Topic: Random thoughts (Read 625266 times)

LTK · « **Reply #3600 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 09:29 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Dec 2013, 01:17

Interesting - I think that definition is wrong personally, the word gravid is used to mean pregnant when applied to humans in English too. At least, on my course we talk about the gravid uterus, and primigravida, multigravida etc. Yes, it's a specialist term, but that doesn't stop it counting!

Is it weird that I can totally imagine 'gravid' being used as slang, like 'gnarly'?

snalin · « **Reply #3601 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 10:41 »

"That's gravid, brah"
"Oh man, I'm so gravid right now"
"That's some gravid stuff you've got there, mate!"
"I like this place. It's really gravid"

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3602 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 11:01 »

"Sixteen and pregnant is so gravid, man!"

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3603 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 11:05 »

I'm gonna start calling it Sixteen and Gravid.

LeeC · « **Reply #3604 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 17:22 »

one of these days I'll make a ramen from the packet without splashing searing hot juice on me.

Welu · « **Reply #3605 on:** 12 Dec 2013, 16:09 »

Couldn't resist the urge to make my avatar festive.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3606 on:** 12 Dec 2013, 21:34 »

Very nice!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3607 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 07:05 »

Heh, ITV Player is warning me that the episode of Lewis I'm about to watch contains "One scene of moderate peril". Oh noes! Not moderate peril!

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3608 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 07:14 »

I love Lewis. Brilliant show. Especially Hathaway. Or; Mr. Bad Wolf as I like to call him.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3609 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 07:16 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 14 Dec 2013, 07:05

Heh, ITV Player is warning me that the episode of Lewis I'm about to watch contains "One scene of moderate peril". Oh noes! Not moderate peril!

Finding Nemo's trailers warned of mild peril. MILD.

I watched Evil Dead 2 on DVD the other week and it had a warning about the violence on the DVD. Like I selected play and it said 'WARNING THIS MOVIE IS VERY VIOLENT AND MAY DISTURB SOME VIEWERS'. You fucking serious? I already bought the DVD, who is there buying an 18 rated movie called Evil Dead 2 with a list of how fucked up it is next to the certificate and then thinking 'oh it may disturb me? Better not then.'

Kugai · « **Reply #3610 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 14:49 »

Welcome to the Nanny State.

Loki · « **Reply #3611 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 15:00 »

Does it say anything about disturbance on the Star Wars DVD?

Kugai · « **Reply #3612 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 15:10 »

Forcing the issue are you?

jwhouk · « **Reply #3613 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 18:36 »

Posting like Yoda, are you?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3614 on:** 14 Dec 2013, 18:54 »

Posting like Yoda, you are not.

Kugai · « **Reply #3615 on:** 15 Dec 2013, 11:40 »

I may just Sith this one out.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3616 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 04:58 »

(combobreaker)

I have an easter egg in my signature.

Co-incidentally, being able to put hidden stuff into code is one of the reasons why I love coding so much. I had to design a login screen for a major uni project once, and it worked no problem, the only exception being that if you put in any of the names of our grading assistants, the program would terminate. It was a fun joke until I realized that we failed the course because the assistants thought we had failed to implement the authentication system. That backfired badly.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3617 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 05:11 »

I once named my variables specifically so at one point in the program it would say functioncall(allyour, base, arebelong, tous). Not very creative but I still got my fair share of amusement out of it.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3618 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 10:29 »

So. The office has entered into a pool to try to win the Mega Millions jackpot. In the event of my winning, I will be expecting each of you to give me tours around your home towns. Jackets are required for gentlemen who wear suits and ladies who wear suits, if you're a dress wearing individual, please select suitable full length evening attire.

I may or may not be kidding about the dress code.

I do in fact know the first three things I'd do with the money though. Write two checks and set up an international wire transfer to completely change the lives of three people I care about very much. Then pick out my three favorite charities and get my name on the wall somewhere.

THEN I am going to the fuck mothering gun store baby!

ankhtahr · « **Reply #3619 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 10:33 »

Quote from: ChaoSera on 16 Dec 2013, 05:11

I once named my variables specifically so at one point in the program it would say functioncall(allyour, base, arebelong, tous). Not very creative but I still got my fair share of amusement out of it.

For one of my exercise sheets I had to create a contextfree grammar for exercise sheets. I managed to get "(B,A,T,H),(d,e,a,t,h)" as a result. And the naming even made sense.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3620 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 15:34 »

In one of my first exercise sheets for programming course, back in my first semester, I named a variable that was counting upwards ThisGoesUp, one that was counting downwards ThisGoesDown and the constant ThisAlwaysStaysTheFuckingSame. My tutor found it really funny and gave me an extra point.

Also Garand, I'd be glad to give you a tour of the town! Just be sure to announce your visit early, I'll have to get my suit from my parent's place. And buy more booze. Lots of booze.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #3621 on:** 16 Dec 2013, 23:08 »

I don't know about booze, I'm not much of a drinker, but I could definitely stock up on cigars if you came here.

And I wouldn't even need to get my suit. It's here, with me.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3622 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 01:53 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 16 Dec 2013, 10:29

So. The office has entered into a pool to try to win the Mega Millions jackpot. In the event of my winning, I will be expecting each of you to give me tours around your home towns. Jackets are required for gentlemen who wear suits and ladies who wear suits, if you're a dress wearing individual, please select suitable full length evening attire.

I may or may not be kidding about the dress code.

I do in fact know the first three things I'd do with the money though. Write two checks and set up an international wire transfer to completely change the lives of three people I care about very much. Then pick out my three favorite charities and get my name on the wall somewhere.

THEN I am going to the fuck mothering gun store baby!

You'd come to England too, right?

Grognard · « **Reply #3623 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 08:07 »

GM,
You're more than welcome to come visit me.
A. give the wife a reason to clean house.
B. Gun Store is .7 mile from my front door.
C. Military ranges within 1km = lulling sound of weapons fire
D. I have minis ... lots
E. 4 Gaming stores within 40 miles.
F. Give me excuse to fill the liquor cabinet.

LeeC · « **Reply #3624 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 11:33 »

I called out sick today. I just got a text from my boss to log into our game of "Risk" that we play via e-mail and take my turn.
"LeeC i hope you are feeling better. Now with that said get your ass out of bed log into the game and play!!"
I am guessing its a slow day at the office.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3625 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 11:41 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 16 Dec 2013, 10:29

So. The office has entered into a pool to try to win the Mega Millions jackpot. In the event of my winning, I will be expecting each of you to give me tours around your home towns. Jackets are required for gentlemen who wear suits and ladies who wear suits, if you're a dress wearing individual, please select suitable full length evening attire.

I may or may not be kidding about the dress code.

I do in fact know the first three things I'd do with the money though. Write two checks and set up an international wire transfer to completely change the lives of three people I care about very much. Then pick out my three favorite charities and get my name on the wall somewhere.

THEN I am going to the fuck mothering gun store baby!

I was going to ask why on earth you would want a tour in Oklahoma, but then I got to the part about the gun store and realized you'd fit right in here.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3626 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 14:05 »

True but little hot and desolate for me. Flag Staff's more my locale of choice.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3627 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 17:44 »

I've been there!

jwhouk · « **Reply #3628 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 18:29 »

You would be RIGHT at home up here. Except for the snow and the sub-zero temperatures.

Dear GOD, the temperature.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3629 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 18:32 »

See, I need to find a place that's really, really cold...but without the snow. I'd like that.

BrusselSprouts · « **Reply #3630 on:** 17 Dec 2013, 23:02 »

But the best part of cold season is snow! Otherwise you're just suffering zero average temperatures for nothing. That being said, I live on a pretty humid place that feels a lot colder than it is, and yet despite this, no one owns a functional jacket. Coats are just a fashion statement here

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3631 on:** 18 Dec 2013, 00:44 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 17 Dec 2013, 18:32

See, I need to find a place that's really, really cold...but without the snow. I'd like that.

I know the perfect place for you!

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~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3632 on:** 18 Dec 2013, 04:24 »

Method, Colorado would suit you nicely out on the plains. It's an Alpine desert so precipitation is minimal.

Grognard · « **Reply #3633 on:** 18 Dec 2013, 06:52 »

whelp.
I did not win.
so I am at work.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3634 on:** 18 Dec 2013, 22:17 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 18 Dec 2013, 04:24

Method, Colorado would suit you nicely out on the plains. It's an Alpine desert so precipitation is minimal.

Interesting. I will consider this.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3635 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 07:56 »

Wait for a stop before shaving on a train.

LeeC · « **Reply #3636 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 08:04 »

Quote from: Grognard on 18 Dec 2013, 06:52

whelp.
I did not win.
so I am at work.

if you did win would you be drinking tiger blood?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3637 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 09:15 »

You have to win twice for that.

LeeC · « **Reply #3638 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 09:17 »

not according to Charlie Sheen...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3639 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 10:33 »

Uh...yes. Remember? He's biwinning.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3640 on:** 19 Dec 2013, 13:59 »

That Charlie Sheen shit was hilarious. I enjoyed it a great deal.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3641 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 08:29 »

If you've ever taken computer science classes, the Clock Game from the Price is Right is painful to watch.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3642 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 08:55 »

Never watched it, how does it work?

cesium133 · « **Reply #3643 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 09:00 »

You're supposed to guess the price of an item, which is between $1 and $1000, and if you're wrong, you're told whether your guess was above or below the price. So the optimum strategy is binary search: start with $500, if it's higher guess $750, and so on... When I watched it today, the guy found out the price was between $700 and $750, so he started guessing 701, 702, 703, 704, so on. The price was $746.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3644 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 09:06 »

Wow, that's... bad.

Loki · « **Reply #3645 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 13:11 »

Curiously, I was working on a script today which required me to implement binary search. I half-assed it. (I was doing it in bash, and after I finally partially got it to work (bash is awful), I was too frustrated to finish it properly. Now my search has a runtime of roughly 2.5*log n or so.)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3646 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 13:43 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 20 Dec 2013, 09:00

You're supposed to guess the price of an item, which is between $1 and $1000, and if you're wrong, you're told whether your guess was above or below the price. So the optimum strategy is binary search: start with $500, if it's higher guess $750, and so on... When I watched it today, the guy found out the price was between $700 and $750, so he started guessing 701, 702, 703, 704, so on. The price was $746.

If would have taken me ten guesses. The frustrating part is I would've guessed $747, then $745, and THEN $746.

(500;750;625;688;719;735;743;747;745;746)

cesium133 · « **Reply #3647 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 16:29 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 20 Dec 2013, 13:43

Quote from: cesium133 on 20 Dec 2013, 09:00
You're supposed to guess the price of an item, which is between $1 and $1000, and if you're wrong, you're told whether your guess was above or below the price. So the optimum strategy is binary search: start with $500, if it's higher guess $750, and so on... When I watched it today, the guy found out the price was between $700 and $750, so he started guessing 701, 702, 703, 704, so on. The price was $746.
If would have taken me ten guesses. The frustrating part is I would've guessed $747, then $745, and THEN $746.

(500;750;625;688;719;735;743;747;745;746)

Yeah, that's why when the players are within $5, they usually just bark out the last few numbers as fast as they can. This guy tried to do it when he was only within $50...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3648 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 16:31 »

Oh wait, are there unlimited guesses? It's only time? That's awesome! I'd estimate so it'd take more than 10 guesses, but not much more, and I'd be able to get it easy.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3649 on:** 20 Dec 2013, 16:44 »

Yeah, that's why it's so painful to watch. You get 60 seconds (unlimited guesses) to guess the prices of two prizes, so it's 30 seconds per prize. If you can get it in 10 guesses, that's three seconds per guess.

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