Today I learned...

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that "ebonics" is not just lazy English (a widespread misconception), but really its own dialect of English with its own rules. There is even a book on the subject which details its origins and grammar rules/properties.

[woofcat]

Today i learned, no mater what you do, something is wrong.

[el_boss]

Today i learned, no mater what you do, something is wrong.
So the sentence that you just wrote is wrong? (the substance of it, not that you have misspelled matter)

[complich8]

Today I learned that a successful activedirectory install with a sane firewall requires you to open up a significant portrange (of otherwise unused ports) for the rpc locator service. I also learned how to constrain that port range to something sane, and learned enough about how sharepoint stores user and group info that I could manually delete a spurious database record from sql server 2005.

Shortly before that, I learned how to use sql server 2005 to back sharepoint, and how to move the physical location of already-created databases.

In fact, I'd say this week I have learned more about windows server systems than I cared to know before this week... there are a LOT of little details that you wouldn't even think about until they try to bite your nuts off.

[Deadfire]

Today I learned that a successful activedirectory install with a sane firewall requires you to open up a significant portrange (of otherwise unused ports) for the rpc locator service. I also learned how to constrain that port range to something sane, and learned enough about how sharepoint stores user and group info that I could manually delete a spurious database record from sql server 2005.

Shortly before that, I learned how to use sql server 2005 to back sharepoint, and how to move the physical location of already-created databases.

In fact, I'd say this week I have learned more about windows server systems than I cared to know before this week... there are a LOT of little details that you wouldn't even think about until they try to bite your nuts off.

Would they be the same that are on my Network+ or Security+ Certification Exams i will be taking shortly this year?

[complich8]

we're talking more like mcse stuff in this case...

I'm not sure what sort of stuff is on network+ and security+, offhand, but a lot of what I've been dealing with is very activedirectory/win2k3 specific.

I should get some certs when I graduate ... just to shake them at people and say "look at this, pay me more!"

[Deadfire]

we're talking more like mcse stuff in this case...

I'm not sure what sort of stuff is on network+ and security+, offhand, but a lot of what I've been dealing with is very activedirectory/win2k3 specific.

I should get some certs when I graduate ... just to shake them at people and say "look at this, pay me more!"

HA! Indeed thats what I'm doing and I hope to at least get a couple of the Certs I'm doing my courses on that too soon after I get though my net + I'm on to Windows servers, Linux, and Cisco

[complich8]

nice thing is, by the time I graduate I'll have right around 3 years of experience as a sysadmin in a mid-sized environment. That, plus three years in the helpdesk trenches adds up to me being in school and making shit for pay for entirely too long.

Today I learned that I don't know enough about Kerberos, yet. And also that if you were born on october 3, 1978, today would be your 10,000th day of life.

I'll be 10,000 days old in Feb of 2008. That's sort of cool, in an arbitrary sort of way.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned that "ebonics" is not just lazy English (a widespread misconception), but really its own dialect of English with its own rules. There is even a book on the subject which details its origins and grammar rules/properties.

Just because it has a book written about it doesn't mean it's an actual dialect. Actually, ebonics is fucking garbage and everyone who applies it to their speech is a moron.

[Knives122]

Today I learned that a Segate Internal Hard drive needs a stupid SATA adapter to make it actually work.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that if you go on a vacation for a few days, some one will come and delete your programs, your pictures and your songs on the computer. Ex: my brother -_-

[complich8]

A valuable lesson! That's what separate user accounts in limited user mode are for :p.

That, and backups. I personally recommend keeping your hard-to-replace data both on the local drive, and on an external usb2 disk. And not keeping the disk in plain sight, where a meddlesome person (like your brother) might decide that it's fair game to dump some data to, and delete everything else on it in the process.

Today I learned that the database project I've got that's due on wednesday is ... well ... pretty easy. Hopefully I'll be finishing it up and starting on the extra credit stuff tomorrow.

I also learned that windows (in an AD domain) will arbitrarily unmap drives that look like user home directories on reboot, even if they're mapped with different domain credentials, unless the drive letter you want it mapped to is defined in their AD user profile entry as a mapped drive. And that ICQ pro is a horrible sheisty program that insists on its users being in the "Power Users" group, because it's lame.

[gr3atfull]

I do have a separate user. He just found my password. :( Guess, I have to change it and use a 12 letters one with numbers and caps.
But thankfully, I had my pics on photobucket and my friends will just give me their songs on a USB and I have to redownload the programs again.

[xDarkMaster]

Today I learned that apparently windmill's cost less than nuclear plants, even though it takes 1500 windmills to replace 1 nuclear plant and each windmill costs $1.8 million dollars to make.

[Kraco]

Dunno. It's awfully hard to find unbiased information about that. Do you have some good reference? I only know wind used to have a higher levelized cost. But with all the technological advances, who knows. If you have a look at how traditional power plants are defended, it looks like the main argument is that "wind is not practical in large scale". That could be partly right: 1500 windmills probably take a lot more room than a nuclear plant, and few people want one as a neighbour, not any more than a nuclear plant.

[xDarkMaster]

Well, I got that information from a professor from Harvard that was defending windmills, which doesn't really make much sense.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that the oldest living animal is a tortoise that is over 170 years old....

[woofcat]

English ISP due in 10 hours + drinking = not a good idea.

[samsonlonghair]

Today I learned how insanely easy it is to get married. I went to the courthouse thinking that it would take hours to do the paperwork for my upcoming wedding. Not so. I only had to sign one piece of paper and pay a nominal fee. It took much less time than renewing my drivers liscense.

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that if October 19 is a Sunday, then October 21 is a Saturday :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Deadfire]

Today I learned that if October 19 is a Sunday, then October 21 is a Saturday

How does this work? I'm confused as well

[complich8]

all I can say is ... wtf?

I don't buy it.

[ChaosK]

How does this work? I'm confused as well

Umm...what the fuck? Is it of the next year or something?

[Assassin]

im guessing some freak coincedence with the daylight savings thing happening on the same day as the equinox or someting....maybe?

[Kraco]

I think it's caused by swamp gas from a weather balloon that was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

[XanBcoo]

I think it's caused by swamp gas from a weather balloon that was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
They got to you too, eh?

Somewhat related...today I learned that there is actually a little landrover on Mars at the moment. It's been there for a few years, running off of solar power, and has gone a considerable distance to take pictures and analyze dirt 'n rocks. I always knew they had sent one, I just didn't know it was still up there.

[Phoenix20578]

Today I learned that just because I work at a hospital doesnt mean I cant get sick :(

[Kraco]

Ho... Aren't you supposed to be an old acquaintance of MRSA and other jolly good superbugs if you work at a hospital, near the patients?

[Phoenix20578]

Yeah, unfortunetly...... :( Luckly, I get good medical coverage cause I work there :D

[Vegechan]

Today I leared why sweating actually cools you down. Apparently, it's not the act of sweating itself, but the evaporation of the sweat into the atmosphere. The evaporation proceess asorbs heat, taking heat from the body. Now, this is also why a humid day feels so uncomfy. The more humid the air is, the more water is in the atmosphere, so when you sweat the sweat won't likely evaporate, thus no transfer of heat and uncomfort.

I actually learned this awhile ago, but found it fascinating.

[Deadfire]

Today I learned the the largest word ever made that meant something is the following

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It means the "an enzyme consisting of 267 amino acids" or a tryptophan synthetase A protein."Chemical terms should not in my opinion be listed as long words. Many, many compounds are so complex that their names would be horrific and probably beat the ones listed in all known sources. It is exceedingly hard to reconstruct the correct structure from the name, and many attempts are made to automate the process from structure to name and vice versa. To have the longest word, it would only require finding a larger protein, and as proteins are discovered at a rate of hundreds to thousands per week it wouldn't be sporty to accept those names as 'words.' Similar spelling-out for DNA sequences would yield even longer words as the DNA is continous for up to several hundred million bases where each base would be named something like 'uracilphosphate.'"

[Board of Command]

How does this work? I'm confused as well

all I can say is ... wtf?

I don't buy it.

Umm...what the fuck? Is it of the next year or something?

im guessing some freak coincedence with the daylight savings thing happening on the same day as the equinox or someting....maybe?

I think it's caused by swamp gas from a weather balloon that was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
I apologize for the mass confusion I caused. It wasn't supposed to make sense because it was a typo of some sort I saw on a document.

[Newtyped]

Today I learned the the largest word ever made that meant something is the following

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lylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

It means the "an enzyme consisting of 267 amino acids" or a tryptophan synthetase A protein."Chemical terms should not in my opinion be listed as long words. Many, many compounds are so complex that their names would be horrific and probably beat the ones listed in all known sources. It is exceedingly hard to reconstruct the correct structure from the name, and many attempts are made to automate the process from structure to name and vice versa. To have the longest word, it would only require finding a larger protein, and as proteins are discovered at a rate of hundreds to thousands per week it wouldn't be sporty to accept those names as 'words.' Similar spelling-out for DNA sequences would yield even longer words as the DNA is continous for up to several hundred million bases where each base would be named something like 'uracilphosphate.'"

it looks like you just went like
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[ChaosK]

Today I learned the PS3 looks kickass and is coming soon.

[Deadfire]

it looks like you just went like
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Do a google search on "an enzyme consisting of 267 amino acids" and you will find I'm not.

[Newtyped]

Oh im sorry, you ment
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll eucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylprolylphenylal anylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyli soleucylglutamylglutaminylseryl leucyl
you misspelled it you know ^^;;

[woofcat]

Today i learned that no matter what, i am always nice to people. Even people i hate untill i turn physical. (Very hard to do)

[samsonlonghair]

So woofcat, can I borrow five bucks?

[ChaosK]

Today I learned that nothing can refrain a person from beating the shit out of an idiot.

[Honoko]

Today I learned that nothing can refrain a person from beating the shit out of an idiot.
I need to learn that... I always refrain from hitting an idiot.

[ChaosK]

I need to learn that... I always refrain from hitting an idiot.

You want to learn how to not restraint yourself? :confused:

I learned something else today, I learned when DO has nothing else to say he starts talking about his dick.

[Honoko]

You want to learn how to not restraint yourself? :confused: .
It'd be a novel reaction :p

[Yukimura]

Today I learned why the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth, apparently tidal forces, like the ones that create the tides, act on the moon just as much as they act on the earth.

Long ago the moon was actually hot and gooey, before the cheese cooled down enough to warrant staging the moon landing because of the giant bacteria creating the Swiss-ness. Anyway, the Earth, being much bigger than the moon, pulled the spherical moon along it's equator making it look less like this ( ) a little more like this { } the tiny little points are closer to the Earth and have more mass then the other parts of the moon, so when the moon tries to rotate the pointy part away from Earth, Mama Earth starts yanking back on the moon, reducing the energy the moon has to rotate with, and consequently billions of years later people look up at a defeated moon that has lost the ability to turn faster than it goes around us thus we always see the same side.

I also learned the GW has a place where I can share random tidbits like this with other people, aren't forums just amazing!

[XanBcoo]

The moon's orbit is also growing at about 4 cm per year. This is because of more wacky effects of gravity. The moon pulls Earth's oceans slightly away from it, creating the tides. But because the resulting tidal bulges are closer to the moon than the center of earth, the gravitational force is therefore stronger. The tidal forces create friction between the Earth and it's oceans, causing Earth to slow down slightly and it's oceans to end up somewhat ahead in their rotation. This in turn causes the moon to be affected by the gravitational force of the tidal bulges, pulling it forward in it's orbit (since the Earth and its tides spin faster than the moon orbits around them - it's like the tidal bulge is tugging the moon behind it as it rotates). The growing distance has been proven to be true because astromers can bounce lasers and shit off of reflectors on the moon left there during the Apollo missions and judge the distance from that.

Apparently all of that means that Earth's days are growing slightly longer over time as well. The actual measurement escapes me.

[DO]

I learned something else today, I learned when DO has nothing else to say he starts talking about his dick.


I also learned something today, ChaosKiddo is a worthless sack of crap

[woofcat]

I learned that nintendo called it's new system "Wii"

Also i learned there are a ton of horrible jokes for the Wii

"Hey lets connect our Wii together with wi-fi"
"Hey don't break my Wii"

hehehe.

[Genma]

Today I learned that driving with 2 hours of sleep is not fun.

[XanBcoo]

I learned that nintendo called it's new system "Wii"

Also i learned there are a ton of horrible jokes for the Wii

"Hey lets connect our Wii together with wi-fi"
"Hey don't break my Wii"

hehehe.

I heard that black Wiis are bigger than white Wiis.

[el_boss]

Today (over the last three days) I learned that I'm in love with Neil Strauss. It's the first time in my life I seriously have idol worship. I feel like a little girl who has met her favourite boy band. :)

[dragonrage]

Today i learned that there is an actual cartoon with Chuck Norris in it. What will cartoon network show next.

[Genma]

Today i learned that there is an actual cartoon with Chuck Norris in it. What will cartoon network show next.

CHUCK NORRIS KARATE KOMMANDOS!!!!

Gotta love the horrible voice acting, skipped animation frames, and life tip by Chuck at the end of the episode.

Anyway, uh... today I learned that growing my hair out wasn't such a good idea, because I can't see anymore.

[XanBcoo]

They showed Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos on Adult Swim on April Fools day instead of Inuyasha. I welcomed the decision. I mean, Inuyasha might have a slow-developing romance and boring action scenes and story, but it does not have Super Ninja, which is probably the most ridiculous, yet most badass name for a villian. Ever.

And of course, not even someone named Super Ninja can stand up to Norris' lethal kicks. They also showed a similar cartoon starring Mr. T.

@Genma: I also started to find long hair annoying. Especially on windy days. If you happen to catch a powerful breeze coming from behind you, you can't see a goddamn thing.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that 1/9 women gets breast cancer.

[anphorus]

I learned today (if by "today" I mean, around 14 months ago) that while women cannot get testicular cancer, for obvious reasons, men can get breast cancer. Plus I learned that Ultimate Spiderman rocks.

[ChaosK]

Today i learned that God#2 wishes he had Spidey Sense. If I were him, I'd be wishing for common sense.

[complich8]

Today I learned that Best-buy bought Toshiba media center laptops require something like an hour and a half worth of uninstall-time, intermediate registry editing skills, and familiarity with sysinternals "autoruns" application to purge all the horrible invasive nagging crapware that comes preinstalled.

If they had given me a winxp media center edition install cd instead of a system restore cd, I would have just formatted to save time.

(and no, I didn't buy it, my department's director did ... and handed it to me to set up for him)

It's a nice machine, but seeing how craptacular it is was before I got rid of the unnecessary and excessively resource-hungry bits, I have learned a valuable lesson: never, EVER buy a pc from a big-box retail store, unless you've got time to waste futzing with the horrible stinking pile of software that will inevitably come on it.

[Deadfire]

Today I learned that Best-buy bought Toshiba media center laptops require something like an hour and a half worth of uninstall-time, intermediate registry editing skills, and familiarity with sysinternals "autoruns" application to purge all the horrible invasive nagging crapware that comes preinstalled.

If they had given me a winxp media center edition install cd instead of a system restore cd, I would have just formatted to save time.

(and no, I didn't buy it, my department's director did ... and handed it to me to set up for him)

It's a nice machine, but seeing how craptacular it is was before I got rid of the unnecessary and excessively resource-hungry bits, I have learned a valuable lesson: never, EVER buy a pc from a big-box retail store, unless you've got time to waste futzing with the horrible stinking pile of software that will inevitably come on it.

And to think you need to pay $189 CDN for me to do this for you when in the store. Even then I don't do all of it. As well all laptops you get from us have that same problem

[Kraco]

If they had given me a winxp media center edition install cd instead of a system restore cd, I would have just formatted to save time.

That's kind of strange... If you buy a license to the software, it's nasty they don't give an install CD. Too bad you didn't have any install CDs from other sources lying near at hand. MS also takes much more than the media cost, if you get the install CD from them (although I paid only a fraction of what I was supposed to pay years ago due to a euro / old national currency confusion, but that's an isolated case).

[samsonlonghair]

today I learned that growing my hair out wasn't such a good idea.


I also started to find long hair annoying.

I shake my fist angrily at you both!

[woofcat]

Today i learned that people often really really really miss the point. This guy makes install Alboy locks on this Jank door that could be kicked down in about 5 seconds. We tried to point out that no matter how much money you spend on locks if the door can be kicked down or a window broken it kinda makes spending the money useless.

[Kraco]

How about insurance? Technically an insurance company could require good locks (for some deal), but wouldn't pay any attention to the fact the door itself is insufficient to make any difference.

Btw... How is it in Canada? I have noticed in American movies and series that doors always open inwards in the USA (unless it's just the TV and movies).... Over here they always open outwards. Thus, in the US the lock would be the only thing preventing a door from being kicked in (or rammed to be realistic). Over here, you would actually need to break the whole door into pieces or the door frame to gain the same effect. In that sense one might think structurally very sound locks would indeed be essential in the US. But like I said, I don't know about Canada.

[woofcat]

The doors here mostly open in. Some open out tho. Sure the lock could get you a better deal on insurance but calling a lockie to unlock it would cost alot since they are a bitch to open.

[dragonrage]

Today I learned that Floods are the most common natural disasters. Many people who are in high risk areas, do not insure thieir houses. So if you live in a high risk area or even a low risk area, get flood insurance. High risk areas are: houses near rivers, areas that are plagued by hurricanes, etc.

This has been a public service announcement.

dragonrage.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that Floods are the most common natural disasters. Many people who are in high risk areas, do not insure thieir houses. So if you live in a high risk area or even a low risk area, get flood insurance. High risk areas are: houses near rivers, areas that are plagued by hurricanes, etc.

This has been a public service announcement.

dragonrage.
A day late and a dollar short, I'm afraid. My house was flooded a few years ago and we didn't have flood insurance. We were located in a Low-risk area until about a few months before the flood, then they redrew everything and included my neighborhood as a High-risk area. But we had never had any flood problems during hurricanes before, so my parents didn't bother getting the insurance...=\

[Yukimura]

Today i learned that people often really really really miss the point. This guy makes install Alboy locks on this Jank door that could be kicked down in about 5 seconds. We tried to point out that no matter how much money you spend on locks if the door can be kicked down or a window broken it kinda makes spending the money useless.

This exact problem came up in the movie Crash. The door to this store wouldn't lock properly so the owner hires a locksmith to replace the lock, the locksmith tells him that the door itself is the problem, but the store owner feels like he's being cheated and just yells at the locksmith to fix it, obviously locksmiths don't fix doors so he just left. Then later the store gets broken into and ransacked, the insurance guy comes to appraise it and deems the robbery negligence because the owner didn't listen to the locksmith and fix his door. Now said owner has lost everything and goes out to drive the plot of the movie forward.


As to doors opening out, if the police are coming in and they find a door that opens out, they'll probobly blow the whole damn door off it's hinges, and you don't want that happeing just because you were out partying when they came to serve their warrant.

[Kraco]

As to doors opening out, if the police are coming in and they find a door that opens out, they'll probobly blow the whole damn door off it's hinges, and you don't want that happeing just because you were out partying when they came to serve their warrant.

Heh. Fortunately over here that happens extremely rarely, so it's not really any point to be considered when designing houses and apartments. I suppose it's just some tradition.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned an afghan proverb. It goes:
The unfortunate learn from their own mistake, but the people with luck learns from the mistakes of others.

Its not word by word, but the idea is there.

[Assertn]

How about insurance? Technically an insurance company could require good locks (for some deal), but wouldn't pay any attention to the fact the door itself is insufficient to make any difference.

Btw... How is it in Canada? I have noticed in American movies and series that doors always open inwards in the USA (unless it's just the TV and movies).... Over here they always open outwards. Thus, in the US the lock would be the only thing preventing a door from being kicked in (or rammed to be realistic). Over here, you would actually need to break the whole door into pieces or the door frame to gain the same effect. In that sense one might think structurally very sound locks would indeed be essential in the US. But like I said, I don't know about Canada.
Actually, I think the door opens in the direction that the flow of traffic is mostly going in. Or if the flow is about the same, then it opens in if it's a main entrance. For example the front door to a restaurant would most likely open into the restaurant, while a back-alley door to a restaurant would most likely open into the alley.

[Kraco]

Yeah. But it's the reverse here. According to my observations doors mainly open so that when you are heading out of the building, you push the doors. This applies not only to the outer doors, but as well random corridor or staircase doors (fire doors for example), inside the building. I have sometimes wondered if it's because of emergencies, or something, if people would need to leave a burning building in hurry (if there's a mass panic, the pressure of the mass would prevent you from opening a door in). But that's how it is here: Unless there's some specific practical reason for it to be otherwise, doors open out.

[PSJ]

Today i learned that keeping my contacts in while i sleep is a pretty fucking stupid idea, my eye hurts like hell and it tears up constantly. Never had any problems with it before though.

[Terracosmo]

Today I learned that buying pink eyeliner was a waste of time since I have no clothes to go with it.

...it's a tough world.

[complich8]

Going back to this whole "which way should the doors open" discussion ...

In a private residence, the primary doors should ALWAYS open inward, no matter what. The reasoning behind this is who has control of the door.

If someone knocks on your door and steps to the side, and your door opens out, they can jump at the door and hit it and they've got control of it, they can swing the door wide and walk right in.

On the other hand, if the door opens in, you pop your head out and they jump out, you can slam the door, or at least keep the actual door between you and them and try to push them out. In other words, you maintain a higher degree of control over entry to your home.

Similarly, bedroom doors behave the same for the same sort of reasons. In case of home invasion, it's universally better to have a door between you and the invader than not to -- especially when the door is somewhat sturdy and decently framed.

Moreover, the structural integrity of the door isn't going to matter much -- there's easier ways to gain access to a house than brute force through a locked door, if you're looking to commit a crime -- smashing a window is a surefire bet, and picking the lock tends to work quite well too. In fact, many households don't lock all of their windows, and many homes have sliding glass doors that can be susceptible to the old "glasscutter hand-hole" approach, which doesn't make a whole lot of noise if done skillfully. Kicking in a door can be easy, but it's also extremely conspicuous (ie: loud), just like breaking a window. It's unlikely to be done when people are home, knowing that they'll either call the police or have a shotgun at the ready (often both) by the time the door gives.

Remember: your property is not as important as you are. This is the whole reason why most home doors (and bedroom doors) open inward.


But what about public doors? They follow somewhat different rules. In a home, the average number of people is small, and it's unlikely that a crowd would be able to form and act irrationally. But in a public place -- a restaurant or store, for example, it's quite easy to imagine a critical-mass mob in an emergency (say, a building fire). Such a group would have trouble navigating an inward-opening door. Even worse would be a theater, where you have a large, dense group of people in a darkened room. Inward-opening doors can potentially be deadly, both because of irrational mob pressure blocking the doors, and because of the trampling risk associated with being between the forcibly-closed doors and a pushing mob of panicked people.

Public place doors almost always open with escaping fire in mind.

Most of the logic of which way your door should open is regulated by local building and fire codes. Some local codes dictate that in order to be certified past a certain occupancy, a building has to follow certain restrictions -- including which way the fire egress routes open. Other places don't even leave it an option, and simply force businesses to comply with those codes to even operate on commercially-zoned property.

[woofcat]

I agree, except for a few points.

Crooks using lockpicks is very seldom unless its high end crime and that is not home invasions.

Glass cutters at crimes are very seldom aswell.

Also most home breakin's happen inbetween 8-5 when people are at school / work, thus no-one home and noise is less of a factor.

[Kraco]

Yeah, it's a good point about what you said about private property doors opening in, and thus allowing greater protection for the one defending the property. I didn't come to think of it now when posting here, but the thought has crossed my mind earlier, when I have tried to imagine such a situation. Although I most likely didn't then think of the US standard, as it's rare here.

But based on your post, complich8, I take it many public places have doors opening out over there, as well? The emergency / panicked mass situation is indeed the strongest reason I have ever imagined for it.

Interestingly enough it's good to keep this in mind especially when walking through complex places, like large hospitals or universities. If you have a hunch whether you are going towards an exit or away from the nearest one, you can with satisfactory probability predict well beforehand if you need to push or pull a door. This allows a good chance to avoid the humiliating (ok, a little exaggerated) situation of trying to move the door to the wrong direction.

[Knives122]

Yesterday I found out that my asswhole brother bought a 360 when I was going to so now I have 2 options:

1. lower myself and do crap just so I can play my games on his console b/c he's a douchebag.

2.I get a job and go buy myself one and start paying for the internet bill so he can't do anything online without asking me for my consent......

I choose option two -_-

[PSJ]

option 2 is the correct answer, the key with brothers is that you always have to be in charge, if you have something they want you are the boss. If you can't keep it that way they will eventually whip you around and that is extremly humiliating especially if they're younger than you.

[el_boss]

Today I learned that there is actually going on a serious discussion on which way doors should open.

I don't get where you get your reasoning from complich8. If door would open inward, someone outside could just push it in after you "pop your head out". Hence getting access to the house just as easily as when the door opens outward. Though if it opens outward you get a small advantage when leaving the house in a hurry. Also if the door opens inward, it steals alot of space in the house. Maybe you have heard of a peephole. It allows you to see who's at the door without needing to "pop your head out". In sweden almost all doors have these.

@Kraco: If you don't want to get humiliated anymore, just pay attention to which side the hinges are on. If you don't see any hinges, pushing the door should be the way to go.

[kenren]

today...i learned to be more ..uhh..kind to my friends...during basketball..i yelled "foul" to one of them..after the game..they were not happy about it...i guess the way i yelled is more like "scolding" than telling them.. sigh~

[Kraco]

I don't get where you get your reasoning from complich8. If door would open inward, someone outside could just push it in after you "pop your head out".

While that is true to an extent, still if the door opens in, you can have it as a defensive shield between you and the trespasser, like complich said. It will be then a match of strength between you and the criminal. If it opens out, you basically have to stick your hand out of the doorway to pull the door shut again. And that's hard if the offender stands in the doorway.


If you don't want to get humiliated anymore, just pay attention to which side the hinges are on. If you don't see any hinges, pushing the door should be the way to go.

Heh. Yeah, you are right. But that's not nearly as intellectually interesting than trying to figure it out by philosophical means!

[Terracosmo]

Today I learned that my band actually exists on the swedish wikipedia:

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Pain

[Kraco]

Markku - Guitar? Did he have Finnish origins, or is that name used also otherwise in Sweden?

Heh. Do you guys get a new name every year (even if it says you ended up with this one)? Well, if everything goes well with the demo, I think you will stick to the present one.

[Terracosmo]

I don't know actually, never bothered to ask him about that.

True, true, well, when I joined the band it was already known as With Pain so I don't really know what's up with the constant changing of names. I think it's the best one anyway. :D

By the way if you poke around you can find other fun info, such as my old band and stuff.

Coolies~

[XanBcoo]

It would be even coolier if I could read Swedish :(.

Today I learned that I got 2 As and 2 Bs this past semester. One of those Bs was in Linguistics, my major, which is a bit scary (I should have gotten an A). I'm satisfied though.

[masamuneehs]

today i learned that i have been blacking out more often in Europe because I've been drinking more frequently than before...

not like that's going to change any time soon...

I also learned a shit ton about the Czech Republic and its history and alot of stuff about animals and such from the zoo and museum. Obviously I'm not going to post that all hear...

And thank god for comp's post! I hate doors to public places that you have to push to enter! dumbasses...

[gr3atfull]

Today I learned that if you make a bonfire in a park, you get a fine of 125$.

[ChaosK]

Today I learned that if you make a bonfire in a park, you get a fine of 125$.

Thats why you do it at your friend's house.

What were you burning? :confused:

[gr3atfull]

I tried to convinve my friends to do it in their own backyard, but they said the fun of it was to do it at a park.... It was still fun.

They were burning their english books......

edit: grammar

[ChaosK]

My friends and I did that :D. (8 of us I think it was) Except one of my friend's dad works for this private school which owns 20 acres of land, and gave them a free house to live on, however there is still ton of free space, so we rode out (he has 3 quads each seating 2 and a dirt bike, I have my own dirt bike too) like five minutes and started a bonfire there burning all remains of anything reminding us of school.

[Board of Command]

Today I learned how to surf on CS surf maps.

[Deblas]

Today I learned that the German word for "sorry'' is "Entschuldigung!". Seriously, one must be REALLY sorry for what they did to say such a long ass word.

[complich8]

As german words go, I prefer the word "schadenfreude"

It's just such a ... good concept. And so disturbingly present in life...

[Ryllharu]

That hard water actually cools faster if it has been heated first.

Found a link on digg, read this (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/ns-wwf053106.php) for details.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned that if I were 5'1" I could molest as many children as I wanted to and get away with it.

[Lucifus]

That rabbits look really horrible when shaved....................

[Winged Dancer]

I'm mortally afraid of shaved rabbits and chinchillas. Seriously, I'm scared.

Today I learned it's a bad idea to take a coffee with the guy your best friend likes, even if you don't really like the guy anyway. Sorry Lilli, won't do it again!

[el_boss]

Today I learned it's a bad idea to take a coffee with the guy your best friend likes, even if you don't really like the guy anyway. Sorry Lilli, won't do it again!
This makes me sad. It's hard enough for some guys to hang out with girls, without this shit coming in the way.

Today/yesternight I learned how difficult it is to find someone to go out with in the middle of the week during this time of the year. Everyone are to busy with insignificant stuff like school and work. :mad:

[Necromas]

what about lolerskates? or wtfbbqsauce

BBQ Sauce is old school.

Everyone uses omgwtfpicnic now. (and yes, it is my invention)

[msmush]

BBQ Sauce is old school.

Everyone uses omgwtfpicnic now. (and yes, it is my invention)

:p haha i like this invention ! this week i learnt...well i didnt learn it more like experienced it for the first time. throwing up hurts - first time in my life, hoping it will be my last !
OH and lions mate over 50 times or something a day ;)

[ChaosK]

Today I learned to never speak with people who spend more than 95% of their day inside on the computer, they will actually sound out each phrase they use online.

Try hearing someone say "stfu noob i xzn pwn joo" just like that.

[The Heretic Azazel]

You're kidding, right?

[Lucifus]

I hope your kidding.....I know alot of nerds, and none of em are that bad.:rolleyes:

Today I learned that RYL 2 Ownz. http://ryl2.com.my/ All Gotwooters register and download goddamn it. Me and Lazy are tearing it up.:D

[Sandldan]

Today i learnt that scratching yourself in the eye after making thai noodles isnt the best thing to do

[Deadfire]

Today I learned to never speak with people who spend more than 95% of their day inside on the computer, they will actually sound out each phrase they use online.

Try hearing someone say "stfu noob i xzn pwn joo" just like that.

I have said that multiple times, as well 95%? Thats close to mine but I sleep too

Today I have learned that spend way to much Time on the computer...

[Bunny]

...how hard it is to stop drinking french vanilla everyday :(
...how Sesshomaru fangirls dominate the male species?

GAH STUPID 7 ELEVEN NEAR OUR SCHOOL! AND DQ TOO!

[complich8]

Today I learned that some font colors should be disabled, or at least strongly advised against, for the sake of my eyes.

[Mr Squiggles]

Today I learned that drinking only tap water gets old really fast. I need to stop being such a cheap/lazy bastard and go get me some good stuff.

[Cabewse]

Today I learned that a small plastic projectile traveling at 290 feet per second at the head of a small rodent will kill said rodent.

I also learned that cats really do like to eat mice, and that mice apparantly like to eat my earl grey teabags.

[Jadugar]

Today I learned that some font colors should be disabled, or at least strongly advised against, for the sake of my eyes.

LOL

Really?

What happened to his second post. Did you delete it? Was it too much for ya. :p

...and you said newbies were getting a hard bargain b/c of the ...... system. :D

[Kraco]

Today I learned that a small plastic projectile traveling at 290 feet per second at the head of a small rodent will kill said rodent.
If it was 290 small rodent feet per second it wasn't such a high velocity...


Today I learned that drinking only tap water gets old really fast.
Yeah. That's unfortunately very true. I sometimes try to increase the amount of plain tap water I drink in relation to other stuff, but it never seems to last terribly long. And so I gradually shift back to drinking something else.

[Cabewse]

If it was 290 small rodent feet per second it wasn't such a high velocity...
No, more like 290 average sized King Henry the first feet per second.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that if you drink 17 bottles of beer a day, you prevent prostate cancer. That is what researchers of the Oregeon University says. It seems that hop (Humulus), which is contained in the beer, contains xanthohumol (not sure if its an english word) which helps to prevent prostate cancer.

[el_boss]

Today, I learned that if you drink 17 bottles of beer a day, you prevent prostate cancer. That is what researchers of the Oregeon University says. It seems that hop (Humulus), which is contained in the beer, contains xanthohumol (not sure if its an english word) which helps to prevent prostate cancer.
Isn't it better to take pills that contain xanthohumol or something? Those researchers must either be retarded or under the influence of some beer company.

[complich8]

I'd think at 17 bottles of beer a day, you'd have more cause for concern about liver and kidney failure, Korsakoff's syndrome and the whole host of other things that drinking way too much way too consistently can do to ya. Prostate cancer would be the least of your worries.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that changing the position of something in my room makes it a New Object to my cats which they must Investigate Fully, which usually involves said object getting jumped on, walked on top of, and often knocked over by my two little troublemakers.

[RedX1z]

so, i guess putting them to sleep permenently is out of the question? just playing.. or am i?

today i learned that nami tamaki is only 18, when she actually looks 22.. go figure.

also learned that there is going to be a delay on zx, about 1 month later than expected. son of a bitch!

[ChaosK]

Today I learned that my fat guinea pig can actually jump...who knew?

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that some girls really do prefer "bad" boys after all. That probably means that "nice guys finish last" is a little more true than I thought.

[el_boss]

Today I learned that some girls really do prefer "bad" boys after all. That probably means that "nice guys finish last" is a little more true than I thought. It's not that they like "bad" boys, it's that they hate total fucking wusses that are afraid to show their sexuality, they want real men not boys. This is not what some women want, most women want this.

If by "bad" boy you were referring to guys that treat women like shit, then yes some women do prefer this. Women that have such low self esteem that they think they do not deserve a good man or to be in a good relationship.

This is an exerpt from a great article on social conditioning.


Conditioning 2:

"Women only like jerks" "nice guys finish last" "girls only go for assholes"

As talked about above also this is bullshit.

This can be perceived by "nice guy culture" as an excuse for a poor love life and justified because they are such catchy sayings.

This is perceived only. An extension of conditioning 1 is all it really is. Many guys who are conditioned that women don't like sex tend to then also not be sexual in nature to appease them.

Ends up in a giant fuckin loop.

"Well I wasn't pushy with her, I wasn't desperate or needy for sex" "she still didn't have sex with me or even pay attention to me" "women must not like sex".

This one can take years to get out of, abandon this shit right here right now.

This is ALL verbally based. Nothing you can be, or project or show sexually is "jerk", nothing you can be or show or project is "needy", "desperate" or "pushy".

Barring :

Ramming your pelvis in to hers upon first meeting (jerk)

Slapping her ass as she walks by (sexist jerk)

Hugging all over her on first sign of interest (needy)

Salivating and rubbing all over her (desperate)

Grabbing her arm and trying to make her get sexual with you (pushy).

Laughing or smiling cause she is emotionally disturbed (insensitive dickhead)

Obvious shit of course.

Other than blatant things like the above you would have to SAY Jerkish or needy things to convey them:

"quit talking about your sickly little brother I am sick of hearing it" as an example of jerk, or desperate things sexually "I know we just met but I haven't had a woman in so long, please sleep with me tonight" as an example of needy.

In other words feel what you are. Feel your desire; don't quell it for worry you'll be thought of one way or another. Your actions and words are how you will be thought of (more on this later, lot more). Women can't read your mind and tell what you are thinking, and even if they could, quelled sexuality would not be a turn on. This leads us to our next example.

[XanBcoo]

If by "bad" boy you were referring to guys that treat women like shit, then yes some women do prefer this. Women that have such low self esteem that they think they do not deserve a good man or to be in a good relationship.
I was in fact referring to guys that treat women like shit. I already knew all that other stuff (but thanks anyway for the article excerpt. It was a good read). I was referring to guys who have no respect for anyone else except themself. I learned that some girls are attracted to guys who act criminally, or who won't care about or pay attention to them. Apparently some women see some attraction to that. I was just surprised.

Then again, I can kinda see the attraction in the "dangerous guy" type. It makes sense that a girl would want excitement like that and whatnot. I'm just talking about guys who act like jerks - the "obvious shit" from that quote.

[masamuneehs]

I've learned that lesson a while back.

At first I'd heard the same, that it was just an excuse 'nice guys' liked to hide behind when things weren't going there way. But it's just plain true, some people at some point in there life just need some 'bad medicine'. Maybe they're fucked up in the head or have some emotional issue but it doesn't detract from them actually going for the ones that will treat them like shit.

And let's not even get started on sexual manifestations of masochism or low self-esteem...

Oh, and today I learned that I am unable to stomach lamb's liver for more than 3 hours. Yum.

[KitKat]

This past few days I learned how completely and utterly dependant I am on my internet. As the Hydro lackeys were near my house, cutting some tree branches away from power lines, they somehow managed to damage my internet cable which lies in the same vicinity. The earliest the cable company could send a tech to fix it was today, and I've been fighting withdrawal. For the first day, I couldn't sit still, I didn't know what to do. I have to be applying for jobs, but that's all done online. My playstation games and anime helped to tide me over, but it was a shaky few days. I wanted to go to the library, but realized I couldn't look up the location online, or find out online what buses to take.

On the up-side, I spent a lot of time playing piano and discovered quite a few of the bike trails around my house. Still, I'm soooo glad to have my internet back! :D

[Kraco]

Yeah. I suppose it's totally different to not have the net connection at home or when you are traveling.

[Tommy_Salami]

so since i have been down in New Orleans again i have realized how much i like living simply, loggin on to the internet ever once in a while and only eating rice and beans realying on the generosilty of the Mission teams that come through( they come through to gut houses i am like a team leader). and just hanging out sharing stuff drinking a bit and smoking a hooka

[Lucifus]

Today...I learned many many things.

Today I learned that I despise having to share my bandwidth with my brother considering the fact that he eats it all up when I'm downloading and lags me out whenever I'm playing online. Even though I do the same exact thing to him...it still annoys the fack outta me.

Today I learned that I havn't eaten an apple for over 2 years....so I decided earlier on to go out and buy one, I did, and the apple was pretty good................

Today I learned/realized that I havn't done jack-shyt since the summer started......

Today I learned that my computer needs some memory.....

And the final thing I learned today was that my little brothers rabbit died....Havn't nothing to do with the year of torture I've put it through including shaving it till its junk was clearly visible. I used that rabbit to pick on my little brother so many times....I'ma miss it...Sincerely hope I didn't kill it...:(

[Kraco]

A long time ago me and my brother had a couple of bunnies over the summer. They were nice and funny. But they truly only were for the summer, as they were borrowed from a relative, who raised bulk volumes of them for the meat. So there they returned when the summer was over; back to the main flock. And probably they were eaten eventually, though we never witnessed their demise.

[msmush]

Today i learnt that i have peculiar taste in guys. eg. i dig the eyeliner, skinny jeans thing, long fringe covering 3/5ths of their face...something so damn sexxy about it :D

I also learnt that i thoroughly enjoy taking a very very long time showering even though we're in a drought atm. But it was raining yesterday so its ok :D

[lisaa]

Today i learnt that my school sucks even more then it did last time :(
today was the first time i saw afight involving swords and blood and alot of punches and i learnt not to mess with the gangsters BECAUSE they have BIG HUGE scary swords which look like they can chop your body up in 1 second :eek:
i also learnt that emo guys are really AWESOME :p

[Kraco]

Gansters with swords? Are you joking, or are you into time travelling?

[lisaa]

LOL no im serious!! I was like wlaking home from school and i was waiting at the station for msmush & friend, when all of a sudden two groups were like talking and screaming ( i didn't no what they said because i had my music on ) But one crew was asain and the other were african people. The asain crew is well known in my area - there gangsterss. AND THEN two people from both sides start punching then everyone started punching bashing eachother up and tehen RANDOMLY THEY WHIP OUT SWORDS! and ive never seen one so from anime they look harmless but in real life when your next to someone carrying one.. IT'S SO SCARY, then the two crews start chopping and fighitng with swords (it was nothing like the anime, as i thought it would be) while i was like sHAKING my ass off! :( then BLOOD everywhere, then the asain crew ran off because someone had callen the cops and the cops came( there always in trouble in fights and stuff & apprently cops looking for them) then cops did the usulayy ask witness stuff.. and yeah, alot of peopel at the sence not to mention HEAPS of school kids( which was so dangerous), the peopel fighting were like 16, 17 and stuff..
IM not sure why i told the story but i had to tell someone :D and because i like posting in gotwoot, it makes me feel special:D

[Lucifus]

And I thought growing up in Jamaica for 10 years was scary........the most I ever saw was a machette. xD

But gangsters with swords, hmmm, thats messed up. My friend brought a sword to school once.(back in middle school, like 10-13 years old for those who don't know)

Had it wrapped in a purple sheet walking around with it, told me to come out back behind the bicycle cage, hes got something to show me, as he was taking it out he sliced his own index finger straight to the bone, strangly, it didn't bleed that much(but boy did that look painful). I told him we should go to the office. He told me to keep it to him self. I wonder how he explained that to his parents.....

Its strange that he was walking around with that the entire school day, in class, and nobody asked him what it was.:D

But wow, gangsters with swords..kool.:cool:

[Kraco]

Damn, Lucifus, you had a hardcore buddy!

And I guess that also proves once again that if you just look like you know what you are doing and act naturally, nobody questions you. Well, obviously for him it was just an act well performed, if he almost cut his finger off...

Swords are powerful weapons against unarmed people, or people armed with knives and such, but nowadays gangsters have often firearms, and only in anime a sword beats a gun, elsewhere a sword always loses, like Indiana Jones demonstrated in the classic scene. Besides, a pistol is easier to hide and conceal than a bloody sword, which might be one more reason why they haven't been so popular for a while. That's why it's so hard to believe...

[Lucifus]

I saw my fair share of guns in Jamaica, I just meant I never saw anyone with a bloody sword. xD The guns weren't used of course, it was like...hmmm

If you carried a gun you were kool, if not, your lame. So like half the school had em, and brung em to class, but they were never used, least to my knowledge.

At Kraco, yeah, I accidentally sliced my self with that metal flap on top of a diskette once. Hurt more that anything I ever felt in my life, I doubt I could take almost cutting my finger off with a freshly sharpened 4 foot sword. Man.......

So yeah, that day I learned never to bring a sword to school......I'm surprised nobody, not even a security guard asked him what it was, hell, I didn't even think to ask him.

[msmush]

@ lisaa - WHAT, i missed it?. i came like 15 minutes after you. !!!.
@ lucifus - you grew up in Jamaica? :D sugoi....
@ Kraco - oh where we live anythings possible...not sure about noitacoL though, perhaps swords is outdated there but here its still around.

[Lucifus]

This song rulez............................:D
http://music.yahoo.com/ar-9151414-videos--Cham

The Jamaican Parliment banned this song.....because its "true" Bunch of mofos.>.>

It was strange being like the only white guy everywhere I went. o.0

[Jadugar]

Today I learned that sometimes it’s ok for a man to cry…………….

[el_boss]

Today I learned that sometimes it’s ok for a man to cry…………….
Nay, it's always ok for a man to cry.

[Turkish-S]

Nay, it's always ok for a man to cry.

No. not when his nail breaks.

And today i learned that my boss from work is still a dick.

[Lucifus]

Today I learnt I got my first job and the pays $100 buck a week. Scrub my dentists floors for half an hour, and spend the other hour and a half doing homework and studying in the back. After work, I do whatever I want. =D

10 an hour, 2 hours a day, mon-fri. Don't care if its degrading, its money!! And no one will know.:D
My boss/dentist is kool, but hes my boss....so...I guess that makes him a dick. =S

Once this school years over, I'll get a better job. For now, this suits me just fine =P

[KitKat]

Lucifus, that sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Once you get to college you'll be paying them for you to do schoolwork, so cherish the time when someone else is paying you for your time doing schoolwork. And if your boss is cool, then all the better. I've worked for jerks, and I've worked for people I respect. The difference it can make to how you view your job is astounding. And finally, degrading? There's nothing that says degrading like jobs where you have to deal directly with the public. When you're just scrubbing floors, you don't need to worry about being polite to customers or taking any crap from them.

So congrats on the job! Hopefully it works out well for you. ^_^

[Terracosmo]

Today i learnt that i have peculiar taste in guys. eg. i dig the eyeliner, skinny jeans thing, long fringe covering 3/5ths of their face...something so damn sexxy about it :D

That's not so peculiar. At least not here. :S

[Yukimura]

Today I learned Lucifus doesn't spend a lot of money. Wait till you get that first summer internship @ 15+/hr... if you don't have taxes withheld your seeing around $500-$600 a week for a standard 40 hour work week. While working 8-4:30 5 days a week usually isn't fun, ripping open that bi-weekly check sure is!

[Assertn]

Ripping open that bi-weekly check as a fulltime employee is even more fun!

[Mizuchi]

Today I learned that theres a place in the mall called Ice Imports where i can buy shuriken and throwing needles so i can be a ninja like naruto!!

How do i figure out such things you ask? Well, have I got a story to tell in these 10 minutes before I go to the movies.

Well, I was over at my friend Tom's house with my friends schuylar and max.

We were walking down the street, and all the sudden, schuylar ran into the street and screamed at a car, calling it a "PDIDDLE!" which apparantly is a car with only 1 of its 2 headlights working. The people in the car flicked us off and drove by. A few minutes later, as we were about to cross the side-street to get to the other side of the sidewalk, the car cuts us off. Unsurprisingly, it was the "pdiddle" car.

Two enormous wiggers get out. And these guys were like 6"6', steroid jacked, whitebeater-wearing wiggers. When they climbed out of their car, they screamed at us, "What'd you call us?!?"

Tom, schuylar and I started sprinting for our lives. But max stayed back.

Wiggers: "Why dont u go running off wit ur friends son?!"

Max: Why? What you gonna do to us? punks
(max then pulls out his pocket knife)

Wiggers: This what!
(wigger pulls out gun)

Max then ran for his life and hid in a bush with us as we waited for the car to drive by.


After it all died down, I started to think, "How would sasuke have handled that situation?"

Then I thought, before they could reach into their pants for the gun, he would immobilize their hands with throwing needles and maybe a shuriken if it got too serious. So I did sum research and found out I could purchase these weapons at a store near me.

[DB_Hunter]

Ripping open that bi-weekly check as a fulltime employee is even more fun!

You guys get bi-weekly check's? In the UK you only get them once a month.

But yea I just got a graduate job so I'm looking forward to ripping open the full time checks :D. But internships can be fun too!

[bagandscalpel]

PDIDDLE
wiggers

Two terms I've added to my vocabulary this day.

[mage]

Today I learned that theres a place in the mall called Ice Imports where i can buy shuriken and throwing needles so i can be a ninja like naruto!!

How do i figure out such things you ask? Well, have I got a story to tell in these 10 minutes before I go to the movies.

Well, I was over at my friend Tom's house with my friends schuylar and max.

We were walking down the street, and all the sudden, schuylar ran into the street and screamed at a car, calling it a "PDIDDLE!" which apparantly is a car with only 1 of its 2 headlights working. The people in the car flicked us off and drove by. A few minutes later, as we were about to cross the side-street to get to the other side of the sidewalk, the car cuts us off. Unsurprisingly, it was the "pdiddle" car.

Two enormous wiggers get out. And these guys were like 6"6', steroid jacked, whitebeater-wearing wiggers. When they climbed out of their car, they screamed at us, "What'd you call us?!?"

Tom, schuylar and I started sprinting for our lives. But max stayed back.

Wiggers: "Why dont u go running off wit ur friends son?!"

Max: Why? What you gonna do to us? punks
(max then pulls out his pocket knife)

Wiggers: This what!
(wigger pulls out gun)

Max then ran for his life and hid in a bush with us as we waited for the car to drive by.


After it all died down, I started to think, "How would sasuke have handled that situation?"

Then I thought, before they could reach into their pants for the gun, he would immobilize their hands with throwing needles and maybe a shuriken if it got too serious. So I did sum research and found out I could purchase these weapons at a store near me.

Possibly the only good post you have ever made.


Two terms I've added to my vocabulary this day.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pdiddle

[Lucifus]

Today I learnt that its not very smart to spend all of my first paycheck in 1 minute..........

I bought a PSP with alot of accessories and games.
Should be here in 2 days. :)

Can't wait for Valkyrie Profile, and that soon to come Final Fantasy VII game.

[ChaosK]

How do i figure out such things you ask? Well, have I got a story to tell in these 10 minutes before I go to the movies.



Today I learned boring people ask pretend to be asked a question so they can have a conversation with nobody.

[Mr Squiggles]

^ internet is serious business...

Today I learned that my lawnmower is very picky and will only work when it wants to, otherwise it just likes to make strange noises and fill the air with enough smoke to make a hippy cry.

[Honoko]

Today I learned that I've started exactly 10 threads here in GW since I signed up here and started posting.

[complich8]

Today I learned that some people can't stay on topic. Just sayin'

I also learned that I hate it when my users think they know more about system administration and information security than I do. I wouldn't mind it if the belief were true, 'cause then I could learn something. But some people are just stubbornly idiotic, leaving no recourse.

It's annoying.

[Fox Fire]

Today I learned about
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
and that when something is repeated 3 times it actually does stick.

[Lucifus]

Christ, I really f*cking hate that commericial. I mean hate it to the core. If I saw the creators walking by me, i would mug, and beat the sh*t out of them. >.>

One of the most annoying things i've ever seen/heard in my life.

Today I learned that my brother got a cat......I don't like cats. I'm more of a dog person.
Seems like i've got a new pet animal to torture. :D

[ChaosK]

What the fuck are you two talking about.

[Fox Fire]

What the fuck are you two talking about.
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
Go to my stupid/funny/annoying commercials thread so we dont end up off topic and theirs a link to it.

[ChaosK]

It's not a thread anymore...

[samsonlonghair]

So where do you apply it again? I forgot.

[Assertn]

What the fuck are you two talking about.
YouTube is a magical place (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvFIxUz2XY&search=head%20on)

[el_boss]

YouTube is a magical place (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvFIxUz2XY&search=head%20on)

Today I learned that and this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUR3DOyQcA&NR)

[Lucifus]

Hahaha,
Today I learned that the PSP is the f@cking greatest!!! Easiest to use, most simplistic hardware! :)With a ton of features! It`s so customizable, if of course you know how to use it. Well worth the buy! BTW, I made this post with my new PSP!

[complich8]

Today I learned that when I call something a coworker is suggesting wrongheaded, futile and reprehensible and give them detailed, cogent arguments for all three points, some of them actually listen!

Well, I guess that was technically yesterday. Yesterday I also learned that in 34 weeks on this very sustainable low-fat diet, I've lost 32 pounds, without really substantially changing anything about my lifestyle other than the diet.

[woofcat]

Today i learned that complich has some weight on him. Because if i lost 32 pounds i would weigh 98 pounds.

[complich8]

yeah ... umm ... welcome to the "post a picture of yourself" thread 4 months ago :p.

[joker-kun]

Today I learned woofcat is either very skinny or very short.

[Kraco]

Today I learned woofcat is either very skinny or very short.

Well, since he's a cat, even if he is a woofcat, he can stretch himself longer, and at the same time become skinnier. And if he doesn't stretch himself, he's shorter, and not so skinny. So, yeah, he can be both.

And I have no idea what I just wrote or why...

[Assertn]

Today I learned that and this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUR3DOyQcA&NR)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqnASjunx8
this is better

[Mizuchi]

Today I learned how poorly the dub version of naruto translates things.

for example:

The Uzumaki Naruto Combo

translated to

Naruto Barrage


...whenever naruto does a kick, he pronounces a syllable of his last name. Now, there were 4 kicks, but only the parts of a word. And it sounded really weird. They could've atleast kept the name and made him say the right things at the right time.


I also learned that true disaprin
come from within

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned that hentai in your signature is okay on these boards as long as you're Mizuchi.

Do you know what message you're sending??

[el_boss]

Today I learned that you will come of as more powerful if you speak in statements instead of questions. I also learned that it is extremely difficult to make the switch.

[xDarkMaster]

Today I learned making a good scanlation isn't as easy as it seems. :(

[woofcat]

Today i learned that you just can't stick your fingers up Godzilla's ass. They might break and I'm sure it'd smell awful. - http://www.gaijinsmash.net/

[Kirai no Tenshi]

Today, I learned that it's possible to break the speed of light in third edition D&D.

[Carnage]

Today I learned to not bitch and take what you can get.

[Fox Fire]

That Nickelodeon promotes tranny cow, MALE COWS DO NOT HAVE UDDERS!

[LobsterMagnet]

I can actually answer your question as to why the male cows have udders in that stupid movie barnyard. I'm currently interning at Nickelodeon movie promos. There the people who have to come up with adds for stupid movies like the Barnyard which they just finished rapping up. Basic reason why the male cows have utters is simply because the writer/director of the movie Steve Odekerk thinks utters are funny. That's it. That's the reason why the male cows have utters.

Stupid, yes I know but the internship has been interesting, especially because I got to see an early screening of Shrek 3 (at around 50% completion).

[masamuneehs]

today I learned that mercenary groups are still very active in this day and age, particularly at the behest of Western capitalist powers using them as proxies in areas around the world. If your people won't support your troops dying, why not pay someone else to go risk his neck instead? (and, the best part is they can't trace it back to governments easily)

Vinnell - Company contracted to train Iraqi security forces by the US government (http://www.vinnell.com/)

Blackwater - The "black ops" group, although they promote a nice friendly image... (http://www.blackwaterusa.com/)

MPRI - They train ROTC officers, but did they help Croats in ethnic clensing? "MPRI is not a private company, it is an extension of the US government" -anonymous Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (http://www.mpri.com/index.html)

[KitKat]

....that no name brand 'Satin Soft' toilet paper is in fact neither soft, nor possessing any satin-like characteristics. Holy false advertising batman!

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I learned that snorting a fat line of coke and crushed up Oxycontins makes your head feel wonderful.

Actually I didn't learn it today, I was just reminded.

[woofcat]

Blackwater - The "black ops" group, although they promote a nice friendly image... (http://www.blackwaterusa.com/)


Delt with them in Vergina, they are all ex military and basicly all they do is if you are with in lets say 100 yards of what they are protecting, they just shoot you. Also they make most often more than $1000 USD a day.

[Mr Squiggles]

....that no name brand 'Satin Soft' toilet paper is in fact neither soft, nor possessing any satin-like characteristics. Holy false advertising batman!

Speaking of false advertisement, coke zero does NOT taste like the real thing. The other day my friend poured me a glass of that stuff without telling me it was that coke zero stuff, and as soon as I took my first sip I was like "wtf, why'd you give me diet?". Or maybe its just the fact that I drink so much coke almost every day that I have become ultra-sensitive do any changes in its taste...

[gr3atfull]

Today I learned that I finally got a job working in an office in my school.

Also, I learned that 70 foreign exchange students from Germany are attending my school until the end of the first semester (december) to learn the english language.And one of them is in my mechanics class and his name is Christopher Klup something. He is such a cutie.^_^

[Genma]

Today I learned that buying a fruit drink you've never seen or heard of before isn't the greatest idea.

It tasted like medicine. :(

[IFHTT]

Today I learned that buying a fruit drink you've never seen or heard of before isn't the greatest idea.

It tasted like medicine. :(
I learned something similar, though it was actually a couple days ago...

My buddy bought this random grape flavored alcoholic beverage that caught his eye, and it tasted like very strong grape flavored cough syrup... So we gave up on that nasty shit and just decided to stick to our beer. I'd warn to stay away from the drink but I can't remember the name of it, not that I really care to anyway.

[Lefty]

Today I learned that most places in the greater seattel are don't process B&W film in house.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned some of the basics of the programming language Python. I also learned a bit about using Unix.

[complich8]

today I learned precisely why it's important that we define pushdown automata as nondeterministic when we're talking about recognizing non-trivial context-free languages. We didn't talk about strategies for dealing with that nondeterminism though... but I know of two or three anyway.

[kippykinkel]

today i learned how to release the eight seals of the apocalypse mwuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaah


....oh, and i learned why people say "if it's not broke dont fix it"......damn bitcomet 0.71

...ohhh, and i also learned that
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[KitKat]

Today (well, yesterday) I learned that computers have cases for a reason, and it's not a good idea to thoughlessly reach inside one while it is turned on unless one is prepared to be attacked by a fan.

[Honoko]

...ohhh, and i also learned that
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Yay for Gestalt...

[ChaosK]

today i learned how to release the eight seals of the apocalypse mwuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaah


....oh, and i learned why people say "if it's not broke dont fix it"......damn bitcomet 0.71

...ohhh, and i also learned that
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Wow...I actually read that without a problem. Today I learned that kippykinkel can type in a way to piss people off but still manage to communicate.

[Yukimura]

Today I learned that people's attention spans are amazingly focused and myopic. My class of 100 was told to watch a video of people passing a ball around a room, after the video played we were asked if anyone had seen the woman with the umbrella walk right through the middle of the people passing the ball, only two people noticed. I also learned that a lot of cognitive psychologists from the 50's and 60's were remarkably foolish and oblivious.

@kippykinkel don't do that shit! just because it can be decoded unconsciously doesn't mean that it's not more taxing (annoying) tn the mind to confirm what's being said.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that people's attention spans are amazingly focused and myopic. My class of 100 was told to watch a video of people passing a ball around a room, after the video played we were asked if anyone had seen the woman with the umbrella walk right through the middle of the people passing the ball, only two people noticed.
I've seen the exact same video, only instead of a woman with an umbrella, it's a guy in a gorillla suit. About 10 people saw it (I wasn't one of them) out of ~100. Pretty cool.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned School rumble rulez! Nuff said.:D
Also learned I shouldn't stay up 3 consecutive days in a row......:o

[lisaa]

Today I learned School rumble rulez! Nuff said.:D

YES!! school rumble does rule! it's so awesome! teehehe.

[gr3atfull]

Today, I learned that pot may protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. Pot contains THC which can help the brain tp protect agaisnt the disease. Research done by Scripps Research Institute

[darkmetal505]

Today, I learned that pot may protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. Pot contains THC which can help the brain tp protect agaisnt the disease. Research done by Scripps Research Institute

Theres always new things discovered that may "protect" the brain form Alzheimer's, it's just an excuse to get things published. I did a 4 week internship with a lab that specifies on Alzheimer's; all they did was western blots and such. I don't know how they come by these "new developments," since techically the protein responsible hasn't completely been identified.

Today I learned how darn useful Chi Squared tests are. However I'm still trying to figure out the internal logic on how they work. :confused:

[ChaosK]

Today I learned never read through every comic of "penny-arcade" in one sitting, no matter how hilarious it gets.

...MY EYES BLEED.

[bagandscalpel]

Dear thread,

Today I learned that sleeping on carpetted floor is comfortable only for the first 6 hours; anything beyond that makes your spine feel practically nonexistant.

[samsonlonghair]

Don't be so spineless. (Sorry, couldn't help it.)

Today I learned that my radio station is getting money from Google. There's a guy from Google here right now. I'm resisting the urge to steal his Blackberry and copy all the numbers.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that walking into a room full of guys and asking, "Do you have any sugar?" can be interpreted in a variety of ways that I didn't intend...

[Mizuchi]

Today I learned that if you drink more than 8 ounces of water in 30 minutes, your blood vessels pop.

[Animeniax]

Today I learned that the gun fight I heard (and saw) about half a mile away from us was some of that stuff you see in the papers about Ir*q.

Today I learned that this awesome thread was here and am now reading back through it for all the cool stuff people have posted.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned what "MC" actually stands for. I honestly didn't know it existed before its Hip Hop usage :confused:.

"Master of Ceremonies". Heh, there's just something about calling a rapper "Master of Ceremonies" that makes me laff.

[12345p]

Today I learned that if one procrastinates too long about something, that something is likely to be eventually forgotten, only to come back and bite you in the ass. Hard.

Also, on a related note, today I learned that this thread existed.

Cheers, Peepz!

[el_boss]

Today I learned what "MC" actually stands for. I honestly didn't know it existed before its Hip Hop usage :confused:.

"Master of Ceremonies". Heh, there's just something about calling a rapper "Master of Ceremonies" that makes me laff.

It also gives a new meaning to McDonald's. :D

[Spiegel]

Today I learned that you can be expelled from my school for using CGI based IRC Clients while on the school computers.....

Luckly I know our tech guy and he let me off the hook this time....

[complich8]

Today I learned that you can be expelled from my school for using CGI based IRC Clients while on the school computers.....

That's ... just stupid!

Today I figured out a Turing-style algorithm to decide L={Properly nested parentheses and brackets} in logarithmic space. It used 4 counters: a "paren" counter, a "bracket" counter, a "current look" counter, and a temporary counter to count over to the "current look" counter.

It's built around the same sort of principle that the pumping lemma for context-free languages uses, which I think is neat.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned that Richard has a mental problem.
"Today I learned that you can be expelled from my school for using CGI based IRC Clients while on the school computers....."

I did that for like a week straight. Didn't realise that. Thankfully no one noticed.:cool:

[Spiegel]

I did that for like a week straight. Didn't realise that. Thankfully no one noticed.:cool:

Yeah our tech guy is preatty much in his office all the time so he sees EVERYthing that throws a flag up. Kinda annoying.


That's ... just stupid!

Yeah I know, But at least he did let me off the hook.

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that no matter where you are, whether high school, university or even in the workplace, there are people who simply suck at doing presentations.

[Lucifus]

I used to be one of those people....

Today I learned never to leave my account logged in and leaving it in the presence of a jew and an emo.(python456934 and that other guy)

[High Wind]

Today I learned three things.

1) I learned that I wasted about 30 mins of my life speed reading through 72 some odd pages of this thread.

2) I learned that reading about other peoples life experiences is an extremely effective and enjoyable way to pass time.

3) I learned that I am incredibly prone to contradicting myself.

[Spiegel]

....3) I learned that I am incredibly prone to contradicting myself.

I find that I am Incredibly prone to that myself.

On another note, Today I learned that my internet hates me, and that my grandparents really know nothing of computers.

[SK]

Today I learned, I am actually drunk and everyone else is really sober.

[saman]

today i learned that i am a bit of a perfectionist.

actually, wait, i knew that already.

[el_boss]

I learned that Guitar Hero 2 is the best game ever made. I'm gonna buy the first game jyst so I'll have two guitars. :D

[ChaosK]

Today I learned in FFIX when you go left first in Oelivert, it screws up everything with Stiltzkin and makes me sad. :mad: :(

[Assassin]

today i learned that my local A&P sells shonen jump. I figured i had to go to a comic book store to get it. it seems kinda old though cuz it was still running hikaru no go manga. i dunno if thats normal or not.

[Spiegel]

Today I learned that writing an Eagle report over night is not a good idea and more work onto the actually typing of it should be done earlier. Go Me!

(by Eagle Report I mean my Eagle Scout proposition Paper for my scout leader to review and approve. Yes I am a boy Scout)

[High Wind]

Today I learned Spiegel is a boy scout.

I also learned that some Death Note characters make a cameo in Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid.

[6Zabuza9]

today i have learned everything that you guys have learned

[Deadfire]

When I pull my USB jump drive out of a windows vista machine (with out ejecting it) it will crash the computer so hard that you need to reinstall:rolleyes:

(I'm serious I did this at work, I laughed so loud that people were worried about me)

I also learned that the Windows upgrade advisor has no compatibility data for my IDE channels

how exactly does it not know what IDE drives are?

[Kensee]

Today I learned that Kaspersky anti-virus is more over protective than my mother, and the only reason I couldn't play GunZ Online was because of it. Bitdefender baby!

I also learned two alternative ways to do mathematical proof by induction other than doing the k+1 method.

[Spiegel]

Today i learned that my teachers are complete idiots for letting me have a laptop at school. They think all i am doing is taking notes but what they don't see is that there is a USB cable heading straight to my phone connected to the internet. Now if only i could hack onto school wireless without Novell...

[Ryllharu]

Today I learned never to use #20 gage wire while you let 10 volts and over 10 Amps flow through it. Wire can catch fire too. Now if they had only waited until I brought the #12 from home...

[ChaosK]

Today I learned that upon cracking your back vigorously a few times, you can't stand for a little bit...

and that a squirrel+eagle=squeagle.

[eat_toast]

Today I learned that my contacts are not conducive to playing video games that require rapid eye-movements. Oh, wait, that's all video games. :(

[complich8]

Today i learned that my teachers are complete idiots for letting me have a laptop at school. They think all i am doing is taking notes but what they don't see is that there is a USB cable heading straight to my phone connected to the internet. Now if only i could hack onto school wireless without Novell...

My campus has at about 98% wireless coverage. People who bring laptops to lectures often spend their lectures playing DOTA or CS:S online instead of paying attention or taking notes.

The high school I went to, I wouldn't dare bring a laptop or anything of any significant value to. Lots of thefts, even from locked lockers. Lots of gangbangers -> no backpacks, no coats carried in the building during school hours (for fear of guns, mostly).

[Spiegel]

My campus has at about 98% wireless coverage. People who bring laptops to lectures often spend their lectures playing DOTA or CS:S online instead of paying attention or taking notes.

The high school I went to, I wouldn't dare bring a laptop or anything of any significant value to. Lots of thefts, even from locked lockers. Lots of gangbangers -> no backpacks, no coats carried in the building during school hours (for fear of guns, mostly).

Yes, i am in high school, A catholic high school. not so much theft here. I don't think they would want to steal a 1998 laptop anyway.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned the bass parts for "I want you back" by the Jackson 5, "Day Tripper", and "Jumpin Jack Flash".


Haven't got 'em down perfect, but they're really fun to play regardless.

[Kensee]

My campus has at about 98% wireless coverage. People who bring laptops to lectures often spend their lectures playing DOTA or CS:S online instead of paying attention or taking notes.

The high school I went to, I wouldn't dare bring a laptop or anything of any significant value to. Lots of thefts, even from locked lockers. Lots of gangbangers -> no backpacks, no coats carried in the building during school hours (for fear of guns, mostly).

Today I learned that my physics class is about 3 rooms away from the necessary range of the wireless router ...

That and mixing different types of cereal can result in a sensual orgy in your mouth.

[ChaosK]

Today I learned (from someone else) that when you try to fart 3 times and can't you have to shit, and when you fail at farting the 2nd time you risk a shart.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned spending hours sitting down tring to make potentially crappy banners instead of doing homework blows. O and I'm free of the FCAT for life.:cool:

[KitKat]

Today I learned that I wasn't the one who broke the chemical vapour deposition machine. Whew. Nor were there any outward signs of it being broken when I used it (I'd only just been trained, and it was my first time using it alone, and I thought I'd been watching all the dials, but couldn't remember for sure....). Now it's all happily fixed, so I can use it tomorrow. Hurrah! Finally I can deposit some silicon dioxide on my samples and continue with my experiment.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned not to trust what people say. It could be far from the truth...

"KitKat shows a faint glimmer around `his` head"

Ah! My whole world is now upside down!:(

[Sandldan]

Today i learned that you need big empty space to train with nunchakus. Not just in front or behind you but also above you... My beautiful lamp :(

[Necromas]

I learned how to and when it's legal to stick your thumb in someones eye and aim for the brain.

[Spiegel]

When is it legal? Today I learned that a lot of my home state peoples are idiots. Go Alabama!

[Death BOO Z]

This weekend I learned...
It's not safe to give me video games.
seriously, i have about 60 hours away from the army and I spend far too many of them infront of the screen, hackin' away monsters and my free time..
the deal is simple, I visited hardcoregamers101, saw the summonnight article, downloaded the GBA roms, started playing - and bamm! I end up going to bed at 0600 and wake up at 0930. then I keep playing a while more until noon, stopping only to watch Smallville marthon until dinner. afterwards i go visit a friend of mine, fall asleep (about 3 hours of sleep over the night, what do you expect?), when i got back home, i finished the game, then played a little more, and went to bed, this time for 4 hours. woke up, finished the 100floors maze, played a little more, and gave up when I realized I can't get 100% of the game without a do over.
So I started summon-night 2.
I barely got to check my e-mail, see anime or get some sleep, give me a video game and i turn to a zombie. same thing happened with Prince of Persia, Shaman king and Heroes IV.
Usually it's not so bad, since i have a lousy computer and i don't own a gaming console, so i hardly get to play anything.. but if you give me a decent game, it's all over. A complete waste of my time. I don't leave time for anything important, i didn't even get a haircut becuase i was too into the game to care.

well, at least i finished one game, i'm keeping the sequal for next weekend.

[Kraco]

Well, one thing I learned in the army is that a soldier gotta sleep when he can, even at odd places and times. Because too often he can't. Sounds like you keep practicing that "good" habit even outside of the service... >_>

[eat_toast]

This weekend I learned...
It's not safe to give me video games.


That's essentially what I learned when I played MGS3 - in a 48 hour period, 21 of that was the game, from beginning to end.

Also, today I learned that having a flu, then going to try and compete in a French speaking competition may not have been the best decision I've made.

[Necromas]

When is it legal? Today I learned that a lot of my home state peoples are idiots. Go Alabama!

1. When you are not the instigator, you didn't provoke the other person verbally or physically.

2. When you or someone else is at risk of great bodily harm, such as getting shot, raped, stabbed, killed, etc....

3. When you or the person threatened has no reasonable means of escape.

If all three of these conditions are met, go for the eyes and push towards the brain! Or grab the throat hard and pull at it as if you were ripping out a plug, it's easier than punching the throat because there's some pretty tough armor there even if it doesn't seem like it.

P.S. Or use common sense when you know you can't win, like if they have a gun aimed at you point blank.

[XanBcoo]

Today I realized that Tagalog and Spanish are more similar than I had originally thought.

Perhaps not as similar as Italian and Spanish, but enough for me to understand to shut up when a Filipina friend told me to "quite la woca". I guess it makes sense, seeing as the Philippines were occupied by Spain for so long.

Edit: Looking it up, I was right in assuming that Spanish and Tagalog aren't related at all. The latter just has a load of loan-words and phrases from Spanish, as well as a few other languages. I find that incredibly interesting!

[saman]

today i learned that no matter how much fun an interview was to conduct, or is to listen to, it's still a pain in the ass to transcribe. *ded from the boring*

[Assertn]

Not so much something I've learned...but something alot of you should find interesting:
http://www.rockonflash.com/blog/?p=33

This is a great example of just how much superior Flash Player 9 is over Flash Player 8 =]

[Kraco]

...enough for me to understand to shut up when a Filipina friend told me to "quite la woca".

Didn't you ask if you could still keep humming the melody even if you had to quit the vocals? >_>

[XanBcoo]

Didn't you ask if you could still keep humming the melody even if you had to quit the vocals? >_>
Probably!

Oddly enough, I'm having trouble finding the phrase on any online Tagalog dictionaries. Perhaps it's slang :confused:.

[Deadfire]

I learned today that I shadered the record time of completion of the final project

Most take 3 days

I took 5 hours

and 100% to boot

As well I learned to day that there is no more work to do in school, thus I'm complety done. The only think I have to do is meet with a few people (one about money the other about a career)

I also learned today how booking flights online are....interesting

[Lucifus]

Today I learned that Bud ownz at DJing Gotwoot Radio.
Also how to do excellent renders.
And a new sig style.(Do the sigs, jsut forget the blur step >.>, seems people dont like blur =[)

[KitKat]

Today I learned that I've been accepted to grad school!!!! Yay! I shall avoid the 'real world' for two more years, hehe.