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[Enigman]

and blackboards

It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)

 

[dkotschessaa]

It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)

We have some, but they're green.

 

[Ibix]

My nephew in law spent a summer in the antarctic.

I went to a lecture on boomerangs by a guy who'd spent time at the south pole. He claimed an endurance record for a boomerang of 23h7s, obtained by judicious use of the geopraphic pole and the international date line...

 

[Borg]

Started my first day on a new project today. Lots to learn.

http://blog.etq.com/Portals/41636/images/drink_from_the_firehose.jpg

 

[Mandelbroth]

It would if someone still used them XD
(well, not the black ones anyway)

I do my best work on (black) blackboards. The professors at my local university let me (or probably anyone else, but no one else likes blackboards) use their classroom blackboards as long as no one else is there. That's part of my weekly set up:

One Dr Pepper, a bag of Sour Patch Kids, my iPhone (to play Brahms, Puccini, or Bizet, depending on my mood), and an empty lecture room with lots of blackboard space. 2 hours later, I'll have inevitably come up with something interesting.

That, and I usually end up making at least two Gilbert Strang jokes to myself. His lecture style (based off MIT videos) is hilarious to me. "I...hmm...wait. Let me...let me come back to that in a moment. I'd like to spend a little more time on this concept from 15 minutes ago."

I went to a lecture on boomerangs by a guy who'd spent time at the south pole. He claimed an endurance record for a boomerang of 23h7s, obtained by judicious use of the geopraphic pole and the international date line...

This sounds like something I would do.

 

[OmCheeto]

Black coffee can clean whiteboards...

We used to clean the tile floors on my aircraft carrier with black coffee.

As I recall, it worked.

 

[Evo]

and blackboards

But REAL blackboards are porous...

 

[drizzle]

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone..

 

[Enigman]

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone..

Candle time, milady.

 

[Lisa!]

It's -38 F at the South Pole. Wind chill: -61 F.

It's 38 F here!

 

[turbo]

We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?

 

[AlephZero]

We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?

I thought some guy called Bush started that mispronouncement.

 

[OmCheeto]

We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran.

pfft! Ear-ack, Eye-rack. They're just body parts.

What is wrong with these people?

I'm always suspicious of Russian words/names until I see them in Cyrillic script.

Wasn't it Plato that originally said:

я знаю что, я ничего не знаю.

phonetically, as I recall: Yaw¹ zn-eye-oh sh-toe, yaw knee-ch²evo knee zn-eye-oh.

And didn't "Bay-zsching" used to be pronounced "Peking"?

1. think aeronautics, or more properly, the German word for "Me".
2. as in "Checkmate!", and not "Chevrolet"

ps. Does anyone know how to turn off autocorrect on a Mac? This post took me about 20 minutes to fix...

uh oh.

I got it wrong...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GE4dkpOdPw​

I'll blame it on the Russians, as always...

 

[Enigman]

Words that haunt me:
Demogorgon
Orichalum
manifold
eigenvector
pretzels

 

[Borek]

я знаю что, я ничего не знаю.

This comma doesn't make sense. "I know that, I know nothing".

Я знаю, что я ничего не знаю.

 

[OmCheeto]

This comma doesn't make sense. "I know that, I know nothing".

Я знаю, что я ничего не знаю.

It is the way my Russian friend says it. I put commas in, where I hear them.

But then again, I often transcribe things incorrectly.

I believe it was Marlon who corrected my French abbreviation:

Jenay says re-en.

to

Je ne sais rien.

 

[AlephZero]

Actually, the Brits might have started this one rolling. As in Gilbert and Sullivan:

For he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Eye-tal-eye-an,
But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains a Hin-glish-man...

 

[lisab]

It is the way my Russian friend says it. I put commas in, where I hear them.

But then again, I often transcribe things incorrectly.

I believe it was Marlon who corrected my French abbreviation:

Jenay says re-en.

to

Je ne sais rien.

Do we have any PFers who are familiar with the Parisian accent? One of my French teachers was from Paris, and she used to say:

Zhen-say reee-en

The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".

The 'reee' in rien is a cross between a throat-clearing sound and a rolled R.

And the last 'n' is just barely noticeable.

And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.

 

[fluidistic]

Do we have any PFers who are familiar with the Parisian accent? One of my French teachers was from Paris, and she used to say:

Zhen-say reee-en

The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".

The 'reee' in rien is a cross between a throat-clearing sound and a rolled R.

And the last 'n' is just barely noticeable.

And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.

I am familiar with that accent.
"J'en sais rien" ?
I would translate it as "I don't have any clue about it". Or in some context "I've no idea".

Edit: It's the colloquial version of "Je n'en sais rien".

 

[zoobyshoe]

I would translate it as "I don't have any clue about it". Or in some context "I've no idea".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo[/youtube]

 

[zoobyshoe]

I see by the calendar it's not leap year.

 

[AlephZero]

And it's said *fast*, often with a roll of the eyes and flip of the head.

I thought that was usually pronounced "Bfffft" in Paris.

 

[OmCheeto]

I see by the calendar it's not leap year.

I knew that many months ago.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I knew that many months ago.

Born on leap day, were ya?

 

[Lisa!]

We have newscasters that pronounce countries' names Eye-raq and Eye-ran. What is wrong with these people?

I ran, I rock!

 

[OmCheeto]

...
1. think aeronautics, or more properly, the German word for "Me".

correction: the German word for "Yes"

...
The zh is like the "s" in "pleasure".
...

Sometimes I wish the world were modeled after PF.

World Feedback & Announcements

Would you please add the letter "ж" to the english alphabet.
Thank you.​

Born on leap day, were ya?

No. But I also know that between now and May 30th, there are two national holidays: Presidents day, and Memorial Day.

 

[OmCheeto]

I ran, I rock!

Stevie Wonder! :!) :thumbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOz3p6k5O2g
I mean Iraq, Iran, "Ukraingia", you know
I speak very very um, fluent Spanish
Ah, todo esta bien, chévere, you understand that?
(Chévere?)
Chévere, bien chévere, is that right mama?
'Cause I've got my shaky ...​

It's always his fault, unless it was the Russian's fault, then it's their fault.

ps. My Spanish is very bad, and I always thought he was singing about a "Chevrolet".
Until just now, of course.
"Ah, todo esta bien, chévere" = "Ah, all right, cool"
per google translate, as yo no se nada.

 

[OmCheeto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo[/youtube]

I'm glad I googled before reposting a longwinded...

 

[lisab]

meh, guess I'll root for the referees

 

[OmCheeto]

Puget Sound oysters are to die for. Or to dive for. Take your pick. :!)

 

[Astronuc]

I've had a certain piece of music that has popped into my head over the last 20+ years, but I couldn't remember where I heard it or when or the group/song.

I think this is the piece (between 0:45 - 1:00) -
Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

Actually the piece I have in mind is a bit more complicated. Is there another tune similar - to the bars between 0:45 and 1:00, which is repeated at 1:19-1:33?

 

[OmCheeto]

Puget Sound oysters are to die for. Or to dive for. Take your pick. :!)

Wondering what the statute of limitations is, regarding stealing oysters from the state of Washington.

Sorry!

It was my birthday, and I was depressed, and the oysters made everything...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTCOnDBC_zM

right as rain...

 

[OmCheeto]

I've had a certain piece of music that has popped into my head over the last 20+ years, but I couldn't remember where I heard it or when or the group/song.

I think this is the piece (between 0:45 - 1:00) -
Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

Actually the piece I have in mind is a bit more complicated. Is there another tune similar - to the bars between 0:45 and 1:00, which is repeated at 1:19-1:33?

It sounds a bit like a tune from the band "U.K." from their "Danger Money" album.

Circa 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XG-tZRdTzQ​

Just a guess. There are many songs.

 

[Enigman]

Auto tagging sucks.

 

[drizzle]

Tagging sucks.