The Stupid Questions Thread

Post by **Blaze** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:56 am

I thought she was talking about "floaters". Which is, by the way, when cells break off from the interior of your eye (harmlessly), and go floating through your field of view.

Kits · Post by **Kits** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:11 am

No. I get those too, though. And I get the migrane spots, which are different.

AzraeL · Post by **AzraeL** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:14 am

I thought she was talking about "floaters". Which is, by the way, when cells break off from the interior of your eye (harmlessly), and go floating through your field of view.

Can you get rid of them?

SunTzu · Post by **SunTzu** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:06 am

Theres a bathroom at my RPG club that has tiled floors, and if i focus on those tiles, or the lines they make, i see glowing lines. Is this bad?

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:24 am

Yes.

It means you only have 3 months to live.

HTRN

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:08 am

[quote="Koeniou";p="587041"]I can't speak for the US, but I know over here in Australia its an accepted practice. Restaurants advertise whether they are a BYO (bring your own) place or not. If you do bring a bottle of wine you will generally be charged a 'corking fee'. Just because a place advertises BYO, it doesn't mean you HAVE to bring your own drinks, you can still order through the restaurant.[/quote]
Some restaurants in the US charge a corking fee on a wine purchase, which frankly annoys the hell out of me, especially when there is a policy that the customer cannot open their own wine. I don't like paying $10-$20 for someone to do 30 seconds of work that I can do just fine by myself.

[quote="document";p="587057"]Stupid question: Does MB _actually_ know everything?[/quote]
Yes. I merely choose to not share it all.

Actually, I don't know everything, but I know a lot of trivia, and I have a knack for connecting disparate bits of information to come up with the right answer. I also maintain a fairly lengthy reference bookmark list, to which I will often turn to validate what I think is the right answer. I think I'm up to about 60 reference bookmarks right now. However, those who have been around me will tell you that in person, I'm very much like I am here, and I do have a bit of knowledge available without looking it up.

[quote="KitsuneMusume";p="588036"]Does anyone else see little lights wherever they look? Like...it's most noticable if you stare at a white wall...[NOT HIGH].[/quote]
In addition to the above-mentioned possibilities, you may also be seeing reflections of cells in blood vessels. Watch them to see if they follow specific patterns all the time. I get that, and it's easiest to see when looking at a white wall.

[quote="SunTzu";p="588476"]Theres a bathroom at my RPG club that has tiled floors, and if i focus on those tiles, or the lines they make, i see glowing lines. Is this bad?[/quote]
This is probably the result of retinal impressions. Even when your eyesight is "locked" on something, there are tiny movements happening, so it shifts the retina slightly. There's a perceived brightness on areas that had darker areas focused on them, and those tiny shifts result in the impression moving around enough to make it seem like the lines are glowing.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:55 am

As for why Deacon and I don't get along, he answered it spot-on. We have to incredibly different sets of values and opinions and we neither of us can peaceably coexist in disagreement with the other.

Okay, stupid question: Let's say you have a 0-27 roulette table, 3x9, with the 0 bordering the 1, 2, and 3. You can bet on any square, any border between squares, 1-9 or 10-16 or 19-27, as well as any row of three ... and then 0, Red, Blue, Even, or Odd.

Assuming both you have enough bets to lay down EVERY POSSIBLE bet, and can reset your chip count at any time (and the maximum bet is 500 per spot), what is the fastest way to maximize profit?

Posted Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:57 am:

Oh... the "blocks" and "rows" bets pay 3-1, odds/evens/color pays 2-1, an individual square is 28-1, two of 'em are 14-1, and a corner bordering 4 is 7-1.

Siljmonster · Post by **Siljmonster** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:22 am

There is no spoon.

Post by **Blaze** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:29 am

As far as it goes, by the way, I'm kind of... the middle character. You could put me in between Fuggle and Deacon. Though as far as it goes, I might even be a little more Deaconesque than Deacon on some things.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:08 am

Could someone please identify the source of the following things that've ended up as samples in mc chris songs?

One:
"Sweet sassy molassy, get out the checkbook and pay grandma for the rubdown as the Spurs beat the Heat, 86-79."

(is that something actually said, a parody of an announcer, or what?)

Two:
"And the best thing about what you see here is that everything works with everything else. In other words, it's a system. But a system that's no big deal to use! But, with any computer, you have to learn a few new things... (*beep beep beep*) ... see? its testing itself."

Three:
"This is the way I meet girls, you know? By being cool. I've always had this problem with girls, and I'm sure everybody's had problems with members of the opposite sex, and, uh, you know... you start talking to 'em, you can be really cool, real confident, up to a point, then you start to ask 'em out, or something, and you get all nervous, and mealy-mouthed ..."

By the way, first person to name all three songs (other than Nukin) wins a cookie.

Negative Polarity · Post by **Negative Polarity** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:16 am

[quote="AzraeL";p="588458"]Can you get rid of them?[/quote]

Nope. At least, not yet. Every ophthalmologist I've spoken with has explained them as "debris and coagulations in the vitreous fluid," and says that you can't get rid of them. I have a particularly bad one that floats around my vision all the time. At first I thought I was getting cataracts because it looks like a little black spot, but when I got a closer look at it, it looks like a little worm that's all curled up... kinda like the rest of my "floaters." Of course, maybe I've got eye-worms...

sneaky ninja · Post by **sneaky ninja** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:23 am

I have a question. How do you pronounce the band name Hoobastank?

Negative Polarity · Post by **Negative Polarity** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:24 am

I've always said it "Hoo-ba-stank."

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:36 am

"Hooba*-stank**! That sounds like ... like Sigfreid and Roy's Czeclovakian cousin. Sigfried, Roy will make the tigers appear, and then Hoobastank will come out ane juggle!"

Pronounced at the end of oen of their songs, the one with that bit, as "Hooba" rhyming with Tuba, and "stank", like skank, or the past tense of stink.

Jamie Bond · Post by **Jamie Bond** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:41 am

Fuggle, i've heard if you keep betting on a 2-1 over and over, but doubling your bet every time, eventually you will win, and make money.

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