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Wow this is crazy cool! I don't know if it will work when I embed it. Hint: 360 view.

Edit: It works!
Edit2: How does one make such a thing? I downloaded it but it was just a still. It's like a three dimensional gif.
Edit3: Just tried it on mobile, does not work. Need to be on a computer I guess:(
 
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I didn't take this pic (thank you Facebook), but this was yesterday nearby home, just before some heavy rain. This is exactly why I love living in the Netherlands.
Notice the water level is higher than the land, the mill (just one in a series of four) working to keep that land dry. The cows. Folks cycling, left from the water. And the rainbow on the right?
 

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The Cubs are in the World Series, first time since 1945!

And Cubs pitching 'faced the minimum,' meaning they saw and disposed of 27 Dodger hitters, three per inning times nine innings.

That's only happened one other time in postseason history -- against the Dodgers! It was Don Larsen's perfect game against the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers.

History is being made...

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(Kicks pile of sour grapes and stomps off field)
History is always being made, every minute of every day. What's the big deal? History isn't so terribly special.
Every single bloody year, someone wins the best actor Oscar award too; Even if none are worthy of even being nominated.
They only beat my Dodgers (who were just losers), why would anyone be so proud?
Heck, history is made every time I blow my nose.:p
And let's face it, even IF they win the whole thing..........What, one WS victory in, like 1,ooo years is something to crow about?:p

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Good luck; Some fun plays to watch, in the series, but they were clearly the better team through the series, deserve to go.;)
 
Kaat72 said:
I didn't take this pic (thank you Facebook), but this was yesterday nearby home, just before some heavy rain. This is exactly why I love living in the Netherlands.
Notice the water level is higher than the land, the mill (just one in a series of four) working to keep that land dry. The cows. Folks cycling, left from the water. And the rainbow on the right?
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Thanks, that's going in my wallpaper collection.

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This is Smith Falls near Valentine, NE. One of 5 along the Niobrara National Scenic Waterway. Not a lot of people think of waterfalls when they think of Nebraska. Probably "flat" is the first word that comes to mind.

http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/nebraska-waterfalls/
 
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I'm not Californian, though I have the misfortune of living there at the moment...

Actually, heading to BOI in a little while. four-day work trip.
 
An engineer dies and reports to the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter checks his dossier and, not seeing his name there, accidentally sends him to Hell. It doesn’t take long before the engineer becomes rather dissatisfied with the level of comfort in Hell. He soon begins to design and build improvements. Shortly thereafter, Hell has air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators. Needless to say, the engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day, God calls Satan and says with a sneer: “So, how are things in Hell?” Satan replies: “Hey, things are going great. We’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets, and escalators. And there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.” “What!” God exclaims: “You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake — he should never have been sent to Hell… send him to me.” “Not a chance,” Satan replies: “I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him!” God insists: “Send him back or I’ll sue.” Satan laughs uproariously and answers: “Yeah, right. And where are you going to get a lawyer?”
 
^^^^^^^^
See, now that's a well crafted joke.:D

Am I just so stupid I haven't found the "Joke of the day" thread yet?:rolleyes:

Hmmmmmm. Something I should think about.:p
 
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An engineer dies and reports to the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter checks his dossier and, not seeing his name there, accidentally sends him to Hell. It doesn’t take long before the engineer becomes rather dissatisfied with the level of comfort in Hell. He soon begins to design and build improvements. Shortly thereafter, Hell has air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators. Needless to say, the engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day, God calls Satan and says with a sneer: “So, how are things in Hell?” Satan replies: “Hey, things are going great. We’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets, and escalators. And there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.” “What!” God exclaims: “You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake — he should never have been sent to Hell… send him to me.” “Not a chance,” Satan replies: “I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him!” God insists: “Send him back or I’ll sue.” Satan laughs uproariously and answers: “Yeah, right. And where are you going to get a lawyer?”
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Re: engineers

No, it's wait for the IT dept. to do it for you.

The Vulcan is an EE. In places where he's worked, he couldn't even nail a picture hanger in the wall in his office. He had to call maintenance to do it.

He also worked where he needed a security clearance. The IT dept. took care of everything.

I couldn't email him from home - my computer had an "obscene" name and my messages got rejected. I had to email him from work.

I wish he would "improve" things. He knows enough mechanics and carpentry to do it.
 
I have "worked with" engineers for decades. For the record, I am more of a mechanic, though my knowledge-base encompasses a lot of engineering, especially electrical engineering (my AA is in English, oddly enough).

I got to the point at one job where I refused to talk to any engineer who hadn't turned a wrench for at least two years... There were damn few of those.
 
I often ask myself if the title 'Software Engineer' is valid. A lot of people use it. I prefer 'Software Developer'.
Some people at work mess around with circuit boards, electronics, bolting things together, and also write the firmware. I would say they're more deserving of the title 'Engineer'.
 
Dngrsone said:
I have "worked with" engineers for decades. For the record, I am more of a mechanic, though my knowledge-base encompasses a lot of engineering, especially electrical engineering (my AA is in English, oddly enough).

I got to the point at one job where I refused to talk to any engineer who hadn't turned a wrench for at least two years... There were damn few of those.
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Our company hired some software engineers to write a billing program for us.
I was using it, and had to put a credit on a customer's account. The damn program would NOT let me subtract.

My boss got the pair of idiots down to the office, pronto to explain why we couldn't subtract.

In all seriousness, one of the idiots said "oh, it's also supposed to subtract?"
I had to leave the room. I was going to have a good laugh.

If you write a bookkeeping program, it has to have all mathematical functions as far as I know.
 
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