, 2012, 04:37:04 AM
Anyone from Finland that I could interview about the Finnish education system?
I'm doing an essay on the Finnish education system and need a variety of sources... I wouldn't need much, because I'd only plan to include no more than a couple of sentences.
Sure, PM me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 31, 2012, 02:23:08 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2012, 12:55:33 PM
They've had a this new interface for a while now.

For real? I visit Amazon every two days and haven't seen a change. Although I suppose I can't clear my cache regularly.

The feeling of seeing is like Cheers relocating to Malibu and changing cast.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 01, 2012, 01:48:04 PM
I'll be glad when this semester is over, mainly for non-academic reasons....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 01, 2012, 04:33:32 PM
The Shakers were awesome. They did not procreate and today there are only 3 left. The world should follow that model. Just think: if people stopped right now, by just after 2100 or so, there won't be any more people! Finally!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 05:48:40 PM
Quote from: Lethevich on March 31, 2012, 02:23:08 PMFor real? I visit Amazon every two days and haven't seen a change. Although I suppose I can't clear my cache regularly.

The feeling of seeing is like Cheers relocating to Malibu and changing cast.

Cheers with the cast of Magnum PI.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 01, 2012, 05:51:36 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 05:48:40 PM
Cheers with the cast of Magnum PI.

I was thinking of the cast from Family Matters, I mean c'mon, Urkel at a bar? Classic hilarity right there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:24:08 PM
My mistake - for a moment I somehow thought Malibu was in Hawaii. The name sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 01, 2012, 06:37:45 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:24:08 PM
My mistake - for a moment I somehow thought Malibu was in Hawaii. The name sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?

Yes, and Family Matter was in Chicago anyway I believe...I just want Urkel in everything...or AC Slater, either one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:42:15 PM
^ I think I'm lucky I don't know who these people are.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 01, 2012, 06:43:44 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:42:15 PM
^ I think I'm lucky I don't know who these people are.

I think I just aged myself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 01, 2012, 06:45:42 PM
Steve Urkel
(http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4576790688762019&id=631d6fe989dc86ac2dd6ba7450bc365b)

AC Slater (in the middle)
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4525878124413265&id=f3d48ba907183f7f5f4c3050d8342581)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:54:54 PM
Don't feel too bad. Part of it's the Australian thing.

Urkel: I saw clips of him in a PBS series about the history of US TV comedy. He seems to fit in the "annoying spaz" school of comedy, of which Jerry Lewis would be the epitome.

Slater: ... Gah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 01, 2012, 06:59:56 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 06:54:54 PM
Don't feel too bad. Part of it's the Australian thing.

(http://dullumfile.areavoices.com/files/2011/07/4group.jpg)

Here's four Australian things.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 01, 2012, 07:36:29 PM
Ah, the Wiggles. They used to be a 50s-style rock and roll group called the Cockroaches. Now they're multi-millionaires! (I assume.)


I only just heard about that JetBlue captain who went nuts and had to be restrained in the middle of a flight. This scary story (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/airline-grounds-captain-who-started-screaming-about-a-bomb-20120329-1vze1.html) mentions several other recent incidents of US flight crews going wacko. Break out the emergency Xanax!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Coco on April 02, 2012, 08:30:17 AM
First day of spring break.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 02, 2012, 12:25:56 PM
Quote from: Ataraxia on March 28, 2012, 05:41:11 AM
I bid you all adieu as I leave for the realms of the metal that is heavy.

See you later, 'gators!  :)

I have returned.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 02, 2012, 02:38:28 PM
Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on April 02, 2012, 02:41:02 PM
So....any tasty and tantalizing forum 'flame wars' in the last four months or so?  :P 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 02, 2012, 02:54:35 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 02, 2012, 02:38:28 PM
Huzzah!

I went, I saw, I conquered.  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 02, 2012, 05:50:46 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 02, 2012, 02:41:02 PMSo....any tasty and tantalizing forum 'flame wars' in the last four months or so?  :P 8)

Why no link?  >:D


;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 02, 2012, 10:15:30 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 02, 2012, 02:41:02 PM
So....any tasty and tantalizing forum 'flame wars' in the last four months or so?  :P 8)

No, but many were coerced into accepting Mahler. The fear of hammers is palpable.

Oh, and you must read Gurn's Haydn series (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,54.msg579930.html#msg579930) -- it's arguably one of the best things to happen in GMG in recent times.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 03, 2012, 07:24:44 PM
Next semester, after comprehensive exams are done, looks like it will be fun.  Planning (at least at this point) of going to a conference in New Orleans in November.  So....hopefully, it'll be able to happen!  Will be an expensive trip.....but probably well worth it
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 04, 2012, 06:12:57 PM
I'm having a heart catheterisation next Tuesday. Apparently there's only a 0.4% chance of it going terribly wrong! I'm trying not to think about it. If I die, my main concern is that my friend remove my pron before my mother finds it :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 04, 2012, 06:36:43 PM
Yer gonna be all right, mate!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on April 04, 2012, 06:47:39 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 04, 2012, 06:12:57 PM
I'm having a heart catheterisation next Tuesday. Apparently there's only a 0.4% chance of it going terribly wrong! I'm trying not to think about it. If I die, my main concern is that my friend remove my pron before my mother finds it :P

You will be fine: are you above or below 40, if we may ask?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 04, 2012, 07:04:45 PM
Quote from: Cato on April 04, 2012, 06:47:39 PMYou will be fine: are you above or below 40, if we may ask?

Thanks, Cato and Karl. I'm 41. But not a big guy; what if my veins are too small for the catheter?  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 06, 2012, 12:29:19 PM
Hellooo, ladies.


That's all I've got.

:-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 06, 2012, 12:43:50 PM
Quote from: Ataraxia on April 06, 2012, 12:29:19 PM
Hellooo, ladies.


That's all I've got.

:-\

As chat-up lines go, it will not take you very far.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 06, 2012, 01:06:36 PM
Not even in Minnesota, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 08, 2012, 04:22:07 AM
 ;D

Fortunately I've already got one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 09, 2012, 06:21:05 AM
Well, I've been off cholesterol medicine for a while now and am about to drink a Squirt soda, which contains 1% grapefruit juice.

If I keel over and die, nice knowing ya!

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 09, 2012, 06:56:13 AM
Quote from: Ataraxia on April 09, 2012, 06:21:05 AM
Well, I've been off cholesterol medicine for a while now and am about to drink a Squirt soda, which contains 1% grapefruit juice.

If I keel over and die, nice knowing ya!

;D

Strange to say, the wish to drink grapefruit juice again was one of the drivers for me to get my numbers better-looking . . . .

You are not given leave to keel over, BTW.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 09, 2012, 06:59:05 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 09, 2012, 06:56:13 AM
You are not given leave to keel over, BTW.

Oh, okay. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 10, 2012, 04:03:08 AM
The Rough Draft of my 15 page paper is due on Thursday, and I only have 4 pages done..............I'm not sure how I can get it completed....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 10, 2012, 04:08:51 AM
Write six more pages each, to-day and to-morrow . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 10, 2012, 05:28:54 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 10, 2012, 04:08:51 AM
Write six more pages each, to-day and to-morrow . . . .
I'm hoping that is what is going to happen.  Thankfully, it doesn't necessarily have to be 15 pages for the rough draft, but I still want to get it basically done now, and just do polishing touches for the final. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 10, 2012, 05:31:43 AM
Hit it!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on April 10, 2012, 11:08:54 AM
I've finally fully come out of the depression I was in since December. Honestly, I'd forgotten music sounded this good. It's been close to 15 years since I was this healthy mentally and I'm hearing music like it was the first time all over again. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 10, 2012, 11:54:26 AM
Good to see you back. I also hope you enjoy the renewal of Spring.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 10, 2012, 12:35:07 PM
Quote from: nesf on April 10, 2012, 11:08:54 AM
I've finally fully come out of the depression I was in since December. Honestly, I'd forgotten music sounded this good. It's been close to 15 years since I was this healthy mentally and I'm hearing music like it was the first time all over again. :D

That's great!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on April 10, 2012, 12:55:39 PM
Quote from: knight66 on April 10, 2012, 11:54:26 AM
Good to see you back. I also hope you enjoy the renewal of Spring.

Mike

I'm definitely enjoying the Rites thereof anyway. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 10, 2012, 07:47:09 PM
Quote from: PaulR on April 10, 2012, 05:28:54 AM
I'm hoping that is what is going to happen.  Thankfully, it doesn't necessarily have to be 15 pages for the rough draft, but I still want to get it basically done now, and just do polishing touches for the final. 
Although I did not do as much work on it as I planned (I wish I would've gotten to 10 completed pages by the end of today), I did get to finish the 8th page.  So, I am very relieved at this point.  Not out of the woods yet, but a bit less stressed
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2012, 03:01:27 AM
Way to take the bull by the horns!

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 11, 2012, 12:12:52 PM
Getting a full sleep (almost 10 hours) and waking up to a morning of not having to do anything at all for the first time in months was...

wow  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2012, 12:18:29 PM
Good for you! You must have needed the rest.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 11, 2012, 07:08:03 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 11, 2012, 12:18:29 PM
Good for you! You must have needed the rest.
;D

Oh, btw, I'm working on a personal website for my Web Authoring class. I'll have all of my music, scores, and some computer programming projects there. Supposedly, my teacher is going to be able to host them- if not, I just might, since the domain name is only $10 and it's only ~$5/month to host.

The website name will be:
themultinone.com

8)

I've done more than half of it just this evening alone, but I suspect that it may take one more evening or morning to get it how I want (a bunch of minor tweaking). The website template I used is awesome:

(http://modblackmoon.narod.ru/templates_free/MB-TechFolio_Prev.jpg)
(I used the section on the right)


(The couple of months in that class was necessary to feel confident undertaking such a project, since before the class I almost completely forgot how to even write html/css/javascript; now, it just seems easy).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 11, 2012, 09:55:25 PM
Rough draft is done.  Now to celebrate by starting two other papers!  (but first, sleep!!!!!)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 12, 2012, 03:10:11 AM
Quote from: PaulR on April 11, 2012, 09:55:25 PM
Rough draft is done.  Now to celebrate by starting two other papers!  (but first, sleep!!!!!)

Splendid!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on April 14, 2012, 12:00:41 PM
Having a new cd cabinet. So I have room to put my recordings and overview over it again and space to get more recordings.

Ordered my cd's and it has a positive effect on my listening. Having a good listening session again since long. Focusing on the music, in the right mental state. Almost forgot about the experience.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 14, 2012, 05:37:13 PM
it really was a great idea of mine, as a Non-Theist, to attempt to look at Gubaidiulina's Offertorium and Seven Last Words of Christ in a religious fashion....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 15, 2012, 01:16:02 AM
"Sometimes, you're about to fight someone, but there's a conversation first, right? This can be good! Some of the NPCs will barter with you even though they are about to try to kill you. Buy all of their ammo and healing supplies and extra weapons. This will turn combat in your favor. Then when you kill them, just take your money back."

I love videogame logic :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2012, 04:21:45 AM
Anyone ever play this phenomanel game? Short game with fairly little difficulty, but original and tons of fun.

[asin]B00009ZVHW[/asin]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 15, 2012, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2012, 04:21:45 AM
Anyone ever play this phenomanel game? Short game with fairly little difficulty, but original and tons of fun.
One of my favorite games.
This is one of those games that have given me so much inspiration through the years. We might have to wait 5 years for the sequel  ::) , but when it comes out, WATCH OUT!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2012, 09:07:42 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 15, 2012, 08:55:41 AM
One of my favorite games.
This is one of those games that have given me so much inspiration through the years. We might have to wait 5 years for the sequel  ::) , but when it comes out, WATCH OUT!  8)

I think it's been years when I first saw stills and slight info about the sequel, but almost gave up hope for it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 15, 2012, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2012, 09:07:42 AM
I think it's been years when I first saw stills and slight info about the sequel, but almost gave up hope for it.
The creator said he wants it for the next generation of consoles, however many years in the future that may be. It's been 5 1/2 years since the PS3 came out (still no developments on anything next-gen) and 8 years since the first BG&E. Maybe they'll do the series in 12 year cycles. BG&E 3 can come out in 2028, maybe...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 15, 2012, 06:06:38 PM
Wrong thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,16297.640.html), guys.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2012, 06:23:33 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 15, 2012, 06:06:38 PM
Wrong thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,16297.640.html), guys.

I wasn't playing the game, only chatting about it. The chat thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 16, 2012, 11:36:15 PM
I am just going outside and may be some time....


This is my last post before I go in for my heart catheterisation test on Thursday. If the worst happens, it was nice knowing you all. Wish me luck!


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 17, 2012, 12:08:57 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 16, 2012, 11:36:15 PM
I am just going outside and may be some time....


This is my last post before I go in for my heart catheterisation test on Thursday. If the worst happens, it was nice knowing you all. Wish me luck!



Luck! And hope it all goes well!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 18, 2012, 05:19:40 AM
So yesterday, I found out that I AM getting an assistantship for next year :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 18, 2012, 05:22:03 AM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 18, 2012, 05:27:44 AM
Excellent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 18, 2012, 06:11:16 AM
Awesome Paul congrats! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 18, 2012, 06:33:23 AM
thanks everyone!  :D

(Now only if I knew what assistantship I actually got  0:) )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 05:36:26 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on April 17, 2012, 12:08:57 AMLuck! And hope it all goes well!

Thanks a lot. I'm back, and still alive, to my own slight surprise.

Hospitals are weird places....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2012, 05:44:15 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 05:36:26 PM
Thanks a lot. I'm back, and still alive, to my own slight surprise.
Good.

Quote from: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 05:36:26 PM
Hospitals are weird places....
Yes, they are...

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSyDkLA1fWE4edO2FYoWpcO2C9wDrLrP2LOx_eLyrW1x-eGMo2h)(http://animefascination.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/trapeze-01-05.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 05:51:36 PM
Que, why did you lock the "I quit this forum (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,20351.20.html)" thread? Why stop people having fun?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2012, 06:45:36 PM
South Park's new episode, I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining...

wow, it's as if they understand 5 out of 7 days of my existence for the last 4 1/2 years.

The boys think it would be fun to go ziplining. However, they don't know that it's with a tour group. They watch a video that last forever and get trapped in a van that takes two hours to go to the first zipline. While with the tour group, they get frustrated at having to interact with annoying strangers while trying to pretend to be friendly. They escape through horseback riding... oh wait, not really, since they are slow, and with a tour group. Then they try to escape with a boat... but it only goes 5 mph.

Near the end, around the time that everyone is screaming because they are in so much pain from the intense boredom and tedium, Kenny dies of boredom. It's unusual to be able to relate half of my daily existence so well to a South Park episode.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 07:16:16 PM

So sorry we are not interesting enough for you, Greg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 19, 2012, 07:17:38 PM
I do not want to go to bed tonight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 07:28:38 PM
I never want to go to bed. It's too depressing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2012, 07:33:00 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 07:16:16 PM
So sorry we are not interesting enough for you, Greg.
Ha!


Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 19, 2012, 07:17:38 PM
I do not want to go to bed tonight.
Quote from: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 07:28:38 PM
I never want to go to bed. It's too depressing.
If it weren't for dreams, I'd completely agree...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 19, 2012, 07:35:53 PM
I'm protesting sleep!


Until I pass out, and fall asleep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on April 19, 2012, 07:38:50 PM
Is it bad that going to bed is just about the best part of my day these days?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 07:51:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 19, 2012, 07:38:50 PMIs it bad that going to bed is just about the best part of my day these days?

Yes, and you should feel bad!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2012, 07:59:23 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 19, 2012, 07:38:50 PM
Is it bad that going to bed is just about the best part of my day these days?
Yeah, sometimes sleep is the only thing to look forward to some days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 20, 2012, 04:04:21 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 19, 2012, 05:36:26 PM
Thanks a lot. I'm back, and still alive, to my own slight surprise.

Very good!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 20, 2012, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 19, 2012, 07:38:50 PM
Is it bad that going to bed is just about the best part of my day these days?

It depends on who you're going to bed with each night. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on April 20, 2012, 07:22:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 20, 2012, 04:57:31 AM
It depends on who you're going to bed with each night. ;)

Why DAVID.......really!

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on April 20, 2012, 03:13:25 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 20, 2012, 04:57:31 AM
It depends on who you're going to bed with each night. ;)

Um... that's not gonna make me feel better about it  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 22, 2012, 05:40:16 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 20, 2012, 04:04:21 AMVery good!

Yes, I'm very proud of myself ;)

As I always say of frightening events, "It was an experience." Of particular interest was the weird separation from the whole thing I felt after a while. Lying on your back staring at fluorescents for hours on end does much to make the prospect of death seem unreal or insignificant. Perhaps, one day, the process of dying will be alleviated by the novelty of the experience?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 22, 2012, 07:05:48 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 22, 2012, 05:40:16 PM
Lying on your back staring at fluorescents for hours on end does much to make the prospect of death seem unreal or insignificant.
Interesting...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 23, 2012, 09:34:35 AM
:o

QuoteThe University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow it to save about $1.7 million.  The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments.

[Source (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/)]

(Anime) Greg, is this where you were planning to attend classes a year ago (or perhaps someone here suggested that you do)?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 23, 2012, 09:54:09 AM
That is outrageous Navneeth!  Either the administration has their heads up their asses or they are deeply in the red.  Either way the university is clearly being mismanaged. ::)

Well Greg if you were choosing between Florida State and University of Florida this news should help greatly! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 23, 2012, 10:49:03 AM
If it wasn't taught in the 19th century, it's unproven in this current financial climate...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 24, 2012, 05:47:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 23, 2012, 09:34:35 AM
:o

[Source (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/)]

(Anime) Greg, is this where you were planning to attend classes a year ago (or perhaps someone here suggested that you do)?
Actually, I was planning on attending UCF, so I didn't have to move. UCF actually has a Bachelor's for Software Development, but that's a school known for dropping courses, as well, so I don't completely trust them, either.

Someone here did recommend me to go to UF for computer science (this was about a year or two ago). If I had to move for school, I would need some extra loan money to survive (meanwhile, the interest rate is going to double on loans, now) because it's near impossible to make a living wage while going to school (or before going to school lol). Of course, I could have possibly gotten a programming job if the world economy didn't decide to collapse the second I started my programming certificate course. The only reason I'm back in school is because employers only bother to contact you if you have this piece of paper (a degree); skills don't matter. They are probably like that because after the world economy collapsed, there are too many applicants for too little jobs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2012, 05:49:16 AM
Too few jobs were better (just saying).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 06:03:54 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2012, 05:47:13 AM
The only reason I'm back in school is because employers only bother to contact you if you have this piece of paper (a degree); skills don't matter.

I came across this about a week or two ago...

QuoteWe are looking for talented individuals with or without a formal education or experience.

And guess who is the employer (http://www.mediafire.com/about/jobs.php=63)?

Of course, for that you'd have to move to a place which is a little farther than a different part of the state.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 06:19:27 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2012, 05:47:13 AM
The only reason I'm back in school is because employers only bother to contact you if you have this piece of paper (a degree); skills don't matter. They are probably like that because after the world economy collapsed, there are too many applicants for too little jobs.

That is both true and not true at the same time.  You need the degree to land the interview, but you need the skills from job experience to land the job.  You need both.  Skills do matter, they really do.  But college degrees are pretty much mandatory these days to find a worthwhile career.  There are exceptions (like my brother-in-law who has been making his way up the corporate ladder at a large bank) but in general you need the degree.  But if you think that companies don't care about your skill set, you're dead wrong.

Studying computer science will set you apart from a code monkey, you will have a formal training in how to understand and manipulate the underlying structures on a more abstract level, and understand design better than just patching code per line.  It's not just a piece of paper.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2012, 06:51:08 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 06:19:27 AM
Skills do matter, they really do.

Testify, Davey!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 24, 2012, 06:55:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 06:03:54 AM
I came across this about a week or two ago...

And guess who is the employer (http://www.mediafire.com/about/jobs.php=63)?

Of course, for that you'd have to move to a place which is a little farther than a different part of the state.
The link is dead, so I have no idea. Well, I've never seen that, so I'm interested to know.



Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 06:19:27 AM
That is both true and not true at the same time.  You need the degree to land the interview, but you need the skills from job experience to land the job.  You need both.  Skills do matter, they really do.  But college degrees are pretty much mandatory these days to find a worthwhile career.  There are exceptions (like my brother-in-law who has been making his way up the corporate ladder at a large bank) but in general you need the degree.  But if you think that companies don't care about your skill set, you're dead wrong.
Yes, exactly. Not only do you need the degree, but you need job experience to get a job. So it's even worse than I just mentioned.
If UCF still offers internships, then good... otherwise, the only option is to volunteer for a year, somehow... but what I meant was that skills do matter, but only among people with degrees. If they don't see a degree on the application, it's not even considered.



Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 06:19:27 AM
Studying computer science will set you apart from a code monkey, you will have a formal training in how to understand and manipulate the underlying structures on a more abstract level, and understand design better than just patching code per line.  It's not just a piece of paper.
And books teach this. Honestly, so far, with all of the computer classes I've taken, I could have taught myself all of that just by learning from books. The professors are helpful, but there is so much information through books and the internet, they become almost unnecessary. It's comparable to music; just get the scores, music theory books, and internet resources, and figure it out. Some people need teachers, but some don't, and society doesn't distinguish between those types of people. Neither one is better than the other, but  most people think you need a teacher to learn anything at all, and that's just silly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 06:58:58 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2012, 06:55:34 AM
The link is dead, so I have no idea. Well, I've never seen that, so I'm interested to know.

Sorry about that. http://www.mediafire.com/about/jobs.php
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 07:17:28 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2012, 06:55:34 AM
And books teach this. Honestly, so far, with all of the computer classes I've taken, I could have taught myself all of that just by learning from books. The professors are helpful, but there is so much information through books and the internet, they become almost unnecessary. It's comparable to music; just get the scores, music theory books, and internet resources, and figure it out. Some people need teachers, but some don't, and society doesn't distinguish between those types of people. Neither one is better than the other, but  most people think you need a teacher to learn anything at all, and that's just silly.

The issue is not quite cut and dried or so simplistic, Greg. True, a really good teacher can be hard to come by, but if you do land up at a place where you can get in touch with one, there can be nothing better. Here is a person with the technical expertise and at the same time the experience of teaching students like you (a variety of them) every year. Neither a textbook nor the Web can actually gauge your what you've learnt or how well. It cannot set exercises that will suit you, and make you realise where you've gone wrong.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 08:15:19 AM
Greg there are few that can teach themselves from a book.  Those of us with the patience and perseverance can conquer the world!

But there is something missing from just books that you do have in college... community.  People to help each other out, and to learn things not written in textbooks.  Discussions that broaden both depth and understanding.  And being a part of something... you'll never feel that studying in isolation.

And of course everything that Navneeth said, which is awesome and true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 24, 2012, 11:21:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 06:58:58 AM
Sorry about that. http://www.mediafire.com/about/jobs.php
Cool, thanks for the link.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 24, 2012, 02:02:47 PM
For me, at least, the degree proves that you have the ability to persevere, which is a quality I think most jobs value. Simply having the knowledge doesn't prove that you possess that attribute. Same thing applies to why most schools deem it necessary to take the GRE/GMAT/etc. to become an entrant for Graduate school, only those who really want will find the time investment worthwhile.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 24, 2012, 07:10:06 PM
Now that I think about it, it may actually be a good thing UF dropped their computer science program. The possibility is that that will create more demand for UCF, ensuring that they keep their Software Development degree program. Also, since UF is the only decently rated university in Florida, no one in-state will have a major advantage over me in coming from a renowned university vs. an average university.


Quote from: Philoctetes on April 24, 2012, 02:02:47 PM
For me, at least, the degree proves that you have the ability to persevere, which is a quality I think most jobs value. Simply having the knowledge doesn't prove that you possess that attribute. Same thing applies to why most schools deem it necessary to take the GRE/GMAT/etc. to become an entrant for Graduate school, only those who really want will find the time investment worthwhile.
Well, for you, that's cool.
When I hear employers using that reason for hiring selection (that university is for showing you have the ability to persevere), it's just another way to weed through the thousands of applicants. The bottom line is that the world needs way more low-wage service jobs that high-skilled jobs; since there are fewer of those jobs available, the ratio of applicants to jobs probably tends to be a bit higher. If I put on my resume how I taught myself my hobbies and stuck with them for years, they wouldn't think much of it. Of course I can persevere and stick with things; just having to prove that to someone is insane.  ???



Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2012, 08:15:19 AM
Greg there are few that can teach themselves from a book.  Those of us with the patience and perseverance can conquer the world!

But there is something missing from just books that you do have in college... community.  People to help each other out, and to learn things not written in textbooks.  Discussions that broaden both depth and understanding.  And being a part of something... you'll never feel that studying in isolation.

And of course everything that Navneeth said, which is awesome and true.
Friends are great... "community"... meh, depends so much on everything.


Quote from: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 07:17:28 AM
The issue is not quite cut and dried or so simplistic, Greg. True, a really good teacher can be hard to come by, but if you do land up at a place where you can get in touch with one, there can be nothing better. Here is a person with the technical expertise and at the same time the experience of teaching students like you (a variety of them) every year. Neither a textbook nor the Web can actually gauge your what you've learnt or how well. It cannot set exercises that will suit you, and make you realize where you've gone wrong.
My teachers have been pretty good, but idk, there might be much better out there, as you say.

Another issue I would like to point it with university education vs. self-studying is that university education can be limited. While teaching myself how to write Winsock IOCP servers, I read about how the universities some people went to never covered that, and it looks like UCF doesn't, either. Although it is a rare skill (there's only a couple of books on the market that even cover the topic, and barely anything on the internet), this means education wouldn't be complete. If I didn't have to work, I'd spend my time learning almost every type of programming skill, which would cover more than what school could cover. I would be surprised if, for example, UCF had classes in Lua or TCL (maybe the top universities are different?).


(one more thing... too many British people on the internet. I spelled 'realize' like 'realise'!)  :P ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 24, 2012, 10:18:22 PM
Personally, I wouldn't hire you because you sound a bit like a self-entitled whiner.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 10:57:17 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2012, 07:10:06 PM
Another issue I would like to point it with university education vs. self-studying is that university education can be limited. While teaching myself how to write Winsock IOCP servers, I read about how the universities some people went to never covered that, and it looks like UCF doesn't, either. Although it is a rare skill (there's only a couple of books on the market that even cover the topic, and barely anything on the internet), this means education wouldn't be complete. If I didn't have to work, I'd spend my time learning almost every type of programming skill, which would cover more than what school could cover. I would be surprised if, for example, UCF had classes in Lua or TCL (maybe the top universities are different?).

Whoever gave you the idea that a university-based education and self-learning are mutually exclusive? ??? And if you think that the role of the university is to teach you everything that there is to be taught, I'm sorry to say that you are mistaken, dear Greg. It's not an easy thing to do, mind you, but it's not impossible either.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 25, 2012, 11:25:09 AM
Dem reviews (http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Regular-Nazi-Party-1920-1945/dp/B004NDDF0C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335381046&sr=8-1)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 25, 2012, 02:50:12 PM
Ha that was great Lethe! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2012, 03:25:29 AM
Last night, I browsed through one of the volumes from the impressively monumental complete Peanuts comic strips.  I think I have found the one volume I should like, in a world where I might choose but one.  I then tested that decision-in-progress, by poring through a volume other or two.

This morning, though, the question which occurs to me as a result of my non-exhaustive research is: has anyone (who is not a relative or a working colleague of "Sparky's") ever read every last strip?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: chasmaniac on April 26, 2012, 03:33:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 26, 2012, 03:25:29 AM
Last night, I browsed through one of the volumes from the impressively monumental complete Peanuts comic strips.  I think I have found the one volume I should like, in a world where I might choose but one.  I then tested that decision-in-progress, by poring through a volume other or two.

This morning, though, the question which occurs to me as a result of my non-exhaustive research is: has anyone (who is not a relative or a working colleague of "Sparky's") ever read every last strip?

Upfront answer, No. But I am very fond of Seth's work, and he is intimately involved with the collected Peanuts, no?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2012, 03:53:13 AM
I am in the dark: who's Seth? Thanks!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2012, 03:58:12 AM
The strip ran for 50 years, right? What an accomplishment!  Still, for that very reason . . . I should think you'd have to be a historian or archivist to plough through the lot.

Granted that reading a four-panel comic strip is not a research chore . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: chasmaniac on April 26, 2012, 04:09:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 26, 2012, 03:53:13 AM
I am in the dark: who's Seth? Thanks!

Graphic novelist et al. He is in charge of the design of the collected Schulz. His name should be on there somewhere. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_(cartoonist) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_(cartoonist))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 26, 2012, 08:40:25 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 24, 2012, 10:18:22 PM
Personally, I wouldn't hire you because you sound a bit like a self-entitled whiner.
This is not a job interview.


Quote from: Opus106 on April 24, 2012, 10:57:17 PM
Whoever gave you the idea that a university-based education and self-learning are mutually exclusive? ??? And if you think that the role of the university is to teach you everything that there is to be taught, I'm sorry to say that you are mistaken, dear Greg. It's not an easy thing to do, mind you, but it's not impossible either.
The problem with teaching yourself anything while in university is that you can't, because there is not enough time (unless you take summers off). The people who actually do have enough time to teach themselves anything major (or work on major projects) in their spare time while attending university are lucky, indeed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 26, 2012, 08:40:25 AM
This is not a job interview.

The problem with teaching yourself anything while in university is that you can't, because there is not enough time (unless you take summers off). The people who actually do have enough time to teach themselves anything major (or work on major projects) in their spare time while attending university are lucky, indeed.

To the first: Don't be a simpleton.

To the second: That's just straight up bullshit. The fact that you would even say that simply bolsters my previous point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 09:53:38 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 26, 2012, 08:40:25 AM
The problem with teaching yourself anything while in university is that you can't, because there is not enough time (unless you take summers off). The people who actually do have enough time to teach themselves anything major (or work on major projects) in their spare time while attending university are lucky, indeed.

That's not true, I have... you can do it as an independent study or as a capstone project/honors thesis or work on a research project.  Some classes also have you do such things.  Thinking back to my undergrad experience:

Research Experience: I worked on the Heisenberg XXZ chain in an external field.  I had to teach myself degenerate perturbation theory, as well as dirac products of matrices and vectors as well as the matrix exponential which at the time was all new to me.

Cosmology Class: worked on figuring out the connection between vacuum fluctuations and anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background.

Honors thesis: I sadly did not finish this but I was interested in the interface between abstract algebra and quantum field theory.  I studied free field theory and representation theory in physics before I quit.

And my friends had similar experiences.  There are alot of opportunities besides just class work.  In fact for grad school, you really need to embrace these opportunities to stand out and be accepted at the grad school of your choice.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:55:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 09:53:38 AM
That's not true, I have... you can do it as an independent study or as a capstone project/honors thesis or work on a research project.  Some classes also have you do such things.  Thinking back to my undergrad experience:

Research Experience: I worked on the Heisenberg XXZ chain in an external field.  I had to teach myself degenerate perturbation theory, as well as dirac products of matrices and vectors as well as the matrix exponential which at the time was all new to me.

Cosmology Class: worked on figuring out the connection between vacuum fluctuations and anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background.

Honors thesis: I sadly did not finish this but I was interested in the interface between abstract algebra and quantum field theory.  I studied free field theory and representation theory in physics before I quit.

And my friends had similar experiences.  There are alot of opportunities besides just class work.  In fact for grad school, you really need to embrace these opportunities to stand out and be accepted at the grad school of your choice.

(http://cdn.head-fi.org/e/ea/eadd9ea7_gil-head-explode-again.gif)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 26, 2012, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:55:24 AM
(http://cdn.head-fi.org/e/ea/eadd9ea7_gil-head-explode-again.gif)

Most of the stuff David talked about are actually more fundamental than plain old nuclear physics. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:58:43 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 26, 2012, 09:58:00 AM
The stuff David talked about are actually more fundamental than plain old nuclear physics. ;D

Well at least I know that I chose the correct field for my knowledge base then.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 10:08:43 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 26, 2012, 09:58:00 AM
Most of the stuff David talked about are actually more fundamental than plain old nuclear physics. ;D

I thought that Greg might doubt me, so I decided to get specific. ;D

And of course there is the other issue-- to really learn you can't just sit in lecture, you have to grab the textbook and study actively.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 10:10:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 10:08:43 AM
I thought that Greg might doubt me, so I decided to get specific. ;D

And of course there is the other issue-- to really learn you can't just sit in lecture, you have to grab the textbook and study actively.

Oh?!

I took it as a personally affront to me that you were trying to make me look sillier than I already am.   :-[

Edit: To give some further examples, I've been able to lecture at least three times as an undergrad on subjects in which no class is properly taught (The Parallel Histories of Sierra Leone and Liberia, Intelligence and Failure, and The History of Liberian Politics), but there really is so much more that you're able to do whilst still taking the 'core' classes. For instance, I've branched off into media studies, specifically in regards to fame. I'm also looking at the connection between the inability to mourn and the necessity of celebrity deaths as proxy, amongst many other things, of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 26, 2012, 10:18:32 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 23, 2012, 09:34:35 AM
:o

[Source (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/)]

(Anime) Greg, is this where you were planning to attend classes a year ago (or perhaps someone here suggested that you do)?

To perhaps brighten things up a little: The management seems to have sensed that there was something not quite right about their earlier decision. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/25/university-of-florida-announces-plan-to-save-computer-science-department/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 06:22:27 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:44:21 AMTo the second: That's just straight up bullshit. The fact that you would even say that simply bolsters my previous point.

But there's no need to be a prick about it, is there?

If you're looking at fame, have you seen Clive James's book? Sadly it stops in the early 90s, but it's quite an amusing overview.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61516BRrnKL._AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Fame-20th-Century-Clive-James/dp/067942699X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1335492966&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 06:26:38 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 06:22:27 PM
If you're looking at fame, have you seen Clive James's book? Sadly it stops in the early 90s, but it's quite an amusing overview.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61516BRrnKL._AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Fame-20th-Century-Clive-James/dp/067942699X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1335492966&sr=1-1)

I have come across but not read it yet. Currently I'm looking at fame in the 21st century, but I will be doing a historical overview eventually with a starting point in the early 20th century. I might delve deeper, but I'll have to see what my conceptualizations will look like then. It's really the new media phenomenon that I find the most striking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 07:31:48 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 06:26:38 PMI have come across but not read it yet. Currently I'm looking at fame in the 21st century, but I will be doing a historical overview eventually with a starting point in the early 20th century. I might delve deeper, but I'll have to see what my conceptualizations will look like then. It's really the new media phenomenon that I find the most striking.
Yes, that's exactly why it's disappointing that James's book doesn't go to the end of the century. 9/11 and the internet reaching critical mass are together an obvious historical turning point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 07:35:53 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 07:31:48 PM
Yes, that's exactly why it's disappointing that James's book doesn't go to the end of the century. 9/11 and the internet reaching critical mass are together an obvious historical turning point.

Well James did a fantastic job up to that point. There are some fantastic books out in regards to this newer sort of celebrity, but more importantly people used other visual media forms to talk about this topic, the last 3 movies I posted in Last Movies Watched all have to do with new conceptualizations about fame.

I think there is a more obvious need for categorization and classification these days. Before, even up into the modern era in the late-20th century was essentially a binary system. For me the mood really began to change with the advent of popular reality television, starting with Survivor.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 08:02:05 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 07:35:53 PMI think there is a more obvious need for categorization and classification these days. Before, even up into the modern era in the late-20th century was essentially a binary system. For me the mood really began to change with the advent of popular reality television, starting with Survivor.

I hesitate to mention the Degrees of Kevin Bacon  :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 08:07:26 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 08:02:05 PM
I hesitate to mention the Degrees of Kevin Bacon  :-[

I never really looked at that as more than simply a parlor game.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 08:09:43 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 08:02:05 PM
I hesitate to mention the Degrees of Kevin Bacon  :-[

Speaking of which I had a nightmare last night where Kevin Bacon lured out a swarm of fire ants with sugar and they were biting me something fierce! swarming over me, bleeding me... I'll let Greg analyze (the dream master)! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 09:12:08 PM
I would say Kevin Bacon --> bacon --> ham --> honeyed ham --> ants. Do you have a great fear of ant bites?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 27, 2012, 04:03:09 AM
Not really which made it weird.  That dream came out of left field!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 29, 2012, 07:00:01 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 26, 2012, 10:18:32 AM
To perhaps brighten things up a little: The management seems to have sensed that there was something not quite right about their earlier decision. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/25/university-of-florida-announces-plan-to-save-computer-science-department/)
Good...


Quote from: DavidW on April 26, 2012, 09:53:38 AM
That's not true, I have... you can do it as an independent study or as a capstone project/honors thesis or work on a research project.  Some classes also have you do such things.  Thinking back to my undergrad experience:
Well, I guess with open-ended projects, you can do such things. Actually, I did get one in a class, though I don't know how common it is in other classes.



Quote from: Philoctetes on April 26, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
To the second: That's just straight up bullshit. The fact that you would even say that simply bolsters my previous point.
Um, you said you don't have to work while you're going to school, right? If so, I don't even know why you'd make a comment on this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 29, 2012, 07:01:22 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 29, 2012, 07:00:01 PM
Um, you said you don't have to work while you're going to school, right? If so, I don't even know why you'd make a comment on this.

For the first two and a half years I had to work full time, and when I begin graduate school, I'll be working full time, as well.

Edit: To expand: I was working from 8:00 to 5:00. Drove an hour to school. School went from 6:00 to 9:00.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 30, 2012, 11:22:51 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 29, 2012, 07:01:22 PM
For the first two and a half years I had to work full time, and when I begin graduate school, I'll be working full time, as well.

Edit: To expand: I was working from 8:00 to 5:00. Drove an hour to school. School went from 6:00 to 9:00.
Well, you can somehow leave time for personal projects... but not much with a schedule like that. What I have in mind, in terms of accomplishing something extra, is much larger (although over the course of several years, you can still get some major stuff done with only a few hours a week).

Idk, I guess due to my lack of energy, a schedule like that would be impossible for me. With my job, after 9 hours, I'm dead. Insteada of coming home to get into one of those comatose naps, school for 3 hours + an hour or two of homework + not enough sleep just wouldn't work.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 30, 2012, 01:58:55 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 30, 2012, 11:22:51 AM
Well, you can somehow leave time for personal projects... but not much with a schedule like that. What I have in mind, in terms of accomplishing something extra, is much larger (although over the course of several years, you can still get some major stuff done with only a few hours a week).

Idk, I guess due to my lack of energy, a schedule like that would be impossible for me. With my job, after 9 hours, I'm dead. Insteada of coming home to get into one of those comatose naps, school for 3 hours + an hour or two of homework + not enough sleep just wouldn't work.

You sound lazy to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on April 30, 2012, 06:17:36 PM

Thus spake the ubermensch.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on April 30, 2012, 06:18:50 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 30, 2012, 06:17:36 PM
Thus spake the ubermensch.

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 01, 2012, 04:07:04 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on April 30, 2012, 06:17:36 PM
Thus spake the ubermensch.

(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 01, 2012, 07:41:12 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on April 30, 2012, 01:58:55 PM
You sound lazy to me.
If only fatigue were a choice...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 07, 2012, 06:42:36 AM
Bane seems to be an overused name in Fantasy/Sci-Fi stories. Just look it up on Wikipedia!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 04:01:18 PM
Officially a college graduate. I take the GRE next week, and have begun the process for entering graduate school. Fun times lie ahead, surely.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 07, 2012, 04:32:21 PM
Congratulations Philo!! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 04:33:50 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 07, 2012, 04:32:21 PM
Congratulations Philo!! :)

Thanks, Dave.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on May 07, 2012, 05:07:34 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 04:01:18 PM
Officially a college graduate. I take the GRE next week, and have begun the process for entering graduate school. Fun times lie ahead, surely.

Nice!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on May 07, 2012, 05:07:34 PM
Nice!

Hopefully, Szykneij.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 07, 2012, 06:10:00 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 04:01:18 PM
Officially a college graduate. I take the GRE next week, and have begun the process for entering graduate school. Fun times lie ahead, surely.


Big gratz, Philo!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 07, 2012, 06:20:21 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 07, 2012, 06:10:00 PM

Big gratz, Philo!  ;D

Thanks, Greg.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 07, 2012, 10:32:32 PM
That's great, Philo



From Amazon:
"As it looks like you're a fan of rap and hip-hop, you might be interested in the top CDs now available to pre-order. Or check out the rap and hip-hop albums available to download from our MP3 Store."
It must be that 60s post bop (think Miles Davis' 2nd quintet)...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 08, 2012, 12:24:03 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 07, 2012, 10:32:32 PM
That's great, Philo

Thanks, North Star.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Drasko on May 08, 2012, 03:49:48 PM
Well done, congratulations!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 08, 2012, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Drasko on May 08, 2012, 03:49:48 PM
Well done, congratulations!

Thanks, Milos.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 09, 2012, 09:57:38 AM
one year of my grad degree done, and I still maintain a 4.0!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 09, 2012, 09:59:03 AM
Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 11, 2012, 08:19:35 PM
I'm officially a Grad student. I never thought that I'd be doing this much schooling.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 12, 2012, 06:54:42 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 11, 2012, 08:19:35 PM
I'm officially a Grad student. I never thought that I'd be doing this much schooling.

Awesome!! :)  Do you have to move or is your grad school in the area?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 12, 2012, 06:56:11 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 11, 2012, 08:19:35 PM
I'm officially a Grad student. I never thought that I'd be doing this much schooling.
cool, where are you going for Grad school?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 08:21:15 AM
@DavidW and PaulR

I'll be going to Northern Illinois University, so I don't have to move.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 12, 2012, 09:19:00 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 08:21:15 AM
@DavidW and PaulR

I'll be going to Northern Illinois University, so I don't have to move.  8)
We'll be MAC rivals. >:(

That is, if I cared about rivalries in sports and whatever. :P
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 12, 2012, 11:55:00 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 08:21:15 AM
@DavidW and PaulR

I'll be going to Northern Illinois University, so I don't have to move.  8)

My brother teaches there. Good school.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 12:11:27 PM
@PaulR

I think NIU is supposed to have a good football team, but I'll be honest I have no idea.

@TheGSMoeller

What department does he teach in? I enjoy the school quite a bit. I really like the small town atmosphere.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 12, 2012, 12:19:19 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 12:11:27 PM
@PaulR

I think NIU is supposed to have a good football team, but I'll be honest I have no idea.


I know BG has a sucky team, but I don't really care about collegiate sports.
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 13, 2012, 08:09:51 AM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 12, 2012, 12:11:27 PM

@TheGSMoeller

What department does he teach in? I enjoy the school quite a bit. I really like the small town atmosphere.


Actually, he was on staff, my brother was filling in a position this year in the music department while a professor took a year leave.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 14, 2012, 05:34:53 PM
Quote from: PaulR on May 12, 2012, 12:19:19 PM
I know BG has a sucky team, but I don't really care about collegiate sports.

Bowling Green? What are you in grad school for?

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 13, 2012, 08:09:51 AM
Actually, he was on staff, my brother was filling in a position this year in the music department while a professor took a year leave.

Very cool. Although, I actually have no idea where that department is on campus.

On a sidenote, did well enough on my GRE to not have to take it a second time!  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 14, 2012, 05:44:51 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on May 14, 2012, 05:34:53 PM
Bowling Green? What are you in grad school for?
Music History
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philoctetes on May 14, 2012, 05:53:43 PM
Quote from: PaulR on May 14, 2012, 05:44:51 PM
Music History

Cool. What do you want to do when you're done with all of your schooling?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on May 22, 2012, 10:49:24 AM
 :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2012, 10:50:28 AM
Is he back? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on May 22, 2012, 10:52:14 AM
I've been here for years.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2012, 10:54:59 AM
I mean, back from vacation? I've a parcel waiting to be sent . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on May 22, 2012, 10:56:10 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 22, 2012, 10:54:59 AM
I mean, back from vacation? I've a parcel waiting to be sent . . . .

Oh, yes. I'm back in the Minnesota man cave.

Thank you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2012, 10:57:28 AM
I've added to the parcel, to assure you there is no penalty . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on May 22, 2012, 10:59:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 22, 2012, 10:57:28 AM
I've added to the parcel, to assure you there is no penalty . . . .

Splendid! And how have you been? I haven't seen you around the innernetz lately.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2012, 11:07:39 AM
Yes, I've been light of tweet lately . . . doing fine, thank 'ee! Dang tootin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 22, 2012, 11:21:20 AM
And just in time to cheer for Dragon! ;D

Is it a sporting event? Or  a rock concert? No, it's a piece of tin-can unfurling its solar panels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-gSkGQnFR8#t=56m20s. Seriously, I can't get enough of nearly 2000 people shouting and whistling for a satellite deployment! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 24, 2012, 07:31:03 AM
According to Nietzsche a nation which lives strong, don't need war. The Americans live strong (as well as the Brazillians?).

I know that experience, and I live forward to that day it becomes normal for me, with all the meaning that only I know (very different from how the American's live, far more individual), and I won't present here... You will see.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 24, 2012, 09:16:40 AM
Page created in 0.142 seconds with 11 queries.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 24, 2012, 04:34:51 PM
Why is it that the second I actually get enough money worth putting in a savings account, bank interest rates are lower than ever?
Where is a good place to put, say, $5000 to start with? What should I expect as the best rate, 1%?  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 24, 2012, 06:02:50 PM
Quote from: Henk on May 24, 2012, 07:31:03 AMAccording to Nietzsche a nation which lives strong, don't need war. The Americans live strong (as well as the Brazillians?).

I know that experience, and I live forward to that day it becomes normal for me, with all the meaning that only I know (very different from how the American's live, far more individual), and I won't present here... You will see.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 24, 2012, 06:18:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 24, 2012, 04:34:51 PM
Why is it that the second I actually get enough money worth putting in a savings account, bank interest rates are lower than ever?
Where is a good place to put, say, $5000 to start with? What should I expect as the best rate, 1%?  ::)
Well, I guess you can't do this any more. My parents only make $.14 a month with an account with $4000 in it.
Is there anywhere at all where I can make 1% monthly gain off of a $5000 investment (with little risk)? ANYWHERE? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 25, 2012, 03:02:57 PM
RIP, Ilkka, mother's cousin.  :(

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/usa-mckinley-death-idUSL1E8GP0G820120525


At least he died doing what he loved - climbing, skiing and photographing
http://www.ilkkauusitalo.fi/
(http://www.ilkkauusitalo.fi/gallery2/d/9679-6/pieni_DSC_0037.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 27, 2012, 04:14:46 PM
Hastily made Cleveland tourism videos:

1st one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY


and the sequel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 27, 2012, 04:19:04 PM
Haste, O haste to Cleveland!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 27, 2012, 04:31:47 PM
"At least it's not Detroit!"

Speaking of Detroit...

There is a 3-part video tour of Detroit's Ghetto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfhsS-KMFL4&feature=relmfu


It looks like a city that just came out of a war, and every building looks like it's 100 years old and falling apart...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 28, 2012, 06:29:42 AM
Having a teenager at home allows me to learn various things about today's yoot culture.  For instance, I was wondering why in the hell people were protesting NATO last week.  Well, sure enough, there are some Occupier types at my son's high school.  He's a bit skeptical of such things, so he inquired as to the burr up the butt of protestors, and he learned that the problem is that NATO - the North Atlantic Trade Organization - is bent on world domination through a combination of banking, trade, and war.  You learn something new every day. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 28, 2012, 06:37:16 AM
See that? The Warsaw Pact countries were right!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 28, 2012, 06:40:25 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 28, 2012, 06:37:16 AMSee that? The Warsaw Pact countries were right!



In the spirit of the criticism of NATO, shouldn't that be Warsaw Packed?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 29, 2012, 09:56:28 AM
Um.... this is disturbing.

I've been watching Mr.Anime on youtube over the last year or so- this is a guy who uploads videos of anime reviews somewhat regularly. I really liked him, though I didn't get why he started putting gun stuff in his videos more and more.

His last video, which was uploaded 2 months ago, is about him getting a new job. I figured he hasn't put out any videos, since he wouldn't have much time. Then I see the number of dislikes and the related videos. Turns out that 10 days after uploading that video, he was on CNN for killing his family.

http://www.youtube.com/v/0YfZ4xYMzGs&feature=related


5 months ago he uploaded a video about him getting Pneumothorax, but slightly later updated that it turned out not to be a big problem. At the time, I was worried about him, because watching his videos, he seemed like a cool guy. And then this happens...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 29, 2012, 07:29:54 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 29, 2012, 09:56:28 AM
5 months ago he uploaded a video about him getting Pneumothorax, but slightly later updated that it turned out not to be a big problem. At the time, I was worried about him, because watching his videos, he seemed like a cool guy. And then this happens...
Trying to figure out any clues or odd things in his videos that would explain what he did...

The last two videos he uploaded, everyone complained that he was drunk, because he was very obviously slurring his speech. Also, in a recent video, it was titled "Mr. Anime is planning something..."  ::)

Not enough clues, really, and no news updates since March 30 that I can find...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 30, 2012, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 29, 2012, 09:56:28 AMUm.... this is disturbing.

I've been watching Mr.Anime on youtube over the last year or so- this is a guy who uploads videos of anime reviews somewhat regularly. I really liked him, though I didn't get why he started putting gun stuff in his videos more and more.

His last video, which was uploaded 2 months ago, is about him getting a new job. I figured he hasn't put out any videos, since he wouldn't have much time. Then I see the number of dislikes and the related videos. Turns out that 10 days after uploading that video, he was on CNN for killing his family.

So he was an arsehole.

Hopefully there is software in the works to flag youtube videos featuring monologues with firearms in frame?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2012, 07:55:42 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 30, 2012, 05:34:22 PM
So he was an arsehole.

Hopefully there is software in the works to flag youtube videos featuring monologues with firearms in frame?
The worst part of it is that he was planning with a friend a Columbine-like attack on his former high school (Waller High School in Texas), but he wanted to get his parents disposed of so they wouldn't have to bear the trauma of what he did (holding a rifle on the High School of the Dead was a very creepy foreshadowing).

He also used to make himself watch Grave of the Fireflies every now and then. Elfen Lied was also his favorite anime, and Gantz was among his favorites... I can't argue about him having good taste, though I sincerely hope the tragic nature of these shows didn't inspire him in any way. It's almost as if what he did was simply for the cathartic thrill, which is what these shows provide. Either that, or being crazy attracted him to these shows.  :P

The other stuff he is reported as doing (killing small animals, shooting buildings in the middle of the night, setting fires, grading serial killers)- I wonder when he started doing that. For one, everyone who knew him (family, high school peers) said he was a nice guy (though some said he was slightly strange), and it's easy to see this. Did something happen for him to develop this evil side over the last year or so or was he always leading this double life?

When he started uploading videos of him testing out his guns by shooting cans, I just though "meh, it's a Texas thing." I did have a slightly uncomfortable feeling when watching them, though. Little did I know.

His Facebook "About Me" section is not exactly what you'd expect from a serial killer:
QuoteWelcome to the house of fun

I'm Trey, no nicknames or anything. I really like to take it easy and have a nice time. I'm really interested in my education as a college student and am really excited about graduating in a few years. I plant things sometimes in the spring like peppers and strawberries. My car is currently the most exciting part of my days. Please to meet you though, take it easy.

I'm still subscribed to him... maybe his next video will be a review of prison: "I give 'Prison' 0 out of 10-" then Inuyasha could surprise attack him just like in his other videos, except... it won't be Inuyasha. Um, I won't elaborate.   :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on May 30, 2012, 09:15:57 PM
I find that Facebook descriptor is weirdly neutral, like a conscious parody of inoffensive normality. And "Welcome to the house of fun" is just creepy in any context.

Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2012, 07:55:42 PMThe other stuff he is reported as doing (killing small animals, shooting buildings in the middle of the night, setting fires, grading serial killers)- I wonder when he started doing that. For one, everyone who knew him (family, high school peers) said he was a nice guy (though some said he was slightly strange), and it's easy to see this. Did something happen for him to develop this evil side over the last year or so or was he always leading this double life?

He was probably always working up to it. Being a "nice guy" is no indicator of being a nice guy. Ted Bundy was reportedly likable and charming.

I wonder about these guys who massacre their families. At some point, they heard about someone else who did it, and thought, "Yep, that's an option to consider." (I think killing parents and siblings is quite a different kind of crime to killing wife and kids.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 31, 2012, 07:45:20 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on May 30, 2012, 09:15:57 PM
I find that Facebook descriptor is weirdly neutral, like a conscious parody of inoffensive normality. And "Welcome to the house of fun" is just creepy in any context.

He was probably always working up to it. Being a "nice guy" is no indicator of being a nice guy. Ted Bundy was reportedly likable and charming.

Agreed on both counts - that Facebook paragraph is really weird. And people don't just have their evil side turn on one year - psychopathy manifests very early (even age 5-6) and being genetic it never changes. Maybe he had some new animus to act maliciously in the past year - the vast majority of people like that never actually kill or harm anyone. There's even a joke that most of them go into banking. I roomed with a guy in college who heard voices and was diagnosed as having 'psychotic tendencies' but unless you got him too drunk you'd hardly know.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 31, 2012, 11:45:27 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2012, 07:45:20 AM
Agreed on both counts - that Facebook paragraph is really weird.
Almost too normal, huh?  :D


Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2012, 07:45:20 AM
And people don't just have their evil side turn on one year - psychopathy manifests very early (even age 5-6) and being genetic it never changes. Maybe he had some new animus to act maliciously in the past year - the vast majority of people like that never actually kill or harm anyone.
Okay, that first part I didn't know.
Still, the three things that puzzle me are:
1. What was the stimulus to finally make him do this?
2. Psychopaths generally do not have empathy- however, he seems to capable of demonstrating it- for example, you cannot truly appreciate Grave of the Fireflies (one of his favorite films) without any empathy, since the movie is based on arousing empathy for victims of war. So maybe some psycopaths can have empathy but also have all of the other bad qualities at the same time?
3. Why did he write on the walls, "I love my parents," after killing them?

Probably it'll take months to find out, since it usually takes forever for trials to get going.

Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2012, 07:45:20 AM
There's even a joke that most of them go into banking.
Ha!  ;D
You know, I doubt it's just a joke...


Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2012, 07:45:20 AM
I roomed with a guy in college who heard voices and was diagnosed as having 'psychotic tendencies' but unless you got him too drunk you'd hardly know.
Interesting if that isn't schizophrenia. The people I know that had schizophrenia you couldn't tell, either, though it seems to me that they tend to try to manage by using medication and taking it easy socially.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 31, 2012, 01:11:15 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 31, 2012, 11:45:27 AM
Almost too normal, huh?  :D

Yup.

Quote from: Greg on May 31, 2012, 11:45:27 AM
Okay, that first part I didn't know.
Still, the three things that puzzle me are:

I don't know about the three things that puzzle you, but here's a really creepy article about young psychopaths (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/magazine/can-you-call-a-9-year-old-a-psychopath.html?pagewanted=all).

Quote from: Greg on May 31, 2012, 11:45:27 AM
Interesting if that isn't schizophrenia. The people I know that had schizophrenia you couldn't tell, either, though it seems to me that they tend to try to manage by using medication and taking it easy socially.

Wasn't schizophrenia. "Bipolar disorder with psychotic tendencies." He was a quiet guy and didn't talk about it much, like you said, but apparently it was just urges to do things which he felt only off his meds and in certain stages of the bipolar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 31, 2012, 02:44:59 PM
Sorry for posting something unrelated....

but why does reading Adorno always make me feel like a complete idiot?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 31, 2012, 04:54:53 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2012, 01:11:15 PM
I don't know about the three things that puzzle you, but here's a really creepy article about young psychopaths (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/magazine/can-you-call-a-9-year-old-a-psychopath.html?pagewanted=all).
That was informative. Would be nice if they developed treatment for this for children who display these tendencies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on May 31, 2012, 06:45:28 PM
Quote from: PaulR on May 31, 2012, 02:44:59 PM
Sorry for posting something unrelated....

but why does reading Adorno always make me feel like a complete idiot?

Adorno writes that way. His syntax is baffling, and his writing is so condensed that you really only have 2-3 sentences to understand and absorb an idea before he moves on to the next idea. If you don't get something he says, he finds no mercy for you - he keeps going. Also, at least in my experience, Adorno makes me feel dumb because he takes exactly the opposite positions as I do on nearly every subject and sets out the most derisive, insulting attacks on my views.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 01, 2012, 03:29:57 AM
Rhetorical scorn. Personally, I've no use for it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 02, 2012, 11:32:17 AM
I wish Beethoven had been alive to write a set of variations on this tune.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RG5bESZaTQ0

I'm only half-joking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 03, 2012, 01:55:31 AM
From the GMG search engine: You may have meant to search for Schoenberg's livestock.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 03, 2012, 07:21:20 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 03, 2012, 01:08:35 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 02, 2012, 11:32:17 AM
I wish Beethoven had been alive to write a set of variations on this tune.
I wonder if that's the original or what. It says Hatsune Miku is the singer, which I should have instinctively picked up on.

That's the Nyan cat theme:
http://www.youtube.com/v/QH2-TGUlwu4&feature=related
(my favorite version of the video is the one that loops for 100 hours).

Now to track the source...


okay, some guy with the internet name "daniwell." Whatever. I should download that Vocaloid software, though. Looks like such a fun tool to play with, considering that not even something like Sibelius can simulate actual synthesized singing of lyrics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 03, 2012, 03:07:40 PM
(http://www.soapymolloy.com/music/images/gmgbraincells.jpg)


I gave up searching for my braincells a long time ago.   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 03, 2012, 04:00:21 PM
I have a question, may not be the place for it.  My friend and I watched the DVD of "Reduced Shakespeare Company", and saw they also produced a 30 minute TV show of the Reduced Ring cycle.  Out of curiosity, I searched for it with no success.  I know it is called "The Reduced Ring" and was produced for the UK's Channel 4.  Does anyone know how I can find this, or am I just out of luck?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 03, 2012, 09:48:25 PM
 
Will Modafinil (http://www.gizmag.com/go/3574/) be the answer to my problems?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 04, 2012, 12:29:15 PM
RIP my cat Bear :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Leon on June 04, 2012, 12:44:13 PM
Has anyone heard of an animal attacking a parked lawn mower? 

Yesterday I went to mow my grass but found that something had chewed into the gas tank causing it to leak all the gas out (the cap was also chewed, but the real damage was done to one corner).  Lucky for me, my wife had a plastic glue gun and we managed to seal the hole so that gas no longer leaked and I could use the mower - but what kind of animal goes after gasoline from a lawn mower?

???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 04, 2012, 05:03:02 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 04, 2012, 12:29:15 PM
RIP my cat Bear :(

Sorry to hear that. It's sad to lose a pet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 04, 2012, 05:18:03 PM
Quote from: Arnold on June 04, 2012, 12:44:13 PM
but what kind of animal goes after gasoline from a lawn mower?
A zombie bear on bath salts?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 04, 2012, 09:23:38 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 04, 2012, 12:29:15 PM
RIP my cat Bear :(

(http://www.rosesonly.com.au/images/Products/super/Stunning_bouquet_Angle2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 12, 2012, 10:43:49 AM
Another Tuesday, another baking disaster.  I should just stick to cooking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 13, 2012, 09:13:48 AM
It still puzzles me what's the clue behind Harry's avatar. ::) I only can think of something negative.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on June 13, 2012, 12:05:00 PM
RZZZZZ!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on June 13, 2012, 12:08:10 PM
What's this forum about then?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 13, 2012, 12:09:51 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 13, 2012, 12:08:10 PM
What's this forum about then?

You!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on June 13, 2012, 12:16:21 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 13, 2012, 12:09:51 PM
You!

No, that would be Facebook.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 13, 2012, 12:26:23 PM
It has been brought to my attention that the Engineers from Prometheus may not be wholly original.  Below is a shot of an Engineer as well as what Squidward, from SpongeBob SquarePants, would look like as a human. 


(http://www.prometheus-movie.com/media/sacrificial_engineer_prometheus1.jpg)  (http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/21314000/ngbbs4c17ffe56e0cf.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on June 13, 2012, 12:28:27 PM
PROMETHEUS, the movie all my FB friends are talking about.

Haven't seen it yet. Sounds like I should wait for the DVD.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 13, 2012, 12:30:28 PM
Ebert really liked it, FWIW
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 13, 2012, 12:37:53 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 13, 2012, 12:28:27 PMSounds like I should wait for the DVD.



No way, see it on the biggest screen you can.  It has shortcomings, yes, but it is visually magnificent, and ain't no way you have a home theater that can produce the super big booms that theaters can.  For some scenes, you need those big booms!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on June 13, 2012, 01:55:18 PM
Quote from: Todd on June 13, 2012, 12:37:53 PM


No way, see it on the biggest screen you can.  It has shortcomings, yes, but it is visually magnificent, and ain't no way you have a home theater that can produce the super big booms that theaters can.  For some scenes, you need those big booms!

Thanks. Before seeing the Avengers in a theater, the trailer for Prometheus certainly had big booms!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 13, 2012, 02:54:38 PM
Damn, we lost our match against our eternal rival Germany at the European championship soccer. Now one more change, but we depend on Germany.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 13, 2012, 08:24:42 PM
I assume there are no Nootropics enthusiasts in the vicinity....  This is an extract from an email I sent to a friend this morning:
QuoteI'm currently half off my rocker on modafinil. Well, the slightly deranged bit is due more to sleep deprivation than the drug itself. After my package arrived yesterday, I couldn't resist sampling immediately, but then spoiled the experiment by having much too much sugar, then valerian in an attempt to reduce foot cramp, then no-doze to counter the consequent vague mental state. Then I lost track of time, and went to bed around 7 this morning. Had a hard time drifting off, and my heartrate refused to slow down (possibly from the late night caffeine?). I eventually got to sleep, but had to wake up at 9. In order to make it through today, I had to take more modafinil! I feel okay so far.

It's hard to describe the effects of the drug, as really it has so little effect at all. It's not at all speedy, it doesn't increase concentration, it doesn't seem to prevent late night muscle tension or sore eyes. I did feel better after my short sleep, so maybe the anecdotal stuff about catnaps is true. There's no way this stuff can let you live without sleep, or be more productive in anything requiring creativity. So what good is it? It would be useful as used by the military and cramming students, for sustained wakefulness in emergency situations, and a morning dose might be helpful for narcoleptics. For me, it might be useful for writing on the weekend, by cutting down on the half-day it takes me to wake up (by which time I start getting tired again - you know how it goes).

The cramps I mentioned seem to be a side effect, BTW. I had a berocca, after which I felt better (I read somewhere that vitamin C is good for cramps).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 14, 2012, 06:37:21 AM
How much do you know about Nootropics? I will learn about them, though it seems there is quite a bit to look up.
What were you using Modafinil for? All I know is that Piracetam is used for concentration and learning, while Modafinil is supposedly for allowing you to stay up many hours without sleep?

This stuff, if they worked, would be incredibly useful. Imagine: trying this two nights a week where you need 7 less hours of sleep, giving you a total of 14 extra hours per week. As someone who needs more than average amounts of sleep, while at the same time having more than average aspirations, I'd be interested in at least learning about these.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 14, 2012, 05:55:44 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 14, 2012, 06:37:21 AMHow much do you know about Nootropics? I will learn about them, though it seems there is quite a bit to look up.
What were you using Modafinil for? All I know is that Piracetam is used for concentration and learning, while Modafinil is supposedly for allowing you to stay up many hours without sleep?

This stuff, if they worked, would be incredibly useful. Imagine: trying this two nights a week where you need 7 less hours of sleep, giving you a total of 14 extra hours per week. As someone who needs more than average amounts of sleep, while at the same time having more than average aspirations, I'd be interested in at least learning about these.  8)

I know little about nootropics, and am not part of the "scene". My situation is that (allow me to vent) I've spent years not getting enough sleep, mostly due to my depressing life situation, and I've reached the point where I feel braindead most of the day. I'm barely maintaining equilibrium at the moment, and am worried that if I lose my job I won't be capable of finding a new one, and then further bad things will ensue. At the same time I'm writing a novel, in the vain hope of turning writing into a living. The problem is that I rarely have the mental energy needed, except when I'm on holiday (and then I spend most of that time debilitated by stuff I don't want to talk about just now).

As I said above, modafinil sustains wakefulness but does NOT increase energy. Nonetheless, I think if used properly it could enable a radical improvement in my life. For increased mental energy, I'm vaguely thinking about ritalin now, but knowing myself as I do, it may just enable me to procrastinate with much greater focus :) Ever tried ritalin? You're American, so I assume you were raised on it ;)

If you want to spend less time sleeping, modafinil could well help you (provided you don't get Stevens Johnson Syndrome, a rare but icky side effect). My nonprofessional advice would be one 200mg tab on waking, which should give you a few extra hours at the end of the day without keeping you up all night and screwing up your body clock.


EDIT:

A study has shown that the effectiveness of modafinil is limited according to genetic variation. "Europeans have nearly equal prevalence of Val (~48%) and Met (~52%) alleles, whereas the Val allele is much more common in populations from other parts of the world."
If you have the Met/Met genotype, modafinil will do nothing for you. Makes me wonder if my wakefulness has been psychosomatic  :-\

Pharmacogenetics of Modafinil After Sleep Loss: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Genotype Modulates Waking Functions But Not Recovery Sleep


Another study concluded "Modafinil effectively counters the adverse effects of overnight sleep deprivation on working memory but only when task difficulty is moderate". So, really, it's usefulness for intellectual work is limited.

Modafinil Activates Cortical and Subcortical Sites in the Sleep-Deprived State
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 15, 2012, 06:45:03 AM
I don't know about Ritalin, but I do have a friend who used to use Adderall for ADHD (haven't seen her in a while, so I don't know if she still does), and she was always super-energetic and rarely needed sleep. I think she used to play WOW more than she slept lol. However, there is one side effect that is either good or bad, totally dependent on your body type (or how you want to look): weight loss. That's why it's out of the question for me.  :(

Modafinil is also prescription... I can't see a doctor prescribing this stuff for me because I want to need less sleep.  :P
B12 is supposed to help with concentration and alertness throughout the day... I've tried it a few times, and it seems to be okay, but who knows for sure until I try it a lot more.

If Modafinil doesn't work for you, I'd be interested if you found anything decent (and for a decent price). 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 15, 2012, 06:47:02 PM
I might be getting over my head here, but...

I sent out about 10 friend requests on facebook to random Japanese people, so I would have some Japanese status updates to read (I click on facebook about 10-20 times a day out of nervous habit while I'm working hard on a project on the computer).

So far, the first guy I requested (who happens to be an architect!) accepted. Also, just now, one of his friends actually sent me a friend request! I had to look up how you actually phrase "thanks for the friend request," since I'm not 100% confident with 友達のお願いってありがとう... the recommended way is 友達のお願いを聞いてくれてありがとう, which is more like saying "thanks for asking for a friend request." Languages! ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 07:42:02 PM
Did you explain what you wanted to do?  Because at least to me, it's weird to friend random people on FB.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 15, 2012, 07:55:35 PM
It is weird, but I couldn't possibly add up how many times I've been friend requested from strangers who I don't know. On myspace, especially... I had some French people become my friend on myspace before even though I didn't know them (one I had some conversations with about my music and such), but this is quite a leap. Lucky for me, after the quake, the Japanese started using facebook much more, meaning it's probably a slightly less closed-off circle than before. It's still awkward, though (but somewhat exciting).

We exchanged a couple of messages in Japanese and English (the guy who friend requested me), and he knows now. Hopefully I don't sound too bad.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:01:32 PM
You young people with your myspace and facebook :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 15, 2012, 08:10:41 PM
Anybody own a dog here? I have a Yorkshire terrier/dachshund mix. Her name is Chiclet. She's such a sweet dog. Her favorite things to do are playing fetch by herself (she can actually toss the ball by herself), sleeping on my bed, licking, gently biting, and yawning on my nose. She is also a good size for a house dog. Well, I've now officially hit an all time low on this forum, I'm talking about my dog. :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:15:54 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 15, 2012, 08:10:41 PM
Anybody own a dog here? I have a Yorkshire terrier/dachshund mix. Her name is Chiclet. She's such a sweet dog. Her favorite things to do are playing fetch by herself (she can actually toss the ball by herself), sleeping on my bed, licking, gently biting, and yawning on my nose. She is also a good size for a house dog. Well, I've now officially hit an all time low on this forum, I'm talking about my dog. :-[
yes, because cat talk is so much more elitist :D

In other news, I sometimes hate my apartment, when people get extremely loud and I can hear almost everything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 15, 2012, 08:25:03 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:15:54 PM
yes, because cat talk is so much more elitist :D

In other news, I sometimes hate my apartment, when people get extremely loud and I can hear almost everything.

:D

This is one reason I couldn't live in an apartment --- having to deal with people's noise.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:25:42 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 15, 2012, 08:25:03 PM
:D

This is one reason I couldn't live in an apartment --- having to deal with people's noise.
The only noise I want to hear are the ones I make!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 15, 2012, 08:41:00 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:25:42 PM
The only noise I want to hear are the ones I make!  :D

:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 16, 2012, 05:04:25 AM
Need to do things differently, to get stronger instead of weaker and degenerating.

This surfing on the internet is also not very good, all those automatic behaviour. Every time you react on your impulses as you surf. It's not good, it degenerates. Especially when you behave in that way in other things as well.

The way I think makes me weak. Because I do other things wrong when I think too much (jumping from thought to thought).

"One has to learn to look, one has to learn to think, one has to learn to write and speak." (Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 06:32:27 AM
Beautiful morning here in Boston.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 16, 2012, 07:10:13 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 15, 2012, 08:01:32 PM
You young people with your myspace and facebook :P
Pretty much just facebook now...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 07:16:53 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 16, 2012, 07:10:13 AM
Pretty much just facebook now...
I know, I haven't logged into my myspace account in ages :P
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 07:19:43 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 07:16:53 AM
I know, I haven't logged into my myspace account in ages :P

+1
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 16, 2012, 07:34:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 16, 2012, 06:32:27 AM
Beautiful morning here in Boston.

A beautiful morning here too in Georgia.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 09:27:04 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 16, 2012, 07:34:09 AM
A beautiful morning here too in Georgia.
Beautiful afternoon in Bowling Green.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 10:12:43 AM
What am I listening to?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 10:24:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 16, 2012, 10:12:43 AM
What am I listening to?
I don't know, you haven't posted something in the WAYLT thread in a while.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 10:27:43 AM
Guess! ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 10:31:27 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 16, 2012, 10:27:43 AM
Guess! ; )
Shostakovich 10th symphony conducted by Mariss Jansons and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2012, 10:33:42 AM
He listened to Haydn (QM in the SQ) in the morning, and is now considering some RVW symphony. The 7th, I'd guess. (This could be a game with its own thread, you know.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 11:14:07 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 16, 2012, 10:33:42 AM
He listened to Haydn (QM in the SQ) in the morning, and is now considering some RVW symphony. The 7th, I'd guess. (This could be a game with its own thread, you know.)
Could either be a very fun game, or a very frustrating one.

Either way, looking forward to the answer! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 11:16:51 AM
Stay tuned!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 11:21:37 AM
I feel there should be a radio/tv voice over saying to stay tuned in after the brief messages to find out the answer......

....the last thing GMG needs is commercials........
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2012, 11:28:38 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 11:21:37 AM
I feel there should be a radio/tv voice over saying to stay tuned in after the brief messages to find out the answer......

....the last thing GMG needs is commercials........

What then should be the brief messages?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 16, 2012, 11:28:38 AM
What then should be the brief messages?
Good question............perhaps what certain members think about topics of music?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 04:51:47 PM
Karl really is the master of suspense.......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 06:25:11 PM
Sorry! Soon as I got home, I had to take a nap.

I was thinking of Bilbo, who while engaged in the riddle contest with Gollum asked himself out loud, What have I got in my pocket? . . . which in turn Gollum took up as a last riddle.


And all of your guesses were good guesses . . . only I was in a different environment.  And (not that it is of any great interest) it was whatever music happened to be playing out of the shop's P.A. system.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 06:27:42 PM
"Thanks for playing!  All contestants will receive a parting gift just for playing!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 06:38:04 PM
Carl Kassel's voice on their answering machine or voice-mail!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 16, 2012, 06:38:59 PM
Why is it that apparently, no one understands the difference between "your" and "you're?" WTF
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 06:46:08 PM
Creeping illiteracy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 06:47:58 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 16, 2012, 06:38:59 PM
Why is it that apparently, no one understands the difference between "your" and "you're?" WTF
Their very ignorant.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 16, 2012, 06:51:03 PM
Bad, bad Paul!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 16, 2012, 06:53:14 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 06:47:58 PM
Their very ignorant.
;D
It's not just dumb people, though; it seems more normal to misspell it than to spell it correctly. Almost everyone seems to misspell it (except for the people here, for some reason).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 06:57:24 PM
QuoteQuote from: karlhenning on Today at 10:51:03 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=8081.msg637436#msg637436)>Bad, bad Paul!


0:)

I've been trying to understand and translate German for far too long today.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 16, 2012, 07:41:19 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 16, 2012, 06:57:24 PM

0:)

I've been trying to understand and translate German for far too long today.
Speaking of "too"... "too" and "to." It seems no one gets that one, either.
It might be that half of the time, people know the difference but are just being absent-minded. It's just irritating. It really gets old. How do you look at that and not be irritated? I really would like to know. It would greatly help, because it also gets a bit old being irritated constantly because of people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2012, 06:17:53 AM
Does anyone know how one would translate "quintrahmen" from German to English?  Would it just basically Framework of a fifth?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 17, 2012, 06:20:10 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 17, 2012, 06:17:53 AM
Does anyone know how one would translate "quintrahmen" from German to English?  Would it just basically Framework of a fifth?

Cato would know . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2012, 06:29:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 17, 2012, 06:20:10 AM
Cato would know . . . .
Since it's in the framework of musical construction, I am wondering if it means "quintal harmony", as quint means Fifth and one of the meanings for "rahmen" is "to frame".....but it is definitely not perfect....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 17, 2012, 05:57:21 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 16, 2012, 07:10:13 AMPretty much just facebook now...

"We're more Ceefax people."



Re bad grammar, part of it may just be lack of care. I'm usually pretty anal about such things, which I realise makes me an exception. The worst is when I have typing dyslexia (usually when tired) - my fingers hit all the right keys, but in completely the wrong order.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 18, 2012, 03:47:52 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on June 17, 2012, 05:57:21 PM
Re bad grammar, part of it may just be lack of care.

Oh, one always allows for the element of momentary carelessness, bien sûr.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 18, 2012, 07:05:20 PM
Only in Japan, part 234898724242...

One of the main pages of the NHK site (the site for one of the largest newspapers in Japan) features an animated monkey in a suit, crawling around at the top of the page:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/index.html

This is definitely not the first time you'll see this in a major Japanese newspaper site.
It's not the main page, but if you go to the main page at nhk.or.jp, watch a video article, and then click to what should normally be home, it takes you to this other main page. Although the site has improved from a few years ago, the navigation is still wtf. You simply don't learn web site design by imitating the streets of Tokyo. Or you can, but the "wtf" effect is not appropriate for any type of navigation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 18, 2012, 07:10:44 PM
O Gawd. I just made one of my periodic rounds of the "other" classical music forums. GMG really is the best of all possible worlds.
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 19, 2012, 02:48:53 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on June 18, 2012, 07:10:44 PM
O Gawd. I just made one of my periodic rounds of the "other" classical music forums. GMG really is the best of all possible worlds.

They're none of 'em a patch on GMG.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 20, 2012, 09:37:01 AM
Say what? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jun/20/raging-bull-2-ring-filming)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: knight66 on June 20, 2012, 10:47:59 PM
Somehow I don't think the critics will be kind.

Mike
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 22, 2012, 10:45:22 AM
Read a piece in the Guardian today where I came upon the word "hetero-normative."  (It can also apparently be written without the hypen.)  It's new to me.  Man, I should have taken some women's studies courses in college.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 22, 2012, 05:05:23 PM
If I don't post for a week, it's because the place I'll be might not have WiFi. (Just saying, since in the 6 or so years I've been here, I probably haven't gone a full week without posting).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 22, 2012, 05:55:25 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 22, 2012, 05:05:23 PM
If I don't post for a week, it's because the place I'll be might not have WiFi. (Just saying, since in the 6 or so years I've been here, I probably haven't gone a full week without posting).
can you "quit" cold turkey?  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 22, 2012, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: Todd on June 20, 2012, 09:37:01 AM
Say what? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jun/20/raging-bull-2-ring-filming)

Me no like.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 24, 2012, 06:43:30 AM
"You may have meant to search for Beethoven's fudge."
I didn't know that Ludwig ate fudge. Anyway, I think it might not be edible anymore.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 24, 2012, 06:55:23 AM
Quote from: North Star on June 24, 2012, 06:43:30 AM
"You may have meant to search for Beethoven's fudge."
I didn't know that Ludwig ate fudge. Anyway, I think it might not be edible anymore.

It's actually the nickname of the alternate last movement of Op. 130. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 24, 2012, 07:19:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 24, 2012, 06:55:23 AM
It's actually the nickname of the alternate last movement of Op. 130. ;D
Yeah, it is a sweet movement  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 26, 2012, 07:15:04 AM
Just finished listening to Haydn - Orlando Paladino.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2012, 07:18:53 AM
Quote from: Henk on June 26, 2012, 07:15:04 AM
Just finished listening to Haydn - Orlando Paladino.

Glad to see you're posting about your listening on two dozen threads other than the WAYLT thread, Henk.  You are[/i a funny one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 26, 2012, 07:30:08 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 26, 2012, 07:18:53 AM
Glad to see you're posting about your listening on two dozen threads other than the WAYLT thread, Henk.  You are[/i a funny one.

Karl, let's not battle. It's not productive.

Calling me a "funny one", doesn't sound of much respect for me. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 07:43:33 AM
On the other hand, one of the things I like most about GMG is that it's an endless font of mirth -- especially for those who love irony.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 26, 2012, 07:49:37 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 07:43:33 AM
On the other hand, one of the things I like most about GMG is that it's an endless font of mirth -- especially for those who love irony.

You're in the wrong thread, pall. >:(  ;)
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2012, 07:57:52 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 07:43:33 AM
On the other hand, one of the things I like most about GMG is that it's an endless font of mirth -- especially for those who love irony.

Come heed my lay, all ye lovers of Harmony & Irony!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 07:59:31 AM
Headline in The Guardian:

Quote
Kristen Stewart is highest paid female film star in the world

Star of Twilight Saga made an estimated $34.5m last year, according to Forbes magazine

First thought: Who is Kristen Stewart?
Second thought: I'm definitely in the wrong business!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 08:00:47 AM
Irony aboundeth.

But the Dude abides.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 26, 2012, 08:11:01 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 07:59:31 AM
First thought: Who is Kristen Stewart?
Second thought: I'm definitely in the wrong business!

Wrong gender, too, apparently  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 26, 2012, 08:18:14 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 08:00:47 AM
Irony aboundeth.

But the Dude abides.

I like your style, Dude.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 08:23:32 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 26, 2012, 08:11:01 AM
Wrong gender, too, apparently  ;D
But I like my gender!  It's my second favorite!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 08:26:19 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on June 26, 2012, 08:18:14 AM
I like your style, Dude.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J5ARFm3MMGE/TV4QMRb2Z0I/AAAAAAAAAmY/Rpozsiy-suo/s320/the-dude.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2012, 08:29:52 AM
I could do with an "oat soda" 'bout now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 26, 2012, 08:47:50 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 26, 2012, 08:29:52 AM
I could do with an "oat soda" 'bout now.
Not a White Russian?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2012, 08:53:50 AM
I still have some work to do.  I know, very un-Dude!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 28, 2012, 06:02:49 PM
Last night I watched the first episode of Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets. Some of the choices were, well, less than great:

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 29, 2012, 07:44:34 AM
Separately: There is nothing like a newly minted pound.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 29, 2012, 05:54:54 PM
By all means, grant her a visa. (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/358075/20120629/shera-bechard-frisky-friday-playboy-visa-photos.htm)  Seriously, get it done.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 30, 2012, 01:38:39 PM
Quote from: PaulR on June 22, 2012, 05:55:25 PM
can you "quit" cold turkey?  :P
Didn't have a choice for the last week, having only about 10 minutes of Internet twice, using public places.
I couldn't quit because I need the internet now for studying, but if I didn't need it for that, I wouldn't quit anyways, so no, I couldn't. The internet is the greatest source of learning that has ever existed in the history of the world, so it would be illogical to try unless you tried just to see if you could.  :o   
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 30, 2012, 03:59:05 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 30, 2012, 01:38:39 PM
The internet is the greatest source of learning that has ever existed in the history of the world,
Brrrrrraaaaapppp!  Wrong answer!  The internet is the greatest medium for transmission of information in history, but it's also the greatest repository for dangerously ignorant bullshit, and the latter outweighs the former 99 to 1!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 30, 2012, 05:40:59 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 30, 2012, 03:59:05 PM
Brrrrrraaaaapppp!  Wrong answer!  The internet is the greatest medium for transmission of information in history, but it's also the greatest repository for dangerously ignorant bullshit, and the latter outweighs the former 99 to 1!
That's why you ignore the stupid stuff. I guess some people don't do that, though.
You can go to the biggest library in the world, but online you'll find most of the same books. Most books out there are floating around in pdf form... and that's just books...

It is by far the greatest research for anything major I've ever really wanted to learn, which is why I said that. Languages, computer programming, music...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 30, 2012, 06:25:12 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 30, 2012, 05:40:59 PM
You can go to the biggest library in the world, but online you'll find most of the same books. Most books out there are floating around in pdf form... and that's just books...

An essential component of my Master's in Research was using the internet for proper research and knowing where to look to find the good stuff, and I can happily agree with you: while I would love to spend all the rest of my life reading texts from the 1600s/1700s in the rare books room of the British Library, they are ALL online now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 01, 2012, 07:10:22 AM
Started the fun task of cataloguing my CDs, and just realized that I own more Haydn discs than any other composer. Counting each disc, including each in the box sets, I now have 119, and I do have quite a few MP3s of Haydn, but that 119 is just physical discs. It's quite a shock, I truly had no idea I owned that many.  :o

Next is Prokofiev with 79 discs, and probably another dozen or so on MP3.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 01, 2012, 01:39:30 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 30, 2012, 05:40:59 PM
That's why you ignore the stupid stuff. I guess some people don't do that, though.
The problem is knowing which is the stupid stuff. An awful lot of people can't tell. We tend to mistake ignorant BS that coincides with our own prejudices for valid information . . . and to dismiss rational investigation of facts that threatens our pet beliefs as BS.

It's a very rare person who can learn to distinguish them without hands on guidance. Our ability to correct ourselves -- and thus learn -- from within the closed system of our own limited understanding is pretty slight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 01, 2012, 01:40:34 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 01, 2012, 07:10:22 AM
Started the fun task of cataloguing my CDs, and just realized that I own more Haydn discs than any other composer.
Are you sure your name's not GURN?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 01, 2012, 01:44:42 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 01, 2012, 01:40:34 PM
Are you sure your name's not GURN?

I certainly can thank Gurn for assisting with the Haydn increase in my collection.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 01, 2012, 02:53:43 PM
I wrote a blog essay on the Obamacare ruling, but I don't want to post it. I'm job-hunting and wouldn't like to alienate any potential employers who find my site by posting political or religious material.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 01, 2012, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 01, 2012, 02:53:43 PM
I wrote a blog essay on the Obamacare ruling, but I don't want to post it. I'm job-hunting and wouldn't like to alienate any potential employers who find my site by posting political or religious material.

Then why even tell us about it if you won't let us read it  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 01, 2012, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 01, 2012, 02:56:13 PM
Then why even tell us about it if you won't let us read it  :(

To vent my frustration... I should go anonymous.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 01, 2012, 06:13:15 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 01, 2012, 01:39:30 PMThe problem is knowing which is the stupid stuff. An awful lot of people can't tell. We tend to mistake ignorant BS that coincides with our own prejudices for valid information . . . and to dismiss rational investigation of facts that threatens our pet beliefs as BS.

The internet certainly allows stupidity to foster, but it also allows the opposite. Remember, or imagine if you can, the isolated life of the classical music fan before the internet, when your only resources were the local music shop, possibly a mail order catalog, some biographies at the local library, and maybe the Penguin guide. (People have mentioned libraries lending classical records, but I never experienced such a thing.) Now almost any record can be bought from Amazon, and for most pieces there are multiple informed opinions to take in (and certainly some less informed ones, but there are here at GMG at least two dozen people at least as well informed as the archetypal shopkeeper guru).

The thing that really stumps me is: how can the classical record industry be in decline when Amazon and GMG make it easier for more people to buy music than ever before? I mean, Mirror Image alone could keep a boutique label in business all year round. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 02, 2012, 05:38:09 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 01, 2012, 01:39:30 PM
The problem is knowing which is the stupid stuff. An awful lot of people can't tell. We tend to mistake ignorant BS that coincides with our own prejudices for valid information . . . and to dismiss rational investigation of facts that threatens our pet beliefs as BS.

It's a very rare person who can learn to distinguish them without hands on guidance. Our ability to correct ourselves -- and thus learn -- from within the closed system of our own limited understanding is pretty slight.
Well, it really depends on which type of information we're talking about here.
If you're talking about, for example, news stories or personal websites that don't contain comments sections or aren't widely rated on Web of Trust, you're going to be completely in the dark. Also, in web forums, you can just read totally biased agenda-based nonsense everywhere and fall into a trap... I assume you may be referring to this more.

As for books, you usually have a greater advantage than in the past in knowing what is good and what isn't- if it's a book that is read widely enough, you simply go to Amazon and read the user comments/ratings and make up your own mind about it, but it will be a more informed mind than simply stumbling upon it on the library bookshelf. (same point eyeresist is making, I suppose)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 02, 2012, 06:04:22 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 02, 2012, 05:38:09 AM
As for books, you usually have a greater advantage than in the past in knowing what is good and what isn't- if it's a book that is read widely enough, you simply go to Amazon and read the user comments/ratings and make up your own mind about it, but it will be a more informed mind than simply stumbling upon it on the library bookshelf. (same point eyeresist is making, I suppose)

Same holds true for Yelp/restaurants, TripAdvisor/hotels, and a whole host of websites for various consumer products and services, plus various more academic/knowledge-heavy fora (such as this). Sure, if you hang out in the comments section of YouTube you'll be treated to humanity at its worst, in a way that it couldn't express itself before the internet, but no force for good information as powerful as the internet has ever existed before, either.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 02, 2012, 07:25:25 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 29, 2012, 07:16:25 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 29, 2012, 06:58:40 AM
Independence Day.

Henceforth to be known as Higgs (http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=196564) Day (http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4794)! :P ;)

A compromise (http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/07/02/higgsdependence-day/) has been reached, apparently.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 07:35:05 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 02, 2012, 06:04:22 AM
Same holds true for Yelp/restaurants,
Yelp has been absolutely evil, blackmailing business owners by putting up bad reviews if they won't buy advertising -- according to both local (Sacramento) restaurateurs and mechanics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 02, 2012, 08:27:02 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 07:35:05 AM
Yelp has been absolutely evil, blackmailing business owners by putting up bad reviews if they won't buy advertising -- according to both local (Sacramento) restaurateurs and mechanics.

That's odd. The only time I've seen anything fishy on Yelp was a Middle Eastern restaurant peppered with 5-star reviews from the owner's friends.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 08:49:51 AM
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/yelp-extortion-allegations-stack-up/Content?oid=1176984

There's also the ever popular demand from sleazy customers for freebies in exchange for not posting a scathing review.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 02, 2012, 08:56:49 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 08:49:51 AM
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/yelp-extortion-allegations-stack-up/Content?oid=1176984

There's also the ever popular demand from sleazy customers for freebies in exchange for not posting a scathing review.

Thanks, an interesting read. Makes me wonder what has happened in the three-plus years since. According to some cursory research, the CEO remains at the helm, but Yelp now lists the reviews it has "filtered" out (you click a button to display them) and proprietors' responses to reviews are posted directly as comments of sorts. Given the enormous volume of stuff there is on the site (and given the experiences of a friend of mine who temped for the site), I can't imagine their fingers are in more than 0.0001% of available pies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on July 02, 2012, 09:55:45 AM
Damn psychologist told me that I'd spend more than enough on music lately and that I needed to cut back. :P

(I'm in a mixed manic state at the moment, damn bipolar etc)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 02, 2012, 03:19:43 PM
Quote from: nesf on July 02, 2012, 09:55:45 AM
Damn psychologist told me that I'd spend more than enough on music lately and that I needed to cut back.

I think they'd tell most GMGers that.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on July 02, 2012, 03:49:42 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 02, 2012, 03:19:43 PM
I think they'd tell most GMGers that.  ;D

I felt like telling her something similar.

Good thing I didn't tell her that I treated myself to a new iPod too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 03:58:00 PM
Quote from: nesf on July 02, 2012, 03:49:42 PM
I felt like telling her something similar.
Aaaah. Now it's clear. You should have told her you were buying shoes, not CDs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: nesf on July 02, 2012, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 02, 2012, 03:58:00 PM
Aaaah. Now it's clear. You should have told her you were buying shoes, not CDs.

Well, see that's how it works with my wife.

"You spent €200 on music over the past three days???"
"How much were the last pair of shoes you bought?"
"Point."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 03, 2012, 01:28:38 AM
Because you asked for it:

Reports from the latest Australian census (http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3536106.htm) indicate that adherents of Scientology are few and far between:

Scientologists - 2,163
Jedi - 65,000
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 03, 2012, 02:11:43 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 03, 2012, 01:28:38 AM
Because you asked for it:

Reports from the latest Australian census (http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3536106.htm) indicate that adherents of Scientology are few and far between:

Scientologists - 2,163
Jedi - 65,000
Actually, that is a lot relatively. Australia is less than 0.1% of the world's population. But 2,163 is about 1% of the estimated worldwide Scientologists (200,000 at the highend; there is a 3.5m number out there, but that seems inflated).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 04, 2012, 08:44:41 AM
So they ended up discovering that boson particle after all (and are trying to find out whether it is a Higgs boson or not)... 
hmm. After this major problem has (almost) been solved, I wonder how many problems that leaves physicists to tackle in order to understand the universe?...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 04, 2012, 09:06:01 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 04, 2012, 08:44:41 AM
So they ended up discovering that boson particle after all (and are trying to find out whether it is a Higgs boson or not)... 
hmm. After this major problem has (almost) been solved, I wonder how many problems that leaves physicists to tackle in order to understand the universe?...

(Mind you, the physicists were careful not to use the D-word in this context throughout their seminar. ;))

To answer your question: Quite a bit, even at the fundamental level. The two most popular are of course the members of the Dark Side which straddle both particle physics and cosmology. And we still don't know whether, once the properties of this particle has been pinned down with some confidence, new physics will emerge from it. But apart from the issue that usually appear in the papers, there are many unsolved problems (conceptual and technical/mathematical) in other sub-fields of physics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 04, 2012, 11:22:17 PM
Let's call them what they are: barbarians.

Quote
'Blasphemer' dragged from police station and beaten to death (http://www.smh.com.au/world/blasphemer-dragged-from-police-station-and-beaten-to-death-senior-officer-20120705-21i5y.html)

Thousands of people dragged a Pakistani man accused of desecrating Islam's holy book from a police station in central Pakistan, beat him to death and then set his body on fire, a police official said.

The incident highlighted the highly charged nature of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, under which anyone found guilty of insulting Islam's Prophet or the Koran can be sentenced to death.

Sometimes, however, people take the matter into their own hands.

A senior police officer, Mohammed Azhar Gujar, said in the incident on Tuesday in Bahawalpur, a city in a deeply conservative part of central Pakistan, attackers stormed a police station where the man was being interrogated.

Gujar said the victim seemed to be mentally unstable. He was arrested after residents said he threw pages of the Koran into the street.

While the man was being questioned, some people started making announcements over mosque loudspeakers, urging residents to go to the police station and punish him.

Within hours, thousands gathered outside and demanded the man be handed over to them. Gujar said police tried to protect him, but the mob turned violent.

They burned several police vehicles and wounded seven officers before grabbing the man and dragging him into the street, where he was beaten to death and his body set on fire.

Gujar said the mob also attacked the house of an area police chief and burned his furniture and possessions.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 05, 2012, 09:20:59 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 04, 2012, 11:22:17 PM
Let's call them what they are: barbarians.

I thought you favored political correctness that tolerates or approves everything except for Christianity, capitalism, and limited government?   
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 05, 2012, 05:27:27 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 05, 2012, 09:20:59 AMI thought you favored political correctness that tolerates or approves everything except for Christianity, capitalism, and limited government?

No idea why you thought that. I try to have my own opinions on everything. (For things I know nothing about, I try to have no opinion at all.) Try it some time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 05, 2012, 07:28:49 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 04, 2012, 09:06:01 AM
(Mind you, the physicists were careful not to use the D-word in this context throughout their seminar. ;))

To answer your question: Quite a bit, even at the fundamental level. The two most popular are of course the members of the Dark Side which straddle both particle physics and cosmology. And we still don't know whether, once the properties of this particle has been pinned down with some confidence, new physics will emerge from it. But apart from the issue that usually appear in the papers, there are many unsolved problems (conceptual and technical/mathematical) in other sub-fields of physics.
Yeah, some of things that are undiscovered have surprised me. Gravity?  :D Though once you realize the technical difficulties of proving that something like a graviton exists, I can understand why.  :o
As long as they keep on making different theories, just maybe they'll be able to test some of them out and hopefully have success... (unless it's time travel, then screw them- after watching Steins;Gate, I'll never be able to look at CERN the same way again)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 06, 2012, 05:31:33 PM
So I just got back to Bowling Green about an hour ago, and found that it was 100 degrees within my apartment.  It is now down to 88.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 08, 2012, 05:29:07 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 05, 2012, 07:28:49 PMAs long as they keep on making different theories, just maybe they'll be able to test some of them out and hopefully have success... (unless it's time travel, then screw them- after watching Steins;Gate, I'll never be able to look at CERN the same way again)

I'm currently watching Ghost Hound :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 11, 2012, 08:15:27 PM
So, I was driving to the gas station just down the road from where I live (~3 minutes away, basically the closest business to my house- I also have a friend that works here), and I notice a ton of cop cars, the news van, and a ton of black people walking around outside.

What happened was some guy had been stalking a woman that was a manager at the Discount Auto Parts store right next to it, and in the morning, he shot and killed her, shot another employee who is now in the hospital, and was later shot to death by the cops. The woman was 56, but in her photo, she looked much younger. She actually had reported stalking yesterday and scheduled to meet the police to identify him in a lineup this afternoon, but she had to work and he killed her before she could do that. One guy who was interviewed said she was a very nice woman, too.

http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/7/11/police_investigating.html
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2012, 02:16:02 AM
That's awful, lad.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 12, 2012, 06:12:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2012, 02:16:02 AM
That's awful, lad.
Yeah, and now I'm remembering that the last time I went to that shop, I'm almost completely sure that was the lady rang up my purchase. At least this sort of thing is not very common in my area and that it was only one crazy guy. Old people are usually way less violent. Unlike Chicago, with 1 or 2 murders each day.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2012, 06:26:42 AM
And that's a downturn from the 30s . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 12, 2012, 07:21:34 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2012, 06:26:42 AM
And that's a downturn from the 30s . . . .
Is it?

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZvosRi-udfc/SmY3Jd7ITVI/AAAAAAAAAog/1juTYgt5i7s/s1600/murderrate.JPG)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 17, 2012, 06:33:02 AM
XKCD's creator, Randall Munroe, has brought out a new website called 'What if?'. In it he answers "hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday." It's only 3 instalements old and quite fun. Beyond the regular geeks, if you know a child (is "young person" the politically correct term?) interested in the sciences, he or she will likely enjoy and learn something from this, especially in terms of making quantitative estimates and such.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/

The questions so far have been:

Questions can also be submitted.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 17, 2012, 12:00:57 PM
Bored.  :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2012, 12:00:57 PM
Bored.  :-\

Then you need Sita Sings the Blues. See the whole movie here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 17, 2012, 12:12:30 PM
Oh, that's what I need.  ;D

Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:15:55 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2012, 12:12:30 PM
Oh, that's what I need.  ;D

Thanks.

Just wait till you find yourself watching it for the fourth time over within a week, and realising it's snuck into your top ten favourite films of all time list. That's what happened to me. I jest not, O Dave of The Inner Shed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 17, 2012, 12:20:54 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:15:55 PM
Just wait till you find yourself watching it for the fourth time over within a week, and realising it's snuck into your top ten favourite films of all time list. That's what happened to me. I jest not, O Dave of The Inner Shed.

I will check it out, sir. Is it available on DVD?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:34:01 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2012, 12:20:54 PM
I will check it out, sir. Is it available on DVD?

It's available (legally) for free here: choose the direct download option - you get a 4GB file which will burn itself onto DVD and make a running copy.

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/wiki/index.php?title=SitaSites (http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/wiki/index.php?title=SitaSites)

If you want to see the most violent bit, it's here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Z5GOgsiV4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Z5GOgsiV4&feature=related)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 18, 2012, 07:51:12 PM
Today I visited some Disney resorts with my friend.

Here's what they look like:

Polynesian (inside)
(http://images.oyster.com/orlando/hotels/disneys-polynesian-resort/photos/lobby--v662248-800.jpg)

Polynesian (outside)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jqGJs1HEXtk/TZIzK50UNMI/AAAAAAAAAME/9EoGXTsGZRA/s1600/PolyPool.jpg)

Wilderness Lodge (inside)
(http://selldisneytimeshare.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Disneys-Wilderness-Lodge-Lobby.jpg)


The Wilderness Lodge has the coolest interior ever to just sit back and take some type of mobile device to play video games or something. It's all free to visit, too. Just walk around without paying and pretend to be a guest at the hotel and no one will ever notice.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 19, 2012, 02:08:35 AM
Do you have to wear mouse ears?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 19, 2012, 06:33:31 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 19, 2012, 02:08:35 AM
Do you have to wear mouse ears?
Yes. Real mouse ears.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 19, 2012, 06:34:44 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 19, 2012, 06:33:31 AM
Yes. Real mouse ears.
What if they don't fit my big fat head?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 19, 2012, 06:43:38 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 19, 2012, 06:33:31 AM
Yes. Real mouse ears.

The Mouse Problem

http://www.youtube.com/v/7ciahrSJqJo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 19, 2012, 10:35:52 AM
Bad hold music is bad...  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 07:46:49 AM
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2e3xrmp.png)

(http://theinsanityreport.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bbnf4B.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 22, 2012, 10:35:27 PM
Holy crap! When did I become a "Veteran member"? And how did I make so many posts? This must be some kinda crazy mix-up.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 23, 2012, 07:50:19 PM
Apparently this is one of the worst movies ever.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Titanic_The_Legend_Goes_On.jpg)

A review: http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev317.html

This may well fall into the category of "so bad it's good", but it's not on Amazon, dammit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 25, 2012, 06:53:17 PM
I just saw on the local news a segment where it showed police arresting a fat black lady who was wearing a purple Kool-Aid man shirt. Now THAT is some funny stuff...  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wendell_E on July 26, 2012, 02:53:01 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 22, 2012, 10:35:27 PM
Holy crap! When did I become a "Veteran member"? And how did I make so many posts? This must be some kinda crazy mix-up.

Looking at the member list, and sorting it by number of posts, it looks like 1,000 posts makes us a "Veteran".  You can see all your posts if you go to your profile. if you really think there's a mix-up, but I'm betting the count is correct.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 03:55:00 AM
Fundy burndle flump flump zkee xwork agoo...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 26, 2012, 04:58:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 26, 2012, 03:55:00 AM
Fundy burndle flump flump zkee xwork agoo...
Thou hast invoketh the ancient Sun god, Xkwpltmfsvmz!
That is the giant guy who holds up the sun of planet Ubloobideega. Ubloobideega tells me, "Good lawd, whatchyou thinkin', mang? You want him to drop mah sun?!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 05:03:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 26, 2012, 04:58:58 AM
Thou hast invoketh the ancient Sun god, Xkwpltmfsvmz!
That is the giant guy who holds up the sun of planet Ubloobideega. Ubloobideega tells me, "Good lawd, whatchyou thinkin', mang? You want him to drop mah sun?!"

LOL, dude
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 26, 2012, 05:08:51 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 26, 2012, 04:58:58 AM
Thou hast invoketh the ancient Sun god, Xkwpltmfsvmz!
That is the giant guy who holds up the sun of planet Ubloobideega. Ubloobideega tells me, "Good lawd, whatchyou thinkin', mang? You want him to drop mah sun?!"
It was a tragedy that I had only grown up on a deserted island with only one other human adult. My acquisition of the English language was stunted, and when I arrived in society, many things I did not fully comprehend. For example, since there was only one example of many different vocabulary words because there was only one other human with me, I thought that "thumb" referred to a shape, not the body part; one day, when I arrived at the City and met a native, I asked why there weren't many thumbs in the City. He looked confused. Forever alone.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on July 26, 2012, 08:20:30 PM
Mitt Romney is a bigger arsehole than George Bush Jnr was.  Culturally ignorant.  Religiously stupid.  I wrote a lot more than this here, but just deleted it for fear of becoming labelled as anti-American which I most certainly am not.  However, with a possible Romney residence in the Whitehouse, I would most certainly be in danger of not being pro American.  It is already a crass nonsense that such a person can even be considered for President.
I am NOT pro UK.  Here in the UK we have a bunch of unelected rich dickhead public schoolboys from England running the country and fiddling their books when it makes them look good.  My feelings for them are the same.  Roll on 2014 when I can vote for an Independent Scotland, and I can then moan openly about our own batch of culturally ignorant and religiously stupid politicians.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 26, 2012, 09:20:07 PM
Quote from: Scots John on July 26, 2012, 08:20:30 PMRoll on 2014 when I can vote for an Independent Scotland, and I can then moan openly about our own batch of culturally ignorant and religiously stupid politicians.

Does independence mean complete independence or just further devolution? How will Scotland manage if the money stops coming up from London? I think a better path for the UK would be to reorganise into a federation of states/provinces.

Also, since James IV became James I, shouldn't England be a subject state of Scotland?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 27, 2012, 04:31:11 AM
As a Massachusetts resident (and Romney is a former Governor of the Commonwealth of Mass.), I could 'a' told ya so.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 27, 2012, 04:34:59 AM
Quote from: Scots John on July 26, 2012, 08:20:30 PM
Mitt Romney is a bigger arsehole than George Bush Jnr was.  Culturally ignorant.  Religiously stupid.  I wrote a lot more than this here, but just deleted it for fear of becoming labelled as anti-American which I most certainly am not.  However, with a possible Romney residence in the Whitehouse, I would most certainly be in danger of not being pro American.  It is already a crass nonsense that such a person can even be considered for President.
I am NOT pro UK.  Here in the UK we have a bunch of unelected rich dickhead public schoolboys from England running the country and fiddling their books when it makes them look good.  My feelings for them are the same.  Roll on 2014 when I can vote for an Independent Scotland, and I can then moan openly about our own batch of culturally ignorant and religiously stupid politicians.

Dickheads are abundant everywhere and many of them want to be politicians.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on July 27, 2012, 06:11:28 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 26, 2012, 09:20:07 PM
Does independence mean complete independence or just further devolution? How will Scotland manage if the money stops coming up from London?

Scotland is naturally rich in its own resources.  Some of the money 'from London' is money they've already got from Scotland.  If you think Scotland will go into poverty and ruination without London to support us...such an idea is as batty as a fruitcake.  A quick look at Ireland, Norway, Denmark similar populations to Scotland,  show small countries can get by without cow-towing to 'London.'  Edinburgh is perfectly apt to manage the fiscal affairs of Scotland, without having to send all our money to 'London' first. 
Quote
I think a better path for the UK would be to reorganise into a federation of states/provinces.

Scotland is NOT a province or a state, and cannot be considered so.  It is a NATION with its own history, education system, law, etc...I am glad you are in Australia having made that suggestion, as I would have to organise a jacobite posse to visit your premises to correct such an idea.  To suggest we should be a state or province, with England / London running the show, is more insulting than how things already are.

QuoteAlso, since James IV became James I, shouldn't England be a subject state of Scotland?

We don't want to rule England.  We are not interested in empire building.  We just want to rule Scotland.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 27, 2012, 06:12:36 AM
Quote from: Scots John on July 27, 2012, 06:11:28 AM
We don't want to rule England.  We are not interested in empire building.  We just want to rule Scotland.

I'd like to rule Scotland.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 27, 2012, 06:24:05 AM
You think you would. 'Tisn't a job most men are made to like.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 27, 2012, 12:51:59 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 27, 2012, 04:34:59 AM
Dickheads are abundant everywhere and many of them want to be politicians.

Seems to be a requirement for politicians these days.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 27, 2012, 02:18:33 PM
So who should I vote for? Piece of shit candidate number 1 or piece of shit candidate number 2?

I could vote for candidate number 3, but I'd be criticized for wasting a vote. I could vote for number 1, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could vote for number 2, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could not vote, but I'll be criticized for being unpatriotic by not exercising my right to vote. So I'll be unpatriotic by not voting for retards that will damage the country. Hmm...?

Obama, Romney, Bush, and Congress should all just jump off a cliff. At least, maybe let Obama live, since he's the only one of them that seems to have any sense of a soul, but keep him out of office.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on July 27, 2012, 02:31:42 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 27, 2012, 02:18:33 PM
So who should I vote for? Piece of shit candidate number 1 or piece of shit candidate number 2?

I could vote for candidate number 3, but I'd be criticized for wasting a vote. I could vote for number 1, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could vote for number 2, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could not vote, but I'll be criticized for being unpatriotic by not exercising my right to vote. So I'll be unpatriotic by not voting for retards that will damage the country. Hmm...?

Obama, Romney, Bush, and Congress should all just jump off a cliff. At least, maybe let Obama live, since he's the only one of them that seems to have any sense of a soul, but keep him out of office.

I am Obama fan, despite the economic difficulties America faces.  He is the most genuine and honest President of America I have seen on television.
I don't think you would be unpatriotic if you didn't vote.  By not voting you are voting, a vote of discontent over an assembly of patronising goons, any one of which you're expected to support.  Maintain your dignity and don't support them if they're no good.  A non-vote is a vote for you own integrity.  To paraphrase:
"You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to do.  You have no responsibility to be like they expect you to be. It's their mistake, not your failing."
― Richard P. Feynman
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 28, 2012, 02:23:07 AM
Quote from: Scots John on July 27, 2012, 02:31:42 PM
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to do.  You have no responsibility to be like they expect you to be. It's their mistake, not your failing.”
― Richard P. Feynman

That just as well applies to what most politicians think.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 28, 2012, 04:02:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 27, 2012, 02:18:33 PM
So who should I vote for? Piece of shit candidate number 1 or piece of shit candidate number 2?

I could vote for candidate number 3, but I'd be criticized for wasting a vote. I could vote for number 1, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could vote for number 2, but then I'll "deserve what I get" when the country falls apart. I could not vote, but I'll be criticized for being unpatriotic by not exercising my right to vote. So I'll be unpatriotic by not voting for retards that will damage the country. Hmm...?

Obama, Romney, Bush, and Congress should all just jump off a cliff. At least, maybe let Obama live, since he's the only one of them that seems to have any sense of a soul, but keep him out of office.

I'm 57 years old and have never missed voting in an election. When it comes to presidential elections, I've more often than not chosen a third party candidate. Others have said I wasted my vote by giving it to someone who had no chance of winning, but I used it to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with the major party nominees. If everyone else who felt the same way did so also, some change might actually occur.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 28, 2012, 05:11:56 AM
Don't you have an option in the U.S. where you can register your presence at the booth but not vote for any candidate? (Sort of like "None of the above".) Something like this (http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Rule_49o.pdf).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 28, 2012, 05:13:28 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on July 28, 2012, 04:02:09 AM
I'm 57 years old and have never missed voting in an election. When it comes to presidential elections, I've more often than not chosen a third party candidate. Others have said I wasted my vote by giving it to someone who had no chance of winning, but I used it to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with the major party nominees. If everyone else who felt the same way did so also, some change might actually occur.

That's how Jesse Ventura became the governor of Minnesota.
(http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/j/jesseventura/32.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on July 28, 2012, 05:21:02 AM
This is how Romney is going to win the election:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBaX9GPSaQ
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 28, 2012, 07:10:08 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 28, 2012, 05:11:56 AM
Don't you have a option in the U.S. where you can register your presence at the booth but not vote for any candidate? (Sort of like "None of the above".) Something like this (http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Rule_49o.pdf).
Oohhhhhhh, hmm... last time I voted, I don't remember if there was an option. If there is, I will definitely vote for None of the Above. I would also like to draw a picture of a hand right next to it with a middle finger sticking up, but I think they are scanned and it won't read unless everything is bubbled in.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 29, 2012, 09:38:08 PM
Quote from: Scots John on July 27, 2012, 06:11:28 AMScotland is NOT a province or a state, and cannot be considered so.  It is a NATION with its own history, education system, law, etc...I am glad you are in Australia having made that suggestion, as I would have to organise a jacobite posse to visit your premises to correct such an idea.  To suggest we should be a state or province, with England / London running the show, is more insulting than how things already are.

Ah, so it's proper Nationalism you're advocating. Good luck with that, it always ends well  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 03:58:26 AM
I've finally loaded the three Devo CDs I have onto my trusty mp3 player. No good reason why it's took this long; I've even got one of the discs loaded onto the car's "music box," FCOL.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 03:59:07 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 03:58:26 AM
I've finally loaded the three Devo CDs I have onto my trusty mp3 player. No good reason why it's took this long; I've even got one of the discs loaded onto the car's "music box," FCOL.

Three? I hope it's the first three.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:03:07 AM
Well, they are:

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo's Greatest
Something for Everyone


Is there aught on albums 2 & 3 whose omission from [my #2] is an offense against devolutionized taste & decency?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:11:10 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:03:07 AM
Well, they are:

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo's Greatest
Something for Everyone


Is there aught on albums 2 & 3 whose omission from [my #2] is an offense against devolutionized taste & decency?

I would say, "YES!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:12:27 AM
Give me some color, dude, don't just throw a switch! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:13:40 AM
You've not been booglarized yet, have you (baby)? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:14:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:13:40 AM
You've not been booglarized yet, have you (baby)? ; )

Not as often as I should be.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:29:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:12:27 AM
Give me some color, dude, don't just throw a switch! : )

Color? You mean album images? Huh? Wha?

Titles:
Duty Now for the Future
Freedom of Choice


If you have the first three, you have the essential Devo albums though some may argue you don't need the second one--but it's SO devolved!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:39:55 AM
Well, I meant (and I admit I was unclear) what tracks from those albums are wofully omitted from the compilation.  But you're just pounding the table for both albums in their entirety, I perceive. Not that there's anything wrong with that . . . . ; )

Drat it, I expect you're right, and I need to reel those babies in.  Not this week, though: there must be discipline.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:41:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:39:55 AM
Drat it, I expect you're right, and I need to reel those babies in.  Not this week, though: there must be discipline.

You won't be sorry.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:47:37 AM
There are perhaps two tracks on the compilation disc to which I've not warmed yet, but apart from that guarded exception, I thoroughly dig the lot wot I've got.  So I rather suspect you are plum right.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:48:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:47:37 AM
There are perhaps two tracks on the compilation disc to which I've not warmed yet, but apart from that guarded exception, I thoroughly dig the lot wot I've got.  So I rather suspect you are plum right.

Which two?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:51:03 AM
"Gates of Steel," "Smart Patrol / Mr DNA"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:53:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:51:03 AM
"Gates of Steel," "Smart Patrol / Mr DNA"

Ha! From the two albums I mentioned above.

"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" is about as devolved as it gets.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 04:58:06 AM
Well, there's much else on the compilation from those albums that I like very well: "Girl U Want," "Whip It" (natch), "Freedom of Choice" . . . well, and curiously, the only track from Duty Now for the Future on the Greatest is "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" . . . when I am done listening to the Tchaikovsky, I'll give that track a fresh go . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 04:59:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 04:58:06 AM
Well, there's much else on the compilation from those albums that I like very well: "Girl U Want," "Whip It" (natch), "Freedom of Choice" . . . well, and curiously, the only track from Duty Now for the Future on the Greatest is "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" . . . when I am done listening to the Tchaikovsky, I'll give that track a fresh go . . . .

If you have time, look for "Strange Pursuit" and "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise" on YouTube.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 05:35:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 30, 2012, 04:53:28 AM
Ha! From the two albums I mentioned above.

"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" is about as devolved as it gets.

Well, I take it back: no quarrel with "Smart Patrol / Mr DNA" : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 05:42:53 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 05:35:12 AM
Well, I take it back: no quarrel with "Smart Patrol / Mr DNA" : )

Or: my quarrel may be with the sequencing on the compilation.  For similar reasons, I filtered out the tracks from the inaugural album from that folder . . . dammit, it works as an album.

So, Dave, I've come 'round to affirm your point:  I'm going to have to fetch in those two albums on their own merits.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2012, 06:09:55 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2012, 05:35:12 AM
Well, I take it back: no quarrel with "Smart Patrol / Mr DNA" : )

Nor with "Gates of Steel." Don't know what didn't grab me at first . . . might just have been that I was really hooked by "Through Being Cool" & "Beautiful World," e.g., and these other tracks are just a different thang.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 30, 2012, 06:31:24 AM
Excellent news, Karl.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on July 30, 2012, 02:14:23 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 29, 2012, 09:38:08 PM
Ah, so it's proper Nationalism you're advocating. Good luck with that, it always ends well  ::)

Thats right.  Your sarky comment
QuoteGood luck with that, it always ends well  ::)
is an ignorance.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on July 31, 2012, 07:37:40 AM
Quote from: Scots John on July 27, 2012, 06:11:28 AM
Scotland is NOT a province or a state, and cannot be considered so.  It is a NATION with its own history, education system, law, etc...I am glad you are in Australia having made that suggestion, as I would have to organise a jacobite posse to visit your premises to correct such an idea.  To suggest we should be a state or province, with England / London running the show, is more insulting than how things already are.

We don't want to rule England.  We are not interested in empire building.  We just want to rule Scotland.

O Flouer o Scotland,
Whan will we see
Yer like again,
That focht an dee'd for,
Yer wee bit Hill an Glen,
An stuid agin him,
Prood Edward's Airmy,
An sent him hamewart,
Tae think again.


More power to you, John!  :-*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 01, 2012, 12:30:52 PM
When will they make MN Dave a moderator?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 01, 2012, 12:41:01 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 01, 2012, 12:30:52 PM
When will they make MN Dave a moderator?
Did you pass the exam yet? Did you take the exam? Did you know there was an exam? No, not the one with the beer...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 01, 2012, 12:44:04 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 01, 2012, 12:41:01 PM
Did you pass the exam yet? Did you take the exam? Did you know there was an exam? No, not the one with the beer...

Well, if they made that Gurn guy a moderator, I figure I'm a shoe-in.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 01, 2012, 01:34:15 PM
Ubloobideega is the only moderator we need.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 01, 2012, 01:38:08 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 01, 2012, 01:34:15 PM
Ubloobideega is the only moderator we need.

Dang, can't argue with that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 01, 2012, 06:38:05 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 01, 2012, 12:30:52 PM
When will they make MN Dave a moderator?

You already broke the first rule of moderator club.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 01, 2012, 06:45:30 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 01, 2012, 06:38:05 PM
You already broke the first rule of moderator club.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 01, 2012, 07:05:29 PM
The spell check is trying to change my Ockeghem to Orgasm.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 01, 2012, 07:19:41 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 01, 2012, 07:05:29 PM
The spell check is trying to change my Ockeghem to Orgasm.

Well, if music be the food of love, and all that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 02, 2012, 02:15:44 AM
Spell-check is an ass.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 03, 2012, 04:39:37 PM
Does anyone on this forum like Glenn Gould?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 03, 2012, 05:31:58 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 03, 2012, 04:39:37 PM
Does anyone on this forum like Glenn Gould?

No.  You are allowed to love him or to hate him, and you may if you please worship him, but you can never like him.


Personally,  I neither love nor hate him, and certainly don't worship him,  but I do in the main like the music he produced.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 03, 2012, 05:45:51 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 03, 2012, 04:39:37 PM
Does anyone on this forum like Glenn Gould?


How can you not like this guy?


http://www.youtube.com/v/hlAg-yL-FfY
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 05, 2012, 05:35:32 PM
Didn't realise that Picard facepalm was getting a workout!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 05, 2012, 07:33:58 PM
 
It turns out my new black jeans are a lint magnet  :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2012, 02:08:50 AM
I thought he said chick magnet . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 06, 2012, 05:27:59 PM
 
Consolidated Lint.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on August 07, 2012, 03:33:23 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 03, 2012, 05:45:51 PM

How can you not like this guy?


Was he like that all the time?  I like eccentric folks like that.  They are good at what they do because everything outwith their passion doesn't count.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 07, 2012, 07:04:17 AM
This is the first summer in a long time I haven't gone to either Tanglewood or Glimmerglass Opera for a concert.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on August 08, 2012, 12:13:00 PM
Today I went to Blair Drummond Safari Park in...er...Scotland, and saw many creatures...performing Sea Lions,  Meerkats, Girrafes gawking down at us, Peacocks, Llamas, Bison, Camels and a pride of lions who quite fancied a munch on my physical wellbeing.  I went there with the Brain Injury Experience network based in Dumbarton, a group I am aligned with and hope to contribute to in the future, and to which my own experience matches. 
The most impressive thing, and presented with such style, was a young fully grown Sea Eagle.  Part of the park has an arrangement of auitorium seats - in front of them is a short stretch of green unto a Loch girthed by trees and fields with mountains beyond.  Honest.  0:)  It is as Scottish a landscape as you can imagine (except for distant Wind Farm machines).
A handler arrived in front on the green with the Loch behind her and tells us to look up to our left, because she doesn' have the bird, the bird is coming to her instead.  "Look over at the mountains to the left, just above the trees, " we are told.  We do.  At first there was nothing.  Then a gliding speck at the far end of the Loch against the sky became visible, it got closer, swooping with no wing movement, agitating a large group of seagulls roosting (or whatever) on the surface of the Loch - the seagulls scattered, and out of their white mist came, still gliding, a giant Eagle! So from just a speck on the sky above the Loch it had scared a bunch of seagulls shitless in the landscapes of Scottish mountain and forest,  swooped graceful onward and landed on the handlers glove, giant and true as it was, without ever once flapping a wing.
I feel like Robert The Bruce.  He had a spider that told him something.  I have a Sea Eagle.   :-\
Some pics I took of that Eagle for interested parties.  (Last pic is the scene, but it a species of Falcon not an eagle...this was before the eagle appeared)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RoaXX5D5L9E/UCLDKu8n-4I/AAAAAAAAAGo/cqMbDFh5EdY/s576/DSCF0144.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sFl9zzL6VRs/UCLDLv5CEkI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Rk_BzNg3n1o/s576/DSCF0145.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IzEBlA8QrG4/UCLDMjJ3QqI/AAAAAAAAAG4/rruFjrhToAk/s512/DSCF0152.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-toBtNtQIUfU/UCLGGihhuzI/AAAAAAAAAHs/4bD5gpw5DHg/s576/DSCF0141.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 08, 2012, 12:18:59 PM
Quite an animal! I wasn't quite sure what exactly a Sea Eagle was, but now I look at yours and it looks all the world to me like a North American bird that we call a Golden Eagle, which is the other of our two, and actually the larger and more majestic in appearance.

Wind machines aren't a part of your natural habitat in Scotland? I thought they grew there and were merely harvested for use elsewhere. :)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 08, 2012, 12:30:49 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 01, 2012, 12:44:04 PM
Well, if they made that Gurn guy a moderator, I figure I'm a shoe-in.

No, not until you can spell 'shoo-in' correctly. That was the determining factor for the last 2 mods....  :D

(believe me, Dave, you must be careful what you wish for!)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on August 08, 2012, 12:47:19 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 08, 2012, 12:18:59 PM
Quite an animal! I wasn't quite sure what exactly a Sea Eagle was, but now I look at yours and it looks all the world to me like a North American bird that we call a Golden Eagle, which is the other of our two, and actually the larger and more majestic in appearance.

Wind machines aren't a part of your natural habitat in Scotland? I thought they grew there and were merely harvested for use elsewhere. :)

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We have Golden Eagles and refer to them as such too.  But this was described as a Sea Eagle.   $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 08, 2012, 01:05:56 PM
Quote from: Scots John on August 08, 2012, 12:47:19 PM
We have Golden Eagles and refer to them as such too.  But this was described as a Sea Eagle.   $:)

Yes, I've heard of them too. In any case, I'd like to see that. Always admired birds, especially raptors. We have some great hawks here, and owls too, but eagles are thin in the air in these parts. :)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on August 08, 2012, 01:59:12 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 08, 2012, 01:05:56 PM
Yes, I've heard of them too. In any case, I'd like to see that. Always admired birds, especially raptors. We have some great hawks here, and owls too, but eagles are thin in the air in these parts. :)

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Yes, its grim, they are few and far between here too.   :'(   I guess thats why I was so struck by its magnificent appearance.  I should have taken the RSNO with me to play "The Firebird" at the time, even though there wasn't a Firebird type thing going on...    :-\   :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 09, 2012, 01:01:08 AM
Thanks for the terrific shots, John. :)

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 08, 2012, 01:05:56 PM
Always admired birds, especially raptors.
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Oh, I was in that phase when I was 8 or 9. After dinosaurs (thanks to JP), "birds of prey", as we were taught, mainly raptors, was always an exciting topic for me. :) Still do love looking at them... on Animal Planet (:().
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 13, 2012, 07:24:03 PM
I was trying to do some basic stuff in Assembly Language, so I downloaded Flat Assembler.

One of the example programs was called "Beer." I ran it, and it popped up a message box, saying "Do you want an additional place to put your beer?" When I hit "Yes," my cd tray opened.  :o 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 14, 2012, 08:24:58 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 08, 2012, 12:30:49 PM
No, not until you can spell 'shoo-in' correctly. That was the determining factor for the last 2 mods....  :D

Pedant!

And I was just kidding. I don't think I'm qualified.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 14, 2012, 08:32:48 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 14, 2012, 08:24:58 AM
Pedant!

And I was just kidding. I don't think I'm qualified.


Just quietly mod from home without anyone knowing, that's what I do, I've been a secret moderator for over a year... well, shit I guess it's a secret no more, time to turn the gun and badge in.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 14, 2012, 09:29:17 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 14, 2012, 08:32:48 AM
Just quietly mod from home without anyone knowing, that's what I do, I've been a secret moderator for over a year... well, shit I guess it's a secret no more, time to turn the gun and badge in.

That's how I control the world.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 14, 2012, 09:40:56 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 14, 2012, 08:24:58 AM
Pedant!

And I was just kidding. I don't think I'm qualified.

True enough, I am a pedant. Unfortunately, it's one of my more tolerable qualities... :-\

Hard to say who is or isn't. Don't know what the qualifications are, actually. :)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 14, 2012, 09:42:38 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 14, 2012, 09:40:56 AM
Hard to say who is or isn't. Don't know what the qualifications are, actually. :)

Whatever they are, I'm against them.

OR...

I wouldn't want to moderate a forum that would have me as a moderator.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 14, 2012, 09:48:38 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 14, 2012, 09:42:38 AM

I wouldn't want to moderate a forum that would have me as a moderator.

Who can argue with that?   :)

Without any moderation, we might as well be Usenet... :(

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 14, 2012, 10:26:28 AM
Eeeewwwwwwzznet!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 14, 2012, 12:22:58 PM
(http://api.ning.com/files/k*SW7QkmFFmjEI32*iylS224r12wR29myEv4-zIiF5Lb4oVjuYKZuq4JnoHNSJjPQJOxjXLISBQa*vSiYZNnL3XfXgUuFyHp/twiggyface.jpg)

                Twiggy was my favorite Mod.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 15, 2012, 12:39:00 PM
Dave, did you know? . . . (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/devo-pens-song-for-seamus-romney/2012/08/15/7e3b4386-e6f3-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_blog.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 15, 2012, 12:41:42 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 15, 2012, 12:39:00 PM
Dave, did you know? . . . (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/devo-pens-song-for-seamus-romney/2012/08/15/7e3b4386-e6f3-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_blog.html)

Indeed. My wife emailed me this morning.

Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 16, 2012, 06:43:39 PM
Two items. First:

Knowing nothing about this news story, how could I resist clicking on it?
Not nearly as scurrilous as I expected, rather yet another depressing report from Putin's Russia.

QuoteProtests swell on eve of Pussy Riot verdict (http://www.smh.com.au/world/protests-swell-on-eve-of-pussy-riot-verdict-20120816-24bjr.html)

Wearing the bright balaclavas made famous by [punk band] Pussy Riot, 18 men and women gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour carrying a sign with a biblical quote, ''Blessed are the merciful.''

Cathedral guards broke up the peaceful protest, ripping off activists' masks, twisting their arms behind their backs and kicking at least one photographer in the face as he tried to take a picture.

Three members of Pussy Riot, jailed since March after performing an anti-Putin ''punk prayer'' inside the cathedral, are due to hear the verdict today. They have been charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. Prosecutors have called for a three-year sentence.

During a nine-day trial marked by procedural violations and absurd lines of questioning, the prosecution argued that the women's performance was not political but an attempt to offend Russian Orthodoxy. The women argued they sought to highlight the destructively close ties between church and state.

Dozens of cities have joined the call to conduct a Global Pussy Riot Day today, with protests planned from Barcelona to Vienna.


Second item:

It occurred to me recently that the moral sense and the aesthetic sense might be related, or possibly even be the exact same thing.

Experiments with infants have shown (debatably) that the "fairness instinct" is indeed inborn. Somehow from this simple base all the diverse and mutually loathing moral systems of the world are grown. We disagree about what may be called right, or wrong, but either way we sure feel strongly about it, because it's in our genes.

Now look for example at this forum, where matters as trivial and unprovable as the validity of a musical interpretation can stir us to righteous fury (which most are nice enough to suppress ;) ). It is an aesthetic issue, but it can stir emotions as strong as any political or religious debate. It is in fact a moral response.

If we accept this premise, where does it take us? Well, for a start it validates moral relativism. (I mean that in a philosophical sense, not a prescriptive sense.) It also suggests new methods of social influence. We already use aesthetic considerations to influence moral judgements, e.g. calling someone "crooked" or "dirty".  Possibly this approach could also work the other way. For instance, if the populace is exercised by a political issue, they might be diverted from action by a related aesthetic issue, e.g. a debate over the design for a new flag.

So yeah.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 29, 2012, 08:06:59 AM
It takes about the same amount of computing to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done -- in flight and on the ground -- for the entire Apollo program! (http://insidesearch.blogspot.in/2012/08/the-power-of-apollo-missions-in-single.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 29, 2012, 04:24:49 PM
I think I have this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 29, 2012, 04:34:38 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2012, 04:24:49 PM
I think I have this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia
The one thing I understand from this is eating, which is why I prefer eating alone. The rest I never even thought of.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on August 29, 2012, 04:45:29 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 29, 2012, 04:34:38 PM
The one thing I understand from this is eating, which is why I prefer eating alone. The rest I never even thought of.

It must be extreme reactions that get labeled a disorder because I think a lot of those sounds irritate most people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 29, 2012, 06:18:13 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2012, 04:24:49 PMI think I have this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia

Me too!  I think it's something to do with alienation....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 29, 2012, 07:04:55 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on August 29, 2012, 08:06:59 AM
It takes about the same amount of computing to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done -- in flight and on the ground -- for the entire Apollo program! (http://insidesearch.blogspot.in/2012/08/the-power-of-apollo-missions-in-single.html)

When I visited the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and entered the control rooms for the early manned space missions, I was astounded at what was accomplished with the limited technology they had at their disposal. One modern-day cell-phone probably has more computing power than what they had for their entire programs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 31, 2012, 06:54:22 PM
Dark circles under the eyes go away eventually...
right?...  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 01, 2012, 06:31:05 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2012, 04:45:29 PM
It must be extreme reactions that get labeled a disorder because I think a lot of those sounds irritate most people.
Normal quirks get labelled "disorders" when they have multiple, chronic symptoms that impair normal functioning and cause significant problems for the sufferers and those affected by them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 01, 2012, 06:43:07 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2012, 04:24:49 PM
I think I have this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia

Who here doesn't, especially when in concert or listening to recording?

QuotePeople who have misophonia are most commonly annoyed, or even enraged, by such ordinary sounds as other people eating, breathing, sniffing, or coughing; certain consonants; or repetitive sounds.[6][7] People with misophonia may be diagnosed with mood or anxiety disorders as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder. Though a few sufferers are bothered by sounds they make themselves, most are not.[7] The reactions are completely involuntary.

People who have misophonia may also be annoyed by other people's repetitive movements, such as leg-tapping, finger tapping, nail-biting, ink-pen top or Hi-Liter cap popping, loud stamping and typing as well as the persistent repetition of specific words such as "okay" and "so".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 01, 2012, 07:01:21 PM
I made a poo poo.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 01, 2012, 07:02:22 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 01, 2012, 07:01:21 PM
I made a poo poo.

You and my three-year-old both.
Title: Re: Objective review of the US 2012 Presidential and Congressional general campaign
Post by: Karl Henning on September 01, 2012, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: The new erato on September 01, 2012, 12:33:36 AM
That actually doesn't make it less scary.

I find it scarier that a candidate's religion would "matter" to a US voter in 2012.
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 01, 2012, 07:43:38 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 01, 2012, 07:01:21 PM
I made a poo poo.

And how do you feel about this?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 01, 2012, 08:22:53 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 01, 2012, 07:02:22 PM
You and my three-year-old both.
Aw, man! Here I was, thinking it was an accomplishment. I never had done it before, and a 3-year old beats me to it.  :(


Quote from: karlhenning on September 01, 2012, 07:43:38 PM
And how do you feel about this?
Well, the walls will need to be repainted...
other than that, like this:  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 02, 2012, 12:15:01 AM
.[asin]9057681358[/asin]Images from the Bible : the Old Testament

I love this kind of artbook! Lots of engravings from 17th-19th century. I love the detail of the art style, the atmosphere and drama of the scenes, the occasional artistic gesture that fails with humorous results (more than occasionally, actually, as the making of biblical etchings seems to have largely been the task of 2nd-raters), the insight into cultural ideas transmitted over the centuries. Plus there are maps showing the location(s) of the Garden of Eden (plus the land of Nod)!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 02, 2012, 05:35:23 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 01, 2012, 07:01:21 PM
I made a poo poo.

We have sooo much in common.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 02, 2012, 07:00:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 02, 2012, 05:35:23 AM
We have sooo much in common.
Hmmm... that's shocking. You, too, huh?
Well... I am made up of molecules and drink water to survive. I bet there's a difference there!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 02, 2012, 12:49:31 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 01, 2012, 07:43:07 PM
I find it scarier that a candidate's religion would "matter" to a US voter in 2012.
Unfortunately, I doubt that will change any time soon. 
Title: Re: Objective review of the US 2012 Presidential and Congressional general campaign
Post by: eyeresist on September 02, 2012, 05:47:07 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 01, 2012, 07:43:07 PMI find it scarier that a candidate's religion would "matter" to a US voter in 2012.

I think the atheists would have legitimate beef with candidates who think supernatural beings affect events on Earth (e.g. W).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 03, 2012, 06:54:31 PM
my neighbors generally aren't usually terribly noisy, but when they are.......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 03, 2012, 07:14:14 PM
Quote from: PaulR on September 03, 2012, 06:54:31 PM
my neighbors generally aren't usually terribly noisy, but when they are.......

Those Labor Day parties can get out if hand.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 03, 2012, 07:26:26 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 03, 2012, 07:14:14 PM
Those Labor Day parties can get out if hand.
'specially with college kids
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 04, 2012, 06:01:40 AM
College kids not having to work on labor day?... wait, I'm lost...  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 04, 2012, 06:45:57 AM
I spent it in the UIC library :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2012, 09:00:18 AM
I had to work.  No time off for good behavior.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 04, 2012, 09:02:16 AM
I always work Labor Day, and other holidays. But I'm off today, thank goodness, because it's...Tuesday, hell yeah! Who doesn't love a, Tuesday?

I do, I loves me a Tuesday.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 04, 2012, 09:47:48 AM
Was down in NoVa visiting a dear old friend.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 04, 2012, 09:50:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 04, 2012, 09:47:48 AM
Was down in NoVa visiting a dear old friend.

What part? I spent some time at GMU in Fairfax, good friends that live in Reston and Burke.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 04, 2012, 09:57:15 AM
Based in Falls Church. We hit the Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, and the National Portrait Gallery.  And left ample time for what I believe is technically called chillaxing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 04, 2012, 10:07:50 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 04, 2012, 09:57:15 AM
Based in Falls Church. We hit the Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, and the National Portrait Gallery.  And left ample time for what I believe is technically called chillaxing.

Word.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 05, 2012, 08:00:27 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 04, 2012, 09:57:15 AM
Based in Falls Church. We hit the Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, and the National Portrait Gallery.  And left ample time for what I believe is technically called chillaxing.
I used to do a lot of chillaxing when I lived in a mountain cabin and had to split wood in winter to feed the stove. ;)

(http://blogs.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/blogs/wof/wofnashblog/files/2012/01/Woodsplitting-300x300.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 05, 2012, 08:23:34 PM
Don't know where to ask, but for spotify, do you have to sign up via facebook?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 06, 2012, 02:19:04 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 05, 2012, 08:00:27 AM
I used to do a lot of chillaxing when I lived in a mountain cabin and had to split wood in winter to feed the stove. ;)

(http://blogs.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/blogs/wof/wofnashblog/files/2012/01/Woodsplitting-300x300.jpg)

It's a man's life, splitting wood in Wisconsin!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2012, 02:57:41 AM
Quote from: PaulR on September 05, 2012, 08:23:34 PM
Don't know where to ask, but for spotify, do you have to sign up via facebook?

No, I have no FB and I'm on Spotify.

There is hope.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 06, 2012, 04:01:55 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2012, 02:57:41 AM
No, I have no FB and I'm on Spotify.

There is hope.
Another question:  spotify free, is there a limit to what you can listen to a day/week/whatever?  Is it worth getting Unlimited?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2012, 04:57:41 AM
Quote from: PaulR on September 06, 2012, 04:01:55 AM
Another question:  spotify free, is there a limit to what you can listen to a day/week/whatever?  Is it worth getting Unlimited?

I'm not at home so I can't tell you for sure, but I think I have just the basic free version, I don't pay anything, and I can stream it all with the occasional commercial (kind of annoying, imagine reaching the climatic seque of the third to fourth movement of beethoven's 5th being interrupted with some dude talking life insurance) But there's no limit to my listening, or at least I haven't reached that limit.

I love Spotify, it has helped me with listening to recordings I'm considering, and even listen to composers or works that I'm not familiar with.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 06, 2012, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2012, 04:57:41 AM
I'm not at home so I can't tell you for sure, but I think I have just the basic free version, I don't pay anything, and I can stream it all with the occasional commercial (kind of annoying, imagine reaching the climatic seque of the third to fourth movement of beethoven's 5th being interrupted with some dude talking life insurance) But there's no limit to my listening, or at least I haven't reached that limit.

I love Spotify, it has helped me with listening to recordings I'm considering, and even listen to composers or works that I'm not familiar with.
+1
The loudness is very high in the ads, and they're made as annoying as possible, too - but it's nice that you can mute the system and press play, and unmute when the music continues  8)

Sadly I've reached my limit (too much Ligeti)

From Spotify Community's FAQ:

QuoteAfter the account is 6 months old the following limitations apply:
"Starting with 10 hours, your account will then receive a 2.5 hour streaming allocation each week. Any time that you do not use in that week is saved up. Your streaming time can be saved up in this way to a total of 10 hours."
"There is also a limitation for each individual track*. You will be able to stream each track 5 times in total. The track play count is not reset each week."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 06, 2012, 03:42:39 PM
How many here use xrecode?  Amazing right?

I needed to convert my music into flac to use with another player... because my iphone has to be sent in and a replacement shipped to me.  I don't know how long it will take.  So sad. :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 06, 2012, 06:21:19 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 06, 2012, 01:38:53 PM
+1
The loudness is very high in the ads, and they're made as annoying as possible, too - but it's nice that you can mute the system and press play, and unmute when the music continues  8)

Sadly I've reached my limit (too much Ligeti)

From Spotify Community's FAQ:

Thanks Northstar and greg.  Might go for the unlimited then.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 06, 2012, 07:32:36 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 04, 2012, 06:01:40 AM
College kids not having to work on labor day?... wait, I'm lost...  ???

No. Their instructors have the day off.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 06, 2012, 07:54:20 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 06, 2012, 03:42:39 PM
How many here use xrecode?  Amazing right?
YES!



Quote from: CaughtintheGaze on September 06, 2012, 07:32:36 PM
No. Their instructors have the day off.
I'm not talking about that type of work. McDonald's and Wal-Mart are open on Labor Day, I believe...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 07, 2012, 03:47:54 AM
Quote from: PaulR on September 06, 2012, 06:21:19 PM
Thanks Northstar and greg.  Might go for the unlimited then.
Took the plunge into Spotify unlimited  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 07, 2012, 08:15:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 06, 2012, 07:54:20 PM
I'm not talking about that type of work. McDonald's and Wal-Mart are open on Labor Day, I believe...

Indeed, as are many other places, and if a college kid has to work at one of those places, they don't have the day off. I, being an instructor, didn't really have the day off either. I just wasn't at school.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 07, 2012, 07:51:51 PM
If this dog that my neighbor isn't supposed to have keeps me up tonight....I'll be pissed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 07, 2012, 08:27:51 PM
Quote from: PaulR on September 07, 2012, 07:51:51 PM
If this dog that my neighbor isn't supposed to have keeps me up tonight....I'll be pissed.

Remember...it's better to be pissed off, than to be pissed on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 08, 2012, 05:18:41 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 07, 2012, 08:27:51 PM
Remember...it's better to be pissed off, than to be pissed on.
True.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 08, 2012, 05:38:30 AM
Quote from: PaulR on September 07, 2012, 07:51:51 PM
If this dog that my neighbor isn't supposed to have keeps me up tonight....I'll be pissed.
Just yell "SHUT UP" as loud as you can. My dad did that one time, and the dog got so scared that it stopped barking for the rest of the night.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 08, 2012, 05:54:03 AM
At my last apartment, the neighbors downstairs (not known to be particularly neighborly) decided to keep a dog on their porch (this is in the middle of Chicago in an area with little greenery or wide open doggy spaces), as it barked continually from being kept cooped up all the time. One night, after being kept awake for several hours despite earplugs and loud fans, I yelled (half to myself, but loud enough for the neighbors to hear), "I'M GOING TO KILL THAT DOG." The dog was gone within the week.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 09, 2012, 05:40:19 PM
Basically, the only good dog is a silent dog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 10, 2012, 09:01:58 PM
http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/attainted-the-life-and-afterlife-of-ezra-pound-in-italy/

To say that Ezra Pound was crazy is needlessly kind and also untrue - he was essentially an idiot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 11, 2012, 04:29:51 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 10, 2012, 09:01:58 PM
http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/attainted-the-life-and-afterlife-of-ezra-pound-in-italy/

To say that Ezra Pound was crazy is needlessly kind and also untrue - he was essentially an idiot.
Not in every respect. But he wasn't bright enough to see that capitalism, despite its faults, is still overwhelmingly superior to fascism, communism, socialism, and every other authoritarian economic system known to man--at least if one values human rights, liberty, opportunity, autonomy, and a rising standard of living for entire nations over trains that always run on time. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 12, 2012, 05:34:57 PM
Thriving capitalism is not necessarily synonymous with democracy, viz. Singapore, China, Taiwan.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 13, 2012, 08:12:38 PM
For your amusement (slightly adapted from the version of Brainerd Currie (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6f1G53xsex0J:www2.law.mercer.edu/lawreview/getfile.cfm%3Ffile%3D48201.pdf+%22I+am+the+very+model+of+a+modern+intellectual%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au)):

I am the very model of a modern intellectual;
I know the ruddy answers though I'm rather ineffectual.
I'm more sophisticated, son, than people clad in denim are:
When I have nothing much to say, I say it in a seminar!
I have a little paper on some matters psychological;
The highest courts know less than I of subjects pedagogical;
I know which books are best to read, which symphonies are better.
Ah! I'm very well informed upon aesthetics and et cetera.
I know a thing or two about the sciences behavioral -
Exactly why, to spite his dad, Freud sacrificed and gave his all.
I've read about relations, both platonical and sexual -
In short, I am the model of a modern intellectual.

I'll tackle any snafu with a model mathematical;
Tough legal problems vanish when I use my method graphical;
My judgment is impeccable on matters architectural;
I'm very adamant about most things that are conjectural;
At regulating conflicts I am pretty near infallible;
On values my opinions are reportedly invaluable;
Quite modestly, I see myself an elegantly mentored man -
The jealous critics call me a complacently self-centered man.

I ken the social sciences and eke the poor humanities;
My imprimatur sanctifies the veriest inanities;
I understand philosophy, pragmatic and conceptual -
You see, I am the model of a modern intellectual.

I flatter me that I know freedom from responsibility;
My fellowship maintains me in respectable gentility;
My coffee-steeped opinions have remarkable felicity;
My knowledge is distinguished for its very catholicity.
I'm right on top of inside dope on Little Rock and satellites,
On horseshoe pitching, Dead Sea scrolls, and even western cattlerights,
On how to tune a motor and on how to make a Chevvy sing -
I think I ought to organize a Seminar on EVERYTHING!
My friends are probabilities, my methods are statistical;
My just reflections on myself are somewhat narcissistical;
And though my lucubrations may be mostly ineffectual,
I am the very model of a modern intellectual!

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 13, 2012, 10:36:41 PM
In the "At least he had a sense of humour" category: Charles de Gaulle (http://www.thenation.com/article/169892/generalist-charles-de-gaulle?page=full).

QuoteAs de Gaulle told the novelist André Malraux, who served as his minister of cultural affairs, "In the end, you know, my only international rival is Tintin!... No one has ever noticed that, because of my size."

This article makes de Gaulle's memoirs sound quite an enticing read.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 23, 2012, 06:21:25 PM
Being lock in isolation in a dark room, listening to evil black metal is so much more fun and satisfying than leaving the house and being out among the world and forced to interact with people...


'scuse me while get mah bucket o' fried bat heads  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 24, 2012, 04:29:08 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 23, 2012, 06:21:25 PM
Being lock in isolation in a dark room, listening to evil black metal is so much more fun and satisfying than leaving the house and being out among the world and forced to interact with people...


'scuse me while get mah bucket o' fried bat heads  8)

Use in moderation. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 24, 2012, 06:48:44 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 23, 2012, 06:21:25 PM
Being lock in isolation in a dark room, listening to evil black metal is so much more fun and satisfying than leaving the house and being out among the world and forced to interact with people...

'scuse me while get mah bucket o' fried bat heads  8)
There's a lot of that going around lately....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2012, 10:44:11 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 24, 2012, 04:29:08 AM
Use in moderation. ;)
Would be nice to be only have to deal with people in moderation... (friends/family is/are fine and another story)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 24, 2012, 12:29:47 PM
http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/ (http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 24, 2012, 05:53:20 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 24, 2012, 12:29:47 PMhttp://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/ (http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/)

Heh - I already know my answer for this. It's the one that's going to be removed from DSM V!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 24, 2012, 06:59:12 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 24, 2012, 12:29:47 PM
http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/ (http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/lisa_la_mer/what-dsmiv-personality-disorder-do-you-have/)
That quiz isn't very good or accurate.
I already know I'm schizoid-type. I'm a low-energy Renaissance-man type personality, not a high-energy people-person personality. Talking is very tiring, especially if it's about stupid, menial things. There's no cure but hope to not have too many energy breakdowns and to just wait for a couple of years, when I get my bachelor's. Complete opposite of my dad.

My daily relaxation now is studying math while listening to extreme metal. Just realizing that's kinda weird...



Anyways...
anyone else who's favorite season is fall because of the smell of the air?

The smell of that air + thinking of an imaginary anime world = super inspiring
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 25, 2012, 04:28:13 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2012, 06:59:12 PM
My daily relaxation now is studying math while listening to extreme metal. Just realizing that's kinda weird...

I don't think so! I like to listen to noisy drone music when I study.

Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2012, 06:59:12 PM
Anyways...
anyone else who's favorite season is fall because of the smell of the air?

The smell of that air + thinking of an imaginary anime world = super inspiring

That burning leaves smell? Love it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 07:11:22 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 24, 2012, 05:53:20 PM
Heh - I already know my answer for this. It's the one that's going to be removed from DSM V!
Ha! That's because it's so epidemic these days that it's not logically correct to label it a disorder!

Quote from: Greg on September 24, 2012, 06:59:12 PM
That quiz isn't very good or accurate.
It's tongue-in-cheek, though less over-the-top than I'd have preferred.

Quote
anyone else who's favorite season is fall because of the smell of the air?
My favorite season is fall because of the bracing crispness of the air on early morning walks.

My other favorite seasons are winter, spring, and summer. ;) 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2012, 08:01:25 AM
Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 04:28:13 AM
I don't think so! I like to listen to noisy drone music when I study.
Sunn 0))) the scholars!


Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 04:28:13 AM
That burning leaves smell? Love it.
Ah, so that's what it is!


Quote from: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 07:11:22 AM
My other favorite seasons are winter, spring, and summer. ;) 8)
Hmmm... speaking of seasons, the season in Florida might be somewhat like this:

January-February: Winter-ish
March: Spring
April-September: Summer
October-December: Random season, depending on the day (fall starting around late Sep-early Oct)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 25, 2012, 08:19:36 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 25, 2012, 08:01:25 AM
Sunn 0))) the scholars!

Ah, so that's what it is!

Hmmm... speaking of seasons, the season in Florida might be somewhat like this:

January-February: Winter-ish
March: Spring
April-September: Summer
October-December: Random season, depending on the day (fall starting around late Sep-early Oct)
Winter-ish my foot. Winter: average temperature below -10 °C (14 °F) In here we get plenty of -30 °C (-22 °F)
The seasons are very nice here - all four are very distinct and not too extreme, with temperatures ranging from -35 °C (-31 °F) to 32°C (90 °F) The Great Lakes region is probably closest to the Fennoscandic weather type.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 25, 2012, 11:07:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 25, 2012, 08:01:25 AM
Sunn 0))) the scholars!

:D

They're good. I also like this a lot:

http://www.youtube.com/v/4-ucG1EHmwg&feature=related

Best played LOUD ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: petrarch on September 25, 2012, 01:12:29 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 11:07:10 AM
:D

They're good. I also like this a lot:

http://www.youtube.com/v/4-ucG1EHmwg&feature=related

Best played LOUD ;D

Quite good indeed, but then Mille Plateaux and other labels like it are treasure troves for this kind of experimentation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2012, 01:17:17 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 25, 2012, 08:19:36 AM
Winter-ish my foot.
That's why I put "ish". Cold for us, and quite different from summer. Or at least anyone who lives here for a little while (the girl from Poland who I work with has only been here 6 or 7 years and gets cold now when the weather gets to around 40°F or so).



Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 11:07:10 AM
:D

They're good. I also like this a lot:
Gas? Hmmm...
Listened to the beginning of it (reminds me of the music in David Lynch's Rabbits), but I'll have to listen to it later, since right now my laptop isn't playing youtube videos in a smooth enough manner to enjoyably listen to anything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 25, 2012, 01:24:04 PM
Quote from: petrarch on September 25, 2012, 01:12:29 PM
Quite good indeed, but then Mille Plateaux and other labels like it are treasure troves for this kind of experimentation.

Going into the third disc of Pan Sonic's massive Kesto as I type this. Not on Mille Plateaux, but definitely the sort of thing they'd release. Highly recommend if you haven't heard it.

Quote from: Greg on September 25, 2012, 01:17:17 PM
Gas? Hmmm...
Listened to the beginning of it (reminds me of the music in David Lynch's Rabbits), but I'll have to listen to it later, since right now my laptop isn't playing youtube videos in a smooth enough manner to enjoyably listen to anything.

Ha, the first time I heard him I thought the same thing. All the Gas releases are consistently great. Get Nah und Fern, which is all four albums in one set.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: petrarch on September 25, 2012, 01:33:27 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 01:24:04 PM
Going into the third disc of Pan Sonic's massive Kesto as I type this. Not on Mille Plateaux, but definitely the sort of thing they'd release. Highly recommend if you haven't heard it.

I have it, along with most of their and Vainio's solo catalog ;).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 25, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 04:28:13 AM
I don't think so! I like to listen to noisy drone music when I study.

That burning leaves smell? Love it.

Is burning leaves allowed where you live? It was made illegal in my neck of the woods many years ago. I miss the smell.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 25, 2012, 03:31:16 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 25, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
Is burning leaves allowed where you live? It was made illegal in my neck of the woods many years ago. I miss the smell.

Burning wet leaves at a low temperature doesn't look too healthy to me - lot's of polycyclic aromatic compounds -> carcinogens
Not allowed here, either.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 25, 2012, 03:37:57 PM
We burn people up here. And churches.

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 25, 2012, 03:39:53 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 25, 2012, 03:37:57 PM
We burn people up here. And churches.

;)
You moved to Norway?...  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 25, 2012, 03:42:53 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 25, 2012, 03:39:53 PM
You moved to Norway?...  :-X

Dude, Minnesota is the Norway of the Midwest. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 25, 2012, 03:48:27 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 25, 2012, 03:42:53 PM
Dude, Minnesota is the Norway of the Midwest. :D
Salmon, Atlantic cod, fjords, skiing, and Andsnes - sounds about right.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 25, 2012, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 25, 2012, 03:48:27 PM
Salmon, Atlantic cod, fjords, skiing, and Andsnes - sounds about right.

And don't forget lutefisk! :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 04:00:49 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 25, 2012, 03:49:50 PM
And don't forget lutefisk! :D
And Lutherans!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 04:08:22 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 25, 2012, 03:42:53 PM
Dude, Minnesota is the Norway of the Midwest. :D
And the Sweden. Michigan's trying to look like Denmark, but the UP ain't no Zealand--and it has too many Finns!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 25, 2012, 04:39:16 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 04:00:49 PM
And Lutherans!

Oh, yaaaah!
Title: Is it Cat Avatar month? Did I miss the memo?
Post by: Brahmsian on September 25, 2012, 05:26:47 PM
 ;D  So many cat avatars lately, I noticed......did I miss the memo?  :-\
Title: Re: Is it Cat Avatar month? Did I miss the memo?
Post by: Ataraxia on September 25, 2012, 05:30:59 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 25, 2012, 05:26:47 PM
;D  So many cat avatars lately, I noticed......did I miss the memo?  :-\

Yes. Here it is:

"Cats are keen
Cats are great
Cats are clean
They lick my plate"
Title: Re: Is it Cat Avatar month? Did I miss the memo?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 25, 2012, 05:32:09 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 25, 2012, 05:26:47 PM
;D  So many cat avatars lately, I noticed......did I miss the memo?  :-\

You don't have to worry about those kinds of avatars with me. I'm going to stick with the anguished Shostakovich avatar for awhile.
Title: Re: Is it Cat Avatar month? Did I miss the memo?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 25, 2012, 05:33:03 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 25, 2012, 05:26:47 PM
;D  So many cat avatars lately, I noticed......did I miss the memo?  :-\

:P  Not much of a moggy fan meself. I like MY avatar, and David Ross'. Seurat is my kind of painter. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on September 25, 2012, 05:33:12 PM
Pussys!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 25, 2012, 05:55:42 PM
Quote from: Scots John on September 25, 2012, 05:33:12 PM
Pussys!

Yes, that's what I meant too.... :)

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 02:48:44 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 25, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
Is burning leaves allowed where you live? It was made illegal in my neck of the woods many years ago.

Quote from: North Star on September 25, 2012, 03:31:16 PM
Not allowed here, either.

The reason being...  ???


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 02:59:08 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 02:48:44 AM
The reason being...  ???
Did you read also the part of my post that you left out of the quotation? You can burn them in a fireplace, though.
E: And there's also the risk of grass fire.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 03:04:09 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 04:08:22 PM
And the Sweden. Michigan's trying to look like Denmark, but the UP ain't no Zealand--and it has too many Finns!
My great aunt and her family live in Michigan.
Quote from: MN Dave on September 25, 2012, 03:49:50 PM
And don't forget lutefisk! :D
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 04:00:49 PM
And Lutherans!
Lutefisk is great, although it's usually made on St. Stephen's Day, in Finland, at least.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 26, 2012, 03:16:11 AM
My first comprehensive exam is on Friday........and I am just not ready.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 03:34:27 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 26, 2012, 02:59:08 AM
Did you read also the part of my post that you left out of the quotation?
I did but leaves burning being potentially harmful to health (and only speculatively so) still doesn't seem to me a good reason for forbidding it. Drinking in excess is much more dangerous to health than burning leaves yet Finns are notorious in this respect. Why is it allowed then?  :D

Quote
E: And there's also the risk of grass fire.
That's an admittedly better reason than the other.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 04:18:16 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 03:34:27 AM
I did but leaves burning being potentially harmful to health (and only speculatively so) still doesn't seem to me a good reason for forbidding it. Drinking in excess is much more dangerous to health than burning leaves yet Finns are notorious in this respect. Why is it allowed then?  :D
That's an admittedly better reason than the other.

Uh.... Fact: burning organic material at low temperatures releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere, and this affects everyone's health, and much more dramatically than drinking, if enough people burn their leaves. And it's pretty hard to tax the leaf burners like alcohol users. And, unlike with alcohol, burning small quantities might actually be worse. Imagine everyone burning 10 litres of leaves, vs everyone drinking a pint of beer.
Even normal fireplace use in Oulu statistically kills a couple of persons per year - and this is caused by a lot less harmful particles.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 26, 2012, 04:36:58 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on September 25, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
Is burning leaves allowed where you live? It was made illegal in my neck of the woods many years ago. I miss the smell.

I would assume in the city it would be illegal. Where I lived in Florida I'm pretty sure there's a ban, but it's almost never enforced.

Quote from: North Star on September 26, 2012, 04:18:16 AM
Uh.... Fact: burning organic material at low temperatures releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere, and this affects everyone's health, and much more dramatically than drinking, if enough people burn their leaves. And it's pretty hard to tax the leaf burners like alcohol users. And, unlike with alcohol, burning small quantities might actually be worse. Imagine everyone burning 10 litres of leaves, vs everyone drinking a pint of beer.
Even normal fireplace use in Oulu statistically kills a couple of persons per year - and this is caused by a lot less harmful particles.

The nice smell seems much more insidious now. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 04:39:18 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 26, 2012, 04:18:16 AM
Uh.... Fact: burning organic material at low temperatures releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere, and this affects everyone's health, and much more dramatically than drinking, if enough people burn their leaves.
I suppose then that burning leaves in winter was a national sport in Finland resulting in so many deaths that the government felt its duty to forbid it once and for all.

Quote
Even normal fireplace use in Oulu statistically kills a couple of persons per year - and this is caused by a lot less harmful particles.
Well, ban fireplaces too. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 05:02:23 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 04:39:18 AM
I suppose then that burning leaves in winter was a national sport in Finland resulting in so many deaths that the government felt its duty to forbid it once and for all.
Well, ban fireplaces too.
::)

I'm not saying fireplaces should be banned. I'm just saying that even they are dangerous in a city (imagine if some metropolis generated its heat from small fireplaces - that would probably kill thousands, if not tens of thousands, every year).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:14:51 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 26, 2012, 05:02:23 AM
I'm not saying fireplaces should be banned. I'm just saying that even they are dangerous in a city  (imagine if some metropolis generated its heat from small fireplaces - that would probably kill thousands, if not tens of thousands, every year).
In a metropolis even leaving one's home is dangerous but I strongly doubt that the business of the government is to protect people from each and every risk imaginable.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 05:23:34 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:14:51 AM
In a metropolis even leaving one's home is dangerous but I strongly doubt that the business of the government is to protect people from each and every risk imaginable.
OK.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2012, 05:30:47 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:14:51 AM
In a metropolis even leaving one's home is dangerous but I strongly doubt that the business of the government is to protect people from each and every risk imaginable.
Personally, this is a pet peeve of mine. In Eastern Europe, my experience is that they burn things they should not and do not need to burn. The leaves and other organic matter can be used organically instead of burning. Even in cities, these smells are noticeable and why should someone else be able to burn something that I then have to breathe in and smell?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:52:11 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2012, 05:30:47 AM
Personally, this is a pet peeve of mine. In Eastern Europe, my experience is that they burn things they should not and do not need to burn. The leaves and other organic matter can be used organically instead of burning. Even in cities, these smells are noticeable and why should someone else be able to burn something that I then have to breathe in and smell?
Just to be clear: I concede it is a stupid custom and I hate the smell of it especially in the city but forbidding it by a positive law has more drawbacks than advantages, at least in Eastern Europe. First, nobody (or very few) will ever care to obey such a law --- and thus the habit of ignoring a law perceived as useless will soon spread to other laws, much more useful and necessary. Second, if the government is strong enough to be able to enforce such a law then this in itself is a big problem because this means ubiquitous hordes of spies and policemen will be employed in the process --- and in our neck of the woods we have well-grounded reasons to deeply distrust such an arrangement, be it made for the best of causes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2012, 06:02:23 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:52:11 AM
Just to be clear: I concede it is a stupid custom and I hate the smell of it especially in the city but forbidding it by a positive law has more drawbacks than advantages, at least in Eastern Europe. First, nobody (or very few) will ever care to obey such a law --- and thus the habit of ignoring a law perceived as useless will soon spread to other laws, much more useful and necessary. Second, if the government is strong enough to be able to enforce such a law then this in itself is a big problem because this means ubiquitous hordes of spies and policemen will be employed in the process --- and in our neck of the woods we have well-grounded reasons to deeply distrust such an arrangement, be it made for the best of causes.
Well, I would agree that the first step is to teach and explain. They are just doing what they have been doing for generations. But ultimately, I would support fines or other actions to stop it. It should be a progressive plan though that will certainly take years. But it also needs to eventually have teeth, though I understand the enforcement problems (where the fire marshall is usually someone to be avoided if possible).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 09:26:01 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2012, 06:02:23 AM
Well, I would agree that the first step is to teach and explain. They are just doing what they have been doing for generations. But ultimately, I would support fines or other actions to stop it. It should be a progressive plan though that will certainly take years. But it also needs to eventually have teeth, though I understand the enforcement problems (where the fire marshall is usually someone to be avoided if possible).
FWIW, without any legislation or fines (or at least none that I am aware of*) leaves-burning in Bucharest seems to be a thing of the past. I haven't seen any such fire for more than 2 years.

* Truth is, there are literally thousands of laws and I'm sure that not even the most competent lawyer or judge is aware of them all; and as we know from the ancient Greeks, the more laws there are, the more corrupt the state is.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 26, 2012, 12:08:29 PM
I honestly thought that burning leaves was banned where I live because of safety concerns, but a check of the Massachusetts government website says this:

What types of open burning are not allowed?

There are no circumstances under which it is legal to burn grass, hay, leaves, stumps or tires. They simply do not burn as "cleanly" as those materials that may legally be burned. All of them produce acrid smoke that causes nuisance conditions and threatens people's health  ...

In addition, the burning of brush, cane, driftwood and forestry debris from commercial or industrial land clearing is prohibited statewide.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 26, 2012, 12:42:35 PM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 05:52:11 AM
Just to be clear: I concede it is a stupid custom and I hate the smell of it especially in the city but forbidding it by a positive law has more drawbacks than advantages, at least in Eastern Europe. First, nobody (or very few) will ever care to obey such a law --- and thus the habit of ignoring a law perceived as useless will soon spread to other laws, much more useful and necessary. Second, if the government is strong enough to be able to enforce such a law then this in itself is a big problem because this means ubiquitous hordes of spies and policemen will be employed in the process --- and in our neck of the woods we have well-grounded reasons to deeply distrust such an arrangement, be it made for the best of causes.
Here most folk abide by the law, but also realize when it can be stretched without making any damage - like driving 105 km/h at when there's a speed limit of 100, but everyone else drives 105. But something like banning burning leaves on yards is generally quite well adhered to. And if someone decides to break these ruled, people may or may not call the police, depending on the offense. I am sorry if people can't live in this kind of system in Romania, but it works well enough here. And I'd hardly worry about the government being too strong, or spies  ::)
There are laws in Finland that aren't actively controlled, and there might not even be a sanction defined for some offenses - but the laws are still usually obeyed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_size_of_police_forces
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 26, 2012, 01:31:18 PM
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 09:26:01 AM
... as we know from the ancient Greeks, the more laws there are, the more corrupt the state is.  ;D
Lao Tzu noted that 2500 years ago. Humans are extraordinarily slow learners. I ROFL every time I think about the irony of calling ourselves "homo sapiens."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 26, 2012, 05:13:50 PM
Bought a second external hard drive! 24,992 of 41,448 files copied as I type this.

:D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 26, 2012, 05:16:47 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 26, 2012, 05:13:50 PM
Bought a second external hard drive! 24,992 of 41,448 files copied as I type this.
e-sata or USB3?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 26, 2012, 05:25:47 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 26, 2012, 05:16:47 PM
e-sata or USB3?

Who the what now?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 26, 2012, 05:31:56 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on September 25, 2012, 05:33:03 PM
:P  Not much of a moggy fan meself. I like MY avatar, and David Ross'. Seurat is my kind of painter. :)
:)
That's just one of the hundreds of great paintings that the city of Philadelphia managed to steal from Barnes. I'd make a vile comparison were it not for a recent reminder about Godwin's Law. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 26, 2012, 05:34:13 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 26, 2012, 05:25:47 PM
Who the what now?
I see you changed your avatar to include a pussy. I considered doing the same, but then realized mine had it covered.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 26, 2012, 05:59:35 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 25, 2012, 07:11:22 AMHa! That's because it's so epidemic these days that it's not logically correct to label it a disorder!

Incorrect - you appear to have misdiagnosed.


Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2012, 04:28:13 AMI don't think so! I like to listen to noisy drone music when I study.

Vivaldi is great :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 26, 2012, 07:10:52 PM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 26, 2012, 05:59:35 PM
Vivaldi is great :)

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 26, 2012, 09:31:17 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 26, 2012, 05:13:50 PM
Bought a second external hard drive! 24,992 of 41,448 files copied as I type this.

:D

I almost bought my first, last night. Relatively reasonable price at an online store with a rather bad reputation. What specs, if I may ask?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 26, 2012, 11:46:28 PM
http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/windows.asp <there doesn't exist an emoticon that quite conveys my emotion on seeing that>


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 27, 2012, 01:04:21 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 26, 2012, 12:42:35 PM
Here most folk abide by the law,
Now don't imagine that in Romania anarchy rules and everybody does just whatever crosses his mind. Most of us are law-abiding too. Where we differ from you is in our choice of what laws we abide by and what laws we break.  :D

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but also realize when it can be stretched without making any damage - like driving 105 km/h at when there's a speed limit of 100, but everyone else drives 105.
That can be very damaging in just a matter of seconds, but I agree. Breaking the speed limit is customary here too. For instance, the speed limit in villages is 50 km/h but I usually drive at 70-80. And if a police team lurks in the next village the drivers coming on the other side will almost always notice me by flashing their lights.  :)

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But something like banning burning leaves on yards is generally quite well adhered to.
Perhaps that's because people have been educated about the risks involved and they are aware that a law banning burning leaves is in force. None of these conditions obtain here except in some urban areas.

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And if someone decides to break these ruled, people may or may not call the police, depending on the offense.
That's all right. I have an old woman neighbor who regularly calls the police when someone plays loud music at midnight through the speakers (we live in a block of flats) and I don't mind in the least. Now, if I were at the residence of my in-laws in the countryside and saw someone burning leaves in his yard I would perhaps try to persuade him not to do it but I most certainly would not call the police.

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I am sorry if people can't live in this kind of system in Romania
Don't be. I kinda like it.  :)

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, but it works well enough here.
I imagine. Different culture, different history, different society. That's what makes the world such a great place. If we were all the same we would die of boredom.  :)

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And I'd hardly worry about the government being too strong, or spies  ::)
That's because you have never lived in a police state swarming with spies, where each and every word uttered publicly or even privately could have got you in trouble (and I mean real trouble, like being imprisoned or worse) and where the government was strong enough to enforce absolute obedience or to repress any dissent. Maybe for you it's hard even to imagine that such conditions existed for real.

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There are laws in Finland that aren't actively controlled, and there might not even be a sanction defined for some offenses
That's the case here too.

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- but the laws are still usually obeyed.
Well, as I said before, in our case it depends on the law. For historical reasons, laws that are perceived as being invasive of the private life, such as the one at hand, tend to be disobeyed.


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 03:53:03 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 26, 2012, 09:31:17 PM
I almost bought my first, last night. Relatively reasonable price at an online store with a rather bad reputation. What specs, if I may ask?

http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/goflex/?cmpid=ppc-_-goflex-_-g-_-us-_-1tb_goflex-_-p
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 27, 2012, 05:03:06 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 27, 2012, 01:04:21 AM
Now don't imagine that in Romania anarchy rules and everybody does just whatever crosses his mind. Most of us are law-abiding too. Where we differ from you is in our choice of what laws we abide by and what laws we break.  :D
That can be very damaging in just a matter of seconds, but I agree. Breaking the speed limit is customary here too. For instance, the speed limit in villages is 50 km/h but I usually drive at 70-80. And if a police team lurks in the next village the drivers coming on the other side will almost always notice me by flashing their lights.  :)
Perhaps that's because people have been educated about the risks involved and they are aware that a law banning burning leaves is in force. None of these conditions obtain here except in some urban areas.
That's all right. I have an old woman neighbor who regularly calls the police when someone plays loud music at midnight through the speakers (we live in a block of flats) and I don't mind in the least. Now, if I were at the residence of my in-laws in the countryside and saw someone burning leaves in his yard I would perhaps try to persuade him not to do it but I most certainly would not call the police.
Don't be. I kinda like it.  :)
I imagine. Different culture, different history, different society. That's what makes the world such a great place. If we were all the same we would die of boredom.  :)
That's because you have never lived in a police state swarming with spies, where each and every word uttered publicly or even privately could have got you in trouble (and I mean real trouble, like being imprisoned or worse) and where the government was strong enough to enforce absolute obedience or to repress any dissent. Maybe for you it's hard even to imagine that such conditions existed for real.
That's the case here too.
Well, as I said before, in our case it depends on the law. For historical reasons, laws that are perceived as being invasive of the private life, such as the one at hand, tend to be disobeyed.

I understand that in a police state, legislation is totally different. And I certainly understand that in these societies, spying is a lot more common, like in DDR (and in Finland, too, in those days, but to a far lesser extent).
And I certainly wasn't suggesting that leaf burning should be banned in the countryside. That I would call idiotic.
And regarding the speed limits, I just meant that if everyone drives 5 km/h over the limit, it's much safer to drive at the same speed than to drive slower, creating traffic jams and dangerous passes, 20 km/h over the limit sounds dangerous, but of course some (quite many) limits are not too well considered. This can be a real problem.
I'm not too big on calling the police either, but I have advised a neighbour to stop burning wet leaves and wood on his yard, the smoke coming out of the fire looked, and smelled, really bad. (he's done this quite often during the summer months).

My whole point was that this can affect others so much that it can't be considered a private issue, just like it isn't a private issue if someone pollutes a lake. And the leaves can be burned, if it's done properly, with a high enough temperature.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 27, 2012, 05:08:37 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 27, 2012, 05:03:06 AM
I'm not too big on calling the police either, but I have advised a neighbour to stop burning wet leaves and wood on his yard, the smoke coming out of the fire looked, and smelled, really bad. (he's done this quite often during the summer months).

During summer? Where did he get the leaves from? Here it is done in late autumn when virtually all leaves have fallen.

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My whole point was that this can affect others so much that it can't be considered a private issue, just like it isn't a private issue if someone pollutes a lake. And the leaves can be burned, if it's done properly, with a high enough temperature.
Fair enough.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 27, 2012, 05:10:22 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 27, 2012, 05:08:37 AM
During summer? Where did he get the leaves from? Here it is done in late autumn when virtually all leaves have fallen.
Fair enough.
Good point - it was some garden waste of similar nature.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 27, 2012, 05:50:36 AM
Artistically, I find the idea that someone was operating a camera interferes with the verisimilitude.

Still rather funny, though.


http://www.youtube.com/v/gVszHLWHLo0
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 06:26:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 26, 2012, 11:46:28 PM
http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/windows.asp <there doesn't exist an emoticon that quite conveys my emotion on seeing that>
Here's a terrific example of the rampant bigotry of the mainstream press in America these days, every bit as partisan and untrustworthy as Pravda once was. Even the debunker, Snopes, is misleading, when at the top of the story they say it's true that Romney said it, but later quote his entire remarks in context, showing that's not what he actually said, and then at the very end of the story they admit that
Quote from: Snopes.comhis posture and tone clearly indicated that he intended the line to be taken as a tongue-in-cheek aside rather than as a serious statement
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 06:28:49 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 27, 2012, 03:53:03 AM
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/goflex/?cmpid=ppc-_-goflex-_-g-_-us-_-1tb_goflex-_-p
USB 3.0, "upgradeable" to e-sata
Good, you have decent speed and didn't get snookered into obsolete technology
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 06:38:10 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 27, 2012, 03:53:03 AM
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/goflex/?cmpid=ppc-_-goflex-_-g-_-us-_-1tb_goflex-_-p

Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 06:45:32 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 06:28:49 AM
USB 3.0, "upgradeable" to e-sata
Good, you have decent speed and didn't get snookered into obsolete technology

I have two of these. One holds the tunes, because they don't fit on my laptop, and the other is the backup.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 06:55:31 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 06:26:15 AM
Even the debunker, Snopes, is misleading, when at the top of the story it says that it's true that Romney said it, but later quote his entire remarks in context, showing that he didn't say exactly what they claim he said, and then only at the very end of the story, admit that: snopes quote

How it that misleading? (Unless, of course, you expect Snopes to pander to people who read no more than the first few sentences of any piece of writing.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 07:22:17 AM
Ever get shaky and have to eat? Even when you eat regularly?

I used to get this more frequently but it happened again today. So I quickly consumed a giant candy bar and a giant bag of chips. :D Must be something to do with sugar level? My glucose is kind of high per the doctor but not that high.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 27, 2012, 07:33:39 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 27, 2012, 07:22:17 AM
Ever get shaky and have to eat? Even when you eat regularly?

I used to get this more frequently but it happened again today. So I quickly consumed a giant candy bar and a giant bag of chips. :D Must be something to do with sugar level? My glucose is kind of high per the doctor but not that high.
Sure sounds like sugar level problems, but there are probably plenty of things that could upset it temporarily.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 07:35:39 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 27, 2012, 07:33:39 AM
Sure sounds like sugar level problems, but there are probably plenty of things that could upset it temporarily.

Yes, it's strange. I probably need a better diet, not that mine's that bad. There's room for improvement I'm sure.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 27, 2012, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 27, 2012, 07:22:17 AM
Ever get shaky and have to eat? Even when you eat regularly?

I used to get this more frequently but it happened again today. So I quickly consumed a giant candy bar and a giant bag of chips. :D Must be something to do with sugar level? My glucose is kind of high per the doctor but not that high.

Reactive hypoglycemia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia

In a nutshell, consumption of carbohydrates (big bowl of cereal at breakfast) triggers excess release of insulin, which overcompensates and drives glucose too low.  The body reacts to low glucose with adrenalin, which causes shaking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 07:40:56 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 27, 2012, 07:38:22 AM
Reactive hypoglycemia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia

In a nutshell, consumption of carbohydrates (big bowl of cereal at breakfast) triggers excess release of insulin, which overcompensates and drives glucose too low.

That sounds like it. Thanks, doc! ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 27, 2012, 08:03:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 27, 2012, 07:40:56 AM
That sounds like it. Thanks, doc! ;)

Please send you Blue Cross insurance ID number and SSN for billing purposes.    8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on September 27, 2012, 08:04:17 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 27, 2012, 08:03:20 AM
Please send you Blue Cross insurance ID number and SSN for billing purposes.    8)

It's in the mail!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 11:02:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 06:55:31 AM
How it that misleading? (Unless, of course, you expect Snopes to pander to people who read no more than the first few sentences of any piece of writing.)
Uh, isn't that whom they pander to? (Along with almost everyone else.  :'( )

How is it misleading? Are you serious? Per the bigot press stories painting Romney as a fool for thinking airplane windows should roll down like car windows (and you know damned well that's the impression such stories are maliciously calculated to give), Snopes lead their reportby saying:
Quote from: SnopesTRUE: Mitt Romney said he did't know why airplane windows don't open.

If they weren't being misleading, they would have qualified the comment as a joke right up front, instead of burying that fact 6 paragraphs down.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 11:17:50 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 11:02:53 AM
Snopes lead their reportby saying:
If they weren't being misleading, they would have qualified the comment as a joke right up front, instead of burying that fact 6 paragraphs down.

And what about the statement directly beneath the opening line, which says in a different wording that he wasn't being serious?

As long as the context is provided clearly (i.e. not as a passing remark, in a footnote or on another webpage), I wouldn't label this particular 'snope' misleading.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 11:02:53 AM
If they weren't being misleading, they would have qualified the comment as a joke right up front, instead of burying that fact 6 paragraphs down.
This is the problem with Mitt Romney: his sense of humor is so epically terrible that nobody can tell the jokes from the not-jokes. He should get his jokes from a 7-11 bakery.

Side note

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 27, 2012, 11:52:49 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 11:02:53 AM
. . . Per the bigot press stories painting Romney as a fool for thinking airplane windows should roll down like car windows . . . .

Of course, I am apt to think of the press as an organ capable of being improved, rather than as the Enemy (not that you are necessarily doing so, Dave; it was certainly something of a pastime in the GOP primaries, though, wasn't it?)

I should have said Per the bigot stories . . . It may simply be that I am more selective in my news sources, but I didn't read anything of that in the papers I follow.  I should probably not have heard it at all, save for its appearance (where else?) on Twitter
; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 27, 2012, 11:54:43 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
This is the problem with Mitt Romney: his sense of humor is so epically terrible that nobody can tell the jokes from the not-jokes. He should get his jokes from a 7-11 bakery.

Yes, whatever story is there, it falls in line with Mitt the Wooden.

Quote from: BrianSide note

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bravo! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 27, 2012, 12:32:37 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats ! ok now, off you go the purchases thread... sharpish....  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 27, 2012, 12:59:17 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on September 27, 2012, 12:32:37 PM
congrats ! ok now, off you go the purchases thread... sharpish....  ;D
I did have a vow to myself that if I got a job before Presto's Harmonia Mundi sale ended, I could buy all the Harmonia Mundi CDs I want. Good thing my new job has a pay rise, because my order will be $300!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 01:33:40 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 11:17:50 AM
And what about the statement directly beneath the opening line, which says in a different wording that he wasn't being serious?
Huh? It's not directly beneath, it's 27 lines later.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 01:34:22 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
YIPPEEE!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 27, 2012, 01:37:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
Side note

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 05:46:59 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 27, 2012, 11:02:53 AMUh, isn't that whom they pander to? (Along with almost everyone else.  :'( )

How is it misleading? Are you serious? Per the bigot press stories painting Romney as a fool for thinking airplane windows should roll down like car windows (and you know damned well that's the impression such stories are maliciously calculated to give), Snopes lead their reportby saying:
If they weren't being misleading, they would have qualified the comment as a joke right up front, instead of burying that fact 6 paragraphs down.

After looking at this story, I really think you're overreacting in exactly the way you're accusing Snopes of doing, taking snippets and refusing to allow for tone or context. The whole article has a tone of debunking an example of the media miscontruing facts for the sake of a funny story. Consider the opening:

QuoteClaim: Mitt Romney said he thinks airplane windows should be able to roll down in case of fire.

MIXTURE:

TRUE: Mitt Romney said he didn't know why airplane windows don't open.

FALSE: Mitt Romney expressed genuine confusion about why airplane windows don't open.

Maybe you were just looking for something, anything, to be angry about?
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:01:42 PM
Who would win in a fight? A gorilla, or a bear? And I'm thinking the largest size of each.

This could be epic.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 06:09:07 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:01:42 PMWho would win in a fight? A gorilla, or a bear? And I'm thinking the largest size of each.

Bear, obviously. Bigger and heavier, with a thicker coat and nasty claws.

Cavemen vs Astronauts? ;)


See also Metric's song Stadium Love.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:12:41 PM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 06:09:07 PM
Bear, obviously. Bigger and heavier, with a thicker coat and nasty claws.

Cavemen vs Astronauts? ;)


See also Metric's song Stadium Love.

Easy, caveman.

And I feel the Gorilla might be a little more agile than the bear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 06:34:14 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:12:41 PMEasy, caveman.

And I feel the Gorilla might be a little more agile than the bear.

Oh, you're so wrong - WRONG!

Don't you know astronauts are trained in martial arts?

Bears too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:37:10 PM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 06:34:14 PM
Oh, you're so wrong - WRONG!

Don't you know astronauts are trained in martial arts?

Bears too.

But caveman are trained in clubbing...and, hair pulling.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 09:54:11 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:01:42 PM
Who would win in a fight? A gorilla, or a bear? And I'm thinking the largest size of each.

This could be epic.

Didn't Discovery Channel make a programme out of this concept which involved bad animation and animal experts talking trash?

Re: Caveman vs Astronaut, the latter's immobility while wearing the suit -- the suit is a must! -- clearly signals his/her defeat. But at the same, it prevents any hair being pulled.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on September 27, 2012, 10:32:40 PM
Turns out I'm a gorilla hybrid, and only last week I laid three bears flat out for obstructing my journey to a top secret test facility in the Nevada deserts.   :-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 27, 2012, 11:35:46 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 09:54:11 PM
Didn't Discovery Channel make a programme out of this concept which involved bad animation and animal experts talking trash?

Re: Caveman vs Astronaut, the latter's immobility while wearing the suit -- the suit is a must! -- clearly signals his/her defeat. But at the same, it prevents any hair being pulled.
You forgot one thing: the caveman loses because he cannot breath outside of the atmosphere  ;).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 11:45:46 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 27, 2012, 11:35:46 PM
You forgot one thing: the caveman loses because he cannot breath outside of the atmosphere  ;).

No, I assumed it was taking place on land. :P Were the fight to take place in outer-space, he would die soon after launch, succumbing to the G-forces acting on his suit-less body. Astronaut would win by 'forfeiture', in that case.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on September 27, 2012, 11:55:59 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's some terrific news! Congratulations! What kind of job is it if I may ask?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 28, 2012, 02:54:07 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 27, 2012, 09:54:11 PMDidn't Discovery Channel make a programme out of this concept which involved bad animation and animal experts talking trash?

Re: Caveman vs Astronaut, the latter's immobility while wearing the suit -- the suit is a must! -- clearly signals his/her defeat. But at the same, it prevents any hair being pulled.

Those suits are pretty tough, so no chance of a cracked skull, and stabbing would be chancy at best. Besides, the astronauts I envisage have laser guns. How could they not?!?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 28, 2012, 03:16:30 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 28, 2012, 02:54:07 AM
Those suits are pretty tough, so no chance of a cracked skull, and stabbing would be chancy at best. Besides, the astronauts I envisage have laser guns. How could they not?!?

The caveman topples him over. Water supply lasts, maybe, for a few hours. And that's it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 03:49:49 AM
Another Epic Battle...

Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 03:58:32 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 03:49:49 AM
Another Epic Battle...

Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck
Question:  Is Bugs Bunny and/or Elmur Fudd with Daffy, or no?>
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on September 28, 2012, 04:05:21 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 03:49:49 AMAnother Epic Battle...

Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck

Wasn't that settled in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 28, 2012, 04:17:16 AM
Quote from: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 03:58:32 AM
Question:  Is Bugs Bunny and/or Elmur Fudd with Daffy, or no?>
That would mean that Donald is with Scrooge and Gyro Gearloose, among others.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 04:24:24 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 28, 2012, 04:17:16 AM
That would mean that Donald is with Scrooge and Gyro Gearloose, among others.
So the real questions:  Whose sidekicks screw up more?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:35:39 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 27, 2012, 05:46:59 PM
After looking at this story, I really think you're overreacting in exactly the way you're accusing Snopes of doing, taking snippets and refusing to allow for tone or context. The whole article has a tone of debunking an example of the media miscontruing facts for the sake of a funny story. Consider the opening:

Maybe you were just looking for something, anything, to be angry about?
A) I'm not angry
B) It's exactly as I've described, whether you are willing to recognize that or not. Let me repeat the point that you missed and Navneeth glossed: Most readers really do glean what they believe from headlines and the opening paragraph. When Snopes gauges the story as TRUE at the top of the piece, and debunks it only 27 lines later, they're misleading.

Whether that's intentional or not is another issue and not one anyone has discussed here. Bigoted, yes, but not necessarily intentional (unlike much of what passes for journalism these days, especially by the slimebags from Journolist and its decendents). Bigots don't intend to be bigoted and almost never believe that they're so irrationally prejudiced.  They just believe things that condition their worldview so thoroughly that they're blind to the fact of their own prejudice and cannot see how it colors everything they see.





Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:36:43 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 27, 2012, 06:37:10 PM
But caveman are trained in clubbing...and, hair pulling.
Caveman clubbing?

Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Fcpo1Rtaflo
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 28, 2012, 04:44:45 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:35:39 AM
B) It's exactly as I've described, whether you are willing to recognize that or not. Let me repeat the point that you missed and Navneeth glossed: Most readers really do glean what they believe from headlines and the opening paragraph. When Snopes gauges the story as TRUE at the top of the piece, and debunks it only 27 lines later, they're misleading.

This is quite true. The Drudge Report and the Huffington Post are also both guilty of this kind of work, and that it was hidden within the text, for me, implicates them in their intentionality.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 28, 2012, 05:47:34 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 03:49:49 AM
Another Epic Battle...

Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck

That was the variety act in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 28, 2012, 05:48:17 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 28, 2012, 04:05:21 AM
Wasn't that settled in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Another party I'm late to : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 28, 2012, 05:48:17 AM
Another party I'm late to : )
Hope it's not too late. That was brilliant at the time. Whether it holds up still, after Pinky & the Brain and Pixar, I couldn't say.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 07:46:02 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on September 28, 2012, 04:05:21 AM
Wasn't that settled in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Quote from: karlhenning on September 28, 2012, 05:47:34 AM
That was the variety act in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ; )

The winners!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 07:50:09 AM
I like the turn this thread has taken. Brings back warm memories of my nephew at the age when he was always asking such questions, perhaps brought on by his first viewing of the original King Kong!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 09:56:39 AM
Humphrey Bogart vs. Harrison Ford
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 28, 2012, 10:01:05 AM
Anime Greg vs. Monkey Greg
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 28, 2012, 10:01:05 AM
Anime Greg vs. Monkey Greg

"What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

-what I say before I'm involved in an epic battle of my own
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 28, 2012, 10:40:51 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
"What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

-what I say before I'm involved in an epic battle of my own

Hm... just as I had suspected! Those words were taken from somewhere else.

Oh, here's Leopard vs. Gorilla

http://www.youtube.com/v/HP-6wG_wZ8A

While no videos of Bear vs. Gorilla, we can find an enlightening debate on the subject:

http://www.youtube.com/v/LXU68Jc2B0k
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 02:01:06 PM
I PASSED MY FIRST COMPS EXAM!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 28, 2012, 02:13:55 PM
Congrats Paul!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 02:18:20 PM
Thanks.  I made several....silly mistakes, saying Palestrina was late 15th century (was thinking late 1500s), couldn't think of Ligeti for the first one (But had the right time), and couldn't think of the Indonesian term that went along with the Balinese Gamelan music (but again, knew it was Balinese, and knew about the shimmering effect).

I'm just.....so happy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 28, 2012, 02:31:57 PM
Way to go, Paul!
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 28, 2012, 04:02:47 PM
Quote from: PaulR on September 28, 2012, 02:01:06 PM
I PASSED MY FIRST COMPS EXAM!

Excellent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 05:04:49 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
"What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."
I know I've heard that before....  Don't tell me ... hmmmm ... Richard Simmons?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 29, 2012, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 05:04:49 AM
I know I've heard that before....  Don't tell me ... hmmmm ... Richard Simmons?

Haha! No, but his skills are special and nightmarish, no doubt.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on September 29, 2012, 11:50:19 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 28, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
"What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

-what I say before I'm involved in an epic battle of my own

Good luck ...


(http://tabletoptyrant.co.uk/Tyrants/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liam-neeson.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 29, 2012, 01:14:27 PM
Man, I hate job hunting. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 05:12:43 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 29, 2012, 01:14:27 PM
Man, I hate job hunting. :(
If you'd like to make it more interesting, I suggest you memorize this response to the inevitable interview request to "Tell us about yourself."

"What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 29, 2012, 07:14:37 PM
Hmmm... Is it illegal to visit your old schools just for fun? Or is it trespassing...?

The ones with the outside portables would probably be easy- just take a basketball and go the outside court on the way. The problem would be the inside buildings... high school I could probably pass as an 18-year old and no one would suspect anything; middle school would probably be impossible to visit inside of certain buildings; one elementary school might be somewhat easy-ish, while the other is very much in a big building, which might be more difficult.



Too bad you can't do that with previous houses. I can't count how many times I've dreamed of visiting one of my childhood houses and going inside, telling the people currently living there that I'm just visiting and used to live there.


Quote from: Corey on September 29, 2012, 01:14:27 PM
Man, I hate job hunting. :(
It's a full-time job itself.
It doesn't help that the average application takes over 40 minutes to complete now.
And it's all about timing... my parents would say that I need to go back and talk to the manager. I've done that so many times, but out of each of the 5 jobs I've ever had, I don't think I did that more than once at the most.

Hopefully you get something before November, when half the country comes down to Florida.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on September 29, 2012, 11:04:02 PM
I did that thing where I picked up what I thought was my cup of water and took a sip, but it wasn't water, so I reacted like I just drank pee or something and almost spit it out. Then I realized it was just milk.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on September 30, 2012, 04:30:23 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 29, 2012, 07:14:37 PM
Hmmm... Is it illegal to visit your old schools just for fun? Or is it trespassing...?

The ones with the outside portables would probably be easy- just take a basketball and go the outside court on the way. The problem would be the inside buildings... high school I could probably pass as an 18-year old and no one would suspect anything; middle school would probably be impossible to visit inside of certain buildings; one elementary school might be somewhat easy-ish, while the other is very much in a big building, which might be more difficult.

An old classmate of mine did that and was arrested. :\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 04:38:23 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:35:39 AMIt's exactly as I've described, whether you are willing to recognize that or not. Let me repeat the point that you missed and Navneeth glossed: Most readers really do glean what they believe from headlines and the opening paragraph. When Snopes gauges the story as TRUE at the top of the piece, and debunks it only 27 lines later, they're misleading.

Not 27 lines later; the 3rd sentence of the piece.


For late arrivals:
QuoteClaim: Mitt Romney said he thinks airplane windows should be able to roll down in case of fire.

MIXTURE:

TRUE: Mitt Romney said he didn't know why airplane windows don't open.

FALSE: Mitt Romney expressed genuine confusion about why airplane windows don't open.

These three opening lines summarise the whole thing openly and honestly: Romney literally said he didn't know why aircraft windows didn't open. BUT HE WAS JOKING.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 01, 2012, 06:53:18 PM
Quote from: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 04:38:23 PM
Not 27 lines later; the 3rd sentence of the piece.


For late arrivals:
These three opening lines summarise the whole thing openly and honestly: Romney literally said he didn't know why aircraft windows didn't open. BUT HE WAS JOKING.
Nope.  You've reported this falsely. Line three does not say that he was joking.

I know you have a hard time understanding basic logic, but regardless of your unwillingness to recognize it, there is considerable difference between line 3 saying "it's false that Romney expressed genuine confusion about why airplane windows don't open" and line 27 saying "his posture and tone clearly indicated that he intended the line to be taken as a tongue-in-cheek aside rather than as a serious statement."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 07:36:47 PM
QuoteFALSE: Mitt Romney expressed genuine confusion about why airplane windows don't open.

Was anyone besides Mr Ross confused by this?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 01, 2012, 08:55:50 PM
Quote from: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 07:36:47 PM
Was anyone besides Mr Ross confused by this?

He probably isn't expressing genuine confusion. :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 10:37:39 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 01, 2012, 08:55:50 PMHe probably isn't expressing genuine confusion. :D

Am I being trolled?  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 02, 2012, 07:05:05 AM
Quote from: CriticalI on October 01, 2012, 10:37:39 PM
Am I being trolled?  :o
No, you are trolling me, resurrecting something from pages back and being willfully dense about it--unless you genuinely lack the capacity to recognize the point. I doubt it's a matter of capacity, however, for you seem to be of at least average intelligence. Perhaps it's just a deficiency in training that could easily be remedied by applying yourself to an introductory course in logic...?

(I had a professor once who made symbolic logic more entertaining and relevant by having us take news stories (usually about political or economic issues since their "reasoning" so seldom adds up) and breaking down the arguments into symbolic form to determine their truth value.)

Once you learn to think clearly it will become a habit. However, in your interactions with the rest of the world you will often find yourself doing this:

(http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0912/implied-facepalm-implied-facepalm-demotivational-poster-1259858393.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2012, 03:38:52 PM
(http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fCfR56Akhhrjc_M.3rhSXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTQ4MA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/401/2012/10/02/flower-480-jpg_195249.jpg)

Real-life Anime Girl: Anastasiya Shpagina's Bizarre Make-up Tutorial
http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/real-life-anime-girl-anastasiya-shpagina-8217-bizarre-172400323.html

Meet the teenage girl who has transformed herself into a living cartoon character
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210364/Anastasiya-Shpagina-Teenage-girl-living-cartoon-character.html?ICO=most_read_module
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on October 03, 2012, 08:28:31 AM
Quote from: Corey on September 30, 2012, 04:30:23 AM
An old classmate of mine did that and was arrested. :\

Yeah, schools tend to take a dim view on creepers.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CriticalI on October 03, 2012, 06:15:54 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 02, 2012, 07:05:05 AMresurrecting something from pages back

I was away over the weekend, so naturally there was a couple-of-days delay.

Quote from: DavidRoss on October 02, 2012, 07:05:05 AMand being willfully dense about it--unless you genuinely lack the capacity to recognize the point. I doubt it's a matter of capacity, however, for you seem to be of at least average intelligence. Perhaps it's just a deficiency in training that could easily be remedied by applying yourself to an introductory course in logic...?

In other words, "I'm right and you're stupid!" Cunningly argued, sir.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 03, 2012, 07:10:15 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 30, 2012, 04:30:23 AM
An old classmate of mine did that and was arrested. :\
Wonderful...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on October 04, 2012, 06:38:13 AM
Quote from: CaughtintheGaze on October 03, 2012, 08:28:31 AM
Yeah, schools tend to take a dim view on creepers.

n.b. this person was (haven't talked to him in years, don't know if he's changed) pretty much a moron and fucked up on anti-psychosis drugs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 04, 2012, 08:50:51 AM
Quote from: Corey on October 04, 2012, 06:38:13 AM
n.b. this person was (haven't talked to him in years, don't know if he's changed) pretty much a moron and fucked up on anti-psychosis drugs.
How effed up would he be without the anti-psychotics?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on October 04, 2012, 09:01:33 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 04, 2012, 08:50:51 AM
How effed up would he be without the anti-psychotics?

Batshit insane seems the most logical summation.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 04, 2012, 09:42:19 AM
Quote from: CaughtintheGaze on October 04, 2012, 09:01:33 AM
Batshit insane seems the most logical summation.
;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 04, 2012, 09:42:59 AM
Interesting idea of logic.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 04, 2012, 09:48:36 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 04, 2012, 09:42:59 AM
Interesting idea of logic.
I presume he meant likely, based on the reasonable inference that only a psychotic would be taking anti-psychotic medication.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 04, 2012, 09:51:58 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 04, 2012, 09:48:36 AM
I presume he meant likely, based on the reasonable inference that only a psychotic would be taking anti-psychotic medication.

And hoping that the medication was well prescribed; yes, one sees it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 12, 2012, 04:41:44 PM
I (somehow) passed (conditionally) my last comprehensive exam :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 12, 2012, 06:26:08 PM
Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 12, 2012, 06:49:30 PM
it's not quite over yet....but the hard part is done.....

Now to start thinking about a thesis.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 20, 2012, 06:59:25 PM
So the New Music Festival is over!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 21, 2012, 05:48:15 AM
Quote from: PaulR on October 20, 2012, 06:59:25 PM
So the New Music Festival is over!

Never.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 21, 2012, 06:07:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 21, 2012, 05:48:15 AM
Never.
well, the BG New Music Festival is a set time frame of 4 days starting on Wednesday, and ending with the BG Philharmonia/Wind Symphony concert last night.  So in the sense of the time frame, the festival is over.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 21, 2012, 06:14:56 AM
Yes.  But as Zappa was fond to quote VarèseThe present-day composer refuses to die.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 21, 2012, 06:15:27 AM
Anyway, I never get invited to these festivals ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 21, 2012, 06:29:06 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 21, 2012, 06:15:27 AM
Anyway, I never get invited to these festivals ; )
I'll write an angry letter to the organizers of the festival ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 21, 2012, 06:35:34 AM
Paul, yer a Mensch!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 23, 2012, 03:49:25 PM
http://www.celebritydetective.com/Celebrity_Homes_Carrot-Tops-house-Winter-Park-FL.html

I visited Carrot Top's home today with my friend.
Quite a drive through a surprisingly ungated community. His house is at the dead of the neighborhood, sitting right on the lake.
Too bad I didn't have a carrot with me- I would have chopped the bottom off and threw the top onto his driveway.  :P
Guess what color the house is?  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 26, 2012, 08:55:51 AM
Any good idea can be flogged to death, with just a little application.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 26, 2012, 03:03:51 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 26, 2012, 08:55:51 AM
Any good idea can be flogged to death, with just a little application.
So no "Karl Henning Oeuvre" thread?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 26, 2012, 04:12:19 PM
There's always the Headquarters....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 29, 2012, 06:33:01 AM
Has anyone used Google today?

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 29, 2012, 06:42:37 AM
Yes, but that illustration is so kitschy, I've not wanted to know who that is....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 29, 2012, 06:49:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 29, 2012, 06:42:37 AM
Yes, but that illustration is so kitschy, I've not wanted to know who that is....

The late painter Bob Ross would have been 70 years old today.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 11, 2012, 08:21:41 AM
There is a malware warning for epicgames.com...
should I take it seriously or not? Is this google's error or have hackers hacked the site and put malware on it? I don't want to open it up in another browser to find out the latter.

I need to use this site for a project that is due on Wednesday...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 11, 2012, 08:29:06 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 11, 2012, 08:21:41 AM
There is a malware warning for epicgames.com...
should I take it seriously or not? Is this google's error or have hackers hacked the site and put malware on it? I don't want to open it up in another browser to find out the latter.

Try contacting them about this through a social network channel.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 11, 2012, 08:44:44 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 11, 2012, 08:29:06 AM
Try contacting them about this through a social network channel.
Good idea, and done.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 14, 2012, 10:39:33 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 11, 2012, 08:44:44 AM
Good idea, and done.
No reply, but it stopped doing that for the most part. Probably Google's error.

I'm having serious second thoughts about getting into video game programming after reading about the industry last night. The main thing is working 80+ hours a week for many months. Pay is incredible, but nothing is worth 80+ hours a week for that long. A typical computer programmer job (non-video game) is usually 40-50 hours a week, which is basically slightly less than I have to deal with now. Therefore, I might end up not even making my own computer or doing anything with UDK. Maybe I'll get an 8-string Ibanez with my excess money.

Anyways, an interesting phenomenon recently: I've been enjoying Mahler again!  :o It's been over a year since I really could enjoy his music because of over-familiarity. I'm experiencing the twisting of the soul that the 8th does and the ferocity of the 6th's opening movement like I did before.

Does this mean that when people have a cocaine addiction and stop for a year that the desire comes back?  :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on November 14, 2012, 03:04:47 PM
Maybe you just needed some variety.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 14, 2012, 03:26:33 PM
Quote from: Corey on November 14, 2012, 03:04:47 PM
Maybe you just needed some variety.
I think you got it!  ;)


Today was... well, I couldn't possibly describe in words how intense it was. I had a 15 minute presentation for class that I had been working on for a week that I should slightly been nervous about was a joke in comparison.

Two things seriously threatened to set my graduation date back. First, registration was sooner than expected, so I registered the day after registration started and a class was full. (I was so focused on the presentation that next semester was the last thing on my mind). This class is only once a year and might be a prerequisite, meaning a day late could equal another year of my life wasted. So, my professor is going to get them to override this and let me in the class (she has done great stuff like this in the past for me).

The other thing is the Math retest to get into College Algebra. This was my only chance to not have to take Developmental Math, which would delay my graduation. On the practice test, I got 10 out of 10 correct, but the real test I took at 5 PM was very strange. I ended up passing by the equivalent of one question, not knowing throughout the hour and 40 minutes if I'd pass or not. Some of the questions I had never seen before, so I had to find alternate ways of guessing.

I filled up my car for $41 (how long since it's been that low?) and went home to sign up for the online College Algebra class.

And tomorrow another 14 hours minus 2 hours of "rest"... you know, I think I've begun to understand that those college kids that binge drink and party are actually very, very sad inside. It's probably the only time they feel alive.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 15, 2012, 04:23:32 PM
We need beets, but they were all too tiny at Whole Foods.

Or maybe we've grown into giants, unknowingly . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on November 16, 2012, 04:58:38 AM
Quote from: Greg on November 14, 2012, 03:26:33 PM
And tomorrow another 14 hours minus 2 hours of "rest"... you know, I think I've begun to understand that those college kids that binge drink and party are actually very, very sad inside. It's probably the only time they feel alive.

Probably so. Although they are likely just woefully unprepared after just coming out of high school, which does almost nothing to get you ready for the whirlwind coming up. Nor does it teach you anything about time management, which is an extremely valuable skill. So many of my classes have lost a third or half of the students due to them withdrawing, and I'd suspect it's because they don't know how to allot the time to do the work required.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on November 16, 2012, 05:03:10 AM
I've always thought kids need a handbook on how to deal with real life.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 16, 2012, 05:21:41 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 16, 2012, 04:58:38 AM
Probably so. Although they are likely just woefully unprepared after just coming out of high school, which does almost nothing to get you ready for the whirlwind coming up. Nor does it teach you anything about time management, which is an extremely valuable skill. So many of my classes have lost a third or half of the students due to them withdrawing, and I'd suspect it's because they don't know how to allot the time to do the work required.
High school is a regular schedule and college is like the schedule with the rhythm and pacing of a retarded cheetah, so yep.
Probably most of these people have a full time job, which is doable, but you both have to have the energy to do both and a job that might let you leave sometimes in the middle of the day for a class which is mandatory, since (at least in my school) they don't have a night class for everything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on November 16, 2012, 05:26:29 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 16, 2012, 05:03:10 AM
I've always thought kids need a handbook on how to deal with real life.

Oh, definitely. And if their parents didn't have it, they aren't going to get it either. But if they fail, it's their fault, right? Survival of the fittest, right? (If you're a Republican, maybe.)

Quote from: Greg on November 16, 2012, 05:21:41 AM
High school is a regular schedule and college is like the schedule with the rhythm and pacing of a retarded cheetah, so yep.
Probably most of these people have a full time job, which is doable, but you both have to have the energy to do both and a job that might let you leave sometimes in the middle of the day for a class which is mandatory, since (at least in my school) they don't have a night class for everything.

Working and going to school are difficult to balance, but it is possible. At some point you're just going to have to give up certain comforts (like sleeping in, playing video games, etc.).

I'm actually trying to get a job at my school. That would at least solve the issue of traveling from workplace to classroom.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 21, 2012, 08:18:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/dABo_DCIdpM&feature=related
The English Language in 24 accents.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 22, 2012, 05:28:27 AM
Good fun.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 22, 2012, 01:18:52 PM
Yeah. But I've seen it before, and it must have been on this site.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on November 23, 2012, 02:44:12 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 16, 2012, 05:03:10 AM
I've always thought kids need a handbook on how to deal with real life.

Is there such a beast?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 23, 2012, 02:57:38 AM
Quote from: North Star on November 22, 2012, 01:18:52 PM
Yeah. But I've seen it before, and it must have been on this site.

I must have missed it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on November 23, 2012, 10:50:57 AM
Quote from: Florestan on November 23, 2012, 02:44:12 AM
Is there such a beast?

Not that I know of.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 27, 2012, 07:48:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/WibmcsEGLKo&feature=fvwrel
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 08:47:45 AM
Is anyone else here a fan of the show QI?

I just found out that I'm addicted. (Though the addition is still limited by the Golden-er Rule. ;))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 28, 2012, 09:23:04 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 08:47:45 AM
Is anyone else here a fan of the show QI?

I just found out that I'm addicted. (Though the addition is still limited by the Golden-er Rule. ;))

What is QI? Or I mean what kind of show is it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 09:43:52 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 28, 2012, 09:23:04 AM
What is QI? Or I mean what kind of show is it?

QI stands for Quite Interesting. It's a quiz show on the BBC (or as I call it, YouTube) hosted by Stephen Fry. There is a set of four panelists (always including stand-up comedian Alan Davies) who answer questions on the topic of the day. But this isn't your typical quiz show: you don't necessarily get points for the right answers; the obviously incorrect answers get you negative points (along with sirens going off and the wrong answer flashing on a large screen), but interesting/funny answers will increase your score. But the whole "points" thing is just a joke. It's actually the rapport between the uber smart Fry and the guests which really makes me watch it everyday. It's like watching like-minded individuals (and sometimes very intelligent and humorous ones) sitting at a table and having an interesting conversation. At times it's a laugh riot. And what's more: you'd have learnt a few interesting things about the world at the end of it all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 28, 2012, 12:24:35 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 09:43:52 AM
QI stands for Quite Interesting. It's a quiz show on the BBC (or as I call it, YouTube) hosted by Stephen Fry. There is a set of four panelists (always including stand-up comedian Alan Davies) who answer questions on the topic of the day. But this isn't your typical quiz show: you don't necessarily get points for the right answers; the obviously incorrect answers get you negative points (along with sirens going off and the wrong answer flashing on a large screen), but interesting/funny answers will increase your score. But the whole "points" thing is just a joke. It's actually the rapport between the uber smart Fry and the guests which really makes me watch it everyday. It's like watching like-minded individuals (and sometimes very intelligent and humorous ones) sitting at a table and having an interesting conversation. At times it's a laugh riot. And what's more: you'd have learnt a few interesting things about the world at the end of it all.

Figured it was a BBC show. ::) :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on November 28, 2012, 12:33:53 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 08:47:45 AM
Is anyone else here a fan of the show QI?

I just found out that I'm addicted. (Though the addition is still limited by the Golden-er Rule. ;))

I'm midway through Series 2. It's very, very funny. My favorite guests are Dara O'Briain, Bill Bailey, and Jo Brand, but Rich Hall represents America well. Sort of.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 29, 2012, 12:10:50 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 28, 2012, 12:33:53 PM
I'm midway through Series 2. It's very, very funny. My favorite guests are Dara O'Briain, Bill Bailey, and Jo Brand, but Rich Hall represents America well. Sort of.  ;D

I'm with you on the first two, but can take in the hardly smiling latter two in only small doses. ;) I'd have David Mitchell on board instead.

Bill and Dara are very well informed, especially in matters science, which appeals to me. And Dara, who holds a degree in theoretical physics, hosts his own show called Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums in which he, a celebrity and a professional mathematician solve maths problems -- in front of a camera, with a live studio audience! (There's also a website with homework problems, if you're interested. :D)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 01, 2012, 08:12:59 PM
Just wondering if anyone can relate to this or if I really am that weird...


how much routine daily stuff just wears on you. When I get home from work, I run straight to the computer so I can fill my mind with something interesting. If I eat immediately after arriving home, the tedium from the act of eating usually makes me start questioning what the point to me even being alive is. Finding something interesting to think about prevents that question from even popping up.

The last two days...
last night, I worked and started feeling this strange feeling- like I was split in two- one part of me functioned normally and the other was just completely numb and lifeless. However, I've been sick for the last few days, so I thought it was that. But when I got home, I watched Men in Black 3 and lost myself in it- I noticed sometime during the movie that this feeling went away.

Similarly, today I had that feeling until I had fun on my lunch break, doing something different- getting a ride in my friend's car and eating at a place I had never been. By the time I came back to work, that feeling was gone. So I arrived at the conclusion that maybe that was not from being sick, but just from extreme boredom, possibly. Somehow the blaring Christmas music I hear all day and follows me home in my mind for many extra hours each day doesn't bother me any more. WTF.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on December 02, 2012, 08:14:49 AM
I'm not sure if you're asking for advice. You probably lack purpose. Or something. I'm not even sure why one needs a purpose. I feel like most pursuits are distractions. From what? The confusion of the world. Your iPad was made with minerals taken from mines where people die. But don't think about that. It would seem to be better to live like an insensitive animal, like most people I imagine do.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 02, 2012, 08:23:48 AM
Just an aside that, since is this my one day this week when I am not in anyone's hire, I am probably not going to engage in deep socio-economic questions.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Corey on December 02, 2012, 09:01:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 02, 2012, 08:23:48 AM
Just an aside that, since is this my one day this week when I am not in anyone's hire, I am probably not going to engage in deep socio-economic questions.

I'd rather not as well. It doesn't make much of a difference either way.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 02, 2012, 06:45:43 PM
Quote from: Corey on December 02, 2012, 08:14:49 AM
I'm not sure if you're asking for advice. You probably lack purpose. Or something. I'm not even sure why one needs a purpose. I feel like most pursuits are distractions. From what? The confusion of the world. Your iPad was made with minerals taken from mines where people die. But don't think about that. It would seem to be better to live like an insensitive animal, like most people I imagine do.
I do know my purpose(s) but don't have an iPad. I always find diamond commercials funny, because when a man gives a woman a diamond ring, he could ask her to thank the African child worker.  :P All of our motherboards are made by Chinese slaves, as well. Free enterprise.

Not asking for advice; just wondering if that happens to anyone. Simple people are happier, I suppose, as you say. That's why they can do the same exact thing for 300 days a year and not suffer from burnout. Same thing. Again and again. And again. And again. Like machines. Does anyone just go so burnt out in general that sometimes just driving the same roads (you've driven a couple thousand times) make you tired? I wouldn't experience that if the road turned into marshmallow one day and lava the next and a giant spiral the next...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 03, 2012, 02:10:32 AM
It may be an error to presume that happier people are therefore simpler, of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 03, 2012, 08:05:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 03, 2012, 02:10:32 AM
It may be an error to presume that happier people are therefore simpler, of course.
Yes, it would be an error.
I think there might be a tendency in the way that I mentioned (at least in my observations), but that's about it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 04, 2012, 05:49:47 AM
I feel as if I have a brain-cloud today. (Similar to Joe)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 04, 2012, 10:35:33 AM
QuoteLatest Member: Spaghetti Warehouse

No foolin'?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 05, 2012, 05:00:22 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 04, 2012, 10:35:33 AM
No foolin'?
Hopefully they are legit, I've been needing to find good deals on spaghetti for a long time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 08, 2012, 03:12:54 PM
So, I am taking next semester off, hopefully can find a job around here so I can get some money and not go extremely crazy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 08, 2012, 08:42:44 PM
So I used $25 of my $30 that I got from teaching my last guitar lesson to buy this:

(http://www.hobbyfan.com/images/watermark/11521133b.jpg)

should arrive sometime this week. I don't have any figurines, so I'm thinking it might be nice to put on top of my bass amp (which is on top of my guitar amp). Nice decoration, at least.


The other part of the set later, probably if my grandma sends me $20 for Christmas, like usual:  ;D

(http://www.hobbyfan.com/images/watermark/11521133a.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 09, 2012, 07:00:12 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 08, 2012, 08:42:44 PM
So I used $25 of my $30 that I got from teaching my last guitar lesson to buy this:

(http://www.hobbyfan.com/images/watermark/11521133b.jpg)

Is this inflatable?     :o       :o       :o        :o


The other part of the set later, probably if my grandma sends me $20 for Christmas, like usual:  ;D

:-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 09, 2012, 08:53:24 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on December 09, 2012, 07:00:12 AM
Is this inflatable?     :o       :o       :o        :o
Hehehe... for $25, I'm sure it's pretty small. Inflatable would be... interesting... don't give me ideas.  :P



Quote from: Szykneij on December 09, 2012, 07:00:12 AM
The other part of the set later, probably if my grandma sends me $20 for Christmas, like usual:  ;D

:-X
She usually sends us all $100 to split up four ways: my brother, mom, and dad get the rest. How she gets an extra $100 for this is a mystery.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 10, 2012, 04:13:22 AM
Quote"There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

Yes; there is Stockhausen ; )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on December 10, 2012, 11:33:18 AM
Quote"There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

Quote from: karlhenning on December 10, 2012, 04:13:22 AM
Yes; there is Stockhausen ; )

ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 11, 2012, 11:26:44 AM
InDesign is a pain in the patoot, Just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 11, 2012, 05:38:08 PM
I got to play 2 eight string guitars today!  :o
Some guy improvising jazz and a bassist nearby nearly drowned out what I could hear of it, but I found that it was actually quite comfortable to play (played a Schecter and the Ibanez RGA8). The RGA8 was only $400- if the guitar came with a whammy bar/floating bridge, I would have bought it right there. I just don't know how one would go about installing one, or if it's even possible.


I wonder why my friend gets into these weird places... we went to a smoke shop where they sold bongs and hookahs- learned what a hookah is, although I don't completely understand the mechanisms behind it still.  Kinda weird to actually see the section where they had porn for sale, out in public. There was some girl hiding behind the counter. In the old days it must have been very awkward...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 14, 2012, 04:53:35 AM
Netflix must be hurting, they've not simply invited me back, but are even offering me another free trial.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 14, 2012, 05:03:00 AM
the new iTunes......did they get rid of the gapless feature?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 15, 2012, 02:55:41 AM
Just to be clear: the Mayans did not predict the end of the world in 2012.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 17, 2012, 11:50:14 AM
I ran over a squirrel this morning on the way to work. I hate that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 17, 2012, 11:55:09 AM
Man, I feel you.

Do you suppose, if we were gun owners, we wouldn't give a rat's hairless tail? (j/k)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 19, 2012, 11:58:23 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 17, 2012, 11:50:14 AM
I ran over a squirrel this morning on the way to work. I hate that.

I've done that before and I know how you feel (although since I had a run-in with a bunch of squirrels who were intent on eating my roof a few years back, I'm not quite as tolerant of those critters as I am of my other backyard visitors.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 19, 2012, 12:09:16 PM
Bet you were sorry you installed that peanut-brittle roof . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 19, 2012, 12:30:54 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 19, 2012, 12:09:16 PM
Bet you were sorry you installed that peanut-brittle roof . . . .

You can say that again. I thought it would be a big improvement over the birdseed shingles ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on December 23, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 17, 2012, 11:55:09 AM
Man, I feel you.

Do you suppose, if we were gun owners, we wouldn't give a rat's hairless tail? (j/k)


How dare you!  We merely congratulate ourselves on having good aim. ;)

In today's news, if one is not secure enough in their conservatism they can get an e-mail address registered at reagan.com for the low price of $40 a year.  What a bargain!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 24, 2012, 07:26:09 AM
Hm, chap at work gave me an iTunes card for Christmas. How does it work, anyone?  That is to say, too: I am hoping it works even for someone who refuses to own an Apple appliance . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 24, 2012, 08:02:53 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 24, 2012, 07:26:09 AM
Hm, chap at work gave me an iTunes card for Christmas. How does it work, anyone?  That is to say, too: I am hoping it works even for someone who refuses to own an Apple appliance . . . .

Easy! You take it in hand and place it in an envelope addressed to a niece or nephew. They'll love you for it.   ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 24, 2012, 08:19:37 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on December 24, 2012, 08:02:53 AM
Easy! You take it in hand and place it in an envelope addressed to a niece or nephew. They'll love you for it.   ;D

A fine suggestion : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on December 25, 2012, 06:04:44 PM
Hello, people.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 26, 2012, 04:25:05 AM
I dig the new look, Apollo : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 26, 2012, 04:38:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2012, 04:25:05 AM
I dig the new look, Apollo : )

Yes, real cracker nut!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on December 26, 2012, 05:10:23 AM
Thank ye, merry gentlemen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 26, 2012, 05:11:20 AM
Yea, and God rest us merry!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 26, 2012, 05:28:15 AM
On Christmas Eve, a friend reminded me of his seasonal haiku:

You know it's a myth.
Celebrate it anyway:
Saturnalia!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on December 26, 2012, 05:34:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2012, 05:11:20 AM
Yea, and God rest us merry!

That too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 26, 2012, 05:37:46 AM
Have a horrible Christmastide, laddie! : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lake Swan on December 26, 2012, 05:40:29 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2012, 05:37:46 AM
Have a horrible Christmastide, laddie! : )

Will do. You too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 26, 2012, 10:39:00 AM
So . . . no one listening to any André Rieu this season? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 26, 2012, 11:45:36 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2012, 10:39:00 AM
So . . . no one listening to any André Rieu this season? . . .
No.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 26, 2012, 01:22:57 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2012, 10:39:00 AM
So . . . no one listening to any André Rieu this season? . . .

Why narrow the Rieu listening to just the holiday season, Karl? When you can be depressed enjoy it all year around.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 01, 2013, 08:05:02 PM
Congress sets such a wonderful example... I'm thinking I might just turn in schoolwork a day or two late all the time, you know. That's acceptable, right?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 02, 2013, 08:07:40 AM
I had to do a double-take when I first saw this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Guitar-Music/dp/B005NWZ8KW
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 02, 2013, 08:12:47 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on January 02, 2013, 08:07:40 AM
I had to do a double-take when I first saw this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Guitar-Music/dp/B005NWZ8KW
That's Karl's pen name. He lives a secret guitarist life that we don't know about.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on January 02, 2013, 08:15:05 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on January 02, 2013, 08:07:40 AM
I had to do a double-take when I first saw this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Guitar-Music/dp/B005NWZ8KW

Thought there was something fishy about it straight away.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 02, 2013, 08:22:16 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 02, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
And here's Karl with a mask:
[asin]B003AWOX3A[/asin]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 02, 2013, 11:45:21 AM
(http://chzlolcats.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/knightni.jpg)

You must cut down the mightiest
tree in the forest with ...
karlhenning!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 02, 2013, 11:46:34 AM
Man, I'm still sore from the mightiest tree in the last forest . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 07, 2013, 06:26:03 AM
I am dangerously close to filling up my 160GB iPod!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 07, 2013, 06:28:15 AM
Quote from: PaulR on January 07, 2013, 06:26:03 AM
I am dangerously close to filling up my 160GB iPod!

Actually, I do not find that at all difficult to believe : )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 06:32:01 AM
Quote from: PaulR on January 07, 2013, 06:26:03 AM
I am dangerously close to filling up my 160GB iPod!

I'm too lazy to do that to my 120. Still at the 60-something gig mark. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 07, 2013, 07:00:59 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 06:32:01 AM
I'm too lazy to do that to my 120. Still at the 60-something gig mark. :(
I have 136.36GB on the iPod, so I only have 11.8 GB left (approx).  I am thinking of a 2nd iPod, one for A-O, the other P-Z.  I might be a little bit crazy :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 07:56:41 AM
Quote from: PaulR on January 07, 2013, 07:00:59 AM
I have 136.36GB on the iPod, so I only have 11.8 GB left (approx).  I am thinking of a 2nd iPod, one for A-O, the other P-Z.  I might be a little bit crazy :P

I think MI has one for each letter. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 08, 2013, 06:56:04 PM
wow... I basically had a coffee relapse here tonight... I drank so much coffee I almost feel drunk, and not in a good way,... oh boy!!! that was strong, and just like an alcoholic, once I started, I couldn't stop, and I put soooo much sugar in it,.....

and then I'm ALMOST.... not really, but, you're thinking SUGAR,... check,... COFFEE, check,... what's missing???, right, the cigarette,...

and so now I'm just trying to chill because I'm feel 'hopped up; as they say,... haha, AT LEAST it wasn't party favors,... but... and I'm wondering out loud, because

I've never had any kind of energy drink, and I'm thinking, are those things drugs????


anyhow,... it's mid early-night, and I fear I shall be up,... frankly, I can already tell I might have a 'constitutional hangover' tomorrow or the next, if you know... ugh..


waaaaaahhhhh.... king baby is hurtin!! I am so sure that this is what 1973-77 felt like, and not in the good way,... black beauties, haha, ahh, those were NOT the days!!!!


anyhow, this reminds me of the time I drank almost a whole pot of espresso... later, I was driving, not feeling well, looked in the mirror,... I HAD TURNED GREEN!! :o :o

This isn't as bad, but, wow, one sip and my mind is off to the races... you tell me that the combination of caffeine, nicotin, and white refined sugar won't make you CRAAAAYYYYYZZZZEEEEE ??? ??? ???

but seriously ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 08, 2013, 07:02:19 PM
I ate some good Mexican food tonight, but I'm feeling bloated. Time to let some air out...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 08, 2013, 08:08:36 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 08, 2013, 07:02:19 PM
good Mexican food

made me drool :P :P :P

uh, I could use a pile of perfect enchiladas....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 08, 2013, 08:11:23 PM
Quote from: snyprrr on January 08, 2013, 08:08:36 PM
made me drool :P :P :P

uh, I could use a pile of perfect enchiladas....

Yummy. I ate some beans the other night, two hundred thirty-nine to exact, if I ate one more I would have been too-farty. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 09, 2013, 12:45:13 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on January 08, 2013, 06:56:04 PM
wow... I basically had a coffee relapse here tonight... I drank so much coffee I almost feel drunk, and not in a good way,... oh boy!!! that was strong, and just like an alcoholic, once I started, I couldn't stop, and I put soooo much sugar in it,.....

and then I'm ALMOST.... not really, but, you're thinking SUGAR,... check,... COFFEE, check,... what's missing???, right, the cigarette,...

and so now I'm just trying to chill because I'm feel 'hopped up; as they say,... haha, AT LEAST it wasn't party favors,... but... and I'm wondering out loud, because

I've never had any kind of energy drink, and I'm thinking, are those things drugs????


anyhow,... it's mid early-night, and I fear I shall be up,... frankly, I can already tell I might have a 'constitutional hangover' tomorrow or the next, if you know... ugh..


waaaaaahhhhh.... king baby is hurtin!! I am so sure that this is what 1973-77 felt like, and not in the good way,... black beauties, haha, ahh, those were NOT the days!!!!


anyhow, this reminds me of the time I drank almost a whole pot of espresso... later, I was driving, not feeling well, looked in the mirror,... I HAD TURNED GREEN!! :o :o

This isn't as bad, but, wow, one sip and my mind is off to the races... you tell me that the combination of caffeine, nicotin, and white refined sugar won't make you CRAAAAYYYYYZZZZEEEEE ??? ??? ???

but seriously ::)

5am... still up... ugh...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 09, 2013, 04:04:26 AM
If the enchiladas be perfect, they will not come in piles.

Just an æsthetic thought.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 09, 2013, 07:35:59 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 09, 2013, 04:04:26 AM
If the enchiladas be perfect, they will not come in piles.

Just an æsthetic thought.


Well, my one friend made enchiladas like pancakes and called them 'Stacks'!! mmmmm
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 09, 2013, 07:36:51 AM
wow, that was some caffeine trip last night, yiokes!! must make note to self...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 09, 2013, 07:52:32 AM
Well, stacks at least implies some neatness, order . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: snyprrr on January 09, 2013, 05:28:16 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 09, 2013, 07:52:32 AM
Well, stacks at least implies some neatness, order . . . .

But... I mean... once the spaula digs into that perfect oven dish pan, and you put it on your plate, it's GONNA BE A PILE!! >:D Don't argue... this is serious business!! :P mmm, enchiladas...

Tell me how long you can look at this word without chubbin':

ENCHILADAS

casserole porn :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 09, 2013, 05:55:31 PM
The pre-pile condition is all. -- Hamlet
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 13, 2013, 05:37:36 PM
Heading to the Beach, help me with a playlist.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 13, 2013, 08:43:02 PM
Just sent Rob a PM. Lethevich, nice to see you around here. :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 13, 2013, 08:46:55 PM
Headache.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 14, 2013, 05:28:51 AM
First time going to a gym in a long time.  Extremely sore right now...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 14, 2013, 11:51:37 PM
Where's Harry? Can't say I miss him, though. Probably he's expanding his archives. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 15, 2013, 02:00:48 AM
Quote from: Henk on January 14, 2013, 11:51:37 PM
Where's Harry? Can't say I miss him, though.

That's cold.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Fafner on January 15, 2013, 06:49:45 AM
Every time I listen to Wagner's Ring I have to watch this legendary sketch, which I find absolutely hilarious. God bless Anna Russell.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/v/Cv7G92F2sqs
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 15, 2013, 06:59:05 AM
Don't forget:

http://www.youtube.com/v/nI9Nbt7oJG0
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 15, 2013, 07:08:49 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 15, 2013, 06:59:05 AM
Don't forget:

I feel that it's a well-made albeit superficial treatment. One doesn't get a chance to fully appreciate the gravitas of Wagner's art. You hardly get the nuggets of insight like: Gutrune is the only woman that Siegfried's ever come across who wasn't his aunt. (http://images.zaazu.com/img/Arrogant-arrogant-proud-lordly-smiley-emoticon-000667-small.gif)

;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 15, 2013, 07:25:38 AM
On the other hand, it does end tragically . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on January 17, 2013, 11:07:02 AM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/01/17/michael_jang_summer_weather_documents_weather_reporter_auditions_photos.html

Photo gallery from 80s TV weather reporter auditions!

(http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/behold/2013/FUTURE%20(Alyssa)/Michael%20Jang%20weather%20people/Jang_auditions1.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg)

(http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/behold/2013/FUTURE%20(Alyssa)/Michael%20Jang%20weather%20people/sw98.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 26, 2013, 09:00:46 AM
Looking back at old pictures of myself of when I weighed nearly 290 lbs, it is amazing how far I have come in losing weight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on January 26, 2013, 10:54:56 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 17, 2013, 11:07:02 AM
Photo gallery from 80s TV weather reporter auditions!
(http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/behold/2013/FUTURE%20(Alyssa)/Michael%20Jang%20weather%20people/Jang_auditions1.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg)

Sure looks like

(http://www.nndb.com/people/684/000022618/fatf-med.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 27, 2013, 01:39:36 AM
http://www.phildub.com/


[Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Mr. Dubost, blah blah blah]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 28, 2013, 04:29:49 AM
Nothing yet about yesterday's concert. A puff piece, though, about the latest score by Y— W— (a fine composer, but . . . a new masterpiece? No more caffeine for you, buddy.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 29, 2013, 10:03:16 AM
QuoteRod McKuen is an American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on January 29, 2013, 12:49:04 PM
Latest on Forbes.com -- not YET with a classical music topic:


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David Cameron's Initiative May Strenghten The EU For Questioning It
How ironic that it should be the British Prime Minister to give the EU such a glorious opportunity.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/01/27/david-camerons-initiative-may-strenghten-the-eu-for-questioning-it/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/01/27/david-camerons-initiative-may-strenghten-the-eu-for-questioning-it/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on February 03, 2013, 08:22:10 AM

Latest on Forbes.com -- not YET with a classical music topic:


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Gun Violence: The Bigger The Rhetoric, The Smaller The Thoughtfulness
Acting on facts over emotion isn't popular, but it serves a purpose...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/03/gun-violence-the-bigger-the-rhetoric-the-smaller-the-thoughtfulness/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/03/gun-violence-the-bigger-the-rhetoric-the-smaller-the-thoughtfulness/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Fafner on February 05, 2013, 04:20:38 AM
This here made me laugh:

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/531553/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-05%20at%202.17.42%20PM.png)

:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 06, 2013, 06:41:57 AM
The homeless people holding up signs are back at that one street corner again...
why were they gone for so long?

Ah, yes... because of the gigantic sign reading "America being based on God's principles, not socialism" (forgot if it was "God's Principles" or something similar). It must have been too awkward to beg by that sign. Also, according to that, I learned something new: God is against giving to the poor. All these years I had been wrong... wow...  :P I guess only the godless socialists will be able to help the homeless man who lost his job now.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 07, 2013, 07:35:16 AM
Note to self: for MI, use of italics = failure to recall intake of medication(s).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 07, 2013, 07:44:30 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 07, 2013, 07:35:16 AM
use of italics = failure to recall intake of medication(s).

When you can't write straight, you can't think straight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on February 07, 2013, 07:53:19 AM
A
Quote from: Opus106 on February 07, 2013, 07:44:30 AM
When you can't write straight, you can't think straight.

Amen.

Ever read a government publication?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 07, 2013, 10:25:52 AM
Quote from: Friedrich von SchillerAgainst stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 07, 2013, 11:52:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 07, 2013, 10:25:52 AM

Definitely worth posting here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21298.60.html), too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on February 07, 2013, 12:11:32 PM
Quote from: Fred Schiller on February 07, 2013, 10:25:52 AM
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

(http://swcta.net/goode/files/2011/10/Bell-Curve-Normal-Distribution-IQ.gif)



Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 07, 2013, 05:41:16 PM
So, statistically, there's just 2.5% you're not doin' anything about, nohow. And a further 14% is perty sketchy, as well.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2013, 07:57:55 AM
Cary Grant donated his entire salary from Arsenic and Old Lace ($100,000) to the US War Relief Fund.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on February 08, 2013, 08:11:47 AM

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On Government Spending, It's Time For Short-Term Thinking
The blunderbuss of a sequester is preferable to the compromise of promise

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/07/on-government-spending-its-time-for-short-term-thinking/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/07/on-government-spending-its-time-for-short-term-thinking/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 08, 2013, 08:19:08 AM
China's Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/02/04/chinas-photoshop-experts-will-fix-your-bad-photos-but-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 09, 2013, 11:13:22 AM
42 Minutes (40m workout, 2M cooldown), 2.75M ~560 Calories on treadmill and 32 Minutes (28M workout, 4M cooldown), 2.25 Miles, 406 calories......I am tired!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 10:44:55 AM
Tales from the Wiki-Bot:

Quote from: WikipediaHe is of Dutch descent on his father's side; [citation needed]

This, from the article on Dick van Dyke . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 12, 2013, 11:29:29 AM
I still need to find 760 calories to take in.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 11:31:33 AM
Have an orange and a banana.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 12, 2013, 11:44:05 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 12, 2013, 11:31:33 AM
Have an orange and a banana.
TWU
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 11:50:46 AM
(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 15, 2013, 06:15:23 AM
[conspiracy]The Brianites have obviously got a whiff of the increasing levels of activity in and around the da Haus.[/conspiracy]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on February 17, 2013, 05:07:54 PM

Latest on Forbes.com


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The Awful Minimum Wage
...before acting on sentiment, we should check hard facts and see if the real-world consequences actually jibe with the original, noble goal.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/17/the-awful-minimum-wage/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/02/17/the-awful-minimum-wage/)

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 17, 2013, 10:13:40 PM
Alright, time for my half-hour after of play for the day after another 16-hour work day. Final Fantasy 8 at 2 in the morning...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 17, 2013, 10:40:19 PM
Quote from: Greg on February 17, 2013, 10:13:40 PM
Alright, time for my half-hour after of play for the day after another 16-hour work day. Final Fantasy 8 at 2 in the morning...

AndI I'm about to go for a stroll after lunch.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 18, 2013, 06:03:08 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 17, 2013, 10:13:40 PM
Alright, time for my half-hour after of play for the day after another 16-hour work day. Final Fantasy 8 at 2 in the morning...
Beat Sorceress Edea to finish disc 2- now on to disc 3. Only meaningful thing I did all day.


Quote from: Opus106 on February 17, 2013, 10:40:19 PM
AndI I'm about to go for a stroll after lunch.
Must be nice.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 18, 2013, 06:17:41 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 18, 2013, 06:03:08 AM
Beat Sorceress Edea to finish disc 2- now on to disc 3. Only meaningful thing I did all day.
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 19, 2013, 04:27:52 PM
Bass strings are far too expensive :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 19, 2013, 05:11:25 PM
Quote from: PaulR on February 19, 2013, 04:27:52 PM
Bass strings are far too expensive :(

One of the (few) disadvantages of the instrument.

My source sells the Red Label's I order for my school basses for $66.00 per set.

The Dominants I would want for my own bass are about $200.00.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on February 19, 2013, 05:25:52 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on February 19, 2013, 05:11:25 PM
One of the (few) disadvantages of the instrument.

My source sells the Red Label's I order for my school basses for $66.00 per set.

The Dominants I would want for my own bass are about $200.00.
I went up to Shar to get my bows repaired/rehaired, and needed new strings.  They didn't carry the extension of the Bel Canto's that I like, so I got the A, D, and G.  Came to around $173.  The extended C string costs $96 from Lemur.........good thing Bass strings last longer......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 19, 2013, 08:43:18 PM
Quote from: PaulR on February 19, 2013, 04:27:52 PM
Bass strings are far too expensive :(

I initially misread it as "expressive". ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 19, 2013, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: North Star on February 12, 2013, 11:44:05 AM
TWU
Good lawd!
I had to look this one up.  :(
I wonder how many acronyms I know. Considering my field, I've probably learned a couple hundred in the last 3 years. I flip on facebook and the first post I see uses a new acronym: "oc" = "original content."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 20, 2013, 02:10:37 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 19, 2013, 09:28:59 PM
Good lawd!
I had to look this one up.  :(

Sorry! (I may have invented it.)

Quote from: Opus106 on February 19, 2013, 08:43:18 PM
I initially misread it as "expressive". ;D

Very nice, Nav!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 20, 2013, 03:54:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 19, 2013, 09:28:59 PM
Good lawd!
I had to look this one up.  :(
I wonder how many acronyms I know. Considering my field, I've probably learned a couple hundred in the last 3 years. I flip on facebook and the first post I see uses a new acronym: "oc" = "original content."

So, did you find it? (before seeing that it was created - or at least popularized - by Karl
Plenty of acronyms in my field, too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 20, 2013, 06:53:58 AM
TWU: "that's what's up"

Is Karl's meaning different?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 20, 2013, 06:56:14 AM
That Was Unexpected.

I had no idea of (certainly did not expect) the other . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 20, 2013, 07:02:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 20, 2013, 06:56:14 AM
That Was Unexpected.

I had no idea of (certainly did not expect) the other . . . .

TWU

(in both senses of the acronym)  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on February 21, 2013, 11:22:45 AM
An ad displaying meth-teeth is a great way to get users to subscribe.  :o :o :o :o :)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 03, 2013, 08:32:46 AM
So spent the day creating a profile for a dating site makes me realize how much I don't really know about myself.....which is good, as I like discovering things :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 03, 2013, 07:58:47 PM
November, December, January, February afternoons: 80-90 degrees.
March afternoons: 45 degrees.
Wtf.
:-\
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 05, 2013, 08:20:30 PM
Starting to wish that Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8 were real...
guess it's that part of the game...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 08, 2013, 02:31:40 PM
a lovely story :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9918662/Mind-the-Gap-voice-restored-to-London-Underground-after-widow-missed-her-husbands-voice.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9918662/Mind-the-Gap-voice-restored-to-London-Underground-after-widow-missed-her-husbands-voice.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 08, 2013, 03:12:05 PM
I wish I wasn't so timid/knew what I want.  *sigh*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 12, 2013, 03:07:42 AM
I have to conduct some interviews this morning at work. And one from the past continues to enter my mind every time, it was years ago, and on a woman's resume I was interviewing she wrote as part of her cover letter... "I'm pregnant with ideas."

Many jokes and punchlines ensued.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 12, 2013, 04:55:34 AM
I'm not the man!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 12, 2013, 05:40:30 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 12, 2013, 04:55:34 AM
I'm not the man!

Tell that to the Judge!

"I swear, Sir, I didn't fill her in with my ideas."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 12, 2013, 05:50:54 AM
suddenly, this sounds like Maury...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 14, 2013, 05:40:56 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on March 14, 2013, 04:46:04 AM
What's up with Google?  Okay, so I've known for months that iGoogle is going away in November but now I'm told that Google Reader will no longer be available after July?  Why are they taking away some of the most popular features?  What's next, no searching?

???

Coming across that news was not the best way to start the morning, today. Thanks for reminding, BTW; I'm going to spend the rest of evening searching for a suitable replacement.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 19, 2013, 04:28:28 AM
To-day is № 6's (and Patrick McGoohan's) [85th] birthday. Be seeing you!

(Amusingly, I re-watched "Many Happy Returns" just this Sunday past . . . the episode in which Someone Special bakes him a birthday cake!)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 20, 2013, 03:31:08 PM
Anyone ever feel like they either know way too many people or live in a town that is too small?
I can't go out without seeing several people I either know or recognize...  ???

And when you see so many instances on Facebook of "I didn't know one friend was friends with another friend of mine," that's even weirder.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 20, 2013, 08:35:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 20, 2013, 03:31:08 PM
Anyone ever feel like they either know way too many people or live in a town that is too small?
I can't go out without seeing several people I either know or recognize...  ???

And when you see so many instances on Facebook of "I didn't know one friend was friends with another friend of mine," that's even weirder.  :-X
No, I do not.....

Even though I basically only hang around the same group of people.....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 20, 2013, 09:10:24 PM
Quote from: PaulR on March 20, 2013, 08:35:10 PM
No, I do not.....

Even though I basically only hang around the same group of people.....
If you go to a university and live within a realistic driving distance of it, it's likely that your area has more people, anyways.


An amusing thing today: I went to Sears to get some headphones. I check out and ask the guy if he has used those headphones before. The guy who is checking me out is the same guy I have checked out many times, who usually is wearing headphones during the whole transaction (this is rare for people in to do this in general). Not too far of from being a palindrome.

One reason why I didn't feel like telling him I recognized him is because it gets tiring making so many new connections with people (though the main reason actually being "oh, you check out in my line a lot") bleh. Likely he recognized me, too.

And then a few minutes later in the mall, I see an old friend and talk to him for a bit, while in the background seeing a girl I used to work with at the same time. Oh yeah, there was that time a month or so ago when I went into the grocery store and saw a guy I work and another guy I used to work with shopping in the same area, no connection between them. It's like there isn't any of a specific type of "privacy" in public- can't even have my typical mad and about to kill someone expression, because I'll likely see someone I know.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 20, 2013, 09:18:50 PM
Go to sleep, Greg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on March 21, 2013, 02:20:52 PM
our latest for Forbes:

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Cyprus: Welcome To The Roach Motel

You can check into Europe, but you can't check out: Digging through the Hyperbole fallout of the Cyprus crisis...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/03/21/cyprus-welcome-to-the-roach-motel/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laursonpieler/2013/03/21/cyprus-welcome-to-the-roach-motel/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2013, 02:24:26 AM
Blindfold me, and I bet you I know who made the most recent post in . . . a certain composer thread.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 22, 2013, 05:45:13 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 22, 2013, 02:24:26 AM
Blindfold me, and I bet you I know who made the most recent post in . . . a certain composer thread.
Two of those, I would have thought  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 05:49:16 AM
Quote from: North Star on March 22, 2013, 05:45:13 AM
Two of those, I would have thought  ;)

You read my mind. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2013, 05:51:53 AM
Aye, even so!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 22, 2013, 06:55:44 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 22, 2013, 02:24:26 AM
Blindfold me, and I bet you I know who made the most recent post in . . . a certain composer thread.
Quite a talent you have there. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2013, 07:20:43 AM
I can also play accordion while solving quadratic equations . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 12:08:05 PM
Of all the places...

While I was out and about the town tonight, all of a sudden I came across a name that seemed familiar but was in an unnatural setting. The board outside a building read: "Richard Strauss Insurance Brokers". I wish I had taken a photo -- I even had a camera with me! Googling the name seems to suggest that it's an Indian firm.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2013, 12:46:14 PM
Maybe it was a merry prank....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 25, 2013, 07:29:30 AM
When I learn to decode musical dimensions . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on March 26, 2013, 08:11:54 PM
I read the full transcript of today's Prop 8 hearing at the Supreme Court, and blogged a full analysis (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/proposition-8-on-trial/) of the arguments, personalities, most remarkable quotes, and most likely outcomes. If you only read one close look at what went down in the court over California's gay marriage ban, you could do worse than mine, I think. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on March 26, 2013, 10:02:50 PM
That precis and discussion was admirably restrained, Brian.  Very informative.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 27, 2013, 11:35:09 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 26, 2013, 10:02:50 PM
That precis and discussion was admirably restrained, Brian.  Very informative.
I agree.  I could not be that restrained in discussing this.  (I don't think I can be restrained.....I get too emotional on topics like this).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on March 27, 2013, 07:44:24 PM
Thanks for the kind words - I'm at it again, covering today's hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/doma-on-trial/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 27, 2013, 08:11:31 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 27, 2013, 07:44:24 PM
Thanks for the kind words - I'm at it again, covering today's hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/doma-on-trial/)
If they don't act on DOMA, wouldn't the lower courts rulings stand?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on March 28, 2013, 04:47:04 AM
Quote from: PaulR on March 27, 2013, 08:11:31 PM
If they don't act on DOMA, wouldn't the lower courts rulings stand?
I believe so, but they'd have to rule that Obama and the Republicans had standing to be in court at the lower levels, but not standing to come before the Supremes. Either that, or they'd have to say everything was fine and kosher until the appeal to the Supremes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2013, 10:38:40 AM
Good grief, someone's published a book of the title Protection! Bible Passages for Success in Life
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 01, 2013, 10:45:16 AM
Reconsidering buying all Markevich there is at Amazon, Karl?  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2013, 10:46:30 AM
Hah!  Yes, that was a curious result of that search . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 09, 2013, 11:34:20 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 09, 2013, 11:30:53 AM
There's a scene in the “Free For All” episode of The Prisoner (the one where no. 6 runs for the office of no. 2) . . . .

How odd such a sentence ust appear to someone who doesn't know the show . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 09, 2013, 01:26:01 PM
How impressive is the Havergal Brian thread? I feel like an outsider there, but goodness there is a lot of information and passion being passed around.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 10, 2013, 03:30:23 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 09, 2013, 01:26:01 PM
How impressive is the Havergal Brian thread? I feel like an outsider there, but goodness there is a lot of information and passion being passed around.

I'm a stranger there, myself, though there's a few Brian works (notably the monumental Gothic) which I have come to enjoy and admire.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 10, 2013, 03:31:58 AM
Separately, I was sure by this thread title (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21709.0.html) that someone had hacked Ernie's account . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2013, 08:00:10 AM
Quote from: MusicWebbears the grand DNA of the epic film score
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 11, 2013, 09:04:55 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 11, 2013, 08:00:10 AM
bears the grand DNA of the epic film score

is this a good thing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2013, 09:18:54 AM
I think the composer took it as good . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 11, 2013, 09:34:13 AM
Karl, you gonna make it to Fenway this summer? I hear there are finally seats available after what, 8 years of sellouts?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2013, 09:48:12 AM
Made a pilgrimage shortly after we got to Boston (I forget which team was a-visiting, forget who won).  And a couple of summers ago, I was invited on a tour of the park, which was certainly enjoyable.  That has pretty much fulfilled my Fenway desires.  My dad (God rest his soul) was one of those rarities: a New Yorker who was a Red Sox fan.  I think it very likely that my eye must have gazed upon a television when Carl Yastrzemski was playing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on April 11, 2013, 11:39:38 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 11, 2013, 09:34:13 AM
Karl, you gonna make it to Fenway this summer? I hear there are finally seats available after what, 8 years of sellouts?
I am kind of surprised it lasted through last season.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 13, 2013, 03:13:23 AM
Quote from: PaulR on April 11, 2013, 11:39:38 AM
I am kind of surprised it lasted through last season.

Tickets were so hard to come by for so long, most were sold way in advance, mostly to season ticket holders. This year, season ticket sales were way down. My son bought good seats for a game against Baltimore a few days ago the morning of the game.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 29, 2013, 10:48:52 AM
QuoteI Studied things.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 29, 2013, 06:44:15 PM
Well, I won't get to see any more of that hot Polish girl I've known for the last few years... just her mugshot online.

Not sure what "Falsification of Ownership Pawn" means (trying to pawn something that isn't yours, maybe?), but stuff like that happens when you aren't exactly bright and like to date either drug dealers or your son's abusive dad.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 01, 2013, 08:05:19 PM
Strange thing I didn't know: lead poisoning is the mostly culprit for rise in violent crime a few decades ago.
Not only is there a correlation in every country, city and neighborhood, but there it also has certain neurological effects that lead to criminal behavior.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on May 01, 2013, 08:26:45 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 01, 2013, 08:05:19 PM
Strange thing I didn't know: lead poisoning is the mostly culprit for rise in violent crime a few decades ago.
Not only is there a correlation in every country, city and neighborhood, but there it also has certain neurological effects that lead to criminal behavior.

That's interesting....do you have a source link handy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 02, 2013, 09:08:01 AM
Quote from: Octave on May 01, 2013, 08:26:45 PM
That's interesting....do you have a source link handy?

Skimmed through this, looks like the thing: Chinese study (Department of Neurology, Xijing)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1742-4682-10-13.pdf
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on May 02, 2013, 10:07:51 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 02, 2013, 09:08:01 AM
Skimmed through this, looks like the thing: Chinese study (Department of Neurology, Xijing)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1742-4682-10-13.pdf

Another likely source

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline

Rise of crime in america supposedly correlates with introduction of lead in gasoline.  There is an interesting correlation.  Whether there is more than that will require more study, I suspect.


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 09, 2013, 03:52:54 AM
Posts here on GMG don't often come so good as this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1262.msg546472.html#msg546472).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on May 09, 2013, 06:18:57 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 09, 2013, 03:52:54 AM
Posts here on GMG don't often come so good as this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1262.msg546472.html#msg546472).

how did that get stuck in the jazz-room?!?  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 09, 2013, 06:49:29 AM
A light under a bushel, truly.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on May 10, 2013, 03:16:23 PM
Hello!  Anybody there?  (Did they turn the internet off?)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 11, 2013, 08:07:12 PM
Out of curiosity... anyone Europeans here genuinely content or discontent with their country or how things in their country are going? (actually, this is more of a past tense question- I'm talking European financial crisis completely aside).

Or more specifically, the laid back European attitude compared to the workaholic American (or worse, East Asian) style of doing things. My dad has finally gotten out of the "Europe = bad, socialism" mentality and is starting to question whether the European style of moderate work and more social support while living more modestly rather than having as much as a king (not that we have that much) is actually healthier. 

So I'm guessing he's starting to rethink whether those happiness polls that tend to favor the more socialist, yet still capitalist Scandanavian countries, for example, are truth rather than just liberal propaganda.

He was going on again about how much works sucks and how everyone he sees on the road in their cars in the morning looks tired and holding their coffee and about to explode if the guy in front of them doesn't go fast, because they'll be in deep trouble if they are 5 minutes late.

This is why I never will start a family...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on May 11, 2013, 08:37:05 PM
NS and Parsifal, late thanks for the "lead leads".  I saw that Mother Jones article initially, but was curious if there were some alternative resources.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 12, 2013, 06:28:26 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 11, 2013, 08:07:12 PM
Out of curiosity... anyone Europeans here genuinely content or discontent with their country or how things in their country are going? (actually, this is more of a past tense question- I'm talking European financial crisis completely aside).

Or more specifically, the laid back European attitude compared to the workaholic American (or worse, East Asian) style of doing things. My dad has finally gotten out of the "Europe = bad, socialism" mentality and is starting to question whether the European style of moderate work and more social support while living more modestly rather than having as much as a king (not that we have that much) is actually healthier. 

So I'm guessing he's starting to rethink whether those happiness polls that tend to favor the more socialist, yet still capitalist Scandanavian countries, for example, are truth rather than just liberal propaganda.

He was going on again about how much works sucks and how everyone he sees on the road in their cars in the morning looks tired and holding their coffee and about to explode if the guy in front of them doesn't go fast, because they'll be in deep trouble if they are 5 minutes late.

This is why I never will start a family...

Things have been really well here, although now our population is aging, and that will probably have a large effect in, say, ten to twenty years.
Tax funded 'free' health care, libraries, education (elementary, secondary, tertiary), subsidized orchestras et al., are all very nice though, and work splendidly. Of course they all will have / have had their funding cut lately, and universities are largely funded by  private money, so all universities outside Helsinki have gotten much less, despite ranking higher everywhere.

And consider also the other facts - our population density is half of yours, we believe slightly more in public transportation (and cycling), so we don't have to sit in traffic so much.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on May 12, 2013, 07:29:08 AM
Sad yet funny at the same time: I had sent the following message to a friend at my former school:


"Happy Mother's Day!  I hope the males* in the family provide a pleasant day for you, complete with peeled grapes and tootsie massages, or at least tootsie rolls!"


* She has no daughters

So she responded a few minutes ago:

"No such luck here.  No celebration, no card. 

I live with baboons."
  ??? ??? ??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

No, she is not a higher primate researcher, although...maybe she is!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 12, 2013, 08:56:21 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 12, 2013, 06:28:26 AM
Things have been really well here, although now our population is aging, and that will probably have a large effect in, say, ten to twenty years.
Tax funded 'free' health care, libraries, education (elementary, secondary, tertiary), subsidized orchestras et al., are all very nice though, and work splendidly. Of course they all will have / have had their funding cut lately, and universities are largely funded by  private money, so all universities outside Helsinki have gotten much less, despite ranking higher everywhere.

And consider also the other facts - our population density is half of yours, we believe slightly more in public transportation (and cycling), so we don't have to sit in traffic so much.
Aging population is going to be a huge problem for a lot of countries...
Where I live, public transportation is almost non-existent, though in the city of course more prevalent (although not known as great).

Good to hear you're doing good.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 14, 2013, 03:49:00 AM
In two days, I have seen, from whatever Internet source(s), the "original Memorial Day" credited to two different municipalities.  Just another pile-up on The Information Super-Highway . . . .

(Carbondale, IL, & Waterloo, NY, in case anyone cares.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 15, 2013, 05:36:34 AM
I've applied for a permit to go rogue.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 15, 2013, 06:41:12 PM
I read that far too quickly.  I thought you said "I applied for a permit to argue". 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 15, 2013, 06:49:16 PM
No, you didn't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 15, 2013, 06:50:00 PM
(Combination joke and Monty Python skit allusion.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 15, 2013, 07:43:17 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 15, 2013, 06:50:00 PM
(Combination joke and Monty Python skit allusion.)
The argument clinic.......
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 15, 2013, 08:48:04 PM
I think one day I might just 3D print a house...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 17, 2013, 02:06:26 AM
Ah, all those things he said . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 17, 2013, 02:34:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 17, 2013, 02:06:26 AM
Ah, all those things he said . . . .
Wrong thread ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 18, 2013, 03:29:38 AM
Just got an email message from B&N.  If anything that Dan Brown has written is the book event of the year, that's part of the problem, isn't it?  I understand B&N thinking about it otherwise, since there is a limited time during which this book will be their industrial equivalent of a Big Mac Value Meal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on May 26, 2013, 01:52:27 PM
Never.....moving......again...........and this was only down the street!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich on May 30, 2013, 12:43:09 AM
Yesterday I had an outing about my musical interests with some not-very-close friends - Their attention span lasted for about 12 seconds. I think this applied for all my interests, because nobody admires Shostakovich or plays clarinet, nobody listens to IDM music, nobody plays Arma or computer RPGs. But everybody goes to german "Schützenfest" with beer at 10 am etc. which is not my world or touches my heart. The (my close) societies least common denominator is just too often a waste of lifetime for me, which makes me angry. Good morning, misfits!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 07, 2013, 09:19:55 AM
Should formication be illegal?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 07, 2013, 12:06:36 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 07, 2013, 09:19:55 AM
Should formication be illegal?

Do you mean
(1) the medical condition whereby itchy skin feels like insects are crawling over it?
or
(2) the practice of crawling around the floor like an ant?

Naturally, I think both should be illegal, but I'd just like to be clear before I call the police.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 08, 2013, 10:37:12 AM
Since the Hooker thread was locked....

QuoteGet a haircut, shower, work out more if you're not in shape, wear nice clothes, (those are all things you should be doing anyway)
Done... okay... that doesn't really do anything...


Quotego to bars or clubs or any other place you wish to meet sexual partners at, and hit on women with low self-esteem.
What if your parents forbid you to go to bars because you live with them and can't afford to move out?
Either someone can tell me something I've been missing all along or society needs to invent something besides bars for this type of stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 08, 2013, 12:32:13 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 08, 2013, 10:37:12 AMWhat if your parents forbid you to go to bars because you live with them and can't afford to move out?
Either someone can tell me something I've been missing all along or society needs to invent something besides bars for this type of stuff.

If you can't pick up a woman at the supermarket you can't pick up a woman in a bar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 08, 2013, 07:10:46 PM
Quote from: Parsifal on June 08, 2013, 12:32:13 PM
If you can't pick up a woman at the supermarket you can't pick up a woman in a bar.
Supermarket? That's not what a supermarket is for, silly!  ;D

Anyways, I thought about this all day today... probably it's just because I'm getting old (a few days ago my mom asked me (just reconfirming, I guess) if I even like girls). Seriously?...  :-\

So, I'm considering taking a few days off next month to stay in the Tampa/St.Petersburg area for a few nights (only a 2 hour drive, which is nice). We'll see what happens- I doubt anything will, but at least there will be more freedom in a large city I don't live in, rather than my small town, where everyone knows everyone else's business and you usually see people you know whenever you go somewhere. Also got a few suggestions about restaurants, etc., since everyone who goes there seems to love it.

I seriously dislike talking to strangers (that being my job doesn't help), and flirting I just can't do (I'd rather listen to Merzbow or nails on a chalkboard than flirt), so that's a challenge. I prefer keeping to myself quite to the extreme (I don't even make any attempts to talk (really, type) to other players in Final Fantasy 11, though some interact with me). I've even disabled chat on Facebook for a long time. Yet messaging that is not real time is fine for me (like this posting). Going to a bar and talking to a stranger would be so weird for me. But fat chicks are absolutely off-limits. Always. Just saying.

Never mind me... just getting older...   :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 08, 2013, 09:31:36 PM
Okay, this is how small my town is: I made a (incomplete, no picture, etc.) profile on match.com just to be able to use the search function out of curiosity. The very first page: someone I know. Wtf.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 09, 2013, 04:13:44 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 07, 2013, 12:06:36 PM
Do you mean
(1) the medical condition whereby itchy skin feels like insects are crawling over it?
or
(2) the practice of crawling around the floor like an ant?

Naturally, I think both should be illegal, but I'd just like to be clear before I call the police.

I never even suspected the latter practice!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 09, 2013, 06:07:20 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 08, 2013, 09:31:36 PM
Okay, this is how small my town is: I made a (incomplete, no picture, etc.) profile on match.com just to be able to use the search function out of curiosity. The very first page: someone I know. Wtf.  ???
What did you expect?  Be the only one from your town on the site?  :P

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 09, 2013, 07:51:59 AM
Ugh... saw this on Facebook...
(http://gadelali.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees.jpg?w=605)

It leaves out the part where they screw the jerk who arrives at the top of the tree and throws the nice guy off the tree, and then complain about the jerk abusing them and then saying that the nice guy wasn't really that nice because he was just being nice to them to get into their pants, even if he didn't mind being friends regardless.

Sure, there are exceptions to this rule, but this should not be the rule.


Quote from: PaulR on June 09, 2013, 06:07:20 AM
What did you expect?  Be the only one from your town on the site?  :P
I expected to not see anyone I know...  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 09, 2013, 07:57:30 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 09, 2013, 07:51:59 AM
I expected to not see anyone I know...  :-X
Why?  Just curious.  (and I have seen two people that I know on okcupid.....an acquaintance of mine from both undergrad and grad school..........and a professor.  Both would be a "match" for me)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 09, 2013, 08:00:46 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 09, 2013, 07:57:30 AM
Why?  Just curious.  (and I have seen two people that I know on okcupid.....an acquaintance of mine from both undergrad and grad school..........and a professor.  Both would be a "match" for me)
Probably no logical reason. Just unexpected, since there are quite a few people in the world. I guess in reality, odds are that it's likely.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 09, 2013, 10:56:41 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 09, 2013, 07:51:59 AM
Ugh... saw this on Facebook...
(http://gadelali.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees.jpg?w=605)

Congratulations, looks like you've found the female equivalent of yourself. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 09, 2013, 11:11:22 AM
Quote from: Parsifal on June 09, 2013, 10:56:41 AM
Congratulations, looks like you've found the female equivalent of yourself.
Thanks for inferring that I'm amazing, but I've actually done more than just wait before. Probably never was a good idea to even try, but when there are no options out there, you can always try your lack of options, despite predictable results, right?  :P

But... doesn't matter. In two months, I'll be too busy to even see friends or play video games regularly, so probably all the free time in summer (only 37 hours a week of business) is the only reason why I'm even pondering about girls in the first place.  :P (repetitive smiley)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 09, 2013, 11:28:17 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 09, 2013, 11:11:22 AM
Thanks for inferring that I'm amazing

I didn't infer that anyone was amazing.  You found a female who also blames her social dysfunction on the everyone but herself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 09, 2013, 07:27:02 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 09, 2013, 08:00:46 AM
Probably no logical reason. Just unexpected, since there are quite a few people in the world. I guess in reality, odds are that it's likely.
maybe it's a sign :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 10, 2013, 07:39:17 AM
Quote from: Parsifal on June 09, 2013, 11:28:17 AM
I didn't infer that anyone was amazing.
Reading through what it says...
oh, I didn't mention that it was posted by an older lady who is a mom (grandmom, I think, as well), not someone my age, if that's what you're saying.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 10, 2013, 07:00:38 PM
We need more celebrity news.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 10, 2013, 08:24:09 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 10, 2013, 07:39:17 AMoh, I didn't mention that it was posted by an older lady who is a mom (grandmom, I think, as well), not someone my age, if that's what you're saying.

That's even worse.  There's no fool like an old fool, they say.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 13, 2013, 09:14:31 PM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nrng5G2sR1o/T2UkvV2T09I/AAAAAAACUyQ/PcspDn97jwY/s1600/MWoriginal.jpg)
Ha. This is pretty accurate. You can replace "two-bedroom" with one bedroom, at least in Florida.

One-bedroom = ~$650 rent + utilities. This is what it cost for my friend, in a cheaper, unsafe side of town.
Min.wage = ~$7 after taxes.
97 hours * $7 = $679. I don't think $29 will pay for gas, food, phone bills, car insurance, or health insurance.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 18, 2013, 10:02:21 AM
Liquid tungsten is so hot, if you dropped it into a lava flow, the lava would freeze the tungsten.

Just thought you'd like to know...

Awesome fact courtesy:  http://what-if.xkcd.com/50/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 18, 2013, 10:13:43 AM
It's so hot, I'm not waiting until I reach the lava before I drop it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 18, 2013, 07:10:04 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 13, 2013, 09:14:31 PM
Ha. This is pretty accurate. You can replace "two-bedroom" with one bedroom, at least in Florida.

One-bedroom = ~$650 rent + utilities. This is what it cost for my friend, in a cheaper, unsafe side of town.
Min.wage = ~$7 after taxes.
97 hours * $7 = $679. I don't think $29 will pay for gas, food, phone bills, car insurance, or health insurance.
Lol, I messed this one up. Weeks != months.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 22, 2013, 08:28:14 AM
I was watching the BBC world news last night, and the story about Jeffrey Skilling's recent sentence reduction came on.  About midway through the story the picture change from Skilling to Dennis Kozlowski for some reason, but they talked only about Enron (rightly so) and not about Tyco (why would they?).  Perhaps they fired a good producer and replaced him/her with no one?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 12:35:53 PM
Holy fucking shit!
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/25/that-was-quick-texas-moves-ahead-with-discriminatory-voting-laws/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 25, 2013, 12:53:27 PM
Give Texas an inch....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 12:55:56 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 12:35:53 PM
Holy fucking shit!
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/25/that-was-quick-texas-moves-ahead-with-discriminatory-voting-laws/

It's so disgusting.  These kinds of moves are of course also being seriously made in states other than Texas, sometimes by different means; 'voter ID' seems to be only one among many tacks.
That doesn't blunt the despair.  However, the medium-term blowback against Repuglicans---not only from huge swaths of Latino voters---will be fun to watch.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 25, 2013, 01:47:43 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 12:35:53 PM
Holy fucking shit!
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/25/that-was-quick-texas-moves-ahead-with-discriminatory-voting-laws/



The First and Fourth Amendments have been under assault as of late, so why not toss in the Fifteenth as well?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 07:17:59 PM
Quote from: Todd on June 25, 2013, 01:47:43 PM
The First and Fourth Amendments have been under assault as of late, so why not toss in the Fifteenth as well?

Here's someone battling:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57590966/texas-senator-wendy-davis-filibusters-against-abortion-bill/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:03:54 PM
It's official. Texas is the worst state in the Union.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:12:56 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:03:54 PM
It's official. Texas is the worst state in the Union.

Yes, but we're the vanguard.  Get ready.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:17:11 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:12:56 PM
Yes, but we're the vanguard.  Get ready.

I am. Waiting for them to execute number 501.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:23:57 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:17:11 PM
I am. Waiting for them to execute number 501.

Sorry I'm drawing a blank....what's that reference?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:30:46 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:23:57 PM
Sorry I'm drawing a blank....what's that reference?

They just celebrated their killing of their 500th person on death row. Congrats to Texas!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:36:00 PM
We're perfect for taking the heat/eyes off IL corruption.
You'll be helpless too when your state follows suit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:39:04 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:36:00 PM
We're perfect for taking the heat/eyes off IL corruption.
You'll be helpless too when your state follows suit.

Lol. I doubt I'll be living in this state come next year.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:40:34 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:39:04 PM
Lol. I doubt I'll be living in this state come next year.

Like I said, when whatever state you live in follows suit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:41:12 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:40:34 PM
Like I said, when whatever state you live in follows suit.

Likely won't be in the United States. All of the jobs I'll be posting for aren't here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:43:40 PM
No hist PhD?  Also, did you ditch the nat'l-socialist black metal thesis topic?  The blog was talking nontech nanotech and video game culture.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 10:45:59 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:43:40 PM
No hist PhD?  Also, did you ditch the nat'l-socialist black metal thesis topic?  The blog was talking nontech and video game culture.

No, I can still get a Ph.D. It just likely won't be in the USA. I've been chatting with my professors about some universities in Canada and the United Kingdom. I had to move away from the issue, because I was unable to make the methodology sound enough, so my thesis will be covering the rhetoric of silence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:59:44 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:45:59 PM
so my thesis will be covering the rhetoric of silence.

It might be interesting to hear more about that in the future, via yr blog or whatnot. 
I'm reminded of a book I once found moving even though philosophically technical (that is, even though I was unprepared for it): Gemma Corradi Fiumara's THE OTHER SIDE OF LANGUAGE: A PHILOSOPHY OF LISTENING (1995).  Actually, I remember that book being especially merciful with exposition...it led me to an awful lot of other (basic) reading, Heidegger etc etc.  Not that that book would be relevant to what you are doing; I wouldn't know that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 11:02:03 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:59:44 PM
It might be interesting to hear more about that in the future, via yr blog or whatnot. 

Currently I'm in the literature review stage, but I should definitely have something by August.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 11:18:50 PM
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Democracy -1 Fascism - 0

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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 25, 2013, 11:33:35 PM
This is America!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/christopherdido?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=10021075&utm_medium=social
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 26, 2013, 02:29:38 AM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 11:33:35 PM
This is America!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/christopherdido?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=10021075&utm_medium=social
Amazing how this played out. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on June 26, 2013, 03:02:45 AM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 11:33:35 PM
This is America!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/christopherdido?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=10021075&utm_medium=social

Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 26, 2013, 02:29:38 AM
Amazing how this played out. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

My computer is refusing to cooperate with that stream.  What happened? 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2013, 04:00:09 AM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:41:12 PM
Likely won't be in the United States. All of the jobs I'll be posting for aren't here.

Ah, going into Customer Service, perhaps? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2013, 04:02:06 AM
Quote from: Philo on June 25, 2013, 10:45:59 PM
. . . my thesis will be covering the rhetoric of silence.

John Cage could cover that in two pages, one-sided  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 26, 2013, 04:14:56 AM
Quote from: Octave on June 26, 2013, 03:02:45 AM
My computer is refusing to cooperate with that stream.  What happened? 
It's the abortion bill thing in Texas...http://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-bill-falls-challenge-080130212.html (http://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-bill-falls-challenge-080130212.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 04:54:17 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 26, 2013, 04:14:56 AM
It's the abortion bill thing in Texas...http://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-bill-falls-challenge-080130212.html (http://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-bill-falls-challenge-080130212.html)

Well that's only part of the story. It wasv really about democracy.

Karl, the comedian. :-P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 26, 2013, 04:54:48 AM
I was up until 1am watching that, went to bed angry, and the bill will still pass soon, but god - that was thrilling. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is, in comparison, an exceptionally drab, uninspired movie.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 05:00:28 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 26, 2013, 04:54:48 AM
I was up until 1am watching that, went to bed angry, and the bill will still pass soon, but god - that was thrilling. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is, in comparison, an exceptionally drab, uninspired movie.

There's no guarantee it will pass. There were still hundreds of protesters there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 26, 2013, 05:18:13 AM
And the presence of protesters has what effect, exactly, on the matter of passage?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on June 26, 2013, 07:04:59 AM
Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 05:00:28 AM
There's no guarantee it will pass. There were still hundreds of protesters there.
Rick Perry's gonna call all the legislators back in again to pass it. It would require another filibuster, and if he says that the special session lasts 7 days, or something like that, a filibuster's not really an option anymore.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 08:53:34 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 26, 2013, 05:18:13 AM
And the presence of protesters has what effect, exactly, on the matter of passage?

They played a key role, if not for them the measure would have passed.

True, Brian. We can only hope for a groundswell.
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 26, 2013, 09:34:34 AM
Rush is reading from Scalia's dissent, which argues that the claim that the origin of DOMA was bigotry is unfounded. (It also claims that this was the primary argument for overturning it, which I have some doubts about, though I haven't read the majority decision yet.)  Meanwhile, during the news reports that play during the commercials, I hear this: "But not everyone is happy with the decision:  'This is a dangerous precedent.  What happens if ten years from now people want to marry their brother or some other aberration?  GOD does not get on board with social change when it violates his laws.'"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 09:56:36 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on June 26, 2013, 09:34:34 AMRush is reading from Scalia's dissent, which argues that the claim that the origin of DOMA was bigotry is unfounded. (It also claims that this was the primary argument for overturning it, which I have some doubts about, though I haven't read the majority decision yet.)  Meanwhile, during the news reports that play during the commercials, I hear this: "But not everyone is happy with the decision:  'This is a dangerous precedent.  What happens if ten years from now people want to marry their brother or some other aberration?  GOD does not get on board with social change when it violates his laws.'"



Arguments have already been published in favor of legalizing polygamy. (http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/04/legalize_polygamy_marriage_equality_for_all.html)  Really, once the previously special status assigned heterosexual marriage is removed, there really are no arguments against polygamy, provided everyone involved is a consenting adult*, and, presumably, not blood related.  It could even be argued that same gender blood relatives should be allowed to marry.  Aside from the rather high "ick" factor in such an arrangement, what would the rationale be for discriminating against such individuals, again assuming only consenting adults are involved?  One could argue against marriage of blood related opposite sex couples on public health grounds, in addition to the very high "ick" factor.

One of my favorite experiences in the gay marriage debate was watching a political talk show where a gay marriage supporter was put in the position of trying to explain why gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry, but not polygamists.  He ended up basically using an Us vs. Them type argument; gays and lesbians who want to get married in a traditional (??) two person arrangement are not like those people, you see.


* The "equality" arguments I've read – not all parties are equal in such an arrangement – are bosh.  As the author for Slate points out, parties to a marriage are party to a contract, and if a party is able to sign a contract, they have the same protections under law as other parties to the contract.  Think of marriage as an LLC.  Perhaps a good compromise arrangement comes from the unlikely source of Moammar Gadhafi, who apparently allowed polygamy, but only if the first wife approved of additional wives.  Polygamy rates dropped after the "law" was put in place.  Of course, a less sexist law would be needed in the US.
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 26, 2013, 10:33:42 AM
Well, if one is to refer to the Old Testament, which the "traditional marriage" crowd is fond of doing, polygamy should be fine... ;)

On a slightly more serious note I do find it very funny that the gay rights advocate was pushed into making a "they're icky, we're not" type of argument.  That's what happens when you try to fight one battle at a time, I suppose.  (Perhaps I'm cynical, but I doubt that advocate truly felt that polygamy was wrong.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 10:59:29 AM
Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 09:56:36 AM


Arguments have already been published in favor of legalizing polygamy. (http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/04/legalize_polygamy_marriage_equality_for_all.html)  Really, once the previously special status assigned heterosexual marriage is removed, there really are no arguments against polygamy, provided everyone involved is a consenting adult*, and, presumably, not blood related.  It could even be argued that same gender blood relatives should be allowed to marry.  Aside from the rather high "ick" factor in such an arrangement, what would the rationale be for discriminating against such individuals, again assuming only consenting adults are involved?  One could argue against marriage of blood related opposite sex couples on public health grounds, in addition to the very high "ick" factor.

One of my favorite experiences in the gay marriage debate was watching a political talk show where a gay marriage supporter was put in the position of trying to explain why gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry, but not polygamists.  He ended up basically using an Us vs. Them type argument; gays and lesbians who want to get married in a traditional (??) two person arrangement are not like those people, you see.


* The "equality" arguments I've read – not all parties are equal in such an arrangement – are bosh.  As the author for Slate points out, parties to a marriage are party to a contract, and if a party is able to sign a contract, they have the same protections under law as other parties to the contract.  Think of marriage as an LLC.  Perhaps a good compromise arrangement comes from the unlikely source of Moammar Gadhafi, who apparently allowed polygamy, but only if the first wife approved of additional wives.  Polygamy rates dropped after the "law" was put in place.  Of course, a less sexist law would be needed in the US.

Oh, that would be just wonderful. Imagine all of the women in town married to 3 different guys, meanwhile the rest of the guys, um... have to resort to making them cheat on their husbands? Polygamy sounds fair and wonderful.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 11:26:03 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 10:59:29 AMOh, that would be just wonderful. Imagine all of the women in town married to 3 different guys, meanwhile the rest of the guys, um... have to resort to making them cheat on their husbands? Polygamy sounds fair and wonderful.




It very well could be for some people.  Why should government proscribe it?  The inability of some people to get laid, and infidelity, are not a compelling arguments against polygamy, at least in Western countries.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 11:45:07 AM
Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 11:26:03 AM
It very well could be for some people.  Why should government proscribe it?  The inability of some people to get laid, and infidelity, are not a compelling arguments against polygamy, at least in Western countries.
Why not? You'd think that in a society that works towards equal opportunity for people, marriage would be no exception. You know that rich people would have a ton of wives.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:01:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 11:45:07 AMYou know that rich people would have a ton of wives.



I do not know that.  Current trends indicate the opposite might occur: marriage is more common, and divorce less likely, among higher income, better educated households.  Perhaps you might attempt to argue that billionaires would be polygamists.  There are only a few hundred of them, so that's socially irrelevant.  Perhaps your threshold would be $100 million?  $10 million?  There aren't huge numbers of those men, as implied in your response.  Historical evidence in the US shows that polygamy has primarily been practiced by religious minorities.  Anti-polygamy laws are, in fact and practice, a form of religious discrimination.  There is no historical evidence, nor any contemporary evidence that I am aware of, that indicates that polygamy would become widespread.  Can you share some insights as to your sources that indicate otherwise?

Also, can you please elaborate on how the government should engage in actions that achieve "equal opportunity" in marriage?  What is that, exactly?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 10:59:29 AM
Oh, that would be just wonderful. Imagine all of the women in town married to 3 different guys, meanwhile the rest of the guys, um... have to resort to making them cheat on their husbands? Polygamy sounds fair and wonderful.  :P

Huh?  If every woman in town married three different men each man would be married to an average of three women.  Wouldn't that give each man three times more opportunities to get married? 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 12:26:45 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 12:07:16 PM
Huh?  If every woman in town married three different men each man would be married to an average of three women.  Wouldn't that give each man three times more opportunities to get married?
:-\
Okay, this isn't the easiest idea to word... If three men in the town were married to all of the women in the town (but did not share the wives), then there would be no women left for any other men in the town.







Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:01:37 PM
I do not know that.  Current trends indicate the opposite might occur: marriage is more common, and divorce less likely, among higher income, better educated households.  Perhaps you might attempt to argue that billionaires would be polygamists.  There are only a few hundred of them, so that's socially irrelevant.  Perhaps your threshold would be $100 million?  $10 million?  There aren't huge numbers of those men, as implied in your response.  Historical evidence in the US shows that polygamy has primarily been practiced by religious minorities.  Anti-polygamy laws are, in fact and practice, a form of religious discrimination.  There is no historical evidence, nor any contemporary evidence that I am aware of, that indicates that polygamy would become widespread.  Can you share some insights as to your sources that indicate otherwise?
Is the bold a miswording or agreeing on what I just said?
There are enough high income men that would want to marry several wives, which would make it really ridiculous for men not making a certain amount of money (I'm thinking $100,000 a year). I'll be high income eventually, but I know that having four wives isn't fair to the next guy who is trying to work his way up, income-wise.




Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:01:37 PM
Also, can you please elaborate on how the government should engage in actions that achieve "equal opportunity" in marriage?  What is that, exactly?
How it is now is fine.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:39:07 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 12:26:45 PMIs the bold a miswording or agreeing on what I just said?



No, I worded my sentence precisely.  Your argument that wealthy men - and you meant men - would marry many women is not supported by current trends, or by historical evidence. 

The rest of your argument is bizarre, to say the least.  First, what evidence do you have that "enough" high income men would want several wives.  Just saying so is not evidence; it is wishful thinking.  Second, how is $100K/year a particularly high income, especially with multiple wives, and presumably multiple children?  I can't imagine a programmer in the Bay Area earning $100K being able to wow three ladies into marriage.  Also, your response is more than just a little sexist.  Women today only want sugar daddies, right, so they'll latch on to the first six figure earner they meet?  Or maybe the second. 



Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 12:26:45 PMHow it is now is fine.


How do current marriage laws promote "equal opportunity" in marriage, and what is that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 01:08:58 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 12:26:45 PM
:-\
Okay, this isn't the easiest idea to word... If three men in the town were married to all of the women in the town (but did not share the wives), then there would be no women left for any other men in the town.

Huh?  In a typical town of 100,000 people, there would be three men with 50,000 wifes each, and 49,997 unmarried men?  That's your scenario?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 01:09:42 PM
Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:39:07 PM


No, I worded my sentence precisely.  Your argument that wealthy men - and you meant men - would marry many women is not supported by current trends, or by historical evidence. 

The rest of your argument is bizarre, to say the least.  First, what evidence do you have that "enough" high income men would want several wives.  Just saying so is not evidence; it is wishful thinking.  Second, how is $100K/year a particularly high income, especially with multiple wives, and presumably multiple children?  I can't imagine a programmer in the Bay Area earning $100K being able to wow three ladies into marriage.  Also, your response is more than just a little sexist.  Women today only want sugar daddies, right, so they'll latch on to the first six figure earner they meet?  Or maybe the second. 




How do current marriage laws promote "equal opportunity" in marriage, and what is that?

lol @ responding to little Rush/Jones seriously. Always love your posts though, Todd. Always so thought out and well-reasoned.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PM
Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:39:07 PM
No, I worded my sentence precisely.  Your argument that wealthy men - and you meant men - would marry many women is not supported by current trends, or by historical evidence. 
You mean marry and divorce and remarry? Or marry many wives in a polygamic fashion (is there even data on that)?
The former is probably not even comparable to the later. I'd like to see the data on the later, if there is any.



Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:39:07 PM
The rest of your argument is bizarre, to say the least.  First, what evidence do you have that "enough" high income men would want several wives.  Just saying so is not evidence; it is wishful thinking.  Second, how is $100K/year a particularly high income, especially with multiple wives, and presumably multiple children?  I can't imagine a programmer in the Bay Area earning $100K being able to wow three ladies into marriage.  Also, your response is more than just a little sexist.  Women today only want sugar daddies, right, so they'll latch on to the first six figure earner they meet?  Or maybe the second. 
Umm... idk, don't you think most guys would want a harem if they could have one?

You could probably do pretty good, money-wise, with $100,000 a year, if you use your money wisely and invest wisely, as well. That's over ten times my current income, and the guys I know make the same (or less) than I do.

The few girls I know are quite poor and often have kids, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think they want a sugar daddy, rather than the poor guys I am around (at least for marriage). How else would they get out of their stressful lives of working and raising a kid (if they are unable to go to school)?

The real obstacle would be consent from each of the wives to marry the new wife. There probably wouldn't be enough bisexual women around, so it probably wouldn't be a big problem, unless the men demanded to only marry women who would accept other women in their marriage. But the only way to find out about this would be for the country to try out polygamy first.


Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 12:39:07 PM
How do current marriage laws promote "equal opportunity" in marriage, and what is that?
One to one. Close enough to equal opportunity.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 01:20:55 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PM
You mean marry and divorce and remarry? Or marry many wives in a polygamic fashion (is there even data on that)?
The former is probably not even comparable to the later. I'd like to see the data on the later, if there is any.


Umm... idk, don't you think most guys would want a harem if they could have one?

You could probably do pretty good, money-wise, with $100,000 a year, if you use your money wisely and invest wisely, as well. That's over ten times my current income, and the guys I know make the same (or less) than I do.

The few girls I know are quite poor and often have kids, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think they want a sugar daddy, rather than the poor guys I am around (at least for marriage). How else would they get out of their stressful lives of working and raising a kid (if they are unable to go to school)?

The real obstacle would be consent from each of the wives to marry the new wife. There probably wouldn't be enough bisexual women around, so it probably wouldn't be a big problem, unless the men demanded to only marry women who would accept other women in their marriage. But the only way to find out about this would be for the country to try out polygamy first.

One to one. Close enough to equal opportunity.

I read things like this and I become terrified for the future of this country.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 01:31:20 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PMYou mean marry and divorce and remarry? Or marry many wives in a polygamic fashion (is there even data on that)?


No.  It is actually simple.  Higher income, better educated households marry at higher rates, and experience fewer divorces.  The trend (re)-started in the 1980s, if memory serves.



Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PMUmm... idk, don't you think most guys would want a harem if they could have one?


No.




Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PMYou could probably do pretty good, money-wise, with $100,000 a year, if you use your money wisely and invest wisely, as well. That's over ten times my current income, and the guys I know make the same (or less) than I do.

The few girls I know are quite poor and often have kids, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think they want a sugar daddy, rather than the poor guys I am around (at least for marriage). How else would they get out of their stressful lives of working and raising a kid (if they are unable to go to school)?


I see.



Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PMThe real obstacle would be consent from each of the wives to marry the new wife. There probably wouldn't be enough bisexual women around, so it probably wouldn't be a big problem, unless the men demanded to only marry women who would accept other women in their marriage.


You are truly a ladies' man.




Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PMBut the only way to find out about this would be for the country to try out polygamy first.


Um, polygamy used to be legal in the US.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sammy on June 26, 2013, 01:50:32 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 01:15:59 PM
The few girls I know are quite poor and often have kids, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think they want a sugar daddy, rather than the poor guys I am around (at least for marriage).

You always seem to have a low opinion of females.  Maybe you're the type of guy who wants a sugar mommy.
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 26, 2013, 01:50:53 PM

Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 01:09:42 PM
Always love your posts though, Todd. Always so thought out and well-reasoned.

I second this.  BTW, this argument seems to have shades of the previous prostitution debate, I.e., are men entitled to sex?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 03:07:58 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 01:09:42 PM
lol @ responding to little Rush/Jones seriously. Always love your posts though, Todd. Always so thought out and well-reasoned.
Rush Limbaugh? You're losing your troll skills.



Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 01:31:20 PM
No.  It is actually simple.  Higher income, better educated households marry at higher rates, and experience fewer divorces.  The trend (re)-started in the 1980s, if memory serves.
I still don't see how this is disagreeing with what I wrote. You're saying that people at higher incomes marry at higher rates. So a rich man will marry at a higher rate. And this higher rate will not lead them to marrying multiple women?


Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 01:31:20 PM
No.
Really? Have you ever watched a hip hop or rap video?



Quote from: Todd on June 26, 2013, 01:31:20 PM
Um, polygamy used to be legal in the US.
But are there stats on this?




Quote from: Sammy on June 26, 2013, 01:50:32 PM
You always seem to have a low opinion of females.  Maybe you're the type of guy who wants a sugar mommy.
No, I don't care how much money they make.
It has nothing to do with my opinion. It seems to be common knowledge that women are more gold-diggers than men are. I don't hate women. I'm just disappointed at this aspect, although at the same time I can understand.

I can't seem to find polls of Americans, but when it comes to the Japanese (which I doubt are much different than we are), there are quite a few surveys aimed at women. Here's one:
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/01/28/for-richer-or-poorer-what-japanese-women-really-think-about-money-and-marriage/

Quick image:
(http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/q1.jpg?w=580&h=295)


marriage shirts:
http://images.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1234&bih=683&q=marriage+shirts&btnG=Search+by+image&oq=marriage+shirts&gs_l=img.3..0l10.325.535.0.972.4.2.0.0.0.0.235.319.1j0j1.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.tgv5pv9rRTQ


(http://image19.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/products/19110649/views/1,width=378,height=378,appearanceId=2/Evolution-of-Marriage-T-Shirts.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 03:19:33 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 03:07:58 PMI still don't see how this is disagreeing with what I wrote. You're saying that people at higher incomes marry at higher rates. So a rich man will marry at a higher rate. And this higher rate will not lead them to marrying multiple women?

That may be the single most idiotic thing I have seen posted on this forum.  Men who get married and stay married are not seeking a harem, they are seeking a life partner and making it work.

Quote
It has nothing to do with my opinion. It seems to be common knowledge that women are more gold-diggers than men are. I don't hate women. I'm just disappointed at this aspect, although at the same time I can understand.

I hope that no woman makes the disasterous mistake of thinking she could have a relationship with you.  You are a hopeless degenerate, in the most profound sense of the word.  It frightens me that our culture is producing people like you.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 03:41:17 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 03:19:33 PM
That may be the single most idiotic thing I have seen posted on this forum.  Men who get married and stay married are not seeking a harem, they are seeking a life partner and making it work.
One can also be faithful to a harem, so that seems a bit of a murky point.



Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 03:19:33 PM
I hope that no woman makes the disasterous mistake of thinking she could have a relationship with you.  You are a hopeless degenerate, in the most profound sense of the word.  It frightens me that our culture is producing people like you.
And what does spiteful ad hominem have to do with debating my point...?
What exactly are you angry at, again?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 03:52:52 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 03:41:17 PMAnd what does spiteful ad hominem have to do with debating my point...?
What exactly are you angry at, again?

I'm sorry, I was going to edit and remove the nasty phrasology.   But your attitude towards women is very unhealthy and you will never have a healthy relationship with a woman until you fix that.  I'm not angry, to be honest, I am very concerned for your mental health.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2013, 03:55:47 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 03:07:58 PMI still don't see how this is disagreeing with what I wrote. You're saying that people at higher incomes marry at higher rates. So a rich man will marry at a higher rate. And this higher rate will not lead them to marrying multiple women?


Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 03:41:17 PMOne can also be faithful to a harem, so that seems a bit of a murky point.


Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 03:07:58 PMReally? Have you ever watched a hip hop or rap video?



These really are profoundly stupid responses. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 04:03:36 PM
Man, this got awesome.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 04:03:58 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 03:52:52 PM
I'm sorry, I was going to edit and remove the nasty phrasology.   But your attitude towards women is very unhealthy and you will never have a healthy relationship with a woman until you fix that.  I'm not angry, to be honest, I am very concerned for your mental health.
I appreciate the concern.
It would probably be a better idea for me to have a more widened view of the world, since in my experience the last few years, I've seen more negative than good come out of relationships for men (my friend, for example, who is divorced and a child-support slave reminds me EVERY single week).  :P

Probably it would be a good idea for me to not dwell on certain statistics. That can't lead to anything positive.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 04:05:32 PM
Love watching the stupid implode.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 04:07:23 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 04:05:32 PM
Love watching the stupid implode.
Civil and gentlemanly comments, as usual.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 04:07:23 PM
Civil and gentlemanly comments, as usual.

And he does it so easily.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 05:14:03 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 04:03:58 PM
I appreciate the concern.
It would probably be a better idea for me to have a more widened view of the world, since in my experience the last few years, I've seen more negative than good come out of relationships for men (my friend, for example, who is divorced and a child-support slave reminds me EVERY single week).  :P

Perhaps you could take the relationships that some members of this board sometimes talk about as a positive example.  The contempt you routinely express for women is inconsistent with a meaningful relationship.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 05:51:53 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 05:14:03 PM
Perhaps you could take the relationships that some members of this board sometimes talk about as a positive example.  The contempt you routinely express for women is inconsistent with a meaningful relationship.
Surely would be something to aspire to (Sarge, Don, and Andy come to mind). It would help if I observed more of this in real life (rather than destruction). What I've seen overall has given me a very negative impression of relationships in general. Probably best to focus on the positive, but keep the negative at the back of my mind, rather than the front (just a matter of precaution).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 06:23:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 05:51:53 PM
Surely would be something to aspire to (Sarge, Don, and Andy come to mind). It would help if I observed more of this in real life (rather than destruction). What I've seen overall has given me a very negative impression of relationships in general. Probably best to focus on the positive, but keep the negative at the back of my mind, rather than the front (just a matter of precaution).

Are your parents a positive example (feel free to ignore this question)?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 26, 2013, 06:36:53 PM
Child support slave?  What the hell does that mean?  Aren't men who bring life into this world responsible for his child's well being? (Women too, but this scenario assumes the woman has custody)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 06:53:51 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 06:23:06 PM
Are your parents a positive example (feel free to ignore this question)?
Hehe.  :D
Yes and no.

I've lived with my stepdad since I was 4 or 5, so I'm sure my dad had to pay child support and such (also for my sister, from his first marriage). He's nice, but other than that, he's the opposite of me; very talkative and would work constantly. He's never had much money despite working hard most of his life (currently on disability because of a mild form of dementia). This is exactly what I want to avoid. To me, slavery is worse than death.

My stepdad and mom have a good relationship, but he never seems happy. He's stuck at a job he hates and never is able to buy anything he wants. My mom currently can't work because of vertigo problems, but has picked up some part-time jobs when possible, and plans to when she gets better.

There are girls I know that I would probably have a good relationship with, but they have a kid, so it creates all sorts of possible problems. I don't want kids, much less someone else's.




Quote from: PaulR on June 26, 2013, 06:36:53 PM
Child support slave?  What the hell does that mean?  Aren't men who bring life into this world responsible for his child's well being? (Women too, but this scenario assumes the woman has custody)
Yes, they are responsible, and if you only qualify for low-wage jobs because you haven't finished college, your responsibility will likely be working at miserable jobs for 80 hour weeks for 18 years.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sammy on June 26, 2013, 07:02:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 05:51:53 PM
Surely would be something to aspire to (Sarge, Don, and Andy come to mind). It would help if I observed more of this in real life (rather than destruction). What I've seen overall has given me a very negative impression of relationships in general.

The first thing you need to realize is that you've seen very little of life.  The second thing is for you to stop lumping together the entire female population and simply develop your opinions and judgements for each individual female.  What you're doing right now isn't all that different than the typical racist.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 07:05:08 PM
Thread keeps getting better.  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 07:22:52 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 07:05:08 PM
Thread keeps getting better.  :laugh:
And you have nothing relevant to say, as always.


Quote from: Sammy on June 26, 2013, 07:02:10 PM
The first thing you need to realize is that you've seen very little of life.  The second thing is for you to stop lumping together the entire female population and simply develop your opinions and judgements for each individual female.  What you're doing right now isn't all that different than the typical racist.
Seriously?... I'm not judging each one individually. I'm just looking at polls that reveal, percentage-wise, how important money is to women. Okay, fine, I'll pretend they don't exist.

So I understand that I am not allowed to say anything negative statistically about a group of people, ever. The government spends more on food stamps for white people than any other race. Oops, I'm sorry, didn't mean to offend you white people. And myself.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 07:24:59 PM
gahahaa. Buffoonery at its finest. Don't ever change, Greg.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on June 26, 2013, 07:30:38 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 25, 2013, 10:59:44 PM
It might be interesting to hear more about that in the future, via yr blog or whatnot. 

To escape the debacle that is Greg :laugh:

Here is a talk about the rhetoric of silence by Cheryl Glenn, who is, so far as I can tell, the only author to address this issue at book length. I don't necessarily agree with her interpretation, but she is one of the most notable scholars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oVJP4Dv9o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 26, 2013, 07:51:07 PM
Quote from: Philo on June 26, 2013, 07:24:59 PM
gahahaa. Buffoonery at its finest. Don't ever change, Greg.
At least I don't sit on the sideline and laugh at by myself, rather than participate in a discussion with an open mind.
Just keep laughing. You can always make yourself appear better than someone else by typing that you're laughing at them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 27, 2013, 04:56:28 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 06:53:51 PM
Yes, they are responsible, and if you only qualify for low-wage jobs because you haven't finished college, your responsibility will likely be working at miserable jobs for 80 hour weeks for 18 years.

The key, then, is control of the willie.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 27, 2013, 04:58:17 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 26, 2013, 07:51:07 PM
. . . You can always make yourself appear better [...]

But, he doesn't.  A human emulating a hyaena is simply a disgrace.

Even on the InterNet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 05:03:38 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 27, 2013, 04:56:28 AM
The key, then, is control of the willie.
Yes, exactly. Guys need to stop the attitude of doing the first thing they can get and then bragging about it. It's not a game.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 27, 2013, 05:12:10 AM
How about that Brazil vs Uruguay match yesterday?  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 05:21:01 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 27, 2013, 05:03:38 AM
Yes, exactly. Guys need to stop the attitude of doing the first thing they can get and then bragging about it. It's not a game.
Oh, sorry. Shouldn't have said that. Now I'm stereotyping guys and everyone will get personally offended if they're not like this (I'm not).

There's a difference between "guys" and "every guy." For example, the last time an old, ignorant redneck told me that all black people are thieves, I wanted to punch his face in. If he brought up the actual percentage, I'd have no reason to suspect that he's racist.

Well, I better run off before I get stoned to death.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 27, 2013, 05:33:04 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on June 27, 2013, 05:12:10 AM
How about that Brazil vs Uruguay match yesterday?  8)

Our CIO took us to Fenway Park yesterday; before the game we all quaffed a beer at a nearby sports bar, and that game was on the other TV screen.

For that reason, it was only yesterday that it came to me, that there are three u's in Uruguay
:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 27, 2013, 07:52:26 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 27, 2013, 04:56:28 AM
The key, then, is control of the willie.

This sounds reasonable.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 08:50:24 AM
Sorry if I'm going on about it, but I felt like looking through match.com and doing my own sort of survey of income desirability for who they are searching for.

For queries within a 50 mile radius of my area, I went through the first two pages of both women looking for men and men looking for women. I understand this is a small sample size, but I didn't want to spend all day doing this.

For both women and men, I listed anything that included "less than 25k" as a no.


QuoteWomen:
18 nos
50k+
50-75k
35k+
35k+
50k+
35k+
25-50k
35k+
75k-100k
35k+
35k+
50k+
75k+
50k+
75k+
35k+
25-35k





Men:
Quote32 nos
35k+
25-35k
25k+



And yes, it's best not to dwell on this, but I am just pointing out something that seems to be doubted here for some reason.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 27, 2013, 09:04:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 27, 2013, 08:50:24 AMAnd yes, it's best not to dwell on this, but I am just pointing out something that seems to be doubted here for some reason.

The fact that a woman would consider a man's income as part of his suitability as a boyfriend or a life partner does not make her a "gold-digger."  It makes her a rational human who is not interested in a destructive relationship with a leech.   A reasonable income is a marker for a person who is responsible,  capable and focused.   The fact that you describe intimate relationships solely as an exchange of sexual gratification for money marks you as uttelry unsuitable and incapable of having a meaningful relationship with a woman. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 09:11:07 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 27, 2013, 09:04:10 AM
The fact that a woman would consider a man's income as part of his suitability as a boyfriend or a life partner does not make her a "gold-digger."  It makes her a rational human who is not interested in a destructive relationship with a leech.   A reasonable income is a marker for a person who is responsible,  capable and focused.   The fact that you describe intimate relationships solely as an exchange of sexual gratification for money marks you as uttelry unsuitable and incapable of having a meaningful relationship with a woman.
So then it wouldn't be wrong for me if I made a profile indicating an income preference- it would actually be a good thing?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 10:07:42 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 27, 2013, 09:11:07 AM
So then it wouldn't be wrong for me if I made a profile indicating an income preference- it would actually be a good thing?

Realistic anyway. Two income earners are almost a must in the present economy unless one half of the relationship is making in excess of 50 grand.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 10:20:59 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 10:07:42 AM
Realistic anyway. Two income earners is almost a must in the present economy unless one half of the relationship is making in excess of 50 grand.

Sarge
I personally don't think money should be an issue. Everyone for themselves. Looking for a relationship shouldn't have anything to do with money. I also don't feel it would be right for me to demand a certain salary for anyone else, regardless of how much I'm making.

But two unemployed people couldn't live together, true. Probably even if only one were unemployed. The way that the site has it set up, $25k is the lowest you can get. If I worked full time at my job, I'd only make $15k, and I've been there for almost 6 years. Huge disadvantage for anyone who hasn't finished school and got lucky enough to find a job (male or female).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 27, 2013, 10:55:07 AM
Fall semester finally completed!  Wooo!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 27, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 27, 2013, 10:20:59 AM
I'd only make $15k
Correction: $12,168 ($9.19 an hour at 39 hours a week, after taxes and employer-provided basic health insurance)
(currently $650 a month at 25 hours a week)
At 75 hours a week, I would make $23,400, which is still under $25,000.


Quote from: PaulR on June 27, 2013, 10:55:07 AM
Fall semester finally completed!  Wooo!
Fall?  ???
Let me guess... time machine?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 27, 2013, 12:50:11 PM
No, I just took this semester off (long story) and took incompletes in two classes.  Just finished the 2nd paper to complete the class.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 28, 2013, 05:04:21 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 27, 2013, 12:50:11 PM
No, I just took this semester off (long story) and took incompletes in two classes.  Just finished the 2nd paper to complete the class.
"Incomplete" is a new one to me. Never knew that was even possible to resume a class later...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 02, 2013, 04:35:56 AM
If you post too seldom in the Today's Purchases thread, you might be mistaken for a former member . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on July 03, 2013, 07:00:13 AM
The contemplative life.

I wish.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 03, 2013, 07:04:42 AM
You can contemplate as often as you wish, having a free soul. Remember the Shed!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on July 03, 2013, 07:05:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 03, 2013, 07:04:42 AM
You can contemplate as often as you wish, having a free soul. Remember the Shed!

I miss the Shed. Bring back the Shed!

I know, I know: the Shed is always with us. We are the Shed. Once you shed everything, there is only Shed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on July 04, 2013, 08:59:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 02, 2013, 04:35:56 AM
If you post too seldom in the Today's Purchases thread, you might be mistaken for a former member . . . .

Speaking of which, Karl, I begin to fear that you've disappeared.;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 04, 2013, 09:03:14 AM
I'm melting!...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on July 04, 2013, 09:23:32 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 04, 2013, 09:03:14 AM
I'm melting!...
I think you want to use fading here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 04, 2013, 05:11:55 PM
Murrica!

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfpECwHosQyUWEwJltNj7cc0EQPSgAC_TEcupI0A2zst4wTz7Rbw)(https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2926109979/69497e3407346e27fead91cbd5f44d97.jpeg)(http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/37486.jpg)(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLmVDd9LUFWuyGBFW7tPAiyQ0R8WqeuMkHPtolDz94WLCYyjDj)(http://24.media.tumblr.com/68e3a0082a4d47ded7ce1835daf416cc/tumblr_mkhta6GGjy1s5rsdao1_400.jpg)(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/32055436.jpg)(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/163392_541229565904483_1096506645_n.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/6sXKd.png)


http://www.youtube.com/v/iGxpdP3ZbWQ
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wendell_E on July 05, 2013, 03:11:32 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 04, 2013, 05:11:55 PM
Murrica!


Now, that was fun!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 05, 2013, 09:57:43 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 04, 2013, 09:23:32 AM
I think you want to use fading here.

I wish I might, but in this humidity, sure feels like melting . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on July 05, 2013, 10:53:52 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 05, 2013, 09:57:43 AM
I wish I might, but in this humidity, sure feels like melting . . . .
Thank goodness the heatwave isn't here anymore - a month ago this was the hottest place in Europe.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 07, 2013, 06:24:20 PM
Probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Someone posting on the Final Fantasy 11 Allakhazam forums. This is what happens when you forget that your character isn't actually you.

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/FFXI_Farias/Galka/Galka2A.jpg)
(picture of a Galka)

QuoteSomeday by my hands the Antican will be wiped cleaned from Our lands. Join with me brothers and let us take back Our home lands. I ask of the Square-Enix, allow us the Galka to unite and retake our lands. Justice must be served!

I will head your call to fight any and all Antica. Though I may be but a blip on their radar now, I will grow and I will fight until my very name drives fear into their Black Hearts and the site of a Mighty Galka is burned in fear into their collective. Until a ferocious terror is instilled within their evil souls so that none of their filthy race may walk Vana'diel without the fear of DEATH from above.

From the Heavens we shall cometh until our lands are cleansed of this scourge!

Seek me out within the land of Siren. Wear our pearl as a mark for all to see, "We stand united. Tomorrow will be OURS once more If your world is not mine then begin your own movement Brother. Establish your own "PrideoftheGalka" and set forth to spread thine word. Their time is up. OUR TIME IS NOW!!!
____________________________


And then the responses:
"Wow, dude, wtf"
"I like the enthusiasm; would be nice if it could translated to actual gameplay"
"Ummm... it's just a game"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2013, 06:28:43 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 07, 2013, 06:24:20 PM
Probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Someone posting on the Final Fantasy 11 Allakhazam forums. This is what happens when you forget that your character isn't actually you.

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/FFXI_Farias/Galka/Galka2A.jpg)
(picture of a Galka)


And then the responses:
"Wow, dude, wtf"
"I like the enthusiasm; would be nice if it could translated to actual gameplay"
"Ummm... it's just a game"

I've seen stuff like that in the WoW forums in the RolePlaying realms. People do take it very seriously.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 07, 2013, 07:47:57 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2013, 06:28:43 PM
I've seen stuff like that in the WoW forums in the RolePlaying realms. People do take it very seriously.
Oh, boy.  ???
Well, with that many subscribers, there would likely be quite a few nutjobs.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 08, 2013, 03:51:03 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 07, 2013, 07:47:57 PM
Oh, boy.  ???
Well, with that many subscribers, there would likely be quite a few large number of nutjobs.

Fixed.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 11, 2013, 06:44:47 AM
Another random funny post:
QuoteFor newest information you have to go to see world-wide-web
and on web I found this web site as a best web site for most up-to-date
updates.

(a comment from here):
http://www.mkyong.com/spring3/spring-3-hello-world-example/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 11, 2013, 06:46:17 AM
web web web web web baked beans and web
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2013, 11:12:17 AM
Okay, so I had no idea that Mamma Mia! was the highest grossing film in the UK in 2008.

Now that I know, man, do I find that scary.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on July 16, 2013, 01:06:23 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 16, 2013, 11:12:17 AM
Okay, so I had no idea that Mamma Mia! was the highest grossing film in the UK in 2008.

Now that I know, man, do I find that scary.

That's really gross.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on July 20, 2013, 05:44:27 AM
It may be too early to start planning for a trip to Pittsburgh in November, but it's fun to think about escaping BG for a bit. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 29, 2013, 05:06:52 AM
I was walking my dog yesterday evening when it started to rain... ended up quickly having to turn back and race to shelter as it turned to a downpour.  Only when I got back inside did I realize that the music I was listening to was trying to warn me... as I heard Alice in Chains singing "I think it's gonna rain" in the chorus! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 29, 2013, 05:24:17 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 29, 2013, 05:06:52 AM
I was walking my dog yesterday evening when it started to rain... ended up quickly having to turn back and race to shelter as it turned to a downpour.  Only when I got back inside did I realize that the music I was listening to was trying to warn me... as I heard Alice in Chains singing "I think it's gonna rain" in the chorus! ;D

Almost as appropriate as this one --

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rP0gTEdRL._SY300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2013, 10:05:21 AM
Sad and utterly stupid that she would do this.

Woman arrested after green paint found on organ at National Cathedral (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/green-paint-found-on-smithsonian-statue-organ-at-national-cathedral/2013/07/29/3d65169a-f884-11e2-b018-5b8251f0c56e_story_1.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 30, 2013, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on July 29, 2013, 05:24:17 AM
Almost as appropriate as this one --

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rP0gTEdRL._SY300_.jpg)

Tell me about it, first thing Hershey did was jump up on my bed when we got out of the rain. ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 30, 2013, 01:53:11 PM
Quote from: PaulR on July 20, 2013, 05:44:27 AM
It may be too early to start planning for a trip to Pittsburgh in November, but it's fun to think about escaping BG for a bit.

And I'm laying the groundwork for a trip next May, involving a visit to the sites of the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, near Fredericksburg--about an hour south of Washington CD, in co-ordination with a group being led from Boston by my two uncles, both Civil War buffs.

I've discovered it will actually be more logical, and not much more money, to take the nine hour bus drive each way from Boston with the main group, compared to flying into Washington DC and meeting them at the hotel in Fredericksburg.    To get from Dulles or Reagan National Airports involves an intracity shuttle, Amtrack from Union Station,  and a taxi for the final leg from the railroad station to the hotel in Fredericksburg.  The alternative is a shuttle or limo service between DC and Fredericksburg that costs $100 each way.    Rent a car is possible, but not worthwhile, the rental merely sitting idle in the hotel parking lot for the two days I'm in Fredericksburg.  Plus I'd have to drive through/around DC, which I'm not thrilled with.

Unless one of you folks knows a better way of doing it....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2013, 03:05:20 PM
Quote from: sanantonio on July 30, 2013, 12:12:53 PM
Has there been any report on what her motive was?

I've not heard.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 30, 2013, 01:53:11 PM
And I'm laying the groundwork for a trip next May, involving a visit to the sites of the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, near Fredericksburg--about an hour south of Washington CD, in co-ordination with a group being led from Boston by my two uncles, both Civil War buffs.

I've discovered it will actually be more logical, and not much more money, to take the nine hour bus drive each way from Boston with the main group, compared to flying into Washington DC and meeting them at the hotel in Fredericksburg.    To get from Dulles or Reagan National Airports involves an intracity shuttle, Amtrack from Union Station,  and a taxi for the final leg from the railroad station to the hotel in Fredericksburg.  The alternative is a shuttle or limo service between DC and Fredericksburg that costs $100 each way.    Rent a car is possible, but not worthwhile, the rental merely sitting idle in the hotel parking lot for the two days I'm in Fredericksburg.  Plus I'd have to drive through/around DC, which I'm not thrilled with.

Unless one of you folks knows a better way of doing it....

Ah-ha! In Boston again. Perhaps this time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 30, 2013, 03:46:16 PM
I would pay for the shuttle.  Sounds about the same price as renting a car without the stress and hassle of driving in DC.  The first method sounds like if you were too late for any one stretch it would put a dent in your plan.  And even if that doesn't happen, it sounds stressful to me.  Sounds like a cool vacation (except for the horrible heat and humidity).  Good luck!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 30, 2013, 06:45:26 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 30, 2013, 03:46:16 PM
I would pay for the shuttle.  Sounds about the same price as renting a car without the stress and hassle of driving in DC.  The first method sounds like if you were too late for any one stretch it would put a dent in your plan.  And even if that doesn't happen, it sounds stressful to me.  Sounds like a cool vacation (except for the horrible heat and humidity).  Good luck!

The advantage to taking the bus from Boston is that I'll be able to see my relatives up there for a day or so after the Fredericksburg segment is over.  Of course, I could stay a couple of nights in DC and see some of the sights there properly;  been there only once, as a kid.  It's probably changed a little since then.

However.
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2013, 03:05:20 PM

Ah-ha! In Boston again. Perhaps this time.

Actually, less than likely; I'd only stay long enough to see my aunts and cousins--maybe only a day or so extra (fly up on Wednesday, spend Thursday to Sunday on the Civil War segment,  spend Monday visiting relatives,  fly back on Tuesday, no later than Wednesday).  There is however the fact that I now know the MBTA bus through Belmont has a stop at the end of the block on which my uncle lives, so I intend to make less use of the relatives as drivers.

Of course, since it's the week after Mother's Day, I may not be able to take off enough time, and all this will turn into daydreaming.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on July 31, 2013, 02:17:42 AM
You can take the Amtrack to Washington, D.C. from Boston's South Station. We've used it to go to Philadelphia before. I believe you still have to switch trains in NYC because of a change in track gauge. I'm not sure if it would be a much shorter trip than the bus, but the journey would be a whole lot more comfortable.

edit: (Acela - 6 1/2 hours, regular train 8 hours)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 31, 2013, 06:57:44 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 30, 2013, 01:53:11 PM
And I'm laying the groundwork for a trip next May, involving a visit to the sites of the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, near Fredericksburg--about an hour south of Washington CD, in co-ordination with a group being led from Boston by my two uncles, both Civil War buffs.

I've discovered it will actually be more logical, and not much more money, to take the nine hour bus drive each way from Boston with the main group, compared to flying into Washington DC and meeting them at the hotel in Fredericksburg.    To get from Dulles or Reagan National Airports involves an intracity shuttle, Amtrack from Union Station,  and a taxi for the final leg from the railroad station to the hotel in Fredericksburg.  The alternative is a shuttle or limo service between DC and Fredericksburg that costs $100 each way.    Rent a car is possible, but not worthwhile, the rental merely sitting idle in the hotel parking lot for the two days I'm in Fredericksburg.  Plus I'd have to drive through/around DC, which I'm not thrilled with.

Unless one of you folks knows a better way of doing it....

If you fly into DCA you will not have to drive in D.C.  I-395 is within a mile from the airport exit and that road turns into I-95, which goes straight to Fredericksburg.  I've gotten accustomed to the airport rental-car thing so I wouldn't find it as stressful as trying to find that shuttle and waiting for them to get their act together.  Depends on what you're used to.

Flying farther than necessary and taking an 9 hour bus ride back sounds pretty aggravating to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 31, 2013, 07:12:28 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on July 31, 2013, 02:17:42 AM
You can take the Amtrack to Washington, D.C. from Boston's South Station. We've used it to go to Philadelphia before. I believe you still have to switch trains in NYC because of a change in track gauge. I'm not sure if it would be a much shorter trip than the bus, but the journey would be a whole lot more comfortable.

edit: (Acela - 6 1/2 hours, regular train 8 hours)

The  Civil War segment is being organized by others, so I have no input on how to get from Boston to Fredericksburg.*   But since the bus will also be our transportation between Fredericksburg and the battlefield sites,  there is a rational purpose to opting for the bus.

Reading earlier this morning, I realized that, if I go,  I'll the visiting Spotsylvania exactly a 150 years to the day after the last of the battles (which were actually a series of engagements over a ten day period, with the worst fighting taking place on 12 May 1864 at a spot which has been called "the Bloody Angle" ever since).

*Although you've given me an idea--I should check on how to get from Fort Lauderdale to Fredericksburg on Amtrak!

Quote from: Scarpia on July 31, 2013, 06:57:44 AM
If you fly into DCA you will not have to drive in D.C.  I-395 is within a mile from the airport exit and that road turns into I-95, which goes straight to Fredericksburg.  I've gotten accustomed to the airport rental-car thing so I wouldn't find it as stressful as trying to find that shuttle and waiting for them to get their act together.  Depends on what you're used to.

Flying farther than necessary and taking an 9 hour bus ride back sounds pretty aggravating to me.


Under other circumstances, and for other people,  I wouldn't even think of going via Boston.  But as I've referenced,   Boston = family for me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 31, 2013, 07:19:31 AM
I understand about all the moving parts, Jeffrey; at some point, as God wills it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 04, 2013, 01:23:01 AM
A sign of how removed I am from 'contemporary culture': I needed JPC to let me know that the Backstreet Boys are still active as a group. ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2013, 07:51:27 AM
I needed Todd in the Shadow's One Hit Wonderland to tell me that the Pretenders were not a one hit wonder, but have been churning out album after album and even have a musical written around their songs! ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 05, 2013, 04:04:28 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 04, 2013, 07:51:27 AMTodd in the Shadow's One Hit Wonderland

What does that mean?

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2013, 06:13:39 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 05, 2013, 04:04:28 AM
What does that mean?

Sarge

There is a guy on the net that goes by Todd in the Shadows, and he does scathing reviews of pop music songs.  But he also does something I find more interesting and enjoyable, which is look at one hit wonders.  Bands that made a single hit and then faded to obscurity.  He explains how the band formed and what they were doing before the hit, the aftermath the hit, and what happened to them when they fell out of the public eye.

[url[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis[/url]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 05, 2013, 06:25:16 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2013, 06:13:39 AM
There is a guy on the net that goes by Todd in the Shadows, and he does scathing reviews of pop music songs.  But he also does something I find more interesting and enjoyable, which is look at one hit wonders.  Bands that made a single hit and then faded to obscurity.  He explains how the band formed and what they were doing before the hit, the aftermath the hit, and what happened to them when they fell out of the public eye.

[url[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis[/url]

Thanks. That sounds like a fun site. Next question: Which song did you think qualified as the Pretenders one hit?

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2013, 02:37:44 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 05, 2013, 06:25:16 AM
Thanks. That sounds like a fun site. Next question: Which song did you think qualified as the Pretenders one hit?

Sarge

The song from Benny and June.  I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2013, 02:43:42 PM
Oh sorry I was thinking of the Proclaimers, the Pretenders are not at all one hit wonder!  I apologize for my brain fart.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 07, 2013, 07:17:14 AM
Not sure I can live with the burden of . . . having given snypsss bad ideas (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,33.msg732212.html#msg732212) . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 07, 2013, 07:25:00 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 07, 2013, 07:17:14 AM
Not sure I can live with the burden of . . . having given snypsss bad ideas (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,33.msg732212.html#msg732212) . . . .

Don't fret too much, Karl. Almost anything can, and does, give snyprrr bad ideas  ;)


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 08, 2013, 07:49:15 AM
I figure out the best spot to tan, and then it's cloudy every single day straight for last 3 months. It rains over 30 days in a row at one point. The clouds start from 10 AM and it rains either then for a brief moment or at around 6 PM (usually the case). Either I'm going to have to do this in November (should still work fine here) or sometime next year.  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 08, 2013, 08:21:01 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 07, 2013, 07:25:00 AM
Don't fret too much, Karl. Almost anything can, and does, give snyprrr bad ideas  ;)

You speak the truth, Sarge, and it is a comfort.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 08, 2013, 09:50:06 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 08, 2013, 07:49:15 AM
I figure out the best spot to tan, and then it's cloudy every single day straight for last 3 months. It rains over 30 days in a row at one point. The clouds start from 10 AM and it rains either then for a brief moment or at around 6 PM (usually the case). Either I'm going to have to do this in November (should still work fine here) or sometime next year.  ::)
Sad that your quest to get skin cancer has been frustrated.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 08, 2013, 12:20:28 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on August 08, 2013, 09:50:06 AM

Sad that your quest to get skin cancer has been frustrated.
I'm not into overdoing it like a lot of people are. I wouldn't call it "tanning," but but more like "not looking like a ghost."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 18, 2013, 06:47:28 AM
In my newspaper I read two articles on the front page: one being the release of a bunch of sex offenders in the area and another the budget cutbacks making kids within two miles of school have to walk to school, now with less police officers in the area (cutbacks) and 7 different areas still without a crossing guard. I watched the story about this on the news a while ago, which included some parents saying that they are unable to walk or drive their kids to and from school because of their work schedule. Also, the kids have to walk past the houses of many already registered sex offenders.

Oh, sure nothing will go wrong.  ::)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 18, 2013, 07:08:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 18, 2013, 06:47:28 AM
In my newspaper I read two articles on the front page: one being the release of a bunch of sex offenders in the area and another the budget cutbacks making kids within two miles of school have to walk to school, now with less police officers in the area (cutbacks) and 7 different areas still without a crossing guard. I watched the story about this on the news a while ago, which included some parents saying that they are unable to walk or drive their kids to and from school because of their work schedule. Also, the kids have to walk past the houses of many already registered sex offenders.

Oh, sure nothing will go wrong.  ::)

I used to bike to my elementary school which was over 2 miles away. Not sure what my parents thought, or knew back then. But I would have a difficult time allowing my son to do that in a few years from now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 18, 2013, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 18, 2013, 07:08:09 AM
I used to bike to my elementary school which was over 2 miles away. Not sure what my parents thought, or knew back then. But I would have a difficult time allowing my son to do that in a few years from now.
I used to bike probably a mile away, or close to a mile away. Probably a bit safer in my environment, though, compared to what is happening where I live now.



Random thought:
The idea of tiers for favorite musicians, regardless of genre... hm... I'm sure there's a thread for this, but...
Tier 1- Mahler
Tier 2- Meshuggah
Tier 3- Prokofiev, Brahms, BTBAM
Tier 4- Bruckner, Shostakovich, Opeth

might have already wrote this and forgot about it.  :P

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 20, 2013, 08:08:41 PM
Bad news: I'm getting $2,000 less in Pell Grant money this year

Good news: The discovery of FAFSA4Caster, a FAFSA calculator on the official FAFSA website that I've just tested and is nearly dead on based on what I've experienced so far. Messing around with it, I've picked up two important tips:

1. if I have decent savings, never report them, as they are optional. If you choose not to disclose your assets/savings, they assigned an assumed amount, which will be lower than your true savings, meaning you get more money.

2. work less, but don't not work at all, unless you are almost done with school and think you can do it responsibly. Somehow my adjusted gross income was $18,000, which I completely don't understand, when I only take home maybe $7-8,000 a year. This was $6,000 AGI more than last time and is the EXACT reason why I'm receiving $2,000 less this year (my take home pay is nearly identical each year, though, at ~$7-8,000). I'd imagine working less might help reduce AGI, though I'll have to find out a few more tips. This would actually be a positive thing, because if I work 5 hours less a week, it would be more encouraging to study more- if you're a student, you should be studying, not working, after all.

The reason why not working at all won't be beneficial is that there is a cap for financial aid, and it will mean more of it would be loan money.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 20, 2013, 09:01:06 PM
23 Signs You're an Introvert (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/introverts-signs-am-i-introverted_n_3721431.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)
I believe all 23 are true... scarily accurate...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 02:04:39 AM
Marry, methought Olympus shook (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22120.msg735193.html#msg735193)  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 04:28:30 AM
I seem to be drifting back toward serious music, otherwise I have not much in common with you fellows.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 04:32:27 AM
Well, you know, one drifts here a while, then drifts there a while . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 04:34:32 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 04:32:27 AM
Well, you know, one drifts here a while, then drifts there a while . . . .

I get your drift.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 21, 2013, 04:35:45 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 20, 2013, 09:01:06 PM
23 Signs You're an Introvert (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/introverts-signs-am-i-introverted_n_3721431.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)
I believe all 23 are true... scarily accurate...

Actually it's a terrible article.  Like fortune cookies they outline things that are least partially true for most people.  Anyone looking for validation finds it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 04:49:56 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 21, 2013, 04:34:32 AM
I get your drift.  :D

Where the while things are
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2013, 04:58:38 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 21, 2013, 04:35:45 AM
Actually it's a terrible article.  Like fortune cookies they outline things that are least partially true for most people.  Anyone looking for validation finds it.
Except I'm usually looking for it to be wrong, and surprisingly, it is extremely accurate for me. Maybe not 100%, but nearly all of it is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2013, 06:18:48 AM
Quote from: Annie on August 21, 2013, 05:05:29 AM
You are most probably in depression, dear. Introvert/extravert distinction is, simply put, after a hard day's work which would you prefer(more frequently than the other) to feel re-charged, go to a party and have fun socialising or be alone or with a very close couple of friends?
Alone. On days off, I'll hang out with friends. I don't get why people (especially my age) like parties, and I don't go to them.
What makes me depressed is being around other people too much. It's fun for a bit if it's close friends, but then it kind of gets to where it feels like you're wasting your time not accomplishing anything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 06:21:16 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 21, 2013, 06:18:48 AM
Alone. On days off, I'll hang out with friends. I don't get why people (especially my age) like parties, and I don't go to them.
What makes me depressed is being around other people too much. It's fun for a bit if it's close friends, but then it kind of gets to where it feels like you're wasting your time not accomplishing anything.

Yes, parties are a waste of time. I agree.

Now, if anyone would like a song title, I just came up with one you may use: "Hookah and Some Hooch". You're welcome.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2013, 06:22:24 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 21, 2013, 06:21:16 AM
Yes, parties are a waste of time. I agree.

Now, if anyone would like a song title, I just came up with one you may use: "Hookah and Some Hooch". You're welcome.
That's not a real song title?  ???  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 06:24:21 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 21, 2013, 06:22:24 AM
That's not a real song title?  ???  :P


It is now. Go for it. Write the tune and lyrics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 06:26:32 AM
"...we're here on Earth to fart around." -- Kurt Vonnegut
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2013, 06:27:34 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 21, 2013, 04:35:45 AM
Actually it's a terrible article.  Like fortune cookies they outline things that are least partially true for most people.  Anyone looking for validation finds it.

My thoughts, exactly. Just because it links to a couple of research papers doesn't make it a scientifically sound evaluation. And even if it is, I don't see how it helps to have a label attached to you, as if it somehow justifies your existence and behaviour; a license to (be) chill, as it were. (Pardon the pun.)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2013, 06:51:31 AM
Not sure what makes you assume I'm depressed in general; it's pretty simple, when I'm at work and forced to interact with random strangers I have nothing in common with, I'm miserable. When I'm off, I'm actually pretty happy. 

I talked to a counselor once a couple years ago, and there is nothing they can do, because they can't get you another job.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 21, 2013, 06:59:33 AM
It's also useful to remember that the common usage of introvert/extrovert is not the one Jung originally assigned to those terms.  For him, they described the focus of awareness--inward looking introversion and outward looking extroversion.   How one actually relates to people, in the sense of this article, was not a determinant. 

I've taken a couple of those online "determine your type" tests;  I always come out 100% introverted.  Going by them,  I can safely take myself off to a mountain cave for the rest of my life and be happy.    Which is in truth not correct.  I once spent a four day period completely housebound, no visitors and at best a phone call a day.  The circumstances were not of the best--I had just come home from the hospital after fracturing my pelvis in a fall, and my mother was spending the last week of several months in hospitals and nursing homes as a consequence of falling and breaking her hip--but by the end of the four days I was completely and totally depressed--which disappeared instantly when a human being showed up and I found myself chattering away.  Mind you, this was a total stranger--the driver from the service chosen by the insurance company to take me to a doctor's appointment, since I couldn't drive while the fracture was healing--but the simple appearance of another human was all the antidote I needed.

Quote from: Greg on August 21, 2013, 06:51:31 AM
Not sure what makes you assume I'm depressed in general; it's pretty simple, when I'm at work and forced to interact with random strangers I have nothing in common with, I'm miserable. When I'm off, I'm actually pretty happy. 

I talked to a counselor once a couple years ago, and there is nothing they can do, because they can't get you another job.

I think Annie may be more correct than you realize.  I have a similar job, and while I don't exactly enjoy it, and I'm always tired from it at the end of the day and need that period alone to recharge,  dealing with random strangers doesn't make me miserable.  (Dealing with bosses and fellow employees, of course,  is another thing!  But that's the case with any job.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2013, 07:20:05 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 21, 2013, 06:59:33 AM
It's also useful to remember that the common usage of introvert/extrovert is not the one Jung originally assigned to those terms.  For him, they described the focus of awareness--inward looking introversion and outward looking extroversion.   How one actually relates to people, in the sense of this article, was not a determinant. 
Though a really interesting point is the flow of dialogue- I'm constantly thinking and solving problems in my mind, so people interrupting that just to be the 20th person to comment that the weather is hot (really?) is irritating. Inward-looking, maybe...


Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 21, 2013, 06:59:33 AM
I've taken a couple of those online "determine your type" tests;  I always come out 100% introverted.  Going by them,  I can safely take myself off to a mountain cave for the rest of my life and be happy.    Which is in truth not correct.  I once spent a four day period completely housebound, no visitors and at best a phone call a day.  The circumstances were not of the best--I had just come home from the hospital after fracturing my pelvis in a fall, and my mother was spending the last week of several months in hospitals and nursing homes as a consequence of falling and breaking her hip--but by the end of the four days I was completely and totally depressed--which disappeared instantly when a human being showed up and I found myself chattering away.  Mind you, this was a total stranger--the driver from the service chosen by the insurance company to take me to a doctor's appointment, since I couldn't drive while the fracture was healing--but the simple appearance of another human was all the antidote I needed.
Those were unusual circumstances; would be interesting to see if it would be different being home alone for a few days doing nothing but listening to music, reading, etc. while healthy. Not sure about you, but for me, being home alone for a few days, no work, no school, have been some of the best days of the last 6 years for me (even when I was sick). I will admit, though, that some of the best days of my life have been spent with certain friends when I was younger.


Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 21, 2013, 06:59:33 AM
I think Annie may be more correct than you realize.  I have a similar job, and while I don't exactly enjoy it, and I'm always tired from it at the end of the day and need that period alone to recharge,  dealing with random strangers doesn't make me miserable.  (Dealing with bosses and fellow employees, of course,  is another thing!  But that's the case with any job.)
Luckily, I'm isolated from the managers. Everyone tells me I don't want to work inside with them, since it's just a total mess and I don't even want to know what's going on.



Quote from: Annie on August 21, 2013, 07:00:05 AM
OK. My mistake, dear, I shouldn't have made an assumption. I hope you enjoy your life more.
Thanks for the concern, though. By "depressed," I'm assuming you mean something like clinical depression, like feeling down all the time, and never having any spark or inspiration or anything like that. I still experience that, so I don't think I'm clinically depressed. Miserable quite a bit because of work and school, yes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 22, 2013, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: wikipediaThe 1964 Western The Outrage, which starred Paul Newman, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, and William Shatner, was a remake of Rashomon, with Kurosawa acknowledged for the screenplay.

I had no idea.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 23, 2013, 05:30:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/gSedE5sU3uc
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2013, 05:42:18 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 23, 2013, 05:30:44 PM
[flash=400,325 ]http://www.youtube.com/v/gSedE5sU3uc[/flash]
That's some scary stuff, alright. The guitars are actually as long as they are tall. Makes one realize that the 0.75" difference in my Stratocaster & Japanese Les Paul copy isn't that big a deal, after all.
And really, the tune is so perfect - next the North Korean Philharmonic will play Shosty 14th.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 24, 2013, 03:17:04 PM
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/ibanezmonsterg/koko-1_zps4a3b9fdc.jpg)

RIP Koko

He was a very special dog... so special that my dad even said that somehow it was an even worse time losing him than losing his mom. Not many dogs are so happy to see you when you come home after just a few hours that they sound like they are in pain. So yeah, watching him die yesterday was definitely the saddest day of my life.

Luckily, the misery doesn't stack on itself. Complete misery all week from car problems and then getting distracted for a day with that misery, with no time for rest because of school and work- it doesn't combine. Okay, now back to the car problems misery and however much I have to spend after being somehow cheated out of $2,000 in Pell Grant money.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 24, 2013, 04:36:13 PM
Very sorry to hear about Koko, Greg.

(http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i340/Szyk/MaxLoony.jpg)

Old Max here is getting close to that point, too. He's completely deaf and has a lot of trouble with stairs, and although he's driving us crazy like the crotchedy old man he is, he's still ultra-lovable and not suffering, so we put up with him. (The cats will be lost without him, though.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 04:59:00 PM
Yeah, Greg, sorry to hear about Koko.
My wife and I had to put down one of our dogs in May, was much harder than I could have imagined. So I do understand.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 24, 2013, 05:06:47 PM
My uncle used to have a deaf dog, which was very interesting to interact with; a bit tricky to have to completely rely on visual cues.

A bit of unpleasant details... Koko's problem was congestive heart failure. He only to be 7, which is barely over half of his expected life span, so it was like the equivalent of a 40 year old human. He had a cough for 6 months that gradually got worse and needed medication. He woke me up at 7 in the morning yesterday because it was pretty obvious what was wrong. He was struggling to breathe until he died at about 1:30. He went to the corner right outside of my room and coughed up red stuff until he passed out. While he passed out, the fluid and blood came out of his nose. After about 20 minutes of lying there unconscious, his heart beat about 10 times, which moved his whole body each time, and then that was it. Really deserved some more years and something quicker.


Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 04:59:00 PM
Yeah, Greg, sorry to hear about Koko.
My wife and I had to put down one of our dogs in May, was much harder than I could have imagined. So I do understand.
Probably a good idea to do sometimes. The vet couldn't do it until 3:30, which was two hours too late.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 24, 2013, 05:15:01 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 04:59:00 PM
Yeah, Greg, sorry to hear about Koko.
My wife and I had to put down one of our dogs in May, was much harder than I could have imagined. So I do understand.

A number of years ago, our cat Barney wasn't feeling well. I took him to the vet expecting something minor, but the vet told me he had feline leukemia and suggested I might want to put him down right then. Since the cat didn't seem all that uncomfortable and the whole thing was a total shock, I opted to take him back home and return him to the vet when his condition worsened. Unfortunately, when he took a sudden change for the worse, it was in the wee hours of the morning on a weekend and there was nothing I could do but watch him go. As hard as making the decision to put a pet down is, it's definitely the kindest choice to make.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 05:16:15 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 24, 2013, 05:06:47 PM

Probably a good idea to do sometimes. The vet couldn't do it until 3:30, which was two hours too late.

Our dog had cancer and was already dealing with problems controlling his bowels and major hip issues, one night he yelped out really loud and we found him lying on the ground unable to get up, his hips had completely given out. Called the Vet the next morning and of course were told there was nothing to do at this point. Very nice Vets came to our house and we put Hank down here, buried him in the backyard. That dog drove me nuts, but he was a sweetheart. He was very attached to my wife, he was a street dog that she rescued. Now we have Ruby, the hyper pointer/retriever mix that loves to bring caught squirrels and chipmunks inside the house. She's also caught a groundhog and took down a deer. The deer one is a crazy and scary story that almost gave me heart attack.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 05:21:29 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on August 24, 2013, 05:15:01 PM
A number of years ago, our cat Barney wasn't feeling well. I took him to the vet expecting something minor, but the vet told me he had feline leukemia and suggested I might want to put him down right then. Since the cat didn't seem all that uncomfortable and the whole thing was a total shock, I opted to take him back home and return him to the vet when his condition worsened. Unfortunately, when he took a sudden change for the worse, it was in the wee hours of the morning on a weekend and there was nothing I could do but watch him go. As hard as making the decision to put a pet down is, it's definitely the kindest choice to make.

Yeah, that's a tough choice to make so quickly like that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 24, 2013, 05:48:48 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 24, 2013, 05:16:15 PM
one night he yelped out really loud
That's what Koko did, out of nowhere, the evening before yesterday morning. I think it was a heart ventricle breaking, if I understood it right.



Quote from: Szykneij on August 24, 2013, 05:15:01 PM
A number of years ago, our cat Barney wasn't feeling well. I took him to the vet expecting something minor, but the vet told me he had feline leukemia and suggested I might want to put him down right then. Since the cat didn't seem all that uncomfortable and the whole thing was a total shock, I opted to take him back home and return him to the vet when his condition worsened. Unfortunately, when he took a sudden change for the worse, it was in the wee hours of the morning on a weekend and there was nothing I could do but watch him go. As hard as making the decision to put a pet down is, it's definitely the kindest choice to make.
Interesting. Would be much easier it it were possible to know the exact time, but there is no way to predict it, so sometimes you can't do anything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 26, 2013, 05:00:13 AM
I'm sorry to hear about that Greg.  It's always hard.

On my pet news, my pet dog Hershey received his first heartworm injection (he is a rescue dog) a few days ago.  This weekend I stayed with him, he has been a bit sick.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 06, 2013, 06:54:57 PM
There was some study about Facebook often causing people to feel worse about themselves because they see other people portraying better lives, or something like that. Really?  ::)
If anything, I just see how miserable half of my friends are. So much complaining or depressing stuff. There are a few people that are constantly positive, though (mainly church people). Quite a variety of stuff, though, luckily. But do I feel worse about myself? Not at all. If anything, I just feel bad for people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2013, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 06, 2013, 06:54:57 PM
There was some study about Facebook often causing people to feel worse about themselves because they see other people portraying better lives, or something like that. Really?  ::)
If anything, I just see how miserable half of my friends are. So much complaining or depressing stuff. There are a few people that are constantly positive, though (mainly church people). Quite a variety of stuff, though, luckily. But do I feel worse about myself? Not at all. If anything, I just feel bad for people.

I'd say about 50% of what is posted on FB is false advertising, some people use FB to create a different image or persona of themselves. I'm down to about 30 FB friends and it's mostly for staying connected with friends in other states and follow a few businesses and organizations I like.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on September 06, 2013, 07:12:10 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2013, 07:02:06 PM
I'd say about 50% of what is posted on FB is false advertising, some people use FB to create a different image or persona of themselves. I'm down to about 30 FB friends and it's mostly for staying connected with friends in other states and follow a few businesses and organizations I like.

I am genuinely puzzled as to what people find that is so captivating about Facebook.  But then, I have currently have 2 Facebook friends, of which 1 is still alive.

Well, once I did a few searches and managed to find several people I had gone to elementary school with, and by looking in friend lists, found a few more people I had gone to elementary school with (quite a few years ago).  That was amusing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 06, 2013, 09:19:59 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 06, 2013, 07:12:10 PM
I am genuinely puzzled as to what people find that is so captivating about Facebook.  But then, I have currently have 2 Facebook friends, of which 1 is still alive.

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 06, 2013, 07:02:06 PM
mostly for staying connected with friends in other states and follow a few businesses and organizations I like.
Something like this for me.
Also, it (and GMG) provides distractions for homework strain. Reading through 100 pages right now on business communications...  :-X



Interesting little fact I learned:
Quote
Country Current Population Internet Users Percent Population Penetration
Greenland 57,564 52,000 90.3
Iceland 304,367 273,930 90.0
Norway 4,644,457 3,993,400 86.0
Finland 5,244,749 4,353,142 83.0
The Netherlands 16,645,313 13,791,800 82.9
Sweden 9,045,389 7,295,200 80.7
Denmark 5,484,723 4,408,100 80.4
South Korea 48,379,392 36,794,800 76.1
United States 304,228,257 227,190,989 74.7
Japan 127,288,419 94,000,000 73.8
China 1,330,044,605 298,000,000 22.4
TOTAL WORLD 6,710,029,070 1,596,270,108 23.8
Source: Internet World Stats – www.internetworldstats.com, 2009.
See... I knew it. The Scandinavians are online all the time. I was wondering why there's so many of them online despite the small population. Same thing for the Dutch...

Not only are they online constantly, but I believe they are the biggest exporters per capita of heavy metal and have a reputation for being quiet and keeping to themselves. I sense a spiritual link  0:) ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 08, 2013, 08:46:34 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 06, 2013, 09:19:59 PM
Something like this for me.
Also, it (and GMG) provides distractions for homework strain. Reading through 100 pages right now on business communications...  :-X



Interesting little fact I learned:See... I knew it. The Scandinavians are online all the time. I was wondering why there's so many of them online despite the small population. Same thing for the Dutch...

Not only are they online constantly, but I believe they are the biggest exporters per capita of heavy metal and have a reputation for being quiet and keeping to themselves. I sense a spiritual link  0:) ...
There are probably quite a few people in the US that simply can't afford to use the Internet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 08, 2013, 06:53:59 PM
Hey, I wanted to ask you a question. When we were talking about the Korean vs. Finnish educational systems and how I kept hearing that Koreans typically study 16 hours a day in High School, do you have an idea of what an average study day would be for someone in Finland (school + HW)?

Quote from: North Star on September 08, 2013, 08:46:34 AM
There are probably quite a few people in the US that simply can't afford to use the Internet.
Unfortunately there is some truth to this.
I know this sounds messed up, but whenever I'd go to the library a few years ago a bit before the smartphone craze (not sure if it's any different now- haven't been in a while), the library always had a bunch of black people on the computers that I'm pretty sure lived in the surrounding low income area.

But besides that, good luck if you live in the middle of nowhere. I've heard stories of students having to do homework at McDonalds to get Wifi because their area didn't have internet. There's an area in my county that only had dialup a few years ago. Actually, there is only one ISP in my area, and we are finally getting another ISP soon which is cheaper and has a better reputation overall (I think the one we have now, Comcast, has one of the worst reputations of any major company out there). Either this country is too large to be 100% online or there is a problem with monopolies- not sure.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 08, 2013, 11:18:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 08, 2013, 06:53:59 PM
Hey, I wanted to ask you a question. When we were talking about the Korean vs. Finnish educational systems and how I kept hearing that Koreans typically study 16 hours a day in High School, do you have an idea of what an average study day would be for someone in Finland (school + HW)?
Minimum hours/week (some have an extra language or two, but the number of students taking them has been decreasing for a long time):
1st & 2nd grade: 19
3rd & 4th grade: 23
5th & 6th grade: 24
7th, 8th & 9th grade (jr. high): 30
School days can have up to five lessons in the 1st & 2nd grade, and up to seven lessons for later grades.

Some will of course take more time for homework than others, and there are some that probably do none of it (or, like me, didn't need practically any time for it) but I'd guess an hour per day isn't too far off. That would mean that 1st & 2nd graders have 5 hour study days, 3rd-6th graders around 6 hour days, and 7th-9th graders 7 hour days.
General upper secondary school (people choose either that or Vocational upper sec. school) tends to have a much higher workload - though nothing like like 16 hours/day, unless you want to do it in two years instead of three, and/or take a lot of extra classes.

See here for the Finnish National Board of Education (http://www.oph.fi/english/education/basic_education)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 09, 2013, 06:18:11 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 08, 2013, 11:18:37 PM
Minimum hours/week (some have an extra language or two, but the number of students taking them has been decreasing for a long time):
1st & 2nd grade: 19
3rd & 4th grade: 23
5th & 6th grade: 24
7th, 8th & 9th grade (jr. high): 30
School days can have up to five lessons in the 1st & 2nd grade, and up to seven lessons for later grades.

Some will of course take more time for homework than others, and there are some that probably do none of it (or, like me, didn't need practically any time for it) but I'd guess an hour per day isn't too far off. That would mean that 1st & 2nd graders have 5 hour study days, 3rd-6th graders around 6 hour days, and 7th-9th graders 7 hour days.
General upper secondary school (people choose either that or Vocational upper sec. school) tends to have a much higher workload - though nothing like like 16 hours/day, unless you want to do it in two years instead of three, and/or take a lot of extra classes.

See here for the Finnish National Board of Education (http://www.oph.fi/english/education/basic_education)
That sounds like barely more study time than in the US, if not the same amount. I probably averaged about 2 hours of homework each day in high school, but then again, I only took easy classes.

I would bet the average Finnish 9th grade graduate knows more than the average US 12th grade graduate.  :P And if the average Finnish student can compete with the average Korean student who is the same age and studies twice as much, that is waaaaaaaaaay more efficient. You and I got to have a childhood, while Koreans apparently don't if they have to study that much.

Meanwhile, much of the US is for heavy standardization and against teachers' unions. Murrica.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 09, 2013, 09:35:04 AM
Quote from: Greg on September 09, 2013, 06:18:11 AM
That sounds like barely more study time than in the US, if not the same amount. I probably averaged about 2 hours of homework each day in high school, but then again, I only took easy classes.


I did too, but the students that I teach are expected to study at least 30 hours a week. :o
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 09, 2013, 09:36:32 AM
In high school, I did my homework if I still had time after practicing the clarinet . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 09, 2013, 09:42:40 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 09, 2013, 09:35:04 AM
I did too, but the students that I teach are expected to study at least 30 hours a week. :o
So you teach high school? For some reason I was thinking you teach at a college, must have gotten that confused...

That is way too much... they should be able to enjoy their life before they have to work and go to college and give up most of their hobbies and friends because they have no time, like me and pretty much everyone else who attends college.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 09, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 09, 2013, 09:42:40 AM
So you teach high school? For some reason I was thinking you teach at a college, must have gotten that confused...


I teach high school students at a boarding school that is run like a college.  I teach college level classes, with college like schedule and me and my fellow faculty are over 80% PhDs.  We're focused on STEM and were rated in the top ten schools in the country year after year until we were disqualified because the average act, sat, and gpa here were well above the nationwide norm. 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 09, 2013, 06:56:14 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 09, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
I teach high school students at a boarding school that is run like a college.  I teach college level classes, with college like schedule and me and my fellow faculty are over 80% PhDs.  We're focused on STEM and were rated in the top ten schools in the country year after year until we were disqualified because the average act, sat, and gpa here were well above the nationwide norm. 8)
(in an alternate universe, Dr. Gordon Freeman becomes an instructor)...
Nice. Beats head crabs any day, although I bet some students can be worse.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 10, 2013, 06:42:10 AM
BTW, Greg, I think you do have the values reversed.  There's nothing wrong with college students working hard;  education is what it is for.  Put the work in now, because (if one has a talent for friendship) you can always make friends, and there will always be time for hobbies later.  (My greatest regret about college is that I didn't spend enough time playing air hockey . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 10, 2013, 10:34:15 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 10, 2013, 06:42:10 AM
BTW, Greg, I think you do have the values reversed.  There's nothing wrong with college students working hard;  education is what it is for.  Put the work in now, because (if one has a talent for friendship) you can always make friends, and there will always be time for hobbies later.  (My greatest regret about college is that I didn't spend enough time playing air hockey . . . .)
Yeah, I guess so. Screw my friends, though, because I am trying to get a number. Gotta protect my 3.8 GPA. Numbers come before people.
I will, of course, get back to composing as well...

Seriously, though, I've realized that the movie Click may offer an important perspective. You are only really enjoying your life if you wouldn't fast forward it. I would definitely fast forward about 2 1/2 years or however long it takes, and then at that point wouldn't really need to much. Maybe only when standing in line or driving.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 11, 2013, 04:44:53 AM
There are poppies which grow on Flanders fields . . . and babies born on 11 September.  An office-mate is just delivered of a beautiful baby boy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 11, 2013, 06:14:37 AM
Don't have the link because im on my phone, but last night saw a golf course in Wisconsin was offering a special promo price of $9.11 per round to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary. Didn't go over smoothly, they've been having to apologize a bit.

I'll see I I can find it...

http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-on-golf/23573339/golf-course-offers-911-promotion-and-it-is-pretty-awful
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 11, 2013, 06:47:32 AM
Well, there's always one, isn't there?  The value of filtration . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 12, 2013, 06:28:47 AM
Quotenew ДЭН БРАУН

That's the Cyryillic transliteration of the author of The Da Vinci Code
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 17, 2013, 11:43:35 AM
Vaino non Wino
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 17, 2013, 12:52:13 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 17, 2013, 11:43:35 AM
Vaino non Wino

Pronounced [Væinə Raitio]  >:(  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 19, 2013, 07:32:17 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2013, 12:52:13 PM
Pronounced [Væinə Raitio]  >:( ;)

Check!  I had known that, if I had seen the name as Väinö  0:)    ;D    8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 19, 2013, 09:37:45 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 19, 2013, 07:32:17 AM
Check!  I had known that, if I had seen the name as Väinö  0:)    ;D    8)
Excellent!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 19, 2013, 10:10:07 AM
Just a bit amusing:

Quote$42.22
Price dropped by $0.01 (was $42.23 when added to Wish List)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 19, 2013, 10:17:44 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 19, 2013, 10:10:07 AM
Just a bit amusing:
And very typical indeed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2013, 09:46:25 AM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on October 01, 2013, 09:53:54 AM
I was reminded of Mencken's quip The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology a couple days ago, when I went to the post office to buy stamps, and the post office ran out of stamps.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2013, 09:57:59 AM
Oof.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on October 01, 2013, 10:06:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 01, 2013, 09:46:25 AM
.

Les Biches.
Doh!   ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 01, 2013, 06:38:00 PM
Maybe my perspective is flawed because the vast majority of customers that I deal with are over 40 because of my area, but I've noticed that the people who are most likely to throw hissy fits are 40+, usually 60+. Old ladies are typically the worst demographic. Of course, the vast majority of old people are very nice and I make friends with people of any age. If I had to choose the most polite demographic, I'd probably go with the people aged 20-mid 30s, especially the big, muscular guys with tattoos.

But like I said, my perspective may be flawed since such a small percentage of my customers are under 40. Just wondering if anyone notices the same thing in areas where young people actually make up the majority as customers.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 01, 2013, 07:03:11 PM
In my experience (now 23 years with the same store),  people in their 30s and 40s are the ones most inclined to throw temper tantrums.  People under 30 and people over 60 are almost always polite.

But the only sure pattern is that temper tantrum customers always seem to have been spoiled, by parents or spouses.

Quote from: Todd on October 01, 2013, 09:53:54 AM
I was reminded of Mencken's quip The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology a couple days ago, when I went to the post office to buy stamps, and the post office ran out of stamps.

??? ??? ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 01, 2013, 07:19:35 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2013, 07:03:11 PM
In my experience (now 23 years with the same store),  people in their 30s and 40s are the ones most inclined to throw temper tantrums.  People under 30 and people over 60 are almost always polite.
Wow, interesting. Pretty close to my experience. I suppose the number of old people who have temper tantrums for me is much higher because probably half of my customers are over 60.

I wonder if it's a generational or an age thing.


Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2013, 07:03:11 PM
But the only sure pattern is that temper tantrum customers always seem to have been spoiled, by parents or spouses.
For sure. People like that develop a sense of entitlement and a snobbish attitude.

While on the subject, I could share this:

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22588012/the-talker-woman-goes-on-vile-rant-against-dunkin-donuts-employee

I watched the video, once, uncomfortably. Of course, I am against violence against women, but this young lady is clearly a psycopath and deserves a severe beating and at least a year of forced labor at a place like Dunkin Doughnuts.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 01, 2013, 07:22:38 PM
I have to laugh at my "Underrated Composers" thread. Leave it to this forum generate long, heated discussions about one word. It was not intended to be taken so seriously. I made it just so people could list composers they feel should be more recognized. It's all just personal opinions and not that complex...  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on October 02, 2013, 02:24:57 AM
This post for me is number 1955, which coincides with the year of my birth. Perhaps I should play the lottery?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 02:45:17 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on October 02, 2013, 02:24:57 AM
This post for me is number 1955, which coincides with the year of my birth. Perhaps I should play the lottery?

Congratulations on being born. The odds against it were staggering! If my pop hadn't accidently met a certain girl at a malt shop in 1948, I wouldn't be here.


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on October 02, 2013, 02:59:43 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 02:45:17 AM
Congratulations on being born. The odds against it were staggering! If my pop hadn't accidently met a certain girl at a malt shop in 1948, I wouldn't be here.


Sarge
And what about the probability of the exact cells meeting later on ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 03:01:21 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 02, 2013, 02:59:43 AM
And what about the probability of the exact cells meeting later on ;)

A billion to one?  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: John Copeland on October 02, 2013, 03:51:17 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 02:45:17 AM
Congratulations on being born. The odds against it were staggering! If my pop hadn't accidently met a certain girl at a malt shop in 1948, I wouldn't be here.
Sarge

$:)
The latest calculated odds show the probability of your existing at all represented here:

http://i.imgur.com/Dub8k.png (http://i.imgur.com/Dub8k.png)

QuoteThe number of Atoms in the known Universe is about 10 to the power of 80.
The chances of you being born are 10 to the power of 2,685,000.   :o
Chances of you existing therefore is about zero.

QuoteSo what's the probability of your existing?  It's the probability of 2 million people getting together – about the population of San Diego – each to play a game of dice with trillion-sided dice. They each roll the dice, and they all come up the exact same number – say, 550,343,279,001.

Against all this, we are all on GMG.   ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 02, 2013, 03:54:57 AM
That fateful malt shop . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 03:57:10 AM
Quote from: Scots John on October 02, 2013, 03:51:17 AM
$:)
The latest calculated odds show the probability of your existing at all represented here:

http://i.imgur.com/Dub8k.png (http://i.imgur.com/Dub8k.png)

Against all this, we are all on GMG.   ???

So my one in a billion was wildly optimistic!  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 02, 2013, 05:28:09 AM
Q: What do lawyers and sperm have in common?

A: One in 50 million have a chance of becoming human.




Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 02, 2013, 05:32:18 AM
Quote from: Annie on October 02, 2013, 02:42:08 AM
Aren't you a treat, my dear?
As if that wasn't taken out of context...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 02, 2013, 05:52:17 AM
Quote from: Annie on October 02, 2013, 05:40:43 AM
What's that supposed to mean?  ;D
Well, I had written that out of the demographics of customers that tend to throw hissy fits the most, it's older people- a bit more often older ladies. I also wrote in the next sentence that "the vast majority of old people are very nice and I make friends with people of any age."

I also went on to mention that my perspective may be flawed because of the extremely high proportion of old customers compared to young customers that I get, which is why I asked for people who deal with people in a... slightly less retirement-like community. Actually, that would be practically any other place in the country.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 02, 2013, 05:57:59 AM
My point isn't to say bad stuff about old people, but that appearances on the outside are often the opposite of how people really are. I would get the impression that a young guy with tattoos may be some entitled jerk, but most often they are the most polite customers I get.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 02, 2013, 06:19:23 AM
Quote from: Annie on October 02, 2013, 06:05:42 AM
You are a sweet kid.
Thanks.

I also noticed that the demographic most likely to steal is middle aged (40s or so). I don't think I've seen one old person steal a thing. I haven't seen a young person steal anything, either, but it's probably because they're too busy stealing from other places, like the mall.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 03, 2013, 04:01:22 PM
Damn. Clancy's dead. :-(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:05:22 PM
You talking about Tom Clancy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 03, 2013, 06:06:05 PM
Quote from: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:05:22 PM
You talking about Tom Clancy?

Indeed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:07:54 PM
Quote from: Philo the Harbinger on October 03, 2013, 06:06:05 PM
Indeed.

Yeah, kind of young too. 66, right?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 03, 2013, 06:14:18 PM
Quote from: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:07:54 PM
Yeah, kind of young too. 66, right?

Yep, and I also think it was unexpected.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:14:51 PM
Quote from: Philo the Harbinger on October 03, 2013, 06:14:18 PM
Yep, and I also think it was unexpected.

Haven't said what caused it, have they?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 03, 2013, 06:15:59 PM
Quote from: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:14:51 PM
Haven't said what caused it, have they?

Don't think so, but he was at John Hopkins.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:17:25 PM
I chatted with him ONCE in an old AOL chat room...

Me: What keeps you motivated to write each day?

Tom Clancy: You got to eat, don't you?!

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 03, 2013, 06:20:12 PM
Quote from: mn dave on October 03, 2013, 06:17:25 PM
I chatted with him ONCE in an old AOL chat room...

Me: What keeps you motivated to write each day?

Tom Clancy: You got to eat, don't you?!

:)

So tight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 04, 2013, 08:02:37 AM
Bohemian Gravity

Watch-out: Geekery ahead! But immensely enjoyable.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2rjbtsX7twc
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 06, 2013, 08:02:52 PM
If the other party won...

http://www.youtube.com/v/y-_JhRJ0tWA
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 08, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Got to experience an MRI machine for the first time today. For my head and neck, didn't realize my entire body would be slid into that tiny cylinder of a tunnel. Thank goodness for the earplugs! Fun times.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 09, 2013, 01:47:47 AM
Hey, at least they let you out again!  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 09, 2013, 01:54:53 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 09, 2013, 01:47:47 AM
Hey, at least they let you out again!  ;)

:D

At one point I realized I would have no clue if the MRI operator fell asleep or left me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 09, 2013, 01:55:17 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 09, 2013, 01:47:47 AM
Hey, at least they let you out again!  ;)
They probably don't have an account here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2013, 04:38:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/A_a6RjR_AHY
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 10, 2013, 06:41:27 PM
I can't believe I have been at GMG for 8, nearly 9, years...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: modUltralaser on October 11, 2013, 06:36:42 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 08, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Got to experience an MRI machine for the first time today. For my head and neck, didn't realize my entire body would be slid into that tiny cylinder of a tunnel. Thank goodness for the earplugs! Fun times.  8)

I had to go in twice for my knee, and man is that machine frightening. I dislike being confined, and that noise doesn't help. Lovecraft couldn't have imagined such horrors.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 11, 2013, 09:41:51 AM
I regret that I have but one navel to gaze at . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 12, 2013, 05:05:52 AM
The steamroller legacy lives on...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 12, 2013, 04:29:32 PM
Keep the flame lit!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on October 13, 2013, 08:02:14 AM
What did that poor table do to deserve such a pounding.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on October 13, 2013, 09:15:09 AM
Hey gang, I'm about to buy a TV and a Blu-Ray player, because I have neither! But here's something that has me scratching my head: why do all the TVs AND Blu-Ray players come with Wifi? I want to use Netflix and Amazon streaming, but don't I only need one thing with Wifi? Not both?

Any other advice appreciated, by the way.

This is the TV I'm planning on right now...

[asin]B00BCGRTFK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 13, 2013, 11:46:46 AM
Smart features are standard in both bd players and tv.  BUT you can save money by getting a step down model in one or the other without those features.

My tv and my bd player are both smart... and I don't use either one for streaming.  I use my apple tv.  The Apple TV, Roku Box, and others offer much better streaming quality than the tv and the bd player.  The only thing I've seen that came close is the PS3.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on October 14, 2013, 12:17:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2013, 09:15:09 AMwhy do all the TVs AND Blu-Ray players come with Wifi?



Competition.  Components must have maximum flexibility and features at each price point.  Say you want to use your TV for streaming, but the router is in another room.  Wireless could come in handy.  And what if you plug your BD player into a TV without wifi - or vice versa.  I use a now "old" Samsung TV (ca 2008) that doesn't have wifi, but my Oppo does.  Since the features are cheap, it makes sense for manufacturers to throw in every bell and whistle.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on October 14, 2013, 12:22:18 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 13, 2013, 11:46:46 AM
My tv and my bd player are both smart... and I don't use either one for streaming.  The Apple TV, Roku Box, and others offer much better streaming quality than the tv and the bd player.

Seconded.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Octave on October 14, 2013, 12:36:05 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2013, 09:15:09 AM
This is the TV I'm planning on right now...

The notion of dragging you over to the darkside of runaway cinephilia is appealing.  What did Slavoj Zizek say about Heidegger's Nazism?  "A right step in the wrong direction"?
Hasty, bedraggled Musicweb reviews forthcoming.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 15, 2013, 06:43:27 AM
She can't keep away (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22368.msg750687/topicseen.html#msg750687), can she?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 15, 2013, 06:47:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 15, 2013, 06:43:27 AM
She can't keep away (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22368.msg750687/topicseen.html#msg750687), can she?

Or he?  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 15, 2013, 06:49:02 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 15, 2013, 06:43:27 AM
She can't keep away (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22368.msg750687/topicseen.html#msg750687), can she?

Dude, we're irresistible  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on October 15, 2013, 07:34:33 AM
We must learn to resist, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 15, 2013, 08:14:24 AM
Perhaps November could be Handel's Dixit Dominus sampling month?

That way, Mr.(Mrs.) Baroque Obama-nnie could participate fully!  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 15, 2013, 08:18:54 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 15, 2013, 08:14:24 AM
Perhaps November could be Handel's Dixit Dominus sampling month?


In all seriousness though, I would love a baroque themed month!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 19, 2013, 06:54:36 PM
New Music Festival concert over.  :D

Kind of weird....will be my last NMF.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 22, 2013, 03:54:21 AM
Quote from: PaulR on October 19, 2013, 06:54:36 PM
New Music Festival concert over.  :D

Kind of weird....will be my last NMF.

Tell me more, friend.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 22, 2013, 03:54:45 AM
Separately . . .

I marvel that he never tires of gazing upon that navel . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on October 22, 2013, 12:21:26 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 22, 2013, 03:54:21 AM
Tell me more, friend.
Not enough Henning on the Festival! :D

George Lewis was the featured guest composer, and Del Niente was the featured guest ensemble.  I went to the Del Niente concert and it was phenomenal.

The Philharmonia played very tame music this year, Cindy McTee Circuits Yiwen Shen's First Essay for Orchestra and a brand new piece by Blair Braxton Aria and Toccata for Clarinet and Orchestra.  I thought the Braxton would have been the one to have something screwy happen, but something weird happened in Circuits and the Braxton went surprisingly well.  The recording session went incredibly smoothly this year, but still really tired.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 23, 2013, 10:39:11 AM
Drove by my old house (only do this about once a year) and went to my previous high school (haven't been there in 7 years) to pick up my transcript.

Nostalgia is just brutal. Although high school and much of middle school were mainly bleh, they were better than this. Grades 3-5 of elementary school were easily the best and I don't think they'll ever be topped for the rest of my life.

I sometimes wonder why people don't kill themselves when they graduate high school; pre-adult life is like swimming, while adult life is like swimming with weights tied around your ankles. You'll drown, but why not make it more humane?  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 23, 2013, 10:43:33 AM
Quote from: PaulR on October 22, 2013, 12:21:26 PM
Not enough Henning on the Festival! :D

There is a lot of that particular musical offense going around!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 24, 2013, 04:33:54 AM
Quote from: kyjo on October 23, 2013, 02:57:37 PM
I feel like digging up some old threads today:

Ah, Thread Exhumation.  A pastime which starts out innocent enough . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 26, 2013, 07:22:58 AM
A video my dad e-mailed me.

http://www.youtube.com/v/lDUOmY80GhU&app=desktop

As bizarre as it is, I realized that the whole commercial is based on puns.

Choco booru is the name of the serial they are advertising, which means "Chocolate bowl," but it sounds like "chocobo." "Kue" means eat, but it also the sound that chocobos make (in English, "Kweh!"). Plus, they are dressed up as birds and the music is in the same style as the chocobo theme. Sort of hinting at it as much as possible but without copyright infringement. This is why I need to go to Japan.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 28, 2013, 03:37:05 AM
If you're not going to post, it is enough not to post.  If you post to say that you're not going to post, you have posted.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on October 30, 2013, 03:23:50 PM
Scotch & Scottish Hi-Fi 8)

http://www.youtube.com/v/4cMuoLedS2Y
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 30, 2013, 03:49:10 PM
Does anyone else live in a place with a ridiculous amount of toll roads?
I may never go back to Orlando (or even Tampa) again without a GPS... I think I'll call it "Toll Road Hell."

I did get to visit the UCF campus... large mini-city, kind of what I expected.  There are 6 times as many students there compared to how many live in my town.

I got the odd feeling that people were looking at me... a feeling that I've hardly ever had before.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 31, 2013, 05:37:15 AM
Cool!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 31, 2013, 05:39:34 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on October 31, 2013, 05:13:54 AM
Recently, I've been listening to two YouTube clips at the same time.  This morning, I combined John Cage's Seven (1988) with Stockhausen's Simmung.  Nice; you should try it.

That's the one Stockhausen piece I've heard that I really do like.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 01, 2013, 08:42:12 AM
This is me.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/problems-only-introverts-will-understand
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 01, 2013, 05:46:33 PM
Quote from: Greg on November 01, 2013, 08:42:12 AM
This is me.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/problems-only-introverts-will-understand

Fortunately, I escape most of those problems through the simple solution of having no friends.  (If this sounds like something to worry over,  it's not--for me at least. I'm autistic, and apparently extremely introverted even by the standards of the autistic spectrum, and function just fine this way.  I've pared my life down to have some long distance friendships with whom Facebook is a good connection, and people in physical proximity  with whom I'm friendly, but who are not friends, and who could depart from my life with much goodwill to them, but no sense of loss.  The only complication is family, but I suppose family is a constant. )
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 01, 2013, 08:08:31 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 01, 2013, 05:46:33 PM
Fortunately, I escape most of those problems through the simple solution of having no friends.  (If this sounds like something to worry over,  it's not--for me at least. I'm autistic, and apparently extremely introverted even by the standards of the autistic spectrum, and function just fine this way.  I've pared my life down to have some long distance friendships with whom Facebook is a good connection, and people in physical proximity  with whom I'm friendly, but who are not friends, and who could depart from my life with much goodwill to them, but no sense of loss.  The only complication is family, but I suppose family is a constant. )
Interesting. I would probably have to go to that extreme if I had some job where I worked 70+ hours a week... now, I have one friend that I see about 3-4 days a month and a few that I like to see every now and then. I suppose the time I want to spend with friends is just directly relative to how much free time I have for myself. Myself > friends > strangers

It's funny how when I'm at work and during certain parts of the year at night (such as now) business is extremely slow and people say that I'm "lonely" outside. Except I don't even know what the word "lonely" feels like. It's so much more fun doing nothing but thinking than talking to strangers about pointless uninteresting stuff. Sometimes I can't stop laughing at the silly stuff I think of. Perhaps I'll just be honest and say that I hate people and laugh evilly.  >:D


Also, 11 is the only faulty assessment- "we" don't (willingly) go to parties to begin with.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 03, 2013, 01:40:43 PM
Well, apparently the last of the cute girls at my work (which employs probably over 100 people) is gone. I remember at one point working with 5 of them.  :P So there will be nothing good to look at for a while...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 14, 2013, 07:33:42 AM
Shoulda added a smiley . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 15, 2013, 10:09:24 AM
Another Vegan Triumph!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on November 15, 2013, 11:18:52 AM
I don't know how many of y'all get the eClassical newsletter, but the blurbs written by Robert von Bahr are a hoot. Recently he carped that he didn't have any clue why his artists had wanted to record a CD (Handel's Water Music), and today he revealed that when he built his new house, he made sure it would have its very own private concert hall.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on November 16, 2013, 07:37:42 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on November 15, 2013, 09:15:22 AM
I just thought of a solution to the Washington Redskins controversy in which everyone will get what they want: leave the nickname alone but change the logo.

Instead of this:

(http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/168/full/1063.gif)

Change it to this:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uQ-yZDeHyE8/UjGWuINfiRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/LmWAGQs4HxE/s1600/red+potato.jpg)

A blissful suggestion!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 19, 2013, 06:56:00 PM
http://distractify.com/fun/fails/the-29-whitest-awkward-family-photos/


Some of these are just disturbing... just a warning.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 20, 2013, 08:33:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 20, 2013, 07:06:10 AM
Luke is in the building again . . . . !!!

Only for a moment, and the moment's gone . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 21, 2013, 05:03:13 AM
The ability to dispute a parking ticket on line. I love this town!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on November 23, 2013, 05:46:16 AM
I had a dream that a reporter thought I was Leon Fleisher and started asking me questions about my music - the first was, "how do you feel about the recording process? How much of a perfectionist are you?" Most bafflingly, somebody then told the reporter that I was Leon Fleisher and that I was one of the greatest pianists in the world. So I started answering the question, making up an answer based on what I thought I knew about him.

At one point I said "Which is why I've never recorded any live albums." Then, the next day, in the dream, I'm walking around and who should I see but an angry Leon Fleisher, who wants to know why I was impersonating him in an interview. He also wants to know why I lied about there being no live recording when his debut album was a live concert recital.

(When I woke up just now I checked the Complete Fleisher box set... no live recordings, so far as I can tell.)

I also remember emphatically saying pyANNist every time, rather then PEE-uh-nist.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 23, 2013, 09:16:01 AM
I would rather be pissed off, than pissed on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on November 23, 2013, 10:26:00 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on October 31, 2013, 05:13:54 AM
Recently, I've been listening to two YouTube clips at the same time.  Nice; you should try it.

I've been doing this for years. It's like brewing your very own, home-made Stockhausen.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 25, 2013, 01:51:21 AM
Even better when you brew it at home!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 29, 2013, 07:23:26 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html

This article is great info about how certain games (like MMORPGs) is engineered to get you addicted. I'm reminded of it now that I'm going to stop playing Final Fantasy 11, which is known to be one of the most addictive games out there. Feels like something huge will be gone from me. It really does fulfill the desires that are absent in real life; mainly, the sense of exploration and the sense of achievement (especially short term goals). And the thing is, the achievements are more fulfilling than real life; for example, if I do good on exams next week, I'll graduate with a 3.84 GPA. Sounds like I should feel some fulfillment from that, but I really don't, because in the end, school is just work to impress future people so they can make you do other work. It's not something you do because you want to because it sounds fun, so the accomplishment is only functional, rather than fulfilling.

I did take a month off from it when I played Final Fantasy 5 and 6, so it's possible to quit, but may require substitution, like substituting gum for cigarettes or something.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on November 29, 2013, 11:20:53 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 25, 2013, 01:51:21 AM
Even better when you brew it at home!

Spoken like a connoisseur.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 02, 2013, 07:26:50 AM
With all the changes to Facebook over the years, probably what remains its consistently strange feature is the "Suggested Pokes."  And I'll never know if it's suggesting on my behalf, or for the benefit of those others whom I'd never poke even if you got down on your lousy, stinkin', purulent knees and begged me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 02, 2013, 06:35:58 PM
Anyone hear about fast food workers organizing to ask for the minimum wage to rise to $15/hour?  ???

I definitely think it should be higher than it is now and I think fast food workers really deserve at least $30/hour, but realistically I think it should be about $10/hour. Either they are retarded or they're just trying to haggle with the government to get it to ~$10/hour.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 03, 2013, 04:43:51 AM
I remember there being a protest here in Boston (http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/08/activists_and_fast_food_worker.html).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 03, 2013, 12:50:26 PM
CIA at its very best:
QuoteAcoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate of Science & Technology in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions, intended to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies, recording the links between the buildings in the area. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. This would allow the cats to innocuously record and transmit sound from its surroundings. Due to problems with distraction, the cat's sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation.[1] Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million.[citation needed]

The first Acoustic Kitty mission was to eavesdrop on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately.[citation needed] However, this is disputed by former Director of the CIA's Office of Technical Service, Robert Wallace, in the Weapons Of The Superspies episode of the TV series The World's Weirdest Weapons: Wallace states that the project was abandoned due to the difficulty of training the cat to behave as required, and "the equipment was taken out of the cat; the cat was re-sewn for a second time, and lived a long and happy life afterwards".[2] Subsequent tests also failed.[1] Shortly thereafter the project was considered a failure and declared to be a total loss.[3] The project was cancelled in 1967.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 03, 2013, 02:59:16 PM
That was a joke in a Get Smart episode . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 05, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 03, 2013, 04:43:51 AM
I remember there being a protest here in Boston (http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/08/activists_and_fast_food_worker.html).
My bad, Karl, I somehow missed this post.

Reasonable quote from the article:
"I think things may change after we do this. At least to $10 or $11. I am not saying $15 though but more than $10 would be better,"€ Mendes said.

$10 would be good to keep up with inflation. I was reading the debate about minimum wage for about an hour or so on other news sites and the most hilarious talking point is how so many people say, "Well, if you don't want minimum wage, go to college and educate yourself." It's like they just quit their job and went to school somehow without having to have a paycheck to survive for 4-8 years in the meantime.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread: Kulcher vs. Culture
Post by: Cato on December 06, 2013, 03:35:49 AM
From today's (Dec. 6th) Wall Street Journal: Terry Teachout on the dominance of "pop culture" (what I call "kulcher").

QuoteWhen Elmore Leonard died in August, the papers were full of obituaries that described him as "a novelist who made crime an art." So, at any rate, declared a headline writer for the New York Times. A year earlier, the National Book Foundation had presented Mr. Leonard with its annual medal for "distinguished contribution to American letters," calling him a "great American author,"...I didn't want to rain on his cortege, so I didn't say what I thought, which was that he was one of the most overpraised writers of our time. A very good one, mind you...but overpraised all the same...

It used to be that we didn't take popular culture seriously, but now we don't take anything else seriously...

It may well be, of course, that America's pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don't think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art. Can you honestly say, for example, that "Citizen Kane" is a "better" movie than "Chinatown"? Or that Ned Rorem wrote "better" songs than Donald Fagen ? Maybe, but I wouldn't want to have to argue the point.

The problem is not that pop culture doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. It's that a culture totally dominated by popular art is by definition limited...

Once again, it's not my purpose to demean pop culture. I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns. But there's more to life than getting your head blown off in a drug deal, and more to be said about love than can be crammed into a 32-bar ballad....



See:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304854804579236160640661166 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304854804579236160640661166)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 06, 2013, 06:43:34 PM
South Park has just written the greatest intro song to any show, ever.


http://www.youtube.com/v/XifUlSyQ2CI
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 09, 2013, 04:43:14 AM
"South Park" is a person?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 09, 2013, 04:52:50 AM
Someone broke the only good dryer.  If I ever find out who did it.............................I'll write them a strongly worded letter........
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 09, 2013, 07:54:02 AM
I have no Santa hat.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 09, 2013, 08:03:51 AM
Won't they let you join in any reindeer games?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 09, 2013, 08:05:05 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 09, 2013, 08:03:51 AM
Won't they let you join in any reindeer games?

I have no bright nose.  :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 09, 2013, 08:09:25 AM
You know how to fix that :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 09, 2013, 08:10:58 AM
Quote from: North Star on December 09, 2013, 08:09:25 AM
You know how to fix that :D

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 09, 2013, 10:39:49 AM
So he does, my little chickadee . . . .
Title: Your Favorite "I'm not buying any more CDs" of 2013
Post by: Karl Henning on December 10, 2013, 04:24:11 AM
(Oh, I kid.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 10, 2013, 09:44:16 AM
It is hard to take a critique of a quite popular low fantasy book series seriously when the only noteworthy thing in the review is how the critic manages to misspell Tolkien as ''Tolkein' and still think that he's smarter than those who like the books...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 10, 2013, 10:31:24 AM
Fatal error.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 10, 2013, 12:23:13 PM
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2013, 09:44:16 AM
"low fantasy"

?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 10, 2013, 12:38:58 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on December 10, 2013, 12:23:13 PM
?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy

Though I see the definitions are rather flexible.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 10, 2013, 12:49:37 PM
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2013, 12:38:58 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy

Though I see the definitions are rather flexible.

I rate it as high.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 10, 2013, 12:52:09 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on December 10, 2013, 12:49:37 PM
I rate it as high.
Which one? Tolkien's, for sure. The one that was reviewed, debatable, apparently.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 10, 2013, 01:07:49 PM
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2013, 12:52:09 PM
Which one? Tolkien's, for sure. The one that was reviewed, debatable, apparently.

Oh, I misread your post. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on December 13, 2013, 05:32:23 AM
I have to wonder if the standards at the BMJ are slipping. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/12/250474378/if-you-drank-like-james-bond-youd-be-shaken-too)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on December 13, 2013, 06:20:52 AM
A type of Ponzi scheme: while reading about how "Twitter" is supposedly worth almost more than Scrooge McDuck, but has not shown one penny of profit, the article reminded readers about another company on the Internet, which depends on investors' money pouring in every year, because after 20 years it has not made one penny of profit!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/25/amazon-stock-may-be-up-but-the-company-still-doesn-t-make-any-money.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/25/amazon-stock-may-be-up-but-the-company-still-doesn-t-make-any-money.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 13, 2013, 06:24:39 AM
Some of these dot-com bubbles, you wonder just how it is they've managed to avoid bursting . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 13, 2013, 06:27:04 AM
Story from 25.ix.2013:

QuoteAfter an ugly 15 months of trading, the Facebook stock price (Nasdaq: FB) has not only passed its $38 initial public offering (IPO) price, but it has more than doubled over the last two months and is up an astounding 85% year to date.

Shares of the social networking giant have done a stark about-face since hitting a low of $17.55 in September 2012.

Some 135,723,000 shares changed hands Tuesday, making FB the day's most actively traded stock. Shares finished the day at $48.45, up 2.67%

Facebook stock was trading above $49 a share Wednesday.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on December 13, 2013, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Cato on December 13, 2013, 06:20:52 AM
A type of Ponzi scheme: while reading about how "Twitter" is supposedly worth almost more than Scrooge McDuck, but has not shown one penny of profit, the article reminded readers about another company on the Internet, which depends on investors' money pouring in every year, because after 20 years it has not made one penny of profit!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/25/amazon-stock-may-be-up-but-the-company-still-doesn-t-make-any-money.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/25/amazon-stock-may-be-up-but-the-company-still-doesn-t-make-any-money.html)



Quote from: Jeff BezosPercentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize," Bezos said in an interview with the Harvard Business Review posted online Jan 3. "It's the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize. If you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. Free cash flow, that's something investors can spend.


Whether you support his approach or not, at least he's been vocal about it.  I don't think the company's financials support its valuation, but it does have a more sound business model than, say, Pets.com.  I just hope that Amazon doesn't sink too much into online groceries, because while regular retail has slender margins, grocery chains have almost no margins.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on December 13, 2013, 07:08:25 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 13, 2013, 06:27:04 AM
Story from 25.ix.2013:

What concerns me more and more - and my banker son as well - is that long-term investing in companies producing tangible goods is done less and less even by institutions like banks.

Instead, we have the "services" of e.g. Twitter, which can be fun, but just wait until they start charging you a penny per syllable or more!  Or start placing pop-up ads!  Will the "customers" tolerate that?  I suspect some will, but will even they be enough for an actual profit?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on December 13, 2013, 07:25:35 AM
Quote from: Cato on December 13, 2013, 07:08:25 AMWhat concerns me more and more - and my banker son as well - is that long-term investing in companies producing tangible goods is done less and less even by institutions like banks.



But is that really the case?  Looking at the largest companies by market cap (http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/audit-services/capital-market/publications/top100-market-capitalisation.jhtml), one sees a lot of oil companies, car companies, drug companies, phone companies, banks, consumer goods companies, and some tech companies.  Looking at the largest bond offerings, one sees phone companies and drug companies heading the list.  Twitter and Facebook are overvalued and overhyped, perhaps partly to boost IPO performance (which didn't work for Facebook), and there are other companies like that, but I would view that as something of a good thing.  Put capital to work where the market sees fit, and if the company or companies flounder or die - and most companies do - that's okay.  The trick is to prevent damaging bubbles, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Cato on December 13, 2013, 08:51:43 AM
Quote from: Todd on December 13, 2013, 07:25:35 AM


But is that really the case?  Looking at the largest companies by market cap (http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/audit-services/capital-market/publications/top100-market-capitalisation.jhtml), one sees a lot of oil companies, car companies, drug companies, phone companies, banks, consumer goods companies, and some tech companies.  Looking at the largest bond offerings, one sees phone companies and drug companies heading the list.  Twitter and Facebook are overvalued and overhyped, perhaps partly to boost IPO performance (which didn't work for Facebook), and there are other companies like that, but I would view that as something of a good thing. Put capital to work where the market sees fit, and if the company or companies flounder or die - and most companies do - that's okay.  The trick is to prevent damaging bubbles, I suppose.

True: people are still so far investing in companies with tangible products, but the concern is that more ephemeral service companies (FaceBook, Twitter, SnapChat, etc.) may cause a drain, and therefore more damaging bubbles.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 16, 2013, 12:23:53 PM
I just heard on the radio that Florida has the highest burden of rent in the country (meaning that it has the highest percentage of people who spend 1/2 or 1/3 of their earnings on rent). Orlando and Kissimmee rank among the highest. I would guess it has to do with the lack of good jobs here and the plethora of low wage service jobs.

I would be spending at least 70% of my income on rent if I moved out, so yeah, that's why I still live with my parents...  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on December 20, 2013, 05:08:19 AM
I can't believe it's a word thread
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 20, 2013, 05:19:23 AM
Believe it, baby.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 23, 2013, 11:18:27 AM
Chap at the office gave me a Dunkin Donuts card.  That's nice, and all.

I go to the website to enquire about the card balance (one wants to know).  Really, Dunkin Donuts?  You don't let me know anything about this card that I was given, unless I create an account with you, and give you my email address?

Definitely throwing this in the trash.  After using it up.  However much has been loaded onto the card.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 23, 2013, 03:09:29 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 11:18:27 AM
Chap at the office gave me a Dunkin Donuts card.  That's nice, and all.

I go to the website to enquire about the card balance (one wants to know).  Really, Dunkin Donuts?  You don't let me know anything about this card that I was given, unless I create an account with you, and give you my email address?

Definitely throwing this in the trash.  After using it up.  However much has been loaded onto the card.

Doesn't really make sense to re-load those babies. Proper DD card etiquette is to either include the sales slip inside the little folder or write the amount of the card on the outside when giving them as gifts. As a teacher, I get quite a few of those around the holidays. Way better than apples!   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 23, 2013, 05:05:22 PM
Well, no blame to my co-worker, who only meant a nice gesture.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 05:14:59 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 05:05:22 PM
Well, no blame to my co-worker, who only meant a nice gesture.

Well, you sure did make a big deal out of a supposed 'nice gesture.' Have you ever heard of going to the actual store and ask the cashier how much is on the card? Really not a big deal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 24, 2013, 04:27:25 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 05:05:22 PM
Well, no blame to my co-worker, who only meant a nice gesture.

Very true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 27, 2013, 08:14:10 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71jVU5jLEEL._SL1500_.jpg)

My Christmas gift, and a fine one.  8)

I only have one other effects pedal (Dunlop Crybaby Wah), so this was almost a necessity.  :P
Anyways, this is a seriously awesome pedal. The amount of effects that are possible are much more than what you'd think, from the ability to sound like multiple guitars to the ethereal stuff created by very short delay.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 28, 2013, 08:22:58 PM
I need to find other stuff that affects me in the same way as watching the ending of Final Fantasy 8...
hard to describe, but pretty much the feeling of being in shock for several minutes after it's over. Something emotionally extreme... yeah, before it was Mahler or anime... hmm... what next?


Any suggestions?  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 30, 2013, 06:24:46 PM
When do I get to go to another world...? I want to be in a different one...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on December 30, 2013, 06:49:29 PM
Listening to my tuner in my big rig, and Massive Attack's Angel came on.  Conservatively, there's a 12 dB drop in sub-50 Hz bass energy.  I do enjoy me some radio, but come on.  (And this is on one of the better sounding local stations.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on December 31, 2013, 04:50:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2013, 06:24:46 PM
When do I get to go to another world...? I want to be in a different one...

You must find your own way. Let us know how that works out.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on December 31, 2013, 04:58:57 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2013, 06:24:46 PM
When do I get to go to another world...? I want to be in a different one...

A vision of a child returning
A kingdom where the sky is burning
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 31, 2013, 09:30:46 PM
Quote from: mn dave on December 31, 2013, 04:50:10 AM
You must find your own way. Let us know how that works out.  :)
For now, video games... for late 2014/early 2015, video games with the Oculus Rift.  ;)

The only really exciting things to explore in this world is stuff that is unaffordable. I'd love to go to Paris, Rome, Tokyo, etc. but who has the time/money for that? America is too far away from the interesting stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 03, 2014, 03:44:33 PM
I'm enrolled in classes for UCF now and it looks like I will have a really good chance at financially being able to quit my job at the end of this year. Can't wait for the worst 6 (by then, 7) years of my life to be over...  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 03, 2014, 03:48:22 PM
Good luck!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 03, 2014, 04:06:31 PM
Thanks, Karl.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 08, 2014, 09:34:13 AM
That is Reagan, second from the left, isn't it?

[asin]B000002PD1[/asin]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on January 08, 2014, 04:28:50 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 08, 2014, 09:34:13 AM
That is Reagan, second from the left, isn't it?

[asin]B000002PD1[/asin]

Only if he was holding this instead of the guitar.

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzy2Jo5zAduD7koYEvfec1OSoFKlw61J8Wg-pb2QPZe0xyuGdUNbaUC3Qj)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 09, 2014, 04:33:45 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 08, 2014, 09:34:13 AM
That is Reagan, second from the left, isn't it?

[asin]B000002PD1[/asin]

Those must have been extremely heavy guitars, if each one required two men to hold it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 10, 2014, 12:38:26 AM
Newest member: Mozart Dave
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 12, 2014, 06:27:30 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2013, 06:24:46 PM
When do I get to go to another world...? I want to be in a different one...
Just being in the lumber department in Lowe's makes me think this.

I've always had this sort of dissatisfaction with the world in general; when I was in middle school and high school, for example, I often fantasized about going to the Digital World (the other world in Digimon). And then I'd be walking around my dirty, nasty school and observing the wannabe thugs with their pants down to their knees...

When I'm in the lumber department at Lowe's and I think about an anime such as K-On! (not saying it's a great show, but I like it), the contrast reminds me of the scene at the end of Requiem for a Dream where the black guy is in his prison cell about to do some slave, ahem, "prison" work and is thinking back of when he was a child and at home with his mom. Very cathartic.

Not sure if pictures would help, but...

(http://charlesandhudson.com/wp/photos/lowes-lumber.jpg)(http://www.wallpaper-source.com/wallpapers/Anime/63892_Anime_Anime_-_K-on_Wallpaper.jpg)

Anyone that have had similar thoughts...? I'd imagine this sentiment is quite rare, though, and is one of the things that makes me feel like an alien to society in general...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 12, 2014, 06:35:15 PM
Quote from: Greg on January 03, 2014, 03:44:33 PM
I'm enrolled in classes for UCF now and it looks like I will have a really good chance at financially being able to quit my job at the end of this year. Can't wait for the worst 6 (by then, 7) years of my life to be over...  8)

Never wish your life away, Greg. There is a reason for the monotony. Out of the darkest tunnel there is a light. Good luck to you buddy! 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 13, 2014, 11:45:02 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 12, 2014, 06:35:15 PM
Never wish your life away, Greg. There is a reason for the monotony. Out of the darkest tunnel there is a light. Good luck to you buddy! 8)
Thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 14, 2014, 12:47:06 PM
Frank frivolity (http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2014/01/t10.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 16, 2014, 03:11:46 AM
Turns out that, as sung by (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22437.msg771464.html#msg771464) The Beach Boys, huarache sandals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huarache_(shoe)) is a bilingual redundancy, like "Mt Fujiyama."
Title: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 16, 2014, 06:47:54 AM
Words to live by...

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/16/hy2egaqe.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 16, 2014, 07:45:24 AM
So if one takes around 1.52 mg/kg of hydrogen cyanide and survives, one should consider becoming a pro wrestler, right? (don't try it, though - there's a 50% chance that you'll die..)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 18, 2014, 06:35:02 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2013, 06:24:46 PM
When do I get to go to another world...? I want to be in a different one...
Hey, Greg, that's an awesome idea! Why don't we go create our own universe...
Oh, wait, that is an impossible thing to do. See, we live in this thing called "reality," which is like being force fed shit.  :)

At least Meshuggah understands.

Quote
6. This Spiteful Snake


[Lyrics: Tomas Haake, Music: Marten Hagstrom & Tomas Haake]

Reality - this spiteful snake,
Rearing its ugly head
Venom dripping from its grin
As it tosses yet another obstacle in our way

If given a thousand years to collect,
To process, to portray
- We could never encompass the voracity
Of one single day

Trapping us in its winding,
It's closing malignant cycles
A tightening coil to bind us,
Hold us tight in unforgiving embrace

Its all-engulfing jaws - infinite, boundless
Biting down on the dying flesh of hope
Its fiery breath levelling, dismantling,
Flattening, tearing down the structure of our dreams

Overcome, defeated
Terrified, shivering, mute
Reality is terror - this truth is absolute

Reality - this spiteful snake
- Shedding its smothering veil
- A shroud to asphyxiate,
Exterminate, eradicate
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 26, 2014, 05:20:54 PM
I'm white and uptight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 26, 2014, 05:23:38 PM
If you wish.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 09, 2014, 06:15:44 PM
I've been getting about 5 hours of sleep each night for the last 2 weeks, and surprisingly, it actually works. It feels so much better because I have more free time (to play my game) and doing other stuff isn't so painful now. Averaging 3-4 extra hours a day is a huge improvement. The downside is that my eyes always burn and right now, not sure what is wrong because I got cold and am still freezing for several hours even though I should have warmed up a long time ago.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2014, 08:48:23 PM
5 hours of sleep is too little, even if you sort of get used to it. You could do better in the game too, if your eyes didn't burn. Oh, and the sleeping more would also help to keep you warm. Try sleeping for seven hours per day, and if you still feel tired or have burning eyes, sleep more..
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 10, 2014, 08:47:55 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2014, 08:48:23 PM
5 hours of sleep is too little, even if you sort of get used to it. You could do better in the game too, if your eyes didn't burn. Oh, and the sleeping more would also help to keep you warm. Try sleeping for seven hours per day, and if you still feel tired or have burning eyes, sleep more..
I'll probably end up doing something like that soon, since the 5 hours I might not do long-term.
Not as extreme as someone I know, though. He used to sleep 4 hours a night every single day for years (working 7 days a week). Now that he's older, he can't any more.  (He's a really nice guy, though, didn't seem like bragging to me)...



Quote from: Greg on February 09, 2014, 06:15:44 PM
not sure what is wrong because I got cold and am still freezing for several hours even though I should have warmed up a long time ago.
I ended up throwing up nearly 10 times last night. And it's funny timing, because yesterday evening I had to help clean up a kid's throwup.  ;D
Not nauseous now, but I slept nearly 12 hours and am extremely dizzy. Oh, the crazy thoughts and dreams you have when you are sick are priceless. I'm going to intentionally remember them from now on.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 10, 2014, 08:57:28 AM
Of course, there's always examples to counter.  This man (on the evidence of his sons) limited his sleep to four thirty minute intervals every twenty four hours, and became one of the most influential rabbis of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilna_Gaon
To the best of my knowledge, he is not related to Gidon the violinist.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 10, 2014, 09:06:03 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 10, 2014, 08:57:28 AM
Of course, there's always examples to counter.  This man (on the evidence of his sons) limited his sleep to four thirty minute intervals every twenty four hours, and became one of the most influential rabbis of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilna_Gaon
To the best of my knowledge, he is not related to Gidon the violinist.
Sounds similar to the Uberman sleep schedule, which is 6 20 minute naps, I believe...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on February 11, 2014, 11:59:38 AM
I fell asleep once.

It was awful.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on February 11, 2014, 01:12:10 PM
Quote from: mn dave on February 11, 2014, 11:59:38 AM
I fell asleep once.

It was awful.

Well, I'm glad you woke up, Star Man.  ;)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 11, 2014, 09:02:19 PM
So, is our resident Winnipegger going to participate? (http://bikewinnipeg.ca/event/winter-bike-work-day-2014/#sthash.FttM1xZP.dpbs)
I have of course always cycled to school/uni always during the winter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2014, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Greg on February 10, 2014, 08:47:55 AM
I ended up throwing up nearly 10 times last night.
That was weird. Sick for one night and too tired/disoriented to do much that day, yet yesterday I felt like I'd never been sick. That's like a record in getting better for me, usually it takes quite a while.



Quote from: North Star on February 11, 2014, 09:02:19 PM
I have of course always cycled to school/uni always during the winter.
Then there's GMG's Joe Campbell... who bikes home... from university... all the way across Canada...
maybe that's what we should be participating in...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The Six on February 12, 2014, 12:17:55 PM
The chances of two people in a group of 23 having the same birthday is around 50 percent.
Quote
Consider 2 people. The odds that they do NOT have the same birthday is 364/365. Now add a third. The probability that person doesn't have the same birthday as the other two who don't have the same birthday is 363/365. So the probability of three people NOT having a birthday pair is (364 / 365) * (363/365).

Just extend that out and the probability of NOT having a birthday pair in a group of 23 is (364 / 365) * (363/365) * ... * (344 / 365) * (343/365) = 0.493

Then the probability of having a birthday pair is 1 - the probability of not having a birthday pair. So 1 - 0.493 = 0.507 ~= 50%




Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 12, 2014, 07:20:25 PM
Another round of my favorite thing in the world to watch for 15 minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/v/ucSKdCbteMQ

Every time after I watch this... just no words, it feels like I've been been transported to a different place that makes everything else seem completely insignificant in comparison. I actually have to remember to breathe.

Maybe one day I'll watch something that amazes me almost as much as this, maybe...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 13, 2014, 07:19:29 PM
I guy I used to work with just got busted for trying to solicit sex from a minor (14 year old) and traveling to meet them in a fake police operation which involved 22 arrests in the area. He turns 26 tomorrow (Valentine's Day birthday, and just a few months younger than me).
(interesting side note: another person arrested works at the only strip club I actually know of, though of course haven't been to)

In the video, he is standing there looking nervous and then is tackled by 5 police officers at once. Not the type of person you'd ever expect to commit a crime. He was probably the nicest guy I worked with, but always had difficulties with women. Several years ago he dated a girl who was a bit older (29 at the time) and she left him; ever since then, he's faced constant rejection and severe frustration. I'm not sure why, since he seems like the type of guy women would like, but then again, I'm not female, so idk. If he's ever had sex before, it's only within the past 3 years. I just have a feeling he wouldn't have ended up like this if he somehow managed to have a solid relationship.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 02, 2014, 07:48:44 PM
Well, after finishing my first phase of Final Fantasy 11, I'm going back to studying Japanese. And I'll have to make it a full time job, likewise. The language is no joke, unlike Spanish or Portuguese.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 03, 2014, 02:17:11 AM
Thousand days of GMG, thanks for helping me to spend a lot of time & money.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 03, 2014, 04:32:12 AM
We're here for you, Karlo :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 03, 2014, 04:57:21 PM
Idle thought that crossed my mind this weekend while browsing tablets.

Being wireless is now a sine qua non for being fully wired.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 04, 2014, 07:02:47 AM
snypsss, your filtration mechanism misses you badly, please come home . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on March 04, 2014, 10:59:43 AM
I generally don't read USA Today, but an article from yesterday about expanding the EITC caught my eye. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/03/obama-budget-earned-income-tax-credit/5991663/)  So did this sentence:

With the expansion, about 500 million people's incomes will lifted above the poverty line, and about 3.3 million young workers — ages 21 to 24 — would become eligible.


Spell check doesn't always cut it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 04, 2014, 11:01:13 AM
Will lifted, eh?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on March 04, 2014, 12:58:33 PM
Whatever happend to that "steamroller" dude?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 04, 2014, 01:22:34 PM
He's rockin' 'n' bloggin' (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21492.msg781090.html#msg781090)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on March 04, 2014, 01:50:25 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 04, 2014, 01:22:34 PM
He's rockin' 'n' bloggin' (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21492.msg781090.html#msg781090)

And italicisin'!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 05, 2014, 05:08:52 AM
Quote from: Todd on March 04, 2014, 10:59:43 AM
With the expansion, about 500 million people's incomes will lifted above the poverty line, and about 3.3 million young workers — ages 21 to 24 — would become eligible.

Quote from: karlhenning on March 04, 2014, 11:01:13 AM
Will lifted, eh?
500 million Americans, eh? Lol.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 07, 2014, 02:29:24 AM
a day older means that I can now tell everyone that I am 26.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 07, 2014, 06:36:34 PM
Quote from: PaulR on March 07, 2014, 02:29:24 AM
a day older means that I can now tell everyone that I am 26.
That was me just over 2 months ago. I feel like I'm 16, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 07:12:05 PM
I took my Astronomy students out stargazing with the binoculars.  Trying out a new set Celestron Skymaster 15x70s that I ordered.  Results: awesome!  We saw the moons of Jupiter, and a few star clusters in exceptional detail.  It was also handy in observing constellations that are not as bright and of course for looking at lunar terrain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 11, 2014, 04:02:22 AM
Nice!  owlice would have been pleased, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 15, 2014, 02:53:17 PM
There was a Guest viewing the topic No more lurking.  Just tickled me, is all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 15, 2014, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 07:12:05 PM
I took my Astronomy students out stargazing with the binoculars.  Trying out a new set Celestron Skymaster 15x70s that I ordered.  Results: awesome!  We saw the moons of Jupiter, and a few star clusters in exceptional detail.  It was also handy in observing constellations that are not as bright and of course for looking at lunar terrain.

How do you hold the binoculars steady enough to keep the image still?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 15, 2014, 05:23:59 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on March 15, 2014, 03:37:49 PM
How do you hold the binoculars steady enough to keep the image still?

I bought Celestron azimuthal tripods to go with the binoculars. 

For the very high in the sky stuff (directly overhead, close to the zenith) the students still had to use their hands, but then they lied on the ground with their arms tucked in, resting on their bodies and their hands gently cupping the binoculars (gripping it causes the muscles to flex which results in more shaking).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 15, 2014, 06:45:41 PM
I made my first music video that wasn't just a single cut and paste the whole way through. I couldn't even count how many segments I chopped up in under 5 minutes.  :D The goal was to make a video that seemed like a genuine music video that lined up with the music, unlike what I did before. And strangely, I ended up using some of the same video material as when I did that Mahler segment music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHswbvQYXHg&list=UU46kKxZkso-DhZcuLgCumyA


Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 15, 2014, 06:50:07 PM
Streaming and digital radio are taking over...

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/why-would-anybody-ever-buy-another-song/284420/ (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/why-would-anybody-ever-buy-another-song/284420/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on March 16, 2014, 10:02:47 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 15, 2014, 05:23:59 PM


For the very high in the sky stuff (directly overhead, close to the zenith) the students still had to use their hands, but then they lied on the ground with their arms tucked in, resting on their bodies and their hands gently cupping the binoculars (gripping it causes the muscles to flex which results in more shaking).

I'll have to try that (after the weather changes).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philo on March 16, 2014, 11:09:15 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/campaign-save-dog-arizona-mauling-204712494.html
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 16, 2014, 11:39:22 PM
Quote from: Philo on March 16, 2014, 11:09:15 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/campaign-save-dog-arizona-mauling-204712494.html
QuoteSchill said the person watching Kevin while his mother was at work should be held responsible.
Quote from: Harold Herzog, a psychology professor at Western Carolina University who studies animal interactionI don't think this reflects that people like dogs more than they like kids. It's a reflection that ... this is yet another instance of their breed getting blame for something it didn't do,"
Marvelous how people's minds work - or, as the case may be, don't work. Then again, that Herzog quote with those three dots is rather suspicious - is the part left out akin to this: "some people think that", or does he really think that the dog is innocent ??? Using the same logic, if someone doesn't like his thinking, they can do whatever they want with professor Herzog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 20, 2014, 08:55:51 AM
Okay, guess I temporarily give up on Japanese and will return in a few months or so  ;D (at least I felt like I made amazing progress so far). Got my financial aid money, so I just spent $1500 ordering computer parts to build my own PC. I will be playing Final Fantasy 14 on this for probably 2 or so months. But I didn't buy it just for that- I wanted a system that could handle new, intensive games played with the Oculus Rift, when it comes out (projected near the end of the year).

Just gotta wait a week for all of the parts to arrive...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
Has John ever purchased a recording recommended by someone else? I see John only trying to feed people with his listening choices. Even, when John was friends me on Facebook he made me member of the Isang Yun group. After that he broke frienship with me, leaving me a member of that group. Very sneaky, John..
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 24, 2014, 11:26:56 AM
Quote from: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
Has John ever purchased a recording recommended by someone else?

I'm sure he has.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:31:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 24, 2014, 11:26:56 AM
I'm sure he has.

Proofs? ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 24, 2014, 11:37:34 AM
I'm reasonably sure that this disc (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21492.msg786717.html#msg786717) he's listening to today was suggested to him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:50:31 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 24, 2014, 11:37:34 AM
I'm reasonably sure that this disc (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21492.msg786717.html#msg786717) he's listening to today was suggested to him.

John, can you confirm this?  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 24, 2014, 12:35:01 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:31:04 AM
Proofs? ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 17, 2014, 11:21:44 AM
Just bought: [Faust & Kupiec playing Janáček, Szymanowski & Lutoslawski works for violin & piano]

This came highly recommended from some joker named 'North Star'. Anybody know him? ;) :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 26, 2014, 03:57:28 AM
Very sad day:
http://time.com/37842/facebook-oculus-rift/

And this was what I was looking forward to more than anything.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 26, 2014, 09:39:11 AM
We're getting closer to Strange Days (especially what Facebook wants to do with them):

(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQxMzk0NTQ4Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjY0MDQ1MDE@._V1_SX214_.jpg)

:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 26, 2014, 11:08:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2014, 03:57:28 AM
Very sad day:
http://time.com/37842/facebook-oculus-rift/

And this was what I was looking forward to more than anything.

Why sad?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 26, 2014, 06:39:11 PM
Karl, I like your upbringing comments to me in the past. Keep the good work going!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 26, 2014, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
Has John ever purchased a recording recommended by someone else? I see John only trying to feed people with his listening choices. Even, when John was friends me on Facebook he made me member of the Isang Yun group. After that he broke frienship with me, leaving me a member of that group. Very sneaky, John..

??? This is just an odd post of you to make, Henk. Let me say that I broke friendship with you on FB because I didn't like you telling me how I should talk to my friends and you basically telling me I was a bad influence on them was the final straw.

As for taking people up on recommendations, sure I do, I do it all the time. Of course, I like to pursue my own musical interests and share my enthusiasm for recordings that I've purchased and listening to with GMG, I'm always open to suggestions and appreciate any kind of feedback I can get in the process.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 26, 2014, 07:17:47 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 26, 2014, 11:08:09 AM
Why sad?

It was supposed to transform gaming starting with indie games, who had the most innovative ideas for how to use it.  Facebook will not share that vision and just exploit the technology for a quick cash grab and make it a gimmick instead of the device that could single handedly save the game industry.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 26, 2014, 07:26:20 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 24, 2014, 11:50:31 AM
John, can you confirm this?  :)

I believe Karl is right here, but I can't remember who recommended me that Tippett recording. I remember when I first started off listening and buying classical recordings, all I would ask people for were recommendations on where I should go next who I should explore if I like this composer and so on. After you reach a certain point where you've got enough suggestions, then that's when you start to develop your tastes in performances and you begin to 'hear' what it is you look for in a performance.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 26, 2014, 07:30:08 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2014, 07:17:47 PM
It was supposed to transform gaming starting with indie games, who had the most innovative ideas for how to use it.  Facebook will not share that vision and just exploit the technology for a quick cash grab and make it a gimmick instead of the device that could single handedly save the game industry.
Thank you, exactly. But there is still a chance it'll still be good.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 26, 2014, 09:08:48 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2014, 07:30:08 PM
Thank you, exactly. But there is still a chance it'll still be good.

I hope with you. I think it will be good. The gaming industry and gamers want this, they are not going to spoil their fun.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 06:17:01 PM
Quote from: Henk on March 26, 2014, 09:08:48 PM
I hope with you. I think it will be good. The gaming industry and gamers want this, they are not going to spoil their fun.
There may something to this. I think Facebook is already aware of the massive amount of criticism on the internet, so if they want to make money off of this thing, they're not going to change it much at all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 06:21:48 PM
Hahaha... any advice?

Spent a few minutes browsing match.com out of curiosity... (not even sure I have a full profile set up). The few women (age 20-30) that actually are in my area want an income that is at least 4-8 times what I make and a degree. Should I not take that seriously or should I just not even think about it and wait until I finish school?  Or keep looking...?  :-X lol
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 06:26:44 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 06:21:48 PM
Hahaha... any advice?

Spent a few minutes browsing match.com out of curiosity... (not even sure I have a full profile set up). The few women (age 20-30) that actually are in my area want an income that is at least 4-8 times what I make and a degree. Should I not take that seriously or should I just not even think about it and wait until I finish school?  Or keep looking...?  :-X lol

I would say that most of the American women I've met around that age bracket have had some of the most unrealistic expectations of anybody I ever met. You're better of without them. If they're only into your money, then they're obviously not 'the one' for you. Keep looking.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 06:45:52 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 06:26:44 PM
I would say that most of the American women I've met around that age bracket have had some of the most unrealistic expectations of anybody I ever met. You're better of without them. If they're only into your money, then they're obviously not 'the one' for you. Keep looking.
Okay, I'll do that, though I guess that means just looking at the site at least once a week. Maybe if I find someone interesting enough I'll actually fill in my profile and try to talk to them. The biggest problem by far is my free time; I'm so glad that my friend has moved so I hardly spend time with him. That sounds bad, and I do enjoy spending time with him, but NOTHING in the world is more important than my personal free time.

Yeah, even when I have the money (I'll very likely start off at ~$50,000) a year in about two years from now, knowing that I wouldn't even considered for a date if I didn't have the money is not a great thing to know if you are thinking about starting a relationship with someone. I mean, seriously, wtf? It makes you think, "Oh, so now you like me because I have money?"  ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 06:49:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 06:45:52 PM
Okay, I'll do that, though I guess that means just looking at the site at least once a week. Maybe if I find someone interesting enough I'll actually fill in my profile and try to talk to them. The biggest problem by far is my free time; I'm so glad that my friend has moved so I hardly spend time with him. That sounds bad, and I do enjoy spending time with him, but NOTHING in the world is more important than my personal free time.

Yeah, even when I have the money (I'll very likely start off at ~$50,000) a year in about two years from now, knowing that I wouldn't even considered for a date if I didn't have the money is not a great thing to know if you are thinking about starting a relationship with someone. I mean, seriously, wtf? It makes you think, "Oh, so now you like me because I have money?"  ::)

If money is all a woman you're interested cares about, then move onto the next one. It's as simple as that. Oh, and I understand about the whole personal time thing. I get two days off together in a week and I really soak in this time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 07:15:09 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 06:49:06 PM
If money is all a woman you're interested cares about, then move onto the next one. It's as simple as that. Oh, and I understand about the whole personal time thing. I get two days off together in a week and I really soak in this time.
Yep.
Do you work 40 hours a week? I'm averaging about 55-60/week with work/school, though Fall isn't looking too good... it looks like another 70/week.  :'( So that means likely another semester (like last spring) where I spent my little amount of free time trying to escape reality by gaming. I don't even see how a relationship would work when I'm screaming in my head, "I want to escape the world!!!!" in my head constantly and not enjoying time spent with a date.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 30, 2014, 07:23:05 PM
A dating website might work for you then Greg.  Keep in mind my experience is a decade old now.  But it was like chat online for a few weeks.  Eventually an actual date comes out of it.  But maybe I did it wrong.  It's the kind of low pressure, low time commitment thing that works well for workaholics like... you! ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 07:30:51 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 30, 2014, 07:23:05 PM
It's the kind of low pressure, low time commitment thing that works well for workaholics like... you! ;D
That's a good point!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:32:38 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 07:15:09 PM
Yep.
Do you work 40 hours a week? I'm averaging about 55-60/week with work/school, though Fall isn't looking too good... it looks like another 70/week.  :'( So that means likely another semester (like last spring) where I spent my little amount of free time trying to escape reality by gaming. I don't even see how a relationship would work when I'm screaming in my head, "I want to escape the world!!!!" in my head constantly and not enjoying time spent with a date.

Yeah, I work 40 hrs. as a retail slave, but I'm hoping to go back to school this fall. I would like to do something with music, but realistically I'll probably choose a degree in law or something in the medical field. You know, something that makes money. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 07:34:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:32:38 PM
Yeah, I work 40 hrs. as a retail slave, but I'm hoping to go back to school this fall. I would like to do something with music, but realistically I'll probably choose a degree in law or something in the medical field. You know, something that makes money. :)
Dang... law or medical? You really wanna have no free time for the rest of your life?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 07:34:56 PM
Dang... law or medical? You really wanna have no free time for the rest of your life?

:P

Well, I wouldn't be working when I'm in school. I'm either going to be in school or working full-time not both.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 30, 2014, 07:47:21 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:41:07 PM
:P

Well, I wouldn't be working when I'm in school. I'm either going to be in school or working full-time not both.
Sounds like a ton of debt, then.
Just find something good in those fields. Don't be a lawyer or doctor, though. You'll have a Ferrari and no time to drive it or listen to music.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:51:25 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 07:47:21 PM
Sounds like a ton of debt, then.
Just find something good in those fields. Don't be a lawyer or doctor, though. You'll have a Ferrari and no time to drive it or listen to music.

Oh goodness no. I wouldn't be a doctor or lawyer. Way too much schooling and, yes, debt. I wouldn't mind becoming a paralegal or something along those lines.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on March 31, 2014, 07:48:57 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 07:32:38 PM
Yeah, I work 40 hrs. as a retail slave, but I'm hoping to go back to school this fall. I would like to do something with music, but realistically I'll probably choose a degree in law or something in the medical field. You know, something that makes money. :)

My personal reasoning was that I can always have music as a hobby, degree or not. In fact, I think that a degree in music would have made it less enjoyable because all of the studying/reading/writing/listening/playing would become chores, I fear. But, who knows?

If you don't mind my asking MI, what did you study when you were in school? And Greg, what do you study?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 31, 2014, 08:38:24 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on March 31, 2014, 07:48:57 AM
My personal reasoning was that I can always have music as a hobby, degree or not. In fact, I think that a degree in music would have made it less enjoyable because all of the studying/reading/writing/listening/playing would become chores, I fear. But, who knows?

If you don't mind my asking MI, what did you study when you were in school? And Greg, what do you study?
I'm studying computer programming.
I didn't major in music or languages in college because good luck making a living off of those degrees.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on April 01, 2014, 05:36:47 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 31, 2014, 08:38:24 PM
I'm studying computer programming.
I didn't major in music or languages in college because good luck making a living off of those degrees.
Cool! I suck at programming. I studied mechanical engineering and we had to use MATLAB (I know... most computer scientists say that it isn't real programming :P). I just graduated and I will be returning to graduate school this coming Fall. Lots more MATLAB!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2014, 05:42:46 AM
Quote from: Greg on March 31, 2014, 08:38:24 PM
I didn't major in music or languages in college because good luck making a living off of those degrees.

Not to say that you ought at all to have done otherwise . . . but I studied music in college, because it was what I wished to study, what I wished to know more of.  Some of us find it worthwhile to pursue a course of study, even if we do not expect that field to be where one earns one's living.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 01, 2014, 07:11:32 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2014, 05:42:46 AM
Not to say that you ought at all to have done otherwise . . . but I studied music in college, because it was what I wished to study, what I wished to know more of.  Some of us find it worthwhile to pursue a course of study, even if we do not expect that field to be where one earns one's living.
Nothing wrong at all with that, but personally I'm more interested in being able to wake up in the morning and actually feel glad to be alive on days that I have to work a full day (and also being able to afford to move out of my parents' house).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on April 01, 2014, 07:14:29 AM
Anyone using the quick-reply option? :blank:
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2014, 07:33:30 AM
Quote from: Henk on April 01, 2014, 07:14:29 AM
Anyone using the quick-reply option? :blank:

On Tapatalk? It's never worked for me.
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2014, 07:34:48 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 01, 2014, 07:11:32 AM
Nothing wrong at all with that, but personally I'm more interested in being able to wake up in the morning and actually feel glad to be alive on days that I have to work a full day (and also being able to afford to move out of my parents' house).

Feeling glad to be alive is the good thing!
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on April 01, 2014, 07:35:38 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2014, 07:33:30 AM
On Tapatalk? It's never worked for me.

No, on these boards, below in screen.
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 01, 2014, 07:42:00 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2014, 07:34:48 AM
Feeling glad to be alive is the good thing!
It is... better to feel that way most days than just the "weekend" (or however one's schedule is).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2014, 08:11:07 AM
test for Henk

Quote from: Henk on April 01, 2014, 07:35:38 AM
No, on these boards, below in screen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 01, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
another test for Henk

Greg,  i suppose the most pungent way to illustrate the difference is that studying STEM will prepare you to make al iving;  studying humanities will prepare you to live. 

I suppose the best choice is to do as much of both as you can, not necessarily in a formal college setting.  (And in a way, Greg, that's what you're doing.)

necessary disclosure;  BA in English (literature) Emory University 1980  JD Florida State University 1983   
I did practice as a lawyer for several years, until I decided the money I was making was not really all the great,  the hours were killing all my free time (10 hour days usually,  not counting the commute, and the only actual free day I had was Sunday), and I didn't really like most of the lawyers I met.  So I quit, explored teaching,  ended up in retail sales--no glamor, but no killing workload and in the end almost as much of an income as when I was a lawyer; I maintain an inactive membership in the Florida Bar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 01, 2014, 06:59:30 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on March 31, 2014, 07:48:57 AM

If you don't mind my asking MI, what did you study when you were in school?

Women. Oh, you mean college. :) I didn't finish college. I took a few classes and then work got the better of me and now I'm stuck as a retail slave making alright money now, but, trust me, going back to school has crossed my mind on numerous occasions.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 01, 2014, 07:11:47 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 01, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
I suppose the best choice is to do as much of both as you can, not necessarily in a formal college setting.  (And in a way, Greg, that's what you're doing.)
True... also I do have to take some Humanities classes, too, which I consider to be pretty fun stuff.



Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 01, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
necessary disclosure;  BA in English (literature) Emory University 1980  JD Florida State University 1983   
I did practice as a lawyer for several years, until I decided the money I was making was not really all the great,  the hours were killing all my free time (10 hour days usually,  not counting the commute, and the only actual free day I had was Sunday)
Wait... only working 60 hours a week? I thought lawyers typically work 80+?...
Sounds like my schedule now, 60 (or close to) hours a week, one free day each week if I schedule it right... 60 isn't really that bad if you can manage to cut back on sleep.  But if you didn't like it much, that's way too many hours...

Here's two bad ones: yesterday I overheard a lady, looked 50-60 years old (would it be bad if I noted she unsurprisingly had a southern accent? lol) who was talking about someone, sounded like a husband or son or some family member. She said that he works two full-time jobs and has a business that he's running. Also, he has a family. So that left me wondering how much it sucks for his kids, because they might have really nice things, but never get to see their dad. How could you if his schedule sounds like 100+ hours a week?

A guy I worked with who worked as, I think it was a Network Administrator, told me how he used to average about 90 hours a week. One week he worked over 110 hours. A lot of that were stupid corporate meetings which he got tired of, so he quit the profession lol.

Those hours would never work with me, but it might for some people... I have a friend that basically only plays video games in his free time. Dude looks like Michael Jordan (and is only a few inches shorter), so you might think he'd be somewhat athletic but he doesn't even likes sports and doesn't even play them as a hobby, but sits at home on his computer all day.  ;D He's a huge Final Fantasy fan, like me... (In fact, I'm getting on his server on FF14 in case he makes a return to the game). He's trying to make his own game, too, so he might be fine if games are his focus 90 hours a week. People with other hobbies, like me... not so much. We would have teamed up to work on his game, too, but I ended up deciding not to go into the games industry because the hours are like the above-mentioned.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on April 02, 2014, 06:58:45 AM
Rachel Barton Pine rocks!

http://rock.rachelbartonpine.com/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 04, 2014, 06:31:31 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 06:21:48 PM
Hahaha... any advice?

Spent a few minutes browsing match.com out of curiosity...
Related to this...
I was talking to this nice old lady in my line and then she says, "you're such a handsome young man, I bet you have to fight the women off."  ???
All I can say is "thank you" and "well, I stay out of trouble..."  :D
Now I feel weird again... I mean, not going on dates my whole life has felt like a completely normal thing. It's just how it is. And possibly the weirder part of it is that I don't even want to go on a date right now (reasons mentioned above), but only have been thinking about it because it's something that I should do at least before I turn 30 (less than 4 years to go)... Maybe I just have the soul of a modern Japanese person, even though I'm American.  :P

Pointless personal observation I guess, but whatever.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 04, 2014, 06:59:18 PM
Finished building my PC yesterday, and it's a beast.  8)
Intel i7 CPU, GTX760 GPU, Corsair 650W PSU, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB Hard Drive, Cooler Master HAF 912 case, DVD drive, ASUS motherboard (had to buy a sound card, though, because onboard sound was dead), not to mention nice speakers, mouse, keyboard, monitor, desk...

Anyone else build their own machine?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 05, 2014, 05:45:38 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 04, 2014, 06:59:18 PM

Anyone else build their own machine?

I've considered it, but I am waiting for the video card revolution to happen.  There is a push to really transform the pc scene with video cards that have cpu, gpu integrated into one unit with shared ram.  That and the steam boxes make me want to just wait and see how it unfolds.  Buying something post console launch means that it would not take long before I'm upgrading obsolete equipment imo.

I would need something where the pc is not constantly in flux.  The cool thing about consoles is that they are a fixed point for both end users and developers, there hardware frozen in place for an entire generation.  PC gaming on the other hand is an exercise in frustration, following that peak performance.  I need to see steam boxes where upgrading is not needed.  I need to see change.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 05, 2014, 07:12:20 PM
I coulda swore I saw this bumper sticker (it was far away, though) that said "God. Family. Guns."  ???
Oh, they just meant "Allah. Family with 2 gay dads. Rocket launchers." Ah, okay.  :D



Quote from: DavidW on April 05, 2014, 05:45:38 PM
I've considered it, but I am waiting for the video card revolution to happen.  There is a push to really transform the pc scene with video cards that have cpu, gpu integrated into one unit with shared ram.  That and the steam boxes make me want to just wait and see how it unfolds.  Buying something post console launch means that it would not take long before I'm upgrading obsolete equipment imo.

I would need something where the pc is not constantly in flux.  The cool thing about consoles is that they are a fixed point for both end users and developers, there hardware frozen in place for an entire generation.  PC gaming on the other hand is an exercise in frustration, following that peak performance.  I need to see steam boxes where upgrading is not needed.  I need to see change.
I've never heard of this before...
I think there will always be a crowd that doesn't mind getting the newest stuff every year or few months. But if you buy good enough equipment, it'll last a while. I don't see myself needing to upgrade anything on my PC for another five years, unless I need another GPU for the Oculus Rift.
Title: Re: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 05, 2014, 07:59:07 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2014, 07:34:48 AM
Feeling glad to be alive is the good thing!
Overrated.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 06, 2014, 06:12:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 05, 2014, 07:12:20 PM

I've never heard of this before...
I think there will always be a crowd that doesn't mind getting the newest stuff every year or few months.

I know.  But I'm saying that I'm not that crowd.  And most people are not.


QuoteBut if you buy good enough equipment, it'll last a while. I don't see myself needing to upgrade anything on my PC for another five years, unless I need another GPU for the Oculus Rift.

You just keep telling yourself that.  I give you two years, three at the most.  You will lose the ability to max out the settings on games.  And at first you won't mind, but it will bug you more and more that you can no longer take pride in your build.  By the time you have to decide upon graphics settings, 60 fps, or resolution you will start to tell yourself that it's time for an upgrade. 

It is a slippery slope.  I've seen people that start with common sense and frugality in mind and end up paying tons of money for that extra ounce of performance.  But even if you don't become like them, you'll still fall victim to the first scenario because everyone does that is serious about PC gaming.  The only people I see that get it worse are audiophiles and videophiles.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 12, 2014, 07:31:47 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/V3ECIJGeGO0

Beautiful interview with a composer who has had the same obsession I've had, but even more intensely and for longer; to the point where it's taken over his life. That obsession is Meshuggah's album, Catch 33.

The passion he has for the album is just nuts, although it's something I personally understand- he's spent years (since 2005) trying to transcribe every note perfectly and create a score of it. When he first heard the music, he was driven like a madman to figure out exactly how it works, and I like how he noted about the rhythms being stimulating to the brain because you are in multiple realms at the same time (one of 4/4 stability, another of irregularity, and the combined world of both, which creates the unique groove).

I would like to add that there is something about this album which is unique and transcendent, as if it were revealing the truth about reality and consciousness. (To be honest, I just think that they got their hands on DMT at some point).  ;D Maybe part of that is the lyrics, which for me have blown away any other lyrics I've ever read from any music ever.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2014, 06:48:49 AM
Is it illegal to make a U-turn at a median? (can't seem to find the answer to that) If so, then I felt like reporting a police officer who did that last night AND less than a minute later failing to pull to the side of the road because of a fire truck.

And a few months ago I saw an officer make a U-turn at a "No U-turn" sign. These people need to set better examples. Their lights were off, so they should be driving like normal people.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 19, 2014, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 19, 2014, 06:48:49 AM
Is it illegal to make a U-turn at a median? (can't seem to find the answer to that) If so, then I felt like reporting a police officer who did that last night AND less than a minute later failing to pull to the side of the road because of a fire truck.

And a few months ago I saw an officer make a U-turn at a "No U-turn" sign. These people need to set better examples. Their lights were off, so they should be driving like normal people.

In some jurisdictions,  Uturns are allowed if there's no sign saying they're prohibited; in other places it's the reverse.  Of course it's been a long time since I last actually checked on it, but it can vary from city to city and county to county, at least here in Florida.

Perhaps the first police officer was intending to accompany the fire truck?

But police officers do seem to have a general attitude of "rules of the road are for OTHER people."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2014, 08:40:57 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 19, 2014, 08:26:23 AM
In some jurisdictions,  Uturns are allowed if there's no sign saying they're prohibited; in other places it's the reverse.  Of course it's been a long time since I last actually checked on it, but it can vary from city to city and county to county, at least here in Florida.

Perhaps the first police officer was intending to accompany the fire truck?

But police officers do seem to have a general attitude of "rules of the road are for OTHER people."
Not accompanying, since the fire truck was in the other lane, heading toward us. On this same two-way street, the officer basically U-turned from one lane to the other; the only thing that made it possible was that the yellow lines widened to form a median, but there was no sort of turning lane involved at all. It could very well be legal, but it looked illegal and I wouldn't have done it around a cop.

Would be difficult to look that up specifically... I do U-turns often, but I know they are legal ones. But yeah, they seem to have that mindset if they drive like that and every night when I come home I always find at least one person pulled over. It just seems so hypocritical.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 22, 2014, 01:32:39 AM
I dreamed I googled "The Five Giants," but my alarm went off before I could see the results. So, I googled it and found this book:

The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State Paperback – July 16, 2001
by Nicholas Timmins (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Five-Giants-Biography-Welfare/dp/000710264X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beveridge_Report
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 22, 2014, 01:39:04 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 01, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
another test for Henk

Greg,  i suppose the most pungent way to illustrate the difference is that studying STEM will prepare you to make al iving;  studying humanities will prepare you to live. 

I suppose the best choice is to do as much of both as you can, not necessarily in a formal college setting.  (And in a way, Greg, that's what you're doing.)

Hmm, you posted this on April 1st.....

Why not combine STEM and the humanities in a more elaborate fashion? That is a powerful combination that is lacking way too often. I think the two actually need each other quite a bit. I always think one should consider one's passions before the "job requirements" and salaries.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 22, 2014, 02:37:23 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 22, 2014, 01:39:04 AM
I always think one should consider one's passions before the "job requirements" and salaries.

I agree. People with a passion for what they are doing are usually the ones who get hired, succeed, and are happy with their careers.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 22, 2014, 07:24:22 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 22, 2014, 07:14:33 AM
Singular? :-\

Adjectival, e.g. scissor kick, a manner of swimming.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philo on April 22, 2014, 08:31:50 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2014, 05:42:46 AM
Not to say that you ought at all to have done otherwise . . . but I studied music in college, because it was what I wished to study, what I wished to know more of.  Some of us find it worthwhile to pursue a course of study, even if we do not expect that field to be where one earns one's living.

I back this sentiment wholly. It's better to go to school for something that you actually want to do. If you go to school for something you dislike, with only money as a motive, you'll be sorely disappointed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on April 23, 2014, 09:06:53 AM
get this iphone crack away from me!!   :-[
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2014, 08:59:15 AM
English words ending in -v? (Which are not either borrowed from another language, nor abbreviations . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 24, 2014, 09:15:02 AM
Not borroved, you say?
Chav, spiv, and rev.  ...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2014, 09:24:47 AM
Well, rev is ultimately an abbreviation of revolution.

Spiv my dictionary gives as a slangy variant of spiff (itself, dialectish . . . and derived from the slangy spiffy).

Chav, I know not . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 24, 2014, 09:39:36 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 09:24:47 AM
Well, rev is ultimately an abbreviation of revolution.
Or reverend...

QuoteSpiv my dictionary gives as a slangy variant of spiff (itself, dialectish . . . and derived from the slangy spiffy).

Chav, I know not . . . .
Quote from: OED.comRomani čhavo unmarried Romani male, male Romani child
Brit. slang (derogatory).

  In the United Kingdom (originally the south of England): a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status.

But in any case, there are lots of words in English that end in w or ve/vy, but are loan words from Scandinavian languages, and are there spelled with a v. Since the authorities in spelling got rid of the v at the end of words, naturally all of the ones used these days are abbreviations, loan words or new inventions.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2014, 09:46:14 AM
Thanks!

Yes, just an accident of orthography.  No idea why I suddenly wondered today, whether there was invariably a silent -e after any v which is the final consonant of an English word. Give Dave a shave, Olive!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2014, 09:47:21 AM
And following your borroved jest, I wondered if by chav you meant chaw, which is US slang, a variant of chew.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 24, 2014, 09:49:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 09:47:21 AM
And following your borroved jest, I wondered if by chav you meant chaw, which is US slang, a variant of chew.
Oh, chaw is a new one to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2014, 09:53:51 AM
Particularly used of chewing tobacca (a chaw).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on April 24, 2014, 10:04:04 AM
I lost my shiv while eating schav on the moshav.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 24, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on April 24, 2014, 10:04:04 AM
I lost my shiv while eating schav on the moshav.

schav and moshav being  loan words.  (Tangential note:  you would be more usually at or in a moshav than on it.)

I wonder if any language has more loan words than English does, especially American English.  The great debtor language of the world.


Another side note:  given the development of orthography,  there are more than a few words in English which end in the "v" sound but are spelled with an "f"--'of' being the first one that springs to mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 24, 2014, 05:08:29 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 08:59:15 AM
English words ending in -v? (Which are not either borrowed from another language, nor abbreviations . . . .)

I asked one of the English profs about that, he pointed out that "not borrowed from another language" is problematic given the nature of the English language.  It is built from several languages.  He went on about the history of the language for awhile as I slowly backed away... ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 24, 2014, 07:15:29 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 24, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
I wonder if any language has more loan words than English does, especially American English.  The great debtor language of the world.
Not sure, but English probably has more words in general than any/almost any other language, if such a thing could be counted.

As for loan words percentage-wise, I wonder how it would compare to Japanese, a language whose vocabulary I'd estimate to be ~20% English.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: torut on April 24, 2014, 08:10:56 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 24, 2014, 07:15:29 PM
Not sure, but English probably has more words in general than any/almost any other language, if such a thing could be counted.

As for loan words percentage-wise, I wonder how it would compare to Japanese, a language whose vocabulary I'd estimate to be ~20% English.
If you count words using Kanji as loan words in Japanese, it should be very large. I did a quick search, and according to the statistics of a Japanese dictionary, the ratio of loan words is about 2/3. (pure Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~48%, other loan words ~15%)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 25, 2014, 03:39:44 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2014, 05:08:29 PM
I asked one of the English profs about that, he pointed out that "not borrowed from another language" is problematic given the nature of the English language.  It is built from several languages.  He went on about the history of the language for awhile as I slowly backed away... ;D

Sorry that I opened that can of worms for you ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 25, 2014, 03:41:05 AM
Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2014, 05:08:29 PM
I asked one of the English profs about that, he pointed out that "not borrowed from another language" is problematic given the nature of the English language.  It is built from several languages.  He went on about the history of the language for awhile as I slowly backed away... ;D
Same with just about any other written language really.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on April 25, 2014, 12:09:59 PM
What are you listening to now?
What are you? A glistening cow?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 25, 2014, 07:54:47 PM
Quote from: torut on April 24, 2014, 08:10:56 PM
If you count words using Kanji as loan words in Japanese, it should be very large. I did a quick search, and according to the statistics of a Japanese dictionary, the ratio of loan words is about 2/3. (pure Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~48%, other loan words ~15%)
Hmm, so my 20% was close... but in actual usage, it would probably be a higher percentage if Japanese particles aren't counted. I would guess that there are probably way more obscure words using Kanji than native Japanese or Western words.



Quote from: North Star on April 25, 2014, 03:41:05 AM
Same with just about any other written language really.
Except... language isolates, like Japanese. We just don't know what language native Japanese words descended from, though people have made guesses, some wild ones including Finnish or some southern Indian language (might have been Tamil), and I think some language in the Pacific islands. Don't remember about Ainu, though...

If you set your standards for a definition of a loan word to be something traceable from another language, I guess basically all languages from Europe have 100% loan words, with the exception of languages like Basque.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: torut on April 25, 2014, 09:03:03 PM
Quote from: Greg on April 25, 2014, 07:54:47 PM
Hmm, so my 20% was close... but in actual usage, it would probably be a higher percentage if Japanese particles aren't counted. I would guess that there are probably way more obscure words using Kanji than native Japanese or Western words.
Sorry, actually that is statistics of 90 actual periodicals in 1956 (a little old data.) The statistics of a Japanese dictionary is different. A word using Kanji + Hiragana was counted as Kanji words.

Japanese dictionary (1956)
native Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~54%, other loan words ~10%

90 periodicals published in 1956
native Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~48%, other loan words ~15%
(This is the count of different words. If the numbers of usage is counted (if a word is used twice, the number is 2), the ratio of native Japanese words increase.

More recent study (http://www.anlp.jp/proceedings/annual_meeting/2004/pdf_dir/P6-3.pdf): 70 periodicals published in 1994
native Japanese words ~24%, words using Kanji ~31%, other loan words ~42%, unknown 3%
I guess loan words from English had increased a lot.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 26, 2014, 01:02:56 AM
Quote from: Greg on April 25, 2014, 07:54:47 PMExcept... language isolates, like Japanese. We just don't know what language native Japanese words descended from, though people have made guesses, some wild ones including Finnish or some southern Indian language (might have been Tamil), and I think some language in the Pacific islands. Don't remember about Ainu, though...

If you set your standards for a definition of a loan word to be something traceable from another language, I guess basically all languages from Europe have 100% loan words, with the exception of languages like Basque.
True, hence the 'just about' ;)
Some Japanese shops/restaurants are using random or not-so-random Finnish words as their names, btw. (kurkku, cucumber; ehkä söpö, perhaps cute).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 26, 2014, 07:48:18 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 26, 2014, 01:02:56 AM
True, hence the 'just about' ;)
Some Japanese shops/restaurants are using random or not-so-random Finnish words as their names, btw. (kurkku, cucumber; ehkä söpö, perhaps cute).
That's pretty neat... as long as you get over the hurdle of reading the katakana for the first time and realizing it isn't English.  ???





Quote from: torut on April 25, 2014, 09:03:03 PM
Sorry, actually that is statistics of 90 actual periodicals in 1956 (a little old data.) The statistics of a Japanese dictionary is different. A word using Kanji + Hiragana was counted as Kanji words.

Japanese dictionary (1956)
native Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~54%, other loan words ~10%

90 periodicals published in 1956
native Japanese words ~37%, words using Kanji ~48%, other loan words ~15%
(This is the count of different words. If the numbers of usage is counted (if a word is used twice, the number is 2), the ratio of native Japanese words increase.

More recent study (http://www.anlp.jp/proceedings/annual_meeting/2004/pdf_dir/P6-3.pdf): 70 periodicals published in 1994
native Japanese words ~24%, words using Kanji ~31%, other loan words ~42%, unknown 3%
I guess loan words from English had increased a lot.
:D
That's why if you wanna learn Japanese, you basically have to know English first nowadays.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 26, 2014, 12:13:52 PM
Snyprrr bait...
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/young-men-giving-up-on-marriage-women-arent-women-anymore

:P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 28, 2014, 08:08:13 AM
Saw one in action last night (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22437.msg795995.html#msg795995).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 28, 2014, 08:10:39 PM
Holy...

lol, I've been reading the best, most insane facebook drama ever.

This girl who is on facebook ("Finger Uke") runs a business selling ukelele transcriptions of composers like Bach, Paganini, Mozart, etc. Suddenly she goes on this rampage, posting about how someone sexually harassed her via a private message, soliciting prostitution. She slanders other people who won't help her punish this guy; completely full of righteous, Christian anger and about "man's highest honor is protecting the women and children," just multiple long rants, etc.

So one of the guys whose name she slanders has turned it into a some sort of game. He just released some evidence that seems to point out that she was a porn star and was trying to quit the business. It looks pretty solid to me; not to go into detail, but if you read through the posts carefully and thought about it logically, there is no doubt. I even tried to help her out, but now I regret it. And the guy who sent her the "sexual harassment" message was actually polite and asked her how much she charged for a live webcam. Seriously messed up, hypocritical person.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 29, 2014, 08:23:33 PM
I think I've seen the fastest-paced youtube poop yet.  ???

http://www.youtube.com/v/MMGdQHgq5ZE

I mean, it's not even funny; it's just like brain stimulation if you really try to follow it. Therapeutic in a sense.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 04:37:50 AM
But, truth to tell, my brain finds ample stimulation or more agreeable sorts;  I don't see this as useful even as a "brain stimulation of last resort" . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 04:56:36 AM
Surprised myself that I read this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22437.msg796748.html#msg796748) straight away.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 30, 2014, 04:59:30 AM
Perhaps the context helped :)
I am not particularly accustomed to seeing those Greek letters used in words and stuff - that's just crazy..
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 05:01:31 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 30, 2014, 04:59:30 AM
Perhaps the context helped :)
I am not particularly accustomed to seeing those Greek letters used in words and stuff - that's just crazy..

Again, first I ever experienced that was probably Mrs Which in:

[asin]0312367546[/asin]

. . . though a Poe story might have followed not long after.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 30, 2014, 05:07:30 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 30, 2014, 05:01:31 AM
. . . though a Poe story might have followed not long after.
Ah yes, I must have seen those (or was it in just one?) too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 05:10:46 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 30, 2014, 05:07:30 AM
Ah yes, I must have seen those (or was it in just one?) too.

It is long enough ago that I read the Tales, it would be a bit of a search on my part.  One of these days, I shall set to it, though!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 30, 2014, 06:41:29 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 30, 2014, 05:10:46 AM
It is long enough ago that I read the Tales, it would be a bit of a search on my part.  One of these days, I shall set to it, though!
Since I had the Penguin Complete Tales & Poems on the table already, I might as well see if I find them.. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 06:44:49 AM
Let me know!  :)

Of course, I've got the complete works on my Nook™ . . . though attempting a search for a Greek letter might be more of a challenge than I could manage . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on April 30, 2014, 07:03:41 AM
Found three!

THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA

Μελλοντα ταυτα

-Sophocles — Antig:
These things are in the future.

THE CONVERSATION OF EIROS AND CHARMION

Πυρ σοι προσοισω
I will bring fire to thee. ---Euripides Androm.

SILENCE - A FABLE
‘Ενδονσιν δ’ ορεων κορνφαι τε και φαράγγες
Πρώονές τε και χάραδραι.
-ALCMAN

“The mountain pinnacles slumber; valleys, crags and caves are silent. ”

In BON-BON: "ο νους εστιν αυλος."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 07:05:00 AM
Thank you!  Glad to know that I was not mistaken ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2014, 07:05:48 AM
Wow, and a citation from Antigone long before I knew just what Antigone was . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 04:59:56 AM
As crazy as this place gets sometimes, it's an oasis of sanity compared to the rest of the Internet, swear to God.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 02, 2014, 05:07:41 AM
Quote from: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 04:59:56 AM
As crazy as this place gets sometimes, it's an oasis of sanity compared to the rest of the Internet, swear to God.
Yep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 02, 2014, 05:16:31 AM
Quote from: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 04:59:56 AM
As crazy as this place gets sometimes, it's an oasis of sanity compared to the rest of the Internet, swear to God.

Right you are, laddie!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 05, 2014, 08:34:49 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 30, 2014, 06:21:48 PM
Spent a few minutes browsing match.com out of curiosity...
And finally decided to create my own profile and pay for a subscription. $66 later...  :-\
Not very many matches, but at least one or two seem cool. Gotta wait until tomorrow for the website to approve my photos, then I'll send them a message. I don't expect a date, though, just a sad, failed experiment that costs some money.  :P ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 05, 2014, 08:41:26 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 05, 2014, 08:34:49 PM
And finally decided to create my own profile and pay for a subscription. $66 later...  :-\
Not very many matches, but at least one or two seem cool. Gotta wait until tomorrow for them to approve my photos, then I'll send them a message. I don't expect a date, though, just a sad, failed experiment that costs some money.  :P ;D

Or here's an idea: get off your butt and get out there meet people! ;D I mean why waste money on something that you don't believe in to start with? Hell, since you're throwing money away, send me about $20 so I can buy a Genesis or King Crimson t-shirt. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 06, 2014, 06:36:54 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 05, 2014, 08:41:26 PM
Or here's an idea: get off your butt and get out there meet people! ;D I mean why waste money on something that you don't believe in to start with? Hell, since you're throwing money away, send me about $20 so I can buy a Genesis or King Crimson t-shirt. :P
I am "out there."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 06, 2014, 06:37:42 AM
But not real far gone . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 06, 2014, 07:08:35 AM
Gosh, failure to perceive that Star Wars is high art consigns one to be an ignoramus (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23175.msg798647.html#msg798647). And this is how I find out? . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 06, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop

"Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare’s vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever.
I decided to compare this data point against the most famous artists in hip hop. I used each artist’s first 35,000 lyrics. That way, prolific artists, such as Jay-Z, could be compared to newer artists, such as Drake.
# of Unique words used within artist’s first 35,000 lyrics" (http://experiments.undercurrent.com/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 08, 2014, 03:44:30 PM
I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG  8)
Quote from: James on May 08, 2014, 03:38:13 PM
Yea .. Maconie speaks his mind .. you gotta love that. Welcome abroad.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 08, 2014, 03:54:40 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 08, 2014, 03:44:30 PM
I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG  8)
Haha, that's really funny. I totally missed that!

I think James' goal is to round us all up in there and send the spaceship to Sirius. Stockhausen's final piece -- a true opus posthumous.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 09, 2014, 02:01:18 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 08, 2014, 03:44:30 PM
I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG  8)

Aye, the land of running/stagnant water!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 09, 2014, 09:14:26 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 09, 2014, 02:01:18 AM
Aye, the land of running/stagnant water!
Indeed it is the thread for oxymorons.
Stockhausen's music is like that  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 11:09:50 AM
Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? Is this the new listening trend? I mean, I love modern music, but don't we have to draw the line somewhere and have at least some standards and discriminating tastes?

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?

Edit: Maybe it's because I posted this recently --
Quote
I also wonder how many members of NARAS who voted for this disc actually listened to it (or anything in the classical category, for that matter). This collection—excuse me, compendium—contains some of the composer's gnarliest music. Fonogrammi, Anaklasis, Partita, and De natura sonoris I consist almost entirely of noise—often wonderful, imaginative noise, but noise nonetheless. When listening to De natura sonoris I, for example, I was so captivated by a strange percussive sound that I went back to listen to it again—only to find it missing. Turns out on closer examination that it was the ice maker in my refrigerator dumping cubes into the hopper. It fit perfectly into the texture of the piece. Indeed, if Mr. Penderecki is listening, I strongly recommend that he consider scoring his next work for a Bosch side-by-side refrigerator-freezer with automatic ice dispenser in the freezer door. It's amazingly musical. - See more at: http://www.classicstoday.com/review/naxos-penderecki-grammy-winner/#sthash.jiZMUf9D.dpuf
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 09, 2014, 11:35:51 AM
Quote from: Gordo on May 09, 2014, 11:17:32 AM
This is a highly debatable thought.
The best usually are  8)
QuoteIt assumes, I guess, for instance, "the banality of evil".
I certainly agree that not every deed has beauty, although every deed, no matter how bad, has the potential of creating more beauty, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 09, 2014, 11:38:07 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 09, 2014, 11:35:51 AM
every deed, no matter how bad, has the potential of creating more beauty, too.
You have never watched Gigli I take it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 09, 2014, 12:04:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 09, 2014, 11:38:07 AM
You have never watched Gigli I take it.

"The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold, and a mentally challenged man came to be best friends through a hostage" with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez? OK, I see that this movie must be a perfect counter to my statement. Unless perhaps someone realized, seeing this, that movies could be better..
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wakefield on May 09, 2014, 02:14:32 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 09, 2014, 11:35:51 AM
The best usually are.

Oh, yes, I said "debatable", but I was just avoiding to be rude.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 09, 2014, 02:53:51 PM
Quote from: Gordo on May 09, 2014, 02:14:32 PM
Oh, yes, I said "debatable", but I was just avoiding to be rude.  ;) ;D
Would you think it to be rude of me if I wrote here what I thought about replies like 'I was just avoiding to be rude'?  0:)
Again, I don't think Confucius was referring to the Holocaust, or any action, but physical objects.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 02:59:30 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 11:09:50 AM
Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? Is this the new listening trend? I mean, I love modern music, but don't we have to draw the line somewhere and have at least some standards and discriminating tastes?

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?
*ahem*

Not important, but I'm so curious every time I see that banner.

Apparently, this is a really cool coffee machine:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RN8WXUbaL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 09, 2014, 03:21:07 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 02:59:30 PM
*ahem*

Not important, but I'm so curious every time I see that banner.

Apparently, this is a really cool coffee machine:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RN8WXUbaL._SL1500_.jpg)
There's a Stockhausen concerto for that one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wakefield on May 09, 2014, 03:57:15 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 09, 2014, 02:53:51 PM
Would you think it to be rude of me if I wrote here what I thought about replies like 'I was just avoiding to be rude'?  0:)
Again, I don't think Confucius was referring to the Holocaust, or any action, but physical objects.

I know, kindness is highly undervalued these days. O tempora, o mores.

It wasn't your original argument, but I guess it's a nice emergency exit.  >:D  ;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 09, 2014, 04:03:28 PM
Quote from: Gordo on May 09, 2014, 03:57:15 PM
I know, kindness is highly undervalued these days. O tempora, o mores.

It wasn't your original argument, but I guess it's a nice emergency exit.  >:D  ;D
My 'original argument' was that I agree regarding deeds, and that Confucius' words make more sense if Everything = every thing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wakefield on May 09, 2014, 04:11:17 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 09, 2014, 04:03:28 PM
My 'original argument' was that I agree regarding deeds, and that Confucius' words make more sense if Everything = every thing.

Perfect! I don't want an argument. I agree on everything, every thing.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 09, 2014, 04:22:39 PM
Quote from: Gordo on May 09, 2014, 04:11:17 PM
Perfect! I don't want an argument. I agree on everything, every thing.  :)
I'm glad we have settled this thing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 09, 2014, 06:48:19 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 09, 2014, 03:21:07 PM
There's a Stockhausen concerto for that one.

Concerto? That's a recent photograph of Stockhausen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 06:52:07 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 09, 2014, 06:48:19 PM
Concerto? That's a recent photograph of Stockhausen.
He really let himself go, didn't he?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 10, 2014, 06:30:15 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 09, 2014, 11:09:50 AM
Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? [...]

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?
More agitated, yet still politely: *ahem*
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 11, 2014, 12:25:13 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 10, 2014, 06:30:15 PM
More agitated, yet still politely: *ahem*
There is the cool jazz discussion, so the word cool has been used a lot lately here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 11, 2014, 12:37:32 AM
Someone should make a title for a piece of music out of this..
Quote from: James on May 10, 2014, 05:14:38 PMHow are the notes sounded if they aren't attacked in some way?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 11, 2014, 04:52:46 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 11, 2014, 12:37:32 AM
Someone should make a title for a piece of music out of this..
I vote for Feldman! I heard a BBC podcast on his "Extensions III" for piano and this is apparently what makes the piece difficult. He doesn't want the attack -- just the sound after the attack.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 11, 2014, 08:56:12 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 11, 2014, 12:25:13 AM
There is the cool jazz discussion, so the word cool has been used a lot lately here.
You might like Cool Jazz Nate. It sems to be the exact apotheosis of what I hate.  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 11, 2014, 12:30:52 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 11, 2014, 08:56:12 AM
You might like Cool Jazz Nate. It sems to be the exact apotheosis of what I hate.  :)
Lame jazz?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 11, 2014, 02:18:19 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 11, 2014, 12:30:52 PM
Lame jazz?
Kind of Blue
I seem to be the only one here who dislikes, or rather the only one who doesn't seem to actually worship  ??? ;), this soundtrack for the third circle of hell. I am curious to see what your reaction would be.
It's on youtube but I like you so no link.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 11, 2014, 03:20:55 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 11, 2014, 02:18:19 PM
Kind of Blue
I seem to be the only one here who dislikes, or rather the only one who doesn't seem to actually worship  ??? ;), this soundtrack for the third circle of hell. I am curious to see what your reaction would be.
It's on youtube but I like you so no link.  ;D
I'm beginning to think you should have joined the Bad Music Guide instead1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst).  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 11, 2014, 03:35:58 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 11, 2014, 03:20:55 PM
I'm beginning to think you should have joined the Bad Music Guide instead1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst).  8)
GMG does double duty! You see what John and James are posting these days?  >:D :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: amw on May 11, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 11, 2014, 03:20:55 PM
I'm beginning to think you should have joined the Bad Music Guide instead1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst).  8)

I have to say this actually sounds amazing:
QuoteIn 1997, artists Komar and Melamid and composer Dave Soldier released The Most Unwanted Song, designed after surveying 500 people to determine the lyrical and musical elements that were the most annoying. These elements included bagpipes, cowboy music, an opera singer rapping, and a children's choir that urged listeners to go shopping at Wal-Mart. "The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos...with each dichotomy presented in abrupt transition."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 11, 2014, 03:47:33 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 11, 2014, 03:20:55 PM
I'm beginning to think you should have joined the Bad Music Guide instead1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst).  8)
Well, apparently (according to Karl) Saul called Karl's viola sonata "the worst viola sonata in the world", so I suppose that's a start. In fact, if you google (with the quotes) "the worst viola sonata", you only get results from GMG. That has to say something.

By the way, he really should make that the subtitle of the piece. I'm not a big fan of "instrument+piano" music, but even I'm intrigued!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on May 11, 2014, 03:59:42 PM
Quote from: amw on May 11, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
I have to say this actually sounds amazing:
I recall that this has been discussed before here, but yes, it's quite an achievement.
Quote from: EigenUser on May 11, 2014, 03:47:33 PM
Well, apparently (according to Karl) Saul called Karl's viola sonata "the worst viola sonata in the world", so I suppose that's a start. In fact, if you google (with the quotes) "the worst viola sonata", you only get results from GMG. That has to say something.
But perhaps not about the work, but of Saul Dzorelashvili instead. . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 14, 2014, 07:23:20 PM
Ah.... where to begin...
anyone ever have odd and terrifying things wrong with their body and then figure out how to fix them by yourself?

I can think of two past examples I've experienced. The first one is having my foot lock up, first noticed when I was a teenager. The solution, I discovered, was to just force into normal position. It reoccurs from time to time, but now I know what to do.

The second happened about a year ago. I had clogged ears for some unknown reason, and it lasted several weeks. Constant crackling, beyond annoying. I even scheduled an appointment to the ENT, but I would have to wait a long time for the appointment, so I experimented with something myself in the meantime: I poured water down my ears. Seems dangerous, but it worked. Cancelled the appointment.

The third thing is something I just found the solution to tonight. Sometimes when I bend over and twist around slightly, it feels like my rib cage becomes misaligned. Obviously it isn't that, but it feels that way. It usually goes away within a few minutes; however, tonight, it lasted over an hour until I bent over, lifting boxes while tightening my abs. I've tried it two more times since I've gotten home and it works. I'm just not sure why this is happening, and it's pretty bad because I can't even take a full breath because of the pain of moving around in a certain way. It would be a disability if I had that all the time. I first noticed it from time to time sometime last year when awkwardly stretching to wash my hair, but the last few days it's been reoccurring way more than usual.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 19, 2014, 06:10:14 AM
Over the past couple months or so, I've caught a few episodes of the rebooted Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson.  The obviously lavish production has relied heavily on animation, including some rather poorly done mini-bios, and in these bits the writers and host have been careful to take swipes at those who question science.  So far, so-so.  A couple times the show melodramatically referred to the Hall of Extinction (or some such), and how human activity could lead to that outcome, and so on.  But last night, near the end of the show, the presentation tipped over into outright propaganda.  While again discussing environmental catastrophe, as the host warned about the attractive words of so-called deniers, images of Mussolini and Hitler appeared on screen, and while advocating following better examples, more intelligent examples, images of MLK and Gandhi and Einstein flashed across the screen.  This was all very scientific and not at all political, of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on May 19, 2014, 06:13:36 AM
Quote from: Todd on May 19, 2014, 06:10:14 AM
Over the past couple months or so, I've caught a few episodes of the rebooted Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson.  The obviously lavish production has relied heavily on animation, including some rather poorly done mini-bios, and in these bits the writers and host have been careful to take swipes at those who question science.  So far, so-so.  A couple times the show melodramatically referred to the Hall of Extinction (or some such), and how human activity could lead to that outcome, and so on.  But last night, near the end of the show, the presentation tipped over into outright propaganda.  While again discussing environmental catastrophe, as the host warned about the attractive words of so-called deniers, images of Mussolini and Hitler appeared on screen, and while advocating following better examples, more intelligent examples, images of MLK and Gandhi and Einstein flashed across the screen.  This was all very scientific and not at all political, of course.

Hitler and the NSDAP were actually outspoken environmentalists. Just saying.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 24, 2014, 07:25:12 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 14, 2014, 07:23:20 PM
it feels like my rib cage becomes misaligned.
After forcefully pressing down on my left ribcage for a few days, eventually the problem went away. Saves having to go to the chiropractor.

But now... gonna have to carry around Aspirin all day. Back to just studying Japanese in my free time.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 26, 2014, 06:55:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/n-B_kmAebbQ

Watching this Vice series. Very interesting and is one of those video series that always provokes the question of how these kids can be so messed up- like what are the causes and solutions?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 28, 2014, 05:39:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/R9w6D9xtPlE


Those pot-stirring Canucks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 28, 2014, 06:26:10 PM
Quote from: Todd on May 28, 2014, 05:39:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/R9w6D9xtPlE


Those pot-stirring Canucks.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/4995467481_45c6550650.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2014, 10:03:57 AM
If composers are influenced by their natural environment, you'd think my influences would be sunny beaches and swamps? Nah!  :D

Being the lightning capital of the country, Florida can have some pretty sick storms. Maybe not Central Africa-like intensity, but still pretty sick. Perhaps that has seeped into my subconscious over the years (frighteningly intense tornados and storms have, certainly, been common in my dreams). Not sure how common an entirely black sky is in other places, but I've seen it plenty here. Apocalypic-like stuff. I like music that brings to mind that type of imagery, too.


A google image search of florida storms:

https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=965&q=nasty+looking+storm&oq=mikuru&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1649.1988.0.2340.4.4.0.0.0.0.112.343.1j3.4.0....0...1ac.1.42.img..1.3.230.-O5WC7sJUyQ#q=florida+storm&safe=off&tbm=isch&imgdii=_
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:07:39 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2014, 10:03:57 AM
If composers are influenced by their natural environment, you'd think my influences would be sunny beaches and swamps? Nah!  :D

Being the lightning capital of the country, Florida can have some pretty sick storms. Maybe not Central Africa-like intensity, but still pretty sick. Perhaps that has seeped into my subconscious over the years (frighteningly intense tornados and storms have, certainly, been common in my dreams). Not sure how common an entirely black sky is in other places, but I've seen it plenty here. Apocalypic-like stuff. I like music that brings to mind that type of imagery, too.


A google image search of florida storms:

https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=965&q=nasty+looking+storm&oq=mikuru&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1649.1988.0.2340.4.4.0.0.0.0.112.343.1j3.4.0....0...1ac.1.42.img..1.3.230.-O5WC7sJUyQ#q=florida+storm&safe=off&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

Surely you are more influenced by the virtual worlds (such as FF14) than your natural environment? Hmm, this year - how many hours have you spent in a virtual world versus being outside in the natural environment?  Just asking...   ::) ::)  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2014, 10:22:00 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:07:39 AM
Surely you are more influenced by the virtual worlds (such as FF14) than your natural environment? Hmm, this year - how many hours have you spent in a virtual world versus being outside in the natural environment?  Just asking...   ::) ::)  >:D
Would be hard to say... I work outside, so probably close to even?
When I was a kid, probably a bit more outside than playing video games (was limited to an hour a day). Tons of time spent playing basketball outside.

But FF14 (and especially FF11) would probably be a more inspiring environment unless I drove far away. Nothing here but old people, hospitals and Wal-Marts.  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:25:52 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2014, 10:22:00 AM
Would be hard to say... I work outside, so probably close to even?
When I was a kid, probably a bit more outside than playing video games (was limited to an hour a day). Tons of time spent playing basketball outside.

But FF14 (and especially FF11) would probably be a more inspiring environment unless I drove far away. Nothing here but old people, hospitals and Wal-Marts.  :P

Yes, an outdoor profession does change the equation!  :D   Otherwise the numbers are pretty dismal.  I think I would pick FF14 over Walmart and roads anytime, butI rather be out in the mountains or the forest...
Pretty wild weather pictures by the way!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2014, 10:44:35 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:25:52 AM
Yes, an outdoor profession does change the equation!  :D   Otherwise the numbers are pretty dismal.  I think I would pick FF14 over Walmart and roads anytime, butI rather be out in the mountains or the forest...
Pretty wild weather pictures by the way!
Mountains are nice. That was one of things I enjoyed most about traveling to Kentucky- more interesting than constant flat lands. Forests can be fun, especially if you are pretending to catch wild Pokemon.  ;D

Lack of basements makes Florida storms more intense in a way, because when there's a tornado, we don't have a storm shelter to go to, but instead just have to sit in the safest room possible and hope we don't die. Can't even count how many times at school and at home years ago...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:56:25 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2014, 10:44:35 AM
Mountains are nice. That was one of things I enjoyed most about traveling to Kentucky- more interesting than constant flat lands. Forests can be fun, especially if you are pretending to catch wild Pokemon.  ;D

Lack of basements makes Florida storms more intense in a way, because when there's a tornado, we don't have a storm shelter to go to, but instead just have to sit in the safest room possible and hope we don't die. Can't even count how many times at school and at home years ago...

Hmm, do the schools in Florida (and in other storm affected areas in the SE) have specific storm shelter rooms within the schools? Just curious? I guess you must have had a lot of storm drills when you were at school?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 30, 2014, 11:17:18 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 30, 2014, 10:56:25 AM
Hmm, do the schools in Florida (and in other storm affected areas in the SE) have specific storm shelter rooms within the schools? Just curious? I guess you must have had a lot of storm drills when you were at school?
Not really, more like areas that they thought would be the safest to put a bunch of kids. This might be the library or some other room- mainly just getting out of the portables and into the brick building. Some kids would freak out- I remember one kid saying, "Are we all gonna die?" lol. And I believe we did some storm drills, though that is such a vague memory... we had enough real life experience hiding from storms and tornados to need them, though.  ;D

Though after elementary school, schools get too populated for anything like that to be feasible. The only place that 4000 high schoolers would be able to fit is outside in the football stadium.  ;D

(though really, for tornados to hit schools is a rare thing, but the danger was kind of fun)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 30, 2014, 12:09:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 30, 2014, 10:22:00 AM
Would be hard to say... I work outside, so probably close to even?
When I was a kid, probably a bit more outside than playing video games (was limited to an hour a day). Tons of time spent playing basketball outside.

But FF14 (and especially FF11) would probably be a more inspiring environment unless I drove far away. Nothing here but old people, hospitals and Wal-Marts.  :P

I've always found aquacentric scenes to be invirgorating, so beaches and canals are my favorites, and there's more than a few of them around here.  Further inland,  the tracts of houses can be depressing, and the Everglades is hit or miss.    But there's plenty of standard greenery in the middle of the state, around Ocala and Gainesville and points north,  albeit with no hills.

The most depressing scenery I've seen recently would be the marshlands of northern New Jersey (along the New Jersey Turnpike coming out of New York City),  relieved only by miles of transportation infrastructure of various kinds and oil holding facilities.  Perhaps it's different outside the immediate area of the Turnpike,  but  I can't see how anyone can actually want to live there. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 31, 2014, 02:55:58 AM
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Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 31, 2014, 06:09:50 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 30, 2014, 12:09:06 PM
Everglades
That's a place I've yet to visit...


Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 30, 2014, 12:09:06 PM
Ocala and Gainesville
This, too. Made plans a few years ago but never went; always heard Ocala didn't have much to see at all (it's the only direction I haven't driven to within an hour radius of my house).  :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 31, 2014, 07:33:29 AM
My favorite quotable quote for this week comes from Lierre Keith:

Liberty and a living planet will only be won when masculinity, its religion, its economics, its psychology, and its sex is resisted and finally defeated.

The best part is that Ms Keith's speech was given at a library only a few miles from where I live, yet I read about it first in The Guardian.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 31, 2014, 09:37:58 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 31, 2014, 06:09:50 AM
That's a place I've yet to visit...

This, too. Made plans a few years ago but never went; always heard Ocala didn't have much to see at all (it's the only direction I haven't driven to within an hour radius of my house).  :P
There is not much to see in a tourist sense,  but that part of Florida is pleasant on the senses, a nice break from urbanism.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 12:30:14 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 30, 2014, 12:09:06 PM
The most depressing scenery I've seen recently would be the marshlands of northern New Jersey (along the New Jersey Turnpike coming out of New York City),  relieved only by miles of transportation infrastructure of various kinds and oil holding facilities.  Perhaps it's different outside the immediate area of the Turnpike,  but  I can't see how anyone can actually want to live there.

I feel as if more and more of such anthropogenic landscapes are accumulating in the world. It is quite depressing and disturbing....
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 01, 2014, 11:23:32 AM
Warning: potentially very offensive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6qf7avM1s

Saw this a long time ago, still hilarious.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 05, 2014, 10:19:12 AM
I was power-washing the deck and patio earlier today. All I could think of was "...and how can you possibly have fun with an oversized water-pick?" (from SpongeBob, except on that show it was a leafblower/oversized hairdryer).

Like this!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kfvzp1664fb91kx/Photo%20Jun%2005%2C%2012%2044%2040%20PM.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on June 05, 2014, 11:20:23 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 01, 2014, 11:23:32 AM
Warning: potentially very offensive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6qf7avM1s

Saw this a long time ago, still hilarious.

Note to self: Never click on a link Greg warns is potentially offensive in a crowded Starbucks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 05, 2014, 11:37:43 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on June 05, 2014, 11:20:23 AM
Note to self: Never click on a link Greg warns is potentially offensive in a crowded Starbucks.
???
Glad to hear you're still alive...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 06, 2014, 07:35:11 PM
New Ibanez 9 string guitar, Ibanez RG9:

http://www.zzounds.com/item--IBARG9


(http://c1.zzounds.com/media/fit,2018by3200/quality,85/rotate,45/RG9BK-7564e3f9b3b681c89a263346fff4d364.JPG)

It's only $799... lowest string is the lowest C# on the piano, so it'd be easy to tune that down to match the lowest note on the piano.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 08, 2014, 12:03:35 PM
Yesterday, I attended my son's high school graduation, and the valedictorian has the most splendid name: Tristan Schubert.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on June 20, 2014, 07:16:31 PM
For the second summer in a row, I got to spend a lot of quality time driving through the great and gorgeous state of Montana.  It's a driver's paradise, with 75 mph speed limits, which masks the fact that with few police and thousands of miles of freeway and highway, the practical limit is closer to unlimited.  Anyway, along with the crosses placed at sites of fatal crashes, the State of Montana has a few electronic reader boards that flash the sobering stats that last year there were 195 fatal crashes.  In the interest of promoting the use of seat belts (something I religiously adhere to), they point out that 54% of the victims didn't use seat belts.  Perhaps someone should have told the State that publishing that a given driver's odds of a fatal crash are close to even when using a seat belt doesn't really help their cause much.  Just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 22, 2014, 02:22:03 PM
195 fatal crashes in a year. Yikes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2014, 12:40:57 PM
Feeling not quite well after posting all day long, putting on music, eating when I want to eat, looking at Facebook and Twitter. I feel "the media engraved in my flesh".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 07, 2014, 01:22:30 PM
Wondefully said, Dave, that you are listening to air. Is that your own creation?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on July 07, 2014, 01:41:01 PM
Quote from: Henk on July 07, 2014, 01:22:30 PM
Wondefully said, Dave, that you are listening to air. Is that your own creation?

Yes, thanks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on July 16, 2014, 03:36:01 AM
And you still gave the film only 9/10 stars..
Quote from: IMDb reviewAll I can say is that the word 'masterpiece' was added to the English language with this film in mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2014, 04:55:40 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 22, 2014, 07:00:36 AM
What a heavenly place on the web is this once you have subscribed. (Just as my own website. :))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 23, 2014, 07:04:05 PM
WTF is wrong with the people that used to work with me? Do they learn?

The dude who got arrested for traveling to meet a 14 year old just got arrested again a week ago for the same thing- only 5 months had passed since then. The first time it was a "14 year old girl" and the second time, I can't find the info for.

That hot Polish girl I used to work with who got arrested a year ago for pawning stuff that wasn't hers did the same exact thing (well, burglary + pawn) 2 months ago. I just don't get how they can do the same thing twice and think they won't get caught or don't get scared enough to stop.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 23, 2014, 07:13:41 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 23, 2014, 07:04:05 PM
WTF is wrong with the people that used to work with me? Do they learn?

The dude who got arrested for traveling to meet a 14 year old just got arrested again a week ago for the same thing- only 5 months had passed since then. The first time it was a "14 year old girl" and the second time, I can't find the info for.

That hot Polish girl I used to work with who got arrested a year ago for pawning stuff that wasn't hers did the same exact thing (well, burglary + pawn) 2 months ago. I just don't get how they can do the same thing twice and think they won't get caught or don't get scared enough to stop.

Probably they got lenient first offender treatment and drew the wrong lesson.

Or they're clueless.

Or you are a bad influence.

:) :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 23, 2014, 07:26:35 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 23, 2014, 07:13:41 PM
Or you are a bad influence.
How did you know?  >:D


Quote from: Ken B on July 23, 2014, 07:13:41 PM
Or they're clueless.
Probably this. They were really nice and likable people, but neither of them struck me as even close to intelligent...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 26, 2014, 09:00:37 AM
WOO HOO!

I won, via email lottery 1.5 billion British pounds!  Yes, billion, milliard, nine zeroes, giga. I am pumped I tell ya.

All I have to is send them my name, address, age, address, image of my signature, phone number, and occupation.

Out of politeness I guess I should point out to them the spelling errors in the email they sent me. Surprising that they have billions to give away but cannot afford a spell checker. Oh well.

My ship has come in! Seon boxes for all GMG members once the cheque clears!

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on July 26, 2014, 09:11:20 AM
Really? That is hilarious. Congratulations!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 26, 2014, 09:19:09 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 26, 2014, 09:00:37 AM
All I have to is send them my name, address, age, address, image of my signature, phone number, and occupation.


Don't forget to give them your bank account number and password. Without that they'll have no way to transfer the billyons to you.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 27, 2014, 07:07:49 PM
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Meshuggah

One of the best Uncyclopedia articles I've read.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 27, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 27, 2014, 07:07:49 PM
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Meshuggah

One of the best Uncyclopedia articles I've read.

Probably need to know the music better to properly appreciate it. But the wikiwander did lead me to something for Ken and Eigenuser
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 27, 2014, 07:33:41 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 27, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
Probably need to know the music better to properly appreciate it.
True. The titles, especially. I like how it takes the transcendently psychedelic themes and just stretches it to the extreme.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 27, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock
8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 27, 2014, 08:21:22 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 27, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
Probably need to know the music better to properly appreciate it. But the wikiwander did lead me to something for Ken and Eigenuser
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock
Actualy it sounds like MI territory, he likes King Crimson. (Or he does until further notice).  I didn't much care for KC when I heard it. A lot of the other things listed ring a bell though.
Nate will prefer engineer rock http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks)


>:D 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 28, 2014, 03:01:17 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 27, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
Probably need to know the music better to properly appreciate it. But the wikiwander did lead me to something for Ken and Eigenuser
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock
Hahaha, wikiwander. I love it.

I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I don't know any other genres of music well (though I do know about a little bit of jazz, and love it). I've heard of math rock before. It made me think of a tape I had in 2nd/3rd grade when I was learning multiplication, called "Multiplication Rock". It was a guy singing the times tables. That's all I can think of :laugh:.

Ken, I used to love Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was little! Probably around the time I listened to multiplication rock!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 28, 2014, 08:25:45 PM
QuoteIn 1820 over 75% of all Jewish families in Charleston, Richmond, and Savannah owned slaves. Almost 40% of all Jewish householders in the United States owned one slave or more." In the South, which had a much higher ratio of slave ownership than the North, only 5% of white people owned slaves.
http://thebilzerianreport.com/why-do-so-many-jews-hate-black-people/

Am I just ignorant and this is common knowledge or is this just something people don't know?
(seems that the book is legit, though biased)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on July 28, 2014, 08:28:53 PM
Just an FYI, for the next 10 days or so I have scheduled 3-4 tweets a day with photos from my two-week trip to France. So if you wanna see what I saw (...and ate...), check it out. Starting morning of July 29.

http://twitter.com/bgreinhart
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 29, 2014, 07:11:43 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 28, 2014, 08:25:45 PM
http://thebilzerianreport.com/why-do-so-many-jews-hate-black-people/

Am I just ignorant and this is common knowledge or is this just something people don't know?
(seems that the book is legit, though biased)
It is extremely selective and ignores much context. For instance, the quote you clipped ignores the fact that most Jews were urban and urban households with one slave were still common even outside the South at that date (1820).  And some of the cites may be spurious--he admits his source is an out and out Jew-hater, Farrakhan. Some of it is true...the treatment of the Ethiopian Jews is shameful,  but of course they are there in the first place because the Israeli government airlifted the Falasha en masse to save them from possible genocide at the hands of the then government of Ethiopia.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 29, 2014, 07:31:34 AM
I figured there was a sort of bias- other people pointed that out, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 02:13:31 PM
I was attacked by my car today. I was driving, fortunately with little traffic and not overly fast, when the hood popped up and smashed the windshield. Interestingly I was quite calm throughout --I tend to be when things go wrong -- but hours later and at home I am feeling a bit rattled. Very lucky really it happened when it did rather than on the highway. The replacement hood latch costs a lot more than the windshield!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 02:35:02 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 02:13:31 PM
I was attacked by my car today. I was driving, fortunately with little traffic and not overly fast, when the hood popped up and smashed the windshield. Interestingly I was quite calm throughout --I tend to be when things go wrong -- but hours later and at home I am feeling a bit rattled. Very lucky really it happened when it did rather than on the highway. The replacement hood latch costs a lot more than the windshield!
Woah! Glad to hear everything is okay -- other than the cost of repair, of course.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 02:38:44 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 02:35:02 PM
Woah! Glad to hear everything is okay -- other than the cost of repair, of course.
Yes, need to cut back on CD buying for a while ... :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2014, 03:12:24 AM
Glad you're all right!

Some years ago, after a minor fender-bender, our hood didn't look all that unusual, but we had to have it replaced.  We were warned ahead of time that driving it in that condition created a risk of the hood flying open.  Again, greatly relieved to know you're unharmed!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 30, 2014, 07:01:24 PM
I'm a little bit creeped out...
one of the managers told me about a lady that complained to her about me "winking at and flirting at her every time she comes in."  ???
They laughed at her at first but the lady said that she's serious and found it upsetting. I told the manager that if I even had the personality type to flirt with a random stranger, I'd at least target someone in my age group (this lady is supposedly older and "didn't look like my type"). She said that the lady probably has an interest in me, since they at least know that would be extremely uncharacteristic of me.

If this lady confronts me, I'll pretend I have a girlfriend named Yui Hirasawa.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on August 02, 2014, 11:14:49 AM
Toledo is under a state of emergency due to toxins from algae found in the water supply. 

Thankfully, I am 20 miles south of Toledo and not effected. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 04, 2014, 09:39:32 AM
Oh this is really disturbing and unsettling. It's Bad Romance arranged to sound like a music box. And I find it fascinating and disturbing. Spotify https://play.spotify.com/track/2oHHpjpmFzPJp9ZysvicZc (https://play.spotify.com/track/2oHHpjpmFzPJp9ZysvicZc)
The group is Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 07, 2014, 10:17:06 AM
That strumpet!

Unlike the intimidating semicolon, the em dash is feisty, mischievous, and eager to please. (http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2014/0616/Readers-Write-Time-to-end-not-invest-in-fossil-fuels-The-semicolon-s-rise-and-demise)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 07, 2014, 11:14:03 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 07, 2014, 10:17:06 AM
That strumpet!

Unlike the intimidating semicolon, the em dash is feisty, mischievous, and eager to please. (http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2014/0616/Readers-Write-Time-to-end-not-invest-in-fossil-fuels-The-semicolon-s-rise-and-demise)
And horizontal.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 10, 2014, 09:10:45 AM
So Toni Tennille served the Captain divorce papers this year, after 39 years of marriage?  "I wasn't serious about that 'in sickness and in health' jazz...."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on August 11, 2014, 03:19:45 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 10, 2014, 09:10:45 AM
So Toni Tennille served the Captain divorce papers this year, after 39 years of marriage?  "I wasn't serious about that 'in sickness and in health' jazz...."

Young and beautiful
Someday your looks will be gone
When the others turn you off
Who'll be turning you on


Not Toni. I'll never listen to Love Will Keep Us Together again!   :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 12, 2014, 07:36:46 AM
Check out my group post to my UCF program that I have to send on my one week off from year-round work and full-time school:

QuoteDoes anyone know how long it takes for a hold to be dropped on before you can be register for a class? I had enrolled in 4 classes several months ago, and for no reason I am not enrolled anymore in CEN 4802 or PSC 1121. It won't let me register now because of the hold.

As for this hold, it is one that shouldn't even be there. It is saying that I didn't pay for summer classes, yet I obviously did, with proof from my bank account. I tried to e-mail ucf financial aid and they said it might be 5-7 days before a response, time I obviously don't have. I tried to call. I can't get anyone on the phone because it's always on hold.

So I paid the $1250 that I didn't even owe so that the hold would be gone so that I could enroll in those two classes that I already enrolled in and the hold isn't gone yet, so I can't enroll in them. So how do I get into these classes now?

I don't think UCF could be more creative in being messed up if they tried. (and I also found my summer classes receipt in my e-mail)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 15, 2014, 09:21:56 AM
At 6 am, probably 30 min of lightning striking extremely close to the house at the rate of about once per minute (twice per minute if including distant lightning). I probably would have been dead by now if I were walking around outside in the neighborhood during that time.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 15, 2014, 12:27:39 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 15, 2014, 09:21:56 AM
At 6 am, probably 30 min of lightning striking extremely close to the house at the rate of about once per minute (twice per minute if including distant lightning). I probably would have been dead by now if I were walking around outside in the neighborhood during that time.

See.. sleeping in is healthy! :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 15, 2014, 08:23:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/2nXpVl9l43A



Quote from: DavidW on August 15, 2014, 12:27:39 PM
See.. sleeping in is healthy! :)
Ha, definitely.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 20, 2014, 07:16:45 PM
Introducing Mahler to my friend... starting with a nice beginner piece: the first movement of the 9th!  ;D

He really liked the Rite of Spring but seriously doesn't like anything classical or baroque. He hasn't tried out Romanticism yet.

Will be interesting to see what he thinks of it...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 21, 2014, 12:42:13 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 20, 2014, 07:16:45 PM
Introducing Mahler to my friend... starting with a nice beginner piece: the first movement of the 9th!  ;D

He really liked the Rite of Spring but seriously doesn't like anything classical or baroque. He hasn't tried out Romanticism yet.

Will be interesting to see what he thinks of it...

You should show him some Bartok or Ligeti. I've had a few non-classical friends who were absolutely blown away by these guys, particularly the latter.

Also, a friend of mine was completely enchanted by the Forlane from Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians is another big hit.

From what I can tell, non-classical listeners seem to react more positively to modern. Interestingly, longtime classical listeners who haven't heard modern classical are more likely to dislike it, at least at first (probably because it breaks "rules").
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 21, 2014, 06:25:46 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 21, 2014, 12:42:13 AM
You should show him some Bartok or Ligeti.
I will, eventually.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 21, 2014, 06:26:56 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 21, 2014, 06:25:46 AM
I will, eventually.

Carcass
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 21, 2014, 02:14:16 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 21, 2014, 06:26:56 AM
Carcass
Huh? I understand the typical snyprrr post better than that ...  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on August 22, 2014, 02:26:38 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 21, 2014, 02:14:16 PM
Huh? I understand the typical snyprrr post better than that ...  :)

He might (just might) refer to them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcass_(band) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcass_(band))
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 22, 2014, 05:10:43 AM
Quote from: Florestan on August 22, 2014, 02:26:38 AM
He might (just might) refer to them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcass_(band) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcass_(band))

8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 23, 2014, 01:51:13 PM
I just moved into a new apartment and everything is absolutely perfect except the downstairs neighbors' music is wayyy loud (I can feel the bass in my stomach as I write this). I've very briefly seen them twice so far and they seem like nice people. I am a timid person. What should I do? I mean, I know I should tell them, but how should I put it as gently/politely as possible while still getting the point across?

I did start playing the finale of Mahler 7 very loud ;D. Not that I realistically thought they could hear it, so really just to vent my frustration. I stopped because I didn't want to irritate the people above me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 23, 2014, 05:33:21 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 23, 2014, 01:51:13 PM
I just moved into a new apartment and everything is absolutely perfect except the downstairs neighbors' music is wayyy loud (I can feel the bass in my stomach as I write this). I've very briefly seen them twice so far and they seem like nice people. I am a timid person. What should I do? I mean, I know I should tell them, but how should I put it as gently/politely as possible while still getting the point across?

I did start playing the finale of Mahler 7 very loud ;D. Not that I realistically thought they could hear it, so really just to vent my frustration. I stopped because I didn't want to irritate the people above me.
I'm not sure I want to encourage people to complain about neighbors who play loud music ...  >:D

Wish I had a serious answer. You might at some point drop something heavy. I am serious; they might not realize how sound carries.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 23, 2014, 06:22:11 PM
When you see them,  compliment them on the high quality of their sound system, especially  the subwoofer or whatever component it is that is responsible for the bass vibrations.*



*You will notice that I lay no claim to being an audiophile.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 26, 2014, 06:49:49 AM
Bumper sticker I saw this morning:

"NRA- Sportsmen for Christ."

Ugh...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 26, 2014, 07:12:29 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 26, 2014, 06:49:49 AM
Bumper sticker I saw this morning:

"NRA- Sportsmen for Christ."

Ugh...

Yeah, that's exactly what Jesus wanted: sportsmen.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 26, 2014, 07:21:41 AM
WWJBA?  What Would Jesus Blow Away?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 26, 2014, 07:25:56 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 26, 2014, 07:21:41 AM
WWJBA?  What Would Jesus Blow Away?

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 26, 2014, 08:30:08 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 23, 2014, 01:51:13 PM
I just moved into a new apartment and everything is absolutely perfect except the downstairs neighbors' music is wayyy loud (I can feel the bass in my stomach as I write this). I've very briefly seen them twice so far and they seem like nice people. I am a timid person. What should I do? I mean, I know I should tell them, but how should I put it as gently/politely as possible while still getting the point across?

I did start playing the finale of Mahler 7 very loud ;D. Not that I realistically thought they could hear it, so really just to vent my frustration. I stopped because I didn't want to irritate the people above me.

Not a good idea for you, IMO, to associate Mahler with noisy neighbors.

Also, it helps to play music with a beat if you want to annoy them back. I recommend New Direction, or any of the squealing, screaming, autotuned shit that passes for music today. You want to force them to pay attention to you, and nothing accomplishes that like the beat.

And put your speakers on the floor.

Or, maybe you could just talk to them.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 26, 2014, 08:31:34 AM
Quote from: Jay F on August 26, 2014, 08:30:08 AM
Not a good idea for you, IMO, to associate Mahler with noisy neighbors.

Also, it helps to play music with a beat if you want to annoy them back. I recommend New Direction, or any of the squealing, screaming, autotuned shit that passes for music today. You want to force them to pay attention to you, and nothing accomplishes that like the beat.

And put your speakers on the floor.

Or, maybe you could just talk to them.

I recommend Meshuggah. http://www.youtube.com/user/Meshuggah
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 26, 2014, 10:23:27 AM
Quote from: Jay F on August 26, 2014, 08:30:08 AM
Not a good idea for you, IMO, to associate Mahler with noisy neighbors.

Also, it helps to play music with a beat if you want to annoy them back. I recommend New Direction, or any of the squealing, screaming, autotuned shit that passes for music today. You want to force them to pay attention to you, and nothing accomplishes that like the beat.

And put your speakers on the floor.

Or, maybe you could just talk to them.

Well, if I was a real jerk I'd play the 3rd movement of Thomas Ades' Asyla ;D. You know the part I mean.

It hasn't been nearly as bad as that one time though. I'll talk to them if it gets really loud again rather than having a country music and Mahler contest.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 26, 2014, 10:24:10 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 26, 2014, 08:31:34 AM
I recommend Meshuggah. http://www.youtube.com/user/Meshuggah

Yeah. That'd do it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 26, 2014, 12:11:30 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 26, 2014, 08:31:34 AM
I recommend Meshuggah. http://www.youtube.com/user/Meshuggah
Yes!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 27, 2014, 05:15:34 AM
In general, I am content to let GMG be itself, and times change and all that.  I don't generally go nostalgic, but posting this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,6626.msg825627/topicseen.html#msg825627) reminded me how I do miss Brett and Luke.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on August 27, 2014, 05:22:22 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 27, 2014, 05:15:34 AM
In general, I am content to let GMG be itself, and times change and all that.  I don't generally go nostalgic, but posting this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,6626.msg825627/topicseen.html#msg825627) reminded me how I do miss Brett and Luke.
+1 to all of this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 27, 2014, 10:58:26 AM
This might be the most illuminating article you read on Ferguson. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html (http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 27, 2014, 03:02:50 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 26, 2014, 10:23:27 AM
Well, if I was a real jerk I'd play the 3rd movement of Thomas Ades' Asyla ;D. You know the part I mean.

It hasn't been nearly as bad as that one time though. I'll talk to them if it gets really loud again rather than having a country music and Mahler contest.

I hadn't heard that before, Eigen. Very nice. I bought a copy of the Simon Rattle version.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 27, 2014, 05:54:44 PM
Quote from: Jay F on August 27, 2014, 03:02:50 PM
I hadn't heard that before, Eigen. Very nice. I bought a copy of the Simon Rattle version.
It's a great piece. It has the scope of a Mahler symphony with a 21st-century urban flair.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 05:05:44 AM
My brain seems to want classical music lately.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:40:29 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 28, 2014, 05:05:44 AM
My brain seems to want classical music lately.

Your brain wants Stravinsky. You know it to be true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:41:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/IVaJ9QpjZC4
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Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 05:42:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 28, 2014, 05:40:29 AM
Your brain wants Stravinsky. You know it to be true.

No, it doesn't. :)

It seems to enjoy late Classical/early Romantic stuff. Last night it seemed to like Holst and Schubert and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:43:14 AM
It's dangerous to deny your brain Stravinsky when Stravinsky is what it wants  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 05:44:20 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 28, 2014, 05:43:14 AM
It's dangerous to deny your brain Stravinsky when Stravinsky is what it wants  ;)

It's more of a Prokofiev and Rachmaninov sorta brain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:46:33 AM
Well, those are good, too.

http://www.youtube.com/v/XwlsitKSexM
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 05:47:29 AM
My brain will attempt to recall that you posted these videos when it gets home tonight.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:50:18 AM
Strengthen that brain with Stravinsky!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 28, 2014, 05:50:18 AM
Strengthen that brain with Stravinsky!  0:)

Did you just kick sand at my weakling brain?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 05:56:14 AM
Never!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 28, 2014, 06:19:46 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 28, 2014, 05:44:20 AM
It's more of a Prokofiev and Rachmaninov sorta brain.
Don't sell yourself short.  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 06:28:43 AM
Like I haven't heard Stravinsky yet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 06:31:29 AM
I'm feelin' the love.
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Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 06:33:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 28, 2014, 06:31:29 AM
I'm feelin' the love.

No offense intended.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2014, 06:34:21 AM
Nor any taken, dear fellow!

Heck, I take no offense at Ken's allergy to Mennin 8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 28, 2014, 08:34:06 AM
McCartney's abuse of marijuana in the '70s sure explains a few things.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 28, 2014, 09:45:48 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 28, 2014, 06:34:21 AM
Nor any taken, dear fellow!

Heck, I take no offense at Ken's allergy to Mennin 8)
Actually I like some Mennin. It's just 8 bores me.
So I listened to Beethoven's 8 and Dvorak's 8 last night, just to reassure myself I wasn't just suffering from  octophobia. What a relief!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 28, 2014, 09:48:17 AM
(http://rogerbourland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/brainhurt-300x299.jpg)

Your brain on Stravinsky.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 29, 2014, 01:45:00 AM
I have had an aluminum MacBook with one of those neat glass trackpads for the past five years, roughly speaking. Throughout the course of the past year, the trackpad was getting harder and harder to push down and click. I could still use it by tapping, but it got to the point where I had to use my external mouse if I wanted to click and drag something (or risk breaking my finger by pushing down on the trackpad as hard as I could).

A few weeks ago when I was cleaning dust from my computer I noticed that the whole front side of the computer had a bow-shape to it and the trackpad was being pushed up. Then I noticed that the battery cover was coming off. When I pushed the latch, the battery popped right out and it was completely swollen! It turns out that it was pushing against the top of the front of the computer -- including against the inside of the trackpad.

Yesterday I started running it without the battery and suddenly everything is back to normal! The trackpad actually clicks perfectly! It's like that feeling after a cold when you can breath through your nose again. I was so excited. I have to get a new battery (they aren't cheap), but at least that will fix everything that was going on. Apparently five years is a long life for a battery, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 29, 2014, 09:15:07 AM
The 3 B's: Beatles, Beethoven, Banana
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on August 29, 2014, 09:19:59 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 29, 2014, 09:15:07 AM
The 3 B's: Beatles, Beethoven, Banana

HEY!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 29, 2014, 09:21:01 AM
Can she not understand the imprudence of remarks like "I have people that can go over there and put a bomb on you"? (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0828/Sister-of-Tsarnaev-brothers-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threat)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 31, 2014, 05:54:27 PM
I heard one of the saddest stories ever yesterday.

There is a guy that frequents one of the mental institutions nearby who lost his wife and all of his three kids. His wife committed suicide (when is not known, though likely after one or two of the kids died), the first kid died by catching on fire in a gas station, the second kid died from cancer, and the third kid died when she, the dad and some other kids were sitting in a building and a car crashes into the building, killing her and 4 other kids. The last thing the guy said to his daughter was, "Do you want some tea?" So to this day, he carries teacups and a bottle of tea on him and asks people he meets, "Do you want some tea?" I think I just found my new catchphrase.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 01, 2014, 07:27:12 AM
Awful!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 01, 2014, 07:33:02 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 01, 2014, 07:27:12 AM
Awful!
Yeah, I would almost bet money that guy was perfectly normal before all of that. Actually, I think most people would have killed themselves after all of that (like the wife did), so it's actually admirable that he's even alive and not doing weirder stuff than that (well, if he isn't, idk). There's only so much most people can tolerate until their mind just breaks.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 04, 2014, 11:10:29 AM
DO NOT DELETE THIS EMAIL
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on September 04, 2014, 11:38:52 AM
"Every day, you've got to move your bowels."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 04, 2014, 11:45:35 AM
No sh!t!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 04, 2014, 11:53:10 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 04, 2014, 11:10:29 AM
DO NOT DELETE THIS EMAIL
I accidentally deleted mine! Can you send me a copy?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on September 04, 2014, 11:57:45 AM
Joan Rivers - kaput.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 04, 2014, 12:00:07 PM
SHE deleted that e-mail . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on September 04, 2014, 12:24:44 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on August 29, 2014, 09:19:59 AM
HEY!

Excellent Alkan avatar, by the way.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on September 04, 2014, 12:51:39 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on September 04, 2014, 12:24:44 PM
Excellent Alkan avatar, by the way.  8)

:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 05, 2014, 06:59:19 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on September 04, 2014, 12:24:44 PM
Excellent Alkan avatar, by the way.  8)
+1
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 05, 2014, 01:35:42 PM
I just have to say that I'm glad to hear my friend doesn't have to pay child support and has equal custody of his son now (will live with his mom 15 days and then his dad 15 days).

Up until now, the last 10 or so years, he's been paying $420/month plus only seeing him one day a week, which is a terrible deal. He delivers Chinese food to make enough money, and even then, it's about a third of his income. If he did my job full-time, it'd be about half of his income. So paying less and seeing him more is a great deal, I'd say, and an even one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 08, 2014, 10:31:12 AM
Quote from: Brewski on September 08, 2014, 09:58:15 AM
Welcome to GMG and enjoy yourself - lots of fine people running around here, with oceans of knowledge.

--Bruce

And even the occasional puddle.  (Sorry, couldn't help myself!  But I didn't want to mar that Hello thread . . . .)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on September 11, 2014, 12:32:01 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 26, 2014, 10:23:27 AM
Well, if I was a real jerk I'd play the 3rd movement of Thomas Ades' Asyla ;D. You know the part I mean.

It hasn't been nearly as bad as that one time though. I'll talk to them if it gets really loud again rather than having a country music and Mahler contest.
So I decided to talk to them after trying to do homework with a mixture of Messiaen and country music for a couple of hours. Very friendly people -- why didn't I do this earlier?! I don't think they realized how loud it was because they turn the music up so they can hear it while they are on the terrace below me. I introduced myself and made sure that they aren't able to hear my music, either. They said that they couldn't.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 11, 2014, 02:07:06 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on September 11, 2014, 12:32:01 AM
So I decided to talk to them after trying to do homework with a mixture of Messiaen and country music for a couple of hours. Very friendly people -- why didn't I do this earlier?! I don't think they realized how loud it was because they turn the music up so they can hear it while they are on the terrace below me. I introduced myself and made sure that they aren't able to hear my music, either. They said that they couldn't.

Excellent!  It ought to be as easy as just having a neighborly talk, and it is good to hear that it was just that easy.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 11, 2014, 07:54:03 AM
Take a look inside this wonderful, insightful book.

http://www.amazon.com/Control-Christian-Marriages-Priesthood-Children/dp/1425992609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410450665&sr=8-1&keywords=Eliyzabeth+Yanne+Strong-Anderson
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on September 12, 2014, 06:37:05 AM
In watching and reading the press coverage of the march to war in Iraq and Syria, I have noticed that not only government officials, but also the press, has taken to using derivatives of the word "barbarian" in describing ISIS/ISIL/IS (which is it?).  I also can't help but notice how they went from JV, per the prez, to a major national security threat, again per the prez, in such a short time.  It's good to see that some traditions don't change.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 12, 2014, 10:02:43 AM
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2014, 06:37:05 AM
In watching and reading the press coverage of the march to war in Iraq and Syria, I have noticed that not only government officials, but also the press, has taken to using derivatives of the word "barbarian" in describing ISIS/ISIL/IS (which is it?).  I also can't help but notice how they went from JV, per the prez, to a major national security threat, again per the prez, in such a short time.  It's good to see that some traditions don't change.

It IS, of course.

I stumbled over a right wing blog yesterday which claimed his continued preference for the term ISIL revealed a wish for Israel to be destroyed.  [ISIL=IS in Levant.  Levant includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel.  Therefore Obama hates Israel, and QED.]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 12, 2014, 10:04:13 AM
I just like the phrase stumbled over a right wing blog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 12, 2014, 10:24:40 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 12, 2014, 10:04:13 AM
I just like the phrase stumbled over a right wing blog.

The true danger lies in stumbling into a right wing bog.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 10:57:38 AM
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2014, 06:37:05 AM
In watching and reading the press coverage of the march to war in Iraq and Syria, I have noticed that not only government officials, but also the press, has taken to using derivatives of the word "barbarian" in describing ISIS/ISIL/IS (which is it?).  I also can't help but notice how they went from JV, per the prez, to a major national security threat, again per the prez, in such a short time.  It's good to see that some traditions don't change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/obamas-betrayal-of-the-constitution.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/obamas-betrayal-of-the-constitution.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on September 12, 2014, 11:52:20 AM
Quote from: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 10:57:38 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/obamas-betrayal-of-the-constitution.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/obamas-betrayal-of-the-constitution.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0)



The most remarkable thing about this war so far - and we are already in a war, with the prez himself boasting of over 100 sorties already flown - is how little public debate there has been over whether it is legal under US law, let alone international law.  The Obama Administration publicly rebuked the 2002 AUMF, and clearly has no time for the War Powers Resolution, so it appears to be resting military action solely on Article II presidential powers.  Whatever vote Congress takes - and how hard is it to get Republicans to vote to bomb Middle Eastern countries? - will be a rubber stamp at this point.  Another remarkable thing about this war is the blatantly imperialistic language being used.  The US will not be putting boots on the ground - well, except for the thousand plus there already, and the reinforcements that will be sent - but allies will; they will fight because the US asks them to; they will do the Emperor's bidding.  I also don't see even the equivalent of UN Resolution 1441.  The prez seems content to utter, in effect, "we are going to bomb some folks" and there really isn't any opposition.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 11:59:54 AM
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2014, 11:52:20 AM


The most remarkable thing about this war so far - and we are already in a war, with the prez himself boasting of over 100 sorties already flown - is how little public debate there has been over whether it is legal under US law, let alone international law.  The Obama Administration publicly rebuked the 2002 AUMF, and clearly has no time for the War Powers Resolution, so it appears to be resting military action solely on Article II presidential powers.  Whatever vote Congress takes - and how hard is it to get Republicans to vote to bomb Middle Eastern countries? - will be a rubber stamp at this point.  Another remarkable thing about this war is the blatantly imperialistic language being used.  The US will not be putting boots on the ground - well, except for the thousand plus there already, and the reinforcements that will be sent - but allies will; they will fight because the US asks them to; they will do the Emperor's bidding.  I also don't see even the equivalent of UN Resolution 1441.  The prez seems content to utter, in effect, "we are going to bomb some folks" and there really isn't any opposition.
I'm not too concerned with "international law" and won't address the question of whether this  action is a good idea (I expect we differ on the point though.) But it seems clearly contrary to US law. Or at the very least will be within 90 days. Another article http://time.com/3326689/obama-isis-war-powers-bush/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 12, 2014, 12:05:57 PM
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2014, 06:37:05 AMusing derivatives of the word "barbarian"
Maybe that's the catch-all term for enemies of insecure, declining empires of overreach.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on September 12, 2014, 12:23:12 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 11:59:54 AMI'm not too concerned with "international law"


I'm concerned with it to the extent it is, or should be, expected in the global political framework established by the Allies - and underwritten and secured by the US - seven decades ago.  If the US doesn't even bother, why would any other member nation?  I'm not averse to replacing the existing order, at least conceptually, but practically, any new order would be less preferential to the US.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 12:58:09 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 12, 2014, 12:05:57 PM
Maybe that's the catch-all term for enemies of insecure, declining empires of overreach.
Or a justified epithet. What would you call a bunch of christian fundies who killed all the male Jews in town, and enslaved the women? Or a gang that went around hanging all the gays they could round up? I'm expecting it's a term not noticeably more flattering than barbaric.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on September 12, 2014, 01:05:47 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 12:58:09 PM
Or a justified epithet. What would you call a bunch of christian fundies who killed all the male Jews in town, and enslaved the women? Or a gang that went around hanging all the gays they could round up? I'm expecting it's a term not noticeably more flattering than barbaric.
Oh, just so we're clear, I'm not saying they're not evil. They're evil.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on September 12, 2014, 01:16:15 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 12:58:09 PMOr a justified epithet.



IS is clearly an extreme Islamist movement with the stated goal of reestablishing a caliphate.  IS commits atrocities.  Steps should be taken to stop them, or at least contain them.  What is not needed is a lapdog press that adopts the same inflammatory language used by an administration that uses the language to justify war.  One expects lies and exaggerations from politicians; it should be the job of the press to expose the lies and exaggerations.  One would hope that leaders would use more precise, measured, and accurate language in laying out the threat posed by a group or state when going to war.  But it is hard to get passions riled up doing that.  Propagandists know their stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 12, 2014, 07:28:21 PM
More on the need for congressional authorization

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/12/john-yoos-defense-of-the-legality-of-obamas-military-campaign-against-isis/ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/12/john-yoos-defense-of-the-legality-of-obamas-military-campaign-against-isis/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 27, 2014, 05:37:41 AM
Every now and then I search for people I used to know a long time ago if I can remember their last name. I'm wondering what they're up to and such.

Some aren't that surprising (one friend was back from Iraq, kinda no surprise that he ended up going there). I looked up this one girl my age who I knew since 1st grade and last saw in high school, and had no idea she had an interest in Japan. She has photos of driving around in Japan!... and I haven't even been there yet. Needless to say how different driving is over there, meaning you've achieved advanced level if you can drive in Japan.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 27, 2014, 06:41:36 AM
Oooh, and one guy I used to hang out with all the time in middle school/high school is the Operations Manager at the venue where I went to see Meshuggah play.

Searched a few others and just normal, not very noteworthy stuff. Some look surprisingly old for 26.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on September 30, 2014, 08:11:52 AM
We all do our best to keep Karl on these boards. (Joking a bit :))  0:) $:)

I just find out that the smiley with cap is a policeman. Sorry if I confused anyone with this, I just thought it was a guy with a cap.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on September 30, 2014, 09:53:30 AM
I know, in the Netherlands the police probably wear tie-dye hats, so I understand the confusion.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on September 30, 2014, 10:58:04 AM
There should be a smiley with just a cap.. :( I like to use it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on October 01, 2014, 01:11:05 AM
Quote from: Henk on September 30, 2014, 10:58:04 AM
There should be a smiley with just a cap.. :( I like to use it.
Agreed.

I have office hours today. I'm probably going to get beat up. I was way too lenient on grading the 1st homework. The average ended up being a 91/100 -- remarkably high for homework in an engineering class. This would be fine if they were good, but they were awful. The 2nd homeworks were even worse (!) and people weren't even giving complete answers! So, I gave many very low grades (there were a few 10/100). I did warn them, though. When I took the class (machine design -- kinematics) this is how it was. Finally, I changed the format completely for the 3rd homework and wrote it so that they are forced to do/show each step explicitly to get full credit. They look better, but I haven't yet started grading them. They have an exam next week, so I am not afraid to tear them apart to scare them. It sounds mean, but I'd personally rather get a low homework grade and recognize that I need to work on it more (instead of getting high marks on the homework and poor marks on the exam). Besides, I nearly always give points back if they come to me with questions about their grade (assuming that they can show they understand it to a reasonable degree).

The grading is incredibly tedious for this class, but I don't mind it since I love the topic and I love teaching it in office hours and making homeworks and solutions. Since many problems are design problems, there are often infinitely many answers which means that I actually have to think about each problem on each person's paper. There are 98 students in the class and I'm the only TA. This is probably why I've been enjoying Messiaen's Des Canyons aux Etoiles recently!

Ken, you said that you were a TA, right? Did you have to grade? What were your specific duties?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 01, 2014, 05:23:27 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on October 01, 2014, 01:11:05 AM
Agreed.

I have office hours today. I'm probably going to get beat up. I was way too lenient on grading the 1st homework. The average ended up being a 91/100 -- remarkably high for homework in an engineering class. This would be fine if they were good, but they were awful. The 2nd homeworks were even worse (!) and people weren't even giving complete answers! So, I gave many very low grades (there were a few 10/100). I did warn them, though. When I took the class (machine design -- kinematics) this is how it was. Finally, I changed the format completely for the 3rd homework and wrote it so that they are forced to do/show each step explicitly to get full credit. They look better, but I haven't yet started grading them. They have an exam next week, so I am not afraid to tear them apart to scare them. It sounds mean, but I'd personally rather get a low homework grade and recognize that I need to work on it more (instead of getting high marks on the homework and poor marks on the exam). Besides, I nearly always give points back if they come to me with questions about their grade (assuming that they can show they understand it to a reasonable degree).

The grading is incredibly tedious for this class, but I don't mind it since I love the topic and I love teaching it in office hours and making homeworks and solutions. Since many problems are design problems, there are often infinitely many answers which means that I actually have to think about each problem on each person's paper. There are 98 students in the class and I'm the only TA. This is probably why I've been enjoying Messiaen's Des Canyons aux Etoiles recently!

Ken, you said that you were a TA, right? Did you have to grade? What were your specific duties?
Nate
Yes many times. I was a TA in Engineering physics for a summer (I was in neither physics nor engineering but impressed the prof), and in math and Computer science as a grad student during regular term.
Grading papers, running tutorial sections, giving the class lectures on a few occasions, helping mark exams. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2014, 05:25:14 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/i_mKY2CQ9Kk

Sorry: Thought this was The Cat Thread . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on October 02, 2014, 08:54:07 AM
The annoying thing about this forum sofware we are running on, is that it doesn't give a notification when someone responded to something you wrote. It makes you feel asocial, which could be a reason to leave this boards. You have to look frequently to stay connected.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on October 03, 2014, 02:43:41 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 01, 2014, 05:23:27 AM
Nate
Yes many times. I was a TA in Engineering physics for a summer (I was in neither physics nor engineering but impressed the prof), and in math and Computer science as a grad student during regular term.
Grading papers, running tutorial sections, giving the class lectures on a few occasions, helping mark exams.
Cool! TA'ing is fun. It sounds cliched and even corny to say, but teaching really fills a void for me. I'm not sure what it is, but I love it. The machine design-ers have an exam Wednesday that I have to finish making. The professor asked me to put a few questions on it and then told me to add whatever I think is worthwhile. I feel so powerful!  >:D :laugh: (<--- that's an evil laugh!). I also have to prepare a review session for Monday.

I was playing Ravel's orchestral Valses Nobles et Sentimentals in my office hours the other day and I was so tempted to give someone an extra point after saying "That music is so peaceful!" :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 03, 2014, 05:25:33 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on October 03, 2014, 02:43:41 AM
Cool! TA'ing is fun. It sounds cliched and even corny to say, but teaching really fills a void for me. I'm not sure what it is, but I love it. The machine design-ers have an exam Wednesday that I have to finish making. The professor asked me to put a few questions on it and then told me to add whatever I think is worthwhile. I feel so powerful!  >:D :laugh: (<--- that's an evil laugh!). I also have to prepare a review session for Monday.

I was playing Ravel's orchestral Valses Nobles et Sentimentals in my office hours the other day and I was so tempted to give someone an extra point after saying "That music is so peaceful!" :D
On days you don't want to be disturbed, play Des Canyons aux Etoiles.
>:D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on October 04, 2014, 01:47:36 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 03, 2014, 05:25:33 AM
On days you don't want to be disturbed, play Des Canyons aux Etoiles.
>:D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:laugh:

The student lounge in the mechanical engineering building has a really good sound system that people can use with their computers/phones/etc. Since I usually get there really early (when no one else is there) on days I have to be there for TA stuff, I actually have played sections from Des Canyons aux Etoiles a few times. Usually I play L'Ascenson, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 07, 2014, 05:43:21 PM
I have a question for anyone who knows Chinese. Is every single character, by itself, a meaningful word?

Not sure why I'm only asking this now, but I was wondering, because from what I observed a few years ago, it seemed like this was the case with the handful of words that I learned.
If this is true, then that's quite a difference from Japanese. For example, 開 is not an actual word by itself, but has the general meaning "open" (for example, 開ける means to "open"). (But there are still many characters that are full words by themself, for example: 机 "desk.")
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 10, 2014, 06:37:28 PM
Wrong thread to be asking my previous question?  :P

So, you know how there's usually a story behind last names? Smith, Miller, or my last name, etc. for example, often had something to do with their profession. Sometimes it may be another reason. So... I had a packet of honey and saw the name of the company- it looked like a last name. Dickinson. I wonder what the story behind that last name was.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 10, 2014, 07:01:18 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 10, 2014, 06:37:28 PM
Wrong thread to be asking my previous question?  :P

So, you know how there's usually a story behind last names? Smith, Miller, or my last name, etc. for example, often had something to do with their profession. Sometimes it may be another reason. So... I had a packet of honey and saw the name of the company- it looked like a last name. Dickinson. I wonder what the story behind that last name was.
Most likely it started out with a man whose father was generally referred to as Dick or Dickon: son of Dickon.  That is the usual reason behind names that in -son.  And remember that well into the 17th century spelling was not standardized, so a name could be spelled several ways.  Dickin=Dickon=Dicken.

Which is why the author of A Christmas Carol might easily have been named Charles Dickinson.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 10, 2014, 07:46:34 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 10, 2014, 07:01:18 PM
Most likely it started out with a man whose father was generally referred to as Dick or Dickon: son of Dickon.  That is the usual reason behind names that in -son.  And remember that well into the 17th century spelling was not standardized, so a name could be spelled several ways.  Dickin=Dickon=Dicken.
Dick = Dickin... well. That would explain the 'in.'


Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 10, 2014, 07:01:18 PM
Which is why the author of A Christmas Carol might easily have been named Charles Dickinson.
Ah! Thought the name was familiar, just could not remember where from...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 11, 2014, 10:47:03 AM
Quote from: Greg on October 10, 2014, 07:46:34 PM
Dick = Dickin... well. That would explain the 'in.'

Ah! Thought the name was familiar, just could not remember where from...
More likely your brain was latching onto poetess Emily.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 13, 2014, 04:33:38 PM
It's hilarious watching certain guys at the gym constantly checking themselves out in the mirror or lifting their shirt up for no reason. I feel like one of these days telling them, "Brah! You look soooooooooooo good. Sooooooo good." And then I'd whisper into their ear, "You know I mean it. Lemme get some of that, brah."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 11:49:10 AM
I quit my job yesterday, more or less. I am a consultant, and my employer rents me to a client. Recently my employer cancelled my benefits (without telling me). Now I work at the client, and they want to keep me. So next week we will see if my contract can be transitioned to another consulting company. If so I will stay, otherwise I will move on.
Now my employer is simply trying to defraud me of their copays on all benefits. But their business model is pretty odd. They have lost a contractor who has been with the company 16 years and pissed off their most important client in Michigan. My project is quite high profile, and twice this year my work has solved emergency problems that were discussed at the vice president level at the client (a Fortune 10 company). The client, whose needs my employer seem to not care about, like me a lot. Twice in recent years there have been across the board rate cuts for consultants at the client, and each time I have been exempted at the insistence of my managers. Plus my departure will set back schedules on a project with a budget of over 25 million dollars. My managers at the client are displeased. An odd way to run a consulting company.
So next week I'll either have a new employer or will start moving back to Toronto.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 25, 2014, 03:36:36 PM
Good luck!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on November 02, 2014, 07:00:36 AM
The temptation to check MI's posts is how can I call it, "disgusting"? I know he doesn't deserve such a qualification, but I think I should stop doing that, only it's a kind of addiction. Other ones with this problem?  :) $:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on November 02, 2014, 08:26:13 AM
So, for Halloween, I bought three full boxes of full size candy bars to hand out to kids, but it ended up raining heavy early in the evening and we ended up getting only a couple dozen kids ringing our doorbell.  I was handing out two and three at a time, but I still have gobs of Snickers and Milky Ways left.  Now, those happen to be my favorite candy bars, but it is purely coincidental that I overbought these particular treats.  I hate the idea of wasting food.  What am I to do?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 02, 2014, 08:27:09 AM
Ration.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Brian on November 02, 2014, 08:34:18 AM
Mail them to me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: mn dave on November 02, 2014, 12:23:06 PM
This just in...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 02, 2014, 07:27:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/SHv3-U9VPAs

There's a culture that has a language that is only 8 vowels and 3 consonants, does not use numbers and does not believe in a creationist story of the world.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 03, 2014, 04:01:22 AM
How do they feel about manga?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 03, 2014, 09:35:12 AM
I had a meeting today with a PM from another project. I wandered up to his desk and said Knock knock. He replied "Who's there?" and asked if I had a good knock knock joke for him. So I said "Philip Glass"
"Philip Glass who?"
"knock knock"
and he got it!

Some day I will try my Shostakovich joke on him.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 04, 2014, 12:03:46 PM
Really hope I don't find out any bad news... a few days ago my friend apparently walked right off the job without telling anyone and went home, never to come back. I can only imagine two scenarios: either someone said something really, really mean to him or something really bad happened to a family member. I talked to him about an hour ago on the phone and he just totally avoided the subject when I asked. Didn't sound like he was doing too well- always extremely easygoing. Hasn't answered anyone else's calls and didn't even know it was me calling...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 04, 2014, 06:54:15 PM
My county had the widest margin in the state of favoring Republican Rick Scott for Florida governor... kinda unsurprising. It's the land of retired rednecks...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on November 05, 2014, 02:05:02 AM
Who is the real Ken B?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 05, 2014, 02:12:01 AM
Do rednecks ever really retire?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 05, 2014, 02:44:56 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 05, 2014, 02:12:01 AM
Do rednecks ever really retire?

Every night, to the couch with a cold Budweiser.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 05, 2014, 03:04:00 AM
Life is too short to drink Budweiser!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 05, 2014, 03:31:34 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 05, 2014, 03:04:00 AM
Life is too short to drink Budweiser!

This be true.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 05, 2014, 04:42:34 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 05, 2014, 03:04:00 AM
Life is too short to drink Budweiser!
Unless you're talking about the actual Budějovický Budvar, aka Czechvar.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 05, 2014, 05:15:01 AM
Quote from: Henk on November 05, 2014, 02:05:02 AM
Who is the real Ken B?

That would be telling.

:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 09, 2014, 01:55:48 PM
MONSTER Energy drinks are the work of SATAN

http://www.youtube.com/v/bntfUA6TmLs
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 09, 2014, 03:29:10 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 09, 2014, 01:55:48 PM
MONSTER Energy drinks are the work of SATAN
I'm waiting until she realizes that St. Peter is the devil, since he wanted an inverted cross.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 09, 2014, 04:28:57 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 09, 2014, 01:55:48 PM
MONSTER Energy drinks are the work of SATAN

http://www.youtube.com/v/bntfUA6TmLs
Wow. If you play that backwards it says Paul is dead.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 09, 2014, 05:05:29 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 09, 2014, 01:55:48 PM
MONSTER Energy drinks are the work of SATAN
It's certainly the most metal energy drink, so maybe that's why it's my favorite...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 11, 2014, 01:51:27 AM
Quote from: North Star on November 05, 2014, 04:42:34 AM
Unless you're talking about the actual Budějovický Budvar, aka Czechvar.
Which is sold under the name Budweiser in Europe as the US Budweiser (as far as I understand) lost the right to the Budweiser name in Europe. Now I can finbally drink Budweiser.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 14, 2014, 07:03:03 PM
Anyone watch the newest South Park episode? I got my dad to watch it since he's tried the Oculus Rift as well, and he thought the episode was hilarious.

I noticed references to Sword Art Online, Inception, and Total Recall.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 15, 2014, 10:55:55 PM
''Good artists copy, great artists steal' - but then again, not all who steal are necessarily great artists.. (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141112-great-artists-steal)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on November 16, 2014, 03:22:41 AM
Wonderful review of the book..
http://www.bookdepository.com/William-Blake-William-Blake/9780460878005
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on November 16, 2014, 07:32:54 AM
A fun quote of the day:

"The policies of this epoch [from the Punic Wars to Augustus] are not as naively manifest as those in the other cases discussed so far. Here is the classic example of that kind of insincerity in both foreign and domestic affairs which permeates not only avowed motives but also probably the conscious motives of the actors themselves—of that policy which pretends to aspire to peace but unerringly generates war, the policy of continual preparation for war, the policy of meddlesome interventionism. There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome's allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest—why, then it was the national honor that had been insulted. The fight was always invested with an aura of legality. Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors, always fighting for a breathing space. The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies, and it was manifestly Rome's duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs.  They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people. Even less than in the cases that have already been discussed, can an attempt be made here to comprehend these wars of conquest from the point of view of concrete objectives. Here there was neither a warrior nation in our sense, nor, in the beginning, a military despotism or an aristocracy of specifically military orientation. Thus there is but one way to an understanding: scrutiny of domestic class interests, the question of who stood to gain."

Joseph Schumpeter, Imperialism and Social Classes, 1919
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 13, 2014, 02:32:55 PM
Todd, you killed the thread. Had to go to page 4 to find it.  :P


Anyways, my friend just introduced me to a new show today, "Axe Cop." It was written by a 5 year old. It was adopted from a comic, drawn by his 28 year old brother.

Keeping in mind that it was written by a 5 year old, this is easily one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The fact that 5 year olds don't know how the world actually works turns the show into something very surreal. It's not trying to be bizarre- it really is bizarre. Anyone watch it?

The show:
http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Axe-Cop
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 14, 2014, 08:32:35 PM
Don't worry, I'm sure it's not terrorism. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/sydney-siege-hostages-cafe-martin-place-police-operation/5967232 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/sydney-siege-hostages-cafe-martin-place-police-operation/5967232)  Never is.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 18, 2014, 11:51:29 AM
I grab. :-[ I hope some members here don't to keep the level of civilization high enough.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 21, 2014, 06:36:17 AM
What't the time one has to edit one's post, without the software makes a mark of it, once you save it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 12, 2015, 06:55:47 AM
I'm feeling energy flowing back into my organism. Better world view, more healthy..!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 12, 2015, 07:05:50 AM
Quote from: Henk on January 12, 2015, 06:55:47 AM
I'm feeling energy flowing back into my organism. Better world view, more healthy..!
I don't think "organism" is the correct word here...  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 12, 2015, 07:44:26 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 12, 2015, 07:05:50 AM
I don't think "organism" is the correct word here...  ;D

Well, it sounded good to me. I mean body as well as mind, is there a word for it?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 12, 2015, 08:59:01 AM
Quote from: Henk on January 12, 2015, 07:44:26 AM
is there a word for it?
What you just said would make sense:

Quote from: Henk on January 12, 2015, 07:44:26 AM
I mean body as well as mind
unless someone can think of a better word.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 12, 2015, 10:05:25 AM
Quote from: Greg on January 12, 2015, 08:59:01 AM
What you just said would make sense:
unless someone can think of a better word.

corporation

No, seriously, that's the exact word. Myself, I'd say "physical form" or "body".
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 12, 2015, 10:13:43 AM
The first word in this song is "discorporate";  it means to leave your body.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 12, 2015, 10:21:57 AM
Quote from: Ken B on January 12, 2015, 10:05:25 AM
corporation

No, seriously, that's the exact word. Myself, I'd say "physical form" or "body".
mens sana in corpore sano.
So perhaps not quite.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 12, 2015, 10:40:56 AM
Quote from: North Star on January 12, 2015, 10:21:57 AM
mens sana in corpore sano.
So perhaps not quite.
No, corporation is the English word that fits what was asked.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on January 12, 2015, 10:45:53 AM
Quote from: Ken B on January 12, 2015, 10:40:56 AM
No, corporation is the English word that fits what was asked.
OED:
6. The body; the abdomen; esp. when large and prominent. colloq. and vulgar.

No mention of another meaning related to the human body.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 12, 2015, 11:09:21 AM
Quote from: North Star on January 12, 2015, 10:21:57 AM
mens sana in corpore sano

...Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis scripsit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on January 16, 2015, 06:44:43 AM
Yeah man, Ken has a lot of things to say!! ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 19, 2015, 08:09:27 AM
first time using a slowcooker :O
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 19, 2015, 01:05:01 PM
Quote from: PaulR on January 19, 2015, 08:09:27 AM
first time using a slowcooker :O

You cooked Al Jolson?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on January 19, 2015, 04:01:48 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 19, 2015, 01:05:01 PM
You cooked Al Jolson?
No!

(I dont know the reference)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 19, 2015, 04:08:03 PM
Quote from: PaulR on January 19, 2015, 04:01:48 PM
No!

(I dont know the reference)

You talked about  usinga slow cooker, followed by an emoticon for Al Jolson.

>:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 07, 2015, 07:51:20 PM
Plots that suck.
http://squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html (http://squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 07, 2015, 08:25:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 07, 2015, 07:51:20 PM
Plots that suck.
http://squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html (http://squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html)
Almost any story with time travel is going to have plot holes unless the story is very short and simple.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2015, 06:23:03 AM
Avatars are currently not edible.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 09, 2015, 07:48:55 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2015, 06:23:03 AM
Avatars are currently not edible.

Mine is. I am always thinking ahead to your needs Karlo.  ;D  It's a kind of mantis cleaning its antenna.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 10, 2015, 04:43:41 PM
Paging Cato.

I am curious to know what you think of Common Core.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/10/gasps-of-disbelief-as-live-with-kelly-and-michael-top-teacher-winner-resigns-over-common-core-testing/ (http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/10/gasps-of-disbelief-as-live-with-kelly-and-michael-top-teacher-winner-resigns-over-common-core-testing/)

Two teachers in my wife's family hate and despise it. That counts as evidence in its favour I think.  :blank: ButI know little about it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 11, 2015, 08:52:29 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 10, 2015, 04:43:41 PM
Paging Cato.

I am curious to know what you think of Common Core.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/10/gasps-of-disbelief-as-live-with-kelly-and-michael-top-teacher-winner-resigns-over-common-core-testing/ (http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/10/gasps-of-disbelief-as-live-with-kelly-and-michael-top-teacher-winner-resigns-over-common-core-testing/)

Two teachers in my wife's family hate and despise it. That counts as evidence in its favour I think.  :blank: ButI know little about it.

I'm not Cato, but I'm a teacher and I agree with your in-laws.

Check out this link:

http://testingtalk.org/response/watch-child-psychologist-dr-megan-koschnick-take-down-the-common-core-in-this-the-26-minute-video/ (http://testingtalk.org/response/watch-child-psychologist-dr-megan-koschnick-take-down-the-common-core-in-this-the-26-minute-video/)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 11, 2015, 09:03:01 AM
Ooh, I'm watching that later . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Szykneij on February 11, 2015, 09:08:19 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 11, 2015, 09:03:01 AM
Ooh, I'm watching that later . . . .

I just re-watched it (it's been a while). She doesn't get to the nitty-gritty of things until around minute 8, so hang in there for a bit.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 11, 2015, 11:51:45 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on February 11, 2015, 09:08:19 AM
I just re-watched it (it's been a while). She doesn't get to the nitty-gritty of things until around minute 8, so hang in there for a bit.

Listening now. Very interesting and cogent.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on February 14, 2015, 08:34:27 AM
Last November, Oregonians elected John Kitzhaber governor for the fourth time, even amid allegations of corruption involving his fiancée - and by extension, him.  The rumors and accusations have caught up with them. (http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/governor_john_kitzhaber_will_s.html)  Both the state and the Feds are now pursuing criminal investigations.  How dumb can voters get?  Wait, don't answer.  (I did not vote for him.  I never voted for him.) 

To be fair, the Republicans are actually partly to blame here: they put up a weak, too far right candidate with no chance of winning, though even so he lost by only 3%.  In a state dominated by the Deep Blue Willamette Valley, Republicans don't fare well in statewide races, so the best possible candidates tend not to run.  Ah, the beauties of a one party state, at least at the executive level.  The last time a Republican won the governor's mansion was 1982.  Thanks goodness Dems are immune to bad governance and corruption . . .

One unusual outcome I've noticed has been reporting on the incoming governor, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown.  All the national and international press outlets are pointing out that she's the first openly bisexual governor in the US.  Local press hasn't even mentioned this.  I admit, I did not know until I read it a couple days ago.  I know who she is, and her stance on some issues - which is why I didn't vote for her (I voted for no one for the role, which is quite common for me in state races) - but I never bothered to fact check her sexuality.  I guess that's what's important now.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 17, 2015, 04:30:06 PM
A science lesson. For Florestan and a couple others I won't name.
http://youtu.be/-9Jp_XCvVto
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 17, 2015, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 17, 2015, 04:30:06 PM
A science lesson. For Florestan and a couple others I won't name.
http://youtube.com/v/-9Jp_XCvVto
And a YouTube lesson for you ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Wanderer on February 18, 2015, 08:54:49 AM
What ISIS really wants (http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)

"The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on February 22, 2015, 10:11:15 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/SNPJMk2fgJU



The new FAA regulations on drones make me feel safer already.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 25, 2015, 04:02:26 PM
Japanese word of the day:

マクる (makuru)- to eat at McDonald's  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on February 26, 2015, 01:41:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 17, 2015, 04:30:06 PM
A science lesson. For Florestan and a couple others I won't name.
http://youtu.be/-9Jp_XCvVto

Quite convincing, I´d say.  ;D

In the same vein

https://www.youtube.com/v/g84g2KJcUV0

I just love it when he says scientists have no idea how the eye works. Then take off those eyeglasses, effendi! Huge as they are, they´re useless.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philo on February 27, 2015, 09:05:35 PM
Got my PhD acceptance letter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on February 28, 2015, 03:00:18 AM
Quote from: Philo on February 27, 2015, 09:05:35 PM
Got my PhD acceptance letter.
Congratulations! I'm a PhD program as well.

What are you studying?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Philo on February 28, 2015, 05:11:25 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 28, 2015, 03:00:18 AM
Congratulations! I'm a PhD program as well.

What are you studying?

Thanks, and congrats to you as well.

I'm hoping for rhetoric, with a focus on history and hermeneutics.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 28, 2015, 06:34:48 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 28, 2015, 03:00:18 AM
I'm a PhD program as well.

How many people are enrolled in you?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 28, 2015, 08:54:09 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 28, 2015, 06:34:48 PM
How many people are enrolled in you?
A lot of guys, so I hear. Not sure how he has that much room- supposedly even more than Mr. Slave from South Park.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on March 01, 2015, 01:55:04 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 28, 2015, 06:34:48 PM
How many people are enrolled in you?
:laugh:
Lol at typo.

I'm *in* a PhD program as well.

Quote from: Philo on February 28, 2015, 05:11:25 AM
Thanks, and congrats to you as well.

I'm hoping for rhetoric, with a focus on history and hermeneutics.
I have a minor in history (which I more or less got by accident -- my degree is in mechanical engineering). I had to dictionary that second word, though :-[. Sounds interesting (not to mention, way beyond me!).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2015, 04:50:18 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on March 01, 2015, 01:55:04 AM

I have a minor in history (which I more or less got by accident -- my degree is in mechanical engineering). I had to dictionary that second word, though

Don't feel bad Nate. Your list on the other thread with Ligeti at #1 had me looking up "beautiful" .

:P 😃
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on March 05, 2015, 01:49:52 AM
Classes canceled today due to impending snow...

...which is actually disappointing. I like both of my classes (finite element analysis and especially dynamics), plus the gym is closed.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 05, 2015, 02:28:50 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on March 05, 2015, 01:49:52 AM
Classes canceled today due to impending snow...

...which is actually disappointing. I like both of my classes (finite element analysis and especially dynamics), plus the gym is closed.

Now you have no choice but to listen to Ligeti....        0:)

Hmm, but there could always be a power failure!!!   ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: San Antone on March 05, 2015, 07:24:52 AM
Didn't know to put these, but here's a couple of articles that might be of interest around these parts:

How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (http://nautil.us/issue/22/slow/how-music-hijacks-our-perception-of-time-rp)

And one that could've been written about this place:

Why I've Posted 27,000 Times to One Online Forum (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/theslice/confessions-of-an-online-forum-loyalist-in-facebook-reddit-era)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on March 05, 2015, 09:13:46 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 05, 2015, 02:28:50 AM
Now you have no choice but to listen to Ligeti....        0:)

Hmm, but there could always be a power failure!!!   ???
;D

Actually, this kind of stay-at-home-day seems to go well with the music of another Hungarian -- Haydn!

Currently Symphony No. 31, Harnoncourt, to be exact (the one with the loud, braying horns!). Now that you mention it, though, I may spin Melodien later.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 05, 2015, 03:51:26 PM
Quote from: sanantonio on March 05, 2015, 07:24:52 AM
Didn't know to put these, but here's a couple of articles that might be of interest around these parts:

How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (http://nautil.us/issue/22/slow/how-music-hijacks-our-perception-of-time-rp)

And one that could've been written about this place:

Why I've Posted 27,000 Times to One Online Forum (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/theslice/confessions-of-an-online-forum-loyalist-in-facebook-reddit-era)

Great articles, San Antonio! I enjoyed both quite a bit. Perhaps you should post the first link in the Schubert thread?  It is certainly true that music alter perception of time and I suspect that we all could share moment of that kind in our long journey through classical music.

The article about the 27,000 posts definitely has a point as we live in a time of media transition. I suspect that most people here will go down with the "Titanic" board....  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on March 13, 2015, 10:50:31 AM
I'm throwing a party tonight.  I'm scared. :(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: listener on March 16, 2015, 10:27:33 PM
need to vent, but not terribly upset
An e-mail from UPS arrived this afternoon telling me that the computer I was expecting had been delivered and signed for.... by "Adrian".  That's not me, and I was in at the posted time of delivery.   It appears that the new owner is incredibly stupid and signed his own name rather than mine.  The shipper is a major UPS user and is investigating.  It was a points redemption so I am not out cash and the points will come back.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on March 21, 2015, 02:34:46 AM
The non-classical music threads are gaining territory / momentum. :o

A threat? I definitely want to listen more new classical music stuff as I discovered much of it, thanks to posters here. I find the old stuff increasingly uninteresting. But that may be just me.. or not? ::)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on April 04, 2015, 02:13:41 AM
Now that it is getting warmer out, I decided to get some stuff for my balcony. I've always wanted a balcony (seriously, since I was 5 or 6) and now that I have one I never used it because it was too cold out. It's a really nice one, too. 2nd floor (no risk of theft), spacious, faces the woods, private (no other balconies in sight), porch light, etc. There's even a nice little picnic table on the ground 15 feet in front of the building. I do wish there was an outlet, but I can run a cord from the door or from the bathroom window if I need to.

I found this chair at Home Depot for $50 -- a deal! I'm sitting in it right now (though it's a bit chilly/windy out). Possibly the most comfortable piece of outdoor furniture I have ever sat on. It has multiple positions so it can be a normal chair or a full lounger. Seems pretty solid, too, but it is too early to tell.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61w66pIuCLL._SL400_.jpg)

I also got an outdoor clock, a table, and a cushion for the cheap plastic chair I've had. I need to get a few plants, but I have to figure out exactly what can live well in a planter and in shade. Not much, I assume. And I'll need these, of course (though they are expensive -- maybe I'll ask for my birthday):
http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-Chimes-Rite-Spring-Chime/dp/B00DNWW2NA

It's so weird sitting outside here, though. I'm not used to it at all. I feel like I'm not even at my own apartment!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 04, 2015, 06:41:15 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on April 04, 2015, 02:13:41 AM
Now that it is getting warmer out, I decided to get some stuff for my balcony. I've always wanted a balcony (seriously, since I was 5 or 6) and now that I have one I never used it because it was too cold out. It's a really nice one, too. 2nd floor (no risk of theft), spacious, faces the woods, private (no other balconies in sight), porch light, etc. There's even a nice little picnic table on the ground 15 feet in front of the building. I do wish there was an outlet, but I can run a cord from the door or from the bathroom window if I need to.

I found this chair at Home Depot for $50 -- a deal! I'm sitting in it right now (though it's a bit chilly/windy out). Possibly the most comfortable piece of outdoor furniture I have ever sat on. It has multiple positions so it can be a normal chair or a full lounger. Seems pretty solid, too, but it is too early to tell.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61w66pIuCLL._SL400_.jpg)

I also got an outdoor clock, a table, and a cushion for the cheap plastic chair I've had. I need to get a few plants, but I have to figure out exactly what can live well in a planter and in shade. Not much, I assume. And I'll need these, of course (though they are expensive -- maybe I'll ask for my birthday):
http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-Chimes-Rite-Spring-Chime/dp/B00DNWW2NA

It's so weird sitting outside here, though. I'm not used to it at all. I feel like I'm not even at my own apartment!

Excellent. I need to put in a patio at my place to have a better place to sit outside.
Any nursery can tell you which plants do well in shade.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on April 04, 2015, 08:56:07 AM
Quote from: Ken B on April 04, 2015, 06:41:15 AM
Excellent. I need to put in a patio at my place to have a better place to sit outside.
Any nursery can tell you which plants do well in shade.
It is very nice. When I was in high school my parents put a nice stone patio outside of our dining room. There was a pair of windows that overlooked a small grassy/muddy area. We had the windows taken out and French doors put in with a stone stoop/steps. It really looks nicer even though we don't use it too often (we have a big deck which gets used more).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jubal Slate on April 14, 2015, 06:02:21 AM
I've been listening to jazz and classical lately, a lot more than any other genre.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 14, 2015, 06:20:54 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 14, 2015, 06:02:21 AM
I've been listening to jazz and classical lately, a lot more than any other genre.

Groovy.  What from each genre?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jubal Slate on April 14, 2015, 06:22:17 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 14, 2015, 06:20:54 AM
Groovy.  What from each genre?

The usual for me: Classical/Romantic and Armstrong, Ellington and Coltrane. That sort of thing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jubal Slate on April 14, 2015, 06:23:38 AM
Also Fitzgerald, Holiday, Vaughan and Sinatra.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 14, 2015, 06:24:28 AM
Sweet
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jubal Slate on April 29, 2015, 12:00:57 PM
Happy birthday, Duke Ellington!  8)

Wiki:
Martin Williams said: "Duke Ellington lived long enough to hear himself named among our best composers. And since his death in 1974, it has become not at all uncommon to see him named, along with Charles Ives, as the greatest composer we have produced, regardless of category."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on May 03, 2015, 02:53:06 AM
Just renamed a thread started by me. :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 06, 2015, 07:25:57 PM
Absolutely incredible the amount of decrease in my stress level today. All thanks to this being the first day of the end of the semester (last final exam was yesterday) and I have today and the next two days off from work.

Over the last two or so months I'd say from 1 to 10, my stress level would be an 8.5. I could barely talk to people. Just indescribable, probably over 9 most of the time.  Today it couldn't possibly go any lower, so I'd say about a 1. Woke up at 10 (got 10 or 11 hours of sleep) and did nothing but play video games and watch DBZ all day. Didn't even think about time. Who cares about time when you don't have to do anything?

For me, personally, less stress equals greater happiness. It's really that simple. So yeah, retiring in my 40's so I can stay home and play video games all day until I die is definitely going to stay my goal. And can only work with no kids. Kids = stress, mandatory work. Imagine if I lived until 80, and half of my life I could safely say my stress level was an average of something like 2.  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 07, 2015, 02:08:47 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 06, 2015, 07:25:57 PM
Absolutely incredible the amount of decrease in my stress level today. All thanks to this being the first day of the end of the semester (last final exam was yesterday) and I have today and the next two days off from work.

Over the last two or so months I'd say from 1 to 10, my stress level would be an 8.5. I could barely talk to people. Just indescribable, probably over 9 most of the time.  Today it couldn't possibly go any lower, so I'd say about a 1. Woke up at 10 (got 10 or 11 hours of sleep) and did nothing but play video games and watch DBZ all day. Didn't even think about time. Who cares about time when you don't have to do anything?

Does this mean that you now have time to go to the gym? ;D

I am really excited for the end of the semester. My last final exam is the day before I leave to go see Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie in Chicago. Then I come back and have a week to study for my PhD qualifying exams (which I'm not too worried about, so it should be pretty low-key).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 07, 2015, 06:52:13 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 07, 2015, 02:08:47 AM
Does this mean that you now have time to go to the gym? ;D
Exactly!  8)

Quote from: EigenUser on May 07, 2015, 02:08:47 AM
I am really excited for the end of the semester. My last final exam is the day before I leave to go see Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie in Chicago. Then I come back and have a week to study for my PhD qualifying exams (which I'm not too worried about, so it should be pretty low-key).
Good luck and have fun with the Turangalila.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 07, 2015, 05:11:46 PM
Breaking my own alternate picking speed record... 32 notes per second down the D Minor scale (this pattern: A G F  E - G F E D, etc.). Notes are perfectly clear, too, when I do it right.

It's like going from Super Saiyan to Ascended Super Saiyan...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on May 11, 2015, 02:14:02 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 06, 2015, 07:25:57 PM
retiring in my 40's so I can stay home and play video games all day until I die is definitely going to stay my goal.

You can achieve it much earlier. Wake up late one day, play video games all day and shoot yourself in the head at midnight.  ;D >:D ;D

(Sorry, couldn´t resist.)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 11, 2015, 03:34:13 AM
Au pied de la lettre . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 14, 2015, 02:44:57 PM
Visiting a house full of hardcore D&D players when you've never played it yourself...  ;D

I'd probably love it if I ever got into it and played it, but it's just not gonna happen. You know what's interesting is that despite how nerdy it sounds when people talk D&D, overhearing people at the gym talk super seriously about the NBA playoffs sounds just as nerdy in some ways. I'm saying that as a basketball fan, too.

I can only imagine how some of us musicians sound in "normal" company.  :-X
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 17, 2015, 04:37:23 PM
It's hard not to notice the SJW types are doubling down on crazy recently. Thomas the Tank Engine as a villain? Play-doh safe spaces? Paddington Bear? I wonder if this is because shrieking and mau-mauing is alienating normal people. Are we seeing something analogous to a distress crop?
One can at least hope.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 17, 2015, 04:54:28 PM
Distress crop?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 17, 2015, 05:17:31 PM
Quote from: Greg on May 17, 2015, 04:54:28 PM
Distress crop?
A dying plant, say in a drought, will often produce an excess of fruit or seed as it diverts resources from its own survival. This is called a distress crop. Then it dies.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 17, 2015, 05:27:11 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 17, 2015, 05:17:31 PM
A dying plant, say in a drought, will often produce an excess of fruit or seed as it diverts resources from its own survival. This is called a distress crop. Then it dies.
Sounds about right.  :-X :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on May 19, 2015, 07:41:13 AM
Is this what passes for investigative journalism now? (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/18/where-there-is-oil-and-gas-there-is-schlumberger)


I admit, I read the Grauniad primarily to keep up with hot click-bait topics and op eds, and mush-brained lefty "thinking", but this is just sloppy, lazy, and manipulative.  The front page leader says: "Special Report: Oil firm makes $48bn a year - you've probably never heard of it.  It has more staff than Google and is worth more than McDonald's - meet Schlumberger, the oil world's most secretive operator.

Of course, if people bother reading either the general business press or even just the business section of a local newspaper, then the name Schlumberger is not at all new.  (I first encountered the name about twenty years ago - and I've never worked in the oil industry.)  And they don't make $48 billion.  That implies profits. Revenue is about $48 billion.  This is very clearly a cynical misuse of language.  It's almost as if the authors and editors are lying.  Is it really surprising to learn that Schlumberger has more staff than Google?  Google is well-known for not having a particularly large number of employees given its perceived size and power.  That's quite common among Silicon Valley companies.  The authors then label the CEO "elusive".  Does that mean he furtively slips in and out of secret entrances - or just that he avoids the press?  (Perish the thought!)  I'm trying to imagine what might happen if the reporters and editors ever learn about Saudi Aramco or Lukoil.

This reminds me of an interview I saw once of an old lefty activist who said that he started reading the Wall Street Journal because, he was surprised to learn, they actively and regularly report on business activities overseas, including dealings with governments.  He was a conspiracy theory-light type - global companies trying to rule the world, etc - but I still found his disclosure telling.  (If memory serves, the interview was on Bill Moyers' PBS show.)

By all means, let's have a press that investigates bad corporate behavior and exposes misdeeds, and holds political leaders to account when nothing is done, but I wonder if it is too much to ask for quality journalism.  Or does yellow journalism never die?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 19, 2015, 07:50:49 AM
The angels weep.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 19, 2015, 07:38:29 PM
http://www.clickhole.com/article/9-inspiring-photos-will-make-your-brain-spray-good-2406
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 20, 2015, 12:21:25 AM
Greg, you should seriously consider getting this book -- it is awesome! And it is only $20. Over 300 pages with illustrations, diagrams, and it is the size of a textbook/workbook. My copy just came on Monday. I wish I had ordered it a few months ago.

Some of the really technical details are a little bit dry, but there is enough humor thrown in so that it isn't a problem (i.e. for the short section at the end on curls "Since you are going to do them anyway, we might as well discuss how to do them properly..."). Overall, though, I actually think it is pretty interesting. Lots of explanations involving physics and biomechanics.

[asin]0982522738[/asin]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 20, 2015, 12:46:00 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 20, 2015, 12:21:25 AM
Greg, you should seriously consider getting this book -- it is awesome! And it is only $20. Over 300 pages with illustrations, diagrams, and it is the size of a textbook/workbook. My copy just came on Monday. I wish I had ordered it a few months ago.

Some of the really technical details are a little bit dry, but there is enough humor thrown in so that it isn't a problem (i.e. for the short section at the end on curls "Since you are going to do them anyway, we might as well discuss how to do them properly..."). Overall, though, I actually think it is pretty interesting. Lots of explanations involving physics and biomechanics.

[asin]0982522738[/asin]

I have heard good things from someone else too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 20, 2015, 08:00:42 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 20, 2015, 12:21:25 AM
Greg, you should seriously consider getting this book -- it is awesome! And it is only $20. Over 300 pages with illustrations, diagrams, and it is the size of a textbook/workbook. My copy just came on Monday. I wish I had ordered it a few months ago.

Some of the really technical details are a little bit dry, but there is enough humor thrown in so that it isn't a problem (i.e. for the short section at the end on curls "Since you are going to do them anyway, we might as well discuss how to do them properly..."). Overall, though, I actually think it is pretty interesting. Lots of explanations involving physics and biomechanics.

[asin]0982522738[/asin]
Cool, looks like the book is filled with useful info (looking through the Amazon preview).
Mainly, I just do bench press/squats/rows when it comes to barbells...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on May 21, 2015, 02:22:32 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 20, 2015, 08:00:42 PM
Cool, looks like the book is filled with useful info (looking through the Amazon preview).
Mainly, I just do bench press/squats/rows when it comes to barbells...
I do bench press, squats, deadlifts, and standing press. I've never done barbell rows before -- no idea why, but I just haven't gotten around to learn them. I probably will eventually. Deadlifts are fun and feel great. A few weeks ago I hurt my back doing cable rows (nothing serious, but it hurt). The following week I tried deadlifting cautiously even though my back still hurt. I swear, my back almost stopped hurting entirely afterward.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 02, 2015, 07:33:02 PM
So I read this today: "If people are so happy about Caitlyn Jenner getting her perfect body, then why were people so mad at Cell getting his perfect form?"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 03, 2015, 06:35:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 02, 2015, 07:33:02 PM
So I read this today: "If people are so happy about Caitlyn Jenner getting her perfect body, then why were people so mad at Cell getting his perfect form?"

Don't mind admitting I do not understand half of this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 03, 2015, 07:14:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 03, 2015, 06:35:09 AM
Don't mind admitting I do not understand half of this.
It's okay. Here's a visual guide.

(http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54d41de45afbd365278b4567-480/olympic-champion-turned-reality-tv-star-bruce-jenner-has-americans-rapt-attention-once-again-amid-talk-that-he-is-soon-to-come-out-as-transgender.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/148/d/1/cell_of_dbz_by_jachase-d51gzmt.png)




AND WITNESS MY FINAL FORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150601134616-bruce-caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-cover-exlarge-169.jpg)
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100506142509/dragonball/images/0/0d/CellPerfectNVVsGoku.png)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 11:25:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 03, 2015, 06:35:09 AM
Don't mind admitting I do not understand half of this.

Nor I. But sometimes it's good to be old.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 05, 2015, 09:17:35 AM
Quote. . . from Anglo-Norman taxer ("to impose a tax"), from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō[/quot]
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Florestan on June 05, 2015, 11:01:20 AM
Quotefrom Latin taxāre

Tax and spend, spend and tax... is there any Latin spendere

As a Romanian (ie, speaker of a Romanic language) I honestly tell you that whenever I hear of "taxes" my first reaction is: "Fuck, yet another one!"
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 05, 2015, 02:26:21 PM
My reaction to this is different than, it seems, everyone else's.
http://youtu.be/65ZUl4bIBD8

My reaction is: where's the first bit?  The video starts with her already speaking and reacting to something that has happened. What? I don't see enough here to judge her actions. Was he aggressive before settling in to wait? I don't know. No-one does. How can we know? But on the basis of this clip she lost her job.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 05, 2015, 02:28:23 PM
Reaction to what?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 05, 2015, 02:31:23 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 05, 2015, 02:26:21 PM
My reaction to this is different than, it seems, everyone else's.
http://www.youtube.com/v/65ZUl4bIBD8

My reaction is: where's the first bit?  The video starts with her already speaking and reacting to something that has happened. What? I don't see enough here to judge her actions. Was he aggressive before settling in to wait? I don't know. No-one does. How can we know? But on the basis of this clip she lost her job.
Boggles the mind.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 05, 2015, 02:32:22 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 05, 2015, 02:28:23 PM
Reaction to what?
This video went viral, she has been pilloried everywhere, and the university fired her. But we saw only a selected 34 seconds of the whole thing.

She is already agitated and in mid sentence when this starts. She says he's harassing whoever it was she named. He says he's just waiting. Then she says the waiting until they have time is harassing thing. But look at her say it. She is worked up already. Something got her worked up. She pauses like she is thinking what to say. Then she reacts just to the statement he made right then, and in a way which while it sounds silly perhaps is not.  If he has been making a fuss about not being able to see her on demand and then says he will just sit into the office and wait for her until she's available despite being told that she wouldn't be in that he could make an appointment, that does seem that it could be taken as slightly aggressive doesn't it?  And if she's taking it that way, her response is actually on point. She's trying to insist on her position without rehashing what just happened or escalating. 
Consider what the situation would be if he were an ex-boyfriend. Would you not see his behavior as aggressive and indeed stalking like behavior?  If your answer is yes, then her reaction cannot be called irrational,  because we don't know what his behavior was before this clip began.

Now I don't know what happened, and no one who watches this video knows what happened.  That is my point.

Go look on the YouTube site or other websites and you will see her being described as a racist and that her action can only be racially motivated.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 05, 2015, 02:57:13 PM
For some reason, when I first saw your post, the video didn't appear.  So your disembodied comments puzzled me, is all.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on June 05, 2015, 03:17:50 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 05, 2015, 02:57:13 PM
For some reason, when I first saw your post, the video didn't appear.  So your disembodied comments puzzled me, is all.
Ken didn't fix the video address in the code, so it still doesn't appear in his post.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 05, 2015, 03:39:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 05, 2015, 02:32:22 PM
Go look on the YouTube site or other websites and you will see her being described as a racist and that her action can only be racially motivated.
This video is a bit old, but I had read fb comments from people who knew here, saying that she's just really mean. Racist? No idea.


Found an interesting youtube comment:
Quote
Oh this is fun, Woman claiming harassment arguing with black male, let's see who's side the social justice warriors take. I mean how do we know who's more oppressed?

QuoteThe chart of oppression goes as this:

Trans > Female > Skin Colour (unless it involves cops, then it goes above trans) > Otherkin >  Poor
I actually found a chart of oppression here:

(http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbzq3wEOT71r80ufxo1_500.png)
Created as a joke, but I almost mistook it for something serious at first.  ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 05:23:20 PM
Cucumbers.
http://www.ozy.com/true-story/cucumbers-the-new-birthday-cake/40888 (http://www.ozy.com/true-story/cucumbers-the-new-birthday-cake/40888)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 07, 2015, 12:34:24 AM
I'm fed up with these boards.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 07, 2015, 01:23:54 AM
Something to think about.

http://www.lexido.com/EBOOK_TEXTS/MISCELLANEOUS_MAXIMS_AND_OPINIONS_.aspx?S=175 (http://www.lexido.com/EBOOK_TEXTS/MISCELLANEOUS_MAXIMS_AND_OPINIONS_.aspx?S=175)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 07, 2015, 06:41:04 AM
I'll leave Ken alone. Bye bye my friends.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 07, 2015, 01:48:12 PM
Last night, dreamed about that one guy I used to work with who got arrested for trying to hook up with a 14-year old girl online (who really happened to be a cop). I dreamed that he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in his jail cell.  :-X (might as well, after you get labeled a sex offender for the rest of your life)

Second part of the dream, I dreamed my friend joined the Black Panthers.  ??? Then he just says, "Sorry, Greg."  :'(

Anyways, today, I just found out from my friend that this guy he used to work with (a guy that I played basketball with once or twice) had gotten arrested for the SAME THING (trying to hook up with a 14-year old online). WTF? Why???  ???

And you might picture them both a certain way, but the surprising thing is, they're both really nice, normal, dudes that are into sports. I didn't know that other guy well, but one I came pretty close to actually starting to possibly hang out with. I mean, I do understand some 14-years can look a bit older (my friend's sister, for example, is nearly as tall as me at the age of 13), but a 14-year old?... how dumb can you be? Or have they never watched the news before?  ???
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 07, 2015, 11:47:20 PM
You really can get arrested if there never was any *real* underage girl involved, just an agent provocateur? This seems pretty close to thoughtcrime and again shows how crazy our society is. We manage to be strict puritans and debauched libertines at the same time...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 01:45:44 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 07, 2015, 11:47:20 PM
You really can get arrested if there never was any *real* underage girl involved, just an agent provocateur? This seems pretty close to thoughtcrime and again shows how crazy our society is. We manage to be strict puritans and debauched libertines at the same time...
While I agree with the law, this has crossed mind before. Don't they do the same with prostitution and female police officers? I guess the argument would be that the only way that they can be arrested is if the idea crosses the threshold from "thought" to "action". It certainly doesn't concern be either way.

Other chat thread news: I had a good week at the gym. Deadlifted 405 lbs twice and bench pressed 225 lbs (finally!). While doing squats I was asked if I play football (never!). And I got some nice lifting shoes for my birthday. Sorry to brag, but I was excited. Very motivating. I still need to learn to power clean and barbell row, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on June 08, 2015, 04:16:23 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 01:45:44 AM


Other chat thread news: I had a good week at the gym. Deadlifted 405 lbs twice and bench pressed 225 lbs (finally!). While doing squats I was asked if I play football (never!). And I got some nice lifting shoes for my birthday. Sorry to brag, but I was excited. Very motivating. I still need to learn to power clean and barbell row, though.

I don't see any need to apologise for 'bragging'. And while I don't know your age or weight or how long you've been training, those are still fine numbers to be lifting. So well done. And enjoy your rewards.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 04:42:17 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 01:45:44 AM
While I agree with the law, this has crossed mind before. Don't they do the same with prostitution and female police officers? I guess the argument would be that the only way that they can be arrested is if the idea crosses the threshold from "thought" to "action". It certainly doesn't concern be either way.

Other chat thread news: I had a good week at the gym. Deadlifted 405 lbs twice and bench pressed 225 lbs (finally!). While doing squats I was asked if I play football (never!). And I got some nice lifting shoes for my birthday. Sorry to brag, but I was excited. Very motivating. I still need to learn to power clean and barbell row, though.

That's an impressive weight. How big are you? At my peak fitness, about age 29, I could bench press 300, barely. But I am a big guy (6 ft 2).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 08, 2015, 06:24:10 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 07, 2015, 11:47:20 PM
You really can get arrested if there never was any *real* underage girl involved, just an agent provocateur? This seems pretty close to thoughtcrime and again shows how crazy our society is. We manage to be strict puritans and debauched libertines at the same time...
Yeah, obviously there should be some sort of punishment, but I've wondered before if his case was a bit too much. He lost his job, truck, got thrown in jail (never found out if he was bailed out or what) and is now forever on the list of sexual predators. Anyone can google his name and view his arrest page, but it also lists the schools (including elementary schools) near him, so they make it seem like 7 year olds aren't safe near him, either. All for attempting to meet an imaginary person 4 years underage. And would he have attempted to meet if that imaginary girl weren't flirting with him online?

So yeah, you do have to be careful not to do anything stupid in this country because the police are out to get you. Even worse with drugs...



Quote from: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 01:45:44 AM
Other chat thread news: I had a good week at the gym. Deadlifted 405 lbs twice and bench pressed 225 lbs (finally!). While doing squats I was asked if I play football (never!). And I got some nice lifting shoes for my birthday. Sorry to brag, but I was excited. Very motivating. I still need to learn to power clean and barbell row, though.
I wish I could do anywhere near that weight. Maybe one day, if I ever feel like eating 8000 calories a day to get that sort of strength.
Or maybe you are just a Super Saiyan.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 08, 2015, 09:23:29 AM
Ken, why are you doing this to me man? :'(
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Quote from: Henk on June 08, 2015, 09:23:29 AM
Ken, why are you doing this to me man? :'(
Huh? I'm confused.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 08, 2015, 10:39:09 AM
Quote from: Greg on June 08, 2015, 06:24:10 AM
Yeah, obviously there should be some sort of punishment, but I've wondered before if his case was a bit too much. He lost his job, truck, got thrown in jail (never found out if he was bailed out or what) and is now forever on the list of sexual predators. Anyone can google his name and view his arrest page, but it also lists the schools (including elementary schools) near him, so they make it seem like 7 year olds aren't safe near him, either. All for attempting to meet an imaginary person 4 years underage. And would he have attempted to meet if that imaginary girl weren't flirting with him online?
I certainly do not want to defend child molesters.
But I think there is a difference if police want to break into, say an underage prostitution ring, and use agents provocateurs or if police officers pose as 14 yo in chatrooms just for the chance to entice stupid guys who like young girls but might not have touched any actual underage girl without the "virtual seduction"

I am not sure, but I think even Europe has become more puritanical and the age of protection was raised to 18 (had been 16 until 2008).
But it seems quite complicated, mostly concerns (quasi-)prostitution (and in that case I am in favor of strict laws, prostitution is legal in Germany but of course not for underage) and does not only depend on the age of the offender but mainly if there was some kind of exploitation involved. I am pretty sure that consensual sex with a 16 yo would not have legal consequences (unless teacher-student or similar situations). 14-16 is probably borderline, below 14 is always very bad and will be punished (as it should be).
But I do not think it is plausible that if a 14 yo girl has sex with a boy of the same age everything is fine and dandy but it is a crime if the guy is 19, even if consensual.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 10:51:39 AM
Quote from: NikF on June 08, 2015, 04:16:23 AM
I don't see any need to apologise for 'bragging'. And while I don't know your age or weight or how long you've been training, those are still fine numbers to be lifting. So well done. And enjoy your rewards.
Thanks! I suppose the reason I really like to report (even on a classical music forum) is because it keeps me motivated and makes me feel like I am held accountable. Partly why I asked for shoes for my birthday -- There's no way in hell that I'm going to get a pair of $90 shoes and stop lifting a few months later just because I get lazy or sick of it.

Quote from: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 04:42:17 AM
That's an impressive weight. How big are you? At my peak fitness, about age 29, I could bench press 300, barely. But I am a big guy (6 ft 2).
300lbs must have required a lot of force times distance. :laugh:

6 ft 4 (need to check weight soon, no scale at home), started about 9 months ago (September 2014). I have long arms which really helps with DLs, but makes bench pressing more challenging for me. You gain some, you lose some :-\ ... I hope to be able to do 300+ lbs on the bench press. Honestly, I was shocked that I was able to do 225. I thought I'd fail. I still need to test my 1rm for squats...

Quote from: Greg on June 08, 2015, 06:24:10 AM
I wish I could do anywhere near that weight. Maybe one day, if I ever feel like eating 8000 calories a day to get that sort of strength.
Or maybe you are just a Super Saiyan.  >:D
I did eat a lot, but nowhere near that much! I didn't count too closely but I'd say I would eat over 3000/day. I started improving a lot when I decided to do more sets at heavier weight with fewer reps. That definitely made a big difference. Mentally it helps, too, since you get used to being able to handle more weight than you are used to doing.

And I'm definitely not a Super Saiyan (had to google that one).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 11:23:51 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 10:51:39 AM
6 ft 4

So tall and yet a Turangalilla fan?  :( Another beautiful theory slain by an ugly fact!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 08, 2015, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 08, 2015, 10:51:39 AM
I did eat a lot, but nowhere near that much! I didn't count too closely but I'd say I would eat over 3000/day. I started improving a lot when I decided to do more sets at heavier weight with fewer reps. That definitely made a big difference. Mentally it helps, too, since you get used to being able to handle more weight than you are used to doing.
That's not too much- I believe for me it's still around 3500 calories/day, though it's been forever since I counted.
I do about 18-20 reps for most barbell-related stuff. I don't have a dedicated spotter, either, so I don't push myself too much when it comes to benching.



Quote from: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 11:23:51 AM
So tall and yet a Turangalilla fan?  :( Another beautiful theory slain by an ugly fact!
???



Quote from: Jo498 on June 08, 2015, 10:39:09 AM
I certainly do not want to defend child molesters.
But I think there is a difference if police want to break into, say an underage prostitution ring, and use agents provocateurs or if police officers pose as 14 yo in chatrooms just for the chance to entice stupid guys who like young girls but might not have touched any actual underage girl without the "virtual seduction"
I just hope it wasn't them just on some chatroom and the officer trying to entice them. This guy that I knew was really nice, but he was also really desperate and frustrated when it came to women and also I heard that he tried to hang himself sometime after his mom died. For a while he was dating a girl we worked with (who was 29 and really cute), though I doubt they did anything considering she seemed like a somewhat serious Christian, and actually, I don't believe he ever did anything with a girl unless it was something between when he was 22-24 that I didn't know about. The whole sting operation initially happened last Valentine's Day, which was the day of his 25th birthday. There was also a 20 year old on the list trying to pick up a 14-year old. That kinda starts to get into territory where it's pointless to arrest somebody IMO. But there were some other cases, too, that where unquestionably horrible.

I almost want to believe he went out of his way to try to pick up a minor, because then nothing about his punishment would seem a little extreme. Maybe he did. Just don't know the details.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on June 08, 2015, 10:14:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 08, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Huh? I'm confused.

You said I should stay for fighting the popularity of Liszt.. Now I want to leave this forum, but don't want to let you alone!!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 14, 2015, 10:40:03 AM
My friend and I saw Joe Biden and his family this morning at a supermarket/cafe nearby that I frequent for breakfast. Not surprising, considering it is only a mile or so from where he lives in DE, I think. It was nice to see people just letting him be and not bothering him. It is in a notably high-end neighborhood, anyways, so most people who live there probably think it is no big deal. It was hard not to stare (I tried my best!), but he must be used to it.

I kind of feel bad that really famous people can't spend time alone or with family without the feeling of being watched. In the case of VP (or any high-level politician), though, he surely knew what he was getting in to. Part of the job, I guess.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2015, 07:30:04 AM
I got a job!   8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 17, 2015, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: PaulR on June 17, 2015, 07:30:04 AM
I got a job!   8)
Yay! Ann Arbor, or moving?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 17, 2015, 08:02:38 AM
Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on June 17, 2015, 10:48:22 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 17, 2015, 07:38:22 AM
Yay! Ann Arbor, or moving?
Moved back to NY last month. 

It's Sam's club.  Nothing glamorous, but gets me money and some experience.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 17, 2015, 10:50:49 AM
Speaking as one who worked retail many years, hang in there!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 17, 2015, 02:22:25 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 17, 2015, 10:50:49 AM
Speaking as one who worked retail many years, hang in there!
Just be wary of supervisors like John ...  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Jubal Slate on June 19, 2015, 12:33:31 PM
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzny4vHJSu1rpuzyeo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 06, 2015, 02:06:21 AM
I've had a busy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago my car started having serious transmission problems. I was still able to drive it, but it made noises and it struggled shifting gears. When I brought it in to the mechanic, he told me that I really should think about looking for a new car. I wasn't too upset because it was a 2001 Subaru Outback (L.L. Bean edition) with 201k miles on it. It served me well and I liked driving it.

I currently live in northern Delaware (where there are all sorts of fun, winding roads through hills and trees) and I decided that a convertible would be fun. So, I ended up with a shiny black 2003 Ford Mustang convertible. It's a blast to drive! I will probably regret it come Winter, but there are plenty of highways that I can take as back-up routes if the side roads get slippery. I got a pretty decent deal on it, too. Only 100k miles, black leather seats, great speakers, in good shape, etc.

I installed a bluetooth audio receiver so I can hook up my phone to play music and take hands-free calls. It took a few tries to get it working properly, but I managed to save money and do it myself. When I first hooked it up I forgot to attach the wires that power the car's subwoofers. Needless to say, it didn't sound great, but I fixed it yesterday and it seem to be working perfectly. I only used electrical tape so I could easily change connections if I got something wrong, so I'll have to take it apart and replace the tape with more-secure wire crimps, but that shouldn't be too difficult now that I know what I'm doing.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: jlaurson on July 06, 2015, 02:09:36 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on July 06, 2015, 02:06:21 AM
I've had a busy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago my car started having serious transmission problems. I was still able to drive it, but it made noises and it struggled shifting gears. When I brought it in to the mechanic, he told me that I really should think about looking for a new car. I wasn't too upset because it was a 2001 Subaru Outback (L.L. Bean edition) with 201k miles on it. It served me well and I liked driving it.

I currently live in northern Delaware (where there are all sorts of fun, winding roads through hills and trees) and I decided that a convertible would be fun. So, I ended up with a shiny black 2003 Ford Mustang convertible. It's a blast to drive! I will probably regret it come Winter, but there are plenty of highways that I can take as back-up routes if the side roads get slippery. I got a pretty decent deal on it, too. Only 100k miles, black leather seats, great speakers, in good shape, etc.

I installed a bluetooth audio receiver so I can hook up my phone to play music and take hands-free calls. It took a few tries to get it working properly, but I managed to save money and do it myself. When I first hooked it up I forgot to attach the wires that power the car's subwoofers. Needless to say, it didn't sound great, but I fixed it yesterday and it seem to be working perfectly. I only used electrical tape so I could easily change connections if I got something wrong, so I'll have to take it apart and replace the tape with more-secure wire crimps, but that shouldn't be too difficult now that I know what I'm doing.

But driving in a convertible is so darn loud... doesn't that kind of nix all but the most dynamically flattened music?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 06, 2015, 02:17:31 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 06, 2015, 02:09:36 AM
But driving in a convertible is so darn loud... doesn't that kind of nix all but the most dynamically flattened music?
Hence why much of Turangalila-Symphonie is great car music :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.

But seriously, I'm kind of used to it since the one main issue with my old car was that the window-seals were poor (not sure if they were worn out or if they were poorly-designed to begin with). So, the Subaru really wasn't any better. I manage.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 08, 2015, 07:22:46 AM
More crucifixions http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/07/08/isis-crucifies-dozens-for-breaking-ramadan-fast/ (http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/07/08/isis-crucifies-dozens-for-breaking-ramadan-fast/)

I am drinking tea as I post this.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 20, 2015, 07:57:10 AM
This is pretty neat.

http://hsperson.com/test/high-sensation-seeking-test/

In my class, it says high scores with sensation-seeking are related to liking surreal art. Considering I scored high with this and surrealism is my favorite art style, definitely true for me.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 30, 2015, 04:25:56 PM
Here's a long post. Mainly about myself, so probably not interesting, but this is what I've been thinking about a lot. Originally was going to post in the Video Game thread, but nah... touches on other stuff, too, so going in the Chat Thread.




Awesome Reddit thread about video games and depression. I can relate to most of the stuff said on this thread.

http://www.reddit.com/r/depression/comments/2xe6vz/video_games_and_depression/



I actually don't want to play video games. You are just investing in a virtual character, not yourself. However, after going through the FF series from summer 2014 to summer 2015, I experienced a year with no notable feelings of depression that lasted more than a day (if that), which had been the first time in as long as I can remember. It was something I had long sought after.

The only way I can explain it is that, by nature, I am a conqueror and an explorer (more technically, extremely goal-oriented and sensation-seeking). Playing those games filled my two greatest psychological needs, I suppose. In everyday life, you go to same place, do the same shit and get nowhere. I just can't do that and feel happy. I like stability, but doing that just makes me depressed after a while. I have to aim for something and get absorbed doing so. (I never thought I could survive on 6 hours of sleep at night, but it actually worked when I was in such a rush to get through the FF11 expansions).

I wish I could just grind through my four main personal (non-career) goals, which  are:

1. working out/bodybuilding- you can only do such so much before you are overtraining. I also find it incredibly boring, and for me, 90% of the work is just eating until I don't feel too good. And still don't gain weight. If the real world were like DBZ, though, I'd probably be benching semis 4 hours a day by now.
2. learning Japanese- I tried "grinding" through the language, but there is never any feeling of progress once you get to a certain level. The problem with memory is that I just forget everything. There's no such thing as a progress bar, so I feel like I'm just wasting my time most of the time.
3. improving lucid dreaming skills- literally takes no time out of my day, so it's irrelevant
4. learning how to draw- Relies too much on memory (like learning a language), but idk, haven't really tried seeing if setting goals works or not...



I've spent sooooooooo much time trying to shape these things into a specific goal that I could grind until I accomplish them, but these goals are just too open-ended to do so. Anime is another thing I thought to fill my time with, but even the longest series can't entertain me for more than a few months (if I ever got into One Piece or Detective Conan), so I'm left to find another to fill the void once it's done.

And did I mention that I can't stand doing two different things? I have to do ONE thing and get completely absorbed in it to the point where I don't want to do anything else. Just something to figure out...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 31, 2015, 09:26:35 PM
I think I've found the short, simple answer to staying happy: I just need something that I'm extremely excited about (with a rating 9 or 10/10) that is attainable/doable in a short term sense to offset the crushing boredom of everyday life.

My recent adventure through the FF series started in spring 2013, when faced with the prospect of a soul-crushing 70 hours a week of work and school. I asked myself, "What do I want to do most that is actually doable before I die? Hmmm... I never played FF8, I'll do that!" and then, after reading some forum thread about people's favorite Final Fantasies, I got the idea of playing the rest in the main series so I could compare. My excitement level to play each game was probably a 10 at the time- even the first two, which sucked, were extremely entertaining because they did a lot in satisfying my curiosity of the origin of the series. And both 11 and 14 were such unique experiences with such an insane learning curve for someone who had never played an MMORPG before. Thinking about the possibilities of the job system entertained me for such a long time. However, the actual process of leveling the jobs by doing the same content over and over dulls my excitement of the thought of returning to these games quite a bit (and are the main reasons why I left in the first place).

So right now, I guess the reason why it seems like I'm floating in psychologically atonal territory is that I'm not really excited about anything as much as a 9 or 10. A handful of things are an 8 for me... so if I can't think of any 9's or 10's, it's just a matter of diving into the 8's and hoping they turn out even more exciting than I think they are.

There, I just saved myself a trip to the psychologist. Saved a lot of money, too.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 02, 2015, 03:31:37 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 30, 2015, 04:25:56 PM
1. working out/bodybuilding- you can only do such so much before you are overtraining. I also find it incredibly boring, and for me, 90% of the work is just eating until I don't feel too good. And still don't gain weight. If the real world were like DBZ, though, I'd probably be benching semis 4 hours a day by now.
I don't want to come across as an expert, (because I am not at all!), but I get the impression that overtraining is significantly harder than we think it is. About 2.5 months ago I started doing compound lifts much more frequently several times a week (3, 2, 2 times per week for squats, bench, DLs, respectively, and all 5 reps by 5 sets) and I have improved drastically. I also hardly get sore.

Then again, I don't know what your goals/intentions are. I'd like to possibly, at some point, try and compete in a powerlifting competition if I can find something that is amiable to easily-intimidated beginners, hence why I focus on those three things so much.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 02, 2015, 07:28:14 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 02, 2015, 03:31:37 PM
I don't want to come across as an expert, (because I am not at all!), but I get the impression that overtraining is significantly harder than we think it is. About 2.5 months ago I started doing compound lifts much more frequently several times a week (3, 2, 2 times per week for squats, bench, DLs, respectively, and all 5 reps by 5 sets) and I have improved drastically. I also hardly get sore.

Then again, I don't know what your goals/intentions are. I'd like to possibly, at some point, try and compete in a powerlifting competition if I can find something that is amiable to easily-intimidated beginners, hence why I focus on those three things so much.
I've also wondered about the whole idea of overtraining... the only time I feel soreness is when I push myself more than normal, and even then, it's extremely rare to last until the next day. (I probably could do more, might even help a lot).  ;D

Of course, everyone is different... I know people that are new to lifting usually experience soreness and shouldn't lift more than 3 days a week, while bodybuilders who use steroids can lift 6-7 days a week if they want. So I guess overtraining is all relative...

To be honest (and I know this is no excuse for anything, but just saying how I feel), if I could look like He-man in a month by just lifting non-stop, it would be much more exciting than being able to look possibly halfway like that at the most over the course of several years of spending a fraction of the time lifting each week... (not implying I'd ever be interested in steroids, yuck)

Besides that, thought of some other stuff that is exciting enough (and some of what I'm doing is becoming more exciting). Should be good for quite a while. Bring to mind this image that sort of relates...

(http://proteinfart.proteinfart.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Beginner-Gym-Problems-Blunders-2.jpg)

fixation on one thing, kinda lost without it sort of feeling?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 03, 2015, 09:56:03 AM
Quote from: Greg on August 02, 2015, 07:28:14 PM
I've also wondered about the whole idea of overtraining... the only time I feel soreness is when I push myself more than normal, and even then, it's extremely rare to last until the next day. (I probably could do more, might even help a lot).  ;D

Of course, everyone is different... I know people that are new to lifting usually experience soreness and shouldn't lift more than 3 days a week, while bodybuilders who use steroids can lift 6-7 days a week if they want. So I guess overtraining is all relative...

To be honest (and I know this is no excuse for anything, but just saying how I feel), if I could look like He-man in a month by just lifting non-stop, it would be much more exciting than being able to look possibly halfway like that at the most over the course of several years of spending a fraction of the time lifting each week... (not implying I'd ever be interested in steroids, yuck)
I lift 6 days a week and I certainly don't do steroids, haha. You just have to spread things out properly. Then again, it doesn't really matter much if you think it is boring.

Also, I bet that you'd find this guy entertaining (if you haven't already seen him). My favorite one is probably this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-oRydlnCE
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 03, 2015, 11:01:40 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 03, 2015, 09:56:03 AM
Then again, it doesn't really matter much if you think it is boring.
That would be my biggest problem.  :-X


Quote from: EigenUser on August 03, 2015, 09:56:03 AM
Also, I bet that you'd find this guy entertaining (if you haven't already seen him). My favorite one is probably this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-oRydlnCE
I've seen that. I must be the odd minority that actually likes leg day the most...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 03, 2015, 11:10:40 AM
Looks like with my upcoming schedule, anything more than 5 days a week will be impossible... and very likely more than 3 days a week won't be possible, either (all depending). But eventually, I would like to try out 4-5 days a week...


Mainly because I got my first internship, and it's 8 hours a day twice a week, plus 3 hours of driving, so that's 11 hours those days. And I'd likely be working full days on the weekends at my job, too...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 03, 2015, 12:07:40 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 03, 2015, 11:10:40 AM
Looks like with my upcoming schedule, anything more than 5 days a week will be impossible... and very likely more than 3 days a week won't be possible, either (all depending). But eventually, I would like to try out 4-5 days a week...


Mainly because I got my first internship, and it's 8 hours a day twice a week, plus 3 hours of driving, so that's 11 hours those days. And I'd likely be working full days on the weekends at my job, too...

Useless it seems to me, to do so much fitness. Invest in becoming a good cook or something, you do yourself a pleasure with it and girls around you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 03, 2015, 12:40:52 PM
Not sure how fitness is useless.  ;D (and don't you prefer girls that do at least some fitness?)  ::)

I wouldn't mind learning how to make food that I like and don't get to eat much (Thai and Japanese food, for example). That might be fun, especially if learning from Vegan Black Metal Chef.  >:D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 03, 2015, 01:03:06 PM
Quote from: Greg on August 03, 2015, 12:40:52 PM
Not sure how fitness is useless.  ;D (and don't you prefer girls that do at least some fitness?)  ::)

I wouldn't mind learning how to make food that I like and don't get to eat much (Thai and Japanese food, for example). That might be fun, especially if learning from Vegan Black Metal Chef.  >:D

Too much fitness is useless imo, so body building.

I wouldn't say I prefer girls who do fitness. But yeah, I like it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 03, 2015, 01:27:16 PM
Quote from: Henk on August 03, 2015, 01:03:06 PM
Too much fitness is useless imo, so body building.

(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/c/ce/Ssj4_goku_vs_baby2.png/revision/latest?cb=20121106053258)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 05, 2015, 02:37:01 PM
One of the big flaws in current American culture is the expression "I don't care much about..." if they want to say they don't like something.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2015, 03:27:29 AM
I don't half fancy your complaint there.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 06, 2015, 05:50:16 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 06, 2015, 03:27:29 AM
I don't half fancy your complaint there.

What exactly don't you understand?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2015, 05:53:58 AM
Quote from: Henk on August 06, 2015, 05:50:16 AM
What exactly don't you understand?

In your post, there was nothing at all which I failed to understand  ;)

I was using a loosely equivalent British expression of indirect disapproval, simply to demonstrate that this manner of expressing indirect disapproval has an impeccable pedigree in the English-speaking world.  I mean, you still may not like it; but all one can say is, hard cheddar!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on August 07, 2015, 03:57:00 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 06, 2015, 05:53:58 AM
In your post, there was nothing at all which I failed to understand  ;)

I was using a loosely equivalent British expression of indirect disapproval, simply to demonstrate that this manner of expressing indirect disapproval has an impeccable pedigree in the English-speaking world.  I mean, you still may not like it; but all one can say is, hard cheddar!  8)

I love it, though real cheese is much better. ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on August 23, 2015, 05:50:13 PM
Working outside in 104F/40C temperatures (with ridiculous humidity) all day and it finally cools down by having a really ridiculous lightning storm that is so bad that I spend 20 minutes really wondering if I'm going to die from a lightning strike getting to my car and also while driving it. I fucking swear.

Springs to mind two thoughts: 1. I really should work on finding a date before I die from the weather (hurricanes and bad tornado problems are long overdue), and 2. When I plan my yearly pilgrimage to Tokyo, I should go in the summer, because it's cooler than here at least.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on September 04, 2015, 05:26:01 AM
How To Name Your Baby

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/03/how-to-name-your-baby/

(http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/128.jpeg) (http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/140.jpeg)

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2015, 07:27:25 AM
Today I filed an FCC complaint against AT&T. I have phone service with them, and have been trying to port my number to a new carrier. They have been obstructive, and when I called them repeatedly they lied to me about the process. I ended up reading to them from the FCC web page, which is really quite clear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 02, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2015, 07:27:25 AM
Today I filed an FCC complaint against AT&T. I have phone service with them, and have been trying to port my number to a new carrier. They have been obstructive, and when I called them repeatedly they lied to me about the process. I ended up reading to them from the FCC web page, which is really quite clear.

Good luck!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 08, 2015, 10:56:35 AM
Just a reminder: don't take oxycodone, even a small dosage, and drive. Especially on only 6 hours of sleep. Almost a miracle I didn't fall asleep even when over 70 mph on the highway. Wish I would have known about this before...
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 08, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 08, 2015, 10:56:35 AM
Just a reminder: don't take oxycodone, even a small dosage, and drive. Especially on only 6 hours of sleep. Almost a miracle I didn't fall asleep even when over 70 mph on the highway. Wish I would have known about this before...

Ook.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 08, 2015, 01:16:28 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 08, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Ook.
Thought it could have been the Ibuprofen at first, but if it were, I'd be asleep right now.  Process of elimination. :P
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 08, 2015, 01:26:24 PM
Quote from: Greg on October 08, 2015, 01:16:28 PM
Thought it could have been the Ibuprofen at first, but if it were, I'd be asleep right now.  Process of elimination. :P

Tips for Greg
Don't jump off moving trains.
Don't pet crocodiles.
Don't go hunting with Dick Cheney.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 08, 2015, 02:00:26 PM
Jumping off a moving train sounds fun, though.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 08, 2015, 07:52:50 PM
Oh. Here it says "no driving" on my oral surgery post-op care paper. I guess actually reading is a good idea?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 09, 2015, 03:03:00 AM
Quote from: Greg on October 08, 2015, 10:56:35 AM
Just a reminder: don't take oxycodone, even a small dosage, and drive. Especially on only 6 hours of sleep. Almost a miracle I didn't fall asleep even when over 70 mph on the highway. Wish I would have known about this before...
Goodness! Glad you're all right.

(Unless you're posting ... from Beyond ....)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2015, 06:41:06 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 09, 2015, 03:03:00 AM
Goodness! Glad you're all right.

(Unless you're posting ... from Beyond ....)
;D



Two things leanred yesterday:
1. Greg is ignorant of pharmaceutical-related stuff
2. Greg sometimes jumps into important situations with no plan or isn't being careful. It even says "be careful driving" on the container! lol
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on October 09, 2015, 07:04:27 AM
Quote from: Greg on October 09, 2015, 06:41:06 AM
;D



Two things leanred yesterday:
1. Greg is ignorant of pharmaceutical-related stuff
2. Greg sometimes jumps into important situations with no plan or isn't being careful. It even says "be careful driving" on the container! lol
Still not cool that the whoever in the hospital gave the drugs didn't say that to you.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2015, 07:40:14 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 09, 2015, 07:04:27 AM
Still not cool that the whoever in the hospital gave the drugs didn't say that to you.
True. My dentist did everything else right, though, even called back after 8 pm that day to make sure I was okay. The guy that handed me the medication was the assistant. And I could have pulled over to the side of the road if I really needed to (I did consider it).

That stuff is something else, though- after about 15 minutes, you instantly get shaky and tired even if you were alert before. And the first 4 hours after arriving at my internship, I couldn't stay awake for more than 2 minutes at a time, going instantly into vivid dreams but not staying asleep because of obvious reasons. And after the 4 hours, I had no problem staying awake. So incredibly abrupt.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 09, 2015, 08:49:08 AM
Perhaps you should have gone home (by cab) rather than to your internship?  :)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 09, 2015, 09:01:57 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 09, 2015, 08:49:08 AM
Perhaps you should have gone home (by cab) rather than to your internship?  :)
Well, it was the day after that I went. The effect started to kick in 15 minutes into my drive.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 09, 2015, 05:22:28 PM
So ever since ios8 my iPad mini has been getting worse and worse. Even worse with ios9. Today I did a factory reset. It is much better. Not up to the new tablets, or even my new android phone, but much better than the state Apple put it in with the upgrades. In case anyone else is having iOS woes.

I did a couple of other things too. I got a new browser, Maxthon. It is clearly faster than Safari. I turned off a lot of notifications too. All in all in it now runs much, much better, so I don't feel the need to replace it yet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 24, 2015, 05:16:04 AM
Dang.  I keep forgetting that Sean's having notes in an essay he once wrote, makes his artistic opinion binding upon All the World . . . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 01, 2015, 03:58:30 PM
Couldn't play Magic: The Gathering with my friend and his roomates because "shit happened." Today I find out from someone I work with (he thinks this stuff is crazy, too) that was going to join us that it was because they were "doing a seance, and something happened with some god they supposedly worship and one of the roomates has multiple people living inside of her."

Smh...


Quote from: karlhenning on October 24, 2015, 05:16:04 AM
Dang.  I keep forgetting that Sean's having notes in an essay he once wrote, makes his artistic opinion binding upon All the World . . . .
I almost misread that as "Dang! Forget to keep notes in my notebook of Sean's artistic opinions." That's what happens when you skim over a sentence.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 02, 2015, 07:47:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/AFMfpHxvlXk
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 03, 2015, 01:53:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/VnRKWTmVylY

A redneck history of Islam. Dying of laughter.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 03, 2015, 07:07:28 PM
Boughta tshirt with this graphic.
I was a Brit Lit major after all.
(http://robbieblair.com/images/2012/09/metaphors-be-with-you.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 04, 2015, 03:30:18 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 03, 2015, 07:07:28 PM
Boughta tshirt with this graphic.
I was a Brit Lit major after all.
(http://robbieblair.com/images/2012/09/metaphors-be-with-you.jpg)

Borrowing that for a tweet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on November 05, 2015, 05:19:34 AM
A new entrant in the race for Greatest Clickbait Headline Ever. (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/05/i-dont-want-heroin-to-kill-my-son-so-i-taught-my-8-year-old-to-give-the-antidote)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 17, 2015, 04:07:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/A8UTj8lQJhY

https://www.youtube.com/v/OJAuVQlLxD0

This is what yesterday made me temporarily reconsider living in Japan instead of this country.

And on top of that, many older people now think that all college students are batshit insane like this (which doesn't help them accept the idea that college should be free/taxpayer-funded).

At least for now, I can try to visit facebook/surf the internet less. Not easy, but I'm getting tired of stumbling upon stuff online trying to convince me that I'm a privileged, oppressive sexist racist because I was born a white male. Muslims shouldn't feel the need to apologize for Paris and I shouldn't feel the need to apologize for others, either.

Just try... to resist the temptation to surf the web when doing homework. And don't read the web, just play a game.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on November 25, 2015, 07:39:13 AM
Another application sent in.....Hoping for the best, but doubtful. 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 30, 2015, 03:16:51 AM
Quote from: PaulR on November 25, 2015, 07:39:13 AM
Another application sent in.....Hoping for the best, but doubtful. 

Good luck!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on November 30, 2015, 07:06:13 PM
So, I clicked on Amazon for some Cyber Monday shopping, selected a couple Blu Ray discs, went to buy, and lo and behold, free Prime shipping didn't work.  Curious.  Anyway, I can wait for the discs.  I may try tomorrow or later in the week.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 04, 2015, 01:58:38 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 30, 2015, 03:16:51 AM
Good luck!

Thanks!  It was for an office assistant job at a local college's registrars office.  Haven't heard back from them, and they closed the job.  It could very well be that they just stopped accepting applications, but I'm not overly optimistic.  Although, I can't get a job without applying.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 05, 2015, 03:15:34 AM
True enough!  Don't lose heart.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 06, 2015, 07:41:37 PM
Probably gonna delete my account tomorrow because it's the only thing left I can think of preventing me from wasting time posting about stupid stuff on here. Not upset with anyone, just tried multiple times over the last year to remove my bookmark to this site only to google it and end up posting again.  ::) I barely ever listen to classical music any more, so kinda pointless staying here.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2015, 03:25:31 AM
Quote from: Plue! on December 06, 2015, 07:41:37 PM
Probably gonna delete my account tomorrow because it's the only thing left I can think of preventing me from wasting time posting about stupid stuff on here.

Well, you're not the guy starting up ten new frivolous threads  ;)

Any reason you aren't listening to classical music any more?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 07, 2015, 05:00:16 AM
Reflecting on what I am doing and what's happening to me these days.

Feels like a seperate myself from others or something, like I go through something and arrive somewhere else. Scared a bit that I'm living a lie leaving my past behind, since I feel no solid ground under my feet. Must have to do with entering a new life phase. As Cornelis stated that on your 36-40 you get into your philosophical phase.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 07, 2015, 10:32:57 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 07, 2015, 03:25:31 AM
Well, you're not the guy starting up ten new frivolous threads  ;)

Any reason you aren't listening to classical music any more?
No specific reason. Just that since several years ago I seem to have discovered most of the classical music I like. And listening to mainly metal/prog ever since. I'll likely get tired of that eventually and move onto some other music, probably. I don't intentionally not listen to classical any more, I just rarely have the urge to listen to anything specific.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2015, 10:50:08 AM
Quote from: Plue! on December 07, 2015, 10:32:57 AM
No specific reason. Just that since several years ago I seem to have discovered most of the classical music I like. And listening to mainly metal/prog ever since. I'll likely get tired of that eventually and move onto some other music, probably. I don't intentionally not listen to classical any more, I just rarely have the urge to listen to anything specific.

Ah, that's all right then.

You'll come back to classical  ;)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 07, 2015, 11:07:07 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 07, 2015, 10:50:08 AM
Ah, that's all right then.

You'll come back to classical  ;)
Of course!  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 11, 2015, 02:41:54 AM
Can't find my cd The Game by Queen. So frustrating.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 11, 2015, 02:54:43 AM
Found it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Henk on December 12, 2015, 11:20:25 PM
Made this and just posted this on FriendLife, thought posted here also in this thread.

(https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12339581_10208318374146931_630986293845375781_o.jpg)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: PaulR on December 16, 2015, 08:50:23 AM
I am prepared to give my two weeks notice at Sam's Club.  This could either be a mistake, or a good thing.  *sigh* 
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Super Blood Moon on December 16, 2015, 09:12:41 AM
Quote from: Henk on December 11, 2015, 02:41:54 AM
Can't find my cd The Game by Queen. So frustrating.

Good one.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 16, 2015, 09:56:25 AM
The Game may be Hide-&-Seek.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 16, 2015, 09:56:43 AM
Quote from: PaulR on December 16, 2015, 08:50:23 AM
I am prepared to give my two weeks notice at Sam's Club.  This could either be a mistake, or a good thing.  *sigh* 

Here's hoping it's good!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Super Blood Moon on January 06, 2016, 04:13:33 AM
Audiences hate modern metal music because their brains cannot cope.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on January 10, 2016, 10:59:27 AM
I got a new deadlift PR yesterday -- 515 lbs. I am doing my first powerlifting competition in April. Should be fun even though I'm sure I'll place last.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 10, 2016, 12:17:57 PM
Quote from: Super Blood Moon on January 06, 2016, 04:13:33 AM
Audiences hate modern metal music because their brains cannot cope.

Damn their eyes!  0:)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on January 10, 2016, 12:32:04 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on January 10, 2016, 10:59:27 AM
I got a new deadlift PR yesterday -- 515 lbs. I am doing my first powerlifting competition in April. Should be fun even though I'm sure I'll place last.

Congratulations on the PR.
Don't think negatively about where you'll place in your competition, because if you consistently train, eat, and sleep like an adult then you're equipped to do all you can. You've already got gravity working against you, so don't add to it. Enjoy the day. And maybe post the result?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on January 10, 2016, 01:21:51 PM
Quote from: NikF on January 10, 2016, 12:32:04 PM
Congratulations on the PR.
Don't think negatively about where you'll place in your competition, because if you consistently train, eat, and sleep like an adult then you're equipped to do all you can. You've already got gravity working against you, so don't add to it. Enjoy the day. And maybe post the result?
Thanks!

"You've already got gravity working against you, so don't add to it."
That's brilliant. I'm stealing that line.

I will definitely post the result. I'll have it recorded, so I'll post a link to a video after the meet.

I think the reason I am liking powerlifting so much is because it is more about self-improvement than anything else. It will be my first meet so I'm obviously a novice, but I get the feeling that most people are more concerned with how they perform relative to their own past than they are with how everyone else performs. I've never had any interest in sports, but this idea of self-improvement being the main focus makes it seem totally different. Plus, there's no ball for me to run away from instead of catching (I sucked at PE in high school  :-[).
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on January 10, 2016, 10:56:03 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on January 10, 2016, 01:21:51 PM
Thanks!

"You've already got gravity working against you, so don't add to it."
That's brilliant. I'm stealing that line.

I will definitely post the result. I'll have it recorded, so I'll post a link to a video after the meet.

I think the reason I am liking powerlifting so much is because it is more about self-improvement than anything else. It will be my first meet so I'm obviously a novice, but I get the feeling that most people are more concerned with how they perform relative to their own past than they are with how everyone else performs. I've never had any interest in sports, but this idea of self-improvement being the main focus makes it seem totally different. Plus, there's no ball for me to run away from instead of catching (I sucked at PE in high school  :-[).

You're welcome.
I'm sure it'll be as you say, in that people will be more concerned with their own performance rather than that of others. I mean, I don't know anything about powerlifting or powerlifting meets, but I'm sure they are the same as any going into any gym or workplace or nightclub or wherever - that the law of averages dictates there will be one or two who are there for external validation. But that has nothing to do with you, because how you feel and perform is 100% within you, whereas how they feel and perform is in part dependant on other people - and frankly, the hell with living that way.  ;D

Anyway, it's chest day for me so I'm off now to lift little babby weights.  ;D I won't wish you good luck because I don't believe in luck. Just be honest with yourself throughout and you'll perform at your potential.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on January 21, 2016, 02:58:21 PM
Late session at the gym in the company of Toots McG. For years she has been attending yoga classes twice a week, but now wants to replace one of those classes with either the gym (probably barbell complexes) or 'Adult Leisure Classes: Ballet Dancing' - and I know it's the latter she's keen on. However, I'll stick to my routine of 'lift heavy stuff and put it down again and taking a nap between sets, if not reps'.
Also, stopping afterwards at the takeaway to collect a chicken bhuna to be shared at home is good stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on January 21, 2016, 03:22:49 PM
Quote from: NikF on January 21, 2016, 02:58:21 PM
'lift heavy stuff and put it down again and taking a nap between sets, if not reps'.
Seriously, that hits too close to home. I just realized that I've been taking ridiculously long rests after doing sets of <5 reps so I've been trying to be conscientious about that. A few days ago I tried doing squats for sets of 6 reps with shorter rest periods and it was rough. Really rough. My cardiovascular endurance really is sucking and I think that is my limiting factor.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on January 21, 2016, 03:56:51 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on January 21, 2016, 03:22:49 PM
Seriously, that hits too close to home. I just realized that I've been taking ridiculously long rests after doing sets of <5 reps so I've been trying to be conscientious about that. A few days ago I tried doing squats for sets of 6 reps with shorter rest periods and it was rough. Really rough. My cardiovascular endurance really is sucking and I think that is my limiting factor.
Yeah, taking longer and longer rests can kind of creep up on you. When it happens to me I change my leg day routine so that for a few sessions over a couple of weeks it consists of intervals in the form of uphill wind sprints and perhaps 3x3 minute rounds on the heavy bag. Neither of those is the most *pleasant remedy, but it does the trick.
Other stuff I look at is to see if my diet is still firmly in place and that I'm properly hydrated and sleeping well. And once every 12-16 weeks or so I make sure to take a one week off completely, even though I miss working out.
Here's an abstract via Lyle McDonald's site: 'Factors affecting the length of the rest interval between resistance exercise sets.'  http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/rest-interval-between-sets.html/ that you might find interesting. But know that I'm absolutely not trying to suggest any changes in your routine, because I'm not qualified to do so and also because you're clearly getting great results as it is.


* at my age ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on January 21, 2016, 04:21:05 PM
Quote from: NikF on January 21, 2016, 03:56:51 PM
Yeah, taking longer and longer rests can kind of creep up on you. When it happens to me I change my leg day routine so that for a few sessions over a couple of weeks it consists of intervals in the form of uphill wind sprints and perhaps 3x3 minute rounds on the heavy bag. Neither of those is the most *pleasant remedy, but it does the trick.
Other stuff I look at is to see if my diet is still firmly in place and that I'm properly hydrated and sleeping well. And once every 12-16 weeks or so I make sure to take a one week off completely, even though I miss working out.
Here's an abstract via Lyle McDonald's site: 'Factors affecting the length of the rest interval between resistance exercise sets.'  http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/rest-interval-between-sets.html/ that you might find interesting. But know that I'm absolutely not trying to suggest any changes in your routine, because I'm not qualified to do so and also because you're clearly getting great results as it is.


* at my age ;D
No, no. This is all good to know and it is something that I definitely need to fix. I want to start doing Candito's 6-week program (http://www.powerliftingtowin.com/candito-6-week-strength-program/) and it uses short rest periods in the 2nd week.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 22, 2016, 04:19:45 AM
Just wanted to say that GMG is really an extraordinary "place."
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 06:50:26 AM
We had a casual stroll around the used and antiquarian bookshops this morning. An innocent pleasure. But sadly, they're a type of shop that for years now have become smaller in number. We did pick up one or two things though and then decided to bring lunch forward, which was gladly taken in a cosy cafe/deli with a window seat looking out on the endless rain.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2016, 07:34:45 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 06:50:26 AMa window seat looking out on the endless rain.
Well that's comforting, at least.  8)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 08:19:08 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2016, 07:34:45 AM
Well that's comforting, at least.  8)

Nearly as comforting as my girlfriend not wanting to eat her penne pollo and it offering to me after I'd eaten my spaghetti arrabiata.  ;D

Anyway, here's a couple of the bookshop purchases -

(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/NikF65/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160209_165554_zps5ekh9deg.jpg)

I've been waiting to read this one for some time. The bookshop owner emailed to say he'd received an unread copy of it -

(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/NikF65/IMG_20160209_165714_zpsd0leyzwe.jpg)

Still waiting for a copy of the biography of Brahms by Jan(?) Stafford.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2016, 09:02:10 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 08:19:08 AM
Nearly as comforting as my girlfriend not wanting to eat her penne pollo and it offering to me after I'd eaten my spaghetti arrabiata.  ;D

Anyway, here's a couple of the bookshop purchases -
Ha!

(It seems to be Jan Swafford, but he should take your hint, what the hell kind of a name is Swafford anyway?! :P )

Looking at Alton's filmography, I don't think I've seen one of the lot.  :-[

Hm, that haul reminds me that I should get a Bill Brandt book soon. . .
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 09:42:13 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2016, 09:02:10 AM
Ha!

(It seems to be Jan Swafford, but he should take your hint, what the hell kind of a name is Swafford anyway?! :P )

Looking at Alton's filmography, I don't think I've seen one of the lot.  :-[

Hm, that haul reminds me that I should get a Bill Brandt book soon. . .

Yeah, how dare he have such a stupid surname with built in autocorrect voodoo?!  ;D

Alton - if you get the chance 'He Walked by Night' might be worth your while to look at. As for the book, it was first published in the late 1940s. While the contents are still valid in some ways, in others it's an anarchism - especially the chapter headed 'Ladies, Watch your Light' offering women advice on where and how to be lit when their husband comes home...  :D But I like to read about how people approach a shot - what their thinking process is - and so it's the kind of book that's a cool read for me.

I don't have anything by Brandt, although over the last year or so we've been downsizing, including books. The only ones I've kept were given to me as gifts. But speaking of him, since you mentioned in another thread "Now, if I only could manage to find the one with the umbrella in the background corner" I've been trying to find it. No success, yet.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2016, 09:58:21 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 09:42:13 AM'Ladies, Watch your Light' offering women advice on where and how to be lit when their husband comes home...  :D
Hah!

QuoteBut I like to read about how people approach a shot - what their thinking process is - and so it's the kind of book that's a cool read for me.

I don't have anything by Brandt, although over the last year or so we've been downsizing, including books. The only ones I've kept were given to me as gifts. But speaking of him, since you mentioned in another thread "Now, if I only could manage to find the one with the umbrella in the background corner" I've been trying to find it. No success, yet.
I have four books related to photography - a Karsh bio, Szarkowski's Atget, Adams Yosemite & The High Sierra, and the Sudek book I just bought - so I won't need to downsize on that front in quite a while.  ::)

Yeah, I haven't yet found that umbrella image either.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 10:38:00 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2016, 09:58:21 AM
Hah!
I have four books related to photography - a Karsh bio, Szarkowski's Atget, Adams Yosemite & The High Sierra, and the Sudek book I just bought - so I won't need to downsize on that front in quite a while.  ::)

Yeah, I haven't yet found that umbrella image either.

I don't have any of those, although I once owned a copy of the Adams Yosemite. Most of what I still have is fashion orientated stuff, including the Steichen 'Condé Nast Years' which has as good reproductions as I've seen in a mass market book.
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But I also have stuff like this from the 40s that I like, such as a few Bruno of Hollywood things -
(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/NikF65/IMG_20160209_192905_zps7agzomu7.jpg)
(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/NikF65/IMG_20160209_192826_zpslm56kewk.jpg)
(Strategically placed roll of film, models own.  ;D)

I think the last book I received was courtesy of my classical music loving ex. She got me the Harold Mante 'Photograph: Composition and Colour Design'.
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I used to keep the books (along with a few art and design volumes) in my studio, but since I closed it they're all at home now. Anyway, for different reasons I can recommend getting a look at both the Steichen and the Mante.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2016, 11:15:15 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 10:38:00 AM
I don't have any of those, although I once owned a copy of the Adams Yosemite. Most of what I still have is fashion orientated stuff, including the Steichen 'Condé Nast Years' which has as good reproductions as I've seen in a mass market book.
I don't know if you've read Szarkowski's writings, but that book is gold. Most plates are coupled with a short essay related to the photograph, often rather tangentially.

QuoteBut I also have stuff like this from the 40s that I like, such as a few Bruno of Hollywood things -
(Strategically placed roll of film, models own.  ;D)

I think the last book I received was courtesy of my classical music loving ex. She got me the Harold Mante 'Photograph: Composition and Colour Design'.

I used to keep the books (along with a few art and design volumes) in my studio, but since I closed it they're all at home now. Anyway, for different reasons I can recommend getting a look at both the Steichen and the Mante.
I think I'm more interested in other Steichen. The Mante does indeed appear solid. I haven't got anything on paper about art and design alone, but should get something at some point.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 09, 2016, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 08:19:08 AM
Nearly as comforting as my girlfriend not wanting to eat her penne pollo and it offering to me after I'd eaten my spaghetti arrabiata.  ;D

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/HomerArriabata.jpg)


Arrabiata (aka, pissed-off-pasta)...a Mrs. Rock speciality. I'll have to talk her into cooking that this weekend  8)


Sarge
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 11:48:44 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2016, 11:15:15 AM
I don't know if you've read Szarkowski's writings, but that book is gold. Most plates are coupled with a short essay related to the photograph, often rather tangentially.
While I'm familiar with some of his work, I haven't read any of his words. But it's always something for me to pursue at some point.
Quote
I think I'm more interested in other Steichen. The Mante does indeed appear solid. I haven't got anything on paper about art and design alone, but should get something at some point.
If/when we continue our downsizing I'll certainly offer you first refusal. But a lot of them are on the subject of cinematography and stage lighting, so it's not just photography.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 09, 2016, 11:17:06 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/HomerArriabata.jpg)


Arrabiata (aka, pissed-off-pasta)...a Mrs. Rock speciality. I'll have to talk her into cooking that this weekend  8)


Sarge

That's a fine speciality for Mrs. Rock to possess. I hope you enjoy it. And I 'ain't jealous in the slightest.  *sound of swanee whistle nose growing a la Pinocchio*  ;D

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 09, 2016, 12:28:27 PM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 11:48:44 AM
While I'm familiar with some of his work, I haven't read any of his words. But it's always something for me to pursue at some point. If/when we continue our downsizing I'll certainly offer you first refusal. But a lot of them are on the subject of cinematography and stage lighting, so it's not just photography.

Thanks.
Have a look at these:

Member XB-Valkyrie 70 (thanks to whom I discovered it.) on the book in question (http://69.195.124.84/~kevinjca/2013/03/02/atget-the-greatest-book-ever/)
http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2012/03/26/a-word-with-eugne-atget
https://thephotobook.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/atget-by-john-szarkowski/
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 09, 2016, 09:22:50 PM
Quote from: North Star on February 09, 2016, 12:28:27 PM
Thanks.
Have a look at these:

Member XB-Valkyrie 70 (thanks to whom I discovered it.) on the book in question (http://69.195.124.84/~kevinjca/2013/03/02/atget-the-greatest-book-ever/)
http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2012/03/26/a-word-with-eugne-atget
https://thephotobook.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/atget-by-john-szarkowski/

Thanks. I'll do so this evening when I've time to read them properly.
In return I'll offer the NSFW blog calikartel.com - it contains contemporary fashion/high fashion photography, some of which you'll eventually see coming through to the mainstream. It's definitely one that requires sifting and filtering, but it offers more of a window into that world than the Flickr and DeviantART and Fotki types of places. Even now I still keep an eye on it. Anyway, it might be of interest to some.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on February 10, 2016, 01:49:12 AM
Quote from: NikF on February 09, 2016, 09:22:50 PM
Thanks. I'll do so this evening when I've time to read them properly.
In return I'll offer the NSFW blog calikartel.com - it contains contemporary fashion/high fashion photography, some of which you'll eventually see coming through to the mainstream. It's definitely one that requires sifting and filtering, but it offers more of a window into that world than the Flickr and DeviantART and Fotki types of places. Even now I still keep an eye on it. Anyway, it might be of interest to some.
Cheers. After a quick glance now, that site looks alright (although dead for a year)

Yeah, most things online requite a lot of sifting to see the good stuff, and Flickr needs a hell of a lot - but luckily there are intelligent ways to do it (mostly through groups with quality control, and through others' whose work one likes favorited images), instead of looking through millions of images uploaded every day. I've managed to find at least a few dozen interesting photographers on Flickr in a couple of years, but a few dozen out of thousands or tens of thousands isn't that much. I follow a couple of hundred users there (should cull the list down really if I wanted to look at their works more often) but apart from that, I mostly look only at what people post/discuss in one particular critique/discussion/contest group.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 10, 2016, 05:09:21 AM
Quote from: North Star on February 10, 2016, 01:49:12 AM
Cheers. After a quick glance now, that site looks alright (although dead for a year)

Yeah, most things online requite a lot of sifting to see the good stuff, and Flickr needs a hell of a lot - but luckily there are intelligent ways to do it (mostly through groups with quality control, and through others' whose work one likes favorited images), instead of looking through millions of images uploaded every day. I've managed to find at least a few dozen interesting photographers on Flickr in a couple of years, but a few dozen out of thousands or tens of thousands isn't that much. I follow a couple of hundred users there (should cull the list down really if I wanted to look at their works more often) but apart from that, I mostly look only at what people post/discuss in one particular critique/discussion/contest group.

Yeah, I checked the twitter and there's no recent activity. Oh dear.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 11, 2016, 10:22:10 PM
Ran to the gym early this morning and on the way I was overtaken by an old MZ motorcycle. I had one of those when I was in my late teens and so enough time has passed for me to forget just how unreliable they could be  :D But it was fun, offered a form of freedom, girls liked it (especially the goody two shoes 'I've never been on a motorcycle before' type ;D) and it generally provided transport to adventure. The last thing I need now is to buy one, because I don't have the time and we're already in the process of downsizing. Still, it would be cool.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on February 14, 2016, 12:35:58 PM
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/14/14/3132E12200000578-3446628-image-a-4_1455461635861.jpg)



Best tweet ever?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 18, 2016, 06:47:14 AM
I knew I was in good health. However in order to change my insurance policy I've recently had not one but two comprehensive medicals. I passed both with ease. Also, I learned that nurses like vascular guys ("nice big veins, so I don't have to hunt for one!") but here's my secret, my pause for thought, the one experience that I consider something of a weakness...I don't like needles. Woe.
Still, it's over now. Good stuff.


Also -

Quote from: Todd on February 14, 2016, 12:35:58 PM
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/14/14/3132E12200000578-3446628-image-a-4_1455461635861.jpg)



Best tweet ever?

God(s) bless Dick Dorkins.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on February 18, 2016, 06:56:14 PM
(http://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/themes/ap2/ap_resize/ap_resize.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F02%2Fnexus2cee_CbgIiGRW0AMSfIq-728x410.jpg&w=728)


I'm not really much of a phone guy, but the new Cat(erpillar!) S60 looks downright cool.  Shockproof, waterproof, thermal imaging.  Who doesn't need something like that?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 29, 2016, 11:32:48 AM
Tomorrow is the last day I'll be visiting the gym I've been using. My membership is about to expire and I won't be renewing it. And in any case I prefer to workout at home and in the park. Also, we're getting ready to move far away and so renewing would be a waste of money.
It's not a great gym anyway and last week I noticed them giving a guy some grief about using chalk. I could see the point if he was making a mess or something, but he had it in a little bag and was just using it to deadlift. I pointed out to a member of staff that chalk is allowed and suggested he instead attend to the users who do one set on a bench and then sit on it for ten minutes playing on their phone. Anyway, I'll finish my workout tomorrow, avoid the old dude in the changing room who after coming out the showers always stands in the middle of the floor using a hairdryer to blow dry his genitals, then go to the cafe and have a steak and chips (French fries) salad and milk.

Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on February 29, 2016, 04:48:47 PM
Quote from: NikF on February 29, 2016, 11:32:48 AM
It's not a great gym anyway and last week I noticed them giving a guy some grief about using chalk. I could see the point if he was making a mess or something, but he had it in a little bag and was just using it to deadlift. I pointed out to a member of staff that chalk is allowed and suggested he instead attend to the users who do one set on a bench and then sit on it for ten minutes playing on their phone.
Doing God's work. I like it.

Seriously, though. I don't get the whole "no chalk" thing if people are being careful and cleaning up any messes. It's a gym. There are some gyms in the US that actually forbid deadlifts completely. Apparently they are too "intimidating". These same places also give out free pizza and they have an alarm that goes off if you drop a weight (even by accident). I've never been, but it sounds like a dreadful place for lifting (probably fine for cardio).

Quote from: NikF on February 29, 2016, 11:32:48 AM
[...] avoid the old dude in the changing room who after coming out the showers always stands in the middle of the floor using a hairdryer to blow dry his genitals [...]
:-X
(Supposedly this is more common than you'd think, so maybe I'm missing out??)
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 29, 2016, 05:12:20 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 29, 2016, 04:48:47 PM
Doing God's work. I like it.

Yeah, I have a big mouth.  :laugh:

Quote
Seriously, though. I don't get the whole "no chalk" thing if people are being careful and cleaning up any messes. It's a gym. There are some gyms in the US that actually forbid deadlifts completely. Apparently they are too "intimidating". These same places also give out free pizza and they have an alarm that goes off if you drop a weight (even by accident). I've never been, but it sounds like a dreadful place for lifting (probably fine for cardio).
Planet Fitness 'lunk alarm'? Apparently when awarding franchises for Planet Fitness your location needs to be street level - including parking - because people won't walk up stairs. Also:
(http://i.imgur.com/3OyYtbP.jpg)

Quote
:-X
(Supposedly this is more common than you'd think, so maybe I'm missing out??)
This one dude does it slowly like it's a laboratory demonstration of human anatomy or he's rehearsing shadow puppets or something... The hell with that. In fact, let's change the subject.  ;D

But truth be told, I don't mind places like Planet Fitness. As you say, they're good for cardio and I'm sure they're an intro for at least some people to later go on and make a lifestyle change for the good of their health.
How's the training going anyway? You make a start on that Candito prog you were talking about?
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: EigenUser on February 29, 2016, 05:29:08 PM
Quote from: NikF on February 29, 2016, 05:12:20 PM
Yeah, I have a big mouth.  :laugh:
Planet Fitness 'lunk alarm'? Apparently when awarding franchises for Planet Fitness your location needs to be street level - including parking - because people won't walk up stairs. Also:
(http://i.imgur.com/3OyYtbP.jpg)
Duh! Cardio kills gainzzz! ;D

Quote from: NikF on February 29, 2016, 05:12:20 PM
How's the training going anyway? You make a start on that Candito prog you were talking about?
Going okay. I never started that program, though. I did the first day and it was too hard. I should have used like 90% of my maxes (instead of my actual maxes). I have made some progress, though. Today I squatted 405 x 3 and benched 225 x 10 (lbs -- not kilos, unfortunately!).

Out of curiosity, what do you do at home for working out? You said you prefer that.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 29, 2016, 06:08:58 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 29, 2016, 05:29:08 PM
Duh! Cardio kills gainzzz! ;D
Going okay. I never started that program, though. I did the first day and it was too hard. I should have used like 90% of my maxes (instead of my actual maxes). I have made some progress, though. Today I squatted 405 x 3 and benched 225 x 10 (lbs -- not kilos, unfortunately!).

Out of curiosity, what do you do at home for working out? You said you prefer that.

Those are still impressive numbers. Good stuff. And if you keep doing everything like an adult you'll keep moving forward. Also, all your work is going into a bank for your health in the future. That's a real investment.

Although it varies I basically do a three day split, based around mostly dumbbells and with some bodyweight stuff thrown in. So Monday will be chest/shoulders/triceps -
DB flat bench
DB incline bench
DB shoulder press
DB lateral raises
DB tricep extensions
Skullcrushers
Dips

Wednesday is legs and it's either -
Goblet squats/DB Bulgarian split squats
DB lunges
DB stiff legged deadlifts
Calf raises

or I go to the park and run intervals, which as I get older are becoming increasingly strenuous and a near death experience. But it's all good.   ;D

Friday - back and biceps
Pull ups
One arm DB rows
Standing bicep curls
Cross body hammer curls

On Tuesday/Thursday I do roadwork, which nowadays means running so very slowly for a couple of miles. Or I'll replace at least one of those days with kettlebell swings and then farmer's walk them to finish. Ah, and I do a few sets of different pushup variations every morning.
It's all low weight/high rep stuff - I'm not pulling anything near the weight that you are. And some of it goes back to what worked for me between the ages of 17 and 34, because I had career as an amateur boxer and was in the best shape of my life. But I still feel great now and it's cool having (relatively) so much power and stamina on tap.

Wow, long post - hope reading it wasn't a form of cardio that killed your gains.  :D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Artem on February 29, 2016, 07:07:05 PM
I've been following this program: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethins-12-week-muscle-building-trainer.html (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethins-12-week-muscle-building-trainer.html) and i think it quite good. It mixes up exercises, repetitions, etc. and after 3 weeks I see that it works for me, even though I have a very small gym with limited number of equipment and weights in our apartment building.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on February 29, 2016, 07:28:05 PM
Quote from: Artem on February 29, 2016, 07:07:05 PM
I've been following this program: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethins-12-week-muscle-building-trainer.html (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethins-12-week-muscle-building-trainer.html) and i think it quite good. It mixes up exercises, repetitions, etc. and after 3 weeks I see that it works for me, even though I have a very small gym with limited number of equipment and weights in our apartment building.

That's the magic part right there, when you find what works for you. A lot of people don't give a routine enough time and so they change from one to another. Consistency in everything - routine, diet, and rest.
It's cool that you're seeing benefits after three weeks. Keep it going.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 04, 2016, 12:17:18 PM
Sold my car today. Toots still has hers for the moment 'though, so we're covered for personal transport. And her mother had been driving my car for the last year anyway which means I won't really miss it. The buyer was quite a young guy and I imagine his insurance will be steep. But he came with his father and so perhaps he'll help him financially. Ah, maybe I'm being condescending there. Or it might just be that everyone is starting to appear young to me. ;D Anyway, as long as he drives safely and is happy with it.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 07, 2016, 09:13:39 AM
Need to run my car in for inspection.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 08, 2016, 02:53:22 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 07, 2016, 09:13:39 AM
Need to run my car in for inspection.

Yearly service kind of thing? Anticipating any problems? Hope not.
The guy who bought my car emailed to say he found a SLR camera wedged under the driver's seat. ;D
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 08, 2016, 03:08:38 AM
Quote from: NikF on March 08, 2016, 02:53:22 AM
Yearly service kind of thing? Anticipating any problems? Hope not.

Yearly bureaucracy task  ;)  Thanks for the thought, it's a new-ish car, and the inspection should be mere routine.  I was inattentive, and the sticker expired end of February . . . since I take the MBTA to work, and I do no driving most days, I have not had occasion to run afoul of the law.  Will run it to a nearby inspection station first thing I get home from the office today.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 08, 2016, 04:34:38 AM
Quote from: NikF on March 08, 2016, 02:53:22 AM
The guy who bought my car emailed to say he found a SLR camera wedged under the driver's seat. ;D
Hah!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 09, 2016, 06:40:20 AM
Quote from: North Star on March 08, 2016, 04:34:38 AM
Hah!

The guy drove over and dropped the camera off at my house. It was an old M42 Vivitar/Cosina - that's about the only other 35mm system I ever bought into. I even used it at work for six months or so.
Anyway, Iain (my best friend/assistant/arch-nemesis etc) was with me. So the guy pulled up in the car and got out and -
Guy: here's the camera.
Me: thanks, I forgot it was there.
Guy: (with a hint of a sneer) to be honest with a car like that I would expect to find a leica or a contax.
Iain: and with a face like yours I'd expect to find it punched.

:o  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 09, 2016, 07:28:18 AM
Quote from: NikF on March 09, 2016, 06:40:20 AM
The guy drove over and dropped the camera off at my house. It was an old M42 Vivitar/Cosina - that's about the only other 35mm system I ever bought into. I even used it at work for six months or so.
Anyway, Iain (my best friend/assistant/arch-nemesis etc) was with me. So the guy pulled up in the car and got out and -
Guy: here's the camera.
Me: thanks, I forgot it was there.
Guy: (with a hint of a sneer) to be honest with a car like that I would expect to find a leica or a contax.
Iain: and with a face like yours I'd expect to find it punched.

:o  :laugh:

Brilliant. :laugh:
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 09, 2016, 06:56:24 PM
Seen online:

Q: In what way is a tornado in Alabama like a divorce in Arkansas?

A:  Someone is going to lose a trailer.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 10, 2016, 06:43:19 AM
Quote from: North Star on March 09, 2016, 07:28:18 AM
Brilliant. :laugh:

Despite being the stereotypical model/actor he used to be relatively quiet, lack confidence, couldn't get a date with girls etc. But now he's incredibly forward and popular and all that. But sometimes...
We were on a shoot in town and stopped for lunch. Pushed for time we decided to get sandwiches from Subway. Inside there was a long queue and so we waited in line. After a couple of minutes he said to me "That girl working behind the counter isn't doing her job properly. She's not asking what type of bread the customer wants, she's just saying 'bread?'" I told him that everyone knew that she was asking and she was probably under pressure due to it being busy. But no, he wouldn't shut up. "She's not asking 'What type of bread?' she's only asking 'Bread?'" Finally we reached the counter -
Girl: "What would you like?"
Iain: "Meatball marinara"
Girl: "Would you like salad?"
Iain: "Yes, lettuce, onion and tomatoes"
Girl: "Bread?"
Iain: "No, if you could just shovel it all straight into my mouth, please"

(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/NikF65/PSX_20160310_153259_zpshvjj5avv.jpg)

A shameful man.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 10, 2016, 06:46:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 08, 2016, 03:08:38 AM
Yearly bureaucracy task  ;)  Thanks for the thought, it's a new-ish car, and the inspection should be mere routine.  I was inattentive, and the sticker expired end of February . . . since I take the MBTA to work, and I do no driving most days, I have not had occasion to run afoul of the law.  Will run it to a nearby inspection station first thing I get home from the office today.

Well, I did get to the Inspection Station before closing on Tuesday, but there was someone ahead of me, and that motorist was going to be last for the day.  Wound up borrowing the missus' car to go to choir rehearsal.

Yesterday, took an earlier bus back home, went to the same Inspection Station, there was no one ahead of me, bingo.  Street legal, again.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 10, 2016, 06:50:26 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2016, 06:46:33 AM
Well, I did get to the Inspection Station before closing on Tuesday, but there was someone ahead of me, and that motorist was going to be last for the day.  Wound up borrowing the missus' car to go to choir rehearsal.

Yesterday, took an earlier bus back home, went to the same Inspection Station, there was no one ahead of me, bingo.  Street legal, again.

Yeah, good stuff.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 10, 2016, 06:51:39 AM
Life's small pleasures. I'll take 'em.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: NikF on March 10, 2016, 07:13:44 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2016, 06:51:39 AM
Life's small pleasures. I'll take 'em.

Absolutely. And the thing about small pleasures, is that they're abundant. Simply apply time and patience and you'll definitely find them. It's all good.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: North Star on March 10, 2016, 08:06:13 AM
Quote from: NikF on March 10, 2016, 06:43:19 AM
Despite being the stereotypical model/actor he used to be relatively quiet, lack confidence, couldn't get a date with girls etc. But now he's incredibly forward and popular and all that. But sometimes...
We were on a shoot in town and stopped for lunch. Pushed for time we decided to get sandwiches from Subway. Inside there was a long queue and so we waited in line. After a couple of minutes he said to me "That girl working behind the counter isn't doing her job properly. She's not asking what type of bread the customer wants, she's just saying 'bread?'" I told him that everyone knew that she was asking and she was probably under pressure due to it being busy. But no, he wouldn't shut up. "She's not asking 'What type of bread?' she's only asking 'Bread?'" Finally we reached the counter -
Girl: "What would you like?"
Iain: "Meatball marinara"
Girl: "Would you like salad?"
Iain: "Yes, lettuce, onion and tomatoes"
Girl: "Bread?"
Iain: "No, if you could just shovel it all straight into my mouth, please"

A shameful man.
I hope you got a photo of that.  0:)

Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2016, 06:51:39 AM
Life's small pleasures. I'll take 'em.
Quote from: NikF on March 10, 2016, 07:13:44 AMAbsolutely. And the thing about small pleasures, is that they're abundant. Simply apply time and patience and you'll definitely find them. It's all good.
Yes.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on March 13, 2016, 09:04:48 AM
When it comes to TV, I'm an OTA kinda guy.  (Well, OK, I use Netflix and Amazon for streaming dated material.)  Over the past few years, nostalgia channels have proliferated.  I think there are now eight stations available in my area that specialize in broadcasting shows from the 50s through the 80s.  In the past week or so, a new one arrived, Decades TV, and what happened to be on when I stumbled across it but Celebrity Bowling!  Yes, Celebrity Bowling!  From the 70s!  In the action packed ninety seconds I watched, Lloyd and Beau Bridges competed against John Marley and Corbett Monica.  (I couldn't remember the latter two actors' names, but IMDB actually has the info available.)  Now that's entertainment!  Truth to tell, it's no worse than Hollywood Game Night. 

One of the channels has taken to broadcasting full Johnny Carson shows.  I caught part of an episode where Carson interviewed Jackie Gleason for the first time.  The current crop of late night guys, at least on broadcast, are not up to Johnny's level.  I can't decide who's worse, Jimmy Fallon or "real-life" Stephen Colbert.  Granted, I'm rarely up late, and I've only seen these two a few times each, and they are both just terrible.  I guess my daughter is right: I'm getting old.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 10, 2016, 08:28:11 PM
Biding my time until the extinction thread opens again...
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Post by: Karl Henning on August 29, 2016, 04:30:43 AM
Just a tangential observation that the appearance of the Mahler Mania Rebooted thread always make me smile, remembering how the first thread disappeared under a wave of Elgar carpet-bombing.
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Post by: North Star on November 21, 2016, 06:08:58 AM
Oh, the irony...
Quote from: Gaspard de la nuit on November 21, 2016, 05:46:02 AMI do not doubt that most do not even realize they are doing it, but if the tables were turned they would undeniably see it.)
Quote from: Gaspard de la nuit on October 22, 2012, 12:53:13 PM
Hahahaha!!  LMFAO!!!
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Post by: North Star on December 16, 2016, 07:09:04 AM
Windows 10 installed to my new HDD (WD Black 2 TB), the great photograph and music migration has begun.
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Post by: Karl Henning on December 16, 2016, 07:27:32 AM
Quote from: North Star on December 16, 2016, 07:09:04 AM
Windows 10 installed to my new HDD (WD Black 2 TB), the great photograph and music migration has begun.

Conquer!
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Post by: Karl Henning on March 29, 2017, 03:34:31 AM
Gromit was a cat before he was a dog, apparently.
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Post by: Ken B on April 03, 2017, 03:58:55 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 29, 2017, 03:34:31 AM
Gromit was a cat before he was a dog, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbycvPwr1Wg&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbycvPwr1Wg&feature=youtu.be)
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Post by: Todd on April 30, 2017, 11:23:04 AM
Whilst browsing Netflix last night to find something to watch, American Experience: Oklahoma City popped up as a show I may like.  Netflix calculated that I would like that show because I had watched Documentary Now! previously.  Their algorithm may need a little work.
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Post by: kishnevi on April 30, 2017, 07:25:50 PM
Reminds me of when I was new to Amazon, and found their algorithm suggesting a CD from Korn because I had purchased a recording of Das Lied von der Erde.
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Post by: Todd on May 10, 2017, 06:49:37 AM
The following solicitation for reader input represents the hard-hitting, socially responsible journalism found at The Graun, and is one of the reasons I continue to read it every day:

"Have you injured yourself trying to eat a fruit or vegetable?" (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/10/have-you-injured-yourself-trying-to-eat-a-fruit-or-vegetable)
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Post by: Karl Henning on May 10, 2017, 06:51:15 AM
♫  . . . holding your hand while the neighbors decide,
Why is a vegetable something to hide?
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Post by: kishnevi on May 10, 2017, 08:15:08 AM
Went to one of the local county parks, which features wetlands and tree stands that sort of approximate the ecology of South Florida a hundred years ago.  B.D.  Before Development.

Enjoyable, because the dew point is unusually low this week.  Bad for containing brush fires, but good for being outside with low humidity.  But then the flies appeared.  I left when I realized I was getting more exercise flapping away the flies than I was getting from walking.
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Post by: amw on May 11, 2017, 01:23:08 AM
Quote from: Todd on May 10, 2017, 06:49:37 AM
The following solicitation for reader input represents the hard-hitting, socially responsible journalism found at The Graun, and is one of the reasons I continue to read it every day:

"Have you injured yourself trying to eat a fruit or vegetable?" (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/10/have-you-injured-yourself-trying-to-eat-a-fruit-or-vegetable)
They are having way too much fun with those avocados.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/may/10/avocado-hand-why-the-fruit-has-become-a-health-hazard
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Post by: kishnevi on July 26, 2017, 04:12:49 PM
I just realized I have passed the 10,000 post mark.
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Post by: Karl Henning on August 11, 2017, 05:11:19 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 26, 2017, 04:12:49 PM
I just realized I have passed the 10,000 post mark.

And I missed the milestone!
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 11, 2017, 05:12:30 AM
I don't always want to discuss religion; but when I do, I don't carry on that discussion on the El Tupé thread.
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Post by: nodogen on August 11, 2017, 06:12:35 AM
Quote from: amw on May 11, 2017, 01:23:08 AM
They are having way too much fun with those avocados.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/may/10/avocado-hand-why-the-fruit-has-become-a-health-hazard

I saw that avocado piece; I eat so much I'm probably classed as "High Risk Vegetarian" 😂
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Post by: Todd on October 25, 2017, 07:09:40 AM
I received an email from Amazon this morning touting its newest service, Amazon Key.  It will allow couriers and other service providers (eg, maids) access to customers' homes while the owner is away at work or wherever.  It requires a smart lock and Amazon Clound Cam.  Um, pass.
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Post by: Andante on October 25, 2017, 05:51:00 PM
I saw that on TV this morning, they have access for 5 min ?? how long does it take to put a parcel onto the floor, they will not get access to my house.
Title: Re: The Chat Thread
Post by: Todd on November 29, 2017, 09:00:39 AM
Last night, while channel surfing, and before landing on Alarma TV, which I so often do, I stopped briefly on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show from Shanghai.  Why mention it?  Well, a singer I've never heard before was singing, and behind him, on piano, was Yundi Li.  A gig's a gig.
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Post by: VonStupp on November 19, 2022, 12:11:37 PM
My girls started 'Tang Soo Do' this year and will shortly be taking their Yellow Belt test.

We started with hopes they could build some physical self confidence, but they really have been happily applying themselves.

Perhaps I will join them now that my 14 hour work days are finally over for a while.

VS