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06-13-2013, 03:20 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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Mrs. Pea, what is tensegrity? I know that the tetrahedron is prime divisor of omnidirectional universe, but what does that mean? Mrs Pea, HELP ME
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I think he is/was saying/writing that the pyramid with four faces is the best thing ever. Okay, I'm going to test drive the planet around the solar system now.
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06-13-2013, 03:30 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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06-13-2013, 03:35 PM
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06-15-2013, 08:42 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
National paper of record reports that even college students are allowed to rent mid-range apartments in Columbia, Missouri
This is something that might actually be interesting if analyzed as a national (or even regional) phenomenon - for example, is the higher education bubble feeding an off-campus real estate bubble? Of course, it doesn't answer that question at all, since it focuses on like two or three buildings in Columbia, Missouri.
The other question that the article kind of tries to pose is kind of muddled and basically nonsense. This off-campus housing is not on-campus, so the academic result is ______. But off-campus housing is sort of not even close to being new, and the article introduces that narrative without ever really saying anything about it. The primary theme of this article seems to be that in Columbia, Missouri, the off-campus student housing isn't even that shitty. It's just like a normal apartment place where actual human beings might live, even though the tenants are students! (Also, this is the first time I have ever seen the NYT apply the term "luxury" to a $700/month apartment in Missouri; that term is usually reserved for restaurant meals that cost that much, or vacations that cost tens of thousands of dollars, that kind of thing.)
Wild, I know.
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06-17-2013, 03:09 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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National paper of record reports that even college students are allowed to rent mid-range apartments in Columbia, Missouri
This is something that might actually be interesting if analyzed as a national (or even regional) phenomenon - for example, is the higher education bubble feeding an off-campus real estate bubble? Of course, it doesn't answer that question at all, since it focuses on like two or three buildings in Columbia, Missouri.
The other question that the article kind of tries to pose is kind of muddled and basically nonsense. This off-campus housing is not on-campus, so the academic result is ______. But off-campus housing is sort of not even close to being new, and the article introduces that narrative without ever really saying anything about it. The primary theme of this article seems to be that in Columbia, Missouri, the off-campus student housing isn't even that shitty. It's just like a normal apartment place where actual human beings might live, even though the tenants are students! (Also, this is the first time I have ever seen the NYT apply the term "luxury" to a $700/month apartment in Missouri; that term is usually reserved for restaurant meals that cost that much, or vacations that cost tens of thousands of dollars, that kind of thing.)
Wild, I know.
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I wanted to go here and get a Masters degree to say I have a Masters from MIT.
The other MIT
But I've been to Springfield a couple of times. It's too close to Arkansas and chocked full of Branson HEE-HAW traffic.
Student accomodations include trailer park in the trash, normal, or upscale varieties.
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06-19-2013, 05:47 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
I'm becoming less and less convinced that our politicians are all that much crazier than the ones in other countries are. This seems very undignified for Brits and not at all proper and stuff.
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The 53-year-old politician, who represents Whitby, is raising eyebrows because of his belief that he fathered an extraterrestrial child -- named Zarka -- with an alien he calls the Cat Queen. His real mother, he says, is a 9-foot-tall green alien with eight fingers, according to the Northern Echo.
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Simon Parkes, British City Councilman, Claims He Fathered Space Alien Named Zarka
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06-20-2013, 12:40 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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06-21-2013, 02:50 AM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
Is Cap'n Crunch really a Captain?
This one is all over the news outlets. The stripes on his uniform sleeve indicate that he holds the rank of Commander. Is he guilty of impersonation a superior officer.
My opinion, for what little it is worth, is that the title, Captain, refers to both a rank and a position. As an officer with a ship under his command he is entitled to the designation of ship's Captain, even though his official rank is Commander. I will, however, defer to our resident naval expert. What say you Ensign Steve?
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06-21-2013, 04:00 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
Captain Crunch sails under his own flag, he could give himself the rank of Admiral and wear Sergeant stripes if he wanted to. I think he's a dread pirate, corrupting the youth of the world, rotting their teeth and giving them diabetes. He answers to no authority.
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06-21-2013, 04:04 AM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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Is Cap'n Crunch really a Captain?
This one is all over the news outlets. The stripes on his uniform sleeve indicate that he holds the rank of Commander. Is he guilty of impersonation a superior officer.
My opinion, for what little it is worth, is that the title, Captain, refers to both a rank and a position. As an officer with a ship under his command he is entitled to the designation of ship's Captain, even though his official rank is Commander. I will, however, defer to our resident naval expert. What say you Ensign Steve?
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I believe that what you say is correct, the ranking member of the crew is in comand of the ship in the absence of any superior officer, and is therefore the captain of the ship.
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06-21-2013, 04:16 AM
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I'm Deplorable.
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
Wow! I can get a kit for the Guppy for $1.25 and 2 boxtops? where can I find that stuff? The hell with my teeth and diabetes, I want a model of that ship.
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08-15-2013, 02:54 PM
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08-15-2013, 04:58 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
She wore her $1100 jacket more than once? Gross.
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08-27-2013, 10:18 AM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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08-27-2013, 02:29 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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Truth be told, anything at last night’s VMAs short of Lady Gaga beheading Will Smith with a broadsword belongs tucked away in our entertainment section...
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There's always next year...
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11-14-2013, 05:57 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
I didn't see anything in the rules about not posting shit from the "opinion" section.
Stafko: OK, You're a Runner. Get Over It - WSJ.com
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11-14-2013, 06:26 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
Writing an article for a major publication in which you complain that you don't understand somebody's hobby and assume they are only doing it for attention deserves some kind of Nobel Prize for Curmudgeonry.
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11-14-2013, 06:38 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
I've tried to understand the reasons why some people constantly accuse others of attention seeking but never seem to get past the words 'douche' and 'nozzle.'
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11-14-2013, 06:46 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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Is Cap'n Crunch really a Captain?
This one is all over the news outlets. The stripes on his uniform sleeve indicate that he holds the rank of Commander. Is he guilty of impersonation a superior officer.
My opinion, for what little it is worth, is that the title, Captain, refers to both a rank and a position. As an officer with a ship under his command he is entitled to the designation of ship's Captain, even though his official rank is Commander. I will, however, defer to our resident naval expert. What say you Ensign Steve?
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Oh, yes! Hello! Here I am with my extremely timely reply.
And you are correct, whoever has command of the ship is its Captain, regardless of the rank he or she wears on his or her sleeve.
Anyway, was the cereal ever called Captain Crunch, or has it always been Cap'n Crunch? Because Cap'n isn't even a real rank. For all we know, it could be short for Cap and Crunch. Lawyered!
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11-14-2013, 06:49 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
Also, thank you Yb and Adem. For a moment I was worried that I was being too sensitive about a topic that is so close to home. (Who, me? Never!)
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I have a theory. There is no more visible form of strenuous exercise than running. When runners are dashing down a street in the middle of town or through a subdivision, they know that every driver, every pedestrian, every leaf-raker and every person idly staring out a window can see them.
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Oh yeah, that's absolutely why I do it.
It sucks getting out of my warm bed at the crack of dawn to hit the pavement in below-freezing temps, but when drivers show their appreciation by honking their car horns at me or shouting blessedly unintelligible words out their windows as they speed by, it makes it all worthwhile.
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11-14-2013, 06:59 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
If he had been complaining about packs of runners taking up entire lanes of the road and everyone acting like that's normal and the drivers are weird for wanting the road* I would have been sympathetic. But he didn't even mention it.
*This is the standard in Flint, year 'round. There is a race in August that is such a big deal that runners are pretty much allowed to hog the road all the damn time.
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11-14-2013, 07:08 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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I have a theory. There is no more visible form of intellectual wankery than opining. When writers are dashing down a slew of half baked ideas in the Wall Street Journal or on a bathroom wall, they know that every Tom, every Dick, every Harry and every person struggling to finish their business can read them.
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11-14-2013, 07:23 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
When people start making weird hostile assumptions about people doing things that don't directly affect them, it is almost always projection.
At least, that's why I do it.
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11-14-2013, 10:24 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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If he had been complaining about packs of runners taking up entire lanes of the road and everyone acting like that's normal and the drivers are weird for wanting the road* I would have been sympathetic. But he didn't even mention it.
*This is the standard in Flint, year 'round. There is a race in August that is such a big deal that runners are pretty much allowed to hog the road all the damn time.
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In Iowa it's the bicyclists who take over the roads leading up to and during RAGRAI.
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01-11-2014, 01:53 PM
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Re: Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy
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