What are your worthless skills?
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When I was in 6th grade, I memorized the names of the first 20 elements of the periodic table and the value of Pi to ten places. These skills came in very handy that year, but have since proved to be of absolutely no use. /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
the value of Pi to ten places
I think I know pi to around 23 places. Let's see... 3.1415926535897962684323 And the actual digits are... 3.1415926535897932384626 Darn, I always mix up the "323" and "626".
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:laugh: I don't know if I could tolerate playing any music for 6 hours straight (aside from, apparently, DDR music).
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Mika Wendelius wrote:
Speaking French
Same here (at a beginner level). Though, I haven't even tried reading a French menu yet. I'll have to see if I can find a place to do that.
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On a side-note, this reminds me of an old blog[^]. My favorites are: Healing Punch[^] In-flight Flight[^] Infinite X-ray Vision[^]
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While I was running up the stairs some minutes ago, something that I usually find myself thinking is that I have several skills that are really worthless. For example, I am very good at walking and running silently. And they are worthless because: 1 - I'm not a criminal 2 - The job market for Ninjas is really low nowadays. I have many skills that I'm really good at but are worthless because they don't matter anymore or it makes no difference in my life or in other people's lives. What are your worthless skills?
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
I can pronounce paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I can pronounce paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
I think you shoul dget paid extra for just knowing that :)
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I can pronounce paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
After a good day of practice, I can now speedily say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I can also rapidly say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious forwards and backwards. Looks like I'll now have to learn paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde. :)
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While I was running up the stairs some minutes ago, something that I usually find myself thinking is that I have several skills that are really worthless. For example, I am very good at walking and running silently. And they are worthless because: 1 - I'm not a criminal 2 - The job market for Ninjas is really low nowadays. I have many skills that I'm really good at but are worthless because they don't matter anymore or it makes no difference in my life or in other people's lives. What are your worthless skills?
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Well, Paris is always a good place to test your wings :thumbsup:
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]
Canadia is cheaper to visit. Last time I was up there, the only thing I recognized was poutine. :)
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A mate of mine was bored one evening so sat down in front of a mirror and spent several hours learning to move his ears.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
Haha, it seems I know a lot of useless stuff. I can do that too.
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After a good day of practice, I can now speedily say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I can also rapidly say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious forwards and backwards. Looks like I'll now have to learn paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde. :)
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Phew! It'll take a while to learn that one.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Turning invisible, but only when no one is looking.
:laugh: That made me laugh, really.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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- I can run about 22 MPH, though I suppose that could be useful for outrunning some animals.
- I know how to flick my throat to use it as a musical instrument, which I learned from an episode of MacGyver (from a character played by Bruce McGill, IIRC).
- I can crack my knuckles repeatedly for a virtually unlimited number of pops. And I only need one hand to do it.
- I can contort my stomach into a shape that seems impossible.
- I can play DDR for at least 6 hours straight.
- I can program in VB.Net.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
- I know how to flick my throat to use it as a musical instrument, which I learned from an episode of MacGyver (from a character played by Bruce McGill, IIRC).
That made me remember that I can move my ribs and can mimic a bird flapping wings.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
- I can program in VB.Net.
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To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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After a good day of practice, I can now speedily say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I can also rapidly say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious forwards and backwards. Looks like I'll now have to learn paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde. :)
For the first time I wanted a dictionary with a play button....
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Sword, dagger and halberd fighting spring to mind. Not much call for those skills these days (if I ever have to use those skills in anger, you can guarantee I won't have the equipment with me at the time...). Then there's being capable of walking or cycling significant distances without listening to music. That seems to be a bit of a lost art here in Bournemouth.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
Sword, dagger and halberd fighting spring to mind.
That sounds really cool. And I don't think it's that useless. It's exercise, unless you think exercise is useless...
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Haha, it seems I know a lot of useless stuff. I can do that too.
Me too :) Also can stretch and shrink my nose holes. And move only one eye brow at a time in both sides and I crack pretty much every bone in my body.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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For the first time I wanted a dictionary with a play button....
I have been waiting years for Merriam-Webster to come out with a 12th edition of their dictionary. I have the 11th edition dictionary, and it came with software. Really useful in theory, but very poor execution. I'm hoping the next version of the software won't suck. I would write it myself if I could get a hold of a recent collection of dictionary data (words, definitions, pronunciations, etymology, synonyms, sample usage, sound files, image files, and so on).
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Me too :) Also can stretch and shrink my nose holes. And move only one eye brow at a time in both sides and I crack pretty much every bone in my body.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
Hopefully none of my coworkers are looking at me. I'm trying all this stuff out right now. :-D
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I have been waiting years for Merriam-Webster to come out with a 12th edition of their dictionary. I have the 11th edition dictionary, and it came with software. Really useful in theory, but very poor execution. I'm hoping the next version of the software won't suck. I would write it myself if I could get a hold of a recent collection of dictionary data (words, definitions, pronunciations, etymology, synonyms, sample usage, sound files, image files, and so on).
Must exist somewhere, wouldnt you think? But I have been suprised before, that things I expect to find simply does not exist, or that they are so expencive that I dont know what to say. I guess you could make adobe read the word to you. Perhaps microsoft speech could do that too.
