Today I learned...

[Sasori]

Today I learned of FSN's awesomeness. I also learned that prolonged "fights" with Spiegel and z on IRC will get me kicked, thankfully not banned though. *phew!*:D

[masamuneehs]

today i learned that a good's being price responsive means that it is inelastic in demand.
i also bombed a midterm :(

also learned that:
Around 1/4th of US troops returning from Iraq/Afghanistan show signs of mental health problems. (http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/AnxietyStress/tb/5239)

and that The FBI officially broke rules while spying on Americans in accordance to the Patriot Act (http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/security.letters) The linked document in this article offers, to me, serious rationale for severe punishment of FBI officials.

[Kensee]

Today I learned that I bombed a number theory quiz and I tapped out too late on a ankle lock in grappling.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned not to sleep in when you have work...or you will be screwed....

[Deadfire]

Today I learned I'm finally done, I thought it would take forever but I did it. Now I'm into the working world...again

My student loan got to $16,000 however I now have my "Network Administrator, and Internet Security" Degree.

Finishing with a 91% Average and 110% attendance qualifies me for some money off my loan but who knows, I'm not one that counts on the Canadian government to give me anything.

At the moment I'm doing the second last day of my 2 week internship...that I'm not going to get hired. So I'm looking for places to work (noticing of course they aren't anywhere in where I live, and most are in the states)

[Spiegel]

Today I learned...

If all the members of GotWoot were Ninja... the world would be screwed.

Oh, and that I really hate having going to work in the middle of a mission on a character I just started in Guild Wars.

[Lucifus]

Today I learned no ones posted in this thread for a month.

[Spiegel]

Today i learned i have been playing GuildWars for over a month. I also learned posting from your phone is challenging and fun.

[python862]

Today I learned that playing too much Metal Gear Solid online isn't necessarily good for you, and if doing so on the PSP, doubly so.

Also: using the PSP is even more challenging and fun...not to mention painful.

[complich8]

Today I learned that I'm going to have to bust my ass after finals to get the server moves that need to be worked out worked out and get a static-routed vpn up and running so I can put my users in useful places when they remodel my lab. My deadline for moving the rack out of my lab (and thus for moving the servers that need to move out of the rack) is Wednesday or so of next week. I was hoping for another 2 weeks or so to write good firewall and routing rules, get agreements negotiated and control of the servers that are going transferred over, and generally make sense of things.

So I've got a week to do what I wanted 3 weeks to do. And until I spend half of that time in meetings, I won't have any idea how to proceed. Feck.

[Ryllharu]

Today I learned that the rudimentary sewing skills I learned when I was 12 during home economics classes are enough to fix the knees of my jeans. Two more pairs I don't have to replace for a couple months.

Like a lot of thing you can learn that don't seem useful at the time you learn them, being able to sew (albeit not that competently) helps out a lot more than you think.

[Assassin]

being able so sew/cook is more useful in real life then most of the stuff you learn in highschool

[XanBcoo]

being able so sew/cook is more useful in real life then most of the stuff you learn in highschool
Quoted for truth about the cooking. Sewing has never come in handy for me, though.

Today I finally figured out the bass part to Sweet Child o' Mine by GNR. The hard part was figuring out how the intro was supposed to sound and also the notes in between the root notes of every chord. I think I've got it down now, just need to practice for speed and accuracy. I love being able to play along with the song now.

[python862]

Today, I learned that I don't fail at computers. I also learned that I do fail at Geometry. YAY!

[Lucifus]

Today I learned that I too fail at Geometry. I also learned that XanBcoo's signature is as ugly and grotesque as sin.:)

[ArcaneRed]

i learned that people are being asses to me on irc :mad:

[Lucifus]

Don't worry. We're asses to everyone on IRC. Its true. I've been eaten and kicked be teh d3vil soo many times its not funny. Well...actually...it is funny.....:rolleyes:

[Terracosmo]

Today I spent a delicious amount of maybe 30 minutes reflecting over the fact that my life is probably damn near perfect.

I might have my bad days and my complexes (mostly brought on by a mix of vanity and childhood abuse of various kinds) but overall everything is as solid as can be.

Behold why!

- I live in a rich country without exaggerated amounts of violence & crime (at least not more than in any other country with generally high standards).
- I don't have any immediate flaws in my appearance, sure, everybody can't love everybody when it comes to looks.. but I'm neutral enough to not be hated, and hot enough to have fanclubs.
- I have found a hobby that I really enjoy putting all my free time into (music: drums) and I'm also pretty good at it. Additionally the songwriter in my new band is a genius and we have lots of contacts in the business.
- My parents are alive, well and loving. They are also very generous and hand me cash when I need it. They have helped me through tough times and make me feel a little less worthless for not having a job right now.
- I am not stupid. My grades are above average and my english skills are excellent compared to the average scandinavian dito.
- I have a wide social network and have no problems with making friends, getting women to want me or anything else when it comes to socializing. I'm oh so funny and charismatic!
- The best fuckbuddy I've ever had lives 5 minutes away. The other two I have live ~20 & ~40 minutes away respectively.


So to all the guys here who keep calling me gay, silly, lame & other derogatory words with the intention of trying to insult me (calling me gay otherwise is okay because I am fucked up): GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES BECAUSE I FUCKING OWN YOU, HAH!
MY LIFE > YOURS! GWEAHAHAHAHAHAA


So yeah. That's what I learned today. I never really reflected this way before. Maybe I'm just in a happy mood?!

[Lefty]

Today I learned I'm part pack mule.

How i learned this you ask well I'm a filmmaker in the Seattle area. I'm doing a mini on the international district. I walked the entire 10 block area that encompases it. Took two hours to do it. I was draggin a back pack with two 35mm camera bodies on 50mm lens, a 60-300mm telephoto, a 75-120mm telephoto, a Leica Digital camera, and sekonic light meter. On otp of that i had an XL2 on a manffrotto tripod which weight a good fifteen pounds. Not heavy right away but by hour two it felt like it weighed a ton.

I looked liked some journalist from Vietnam.

[python862]

To lefty - Now to tell us what everything means!

Today I learned that my Business Systems and Tech teacher is a real pushover. An exam with 93 questions, finished within ten minutes is NOT SATISFYING, NOR GRATIFYING!

Anyway, I am happy that it was so easy, being that I failed my Geometry exam with flying colors...

Yah.

[sl00ke]

Today i learned that playing FF IX with the controller upside down was hard to master *_*

[Assertn]

I learned The origins of QWERTY (http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html)

[Stoopider]

I can walk 3km's in 30 minutes.

Which equates to me walking at the speed of 6km/h.

[Assertn]

About 50% of the world is lactose intolerant...however lactose intolerance is actually a more natural characteristic for humans, so a more appropriate perspective would be to say that those of us who have genetically evolved a tolerance for lactose should be labeled as lactase persistent

http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/News-releases/2006/061212.shtml

[Kraco]

About 50% of the world is lactose intolerant...

It's a damn curse, I tell you. I wish I was one of those mutants who never lose their ability to digest lactose. I'm the only one in my family who is intolerant :(

[Deadfire]

Today I learned (rather yesterday) that one of the dogs in this house chewed though the wires that connects to house alarm, and triggered it.

The worst thing was I wasn't home at the time and the owners of the house were out of the country at that moment.

Need less to say I had a interesting day when I got home, to find police cars in front of my house and the dogs very...very scared.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned that the most awesome sentence in the English language is: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

lol wut?? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_bu ffalo_buffalo)

[Kraco]

Didn't know buffaloes were such bullies. No wonder they were hunted near extinction.

[Death BOO Z]

today i learned Excel in an army class (just the real basics of it, but it was still more than i knew before).
yesterday i learned that taking basic computer classes in the military is like competing in the disabled olyempics. it doesn't matter wheather you 'win' or not, its just stupid (example of the test: "how can i pass between open windows?").

[itadakimasu]

DeathBOO, i thought the israelis were pretty hi-tek... what happened ?

anyhow, what i learned today.... The new guy they hired that took the job i had last year.... he's going to get fired; i dont know this absolutely yet but he does nothing, and is facebook/myspacing without having even done any of his job duties. I have a totally different job so i get to sit at a computer and be doing next to nothing ;)

[complich8]

Today I learned that when scaling decimal numbers to convert them to rgb in flash, it's important to trim your decimals before multiplying them by 256 or 65536.

[itadakimasu]

that i dont like to help ignorant people...

edit : ok... this is going to the bitching thread sorry...

[Assertn]

Today I learned that when scaling decimal numbers to convert them to rgb in flash, it's important to trim your decimals before multiplying them by 256 or 65536.

What's wrong with trimming after? Maintains greater accuracy that way =]

[complich8]

it skews the color. We were using RGB, keeping R constant and varying GB. Wanted a gradient to progress along white->pink->red, but instead got a scale going on white->yellow->peach->red -- a curve instead of a line.

[Assertn]

er, oh. I'd probably just throw up a bit-shift routine like this (in AS3, anyway):

var c:uint = Math.round(0xff * perc);
var color:uint = 0xff0000 | c << 8 | c;

Ok so yeah, round before merging ^_^

[complich8]

ehh, not my code... one of my users wrote it and I was helping him debug. Probably would have been better if he were using int instead of Number, so decimals would have been truncated to begin with...

The guy who wrote the code isn't particularly knowledgable about flash, and the project he's working on is the third thing he's programmed, ever.

He's doing pretty well for having almost never programmed before...


Oh, and today I learned that I would rather watch a downloaded TS version of the latest Die Hard movie than migrate configs to rhel. Not that this was exactly a big personal epiphany, mind you ...

[Xrlderek]

Today I learned that viruses and spyware fucks up internet cafe computers for some reason. It's sort of a good thing, because now I know that if I sit at a infected computer in an internet cafe I'll most probably notice it.

[Board of Command]

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/5943/offerwa8.th.jpg (http://img479.imageshack.us/my.php?image=offerwa8.jpg)

I learned of my salary today.

[Carnage]

What happens when they find out that you use Intel processor chips?

[Board of Command]

I mentioned that in both of my interviews. I still offers for both in the end. I'm good at interviews and my skills/knowledge in this field speak for themselves. I don't think they give a crap about what CPU I use at home.

That was another position, btw. I declined it because it involves "writing sample letters" and I want none of that.

[Carnage]

Teach me oh great one :(

[Assertn]

Today I learned that BOC's name is Bill :)

[Spiegel]

Today I learned what it was like to be without my favorite forums at lunch... It wasn't a happy afternoon.

[SK]

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/5943/offerwa8.th.jpg (http://img479.imageshack.us/my.php?image=offerwa8.jpg)

I learned of my salary today.

The Good: You're working for AMD.
The Bad: You're getting paid shit.

[Board of Command]

Actually it's the other way around for me.

Good: Pay is pretty good for a co-op job. That is the average maximum for 2nd term students.
Bad: I'm not a huge AMD fan. Hell, what if they go bankrupt during my work term?

[Carnage]

BoC's pay seems pretty fucking nice for a college student. And none the less he gets the money working with computers, which is awesome.

[complich8]

Yeah, that pay rate is about $17/hr. It's not terrible, but it's not insanely good either. Don't really know how much real buying power that is, since it's $CDN, but it sounds like a pretty good pay rate for someone with BoC's experience level ...

[rockmanj]

Today I learned that BOC's name is Bill :)

You coulda saw that on facebook..

[Board of Command]

Yeah, that pay rate is about $17/hr. It's not terrible, but it's not insanely good either. Don't really know how much real buying power that is, since it's $CDN, but it sounds like a pretty good pay rate for someone with BoC's experience level ...
That rate will net me around around $4000 after subtracting rent and tuition for next term. Good enough since I live at home during my school terms.

Most jobs will pay according to standard rates for the co-op program. My rate is the average maximum for 2nd term students. You'll get MUCH higher pay in later terms; 6th (final) term jobs can go as high as $25/h, which is pretty incredible for a student employee.

Here's the salary guide for my school:
http://www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca/pdfs/weekly-salary-survey-2006.pdf

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned of the programming language, Lolcode: http://lolcode.com/

It's based on those stupid "Im in ur..." cat macros and other internet phrases. For example, "I has a..." is used to declare variables and "O RLY" is used for If statements ("YA RLY" and "NO WAI" are "true" and "false" respectively).

Reading through the examples and contributions is hilarious. I imagine ending loops with "KTHXBYE" would be strangely satisfying.

[Board of Command]

ORLY? (noob)

stfu gtfo

KTHXBYE

[Hikyuu]

Today I learned that if I skip my meds for two days I end up with The Zaps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_zaps)

[python862]

Today I learned that this is the first post I've made since May. This would be more interesting if I had some witty remark, but alas no.

[Iridani]

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

[Spiegel]

Today I learned that I play the Wii like an old man, my fitness age for today was 45!!!

[Hikyuu]

Today I learned.. to backup your psd files because Photoshop doesnt keep history far enough back..

[Assertn]

Today I learned.. to backup your psd files because Photoshop doesnt keep history far enough back..
you can increase the history size in the preferences.

[python862]

Today I learned not to be lenient when people openly bash you. Also I learned that I didn't fail last grade.

[Hikyuu]

you can increase the history size in the preferences.
Tonight I learned I <3 me some Assertn

[infidel]

Today I learned that if you don't pick up a 136 lb package the right way your back goes out of wack and into loads of pain, ha.

[Hikyuu]

Yeah :( it's the same thing with lifting kegs thank god Im not working at the liquor store anymore ><

[Animeniax]

Sweet, time to file for worker's comp!

[infidel]

Sweet, time to file for worker's comp!
I don't get it...I'm still considered a "temporary employee". Basically, they work you part tiem hours without giving you any of the benefits.

[Animeniax]

You should borrow company office consumables for compensation. Really it's your own fault for poor lifting technique.

[infidel]

You should borrow company office consumables for compensation. Really it's your own fault for poor lifting technique.
Yeah, I usually lift all of the packages correctly except I was really pissed off today about working so I just threw it on the table.

[Iridani]

Even if you were pissed... you have to look out for your own well being while doing that sort of thing. Regardless.

[infidel]

Even if you were pissed... you have to look out for your own well being while doing that sort of thing. Regardless.
My back is fine now, all I had to do was stretch it out and get a hot shower to relax the muscles. It was just for the last two hours of working that I was really in any sort of pain...and I just used a chair then to reduce the stress on my back.

[Iridani]

Still... you had injured it even if it was for that short time :P Goof.

[Hikyuu]

I know that if I hurt my back working at the store Sue ( my boss) would just fire me lol..

[Animeniax]

I know that if I hurt my back working at the store Sue ( my boss) would just fire me lol.. You could just take shots of liquor to ease your back pain. It's a win-win situation.

Dang Hikyuu, isn't it 2AM where you're at?

[Hikyuu]

Yeah I have no life xD night.. I have stuff do to at like 8 am e.e-- What I learned now that it is past midnight.. to be filled in tomorrow morning with an edit..
EDITED FOR FRESHNESS~: IBS Sucks more ass then I can tell you in words -.-

[Animeniax]

I don't get it...I'm still considered a "temporary employee".
Hahaha, I thought you meant you didn't understand, like you figured I was making a joke (which I was).


Even if you were pissed... you have to look out for your own well being while doing that sort of thing. Regardless. Ok, MOM, we get it, we'll be more careful.

Just kidding, I love it when girls act like your mom and warn you not to do stuff. It's endearing, and I feel that way even though I don't even have a mommy complex.

[Iridani]

:P I'm a tad young to be a mom yet... and no way in HELL will GW count as kids lol. Meh... I just care too much sometimes so sue me. Though you won't get anything out of it except this empty pepsi can... it's all I've got :P

[complich8]

hmmm .... on-topic

Today I learned (via visual confirmation) that my house does have at least on mouse (we'd heard the bastard in the walls before). I also learned where he's coming in from, and that I'm gonna need about 150 pounds of topsoil, 150ish pounds of gravel, a shovel and some grass seed to deal with the problem in a correct way. Fortunately, my roommate already bought the topsoil, so really it's just the gravel, grass seed, and a shovel that I need.

I also learned (as a consequence of the previous observation) exactly where to put the mousetraps.

Finally, I learned Python -- at least, enough to write a useful multithreaded script and get the language basics and the fundamentals of the thread library...

[Kraco]

Today I learned (via visual confirmation) that my house does have at least on mouse...


Finally, I learned Python...

Smaller pythons should eat mice gladly, so that's a good solution.

[complich8]

today I learned that one of the mice that came into my house appears to be a deer mouse. Which indicates that I probably have several of them, because the one I saw last night was gray, and the one in the trap is brown.

WTB: gravel, shovel, expanding foam

[saman]

we used to have mice in our house. at one point, the infestation got so bad that they used to wake me up in the middle of the night scurrying about my room. then, suddenly they all left and we never saw them again. not a bad thing at all.

today i learned that i can't change the nose bone (with the excrutiatingly painful little ball at the end) in my two month old nose piercing twice in one night without expecting it to swell up like a balloon.

[XanBcoo]

We had mice too about 3 years ago. Little assholes kept chewing threw our burglar alarm wires. It went off about several times a day for a month.

Apparently rodents need to chew stuff to keep their teeth from growing out of control. Like in that episode of Angry Beavers.

[python862]

I learned Python -- at least, enough.
You will never know me >.>

Anyway, today I learned I know more HTML than over 99% of the entire population of Lakewood High. This isn't saying much, and I'll leave it at that.

[Spiegel]

Anyway, today I learned I know more HTML than over 99% of the entire population of Lakewood High. This isn't saying much, and I'll leave it at that.

Yeah, I taught my web design class in high school..... I had just started making my own sites when I started the class and my professor didn't know jack. The book was all the basics it took 5 minutes to learn, so he had me do it all using Frontpage on an overhead for the rest of the guys in class. So I practiced writing the code without a WYSIWYG editor in my spare time in class. Other than that I started posting in here about the time I got bored of sitting doing nothing in class.

On another note, Today I learned that protesters on our campus barely know what they are protesting about!

[itadakimasu]

today i learned....

that when i went to the bank the other day and withdrew 1000 and their little 'hi-tech' dispenser couldn't dispense that much or ran out... and they had to cancel and redo my transaction...

they gave me $1,000 for free. bank error in your favor.... collect $1000!
buahahahah

no, i'm not really really stupid so i'll probably just tell them at some point since they will probably track it down when i least expect to have 1000 taken out of my bank account

[python862]

>.>

Nice...

Anyway, today I learned that I rock at fantasy football. I have my team sitting pretty at 4-0, second in the league only by points. I've been pretty much riding high on Tony Romo's great successes, and so I suppose I should figure out a suitable replacement for him. I'm already trying to trade Vince Young and Deuce McAlister for Brett Favre, but it seems his team's owner is non-responsive...

[Ryllharu]

Today I learned to use microfilm. The totally abandoned media format.

[Spiegel]

Today I learned my display drivers seem to hate HL2 and related mods and expansions.

[Mizuchi]

Today I learned what happens when you mix glucose with heated potassium chlorate.

[Yukimura]

Tell your chem teacher to toss in a Hershey Bar or better yet a Power Bar if they do the demonstration, the more calories the better.

[Spiegel]

Today, well rather yesterday now, I learned that my school shut my internet down Three times for having a "Packet Snooper" installed. Figured out it was a little XBOX mod engine I was running....

Well, live, learn, get smarter than the firewall.

Also I remember my Physics and Chem teachers teaming up for a good show in highschool, if only I could remember what chemicals they used.....

[Ryllharu]

The common "wow students" chemical reactions:

glucose + sulfuric acid = the black "snake" of char.

glucose + potassium chlorate (or perchlorate) = loud, purple flames of a violent exothermic reaction.

water + pure sodium (or potassium or lithium) = various violent reactions.

the ignition of a variety of flammable gases.

last but by no means least, thermite
powdered aluminum + iron (III) oxide + high activation energy (typically magnesium fuse) = violent reaction resulting in the production of molten iron.

[Yukimura]

Another good one Nitrogen TriIodide, purple gooey mess when mixed in fluid solution, but leave it out to dry then yell at it...it yells back.

[Mizuchi]

why does more calories make the reaction better?

[Yukimura]

Calories mean energy (1 calorie = 4.1868 Joules), that reaction is driven by the energy stored in the fuel so the higher the calorie content of the food the more energy there is to release as the reaction consumes it. Unless you don't like fire that is a good thing.

[complich8]

Today I learned the value of the right tool for the job. Specifically, a nail-puller to pull out the tacks, nails, brads and staples holding in an ancient, oxidized and nasty piece of aluminum screen on my back screen door.

I also learned that it's damned near impossible to take off ~30 year old trim molding strips that are nailed and stapled in place without destroying them. And that my patio screen doors consist of little more than a couple of 1-by-8's and 1-by-sixes nailed and doweled together and painted.

I also learned the value of a good staple gun.

[Jaitne]

That Dumbledore was gay and that he fell in love with an enemy from a while back.
Heee (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071020/D8SCUJG00.html)

[Abdula]

Today I learned that the curse that plagues me, the sin that corrupts me, the darkness that surrounds me, the light that sustains me and the desire that drives me are the only things I can rely on.

Today I learned that the stupidity of human beings can never be overrated.

[Kraco]

Today I learned that a cup of hot chocolate after watching The Day After Tomorrow tastes exceptionally good.

For real.

[itadakimasu]

this should have been posted yesterday... but anyhow.


I learned, from a very unstable man who appears to be from africa, although i was told he is haitian... that we americans are destroying the world and that i dont have anything in common with my girlfriend because i am white and she is hispanic.

also that the american government is seriously flawwed for giving financial aid to crazy anti-american people from other countries... how can we fight a war on terror and at the same time pay anti american lunatics to live in our country.... wtf is that

[masamuneehs]

also that the american government is seriously flawwed for giving financial aid to crazy anti-american people from other countries... how can we fight a war on terror and at the same time pay anti american lunatics to live in our country.... wtf is that

are you perhaps referring to the case against the Muslim charity being thrown out today? to me, it seems to teach that the war on terror, or at least against financial backers of it, has even less lawful power than we'd ever thought.

Today I learned that port, while very delicious and somewhat potent (20% alcohol) leaves you with one of the worst hangovers when you drink half a bottle of it in one night along with a few beers. Christ almighty, now I know why it's traditionally one small cup of that stuff after a meal...

[python862]

Today I learned that I can play about 30 minutes of WoW before I have to head off to the bus stop, which I am VERY happy about.

[The Heretic Azazel]

You didn't learn that python, quit using bullshit excuses to post everywhere.

Today I learned what Guktuk (sp) is. The Alaskans eat it, it's this horrible looking "ice cream" with assorted dried fruits and a bunch of animal fat (usually fish) in it. Just horrid.

[python862]

I learned today that I can make up said bullshit excuses to post the hell out of these forums. Thanks, Azazel

[Spiegel]

Today I learned that when you get too addicted to a game you lose track of time and miss your Math homework and two quizzes for the same subject. It is a loverly experience. I suggest you all try it some time.

I also learned that it is a bad idea to not backup information from a website you own, because you could lose it all in a misplaced click.... yay me. Though I am lucky that none of the stuff I lost really mattered as it was from an old install of a CMS I don't use anymore except for experimentation.

[XanBcoo]

That Dumbledore was gay and that he fell in love with an enemy from a while back.
Heee (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071020/D8SCUJG00.html)
My University's joke newspaper ran a great parody of this news:

Jan Berenstain: 'Brother Bear is bisexual'
PITTSBURGH - Co-author of the popular Berenstain Bears children's book series Jan Berenstain announced to a stunned Rosemeade Elementary School audience Wednesday afternoon that Brother Bear, son of Papa and Mama bear and sibling of Sister Bear, has always been attracted to both male and female bears.

"Stan and I always considered Brother to swing both ways", responded Berenstain when asked why Brother hung out with Too-Tall Grizzley and Bonnie Brown. But some Berenstain devotees were less than surprised. "Whatever, I saw this coming." said third-grader Julie Taylor, taking a break from long-division homework. "In Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers, Brother got mad at Sister for telling Mama he was talking to a stranger, when he obviously was just trying to learn about the Bear County swinger scene."
In addition to vetoing several plots for the series in which Brother remains in a monogamous relationship with a female, she denies that his bisexuality is "just a phase," and hopes that her revelation about Brother Bear will receive a less intense reaction than A.A. Milne's estate revealing that Piglet is heterosexual.

[complich8]

Today I learned that taking a Shady Grove bus instead of a Rockville bus adds a solid 20 minutes of travel time to my commute, which means that I'm never better off taking that one.


Today I learned that I can play about 30 minutes of WoW before I have to head off to the bus stop, which I am VERY happy about.

20 minutes of websurfing made me miss the bus I wanted to be on by about 2 minutes this morning. Only do that if you've got good time discipline.

[Jaitne]

Today I learned that if you drop your CD player once and it stops working, drop it five more times to show it who's boss (while you pressed play with a CD inside). Then it starts to work again.

Oh yes, very true story <.<

[Lucifus]

Today I learned that one must drown himself in Photoshop to keep ones skills sharp.

[python862]

Well, you'd do that anyway. And Complich: I got it all figured out. I wake up at 5 am, and I almost always leave at 5:45 exactly, to catch my 6:13 bus. Takes around five minutes to get oriented and whatnot, and my walk is seven minutes with my music playing, because somehow, playing my music affects my walking speed.

[Jaitne]

While a mouse, as in the animal, is mice plural. Mouse as in the computer thingy, is mouses plural. Also, louse is singular for lice, which is where lousy came from, it used to me full of lice.

[Yukimura]

While a mouse, as in the animal, is mice plural. Mouse as in the computer thingy, is mouses plural. Also, louse is singular for lice, which is where lousy came from, it used to me full of lice.

Who the hell decided that? You can't just steal something else's name for a new device and then change the linguistic properties of the name for just your copy. That's just confusing.

[Jaitne]

Who the hell decided that? You can't just steal something else's name for a new device and then change the linguistic properties of the name for just your copy. That's just confusing.

Well, from what I'm getting, that's the way they patened it.. or something.

[Yukimura]

According the the CNN morning news Halloween actually serves a purpose for adults. It's an excuse for women to dress in sexy outfits and not feel like they are being skanky. As well as a chance for women to mark their men as theirs by forcing them to wear a matching/complimentary costume to any Hallloween parties.

[Carnage]

According the the CNN morning news Halloween actually serves a purpose for adults. It's an excuse for women to dress in sexy outfits and not feel like they are being skanky. As well as a chance for women to mark their men as theirs by forcing them to wear a matching/complimentary costume to any Hallloween parties.

It took you this long to realize that?

[Yukimura]

I used to think that logic only worked in the minds of high school girls (thanks Mean Girls), but apparently it extends well into the 30's.

[Assassin]

man, thats werid....it was thinking the exact same thing (about slutty outfits)....when i was comming home from the gym, i passed by the campus bar, and they're having this halloween pub. I swear, every girl i saw waiting in line was dressed like a slut. I even saw a few who were just wearing a dress shirt and panties. I dont even know how that qualifies as a costume? are you dressing as a stripper?

[fahoumh]

It's not much of a costume if they're whores the other 364 days of the year.

[XanBcoo]

Similarly on the walk home from the gym, I had a girl dressed as a Sexy Commando walk in front of me for most of the way.

It was not a displeasing experience.

[KitKat]

Today I learned that while Strawberry and Kiwi are usually very pleasing flavours, when combined with additives and preservatives and packaged into the juice boxes sold on campus, they become unbearably vile.

[Kraco]

Hmm... There's this one Wild Strawberry - Kiwi juice sold over here that's actually pretty decent. I wonder what went wrong over there. Or perhaps it's just a matter of personal taste preferences.

[KitKat]

I'm pretty sure it's due to the fact that no real strawberries or kiwis found their way into that juice box.

[Kraco]

That could certainly explain a few things. The one over here is from a quality juice maker (it's from Sweden, and even if I risk sounding unpatriotic I've to admit the Swedes have always possessed a special knack for making juices).

[Yukimura]

Today I learned that the great state of Alabama feels that the distribution of sex toys is more deserving of punishment then selling firearms to minors. According to a law recently upheld by the 11th Circuit Court,


It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute, possess with intent to distribute, or offer or agree to distribute any obscene material or any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for any thing of pecuniary value...Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than one year. A second or subsequent violation of this subdivision is a Class C felony if the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for a previous violation. Upon a second violation, a corporation or business entity shall be fined not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)."

The part in bold struck me as quite interesting since intent to distribute often comes down to a purely quantitative interpretation. What this means is even if a person purchases ' devices' from out of state if they have too many (probably defined as more than 1 since we're talking about a state of prudes) 'devices' in your house they could be charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute.

And the penalty...up to a $10,000 fine and/or 1 year in jail. As a contrast the maximum penalty for selling a cigarettes to a minor in Alabama is $50, for selling a firearm it's $500.

[Kraco]

It would be extremely hard to base a case solely on that in the court, so I doubt they would even try unless it's a rock solid case, like somebody having a warehouse full of dildos and a preorder book already filled by the names and addresses of underage girls, cardboard boxes lined up and waiting to be carried to the post office for shipment... That would be a solid case of an intent to distribute.

But they would likely lose a case just because somebody has lots of them in unopened packages. There are all manners of collectors around, after all.

[Abdula]

They wouldn't win the case of course but they would definitely try, no offense but this is Alabama we're talking about and this is circuit court so you never know what could happen. I wonder how this all came about, could sex toys really bother someone so much that they would change the law and impose a 1 year jail term and or a $10,000 fine? I really don't get this one, and never underestimate "Intent to Distribute" its vague for a reason and cops and prosecutors often exploit it to the fullest, I've seen many examples.

[Kraco]

Heh. I'm sure the supreme court would be delighted to handle a case of determining whether some eccentric collector's dildo collection would be meant to be distributed to underage persons or not... I'm sure they don't have anything better to do, after all.

[Abdula]

lol, you have a point, and I'm sure the media would love to cover such a case not to mention the frenzy of lawyers who would want to take the case.

[Yukimura]

Lol Kraco it's funny that you say that since the U.S. Supreme Court recently (last month) refused to even hear the case. The Alabama sex shop owner who originally tried to get the law overturned appealed the Circuit Courts decision to them but if the Supreme Court won't hear it she's pretty much dead in the water.

[Abdula]

Thats a bitch.

[Jaitne]

High heels are too high, and a little stick of mascara costs way too much for what it's worth. It's more than a whole nail care kit, with various nail polishes, electric nail buffers, and the other stuff.. in those cases.

[XanBcoo]

Today I learned where the word "Gossip" came from. It's based on the old word "Godsib", referring to the "brothers in God" relationship that Godparents had among one another. Apparently they were stereotypically chatty and the word changed over time and came to be known by its present meaning.

Edit: And "present" originally meant "soon" and not "at the current time". Now it's both.

[fahoumh]

I learned that smoking a lot of mediocre smoke only makes you tired and lazy.

EDIT: I also learned that I have a pretty good sense of smell and taste when it comes to Johnnie Walker. Last night, we did a blind taste test of 4 different Labels of Johnny Walker and I was able to identify which was Red, Black, Gold and Blue. Now I have a scientific experiment and 2 witnesses to back me up when I say I know scotch whisky...well, at least Johnnie. I've had 7 or 8 other scotch whisky brands and some are quite tasty, most of them were single malt.

[Jaitne]

How to play a Wii and that even on my first try, I'm a better pokemon trainer than my friend :D

[Abdula]

I don't think that is something you should be proud of.

[Jaitne]

Pfft. I was very proud. It's like chess, but with animal-like slaves that are supposed to do what you say, and fight till they faint.

[Abdula]

Did you really say Pokemon is like chess? Wow.

[Jaitne]

Just with more squealing and less thinking. See.. we all learned something today.

[Mr Squiggles]

You're right. We learned (or rather just reaffirmed) that everyday, someone out there will find a new kind of low.

I also learned that pandemonium is actually latin for city of spirits.

[Spiegel]

I had not cleaned the Air Filter on my server this semester.... it was nasty!

[Jaitne]

You're right. We learned (or rather just reaffirmed) that everyday, someone out there will find a new kind of low.

I also learned that pandemonium is actually latin for city of spirits.

Ouch.

I've finally learned that the guy off of Assassin's Creed looks like the Prince, kinda. At least from what I've seen of him.

[Animeniax]

I learned that Mr. Squiggles learned Jaitne is a chick, so he will start sucking up to get some e-loving.

[Mr Squiggles]

I learned that Mr. Squiggles learned Jaitne is a chick, so he will start sucking up to get some e-loving.
Sucking up? I thought I was making fun of her... Are you talking about a hypothetical future?

Anyways today I found out just how many different types of typefaces are out there. I mean, I knew there were quite a few but the sheer amount of different types available is almost unbelievable. And I thought choosing 2 different ones for my project was going to be easy :rolleyes:

[Animeniax]

You were making fun, but now that you realize she's a chick, you'll start kissing up instead.

I learned today that people suck, but you still need to get along with them.

[fahoumh]

^ You just learned that today? I'm reminded on a daily basis how MUCH people suck.

Today I learned that winter tires are a must-have.

[Death BOO Z]

Today (more like two days ago) I was reminded that the army (and the officers in it) can't write shit.

"doing an inventory check" isn't a GOAL. nor is "having a night off with everyone".
because of the stupid set-in-stone PPS files, we had to spend two hours debating over semantics rather than doing actual work and planning forward.

[Abdula]

Knows whats sad about that, not that they can't write, not that they wasted 2 hours but that this is the army.:rolleyes:

[Killa-Eyez]

Today I leanerd you have to walk cautious in BK's kitchen if you want to prevent broken ear bones and a nosebleed. Also if you weren't, headphones are a pain.
Litteraly.

[Iridani]

Today I learned... actually it was the other day... that old Montréal was certainly not built for cars... and that Québec is awesome.

[saman]

today i learned that i am ridiculously possessive. my brother's had my camera for the last week, and just thinking about that has been enough to get me angry. he gave it back to me today and i can't believe how relieved i am. i don't even know why. i hardly ever use it.

i also learned that spending $250 to buy a tablet was completely worth it.

[sangai]

today i learned that a anus could also be called a turd cutter.

[python862]

Today I've learned that I haven't posted for a good two months, and that my fanfic series has hit a collective 55k words. Cheers!

[Chiodos]

I just learned today that I will almost NEVER will be able to see my favorite bands that comes rarely to Sweden. Why ? No friends that listen to the same shit as I do.


Damn, need some new friends x).
Overall, I "almost" learned to whistle. Woho!!111

[XanBcoo]

Huh. Well today I learned that I have a long-lost cousin who was put up for adoption a long time ago. Neither I nor any of my other cousins knew about her until one of them met her at University.

This is gonna be some soap opera shit.


I just learned today that I will almost NEVER will be able to see my favorite bands that comes rarely to Sweden. Why ? No friends that listen to the same shit as I do.

What? Just go by yourself. You don't need your friends to enjoy a concert.

[Chiodos]

I went to a metal band conert and it felt kinda lonley..

[XanBcoo]

Baby with two faces born, worshiped in India (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-08-india-two-faces_N.htm)

Wasn't India where the kid with the tail was born? I love how they keep producing these mutated children and then pretending like it's a divine miracle. Poor kids.

[Board of Command]

That picture looks so fake... It's like bagandscalpel's avatar.

[Ryllharu]

Baby with two faces born, worshiped in India (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-08-india-two-faces_N.htm)

Wasn't India where the kid with the tail was born? I love how they keep producing these mutated children and then pretending like it's a divine miracle. Poor kids.
I heard a theory about this today.

Population of the US (3rd most populous nation in the world): 303 Million
Population of Europe: 728 Million (as of 2005).
Population of India: 1.6 Billion
Population of the world: 6.6 billion.

That's one quarter of the world's population in a country a little less than 1/3 the size of Europe, and 1/3 of the United States (for the western hemisphere-rs like me).

With such a large slice of the world's people crammed into so small a space, it's very likely that random mutations will occur there. In fact, here's another one!

Two foot tall 15 year old (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/06/ntiny106.xml)

It's really more of a disproportionate representation. Do things like this happen in the United States or in Europe? Sure. But less often, because when combined, India still has a larger population.

[Animeniax]

India is just over 1 billion in population. Currently China is the most populous people in the world. India is projected to be at 1.6 billion by 2050, which is what you get when you have no birth control and a lot of bored, poor people. China at least has communist rule limiting child birth to 1 per adult (2 per couple).

[Buffalobiian]

I love how they keep producing these mutated children and then pretending like it's a divine miracle. Poor kids.
India does have a four faced deity. Combine that with poor education and high religious influence, that guy's half a god to them.

ndia is just over 1 billion in population. Currently China is the most populous people in the world. India is projected to be at 1.6 billion by 2050, which is what you get when you have no birth control and a lot of bored, poor people. China at least has communist rule limiting child birth to 1 per adult (2 per couple).
People are getting their way around that by coming to Hong Kong when their baby's due. If it's born in HK, it doesn't count, and it can have education there as well, if they wish to. There was much public debate a while ago, since these women didn't pay medical fees or something, and it was all coming out of the HK public health fund. They changed some legalities, but I don't know the details.

[darkmetal505]

The worshiping of mutated children is religiously driven. Hindu mythology is quite weird. The reason why the rural population is increasing so fast is because more kids = more farmhands.

[Board of Command]

People are getting their way around that by coming to Hong Kong when their baby's due. If it's born in HK, it doesn't count, and it can have education there as well, if they wish to. There was much public debate a while ago, since these women didn't pay medical fees or something, and it was all coming out of the HK public health fund. They changed some legalities, but I don't know the details.
I'd say around 90% of the Chinese population don't have the money and/or connections to do that.

[Assertn]

I think all countries should have a 1 child per adult rule.

[Animeniax]

I second that, except for the Japanese. The world could use more Japanese. Oh, and hot chicks can have up to 5.

[DB_Hunter]

The 1 child policy is the stupidest thing ever. China has set itself up for a massive social and demographic fall. Given the preference for boys, I think there are already like 20 million more boys in China than there are girls (can't remember the source). Even if there wasn't this gender imbalance, the workforce of China will shrink forcibly, causing a higher tax burden on the future generations as less youngsters have to support more older people.

[Chiodos]

The source of that information can usually be found in geography books.

Although it is very unlikley, heard a rumor that they used to give away/abandon or even kill the baby if it turned out to be a girl.

[KrayZ33]

I think all countries should have a 1 child per adult rule.

i think so too... and it should be also not allowed to have NO children once you reach a certain age or so, this would help a lot in most european countries.. schools have less and less pupils each year.

well this would require the help of the goverment though.
because having children means MONEY for the country (i admitt that too many children have the opposite effect)

[Sapphire]

Two foot tall 15 year old (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/06/ntiny106.xml)

It's really more of a disproportionate representation. Do things like this happen in the United States or in Europe? Sure. But less often, because when combined, India still has a larger population.
Good god, they didn't notice until she was 5?
-
I talked to an Indian guy from Princeton the other day, and he said for the most part people in India are aware about the population problem, thus creating cultural traditions to try to keep the place more sanitary (even small things like changing shoes in the bathroom, or when going to school, showering often)

[Animeniax]

The 1 child policy is the stupidest thing ever. China has set itself up for a massive social and demographic fall. Given the preference for boys, I think there are already like 20 million more boys in China than there are girls (can't remember the source). Even if there wasn't this gender imbalance, the workforce of China will shrink forcibly, causing a higher tax burden on the future generations as less youngsters have to support more older people.So what's your answer to gross over-population with limited resources? Already the Chinese and Indians are over-populated and moving out to other areas of the world. The Chinese and Indians have more to worry about than taking care of future generations. At least in China, rapid industrialization is causing rampant pollution and health issues. If they make it to old age, they'll worry about it then.

From a moral standpoint, the other main issue with over-population beyond it taxing the planet and our social welfare systems, is that the value of a human life is reduced. If one guy in China or India dies, who cares, there's another 10,000 to take his place.

[Buffalobiian]

So what's your answer to gross over-population with limited resources? Already the Chinese and Indians are over-populated and moving out to other areas of the world. The Chinese and Indians have more to worry about than taking care of future generations. At least in China, rapid industrialization is causing rampant pollution and health issues. If they make it to old age, they'll worry about it then.

From a moral standpoint, the other main issue with over-population beyond it taxing the planet and our social welfare systems, is that the value of a human life is reduced. If one guy in China or India dies, who cares, there's another 10,000 to take his place.

That is quite true. Though a very limiting law, China may have thought to do it out of necessity because of all the other factors. I think they're well aware of the possible massive workforce shrink DB_Hunter mentioned that could result. I originally thought they'll have the law for a say ten years, then let it slack for some, and bring it back again before finally dropping it. If they dropped it in one big go, they'll not only have a massive gap in one generation, but they may also have a huge rebound baby-booming effect.

You can have more than one child her adult, but it'll cost you a fine that's probably not affordable for most Chinese.


I'd say around 90% of the Chinese population don't have the money and/or connections to do that.
10% is a LOT coming from China. It's not that difficult anymore. It's almost free crossing with the correct ID. Furthermore, HK is getting flooded with 100 or 1000 mainland Chinese every day.(source: TV+general knowledge of everyone while I was over there) And it's not like Hong Kong ain't suffering from overpopulation either. Only thing is, bulk of it is the aging population, so current campaigns are aimed at increasing the birth rate while they deal with the housing crisis. (I think the housing crisis is now a global crisis. no?)

[KitKat]

I'm going to ruin this deep philosophical mood with some blatant superficiality here.

Today, I learned that glow in the dark yarn exists. (https://www.woolstock.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=56) I must have it! If only I wasn't so poor *cries* Imagine the awesomeness of secret messages or symbols knitted into garments that only become visible when the lights are turned out.

[python862]

That is some amazing stuff, right there. I must have. I want to watch my cats play with it after dark. (Is it just me, or did that sound perverted right there?)

[Sapphire]

Only if cats is a euphemism.

Kat: That is awesome.

[complich8]

Today I learned, yet again, that complete thoughts are hard to keep concise. And also that the group I'm working in has a serious lack of rapport with some of our userbase, that it's going to take a long time to address.

[DB_Hunter]

So what's your answer to gross over-population with limited resources?

Not to ignore the rest of your post, but this is the point. This mindset of having 'limited resources' is the problem. Yes of course, the Earth has limited resources but the unstated second part of your statement is unlimited wants and needs. Which is what the classical economic problem has been in Capitalism, and which the Capitalist economic system attemps to solve.

For me, I would say yes there are limited resources but not unlimited needs. I would say there are 'Basic Needs' and 'Luxury Wants'. In an ideal world both should be satisfied, but priority should be given to the Basic needs for everyone, rather than focusing on providing niche luxury goods that only a small albeit rich part of humanity consumes. In this way I think the planet has enough resources to satisfy the basic needs of people. Such as food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education. In terms of resources the stuff is there. Its when everyone starts wanting an SUV to drive and having so much food that you grow fat and still throw more away and so on is when the problem begins. In this scenario, then yes, we are screwed.

But if governments focus on creating an environment where Basic needs are met first and foremost, then current populations can be supported. A lot of land for example isn't even being utilised for food production which could be. Like in Pakistan, which is the 15th largest agricultural producer in the world, yet a lot of the land there is not utilised for political reasons like feudalism. So its not that we don't have resources, just political issues to overcome. And halting populations to 1 child per family is asking for trouble, because of the reason I outlined in my earlier post.

[Animeniax]

I learned today that Phoenix12345 is brown (Pakistani or Indian, unless he means Latino which is light brown), which means 40% of the total population on the forums and 65% of the top posters on this site are brown (Pakistani or Indian).

[saman]

that's actually pretty neat. for us brown people, anyway. how did you come to learn of phoenix's skin colour?

[Buffalobiian]

I want to learn where your statistics come from. 40% of ~6000 members..... and 65% of top posters?

[Animeniax]

that's actually pretty neat. for us brown people, anyway. how did you come to learn of phoenix's skin colour?He confessed to it in another thread.


I want to learn where your statistics come from. 40% of ~6000 members..... and 65% of top posters?Numbers don't lie.

[XanBcoo]

He confessed to it in another thread.
Also several times in the "Post Your Picture" thread.

Today I learned that some things just never live up to your expectations. I just saw a local band (http://www.myspace.com/jupiterfour) that sounded amazing when I first saw them last year, but sounded awful tonight. They performed badly, the sound setup was sloppy, and chose boring songs to use in their short setlist. I feel let down.

[Chiodos]

It's not just them, many bands can have sound issues. There's this band called Chiodos <3 that are amazing live but if you look up some of their latest live vids the lead vocalist doesn't sound so good.

Anyway, today, I learned that The National Tests are gettng closer......

[docdan63]

Today I learned that scaling a business (or even a a business model for that matter) is hard if you're not prepared for it from previous knowledge or readings. A majority of the actual businesses out there are in fact easy to identify when comparing them to other newer more radical ones. Like Steel, oil, and real estate development. But the newer ones are just crazy. Facebook for example is having a hard time getting around not just being another tech baby and trying to grow up. So they recently hired Sheryl Sandberg (she grew and scaled Googles main AdWords program to grow on its own) with only the aid of a team of 10 people or less.

Starting a business. You learn many things about yourself you didn't know you could do.

[KitKat]

Today I learned of the existence of spray-on glue. I also learned how to quilt, and made a kick-ass table runner, using spray-on glue instead of pins to hold my layers together. Awesome.

[sangai]

learned that duct tape can work just as good as stitches...

[Sapphire]

I learned that I'd totally do Michael Jackson, even now.

[sangai]

today i learned that sapphire creeps me out a lil , you know you wouldn't be the one doin the doin, but rather be recieving the doing....

[complich8]

"doing" is, by definition, somewhat ... err ... reciprocal.

[Sapphire]

No wai, I'd be doin all the doin', unless he offered otherwise of course.

[Buffalobiian]

I learned that I'd totally do Michael Jackson, even now.

What happened today (or yesterday) that made you come to that realisation?

[Sapphire]

Probably Xan's Billie Jean, which linked me to Britains Got Talent's Michael Jackson tribute dancer, which linked me to the 90's MJ strutting his stuff to a Billie Jean remix on stage.

[itadakimasu]

... That ATT is BS. Cant order a free phone online because it wont let me move my number over... can't get a new number because then my mom will have to pay $180 for my line being cancelled...

and then after having 2 different people say i just need my mom to call customer service and authorize me to move my number.... now they say that even though its authorized i need it in writing from her, and it has to be notarized...

what the hell happened to customer service? wtf... needless to say i finished off my phone when i left the store by breaking it on the pavement. so now i'm phoneless.

[Abdula]

Um, does anything ever go your way?

Probably Xan's Billie Jean, which linked me to Britains Got Talent's Michael Jackson tribute dancer, which linked me to the 90's MJ strutting his stuff to a Billie Jean remix on stage.
So basically you were completely unaware of why he was so famous in the first place?

[Sapphire]

No. I've sporadically had that song stuck in my head for at least.. 7 years? I just never realized I'd do him for it. :p

[XanBcoo]

Today (yesterday) I learned the correct way to play the song under discussion. Turns out I've had it wrong for the past year, and have been accenting the wrong notes (the first note of every 4 beats) instead of the first and fourth of the first bar.

Billie Jean's bass-line goes: ONE two three FOUR one two three four ONE two three FOUR one two three four

The song's funkiness comes from that misplaced beat. I guess since it comes "early" it subliminally effects you. Just makes you wanna dance or at least move something. It's really quite genius.

[Sapphire]

Um, this is mildly off topic, but today I woke up randomly at 4:00 am and turned on my radio alarm to see if it would be loud enough to wake me up.

And Billie Jean was playing.

omg omg omg omg omg

[Chiodos]

Yeah, that's slighly off topic-ish. But hey, edit the post with something "...I learned that Billie Jean can also do my morning" to make it on topic ^^!

What I learned today is that my girlfriend has learned to keep it down in some certain circumstances (A)...

[Assassin]

Today i learned that if you put an egg in a small plastic container filled with water, and put it in a microwave, it will explode in 52 seconds

[Kraco]

Doesn't sound like a really good dish: An exploded egg in water? Seriously man, you need to develop your cooking skills.

[Ryllharu]

Is it like a poached egg, but full of shell and other nasty, half-cooked bits diluted in water?

[Buffalobiian]

Well for those who are interested in furthering this experiment, a cracked egg on a plate doesn't work neither. It mightn't explode during the cooking, but there's so much pressure in there, one poke and it'll go BANG. It's caused at least one case of eye injury.

[XanBcoo]

An egg exploding? Boring, I say! Clearly none of you have ever created a plasma ball in a microwave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Ptrwzj10M&feature=related).

Me and my cousins once tried a similar experiment with a grape. It wasn't as amazing as this particular experiment, but still cool.

[Assassin]

oooh, nifty

[Buffalobiian]

Today I learned how to play Uno.

[Chiodos]

Today I learned that milimeters really do affect your entire job, carpentry standards. I took today 3 mili's on my chess veneered table. The effect was that the whole chess squares where gone when the board came out of the machine : (!

You know, I did cry alot in my head at that moment becuse I've been working with this easy to break materia, just to do some stupid, VERY stupid mili mistake.

I drank lots of soda after that </3..............

[Assertn]

You know, I did cry alot in my head at that moment becuse I've been working with this easy to break materia, just to do some stupid, VERY stupid mili mistake.
Working with materia is a delicate process.
Consider yourself lucky that your materia didn't fuse into cool ranch (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/14/)

[fahoumh]

Today I learned just how much of a pain in the ass it would have been to install the aftermarket exhaust in my car and just how glad I was to take it to someone who works on cars for a living. I also learned just how true Murphy's Law is....my god damned wheel lock key broke on a wheel lock. I have to go buy 4 new lug nuts tomorrow....hooray.

[Buffalobiian]

Today I learned.....that Shinsen subs hentai?

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1723/48646891wq2.jpg

[Chiodos]

I would be more suprised if Aone did it. And sad a little..

[python862]

Today... or rather yesterday... I learned that Vista's built in parental controls are able to block off the Flaming Pit and half of the good threads in GD at medium-level. Which seriously sucks balls. DAMN YOU FATHER!!!! So, I probably won't be posting from his laptop until either a) I crack his new password or b) I get my computer set up again with good 'ol 32-bit XP. I say 32-bit because last time it was that damned 64-bit.

I've also learned that today my grandfather - who my family is currently living with - has a section eight house inspection scheduled for today at two. Yay.

[darkshadow]

Today I learned.....that Shinsen subs hentai?

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1723/48646891wq2.jpg

prolly cause that series holds it own even if you removed the H scenes.

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, probably. Maybe they're trying to do something new, or expand their activities. Since a few weeks ago, raws have been popping up claiming tag [Shinsen-raws]

[Spiegel]

Today I learned I have way too much crap... Cleaning out your room to move houses sucks...

[fahoumh]

Yeah, you never know how much stuff you've accumulated over the years until you move to a new place. At least it's a good way to get you to throw out a lot of useless things.

[Animeniax]

I'm always really sad when I pack up to move. It's weird then that I do it so often.

[Buffalobiian]

I've only ever moved house four times, and I wasn't old enough to remember any of them. I can imagine it though.

[python862]

I recently moved. I've even got a picture of my room after we came in and took everything out. It's mindblowing; I never thought I would miss that old place.

[itadakimasu]

Today I learned... that scsi is not hot-swappable.

The drives may be but the cables for damn sure aren't. I was going to try to set up this raid array we just got at work and as soon as I plugged the cable in the server blue screened... Then I rebooted and it was showing 2 failed drives. I spent about 15 minutes in the config and the Perc tools trying to find a fix and couldn't...

sucked it up and told my co-worker who then spent less then 2 minutes fixing it.

luckily it is an old server and not mission critical.

[XanBcoo]

Tonight I learned that being a "Busser" at a restaurant is equivalent to being a Janitor for 7 hours, with a break at the beginning of your shift.

I'm going to go die now.

[itadakimasu]

i occasionally had to bus when i worked at my last crappy job. it would get so busy that it was like i was the only person there... i'm so glad i've moved past shitty employment like that. food service is definately not for me.

[Animeniax]

Everyone should do food service at some point in their formative years, just so they can learn what they don't want to do for the rest of their lives. I worked at a Subway sandwich shop. That sucked, let me tell you what.

[XanBcoo]

Everyone should do food service at some point in their formative years, just so they can learn what they don't want to do for the rest of their lives.
This is the reason I'm not going to quit, despite how crappy it is. I want to be able to say that I've done that kind of work and come out better for it.

Also it gives me a good chance to practice my Spanish, since only one of the other bussers can even understand English.

"Tres salsas para ellos" "Esa mesa est&#225; sucia, all&#225;" "barre atr&#225;s" etc, etc.

[Buffalobiian]

I never wanted to work in food service, but here I am. I think I've been at a Pizza Hut long enough though. It's time for ime to find a job that grants me the experience I'll actually need. Hopefully that will happen 6 months from now.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Everyone should do food service at some point in their formative years, just so they can learn what they don't want to do for the rest of their lives. I worked at a Subway sandwich shop. That sucked, let me tell you what.

The thought of you making my footlong turkey and cheddar makes me ill.

Today I learned the drummer from Bad Company had $400,000 worth of jewels stolen from his house when he was on vacation. When asked if he had locked the doors, he said he couldn't remember. Oy.

[NM]

I never wanted to work in food service, but here I am. I think I've been at a Pizza Hut long enough though. It's time for ime to find a job that grants me the experience I'll actually need. Hopefully that will happen 6 months from now.

Go go go! Working even in a retail pharmacy will help you out ALOT during pharmacy school dude. The only downfall is dealing with shitty customers who yell at you when their own damn insurance doesn't work. Its as if they think we have the power to change the copays on their prescriptions. -____-

But yeah, working in some area of pharmacy in the real world is highly recommended Buff. I'm thinking about trying an internship at a company next year if I can get into one. And its cool to know that I'm in the same forum with another pharmacist-in-training (although I've known this for awhile so I didn't really learn anything...). :)

[Animeniax]

The thought of you making my footlong turkey and cheddar makes me ill.

Today I learned the drummer from Bad Company had $400,000 worth of jewels stolen from his house when he was on vacation. When asked if he had locked the doors, he said he couldn't remember. Oy.
The thought of you eating an entire footlong sandwich for a "light snack" makes me happy I no longer work there.

I learned again today that a busy day helps the workday pass a lot faster, though it allows me less time to post on the forums.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I don't recall saying a footlong was a light snack.

[Animeniax]

Your photo in the picture thread said so.

Btw, the drummer losing $400K sure puts your loss of $40 on your birthday into perspective doesn't it?

I learned today that its good to take a day off now and then, like I am today. I stayed up until 2AM playing GTA:IV, then slept in late until 10AM. It's now 10:30AM and I have a whole day to do nothing.

edit: and now that the day off is over: I actually spent the entire day doing almost nothing. Why do I feel like I'm wasting my life when I spend just one day loafing around?

[fahoumh]

Today I learnt just how ruthless mosquitoes can be. I went out into the bush for an hour and I must have at least a dozen or more bites. There's a cluster of 4 or 5 on the back left of my neck. But the most ridiculous one has to be the one on the middle knuckle of my right hand.

[darkshadow]

ouch, the middle knuckle one has to itch like a bitch

[fahoumh]

Actually, it itches the least since I caught the bastard in the act and killed it before it was done. The ones on my arms itch the most because I keep brushing up against things.

[python862]

Today I learned that writing 6 thousand words in one sitting is not fun. I'm only sad I couldn't make it OVER NINE THOUSAND... but that's my next goal.

[lelouch]

Today I learned more about CSS coding. Moving onto PHP soon.

[complich8]

Today I learned that I can hit 30mph on my stationary bike at a pretty high resistance setting, but can only sustain it for about 40 seconds before I have to drop back to about 15 and catch my breath.

My officemate and my supervisor both did 40+ mile death-tracks over the weekend on their actual bikes (riding up absurd ascents and such). The supervisor did 54 miles, which included a 1500 foot ascent over 3 miles, a 1000 foot ascent over a mile, and a 900 foot ascent over 2 miles.

I ... have no idea how they do it, and only the vaguest notion why they do it.

[saman]

today i learned that all i had to do to make h264 videos run on my computer was clean it out a bit and install a new version of my codecs. my hi-res videos now run like clock work. smooth, beautiful clockwork :D

[Assertn]

Too many people in this thread fail to differentiate between learning factual knowledge and realizing an experience. If a man trips and falls in front of you, you did NOT learn that a man has tripped. The reason why this derails the thread is because the purpose of the thread is to share your discoveries for mutual benefit. Understanding how fast you can ride your bike or that you had spyware on your computer is merely self-serving, and is therefore pointless. :mad:

A more appropriate example would be something like this:
Today I learned that rough objects create less drag than smooth ones. Hence the reason why golf balls have dimples.

[Board of Command]

Today I learned that you should always spread the thermal paste out when applying it to naked GPU dies. The "dab in the middle" method used for CPUs doesn't always work for naked GPU dies.

[Animeniax]

Too many people in this thread fail to differentiate between learning factual knowledge and realizing an experience. If a man trips and falls in front of you, you did NOT learn that a man has tripped. The reason why this derails the thread is because the purpose of the thread is to share your discoveries for mutual benefit. Understanding how fast you can ride your bike or that you had spyware on your computer is merely self-serving, and is therefore pointless. :mad:

A more appropriate example would be something like this:
Today I learned that rough objects create less drag than smooth ones. Hence the reason why golf balls have dimples.
I think either kind of learning is beneficial for the masses. Oftentimes experience can be a greater teacher than factual knowledge. Self-actualization is also a form of learning. Sharing your own life experiences, though they may seem mundane or thread-derailing, can help others learn something about themselves, which in turn can help the poster learn something about himself.

Taking your golf ball dimples example, even though it is interesting in its seemingly illogicalness, how will that tidbit of information help me in my daily life? Whereas complich8's post had me thinking about the last time I was on an exercise bike doing 32mph at low-medium resistance, and how I will test my endurance the next time I'm on an exercise bike, since it would be shameful to lose to a pudgy sysadmin.

[Assertn]

Your argument is in itself a contradiction. Any knowledge worth learning through experience should be, well, learned through experience. It's self-directed and has holds no context from the perspective of anyone else, and certainly holds no context within the purpose of this thread. If you want to create a "Today I experienced" thread, then go ahead.

To say that learning of other peoples' personal experiences through a textual medium derives greater benefit is laughable, although I commend your attempted ludic fallacy, using selective comparison to create some sort of value. This is also irrelevant to the thread, however, since the topic is not "Real-world skills I obtained today".

It's like the Snapple bottle caps. If you twist off a Snapple cap and the underside says "A brown-out corrupted my 10 page term paper," does that enhance your knowledge via proxy of a hypothetical experience? Is it supposed to? At least with objective facts, you can find some degree of amusement.

[Animeniax]

I didn't understand all those big words, but learning can come from many forms beyond objective facts. If you want to limit the scope of a thread, it will have limited usage and purpose and fade into obscurity.

So why not let this thread encompass all forms of learning? Even self-directed musings can hold lessons for others, but they can also be a means of self-reflection for the poster by way of considering word choice and recalling events while posting as well as receiving feedback from other posters.

If you want to limit a thread called "today I learned" to "interesting factual tidbits", then that's your choice too. But don't blame everyone else for interpreting the thread title to encompass more than just factoids.

[XanBcoo]

But don't blame everyone else for interpreting the thread title to encompass more than just factoids.
There's no interpretation whatsoever. The opening post in this thread by KitKat specifies that this thread is for posting "something that's new to you, that you learned today," whatever that may be. I agree with Assertn that "experiencing" something isn't the same as "learning" it, but this thread is for posting what you learned, regardless of who benefits from that knowledge.

Of course everyone would prefer people to make better posts that contain information and lessons for the benefit of others, but doing otherwise isn't derailing from the purpose of this thread at all.

Edit: Today I learned how to play the main riff of a Smith's song on the acoustic guitar. My goal is to be able to record both guitar and bass parts, then overlay them. That would be really fun.

[KitKat]

Often in a day I'll pick up a random bit of trivia that I find really cool, or I'll learn something at school that I find fascinating, or I just have something random that I want to say. I'm pretty sure there are some of you who feel the same, so let's have a thread for this!

I do love the random. Making this thread completely factual would make it somewhat boring and restrictive. Any others of you go back to the first post in the thread as a result of this discussion and burst out laughing at basey's diagram in the second post?

This summer I'm learning a lot about how to interact with people who have mental disabilities and visual impairments. I came into my cabin yesterday to find a guy lying on the floor in the middle of the hall, wearing a helmet, in his pyjamas. It does take some getting used to.

[Animeniax]

There's no interpretation whatsoever. The opening post in this thread by KitKat specifies that this thread is for posting "something that's new to you, that you learned today," whatever that may be. I agree with Assertn that "experiencing" something isn't the same as "learning" it, but this thread is for posting what you learned, regardless of who benefits from that knowledge.
Well for those of us who joined late and never back-tracked to read the first post in the thread, it's perfectly rational to see a thread called "today I learned..." and think it encompasses more than factual information. I saw it as a thread about reflecting on a day's events or about something you discovered about the world or yourself today. Seems I interpreted the thread starter's intent exactly.

[Assertn]

I do love the random. Making this thread completely factual would make it somewhat boring and restrictive. Any others of you go back to the first post in the thread as a result of this discussion and burst out laughing at basey's diagram in the second post?

I guess you could also say the discovery channel is boring and restrictive, but it must have some redeeming qualities, if it survived the test of time.

If you just write about random things that happen to you today, then the topic becomes about as interesting as a stranger's livejournal (not very interesting). Random died with lolcats.

[Animeniax]

I actually think shows like Monster Garage were not appropriate for the Discovery Channel, but it was one of their most popular shows. If Discovery Channel had stayed solely with their factual programming, they'd have gone out of business. I remember the days when they'd show the same nature show over and over because of a lack of programming diversity. That's not to say I want them to stray as far as MTV has from its origins, but expanding the term "discovery" has helped it stay fresh and popular.

I learned today that I hate it when mommies and daddies fight :( .

[Assertn]

Yeah, and I bet nobody would be interested in a series of videos depicting nature and natural phenomena in high definition released by a station such as the BBC (http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000MRAAJM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1215630675&sr=1-2), amirite?

[Animeniax]

Yeah but by the 5th airing in a week, people would change the channel.

But thanks for that. I learned today what I will be sending by Dad for a late Father's Day present: Planet Earth: the Complete BBC Series (not the blu-ray version) (http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-David-Attenborough/dp/B000MR9D5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1215631699&sr=1-1)

[Assertn]

Dude, if there's ever a reason to get anything HD, it's for the planet earth series.

[Animeniax]

Then I'd have to get him an HDTV for late Father's Day too, which I don't think he'd fully appreciate. I'll think about it.

[Buffalobiian]

Today I learned that a red panda is also known as a firefox. wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda)


Go go go! Working even in a retail pharmacy will help you out ALOT during pharmacy school dude. The only downfall is dealing with shitty customers who yell at you when their own damn insurance doesn't work. Its as if they think we have the power to change the copays on their prescriptions. -____-

But yeah, working in some area of pharmacy in the real world is highly recommended Buff. I'm thinking about trying an internship at a company next year if I can get into one. And its cool to know that I'm in the same forum with another pharmacist-in-training (although I've known this for awhile so I didn't really learn anything...). :)

Thanks NM

[Psyke]

I read a few days back on how Kojima likes to use the different versions of the name John for characters in Metal Gear, and even Jack is a diminutive form of John. It was all quite amusing to me.

Ironically I learnt today that my name is the irish version of John. :eek:

[Spiegel]

Today I learned that my roommate for this coming year will be a freshman. Wouldn't be so bad if he didn't move in days before me which means I will get none of the furniture I want/need.

Damn freshman...

[KitKat]

This week I learned that if you encounter a bear in the woods, you should put your hands over your head to make you look as big as possible, and speak slowly and calmly. Unfortunately, I only learned this after my bear encounter.

I was hiking through the woods with my dad, and we spotted a bear in the distance, walking through the trees. The trail we were following was going in the direction of the bear, but it looked to be walking off the other way. We decided that we'd walk quietly down the trail, and hope to sneak past it. Afterwards we learned this was not the greatest decision because surprising a bear can provoke an attack (the best course of action would have been to back up a bit, start talking loudly, and then continue on the trail which would have alerted the bear to the presence of humans so it could make itself scarce). So, we crept along the trail for a bit, and rounded a corner, and suddenly the bear was right there in front of us in the middle of the trail. As we came around the corner, my dad stepped on a branch, and the bear saw us. It bellowed in annoyance and galloped off into the woods. I had a moment of panic where I thought he was charging us, but luckily he decided to go crashing and thundering away through the underbrush. Scary, but awesome. I've never been that close to a bear in the wild before. He was only a few metres away from us.

[Animeniax]

Trite but true, remember that when getting away from a bear, you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the other person with you :D

Why is it that we realize something is a bad idea, but we do it anyway and just hope for the best? Like driving yourself home after drinking because you don't want to leave your car overnight, or driving through a flooded street even though you're asking for hydro-lock or flooding the transmission? It's a weakness of the human existence I suppose. I'm glad you and your father (and the bear) survived the experience.

[Kraco]

You should have taken a photo (just the bear, not necessarily you and your dad posing with it). This might have been the only time you will ever meet a bear in the wilds.