I Didn't Know That
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Now you know why I hide my online status. So I can conceal how much time I waste in this section...
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geckzilla wrote:Now you know why I hide my online status. So I can conceal how much time I waste in this section...
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Just a joke, orin. It's kind of silly to come to a forum just for its off-topic section, I guess. I mean, we're all here for the astronomy, right? right? ![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
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Well, this is the only forum that does not really relate to astronomy...I guess people like to take a break from talking astronomy and talk about other things, which I think is the purpose of this forum. Actually a good idea.
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geckzilla wrote:Just a joke, orin. It's kind of silly to come to a forum just for its off-topic section, I guess. I mean, we're all here for the astronomy, right? right?
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Worlds largest yellow diamond auctions for almost $11,000,000.
Looks nice,but i think i would rather spend $11,000,000 on LOTS of 'other' things
Here's an article about it.http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-biggest-ye ... 04823.html
Looks nice,but i think i would rather spend $11,000,000 on LOTS of 'other' things
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But how else would you transport $11 million around in your pocket? Pretty convenient, if you ask me.
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Until you go to spend itgeckzilla wrote:But how else would you transport $11 million around in your pocket? Pretty convenient, if you ask me.
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Well, the fun part would come in auctioning it back off and adding on a few more million down the road. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Or else, when you want to buy your coffee at Starbucks, you bring out your diamond saw and saw off a sliver of it.
Maybe you'd prefer one of these Swedish 17th century coins. As you can see, you could indeed saw off bits to use as payment. This "coin block" contains five coins for the price of one - or at the very least, you can carry all five of the coins with you without having one of them slip through the hole in your pocket!
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I never saw a diamond saw!Ann wrote:Or else, when you want to buy your coffee at Starbucks, you bring out your diamond saw and saw off a sliver of it.
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You've never saw a diamond sawOrin wrote:I never saw a diamond saw!![]()
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C; Si; Sea; See! Did I miss any?Beyond wrote:You've never saw a diamond sawOrin wrote:I never saw a diamond saw!![]()
I sea. I've seen a seesaw see-sawing and I've seen a diamond saw sawing, but as to just what they were seeing and sawing, I'm not sure. My see-ers don't saw to good anymore.
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I didnt know that I ever posted in this thread, and yet it's on my posts list.
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What are all of those bots, spiders, crawlers and whatnot that appear on the bottom of the index page, topics, and threads? They've been catching my eye for a while now and it would be nice to know what they are.
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Automated tools that feed information to search engines, RSS services, and the like.TNT wrote:What are all of those bots, spiders, crawlers and whatnot that appear on the bottom of the index page, topics, and threads? They've been catching my eye for a while now and it would be nice to know what they are.
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Physicist Builds Lego Large Hadron Collider. (It's really just the ATLAS Detector)
Ah, finally
Something i can relate to.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology- ... 00100.html
Ah, finally
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Took a few Lego's I wager!Beyond wrote:Physicist Builds Lego Large Hadron Collider. (It's really just the ATLAS Detector)
Ah, finallySomething i can relate to.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology- ... 00100.html
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Orin, you must have missed where it said 9,500 bricks and that they cost $2,600. I guess you were just overwhelmed by the technology. ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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It's at times like these that I want to call myself a Scandinavian, so that I can sun myself in the glory of the Danes. Lego, of course, is a Danish invention, and the name, "Lego", comes from the Danish expression "leg godt" - "play well".Beyond wrote:Physicist Builds Lego Large Hadron Collider. (It's really just the ATLAS Detector)
Ah, finallySomething i can relate to.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology- ... 00100.html
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And not only did the Danes create Lego and quantum mechanics, but now a physicist working at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen actually, truly built a Lego model of the Large Hadron Collider, the place where physicists search for proof that the fabric of reality is really made of the particles they think it is made of!
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Must have missed that!Beyond wrote:Orin, you must have missed where it said 9,500 bricks and that they cost $2,600. I guess you were just overwhelmed by the technology.
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The Hexagon Secret
I live in "The Quiet Corner" of Connecticut. I've just read an article concerning a "secret" that was kept for many decades on the western side of the state, in a town called Danbury. Now I'm wondering if the title "The Quiet Corner", is just a blatent cover to help hide.... "something".
http://www.startribune.com/nation/136203688.html
I live in "The Quiet Corner" of Connecticut. I've just read an article concerning a "secret" that was kept for many decades on the western side of the state, in a town called Danbury. Now I'm wondering if the title "The Quiet Corner", is just a blatent cover to help hide.... "something".
http://www.startribune.com/nation/136203688.html
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