The questions-not-worth-their-own-question-thread III

[GinandTonic]

what the heck is this thing?

A combined basket-ball hoop for midgets and bird-feeded for birds-that-like-abserdly-huge-seeds.

Not been thought through, just asking for trouble.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I don't know. Maybe to hold dogs or something? Where'd you find it?

 

[Cutlass]

There were several of them in a local park, all in out of the way locations. But no one around working there to ask.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Can it spin around?

 

[Cutlass]

a guy on another forum found it for me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I should have known that, I've played frisbee golf before. Usually we just use a tree or something though.

 

[jeps]

its for frisbee golf.

EDIT: oh wait, answered already.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Would David Ricardo accepted outsourcing?

 

[Annex]

its for frisbee golf.

EDIT: oh wait, answered already.

Is that what its called? I just refer to it as frolf.

 

[Globex]

If you want to include a quote within a quote within a quote in your writing, what is the proper punctuation to use?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

It goes "first 'second "third quote" quote' quote".

 

[PeteAtoms]

It goes "first 'second "third quote" quote' quote".

I was going to answer with something along those lines, but your demonstration was quite elegant.

 

[Globex]

It goes "first 'second "third quote" quote' quote".

Thanks for your help

New Question:

Has enough research been done to conclude that diet soda is worse for your health than regular soda?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

EDIT: Never mind . . .

 

[jeps]

Thanks for your help

New Question:

Has enough research been done to conclude that diet soda is worse for your health than regular soda?

IMO, yes.

the fact that it is proven to cause more weight gain (based on the way ones' body reacts to artificial sugars and carb storage) than regular pop, which defeats its purpose, is bad enough. everything else is icing on the cake.

 

[Mowque]

i want to play a Dos game (SimEarth) on my XP computer, does anyone know how to make that happen?

 

[LightFang]

http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php

How do get DOS games to work on your XP!

 

[Mesousa]

Just use DOSbox. http://www.dosbox.com/

One for the math crowd: When rolling two ten-sided dice eight times, what's the probability to roll doubles six times out of the eight? They can be different doubles, i.e. it doesn't have to be two threes all six times.

 

[Grisu]

One for the math crowd: When rolling two ten-sided dice eight times, what's the probability to roll doubles six times out of the eight? They can be different doubles, i.e. it doesn't have to be two threes all six times.

it's been too long, so what I write may be totally false:
the probability that you roll exactly 6 doubles out of eight is:
0.1^6 * 0.9^2

the probability that you roll at least 6 doubles would be:
0.1^6 * 0.9^2 + 0.1^7*0.9 + 0.1^8 (theres probably a much easier way )

 

[Red Door]

I need some help from the Irish crowd, specifically the drinking Irish crowd.

(Oh wait, they are one in the same. )

Anyways, what would an average night at a small town/village pub cost me? Basically, how much per drink? How about food? What about other random crap that I will need to buy in the Emerald Isle?

Oh, and how is the weather in early-mid June?

Please keep in mind these will be more small towns. We are road-tripping from place to place, mostly in the South and East. No Shannon, no Cork, no Galway, no Dublin.