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Just Chat! / Re: What will happen if the US government shuts down?

« on: 07/01/2019 18:26:44 »

Dr.M,
i see you are a noobie, and as a gift i offer a word of advice:

you will never have the last word with BC...quit now while you are still ahead.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: What Sounds Could talking snakes make?

« on: 30/12/2018 23:33:16 »

I would imagine a talking snake would likely say

" come closssther, thweeetie, let me kisssthh your lippthhess."

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Just Chat! / Re: The DOGMA of science........

« on: 29/12/2018 19:28:59 »

my congratulations on the successful result of your experiment.

similar experiments I have made, and tested upon my person have not been so successful; however after a hospital visit with stomach pumping, I in fact survived (proof of which I submit by my current post).

may I inquire as to the alcohol content of your elixir; and should it be > 50%; would you be interested in establishing a distribution partner?

are you interested in providing a quantity of your elixir to a volunteer? (and if proven to be a non fatal; or at least not leading to blindness) how much per gallon would you be considering?

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Just Chat! / Re: The DOGMA of science........

« on: 28/12/2018 16:20:48 »

along these lines:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/this-new-study-suggests-that-time-existed-before-the-big-bang/vi-BBRrUSK?ocid=spartandhp

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Just Chat! / Re: SPAMMERS - Rogue's gallery of spam goodness

« on: 27/12/2018 23:55:15 »

I agree.

can you set up a phony account, and reply to them?

keep us informed, and perhaps we can all contribute enough to keep them busy?

maybe set up a bogus bank account with a few bucks they can attempt to access; and perhaps track their access attempts?

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Geek Speak / Re: Victim of an Adult Site Blackmail Email Hoax?

« on: 27/12/2018 21:25:23 »

Chris,

I receive at least one phony email scam a day, in addition to at least one or more phone calls.

what the hell kind of a life are you living anyway...(I thought I lived on the edge! )

(JUST A JOKE...JUST A JOKE)

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Guest Book / Re: testing

« on: 27/12/2018 21:09:25 »

"?hese?days?when?computers?ten?a?penny?using?morse?is?more?simple"

sure, but try to find a computer that works when the internet collapses, or you find yourself in jail

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Guest Book / Re: testing

« on: 27/12/2018 19:39:03 »

"archaic Morse code was a requirement to transmit."

altho I am rusty in Morse code, I think this "archaic" form of communication might at some time save your life.

if you can reach any type of airborne signal, by interrupting it with a series of dots and dashes will enable you to communicate with anyone able to read you. (even a prison mate reading your message via airborne vibrations over walls and bars).

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Just Chat! / Re: Has any of you owned a bitcoin?

« on: 26/12/2018 19:25:32 »

kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't.

the US went off the gold standard in order to print money to ease the problems of the Great Depression.

having discovered the joys in the ability to print money unfettered by a solid gold backing, we are now trillions in debt; which can only be paid by printing more funny money, and inflating our way out of debt.

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Just Chat! / Re: Has any of you owned a bitcoin?

« on: 26/12/2018 03:16:45 »

PC,
not sure if you understood my comment as i intended.

i am a "gold bug" (for even more reasons than you pointed out)...i view crypto currencies as nothing more than a fad.

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Just Chat! / Re: Has any of you owned a bitcoin?

« on: 25/12/2018 20:11:38 »

" Im not saying that this sort of cryptography is unworkable for money serial numbers, but finite supplies limit it finitley."
PC,

you can say the same of gold, which has remained a value of wealth for thousands of years...
this is not to say I am a supporter of crypto currencies...which I consider to be along the lines of tulip bulbs.

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Science Experiments / Re: Finally created my Perpetual Motion Machine

« on: 25/12/2018 18:33:43 »

Bill,
I believe a clever coder could write a sub routine to click at the appropriate line.
of course, this might tend to lock up ones computer, so in the event one of our resident genius's posts this solution; user beware!

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Just Chat! / Re: Hi everyone. I need to help

« on: 24/12/2018 04:12:50 »

Karen,
please don't let it bother you.

well meaning people are deceived and taken advantage of all the time.

don't let the many bastards take away your good intentions...and best wishes, especially during this holiday season.

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Just Chat! / Re: Christmas puzzle

« on: 23/12/2018 19:17:45 »

you are the only extra terrestrial carbon based life form on earth.

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Just Chat! / Re: Why does no one ever thank me any more

« on: 21/12/2018 20:47:21 »

I have never looked at the "thanks" responses...since I neither seek approval nor even care a whit about what anyone thinks of me or anything I say.

all you need care about is how you perceive yourself.

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Just Chat! / Re: Should a Scottish scientist face twitter trial for republicanism?

« on: 21/12/2018 18:38:12 »

Peter,

I read your introductory OP, and you certainly appear to have gotten the Queen's panties in a bunch.

I can sympathize, having on a number of occasions ruffled the feathers of the US courts.

as a descendent of Scots going back to the first millennium, altho I have no current dog in the hunt, I believe that Scotland should be a separate and free nation; and be permitted to screw itself up as it wishes (much as we do here in the US)

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The Environment / Re: Should we extinct malaria-spreading mosquitoes and other pests?

« on: 21/12/2018 18:27:30 »

Peter,

speaking as a representative of the bat membership of this forum:

if mosquitos are eliminated, what shall we eat...cake?

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Guest Book / Re: testing

« on: 21/12/2018 18:18:44 »

If I remember correctly the proper answer is Q5 R9 you were supposed to report reception on a scale of 1-5 but people got upset if you reported less than 5.

syhprum,

you must certainly be trained in communications; I have never encountered this protocol before.

my only experience in radio contact was in the Coast Guard, and working on boats in the sport fishing industry; when "loud and clear" was the response to a caller requesting a radio check, and the reception was received with high volume and little garble.

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Guest Book / Re: testing

« on: 20/12/2018 22:43:51 »

read you loud and clear.

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Just Chat! / Re: Do we need a nice guy or an effective one as PM

« on: 16/12/2018 00:58:23 »

great topic...sure to have many responses...(wish I had thought of it )

let me kick off by suggesting that "nice" guys finish last.

I vote for effective...the only way to win.