Bits and Bobs 30

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

"Some of my best friends are gayers", eh?

I deliberately didn't say that because it's a very lame defence following on from a racist/sexist/homophobic comment - 'Yes but I was good friends with a black lesbian transgender person at Uni.'

I just don't think my comment was homophobic and it certainly wasn't intended to be so.

Nemmie · **Joined:** 13th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 1643

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Because Windows is more suitable for the technically competent and Apple products are for metrosexuals, women, and flamboyant gay men.

Just to be clear, are you saying that Mac OS X cannot support static IPs or system-wide HTTP proxy configuration, and that this makes it an inferior OS?

Are you suggesting that gay/metrosexual/women use inferior things?

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

I've just boned a duck for the first time. I have come to the conclusion that they are genetic freaks.

This may be because I wildly approached it as if it were a chicken without really thinking. However, if I had sought guidance from the internet beforehand, rather than a confused look afterwards, I may have ended up more confused

Quote:

Your goal is to end up with one large piece of essentially boneless turkey meat; the finished product will contain only the tip end of each leg bone and the first two joints of each wing. You will end up with one piece of completely boneless duck meat and one piece of completely boneless chicken meat.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14499

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I know i shouldn't, but why does the doc need guidance from Mcdonalds to find wifi?

It was posted on Twitter.

It does also say in the bottom corner that its for Australia , and from 2008 (or at least printed then)

Nemmie · **Joined:** 13th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 1643

zaphod79 wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I know i shouldn't, but why does the doc need guidance from Mcdonalds to find wifi?

It was posted on Twitter.

It does also say in the bottom corner that its for Australia , and from 2008 (or at least printed then)

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 19:46

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I've just boned a duck for the first time.

Meaning 5?

You'll get duck cooties.

Anonymous X · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2046

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Bit homophobic, though.

As well as indicative that someone has never actually used a Mac ever.

Plissken · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 21:21

I thought Mac users only ever went to Starbucks anyway?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22311

Nowt gay about mac users. Sweetie.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Flamboyantly gay people only go to Costa, too. And I think Café Nero is reserved for the Metrosexuals.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Craster wrote:

Flamboyantly gay people only go to Costa, too. And I think Café Nero is reserved for the Metrosexuals.

Or people who like decent coffee.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 21:51

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I've just boned a duck for the first time.

I'ma just going to leave that there.

In other news: NSFW Skittles advert!

http://www.vimeo.com/26753142

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Craster wrote:

Flamboyantly gay people only go to Costa, too. And I think Café Nero is reserved for the Metrosexuals.

Or people who like decent coffee.

Same diff.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 21:53

One for the space nerds:

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/21/138560459 ... al-history

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Grim... wrote:

In other news: NSFW Skittles advert!

http://www.vimeo.com/26753142

"Share the rainbow!"

Brilliant.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 22:07

22 litres of Pilsner Lager bottled. 5 days to go until first test. I'll bring s selection to BeeXBQ if you are men enough.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

Today I learned that there is a danish band called "Bottled in England" in the interests of science I shall find out what they sound like
*some googling later
I really wish I had a joint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mNP8JUvzQ

Is it just me or are the Danes really intense at everything? I've seen danish TV and it's like BBC drama turned up to 11.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

MaliA wrote:

22 litres of Pilsner Lager bottled. 5 days to go until first test. I'll bring s selection to BeeXBQ if you are men enough.

Do we have a home brew thread? If not there should be one.

After working with a company that sells such things I found it quite interesting.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 22:14

MaliA wrote:

22 litres of Pilsner Lager bottled. 5 days to go until first test. I'll bring s selection to BeeXBQ if you are men enough.

Don't be a dick

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 22:16

Kern wrote:

MaliA wrote:

22 litres of Pilsner Lager bottled. 5 days to go until first test. I'll bring s selection to BeeXBQ if you are men enough.

Don't be a dick

Crikey.

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 23:28

Decca wrote:

Today I learned that there is a danish band called "Bottled in England" in the interests of science I shall find out what they sound like
*some googling later
I really wish I had a joint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mNP8JUvzQ

Is it just me or are the Danes really intense at everything? I've seen danish TV and it's like BBC drama turned up to 11.

Danes are ace value. I think it's because ALL of them smoke, ALL the time.
I once stopped at a camping place in Denmark, went for a walk in the evening and stumbled upon a natural amphitheatre type thing in the woods, *which was full of actual Viking Danes in full costume*, enacting some saga or other, sort of midsummer-nights-dream-ish. It was highly trippy and despite not understanding a word, the atmosphere was electric. Brilliant stuff.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:38

Torchwood not content with destroying Cardiff have decided to make a start on Newport.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:46

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Because Windows is more suitable for the technically competent.

They're for scrubbers/nerds.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:55

Zardoz wrote:

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Because Windows is more suitable for the technically competent.

They're for scrubbers/nerds.

I'm trying to think of a Mac-owner I know that isn't a complete nerd. Hmm.. nope.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:02

We can't travel in time. Bastard physics.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:04

MaliA wrote:

We can't travel in time

It's just a jump to the-['BANG!']

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:20

£155 seem about right for house and contents insurance?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

MaliA wrote:

£155 seem about right for house and contents insurance?

For the whole year?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:21

MaliA wrote:

We can't travel in time. Bastard physics.

We're all travelling in time, man.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:22

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

£155 seem about right for house and contents insurance?

For the whole year?

yeah. That's the renewal quote, and, frankly, thought I'd ask you instead of doing any research myself, as I'm far too busy and important to worry about things like that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

MaliA wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

£155 seem about right for house and contents insurance?

For the whole year?

yeah. That's the renewal quote, and, frankly, thought I'd ask you instead of doing any research myself, as I'm far too busy and important to worry about things like that.

In that case, no. You should aim for about £12 for the whole year. That's about average.

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:31

MaliA wrote:

We can't travel in time. Bastard physics.

So, they've proven that... light... can't travel faster than light? Nice one. Try again with a spaceship, eggheads.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

If a space ship is travelling at near light speed and switches on it's headlights, does the light still travel at c?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16582

Why is this even a story? I thought that this problem was why warp drives were invented. :nerd:

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:35

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

£155 seem about right for house and contents insurance?

For the whole year?

yeah. That's the renewal quote, and, frankly, thought I'd ask you instead of doing any research myself, as I'm far too busy and important to worry about things like that.

In that case, no. You should aim for about £12 for the whole year. That's about average.

Lovely, ta.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:36

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14273808

Quite a sad story.

Quote:

Details about his death have not been confirmed but his family said they had been told he had fallen from a balcony while sunbathing.

It is thought he has been lying on the wide wall of the first-floor balcony and rolled over the wrong way, perhaps after falling asleep.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

MaliA wrote:

Lovely, ta.

But seriously, £155 sounds about right. You lazy bugger.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

MaliA wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14273808

Quite a sad story.

Quote:

Details about his death have not been confirmed but his family said they had been told he had fallen from a balcony while sunbathing.

It is thought he has been lying on the wide wall of the first-floor balcony and rolled over the wrong way, perhaps after falling asleep.

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MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:06

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Lovely, ta.

But seriously, £155 sounds about right. You lazy bugger.

Thanks. I'm reminded of when I was paying nigh on £500 a year, until Mr Chris said "How much, you loon?".

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38529

M4 Closed
M5 Closed

I'd avoid the M6 today, chaps.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

In reply to a post that MaliA might have now deleted, for IT companies it can be up and down. In the 1987 stock market crash Amstrad had 400 million quid wiped off it's value in one day.

Considering LordSurAlun owned a huge chunk of the company personally, I don't imagine he would have been at his happiest that day.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:20

DavPaz wrote:

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14288312"]M4 Closed[/url]
[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14287797"]M5 Closed[/url]

I'd avoid the M6 today, chaps.

Gutted for Miss Malabar — she's working in Wigan at the moment.

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:51

chinnyhill10 wrote:

In reply to a post that MaliA might have now deleted, for IT companies it can be up and down. In the 1987 stock market crash Amstrad had 400 million quid wiped off it's value in one day.

Considering LordSurAlun owned a huge chunk of the company personally, I don't imagine he would have been at his happiest that day.

"My finances; I'm mired!"

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

DavPaz wrote:

If a space ship is travelling at near light speed and switches on it's headlights, does the light still travel at c?

Yes.

That's where relativity gets weird.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

Pundabaya wrote:

That's where relativity gets weird.

My favourite example of how weird special relativity is is the ladder paradox (also called the train and tunnel paradox).

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Alarm wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

In reply to a post that MaliA might have now deleted, for IT companies it can be up and down. In the 1987 stock market crash Amstrad had 400 million quid wiped off it's value in one day.

Considering LordSurAlun owned a huge chunk of the company personally, I don't imagine he would have been at his happiest that day.

"My finances; I'm mired!"

You'd think that if he was bollocking you on The Apprentice, at least someone would come back with "yes, but I didn't lose 400 million quid in one day".

Or just "GX4000".

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

In fact Mr Chris should just tweet "GX4000" at him every time he slags a business decision off on his Twitter feed.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

chinnyhill10 wrote:

In fact Mr Chris should just tweet "GX4000" at him every time he slags a business decision off on his Twitter feed.

You'd have to deal with him whinging to his thousands of followers who'd then hassle you no end though. Tedious.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

That's where relativity gets weird.

My favourite example of how weird special relativity is is the ladder paradox (also called the train and tunnel paradox).

This is why physicists are silly. Who spends their time trying to work out how to fit a ladder moving at near-relativistic speeds into a garage also moving at near-relativistic speeds? All the world's problems will be solved when we work out how to fit more shite into our garages. As long as the garages are moving (?!) really, really fast.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:14

Craster wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

That's where relativity gets weird.

My favourite example of how weird special relativity is is the ladder paradox (also called the train and tunnel paradox).

This is why physicists are silly. Who spends their time trying to work out how to fit a ladder moving at near-relativistic speeds into a garage also moving at near-relativistic speeds? All the world's problems will be solved when we work out how to fit more shite into our garages. As long as the garages are moving (?!) really, really fast.

As they don't get invited to many parties, they have a lot of time on their hands.

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