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So guys who work in warehouses are "insiders"? Sheesh.Speaking of TI, I heard this from the CEO of the company where I worked at one time.
Back when TI was trying to get into the PC market, some guy working in a TI warehouse noticed that many TI-99/4As were entering the warehouse, but few were leaving. He correctly concluded that they were selling poorly, so he short sold TI stock, and encouraged his family to do the same. Sure enough, TI gave up on the PC market and dropped the TI-99/4A. The stock dropped in value and the family made piles of money.
The SEC noticed that several people with the same last name made money by shorting the same stock at the same time. It didn't take them long to figure out that one of them worked at TI. Unfortunately for him, his family sang like canaries, and he ended up in jail for insider trading.
That was the whole point of the story. Anyone who has access to information not available to the general public is an insider, and buying or selling stock based on that information is insider trading.
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So if you go to work for some publicly traded company, *any* such company, you better sell off any shares you have before you start working for them, and better not buy any shares until some time (how long?) after you stop working for them. And if part of your compensation package is shares in the company, you're stuck, as you can neither buy nor sell them so long as you might have access to inside information.
I said "might" for a reason: it's entirely possible to *not* have inside information, but how do you prove it? If you can't, you're screwed.
Or maybe I'm just too cynical.
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The blackest pigment ever created, Vantablack was initially developed with military stealth hardware in mind, but the company that makes it also signed an exclusive deal with artist Anish Kapoor, making him the only artist in the world permitted to use it in his work. Needless to say, the rest of the art world is upset about this...so artist Stuart Semple has retaliated by developing the pinkest pink pigment in the world, dubbed "Pink", and permitting everyone to use it - with the specific exception of Anish Kapoor.
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Simon Says (or Simple Simon Says) is a child's game for 3 or more players where 1 player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should only be followed if prefaced with the phrase "Simon says". Players are eliminated from the game by either following instructions that are not immediately preceded by the phrase, or by failing to follow an instruction which does include the phrase "Simon says". It is the ability to distinguish between genuine and fake commands, rather than physical ability, that usually matters in the game; in most cases, the action just needs to be attempted.
The object for the player acting as Simon is to get all the other players out as quickly as possible; the winner of the game is usually the last player who has successfully followed all of the given commands. Occasionally however, 2 or more of the last players may all be eliminated by following a command without "Simon Says", thus resulting in Simon winning the game.
The game is well embedded in popular culture, with numerous references in films, music and literature.
And that's when Dahak kidnapped him. :-)
And that's when Dahak kidnapped him. :-)
He's not one of our's. Or of the lizard people.
Pretty sure he's a plant by the Grays.
Did you know Earth has four poles?
There are geographical North and South, basically the poles the planet revolves around.
There is also magnetic North and South, where the magnets point.
There was originally a 500 kilometer (nearly 311 miles) difference between magnetic North and geographical North. However, in the time since then, the magnetic poles have moved closer to the geographical poles.
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"as with Lego, the rugged, bottom-heavy design of a U.K. plug makes it an almost scientifically perfect caltrop."
I should buy a couple of dozen to spread around by the doors around here. :-)
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In the United States, crayfish are often referred to as crawfish or crawdads. As of 2005, Louisiana supplied 95% of the crayfish harvested in the United States. In 1987, Louisiana produced 90% of the crayfish harvested in the world, 70% of which were consumed locally. In 2007, the Louisiana crayfish harvest was about 54,800 tons, almost all of it from aquaculture. About 70%–80% of crayfish produced in Louisiana are Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish), with the remaining 20%–30% being Procambarus zonangulus (white river crawfish). Despite the large-scale production in Louisiana, most frozen crayfish available in supermarkets in other states are Chinese imports.
In Louisiana, South Mississippi, and Southeast Texas, crayfish are generally served at a gathering known as a crawfish boil. The crayfish are usually boiled live in a large pot with heavy seasoning (salt, cayenne pepper, lemon, garlic, bay leaves, etc.) and other items such as potatoes, corn on the cob, onions, garlic, mushrooms, turkey necks, and sausage. There are many differing methods used to season a crawfish boil, and an equal number of opinions on which one is correct. Other popular dishes in the Cajun and Creole cuisines of Louisiana include crawfish étouffée, fried crawfish, crawfish pie, crawfish dressing, crawfish bread and crawfish beignets.
Cherokee people have a long tradition of catching crawdads by gigging. The crawdads are cleaned, then soaked, "in hot water with about one tablespoon of salt." The crawdads are lightly breaded with cornmeal before frying, and seasoned with salt and pepper
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Crawfish are really popular here in Arkansas, too. I'm not a fan, however. Don't care for the taste and it's too much work for too little reward. I prefer the other things cooked alongside them.
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Many years ago, Shells Seafood in Tampa had expanded all the way down to Fort Myers. They made fresh crawfish with linguine in a white wine cream sauce with a lot of garlic, and you could order it with blackened spices. When I used to work at the mall, I drove over at least once a week to get it. That meal, with fresh garlic-y toast and an ice cold bottle of Irish red ale, is easily the most heavenly thing I have ever eaten.
Many years ago, Shells Seafood in Tampa had expanded all the way down to Fort Myers. They made fresh crawfish with linguine in a white wine cream sauce with a lot of garlic, and you could order it with blackened spices. When I used to work at the mall, I drove over at least once a week to get it. That meal, with fresh garlic-y toast and an ice cold bottle of Irish red ale, is easily the most heavenly thing I have ever eaten.
clearly, I need to cook for you.
I read about that a couple of months ago. Pretty scary stuff, to be honest.
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A multiphase pump is a pump that can handle the complete production from a well (oil, natural gas, water and sand, for example) without needing to separate or process the production stream near or at the wellhead. This reduces the cost associated with the surface facilities. Using multiphase pumps allows development of remote locations or previously uneconomical fields. Additionally, since the surface equipment, including separators, heater-treaters, dehydrators and pipes, is reduced, the impact on the environment is also reduced. Multiphase pumps can handle high gas volumes as well as the slugging and different flow regimes associated with multiphase production. Multiphase pumps include twin-screw pumps, piston pumps and helicoaxial pumps.
2+2=5, for sufficiently large values of 2.
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American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international non-profit, scientific and educational association founded to improve water quality and supply. Established in 1881, it has a membership (as of 2012) of around 50,000 members worldwide.
In reviewing the success of the Safe Drinking Water Act after 1974, senior EPA officials cite the vital role that AWWA played as kind of a non‐threatening meeting ground, particularly at the local level.
AWWA members include: water utilities, treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academics, regulators, and others with an interest in water supply and public health. AWWA works through advocacy, communications, conferences, education and training, science and technology, and local action among 43 AWWA Sections throughout North America.
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Earth is the only known planet to experience total solar eclipses. Why? Pure cosmic coincidence: Our sun’s diameter is about 400 times larger than that of our moon, and it also just happens to be about 400 times farther away.
I have read that Earth will have total solar eclipses only for another 20,000 years or so. The moon is moving away from Earth so eventually there will be only annular solar eclipses.
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Earth is the only known planet to experience total solar eclipses. Why? Pure cosmic coincidence: Our sun’s diameter is about 400 times larger than that of our moon, and it also just happens to be about 400 times farther away.I have read that Earth will have total solar eclipses only for another 20,000 years or so. The moon is moving away from Earth so eventually there will be only annular solar eclipses.
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Earth is the only known planet to experience total solar eclipses. Why? Pure cosmic coincidence: Our sun’s diameter is about 400 times larger than that of our moon, and it also just happens to be about 400 times farther away.I have read that Earth will have total solar eclipses only for another 20,000 years or so. The moon is moving away from Earth so eventually there will be only annular solar eclipses.
While we're at it, we should also speed up its rotation so we can see the other side.
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It's all two-by-fours and canvas back there.
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Ilminster in Somerset, UK, used to have a Badger Society, whose members fattened up several badgers, then ate them at the annual Badger Society Feast. My Dad's comment, when he found out about this was, "Well, that's Somerset for you"
A circular definition is a definition that is circular.
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TechnipFMC plc is a UK-based company that provides complete project life cycle services (conception, feasibility study, front end engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, test runs, maintenance & decommissioning) for the energy industry. TechnipFMC was ranked 23rd among world's Top 225 International Design Firms in the year 2017 by Engineering News-Record. It was formed by the merger of FMC Technologies of the United States and Technip of France that was announced in 2016 and completed in 2017. TechnipFMC acts in three distinct segments: subsea, Offshore-Onshore and surface projects. These projects include offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction platforms, rigs, crude oil refinery, petrochemical plants such as Ethylene, Hydrogen, SynGas plants, Naptha, Benzene etc. plastics & rubber industry, fertiliser plant, onshore as well as floating LNG plants. It is headquartered in London, and has major operations in Houston and Paris where its predecessor companies were headquartered. It has 44,000 employees from 126 nationalities and operates in 48 countries. TechnipFMC stock is listed on the NYSE and Euronext Paris exchange, and is a component of both the US S&P 500 and the French CAC 40 major stock market indices. The French government owns 4 percent stake in the company.