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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by Typhon on Today at 05:36:00 PM »
I take it you listen to Sabbath when she is not around or with headphones.
For me, I need the big stereo sound.
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I take it you listen to Sabbath when she is not around or with headphones.
For me, I need the big stereo sound.
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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by KiloDeltaCharlie on Today at 05:26:34 PM »She loved Ozzy-- and his family* -- from the MTV TV series. But until he died she didn't really know much about his music, bar the odd song but only in passing. She's now trying to get books and such like about him, but this evening we watched the Classic Albums episode the making of Paranoid... she really liked the programme but wasn't necessarily that enamoured by the music clips...
... she's more into boybands!
* Jack has been on I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here this last week or so, she's been hooked on that!
... she's more into boybands!
* Jack has been on I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here this last week or so, she's been hooked on that!
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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by Typhon on Today at 12:50:23 PM »^^^^^^
I was wondering, does the girlfiend like any?
I was wondering, does the girlfiend like any?4
Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by KiloDeltaCharlie on Today at 11:40:13 AM »I've listened to my 5 favourite Sabbath albums in the last few days:
H&H, MR, Dehumanizer, SBS and Sabotage
H&H, MR, Dehumanizer, SBS and Sabotage
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Matters of Life and The Universe / Re: The Sami People and Cultural Sensitivity
« Last post by Vyn on Today at 08:29:51 AM »Yeah - I think there were three Indians operating under an organization name I don't recall who lobbied a complaint against the Redskins name, as part of an annual "complaint list" that they sent out regarding all kinds of shit. The KC Chiefs are on that list. Most of the noise was coming from the professionally offended folks you mentioned.
Ultimately, the accountability falls on the ownership of the Redskins team who went ahead and changed the name. Or, rather, dropped the Redksins name without having a replacement thought up and thus making them a laughing stock for a while. Which made the whole thing doubly stupid.
Ultimately, the accountability falls on the ownership of the Redskins team who went ahead and changed the name. Or, rather, dropped the Redksins name without having a replacement thought up and thus making them a laughing stock for a while. Which made the whole thing doubly stupid.
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Matters of Life and The Universe / Re: The Sami People and Cultural Sensitivity
« Last post by Typhon on Today at 07:50:12 AM »I can look at today's native Americans and yeah, there's a small percentage that run around talking about cultural sensitivity, and sometimes, rarely, they get their agenda turned into action (Washington Redskins -> Commanders, for example), but most native Americans, including the handful that I know, don't really care.
It is my understanding that natives were not bothered by the name. It was the A-holes whose hobby it is to get offended by anything they can find, that wanted the name changed.
It turns out that the very first coach of the Washington football team was an American Indian, and they were named the Washington Redskins to honor him.
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Just for fun / Re: Amazing Science!
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:23:44 PM »And then that got me to look for stuff by Julius Sumner Miller. I loved watching his Physics presentations back in the day. I still do love them.
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Just for fun / Re: Amazing Science!
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:18:08 PM »This thread gets me to discover some really cool stuff.
Today I learned about total internal reflection. It can be demonstrated with water, but it's also how fibre optic cables work:
Today I learned about total internal reflection. It can be demonstrated with water, but it's also how fibre optic cables work:
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Just for fun / Re: Weather Topic!
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:10:05 PM »It'll be in the 50s for the next few days before swinging back up to the 70s and getting everyone's allergies aggravated again.
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Matters of Life and The Universe / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:07:15 PM »Now I want to re-read Stanislav Lem's "Cyberiad" short stories.