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Last post Re: Rogue TOXIC space station…
by Pyrrho
Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:03 am
Religion & Philosophy
Hot topics in delusion and rationalization.

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by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:28 am
Education
How can we expose more people to critical thinking?

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by Pyrrho
Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:43 pm
Science, Mathematics & Technology
We are the Borg.

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Last post Re: Fukushima one year on
by sparks
Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:12 pm
Archaeology
What's your artifact doing in Boss Kean's ditch?

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Last post Re: Roman genetics
by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:22 am
Medicine, Health, & Nutrition
Ever had it before? Well you got it again.

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by Witness
Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:22 am
Banter
This is our lounge area. Feel free to come in and get acquainted!

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Last post Re: The UK thread
by ceptimus
Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:26 pm
pillory
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by robinson
Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:07 pm
Frauds, Scams & Urban Myths
How not to buy a brick in a box off the back of a truck.

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Last post WeWork: overhyped, overvalued
by Anaxagoras
Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:37 am
Computers
The war between wetware and hardware.

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Last post Re: I finally did it.
by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:13 am
Sports & Recreation
Never agree to 3 points on top of the vig.

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Last post Re: Sorry to Make You Cry XV
by izittrue
Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:55 pm
Humanities (History, Art, Literature, Music & Film)
Drama queens must check their tiaras at the door.

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Last post Re: Bluesy music.
by Witness
Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:20 am
Puzzles & Games
Stump your fellow simians.

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Sorry to Make You Cry XV

by Doctor X » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:58 am
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After MORE than a decade . . . of dominance and nearly two decades of Dynasty !!

From The Office of the Two Time Grand Champion

The merciful...

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Are the Pats doing a Bear impression?
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Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:55 pm
The UK thread

by Witness » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:54 am
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That thread was missing. :twisted:

From Google searches (allegedly):

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Seemed pretty accurate to me, except

he glossed over how dumb Jo Swinson (LibDem leader) is.
he claimed all the countries other than England are...
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Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:26 pm
Not Suitable for Kitten Pics Thread

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Easy, open the trap and let the coyote food go.

I beg your pardon? :evil:

1 fat possum
Salt & pepper
2 cloves garlic
2 c. water
5 strips...
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:08 pm
What is this

by ed » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:47 pm

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This is picture of friend who died. I fell out of touch a few years ago and a mutual friend sent me some pictures of him during his terminal...

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Geez these boomers, too much information.

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Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:35 pm
Why Florida is an awsome place to live

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1) You can shoot people pretty much at will

2) You can buy guuns anywhere with a minimum of legal crap

3) You can blow shit up at will
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Now them's good eatin'.
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Last post by sparks
Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:23 pm
Japan

by ed » Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:27 pm
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Last post by sparks
Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:21 pm
An easy shortcut for wannabe writers.

by Nyarlathotep » Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:22 am

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Let a neural net do the work for you. Just put in whatever you want to start with and let it go to town.

Talk to Transformer

I put in the first...

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Chapter 4: Harry and the Fucking Nutter

If these walls could talk, they'd probably be telling everyone how much they love it when you give them an S...

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Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:21 pm
Nyarlathotep appreciation thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:22 pm
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In which we post things we think will appeal to Nyarlathotep. 8)
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:16 pm
IQ. Do UQ? A Sojourn Among the True Believers.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:40 pm

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Not quite science. Could go in politics. Education it is.

IQ. Do UQ? A Sojourn Among the True Believers.
Fred Reed in Unz Review

Writing about...

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Come the revolution, only stupid people will be smart.

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Last post by Pyrrho
Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:43 pm
Fukushima one year on

by sparks » Wed May 16, 2012 8:01 pm
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3 meltdowns 1 of which was total, that is to say the entire core liquified.
1, possibly 2 containment breaches.
3 hydrogen explosions.
1 criticality...

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No info on how much (if any) Plutonium survives detonation in a Hydrogen bomb. And wildly conflicting info on how much Plutonium an H-bomb starts...
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Last post by sparks
Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:12 pm
Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:43 pm
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The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

Trying to start another of those ongoing threads.

Here's my opening gambit....

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A little background about what happened later.
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:05 pm
A Thought for the Day

by Doctor X » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:56 am
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Which every forum should have. Various bon mot tachi-thingies to help you through that Inevitably Consistent Disappointment that is your existence....

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@Slugbreath
Replying to
@quantian1
Personally, I'm very fond of the prologue to Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson.
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Last post by Pyrrho
Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:42 pm
'Murica

by Anaxagoras » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:51 am
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In the spirit of the Japan thread and the Russia thread, I think we need a 'Murica thread.

Florida gunmaker produces assault rifle 'never to be...
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Last post by Witness
Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:00 am
Russia

by Witness » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:04 am
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OK, I open this tentative thread.

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Context? One assumes it ain't the Great Gate of Kiev??

Lakhta tower, Saint Petersburg.
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Last post by Witness
Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:56 am
A Home For Bruce

by grayman » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:29 pm
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GSA is offering lighthouses for sale, some for free .

For sale: Historic waterfront property with a spectacular, 50-foot-high view of Lake...

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Great location for a castle other than the cliff climbing gecko marines.
They are fucking relentless about that goddam insurance thing.
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Last post by Fid
Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:29 am
Fun game for all of us to play

by ed » Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:43 pm

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That photo reminds me of a cat story when I was in university.

My roommates had two cats. One adult, one half-feral.

One of my roommates was lying...

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Last post by shuize
Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:24 am
I need kitten pics or something.

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Since mid-october I have been in a very dark place, even by my standards. Not in the sense of being depressed or anything, but I began doing some...
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Last post by Anaxagoras
Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:14 am
The TUMBREL of MISSED OPPORTUNITY

by ed » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:51 pm
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Thanks to Whitefork (if indeed that IS h/is/er name) for the elegant thread title for this, the final resting place of those whose demise we would...

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The guy in 2018 looks in better shape than I do then and now.
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Last post by solely
Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:23 pm
Humans Need Not Apply

by Rob Lister » Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:23 am
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The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.

You...

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OK. This story isn't about sexbots as such, but it might be relevant to future developments.

Holograms you can 'feel'
Space Daily

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Now...
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:12 pm
Dad jokes and humor

by Bruce » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:20 pm
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I might not be the best dad in the world, but I was born for dad jokes. Gotta start documenting.

Dad, what's circular reasoning?
It' reasoning that...

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I remember thee TV show (in afternoon reruns), but not the comic book. :oldman:
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 5:08 pm
World's oldest and largest rape conspiracy still at it.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:05 pm
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Catholic officials warn ex-seminarians over sex claims
Chicago Tribune

Catholic officials in Italy have threatened former altar boys of the pope...

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Coming soon, more things to feel guilty about.

Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says
Catholic News Service

... We...
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:28 am
Roman genetics

by Witness » Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:28 am

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A recent study reveals huge genetic diversity among ancient Romans, it was like today’s New York city

A new study found that Romans were a much...

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I don't suppose this is a great big surprise to anyone?

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Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:22 am
Bluesy music.

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I stumbled across this a while ago - thought I'd share. Well, I like it, anyway.

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Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:20 am
Berlin Wall

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:53 pm

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Just missed observing the 30th anniversary of it coming down.

Of all the tributes I've seen so far, I like this one best.

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Another, later, vintage BW movie (comment in German):

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Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:43 am
Anti-vaxxers in power

by Witness » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:06 am
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Relax, it's Italy:
Anti-vaccine Italian Government Sacks Entire Health Expert Board

The vaccine-skeptic Italian government has sacked every member...

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Majority of anti-vaxx ads on Facebook are funded by just two organizations

Study finds Robert F Kennedy Jr’s World Mercury Project and Larry...
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:22 am
The France thread

by gnome » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:05 pm
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They were just charging the rotation premium.

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French Polynesia govt raises price of baguette

It has decided to increase the price of a standard bread stick, or baguette, by four Pacific...
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:02 am
I finally did it.

by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:32 pm

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Ditched Firefox. As one of my every day browsers, that is. Of course it still has a place of honor in my browser collection.
Still use Tor (which is...

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Only thing I don't like about the Brave browser is the nudging to sing up to get paid to look at ads. Otherwise it seems pretty good.

It's an...

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:13 am
More Crushing Disappointment for Cleveland

by Doctor X » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:06 pm
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No . . . we are not talking about Mike Who is He Again? Lowell hitting a two-run home run BEFORE the fans in the stands finished giving him a...
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:01 am
It may soon be illegal to pass the Turing test

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu May 09, 2019 12:07 pm

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The Legislation That Targets the Racist Impacts of Tech
The New York Times

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The bill, called the Algorithmic Accountability Act and...

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↑ Remarkably unsurprising.

I just regret they didn't name it Dilbert.

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Last post by Witness
Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:37 pm
Other music

by Anaxagoras » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:09 pm
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Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

I just came across this youtube channel...

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Crappy video, but astonishing performance:
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Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:04 am
Losing my cheerful optimism

by Nyarlathotep » Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:54 am

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Right now I am working in a bank call center. It sucks, but it (mostly) pays the bills.

It is changing me from a cheerful paragon of hope and...

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↑ Be kind to them if they are friendly (and you get paid the same). There is a lot of loneliness in our societies, especially when you get old and...

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Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:04 am
Colonoscopy and endoscopy tomorrow!!

by ed » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:03 pm
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Joy. Just Joy.
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Last post by Pyrrho
Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:02 am
The Utterly Fashionable "Nyarl was RIGHT!" Thread

by Doctor X » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:22 pm
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Everything sucks.

We are doom'd.

Here is the place to put current examples. Let us start with:

Malawian 'hyena man' arrested for having sex with...

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Incestuous couple who murdered their teenage sons jailed for life
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Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:11 am
Software (mostly free)

by Witness » Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:01 am

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A repository for useful or interesting stuff, and questions about same.

I'll start with NASA's software catalog:

Not that I really need crew...

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Hot damn, I'm gonna build me a spaceship!

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Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:31 am
Mood music

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:37 am
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Needs its own thread. :coolspecs:

Opening gambit:

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Julianna Barwick

Her thing is that she introduces playback of her own voice and overlays herself in real time. Definitely creates a mood.

Her...
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Last post by gnome
Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:49 am
Things you have seen or done that are fun

by ed » Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:00 pm
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I'm thinking one liners mostly.

What you did and what would be cool. Unusual things, things that are not easily repeatable or are sorta interesting...

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Not to be too much of a Dick about this but what's with the upper case G ?
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Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:40 am
Heathens' corner

by Witness » Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:24 am
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I think it would be nice pleasant to have a mocking thread.

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A notorious provocateur, Cattelan’s sculpture La Nona Ora depicting Pope John Paul II being hit by a meteorite was considered a blasphemous act. In...
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Last post by Witness
Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:30 am
Tchaikovsky

by shemp » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:49 am

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Was he the tortured soul who poured out his immortal longings into dignified passages of stately music, or was he just an old poof who wrote tunes?

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The only type of canon interesting me:

(I prefer the organ version at 4:32.)

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Last post by Witness
Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:54 am
SC closing in on one million posts!

by shemp » Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:30 pm
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There's still 30,286 posts to go as of this post, but I thought I'd start a thread to track it as we get closer. We can also guess who the one...

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Forget it folks, I already ate the chicken and waffles, so there's no point.
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:02 pm
Doctor Sleep

by Nyarlathotep » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:52 am

I have been waiting for this movie since I read the book, and I read the book as soon as it came out. The Shining is one of my favorite movies,...

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Last post by Nyarlathotep
Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:52 am
Ping: A Chemist

by Nyarlathotep » Wed May 20, 2015 1:16 am
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Last post by Witness
Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:28 am
Remembrance Day is tomorrow

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:58 pm

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Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:55 pm
Stolen by Commie scum Pete Seeger

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon May 13, 2019 12:48 pm

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Evidences:

... It took seven decades and a lawsuit, but in the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight.

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I don't know who will get this, but you all should

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Last post by Rob Lister
Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:33 pm
Remember

by ed » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:26 am

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This is the sincere 11/11 thread unlike the grasping, self aggrandizing thread started by you-know-who :x

If any ask us why we died Tell them:...

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Our childhood games
were frequently war
in which we died
and dreamed of more

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Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:06 pm
Machine translation

by Anaxagoras » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:07 am

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Got a new toy at work, just taking it for a test drive.
It lets you run things through several different publicly available machine translation...

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Google Translate Sings: The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

Awesome

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Last post by Rob Lister
Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:01 pm
Trolley problem

by Pyrrho » Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:38 am

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Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:35 am
Looking for a new career? How about some vocational training?

by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:30 pm
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Vatican launches exorcism training course as demand for priests with skills to tackle demonic possession rises
Irish Examiner

The Vatican is...

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Is it cheaper than healthcare?

He could also have promised to cast out the evil spirits and stomp the demons. I'm disappointed…
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Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:01 am
New computer

by ed » Sun Nov 10, 2019 6:52 pm

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For the kitchen.

Needs storage so those mini things are a ?.

I'd like something that a monitor can sit on, maybe 2 inches (<---INCHES) high....

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For wife. Screen too small. Keyboard too small. Mouse sucks.

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Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:46 pm
Attention skeptics. Avatars. You need one.

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:04 pm
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Some of you, both N00Bz and not so N00Bz don't have avatars. You know you you are.

Time to step up.

If you're having trouble deciding, here are a...

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:00 pm
The new Addams Family movie is now playing in theaters, and so ...

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:37 pm

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... as a promotion, MGM is letting you have some of the old (but still in copyright) TV shows for free. 8)

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Dunno--in our beloved Raul Julia versions, he is kind of a space case. TALENTED, but not anyone's brainiac.

They say that a man who represents...

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Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:05 pm

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