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Overnight Open Thread [08/07/2024]

[Guadalcanal: August 7th, 1942]

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

-- Anatole France

Who dares not speak his free thought is a slave.

-- Euripides

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

-- Bertrand Russell

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

-- Salman Rushdie

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The first commenter to name everyone in the photo wins...I have no idea...maybe a case of Geritol?

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The Goo Goo Dolls? I have no idea who they are, but I listen to them occasionally...especially their covers.

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Misanthropic Humanitarian likes these guys. I do too...a bit. A small bit. A teensy bit.

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A friend of mine said that this is Metallica's best song. I would hate to hear their worst, but this one is pretty good, especially considering the vast hole they are working out of: Heavy Metal.

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I'm too young to have any familiarity with tubes, but I have a faint recollection of seeing a testing table when I was a kid. I wonder whether there are any significant uses for tubes nowadays? Of course the stereophile lunatics duke it out all of the time over the burning question of whether tube amps are superior, but that is about as niche a use as I can imagine.

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[Hat Tip: Dr_No]

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