Cause thats the latest I'm willing to stay up. but it didn't dip down low enough. Woke up about an hour ago and it was 34F outside :(
Car doesn't seem to mind the weather...
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Cause thats the latest I'm willing to stay up. but it didn't dip down low enough. Woke up about an hour ago and it was 34F outside :(
Car doesn't seem to mind the weather...
This cold, "Polar Vortex" doesn't bother me too much personally. I don't need to catch a plane, or wait in an airport. And This Old house isn't heated by an expensive oil furnace.
The radical temperature fluctuations mess with my groove, though. All our lovely snow melted in winter rain, followed by freezing ice, black ice, treacherous roads, and dangerous below-zero frost-bite conditions. It's one thing to have frigid temps, it's quite another to endure it without snow's white cosmetic blanket. :(
Trust me, the people in Chicago would much prefer if their snow had melted. Try finding or clearing a parking space with 18-24 inches of snow piled up everywhere in -60 windchills.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Chicago declared a weather emergency, closing schools and telling people to stay off the streets. The only people trying to find/clear a parking space are fools or morons. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
OK as you are unwilling to answer my question. The coldest time of a day (night) is just before sunrise. So if you want to enjoy cold temperatures, you don't stay up late, you get up early.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
He's a Floridian, and doesn't know much about COLD weather. ;)
I brought home my dad's old wireless router, because mine's kinda shitty. connected it, worked fine for a day, and now it constantly resets, with the occasional factory reset. got no idea how to fix it, except that it sounds like a heat issue because it didn't occur right away.
Morons like my sister, the ER physician? Lots of people have jobs that don't allow them to sit at home when it's cold outside.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Regardless, the snow will still be there as the city slowly gets moving again. Cold + snow accumulation is definitely worse than just cold.
Then again, if it melts and freezing again, getting to a parking spot gets less safe and easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
dafuq :bulb:Quote:
Originally Posted by earthJoker
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Originally Posted by earthJokerWhy on midnight
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Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
first off, a cold front moving through setting record lows doesn't exact abide by average weather models. Secondly, even if these temps were normal and predictable for a low at pre-daybreak, that would mean getting up at around 4:30am, when I don't have to be at work till noon. so yeah...fuck that.Quote:
Originally Posted by earthJoker
Sometimes but not always true. Ice is a challenge, but at least there's a physical space to put your car - less so if there is piled up snow everywhere. We had about as much snow as Chicago recently, but it all melted over the weekend before the cold snap (which itself was rather pathetic compared to Chicago)... parking is relatively easy compared to when there's snow everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
I do agree that if you only get a partial melt it can be quite a bit worse since you've still got the piles, but not everything is covered in sheets of ice. Ah, winter.
There are only few situations where the temperature rises before sunset. Of course if the winds turn it can be possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
You have sunrise at 4:30 in winter? :bulb: I don't believe you! :mad: Lets ask Google:Quote:
Secondly, even if these temps were normal and predictable for a low at pre-daybreak, that would mean getting up at around 4:30am, when I don't have to be at work till noon. so yeah...fuck that.
Sunrise in Orlando 8. Jan 2014 07:19
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...omy.html?n=867
That's just about 3 hours difference, fuck yeah :up:
and how long does it take water to freeze at barely freezing temps?
Depends, on amount, humidity, wind...
heres a hint, an ice cube in a freezer, which is generally set to 0F (more than 30F colder than the low for me) takes ~4 hours.
There is hardly any wind in a freezer, is there?
The freezing warning of my car goes on at 4°C, nuff said.
:bulb: this doesn't justify your explanation of getting up at 7:19 in (a possible low of) 32F weather to frost the front yard... at all. Do you understand the type of wind required to freeze a yard in minutes at that temp?Quote:
Originally Posted by earthJoker
So, I think I already ranted once about this math remedial course I've been forced to teach.
I just did the corrections for the single exam we were to write. An utter disaster.
The pupils were unable to:
- insert the correct values into simple formulas
- then enter said formulas into their calculator
- didn't realize that they sometimes had to convert units of measurement (like: dm into cm and similarly difficult stuff)
- were unable to read: "Calculate the volume of a half of a solid ball." All, save for one, calculated the whole volume.
- forgot to carry the "x", a "minus" or similarly dropped stuff all over the place
- realize that the diagonal of a box cannot be 1000 times larger than any side of the box
and other stuff.
Please remember, this is a 10th grade I'm talking about.
As a result, 7 pupils got a simple failing grade and 5 got a "hopeless" failing grade. Out of 25.
Seriously, there are so many problems here that I'm unable to tackle them all.
This was one of the simple problems:
Solve for x: 3x+1=4
6 pupils didn't solve that one.
The two most difficult ones:
a) Three people win 1,260,000€ at the lottery and divide the money thusly that the second person gets double what the first person got, and the third person gets double the amount of the second person. How much money does each person get?
b) The diagonal of a rectangle is 6 cm long and divides the right angle at a ration of 6:3. Create a sketch and calculate the length of both sides.
Sorry for the confusion. But what I meant, is that there is no reason to spray at midnight. The water you spray will freeze some time close to the morning. Doesn't matter if you spray it at midnight or 10pm or 2am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
And actually, the water will freeze immediately if you but it in a bucket and place it outside over night. It will freeze because the yard is cold.
We actually call this 'Blitzeis' over here. It happens when it rains on the cold ground.
A bucket of water will freeze immediately? I'd like to see that. Of course if you spread it out and the ground is very cold, it'll happen pretty quick (or if it are small droplets in freezing cold air). Isn't rain in those conditions often supercooled and therefore freezes on impact?
Blitzeis is a cool name though :up:
Edit: nevermind, mis read your post about the bucket.
I wrote it on my mobile so it was not very verbose. I explain it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
If you put a bucket full of water outside over night, only the top of it will freeze. The rest will still be liquid but it will be cold, very cold. If you put this very cold water on the even colder floor, there is not much of temperature change involved. But of course you still need to freeze it. But part of the water will immediately evaporate now that it is spread out over the ground. The evaporating water will cool down the rest of the water, so it freezes very fast.
And just to prove that I don't make up things: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blitzeis
Yeah, i got that when I read it again :p
So OG did your plan worked?
Then she knows full well that a Weather Emergency Declaration means crucial hospital personnel can't leave when their shift ends....and that on-coming shifts can rely on EMS vehicles, or even National Guard, to pick them up at their front door (so they don't have to put themselves at risk trying to get to the hospital).Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
Why in the world would your sister be looking for parking space, or trying to shovel her way out of snow drifts? :confused:
The more interesting question there is how these people managed to make it to 10th grade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
Related article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/us/nca...html?hpt=hp_t2
Just because they closed the schools due to cold doesn't mean the rest of the city didn't still more or less work. People came and went to their (important) jobs like normal. The roads weren't particularly unsafe, they were just cold. My sister definitely doesn't need to waste the time of EMS just to get to work. Jeez.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/us/nca...html?hpt=hp_t3
Someone finally takes the time to do the research to prove what we pretty much already knew, and this is how people react
(CNN) -- The death threats, Mary Willingham expected.
More shocking is that the University of North Carolina is now disavowing her research as a whistle-blower -- research that showed between 8% and 10% of the school's football and basketball players are reading below a third-grade level.
UNC issued a statement Wednesday night saying it did not believe Willingham's account of a basketball player who could not read or write.
It went on: "University officials can't comment on the other statistical claims mentioned in the story because they have not seen that data. University officials have asked for that data, but those requests have not been met."
As well as questioning UNC many times about the story before publication, CNN has also detailed Willingham's research.
And purported e-mail exchanges obtained by CNN since August show that Willingham did share her findings at least twice -- once with Executive Vice Provost James W. Dean Jr., and once with a member of a university committee on academics and athletics.
In addition, Willingham says her research on the students in the athletics programs that make money for the university was done based on screenings that the university itself paid for. And, she says, she has gotten permission from the university several times since 2008 to access those findings to continue her research.
"It's already available to them," Willingham said. "It's in their system. ... They have all the data and more. It belongs to them, and they paid a lot of money for it."
Women who blew whistle and what happened next
Last year, when CNN asked UNC for comment on Willingham's research, officials initially denied knowing about it, and said: "Such analysis is not part of her job duties at the university."
Then, after being shown the e-mails, a spokesperson admitted that Willingham did share her findings and did have permission from the university to do the research in the first place, and said a meeting with Willingham was being scheduled.
Apart from Wednesday's statement, UNC has not responded to CNN's request for an explanation.
In the meantime, Willingham said she has heard from one branch of the university -- the Department of Public Safety.
Since CNN's report, Willingham said she's gotten four death threats, and more than 30 other alarming messages.
"Not people who disagree, people who put in the subject or body (of the e-mail) straight-up hate speech," she said.
But there have also been notes of support from several other academic advisers around the country, Willingham says, and they make it worth the trouble.
"I've been getting more and more nice notes from high school teachers and literacy specialists across the country saying 'Thank you.'"
A formal incident report hasn't been made yet, but university police said: "We are looking into it and making effort to reach out and investigate the nature of the threats."
"It's really OK," Willingham said of the threats, "because I'm telling the truth."
There is something very wrong with how this country deals with sports
I for one don't see why universities are in the sports business to begin with. Over here they offer sports accommodation and pro sporters can get special treatment to combine the two, but it doesn't run any pro sports teams (all sport associations are supported by uni but run by students). We do compete in robot football, solar races, etc., but that's actually related to the uni's activities.
Well, it's sort of an integrative school. Which might be a good idea if they actually had the infrastructure for it. But they just dumped me into this class (I didn't have a reliable list of my pupils for 3 weeks), told me: "Do some maths with them" and that's about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Well, over here you can actually study Sports. But getting into that field is very hard: Besides having very good grades, you also need to demonstrate your proficiency in 19 different sports in a test. And you only may fail one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
hehe, just noticed i posted the story loki linked too.
My son is currently doing the math you gave examples of right now in 7th grade, and sadly is/was making the same mistakes you're complaining about. What is it with negative numbers that make people go stupid?
That's pretty screwed up but still no where near as alarming as the lack of physical activity today's kids are doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
I was doing it in first grade in Russia. :noob:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
My point is that these students must have passed 9 years worth of math classes to get to this point. How does a student who can't do simple algebra pass 9th grade?Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
In the ever-continuing quest by GE to squeeze more money out of this place, while ignoring recommendations from the technical staff, they have now fucked up scheduling, and let someone go whose job was pretty important, which has been dumped on others but some stuff is falling between the cracks. Combined, this creates frustration, things go wrong, which also costs money BTW, and since my workplace is next to the coffee machine, it's like I'm moonlighting as a therapist by simply sitting here while others blow off steam about frustrations and stuff that goes wrong.
My feet. They've always messed with my groove, to some degree or other. Having flat feet didn't matter much in water sports, in fact it probably helped to have a broad toe width in the water, like flippers. But swimming abilities don't matter much in a walking world. Especially not for women in the fashion world. And shoes. Even slippers. My kids gave me some memory foam slippers at Christmas, and keep asking it they're wonderful treats for my feet. :cry:
My favorite bar is closing :( which sucks even more for one of my friends since he works there. And even more for the owner, of course.
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65001.png?1390966851599
I hope it will not get too bad here in Cairns.
Fucking snow sucks.
local weather guy was freaking out because the panhandle was reporting a 10th an inch of ice. :p
I'm in short sleeves with the windows open
I heard that schools closed in Georgia and S. Carolina because of half an inch of snow (and 40F weather). WTF people? :p
