RepubliKKKans Running ameriKKKa…. Ruining ameriKKKa.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 16, 2020:

I don't see how name-calling (ad hominem) helps : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

FearlessFly replies on Feb 16, 2020:

@GipsyOfNewSpain I see logical fallacies, does critical thinking matter ?

Take Me Home, Country Roads [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Great voice, great song. Nice video too..is it West Virginia?

FearlessFly replies on Feb 16, 2020:

"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about West Virginia.

Linda Ronstadt Poor Poor Pitiful Me [youtube.com]

Dhiltong comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Great song, written by my cousin Warren Zevon.......My Grandmother gave me his first album.....

FearlessFly replies on Feb 16, 2020:

. . . then . . . not pitiful you :P (sorry I couldn't resist)

The News in Cartoons. Funny and apt.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I like political cartoons, but I would not call them news :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@LiterateHiker YOUR post is **titled** "The News in Cartoons" ! Do your words mean nothing ?

The News in Cartoons. Funny and apt.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I like political cartoons, but I would not call them news :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@LiterateHiker I like them, I understand them. I **don't** refer to them as **News** !

If this great scene from Stanley Kubrick's film "Paths of Glory" does not bring tears to your eyes, ...

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@fishline79 . . . multiple times :) . . . what about Clockwork Orange ? . . . Eyes Wide Shut ? . . . the Shining ? . . . 2001 ?

The News in Cartoons. Funny and apt.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I like political cartoons, but I would not call them news :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@LiterateHiker My point is being missed. Cartoons are not news (if words matter)

The News in Cartoons. Funny and apt.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I like political cartoons, but I would not call them news :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@LiterateHiker . . . all that is fine and good -- still not news (if words matter).

The News in Cartoons. Funny and apt.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I like political cartoons, but I would not call them news :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Yes, but they are cartoons, not news. Editorial cartoons -- editorials are not news either (opinions)

Do you want to know where your "soul" exists?

mordant comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I remember the 1960s so I suppose that I wasn't participating. However about 6 years ago on a lark my wife and i flew to Colorado, bought some weed and smoked it. I don't see what the big deal is, and my wife, who is way more "street" than I'll ever be, claims it didn't impress her nearly as ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

"Anyone who remembers the 60's, probably wasn't there" Robin Williams :P

Honest Government Ad | After the fires (Authorized by the Department for Thoughts and Prayers)...

lerlo comments on Feb 15, 2020:

As you know the US has a similar group if anyone dies by the gun because guns don't kill people. That line on the death certificate that says cause of death "gunshot wound" is another way to say "second amendment-get used to it." It wouldn't say you can have a gun if it couldn't kill people with ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 15, 2020:

Silly, Random, Fun :P

The Man Who Can't Be Moved [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Not available.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 12, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS9o1FAszdk

Breakeven, The Script [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Not available.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 12, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCLLHscMOw

Gone, Gone, Gone [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Not available.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 12, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oozQ4yV__Vw

She's So Gone [youtube.com]

Dhiltong comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Good song, but who’s the artist?

FearlessFly replies on Feb 12, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade_Mouth_(film)

You can't make this stuff up. [cnn.com]

Charlene comments on Feb 11, 2020:

That was incredibly stupid..Now Billy Barrbell gets to appoint His Lackeys..just what we need more Flunkies in the DOJ..

FearlessFly replies on Feb 11, 2020:

I'm no fan of the AG, but name-calling is antithetical to critical thinking !

This is my state, y’all.

BitFlipper comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Oklahoma is a strange place.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 11, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon

Why Space Over South America Is Deadly For Satellites [youtube.com]

Cast1es comments on Feb 11, 2020:

So satelites are under attack , by nature , even in the emptiness of outer space ?

FearlessFly replies on Feb 11, 2020:

https://www.space.com/voyager-2-resumes-science-operations.html

The Stumble - All Over Again [youtube.com]

FrostyJim comments on Feb 10, 2020:

The original "**The Stumble**" by the creator... https://youtu.be/lxTjGZaZZbU

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

"The Stumble" is a blues guitar instrumental composed and recorded by American blues artist Freddie King, for his 1961 album Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 10, 2020:

. . . no complaint, but an observation. This video has been posted 12 times in this group :)

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

@Marionville I concede, the song has a certain "back-in-the-holler" 'flavor' :)

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 10, 2020:

. . . no complaint, but an observation. This video has been posted 12 times in this group :)

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

@Marionville The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass musical ensemble based in Regina, Saskatchewan

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 10, 2020:

. . . no complaint, but an observation. This video has been posted 12 times in this group :)

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

@Marionville I think it's because of the banjo and the (**carried**) cello :P

The Stumble - All Over Again [youtube.com]

Stephanie99 comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I love this band. I joined this group just to thank you for turning me on to them.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

. . . wow, I'm not worthy (I think?) :) :O

MICE brings muon collider closer to reality [symmetrymagazine.org]

yvilletom comments on Feb 10, 2020:

@FearlessFly: One way to get past the press releases is to do a search at www.thunderbolts.info In the search box near the upper right corner (on my iPad), type higgs and the RETURN key becomes a SEARCH key. I see about six articles about the Large Hadron Collider, three of them dated 2009, 2011...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 10, 2020:

EU/Thornhill/T-Bolts Group is not something that I could "buy-into" : https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nz7neg/electric-universe-theory-thunderbolts-project-wallace-thornhill

Punctuation is a thing! Just sayin'.

BitFlipper comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I'm a big fan of punctuation. It's very important in programming languages, too.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 8, 2020:

In Python **whitespace** is considered punctuation ! :P

Punctuation is a thing! Just sayin'.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 8, 2020:

. . . I'm partial to the elipsis (and the parentheticals) :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@Gwendolyn2018 . . . mea culpa, I am not worthy :)

I've thinking.

Marionville comments on Feb 8, 2020:

It seems to me that there is a lot of music posted by people that isn’t really liked by others, but perhaps they feel inhibited to say and instead leave no remark at all. Geoffrey is at least being honest in saying what he thinks, I see no problem in that, after all it would be a dull world if ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 8, 2020:

I have posted songs from multiple continents, the cultures are less important to me that the music (I don't deny that they sometimes are inseparable).

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

bobwjr comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Repeats of posts

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

@FrayedBear I don't complain about cross-posting. I do try to suppress "dupes" in the same group.

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

St-Sinner comments on Feb 6, 2020:

1. Make it a wide resolution and most browser, resolutions and device responsive. The current resolution seems to be the old style 800 X 600 2. More editorial participation to promote Agnosticism such as selecting a winning post, a winning discussion, a winning poll etc. 3. Possibly more social ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

@Lorajay . . . as long as the default is opt-out :P

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

bobwjr comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Repeats of posts

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

@bobwjr AFAIK, cross-posting (the same post to different groups) is not disallowed. When creating a post, I try to pay attention to the "The following posts might be similar to the one you're writing" message (granted, it doesn't always work). I also comment on posts that are "dupes" in an attempt to suppress those that "fall thru the cracks".

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

bobwjr comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Repeats of posts

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

Perhaps I'm not understanding, but if there was a robust search, why repeat posts ?

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

Mooolah comments on Feb 6, 2020:

I would like a total membership number posted on the home page or somewhere easily viewed. It was once posted as such but now it has disappeared. A weekly update would be nice.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

@FrayedBear When I do that, I get the "List of Categories" -- no stats.

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

St-Sinner comments on Feb 6, 2020:

1. Make it a wide resolution and most browser, resolutions and device responsive. The current resolution seems to be the old style 800 X 600 2. More editorial participation to promote Agnosticism such as selecting a winning post, a winning discussion, a winning poll etc. 3. Possibly more social ...

FearlessFly replies on Feb 6, 2020:

I do not want ANY of my posts/comments/whatever posted on Facebook.

My friend and user-interface designer who helped with this site has emerged from his hibernation and...

creative51 comments on Feb 5, 2020:

It would be nice if there was a better search engine for the posts.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 5, 2020:

. . . also, a search for comments/replies.

Biologist Explains Biological Sex

FearlessFly comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Just because the president uses it a lot, doesn't mean I (or any one) should get their scientific information from Twitter ! puhlease :(

FearlessFly replies on Feb 5, 2020:

@A2Jennifer The people who need to hear this ought not to rely on twitter for credible peer-reviewed scientific information ! ! !

Biologist Explains Biological Sex

FearlessFly comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Just because the president uses it a lot, doesn't mean I (or any one) should get their scientific information from Twitter ! puhlease :(

FearlessFly replies on Feb 4, 2020:

@A2Jennifer There is no shortage of science-oriented websites -- no need for any non-scientist to read science journals. https://www.livescience.com/61995-best-science-websites.html https://www.howtogeek.com/120865/the-best-websites-for-expanding-your-scientific-knowledge/ https://www.sciencesites.org/ https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2019/12/12/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2019.html https://blog.feedspot.com/science_news_websites/ . . . lots more

John Legend -All of Me [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Feb 4, 2020:

He is a great musician!

FearlessFly replies on Feb 4, 2020:

. . . he is a legend :P

Firefox now shows what telemetry data it's collecting about you Users can now go to ...

bingst comments on Feb 3, 2020:

One of the entries for mine says "telemetryEnabled false." I'm pretty sure I saw this when I was looking for something else in about:config and thought I should probably disable it. :P

FearlessFly replies on Feb 3, 2020:

Despite being a big benefit for FF developers, mine is disabled as well.

For all the connoisseurs of fine liquor.

FearlessFly comments on Feb 3, 2020:

There is a Silly Random Fun category.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 3, 2020:

@JackPedigo I have cross posted a few times. The SRF posts show-up in the 'General forum' so most folks have had a chance to see it already.

Orphan Black Theme Song - Two Fingers [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Feb 3, 2020:

Very interesting. Reminds me of the opening scenes to Hinterland -Y Gwyll. That is my favorite mystery series right now. Tell me a little bit about this show. Is it Australian? None of the actors' names are familiar.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 3, 2020:

It is Canadian : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Black

How Accurate Are Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Forecasts? [livescience.com]

Sticks48 comments on Feb 2, 2020:

So he is about as accurate as a meteorologist.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 2, 2020:

Meteorology is **far more** complicated.

4 Non Blondes - Whats Going on [youtube.com]

Kymmacg comments on Feb 2, 2020:

I love this...you are on my wavelength! Have you seen Sens8? It is a series that uses this song quite extensively in the series.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 2, 2020:

I don't do Netflix :)

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World [en.

Jolanta comments on Feb 1, 2020:

That sounds interesting. I shall check it out as I do have Netflix.

FearlessFly replies on Feb 1, 2020:

The book is very good also. The Bonus Features on the DVD were also good.

WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Continues to Spread [gizmodo.com]

Druvius comments on Jan 30, 2020:

This could be the pandemic of our times. Even with a 2% mortality, could still be tens of millions dead.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@MarkiusMahamius The transmission of Ebola is now well known (2 vaccines available). . . . from the linked article below : "it’s still not clear as to how contagious the virus is, or even whether it can spread before symptoms show up" Which one sounds more dangerous ? https://gizmodo.com/how-much-do-face-masks-help-prevent-the-spread-of-virus-1841309321

Why is it not believable that humans ended up on earth either due to aliens or because of aliens?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Pseudoscientific ideas like this have an enormous burden of evidence/proof before any one needs to assign "belief".

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@K9Kohle789 Perhaps identifying it as **speculation** would make that clear. On a website of folks who are accustomed to questioning all things supernatural, expect to be challenged for evidence.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog I keep referring to Groups. Why do you refer to 'forum' ? Isn't "General" (forum) just a collection of Groups (to which members choose (or not) to join ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Are you now (trying to) make the rule(s) ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Why can't you acknowledge that this post is in the Academic/Science group (regardless of whether it shows-up General). Why make political comments where they are likely less-than appropriate ? Is it your intention to 'troll' ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Only one of us used that word (respect). Only one of us is using vitriol/profanity.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog If you want to give explicit, exact instructions about what you call 'rules' (instead of useless accusations) I will consider them. I mentioned "would be appropriate in the Politics group, not Science". That is not a restriction.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog I select the Group for every post I create. There is NO item for "General". I selected Academic (e.g. Science) for this (and lots of others). Just because it shows up with others in General (as do plenty of others) doesn't change the fact that it is an Academic/Science post (as indicated AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY POST in the General list).

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog That is at the top of the "Browse" section. You are still not acknowledging what is at the bottom of every post in the Browse (General), and at the top of every individual post.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog What does it say at the bottom of every post (AND the top of every individual post) ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog The 'post'ed group is listed at the bottom of EVERY post. I'm not responsible for you NOT noticing that (AND, that it is at the top of EVERY individual post).

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Look at the top. Academic (e.g., Science)

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Perhaps you might bone-up on your (purported) "listening" "skills" :P

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

That comment would be appropriate in the Politics group, not Science.

2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Wednesday A collision...

bobwjr comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Holy shit

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

You might want to check-out my other post about "stuff in space"

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear "So it seems" ??? Really ? Do you dispute that ? On what basis ? Why would you be so dismissive of that assertion ? Do you have examples of ANY checks and balances on Putin ?

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear This is not the first time I have had back/forth with member(s) of "Out Of The Illusion" group. My concern(s) about privacy are greater that most folks I have met. I contend that in this RT context it is a different can-of-worms. If you think RT/Putin/Russia is better on privacy/transparency/accountability, continue to argue that in the other group or visit/live in Russia yourself.

[youtu.be] Now the real thing....My Generation - The Who. And yes...it was MY generation!

FearlessFly comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train and is said to have been inspired by the Queen Mother, who is alleged to have had Townshend's 1935 Packard hearse towed off a street in Belgravia because she was offended by the sight of it during her daily drive through the neighbourhood.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Marionville https://web.archive.org/web/20071202011326/http://www.townshendbio.com/Chap%202.htm

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear There are no checks and balances in an authoritarian state.

Smokie - Wild Wild Angels [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Thi video comes up Unavailable in your country.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXrFM_rm0PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2bULCS6sU

Smokie - Mexican Girl [youtube.com]

Sticks48 comments on Jan 29, 2020:

The video was not available.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

It worked for me (in MN), perhaps one of these will work . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89MsE5xUfos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJu_uyJNTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMR-krr9ctk

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear Where do you get the idea that my (or any) distrust is "automatic" ? Put these search terms in your fav search engine : [Russia Today,trust]

Sometimes it is hard to make oneself understood.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

I often claim that misunderstaning is typically incredibly easy and **real** understanding is typically incredibly hard.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Jolanta I have not heard folks make the claim that critical thinking is/should be easy.

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear You are making my point. RT is a lousy choice when there are plenty of others (that have reason(s) to assign credibility to) to choose from.

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@rogueflyer **I** do not need to choose any source for which there is a wide variety of other sources that claim RT deserves no credibility. RT has only the agenda of Putin's propaganda. I'm not claiming RT never gets any story correct, I'm claiming there is plenty of reason to doubt whatever they are saying.

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Your answers are correct ! But you didn't show your work -- and the decimal points are **way off** !

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog 1) Which direction did the face 'spin' ? 2) What is the predicted subsequent 'color' ? 3) What is the speed -- in tetrahertz ? . . . answers probably should be posted to Silly Random Fun group :)

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

. . . your homework :) (search terms - Antiferromagnetic spintronics) https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.015005 https://www.nature.com/collections/wplplmmvnt https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375960118300343 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01568760/document https://spintronics.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Research_AntiferromagneticSpintronics.aspx https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.07507 http://www.spintec.fr/research/antiferromagnetic-spintronics/ . . . you will be tested on this later :P

This is what we all can identify with (even being agnostic! I heard every word and was deeply ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Having a song "go viral" is hardly the same as having Trump supporters "calling **him** out" on his policies.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@Freedompath . . . to me, the issue is whether the "81%" can/will 'walk-the-walk' -- color me skeptical.

Brian Owens - Walk The Line [youtube.com]

Captain_Feelgood comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Johnny would love it.. 😊👍

FearlessFly replies on Jan 26, 2020:

. . . but will Brian 'Cash-in' :P

[youtu.be] This one just popped up on my iTunes feed....Foreigner. - Cold As Ice.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 23, 2020:

"Cold as Ice" was used as the soundtrack for a skit on the March 25, 1978 broadcast of Saturday Night Live that showed a man being attacked by a woman in a number of grisly ways. Host Christopher Lee introduced the segment as being "not for the squeamish".

FearlessFly replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood . . . don't know

This is Eric Mongrain playing a song called Air Tap ! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 25, 2020:

. . . reminiscent of a 6-string version of Leo Kottke.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Musicmanmike I, and others have posted lots of his songs for this group.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Lyrics written by Bill Haley, Rusty Keefer, Milt Gabler, Catherine Cafra

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 https://secondhandsongs.com/work/187692

People can be identified by the way they dance [newatlas.com] Elaine Benes, any one?

Donotbelieve comments on Jan 25, 2020:

I can be identified by my sitting in the corner and not dancing. Bah humbug. 😒🙂

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Donotbelieve I don't like 'freestyle' dancing, but I do like 'partner' (lead-follow) ballroom/swing dancing.

People can be identified by the way they dance [newatlas.com] Elaine Benes, any one?

Donotbelieve comments on Jan 25, 2020:

I can be identified by my sitting in the corner and not dancing. Bah humbug. 😒🙂

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

I "dance as though no one is watching" :)

A brief history lesson. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 24, 2020:

https://www.thepiano.sg/piano/read/mozart-and-his-infamous-letters-scatalogical-humour https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/305/6868/1563.full.pdf https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mozart-dirty-letters_n_1651332

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

@TheInterlooper I play the guitar, banjo, ukulele -- but not in front of people :O

Linux: An OS Capable of Effectively Meeting the US Government’s Security Needs Heading into 2020...

Lady-DebianLinux comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Linux runs the world anyway...the workhorse of the ‘internet’.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

. . . some counter examples : https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/why-the-military-cant-quit-windows-xp.html https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/us-military-old-windows-software

Google’s latest search results change further blurs what’s an ad [digiday.com]

bingst comments on Jan 24, 2020:

I have noticed this. Google sucks, but what else is there that isn't just trying to copy google?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

(for privacy) I use : https://www.startpage.com/ or https://duckduckgo.com/

Scientists discover 'why stress turns hair white' [bbc.com]

JackPedigo comments on Jan 23, 2020:

In my first marriage i started to get the usual friar bald spot and knew it was stress related. After we broke up the spot disappeared and now plenty of hair.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

I'm reminded -- "anecdotes are not data" :)

Scientists discover 'why stress turns hair white' [bbc.com]

Organist1 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Wow! This runs counter to my experience. I have had extreme stress in my life, but the majority of my hair is still brown at the age of 66. I am gradually going gray in the same pattern as all the women in my family.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

I'm reminded -- "anecdotes are not data" :)

Older good book titles to help you think better… [en.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Free is good! ;-)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

. . . that word -- I don't think it means what you think :O . . . I use "gratis" instead :)

Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections [npr.org]

skado comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Gets my vote!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

(from the article) "There is a firm consensus in the cybersecurity community that mobile voting on a smartphone is a really stupid idea," said Duncan Buell, a computer science professor at the University of South Carolina who specializes in election technology. "I don't know that I have run across cybersecurity experts whose mortgages are not paid by a mobile-voting company who think it's a good idea."

1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S. [npr.org]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

This is scary! Do NOT go to China...ok?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

Is there any precedent to such a broad travel ban ? It seems to me there are ways (screening of passengers from China is already underway) to mitigate the danger(s).

Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes [cnn.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

GOOD! (Wonder if anyone's ever tried to create a solar/wind-power plane?)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@LucyLoohoo . . . right, and I was just being pedantic :)

Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes [cnn.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

GOOD! (Wonder if anyone's ever tried to create a solar/wind-power plane?)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

. . . yes, they are called gliders :P

I notice that people on this site still have some archaic ideas about money and politics and budgets...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 19, 2020:

Governments can't go broke ? I don't thing so : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_debt_crises https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpowell/2011/11/29/rich-nations-that-went-broke-by-spending-too-much/#15b1e1342f88 ...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 19, 2020:

@ToolGuy you mean the mythological FORBES ? LOL

the Corrs - Joy Of Life [youtube.com]

Kymmacg comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I do love the Corrs! This is one of my favourites with the Chieftains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-HU2Xh7PE

FearlessFly replies on Jan 19, 2020:

The singing is great.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, hits trillion-dollar market cap for first time [cnbc.com]

AmmaRE007 comments on Jan 18, 2020:

in an interesting side... yet Google related.......... https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/how-to-stop-google-maps-from-tracking-and-saving-your-location.html?recirc=taboolainternal Google Maps keeps a detailed record of everywhere you go — here’s how to stop it

FearlessFly replies on Jan 18, 2020:

This is one reason why I don't have a smartphone. :)

Sound Check JJ Cale and Eric Clapton [youtube.com]

Captain_Feelgood comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Anyone know when this show was?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 17, 2020:

2007

DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America

whiskywoman comments on Jan 14, 2020:

wolves saved yellowstone

FearlessFly replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@AnonySchmoose I certainly agree that eradication of wolves is a good example of human hubris, and the re-introduction is a good thing.

DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America

whiskywoman comments on Jan 14, 2020:

wolves saved yellowstone

FearlessFly replies on Jan 14, 2020:

I think that opinion is back-asswards : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-wolf-that-changed-america-wolf-wars-americas-campaign-to-eradicate-the-wolf/4312/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41078131-american-wolf

Bing loses out to DuckDuckGo in Google’s new Android search engine ballot [theverge.com]

David1955 comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Does anyone use Bing? Can't imagine why. Go DuckDuckGo! Everyone should use it.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 13, 2020:

. . . actually DDG uses Bing (and 400 others) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

Eric Clapton - Blues in 'A' [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Jan 13, 2020:

What was John Lennon said about the Beatles ....bigger than Jesus! We can see what that dog thinks about Clapton!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Or . . . "Is Dead God ? " :P (Greatful)

I finally switched from Chrome to Mozilla Firefox — and you should too [digitaltrends.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Firefox with a Duck Duck Go for searches is a great combo!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 11, 2020:

. . . add AdBlockPlus, uBlock Origin, Easy Session Manager, NewsGuard, others . . . :P

Popa Chubby - Angel on my shoulder [youtube.com]

Dhiltong comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Papa Chubby is pretty bad ass.....I’ve posted him before.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 9, 2020:

It is actually Popa, as in "Pop a " :P

F.

bingst comments on Jan 8, 2020:

When this came up before, I actually wrote to the FBI (I think via the DOJ) to suggest that with the aid of an electronics engineer, they should be able to copy the data directly out of the unpowered phone, then they could break the encryption on the data without worry of it being erased. I don't...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 8, 2020:

. . . this was 18mo ago : https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/technology/apple-iphone-police.html

Even with the acid battery taste left in my mind about the last season of GOT.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 7, 2020:

The Stones were paid a million for "Start Me Up", why would it be "odd though that they are all playing Fenders" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 7, 2020:

@TristanNuvo IMO, it would be odd, if and only if they were not being 'incentivized' to play Fenders.