Cancer Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Spoiler for offensive insinuation, but one encountered here in RL. "Wanke" is a particularly unfortunate surname for a masseuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The nearest IKEA for me is 1/2 hour away. I haven't been there in several years. iKia? Is that Apple's entry into the automotive market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Rather, they're cyber-enhanced Keas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yup. I'm doing the full circuit. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm cleaning up my hard drive a bit, and came across a file named RPMiller: BRITTANY (4) had an earache and wanted a pain-killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: "How does it know it's me?" JAMES (4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt." Concerned, James asked: "What happened to the flea?" --- And for the big finish: I came in to work early the other day and began hanging upside down from the ceiling. Just then one of my co-workers (she's a blonde... it'll be important later ) came in and asked me what I was doing. "Shhh", I said, "I'm a light bulb -- I'm acting crazy to get a few days off, as there is an out of town wedding I need to go to until Tuesday." a minute later the Boss walked by and asked me what I was doing. "I'm a light bulb!" I exclaimed. "You're going crazy," He said. "Take a few days off, and come back when you are de-stressed." With that I jumped down and started walking out. My (blonde) co-worker started following me and the Boss asked where she was going. "I can't work in the dark," she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Last night, the supernova in M101 was up to apparent magnitude 11.8 or so. It'll probably get to about 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Will it be visible in an 8" reflector, ye ken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm cleaning up my hard drive a bit' date=' and came across a file named RPMiller:[/quote'] I'm sorry I made your hard drive dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Good luck! Thanks! I'm actually getting a surprising number of responses. More than I thought I would based on all the doom and gloom expressed by my unemployed IT friends. Perhaps I have a better skillset, or I'm trying harder? I don't know. Right now I'm really interested in a technical training job at Epic in Wisconsin. I've never worked in the medical field, but apparently Epic makes some really awesome medical software that is widely used here in the States. Their campus and company philosophy are awesome as well. The only downsides are that I would have to move to Wisconsin, and most likely I would have to leave my family behind before a year or two because my kids are graduating this school year and next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Rather' date=' they're cyber-enhanced Keas! Thumbs up for parrots that prey on sheep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Thanks! I'm actually getting a surprising number of responses. More than I thought I would based on all the doom and gloom expressed by my unemployed IT friends. Perhaps I have a better skillset' date=' or I'm trying harder? I don't know. Right now I'm really interested in a technical training job at Epic in Wisconsin. I've never worked in the medical field, but apparently Epic makes some really awesome medical software that is widely used here in the States. Their campus and company philosophy are awesome as well. The only downsides are that I would have to move to Wisconsin, and most likely I would have to leave my family behind before a year or two because my kids are graduating this school year and next.[/quote'] I haven't heard of anything in the Sacramento area, but all of a sudden my resume must of been unearthed somewhere and people have been sending me emails about QA positions in the Portland area. At least today's email would of been somewhat relevant. I think I need to go hunt down my online self since I'm thinking they might be pulling off of monster or something... If I get something a bit more closer to what you're looking for, I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Thanks lemming, I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Will it be visible in an 8" reflector' date=' ye ken?[/quote'] I think so, but you may have a hard time telling it from the other things in the field, unless you have good charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Well, the weather won't cooperate, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My guess is you'll have two or three weeks, and it's in a convenient part of the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Future bro-in-law might be interested. I do my observations with Eyeball Mk. 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Might be a useful introductory book on physics for non-physicists. Title: The Physicist's World: The Story of Motion and the Limits to Knowledge Author: Thomas Grissom Publication Date: June 2, 2011 Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Book Description: How do students learn about physics without picking up a 1,000-page textbook chock-full of complicated equations? The Physicist's World is the answer. Here, Thomas Grissom explains clearly and succinctly what physics really is: the science of understanding how everything in the universe moves. From the earliest efforts by Presocratic philosophers contemplating motion to the principal developments of physics through the end of the twentieth century, Grissom tells the unfolding story of our attempt to quantify the material world and to conceptualize the nature of physical laws. Through the centuries, questions about why things move proved to be unanswerable in any absolute, satisfying way. Instead the question became how things move, a direction of thought that led to the rise of modern science. Physics emerged as a mathematical description of the motion of matter and energy, a description believed to be complete and exact, limited only by the precision of measurement. Grissom shows that in one of the great intellectual ironies, advancements in twentieth-century physics affirmed instead that this quantitative theory was capable of discovering its own limits. There is only so much that physics can reveal about the world. This is physics for the thinking person, especially students who enjoy learning concepts, histories, and interpretations without becoming mired in complex mathematical detail. A concise survey of the field of physics, Grissom's book offers students and professionals alike a unique perspective on what physicists do, how physics is done, and how physicists view the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Can someone with lots of time on their hands look at my profile image? I think I've changed it, but I'm not sure ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That photo looks nothing like Dream. I call hoax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah, you look like a butler there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hehehe, "ler." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah' date=' you look like a butler there.[/quote'] penguin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER But without the smeared green fish guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER that came 5 seconds after the photo was taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER They invited some Norwegians with lutefisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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