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[phinds]

Speaking of features. What can I do when my company installs a version of Windows 10 that locks the screen if there isn't any input for 15 minutes and the settings can't be changed even with admin rights?

Clearly the solution is to find your system admin and hurt him.

 

[fresh_42]

Speaking of features. What can I do when my company installs a version of Windows 10 that locks the screen if there isn't any input for 15 minutes and the settings can't be changed even with admin rights?
This of course.

public static void main(String args...) {
    Robot robot = new Robot();
    Random random = new Random();
    while(true) {
        Point point = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();    // Get the current mouse location
        point.setLocation(point.getX()+random.nextInt(1), point.getY()+random.nextInt(1));    // Move x and y one pixel randomly
        robot.mouseMove(((int)point.getX()), ((int)point.getY());
        Thread.sleep(800000);      // wait 14 minutes and move it again 
    }
}

One had to laugh if it wasn't so sad.

 

[fresh_42]

I don't know why search results never contain actual answer visible without/before clicking. If you, e.g., ask for the translation of Sturgeon to German, all you see are hits with lines like: The word Sturgeon translates into German as ... and you have to click to see the actual answer.

Another example of an English word in which one missing letter leads to a completely different meaning. English is the worst error correcting code I've ever seen.

 

[WWGD]

Another example of an English word in which one missing letter leads to a completely different meaning. English is the worst error correcting code I've ever seen.

So you won't reveal the answer either. You're as bad as they are...;).

 

[rokytnji]

Always wondered why ice-cream has no bones.
It's calcium based.
Comes from a cow. Or Goat. Or most mammals for that matter.

It is good for your bones.
http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2010/20-strangest-ice-cream-flavors-that-actually-exist/

 

[fresh_42]

So you won't reveal the answer either. You're as bad as they are...;).

I'm still working on a good answer. My best guess so far is, that you've won a bet and we're talking about caviar.

 

[WWGD]

I'm still working on a good answer. My best guess so far is, that you've won a bet and we're talking about caviar.

More like something to see with the Sturgeon General. Who recommends _not_ to eat fish. At least not sturgeon.

 

[WWGD]

More like something to see with the Sturgeon General.

No, I just saw they were selling sturgeon in a store and I was curious.

 

[fresh_42]

No, I just saw they were selling sturgeon in a store and I was curious.

You can't write it here anyway without stearching for the ASCII code of "ö"

 

[WWGD]

You can't write it here anyway without stearching for the ASCII code of "ö"

"ö" No!

 

[WWGD]

"ö" No!

Don't worry, Freshmeister, not that important.

 

[fresh_42]

Don't worry, Freshmeister, not that important.

I thought you've looked it up in the meantime. A quick method for such cases is

1. Call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
2. Switch the language.
   
3. Find https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Störe

Only problem is, they have it in the plural Störe and the singular is Stör (m.).

 

[WWGD]

I thought you've looked it up in the meantime. A quick method for such cases is

1. Call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
2. Switch the language.View attachment 225736
3. Find https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Störe

Only problem is, they have it in the plural Störe and the singular is Stör (m.).

As long as they still sell it in the Store...;).

 

[fresh_42]

As long as they still sell it in the Store...;).

By the way, and somehow funny, because I always wonder, why English native speakers cannot pronounce ö as in Stör. And store is far from sounding even similar. However, the gag is, that if you say "Stur(geon)" and drop the "geon", it's exactly how it sounds. This proves it can be pronounced, so it's somehow strange that it never happens. O.k. some nuance is left: Stör = Stur is a nothern attitude, the real pronunciation is "Shtur" with a "sh" at the beginning instead of "Stur". This applies to all words with "st" or "sp", they are pronounced "sht" resp. "shp". But you would be understood if you say "Stur" for Stör.

 

[OCR]

I guess my question is:

Lol...

.

 

[WWGD]

View attachment 225737

Lol...

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I this, I that a test

 

[OCR]

I this, I that a test

In the prod version all the error-checking is removed, so you won't know why it went wrong.

..

 

[WWGD]

That waterfall relaxation music piped in just makes me want to go to the bathroom...

 

[WWGD]

The lady that just walked in, with her gray hair looks exactly like Isaac Newton in the library portrait. I would ask her about her fluxions, but maybe she will slap me.

 

[StoneTemplePython]

there's some serious random thoughts action today

View attachment 225737

Lol...
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some recursion / circular reference humour
- - -
plus some coding theory / entropy humour

Another example of an English word in which one missing letter leads to a completely different meaning. English is the worst error correcting code I've ever seen.

I feel like that Oswald guy would have something smart to say about this...

 

[WWGD]

Maybe it's just me, but after 'increment' and 'decremen't I expect to see 'excrement'.

 

[OCR]

When you make a contraction... as you did with your decremen...

'decremen't

Normally, you wouldn't...

...expect to see 'excrement'.

At least, not for awhile . a while...

So, just while away the hours in some easy or pleasant manner, and stop ruminating... it will pass. .

.

Lol...

 

[fresh_42]

Maybe it's just me, but after 'increment' and 'decremen't I expect to see 'excrement'.

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

 

[WWGD]

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

Indeed, isn't that the output?

 

[WWGD]

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

AND...
SYSTEM.OUT.PRINTLN<"Excrement">;

 

[skyshrimp]

Boston Dynamics makes my jaw drop. They're advancing so quickly.

The technological marvels future generations will witness will be utterly amazing. If I had the chance to be successfully, cryogenically frozen for 20 to 50 years at a time and then revived without damage, I would honestly do it. I reckon in just 40 years or less, people might actually start to have this option. You could wake and live in a future date for a year or so to get a grasp on everything and then go back in the freezer for the next episode. If you went too far, you might see a future where what once were homo-sapiens, see you the same way we currently see apes in our zoos. Ape men from 2018. Homo-sapiens wouldn't have the mental capacity to fathom their intelligence either

 

[WWGD]

Obvious but smart approach to quality control, getting an order right: just repeat the order to the customer right after he gives it. Maybe better would be for the customer to enter it in writing(typing) .

 

[WWGD]

I don't care how many times I have seen it: people wearing big headphones in the streets look like they come from another planet; maybe less so when you see them up close.

 

[fresh_42]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

 

[DrGreg]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

If you are referring to events in Britain, yes, I can confirm that the F A Cup Final is over.

 

[fresh_42]

If you are referring to events in Britain, yes, I can confirm that the F A Cup Final is over.

This subject isn't any better. I have two mugs here, one from QPR and one from Forest. What does this tell you?

 

[WWGD]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

Let's just change Melania's name to Daisy and son Eric to Daffy and pretend it is Disney.

 

[WWGD]

I wonder if there is a suave-enough way of telling a woman to "put her piggybank away" , i.e., pants are low and her crack is showing; seems like a piggy bank opening to drop a coin. I am not that suave myself.

Sorry I didn't go for your namesake Python; still, we don't have StoneTempleJAva (still?) ;).

 

[fresh_42]

Let's just change Melania's name to Daisy and son Eric to Daffy and pretend it is Disney.

There's no need to change characters which are already caricatures. It's the boring story board. Each day the same nonsense, interrupted by the scheduled weekly crime. CNN international as a news channel is already a total loss. I even consider to watch BBC out of desperation, now that it's over. Hopefully she won't litter within at least a year.

 

[WWGD]

There's no need to change characters which are already caricatures. It's the boring story board. Each day the same nonsense, interrupted by the scheduled weekly crime. CNN international as a news channel is already a total loss. I even consider to watch BBC out of desperation, now that it's over. Hopefully she won't litter within at least a year.

Why do you complain: a 4-year-long (let's hope) episode of Jerry Springer ? Jerry!, Jerry !, ...