Re: Random Discussion Thread

by Sparkz47 Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:04 pm

vbooy57 wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.
As did I for the second time. Got a 2070 the first time but was told I should take them again to try and show consistency.

We don't take the SATs at my school, but we did take the ACT back in April.

by vbooy57 Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:02 am

Just finished Season 2 of Breaking Bad and this is among the best things ever. I've been told the next three are even better, so I am ridiculously psyched.

by **Ben Atkins** Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:22 am

BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

by f1fan12 Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:47 am

Ben Atkins wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

Beat me to it. The guy actually seemed quite stupid without cheating!

by Lucstar88 Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:02 am

f1fan12 wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

Beat me to it. The guy actually seemed quite stupid without cheating!

How exactly did he cheat?

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:04 am

Lucstar88 wrote:
f1fan12 wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

Beat me to it. The guy actually seemed quite stupid without cheating!
How exactly did he cheat?

This may be the wrong guy, but he had a friend in the audience who would fake cough whenever the answer was said when discussing the questions.

by **Ben Atkins** Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:20 am

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:
Lucstar88 wrote:
f1fan12 wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

Beat me to it. The guy actually seemed quite stupid without cheating!
How exactly did he cheat?
This may be the wrong guy, but he had a friend in the audience who would fake cough whenever the answer was said when discussing the questions.

Not the wrong guy at all.

by BigDaddy24 Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:29 pm

Ben Atkins wrote:
BigDaddy24 wrote:Took the dreaded SAT's today.

Oh, and I added new question and quote on the signature.

That's Charles Ingram, the guy who cheated to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I actually watched a documentary about it the other day and it was actually interesting.

I was kinda expecting either you or Barney to know that one.

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:This may be the wrong guy, but he had a friend in the audience who would fake cough whenever the answer was said when discussing the questions.

Almost. It was actually a fellow contestant, Tecwen Whittock, who helped him cheat. If anyone wants to know the whole story behind it, go on YouTube and search "major fraud".

by Milan655 Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:41 pm

His wife was part of it too if I recall?

by **crl** Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:41 pm

Milan655 wrote:His wife was part of it too if I recall?

Yes.

by BigDaddy24 Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:38 pm

crl wrote:
Milan655 wrote:His wife was part of it too if I recall?

Yes.

In fact, she had to do the cough on the $32,000 question because Whittock couldn't cough on that one cause he didn't know the answer.

by RealRacingRoots Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:29 pm

Whenever I hear game show and major fraud talked about, i think about that guy who beat the system at Press Your Luck back in the day. Who else remembers that?

by RyanB06 Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:35 pm

RealRacingRoots wrote:Whenever I hear game show and major fraud talked about, i think about that guy who beat the system at Press Your Luck back in the day. Who else remembers that?

Michael Larson. Game Show Network even made a documentary about him.

by day500champ1 Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:32 pm

RyanB06 wrote:
RealRacingRoots wrote:Whenever I hear game show and major fraud talked about, i think about that guy who beat the system at Press Your Luck back in the day. Who else remembers that?

Michael Larson. Game Show Network even made a documentary about him.

Larson didn't so much cheat as he figured out the pattern the PYL game board was using. At one point during his game, which they point out in the documentary, he was started to get tired and screwed up. Larson was the main reason the game was overhauled for the new Whammy edition. They figured if someone with Larson's background could figure out the game system; someone else could too.

by Lucstar88 Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:36 pm

day500champ1 wrote:
RyanB06 wrote:
RealRacingRoots wrote:Whenever I hear game show and major fraud talked about, i think about that guy who beat the system at Press Your Luck back in the day. Who else remembers that?

Michael Larson. Game Show Network even made a documentary about him.

Larson didn't so much cheat as he figured out the pattern the PYL game board was using. At one point during his game, which they point out in the documentary, he was started to get tired and screwed up. Larson was the main reason the game was overhauled for the new Whammy edition. They figured if someone with Larson's background could figure out the game system; someone else could too.

Whammy, my favorite game show as a child, too bad i don't watch it anymore

by f1fan12 Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:45 pm

I don't know if this has already been said. But, Tim Samaras, one of the guys on Storm Chasers was killed in the Oklahoma Tornados last Friday!

by SpeedDemon37 Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:41 pm

f1fan12 wrote:I don't know if this has already been said. But, Tim Samaras, one of the guys on Storm Chasers was killed in the Oklahoma Tornados last Friday!

I could never have half the guts to be anything like a storm chaser. They are some extremely brave people. R.I.P. Tim, Paul, Carl, and all other victims of the recent tornadoes.

by Cardinals5 Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:51 pm

Well, I'm off to Michigan for the SAE Supermileage competition in the morning, so I'll see you folks on Sunday!

by day500champ1 Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:17 pm

Cardinals5 wrote:Well, I'm off to Michigan for the SAE Supermileage competition in the morning, so I'll see you folks on Sunday!

Where in Michigan are you going? 'Cause who knows, you might pass me in the commune. Smile

by Cardinals5 Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:11 pm

day500champ1 wrote:
Cardinals5 wrote:Well, I'm off to Michigan for the SAE Supermileage competition in the morning, so I'll see you folks on Sunday!

Where in Michigan are you going? 'Cause who knows, you might pass me in the commune.

Marshall, at Eaton Corp. Proving Grounds

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:33 am

SUCK MY DICK BARTON

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by Nascar9fan Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:39 pm

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:SUCK MY DICK BARTON

I saw a Queensland fan bus at Ermington & wanted to tell them to go back home. Too bad that they were on Victoria Road

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:43 pm

Nascar9fan wrote:
Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:SUCK MY DICK BARTON

I saw a Queensland fan bus at Ermington & wanted to tell them to go back home. Too bad that they were on Victoria Road

Haha

#TYBJ #1inarow

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by bartman97 Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:28 am

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:SUCK MY DICK BARTON

Come back to me when NSW wins a series.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:45 am

bartman97 wrote:
Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:SUCK MY DICK BARTON

Come back to me when NSW wins a series.

So get back to you in late July then.

#TYBJ #1inarow

by Sparkz47 Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:48 am

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:
bartman97 wrote:
Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:SUCK MY DICK BARTON

Come back to me when NSW wins a series.
So get back to you in late July then.

#TYBJ #1inarow

#hashtagsonforumotion #wat

by Mother of Invention Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:14 am

RealRacingRoots wrote:Whenever I hear game show and major fraud talked about, i think about that guy who beat the system at Press Your Luck back in the day. Who else remembers that?

Where's Scott Steudler? He'd love this discussion. Razz

by SpeedDemon37 Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:50 pm

Happy Birthday Alpineopossum! (eventhoughyou'refromOhio) Very Happy

by f1fan12 Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:32 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:Happy Birthday Alpineopossum! (eventhoughyou'refromOhio)

Happy birthday to a fellow Ohioan!

by SpeedDemon37 Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:46 pm

f1fan12 wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Happy Birthday Alpineopossum! (eventhoughyou'refromOhio)

Happy birthday to a fellow Ohioan!

Good one! ... Don't expect a card from me when your birthday comes around! Razz

by Chives2112 Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:34 am

Spending my Friday morning watching Dinosaur Train on PBS. Razz

by Rykia Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:17 pm

Just found out the normal package for Brighthouse (Time Warner) has NBC Sports. My family pays for the second highest package Dish Network offers and we don't have NBC Sports...wtf. Well at least I can watch F1 at my grandparents now (and maybe my moms).

by Cardinals5 Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:06 pm

As an update, my team came in tenth at Supermileage. Penn State won the competition for the second straight year.

We drove a blowing-up engine to 281 mpg, so I'm quite happy with that result.

by Metro 6r4 Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:50 am

Exams again today. Sad

by BWard Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:04 am

Metro 6r4 wrote:Exams again today.

You can say that again, I have 4 more exams this week :/

by Lucstar88 Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:20 pm

Just finished my last day of class!!! Evaluations on Friday (French), Monday (Math)!!! Birthday is next thursday, prom the day after & graduation the day after that!!!! CAN'T WAIT

by day500champ1 Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:35 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:
f1fan12 wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Happy Birthday Alpineopossum! (eventhoughyou'refromOhio)

Happy birthday to a fellow Ohioan!
Good one! ... Don't expect a card from me when your birthday comes around!

Oh yeah, take this f1. Razz

by flyingturns89 Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:35 am

Lucstar88 wrote:Just finished my last day of class!!! Evaluations on Friday (French), Monday (Math)!!! Birthday is next thursday, prom the day after & graduation the day after that!!!! CAN'T WAIT

I know that feeling. I graduate tonight.

by Joshua Michaels Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:44 pm

Well..While in school I tried to access this site...and it says this:

Blocked request: Policy violation
Reason: Personals and Dating sites are blocked
Site: efr1.forumotion.com
The Web site you are trying to access has been blocked by the***** Public Schools Web Filter. Access to this site has been restricted in compliance with District Policy.

So this is a dating site now. Razz

by Sparkz47 Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:50 pm

Joshua Michaels wrote:Well..While in school I tried to access this site...and it says this:

Blocked request: Policy violation
Reason: Personals and Dating sites are blocked
Site: efr1.forumotion.com
The Web site you are trying to access has been blocked by the***** Public Schools Web Filter. Access to this site has been restricted in compliance with District Policy.

So this is a dating site now.

I like long walks on the beach and puppies. Pick me up at 7:00.

by vbooy57 Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:17 pm

Sparkz47 wrote:
Joshua Michaels wrote:Well..While in school I tried to access this site...and it says this:

Blocked request: Policy violation
Reason: Personals and Dating sites are blocked
Site: efr1.forumotion.com
The Web site you are trying to access has been blocked by the***** Public Schools Web Filter. Access to this site has been restricted in compliance with District Policy.

So this is a dating site now.

I like long walks on the beach and puppies. Pick me up at 7:00.

On the way.

by SpeedDemon37 Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:02 pm

Tomorrow's my last day of school. I'll be leaving for the Michigan International Speedway, and won't be back until Monday.

by Rykia Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:14 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:Tomorrow's my last day of school. I'll be leaving for the Michigan International Speedway, and won't be back until Monday.

Wait a minute...we have the same avatar...fitting though. Anyways, congratulations. And dang, your school releases late.

by SpeedDemon37 Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:21 pm

Rykia_RKXK wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Tomorrow's my last day of school. I'll be leaving for the Michigan International Speedway, and won't be back until Monday.

Wait a minute...we have the same avatar...fitting though. Anyways, congratulations. And dang, your school releases late.

Fitting, it is. Our school year was extended to make up for snow days.

I actually have a Nationwide garage pass. I wonder what it's going to be like in there after tonight's tragic events.

by Nascar9fan Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:57 am

Joshua Michaels wrote:Well..While in school I tried to access this site...and it says this:

Blocked request: Policy violation
Reason: Personals and Dating sites are blocked
Site: efr1.forumotion.com
The Web site you are trying to access has been blocked by the***** Public Schools Web Filter. Access to this site has been restricted in compliance with District Policy.

So this is a dating site now.

That's pretty funny. My school is strict on websites like this, but, for some reason, haven't blocked it

by f1fan12 Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:09 am

My ex-high school was really strict on sites (Even to the point where they blocked Wikipedia for about a week until the student body bit*hd) But EFR never did get blocked...

by Rykia Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:29 pm

My school blocked any site with the .forumotion extension, but websites like AARO that had the .forumandco extensions were fine. My school is somewhat strict, but they let us have YouTube, so its tolerable.

by Chives2112 Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:42 pm

Rykia_RKXK wrote:My school blocked any site with the .forumotion extension, but websites like AARO that had the .forumandco extensions were fine. My school is somewhat strict, but they let us have YouTube, so its tolerable.

My school did the same thing, but since my school is ultra-conservative and ultra-Christian, I wasn't too surprised by having EFR, YouTube, and many other websites blocked. What did surprise me, however, was that my school district was one of the first districts in the state to give every student iPads for "enhanced educational purposes". With everyone now having iPads, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and many other less-flattering websites were now being accessed.

by Rykia Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:05 pm

Chives2112 wrote:
Rykia_RKXK wrote:My school blocked any site with the .forumotion extension, but websites like AARO that had the .forumandco extensions were fine. My school is somewhat strict, but they let us have YouTube, so its tolerable.
My school did the same thing, but since my school is ultra-conservative and ultra-Christian, I wasn't too surprised by having EFR, YouTube, and many other websites blocked. What did surprise me, however, was that my school district was one of the first districts in the state to give every student iPads for "enhanced educational purposes". With everyone now having iPads, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and many other less-flattering websites were now being accessed.

Funny, we're getting iPads this coming year. But yeah, YouTube was originally unblocked last year for a project in my computer class, but administration decided to keep it unblocked cause it wasn't really being abused or anything.

by Joshua Michaels Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:19 am

We are also getting iPads next year, but I'm keeping my crappy netbook because it works, and it's the laptop that I do my races. Razz

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