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April 08, 2014

Overnight Open Thread (4-8-2014) 0% - Prep Edition
— Maetenloch

$math test_mathem13$

Posted by: Maetenloch at 06:34 PM | Comments (930)
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1 Evening all.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 06:34 PM (ojnk6)

2 'ello. What's this then?

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (QupBk)

3 Best ONT content ever!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (0AKks)

4 First

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (lq3Ak)

5 Meaninglessness of Modern Marriage It has been stated here before that Same Sex Marriage isnÂ’t marriage. Marriage, properly understood was the unique combination of man and woman that combined reproductive urges, love, and child-rearing into a solid foundation of society that benefited everyone, including those who did not participate in it. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5506

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (AymDN)

6 I'd like to lodge a complaint about this ONT.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (Vp4nf)

7 The Aussies are holding another press conference about the missing plane at 11:00. I suspect this one will be less inspiring of hope than the last.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 06:35 PM (DmNpO)

8 ...or NINE!

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 08, 2014 06:36 PM (lq3Ak)

9 Ten!

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 06:36 PM (gjOCp)

10 Math? WTF is it? How do it work?

Posted by: The MSM at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (0FSuD)

11 b.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (aDwsi)

12 that looks like fkn math up there! shame on you !

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (nqBYe)

13 I'm lost . Even more than usual.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (oMKp3)

14 Howdy Morons. I want a Mars bar if they still make them.

Posted by: ALH at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (btTLZ)

15 Where is the Love?

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (d/Xly)

16 I couldn't be on the last thread.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (qyfb5)

17 Is this love?

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (08jH8)

18 ...and there's that Minimalist ONT!
Equation + Candy Bar + Constellation + Drill Instructions = ONT!

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (lq3Ak)

19 Bob Dole recommends the correct use of a chuck key to get the proper angle on ones drill.

Posted by: Bob Dole at April 08, 2014 06:37 PM (Vp4nf)

20 math is hard ( like me )

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah ( and his hair was perfect ) at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (JyjXt)

21 ok i do know lefty lucy and righty tighty. feels better about myself now.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (nqBYe)

22 Math, er, we have affirmative action exemption for this and X is like male racist shit, right?

Posted by: The MSM at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (0FSuD)

23 What the fuck is this?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (GEICT)

24 Oh and I was told there would be no math on this blog.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (qyfb5)

25 nevermind lucy-loosey, back to feeling like shit.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:38 PM (nqBYe)

26 I know! This has something to do with gender inequality, right?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (oMKp3)

27 8pi/3

Posted by: newrouter at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (hudvF)

28 Oh, and after Justified is over for the season, MR. Nick Searcy will be on Red Eye tonight.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (08jH8)

29 Howdy Morons. I want a Mars bar if they still make them. *** they are now made in, IIRC, France. You ca however, buy them in some specialty aisles at the supermarket

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (DmNpO)

30 g'evenin', 'rons Thanks, Maet. I was starting to think that this was the night that I would go crazy. You people and the ONT keep me sane...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (JMmQ9)

31 Tonight's mood music at Casa Basura, Robin Trower, "Bridge of Sighs": http://youtu.be/57f_aUlXf1c

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (0AKks)

32 "Sines, sines, every-where sines...."

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (H4aQb)

33 that happened to me one weekend on Fire Island

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (kFxpe)

34 And D. I think. 3 pi. I prefer pecan...

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (d/Xly)

35 what is love maet does Not love us tonight.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (nqBYe)

36 I'm so hard, diamonds piss themselves just looking at me

Posted by: math at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (JyjXt)

37 muhahahahahahahahahahaha MARS

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (xVNOM)

38 I found my Roundtuit.

Posted by: ALH at April 08, 2014 06:39 PM (btTLZ)

39 Should I go look for Mars with DSM app on my iPhone or is it West Coast now?

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (gjOCp)

40 breaking my mind, do this don't do that

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (nqBYe)

41 'Mars' is an English candy bar, mates

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (JyjXt)

42 Clearly the answer is f. Comprehensive immigration reform.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (Xkr8I)

43 Maet screwed up the ONT out of love, reichwingers.

Posted by: El Gobernador Jeb Bush at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (Vp4nf)

44 27 8pi/3 Posted by: newrouter at April 08, 2014 10:39 PM (hudvF) You just guessing right?

Posted by: The MSM at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (0FSuD)

45 It was my understanding there would be no math.

Posted by: not the mama at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (5dxeo)

46 Whee!

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 06:40 PM (UXzSF)

47 Howdy Morons. I want a Mars bar if they still make them. --- What's the drinking age on mars?

Posted by: Buzzed Aldrin at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (TfdkD)

48 NOT FIRST!!! >>> 6 I'd like to lodge a complaint about this ONT. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 10:35 PM (Vp4nf) Go ahead, and you'll get your ass kicked.

Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (D1Gfs)

49 Sorry, man..., I majored in African and Afro-American Studies. I don't know shit about math. Full scholarship though...

Posted by: UNC Jock at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (aDwsi)

50 may i throw all grammies dishes at mozilla, and fellow morons?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (nqBYe)

51 i jumped for JOY today ! no more wait lists!...my smith and wesson is on it's way. woohoo !

Posted by: concrete love at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (1YgVg)

52 C

Posted by: Sam at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (Z3lhA)

53 Maet screwed up the ONT out of love, reichwingers. There was a challenge issued and he met it masterfully.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (0AKks)

54 Should I go look for Mars with DSM app on my iPhone or is it West Coast now? Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 10:40 PM (gjOCp) Mars isn't up yet for those of us on the West Coast or the Rockies. It IS up, and blazing, on the East Coast and should just start rearing in the Central time zone.

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (xVNOM)

55 Math. Mars - god of war Drill bits This is a very female unfriendly ONT.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (oMKp3)

56 You may laugh at those drill bit instructions, but these people didn't heed the warning and look what happened - http://tinyurl.com/pypqf5r

Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (xRDdL)

57 I'll have the one with bacon.

Posted by: ALH at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (btTLZ)

58 41 'Mars' is an English candy bar, mates Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah at April 08, 2014 10:40 PM (JyjXt) And it a cheap fluffed up piece of shit. All air.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 06:41 PM (0FSuD)

59 Screw you all, I am going to the shop to install drill bit in my drill JUST LIKE it was shown to me above. I will then turn it on to MAX SPEED, and report back what happens.

Posted by: TXMarko at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (NcYPp)

60 Good to see CAC has started early tonight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (GEICT)

61 Get your ass to Mars!

Posted by: Hauser at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (WlWt+)

62 27 8pi/3 --- nailed it

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (TfdkD)

63 I like pi.

Posted by: Blackie Bushless at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (oJUxt)

64 B

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (U+vgB)

65 f'ing math?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (RhQvZ)

66 Go ahead, and you'll get your ass kicked. Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 10:41 PM (D1Gfs) oooh, i'm so there, who are we 'doing'?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (nqBYe)

67 You better find somebody to loooooo-oooove...

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 08, 2014 06:42 PM (ZshNr)

68 I only bitched a little bit in the previous thread...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 06:43 PM (JMmQ9)

69 use Chuck guys. it don't mind

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:43 PM (nqBYe)

70 "http://tinyurl.com/pypqf5
Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 10:41 PM (xRDdL)

That had nothing to do with a drill.

LSD, however, was abused.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 08, 2014 06:43 PM (lq3Ak)

71 Hey everybody. Found out I'm going to yet *another* interview on Friday. Not bad news I guess. (I'm applying at a place that has numerous openings.) In the meantime... re the geo/math/whatever question above, I'm going to say the answer above is (d), x = 3(pi). Am I right?

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (HVI5a)

72 CAC, Should I look for Mars now in Boston area? I have DSM app on iPhone. Thank you.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (gjOCp)

73 Pie are not squared. Pie are round.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (bitz6)

74 Oh, and here's how a prominent member of "The Party of Women" treated his wife: Alan GraysonÂ’s Wife Accuses Him Of Trying To Kill Her, Admits Long-Term Abuse http://tinyurl.com/kwokhpz

Posted by: Thrawn at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (WlWt+)

75 The Mars clan lives on the other side of my county right here in Old Virginia. One of the largest closely held companies in the US.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (l3vZN)

76 Math is hard

Posted by: Barbara Millicent Roberts at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (Pa9vP)

77 The Captain and I don't do math after we leave work. If I aint gettin paid, no fuckin math. Just sweet relaxation.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (Q8vlx)

78 It's the ONT Morons, you know the drill...

Posted by: Badoom Cha! Thank you, tip your waitresses at April 08, 2014 06:44 PM (ijXVY)

79 CAC, Should I look for Mars now in Boston area? I have DSM app on iPhone. Thank you. Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 10:44 PM (gjOCp) YES YES YES! It's blaaazing on the East Coast right now.

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (xVNOM)

80 D.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (JMmQ9)

81 First it was Chemistry , now math. Did I miss history ? occasionally I still have dreams about forgetting to go to class, till time for finals .

Posted by: Kyon at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (mT+TO)

82 78 Just the tip.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (bitz6)

83
"Our next dedication goes out to Fat Al in New York..."

The Untouchables - I Spy For The F.B.I.

http://youtu.be/QHItHKfzW7A

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (kdS6q)

84 >>> 66 Go ahead, and you'll get your ass kicked. Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 10:41 PM (D1Gfs) oooh, i'm so there, who are we 'doing'? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 10:42 PM (nqBYe) Um, Maetenloch. Cicero goes first. You and me stay back and watch the wreckage.

Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (D1Gfs)

85 8/3 pi

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (HsTG8)

86 Always hated the fuckin' math.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (V7Vq6)

87 OK, someone explain math answer so that an LIV would understand it. I got a million dollar bet this won't happen. Use food stamps in answer for bonus points.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 06:45 PM (0FSuD)

88 78....... ISWYDT.

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (d/Xly)

89 I can only assume that we were bad today and are now being punished. Who screwed which pooch with what implement in how many orifices for how long?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (TfdkD)

90 YES YES YES! It's blaaazing on the East Coast right now. You still talking about Mars? Sounds like your head is somewhere greener.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (0AKks)

91 The answer is: half 'a cornbread.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (HRlKD)

92 Drills are less than optimal in allowing the evil thoughts escape your brain. I am aware that this is counterintuitive, and I admit that a quick session with my favorite Makita has always been a moment of calm in a world driven to MADNESS in ALL THINGS, but facts are facts, and the temporary relief is just that;the benefits are outweighed by the cost, need to wear hats, and the voices taunting "this is only a drill....if it were real life the sounds you hear would be followed....

Posted by: Kindletot at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (2MlUn)

93 via scaling and windage, of course

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (JMmQ9)

94 you know what i hated as a younger woman, hanging drywall lid everyone else is 6 ft and well i'm much shorter. fk the height thing and rickety sawhorses and funky black and decker drills and yes now my head seems flat, look at it, whines, doesn it look flat to you?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (nqBYe)

95 CAC, I'll be back in 10 minutes. I'm going to go on second floor back porch.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (gjOCp)

96 CAC - OK, in w. NC, what should angle of elevation be about now?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 06:46 PM (aDwsi)

97 3.14159th!!!

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (TfdkD)

98 I'm just trying to maintain standards around here. We got standards, don't we? *drops mic*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (Vp4nf)

99 The sine thingie is real easy. It starts at 0, then goes up at 2/3 pi, back to zero at 4/3 pi, down to to 6/3 pi (AKA 2 pi), then reassuringly comes back up to zero at 8/3 pi. It's comfortable, like an old shoe.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (UXzSF)

100 Alton: thanks for backing me up. I assume the geo/math question above is basically asking "at what point on the X-axis does P intersect?" It looks like the Y-axis is set at negative -1(pi), however.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (HVI5a)

101 Cosign is what they ask for after you submit your credit app.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (bitz6)

102 Not looking forward to the Uranus ONT.

Posted by: not the mama at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (5dxeo)

103 New gave a drill with a keyless chuck. The chuck is difficult to use because of grit or sand that got in it. Any thoughts about how to clean or replace it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (HsTG8)

104 Any math witches among us?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (V7Vq6)

105 Um, Maetenloch. Cicero goes first. You and me stay back and watch the wreckage. Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 10:45 PM (D1Gfs)

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:47 PM (nqBYe)

106 What? I was told there would be no math on this smart military blog.

Posted by: HUH! at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (f8KV7)

107 Alls I knows is, the Axis is Bold as Love, baby.

Posted by: Jimi Hendrix at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (HVI5a)

108 Ummm, let me put that into a speech thingy, um, I don't remember seeing this on the example sheet thingy, um, maybe if it put into croupings of ten, um...

Posted by: Student taking Komun Koor maths at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (AymDN)

109 Thoughts on Turn, anyone? Going to watch it while I do my taxes. Procrastinate, me, why whatever do you mean...

Posted by: LizLem at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (ijXVY)

110 Um, Maetenloch. Cicero goes first. You and me stay back and watch the wreckage. Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 10:45 PM (D1Gfs) woops sorry trying to get used to this new keyboard, hands over glass of wine and stands aside.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (nqBYe)

111 How does any of this help me get a pedicure?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (oMKp3)

112 Damn, I must be getting sober. Answer is b. Not pecan.

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 06:48 PM (d/Xly)

113 grammie, we will use the broken shards of the plates , c'mere.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:49 PM (nqBYe)

114 no 5pi/2 cause p be 2.5

Posted by: newrouter at April 08, 2014 06:49 PM (hudvF)

115 One of the largest closely held companies in the US. Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 08, 2014 10:44 PM (l3vZN) True, but the largest would be Cargill.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 06:49 PM (0FSuD)

116 give me b for a hundred alec.

Posted by: rev dr der commisar miller at April 08, 2014 06:49 PM (HQml1)

117 AC - OK, in w. NC, what should angle of elevation be about now? Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 10:46 PM (aDwsi) Per Stellarium, it is 33 degrees above the horizon, so a third of the way up to zenith now, from the E/SE.

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 06:49 PM (xVNOM)

118 I was told there would be no math on the ONTs.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 06:50 PM (hn5v5)

119 Damn, I must be getting sober. Answer is b. Not pecan. Great, I just lost five bucks.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:50 PM (0AKks)

120 101 Cosign is what they ask for after you submit your credit app. --- Now you're getting off on a tangent...pervert.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 06:50 PM (TfdkD)

121 pi's ok but i want it al amode

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:50 PM (nqBYe)

122 c., people, c.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (aDwsi)

123 >>>Thoughts on Turn, anyone? Going to watch it while I do my taxes.

Posted by: LizLem at April 08, 2014 10:48 PM (ijXVY)<<<

Pretty good start. Hoping it's good going forward too.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (08jH8)

124 104 Any math witches among us? -- Does a statistics accolade count?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (TfdkD)

125 How does knowing any of this stuff help me make the donuts or work the French fry machine?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (bitz6)

126 Oh, FML! We have a...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (HsTG8)

127 I was told there would be no math on the ONTs. People fuckin' lie. It happens.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 06:51 PM (V7Vq6)

128 120 101 Cosign is what they ask for after you submit your credit app. --- Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Posted by: Isaac Newton at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (Vp4nf)

129 This ont is one of many micro-aggressions against us.

Posted by: Fragile Asian Dude at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (yY/3g)

130 New gave a drill with a keyless chuck. The chuck is difficult to use because of grit or sand that got in it. Any thoughts about how to clean or replace it? Keyless chucks can be a problem, especially on lower-cost drills. I've had some success using compressed air to clean them. PS: If you're buying a lower-cost drill, a keyed chuck is usually a better deal, IMO,

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (H4aQb)

131 Seriously. We really have to do a watch-and-blog to Battleship some weekend soon.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (DmNpO)

132 C 2pi is 3/4 of the way to P. 4/3 times 2pi equals 8pi/3.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (zT0DN)

133 Per Stellarium, it is 33 degrees above the horizon, so a third of the way up to zenith now, from the E/SE. Posted by: CAC ------------ * grabs CAC recommended Pentax binocs, heads for the door *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (aDwsi)

134 113 grammie, we will use the broken shards of the plates , c'mere. Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 10:49 PM (nqBYe) Sounds good willow. I need some girl stuff in my life right about now. Spent the evening with grand kids who took turns with the chainsaw, the John Deere tractor, the four wheeler and the fishing pole. Also looked for turtles. Is there nothing feminine left in this world for me?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (oMKp3)

135 107 Alls I knows is, the Axis is Bold as Love, baby. --- WORD

Posted by: Hidecki Tojo at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (TfdkD)

136 OK, will the correct answer help us find 22LR ammo?

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 06:52 PM (0FSuD)

137 131 J5?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (bitz6)

138 Alan GraysonÂ’s Wife Accuses Him Of Trying To Kill Her, Admits Long-Term Abuse What is love? Baby don't hurt me! Don't hurt me! No more!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (HsTG8)

139 oooh, i'm so there, who are we 'doing'? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 10:42 PM (nqBYe) Hang on, wait a second, hang on there, what's all this then?!?!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (qyfb5)

140 Does a statistics accolade count? Commence your wizardry, oh Math Witch.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (V7Vq6)

141 109 Thoughts on Turn, anyone? Going to watch it while I do my taxes. Procrastinate, me, why whatever do you mean...

Posted by: LizLem at April 08, 2014 10:48 PM (ijXVY)

I really liked it, but I like period dramas. Not a big revolutionary war buff, so I can't speak to the accuracy, but the characters seem interesting. A few are a bit one-dimensional, but I can live with that.

Posted by: not the mama at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (5dxeo)

142 Hey everybody. Found out I'm going to yet *another* interview on Friday. Not bad news I guess. (I'm applying at a place that has numerous openings.) *** Best of luck!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (DmNpO)

143 Mmm. Crunchy frog.

Posted by: a Red Indian at a cinema at April 08, 2014 06:53 PM (hn5v5)

144 121 pi's ok but i want it al amode --- You'll get it a la median AND LIKE IT

Posted by: Judge Smails at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (TfdkD)

145 Hey morons! What's your "sine"? *wink*

Posted by: Y-not at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (zDsvJ)

146 This thread needs more Andie McDowell.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (vT9IG)

147 None of the founding fathers ever filed a tax return.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (bitz6)

148 This thread needs more Andie McDowell. No it doesn't. She's a bitch.

Posted by: garrett at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (RwzZN)

149 x = 5pi/2

Posted by: sithkhan at April 08, 2014 06:54 PM (F7qjM)

150 My damned Outlook has lost it's mind. Anybody else?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (V7Vq6)

151 103 New gave a drill with a keyless chuck. The chuck is difficult to use because of grit or sand that got in it. Any thoughts about how to clean or replace it? To clean, maybe an air compressor? To replace it look down in the middle of it and there should be a screw, just unscrew it and replace.

Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (xRDdL)

152 Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 10:52 PM (H4aQb) Thanks! I'll give that a try.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (HsTG8)

153 c: x = 8/3 pi

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (V70Uh)

154 Math mars evening drilling. Damn right!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (qIFL7)

155
BTW - cause the first part of the dreadfull 1984 film "Alphabet City" on the tube today.

Notable only for the worst "hero car" I've ever seen in a movie -- a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am 25th Anniversary Daytona 500 Edition. Only 2500 of the cars were built, for damned good reason:

http://www.imcdb.org/i253305.jpg

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (kdS6q)

156 Pi is whatever we feel like it means. The gayer the number, the better. Today, we deem it the number "2.(!)

Posted by: Mozilla Doucher at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (yY/3g)

157 None of the founding fathers ever filed a tax return. Homophobic drunkards, one and all.

Posted by: Lois Lerner at April 08, 2014 06:55 PM (H4aQb)

158 gramkie? i have wildwood polish, and a steady hand! Merovign, i'm in a bad wicked mood sure you want to come close?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (nqBYe)

159 I like pie with those lattice things.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (bitz6)

160 147 None of the founding fathers ever filed a tax return.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 10:54 PM (bitz6)

What's more -- if any of the founding fathers had been asked to file a tax return, they'd've picked up their muskets and replied, "oh, shall we dance again?"

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (UXzSF)

161 None of the founding fathers ever filed a tax return. It's all about who you know.

Posted by: Thomas Effin' Jefferson at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (V7Vq6)

162 Commence your wizardry, oh Math Witch. --- Great, let me get my Z-table spell book. And i'll need a fresh brain, and it must be Normal!

Posted by: Judge Smails at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (TfdkD)

163 C: 8/3 pi

Posted by: JackT at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (/Omjg)

164
Hey morons! What's your "sine"?
Posted by: Y-not

Tan'd ready and rested...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2014 06:56 PM (kdS6q)

165 Â Damn, I must be getting sober. Answer is b. Not pecan.Â Great, I just lost five bucks. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 10:50 PM (0AKks) You bet against me getting sober? Cool.

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 06:57 PM (d/Xly)

166 I once threw a pie just to watch a man die.

Posted by: John Wayne Gacy at April 08, 2014 06:57 PM (0FSuD)

167 Nutmeg merchants the lot of them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 06:57 PM (bitz6)

168 This is what happens when someone whine about maet reusing a joke and declaring said old joke not funny

Posted by: Buzzion at April 08, 2014 06:57 PM (/eY9J)

169 You bet against me getting sober? Cool. I didn't think it was a risk.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 06:58 PM (0AKks)

170 What say we invade the living shit out of Sparta?

Posted by: Alcibiades at April 08, 2014 06:58 PM (Vp4nf)

171 133 Per Stellarium, it is 33 degrees above the horizon, so a third of the way up to zenith now, from the E/SE. Posted by: CAC ------------ * grabs CAC recommended Pentax binocs, heads for the door * Posted by: Mike Hammer ------- Crap! Overcast. Can't even make out the moon. Speaking of which, it's cold out there with no pants on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 06:58 PM (aDwsi)

172 168 This is what happens when someone whine about maet reusing a joke and declaring said old joke not funny

Posted by: Buzzion at April 08, 2014 10:57 PM (/eY9J)

Is this a rerun?

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 06:58 PM (UXzSF)

173 Great, let me get my Z-table spell book. And i'll need a fresh brain, and it must be Normal! Da fuck? Was that English?

Posted by: Thomas Effin' Jefferson at April 08, 2014 06:58 PM (V7Vq6)

174 It's too cold out for me to keep iPhone steady to use app. I tried once & came in & got a scarf & Sherpa lined sweatshirt jacket, on top of the one I put on to go out first time. Maybe tomorrow from my car on way home? I'll put note on phone.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (gjOCp)

175 I was told there'd be math.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (jucos)

176 New gave a drill with a keyless chuck. The chuck is difficult to use because of grit or sand that got in it. Any thoughts about how to clean or replace it? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at April 08, 2014 10:47 PM (HsTG

hit it several times with the puter keyboard, fixed

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (nqBYe)

177 94 you know what i hated as a younger woman, hanging drywall lid everyone else is 6 ft and well i'm much shorter. fk the height thing and rickety sawhorses and funky black and decker drills and yes now my head seems flat, look at it, whines, doesn it look flat to you? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 10:46 PM (nqBYe) Um, is this a continuation of the tales of youthful woe that you ~~entertained~~ enthralled us with last week? Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (HsTG8)

178 OK, will the correct answer help us find 22LR ammo? Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 10:52 PM Once I see .22lr on the shelf on a regular basis, I'm buyin' a Mossberg 715t.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)

179 I had four interviews at a place once. Different departments. Kept getting called back in. Didn't get hired. People just apparently thought I was interesting to talk to. Last person hardly talked about the job. If I hadn't been out of work and needed money, that would have been cool. Probably should have kept in touch.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 06:59 PM (qyfb5)

180 My damned Outlook has lost its mind. Anybody else?
Yes, after I made Pale Moon my default browser. (Although it seems to have self repaired now.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (hn5v5)

181 Sock. Fail.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (V7Vq6)

182 Math mars evening drilling. --- I see the plot of the Armageddon sequel! Let me write you a check for $10.00 or you can take a percentage of the merchandising...

Posted by: Hollywood at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (TfdkD)

183 Cherry no make that Apple pi.

Posted by: yahump at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (PGpcM)

184 Oh my! http://t.co/7qilBbkQbN

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (DmNpO)

185 Evening morons. Turning in early after a brutal day at work.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (R+XDI)

186 No browser change here. I don't know what is going on.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (V7Vq6)

187 I could suck the sand out of Chuck!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 08, 2014 07:00 PM (jucos)

188 Thanks hatemiser and not the mama! I love period dramas, espionage, and the revo war, so I am hoping it is right up my alley.

Plus AMC is doing a stellar job with their dramas lately, both in choosing and in nurturing them along. Unlike USA, which seems to be doing all it can to obliterate the "characters welcome" theme from its branding and show choices. Am bummed at how they've treated White Collar.

Posted by: LizLem at April 08, 2014 07:01 PM (ijXVY)

189 Mossberg 715t Nice. Like an idiot, I bought a Ruger 22/45 a few months ago. I quickly shot up all my .22LR, thus confirming my idiocy.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:01 PM (H4aQb)

190 Mars is visible all week, btw. It will actually brighten a bit more through Monday, it just happens to be closest to earth today.

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (xVNOM)

191 Hi ont

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (VgMBx)

192 22LR? My Scout Executive just slipped me a 500 round brick for a trip. They are getting some for Scout camps.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (0FSuD)

193 What no QT π jokes?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (hn5v5)

194 Krebs, lol yes, whatcha gonna do when you need to pay for children and school? yes i actually went to school and so did they LOL

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (nqBYe)

195 133--- * grabs CAC recommended Pentax binocs, heads for the door * Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 10:52 PM (aDwsi) ---------------------------- Got those for Mr. DeVille for Christmas. They are fantastic and so light in weight. You will be able to see the disk. (We did.) Not as thrilling as a telescope, for sure, but still a nifty sight.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (dfYL9)

196 Merovign, i'm in a bad wicked mood sure you want to come close? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 10:56 PM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) ... ... Before I answer that, bad and wicked *in what way*???

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (qyfb5)

197

I don't do math. I use a calculator.

Posted by: ALH at April 08, 2014 07:02 PM (btTLZ)

198 Hello, Miss Lou!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 07:03 PM (0AKks)

199 Agreeing with others, the answer is c.

Posted by: CQD at April 08, 2014 07:03 PM (4iOIE)

200 144 121 pi's ok but i want it al amode --- You'll get it a la median AND LIKE IT Posted by: Judge Smails at April 08, 2014 10:54 PM (TfdkD) JS, bringin' the stats' humor, stat!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 07:03 PM (HsTG8)

201 I didn't think it was a risk. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 10:58 PM (0AKks) Thanks BB. Best laugh I've had in a month.

Posted by: tbodie at April 08, 2014 07:03 PM (d/Xly)

202 I was told that there might or might not be math on this smart military blog.

Posted by: Schrodinger at April 08, 2014 07:03 PM (TfdkD)

203

saw Mars out in the east.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 07:04 PM (RhQvZ)

204 That's the formula for how sun spot activity varies over time, which therefore explains how the amount of energy from the sun hits the Earth over time, which of course therefore explains "climate change" completely.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 08, 2014 07:04 PM (8+xjO)

205 Does anyone understand the Mars tetrad thingees?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:04 PM (bitz6)

206 Once I see .22lr on the shelf on a regular basis, I'm buyin' a Mossberg 715t. Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 10:59 PM (JMmQ9) 22lr is out there. Just gotta go looking online.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 07:04 PM (GEICT)

207 Before I answer that, bad and wicked *in what way*??? Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 08, 2014 11:02 PM (qyfb5) grammie had to 'loan me her china' so i could throw them at walls . and although it made me laugh, i really do need glasses to go with the ensamble to feel really better.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:04 PM (nqBYe)

208 193 What no QT Ã° jokes? --- you've never been to a moron meetup, have you?

Posted by: Schrodinger at April 08, 2014 07:05 PM (TfdkD)

209 204 Climate "shift" is the latest PC term.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 07:05 PM (ojnk6)

210 JS, bringin' the stats' humor, stat! That's just mean.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 08, 2014 07:05 PM (cHwSy)

211 The x-intercept at P is given by

The number of revolutions required to stick an improperly chucked drill in your eye?

Posted by: Fritz at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (oJUxt)

212 This ONT content is, in many ways, like the story of obama.

Posted by: davidt at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (nEIMV)

213 Krebs, If you don't have an air compressor at home, take the drill to your mechanic or local tire shop. Ask them to blow the thing out with a nozzle on an air hose. Cthulhu, You have mail.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (vT9IG)

214 .17 HMR is easy to find. If you've won the lottery.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (Fi+kS)

215 grammie had to 'loan me her china' so i could throw them at walls . and although it made me laugh, i really do need glasses to go with the ensamble to feel really better. Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:04 PM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) Oh, So, not what I was thinking. I have some Oneida Gala stemware in the box I haven't opened in like 20 years, you could throw them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (qyfb5)

216 pi's ok but i want it al amode --- You'll get it a la median AND LIKE IT Posted by: Judge Smails at April 08, 2014 10:54 PM (TfdkD) did you see that thing just fly over my head? i didn't either but i did Feel it!

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:06 PM (nqBYe)

217 Damn, Magnum Force is a real mutt of a Dirty Harry movie. Maybe I'll see if Turn is available on demand.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 07:07 PM (HsTG8)

218 b.

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2014 07:07 PM (mk9aG)

219 Ocean Shield has heard the pinger(s) again. 5 mins & 7 mins at a time. Has detected 4 transmissions in a broad area. Hopefully, they can triangulate now for site of MH370 wreckage.

Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 07:07 PM (2bql3)

220 I did finally make it to the secret ONT on QR code night, but...a trig-type problem, a candy bar and a planet that share a name, instructions for a drill, and a graphic that cuts off before 1/3 of it is loaded? I've been reading Mark Twain, and what people in his era would have said is: "This is too many for me."

Posted by: Splunge at April 08, 2014 07:07 PM (qyomX)

221 I have plenty of .22. Y'all need to plan ahead, that's all.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:07 PM (qyfb5)

222 22lr is out there. Just gotta go looking online. ammo-can.net

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:08 PM (V7Vq6)

223 I have some Oneida Gala stemware in the box I haven't opened in like 20 years, you could throw them. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 08, 2014 11:06 PM (qyfb5) oh i'd feel bad about that. do you have any funky pottery cups like with 'i love this or that?' those i could do without pain and smile?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:08 PM (nqBYe)

224 A Jew, a Martian, and a black walk into a Taco Bell. John Boehner cries.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 08, 2014 07:08 PM (WZD4E)

225 Silly morons. 3/4x = 2л; x =2л * 4/3 = 8/3л if my pi character came through

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:08 PM (aDwsi)

226 Time for dog baths, when I pet them my hands stink,teehee!! See, you guys knew ya missed me for my interesting comments!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 07:08 PM (VgMBx)

227 Yeah. I'm gonna go to a body-shop and ask the guy to blow my chuck.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (hn5v5)

228 Mossberg 715t Nice... Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 11:01 PM The one with the carry handle. Going for the maximum "scary black rifle" effect... The SKS that I recently lost in a tragic boating accident was plenty damn scary, but it didn't have a carry handle

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (JMmQ9)

229 Cthulhu & Lauren: Judtbeantedvto say Thanks! For your suggestions last night re: autism support groups. Passed along to my friend - we shall see.

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (noB3y)

230 Is this a rerun? Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 10:58 PM (UXzSF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VF5P7qLaEQ

Posted by: LizLem at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (ijXVY)

231

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (JMmQ9)

232 Well, I think I'll spray some lavender on my clean white sheets, lay my head down and dream deep dreams of a land where there is no math and everyone keeps their drill bits to themselves 'Night folks

Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 07:09 PM (oMKp3)

233 This ONT makes us want to go commit Acts of Love.

Posted by: Jeb Bush and Harry Reid at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (e2Upe)

234 Blood Moon on Tax Day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (bitz6)

235 x= the number of teeth in muchelle's hoo-haw

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (hfcjP)

236 Hi Blanco!!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (VgMBx)

237 A broad area? They think it's in Sandra Fluke's box?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (hn5v5)

238 oh i'd feel bad about that. do you have any funky pottery cups like with 'i love this or that?' those i could do without pain and smile? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:08 PM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) I have some coffee cups I never use. You'd have to throw 'em harder, they're kind of sturdy. One of 'em is from when enviroweenie Gleick committed felony wire fraud and Holder's DOJ refused to prosecute him, so there's that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (qyfb5)

239 Tried to clean/fix one of those keyless chucks, end result was buying a new chuck.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (L02KD)

240

227 Yeah. I'm gonna go to a body-shop and ask the guy to blow my chuck.

How much wood would a wood chuck chuck?

Posted by: ALH at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (btTLZ)

241 Ocean Shield has heard the pinger(s) again. 5 mins 7 mins at a time. Has detected 4 transmissions in a broad area. Hopefully, they can triangulate now for site of MH370 wreckage. *** And THANK GOD! After completely losing the signal for more than a day, they were speaking in more depressing tones earlier.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:10 PM (DmNpO)

242 My Kroger Digital Coupons don't seem to be expending as I use them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:11 PM (bitz6)

243 Thing about math? Math don't lie. Never. That's why the left hate it so.

Posted by: Erowmero at April 08, 2014 07:11 PM (1gcFZ)

244 I've been reading Mark Twain, and what people in his era would have said is: "This is too many for me."
The secret message is "Be sure to drink your ONT!"

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:12 PM (hn5v5)

245 We are beyond the Age of Math.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:12 PM (bitz6)

246 if my sinus git stuffy my p intersect yo mama

Posted by: kimoloka at April 08, 2014 07:12 PM (ufO49)

247 Weather Nation that replaced The Weather Channel on Direct TV is way better

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (hfcjP)

248 Merovign, i think i'd like your stash of objectionable objects that are definitely toss worthy. how do you feel about walls?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (nqBYe)

249 Silly morons. 3/4x = 2л; x =2л * 4/3 = 8/3л if my pi character came through -------------- eh. That doesn't quite look right 8л/3 looks better.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)

250 Last year I learned that when ammo is scarce I could still find two rifle calibers when everything else was bare. 22-250 and 7mm. I could find them at any Wal Mart or chain sporting goods store or local gun shop when there was no .223 or .306 or anything else to be had. It hit me. Now, I bought a cheap shit Savage Axis as a throw-away in 22-250 so I went wrong there, but.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (V7Vq6)

251 229 (me) That's *supposed* to be: Wanted to say Thanks! For your advice last night.

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (noB3y)

252 So the lawn mower wouldn't start because I left gas in it over the winter. I absolutely friggin' HATE working on small engines. Now "Community Development" has sent me a letter. Yeah, I'm fuckin' Ozzie Nelson.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (H4aQb)

253 Sine mars evening drill? Trig mars orion drill? Wave mars star drilling? Grrrrrr, I'm too old for rebuses, what's the code?!

Posted by: joncelli at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (/AYWV)

254 Yeah. I'm gonna go to a body-shop and ask the guy to chuck my blow ~~blow my chuck~~. Posted by: andycanuck at April 08, 2014 11:09 PM (hn5v5) That's how the FBI caught my Jheri-Curled ass in a sling!

Posted by: Al "Super Fly for the FBI" Sharpton™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 07:13 PM (HsTG8)

255 I can't remember so many people being lost for so long. Their poor families. Saw one woman the other day who thinks her boyfriend is alive somewhere,,,

Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 07:14 PM (2bql3)

256 What is this? The ONT looks like a letter from the Zodiac.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 08, 2014 07:14 PM (oFCZn)

257 Tax Day. Posted by: Boss Moss -------------- You just had to bring that up, didn't you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)

258 Mike Hammer,I'm in MA & had pants one & two Sherpa lined sweatshirt jackets & a scarf. I was too cold yo keep phone still for app to work. I have one from 2011 when I first got iPhone, Night Sky. I could see Venus, or so it said, but I don't think I turned in a full circle to calibrate it. I haven't used it since I upgraded phone in September.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (gjOCp)

259 We are beyond the Age of Math. And we are now in the Age of......Mirth?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (V7Vq6)

260 227Â Yeah. I'm gonna go to a body-shop and ask the guy to blow my chuck. Posted by: andycanuck at April 08, 2014 11:09 PM (hn5v5 ---------- I knew that would be coming before I even started typing... On a side note, has anyone ever taken this ZzzQuil crap? It's Nyquil w/o the extra medicine - just sleep aid. it is imperative that I get some sleep tonight & wake up early.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (vT9IG)

261 >>>249 Silly morons. 3/4x = 2л; x =2л * 4/3 = 8/3л ------------ Too many notes.

Posted by: Emperor Joseph II at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (Vp4nf)

262 Thing about math? Math don't lie. Never. That's why the left hate it so. Posted by: Erowmero at April 08, 2014 11:11 PM (1gcFZ) physics and biology too, yo!

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (hfcjP)

263 Well, I think I'll spray some lavender on my clean white sheets, lay my head down and dream deep dreams of a land where there is no math and everyone keeps their drill bits to themselves 'Night folks Posted by: grammie winger at April 08, 2014 11:09 PM (oMKp3) Grammie, doctor teals' has epsom salts with lavender that sometimes helps me unwind my head.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (nqBYe)

264 So the lawn mower wouldn't start because I left gas in it over the winter. I absolutely friggin' HATE working on small engines. Now "Community Development" has sent me a letter. Yeah, I'm fuckin' Ozzie Nelson. ** I LOVE my B&D 36-volt electric mower, however I no longer tend to the lawn myself. I have a service take care of it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (DmNpO)

265 I failed to unplug my drill once. Didn't get an accidental injury, though. When she came upon us and threw a lamp at my head, I was ready to duck.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 08, 2014 07:15 PM (qyomX)

266 Thanks Maet! I was cracking up reading through this. Still funny even with no prep. Hand-chucked drills are the worst though. They never seem to drill anything without slipping loose, no matter how much I tighten them.

Posted by: .87c at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (qZPXs)

267 well you might have to add a of wine

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (nqBYe)

268

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:10 PM (DmNpO) --- I might have been imprecise in my wording - they heard it TWICE in last 2 days, and twice previously.

Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (2bql3)

269 It IS up Huh uh huh huh

Posted by: Beavis & Butthead at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (BDGHF)

270 how do you feel about walls? Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:13 PM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) You can nail things to them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (qyfb5)

271 wow, some justified season finale! seeing raylin and boyd all cuddled up in the country house reprising broke back mountain - never saw it ever coming. only bigger surprise was when wendy did kendall with a strap on in the interrogation room.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:16 PM (rDidD)

272 I suppose only one more surprised by this was kendall.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:17 PM (rDidD)

273 Mike Hammer,I'm in MA & had pants one & two Sherpa lined sweatshirt jackets & a scarf. Posted by: Carol ----------------- Clearly, Mars does not want to be seen by me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:17 PM (aDwsi)

274 What no QT π jokes? - andycanuck RDRR!!!

Posted by: Bart Simpson's Advanced Placement Teacher at April 08, 2014 07:18 PM (HVI5a)

275 Hair π! Hair π!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 07:18 PM (vHRtU)

276 Just watched the Mike Judge production "Silicon Valley". I thought it was very funny! SE01E01 is uploaded on YouTube. Free.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 07:18 PM (JgC5a)

277 Fur 3.141618?

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:18 PM (hfcjP)

278 Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:16 PM (rDidD) Damn. You forgot the spoiler alert.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:18 PM (H4aQb)

279 Shut it shut it shut. Watching now. Or I,guess I could take some personal responsibility and not read the thread.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (QeH9j)

280 Eh, changing my answer to c.

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (mk9aG)

281 I LOVE my B&D 36-volt electric mower, however I no longer tend to the lawn myself. I have a service take care of it. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:15 PM (DmNpO) 1%er!!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (GEICT)

282 OK, I'm out. g'night, Horde.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)

283 I admit to studiously ignoring the missing plane. I do feel sympathy for the families and friends, though, uncertainty (mostly certainly bad) stinks on ice.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (qyfb5)

284 It freaks me out a little that I have a couple of priests following me on twitter. It means I can't scream "fuck!" as often as I'd like.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:19 PM (DmNpO)

285 1%er!!!!! Hell yeah.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:20 PM (H4aQb)

286 >>>wow, some justified season finale!
seeing raylin and boyd all cuddled up in the country house reprising broke back mountain - never saw it ever coming. only bigger surprise was when wendy did kendall with a strap on in the interrogation room.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:16 PM (rDidD)<<<

I was more surprised by zombie Art being put down with the crossbow by Daryl ~~Dixon~~ Crowe. What a heart breaker that was.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 07:20 PM (08jH8)

287 276 I imagine the rest will be also. http://stream-tv.me/watch-silicon-valley-online/

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:20 PM (bitz6)

288 Or I,guess I could take some personal responsibility and not read the thread. Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 11:19 PM (QeH9j) well, nothing I typed will spoil anything but you may be disappointed.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:20 PM (rDidD)

289 Maet only gets .77 cents for every dollar the other COBs make. This is a job for SUPERTFG!!

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:20 PM (QeH9j)

290 wow, some justified season finale! seeing raylin and boyd all cuddled up in the country house reprising broke back mountain - never saw it ever coming. only bigger surprise was when wendy did kendall with a strap on in the interrogation room. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:16 PM (rDidD)<<< I was more surprised by zombie Art being put down with the crossbow by Daryl Dixon Crowe. What a heart breaker that was. *** the volcano was impressive

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (DmNpO)

291 The man in charge of the search, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, said the Ocean Shield picked up the traces on Tuesday afternoon and late on Tuesday night Perth time. http://tinyurl.com/ob3e6yy

Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (2bql3)

292 anyone here lift weights? like free weights, not machine type weights?

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (hfcjP)

293 It means I can't scream "fuck!" as often as I'd like. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:19 PM (DmNpO) There's one in one of the FB groups. It's a bit odd.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (GEICT)

294 Hi Blanco!!! Going to be 'round your way in about 10 days: http://tinyurl.com/kcgrx2f Don't care about my time, just want to win the drawing.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (0AKks)

295 Well, consensus is that the answer is (c). So the moral is, the x/y intercept is ALWAYS (0,0).

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (HVI5a)

296 Free weights, yes. Why?

Posted by: .87c at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (qZPXs)

297 Hair π! Hair π! I remember Peter Griffin having to eat Meg's hair pie once on "The Family Guy." It was a misunderstanding but he still got in trouble for it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:21 PM (V7Vq6)

298 I ate at an Angus Houston once.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 08, 2014 07:22 PM (Vp4nf)

299 Neidermeyer, i don't believe i ever typed fk or said it outloud until aces. so blame aces, like i do.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:22 PM (nqBYe)

300 C and it feels so gooooood.

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at April 08, 2014 07:22 PM (R+h7Q)

301 Lots of surprises, having the guy from dear john show up and hook up with kirk was funny.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:23 PM (rDidD)

302 In shop class there was an idiot who thought it would be funny to lock the trigger on a belt sander when he put it away. We had 8'x8' benches. Someone unknowingly plugged it in and it sped across the bench and reaching the end of it's cord spent a brief moment on another students hand.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:23 PM (Fi+kS)

303 Ooooooh... Pinged 'em on a Sunday and their hearts stood still. I will not run-run, I will not run. Somebody said I'm a pingin' 'em still. I will not run-run, I will not run. Yeah, their hearts stood still. Yeah, I'm a pingin' 'em still. And then they went back home, 'cause I would not run-run, I would not run.

Posted by: MH370's Black Box's Wall of Sound™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:23 PM (HsTG8)

304 >>>the volcano was impressive

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:21 PM (DmNpO)<<<

It was. It was. As was the nekkid Ava Crowder they sacrificed to appease it.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 07:23 PM (08jH8)

305

Posted by: Hollywood at April 08, 2014 11:00 PM (TfdkD)

Asylum Studios?

math, mars, drill ... Martian Dust Storm, Power Drills ... Tara Reid with a slide rule working on a math equation ...

this is a f'ing pot of gold here

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 07:23 PM (RhQvZ)

306 What's the story with that pic below the drill instructions? Maet screw up the upload, or is that something he is going to be revealing a bit at a time?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 08, 2014 07:24 PM (IN7k+)

307 So has anyone here seen "God's Not Dead"?? What did you think??

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (HVI5a)

308 I understand Chuck-Key Cheese Pizza franchises are being installed in the tool section of Sears stores...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (vHRtU)

309 y=sin3x/4 I think....... So when x is 2pi, y=sin6pi/4 which = 3pi/2 which is y=-1 Sooo....where y=0 the arcsin of 0= 3x/4 So P=4pi......I think..... I'm buzzed fuck I don't know...

Posted by: eleven at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (fsLdt)

310 There's one in one of the FB groups. It's a bit odd. *** Fr. Richard McFadden tweets me about the oddest things. I tweeted on Saturday night that Anna Kendrick and Pharrell would be on SNL and he came back and said he wouldn't be watching it, no matter how cute Anna Kendrick is. Cracked me up.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (DmNpO)

311 Pinger would be a much cooler name for an online social media site/network.

Posted by: davidt at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (nEIMV)

312 I believe the answer to the math problem is C. I understand the constellation map and the drill instructions but am not sure what is trying to be communicated. I'm not sure what I'm looking at in the bottom photo. We are living in difficult times.

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (bS6uW)

313 So the moral is, the x/y intercept is ALWAYS (0,0). Posted by: qdpsteve ---------------- De rien.

Posted by: René Descartes at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (aDwsi)

314 Free weights? Where do I git some o' dat shit?

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:25 PM (QeH9j)

315 1 84 Oh my! http://t.co/7qilBbkQbN Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:00 PM (DmNpO) Good gawd, that woman is so white she looks like a ghost. What STD does that to you? And of course, what kind of freak is proud of getting a cooter disease?

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 08, 2014 07:26 PM (mck3/)

316 Regardless of the answer to the math question, the important thing now when taking the SAT is to guess if you don't know as they now don't take points off for wrong answers.

So you can now score a 400 on the SAT without knowing anything; I suspect half of Congress used this approach.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 08, 2014 07:26 PM (wNF3N)

317 I admit to studiously ignoring the missing plane. It's probably gone. Under thousands of feet of water in a place on this world that few ever go. Ships and airplanes cost money and soon it will no longer make sense to keep spending any on it. In 10 years.......50 years......100 years somebody fooling around for other reasons in that part of the world will run across something.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:26 PM (V7Vq6)

318 RDRR!!! Posted by: Bart Simpson's Advanced Placement Teacher
I don't know no cursives, sir, except when I text them.

Posted by: rachel jeantel at April 08, 2014 07:26 PM (hn5v5)

319 Yeah, I am on Facebook, and I have at least 8 preachers and one priest among my friends. Some of these are direct relations, but at least 4 of these are musicians I know who went in to the ministry. Plus my mother, who is 84. I just got her to turn off the CAPS LOCK key. I consider that progress. So, best behavior at all times.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 07:27 PM (JgC5a)

320 Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:22 PM (nqBYe) Get your browser squared away?

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:27 PM (QeH9j)

321 Neidermeyer, i don't believe i ever typed fk or said it outloud until aces. so blame aces, like i do. **** I started working with truckers almost 30 years ago. I can't blame Ace for this one.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:27 PM (DmNpO)

322 woohoo the dude in florida sent out my new AR upper nothing better than a democrat with firepower to protect from zombies and rethugiKKKan H8Rs of course

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 08, 2014 07:27 PM (t5jNx)

323 SO I'm watching Lost via the Netflix machine. Will I be disappointed?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 07:27 PM (TfdkD)

324 Is this a common core ONT?

Posted by: CDR M at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (LsJl8)

325 Someday a long time from now they will make a shitty movie about the missing plane.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (bitz6)

326 It's probably gone. Under thousands of feet of water in a place on this world that few ever go. Ships and airplanes cost money and soon it will no longer make sense to keep spending any on it. In 10 years.......50 years......100 years somebody fooling around for other reasons in that part of the world will run across something. *** I believe they have said they will continue to search for at least two years.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (DmNpO)

327 As was the nekkid Ava Crowder they sacrificed to appease it. Ava, I know I said I'd die for you, but in the tempestuous maelstrom that constitutes our pathetic existences here, the One True God has His own way of educating us all. He's taught me well that I must give you just this one little shove...

Posted by: Boyd Crowder at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (H4aQb)

328 Contact me I've got a bunch I'm not using and too lazy to put them in the trash.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (Fi+kS)

329 In seventh grade shop class we had a magnetizing coil which we plugged into 120v AC. Put a nail inside, string some aluminum foil across two nailhead contacts, plug it in, the aluminum "fuse" melted and voilÃ¡, magnetized nail! Turn the magnetized nail around, put it back in the coil, replace the aluminum foil, plug it in and voilÃ¡, magnetized nail gun!

Posted by: MH370's Black Box's Wall of Sound™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (HsTG8)

330 Mero, I will not listen to a word about that plane. There is 99.8% chance they are all gone. There is no reason to spend any more money on trying to find it. Has anyone done a chart with how much money every country contributed to trying to find something that one will find while looking for something else after we are all gone.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (gjOCp)

331 ♫ 'Well I stand up next to a mountain I chop it down with the edge of my hand...' ♫ Never get tired of "Electric Ladyland."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (HVI5a)

332 And of course, what kind of freak is proud of getting a cooter disease? *** I thought it might be a joke but then I saw the words "men!" and "modern" on her whiteboard.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (DmNpO)

333 323 SO I'm watching Lost via the Netflix machine I think i'm the only person in hawaiistan who never saw lost for that matter, never have seen the new hawaiistan 5-0

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (t5jNx)

334 I met a cashier a few days ago that had never seen a 50 cent piece before. She was 21.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (bitz6)

335 Someday a long time from now they will make a shitty movie about the missing plane. This is a universal certainty.

Posted by: eleven at April 08, 2014 07:29 PM (fsLdt)

336 Carol, did you see it?

Posted by: CAC at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (xVNOM)

337 i always loved the train is going south at 50 miles and hour, car is traveling on interstate 66 going 100 miles and hour. what time will impact occur.. or when will car reach trains destination. cause i like my head unraveling when i'm desperate

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (nqBYe)

338 323 SO I'm watching Lost via the Netflix machine. Will I be disappointed? Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 11:27 PM (TfdkD) Watched part of the first season. Glad I quit when I did.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (QeH9j)

339 has anyone else hear some rumors about eric holder being in the new season of justified and playing a hard ass crooked lawyer who has a chip on his shoulder because he was found in contempt as well as being a douche? If I were in the House I would not have another contempt vote on holder I would vote to declare him a douche. I would also vote to make fun of his suits.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (rDidD)

340 It takes three half-wavelengths to get to 2pi. P is one more half-wavelength past 2pi. So P is located at four times 2pi divided by three. Or 8pi/3 Remember, the equation x = 2pi/3 is true.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (AO9UG)

341 Maths? An educational module on Maths: http://tinyurl.com/9c56678

Posted by: Look Around You at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (AymDN)

342 So, which one of you was lighting your farts on Mars the other night?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (vHRtU)

343 I think i'm the only person in hawaiistan who never saw lost
for that matter, never have seen the new hawaiistan 5-0

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 08, 2014 11:29 PM (t5jNx)

Two of us.

Posted by: davidt at April 08, 2014 07:30 PM (nEIMV)

344 323 SO I'm watching Lost via the Netflix machine. Will I be disappointed? Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2014 11:27 PM (TfdkD) Yes. Not at first, but eventually the disappointment will build up like dog dukie rolling down a muddy hill.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 08, 2014 07:31 PM (WlWt+)

345 One of my favorite instruction manuals, for a dog leash. Note circled grahic. You'll put your eye out! http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/MickySpillaine/scan0002_zps0e0e4edf.jpg

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:31 PM (aDwsi)

346 I hope the plane is located in wichita, kansas and mcgiver will save them.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:31 PM (nqBYe)

347 So my favorite lifts are the Dead Lift Just pull tha mutha fukka up and barbell overhead press grab bar push over yo head least fave fukkin squat, that shit gets heavy

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:32 PM (hfcjP)

348 Pop Quiz! Jean is shorter than Brutus but taller than Imhotep. Imhotep is taller than Jean, but shorter than Lord Scotland. Lord Scotland is twice the height of Jean and Brutus combined but only one-tenth of the height of Millsy. Millsy is at a constant height of . If Jean stands exactly one nautical mile away from Lord Scotland, how tall is Imhotep?

Posted by: Imhotep at April 08, 2014 07:32 PM (AymDN)

349 Ever been to Tuvalu? It's halfway between Hawaii and Middle Earth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:32 PM (bitz6)

350 340 Or not

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (AO9UG)

351 Pop Quiz: Eight ladies go to eight shops at eight o'clock in the morning. Each lady wants to buy eight spiders. For each spider, eight spider shoes must also be bought. But they only have eight pounds between them. With each spider costing eight pence and each spider shoe costing an eighth pence each, will the ladies have enough change for the bus home? A journey costing eight pence per stop and made up of eight stops.

Posted by: Imhotep at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (AymDN)

352 I met a cashier a few days ago that had never seen a 50 cent piece before. She was 21.
Have you ever seen a (U.S.) $2 bill?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (hn5v5)

353 Someday a long time from now they will make a shitty movie about the missing plane.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:28 PM (bitz6)

_________________

And Ernest Borgnine will star in it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (jucos)

354 Tuvalu? Isn't that where they set up the new domain name? .tv

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (JgC5a)

355 348: 'If Jean stands exactly one nautical mile away from Lord Scotland, how tall is Imhotep?' Dunno, but he aint got mys 12 inches, beatch!

Posted by: Reggie Love at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (vHRtU)

356 between the teutonic plates?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (nqBYe)

357 Pop Quiz: It's the future and Queen Elizabeth III and Queen Elizabeth IV are going to a party held by Queen Elizabeth V. They're keen to make the right impression so it's important that they choose their outfits carefully. Queen Elizabeth III has forty dresses to choose from, where as Queen Elizabeth IV has four thousand. Queen Elizabeth V has just one dress, but it has the ability to transform itself into the shape of any dress. The night before the party Queen Elizabeth IVÂ’s handmaiden steals the patterns to Queen Elizabeth III's dresses and working through till dawn makes forty exact replicas. Can you calculate the probability that all three queens will be wearing the same dress at the party and how many times can Queen Elizabeth V's dress change before it overheats?

Posted by: Imhotep at April 08, 2014 07:33 PM (AymDN)

358 I hope the plane is located in wichita, kansas and mcgiver will save them. Posted by: willow yo apparently do not watch justified, it was all a publicity thing for the finale. everyone is fine, boyd and "kirk" had forced everyone on the plane to swallow balloons of heroin and put it in a holding pattern over lexington until the laxitives kicked in. boyd hijacked it with a pack of cigarettes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:34 PM (rDidD)

359 352 I have a bunch. I'm gonna buy groceries with them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:34 PM (bitz6)

360 Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 11:32 PM (hfcjP) Military press or any rows I killed at.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:34 PM (QeH9j)

361 Math? Even in jest I can't abide it. I will disperse. Or whatever.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 08, 2014 07:34 PM (4Chvm)

362 294 Blanco, can't open it but fingers crossed that you win & its a good thing

teehee

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 07:35 PM (VgMBx)

363 she has some issues but that wendy crowe is probably a handful in the sack.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:35 PM (rDidD)

364 Someday a long time from now they will make a shitty movie about the missing plane. Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:28 PM (bitz6) and they will finally realize it was the gremlins eating the wings for lunch.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:35 PM (nqBYe)

365 Tuvalu is where free movie streams come from. http://yify.tv/

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:35 PM (bitz6)

366 @348 - Four furlongs per fortnight?

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 08, 2014 07:35 PM (bS6uW)

367 I don't know much about math, but I know a briefcase full of cash when I see one.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 08, 2014 07:36 PM (H4aQb)

368 >>>Posted by: Boyd Crowder at April 08, 2014 11:28 PM (H4aQb)<<<

*claps, tips my Raylan-esque hat to ya'*

>>> has anyone else hear some rumors about eric holder being in the new season of justified<<<

I heard he was gonna play a supplier of guns to the Mexican drug dealers that are after Boyd. A stretch for him, I'm sure.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 07:36 PM (08jH8)

369 Blanco, can't open it but fingers crossed that you win & its a good thing Its a shot at 2014 Shelby.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 07:36 PM (0AKks)

370 boyd hijacked it with a pack of cigarettes. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:34 PM (rDidD) see i knew i'd need a cigarette when thing go south.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:36 PM (nqBYe)

371 This is easily the most controversial ONT ever.

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 08, 2014 07:36 PM (bS6uW)

372 340 For intersecting the x-axis. x = 2pi/3

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:37 PM (AO9UG)

373 There is no reason to spend any more money on trying to find it. Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 11:29 PM (gjOCp) fnord (gjOCp) TV ratings. I'm sure the families would like to find it, but yea, there's a limit.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:37 PM (qyfb5)

374 Then I cut all the traitorous bitches' heads off for crashing my party!!!

Posted by: future Queen Elizabeth VI at April 08, 2014 07:37 PM (hn5v5)

375 Notice the drill bit hanging limply out of the chuck? And what color is it? BLACK! Ya'll are saying the Black Man can't get it up! Racist!

Posted by: Reggie Love at April 08, 2014 07:38 PM (vHRtU)

376 fyi, my freshman roommate used a mars bar to commit, what was at that time, the most vile sexual act I had ever heard of. Since I hang out here anymore it is slightly beyond family conversation at a holiday.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:38 PM (rDidD)

377 I believe they have said they will continue to search for at least two years. What does that mean? At the height there were 6-8 aircraft and something like a dozen odd various vessels involved. This thing, as believed, crashed in a part of the world that sees 2-3 aircraft a day and half a dozen ships a week pass through. It's a dark part of the world. Australia has 20 or so P-3s heavily involved further in maritime patrol, a couple dozen warships, and a few dozen AMSA vessels and aircraft scattered about a country the size of the continental U.S. There may be a case book open for the next few years but an active search, no.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:38 PM (V7Vq6)

378 213 Krebs,
If you don't have an air compressor at home, take the drill to your mechanic or local tire shop. Ask them to blow the thing out with a nozzle on an air hose.

Cthulhu,
You have mail.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 11:06 PM (vT9IG)

Chi -- likewise....

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 07:38 PM (UXzSF)

379 Video of what brought down 370. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:38 PM (Fi+kS)

380 Military press or any rows I killed at. Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 11:34 PM (QeH9j) most people have a rough time with any behind the head presses. In front of the face presses are way nicer for shoulder joints. I detest standing rows, I'd fuck Sandra Fluck first...

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:39 PM (hfcjP)

381 I do family genealogy for fun (and trying to make figure out last name, which I have some doubts about)... Just recently found the 1st relative (5th cousin 2x removed, IIRC) who was executed for murder (just a few years ago). Kind of a strange feeling, though the genetic distance is pretty far.

Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 07:40 PM (2bql3)

382 Flight 370 will become a training exercise for Reservists and Cadinks...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 07:40 PM (vHRtU)

383 Is there a MoMeet in Vegas in July? I caught rumors of that a few days ago.

Posted by: The Farmer at April 08, 2014 07:40 PM (eBupg)

384 Hold on. So Raylan and Eva are brother and sister and Art is their father!

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:40 PM (QeH9j)

385 I think I get it. directions to Peruvia.

Posted by: Guido at April 08, 2014 07:41 PM (GYg/s)

386 i do find one thing interesting about the planes disappearance, besides the pilot. the amount of tech brains on board

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:41 PM (nqBYe)

387 http://t.co/7qilBbkQbN I need feminism because having an STD should be a badge of honor, not a stigma? Da fook?

Posted by: MH370's Black Box's Wall of Sound™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:41 PM (HsTG8)

388 yeah it is merely a matter of a few days before jesse and al are all up in arms about the black box and everyone sayin the black box ain't workin, ain't doin' it job. everyone knows it ain't no black box and as soon as something goes wrong whitey blames it on the black - box.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:42 PM (rDidD)

389 Clap if you have the clap.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:42 PM (bitz6)

390 CNN had a big rise in ratings. It has to be back to usual airport, etc viewers. Families must know in their hearts that loved ones are gone.

Posted by: Carol at April 08, 2014 07:43 PM (gjOCp)

391 386 i do find one thing interesting about the planes disappearance, besides the pilot. the amount of tech brains on board Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:41 PM (nqBYe) Alien abduction. Last Starfighter.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:43 PM (AO9UG)

392 Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 11:39 PM (hfcjP) Once I got used to the barbell smacking my skull I was fine. Drawbacks no saw I.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:43 PM (QeH9j)

393 346 Willow - it ain't and I'm busy this week McGyver, Out

Posted by: McGyver at April 08, 2014 07:43 PM (Aa8Kx)

394 As for the picture that displays only in part below the chuckfoolery, it is a slow reveal of a stripped screw. So, chillax!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:43 PM (HsTG8)

395 Geez, first math then maet teases us with chocolate. so mean...

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:44 PM (28vCs)

396 People make fun of Joe Biden, but I don't know why. He's deep, man.

Posted by: Dewey Crowe at April 08, 2014 07:44 PM (H4aQb)

397 Alien abduction. Last Starfighter. Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 11:43 PM (AO9UG) lol. but srsly what a prize , iffin one wanted the info.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:45 PM (nqBYe)

398 389 Clap if you have the clap. Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:42 PM (bitz6) *clap, clap, clap!*

Posted by: Billy Clinton at April 08, 2014 07:45 PM (WlWt+)

399 Wow go British muckraking papers... Peaches Geldorf was a member of a cult founded by Aleister Crowley?

http://tinyurl.com/p5wttxk

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 07:45 PM (lDQn8)

400 Sorry, but I feel compelled to offer this excerpt from Tristram Shandy. The money quote is the last sentence: No sooner was my uncle Toby satisfied which road the cannon-ball did not go, but he was insensibly led on, and resolved in his mind to enquire and find out which road the ball did go: For which purpose he was obliged to set off afresh with old Maltus, and studied him devoutly.Â—He proceeded next to Galileo and Torricellius, wherein, by certain Geometrical rules, infallibly laid down, he found the precise path to be a ParabolaÂ—or else an Hyperbola,Â—and that the parameter, or latus rectum, of the conic section of the said path, was to the quantity and amplitude in a direct ratio, as the whole line to the sine of double the angle of incidence, formed by the breech upon an horizontal plane;Â—and that the semiparameter,Â—stop! my dear uncle TobyÂ—stop!Â—go not one foot farther into this thorny and bewildered track,Â—intricate are the steps! intricate are the mazes of this labyrinth! intricate are the troubles which the pursuit of this bewitching phantom Knowledge will bring upon thee.Â—O my uncle;Â—flyÂ—fly,Â—fly from it as from a serpent.Â—Is it fitÂ—goodnatured man! thou should'st sit up, with the wound upon thy groin, whole nights baking thy blood with hectic watchings?Â—Alas! 'twill exasperate thy symptoms,Â—check thy perspirationsÂ—evaporate thy spiritsÂ—waste thy animal strength, dry up thy radical moisture, bring thee into a costive habit of body,Â—impair thy health,Â—and hasten all the infirmities of thy old age.Â—O my uncle! my uncle Toby.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:46 PM (aDwsi)

401 is dewey crowe alive? I was sure danny offed him episodes ago. i guess he is the human cockroach. oh wait I rember where he is.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:46 PM (rDidD)

402 mcgyver, c'mon, i expect you to grab your compass a roll of duct-ck tape , a plane out of thin air to save the day

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:47 PM (nqBYe)

403 As a high school student taking advanced placement calculus and physics, i've never been able to contribute much to these comments. Finally some action! Answer is C. Sources: I just spent 6 god damn hours today solving integral parametric and polar equations. Just let me have this one.

Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 07:47 PM (Irpyo)

404 Alien abduction. Last Starfighter. Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 11:43 PM (AO9UG) lol. but srsly what a prize , iffin one wanted the info. Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:45 PM (nqBYe) Obamacare = Deathblossom for Health Care

Posted by: Star League at April 08, 2014 07:47 PM (AymDN)

405 TV ratings. I'm sure the families would like to find it, but yea, there's a limit. Okay, if CNN or anyone else has the pocketbook. Multiple P-3/C-130 flights per day, two-three-four ships on patrol........millions of dollars per day. You search for them as much as you can afford to. That time is fast running out.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 08, 2014 07:47 PM (V7Vq6)

406 sheesh, I you want to bulk up go get a job throwing boxes at ups, cardio, strength and you get some cash.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:47 PM (rDidD)

407 I'm not only alive--I've got PLANS.

Posted by: Dewey Crowe at April 08, 2014 07:48 PM (H4aQb)

408 lol. but srsly what a prize , iffin one wanted the info. So aliens that can fly light years to get here need info from our tech people? That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:48 PM (Fi+kS)

409

That droopy drill bit picture is just...sad.

You can't get any penetration with a droopy drill bit.

Posted by: wheatie at April 08, 2014 07:48 PM (FWbLS)

410 Once I got used to the barbell smacking my skull I was fine. Drawbacks no saw I. Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 11:43 PM (QeH9j) ha, ha I think it is cheating if you bounce the barbell off yo skull...

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (a5BB8)

411 maet teases us with chocolate. so mean... Posted by: bebes boobs and it's 1 candy bar! (what does that do for all of us?) what the heck?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (nqBYe)

412 Wow go British muckraking papers... Peaches Geldorf was a member of a cult founded by Aleister Crowley? http://tinyurl.com/p5wttxk Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 11:45 PM (lDQn A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdlS7tab5rQ

Posted by: Ozzy's last remaining braincell at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (AymDN)

413 Just let me have this one. Posted by: Young'un Its all yours. Enjoy the math, I'll enjoy a beer.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (28vCs)

414 Did Peaches Geldof OD?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (bitz6)

415 lol. but srsly what a prize , iffin one wanted the info. So aliens that can fly light years to get here need info from our tech people? That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans. Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 11:48 similar to how the aliens in independence day used our satellites to synchronize their attack.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (rDidD)

416 Have you ever seen a (U.S.) $2 bill? Posted by: andycanuck at April 08, 2014 11:33 PM (hn5v5) fnord (hn5v5) I have a couple of 'em.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:49 PM (qyfb5)

417 You can't get any penetration with a droopy drill bit. Posted by: wheatie at April 08, 2014 11:48 PM (FWbLS) Hi. I'm Bob Dole and Bob Dole agrees.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (QeH9j)

418 That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans. Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 11:48 PM (Fi+kS) kicks shins.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (nqBYe)

419

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 11:21 PM (0AKks)

good luck on that.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (RhQvZ)

420 Greetings Starfighter, only you can save the Star League from Xur and the Ko-dan Armada.

Incorrect, the Death Blossom did work. Unlike 404Care.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (lDQn8)

421 403 As a high school student taking advanced placement calculus and physics, i've never been able to contribute much to these comments. Finally some action! Answer is C. Sources: I just spent 6 god damn hours today solving integral parametric and polar equations. Just let me have this one. Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (Irpyo) I'll take your word for it, youngster. I thank you and my calculator thanks you.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (H4aQb)

422 Have you ever seen a (U.S.) $2 bill? *** Quite a few, actually. You used to be able to go to the bank and get them.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (DmNpO)

423 >>>I'm not only alive--I've got PLANS.

Posted by: Dewey Crowe at April 08, 2014 11:48 PM (H4aQb)<<<

You and me both, brother. You and me both.

Posted by: Dickie Bennett at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (08jH8)

424 Wow go British muckraking papers... Peaches Geldorf was a member of a cult founded by Aleister Crowley? http://tinyurl.com/p5wttxk Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 11:45 PM (lDQn Can't blame me for this one!

Posted by: Xenu at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (AymDN)

425 You can't get any penetration with a droopy drill bit. Sad face.

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at April 08, 2014 07:50 PM (28vCs)

426 408 lol. but srsly what a prize , iffin one wanted the info. So aliens that can fly light years to get here need info from our tech people? That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans. Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 11:48 PM (Fi+kS) The Aliens were stuck on a candy crush level.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:51 PM (AO9UG)

427 I have too many drill bits. I have all of mine and all of my father's and all of his father's. Maybe some before that. Most are crap, good only for soft pine. But, how do you throw them out?

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 07:51 PM (JgC5a)

428 $2? Yeah got a few Jeffersons.

There are still things the Imperial Romans can teach modern builders.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 07:51 PM (lDQn8)

429 406 sheesh, I you want to bulk up go get a job throwing boxes at ups, cardio, strength and you get some cash. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (rDidD) Shoneys All U Can Eat breakfast for 6 bucks will bulk you up right quick.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (QeH9j)

430 That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans. Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 11:48 PM (Fi+kS) or advice on anything from my stupid sister.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (rDidD)

431 Greetings Starfighter, only you can save the Star League from Xur and the Ko-dan Armada. Incorrect, the Death Blossom did work. Unlike 404Care. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 11:50 PM (lDQn It was Death Blossom against health care. Now the Ko-Dan armada will crash into us. Figures they'd be SMOD

Posted by: Xur at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (AymDN)

432 Did Peaches Geldof OD? Posted by: Boss Moss Don't know yet, but supposedly no drugs/paraphenalia in the house

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (28vCs)

433 Thing is, I used to run the SAR program for USSOUTHCOM. I'm sorry for the families and all, but this search is for recovery and the press. Lots of $$$, little to show for it McGyver, Out

Posted by: McGyver at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (Aa8Kx)

434 As a high school student taking advanced placement calculus and physics, i've never been able to contribute much to these comments. Finally some action! Answer is C. Sources: I just spent 6 god damn hours today solving integral parametric and polar equations. Just let me have this one. Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (Irpyo) ***** Oh noes! We are surely setting a bad example for the young'un. No cursing! No elbows! No hobo killing! In front of the kids.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (DmNpO)

435 I have too many drill bits. I have all of mine and all of my father's and all of his father's. Maybe some before that. Most are crap, good only for soft pine. But, how do you throw them out? Posted by: navybrat ----------------- Buy a Drill Doctor. Sharpen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (aDwsi)

436 427 But, how do you throw them out? You don't, you turn them into AP penetrators in sabot loads. Or so CI-7 told me,

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 07:52 PM (vHRtU)

437 That would be like me wanting tech from the Romans. Have we figured out how to reproduce their superior concrete yet?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:53 PM (28vCs)

438 369 Blanco, oh wow. Your gonna win it!!! Sending good thoughts your way! Did you see the one they found in the guys garage the other day? Was a 1969 Shelby with I think only 8,000 miles or so on it, all original condition except the tires. It was sweet!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 07:53 PM (VgMBx)

439

Evening morons. Well, Maet hurt my head and made my feelings of inadequacy regarding math rear its ugly head. And then the tease with the Mars bar followed by the star chart and then half drawn picture of some sort? So, gold star for le post.

Completely off topic, but I bought a recurve bow and have been shooting arrows of late. It's a lot of fun; kind of a nice stress reliever at the end of the day. i hope to be able to hit enough bulls eyes so that in the event of a zombie apocalypse, and i run outta ammo, i can shoot sticks into zombie eye sockets.

Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 08, 2014 07:53 PM (0SmH0)

440 "Commander what will we do?"

*whirr* "We die!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 07:53 PM (lDQn8)

441 Shoneys All U Can Eat breakfast for 6 bucks will bulk you up right quick. Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 11:52 heh. I have never been to a shoneys. I have been to cracker barrel, but I only go to them if they are south of mason -dixon and east of mississippi.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:53 PM (rDidD)

442 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (bitz6)

443 The Aliens were stuck on a candy crush level. Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 11:51 PM (AO9UG) do not knock the allure of a Mars bar

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (nqBYe)

444 Last Starfighter. Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 11:43 PM (AO9UG) fnord (AO9UG) I didn't get that memo. Dammit.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (qyfb5)

445 403 As a high school student taking advanced placement calculus and physics, i've never been able to contribute much to these comments. Finally some action! Answer is C. Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (Irpyo) ,,,,its so obvious. lol.

Posted by: Guido at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (GYg/s)

446 BTW, here is a cute Japanese chick doing the guitar cover to Mr. Crowley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJh4V-EaKw

Posted by: The Metal Hat at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (AymDN)

447 Hardcore Pawn had a guy this evening trying to buy a $599 watch with a 2 dollar bill. Beacause you just add some zeros to... That didn't work so he tried to convince them how rare they are.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (QeH9j)

448

I have a $2 bill on my refrigerator. ...It's sort of a memento.

Found it in the back of my pickup one day. It was a very windy day.

I mean...what are the odds.

Posted by: wheatie at April 08, 2014 07:54 PM (FWbLS)

449 h noes! We are surely setting a bad example for the young'un. No cursing! No elbows! No hobo killing! In front of the kids. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 11:52 who said he was not enjoying his fifth year there?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (rDidD)

450 Shoneys All U Can Eat breakfast for 6 bucks will bulk you up right quick. Not the kind of bulk the 'ettes are looking for.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (28vCs)

451 I just want to have the tech of the alien battery. i'm still buying duracell for th kids controllers.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (nqBYe)

452 437- Bebe- a co worker and i were just talking about the superior Roman concrete. I read an article last year about a university doc who claims to have figured out the recipe and will be going into commerical production.

Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (0SmH0)

453 kicks shins)) Ouch! I deserved that.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (Fi+kS)

454 427 I have too many drill bits. I have all of mine and all of my father's and all of his father's. Maybe some before that. Most are crap, good only for soft pine. But, how do you throw them out? Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:51 PM (JgC5a) I can't throw away a drill unless it's broken. Often, you can manually sharpen the first face and make a drill serviceable again. Beyond that, you'll need something like a Drill Doctor to sharpen them. I've been intending to buy one for years.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 07:55 PM (H4aQb)

455 Wow. Someone else besides me was forced to read Tristram Shandy. The things you learn on the ONT. Good choice of quote, MiHammer.

Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 07:56 PM (D1Gfs)

456 As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks, wives, How many were going to St. Ives? And would this be a situation in which to figure Eigenvalues?

Posted by: Kindletot at April 08, 2014 07:56 PM (2MlUn)

457 Wow, great to see you here, young'un. Now, do your folks know you're still up?

So a 21-year-old had never seen a 50-cent piece. Hell, I doubt a 30-year-old has ever seen a 20-dollar piece, that they'd want you to know about.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 07:56 PM (xq1UY)

458 Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:53 PM (rDidD) Shoney's was walking distance from one of our regular bars. And breakfast bar at night. But that was when my metabolism worked efficiently.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 07:56 PM (QeH9j)

459 good luck on that. Thanks, rich. Odds are slightly better than the lottery. By about one decimal place.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 07:56 PM (0AKks)

460 I just want to have the tech of the alien battery. i'm still buying duracell for th kids controllers. Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 11:55 PM (nqBYe) Wasn't that the plot of the move "My Science Project"?

Posted by: Hat found in Area 51 at April 08, 2014 07:57 PM (AymDN)

461 Blanco, oh wow. Your gonna win it!!! Sending good thoughts your way! Did you see the one they found in the guys garage the other day? Was a 1969 Shelby with I think only 8,000 miles or so on it, all original condition except the tires. It was sweet! Wait, you're gonna win a brand spanky new shelby? Flutters eyelashes at Blanco. Blanco, can i drive your new hot rod in my stompy boots??????

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:57 PM (28vCs)

462 442 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious? Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:54 PM (bitz6) Thickening of the heart walls. You seem fine then you drop dead.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:57 PM (AO9UG)

463 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?))) Money.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 07:57 PM (Fi+kS)

464 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious? Prior drug abuse + eating disorder = heart attack?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 07:58 PM (28vCs)

465 sheesh, I you want to bulk up go get a job throwing boxes at ups, cardio, strength and you get some cash. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (rDidD) as a foreman, cuz they get rest days. the grunts just hump loads

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 07:58 PM (a5BB8)

466 you can at times fix a drill not drilling by replacing the bushings. so don't call it a day unless it is.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 07:58 PM (nqBYe)

467 The things you learn on the ONT. Good choice of quote, MiHammer. Posted by: L, elle ------------------- My cat, Toby, is named for Uncle Toby. http://tinyurl.com/kug4oes

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 07:58 PM (aDwsi)

468 Anime about aliens coming to Earth to steal console games and ecchi manga? Already been done.

http://youtu.be/wLjaUXykyik

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (lDQn8)

469 >>>Was a 1969 Shelby with I think only 8,000 miles or so on it, all original condition except the tires. It was sweet!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 11:53 PM (VgMBx) <<<

auction is on the 25th ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (RhQvZ)

470 I was told there would be no math on the ONT!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (KL49F)

471 Once upon a time, in a high school far away, for one day, I understood trigonometry. It was glorious; the sun broke through the clouds, the angels sang, and all the world was at peace. Then I slept.

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (k0wRv)

472 "How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?" It is rare but it does happen. I lost a fiancÃ©e years ago to a brain aneurysm. She was 26. She just said "I have a headache" and went to lay down. Finis.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (JgC5a)

473 Blanco, oh wow. Your gonna win it!!! Sending good thoughts your way! Thank you for the good thoughts. I'd like to win, if only to say I owned it long enough to sell it so I pay the taxes on winning it. Did you see the one they found in the guys garage the other day? Was a 1969 Shelby with I think only 8,000 miles or so on it, all original condition except the tires. It was sweet! I did see that. And I think the guy kept up with the maintenance, so whoever gets that one has it ready-to-drive. On to a trailer, most likely.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (0AKks)

474 455 Wow. Someone else besides me was forced to read Tristram Shandy. The things you learn on the ONT. Good choice of quote, MiHammer. Posted by: L, elle at April 08, 2014 11:56 PM (D1Gfs) Read it in college. Many, many Moons ago.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (AO9UG)

475 Math is hard!

Posted by: Barbie at April 08, 2014 07:59 PM (KL49F)

476 It's terrible that someone stole all of Peaches Geldof's smack after she died.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (bitz6)

477 And iiiiiii will always love youuuuuu -in Uranus.

Posted by: Stinkburger at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (/FygC)

478 #464 $cientology

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (k0wRv)

479 464 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious? Prior drug abuse + eating disorder = heart attack? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 11:58 PM (28vCs) Chicago crime reporting method.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (QeH9j)

480 There once was an eccentric fella in Key West who used to sell $22 dollar bills to finance his Presidential Campaign. I still have mine. I am sure this dude is dead by now.... it must have been 35 years ago when I bought it and he wasn't young then.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (jucos)

481 I read an article last year about a university doc who claims to have figured out the recipe and will be going into commerical production. Ah, I thought i remembered reading about that. That was why i made it a question.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (28vCs)

482 my 16 year old nephew dropped out after a swim in lake erie not from drowning as we initially thought but a heart attack after he came out. a hole in his heart never known of.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:00 PM (nqBYe)

483 Those pictures, there's a metaphor there somewhere...

Posted by: JJ Stone at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (plL8t)

484 Iz luvs Pi, myh faverete is possom.

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (sThK8)

485 442 How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:54 PM (bitz6)

I don't know if she was "healthy", she was really underweight from the pics at the DailyMail. Plus, as bebe notes, prior drug use. Very sad.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (KL49F)

486 or not previously known of.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (nqBYe)

487 Have we figured out how to reproduce their superior concrete yet? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 11:53 PM (28vCs) yes, but it does not work with modernity

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (a5BB8)

488 Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a)

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (KL49F)

489 454 you may want to invest in one of these. http://www.drilldoctor.com

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 08:01 PM (Fi+kS)

490 Blanco, a 2014 Shelby? The 660HP monster Shelby. Good luck.

Now have to go console the 08 before it gets jealous.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (lDQn8)

491 You never throw away a drill bit, you just sharpen tem into nothingness. Drill Doctor? I have a grinder that cost less and works on just about any size drill I own, including the so damn short stubbies from resharpening. Oh, well, off to work.

Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (baiNQ)

492 472 "How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?"

It is rare but it does happen.
I lost a fiancÃ©e years ago to a brain aneurysm.
She was 26.
She just said "I have a headache" and went to lay down.
Finis.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a)

Oof. That's gotta still getcha. Condolences and sympathy.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (UXzSF)

493

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 11:56 PM (0AKks)

I've got some free time, if I could register I'd fly out and, in moron style, run the 5k ... a camelbak full of beer and a pack of camel lights. wouldn't win, probably wouldn't finish, but I might have a shot at winning that ride.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (RhQvZ)

494 381 I do family genealogy for fun (and trying to make figure out last name, which I have some doubts about)... Just recently found the 1st relative (5th cousin 2x removed, IIRC) who was executed for murder (just a few years ago). Kind of a strange feeling, though the genetic distance is pretty far. Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2014 11:40 PM Baldy, I do the same thing. I think it really connects you to this country, along w/ your family roots. I've heard stories from the 1850s passed down in my family. They need to be passed on. T

Posted by: The Farmer at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (eBupg)

495 i always think Meth when a young user dies.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (nqBYe)

496 Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis, or, 'Healthy Young Athlete Drops Dead On Field' Disease

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 08, 2014 08:02 PM (vHRtU)

497 Been a long time follower of the blog, at least long for me. (3 years-ish). And no, I don't have a bedtime. Curfews got in the way of my family hobo-skinning activities.

Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 08:03 PM (Irpyo)

498 473 Blanco, I guess it was 1 of only 1000 made and they haven't seen one for years. They said already $100,000, but I would think it will go for a lot more. Seems like people are buying up all the older cars lately. Hubby and I got us an old Jeep Wagoneer we are fixing up! Love it!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:03 PM (VgMBx)

499 Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a) Holy cow. Very sorry, dude.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 08:03 PM (AO9UG)

500 very sorry navybrat.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:03 PM (nqBYe)

501 Wait, you're gonna win a brand spanky new shelby? Flutters eyelashes at Blanco. Blanco, can i drive your new hot rod in my stompy boots?????? I swear officer, the last thing I saw was fluttering eyelashes and she and the car both disappeared.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:03 PM (0AKks)

502 Some should start making the shelby cobras again. I like the new shelbys but why by a rear drive only car?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:04 PM (rDidD)

503 This is why you never mess with a Moronette Houston Stiletto Killer Found Guilty http://tinyurl.com/oj2gfc4 The Houston trial gained international notoriety because of the weapon -- a blue suede closed toe pump, size 9 with 5 inch heels.

Posted by: kbdabear at April 08, 2014 08:04 PM (aTXUx)

504 @488 Thanks, it was so long ago. As if another lifetime. She was an adorable lady. I think of her often. She had so many guys at her funeral, all suitors at one time or other. We all had a good drink for her later. There we were, big strong men, in our prime, crying like babies.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 08:05 PM (JgC5a)

505

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (0AKks)

it'll probably go for 180k-200k. beautiful car.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:05 PM (RhQvZ)

506

!!Warning!!

Do not insert your drill bit as shown in fig 8.

This could cause drill bit to be thrown from your drill causing serious personal injury

I guess the manufacturers have to put warnings like this on power tools...to try to idiot-proof them.

They even saw fit to include a Diagram.

Heh.

Makes me wonder how many guys out there have tried to run a drill with the bit crooked like that.

A drill bit in your eye would really ruin your day.

Posted by: wheatie at April 08, 2014 08:05 PM (FWbLS)

507 Have we figured out how to reproduce their superior concrete yet?))) At most websites I would have gotten away with my comment. I love this place.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 08, 2014 08:05 PM (Fi+kS)

508 Rumor mill said Peaches was undergoing a $cientology cleanse to purify her from her past indulgences aka purging. True? Who knows?

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 08:05 PM (k0wRv)

509 I swear officer, the last thing I saw was fluttering eyelashes and she and the car both disappeared. No silly, you get shotgun. Be sure to bring your smelling salts, i like to go fast.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:06 PM (28vCs)

510 I'd like to squat 500 Dead lift 700 and also get to 250 pounds of body weight but I think that is a bridge too far when I start at 44 yo

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 08:06 PM (a5BB8)

511 Kind of a strange feeling, though the genetic distance is pretty far. Posted by: Baldy ------------ Yep, I found a *very* distant cousin, two weeks hard labor for stealing a pint of gooseberries. The English didn't much approve of theft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:06 PM (aDwsi)

512 Sorry Willow.

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:06 PM (VgMBx)

513 I've got some free time, if I could register I'd fly out and, in moron style, run the 5k ... a camelbak full of beer and a pack of camel lights. wouldn't win, probably wouldn't finish, but I might have a shot at winning that ride. I was building up to under 10 minute miles for the first time since basic. Then I got the flu for a week, so now i just want to finish. That'll be three half marathons in six months. But winning the car would be sweeeet.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:06 PM (0AKks)

514 This is why you never mess with a Moronette That reminds me. Have we established AtC's whereabouts on the night of the topless ice cream raid on mcdonald's?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:07 PM (28vCs)

515

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a)

my condolences.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:07 PM (RhQvZ)

516 Y5, they did run off some official Shelby Cobras a few years ago since there had been unused VINs. Or you go the replica market for one. Or shell out the serious dough for a real original Cobra.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 08:07 PM (lDQn8)

517 Sorry navybrat

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:07 PM (VgMBx)

518 There we were, big strong men, in our prime, crying like babies. A fine tribute.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:08 PM (28vCs)

519 I like the new shelbys but why by a rear drive only car? Posted by: yankeefifth ------------ It's like I don't even know you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's '78 Cutlass Calais at April 08, 2014 08:08 PM (aDwsi)

520 I just read a story on Freerepublic about 16 year old Simeon Adams of Indiana gunning down a young man and soon to be father. Apparently, this was not a "hate crime" though the money quote by young Simeon was "White man tried to tussle with me so i shot him." Daily UK has the full writeup because our assholes in the press would not dare cover such a story. You know, with the death of Saint Trayvon still on everyone's mind and what not.

Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 08, 2014 08:08 PM (0SmH0)

521 Nice pic of a 1970 Shelby Mustang http://tinyurl.com/q29apf5

Posted by: kbdabear at April 08, 2014 08:08 PM (aTXUx)

522 491 You never throw away a drill bit, you just sharpen tem into nothingness. Drill Doctor? I have a grinder that cost less and works on just about any size drill I own, including the so damn short stubbies from resharpening. Oh, well, off to work. Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at April 09, 2014 12:02 AM (baiNQ) Yeah, just sharpening the leading face of a drill restores it about 99% of the time.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 08:09 PM (H4aQb)

523 >>>How does a healthy 25 year old drop dead and the Police say they don't consider it suspicious?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2014 11:54 PM (bitz6)<<<

Was there a Kennedy around???

Posted by: ghost of Mary Jo at April 08, 2014 08:09 PM (08jH8)

524 No silly, you get shotgun. Be sure to bring your smelling salts, i like to go fast. American fast, or autobahn fast?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:09 PM (0AKks)

525
Makes me wonder how many guys out there have tried to run a drill with the bit crooked like that. Posted by: wheatie at April 09, 2014 12:05 AM (FWbLS)
You can drill around corners that way.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 08, 2014 08:09 PM (4tAp3)

526

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 09, 2014 12:06 AM (0AKks) -

congratulations on the running. is it only open or those who run the 1/2 marathon?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:10 PM (RhQvZ)

527 ty lou, yes it was pretty traumatic at the time.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:10 PM (nqBYe)

528 they did run off some official Shelby Cobras a few years ago since there had been unused VINs Had a cobra parked across the street from me in manhattan beach last week. dunno if it was real or a repo though.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:10 PM (28vCs)

529 No silly, you get shotgun. Be sure to bring your smelling salts, i like to go fast. ---------- Well the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast..

Posted by: Gordon Lightfoot at April 08, 2014 08:11 PM (aDwsi)

530 I don't think anyone has done engineering analysis of Roman concrete since Mussolini was in power. The secret to crack-free concrete is to cast it in a Mediterranean climate where there is no frost heaving. The rest may be myth.

I have seen Roman concrete near Cologne, and it was, in Germanic parlance, beat to ever-loving shit. And no, it was not part of the Autobahn.

Find a rubble-laid wall from that period (usually rural or on a frontier -- they liked to dress the stone close in town, as the Greeks did) and you'll see above-average mortar. Not magic, but pretty good. That's the waterproof part.

Roman roads that don't use concrete are damned good. They understood drainage, and used smaller stones over larger ones, with fitted pavers over all. Even with that, they're a lot better where there is no frost. Watch your weight limits (not a problem for their traffic, except where wheels wore actual ruts into solid stone), and that road will last forever.

There are linked chains laid in the concrete of some of the "superior" domes. Now, those will prevent the broken pieces from falling on the crowd beneath, which is nice, but if some Roman engineer thought he was making that vault stronger that way, it's a truly miraculous principle. We're not smart enough. Yeah.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 08:11 PM (xq1UY)

531 I just read a story on Freerepublic about 16 year old Simeon Adams of Indiana gunning down a young man and soon to be father. ...... Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 09, 2014 12:08 AM (0SmH0) Saw that, sucks to be unarmed

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 08:12 PM (a5BB8)

532 Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a) Sorry for your loss. At 25 that is felt throughout.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:12 PM (QeH9j)

533 Whoops. 2014 5.8L with 662HP. Not 660HP.

Has cupholders and 911 Assist Telematics, your Shelby is programmed to receive.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 08:12 PM (lDQn8)

534 I like the new shelbys but why by a rear drive only car? Posted by: yankeefifth at April 09, 2014 12:04 AM (rDidD) Google the term "torque steer" and you'll get your answer Unless you meant a full time 4WD like an Audi A8 or one of the European supercars

Posted by: kbdabear at April 08, 2014 08:13 PM (aTXUx)

535 Bush lied to our black president which makes him racist from a confederate state. Bush should be in jail now and President Clinton should be the judge because he was from a state that did not have slaves.

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at April 08, 2014 08:13 PM (iB0Q2)

536 Nice pic of a 1970 Shelby Mustang Meh. No thanks to anything past '68. '67 would be better. My first bf had a '67 gt fastback. he wouldn;t let met drive it after i had a little too much fun driving his nova.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:13 PM (28vCs)

537 Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 11:59 PM (JgC5a) fnord (JgC5a) I know it won't make the memory any better, but you just made a Sith Lord tear up.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 08:13 PM (qyfb5)

538 How you avoid a speeding ticket at 2:30 How you get a speeding ticket at 3:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv-JeuppCM4 well advice for moronettes anyway.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:14 PM (rDidD)

539 510 I'd like to squat 500 Dead lift 700 and also get to 250 pounds of body weight but I think that is a bridge too far when I start at 44 yo Posted by: Sockster at April 09, 2014 12:06 AM (a5BB

Pussy.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:14 PM (QeH9j)

540 530- i thought the secret had to do with the volcanic ash found in the Med region that added some kind of special sauce to the mix?

Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 08, 2014 08:14 PM (0SmH0)

541 congratulations on the running. is it only open or those who run the 1/2 marathon? You have to register for the 1/2 to get a shot at the car, but you don't have to actually run it. Heck, you don't even have to show up to win. There's also a pretty cool medal for those who finish the 1/2. http://tinyurl.com/ph6k5xj

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:14 PM (0AKks)

542 American fast, or autobahn fast? Autobahn.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:14 PM (28vCs)

543 Unless you meant a full time 4WD like an Audi A8 or one of the European supercars Posted by: kbdabear at April 09, 2014 I get torque steer, but I was thinking of full time awd in the Audi 6 series. It is like it is driving on rails.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:15 PM (rDidD)

544 Pussy. Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 12:14 AM (QeH9j) I get that every time I get under or try to pull a fukkin heavy bar

Posted by: Sockster at April 08, 2014 08:16 PM (a5BB8)

545 Geez Y5 you want to take all the fun out of driving a Mustang, much less a Shelby. Nothing like romping the gas and feeling the rear end wanting to break free and smash your teeth in for being an idiot.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 08:17 PM (lDQn8)

546 540 530- i thought the secret had to do with the volcanic ash found in the Med region that added some kind of special sauce to the mix? Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 09, 2014 12:14 AM (0SmH0 I had heard the Ancient Romans used a less watery concrete compared to the modern stuff.

Posted by: eman at April 08, 2014 08:17 PM (AO9UG)

547 Power induced oversteer is what driving is about.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:18 PM (aDwsi)

548 We can't reproduce Roman concrete because global warming.

Posted by: Algore at April 08, 2014 08:18 PM (H4aQb)

549 Oh well, I am out.

Night all.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 08, 2014 08:19 PM (lDQn8)

550 Speaking of crazy women and McDonalds, remember this? Chicken Nugget Rampage http://tinyurl.com/nm2drun

Posted by: Billy Clinton at April 08, 2014 08:19 PM (WlWt+)

551

looked around the site, it appears the registration is closed?

13.1-ish miles ... i'd be puking by mile 2 ... and in need of an ambulance by mile 4.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:19 PM (RhQvZ)

552 I'm gone too. G'night kids

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:19 PM (aDwsi)

553 If I had bill gates money I would have someone mash a 1980 camaro and a lamborghini; camaro interior and exterior, lamborghini everything else.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:20 PM (rDidD)

554 night night Anna

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:20 PM (28vCs)

555 Autobahn. Young lady, nothing but trouble lies down this road. One way or another I'll have the answer on the 19th. Until then, I will not promise you what I can not deliver.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:20 PM (0AKks)

556 but if i won that car i'd take it over to Rick Harrison's shop and see how much he'd give me for it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:20 PM (RhQvZ)

557 night hammer. goodnight john boy, jim bob...

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:20 PM (28vCs)

558 546 540 530- i thought the secret had to do with the volcanic ash found in the Med region that added some kind of special sauce to the mix? Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 09, 2014 12:14 AM (0SmH0 I had heard the Ancient Romans used a less watery concrete compared to the modern stuff. Posted by: eman at April 09, 2014 12:17 AM (AO9UG) Whatever you do, avoid using ocean beach sand in your concrete mix, just trust me on this one

Posted by: Ghost of William Randolph Hearst at April 08, 2014 08:21 PM (khzAA)

559 Young lady, nothing but trouble lies down this road. Yep.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:21 PM (28vCs)

560 i believe they had clay and volcanic ash? but the bricks were limestone? was that also in the cement?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:21 PM (nqBYe)

561 If I had bill gates money I would have someone mash a 1980 camaro and a lamborghini; camaro interior and exterior, lamborghini everything else. Posted by: yankeefifth ----------------- Having driven a Miura, I would recommend that you be selective about the model of Lambo that you pick.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:22 PM (aDwsi)

562 527 willow, yep. I don't have my own kids, do have my awesome step-daughter. But I have a great bunch of nieces and nephews. Would break my heart to lose any one of them!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:22 PM (VgMBx)

563 Ok, to whom do I send a sternly-worded e-mail demanding a refund of my AoSHQ Premium subscription fees? I can take a lack of content, but undisguised math problems is just too much to bear.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 08:22 PM (HLprW)

564

Awesome video (not a spider)

http://tinyurl.com/k4ra5v7

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2014 08:22 PM (sThK8)

565 Hey, have a fresh new question for everyone. I'm going to be renting a car for the very first time at an upcoming vacation. When you do so... is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost?? I imagine there's enough holes in those contracts that they're not much more than money pits, but want to hear from experts here. Thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (HVI5a)

566 Ooh Oooh, I know Blanco. You can drive it to the vegas meet, and let all the 'ettes have a turn!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (28vCs)

567 By the way, I'm renting the car for *one whole day*. Picking up at 9am, returning it same day at 5pm.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (HVI5a)

568 Young lady, nothing but trouble lies down this road. -------------- "Son, you're gonna drive to drinking if you don't stop driving that hot-rod Lincoln"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (aDwsi)

569 i thought the secret had to do with the volcanic ash found in the Med region that added some kind of special sauce to the mix? Posted by: Secret Squirrel at April 09, 2014 12:14 AM (0SmH0 I had heard the Ancient Romans used a less watery concrete compared to the modern stuff. Posted by: eman at April 09, 2014 12:17 AM (AO9UG) Our secret? We didn't use unionized labor.

Posted by: LVCIVS VERVS at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (AymDN)

570 everyone packing it in early tonight?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:23 PM (RhQvZ)

571 Geez Y5 you want to take all the fun out of driving a Mustang, much less a Shelby. Nothing like romping the gas and feeling the rear end wanting to break free and smash your teeth in for being an idiot. Posted by: Anna Puma Oh I like all that as well. When I was younger I hadda rebuild a 1969 pontiac grand prix. not as cool as a camaro or mustang or any cool cars but it had a great big engine, rear drive and a really satisfying rumble. it also sucked on snow, ice, and wet roads of any type.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:24 PM (rDidD)

572 Shit. Problems are* Fuck it, I guess I'll just let my subscription lapse and then renew in September for some sweet recycled college cheerleader pics.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 08:24 PM (HLprW)

573 anyway i would think sand would weaken over time being often calcium based? and wouldn't lime eat away over time? i don't remember chemicals so much from college after i had abreakdown. but am i in the ballpark perhaps the clay being denser is better?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:24 PM (nqBYe)

574 Was the world yearning for a Fargo television series? Oh, well. Martin Freeman.

Posted by: Gem at April 08, 2014 08:24 PM (zw+pb)

575 Vegas meet?????

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:24 PM (VgMBx)

576 Apparently the Ultimate Warrior has died. He actually made his first appearance in forever on Raw last night. He looked horrible. It was clear that just walking out to the ring was physically difficult for him. He was only 54.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 08, 2014 08:25 PM (ZPrif)

577 or finer* smaller particultaes

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:25 PM (nqBYe)

578 looked around the site, it appears the registration is closed? I signed up in November, so the cut-off didn't really get my attention. Sorry about that. You probably just saved yourself 100 bucks or so. Poking around there and just found that you could have registered for the 5k and still bought a ticket. So I got that wrong as well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:25 PM (0AKks)

579 I can take a lack of content, but undisguised math problems is just too much to bear. Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 09, 2014 12:22 AM (HLprW) It's not so much a math problem as it is Maet being cryptic. Once you figure it out you'll kick yourself it's so easy.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:25 PM (QeH9j)

580 Vegas meet????? Posted by: lou's a girl at April 09, 2014 12:24 AM (VgMBx) People were thinking late July to early August.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 08, 2014 08:26 PM (AymDN)

581 565 Steve, you may want to check with your own car insurance provider to see if you already have rental coverage. No sense buying it twice.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 08:26 PM (ojnk6)

582 I saw Roman Concrete open for Slayer in Cleveland ..... '02 I believe

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 08, 2014 08:26 PM (jucos)

583 When you do so... is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost?? ------------- If you rent it with an Amex card (perhaps any card) there is coverage there, automatically. Check with your card company.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:26 PM (aDwsi)

584 Vegas meet????? Posted by: lou's a girl at April 09, 2014 12:24 AM (VgMBx) People were thinking late July to early August. Posted by: The Political Hat at April 09, 2014 12:26 AM (AymDN) very hot time of the year for people in not as vicious climates.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:27 PM (nqBYe)

585 "is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost?? " It will usually cost you dearly. If you are loaded with money, go ahead and do it. Better that you have a rental car rider on your regular auto policy, with a deductible, I have $500. That way it limits your exposure.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 08:27 PM (JgC5a)

586 People were thinking late July to early August. Y5 is in charge. I saw mention of the rio?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:27 PM (28vCs)

587 MWNP and Mike Hammer, thanks. In fairness, I will be driving to/from Laughlin and Lake Havasu City on a Monday. Probably not too much traffic to worry about. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:28 PM (HVI5a)

588 Holy cow Political Hat, do they know how hot it is here

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:28 PM (VgMBx)

589 Personal Accident Insurance is people!!!

Posted by: Charleston Heston, Bitch at April 08, 2014 08:28 PM (H4aQb)

590 From Amex site: "Â• Use Your Eligible Card Â– When you use your eligible Card to reserve and pay for the entire eligible auto rental and decline the collision damage waiver at the rental car counter, you can be covered if the car is damaged or stolen. Please read important exclusions and restrictions."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:28 PM (aDwsi)

591 Once you figure it out you'll kick yourself it's so easy. Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 12:25 AM (QeH9j) Can somebody just give me the spoiler? Thinking or scrolling back through the thread is hard.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 08:28 PM (HLprW)

592 565 Hey, have a fresh new question for everyone.

I'm going to be renting a car for the very first time at an upcoming vacation. When you do so... is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost??

I imagine there's enough holes in those contracts that they're not much more than money pits, but want to hear from experts here. Thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:23 AM (HVI5a)

Check your auto insurance -- it normally covers the CDW, so don't double-pay for it.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 08:29 PM (UXzSF)

593 Lou, are you even allowed in the city limits of Vegas?

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:29 PM (QeH9j)

594 The importance of doing drill bits correctly: https://tinyurl.com/nwv9jy9

Posted by: Buford Gooch at April 08, 2014 08:29 PM (P168V)

595 very hot time of the year for people in not as vicious climates. Yeah, but perfect for the moron lifestyle: sleep late, hit the pool in the afternoon and get loaded on fruity cocktails, have a nice dinner, go hobo hunting, crash and start over.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:29 PM (28vCs)

596 Mike: I've never been special enough to be approved for an Amex card. :-( Maybe someday. I do have a Visa and an MC however.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:30 PM (HVI5a)

597 Ooh Oooh, I know Blanco. You can drive it to the vegas meet, and let all the 'ettes have a turn! Can I least win it before y'all spin it?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:30 PM (0AKks)

598 Last drink of the evening -- mother's milk -- Guinness Draught.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 08, 2014 08:30 PM (UXzSF)

599 But with this bunch, I doubt anybody would be out and about until late/later evening anyway

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:30 PM (VgMBx)

600

565
Hey, have a fresh new question for everyone.

I'm going to be renting a car for the very first time at an upcoming
vacation. When you do so... is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver
or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost??

I imagine there's enough holes in those contracts that they're not
much more than money pits, but want to hear from experts here. Thanks.
:-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:23 AM (HVI5a)

Nothing parties like a rental!

Posted by: buzzion at April 08, 2014 08:30 PM (LI48c)

601 Can I least win it before y'all spin it? Just trying to add a little incentive...

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:31 PM (28vCs)

602 Lous A Girl, The Farmer, We are putting together a meet up in Vegas. we are trying for late July early August so we can get as many people as possible. Our original theory was best time for people with kids, needing vacation and low rates. We have bandied about the idea of the Rio and it has been well received. I have made some calls to get group discount information. Any ideas?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:31 PM (rDidD)

603 Can somebody just give me the spoiler? Thinking or scrolling back through the thread is hard. Posted by: Burn 225 c.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:31 PM (aDwsi)

604 buzzion: I just hope my car doesn't end up like the one in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:31 PM (HVI5a)

605 593 RWC, I avoid it at all costs, but I would so show up if you all came to town!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:32 PM (VgMBx)

606 Roman concrete - when you hydrate Lyme and volcanic ash, they bond chemically. That's what made the stuff virtually waterproof, and what (most) modern cement lacks. Last I heard some peeps had been using this "recent discovery" for a while, but as with the rich fishing grounds off North America used well before Columbus, they didn't advertise.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 08:32 PM (qyfb5)

607 I can get to Vegas pretty quick. It pays to have friends who are pilots.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 08:33 PM (JgC5a)

608 Heh. I saw "Vegas meet", and imagined a group of ratted out old Chevys gathering.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:33 PM (aDwsi)

609 The two biggest concrete makers, of France and Switzerland (one of them just closed the "new" plant in SE Mich) are merging due to lack of business. Total value of the deal is US$50bil. Wishing that prof well with his new cement works.

I was once touring a Lafarge state-of-the-art plant in Quebec. The foreman France-splained that there were four processes for making cement: wet, dry, semi-wet, and semi-dry. I was among scholars. One had to ask what the difference was. The answer? "Water."

Some will say that the superfine binder created an ionic bonding never accomplished before. Others hold that it was just more water-resistant.
Many references to "superior Roman concrete" actually are advertising for a product using that name patented in 1796.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 08:33 PM (xq1UY)

610 The math question as presented is bullshit on its face as a math question.

Anyone want to know why it's bullshit?

Posted by: jc at April 08, 2014 08:34 PM (PlzOe)

611 Holy cow Political Hat, do they know how hot it is here Posted by: lou's a girl at April 09, 2014 12:28 AM (VgMBx) But it's a dry heat!

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 08, 2014 08:34 PM (AymDN)

612 Re "Roman Concrete," Italians just happen to do some things especially well. Romance, food, concrete. Cars or government OTOH? Notta so mucha.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:34 PM (HVI5a)

613 jc - I'll bite...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 08:34 PM (aDwsi)

614 Awesome video (not a spider) http://tinyurl.com/k4ra5v7 Just watched the video. Standing in the flood channel? Somebody's life insurance will paying off earlier than anticipated.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:35 PM (0AKks)

615 >>>It's not so much a math problem as it is Maet being cryptic.

Once you figure it out you'll kick yourself it's so easy.

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 12:25 AM (QeH9j)<<<

B E S U R E T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E. A crummy commercial. Son of a bitch!

Posted by: Ralphie Parker at April 08, 2014 08:35 PM (08jH8)

616 604 buzzion: I just hope my car doesn't end up like the one in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:31 AM (HVI5a)

How about the opening prank of Jackass?

http://tinyurl.com/pte58bx

Posted by: buzzion at April 08, 2014 08:36 PM (LI48c)

617

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 09, 2014 12:25 AM (0AKks) -

was interested (seriously) that was why I was looking around the site. odd they would have closed it 1with 10 days to go before the race.

but looking at it, whoa a round trip ticket is about a grand but the vacation package of $1400 looks ok. yikes. probably not the best thing to do on impulse.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:36 PM (RhQvZ)

618 Screw concrete anyway. I've read that builders have in the past gotten great results out of using... durum semolina. All you have to worry about is Godzilla happening to drop your building into a pot of boiling hot water.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:36 PM (HVI5a)

619 But it's a dry heat! You go outside in the summer, you don't whether to put on sunblock or barbecue sauce.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:36 PM (0AKks)

620 Many references to "superior Roman concrete" actually are advertising for a product using that name patented in 1796. I used superior because from everything i have read it was better than what we have today.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:36 PM (28vCs)

621 Yeah, but perfect for the moron lifestyle: sleep late, hit the pool in the afternoon and get loaded on fruity cocktails, have a nice dinner, go hobo hunting, crash and start over. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 09, 2014 12:29 AM (28vCs) that does sound fun. merovign tes i do think they are adding more polymers in now if long term is desired, also fiber/ string for strength of some type not waterprrof grimaces at my brains floundering around.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:37 PM (nqBYe)

622 Just got back from school. Answer is c. And "First!"

Posted by: t-bird at April 08, 2014 08:37 PM (FcR7P)

623 That math question is oddly worded, or maybe just to me.
sin (x+2pi)=sin x for the actual sine function. Unless the idea is that
f(x)=sin (mx+k) and you're supposed to solve for m and k first.

Of course the quickie way to find the answer is to note that 2pi is 3/4 of the period so the answer is 4/3 times 2pi = 8pi/3 (as cthulhu figured 500 comments ago)

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 08:37 PM (hO9ad)

624 602 Yankeefifth, actually the local hotels are definitely the better bet. The Strip is fun to see, but so over-priced that its beyond ridiculous The Rio is considered a local place, but to be honest I haven't been there forever. But it is real close to everything, so it might be a good choice!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:38 PM (VgMBx)

625 Holy cow Political Hat, do they know how hot it is here Posted by: lou's a girl at April 09, 2014 12:28 AM (VgMBx) But it's a dry heat! laughing, so dry you do not even need butter to help fry a n egg

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:38 PM (nqBYe)

626 I feel honored to be posting on the weakest ONT ever.

Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at April 08, 2014 08:39 PM (dTh2r)

627 Visiting Las Vegas??? Come to the Rio, where it's 1985 FOREVER!!!!!1! ;-) (Still better than Circus Circus, where it's 1973 forever.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:40 PM (HVI5a)

628 Holy cow Political Hat, do they know how hot it is here Posted by: lou's a girl at April 09, 2014 12:28 AM (VgMBx) But it's a dry heat! laughing, so dry you do not even need butter to help fry a n egg Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:38 AM (nqBYe) It's so dry that you don't sweatÂ… you spontaneously form salt crust.

Posted by: The Salty Hat at April 08, 2014 08:40 PM (AymDN)

629 Screw concrete anyway. I've read that builders have in the past gotten great results out of using... durum semolina. All you have to worry about is Godzilla happening to drop your building into a pot of boiling hot water. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:36 AM (HVI5a that was cruel, i actually imagined it

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:40 PM (nqBYe)

630 was interested (seriously) that was why I was looking around the site. odd they would have closed it 1with 10 days to go before the race. I'm surprised they closed it as well, but they probably need a potential headcount to make sure they don't exceed the numbers on their event permit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:41 PM (0AKks)

631 Agreed. The Rio is the best value and best place to gamble.

Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at April 08, 2014 08:41 PM (dTh2r)

632 570 - Still here but not one of the "cool kids".

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 08:41 PM (k0wRv)

633 merovign tes i do think they are adding more polymers in now if long term is desired, also fiber/ string for strength of some type not waterprrof Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:37 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) The Romans added horse hair to reduce cracking while setting. They would also add animal fat, milk, or blood under some circumstances.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 08:41 PM (qyfb5)

634 @627 - well, really, Circus Circus is Diamonds Are Forever forever.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 08:41 PM (o+SC1)

635 B E S U R E T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E. A crummy commercial. Son of a bitch! Posted by: Ralphie Parker at April 09, 2014 12:35 AM (08jH

Classic. And I never knew the last name.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:42 PM (QeH9j)

636 grimaces at my brains floundering around. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:37 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) Don't worry, that's normal. Everybody does that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 08:42 PM (qyfb5)

637 Yeah, but perfect for the moron lifestyle: sleep late, hit the pool in the afternoon and get loaded on fruity cocktails, have a nice dinner, go hobo hunting, crash and start over.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 09, 2014 12:29 AM

Jeez that sounds like a lot of effort. How about, 1. sleep late, 2. fruity cocktails, 3. crash?

Posted by: otho at April 08, 2014 08:42 PM (9gNQd)

638 Forget Rio. Here's the perfect Vegas ho... motel for AOSHQ readers. ;-) http://tinyurl.com/q99tnm6

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:42 PM (HVI5a)

639 But it's a dry heat! You go outside in the summer, you don't whether to put on sunblock or barbecue sauce. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 09, 2014 12:36 AM (0AKks) time for hobo hunting?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:43 PM (nqBYe)

640 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrmQB38aT5U I'm a 20th century man and I don't want to be here. Gimme seeds, center fire cartridges, and a sharp axe, and I can take care of me and mine. "I was born in a welfare state ruled by bureaucracy, controlled by civil servants, and people dressed in gray. Got no privacy, got no liberty, because the 20th/21st century people took it all away from me." Meet the Kinks, the moron-ettes of the 1960s.

Posted by: Tina Turner at April 08, 2014 08:43 PM (hpgw1)

641 565 Hey, have a fresh new question for everyone. I'm going to be renting a car for the very first time at an upcoming vacation. When you do so... is it worth it to purchase a Damage Waiver or Personal Accident Insurance? And how much do they cost?? I imagine there's enough holes in those contracts that they're not much more than money pits, but want to hear from experts here. Thanks. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:23 AM (HVI5a) check your credit card and auto insurance, they may cover everything. if you are going hunting take everything they offer to cover blood, hair, and bullet holes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:43 PM (rDidD)

642 Jeez that sounds like a lot of effort. How about, 1. sleep late, 2. fruity cocktails, 3. crash? Sure, whatever works for you. Its a vacation!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:44 PM (28vCs)

643 The use of 2*pi on the X axis is using the standard notation for trig functions in radians --

In radians ----- zero, 2*pi, 4*pi, 6*pi, etc. are all exactly the same location -- because all it tells you is how many times you have swept the circumference of a unit circle.

So, how can there be 2 different values for the same exact point? Answer -- there can't be.

So the question is drawn to look like a very standard math convention -- but it is just a decoy -- this function is not a description of radians in any fashion --

Pretty cheezy bait and switch bullshit.

Posted by: jc at April 08, 2014 08:45 PM (PlzOe)

644 Still here but not one of the "cool kids". I never let that stop me.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:45 PM (0AKks)

645 403 As a high school student taking advanced placement calculus and physics, i've never been able to contribute much to these comments. Finally some action! Answer is C. Sources: I just spent 6 god damn hours today solving integral parametric and polar equations. Just let me have this one. Posted by: Young'un at April 08, 2014 11:47 PM (Irpyo) Wait a minute...we got a teenager in here? *scribbles furiously on clipboard* Ok I got nuthin'. Just grow some hair on your balls and try not to get in the way.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 08, 2014 08:45 PM (oFCZn)

646 yankeefifth, where I'm going, the only things to shoot at are likely cacti or coyotes. And I doubt I'll see many of either. But thanks anyway. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:45 PM (HVI5a)

647 618 Screw concrete anyway. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:36 AM (HVI5a MoTip #4207. Toaster is much more forgiving than concrete.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:46 PM (QeH9j)

648 No, "superior Roman concrete" is practically a truism in materials history. It's, like, engineer talk in some circles. In many decades, a pretty lively field of discourse.

There are other concretes in the old, if not ancient, world (you can also argue through most nights on when "antiquity" ends). Miami, well old Miami, was all pink and pastel because the facades were copied from Arabic and eastern-Med cementations made of the local stone -- ground-up coral and seashell. It's really hard to figure what was holding that together. Perhaps even indelicate to guess.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 08:46 PM (xq1UY)

649 time for hobo hunting? Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:43 AM (nqBYe) Well, Vegas does have the underground labyrinthine hobo city

Posted by: The Labyrinthine Hat at April 08, 2014 08:47 PM (AymDN)

650 I'll ask around! See what my old time vegas friends suggest. But Political Hat seems in the know! Let you know what I hear. Might be a few days, damn you job!

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 08:47 PM (VgMBx)

651 very hot time of the year for people in not as vicious climates. Yeah, but perfect for the moron lifestyle: sleep late, hit the pool in the afternoon and get loaded on fruity cocktails, have a nice dinner, go hobo hunting, crash and start over. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy yeah, Bebes has it square on, it is ideal for the moron lifestyle as described above: sleep late, pool, drinks, shower, drinks, dinner, drinks, hobo hunting and drinking.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:47 PM (rDidD)

652 c

2pi is 3/4 of the way there, so 2pi * (4/3) = 8/3pi is all the way there.

Posted by: Petrus at April 08, 2014 08:47 PM (/jV5C)

653 My only caveat to those who join the AOSHQ meetup: don't show up if you're one of the poor creatures in the barrel at the time. I hear Ace & Co. intend to have a Joe Pesci "Casino" style disposal go down...

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:47 PM (HVI5a)

654 grimaces at my brain{s }floundering around. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:37 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) Don't worry, that's normal. Everybody does that. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 09, 2014 12:42 AM (qyfb5) especially if i had a plural brain. gak anyway how's your bod? are your Docs getting any wiser?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:48 PM (nqBYe)

655 RWC: Only when it's **not** plugged in. Don't ask... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:49 PM (HVI5a)

656 I learned my guzintas before I gradiated from the sixth grade.

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at April 08, 2014 08:49 PM (4tAp3)

657 Stayed at Rio for a night. Was hoping to see Nicky or the Jew motherfucker Ace. Never happened. But Rio is a fun throwback. (And to cut off some folks, it's a movie)

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:49 PM (QeH9j)

658

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:40 AM (HVI5a)

I've got some free time on my hands, so Vegas looks promising. Won't have a chance to win that car though.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:50 PM (RhQvZ)

659 If this Vegas meetup is really going to happen, we need to set up some ground rules so that things don't get out of hand. I'll start the list: 1. No "The Hangover," "The Hangover Part 2," or "The Hangover Part 3" re-enactments.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:51 PM (HVI5a)

660 655 RWC: Only when it's **not** plugged in. Don't ask... ;-) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:49 AM (HVI5a) Dude, it's like Quiznos. Always toasted.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:51 PM (QeH9j)

661 I'll ask around! See what my old time vegas friends suggest. But Political Hat seems in the know! Let you know what I hear. Might be a few days, damn you job! Posted by: lou's a girl thanks. any local intel is greatly appreciated. Someone suggested the Rio because it was close to the strip and had a pool and a full set of amenities. It also seems like we can get some rates around 100 per night. our goal is to make it as attractive as is reasonable to the widest range of moronettes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:52 PM (rDidD)

662 and morons.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:52 PM (rDidD)

663 Dude, it's like Quiznos. Always toasted. Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 12:51 AM (QeH9j) Not any more - Quiznos is going out of business.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 08, 2014 08:52 PM (WlWt+)

664

Posted by: Marybel at April 09, 2014 12:41 AM (k0wRv)

how are you this fine evening?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:52 PM (RhQvZ)

665 In all seriousness, Orleans is close to the strip and seems to always have good room rates. During the week anyway. And then there's Harrah's, which is right on the strip. Am I wrong???

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:53 PM (HVI5a)

666 1. No "The Hangover," "The Hangover Part 2," or "The Hangover Part 3" re-enactments. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:51 AM (HVI5a) If there is a Vegas meet please let folks know ahead of time. Like a couple months.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:53 PM (QeH9j)

667 If this Vegas meetup is really going to happen, we need to set up some ground rules so that things don't get out of hand. I'll start the list: 1. No "The Hangover," "The Hangover Part 2," or "The Hangover Part 3" re-enactments. Posted by: qdpsteve are you sure they were not written by a moron or based upon a meetup?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 08:53 PM (rDidD)

668 663 I find that to suck. I used to like their sandwiches.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 08:53 PM (ojnk6)

669 Y5, would be fun to do a live rifftrax movie with moron participation. Wonder how expensive those guys would be to have in person.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:54 PM (28vCs)

670 Agreed with MNWP. In all seriousness, I liked Quiznos too. Sandwiches with REAL MEAT on them. And lots of horseradish. Yum.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:54 PM (HVI5a)

671 Awww shit, RWC got it. Snuck right up.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:54 PM (28vCs)

672 yankeefifth: good question actually.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:54 PM (HVI5a)

673

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:47 AM (HVI5a)

are you in Vegas?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 08:54 PM (RhQvZ)

674 Montrose, "Paper Money": http://youtu.be/_Hu4EDEFF5o Second of two Montrose albums with Sammy Hagar on vocals.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:55 PM (0AKks)

675 1. No "The Hangover," "The Hangover Part 2," or "The Hangover Part 3" re-enactments. Geez, way to rain on our parade. Whats the point without debauchery?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 08:55 PM (28vCs)

676 rich: me? Are you kidding? No. Am in SoCal, in Lakewood. In fact just today a national real estate blog called Movoto named my fair city the #1 most boring place in all of California. Don't know whether to be flattered or insulted. I guess I'm a little of both actually.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:55 PM (HVI5a)

677 jc, the function, per my comment 623 is
f(x)=sin (3x/4)

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 08:56 PM (hO9ad)

678 anyway how's your bod? are your Docs getting any wiser? Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:48 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) Pfff. And, Pfff. Just starting to recover from one drug with bad side effects, so they can start another. Can't ever get a solid baseline and everybody is pressing for condition statements. No worries.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 08:56 PM (qyfb5)

679 Not any more - Quiznos is going out of business. Posted by: Thrawn at April 09, 2014 12:52 AM (WlWt+) Of course. 5 Dollar Foot Long of leaves and roots is taking over. Who the hell would ever think 'Chop't' would be succesful? Damn pajamaboys. 10 bucks for frickin' vegetation. I'll pass.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 08:56 PM (QeH9j)

680 @565 - it depends on your wallet depth vs your hassle tolerance. Credit card coverage is generally secondary to your own insurance. Some big-ticket credit cards may offer primary coverage, but I ain't got one of them. The rental firms like to throw in hints about loss-of-use charges and etc. so if you don't feel like being the ringmaster in a three-ring circus you'll want to keep an eye on what's covered by whom. The behavior of the rental firm, both in terms of insurance cost, restrictions, and what they're going to try to nickel and dime you for varies VASTLY from place to place. Some agents will go over the car and mark every nick on the preexisting-damage form, some won't bother. Doesn't hurt to whip out your phone and snap pictures of any damage on the car if you're concerned. And even if you're buying their insurance, check your own policy and card coverages ANYWAY, because you'll get to the rental desk and find that their coverage - for instance, in a lot of Hawaii - won't cover damage OR EMERGENCY ROAD SERVICE on unpaved roads or other places you may really really want to go.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 08:56 PM (o+SC1)

681 Here's the story on Lakewood that just came out today. http://tinyurl.com/ol2lnq7

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 08:57 PM (HVI5a)

682 i still do not understand WHY the toaster. people,.perplex,.me.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 08:58 PM (nqBYe)

683 Every time I rent a car I take pictures of it before I ever get in. Time and date stamped pictures. Take a dozen or so, close ups. These cars usually have scratches and maybe dents and what not, and who cares (not me) but it is better to have some evidence that such things were extant at the time of rental.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 08:59 PM (JgC5a)

684 i still do not understand WHY the toaster. people,.perplex,.me. He wanted to if it could double as a hot dog cooker?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 08:59 PM (0AKks)

685 Heh. Just noticed that the Moto Guzzi police bikes in "Magnum Force" magically became Triumphs when they had to jump aircraft carriers. Different times, then.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 09:00 PM (xq1UY)

686 navybrat: good idea!!! Am going to do that, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:00 PM (HVI5a)

687 682 i still do not understand WHY the toaster. people,.perplex,.me. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:58 AM (nqBYe) Because a vacuumn is too hetero.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:01 PM (QeH9j)

688

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 12:55 AM (HVI5a)

lol ... you're welcome and i'm sorry.

wanted to ask what the tech job market is like out there.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:01 PM (RhQvZ)

689 682 Warmer than the couch, but less moist. That's all I gots, unless you wanna consider the Chicken.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:01 PM (ojnk6)

690 Pfff. And, Pfff. Just starting to recover from one drug with bad side effects, so they can start another. Can't ever get a solid baseline and everybody is pressing for condition statements. No worries. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 09, 2014 12:56 AM (qyfb5) fcol, do we all need to come over there. I Do have a frying pan that will fit nicely over some docs head i'm sure.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:01 PM (nqBYe)

691 Night all. qdpsteve, The Orleans is a great idea, I know someone there. Will ask if we could get a room discount, can't hurt. No promises

Posted by: lou's a girl at April 08, 2014 09:02 PM (VgMBx)

692 682 i still do not understand WHY the toaster.

people,.perplex,.me.

Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:58 AM (nqBYe)

Because the blender is a frigid bitch.

Posted by: buzzion at April 08, 2014 09:02 PM (LI48c)

693 Ultimate Warrior! You will be my zombie!

Posted by: Papa Shango at April 08, 2014 09:02 PM (KVnkf)

694 @686 - is this planned car rental in the US or elsewhere?

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 09:02 PM (o+SC1)

695 rich, don't be sorry. Actually I'd rather be safe and bored than otherwise. :-) I'm not sure actually what the tech market is like in the Long Beach/North Orange County area. Sorry. You might want to check Irvine and/or South Orange County. They seem to have a lot of tech there.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:03 PM (HVI5a)

696 G'night, Miss Lou!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 09:03 PM (0AKks)

697 671 Awww shit, RWC got it. Snuck right up. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 09, 2014 12:54 AM (28vCs) What did I get? Casino? ???

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:03 PM (QeH9j)

698 JEM: from Laughlin to Lake Havasu City and back. But don't worry, it sounds like I should be sure not to bother with the insurance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:03 PM (HVI5a)

699 Rich: Silicon Beach. Santa Monica south to about Manhattan Beach.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 09:04 PM (28vCs)

700 lou's a girl: great, thanks!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:04 PM (HVI5a)

701 Blanco Basura/ RWC. not helpful!

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:04 PM (nqBYe)

702 NIght Lou. I'm out too. Night night.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 09:04 PM (28vCs)

703 Had a Flatizza or whatever they are called. The pizza things Subway is advertising all the damn time on TV. They suck.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 08, 2014 09:05 PM (ZPrif)

704 @698 - Watch out for f'in Searchlight. That was the trip that taught me never to travel without my Valentine 1.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 09:05 PM (o+SC1)

705 rich, here's the only somewhat tech company I know of that is close by me and/or Lakewood, CA. www.4inkjets.com

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:05 PM (HVI5a)

706 What did I get? Casino? ??? The magic number.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 08, 2014 09:05 PM (28vCs)

707 664 - Doing well. And you?

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 09:06 PM (k0wRv)

708 Um... I had a really tangled day. My brain must be worse off than I thought, though. I couldn't make hide ner tail out of Maet's post. But I found the hidden kitty in that picture. That was a tough one. Had to use crayons. Â§ I suppose this is aloha - hello and good night, Gracies.

Posted by: mindful webworker is confused... snafu at April 08, 2014 09:06 PM (cK3Ih)

709 JEM: no worries, if Harry Reid tries to cross the street in front of me... he's a GONER baby. ;-) And I assume a Valentine 1 is some type of futuristic lead-induction death pistol.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:06 PM (HVI5a)

710 643 - jc - Well that took a while. In point of fact, Pi is just a number. An irrational number to be sure, but still, just a number. It is no problem to state that there is a point on the X-axis that corresponds to the value 2Pi. Nor is it a problem to state that that value represents a minimum value of the function. Why you care to inject radian measure, or posit "So, how can there be 2 different values for the same exact point? Answer -- there can't be.", I have no idea. The answer remains the same. And with that I am out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 08, 2014 09:07 PM (aDwsi)

711 Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 01:04 AM (nqBYe) Have you not seen the pic of a guy with a porn 'stache in garters and lingerie banging a truck exhaust? Some things are beyond our comprehension.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:07 PM (QeH9j)

712

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 09, 2014 01:04 AM (28vCs)

thanks I'll take a look but don't think i want to actually go to California.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:08 PM (RhQvZ)

713 682 i still do not understand WHY the toaster. people,.perplex,.me. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:58 AM (nqBYe) Because the blender is a frigid bitch. Posted by: buzzion at April 09, 2014 01:02 AM (LI48c) lol, see i could KInd of get a couch, soft perhaps pliable has lovely lines perhaps , )ok not really) but a toaster? yeah i laugh. but seriously looks at guys sideways. is he or isn't he a couch/toaster/vacuum/blender guy.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:08 PM (nqBYe)

714 Sadly, I have had bad reports on the Taco Bell breakfast. Could it be that, in the decline of American power and the limits of the Internet, we have at last reached the end of new fast food?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 09:08 PM (xq1UY)

715 706 What did I get? Casino? ??? The magic number. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 09, 2014 01:05 AM (28vCs) Ahhhh. So slacking off and not paying attention is beneficial. Thx Obama!

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:09 PM (QeH9j)

716 Stringer Davis: the *new* fast-food is cross-cultural. For instance, there's an extremely popular lunch truck in Orange County called Kogi. They serve Korean-style tacos, i.e. tacos with traditional Korean *and* Mexi ingredients basically tossed together and/or blended. Kim-chee tacos, to say the least. It sounds horrible, but they have tons of raves.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:09 PM (HVI5a)

717 Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 01:04 AM (nqBYe) Have you not seen the pic of a guy with a porn 'stache in garters and lingerie banging a truck exhaust? Some things are beyond our comprehension. Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 01:07 AM (QeH9j) no but.. uh...er, that could be hot? PUN. i don;t get it.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:10 PM (nqBYe)

718 Y5.....stayed at the Rio 10 years ago.......nice rooms and good pool area. But someone mentioned Harrahs and I won 870 in penny slots there in KC last week. Is there a shooting range in or outside Vegas that we could have some "hobo hunting"?

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at April 08, 2014 09:10 PM (oKzyB)

719

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 01:05 AM (HVI5a)

awesome a print shop. thought all of cali was hustle and bustle!

Posted by: Marybel at April 09, 2014 01:06 AM (k0wRv) -

job hunting and wide awake on the east coast. at least mars is now in the western sky so I can see it from my balcony.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:10 PM (RhQvZ)

720 i still do not understand WHY the toaster. people,.perplex,.me. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 12:58 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) That becomes an awfully long list in very short order.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 09:10 PM (qyfb5)

721 This sounds important

tinyurl.com/ocjw9tv

If your systems are vulnerable to this and Internet-facing you must assume that the private keys involved in your SSL-enabled applications have been compromised and are no longer secret. This means that your site can be trivially spoofed and will appear to be legitimate to a client connecting to it even though it is not.

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though it's a touch techie for me. But it should probably be passed along to anyone who understands this sort of thing.

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 09:11 PM (hO9ad)

722 Pro Wrestling Torch ‏@PWTorch TMZ reports that Warrior collapsed Tues @ 5:50 while walking to his car at an Arizona hotel and was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 08, 2014 09:11 PM (ZPrif)

723 Wave at Mars for me - can't see it for the trees :-)

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 09:12 PM (k0wRv)

724 Warmer than the couch, but less moist. That's all I gots, unless you wanna consider the Chicken. I swear I will cut somedamnbody!

Posted by: The Chicken at April 08, 2014 09:13 PM (0AKks)

725 i think i'm going to follow the other girls and rest my brain. i'm sure i will now have made the wall of shame for my chatty chat. sleep well morons and ettes.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:13 PM (nqBYe)

726 Snuck a math problem on me. I can't sleep until I solve these things. Oh yeah, its C. (at least an easy one for tonight) DAMM YOU! :-)

Posted by: WinLinBSD Admin at April 08, 2014 09:13 PM (TT9IF)

727 602 Yankeefifth - Umm, what happened to the CircusCircus KaBoomapalooza idea? McGyver, Over

Posted by: McGyver at April 08, 2014 09:14 PM (Aa8Kx)

728 @721 - yeah, very important if you run something with OpenSSL in it. Was installing patches and updates today, got a couple packages to rebuild. It's one of those things where it's been in the wild long enough that it's conceivable - even probable - that someone's been compromised somewhere.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 09:14 PM (o+SC1)

729 724 LOL. Been years, and no cutting so far. We ain't worried about you cutting a bitch.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:15 PM (ojnk6)

730 G'night, willow. Does this mean no more new threads until she returns?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 09:15 PM (0AKks)

731 One math question I like to ask people: "What's 3 over 3?" Most people know the correct answer, which is 1. "What's 3 over 2?" Most get this one too, it's 1.5. "What's 3 over 1?" Most get this one as well. It's 3. "What's 3 over zero?" Most people say zero. WRONG. It's what the mathematicians supposedly call "undefined."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:16 PM (HVI5a)

732 I feel that the morons are too distracted by the math problem instead of solving the meta problem. A math problem, a Mars candybar, a star pic / map with Mars as the focus, drill instructions / warnings, and a munged picture of who knows what (Maet's just rubbing it in with that last one).

What the hell does it all mean?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 08, 2014 09:16 PM (IN7k+)

733 Night all. I'm not going to give up Maet's answer to the ONT so it's up to him. But c'mon, think of the stories in the news the past two days and that will help.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:16 PM (QeH9j)

734 @709 - no, it's a radar detector. You folks in VA, DC, and Canada avert your eyes.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 09:17 PM (o+SC1)

735 731 Gotta stop with that Common Core stuff.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (ojnk6)

736 I was told there would be no math problems

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (oKzyB)

737 fcol, do we all need to come over there. I Do have a frying pan that will fit nicely over some docs head i'm sure. Posted by: willow at April 09, 2014 01:01 AM (nqBYe) fnord (nqBYe) Make sure you wake me up, or at least get it on video. Honestly, when it comes to medicine, I'm pretty numb after four years. This all would really have pissed me off a few years ago.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (qyfb5)

738 I don't think anyone has done engineering analysis of Roman concrete since Mussolini was in power. Posted by: Stringer Davis Nope, plenty of 'studies.' And the mixture is known. http://tinyurl.com/mjqtj94 Portland concrete is cheap and crap. We've settled for cheap. Period. Only if we could figure out the ancient Egyptians secret for contacting the aliens, then we'd be set.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (HRlKD)

739 @731 - and what the software guys call (a) an error (b) an exception (c) NaN depending on what kind of an environment you're working in.

Posted by: JEM at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (o+SC1)

740 Does this mean no more new threads until she returns? Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 09, 2014 01:15 AM (0AKks) Naw. They'll throw us a morning bone and we'll chew that until she shows up.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:18 PM (QeH9j)

741 MWNP: actually I learned about 3 over 0 in college in about... 1986 or thereabouts. Long before I had ever heard of Common Core. In fact I wonder if it existed at all at that time.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:19 PM (HVI5a)

742 Oh sure, qdpsteve. Like we're going to take food-truck advice from a guy in the dullest town in...

I meant regular old, franchise, famous-sign fast food, the kind they run stupid ads on TV for. Since we're all supposed to be diabetic in five more years, there's some real menu-option development available there. Hell, any genius can create exciting new fast food in a truck, with no zoning board, ingredient inspector, and personal-rights overlords looking over their shoulder.

I had lunch today at a new-in-1960 ice cream stand called "PeeWee's" on a national highway called The Old Mud Pike. They don't cook anything until you order it, so you might say they're proud of their slow service. Operated by the original owner (Pee Wee's widow), every damn day. It was perfect.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 09:20 PM (xq1UY)

743 answe? we're drilling mars bars in all directions like the american people?

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:21 PM (nqBYe)

744 Stringer: uh, I'm not glued to the asphalt. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:21 PM (HVI5a)

745 723 Wave at Mars for me - can't see it for the trees :-) Posted by: Marybel at April 09, 2014 01:12 AM (k0wRv) fnord (k0wRv) I'll say hi next time I'm there.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 08, 2014 09:21 PM (qyfb5)

746 k no really, Really nite- nite.

Posted by: willow at April 08, 2014 09:22 PM (nqBYe)

747 Is there a shooting range in or outside Vegas that we could have some "hobo hunting"? Posted by: westminsterdogshow at April 09, 2014 01:10 AM (oKzyB) For shooting there are several indoor ranges, including those that rent full autos. There is the outdoor Clark County range. For other outdoor shooting, you have to get outside the Las Vegas Valley.

Posted by: The Centerfire Hat at April 08, 2014 09:22 PM (AymDN)

748 What the hell does it all mean?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 09, 2014 01:16 AM (IN7k+)

that "mystery light" picture from Curiosity?

i don't know ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:22 PM (RhQvZ)

749 Stringer: actually there's a lot of semi-creativity left yet even in traditional fast food IMHO. Why hasn't McD's come out with a Big Bacon Mac? Why no chili at In-N-Out? Just two examples.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:22 PM (HVI5a)

750 And I learned today that the Great Benefactor deems me worthy of a Silver plan. Please let me pay 500+ per month for shit insurance instead of the $700 yearly penalty fee per year in 2016. No wonder his lemonade stand went bust.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:23 PM (QeH9j)

751 I feel that the morons are too distracted by the math problem instead of solving the meta problem. A math problem, a Mars candybar, a star pic / map with Mars as the focus, drill instructions / warnings, and a munged picture of who knows what (Maet's just rubbing it in with that last one).

What the hell does it all mean?

------

I don't know how you get from this post to there, but there's a headline on Drudge about Mars, the Earth, and the Sun being in alignment. I assume tonight, but I haven't read the article.

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 09:23 PM (hO9ad)

752 RWC: lucky you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:24 PM (HVI5a)

753 742 Ball busting only Steve, I learned that stuff in 81-82. Showed my daughter (17) a Common Core math problem, and she actually said, what the fuck is this? She's an Honors student ablut to graduate and it got beyond her.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:24 PM (ojnk6)

754 MWNP, oops. Sorry/thanks. :-) My hunch/hope is that Common Core will ultimately end up a fad. They've come and gone before.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:25 PM (HVI5a)

755

Posted by: Marybel at April 09, 2014 01:12 AM (k0wRv)

will do. thinking of getting some fast food ... or brave the drunks and stumble into the ihop...

decisions, decisions.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:25 PM (RhQvZ)

756 A lot of people don't know BTW: When McDonalds first started up at their first burger stand in San Bernardino CA, chili and tamales were both on the menu. Ray Kroc de-ethnicized that place in a hurry.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:26 PM (HVI5a)

757 753 RWC: lucky you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 01:24 AM (HVI5a) I still have insurance but when she was going through her pitch I was thinking Who The Fuck would buy that? She even looked disgusted and called it Obamacare.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:27 PM (QeH9j)

758 >>>Big Bacon Mac? Why no chili at In-N-Out? Just two examples.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 01:22 AM (HVI5a)<<<

you know...i could go up to McD's and get a big mac and then grill up some of the bacon I've got in the fridge to test this brilliant idea.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:27 PM (RhQvZ)

759 RWC: sounds about right **********OBAMACARE********** "Because everyone deserves to have the same shitty overpriced underpowered policy."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:28 PM (HVI5a)

760 Why hasn't McD's come out with a Big Bacon Mac? Posted by: qdpsteve McD's does test runs of new menu items (breakfast burritos in the '90s in CA,) but the overwhelming obstacle is that the franchisees aren't interested. Fast food in general, from McD's to Starbucks is about one thing and one thing only; consistency. For McD's the question is invariably not, "Why not try this?," but "Why bother?" Why no chili at In-N-Out? Just two examples. Almost the same reason. In 'n Out sticks with the same menu items for simplicity, consistency, and brand identity. Do one thing and do it well. An almost japanese philosophy of restaurants.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2014 09:29 PM (HRlKD)

761 rich: DO IT. You'll be a millionaire in six months. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:29 PM (HVI5a)

762 5, would be fun to do a live rifftrax movie with moron participation. Wonder how expensive those guys would be to have in person. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy Hey, no idea what rifftrax is but I am in with more or less anything.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 08, 2014 09:29 PM (rDidD)

763 What is the last image? Looks like the top of a window frame and then 4/5ths gray for me?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2014 09:29 PM (DL2i+)

764 weft-cut: no, I get that. I know that the more items any restaurant serves, the more they have to upkeep/store/pay for/etc. And if something doesn't sell or the customers get sick of it... I'd love to see chili at In-N-Out for instance. But if it's a choice between them doing that or keeping their great business model and values, it's no contest.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:31 PM (HVI5a)

765 You can get bacon on a Big Mac. Have to request it. Not real bacon though. Not tasty or crunchy at all. Wet, lifeless barely able to chew bacon that looks like it came out of a playdough machine.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 09:31 PM (nkPV9)

766 764 What is the last image? Looks like the top of a window frame and then 4/5ths gray for me?

Posted by: DaveA at April 09, 2014 01:29 AM (DL2i+)

beats me ... Maet's Horde Rorschach test ...

gotta go get a big mac and cook up some bacon.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:32 PM (RhQvZ)

767 757 As I understand the Kroc story, he was a Shake mixer Salesman that saw an uptick in his sales to the McDonald company. He got interested and bought into it. The original McDonalds is now a museum in Des Plaines, Il, about 4 miles from where I grew up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:32 PM (ojnk6)

768 The funny thing about a Bacon Big Mac though is: McD's *already* has piles of bacon all over the place. So why not try it? Maybe they're saving the idea for a really rainy day. Who knows.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:32 PM (HVI5a)

769 Q: Why are women bad at math? A: Because all their lives, they've been told that ________________ is 8 inches.

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 09:33 PM (k0wRv)

770 Without reading the thread, I say the answer is 2.66π, which is 8π/3, which is answer C. The answer is easy if you just ignore the confusing words, ignore that it is trig, and just look at the spaces on the line. The "2" is the third point, all equally spaced, so the points must necessary be at .6666, 1.33333, 2.0000, and then (the answer) 2.6666. Tack on a "π" symbol, back-calculate the purposely confusing fraction, and you're good to go. Even though I did not understand Thing One about actual trig in high school, I was able to pass the trig final because most of the questions were like this, really -- the appearance of trig just masked basic algebra or geometry at the core of the problem. I'm really really bad at math, bad very good at tests, for some reason.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 09:33 PM (mizYg)

771 Portland concrete is cheap and crap. We've settled for cheap.

See, this is the kind of brow-beating that just turns my stomach. "O ubi sunt?"
I didn't say our concrete was any good. I'm just saying that Roman concrete would also crack in my backyard. Your nose is up their fascist ass again. Get over it.

They were mafiosi with a nearly-unlimited supply of slave labor. Great PR though.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 08, 2014 09:33 PM (xq1UY)

772 GMB: I admit, the last bacon that McD's sold that I really liked was on the Arch Deluxe. We all know how well that worked out...

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:33 PM (HVI5a)

773 Chik-Filet has Chiktakos now that are pretty good.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:33 PM (QeH9j)

774

really? and all this time i thought i was breaking new ground?

don't even want to go get one now ... start rummaging around in fridge.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:34 PM (RhQvZ)

775 I have oceanfront property in Peruvia. Cheap!

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:34 PM (QeH9j)

776 87 OK, someone explain math answer so that an LIV would understand it. Posted by: Nip Sip See comment #771 above.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 09:34 PM (mizYg)

777 I'd love to see chili at In-N-Out for instance. But if it's a choice between them doing that or keeping their great business model and values, it's no contest. Posted by: qdpsteve Los Anheles already has a chili burger joint -> Tommy's In 'n Out is doing better than most FF restaurants. I've come to believe that's in no small part to the set menu and slow growth. They've been approached by every food conglomerate in the world to expand. There are copy cats in some countries now. It takes brass ones to say no. And it's hard to argue that it's been a poor decision.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2014 09:35 PM (HRlKD)

778 I'm really really bad at math, bad very good at tests, for some reason. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 01:33 AM (mizYg) How was English 101?

. Kidding zombie. Autocorrect.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:36 PM (QeH9j)

779 MWNP: right. Kroc definitely had an eye for what the McDonald brothers were doing. Have you read about him though? I have, and it sounds like the guy was literally obsessed with making ridiculous amounts of money. In fact he was supposedly Jordan Belfort-like in his contempt for people who didn't want to make a million dollars. I've read he deliberately drove some of the McDonald brothers' fast food business ventures into bankruptcy, for instance, *well after* he bought them out of McDonalds. Kind of strange if you ask me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:37 PM (HVI5a)

780 See, this is the kind of brow-beating that just turns my stomach. "O ubi sunt?" I didn't say our concrete was any good. I'm just saying that Roman concrete would also crack in my backyard. Your nose is up their fascist ass again. Get over it. Posted by: Stringer Davis Uh, yeah, dude. You've totally pegged me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2014 09:38 PM (HRlKD)

781 weft-cut loop: exactly right re In-N-Out. I respect them a lot actually.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:38 PM (HVI5a)

782 ok, so I'm going to get a big mac and fry up some bacon...brb.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 09:39 PM (RhQvZ)

783 Even though I did not understand Thing One about actual trig in high school, I was able to pass the trig final because most of the questions were like this, really -- the appearance of trig just masked basic algebra or geometry at the core of the problem.

I'm really really bad at math, bad very good at tests, for some reason.

Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 01:33 AM (mizYg)

Your comment is going off on a tangent

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 09:41 PM (hO9ad)

784 ChikFilA cinnamon buns are awesome. Chicken soup isn't bad either.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 08, 2014 09:41 PM (ZPrif)

785 780 I have not read too far into this. My Dad mentioned in the early 70s that he was offered a franchise oportunity for 20k. At time, he thougt no one would buy $.15 burgers. Woulda, shoulda, coulda.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:42 PM (ojnk6)

786 Chik-Fil-A is basically the chicken version of In-N-Out. Similar values, similar corporate structure, at least as I understand it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:42 PM (HVI5a)

787 How was English 101? . Kidding zombie. Autocorrect. Posted by: RWC I'm infamously atrocious at typing. Every third word is a typo, usually. Maybe I go back to correct them, maybe not. All depends how rushed I am. I type the way Lionel Hampton played the piano -- one finger on each hand, baby. (He was a xylophonist who used his index fingers as "mallets" to sometimes play keyboards, which theoretically he had no training in. Very intriguing technique.)

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 09:44 PM (mizYg)

788 Love Chik-Fil-A's principles. Hate the food. Sorry.

Posted by: Marybel at April 08, 2014 09:45 PM (k0wRv)

789 Arch Delux. Those were good. Now I'm hungry again.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 09:46 PM (nkPV9)

790 Has anybody had the grilled chicken at Chik? I would think that it would lose a lot iof the flavor.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:46 PM (QeH9j)

791 GMB: exactly. I loved McD's DLT. They got rid of it. I loved their Arch Deluxe. They got rid of it. I've learned the hard way: if it ain't a Big Mac, don't get attached at McD's.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:48 PM (HVI5a)

792 Arby's Big Montana FTW though. It's good as hell and not toooooo bad for ya.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:48 PM (QeH9j)

793 Has anybody had the grilled chicken at Chik? I would think that it would lose a lot iof the flavor. Had it for lunch today, I like it. Make sure you eat it over something, or it will drip on you.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 09:48 PM (0AKks)

794 789 As long as ya love the principles, no need to love the food. I do, but just a personal preference. Especially now that they sell grilled chicken sammitches.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:48 PM (ojnk6)

795 All this burger talk is making me crave a late night white castle run. Not my first choice, but they do stay open 24-7.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 08, 2014 09:49 PM (FMbng)

796 Marybel: in fairness, Chik-fil-A has gone *way overboard* with expanding the menu, similar to what McD's and El Pollo Loco and a number of other chains have been doing. Arby's is probably the worse example IMHO. I've *never* had anything there, outside of the Original Roast Beef Sandwich, that I liked.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:50 PM (HVI5a)

797 I've learned the hard way: if it ain't a Big Mac, don't get attached at McD's. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 01:48 AM (HVI5a) McD's regular hamburger. Only mustard I will ever try or eat. Smelling regular mustard makes me wretch, but I'm surpisingly ok with what they put on a 80 cents meat substitute.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:51 PM (QeH9j)

798 796 If only. Got a Crystal nearby, but have fond memories of WC as a late night stop growing up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:52 PM (ojnk6)

799 RWC: true, mustard always tastes better coming out of a fast food drive-thru window. When I use it at home though... blech.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:52 PM (HVI5a)

800 G'night, everyone. I leave you with Gamma, "Wish I Was": http://youtu.be/hKa23ZoPwCY

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 08, 2014 09:52 PM (0AKks)

801 Arby's is probably the worse example IMHO. I've *never* had anything there, outside of the Original Roast Beef Sandwich, that I liked. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 01:50 AM (HVI5a) That's what the Big Montana is. Original RB yet super duper sied. I won't touch the rest.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:53 PM (QeH9j)

802 Anybody remember how tough Johnny Carson used to be on McD's? His trademark joke about them was "it's been 30 years and the cow's not even dead yet."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:53 PM (HVI5a)

803 RWC: there you go. Stick with the classics. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:54 PM (HVI5a)

804 "if it ain't a Big Mac, don't get attached at McD's." Remember back when a Big Mac was actually Big? Those were the days. Now you get two regular undersized burgers on a bun and a half splattered with sun ripened mayo colored with Frenches Yellow Mustard. Better off making your these days.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 09:54 PM (nkPV9)

805 McD's regular hamburger. Only mustard I will ever try or eat. Smelling regular mustard makes me wretch, but I'm surpisingly ok with what they put on a 80 cents meat substitute.

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 01:51 AM (QeH9j)

I always thought the person who had the idea of putting mustard on a McD's burger should have their ass removed. I still remember the day they started doing that shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 08, 2014 09:55 PM (FMbng)

806 Make sure you eat it over something, or it will drip on you. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 09, 2014 01:48 AM (0AKks) I'm trusting you. Spicy or regular.. Or is that even a choice?

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:55 PM (QeH9j)

807 803 Unfortunately or otherwise, the final joke was on Johnny in this case. Loved the guy, though. None compare with his style and timing.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 09:56 PM (ojnk6)

808 GMB: that's how I feel about the Whopper. I *loved* those things in the 1980s. But by 1995... it was absolutely ruined. Smaller burger, much larger bun, and I think they started grilling the patties over an open sewer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:56 PM (HVI5a)

809 I loved McD's DLT. Me too, the thing that pisses me off the most is why they got rid of it which was because the eco-nazis complaining about the styrofoam package it came in, and of course it had to be styrofoam to keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold. So no styrofaom, no McDLT's. Fucking eco-nazis ruin everything.

Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 09:56 PM (xRDdL)

810 MWNP: no argument. If the networks could clone Johnny...OMG.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:57 PM (HVI5a)

811 booger: exactamundo. Ridonkulous.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 09:57 PM (HVI5a)

812 "The Hula Burger" -- grilled pineapple with cheese on a bun Dah FUQ??? One of Kroc's attempts.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 09:58 PM (QeH9j)

813 qdpsteve Haven't had a whopper in years and that was when I was still stationed in Germany. Pig out at BK then off to the bars. Denn, wie einen junger mann, trinke Ich keine Spezi.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 10:00 PM (nkPV9)

814 RWC: oh yeah, I think Kroc went to his grave still embarrassed over that one. Also, for the very short time I worked at McDs in the late 1980s, they had something new called a Cheddar Melt. Basically just melted goopy cheddar cheese and grilled onions on a bun. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible either. Anyway they got rid of it not much longer after I started being sick every time they tried to call me in to work. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:00 PM (HVI5a)

815 Confession: I have never ever in my life eaten a single molecule of food from McDonald's Burger King Arby's Wendy's Chik-Fil-A In-N-Out Jack-in-the-Box Taco Bell Del Taco Dairy Queen Pizza Hut Carl's Jr. KFC Whitecastle Denny's Popeye's Chicken Panda Express Subway Starbucks ...or any other fast food chain you can name. Why not? Several reasons, primarily that I have been a vegetarian my whole adult life; and back when I was a (meat-eating) kid, I grew up in a place that had no fast food chains of any kind, so I never even saw them, so never craved them. I also cook a lot at home. And when I'm not eating at home, I [eat for free at hoity-toity restaurants for reasons I can't divulge]. I don't want to sound like I'm being snooty (I'm not), it's just one of those weird things that sometimes happens -- I've never encountered fast food. (Just as, I once revealed in a similar comment, I've never played a video game or computer game. Not one, ever.) There are all kinds of people in this world, and all kinds of life stories.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:02 PM (mizYg)

816 GMB: yikes. :-) I've always wondered what German tourists think when they come into Los Angeles via LAX, get on the bus to their hotel, and happen to glance at a Wienerschnitzel location on the way there. Must be a weird experience for them, I imagine.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:02 PM (HVI5a)

817 811 Steve, when I'm feeling down these days, I youtube Johnny and Carol Burnett shows. I could get lost for days in these for days, if I had the time.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:02 PM (ojnk6)

818 they have on the menu a bacon clubhouse burger ... but i'm grilling up the bacon and have the big mac taken apart. should send in a pic to Maet for the next ONT he feels like mailing in.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:03 PM (RhQvZ)

819 3/4 of a sine cycle = 2 pi

4/3 x 3/4 of a sine cycle = 4/3 x 2 pi

1 sine cycle (at P) = 8/3 pi so P = 8/3 pi or choice c)

pi are squared?
NO!
pi are round
cornbread are squared

Posted by: Alaska Paul at April 08, 2014 10:03 PM (O6Si6)

820 Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 02:00 AM (HVI5a) They reintroduced the cheddar melt. I guess they added a 'burger patty this go around. Looks ok but as someone commented the other day about fast food smell sticking with you there is no way I'd try that. I smell McD's diced onions days after the fact. Perhaps that's just guilt.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:04 PM (QeH9j)

821 MWNP: ♫ 'Those were the days...' ♫ ;-) Rich: soundsa gooda. Don't forget to post your review.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:04 PM (HVI5a)

822

Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:02 AM (mizYg)

can't say you are missing much by not having fast food.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:04 PM (RhQvZ)

823 Rich: oh, and I'd love to see that pic. Please send it in to Maet and Ace and the gang.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:05 PM (HVI5a)

824 RWC: onions are a *good* smell. Don't let ANYONE ever try to tell you otherwise. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:06 PM (HVI5a)

825 Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:02 AM (mizYg) You're one of a kind zombie. Glad to kind of faux know you through the electron box.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:07 PM (QeH9j)

826 Jumers Castle Lodge. The Hofbrau Haus. Both in Peoria. Both advertised "authentic German Food" Needless to say, my wife who is a "authentic German" was severely disappointed after only one visit to each establishment. :O

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 10:07 PM (nkPV9)

827

and zombie, since RWC isn't giving up the meta theme here for this ONT, do you see one?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:07 PM (RhQvZ)

828 @816 Zombie That is remarkable. I generally eschew fast food places except when I am on the road (which is often) and that is all there is to eat. I like In-N-Out when I can find it.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 10:08 PM (JgC5a)

829 825 RWC: onions are a *good* smell. Don't let ANYONE ever try to tell you otherwise. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 02:06 AM (HVI5a) Well, I tied an onion on my belt, as was the style in my day, and am still single. So YMMV

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:09 PM (QeH9j)

830 Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:02 AM (mizYg) Are you an occasional fish eating vegetarian? If you are and ever get the urge to just try some fast food once i'd recommend the fish tacos at Del Taco, tasty.

Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 10:10 PM (xRDdL)

831 GMB: oh boy. I assume actual German food is much heartier (and made from a much wider variety of meats) than Americans are used to consuming. I imagine it's quite the same when said German tourists arrive at Wienerschnitzel... and find out the teenagers behind the glass have *no idea* what a Wienerschnitzel actually even *is.*

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:10 PM (HVI5a)

832 816 Dayum Zombie, the fact that you have missed these is impressive. I tried a Vegan diet for a few months after getting a high blood sugar diagnosis. I never felt worse than I did on that diet, reverted, and still lost 50 lbs. Portion control, FTW.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:10 PM (ojnk6)

833 828 and zombie, since RWC isn't giving up the meta theme here for this ONT, do you see one? Posted by: rich@gmu at April 09, 2014 02:07 AM (RhQvZ) Rich, if you can't figure it out please take the GMU off your nick. Another clue is it is four block away (one of the words) bar on Independence Drive.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:11 PM (QeH9j)

834 Son-of-a...

Now I want a bacon cheeseburger grinder from one of my local joints...

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 10:12 PM (08jH8)

835 MWNP: portion control is what I'm trying to do as well. I'm slowly beginning to accept the ugly reality, which is that I'm going to have to get used to feeling hungry for a long while.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:13 PM (HVI5a)

836 You're one of a kind zombie. Glad to kind of faux know you through the electron box. Posted by: RWC My gustatory history is not even close to the weirdest amongst the people with whom I associate. One friend of mine has been vegan since birth. Nutty parents wouldn't even give him dairy products (including breast milk) as a baby. He has never tasted any animal product ever, in his whole life. The very thought of it makes him vomit (seriously, I've seen him barf when taunted with vivid descriptions and offers of cheese and meat). When I was a kid, one of my closest friends was a fruitarian. Etc. etc. Compared to them, I am Citizen Normal.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:13 PM (mizYg)

837 And now, fellow Morons and Moron-ettes, your lesson on the wonderful property of the triangle, as told by Bernard Miles, from his monologue entitled, "Me and Old Charlie:"

Well, I mind when me an' Old Charlie was 'elpin' to build the new barn up at the Crabtree, we was up on the roof fixin' in these 'ere rafters and crossties... to 'old 'em in, like. An archy-oligist came by what was diggin' over on the Diblock. 'E shouts up at me, "Oiy..." 'e sez, "you know what you done?" 'e sez...
An' I sez, "No sir!"
'E sez, " You made a triangle!" 'e sez.
I sez, "'Ave I?... I didn't know!"
An' 'e sez, "That's indestructable." 'e sez. "If anyone tries to catch you out..." 'e sez, "no matter who it is..." 'e sez, " say, any two sides of a triangle is, together, greater than the third... that'll 'ave 'em!" e sez. 'E reckoned that were unanswerable. 'E 'ad some students with 'im... young fellow, about forty five.
I mind when Mr. Buckmaster catched me taking a rabbit out of one of 'is snares... aah, red 'anded, he caught me. I 'ad to go up about it, too. T'owld magistrate sez to me, 'e sez, "You got anything to say?" 'e sez.
And I sez, "Yes sir..." I sez. "Any two sides of a triangle is, together, greater than the third." That 'ad 'im!... 'E couldn't answer, 'e 'ad to ask the clerk. Had their 'eads together for about five minutes.
Then 'e sez, "Ten shillings!"
I reckon they'd 'ave made that a pound... if I 'adn't knowed that.
I told this 'ere archy-ologist when I seed 'im, next time... and 'e larfed.
'E said, "I can see I shall have to learn you all about the square on the pyth-agga-arse." 'e sez. "If you know that" 'e sez, that's 'alf the battle."
But 'e never showed me...

Posted by: Alaska Paul at April 08, 2014 10:13 PM (O6Si6)

838 Zombie, I think I want to marry you.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 10:13 PM (z8+9E)

839 Ahhh the memories. Funny how how a discussion about McDonalds can bring them up. IIRC, that night we went to the Hofbrauhaus, both of us probably had a drab to much Asbach. Going out, another couple was coming in. She uttered that line from Stripes. "Don't eat the Schnitzel, it's full of Schnauzer" We are sitting giggling like a couple of schoolgirls about that.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 10:15 PM (nkPV9)

840 Etc. etc. Compared to them, I am Citizen Normal. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:13 AM (mizYg) Well, I was comparing you to horde normal. The vegetarian non gun owner of the pack. (Note I didn't say anti-gun. I respect your beliefs on that.)

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:17 PM (QeH9j)

841 836 After a while you do get used to it, Steve. I got conditioned to being hungry. Once you get there, pounds melt off. Sucks, but that's what it took, for me. I'm now at the weight I was when graduating HS 32 years ago. These 34 jeans are feeling good, vs. The relaxed 38s I was in a couple a years ago. Went from 245 to 190.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:18 PM (ojnk6)

842 Well everyone, I had a fantastic time tonight chatting with you all. Thanks for all the fun and feedback. See you tomorrow night. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 08, 2014 10:18 PM (HVI5a)

843 828 and zombie, since RWC isn't giving up the meta theme here for this ONT, do you see one? Posted by: rich@gmu Is the question, "What is the meta theme of this thread?" Wait -- threads have meta themes? Gosh if I know. Math...Mars...Drillbit...if you rearrange the letters, you get Hardball Mitt's Rim or Bastard Mirth Mill or Mallard Birth Mist or Ribald Malt Mirths or Dammit Shrill Brat! or Hmmmm: Tilt Libs' Radar (Am I getting close?)

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:20 PM (mizYg)

844 836 MWNP: portion control is what I'm trying to do as well. I'm slowly beginning to accept the ugly reality, which is that I'm going to have to get used to feeling hungry for a long while. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 09, 2014 02:13 AM (HVI5a) Gut it out for a week and you'll be fine. Just eat in regular intervals and you won't feast upon all that is near.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:21 PM (QeH9j)

845 Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 09, 2014 02:18 AM (ojnk6) What diet?

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:22 PM (QeH9j)

846 831 Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:02 AM (mizYg) Are you an occasional fish eating vegetarian? If you are and ever get the urge to just try some fast food once i'd recommend the fish tacos at Del Taco, tasty. Posted by: booger "Fish-eating vegetarian"? Is that sort of like the virgin who occasionally works as a hooker? Ain't no such thing. But I do enjoy fish tacos. And they enjoy me.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:22 PM (mizYg)

847

see rwc above. might lose my .gmu nic if i don't get it.

burger update ... the bacon adds to the experience. not bad, too much effort, but not bad.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:22 PM (RhQvZ)

848 846 No specific diet, just my own deal. I eat when hungry, just trained myself not to be hungry too much. These days, need to remind myself to eat on a daily basis. Not a recommended program, but it lost 50 lbs. For me.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:26 PM (ojnk6)

849 Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 09, 2014 02:26 AM (ojnk6) Oh ok.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:28 PM (QeH9j)

850 I think my favorite story from college was the time I was in line for a burger sometime after 11pm in the mini-cafeteria (all take out, limited seating), and a guy who obviously was a lineman for our football team orders a grilled chicken sandwich. The cheerleader-looking girl next to him says "You can't eat that, it's an animal." Without missing a beat he responds with irrefutable logic:

"A chicken is not an animal. It's only purpose in life is for me to eat it"

Posted by: Methos at April 08, 2014 10:29 PM (hO9ad)

851 The most weight I have ever lost (about 1/3 of my mass) was when I stopped eating three meals a days and went to about 5 small meals per day. Breakfast, eat as much as I want. Lunch, less than breakfast. The rest of the day, small servings of whatever. Eating a large meal late at night, that is not good. You won't sleep well either if you are bloated with food. Of course, I am not a young person, I am well beyond original warranty.

Posted by: navybrat at April 08, 2014 10:29 PM (JgC5a)

852 839 Zombie, I think I want to marry you. Posted by: shredded chi I'll have to ask my other huswives if that's OK with them. I think we can squeeze another one in the bed.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:30 PM (mizYg)

853 zombie and rich@gmu... Last clue- .dnuora gnissem tsuj saW .si ti tahw aedi on evah I

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:33 PM (QeH9j)

854 OK, someone explain math answer so that an LIV would understand it. Posted by: Nip Sip See comment #771 above. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 01:34 AM (mizYg) My approach: I notice it is a sine function and that x = 2π corresponds with y=-1. Arcsine (-1) has several answers, but 3π/2 is the lowest on the first sine cycle. Thus the sine where x = 2π must equal the sine of 3π/2. The shown sine wave must therefor be of the form sine (z*x) where z is a scaling constant. sine (3π/2) = sine (z*2π

arcsine [sine (3π/2)] = arcsine [sine (z*2π

] 3π/2 = z*2π 3/2 = z*2 3/4 = z. The equation is y = sine(z*x) Since on the first full sine cycle - at point P (P = x) - arcsine (0) = 2π, sine (2π

= sine (3x/4) = sine (3P/4) As above Arcsine [sine (2π

] = Arcsine [sine (3P/4)} 2π = 3P/4 8π = 3P 8π/3 = P QED. I'm a bit rusty, but that is the more rigorous way of doing it. It is important to learn to do it that way because simple tricks and "figurin'" won't work in complex systems. As my father used to say, be mentally lazy and just write out every step, and that way you can build upon those simple steps to figure out complex questions.

Posted by: The π Hat at April 08, 2014 10:34 PM (AymDN)

855 852 I have lost weight on that program slowly as well, but always wound up putting it back on as portions increased over time at each mesl, stop. Your suggestions are the best way to lose weight, as Docs recommend, but kinda tough for the average person to do.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:34 PM (ojnk6)

856 "Fish-eating vegetarian"? Is that sort of like the virgin who occasionally works as a hooker? Heh, i'd say that's an apt analogy.

Posted by: booger at April 08, 2014 10:34 PM (xRDdL)

857 The most weight I have ever lost (about 1/3 of my mass) was when I stopped eating three meals a days and went to about 5 small meals per day. Breakfast, eat as much as I want. Lunch, less than breakfast. The rest of the day, small servings of whatever.

Eating a large meal late at night, that is not good. You won't sleep well either if you are bloated with food.

Of course, I am not a young person, I am well beyond original warranty.

Posted by: navybrat at April 09, 2014 02:29 AM

Huh. I do something likewise. But, with only one meal per day. Nothing at all until night time, but no restrictions on what I eat. Anything I want no matter how unhealthy and fattening and as much as I feel like. No soda (xcept for liquor mixing). Works for me..

Posted by: otho at April 08, 2014 10:38 PM (9gNQd)

858

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 02:33 AM (QeH9j)

a clue ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:40 PM (RhQvZ)

859 Etc. etc. Compared to them, I am Citizen Normal. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:13 AM (mizYg) Well, I was comparing you to horde normal. The vegetarian non gun owner of the pack. (Note I didn't say anti-gun. I respect your beliefs on that.) Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 02:17 AM (QeH9j) When the burning times come and the hoards of invade hippie-ville, don't forget to paint hobo blood on your door frame to survive the onslaughtÂ…

Posted by: Moses' Hat at April 08, 2014 10:40 PM (AymDN)

860 858 Otho, doing the same here, and it's working for me.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 08, 2014 10:41 PM (ojnk6)

861 Darn you pixy and your smiley faces!

Posted by: The π Hat at April 08, 2014 10:42 PM (AymDN)

862 .52Â The most weight I have ever lost (about 1/3 of my mass) was when I stopped eating three meals a days and went to about 5 small meals per day. ------- Ding! Dang! Ding! We have a winner! This is key. Your body metabolizes much better, you are always full of fuel this way (energy to burn calories) - our bodies were designed (or evolved, depending on your belief) to work. To do that work, it needs fuel. Eating smaller portions throughout the day ensures that you stop having unhealthy cravings, blah, blah, blah...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 08, 2014 10:43 PM (z8+9E)

863

c mars in virgo ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:47 PM (RhQvZ)

864 855 Posted by: The π Hat at April 09, 2014 02:34 AM I can only hope that was satire. While I'm sure your method produces the right answer, I get the same answer using my technique, which is fit for a caveman or a toddler: There are five dots in a row. The dots are equally spaced. The first dot is worth "0." The fourth dot is worth "2." What must the other dots be worth? Well, there are two dots evenly spaced between 0 and 2, therefore they must be at .666 and 1.333. Which tells us that the spaces between all the dots is always .666. Therefore, the final dot must be worth 2.666. I know that sounds retarded, but that's how I did it.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:47 PM (mizYg)

865

does maet have an email i can send my bacon big mac pic too?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:48 PM (RhQvZ)

866 I was going to say just look at the end of the post, cause he always puts the email there. But, it's not there tonight. Here's what was at the end of last night's ONT:

Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 08, 2014 10:57 PM (IN7k+)

867

or i can send it to the hq's add'y on the front page ...

and blame you all.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:57 PM (RhQvZ)

868 Posted by: The π Hat at April 09, 2014 02:34 AM I can only hope that was satire. While I'm sure your method produces the right answer, I get the same answer using my technique, which is fit for a caveman or a toddler: There are five dots in a row. The dots are equally spaced. The first dot is worth "0." The fourth dot is worth "2." What must the other dots be worth? Well, there are two dots evenly spaced between 0 and 2, therefore they must be at .666 and 1.333. Which tells us that the spaces between all the dots is always .666. Therefore, the final dot must be worth 2.666. I know that sounds retarded, but that's how I did it. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 02:47 AM (mizYg) Not satire. Just rigorous. Your type of eyeballing is fine for simple problems, but complex ones require doing everything longhand, even the simple steps, in order to make sense of anything. It's a neat trick, but difficult to apply universally. If you can't do that, then you don't grok the problem. My method allows you to grok the sine wave and the equation, and apply it freely in a near infinite number of ways. The problem with Common Core is that is uses a lot of little tricks and ways of doing something that doesn't go to the essence of the math in questions. That can only be done by doing things longhand to get a full feel for the calculation. Otherwise all you are doing is teaching the child to go through the motions with "methods" that are limited in scope and depth. As my father told me: Paper is cheap. Just put down simple principles down on paper and carry through is obvious and universal ways. That thinking got me a 5 on the A.P. Calculus (BC) test without breaking a sweat. The rigorous method is critical for higher mathematical (as well as scientific and engineering) fields.

Posted by: The π Hat at April 08, 2014 10:58 PM (AymDN)

869 i feel like a douchebag for sending him a pic of my bacon big mac...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 10:59 PM (RhQvZ)

870 Wait, I got it: Tit Lard Harms Limb Right?

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 11:00 PM (mizYg)

871 Send him a picture of a douchebag to even it out.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 08, 2014 11:01 PM (IN7k+)

872 Nick Searcy on Red Eye.

Posted by: Hate Miser at April 08, 2014 11:02 PM (08jH8)

873 582 I saw Roman Concrete open for Slayer in Cleveland ..... '02 I believe

Hello Cleveland!

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at April 08, 2014 11:15 PM (AWwDY)

874

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 09, 2014 03:01 AM (IN7k+)

lol ... sent it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 11:18 PM (RhQvZ)

875

Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 03:00 AM (mizYg) -

keep on it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 11:22 PM (RhQvZ)

876 The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik Â· 2h ULTIMATE WARRIOR I LOVE YOU FOREVER #RIPULIMATEWARRIOR http://instagram.com/p/mjlgq4nk9M/

Posted by: The Wrasslin' Hat at April 08, 2014 11:23 PM (AymDN)

877 Not satire. Just rigorous. Your type of eyeballing is fine for simple problems, but complex ones require doing everything longhand, even the simple steps, in order to make sense of anything. It's a neat trick, but difficult to apply universally. If you can't do that, then you don't grok the problem. My method allows you to grok the sine wave and the equation, and apply it freely in a near infinite number of ways. The problem with Common Core is that is uses a lot of little tricks and ways of doing something that doesn't go to the essence of the math in questions. That can only be done by doing things longhand to get a full feel for the calculation. Otherwise all you are doing is teaching the child to go through the motions with "methods" that are limited in scope and depth. As my father told me: Paper is cheap. Just put down simple principles down on paper and carry through is obvious and universal ways. That thinking got me a 5 on the A.P. Calculus (BC) test without breaking a sweat. The rigorous method is critical for higher mathematical (as well as scientific and engineering) fields. Posted by: The π Hat First, you must understand a few things: a. You are a math genius. b. Most other people, including me, are math dunces. c. The world needs math geniuses like you to build bridges and send rocket to the moon 'n' stuff. d. The rest of us, however, are (I'm convinced) biologically incapable of grokking advanced math. So we leave it up to the Math Witch 1%ers like you to do all the hard stuff that makes civilization run. Hierarchy and specialization are good for society, see. e. Meanwhile, back in average-brain-land, the very best we can do is simplistic visualization gimmicks to figure out rudimentary problems. For us, that's as advanced as we will ever get, because we are simply not capable of gong any further. People like me and the other 99% would never ever ever be able to send anyone to the moon, even if we used up all the paper in the world futilely attempting to figure out "arcsines" etc. The problem with old-old-school math was that it attempted to treat everyone as if they were capable of figuring out math "the hard way" (what you call the "rigorous" way). Which is why it brought many of us (such as myself) to tears and ruined our grade point average. But the problem with the Common Core (and earlier "New Math" fads) is that it tries to teach idiosyncratic gimmicks that maybe some kid or adult thought up once, but which would also never occur (even in its simplicity) to other average kids. I believe that every person (in the 99%) visualizes math differently, uniquely, and that trying to force us all to learn someone else's "weird trick" is as futile and impossible (and even more useless) than teaching it the old-school "real" way. If I were in change of math education for K-12, I would jettison Common Core and New Math and just teach what I'd call "Hands-on real-world math." The smart kids would be shunted into super-advanced classes where they could bathe in genius-level math concepts all day long, and the average kids would be mostly "let off the hook," but taught financial math, construction/carpentry math, traveling math, basic statistics, etc. In other words, I'd bring back "tracking" but make it even more accelerated -- "hyper-tracking" in which the self-evident math whizzes are given free reign and are not burdened by sharing a classroom or a curriculum with the dumbos; while the dumbos are not tortured with stuff they'll never understand or use.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 11:25 PM (mizYg)

878 Alright which one of you morons stole the moon. It turned deep orange and now it's gone!!! Ya just can't have nice things! 4 day till I rejoin the realm of the daywalkers

Posted by: NativeNH at April 08, 2014 11:25 PM (IRPf1)

879 Mr. Bad Tits: Ram Hill

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 11:34 PM (mizYg)

880 First, you must understand a few things: a. You are a math genius. b. Most other people, including me, are math dunces. c. The world needs math geniuses like you to build bridges and send rocket to the moon 'n' stuff. d. The rest of us, however, are (I'm convinced) biologically incapable of grokking advanced math. So we leave it up to the Math Witch 1%ers like you to do all the hard stuff that makes civilization run. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 03:25 AM (mizYg) I would put forth that while some are more mathmatically inclined than others, it is possible to teach rigorous methods to the vast majority of students. It's actually conducive to intellectual lazyness. As my father, yet again, said to me, he would be intellectually lazy and just write things down longhand on paper and go through it. Teach those basic methods - teach those basic concepts - and you will be able to maximize your mathematical potential.

Posted by: The Integral Hat at April 08, 2014 11:36 PM (AymDN)

881 The problem with old-old-school math was that it attempted to treat everyone as if they were capable of figuring out math "the hard way" (what you call the "rigorous" way). Which is why it brought many of us (such as myself) to tears and ruined our grade point average. The problem ain't with the kids, it's with incompetent teachers, horrid teaching materials, and general idiocy on the implementation side. "New Math" is crap. However, many of the core principles were sound and made sense if it was taught by someone who wasn't an idiot.

Posted by: The Anti-Derivative Hat at April 08, 2014 11:40 PM (AymDN)

882

getting into a math discussion in the small hours of the morning ...

not unmindful of this thread, my bed and pillow are close by, and I'll be over there trying to get some sleep.

thanks for the thread Maet and the company horde.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 08, 2014 11:43 PM (RhQvZ)

883 C What do I win?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 11:50 PM (yh0zB)

884 I would put forth that while some are more mathmatically inclined than others, it is possible to teach rigorous methods to the vast majority of students. Posted by: The Integral Hat Consider this historical fact, which tends to confirm your hypothesis: In the late 1600s, there were only two people in the entire world who understood calculus (Newton and Liebnitz). For many years after the first description of calculus, all the world's greatest mathematicians and geniuses struggled to grasp even its basics. Most failed. By the first decades of the 1700s, finally a tiny handful of people -- probably fewer than 100 worldwide -- finally "got" calculus. As the 1700s and 1800s progressed, the number of people who came to understand calculus grew with every passing generation, but the total percentage of the population conversant with it remained very very low -- way less than 1%. Finally in the 1900s with the rise of mass education, suddenly millions of students were expected to learn calculus -- and many did. And now, today, if you put an eight-year-old in an advanced math program, by the time he or she is, say, 12 years old, calculus comes naturally and can be learned by even the average kid (or so they say - not me). So: Did the human brain evolve very rapidly over the course of just a few centuries to be able to grasp advanced math concepts? Or was the problem simply that we didn't teach kids properly for all those centuries? How else can we explain the mystery of how something was incomprehensible to the world's geniuses just a short time ago is now easily grasped by schoolchildren? Maybe you are right and that the average kid CAN be taught to do things the "rigorous" way.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 11:52 PM (mizYg)

885 wow... The way I learnt it in 'lectricity class is the period of a sinewave starts at T0 and ends at T4. If you have T3 and you want T4 the math is whatever is at T3 divided by 3 and multiplied by 4, ergo: 2pi/3 x 4/1 = 8pi/3 In other words, roughly zombie's method.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 12:03 AM (yh0zB)

886 Maybe you are right and that the average kid CAN be taught to do things the "rigorous" way. Posted by: zombie at April 09, 2014 03:52 AM (mizYg) A kid who is doing poorly could be doing poorly due to many reasons. They ought to at least be exposed to this. When I was in Kindergarten in public school, the teachers said I should be held back because I wasn't inclined to make some artsy-fartsy thing regarding letters. They declared me stupid because I found what they were making me doing boring as f**k. I went to a private school and they quickly figured out that I was bright, but that the public school teachers were morons. Now-a-days I would have been drugged up and shoved through the system, and given no help due to being a "Kyriarch." Heck, with all the brainwashing going on, I'd be some dips**t Occupy schmuck. I'm so lucky to not be a child now, and to have had parents that gave a d**n.

Posted by: The Educational Hat at April 09, 2014 12:05 AM (AymDN)

887 When I was in Kindergarten in public school, the teachers said I should be held back because I wasn't inclined to make some artsy-fartsy thing regarding letters. They declared me stupid because I found what they were making me doing boring as f**k. Posted by: The Educational Hat at April 09, 2014 04:05 AM (AymDN) This is actually a common story; the genius kids are bored to tears and so they don't do the work, instead they find other things to distract and amuse themselves. They are deemed retards and put in the box class where they never learn anything unless someone (usually a parent) puts the time into finding out why they aren't doing well. IIRC Albert Einstein's mother was told the same thing, so she home-schooled him.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 12:09 AM (yh0zB)

888 The way I learnt it in 'lectricity class is the period of a sinewave starts at T0 and ends at T4. If you have T3 and you want T4 the math is whatever is at T3 divided by 3 and multiplied by 4, ergo: 2pi/3 x 4/1 = 8pi/3 In other words, roughly zombie's method. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 04:03 AM (yh0zB) The nadir of the sine wave is 3/4 of the full cycle. Thus 2π is 3/4 of the full cycle. The full cycle then is 4/3 of 2π. Of course, if you want to find the position when Y (the amplitude) = -0.87 of the sinewave (in the upswing part of the sine curve, this method breaks down and becomes utterly useless. With the rigorous method you don't even have to really think about it! If it is on the 1st iteration of the sine wave then it is just calculated as follows: y = sin (3x/4) arcsin y = 3x/4 arcsin -0.87 = 3x/4 [4*arcisin(0.87)]/3 = x Fairly straightforward and requiring no cleverness whatsoever. To calculate the actual number, I'd look up the number in a trigonometic table or use a RPN calculator to enter: 0.87 ENTER Change sign ASIN 4 * 3 Ã· Using my RPN desktop calculator (Excalibur), I get -1.055202320549 in radians, which rounds to -1.055. This is about -π/3 (again simple conversion with arithmetic using π=3.1415) Knowing to shift over by 2π, this leads to, approximately, after rounding: 6π/3 + (-π/3) = 5π/3 The sine of which rounds to -0.87. QED and stuff.

Posted by: The π Hat at April 09, 2014 12:35 AM (AymDN)

889 Meant downswing part, or the part where the derivative was negative.

Posted by: The π Hat at April 09, 2014 12:39 AM (AymDN)

890 But that's not what the question was asking for. The question was asking for the period of the sine wave if the value at the 3/4 mark is 2pi; all X axis stuff and who cares about Y. The amplitude of the sine wave at a given spot is a whole different set of equations. Which leads me to believe you are an engineer.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 12:43 AM (yh0zB)

891 But that's not what the question was asking for. The question was asking for the period of the sine wave if the value at the 3/4 mark is 2pi; all X axis stuff and who cares about Y. The amplitude of the sine wave at a given spot is a whole different set of equations. Which leads me to believe you are an engineer. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 04:43 AM (yh0zB) Scientist. A trick to get a handful of answers is just a recital of the trick, and with so many tricks it can be overwhelming and in the end almost useless to teach. Grok the broader scope and everything else is almost trivial Also, it is the positive derivative. Silly thing, I keep on mixing up π with τ. I blame the gin & tonicÂ…

Posted by: The τ Hat at April 09, 2014 12:51 AM (AymDN)

892 lol, scientist, engineer. Not a slam, just an observation that what seems so simple to some appears to be the long way 'round for others. I'm just a simple tech, I just make it work and leave the designing up to someone else.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 01:11 AM (yh0zB)

893 lol, scientist, engineer. Not a slam, just an observation that what seems so simple to some appears to be the long way 'round for others. I'm just a simple tech, I just make it work and leave the designing up to someone else. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 05:11 AM (yh0zB) No slam taken. It's just that your/zombie's method tells you a few answers without any understanding. If all you are using it that, it's fine, but it does not teach they why or how of the sine wave itself. I've always found it easier to remember a few simple rules and then calculate out the answers then to remember "trick" after "trick" or answer set after answer set. It's a completely different mindset, admittedly.

Posted by: The Scientific Hat at April 09, 2014 01:17 AM (AymDN)

894 Of note, the method of zombie, et al., can not be applied unless one knows that the first x intercept is exactly 1/2 of the ditance on the x axis of the 2nd x intercept, or that the maximul is at 1/2 of the first intercetpt (or 1/4 of the entire first cycle), and consequently that the 2π position is indicating 3/4 of the first cycle. The problem, now-a-days, is that kids aren't taught even that, and expected to solve the problems!

Posted by: The Scientific Hat at April 09, 2014 01:27 AM (AymDN)

895

@888 Ed Hat

"..and to have had parents that gave a d**n."

Unsurprisingly, that is the key to a lot of positive outcomes in life.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 09, 2014 01:31 AM (0cBHN)

896 stop talking about math or he will do it again tomorrow!

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 09, 2014 01:42 AM (LWu6U)

897 stop talking about math or he will do it again tomorrow! Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 09, 2014 05:42 AM (LWu6U) I hath no fear! 1st 500 digits of π: 500 digits of pi, written as 50 digits in each row: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751 05820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067 98214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812 84811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819 64428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909 14564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127 37245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643 67892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609 43305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854 80744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491

Posted by: The Numerical Hat at April 09, 2014 01:58 AM (AymDN)

898 The Hat is of course correct, but as stated the problem is purely one of algebra, and while it helps to know what a sine wave is, the problem would work exactly the same with, say, a triangle wave. We're told that 3/4x = 2π (3/4 of a wavelength), so all we need to do is multiply both sides by 4 to remove that divisor: 3x = 8π And then divide both sides by 3: x = 8π/3.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 01:58 AM (2yngH)

899 Credit Card records show that the Feds charged the application fee for my Federal Curio and Relic Firearms Collectors License. So we know that the application made it to them, and was actually opened and read by someone. Should take about another two weeks till they complete the process. And I saw way up thread that concrete girl is on her way to receiving her Smith and Wesson.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 01:58 AM (hDwVv)

900 Hi Pixie Long time,no see. Howz things?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 02:03 AM (hDwVv)

901 We're told that 3/4x = 2π (3/4 of a wavelength), so all we need to do is multiply both sides by 4 to remove that divisor: 3x = 8π And then divide both sides by 3: x = 8π/3. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 05:58 AM (2yngH) But you don't know that it is 3/4 of a sine wave unless you understand sine waves. You don't know that "3/4x = 2π (3/4 of a wavelength)" unless you already understand sinewaves. You might be able to assume from the picture, but that is a far cry from knowing it to be so. As a method of teaching, it is ludicrous! It explains and teaches nothing!

Posted by: The Numerical Hat at April 09, 2014 02:05 AM (AymDN)

902 901 Credit Card records show that the Feds charged the application fee for my Federal Curio and Relic Firearms Collectors License. So we know that the application made it to them, and was actually opened and read by someone. Should take about another two weeks till they complete the process. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 05:58 AM (hDwVv) That baby's in file 13......you'll have to have a re-do.

Posted by: BignJames at April 09, 2014 02:14 AM (ZNQKl)

903 You need to know what regular waves are. You don't need to know anything specific about trigonometry. As I said, if it were a triangle wave, it would work exactly the same. This is an algebra question, not a trig question. If it's meant to teach trigonometry, it's a lousy question. You don't need to know anything about trigonometry to answer it, and it doesn't teach anything about trigonometry. Don't blame us for getting the right answer; blame the textbook for asking the wrong question.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 02:16 AM (2yngH)

904 P.S. Hi VIA! Someone left the door to the internet unlocked for two years (Google "heartbleed" if you want to know the details), so it's been a busy day. Nothing here is affected because our version of the software doesn't have the feature with the bug, but there's been a lot of scrambling.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 02:19 AM (2yngH)

905 "That baby's in file 13......you'll have to have a re-do. " Probably a true statement. In the meanwhile, I think I will sit here and watch the people with the big brains argue about math stuff. And maybe watch Joe Biden get his hand stuck in the paste jar..... again.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 02:21 AM (hDwVv)

906 You need to know what regular waves are. You don't need to know anything specific about trigonometry. As I said, if it were a triangle wave, it would work exactly the same. That presupposes that kids are taught what a "regular wave" and a "triangle wave" are, and that they know all the particulars about them. Don't blame us for getting the right answer; blame the textbook for asking the wrong question. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 06:16 AM (2yngH) And ain't that the main problem?

Posted by: The Numerical Hat at April 09, 2014 02:22 AM (AymDN)

907 whew...just went through all the comments and found out that supposedly the two walmarts north of me have .22lr, but the ones to the east and south of me do not. I guess I'll go check it out then...I need some things anyway. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 02:23 AM (yh0zB)

908 Pixie. Saw that being mentioned. Wasn't aware that the effect would spillover into your sphere of involvement. I would imagine that we, the great unwashed masses are only peripherally aware of the total impact. Good luck.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 02:24 AM (hDwVv)

909 Good Morning Insomniacs..

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 09, 2014 02:27 AM (ojnk6)

910
Nothing here is affected because our version of the software doesn't have the feature with the bug, but there's been a lot of scrambling.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 06:19 AM (2yngH)

wait...I thought our version of the software was a bug without features...

OK, now I'm really out. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 09, 2014 02:27 AM (yh0zB)

911 Hey Pixy, If you are still reading, I was wondering what you opinion on this was: http://tinyurl.com/nhnce5u

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 09, 2014 02:28 AM (AymDN)

912 I think my head just exploded.

Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at April 09, 2014 02:35 AM (K3RTK)

913 "I think my head just exploded." Meh..

Posted by: Scanners, The Movie at April 09, 2014 02:40 AM (hDwVv)

914 905>> I think its just a basic trig question and you really don't need algebra to solve it as much as check it. You need to know is what the graph of a sine wave looks like. The sine graph occurs in the space of 2pi and is divided into quarters. The maximum value of 1 occurs at 1/2 pi and the minimum of -1 at 3pi/2. The zeros (x intercepts) occur at pi/2 and 2pi. So the given graph has a quarter of the wave extended beyond 2pi. Its a legit question and no algebra involved; all it requires to solve is some inspection of the graph.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 09, 2014 02:43 AM (60Vyp)

915 WTH blog did I just step in to? Who does math this early.

Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 02:45 AM (10H0T)

916 Was not expecting math at breakfast. Morning hate ... yes. But not math. But since that's the theme ... Barry and his grifter ol' lady leave TownDC at 9:00 am, heading north. Public debt continues to travel north at the same time. 1) How many holes of golf does Barry get in before lunch ? 2) How much wagyu does his ol' lady consume, expressed in kg ? 3) How many future generations will be enslaved in debt to pay for it all ? Show your work.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 02:50 AM (VdBU2)

917 ScoggDogg, its like an infinite series that diverges. Best I can do on only one cup of coffee.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 09, 2014 02:54 AM (60Vyp)

918 WTH blog did I just step in to? Who does math this early. Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 06:45 AM (10H0T) For some, it is "math this late"Â…

Posted by: The Rather Late Night Hat at April 09, 2014 02:55 AM (AymDN)

919 So I walk away to wake the family up, and find out that the morning thread has been up for 13 minutes. So.... NOOD!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 03:06 AM (hDwVv)

920 x=0

Posted by: don at April 09, 2014 03:15 AM (FLFli)

921 Periodically, candy bar constellations drill incomplete jpegs? I got nothing...

Posted by: Jimmy don\'t play that at April 09, 2014 03:43 AM (xQh3r)

922 Political Hat, on that Andrew Bolt case: I think the judge's decision was legally sound, but that the legislation needs to be dragged out behind the barn and killed with an axe.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2014 03:47 AM (2yngH)

923 What idiot made up that math problem? There are 2 pi radians per 360 degrees. None of the answers are correct. Is this common core math?

Posted by: Ken at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (k8JkR)

924 2 pi is at 3/4 of the whole cycle so point p must be at 2 pi * 4/3 or 8/3 pi. Easy cheesy.

Posted by: Yellow Jacket at April 09, 2014 05:25 AM (lpP2g)

925 Posted by: The Farmer at April 09, 2014 12:02 AM (eBupg) - Yes, it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 09, 2014 12:06 AM (aDwsi) - This distant cousin of mine was executed in the last 50 years.

Posted by: Baldy at April 09, 2014 05:48 AM (2bql3)

926 if you want to do math problems, go to http://www.brilliant.org

Posted by: Jeffrey Carter (@pointsnfigures) at April 09, 2014 06:36 AM (LnE5F)

927 OK. i originally computed 5 pi/2 as my first guess

but then reconsidered after a lot of people gave 8pi/3 as answer.

The answer is 8 pi/3 because it is a tricky question.

If you use the fact that a period of a regular sine wave
is 2pi then you get 5 pi/2.

However, although the sin wave starts at 0 at x=0 like a regular
sine wave, the minimum is at 2pi (usually the end of a period
of a regular sin wave).
The minimum of a regular sin wave occurs between pi and 2pi,
or 3pi/2. Thus we do a simple ratio to figure out what P
is , our somewhat funky sin wave period.

3/4 of the period = 2pi

3/4x = 2pi .

x=8pi/3

The actual function graphed is sin(3/4x) but that is not required
to be given.

Please don't tell me this is from Common Core.

Posted by: Jean Fitzmaurice at April 09, 2014 09:07 AM (e1vpX)

928 A) All of the above

B) If you're gonna eats MARS chandy make it a SNICKERS

C) COSMOS sucks. At least the new version

D) Avoid droopy drill bits?

Posted by: Big Old Fat Guy at April 09, 2014 11:19 AM (BpQmM)

929 1pi = maximum 1.5pi = 0 2pi = minimum 2.5pi = 0 3pi = maximum P= 2.5pi = 5pi/2

Posted by: BuzzKillAlpha at April 09, 2014 12:36 PM (QCGwL)

930 No dude - 2pi is 3/4 of the distance to P from the origin
That means that EACH QUARTER of the distance is 2/3 PI
Just add 2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 It equals 2
This means that to go to P, the distance is 2pi + 2/3 pi

This is the same as 8/3 pi or 8pi/3 if you prefer

You're welcome

Posted by: jsd at April 09, 2014 06:38 PM (r2KjP)

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