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Today I learned I need more sleep than I thought.
I probably need more thought than sleep.zoki85 said:Today I learned I need more sleep than I thought.
How have you been pronouncing "Thevenin" & "Euler"?phinds said:Today I learned that what all of my life I have been calling Fresnel lenses, pronounced "fres-nel" is really pronounced "fre-nel" with a silent "s" because those damned French keep throwing away perfectly good letters.
I've had them as "fres-nel" too.NascentOxygen said:How have you been pronouncing "Thevenin" & "Euler"?
Yep, also "Fres-nel".Bystander said:Poincare' and Tchepone?
Hmm. For "Thevenin" I get "FREZ -nel" and for "Euler" I get "Frez-NELL".phinds said:I've had them as "fres-nel" too.![]()
First? I don't know. Second? That's the way I've always heard it from people I believe. Come on, now --- give us the rest.Borek said:Thief in and oiler?
Hell, that's nothing. I have trouble reading my own handwriting from YESTERDAY.zoki85 said:Today I learned I have problems with reading my own handwrite from teen days.
The rest? The list is never ending. Van der Waals; avoirdupois measures.Bystander said:First? I don't know. Second? That's the way I've always heard it from people I believe. Come on, now --- give us the rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Archzoobyshoe said:people can actually go into the St. Louis Arch
One should go on a windy day. The Gateway Arch/St Louis Arch isjim hardy said:One should go twice
daytime view is spectacular
but the city lights at night are more stunning.
The trolley ride up is not for the claustrophobic, though.
... designed to sway up to 9 inches (23 cm) in either direction while withstanding winds up to 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).
Pythagorean said:TIL my 5yo daughter now has a sense of humor.
3yo: "can I have chicken trips?"
5yo: "what's that? Chicken that travels? HAHAHAHA"
jim hardy said:I think i dislike C - it seems at this point dreadfully awkward compared to Basic.
Borek said:And you are as wrong as they were 30 years ago![]()
jim hardy said:I take that as "an encouraging word", that things will get better as i become accustomed to C.
This Arduino utility says it's "compiling"... i wonder if it really is running compiled C ?
Borek said:I started with BASIC eons ago, but I started to understand what I am doing once I srtarted programming in assembly. I don't need it now, but I feel like it still helps me.
Astronuc said:There comes a time when one has to give up the keys and the car.
92-year-old slams into 9 cars in Piggly Wiggly parking lot
http://news.yahoo.com/92-year-old-slams-into-9-cars-in-parking-lot-150212529.html
nitsuj said:I haven't heard an old person say, "we'll now that I'm 85 my auto insurance has gone through the roof."
It must be that they (very senior drivers) don't have a higher risk to them, but when they do have a "lapse" in driving ability it's dramatic.