Evening, Mike.
Just popping in for a quick bite and a visit to Callaghan's Fireplace.
May I have a Reuben sandwich, a pint of brown ale, and my bottle of Cardhu and 6 glasses, please? I have a few Departed Shipmates and Comrades to toast, and I daren't do it on an empty stomach.

Thanks much.

Hi Donald.
Good to see you.

Your order is coming right up.

Desiderata

Donald - May I join you in saluting Grant on his way.

i was told it was due to the anesthesia...i'm off everything surgery related.
only taking tylenol for pain.

Family, friends and co-workers, and the responses have varied from "cool" to being ghosted (because God created man not aliens). What have your experiences been so far dear readers, and how thick is your tin foil hat?

Oh I've asked religious people on other types of forums, if we verified intelligent transmissions from other parts of the galaxy or beyond with this project how it might affect their belief. They usually just claim it would reinforce it because to them it means that god created more souls than we knew about. Who can limit god's creativity they say.

This looked good. I'll eat it in memory of Celttooth.

His brain obviously decided it liked the mountains better than the lab.

Cusco -- Flute Battle

Off to Kayak La Jolla.

Hello Donald.

That`s weird, i was thinking of you yesterday.

Your usual is coming up :)

Just having bavarian breakfast.

I believe there are things in the soul of a man that continue to exist even after he has left us.


And I am sure Celt is still with us.

As I hope I am when I leave my earthly form....

One thing is for sure.
The toils and troubles I leave behind on that day shall have been forever documented here.

And my tears shall not go unnoticed for many years.

Glad to see you haven't shipped off for Alpha Centauri Donald L. Johnson.

​​Celebrate with us, a tribute to our friend Celttooth with our limited edition and downright dirty, spam, egg and chip sandwich, accompanied by a 175ml glass of ETM red, white or rosé wine, bottle of Long Arm Brewing Co. beer or soft drink.

It seems to do better when you just leave it alone. Almost reminds me of changing the outcome by checking it.

that has been my experience as well. Hammering the server for new work seem to be a bad plan.

Hash Brown Breakfast Pizza
Prepare a large round hash brown on the stove until it is almost done and crispy on the bottom. Transfer to a baking sheet and top with your toppings and eggs. Bake at 350°f for 20 minutes and check if eggs are done. Cook longer if needed.

How about an image of a young sailor sitting on
a tropical island while being attended to by a comely
mermaid?
Etc, etc......

POSTING

I stepped on the scale today, for the first time in almost two months. When last I looked, I was holding between 235 and 240. Today I am 245.

I suspect it is the heat, and the stresses of the past two months. I have not gotten as much exercise as I should, and I am drinking more than 1 (US) gallon of water and juice a day to stay hydrated in the 100+F heat. Probably going to start walking and/or working in the yard early in the morning.

Good luck with the yardwork.
I am not venturing outside today....more 90ish temps and still sticky as heck.

Hmmm, i`m a little confused to be honest.
Hows about the victims ???

Arecibo is the only planetary radar besides Goldstone capable of tracking Near Earth Objects potentially dangerous to Earth. Since NASA has the task of counting and monitoring NEOs I think NASA should maintain Arecibo in operation, maybe with a reduced program and budget.
Tullio

Nine people killed by one 18 years old man of Iranian origin born in Germany who then killed himself.
Tullio

I always have to wish in these cases that they would just take themselves out first.

I believe we are talking about Federal Funding of the Telescope. Once that ends we can discuss individual funding of the infrastructure and the people manning it.

I accidentally put 89 octane in my car today. It was only a gallon, so hopefully I didn't screw things up too badly. The car is rated for 87, but I've heard that putting anything different in can harm a car because it's computer is set to run on a specific octane only.

I'm guessing he means tasks that were sent out but haven't returned yet with results.

Can't speak for any more on this.

Glad to see you survived it.

Not only did I survive it, but I am stronger for it.

Spent most of my day with the Wounded Warrior I have been helping, taking him to the VA clinic and helping him pay bills. Mostly a win.

How kind. The world needs more people like you, Mister J.

Horrible day win.

So its no longer a secret anymore i guess. :))

Rocky's Cafe has always provided us with the best quality food and drinks :)

Anyone going?

"Dear Carlos:
In recognition of your past support as one of our most generous donors, the Berkeley SETI Research Center cordially invites you to attend a reception and lecture:
DR. ANDREW SIEMION
"The Search for Extraterrestrial Technologies and the Breakthrough Listen Initiative"
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Lecture begins: 7:00 p.m.
Dessert & Tour of the Breakthrough Listen Lab: 8:00 p.m.
~Doors open at 6:30pm~
635 Campbell Hall
University of California Berkeley Campus"

Not sure I like the idea that anyone can crash a car through a gate into a naval base, or that that fact has been publicized.

In the UK, I think most - if not all - airbases have deliberately weakened sections of fencing: not weak enough to let casual trespassers wander through, but weak enough for a fully-laden fire tender to crash through without waiting for a keyholder. Usually they are in remote parts of the perimeter, far away from any sensitive equipment, so initially I was more worried that the car could crash through the gate and run into a fighter plane in one sentence.

But then I read

The driver eventually left State Route 198, smashed through a gate at the base and hit the FA-18E Super Hornet parked about 7 miles inside the base, Ashliman said.

Not much base standing orders can do about that.

Maybe someday people will be able to "backup" their brain like we do now with a computer's hard drive. A couple years ago, there was a piece of fiction in The New Yorker about a virtual reality device that enabled the user to replay memories.

I can't remember anything from my car crash anymore. Wished I did at times, maybe goodbyes would've been easier..

I struggle with my mother's dementia, as her most recent activities seem ephemeral, but she embraces things from adolescence and back, as if yesterday. She remembers her adulthood if asked questions, but her sense of current reality versus the past can be very blurry.

What are your oldest memories? Best memories? Do you have a feeling of frustration you've lost some of your memories? I can tell you right now when I think back to even my best memories, I don't remember everything, but I wish I did.

Gordon I can sympathize. My mom dives deeper into dementia on a daily basis. The past of my brothers & I growing up is nearly crystal clear but current is a blur.

I've got a good memory but I have started forgetting names

I have not had any changes to the computer in over 5 years, it was humming along just fine until the "Web Outage"
I even tried removing boinc and doing a fresh install. Still no joy

9 days without any panic, but now that AP's are being split again, I think it would be a good idea to start the AP assimilators. They've been in state "Not running" for a day or so now. The number of Workunits waiting for assimilation for AP is growing and growing, and with new AP's being split and crunched again, if the AP assimilators aren't running, something will break, sooner or later.

No you people have it all wrong,
"Pie are round, cake are square!"

:):)

Beep!


edit:
That is why Bruderheim is such an advanced place, we know these things...

re-edit:
As stated by Old Kuzak's sister here in my town...

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Have you aggravated a telemarketer today?

Roger Anderson’s Jolly Roger Telephone Co. offers sweet revenge against all those annoying callers

Roger Anderson, JRTC’s CEO, was being bombarded daily by multiple telemarketers. During one call, he handed the telephone to his young son, wondering how much of the telemarketer’s time the boy could waste. When the telemarketer hung up, his son looked very unhappy and complained that the man had called him a name and used a bad word.

Some people just have no manners, so they go rude and crude...

I like this solution better:
Evermoon Consulting

My number is on the "do not call list", so I don't have that problem.

Robert Ludlum:
The Bourne Identity!
In the first 16 pages the book is much
more rewarding than the movie ever was....

:):)

That's usually the case. I'm watching Dune right now, but I really think I'd be better off reading the book, first.

Didn't know they were rude, must be the table manners.

I guess the work server is out too? I have a 2nd computer dedicated to SETI@home and it hasn't uploaded completed work in about a week, just get Communication Deferred in the status. any idea when that'll be back up?
Thanks

I think you are right, but that would be only a part of SETI@home and it would drain all the money SETI has, with no money for development and other tasks. SETI@home works on a shoestring budget, with little financing except by volunteers like us.
Tullio

SETI@home was started with the idea of exploiting "unused cycles" on PCs. Then it generated BOINC, and the paradigm of distributed volunteer computing took off, with Einstein@home discovering new pulsars, both in the radio and the gamma-ray ranges. The computing power of ATLAS@home (ATLAS is a big CERN particle experiment) rivals that of the CERN GRID. So taking our computations to Amazon or IBM or Google clouds would be a step backwards.
Tullio

'twill be around for a while yet ... my computer that died the end of Jan still has 5 WU's in its queue ... the last one times-out 16-Mar @10:30 UT

Sigh!

Ed F

Is there any reason you haven't moved everything over to Amazon AWS servers? My entire company sits on there and we can do some pretty amazing things and it's very cost effective.

How soon until all the raccoons stupid enough to walk into traps get caught and eliminated from the gene pool, and there are nothing but smart raccoons left in NYC to have babies.

Trapping the dumb ones only makes the population, as a whole, smarter...

I think they may already be smart enough to work in pairs. One to get caught and the other to continue with the invasion :)

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I think I have a v7 stuck in pending Workunit 2013398364

We had Tornados here in Florida last Tuesday. I only lost power. Two on my block, lost their homes (no one injured). Finally back 'online'. But feel very fortunate.

Two of my 'Crunches) were lost (CLYDEE-II & CLYDEE-IV).

Sorry for any inconvenience. Could have been a lot worse.

It's a ring to help the male body?

No. Does not help the body. Just some weird religious ideas.
I think the "Dream Police" made this device.

Like some sort of nightcap? To keep evil or lustful dreams away?

Exactly. A "Anti Sexy Dream" tool.

Pm on the way.

Thank you, Admiral.

10 seconds after I posted that comment, I feared it was the right answer. Going to be off-line for much of the weekend, working a Veterans' Info booth at the local Home and Garden show. Will try to get something up this evening (Pacific Time).

It's a ring to help the male body?

No. Does not help the body. Just some weird religious ideas.
I think the "Dream Police" made this device.

Like some sort of nightcap? To keep evil or lustful dreams away?

Exactly. A "Anti Sexy Dream" tool.

Pm on the way.

I'm not sure there is "cure" as such for PTSD but I'm not a doctor. What I do understand is that with professional counselling, the effects of it can be minimised such that it doesn't take over and become a large proportion of peoples lives.

PTSD

PTSD 2

CBT

And I think that is professional bull.
There is no professional that can tell me what I already know.
And my confessing what I have here on the Seti forums has been all the therapy I need and having to be 'sitting on the couch' would burn my butt more than anything else.

I absolutely HATE professional analysts and anybody that thinks they are able to get inside my head by any means.
They are simply people that are trying to make a living capitalizing on other people's woes. Fakes. Farcists.

It's a ring to help the male body?

No. Does not help the body. Just some weird religious ideas.
I think the "Dream Police" made this device.

Sirius is partly correct, in that the old maxim of Rolls Royce chauffeurs was "brake hard when you're going hard". Its all about Kinetic energy. He is correct in that cars are steerable and can stop quicker than trains do. I think it takes 3 miles to stop an ocean liner is there is a man overboard.

Anyone that is involved in a death whether blameless or not, is going to be affected by it to some degree.

Medieval torture device

No. Not Medieval. Actually a bit more modern. To use one is not my idea of a wake up device.

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Yes I am keeping tabs on her, don't worry. The usual family issues continue, and her own escapades have abated for a while. She's been without the internet since last wednesday. The engineer was due to call today.

It would appear the NFL 'MVP' needs to learn humility and graciousness when things don't go as planned.

Most valuable crybaby...........":|<

When you have PTSD people despise you. And tell you so. Its better to be yourself than to pretend to be someone else. Let those who criticize you go drown themselves for being the callous back holes they are. Let them pretend to be whoever they want. But you need to be yourself not another one of them. If they don't like it, tough.

Which is why most people who have it
dont talk about it. And I myself think that is wrong. Its a disservice to all who suffer from it. And the public needs to be educated about what it is. And dispel the rotten myths that the media continues to perpetuate.
But Im guilty of not speaking out myself. My family only knows little snippets of what I have seen. I find I can only really talk to other Firefighters who have seen what Ive seen.
Ive posted in this thread more than Ive ever told my wife or my kids or my parents. Is that good or bad?

I am who I am now because of the things I went though. I think I have mellowed out a lot because of that.

The only thing I can say it does when you have to live with it. LOL

(I just hope it isn't AnnieT - we haven't seen her for some time)

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DeForest Kelly played the Doctor McCoy, James Doohan played Scotty.

A portion of his ashes, ¼ ounce (7 grams), were scheduled the following fall for a memorial flight to space with 100 others, including Project Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. Launch on the SpaceLoft XL rocket was delayed to April 28, 2007, when the rocket briefly entered outer space in a four-minute suborbital flight before parachuting to earth, as planned, with the ashes still inside. The ashes were subsequently launched on a Falcon 1 rocket, on August 3, 2008, into what was intended to be a low Earth orbit; however, the rocket failed two minutes after launch. The rest of Doohan's ashes were scattered over Puget Sound in Washington. On May 22, 2012, a small urn containing some of Doohan's remains in ash form was flown into space aboard the Falcon 9 rocket as part of COTS Demo Flight 2.

Thanks Mark for the Route 66 link. My old friend Rusty Young on pedal steel......best studio pedal player around.

Another Glen Frey favorite of mine came from his brief TV acting career......Crocket and Tubbs can't hold a candle.

Hey, he walked on the moon.
I should be so blessed upon my death bed.

Mitchell died Thursday night at a West Palm Beach hospice after a short illness, his daughter, Kimberly Mitchell, said. Mitchell’s passing coincides with the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 14 mission, which ran from Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 1971.

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Thank you Admiral,
Not a tool I have ever seen used. But so many hits pretty much spelled it out. So let's try another rare tool. Can anyone tell me what this is:

@Carlos. What project is that? Is it solar, wind or both?

Good guesses, but it's transportation. I will be responsible for the southern section from Fresno to San Diego.

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My sister worked for years to tracked down mine and she goes back to 1610. I guess I'm from everywhere. :))

03 Feb 16 08:22:24 | SETI@home | This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress

How is this possible when I currently 0 AP and 0 MB for my ATI GPU.

Keifer

Doesn't that message pop up when there is a large amount of VLARs being split?

Hilary would make a better President then her hubby, and a vastly better one than that damn Alaskan woman.

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Tell me when it's safe to come out.

It might be more useful to move it to Number crunching where it should have been in the first place. I'm glad to hear you got it all sorted.

My blood pressure dont allow caffeine :(
I could use one tough.

I have been experiencing crashes and freezes with the newest version of the boinc application on Mac OS X , this problem sprouted up just recently. Maybe it has something to do with the new SETI?

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And that is Chris talk for:

1. ...somebody brings me a nice vintage port, a lovely Stilton and a small bowl of roasted nuts, preferably artfully arranged upon a silver platter

2. ...somebody guides me to a comfortably worn, over-sized leather chair placed strategically by the dying embers of a previously roaring fire, within the confines of my mildly musty, slightly dusty, leather bound tome filled personal library

3. ...whereupon I simply must insist that all of you leave me alone for the remainder of the evening, allowing me to fall peacefully asleep in my chair with a bemused smile playing across my port stained lips, as I dream of the glorious days of yore.

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Perhaps it was when the dish was served in old newspapers.
It's said that 'connoisseurs' could tell the difference between the newspapers used:)

Good idea Donald :)

It's a campaign of fear aimed at Ashley Madison subscribers even though 99% of the people who receive the email were never subscribers.
My advice is to have a good laugh.

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That O/T loss hurts.

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Perhaps a lesson for Rupert....

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Thank you for the kind thoughts, and thank you, Donald, for posting the news when I could not.

Um, that was me.

Problem with app_info.xml file version not running with SETI@home v8 !!!

@ Richard - You're welcome

@Donald - Maybe technically not necessary, but good manners :-)

Well, Sea Hawks by one

The Pac attacks!

As far as I can see from reading Dr.K's comments about the PPC & other "aged" platforms is NOT the performance of a particular platform, but the lack of suitable hardware, software, time and skills to perform the porting validation and verification needed to get a "main ready" application into the field.

Because we can. Because for some of us, it's what we have. Dr. Korpela has stated that one of his goals is to allow older processors to participate, as long as the machine returns good science and the processor/OS can be supported without too much difficulty. It isn't about how fast a Task can be processed, it's about accurate science.

about "what we have" - a core 2 duo desktop nowadays can be purchased for less than 50 euro ( or usd) - that was price of electricity to run something like that 24/7 for about 3 months.

about accurate science - modern hardware not do less accurate results, than old one.
but ok, i get your point. you do not bother about energoefficiency, a footprint on ecology, and want to run g4 for seti.
i'm ok with your choice.

When I go to here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

It still says 7.6.22 for both the VitrulBox combo and the BOINC only installs.

When I go to Help-About in the application, it says I am running 7.6.9

FYI, I am on Windows 10 x64

Will BOINC eventually notify me when I can update, or do I need to keep checking http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php until it shows version 8.0.0 (or whatever the 8.X.X number is)?

You're confusing BOINC with seti@home. They are not the same. Think of Boinc as the operating system (windows), seti@home as a program (word processor) and work units as a data file (text). It is seti@home that has changed to version 8.00, not BOINC.

Ok, How about a link to the download? Better yet put it in the Notice.

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Since Mark can't post here right now, I thought I would let you know that he posted at Boinc that Tigger seems to be ill. She has massively swollen lymph nodes and the numerous expensive tests done by the vet are not able to determine whether it's a fungal infection or cancer or something else. He is having meds shipped to him, which are neither approved nor disapproved by the vet. Tigger is 14 years old, but he seems to think she still has plenty of life left in her.

Apologies for two posts in a row, bad form, just trying to help Richard.

xm, where is the point to use ppc for boinc?
performance / consumption ratio is very terrible.
get about year ago powerbook G4 1.67 gHz / 1 gb ram, and test seti on it, on ibook g4 1.20 ghz, and on
asus eeepc 900 as reference ( celeron 900 mhz).

powerbook g4 1.67 i was a bit slower than even that ancient celeron 900.
ibook is almost two times slower on seti, than powerbook.

core 2 duo 2 ghz intel with cheap nvidia gt630 video is a faster on seti than 10 g4 powerbooks, yet consume only 1.5 times more electricity. than one powerbook g4 ( bit less than 100 watts...)

I was out making a liquor run before the New Year's Day. I saw this brew and thought of Donald.

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<--- My RAC is FALLING FAST!!! :-(

<--- Still waiting for the next Lunatics Installer... :-O

<--- I REFUSE to modify the app_info.xml file. Knowing me, I'd screw it up, and NEVER get work. :-(

TL

Mine has fallen too. Working on other projects.

As of posting this I have 211 v8 VLARS I believe and a falling number of v7 since they are no longer being produced. How did I update to Ver.8 with out any input from me on my behalf. I was simply hitting the update button sevral times a day and they have come in on their own.

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I have a pair of slippers that look like Moose heads on the toes....


edit:
The kids fell over laughing at them.... and Grand Dad...

Not a win as we say goodbye to life long friend Sandy today....but I'm breathing so that's a win by default

Per New Year's tradition, the Sci fi channel is showing a Twilight Zone marathon, but this year I decided to buy the whole series to avoid commercials, and for the simple pleasure of relaxed viewing, plus there will be some special features, :~).

A little history.......

In March 2012, Mark Sattler, SETIzen, cat lover extraordinaire, and supporter of local animal shelters and rescue groups, opened the thread Free Kibble.... for cats and dogs, sharing links to a pet food company's website where visitors could donate food to animal shelters by playing an animal-related Trivia game. In June of that year, to keep the thread near the top of the list, several of us started posting the Topics of the daily Trivia Questions.

Somehow along the way, I became the primary poster and maintainer of the thread. So these threads are now under my sponsorship, with thanks to Mark and all the others who have contributed, either by posting or just playing the games.

Rather than a new thread,

Trapper John, AKA Wayne Rodgers, has died aged 82.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jan/01/wayne-rogers-actor-who-played-trapper-john-in-mash-dies-aged-82

R.I.P. Trapper

When CBS started his new show Trapper John M.D., the writers of MASH toyed with the idea of receiving a message from the States that he had died. They didn't do it, though.

I remember now that the later show was the same character, but not the same actor. Wayne Rogers had a separate doctor show that wasn't Trapper.

To-day is the last big meal
until Easter, here's hopin'....


edit:
231 pounds.....

Been freezing overnight for the past week. Got as low as -3C/26.6F. Will stay like that for another week. BBBBUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRR

Same here in the South Valley. Lows 30-33F, highs around 50.
Rain chances Tuesday afternoon through Thursday.

Been freezing overnight for the past week. Got as low as -3C/26.6F. Will stay like that for another week. BBBBUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRR

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232 pounds...

I don't wanna' talk about it!

...I morn the desmise of my smell chucker

I'd have a usual, too, if I could remember what it was.

LOL!

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Thanks Mike, merry Christmas to you and your family, Weather forcast is for a cool change(16 degree C drop) with possible thunder storms and what could be a lot of rain in about 10 hours (8am AESDT).

Batten down the hatches and get you snow gear or hip boot out depending where you live in Texas!

♦ LIFE-THREATENING WEATHER WILL IMPACT TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY - PLEASE READ THE BLOG FOR THE FULL FORECAST! ♦
• A potentially historic blizzard will bury the Texas Panhandle, West Texas, and Permian Basin with many road closures likely! An ice storm may result in significant power outages in Northwest Texas.
• Severe weather including the potential for tornadoes is increasing for Saturday and Sunday on the warm side of the storm system.
• Major flooding is probable across North Texas and Northeast Texas beginning Saturday and continuing through Monday as widespread 4 to 10 inch rains fall. Lakes and Rivers will all rise big-time.
As always forecast adjustments are likely since we're still 24-48 hours out from this event. Plan on checking back for forecast updates tonight and this weekend.

The Weather Channel this morning had good news, the average snowpack in the Sierra Mountains is at 112%.

I agree with you Donald. But it seems now days its one sibling who gets stuck doing all the care giving while the other siblings ( if there are any) gets stuck day in day out doing it. Eventualy who get so worn out they cant do it anymore. And then they have to hear the siblings say, Why did you put them in a home? I would ask them why they didnt step up to the plate?

And Gordan. My answer to them would be, Shes my mom. If they still dont get it, To bad for them.

Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.

I DID weigh myself Wednesday morning, just forgot to post it - 232.

Wednesday 18 Nov - 231.

Wednesday 02 December - 231. Holding steady after Thanksgiving week.

Wednesday 09 December - 233. Got drug out to dinner by friends last night.

Wednesday 16 December (posted late) - 230

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Zzzzzzz who said bacon?

Yeah, Dallas should draft another Annapolis grad. Their QB is awesome.

Only problem with that, they will have to wait 4-5 years, until he finishes his Active Duty Obligation. Same as happened with David Robinson and Napoleon McCallum.

Well it paid for them to wait for Roger Staubach.

A small part of the stress involved in caring for my mother is dealing with people, friends, and acquaintances, who just don't "get it", meaning they don't understand why I would change my lifestyle to help my mother in her final days(hopefully years).

Either I'm not doing something as well as I used to, or her alzheimer's is getting worse

Sorry, no time, unexpected visit by 2 nieces.
Answers correct.

Can you decipher this seasonal greeting

y = loge(x/m - sa)
    ______________
	r^2

No attempts at solving the maths, shame on you.
The next two lines would be;

yr^2 = log e (x/m - sa)

e^yr^2 = x/m - sa

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I enjoy feeding the crows. They love peanuts.

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Oh. I'd be delighted :) And with skunks too :)

Probably nothing to do with anything, but my mother-in-law got really rabid about a spate of crow "attacks" on her lawn. She believed they were why it was dying, so her plan was to poison the birds :( completely illegal of course. Me being me, I rushed over to intervene and realised that her lawn was in fact dying because she'd been chasing away the crows. She'd bought some large imported outdoor potted plants which she'd scattered around her lawn, and they'd introduced a rather aggressive beetle larva infestation into the soil, which is what the crows had been coming down to eat.

Her solution? She got rid of her lawn :/

edit: and has suffered massive drainage/water runoff problems ever since :(

You think SETI@home Database software is old and cranky at times... check this out:

A 23-year-old Windows 3.1 system failure crashed Paris airport
Some of the most important networks and systems today are woefully outdated. And that isn't always a bad thing.

A Paris airport was forced to shut down earlier this month after a computer running Windows 3.1, a prehistoric operating system from 23 years ago, crashed in bad weather.

Planes were grounded on November 7 for several hours at Paris' Orly airport, one of the busiest in the region, after un ancien ordinateur known as DECOR, which links air traffic control systems with France's main weather bureau, stopped working.

Put it this way: there are kids in college today who are younger than this system.

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Will get back on weekly weigh-in sched on Wednesday.
Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.
Now will it continue to drop, or will I just cycle back and forth in the band?

I DID weigh myself Wednesday morning, just forgot to post it - 232.

Wednesday 18 Nov - 231.

Wednesday 02 December - 231. Holding steady after Thanksgiving week.

Wednesday 09 December - 233. Got drug out to dinner by friends last night.

What's the name of the condition in which a child is terrified of Santa?

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Just wanted to share something pertinent to what I've been talking about regarding my mother's "reality". I received this today from a friend in an email about the situation:

...but know there is nothing wrong with going along with her reality; I think you will find that to be helpful. Because the truth is, if she tastes the word help or hears the color blue you can accept it to be her reality. Likewise if she feels that her mother is alive and that is real to her, no doubt bringing her comfort, there isn't any point trying to get her to see it otherwise. Maybe she is still alive and YOU are the one living in a parallel universe. You can't prove that your not ;)

I need some form of music playing to get to sleep.

Sometimes I leave the tv on, but with the sound on mute. There's a certain low hum to it that is weirdly soothing.

EDIT: Second, but minor gripe:

Forum threads seems to have different number of pages for the same thread, depending on login status. An example is the "Panic Mode On (101) Server Problems?" topic in this forum section. Currently at 21 pages if logged out, 6 while logged in...?

@Celt & all the others north of the 49th parallel

Just make sure you don't sell it all, you might just suck in some polluted air from the south.

Canadians are selling cans of fresh air to China

Yeah, Dallas should draft another Annapolis grad. Their QB is awesome.

I'm searching for a dullard.

This explains the IRS:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/10/guns-seized-from-irs-employee-wearing-tinfoil-on-his-head-report-claims/

An IRS worker in Massachusetts whose behavior caught the attention of Homeland Security was wearing tinfoil on his head when police arrested him and seized his guns, The Lowell Sun reported Thursday.

He may be a poster over in politics.

Like casting bread upon the waters. I give you the next mystery tool.

Doubt the Dallas Cowboys have a cheesy chance to win tomorrow against the Green Bay Packers with Tony Romo out for another shoulder injury.

Are we mixing Brewer with Ted Danson's second big role?

I really like that fiddle music, thanks.

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Post.
My internet provider went out of business. So my time here will need to be reduced. Relying on my cell phone as a hot spot. But I have limited data. No other provider out here that will install without a 2 year commitment. I do not plan to be here much longer.

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Will get back on weekly weigh-in sched on Wednesday.
Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.
Now will it continue to drop, or will I just cycle back and forth in the band?

I DID weigh myself Wednesday morning, just forgot to post it - 232.

Wednesday 18 Nov - 231.

Wednesday 02 December - 231. Holding steady after Thanksgiving week.

Don isn't it Night on a Bare Mountain? but a bare one might look bald to someone whose bald as its on their brain!

To-day we saw two snow geese going south east
down the fly-way. It is December 6th people!

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Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)

But each new post appears at the bottom of my screen...
And: "winning!"

NOT if you have "Newest First" for viewing... Like me, and some others... ;-)
Going to bed, now. Goodnight everyone. :-)
Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)

I don't get why anyone would set it that way. If you want to read all the posts, you have to scroll down as you read each one, then scroll back up to the top of the next one and read it down, again and again. If you have oldest first, you just keep scrolling down as you read, very simple.
Ping!

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I don't know if I or someone else has posted this link before but this time of year I always think of this one. One of the few instances of the Cellist being a pop music centerpiece.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-tCNtFI10

Mr John Wallace.

...And the occassional Friday fish-fry.

LOL!!! We managed to go out for dinner Friday night and guess what was the special.

Lake perch!

As long as it wasn't Lake Michigan smelt...

4:30 AM - PST, good morning everyone. :-)
Yeah, I'm up early... :-O

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Will get back on weekly weigh-in sched on Wednesday.
Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.
Now will it continue to drop, or will I just cycle back and forth in the band?

I DID weigh myself Wednesday morning, just forgot to post it - 232.

Wednesday 18 Nov - 231.

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Going straight up to lofty heights.

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Safety wire pliers?

I hope this will do.

:D :D What a funny tradition this is!

Obama 'pardons' turkey in Thanksgiving tradition

Yes, I've always thought it was kind of funny, too.

I am sure the turkey like it.

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Winning after work.

I suspect not Donald. Fortnightly absences are shrugged off like a stubbed toe, it will take another year out ban to have any real effect. He knows what he does, he just cannot help doing it because of his untreated condition. Everyone tries to help as best they can, but so far to no avail. I will wish him well but I fear it is a futile gesture.

I'm glad some is noticing the clues, but you've only considered the last two and reached the wrong conclusion.

Winning while clueless...

Donald - Thanks for the translation - I spent hours looking and failing.

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Just an idea, not based on experience:
Braces?

Bought a new scale. Tried it last night, four times in as many minutes. Got results that varied by 4.5 lbs.

Is it likely that my clothes, change, keys, etc. all add up to 10 lbs? The numbers last night were about that much less than the last time I went to the dr. and I don't think I've lost any since then.

I was always told to account for 4-5 lbs. for clothing, NOT counting shoes.

Will get back on weekly weigh-in sched on Wednesday.
Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.
Now will it continue to drop, or will I just cycle back and forth in the band?

I DID weigh myself Wednesday morning, just forgot to post it - 232.

Links to Feed Needy Animals/Pets/Lost Friends waiting to be found.
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http://www.freekibble.com
http://www.freekatlitter.com
http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/home

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Sounds good TL. I had a hamburger with American cheese, red onion and lettuce on a sesame seed bun. And some chips with a Sangrita flavor Mountain Dew.

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Some one asked how to be successful
at weight loss, try chemo therapy!

A way to stop war and senseless killing.

Well here is the original text.
فَإِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ
فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ
وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ
فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ
فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Google translate:

When the sacred sacred months
Then kill the idolaters wherever you
And take them and count them and sit you for them each observatory
But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor
Then leave their way
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

I wonder how many of the often tourists killed by extremists had there chance to repent!

Here's an interesting WU.

3 different applications, 3 different results.
02ja11aa.12226.328091.8.12.206

It will be interesting to see if any of those three end up being invalid.

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Isn't Sweden, Neutral still?

Hehehe.
That's a myth:)
Anyway. Once Usama bin Laden had a speech where he said Sweden is not an exeption to terror attacks.

it is a holiday tomorrow, so cut us some slack, if it's later than tomorrow morning :)

Veteran's day is not a Federal Holiday........although it should be!

What would I want, besides a new yacth, is truth and reason. So many people are blinded by lies. I detest how politial cadidates twist the truth for thier own end. How religion is used to motivate the masses. I would want chrismass start to beam it's light and touch the minds of men allowing them to see beyond the dogma of religion and politics. Let each see that we are all the same. Let each respect the other.

Suddenly hungry for a thick slice of that tasty processed meat product, (Spam) the mere mention of which sends some folks into fits of umbrage.

And other people into fits of attempted singing, which I'm guessing to be even worse than the "meat."

Ring. Ring. Ring. [accent=Jedi] These are not the telemarketers you are looking for.

Well, it wouldn't have been so bad, or made me so irritable today; if they HADN'T woken me up at FRAKKING 7:30 AM - PST!!!. I did have the ringers off on the base unit and cordless phone; but, still had the answering machine set to "On"... So, when it came time for the beep and for them to leave a message; they just hung up, and that left a rapid busy signal on my machine - WHICH I HEARD AND WOKE UP TO!!!!! :-(

Thought there was a LAW that Telemarketers COULD NOT CALL BEFORE 8 AM; SO WHY THE FRAKK WERE THEY CALLING AT 7:30 AM FOR; AND YES, THE CALLER ID WAS A LOCAL NUMBER; SO THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER!!!!!

Farging Ice Holes!!!! Stinkink Bastages!!!

TL

That is a lot, and Friday the 13th is later in the week ........

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From CNBC

Shares of Norfolk Southern spiked Monday after a report that the company was being eyed by Canadian Pacific.

According to a Bloomberg report, railway company Canadian Pacific is exploring a possible takeover bid of the U.S. transportation company.

Shares of Norfolk Southern surged more than 12 percent after being temporarily halted. Shares of Canadian Pacific were up over 6 percent.

Good or bad?

Good for me. I bought 100 shares of NS right before it tanked earlier this year.

<goes to check> Well, it was up over $11, but now it's down $4 from that high.

[edit]
Without having read any articles about it yet, my first reaction is that NS will say "no thanks" like CSX did not too long ago.
[/edit]

Raiders lost a close one to the Steelers 38-35, on a last-second field goal, to go to 4-4. But this year, they could still make the playoffs as a Wild Card. And next year, .....

I saw parts of that game. The Raiders looked good.

I'm becoming addicted to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. ~Calorie free, and makes me sleepy, so I can't eat. ;~)

One of the simpler tricks to eating less is to drink something (preferably water or a non-carbonated beverage) before the meal. The liquid eases the hunger pangs, and you feel full sooner.

I find that drinking a large amount of water on an empty stomach makes me queasy.

Amazonite..

Winning while being 100% convinced that if I do have a "third eye", it functions just about as poorly as the other two.

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I'm becoming addicted to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. ~Calorie free, and makes me sleepy, so I can't eat. ;~)

Since this is post 201, I suppose I should come up with a target already.

I need a voodoo doll of the traffic god .... have some frustrations to work out ....

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Good Morning

I've noticed that there is something wrong with my "tasks in progress"-list:

There are 20 additional workunits in the task list that appear nowhere on my computer*.
For example, right now my local Boinc client shows 18 Multibeam WUs waiting to be processed by my Nvidia GPU.
However, clicking on "tasks in progress" on my account webpage shows 38 GPU workunits.
Where are those 20 additional workunits hiding?

*I'm not crunching SETI@Home on a second computer

Sounds good Donald.

Will get back on weekly weigh-in sched on Wednesday.
Last time I looked, I was down to 234. See if I can break out of the 230-240 band I've been in for the past ten years.....

Remembered to step on the scale this morning - 233.
Now will it continue to drop, or will I just cycle back and forth in the band?

Links to Feed Needy Animals/Pets/Lost Friends waiting to be found.
http://www.freekibblekat.com
http://www.freekibble.com
http://www.freekatlitter.com
http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/home

Are there any upcoming seti meets in the future?

This is such a lovely thread. I'm hoping it stays active.