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Hoopy Frood posted:I guess this might have been covered here quite a bit, but I hope someone doesn't mind explaining it again. I've come back to the forums after a fairly lengthy absence and, uh...what the hell has happened to GBS? John Lennon gets shot.
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Hoopy Frood posted:I guess this might have been covered here quite a bit, but I hope someone doesn't mind explaining it again. I've come back to the forums after a fairly lengthy absence and, uh...what the hell has happened to GBS? Mods got sick of enforcing rules. We traded "A Place Where Everyone Acts Like Reasonable Adults" for "weird twiiiter."
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Gravity Pike posted:Mods got sick of enforcing rules. We traded "A Place Where Everyone Acts Like Reasonable Adults" for "weird twiiiter." But don't you see? My freedom to call women dumb bitches was being taken away by the social justice warriors! Now all is right in the world.
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Hoopy Frood posted:I guess this might have been covered here quite a bit, but I hope someone doesn't mind explaining it again. I've come back to the forums after a fairly lengthy absence and, uh...what the hell has happened to GBS? GBS was D&D lite with more news articles, now it's a different thing.
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I'm 85 kg, male, 6'1", reasonably healthy. I'm going to be drinking to the point of quite severe drunkenness tonight, but need to drive home tomorrow at around 4 PM. Will likely finish drinking at 2 AM. Is that a safe enough interval to drive or will I need to adjust my plans? Additional stuff: Legal BAC here is 0.05 Will be drinking roughly a bottle and a half of white wine, a couple ciders Edit: I did Google stuff, but the answers are extremely vague, and are primarily just "don't drink and drive"
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http://www.drinkwise.org.au/you-alcohol/alcohol-facts/drink-driving/quote:To keep under the 0.05 BAC limit, males can drink no more than two (2) standard alcoholic drinks in the first hour (10gm of alcohol in each) followed by one (1) standard alcoholic drink every hour after that. However, females can drink no more than one (1) standard alcoholic drink every hour. Skanky Burns fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Dec 23, 2013 |
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Skanky Burns posted:http://www.drinkwise.org.au/you-alcohol/alcohol-facts/drink-driving/ I'm a pretty seasoned drinker, so I should be okay. Thank you, though!
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How warm can a laptop power brick get before I should be concerned about it?
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What is up with GBS in the last few months? It's like moderators have given up? Also what happened to these threads? i) MS Paint threads ii) Photoshop Fridays Seems to have been put on the ban list a few years back.
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hooah posted:How warm can a laptop power brick get before I should be concerned about it? Are you concerned about starting a fire by accident, burning yourself, or having a small child burn themselves? Or are you worried about frying the laptop itself? In my experience, my wife's laptop has a huge power brick and I'd say that it gets fairly hot to the touch, but you'd probably have to be holding it fairly tightly/sitting on it unaware for it to burn you badly. Same deal with a kid, as long as they have a working autonomous reaction system, they should be OK. As far as starting a fire goes, assuming the cords are all still covered in their protective sheathing, it would have to get somewhere over 400 degrees before it would set your carpet, couch, clothes, wood floor, table, etc. on fire. I imagine it would be pretty hard to find a consumer electronic device that got that hot during normal operation. If you are worried about the laptop itself, keep the brick off and away from the exhaust ports and you should be fine. That of course is assuming it's functioning within normal parameters. I'd say that if you start smelling melting plastic when you run your laptop, you may want to have it looked at, but otherwise, you're probably ok. EDIT: Yes I am! posted:What is up with GBS in the last few months? It's like moderators have given up? Seriously, dude? Top of the loving page. RTFT quote:Also what happened to these threads? No good Paint threads have popped up recently, but there's no ban against them specifically. As for PF threads, we've got the WAR ON CHRISTMAS stickied in GBS, Photoshop Two Things was there last week, and the amazing Star Wars/9-11 thread was in GBS for about two weeks. They're all in GBS still CzarChasm fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Dec 23, 2013 |
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Cumshot in the Dark posted:He specifically asked me to get him one about the baroque period. Well then! Sorry for the delay, I've been in concerts pretty much nonstop. Here are some good options, depending on what speaks to you more: This is borderline textbook and not really something to sit down and read cover-to-cover, but it's a pretty exhaustive source on Baroque composers. http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Baroque-Music-Julie-Sadie/dp/0520214145 And interesting read but much more specific, this contrasts the poor reception of Bach's cello suites to the overwhelmingly positive reviews of Casals' recordings of the same suites two centuries later. http://www.amazon.com/Cello-Suites-Casals-Baroque-Masterpiece/dp/0802145248 Again focusing on Bach, this is more of a guide to performing Baroque music, particularly piano works. http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Baroque-European-Materials-Classical/dp/0945193769 This extends beyond the Baroque period, but covers a lot of interesting information that isn't often covered in music history classes. http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Orchestra-History-Institution-1650-1815/dp/0195189558 Hope that helps!
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Can someone remind me how to search for a specific forum member's posts? The user I sent a gift to for SASSmas seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth and I wanted to see if he's posted elsewhere.
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Nessa posted:Has anyone worked with printable shrinks dink paper before? I'm trying to make some charms for a friend of mine and the black ink turns completely green. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I've never heard of the printable kind, but the regular shrinky dink paper is great with colored pencils. Also I don't know if the printer kind is different, but they're really not that durable. You can snap them pretty easily. So, it's not really good to use one as a charm on a keychain or something that will get thrown around a lot. They're fun for magnets, though.
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Sanford posted:Can someone remind me how to search for a specific forum member's posts? The user I sent a gift to for SASSmas seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth and I wanted to see if he's posted elsewhere. I have a "Post History" button below each users post that does exactly this but it might be a forums upgrade. You can also message a mod who is part of SASSmas or post in the SASSmas thread about it. If you just want to dig up post history, grab their user ID by viewing their profile and it will be the &userid=___ in the url. Then copy the userid into the ___ in the url below. Again not sure if this is a forums upgrade feature or not. http://forums.somethingawful.com/search.php?action=do_search_posthistory&userid=___
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Manslaughter posted:I have a "Post History" button below each users post that does exactly this but it might be a forums upgrade. You can also message a mod who is part of SASSmas or post in the SASSmas thread about it. It was the latter method I wanted, with the forums ID. Thanks a lot for your help.
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Manslaughter posted:Again not sure if this is a forums upgrade feature or not. Anyway, another, not in any way more convenient method is going to the forums index, clicking the Search The Forums link and on the screen you get, you have a username filter. You can then search for something that is likely to show up in a post, like a space. This could be useful if you can remember someone's handle but have no clue where to find a post from this person to link you to their profile to extract their userid.
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CzarChasm posted:Are you concerned about starting a fire by accident, burning yourself, or having a small child burn themselves? Or are you worried about frying the laptop itself? Thanks for the information. My mother-in-law unplugged it last night because she thought it was getting quite warm (she does IT stuff at the local community college, so she's not a tech dummy), but I haven't noticed it getting all that hot today (and she's said it isn't nearly as hot as it was last night), so who knows. Would this be something that Linux could cause? That's what OS I left my computer running last night.
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razz posted:I've never heard of the printable kind, but the regular shrinky dink paper is great with colored pencils. I can't exactly recreate these drawings with coloured pencils. I've made them before, and they tend to come out a little yellowish, but never with the black lines completely turning green. I don't want to gently caress up another batch because this paper is expensive.
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I bought my house about 2 years ago and it has a security alarm system that we never activated. I'm looking to replace it with something DIY and there's a large metal enclosure box in the closet securing all the wiring and electrical. Only problem is I never received the keys to this box. Is there any way into this box short of either picking the lock or drilling out the lock? It's a standard cabinet lock from what I can tell. I've been able to defeat some similar locks with trial and error but this one isn't budging.
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I work with lockable panels and the standard response is to drill the lock and install a new one. You can try to jimmy it but you risk damaging the enclosure or the door
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Why is it that the NFL season is so short? Compared to many other sports it seems that they hardly play any games. Even other hard contact sports like Rugby League and Rugby Union in Australia play at least about 10 more games a season so I don't see why it would be for healthy/injury reasons. It just seems odd to me when you think at how much money is involved in the NFL and its pretty much the biggest sport.
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A few years ago there was a new contract being negotiated between the league and player's union and that was something the league was pushing for, adding 2 or 3 games. The player's union was against it due to player safety and it didn't end up happening. And nowadays there has been a lot of press (and lawsuits) about player safety and concussions and things like retired players committing suicide after head injuries and getting early onset dementia etc. so the environment is not right for the season to be lengthened any time soon. Another reason to not add games is tradition since all the records are tied to 16 game seasons and adding more games would screw up the records.
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I see other questions on why GBS 2.1 is such poo poo, for reasons. Is there any actual difference between GBS 2.1 and FYAD? And what can we do to stop this?
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What film is this from?
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Synonymous posted:What film is this from? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=well+i+say+we+get+drunk+because+i%27m+all+out+of+ideas&l=1 
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Fists Up posted:Why is it that the NFL season is so short? You can't really compare other sports to football, contact or injury-wise. In few other sports do you have 250+ lb men with track athlete speed running literally as fast as they can into each other -- plays in rugby or gaelic football, such that they are, are usually moving at a more steady pace without the high bursts of speed from a receiver running at full speed catching a ball in the open field and then being levelled by a safety who has had a 10 yard running start on him from the exact opposite direction. There are far more concussions and severe knee injuries in football than any other sport, despite (or perhaps because of) the armor they wear. Indeed, helmets and thick shoulder pads would alter the fundamentals of rugby — especially the tackling part, which has less to do with knocking an opponent to the ground, more to do with wrapping him up and keeping him there. "It's a more precise skill, rather than just the car wreck effect that you see on the gridiron, and that's the thing that keeps the game pretty safe for us," O'Sullivan said. Rugby players are taught to never use their head in making the tackle, and without a helmet to protect them, the logic is pretty clear. Any player leading with the head is almost certain to get hurt as badly as the person he's trying to hit. Meanwhile, ballcarriers in rugby — a game with continuous play and no forward passes — are also taught that it's better to go down easily so they can more effectively work the ball back to a teammate and keep play moving. This is not the way of the NFL, and suddenly, the league finds itself in the midst of a safety crisis. http://topnews360.tmcnet.com/topics/associated-press/articles/2010/10/26/111697-football-without-helmets-elsewhere-its-rugby.htm regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Dec 24, 2013 |
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Gravity Pike posted:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=well+i+say+we+get+drunk+because+i%27m+all+out+of+ideas&l=1 You're not my dad
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regulargonzalez posted:You can't really compare other sports to football, contact or injury-wise. In few other sports do you have 250+ lb men with track athlete speed running literally as fast as they can into each other -- plays in rugby or gaelic football, such that they are, are usually moving at a more steady pace without the high bursts of speed from a receiver running at full speed catching a ball in the open field and then being levelled by a safety who has had a 10 yard running start on him from the exact opposite direction. There are far more concussions and severe knee injuries in football than any other sport, despite (or perhaps because of) the armor they wear. Football Exceptionalism.
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I'm following a couple of Mormon missionaries for a documentary and I managed to be invited for their Christmas dinner tomorrow. What kind of gift should I bring?
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Not alcohol! (Kidding, kidding.) Do you have a sense for how well fed they are? Depending on the area, they may either be very well taken care of by local members of the church (both through hosted dinners and donated food), or they may be living on canned food. Either way, some really nice packaged snacks would make their day--but if they're not well fed and they have a fridge, some fresh vegetables, eggs, and cheese would be a lovely gesture. Also, if one or both of them are from Utah (and if you're in the US), they might like a bottle of caffeine-free root beer. Seriously. Edit: I'd be very interested in seeing your documentary when it's done. Shoot me a PM.
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Fragrag posted:I'm following a couple of Mormon missionaries for a documentary and I managed to be invited for their Christmas dinner tomorrow. What kind of gift should I bring? Flowers are always a nice gift for the hostess if it's a pretty traditional family. Either that or bring some kind of small food you really like so you can share something with this family that's obviously sharing a lot with you. Totally unrelated: are shrink rays in any way scientifically feasible? I was wondering about this on my way into work today.
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sleepingbuddha posted:I see other questions on why GBS 2.1 is such poo poo, for reasons. Is there any actual difference between GBS 2.1 and FYAD? And what can we do to stop this? Make fun of the bad posts and make good posts. Don't count on everyone else to entertain you.
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kedo posted:Totally unrelated: are shrink rays in any way scientifically feasible? I was wondering about this on my way into work today. On the one hand, there is a massive amount of empty space within atoms and between molecules. On the other hand, the reason for this empty space is due to fundamental laws of nature, electromagnetism. In order to overcome this, you must use a lot of energy. For instance, black holes overcome it due to their immense gravitational field, and so matter can be compressed to a small fraction of their original size. But if that gravity suddenly vanished, those particles would spring apart again. So you'd need to supply a continual source of energy to maintain the compression. Further, the molecules don't wouldn't maintain their integrity in such a scenario, which I assume isn't what you have in mind; you want to be able to shrink a cat down until it's 3 inches long, not turn it into a 3 inch ball of a slurry of fundamental particles.
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kedo posted:Totally unrelated: are shrink rays in any way scientifically feasible? I was wondering about this on my way into work today. Regulargonzalez touched on this, but the short answer; no. Not even close.
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Namarrgon posted:Regulargonzalez touched on this, but the short answer; no. Not even close. Well, hold on there. "Scientifically feasible" covers everything we could possibly do, even in the far flung future. For biological organisms, the important part is maintaining internal equilibrium and neural functions. Imagine a device that actually could "understand" what it was pointed at, deconstruct it at an atomic level, and reconstitute a miniature facsimile that behaved in every way like the original, but that was smaller physically, having discarding the extra material. Inorganic materials are even easier in such a scenario. 3D print-a-cat: it could happen!
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Is there a set list of which states (banks) get coins from which mint? Obviously states like California are more likely to get coins from Denver, whereas Florida would get their coins from Philadelphia. But what about states in between, like Illinois? Do they get a mix, or is it totally random for banks in all states?
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baquerd posted:Well, hold on there. "Scientifically feasible" covers everything we could possibly do, even in the far flung future. For biological organisms, the important part is maintaining internal equilibrium and neural functions. Imagine a device that actually could "understand" what it was pointed at, deconstruct it at an atomic level, and reconstitute a miniature facsimile that behaved in every way like the original, but that was smaller physically, having discarding the extra material. Inorganic materials are even easier in such a scenario. See I was thinking along these same lines, but if you discard extra material you're not actually making a smaller version of the original – you're making a physically lesser version of the original. I mean think if you were making a half-sized human, and you took out half of the atoms that made up their brain. Wouldn't there be a corresponding drop in the brain's processing power? Deep stuff, guys. But this is all depressing news to me because it's convinced me there's no way I'll ever be able to be an innerspace explorer like I'd hoped.
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baquerd posted:Well, hold on there. "Scientifically feasible" covers everything we could possibly do, even in the far flung future. For biological organisms, the important part is maintaining internal equilibrium and neural functions. Imagine a device that actually could "understand" what it was pointed at, deconstruct it at an atomic level, and reconstitute a miniature facsimile that behaved in every way like the original, but that was smaller physically, having discarding the extra material. Inorganic materials are even easier in such a scenario. Have to agree with kedo. Besides, even if this worked, I'd argue that shrinking is not the same as hyperefficiency (essentially what you describe).
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Douche4Sale posted:Is there a set list of which states (banks) get coins from which mint? Obviously states like California are more likely to get coins from Denver, whereas Florida would get their coins from Philadelphia. But what about states in between, like Illinois? Do they get a mix, or is it totally random for banks in all states? The mint doesn't ship to banks. Banks order cash and coin from the Fed. Most of the money the Fed ships out is mixed and circulated. For coin, this is vastly more the case, since coins last so long. And the fed doesn't roll coin, either, they send it out in bags, so there's no way to determine a Fed roll (new or circulated) from roll that came from coin deposits. Every roll I've ever seen is mixed. If you like, I can try to find out more after Xmas.
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Mescal posted:The mint doesn't ship to banks. Banks order cash and coin from the Fed. Most of the money the Fed ships out is mixed and circulated. For coin, this is vastly more the case, since coins last so long. And the fed doesn't roll coin, either, they send it out in bags, so there's no way to determine a Fed roll (new or circulated) from roll that came from coin deposits. Every roll I've ever seen is mixed. Wait, they just send sacks of quarters? That's hilarious.
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