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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4750 on: June 25, 2015, 04:36:32 pm »
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Quote from: Asper on June 25, 2015, 04:28:22 pm
Quote from: Witherweaver on June 25, 2015, 04:26:12 pm
.txt extensions for simple communications.  Easy to read, easy to edit.  Notepad++ is really nice.

If you need formatting and special typesetting, use LaTeX like any normal person.

While i find LaTeX rather useful for professional/scientific documents, "like any normal person" strikes me as overly normative.

He was just suppressing the standard "with a Ph.D. in the hard sciences," as one typically does.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4751 on: June 25, 2015, 04:38:18 pm »
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"Normal" means "in the proper manner".
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4752 on: June 25, 2015, 04:38:32 pm »
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Quote from: Seprix on June 25, 2015, 04:29:01 pm
I don't use latex. I've never even heard of it.

Have you heard of Knuth?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4753 on: June 25, 2015, 04:43:18 pm »
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Quote from: Asper on June 25, 2015, 04:28:22 pm
Quote from: Witherweaver on June 25, 2015, 04:26:12 pm
.txt extensions for simple communications.  Easy to read, easy to edit.  Notepad++ is really nice.

If you need formatting and special typesetting, use LaTeX like any normal person.

While i find LaTeX rather useful for professional/scientific documents, "like any normal person" strikes me as overly normative.

He was just suppressing the standard "with a Ph.D. in the hard sciences math, physics, or computer science," as one typically does.

Chemists don't use LaTeX often (edge case: computational chemists, see also computer science).

Wait, I'm all but positive we've had this conversation before here.

Edit:  Yep, page 78 (or 39) of this thread.
« Last Edit: June 25, 2015, 04:45:54 pm by Kirian »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4754 on: June 25, 2015, 04:53:45 pm »
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is anything wrong with open office?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4755 on: June 25, 2015, 04:55:19 pm »
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Quote from: silverspawn on June 25, 2015, 04:53:45 pm
is anything wrong with open office?

I haven't noticed anything, but I only used it when I had Unix machines.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4756 on: June 25, 2015, 05:01:33 pm »
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Quote from: silverspawn on June 25, 2015, 04:53:45 pm
is anything wrong with open office?

It's not very good.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4757 on: June 25, 2015, 06:15:24 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4758 on: June 25, 2015, 06:33:52 pm »
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Bomb, Cannon, and many of the Gunpowder cards can strongly effect gameplay, particularly in a destructive way

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4759 on: June 25, 2015, 06:39:32 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4760 on: June 25, 2015, 06:40:36 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4761 on: June 25, 2015, 07:08:52 pm »
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Stop saying things that can be so easily be taken out of context guys. I'm having a field day.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4762 on: June 25, 2015, 07:38:04 pm »
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Quote from: Witherweaver on June 25, 2015, 04:38:18 pm
"Normal" means "in the proper manner".

That's not what it normally means.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4763 on: June 25, 2015, 08:04:25 pm »
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Quote from: silverspawn on June 25, 2015, 04:53:45 pm
is anything wrong with open office?

It's not very good.

If i had a penny for each time i witnessed Awaclus making a snarky "because (dismissive opinion)" post, i'd actually have to ponder whether to go to the bank and exchange them for money i can even use over here.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4764 on: June 26, 2015, 04:42:46 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4765 on: June 26, 2015, 04:47:01 pm »
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Quote from: Witherweaver on June 26, 2015, 04:42:46 pm

What the actual moat!?

Reminds me of this thing that I will wish I never watched.

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4766 on: June 26, 2015, 10:49:46 pm »
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I saw that on tosh.o.

Also, can we take a moment to honor how I am the first poster in the random stuff 2 thread by arbitrary post cut decision?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4767 on: June 27, 2015, 01:16:46 am »
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Suppose there is a steam locomotive in the old west traveling at 110 km/h. Assuming the speed of sound as 343 m/s, that means that the Doppler shift for an approaching train would be about 1.098, while for a receding train would be about 0.918 ... dividing the two to find the overall frequency difference gives about 1.196 .

This is very nearly 1.2, or 6/5, the interval of a justly-tempered minor third, which is scientifically known to be the saddest musical interval. Even if it's moving at an angle, or slower due to inferior-quality scrap rail, an equally-tempered minor third is tighter, about 1.189 . This is my scientific justification as to why the wail of a steam train is often described as "mournful" or a "wail".

However, I am suspicious as to why the steam train in the old west is using metric units. It may have been infiltrated by the French, or possibly Doc Brown.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4768 on: June 27, 2015, 10:09:50 am »
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What the actual moat!?

You let the gays get married and all hell breaks loose. 
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4769 on: June 28, 2015, 08:46:05 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4770 on: June 29, 2015, 07:52:55 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4771 on: June 30, 2015, 07:50:24 am »
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Might want to tell someone about the roof leak.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4772 on: June 30, 2015, 07:52:10 am »
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Quote from: SwitchedFromStarcraft on June 30, 2015, 07:50:24 am
Might want to tell someone about the roof leak.

The ceiling is very unstable. Actually, that's Ceiling Cat breaking through from above.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4773 on: June 30, 2015, 07:56:37 am »
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Might want to tell someone about the roof leak.

The ceiling is very unstable. Actually, that's Ceiling Cat breaking through from above.
Then it's likely to happen again from the corner in the background.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4774 on: June 30, 2015, 08:02:25 am »
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Might want to tell someone about the roof leak.

The ceiling is very unstable. Actually, that's Ceiling Cat breaking through from above.
Then it's likely to happen again from the corner in the background.

Does "It's raining cats (and dogs)" ring a bell?
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