April 11, 2013
— Maetenloch
Bleg: Does anyone have experience mining Bitcoins?
Recently they seem to be reaching a critical mass (also possibly a bubble) so I've become interested in mining me some.
Why? Mostly because it's an interesting concept to have an open source untraceable-but-usable currency - and absolutely totally not because they're useful for buying underground guns, drugs, women, or alpacas.
This video is a pretty good introduction to what they are and this article seems to lay out all the steps you need to mine them.
So does anyone in the horde have experience with mining and using bitcoins? Are there any Moron groups? Any gotchas to using them?
FYI the current exchange rate is 1 bitcoin = $69 USD or 1/1650th of a healthy white child.
And Insty does his best to save you from making a journey of horror.
Stay away! In fact, I need to point this out: The South is a cultural desert, across which ride Klansmen on horseback and NASCAR fans in F350 Dually pickups. The cultural center is Wal-Mart, and the occasional tailgater before a lynching. Gunshows are disdained as the domain of pointy-headed intellectuals, because they also sell books. No, really, that's all true - stay away! For the love of God, stay away!
UPDATE: Reader Phil Manhard emails: "I wish to add that we have fire ants, sinkholes, red tide, shark attacks, huge and regular brush fires, sandspurs, sunburn, hurricanes (though, unexpectedly!, none in the last couple of years). Yes, for the love of God, stay far away!"
Prager University: Are We Basically Good?
Afghanistan of the 50s and 60s
Had factories, stores, and universities and looked like it was going to break out of the cycle. But now it's just another hell hole.
Hmm...So why isn't former astronaut Mark Kelly in jail for gun crimes?
In CA if anyone in your household loses their right to possess firearms, everyone does.
Just last week, the California Senate approved a $24 million funding bill to expedite the process of collecting guns from owners in the state who legally acquired them but have since become disqualified due to felony convictions or mental illness.Such was recently the case for one woman, who had been in the hospital voluntarily for mental illness last year that she says was due to medication she was taking. Lynette Phillips of Upland, Calif., told TheBlaze in a phone interview Monday she had purchased a gun years ago for her husband, David, as a present. That gun, as well as two others registered to her law-abiding husband (who does not have a history of felonies or mental illness), were seized last Tuesday.
"My husband is upset that they took the right from us that should never have been taken, Phillips told TheBlaze.
But according to the state of California, that doesn't matter.
"The prohibited person can't have access to a firearm" regardless of who the registered owner is, Michelle Gregory, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, told to Bloomberg News.
However they can't get a search warrant so they have to use social engineering to get in:
Merely being in a database of registered gun owners and having a "disqualifying event," such as a felony conviction or restraining order, isn't sufficient evidence for a search warrant, Marsh said March 5 during raids in San Bernardino County. So the agents often must talk their way into a residence to look for weapons, he said.
I can attest that there's big money in potato inspection. And without modern automation a bag of potato chips would cost almost $25.
14 ways to tell if you're really a nerd
Including these:
#14 You Own Multiple Editions of Star Wars
#2 You Own Books by More Than One of the Following Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Robert Jordan and Steven Erikson
Two 90 Year Olds Compete in the 100 Meter Dash
Okay actually only 60 meters but both were born in 1918 and move pretty damn fast for that age.
MAD Magazine Behaving Badly in the 70s
Ah the good old days. Today these seem both tamer yet more titillating than modern kid magazines.
Let me make this perfectly clear - every boy growing up in the seventies read MAD (and Cracked and Crazy - the Heavenly Trinity). And let me make it also clear that these magazines weren't necessarily aimed at minors. Looking back at my old mags, it's interesting to note how inappropriate they were for a young impressionable mind like myself. But then.... they didn't give a shit back then. Children weren't insulated quite like they are today.
Anyway, I've covered this ground before, so I won't rehash it. But, paging through a stack of old MADs, I began to notice a pattern: if there was a sex scene or nude scene in a movie they were spoofing - they were damn well going to include it!
Scientific Breakthrough: Bras Aren't Needed
And may God bless the brave French scientists who devote their lives to le study du boobies.
Professor Rouillon, a sports scientist from the University of Franche-Comte in Besancon, eastern France, spent 15 years studying 130 women with different bust sizes.
All were told not to wear a bra for varying lengths of time, between a few months and several years. During this time Professor Rouillon took regular bust measurements using callipers and a slide rule.The women were asked whether they suffered back pain or felt restricted carrying out daily tasks when not wearing a bra.
He said: 'The first results validate the hypothesis that the bra is not needed. Medically, physiologically, anatomically, the breast does not benefit from being deprived of gravity.'
Professor Rouillon said he believed the 'absence of a bra could keep breasts in shape' and prevent back ache.
He explained: 'The decision not to a wear a bra appeals to women in terms of comfort and aesthetics. Contrary to popular belief, the breast does not fall, but tightens and lifts, and the quality of the skin improves.'
It's science! baby.
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Posted by: Lurking Canuck at April 11, 2013 06:27 PM (vN7SY)
Posted by: the rev dr teej at April 11, 2013 06:27 PM (DbWbu)
Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at April 11, 2013 06:28 PM (MnSla)
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:30 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: toby928© at April 11, 2013 06:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: the rev dr teej at April 11, 2013 06:32 PM (DbWbu)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 06:32 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: toby928© at April 11, 2013 06:32 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:32 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: the rev dr teej at April 11, 2013 06:33 PM (DbWbu)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2013 06:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© at April 11, 2013 06:33 PM (QupBk)
Considering all the dick threads we've endured lately, especially the dick behavior of our limpy dicked GOPers, it seems we are in dire need of some boobehs to balance things out.
The bra link is a good start, but here's some more of a certain, *ahem* well endowed redhead who shall remain nameless:
http://tinyurl.com/c3kq576
http://tinyurl.com/cnveqfm
You're welcome.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Gets Her Socks Off at April 11, 2013 06:33 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 10:32 PM (I2LwF)
Good grief, I never could (or wanted to) figure that out. Take it over to Kinkos and pay them to do it for you. That's my advice!
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:34 PM (qPCAa)
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Because laws only apply to the little people. Seriously, why do we even bother to ask any more?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 11, 2013 06:35 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 10:32 PM (qPCAa)
don't tease him, he's probably armed . . . that never ends well.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:36 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 11, 2013 06:36 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 06:37 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 06:37 PM (8MAB+)
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If Universities can't restrict 1st Amendment rights, how do they get around restricting the 2nd?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 11, 2013 06:38 PM (zPVBH)
Sorry, but I've seen far too many issues of National Geographic to believe that one.
Posted by: AD at April 11, 2013 06:38 PM (QVTLf)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 06:38 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 11, 2013 06:38 PM (Zd/NW)
http://bit.ly/121RBM9
Its not quite as simple as it seems, nor is it necessarily as anonymous as assumed. Although you are only identified by your bitcoin key (or multiple keys) remember that every transaction in the history of bitcoin is freely (and necessarily, by design) available to anyone.
Posted by: vnc at April 11, 2013 06:39 PM (+nj6F)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2013 06:39 PM (GEICT)
Stay where you are! You're in a resurgent paradise, the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman CAN'T be wrong about that! You've got great weather, great scenery, happy unionized public employees, a high speed train planned that might only take 3 times as long as a plane to take you from LA to SF!
A highly taxed society is a prosperous society, right? After all, the money will be handled by the best and the brightest in your government, and you might even meet a movie star!
Catastrophic earthquakes only happen a few times a century, and with all your high tech nirvanas it'll be no problem to laugh in the face of God when he tries to knock down your expertly engineered buildings and bridges.
To top it off, all those ignorant and superstitious conservatives are deserting your state, you won't have to put up with their bigoted comments while you give directions to your subordinates in the official language of Spanish!
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 06:39 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 11, 2013 06:40 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at April 11, 2013 06:40 PM (4hwtR)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at April 11, 2013 06:40 PM (HiKk0)
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2013 06:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at April 11, 2013 06:41 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Izzy Mandelbaum Jr at April 11, 2013 06:41 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 06:41 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 06:41 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (qPCAa)
I demand a recount. I work in IT and have a chess rating.
Serious, you nerds!
Posted by: fluffy at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: NCKate at April 11, 2013 10:33 PM (J/Yaf)
Really? We're expecting scattered thunderstorms here (Raleigh) from 4 AM to about noon tomorrow, but nothing severe as far as I know.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (8dspl)
2. Love the potato chip video. When I was a little girl, the highlight of my school year was the trip to the Coca-Cola bottling plant, where you got to watch how they made and bottled Cokes and then at the end gave you a FREE coke!
In the early to mid-50's, there was a show on TV called "Industry on Parade" which showed how various things, from autos to chocolate covered cherries were made. I loved that show and loved the automation scenes.
3. In honor of Mad Magazine, I will post a parody which my sister and I learned from said magazine, set to George M. Cohan's "You're a Grand Old Flag:"
You're a grand old bag and a nice plastic bag
And we find them on all of our clothes.
Oh, a kid can play, the live-long day
With them everywhere that he goes!
They are lots more fun than a doll or a gun
You can wave them around like flags!
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your head out of plastic bags!
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 11, 2013 06:43 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 10:34 PM
It's not the lack of Calvins that does that, it's pregnancies and breastfeeding. Trust me, enough of my girlfriends have shared their unfortunate results with me.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)
The Warriors was an awsome "bad" movie. I still enjoy watching it when it shows up on the idiot box. I'll have "In The City" stuck in my head all night now.
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 06:44 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 06:44 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 06:44 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 11, 2013 06:45 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 11, 2013 06:45 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 06:45 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 10:41 PM (o9mAc)
I know, right? And this Kindle app, sure it's nice but it's not like I spend a LOT of money at any one time on books...honestly, I can go DAYS without downloading one (as long as I have one or two already on there that I haven't read yet).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Michael Moore at April 11, 2013 06:45 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2013 06:46 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: The Politically Incorrect Hat at April 11, 2013 06:46 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Joe Biden's Black Helicopter Squadron at April 11, 2013 06:46 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 06:47 PM (15w2J)
sigh...two for two of the ones listed, and I didn't even click the link. I don't want to know.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:47 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 06:47 PM (heKSx)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, nervously looking around at April 11, 2013 06:47 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 06:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 06:48 PM (TvO05)
Must be a moronettes night.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 06:48 PM (+AV7H)
>>Too bad wifey will be asleep when I get he to ct or I would go for the hat trick.
Is she on her back or on her stomach?
Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (t57/N)
Wait, what? There's a moron meetup going on as we *speak*? How did you get there if you just got here?
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Dumb Monkey at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (ZVGxp)
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....and...., Diamondback rattlers....., *really* BIG Diamondbacks. They come out at night...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 06:49 PM (joXZt)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 06:50 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 06:50 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 11, 2013 06:50 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 10:47 PM (15w2J)
Oh come ON now, I only have the Firefly...and the movie...what? I missed the shows when they were on, I saw the movie and thought the series looked interesting is all. Since it wasn't on any more I HAD to buy the boxed set so that I could see all the episodes. That doesn't mean anything!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:50 PM (yh0zB)
Herr's Potato Chips? Never heard of them, must be some local chip.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 11, 2013 06:51 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2013 06:51 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 11, 2013 06:51 PM (vzLhi)
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Shit.
I'll have a good thought for her.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 06:52 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 06:52 PM (o9mAc)
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I just knew the best line would be taken by the time I got here.
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 06:52 PM (vVv3V)
That is some scary shit right there. I've never seen you before but you just made the patented peaches prayer list. Best to you and your family, buddy.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Kabul Chamber Of Commerce And Massage Parlor at April 11, 2013 06:52 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (RbKkW)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 10:49 PM (aDwsi)
And water moccasins. Damn things will jump right in the boat with you. My hand before God...DON'T COME DOWN HERE!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, nervously looking around at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (Zd/NW)
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Weird, they're normal image links too. *runs to Google alternatives*
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (+AV7H)
If over the course of one's lifetime gravity affects your face, then why wouldn't affect your breasts?
Case closed.
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 11, 2013 06:53 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:54 PM (qPCAa)
Don't be ridiculous! Teh ghey couples have it covered. Perez Hilton!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 06:54 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2013 10:46 PM (mGBy
She definitely got what she paid for... ;-)
Posted by: affenhauer at April 11, 2013 06:54 PM (wEyLB)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 06:54 PM (TvO05)
ooooh, that sucks. Best of luck to you both, prayers incoming.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 06:55 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: lowandslow at April 11, 2013 10:51 PM (Fz2C7)
Oh, yeah, Herr's Ketchup flavored chips are the...
fml
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 06:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 10:49 PM (aDwsi)
And water moccasins. Damn things will jump right in the boat with you. My hand before God...DON'T COME DOWN HERE!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 10:53 PM
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Dog-snatching gators..., did someone mention that? Also a virtual epidemic of rabid racoons just now..., they just drop out the trees onto your head..., it's HORRIBLE.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (aDwsi)
Star Trek TOS > all spinoffs
Dr Who has held up for 50 years, hard to argue with that
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: affenhauer at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (wEyLB)
Oddly, Miss Marple, my neck was the first to go. I still remember the day I realized that. {{shivers}} I have almost no ass any more. But, childless, my little perky boobehs are almost the same as when I was a teenager. Which blows, because I would trade 'em for the neck thing in a heartbeat . . . people SEE my neck, only teh kittehs see ma boobehs.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (8lmkt)
http://tinyurl.com/bm5pwlr
http://tinyurl.com/cbld6xg
Non-firewalled links.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 11, 2013 06:56 PM (HVff2)
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And don't forget the heat. That sweet, sweet, awful fireball in the sky raining hell from above.
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 06:57 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 11, 2013 06:57 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 06:57 PM (heKSx)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 06:57 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Obamacare Facilitator Agent at April 11, 2013 06:57 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at April 11, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Contrary to popular belief, the breast does not fall, but tightens and lifts, and the quality of the skin improves.'
Oh sure, now they tell us.
Posted by: katya, wearer of torture devices known as bras for 38 years at April 11, 2013 06:59 PM (DoZD+)
. Luckily, they are are all healthy. Good luck.Posted by: LindaFell at April 11, 2013 06:59 PM (PGO8C)
When I was a kid one of our field trips was to Sticks Potato Chip factory.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 11, 2013 06:59 PM (5wHPS)
People who go without bras are lucky not to need them.
Gravity drags us all down, in one way or another.
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 11, 2013 06:59 PM (GoIUi)
My comic book thoughts go to Betty and Veronica having a catfight ending in hot lesbian sex in the Lodge mansion
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 06:59 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (Qk6Qr)
Posted by: Searchlight's Dim Bulb at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (Vk2pI)
Don't do it. By design, it gets harder and harder and harder. These days, if you're not using chips custom designed for bitcoin mining, you're probably losing money on the power you use to make your CPU or GPU try to find coins. The price is anything but stable, so it's not a predictable business. Stay far away.
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2013 07:00 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at April 11, 2013 07:01 PM (U82Km)
I am utterly ignorant of this thingamabobber... but would be interested in learning about / using it, particularly in the company of Morons.
Posted by: Petrus at April 11, 2013 07:01 PM (ngOuh)
51 I notice they didn't say anything about magic: the gathering or other card games on the nerd o meter quiz. Do people still play that game?
I guess they assumed if you are playing magic you are also role playing. but is that really true? hmmm.
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Yes, people still play it. No, playing it doesn't automatically mean that you're into RPGs.
You should see the huge masses of people who turn up to play at the tournaments my local game store holds quite frequently. The place gets especially packed when a new set of cards has just been released.
There's a reason why the people who make Magic own D&D, and not the other way around.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 07:01 PM (GQQPX)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 07:01 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 11, 2013 07:02 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:02 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:02 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 10:56 PM
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Gawdamighty..., I forgot to mention the Chigger infestation..., worse than the plagues called down on Egypt. Those little buggers go for the warm spots, if you get my drift, and the only way to get shut of 'em is a kerosene dip. Lord, you ought smell the school rooms. I expect to read about a fume explosion any day now..
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 10:49 PM (aDwsi)
And water moccasins. Damn things will jump right in the boat with you. My hand before God...DON'T COME DOWN HERE!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 10:53 PM
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Dog-snatching gators..., did someone mention that? Also a virtual epidemic of rabid racoons just now..., they just drop out the trees onto your head..., it's HORRIBLE.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 10:56 PM (aDwsi)
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Don't forget the Nutria rats! They make NYC rats look like kittens!
Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (MnSla)
Don't come to Florida, we have giant flying cockroaches called palmettos. They're known to carry away compact cars
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 11:01 PM (mCvL4)
Yeah stay away. White sand, white hair, and white trash.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 11, 2013 07:03 PM (5wHPS)
Which really they should.
You should score triple points for having played PanzerBlitz or Squad Leader.
Posted by: Nerdy McNerdyson at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (uPbpg)
Posted by: LindaFell at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 11:00 PM (Qk6Qr)
What if you are just estimating size and weight by the manual squeeze and lift method?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: thunderb at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (+afNf)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 10:57 PM (heKSx)
Oh, sure, flaunt your High Speed Rail. I hope she has a headache.
love,
california
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:04 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at April 11, 2013 07:06 PM (baL2B)
SyFy tonight - Red Planet followed by Eight Legged Freaks. Erk.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:06 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:06 PM (qPCAa)
Even worse are the ones that can creates sparks to set fire to your house!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JXx8q9tTz0
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 07:06 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 07:06 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:07 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: The Logical hat at April 11, 2013 07:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Cajuns can make anything taste good. Crawfish were considered by trash by some; Cajuns made them a delicacy.
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2013 07:07 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:07 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 11, 2013 07:08 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 11:01 PM (mCvL4)
Yeah, they call them Palmetto Bugs cause "bigassed flying fucking cockroaches!!!" may be more descriptive, but they don't want to scare the tourists away...at least not until their wallets are flat...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:08 PM (yh0zB)
It's like Mrs. Dubcek eyeballing you from across the bar. You don't walk away, you run.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 11, 2013 07:08 PM (Fz2C7)
0 out of 14 on the nerd test. That means I'm cool, right?
Posted by: otho at April 11, 2013 07:08 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up today) at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Search for Vica Kerekes on Youtube, the entire scene is there, in fact I think the entire movie is too, but only that scene really matters. I think it's a Swedish film. For a second I thought I had happened on a younger Hendricks, and whole it's not her I'm not the least bit disappointed.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Sooper Moron at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:09 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:10 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:10 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 11:09 PM (8sCoq)
I always liked "funbags," even though it would have never applied to me.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:10 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: LindaFell at April 11, 2013 07:10 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:10 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 10:47 PM (15w2J)
Have those, plus star trek TNG, DS9, voyager, Enterprise, all the star trek movies, the B5 spinoff Crusade, Space above and beyond, Time tunnel, lost in space, Sliders, Tera nova (while it lasted), V, Earth 2, and a bunch of others. The Sci-fi channel burns on my TV like the flame on kennedy's grave.
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 07:11 PM (FMbng)
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The only horrible rich people that exist to them are Romney, Glenn Beck and the Chick-Fil-A owners.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:11 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:11 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 11:10 PM
You take that back.
Posted by: otho at April 11, 2013 07:11 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:12 PM (ZPrif)
My son's estimated score -- 13
The CA gun confiscations is one of the things I cited yesterday about how they are already using mental health issues to gun grab. NY is the other obvious one. Then I mentioned that the new DSM being released classifies 'excessive Internet usage' as a mental disorder.
*waves at everyone reading this post*
And so it goes.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 11, 2013 07:12 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:12 PM (o9mAc)
Well, it's still higher than it's ever been pre-2013.
I predict in 5 years it'll be treated as a real currency and better reflect its value or it'll be gone.
The real problem with Bitcoins is that if somebody hacks in and gets your bits, they're gone. It's happened a lot. The Bitcoin people say you should keep them on a separate computer, not connected to the Internet. That's like keeping your wallet in a freezer that's in a safe deposit box buried 60 feed down in Arctic tundra. Secure, yes, but a little hard to pay for that Diet Coke you have your eye on. The Russian Mafia has gone all-in on hacking Bitcoin banks, and Bitcoin markets.
Also, the premise is "I can buy illicit stuff and those darned Feds can't catch me." That premise is most appealing to...pedophiles buying child porn. A way will be found to bust their asses, and all the "Cool, I can buy weed/coke/hang grenades" people will be caught up in the dragnet.
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Pforeman at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (ge1dt)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (joXZt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (TvO05)
@
The only horrible rich people that exist to them are Romney, Glenn Beck and the Chick-Fil-A owners.
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Don't forget the most horrible of them all...
*lowers voice to a whisper*
The Koch Brothers!
*makes sign of The One to ward them off*
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (GQQPX)
Posted by: The Logical hat at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 07:13 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (hwUbH)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (p7ZVR)
THAT!!! And it happened this week. It's easily manipulated and there are a lot of very smart fuckers who know how to do that. In a very major way.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (heKSx)
To quote Admiral Ackbar: "It's a TRAP!".
Their are Gov't entities both here and abroad that have made noises about reining in Bitcoin and other such schemes.
You could spend a lot of time and money on a mining rig and succeed but have that success taxed or eliminated at the push of a gov't workers button.
Not something I would risk.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 07:14 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Johnny I at April 11, 2013 07:15 PM (YyKGS)
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Check again. My Beitzim now touch the water when I sit down to drop a deuce.
I do not know this word, beitzim. Must I subscribe to your newsletter to learn its secret meaning? OK, I have a guess.
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2013 07:15 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 11, 2013 07:15 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 07:16 PM (joXZt)
Blake's 7 FTW!
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 07:16 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:16 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 11, 2013 07:16 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:17 PM (o9mAc)
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And I just want to say that my favorite euphemism for roughing up the suspect is "roughing up the suspect".
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 07:17 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: Sooper Moron at April 11, 2013 07:17 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 11:13 PM (joXZt)
Well, now you have teh Power of teh Horde on your side. Crossing your fingers ain't gonna do shit. Even if you have never prayed in your life, I would recommend that you start right this minute. It's really kinda cool. If you don't know any formal-type prayers, just talk to the Big Guy and be real. {{{{{}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:17 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: grease monkey at April 11, 2013 07:17 PM (jKnvO)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: The Nerdy Hat at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: leg man at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 11:17 PM (o9mAc)
Pics, yada yada...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 07:18 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (U82Km)
Oyeah, I guess that gives you the keys to the mayor's mansion.
youtube.com/no, i'm just kidding seriously you guys
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (syr2M)
Posted by: grease monkey at April 11, 2013 11:17 PM (jKnvO)
Leave as quickly as possible. Not just Blue Springs. The entire state.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (yh0zB)
Lots of ticks down south. They get on humans as well as dogs. Be sure to check yourself good if you walk thru the woods. And all that beautiful moss hanging from oaks are loaded with ticks. Best if ya'll just don't come here.
Posted by: Savannah Granny at April 11, 2013 07:19 PM (zWnke)
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Wait for the Feds to show up for your guns....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: zsasz at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (o9mAc)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 07:20 PM (jucos)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 11:19 PM (qPCAa)
I know, huh? I mean, if He's listening, he gets it. Nothing complicated about it.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (qPCAa)
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If the boob shot wasn't enough, that article where there's a least a paragraph of her going on about how much she loves anal should have cemented her status as one of the most serious actresses of all time.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:21 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 11:20 PM (o9mAc)
Guess not.
darn...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (yh0zB)
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And Chiggers, granny. It's their favorite hide-out..., just waiting to ambush the first warm body that passes by. There is some evidence that those from the North are the most susceptible.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 11:19 PM (yh0zB)
I'm callin' threadwinner on this, GGE. Do they still have a cold case open on your ass? 
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (heKSx)
There are many of these on YouTube. I have to be careful, because I start watching them, and I can't stop.
I like to imagine that if the crash comes, and YouTube somehow survives, those "How It's Made" episodes will be how we rebuild industrial civilization. Even though their "Bacon" episode showed only how to make low-grade bacon. Even the lesser bacon is a basis on which to rebuild.
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2013 07:22 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (csi6Y)
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I have to disagree about Terra Nova. After about 5 episodes, I was known to bitch about it being on and saying "Hey! Where's all the dinosaurs in this dinosaur show?". The previews always showed them but they rarely showed up.
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (vVv3V)
If the boob shot wasn't enough, that article where there's a least a paragraph of her going on about how much she loves anal should have cemented her status as one of the most serious actresses of all time.
Musta been what got her the part on Les Miserables.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (qPCAa)
The Nutria People Front or the People's Front of Nutria?
Posted by: Leonard Smalls at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (uPbpg)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:23 PM (I2LwF)
And they're more fun when it's cold out.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (mGBy8)
@225 Is that Anne Hathaway's attempt to prove to society that she can be taken seriously as an actress? Back in the day, a nobody actress started out in movies showing her boobies then worked up to movies of higher caliber where she didn't need to show skin anymore. Nowadays, it's reversed.
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Nowadays it seems to be, "Just because I'm getting older doesn't mean that I'm still not sexy. And I'm flashing the camera to prove it."
The kinds of roles that older women tend to get (or more accurately don't get, in many cases) only seem to encourage actresses to engage in such behavior. Sean Connery can show up on-screen with grey hair and still make the ladies swoon. While I respect Dame Judi Dench's acting ability, she's past the point of having that same sort of effect on most men. And when the men stop ogling, the roles start drying up - particularly the coveted leading roles.
Sad, but true.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (GQQPX)
Posted by: Johnny I at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (YyKGS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Too many steps to walk through here. See this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNEyvGHvlpk for fairly decent tutorial.
I do this every year for our mailing labels for Christmas cards.
Hope that helps.
Good luck!
-syb
Posted by: Sheik Yur Bouty at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (gC/L+)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:24 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 07:25 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 11:22 PM (8lmkt)
Never know. I usually just sneak through as quickly as possible, don't even stop for gas.
Just passing thru .. no guns.
Posted by: grease monkey at April 11, 2013 11:22 PM (jKnvO)
Actually MO is nominally gun-friendly, they will at least honor your CCW. You don't really have to worry about that until you get to Modor Illinois.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:25 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:26 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 07:26 PM (8Mf8J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 11, 2013 07:26 PM (o9mAc)
I mean, it's possible she does, but she never said it.
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Goddammit, is everything I read on the Internet a lie?
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:26 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:27 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:27 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:28 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:28 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lucent in Tenebris (noob) at April 11, 2013 07:28 PM (heKSx)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 11:26 PM (+AV7H)
Waitaminute...I thought they couldn't put anything on the Internet that wasn't true?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (yh0zB)
I can attest that there's big money in potato inspection. And without modern automation a bag of potato chips would cost almost $25.
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LIES
Posted by: Teh unions at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (SkyIE)
Posted by: Shaq at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: grease monkey at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (jKnvO)
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 11:23 PM
Yeah no argument here. I was already sick of the opposition group that was camped out in the woods somewhere, and the shady bartender and the total dysfunction through the camp by the time it ended.
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:29 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (jucos)
Posted by: The Space-Pope at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (joXZt)
words to live by, Seamus. quite beautiful. thank you.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 11, 2013 07:30 PM (kxSZr)
Word.
Posted by: whatmeworry? at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: thunderb at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (+afNf)
Posted by: grease monkey at April 11, 2013 11:29 PM (jKnvO)
Oh, OK then. Little known fact, I have been escorted to the MO/IA border more than once...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Space-Pope at April 11, 2013 07:31 PM (Vk2pI)
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The trend I've noticed are those actresses that got started with Disney, and absolutely go into full on slut mode afterward. Because presenting an image of a wholesome, relatively chaste woman is apparently much to bear.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:32 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: mugiwara at April 11, 2013 07:32 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:33 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 11:30 PM (joXZt)
Get off the phone you dork and be present. Let us know how things work out. You are in the best of hands, you are on the Peaches Prayer Hotline.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Free energy!!1! at April 11, 2013 07:33 PM (Vk2pI)
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That's what I thought! I've been had! Had, I say!
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:34 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 11, 2013 07:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 11, 2013 07:34 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:34 PM (8lmkt)
And to everyone: all the negative stereotypes of Magic players are indeed correct; but the best players were always the well-adjusted, normal seeming people. Who didn't have that certain nerd reek.
My son is an awesome MTG player. He seems normal but walks the line between normal and geek. Doesn't really seem to fit in with any specific social class.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 11, 2013 07:34 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:35 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:35 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 07:35 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:36 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:37 PM (ZPrif)
Doubt I'll even bother to look until they have a whole season I can download. I just don't have any patience with broadcast TV anymore. If it were just me I'd cut the cable down to the bare minimum they give you for being a data subscriber. My backlog on video stored on drives here is in probably well over a thousand hours now.
I've had the rug pulled out from under me too many times by some mediums. About the only form of fiction that reliably delivers complete storylines is print, even if it's pixels these days. Heck, comics are almost as bad as TV. Companies rework series at the drop of a hat if they need to make the detail conform to a movie instead of the other way around. Or they'll force out a writer in the middle of a big plot arc. (A lot of the stuff done in the Thor books in recent years is based on stuff Walt Simonson had planned almost twenty years ago with Asgard destroyed and its population living on Midgard.) It always feels like a big screw you to longtime readers.
One thing I've always liked about UK shows and anime is they have an ending in mind from the start, rather than planning to go on forever until they run it into the ground. I like that some shows go dormant for a few years until the writer feels he has something worth doing rather than just vamping to fill air time.
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 07:37 PM (kcfmt)
@233 If you don't know any formal-type prayers, just talk to the Big Guy and be real. {{{{{}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 11:17 PM (8lmkt)
I usually just say, "please God, please God, please God" over and over again.
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The way I always taught people when I was a missionary (with a couple of suitable slight variations taking in the fact that I'm no longer talking to potential converts to my religion) -
Start with your opening. How you do this is up to you and your religious beliefs, but I always start by addressing the person that I'm talking to - in this case, God (or Heavenly Father, as I often refer to him).
Next, discuss the things that you're grateful for. This can be long-term things (Life is GREAT!), or stuff that just happened (I'm grateful that I didn't get hit by that car on the way home today). It shows a little bit of humility and gratitude on your part, and that you're not just taking things for granted.
Then, move onto the things that you'd like to ask for - such as (among other things) the health of individuals who you know are experiencing problems. For me, earlier in the week I was asking to keep an eye on my sister while she had an operation to remove the cancer she'd just been diagnosed with (operation appears to have been successful, btw). Don't be shy. This section is half of the reason why you're praying (and the other half - the Thanking - you've probably already completed).
Then close. For me, it's a mention that this is done in the name of our intercessor, Jesus Christ, followed by an Amen. You might choose to do so differently.
And two final items -
The first is to give matters a little thought beforehand. Your prayers will be much better if you give it a few minutes thought beforehand about the things you might like to discuss.
The second is that practice makes perfect, even for prayer. The more you pray, the better your prayers will become. Before you know it, people hearing you pray will wonder why you didn't become a priest(ess)/minister/whathaveyou.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 07:37 PM (GQQPX)
Posted by: elizabethe at April 11, 2013 07:37 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at April 11, 2013 07:38 PM (+afNf)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:38 PM (I2LwF)
14. Hard to say. I own the first two Star Wars movies, but they're the "Greedo shoots first" variety, so I don't watch them. I own the first of the prequels, but that was a reflexive purchase, made before Red Letter Media qualified my dislike of the series. Score = 1/2 nerd.
13. The last action figure I owned was an "Uncle Duke" which came with a Doonsebury collection. That was 20 years or so ago. Someone stole it from my cubicle. Score = 0 nerd.
12. I have never seen an episode of Big Bang Theory. Nor shall I see one. Score = 0 nerd.
11. George Lucas should have stopped making movies decades ago. Score = 1 full nerd. No, wait: 2 nerds, because that change in particular really ticked me off.
10. Played a few times in high school. Enjoyed the idea of playing more than the actual exercise. I own not so much as a single die. But 1 full nerd anyway since I love computer RPGs.
9. -5 nerds since the last program I actually write in full was in TRSDOS in 1977.
8. They are all ridiculous, though the Kirk era has entertainment value much as the Gong Show had. -20 nerds.
7. What was I even wearing in 4th grade? My memory doesn't stretch back that completely. Pending.
6. n/a - Being Rivers Cuomo isn't a choice. Being a nerd is.
5. +30 nerds. Played tuba and baritone in school. Enjoyed marching band. Did a summer with a drum and bugle corp. +10 more for still being proud of it.
4. Used to. I stopped reading them regularly when I became old enough to have to buy them myself. I stopped reading entirely when I made it through the last issue of Watchmen and couldn't believe allegedly intelligent people had hyped it as genius or whatever. - 10 nerds.
3. + 10 nerds. Didn't ever do that. Sure wanted to.
2. No on Erickson; no on Martin - wait: I skimmed the first Game of Thrones book and thought it was crap. Loved Wheel of Time until a few books in and I found myself actively rooting for the bad guys. True story. On the fence with Tolkien - I find The Hobbit almost unreadable; ditto portions of the Lord of the Rings. Card hasn't done anything truly interesting since Speaker For the Dead. Um . . . gimme +5 nerds.
1. I know each and every one personally. Grew up with most of them. Work with the rest. 0 nerds.
Final score: 22.5 nerds. Damn it. I'm a nerd. Not a good one, though, since I probably screwed up the math.
Posted by: Cameron at April 11, 2013 07:38 PM (2SPIr)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: perpetual motion of the ocean at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (XxrOh)
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Y U H8 US, SOCK?
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (p7ZVR)
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I thought I was the only straight guy (NTTAWWT) who didn't get the whole "OMG!!! Anne Hathaway is sooo hawt!" thing. Not that my younger, less married self would have turned my nose at it - and God knows I've had worse.
Well done, sir.
Posted by: sluggo at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up today) at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:39 PM (8sCoq)
Speaking of bras, here is an anime series revolving around the deep social issue of middle school girls' underwear.
I'm not kidding.
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 07:40 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:40 PM (ZPrif)
good night!Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:40 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at April 11, 2013 07:41 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:41 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 11:37 PM (GQQPX)
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by
others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. Matthew 6:5
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:41 PM (yh0zB)
Yup. Every morning, when you wake up, no exceptions, train yourself to take just a little tiny minute and get to a place of gratitude. It's a life-changer. It really is.
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:42 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:43 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: Truman North at April 11, 2013 07:43 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at April 11, 2013 07:44 PM (+afNf)
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Nope, I absolutely can't stand her either. She was ok in Batman, but still, the face. It's just... like.. you know how an otherwise beautiful painting that accidentally gets wet and the paint starts to run so and basically ruins it? Like that.
Sad because I thought she was adorable in the Princess Diaries, but then she got all whory/leftard on me. Like they all do, it seems.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:44 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 07:44 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at April 11, 2013 11:44 PM (+afNf)
always good to remember that He can spot a lie without even tryin'
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 07:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Psychadelicat at April 11, 2013 07:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:45 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at April 11, 2013 07:45 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 11, 2013 07:46 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:47 PM (csi6Y)
@344 Before you know it, people hearing you pray will wonder why you didn't become a priest(ess)/minister/whathaveyou.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 11:37 PM (GQQPX)
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by
others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. Matthew 6:5
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Cute, but missing the point.
Praying in public isn't the only way that others might hear you pray. Small intimate gatherings often involve a short prayer for one reason or another. And someone who has spent a lot of time on their knees praying in private will be much more at ease offering such a prayer (and thereby put everyone else in the group more at ease) than someone offering a prayer for the first time in several months.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2013 07:47 PM (GQQPX)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at April 11, 2013 07:48 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 11, 2013 07:48 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 11, 2013 07:48 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: The Geeky Hat at April 11, 2013 07:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 07:48 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:49 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 11, 2013 07:49 PM (8sCoq)
Only for personal reasons of course but you can fairly accurately gauge the age of a woman by two things.
(no not them)
Her neck and her upper arms.
They can lift and tuck the neck and tits and face and lips and the neck but it's not easy. The arms are much harder. Even with exercise. (and you have to do a lot of exercise which will show up in other ways.)
so there you go. don't be showing off though as the womyns will get feisty if you guess their age accurately.
I always subtract about 10 years. Just to be sure.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 07:50 PM (Kpn/z)
(It was only $4.99 at Barnes & Noble. Couldn't pass it up. Stupid movies are fine.)
Posted by: Cameron at April 11, 2013 07:50 PM (2SPIr)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 07:50 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 07:52 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 07:52 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2013 07:53 PM (29+x5)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at April 11, 2013 07:53 PM (qPCAa)
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No I think she did look better. Could be the knowledge of some of her leftard antics since then that's colored our perception, or her inability to know when to stop putting on the makeup.
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 11, 2013 07:53 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 07:58 PM (1V6Pv)
Sometimes what is really cute on a teenager doesn't mature well. There was a girl on a Nickleodeon or Disney show I saw a fair bit when sitting with my sister's kids. It's troubling that I'm having so much trouble recalling her name. Hilary Duff! That's it. She was also in a movie with Angie Harmon where Frankie Muniz is a teenage secret agent.
Anyway, she had her picture in the dictionary under 'jailbait.' Really cute and you'd expect her to be a the same as an adult. And she is an attractive woman. But nothing special. Whatever made her stand out as a teen got lost somewhere along the way.
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 08:00 PM (kcfmt)
I have all 8 years of episodes from Red Dwarf.
It's a BBC Sitcom in space. (think young ones go star trek but with bad production values aka Dr. Who worthy)
Funny as hell but really stupid.
Never was one for the role playing games. Text or otherwise.
I like to shoot pixels and make them dance.
I've built an entire episode of Doom (9 missions)
I've built and entire episode of Duke Nukem 3D
My first pc game was a little thing that was ascii and as you moved the cursor (an X I believe) and you approached the locations of "enemies" they appeared as ascii figures and you then performed 1 of 3 actions on them. Your strength and their strength determined the outcome of the "fight" (this is all in ascii by the way. No pics no video and only an occasional beep from the computer; and IBM xt clone)
I. WAS. HOOKED.
Forevermore. I've got boxes and boxes of floppy discs with old games on them. I can't even play most of them because of hardware and programming changes.
so. I am a nerd but what are you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:01 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 08:01 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:02 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Peaches at April 11, 2013 08:02 PM (8lmkt)
Gabrielle Anwar from scent of a woman really turned out ugly.
She was the girl that The Colonel danced with
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 11, 2013 08:04 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 08:05 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:05 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Whatev at April 11, 2013 08:05 PM (A7Wh1)
Mom often gave me crap about, "who are you playing with on the Internet?"
"They're my friends"
"Have you ever met them?"
"Nope"
"Then how are they your friends?"
"They just are!"
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 11, 2013 08:08 PM (rm+Am)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 11, 2013 08:08 PM (ZPrif)
It's not your business what I am, but can you bring us cool people beer, food or broads?
Just askin.'
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:08 PM (p7ZVR)
Gabrielle Anwar from scent of a woman really turned out ugly.
She was the girl that The Colonel danced with
She got really skinny. There is a certain type of woman who decides that the best way to fight aging is to lose all her body fat and overly tan. The results are never good. Between skin and bones, or slightly sagging tits, guys will choose to slip with the sagging tits.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2013 08:08 PM (MOCjk)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:10 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 08:10 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 08:10 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:11 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 08:11 PM (csi6Y)
won't go see The Hobbit. I know Peter screwed it up. Even with out looking.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:13 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2013 08:13 PM (MOCjk)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:13 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Pepe Le Peuw at April 11, 2013 08:14 PM (NGsLN)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 08:14 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 08:14 PM (csi6Y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2013 08:15 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: angel with a sword at April 11, 2013 08:15 PM (Of9ho)
Posted by: Gmac - Waiting for the revolution at April 11, 2013 08:15 PM (IanLz)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:16 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 08:16 PM (7DX5t)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 08:18 PM (1V6Pv)
ork exchange rate?Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:18 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 08:19 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:19 PM (TvO05)
I LIKED LOTR by peter but as every director to ever be born has done, after a monumental succes and then given a rich budget and no interference he screwed up the story and thus the film.
just the fact that he dicked with the frames per sec tells me he was more concerned with tech and innovation than retelling the fucking story as it was written. Like that other techno director Lucas did for half his franchise.
Also, I understand he created and expanded a role for some female actress? If he did that then the story line was lost before the first scene was filmed.
I'm a big proponent of "DON'T FUCK WITH THE BOOK" when adapting books to film.
Some books can withstand the process and some can't and some actually can improve. I don't think Tolkien's writing can.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:20 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 11, 2013 08:21 PM (7DX5t)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:22 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Craig Poe at April 11, 2013 08:23 PM (BVkEs)
Aha. I've been trying to figure out some of the smileys that pass thru pixy's filter.
There are some odd variations. I had a list of them but whenever I tried them here, none worked.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:23 PM (Kpn/z)
I guess I did miss your earlier comment. So I guess this gal from Masamune Shirow is right out also.
http://images.gamekult.com/blog/___db/000/000/031/827_2.jpg
Needs pants. >= P
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 11, 2013 08:23 PM (rm+Am)
Personally, I prefer Vikings
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:24 PM (p7ZVR)
A joke.
Two Brazilian Soldiers
The Dept of Defense briefed the president this morning.
They told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq .
To everyone's surprise, he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.
Finally, he composed himself and asked, 'Just how many is a Brazilian?'
This is not surprising, since he obviously has no understanding of billion or trillion either.
Posted by: YIKES! at April 11, 2013 08:24 PM (mETGQ)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:25 PM (TvO05)
Isn't that where you soak some old farm boots for about 14 days and then eat it? With gravy that'll clog your heart from 3 paces away and some biscuits that weigh about a stone apiece?
Never heard of it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:25 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:25 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 08:27 PM (FMbng)
North Korea 'Probably' Has Nuclear Missile Capability, Pentagon Spy Agency Says
http://tinyurl.com/c6mefxa
Posted by: kbdabear at April 11, 2013 08:28 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:29 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:29 PM (TvO05)
Many years ago, I was going towards the Toys R Us store in Thousand Oaks to see if there were any good video game markdowns, and I noticed a line of about 20 adults without any children in sight. I asked what this was about and was told they had gotten in a shipment of MegaZords. I had no idea what that was but I had a bunch of store credit handy and figured I could return whatever it was if there weren't any takers among my siblings' kids.
It turned out to be a rather large Japanese robot transformer sort of thing connected to a show I'd never heard of, with the bizarre title of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It looked like a poor shadow of greats like the Shogun Warriors (the three characters were actually from unrelated shows) but I bought the thing and gave my brother a call that evening to find out if his kids wanted it. Stunned amazement. How did I manage this? The boys had been asking about this thing for months. I asserted that I had connections the like of which most parents could only envy.
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 08:29 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 08:30 PM (1V6Pv)
My comment wasn't aimed at female actresses. It's that there was NO female part in The Hobbit for them to play.
Making up a part for a female to play just to have a female in the movie contrary to the book is to me the most demeaning and vicious of pandering and AA. It screws up the story also.
It would be like filming Little Women and having a part added of a son. It's far beyond screen adaptation. That's a whole new story.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:30 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 11, 2013 08:31 PM (C2/eH)
Posted by: waldo at April 11, 2013 08:31 PM (nnxpx)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:32 PM (p7ZVR)
Posted by: Craig Poe at April 11, 2013 08:33 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:34 PM (TvO05)
Wishing you the best of luck in your strenuous endeavors ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 12, 2013 12:29 AM
Hmm, something I don't know about? I mean I really don't know shit about her,
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 08:35 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 08:37 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 11, 2013 08:37 PM (gbD0f)
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 11, 2013 08:38 PM (MRcfR)
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 11, 2013 08:39 PM (MRcfR)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:40 PM (8MAB+)
Some of the html tags don't work with the square bracket deal. I've seen others make them thought so it must be possible unless of course it's browser or platform specific whether you can or can't.
I know strike doesn't work or del for strike through.
b works for bold but I don't bother, and i for italics
so do we have a strikethrough tag or an underline tag?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:40 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Thorvald at April 11, 2013 08:40 PM (1V6Pv)
Johnny Rotten still doesn't understand his audience. Maybe his English audience really wanted "Anarchy for the UK," But it was the queen's defense of the punks that got the US punks shouting, "God save the Queen!"
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:41 PM (p7ZVR)
Now I'm waiting for a good deal to come along on a CPU/motherboard combo. If I see a AMD A10 package for much under $200 I'll probably get that. Though if nothing turns up I'll wait and see what happens with Haswell pricing in a few months. It won't be as good on GPU horsepower, though the gap will be smaller than previously, but there are BGA models specifically aimed at mini-ITX use supposedly among the launch offerings. It'll be a fair bit more money but have a good deal better horsepower with lower power draw. And the option to add a discrete GPU will remain while still having features like QuickSync available.
Posted by: epobirs at April 11, 2013 08:43 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:43 PM (p7ZVR)
Even if you go to a regular doc, you might get tagged if you exhibit signs that they could take as indicating you might hurt yourself or others.
ANY doctor can involuntarily commit a minimum of 3 days. Some States allow more before judicial overview.
don't worry be happy and don't tell your doctor your deep feeling of anger and fear. Bottle it up until you explode. That'll fix 'em.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:43 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: gekkobear at April 11, 2013 08:43 PM (9Llm1)
Posted by: RWC at April 11, 2013 08:43 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:44 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Californio at April 11, 2013 08:44 PM (2eIwi)
That you posted your answers is proof enough.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:45 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 11, 2013 08:45 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 12, 2013 12:40 AM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 11, 2013 08:46 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Cameron at April 11, 2013 08:47 PM (2SPIr)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 08:47 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 11, 2013 08:48 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 08:50 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker at April 12, 2013 12:27 AM
One time I got into Granny's moonshine and I did Jane Hathaway
Posted by: Jethro Bodine at April 11, 2013 08:50 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 11, 2013 08:50 PM (8MAB+)
Posted by: Ray Sist, Sequester Victim at April 11, 2013 08:50 PM (p7ZVR)
SQUISH BOOBS, NOT WORDS
Posted by: Occupy the ONT at April 11, 2013 08:51 PM (mCvL4)
I had no problem with Arwen. Peter expanded her role a bit but it actually helped make Strider seem a more sympathetic person and understand the pressures he withstood for a long time.
Eowyn I wasn't too happy with because I thought (incorrectly) that Perregrine killed the King of the Ring Wraiths. (" I can be killed by no man") After I saw the movie and made a comment about it, I reread the book and found (to my embarrassment given the number of times I've read the trilogy) that Eowyn DID kill the Ring Wraith.
However, Galadriel is never even mentioned in The Hobbit nor should she have been set over Gandalf.
I'm a bit stricter about books I've read and loved. Others; meh.
I've even read books after the film but not often.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:51 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 11, 2013 08:51 PM (UR1wn)
I think that depends on the platform or browser you're using to comment with.
somehow the word wrap character gets filtered and there's no space then.
You can correct this by not allowing word wrap.
Hard return every line don't be lazy and let word wrap do it's thing. That should give you a new line and a space.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 08:53 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: t-bird at April 11, 2013 08:54 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 11, 2013 08:54 PM (UR1wn)
Posted by: Bowdlerized Internet Tits Cannot Heal at April 11, 2013 08:55 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 11, 2013 08:57 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: not the mama at April 11, 2013 08:58 PM (5dxeo)
Got in too late on the Gosnell thread but I had this thought about it today. Back before the Roe V Wade decision, women had limited access to oral contraceptives. In many cases, you had to be married to get them. You might have made a case that access to abortion was needed. But why do we need it now? The Dems have pushed for free contraception. There's no problem getting oral contraceptives and there's easy access to the morning after pill. Why does anyone need easy access to abortion?
And the other part of the Gosnell story, I've read he had a jar of babies feet. If that's true, this is not just a story about an abortion doctor. There's no way to spin that for anything other than what it seems.
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 11, 2013 08:59 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: t-bird at April 11, 2013 09:00 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Californio at April 12, 2013 12:44 AM (2eIwi)
Queen haters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThrkJKxRNXo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 11, 2013 09:01 PM (/GQ3Y)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 09:03 PM (TvO05)
On the other hand I do have a TNG phaser universal remote, and an enterprise phone, but those were also gifts.
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 09:03 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 11, 2013 09:03 PM (UR1wn)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, nervously looking around at April 11, 2013 09:04 PM (Zd/NW)
The rest of the time will be spent engaged in perceptual input from various "Community Approved" sources that will entertain and educate.
During various points of the day, nutrients will be relayed to the box and automatically injected into the "Tissue Mass" according to it's monitored requirements.
If at any time the "Tissue Mass" becomes sick or unable to perform any useful function for the "Community", it will be unconnected and removed from it's box to be disposed of.
No one will experience crime, death or injury except vicariously through the sensory inputs. No "Tissue Mass" will be capable of crime or "Anti-Community" thoughts or deeds.
I believe that if the Matrix were to exist, humans built it and the machines ran it and then took it over. That's how THAT happened.
It's where we're headed. Unless NASA screws up (not unlikely) and gives us the SMOD pre-release we've been wishing for.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 09:05 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 10:49 PM (joXZt)
I had preeclampsia with my first baby and delivered one day shy of 30 weeks. She had a rough start but is now a beautiful, happy, healthy 2-year-old. Does your hospital have a good nicu, or will the baby be transferred? I hope everything works out OK for you guys!
Posted by: not the mama at April 11, 2013 09:05 PM (5dxeo)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2013 09:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 09:08 PM (TvO05)
Wellll, there was a very brief scene where they're shown recuperating and he holds her hand. And in the book that's about all that was mentioned also. More words but same mental picture.
I think she was pining for a MAN not necessarily a warrior. And one who would be her equal, both in status and ferocity. (although in the movie Faramir's not very feroucious.)
And sometimes, it does work out that way. You have your heart set on an ideal and you think you've found it but it's taken. Then you discover that what IS available is just what you really need.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 09:09 PM (Kpn/z)
It's where we're headed. Unless NASA screws up (not unlikely) and gives us the SMOD pre-release we've been wishing for.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 12, 2013 01:05 AM
I always thought we would end up like the freaks in THX1138.
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 09:09 PM (FMbng)
They don't always work (although I suspect that patient attention is at fault), they can cause other problems and may cause allergic reaction.
The ones in use can cause cancer, infertility, bleeding, headache (what a gift) and other nastiness.
Sex, drugs or Motorcycles. No one rides for free.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 09:12 PM (Kpn/z)
"Gifts"
Sure. You keep telling that story Pinochio.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 09:13 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: angel with a sword at April 11, 2013 09:24 PM (Of9ho)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 11, 2013 09:27 PM (csi6Y)
If you are a nerd....
whoever wrote that said The Big Bang Theory is a shitty sitcom. But then goes on to describe everything in the t.v.show with their questions.
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2013 09:27 PM (FKGw9)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 12, 2013 01:27 AM (
Yeah, its because my lazy bastard friends are too stupid to just go to the guitar stores that I go to where they know me and ask what strings, picks, cords, tubes, and general accessories I always buy, so their default choice is star trek stuff.
Shit, get me a night with Marina Sirtis if you're gonna go that route. lol
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 09:46 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at April 11, 2013 09:53 PM (dQC+1)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 09:59 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 10:23 PM (TvO05)
3:30am (AEST): The Washington Post says that Google searches for North Korea in the US are seven times higher than the last peak, which was during the country's 2006 nuclear test. More Americans are Googling North Korea than Beyonce or Barack Obama, two of the most consistently popular searches.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cx7ep6f
Posted by: Baldy at April 11, 2013 10:42 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 10:44 PM (joXZt)
Early adopters will flourish, periodically. Bitcoins are no different. The phenomenon is that after several years of languishing in the backwaters of finance, a totally unexpected bank run in Cypress and the coincidental availability of bitcoins has brought them into public focus. Spend your money on water, food, ammo, whatever. After the "fall", perhaps, a new currency will arise that we can trust. Not today though, not today.
Posted by: and irresolute at April 11, 2013 10:45 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 11, 2013 10:46 PM (joXZt)
Posted by: Baldy at April 12, 2013 02:42 AM (opS9C)
yeah, the SC2 pros have been a little skittish on their streams and during post game interviews about NorK
Posted by: The Dude at April 11, 2013 10:50 PM (vJdyz)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cx7ep6f
Posted by: Baldy at April 11, 2013 10:51 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Baldy at April 11, 2013 10:53 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 10:53 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 10:55 PM (TvO05)
Like create some stupid "free" game and have it run an idle-time thread doing the calc. Game performance wouldn't be hurt.
Or creating a Linux distro where the system idle loop is replaced by a bitcoin mining calc. Again, performance wouldn't be hurt.
Or a trojan/virus that runs at idle time priority and sends you results periodically.
If you could find one of the myriad zombie botnets out there spamming, you could try to hijack the botnet machines and turn'em into a bitcoin mining network.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 10:59 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 11, 2013 11:03 PM (MRcfR)
Many would be amused at the notion that the French invented deodorant. They got over it.
This latest business seems to stem from French resentment at gravity. It's so linked to an Englishman, you can't expect them to accept it.
Posted by: comatus at April 11, 2013 11:24 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Adriane ... at April 11, 2013 11:31 PM (TvO05)
I think it would be fitting after surviving all this time to go out in a big flash placed by some man child dictator of a two bit country that is worth two farts in a bell jar.
yeah, that's the ticket. To heck with YOU SMOD. I'm getting a superheated Viking death without all the worry about only 2nd degree burns and flying debris.
Yeah baby, Mushroom cloud and everything.
Too bad the dick wads can't reach the East Coast.
/s (did I have to? srsly?)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 12, 2013 12:10 AM (Kpn/z)
but, as Habeeb points out, theyÂ’re often misleading caricatures or dwell too heavily on the SouthÂ’s past
Even those caricatures about the past are bullshit. Hollywood and TV are all written by people form the North and they don't know a damn ting about the South, past or present.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2013 12:13 AM (53z96)
Re: bras - anyone who read Playboy and saw the granny with the saggy ta-tas KNOWS that you have to wear a bra. Playboy is far more scientific than a bunch of Frog boobeh scientists. Pthrrpt!
Posted by: Linlithgow at April 12, 2013 12:34 AM (Gim9y)
Posted by: and irresolute at April 12, 2013 12:39 AM (DBH1h)
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/LondonJackEconomy.html
Chances are you will be the mark giving money to those peripheral to the object at hand. The key is finding that peripheral spending point, and thereby staking your claim, so to speak.
Cheers,
Brennan
Posted by: Brennan at April 12, 2013 01:44 AM (MGcqm)
Re: Palmetto Bugs. The greatest thing about Palmetto bugs is their favorite place to hang out is 1) in the folds of your shower curtain; 2) on the ceiling above your shower; 3) in your cereal boxes.
And they fly when startled.
Posted by: RokShox at April 12, 2013 02:07 AM (8MMMw)
I believe the current run up in prices is related to people in the EU and Russia moving their money around to avoid the government currency controls. I have also heard people in countries like Venezuela are using bitcoins as a hedge against inflation and as access to hard currencies.
Posted by: Ben Stone at April 12, 2013 04:17 AM (XrPwf)
you can get an alpaca with bitcoin? how about a Llama?
and, yes you need to be a bad ass to live in the south.
Posted by: JB at April 12, 2013 07:07 AM (4j9Tt)
Thanks and remember to use the AOSHQ store first when you buy things on Amazon!
Posted by: MoJoTee at April 12, 2013 07:46 AM (e1kfW)
Posted by: mellow at April 12, 2013 09:40 AM (BNT0Y)
As to bitcoin mining, you've already missed the boat. Back in the good old days, you could mine even with a CPU, but there was a huge leap in difficulty with the advent of GPU mining (which made CPU mining impractical). From there it went to dedicated rigs using FPGAs and now the latest state-of-the-art is ASICs.
Because of that, and the way the difficulty curve works, you can't mine at a rate that would even repay more than the cost of the electricity, even at the $200+ valuation, without having dedicated hardware, which is a ridiculous gamble given the last week.
You don't want to try to mine bitcoins now, son... what you want to try to mine is Litecoins. Litecoins use a scrypt-based encryption scheme for its proof-of-work implementation, and also has the advantage of creating blocks every 2.5 minutes instead of every 10 minutes.
Using scrypt means that the chokepoint in the algorithm is memory bandwidth, so it's radically more resistant to the "arms race" escalating beyond GPUs.
You can mine Litecoins now at a semi-decent rate with pretty cheap hardware (if you don't have a card that is effective, buying one will pay for itself in a month or two), and they can be exchanged for bitcoins at roughly a 50-to-1 rate right now.
And it looks like that investment won't be made obsolete any time soon, as happened with bitcoin mining. That's the #1 way to mine for bitcoins on the cheap now: mine Litecoin with GPUs, and trade them for bitcoins (if needed).
If you try to mine bitcoins now with GPUs, you'll lose money hand over fist unless you get truly free electricity (which means you're just doing a slow-motion-theft act).
Posted by: VekTor at April 12, 2013 07:43 PM (7twTU)
Posted by: VekTor at April 12, 2013 07:47 PM (7twTU)
I transferred it over to MtGox and sold them all for cash at about $138 on the way up, before the bubble popped. Now I'm waiting for confirmation to get my $678 cash out of MtGox (an extra nerd point to you if you know what the original meaning of the site name was).
If any of the explanation above helps out in your quest to make yourself some crypto-currency, send some token amount to
LekPwx2ngSKAdyAhvWmirxQMhymS39V42C
Those hobos don't turn themselves into jerky, ya know. A moron's got EXPE
NSES.
Posted by: VekTor at April 12, 2013 07:59 PM (7twTU)
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