# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1401 "2019-07-12T12:16:34Z")
I beg your pardon, since I must amend a clarifying statement to an earlier post . . . > [@Tripler](#): > > If God’s Dog starts speaking, then descriptions of \*\*the application of \*\* aqueous solutions of nitrates, urea, uric acids and creatinines **to publicly-accessable water connections for purposed in conflagtation-quenching** are permissible. . . [sub] **bolding** is what I originally meant to add. . .[/sub] > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > On exactly Wednesday, August 14th, SamuelA will become a mod. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Oh hell no. > > You’ll have to speak to **Tripler** about how that fits into the Cheeto pool. Well, craps does have the “Don’t Come” line, which is essentially a bet that the Player will crap out, and the House will win. I don’t know how _anyone_ wins if he becomes a mod, but hey, it’s your bet. You can place a wager on 8/14 to win a bag of Cheetos, but you had better put odds behind that line. I like scotch. Tripler Is there a term for “mass mutiny on a message board?” [sub]Current list: **Tripler** (8/18); **JohnT** (7/29); **Oredigger77** (8/13); **SunnyDaze** (8/10 or 11 dependent on privilege restoration); **Guest Starring: Id!** (8/14)–_pending_[/sub] [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1402 "2019-07-12T14:03:55Z")
Hmmm…I like 89% odds. Do you like Baby Duck? (a more recent Canadian version of the older US Cold Duck) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1403 "2019-07-12T16:12:28Z")
What’s the over/under? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1404 "2019-07-12T17:09:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > When it comes to posts where he is essentially providing advice on where to go, costs, and so on I was thinking of posts like this: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21742326&postcount=1321](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21742326&postcount=1321) > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21743091&postcount=1347](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21743091&postcount=1347) > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21743097&postcount=1348](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21743097&postcount=1348) > > Maybe I’m reading too much into them. Thanks for getting those links. I don’t think they quite cross the line into giving instructions on how to break the law. “Fly to Kiev, there’s a brothel there, somewhere,” is a bit too abstract to really serve as blueprint for anyone looking to do crimes, much the same way that an earlier poster joking about “visiting your dispensary” to find weed isn’t being moderated. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1405 "2019-07-12T17:35:39Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Thanks for getting those links. I don’t think they quite cross the line into giving instructions on how to break the law. “Fly to Kiev, there’s a brothel there, somewhere,” is a bit too abstract to really serve as blueprint for anyone looking to do crimes, much the same way that an earlier poster joking about “visiting your dispensary” to find weed isn’t being moderated. Fair enough, no argument from me. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1406 "2019-07-12T22:52:57Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Hmmm…I like 89% odds. > Do you like Baby Duck? (a more recent Canadian version of the older US Cold Duck) I can’t say I’ve ever had duck in the US. I had some smoked duck in Korea though, and it was delicious. > [@Atamasama](#): > > What’s the over/under? No over/under. If a banning happens on a date hat isn’t chosen, then the winner closest (by simple math—not by nanobot or A.I. calculation, nor binomial statistical spread or chi-squared regression). Just pick a day, and whomever is closest gets a nuclear-originatin’ bag of nacho-flavored noshables. Tripler Keeping it simple here, folks. No cable-cars to the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1407 "2019-07-13T00:05:42Z")
Not too sure if that works: Day 1: Tripler’s guess Day 2: SamA banned Day 3: JohnT’s guess Who wins? You or me? (Imho, you should win the above using time-honored Price Is Right rules (closest without going over).) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1408 "2019-07-13T00:27:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Not too sure if that works: > > Day 1: Tripler’s guess > Day 2: SamA banned > Day 3: JohnT’s guess > > Who wins? You or me? > > (Imho, you should win the above using time-honored Price Is Right rules (closest without going over).) Can I say Day 1 and one dollar? Or does that not work? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1409 "2019-07-13T00:47:21Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Not too sure if that works: > > Day 1: Tripler’s guess > Day 2: SamA banned > Day 3: JohnT’s guess > > Who wins? You or me? **JohnT** , did I get your date wrong? Last I had was: **Tripler** (8/18); **JohnT** (7/29); **Oredigger77** (8/13); **SunnyDaze** (8/10 or 11 dependent on privilege restoration); **Guest Starring: Id!** (8/14). **SunnyDaze** , for clarification, did you mean banning the _same day_ as lifting of the suspension, or the _day after_? Here’s my offer; if there’s a tie, then I shall buy _two_ bags of Cheetos!! Each tied winner gets a bag. [sub]Two! Ah ah ahhh![/sub] [sub] **SamuelA** I know you’re reading this. Your existence on these message boards just got an increase–the termination of your account is now worth two bags of Cheetos. That’s a serious upgrade from the previous valuation of your ‘knowledge’ as an equivalent to “a warm glass of human spit.”[/sub] Tripler In the near future, I’ll post pictures to tie the prize to my location: aka “Proof of Snack Life.” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1410 "2019-07-13T01:02:01Z")
Oh, I wanted to point out something too. Even though he’s been suspended at this present time, **SamuelA** _still_ has more posts in this thread (248) than the top two _other_ posters combined ( **wolfpup** at 100, and myself at 96). I fully expect a tirade and flood of activity when his suspension is lifted. _That rate of posts_ would be worth some statistical analysis. Tripler Just some food for thought. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1411 "2019-07-13T02:11:20Z")
I mean he gets banned the first day he can post. I think that means the day suspension lifts? Proof of prize life is golden. _snerk_ ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1412 "2019-07-13T02:12:43Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Just some food for thought. Don’t you mean “some snack food for thought”? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1413 "2019-07-18T02:09:04Z")
[Proof](https://imgur.com/a/uL1irSy) of [Snack](https://imgur.com/a/6jQVQGN) [Life.](https://imgur.com/a/O2M2JDm) First Prize: Your choice of Cheetos, either _Crunchy_ or _Flamin’ Hot Lime_. Second Prize: The other bag. Third Prize: A hearty handshake and “Honorable Mention.” **JohnT** , you chose 7/29 before the suspension. You can change your date, since the suspension kind of limits you to after the 10th or 11th. What’s your guess? Tripler This shit just got serious. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1414 "2019-07-18T02:11:16Z")
Let’s go with August 21st, 27th if the 21st is already claimed. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1415 "2019-07-18T02:13:27Z")
Got it. The new list (in chronological order) is: **SunnyDaze** (8/10 or 11 dependent on privilege restoration); **Oredigger77** (8/13); **Guest Starring: Id!** (8/14); **Tripler** (8/18); **JohnT** (8/21); Trip ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1416 "2019-07-18T14:42:58Z")
I think he’ll start slow and take a few weeks to ramp up, so I’ll go with Aug 30. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1417 "2019-07-18T23:28:43Z")
Gotcha, **TroutMan**. I guess in one way I’m surprised at how early most of the starting guesses are–there’s probably some statistical significance to guessing so close to the suspension’s end date. Hrm. . . Tripler Hell, we could go for months without a winner! May have to plan for a “Round 2.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1418 "2019-07-18T23:38:57Z")
I was thinking the same thing… “shoulda picked October 10th”… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1419 "2019-07-18T23:47:58Z")
Not interested in joining the bet, because I always have lousy luck when it comes to gambling, but just out of curiosity, are these regular-sized bags of cheetos, or snack-sized bags? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1420 "2019-07-19T01:53:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Not interested in joining the bet, because I always have lousy luck when it comes to gambling, but just out of curiosity, are these regular-sized bags of cheetos, or snack-sized bags? This isn’t _gambling_, because it’s a sure thing. . . it’s just a matter of _when_. These are “regular sized” (8.5 oz) bags of Cheetos. **SunnyDaze** (8/10 or 11 dependent on privilege restoration); **Oredigger77** (8/13); **Guest Starring: Id**! (8/14); **Tripler** (8/18); **JohnT** (8/21); **TroutMan** (8/30). Tripler TWO bags! [sub]Ah ah ahhhhhh![/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=72)