Oolite Bulletins

Rxke wrote:

Disembodied wrote:

you are right, General, about three out of every hundred. Mathematical probability, not genius.”

(quote taken from the paper "Theory of aces: high score by skill or luck?", available here:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0607109.pdf )

Now that is pretty great, imagine Fermi saying that to Groves, esp. in that time and place...

Groves' own claim to greatness came of course from no battles at all, but from being the guy overseeing the construction of the Pentagon. So he was in essence a good large-scale contractor, which is why they put him in charge of the Manhattan Project in the first place.

What were we talking about again?

Commander McLane wrote:

What were we talking about again?

Was it something about the 15th of March being the 1st anniversary of the Syrian uprising and the day when Western politicians said that since the government is getting the upper hand, the Western governments ought to provide arms to the people, thereby prolonging the civil war, increasing the number of civilian deaths, providing further post-war arms in the region, increasing guerrilla training to militants and generally adding to suffering whilst claiming to keep their hands blood-free whilst aiding democracy?


Shall I shut up with the politics now?

I didn't expect such a crap joke to inspire such a political debate.

For the record the only reason I knew it was the Ides of March was that it said so on the front page of Wikipedia. I don't "celebrate" it or really even recognise it. I just thought "Ides = IDEs". Dumb cable joke.

Sorry.

SandJ wrote:

Still, better than a 'Fugitive' in Oolite who will have a life expectancy of about 3 minutes.

Oh I think I can last somewhat longer than three minutes, S&J!

Useless trivia alert:

Selezen wrote:

I just learned that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - trading as Foxconn (see photo above) - is the 10th largest employer in the world.

Disembodied wrote:

the Ides of March fell on the 15.

Well, would you expect the calends instead?

fronclynne wrote:

Disembodied wrote:

the Ides of March fell on the 15.

Well, would you expect the calends instead?

No, but you might have expected the Ides to fall on the 13th of the month – it does for all months except March, May, July and October ...

Selezen wrote:

It's the IDEs of March!

Happy IDEs of March, everyone.

Sorry, had to get that one out there.

Your 'punishment', Selezen, is to tell this gag again next year, and to quote the following message.
____________________________
Oi! Giles! Pay your hosting bill!!

The joke was so bad that it broke Giles' hosting? Whoa...

SandJ wrote:

17/03/2012: Useless trivia alert:
I just learned that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - trading as Foxconn (see photo above) - is the 10th largest employer in the world.

Remember, you heard it here first.


20/03/2012: Which is the world's biggest employer?

Beware! It is here again! Look round every corner and trust not your closest companion

Don't forget the other IDEs.


Only my personal favourite, if you don't like it, you're WRONG!!!!

Or this poor excuse for an IDE


!m!

Selezen wrote:

SandJ wrote:

He was an evil, selfish, scheming, lying, untrustworthy, callous, man who should have been dealt with at the age of 16 as originally intended.

Sadly, he understood how to use the cult of personality and so he is assumed to be some sort of hero. He was a shit.

So a through and through politician then? Thatcher, anyone?

You don't want my opinion of her!

SandJ wrote:

Useless trivia alert:

Selezen wrote:

I just learned that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - trading as Foxconn (see photo above) - is the 10th largest employer in the world.

Heheheheh.. I thought the Foxconn cables rather apt, in a very sad way..

Google the Foxconn suicide nets, aka "nets of a loving heart" to see just one of several reasons why I have a serious problem with Steve Jobs, may he burn in hell.

Here's one link to get you started. (and it remains an on-going problem)

Diziet Sma wrote:

Heheheheh.. I thought the Foxconn cables rather apt, in a very sad way..

Google the Foxconn suicide nets, aka "nets of a loving heart" to see just one of several reasons why I have a serious problem with Steve Jobs, may he burn in hell.

Here's one link to get you started. (and it remains an on-going problem)

That's horrible - I think I heard something about this a while back