Random Rants 0x52: [Obligatory rant about title]

[Synobun]

You telling me you don't enjoy sweating profusely at inappropriate times?

You haven't lived until someone hugs you and then recoils in disgust because your back is soaked with sweat despite it being 11 degrees and you're in a T-shirt.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

See, my solution to that is to avoid all physical contact with people, except to whack them with my cane when they come too close.

 

[Birdjaguar]

What kind of Power Supply You guys can recommend ? (i5, nvidia gtx 650) I am also wondering what kind of PSU @Lemon Merchant 's "Byte Molester" has

SeaSonic, EVGA and Corsair are good brands. Too much power is better than not enough. I'd go with 600+ watts.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Too much power is better than not enough. I'd go with 600+ watts.

Unless things have changed, I think PSUs work most efficient when the computer draws ~50% of its capacity.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

SeaSonic, EVGA and Corsair are good brands. Too much power is better than not enough. I'd go with 600+ watts.

I second this. Seasonic is about the best, but pricey. I had a Corsair TX series for years and it stood up very well. The only reason I got rid of it was that it couldn't power both of my new graphics cards.

If you can find a Corsair in Poland, you'll be fine.

 

[The_J]

Hmm. I wonder if there can be found a way to capture cow farts...?

There are multiple ways, but none of them are practical.
For some of our research we had cows stay in cabins with a complicated air conditioning system, to measure produced gases.
Obviously not practical for whole herds.

Is it cow fart or is it bacteria fart that goes out through mouth? Will have to go and ask my three lovely cows (grandmother, mother, daughter)

Actually neither.
The methane, which the cows burp out (or most animals, including humans), is procuded by a group called Archaea. Archaea are microorganisms like bacteria, but genetically closer related to animals and plants.
Cows also burp out hydrogen. That one is, I think, produced by bacteria.

 

[Snerk]

Most humans doesn't produce any methane in their guts. But a few select have the right microbial flora for a little methane production.

 

[Synobun]

Both the CLR and the eye drops did not accomplish the things I wanted them to accomplish. So that was a waste of $35...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: grumble grumble something command-line interface grumble

 

[The_J]

Most humans doesn't produce any methane in their guts. But a few select have the right microbial flora for a little methane production.

No idea where you have that idea from, but the vast majority of humans has the right microbiome to produce gas.

EDIT: Publication https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007063 says 95% for one of the bugs.

 

[Snerk]

No idea where you have that idea from, but the vast majority of humans has the right microbiome to produce gas.

EDIT: Publication https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007063 says 95% for one of the bugs.

Just something I saw on QI. Anyway I misremembered it as according to them it's 33%. But it may be wrong.

 

[AdamCrock]

Rant: The tech guy who initially put my rig together have bundled my optic drive data cable with power cables together so when I disassembled my fried PSU I had this notable scene before my eyes ...

...

 

[The_J]

Just something I saw on QI. Anyway I misremembered it as according to them it's 33%. But it may be wrong.

Most likely just outdated .
They mention a study from 2009 for something else. So I assume the source for the rest is older. And the paper I mentioned is from 2009 and says that prevalence has prior been underestimated.
So they are probably just not current enough.
This field is rapidly developing, and 10 years old sources can be horribly outdated (but not necessarily).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I once read an urban legend of somebody using gasoline to clean their toilet bowl...and then tossing a lit cigarette in while sitting on it.

I think a variant of this also had the paramedics drop the stretcher down the stairs from laughing too hard.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

This field is rapidly developing, and 10 years old sources can be horribly outdated (but not necessarily).

The field of fart studies is rapidly developing? Who knew?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I once read an urban legend of somebody using gasoline to clean their toilet bowl...and then tossing a lit cigarette in while sitting on it.

I think a variant of this also had the paramedics drop the stretcher down the stairs from laughing too hard.

I misremembered slightly.

https://www.et.byu.edu/~tom/jokes/Bad_Day.html

YOU THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY? READ ABOUT THIS GUY... (FROM A FLORIDA NEWSPAPER)

A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the Kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man, still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a glass patio door and the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found her husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and the patio door shattered. The wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance. Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of long steps to the street to direct the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported her husband to the hospital, the wife up righted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas had spilled on the floor, the wife used some paper towels to blot up the gasoline, then threw them in the toilet.

The husband was treated at the hospital and was released to come home. After arriving home, he looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became despondent, went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. His pants had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs and his groin.

The wife again ran to the phone and called for an ambulance. The same ambulance crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked her how the husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them tipped the stretcher and dumped the husband out. He fell down the remaining steps and broke his arm.

 

[JohannaK]

Only in Florida! But where in Florida did they find a large hill?

 

[rah]

Yeah, in Florida, 5 feet would be considered a mountain.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I made the stupid mistake of making plans to meet up with a friend and hang out before looking at train schedules. We're still going to hang out tomorrow but will have a lot less time to do fun stuff than I thought. I'm still pretty stoked though.

 

[Synobun]

I made the stupid mistake of making plans to meet up with a friend and hang out before looking at train schedules. We're still going to hang out tomorrow but will have a lot less time to do fun stuff than I thought. I'm still pretty stoked though.

Can't wait to see you baby