Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

In summary, the conversation revolved around various topics such as dreams, different numbering systems, and education in different countries. The participants shared personal experiences, opinions, and debated about the merits of different theories. The conversation also included a discussion about a book and a recipe.
  • #316
DiracPool said:
There's this station on the Antenna TV...
I thought they were going to stop broadcasting that way altogether. I am pretty sure they have in this neck of the woods, anyway. There was a big informational campaign a couple years back to inform people that after a certain date, there wouldn't be any more signals for people to pick up with TV antennas.
 
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  • #317
zoobyshoe said:
I thought they were going to stop broadcasting that way altogether. I am pretty sure they have in this neck of the woods, anyway. There was a big informational campaign a couple years back to inform people that after a certain date, there wouldn't be any more signals for people to pick up with TV antennas.

Surely, you're joking Mr. Zoobyshoe. They've been broadcasting over the air since Marconi. I don't think they're going to stop any time soon :oldtongue:
 
  • #318
Borg said:
Another band coming through my area. We're definitely over 2 feet at this point.
Are they on the run?

[.]
 
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  • #319
OmCheeto said:
Are they on the run?

No, he lives on the Sunset strip, and he's two feet deep in hot groupies :wink:
 
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  • #320
DiracPool said:
Surely, you're joking Mr. Zoobyshoe. They've been broadcasting over the air since Marconi. I don't think they're going to stop any time soon :oldtongue:
OK. I googled and found I had misunderstood what the change was:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...s/pulling-the-plug-on-analog-tv-206/index.htm

WHICH TVS WILL NO LONGER WORK WITH AN OVER-THE-AIR ANTENNA?

A TV that has only an analog tuner, called an NTSC tuner, will not be able to get free over-the-air digital programming. Your TV does not have a digital tuner if it is one of the following:

  • An older picture-tube TV that is not a high-definition set.
  • An HD-ready TV purchased several years ago.
  • A new type of set, called a monitor, that has no built-in tuner of any kind.
 
  • #322
The weather channel seems to have dropped all regular programming in favor of covering the eastern ÜberBlizzard.
 
  • #323
Borg said:
We have a plow dedicated to our subdivision and he is working hard right now.

Yeah, saw that on a news station... :oldtongue:
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Lol...
 
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  • #324
Done with the old, ready to move into the new.
 
  • #325
OCR said:
Yeah, saw that on a news station... :oldtongue:View attachment 94728

Lol...

You can put the car in your backpack after you're done.
 
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  • #326
Psinter said:
Hi Silicon Waffle, hi Borg. Whatcha cooking... :smile:
Nothing...Kitchens in my area as you might know don't have as many ready-made or prepared ingredients. So it'll be tough to cook anything here, but this is truly a pretty good market.
Admittedly I am not patient enough to wait for any foods to get done after many steps and hours.
 
  • #327
WWGD said:
You can put the car in your backpack after you're done.

A "through the windshield" view from a real MDT snowplow, during a normal Montana snowstorm, on I-90, near the Wyoming border.

About 7:57 AM...

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  • #328
Around 12:25 Am... different storm, though...

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I was driving this truck, in all pictures... :oldsmile:

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  • #329
WWGD said:
I am not sure around here, it was just my very unscientific survey of looking through the window of a 2nd floor apt. But the TV reports at around 4 p.m, said 23'' so far. EDIT How was the shoveling?
Tough on the back and I haven't touched the end of the driveway near the street. If I shovel that, the plow will just fill it back in. I shoveled for 5 hours yesterday and this morning, it looks like I didn't do a thing - except for the mountains of snow next to the driveway. One thing that really helped was to use my recycling bin to pull the snow to where I wanted to dump it. Saved a ton of walking back and forth along with not having to carry the snow.
 
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  • #331
Borg said:
Tough on the back and I haven't touched the end of the driveway near the street. If I shovel that, the plow will just fill it back in. I shoveled for 5 hours yesterday and this morning, it looks like I didn't do a thing - except for the mountains of snow next to the driveway. One thing that really helped was to use my recycling bin to pull the snow to where I wanted to dump it. Saved a ton of walking back and forth along with not having to carry the snow.
Now I feel spoiled about complaining that Pizza Hut is not delivering.
 
  • #332
Silicon Waffle said:
Nothing...Kitchens in my area as you might know don't have as many ready-made or prepared ingredients. So it'll be tough to cook anything here, but this is truly a pretty good market.
Admittedly I am not patient enough to wait for any foods to get done after many steps and hours.
Fire to the tin!

Me too, anything taking over 30 minutes to cook is a nope. Finding me cooking something for over an hour is because I had no idea what I had gotten myself into when I began.
 
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  • #333
WWGD said:
Now I feel spoiled about complaining that Pizza Hut is not delivering.
I would have to agree with that. :oldtongue:
 
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  • #334
Silicon Waffle said:
Admittedly I am not patient enough to wait for any foods to get done after many steps and hours.
This way I became a specialist in carbon solid state physics :cool:
And did you know that even water can be burned? However, in this case the calcium part dominates the carbon part.
 
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  • #335
I've never seen snow. :sorry: I wish I was in the blizzard...



Time: 1:15 LOL! Norwegian is not impressed.

Some US Citizens: OMG!
Tourists: Yeah! This is fun, hahaha!
Norwegian: *Not impressed*

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fresh_42 said:
And did you know that even water can be burned?
Really? How? Don't you mean boil?
 
  • #336
Moore's law may be coming to an end : http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/400710/the-end-of-moores-law/page/6/

Still, it seems to have ended a while back: a PC with 4GB RAM and 2GHZ processor costs around the same now as it did 2 years ago when I bought mine.
 
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  • #337
Will finally get to use my heavy duty Winter boots. They weight around a couple of pounds each, though.
 
  • #338
Saw in some shows on TV this BBC logo and I tried to look at the meaning of it, like what those letters stand for. Guess what is the first thing Google throws at me? I'm not even going to say it. Come on Google, can't I get anything serious these days? *sigh*

I know I joke a lot, but there are times when I want to be serious.

EDIT: It's British Broadcasting Corporation. In case someone is looking for it.
 
  • #339
Well, I woke up about 7 AM and went out for coffee. I observed it was a warm, sunny morning, traffic was light and normal, none of the power had gone out, everything was fine. With a sigh of relief I wiped my brow and thanked goodness that San Diego had come through Jonas unharmed.
 
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  • #340
OCR said:
I was driving this truck, in all pictures... :oldsmile:

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Was the word "COOL" placed deliberately on the side of that truck?:wink:
 
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  • #341
WWGD said:
Moore's law may be coming to an end : http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/400710/the-end-of-moores-law/page/6/

Still, it seems to have ended a while back: a PC with 4GB RAM and 2GHZ processor costs around the same now as it did 2 years ago when I bought mine.

Are you actually referencing an article written in the year 2000 in an argument that Moore's law may be ending?
 
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  • #342
DiracPool said:
Are you actually referencing an article written in the year 2000 in an argument that Moore's law may be ending?
Ouch, forgot to check the date. Still, I have been reading about it recently. Will look for a fresher source.
 
  • #343
Psinter said:
Really? How? Don't you mean boil?
Nope. It's only boiling in the beginning but it ends up burning the calcium carbonate in it ...

D..., grandpa made it into the final. :cry:
 
  • #344
fresh_42 said:
Nope. It's only boiling in the beginning but it ends up burning the calcium carbonate in it ...

D..., grandpa made it into the final. :cry:
Calcium Carbonate in water? Do you live near a Chemical plant () ?
 
  • #345
WWGD said:
Calcium Carbonate in water? Do you live near a Chemical plant () ?
I was guessing. Any calcium molecules for sure.
 
  • #346
(RANT) More than #$% 40 minutes to download an e-book --for pay, not a free one. EDIT: I am near a B&N, may just settle for physical book. All this technology and after an hour I end up walking to the bookstore. Life is a cycle.
 
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  • #347
WWGD said:
More than #$% 40 minutes to download an e-book --for pay, not a free one. EDIT: I am near a B&N, may just settle for physical book.
Make them an offer for a reasonable server and bandwidth set up!
 
  • #348
fresh_42 said:
Make them an offer for a reasonable server and bandwidth set up!
Seriously, what good is all this high tech machinery without a very basic level of customer service?
 
  • #349
WWGD said:
Seriously, what good is all this high tech machinery without a very basic level of customer service?
My first thought was, which I did not write: steeling may have been faster.
 
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  • #350
fresh_42 said:
My first thought was, which I did not wrote: steeling may have been faster.
You're sadly right.
 

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