Who's Who in the PF Member Photo Thread Archive?

[Dr. Courtney]

Little guy before and after eye surgery. Holy wow! He got cuter again? I'm not sure this increasing level of cute is sustainable...

Our experience is the cute is sustainable at least until high school or the first time they wreck the car.

 

[jim hardy]

at least until high school

Well, junior high school. Seventh-Grade-Itis.

Must be some evolutionary value to adolescent rebelliousness but i haven't figured it out.

 

[BillTre]

Must be some evolutionary value to adolescent rebelliousness but i haven't figured it out.

A possible explanation:
Reduced cuteness (to parents) would promote them leaving (reduced attachment between parents and offspring) the family/local group (closely related gene pool) prior to breeding (increased likelihood of breeding non-relatives).
To some degree this seems typical teenage/ juvenile behavior in some mammals (as well as humans).
It could reduce inbreeding by reducing contact with those more closely related genetically.

Could be tied to maturation and hormone changes.

 

[dkotschessaa]

A possible explanation:
Reduced cuteness (to parents) would promote them leaving (reduced attachment between parents and offspring) the family/local group (closely related gene pool) prior to breeding (increased likelihood of breeding non-relatives).
To some degree this seems typical teenage/ juvenile behavior in some mammals (as well as humans).
It could reduce inbreeding by reducing contact with those more closely related genetically.

Could be tied to maturation and hormone changes.

This has actually been researched..

http://hereandnow.legacy.wbur.org/2011/11/16/teen-brain-evolution

 

[WWGD]

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Zz.

Is the roof of you car called Zz Top?

 

[ChrisVer]

Me at a life-changing moment... the first time I met that monster and decided it would keep me busy for the next few years...
Because although a monster remember Beauty is found within.

 

[mfb]

Beauty is found within.

LHCb is a few kilometers to the right.

 

[ChrisVer]

LHCb is a few kilometers to the right.

and also that: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic/BPhysPublicResults

 

[jim hardy]

Because although a monster remember Beauty is found within.

Where's the steam ?

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

I would like to post my photo. First I need to get a new webcam. Then some candles so there will be some light in the room. Also a Guy Fawkes mask. Finally a red rose, since that's my avatar.

Or I could just post a photo of someone who looks a lot like me. Although I would not do it for legal or just politeness reasons. I was amazed to find an apparent doppelgänger in a very surprising context. Creepy. Has anyone else come across a doppelgänger online? Would posting my doppelgänger be an example of "fair use?"

 

[fresh_42]

First I need to get a new webcam. Then some candles so there will be some light in the room. Also a Guy Fawkes mask. Finally a red rose, since that's my avatar.

Don't forget to clean up the pizza boxes!

 

[OCR]

Has anyone else come across a doppelgänger online?

Why yes, yes we have...[COLOR=#black].[/COLOR]

Would posting my doppelgänger be an example of "fair use?"

Gee, not sure on that...[COLOR=#black].[/COLOR]

 

[sophiecentaur]

Forty years ago in May. Just post daguerreotype.

 

[ZapperZ]

This was taken just a week ago. And no, as you might already guess, I didn't become croc food.

Zz.

 

[sophiecentaur]

Those crocs are looking scared!

 

[ZapperZ]

Those crocs are looking scared!

They are scared only if they are croc-pots!



Zz.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Had a pint with @SammyS yesterday!

 

[berkeman]

Sunrise before a Bike Medic shift last weekend at a half-marathon run. (turned out to be a very busy shift!)

 

[Borek]

So, I lost all my documents and to get new ones I had to take a picture of myself. I doubt this one will be accepted by authorities, but I admit I had plenty of fun

 

[sophiecentaur]

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So, I lost all my documents and to get new ones I had to take a picture of myself. I doubt this one will be accepted by authorities, but I admit I had plenty of fun

What can I say? The berret is really stylish. (Haha - my auto correct made it "ferret")

 

[ChrisVer]

So, I lost all my documents and to get new ones I had to take a picture of myself. I doubt this one will be accepted by authorities, but I admit I had plenty of fun

That's the face you should definitely have I can say once you lose your documents!

 

[davenn]

Forty years ago in May. Just post daguerreotype.
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do you still have that much hair or do you look more like Zz or myself ??

Sunrise before a Bike Medic shift last weekend at a half-marathon run. (turned out to be a very busy shift!)

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great shot :)

Had a pint with @SammyS yesterday!

great shot, Greg and SammyS

so many don't have their gender in their profile, till now @SammyS I didn't know if your were male or female ... My daughter is Samantha aka Sam, Sammy

I doubt this one will be accepted by authorities, but I admit I had plenty of fun

tho you are looking so sad, it gave me a smile this morning ... I really like that photo Dave

 

[berkeman]

do you still have that much hair

Looks to me that Centaur has hair *everywhere* now!

 

[sophiecentaur]

do you still have that much hair or do you look more like Zz or myself ??

A lot of me is falling apart but the hair, although an impressive White colour, is pretty rampant (not a hint of a bald spot - eat your hearts out you testosterone loaded alpha males) but I keep it pretty short (No 3 or 4 at the side).
We must stop now or we'll end up discussing which Products we use.

 

[davenn]

time for an update, one from my workshop
as can be seen, my hair is slipping off the head and down around the chin

Dave

 

[DrClaude]

@davenn: I love that t-shirt!

 

[davenn]

@davenn: I love that t-shirt!

yes ! ... it was one of two geology related ones that I bought from a tee-shirt seller advertising on FacebookD

 

[DrClaude]

yes ! ... it was one of two geology related ones that I bought from a tee-shirt seller advertising on FacebookD

BTW, what's that neat piece of hardware you are casually leaning on?

 

[sophiecentaur]

BTW, what's that neat piece of hardware you are casually leaning on?

It's an interossiter, of course.!

 

[davenn]

OK just for a bit of an off topic excursion

BTW, what's that neat piece of hardware you are casually leaning on?

It's an optical collimator bench for the modern day theodolites ( UTS /TS = Universal Total Station / Total Station
or as affectionately known by surveyors as "jiggers")
here's a side on pic ...

the collimator telescope is on the left and has an illuminated crosshairs target and digital camera down at the left end
The total station (TS) unit is to the right and in this pic is facing away from the telescope
The TS's are supposed to be stripped down, cleaned and calibrated yearly ( if the owner is good)
Once I have stripped down and relub'ed bearings and cleaned etc, I then have to realign the optics in the TS and check the EDM
( Electronic Distance Measuring ) accuracy and do adjustments to correct any errors. The unit above is a high accuracy unit, accurate to
1mm +- 2mm and 1 sec of arc +- 2 sec at 300 metres. The high precision units are 1mm/1 sec +- 1mm/1sec @300 metres
They range in price from ~ AU$40,000 to $55,000 depending on the model and precision.
These units are made in your home country by a company that Trimble acquired.They are used for general surveying and for machine control
the one below is set up for machine control -- it is optically and radio linked to the machine in the background

Dave

 

[berkeman]

The unit above is a high accuracy unit, accurate to
1mm +- 2mm and 1 sec of arc +- 2 sec at 300 metres. The high precision units are 1mm/1 sec +- 1mm/1sec @300 metres

Holy smokes!

 

[DennisN]

I photographed a sunset today, and I also took a shady selfie. Just for this PF thread, I very seldom take selfies .

 

[jim hardy]

Hmm Emotive photo. Goes with Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the dock of the bay" .
'This Loneliness won't leave me alone,' eh ?

 

[DennisN]

Hmm Emotive photo. Goes with Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the dock of the bay" .
'This Loneliness won't leave me alone,' eh ?

And I failed to heed the words of Nik Kershaw.

 

[davenn]

And I failed to heed the words of Nik Kershaw.

brilliant :)