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There was a physical speaker built into the cases of early PCs. Later on, there were a couple leads on the motherboard where you could plug in a speaker if you wanted to, but you weren't required to. I'm not sure those leads even exist anymore, at least not on a lot of motherboards.
I'm old school, I still use this for my Beeps.
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As I got older, the scenes of the roadrunner being stopped cold by putting out birdseed, started to bother me more and more. There was even a GEICO add where the gecko met the road runner. A real road runner would LOVE to meet a gecko. It wouldn't be so interested in seeds, though.
Considering all the absurdity and violence in that cartoon, why that??? It wasn't my favorite cartoon, I prefer ones with dialog.Quote:
As I got older, the scenes of the roadrunner being stopped cold by putting out birdseed, started to bother me more and more
I used to love Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. I watched a ton of Looney Toons growing up and it was the "filler" between Bugs Bunney episodes. It was the perfect segway in my opinion.
Yeah, Segways are pretty stupid, so perfect is a low bar.
The roadrunner annoyed me because it was clearly, "the road runner is a bird, therefore it eats birdseed." They don't.
Also, there WAS dialog. The was both, "Beep" AND "Beep".
Of course, there was more dialogue when Bugs filled in for the road runner.
"Are you in genius?"
I still watch them. But in much smaller doses.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Youtube snippets?
No, TV. Boomerang channel.
Do you find you keep returning to that channel?
Yes, but I'm a channel surfer, I return to every channel. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Jeeze, what an absolutely brilliant pun. This is a case in favor of reputation in chit-chat, just saying.
"Surfer" is just "suffer" for those who r out of f to give.
:eek2:
mind. blown.
Right....
First ever "deployment" into "unchartered territory" for me, today
Looks seriously ridiculous.....
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I must have missed something big while I was away. Why do you look like you're about to service a nuclear reactor?
Because our Crew-Chief for the Cleanroom went nuclear because their tablets didn't workQuote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Speaking of nuclear, I only just found out that mushrooms are growing in Chernobyl towards the nuclear reactor!
Nature is a beast.
They were probably brought in on the wind: A mushroom cloud, so to speak.
At one point, I found mushrooms growing out of the carpet in the legislative office building in the New Hampshire statehouse. I assume the floor under the carpet was concrete, rather than some rich organic material, so where those mushrooms were getting nutrients from was beyond me, but these were not small mushrooms.
Of course, that also meant there was a leak of long standing.
I'm a bit surprised at that. The face covering appears to be a simple, if extensive, mask. So, they are catching MOST shed hair and skin cells, aside from the face, but it sure seems like they could have gone just a bit further by incorporating the mask into the hood such that all breath would have had to go through a more secure filter, and any face skin wouldn't be an issue. Perhaps not a full on respirator mask, but it still seems like they went 90% of the way and then said, "ah, whatever. Good enough!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Zvoni
Well, IT IS an ISO Class 6 Cleanroom, so we have "cleaner" air than NASA....Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanroom
The lower the "Class Number" the cleaner the air, meaning: ISO Class 1 --> vacuum in outer space
In that case, I know some people who have ISO Class I brains.
D. Trump, among others?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Is it just me or this site struggling today. I've gotten several 504's
There are several tens of thousands of users, and there has been all day. That seems a bit high. It doesn't count as a denial of service, since we can generally still get on, but how about an Annoyance of Service?
At the moment, there are over 53,000 users, which is a bit less than what was here a couple hours ago.
I haven't been getting the 504's, but I have noticed that the site has been considerably slow.
I've never posted in this thread. I looked at the first post out of curiosity. This is it:
The count is 69,510...way past 1000 :pQuote:
This is one for all you constantly bored people.
The highest number of replies I have so far seen to a post is 300 ish. Anybody fancy trying to hit 1000?
Come On, You Know You Want To!
We're over achievers.
I assume that the slowdown is due to the massive number of users, but I don't normally pay any attention to the number of users, so it may not be massive.
It says the most users ever was 59,604 and that was today. I wonder what's going on. Bot's???
Edit: It's now 59,645 lol
Whatever it is, it went away for a bit about half hour ago, bringing users down to about 2,500. But it's now climbing again at a rate of 100 users per second and is currently over 56,000.
They're trying to take over the post race.
They will not succeed.
Always remember, it's not what you say, it's how you say it.
It blew up. lolQuote:
Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn.
Resistance is futileQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I see the number is still high today, yet the performance seems better.
But I'm sure lookin' at your employer's website made you forget about that day (until I reminded you :bigyello:).Quote:
Originally Posted by Zvoni
They must've spent a bundle on it: https://www.berrang.de/en
The number is down, and the site is zippy. Will it last?
Probably not, so I'll post now.
So, in the link, you start with the initial photo, then riff on it. Is it just you, or others?
Others. Anyone can participate if they have an account.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
It's been a while since I wont one of these things, but I keep tryin' when I have time.
I have literally never expected to experience this in south Louisiana. It really is a winter wonderland!
I just measured it in the deepest part of the snow and it’s right at 12". Most of the yard has at least 6".
The kids are having so much fun. Some of our neighbors are pulling their kids around in their pirogues using their 4-wheeler like a sleigh!
Had to look that word up. lolQuote:
pirogues
I guess I should call my sister, she lives outside of Lafayette.
I never thought I'd see it snowing in the Gulf of America.
8°F here - going down to -10°F tonight. About to take my dogs for a run in the woods but I gotta trim the fur in my golden retriever's paws 'cause they ice up quickly and make it painful to walk.
I always get a kick at how southerners react to extreme cold & snow events that are quite common here.
And it seems everyone outside of Ohio is pissed the Buckeyes won the college football national championship. :lol:
I despise "The" Ohio State and like Notre Dame, but I'm not upset at this win.Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
Notre Dame's fans have tried to drag LSU fans through the mud over Brian Kelly these past 3 years and them winning a championship before us would be a nightmare to endure.
Besides, didn't you see, Oregon is the actual champion this year: https://athlonsports.com/college/ore...-wolfe-ratings which is why we should abolish the recognized NCAA rating systems. UCF is one of those miserable teams that claims a national championship because one of the million NCAA recognized rating systems said they were.
You should, it is a historic snowfall. Lake Charles posted that it is the 3rd most accumulated snow on record with the other two happening in the 1800s. This truly is a once in a lifetime event.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
I've visited Canada, Chicago, Plattsburg, Denver in the winter time and have experienced snow, but I have never in my life ever experienced snowfall like this before.
Right now it is 27 degrees with the feels like at 11 degrees. Tomorrow, the low is 18 degrees! It's nuts because the little bit of snow we've had here melted almost immediately.
This is outside my front door: https://i.imghippo.com/files/aEcn6741oNE.jpg
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2025/01/4.jpg
I'm starting to get concerned that my gutters will fall due to the weight!
Also people are going down the levees on their kneeboards or makeshift sleds.
There's a huge ice dam over my bedroom-slash-office window with equally huge icicles. Holding up so far, but they build houses differently up here. I'd post a photo, but the forum will no longer let me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Hey, dday you're a so-called "super moderator" - tell me why I can't post photos here and please fix it if possible. I guarantee my posts will be far more entertaining.
Yeah, I saw that, lol. The team that got trounced by the eventual champion when it really counted is actually the real champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
So the temperature right now is 18 degrees, but the feels like is 26. I guess it's because we don't have all that wind and snow we had yesterday, although the snow is still on the ground from yesterday.
What's going on with the pictures? There are a couple known issues. One is that adding a picture to the quick reply simply doesn't work. I believe you have to add it from Go Advanced, though I can't say that I have tried it. Another possibility is the meagre limit on storage.