What is the newest installment of 'Random Thoughts' on Physics Forums?

In summary, the conversation consists of various discussions about documentaries, the acquisition of National Geographic by Fox, a funny manual translation, cutting sandwiches, a question about the proof of the infinitude of primes, and a realization about the similarity between PF and PDG symbols. The conversation also touches on multitasking and the uniqueness of the number two as a prime number.
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Borg said:
I looked at your last post. It was 6 years ago. Going to hang out for a while?
I'll try for six years presence to make up for six years absence, how's that sound? :wink:
 
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Char. Limit said:
What if I popped up here again? Wouldn't that be weird?
Holy moly, Char. Good to see you back!
 
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fresh_42 said:
?
Been a member long enough to know how he/she/it is supposed to frame questions/inquiries/requests for assistance.
 
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...,plus pick something other than "Advanced."
 
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Bystander said:
Been a member long enough to know how he/she/it is supposed to frame questions/inquiries/requests for assistance.
I'm with fresh on this one. What is the specific issue? If there is a problem you would use the Report link, no?
 
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Bystander said:
...,plus pick something other than "Advanced."
Yes, when I first saw it I almost moved it to Intro, but left it there for the time being. It will probably end up getting moved to Intro, modulo your response to fresh and me asking for clarification.

In German, our confustion with your post would be "No comprendo". Oh wait...
 
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berkeman said:
Oh wait...
Yes...Windoze went AWOL, but back now.
 
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Why not have Conor McGregor fight Gregor McConor?
 
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The saying " See you next time" is kindcof strange. See you next time...that I see you?
 
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Dang Kansas heat. It's only 92 degrees F, but the humidity makes it feel like 110 degrees F. :oldcry:
 
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On our left, lives concrete-loving family. They have a pavilion with a fixed grill: two garage: two cars: most of the area is buried in concrete.
On our right living an older garden-loving (kind of...) woman. Everything in order: not a piece of weed, hoed twice a week.

We are poor (kind of...). We have no cars, no award-winning garden - we have only our jungle: with birds, bats, stag beetles and fireflies :smile:
We just spent half a bottle of good wine watching the nighttime show o0)
 
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Rive said:
On our left, lives concrete-loving family. They have a pavilion with a fixed grill: two garage: two cars: most of the area is buried in concrete.
On our right living an older garden-loving (kind of...) woman. Everything in order: not a piece of weed, hoed twice a week.

We are poor (kind of...). We have no cars, no award-winning garden - we have only our jungle: with birds, bats, stag beetles and fireflies :smile:
We just spent half a bottle of good wine watching the nighttime show o0)
Sounds good. Sunday is Columbo day till 9pm then Blacklist.
I check pf here and there but generally have a lazy day. Cooler tonight.
 
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My coffe has just exploded inside the microwave! :D
The interesting point is, i have heated it and let it rest inside the microwave for about 2 minutes (after the heating has ended), and so it explodes! Could i finally have achieved the superheating state of coffe?
 
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Having tried teaching myself theoretical mathematics several times, it's simply not feasible without a teacher. The definitions themselves are hard to understand, let alone applying them.
 
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Mayhem said:
Having tried teaching myself theoretical mathematics several times, it's simply not feasible without a teacher. The definitions themselves are hard to understand, let alone applying them.
Some here seem to be teaching themselves, with other members as teachers. But, true, having someone to teach you in person would be better.
 
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Mayhem said:
Having tried teaching myself theoretical mathematics several times, it's simply not feasible without a teacher. The definitions themselves are hard to understand, let alone applying them.
This depends on so many things, esp. the subject.
 
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WWGD said:
Some here seem to be teaching themselves, with other members as teachers. But, true, having someone to teach you in person would be better.

Mayhem said:
Having tried teaching myself theoretical mathematics several times, it's simply not feasible without a teacher. The definitions themselves are hard to understand, let alone applying them.
Perhaps if you gave the guys some more information?
What level are you at? Get to at school?
Maths is a big subject, which area are you interested in?
 
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pinball1970 said:
Perhaps if you gave the guys some more information?
What level are you at? Get to at school?
Maths is a big subject, which area are you interested in?
Theoretical statistics, undergraduate chemistry. Pretty solid grasp on applied maths, but my rigor is non-existent.
 
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Anyone watching the Stanley cup finals?
 
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fresh_42 said:
Anyone watching the Stanley cup finals?
"Cue the crickets."
 
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fresh_42 said:
Anyone watching the Stanley cup finals?
That's a no from me, I have been to one hockey match in my life. Very fast sport, I got neck ache.
Are you lost like me when the footy season is over?
 
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pinball1970 said:
That's a no from me, I have been to one hockey match in my life. Very fast sport, I got neck ache.
Are you lost like me when the footy season is over?
If I could choose, I would watch Rugby but they don't broadcast it here. They have tennis and even more tennis. I find it boring. I'm looking forward to the TdF coming.
 
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fresh_42 said:
If I could choose, I would watch Rugby but they don't broadcast it here. They have tennis and even more tennis. I find it boring. I'm looking forward to the TdF coming.
Rugby League was my sport at Uni, I loved the gym aspect, the circuit training the matches and after the matches. I realized I could never be a professional/semi pro after training with some of the guys early on. I knew I could never be that good. Great times anyway.
TdF is nuts, those pile ups? Hitting concrete at 25mph. Great to watch though. EDIT: A quick Google they can reach 65-80 mph down hill!

I concur regarding tennis.
 
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fresh_42 said:
If I could choose, I would watch Rugby but they don't broadcast it here. They have tennis and even more tennis. I find it boring. I'm looking forward to the TdF coming.
I lived in Kentucky in the early 90's. Their newspaper coverage of the Stanley Cup was a paragraph of maybe 20 words. If it wasn't college basketball or horse racing, it didn't exist.
 
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Borg said:
I lived in Kentucky in the early 90's. Their newspaper coverage of the Stanley Cup was a paragraph of maybe 20 words. If it wasn't college basketball or horse racing, it didn't exist.

My heroes are all gone. If someone says NBA to me, I think of Jordan, Bird, and Pippen. Formula 1 after Senna? - Boring. I still think of the Soviet hockey team of the '70s and '80s. It was a kind of ballet on ice. And of course, Gretzky. Everything was better before.
 
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I was fortunate to see Gretzky play the Red Wings near the end of his career (6 rows back on center ice). They had three guys around him and still couldn't defend. It was amazing to watch.
 
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This spring we became the nightly nesting spot for hundreds of crows each night. They were nesting in trees all over our neighborhood and usually there would be 20 or so in the tree right by our bedroom. If I went out and clapped my hands loudly, they would fly off but then come right back. Finally, I found this distress call and played it several times whenever I saw them during the day - the first time that I played it, the crow across the street flew off very quickly. It seems that by disrupting their daytime routine, they decided to roost somewhere else. I haven't heard them at night (and at 5am) for over a week now!
:partytime:
 
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Watched " Top Gun".
Spoilers: Tom Cruise is in it, and there are planes in it.
 
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More random image than random thought :smile: With Marzena and my Mom, 1991.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Formula 1 after Senna?
in my mind I say "after Lauda"
 
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gmax137 said:
in my mind I say "after Lauda"
I can't hear you. Lauda!
 
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Nice random problem. Are there infinitely many primes so that the average of their digits (Decimal rep) is also a prime? We have trivial ones : 2,3,5,7 and then others like 13, 31. Too lazy to give it a try.
 

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