Science!
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I wonder if I should swap all the blue LEDs for some other color while I'm in there.
Sounds reasonable to me, given that you're opening up the device in the first place. Red is best, especially if you can make them dim too. The only downside (apart from any warranty voiding ;)) is that they become harder to see in daylight, which is where a blue LED does much better…
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I have one guitar effects pedal with a blue LED. If I can't sleep, I may get out of bed and turn my amp on really low, sit on the floor in front of it, and jam for a bit. I don't even bother turning on the lights because that makes it harder to go back to bed, and there's just enough light leakage through my shades to get me by. But if I turn that one pedal on, it is literally painfully bright and looks like someone turned on a flashlight. And of course the LED is somewhat directional and points right at my face when I'm sitting in front of everything.
All the others use red or orange LEDs and it's enough to let me know it's on but doesn't melt my retinas.
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An interesting take on Sabermetrics (baseball) as social science:
Yep, an interesting article.
Also, I can't stop smiling at these nicknames (with my favourite being Dr. Strangeglove):
@The article said:
It’s interesting to compare Dunn to Dick Stuart, a 1950s-1960s slugging first baseman who attracted memorable nicknames for his bad fielding: Dr. Strangeglove, the Boston Strangler, Stonefingers, the Man with the Iron Glove, they just go on and on.
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A valuable contribution to the literature:
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That is a person with too much time on his hands. And grease from the chips.
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That is a person with too much time on his hands. And grease from the chips.
Moreso than even @FrostCat (at present)?
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How much grease does @FrostCat have on his hands?
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How much grease does @FrostCat have on his hands?
I don't know. We should find out FOR SCIENCE.
We do, however, know he has too much time on his hands - he even currently has a badge that says so, and a badge - ON THE INTERNETS - never lies.
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I don't know. We should find out FOR SCIENCE.
Fun fact: I had to resize that to 25% of original to keep it from looking like a @ben_lubar special.
Apparently the answer is "within the normal human range."
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Damn that looks misshapen on screen.
Fun fact: If people irritate me too much those things that look like veins can actually whip out like tentacles and strangle my enemies.
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What about your palm? And the other hand? I suspect you might be hiding something.
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What about your palm? And the other hand? I suspect you might be hiding something.
[2] left in there in case anyone wants to gripe about the apostrophe.
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How much grease does @FrostCat have on his hands?
More than the amount of time, by the looks of it, soon...
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Has @FrostCat been slacking here?
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More than the amount of time, by the looks of it, soon...
is he about to lose his badge to someone?
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No. But someone else has been more (and I'm sure this isn't the right word) productive recently.
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No. But someone else has been more (and I'm sure this isn't the right word) productive recently.
i have no idea what you are talking about*
*. says the lady who is solidly in #2 place even though frostcat has a significant lead on her in # active days
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more (and I'm sure this isn't the right word) productive
Yes, I am quite familiar with that concept.
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should we get someone here to turn that into an innuendo?
We would be happy to attempt that but we are not the resident expert. at.... production.
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Not at all what I had in mind. I was referring to TDWTF's effect on work productivity.
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oh..... that.
yeah. i should slow down. the boss is back from vacation....
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I buttumed that's what @PJH meant, but if the someone else has been "productive" in the PDA topic (which I have muted), your idea might be correct. (Of course, that would not prevent my idea from being correct, too.)
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says the lady who is solidly in #2 place
Ah. No. Its not you my dear. You're third. Or you were at 0300UTC this morning.
PDA topic
That topic doesn't count, remember...
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remember
Now that you have reminded me. I have that topic muted, so I generally don't even remember that it exists, much less whether it counts, and I don't want to remember anything that goes on in there.
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Ah. No. Its not you my dear. You're third. Or you were at 0300UTC this morning.
WHAT?! I lost 2nd place!
-sigh- well i knew that was going to be a thing when we created those badges...
now do i care enough to spam topics that count ti get back second place?
hmm... no i don't think i do. :-P
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wll last week we cleaned the couch and found an Apple Newton....
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WHAT?! I lost 2nd place!
-sigh- well i knew that was going to be a thing when we created those badges...
now do i care enough to spam topics that count ti get back second place?
hmm... no i don't think i do.
Come on, @accalia! You must discover your motivation! What drives you to post here, if it is not to become the #1 poster? Is being in the top 5% really enough for you?
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top 5% is nice, but hardly required.
what drives me to be here? well besides flirting with @Arantor, @royal_poet and on occasion @algorythmics i'm having fun here. besides if i wasn't here we wouldn't have the wit and wisdom of @zoidberg
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Young lady, I am an expert on humans. Now pick a mouth, open it and say "brglgrglgrrr"!
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daaaang, i'm getting lucky with the random number generator!
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I'll past the query tomorrow if I remember...
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while i wouldn't mind seeing the data, i wouldn't be upset if you forget.
@abarker on the other hand should be more than happy to remind you!
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top 5% is nice, but hardly required.
what drives me to be here? well besides flirting with @Arantor, @royal_poet and on occasion @algorythmics i'm having fun here. besides if i wasn't here we wouldn't have the wit and wisdom of @zoidberg
It was a question meant to cause introspection. It was not meant to elicit a response.
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It was a question meant to cause introspection. It was not meant to elicit a response.
This is how we introspect. Loudly.
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This is how we introspect. Loudly.
SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY INTROSPECTION. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?
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SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY INTROSPECTION. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?
Your shouting makes my soul cry.
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It was a question meant to cause introspection. It was not meant to elicit a response.
not... scribble cause response scribble scribe.... introspe.. intar... instrospection scratch scribble
huh. according to this that works out to
+++Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
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Ah. No. Its not you my dear. You're third. Or you were at 0300UTC this morning.
PDA topic
That topic doesn't count, remember...
You cannot say things like that and not make good on that. Inquiring minds need to know.
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HULK DOMINATION PROCEEDING AS PLANNED.
Ah crap, I just said the out-loud-thing in my head, and the in-my-head thing out loud.
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HULK DOMINATION PROCEEDING AS PLANNED.
hulk! some bastard spilled brown paint on your fantastic purple pants!
/me hids pot of brown paint
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hulk! some bastard spilled brown paint on your fantastic purple pants!
/me hids pot of brown paint
HULK LIKE PRETTY RAINBOW FOX! HULK MAD SHE HAS BROWN PAINT!
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HULK MAD SHE HAS BROWN PAINT!
what brown paint?
oh you mean this pot of fake dried blood for the play i'm putting on?
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what brown paint?
oh you mean this pot of fake dried blood for the play i'm putting on?
HULK SMASH PAINT!
SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!
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..... i paid good money for that pot. i expect you to compensate me for it.
/me stamps for and grabs hulk by the ear in a vise like grip.
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BAD FOX! HULK SMASH!
/hulk charges at the nearest brick/cinder/cement wall. Ear first.
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BAD FOX! HULK SMASH!
/hulk charges at the nearest brick/cinder/cement wall. Ear first.
Easy, big guy, easy. The fox is our friend.
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nice try!
/me switches to the other ear
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