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Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Blackthorne TA, Apr 11, 2009.

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  1. martaug Gems: 23/31
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    Remove all ads!
    Found this site & thought it was pretty cool how much is your site worth

    It has sorcerers place worth $372,984.00
    Another site i visit, The Volokh conspiracy, is worth $1,010,950.00 according to them.
    Kinda cool, just type in the website name & voila!, instant value.

    **edit**
    Wikipedia - $693,562,431.00 !!!:jawdrop:
     
    martaug, Apr 15, 2009
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  2. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    More Road Beers on the way home. Well deserved after the shift from hell I got tonight.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Apr 15, 2009
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    Did you look at Google? :shake:
     
    The Magister, Apr 15, 2009
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  4. martaug Gems: 23/31
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    Yep they were like $1.8 Billion & yahoo was like $1.4 Billion
     
    martaug, Apr 15, 2009
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  5. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    And I was like 'no way' and she was like 'yeah!' and I was like 'shut up' and then that guy came over and he was just like 'Dude!'
     
    Silvery, Apr 15, 2009
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  6. Loreseeker

    Loreseeker A believer in knowledge Veteran

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    :banana: No more Evil Exam of Doom! :banana:
    Passed it! Passed it! Passed it!
    Got an 8, too :p (on a 1-5 scale, it's a 3, but :D )

    Also, the research I was a part of on Organic Chemistry institute got published :D - there's my name on a poster on the wall of the institute! As a junior researcher, in tiny, tiny print :p but it feels like the Nobel prize! :D

    A grand day :)

    /me emits rays of pure joy

    Passed it!

    Time for :book::smash:
     
    Loreseeker, Apr 15, 2009
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  7. Montresor

    Montresor Mostly Harmless Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Congrats on your exam, Lore! :banana: :thumb:

    ION, I just went to the hairdresser. I must have lost something like five kilos (OK, maybe a bit less than that... ;)) but I have to file a complaint - they keep dying more of my hair grey each time I go there! :nolike: :geezer:
     
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    ...It's killing me not making an old age/benefit of youth joke, just so you know :D
     
    The Magister, Apr 15, 2009
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  9. Loreseeker

    Loreseeker A believer in knowledge Veteran

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    Thank you, Montresor. :)

    Heh, I got carried away with smilies last post.

    ION - just few more hours to ice cream time.
     
    Loreseeker, Apr 15, 2009
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    Patch 3.1.0 for WoW! My paladin will be even greater now.

    ION, what really grinds my gears is the ever continuing "Games are art" thingy. No they're not. They're a lifestyle and a hobby. Some of them are artful, yeah, but so are many things.
    So stop saying that internet and crazy developpers. That is all.
     
    Trellheim, Apr 15, 2009
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  11. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I'm so selling out to the first person to offer me that...

    That's great news, congrats! ;)
     
    Taluntain, Apr 15, 2009
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  12. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    I'm done with school! Well, there's still the matter of the evil exams of doom, but I'm still finished with the classes! Small woot. I think I deserve an alcoholic drink; to the liquor store!
     
    Ofelix, Apr 15, 2009
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  13. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    :bang: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH :bang:
    Spent ALL of today trying to figure out what was wrong with my laptop. All my programs were starting to misbehave in strange and stranger ways. Then I find out my antivirus is only pretending to work but in fact is doing nothing. Suspicious, I think to myself! So I take it off (that took some work...), reinstall it, run a scan... and find out that I have 133 instances of W/32Sality.L infecting most of my system.
    :flaming: :flaming: :flaming:
    Seems to be alright now... had to reinstall all infected programs. I hope it's gone for good!

    Congratulations Lore! :banana:
    May your days be empty of Evil Exams from now on!
     
    Ziad, Apr 16, 2009
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  14. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Lore: What was the paper about?
     
    T2Bruno, Apr 16, 2009
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  15. Loreseeker

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    Thank you, all. :)

    T2: It's a synthesis project. Basically, using RCM (Ring closing metathesis) to close additional rings in beta carboline derivatives, or more precisely, to get a basic molecule skeleton rather similar to this alkaloid (yohimbine):
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    from tryptamine, but to keep the new rings "functionalised" (easily alterable by further manipulations) which is achieved by keeping groups like enons, halogens, or double bonds present.
    Such compounds have been synthesized before, using different techniques. The goal of the paper was to check how useful RCM would be in getting such molecules.
     
    Loreseeker, Apr 16, 2009
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  16. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Oh shi...!

    /ducks
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Apr 16, 2009
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  17. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Only $372,984??? That doesn't sound right. :hmm:

    In other news, I was cut off from the net for a few days because the morons down the road dug up some cables. 1.5 days with the interweb just sucked! :grr:
     
    Kitrax, Apr 16, 2009
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  18. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    That's what happens when they mess around with that series of tubes...
     
    Taluntain, Apr 16, 2009
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    Ouch. I live in fear of that happening to me :(
     
    The Magister, Apr 16, 2009
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  20. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Interesting Lore. I was looking into using a Grubb's catalyst for a self-healing adhesive, but found the system to be too expensive for my application.
     
    T2Bruno, Apr 16, 2009
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