Dumb Question Amnesty Thread

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15 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

automatic bids... lower seed but guaranteed a spot

All 24 of them are automatic?

[MonkeyDoughnut 9974]

51 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

All 24 of them are automatic?

Yep, half the field (32 teams) are automatic qualifiers... here are the lower ones and conference auto bid:

45. N.C. State (22-14)    ACC
46. Duquesne (24-11)    Atlantic 10
47. Grand Canyon (29-4)        WAC
48. James Madison (31-3)    Sun Belt
49. McNeese State (30-3)    Southland
50. UAB (23-11)        American Athletic
51. Vermont (28-6)    America East
52. Yale (22-9)        Ivy League
53. Samford (29-5)    Southern
54. Charleston (27-7)    CAA
55. Oakland (23-11)    Horizon League
56. Akron (24-10)    MAC
57. Morehead State (26-8)    Ohio Valley
58. Colgate (25-9)    Patriot League
59. Long Beach State (21-14)    Big West
60. Western Kentucky (22-11)    Conf USA
61. South Dakota State (22-12)    Summit League
62. Saint Peter’s (19-13)    MAAC
63. Longwood (21-13)    Big South
64. Stetson (22-12)    ASUN
65. Montana State (17-17)    Big Sky
66. Grambling State (20-14)    SWAC
67. Howard (18-16)    MEAC
68. Wagner (16-15)    Northeast

[Guest]

I did not know that.

[Not that Bob 733]

What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me. 

[Vic Mackey 46668]

1 hour ago, Not that Bob said:

What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me. 

He mainly keeps time and make sure the orchestra stays together with his guidance. They don't need him to tell them how to play the music but to make sure they don't start playing at different tempos, causing it to sound off. Within each piece, there are tempo changes and he guides these for the different groups, even how fast or slower they need to go. Also, to play louder or more quiet.

I used to wonder the same thing and had it explained to me. 

[Gil Bang 25551]

2 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me. 

the conductor does 95% of his work during rehearsals.   And individual musicians cannot hear anything more than the asshole next to him.  The conductor holds it all together.   In a small combo, the "rhythm section" (bass and drummer) are the conductors.  

[Sam Lin 3534]

The actual performance, the conductor is nearly irrelevant. But sports analogy, he's the coach, and movie analogy he's the director. The entire interpretation of the piece is his vision.

[nnm 35552]

12 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

The actual performance, the conductor is nearly irrelevant. But sports analogy, he's the coach, and movie analogy he's the director. The entire interpretation of the piece is his vision.

As an example, check out real musicians trying to follow Bradley Cooper's direction from "Maestro:"

 

 

Edited March 28 by nnm

[Al Czervik 1205]

Is the ‘Frank Stallone’ reply/injection the Surly equivalent of the internet ‘Albert Einstein’ reply/injection?  Just asking. 
Frank Stallone was great in Barfly. 

[Nuge 1945]

Why isn't the upper peninsula of Michigan just part of Wisconsin?  It's connected by land to Wisconsin.  Someone plant a flag in it and said, "mine"?

[pantone159 710]

20 minutes ago, Nuge said:

Why isn't the upper peninsula of Michigan just part of Wisconsin?  It's connected by land to Wisconsin.  Someone plant a flag in it and said, "mine"?

It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.

 

[Nuge 1945]

7 minutes ago, pantone159 said:

It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.

 

Thank you

[66BUFF 2539]

26 minutes ago, pantone159 said:

It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.

 

[nnm 35552]

3 hours ago, pantone159 said:

It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.

 

[Biff Tannen 45013]

On 4/30/2024 at 12:18 PM, pantone159 said:

It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.

 

This is how you do this thread.  Also, History Channel or somesuch had a series a few years back about the shapes of the states and explained all of this.  Really interesting stuff.

[SquishMitten 10370]

Was there some recent change in law requiring some variation of “new driver” stickers on cars? “Student Driver” has always been a thing for driver’s ed, but I don’t recall seeing the “new driver” ones until pretty recently, and they’re all of a sudden freakin everywhere. 

[nnm 35552]

18 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Was there some recent change in law requiring some variation of “new driver” stickers on cars? “Student Driver” has always been a thing for driver’s ed, but I don’t recall seeing the “new driver” ones until pretty recently, and they’re all of a sudden freakin everywhere. 

In Norway they have to put a big magnetic “L” in their car. Made it very easy for me to tease my friends’ kids when they were learning. 

https://blogs.transparent.com/norwegian/driving-with-no-licence-in-norway/

 

[Gene Parmesan 3951]

On 4/28/2024 at 10:05 PM, Al Czervik said:

Is the ‘Frank Stallone’ reply/injection the Surly equivalent of the internet ‘Albert Einstein’ reply/injection?  Just asking. 
Frank Stallone was great in Barfly. 

It's a Norm McDonald bit from SNL.

 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11508]

Why don’t synthetic things (plastic cups, Tupperware) dry well in the dishwasher? 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

Because if they get hot enough to dry then they melt

[Gene Parmesan 3951]

21 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Why don’t synthetic things (plastic cups, Tupperware) dry well in the dishwasher? 

Dishwashers used to dry with a heating element at the bottom to dry, but that used a ton of power.  Now they use condensation drying which sucks for plastics.  That's why on older dishwashers you couldn't put anything plastic on the bottom rack or it would melt.

[thunderlounge 7619]

Odd, my dishwasher uses a kitchen towel. 

[irishtexan 11413]

What the fuck happens to all the water in the upper part of the greenbelt? There are millions of gallons of water in Lost Creek but just a few miles downstream Sculpture Falls is dry as a bone (or at least it was a few days ago before the rains). 

Also, where does the water come from? It has not rained significantly prior to this week, but the water was flowing pretty good at Lost Creek. Is it spring-fed and eventually the water table gets so low that no more water flows?

[closetohumping 17287]

Do tire warranties normally cover wear and tear ?

[Sam Lin 3534]

Not unless it's a mileage warranty, then it may get some pro-rate if they wear too quick.

[GoPokes83 2236]

Farmer types… How long can corn stand in the field? Most fields here were cut a long time ago, but like everywhere along the coast we’ve had a shit ton of rain and there’s a bunch of fields with stuff still standing. I figured it may just be too wet to get in to cut it but it looks like it’s about to rot. Is it just a different variety or are those fields lost?

[Steel Shank 9330]

What the fuck happens to all the water in the upper part of the greenbelt? There are millions of gallons of water in Lost Creek but just a few miles downstream Sculpture Falls is dry as a bone (or at least it was a few days ago before the rains). 
Also, where does the water come from? It has not rained significantly prior to this week, but the water was flowing pretty good at Lost Creek. Is it spring-fed and eventually the water table gets so low that no more water flows?

Slaughter Creek does the same on occasion. I think the water may be hitting a karst(s), and draining down into the aquifer. I’m not a geologist.

[thunderlounge 7619]

Don’t need to be a geologist to know when south austin’s mom goes swimming, there’s a problem. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11508]

Is there some internet challenge of sneaking the word demure into everything now?

[Tex Long 4273]

On 8/13/2024 at 3:46 PM, Steel Shank said:

Slaughter Creek does the same on occasion. I think the water may be hitting a karst(s), and draining down into the aquifer. I’m not a geologist.

 

On 8/13/2024 at 6:53 PM, thunderlounge said:

Don’t need to be a geologist to know when south austin’s mom goes swimming, there’s a problem. 

Are we saying south austin's mom is possibly a karst? Asking because not a geologist...

[thunderlounge 7619]

All I’m sayin is there’s a large void to fill.

 

[SurlyGator 822]

7 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Is there some internet challenge of sneaking the word demure into everything now?

My teen daughter (no pics) dropped demure on me today.  I asked if that was a new thing, and she said yes.  Videos on the socials where some dude is dressed like a girl and talking about how classy and sophisticated 'she' is.  Drops demure in every one.

So now you know!

[ChickenSandwich 9760]

Fierce did it better

[Tex Long 4273]

10 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Fierce did it better

There is no question here, dumb or otherwise. An all-timer.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11508]

do we really believe that everyone doesn't know where every sub is at all times still?  a few feet of water defeats all the different detection techniques out there?  from satellites to sonar nets to just having a tiny drone follow right behind it from the second it leaves port?

[BearSchlong 8000]

Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic.

[Paco 1905]

Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic.

Dude. Shut up. Just... enjoy the quiet.

[Ignatius 3979]

On 8/27/2024 at 6:25 PM, BearSchlong said:

Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic.

Whatever it was it undoubtedly involved important people you will never know…

[BearSchlong 8000]

Rest in peace Lobo.

[Paco 1905]

Dude. Shut up. Just... enjoy the quiet.

Well this aged poorly. RIP good sir.

[Prepuce of Doom 20900]

10 hours ago, Paco said:

On 8/27/2024 at 6:45 PM, Paco said:

Dude. Shut up. Just... enjoy the quiet.

Well this aged poorly. RIP good sir.

I wouldn't beat yourself up over it or anything - I'm sure he would agree with the overall message... 

[Redneck Mutha 7856]

Related and a dumb question:

What does "YGIFS" stand for?

[BearSchlong 8000]

[SquishMitten 10370]

On 9/3/2024 at 9:21 PM, Redneck Mutha said:

Related and a dumb question:

What does "YGIFS" stand for?

It’s an acronym, representing a ~3000 word anecdote

[High Plains Drifter 10930]

On 9/3/2024 at 9:21 PM, Redneck Mutha said:

Related and a dumb question:

What does "YGIFS" stand for?

 

you guessed it-- Frank Stallone

 

[SurlyGator 822]

8 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

you guessed it-- Frank Stallone

 

The rare opportunity to a give a perfect one-liner that is also the accurate answer to the question asked.

 

RIP

[PantsTent 1995]

8 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

you guessed it-- Frank Stallone

 

[UT_OB1 2197]

Ffs help me out here. My belt tore so I don’t have a before picture, it’s been a while since I changed the belt and can’t remember the path, and I can’t find it online. 
 

[nnm 35552]

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[UT_OB1 2197]

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