Last Sunday in October and the NFC East still sucks.

But at least the Giants won.

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I hate the Giants. Suck it, Giants fans!

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Sorry I'm late with this. take your discussion of baseball rules and politics and anything else here.

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Comrade Kalashnikov was not just speaking of rifles. I'm just saying...

Democrats seem to generally be afflicted with a bad case of the In-theories

• "In theory, practice is easy" as they say.
• EngineerSpeak for "We need to test that". ;-)
• I want to live in Theory. Everything works in Theory.
• "In theory, practice and theory are the same thing. In practice they're not."
• "The difference between theory and reality is a lot bigger in reality than it is in theory."

Some terse commentary on test driven design

If you put off thinking about testing until you're done implementing, you're too late.

Do it right, and you can test the pieces long before you're done. Do it right and the testing can help you find your mistakes early enough to do something about them.

If you just can't get enough Miley Cyrus tongue weirdness, CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE.

How many of these Hacker writing idioms have you adopted in your impromptu informal blog comment/post writing? For me, its quite a few.

Heh, funny geek cartoon.
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Abbreviated thread today as I'm on dad duty. Talk amongst yourselves.

Gun Of The Week

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Just like grandma used to make.

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Well, it's finally done. The production of the Wii has been put to rest. A system that not many people believed in ended up being one of the best selling consoles of all-time. Would have been interesting if Nintendo had supported it the last few years of it's life.

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Please Stand By

Good morning morons and moronettes and welcome to AoSHQ's prestigious Sunday Morning Book Thread.

I've had a busy week, so the book thread is going to be a bit sparse today. Which actually works well here, because as you probably know, orders came down from The Boss to keep things boring and non-controversial while he's off on his well-earned vacation. Meanwhile, I've found where he hides the key to the liquor cabinet and I know where his midget pr0n stash is, so I'll be busy for a while. You guys can talk amongst yourselves.

Question: Any of you electronics nerds know why early test patterns had little Indian heads in them?

Everyone's A Comedian

OK, so I think we all know that occasionally Amazon sells products that, for whatever reason, just look silly (like this thing or maybe even this one here). And so the silly reviews start to accumulate (some classic examples here, here, and, of course, here).

And, naturally, this happens with books as well. For example, How to Avoid Huge Ships brings the wiseacres scurrying out of the walls like cockroaches:

I bought How to Avoid Huge Ships as a companion to Captain Trimmer's other excellent titles: How to Avoid a Train, and How to Avoid the Empire State Building. These books are fast paced, well written and the hard won knowledge found in them is as inspirational as it is informational. After reading them I haven't been hit by anything bigger than a diesel bus. Thanks captain!

Read this book before going on vacation and I couldn't find my cruise liner in the port. Vacation ruined.

I live near a park and frequently walk around the local area. Given the amount of dog mess that is on the pavements I thought this book would be the ideal read to stop me having to scrape my shoes on the grass before going home. It was only after it arrived that I looked closely at the title and realised it said 'How to Avoid Huge SHIPS'. A simple error that means I am still treading on massive examples of canine excrement...

And of course, with a title like The 2009-2014 Outlook for Wood Toilet Seats in Greater China, you're just asking for it:

This one should not leave my dad seatless. I find the book narrative somewhat splintered. The information that it piles on left me down in the dump. Maybe they can squeeze out a sequel or just a number two.

I must say that I was not equally enchanted with the movie version of this. While I normally like Samuel L. Jackson, I just did not think he was able to pull off Mei-Zhen, Xiao's older sister. Also, some of the funnier moments in the written version just did not come through on screen. I will add that the sequel to this, "The Chinese Wood Toilet Seat that Kicked the Hornet's Nest" was not anywhere near the caliber and of the seminal first work.

All i did was look at the cover, but i already knew from the start. This is, without a doubt, still a better story than Twilight.

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Former Marine takes a swipe at Obama's new uni-sex cover initiative for Marines.

...And you have to salute these men back. And it galls you, to the deepest pit of your soul, because you know that when you salute those Marines standing by that helicopter, youÂ’re actually saluting better men than yourself...

...So what do you do? Do you simply accept that youÂ’re merely the President, salute the better man, and move on? No. You figure out a way to make them look ridiculous. That way, when you pass them, you can remind yourself how fortunate you are that you donÂ’t have to dress like that...

...Dress them up in pink pajamas if you like, Mr. President. TheyÂ’re still better than youÂ’ll ever be.

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It's on TCM at 8:00 Eastern.

Most critics consider Bride of Frankenstein to be superior to the original 1931 Frankenstein.

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Let me state right off: I am not a car expert nor do I pretend to be a car expert. I am just a person who, basically, has owned cars. Some here, such as kbdabear, can spout off the tech specifics of individual cars quicker than Mona Lisa Vito. It's impressive.

Cars are more than just transportation. They, like it or not, do convey something about the owner: How one cares for their car, how flashy the color, how high or low the chassis, all reveal something about the person behind the wheel. Most often mine have said This gal purchased what she could afford. And, I was in my 40's before I ever walked into a dealership and purchased the exact car I wanted. (Note: the photos that follow are of similar cars, not my own.)

When I was 19-years old I worked at a Chrysler/Jeep/Renault/Jaguar dealership, first as a receptionist, then as an inventory supervisor. If I recall correctly, I made something along the lines of $3.00 an hour. Several times a week I was handed the keys to any number of cars and asked to run errands. My favorite amongst them was the Jeep Grand Wagoneer and, when I drove it I felt guilty for having been seen in it. The folks who walked into the dealership to purchase them were successful businessmen and, who was I kidding, I was a clerk making barely above minimum wage who, at the time, hadn't yet owned her own car.
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