What did you learn today?

[fdeck]

I learned that I was right after all.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

I learned that the little button on the bottom left of the Window's bar minimizes all windows at once.

 

[6jase5]

I learned that a stock I meant to buy went from $53 to closing at over $150 today, in less than a year.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

That the Wichita Lineman is still on the line

 

[Milk]

I learned from a guy on a forum that an acronym is only an acronym if it's pronouncable otherwise if it's not pronouncable as a word, it's an initialism.

 

[gustobassman]

I learned that Tequila and my drummer are not very good friends. They party, sure... they get along for a while, yes.... but...

I know my limits with certain spirits. Others - well... that's another story.

 

[machine gewehr]

I learned that a guy on a forum learned that an acronym is only an acronym if it's pronouncable otherwise, if it's not pronouncable as a word, it's an initialism from a guy on a forum .

What a productive day this is.

 

[Gaolee]

Cymbals are #$%#!! expensive!

 

[Munjibunga]

After owning my car for years I learned, by accident, that I can "rewind" a CD to an earlier point with the little arrow buttons down below the volume knob by holding them in. I had always assumed that they function the same way as the arrows on the steering wheel, which change tracks with a short push and change CDs if you hold them in. In fact, I didn't even realize the buttons below the volume knob even existed until a couple weeks ago.

 

[Munjibunga]

I learned that a stock I meant to buy went from $53 to closing at over $150 today, in less than a year.

Sounds like Illumina. I've got a story about that next time I see you.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Passive P w/ Flats, Mesa WalkAbout + 212, heavy picking & playing up the neck = da BOMB !!!


Drummer said "you're the only bass player I've ever asked to turn down".

 

[rtslinger]

I learned it is colder today in NJ than it is in Anchorage Alaska!

 

[96tbird]

I learned a new fact today.

I always thought an acronym was any series of letters used as a shortened version of several words using the first letter of each word.

Apparently an acronym is only an acronym if it's pronouncable as a word, like SCUBA, LASER or NASA.

If it's not pronouncable as a word, it's an initialism.

So, FBI, UFO, and AKA are initialisms, because they're verbalized by their initials, not as fubi, oofo, or acka.


What completely new idea or fact (trivial, interesting, mindblowing, world-shattering or otherwise) did you learn today or recently that you didn't know before?

Aha, but before scuba etc. were invented as words, they weren't words. So FBI CAN be a word pronounced efbeeye. UFO: Ewefoh (I've heard some UK people say it that way on the tele).

Why not? Because some scholar says we can't? Down with smarty pants's!

Teebot (tbot) is entertaining. You guys come up with the whackiest things.

 

[Unrepresented]

After owning my car for years I learned, by accident, that I can "rewind" a CD to an earlier point with the little arrow buttons down below the volume knob by holding them in. I had always assumed that they function the same way as the arrows on the steering wheel, which change tracks with a short push and change CDs if you hold them in. In fact, I didn't even realize the buttons below the volume knob even existed until a couple weeks ago.

Next time I'm driving your car and want to relive a part of a song midway through a track, I'll have to keep this little nugget in mind.

 

[Milk]

After owning my car for years I learned, by accident, that I can "rewind" a CD to an earlier point with the little arrow buttons down below the volume knob by holding them in. I had always assumed that they function the same way as the arrows on the steering wheel, which change tracks with a short push and change CDs if you hold them in. In fact, I didn't even realize the buttons below the volume knob even existed until a couple weeks ago.

Today i learned that some people still use cd's.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

Today i learned that some people still use cd's.

I'm in the same boat as the other guy, as in my car has only a basic CD player. It was actually a strange experience going back and listening to a full album all the way through again after years of setting up my own mixes on my computer/iPod. So many good songs I've likely missed due to only cherry picking the songs I'd heard and liked for my mixes.

 

[Munjibunga]

Next time I'm driving your car and want to relive a part of a song midway through a track, I'll have to keep this little nugget in mind.

When I'm learning new music, I put it on a CD and play it over and over in my car. Sometimes I need to hear a specific phrase again. So you can do that too - in my car.

 

[ZenG]

I learned that I could get a lot more done if I wasn't sitting here typing this.....

 

[potatohead]

I learned that there is such a thing as a steamer that some people use; apparently it's like ironing clothing but different.

Interesting.

 

[bassinplace]

I learned that there is such a thing as a steamer that some people use; apparently it's like ironing clothing but different.

Interesting.

I've heard of those too. I learned they were made in Cleveland and supposedly don't work very well.