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Combichristoffersen · (08-18-2012, 11:45 PM)

Originally Posted by Volimar:

That's Hannah Montana's Emily Osment from R.L. Stine's "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It".

My nephew has a crush on her.

You mean I'm your nephew? Never knew I had an uncle on GAF..

Jokes aside, yeah, she's cute. I guess that's why I saved the pics :lol But thanks for the answer. Now I just need to find that movie..

Schmattakopf · (08-19-2012, 04:18 AM)

Originally Posted by WascallyWabbit:

Is it possible to open a family plan with three friends as opposed to actual family members?

Or even if you just lied and sai ur all siblings, is there anything stopping you from doing that?

Yes. I do this and have done this for every phone plan I've had. "Family" is just the theme of the plan. I guess it could depend on the provider, but it doesn't really matter because there's no way for them to find out and why would they care?

Akainu · (08-19-2012, 06:12 AM)

Is peanut oil healthier/tastier than vegetable oil?

ch0mp · (08-19-2012, 07:51 AM)

Originally Posted by Akainu:

Is peanut oil healthier/tastier than vegetable oil?

Tastier, yes healthy no not really. If you're worried about health use something like ghee, olive or coconut oil.

Akainu · (08-19-2012, 09:00 AM)

Originally Posted by ch0mp:

Tastier, yes healthy no not really. If you're worried about health use something like ghee, olive or coconut oil.

I was just wondering cause I was thinking about five guys and they advertise that they use peanut oil on their fries and was wondering if there was some real benefit.

Martian · (08-19-2012, 11:05 AM)

Why does Gaf hate on Reddit so much?

I mean, sure, it's not very user-friendly, but the content is good. So why the hate?

Combichristoffersen · (08-19-2012, 11:10 AM)

Originally Posted by ch0mp:

Tastier, yes healthy no not really. If you're worried about health use something like ghee, olive or coconut oil.

Olive oil, rapeseed oil (needs to be cold pressed oil though) and coconut oil are the healthiest oils for frying AFAIK.

Tomat · 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Martian:

Why does Gaf hate on Reddit so much?

I mean, sure, it's not very user-friendly, but the content is good. So why the hate?

Because reddit is the definition of a circle jerk at its finest. A lot of "their" content is not even theirs either. There have been front page posts on reddit there were literally just screencaps of a GAF post. A lot of people don't like the upvote/downvote system either because unpopular yet valid opinions are usually downvoted.

There is also Redford ability to take something new and funny and kill it in a single day due to the constant spamming and overuse of memes.

Also, /r/atheism.

All that said, there are still good parts of reddit too, you just have to make an account and go find them. I enjoyed their Dark Souls board.

Martian · (08-19-2012, 11:36 AM)

Originally Posted by Tomat:

Because reddit is the definition of a circle jerk at its finest. A lot of "their" content is not even theirs either. There have been front page posts on reddit there were literally just screencaps of a GAF post. A lot of people don't like the upvote/downvote system either because unpopular yet valid opinions are usually downvoted.

There is also Redford ability to take something new and funny and kill it in a single day due to the constant spamming and overuse of memes.

Also, /r/atheism.

All that said, there are still good parts of reddit too, you just have to make an account and go find them. I enjoyed their Dark Souls board.

Hmm, I guess so. Yes, that was the point I was trying to make. I have a reddit account, but I removed all of the major boards (except funny and gaming) and have found smaller boards to be more enjoyable.

But the memes/circlejerking isn't something exclusive to reddit, I've seen it on gaf and 9gag.

And yes, atheism is abnoxious and downright crazy. They are the fundamentalists of atheism

Tomat · (08-19-2012, 11:39 AM)

Originally Posted by Martian:

Hmm, I guess so. Yes, that was the point I was trying to make. I have a reddit account, but I removed all of the major boards (except funny and gaming) and have found smaller boards to be more enjoyable.

But the memes/circlejerking isn't something exclusive to reddit, I've seen it on gaf and 9gag.

And yes, atheism is abnoxious and downright crazy. They are the fundamentalists of atheism

It does exist here too for sure. I'm not sure if pointing that our is frowned upon or I'd it's the GAF hive mind comment that is frowned upon.

Osietra · (08-19-2012, 09:25 PM)

Aliens!

Did anyone else watch this thing by a science guy, debunked, but holy shit, when it broke, it was amazing. Basically like being in a real movie. Which is maybe amazing art. If that was his concept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFSPW...e_gdata_player

Tess3ract · (08-19-2012, 09:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Martian:

Why does Gaf hate on Reddit so much?

I mean, sure, it's not very user-friendly, but the content is good. So why the hate?

Spoiler alert: it's not the content or the ui everyone hates on

DJ Crimson · 11:19 PM

How exactly would I hook up either one of these speakers to my Mac Mini? Audioengine A2 White or Audioengine A2 Black. Aw fuck, I'm completely stupid. Just notice the images had some notes on that same question I was looking an answer for :/ Is this what I must use? Seems a bit expensive...

Unicorn · (08-20-2012, 04:24 AM)

So I just installed Windows 7 onto my SSD (after having had it for years but shit happened and I just installed Windows on a HDD) and I'm wondering if there's an easy painless way of getting all my apps and settings to transfer over?

I mean, I want the programs to stay on the HDD, but be able to launch/open them while using Windows on my SSD.

Corky · (08-20-2012, 11:58 AM)

I'm going bonkers...

What the FUCK is up with youtube? I constantly have to refresh the clip and adjust the slider back and forth until the clip starts, if not then the clip keeps buffering for hours without starting.

Mecha_Infantry · (08-20-2012, 11:59 AM)

Hey PythonGAF, can someone do a quick test as I'm not on a machine with Python

Code:

first = fragment(ip/PUSH/“/etc/passwd“,fragsize=24) >>>
first[0])

What will display? the contents of IP, or the fragment of the contents in brackets

In other words, does the [0] splice only see what's inside the brackets? Or outside of it?

Cheers

wolfmat · 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Mecha_Infantry:

Hey PythonGAF, can someone do a quick test as I'm not on a machine with Python

That's scapy stuff, am on OS X and it doesn't install. They're probably using the old SDK? Anyway, I'll check the docs.

Edit: The docs say it'll fragment a big packet into smaller packets, so you're gonna see the whole packet split into smaller packets up to a payload size of 24 bytes per packet. They're gonna be complete successive packets.
So according to the docs, first[0] will look like this (ignoring the specifics of your post, just with IP(dst="1.2.3.4")/ICMP()/("SOME_PAYLOAD_DAWG") as fragment's first arg):

Code:

<IP flags=MF frag=0 proto=ICMP dst=1.2.3.4 |<Raw load=’\x08\x00W \x00\x00\x00\x00SOME_PAYLOAD_DAWG’
|>>

Of course, first[1] will also have a header for the successive packet if the payload exceeds your fragsize.

Buddha Beam · (08-20-2012, 01:37 PM)

I was thinking about it this weekend as I was driving on a road trip and I got to wondering...
IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways? Many, if not most, highways have long, long stretches of median between them. Just build the HSR on tall columns above the highway? Then just figure out what to do about places where they can't really go on a median.

Am I just not seeing something here? Is there a reason this can't be done? Even in a perfect world where Republicans weren't insane assholes who block HSR just to piss off liberals, they still seem to plan to mainly upgrade existing rail corridors to support (relatively slow) high speed rail.

FillerB · (08-20-2012, 01:48 PM)

Originally Posted by Buddha Beam:

I was thinking about it this weekend as I was driving on a road trip and I got to wondering...
IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways? Many, if not most, highways have long, long stretches of median between them. Just build the HSR on tall columns above the highway? Then just figure out what to do about places where they can't really go on a median.

Am I just not seeing something here? Is there a reason this can't be done? Even in a perfect world where Republicans weren't insane assholes who block HSR just to piss off liberals, they still seem to plan to mainly upgrade existing rail corridors to support (relatively slow) high speed rail.

Oil.

And less flammatory, there are probably dozens of safety, sound and environmental regulations that need to maintained making it more difficult/expensive to (legally) make new railways than simply upgrade the current infrastructure. Not to mention that any new railways must be able to tie in to the existing system and that there may not be enough demand to justify it all.

Really I doubt anyone that isn't fully informed by all the details surrounding the plan could give you a good answer to that.

wolfmat · (08-20-2012, 01:53 PM)

Originally Posted by Buddha Beam:

IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways?

Building completely new tracks across the US is rather costly, and difficult.
Building along the highways assumes that the ground can actually support trains, that they don't make crazy curves, that elevation doesn't vary too much, that they want to go along highways with long-distance trains, and so on. Lots of assumptions. Also a couple of pros, but they're not that great, and similar to existing railway pros.
Building along existing railway means being able to replace railway (lower footprint) and to recycle material (mostly metals), having easy access (rail), using proven paths with good elevation variance and curves that go where trains need to go, implementing a sharing scheme for all speeds to get the most out of a particular lane, being able to directly feed into stations, ports and the like without the need for remodeling, having the tunnels and bridges right in place with the appropriate tolerances, having the appropriate wiring in place for signalling, using already-contaminated land (in terms of noise and danger mostly)... Lots of good things to benefit from.

Tomat · (08-20-2012, 02:15 PM)

Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.

xxczx · (08-20-2012, 03:02 PM)

Originally Posted by Tomat:

Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.

i usually read the first two pages and the last then post if i want to.

I keep up with community threads though.

Entropia · (08-20-2012, 03:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Tomat:

Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.

Usually. I'll check out the first page, and if there's something I want to comment on I won't because by the 3rd or 4th page it's probably already been discussed and not worth talking about again.

parrotbeak · (08-20-2012, 03:26 PM)

Originally Posted by Tomat:

Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.

Yes, unless I honestly really want to discuss. Like the Batman spoiler thread was something like 90 pages when I joined, but I really wanted to talk about the movie. I think i prefaced by saying I only read page 1 of the thread and knew what I was saying was probably said 100x times already.

And then once you've discussed to your satisfaction, best to leave the thread instead of hanging around and getting upset when new people keep bringing up the same things.

Futureman · 04:27 PM

there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?

Combichristoffersen · (08-20-2012, 04:34 PM)

Originally Posted by Futureman:

there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?

Sounds like the battery to me, yeah. Try giving it a jump start to see if it'll come back to life, and if you have a charger, recharge your battery. Try checking whether you need to refill some distilled water on it or not.

FillerB · (08-20-2012, 04:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Futureman:

there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?

If your sure it's not a flat battery then maybe the solenoid or the starter. Jumping it should work but obviously is not a real solution.

(Note it's been years since I looked under the hood of a car)

TacticalFox88 · (08-20-2012, 04:46 PM)

Is there a good book(s) on why people, particulalry conservatives, think the way they do, politically? Proud of their ignorance? Vote against their own interests?

That REALLY dives into the psychology of it all?

Futureman · (08-20-2012, 05:31 PM)

Originally Posted by Combichristoffersen:

Sounds like the battery to me, yeah. Try giving it a jump start to see if it'll come back to life, and if you have a charger, recharge your battery. Try checking whether you need to refill some distilled water on it or not.

my battery gets like this...

I just took the contacts off and gave it a real good clean. Put them back on... now it struggles a bit instead of just the clicking noises, but still doesn't turn on.

My buddy is gonna try to give me a jump later on.

Revoh · (08-20-2012, 07:52 PM)

I use this site http://sig.mca.gov.py/ a lot for my work and I fear the day some day it vanish or something happens to it.
Is there a way for me to mirror the entire site to my computer?

Zoe · (08-20-2012, 07:55 PM)

Originally Posted by Futureman:

my battery gets like this...

I just took the contacts off and gave it a real good clean. Put them back on... now it struggles a bit instead of just the clicking noises, but still doesn't turn on.

My buddy is gonna try to give me a jump later on.

My battery on a brand new car did that after 2 years. The corrosion led to the battery's capacity going down.

Lirlond · (08-20-2012, 08:23 PM)

Hrm. Excuse my ignorance.

Let's say you're a muslim. Ramadan comes around. You work nights. Do you fast during the sunlight? You might only see 2 hours of sunlight. Do you reverse it, fast at night?

Schmattakopf · (08-20-2012, 08:56 PM)

Originally Posted by Lirlond:

Hrm. Excuse my ignorance.

Let's say you're a muslim. Ramadan comes around. You work nights. Do you fast during the sunlight? You might only see 2 hours of sunlight. Do you reverse it, fast at night?

Since working nights is a newer thing, I don't think there are rules for this and I don't think you would reverse it or do anything to "make up for it". Depending on when you work, it might not even be that much easier. Plus you probably can't take sleep meds or caffeine in the morning. That's just my guess though.

wolfmat · (08-20-2012, 09:02 PM)

Originally Posted by Revoh:

I use this site http://sig.mca.gov.py/ a lot for my work and I fear the day some day it vanish or something happens to it.
Is there a way for me to mirror the entire site to my computer?

No. At a glance, I'd say they're feeding map data from a server asynchronously with AJAX requests, so you only have at your disposal what you see on the screen at a particular point in time. The site isn't cached in your browser, and it needs a database and a backend application to function, basically. You could of course download current map pictures that you got from some request (Firefox makes this easy, for example), but you would have to have a local map data server (and some other stuff) running if you wanted to have an interactive map like that locally.

You could try contacting the people running the site and ask if they'll give you the whole thing, but you probably won't be able to cope with the complexity of what they'd be sending you, even if they'd bother packing it together for you (which takes a while). It wouldn't work out of the box as well, so you'd have to configure details that are hidden from us right now. Impossible to say what precisely goes on on the map server, what the database looks like, bla.

Revoh · (08-20-2012, 10:57 PM)

Originally Posted by wolfmat:

No. At a glance, I'd say they're feeding map data from a server asynchronously with AJAX requests, so you only have at your disposal what you see on the screen at a particular point in time. The site isn't cached in your browser, and it needs a database and a backend application to function, basically. You could of course download current map pictures that you got from some request (Firefox makes this easy, for example), but you would have to have a local map data server (and some other stuff) running if you wanted to have an interactive map like that locally.

You could try contacting the people running the site and ask if they'll give you the whole thing, but you probably won't be able to cope with the complexity of what they'd be sending you, even if they'd bother packing it together for you (which takes a while). It wouldn't work out of the box as well, so you'd have to configure details that are hidden from us right now. Impossible to say what precisely goes on on the map server, what the database looks like, bla.

Damn. You seem to know a lot of this stuff so thanks for your input. Guess I'm going to stop being paranoid and forget about it though.

wolfmat · (08-20-2012, 11:37 PM)

Originally Posted by Revoh:

Damn. You seem to know a lot of this stuff so thanks for your input.

I know nothing of what they do, I just right-clicked a bunch and did a lot of guessing. I could be totally off. We're playing it loose here. You're welcome though!

Like the hat? · (08-21-2012, 01:09 AM)