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- Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: I have the time, but I lost the desire.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17265
Re: I have the time, but I lost the desire.
It is from the aspect that it's very offensive if you aren't friends with whom you use it on, andf even then how and when you use it. Only the racial aspects are missing from it, everything else applies. Just as the N word is not offensive when used among close friends. i hardly call "wanker", it's...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: I have the time, but I lost the desire.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17265
Re: I have the time, but I lost the desire.
it's really not. for starters, it bears no racial connotation.aristide1 wrote:Ces, malaka is the Greek equivalent of the N word. You need great care when and how you use it.
it means literally "wanker". between close friends it's the equivalent of "bro".
here in this context it would be more of a mild insult.
- Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:30 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Cold fusion ressurected?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 60264
Re: Cold fusion ressurected?
A couple of worrisome points: the minimum operating capacity is 2.5 kW, I wonder what could happen if you run out of water (like when the water company does some digging / repairing)? Would the reactor suffer the equivalent of a melt-down? According to the reports, a nominal 10 kW unit can ocasiona...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Republican Bill to Redefine Pi - Again
- Replies: 96
- Views: 44731
Re: Republican Bill to Redefine Pi - Again
3.14 is a good approximation, who can't remember that? 3 is a good approximation in some instances (doing approximations in your head). But I don't think we need to legislate that. It's amazing how laissez fair and pro-states rights Republicans are when it comes to the freedom of corporations and r...
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:26 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Evolving Propaganda in the 21st Century.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2317
Re: Evolving Propaganda in the 21st Century.
bald-faced lies are not exactly a new invention
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:16 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Simple Modification for Prolimatech Megahalems
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9271
Re: Simple Modification for Prolimatech Megahalems
awhile ago i saw a mod that bent up all the fins on the leading edge, and down all the fins on the trailing edge...and then installed ducts on the sides that prevented air from not going through the specified path..... that was the only mod i had seen that increased a tower cooler's cooling capacity...
- Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: No hot-dogs in Washington DC?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7863
Re: Eaarth
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/10/18/water-lake-mead-is-at-record-low-levels-is-the-southwest-drying-up/ specifically, A 2007 panel organized by the National Research Council found evidence that mega-droughts had occurred in the Southwest more frequently than had been thought, and that "droug...
Re: Eaarth
6 months worth of rain in California in less than a week. 2" / hour rains in California, causing landslides, Landslides are likely because of huge wild fires, Huge wild fires are common because of droughts, Droughts are happening because the snow pack is shrinking, Snow packs are shrinking because ...
Re: Eaarth
I suppose you could camouflage your geothermal plants? Put the Solar panels on roofs of existing buildings (avoid putting them on ground based arrays, avoid building new structures that mar the scenery). I could see off shore wind farms being doable but you'd have to be careful about placement (aga...
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:31 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Another year, another... Machine? ... But not very silent
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6248
Re: Another year, another... Machine? ... But not very silen
I do not mind the HD noise, it is not right beside me, its under the desk, so the noise is not THAT loud! "Not that loud" is a hugely subjective statement that you'll probably be retracting after using a quiet/almost silent machine for some period of time. now to comment on the question posed in yo...
Re: Eaarth
dhanson865 wrote:
from http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7215
canada didn't make the report but it is assumed they would be down below the US in the cheap seats.
here in so-cal, we pay significantly more than average for US
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Life Sucks
- Replies: 92
- Views: 85532
Re: Life Sucks
topics like these always strike me as funny.
quality of life is better for most people than it has ever been in history.
and yet those people complain.
whiners.
btw, if life sucks and isn't worth living, then die. "and decrease the surplus population!"
quality of life is better for most people than it has ever been in history.
and yet those people complain.
whiners.
btw, if life sucks and isn't worth living, then die. "and decrease the surplus population!"
Re: Eaarth
Well, I guess it depends, the presence of the moon can be attributed to the gravity well created by the sun, so you could say it's originally from the sun. On the other hand, the matter in the moon (and the uranium driving nuclear reactors) coalesced out of the original nebula that created the sun,...
- Mon Nov 01, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Coincidence?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4160
Re: Coincidence?
there's always politicians calling for any manner of things. if you look hard enough you can find all manner of things that from outside would imply a conspiracy, but really are no more than coincidence. it's similar to 'finding' hidden words in the bible, or any other printed book. if we assume thi...
- Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Powered USB Hub >500ma per port
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4158
Re: Powered USB Hub >500ma per port
since i doubt it'll break anything other than the hub, how bout trying an overpowered power supply in place of the one currently in use? stick a 5v, 3-4 amp one in place of the one you currently have on there.
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Another Great Example for Ethics Classes
- Replies: 155
- Views: 90464
Re: Another Great Example for Ethics Classes
maybe for you.aristide1 wrote:An unequivocal NO to answer that question.but i did love this billboard.
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Why do the French have so many Strikes.?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18861
Re: Why do the French have so many Strikes.?
Announced today in the UK. The pensionable age will be raised to 66 by 2020 for both men and women (currently 65 for men, and 60 for women), this plan has bee brought forward by 4-years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11581935" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The question is, will...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Why do the French have so many Strikes.?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18861
Re: Why do the French have so many Strikes.?
This question would ideally be answered by a Frenchman. In England whenever we turn on the news and see that there is a massive strike going on in France, we usually ask only 2 questions, "will it affect us" (like many of them do, on purpose I might add), and "why". Most of us dont really care why,...
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Smart TV will kill HTPCs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10342
Re:
HTPC is by definition a PC that connects directly to the TV. My point is simply that such a PC will soon become unnecessary for people who use HTPC today. (Soon meaning perhaps a year or 2 - the trend is already very strong.) This certainly does not eliminate a PC in the home dedicated as a home se...
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: So who likes the new format?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9454
Re: So who likes the new format?
it works *okay*. i prefer names and avatars and such to be over on the left side, not the right side. on a wide-screen display at fullscreen, forums are a little hard to keep track of who's making what comments if the names are so far from the comments.
- Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: interesting letter regarding "global warming"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3075
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Another Great Example for Ethics Classes
- Replies: 155
- Views: 90464
Re: Another Great Example for Ethics Classes
Check out this classy ad. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39698327/ns/politics-decision_2010/ Anybody recall billboards like this one of W? not really. i do recall there having been equally weird shit having been said about bush, though. but i did love this billboard. http://www.mediaite.com/online/cre...
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:44 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Which three-platter 2TB for raid?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4046
Re: Which three-platter 2TB for raid?
I've been looking into the Samsung F4EG 2TB, versus the newer 3-platter WD20EARS. My current inclination is to go with the latter for my new 5x2 raid set. Drives will be used with linux software-raid5. I've currently got a set of 4 WD10AAKSes, and these work fine. I have not had issues with them dr...
You may find it provincial of me to default to North America but it is where I live and all my google/pricegrabber searches default to US dollars. I don't think anyone would question your motives or your willingness to help, and members stating their location in their profile is obviously a good id...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:47 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Gaming in Tight Spaces…..mini-ITX (not quiet)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14424
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Modern Phrases That Confuse Me
- Replies: 92
- Views: 67195
...The saying is "I couldn't care less".... The last person I corrected that mistake was an elementary grade english teacher. Go figure. Oh you know when I need to communicate with someone I call or email or just talk. I don't "reach out". Of course there are people who say "That's what I'm talking...
You know what a nuclear power plant is? A great big tea kettle -- it boils water. I can think of much better ways to spin turbines than by creating heat from nuclear fission reactions. Can you? no, i can't think of a better way to spin turbines fast enough with enough torque to provide HUGE amounts...
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:05 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Does SPCR seem way too obsessive compulsive about noise?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 72009
[EDIT : is putting noise dampening material on the back of a clock and suspending it with a rubber band to decouple it from the wall considered a psychological problem ?] When I sleep over while visiting relatives, I take ticking clocks off the walls in the room I sleep and put them in another room...