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Re: XOF News

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Jun 15, 2016 1:27 am

code monkey wrote:the Hamiltonian! what an operator!!


A few years ago, at an ISP I worked someone in operations was talking about some stuff in finance saying that they used "Atomic Equations" since the amount of nonsense being thrown around was really taxing my humor I, (putting on my best deadpan mode) said "if they don't use Hamiltonians they ain't atomic". The silence that befell after that, still makes me laugh.

BTW I can barely read the stuff in that link, there was I time I actually understood what it meant. :roll:
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Re: XOF News

Postby code monkey » Fri Jun 17, 2016 6:06 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:
code monkey wrote:the Hamiltonian! what an operator!!


BTW I can barely read the stuff in that link, there was I time I actually understood what it meant. :roll:


what is more frightening than finding an old textbook - or worse, notes that you took - from a course in your major and having trouble understanding the material?
and still i persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis. edgar pangborn

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Re: XOF News

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:48 am

Well, if we're talking about almost everything I learned while doing my BSc, yeah, but it's even more frightening if it's stuff I do in IT :)
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:59 pm

code monkey wrote:what is more frightening than finding an old textbook - or worse, notes that you took - from a course in your major and having trouble understanding the material?

I don't know if it's better, or worse. Reading some old work, and thinking, hey this guy was pretty good.
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Re: XOF News

Postby code monkey » Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:48 am

grapes wrote:
code monkey wrote:what is more frightening than finding an old textbook - or worse, notes that you took - from a course in your major and having trouble understanding the material?

I don't know if it's better, or worse. Reading some old work, and thinking, hey this guy was pretty good.


good that you still understand it. not good if you think that it's better than your current work.
and still i persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis. edgar pangborn

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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:27 am

XOF WAR BUREAU



We just received a communique from our correspondent in Beirut. They are neck-deep in hummus, and conditions are pitaful. "I think if one more Israeli eats one more bite, this could be a critical flash point, taking this corner of the world into a conflagration such as has not been seen since Disco night at Comiskey." US Secretary of State [strike]Clinton[/strike]Kerry has been notified and is on [strike]his[/strike]her way with containment quantities of Kombucha and Kimchi.

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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:51 pm

XOF DONKEYS



What are the Democrats doing this week, while the Republican circus winds down? Presidential hopeful Hillary Ratched Clinton hosted a backyard barbecue and invited 200 of her richest friends. Server Wendy Auchincloss reported that everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, "especially the big guy with the comb-over! He gave me a tip every time the Republicans said 'Benghazi,' then they'd all roar with laughter."
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:38 pm

XOF PROGNOSTICATIONS




PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BESTOWS HONORARY PULITZER ON NATIONAL ENQUIRER (2017)

USA GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP, REORGANIZES AS UN-TIED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS SOME STATES BACK (2019)

CRICKET DECLARED GREAT AMERICAN PASTTIME (2020)

PORTRAIT OF PM HILLARY RODHAM ON OTHER SIDE OF TWENTY POUND BILL (2022)

WESTMINSTER ADMITS QUEEN HAS BEEN DECEASED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS (2023)
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Re: XOF News

Postby SciFiFisher » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:39 am

grapes wrote:XOF PROGNOSTICATIONS




PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BESTOWS HONORARY PULITZER ON NATIONAL ENQUIRER (2017)

USA GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP, REORGANIZES AS UN-TIED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS SOME STATES BACK (2019)

CRICKET DECLARED GREAT AMERICAN PASTTIME (2020)

PORTRAIT OF PM HILLARY RODHAM ON OTHER SIDE OF TWENTY POUND BILL (2022)

WESTMINSTER ADMITS QUEEN HAS BEEN DECEASED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS (2023)


NSA REVEALS WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH IS SLEEPER CELL FOR ISIS (2016)
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Re: XOF News

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:46 am

SciFiFisher wrote:
grapes wrote:XOF PROGNOSTICATIONS




PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BESTOWS HONORARY PULITZER ON NATIONAL ENQUIRER (2017)

USA GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP, REORGANIZES AS UN-TIED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS SOME STATES BACK (2019)

CRICKET DECLARED GREAT AMERICAN PASTTIME (2020)

PORTRAIT OF PM HILLARY RODHAM ON OTHER SIDE OF TWENTY POUND BILL (2022)

WESTMINSTER ADMITS QUEEN HAS BEEN DECEASED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS (2023)


NSA REVEALS WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH IS SLEEPER CELL FOR ISIS (2016)


Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is wins the (Ceremonial) presidential candidate nomination for the Neo-Know-Nothing Party (2025) :P
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:31 pm

grapes wrote:Spelled with two L's, just like Hillary, and "spelled"

---------- XOF endorses Obama in 2016 -----------
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On the strength of her recent two-convention speeches, and carpool karaoke, we're reaffirming our support:

To hell with Michelle!
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Re: XOF News

Postby Thumper » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:38 pm

I'm on board!
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:51 am

XOF SIBLING RIVALRY






RAÚL MONDESÍ, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HIS BROTHER RAÚL MONDESÍ JR, COLLECTS FIRST TWO HITS OF 2016, BOTH BUNTS, SCORES FOUR RUNS

TRUMP: LUCA ALWAYS LIKED ME BEST
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:01 am

XOF MAKES NEWS




We at XOF have endowed the Nobel Memorial Prize in Management, just so Sweden is not embarrassed by these petty squabbles. Prize announced at the Carnegie Deli, New York, concurrent with the Nobel Physics Prize, party afterwards. Might get rough.

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Re: XOF News

Postby code monkey » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:24 pm

that's the Carnegie deli which is closing at the end of the year. good choice.
and still i persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis. edgar pangborn

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Re: XOF News

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:08 pm

I'd say Poetic
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:23 am

XOF The Desperate Times




(Due to budgetary constraints, XOF is no longer able to produce quality news articles, so like our country we are forced to borrow from the future. We will continue to run these future works until the time we catch up to ourselves.)

(1 Nov 2016) In a last minute ploy to garner more support for his flailing campaign, Donald Trump has released a sex tape. It depicts a nude and rollicking Donald Trump, gleefully penetrating a spread-eagle and obviously appreciative Hillary Clinton. Trump's campaign said that the implications were yuge. Unfortunately, after the tape's release, Hillary's numbers were up two points.
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:59 am

XOF The Best and Worst Times




(15 Nov 2016) In the wake of the Brexit-like reaction to the American elections, the entire metric world has voted to become one country, leaving Liberia, Myanmar, and, of course, the USA. Even the usually stolid Great Britain joined in the pile-on, typified by the comment from British Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, "Sorry, bruhs!" The US response was also typical: "As of today, there are more non-metric countries in the world than metric, and the USA leads the way!" Although there are a lot of details yet to be hammered out, it has been generally decided that the name of the new country will be "China."
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:44 pm

XOF Picayune Times



(31 Nov 2016) In a stunning reversal, the US Supreme Court has decided to not hear arguments in the transgender cases that a Texas lawsuit has said "guidance from the White House would turn schools 'into laboratories for a massive social experiment.' " Justice Breyer's only comment was, "Duh."
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:11 pm

XOF End Times





(7 Nov 2016) In an emergency session, both houses of US Congress quickly voted to pass a law moving election day to December 25. "It's Christmas Day, which is a holiday in most states, and it will give people something to do on that day. Plus, that gives us a couple more months to sort out this mess." A woman in the streets of Baltimore MD had this reaction: "Well, that means this election is just going to drag on, which is horrible, but at least neither one of them will have won, so that's a plus."
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:15 pm

XOF oof!





LIZ CHENEY WINS WYOMING, could be first woman in White House, 2021

PESO DOWN, RUBLE UP, DOLLAR HOLLA, all for one and one for all

RUSH LIMBAUGH ON SHORT LIST FOR SUPREME NOMINATION, says he's 'onored

NFL SETS KAPERNICK RULE, voting required to play games, "we're not *restricting* voting..."

CANADA STARTS BUILDING WALL, will send bill later
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:55 pm

XOF 'Tis the season




THE TRUMP THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS, new musical by Lin-Manual Miranda
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Re: XOF News

Postby SciFiFisher » Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:53 am

Uppity actors accost the VP Elect. President Elect Trump vows to ban musicals.
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Re: XOF News

Postby Thumper » Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:21 pm

What's funny is Pence wasn't even in the room when the actor read the prepared statement...
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Re: XOF News

Postby grapes » Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:21 pm

XOF Conumbdrums





IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, can ducks sue?

IF A CURTAIN FALLS IN A ROOM WITHOUT A VP, does it still make a kerfuffle?

HOW MANY TRUMP SUPPORTERS DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A WALL? assume cord stacking not loose or thrown

WHAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE JACKBOOT MARCHING? trump trump trump trump

WHY IS HILLARY BRING SO NICE? too nice, almost feels like a conspiracy
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