Random Question Thread.

[Diddy Kong]

saying you hate cheese is like saying you hate fruit. the variety in taste and texture is so broad that it's impossible for you to hate all cheese. Some are sharp, some are spicy, some are creamy, some are even metallic like that one nasty fancy cheese i tried once. (never again, i felt like i bit into something made of pennies and parsley.)

same goes for vegetables. theres so many types that you can't hate them all. What type of tastes do you prefer? sweet things? spicy things? sour things? sweettart things like apples?

what about textures? do you prefer things with crunch, things that are soft and smooth? things that have a grainy or course texture? even if something tastes great, texture can ruin your enjoyment of a food. Try listing your preferences in tastes and texture, and maybe we have something to work with suggestion wise.

Also, if you got depression, it is almost certainly influencing your taste. depressed people tend not to notice the taste of food as well as happy people. If you eat well though, you may find your enjoyment of said foods going up.

I don't really have preferences towards texture/taste. It either tastes good or it doesn't.

[gt_killa]

What exactly is a Charter school? Is it a school for high school drop out seniors/juniors?

[Fereydoon]

What exactly is a Charter school? Is it a school for high school drop out seniors/juniors?

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

tl'dr They're public schools with a little more freedom as pre what they teach/how they teach it. But they can not charge tuition.

[Cream Soda]

Bike just got stolen, best way at having a reasonable chance at recovering it?

[Fereydoon]

Bike just got stolen, best way at having a reasonable chance at recovering it?

Steal another bike, steal it back, etc.

Real answer, do you have any sort of proof of who might of stolen it? Was it a particularly easy to spot bike? Anything out of the ordinary with it? Stickers etc, something that would make it obvious it was yours? Otherwise probably really low.

[Cream Soda]

It was bright as fuck orange, so easy to spot that way since that's not common. No clue who took it though and I don't care about legal channels as long as I can discover the bike I'm getting it back if I have to pull the mother fucker off of it myself then get on and leave his bleeding ass in the street.

[RPGTyrant]

Was anyone at Otakon this year/took pictures of the Dark Avengers group that was there?

Was there, and we managed to not get a single photo of them even though we took about 350 photos.

[Nephlite]

Bike just got stolen, best way at having a reasonable chance at recovering it?

Without registration, around 0% chance. Got the serial numbers, purchase dates, make/model and filed a police report with that info? Even less. Check out the National Bike Registry http://www.nationalbikeregistry.com/. Someone I knew a while ago claims an 80% recovery rate with properly registered items. Could even take it to your local PD; might have a way to register it with them.

[Cream Soda]

I got it used on craigslist. All I have is a picture of it.

[Stumblingdrunk]

Your chances are awful... Best chance is to just check for it on Craigslist. Post pictures after you beat the dude that took it

[Silenka]

Do pawnshops buy bikes? Could check there too if so.

[Aksannyi]

Came home from work, turned on my TV (for noise, mostly), and there's no sound.

Fucker isn't muted, it's not just one station, it's plugged via coaxial cable, no A/V inputs old school lol. I'm guessing what is the equivalent of a sound card for my TV is borked. The TV is about nine years old, purchased at a PX in Germany, but I've never heard of the sound crapping out in a TV before. Is this reparable? Is it something I might be able to do? Or will it be better for me to shell out for a new tube?

[Kerberoz]

Is it just me, or is Akinator getting dumber, over time, instead of smarter?

[Qeomash]

Would make sense for Akinator to get dumber; it's adding more and more names to its database so unless it's able to ask very specific questions and truly learn from them it will take longer to get to the character you mean.

I had it guess Prishe:

Spoiler: show

Question Answer given Answer expected
Is your character's gender female? Yes Yes
Does your character really exist? No No
Is your character from a TV series? No No
Has your character ever been in a movie? No No
Is your character from a video game? Yes Yes
Do you control your character? No No
Is your character a human being? Probably No
Is your character bad? No No
Is your character linked with Nintendo? No No
Does your character fight? Yes Yes
Does your character play a character of the opposite sex? No ?
Does your character appear in the Elder Scrolls series? No No
Does your character play the ukulele? No ?
Can your character fly? No No
Is your character bad to the bone? No No
Is your character mostly red? No No
Does your character use guns? No No
Has your character ever played in a movie? No ?
Did your character destroy a city? No ?
Does your character use a whip? No No
Guessed some character from Kingdom Hearts
Does your character have a tail? No No
Does your character wear an armor? No No
Does your character suffer from amnesia? No No
Is your character from the Final Fantasy series? Yes Yes
Is your character linked with Youth Parliament? No No
Does your character wear a ribbon? No No
Does your character have a famous father? Don't know ?
Does your character have their own musical theme? No No
Is your character blond? No No
Is your character in love with someone? Don't know No
Guessed Prishe

It seems to not do as many general questions in the beginning as it should.

[Caiyuo]

Came home from work, turned on my TV (for noise, mostly), and there's no sound.

Fucker isn't muted, it's not just one station, it's plugged via coaxial cable, no A/V inputs old school lol. I'm guessing what is the equivalent of a sound card for my TV is borked. The TV is about nine years old, purchased at a PX in Germany, but I've never heard of the sound crapping out in a TV before. Is this reparable? Is it something I might be able to do? Or will it be better for me to shell out for a new tube?

Are there speakers built into the TV or do you use an external set connected to it? It may just be that they died somehow, would be easy to tell if it's something with the TV itself or the speakers if you can try another set of speakers with it.

[Aksannyi]

They are built in. I am pretty much thinking I need a new TV. Now I'm trying to find out if I can go to Best Buy and use my credit card even though the card itself is fucking missing. I'm on hold at the moment.

I recently moved but I thought I was pretty organized when I put everything away ... guess not.

[Cream Soda]

The roof of my mouth has been hurting any time I tried to eat something today. Anyone know what could cause it or what can fix it?

[Cail]

eat something hot and burn yor mouth?

[Cream Soda]

Negative

[BaneTheBrawler]

Well, when that happens to me, it's because my Crohn's is flaring up and I'm getting sores in my mouth. Any little bumps, or extreme weight loss/diarrhea?