Amentep Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Start of Old Thread End of Old Thread "Gentlemen, we can refresh it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic thread. The 'random topic' will be that thread. Weirder than it was before. Weirder...more random...more interesting." Last time on The 6 Million Dollar Bionic Thread": For some reason I read that as her once and future husband Is it sad that a certain scene from End of Days just came to mind? I need help don't feel bad. the term "once and future" made us immediate think o' t.h. white book. near fifty and am clear still stuck in nerd mode. HA! Good Fun! You think you're a nerd, but seeing that book immediately makes me think of Magneto reading it in his plastic prison in X-men 2. You think you're a nerd, but seeing that book immediately makes me think of Magneto reading it in his plastic prison in X-men 2. we're simpatico? HA! Good Fun! 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Gromnir Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 doesn't belong in the other thread, but is kinda interesting .17 is more than we ever used for bunnies, but is definite gonna get the job done and is the caliber most o' the serious varmint hunters used where we were raised. we were more o' a plinker, with occasional extermination duties, so the .22 lr were fine. 8 in 4 minutes o' video. https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/varmint-rifles-explained-xidc72831.html "Usually bolt action rifles are used, and sometimes single shot rifles like the Ruger No.1. Good quality construction is vital, as is a good target type trigger, good action bedding and a high quality barrel and crowning job." however, is mentioned later that 222 ruger (a variation o' the semi-auto ruger mini 14 ranch rifle we link frequent in the firearm threads) is popular. 20 minutes morning. 20 minutes night. not hard to see hitting 200 in a week. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Guard Dog Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
smjjames Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php Sounds like an extremely sophisticated expresso machine to me.
Gromnir Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php today it's coffee. tomorrow am personal neither intrigued nor afeared. if you had asked us freshman year in college what 2020 would look like, we woulda' guessed that there would be far more automation than there current is. not sci-fi thinky ai robots, but we woulda' assumed virtual all manufacturing and a large % o' repetitive task kinda stuff would already been handled by robots. so, 'bout time? HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Raithe Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 The Space Academy - Flat earthers spend $20,000 trying to prove the Earth is flat, and accidentally prove it's round 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Hurlshort Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Yeah, I don't get the resistance to automation. It should be viewed as a way to allow people to focus on the interaction aspects of customer service over rote tasks.
Gfted1 Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 U.S. military says it conducts successful missile defense test. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 List of the 25 Healthiest Counties in the US. Most of Colorado made the list: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/slideshows/healthiest-communities-in-america?onepage Alright Shady you need to stop working out. You're blowing the curve for the rest of us. 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Creative advertising Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Raithe Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BtvUsjeQc "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
rjshae Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 Kangaroo Rat Delivers a Ninja-Like Spinning Kick to Drop Rattlesnake Clearly a high level monk class critter with improved evasion. 2 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Raithe Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Guard Dog Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 US Military planning to used fish as spies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-military-fish-underwater-spies-marine-life-darpa-a8847706.html It's actually not the stupidest idea the US has ever had. Of course that does not mean it isn't stupid. (It's a sliding scale after all) It made me think of the 90's and our man Mr. Pond "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) Edited April 1, 2019 by Malcador 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
majestic Posted April 4, 2019 Posted April 4, 2019 doesn't belong in the other thread, but is kinda interesting .17 is more than we ever used for bunnies, but is definite gonna get the job done and is the caliber most o' the serious varmint hunters used where we were raised. we were more o' a plinker, with occasional extermination duties, so the .22 lr were fine. 8 in 4 minutes o' video. https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/varmint-rifles-explained-xidc72831.html "Usually bolt action rifles are used, and sometimes single shot rifles like the Ruger No.1. Good quality construction is vital, as is a good target type trigger, good action bedding and a high quality barrel and crowning job." however, is mentioned later that 222 ruger (a variation o' the semi-auto ruger mini 14 ranch rifle we link frequent in the firearm threads) is popular. 20 minutes morning. 20 minutes night. not hard to see hitting 200 in a week. HA! Good Fun! No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Gfted1 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Iron Man MK50 Robot. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
algroth Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-47873592 First ever image of a black hole. Also, it's a monster. Edited April 10, 2019 by algroth 2 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
LittleArmadillo0 Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 http://www.bodyvisualizer.com/ Something I've been playing around with, made some real monsters.
Amentep Posted April 10, 2019 Author Posted April 10, 2019 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Malcador Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 Few times I've seen people blast away with this in movies I've always suspected it was BS. Interesting channel, by the way. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
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