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[OCR]

I also used to fly "left seat" for a company I won't name... they had a no picture taking stipulation in my contract and, yup you guessed it... picture went viral on social media, and I got canned...! [COLOR=#black].[/COLOR] That's me in the, ah... left seat.

 

[jim hardy]

@OCR
I once saw a military 707(KC135?) cross the nose of a Delta 757 at just about that distance over Arizona i think, or maybe it was Texas
I was in bulkhead window seat and could see individual rivets. Remembering it still gives me an adrenaline jolt.https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/against-all-odds.634502/page-2#post-4313598

 

[jim hardy]

yup you guessed it... picture went viral on social media, and I got canned...! [COLOR=#black].[/COLOR]

Playing with Photoshop can really get one in the doghouse. Fair Anne didn't think much of this one...

Spoiler: chorus line

 

[dlgoff]

Playing with Photoshop can really get one in the doghouse. Fair Anne didn't think much of this one...

Spoiler: chorus line

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You dog you.

 

[WWGD]

I am no marketing expert but the name "Sushiteria" for a restaurant does not seem like a good idea. Some may emphasize the pronunciation on the last half of the word. Su-what ? Shiteria! dang-what?

 

[WWGD]

Spring is here. When do we start the " Baby it's cold inside" thread? 62 degrees out, around 39 inside most places.

 

[WWGD]

Some restaurants here have the best of both worlds: they are family- or group- owned so that they all alternate in waiting tables
and share in the profits. So all the tips go directly to them, no need to pay waiters separately.

EDIT: Who says horoscopes are meaningless? Mine for this week: "Close the door to the bathroom and open the door to your heart."

 

[zoobyshoe]

EDIT: Who says horoscopes are meaningless? Mine for this week: "Close the door to the bathroom and open the door to your heart."

What we learn from this is that 51 weeks a year 1/12th of all people don't shut the bathroom door.

 

[nuuskur]

It's better to lock the door than just close it. Directions ambiguous :(

 

[Borg]

Dear Microsoft,
Thank you for running the icons on my desktop through a blender this morning. It's so much fun trying to find things after that.

 

[nuuskur]

Dear Microsoft,
Thank you for running the icons on my desktop through a blender this morning. It's so much fun trying to find things after that.

reminds me of this :D

 

[Borg]

reminds me of this :D

Fortunately my icons aren't arranged like that.

 

[WWGD]

Fortunately my icons aren't arranged like that.

Microsoft just opened up a "Windows" store here . Need to drop by; I think they make you go through a metal detector, you know,
for people pissed of by random re-arrangements of their desktop. Don't know if there is one near you, but if you have a trip to the NE lined up:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/locations/ny/new-york/fifth-avenue-/store-1087?lc=1033

EDIT: I need to see if I can finally get some sound out of my PC. I have tried tons of different things. If anyone can help me ( for free) it is the Windows people.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I am going to recommend you guys investigate Amazon for used Macs.

The Mac I am now using was made in 2010 and I would bet it is superior to any PC you guys have for its ease of use and stability.

 

[WWGD]

Dear Microsoft,
Thank you for running the icons on my desktop through a blender this morning. It's so much fun trying to find things after that.

But why not also be grateful for the design of tabs? You have a tab open and if we happen to click on the tab in just a slightly different way than you're supposed to, you close the tab, before having a chance to save it.

 

[Borg]

But why not also be grateful for the design of tabs? You have a tab open and if we happen to click on the tab in just a slightly different way than you're supposed to, you close the tab, before having a chance to save it.

Not familiar with that one. nuuskur's video is pretty close to what they did to my icons though.

 

[WWGD]

Not familiar with that one. nuuskur's video is pretty close to what they did to my icons though.

Just the issue of, say, open many tabs. Then try to click on anyone of them. If you do not click just the right way, you close the tab. I mean if the force with which you click is not within $10^{-5000}$ N of the intended force, your tab is closed. EDIT: So, say you are reading an e-mail where someone is asking you to check, e.g., the price of something, or some specs. You open a new tab to look up the info, leaving your e-mail mailbox open. You then try to get back to your mailbox to write/paste the info in the reply. But, unless you tap it just the right way, you have just closed it. Multiply this by 100x a week or so if you use the internet often. A charm.

 

[Borg]

I haven't seen that. Of course I don't use IE unless I absolutely have no choice.

 

[WWGD]

I haven't seen that. Of course I don't use IE unless I absolutely have no choice.

That means at least a 10% delay on graying hairs setting in. SERENITY NOW!

 

[jim hardy]

Still Win 7 on this machine !

 

[zoobyshoe]

There are lots of words that rhyme with "fleas."

 

[OCR]

You have a tab open and if we happen to click on the tab in just a slightly different way than you're supposed to, you close the tab, before having a chance to save it.

I'm sure you know this, and it might only work with Firefox... I've closed many by accident myself.

For the benefit of people that might not know... closed tabs can usually be restored using this method.

Here is another way... right click in any open tab for the menu.

 

[WWGD]

I'm sure you know this, and it might only work with Firefox... I've closed many by accident myself.

For the benefit of people that might not know... closed tabs can usually be restored using this method.

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Here is another way... right click in any open tab for the menu.

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Thanks, that's useful. Still, it seems design-wise it may make more sense to require either a stronger and/or a more precise click, i.e., clicking in, say, the upper-right with certain strength, to make it a bit harder to close, as I assume closing is less common than re-opening.

 

[fresh_42]

Just a provocative random thought on a physics page:
Mathematics faced severe challenges in the 20th century:

• Russell and sets: change to classes
• Hilbert's program: busted
  
• Axiom of choice: an evergreen, ridiculous or natural, just a point of view
• Continuum Hypothesis: who knows?
• Gödel's incompleteness theorems: nice, does it matter for my theorems?

None of these actually provides a satisfactory explanation or interpretation.
Now how does it come, that physics students are still sitting at the table in Copenhagen dining with Bohr, challenging Bell or debate about duality?

 

[OCR]

Still, it seems design-wise it may make more sense to require either a stronger and/or a more precise click... as I assume closing is less common than re-opening.

... agreed !

I've closed many by accident myself.

I use the center mouse button to open tabs, so I've opened many by accident, too ...

And no, I don't want to continue... lol

 

[zoobyshoe]

Based on the Characters in DC Comics

 

[Ibix]

Based on the Characters in DC Comics

As Cinema Sins would say, "DC Comics (ding)".

 

[WWGD]

... agreed !

I use the center mouse button to open tabs, so I've opened many by accident, too ...

And no, I don't want to continue... lol

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How can you even fit that many tabs on your screen, though?

 

[zoobyshoe]

So, Fargo, Season 3, premiered Wed. night.

Things look bleak for this season: there wasn't one character who piqued my interest.

In other news, the real city of Fargo, N.D. has been declared to have the worst alcohol problem of any US city:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/fargo-n-deemed-drunkest-city-america-article-1.1579571

 

[OCR]

How can you even fit that many tabs on your screen, though?

They won't fit, you have to use the drop down on the right, where the red arrow points, or click > for the next one.
The left arrow points to my Fire folder... I opened it on purpose as a demo...

 

[WWGD]

Cliche day today:
First, a bunch of cops seating in coffee shop eating donuts and drinking coffee. Then a truck with a logo 'Arhaus' was just laying there _ in the middle of the streets_. Arhaus, in the middle of the street...

 

[zoobyshoe]

The narrator/host of the show, Origins: The Journey of Humankind, on the National Geographic Channel has to be one of the worst narrators ever. His "enthusiasm" reads as 100% artificial. It is as if he set himself the task of seeming to be as insincere as possible, but with a lot of energy.

 

[zoobyshoe]

On a positive note: I just got around to opening the gas and electric bill that came this afternoon, and to my surprise, this time they owe me money instead of the other way around.

 

[jim hardy]

On a positive note: I just got around to opening the gas and electric bill that came this afternoon, and to my surprise, this time they owe me money instead of the other way around.

I like to overpay utilities and let the balance float down. Saves a lot on late fees.

 

[OCR]

The narrator/host of the show, Origins: The Journey of Humankind, on the National Geographic Channel has to be one of the worst narrators ever.

This guy...?