Today I Learned - Page 16

Happy Monkey · 06-24-2015, 12:42 AM

Today I learned that if FIOS TV is out, I can't even watch recorded shows on my DVR.

BigV · 06-24-2015, 11:45 AM

What crap. It really wrecks the normal expectation of what a DVR should deliver.

I wonder what Verizon is monitoring when you employ the DVR. You're not getting commercials, right? Maybe it's like the Kindle where you have a local copy of the work, but only a revocable license to watch, listen, read it.

Happy Monkey · 06-24-2015, 12:13 PM

No, it's recording them locally. It's just that if the box can't connect to the server, you can't even get to the DVR menu. It just has an error message, and doesn't respond to the remote.

Gravdigr · 07-25-2015, 06:17 PM

Today I learned about The Cornfield Bomber.

Griff · 07-26-2015, 12:07 PM

Cool. Embarrassing maybe for the pilot...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2015, 04:59 PM

Well, he just stepped out to pee and it slipped out of park.

I wish commercial jets would do that.

Gravdigr · 08-25-2015, 02:52 PM

Today I learned about Zion curtains.

ETA: And then, I read up on the Alcohol Laws of Utah. Interesting read.

Gravdigr · 08-25-2015, 04:54 PM

I can see where you might make that mistake...Especially in one of my posts.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2015, 11:43 PM

Today, Tuesday, August 25th, is the US National Park Service's 99th birthday. All National Parks had free admission today. Only 20 minutes left here, but you western time zones might get in a quickie.

Gravdigr · 09-11-2015, 05:18 PM

Today I learned about the Kalinin K-7.

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Undertoad · 10-06-2015, 02:05 PM

Liver, fava beans, and red wine are three things that interact with a class of drugs known as MAOIs, early antidepressants that were sometimes used for personality disorders. If you eat those things and are on a MAOI it can kill you.

So the famous line from Silence of the Lambs,

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

...could have signaled that the patient was off his meds.

monster · 10-14-2015, 10:18 PM

any six-digit number with the pattern abcabc is divisible by 13

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2015, 10:46 PM

Be sure and tell beest and the student, might come in handy saving time.

Gravdigr · 10-16-2015, 11:14 AM

Interesting.

DanaC · 10-17-2015, 10:06 AM

So that's what 'Netflix and Chill' means. I thought it actually meant ...chill out in front of the tv.

06-24-2015, 12:42 AM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Today I learned that if FIOS TV is out, I can't even watch recorded shows on my DVR. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-24-2015, 11:45 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What crap. It really wrecks the normal expectation of what a DVR should deliver. I wonder what Verizon is monitoring when you employ the DVR. You're not getting commercials, right? Maybe it's like the Kindle where you have a local copy of the work, but only a revocable license to watch, listen, read it. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-24-2015, 12:13 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No, it's recording them locally. It's just that if the box can't connect to the server, you can't even get to the DVR menu. It just has an error message, and doesn't respond to the remote. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-25-2015, 06:17 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about The Cornfield Bomber. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-26-2015, 12:07 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cool. Embarrassing maybe for the pilot... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-26-2015, 04:59 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, he just stepped out to pee and it slipped out of park. I wish commercial jets would do that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-25-2015, 02:52 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about Zion curtains. ETA: And then, I read up on the Alcohol Laws of Utah. Interesting read. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off. Last edited by Gravdigr; 08-25-2015 at 02:59 PM.

08-25-2015, 04:54 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I can see where you might make that mistake...Especially in one of my posts. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-25-2015, 11:43 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Today, Tuesday, August 25th, is the US National Park Service's 99th birthday. All National Parks had free admission today. Only 20 minutes left here, but you western time zones might get in a quickie. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-11-2015, 05:18 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the Kalinin K-7. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-06-2015, 02:05 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Liver, fava beans, and red wine are three things that interact with a class of drugs known as MAOIs, early antidepressants that were sometimes used for personality disorders. If you eat those things and are on a MAOI it can kill you. So the famous line from Silence of the Lambs, "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." ...could have signaled that the patient was off his meds.

10-14-2015, 10:18 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	any six-digit number with the pattern abcabc is divisible by 13 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2015, 10:46 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Be sure and tell beest and the student, might come in handy saving time. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-16-2015, 11:14 AM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Interesting. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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