Today I learned...

[suckitdry]

Well, anywayz, Today I learnt throwing my younger brothers rabbit doesn't like bright flashlights shined in its eyes and will continously run around its cage while hitting itself countless times until the light dissappears. :D

you are sick evil person.

Today I learn that my Waldo (goldfish) died because I feed it too much...:( :( :(

[complich8]

People would rep me if they like what I post not because I ask them.

That's the idea, see? Now you're getting it! You have learned something from all of this :).

Oh yeah, and to get back on topic, I've learned that ... umm ... there's a job posting for a fulltime sysadmin that almost exactly matches my qualifications and is like 2 miles away, but since I don't have a car, that 2 miles is a bit too far.

I never really expected to feel trapped by my lack of transportation... but here I am, and that's what I've got.

[Lucifus]

you are sick evil person.

Today I learn that my Waldo (goldfish) died because I feed it too much...:( :( :(
Hmm.....I wonder if Gunei pigs and Rabbits work like that.....Lets try it out. =)

Oh, and Today I learned that if I put alot of dust together in a pile and put it in front of my younger brothers computer while hes sleeping that teh dust gets caught in all his fans and makes his graphics card overheat to 91 degrees and made green spots in Battlefield 2 appear on his monitor. =D

[Board of Command]

Oh yeah, and to get back on topic, I've learned that ... umm ... there's a job posting for a fulltime sysadmin that almost exactly matches my qualifications and is like 2 miles away, but since I don't have a car, that 2 miles is a bit too far.

I never really expected to feel trapped by my lack of transportation... but here I am, and that's what I've got.
You should at least have a bicycle. Nothing wrong with biking to work.

[Mr Squiggles]

^ That is, unless you live someplace where there is a lot of snow in winter. Because as fun as it may seem, riding your bike on a sheet of ice with cars around you is really not.

[complich8]

yeah, that's the problem.

The place with the job posting is only 2 miles away, but it's 2 miles of bike-unfriendly highway... and beyond that, it's north central Indiana (an hour north of Indy)... snow is definitely hit-or-miss in winter. Winters are typically very cold, and in the 6 of them I've spent here I've seen 3 have more than 2 feet of snow/ice on the ground for a substantial part of the winter. Summers are typically hot and humid, and I'd be hesitant to say that riding a bike a couple miles on the highway when it's 95 with a heat index of 110 is a "good idea"...

But yeah, I don't have a bike anyway. I've been wanting one for a while, but I'm huge, and it's hard to find a bike that claims to be heavy-duty enough to support the sort of giant beast that I am :p.

[Assassin]

today i learned complich8 is fat

[Knives122]

Today I learned that all of these people will be in X3

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/justinogorman/cast.jpg

[complich8]

today i learned complich8 is fat
s'true.

But even if I weren't, I'm also 6'8 and pretty heavily muscled. If I lost every ounce of fat on my body, I'd still weigh around 275.

Actually, I'm a fair bit below my peak weight these days, and I would probably not horribly crush a mountain bike, as long as I didn't try to do anything too stupid (like ... jumping, or hitting curbs hard). But those things are kinda expensive, and campus is more pedestrian-friendly than bike-friendly. I'd probably end up leaving the bike home more often than not anyway...

[Arcn3ss]

today i learned complich8 is fat

Dont take that from him. Just crush his skull into dust with one swipe. ;)

I'd rather be huge then small. Go train and join UFC or King of the Cage.

Power > Everything else

[Board of Command]

Actually, I'm a fair bit below my peak weight these days, and I would probably not horribly crush a mountain bike, as long as I didn't try to do anything too stupid (like ... jumping, or hitting curbs hard). But those things are kinda expensive, and campus is more pedestrian-friendly than bike-friendly. I'd probably end up leaving the bike home more often than not anyway...
Never get on a full suspension bike. A 300 lb guy once sat on mine and it was never the same afterwards.

[complich8]

my freshman year, I borrowed my roommate's $1500 bike ... it was one of those suspension-type bikes. It survived fine...

But yeah, I wouldn't bank on it in general ... seems like a bad idea.

For today's lesson, I learned that when you're in Indiana, it can be sunny and 70 at 1 pm and cloudy and 40 at 4:30 pm the same day... so never trust the weather in Indiana by looks alone. This supports the well-known local saying, "Don't like the weather here? Just wait a few minutes, and it'll change".

I also learned that I'm in better shape than I was a couple months ago, and can run the distance from my job to my apartment (about a quarter mile), given proper motivation (such having to get home in a very windy 40-degree afternoon in a t-shirt and sandals).

These two things are ... somehow related.

[rockmanj]

i learned that in some cases, its ok to grope women, just as long as you can justify it

[XanBcoo]

Oh, and Today I learned that if I put alot of dust together in a pile and put it in front of my younger brothers computer while hes sleeping that teh dust gets caught in all his fans and makes his graphics card overheat to 91 degrees and made green spots in Battlefield 2 appear on his monitor. =D
Today I learned that Lucifus really loves messing with his brother.

I also learned that Hunter x Hunter is actually a pretty good series, even though it is really similar to every other shounen story out there.

[Assertn]

what about public transportation, complich8?

I learned that laptops may soon have their batteries replaced with fuel cells that last up to 9 hours between charges. This recent change is due to some rule that had been lifted regarding the use of some certain chemical in the fuel cells on aircraft.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that the reason British and Canadians use the 'our' ending in words like 'colour' and 'honour' is that Samuel Johnson arbitrarily decided this would be the standard when he wrote his dictionary. And I learned the reason the Americans use 'or' endings is because Webster wrote the dictionary that served as the basis for standardizing the language there and he hated the British.

[Ero-Fan]

Today I learned (well, actually a few days ago) that the forums move from fusetalk caused us to lose about 3000 members. 10K member thingy (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12352). Not that I'm complaining, I'm just curious where the accounts went. I also learned that if I print out Terra's pic and post it on my cubicle wall, people stop popping in so often. ;)
Edit: Also, linking things is much harder in this new format. But do-able eventually.

[masamuneehs]

Today you shall all learn how to link things:

Step one: Copy the URL you want to link to
Step two: Type
Step three: Immediately after the last ] Type the NAME you want the link to appear as
Step four: Type [/url Close it with a ]

[URL="http://forums.gotwoot.net/misc.php?do=bbcode#url"]LIST OF ALL THE FORUM CODES! ( and then paste the link here. Close it with a )

Edit: Ero, I did see that you know how to make links, but I hope this will teach others how to (it took me awhile to learn myself)
This should probably go in the GotWoot FAQ... how is that coming along Kitkat?

[Board of Command]

Today I learned (well, actually a few days ago) that the forums move from fusetalk caused us to lose about 3000 members. 10K member thingy (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12352). Not that I'm complaining, I'm just curious where the accounts went.

Those are probably accounts with 0 posts.

[xDarkMaster]

Today I learned if I keep listening to music at the volume I have been I will be half deaf by 30.

[complich8]

Yep, the migration itself didn't lose members. I decided that I would prune accounts, to get a more accurate representation of the forum environment as we have it right now.

I pruned accounts as follows: accounts with zero posts that hadn't logged in in greater than 180 days (1/2 year), and accounts with only one post that hadn't logged in in greater than 2 years (because of the great gotwoot forum crash that would have lost all of their posts). If you happen to run into any posts by "Guest" or "Anonymous" ... well, my "single-post" heuristic was probably not perfect. Such is life.

I'm debating rebuilding the post stats to reflect the actual number of posts in the database, but I'm sure with the whole mut/krb account deletion drama a while back, it would really dramatically impact people's post counts. The purist in me says "fuck post counts, I want database integrity". The realist in me says "nobody's going to be happy to lose 15-20% of their post count, and the integrity thing doesn't mean much anyway". I'm probably not going to do it, but it's still up in the air.

Oh, and today I learned that since activedirectory uses ldap-based dns as its sole name resolution method (where nt domains used wins+dns), it's necessary to make either your activedirectory server, or a domain member server, or a friendly server in your domain forest into the dns server for any hosts you intend to join to the domain. And that I'm slowly going insane, from cramming too much incredibly geeky information into my head.

[Lucifus]

Well it was more like yesterday. Today I learnt that One Piece is the Shyt!.

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that it's possible to ride in the trunk of a car.

[Ero-Fan]

Today I learned that it's possible to ride in the trunk of a car.

Ha. I had forced my friend to do that once. We had 6 people (including me, the driver) that needed a ride home. We picked the smallest guy to go in. He had to curl up next to my subs. My trunk isn't that big, since I drive a stratus. Anyways, I blasted the music and took some turns at 35 mph. The poor guy almost threw up and went deaf!
So, BoC, were you the guy in the trunk?

[IFHTT]

Today I learned that telling my Cousin's spoiled bitch of a girlfriend to go fuck her self and to burn in hell is quite envigorating. I finally had enough, everybody has their limits, she peaked mine, let the bitch die and burn in hell. I feel better... :D

[KitKat]

Today I learned that Shakespeare had about 5 different ways of spelling his own name and even spelled it differently within the same document once.

[darkshadow]

today i learned, i will fail this year if i dont go to school more often, haha

[Knives122]

I learned that my mom is crazy. She keeps asking me to go places with her and stuff on my week off. So I may have to kill her if she keeps it up ......

Edit: one more thing, I learned that getting banned from IRC for three days sucks....

[gr3atfull]

today i learned how people are superficial.

[woofcat]

today i learned about a medical powder called "quiklot" It clots your blood in a max of 2 minutes. Its used on things like stab wounds and gunshots. The army use it and some police dept's. It clots your blood so quick it can cause 2nd degree burns.

[ChaosK]

need i ask how exactly you learned this? :confused:

[The Heretic Azazel]

I learned Chaoskiddo didn't learn shit today

[Board of Command]

Ha. I had forced my friend to do that once. We had 6 people (including me, the driver) that needed a ride home. We picked the smallest guy to go in. He had to curl up next to my subs. My trunk isn't that big, since I drive a stratus. Anyways, I blasted the music and took some turns at 35 mph. The poor guy almost threw up and went deaf!
So, BoC, were you the guy in the trunk?
I was indeed. Not because I was the smallest guy, but because I was the last person they picked up and no one was nice enough to give up a seat for me. The driver was also a lunatic that goes double the speed limit so it was a bit bumpy back there.

[aznroyale]

in Health class, i learn that women that have sex 3 times a week can get less wrinkles
lol

[Carnage]

Edit: one more thing, I learned that getting banned from IRC for three days sucks....

You think that sucks? I think I've been perm. banned:(

Yesterday I learned that there isn't one emo-kid in my school that I would like to talk to.

[woofcat]

I learned don't leave your pankcakes on a low table to check gotwoot for new rep. I came back and the dog ate them :(.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that cleaning ladies aren't fazed by anything. Even when they walk in to clean a deserted lecture hall at midnight and find a hapless engineering physics student practicing a presentation for an audience of bears, cats and other sundry stuffed animals, they don't even bat an eye! Just the one laughed a bit that Ugly Cat was watching the presentation upside down, sitting on his head, while Stripey Cat took notes.

[rockmanj]

Today I learned that cleaning ladies aren't fazed by anything. Even when they walk in to clean a deserted lecture hall at midnight and find a hapless engineering physics student practicing a presentation for an audience of bears, cats and other sundry stuffed animals, they don't even bat an eye! Just the one laughed a bit that Ugly Cat was watching the presentation upside down, sitting on his head, while Stripey Cat took notes.

:eek:

I learned that hapless Canadian university engineering students have too much free reign on their campuses, apparently

[Deadfire]

I learned today that the one student of the University of Missouri-is was listening to my internet radio station and had the entire floor of his dorm up and listening to it. All about 50 of them in a huge floor party. It lasted about 2 hours as I played some 90's Dance Mixes, and he said he will give me pictures.

I learned also that by tomorrow morning his campus will know both my Username and IP to the station I'm told. I'm scaried....

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that cleaning ladies aren't fazed by anything. Even when they walk in to clean a deserted lecture hall at midnight and find a hapless engineering physics student practicing a presentation for an audience of bears, cats and other sundry stuffed animals, they don't even bat an eye! Just the one laughed a bit that Ugly Cat was watching the presentation upside down, sitting on his head, while Stripey Cat took notes.
I learned that this post, complemented by the images of KitKat's sig and avatar, is probably the most adorable thing ever posted on these forums. It almost doesn't belong.

[woofcat]

i learned that if i sleep in for 1 hour, i still have time to post on gotwoot and not be late! Also i learned that people who smoke are have the odd ability to show up at the same time.

[The Heretic Azazel]

What a coincidence, I'm having my wake and bake as well.

Yesterday I learned that to become a Wal-Mart employee you have to, besides, sign shit tons of documents, spend 9 hours on your first work day to complete these online modules for all sorts of shit like pest control, food safety, etc.

But I finally made it... meat department whoooooo

[gr3atfull]

Today I learned that the names of the 2 bombs that were sent by the USA during WW2 sent to Japan were named Little Boy and Fat Man. How original.

[darkmetal505]

I learned that Organic Chemistry sucks... too much stuff to memorize >_<

[Board of Command]

Organic chemistry is the shit. Don't memorize, understand the nomenclature system. If you can do that organic chemistry is a breeze.

Today I learned how homosexual vector proofs are.

[RedX1z]

today i learned that canada is a great place when you come to think about it, also because of that i'm going to probably live there on my own and go to college there(not definate, but i'm really considering it).

[masamuneehs]

today i learned that Venice has two airports (and guess which one i went to?) :(

I also learned that the walls in the Pensione in Venice are paper thin and you can even hear people BREATHING on the other side. Not worth it. :(

I also learned that RyanAir flights stop boarding exactly at 40 minutes before the flight departs. :(

i need a hug:(

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that Chuck Norris actually reads all those "facts" about him.

i.e. Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer.

[Carnage]

Today I learned that the names of the 2 bombs that were sent by the USA during WW2 sent to Japan were named Little Boy and Fat Man. How original.


Wow, what a coincidence, we just learned that in class today:) :eek:

[woofcat]

I learned that Micheal Geist is on the Canadian legal team that handles internet law. He is the Law Teacher at the University of Ottawa. Now you learned something.

[Board of Command]

I learned that in 2 years I might have my friend's dad as a professor.

[NM]

Today I learned that your shower will get even more fucked up if its been leaking for 3 months and you just leave it alone. Now, not only is it constantly leaking, but now theres no hot water coming. :( Me and my roommates kept pestering our RA about this who claims he's called maintenance but NOTHING has happened during these 3 months. Dammit, I dunno wtf is going to happen now. :mad:

[Assassin]

Start a fire in the bathroom and claim you were trying to heat up the water for a bath. That should get the maintenance guys to hurry up

[Board of Command]

Assassin, you are an inspiring man.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6617/solution0sk.jpg

[Knives122]

a couple of weeks ago I learned that GLS likes the dubbed One Piece opening :p

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned I'm not the only person in the world who likes the dub OP for One Piece.

Gotta go gotta go WOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHH HOOOOOOH

[Jadugar]

Today I learned that you can forgive people but can not forget.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that you can forgive people but can not forget.
Oh man, this has always been a huge problem for me. I'm a pretty forgiving guy, especially to my friends. "Water under the bridge" I'll always say, and I hardly ever get pissed if they do something which negatively affects me and I realize it was an accident or something. But I can never really "forget" the incident, if it was big enough. It's possible to carry a grudge because of the memory of what a person has done to me, even though I've forgiven them completely.

[dragonrage]

Oh man, this has always been a huge problem for me. I'm a pretty forgiving guy, especially to my friends. "Water under the bridge" I'll always say, and I hardly ever get pissed if they do something which negatively affects me and I realize it was an accident or something. But I can never really "forget" the incident, if it was big enough. It's possible to carry a grudge because of the memory of what a person has done to me, even though I've forgiven them completely.


It is said that to forgive is devine, to forget is just plain fucking dumb. Mistakes happen in life, that is a fact written in stone with blood, but we should learn from them. Yours and others. Its not about carrying grudges, but you expect that it won't happen again, or atleast an effort be made not too. I too am pretty forgiving, but i remember everything. Not just the bad but also the good. The fact the you remember, means that person holds some value in your eyes. Also friendships should grow, for that to happen the people involved have to grow too... nothing stays the same forever.

[Kraco]

To carry a grudge is a basic instinct. Animals do it also: Hit a dog, and it will remember for the rest of its life that you did it, and will never trust you as much again. The roots between that and carrying a grudge are the same. It's important to easily recall if a person has betrayed you before, to be able to avoid danger in the future.

Forgiving is just common, practical sense. And as such it can be established and disestablished at whim, whenever it serves a purpose. It has nothing to do with remembering or carrying a grudge as such.

[woofcat]

Off Topic: I am very forgiving, you can punch me in the face and i will be upset for 5 minutes but when its over i am fine again

On Topic: I learned that only music is legal to download "illegaly" in canada not movies games or other medias.

[Deadfire]

I learned that some people are just to worried about stuff they don't need to worry about

Example: I'm reading the reason a person gave their computer in for repair it says the following: "My power supply is to high" so I check and sure enough it's off by 5.2 watts!.

Why the hell do people waste my time?

[Knives122]

b/c you let them.....

Today I learned that V for Vendetta was the first movie I ever saw in theater that kept me interested the entire way through.(go see the movie)

[woofcat]

Yesterday night, I learned never to belive hype. I fell asleep watching Saw 1. Its not even that scary? whats the whole deal?

[Xollence]

Today in class I learned that saying that Hitler was a genius will get you in big trouble. It's not like the kid praised Hitler or anything. I hate how certain people are off limits, like you can't say anything positive about Hitler or criticize the pope in anyway.

[el_boss]

Todayish I learned that if you lose a testicle the remaining one (assuming that you had two testicles to begin with) will become twice as powerful. In the sense that it will produce twice as much testosterone.

Also the testosteronelevel itself does not determine how easily you will build muscles and such. It is the how susceptible the tissue is that determines how it will get effected by the testosterone. The same thing goes for baldness.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today in class I learned that saying that Hitler was a genius will get you in big trouble. It's not like the kid praised Hitler or anything. I hate how certain people are off limits, like you can't say anything positive about Hitler or criticize the pope in anyway.

Hitler was a genius, people need to face facts. It doesn't make what he did right by any means, but a man with that much command of his people deserve recognition for that much.

[Kraco]

Yeah. A real genius who first chased away or killed some of the most gifted people in the country, and then started a war against pretty much the rest of the (industrialized) world, leading his country inevitably to ruins. Quite a genius indeed.

I would say the citizens of that time were stupid and desperate more than Hitler was genius.

[Ero-Fan]

Hitler was a genius, people need to face facts. It doesn't make what he did right by any means, but a man with that much command of his people deserve recognition for that much.

He was a brilliant speaker. I'm wondering Xollence, what class/grade was this in? I recall my sociology teacher in one of my college classes had a discussion about the brilliance of Hitler's speeches. Not a single person was offended by this. Now, if the kid said that Hitler had brilliant ideas, or just said he was a genius in general, without mentioning that he meant is speaking skills, then I could see people getting upset.

Today, el_boss taught me that if you lose a ball, you can have a super-testicle. :p

Edit: @ Kraco- Manipulation of the masses to get what he wanted. He was a gifted speaker for his time. Not that what he did was right, but he was able to use what was available to get his way. And apparently, back then, he was very charismatic to those people who followed him. It probably helped that Germany got screwed after WW1, but you can't explain everything with just that.

[Xollence]

The class is The Contemporary World / (grade: senior year in college) and we were doing a section on facism. He was basically talking about how he was able to control people and about his military achievements, like using blitzkrieg at the battle of France.

[Ero-Fan]

The class is The Contemporary World / (grade: senior year in college) and we were doing a section on facism. He was basically talking about how he was able to control people and about his military achievements, like using blitzkrieg at the battle of France.

Wow, I can't believe he got in trouble for that. I could see if he said that Hitler's "Final Solution" was genius or something, but to say his control of people and his military tactics and achievements made (in the early stages) were genius and get in trouble? Wow, fucking uptight class you got there. Still, pretty naive class.

Edit: @Below- Wow, that sucks. Another reason for me to hate all organized religions. Ha!

Edited to correct some things as revealed below.

[Xollence]

Well it wasn't even his generals either, they tried to do a similar thing back in the first WW but it failed, they just changed it around a bit. And his generals didn't want to go through the Ardennes (sp?) because of their tanks, it was Hitler that wanted to.

Well what do you expect from a catholic university that hires a teacher that grew up in St. Petersburg for most of his life to teach about world connections. I'm sure there's no suspension involved or anything but I don't think the professor likes him too much.

[masamuneehs]

*sigh*

Hitler was a genius at some things. But, like most geniuses, he was also very lacking in other (and important) departments.

Offensive military leader: Genius (one of the best ever)
Defensive/Retreat military leader: Idiot (Washington was the man at this)

Raising Morale/Support through speeches: Genius (i don't understand German and hearing some of his speeches give me goosebumps)
Cunning/Diplomatic Speaker: Idiot (see the text of his conversations with Stalin... Way to get yourself an enemy....)

Indepedent Decision Maker: Genius (Riestag incident, among others)
Cooperative Decision Maker: Idiot (see his reaction to recommendations from German generals on submitting to Allies)

but if you say really broad shit like 'Hitler was a genius' or 'Al Qaeda did a great job on 9/11', of course people are going to look at you like you should burn in hell. You need to be aware of the environment you're in when you touch on delicate subjects, and also take special care not to possibly imply something you don't agree too.

[XanBcoo]

Well what do you expect from a catholic university that hires a teacher that grew up in St. Petersburg for most of his life to teach about world connections. I'm sure there's no suspension involved or anything but I don't think the professor likes him too much.
Just so no one generalizes about "uptight religious schools", I went to a Catholic Highschool. Both Sophomore and Freshman year someone did a speech/report on the subject of Hitler's military genious - despite his other questionable qualities. Both were pretty well accepted, with the Freshman teacher commending the student on picking such a seemingly controversial topic.

Today I learned there are loads of people who complain about "uptight" religious folk. But then again they do exist, so I'll refrain from getting too defensive. Fundamentalists, Mormons, and some of the people on my campus...just...yikes.

[gr3atfull]

Today I learned that my physic/chemistry teacher will be teaching us math for the next 3 weeks until the school finds a fucking math teacher for the 4th term.

[el_boss]

Physics are applied mathematics so I think you will do just fine. Unless physics there are totally different from sweden. In eight grade when our math teacher quit to become a yoga instuctor or something like that, the music teacher took over math class, permanently.

[gr3atfull]

The problem is he is a horrible teacher. He is unable to communicate, to pass out the information.

[Zidarri the Exile]

"Today I learnt" that god has truly fucked me over. I was having phone sex with my friend, and she is very sweet, with a sexy voice, and yumm. Anywho, my phone died right when she was orgasming.

W T F Mate?

Yeah. God, I fucking hate you. Go away, and let me hear my friends ORGASM, you SOB!


I learnt, honestly, that having a knife in your hand when your bored is not a good thing. I cut marks into my desk, and played Tic-Tac-Toe with myself. I somehow made it into a cat's game.

[complich8]

tic-tac-toe is a solved problem. There's no way to prevent two attentive players will always end in a draw.

Games that rely on the weakness of your opponent are not fun for very long -- Especially when your opponent is yourself.

I've destroyed many a piece of cheap panelboard furniture in my younger days... much of it the victim of an X-acto knife that tended to find its way into my hands when I was bored. Sometimes you just gotta slice another layer of particleboard off, just to see if the blade's still as sharp as it was ten minutes ago, right? :p

[Zidarri the Exile]

Oh man, you gave me a mighty fine laugh right there, lol.

Damn those X-acto knives! It's not our fault they cut shit!

Can we, the prepubescent children be blamed for being bored? No! Destroy knives, and we will all be a bit safer.


And yeah, but for me, it's every few seconds, instead of ten minutes.

[Ero-Fan]

Today I learned that being bored at work means I can be more productive in discovering new things. For example, I'm stage 4 in Kohlberg's stages of moral development. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development). Well, actually, I'm more 4 and a half, but they didn't describe that one too well.

If you're still playing with knives, wait until you get into fire and projectile weapons. :D

[xDarkMaster]

@Ero-Fan: I learned that earlier this year in my English class. :p

Today I learned that learning about Freud with a teacher that you think is a pedophile is scary.

[drims]

T.I.L that when you have a workout and come to school the next day with a REALLY soar muscle, everyone seems to touch it. "ouch"

[Ero-Fan]

@Ero-Fan: I learned that earlier this year in my English class. :p

Today I learned that learning about Freud with a teacher that you think is a pedophile is scary.

I was bored, what can I say? The internet is a fun place to kill time.
You learned something in class? What the hell were you doing awake?? And any teacher that makes you think 'pedophile' should be scary.

[drims]

I was bored, what can I say? The internet is a fun place to kill time.
You learned something in class? What the hell were you doing awake?? And any teacher that makes you think 'pedophile' should be scary.


My teacher makes me think of pedophile, but its a good thing because, shes 29, very curvy & HAWT :rolleyes: , and im only one year under age (17) :D :D :D

T.I.L friends , or more like students/peers you know and are cool with, can be very horrible for no reason, only as long as it benefits them :mad:

[Zidarri the Exile]

Today I learned that being bored at work means I can be more productive in discovering new things. For example, I'm stage 4 in Kohlberg's stages of moral development. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development). Well, actually, I'm more 4 and a half, but they didn't describe that one too well.

If you're still playing with knives, wait until you get into fire and projectile weapons. :D


I am playing with fire, and projectiles. Ever use a Potato gun to shoot 50 firecrackers at someone? Oh yeah. I am a pyro, a huge one. I love fire, lol. SO good at making a fire burn for hours.:P


I just grabbed a knife cause it was right by me. LOL

[Deadfire]

Well it's that last couple of days but here is my summery i had to write for my first 2 days of my course

During the last couple days of this course I have learned a fair bit of skills. The first being the personality styles of that a person can possess. The second being some communication skills. Now of course, I didn’t just learn the names of the sections of the course I’m taken. I’ve also learned a fair amount about both, and using the rest of this page I will briefly summarize that information.

On day 1 we started with the subject of personality skills. I had been intrigued to know that there are 4 different types of personality that are based off 2 pairs of values. The pair of self-contained and open was the first. Basically this pair involves how a person reacts to an event or action. Do they get guarded or open when you ask them about their feelings on a matter? Do they want to cut straight to the task at hand or want to work at their own pace? These questions help you see which of the pairings they are. As a self-contained person would react in being guarded with their opinion and want to get to the task as fast as possible. The open person would do the opposite; they would be open in matters and work at their own pace. The other pair involves how a person will act, in either a direct way or an in-direct way. The direct person would be faster paced and assertive, while an in-direct person would be less so and more methodical. These pairs then make the four styles. Relaters who are feelings people that have fear sudden changes, come from the open and non-direct pairing. Stimulators at those with the open and direct values, which are ideas people who fear a loss of prestige. I’m part of the third group as I’m a self-contained-non-direct person or an analyzer, I’m more into the process and fear that darn criticism. The last style is a driver who comes from the self-contained-direct pairing, this person are the goals people who fear being taken advantage of.

On day 2 we had the class devoted to communication skills. The process in which information is outputted and inputted, with the focus being a conversion between two people. This process has two parts a sender and a receiver both of who have a part to play in it. The sender is the person speaking hopefully about the idea and encodes it to the receiver by using words and actions. The receiver then decodes it by reading it or listening, and hopefully sees the intent of the sender. This process has a lot of things that go in to it and these different things can add positive or negative effects to it. For example tone of voice, which affects the process in the way of how words are said. Picking the wrong tone or adding stress to words that aren’t needed to be cause the receiver to maybe get the wrong message during the process. Other things can cause the same thing like eye contact, showing respect and manners. Also the listener can cause this process to go amiss by having filters to the message. These can disrupt the message with non-verbal things like their cultural backgrounds, sets of values and biases. Your brain can even be a vice as you can think faster then you read and hear causing it to get bored. To help yourself as the listener it’s best if you try to be quiet, listen with the answer running, maintaining eye contact and not being judgmental.

That’s about it I’d say, I would go more in to what I’ve learned but this is a summery. Although I think I may have over done it, it’s fine for now. I’m looking forward to the next classes, even if they make me wake up at 5:30 in the morning

[XanBcoo]

That was extremely interesting Deadfire. What course is it that you're taking?

The sender/receiver bit interested me the most. It reminded me of this English hypnotist named Darren Brown. He's so pro it's amazing. I saw a tv show done by him a while ago in which he displayed the subconcious aspects of communication. He basically gathered all these well-to-do businessmen/women and by giving them subconcious cues through his actions and words, got 3 out of 4 of them to rob an armored car by the end of the show. I say "hypnotist" but the guy just really understands human behavior and communication.

Here's a link to some video clips of his stuff in anyone's interested: http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/M/mindcontrol/video/

[Deadfire]

That was all extremely interesting Deadfire. What course is it that you're taking?

The sender/receiver bit interested me the most. It reminded me of this English hypnotist named Darren Brown. He's so pro it's amazing. I saw a tv show done by him a while ago in which he displayed the subconcious aspects of communication. He basically gathered all these well-to-do businessmen/women and by giving them subconcious cues through his actions and words, got 3 out of 4 of them to rob an armored car by the end of the show. I say "hypnotist" but the guy just really understands human behavior and communication.
Here's a link to some video clips of his stuff in anyone's interested: http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/M/mindcontrol/video/

I'm glad you liked it as I need to hand it in tomorrow :P

Anyways right now I'm taking a Professional Skills course that i have to do before i get to my real courses. It's basicly made to get you back in to the college and professional settings easier. I argee with you it is interesting stuff, and it really helps when your interacting with others with seeing though the mist per say to really to what a person means. It works on alot of levels, and can to the point that you can know someone you've never met before just by their speach and actions in reacting to questions and answers. With this knowledge you can easly convey your ideas to them for them to understand quickly with little understanding. As a leader you can use this knowlegde to see how to make them do something for you.

It's almost pure evil....

[woofcat]

today i learned its funny when people rep you with a negitive comment but it is positive. Haha sucker remember to click "disapprove"

[Jadugar]

today i learned its funny when people rep you with a negitive comment but it is positive. Haha sucker remember to click "disapprove"

LOL

In my case its the opposite. He thanked me for showning him the link to the "Hottest babe in OP" thread (in my sig) but clicked on the wrong fricking option ( I dissapprove).

These newbies need to learn the rules and shit. I bet its the same guy.

Never the less it was funny. Made my day.

[woofcat]

today i learned that some pick neg reped yesterdays post in this thread. What a douche bag.

[Zidarri the Exile]

I learnt how good cheese is.

[Board of Command]

I learnt that "learnt" is a real word.

[gr3atfull]

Today I finally learned why my classmates are calling me Yasser Arafat. -_-

[Knives122]

why are they calling you that?

[Carnage]

Dont take that from them! dial 1800 - MAFIA :D ;)

[gr3atfull]

Well, I was reading the biography of Hillary Clinton in class in the beginning of the year. One of the picture there was Ms. and Mr. Clinton with Yasser Arafat and he was like HEY! It's Yasser Arafat!!!!!!!!!! And he was pointing at the picture, but nobody (even me) knew that so they started calling me that name when he said that.

@ God#2:
I dont mind them calling me that since its kinda a honor to be called that since he defends his country. But they are teasing me... so ill dial 1800-MAFIA;)

[Zidarri the Exile]

Today I learnt myself how to chew on a bottle cap.

[Board of Command]

Not exactly today, but a while ago I learned that "melee" is pronounced "mi-lay". That was one of the biggest shockers in my life.

[darkshadow]

isnt it "may-lay"?? o_O

[complich8]

I'm pretty sure that in common English, both "mel-lay" and "may-lay" are considered acceptable.

In French (where the word comes from), that would never stand, and "may-lay" would be correct. But hell, 90% of the English language is bastardized versions of other languages ... we can twist french like any other language just fine. Besides, who wants to be like the French, right? =D

[gr3atfull]

^ french word is mêlée. And I want to be like the French.:)

[Board of Command]

So it is pronounced "mi-lay", not "may-lay".

[Knives122]

wait so I've been pronouncing super smash brother "may-lay" wrong, it's really mi-lay?

[gr3atfull]

Actually, here in Montréal, you pronounce it mi-li...

[drims]

I used the microsoft speech sam, and he says it "may-lay". :D I have too this whole time.

[Board of Command]

So you're saying &#234; sounds the same as &#233;? It's been a while since I've taken French but I'm pretty sure they don't sound the same.

[complich8]

The way I see it, no matter what we say, if we're speaking ANY modern language we're horribly mutilating some other language for a substantial part of our vocabulary.

I have to admit, I think you're right about the whole circumflex thing ... but there's something to realize: in English, we don't HAVE that. At all. No circumflex. No accent grave. No accent aigu. No trema. Certainly no cedilla, and letters with tildes on top may just get you shot in some parts of the country (not really) :p.

Did we steal the French word? Yep, surely did, and brutalized it too. Did they steal it from latin and brutalize it in the process? Absolutely! Do I have to worry about it? Absolutely not!

As I said, I'm pretty sure there's two acceptable pronunciations in English. I should say in American English ... I don't know about the English they speak in Canada or Great Britain or anywhere else in the world. But in my part of the country, and in the company of gamers, if you say anything other than "may-lay" ... they'll either be confused or think your odd accent is hilarious :D

[KitKat]

Just to give you the linguistic view....

The minute a word enters common usage in a language, it becomes part of that language's vocabulary. No matter where they got it from, whether created, stolen, or modified from somewhere else, it is officially part of the language as soon as native speakers start using it regularly. Differences in pronunciation merely reflect dialect differences. One is not more correct than another. There can be one that is used by speakers who speak the accepted 'standard' variety of a language, but that doesn't mean that the other is less correct for being non-standard. Of course, people often don't recognize this because of social stigmas attached to speaking non-standard dialects.

So, the bottom line is, pronounce it whichever way you want. As long as there are a significant number of people in addition to yourself that pronounce it that way, you will be pronouncing it correctly according to your dialect.

[drims]

@KItKat nicely put.


T.I.L that while eating a spoonful of marshmellow form a jar do not drink ANY type of soda. Or it goes EVERYWERE. The two put together creates the same effect as shaking a can coke and opening it. I also learned that this can be pretty fun when it goes all over your friend.

[dragonrage]

Today i have confirmed my suspicions. There are dumbasses wherever you go in the world, it was not just where i live....now i am on another quest... to find out if they are concentrated in one specific area. .... and so the journey begins....

also i have learn that getto fablulious girls should wear a warning sign.... seriously, they are scary and will bite your head off, for no apparent reason, also they don't care who is around..... oh where, oh where have all the good women gone? If you find out tell me, please! If you find one hold on to her tightly....i don't think there are many more single ones left.

[Zidarri the Exile]

Today I learnt that spanking a female is fun!

Anywho, I think the most commen use of Melee in English is pronounced 'Me-lee'. ^_^

[dragonrage]

Have you ever looked at the names at the bottom of the main forums' page and wondered why there is a plus sign (+) next to some people's names'?:eek: Well have you?:confused: If you never have, take a little time and take a good look.... do you see it? Or don't you? Well if you do... ever wonder what it is? What does this magical sign mean?

Well let me tell you. Today, thanks to the help of Complich8,I Iearnt that is relates to you buddy list , yep thats it.:o It's a little something extra to put a little emphasis on that special gotwoot friend of yours, just to let you know that he or she as the case maybe is on, and is active in our gotwoot world..Isn't it cool:cool: So now you are free to converse with that special someone....

For those who don't see it, I saddens me to say that you have no buddies,:( atleast non on your list...:p

Well now you know, and knowing is caring......("half the battle" if you're a gi joe fan)

peace.:rolleyes:

[Knives122]

today I learned that this is just as funny in live action as it was animated

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a22/pigeontoad/realroadrunner.gif

[Zidarri the Exile]

I learnt today that I need a social life.

[Mr Squiggles]

Today I learned that rushing out of the house because you think you're gona be late and then realizing your alarm rang 1 hour too early and that you're not late at all is frustrating yet at the same time reassuring.

Edit: w00t, im a Chuunin.

[Kraco]

Ho, today I learnt how making softsubs works, as I translated the bloody Naruto OVA3 from Finnish to English. I had learnt earlier how bad the ova is, but now that I have watched it 5 times, I know it better than anybody else.

As a shameless plug, you can find it here (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?p=288424#post288424). I can't recommend the ova to anybody, though. It's bad. The translation can't help with that.

As a technical tidbit, the program I used for the work was Subtitle Workshop. Not a bad piece of software, as far as I experienced.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I learnt today that I need a social life.

So, when are you going to learn that learnt isn't a word?

[Ero-Fan]

So, when are you going to learn that learnt isn't a word?

Its a common spelling in British English, whereas American English uses learned.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that learnt is a common spelling for the British.

[woofcat]

today i learned that working for freinds never works out.

[Zidarri the Exile]

So, when are you going to learn that learnt isn't a word?


I learnt that you are a dummmy.

[Mr Squiggles]

Good thing you didn't misspell "dummmy", because then that would have made you look like a hypocrit :p

[drims]

Today i learned that people enjoy insulting each other ALOT. For referece take a look at the post above. :D :D :D

[Zidarri the Exile]

Typo. Now, if I completely err'd on it, then, I'd have to agree with you. But since I just pressed 'M' to many times on accident . . . Meh.

[Kraco]

Today I learned KitKat went ahead and moved my renders to the render section even without a notification, like she had asked people to send her. Such a diligent and devoted mod she is.

I just always thought: how troublesome, perhaps things will sort themselves out even without doing anything. Much easier to lie down and watch the clouds sail across the sky.

And behold: they sorted themselves out. Damn, Shikamaru is a wise fellow.

[Zidarri the Exile]

What's a render?

[XanBcoo]

Today (well, yesterday) I learned that FX's new show Black White is actually not that bad. I assumed it was just a totally outlandish and controversial idea to make into a lame reality show (which might actually still be the case), but I made an effort to watch it and found it to be suprisingly insightful.

I also learned that no matter how many black guys tell someone of another race that saying the word "nigger" or "nigga" is ok, there are still infinitely more black people who will take serious offense to it, and start ranting about the "plight of the black American". I've come to realize that this is probably one of (if not the) most taboo words in English conversation, as even other racial slurs are not as controversial.

[dragonrage]

Today i learn that someone on gotwoot, thinks i am a bit stupid.....AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D
I knew those people existed... now its confirmed, there is ONE.:p

Edit: and then there was TWO. lol

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today (well, yesterday) I learned that FX's new show Black White is actually not that bad. I assumed it was just a totally outlandish and controversial idea to make into a lame reality show (which might actually still be the case), but I made an effort to watch it and found it to be suprisingly insightful.

I also learned that no matter how many black guys tell someone of another race that saying the word "nigger" or "nigga" is ok, there are still infinitely more black people who will take serious offense to it, and start ranting about the "plight of the black American". I've come to realize that this is probably one of (if not the) most taboo words in English conversation, as even other racial slurs are not as controversial.

Nothing better about this show than the deep, intellectual lines delivered by Ice Cube, such as "if you a zebra betta come out dem stripez"

[drims]

Today I learned that I have to stop being such a procrastinator or the homework really piles up. especially for midterms :( :( :(

[Zidarri the Exile]

I just learnt why steak is so good! It simply is!

[Board of Command]

So you didn't learn why it's so good...

but that's ok, if it's good it's good. I like it too.

[drims]

Today I learned... or more like three minutes ago... that it feels great after you finished 50 percent of your midterm final ,(which was a 5 page paper), especially since worked hard on it :cool:


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I also learned just a minute ago, that when I try to click to the direct forum link, e.g "the wishing game" instead of "Off Topic" so i can go to the last post, i get a 404 forbidden message and I have to go the long way.

[woofcat]

Today i learned how awesome Cigars are. Not only do they not have as high chance of cancer they look way better than smokes.

[Xollence]

I hate smoking cigars. I keep up smoking them like ciggerettes.

[Kraco]

Today I learned that a grocery store near me, which belongs to a chain that recently got bought by another chain, is selling all it's remaining foodstuff and wares for -30% discount. Yay! Except for anything with alcohol in it. Meh and bleh.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that people get attacked near an abaondoned factory I walked by last night. Maybe I should start carrying a weapon with me when I'm walking alone at night....

[ChaosK]

Today I learned that people get attacked near an abaondoned factory I walked by last night. Maybe I should start carrying a weapon with me when I'm walking alone at night....


....umm do you plan on walking past there everynight? and if you are going to get a weapon, get some mace and a swiss army knife :D .

today i learned that guinea pigs dont fly well.

[woofcat]

today i learned that waiting till the last day to do an ISP is a bad idea. You can pull it off, (i have many times) but bad none the less since it kills a whole day.

[Kraco]

Today I learned that people get attacked near an abaondoned factory I walked by last night. Maybe I should start carrying a weapon with me when I'm walking alone at night....

You need to change that cute neko mimi girl back to Yoruichi, if you're gonna become a fighting girl.

[el_boss]

Today I learned how to make my 2 month old nephew laugh consistently. My Dr. Zoidberg impression works everytime. :) Now I just have to find some more babies to try it on, I might be on to something here.

And that my lung capacity is 20% above average for persons of my age, height and gender. This really surprised me because I don't really exercise that much. Seems like inactivity does pay of in the long run.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned what an SATs.

[Knives122]

Today I learned that if some really hot, shorter then me, busty brunnete with a pink tanktop on is sitting next to me(in the computer lab) and has her backpack on the other side and then moves it to my side and leans down to put stuff in it(while still sitting down) she's practically telling me to look....... :p

regardless of what morals I have........

[Tommy_Salami]

well it was not really today but last week( had no computer in New Orleans) i learned what a muffuletta sandwich is. it is a sandwich with salami geno ham cheese and olive salad, oh ya and it is the size of your head
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/tommysalami/muffalatta-online.jpg
i am the one on the right

[Kraco]

Did you both keep eating the same sandwich until you... you know, kissed like in some old cartoon?

Looks like a good sandwich, though.

[Mr Squiggles]

if you are going to get a weapon, get some mace and a swiss army knife :D .


Today I learned that I am such a geek. when you said "mace" the first thing that came to mind was something like this:
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/6931/weaponmace8rd.th.jpg (http://img346.imageshack.us/my.php?image=weaponmace8rd.jpg)
I can just picture KitKat wielding that thing trying to fight off the bandits and goblins :p

[Tommy_Salami]

Did you both keep eating the same sandwich until you... you know, kissed like in some old cartoon?

Looks like a good sandwich, though.

no we did not eat the whoel sandwich lady and the tramp style just most of it like lady and the tramp

[woofcat]

Today i learned that i can crack the average Wi-Fi hotspot in 7-10 minutes.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that I am such a geek. when you said "mace" the first thing that came to mind was something like this:
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/6931/weaponmace8rd.th.jpg (http://img346.imageshack.us/my.php?image=weaponmace8rd.jpg)
I can just picture KitKat wielding that thing trying to fight off the bandits and goblins :p

Oh believe me, I'm just as much of a geek as you are ;)

*Bandits and goblins surround KitKat outside the abandoned factory*
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/engphysgirl/mace1.gif

*KitKat pwns them all with her mace*
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/engphysgirl/mace2.gif

[dragonrage]

nice, illustration..... nice of you to demonstrate the proper way to use "mase"... thank you for the lesson.:D

[IFHTT]

That looks like a good area for astronomical observation. And Today, you all learned that IFHTT loves him some astronomical observation. I just call it telescopin'. I hereby claim the title geek supreme. :D Well maybe not supreme, but I like to consider myself one hell of a geek.

[Kraco]

I have to say I absolutely love your expression in that scene, KitKat! You kill a bandit and a vicious goblin without a single blinking of an eye, with a totally uncaring and blank expression. To be honest, most bandits and all goblins would have never dared to even confront you, after seeing that expression. They must have been a couple of very brave, or stupid, specimen that chose to be sent to their maker by your mace.

Edit: Oh... I must correct myself. It's not a blank expression at all. It's the same that your avatar has, only with the eyes open! It's just horrible. It's as if you almost but not quite smiled to the enemy, just before killing him, with no hesitation or remorse.

[Board of Command]

Or rather, they were afraid of the strangely-shaped head of hers. I mean, if I walked by and saw a head like that, I'd stay the hell away.

[woofcat]

Today i learned that i really really want a bot network.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that with a small ammount of data from light from other galaxies, you can figure out the approximate age of the universe.

[Zidoas]

Today I learned how to calculate the Profitability Index of a financial project.

[Assertn]

Today I learned some basics on Inverse Kinematics...then revised the code from two steps to recursively one step.

[el_boss]

Today I learned that July 7 will be one of the best days ever. Tool are coming to sweden! Let me repeat that. Tool are coming to sweden!

[IFHTT]

Lucky. I hope they announce a US tour after this one and I hope the come back here. I saw them in 2002 and I will see them again any time they come within reasonable driving range. Have you ever seen them live? Holy shit it's like a spirtual experience. You feel rejuvinated and alive after the concert lol.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I saw them in 2002 as well. It was funny, the stage set up had these 2 large balloon clusters, meant to look like molecules, floating over some fans on the stage, and one kept hitting Maynard in the head. Anyway, it was fuckin awesome, though I wish I didn't have shitty seats.

Fuck i can't, can't, can't goddamn wait for the new album to drop... and holy shit, the first single is supposed to hit radio this month!!

[IFHTT]

Yeah the huge molecule balloons. haha. They couldn't get the one on the left to stay up, it kept floating out from over the fan and flying backwards. Was Maynard at the back of the stage like siliouetted at your's heretic?

[el_boss]

They played here in 2001 after the release of lateralus. It was truly a mind blowing experience, words can't describe it. They didn't have the ballons, but they had two huge screens set up where they showed various weird clips. I don't know if it was controlled by someone, but the music actually synced with the videos. They are probably the most amazing live band ever.

The new single "Vicarious" will be aired april 17 on radio and from what I've read they are working on the video. The album will be released may 2 in america and may 1 in some places depending on where in the world you live.

...Today I learned that yous guys like Tool to.:P

[The Heretic Azazel]

Yeah the huge molecule balloons. haha. They couldn't get the one on the left to stay up, it kept floating out from over the fan and flying backwards. Was Maynard at the back of the stage like siliouetted at your's heretic?

lol, they had the problem with the left one when I went. And that's where Maynard was.

[Knives122]

Today I learned that when I'm bored I play KH2, and listen to these Bleach op/ed all day long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzq1algcQA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6qxOWzId64

:p

[xDarkMaster]

Today I learned FMA is awesome! Yes, I know, how have I not seen it already?

[Zidarri the Exile]

Today I learnt that I am a partial insomniac.

[KitKat]

Yay Tool! I wish I could see them live too. el boss, you'll have to tell us all about it when you go to the concert.

Today I learned that approximately 130 million mobile phones (about 65,000 tons) are thrown out in the US each year. All that delicious lead and cadmium entering the ecosystem....

[DB_Hunter]

Well if it makes you feel any better, think of it as ashes to ashes and dust to dust... all this stuff comes from the earth anyway, we are just returning it to where it came from.

[darkshadow]

today i learned how damn awesome lara croft can be

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that approximately 130 million mobile phones (about 65,000 tons) are thrown out in the US each year.
:eek:
Not the phones!

Today I learned more astronomy related stuff. Like the known details of how the universe is expanding, why exactly the night sky is dark, and that space is filled with this background radiation that gives a lot of information on it's original structure just after the big bang.

[KitKat]

Did you know that the earth is filled with background radiation too? Bananas are slighly more radioactive than other types of fruit, incidentally, because potassium is a radioactive element. And to go along with your astronomy-related theme, I learned last week from Wikipedia that most of space is filled with a sparse plasma, and all stars are made of plasma, which makes plasma the most common form of matter in the universe, more than solid, liquid and gas combined!

[Carnage]

Wow, I didnt know about how common plasma was. And to add to the astronomical topic, if you combine two black holes then you get a worm hole! and did you know our galaxy is 3,000 light years thick at the point of where our solar system is, but at the nuclear center of the Milky way it is 10,000 light years thick!:eek: :eek: :eek:

[el_boss]

Then why are plasma TVs so damn expensive.:confused:

Today I learned some more biological mating stuff, as I so often do. A man will produce three times as much sperm when he is away from his woman. I'm not talking about a couple of hours, more like over two days or something like that. This is connected to another fact I brought up earlier. The added amount of sperm is there so it will have a better chance of batteling out the sperm of another man in the case that the woman has been unfaithful.

[IFHTT]

^ Today I learned that the male body's reproductive system has a defense mechanism to protect its odds in procreation.

[woofcat]

Today i learned how much writing an essay on "The Rapid Decline of American Rights and Freedoms after the psudeo war on Terrerism"

[samsonlonghair]

Today I learned that I'm required to take an internship this summer. I also learned that I have to plan it, find someone I can intern under, get absolutely no help from my college whatsoever, and I still have to pay money to take the course.

I'd like to learn exactly what it is I'm paying for.

[IFHTT]

^ Maybe the motivation to get up and do it??? :D Does sort of seem like a ripoff though.

[dragonrage]

Today I learned that I'm required to take an internship this summer. I also learned that I have to plan it, find someone I can intern under, get absolutely no help from my college whatsoever, and I still have to pay money to take the course.

I'd like to learn exactly what it is I'm paying for.

you are paying for hands on experience; and the opportunity to learn in a work oriented enviroment.... ofcourse it's a rip off at first but it suppose to pays off in the long run. Hey it looks good on your resume.... lol.

[IFHTT]

Today I leaned that I venture to the most insane websites whilst bored in my MS Security Design class...

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that if you search for "logitech logo" on Google Images, the 3rd result is rather peculiar.

[complich8]

peculiar in a lot of ways... particularly their "anti-leech" methodology. They probably think they're pretty clever...

You'd think if their bandwidth is that important to them, that they'd ... you know, resize the gif on their site from 1100x1100 to something that isn't giant and stupid. But whatever :p.

[Board of Command]

peculiar in a lot of ways... particularly their "anti-leech" methodology. They probably think they're pretty clever...

You'd think if their bandwidth is that important to them, that they'd ... you know, resize the gif on their site from 1100x1100 to something that isn't giant and stupid. But whatever :p.
Did you click and view the full image...?

[xDarkMaster]

That...is...so...gross...

[XanBcoo]

Did you click and view the full image...?

Oh my God...I didn't until you posted that.

Today I learned not to do strange image searches on Google...or listen to anyone who tells me to.

Edit to below: Agreed. That's really the strangest part.

[Board of Command]

The picture itself is not as weird as the search words "logitech logo."

[DB_Hunter]

I'm getting the standad logo on that search...

[IFHTT]

click the third logo with the huge resolution and when the page loads click to view full image. That is only if you want to see something rather disgusting.

[el_boss]

Today I learned what he best toy in the world is. The NSD Powerball (http://www.powerball-gyros.com/products.htm). Both my arms are sore from wipping it around, but I just can't stop. I have to get the one with the RPM counter.:P

[Mr Squiggles]

Today I learned that when I am bored, I do the strangest things. For example, if figured out that I am 10100111001. And yes, that is 1337 in binary.

Now, if you want to impress your friends (or get beat up I can't remember which...), you can tell them that you are 10100111001.

And when I asked my friend if he was 10100111000, he said yes. What a noob, he said he was 1336.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned what he best toy in the world is. The NSD Powerball (http://www.powerball-gyros.com/products.htm). Both my arms are sore from wipping it around, but I just can't stop. I have to get the one with the RPM counter.:P
I watched the promotional video they have hosted on that site, and though it seems pretty cool, I can't shake the feeling that using the Powerball is just glorified practice for masterbation.

[Deadfire]

Today I learned that when I am bored, I do the strangest things. For example, if figured out that I am 10100111001. And yes, that is 1337 in binary.

Now, if you want to impress your friends (or get beat up I can't remember which...), you can tell them that you are 10100111001.

And when I asked my friend if he was 10100111000, he said yes. What a noob, he said he was 1336.

01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101010 01100101 01100100 01101001 00100000 01111001 01100101 01110100

:)

[Mr Squiggles]

01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101010 01100101 01100100 01101001 00100000 01111001 01100101 01110100

:)

*Gasp*! My mother is a saint! take that back!

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that not only do I sleep talk at least 3 times a week, sleep "fight" ( I hit my wall and fight with my bed sheets), I also sleep walk!! It seems that last night, I took my pillow and my bed sheets to go and sleep in the guests rooms that is located downstairs.

[masamuneehs]

today i learned that people posting messages to each other on the forums (that's what PMs are for guys) in binary code is even more annoying than those who come here and speak all in foreign languages, aol or 1337 talk.

i'd like to encourage it to stop being used, thank you very much.

[Mr Squiggles]

And here i thought that "my mother was a saint!" was the universal "I have no idea what you just said" statement. Oh well, I guess that today I learned that some people think that it's actually a response to a sentence...

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that over 200 cellphones are lost each month in Grand Central Terminal.

[DB_Hunter]

Today I learned that some cows in Japan get fed wine and beer, as well as being given massages.

[XanBcoo]

Today, I learned that over 200 cellphones are lost each month in Grand Central Terminal.

What the hell is with all this bad news about cell phones recently?? It's really gettin' me down.

Today I learned various definitions of what a "dialect" is, and that Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese are actually closer to being different languages than different dialects.

[KitKat]

I was skimming the introductions thread today and I saw the post where Xan wrote, "I'm XanBcoo and I'm a phone" and I nearly fell off my chair laughing.

Xan, learning linguistic facts brings me much happiness. You are doing well, my young apprentice.... :p

[Lefty]

I learned what an alabama hot pocket is. I want to take out my brain and stomp on it. I cusre you Chugworth Acadamy, I curse you to hell.

[Xollence]

I learned so much from my contemporary world professor today about his life behind Soviet Russia. It was so much more interesting than when I heard Gorbachev speak at my school.

He told us that rock music was banned so they would hold rock concerts in apartments or underground. The police always knew about these concerts so they would always arrest everyone there, but my professor would go anyway and always expect not to come back home for 24 hours. He told us that he got picked up so often that he was never able to hear the band actually play.

Russian women did most of the manual work like construction and stuff because men were unreliable since they drank themselves to death.

You could get a arrested for wearing American jeans or wearing ripped jeans.

If you grew your hair too long the police would cut it.

You would have to wait in line for 2-3 hours just to get into the grocery store. My professor told me that people would just wait in line sometimes without even knowing what they were in line for because if people were waiting in line it had to be something good.

He grew up in a communal apartment, where each family took a room. One woman got into a fight with another woman in the next room in 1938 and when he moved into that apartment in 1976 they were still fighting. They ended up living right next to each other in Boston in 2002, and never spoke one word to each other since 1938 even though they've been living next to each other their whole lives.

A lot of the older Russian generation are annoyed with what Americans call "friend" since in Russia you're friends for life no matter what.

My professor is friends with Professor Khrushchev who teaches at Brown University. His father was Nikita Khrushchev, and he once told him that he was only 40 minutes away from ordering the nuke strike against America during the Cuba Missile Crisis, which would have ended the world. Pretty scary.

All Russians had to join the army when they turned 18. My professor got into a fight and was stabbed so he was able to avoid military service that year. He got lucky because that year the Soviet went to war with Afganistan.

----

Right when I was writing this an Arab couple was fighting next to me. The guy was engaged to her and then he ended up cheating on her. She's slapping him and yelling at him in the library right now. Freaking scary I need to move now.

[rockmanj]

...that ill probably die alone and surrounded by cats.

[Mr Squiggles]

You forgot to mention that those cats in question will hate you too.

jk... cheer up dude, you got your whole life ahead of you. Just because things are looking down right now it doesnt mean they'll stay that way forever.

[Terracosmo]

Today, or rather yesterday, I learned that a full day at work after being unemployed for 4 months makes you rather tired.

Ain't complaining though! Gotta love my fancy McDonald's job!

[Mr Squiggles]

For your sake I hope you dont actually work at MacDonalds :p, but hey, I guess it's still a source of income...

As for me, today I learned that my wage just went from 7.90$ Canadian/hour to 9.00$ /hour, and for no apparent reason either. Booyah! Gotta love my ultra-prestigious job of being a cashier at a grocery store.

[IFHTT]

Today, I learned that when I binge-watch anime, when I'm done I am sort of out of touch with reality for a short period of time...

[XanBcoo]

A lot of the older Russian generation are annoyed with what Americans call "friend" since in Russia you're friends for life no matter what.
That's pretty honorable. I wish America did have a better sense of what a friend was. Too many "friendships" end with some BS reason, or start because of something equally superficial. Same goes for couples. Everyone's just in it for themselves.

Edit: I do have some very good friends though. I try to be as unconditional as possible, which I think is what I like about the Russian concept.

[KitKat]

Today, I learned that when I binge-watch anime, when I'm done I am sort of out of touch with reality for a short period of time...
That happens to me TOO! It's like, real life is the fantasy, and anime is the real world. It's a bizzare and surreal feeling.

Today I learned that I really dislike walking around listening to my iPod because it cuts me off from my environment too much. I get nervous if I can't hear the chirps of the birds and the sounds of things happening around me. It also makes me feel like I'm living in a music video.

[xDarkMaster]

Today I learned what rocky mountain oysters are...

*pukes*

[Terracosmo]

For your sake I hope you dont actually work at MacDonalds :p, but hey, I guess it's still a source of income...

Hey, shut up, it's very tiring work and is a nice thing to have on your future job applications... organizations worldwide know about McDonald's educational services as well as the dedication you need to have to not get kicked out since so many want to work there.

Not to sound like some kind of informational pamphlet, but it's time people stop dissing places like that just because they are jobs "anyone can get".

Besides, I'm 19, and I don't feel like studying at the moment.

And yes, a source of income is always nice when you've been broke for almost half a year.

[IFHTT]

Nothing wrong with fast food joints. I worked at a Wendy's for 2 years before I got my current job, and I'd probably still be there now if not for a friend of mine, since it was the friend that got me this job.

Any source of income is nice.

Now the only thing that does suck is that after working there I really can't stand their food anymore. It'll kill your apetite for the place in no time.

It's not like it matters for Terra anyways, He'll be an internationally reknowned drummer soon, then he'll have the last laugh. :D

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that Terra is only 19. I dunno why, but I thought he was older.

Come to think of it, I misjudge a lot of people's ages on GW. I guess I need to pay more attention to the introduction thread.

[Mr Squiggles]

Today I learned that Terra is only 19. I dunno why, but I thought he was older.

ditto, I thought he was in his early/mid twenties, which was why I was kinda surprised when he said he worked at McDonalds. My reality has been shattered, I'm going to go cry myself to sleep. And by "cry myself to sleep", I mean sit in the computer lab writing code because this damn assignment wont write itself *grumble, grumble*

[Terracosmo]

Yeah, well, I'll still probably leave the place whenever I find something better. :D

@Ton: So true, damn, after only 2 days I'm so tired of the Big Mac...

@Xan: Yeah, the introduction thread, or my profile where my age has been written out since I joined back in 2003...

I have 4 possible theories to why people think I'm older than I am:

1. I do not write like a fucking retard (most of the time) which people who are younger than me, even americans, often do. Which is why I might come off as older.

2. I'm an adminstrator.

3. I'm pretty damn sexy.

4. All of the above.

[Mr Squiggles]

^ You forgot:

5. I am a man eating machine from the planet Omega Delta Phi bent upon the destruction of humankind, and so in order to stay hidden I have a fake age hologram apparatus made by a very clever gnome.

You don't think you can still fool me do you?

[woofcat]

Today i learned that Terra's Bday is 6 days away from mine. Go 19th!

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that Terra is 19 and he finally got a job at McDonalds! Congratulation!:D
Also, I learned that my graduation has a 80% chances of getting cancelled.:rolleyes:

[Mr Squiggles]

Also, I learned that my graduation has a 80% chances of getting cancelled.:rolleyes:

If that happens, sue them for sexual harassment! That'll teach em.


Today I learned what rocky mountain oysters are...
Strange, I'm pretty sure here we call them prairie oysters...

[complich8]

1. I do not write like a fucking retard (most of the time) which people who are younger than me, even americans, often do. Which is why I might come off as older.

Heh ... even people who're quite a bit older than you write like retards :p.

Speaking of writing, today I learned that despite being a poorly written hack-job (bad structure, no flow at all -- still better than standard fare on the forums), my first philosophy paper this semester swung a B+ on the quality of reasoning and an interesting and creative premise.

I think my time on forums and irc and fansubbing has actually served to make my writing style quite a bit worse. I used to be able to take a crap premise and string it together into an interesting paper just on structure and narrative flow. Now I can't take an interesting premise and string it together into a decent paper.

Further support of the premise "The Internet Makes You Stupid".

[gr3atfull]

@ Mr Squiggles:
lol. I dont think they will cancel it though. They got in the news for the past few years a lot of time for bad stuff about them. But, they did it once about 3 years ago. But who knows...

[complich8]

Why would they cancel your graduation, anyway? That seems a bit odd...

[gr3atfull]

It is a long story, but to make it short.

There are four classes in my grade. Each three classes has about 25, 27 and 29 students and my class has 33 students (that is a lot). 24 of them are guys and 9 girls. And all of the guys are troublemakers. They hit the floors with their feets, and hit the walls to bother the other classes. They do anything to drive the teachers crazy. That made our physic, chemistry and math teacher to quit. Now, they are even driving our new physic/chemistry/math teacher crazy even though he is already mad. Even the high school new principal is unable to control them. So the only way to make us behave is to threaten to cancel the graduation.

But the thing, they dont care about the graduation. They only care about the prom and the school cant cancel the prom.

[IFHTT]

Wow, they wouldn't hesitate to cancel prom here in the states, especially over graduation. From what you've stated though, the guys in your class don't sound as if they are ready to graduate. They sound pretty immature... I hope they don't end up screwing you over. I'd be pissed, if the actions of other students caused the rest to lose certain priviledges and such.

[XanBcoo]

...They hit the floors with their feets, and hit the walls to bother the other classes. They do anything to drive the teachers crazy...they dont care about the graduation. They only care about the prom...
Sounds a bit like the majority of my graduating class...

Complich8's comment about his writing style made me think. I feel the opposite has happened to me. Being exposed to a lot of interesting topics, spending time writing thought-out posts (for the most part, I hope :p), and being exposed to others' writing styles and opinions has made me a better writer in my opinion. I feel I'm able to more clearly express myself in writing and comprehend other arguments better than I could before. I think it's good practice for writing essays and research papers and teh like.

@Xan: Yeah, the introduction thread, or my profile where my age has been written out since I joined back in 2003...
Bah, I never used to pay a lot of attention to the user profiles. The fusetalk ones were pretty boring.

[gr3atfull]

From what you've stated though, the guys in your class don't sound as if they are ready to graduate. They sound pretty immature...

That is what all the teachers told our class. They say that we will be considered morons when we enter CEGEP.


I hope they don't end up screwing you over. I'd be pissed, if the actions of other students caused the rest to lose certain priviledges and such.
At the beginning, the class didnt really bother me. It was entertainning. But when my science teachers left and got an asshole to replace them. Me and the whole class went down.:mad:

[complich8]

Complich8's comment about his writing style made me think. I feel the opposite has happened to me. Being exposed to a lot of interesting topics, spending time writing thought-out posts (for the most part, I hope :p), and being exposed to others' writing styles and opinions has made me a better writer in my opinion. I feel I'm able to more clearly express myself in writing and comprehend other arguments better than I could before. I think it's good practice for writing essays and research papers and teh like.

There's a certain value to that, to a limited extent. I think it's a question of where you're coming from and what you're exposed to. I used to be a really, really good writer -- good at structuring thoughts, good at turning interesting phrases, good at generating narrative flow.

But then, I used to read a lot more in general, and a lot more stuff with very good writing styles, in consistent, large quantities. I've got a whole room lined with books that influenced my writing style in the past, but that collection of books hasn't really grown lately.

I think a couple years of translating Engrish to English for various fansub groups, and the replacement of books with the internet as my primary source of reading material is the culprit.

Well, that and blogging. All of this informal, short, unresearched and somewhat unstructured writing is definitely taking its toll on my style and form.

It's so easy to just slap down a raw messy thought and leave it -- particularly if the thought stands on its own as a decently interesting insight. It's a lot harder to take the same raw messy thought, turn it over, fight for and against it, and shape it into something complete, and that process is what I've gotten worse at. I can still puke out random flashes of insight that look good to the casual observer, or as an observation in passing, but as literary contributions go, they're not worth the kilobytes of disk they take up in the database.

[Board of Command]

Wow Terra is only 19. I remember reading somewhere that you're 20-something but I guess my memory is failing me.

[masamuneehs]

Today I learned that apparently I have black, not dark brown, hair!

So we're sitting in a bar and I'm talking with these two girls (and a gay guy) about, well what else, men. Wer'e talking about real blondes, fake blondes etc etc. And eventually the guy says to me, 'You don't dye your hair black do you?'

And I'm like "No. And my hair is dark brown by the way."

And the three of them are like, "No, it's black."

Back and forth, back and forth we argue. Finally the guy is like "What color is your shirt?" My shirt was black. "Look in that mirror, isn't it the same color as your hair?"

And he was fucking right. Maybe it was the lighting in there, cuz I was sure my hair looks more brownish in the daylight, but my hair looked just as black as my shirt. Goddamn I learned something new about myself!

[woofcat]

Today i truly learned how fucking early 5 am is when you have to START work then.

[Board of Command]

A few days ago I learned that the capacitors inside a CRT monitor can retain their charge for weeks. I was planning on taking apart my monitor and painting the casing, but after learning of the fatal risks involved, I'm having second thoughts.

[IFHTT]

Today I learned that I probably spend way more time here on the forum than what would be considered healthy.

I also learned today that I should not partake in the viewing of this forum while under the influence of alcohol as I seem to have lost my common sense! Sorry Bud :(

[PSJ]

Today i learned that i am unable to operate on 3 hours of sleep, i want my 8-10 hours. Sadly i never get that many, fucking school.

[Board of Command]

8-10? I haven't had 8 hours of sleep for a couple years now. Not due to school of course ;)

[dragonrage]

Today I learned that I probably spend way more time here on the forum than what would be considered healthy.

I also learned today that I should not partake in the viewing of this forum while under the influence of alcohol as I seem to have lost my common sense! Sorry Bud :(


But everything seems so right when you are under the influence. It's like you can do no wrong lol. But in the aftermath you realize that most of the times you are.

Today i relearned that walking in the rain when the temperature is unstable is very bad for your health... But it feels so good. I hope i never learn that it is possible to be struck by lightning when walking in the rain.

[complich8]

Today I learned that pictures of flowers in the springtime practically take themselves. They're easy to take, they almost always look great ... in short, there's no challenge at all to it.

It's sort of unfulfilling, to be honest. I took like 90 pictures today, and like 80 of them were somewhere between decent and good. With other subject matter, it's hard to hit a 30% ratio of good pictures to pictures taken ... with flowers, it's like automatic 70-80% or more. All you need is decent sunlight and the ability to use "macro" mode on your camera.

I need to find more challenging, but still interesting subject matter.

[woofcat]

Black and white mail boxes.

I learned that i am an idiot that talked himself into getting up at 5 am again :(

[naruto=pwnage]

today I learned that with two simple forum screw ups a noob like me gets a rating of "sorta blows" and that I have gotten on the bad side of one of the moderators:(

anybody know how to get your rating up? lol...
peace.

[dragonrage]

today I learned that with two simple forum screw ups a noob like me gets a rating of "sorta blows" and that I have gotten on the bad side of one of the moderators:(

anybody know how to get your rating up? lol...
peace.


count yourself luck, it could have been alot worst. As for getting your rating up, put out quality post and following the rules help. But generally it mean you have to stop being lazy. For one you have to start posting in the right section. Learn to do a basic search before creating a thread. Read the damn rules, and follow them (that helps a whole lot). Just be yourself and well if people see what they like........

Welcome to the forums. I have read all your post so far. You seem ok, just alittle too damn lazy, change that and you will be ok.. Enjoy Gotwoot and be kind to those mods. cause they hold your fate in there hands, unless they are being pricks which seldom to never happens.

[naruto=pwnage]

thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to follow it. and yah. I have been a lazy ass. :p

[mage]

and that I have gotten on the bad side of one of the moderators:(

join the club

[Knives122]

lol, I'm pretty sure every mod doesnt like someone here.....I think.

hmmmm, what did I learn today? I learned that I could've caught my moms plant holder from falling and breaking after I pushed my stupid brothers friend into it, but would've ended up breaking a lamp b/c I would've had to push him again to catch it. So I just let it fall.

[Honoko]

Today I learned that the new interface for the GW forums is the bomb diggity and it's so great that I've just praised it twice in two different threads!

(Oh man, I can't believe "bomb diggity" just became part of my vocabulary.....)

[Board of Command]

(Oh man, I can't believe "bomb diggity" just became part of my vocabulary.....)
I don't blame you, it just rolls off the tongue so well.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned producer Rick Rubin tried to make the Black Crowes take the name Kobb Kounty Krows (KKK) before they released their first album.

[ChaosK]

today i learned that ATVs can take a lot of paintball hits...until one hits the driver and causes him to fall off.

[IFHTT]

Today I learned, no matter how much you despise someone, you can't help but feel terrible for them when they lose a parent.

[Raven]

Today I learned that waxing isn't as painful as people keep insisting it is.

[Honoko]

Today I learned that waxing isn't as painful as people keep insisting it is.
I would think it would depend on where you're waxing...