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Started by Viking, July 18, 2011, 12:11:12 AM

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Ed Anger

Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2011, 07:17:59 PM
So, any one read the National Geographic article I linked? What did you think?

No.
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Razgovory

Quote from: Ed Anger on July 20, 2011, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2011, 07:17:59 PM
So, any one read the National Geographic article I linked? What did you think?

No.

Don't say that, he'll post it again.
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Warspite

Quote from: Viking on July 20, 2011, 05:34:52 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 19, 2011, 07:52:57 PM

First of all, Tesla was a Serb, and a rural one at that, so take everything he says with a pinch of salt. And he probably thought camomile tea was a cure for any ailment, and that sleeping with the air conditioner on would give you TB.

I've never seen "rural" been used as euphemism for "Croat".

Normally it is whackjob Croatian nationalists claiming Tesla was a Croat.
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derspiess

First read the title as "eclectic memory".  I can remember random, trivial things quite clearly but struggle with some important stuff, particularly short-term.  It drives my wife nuts when I can remember a line from a movie or TV show I saw just once, and several years ago at that. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

HVC

Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2011, 11:25:17 AM
First read the title as "eclectic memory".  I can remember random, trivial things quite clearly but struggle with some important stuff, particularly short-term.  It drives my wife nuts when I can remember a line from a movie or TV show I saw just once, and several years ago at that. 
Same. i can recall random, and in all honesty, useless facts and trivia, but i have trouble trying to remember stuff i want to remember. Say when studying. I suck at self studying. i can be in class listening tangently and recall later the important details. When i ry to study its hit and miss what sticks.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

derspiess

Quote from: HVC on July 21, 2011, 11:33:02 AM
Say when studying. I suck at self studying. i can be in class listening tangently and recall later the important details. When i ry to study its hit and miss what sticks.

That's exactly how I was in college.  And for any training offered at work, I tend to retain more if it's traditional training with a live instructor as opposed to most computer-based training (save for maybe training/tutorials on specific computer applications).
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

Quote from: HVC on July 21, 2011, 11:33:02 AM
When i ry to study its hit and miss what sticks.
Studying ain't the only thing that is hit and miss...
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Viking

Quote from: Warspite on July 21, 2011, 08:05:46 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 20, 2011, 05:34:52 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 19, 2011, 07:52:57 PM

First of all, Tesla was a Serb, and a rural one at that, so take everything he says with a pinch of salt. And he probably thought camomile tea was a cure for any ailment, and that sleeping with the air conditioner on would give you TB.

I've never seen "rural" been used as euphemism for "Croat".

Normally it is whackjob Croatian nationalists claiming Tesla was a Croat.

"whackjob" is redundant when referring to Croatian and Serbian Nationalists.  But, in the world of moving borders he was born in Austria in a place that is now Croatia. When you referred to him as a rural Serb I pointed out that he was a Croatian-Serb.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Slargos

Quote from: Viking on July 21, 2011, 04:18:29 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 21, 2011, 08:05:46 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 20, 2011, 05:34:52 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 19, 2011, 07:52:57 PM

First of all, Tesla was a Serb, and a rural one at that, so take everything he says with a pinch of salt. And he probably thought camomile tea was a cure for any ailment, and that sleeping with the air conditioner on would give you TB.

I've never seen "rural" been used as euphemism for "Croat".

Normally it is whackjob Croatian nationalists claiming Tesla was a Croat.

"whackjob" is redundant when referring to Croatian and Serbian Nationalists.  But, in the world of moving borders he was born in Austria in a place that is now Croatia. When you referred to him as a rural Serb I pointed out that he was a Croatian-Serb.

It's funny how these "colour blind" people are so obsessed by ethnicity and race when they stop thinking about how marvellously correct they are.

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Razgovory on July 20, 2011, 07:49:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 20, 2011, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2011, 07:17:59 PM
So, any one read the National Geographic article I linked? What did you think?

No.

Don't say that, he'll post it again.
:rolleyes: Viking asked for references, I gave him one and it's ignored.
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
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Viking

Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2011, 05:54:52 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 20, 2011, 07:49:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 20, 2011, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2011, 07:17:59 PM
So, any one read the National Geographic article I linked? What did you think?

No.

Don't say that, he'll post it again.
:rolleyes: Viking asked for references, I gave him one and it's ignored.

That was just a list of anecdotes. Not a general study of the supposed phenomena.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Viking on July 21, 2011, 05:58:22 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2011, 05:54:52 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 20, 2011, 07:49:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 20, 2011, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2011, 07:17:59 PM
So, any one read the National Geographic article I linked? What did you think?

No.

Don't say that, he'll post it again.
:rolleyes: Viking asked for references, I gave him one and it's ignored.

That was just a list of anecdotes. Not a general study of the supposed phenomena.
They talk about studies being done on those individuals. That's a starting point, just look up those studies. Surely something has been published on them.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Ed Anger

Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Warspite

Quote from: Viking on July 21, 2011, 04:18:29 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 21, 2011, 08:05:46 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 20, 2011, 05:34:52 PM
Quote from: Warspite on July 19, 2011, 07:52:57 PM

First of all, Tesla was a Serb, and a rural one at that, so take everything he says with a pinch of salt. And he probably thought camomile tea was a cure for any ailment, and that sleeping with the air conditioner on would give you TB.

I've never seen "rural" been used as euphemism for "Croat".

Normally it is whackjob Croatian nationalists claiming Tesla was a Croat.

"whackjob" is redundant when referring to Croatian and Serbian Nationalists.  But, in the world of moving borders he was born in Austria in a place that is now Croatia. When you referred to him as a rural Serb I pointed out that he was a Croatian-Serb.

That's great you know that, but I was talking him for being born and raised in the countryside (ie, being 'rural'), not about him being born in the Croatian Military Frontier.
" SIR – I must commend you on some of your recent obituaries. I was delighted to read of the deaths of Foday Sankoh (August 9th), and Uday and Qusay Hussein (July 26th). Do you take requests? "

OVO JE SRBIJA
BUDALO, OVO JE POSTA