Random Information

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:32 am

Since random information needs a thread to itself.

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My new random piece of information:

So, in the area of the Arabian Penninsula called 'The Sands' (which includes many different sorts of dune formations and laces through 4 countries) there's an area of very flat salt pan.

In the photo I saw it looks a little like playa, only redder. They say that some parts of it are quite hard, while others are soft sand that will quickly mire a vehicle.

National Geographic's Article

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:55 pm

that desert is straight up beautiful.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:19 pm

well, I love deserts wherever they are

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:09 pm

it's about 2:45pm in South Korea right now.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:10 pm

fyi- rubbermaid brand premium smooth (6mm) roller refills aren't all that great. They make lines and drop little bits off after only one coat of painting.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:25 pm

I disconnected my fax machine because I was getting too much fax spam!!!~
Death to Fax Spamers!

(kidding of course)

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:13 am

The basic building block of the matter in the space/time continuum is called a 'String'. Your average string, if it exists, is about 10-33 centimeters long. That's a point followed by 32 zeros and then a 1.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:05 am

78.58 mA (milli amps) of stored beam @ 1443 yesterday on beam line #10. Flux was 3.5x10^11 electrons/pulse. M-0 mirror set at low angle limit
(2 mrad). No photon leakage noted. All radiation at all posted boundaries remains < 0.02 mR/hr. No unusual radiological conditions noted. Commissioning completed.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:07 pm

...Beginning in February and as the spring progresses, the word 'we' becomes increasingly important. Planets, both ones you've heard of and those you have not, make their way into Aquarius. There is, in a sense, a gathering of the tribes, or many gatherings of the tribes. Whatever we call home, it must eventually become true that the whole world is home and all of humanity is our family.

From http://planetwaves.net/astrology/horoscopes/

My horoscope rocks right now! How's your's?

rodent · Post by **rodent** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:27 pm

If you put 2 grams of peanut butter, 4 cc's of battery acid and 1 drop of Visine into a small copper pot and heat to 105 degrees farenheit...

... nothing happens.

well... you gotta check these things out... once in a while... just to make sure...

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rodent (putting the eek in geek)

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:37 pm

you can actually have masks that are fractions of a pixel in width but you will get color fringing from the projector as the light defracts around the surface of an object.

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:52 pm

stuart wrote:you can actually have masks that are fractions of a pixel in width but you will get color fringing from the projector as the light defracts around the surface of an object.

Masks?

the light coming through the lens of the projector?

I'm confused...

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:55 pm

Masks?

in aftereffetcs.

yeah, light coming from a DLP video projetor.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:18 am

I learned TWO Random Things yesterday!
ONE:
The lens packages of old Magnavox rear-projection televisions contain large quantities of mineral oil.

TWO:
We're out of paper towels.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:39 am

I am STILL laughing, Robo!! Everytime I read this it cracks me up!!

AH HA.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What did you take the tv apart for? Tinkering?

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:54 am

I HAD to take it apart. It was free, and broken. I couldn't stand waiting until after work to get it, thinking about some other slob carting off MY free stuff, so I left early. Freaked out a small crowd in the thrift store parking lot by demolishing the case out in the snow!

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:56 am

Viginti quatuor is my age in Latin.

I wonder if i can write that on official forms?

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:06 am

that's Latin to me,,, huh?

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:09 am

best guess [drum roll]

surly four

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:22 am

Or- fill out the forms in Greek!

Eekossee Tehssehrah

(I can't figure out how to get Greek characters in here)

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:30 am

CoworkerLurker wrote:Or- fill out the forms in Greek!

Eekossee Tehssehrah

(I can't figure out how to get Greek characters in here)

hey CWL. all i remember from my childhood lessons in biblical greek is how to write my name. but my dad has a primer that he wrote and published on the subject if you like.

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:40 am

or, use the Necronomicon {the book of the dead}.

but first repeat these three words:

Clatto Verata N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!

Clatto Verata Nicto, dummy!

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:41 am

Hey, there's one that rhymes with Flagrante Delicto!

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:17 pm

It sucks to only be able to reach internet addresses with an odd numbered fourth octet.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:02 pm

Random fact:
rehab food is better than prison food and airplane food, its not as good as carnival food or boardwalk food, and is on about the same level as highschool cafeteria food and casino lunch buffet food...just in case anyone was wondering....

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:05 pm

how does it compare to hospital food?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:07 pm

rehab food IS hospital food...

................DUH!

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:08 pm

What do you mean, duh? Duh, I've never been in rehab. Duh. Duh.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:45 am

Hospital food sucks.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:06 pm

Azeotropic Solvent Recovery Systems suck up and recycle the solvent out of clothes in the tumbler of a cleaners washing machine and staores the slovent for reuse later to clean more clothes later .

If you hand make enough of these Azeotropic Solvent Recovery Systems every month you will be in excellent shape.

Too bad I dont make these machines anymore.