Sam-AVFC Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, BOF said: And again there's the 'size' discussion. He's long, but not heavy in this particular discussion. And do they mean 'most massive' literally? It's a good start if they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, choffer said: Not sure how true (or how amazing for that matter) but possibly interesting.... OK, I'm dim. I have not the faintest idea what this is about. What am I supposed to be seeing in those highlighted circles? "Do you know why it is always traffic lights?" Eh? What is that question asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2019 Remember this poster? It's for a big movie or something. Lots of people like the poster, but they're wrong, it's shit. Anyway... There's something wrong with it. ... Got it? No? Something doesn't look quite right. ... It's the Emperor in the background. Turns out it's not a photo of Ian McDiarmid as the Emperor that they've tinkered with. It's a picture of a toy. This toy. And that actual picture of the toy. Sure, it's a bloody realistic (and expensive) toy, but blimey... Surely Disney could afford to have someone take a photo of Ian McDiarmid in costume. Instead someone nicked a picture of a toy that was shared on Facebook by the toy company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, mjmooney said: OK, I'm dim. I have not the faintest idea what this is about. What am I supposed to be seeing in those highlighted circles? "Do you know why it is always traffic lights?" Eh? What is that question asking? One of the common 'verify you're a human' processes online in the last couple of years has been to give you a series of pictures divided up into squares and ask you to identify the squares that contain some common thing you'd see while driving - traffic lights, bikes, various road signs, etc. Obviously this is being used to help improve AI for self driving cars. This largely replaced the old 'what does this garbled text say' system they had, probably because teaching computers to drive is more profitable than teaching computers to transcribe scanned text more accurately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Chindie said: One of the common 'verify you're a human' processes online in the last couple of years has been to give you a series of pictures divided up into squares and ask you to identify the squares that contain some common thing you'd see while driving - traffic lights, bikes, various road signs, etc. Obviously this is being used to help improve AI for self driving cars. This largely replaced the old 'what does this garbled text say' system they had, probably because teaching computers to drive is more profitable than teaching computers to transcribe scanned text more accurately. Ah, thanks. Yes, I've seen those, and yes, it often is traffic lights. Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Just hold the the mouseclick on the checkbox and it skips the captcha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Horses which live in an untamed state but have ancestors who have been domesticated are not true "wild" horses; they are feral horses. There are no known truly wild horses in existence today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 15, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2019 3 hours ago, useless said: Horses which live in an untamed state but have ancestors who have been domesticated are not true "wild" horses; they are feral horses. There are no known truly wild horses in existence today. The last of 'em died off trying to drag Mick away... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2019 18 hours ago, useless said: Horses which live in an untamed state but have ancestors who have been domesticated are not true "wild" horses; they are feral horses. There are no known truly wild horses in existence today. Also true of leprechauns. Only captive ones are left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Kurt Russell's stunt double in the Escape from New York movie was named Dick Warlock. Quite possibly the best name ever. He was also in about a million other movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY APPARENTLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 18/10/2019 at 21:10, sne said: Kurt Russell's stunt double in the Escape from New York movie was named Dick Warlock. Quite possibly the best name ever. Surprised, and slightly disappointed, that you seem to have neglected to consider Dick Tips in this evaluation: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 4, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 16 hours ago, choffer said: Is that one of the parody fact type things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: Is that one of the parody fact type things? I took it at face value but Your question prompted some research. The electric toaster was apparently invented in 1906 so unless Roy is much older than he’s letting on, it would appear that the fact is not actually a fact. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted December 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: Is that one of the parody fact type things? History of the toaster: Quote The first electric bread toaster was invented by Alan MacMasters in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1893. ... In 1913, Lloyd Groff Copeman and his wife Hazel Berger Copeman applied for various toaster patents, and in that same year, the Copeman Electric Stove Company introduced a toaster with an automatic bread turner. Before this, electric toasters cooked bread on one side, meaning the bread needed to be flipped by hand in order to cook both sides. Copeman's toaster turned the bread around without having to touch it. The automatic pop-up toaster, which ejects the toast after toasting it, was first patented by Charles Strite in 1921. In 1925, using a redesigned version of Strite's toaster, the Waters Genter Company introduced the Model 1-A-1 Toastmaster,[18] the first automatic, pop-up, household toaster that could brown bread on both sides simultaneously, set the heating element on a timer, and eject the toast when finished. I suspect Roy Hodgson was not 46 around this time so yeah, probably is a parody fact! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 John Tyler, born 1790. 10th President of the USA. Has two living grandchildren. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Margaret Thatcher was alive for less than 13% of the last decade. Her lowest score since the 1920s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2020 This years Sao Paulo Junior Cup, a tournament for u20 football teams in Brazil, featured 11 players named Juan Roman Riquelme; all specifically named after the Argentinian footballer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: This years Sao Paulo Junior Cup, a tournament for u20 football teams in Brazil, featured 11 players named Juan Roman Riquelme; all specifically named after the Argentinian footballer That’s incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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