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The previous post (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1547.msg77834#msg77834) was at 2018-01-09, 19:06:11
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Trying to shame us into posting, eh? :lol:
It is kind of working, isn't it?
Entropy is the destiny of everything.
:faint:
Posted 2018-01-12, 02:05:45
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Der Spiegel's pollution quiz is presented in attractive format. http://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/air-pollution-quiz-where-the-air-is-dirtiest-a-1187306.html#ref=rss
Agreed.
For the question/issue of ships' particulate matter emissions this depends heavily on the fuel. Ships have traditionally had no regulation, and many use (literally) dirt cheap fuel of the nastiest kind. They are belching sulphur and NOx as well, all to save a quick buck.
Electrical ships can't come too soon.
The new ferry to Texel goes on gas and some solar electricity. It's extremely clean, an inspiration to the world apparently.
https://www.teso.nl/en/component/content/article/54-projecten/projecten/212-teso-operates-wagemaker-with-clean-gtl-fuel
Electrical ships can't come too soon.
No?? nuclear ships existes since the fifties or sixties. Nuclear produces endless electricity.
Indeed. Why use nuclear and coal and all that, when we have electricity?
There are some cases of on-site power production on nautical vehicles, e.g. sail ships. Mostly the energy is generated off-site and used on-site from an energy store.
We have half a century experience with nuclear powered ships, and that experience is not good. It is harder to come up with safe designs for an ocean-going vehicle, and the consequences if they are not out at sea is much worse.
Unless there is a strategic reason to do otherwise, e.g. obliterate the country that obliterated yours, you would be better off using electric energy from land-based nuclear power plants. They are safer, cheaper and located at the border to somebody else's problem. They are not mobile hijackable dirty bombs.
We have half a century experience with nuclear powered ships, and that experience is not good.
No? Why not?
Nuclear powered ships and submarines made the biggest developments for human adventure discovering the world.. Do you have anything better?
Course mobile vehicles such as those can't use land based power producing.
Any story invoking "Ansaldo Breda" is unlikely to have a happy ending, though they themselves had an end, being bought by Hitachi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Rail_Italy).
Quality only comes if you ask, plan, and test for it. Get rich quick schemes come with the opportunity.
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Haha, nice try Belfrager. My only complaint about Portugal is how it did in it's monarchy me being a Monarchist!
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And I have to say puts him in a corner due to being factual! Preferred dictatorship.
Looks like we have totally run out of material to debate and discuss. Probably out of momentum too.
it's worth discussing. :P
Looks like we have totally run out of material to debate and discuss. Probably out of momentum too.
The problem is not in the material to discuss, the problem is in inside our souls. People are tired of this model.
Or maybe better, we know each other already totally, there's nothing to discuss.
No new people, no motivation.
the problem is in inside our souls.
🤔Or lack there of... 😈
I have never lacked....... :up:
:whistle:
Hah!
the problem is in inside our souls.
🤔Or lack there of... 😈
DnD seems to me very much as those ancient human societies. We need human sacrifices.
ensbb3 and Frenzie it is okay I have had to put up with envy through life and no problem boys. :-[
DnD seems to me very much as those ancient human societies. We need human sacrifices.
If only we had a shining example sure to please the gods...
ensbb3 and Frenzie it is okay I have had to put up with envy through life and no problem boys. :-[
Mentioned once in a book, featured on the radio and interviewed on the telly. (Might as well change your avatar to the "As Seen On TV" logo now that I think about it. :) ) An asset to the community for sure. As a role model for the youth. Always there for the ladies. As well as stood for office. Beyond reproach may be inadequate. :sherlock:
Sigh...we all have to put up with things. Oh and I had to honestly wear a gown monthly too for years.... :whistle:
Do you have to wear a wig along with the gown?
Not at District Court level. In England Magistrates tend to sit in three but up here in the northern part of the kingdom, Scotland they sit with just one judge (a legal advisor in a gown beside him/her) but the justice wears a gown unlike over the Border. It is not a paid position although any expenses can be got.
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Groan......... the article was rubbish :faint:
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Heh. :P
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Heh. :P
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Chemistry is alchemy where the spooky aspects such as spiritual and immaterial have been cut off.
Yep. The same happens with old and modern ("scientific") medicine.
I was reading a XVIII century medicine text and got very surprised with the extreme lucidity of thought and rigor of analysis. What have basically evolved in medicine were the machines for every and all diagnosis.
Old doctors discussed if fever was a fluid or a humor, moderns ones have no idea about the whys and they don't care, enough to know that fever appears as a body reaction and some particular substance makes it to go down.
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Did I break a record?? :yes:
:hat:
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Guess the top would of been blown off it. 😮
Yes, presumably next record would be minimum 4 1/4 days, at least very close to it.
Should be fairly easy to automate. It's now <time elapsed> since last post. If that <time elapsed> is longer than previous record, users would be informed that any such post would break a record (and if they don't, someone else will).
That sounds like a somewhat depressing extension. ;)
Aren't them all?
Computers are depressing. By nature.
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Second time closer (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=230.msg82395#msg82395).
But then, following on the heels of the return of Mr. Tennessee:
This should be going on in the Christian community!
https://youtu.be/WUYRoYl7i6U
we had the return of rjhowie:
Rubbish Frenzie.
Let's sum up the scores
Mr. Tennessee post: 2018-11-26, 21:28:28rjhowie post: 2018-12-01, 01:59:26Existing record: 4 days 4 hours 41 minutes 31 secondsRecord attempt: 4 days 4 hours 30 minutes 58 secondsA very worthy attempt by Mr. rjhowie, unfortunately at least 10 minutes and 33 seconds early.
This is good though.
Russia Ukraine incident: Duma 'to honour ship seizure troops'
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament plans to give state awards to the border guards who fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels and 24 sailors a week ago, Russian media say.
Mainly posting this for the neat map of the incident
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1020B/production/_104495066_ukraine_crimea_russia_v3_640-nc.png)
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A Russian dude made a decent docu-vlog about Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb0TQ7VeApY
Nice cinematography and mostly coherent commentary. A few places I did not know about.
The drone part begins at 27 minutes. Have I mentioned earlier that I hate cities? I particularly hate dense cities.
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That long huh?
Maybe before this place becomes completely abandoned, we should have a members gettogether irl somewhere convenient, such as Brussels? Flights are cheap right now.
Nah, I guess this place is already dead. The last chance was last year...
Maybe before this place becomes completely abandoned, we should have a members gettogether irl somewhere convenient, such as Brussels? Flights are cheap right now.
Nah, I guess this place is already dead. The last chance was last year...
Old friends, political adversaries, fellow combatants, cherished one & all......you are
all missed.....each & every one of ya........
I have to admit, even though I would rarely post, I regularly stopped in to see "what's new & happening".....finding nothing that jarred my adrenalin....I trekked elsewhere.......I know I'm not alone because we had such good times here......probably more than most would think or imagine.
I wonder, when each of us registered into the forum, we all used an email address......couldn't a post or two to those addresses possibly alert the owners to stop on by, if for nothing else than to say "
I got the message, so I came here, saw nobody & nothing interesting outside of memories, but I needed to leave my mark just to let anyone who might give a damn a sign that the lights are still on"......like a sign-in for others to note, & maybe say hi.....even elaborate where they might be found & under what handle they are using of late, just in case contact might be in the cards if one so pleases......dunno, but these are my thoughts for what it's worth....
Just for your information my lights are still on.......& I've been darting around the southern hemisphere.....Island by Island.....soaking up the toxic sun, & enjoying retirement......I still maintain constant contact with many dozens of friends, & former employees, now friends, in the States.....& yes I am still an active firearm/Second Amendment advocate, & I shoot often when I'm Stateside.....the ranks of my military service buddies have dwindled considerably......many of which have just faded away, but those still active.....hell we have a blast when we do huddle up for annual old yarns.....maybe a tad slower, but still just as sharp!!
Well........all the best to you all.....to those that may read this.....my first mate says were into some good fishin' here soon, so I gotta go & get topside....I taste tuna today.......but know as long as DnD is still kickin', I'll be stoppin' by to take a look at "wuts happnin".........
Cheers gents.....hope life's been good to ya'll!!! (https://www.smileyfaze.tk/slides/cheerskj4.gif) (https://www.smileyfaze.tk/slides/cowboypistol_004.gif)
Sadly the younger ones of us have gotten lives. The older ones have probably died off. And there is no natural growth of the next generation on the internet. On the internet, everything gets cataclysmically wiped over and replaced every few years.
The Internet was an interesting experiment. Well, time to return back to our walled gardens.
Sadly the younger ones of us have gotten lives.
Damn, knew I was supposed to be doing something...😬
I think I may have created my My Opera account in May or June of 2001, in which case it'd now be 18 years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZcJojTucg
Soon it will be 18 years since it entropied :)
I think I may have created my My Opera account in May or June of 2001
Let's see, I had a Symbian flip phone that I first put Opera Mini on. And I still have the first touchscreen phone, also Symbian, that I remember posting significantly on the forums with. Prolly puts me around 2006 or '07. Every phone since has been Android.
Let's see, I had a Symbian flip phone that I first put Opera Mini on.
I had Opera Mobile on SE P800, a Symbian phone on 2003 or 2004, and Mini on some Java-enabled phone a bit later. Opera Mobile for SE P800 was a very good version that I happily used until the phone's battery became unsustainable almost a decade later.
Funny that this thread should be the last to entropy here.
I think I may have created my My Opera account in May or June of 2001, in which case it'd now be 18 years old.
Hmm, I forgot when I signed up, must have been early 2003 or earlier. The first Opera version I used regularly was 4.0.
Okay, I guess I should chime in: Opera 6.03 for Mac....which I paid for! But, at the time, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was what was available. And, oh yeah, I liked it -- Opera, that is.
(As you can see, I'm trying Opera's browser again...:))
OMG when you resurrect like that you are killing the entropy :insane:
I have no use for new Chropera. I used the old Opera more for email and IRC than for browsing the web, and the new one doesn't do email, except for webmail, which is a bit different thing. The new Chropera also lacks some of the convenience features of Vivaldi, so really no use for Chropera.
For a while I had mutt set up, but Opera 11 is still my main mailer and browser for this forum. For sentimental reasons, I guess.
I was just looking at the Opera forum, and it says "Joined Dec 15, 2002, 1:00 AM". So I might be confusing lurking with joining or some such.
Also of potential interest is that I hadn't posted on the Opera forums since 2014.
You were active at the Opera (NNTP) newsgroups perhaps?
I don't think so. I may or may not have read some of it. :)
Anyhow, it's not like 2001 and 2002 are that far apart.
Now I believe in life after death (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=3679.msg83467#new).
Maybe before this place becomes completely abandoned, we should have a members gettogether irl somewhere convenient, such as Brussels? Flights are cheap right now.
Nah, I guess this place is already dead. The last chance was last year...
Can I propose Last Year at Wuhan?
.
:cheers: Just passin' through.....thought I saw a light on....Wishing you all to be safe & healthy..... :cheers:
Walter Williams RIP (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjw6e2C0rHtAhVEpZ4KHeZnBgoQFjAKegQIAxAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fwalter-williams-r-i-p-11606934313&usg=AOvVaw1B0vKBGyPlEqQ7Pu_tzazn)
When he was younger. he used to fill in for Rush Limbaugh regularly. I miss his tag-line, "Walter Williams, black by popular demand!"
He will be greatly missed.
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Congratuations to
@OakdaleFTL for causing the longest break.
What can I say, beyond stating the fact that my previous exchange was irrefutably shown to be pointless...? :)
There are conversations to which I'd like to return! But -despite the COVID lockdowns here- it's a quite busy time. (When last I returned it seemed that Howie was trying to keep the place going all by himself! Now: His snit might suit him well enough. Ah, well.) I do still check every now and then on the activity here, meaning Central.
Hope to resume being a pest after the New Year holiday...
There are conversations to which I'd like to return! But -despite the COVID lockdowns here- it's a quite busy time
Yes, because Christmas. It's Christmas lockdown style this time. Keep it merry!
Another eventful bad day. Haiti president assassinated and an Estonian ambassador expelled from Russia.
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Since this is the Americas thread, South America does stand out.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E66kap5X0AMwp7g?format=jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E66mUY6WUAI6stU?format=jpg)
https://twitter.com/jaxroam/status/1418252167102730258
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For the second time the entropic interval increase happened here in the entropy thread, last time was message 31 (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=3007.msg81104#msg81104).
We can imagine a far-flung future, in the throng of the universal heat-death, where this thread alone is updated irregularly by perfectly well-formed and valid messages from semi-sentient Perl scripts hawking Viagra to a species that no longer exists, because if they ceased, they wouldn't exist either. This site, long ago self-hosted off-world, would be one of the last remnants of this lost one, that apart from the flashes of Perl-by-perpetual-night remains completely tranquil. Anyway, new update.
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I was on vacation. :P
On vacation one day, off-planet another... Have a lookout for suspicious activity on vAIgra.thedndspamtuary.cpan.org.
Soon I will be on vacation too. Probably not going to go anywhere, because the covid hassle is making it not worth it.
I need to read a book that a childhood friend published. It's about her childhood. So, if I find that I am not in the book, I think I will tell her to rewrite it properly.
I also think that a Trump will run, but it is going to be a very short run, either utterly embarrassing or utterly forgettable. He won't get half as far as Larry Elder, not even a quarter.
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I suppose it's getting worse. ;)
That's the nice thing with this thread. It is designed so that it can only get worse, never better.
Worse is nice.
So one day I might forget you guys exist??? :)
Geezus, emoji fail. IDK if happy was what I meant to portray. :whistle:
Geezus, emoji fail. IDK if happy was what I meant to portray. :whistle:
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We can imagine a far-flung future, in the throng of …
Third time.
It has been brought to my attention that registering seems to be broken. I'll have to update the forum software which will hopefully resolve the issue automatically (on account of better compatibility with newer PHP versions).
It's been ages ago since I registered here. Will old members have to re-register?
No, definitely not. Just a 1.0 → 1.1.
No, definitely not. Just a 1.0 → 1.1.
We may be living in a rut.
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Fourth time
Ouch, it's been that long already?
Yes. But we might, barely, avoid another record this year.
Yes. But we might, barely, avoid another record this year.
Risk averted. Next one will, at the earliest, be in 2022.
A slight time warp here, and a force majeure.
This doesn't count.
You're too kind.
Now we're three, basically.
Was setting up escape plans for Twitter, expecting a slow Sanctuary-like decline over years. Like real-life events, things may unravel much sooner than that. Anyway, I came across Bridgy (https://brid.gy/) (Fed (https://fed.brid.gy/)), and got me thinking whether we would want something con-federated or otherwise connected, or just slowly fade out.
This particular software doesn't connect this with that (yet?), but would there be something we wanted if such software existed?
Sounds like it might be a bit noisy?
Easily, or too quiet. But with the right gate could be about right, perhaps.
I like forums. I don't like blogs much. And while microblogs like Twitter and Mastodon are OK, they are not really forums.
Forums worked when there was some site filtering right amount of people, Opera in our case. RSS kind of worked when there was a blogosphere. For fun, I checked the Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blogosphere&action=history), last non-vandal edit was exactly one year ago. Not dead, but not very much alive either.
I've always found the term tiresome and don't mind its demise in that sense. But the fact that Twitter took over a lot of it is a bit of a pity. Incidentally, traditional newspapers have finally started linking sometime in the last five, some as early as ten years. They've effectively all become blogs.
Now we're three, basically.
Who's the third one?
You answered your own question.
I have been browsing the W3C ActivityPub (https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) spec. Basically Twitter/Mastodon, and while there is a inReplyTo field (taking a URI), not really a forum gateway. Sure a post can turn into a tweet or a toot or what have you, and the other direction could be finagled. But that is still not a forum. A forum would focus on the discussion, the topic, the thread, not the individual contributions of the participants.
Haven't seen if there is any meaningful discussion on what a forum gateway should be, how to manage it, and how to convince forum software makers to support this.
I like forums. I don't like blogs much. And while microblogs like Twitter and Mastodon are OK, they are not really forums.
You probably noticed already, but Vivaldi started a Mastodon instance.
https://social.vivaldi.net
You answered your own question.
One user and 12 guests online right now. Our forum is hot as hell, unless you are looking at it with ten different devices at the same time.
Unfortunately chances are that's mostly bots.
Not very hot right now :P
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That seems a fair approximation to the Realist school (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(international_relations)) that has been very influential in the US
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Oh dear. :)
I'll reply to that in 16 days and change.
Oops…
17 days and change.