Already Given Away to good home. White 3" mini - mini
Sep 22, 2007 at 2:42 AM Post #16 of 56
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Originally Posted by kpeezy /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Will I get in trouble for this?
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Probably! Better edit it. You're in the draw though.

Some great entries so far, all qualify. Not much I didn't know though. How about work or study related things? Any of you specialists in a field? Any fascinating bits of knowledge to share?
 
Sep 22, 2007 at 2:56 AM Post #17 of 56
Wow, that's incredibly generous of you.
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Don't intend to enter to win this competition (Have made 2 mini-to-mini interconnects with more or less exactly the same stuff. That is, other thab the solder, and that the colour of it is on the opposite side of the spectrum).

BUT

Did you know that the Earth isn't round?
It's geoid-shaped, or literally, Earth-shaped.

(Another one of those highly irrelavant "facts" that can be used as conversation starters. That is, if you want to be known as a geek
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Sep 22, 2007 at 9:35 AM Post #19 of 56
A little silly audio-related story by me..

After enjoying a long term relationship of going on ten years now with Delores, aka Lossy, i have reached that critical juncture in anyones relationship, and reavaluating whats best for me, and in this complex and soul searching process it has become clear that as each day passes, i feel i could distance myself from Lossy and maybe soon, even contemplate a separation, to give me the space i need (or is that lack of space?) i feel guilty for even considering it as Lossy has loyally stuck with me all these years and given me many fond memories, which i sometimes, even now, replay in my mind.

I am growing tired of hearing the same old thing day in day out, like a stuck record, and am constantly being subjected to a less than clarified situation regarding details, details about our future, which i hold very dear to me, therefore i think i may have to slowly break it in to Lossy that i have found someone else, not the obligatory, newer model, more subtle than that, like someone with new ideas and a fresh way of looking at things, someone who i think on the face of it, although having a larger than life character, has a fine, complex, studious personality, someone i hope i would be compatible with, and whom would be compatible with my friends

her name is Flacenthia, Flac for short, i am so amped to have met her, she has a bass near to my pad, and she is increasingly taking up a larger volume of my time each day.

I feel tremendously bad about the whole situation and sometimes wonder whether there could be a time when i could see Lossy again, a somewhat amicable split maybe, maybe, selfishly i could manufacture an open source relationship, keeping Lossy and her replacement in the picture, so many variables to think of though.

I have now pretty much turned my back on Lossy, but cant help feeling that she may have some input in the future, a time when i need a quick, no frills, uncomplicated contact.

A few days have elapsed now since expressing my concern to Lossy, should i look to keep my options open, and not burn my bridges, and leave it so i could always see Lossy again, possibly a telephone call to just hear her voice again sometime down the line?

I can tell you guys are gonna rip me for this, as i know i am have become snobby since meeting the new kid on the block but, i feel that once you've "sampled Flac you cant go back"

your opinions would really be of help during this difficult time.


...Lossy used to room on the second floor

[size=xx-small]DISCLAIMER: All characters appearing in this drivel are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, past or present is purely coincidental.[/size]


heres lossy now, getting on with her life, (look carefully)...

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p.s. i probably ruled myself out of the comp, as i was trying to read the instructions literally and analytically, and i think i goofed, but was that a trick question? (hence me doing this in to distinct parts):

"1. The top line of your post must contain, and only contain the following single sentence:

Gimme an albino mini-mini!

2. You can only make one post with the above sentence at the top. After that, post all you like
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oh well!
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Sep 22, 2007 at 2:28 PM Post #22 of 56
Gimmie an albino mini-mini, please!

did you know that inbreeding can actually increase mean population fitness?

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Originally Posted by kugino /img/forum/go_quote.gif
gimme an albino mini-mini!
(well, not really...don't want it)

but, did you know that birds are dinosaurs?

and, if you did know that, did you know that inbreeding can actually increase mean population fitness?
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I think that is debatable! With inbreeding there is more of a liklihood to pass on genetic traits that are dentrimental to survival. So I think it evens out in the end. It really depends on how "fit" the people in your family are. Even if they are very fit for survival, chances of chromosomal crossover are still there still there, and may cause genetic diseases that can essentially wipe out populations if they are dominant.


Okay joke time: What do you call cheese that is not yours?



NACHO CHEESE!
 
Sep 22, 2007 at 5:37 PM Post #24 of 56
@stevenkelby, you're only going to take into account the posts with the "Gimme an albino mini-mini!" phrase right? Whatever subsequent posts by the same user does not count towards increasing his chance of winning right? That means you're gonna run the random number generator until you get a post that starts with that phrase rgiht? Just asking because I'm confused.
 
Sep 22, 2007 at 5:55 PM Post #25 of 56
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Originally Posted by filipelli /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Gimmie an albino mini-mini, please!

did you know that inbreeding can actually increase mean population fitness?



I think that is debatable! With inbreeding there is more of a liklihood to pass on genetic traits that are dentrimental to survival. So I think it evens out in the end. It really depends on how "fit" the people in your family are. Even if they are very fit for survival, chances of chromosomal crossover are still there still there, and may cause genetic diseases that can essentially wipe out populations if they are dominant.



no offense, but that is a very crude and popularized view of what inbreeding is. all my above comment tried to convey is the idea that contrary to popular belief (like what you posted), inbreeding can, under some circumstances (very idealized circumstances), increase the mean fitness of the population (population is a very important term here).

certainly, we know that in natural populations inbreeding can increase homozygosity such that individuals may be homozygous for a deleterious allele.
 
Sep 23, 2007 at 1:08 AM Post #26 of 56
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Originally Posted by wrecked_porsche /img/forum/go_quote.gif
@stevenkelby, you're only going to take into account the posts with the "Gimme an albino mini-mini!" phrase right? Whatever subsequent posts by the same user does not count towards increasing his chance of winning right? That means you're gonna run the random number generator until you get a post that starts with that phrase rgiht? Just asking because I'm confused.


I will generate the same amount of random numbers as there are total posts in the thread. The I will check through the numbers, starting at the top, and the first post that "qualifies" is the winner. So if the first number drawn is # 26 , which is this post, I will look at the next number down until finding a post that qualifies.

To qualify, a post must follow those rules in the first post:

Now those are the "rules" but I'm not going to disqualify anyone on a technicality. As long as your within the spirit of the rules, you're in. So far, everyone who wanted to be in, is in.


So, to answer your question, yes you are right. Anyone who posts with "Gimme and Albino mini-mini" at the top in more than one post will be disqualified. As long as you only make one post with "Gimme and Albino mini-mini" at the top, you can make as many other posts as you want.

An entry also wouldn't count if the poster had made no effort to add something funny or clever to their post, or if the other rules were blatantly broken.

I did read about inbreeding improving the gene pool in some circumstances in some species, some fungus or something? New Scientist subsciption.
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Sep 23, 2007 at 10:35 PM Post #27 of 56
Gimme an albino mini-mini!

I'll be surprised if you've seen this before, since I drew it a few years ago:

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Beware shadowy figures in trench coats & fedoras...
 

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