Topic: Random thoughts (Read 630279 times)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3700 on:** 05 Jan 2014, 20:55 »

Actually, I had it so it never even sat in the inbox, it would just forward it without making a local copy.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3701 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 03:03 »

Quote from: nekowafer on 05 Jan 2014, 17:52

Also there are apparently cafes in Japan where you can hang out with cats.

A friend and I were making a business plan six months ago for a lesbian cat cafe (the cats wouldn't have to be lesbians, but the cafe would be aimed at human lesbians because there is a very large overlap). It's still the back-up plan...

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3702 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 03:27 »

I only have about 3500 mails, the oldest one being from 2011. I store them locally so that point represents the last time I reformatted my PC.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3703 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 05:42 »

Let's see... when were you all born?

I have e-mails that I've archived that are probably old enough to drink in my state.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3704 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 09:02 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jan 2014, 03:03

a very large overlap

Isn't one of the points of cats that they go overlap?

Kugai · « **Reply #3705 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 14:52 »

I tend to keep important E-Mails for about a year, then clear my E-Mail Program out each Christmas.

Grognard · « **Reply #3706 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 16:09 »

the oldest email I have saved is from May of 2007.
it's a joke.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3707 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 17:01 »

Once I got Gmail, I never deleted an e-mail without an actual reason. Why would I?

94ssd · « **Reply #3708 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 18:04 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Jan 2014, 17:01

Once I got Gmail, I never deleted an e-mail without an actual reason. Why would I?

I tend to archive things but leave e-mails that are a reminder for an upcoming event or obligation in my inbox. For example my inbox currently contains my tuition bill for next semester, the date of a meeting I need to go to for a trip to NYC I'm going on, and an e-mail from my boss telling me what time spring training starts on Sunday.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3709 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 18:10 »

I delete everything I don't need from my personal email. My "Important" folders are just for things I might use in the future - between both of my major email accounts I have maybe 20 "important" emails saved.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3710 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 18:58 »

See, if it's important, it was probably sent to my professional e-mail (also a gmail). That's the only one I get a notification on my phone for.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3711 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 21:49 »

Okay, who wrote the Wikipedia article on Frostburg State University? They couldn't come up with pictures of the place, so they put up a picture of the Sheetz on the other side of town...

Plus, is it really necessary for the article to contain the records of the womens' tennis team's last ten losing seasons (or any athletic records, for that matter)? This makes me remember why I quit editing Wikipedia.

94ssd · « **Reply #3712 on:** 06 Jan 2014, 21:56 »

I wrote a good portion my college's entry and pretty much all of my high school's.

Carl-E · « **Reply #3713 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 00:14 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 06 Jan 2014, 21:49

Okay, who wrote the Wikipedia article on Frostburg State University? They couldn't come up with pictures of the place, so they put up a picture of the Sheetz on the other side of town... Plus, is it really necessary for the article to contain the records of the womens' tennis team's last ten losing seasons (or any athletic records, for that matter)? This makes me remember why I quit editing Wikipedia.

Is that where you are? I went to school with one of the members of the math department there... one of my best friends in grad school, actually.

And, like the jerk I am, I haven't kept in touch with him. Or anyone else.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3714 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 03:31 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Jan 2014, 09:02

Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jan 2014, 03:03
a very large overlap

Isn't one of the points of cats that they go overlap?

Whatever. Lapping will occur.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3715 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 06:43 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Jan 2014, 00:14

Quote from: cesium133 on 06 Jan 2014, 21:49
Okay, who wrote the Wikipedia article on Frostburg State University? They couldn't come up with pictures of the place, so they put up a picture of the Sheetz on the other side of town... Plus, is it really necessary for the article to contain the records of the womens' tennis team's last ten losing seasons (or any athletic records, for that matter)? This makes me remember why I quit editing Wikipedia.

Is that where you are? I went to school with one of the members of the math department there... one of my best friends in grad school, actually.

And, like the jerk I am, I haven't kept in touch with him. Or anyone else.

It's not where I am now (I'm at the University of Oklahoma now), but I grew up in the town of Frostburg, and took a couple classes at Frostburg State.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3716 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 07:18 »

One of my old friends went to Frostburg and is apparently a big math nerd now?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3717 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 07:20 »

It's about 10F with a wind chill around -8F. I just went next door in a short sleeve shirt. I'm a weird guy.

94ssd · « **Reply #3718 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 08:04 »

I know monthly EAS tests are required, but can't they delay it until it's not 2 degrees and snowing. I was concerned.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3719 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 16:15 »

"A box without hinges, key or lid
Yet a golden treasure within is hid"

In addition to "an egg" another answer would be "a gold mine".

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3720 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 16:23 »

Speaking of eggs, why the hell is Humpty Dumpty universally considered an egg? Sure there was an illustration, but the words could easily support it being a person.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3721 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 16:43 »

The first thing Gareth said to me on the forum was "we're white as fuck".

He also called me a bro and I'm not sure if it was meant to be ironic.

I feel nostalgic today~~

Sauce

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3722 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 17:05 »

Why would it be ironic?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3723 on:** 07 Jan 2014, 23:59 »

Lemme rephrase that: I wasn't sure if it was being ironic back then.

Loki · « **Reply #3724 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 01:34 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 07 Jan 2014, 17:05

Why would it be ironic?

Because Gaz. Duh.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3725 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 01:41 »

Well... we are white as fuck, and we're bros, babe. S'just the way it is.

I'M A STRAIGHT UP GANGSTA MOTHERFUCKERS

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3726 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 02:19 »

I've got mad love for my homies.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3727 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 03:31 »

PEACE

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3728 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 04:19 »

Give it a minute and you'll start twerking.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3729 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 05:12 »

I am the only person on Earth who's blacker than Miley Cyrus.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3730 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 05:13 »

Quite an achievement. How did you manage that? Shoe polish?

Thrillho · « **Reply #3731 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 05:13 »

Sunburn, shoe polish and being gangsta as fuck.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3732 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 05:36 »

Jay-z is quacking in his boots. Or quaking, as the case may be.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3733 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 06:29 »

I learned that shit on the streets!

No wait, I mean, I learned to shit on the streets.

94ssd · « **Reply #3734 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 06:55 »

Whenever there are university breaks coming up, everyone always says things like "oh my god I can't wait to sleep in my own bed." But I think the bed in my dorm room is way more comfortable than my bed at home, and I'm looking forward to returning to it.

I think it may be more of a quiet environment thing rather than the bed itself. At home I can't help the fact that I live on a busy street or that the streetlights shine right through my curtains, or that the ceiling fan makes noise but I can't turn it off because my family keeps the house too hot. I don't have those problems up at school.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3735 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 07:36 »

Quote from: Gareth on 08 Jan 2014, 06:29

I learned that shit on the streets!

No wait, I mean, I learned to shit on the streets.

A subtle but significant difference. You're so ... sophisticated.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3736 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 08:31 »

You have much to learn from me, sir. Come let us discuss it over brandy or something this thread has got so far off the beaten track I don't even know

pwhodges · « **Reply #3737 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 08:46 »

It's a random beaten track, though...

Thrillho · « **Reply #3738 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 08:58 »

True that, hodgy. True that.

Grognard · « **Reply #3739 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 09:14 »

Hikaru Sulu: Warp one, sir. Heading, sir?
James T. Kirk: Out there. Thataway.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3740 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 09:27 »

Quote from: 94ssd on 08 Jan 2014, 06:55

Whenever there are university breaks coming up, everyone always says things like "oh my god I can't wait to sleep in my own bed." But I think the bed in my dorm room is way more comfortable than my bed at home, and I'm looking forward to returning to it.

I now feel that way about my own personal bed. It is the first bed ever that has really been mine and holy Freyja's ocher tears it is awesome. I hate going place now. Even to visit my family or on road trips for work, because I am passionately, madly in love with my bed. Too bad my alarm clock is a jealous whore and is determined to keep us apart.

In other news.

Interestingly from what I understand the Nazis themselves never called their useage of the symbol the Swastika, instead calling it the bent or crooked cross.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3741 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 10:04 »

The Greek one looks pretty cool. And the Celtic one is just weird.

Zebediah · « **Reply #3742 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 10:44 »

The Celtic triskelion is ancient enough that nobody really knows what it means any more. It appears on Iron Age monuments all over Europe, though, and is on the flags of both the Isle of Man and Sicily.

One of the things that makes me truly annoyed is that the triskelion has been co-opted by some European white-supremacist groups, because it's sort of swastika-ish but different enough to get around the law in countries where display of the swastika is banned.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3743 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 16:32 »

The Triqueta is another one that's so stupidly old that we don't know what it means any more, neo-pagans, druids, and wiccans use it for a variety of things including air, sea and sky (which is what I use it for), one of the triple goddesses, and of course the Christians use it for the trinity.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3744 on:** 08 Jan 2014, 19:41 »

My first thought when I heard Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd) was playing Lenny from Of Mice and Men.

"Lenny, she's just lying there, what did you do?"
"I tried turning her off and on again."

I may be a horrible person.

94ssd · « **Reply #3745 on:** 09 Jan 2014, 18:16 »

I just spent an unnessecary amount of time rearranging my "News" folder on Google Chrome.

It now holds a "US/World" folder containing Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, Democracy Now (mostly for the daily headlines video), msnbc, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Some aren't the "best" sources (specifically the Huffington Post) but I like modern-designed sites that allow for a quick overview of what's going on. I didn't add the New York Times site for this reason.

There's also a local folder with most local news sources, a weather folder, and Playbill because I didn't know where to categorize it. I considered adding a "Misc." sub-folder and putting the Chronicle in there, but the folder is already really clunky.

While looking for sites to add I've discovered that the CNN website has become useless, mostly advertising stuff that will be on their channel rather than providing easy access to online articles.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3746 on:** 10 Jan 2014, 08:41 »

I am currently eating a carrot.

94ssd · « **Reply #3747 on:** 10 Jan 2014, 13:26 »

Hearing about pain makes me so uncomfortable. There's this radio commercial they keep playing about knee pain. It came on when I was driving up to school (up mountains in heavy rain) and I had to turn it off so I'd stay focused on the road.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3748 on:** 10 Jan 2014, 17:13 »

I honestly don't know why any one would subject themselves to the tyranny of the radio, unless they lack both an aux port AND a tape deck.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3749 on:** 10 Jan 2014, 17:43 »

I subscribe to satellite radio, so I have choices, man. CHOICES.

And I do have an AUX port on my car's system. I'm just too lazy to bring my iPod out in the cold.

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