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@Arugela It might interest you to know that concrete, by weight, is the second most common material used by mankind. The first is water. *** And speaking of poop and buildings: https://inhabitat.com/one-brick-two-bricks-lets-use-poo-bricks/ https://arch5541.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/sht-bricks-dont-be-so-fast-to-poo-pooh-it/

Public Service Announcement - Dont refer to women as "females", its 2018 (with all that that entails), they hate it, and I kinda get why. That is all

Man, you gotta love the internet.

I didnt think wombats would wear clothes...you learn something new every day I guess.

I've never met one in person, but I think its likely in the range between 1-10,000

Definitely. If it was just incompatible sticks or in the wrong slot, it'd still boot. @Delay Does the motherboard make any beeping sounds when you try and boot with the affected RAM? Often motherboards have beep "codes" that alert you to hardware problems during boot, check the mobo manual. When everything is kosher, there shouldnt be any problem with different sized sticks, as long as they have the same clock frequency (Im running 8+8+4+4).

@YNM Dont disagree with any of that, but none of it says to me that a piece of music in a "standard" key can be easily switched from major to minor by turning a single pitch knob, though I could be missing something, Im dredging up decades-old music theory knowledge

There is no multiplying factor because as you said, an octave is a doubling of frequency, not an addition. So if you multiply the frequencies of each tone in the c-major scale by the same factor, you end up with something that is not a scale. Changing from major to minor (or vice versa) is even more of a headache as many tones will not change at all. Consider the 1-octave scale of C-major (CDEFGABC), only 3 notes need to be changed to convert to C-minor (CDEbFAbBbC) so merely shifting frequencies will mess it all up. My music theory is a little rusty, there may be some keys that can be easily shifted to others, but minor/major/vice/versa shifts wont be among them.

Its certainly a mathematically quantifiable problem, just quite a complex one I think. I've heard the term "fourier transform" here and there, Im only hazily familiar though, is this a correct-ish description of it?: "Analysis a complex waveform to split out the underlying component frequencies and amplitudes." ?

Do you mean like altering an audio track? I dunno how easy it would be - does this software exist? Different keys in music are not just moved up and down in pitch, chords that work to the ear have different separations of tones. EG: A C-Major chord is C-E-G A C-Minor chord is C-Eflat-G Software would have to somehow analyse the whole sound spectrum and change only specific tones whilst leaving the rest the same. Sounds like a hard problem?

@StrandedonEarth Tch. Baby didnt conduct a risk assessment, no PPE, no documentation... Is it amateur hour?

Suddenly, the rise of bitcoin makes a bit more sense...

Uh...does he mean "websites"? wow. Is he a time traveler from 1991?

So, how many Barn-Megaparsecs of sugar do people normally take? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement#Barn-megaparsec

Truly, we are living in a magical era

So Im trawling google for something funny related to coffee and the matrix and: http://www.matrixcatering.co.uk/ @XB-70A That GIF really needs the caption of ".........mmm...nomnomnom"

Nobody can be old what this thread is, you have to see it for yourself.

A "pot" is not a recognised SI unit. Please restate the question using units of m3/s.

Being human is something I do whilst Im being coffee.

Someone asked about the chemical nomenclature of esters on XKCD and I got it the wrong way around in my answer, even after I looked it up to check. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the kid doesnt fail his exam...

Im sorry is this a forum thread or a facebook status?

Relevant: http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/a47r068.htm

A very similar discussion was had not long ago:

No its not really possible, it takes too much energy and would be too difficult to fly safely.

First, I'll assume you are qualified because "Am I qualified for this role" is another question entirely. Fluency in English is a factor, but Im assuming that there are more than one job like this that would satisfy you, some of them may well be in your native tongue. Your Curriculum Vitae / CV / Resume, should detail all of the things about you that qualify you for the job, so in a cover letter you dont need to describe those things. In the covering letter you need to describe why you are applying, why you think you would be a good hire, what you can bring to the company things like that. Do NOT write sympathetic stories about your personal journey, stories about dying relatives or a sick pet or that you have a strong personal drive to reach for the stars and fulfil your dreams etc. You want to say things that are not detailed in your CV, but surrounding the subject of what the benefits of hiring you would be. And if you can, make it a little interesting. It is quite likely that things in your CV or cover letter would come up in an interview - give them some good talking points. For example: "Whilst at university I studied martial arts, as I found that my aptitude for spatial awareness and coordination made it a great fit for me." "I have found that studying [relevant subject] required a great deal of mental discipline, which came in very useful later when I [XYZ]." "I really enjoyed Ultimate Frisbee because you have to gel as a team or you cannot make any headway, encouraging people with different skills to work together felt like a great achievement" Try not to make it sound that dry though