Stuff you didn't know and probably don't care about

[shortylickens]

Researchers in Sweden are studying cat language

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/160328-cat-dialects-vin

 

[Red Squirrel]

Can't recall if this got posted or not, but fun fact. Red head and blue eyes is considered super rare.

https://www.medicaldaily.com/why-re...re-plus-4-other-surprising-facts-about-413492

I happen to have both so that makes me some kind of genetic masterpiece I suppose.

 

[PJFrylar]

Can't recall if this got posted or not, but fun fact. Red head and blue eyes is considered super rare.

https://www.medicaldaily.com/why-re...re-plus-4-other-surprising-facts-about-413492

I happen to have both so that makes me some kind of genetic masterpiece I suppose.

I have central heterochromia which runs at the rate of about 6 out of 1000 people. So does my sister - gray with a hazel center for me, green with a hazel center for her. Both of our parents have brown eyes. That's some long odds.

 

[FeuerFrei]

...
I ran into it reading an article on Eltz castle...

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

I downloaded an image to use a desktop, and was intrigued by the building. Eight stories tall. "I'm tired. I think I'll go to bed... Uh, you know... Fuck it. I'll just sleep here on the floor" :^D

It's still owned by the same families since the 12th century. Pretty cool stuff. Impressive interiors also...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eltz+castle+inside&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

Nice to learn this edifice's identity. I have an old calendar photo of it on my wall at work, and never knew its name.

I went with this image for a wallpaper - despite the unsuitable 3:2 aspect ratio.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Well, looky here. I got your wallpapers.

http://wallpapersdsc.net/architecture/eltz-castle-60699.html

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Can't recall if this got posted or not, but fun fact. Red head and blue eyes is considered super rare.

https://www.medicaldaily.com/why-re...re-plus-4-other-surprising-facts-about-413492

I happen to have both so that makes me some kind of genetic masterpiece I suppose.

The correct phrasing is "unholy ginger mutant".

 

[Thebobo]

Researchers in Sweden are studying cat language

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/160328-cat-dialects-vin

Watching all the other videos to below the main one like "where does your cat go." Pretty cool.

 

[shortylickens]

Threes Company was in first place by season 4. In season 5 they dumped Chrissy, the show fell to 8th place and never recovered. in the final season they werent in the top 30 and thus not tracked.

Threes a Crowd never made it to the top 30 and was cancelled with less than one full season.

 

[IronWing]

You can build your own helicopter!

http://vertical-aviation.com/

 

[IronWing]

Microsoft supported and provided updates for Windows 1.0 from its release in 1985 through the end of 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0

 

[Thebobo]

You can build your own helicopter!

http://vertical-aviation.com/

Yea but If I crash and die I want a company I can sue.

 

[IronWing]

Yea but If I crash and die I want a company I can sue.

Sue the earth for failure to yield.

 

[nakedfrog]

Microsoft supported and provided updates for Windows 1.0 from its release in 1985 through the end of 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0

Support as in figuring why you would even still be using Windows 1.0, and updates like "it's the year 2000 you know, this stopped being funny a long time ago"? How big could the install base have even been post-1990? I think even in all my tinkering I only ever encountered one PC in the wild that had it installed (an 286 with one of those monitors that let you select amber, red, or green for the color). One of the 286's neighbor PCs had the Stoned virus.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Microsoft supported and provided updates for Windows 1.0 from its release in 1985 through the end of 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0

And sadly they gave up only two or three years before they finally worked out all the bugs.

 

[IronWing]

Support as in figuring why you would even still be using Windows 1.0, and updates like "it's the year 2000 you know, this stopped being funny a long time ago"? How big could the install base have even been post-1990? I think even in all my tinkering I only ever encountered one PC in the wild that had it installed (an 286 with one of those monitors that let you select amber, red, or green for the color). One of the 286's neighbor PCs had the Stoned virus.

Stoned was the like the herpe, everybody with a floppy disk had it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You can build your own helicopter!

http://vertical-aviation.com/

I always liked the idea of owning a helicopter or plane, I should get my license one of these days and build one of those kits. I'd want to own my own land with a runway/helipad though so I don't have to pay someone else per month to store it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Support as in figuring why you would even still be using Windows 1.0, and updates like "it's the year 2000 you know, this stopped being funny a long time ago"? How big could the install base have even been post-1990? I think even in all my tinkering I only ever encountered one PC in the wild that had it installed (an 286 with one of those monitors that let you select amber, red, or green for the color). One of the 286's neighbor PCs had the Stoned virus.

Probably lot of specialized stuff like medical software that has no upgrade path to the next OS. CNC machines and such too. You pay a ton for the hardware, you're not going to ditch it because the software is old.

 

[nakedfrog]

Probably lot of specialized stuff like medical software that has no upgrade path to the next OS. CNC machines and such too. You pay a ton for the hardware, you're not going to ditch it because the software is old.

I can't imagine any of that being reliant on Windows 1.0, DOS would be much more likely. Windows didn't really have any features that would have made it an attractive target for that kind of software development at that time, I don't think that started being a thing until version 3.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Tungsten is one of the heaviest materials on Earth. Long ago, depleted uranium was used in aeroplanes for weight balance but that was phased out and tungsten was used instead.

 

[shortylickens]

For What Its Worth is NOT about the war.
Its about the social injustices that were happening stateside in the 60's, particularly in California, and mostly with African Americans.

 

[FeuerFrei]

During July Amazon took an everyday low-priced item and locked it down for "Prime members only."
Period of time was 2 weeks before Prime Day to 2 weeks after Prime Day.

As of today, said item is available to all at the same price as ever. Price never changed.

Hooray for temporary exclusivity!! As a Prime member you were able to buy that item direct from Amazon, at regular price, in a month when non-member couldn't. What a "deal."

Anecdotal, I know. Might be a window into how Amazon operates.

 

[shortylickens]

West Point used to be called Fort Arnold.

Do you know why?

 

[shortylickens]

Some dude on Imgur posted a battleship:

https://imgur.com/gallery/Q65C7HH

If anyone cares this is almost exactly what a cruiser looks like.
EXCEPT for the bed. NOBODY gets a bed. Not even the captain. He has a bunk/rack just like everyone else. Except its in a private compartment, just below the bridge.

 

[IronWing]

West Point used to be called Fort Arnold.

Do you know why?

It was in tribute to the guy on Happy Days who died.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

It was in tribute to the guy on Happy Days who died.

He was not an important enough character. Gotta be for the pig on Green Acres.