Random Rants XXXVII: The Server Is Too Busy

[Tee Kay]

Rant: The Age charging $80 for students newspaper subscription (compared to $30 last year)

Meanwhile, Herald Sun charges $10 for the same.

 

[Ajidica]

Do what I do, read the BBC.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: A wisdom tooth is making my mouth swell up to the point where I can hardly open it to even brush my teeth. I cant even eat, really. I can drink but only with a straw.

 

[Ajidica]

That sucks. I only had to endure wison-tooth related pain for a few days. But after three days of eating only eggs and overcooked pasta, I yearned for the taste of real food.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well I can eat if I manually put it into my mouth but it cant be something that needs to be chewed a lot.

 

[Takhisis]

Big train crash, 49 dead and 500-600 wounded.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That does not sound good.

 

[NickyJ]

I'll have to see if I can find it again

EDIT: Here
http://static.onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/iqtest.swf

I only did a little more than a third because some of them made me want to scream in agony, but I got a 100.

 

[classical_hero]

I got 112 on that test.

 

[Synobun]

I never understood the point of IQ tests. How is seeing patterns in completely useless sequences a judgement of your intelligence?

Either way, got a 96, which is below normal.

 

[Arakhor]

I'm told by the dentist that I have a fractured tooth, which has caused a gum infection and a great deal of recurring pain. If that makes you wince, think what it's doing to me!

 

[cardgame]

I never understood the point of IQ tests. How is seeing patterns in completely useless sequences a judgement of your intelligence?

Either way, got a 96, which is below normal.

Patterns are everywhere in nature. If you can see patterns, you can adapt to any situation - which is essentially what humans do. We aren't good at anything in particular except adapting to changing environments in ways the woolly mammoths, for example, couldn't.

 

[Synobun]

Patterns are everywhere in nature. If you can see patterns, you can adapt to any situation - which is essentially what humans do. We aren't good at anything in particular except adapting to changing environments in ways the woolly mammoths, for example, couldn't.

I used to be the kind of kid that would hike for hours with the purpose of getting lost and then finding my way back without a map and using only instincts, but I can't read patterns worth anything. Would I be capable of simply developing wings and flying home if I were good at patterns?

 

[Save_Ferris]

It doesn't matter if the test is accurate or not. Intelligence is meaningless.

 

[Takhisis]

If anyone wants to be a Sheldon Cooper with such a level of social inadequacy, be my guest.

 

[cardgame]

I used to be the kind of kid that would hike for hours with the purpose of getting lost and then finding my way back without a map and using only instincts, but I can't read patterns worth anything. Would I be capable of simply developing wings and flying home if I were good at patterns?

You misinterpret me grossly

 

[bhsup]

Why isn't smellovision mainstream yet?! They've been working on this stuff for over a century!!

 

[Dumanios]

@VRWCAgent: I guess people just think it's tacky.

Minor Rant: It takes forever to start a RFC 3000BC America game.

 

[azzaman333]

Rant: The Age charging $80 for students newspaper subscription (compared to $30 last year)

Meanwhile, Herald Sun charges $10 for the same.

That's probably an accurate reflection of the difference in article quality (excluding the sports section).

 

[cardgame]

The Herald Sun has a horrible website.