The Very Many Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XXXII

[Cutlass]

Would changing ISP actually involve a new installation? If it's just a switch of retailer on the same kind of line, I wouldn't think it would take much? If it's going from, say, ADSL to Cable or something, I assume that's a more difficult process.

nb I am not IT savvy

Different companies run their own cable from the street. So depending on the configuration of the building, and what's already there, it can be quite a bit of work, and require drilling holes in walls and such.

 

[Arwon]

That seems very capitalist and inefficient ):

 

[Broken_Erika]

That seems very capitalist and inefficient ):

Gotta keep them cable installation technicians employed!

 

[Timsup2nothin]

That seems very capitalist and inefficient ):

Gotta keep them cable installation technicians employed!

It's more corporatist than capitalist, and it specifically doesn't keep cable installers employed. One of the benefits to the cable companies of these locked in block deals is that there is less changing of providers so fewer actual installations for them to pay for.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'll check the lease soon as I can.

Anyways, was reading something:

Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) is a combination of an inhibitor of aromatic amino acid decarboxylation and an aromatic amino acid used to treat Parkinson symptoms.

Do amino acids really have scents, let alone nice ones?

 

[Takhisis]

The word ‘aromatic’ means a type of compound

Adjective
aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

1. Fragrant or spicy.
2. (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
3. (organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.

(from wiktionary - the antonym is aliphatic)

 

[Cutlass]

That seems very capitalist and inefficient ):

What we have is an improperly regulated natural monopoly. There's nothing efficient in the picture.

 

[Arakhor]

Moderator Action: The abortion diversion has been split off here.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

The word ‘aromatic’ means a type of compound

Adjective
aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

1. Fragrant or spicy.
2. (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
3. (organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.

(from wiktionary - the antonym is aliphatic)

I am not smart at times.

 

[Mouthwash]

Can anyone get this text into Google Translate? I'm unable to highlight it on any browser, for some reason, and it's not worth the effort of retyping it.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I am not smart at times.

If it makes you feel any better, when aromatic compounds were discovered and classified they were named aromatic because of their smell.

 

[cardgame]

Can anyone get this text into Google Translate? I'm unable to highlight it on any browser, for some reason, and it's not worth the effort of retyping it.

Naptha doesn't have Hewbrew as an option, sadly. I'm assuming you mean the text on the image, because your link is translated automatically by google chrome.

Or do you mean the website url?

רדיד-אלומיניום-מסוכן -> Aluminum foil - dangerous

 

[Mouthwash]

Naptha doesn't have Hewbrew as an option, sadly. I'm assuming you mean the text on the image, because your link is translated automatically by google chrome.

I forgot that. Yes, I did mean the text.

 

[Borachio]

Can't you just read the Hebrew? I thought you'd been studying it.

Looks to me like a recipe for some fish dish. And maybe some ear drops.

Don't ever confuse the two.

 

[Mouthwash]

Can't you just read the Hebrew? I thought you'd been studying it.

Looks to me like a recipe for some fish dish. And maybe some ear drops.

Don't ever confuse the two.

Conversational Hebrew. Technical stuff is still beyond me.

 

[Borachio]

Well, I dunno.

If you've got the basic grammar sorted, the rest can be just looking it up in a dictionary. It may take time, but if you're learning the language anyway I can't see you're losing anything.

 

[Mouthwash]

Well, I dunno.

If you've got the basic grammar sorted, the rest can be just looking it up in a dictionary. It may take time, but if you're learning the language anyway I can't see you're losing anything.

I'm kinda also learning Spanish.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Spanbrew?

 

[Borachio]

Ah. Or Span-bru.

A fine Glaswegian drink, if ever I heard one. Made in Scotland from spans.

 

[Takhisis]

I am not smart at times.

It's not about being smart, it's about information. I knew the answer beforehand and just went to wiktionary to be able to paste something with references.

I'm kinda also learning Spanish.

And this is bad because…?

Ah. Or Span-bru.

A fine Glaswegian drink, if ever I heard one. Made in Scotland from spans.

Span, span, span, span, span, span, span, span, spaaaan, wonderful spaaan!