Last post wins!!!!!

[lostinidlewonder]

What is even going on here  . It seems like it’s just you two rambling on incomprehensible topics.

What, where am I? Who's talking to me? Who am I?

[yqxpiano]

You’re lost in idle wonder. Maybe sometime you’ll stop being lost in wonder and find yourself. 

[perfect_pitch]

What is even going on here  . It seems like it’s just you two rambling on incomprehensible topics.

Usually it's 2 people having a discussion till some twat comes along and interjects.

 

[j_tour]

WINNING! 

Sit and spin, dumbsky.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/890715679670127

[perfect_pitch]

Imagine having to carry that in your pencil case... bloody hell. I don't want to imagine how bulky your Calculator was...



(and by that I mean the Abacus).

[j_tour]

473#msg736473 date=1733792825]I don't want to imagine how bulky your Calculator was...

Thank you.  My brain pan is fairly large indeed.

Also the width of my circular slide rules is the equivalent of a rather lengthy apparatus, when considering precision.

I don't even know what ur talking about.

You're an abacus.

[perfect_pitch]

What in the sh*t is a slide rule??? I grew up with calculators, so you're the abacus.

How about you go listen to your record player. There's nothing more fun than listening to very scratchy music filled with pops and crackles.

Also, someone's getting as bad as Bob at doing the quotes...

[j_tour]

Also, someone's getting as bad as Bob at doing the quotes...

Ain't nobody getting to be as bad as Bob, son. 

And you're the abacus.  I'm slide rule all up and down this thread.

[perfect_pitch]

Ain't nobody getting to be as bad as Bob, son. 

Oh yes, you are. It's a slippery slope... or more of a sliding scale... and you're on it.

You're also sliding down many things... and that's not a compliment.

Also, I have no idea what this bloody crap is.

I'll join you in your pursuit to look smart... here's some bloody hodge-podge bullshit I found on the web, ENJOY:



Or, here's another - solve for 'x':

[j_tour]

Oh yes, you are. It's a slippery slope... or more of a sliding scale... and you're on it.

You're also sliding down many things... and that's not a compliment.

That's not allowed to insult me. 

Mister prime minister.  If that is indeed your name. 

Cannot have done.

Where are those children at anyway?  I want to throw some rocks at their heads. 

Also, I have no idea what this bloody crap is.

Sure you do.  Look closely. 

[perfect_pitch]

I've gone my entire life without listening to anything by Wesley Willis...

You think I'm going to start now just because you posted a video???

[j_tour]

You think I'm going to start now just because you posted a video???

Yes.

[yqxpiano]

Or, here's another - solve for 'x':

You do realize that’s just a bunch of scribbles of random mathematical equations and graphs. It’s like filler text, it doesn’t actually mean anything.

Anyways, if you want to become smart at academic stuff, go here:
https://protobowl.com
It’s a quizbowl website (quizbowl is like jeopardy but more academic)
I’ll create a room for pianostreet people specifically.
https://protobowl.com/pianostreet       (private room for pianostreet).
For the private room, I set the category to fine arts so there will be a good amount of music questions along with some about art like painting. Sadly those are grouped together so I can’t separate them.

[perfect_pitch]

You do realize that’s just a bunch of scribbles of random mathematical equations and graphs. It’s like filler text, it doesn’t actually mean anything.

So you're unable to solve it... well, there's no points for you then.

Maybe next round you'll get lucky and know the answer.

[lostinidlewonder]

Gimme 2 seconds....and boom

The image expresses a collection of calculus concepts (integrals, limits), trigonometric identities, geometric diagrams, and algebraic expressions arranged artistically. While the individual components are mathematically valid, they do not appear to solve a single problem or relate directly to each other. The intent seems to be to showcase the visual beauty and complexity of mathematics in a creative, aesthetic way.

Integral Calculus Examples
Definite and Indefinite Integrals: Includes integrals involving trigonometric functions, polynomial terms, and natural logarithms. Common examples involve integration of functions like cosine raised to a power, polynomials multiplied by exponential terms, and the natural logarithm function.
Triple Integrals: Advanced integrals that deal with multiple dimensions.

2. Trigonometric Expressions
Common Trigonometric Functions: Basic trigonometric identities, such as the Pythagorean identity, and functions like cosine and tangent are often used in calculations involving angles and triangles.
Trigonometric Variants: Variations of functions like cosine raised to a power and products of sine and cosine appear frequently in trigonometric applications.

3. Summations and Series
Sigma Notation: Sigma notation is used for representing summations, such as summing the terms of a series, and is commonly seen in infinite series, like those related to the Riemann zeta function.
Power Series: Series where terms are powers of a variable 𝑥, often involving limits or summation.

4. Logarithmic and Exponential Examples
Logarithmic Terms: The natural logarithm function is essential in many mathematical applications.
Exponential Terms: Exponentials, such as those involving Euler’s number 𝑒, describe exponential decay and growth processes.

5. Limits
Trigonometric Limits: Limits involving trigonometric functions, such as the well-known limit of the sine function divided by its argument.
Behavior at Infinity: Limits that describe the behavior of functions as the variable approaches infinity, including the logarithm function.

6. Geometric Diagrams
Circular and Polar Geometry: Diagrams involving circles, sectors, and angles, commonly seen in polar coordinates.
Triangles: Right triangles and their sides and angles are used in trigonometry, and are often labeled in diagrams for clarity.
Curves and Parabolas: Geometric curves like parabolas and graphs of simple functions are frequently encountered in calculus and geometry.

7. Greek Letters and Symbols
Greek Letters: Common Greek symbols, like pi (π), theta (θ), and phi (φ), are used in various branches of mathematics.
Partial Derivatives: Symbols like ∂ are used in calculus to represent partial derivatives in multivariable functions.

Summary of Key Examples
Integrals: Definite and indefinite integrals, with common examples involving trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions.

Trigonometric Identities: Basic identities such as the Pythagorean identity and formulas for cosine and sine functions.
Summations and Series: Infinite series, sigma notation, and power series.

Limits: Limits involving trigonometric functions, logarithms, and behavior as variables approach infinity.

Logarithmic and Exponential: Essential terms involving the natural logarithm and exponential functions.

Geometric Shapes: Diagrams of circles, right triangles, and parabolas used in geometry and calculus.

[perfect_pitch]

Well done... see yqxpiano... it wasn't that hard.

But you didn't solve for x... which of course was 42.   

[yqxpiano]

My point was it was just a bunch of concepts, equations, graphs, listed together, without any coherent meaning besides decoration. Like what LIIW said. Also, is x actually 42? I need to figure that out.

Anyways, what browser do you all use? I use chrome, it’s very helpful to type in chrome://gpuhang on the chrome browser.

[perfect_pitch]

Anyways, what browser do you all use? I use chrome, it’s very helpful to type in chrome://gpuhang on the chrome browser.

How stupid do you think I am? One, I don't know why anyone uses Chrome (it is owned by Google and Google want to know EVERYTHING about you because... *** security and personal information - the internet belongs to Google) and...
TWO... Why would I want to make my GPU hang and emulate a frozen computer???

Did you think we were too stupid to know what that command does? I've been using computers for 30 years now. Try harder...

Three, I prefer firefox.

[yqxpiano]

How stupid do you think I am? One, I don't know why anyone uses Chrome (it is owned by Google and Google want to know EVERYTHING about you because... *** security and personal information - the internet belongs to Google) and...
TWO... Why would I want to make my GPU hang and emulate a frozen computer???

Did you think we were too stupid to know what that command does? I've been using computers for 30 years now. Try harder...

Three, I prefer firefox.

Haha, I don’t actually use chrome. That post was sent from safari on iPad (there are no other suitable choices for iPhone and iPad sadly, other iOS browsers are just a wrapped version of the WebKit). On computer I use a chromium fork, forgot which one. Firefox is a browser I am considering switching to, it’s pretty good for privacy and security. Although I’m a bit too lazy to switch to a non-chromium browser by now.

Google is by far the worst big tech company for privacy. They got sued for tracking people using incognito mode, while telling them they wouldn’t track people in incognito mode. And yet when I go to my Google account settings (Google is not entirely escapable) they tell me all about how they “protect my privacy”  .

[perfect_pitch]

Google is by far the worst big tech company for privacy. They got sued for tracking people using incognito mode, while telling them they wouldn’t track people in incognito mode. And yet when I go to my Google account settings (Google is not entirely escapable) they tell me all about how they “protect my privacy”  .

I'm don't trust Google one bit. For a company whose trademark phrase is 'do no evil', they sure are taking a lot of private data from everyone. Even the game Grand Theft Auto took the piss out of them in their radio stations after they launched their Google Earth project. It won't be long before they try to get inside our houses to photo everything.     

[lostinidlewonder]

Shakespeare: 'To be or not to be?' You: 'I'm don't.'"

[perfect_pitch]

No one likes Shakespeare... Like the Beach boys who are only about 70 years old... he's redundant and archaic.

[j_tour]

Eh.  You people are tiresome. 

Anyways, what browser do you all use? I use chrome, it’s very helpful to type in chrome://bing.com on the chrome browser.

Edge.

Close second?  Lynx from terminal. 

Runners up?  FF, and then the Brave/Vivaldi bunch.  Chrome?  GTFO.

[yqxpiano]

Edge.

No way you use edge. Even if chrome the worst for privacy, edge is still bad. And it isn’t as fast as chrome either.
Microsoft is so aggressive in promoting edge, how many people have been pushed into using it I don’t know.

[j_tour]

Microsoft is so aggressive in promoting edge, how many people have been pushed into using it I don’t know.

Nonsense.  It's still chromium-based, IIRC.

And MS never pushed me into anything....don't even use Windows unless absolutely must....Arch Linux all the way.

It's just a browser.  It hardly matters.

And Bing > Google any day.  There's evil companies and then there's just the averagely evil companies. 

Yes, it's true I use FF over Edge 99% of the time, despite my edgelord rhetoric, but still, it's just a browser.  It's not like bending over and taking it from Chrome, or something equally heinous.

[perfect_pitch]

I'm a gamer, so I use Windows all the time. It's an absolute must for me. Can't have my ray-traced, anti-aliased games without good old Windows 10 and Vulkan.

And Bing > Google any day. 

Oh sweet Lord...

I got a whole slew of these and I'm going to slowly drip feed them over the next few days or so, now let me start off by showing you why Google EASILY beats Bing in every way possible.

[j_tour]

I got a whole slew of these and I'm going to slowly drip feed them over the next few days or so, now let me start off by showing you why Google EASILY beats Bing in every way possible.

So Bing is *worse* because it gives helpful advice?

I admit I use dozens of gmail account and have several google voice phone numbers which can be useful.

And in their early days they were indeed about the best...next to AltaVista.

[perfect_pitch]

So Bing is *worse* because it gives helpful advice?

Showing you ways to commit suicide - not helpful.

[j_tour]

Depends on what one's goal is.

Some people are into it!

[perfect_pitch]

I bloody well love these - laughed my arse off when I saw them.

[j_tour]

And that's why you don't mess with the Bing.  No sugar-coated pabulum there.

[perfect_pitch]

I'm not even going to ask for context for that cell image, but moving on.

[j_tour]

Yeah, real clever.  I like the door-hole.  It tastes like smoked salmon.

[perfect_pitch]

The thing about Superman is you know he's a pervert. With those x-ray eyes, he could look through any womans blouse... and you know he'll be doing it in secret.

Anyway, onto more fun pictures:

[j_tour]

So?  Two different sleeping people can interpret things differently. 

Googol [sic] fills her holes [for her ears and brain] and Bing plugs holes in things.

Difference is, I don't want Googol [sic] "filling me" with anything.  I do the filling around here, boy.

/*edit.....isn't that why we play music, anyway?  Instead of being mere passive consumers, we make the decisions, select and "curate" our own "playlists" [aka repertoire]. 

I prefer not to think of myself as a few holes into which Google shoves its wares. 

Bing is no better, but at least they never claimed to be good.  They have to pay people to use the search engine, really.  And supposedly uncurated engines like DuckDuckGo, while they respond to structured queries, will not grant any kind of cross-wise integration with other needed products, from either Google or Microsoft.
*/

[perfect_pitch]

So?  Two different sleeping people can interpret things differently. 

Googol [sic] fills her holes [for her ears and brain] and Bing plugs holes in things.

Difference is, I don't want Googol [sic] "filling me" with anything.

Google didn't do any filling... I'm pretty sure you the person need to put the ear-plugs in. Some prick from Google doesn't look at your search results, finds out where you live, breaks open the door and holds you down forcing the ear-plugs in your ears.

At least not yet...

[j_tour]

Like I said.  Google [sic] is not going to be filling any of my holes.

It's great that the nice lady likes it, though.

That's a neat trick GoogleBotLady has of going to sleep with full-on makeup....does she use disposable pillowcases and have a steady diet of antibiotics for her incessant eye infections?  Trust me, I is expert.

[perfect_pitch]

That's a neat trick GoogleBotLady has of going to sleep with full-on makeup....does she use disposable pillowcases and have a steady diet of antibiotics for her incessant eye infections?  Trust me, I is expert.

I IS EXPERT???

The world is going to hell on a handbasket. When language breaks down, we lose the ability to pass on information to the next generation.

IT'S A PROUD TRADITION DAMNIT!!! Be part of that TRADITION!!!

Anyone, Merry Christmas 2024 to the people who still occasionally keep track of this forum. And if you're looking for ways to stay fiscally sensible this Christmas, Bing can help you out:

[j_tour]

I IS EXPERT???

Yes, I often forget how to complete sentences.

Do you have no sense of irony or comparable notions?  Pastiche?  Satire?  Humor?

Clearly, I forgot how to use the copula in the English language.

At least Paul Hogan is alive in heaven and among the saints.  Should be happy about that, at least.  Nerd.   

And nothing wrong with Bing.  Although the last meme was pretty funny.

[perfect_pitch]

At least Paul Hogan is alive in heaven and among the saints.  Should be happy about that, at least.  Nerd. 

What in the sh*t are you talking about? Paul Hogan isn't in heaven... he's still here walking on Earth.

He's not dead, you bloody pillock.



You know what - for that, you deserve a double dose.

[j_tour]

Yeah, whatever.  Good luck with your all-natural rodent repellents and your DIY bath things.

All these memes illustrate is that GooglEvil is for soft little ponces who are happy to encourage the largest, most duplicitous, and most invasive advertising company in the world.

I bet these whining little pukes would happily volunteer their labor for Elmo Musk if they had the chance.  Or post on X, which amounts to the same thing.

[perfect_pitch]

Yeah, whatever.  Good luck with your all-natural rodent repellents and your DIY bath things.

All these memes illustrate is that GooglEvil is for soft little ponces who are happy to encourage the largest, most duplicitous, and most invasive advertising company in the world.

I bet these whining little pukes would happily volunteer their labor for Elmo Musk if they had the chance.  Or post on X, which amounts to the same thing.

A. I don't have to worry about getting rid of rats and worrying my home insurance isn't up to date...
B. Ad-block... I don't see any bloody advertising from Google.
C. I refuse to label it as its current name. I like the refer to it as 'the company formerly known as Twitter'.

THIS... is X.



Don't worry, I also didn't forget...

[j_tour]

A. I don't have to worry about getting rid of rats and worrying my home insurance isn't up to date...
B. Ad-block... I don't see any bloody advertising from Google.

That's great.  It's still an advertising company that you patronize, with some perverse glee.

C. I refuse to label it as its current name. I like the refer to it as 'the company formerly known as Twitter'.

That's great.  And now "fish" equals "the color blue" and "beer" is the same as "plate of shrimp."  This is not a coronation in early modern France:  "The king is dead!  Long live the king!"

Your company does not exist any more.  There is only X.  If you like X, then power to you.  Every single person or entity I care about has moved to Bluesky (stupid name, I know).   Because "we" don't wish to support Elmo.

Once again, Bing is correct.

And the Elmo company/trash heap is indeed called X.

If one wished to be a PITA, one might as well as say "the satellite state of we call the Ukraine for having lack of glorious leader of exceptional male specimen for which is having lack of strong leader like the Kim Jong and such strongly support to have made adventure into the state for to restore much peace among people."

Don't be obstinate.  "Twitter" is some old company that some moron bought and renamed "X."  Nobody uses it anymore.

[j_tour]

That's great.  It's still an advertising company that you patronize, with some perverse glee.

Your company does not exist any more.  There is only X.  If you like X, then power to you.  Every single person or entity I care about has moved to Bluesky (stupid name, I know).   Because "we" don't wish to support Elmo.

Once again, Bing is correct.

And the Elmo company/trash heap is indeed called X.

If one wished to be a PITA, one might as well as say "the satellite state of we call the Ukraine for having lack of glorious leader of exceptional male specimen for which is having lack of strong leader like the Kim Jong and such strongly support to have made adventure into the state for to restore much peace among people."

Don't be obstinate.  "Twitter" is some old company that some moron bought and renamed "X."  Nobody uses it anymore.

That's great.  And now "fish" equals "the color blue" and "beer" is the same as "plate of shrimp."  This is not a coronation in early modern France:  "The king is dead!  Long live the king!"

Your company does not exist any more.  There is only X.  If you like X, then power to you.  Every single person or entity I care about has moved to Bluesky (stupid name, I know).   Because "we" don't wish to support Elmo.

Once again, Bing is correct.

And the Elmo company/trash heap is indeed called X.

If one wished to be a PITA, one might as well as say "the satellite state of we call the Ukraine for having lack of glorious leader of exceptional male specimen for which is having lack of strong leader like the Kim Jong and such strongly support to have made adventure into the state for to restore much peace among people."

Don't be obstinate.  "Twitter" is some old company that some moron bought and renamed "X."  Nobody uses it anymore.

I'm a gamer, so I use Windows all the time. It's an absolute must for me.

Well, that makes sense.  I have Win10 on every "laptop" I use as well....not for gaming, but there is some stuff that is impossible or difficult/unsatisfactory to do. 

Never really use Edge on Win10 (yes, I know about Win11....but it's a hot mess).  I know it's supposedly integrated into the OS.  I know because I've built some custom machines just fooling around, getting Win10 to have *none* of that Cortana or updates and all the BS....you either have to use some specialized software (a wrapper around some PowerShell commands), or just do it by hand....trust me, something will eventually break.  I think my leanest Win10 install ended up to be about seven or so GB....

That said, Edge is about as good as any other Chromium-based browser.

Doesn't mean I'm going to lap it up and the front stoop of the world's most evil corporation and use their Google [sic].  I get similar or better results with other search enginges.

And you don't think I use an adblocker?  Who doesn't?  UBlock Origin works for me, for getting rid of a bunch of stuff, including (most) any kind of element on a webpage. 

Haven't seen an ad in decades. 

Doesn't change that Googol is an advertising company, and even though I use their e-mail services, there shouldn't be any illusions. 

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A. I don't have to worry about getting rid of rats and worrying my home insurance isn't up to date...
B. Ad-block... I don't see any bloody advertising from Google.

That's great.  It's still an advertising company that you patronize, with some perverse glee.

C. I refuse to label it as its current name. I like the refer to it as 'the company formerly known as Twitter'.

That's great.  And now "fish" equals "the color blue" and "beer" is the same as "plate of shrimp."  This is not a coronation in early modern France:  "The king is dead!  Long live the king!"

Your company does not exist any more.  There is only X.  If you like X, then power to you.  Every single person or entity I care about has moved to Bluesky (stupid name, I know).   Because "we" don't wish to support Elmo.

Once again, Bing is correct.

And the Elmo company/trash heap is indeed called X.

[perfect_pitch]

Okay - clearly this is a sore spot for you, so I'm just going to post the LAST one I have, and I promise no more... only because I thought it was funny.

Doesn't change that Googol is an advertising company, and even though I use their e-mail services, there shouldn't be any illusions. 

OH... so after a rant like that - you're unhappy to look up pictures and maybe how to do check simple facts on the internet, but you're more than happy for all your personal messages, bills and private information that's held in bills and documents sent to you to be hosted on their servers???

[j_tour]

OH... so after a rant like that - you're unhappy to look up pictures and maybe how to do check simple facts on the internet, but you're more than happy for all your personal messages, bills and private information that's held in bills and documents sent to you to be hosted on their servers?

Utter tosh.  Those accounts are primarily for junk e-mail, and so forth.  And, like you, I never see ads for a long time on any platform.

Now, Facebook, on the other hand....that's where they have the good data.

Do I care?  No, because I haven't yet become a paranoid freak.

It's just I think that Google [sic] sucks, and so does X. 

[perfect_pitch]

I'm surprised that Elon Music hasn't tried to buy Facebook as well. Do you think he'll ever try and purchase BlueSky? I know that BlueSky is meant to be an alternative to 'The company formerly known as Twitter', but when someone like Musk rolls up and asks to buy your company for millions or billions... who wouldn't be tempted to say yes?

[j_tour]

I know that BlueSky is meant to be an alternative to 'The company formerly known as Twitter', but when someone like Musk rolls up and asks to buy your company for millions or billions... who wouldn't be tempted to say yes?

A company that's run like a business, not a hobby project for some ultra-right wing fascist nut-job?

when someone like Musk rolls up

He doesn't "roll up," exactly.  He has his (hilarious, fantasy) self-"driving" cars chauffeur him.  Or the hyperloop or some rocket somebody else invented.

Maybe a submarine piloted by perverse deviants.

[perfect_pitch]

He doesn't "roll up," exactly.  He has his (hilarious, fantasy) self-"driving" cars chauffeur him.  Or the hyperloop or some rocket somebody else invented.

Maybe a submarine piloted by perverse deviants.

It must be hard for him to walk around, what with having Trump up his arsehole... or is it the other way around?

[lostinidlewonder]

He walked after this fall.