Is it time for Random Thoughts - Part 4?

[zoobyshoe]

I know a lady from Yap

Sounds like a beginning of a limerick.

There once was a lady from Yap
(Don't ask me: go look on a map,)
She so liked to eat spam
That to Pohnpei she swam
There she ate a whole case in a snap.

 

[lisab]

We can't really discuss Micronesia without reference to it's most important island, Ponape (now Pohnpei), which has the distinction of being one of the wettest places on earth:

Wouldn't the wettest place on Earth be...water?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wouldn't the wettest place on Earth be...water?

Well, it would be a place that's underwater, yes. Therefore, the wettest place on Earth would be Atlantis.

 

[TumblingDice]

Wouldn't the wettest place on Earth be...water?

...?

! - oo) - !

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[collinsmark]

Palindrome post count again!

(2002 -- this is the last chance I get to proclaim that for awhile)

 

[TumblingDice]

Palindrome post count again!

Whoa nellie, I'm in good company! (For maybe 15 minutes while I stretch my legs...)
Much easier <1000...
<-- 414

 

[WWGD]

Palindrome post count again!

(2002 -- this is the last chance I get to proclaim that for awhile)

Until 2112 --the number of posts, not the year. Dice will only have to wait until 424.

 

[Borek]

Wouldn't the wettest place on Earth be...water?

Depends on how you define it, but I would say the wettest place is not just in water, but somewhere in the Mariana Trench. Water may be not very compressible, but squeeze it to 1100 atm and there will be definitely more water per liter of water than at the surface.

 

[Enigman]

Since I can't actually dance and I do feel like it, I'll just leave it here-

http://38.media.tumblr.com/dfef1863603962cf962b057a30ff1f53/tumblr_mz1hrk08wg1rzik3go1_250.gif

 

[Medicol]

 

[Enigman]

Yay! Color burn and multiply.

Done...I think.

 

[OmCheeto]

Done...I think.
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I'm pretty sure I have his stamp.

I was never much a fan of poetry though.

What a shame, how I wasted my youth, not knowing who I'd gazed upon, in utter ambivalence.

 

[Enigman]

Now guess whose face it is for extra credits.
:P

Spoiler

Jeremy Brett doing the Holmsian B*tch face

 

[OmCheeto]

Now guess whose face it is for extra credits.
:p

Spoiler

Jeremy Brett doing the Holmsian B*tch face

Ah! I spent an hour looking for a Buster Keaton profile, then saw you'd posted a spoiler.
I've never heard of that guy.

 

[OmCheeto]

The things I thought were humorous, as a 7 year old.

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[zoobyshoe]

If you're tired of using the word "interpolate" when speaking pedantically, you may try the alternate term, "intercalate," which I just ran across today:

Definition of INTERCALATE
transitive verb
1: to insert (as a day) in a calendar
2: to insert between or among existing elements or layers
— in·ter·ca·la·tion noun
Examples of INTERCALATE

1. <between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside>

 

[collinsmark]

If you're tired of using the word "interpolate" when speaking pedantically, you may try the alternate term, "intercalate," which I just ran across today:

Definition of INTERCALATE
transitive verb
1: to insert (as a day) in a calendar
2: to insert between or among existing elements or layers
— in·ter·ca·la·tion noun
Examples of INTERCALATE

1. <between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside>

I might have to use that. It could be useful describing the operation of discrete time synchronization, where the circuit occasionally duplicates or deletes samples for the sole purpose of maintaining synchronization (and coherence) between sample streams with independent clock sources.

But what's the opposite? (Similar to how decimation is the opposite of interpolation.) Erase? Delete? Hmm. How about annihilate. Intercalation and Annihilation. 'Certainly has a ring to it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

But what's the opposite?

Inter --> disinter. So, disintercalate, maybe.

 

[Enigman]

Remove?

 

[OmCheeto]

If you're tired of using the word "interpolate" when speaking pedantically, you may try the alternate term, "intercalate," which I just ran across today:

Definition of INTERCALATE
transitive verb
1: to insert (as a day) in a calendar
2: to insert between or among existing elements or layers
— in·ter·ca·la·tion noun
Examples of INTERCALATE

1. <between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside>

But I love interpolating when speaking pedantically. According to the new search engine, I've used the term 19 times in the last 7 years, in both forms.

Though one was from a short story, so I don't know if that one counts.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Remove?

How sesquepedalian is that?

 

[zoobyshoe]

But I love interpolating when speaking pedantically. According to the new search engine, I've used the term 19 times in the last 7 years, in both forms.

It's perfectly fine if you want to interpolate. Just so you know all the cool people are going to be intercalating.

 

[OmCheeto]

It's perfectly fine if you want to interpolate. Just so you know all the cool people are going to be intercalating.

That sounds like something a cat does when it throws up. I'll stick with interpolation. It's more Bond-like.
ps. I've never been a "cool" person. Never liked the term. It was like, the "like" of the 80's. :barfsmiley:

 

[Enigman]

 

[Psinter]

Inter --> disinter. So, disintercalate, maybe.

Inter --> disinter --> Psinter
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Just saw some news about a school bus accident and some kids were injured...

You see? That doesn't happen when I take my kids to school in the Formula One and they sit in the spoiler.

 

[Evo]

Does it bother anyone that zoobyshoe was decapitated?

 

[OmCheeto]

Does it bother anyone that zoobyshoe was decapitated?

Well, he seems to be functioning normally, so I'm not too distressed about it.
Perhaps he can start a new career in the circus, like Mike:

At the height of his popularity, the chicken earned $47,500 per month
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[edit] ps. Thank you for the seed. I think I might have a new meme ready by tomorrow, regarding: headless chickens, $50k/month, and congress. I would put it together today, but I have an appointment in 36 minutes, with my meat friends.

 

[Psinter]

Does it bother anyone that zoobyshoe was decapitated?

Ha! Did not even notice.

edit] I would put it together today, but I have an appointment in 36 minutes, with my meat friends.

Where are you going? You can't possibly leave the internet... no one can.

 

[Enigman]

Does it bother anyone that zoobyshoe was decapitated?

Nah... masks can substitute for brains, I only wish he would put some pants on.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Does it bother anyone that zoobyshoe was decapitated?

I tried to fix it twice but it didn't work. Greg's up to no good, I tell ya.

 

[Enigman]

Try one of these:

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[zoki85]

I remember the times when this forum was a crowded place. Don't know why many people left

 

[zoobyshoe]

Try one of these:
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Thanks, but I got it: the image has to be square, apparently.

 

[zoobyshoe]

So, I read that a Roman mile was 1000 paces. And a pace was the distance between two steps of the same foot. So, I paced out the distance from my house to McDonalds, which I was sure was over a mile, but it turned out to be only 715 paces.

 

[zoki85]

So, I read that a Roman mile was 1000 paces. And a pace was the distance between two steps of the same foot. So, I paced out the distance from my house to McDonalds, which I was sure was over a mile, but it turned out to be only 715 paces.

Stadium etimology interesting as well