Complete Randomness

[neo-dragon]

So, I came across a 15 year old flier for an electronics store, and the speed at which technology has advanced and become more accessible never ceases to amaze me. Imagine paying $3000 for a desktop PC with 16 MB of RAM, a 200 mHz processor, and a 1.5 GB hard drive! That's $3000 for a computer that literally has less processing power than today's phones!

What the heck are we going to have 15 or 30 years from now?! We truly live in amazing times.

[thoughtreader]

So, I came across a 15 year old flier for an electronics store, and the speed at which technology has advanced and become more accessible never ceases to amaze me. Imagine paying $3000 for a desktop PC with 16 MB of RAM, a 200 mHz processor, and a 1.5 GB hard drive! That's $3000 for a computer that literally has less processing power than today's phones!

What the heck are we going to have 15 or 30 years from now?! We truly live in amazing times.

But if you look at that same add a TI 83 plus calculator still cost the same.... I don't know how they do it.

[Gravity Defier]

Every library I've ever used required two things: (1) a photo ID to prove you are who you say you are

Right...and I have a photo ID that proves I am who I say I am. I also have a lease for this town and I can drag my boxes that were sent in the mail...they're dumb and not my friends anymore.

[steph]

Trader Joe's is (finally) coming to Colorado.

I don't actually know what took them so long. Boulder and Trader Joe's have been soul mates since the beginning of their existences. It's a shame they've never met.

[Luet]

Albany is getting one in April. I'm really excited. Before this, the closest one was about 90 minutes away in Massachusetts. There are some in NYC but that's further away.

[Gravity Defier]

After nearly two weeks of being here, I finally put my name on my mailbox, in the hopes it would conjure up some mail for me. Hell, even a bill would have been nice. Alas, no mail was magically/immediately delivered.

[LilBee91]

After nearly two weeks of being here, I finally put my name on my mailbox, in the hopes it would conjure up some mail for me. Hell, even a bill would have been nice. Alas, no mail was magically/immediately delivered.

I'll send you something! I'm not crafty or creative in the slightest, so it won't be anything cute, but mail is mail!

[Gravity Defier]

After nearly two weeks of being here, I finally put my name on my mailbox, in the hopes it would conjure up some mail for me. Hell, even a bill would have been nice. Alas, no mail was magically/immediately delivered.

I'll send you something! I'm not crafty or creative in the slightest, so it won't be anything cute, but mail is mail!

(Though I really was hoping they'd deliver stuff I knew is actually on the way; I was led to believe they might not leave stuff that came in without me declaring the mailbox, so to speak.)

[Eaquae Legit]

Send me your new address so I can update my book, and I'll send you something too!

[Gravity Defier]

I got my bill today. Mail is fun...even if it is a bill. (<-- I will never say that again.)

[elfprince13]

So, I came across a 15 year old flier for an electronics store, and the speed at which technology has advanced and become more accessible never ceases to amaze me. Imagine paying $3000 for a desktop PC with 16 MB of RAM, a 200 mHz processor, and a 1.5 GB hard drive! That's $3000 for a computer that literally has less processing power than today's phones!

What the heck are we going to have 15 or 30 years from now?! We truly live in amazing times.

On lesson I took from the population biology portion of my differential equations class is that in the real world, "exponential" growth curves are almost always logistic functions that haven't had enough time to level out. Even 5 or 10 years from now we'll likely be pushing the physical boundaries of transistor density.

But if you look at that same add a TI 83 plus calculator still cost the same.... I don't know how they do it.

Because graphing calculators are awesome? Also, I think the "new" price of a TI-83+ has actually come down by about $15 in the last 8 years (and the 84+ SE has come down by about $30 in the same time frame). Casio's Prizms are pretty inexpensive, though the TI Nspire is not. Honestly though, you're paying for the software, and the approval for standardized testing.

[Ela]

zero has had his out of state license for forever and he lives in this state!

His license is void.

Wow, we just had this discussion with a coworker. She has lived in this state for 19 years and still has a license from her prior state. She couldn't seem to get the message that she is basically driving without a license.

[Ela]

Every library I've ever used required two things: (1) a photo ID to prove you are who you say you are (if you're a child, you need a birth certificate or social security card and your parent must present a photo ID), and (2) two pieces of machine-printed mail as proof of residency within the city/township limits.

That's true for our library, too.

And if there is a lapse of over a year during which you haven't used your library card (which happens to me, cause I'm sporadic in my library use), you have to present proof of residency again.

[Gravity Defier]

There was a clerk or whatever you call 'em at the DMV who looked familiar. I kept finding myself looking back at him every so often and thinking, "Darn, he looks like someone I know...I wish I could figure out who. He's kind of cute, at any rate, but I'm not really interested for that, so it'd be nice to know who he reminds me of so I can stop staring already."

And then, out of nowhere, "Oh my word, that's Mich in the bridge picture, just a bit taller looking and with reddish hair. *awkward moment of thought*"

[Mich]

Have you found... my doppelganger!?

[Bean_wannabe]

Are you asking because you know you have one and are worried someone has found them, know you have one and want to know where they are, or want to know if you have one?

[Mich]

Everybody has a doppelganger, son. You just never know when they'll pop up.

[Gravity Defier]

I just might have, Mich, I just might have.

My cousin swears she saw someone who looked just like me in San Diego and my former roommate said she saw someone who looked just like me in Tucson, only the latter knew it wasn't me because "she was wearing colors and wouldn't do that." I was also elsewhere in the state but the color thing clinched it. I have a very common face, apparently. I don't know if that's a good thing for the world at large or not.

[Syphon the Sun]

Was it Mustache Mich?!

[elfprince13]

Was it Mustache Mich?!

With the reddish hair, it sounds more like Stripper-Mich.

[Syphon the Sun]

With the reddish hair, it sounds more like Stripper-Mich.

Maybe. But Estonian Street Performer Mich has red hair, too.

[Gravity Defier]

I quake at the thought of ever finding Mustache Mich; you know that'd be one powerful mustache.

Alas, this one did not have a mustache and much like our Mich, didn't seem like the type to be able to grow one. Then again, looks can be deceiving.

[Gravity Defier]

Double post. Oops, I guess.


I just barely finished off a gallon of milk this morning (I got it on the 8th or 9th). This surprises me both in that it lasted me 2.5 weeks without going bad and that it took me that long in the first place to finish it.

[elfprince13]

Maybe. But Estonian Street Performer Mich has red hair, too.

I'm pretty sure that even if you found him, he wouldn't be the real deal.


Alea: I usually don't want to drink milk after about 4 days, because it starts smelling not-fresh.

[Gravity Defier]

My milk goes down my mouth, not my nostrils.

It tasted the same to me today as it did when I first opened it but I wonder if someone else would notice a difference.

[elfprince13]

My milk goes down my mouth, not my nostrils.

It tasted the same to me today as it did when I first opened it but I wonder if someone else would notice a difference.

As far as you know, is your olfactory system fully operational? If things smell funny, it always effects how I taste them.

[Gravity Defier]

It's a bit sensitive, compared to most people I know. There was a joke about that at my prior job at one point. (sensitive, as in, it worked extremely well)

[elfprince13]

It's a bit sensitive, compared to most people I know. There was a joke about that at my prior job at one point. (sensitive, as in, it worked extremely well)

Weird. and you really don't mind eating smelly foods?

[steph]

We use about 3 gallons a week.

Then again, I do have 3 kids. And I like to make macaroni and cheese.

[Gravity Defier]

It's a bit sensitive, compared to most people I know. There was a joke about that at my prior job at one point. (sensitive, as in, it worked extremely well)

Weird. and you really don't mind eating smelly foods?

Err, what's a smelly food? I probably do; I'm a very picky eater. In the case of the milk, though, it smelled just fine to me.

[elfprince13]

Err, what's a smelly food? I probably do; I'm a very picky eater. In the case of the milk, though, it smelled just fine to me.

First examples to mind: hardboiled eggs, parmesan cheese (or other "scented" cheeses), durians.

[Gravity Defier]

Ah. Definitely not, did when I was younger but stopped in my early teens (for Parmesan; the only cheeses I do eat are pepperjack, cheddar...uh, I'm sure there are others but definitely not many, whether they are strong scented or not), and never even heard of or seen that.

[Eaquae Legit]

Durian smells foul.

[elfprince13]

Ah. Definitely not, did when I was younger but stopped in my early teens (for Parmesan; the only cheeses I do eat are pepperjack, cheddar...uh, I'm sure there are others but definitely not many, whether they are strong scented or not), and never even heard of or seen that.

We can be food-buddies. Also, mozzarella.

[Cassandra]

So... I'm considering upgrading my RAM and I was poking around my computer properties and I realized that I've never shared this with you guys! I named my computer Ender_Wiggin in the hopes that if I ever use a public network and another Ender fan notices, they'll come and talk with me! Hahaha