Today was a disturbing day.
Not bad.
Disturbing.
Today was a disturbing day.
I have yet to come to terms with what it is that happened;
so in the meantime, let me paw at other niggling thoughts that have been
creeping up.
1.
Nu
“I’m at NuSentral”
“Oh, New Sentral is open! Where is it
again?”
“No, not New Sentral, NuSentral. Nu.”
“Gnu?”
“No! Nu!”
“Nonu?”
“It’s called NUSENTRAL!”
“Yes, New Sentral. Where is it?”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhhh
you dense dense human!!
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2.
38
What are the odds of 38 people of the same
despicable mentality being within the same vicinity of that given opportunity?
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3.
No longer the “r” word
volatile
Line breaks: vola|tile
Pronunciation: /ˈvɒlətʌɪl/
adjective
1.
(Of a substance) easily
evaporated at normal temperatures: volatile solvents such as petroleum
ether, hexane, and benzene
2.
Liable to change rapidly and
unpredictably, especially for the worse: the political situation was
becoming more volatile
More example sentences
- Nevertheless, the upside from oil prices is
offset by their future unpredictability, with the volatile movements of
this one global commodity determining how earnings may change.
- As ordinary life becomes more volatile, insecure
and unpredictable in various ways, people search for security in whatever
ways they can muster.
- The challenging nature of this scenario reflects
the unpredictable and volatile world we live in, as well as the nature of
our job.
Synonyms
tense, strained, fraught, uneasy, uncomfortable, charged, explosive, eruptive, inflammatory, turbulent, in turmoil,
full of upheavals
• informal hairy, nail-biting, white-knuckle
British • informal
dodgy
3.
(Of a person) liable to display
rapid changes of emotion: a passionate, volatile young man
More example sentences
- Born in 1626 in Smyrna, Turkey, he was by all
accounts a brilliant, charismatic if emotionally volatile man.
- He may exercise professional restraint but in
his formative years he was used to exhibiting a more volatile personality.
- But this club, which has a strong lineup,
improved rotation and deeper bullpen, is full of sometimes volatile
personalities.
Synonyms
unpredictable, changeable, variable, inconstant, inconsistent, uncertain, erratic, irregular, unstable, turbulent, unsteady, unsettled, unreliable, undependable, changing, ever-changing, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable, protean, fitful, wavering, full of ups and downs; mercurial, capricious, whimsical, fickle, flighty, giddy, impulsive, wayward, temperamental, highly strung, excitable, emotional, overemotional, fiery, moody, choleric, stormy, tempestuous, volcanic
• informal blowing hot and cold
• technical labile
4.
(Of a computer’s memory)
retaining data only as long as there is a power supply connected.
More example sentences
- When a
compromised system is powered off, important information or evidence
stored in volatile memory may be lost.
- It just
so happens that adding charge is one of the requirements of volatile
memory, like DRAM.
- These
attacks attempt to gain access to the secrets stored in volatile and
non-volatile memories.
noun
(usually volatiles)
- A volatile substance.
More example sentences
- Methyl acetate had the highest mean peak height
of the selected volatiles, followed by acetic acid and then acetaldehyde.
- Although the RAS gave off higher concentrations
of volatiles than those measured in the nosespace analysis, the ratios of
flavour compounds were similar.
- Several chemical techniques will detect
explosives or their volatiles even at the trace levels found in and above
the soil where they are buried.
Derivatives
volatility
Pronunciation: /-ˈtɪlɪti/
noun
More example
sentences
·
This separation creates the
potential for high financial volatility at the same time as sluggish economic
growth.
·
Hedge funds are often named as
the culprits when financial markets go through periods of volatility.
·
We live in an age of
unprecedented voter volatility, where political attitudes can be transformed
overnight.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'creature that flies', also, as a
collective, 'birds'): from Old French volatil or Latin volatilis,
from volare 'to fly'.
4. Speak louder!!
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5. An example when looking sharp and spewing confidence can't cover up for not bringing in the most obvious of documents!
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6. I want cake.
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7.
Ok, now I can't stop thinking of cake..
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