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Since every thread turns into a political discussion and has nothing to do with the original post I decided to post some random thoughts and see where they go. So the usual supects of the derailing here you go-
-Why is the sky blue?
-Why is water wet?
-Do maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics?
And my personal favorite
-Which came first the chicken or the egg?
Now lets see how long this turns into Bush vs Obama, Taxes, or my politician is better than yours. [Roll1][Coffee]
Delfuego
08-04-2011, 10:43
The Chicken came first and the egg illegally immigrated and stole his job!
And the Debt Ceiling fan is making some noise, I think I'm gonna spray it with Break-Free...
BushMasterBoy
08-04-2011, 10:49
Recipe for chicken omelet...first you get the eggs out the chicken, then you stuff the chicken back into the egg!
*see this proves the forum is non partisan
jscwerve
08-04-2011, 10:50
Blah blah blah Obama blah blah.
but Bush blah blah blah blah.
FDR was blah blah blah blah
Fuckin hippies blah blah blah.
Blah blah communist blah blah.
But taxes blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah Obama blah blah.
but Bush blah blah blah blah.
FDR was blah blah blah blah
Fuckin hippies blah blah blah.
Blah blah communist blah blah.
But taxes blah blah blah blah
+1
Since every thread turns into a political discussion and has nothing to do with the original post I decided to post some random thoughts and see where they go. So the usual supects of the derailing here you go-
-Why is the sky blue? It's Bush's fault!
-Why is water wet? Again.. All Bush's fault!
-Do maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics? Check the Kennedy's graves.
And my personal favorite
-Which came first the chicken or the egg? The chicken came first.. laid an anchor egg and is now living on welfare
Now lets see how long this turns into Bush vs Obama, Taxes, or my politician is better than yours. [Roll1][Coffee]
CrufflerSteve
08-04-2011, 10:54
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
From an evolutionary perspective the egg came first - the genetic material in the egg determines whether it is a chicken or something else, instead..
StagLefty
08-04-2011, 10:57
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
It's got to be the LEO's fault [ROFL1]
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
Real men can BBQ in the rain you sissy liberal! [ROFL1]
It's got to be the LEO's fault [ROFL1]
I was gonna blame TSA... [Bang]
n8tive97
08-04-2011, 11:01
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
Bush's fault!
And Obama thinks your grill is too nice, so you cant use it unless everyone on the block has one just as nice!
Delfuego
08-04-2011, 11:02
Only Baseball players are afraid of the rain!
So a baby seal walks into a club...
Delfuego
08-04-2011, 11:09
Good timing Hoser! Thanks for the laugh! [ROFL1]
South Park was right, I blame Canada...
hollohas
08-04-2011, 11:16
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
Gas or charcoal? And I agree, real men BBQ in the rain.
Always charcoal.... with soaked wood chips for smoke flavor.[Beer]
n8tive97
08-04-2011, 11:29
Always charcoal.... with soaked wood chips for smoke flavor.[Beer]
Wood chips? Your killing trees! Thats against everything you stand for!!!!
hollohas
08-04-2011, 11:32
There are plenty of dead trees already from the pine beetles. I know pine is no good for BBQ smoke flavor, but is it good burning wood? And someone told me that a forest fire in the dead pine beetle killed forests is not likely because the trees now lack the sap that really makes the fire hot. Is that true?
How am I doing derailing the thread???
SuperiorDG
08-04-2011, 11:32
Why is it raining every afternoon? I can't do any barbecue?
Steve
What's wrong with barbecuing in the rain, it keeps the wife and kids inside?
Wood chips? Your killing trees! Thats against everything you stand for!!!!
Then you don't understand me[Beer]
I cut down trees, is that a bad thing? Should I not tell the good people of Boulder? They of all people should understand my reasoning... fire mitigation. Dare I remind them of the 4-mile canyon fire? [Coffee]
hollohas
08-04-2011, 12:48
They also get mad at wind turbine power generation for killing birds and power generating dams for killing fish. WTF do you want hippies?!?! You want green energy but then want to stop it when two fish and a bird dies...
They also get mad at wind turbine power generation for killing birds and power generating dams for killing fish. WTF do you want hippies?!?! You want green energy but then want to stop it when two fish and a bird dies...
Fish ladders fixed most of the issue. Just like repainting the wind turbines would fix much of the issue. Oddly I think purple is the color that keeps the most birds away. Most of the people making a big deal about birds and windmills are those who are paid by the fossil fuel industries.
I cut down trees, is that a bad thing? Should I not tell the good people of Boulder? They of all people should understand my reasoning... fire mitigation. Dare I remind them of the 4-mile canyon fire? [Coffee]
I burn down trees... Boulder Mitigation! [Beer]
hollohas
08-04-2011, 13:09
^ [lol]
hollohas
08-04-2011, 13:12
Most of the people making a big deal about birds and windmills are those who are paid by the fossil fuel industries.
The fossil fuel industries know they are in deep shit because every study (even their own) point towards running out of all types of these fuels in the next 25-50 years. We have reached Peak Oil and on the downward slope of the fossil fuel age...
I burn down trees... Boulder Mitigation! [Beer]
I came up with the idea of a really big solar panel array in Boulder that has "Asteroids- AIM HERE!", but due to lack of funding the idea was scrapped.
SuperiorDG
08-04-2011, 14:11
The fossil fuel industries know they are in deep shit because every study (even their own) point towards running out of all types of these fuels in the next 25-50 years. We have reached Peak Oil and on the downward slope of the fossil fuel age...
Why do you think we are keeping so much of ours in the ground? One day we will own OPEC.
Does anyone else here think that trailer parks should be arranged in concentric circles, kind of like targets for tornadoes?
funkfool
08-04-2011, 14:18
I think monkeys (all primates actually) are funny...
http://nigelmcloughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monkey.jpg
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/spider-monkey_719_600x450.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JP9OiUP__qY/TOvdF0vZpaI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5EEo_gIifD0/s1600/funny-monkey-2.jpg
And if you don't agree...
http://www.monkey-pictures.net/canthearyou.jpg
http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/images/m/monkey-844.bmp
Also: Crayons taste like purple.
hollohas
08-04-2011, 14:22
Why do you think we are keeping so much of ours in the ground? One day we will own OPEC.
Word. Use all the rest of the world's oil first.
hollohas
08-04-2011, 14:22
Does anyone else here think that trailer parks should be arranged in concentric circles, kind of like targets for tornadoes?
That would be kinda like circling the wagons...
SA Friday
08-04-2011, 14:32
Since every thread turns into a political discussion and has nothing to do with the original post I decided to post some random thoughts and see where they go. So the usual supects of the derailing here you go-
-Why is the sky blue?
-Why is water wet?
-Do maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics?
And my personal favorite
-Which came first the chicken or the egg?
Now lets see how long this turns into Bush vs Obama, Taxes, or my politician is better than yours. [Roll1][Coffee]
The sky is blue due to refraction of light through the ozone layer.
Water feels wet because the H2O molecule is polar. This is also why non polar solvents like acetate don't feel wet.
Maggots don't get drunk. Alcohol breaks down fairly fast in a decomposing body. Also, most states now require a coffin be buried in a semisealed concrete container, so, pretty hard for flies to survive in that environment.
As long as we currently have chickens, only the archeologists care about this question.
Word. Use all the rest of the world's oil first.
The iron grip of America will remain firm until some EU country developes an actual alternative technology to the modern combustion engine [Muaha]
hollohas
08-04-2011, 14:34
The sky is blue due to refraction of light through the ozone layer.
Water feels wet because the H2O molecule is polar. This is also why non polar solvents like acetate don't feel wet.
Maggots don't get drunk. Alcohol breaks down fairly fast in a decomposing body. Also, most states now require a coffin be buried in a semisealed concrete container, so, pretty hard for flies to survive in that environment.
As long as we currently have chickens, only the archeologists care about this question.
I love having a resident chemist (is that what you study/do?). I will call you professor from now on.
SA Friday
08-04-2011, 14:51
I love having a resident chemist (is that what you study/do?). I will call you professor from now on.
Chemistry, criminalistics concentration, major at Metro. Far from a professor, but I spend the majority of my time studying chemistry and other material for school. I wish I had a PhD in chemistry.
Chemistry, criminalistics concentration, major at Metro. Far from a professor, but I spend the majority of my time studying chemistry and other material for school. I wish I had a PhD in chemistry.
Either way professor, those are some pretty damn good answers to some of the most basic and frequently answered questions... except one. Is the universe unlimited in it's expansion?
jscwerve
08-04-2011, 15:15
Either way professor, those are some pretty damn good answers to some of the most basic and frequently answered questions... except one. Is the universe unlimited in it's expansion?
Well thats an easy one. The size of the universe was predetermined by the flying spaghetti monster 2500 years ago when the universe began. And of course, the earth is the center of that universe.
SA Friday
08-04-2011, 15:17
Either way professor, those are some pretty damn good answers to some of the most basic and frequently answered questions... except one. Is the universe unlimited in it's expansion?
Even Hawkins hasn't been able to come to a supported theory on this. There is currently only conjecture and ideas. Some say yes there is a limit, but that begs the question; then what's outside the universe?
hollohas
08-04-2011, 15:19
Even Hawkins hasn't been able to come to a supported theory on this. There is currently only conjecture and ideas. Some say yes there is a limit, but that begs the question; then what's outside the universe?
Nothing...
SA Friday
08-04-2011, 15:27
Nothing...
If our universe exists within a realm of 'nothing', isn't it really then something?
hollohas
08-04-2011, 15:31
No gas, no light, no molecules or matter of any kind but it must be "something" or else how could it contain our universe? I see your point. Mind boggling indeed.
My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)
StagLefty
08-04-2011, 15:35
Does anyone else here think that trailer parks should be arranged in concentric circles, kind of like targets for tornadoes?
Since I live in one that would call for a resounding NO [ROFL1]
I think that the show Star Gate had a good idea for a hypothesis. I bring that up because its easy to explain in their way they presented it.
I will say that I am not sure the human mind is capable of understanding it. We just have not evolved that much.
But back to Stargate... they go into a theory with the way that the "ancients" had "Ascended" to a higher plane. They became energy without body form and moved onto another dimension. I think our interpretations of that through God, religion, heaven and hell, are similar but with a different name.
Hawkings alludes to that in some of his writings. But I admit I have not read much of his. He is not an easy read.
jscwerve
08-04-2011, 15:58
My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)
I think the fundamental problem with people not being to understand, if even only in concept, of a black hole is in the naming of it. The science community really screwed the pooch by naming it that, should have been just a "singularity" or some other name. I think more people would be able to wrap their heads around the idea if it was simply named something else.
A black "hole" is not a hole at all. It is a very large (millions to billions of solar masses) object. The mass is so large that it has enough gravity for light not to escape. and the mass is extremely compressed. For example, if the mass if the earth were to become the same density as a black hole, it would be about the size of a marble. Same mass, different density.
Enough of my geek speak!!! Its Obama's fault!!!!!! and Bushes fault!!!! Die commie/liberal/conservative/republican/democrat/whatever!!!!!!!!!
No gas, no light, no molecules or matter of any kind but it must be "something" or else how could it contain our universe? I see your point. Mind boggling indeed.
My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)
qpA_M_FppzE
Even Hawkins hasn't been able to come to a supported theory on this. There is currently only conjecture and ideas. Some say yes there is a limit, but that begs the question; then what's outside the universe?
I need a towel boy... my brain just exploded and I'm drooling all over my desk... Ouch that hurts! hollohas, I know how you feel now, and I watch a shitton of that show the Universe... I think I'm going to try to quote that on this subject sometime soon, instead of nynco spouting off about Star Gate like some 14 year old nerd living in his mom's basement... sorry nynco, I wasn't trying to insult you, but I have to say it: Stargate!? You're addressing complex astrophysics with a fucking sci-fi/fantasy show? It's un-scientific based fiction... that's like General Schwartzkopf going to war with Iraq in 1991 using Robert Heinlien as his tactical inspiration. Doesn't work.
Hawking did state that the infinite expanse would be impossible to calculate for us being such a small speck in the wide spectrum of the universe, so I think that explains his lack of theory on the matter, because theory is impossible if it's infinite. You cannot physically calculate infinity, it's not possible so therefore if the universe is infinite we would never be able to tell because you couldn't prove or disprove something so big (that's really the only word I can come up with) and just taking time to measure it would be more than the entire existence of an entire species... we're talking sextillion years here minimum (that's 10 to the 21st power -21 0's). Okay, I need to go put myself on O2 now...
flan7211
08-04-2011, 16:19
Propane is the only way to grill. As Hank Hill says taste the meat not the heat.[Beer]
hollohas
08-04-2011, 16:37
I think the fundamental problem with people not being to understand, if even only in concept, of a black hole is in the naming of it. The science community really screwed the pooch by naming it that, should have been just a "singularity" or some other name. I think more people would be able to wrap their heads around the idea if it was simply named something else.
A black "hole" is not a hole at all. It is a very large (millions to billions of solar masses) object. The mass is so large that it has enough gravity for light not to escape. and the mass is extremely compressed. For example, if the mass if the earth were to become the same density as a black hole, it would be about the size of a marble. Same mass, different density.
Yup, agreed. They called it a hole because that's what it looks like...A hole in the universe. But that type of mass and density is outside our comprehension. How the F is something so massive that even light can't escape it's gravity? And why the F does a star that runs out of fuel turn into that? Why? Why! cannot compute (robot voice again)
SuperiorDG
08-04-2011, 17:01
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blackford76
08-04-2011, 17:11
Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot them?
Sign at a topless bar
NO SHIRT
No Shoes
No Service
WTF?
SuperiorDG
08-04-2011, 18:17
Braille in the drive through ATM?
funkfool
08-04-2011, 18:25
Braille in the drive through ATM?
[ROFL1]
WTF
DSB OUTDOORS
08-04-2011, 18:52
I think monkeys (all primates actually) are funny...
http://nigelmcloughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monkey.jpg
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/spider-monkey_719_600x450.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JP9OiUP__qY/TOvdF0vZpaI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5EEo_gIifD0/s1600/funny-monkey-2.jpg
And if you don't agree...
http://www.monkey-pictures.net/canthearyou.jpg
http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/images/m/monkey-844.bmp
Also: Crayons taste like purple.
I didn't know Monky was posting here. How goes the house hunt??? Still want to go to the gun show Saturday?? [Tooth]
GunsRBadMMMMKay
08-04-2011, 19:17
[Flower]
(My thoughts were of how to de-rail a train wreck.....)
DSB OUTDOORS
08-04-2011, 19:59
[Flower]
(My thoughts were of how to de-rail a train wreck.....)
BOOBIE'S Nice round Boobie's!! Wait Female Boobie's!! I know this crowd!!! [ROFL2][Beer]
sneakerd
08-04-2011, 20:14
I heard DSB Outdoors got into a 3-way last weekend!!!!![NoEvil]
Not a Fan of monkeys,,, I like bears.
Hey the bike that just left for Sturgis from our shop has Elephant hide for a seat...
instead of nynco spouting off about Star Gate like some 14 year old nerd living in his mom's basement... sorry nynco, I wasn't trying to insult you, but I have to say it: Stargate!? You're addressing complex astrophysics with a fucking sci-fi/fantasy show? It's un-scientific based fiction...
His reference to Stargate wasn't related to complex astrophysics, it was in relation to religion and spiritual beliefs expressed through the show. It's an analogy by comparison to a TV series that ran for like 17 years.
Hawking did state that the infinite expanse would be impossible to calculate for us being such a small speck in the wide spectrum of the universe, so I think that explains his lack of theory on the matter, because theory is impossible if it's infinite. You cannot physically calculate infinity, it's not possible so therefore if the universe is infinite we would never be able to tell because you couldn't prove or disprove something so big (that's really the only word I can come up with) and just taking time to measure it would be more than the entire existence of an entire species... we're talking sextillion years here minimum (that's 10 to the 21st power -21 0's). Okay, I need to go put myself on O2 now...
I think what you're trying to get at is called Grahams Number:
Graham's number is unimaginably larger than other well-known large numbers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_number) such as a googol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol), googolplex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex), and even larger than Skewes' number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewes%27_number) and Moser's number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moser%27s_number). Indeed, the observable universe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe) is far too small to contain an ordinary digital representation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_digit) of Graham's number, assuming that each digit occupies at least one Planck volume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_units#Derived_Planck_units). Even power towers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetration) of the form http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/b/9/4/b94ab289150caa932859b03bf29b4899.png are useless for this purpose
The question of universal expansion, of whether or not we live in a runaway universe that will eventually die cold; or one in which gravity eventually wins, collapsing back on itself in a implosion of all the matter and mass, all the black holes and stars, galaxies and dark matter piling back into one spot is an interesting question. Where's that grammar nazi to flag my runaway sentence?
I think that question is almost philosophical in nature. It currently seems the evidence points to a runaway universe, where everything is getting farther away at a faster rate. This would indicate that the big bang was a one time event, which makes it an anomaly. I somewhat prefer the concept of an eventual collapse, as it seems like bringing all the mass of the universe back to a single point would have to be something like a repeat of the big bang, a reset of the universe -- and quite possibly changes to the laws of physics.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number
alan0269
08-04-2011, 21:57
I like tater tots
I like tater tots
Hmmm tater tots.......[Dinner]
I didn't know Monky was posting here. How goes the house hunt??? Still want to go to the gun show Saturday?? [Tooth]
House hunt = annoying. DO the people trying to sell their house not realize that when 4 houses around you sold for 80k less than what you're listing for .. you're not going to sell... and you're a damn fool if you think I can't see what you purchased the house for 2 years ago and just because you threw some paint on the walls you expect to make a 90% profit.. F U..
That's how house hunting is going. /facepalm..
Yes.. I still plan on going to the fun show. I really wanna go punch holes in paper atm.
Propane is the only way to grill. As Hank Hill says taste the meat not the heat.[Beer]
I'll tell you WHUT. [Beer]
Astrophysics,black holes, tater tots, barbacues,female boobs, my head hurts..........[Help]
Nice avatar there Mopar. You got one?
Nice avatar there Mopar. You got one?
No, I wish. But I do have a 2010 Challenger R/T, also have two Dodge duallys ,the wife has a Chrysler 300 hemi C, and a Toyota 4 runner.(How the hell did that one get in there?)
No, I wish. But I do have a 2010 Challenger R/T, also have two Dodge duallys ,the wife has a Chrysler 300 hemi C, and a Toyota 4 runner.(How the hell did that one get in there?)
4Runner's are good, reliable SUVs... but you should really talk her into the new Durango- those are sick! I wish I could have one, but I opted to sell my 2000 Durango and upgrade to the BMW 3Series.... still have my Ran 1500 though so I'm not a total traitor! MOPAR4LIFE! Hey mopar, please tell me at least one of your duallys has this sticker:
http://www.vinyl-decals.com/prodimages/eatin-fords-shitting-chevys.gif
Salad: It's what food eats!
4Runner's are good, reliable SUVs... but you should really talk her into the new Durango- those are sick! I wish I could have one, but I opted to sell my 2000 Durango and upgrade to the BMW 3Series.... still have my Ran 1500 though so I'm not a total traitor! MOPAR4LIFE! Hey mopar, please tell me at least one of your duallys has this sticker:
http://www.vinyl-decals.com/prodimages/eatin-fords-shitting-chevys.gif
No , I'm gonna have to get me a couple of those LOL. One of the duallys is
a 91 diesel, real good for smokin bicycycles.......OOPS wrong thread[Help]
I'm relatively new to the forum, but its quickly becoming one of my vices.
You are a bunch of great guys and gals and entertaining as hell.[Beer]
n8tive97
08-05-2011, 13:05
I'm relatively new to the forum, but its quickly becoming one of my vices.
You are a bunch of great guys and gals and entertaining as hell.[Beer]
+1; I have two monitors on my desk. One to do my email and work, the other has Co Ar15 up always. Very addicting and entertaining.
Lex_Luthor
08-05-2011, 13:07
+1; I have two monitors on my desk. One to do my email and work, the other has Co Ar15 up always. Very addicting and entertaining.
haha same here!
+1; I have two monitors on my desk. One to do my email and work, the other has Co Ar15 up always. Very addicting and entertaining.
Looks like I need to upgrade so I'm not switching between browser windows.
No, I wish. But I do have a 2010 Challenger R/T, also have two Dodge duallys ,the wife has a Chrysler 300 hemi C, and a Toyota 4 runner.(How the hell did that one get in there?)Pretty respectable collection there. Among other things, I've got a 2008 Challenger SRT8. S'why I noticed your avatar. :)
Looks like I need to upgrade so I'm not switching between browser windows.
You would love my setup! Four 32" Apple displays and one 50" TV on the wall. I have a wall of information :). Of course every single part of my home is automated pretty much so it's my brain center as well.
You would love my setup! Four 32" Apple displays and one 50" TV on the wall. I have a wall of information :). Of course every single part of my home is automated pretty much so it's my brain center as well.
Oh my office is just one 19" monitor hooked up to one of three of our POS Dell towers from 2003... at home I have a slim setup b/c I'm looking for a new place then I can deck it out with some high tech stuff.
Pretty respectable collection there. Among other things, I've got a 2008 Challenger SRT8. S'why I noticed your avatar. :)
I did a lot of debating about getting a SRT8, but I cheaped out. Just couldn't pull the trigger (this is a gun forum right?) for another 10k.
Did you get the 6speed in yours? Really love my RT though.
-Why is the sky blue?
You'd be sad too if you had to see our fat a$$e$ every day[ROFL1]
UberTong
08-05-2011, 15:39
You would love my setup! Four 32" Apple displays and one 50" TV on the wall. I have a wall of information :). Of course every single part of my home is automated pretty much so it's my brain center as well.
Damn ranger, thats pretty ba.
Skreeeeeeetch! Derail!
Answer to every question you have is.... 4
UberTong
08-05-2011, 15:49
I wanna go home and have a beer. Mmm.
I wanna go home and have a beer. Mmm.
Likewise! Oh wait, it's after 4, it's Friday, and I'm the only one in the office... no phone calls for the last 2 hours... I think it's time to leave a bit early today!
Damn ranger, thats pretty ba.
If there's an EMP, I'm pretty much f*cked!
Skreeeeeeetch! Derail!
Answer to every question you have is.... 4
Isn't this the answer to the universe as well?
Isn't this the answer to the universe as well?
42
and don't forget your towel...
jscwerve
08-05-2011, 17:58
I thought this was fitting for this thread.
cZlNNSjsELs
DSB OUTDOORS
08-05-2011, 18:31
I thought this was fitting for this thread.
[ROFL1][LOL][ROFL3][Beer] Perfect!!!!!!! Did you make it for this Thread??[Tooth]
jscwerve
08-05-2011, 18:33
[ROFL1][LOL][ROFL3][Beer] Perfect!!!!!!! Did you make it for this Thread??[Tooth]
No, I just found it.
DSB OUTDOORS
08-05-2011, 18:47
No, I just found it.
SWEEEET!! Thats great!! [LOL]
You would love my setup! Four 32" Apple displays and one 50" TV on the wall. I have a wall of information :). Of course every single part of my home is automated pretty much so it's my brain center as well.
Nice. I'm running (3) 24" monitors across three machines with Synergy keyb/mouse sharing... what are you doing with four studio displays? What resolution are those running at? Doesn't it require two video cards per 32" display? How many machines are pumping those?
H.
jerrymrc
08-05-2011, 20:09
House hunt = annoying. DO the people trying to sell their house not realize that when 4 houses around you sold for 80k less than what you're listing for .. you're not going to sell... and you're a damn fool if you think I can't see what you purchased the house for 2 years ago and just because you threw some paint on the walls you expect to make a 90% profit.. F U..
That's how house hunting is going. /facepalm..
Yes.. I still plan on going to the fun show. I really wanna go punch holes in paper atm.
And by your post you ether looked at it or wanted it. So just like an ad for a wasr AK for $1100 what is the problem? ;)[Flower]
DSB OUTDOORS
08-05-2011, 20:46
And by your post you ether looked at it or wanted it. So just like an ad for a wasr AK for $1100 what is the problem? ;)[Flower]
[ROFL2]$1100 [LOL]Thanks thats a good one!!
jerrymrc
08-05-2011, 21:09
[ROFL2]$1100 [LOL]Thanks thats a good one!!
But it is true. EVERY firearm forum that has a WTS section also has the same rules. If you do not like the price do not buy it. On the same token if the price is out of line or over the top shut the XXXX up. Why do 1000's of people feel the need to post up "I can get it cheaper here" Blah, Blah, Blah. That is not what it is worth, Blah, Blah.
Like they are trying to save someone? Every board has members that for one reason or another feel the need to try and save someone from committing a mistake.
Has to be the funniest crap I have seen in the last 20 years of the net.
Just wait. I have some stuff to sell soon. [Coffee]
Nice. I'm running (3) 24" monitors across three machines with Synergy keyb/mouse sharing... what are you doing with four studio displays? What resolution are those running at? Doesn't it require two video cards per 32" display? How many machines are pumping those?
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I have two Nvidea Quadro 4000's (dual monitors each, 2GB memory) and an HDMI firewire for the TV. Just one Mac Pro 12 core with 48GB memory. I actually could count a fifth and sixth screen since I also have a Henge Dock for my MacBook Pro on an HDMI switcher with the TV that I can also use the MacBook screen as a spare monitor with my setup AND I can use my iPad as yet another smaller monitor as well. Two monitors sit on my desk, the other two are on arms that can move where I need them (so if I want to switch a couple to portrait I swing them beside the two on the desk) and they normally are set above the two on my desk. They all run 1920x1200 - I could go higher but it gets a little small for me to see.
To answer your question as to what I do with those screens - pretty much whatever I want :).
I'm a techno junkie. I have six servers at my house, one of which does nothing but run the house - lighting, power outlets, thermostat, sprinklers, drapes, exhaust fans, security cameras, garage door, voice interface and more.
I owned a national IT services and outsourcing company for years, so when I go geek I really go geek!
They all run 1920x1200 - I could go higher but it gets a little small for me to see. ... I have six servers at my house
1920x1200 on anything larger than 24" means you're not driving at the monitors actual native dimensions, though, right? Do you have astigmatisms or other vision issues, or do you sit far back from the displays?
I have a couple servers in my house, but only one is powered up. It's a ubuntu machine which drives my Drobo for central storage. The builder of this house ran Cat5 in a star topography for the telephone lines, which is perfect for networking... I got lucky there.
I have three more servers scattered around the net, mostly in "cloud" environments now.
I remember seeing the pictures if your setup. Someday(tm) I'd love to get my house setup like that. I'd really like to design and have built a house that functions as a cohesive system instead of just a structure with a bunch of independent devices and wiring systems, like we build houses today. For example, sometimes I'll hear a noise and I'd like to know what it was. If my electrical system monitored amp draw on every outlet, I could check to see if there was a new circuit going hot that corresponded to time, and know that it was (for example) the sump pump that kicked on.
(This thread is for derailing, right?)
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Server...that's the person that brings you your scotch, right?
How's THAT for a thread derail?
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1920x1200 on anything larger than 24" means you're not driving at the monitors actual native dimensions, though, right? Do you have astigmatisms or other vision issues, or do you sit far back from the displays?
No, that's a native resolution. I don't have any eye problems but sit far enough away from the monitors that I have found that to be comfortable for me.
The builder of this house ran Cat5 in a star topography for the telephone lines, which is perfect for networking... I got lucky there.
That's nice! When I bought the house I spent the first month before I moved in getting it wired and outfitted. I ran 3 CAT5e and 2 RG6 to each place I wanted to connect something. I'm glad I did, since then I've upgraded all my TV's to LCD wall mount, not a wire to be found :).
I have three more servers scattered around the net, mostly in "cloud" environments now.
I do a lot in the cloud. My servers have certain purposes - like three are just for Windows Media Center and Plex (on Mac), one a general purpose server, one a Windows server for SQL replication and one for my home automation (Mac).
I'd really like to design and have built a house that functions as a cohesive system instead of just a structure with a bunch of independent devices and wiring systems, like we build houses today. For example, sometimes I'll hear a noise and I'd like to know what it was. If my electrical system monitored amp draw on every outlet, I could check to see if there was a new circuit going hot that corresponded to time, and know that it was (for example) the sump pump that kicked on.
It takes time! I've probably got around $12K in Insteon devices alone! What I like is that I can see and control everything from anywhere in the world via my phone or a browser (prefer phone, native apps). Since I travel a lot, my house does things like randomize the lights and drapes to give it the lived in look. Plus, my house knows when there is any movement and notifies me immediately. It freaks people out because my house talks. I'm working on a system now that when a motion sensor is tripped, a camera will do facial recognition to identify who tripped it and set the lights and music to that persons preference (a long work in progress).
The funny thing is that if you ever meet me I'll be the least geekiest guy you have met! Electronics and computers have always fascinated me.
That's nice! When I bought the house I spent the first month before I moved in getting it wired and outfitted. I ran 3 CAT5e and 2 RG6 to each place I wanted to connect something. I'm glad I did, since then I've upgraded all my TV's to LCD wall mount, not a wire to be found :).
Nice setup...
one a Windows server for SQL replication
Oh many Windows SQL brings back such bad memories of circa 1999 and the performance bottlenecks it brought us. Nearly brought a well known .com to it's knees after a superbowl ad.
I'm working on a system now that when a motion sensor is tripped, a camera will do facial recognition to identify who tripped it and set the lights and music to that persons preference (a long work in progress).
Cool idea. I've thought about designing a pyramid shaped device that would sit flush in the corner of a room up along the ceiling, and having smoke detector, emergency light, camera, thermal infra-red camera (to detect fire without smoke), passive infra-red motion detector all integrated into one unit, that could then be powered via Ethernet for a single-cat5 hookup. Could be prototyped using Arduino, or the new Microsoft .NET hardware hacker kits.
Also, now that the technology in the Kinect is open and available, adding those sensors (structured light, 3d (stero) color camera, and 3 microphones for sound triangulation and noise filtering), you could begin to build in limited speech and motion recognition. For example, it would be possible for the structured light to determine you are pointing at a lamp in the room, and the microphones to hear you say "Turn on" and to know that this sound came from the person who was pointing, and actually turn on that lamp -- would be pretty amazing.
You're far more in tune with the housing automation market, would a product like that sell? Perhaps something that's in kit form or modular so that components can be added or removed as time goes on.
The funny thing is that if you ever meet me I'll be the least geekiest guy you have met! Electronics and computers have always fascinated me.
You mean you fake not being a geek. It's OK, let you geek flag fly. Have some geek pride. The geeks shall inherit the earth. I bet you like knowing how everything works, from a DI bolt assembly to the protocol your servers are using to share files to the various media centers.
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Oh many Windows SQL brings back such bad memories of circa 1999 I actually use SQL quite a bit, I have five offices and network them together this way. I have some clients running 4K users that we set up like this!
You're far more in tune with the housing automation market, would a product like that sell? Perhaps something that's in kit form or modular so that components can be added or removed as time goes on. Depending on the cost, sure, but I think its too far out there for my hobbyists - it would be the super bleeding edge guys like me that go for it so I think your market would be quite small.
You mean you fake not being a geek. It's OK, let you geek flag fly. Have some geek pride. I'm doing that here, aren't I ? :) No, that's just not me at all! Besides, it's inner geek now since what I do is so vastly different. I still own a company that provides IT to the legal industry (in a very high end and different way) but I don't really get involved in that much these days. Most of my techno stuff is purely just playing with technology and keeping current with my own stuff - even though I have more tech certifications than I can count (MCSE, CCIE, CIC, MCD, etc).
I bet you like knowing how everything works, from a DI bolt assembly to the protocol your servers are using to share files to the various media centers. With anything technological, yes, but most of what I know about weapons I learned in the Army (most of what I hate about what I know I learned in RS!).
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