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The Joker, The Dark Knight.

I hate you.

Can you add in a distinction between "moral relativism" and a proclivity for "situational morality"? As a nihilist, of course, I hate morality and will not use it; I replace it with aesthetics and pragmatism, and have no restrains about killing, beating, lobotomizing, sterilizing, censoring, imprisoning, etc. those who are doing things that are irrational in light of said pragmatism or aesthetic sense.

First of all: Is your nick name in any way inspired by the French "mayonnaise" and if so, do you know that mayonnaise is far superior to ketchup as a dip for French fries? Will you at least recongnize this fact? Secondly, people seem to think that you might be "Reddit's first potential serial killer". Can you confirm this are you a serial killer (or a hit man). BTW: Overall I agree with you. I did not used to, but then we had a load of Muslim infecting Europe with their so called morale... Kind regards DELTATANGO

This looks like a cool cheap way to get into ARM based Linux, lets see some support!

And here's [a literal way](http://www.parvus.com/products/MilitaryAerospace/WearableComputers/ZypadWR1100/) to get into arm-based Linux.

They also get best friends sometimes after meeting them a week earlier. guys has to work towards that much slower.

A week? Try a mili-second.

I'm an atheist myself, but I've always imagined this story is an allegory for humans attempting to distance themselves from animals. It is an attempt to convince themselves that they alone have a firm grasp on what morality means, that they alone have eaten from the tree of knowledge and now know what is good and what is evil. The whole "god putting it there" is incidental, and not the point of the story at the time. It is creation myth, and has practically nothing to do with god as we now conceive of it. Having read it a couple times, I'd almost suggest that the intention wasn't "punishment" as much as a "burden". You can be innocent of your actions, ignorant "animals" with no real concept of societal goals, or you can be self-conscious and aware of yourselves, ashamed of your bad actions and constantly striving towards self-improvement as a people. This was the choice our ancestors faced 12,000 (or however) many years ago. And so many people still get it wrong every day, so many years later...murder, rape, lies, corruption, deceit, avarice... :( Like the rest of Genesis, it is an attempt to flesh out the murky and unknown distant past which a wise and rational man of any era would say "must exist" when they lacked firm written record to improve upon beyond these continuously passed on oral traditions.

I'm a Christian panentheist. Your interpretation is nearly identical to my own. There is no difference I think is worth mentioning, though. I don't believe that the act of actually eating the fruit shouldn't have happened. In fact, it had to happen. Eventually, man developed a consciousness of good and evil in this world. In this, he moved away from simple living and ignorance (in a non-condescending sense). This isn't necessarily a bad thing, for it had to happen, but it does mean that we are accountable for our sins now that our eyes are open. We sin knowingly, and therein lies our accountability. Through Christ, our sins have been forgiven, and we are free to pursue Goodness. Yes, we still mess up, but there's also redemption. God will reward our efforts, both collectively and individually. This is moving beyond Genesis, though. I apologize for my rambling nature. I also see something else in Genesis—although things are now considerably more complex than they were around 12,000 years ago, I see (and God sees) much opportunity for humanity's future. Why else would he have provided for Adam and Eve, even after he warned them of danger? And he did exactly that—he warned them. In the same way, he warned Noah, and Lot, and Joseph. He has always offered a chance for redemption for people who honestly and earnestly pursue Goodness, in whatever form that might be. For the Jewish people, that once meant adherence to the laws he had given them. For Moses, it meant facing the Pharaoh and bravely throwing down his staff at the feet of that oppressive tyrant. Have you read "The Everlasting Man" by G.K. Chesterton before? I think you might like it—the first two chapters or so deal with the shared humanity of primitive peoples. Definitely worth the read. I'm only on Chapter 3 or so, too many other projects going on right now. :)

Nothing, but.....It has everything to do with marketing. The ideas is to get you to notice. Did you? Not only did you see the girl, but you noticed what the ad was for and realized that the two don't connect. If you were looking for car insurance, it might connected a little more. Whenever I see ads that I like (whether I'm in the market for the product or not) I always say, "Damn. They got me again!" (As I said, "Its all about getting you to notice.")

Yes I noticed- and I was irritated. If I was in the market for whatever they were selling, I would purposely use their competitor- because of that ad.

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Try malware bytes and combo fix on it, might help.

Do you think they were referring to actual muscles?

No, but the insinuation that 'it's been proven' bothers me. In a country where 90ish% say they are Christian and yet 50% of marriages fail, I suppose all of these people are to be stoned. And, not in the good way. I used to vehemently hate myself because I had premarital sex and knew that I was going to Hell for it. But, I did *know* that I was going to marry her. I was wrong.

Green party actually has a policy outside of the environment you know? They actually a bit right-wing, though not as far as the conservatives.

It's tricky they are pretty fiscaly conservative but socialy fairly liberal.

wow....that was shit.

always nice to meet a fan.

More companies have to take that kind of turn, it's not like UPS represents even 1% of total emissions...

If UPS can demonstrate that switching to these hybrid cars significantly decreases their bottom line, then other companies will start using them.

depends on your taste. I actually recommend Spore (and not because I want downmodded)

No, just no. Spore was not even half what it was supposed to be. I bought it, and I regret it. I'm not even a "hardcore gamer", I still find it dull and oversimplified. Do NOT get Spore.

A few years ago I was throwing a rock in my friend's general direction (but keeping some distance, as in LOTF) when a bird came out of nowhere and flew into the rock. Now, I don't know if it thought it was food or if it was just the worst coincidence ever to happen to that bird, but the next five minutes were definitely not the best moments of his life. On the bright side, my friend now thinks I have amazing aim.

Would have been better if you hit a second bird.

Yeah, but then I'd own a Mac.

And then I'd have to make assumptions about your sexuality.

Hip Hip Hooray!

Hoooooo!

I thought of that too--just before I clicked the link to the photo and got the atheism sermon on the sign in the foreground.

And speaking of Nihilism...God was an atheist!

it's a goddamn computer you do stuff with, like coding or surfing reddit or playing games, not a fucking "status symbol". man some of these apple hippies are just so brainwashed pussies, its beyond me.

Don't you know if you own an iPod you up your status on public transportation?

Here's what an older Science Fiction fan thinks about Star Wars. I saw each of the Star Wars movies, as an adult, when they first came out, in the theaters. So no precious childhood memories here... The first was a lot of fun. It resonated with various myths and it cribbed a lot of good stuff from various science fiction classics. Not a trace of originality though. It was also poorly acted, badly directed, and amateurishly written. But that didn't matter, it was fun, the art direction was fantastic, and the effects were great. No, let me restate that, for the time, the effects were _astounding_. The second movie was much better; new writers, new director, and I'm guessing some acting lessons (or maybe just better drugs...) And this time the the effects were (and this seemed impossible at the time) even better! Loads of fun, the romance was approaching non-silly, and, hey(!) who is this Boba Fett character? Easily my favorite movie of the whole 6. Third movie. eh... Don't get me wrong, It was still a lot of fun, but Ewoks? Give me a break. And wait-a-minute. Boba Fett falls down in a hole with teeth and is never seen again? WTF!?! Now the bits with Darth Vader/Luke/Emperor were all kinds of awesome, but the rest ... zzzzzzzzzzzz. And what little romance there is turns stupid again. Great effects, but by this time we were getting _used_ to good effects. But I still want one of those flying motorcycles... I actually like the prequels quite a bit. They form a much better story arc, in fact they seem to form one story told in three parts, unlike the first three which are sort of all over the place. And I'm a sucker for tragic historical dramas. The dialog is all kinds of stupid, but I'm not sure that doesn't work. I mean the Jedi are clearly _supposed_ to be inbred and clueless by this point. I like the political overtones, seems to speak to the time in which the movies were made. And hey, this time the romance is pretty good, if a bit whiny. (Gothic Historical Romances are supposed to be a bit whiny. ) And now we have lots of really cool light saber action, including a bad ass Yoda vs. Christopher Lee duel (pinch me I'm dreaming!) Jar Jar doesn't really bother me, and I even laughed at a couple of the jokes. The Midicloriens aren't any stupider than the fake Zen super powers from the first series, but seems a little out of place. All in all, the second series is first rate popcorn material. They are a little on the longish side, but other than that easily worth the ticket price. I don't have any particular desire to own _any_ of them on DVD.

I just wrote in [different thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/7p7bl/star_wars_fans_hate_star_wars/c06zyry) how good story arch in prequels is. Nice to see that others agree.

What does this comment have to do with the article?

Yeah, nothing. Meant to put it under one of the other comments, apologies reddit!

Well, let's see.... He's threatening to add a massive healthcare burden to businesses. His administration is threatening to implement a "Card Check" system to make it easier for unions to take over a work force. Unless you've been living under a rock, you might be aware of something called "Cap and Trade". The EPA just declared carbon dioxide a pollutant. The damn fool put a tariff on Chinese tires, the Chinese have responded with a tariff on our products, including chicken. Mexico has responded with a tariff against many of our products because of bans on Mexican trucks entering the U.S. Any business is doomed that starts hiring with this Ship Of Fools in control of the economy. (Unless, of course, they are getting payoffs from Uncle Sam.) And speaking of payoffs and bribes to donors, do you ever wonder where all the TARP, Stimulus, Cash For Clunkers, and Bailout money has been coming from? The money is going from projects prefered by employers (who respond to consumers) and funneled over to projects prefered by the government. Guess which group makes better spending choices? The only way Obama will be able to fund any of his insane spending spree is by printing money. Devaluing currency. Creating inflation. Some presidents (Coolidge, Reagan) respond to economic downturns by letting the market sort itself out. Others (FDR, Obama) prefer to intervene. Businesses require stability to begin, or to expand. (Unless, of course, they're already dependent on the nurturing government tit.) Obama is right out of the FDR mold. Get ready for a long three years.

So if John McCain had won the election do you think the homeless camps wouldn't exist? Eight years of George Bush acting as if the country had a bottomless wallet, with no concern to the deficit, with a republican party that treats the working class as if they are an inconvenient factor might have had something to do with it. If I'm remembering correctly the economy was taking a God damn nose dive when he came into office. The housing market was in shambles and evictions were happening at a staggering pace. But sure. Maybe you're right. It wasn't the previous eight years of Bush that had anything to do with it. Obama did it all by himself since January 20th. You can not like his policies, hell you can not like the man himself, but trying to remember history differently and blaming the current homelessness on things that "might" happen in the future is just stupid.

My GF trying to nom my Starbucks breakfast sandvich! http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/P8190723_small.jpg Tanooki suit! http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/nelson.jpg On our way to the JINX party http://www.twitpic.com/8mjer tanooki suit @ work http://www.twitpic.com/67h73 tanooki suit with headphones in proper place http://www.twitpic.com/67h7r

I love that first photo... wish it were bigger. Is isevenx your steam handle?

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upmod for honesty

*couldn't

Either or. It's not worth much.

haven't you seen zoolander? that look's blue steel!

Trademark violation!

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The way the international monetary system is set up right now has every currency based on a valueless currency. It's scary.

A distinction needs to be made between feedlot animals and free-range. Here in Australia most animals are free-ranged on grass, not fed grain in a feedlot. A very different situation.

If you think this is better (and presumably your upmodders do too) you need to explain why. Note that comparisons would need to be made per "unit" of nutritional value (difficult to calculate, but anyway). The article refers to pasture land as the problem. For what it's worth I believe the free-range argument is really all about middle class mores - you want food that tastes good, is not polluted and doesn't make you feel guilty. Most people I know that talk about things like "free range" really know nothing about the science behind the comparisons and couldn't care less about the fact that this model is completely impossible scaled to the whole world's population - a case of "I'm alright Jack".

What the hell? How do you refuse someone communion because of who they like politically? See, this is how you know when people don't believe what they preach. That guy believes in what Jesus was about like I believe in the tooth fairy.

Ratzinger said recently that pro-abortion politicians should be denied communion. Obama is pro-choice.

In the article, I was describing that one of the themes of postmodernism is a general belief that everything is subjective, there can be no ultimate meaning in things-- or at least, we cannot perceive them. I believe this is also a generally accepted definition of postmodernism, and the desire for more power can compliment that definition. It is still taught in universities, as my professor last year was a strong advocate of it. When speaking of Taoism and Buddhism, I was referring to the acceptance of the "actuality" of things, that is, recognizing their nature. Part of our problem, according to these philosophies, is that we refuse to accept or see the nature of things, (that there is no ultimate, or permanent thing, and that all things birth and die, etc). Accepting this, and perceiving this in our philosophy may radically change our attitude about the world to a much more dynamic, creative and spontaneous "openness" to handling anything. This has direct relevance to postmodernism in that it can embrace the subjectivity while simply shifting our attitude about it. Or, to use what you were mentioning about seeing "beneath" structures, perhaps it's also about seeing between them? Their relationship?

Problem is, PoMo has a way of misunderstanding Buddhism. I'm think of Barthes etc. Buddhism and Taoism are all about practice, not philosophy. Basically, all that stuff about recognizing the true nature of things means spend 20 years meditating in a cave or a monastery and then it will become an experience more real than anything else. At that stage, you can get your ass kicked and you just don't mind. You don't just tell yourself you don't mind but you really, really, really don't. I'm talking about guys having eye surgery without painkillers - they just didn't need it. But without that 20 years of practice, meaning 99.999999% of mankind, suffering is perceived as REAL. And it does not help one bit to run around and tell people everything is subjective. They still perceived suffering as real, therefore we need a lot of rules to minimize suffering esp. in the long run, and at the end of the day we'll have to call the basic values that drive those rules "objective values" even though they aren't. But if we wouldn't call them objective, people wouldn't care about them. So you can do two things about Buddhism. One, meditate 20 years, become enlightened, lead beings out of samsara. Two, forget about it. Don't try to nitpick philosophical ideas out of it and apply them to Western society, you'll just create more suffering - illusionary suffering, but the people will still perceive them as real.

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The grammer is everything here - it's the differnce between a position of faith and a lack of faith.

Faith is a red-herring when it comes to atheism. I don't know of any atheist who says they are certain there is no god. I am not saying there are none, but they would not represent the dominant position of modern atheism at all. The common viewpoint is that in the absence of any evidence, it is not reasonable to conclude that there is a god.

I hate explaining jokes, but here goes. The L in L. Ron Hubbard stands for Lafayette. There are people claiming that Katie Holmes was impregnated with Hubbard's sperm.

Isn't she over his age limit?

I think it was a shot at Tommy Cruise, Sgt. Hulka.

Yes it was. I was implying he was some kind of *artificial unlife*.

*sees reddit.com in address bar* Some puns, a couple of unrelated comments and a link to fountain of doubt. But I'm just inferring from past occurrences here.

Don't forget shallow pedantry.

Classic. What was the last one?

Crysis, I made this vid ages ago so it's not completely up to date.

That's a brilliant idea. UPMOD for you. It's also advantageous to do that because you don't have a time limit and also you don't have to worry about being interrupted or lame rebuttals while you're trying to get your point across.

I think the problem would be that the people the Greens need to win over (The Old, the Conservative etc) won't watch YouTube. It's preaching to the choir. I'd support the CBC putting a web archive of video responses together from all parties though. It'd be a little more accessibly to the older demographics, and since CBC owns the rights, they could play them over the radio and discuss them over the air. Anyway, I don't see too much of a problem with excluding the Greens from the debate, after all they have never won a seat in any riding. It'd be unfair to include the Greens and not the other parties that haven't won any seats either.

YOUVE GONE TOO FAR

Just give me a god damned upvote!

I didn't think there were 10 animations to be had in 2009. But I've become interested in watching both "Sita Sings the Blues" and "Waltz with Bashir". The latter looks to be pretty heavy.

"Waltz with Bashir" is incredible. The details of the movie are in many cases, very forgettable, with only a few images remaining. Once you have seen the movie, you will understand why that forgettable-ness is quite incredible.

I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.

Same Movie but i much prefer: The thing's hollow... it goes on forever... and... oh my God... it's full of stars!

That would be about an 11-year-old computer, by my recollection. Computers (including Macs) have gotten much cheaper since then.

They weren't that expensive then either. The last gen [PowerMac G3](http://lowendmac.com/ppc/blue-white-power-mac-g3.html) cost $1,599 for the base model and up to $2,999 for the most expensive one. They never cost anywhere close to $18,000. That price isn't the cost of the Mac, it's the cost of all the highly non-standard upgrades that he added in which would've cost basically exactly the same if they had they been added to a Windows machine instead.

I had an email argument like this with my sister (a born-again) who kept insisting I had to prove my agnosticism. No matter how many times I pointed out that she was just asking me to prove I have no belief (absurd), it didn't sink in. Another person equated it with devil worship, which is even more absurd. Really, there is no point to having a discussion when your opponent lacks basic logical skills.

You're suffering from a cognitive bias. To your opponent, it is YOU who lacks basic logical skills. You have, after all, argued that there is no god; something which the person you're arguing with assumes is self-evident.

Maybe some kind of localized acromegaly?

Ya think?

SF politics - genius as usual. This fucking city is in debt and they're giving money away. I'm all in favor of clean energy, but San Francisco is a city shrouded in fog most of the time. Even on days when it's sunny downtown, it's like pea soup out where I live. I'd say about 25% of the days are sunny out by the ocean. If they filled the pothole-laden streets and cleaned up the Tenderloin, I'd be in favor of it. But as it stands, this city is in no condition to afford this.

gurlboysf's picked some strange examples of what needs fixing in SF, but the main point is accurate - i don't see why solar panels should even be considered for what must be the rainiest patch of california for hundreds of miles

Lighten up, Francis.

Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.

How about $200? That's a 3G iPhone.

Lern2economy. The $200 is just the initial downpayment. They hid the rest of the price in the monthly payments on the AT&T subscription (that is mandatory if you life in the US) Try buying an iPhone 3G without a subscription and get away with paying $200

I'm starting to notice a pattern to the various Stargate series: In SG1, they explore different planets, fight bad guys, help good guys, invent things, get in and out of trouble, etc. In Atlantis, they have a base from which they explore a distant, unknown area of space, and face off against an enemy that threatens the galaxy. In Continuum, they are apparently stuck on a space ship on the other side of the galaxy trying to find a way home. O'Neal == Kirk == Riker Teal'c == Worf Carter == Scotty == Geordy Jackson == Troi etc

Worf < Teal'c < Dargo

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no kidding. i've never had a real, satisfying relationship with another woman. i want one so badly, and i cannot find a woman who is attractive, intelligent, creative, funny, light-hearted - AND a lesbian. *sigh* they're all crazy and dominating, or pseudolesbians.

That's a good thing. Once a site gets too popular, it gets dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. I don't visit Digg anymore because most of the commentary is so stupid that it actually pisses me off. The few intelligent/insightful comments end up at -10, whereas retarded inane babble like "lololol epic win XD" gets 100 upvotes. Fuck that. I hope reddit remains relatively unpopular.

lololol epic win XD

Is there any proof that this is an actual Valve-made beta and isn't just a custom modification? I find it suspicious that all the "new unlocks" have the same skins as the old ones (e.g. *two* sets of boxing gloves? Really?). I also find it suspicious that Valve would be okay with "leaks" like this. Don't they have NDAs or something? I'm open to the idea that it's real as long as there's some evidence. \*edit\* - I feel I have to edit this comment, as people don't seem to be grasping what I'm getting at. The only real proof that has been shown so far is that there people on Steam that have played a "Team Fortress 2 Beta" in the last 2 weeks. That doesn't mean that what's shown here is real. That doesn't mean that the images and all that is real. It just means that there's a beta (which I don't doubt) and that some people are playing it. Pictures of new weapons can be faked via mods. Same with videos. Also, the video linked above comes from people who've released a "patch" to let people with a cracked Steam play with the "beta content". Does that seem like something Valve would be okay with?

There's already been pictures showing that Valve didn't make new models to test these beta items and abilities.

I know that, but many people in the comments don't understand this. They automatically assume he means poor people are unproductive. They hate Ron Paul only because of their own ignorance.

Since the motto of the Libertarian Party and Ron Paul as it's poster child is "Fuck The Poor" it's not surprising that many people would believe that was what he was talking about. Just because someone fails to worship Ron Paul as you do does not make them ignorant. Quite the opposite in fact.

[Star Wars IV : A New Hope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV) - George Lucas obligatory

Sorry, but when people start numbering Star Wars beyond 1, 2, and 3, I have to ask which bloody movie they're actually talking about.

Funny I don't see any Atheist version of Operation Christmas Child...

You don't see, because you don't want to see. Some atheist charities. Ready? * Fred Hollows Foundation * S.H.A.R.E * Second Harvest (and various other food banks) * Toy-for-Tots * Habitat for Humanity * The Nature Conservancy * Planned Parenthood * The American Cancer Society * Project Gutenberg * The Zoological Society of San Diego * The World Wildlife Fund * Rethink * The American Foundation for AIDS Research * Heifer Project International * Mama's Kitchen

lmao on one hand I want to believe that you actually do that but on the other hand I'm not so sure.

Actually, since you inquire, I will subject you to more information. Typically, when dropping a deuce or two, I pre-spread the cheeks before sitting down in such a way as to make the seat spread them even further. Then, during actual excretion, the amount of exposed flesh in actual contact with fecal matter is limited. Do not attempt to slow up the progress of the feces, and especially don't pinch it off.

Duh, they're immortal.

And hide in tree portals

That's wrong. The new cells don't materialize from nothing, the cells separate to create new cells so at any point half the cells were created from the original male cell.

Where do the atoms that form the new cells come from? Where does the energy come from that allows this process to take place?

I've had a fan running nearly nonstop in my room for the last 6 months, still not dead.

your fan was probably built in china

corn isn't really a technology. Unless you're referring to that monsanto shit

dumbass

People left to their own devices naturally self-organize in to hierarchies on the one hand ( experimentally validated ) and on the other hand Hobbes makes the argument that in the absence of a power above all others ( he meant the government ) people will acquire power and form alliances to increase their power if for no other reason than to prevent other people from doing the same ( if you're constantly under threat by people forming alliances, you'll start to form your own ), much as how sovereign states work ( which is to say always under threat of war ). That being said, I'm not sure that some anarchist utopia could exist for long if it could exist at all. Somalia is a great example of people in absence of government. They tend to form tribes or gangs and are constantly warring with each other.

Just because Somalia is absent of a government doesn't mean it's are similar to what I'm proposing. The closest thing I can think of is the native Americans, but they weren't quite the same either. Just because you claim it's anarchy doesn't make it so, there would be rules, but not a "government" or leader. Everyone is their own leader, taking self-responsibility. And utopia?! Along the lines of your original comment; what is so wrong with a utopia?

It was part of a larger act (or perhaps many acts). I'm sure the audience was already worked up by then. There was probably some alcohol involved too.

lol powerpoint

I was recently attacked in NYC about a month ago. This cop's advice and information is spot on. My attackers weren't looking to rob me, and I was with a friend in a 'safe' part of my neighborhood, but we got jumped anyway. I read this article expecting to be angry at the cop for writing something in a "Blame the Victim" sense, but no, he is just giving good advice for where your head should be after you get attacked. The guys who jumped me and my friend had been walking up the street for 30 minutes attacking people, my friend and I were the only people who called 911. If the people before us had bothered to call the cops, I would not have been attacked in the first place.

I was mugged in Brooklyn a few years ago on Halloween. They just came up behind me and took me wallet, cell phone, and monthly Metro Card. I walked home dejected. My roommate told me to call the cops but I thought, "What's the point?". Well I did call them and luckily one of the guys was wearing a bright red shirt, the rest of his friends were in all black. They caught all of them and recovered ALL of my belongings, including the Metro Card. The only advice the cop gave me was if I feel like something fishy is going on to just break out into a full run. I knew something was up a about a minute before they closed in on me and if I'd ran they wouldn't have chased me down.

Maybe he doesn't know where skeletons come from.

Or maybe he just has to wait until they're ready for harvesting. edit: Or maybe we're being too quick to judge! Skeleton Harvester is just a name. It doesn't mean that he harvest skeletons any more than Mr. Smith works metal for a living. Stephen's a judgemental jerk as well. Sarah should stick with Skeleton Harvester.

Yes he is.

LIAR. YOU CAN'T SEE HIS SHIRT

Where do you go to school ?

Still going... Florida Institute of Technology for Aerospace Engineering. Doing computer work over the summer at ~$35/hr to keep up with the bills. Lotsa loans (that came due when I had a semester off) that are going to be hitting for harder than yours until I refinance them.

While it isn't going to save the world exactly, it highlights what you just said. It demonstrates to people that it really isn't that big of a deal to save power, so people are more open to the idea.

But it is a huge deal. Otherwise we would have Earth Day or Earth Week.

Yeah, I do, but I see all Romance and Germanic languages to be different sides of the same coin (a pretty weird coin I guess), so as far as I'm concerned there can be a wide variation in spelling since they all began as transcriptions of various vernaculars anyway instead of a proper [written language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_language). As long as the meaningful roots are in the word and are in any way recognizable, it's cool. E.g., I consider all [these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages#Comparison_of_conjugations) to be proper variations of the same words. I mean, your use of the word "texting" as a verb is non-standard as well--stop bastardizing the English language! The reason we all understand what you mean by that is because it follows regular (if informal) English rules for "verbing" words.

All of your carefully thought out arguments can easily be ignored.

I agree with you. Metallica made the music, they have control of it. If they don't want it to be distributed for free, they should be legally justified to protect and distribute their product any way they see fit. The hypocritical bullshit we see on this forum is laughable. Metallica produces something: they enjoy doing it and they make a living from it. People should not have free access to it (if the artist says so), and I don't give a fuck what people think.

back in reality, how do you propose they stop piracy? How about US copyright law to take over the whole planet? I don't think so. DRM? total fail. A business model that relies on the internet for free distribution and doesn't rely on per-track sales and instead relies on new models such as monthly subscriptions, fan memberships, merchandise sales through 3rd party services such as zazzle etc? sounds a bit more likely to me...

What a convenient circumvention of the Constitution. Just sell all public property to your special-interest buddies, and let them set whatever rules they want.

Don't libertarians want more private property and less government ownership? There certainly is a problem if the government is giving this business money and restricting the free market, but if the business is unsuccessful it will fail and someone else can purchase the sidewalk and do what they wish with it.

heh.....they aren't shy with handing out the drugs to cancer patients. In three months look forward to my "Thank you Reddit for entertaining me through rehab" post. :)

=) -Keep us posted on the progress!

Jesus, save us from your followers.

What does that even mean?

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If the lawn mower is also being brought in for the job then there is no difference. Also now the people who work by the windows wont have to deal with hearing the lawnmower driving around all afternoon while they are trying to figure out some really complicated algorithm. This solution helps reduce both emissions and sound pollution.

Yeah-------->Hell.

What the...that's not how the song goes!

It's not a fail, it's a [troll](http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Au.vC5oUP4s2VOXnIPwzFErpy6IX;_ylv=3?p=how+turn+computer+monitor+into)...

damnit.. and I really wanted to know how to turn my monitor into a sandwich =(

Some points to help you disentangle your thoughts. 1. Corporatism is certainly a problem - but its not the corporations at fault in the end, as they would never have gotten power without their political friends that gave it to them. 2. Almost all monopolies you see in the market are the result of government regulation and enforcement. Only a very very small segment of natural monopolies exist, and their reign is usually a decade or less. 3. The idea that you have control of government and no control of companies is provably false. In fact it is the reverse; you can choose not to buy oil - now go try to choose not to pay taxes. Tell me which one works out better for you. 4. You keep saying "Imagine how difficult when a few select companies..." - we have never been in danger of that, please point to some examples? 5. You try to make the point that "its hard to start a company now due to regulations, but just what happens when companies control everything". You don't see the circular reasoning you are employing? Companies can only stifle free market competition by *using* government to create regulations and barriers of entry. See point #2 above. In general it appears that you are asking; Are you libertarians against corporatism? And the answer is Yes.

Has Microsoft recieved govt help with becoming so large? What other current monopolies are so because of the govt besides the telecoms?

The girl doesn't seem to be having a very good time.

cause atm is next

Mac version?

If there was only a way to distribute software which enabled every user to compile and run it on his own platform...

[oglaf.com](http://oglaf.com) Awesome art, quirky story lines, sexy ladies. It's awesome, it's new, and yeah it's NSFW.

came her to post this...also note that the NSFW is almost exclusively MALE nsfw.

It's the depiction of Hitler as some sort of 'Other' that bothers me, Germany would have found another man to lead them into Poland and France. It's this focus on Hitler the monster that lets us overlook the fervent nationalism which set the stage for the atrocities committed by Germany. There is debate as to Hitlers involvement in the occult as well, much of what we know is the teachings of a generation who grew up with propaganda of Hitler as the Devil. Do you really suppose that all of germany would follow an Occultist baby raping, homosexual fetishist? Truth: Hitler was he was married to a movie star, and a practicing Christian. I am not a Neo-Nazi, I feel that we cannot allow history to repeat itself, and we here in America are the closest thing to Germany in the 50's that the world has seen since WW2.

Hitler was bad news, but he couldn't do anything without the help of the German people.

How much do you want to bet that this entire thread was begun with the express purpose of discovering the story behind *your* username?

your a smart one there, sherlock.

I'm the mod on several others, but Bacon is by far the best, and most popular. My number 2 reddit is the LSD reddit, lol.

Oh man I'm totally signing up for that one. Tune in.

You will most likely be average for all your life.

To add on to that: you are not unique. And another: For every original idea or thought you might have had, there is a high probability someone else already thought of it.

I don't, but I upvoted in case someone else here does. Also: your list of heroes looks a lot like mine.

You are very kind. I have a whole bundle of these excuses (my wife asked them to be as ludicrous and obviously false as possible). Bill Bailey could not come because he was 'playing table tennis with Ban Ki-moon' Simon Pegg couldn't because he was shooting Star Trek - and Alan Davies said he would have, but my wife 'was obviously a mentalist and you should divorce her immediately' I should scan and blog them methinks - they are fun...

It is tiring to hear Christians try to invalidate the Christian experience of someone who deconverts. It seems you think your version of Christianity is the only valid one. I read the Bible daily, Prayed daily, went to seminary, led worship at church, and led Bible studies at my home. I understood my faith deeply. To answer the OP, I believe I understand *you* as a Christian far better than you understand me as an atheist.

Ditto on that, less the seminary part (although I considered it).

[When deer fight back](http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/7804/When_Deer_Fight_Back/)

Upvote for System Of A Down soundtrack

No.

But the commercial said so!

She placed emphasis on what humans *create*, not 'greed' in and of itself. She supported the right of people to create their own futures, and lifting all these restrictions Government and those above you use to shackle you down, so that the dynamic human spirit can be freed to do what it does best: create. That's why she said nature was something she disdained, because what we have built has removed us from it. The problems we face today are from the fact that the populace has, at large, been coerced into being lazy, intellectually dishonest robots who will do anything to make a dollar. Nobody cares about creation, or pride in their work, or making a useful product, which is what she spoke about.

The problem is, this ideal she claims is so noble is totally impractical. These government institutions don't impose themselves on the populace out of nowhere. They are a creation of the people themselves to help protect each others' interests. Like many libertarians, objectivists take a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" approach to the problem of institutional corruption by suggesting it should all be done away with and individuals should be free to do what they desire. It has never worked out well like that in the entire history of human civilization.

that's true, but don't you think that being exposed to something 100x a day will have more of an effect that the once-a-week-or-less exposure? Even given the active/passive audience thing? The participatory nature of singing or playing would certainly help, too... but i dunno, i still imagine a child of ten in 1890 or 1690 or 1290 would "know" a lot "less" than a child of ten today. (Melodies would be less predictable and hence more entertaining to the children-o-the-distant-past, for example.) I could be convinced otherwise, tho, i'm just statin' what my gut and ten seconds of though on the subject has yielded.

I'm not quite clear on what you are saying. Certainly exposing someone to lots of information repeatedly would make the person in some ways more discerning. This would, however, imply that music might have become more complex over time to be able to still entertain the modern listener. In fact, the opposite seems to be true: Today's music is, in many ways, a regression from practices in the classical era. My personal opinion is that these developments have nothing to do with any brain thresholds whatsoever - people have merely become better at figuring out what is immediately appealing to our ears. To accomplish this, some complexity is typically sacrificed, which makes the music less gratifying to listen to repeatedly - but then, we have so much else to listen to that we don't mind that so much.

Hmm, I have a friend who wears a high pant worthy of Fred Mertz. I wouldn't call him a douche, more a doofus. He wears it high because his waste is sort of extended due to his weight. However, high pants regardless of taste are still functional. Sagging isn't. I like that you haven't addressed anything I've said in regards to what I can now guess is your own argument. Instead you've focused solely on one instance of the use of douche.

I'm perfectly able to sag functionally -- not down to my knees or anything. Maybe you have an unusually small butt? I actually did respond to your argument in a comment on my blog, but for the future: the most effective way to engage someone in discussion is not to begin by calling them a douche. Just something you should consider. Pasted from the blog comment: I'd argue that English didn't become more simple because it was written down; it became more simple for two other reasons: 1. People can only hold a certain amount of complexity in their heads at once. Thanks to the normons, English has a vocabulary about twice the size of other languages, so its grammatical structures became simpler to compensate. 2. Wikipedia: "For three hundred years after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, English was the language of the kitchen. By the end of that period, English had dropped its case endings of nouns, personal endings of verbs, and other complexities. Grammar was fixed by word order."

No one is forced to get the public option specifically. You are free to choose from any number of other plans out there.

Are you serious? You're free to choose a plan, any plan as long as you...*buy* a plan. One that the government OKs. ... You're not seeing anything wrong with this?

upmodded is not a word according to my spell checker.

upmodded for DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU.

It's more like bombing the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during WW1. Those cities themselves were civilian centers, not centers of war. But they were extensions of the larger Japanese Empire, as Alderaan was, in the eyes of the Empire, an extension of the larger rebellion which Leia was a large member of. The debate from this point on gets blurry. Whether you believe we were justified in bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima or not. I'm just pointing out a more accurate, real-world comparison.

1.) It was during World War II. 2.) The decision to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima came from a war weary country looking to make moral sacrifices in order to secure peace. It was controversial in 1945 and it remains a major point of debate whether it was "worth it or not". The Empire destroyed an entire planet at the peak of it's power. 3.)You can't really compare the morality of killing 90k+ innocents to eradicating billions and billions of people, completely destroying entire cultures, languages, and histories of an entire planet.

I'm no Dion fan but why would his home province vilify him for doing it a favour? Dion was right: if you're serious about separation, be serious about how it's worded to your people. Eminently sensible.

Because it's not just about "clarity", that's the whole problem. It also gives the House of Commons the final say in the matter, first by forcing their approval of a referendum question, then by letting them decide if a "clear majority" (whatever that means) expressed itself and finally by giving them the possibility of ignoring any results if they feel the process went against the tenets of the Act itself. That's notwithstanding the reaffirmation that the secession of any province would require an amendment to the constitution (something that is already a difficult problem, especially considering that Quebec never signed the Constitution Act of 1982).

How many weather stations do you think there are on the planet? How many records of natural proxies, e.g. growing seasons, bird migration, blooming of flowers, migration and spawning of fish, dates of mountain snow melt, peak flow of glacier-fed streams and disappearing ice sheets and glaciers? How many tidal gauges? Guess which direction they all point? Up. Or maybe the birds, fish, sea and ice are all in on the conspiracy as well? Better start work on smearin... umm... exposing them next, eh? Nope. You Deniers are no further forward in refuting the *science*.

None of us question the fact that our climate changes. We remain skeptical about the contribution of human activity to these changes. We know that the world was warmer than it is now (or very close) just 800 years ago, during the [Medieval Warm Period](http://pages.science-skeptical.de/MWP/MedievalWarmPeriod.html). We also know that the world was much colder during the [little ice age](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_ice_age) which we are still recovering/*warming* from. It is also very likely that the world has been far warmer and [far colder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_earth) in the distant past, than any of these more recent extremes. 100 million years ago, [Co2 concentration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_atmosphere#Historical_variation) was 3,000ppm. 500 million years ago, it was 6,000ppm. If that seems like irrelevant ancient history to you, remember, the Earth's atmosphere is 3.4 Billion years old. 10,000 years ago, [sea level](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_level_temp_140ky.gif) was 100 **meters**! lower than it is today. I think we can be fairly sure that humans had little to do with the amazing increase in sea level since then, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least to hear that argument from you. I wonder why you didn't mention [Hurricane activity](http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5449)?

I've read of alcohol tinctures though I have not personally tried it. Dissolve the buds in everclear. There are plenty of instructions on the all mighty google.

Cannabis tincture is more for medical applications than getting high. It tends to be real high in CBD content, which can actually act like an anti-stone to THC, but generally calms inflammation and can make one drowsy. Great alternative if you have a bad back at the work place.

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As an Ohio State fan, I have also been giving this a lot of thought. Mizzou is a school that comes to mind for me as well, but I just can't see them leaving a conference that already is balanced (Big XII). Could the B10 realistically steal them like that? Pitt would be another good choice. They have been a solid, tough team recently and joining the B10 would only help their recruiting, I think. Cincy might even fall into that category, but probably not now that Kelly is leaving. We'll see. I'm trying to think of other teams that are in the right region and might want to join. Louisville? West Virginia? W Kentucky (though they are terrible right now) just joined FBS two years ago. Maybe they would be worth a look if they showed signs they would be a worthy addition. Notre Dame, as already mentioned, snubbed the B10 when approached, so screw them. Anyway, I'm all for expansion. The conference needs it.

Things not going so well for Alonso, are they...

Maybe not so well for Alonso, but things are definitely looking up for Renault after last year. If there's one guy who can wring the max out of the Renault, it's Alonso. Don't get me wrong, that's based on who was available at the end of last year. I still think Kimi's a better driver overall with equal equipment.

Masturbation. Sex with yourself... And since you are the same sex than you, you are gay.

stfu do you know how fucking stupid you are

Why do we need dogs to be bred in the first place? There are enough animals in shelters that need homes.

That was the whole point of my post; to point out why some people who would like a pet dog would prefer certain breeds over others. Also, good breeding produces healthy/happy dogs. In the "first place" dogs were bred for different working conditions; a Chihuahua isn't going to pull a sled in Alaska, and a Mountain Dog isn't going to win any medals at the race track. Even people who just want a dog as a pet have different needs; elderly people and single people and families with small children probably wouldn't all do well with the same dog breed, or someone in an apartment in the city vs. someone with a lot of land in the woods. Yes you can *often* find particular breeds at shelters, but they also *often* have had poor breeding (good breeders insist the dog be returned to them should anything happen), and therefore health/mental issues that take a more skilled owner to deal with. To repeat: So yes; adopt when you can, if you can. But definitely do research on the breed you are bringing home.

Oh stop whingeing. People will keep doing it as long as they think it's funny, there's no fucking official "use by" date on it. I'm sick of people saying a meme's "cliched". It's a fucking *meme*. It's cliched from the get-go. Some people are really acting like fashionista twats, like being on the cutting edge of memes is something to be proud of.

Unwarranted superiority will always be in fashion.

Well, a radio frequency can only really affect you in a couple of ways, the one I'm thinking of being resonance. If a certain part of your body--plasma, DNA, proteins, whatever--start to vibrate at that frequency, you might feel a little off.

someone earlier said something about 2.4 ghz - I believe (I may be mistaken) that I had seen 2.4 ghz cordless phones for sale at one time period. There seems to be a trend that everyone makes this frequency for a while, then they make that frequency for a while... I thought I had seen teh 2.4s for a while. The other thing is - on more than one occasion, I had been listening to the radio, or playing on the computer... and just a second before my cell phone starts to ring, there will be interference on either. Happens with the television too. as far as what you are saying about the vibrations - it seems that any frequency, loud enough (is that even the right word?) and close enough could cause that problem, and not just wifi.

I was not expecting the punchline that came in that last panel.

Yeah most Dilbert strips are only two panels, RIGHT?!

direct link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Car-stereo-stock-radio-fake-out/

Seriously. "I know, let's write an article about an article!" is kind of an annoying sentiment.