Here we can ask questions that are swirling in our midsts, but will not require reems of discussion to cover.


Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?



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Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?

Not in any situation in which you'd be stopping to consider whether a spelling was ok. It's on the same level as 'c' '2' and 'gr8'.

I've been doing alot of pushups lately... I was told to concentrate on keeping good form with my body to get the ppush up right, well I'm getting alot of tension in my abdomen. In fact my stomach muscles are getting tired and giving in before my arm muscles go...

Is that bad? Am I doing them wrong?

I've been doing alot of pushups lately... I was told to concentrate on keeping good form with my body to get the ppush up right, well I'm getting alot of tension in my abdomen. In fact my stomach muscles are getting tired and giving in before my arm muscles go...

Is that bad? Am I doing them wrong?

Yes. You simply needn't strain your abs to maintain pushup posture.

Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?


I wouldn't say so, but I'm picky about the written word.


My question: Should fish and chips be made with only haddock or cod, or can any quality white fish suffice? I recently had a very good meal of fish and chips made from pollock, so it got me thinking.

I've been doing alot of pushups lately... I was told to concentrate on keeping good form with my body to get the ppush up right, well I'm getting alot of tension in my abdomen. In fact my stomach muscles are getting tired and giving in before my arm muscles go...

Is that bad? Am I doing them wrong?

I don't think so, keeping your body aligned will work your trunk muscles. it just means that your arms are much stronger than your abs. I could be wrong though, but if I am it means i do them just as wrong:lol:

What the hell does XCL mean in a post?

Is there ever going to be a more popular thread?
Is there a greater thread period questionmark

What the hell does XCL mean in a post?

I've always assumed it was the roman numeral ten, and then two letters to stand for character letters.

Or something like that.

What the hell does XCL mean in a post?

X Characters Long, or so I have assumed.

What the hell does XCL mean in a post?

Ten Character Limit

X Characters Long, or so I have assumed.

Ten Character Limit

Danke!

XCL

Danke!

XCL

Well played!

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

I would stay away from ESPN as well.

Possibly QVC so the women know what those fragrances smell like before ordering.

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

Travel Channel, at least for the more beach-y and flower-y sorts of places they go to.

And if you like the smell of lumber and mowed lawn (which I do!), the Home and Garden Network.

Other than that, though, it'd be pretty bad; bathroom humor would get even worse.

I would stay away from ESPN as well.

Possibly QVC so the women know what those fragrances smell like before ordering.

I guess Old Spice commercials would fit in to that category too.



Ahoy.

Travel Channel, at least for the more beach-y and flower-y sorts of places they go to.

And if you like the smell of lumber and mowed lawn (which I do!), the Home and Garden Network.

Other than that, though, it'd be pretty bad; bathroom humor would get even worse.

The crisp morning air on the mountain lake while fishing with Bill Dance.


There are some good things not many I think but some.

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

It could be used for news. Now's your chance to smell Obama or Alan Colmes. Get a nice whiff of winter air on The Weather Channel. Get the full experience when watching "Dirty Jobs."

The possibilities are endless.

Danke!

XCL

I never use XCL, since I prefer to type out my intentions fully and thoughtfully so that there is no doubt in any poster's mind what I mean when I need to sustain enough characters in order to complete a post on one of the valuable threads here in CivFanatics.

XCL

Though we should probably have some kind of abbreviations dictionary.

I never use XCL, since I prefer to type out my intentions fully and thoughtfully so that there is no doubt in any poster's mind what I mean when I need to sustain enough characters in order to complete a post on one of the valuable threads here in CivFanatics.

XCL

Though we should probably have some kind of abbreviations dictionary.

Solved!

linkage (http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/acronyms.php)

Solved!

linkage (http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/acronyms.php)

Ah, good show.

Can anyone direct me to some songs with a similar style and melody as the mojority of what is played in tthis one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZFiMo8TIc&NR=1

Anyone got link of instructions how to iron trouser presses (not sure about correct word)?

How to iron a trouser press?

I think your doing it wrong ;)

My question: Should fish and chips be made with only haddock or cod, or can any quality white fish suffice? I recently had a very good meal of fish and chips made from pollock, so it got me thinking.

Strictly speaking it should only be cod. While haddock has long been common in chippies, if you want to order it you ask for haddock and chips, not fish and chips. Now that we've eaten most of the cod in the sea a bit of pragmatism is doing away with all the strict speaking business though. Pollock is a common replacement for cod and if it isn't perfectly acceptable for fish and chips now it will be soon.

Is it true that you can't tell which direction bass frequencies are coming from? If so, how come? Is it due to the shape of your ears?

Is it true that you can't tell which direction bass frequencies are coming from? If so, how come? Is it due to the shape of your ears?

I must preface this by saying that I have absolutely no idea.

But, it occurs to me that when you hear bass, your whole body actually feels it, since it travels so well through walls and floors and bodies and the like. So you're hearing the waves vibrating through your body as much as you're hearing them through the air from the original source. You can't detect the source, because as far as your ears are concerned you are the source.

I studied physics but if for some reason the above speculation turns out to be right, the credit has to go to years going clubbing, not anything I picked up in a lecture.

I must preface this by saying that I have absolutely no idea.

But, it occurs to me that when you hear bass, your whole body actually feels it, since it travels so well through walls and floors and bodies and the like. So you're hearing the waves vibrating through your body as much as you're hearing them through the air from the original source. You can't detect the source, because as far as your ears are concerned you are the source.

I studied physics but if for some reason the above speculation turns out to be right, the credit has to go to years going clubbing, not anything I picked up in a lecture.
Hmm, well, bass certainly seems to "fill" the room. But I'm not sure if the way we here it is due to that "fullness", or if the feeling of "fullness" is due to the way we hear it. I figured the wavelength of low frequencies is around 5-10m, as opposed to a 50cm-1m of so for middle frequencies, so it bends round the whole body rather than just the ear. Again, total speculation.

You adults there, has any of you really needed algebra or electric chemistry in your life? I have a math test tomorrow and a chemistry test day after tomorrow. :D

You adults there, has any of you really needed algebra or electric chemistry in your life? I have a math test tomorrow and a chemistry test day after tomorrow. :D
Hells yeah... It might be a bit unfair to talk about algebra, being as I use it regularly in my job. But chemistry was useful just to know things like why things rust, what I shouldn't eat when I just wake up, why it's a good idea to wear gloves when cleaning the oven, why I shouldn't leave my guitar by the radiator, why putting salt in the water and leaving the lid on makes water boil faster... etc.

Also, I use terms like "activation energy" (with accompanying graphs) to explain why subscription-based services should target hard-to-get customers.

I wouldn't say so, but I'm picky about the written word.

My question: Should fish and chips be made with only haddock or cod, or can any quality white fish suffice? I recently had a very good meal of fish and chips made from pollock, so it got me thinking.

When I was young (I'm 52) Brit, they'd offer me a choice of Cod or Plaice.
Now I am often offered Rock Salmon which isn't salmon at all, but the flesh
of the dogfish, wolffish or catfish. I've had halibut occasionally.

Yes, any quality white fish will suffice. But not oil rich fish.

To my mind freshness and the type and quality of the cooking oil are all far more important than the particular fish species.

Strictly speaking it should only be cod. While haddock has long been common in chippies, if you want to order it you ask for haddock and chips, not fish and chips. Now that we've eaten most of the cod in the sea a bit of pragmatism is doing away with all the strict speaking business though. Pollock is a common replacement for cod and if it isn't perfectly acceptable for fish and chips now it will be soon.

I live in a fishing port in Cornwall which is also a major tourist town.
As you say, cod is always first choice in fish and chips, haddock is second.
Neither fish is common in these waters but pollack is plentiful. I have often
gone on fishing trips from our harbour and regularly caught pollack up to
10lbs. each. Pollack is better filletted and pan fried with butter and herbs.
My favourite fish done this way is mackerel, more flavour and full of very
healthy omega oils. The real delicacies caught around here are sea bass
or turbot which are the most expensive fish served in restaurants.:)

Personally I've come to understand that cooking a fish is the worst thing you could possibly do to it.

Personally I've come to understand that cooking a fish is the worst thing you could possibly do to it.

The last and only time I ate it raw was when I ate a pound of frozen haddock
and washed it down with cheap Canadian port. Made a lovely red splash in the
snow when I threw it back up. Yes, I was very drunk.:lol:

What do you think to all the chefs coming an making a mint in cornwall.. isnt there a Ramsey's/Olivers/etc springing up all over the place.

Doesnt it mean you can't afford Cornwall houses?

How to iron a trouser press?

I think your doing it wrong ;)

I guess it's the problem of finding correct term in English, trouser press means thing that you put clothes you iron, right?

What i'm after is how to iron those sharp things to pants and in Finnish those are called "prässi", which means "pressed" along other things.

What do you think to all the chefs coming an making a mint in cornwall.. isnt there a Ramsey's/Olivers/etc springing up all over the place.

Doesnt it mean you can't afford Cornwall houses?

Interesting question.
Where are you from, and how have you heard about the chefs anyway?
Celebrity chefs set up restaurants in Cornwall to take advantage of very
fresh seafood and the thousands of tourists who come here. The best
example of this is Rick Stein who has gourmet restaurants in Padstow,
Newlyn and St. Ives. Some people describe Padstow as "Padstein" because
of all the property he owns there and the effect on local property prices.

Stein has given a boost to my town, Looe, which has the second biggest
fishing fleet in Cornwall. Because they are all only day trawlers, their catch
is often in the London restaurants and European markets the same or the
next day. Rick Stein recommends our fish as the freshest in the U.K..
You are right about the property prices though, but it's not the chefs
who have caused this.
It's the thousands of well-off English tourists who buy cottages as holiday homes
and then only use them for a few weeks of the year. Because of this, prices are
just as high as London, there are fewer homes coming on the market, and the locals
esp. young couples with lower wages have no chance to get on the property ladder.
It is probably the main reason why the English are resented by the Cornish.:)

Is it true that you can't tell which direction bass frequencies are coming from? If so, how come? Is it due to the shape of your ears?

Not true. You have different ways of judging where a sound is coming from. The level difference is the difference in volume between ears, and the time difference is obvious. The distortion caused by the pinna is a little addition to that.
One is more effective at high frequencies, one at low frequencies, but I forget which way round. Although human sound pinpointing isn't very accurate in the best of circumstances, I've never seen anything to suggest that our ability to identify the location of bass is worse.
If it's true it might be to do with vibration, resonance and properties of bass sound in our environment, rather than human biology.

Personally I've come to understand that cooking a fish is the worst thing you could possibly do to it.

for you or the fish?:) the only time i eat cod is when i'm in an english chippie, so usually it's haddock.
on the subject of food: shortcrust pastry for steak pie. should it be illegal? they are now selling this monstrosity in a harry ramsden outlet at glasgow airport. i ask for steak pie i expect normal puff pastry. like all normal folk:)

Interesting question.
Where are you from, and how have you heard about the chefs anyway?

Im from yorkshire, currently newcastle.

I visited cornwall a year or so ago with my mother an gran.. one day we went to the little place with one of Rick Stein's places.

Then I watched a tv prog about jamie opening one and it mentioned how all the chefs were at it ;)

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

Porn?...

XCL

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

It's all about the commercials, man. Like every other aspect of television.

It would be great on Animal Planet too. My dog was watching a dog show last night and she kept jumping up to go see if those doggies smelled yet.

You adults there, has any of you really needed algebra or electric chemistry in your life? I have a math test tomorrow and a chemistry test day after tomorrow. :D

Algebra, yes. I've used calculus outside of the classroom, too, but not regularly.

Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?


I have seen " tho' " in classical poetry.

Not true. You have different ways of judging where a sound is coming from. The level difference is the difference in volume between ears, and the time difference is obvious. The distortion caused by the pinna is a little addition to that.
One is more effective at high frequencies, one at low frequencies, but I forget which way round. Although human sound pinpointing isn't very accurate in the best of circumstances, I've never seen anything to suggest that our ability to identify the location of bass is worse.
If it's true it might be to do with vibration, resonance and properties of bass sound in our environment, rather than human biology.

Well the reason I say it is because when I was setting up my parents surround sound system, the instructions said that the sub could be put anywhere in the room (i.e. didn't have to be central) because we can't tell where bass is coming from.

wtf does IIRC mean?

If I Recollect Correctly

If I Recollect Correctly

And that is an acronym too far IMHO.;)

Well the reason I say it is because when I was setting up my parents surround sound system, the instructions said that the sub could be put anywhere in the room (i.e. didn't have to be central) because we can't tell where bass is coming from.

My guess then is that bass reflects off the walls well, perhaps better than high frequencies, which are absorbed, and that the long wavelengths of bass sounds mean that the reflections can start to hit your ears before the wave has finished.
Reflections and interference would interfere with both time difference (reflections themselves) and level difference (interference). HF sound perhaps suffers more level difference normally (which is why deep sounds travel further), and is absorbed more by walls and other obstacles (as well as not refracting as much), meaning that interference through reflection is much less.

My guess then is that bass reflects off the walls well, perhaps better than high frequencies, which are absorbed, and that the long wavelengths of bass sounds mean that the reflections can start to hit your ears before the wave has finished.
Reflections and interference would interfere with both time difference (reflections themselves) and level difference (interference). HF sound perhaps suffers more level difference normally (which is why deep sounds travel further), and is absorbed more by walls and other obstacles (as well as not refracting as much), meaning that interference through reflection is much less.
Hmm, that makes sense. Cheers guys.

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?

Build up a lot of speed and then coast up the slope.

Build up a lot of speed and then coast up the slope.

Well speed is the issue here. Reversing up a slope would not be an issue except that the rear 2/3 of the car ends up with 6 inch clearence either side, so fast is bad.

Another question -

Why a European not an European?

Because the first sound is a "y", which is really a consonant.

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?

Why use the clutch at all, let it all out and use the accelerator to control your assecnt

What's the point of a microphone that you place on your head, yet it doesn't have headphones?

Why use the clutch at all, let it all out and use the accelerator to control your assecnt

Unable to go anything like slow enough up such a large incline without stalling or at the very least bunny-hopping all over the shop. Some degree of clutch-dipping required.

What's the point of a microphone that you place on your head, yet it doesn't have headphones?

Example?

http://i.pricerunner.com/prod/2_7_7_7_631587l/Plantronics_P91_Encore_Headset8212_Monaural_with_n oise-canceling_microphone.jpg

Something like this, only it does not have the headphone.

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?
What you have there is a recipe for frequent clutch replacements. Find another place to park. Or drive in forward, then go out and put a cone in the road before you back out.

Got pics of your drive?

for you or the fish?:)

For me! Fish is best raw with soy sauce and wasabi. I don't think the fish minds either way.

http://i.pricerunner.com/prod/2_7_7_7_631587l/Plantronics_P91_Encore_Headset8212_Monaural_with_n oise-canceling_microphone.jpg

Something like this, only it does not have the headphone.

lol, find an example without the ear piece or i don't believe it exhists!

Is there any real difference between "night" and "nite"? I too, wondered about "though" and "tho" -- usually I will use "night" & "though", exception being in text messages where I have limited space.


wtf does IIRC mean?

I use it as "If I Recall Correctly"

Is there any real difference between "night" and "nite"?

Yes, if my students wrote the latter I'd roll up a newspaper and bat them across the head.

If I wanted to increase my post count, but dont want my post to seem like spam, what is the best way to do so in this such thread?

I'd ask questions about using words, and make sure that each question has its own post.
Things like 'do you write 'different from' or 'different than'?'

Why would anyone want to increase their post count? I see people on here with thousands of posts and a join date less tha two years ago and I just think "how sad is that?"

And FWIW (for what it's worth) I think this is a very useful thread. A place to ask a quick question and get a quick answer without cluttering up the board. I've seen similar threads on other boards and they were good.

Actually, the veterans of CFC crave for more post counts, we are post count whores...

We get better titles with higher postcounts. And it's very impressive to have over 30 000.

Ranking = Power and respect.

Perfection is our God!

And you, Dubai_voi are just a simple peasent

Accept the fact and bow to your new god!

What makes Perfection and Fifty so famous?

Ranking = Power and respect.

Perfection is our God!

And you, Dubai_voi are just a simple peasent

Accept the fact and bow to your new god!
I'm not worthy! :lol:

Meanwhile, to prevent this becoming a spam thread: why do so many people put garbage in their "location" slot? Lots of responses are useless if the location of the poster is unkown.

I am not sure how knowing my location changes how people view my posts, but what I put does reflect how I was feeling at the time (and still do to a degree).

What makes Perfection and Fifty so famous?

One is an attention seeker, and has found it. The other has a high post count.

Another question from cappin Dyslexia -

"But" and the placement of commas. A pair of commas denoting a subordiant clause would normally be placed so that the sentence would read if the commaed clause was removed. This doesnt seem to hold with "but".

To quote myself from the Churchill/ Myth thread -

Gentlemen, it's not pretty, but it's a sight better than UKTV Gold. Ten year old re-runs of Eastenders and more Bergerac than you can shake a stick at...

That sentence would read without the commaed clause if the "but" was the other side of the comma, but that would clearly be wird.

What's up with our English butts?

Why is the sky blue?;)

Do you find long signatures annoying, or are they fine (=is mine annoying to have there).

Why is the sky blue?;)

Do you find long signatures annoying, or are they fine (=is mine annoying to have there).

The sky isn't actually blue. The blue is just a reflection off the oceans. Or some thing like that.

Why can't OSHA leave me alone? ( its because the union has it out for me but still)

The sky isn't actually blue. The blue is just a reflection off the oceans. Or some thing like that.

Why can't OSHA leave me alone? ( its because the union has it out for me but still)

Isn't it because of the ozone layer deflecting the sunbeams in some strange way? I think you mean that the ocean is a reflection of the sky...

999th post...

Why is the sky blue?;)


Because the different colours (wavelengths) of sunlight are refracted at differing angles by the atmosphere.

http://www.goalfinder.com/images/SPLPHE8/i3.jpg

The picture shows that during the day the more strongly refracted blue light is most prominent, though at sunset the sky takes on a more reddish hue.

Why would anyone want to increase their post count? I see people on here with thousands of posts and a join date less tha two years ago and I just think "how sad is that?"

And FWIW (for what it's worth) I think this is a very useful thread. A place to ask a quick question and get a quick answer without cluttering up the board. I've seen similar threads on other boards and they were good.

Lots of little breaks in between whatever it was I was supposed to be doing. Or while I'm relaxing in other ways. Rarely am I ever just browsing CFC, even if it is mostly alongside other things.

Isn't it because of the ozone layer deflecting the sunbeams in some strange way? I think you mean that the ocean is a reflection of the sky...


Something like that.

How does one weave fabric?

New Hampshire law dictates that they must hold their preselection a week before any other state, yet Iowa law dictates that they must hold their preselection 8 days before New Hampshire. How does that work? :confused:

Americans IS crazy!

New Hampshire law dictates that they must hold their preselection a week before any other state, yet Iowa law dictates that they must hold their preselection 8 days before New Hampshire. How does that work? :confused:

Really? Wow that's great!, I'm using that as a random fact to throw into a conversation ... next time I talk to someone

Oh, can somebody explain to me how putting grit on the roads helps melt the ice- it was almost explained to me in school, but my science teacher decided to keep me ignorant instead...

salt lowers the melting point of water, meaning it would have to be a few degrees colder to freeze;thus it helps melt the ice.

New Hampshire law dictates that they must hold their preselection a week before any other state, yet Iowa law dictates that they must hold their preselection 8 days before New Hampshire. How does that work? :confused:

New Hampshire has the first primary election. Iowa is a caucus, not an election.

Really? Wow that's great!, I'm using that as a random fact to throw into a conversation ... next time I talk to someone

Oh, can somebody explain to me how putting grit on the roads helps melt the ice- it was almost explained to me in school, but my science teacher decided to keep me ignorant instead...

salt lowers the melting point of water, meaning it would have to be a few degrees colder to freeze;thus it helps melt the ice.

Ionic substances rip water molecules from their cellular structure, thus melting the ice

Here we can ask questions that are swirling in our midsts, but will not require reems of discussion to cover.


Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?



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Why do you find it necessary to uselessly start new threads when an existing one reaches 1000 posts? And my followup question: do you think you can stop doing that?

Why do you find it necessary to uselessly start new threads when an existing one reaches 1000 posts? And my followup question: do you think you can stop doing that?

1.Yes, its due to the forum rules, threads gets locked at 1000 posts

2.Yes, someone has to start a new thread; why not me?

1.Yes, its due to the forum rules, threads gets locked at 1000 posts

2.Yes, someone has to start a new thread; why not me?
Where does it say it?

http://forums.civfanatics.com/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_cfc_forum_rules

I can't be arsed to look, if its not clearly there, its clearly a rule the moderators use.. there have been many many threads locked at 1000 posts. Thats nothing to do with me, I just like starting them.

Do you try an irritate with your posts?

Do you try an irritate with your posts?

Generally, no.

1.Yes, its due to the forum rules, threads gets locked at 1000 posts

2.Yes, someone has to start a new thread; why not me?

There's plenty of threads way past 1000 posts... All the major mods in the Civ3 forum do and I think the Ask An Economist thread in OT does too...

and I think the Ask An Economist thread in OT does too...

Nope, locked and into thread two at post 400~

Why do you think there have been 20 Babe threads, 6 creatonism Vs. Evolution... tons of Listening thread...

Mods close them at roughly 1000 posts, and a new one can be started

Nope, locked and into thread two at post 400~

Why do you think there have been 20 Babe threads, 6 creatonism Vs. Evolution... tons of Listening thread...

Mods close them at roughly 1000 posts, and a new one can be started
It's because you open a new one, and the mods see that, and close the old one!

If you look on other forums on this site, you'll find other threads much much larger than 1000 posts.

Ionic substances rip water molecules from their cellular structure, thus melting the ice
Not quite: ionic substances disrupt the crystalline lattice of ice, making it more fluid.
Another question from cappin Dyslexia -

"But" and the placement of commas. A pair of commas denoting a subordiant clause would normally be placed so that the sentence would read if the commaed clause was removed. This doesnt seem to hold with "but".

A subordinate clause separated by commas is just that, but if you want to link your sentences together with other words then you're no longer simply adding subordinate clauses in with commas but using a different structure.

It's because you open a new one, and the mods see that, and close the old one!

If you look on other forums on this site, you'll find other threads much much larger than 1000 posts.

Question: Are you arguing just because you want to annoy people?

Often thread is closed first and a new thread is opened after, it's not always the other way.

Do you find long signatures annoying, or are they fine (=is mine annoying to have there).

I don't mind long ones, just flashy ones. Mine is a bit long, but not at all flashy.

How does one weave fabric?

The same way one weaves anything else.

Oh, can somebody explain to me how putting grit on the roads helps melt the ice- it was almost explained to me in school, but my science teacher decided to keep me ignorant instead...

I don't think grit melts the ice. (I'm perfectly fine with being wrong about that.) My understanding was always that sand and such simply helps maintain traction while the ice is still there. Salt raises the melting point, so it actually does melt the ice, but the sand is there to compensate for what the salt can't do.

Question: Are you arguing just because you want to annoy people?

No.


Often thread is closed first and a new thread is opened after, it's not always the other way.

I give up.

What does 'writing in' a candidate mean? I've seen it referred to on CFC, but I've never been quite sure what it means.

What does 'writing in' a candidate mean? I've seen it referred to on CFC, but I've never been quite sure what it means.

It means that rather than checking off a candidate already printed on the ballot, you "write in" another one in the space provided.


If the ballot shows

__:Red
__:Yellow
__:Blue
__:_______________

I could write in "green" on the blank.

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

It's not so much so your guy wins, it is a protest against the official candidates.

New Hampshire law dictates that they must hold their preselection a week before any other state, yet Iowa law dictates that they must hold their preselection 8 days before New Hampshire. How does that work? :confused:

It doesn't work. They just throw a hissy fit and move their primary up as a response. They can't actually tell another state to back off. This is why I thought there was going to be a decent chance of having the first votes come in during December 2007.

And New Hampshire was five days after Iowa.

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

You could spoil your ballot, but writing in Mickey Mouse is funner.

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

I'm sure they tally the write-ins. I don't see how legally they couldn't. It's practically certain that they won't threaten the printed candidates, but a write-in is just as valid as a printed candidate.

Usually it's a protest, like when people write-in their cats. Not always, though, as you might support a fringe candidate who didn't make it onto the ballot.

If you're going to leave the ballot blank, why bother going? I think you're allowed to, though. I've left specific items blank, although not a whole ballot.

You could spoil your ballot, but writing in Mickey Mouse is funner.

Actually, I always found the idea of "spoiling" the ballot funnier.

I'm sure they tally the write-ins. I don't see how legally they couldn't. It's practically certain that they won't threaten the printed candidates, but a write-in is just as valid as a printed candidate.

Usually it's a protest, like when people write-in their cats. Not always, though, as you might support a fringe candidate who didn't make it onto the ballot.

If you're going to leave the ballot blank, why bother going? I think you're allowed to, though. I've left specific items blank, although not a whole ballot.

They do tally write-ins, the state probably includes the most popular write-ins on the tally of past votes somewhere. Massachusetts has their last election results online; apparently the two most popular write-ins on the 2004 Democratic Primary ballot were (if I remember correctly) Al Gore and George W. Bush.

As far as supporting fringe candidates, Alan Keyes was on the Republican ballot in Georgia but not in Massachusetts.

edit: should be in "from other countries".

sry, delete

What does 'writing in' a candidate mean? I've seen it referred to on CFC, but I've never been quite sure what it means.

Write-in's do win minor positions, like judges or mayors, but mostly it's a protest. Some people say they are running as a write-in, just to make a statement or draw awareness to elections too. I hear Mickey Mouse does quite well every election (seriously, it's the #1 write-in).

What is "spoiling your ballot?"

What are "write-ins?"

Who is Mickey Mouse, and why does he get the most write-ins?;)

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

Maybe you don't drink enough water, or you live at a high altitude?

Maybe you don't drink enough water, or you live at a high altitude?

well i dont think its the water because i drink plenty and im not at a high altitude.

Write-in's do win minor positions, like judges or mayors, but mostly it's a protest. Some people say they are running as a write-in, just to make a statement or draw awareness to elections too. I hear Mickey Mouse does quite well every election (seriously, it's the #1 write-in).

True story.

The Benefits decided to have a clamp down on fraud with daft names. You would kind of hope they do it as they go along, but clearly not. Variations on Micky Mouse were in the upper teens, two C. Dracula's and a Francis Norbert Stine.

well i dont think its the water because i drink plenty and im not at a high altitude.

Without wanting to be indelicate, you dont - ahh... Pick?

Without wanting to be indelicate, you dont - ahh... Pick?

:blush: :shifty: ,rarely, but thats not when they bleed, i mean they dont blled when i do, in fact i usually pick to get out any dried out blood and stuff after a nose bleed.

What are "write-ins?"

That was answered a few posts back.

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

Lay off the cocaine.

That was answered a few posts back..

Not exactly. They said what they got, but not exactly what they were.

Not exactly. They said what they got, but not exactly what they were.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6456159&postcount=101

The "write-in" is the candidate that is written in, or perhaps the act of writing in a candidate.

But then something was said about how candidates could have minor positions or something, and that's what threw me off.

Am I fat??

Why do bouncy balls always bounce forward on every second bounce?

Why do bouncy balls always bounce forward on every second bounce?

Due to slight rotation, will cause it to bounce in reverse of that spin, sending it off forewards or backwards

Write-in's do win minor positions, like judges or mayors, but mostly it's a protest. Some people say they are running as a write-in, just to make a statement or draw awareness to elections too. I hear Mickey Mouse does quite well every election (seriously, it's the #1 write-in).

I think it was on Staten Island, during a primary for a state assembly seat, where (and I may have mixed up the two) one person was named Tobacco and was on the ballot and a person named Tabacco was campaigning hard for the write-in vote. Even had campaign posters highlighting the letter to make sure people got it write.

Yeah, the write-in guy lost. I bet a bunch of people wrote in Tobacco. :lol:

Am I fat??

Your fingers seem slender....

What is "spoiling your ballot?"

Voting in such a way so that your ballot is invalid. Like voting for everybody.

Can i find a list of write in results, to peruse for funny results?

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

Do you take nasal decongestants? Do you have hypertension?

Do you take nasal decongestants? Do you have hypertension?

no for the first one, and what does the second one mean?

Do you have high blood pressure?

But then something was said about how candidates could have minor positions or something, and that's what threw me off.

Writing in candidates is much more popular in smaller elections, where you haven't got as many people to convince to write the candidate in. They're just saying you're more likely to see a mayor win by write-in than a president.

Does my avatar and signature make me look illogical and incapable of debate, or is it just awesome like I think.
Haha, this has got to be the CFC OT equivelent of "does this dress make me look fat?"

It would certainly put you off to a bad start, but people will read what you say. Consider it a -15% sanity modifier ;)

Does my avatar and signature make me look illogical and incapable of debate

Yeah, but not as much as LucyDuke's.
Flaming / trolling - warned.

does anyone have some examples of presidents winning the popular vote but losing the presidency to the electoral college? i believe there were at least two but i cant seem to find the info on em.

Well, if they won the popular vote but lost the electoral college, they wouldn't be president. But Bush beat Gore in the electoral college in 2000 despite having less of the popular vote.

right, i think there was another instance of this though i could be wrong.

right, i think there was another instance of this though i could be wrong.
In 1824 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1824), no one won a majority of the electoral college, which threw the election into the House of Representatives. No one won the popular vote, either. In the end, John Quincy Adams won and became president, despite the fact that he didn't win even a plurality of either the popular vote, or the electoral college. Andrew Jackson had the last laugh, though. ;)

There are plenty of other cases where a president won only a plurality, and not a majority of the popular vote, but won the election anyway. (Such as Bill Clinton) I'm not aware of any cases at all where one man won an outright majority but lost the election - even Al Gore in 2000 got only 48%.

THANKS exactly what i was lookin fer

Just going through the Citywide Governor's Race Results (http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/pdf/results/2006/general/recaps/01CitywideGovernorRecap.pdf) (PDF), I can see all sorts of write-ins. Highlights include:

Charles Barron
Patrick Buchanan
Bill O'Reilly
Al Sharpton
Bill Clinton
Noam Chomsky
"Pataki"
"Sean Hanniky"
Shaka Zulu
Donald Duck
Me
"Micky Mouse/Minny Mouse"
Lou Dobbs
Mother Teresa
Bud Abbot & Lou Costello
Tweety

In addition to that 1824 election, in 1876, 1888, and in 2000, the winner of the popular vote for the Presidency lost the Electoral College vote.

In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were tied with 73 electoral votes, since one elector cast two votes but could not differentiate who should be President and who should be Vice President. That election led to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitutio n).

Edit: Might as well put the results here.

1800 Election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1800)

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 41,330 61.4%
73 electoral votes

John Adams (Federalist) 25,952 38.6%
65 electoral votes

Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) not on presidential ballot
73 electoral votes

Charles Pinckney (Federalist) not on presidential ballot
64 electoral votes

John Jay (Federalist) not on presidential ballot
1 electoral vote

1824 Election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1824)

Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 151,271 41.3%
99 electoral votes (out of 261 total -- not a majority)

John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) 113,122 30.9%
84 electoral votes

Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 47,531 13.0%
37 electoral votes

William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 40,856 11.2%
41 electoral votes

1876 Election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1876)

Samuel Tilden (Democrat) 4,288,546 51%
184 electoral votes

Rutherford Hayes (Republican) 4,034,311 47.9%
185 electoral votes

1888 Election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1888)

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) 5,534,488 48.6%
168 electoral votes

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) 5,443,892 47.8%
233 electoral votes

2000 Election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_2000)

Al Gore (Democrat) 51,003,926 48.4%
266 electoral votes

George W. Bush (Republican) 50,460,110 47.9%
271 electoral votes

Why do they wrap athletes in foil when they finish a race?

super lawl @ Shaka

Why do they wrap athletes in foil when they finish a race?

It keeps the juices in when you bake them.

Baked apples are delicious. Without foil they'd just be apple stew.

Do you have high blood pressure?

not that i know off, maybe i have some kind of disease?:(

Why do bouncy balls always bounce forward on every second bounce?

If you throw it overhand (the last part of your hand that touches the ball is the top part), then the spin will be clockwise if viewed from the left, and the ball will go back towards the person, who is on the right if you're looking from the left, then, since the spin has been inversed on the first bounce, it will seemingly go forward since on the first bounce it was moving in the opposite than it would have been moving were it on the ground, so it falls pretty straight down, and then the spin is sufficient to propel it forward. This is probably pretty hard to understand, so just observe a ball with markings on it next time you throw it.

not that i know off, maybe i have some kind of disease?:(

Unlikely. Those are the most common causes of recurring nose bleeds, but things such as heart problems, sniffing vile chemicals such as cocaine, acetone or meths, or even just excessive physical effort, can all cause nose bleeds.

So if you work in a paint factory, or you lift heavy weights, or you're overweight but haven't been diagnosed with hypertension, you could be getting nosebleeds because of it.

If you throw it overhand (the last part of your hand that touches the ball is the top part), then the spin will be clockwise if viewed from the left, and the ball will go back towards the person, who is on the right if you're looking from the left, then, since the spin has been inversed on the first bounce, it will seemingly go forward since on the first bounce it was moving in the opposite than it would have been moving were it on the ground, so it falls pretty straight down, and then the spin is sufficient to propel it forward. This is probably pretty hard to understand, so just observe a ball with markings on it next time you throw it.
But it only happens with bouncy balls. No other balls leaps forward like the bouncy ball.

But it only happens with bouncy balls. No other balls leaps forward like the bouncy ball.

Something to do with the way the ball compresses I guess, and the grip the distorted rubber has on the ground.

That's because of its bounciness. Bouncy balls tend to grip the ground well and get a lot of traction for the spin, and they, by definition, don't lose much energy in the collision, so the spin isn't lost, but reversed.

Non-bouncy balls lose the spin you put on them much more easily.

It happens with ALL objects, regardless of shape, bouncyness etc. Its just a round bouncyball is the most noticable.

Draw a stripe on a tennis ball and drop it, see what happens.

I wonder how much that affects homeruns thrown by two seam vs. 4 seam fastball pitchers?

On a seperate topic, should school readiness standards be raised? Ihad an ex whose mom was a teacher and she taught at two different schools, one where the kids were disadvantaged and were coming into the school not knowing abc's very well, or much of anything else. Her other school was in a district where most of the professors where our towns higher learning institution lived. Those kids came into kindergarten able to write paragraphs. Obviously giving her an easier time teaching, and putting the kids already with more advantages, even higher up.

What does "kudos to [insert something/someone/anything]" mean?

Kudos = respect, but with a context of it being a quantifiable thing. Something one might gain of loose.

It's also been used in the context where it would mean something like "good job" or "mazel tov."

It is also a delicious granola bar:

http://i.ivillage.com/DF/103105/snackbars/DF_Kudos_366.jpg

:yumyum:

What's CFC's record number of posts by one user?

I think its Perfection (although it was a long time ago since I use to actively post here, so this might be outdated) with a grand total of:
33,217 posts

What's CFC's record number of posts by one user?
Click "Member List" on the top, then sort by number of posts.

In the N.W.A. song Straight Outta Compton

Is the following lyric by Ice Cube meant literally or metphorically?
...The Police are gonna have to come an get me off yo ass, thats how im goin out...

Sorry, but this has been bugging me for about a week now. I'de really like some answers...

He is literally standing on top of your ass and he wants the police to remove him from you so that he can go out to dinner (well thats about as much as I know about rap).

Whats the biggest forum on the internets and how do we compare?

Gaia Online, an anime roleplaying community. We're number 177. Even some Russian adult forum is ahead us. :lol:

Is there anywhere (off the internet) where I could get a big box of bouncy balls? I don't want to feed quarters into machines.

Those kids came into kindergarten able to write paragraphs.

:huh:

LucyDuke, for your ball needs (http://www.gumball-machine.com/bouncy-balls.html) .. oh off the internet. Meh. Now someone answer to me; how to iron pants correctly with those pointy sharp things (which name i don't know in English)?

For all your ball needs (http://www.gumball-machine.com/bouncy-balls.html):. Now someone answer to me; how to iron pants correctly with those pointy sharpy things (which name i don't know in English)?

An iron? Or are you talking about the creases? Pants are easy. You just place the iron on the pants and that's it. I don't bother. It's not as if anyone cares whether my underwear is ironed or not.

How badly polluted is India?

Followup:

How frequently do pollutants in India affect the growth of unborn children, and young born children?

I've noticed a slightly higher than average number of oddities in the bodies of Indian people, such as extreme shortness and tiny physical frames. One unfortunate guy who sits nearby me has an extremely high unnatural sounding voice. I just realized today what it sounds like when he speaks in his native language, and it sounds like an angry muppet. He seems to me someone who may have been a victim of some manmade occurrence.

An iron? Or are you talking about the creases? Pants are easy. You just place the iron on the pants and that's it. I don't bother. It's not as if anyone cares whether my underwear is ironed or not.

Thanks, creases is the word i was missing - those are pain in the ass to get correctly. "How to iron pants?" search would have been enough actually, but it seems i wanted to do it hard way. Now i'm gonna be professional iron man! :p

How badly polluted is India?

According to a friend of the family that went there on business, ridiculously so. But, I have no idea where she went.

One unfortunate guy who sits nearby me has an extremely high unnatural sounding voice.

I seconded that... I have had several Indian guys in my classes whose voices are about an octave higher than my voice--or that of any of the friends--has ever been... Is there a reason for that?

In the N.W.A. song Straight Outta Compton

Is the following lyric by Ice Cube meant literally or metphorically?


Sorry, but this has been bugging me for about a week now. I'de really like some answers...

Semi-literal, semi-metaphorical, but more literal. As a whole, NWA is not known for their metaphors in the sense Wu-Tang is, but rather, their "sense of the street."

Is there anywhere (off the internet) where I could get a big box of bouncy balls? I don't want to feed quarters into machines.



Try the $ store.

Why did a 14 year old girl try to pick me up earlier today and not seem phased when I ask how she was and said I'm old enough to be your father?

Gaia Online, an anime roleplaying community. We're number 177. Even some Russian adult forum is ahead us. :lol:

I thought 2channel was the biggest. Probably depends on the counting method.

Something to do with the way the ball compresses I guess, and the grip the distorted rubber has on the ground.

Bouncy ball's surface has a high friction and the ball keeps a lot of its kinetic energy (i.e. bounces well). Those are the key factors in the spin. My physics teacher explained that better to my class some time ago.

Is there anywhere (off the internet) where I could get a big box of bouncy balls? I don't want to feed quarters into machines.


In the discount store near my summer cottage they sold 'em in packages of 50 or so. That was in Finland, but try searching the toys in discount and department stores or just go to a regular toy store. I think they'll have at least packages of about 10 balls.

How badly polluted is India?

Followup:

How frequently do pollutants in India affect the growth of unborn children, and young born children?

I've noticed a slightly higher than average number of oddities in the bodies of Indian people, such as extreme shortness and tiny physical frames. One unfortunate guy who sits nearby me has an extremely high unnatural sounding voice. I just realized today what it sounds like when he speaks in his native language, and it sounds like an angry muppet. He seems to me someone who may have been a victim of some manmade occurrence.

That could be just the general genetic make up of people in India. I heard somewhere that all the skeletons of peasants found in India are generally short but very sturdy. Or something like that. There is a good chance I'm talking out of my ass though.

Why did a 14 year old girl try to pick me up earlier today and not seem phased when I ask how she was and said I'm old enough to be your father?

Because you're a stud muffin.

Try the $ store.

Why did a 14 year old girl try to pick me up earlier today and not seem phased when I ask how she was and said I'm old enough to be your father?

Chances are she's the slutty kind. I've seen quite a few 14 year olds dating twentysomething d00ds. Scary stuff really when you see them in action. It's like the medieval days.

Try the $ store.

Thanks.

Why did a 14 year old girl try to pick me up earlier today and not seem phased when I ask how she was and said I'm old enough to be your father?

Because you're sexaay.

Gaia Online, an anime roleplaying community. We're number 177. Even some Russian adult forum is ahead us. :lol:

Let the Russians have their porn! 177 ain't bad! An anime RPG community being bigger than us, now that is a shame :(.

Because you're a stud muffin.






Because you're sexaay.

Well yeah that goes with out saying. You can add charming to that too.

Chances are she's the slutty kind. I've seen quite a few 14 year olds dating twentysomething d00ds. Scary stuff really when you see them in action. It's like the medieval days.

Yeah but I'm not in my 20s anymore. My first thought was its a sting but its a girl I've seen around and I think she lives in the the little 'hood next to mine. From my years of examining the world I'm more inclined to think she has no daddy and is looking for a father figure to love her and she'll take any kind of love she can get. It was just creepy that she didn't even ship a beat when I said I was old enough to be her father.




What ever happened to foil squeeze tubes like tooth paste? Now they are all plastic and I have to keep pushing stuff to the tip instead of just rolling it up from the end.

What ever happened to foil squeeze tubes like tooth paste? Now they are all plastic and I have to keep pushing stuff to the tip instead of just rolling it up from the end.Plastic is probably cheaper. Progress in reverse. F-ed up allright. Gimme a choice at least, I'll pay the extra 10 cent for foil tubes. Foil tubers of the world unite and rise up against the plastic opression!

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Howmany moons does the Earth have?
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Where is the most dry place on Earth?
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Where is the most wet place on Earth?

Howmany moons does the Earth have?
Hmmm, One?

Hmmm, One?Nope, at least 2 :)

Maybe even more, but the other one is Cruithne.

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Howmany moons does the Earth have?
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Where is the most dry place on Earth?
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Where is the most wet place on Earth?

Are we counting space junk?

The most Arid place is Antarctica.

Well, anywhere you can swim is pretty soggy.

Yup, spot on, the dry vally's to be precise have had millions of years without rainfall.

Antartica is also the wettest place since it has about 70% (IIRC) of the worlds water.

Would that that be fresh water perhaps?

Could well be. Maybe also that the liquid water is more dense there than in other places? It's a factoid I remembered (badly, clearly)

See water distribution on earth (http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/waterdistribution.html).

There is only one natural satellite that is universally accepted to be a "moon" of Earth, but I knew it was a trick question.

Yeah but I'm not in my 20s anymore. My first thought was its a sting but its a girl I've seen around and I think she lives in the the little 'hood next to mine. From my years of examining the world I'm more inclined to think she has no daddy and is looking for a father figure to love her and she'll take any kind of love she can get. It was just creepy that she didn't even ship a beat when I said I was old enough to be her father.

Hmm....Lolita thing maybe? Kinda like that movie Leon the Professional.

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/5/0/e5029c2d31509134c161cc6b57c639fb.jpg

is this not the best picture you have seen today?

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/5/0/e5029c2d31509134c161cc6b57c639fb.jpg

is this not the best picture you have seen today?

No but it is the funniest.

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/5/0/e5029c2d31509134c161cc6b57c639fb.jpg

is this not the best picture you have seen today?
Maybe if I hadn't opened the babe thread. ;)

LucyDuke, for your ball needs (http://www.gumball-machine.com/bouncy-balls.html) .. oh off the internet. Meh. Now someone answer to me; how to iron pants correctly with those pointy sharp things (which name i don't know in English)?
$9.00 for 250 bouncy balls....I'm seeing some great prank possibilities here.

See water distribution on earth (http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/waterdistribution.html).


Water source of the future: the water trapped in the bodies of humans. Particularly the poor.

Did you know that, if you put a scorpion(normal one, not one of those really big ones) and a mouse in a small, closed area, the mouse will win the battle?

Didn't expect it.. how?

Did you know that, if you put a scorpion(normal one, not one of those really big ones) and a mouse in a small, closed area, the mouse will win the battle?
Answer: No, but I do now!

Question: Why is there a forum named "Soviet-empire.com" which is filled with Communist fanboys, but then Communist fanboys whine that the US is an imperialist nation? Isn't that blindingly hypocritical?

Because they have to congregate somewhere, an yes~ it is stupid.

The Soviet Union isn't imperialistic . . . any more.

Abaddon@

Well, my dad told me this. When he worked in Iraq, one of his work mates caught a mouse on a home-made mouse trap(big bottle with cheese on the bottom placed on a table, the mouse runs to the cheese, the bottle falls, the string tied to the bottle prevents it from falling, instead it just hangs and the mouse is trapped), and shortly after that saw a scorpion. He took the scorpion, placed it with the mouse in the big bottle, and after couple of minutes of being scared they started to fight. IIRC the mouse bit the scorpions head several times and didn't care much of the scorpion's stings(it wasn't poisonous). In the end the mouse killed the scorpion.

I honestly didn't know that a mouse is so strong before my dad told me this(he's not lying).

hmmm. Interesting fact i probably will never call upon.

Very apt for this thread ;)

how important is a guys physivcal appearance to women?

how important is a guys physivcal appearance to women?

Depends on how vain and shallow they are. But pretty people are easy on the yes and thus easier to be around.

how important is a guys physivcal appearance to women?

It doesn't matter what most of them look like.

It doesn't matter what most of them look like.
Right, just the one(s) you want to shag obviously.

I'm searching for the bandm performing the punk version of "99 Red Balloons"

I'm searching for the bandm performing the punk version of "99 Red Balloons"

NOFX? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Red_Balloons) XCL

I'm searching for the bandm performing the punk version of "99 Red Balloons"

Goldfinger?

Goldfinger it is!

I'm searching for the bandm performing the punk version of "99 Red Balloons"
7 Seconds did a version of it. Isn't the original 99 Red Balloons song punk enough?

Anyone know easy, effective ways to clean cds/dvds? For free, of course.

Anyone know easy, effective ways to clean cds/dvds? For free, of course.
Windex and a soft cloth. the important thing is to only wipe straight out from the center to the edge, and NOT in circles.

Windex and a soft cloth. the important thing is to only wipe straight out from the center to the edge, and NOT in circles.

Got it, I'll see if it works.


Another q:
So my rearview mirror fell off. Yeah, idk why that happened, but anyway, I only have duct tape keeping it up now, and because thats both temporary and extremely unfashionable, what do I need to get that thing back up?

7 Seconds did a version of it. Isn't the original 99 Red Balloons song punk enough?

The Goldfinger version is gets extra points for teh crazier German part at the end but 7 Seconds does take the cake in my opinion. I always loved that version.

Riddle me this, OT!

Where may I go to collect information regarding the neighborhoods (or whatever random districts may be assigned) of the Twin Cities and the surrounding metro area? Demographic info, area-specific maps (very preferable), crime stats, things in the area, and pictures (a plus).

If it were New York City, it'd be mostly unnecessary since I have a feel for most areas in this wide city, but admittedly, some of these neighborhood names are foreign (to me) and I can't quite piece them together with the overall map of the metro area. Gotta learn somehow. Once I know the areas, I can easily combine that knowledge with things like the transit maps and major roads and so forth, but I gotta know what I'm looking at, first.

Multiple sites are fine if they can complement each other or overlap.

Thanks in advance! :goodjob:

Why do some sports players (like in American Football) wear paint below their eyes? Is it a psychological thing (war paint) or does it really help with some supposed problem with reflected floodlight, cause that's what I've been hearing.

But chemistry was useful just to know things like why things rust, what I shouldn't eat when I just wake up, why it's a good idea to wear gloves when cleaning the oven, why I shouldn't leave my guitar by the radiator, why putting salt in the water and leaving the lid on makes water boil faster... etc.

Let's assume I didn't pay too much attention in chemistry class ... why shouldn't I eat when I just woke up?

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

If it's not the high blood pressure thing, have you had a lot of exercise lately that you're not used to? I got the worst nose bleed of my life as a teenager after overexercising on a bike, I had made blood vessels in my nose burst. :crazyeye:

The eye paint does help cut down glare from sunlight.

Riddle me this, OT!

Where may I go to collect information regarding the neighborhoods (or whatever random districts may be assigned) of the Twin Cities and the surrounding metro area? Demographic info, area-specific maps (very preferable), crime stats, things in the area, and pictures (a plus).

If it were New York City, it'd be mostly unnecessary since I have a feel for most areas in this wide city, but admittedly, some of these neighborhood names are foreign (to me) and I can't quite piece them together with the overall map of the metro area. Gotta learn somehow. Once I know the areas, I can easily combine that knowledge with things like the transit maps and major roads and so forth, but I gotta know what I'm looking at, first.

Multiple sites are fine if they can complement each other or overlap.

Thanks in advance! :goodjob:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=128498

Perhaps that's a good place to start?

Let's assume I didn't pay too much attention in chemistry class ... why shouldn't I eat when I just woke up?

Booze?

EDIT: That response made no sense; I read the quoted material as what shouldn't I eat (from the original Mise quote) rather than why as was written in the piece I quoted.

How do I pronounce this in English:

Stuyvesant

I'm guessing it's this: stoo ves ant

Never heard the world.. i'd try to say:

Stew youves ant

Never heard the world.. i'd try to say:

Stew youves ant
It's the name of a Dutch guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant

why does this say?

since 1453 İSTANBUL ulan dallama sen anca amerikanın finosu olursun hırbo

How do I pronounce this in English:

Stuyvesant

I'm guessing it's this: stoo ves ant

I've heard it pronounced as: Steye-ves-int

As in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

I've always said Stuyvesant pretty much as if it were Styvesant. I couldn't tell you that that's certainly correct though.

So my rearview mirror fell off. Yeah, idk why that happened, but anyway, I only have duct tape keeping it up now, and because thats both temporary and extremely unfashionable, what do I need to get that thing back up?
That's very common; any auto parts store will have special glue made to stick mirrors back onto windscreens. Similar to superglue but made for that specific application. Costs a couple of dollars.

I've heard it pronounced as: Steye-ves-int

As in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Correct. At least that's how it's said in Brooklyn. Stuyvesant Town, Stuyvesant High School, etc.

Sty-ves-int (or ent, same basic sound)

Riddle me this, OT!

Where may I go to collect information regarding the neighborhoods (or whatever random districts may be assigned) of the Twin Cities and the surrounding metro area? Demographic info, area-specific maps (very preferable), crime stats, things in the area, and pictures (a plus).

If it were New York City, it'd be mostly unnecessary since I have a feel for most areas in this wide city, but admittedly, some of these neighborhood names are foreign (to me) and I can't quite piece them together with the overall map of the metro area. Gotta learn somehow. Once I know the areas, I can easily combine that knowledge with things like the transit maps and major roads and so forth, but I gotta know what I'm looking at, first.

Multiple sites are fine if they can complement each other or overlap.

Thanks in advance! :goodjob:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=128498

Perhaps that's a good place to start?


I had forgotten about that thread! That would give some useful information. Still would like as much as people can give me!

:thanx:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stuyvesant <-- click the "speaker" thingy to hear how it's pronounced.

Booze?

EDIT: That response made no sense; I read the quoted material as what shouldn't I eat (from the original Mise quote) rather than why as was written in the piece I quoted.

Sorry, my mistake, I had read Mise's what as why in the first place. :blush:

Although ... well, still, what shouldn't I eat after I just woke up? I don't think Mise meant booze.

Eat whatever you like, your body can deal with it.

Ok, so I used to be able to get on fiftychat on some computers, but now I can't even do that. Instead there's some crap about goldfish. What have I done to deserve this?!


Oh, and thanks Dubai Vol, you've been most helpful :D!

You can't get on #fiftychat on IRC-chat anymore. Goldfish is a server on IRC-chat.

You have to go on irc.noodleninja.org and find #fiftychat there. It's the difference between connecting to irc.irc-chat.net and irc.noodleninja.org (so it's not that hard).

What means "To suck your fingers to the bone" in English? I mean it has a special meaning. What is it?

What means "To suck your fingers to the bone" in English? I mean it has a special meaning. What is it?
The phrase is "work your fingers to the bone." and just means work like a slave. No such phrase as "suck your fingers" etc.

Very rich language, English, mainly because it steals from all the other languages. :D

What makes Perfection and Fifty so famous?One is an attention seeker, and has found it. The other has a high post count.Since when have I not been an attention seeker?

The phrase is "work your fingers to the bone." and just means work like a slave. No such phrase as "suck your fingers" etc.

Very rich language, English, mainly because it steals from all the other languages. :D

"Bite your thumb" would be vaguly similar. Archaic offensive hand genture, superseeded by holding up one or two fingers. Romeo and Juliet and all that.

what caused youtube to go offline today?

Since when have I not been an attention seeker?

You don't seek attention. Attention seeks you. :p

why does this say?

since 1453 İSTANBUL ulan dallama sen anca amerikanın finosu olursun hırbo

He is cursing, and accusing the person to be too much pro-US.

In the sentence:

A girl rides on a horse.

How is "a horse" the indirect object?

In German it is Ein Madchen reitet auf einem Pferd. The einem is used in the Dative Case, so what is the Direct Object?

Is it the girl? Can she be the subject as well as the direct object?

In the sentence:

A girl rides on a horse.

How is "a horse" the indirect object?

In German it is Ein Madchen reitet auf einem Pferd. The einem is used in the Dative Case, so what is the Direct Object?

Is it the girl? Can she be the subject as well as the direct object?

The preposition "auf" always takes the dative case. I think.

an, auf, bei, binnen, entgegen, gegenüber, gemäss, mit, nach, seit, von, zu always takes the dative case.

The preposition "auf" always takes the dative case. I think.

an, auf, bei, binnen, entgegen, gegenüber, gemäss, mit, nach, seit, von, zu always takes the dative case.

Well that's just god damn confusing.

Danke.

Simple: there is no direct object in that sentence.

You don't seek attention. Attention seeks you. :p
Kinda a mutual thing, really.

In the sentence:

A girl rides on a horse.

How is "a horse" the indirect object?

In German it is Ein Madchen reitet auf einem Pferd. The einem is used in the Dative Case, so what is the Direct Object?

Is it the girl? Can she be the subject as well as the direct object?

I'm glad to see other german learners here.

And now my question:

Can we celebrate an CFC impersonation contest here in off-topic? I think it would be fun see how people impersonates Emperor2, Rambuchan and etc. But I don't know if rules here allow us to do so.

Don't think so.

Can we celebrate an CFC impersonation contest here in off-topic? I think it would be fun see how people impersonates Emperor2, Rambuchan and etc. But I don't know if rules here allow us to do so.

We do that for April Fool's day.

With consent ofcourse.

what caused youtube to go offline today?

Pakistan was responsible.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7262071.stm

Pakistan 'sparks YouTube outage'

Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube have been blamed for an almost global blackout of the video website for more than an hour on Sunday.
BBC News has learned that the outage was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and Asian internet service provider PCCW.

A leading net professional said the global outage was "probably a mistake".

Pakistan ordered internet service providers to block the site because of content deemed offensive to Islam.

The BBC News website's technology editor, Darren Waters, says that to block Pakistan's citizens from accessing YouTube it is believed Pakistan Telecom "hijacked" the web server address of the popular video site.

Those details were then passed on to the country's internet service providers so that anyone in Pakistan attempting to go to YouTube was instead re-directed to a different address.

But the details of the "hijack" were leaked out into the wider internet from PCCW and as a result YouTube was mistakenly blocked by internet service providers around the world.

The block on the servers was lifted once PCCW had been told of the issue by engineers at YouTube.

A leading net professional told BBC News: "This was probably a simple mistake by an engineer at Pakistan Telecom. There's nothing to suggest this was malicious."

IP hijacking involves taking over a web site's unique address by corrupting the internet's routing tables, which direct the flow of data around the world.

No-one at YouTube or PCCW was immediately available for comment.

Cause of ban

Reports said Pakistan made the move because YouTube content included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have outraged many.

But one report said a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays Islam in a negative light, was behind the ban.

"They [Pakistan's telecommunications authority] asked us to ban it immediately... and the order says the ban will continue until further notice," said Wahaj-us-Siraj, convener of the Association of Pakistan Internet Service Providers.

The government decision has caused uproar in Pakistan, according to Wahaj-us-Siraj:

"Users are quite upset. They're screaming at ISPs which can't do anything.

"The government has valid reason for that, but they have to find a better way of doing it. If we continue blocking popular websites, people will stop using the internet."

Other countries that have temporarily blocked access to YouTube include Turkey and Thailand.