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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:42 am

I liked it.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:52 am

Daehawk wrote:George is the only Star Trek actor to wear all 3 shirt colors.

I thought it was: "he was the first"

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:55 am

There were several (go look up Commander Kyle), and even more if you count divisions as shirt colors (IE - if you count operations as red in the TOS era, then Chekov did, because he was in operations in The Motion Picture, which didn't actually have shirt colors.)

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:11 pm

Here's a cool interactive map showing the major causes of death from 1980-2014, county by county.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:55 pm

Blackhawk wrote:There were several (go look up Commander Kyle), and even more if you count divisions as shirt colors (IE - if you count operations as red in the TOS era, then Chekov did, because he was in operations in The Motion Picture, which didn't actually have shirt colors.)

Colors are all mixed up in the movie era. Kyle mostly wore red in TOS (engineering), but once wore gold and was at the helm. In Wrath of Khan his outfit had a indeterminate color undershirt that could have been grey, same color as Uhura, both of them comm officers. So AFAIK, he never wore blue for science or medical (except when he's off-duty and attacked by Khan)

But then, who knows what other crazy colors the the movies era folks were assigning.

Those pastel colors are hard to read any way.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:20 pm

link

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:27 am

I could watch those all day.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:35 am

Stupid fucking companies. Stop mixing real sweeteners with fake ones. Making me sick. Bought some Kool Aid drink packs..like Capri Sun but KoolAid brand. I checked the ingredients before buying and the first two are water and high fructose corn sweetener. Great I think its not diet. Get home and try them and YEEEECH!! bout barfed. Has a STRONG taste of fake sweetener. I check and there it is down in the list...sucralose. NASTY. Not only do I hate the flavor of anything diet it makes my physically sick. Why do companies insist on adding both to a product. Its nasty and sickening. Another item I cant enjoy.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:18 am

It's so they can claim to have lowered calories "without affecting taste".

Though I have no problem with Nutrasweet / Aspartame. I subsist mostly Diet Coke but I'm transitioning into powder like Wylie's sugar-free lemonade or Crystal Light in single packs. I'm using extra water though (a single stick meant for 16.9 or 20 oz, I'm using 32 oz of water)

Shinjin · Post by **Shinjin** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:59 am

Kasey Chang wrote:I'm using extra water though (a single stick meant for 16.9 or 20 oz, I'm using 32 oz of water)

<crazy>why not just drink water?</crazy>

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:39 am

High-ranking Viking warrior determined to have been female.

Scientists had long assumed that the skeleton was male – despite early indications that she may have been female – largely because of the status symbols buried alongside her.

Early archaeologists uncovered a sword, an axe, a spear, armour-piercing arrows, a battle knife, two shields, and two horses in the grave, signifying the buried individual’s status of as a “professional warrior”. A set of gaming pieces found in the grave indicates the individual’s “knowledge of tactics and strategy” and role as a high-ranking officer, the scientists said.

To quash those doubts, the researchers took a DNA sample from the skeleton’s arm and tooth. The sample revealed a lack of Y chromosomes, signalling that the individual was female. The scientists also noted that the skeleton’s bones were “thin, slender and gracile” like a woman’s, further supporting their conclusions.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:15 pm

Supposedly there are XX males and XY females in certain syndromes.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:19 pm

Daehawk wrote:George is the only Star Trek actor to wear all 3 shirt colors.

Hmm... I wonder if the uniforms in wrath of khan were foreshadowing?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:31 pm

Ya one is Mirror Universe. If you look closely at the start of Where No Man Has Gone Before you'll see Sulu walk by in a corridor in the blue one.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:20 pm

GreenGoo wrote:
KDH wrote: a follow-up to the pewdiepie story ...

PewDiePie versus the media
.. How the most popular YouTuber in the world lost the ability to play the victim

some of it ...
PewDiePie, or Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, is likely one of the most powerful individuals in gaming. His channel has over 53 million subscribers, and his videos have made him incredibly wealthy. Forbes estimated his earnings at approximately $15 million in 2016, making him the most successful personality on YouTube by far.

It’s part of what makes his anti-Semitic humor and use of Nazi imagery so hard to dismiss, and what likely forced Disney and YouTube to terminate or limit their relationships with him. But that’s only part of the story: Kjellberg is a young guy with a huge audience who loves laughing at his own messages about killing Jews, and he’s very upset the media isn’t willing to laugh along with him.
Alright, if this isn't the first time he's made a "kill jews, ha ha, so funny" joke, then fuck him. Would be a real shame if he forgot to actually invest any of that money and he found himself looking for gainful employment with a giant "remember me? I used to make anti-semitic jokes on the internet" banner at the top of his resume wherever he goes.

He did it again. Well, he may have kept his word about Nazis but he n-worded on a stream. Now Campo Santo (Firewatch) studios has issued a DMCA takedown request for all his videos with their games in it. They claim he hurts their brand.

Vanaman appeared to be reacting to the latest controversy surrounding the YouTube star, as this afternoon, a clip in which Kjellberg called a Battlegrounds player the n-word spread widely on message boards and social media. “What a fucking n-” Kjellberg said, while killing an opponent. “Sorry, but what the fuck. What a fucking asshole.”

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:42 pm

I don't think that's how DCMA works.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:03 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I don't think that's how DCMA works.

The Firewatch video is down. Granted that's probably YouTube's standard "take down first, ask questions later, if ever" approach but the studio did claim to be invoking their copyright claim. Kind of a bad precedent though. Any negative review with game footage could be a target.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:13 pm

I don't think that's how DMCA is supposed to works.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:17 am

Isgrimnur wrote:I don't think that's how DMCA is supposed to works.

Of course not. But abuses are everywhere.

Did you know that a guy tried to trademark the word "scam", so nobody can call his creations that? Did you know the same guy got prison time later for swindling the US government for claiming bogus damage from victim compensation fund (when he wasn't damaged)?

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:22 am

Going from an 11 year old 46 inch 60hz HDTV to this 65" HDR 120hz 4k TV has been eye opening to say the least.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:21 am

Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:56 am

I had a similar thought when football commentators yesterday kept talking about "X watching the tape on Y" or how they were sure that "Y watched the tape on X" as well. I'm going with... synonymous.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:21 am

I didn't know you were religious.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:33 am

Sectoid wrote:Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?

Strictly speaking, taping has been synonymous with recording for decades. Still using the term reveals that one is either old or a hipster. Also, VHS? #Betamax4Life

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:33 am

Sectoid wrote:Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?

I asked my students why films were called films, and only a handful of them had the answer.

They also didn't know why we're said to "dial" a phone, although they claimed they never say that.

They do know that the icon for saving a file is a floppy disk, but only because not knowing it is a meme. They did not know why the square was called a disk.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:57 am

Max Peck wrote:
Sectoid wrote:Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?
Strictly speaking, taping has been synonymous with recording for decades. Still using the term reveals that one is either old or a hipster. Also, VHS? #Betamax4Life

If one is not old or a hipster, what do you say? Recorded? Just doesn't seem natural. Also, you should have said "I use Betamax, you've probably never heard of it."

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:02 am

Holman wrote:
I asked my students why films were called films, and only a handful of them had the answer.

They also didn't know why we're said to "dial" a phone, although they claimed they never say that.

They do know that the icon for saving a file is a floppy disk, but only because not knowing it is a meme. They did not know why the square was called a disk.

Stop eldifying me!

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:05 am

Sectoid wrote:
Max Peck wrote:
Sectoid wrote:Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?
Strictly speaking, taping has been synonymous with recording for decades. Still using the term reveals that one is either old or a hipster. Also, VHS? #Betamax4Life
If one is not old or a hipster, what do you say? Recorded? Just doesn't seem natural. Also, you should have said "I use Betamax, you've probably never heard of it."

We usually say "recorded", but then I might be old. We also had Betamax in my house growing up.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:17 am

Sectoid wrote:
Max Peck wrote:
Sectoid wrote:Do you still say that you "taped" something?
This came up last night when I went to see Wrath of Khan with a couple friends. One of them said he was "taping" The Orville. To which, another friend promptly replied "Did you fire up the VHS?"
So, has "taped" become synonymous with recording or DVR-ing or our we just being OCD?
Strictly speaking, taping has been synonymous with recording for decades. Still using the term reveals that one is either old or a hipster. Also, VHS? #Betamax4Life
If one is not old or a hipster, what do you say? Recorded? Just doesn't seem natural. Also, you should have said "I use Betamax, you've probably never heard of it."

Yup, I actually do say recorded. DVRed and/or PVRed just don't roll off the tongue for me; I've yet to cross the verbification bridge for either term.

I didn't go full hipster with the Betamax reference, because favouring Betamax doesn't make you a hipster -- it just means you have standards. And are old.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:26 am

For a while we would say "Tivo'd", even after we no longer had a Tivo branded DVR. That fell by the wayside eventually for the more accurate "recorded".

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:27 am

Is it disk or disc? I naturally want to type disk but I try to catch myself and change it. That said, people alwasy say hard drive instead of SSD. And ho boy, when you get a failure, you'll know the difference. The speed of an SSD is so worth it, but have an external recovery plan and stick to it if you value your data at all.

Now where's my clicker?

My elders still use that word and while I'm not young, I've never seen a remote that clicked. We had VCR whose remote was on a long cable with wood paneling and buttons that took strength to push and the remote didn't click.

I would always say recording unless it was along the line of "go to the tape." I also still call musical recordings that go between 40 and 90 minutes albums, though doing so makes me uncomfortable.

I do say Tivo'd when I mean DVRing a program because I use a TiVo and have since a long while ago.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:30 am

Does anyone still say "Kleenex" when referring to tissues?

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:31 am

Sectoid wrote:Does anyone still say "Kleenex" when referring to tissues?

I say, "Give me a Kleenex brand facial tissue."

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:34 am

Sometimes I still xerox things.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:36 am

ImLawBoy wrote:
Sectoid wrote:Does anyone still say "Kleenex" when referring to tissues?
I say, "Give me a Kleenex brand facial tissue."

Kraken wrote:Sometimes I still xerox things.

That's it, I'm breaking out the Victrola!

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:45 am

Sectoid wrote:Does anyone still say "Kleenex" when referring to tissues?

Does anyone not say Kleenex??

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:50 am

I just use toilet paper

so I don't refer to it as anything. I've never bought facial tissues for my household in my life. If I said "hand me the toilet paper" in polite company people would look at me funny. OtOH, I might say "I need a snot rag" and that can't be too much better.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:50 am

LordMortis wrote:That said, people alwasy say hard drive instead of SSD.

I do this unless I'm specifying one drive instead of another, and I'm fine with it. As is mentioned so often in these threads, words change over time. Hard drive is a function.

I have quit using tape, though. If I am 'taping' it, I'm recording it. If I own a movie, I "have a copy" of that, or I "have it on disk."

And every type of flat round thing is a disk, and storage media are all disks unless they're optical in which case they're a disc - that's silliness.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:56 am

http://www.newsweek.com/dont-fire-guns- ... arn-662494

This had to be published?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:20 pm

LordMortis wrote:Is it disk or disc? I naturally want to type disk but I try to catch myself and change it. That said, people alwasy say hard drive instead of SSD. And ho boy, when you get a failure, you'll know the difference. The speed of an SSD is so worth it, but have an external recovery plan and stick to it if you value your data at all.

It's "disk," which is short for "diskette," presumably because "discette" would take a soft "c" in English, and that would sound weird.

(Were there larger discs to which diskette's were implicitly compared?)