Cancer Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Somehow I think Australian scientists would be more into cloning beer atoms than splitting them. I mean, they must still be smarting that it was Scots who first cloned a sheep. If they could do the same with beer, then that's something they would admire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Has anyone cloned a marsupial yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 No idea, but there seems to be no need for additional opossums here in North America. Even if they do eat ticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 The autumn rains set in today, and since the old one had stopped working I went out and got a new electric throw blanket and put it on our bed. Within minutes the cats expressed their approval at the reappearance of an essential part of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 * Cancer looks over a freshly rediscovered four disk set for FreeBSD 5.2, dated February 2004 * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 To show that I do contribute to this thread, thoughts on the Youtube algorithm. I have noted that several things that have come up on my feed have then been posted in the Thread for Random Videos by others. I was curious if the reverse is true. Currently clips from a Turkish show, well two, called Magnificent Century about Ottoman rule have come up in my feed. They deal with Sulieman the Great and Sultan Mura IV. And they deal with family problems in the same way as the mafia i.e. people get killed who are family. In Sulieman's case his brothers-in-law who are killed by the sultan's order. So has anyone else had Magnificent Century pop up in their feed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Not yet. I take in very few movies, though; most of what gets pushed at me are music videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 9:19 AM, death tribble said: So has anyone else had Magnificent Century pop up in their feed ? No, but for some reason I am seeing all kinds of Bollywood related videos. I have an almost visceral hatred of musicals as a whole, why would I want to see Indian musicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 It is not a movie. Although I do see extracts of movies. Clips etc. The Magnificent Century show is mainly clips and it was on Turkish TV from 2011-2014 and the sequel Magnificent Century Kosem was 2015 to 2017. Although full episodes (on the order of 2 hours in length are being trawled, mainly it is up to 10 minute clips from episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Huh. I had never heard of "Senators for Life" in Italy before blundering across an item in Wikipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 So next weekend is Halloween and the Horror Channel is showing Universal's Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man,Yje mummy, Hand of the Mummy Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein vs the Wolfman, Also showing are Creature from the Black Lagoon and Revenge of the Creature. Later on is John Carpenter's The Thing and The Burning. Halloween is also showing on another channel. What is being screened in your neck of the woods ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Damn if I know, and I don't care, since I go to very few movies. I am contributing to the Halloween spirit by giving a midterm exam in one class on Oct 28, and another midterm in the other class on Nov 3. The average of those dates is just about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 * Drums fingers on the table * Hmm. Polemic or jeremiad? Hmmm. * Continues drumming fingers on the table * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Spike zoom-bombed a committee meeting this afternoon as he decided he needed lap time. The response by the other meeting participants was unexpected. "Shouts" of "CAT!" in the chat ... do those count as catcalls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Very, very tired, and more than a little stressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 14 hours ago, Cancer said: Very, very tired, and more than a little stressed. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Why-ay-ay-ay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, Old Man said: Why? One large class I haven't taught before, and one small class I have taught before but not since 2013. And other stuff happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Cancer said: One large class I haven't taught before, and one small class I have taught before but not since 2013. And other stuff happening. I don't teach classes* but I can definitely relate to the other stuff. * Fortunately for all involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 On the plus side, the renovations in the old building are complete and the fire marshal has approved it for occupancy, so stuff starts being moved in next week. I think no one in the department is planning on moving out of the 5th floor pup tents (temporary office space) and into the "permanent" ones until after Thanksgiving, but I was all but convinced we wouldn't be let in until January AND would have to be out of the temp space BEFORE January. That situation was what happened to us last June, when most folks in the department lugged most of their stuff home. Of course, we haven't seen the new renovated space yet, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Hurray! This board's still here. Woke up thinking about some other ones I've been on that are long gone and wondering where the folks I used to talk to on those ended up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Good question. Barkeep, a beer for @MrWolf. @death tribblecan pick up the tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Though it's only 0842 where I am. Still in coffee time, this being a Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Coffee is still yucky, any time of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 I knew I couldn't be the only one who felt that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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