June 11, 2011
— andy Pixy's been notified and is hopefully rounding up a fresh 5.25" floppy disk for the Commodore 64 as you read this.
And ... fixed.
Might as well make this the Saturday a.m. open thread. Dick-themed update: Ace has his theories. I have mine.
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Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2011 04:56 AM (2yngH)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 11, 2011 05:01 AM (z4qTT)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 11, 2011 05:01 AM (Z8HMh)
Posted by: bigred at June 11, 2011 05:01 AM (weBtw)
*Rummages through pile of 5.25" floppies in the basement for C-64 version of Zork*
Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2011 05:03 AM (veZ9n)
Posted by: Xoxotl at June 11, 2011 05:03 AM (3AOLv)
Sometimes if you replace the antenae with a properly placed wire hanger it helps too.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 11, 2011 05:05 AM (yQWNf)
Good ghost of Sparta
Thanks for asking. How is your Saturday shaping up?Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 11, 2011 05:05 AM (HjxoE)
Posted by: ranger117 at June 11, 2011 05:08 AM (S87rO)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:09 AM (M9Ie6)
Okay, fine. I promise once teleportation technology has been perfected, you'll get your coke.
How is your Saturday shaping up?
Alright, thanks for asking.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 11, 2011 05:09 AM (qfjfu)
this morning
too bad she got engaged last week and is a flaming liberal.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:10 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 11, 2011 05:12 AM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:15 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Colin Douglas Maud D.S.O., D.S.C at June 11, 2011 05:19 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 11, 2011 05:19 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 05:21 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 11, 2011 05:23 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2011 05:24 AM (UlUS4)
Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2011 05:24 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 11, 2011 05:25 AM (yQWNf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2011 05:26 AM (UlUS4)
What to do on a lazy Saturday morning?
Well, go off-topic and watch a heart warming story titled, I'm gonna Fuck Your Mom!
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at June 11, 2011 05:30 AM (cwFVA)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at June 11, 2011 05:32 AM (qsodE)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 05:37 AM (kUaEF)
What to do on a lazy Saturday morning?
Well, go off-topic and watch a heart warming story titled, I'm gonna Fuck Your Mom!
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at June 11, 2011 09:30 AM (cwFVA
Grass Mud Horse!
http://tinyurl.com/cq8xsg
Posted by: Grey Fox at June 11, 2011 05:38 AM (lns4q)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 05:41 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: SurferDoc at June 11, 2011 05:41 AM (STdkO)
Posted by: HAL at June 11, 2011 05:46 AM (vmcYN)
Posted by: HAL at June 11, 2011 05:46 AM (vmcYN)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:47 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Truman North at June 11, 2011 05:48 AM (K2wpv)
When the comments were broken, I saw references to cherry and multiple references to packages, so the Ace of Spades theme was unbroken.
CoolCzech - excellent Dr. Phil analysis of Weiner yesterday. Very thorough and well thought out.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 11, 2011 05:48 AM (GKQDR)
Does anyone else remember that "huge breakthrough" to double sided?
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:49 AM (M9Ie6)
Coulture was on "The View" this week. The same day as....Christina Hendricks.
You still had to sit through Joy Behar though.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 11, 2011 05:49 AM (GKQDR)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 09:49 AM (M9Ie6)
Unfortunately, I do.
Posted by: Tami at June 11, 2011 05:49 AM (X6akg)
Not surprising since the whole AGW scam started with Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:50 AM (M9Ie6)
Slowly the wringer that Wiener's wiener is caught in squeezes out the truth . Each turn of the crank proves his last statement a bold faced lie. The progs were against water boarding. Hell this is way better. If anyone has the time and inclination to compile a chronological list of Wiener and his staffers statements, lies and corrections, it would be invaluable to hand out to the progs, as they try to rewrite the story.
Posted by: Buffalobob at June 11, 2011 05:50 AM (BsyFN)
Posted by: Ted Stevens, Intertube genius at June 11, 2011 05:50 AM (UciSl)
Posted by: billypaintbrush at June 11, 2011 05:51 AM (A4P7O)
Now there is a Laural & Hardy duo.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:52 AM (M9Ie6)
Heh. I was just thinking about that. The 5.25" floppy drive for a C-64 was like NASA stuff comparatively.
Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2011 05:52 AM (veZ9n)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 11, 2011 05:53 AM (qsodE)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 05:53 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Truman North at June 11, 2011 05:54 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Truman North at June 11, 2011 09:48 AM (K2wpv)
I believe it. I watch a lot of the German-based DW-TV and it's all AGW all the time. It truly is a religion.
Posted by: Nash Rambler at June 11, 2011 05:54 AM (vmcYN)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at June 11, 2011 05:55 AM (UciSl)
... ha! ... mine was 715M. IIRC, a Gateway that cost me north of $2,500 ...
Posted by: mark x at June 11, 2011 05:57 AM (plLN9)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 05:58 AM (kUaEF)
That combo cost me $3,000. A year later I spent another $1200 mail-order to get an EGA monitor and Video-7 video card.
So I had $4200 in what would be classified today as a piece of shit.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 05:59 AM (M9Ie6)
Oh, come on, teh weiner is a very important man. Why, he'll tell you he is. At least he'll tell the teacher & cheerleading coach in GA. She's a beaut, too.
“Please understand i am a very important man. I’m always busy but i promise i will make time for you soon! Don’t the pictures I send keep you satisfied?”
The following day Weiner suggested they take it to another level:
“So i will make sure to keep some time open so we can have a cyber session via skype. Does that make my hot sexy baby happy?”
You want to do this kind of crap, fine, no problem. Just resign form your very important job, and get the fuck out of Congress.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 05:59 AM (AkdC5)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:01 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 11, 2011 06:02 AM (GKQDR)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 11, 2011 10:02 AM (GKQDR)
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Posted by: Robert at June 11, 2011 06:03 AM (4q6A5)
Yes, sigh, I remember them too.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at June 11, 2011 06:03 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Weiner at June 11, 2011 06:04 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 09:53 AM (FcR7P)
Yeah, and about 6 of us screwing off one afternoon punching cards to print a poster of Snoopy. And it was a BFD! Hah!
Posted by: ranger117 at June 11, 2011 06:04 AM (Lz5uA)
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2011 06:04 AM (C3KwS)
Posted by: SurferDoc at June 11, 2011 06:04 AM (STdkO)
Within one month of her first being in office as governor, she began a secret email affair with a 17-year old transsexual from Fairbanks. It went on for over a year.
Who has that hotline number? I cannot find it on my desk.
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at June 11, 2011 06:06 AM (4sQwu)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 06:07 AM (FcR7P)
I had to run a DOS batch file every time I wanted to run a game then. And there were very few games then that ran on mono which was why I had to spend money for an upgrade.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 06:07 AM (M9Ie6)
There are also a few other things we know will help grow our economy, and give people good jobs that support a middle-class lifestyle. We know that a quality education is a prerequisite for success, so weÂ’re challenging states and school districts to improve teaching and learning, and making it a national goal to once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
We know that more and more jobs are being created in the clean energy sector, so we’re investing in wind power, solar power, and biofuels that will make us less dependent on foreign oil and clean up our planet for our children. These are steps we know will make a difference in people’s lives – not just twenty years from now, or ten years from now, but now, and in the months to come.
In the end, the folks I hear from in letters or meet when I travel across the country – they aren’t asking for much. They’re just looking for a job that covers their bills. They’re just looking for a little financial security. They want to know that if they work hard and live within their means, everything will be all right. They’ll be able to get ahead, and give their kids a better life.
ThatÂ’s the dream each of us has for ourselves and our families. And so long as I have the privilege of serving as President, IÂ’ll keep fighting to put that dream within reach for all Americans. Have a great weekend, everybody.Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:09 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: al gore at June 11, 2011 06:10 AM (kR57Q)
Posted by: Patrick at June 11, 2011 06:11 AM (9Ko/p)
That was when I got introduced to Sound Blaster. Yes, they have been around that long.
That is one thing I do credit Bill Gates and Windows with...standardization.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 06:13 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Wodeshed at June 11, 2011 06:13 AM (LEcV+)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at June 11, 2011 06:13 AM (UciSl)
Damn, Fox just had a news update & it weren't nice to teh weiner. The disdain in the anchorette's voice was palpable.
He may eke out a way to stay in Congress, but he can't show his face on TV, again.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 06:15 AM (AkdC5)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 11, 2011 06:15 AM (m+nIW)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:16 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 06:16 AM (liBQN)
Posted by: Wodeshed at June 11, 2011 06:17 AM (LEcV+)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:17 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:18 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:21 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2011 06:22 AM (veZ9n)
Being born analog and dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age was really difficult at times. In order to pursue my career, it WAS necessary, however.
It ranks right up there with having to buy ANOTHER complete set of tools,(remember the metric switch?) so as to be able to repair Detroit's finest.
Still don't like dealing with a device with less initiative than a dried mushroom.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 11, 2011 06:23 AM (ud5dN)
Yep. Sierra games are like that. I remember from King's Quest 3, made by the same company that produced Leisure Suit Larry, that if you put in curse words as an action, it would give you a message like "Obviously, you were raised by a naughty wizard!", as if the game designers consciously put that in there as a message for swear cues.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 11, 2011 06:23 AM (c0A3e)
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 10:22 AM (nWikJ)
Wasn't Oregon Trail supposed to become a Facebook gaming app?
Posted by: Robert at June 11, 2011 06:24 AM (4q6A5)
I think I did something for that with Sentinel Worlds, which was one of the first games I played on my Tandy 1000.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 11, 2011 06:24 AM (c0A3e)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:25 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 06:26 AM (liBQN)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:27 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 10:24 AM (M9Ie6)
Things don't look too good for the blonde there.
Or things are looking really good for the blonde, depending on your point of view.
Posted by: Robert at June 11, 2011 06:27 AM (4q6A5)
PS: I thought these were just state e-mails, but The Guardian (I know) says they are her private e-mails.
Sarah Palin asked God for guidance over Alaska state budget
In an email written in March 2008 she said that she had been praying for direction over the financial negotiations. "I have been praying for wisdom on this ... God will have to show me what to do on the people's budget because I don't yet know the right path ... He will show me though."
The former Alaskan governor's deep religious beliefs are well known. She is an evangelical Christian who belongs to the Assembly of God in her home town of Wasilla, a church whose congregants have been known to speak in tongues. She famously referred to the oil pipeline she had supported in Alaska as "God's will".
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:27 AM (nWikJ)
Yeah, momma, but she asked for them.
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 10:23 AM (liBQN)
What's sad to me is the comment under that article. I know it looks likeshe's being praised, but she's not. Yeah, I guess it's a great thing that that kind of energy is focused on her. Let her take all the shit, and get shit on while doing it. There's something incredibly sad about that way of thinking.
This is the beauty of Palin. She can keep half of the moonbat energy focused on her and away from where they should be directed. I love the fact that she lives , rent free, inside their heads. You Go Girl!
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 06:28 AM (AkdC5)
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (nWikJ)
"I have been praying for wisdom on this ... God will have to show me what to do on the people's budget because I don't yet know the right path ... He will show me though."
Income should never be less than outgo.
Posted by: The LAWD! at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (4q6A5)
Ah yes, the joys of the bat files. Even after I got rid of that old Kapro and upgraded to one that had 1M of memory so I could run games had to make separate boot disks with different bat and config.sys files for every game to make use of that ."extended memory"
LOL, I had an old software program at work (proprietary) that required a special config.sys file to operate. When I retired and turned over my shit to a young guy who was taking over some of the stuff I did I showed him that file and tried to explain how you had to have it in the boot sequence he got lost.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (kUaEF)
Somewhere, I have the little drill tool we used to convert single sided 3.5 to double sided.
We were cheap like that.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:30 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 10:26 AM (liBQN)
To them there were no revelations, or they won't report them. What the emails actually showed was that she was a very hard working, smart as hell governor. But, hell, I guess it would be too much for them to report that, wouldn't it?
She is an evangelical Christian who belongs to the Assembly of God in her home town of Wasilla, a church whose congregants have been known to speak in tongues. She famously referred to the oil pipeline she had supported in Alaska as "God's will".
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 10:27 AM (nWikJ)
And, just more shit to lie about. She is not a member of that church and hasn't been for a very long time. They can't anything to shit on her with, so they just continue the same old crap.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 06:33 AM (AkdC5)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:34 AM (kUaEF)
If you can't see it with the Palin email dump fake clarion calls vs the attempted brooming of the Weiner out of control voyeurism, when will it happen?
What level of pre-election distortions will be produced as the Left really cranks up its propaganda organ?
How can all of this be so fucking painfully obvious to us while so many people snore on?
NYC's acceptance of the the scum that is Weiner (and his Defender Rangel) while not surprising, is pathetic and sickening.
John Edwards might have been right after all.
Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2011 06:34 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:35 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:37 AM (kUaEF)
Damn, Steph.
I posted that article and somehow I read right over that.
I think my brain is now just skimming the bs sections of articles (sort of like how you can see 'i hav bigg boobys' and know it means 'I have big boobies').
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:37 AM (nWikJ)
they love the Palin e-mails, yet the media hasn't released the video of BO at the pro-Palestinian dinner or the entire tape of BO at the fundraiser with the open mic. Hell, they glossed over the part where he called fed. employees slugs, didn't they?
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:39 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:39 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 06:40 AM (FcR7P)
From CNN...
“…what we’re seeing here…is a hardworking governor, working hard for the State of Alaska, a lot of discussion about policy, about taxes, about cutting budget, a lot of just the mundane state government work.”
“…somewhat different than the narrative that we’ve been hearing from certain political parts of the country…”
I can find the vid of it, but I'm too damn lazy right now. When the reporter said that the look on the anchor's face was pure disappointment. In fact, he tried hard to get the reporter to say something negative, and the guy only had good things to say.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 06:40 AM (AkdC5)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:41 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:42 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 06:43 AM (FcR7P)
Does anyone have a great way to deal with these bastards?
I killed over 300 yesterday on 30 plants.
They were no signs of them or their eggs 2 nights ago.
Sevin didn't work, either did insecticide on the soil. I've already did both earlier this year. The insect. before planting and sevin 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:43 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:43 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2011 06:44 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:45 AM (GTbGH)
About the Bridge to Nowhere and her decision to forego it...
The nation needs to be spending $ on fixing what we have - Minnesota needs "bridge money" today more than we need a few Alaskans to perpetuate the nonsensicle notion that our Gravina earmark is more important than fixing aged infrastructure.
...that the nation can pull, and work, together and make wise decisions on federal priorities... we should see that earmark redirected to Minnesota's tragedy because the Gravina bridge isn't going to happen on our watch anyway.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 06:45 AM (AkdC5)
Damn. The way you described my tits make me feel super, duper important.
I can no longer call them tits (really, that's beneath all women). From now one they are called: mountainous, quivering mounds of gelatinous mammalia.
Oh, yeah, and respect my authoritah!
/
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:48 AM (nWikJ)
You can't find sevin 10 in my area anymore. Do they even still sell it?
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:50 AM (nWikJ)
The are the shizzle. Thin enough to spin a screw by hand, yet tough enough to avoid bloody knuckles. Even the $4 ones from Harbor Freight.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:50 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 06:50 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 09:49 AM (M9Ie6)
YES WE DO!
Posted by: Girls of 70's porn at June 11, 2011 06:51 AM (UciSl)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 06:51 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 10:50 AM (GTbGH)
Man, I love Harbor Freight. I could spend mass amounts of money in there.
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:51 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 10:51 AM (kUaEF)
Damn near choked on my coffee. Awesome!
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 06:52 AM (nWikJ)
You know, I really don't know. We've been sort of organic the last couple of years and haven't used it. Just out of curiosity, do you spread your Sevin by hand, or do you have a ... poofer, or whatever they're called? Do you water your maters at the root, so as not to wash the dust off?
I think I'm just wasting time here avoiding the spring compression thing.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:53 AM (GTbGH)
Go today and buy the 60" $199 oak workbench. $129 this weekend, or less if you can find one of those ubiquitous 20% off coupons.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 06:55 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Adolf Oliver Borders at June 11, 2011 06:57 AM (iHSFS)
146
"nonsensicle"? Uh-oh, that's a malapropism/typo that no politician could ever survive. There goes Palin's career...
Anything new with Congressman Weiner (D- Alley Behind the Movie Theater)?
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 11, 2011 07:00 AM (Z05lF)
Posted by: The Comments, They Were Hosed Thread at June 11, 2011 07:00 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: SurferDoc at June 11, 2011 07:03 AM (STdkO)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 07:03 AM (y/+eD)
Posted by: Christopher Walken at June 11, 2011 07:04 AM (OqhFk)
We put it into a large salt shaker (with med sized holes) and sprinkle it on both sides of the leaves and the stalks.
We water by hand because I mix in Epsom salts and tums as fertilizer about 2 a week. (Not much, just about a teaspoon)
We have also seen stink bugs already. The local farmer said he has been tracking them and that the majority of those are eating mass crops in PA right now, but they are headed our way in huge numbers (OH).
I love my garden and am very proud of it. I only have it so my kids will be able to grow their own food when they get older, plus we donate most of the crop to neighbors and local churches (I hate toms, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, etc).
But this year, between these f*cking pot bugs, the stink bugs and the ants, I'm going crazy.
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 07:04 AM (nWikJ)
Second the mechanics gloves--they have saved me a lot of skin injuries.
It was called a duster back in the day, but I haven't seen one in years. They were pretty useful and you could get the dust under the leaves as well as the top.
Strong effective insecticides adversely impact biodiversity, witness how well the DDT ban has worked for the mosquitos, so look for 1% Sevin to be the standard shortly.
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 07:07 AM (yrGif)
Finding an unused IRQ.
<flashes back to hour after hour of my life spend supporting hundreds of Gateway computers, each with different cheapest-they-could-find network and sound cards that didn't like to co-exist>
Posted by: Mama AJ, under the desk sobbing at June 11, 2011 07:08 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2011 07:08 AM (2KSfB)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 11, 2011 11:06 AM (bawkB)
Except they found a lot of good shit that proved that she was a very engaged, hard working, capable governor. But, we won't hear about that.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 07:09 AM (AkdC5)
Except they found a lot of good shit that proved that she was a very engaged, hard working, capable governor. But, we won't hear about that.
Posted by: Steph at June 11, 2011 11:09 AM (AkdC5)
That's not relevant!Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 07:10 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 11, 2011 07:11 AM (bawkB)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 07:12 AM (AZGON)
Did anyone catch the phrase "contiguous state" in the prez statement regarding the 67 borders in Israel?
Yeh, people noticed it. I found a couple blogs mentioning it just now, but my computer is slow and there wasn't much there anyway, so not worth linking.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 11, 2011 07:14 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Adolf Oliver Borders at June 11, 2011 07:16 AM (iHSFS)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 11, 2011 07:17 AM (YGNmh)
I'm thinking this might be great to have in our back room (sun room sort of) so we don't have to walk all the way around the house to get to the tools in the garage.
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 07:18 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: Sexy corsets at June 11, 2011 07:20 AM (1JgVd)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 09:52 AM (M9Ie6)
I'd liken them to Batman and Robyn, personally.
Eh- I'd go tall Ren and hot Stimpy.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 11, 2011 07:20 AM (XyjRQ)
Well when you had to spend 30 min to download a 640x480 "tru-color" porno pic from a board on genie using a 300 baud dialup nips were secondary.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 07:22 AM (M9Ie6)
Look, would you do us all a favor? Don't use that red "Continue reading" clicky unless there's actually more of the post to read. Otherwise, use one that says "Just another goddam video." Thanks.
Posted by: Mumps at June 11, 2011 07:23 AM (CVF0C)
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 07:23 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 07:24 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Errol at June 11, 2011 07:25 AM (uAzAD)
Posted by: fluffy, what lives in you computer at June 11, 2011 07:27 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 07:28 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2011 07:30 AM (HjPtV)
Texas movie theater makes an example (and a PSA) of a texting audience member
However, the determined texter was not about to let the matter rest. She called up the Alamo Drafthouse and left a profanity-laced (and perhaps slightly inebriated) message decrying the theater's policies. "Yeah, I was wondering if you guys actually enjoy treating your customers like a pieces of sh*t," she opened, "Because that's how I felt when I went to the Alamo Drafthouse!"
"So excuse me for using my phone, in USA magnited States of America" she raged, "where yer-you are free to text in a the-a-ter!"
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2011 07:31 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: "New" Mexico at June 11, 2011 07:32 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 07:34 AM (AZGON)
"The mom did say her daughter wrote in one message, "I'm in love with you," but explained it away with, "She's 17."
Oh, ok. I guess it's perfectly natural for a 17 year old to have lovesick crushes on 47 year old married men. Teenagers, lolzz.11
I guess the fuckhead mother still isn't aware of the 69 comment. Wonder how she'll explain that away.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 11, 2011 07:35 AM (TCyyS)
The computer sat on a fold-out desk. We were supposed to pay homage to this piece of modern equipment. I was in Inventory Control; added, subtracted daily usages and restocking, in a written ledger. The computer, at that infantile stage, was always 9 months behind. It got confusing. I hated the thing. I will give my boss credit, though: He saw the potential.
Posted by: boo-boo at June 11, 2011 07:35 AM (Rx9BH)
Posted by: Adolf Oliver Borders at June 11, 2011 07:35 AM (iHSFS)
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 11, 2011 11:35 AM (TCyyS)
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 07:37 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2011 07:38 AM (k+pnO)
Does anyone else remember that "huge breakthrough" to double sided?
___________
I still have some 8" floppies and a machine that uses them. Been a few years since I turned it on, though.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 07:39 AM (6fER6)
*Rummages through pile of 5.25" floppies in the basement for C-64 version of Zork*
Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2011 09:03 AM (veZ9n)
/burp....
Posted by: The Grue, in the Basement at June 11, 2011 07:42 AM (NtXW4)
Oh that's a given, since they're referring to him by his full title: Representative Anthony Weiner, instead of saying, "that SICK MUTHAFUCKA BASTARD I'LL SLICE HIS WEINER OFF" the way normal parents might when something like this craps on their lap.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 11, 2011 07:42 AM (TCyyS)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2011 07:43 AM (FDWZY)
__________
Grad school.
By 2050, you'll need a doctorate to bag groceries, unless you're an illegal.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 07:44 AM (6fER6)
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Heh. My first sound card was the "play" relay in a TRS-80 Model I. Android Nim anyone?
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 07:46 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 10:43 AM (kUaEF)
You might be surprised how many of us punks matured into conservatives. I see little hints of it all the time here.
Posted by: April at June 11, 2011 07:50 AM (hQKG2)
And of-fucking-course New York would be dead fucking last. I was hoping we would at least beat out California.
Jesus, I need to move.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 11, 2011 07:51 AM (TCyyS)
That's really interesting.
Although IN as one of the 'most free states' will need be updated after their recent abysmal take on the 4th Amendment.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 11, 2011 07:52 AM (bawkB)
Posted by: George Orwell's Dubious Computer Quotes at June 11, 2011 07:53 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: fluffy was a teenage punk rocker at June 11, 2011 07:54 AM (4Kl5M)
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Grad school.
By 2050, you'll need a doctorate to bag groceries, unless you're an illegal.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 11:44 AM (6fER6)
More importantly, it takes people out of the job pool for YEARS, so they don't count against unemployment..
If you work from 18 to 65... thats 47 years of productive work... with 4 years of college, thats about 8% LESS time you spend in the workforce... thuus 8% of the working age populace is not counted against unemployement numbers...
Becasue we all know, its only the number which is important in Washington... not the reality.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2011 07:54 AM (NtXW4)
That plus making it illegal to share my Netflix password with anyone, including my parents.
And I wanted to move there too, nope not anymore. I've been to New Hampshire which is #1 on the list, the White Mountain region there is glorious.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 11, 2011 07:54 AM (TCyyS)
Posted by: Donna at June 11, 2011 07:55 AM (bdE9c)
"Thanks for making me feel like a customer!"
Priceless...Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 11, 2011 07:55 AM (HjxoE)
Posted by: George Orwell's Dubious Computer Quotes at June 11, 2011 07:55 AM (AZGON)
Grad school.
By 2050, you'll need a doctorate to bag groceries, unless you're an illegal.
I read yesterday, that to get a fast-food job in California, you have to know three languages, no one else should apply.
I was at a Carl's Jr. a couple weeks ago. The lady behind the counter, had very broken English. It took many tries for my boyfriend and myself to get the order straight. Patience. Las Vegas.
I am out of work. We only went there because of a "free" coupon deal. We were the only people there, except for the counter-person's (Latina's) little boy. He was situated in the eating area. Five, maybe. Nothing to occupy him while his mom worked. Nothing. Not even a book. It was like watching human torture. He may have been there for hours. I don't know. I would die for a job at Carl's Jr. Yes, I have applied, do you speak the Spanish, 'cause it is a requirement. Funny thing about Spanish, I can make it out if I am reading it, have no idea when it is spoken.
Posted by: boo-boo at June 11, 2011 07:55 AM (Rx9BH)
Posted by: George Orwell's Dubious Computer Quotes at June 11, 2011 07:57 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 11, 2011 07:57 AM (y/+eD)
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Posted by: boo-boo at June 11, 2011 11:55 AM (Rx9BH)
Funny that.... I was interviewing for a Job in the Denver Area in an IT development shop, and knew as soon as I walked in I had no chance... I did not speak Farsi...
And yes, even though I was fully qualified, they did hire someone on an H1B Visa so they could enter the country...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2011 07:59 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: George Orwell's Dubious Computer Quotes at June 11, 2011 07:59 AM (AZGON)
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Yeah, I caught that.
It's actually possible to have two contiguous states if you give the palestinians a strip of land running along the Egyptian and Jordanian borders. The Palestinian state would like a backwards L connecting Gaza and the West Bank.
I was also struck that he mentioned the Palestinian state would have borders with Egypt and Jordan and Israel would have borders with the Palestinian state. That also matches my hypothetical backwards-L Palestine, because it would sit between Isreal, Egypt, and Jordan.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 08:02 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: George Orwell's Dubious Computer Quotes at June 11, 2011 08:02 AM (AZGON)
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Didn't everyone have a Tek 4010?
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 08:05 AM (6fER6)
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Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 08:07 AM (kUaEF)
We still used those for keypunch up until the late 90's. Feed them into a Hitachi R4.
Since this is an open thread, I'm going bore you guys by live blogging my rear strut rebuild.
I'm working a 2003 Pontiac Vibe that was cupping the rear tires so the rear struts have to be bad. To get to the top mounts you have to remove all the freakin plastic out of the hatchback/trunk area. I have that part is done now, but the heat outside is going straight up. 85 and rising.
And thank God for the internet, you can get shop manuals and even video DIY howto stuff for just about everything.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:08 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2011 08:10 AM (kUaEF)
I've read many, many posts by you (Here and on Hot Air). You are so extremely capable, smart, and intuitive. Saying. "Good luck with your job search" only seems meager, worthless, nothing.
Posted by: boo-boo at June 11, 2011 08:10 AM (Rx9BH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:12 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 08:12 AM (AZGON)
____________
Hello? Two obvious states: erect (slide almost all the way out) and flaccid (slide all the way in).
Now I feel dirty.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 08:14 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 12:08 PM
Or one of these
Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2011 08:14 AM (so1xa)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 08:16 AM (EdhH3)
Toby, make sure you check the strut mounting plates for problems--they're vulcanized rubber/metal, and I've found they will separate over tome. You really don't want to revisit.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 11, 2011 08:16 AM (ud5dN)
Hmm. Maybe some stills. Since I got a yfrog account to test the Weiner hack I could do that. Pretty boring though. Let me see if I can borrow Mrs928's digital camera.
Cooled off now, back to work.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:17 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 11, 2011 08:17 AM (AZGON)
Now I feel dirty.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2011 12:14 PM (6fER6)
What did you use for slide lubrication?
I denounce myself!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 08:17 AM (yrGif)
But it is somehow logical to confiscate a toy hammer from a severely retarded man
Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2011 08:18 AM (so1xa)
I'm not sure I know what you mean. Are you talking about the part at the top of the shock that retains the spring?
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:18 AM (GTbGH)
Big sis's rationale is also known as "conditioning the serfs"!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 08:20 AM (yrGif)
But it is somehow logical to confiscate a toy hammer from a severely retarded man
Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2011 12:18 PM
Forgive me T'Janet, my logic is uncertain where my son's toys are concerned ...
Posted by: Ambassador Sarek at June 11, 2011 08:20 AM (so1xa)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:20 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 12:20 PM (GTbGH)
Probably too late and it may not be the same, but when I did something similar, I pulled the wheels and had more access to work in. Rested the rotors on 4"x4" blocks to release the weight.
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2011 08:23 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2011 08:26 AM (EdhH3)
There shouldn't be any problem with the Vibe rears, the springs aren't very robust, I would usually do them sans compressor. just resting them on the floor--upright,shoving down and compressing the spring by body weight worked. If you have an air wrench, it's a snap.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 11, 2011 08:34 AM (ud5dN)
But it is somehow logical to confiscate a toy hammer from a severely retarded man
Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2011 12:18 PM
Forgive me T'Janet, my logic is uncertain where my son's toys are concerned ...
Posted by: Ambassador Sarek at June 11, 2011 12:20 PM (so1xa)
Typical leftie SOP- only pick fights you can easily win. Muslims have CAIR- what is the retarded man going to do?
Posted by: Museisluse at June 11, 2011 08:48 AM (a8aqn)
Really? you are a mighty man. Know anything about diagnosing fuel injector problems with little in the way of gauges or instruments?
Plastic out http://yfrog.com/h8n31l1j
Three bolts at the top that need to come out http://yfrog.com/h2z9fdbj
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 08:49 AM (GTbGH)
No, seriously...all this talk about old computers makes me feel young. I've always used Windows. I mean, I can reminisce about how terrible dial-up internet was. But that's as far as it goes.
Being a gamer, I can say it's crazy how much technology has changed though. I grew up playing the freaking NES, scrounging magazines for useful hints and tips. Now? Gamefaqs, baby!
Oh, and Punks becoming conservative? How about kids who used to rap and use graffiti? <----------me.
Posted by: Crazee at June 11, 2011 08:58 AM (H3ujh)
Last place I saw one of those was at the Weird Stuff Warehouse.
Something else I haven't seen in ages is an 8" floppy disk.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 11, 2011 09:03 AM (VZS83)
Today's eval - Herman Cain
Note that Cain’s record is ALL rhetoric so one must look at his “trustworthy-ness” to determine if he will keep his word. He has been married (with no weiner pics) for 43 years so he should be trustworthy I would think.
Cap and Trade/AGWHe was at an anti-AGW rally Thursday (Politico)
From Worldnet different views on AGW
Businessman Herman Cain is among those who does not think man-made global warming is real, and told the Hill: "We have a path to energy independence in this country and it just baffles me as to why the leadership of either party in Congress or the White House doesn't pursue it ... . We simply need to remove the regulatory barriers and stop overreacting to the concerns of the environmentalists."
Gun ControlMuch has been made of his statement regarding the 2nd Amendment. He supports the 2nd Amendment but believes in the authority of State and local government to regulate guns. That is to say that he does not believe in “incorporation” for the 2nd amendment. While you can say that he does believe in the Constitution, he has a divergent view of incorporation from most conservatives. My view on this issue before and after the recent Supreme Court ruling is that we either have complete incorporation or no incorporation. Liberals have long taken the opinion of “select” incorporation for issue they love. Cain loses some points on this one. I don’t consider it a deal breaker but it is a major down tick.
Small government in general (spending and regulation)
Club For Growth mostly says his record is “thin”. True, as I said he really has no record so you must go with rhetoric. His rhetoric on taxes, spending, and regulation is almost pure “conservative”. He strongly advocates low taxes, low spending, and low regulation.
CFG gives him one ding; he supported TARP. I am ambivalent on that one. In its original conception under Bush it was thought to be absolutely necessary to prevent the huge collapse that we got anyway. I was against it as was a lot of the Morons here. Most Republicans were in favor of it. Too bad that the Obamanite regime changed what it was originally designed for a and wasted it.
One other thing that CFG gives him a plus for but I consider a negative is his support for the ‘Fair Tax”. It is good that he wants to revamp the tax code to something more fair, but the Fair Tax is NOT fair.
Overall I give him an up on this category, but because of the Fair Tax and TARP, it is not a big up.
Socialized HealthcareHigh marks here. From CFG white paper:
He clearly favors the repeal of ObamaCare, and wants
health insurance premiums to be deductable “regardless of whether they are
purchased by the employer or the employee.” In 2003, he opposed the
addition of the Medicare prescription drug benefit calling it “another massive
entitlement.” He said he “could go along with means-testing” Medicare and
block grant other entitlements to the states.
Cain supports Congressman Paul Ryan’s 2011 budget proposal as well. “I
absolutely support Paul RyanÂ’s planÂ…t is exactly the kind of bold
restructuring that we need in order to get our hands around the entitlements
issue. We need to restructure programs, not just reshuffle, which is what we
did for decades, and now look where we are.”
Herman CainÂ’s position on illegals is to seal the border and enforce current laws. Something neither Republican or Democrat Presidents have ever done.
The liberal press has made much ado about his statements that we should build “the Great Wall of China” across the border and add an “alligator moat”. The MFM is either incredibly stupid or just trying to build a case for ridicule (joke about it and it will go away strategy). They do not understand his method of humor and exaggeration to get a point across same with his 3 page bill thing). He is a radio talk show host and this is pretty standard fare for getting points done.
I give him a plus here.
AbortionSolid right to life
Summary
5 good 1 bad; but all based on rhetoric only. Morons will have to make their own decision on how trustworthy they consider him. I think he is based on a 43 year marriage and no weiner pics. (new standard)
This is the best conservative record so far on the 6 issues.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 09:04 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Theresa D at June 11, 2011 09:17 AM (/XWjq)
Typical leftie SOP- only pick fights you can easily win. Muslims have CAIR- what is the retarded man going to do?
Go on Jeopardy and beat Napolitano
Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2011 09:20 AM (so1xa)
The most poisonous shellfish discovered were baby mussels at a dock in Ketchikan with toxin levels of more than 30,000 micrograms per hundred grams of shellfish meat. This is well over the 80-microgram level considered toxic, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has warned. Those levels are so high that a single mussel could kill several people, scientists at the University of Alaska Southeast said in a statement on Thursday.
Posted by: maverick muse at June 11, 2011 09:22 AM (H+LJc)
oh yeah, first test of the latest batch of sake is positive for etoh
Posted by: kurtilator at June 11, 2011 09:34 AM (juh4Z)
Lifted the axel with jack http://yfrog.com/kggb1j
top nuts off 14mm http://yfrog.com/hstpg7j
bottom bolt off 19mm http://yfrog.com/h4jn22j
First snag, the 17mm bolt is really frozen on. http://yfrog.com/klleh4j
a 3ft breaker bar from the top not effective, a shot with the impact wrench did nada. Factory spec is 59 ft/lb so it should move.
Put some penetrating oil on it and will wait a bit
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 09:37 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 09:40 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 09:43 AM (GTbGH)
If that doesn't work go down to the grocery store and get a small bottle of wintergreen oil. That is the best penetrating oil there is.
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2011 09:51 AM (M9Ie6)
Put some penetrating oil on it and will wait a bit
The only penetrating oil I've had good success with is an acetylene torch.
Posted by: Ronster at June 11, 2011 09:58 AM (ZgcMU)
14mm off.
Strut body still seems to be undercompress though, and doesn't want to come out.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 10:06 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 10:08 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 10:10 AM (GTbGH)
put a jackstand under the frame http://yfrog.com/kiqr60j
and released the jack from the axle and the load came off the strut and out it comes. http://yfrog.com/gzjvxrcj
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 10:24 AM (GTbGH)
The spring compressor was a PITA. Grampa, if you can do that by hand you are muy macho. The rubber seemed fine on the top mount btw.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 11:09 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 12:13 PM (GTbGH)
Nothing fell off on the test drive. Retorqued everthing to spec. The corpses http://yfrog.com/h8ha00j
Not to shower, drink a cold one, and then replace all the interior plastic.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 11, 2011 01:27 PM (GTbGH)
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