Re: Ry

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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...
> 

In order to do a proper experiment, we need a hypothesis.

>>>>>>>>> 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...
> 
That makes sense. If you go to the Caribbean, you see people chewing on 
sugar cane.

>>>>>>>>>> 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...
> [See!]
> 
Fine!
Be like that!