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Overnight Open Thread (6-17-2015)
What is it? Well here is Know Your Meme's description:
Regional Gothic is a Tumblr-based literary genre which applies facets of the traditional Southern Gothic genre to other distinct geographical regions. Posts in the genre often are written in the second person, in the format of a bulleted list that details several dark, depressing, moody or creepy aspects of the regional lifestyle.
And here Moe Lane introduces the concept and offers some Jersey Shore Regional Gothic:
- Your friend from college staggers out of the bar with you at 2 AM. The smell of salt and baked asphalt flow over you both as you try to figure out which way to stagger back to her parents' house. In the yellow-light alleyway you see four people standing around something on the ground. Your friend interrupts your staring. "Don't worry," she says. "You're fine as long as you're with me."
- The drawbridge is up. One of the tourists tells her friend that it's so the boats can go out. Her friend looks at the pier, where all the boats are still tied up; and then she looks down at the channel and points at the darker blotch there. Time to start walking away, before you have to pretend that you didn't hear the splashes.
- Did you know that most of the houses on this block don't have heating? That's because they're vacation homes for tourists. No, they don't have running water, either. I told you: vacation homes.
Yes there's Minnesota Gothic:
- it is snowing. it has always been snowing.
- a small colony of sheds has popped up overnight on the ice-covered lake. "what are they doing out there?" you ask your mother. "waiting," she says. beneath the ice, fish glide half-frozen through a maze of glinting hooks.
- you are in the twin cities. everyone around you insists they are different, they are unmistakably different - they can always be told apart. on the bus, watching the buildings roll by, you are certain you know what city you are in. when you get off the bus, it is not the same city.
And Southern California Gothic:
- It is summer. The sun is shining. It is winter. The sun is shining. You aren't certain, upon reflection, when the last time was that the sun was not shining.
- The palm trees aren't from here. The jacarandas aren't from here. The people aren't from here. Nothing really lives here. Nothing really stays.
- There's another earthquake on another day, shaking the office and sending supplies tumbling, and when you ask your coworkers about it they stare at you blankly. "What earthquake?" they ask, and you realize they can't feel them anymore.
And even some Canadian Gothic:
- You have never seen the Tim Hortons' employees outside their restaurant. You didn't apply for a job there when you turned sixteen, but they called you all the same. Twice.
- There's that boy you went to school with, Samuel, he was once so rude that they - you do not know any boy named Samuel.
Yes it's solvable. Hint: The fact that three clues are needed tells you that with two clues the possibilities are still ambiguous.
Two former college roommates, both logicians, meet at a conference after many years without contact. While catching up, the two eventually get around to discussing their children. The first logician asks the second how many children he has, and what their ages are. The second replies that he has 3 children, but (ever the logician) he will only reveal clues about their ages. The first logician must deduce for himself the ages of the second's children."First," says the logician, "the product of my children's ages is 36."
"Second, the sum of their ages is the same as our apartment number in college."
"Third, my oldest child has red hair."
Upon hearing the third clue, the first logician replies at once with the ages of his friend's children. What are they? How do you know?
Breaking: The US Government is Replacing Alexander Hamilton With a Woman on the $10 Bill
The Treasury Department is preparing to announce that they are putting a woman on the $10 bill, as a source has confirmed what appears to be a premature tweet.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will announce Thursday that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will put a woman on the bill as soon as 2020.
Well there had been talk of putting a woman on the $20 for a few months now. Now I respect a lot of things about Andrew Jackson but honestly among all the figures on currency currently he would also be my first choice to be retired. But then the list of women proposed to appear on the $20 (now $10) bill has been rather....lame. Of the bunch Harriet Tubman is the most worthy - far more than Eleanor Roosevelt.
Why Do Feminists Cook Up Stories About 'Misogyny' When They Lose Debates?
And from the comments an answer:
Why Do Feminists Cook Up Stories About Misogyny When They Lose Debates?Because feminism, in its current incarnation, rests massively on a presumption of male chivalry.
A strong, independent, woman doesn't need to be "paid as much as a man". If she's unhappy with her pay, she'll go out and find another employer who'll pay her what she's worth.
A strong, independent, woman doesn't care what some idiot on the internet says about her. She knows her own worth as a human being and can judge the world and what people say accordingly.
A strong, independent, woman doesn't need to have her sexuality mired in victimhood. She owns her sexuality and, if she makes mistakes, owns those as well.
Modern feminism, in contrast, relies almost entirely on the notion of women as children, without intellectual or moral agency. If something makes them unhappy, Daddy (or his surrogate) has got to come and make a woman's boo-boos all better.
It's only real purpose was to fill the coffers of the Iowa Republican Party and give the press something to talk about.
Frisky: Elizabeth Warren Gets Mansplained By JP Morgan CEO
Or as I would title it: Man Who Actually Knows Something About Banking Questions the Depth of Knowledge of a Faux Indian Academic Senator Who's Never Worked in the Private Sector.
You may also know it as rape-questioning.
The Die Hard Easter Egg in Jeb Bush's Web Site Code
This is a 27 minute fan-made film about a predator visit to Earth during the Crusades. And it's good. In fact it's better than a lot of the dreck that Hollywood puts out. Flesh it out to 100 minutes, put some money into more effects, a recognizable star and you'll have yourself a bankable movie. Instead we'll probably just get remakes of Encino Man and Quicksilver.
Which leads to the question: How Many Of The Highest-Grossing Movies Made Since 1990 Are Truly Original i.e. Aren't Sequels, Remakes, or Adaptions of Popular Books?
Answer: Fewer and fewer every decade.
Of the 100 highest grossers in the 1990s, 42 are Original; for the 2000s, 27; midway through the 2010s, six. Really, the only original, super-successful movies being made now are animated, and even they're dipping into sequels.
How Cornelius Vanderbilt Got Rich
He may have been a baron but he was no robber. His main business weapons were working hard and giving people better service at a cheaper price. During the civil war he donated his best steam ship to the US military and then later tried to heal the wounds of the war by posting Jefferson Davis' $100,000 bond and founding Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
20 'Seinfeld' Cultural References Explained for Younger Viewers
You kids may not realize this but back in the day the Seinfeld was a big deal - and he was funny, funny I tell you. And he could say anything he wanted about anybody because he was a comedian.
Japan's Newest Trend: Katana Women
I want to believe.
I also want to remind you that katanas are sharp - really sharp - and there's nothing more embarrassing to a katana owner than spilling blood due to a 'solo sword accident'. And yes I still have a scar. :-(
The Group knows your sins but doesn't really care so long as your interests don't conflict with its.
Tonight's post brought to you by 1989:
Notice: Posted by implicit permission of AceCorp LLC. Now waiting for the Connecticut Overlords to render their decisions.
Answer to the logic puzzle above for the desperate non-solvers can be found here.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ALH at June 17, 2015 10:49 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 10:49 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: speedster1 at June 17, 2015 10:49 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: ALH at June 17, 2015 10:49 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner's Cat at June 17, 2015 10:52 PM (79ClZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 10:52 PM (r+/qI)
Rick Santorum has previously expressed tolerance for Bruce Jenner be 'Trans', and even went to far as to accept him as a human being.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9292
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 17, 2015 10:53 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: fastfreefall at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (UbT44)
Posted by: Beth M at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: PabloD at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (pLXod)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 10:54 PM (r+/qI)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 10:55 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: jmel at June 17, 2015 10:55 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 10:55 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: fastfreefall at June 17, 2015 10:57 PM (UbT44)
Good Times!
Posted by: ALH at June 17, 2015 10:57 PM (btTLZ)
I think that earns him the right to keep the $20
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at June 17, 2015 10:57 PM (GwjEG)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 10:57 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 10:57 PM (MDgS8)
and they're serious.
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 10:58 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 10:58 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: one zap only at June 17, 2015 10:58 PM (2jBGV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 10:59 PM (r+/qI)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 10:59 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2015 10:59 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Kreplach at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (WVvzl)
Posted by: Marie Harf at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: one zap only at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (2jBGV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (9H/rs)
aren't certain, upon reflection, when the last time was that the sun was
not shining."
Every time I got to CA, it rains.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: one zap only at June 17, 2015 11:01 PM (2jBGV)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:01 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Baldy at June 17, 2015 11:01 PM (sEXjW)
30 Hey I know let's take tha man who created the American economic system off its currency and replace him with a women though exceptional is clearly chosen for SJW reasons purely.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 17, 2015
Yeah but he didn't spend time on his back with his legs spread
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:02 PM (U2utM)
The guy is a statistician for the NSA and has been electronically shadowing his acquaintances, ex-lovers and the 6'th grade teacher who gave him a D in spelling.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2015 11:02 PM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:02 PM (9H/rs)
It was a muggy day, so muggy it felt like I was the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Then I took a puff with the Vapestick and watched the bubbles.
Trenchcoat and fedora are customary for a private dick, but trailing a quick footed Ewok through the underbrush. Forget it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:02 PM (r+/qI)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 17, 2015 11:02 PM (KHOP2)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:03 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at June 17, 2015 11:03 PM (shFKH)
- Your start backing your truck out of the parking space in the lot adjacent the Whole Foods, and some woman pushing a cart nearby starts screaming at you.
- You glance out your windshield when stopped at the light at 29th and Arapahoe, a quick glance, but not so quick the panhandler there sees you look. You grin and give him a thumbs up, because his sign says "got dope?" He gives you the finger.
- A couple of girls, dressed in thrift chic, pedal by on bikes, and you see their leg hair blowing in the wind. You want to start writing a song.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 17, 2015 11:03 PM (U6f54)
TR was the predicted victor, IIRC.
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 11:03 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 11:03 PM (wkuqO)
I bet "white man" was crazy ass non-political or bizarre political.
Like Jeffords.
But we all know how this is going to play out. Don't we?
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:04 PM (MDgS8)
It's only solvable because the other guy logician was told that they were "hints" and thus would winnow down the possible answers.
If they were simply statements of fact, than you'd not be able to solve the riddle.
Posted by: The Logical Hat at June 17, 2015 11:04 PM (7YlUk)
It's only solvable because the other guy logician was told that they were "hints" and thus would winnow down the possible answers.
If they were simply statements of fact, than you'd not be able to solve the riddle.
Posted by: The Logical Hat at June 17, 2015 11:04 PM (7YlUk)
i'd like to know: why do women hop when they're excited?
no, really. any women out there who can explain this?
Posted by: steinmetz at June 17, 2015 11:04 PM (CrYC8)
This is my confused, almost in Trump's court, face: *__*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (FsuaD)
Wait, what is the traditional southern gothic. Swamps, creatures, southern belle in distress, metrosexual male unable to defend damsel in distress? That's where the horror comes in, right? neutered male lacking manly characteristics?
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (RGRPS)
Of course, the other logician would know, based on whether their old apartment number was #10 or #11.
I suspect that the question was supposed to have the youngest have red hair -- because that would force the answer to "6, 3, 2".
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Wind Breaker at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (/pOl7)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:07 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:07 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 11:07 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (RGRPS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (GEICT)
Very preliminary but almost like he knew somebody might be there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Mike at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (c056A)
I didn't see the interview... I'd vote for trump what's the worst thing that can happen? He's not on my favorite but I'd vote for him over Clinton... And it would at least be entertaining
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (zDjhd)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo, retired Logician at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (r+/qI)
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but you neglect the possibility of a one year old child
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Math at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (9H/rs)
I'm thinking it was mid week services. Many churches have same.
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (wkuqO)
"It is summer. The sun is shining. It is winter. The sun is shining. You
aren't certain, upon reflection, when the last time was that the sun was
not shining."
Every time I got to CA, it rains.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:00 PM (Wo9OY)
I've got a water district that'll pay for your airline ticket.....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (EzgxV)
They're not going to give up until we do and so far it's costs millions of coins sitting in storage never to be used.
At least it won't weigh my pants down and be hard to use.
I've never concerned myself too much with who's on the money.
Put Mickey Mouse there for all I care.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (zRby/)
Reasoning:
Product must be 36, prime factorization is 2*2*3*3 (and *1, which will be important in a moment).
The fact that the second clue wasn't enough, tells us that there is more than one possibility that reaches that total.
The final clue lets us know that he has an oldest, ie. not oldest twins. The only way he can have oldest twins is with ages 1, 6, 6. This lets us know that the sum of their ages is 13. The other possibility that sums to 13 and multiplies to 36 is 2, 2, 9.
However, this logic puzzle breaks down, because the logician could have Irish twins (two kids born less than 12 months apart), the red hair doesn't help discount that possibility.
Posted by: Fizz at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (1JoPZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (U2utM)
If there was a beverage in your honor, what would it be?
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (NjBm8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:10 PM (r+/qI)
You can just see the shit eating grins on the faces of the pukes that run the MSM right about now.
Their minds racing excitedly as they yell, "YES!, finally"
And off to the races they go.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (WVvzl)
Fraternal twins are just two different people born at the same time from the same mama.
One could have red hair. Or both. Or neither.
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (MDgS8)
He would be more insightful, witty, intelligent, and, cognizant than they current occupier, so.
Posted by: Math at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (9H/rs)
Very preliminary but almost like he knew somebody might be there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM (9H/rs)
Per the scanner, suspect has told police there is a bomb on the premises. I'm guessing that means the church. Says it's in a gray or silver toolbox. 86 minutes till it goes off.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (nL0sw)
Dear Horde, please pray for D'oh Boy who now lives in one of the most dangerous areas of Savannah.
Seriously. Two shootings in less than a week near his new apartment.
Black lives matter, unless they're killing each other. And any young honky in the line of fire.
I felt safer for him when he was in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (FsuaD)
She fights. We need her.
And besides, she'd kick Jackson's ass, likely beating him wrasslin' style with the Assault Stepstool of Death.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:12 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Fizz at June 17, 2015 11:12 PM (1JoPZ)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:12 PM (MDgS8)
I feel so...desparate.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 17, 2015 11:12 PM (GzDYP)
To amuse you until I find it - http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/01/silly-titles.html
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:13 PM (r+/qI)
Heh. Yeah. Prezzy and I had a sit-down this morning to hash out some facts and he backed off some.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:13 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (r+/qI)
Naw. Long drive tomorrow. Friday night? It's. On.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:13 PM (GEICT)
Well that's just wonderful. That makes me think there may be something about to happen somewhere else while the cops are busy dealing with the bomb situation. Otherwise why put a bomb in a building that's already been evacuated?
Ugh, this gives me a really bad feeling. Stay safe, Carolina morons.
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:13 PM (MYCIw)
72
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
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but you neglect the possibility of a one year old child
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:09 PM (ZT/0/)
And I missed "9, 2, 2".
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:14 PM (EzgxV)
Good thing he has a blockbuster like
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2015 11:14 PM (3pRHP)
and they're serious.
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 10:58 PM
What has she really accomplished? Nothing as far as I've seen.
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:14 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:14 PM (nL0sw)
She fights. We need her.
And besides, she'd kick Jackson's ass, likely beating him wrasslin' style with the Assault Stepstool of Death.
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I can see it now, all that would be visible is the eyes and the hair
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:14 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:12 PM (MDgS
Baptist churches have dinner and Bible studies on Wednesday nights.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (GEICT)
And now he doesn't want to do shows on college campuses, because they're so politically correct. Also if he makes any jokes about women, he'll probably be accused of laugh-rape.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (NjBm8)
She fights. We need her.
And besides, she'd kick Jackson's ass, likely beating him wrasslin' style with the Assault Stepstool of Death.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 17, 2015 11:11 PM (RzZOc)
I like the Assault Stepstool of Death.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (+4uXG)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (ZT/0/)
Exactly. The other possibility was 1*6*6.
Of course between them, the oldest having red hair was meant to indicate something distinctive from the other possible answer, and the oldest having red hair indicated that the oldest wasn't a twin.
The only way you could choose, then, is with the "hint" that the statements were meant to winnow down the answer. Without that, it could have been either because twins would have an older and a younger twin, which means the oldest having red hair does not preclude a younger twin from also having red hair.
So, as simply three statements, one can not get a definitive answer. You could only answer if you understood the hints to be winnowing ones.
Posted by: The Logical Hat at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:06 PM (ZT/0/)
Exactly. The other possibility was 1*6*6.
Of course between them, the oldest having red hair was meant to indicate something distinctive from the other possible answer, and the oldest having red hair indicated that the oldest wasn't a twin.
The only way you could choose, then, is with the "hint" that the statements were meant to winnow down the answer. Without that, it could have been either because twins would have an older and a younger twin, which means the oldest having red hair does not preclude a younger twin from also having red hair.
So, as simply three statements, one can not get a definitive answer. You could only answer if you understood the hints to be winnowing ones.
Posted by: The Logical Hat at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: cthulhu"
It'd take a lot more than the cost of the plane ticket to get me to go back to CA, even for a few days.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (Wo9OY)
No, it doesn't. Even among twins, one is the oldest of the twins - by a minute, say.
>>That leaves "4, 3, 3" as a viable answer as well as "6, 3, 2".
>>
>> Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
There's 1,1,36, ... 1,2,18, ... 2,2,9, ... 1,4,9, ... 1,6,6
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (zDjhd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:17 PM (oBUqt)
She fights. We need her.
And besides, she'd kick Jackson's ass, likely beating him wrasslin' style with the Assault Stepstool of Death.
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I can see it now, all that would be visible is the eyes and the hair
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015
And a spider web
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:17 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:17 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:18 PM (oBUqt)
No fucking words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:18 PM (FsuaD)
The childrens ages are 1 and 36.
Because the red-headed one doesn't have a soul therefore doesn't count.
Amirite?
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (MDgS8)
But you have to, right? You have to go read that crap, because otherwise you don't know. Even after reading those words you still don't know. Does the CEO know how to run a bank? Does a Senator know about the global financial network? How can you tell? Not from that bilge water.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (RGRPS)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (Wo9OY)
>>Third clue shows that the oldest cannot be a twin.
No, it doesn't. Even among twins, one is the oldest of the twins - by a minute, say.
>>That leaves "4, 3, 3" as a viable answer as well as "6, 3, 2".
>>
>> Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
There's 1,1,36, ... 1,2,18, ... 2,2,9, ... 1,4,9, ... 1,6,6
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:16 PM (MYSVz)
Let's just say that professional logicians should be able to cook up a better-crafted puzzle.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June
That's good. Was it good enough for you?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015
And a spider web
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:17 PM (U2utM)
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that would be on the reverse, the spider forever right behind her...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:20 PM (ZT/0/)
It's almost NoVaMoMe time!!!!!
Driving up tomorrow.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:08 PM
Wish I could be there, have some fun.
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:20 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 11:21 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:21 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 17, 2015 11:22 PM (1eYr7)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:22 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:23 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: eman at June 17, 2015 11:23 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 11:23 PM (VxV3H)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 17, 2015 11:24 PM (zDjhd)
131 Eli Manning has had sex with 3000 women. True fact.
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015
Catalogs?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:24 PM (U2utM)
Ah, for now. He backed off accusing me of fault and asked me to do a fact-finding trip. NYC above. Damn. But okay.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:24 PM (9H/rs)
San Francisco gothic?
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 11:23 PM (VxV3H)
From my (limited) understanding, it involves period dress and dancing.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
Left 45 years ago. Do. Not. Miss. It.
Just not a place I ever wanted to be ever again.
So many bad things happened to me there.
And now look at the mess they've made.
Except for a brief time when Reagan was Gov, you could see this coming (no not the details). Except for the drought but even that is founded on their short sighted allocation of water and the politics behind it.
Once politics becomes the main reason for all decisions, disaster will soon follow.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:24 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: eman at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (MDgS8)
>>
>> Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (EzgxV)
That's for sure. This was a "logic puzzle" like Star Wars is "science fiction" ... unless there is some really neat, super-tricky thing about red hair that yields information all by itself. I think someone latched onto this in an above comment about the redhead having no soul ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM
Another Baptist here. Who would think on the AOSHQ?
Life is weird.
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17
Ugh. Guess I won't bitch about going to the home office next week
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (GEICT)
He's what, 32-34. That's like a 100 women/year everyday of his life. Your wang won't do that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (oBUqt)
Life is weird.
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (o/90i)
*Waves*
I'll rat out Cochran too.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (TEpA2)
Six?! Too risky! The time is right for a film version of Biggest Loser, Season I...
Posted by: Hollywood Bean-Counters at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (FcR7P)
When she's shooting at you, keeping your wits about you so you can keep track of how many shots she's fired.
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (2z4UX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (GEICT)
I read it first as "She is nuts."
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (TEpA2)
Life is weird.
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (o/90i)
*Waves*
I'll rat out Cochran too.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (TEpA2)
Baptist here, too. Of the Southern Backslidin' variety.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (nL0sw)
Question: For those who have had to read about the NoVaMoMee forever and
a day but can't attend, what would you drink if you could?
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (TEpA2)
(1) Anything that anyone else was buying.
(2) Anything I bought that nobody else drank.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (EzgxV)
2 have eyes and one is from Idaho.
Which one is named George?
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (zRby/)
a day but can't attend, what would you drink if you could?
Shouldn't there be a round of DC's favorite Glazed Donut Vodka?
Posted by: Aviator at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:27 PM (9H/rs)
If he started at 18 and he's 34 now, that's 16 years of screwing. 3000 in 16 years is 187 a year roughly. That's one every other day for 16 years.
I'll bet it's doable.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Aviator at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (sQzB6)
No.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:29 PM (TEpA2)
I got it but Silicon Valley interviews can be moronic.
It's like they think you're Bilbo and there's a real chance you might find yourself lost in a cave with Gollum.
Posted by: jmt at June 17, 2015 11:29 PM (kopxe)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM (TEpA2)
*shrugs*
She's a woman (and a fine one), so that sorta goes without saying.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:30 PM (GEICT)
omg this salad is so amazing
i know right?
have you been to that new place yet?
omg no have you?
omg no let's go
seriously
Posted by: eman at June 17, 2015 11:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:30 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: eleven at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (MDgS8)
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jeez the place is crawling with heretics. I'll say a rosary for the lot of ya.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (ZT/0/)
Was busy most of last night, and looks to be more of the same tonight.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Adriane the Critical Critic ... at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (nSOh+)
Did she shoot 5 times or 6? In all this confusion, to tell the truth, I've lost count. Do I feel lucky?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (ZT/0/)
Mama Vendette was a nun.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)
"One of the smartest people" my ass. She can't even figure out the difference between reality and family mythology.
A lot of families have talk about how there's some Indian blood in our family. Most of us are bright enough to know it's bullshit, unless you can actually document it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (NjBm8)
That's what she said!
Posted by: michael scott at June 17, 2015 11:32 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (ZT/0/)
We'll wash your feet.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:32 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Adriane the Critical Critic ... at June 17, 2015 11:32 PM (nSOh+)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (GzDYP)
This year's venue has over 200 beers available.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:33 PM (TEpA2)
I'll bet it's doable."
Maybe, maybe, a football player in top shape. No smoking, no drinking, no wife.
But DAMN.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:33 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:33 PM (oBUqt)
It's been a day. Thankfully, my good friend Scotch understands my problems and my happiness.
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:33 PM (e+1S5)
But you have to, right? You have to go read that crap, because otherwise you don't know. Even after reading those words you still don't know. Does the CEO know how to run a bank? Does a Senator know about the global financial network? How can you tell? Not from that bilge water.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (RGRPS)
She knows what leftists want to hear about the banking system, so they all think she is laying some fucking knowledge on Jamie Dimon.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (GEICT)
I'm currently sitting at a table on a platform overlooking the Sea of Cortez with my beautiful wife Gingy. The surf gently whispers to the beach while a million stars wheel overhead, the heat of the Baja California Sur day has broken, and the waiter's about to bring us surf and turf.
Love to the horde from both of us.
Adios!
Posted by: weirddave at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (owzTh)
Why do you akways take 2 Baptists with on a fishing trip?
....
....
....
If you take just 1 he'll drink all your beer.
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (eNqiW)
Did you watch the O's-Phillies game last night????
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:33 PM (e+1S5)
You realize you're a bastard, right?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (GEICT)
I'll bet it's doable."
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yeah, but it would really put a dent in your fapping.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (ZT/0/)
Ouch.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel"
Waiting for the AKB48 video with Katanas any day now.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (ZT/0/)
We'll wash your feet.
Posted by: Country Singer at June
Tater tot casserole & jello salad will be served
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
Why? Why are you doing that to me?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (GEICT)
Evening morons, how fares the horde?
Was busy most of last night, and looks to be more of the same tonight.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (b2cFu)
Don't know if you saw it last night -- you need to sign up for free 90-day credit watch with Experian, TransUnion, or Equifax (each will sign you up for the other two).
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (GEICT)
I'm just asking.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (TEpA2)
Only place we don't know each other is in the liquor store.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
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no one from Philly did. I saw 13-1 and tuned in some chick soccer.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Dave M at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (T1Fev)
jeez the place is crawling with heretics. I'll say a rosary for the lot of ya.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (ZT/0/)
Mama Vendette was a nun.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)
Yes, but was she a "nun of the Above"....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (oBUqt)
When I identified myself as Southern Baptist the minister said, "We're American Baptists. Sorry, can't help you."
True Story.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (RGRPS)
Well then Mr. Cochran-Hulk, in my dreams I will need to be getting there veeeery early!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
Why? Why are you doing that to me?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:35 PM (GEICT)
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Another sufferin Phillie fan in the horde?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (9H/rs)
I did. It was glorious. Here's a fun fact: if every single Phillies hit on Tuesday was a 3-run homer, they still would have lost.
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (F2IAQ)
>>
>> Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (EzgxV)
That's for sure. This was a "logic puzzle" like Star Wars is "science fiction" ... unless there is some really neat, super-tricky thing about red hair that yields information all by itself. I think someone latched onto this in an above comment about the redhead having no soul ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (MYSVz)
Sigh.
So the lesson learned by me is that if I offer a fun thought problem, there will be a number of people who will then bitch and whine that it's not the exact, perfect kind of problem that they weren't expecting anyway since these haven't appeared on the ONT in the past. And god forbid something on the ONT not be perfect for you.
So trying just leads to pain, and pain leads to resentment, and resentment leads to hate. And yeah I got a lot of resentments.
I'm thinking it's about time for another round of punishment ONTs.
Oh and Star Wars is very much science-fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (eNqiW)
If he was never sick, and if none of them were worth doing several times.
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (rwI+c)
When I identified myself as Southern Baptist the minister said, "We're American Baptists. Sorry, can't help you."
True Story.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (RGRPS)
Yeah, Baptists can get defensive about identifying as "not Southern Baptist". But refusing to help is bullshit.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (GEICT)
Adapted from the opening sentence of "Bright Lights Big City," by Jay MacInerney.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 17, 2015 11:39 PM (U6f54)
I self identify as a druid.
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 17, 2015 11:39 PM (1eYr7)
Posted by: Qwinn at June 17, 2015 11:39 PM (0+bU1)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (ZT/0/)
You didn't see Francoeur pitch two innings (one of which was the only 3-up-3-down inning for them in the game) and Ultey chew out the pitching coach after the bullpen coach didn't acknowledge the phone was left off the hook until after someone from the dugout waved a white towel?
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
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thank you sir, may I have another
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (ZT/0/)
That's just not true. My mommy and daddy are married.
I'm gonna be sorry I asked, but what did I do this time?
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:37 PM (ZT/0/)
Fuck no. I hate all things Philly other than cheesesteaks.
But what the manager and the coaching staff did last night should be a fireable offense.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Donald Trump at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (oZr5y)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (oUc1U)
Big rift there. Probably even bigger with the SBC decision to not conduct gay weddings.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (nL0sw)
And I, for one, will stand with you. Hey, it made that Stonehenge thing.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (9H/rs)
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Wait, wait..., we can bundle it with a bunch of others. BBS's, Blog Backed Securities. This is gonna be big..., really big.
Posted by: Blog banker at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (F2IAQ)
May we have another?
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (kivUY)
145 >>Let's just say that professional logicians should be able to >>cook up a better-crafted puzzle.
>>
>> Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:19 PM (EzgxV)
That's
for sure. This was a "logic puzzle" like Star Wars is "science fiction"
... unless there is some really neat, super-tricky thing about red hair
that yields information all by itself. I think someone latched onto
this in an above comment about the redhead having no soul ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:25 PM (MYSVz)
Sigh.
So
the lesson learned by me is that if I offer a fun thought problem,
there will be a number of people who will then bitch and whine that it's
not the exact, perfect kind of problem that they weren't expecting
anyway since these haven't appeared on the ONT in the past. And god
forbid something on the ONT not be perfect for you.
So trying just leads to pain, and pain leads to resentment, and resentment leads to hate. And yeah I got a lot of resentments.
I'm thinking it's about time for another round of punishment ONTs.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Uh-oh. Can I, perhaps, confess my sins and try a dozen "Hail, Maet-y's" as an Act of Contrition?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (e+1S5)
You will be missing yet another NoVaMoMe.
*glares*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Vendette
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Hold it....
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (F2IAQ)
Emphasis on "was".
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Qwinn at June 17, 2015 11:39 PM (0+bU1)
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if that were the case, the third clue would not have been required. logically speaking.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:41 PM (ZT/0/)
So trying just leads to pain, and pain leads to resentment, and resentment leads to hate. And yeah I got a lot of resentments.
I'm thinking it's about time for another round of punishment ONTs.
Oh and Star Wars is very much science-fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
The problem with the problem is that one has to make assumptions, as the three statements are not actually enough information to derive the correct answer, as the Horde has pointed out.
Also, Star Wars is more properly labeled Science Fantasy.
Posted by: The Responding Hat at June 17, 2015 11:42 PM (7YlUk)
Also, Star Wars is more properly labeled Science Fantasy.
Posted by: The Responding Hat at June 17, 2015 11:42 PM (7YlUk)
So it's on then.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:42 PM (pAlYe)
Maet, you do great work here. But damn, you shoulda known ligic is jyst like math. The Horde cannot abide by Math.
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (eNqiW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Walking on thin ice in hell in paradise?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (U2utM)
Maet, you do great work here. But damn, you shoulda known ligic is jyst like math. The Horde cannot abide by Math.
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (eNqiW)
Or spelling.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:40 PM (TEpA2)
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i'll have to catch that when they put out the highlight DVD of the season.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Grump928(C) practices Laconism at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (eNqiW)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (eNqiW)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (cygkw)
Posted by: DC in River City at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (e+1S5)
and it is the third clue that breaks it open.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (FcR7P)
Let's write a screenplay in which we can cast Rachel Blackface as the tragic heroine.
Working title, "Unrepentant." Set in Seattle, Spokane, and the San Fernando valley.
There will be porn.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (eNqiW)
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speak for yourself
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 - MS in Statistics at June 17, 2015 11:45 PM (ZT/0/)
I can do Math just fine. Algebra, Geometry and Trig.
Logic? Nope. And yet I can create a computer program that functions quite well. Which is sort of a logic problem.
Go. Figure.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:45 PM (zRby/)
>>
>>So the lesson learned by me is that if I offer a fun thought problem, there will be a number of people who will then bitch and whine that it's not the exact, perfect kind of problem that they weren't expecting anyway since these haven't appeared on the ONT in the past. And god forbid something on the ONT not be perfect for you.
I was commenting about the problem, not about you. It was an interesting problem in that one had to figure out that it had no solution ... which Goedel will tell you are the most interesting and important sorts of problems
>>Oh and Star Wars is very much science-fiction.
>> Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Now, you've gone too far!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:45 PM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Richard Wagner at June 17, 2015 11:45 PM (oZr5y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:46 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 17, 2015 11:46 PM (zDjhd)
no one respects or admires feminism, as a school of thought is is nonsense, on par with numerology and voodoo. it is entirely dependent upon the good will of men not wanting to point out that it is garbage. Isn't it cute what those silly little feminists bother their angry, unattractive little heads with!
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 17, 2015 11:46 PM (kCLGY)
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uh, oh.
Now let me say personally..., I thought the logic question was swell.
Ahhh, seriously Maet, the folk are just nit-picking with the logic site. On the upside, they actually read the question.
Posted by: Blog banker at June 17, 2015 11:46 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:46 PM (eNqiW)
The only part of Star Wars that could even remotely be considered not science was the telepathy and telekinesis. Both subjects were part of science fiction in the fifties and sixties. ESP, PSY all of that was accepted as 'science fiction' fifty years ago. Why now is it suddenly fantasy?
All the rest of Star Wars was science; 'droits, spaceships, aliens.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (RGRPS)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:43 PM (ZT/0/)
http://tinyurl.com/nnggw97
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (TEpA2)
I mean, if you're gonna extrapolate fiction, then pull out all the stops, and let the bad writing begin!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:44 PM (oBUqt)
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Only if Carrie Fisher sings at the end
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (ZT/0/)
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"
He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!"
Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.
Posted by: Grump928(C) likes this joke at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (rwI+c)
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Something, something, completeness.
Posted by: Kurt at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (kivUY)
Get a fire going, a pig on the spit, some grog or meade. Hell yeah.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (oUc1U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:48 PM (oBUqt)
Posted by: John Bobbit at June 17, 2015 11:48 PM (brBIB)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (Wo9OY)
The only part of Star Wars that could even remotely be considered not science was the telepathy and telekinesis. Both subjects were part of science fiction in the fifties and sixties. ESP, PSY all of that was accepted as 'science fiction' fifty years ago. Why now is it suddenly fantasy?
All the rest of Star Wars was science; 'droits, spaceships, aliens.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (RGRPS)
The "Force" was fantasy. Also, The Phantom Menace does not exist.
Posted by: The Political Helmet at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (7YlUk)
I'm not sure that they have it narrowed down to a particular tribe but the Druids were not the builders. They came much, much later.
They may have USED the Henge but were not the builders by about a thousand years.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (zRby/)
The only part of Star Wars that could even remotely be considered not science was the telepathy and telekinesis. Both subjects were part of science fiction in the fifties and sixties. ESP, PSY all of that was accepted as 'science fiction' fifty years ago. Why now is it suddenly fantasy?
All the rest of Star Wars was science; 'droits, spaceships, aliens.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (RGRPS)
The "Force" was fantasy. Also, The Phantom Menace does not exist.
Posted by: The Political Helmet at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 17, 2015 11:28 PM
I'm of the Northern backsliding ones. Good to meet ya,
Posted by: Farmer at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura
**snort**
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: han solo at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (pAlYe)
Does. Not. Exist.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (GEICT)
Conjectures?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
They may have USED the Henge but were not the builders by about a thousand years.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (zRby/)
Druids were all about the forests...
Posted by: Hat-henge at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (7YlUk)
I mean, if you're gonna extrapolate fiction, then pull out all the stops, and let the bad writing begin!
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So that's an original and 49 special editions. I'll make a mint. Of course by the time I get to 50 it'll be an Ewok that shoots first. fuck it...
Posted by: G. Lucas at June 17, 2015 11:51 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: that guy who gets his history from comic books at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (qZ2Oe)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura
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She's an unknown quantity.
Posted by: Given at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (F2IAQ)
particular tribe but the Druids were not the builders. They came much,
much later.
They may have USED the Henge but were not the builders by about a thousand years.
Posted by: Jakee308"
Stonehenge. Always built first in my CIV4 games, followed closely by The Oracle.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (Wo9OY)
I did no such thing.
Not to mention the fact that BOTH the User Agreement and the Style Manual are in agreement that such behavior will not be tolerated.
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (brBIB)
You mean Chewbacca didn't count?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 17, 2015 11:49 PM (Wo9OY)
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Are you kidding? have you seen his BMI?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 17, 2015 11:52 PM (cygkw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2015 11:53 PM (F2IAQ)
An Israeli doctor says: "In Israel, medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's testicles, put them on another man, and in 6 weeks, he is looking for work."
The German doctor says: "That's nothing, in Germany we take part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he is looking for work."
The Russian doctor says: "Gentlemen, we take half a heart from a man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for work."
The American doctor laughs: "You all are behind us. Six years ago, we took a Muslim with no brains, no heart and no balls and made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for work!"
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2015 11:54 PM (GEICT)
I'm sure he will. Just hope he doesn't post a Spelling Bee ONT.
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:54 PM (eNqiW)
Pardon my French, but is there not a huge presence of timber at Stonehenge and at other similar places in northern Europe?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:54 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 11:55 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:55 PM (TEpA2)
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Nope.
Posted by: The Guys Who Brought The Monolith To The Monkeys at June 17, 2015 11:55 PM (oZr5y)
NoVaMoMee forever and a day but can't attend, what would you drink if
you could?a
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 11:26 PM (TEpA2)
Cuba Libres.
1) few bars stock what I like and if they did I wouldn't buy it for what they would charge,
2) every time you order a Cuba libre Sean Penn gets a coppery taste in his mouth
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2015 11:56 PM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at June 17, 2015 11:56 PM (2/oBD)
Interlopers. Again. This is why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:56 PM (9H/rs)
Telekinesis, ESP, and such? The only one of the 60s through 80s that was considered 'science fiction' was Anne McCaffrey with the Pern books, the Twoer short stories that she later turned into full novels, To Ride Pegasus was another. But at the same time, Anne's books were more akin to romance novels that happen to occur on alien planets.
Larry Niven? Well there is Gil Hamilton with his third arm. Other than that? Don't recall any.
There are the Horseclan books like Cat of a Silvery Hue. But they are more fantasy than science fiction.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2015 11:56 PM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 17, 2015 11:56 PM (U2utM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Anthony Wiener at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (oZr5y)
>> Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 11:55 PM (ecDRv)
13 is the only sum that has two possible sets of ages, thereby requiring a third clue. If the apartment number were something else then the first quasi-logician would have known the ages from the first two clues, as all other sums are distinct.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (MYSVz)
Posted by: tbodie at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (eNqiW)
Posted by: Ricardo
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No pretty barren *now*. Not sure about back then.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 11:58 PM (oUc1U)
Stonehenge is surrounded by them they predate the presence of the stones.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 17, 2015 11:58 PM (zRby/)
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1*2*18 =36
1+2+18 =21
No other combination of 3 numbers products to 36 and sums to 21. So the logician would have known that after clue #2 since he knows his apartment #
2-2-9 and 1-6-6 both sum to 13 so 2 clues was not enough
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 17, 2015 11:59 PM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 11:55 PM (ecDRv)
The logician trying to determine the ages would know what his street address was. Of all the sums, each possible product of three numbers equaling 36 would give a distinct sum, except for the two which would both equal to 13. Thus, that he can't answer after the second "hint" meant that he didn't know which two sets of numbers was correct that both summed up to 13 and gave a multipliaton product of 36.
Posted by: The Multiplicating Hat at June 17, 2015 11:59 PM (7YlUk)
We could ask Vic.
He should be up by 4:30 or so.
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 11:59 PM (brBIB)
In many ways it is better than visiting the 'real thing' for you can approach it and get a good sense of scale.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at June 18, 2015 12:00 AM (l3vZN)
I'm currently sitting at a table on a platform overlooking the Sea of Cortez with my beautiful wife Gingy. The surf gently whispers to the beach while a million stars wheel overhead, the heat of the Baja California Sur day has broken, and the waiter's about to bring us surf and turf.
Love to the horde from both of us.
Adios!
Posted by: weirddave at June 17, 2015 11:34 PM
Enjoy. Thanks for all you contribute here.
Posted by: Farmer at June 18, 2015 12:00 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Sir Hillary Edmund Rodham Clinton at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (9H/rs)
Psy, ESP and Telekinesis was common in the stories I read back then.
Galaxy and there was another pulp that had a lot of fantasy, but I never found those stories interesting.
Astounding stories, right.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Only at the HQ.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (eNqiW)
The answer to the riddle is....
Blue! Because birds don't swim and shut up!
Posted by: madamemayhem at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (WPm3x)
Great post Maet! You deserve a day off!
Note: day, not night.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (GzDYP)
The original henge was made of mastadon bones. Friggin Norwegian rats gnawed them to dust. Didn't get the deposit back on that either.
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 18, 2015 12:02 AM (2z4UX)
The answer to the riddle is....
Blue! Because birds don't swim and shut up!
Posted by: madamemayhem at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (WPm3x)
Replace Jackson on the $20 with Charles Curtis.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 18, 2015 12:02 AM (7YlUk)
The answer to the riddle is....
Blue! Because birds don't swim and shut up!
Posted by: madamemayhem at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (WPm3x)
Replace Jackson on the $20 with Charles Curtis.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 18, 2015 12:02 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Garrett at June 18, 2015 12:02 AM (brBIB)
Stonehenge is kind of "meh."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2015 12:03 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: The HatHenge at June 18, 2015 12:03 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:03 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: flounder at June 18, 2015 12:04 AM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 11:54 PM (9H/rs)
Used to be. Northern Europe was heavily forested once. Agriculture, sheep. ship building and burning charcoal to smelt iron gets rid of a lot of trees.
I am not sure the downs were forested, but they were also a central place.
The best indications are that Stonehenge was a generational place, built in stages and not as a single site.
Although Harry Harrison may have gotten a lot wrong, he did write an interesting story in Stonehenges, where Atlantis Died.
I especially like the Myceneans in Cornwall to dig tin.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2015 12:05 AM (3pRHP)
Would love to see the Pyramids and Everest.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:05 AM (9H/rs)
Cyber Way by Alan Dean Foster? Nope. Navajo sand paintings are actually portals to an alien trans-spatial database.
Giant's Star by James P. Hogan? Nope, Hunt is quite skeptical of the whole paranormal gig.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:05 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Garrett at June 18, 2015 12:05 AM (brBIB)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2015 10:55 PM (TEpA2)
More like: shuttered Tim Hortons stores are haunted by the ghosts of franchisees left twisting in the wind when Tim Hortons corporate shit on the workers in Canada's oil industry, bringing on a massive boycott.
Posted by: An Elephant at June 18, 2015 12:06 AM (lxWk3)
through 80s that was considered 'science fiction' was Anne McCaffrey
with the Pern books, the Twoer short stories that she later turned into
full novels, To Ride Pegasus was another. But at the same time, Anne's books were more akin to romance novels that happen to occur on alien planets.
Larry Niven? Well there is Gil Hamilton with his third arm. Other than that? Don't recall any.
There are the Horseclan books like Cat of a Silvery Hue. But they are more fantasy than science fiction.
Posted by: Anna Puma"
Stranger in a Strange Land?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 18, 2015 12:06 AM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 18, 2015 12:06 AM (XAFOu)
He should be up by 4:30 or so.
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 11:59 PM (brBIB)
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lemme guess, he had to keep yelling at the druids to get off his lawn
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:06 AM (ZT/0/)
This reminds me of a story. A few weeks ago, Cougar and I were soaking up rays and booze in Key West. There's a small little rum bar there, and they make a great mojito, a great Cuba Libre, and Hemingway's favorite, the Papa Dobles. It's not on the menu, but there's an old dude behind the bar that knows how to make them.
See, Hemingway was a diabetic, and couldn't drink a lot of the Cuban drinks with added sugar. So he had a bartender at some hotel there, and he came up with his own drink. About six shots of various rums, with a little lime and a little grapefruit juice.
It was, without question, the best mixed drink I've ever had.
Posted by: DC in River City at June 18, 2015 12:06 AM (e+1S5)
There is a technique for fitting one stone to another using a 'hammer' stone. Labor intensive, time consuming.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (F2IAQ)
Nite, all.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (eNqiW)
The Stonehenge plain itself was sacred and succeeding generations did different things with it?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: madamemayhem at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (WPm3x)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611229477260120066
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611230128383918081
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611230837779099649
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611231134765219840
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611231655320252416
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/611235920033923072
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2015 12:08 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (eNqiW)
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so is the barrel more like purgatory, or Hell?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:08 AM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 18, 2015 12:08 AM (U2utM)
I was raised Baptist but have attended non-denominational churches since around 1990. They mostly don't have Wednesday services. I have fond memories of Wednesday night dinners followed a few songs, a short sermon, and extended prayers.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at June 18, 2015 12:09 AM (0RdKg)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 18, 2015 12:09 AM (Wo9OY)
What it look like to you?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:09 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: J.J. Abrams at June 18, 2015 12:09 AM (qZ2Oe)
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and spread the plague.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:09 AM (F2IAQ)
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after I am coronated President the serfs shall build a suitable monument to me out of massive dildos.
They shall call it Cronehenge.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:11 AM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:11 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:08 AM (ZT/0/)
I am under the impression that the previous occupant (s) have a great impact on your Barrel experience.
Some leave trinkets to pass the time..
others leave...well.... Other stuff.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 18, 2015 12:11 AM (XAFOu)
Posted by: flounder at June 18, 2015 12:04 AM (ecDRv)
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OK, one more stake and another pile of kindling
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:12 AM (ZT/0/)
There is no barrel.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:12 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:11 AM (9H/rs)
*fistpump*
Still Alive!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 18, 2015 12:13 AM (GEICT)
The Stonehenge plain itself was sacred and succeeding generations did different things with it?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:07 AM (9H/rs)
Burial site, barbeque grounds, and trade route nexus.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2015 12:13 AM (3pRHP)
*pulls of shelf a couple issues found at a second hand store*
Lets see stories by Kipling, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, C.S. Lewis, Roger Zelazny, Robert F. Young, Henry Slesar, and Zenna Henderson. July 1964 and March 1966.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:13 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:12 AM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Vendette has an insomnia problem at June 18, 2015 12:14 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 18, 2015 12:14 AM (2z4UX)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 12:15 AM (EzgxV)
Bone Cathedrals of Europe ...
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-05/ bone-churches-europe.html
extra space before bone- ...
Posted by: Adriane the Travel Guide Critic ... at June 18, 2015 12:15 AM (nSOh+)
1, 4, and 9 are also possible.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (+4uXG)
For that matter, 1, 1, and 36 cannot be ruled out. Or 1, 2, and 18.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:16 AM (lxWk3)
Some leave trinkets to pass the time..
others leave...well.... Other stuff.
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So it's like a geocache with a hazmat warning
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:17 AM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:17 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: derit at June 18, 2015 12:17 AM (jT+gh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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A LOT of hard work.
But really, just puzzling. Most of all, like many antiquities, there was the fruitless strain of trying to place myself in that place and time..., trying to see/feel things as they must have been thousands of years ago. Impossible, of course.
Last week I held a slave badge in my hand. I had seen pictures, and seen badges/tags in museums, but I had never *held* one in my hand. Same thing happened, there was a palpable sense that I should *feel* something more than just an emotion. I mean, a slave had worn this around his neck, his name was engraved on it. Doesn't work, of course, you just get visuals and tactile inputs, anything else is just emotion or imagination.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:18 AM (F2IAQ)
Been fighting headaches all day. Good nite Morons.
Be well.
Maet if you want to punish us here's a warm up for you.
http://youtu.be/sSQOTrJ0EJ4
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 18, 2015 12:20 AM (U2utM)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 17, 2015 11:15 PM (+4uXG)
For that matter, 1, 1, and 36 cannot be ruled out. Or 1, 2, and 18.
Posted by: Alberta
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You guys are poking at the Wookie. Not a good idea
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:21 AM (F2IAQ)
but it was for science!
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 18, 2015 12:21 AM (ZT/0/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 18, 2015 12:22 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:22 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:23 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 18, 2015 12:23 AM (kCLGY)
Shoot, Louis McMasters Bujold had an esper in Ethan of Athos
Piper also talked about reincarnation and clairvoyance in his Paratime books.
A lot of the Psi-based fiction considered esper to be so useful they had to have some sort of catch to it: making you insane, weak reception, short range, unwanted empathy with the target, and so on.
I used to be phone agent taking credit card payments over the phone and to kill time I would make a game to see if I could guess the month expiration of the cards.
I came to the feeling that I could only successfully guess the right month when dealing with people I could not stand, and disliked as customers.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2015 12:24 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Dave M at June 17, 2015 11:36 PM (T1Fev)
That means you're going to join the rest of us?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:25 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:23 AM (9H/rs)
which is why socialism/communism finds slave labor so useful, no pay, less and less food.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 18, 2015 12:25 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 12:25 AM (9H/rs)
I know a guy who is a high speed radio telegraph operator. He says it is the closest thing to telepathy he has ever encountered. He has been doing it a long time.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:28 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: flounder at June 18, 2015 12:04 AM
I'm truly shocked at the Baptists that post here.
I knew there were a bunch of dirty Jews here. j/k.
I'm actually a little bit Jewish.
Why does anyone worry about such things?
Posted by: Farmer at June 18, 2015 12:28 AM (o/90i)
The combination of ages are:
1,6,6
1,2,18
1,1,36
1,3,12
1,4,9
2,2,9
2,3,6
3,3,4
The sums are, respectively:
13, 21, 38, 16, 14, 13, 11, 10
The sums are all different except for two 13's. If he knew what the apartment number was, then he wouldn't need a third clue unless the number was 13. So it must be one of the 13's (1,6,6 or 2,2,9). He said third CHILD, so oldest is not twins. The only answer that fits is 2,2,9.
Posted by: Doug Kirby at June 18, 2015 12:29 AM (eKz2W)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:29 AM (F2IAQ)
Scratchpad is 16T (RAID-5'd to 12). Plan is to rip drives to it and pick 'em apart without triggering ransomware or allowing entrenched malware to infect anything else. Once four 2T drives are ripped, I'll DoD-scrub 'em and create another RAID-5 volume for good stuff off the scratchpad.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 12:29 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Contrarians at June 18, 2015 12:30 AM (F2IAQ)
She fights. We need her.
I agree with the sentiment, but shouldn't she be on a small bill?
Posted by: despair at June 18, 2015 12:32 AM (J6suc)
Posted by: cthulhu
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This is Geekspeak, no?
Posted by: Contrarians at June 18, 2015 12:32 AM (F2IAQ)
"This is a dismal book, dealing with a family group propelled into the future by nuclear disaster, loaded down with preachments. The story itself is slow and fat and the philosophy resembles the thinking of a retired Southern California maiden lady."
The rest of the review is not much better.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:32 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 12:33 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 11:47 PM (RGRPS)
Well, it used to be that one of the hallmarks of Science Fiction was that science, or engineering, or advanced technology based upon science was integral to the plot of the story. The hero was either doing science, or using science-based knowledge to achieve his goals.
Star Wars is just a fantasy quest story set in a space-faring universe, but all the science and technology on display is simply taken for granted by the protagonists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:35 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: flounder at June 18, 2015 12:35 AM (ecDRv)
>> Posted by: Doug Kirby at June 18, 2015 12:29 AM (eKz2W)
I don't mean to get biblical with you, but do you know the story of Jacob and Esau? "Eldest child" does not imply "not a twin". No twins are born at the same time (unless the mother was a real heifer who could spit out two kids in parallel). One is always the "oldest".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 12:36 AM (MYSVz)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 12:36 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: Farmer at June 18, 2015 12:36 AM (o/90i)
{#, Plus @@ #} amp; /@ Union[Sort[Sort[First[#]] amp; /@Select[{#, Times@@ #} amp; /@ Tuples[Divisors[36], 3], Last[#] == 36 amp;], First[#1] < First[#2] amp;]]
It gives
{{{1, 1, 36}, 38}, {{1, 2, 18}, 21}, {{1, 3, 12}, 16}, {{1, 4, 9}, 14}, {{1, 6, 6}, 13}, {{2, 2, 9}, 13}, {{2, 3, 6}, 11}, {{3, 3, 4}, 10}}
Only 1, 6, 6 and 2, 2, 9 are ambiguous in their sum.
Posted by: David Gillies at June 18, 2015 12:38 AM (tjHrt)
Posted by: Eli Cash at June 18, 2015 12:39 AM (Dc/ui)
Posted by: David Gillies at June 18, 2015 12:39 AM (tjHrt)
You guys ever hear of Bonehenge?
Posted by: Anthony Wiener at June 17, 2015 11:57 PM (oZr5y)
There actually was a Woodhenge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:39 AM (lxWk3)
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* twitches *
Posted by: Contrarians at June 18, 2015 12:40 AM (F2IAQ)
>> Posted by: Eli Cash at June 18, 2015 12:39 AM (Dc/ui)
Not enough cleavage.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 12:40 AM (MYSVz)
{#, Plus @@ #} amp; /@ Union[Sort[Sort[First[#]] amp; /@Select[{#, Times@@ #} amp; /@ Tuples[Divisors[36], 3], Last[#] == 36 amp;], First[#1]
It gives
{{{1, 1, 36}, 38}, {{1, 2, 18}, 21}, {{1, 3, 12}, 16}, {{1, 4, 9}, 14}, {{1, 6, 6}, 13}, {{2, 2, 9}, 13}, {{2, 3, 6}, 11}, {{3, 3, 4}, 10}}
Only 1, 6, 6 and 2, 2, 9 are ambiguous in their sum.
Posted by: David Gillies at June 18, 2015 12:38 AM (tjHrt)
You are assuming that he is using base 10...
Posted by: The DEC Hat at June 18, 2015 12:41 AM (7YlUk)
{#, Plus @@ #} amp; /@ Union[Sort[Sort[First[#]] amp; /@Select[{#, Times@@ #} amp; /@ Tuples[Divisors[36], 3], Last[#] == 36 amp;], First[#1]
It gives
{{{1, 1, 36}, 38}, {{1, 2, 18}, 21}, {{1, 3, 12}, 16}, {{1, 4, 9}, 14}, {{1, 6, 6}, 13}, {{2, 2, 9}, 13}, {{2, 3, 6}, 11}, {{3, 3, 4}, 10}}
Only 1, 6, 6 and 2, 2, 9 are ambiguous in their sum.
Posted by: David Gillies at June 18, 2015 12:38 AM (tjHrt)
You are assuming that he is using base 10...
Posted by: The DEC Hat at June 18, 2015 12:41 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (dRtHa)
Scratchpad is 16T (RAID-5'd to 12). Plan is to rip drives to it and pick
'em apart without triggering ransomware or allowing entrenched malware
to infect anything else. Once four 2T drives are ripped, I'll DoD-scrub
'em and create another RAID-5 volume for good stuff off the scratchpad.
Posted by: cthulhu
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This is Geekspeak, no?
Posted by: Contrarians at June 18, 2015 12:32 AM (F2IAQ)
Not really all that geeky. Every disk drive on every computer connected to my home network when I got malware'd is considered compromised. I needed a very large workspace to dump their contents and tease out good data -- songs, videos, documents, pictures, etc. -- without actually triggering any malware. So I've got a data warehouse where I can execute a variety of functions in a safe way.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (EzgxV)
Bourbon infused brain implodes and has a neural fusion meltdown.
In other words, late Wednesday P.M., CST
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (RzZOc)
The second logician seduced the wife of the first logician 10 years (really 9 years and 9 months or so) prior. That's why he knew the ages of the children immediately, because the red haired kid is his.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (UVfht)
Or talk of Pillars of Salt where anyone can go back in time to live inside someone for a while. But never go during a death bed event, for the viewer may get snared.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:43 AM (dRtHa)
Galaxy and there was another pulp that had a lot of fantasy, but I never found those stories interesting.
Astounding stories, right.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:01 AM (RGRPS)
But Psy, ESP, and telekinesis, back in that era, were considered to be physical properties of the mind, and subject to lawful behavior, and able to be dealt with by scientific rigor. In other words, not magic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:44 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 12:44 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:45 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:46 AM (dRtHa)
Posted by: Helen Thomas... at June 18, 2015 12:47 AM (nSOh+)
407 How about pretty naked women on money?
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:43 AM (dRtHa)
No, that's who you give the money to.
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 12:47 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:47 AM (dRtHa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:48 AM (oBUqt)
There's only so many flux capacitors one can stand ...
Posted by: Andrew Jackson Libby ... at June 18, 2015 12:48 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:45 AM (oBUqt)
Because there is no market for it, or doing it right requires real engineering?
You don't have to explain the internal combustion engine to have a car chase scene in a movie.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:48 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: Anna
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Like tears in the rain...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 12:49 AM (F2IAQ)
We have been watching a lot of Seinfeld lately as the world has gone nuts.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,supermodel,Redneck Queen, Last of Romanovs' at June 18, 2015 12:49 AM (FCPu0)
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 12:50 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 12:47 AM (dRtHa)
Word.
Posted by: Aaron Burr at June 18, 2015 12:50 AM (7YlUk)
Washington, the father of our nation, is on the One for a reason.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 18, 2015 12:52 AM (JgC5a)
May the killer see swift Justice.
May the Family and Friends find Strength and be Comforted ...
Posted by: Adriane at June 18, 2015 12:52 AM (nSOh+)
Now if a writer throws out enough techno-babble that sounds right, well hey that's science fiction. Uh no, that is a magic incantation with different words.
And Mike, are you in love with the C-Beams?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:52 AM (oBUqt)
And the energy densities make no sense, the designs make no sense, the movement in vacuum makes no sense for the fighters, the power of ion engines is ludicrous and insane, the weapons are never adequately explained/designed (really, turbo-lasers? Why not cyber-bullets?)
And light sabers postulate a solid beam of photons. Right.
It's magic, even Lucas described ObiWan as a wizard in the script.
It is magic, none of the situations make any sense. None of the "technology" has valid or equal application in the culture - for f*ck's sake, they have a large number of citizens and soldiers riding animals instead of ATV's. In a star-faring civilization. Right. Sure.
It is a magical fairlyland with play-pretend spaceships powered by magic dust that go WOOSH and WHRRRANG and that spit out projectiles that travel at about 75 miles per hour. And they call that kind of weapon - which has slower projectiles than a damned slingshot - effective.
It's not. It's magic. And it has nothing to do with sci-fi - it is fantasy fairy pretend woosh backdrop with handwaving wizards to explain anything away or in that is needed to make the characters emote.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 18, 2015 12:53 AM (rUHU2)
The solution is obvious.
The second logician seduced the wife of
the first logician 10 years (really 9 years and 9 months or so) prior.
That's why he knew the ages of the children immediately, because the red
haired kid is his.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 12:42 AM (UVfht)
Heh.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 12:53 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:55 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: otho at June 18, 2015 12:56 AM (d8udV)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 12:56 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 18, 2015 12:56 AM (kCLGY)
Now
if a writer throws out enough techno-babble that sounds right, well hey
that's science fiction. Uh no, that is a magic incantation with
different words.
And Mike, are you in love with the C-Beams?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:52 AM (oBUqt)
Meaning: that to write acceptable hard science fiction, one has to know at least enough science to not make ludicrous mistakes. And that requires more work than the typical SJW-type author is willing to do.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:56 AM (lxWk3)
And now I am remembering the ending to the movie Wizards where
one brother shows his evil brother the one trick their father never
taught the bad one. And he pulls out a pistol to shoot the wayward
wizard.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:55 AM (oBUqt)
....except it was mom.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 12:57 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 12:57 AM (YJeFl)
We had Spec Ops on horses and donkeys in Afghanistan ...
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Posted by: Adriane the Mule Corp Critic ... at June 18, 2015 12:57 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2015 12:57 AM (sdi6R)
Yeah that's almost as dumb as having our soldiers use horses in Afghanistan...
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 12:57 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 12:58 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: Vendette
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The tears of everyone Banning makes cry.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 18, 2015 12:58 AM (m+AZt)
Posted by: Adriane the Ralph Bakshi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 12:58 AM (nSOh+)
sci-fi - it is fantasy fairy pretend woosh backdrop with handwaving
wizards to explain anything away or in that is needed to make the
characters emote.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 18, 2015 12:53 AM (rUHU2)
Well said. The original movie was fun, taken as a fantasy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 12:58 AM (lxWk3)
And they are trying to replace the horses and donkeys with robot pack animals.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 12:59 AM (oBUqt)
heh. yeah. let's. can't get enough of the comedy.
hey! ONT? I'm in under 400? or so? Maybe not by now.
Regional Gothic... in the format of a bulleted list...
tried to read... skipped...
A Logic Puzzle For You
Too much wine. Not too much to logic. Just too much to care. Catch it tomorrow in better humor.
Replacing Alexander Hamilton
FKCU THIS ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYTHING IT DOES. MAY IT ALL BE REPEALED, ROLLED BACK, EVISCERATED, RECYCLED, COMPOSTED, AND BURIED FOREVER. SMASHES GLASS, POUNDS TABLE.
I'm not against replacing Hamilton. I'd suggest Milton Friedman, though. I'd be fine with Rose Friedman.
Why Do Feminists Cook Up Stories?
Everything the Regressives do is anti-Truth. The dark, foul prince of lies struggling to subvert the shining Spirit of Truth in the last days of the War in Heaven on earth. So, biz az norm.
uh
Scanned & skimmed the rest. {Hillary voice:} 2tard2commnt {/hil} - Thank you as always, Master Maetenloch, 'though I'm obviously in no shape tonight to appreciate your work, much less indulge in commentish rep art aaayyye with the rowdy ONT horde.
I... don't think that woman on the Good Housekeeping cover is Barbara Bush, though. Or they did a better job photoshopping her than VF gave Jenner...
Good night, Gracies.
Posted by: mediocre websurfer can't handle life at June 18, 2015 01:00 AM (ACs58)
Avatar: "Let me tell ya... I ain't practiced much magic for a long time.
I wanna show you a trick mother showed me when you weren't around. Used
on special occasions like this. Oh, yeah... one more thing: I'm glad
you changed your last name you son of a b*tch."
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 01:00 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:01 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 01:01 AM (YJeFl)
That is one of my pet peeves about Hollywood.
I let it slide if the visuals, and the surprises are interesting.
I would like to see some near future stories about lunar/mars colonies, and orbital space platforms where the drama is in human behavior and the science is just background color. That was why I enjoyed Firefly/Serenity.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:02 AM (RGRPS)
Figure instead that in Star Wars, the Empire has almost 10% of the citizens on horse- , hippo-, and emu-back.
We had what, eight hundred or so Spec Ops once ride into a single are? Empire has different beasts on every planet - and they are everywhere except for Coroscant.
The tech does not allow for it - they have anti-grav devices. They have wheels. They have power sources in a flashlight that could basically power a train for a hundred years.
There is no need for riding hippos.
But they have them Because Wizard.
"Worldbuilding? Logic? Never heard of it" - George Lucas
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 18, 2015 01:03 AM (rUHU2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:03 AM (oBUqt)
Oh yes, I also once embarrassed myself at a knife star with a butterfly knife and I too still have the scar. Dumb kids.
Posted by: BuckIV at June 18, 2015 01:03 AM (CLfqv)
Per: JW, the reason you had horses in space is that people keep what works. Especially poor people who have to make due...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:05 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:05 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:06 AM (dRtHa)
The pastor of the church was killed. He was also a state senator who had been at a Hillary fundraiser earlier that day.
I don't have to spell out how the media is going to play that one.
He's survived by his wife and two children.
Posted by: Lauren at June 18, 2015 01:06 AM (MYCIw)
MacGyver in space ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:07 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:07 AM (oBUqt)
one brother shows his evil brother the one trick their father never
taught the bad one. And he pulls out a pistol to shoot the wayward
wizard.
Posted by: Anna
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Avatar. Blackwolf is bad brother
Re c beams. No, I'm mostly into Attack Druids, on fire off the shoulder of Stonedhenge.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 01:07 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:08 AM (oBUqt)
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No to be crass, but, ammo prices skyrocket.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (F2IAQ)
The shooter is still at large.
The shooting took place Wednesday evening at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest AME church in the South.
... not to worry, they aren't "everybody," they are Christians
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (dRtHa)
>> Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:01 AM (oBUqt)
Star Trek is even worse idiot fiction. They have ships cruising around the universe beyond light speed and, yet, there is one single uniform movement of time for everyone, everywhere. They don't even give any lip service to Relativity (which is, in fact and fiction, one of the most intriguing and exciting theories ever). But, in Star Trek, the Twin Paradox doesn't exist. Star Trek ignored the most important and interesting aspects of space travel ... just so Kirk could go around banging every green creature with breasts he could find. And "the Prime Directive" ... whoa boy. Just the mention of it used to make me giggle.
i enjoyed Star Trek when I was kid, but even then I couldn't take any of it seriously. Then, when the movies started dabbling in idiot versions of time travel ... that was just too much.
The only parts of Star Trek that they bothered going into any detail about were commie ideas, basically.
Sorry ... Star Trek just sets me off ... though I still always liked seeing Leonard Nimoy in anything else and saying, "Spock!!"
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (RGRPS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:10 AM (oBUqt)
The population was only half what it is now, and the weather along the coast was...................................very good.
NoCal is still a beautiful uncrowded place except for the Bay Area and Sacramento. Many sane people live there, you know. Too many to just abandon or sacrifice.
Posted by: John Adams ( me, not my idiot son Quincy ) at June 18, 2015 01:10 AM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:11 AM (dRtHa)
Of course, the other logician would know, based on whether their old apartment number was #10 or #11.
I suspect that the question was supposed to have the youngest have red hair -- because that would force the answer to "6, 3, 2".
Posted by: cthulhu at June 17, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
How about a contrarian entry: "36, 1, 1" - the red hair clue being that the one-year olds' hair color is not yet clear, because they're still fuzz heads, whereas that of the oldest is.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 18, 2015 01:13 AM (oKE6c)
The players will always take tech and devices and ask "Why can't I do X?" and in Star Wars it's always because Wizards and Magic.
The setting makes no sense. Luke has a fucking anti-gravity sled. His neighbors have them too. Yet, when he goes into town, half the people are being carried around by lizards and by robot powered rickshaws.
It makes no sense.
They have droids - evidently very fucking cheap to make and power. They do everything. Why the hell are there slaves?
Why have a walking droid who translates? Why not a box that doesn't sashay, panic, or lisp?
A small box, that you can put in a hat. Or on a table. Or on your fat wrist.
Because Wizards.
I fucking hate Star Wars SO MUCH.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 18, 2015 01:13 AM (rUHU2)
>> Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:10 AM (oBUqt)
Spock Rock!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:15 AM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:05 AM (nSOh+)
But "poor" people never had horses. Ownership of a horse always was a sign of means. Not necessarily extreme wealth, but getting by. Horses eat, and do so whether working or not. And a horse was a means of leveraging your work to make more money than could be made without a horse.
Special forces used horses in Afghanistan because doing so let them get into the back country without unduly advertising their presence. A helicopter will get a team anywhere they can go on horseback, and a lot faster, but they are noisy, and the enemy will notice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:15 AM (lxWk3)
453 Shit. shit. shit. shit. shit.
The pastor of the church was killed. He was also a state senator who had been at a Hillary fundraiser earlier that day.
I don't have to spell out how the media is going to play that one.
He's survived by his wife and two children.
I totally agree and I hate that I do. I heard "church shooting" and I thought "OMG that's horrible" and I said a prayer for the victims.
Then I heard "white shooter in black church" and my reaction was "OH NO!" Because media. As you said, we all know just exactly what they are going to do.
And the social fabric of America will be torn just a little bit more by the jackals. Soon it will be torn asunder and then it's Katy bar the door.
Posted by: Weirddave at June 18, 2015 01:15 AM (owzTh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:16 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:05 AM (oBUqt)
BTDT.
Posted by: zombie Ray Walston at June 18, 2015 01:16 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:17 AM (u1knG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:18 AM (dRtHa)
There is a world that is very primitive. This expedition is sent there to try and steal information that will allow their planet to get a better deal on joining the reborn Human Empire.
But on that primitive planet our adventurers commit a crime. Of giving the primitives advanced technology. What was the advanced technology? Horse collars. Because of the collars, a horse would eat like five men but do the work of ten now.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:20 AM (oBUqt)
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36100.msg1390980#msg1390980
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2015 01:21 AM (sdi6R)
>> Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:16 AM (oBUqt)
Barky does the same thing with the word "strategic".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:21 AM (MYSVz)
In the context of the Firefly Universe ...
The Central Planets were wealthy / high tech ... The population of outer planets were poor compared to them ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:22 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:22 AM (oBUqt)
Maet, that predator "fan-fic" was posted on the HQ some time recently, I think? Not a problem, obviously. I actually watched it, it was very good.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 18, 2015 01:22 AM (QDnY+)
"Last Pass" got hacked. Now I have to go change all my passwords again
even though I stopped using it months ago. I just can't remember what
accounts and what passwords I had in that app.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:17 AM (u1knG)
Ira popped up with a message and every 3rd or 4th refresh has failed thereafter -- I suspect he's multicasting comments and DOS'ing the blog. Just another random dump of shit from someone who thinks civilization is weakness....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 01:22 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:24 AM (dRtHa)
not sure.
Read one that had knights on horseback riding into a spaceship for transport.
Certain technologies that "replaced man" were outlawed. So no mechanized warfare ... knights in armor ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:25 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: BuckIV at June 18, 2015 01:27 AM (CLfqv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:27 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 01:27 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:09 AM (MYSVz)
IIRC, with warp bubbles they aren't traveling through space but the space itself is. So it's not a question of time dilation.
Of course, that in a 3D space the ships always meet "right side up"
The biggest offenders were the writers that used some exotic particle as a deux ex machina... and the particle is never mentioned again.
Posted by: These are the voyages of Hat at June 18, 2015 01:27 AM (7YlUk)
478 But "poor" people never had horses. In the context of the Firefly Universe ... The Central Planets were wealthy / high tech ... The population of outer planets were poor compared to them ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:22 AM (nSOh+)
And when you have limited production where focus #1 was terraforming planets and moons, and then the core planets also wanting control of other planet, the horses make sense. Tightly control the advance technology but the planets are habitable, so a horse can live off pretty much the same stuff a person does.
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 01:28 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Lauren at June 18, 2015 01:28 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:29 AM (dRtHa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:31 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:32 AM (u1knG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:32 AM (dRtHa)
Read one that had knights on horseback riding into a spaceship for transport.
Certain technologies that "replaced man" were outlawed. So no mechanized warfare ... knights in armor ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:25 AM (nSOh+)
I am kind of unimpressed by SciFi which bases a whole imaginary society on some premise which is basically untenable in its own right. Like the central idea in Dune, that the universe needs "spice" to keep the starships flying. Basically, that's magic. A society that can build starships and spread civilization to all the far-flung Galaxy could probably find a way to synthesize "spice" if it were discovered and found to be useful for use by Navigators.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:33 AM (lxWk3)
Yeah ... I've heard that. Doesn't work, though. They moved at sub-light speed quite often and carried on communications with people 50 light years away in real time. We have more delays on satellite calls than Star Trek ever had on trans-galactic conversations. And it isn't just the Enterprise moving at .8 c but the fact that billions (trillions?) of others are doing it all over the place.
No ... Star Trek just took life on Earth and put it in space without thinking about anything. I would bet that no one who originally worked on Star Trek had more than a 10th grade education in math or any science.
>>Of course, that in a 3D space the ships always meet "right side up"
Heh. I always got a kick out of how they would accelerate from 0 to half light speed and everyone would be leaning in their seats, as if they were in a car taking a turn at 60 mph.
>>The biggest offenders were the writers that used some exotic particle as a deux ex machina... and the particle is never mentioned again.
>> Posted by: These are the voyages of Hat at June 18, 2015 01:27 AM (7YlUk)
I think I luckily missed that one. I stopped after the first movie ... or maybe the second. I don't know - the one with the whale. Though it was funny and enjoyable and Catherine Hicks was pretty hot.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:34 AM (MYSVz)
It was TNG that removed that lag. And thus removed a very good bit of cheap drama.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:36 AM (oBUqt)
This is from the first chapter where he points out that the distinction between science fiction and fantasy came relatively recently and has been mostly driven by publishers who divide works into either category and market them differently. Historically writers didn't view these as distinct, separate genres.
From the section What SF Writers Write is SF:
"All speculative fiction stories have to create a strange world and introduce the reader to it - but good fantasy must also establish a whole new set of natural laws, explain them right up front, and then faithfully abide by them throughout.
Having said this, I must now point out that there are numerous exceptions. For instance, by this definition time travel stories in which the hero meets himself and stories that show spaceships traveling faster than light should all be classed as fantasy, because they violate known laws of nature - and yet both are definitely classed as science fiction, not fantasy.
Why?
[here he goes through several plausible theories involving grandfathering and publishers]
But to all these explanations I say "bunk." Time travel and faster-than-light (FTL) starships respect the the real boundary between fantasy and science fiction: They have metal and plastic, they use heavy machinery, and so they're science fiction. If you have people do some magic, impossible thing by stroking a talisman or praying to a tree, it's fantasy; if they do the same thing by pressing a button or climbing into a machine, it's science fiction.
So in a sense even science fiction stories have to define the "rules of magic" as they apply in the world of the tale, just as fantasies do. If FTL travel is possible in your science fiction universe, you have to establish this fact early on. If you want time travel, you must either make the story be about time travel or establish immediately that time travel is commonplace in the world of the story.
Still the difference remains: If the story is perceived as fantasy, the reader must be told as soon as possible the "natural laws" that apply in this fantasy world, whereas if the story is perceived as science fiction, the reader will assume that natural laws of this universe apply until he is told otherwise."
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:37 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:37 AM (dRtHa)
>>It was TNG that removed that lag. And thus removed a very good bit of cheap drama.
>> Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:36 AM (oBUqt)
So, they decided that the lag was Uhura's fault?
Blame the black chick ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:38 AM (MYSVz)
Glassblower who tried to leave Mirano could be executed ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:39 AM (nSOh+)
Or that they meet a space ship from a never-before encountered civilization, and within seconds they have figured out how they have encoded the video on their ship-to-ship communicators, and put it on the big screen. They never seem to have considered that some races might simply not use video at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:39 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:37 AM (wqVD1)
But that doesn't allow us to act superior and whine about Star Trek and Star Wars not being real Sci-Fi!
Posted by: Unhappy scolds at June 18, 2015 01:40 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:41 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:41 AM (oBUqt)
Don't ask me about Quidditch Players ...
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:42 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:44 AM (oBUqt)
perceived as fantasy, the reader must be told as soon as possible the
"natural laws" that apply in this fantasy world, whereas if the story is
perceived as science fiction, the reader will assume that natural laws
of this universe apply until he is told otherwise."
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:37 AM (wqVD1)
Which is why we have been critiquing Star Wars, etc. The big clangers are usually the result of lack of internal consistency in the universe of discourse.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:44 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:39 AM (lxWk3)
In ST:ENT they didn't have "universal translators" and had to rely on a linguistic supergenius...
Posted by: Commander Shran at June 18, 2015 01:44 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:46 AM (dRtHa)
But that doesn't allow us to act superior and whine about Star Trek and Star Wars not being real Sci-Fi!
Posted by: Unhappy scolds at June 18, 2015 01:40 AM (zt+N6)
Yeah I'm sorry about that. I know how important it was to you. But if it's any consolation you still get to hate Wesley Crusher and look down on vampire fiction and boy bands. So you still have that.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:46 AM (wqVD1)
Enterprise broke the TOS canon for that era as established in Balance of Terror. During the Earth-Romulan war there were no viewscreens and all weapons were nuclear.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:46 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:47 AM (nSOh+)
If you go into the distant past, is it really your 'past' or your future, because you have never before been to ancient Egypt, so that would be in your future.
Therefore, traveling to the past, is actually traveling to the future as an alternate timeline. Quantum Leap was something like that. Every event, such as the decay of a radioactive atom that has two possible outcomes, to decay or not, creates an alternate timeline. Every random event, every human decision. So then can one travel between alternate timelines, and how would one navigate the infinite variety? Would you be able to return to your 'original' timeline since leaving it splits that timeline between leaving it, or not, or leaving at another time. Even returning would split the timeline between returning or not.
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:47 AM (u1knG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:44 AM (lxWk3)
Yeah but that really just makes it poorly done science fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:47 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Theodore Sturgeon at June 18, 2015 01:49 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2015 01:50 AM (dRtHa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:50 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 01:50 AM (EzgxV)
Stay safe kids.
Alberta - YOU try to synthesize a Dilithium crystal. When we tried it in the replicator, it stripped a cog.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 01:52 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:53 AM (oBUqt)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 01:53 AM (I8nxO)
>> Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:44 AM (lxWk3)
Exactly. The fictional world must, at the very least, be consistent (though I readily admit that Quantum Theory says that the actual universe is not consistent but only has events occur at a frequency that makes it appear consistent (i.e. that there are "laws of physics" to us) for short periods of time.)
Maybe it's just asking too much for a sci-fi movie to actually treat relativistic effects in high-speed travel (never mind the FTL stuff)? I once wrote a short story about this where 7 generations of a family planned high-speed trips organized so that they would all end up back on Earth at the same biological age - 34. Other than that, I can't say that it was an interesting story ... No one blew up or went trans-sexual or anything ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2015 01:54 AM (MYSVz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2015 01:46 AM (oBUqt)
All but the last season was crud.
Posted by: 3 out of 5 Star Trek Captains are cis-het White human males at June 18, 2015 01:55 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 01:47 AM (wqVD1)
Well, I guess my position is then, that good science fiction is what Anna referred to as "hard" SF. Science, or engineering derived from science is crucial to the story, and quite often the plot poses a scientific problem, aside from the usual human/human-human/alien social interactions. Star Trek TOS is kind of a mixed bag in that respect, depending upon who was the author of a given episode. But the overall theme, exploring the universe in a starship, is quintessentially science fiction.
Star Wars uses space ships, but the show is not about space ships in any meaningful way. That is the difference as I see it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:56 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 18, 2015 01:57 AM (u1knG)
Unless we're on Vulcan,
But it's bed time back on Terra,
And sleep must be gotten ...
Health & Happiness, with Girded Loins, and Cheap Ammo & Bourbon for all !
Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at June 18, 2015 01:58 AM (nSOh+)
Well the good news is that the tv news has already discovered that tonite's shooting was a hate crime.
Funny that the Boston Bombing was never identified as one tho
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 01:59 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 01:59 AM (EzgxV)
Lester Holt, who has been filling in for Mr. Williams as anchor, will take on the position permanently, one person said.
Posted by: Dan Rather at June 18, 2015 02:01 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 01:56 AM (lxWk3)
Death Star? Thermal exhaust port? Millennium Falcon? Plus all the various times that spaceships working, fighting, not working, etc. were key plot points?
My working definition is that if something has spaceships and aliens, it's almost certainly science fiction. Note that it may not be good science fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: steinmetz at June 18, 2015 02:02 AM (CrYC8)
still, why do women hop when they are excited?
Posted by: steinmetz at June 18, 2015 02:02 AM (CrYC
I'm wondering....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 02:04 AM (YJeFl)
To hide the fact that they're expelling intestinal gas.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 02:05 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 18, 2015 02:05 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2015 01:52 AM (F2IAQ)
Heh. Dilithium crystal = magic. They could have probably made a very interesting episode that "explained" what dilithium was, why its crystal were rare and valuable, and essential to the operation of the Enterprise, but that never happened. I think there was one in which they were perilously close to running out of them, and just happened to find a planet where they could mine them, but there was no exposition at all on what the damned stuff actually was.
You know, like this: Spock, in answer to a question from a RedShirt: "Dilithium is an element from the second series of the Periodic Table, that begins with Dihydrogen at Atomic Number 120, and Dihelium at 121, and so on. These second series elements have such dense nuclei that the energy obtained by fissioning them far exceeds that obtained by fusing normal hydrogen, and furthermore, the energy is released controllably, with radioactive byproducts."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 02:06 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: MAx at June 18, 2015 02:07 AM (YJeFl)
Seriously
Posted by: keena at June 18, 2015 02:14 AM (RiTnx)
My
working definition is that if something has spaceships and aliens, it's
almost certainly science fiction. Note that it may not be good science fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1)
And why was the thermal exhaust port not exhausting therms? To me, the real problem with Star Wars as "science fiction" is that none of the protagonists really approached their challenges as a problem to be solved using science, or even engineering. The thermal exhaust port on the Death Star was was revealed as a weak spot by way of stolen plans, IIRC. Reminds me of the one missing scale on the breast of Smaug, the dragon.
Star Wars (golly, almost typed Star Warts) has all the trappings of Science Fiction, except for, you know, the Science.
I enjoyed the movie. As a fantasy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 02:17 AM (lxWk3)
Death Star? Thermal exhaust port? Millennium Falcon? Plus all the
various times that spaceships working, fighting, not working, etc. were
key plot points?
My
working definition is that if something has spaceships and aliens, it's
almost certainly science fiction. Note that it may not be good science fiction.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 18, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1)
And
why was the thermal exhaust port not exhausting therms? To me, the real
problem with Star Wars as "science fiction" is that none of the
protagonists really approached their challenges as a problem to be
solved using science, or even engineering. The thermal exhaust port on
the Death Star was was revealed as a weak spot by way of stolen plans,
IIRC. Reminds me of the one missing scale on the breast of Smaug, the
dragon.
Star Wars (golly, almost typed Star Warts) has all the trappings of Science Fiction, except for, you know, the Science.
I enjoyed the movie. As a fantasy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 02:17 AM (lxWk3)
Star Wars advanced Science-Fiction by being dirty and worn, like it had actually been used in-universe.....but it degraded Science-Fiction through (a) not watching its p's and q's [e.g. use of parsec as a unit of time], (b) midichlorian/Force magic BS, and (c) random idiocy [thermal exhaust port not exhausting heat].
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:25 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:27 AM (kmtse)
at least the book did: not sure if they ruined it with a movie or not.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 02:29 AM (I8nxO)
hey cooth...how's the ongoing battle?
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:25 AM (kmtse)
Safer today than yesterday.....expect tomorrow to be safer than today.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
Well, Maetenloch is demonstrating his left-wing tilt as well as his ignorance of history again.
He does realize that the Underground Railroad, including the leg of Tubman's little leg of it, was run by white men, right?
Oh, darn, that would ruin the Narrative.
Posted by: Terry at June 18, 2015 02:31 AM (ukAh4)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 02:33 AM (UVfht)
American Thinker
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:27 AM (kmtse)
A little silver nitrate in the turkey baster will fix that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2015 02:34 AM (lxWk3)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:35 AM (kmtse)
She was rescued by it, and then recruited by it by the white males that ran it, more as a symbol than in any other function - certainly not leadership of the train, any of its cells/chapters, not so much as running one of its safe-houses.
The Myth of Harriet Tubman was just that; A Myth and a politicized icon to put a black face on what was a white abolition movement.
Posted by: Terry at June 18, 2015 02:41 AM (ukAh4)
Elves and Dwarfs and Orcs and Goblins running around in space. From planet to planet in ships that can very very very very very fast.
Naboo? Interstellar Shire.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 02:41 AM (U7H1n)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:42 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 02:47 AM (I8nxO)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 02:49 AM (U7H1n)
#552: with grenades?
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 02:47 AM (I8nxO)
We've done a bunch of remodeling over the years and relied on the motion-sensor on the main spine of the house to maintain security -- in other words, if you broke into the master bedroom through one of its three windows, you could clean it out before setting off the alarm....but you couldn't move into the rest of the house.
Now, we're looking to fix all the known soft-spots.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 02:55 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 02:56 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 02:58 AM (U7H1n)
Pretty sure it's the propellant that's the problem.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 02:59 AM (UVfht)
If you've never seen a 8 inch Firecracker going off you have missed something great.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 02:59 AM (U7H1n)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:01 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 03:02 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 03:07 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 03:07 AM (U7H1n)
Is the troll DOSing the site again?
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 03:07 AM (zt+N6)
Have to ask Maet. Seems like it.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:09 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 18, 2015 03:14 AM (3Vk1T)
Lucas spells the sword and sorcery thing out loud and clear, if you pay attention.I suspect that he was conceiving a middle-earthy (for want of a better word), or Arthurian style tale, but wrote spaceships and laser. There's a lot of s into it, as that was cooler. There's a lot of knights, wizards/dragons and princesses stuff in ther and even the storyline is that old worldlegend thing.
Lucas alludes to it right from the tagline... "A long time ago, in a galaxy (land) far away".
But yeah, it's fine as sci-fi, too.
Posted by: otho at June 18, 2015 03:17 AM (d8udV)
Ugh. In out of sleep for the last few hours.
just popped a couple melatonin.
Hi, darlin'
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 18, 2015 03:14 AM (3Vk1T)
Hello, Sweetie....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 03:18 AM (kmtse)
I'll leave you with some appropriate music for our host: https://youtu.be/1iwC2QljLn4 (sfw)
You know what it is.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 18, 2015 03:18 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 03:19 AM (kmtse)
A Logic Puzzle For You
Oooo! I know the answer to this one!
The doctor is a woman at the North Pole.
No, wait. That can't right. The North Pole melted from Global Warming and women can't be doctors.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 18, 2015 03:20 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:22 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 18, 2015 03:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 03:28 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 03:32 AM (U7H1n)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 03:49 AM (U7H1n)
we were on the west side of the impact area, and the FA was firing mechanical fuze HE rounds (8")...
boom.....
shell hits, bounces forward several times, comes to a stop, then explodes a moment later.
boom....
shell hits, bounces forward, then explodes in motion.
boom...
shell hits, starts to bounce, then detonates.
boom...
airburst.
good times.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 04:00 AM (Vha1U)
Posted by: LexiRedLion at June 18, 2015 04:00 AM (FWfvK)
Posted by: LexiRedLion at June 18, 2015 04:00 AM (FWfvK)
Oh, just be glad this isn't one of those nights were it goes far deeper...
Mhahaha
Posted by: Nasty Prisms Good Sir at June 18, 2015 04:02 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 04:02 AM (Vha1U)
Posted by: Harold at June 18, 2015 04:04 AM (kQGM/)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2015 04:05 AM (Vha1U)
FYMANTSH
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 04:12 AM (91eZY)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 18, 2015 04:29 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 04:31 AM (91eZY)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 04:32 AM (91eZY)
Walt Disney
+
Salvador Dali
+
Pink Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_f9VDVsNk
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 18, 2015 04:36 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 18, 2015 04:44 AM (91eZY)
Posted by: Rachel Dolezizzle at June 18, 2015 05:21 AM (mG3Qj)
Posted by: Rachel Dolezizzle at June 18, 2015 05:21 AM (mG3Qj)
Says the homely homie.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2015 05:32 AM (thpJN)
Bored crazy people.
There now needs establishment of older twins or younger twins. The final clue was that there was an "oldest" - a singular child - thus the answer is {9,2,2}.
Posted by: LexiRedLion at June 18, 2015 04:00 AM (FWfvK)
Except as others have pointed out, even with twins one is older. The only way the puzzle works is if we assume the logicians were talking about the ages as real numbers, so with twins one might be 2 and the other 2.00001. But in order for the ages to have a product of 36 and a sum of an apartment number, they must all be integers (assuming the college does not have irrationally numbered apartments), so we can conclude that the second logician has two children that were born *exactly* 2 years before the conversation, and there was some sort of party 9 months before. The first logician should ask him about it.
Posted by: schizoid at June 18, 2015 06:02 AM (+MOcq)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 18, 2015 06:06 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2015 06:14 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 18, 2015 06:21 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Not Loved Time to be Feared at June 18, 2015 06:24 AM (nRvEn)
Posted by: Harold at June 18, 2015 04:04 AM (kQGM/)"
Harold be quite comfortable in his comic-book world.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 18, 2015 06:24 AM (YFw5T)
So which one of you far right redneck losers killed all those innocent people in Charleston?
Posted by: Harold
DIAFS, soonest.
Posted by: Gmac - Driving into the future from the past at June 18, 2015 06:36 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Gmac - Driving into the future from the past at June 18, 2015 06:37 AM (4pjhs)
I didn't know of this shooting until now. May perpetual light shine upon those now in the presence of God. May their loves ones find strength and comfort in their faith. May the perpetrator be apprehended and brought to justice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2015 06:39 AM (OSs/l)
Take that, wingnutz!
Posted by: John Boner in Assless Chaps at June 18, 2015 06:40 AM (YFw5T)
Posted by: Spellcheck, M.D. at June 18, 2015 06:42 AM (1mPbg)
Posted by: Baldy at June 18, 2015 06:47 AM (sEXjW)
Posted by: San Fran Nan Non Union Pelosi at June 18, 2015 06:47 AM (6yehy)
If it is 11, (6 + 3 + 2 = 11, 6 x 3 x 2 = 36) works.
Posted by: fluffy at June 18, 2015 06:50 AM (2iV3X)
Now look, that's probably true, but that's not what's interesting.
What's interesting is their use of the word lying. They have never - not a single time, according to CNN's search engine - used any variation of the word 'lie' when describing a Democratic politician's inability to state the truth.
All this time, I was laboring under the impression that they simply weren't capable of using it.
My bad.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at June 18, 2015 06:51 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Lester at June 18, 2015 06:52 AM (2UPXV)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at June 18, 2015 06:52 AM (fwARV)
Thank you for those words of prayer.
As another Moron said the other day....
I don't know why you put up with the rest of us, but I'm glad you're here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 18, 2015 06:53 AM (VPLuQ)
Look at the weather map for the Shreveport area.
Yuck...
Has Texas floated away yet?
*goes for coffee*
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 06:54 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 06:58 AM (jHngC)
*goes for coffee*
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 06:54 AM (0xTsz)
If Texas floats away, I'll swim there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at June 18, 2015 07:00 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:01 AM (GpgJl)
Soon but not yet. I'm in the middle of a frog strangler from Bill's "tail" sucking moisture from the Gulf and doing the "training". The thunder sounds very weird. Yesterday the early morning sky was pink. I think I will work (not) from home today.
Posted by: Lester at June 18, 2015 07:01 AM (2UPXV)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:02 AM (Pa9vP)
What Fenelon said. Prayers for the victims of this terrible crime.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 18, 2015 07:02 AM (+XMAD)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:06 AM (jHngC)
Posted by: Harold's dick at June 18, 2015 07:06 AM (TQfvB)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:08 AM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:08 AM (jHngC)
The suspect is not a skinhead with that strange haircut. What is between his legs? Does he have a tumor or is that a saggy fanny pack?
Posted by: Lester at June 18, 2015 07:09 AM (2UPXV)
http://bit.ly/1ImbkcP
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:02 AM (Pa9vP)"
Damn. Dorothy Hamill is gonna be pissed.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 18, 2015 07:11 AM (YFw5T)
We're still here. Power just came back on. Went out sometime in the night.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2015 07:12 AM (MlhnI)
I bet that happens all the time. Hillary, after she drew a grand total of zero other than press, security and campaign people, probably is thinking "why didn't we do that?".
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:15 AM (jHngC)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:15 AM (Pa9vP)
2nd logician has been banging the 1st logician's wife.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2015 07:17 AM (mQXmP)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:17 AM (Pa9vP)
It's a good thing I know what you mean, cuz that just sounds funny.
>>We're still here. Power just came back on. Went out sometime in the night.
Glad you're okay.
Okay, doesn't look like the swirling stuff is headed directly at my daughter's camp.
*resumes breathing*
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 07:17 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 18, 2015 07:18 AM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 07:19 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 18, 2015 07:20 AM (2XMpf)
And not to take away from the horror of what just took place, but I see that the written description of the suspect is a white male.
After Rachel and Bruce, will it be possible to describe suspects in the future?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 18, 2015 07:20 AM (VPLuQ)
Somebody forgot to wake the morning cob?
Is Vic News back there somewhere?
This is not the way to start a Thursday.
I'd go back to bed but it wouldn't work.
Overnightish Morning, Glories.
Posted by: mindful webworker - identifying as relatively conscious at June 18, 2015 07:21 AM (5fXFG)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, June 18, 2015. On this day in 1812 congress declared war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland. This war was not popular with the Federalist Party, and in particular the States in the Northeast. When an embargo was enacted against both France and England merchants in the NE called for the convention. They discussed session and a separate peace with England. At the end of the war the Federalist Party was so unpopular it disappeared from the political scene.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1JZeaJ4
Update: Picture released.
http://apne.ws/1d3Gg8U
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
Damaging winds, including some swirling stuff, to use the technical term, headed for camp.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 07:22 AM (0xTsz)
http://fxn.ws/1CeSja3
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1L1xAO9
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://washex.am/1HWzJd3
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1J5vU6U
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1CeSYIK
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
A New York man suspected of plotting to help ISIS attacked law enforcement agents with a knife early Wednesday as they conducted one of several ongoing anti-terror operations against ISIS sympathizers in the U.S., authorities said.
http://fxn.ws/1dLUI6e
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1GuacFX
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1Fo4Yrf
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1N5oZJB
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
Yes.
I'm hoping against hope that Harold's already put a bullet through his head.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 18, 2015 07:25 AM (YFw5T)
https://youtu.be/WaxcC-O3t7s
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 07:25 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:25 AM (Pa9vP)
http://fxn.ws/1Fo5CVB
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:25 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1fiTbpl
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:25 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1CeSja3
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
Almost an anagram for Anti-Christ.
AND - - good morning, fellow rape-shifters. Where's the friggin' morning thread, dammit?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 18, 2015 07:26 AM (St6BJ)
When it comes to the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, the media has focused its attention on Lois Lerner, who oversaw the tax agency's Exempt Organizations Unit. But they may want to pay more attention to William Wilkins, the IRS chief counsel, whose office, according to sources, had unprecedented involvement in applications for tax exempt status and the special scrutiny of conservative applications.
This was an Obama appointee with ties right back to the White House. Remember, this was one of the actions that Nixon was going to be impeached for. Obama has actually gone further with this than Nixon even thought about doing, but "impeachment" is on the floor.
http://fxn.ws/1GfwPKU
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:26 AM (GpgJl)
They are all calling this shooting in SC a "Hate" crime and by what evidence are they doing that?
And ya know the Libs will go all gun crazy on us again
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2015 07:26 AM (wq4B0)
http://cbsloc.al/1CdVIpN
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:26 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1L0sMIW
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:27 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:27 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1LkfwNh
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:27 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1JWfPAt
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:27 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1dLXf04
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (GpgJl)
Strange. The fanny pack looks like the way he carried in though.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1L0sMIW
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:27 AM (GpgJl)
Hard to argue with that. Your spot on
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (wq4B0)
http://bit.ly/1Fo9s18
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (GpgJl)
http://washex.am/1GRvhvq
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1dLXf04
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (GpgJl)
It's worse, since it's top secret 800 pages hide a shit ton of tyrannical edicts that have nothing to do with trade and everything to do with confiscation and enslavement of the citizenry.
Fuck you, Paul Ryan in particular.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (wq4B0)
http://amzn.to/1IQAfbh
That's it for today folks. Temps here peaked out at 106.3F. They are predicting 102F today.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 18, 2015 07:29 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2015 07:28 AM (wq4B0)
But Miss80s will show up later like a good little toady and try. Of course to do so will require dishonestly ignoring/misinterpreting whatever questions you pose to her.
Posted by: buzzion at June 18, 2015 07:30 AM (zt+N6)
Why shouldn't he lie? What's the downside for liars in Congress?
Boner and Teh Bitch are working harder at ChoomTrade than Ryan, anyway. Some people think they'll ram it through today, so they can get busy on funding ChoomCare.
Great bunch o' "Republicans!"
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 18, 2015 07:30 AM (P8YHq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 18, 2015 07:31 AM (9H/rs)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 18, 2015 07:32 AM (YFw5T)
Miss80s will show up later like a good little toady and try. Of course to do so will require dishonestly ignoring/misinterpreting whatever questions you pose to her.
Posted by: buzzion
Hey, she's on the payroll on the Hill, as I recall.
It's all about the Hamiltons -- err -- Tubmans -- baby.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 18, 2015 07:34 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:34 AM (jHngC)
My prediction: the pastor at the church (who was also a SC State Senator), was against homo weddings.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 18, 2015 07:18 AM
Yep. And somehow it thwarted him in some obtuse way. Or they were meanies to him.
Posted by: Lester at June 18, 2015 07:34 AM (2UPXV)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 18, 2015 07:35 AM (YFw5T)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:36 AM (jHngC)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:34 AM
Oh yeah, that's gonna happen. Uh-huh.
Boner is as big a SJW as you'll find in Congress. And he loves him some celebrities...look at the way he sucks up to Choom Boy. It's almost pornographic.
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 18, 2015 07:37 AM (P8YHq)
Not-quite-tornado NOT heading toward daughter's camp, despite him saying it was.
But the storm is just going to stay on top of us for many more hours.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 07:37 AM (0xTsz)
"Congress fails to do its job with regard to authorizing military force"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at June 18, 2015 07:37 AM (fwARV)
"distinctive" sweat shirt and something on his car and then do NOT tell
us what it is?
"Gay Muslims For Obama"
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at June 18, 2015 07:37 AM (rHXGG)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 18, 2015 07:40 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 07:40 AM (jHngC)
Diabolical.
Thanks, Vic. You got the morning thread up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - identifying as a gray at June 18, 2015 07:51 AM (5fXFG)
Posted by: stephana at June 18, 2015 08:18 AM (d0M9B)
Posted by: MTF at June 18, 2015 09:20 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: LexiRedLion at June 18, 2015 04:00 AM (FWfvK)
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I did. (Actually, I did a search on "13" to see how many folks actually figured it out.)
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