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[parrotbeak]

Naaw My poor boy I'm gonna move him to the other side of my window which should cut down on the sunlight I think (it comes in from an extreme angle afaik). He usually go without water for weeks. The soil is just the regular sort for flowers (that's what he's always had afaik) and the pot is a regular ceramic one (Swedish standards are probably different from yours), just bigger than the old one since he was like 3 times bigger than the original pot xD He looks normal, from what I've seen.

Maybe move him into partial shade, but otherwise I'd leave him alone for a while. Any change is stress for the plant. Plants are capable of adapting well to their environments out of necessity since they can't move on their own, but too much change at once will shock and possibly kill them.

Usually you want to go up only 1 pot size at a time. I'm not really sure why; has something to do with the amount of pressure on the roots I think. It also takes the soil longer to dry out in a larger pot, so he's got more moisture for a longer time than he was used to.

Cacti prefer sandy well-drained soil, rather than basic potting soil. Hopefully you kept the old soil when you transferred him? Soil is alive with microbes that help plants break down nutrients, maintain the ph balance, keep harmful microbes from getting out of control, etc. So if he was in that soil for 15 years, you definitely want to use that soil and just add new soil to fill up the rest of the pot.

My cacti soil is a mix of sand, potting soil, perlite, chicken manure, and gravel. I don't remember the exact measurements but I've had the same cacti for maybe 10 years and they're growing strong without any additions. They've been moved once when I moved apartments, but they get more sun now so I think they are happier.

Good luck! If he comes back from this, after giving him time to settle, maybe add some sand to the soil. The heavier sand will sink into the soil over time, so you could just sprinkle it on top.

 

[(._.)]

Does anybody know what font the NeoGAF logo is in and where I can get it?

 

[MacGurcules]

I asked in the Junior thread but it seems to have gotten glossed over, so perhaps somebody here might know.

A buddy of mine registered before me but didn't get approved in the recent wave. Is that normal? Is he just stuck waiting another year for the next set of approvals?

 

[Summary Man]

What's the origin and meaning of the :jakncoke meme? Did it originate on GAF? I see it used by various posters, and I still don't quite understand its meaning.

Summary: What does :jakncoke mean?

 

[crimzonflame]

What is this 'thank you basegod/basedgod'? thing I keep seeing?

 

[WanderingWind]

What's the origin and meaning of the :jakncoke meme? Did it originate on GAF? I see it used by various posters, and I still don't quite understand its meaning.

Summary: What does :jakncoke mean?

jakncoke is a NFL-GAFer who was banned for posting a smilie after EvilLore removed them. His name is now synonymous with the banned smilie.

Also, he loves the Seahawks.

 

[MrBig]

What is this 'thank you basegod/basedgod'? thing I keep seeing?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411651

 

[Rewrite]

I asked in the Junior thread but it seems to have gotten glossed over, so perhaps somebody here might know.

A buddy of mine registered before me but didn't get approved in the recent wave. Is that normal? Is he just stuck waiting another year for the next set of approvals?

Some people never get approved for whatever reason. I know someone who has been trying to get into GAF for years, but has had terrible luck getting approved. He's not a previously banned member or anything, so I don't know how the selection process works.

 

[racooon]

#bearcave on efnet i hear

Nice try.
I'm inclined to visit out of curiosity anyway.

 

[thestopsign]

I have to dress up as a Californian tomorrow, and I was thinking of doing a quick Arnold costume. What would be the best way to do this with common household stuff?

 

[dustin]

Band of brothers question: Which episode begins with one of the interviewed veterans describing how if it hadn't been for the war, American and German soldiers had a lot of similar interests and would have been good friends?

 

[owlbeak]

Band of brothers question: Which episode begins with one of the interviewed veterans describing how if it hadn't been for the war, American and German soldiers had a lot of similar interests and would have been good friends?

Part 9: Why We Fight

 

[dustin]

Part 9: Why We Fight

You da man

 

[Salazar]

I have to dress up as a Californian tomorrow, and I was thinking of doing a quick Arnold costume. What would be the best way to do this with common household stuff?

Are you ripped ?

 

[Mickey Avalon]

I have an open primary source exam in a philosophy class tomorrow. Would it be considered cheating if I wrote a bunch of information in my primary source to look at during the test?

 

[Cyan]

I have an open primary source exam in a philosophy class tomorrow. Would it be considered cheating if I wrote a bunch of information in my primary source to look at during the test?

Is the exam also open notes? If not, then yes that's cheating.

 

[Shagwell]

Ok it's completely preposterous and stupid but...why doesn't this work in real life?

 

[KarmaCow]

When you jump off the chair, you don't lose all that momentum from fall. You'd still be hurtling toward the ground.

 

[Parham]

Ok it's completely preposterous and stupid but...why doesn't this work in real life?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/10/2-1287973903.jpg

Urlesque: We Showed 'Troll Physics' Comics to a Physics Professor. Here's His Reaction

Jumping off the ground - or even a chair on the ground - is nothing like jumping off a chair while you and the chair are in freefall. Because the chair isn't connected to anything, you'll be pushing the chair DOWN as much as pushing yourself up (via Newton's third law). And since you have much more mass than the chair, the force you and the chair exert on one another will speed up the chair's descent much more than it slows your own.

 

[Cyan]

Ok it's completely preposterous and stupid but...why doesn't this work in real life?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/10/2-1287973903.jpg[img][/QUOTE]
Pushing off against the chair will impart a small portion of your momentum to it... but you've got so much that it makes little difference. You're still falling really fast.

 

[Minamu]

Maybe move him into partial shade, but otherwise I'd leave him alone for a while. Any change is stress for the plant. Plants are capable of adapting well to their environments out of necessity since they can't move on their own, but too much change at once will shock and possibly kill them.

Usually you want to go up only 1 pot size at a time. I'm not really sure why; has something to do with the amount of pressure on the roots I think. It also takes the soil longer to dry out in a larger pot, so he's got more moisture for a longer time than he was used to.

Cacti prefer sandy well-drained soil, rather than basic potting soil. Hopefully you kept the old soil when you transferred him? Soil is alive with microbes that help plants break down nutrients, maintain the ph balance, keep harmful microbes from getting out of control, etc. So if he was in that soil for 15 years, you definitely want to use that soil and just add new soil to fill up the rest of the pot.

My cacti soil is a mix of sand, potting soil, perlite, chicken manure, and gravel. I don't remember the exact measurements but I've had the same cacti for maybe 10 years and they're growing strong without any additions. They've been moved once when I moved apartments, but they get more sun now so I think they are happier.

Good luck! If he comes back from this, after giving him time to settle, maybe add some sand to the soil. The heavier sand will sink into the soil over time, so you could just sprinkle it on top.

Thanks for the tips :O Amazing. I'm not sure if he has some of his old soil left, mom was in charge of him for the most part She probably did what you suggested.

 

[Scrow]

When you jump off the chair, you don't lose all that momentum from fall. You'd still be hurtling toward the ground.

i don't think you lose any momentum, the chair simply gains some from you pushing down while falling.

 

[Tntnnbltn]

i don't think you lose any momentum, the chair simply gains some from you pushing down while falling.

Well technically if the chair gains momentum, then you have applied a force to the chair and would receive a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction (Newton's third law).

 

[duk]

how about a heavy love seat? recliner perhaps with nice leather

 

[alex chilton]

Whats the best easy to use website builder? like moonfruit or webon? I need to make a website for a small business, it won't be getting much traffic or anything and it doesn't it need a ton of content, just would like it to look nice. Also would need its own domain name.

 

[ResidentDante]

Urlesque: We Showed 'Troll Physics' Comics to a Physics Professor. Here's His Reaction

How about if it wasn't a chair, but a ten ton trailer, that doesn't get affected by your little jump from it?

 

[archnemesis]

How about if it wasn't a chair, but a ten ton trailer, that doesn't get affected by your little jump from it?

You're still traveling towards the ground at almost 200 km/h. Jumping off an object in the opposite direction isn't going to make that much difference.

 

[Barberetti]

Ok it's completely preposterous and stupid but...why doesn't this work in real life?

Apart from the fact that the chair isn't fixed to anything, you're travelling down at about 120mph, so you'd have to jump up at a speed of 120mph to compensate. Humans can't jump at anywhere near the speed/velocity required.

 

[Kawaii]

FUCK.

Help me GAF, by some stupid mistake i deleted a folder which contains like 3 weeks of school work, it's nowhere to be found in the recycle bin.

I don't have a back up.

Is there some good free software i can use to try and get it back?

I tried Easus data recovery but it didn't find anything.

 

[JGS]

Ok it's completely preposterous and stupid but...why doesn't this work in real life?

That just makes me laugh and laugh.

Not your question since it would make sense to me unless I saw the comic.

 

[Nander]

why do you use K to represent thousands???

example: 4K

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-

 

[PetriP-TNT]

why do you use K to represent thousands???

example: 4K

Kilo, metric system superiority, bitches!

 

[Fernando Rocker]

why do you use K to represent thousands???

example: 4K

Kilo... or in simpler words: A thousand.

4K is 4,000.

 

[Leezard]

why do you use K to represent thousands???

example: 4K

Just a bit of nitpicking:
4K is not 4000. 4K is 4 Kelvin.
4k is 4000.

 

[Fernando Rocker]

FUCK.

Help me GAF, by some stupid mistake i deleted a folder which contains like 3 weeks of school work, it's nowhere to be found in the recycle bin.

I don't have a back up.

Is there some good free software i can use to try and get it back?

I tried Easus data recovery but it didn't find anything.

Try Recuva, by Piriform.

In fact, everyone should have CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy on their PC's. All the 4 programs are free and very useful.

www.piriform.com

 

[Rapstah]

How would I go about making a circle diagram displaying the genders of the people I've interviewed in Openoffice Calc? I have a row filled with "M" and "F" letters but I can't get the diagram tool to treat them like separate values for the circle diagram.

EDIT: Never mind, I just faked it, counted the values myself and made a separate properly formatted diagram with numbers and labels which OpenOffice could make a diagram out of.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Ok, I don't know if there is a gaming version of this but thought it would be good under here as it's more of a hardware problem.

Someone is wanting to sell me a 80g fat PS3 that video is not showing up on the regular 3 prong cables(forget the name). Now I am thinking with an HDMI cable it could be just a reset to get the video working again. But he said before the video stopped working it was showing a wavy green screen, so that had me a little worried. Says there are no odd lights or no YLOD or anything.

What do you think worth the $100? Worth the risk? I'm thinking if it's just a reset I could get away with a nice steal.

 

[Shagwell]

Can anyone tell me about the whole girls being on their periods thing? I'm new to the whole having a girlfriend scene and I'm going back up to uni today and she lamented the bad timing because its her time of the month.

Basically, how long until I'm allowed back in!? How long will this last

 

[dave is ok]

Can anyone tell me about the whole girls being on their periods thing? I'm new to the whole having a girlfriend scene and I'm going back up to uni today and she lamented the bad timing because its her time of the month.

Basically, how long until I'm allowed back in!? How long will this last

Really?

 

[ultron87]

Can anyone tell me about the whole girls being on their periods thing? I'm new to the whole having a girlfriend scene and I'm going back up to uni today and she lamented the bad timing because its her time of the month.

Basically, how long until I'm allowed back in!? How long will this last

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation

 

[Fox1304]

Can anyone tell me about the whole girls being on their periods thing? I'm new to the whole having a girlfriend scene and I'm going back up to uni today and she lamented the bad timing because its her time of the month.

Basically, how long until I'm allowed back in!? How long will this last

Shagwell => Heh, not that much

 

[Shagwell]

Really?

Hey, the thread is for stupid questions, innit? Never did well in health class, me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation

2-7 days? Bloody hell. Damn vaginas.

 

[Minamu]

2-7 days? Bloody hell. Damn vaginas.

Yes indeed xD

 

[BlazeDSM]

Question for today: Write down any number. Add to it the number that comes after it. Add 9. Divide by 2. Subtract the number you began with. What is your answer? Will it work with any number?

Can someone explain how the trick works.

 

[Cyan]

Question for today: Write down any number. Add to it the number that comes after it. Add 9. Divide by 2. Subtract the number you began with. What is your answer? Will it work with any number?

Can someone explain how the trick works.

(x + (x + 1) + 9) / 2 - x
= (2x + 10) / 2 - x
= x + 5 - x
= 5

 

[kehs]

Can anyone tell me about the whole girls being on their periods thing? I'm new to the whole having a girlfriend scene and I'm going back up to uni today and she lamented the bad timing because its her time of the month.

Basically, how long until I'm allowed back in!? How long will this last

1.Grab a towel
2.Lay towel out

 

[BlazeDSM]

(x + (x + 1) + 9) / 2 - x
= (2x + 10) / 2 - x
= x + 5 - x
= 5

Cyan thank you,

 

[parrotbeak]

Hey, the thread is for stupid questions, innit? Never did well in health class, me.


2-7 days? Bloody hell. Damn vaginas.

Your mom didn't take you to the library when you were 4? Also, fuck her in the shower. Unless she's on a heavy flow, it's not too gross.

 

[Mudkips]

Just a bit of nitpicking:
4K is not 4000. 4K is 4 Kelvin.
4k is 4000.

And 4M?
4m?

Meters? Million? Thousandths? Mass? etc?

SI symbols are ambiguous, no matter how many ways they try to style the character "u".

 

[electricshake]

And 4M?
4m?

Meters? Million? Thousandths? Mass? etc?

SI symbols are ambiguous, no matter how many ways they try to style the character "u".

m is milli or metre, M is Mega