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10-12-2012, 06:12 PM
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So I'm reviewing my old college textbooks, and I keep getting annoyed by expressions like this:
(variable)=(equation) (less than or equal to) (constant) That is, if if the equation yields a value greater than the constant, you're supposed to use the constant instead of the value from the equation. PNQ: Why can't the books simply use (variable)=min (equation, constant) Isn't this an easier way and less confusing?
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10-31-2012, 02:18 AM
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So if you hadn't heard yet, Disney bought LucasFilm and is planning a sequel Star Wars trilogy...
PNQ: Am I the only one that's more interested in the fact that Industrial Light and Magic was part of the deal? I mean, Star Wars 7-9 will happen and I probably won't watch them. Maybe Indiana Jones 5 will happen, maybe it won't. But consider what will happen when Pixar and Industrial Light and Magic can exchange ideas and team up where required. Magic, that's what'll happen.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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11-23-2012, 04:31 PM
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I've just finished reading an old book that has hundreds of different solitaire games in it...
PNQ: What's the most obscure solitaire game you've ever played more than one game of (one game experimentation doesn't count)? I guess Grandfather's Clock is the most obscure variant I've ever played.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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11-28-2012, 03:48 PM
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I'm contemplating Kirk's split into good and evil versions in "The Enemy Within"...
PNQ: Doesn't this episode render all arguments of "the transporter carries your original molecules to the destination, so you aren't killed and cloned" rather moot?
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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11-29-2012, 02:16 AM
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There are a lot of solitaire games out there. I couldn't say which are more obscure than others. Aces Up, Poker Solitaire, and Grandfather's Patience come to mind as ones I've played.
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12-18-2012, 03:10 PM
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Prelude: I have not seen The Amazing Spider-Man, nor do I intend to.
PNQ: Why didn't Uncle Ben use the "Great Responsibility" line? Seriously. This isn't hard to mess up. It's only the single defining moral of Spider-Man's universe after all. In an interview the director said that they couldn't find a way to fit it in. Well, that seems to call for a little more effort, doesn't it?
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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04-06-2013, 04:06 PM
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I'm watching a Let's Play of Ocarina of Time: Master Quest, and the guy is confused as to whether "Deku" is pronounced "Deh-coo" or "Dee-coo."
PNQ: How do you pronounce it? Personally, I've always gone with "Deh-coo". It just sounds better.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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04-07-2013, 03:20 AM
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I would probably pronounce it as Deh-coo as well.
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