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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
oh ok... Don't mind me... I am having a bit of a bad morning today. No problem. I see you have 2 (frustrating) threads going. It doesn't help when you follow the rules. And then get votes based on personal preference, or their definition of the rule from left field. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think it is to be expected at times... but it is really something I seldomly need to deal with. I try not to let my bad mood affect my forum posts... but it seems to happen somewhat. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Anything we can do to brighten your mood? | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks.... but not really. I am actually thinking about going back to bed. Maybe a bit of a nap would help me out. Sucks getting old!  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Guess that friend of mine is correct who said:
When you are 40+ and waking up with nothing hurting you, you are dead. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Sounds about right. I am now sitting here trying to wake up after about a good 2 hour nap. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Lewis_Prothero: Quote:
I was meaning the geometrical form "Cube".
This means a 3-dimensional, six-sided, all angles rectangular form. It's not necessary that all sides of a geometrical cube have the same size, it can be brick-shaped too. It has been quite a few years since I took geometry, but I have never heard of a 'cube' that was made up of anything other than six equal squares. Could you provide some source as I am a tad  . I know this is a tad off topic, I am just trying to see if something has changed since I finished school. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought that is what I remembered too Martian... but it has been so long I didn't want to question it. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I even just went as far as asking my daughter... who recently took geometry in school... I showed her the case... she said...
No not a cube... it is a Rectangular Prism. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting Lewis_Prothero:
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I was meaning the geometrical form "Cube".
This means a 3-dimensional, six-sided, all angles rectangular form. It's not necessary that all sides of a geometrical cube have the same size, it can be brick-shaped too.
It has been quite a few years since I took geometry, but I have never heard of a 'cube' that was made up of anything other than six equal squares. Could you provide some source as I am a tad . One of the few occasions where I can (and will) draw the "Non-Native-Speaker"-card ...  According to Google Translator the correct term would have been "Cuboid" or probably "Ashlar" (never heard this word, so it might mean something different) but "Cuboid" sounds about correct. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Lewis_Prothero: Quote:
One of the few occasions where I can (and will) draw the "Non-Native-Speaker"-card ...
According to Google Translator the correct term would have been "Cuboid" or probably "Ashlar" (never heard this word, so it might mean something different) but "Cuboid" sounds about correct. No worries. As I said, it has been a long time and, well, they do say that the mind is the first thing to go, so I wanted to see if maybe I was having one of those 'senior moments' I keep hearing about. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I even just went as far as asking my daughter... who recently took geometry in school... I showed her the case... she said...
No not a cube... it is a Rectangular Prism. I didn't dare ask my daughter as she already makes pokes fun at me for not being able to help her with her advanced math. Geometry is my only saving grace. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| | Posted: | | | | Well my daughter knows she has an idiot for a father! No sense in trying to hide it! | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | | Seems not that many people here has the complete series set. So far only 2 votes... 1 yes and 1 no... both only commenting about the rotation... no one has a problem with the back cover. But neither seems to like that the images are rotated. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
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| | Posted: | | | | Well I updated my notes with a link to the previous discussion about it. From there we will have to see what happens I guess. | | | | Pete |
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