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Pastry of the Year posted:It is called a hamburger stand (or hot dog stand, or lemonade stand, or whatever) because there is no place for the customers to sit as in a more traditional food service situation: food is ordered and consumed while standing. And in the United States, a diner got its name from the diner car of a train. When rail passenger service declined in the United States, many of the old diner cars were sold to people who would stick them on the side of the road, add a kitchen in the back, and add a door to the front.   The old diner cars were too rare to be used like that later, so diners just followed the same sort of layout in later buildings. Now the word "diner" often means just a small "greasy spoon."
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booshi posted:Just a minor correction. HDMI is not just DVI with audio. Yeah, they use the same standard (which is why adapters work so well), but DVI can drive higher-resolution displays, while HDMI can also include ethernet and a CEC connection (allows for control of other devices through HDMI). Isn't there also some DRM stuff that can be sent over HDMI as well?
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May 9, 2013 04:00
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DVI can do HDCP too.
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Dr. Dre is called Dr. Dre because his first name is Andre.
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May 9, 2013 04:32
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trapped mouse posted:Dr. Dre is called Dr. Dre because his first name is Andre. Similarly! I just learned that Dr. Dre does not in fact have a doctorate in anything.
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That reminds me: I just discovered that Mr. Pibb, the Dr. Pepper clone made by Coca-Cola, is not available anymore. It has been replaced by "Pibb Xtra," a version that has "cinnamon flavor" added to the original formula. No longer can I make the old joke that "Pepper may be a doctor, but Pibb is a gentleman." Now Pibb is nothing but a dumb teenager on a skateboard who talks in catchphrases.
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May 9, 2013 05:03
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Cinnamon flavor? Really? I just though Pibb Extra had more caffeine.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Cinnamon flavor? Really? I just though Pibb Extra had more caffeine. So did I, which is why I put skeptical quote marks around "cinnamon flavor." Also according to Coca-Cola, "its bold taste and graphics appeal to young adults who are looking to get the most out of life and the most out of their soft drink. It appeals to teens who are just gaining independence from home and looking for things to call their own. The soft drink enables them to have an uninhibited, fun and unconventional attitude and touts the sweet, refreshing bold taste they need to express their independence." I must be drinking it wrong.
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There was an "American Dad" episode built entirely around this exact fact.
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Choco1980 posted:There was an "American Dad" episode built entirely around this exact fact. So it was. I hadn't seen it before. And it even has the character of "Mr. Pibb" (voiced by the late Peter Graves) quote the hokey marketing blurb from their Web page: Francine: But we've made so much love on your soda. What are we supposed to drink together once you're gone? Mr. Pibb: Try Pibb Xtra! It's bolder taste and graphics appeal to young adults who are looking to get the most out of life and the most out of their soft drink. Stan: Sounds off the hook, but it's not Mr. Pibb! I also just learned that "American Dad" has somehow gone on for eight seasons.
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Brother Jonathan posted:I also just learned that "American Dad" has somehow gone on for eight seasons. I just found out it's still on Fox. I'm never watching tv when it airs, I just thought it had been transferred completely to Cartoon Network.
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Don Keehoty isn't a country singer, it's just how you pronounce Don Quixote. Edit: Also silverfish aren't silver fish. This episode of King of the Hill is so enlightening. ThatPazuzu has a new favorite as of 18:55 on May 9, 2013 |
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May 9, 2013 18:46
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Brother Jonathan posted:So it was. I hadn't seen it before. And it even has the character of "Mr. Pibb" (voiced by the late Peter Graves) quote the hokey marketing blurb from their Web page: I just learned that Mr Pibb was a real drink not something made up for this episode...
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May 9, 2013 19:03
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Brother Jonathan posted:So it was. I hadn't seen it before. And it even has the character of "Mr. Pibb" (voiced by the late Peter Graves) quote the hokey marketing blurb from their Web page: If you've only judged American Dad on it's first, weak, Family Guy-esque season (and especially the pilot, they used the Family Guy cutaway joke format pretty heavily in that) you may want to check it out again. IMO it became much funnier later on. edit: although maybe it just didn't seem like eight years to you, I totally thought you were saying that it's amazing it's gone on so long because it's terrible.
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Maybe because I grew up under a rock, but I've been watching through Whose Line, and Wayne Brady had to act as RuPaul. After hearing the name so many times, I only just found out today that he's a drag queen.
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Mad Moxxi posted:Maybe because I grew up under a rock, but I've been watching through Whose Line, and Wayne Brady had to act as RuPaul. After hearing the name so many times, I only just found out today that he's a drag queen. So not a nickname for Ron Paul? Huh.
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May 9, 2013 21:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVw7cgv36A for barbed cat penis.Also, barbed cat penis? Barbed cat penis?! BARBED CAT PENIS!
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May 9, 2013 21:44
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Dr. Benway posted:While your SA password is case sensitive, your user name is not. I'm positive there is a "cannonfodder" out there. Or do you mean if I put in cannonfodder and my password I log into this account and the other cannonfodder out there can use caps and their password to log into their account, and never the two shall meet?
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May 9, 2013 22:48
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CannonFodder posted:Huh? Maybe they are Canonfodder?
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If that's true I can't believe noones ever registered "lowtax".
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Arrowroot is an actual root that is ground up into flour. I always thought it was just some weird flavouring. gently caress yeah, animal crackers. And now it just occurred to me that it's weird that they're called crackers when they are quite clearly a cookie/biscuit.
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May 9, 2013 23:15
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I just had the revelation that sombreros(hat in spanish) make sombra(shade).
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May 9, 2013 23:31
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DrBouvenstein posted:Isn't there also some DRM stuff that can be sent over HDMI as well? This is the answer by the way in case it isn't clear (HDCP is the DRM stuff): Aphrodite posted:DVI can do HDCP too. Yeah forgot about that. But, who has really run into this? I never have.
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I just found out yesterday after watching the Golden State Warriors - Spurs basketball game that Klay Thompson is white. I always assumed that Thompson was black. I'm on the east coast so most of the teams I follow are in the Eastern Conference.
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May 9, 2013 23:56
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jojoinnit posted:So not a nickname for Ron Paul? Huh.  And RuPaul is actually his birth name, too.
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fanbase posted:I just found out yesterday after watching the Golden State Warriors - Spurs basketball game that Klay Thompson is white. I always assumed that Thompson was black. I'm on the east coast so most of the teams I follow are in the Eastern Conference. His dads black.
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May 10, 2013 00:10
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Stargate posted:I just had the revelation that sombreros(hat in spanish) make sombra(shade). Reminds me of when I realized that Ecuador is on the equator. In my defence, I don't speak Spanish.
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May 10, 2013 01:23
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Usernames for anything you log in to are almost never case sensitive. In fact I'm struggling to think of anything that I log in to where it does matter (I work in IT so that's a LOT of logins) I know I have encountered things in the past where it does matter but it's rare.
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lidnsya posted:gently caress yeah, animal crackers. And now it just occurred to me that it's weird that they're called crackers when they are quite clearly a cookie/biscuit. It's because they're made with layered dough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(food)#Types http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_cracker
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booshi posted:This is the answer by the way in case it isn't clear (HDCP is the DRM stuff): It came up a lot in Games over the years, because people didn't have HDTVs but did have DVI equipped monitors. If the monitor supported HDCP, you could use a console on it using an HDMI-DVI cable. Less of a concern today with HDTVs so cheap, HDMI equipped monitors and HDCP on DVI being standard now.
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EvilMuppet posted:Usernames for anything you log in to are almost never case sensitive. In fact I'm struggling to think of anything that I log in to where it does matter (I work in IT so that's a LOT of logins) I know I have encountered things in the past where it does matter but it's rare. Wikia.
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Tiggum posted:It's because they're made with layered dough. Ahhh. That explains graham crackers too.
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Smallville lasted for ten seasons. I thought it was canceled after the first, but no - it lasted all the way to 2011.
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flatluigi posted:Smallville lasted for ten seasons. I thought it was canceled after the first, but no - it lasted all the way to 2011. I thought King of the Hill was cancelled around 2005/06 a month or two ago but it lasted until 2009 hitting 13 seasons. drat.
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Aphrodite posted:It came up a lot in Games over the years, because people didn't have HDTVs but did have DVI equipped monitors. If the monitor supported HDCP, you could use a console on it using an HDMI-DVI cable. Ah, I never tried to console on one of my monitors. Looks like I learned something new about HDCP!
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May 10, 2013 14:53
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The word "intramural" literally means "within the walls."
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May 10, 2013 14:58
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"Nullarbor", as in Australia's Nullarbor Plain, isn't one of those wacky-sounding aboriginal words. It's just lovely latin for "ain't no fuckin' trees here mate".
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N. Senada posted:
It's something that I've always heard about but had to actually see it to believe it. "For all species of the cat family, mating is painful." That's putting it mildly considering the barbed cat penis literally wrecks the vagina. "Despite the discomfort, most species of cats have a remarkably energetic sex life. During her receptive period, a lioness mates up to an astonishing and exhausting one hundred times a day." How is this possible!? 
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Can't be any worse than a duck's penis, can it? Do yourself a favor, and DON'T image search for duck penis.
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Since this thread has cycled on back to animal penis facts... The Lesser water boatsman is a small aquatic insect. The male produces his mating call by rubbing his penis along ridges on his abdomen. This mating call is the loudest sound, relative to body size, in the entire animal kingdom. Edit: Crap, thought this was the Facts that make your brain explode thread.
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