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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #325 on: April 26, 2013, 03:58:26 pm »
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Happy news: Got my copy of the Anniversary Edition of Galaxy Trucker. It is so beautiful. And so big. I can't wait to whip that bad boy out in mixed company.

Sad news: I have to wait to bring it out. And I can't even play it at my place, as my table isn't large enough to handle it. Sorry, fella, on the shelf you go.
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« Reply #326 on: April 26, 2013, 04:40:30 pm »
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Happy news: Got my copy of the Anniversary Edition of Galaxy Trucker. It is so beautiful. And so big. I can't wait to whip that bad boy out in mixed company.

Sad news: I have to wait to bring it out. And I can't even play it at my place, as my table isn't large enough to handle it. Sorry, fella, on the shelf you go.


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« Reply #327 on: April 26, 2013, 04:44:49 pm »
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Happy news: Got my copy of the Anniversary Edition of Galaxy Trucker. It is so beautiful. And so big. I can't wait to whip that bad boy out in mixed company.

Sad news: I have to wait to bring it out. And I can't even play it at my place, as my table isn't large enough to handle it. Sorry, fella, on the shelf you go.


You clearly have dreams of being taken out of context. Luckily, your wish is my command.

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« Reply #328 on: April 26, 2013, 05:33:02 pm »
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To be honest, he was trying too hard there. It was really just too much.
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« Reply #329 on: April 27, 2013, 12:10:32 pm »
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@ehalc, the queens face makes that.

Isn't that a Bishop? :P

Assuming that is close enough to cause checkmate that has to be a queen, if it was a bishop the king could move forward/backward.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #330 on: April 27, 2013, 12:46:34 pm »
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@ehalc, the queens face makes that.

Isn't that a Bishop? :P

Assuming that is close enough to cause checkmate that has to be a queen, if it was a bishop the king could move forward/backward.
And that's why they surrender.

Besides, the first move in the entire game seems to be black moving his king. It doesn't look like the game state was intended to be analyzed like this.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #331 on: April 27, 2013, 03:29:04 pm »
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I just learnt a method for finding cube roots of numbers between 1,000 and 1,000,000 with integer cube roots, and it's pretty easy.

Roughly: Look at the last digit of your number, that determines the second digit of your cube root
Divide by 1,000 and round down, then find the next cube below that number. The cube root of that is the 10's digit.

E.g. 389,017.

A 7 at the end can only be caused by a units digit of 3
389 is larger than 343 (but smaller than 512), which is 7 cubed.

So this is 73^3
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #332 on: April 27, 2013, 07:59:18 pm »
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I just learnt a method for finding cube roots of numbers between 1,000 and 1,000,000 with integer cube roots, and it's pretty easy.

Roughly: Look at the last digit of your number, that determines the second digit of your cube root
Divide by 1,000 and round down, then find the next cube below that number. The cube root of that is the 10's digit.

E.g. 389,017.

A 7 at the end can only be caused by a units digit of 3
389 is larger than 343 (but smaller than 512), which is 7 cubed.

So this is 73^3

This is why I have an English/Creative Writing degree.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #333 on: April 27, 2013, 08:10:30 pm »
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This is why I have an English/Creative Writing degree.

How did you get it?
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« Reply #334 on: April 27, 2013, 08:12:13 pm »
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This is why I have an English/Creative Writing degree.

How did you get it?

Graduating is easier than you think.

I also added "English" in later.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #335 on: April 27, 2013, 11:22:08 pm »
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@ehalc, the queens face makes that.

Isn't that a Bishop? :P

Assuming that is close enough to cause checkmate that has to be a queen, if it was a bishop the king could move forward/backward.

Oh I was just referring to the images with the horse/knight and the tower/rook and everything, not the actual board.
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« Reply #336 on: April 28, 2013, 02:08:55 am »
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« Reply #337 on: April 28, 2013, 11:57:19 pm »
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Dear Random Q. Student:

The final is scheduled for a certain day at a certain time. That day and time has been on the academic calendar since, at the latest, May 2012. When you sign up for classes, consider looking at your personal calendar in advance. If you are planning to leave the state for the summer on Tuesday of finals week, consider signing up for a course that does not have a final on Thursday. For that matter, if you're planning to leave on the Tuesday of finals week, consider not signing up for courses at all.

Either way, don't ask me three weeks before the end of the semester if you can take the final early.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #338 on: April 29, 2013, 08:42:37 am »
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Happy news: Got my copy of the Anniversary Edition of Galaxy Trucker. It is so beautiful. And so big. I can't wait to whip that bad boy out in mixed company.

Sad news: I have to wait to bring it out. And I can't even play it at my place, as my table isn't large enough to handle it. Sorry, fella, on the shelf you go.


You clearly have dreams of being taken out of context. Luckily, your wish is my command.

Well, really, I often do take conversations and purposefully spin them into something dirty. It's just not a party if I don't spout off innuendos at least 10 times in the night.

I wasn't expecting a quote in that thread, since it wasn't innocuous to begin with, but I'll gracefully accept any attention drawn to the fact that I have the anniversary edition of Galaxy Trucker. Now we just need to schedule a game night with it.
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« Reply #339 on: April 29, 2013, 09:20:30 am »
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Happy news: Got my copy of the Anniversary Edition of Galaxy Trucker. It is so beautiful. And so big. I can't wait to whip that bad boy out in mixed company.

Sad news: I have to wait to bring it out. And I can't even play it at my place, as my table isn't large enough to handle it. Sorry, fella, on the shelf you go.


You clearly have dreams of being taken out of context. Luckily, your wish is my command.

Well, really, I often do take conversations and purposefully spin them into something dirty. It's just not a party if I don't spout off innuendos at least 10 times in the night.

I wasn't expecting a quote in that thread, since it wasn't innocuous to begin with, but I'll gracefully accept any attention drawn to the fact that I have the anniversary edition of Galaxy Trucker. Now we just need to schedule a game night with it.

If you had left the word "innuendos" out, you'd have gotten another "out of context" quote immediately.
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« Reply #340 on: April 29, 2013, 12:14:06 pm »
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Just noticed a new user with 0 posts named "magicfuck." Let's see how long before that account gets deleted (maybe he's a nice guy and Dominion champion).
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« Reply #341 on: April 29, 2013, 12:16:38 pm »
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Dear Random Q. Student:

The final is scheduled for a certain day at a certain time. That day and time has been on the academic calendar since, at the latest, May 2012. When you sign up for classes, consider looking at your personal calendar in advance. If you are planning to leave the state for the summer on Tuesday of finals week, consider signing up for a course that does not have a final on Thursday. For that matter, if you're planning to leave on the Tuesday of finals week, consider not signing up for courses at all.

Either way, don't ask me three weeks before the end of the semester if you can take the final early.
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« Reply #342 on: April 29, 2013, 12:19:11 pm »
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Just noticed a new user with 0 posts named "magicfuck." Let's see how long before that account gets deleted (maybe he's a nice guy and Dominion champion).

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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #343 on: April 29, 2013, 03:38:11 pm »
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Just noticed a new user with 0 posts named "magicfuck." Let's see how long before that account gets deleted (maybe he's a nice guy and Dominion champion).
That guy was around all the time on iso - you never saw him?

I have to say, with all frankness, I am being totally serious here - I was actually a bit afraid I'd get paired up with him while doing a video.

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« Reply #344 on: April 29, 2013, 03:40:55 pm »
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He/she plays innovation now.
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« Reply #345 on: April 29, 2013, 03:51:46 pm »
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Really? Wow. It just looks like a spam account.

Good thing I'm not admin then.

Although, if I played more Isotropic, I'd have avoided that goof-up.
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« Reply #346 on: April 29, 2013, 03:54:52 pm »
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Could it be I have been contacted by a responsible spammer?

He e-mails my work account with a, "Hi, we noticed that you're using blah and have a tool that does everything blah does only better," BS message.

I responded with, "Not my business. Remove me from your mailing list."

I expected him to reply back with, "Could you forward this message to someone who makes those decisions?" But he did not. I was kind of impressed.

Granted, he sent me unsolicited e-mail, so he should still be staked to an anthill, but his response was not what I expected.
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« Reply #347 on: April 29, 2013, 04:56:33 pm »
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I have to say, with all frankness, I am being totally serious here - I was actually a bit afraid I'd get paired up with him while doing a video.

I narrowly avoided playing a game with him today by pressing the "decline" button.  It was tough, though.
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« Reply #348 on: April 29, 2013, 05:00:14 pm »
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I have to say, with all frankness, I am being totally serious here - I was actually a bit afraid I'd get paired up with him while doing a video.

I narrowly avoided playing a game with him today by pressing the "decline" button.  It was tough, though.
Well, it was only a bit, and I would have - I really don't like declining though.

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« Reply #349 on: April 29, 2013, 07:12:44 pm »
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Dear Random Q. Student:

The final is scheduled for a certain day at a certain time. That day and time has been on the academic calendar since, at the latest, May 2012. When you sign up for classes, consider looking at your personal calendar in advance. If you are planning to leave the state for the summer on Tuesday of finals week, consider signing up for a course that does not have a final on Thursday. For that matter, if you're planning to leave on the Tuesday of finals week, consider not signing up for courses at all.

Either way, don't ask me three weeks before the end of the semester if you can take the final early.
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