Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[lisab]

I had to venture out in my car today and do some zoobie stuff. I noticed, as I often do, that there were cobwebs around the lower parts of the car. I can't understand this. I drive it at least once a day, and you'd think that would be enough to discourage spiders. But I suppose spiders don't get cars and think that if a structure is stationary when they encounter it, it will always be stationary.

Do you park in the sun? I bet the high temps would kill them.

 

[WWGD]

This is a new tactic I have seen often recently, for those who want you to fill a survey:
" We have given you the opportunity of filling in this survey..." Seems too transparent.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Do you park in the sun? I bet the high temps would kill them.

Yeah, it's pretty much always in the sun, but the webs are down at the bottom where the spiders can park themselves underneath.

 

[fresh_42]

I had to venture out in my car today and do some zoobie stuff. I noticed, as I often do, that there were cobwebs around the lower parts of the car. I can't understand this. I drive it at least once a day, and you'd think that would be enough to discourage spiders. But I suppose spiders don't get cars and think that if a structure is stationary when they encounter it, it will always be stationary.

So the spider has six days to work for food and one day off. Sounds familiar.
Spiders, rats, mice, sparrows - all hemerophile. You can't do nothing about it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

So the spider has six days to work for food and one day off. Sounds familiar.
Spiders, rats, mice, sparrows - all hemerophile. You can't do nothing about it.

Was bedeutet "hemerophile?"

Ich kann nicht nichts tun?

 

[fresh_42]

Was bedeutet "hemerophile?"

Kulturfolger. Animal and plants which use our manipulation of environment to their own benefits and who followed us around the earth.

Ich kann nicht nichts tun?

About spiders.

 

[Astronuc]

So you want to be a celebrity - no need to be talented.

“Celebrities have very much become brands, they've become bonafide international brands, and as they've grown, their teams have become much larger,” said Jeetendr Sehdev, who studies celebrity branding and marketing at the University of Southern California.

He says the modern team can include voice coaches, image consultants, behavioral consultants, stylists, acting coaches, personal chefs, philanthropy consultants and more. “There's a lot of support that goes into building and managing, especially the larger global celebrity brands.”

“I think it's because celebrities have gotten a lot needier,” said, adding that today’s stars require more hand holding because many of them are famous for being famous, not for being talented. “To remain in the public eye, it does take this huge celebrity industrial complex to keep them interesting and allow them to keep making money.”

And a nice chunk of that money goes right back into funding the celebrity industrial complex. Percentages for managers, agents, lawyers. Monthly checks to make-up artists, masseuses, personal trainers and social media managers.

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/26/world/way-keep-oscar-speeches-putting-us-sleep

I was impressed with Broderick Crawford's Oscar for Best Actor in 1950. He starred in "All the King's Men". He was up against:

Kirk Douglas in "The Champion"
Gregory Peck in "Twelve O'Clock High"
Richard Todd in "The Hasty Heart"
John Wayne in "Sands of Iwo Jima"​

 

[Psinter]

It would be cool to get into the government and than proclaim that you are the King or Queen

That would be epic. But first I need the One Ring to rule them all. I don't know how many legislators are there, but I'll need rings for all of them. And over a hundred, over a hundred rings were gifted to the legislators, who above all else desire power.

And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all.

 

[zoobyshoe]

And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all.

That's a cool little story. You could work it up into a whole book and call it, "The King of the Rings," or "The Dominator of the Rings." Something like that.

 

[Psinter]

That's a cool little story. You could work it up into a whole book and call it, "The King of the Rings," or "The Dominator of the Rings." Something like that.

Um... I'm not so sure I get what you mean. That's from The Lord of The Rings. You have seen it, right?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Um... I'm not so sure I get what you mean. That's from The Lord of The Rings. You have seen it, right?

No, "Lord of the Rings," is too boring. Maybe, "Commander of the Rings." Maybe, "The Mordor Master of the Rings." Maybe, "The Dark and Obnoxious Wrangler of the Rings." Something. It'll come to me.

 

[Psinter]

No, "Lord of the Rings," is too boring. Maybe, "Commander of the Rings." Maybe, "The Mordor Master of the Rings." Maybe, "The Dark and Obnoxious Wrangler of the Rings." Something. It'll come to me.

King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes.

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Infernal Swineherd of the Rings

 

[WWGD]

King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes.

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.

I only saw the bilogy, not the full trilogy.

 

[Psinter]

The Infernal Swineherd of the Rings

Nope. Not that one.

I only saw the bilogy, not the full trilogy.

Why? Don't tell me you saw the first and the last and skipped the second...

 

[WWGD]

Nope. Not that one.

Why? Don't tell me you saw the first and the last and skipped the second...

Actually, I only saw the ology or monology.

 

[Psinter]

I don't get it.

 

[WWGD]

I don't get it.

Sorry man, just playing with you :) , never saw any of it, just a game on trilogy bilogy ilogy 0-logy. Did you expect something funny?

 

[Psinter]

Sorry man, just playing with you :) , never saw any of it, just a game on trilogy bilogy ilogy 0-logy. Did you expect something funny?

How could you not see them? I command you to see them at this very moment? Is it command or is it commend?

 

[WWGD]

How could you not see them? I command you to see them at this very moment? Is it command or is it commend?

Commode?
http://www.drivemedical.com/index.php/folding-steel-commode-retail-2.html

 

[Psinter]

Commode?

Kommode dragon. Or Kimono Dragon:

 

[WWGD]

Kommode dragon. Or Kimono Dragon:

How about we settle at Kimmodo dragon? Or do you prefer Komono Dragon? Or : Kommon: No dragon?

 

[Psinter]

How about we settle at Kimmodo dragon? Or do you prefer Komono Dragon?

Kimmodo for the win.

 

[Ibix]

Kimmodo for a male dragon/female kimono cross and Komono for a male kimono/female dragon cross.

 

[Sophia]

Omg has Coca-Cola decreased the quality of the product recently? I've just had one after like 5 years (I don't usually buy such drinks and when I do, I prefer other brands) and it tastes terribly! Like it was diluted in half. I remember it tasted better in the past. Even the colour is pale on daylight.
Or is this just another brand that thinks it can sell ANYTHING in what they call eastern Europe?
It happens from time to time that brands sell the same product of various quality in different countries. Recently I watched a video where a lady talked about different quality of the exact same creme in the UK and in Spain. I had the same experience with a certain creme which I only bought in the Czech Republic because it was worse here. But the price was the same, of course. Such practices make me angry.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.

 

[Sophia]

I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.

The original taste is the same but I bet it is more diluted with water. You can even see it when you look at the bottle outside in daylight. It's paler than other cola-like drinks. It looks like a strong tea. I've just did a quick google search and found a few forum posts where people complained that cola here is not the same as the one sold in the UK.

I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.

 

[WWGD]

I don't see any difference between the coke here and that in anywhere else in the world. They are both sweet, full of (artificial) sweeteners, and very Cola-cola.

I think the ingredients are " natural" in that they do exist in nature (tho, of course, not synthetically), excpet
possibly for Aspartame in Diet versions.

King of The Rings sounds alright. It rhymes.

But you must have seen the movie, it's super famous. Wait, not one movie, but the trilogy.

I am surprised that conspiracy theorists did not latch on to the name " The Two Towers " like a hungry dog to a juicy bone, considering the movie came out relatively shortly after September 11 .

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Administrator of the Annuli

 

[fresh_42]

The chorus of the torus!

(Enables continuing books.)

 

[WWGD]

The chorus of the torus!

(Enables continuing books.)

up to homeomorphism.

 

[fresh_42]

up to homeomorphism.

As long as you don't write this as a subtitle on the cover ...

I once was going with a friend in a café which was rather crowded. We sat down at a table where economist students already sat. My friend had a textbook with him titled: "Integration and Differentiation" or similar. He laid the book ostentatious on the table. ... 5 minutes later we had the table for us alone.
(true story)

 

[WWGD]

As long as you don't write this as a subtitle on the cover ...

I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.

 

[fresh_42]

I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.

I envy you for your continuous life.

 

[fresh_42]

I wanted to use it as a subtitle for my autobiography, but I have no idea how to write a book around it.

Does it have to be a topological title? Ok, if you're a Hindu it could be "My Life the one-point compactification (up to homeomorphism)".
If not you may turn to an algebraic biography: "A Homomorphism in the city". This could bring you additional readers from the gay community.
Or as a geometer: "A Diffeomorphism in my Hometown"
Or as a number theorist: "The Residues of Life"