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  • fixthecopier
    ALIEN OVERLORD

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    • Apr 2008
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    #781
    Re: The random thought thread

    I hate it when people ask me what I see myself doing in 5 years. I mean, it's not like I have 2020 vision.
    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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    • gwaddle
      Senior Tech

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      • May 2009
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      #782
      Re: The random thought thread

      Originally posted by fixthecopier
      I hate it when people ask me what I see myself doing in 5 years. I mean, it's not like I have 2020 vision.
      Groan.
      I know I should be ashamed of myself. Strangely though, I am not.

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      • fixthecopier
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        #783
        Re: The random thought thread

        With all the problems America is having, you would almost think it were built on thousands of ancient Indian burial sites. Oh wait a minute...
        The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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        • NeoMatrix
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          • Nov 2010
          • 3514

          #784
          Re: The random thought thread

          They must be high as a kite...

          Canadian firm patents inflatable space elevator

          The hover board may not be that far away.

          Magnetism generated in non-magnetic metals
          Last edited by NeoMatrix; 08-14-2015, 12:41 PM.
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          • igi
            Service Manager

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            • Apr 2009
            • 1507

            #785
            Re: The random thought thread

            Originally posted by fixthecopier
            With all the problems America is having, you would almost think it were built on thousands of ancient Indian burial sites. Oh wait a minute...
            holy smoke

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            • emujo
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              • Jun 2009
              • 3009

              #786
              Re: The random thought thread

              I live in a port town along the gulf of mexico. Our port authority is concerned that we are going to lose businesses with the cruise ship industry because the new super ships can't get under the bridge...Raising the bridge or making it a draw bridge would be a huge expense so they were looking for community feedback for new ideas. More than one person suggested dredging the channel to make it 20 feet deeper...When I heard this I was sipping on coffee...that hurts coming out your nose...Emujo
              If you don't see your question answered in the forum, please don't think it's OK to PM me for a personal reply...I do not give out firmware and/or manuals.

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              • igi
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                • Apr 2009
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                #787
                Re: The random thought thread

                Originally posted by emujo
                I live in a port town along the gulf of mexico. Our port authority is concerned that we are going to lose businesses with the cruise ship industry because the new super ships can't get under the bridge...Raising the bridge or making it a draw bridge would be a huge expense so they were looking for community feedback for new ideas. More than one person suggested dredging the channel to make it 20 feet deeper...When I heard this I was sipping on coffee...that hurts coming out your nose...Emujo
                that's ok . imagine if you were
                eating olives

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                • Iowatech
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                  2,500+ Posts
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 3930

                  #788
                  Re: The random thought thread

                  Originally posted by emujo
                  I live in a port town along the gulf of mexico. Our port authority is concerned that we are going to lose businesses with the cruise ship industry because the new super ships can't get under the bridge...Raising the bridge or making it a draw bridge would be a huge expense so they were looking for community feedback for new ideas. More than one person suggested dredging the channel to make it 20 feet deeper...When I heard this I was sipping on coffee...that hurts coming out your nose...Emujo
                  The older bridges over the Illinois river have unusually high spans as during WWII warships constructed in Chicago went that way on their trip to the Gulf of Mexico. Granted, the main hull and the ship's superstructure were only assembled after they reached deeper water.

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                  • Iowatech
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                    • Dec 2009
                    • 3930

                    #789
                    Re: The random thought thread

                    If you like beer, I hope you got to enjoy International Beer Day!

                    I have been led to believe that sea serpents are a creation of fiction and myth. But I live close to a thousand miles away from any currently existing ocean. So for what it is worth I hope that people in more seafaring areas don't have to deal with that.

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                    • NeoMatrix
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 3514

                      #790
                      Re: The random thought thread

                      Originally posted by emujo
                      I live in a port town along the gulf of mexico. Our port authority is concerned that we are going to lose businesses with the cruise ship industry because the new super ships can't get under the bridge...Raising the bridge or making it a draw bridge would be a huge expense so they were looking for community feedback for new ideas. More than one person suggested dredging the channel to make it 20 feet deeper...When I heard this I was sipping on coffee...that hurts coming out your nose...Emujo
                      Oh!.... I'd tell the engineer to build a grid layer of liquid nitrogen filled pipes under the polar ice caps to stop the polar ice melting an raising the sea level under the bridge.
                      Last edited by NeoMatrix; 08-15-2015, 03:35 AM.
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                      • fixthecopier
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                        #791
                        Re: The random thought thread

                        Just couldn't resist.....



                        The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                        • fixthecopier
                          ALIEN OVERLORD

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                          #792
                          Re: The random thought thread

                          Love animals? You will enjoy this read.

                          Ginny - The Loving Dog That Rescued Over 900 Injured Stray Cats - Amazing Tails
                          The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                          • Iowatech
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                            • Dec 2009
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                            #793
                            Re: The random thought thread

                            I suppose a trifold wallet can look classy, but in practical everyday usability terms my trifold wallet has been an automatic paper money wadder upper for as long as I've had it. So that's something you may wish to avoid. Unless you actually like your paper money to get crumpled up into a wad, anyway.
                            Last edited by Iowatech; 08-18-2015, 02:10 AM. Reason: Needed to take ownership of the stupid.

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                            • slimslob
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                              #794
                              Re: The random thought thread



                              August 17, 2015

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                              • Debs1964
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                                • Oct 2010
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                                #795
                                Re: The random thought thread

                                Originally posted by slimslob


                                August 17, 2015
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