Re: Ry

On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>> On 07.01.2024 23.21, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.12.2023 20.20, ryzilla wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:39:28 +0200, BeH
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy birthday to you, wherever you are...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I'm encased in a block of ice for 50000 years or
>>>>>>>>>>>>> so. Again. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ry. Last I heard you were in Arizona, which makes that
>>>>>>>>>>>> theory rather untenable, climatically.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was wondering the same thing.
>>>>>>>>>>> Seems suspicious...
>>>>>>>>>> Right. unless he got lost in a very large freezer I can't see
>>>>>>>>>> how something like that could happen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I imagine the wifi would suck inside a freezer.
>>>>>>>>> Making it hard to post.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If the router is outside the freezer yes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wonder if you'd even connect to a router outside the thick
>>>>>>> metal walls of a freezer.
>>>>>> You can try if you want - but keep someone around to open the door
>>>>>> when you are done. Anyway it's not often one has to connect to the
>>>>>> inter or local net while inside a freezer.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It was more of a science experiment. 
>>>>> Enquiring mind want to know but not badly enough to get locked in 
>>>>> freezer.
>>>>> I am oddly ok with it if someone else gets in the freezer to try
>>>>> the wifi.
>>>> If you do find someone let me know the result, will you?
>>>> Purely academic interest. I'm not going to stuff anyone into a
>>>> freezer for nefarious purposes.
>>>>
>>> Of course.
>>
>> I can hardly wait for all this data I'm gonna get.
> 
> You're going to get intel vs. data i.e. the wifi worked or didn't work.

I already have an intel in my computer. What I need is data as to
whether data can be attained from inside a freezer...

>>>>>>>> I don't think temperature as such would be a factor. With a
>>>>>>>> wired connection on the other hand it would theoretically be
>>>>>>>> faster. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So, how is every little thing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sup acme!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Well in the last year there have been as many as five or six
>>>>>>>>>>>> different posters here, and only one of them a spammer. So
>>>>>>>>>>>> *almost* like the old days. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've never been referred to as canned meat before.
>>>>>>>>>> Not you. The unsolicited avertisement. Us internet
>>>>>>>>>> professionals call that sort of thing "spam".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Like I just fell off the turnip truck or something.
>>>>>>>> Do you even have any turnips in that frozen wasteland up there?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We do.
>>>>>> Excellent. Don't fall off the turnip truck.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Got it. 
>>>>> Avoid turnip trucks altogether.
>>>> Given the amount of sugar beets all over the roads around here every
>>>> season, that's probable a sensible decision. Having one of them fall
>>>> on ones head can't be pleasant.
>>>>
>>> I've never seen one up close.
>>
>> It's not very exciting to tell the truth. A dirty cone with some
>> stubble sticking out of the flattish bit.
> 
> How big are they?
> The size of a regular beet?

It varies obviously, but about 15cm tall and about the same in diameter
at the widest part.
If you steal one you can mash it up and use it instead of storebought
sugar for marmalade and compot and such. Some people have been known to
cut bits off them and chew for the sugar...

>>>>>>>>> You're so serious all the time.
>>>>>>>> Is that why people keep calling me the Half Blood Prince?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who does that?
>>>>>> People who have read the Harry Potter books, mostly...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Obviously.
>>>>>>>>>>> Stop posting when you're hungry!
>>>>>>>>>> What if I get hungry in the middle of a post. I might lose my
>>>>>>>>>> train of thought and post something completely incoherent.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Waffles for everyone!
>>>>>>>> It's still to cold for ice-cream...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nah. You need to broaden your horizons.
>>>>>> Where I live the horizon can get much broader. 360 line of sight
>>>>>> all the way to the water and beyond. In clear weather of course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Purple Monkey Dishwasher
>>>>>>>> How many purple monkeys do you have that you can't wash them by
>>>>>>>> hand? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a secret, pass it on!
>>>>>> How can I pass it on if I don't know the secret? Also what
>>>>>> possible use do you have for several Purple Monkeys?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I can't tell you.
>>>> Sure you can. It'll stay between us. I'm very discreet.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm.
>>
>> Sooo...
> 
> How about that local sports team?

Sorry I can't tell you. I was told in confidence...
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BeH

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