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Overnight Open Thread (12-21-2015)
"It was fun watching the applecart being upset," Schrader said, "but now where do we go for apples?"
-- Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader on the destruction of the studio system and old standards of taste in the 70s
Quote of the Day II - Constitutional Scholar and Basketball Analyst Edition
Clusterf*ck at the Miss Universe Pageant
Tonight's Miss Universe pageant concluded with a fiasco, as the announcer apparently misunderstood the final rankings and announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, as the winner. Miss Colombia was crowned, presented with flowers and paraded around the stage for a couple of minutes when, to the astonishment of all, the announcer returned and said that he had made a mistake: the real winner was Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach. They mercifully pulled the plug on the broadcast a few moments later. I don't think the television audience saw the crown lifted from Miss Colombia's head.
Well Miss Philippines is alright but I would have still given the crown to Miss Colombia.
Students at an ultra-liberal Ohio college are in an uproar over the fried chicken, sushi and Vietnamese sandwiches served in the school cafeterias, complaining the dishes are "insensitive" and "culturally inappropriate."...General Tso's chicken was made with steamed chicken instead of fried - which is not authentically Chinese, and simply "weird," one student bellyached in the Oberlin Review.
Others were up in arms over banh mi Vietnamese sandwiches served with coleslaw instead of pickled vegetables, and on ciabatta bread, rather than the traditional French baguette.
"It was ridiculous," gripes Diep Nguyen, a freshman who is a Vietnam native.
Worse, the sushi rice was undercooked in a way that was, according to one student, "disrespectful" of her culture. Tomoyo Joshi, a junior from Japan, was highly offended by this flagrant violation of her rice. "I f people not from that heritage take food, modify it and serve it as 'authentic,' it is appropriative," she said.
Oberlin's black student union joined in the fray this month by staging a protest outside Afrikan Heritage House, an on-campus dorm.
The cafeteria there wasn't serving enough vegan and vegetarian options and had failed to make fried chicken a permanent feature on the Sunday night menu, the school newspaper reported.
Those students started a petition that also recommends the reduction of cream used in dishes, because "black American food doesn't have much cream in it," according to the Review.
You know if the administration had the slightest bit of huevos and didn't mind losing a little revenue for a semester, they would remove every dish the SJWs complain about, publicly post why it's no longer served and simply not replace it with anything. After a semester or two of repeated meatloaf, chicken soup and vegetable medley the rest of the student body would provide a little negative corrective feedback to the oh so sensitive activists and put an end to the Food Outrage game.
Gallup Confirms Democrats Getting More Leftist
Which is why their candidate in second place for the nomination is an avowed socialist.
And as David Thompson points out Laurie Penny almost certainly doesn't believe this herself but still feels compelled to lecture others on it.
1901 Letter to the NY Times Editor Calls For Banning Assault Revolvers
Almost makes you want to go get a DUI in Texas.
Humorless Scold Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact Checks Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The douchebag is insufferably strong in this one. (thanks to Slu)
It Turns Out That ISIS Recruiters Love Online Cat Pictures Too
Dear US Taxpayer: Magnolia Thunderpussy Thanks You For Her Sex Change
'Baker Street': The Mystery of Rock's Greatest Sax Riff
Important life tip: If you have a "F**K COPS" tattoo* on your face....
Who Loves Christmas and Who Are Likely Pagan Haters?
Oregon and Hawaii we are looking at you.
Norway Giving a Mountain to Finland For Christmas
Thus making Finland's highest point 134 feet higher.
Is Mistletoe Kissing a Dying Tradition?
Nearly three quarters of under-35s have never kissed beneath the white berries.
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And my twitter thang.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 10:57 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 10:57 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2015 10:58 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Chicken at December 21, 2015 10:58 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 10:59 PM (voOPb)
Wedding Gift Tip for the groom: Derringer, one bullet
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2015 11:00 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Puddleglum@work at December 21, 2015 11:00 PM (syGA0)
Posted by: huerfano at December 21, 2015 11:00 PM (NSb9d)
I await the apology of each and every fucking stupid son/daughter of a bitch student and faculty member of that worthless fucking institution.
Assholes. All of them.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:00 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:01 PM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 21, 2015 11:01 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Doug Gottlieb at December 21, 2015 11:01 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Farmer at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (o/90i)
Ever notice how SJWs are so quick to take offense by proxy for people who apparently aren't enlightened enough to be offended themselves?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:04 PM (C3E0x)
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Can we ban immigrants from whiny communist countries while we're at it Mr Trump?
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:04 PM (ZbV+0)
Norway wants to give Finland "just the tip!"
Where have we heard that one before, eh fellas?
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: freaked at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Farmer at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (o/90i)
I keep getting stuck on Ms. Colombia.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (9ltS8)
Here's your mystery meat dinner party, canned green beans & instant mashed potatoes,
You don't like it. PB&J with bread over there. Or you eat what you brought along
Now get off my lawn
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Hilary Clinton at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (k092K)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (BHl9S)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:06 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at December 21, 2015 11:06 PM (9xFD7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:06 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2015 11:07 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: mugiwara at December 21, 2015 11:07 PM (9eF7E)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (voOPb)
That happened one time over there. The winner of Miss Thailand turned out to be a ladyboy one time.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at December 21, 2015 11:06 PM (9xFD7)
Yup. Invented by Dead White European Males back in the Middle Ages.
The 1950's.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:06 PM (9ltS
Me rove you rong time.
Posted by: Miss Phillippines at December 21, 2015 11:09 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: zombie new york times letter writer at December 21, 2015 11:09 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: rabidfox at December 21, 2015 11:09 PM (EW9tX)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:08 PM (dvuhZ)
Only once?
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (voOPb)
Well... bullshit. I have researched this, and there only seems to be ONE mistletoe poisoning death. That person brewed it into a tea, attempting to make an abortifactant.
I say, bring back mistletoe. When I was a kid, there were sprigs hanging everywhere at Christmas time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (oFSUK)
Other than wow.
I'm so glad I'm working my ass off to pay for that gentleman/ lady to "do her".
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (RU5ki)
While they love to scream about how their Western values are "universal". Kind of funny ...
Being self-righteous self-proclaimed geniuses is exhausting work.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:10 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:11 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:11 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:11 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM (BHl9S)
Don't be judgey.
For all you know, all of us in the ONT have face tattoos with vulgar political statements and SS lightening bolts on our cheeks.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:11 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2015 11:12 PM (JSovD)
Young me thought it would be funny to have a T-shirt made up that said
Kiss me beneath the mistletoe.
I then put mistletoe on my belt.
It didn't go over like I thought. It was funny in my head.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:12 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Seems reasonable to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2015 11:12 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2015 11:13 PM (RU5ki)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 21, 2015 11:14 PM (ucDmr)
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Wonder how many Americans here grandfather killed.
That family has money to send her here to private USA school fro viet nam
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:14 PM (voOPb)
If I saw the guy with the face tattoo I would probably pepper spray his face. Just because.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Aw, come on now. Poor yute is just trying to turn his life around and make his living selling magazine subscriptions to Life and Time and Newsweek. Yeah, that's the ticket.
I crack myself up sometimes.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:15 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:15 PM (9ltS8)
coleslaw instead of pickled vegetables, and on ciabatta bread, rather
than the traditional French baguette."
So it's culturally "appropriative" for an American university to serve rice, but somehow it's not "appropriative" for Viets to use a French bread in their sandwiches.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 21, 2015 11:15 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
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*wags tail*
*grins*
Posted by: Mike Hammer's dog at December 21, 2015 11:15 PM (oFSUK)
You can't be sure with these. You've just got look up under the hood so to speak.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:16 PM (dvuhZ)
Good - that fowl weed deserves to be eradicated from the face of the Earth, with either flamethrowers or nuclear weapons, if need be.
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:16 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Oh you're in for it now, cupcake. Wait 'til chemjeff lectures you on how it's not fair to assume that everybody with "fuck cops" tattooed to his face is automatically a bad guy.
He might actually enjoy sex with cops, or something. He must be given a chance!!!
Posted by: Miss Phillippines at December 21, 2015 11:17 PM (C3E0x)
Star Wars film crew guy: Hey, asshole, he was a real machine, controlled by a puppeteer, and did actually roll over the sand.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Posted by: Neil DeAss Tyson at December 21, 2015 11:17 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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Saw him on TV. Gauges in his ears. Apparently that allows the brains to leak out. Of course, the girl that stole the truck was no prize either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer's dog at December 21, 2015 11:17 PM (oFSUK)
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Didn't someone here last night say that the Japanese girl had failed to get into a college in Tokyo three times? Says something about Japanese college requirements.
That would mean about 91% of American yutes wouldn't qualify for college, amiright?
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:17 PM (9iR5/)
Yeah we joked about "mystery meat" and shit like that, but it was damn better than any of us could have made.
Fuck these kids today, and fuck those Oberlin students in particular.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: zombie new york times letter writer at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (BHl9S)
Just gently kissed the landing pad on touchdown.
America, Fcuk Yeah!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (McRlu)
the face of the Earth, with either flamethrowers or nuclear weapons, if
need be.
Posted by: Thrawn"
But how would poor Getafix brew the potion to allow Asterix to thump the Romans?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at December 21, 2015 11:19 PM (9xFD7)
Or, just open up the kitchens to those who can pass a food safety course, and tell the students "It's your fucking problem now, assholes."
'Baker Street': The Mystery of Rock's Greatest Sax Riff
Never heard it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:19 PM (9YDUz)
He's figured out which present is his, and is holding vigil over the present. He knows.
And he knows he's not supposed to open it.
Because I Have To Tell Him Every 5 Minutes!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:19 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:18 PM (BHl9S)
None taken, thweetie.
Posted by: Mike Tyson at December 21, 2015 11:19 PM (zc3Db)
That is funny, I'm giggling to myself like a lunatic.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:20 PM (BHl9S)
Posted by: Dick Parry at December 21, 2015 11:20 PM (WWdgA)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:20 PM (voOPb)
Sara Palin playing Tina Fey in a skit: "31 Rock"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSvSDEQY3D8
Posted by: mr_jack at December 21, 2015 11:21 PM (M59SC)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:21 PM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Fritz at December 21, 2015 11:21 PM (BngQR)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
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I watched the launch live on the web. They had a huge crowd outside the windows in launch control. When the first stage booster landed the crowd erupted in chants of "USA USA USA".
It was very cool and also very exciting to see it happen.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:21 PM (9iR5/)
I agree.
Posted by: Baldr at December 21, 2015 11:21 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer's dog"
Yah, she looked like a real classy member of society. With a rap sheet a mile long.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:22 PM (9ltS8)
That would mean about 91% of American yutes wouldn't qualify for college, amiright?
Posted by: Old Blue
The Japanese who go to the US for college are not treated with any kind of deference when they return even if they attend ivy schools.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:23 PM (9YDUz)
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXjCp_f1h4
He also recorded and had a hit in 1973 with "Stuck in the Middle With You" as part of a group he led called Stealers Wheel.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:23 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:23 PM (C3E0x)
>>>
We had a stove in a community room in my dorm. I was making a hamburger and one of the other guys in the dorm asked me where I learned how to cook. There are some really sheltered people that go to college.
Posted by: Willy J. at December 21, 2015 11:23 PM (wHX4r)
Perfect.
Funny, that is (or was) also a term for kids from Mexico City. Same connotation.
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2015 11:24 PM (J3phO)
Alternatively, that might be the mons that Norway is gifting to Finland.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:24 PM (QWtgr)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2015 11:25 PM (EzgxV)
I'm biased because I am one, but I'd say the Timex generation. We taken a lickin' and keep on tickin'.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:25 PM (ntObR)
This is the second night in a row that you've gratuitously insulted chemjeff when he was not present. Does that seem like honorable stand-up kind of behavior to you?
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:25 PM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (QWtgr)
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Arrrrgh!
That was 42 years ago?!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!
Posted by: Mike Hammer's dog at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Methos
It's poisonous in the right dose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (9YDUz)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/CBC-National-News
Posted by: cind at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (nRbbW)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at December 21, 2015 11:19 PM (9xFD7)
Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2015 11:27 PM (fBkaR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:27 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:24 PM (QWtgr)
Is this an appropriate time to say "You know how we know you're gay?"
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:27 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:25 PM (wqVD1)
When did he disappear? I was not aware.
Or maybe turn your sarcasm meter on?
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (C3E0x)
*i think you work too hard/bring too much but thanks nonetheless.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (hlMPp)
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXjCp_f1h4
He also recorded and had a hit in 1973 with "Stuck in the Middle With You" as part of a group he led called Stealers Wheel.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:23 PM (ntObR)
It's also interesting to note that Baker Street in London is only a couple of blocks long and used to have a famous resident at 221B.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:27 PM (kKHcp)
*******
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (YLidQ)
And that makes sense.
PA comes in at #15.
PA has also now joined the No Death Penalty states.
And yet abortion thrives with the Liberals.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:29 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:29 PM (voOPb)
I suppose I should have bitched back in the day about the poor breading on the cheap frozen fish sticks being served in the dorm cafeteria. Of course, had I done so, not a single soul would have heard my plaint. Must be nice to be a snowflake.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 21, 2015 11:29 PM (noWW6)
Or maybe turn your sarcasm meter on?
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (C3E0x)
How about you not be an asshole?
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:30 PM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2015 11:30 PM (JSovD)
Damn Miss Australia is cute as hell.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 21, 2015 11:30 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: the real ch3 at December 21, 2015 11:31 PM (37AF4)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (9ltS
******
These days The Onion must be having anvery hard time coming upp with material. I have seen idiots on FB posting their stuff as real, and then arguing about it.
What a stupid time to be alive.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:31 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2015 11:26 PM (9ltS
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (s5o+q)
Of course, so is the abolition of slavery.
And giving the vote to women.
And the right of free speech.
And giving the vote to those 18 and over.
And (appositely for Democrats) the right against self-incrimination. (Hi, Lois!)
So ... which of these are on the table for reconsideration? Hmmm?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (fBkaR)
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Posted by: chemjeff at December 21, 2015 11:13 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (ZbV+0)
Thanks for the content, Maet.
Posted by: @votermom at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (iwLCN)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (BHl9S)
Of course, so is the abolition of slavery.
And giving the vote to women.
And the right of free speech.
And giving the vote to those 18 and over.
And (appositely for Democrats) the right against self-incrimination. (Hi, Lois!)
So ... which of these are on the table for reconsideration? Hmmm?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (oKE6c)
The Founders worried that the enumeration of rights in the Bill of Rights would erode any and all rights NOT therein enumerated.
They were profoundly wise men.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (s5o+q)
We were served something we called " mystery meat" in our cafeterias. Could never quite make out exactly what particular animal it came from but we ate it
Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2015 11:34 PM (JSovD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4
If you missed it, you missed out. They made history tonight. It was the first time a first stage of an orbital rocket was successfully landed back at the launch site.
Watch the whole thing. You won't be sorry.
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2015 11:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 21, 2015 11:34 PM (FkBIv)
Of course CJ can take care of himself and doesn't need me to defend him, but the general prickery amongst the commentariat directed at him today does make this blog smell a little.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:35 PM (QWtgr)
Nobody else read the article about Norway giving Finland "just the tip?"
What the hell is this place? FreeRepublic?
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:35 PM (s5o+q)
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Posted by: chemjeff at December 21, 2015 11:13 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (ZbV+0)
Scared me, there, for a second. Thought someone had run him off. He was just turning in.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (EzgxV)
World View: Taiwan May Reverse South China Sea Policy and Oppose China
http://tinyurl.com/gq9dxen
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (fBkaR)
Timeframe? I gorged myself there while waiting for someone in '93. That food was good...
But I was young and stupid.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (BHl9S)
I suppose I should have bitched back in the day about the poor breading on the cheap frozen fish sticks being served in the dorm cafeteria. Of course, had I done so, not a single soul would have heard my plaint. Must be nice to be a snowflake.
Posted by: torquewrench
Well, she's right, though. You need short grain, sticky rice, and it has to be prepared with more care than a cafeteria-style fare. More importantely,why the fuck would you order cafeteria sushi?
Cafeterias should not try to do ethnic food; they will never get it right.
Me? If I were awarded the contract, I'd just stick to quickly assembled stuff with quality ingredients.
Example; Ham and Cheese sandwich with real ham, real cheese on a real fresh baguette, good mustard and stuff on the side. Quality ingredients over breadth and complexity.
Short of that, just open the kitchen to the students and tell them they're on the hook for breaking anything or making anyone sick.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (9YDUz)
Posted by: Ralph at December 21, 2015 11:36 PM (zdltJ)
Posted by: Baldr at December 21, 2015 11:37 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: simplemind at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (BTnAK)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (9YDUz)
There was a Two Ronnies Christmas Special that used a 'beneath the mistletoe' joke similar like ...
Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (oZKRQ)
LOL. When I was in 8th grade, 1979-1980, I had a *huge* crush on my then-quite-young math teacher, Ms. Suzanne Takayama.
Well, at one point in the semester, she was replaced by a sub for a week, who said he didn't know whether she was sick, on vacation, whatever.
Then later that week, I was standing in line at the cafeteria where I heard we were trying something new, never prepared before at Hoover Junior High School:
Chicken Teriyaki.
OMG. I had an active imagination then, and let's just say I was quite relieved when Ms. Takayama herself was back the following Monday.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (1brdf)
Or maybe turn your sarcasm meter on?
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:28 PM (C3E0x)
How about you not be an asshole?
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:30 PM (wqVD1)
I'm not trying to be an asshole. An answer to question #1 would have been nice, but I went back and answered it myself. Question 2 was a bit facetious, but is that not allowed now?
That also led to another question, but would hate to be banned for being an "asshole." Which, by the way, I have never used on chemjeff.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (C3E0x)
http://tinyurl.com/yl698tf
Posted by: Witchfinder at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (MsFCE)
Posted by: Said no one in Ohio ever at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (zt+N6)
The real reason to be nice for Santa
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10621
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (Z8xbi)
It is, isn't it?
We have an annotated version of it with the original illustrations. I learned a lot from the notes. That is one of things that I don't know that a Kindle could reproduce-the illustrations. Anyway, it's one of our family book "treasures"although not old. or worth much money, i expect.
I wonder what other dead tree book treasuress horedites have?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (qES5k)
Everyone should lighten up a bit.
Not all comments are meant to be taken as serious slams at someone and not any comments should be serious slams at anyone.
Just sayin' not trying to start something. I just wonder what I might say accidentally that gets me the spotlight.
And that's chilling to spontaneity which is something that I've always admired about the HQ.
And WE can't tell if someone's lurking or gone.
*stands over in the corner with a lightning rod*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:40 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 21, 2015 11:41 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:33 PM (BHl9S)
It WAS a joke. My interactions with chemjeff have been pleasant. I've never said anything bad about him.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:41 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Baldr at December 21, 2015 11:37 PM (brIR5)
It was not the return of a first stage from an orbital launch. This has never been done before.
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2015 11:41 PM (sdi6R)
When one gets all their talking points from the NYT and the New Yorker, leftist is the only direction one can go.
Sit in with a bunch of "academics" and any and all political discussion is comprised of value signaling and NYT-derived talking points.
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:41 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:24 PM (QWtgr)
Is this an appropriate time to say "You know how we know you're gay?"
Which is actually a funny comment, because I've only been with one lady that skeletal before, and I still get creeped out a little thinking of those bones rattlin' together. Still, I didn't stop, so I guess I get to keep my man card.
[[[Shudder]]]
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:41 PM (QWtgr)
Maet has a ton of interesting stuff to talk about. And if that's not enough. I still haven't figure out what I want to buy for a riffle. Thinking new .22 bit others have been suggested
Those 2 chicks on stage yeah I would take them Both on. Didn't know you could end a 30+ year relationship in 10 seconds
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: simplemind at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (BTnAK)
Well, I mean, it's a cesspool, but it's OUR kind of cesspool.
You know, not a bad cesspool. A good cesspool.
Okay, bad analogy.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (s5o+q)
Award food contract to Chipotle....
Posted by: speedster1
They could supply the E.coli and nanu nanu virus.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Cottonwood Kulak at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (zdltJ)
Posted by: CNN at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (H9MG5)
Me? I'd plump for kibble. Fuck 'em. They'll complain regardless.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2015 11:42 PM (oKE6c)
"Others were up in arms over banh mi Vietnamese sandwiches served with
coleslaw instead of pickled vegetables, and on ciabatta bread, rather
than the traditional French baguette."
I actually don't blame the complaint there - I have had a tried those at various Vietnamese restaurants in Honolulu, totally unexpected and excellent - weird veggies tasting like they were pickled in perfume and bread so crusty it could smash a century old bagel. Tried every Vietnamese restaurant that had them in the mainland and sorely disappointed...
If the real deal is what they had in Honolulu I'd take some ethnic pride in asking that the cafeteria version be renamed or at least show them how to do it right.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (T78UI)
It is a much better guitar riff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1qcWa6blQ
Posted by: bill-o at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (AWwDY)
McDonnell Douglas (mostly Douglas) DC-X demonstrated VTVL over 20 yesrs ago.
Posted by: Baldr at December 21, 2015 11:37 PM (brIR5)
--------That's true. But technology has improved drastically over the last twenty years. What's remarkable is that not only did they recover the first stage booster, but that booster put a complex satellite package into orbit at the same time.DC-X was visionary. SpaceX just made it practical.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (9iR5/)
Just thought folks here would want to know.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (zt+N6)
---
Fortunately for Taiwan they can be sure the US has their backs...
oh...
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (ZbV+0)
Last week peeps here were talking about how Ace once thought as CJ did, but as time has gone by has finally come around to a more realistic "reality." Maybe CJ is Ace Jr. in that regard.
Plus he seems to carry himself pretty well even when carrying on multiple conversatiions with disagreers. Probably better than I could.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (C3E0x)
Not making mock of what they say or what they seem to champion.
I've always thought that was fair game.
No name calling or curses = no no
Making fun of their ideas or their attachment to them or their propensity to drag certain topics into a thread regardless.
Am I wrong? Are we redefining (again) blog policy?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (ntObR)
Good points, all.
I'm not a believer at all in The Banhammer. I do get tired of the personal attacks, though. Pretty much everyone on here is of above average intelligence and thoughtfulness and respect given is respect received.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:45 PM (QWtgr)
Posted by: @votermom at December 21, 2015 11:45 PM (cbfNE)
Award food contract to Chipotle....
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:38 PM (1brdf)
That school will have all of their students shitting blood by Friday.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 21, 2015 11:46 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 21, 2015 11:46 PM (BHl9S)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016087338541056
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016232960569348
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016352343007233
Posted by: kbdabear at December 21, 2015 11:46 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:47 PM (zt+N6)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016506085253121
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016653049503744
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/679016794682695684
Posted by: kbdabear at December 21, 2015 11:47 PM (GrXXa)
*I only know this because my lab-mate watched some documentary on General Tso's; he spent about a week telling me all the details and informing the local Chinese buffet staff about it too.*
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:47 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2015 11:47 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (Z8xbi)
> Pretty much everyone on here is of above average intelligence
ISWYDT
- Garrison Keillor
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (1brdf)
I have an ebook with the original illustrations too. As I was reading I would picture Scrooge looking like Alistair Sim or George C. Scott depending on the scene.
Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (JSovD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (voOPb)
Thanks!
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (QWtgr)
That just isn't fair to the other contestants
Posted by: kbdabear at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (Xo1Rt)
Internet Posting 101:
Rule 1: Do Not Piss Off The Barkeepers (moderators) For They Are Subtle And Quick To Anger (or something like that).
Rule 2: If you manage to piss off a barkeeper, apologize quickly, profusely, and without reservation.
Rule 3: Barkeepers really do try very hard to NOT get pissed off by all you bozo anonymous posters. If you piss them off, you are very, very, very probably in the wrong. In which case, see Rule 2.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (s5o+q)
everyone 'appropriates', it is called learning.
Posted by: Jake at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (QelBn)
That also led to another question, but would hate to be banned for being an "asshole." Which, by the way, I have never used on chemjeff.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:39 PM (C3E0x)
Okay I may have misinterpreted your comment and read asshole intent into it that wasn't present. It's hard because we do have assholes around and sometimes it get tricky to distinguish between facetiousness and straight up direct assholery.
So um never mind. Citizens, you may continue about your business as usual.
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (wqVD1)
Which is a shame cause it's a really good song but too many bad things associated.
I can't even think of the song without being transported back there to where everything was crumbling around me and I eventually had to move and start all over and it was 10 years before I got back to about the same level of sanity and satisfaction again.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (Xo1Rt)
That one is fine and all, but for greatest, I'd probably have to go with something by Cornelius Bumpus.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (mUsVF)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/selection-du-weekend-171-43.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (zt+N6)
****
Well, it is credited as being invented in NYC in the 70s, so yeah, unless Panda Express is now operating in China now, probably not gonna see it.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:35 PM (QWtgr)
How about we modify that to say "refrain from personal attacks on commenters."
I don't think it matters how long someone has been here.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (s5o+q)
G-d, but Garrison Keillor is just about the most pretentious douche in history. NPR is the only reason anyone's ever heard his name.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (QWtgr)
Posted by: Farmer at December 21, 2015 11:03 PM (o/90i)
I keep getting stuck on Ms. Colombia.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:05 PM
Yep, that did happen. Now I need to make sure the real life woman in my life is OK. She's on day 4 of some illness.
Posted by: Farmer at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:47 PM (zt+N6)
I'm getting a kick out of Snowflakes bashing large food corporations by defending a large restaurant corporation.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (GrXXa)
So um never mind. Citizens, you may continue about your business as usual.
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (wqVD1)
No problemo, we're good. I appreciate your nightly efforts too.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (oKE6c)
Answer, they will tell you within 7 minutes of meeting them....
Posted by: Jake at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (QelBn)
"Others were up in arms over banh mi Vietnamese sandwiches served with
coleslaw instead of pickled vegetables, and on ciabatta bread, rather
than the traditional French baguette."
I actually don't blame the complaint there - I have had a tried those at various Vietnamese restaurants in Honolulu, totally unexpected and excellent - weird veggies tasting like they were pickled in perfume and bread so crusty it could smash a century old bagel. Tried every Vietnamese restaurant that had them in the mainland and sorely disappointed...
If the real deal is what they had in Honolulu I'd take some ethnic pride in asking that the cafeteria version be renamed or at least show them how to do it right.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 21, 2015 11:43 PM (T78UI)
Senior year of school, we had a couple of 15 inch snowfalls a couple of days apart. Being 10 miles outside of the middle of nowhere, the food trucks were a little delayed in restocking the cafeteria's supplies. By the end of the week, they were just putting whatever they had out and telling us to enjoy.
Most of us got into 4 wheel drives and drove into town and got beer and burritos at the local convenience store, and then went and got "stranded" in the women's dorms at Longwood U.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (Z7G74)
everyone 'appropriates', it is called learning.
Posted by: Jake
Hey, I'll stop appropriating whatever invented cultural artifact they want right after they stop appropriating English.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (9YDUz)
Last week peeps here were talking about how Ace once thought as CJ did, but as time has gone by has finally come around to a more realistic "reality." Maybe CJ is Ace Jr. in that regard.
Plus he seems to carry himself pretty well even when carrying on multiple conversatiions with disagreers. Probably better than I could.
Posted by: Blano at December 21, 2015 11:44 PM (C3E0x)
ChemJeff has been around for a long time
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (1brdf)
Anybody here ever hear or like that song by Train, "Hey Soul Sister"?? It's not such a bad song... but it was ruined for me, because right at the time it was a huge hit, I was getting railroaded out of my last job and was basically convinced I was the World's Biggest Loser.
Thankfully things are better now, but the connotation in my mind between that song and feelings of loserdom... well, they'll always be there for me, right or wrong.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 21, 2015 11:50 PM (QWtgr)
Keillor has competition for Most Pretentious Douche In History?
Wow.
Other contenders?
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (voOPb)
I just want to know what the rules are.
And since Ace put that policy notice in the sidebar (which I see isn't a sticky anymore) I've been curious exactly what was meant.
In the absence of a definitive definition (heh) I resorted to what I thought he meant (always a dangerous thing to do).
And I came up with my main ones that I listed above.
Being snarky about someone's favorite rant or style was not on my list. If that is the rule, then things are going to be very dull around here.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (Xo1Rt)
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duh-uh
leftists don't like anyone learning things.
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (ZbV+0)
longwood?
you go to school down the street from there? at a college without chicks?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (AkOaV)
Go ahead, order genuine Chinese.
Where's the meat?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Jake at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (QelBn)
Without "cultural appropriation", society stagnates.
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (Kucy5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (nGyiN)
Answer, they will tell you within 7 minutes of meeting them....
Posted by: Jake at December 21, 2015 11:51 PM (QelBn)
A vegan, a cross-fitter, and an atheist walk into a bar...
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (iwLCN)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (1brdf)
Yeah. Stole it from my slow typin hands.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (kKHcp)
And fucking cook it yourselves.
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (J3phO)
Neil Grassy Chicken (is that too obscure?) got almost everything wrong in his attack on Star Wars today. Firstly, yes, Wookies live an awful long time (several hundred years), as fans know.
Secondly, the prop he said would never work was an actual physical prop that actually did work, which he would have known if he had checked.
As to his understanding of the physics of draining and storing the energy of a star, neither I nor he have the slightest damned idea of how that would work, and the film-maker's stupid wild-ass-guess is at least as good as his.
I've come to hate dumb arrogant douchebags so much I can barely stand the internet at all.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (DLIIY)
https://tinyurl.com/p6k2cpb
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (Xo1Rt)
Or, do what I do and just go into pedant mode.
(embarrassed grin)
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (nGyiN)
--
yup. they could pass as sisters
btw did anypne catch Miss USA's answer? sounds like an sjw - glad she lost
Posted by: @votermom at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (cbfNE)
Alistar Sim is my very favorite! and I like it better in black and white It was like a family tradition for spouse to see that every year and we watch it too. Haven't done it yet, though We've watched it so much spouse says the lines before they happen. 27 years of this and sometimes it gets get a little wearying but it amuses FS and no doubt, I have any number of obsessive traditions that annoy FS.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (qES5k)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (iwLCN)
Joke with a friend from college when we would got to the Chinese takeout at the food court. "Mmmmmm. Good cat."
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
For empxample you are a cheap mutherfucker cuz t
You don't want to pay taxes. Mis Hum you are dick face weasel for backing Cruz. That's what was meant. Also no personal attacks if that person isn't in the thread. Hope that helps
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (1brdf)
Fuchsia Dunlop has a thorough history of the dish in her Hunan cookbook. The dish was invented by Peng Chang-Kuei. He invented the dish at his restaurant in Taiwan, though he later created a different, less interesting version for the U.S.
From the recipe, which Dunlop learned in his restaurant kitchen: "Add the chicken and deep-fry until it is crisp and golden."
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (DLIIY)
*****
Check out what an average IQ is.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (YLidQ)
I loved the song until hearing it used for every single commercial for 18 months or so. Strangely enough, that overdid it for me.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (kXoT0)
If Trump were still running it, I'm sure he'd make it up to her big time. Now Melania might not approve of how he'd like to make it up to her, but either way, she'd be well taken care of.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 21, 2015 11:57 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Sanfranpsycho at December 21, 2015 11:57 PM (Vv/Pc)
And prepare to be disappointed; Chinese food in America is much better than anything I had in China. (Although I did get a bit partial to the paddy eels. Seriously).
Same thing with pizza in Italy. Think cardboard smeared with tomato paste.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2015 11:57 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 21, 2015 11:58 PM (1brdf)
And fucking cook it yourselves.
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (J3phO)
I saw a story a while back about a couple of guys who opened an American-style Chinese restaurant in China.
The younger Chinese were okay with it. The older Chinese hated it with a purple passion.
American "Chinese" food \+ Chinese Chinese food.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:58 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
I always used to joke that my favorite Chinese dish was mu gu guy puppy.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:59 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 21, 2015 11:59 PM (voOPb)
- "Oh Yeah" by Yello
- "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
- "California Soul" by ??? (female singer, late 1960s, used to death by GM for their car commercials)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (ntObR)
that actually did work, which he would have known if he had checked.
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I seem to recall it was a pretty big deal when they had it on stage at a convention this summer.
And I thought they were selling a remote control version of it as a toy (it was mentioned on FBN the day tickets went on sale).
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (cbfNE)
Fuchsia Dunlop has a thorough history of the dish in her Hunan cookbook. The dish was invented by Peng Chang-Kuei. He invented the dish at his restaurant in Taiwan, though he later created a different, less interesting version for the U.S.
From the recipe, which Dunlop learned in his restaurant kitchen: "Add the chicken and deep-fry until it is crisp and golden."
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (iMxBJ)
I have her Sichuan and Hunan cookbooks, and Bar-Shu in London is my favorite Chinese restaurant.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (YLidQ)
Reminds me of the Carlin skit where he was bitching about his fellow man.
"Think how stupid the average man is! And then remember, half the people are even dumber!"
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2015 11:53 PM (wZ2hu)
More than that. Societies without cultural appropriation have existed before. Certain phrases come to mind. Like "separate but equal", and Apartheid.
So their whole diversity thing is that everyone's supposed to act like the stereotype of their culture with no deviation and no sharing allowed.
How the fuck is that not the worst kind of racism?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
When I was in grad school we used to go to a Chinese restaurant a block away from the campus. As we approached the restaurant for lunch, a friend of mine, seeing a stray dog, threw his arms up and yelled, "Run away, doggy! Run away! Before you become tonight's entree!"
The proprietors were not amused.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (oKE6c)
Huh?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (DLIIY)
Attention Horde, I may have to call for volunteers to fill the men quotient of mine oath. So just remember that you were warned.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (iwLCN)
As I was told, as I'm sure others have said as well, the best way to rate a Chinese place is by how many Chinese people are actually eating there.
Back in my real estate days I used to meet fellow types at General Tso's in Columbus, Ohio and there was plenty of Asian types there every time we went.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (C3E0x)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/selection-du-weekend-171-43.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2015 11:49 PM (nGyiN)
Want to make a contract?
Posted by: ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (Z8xbi)
Actually, complaining about cultural appropriation is basically saying that people are only allowed certain activities based on their ethnicity, which is pretty much gutter racism any way you look at it.
If you complain about cultural appropriation, you *are* a racist. Sorry if that pains you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (Z8xbi)
"Think how stupid the average man is! And then remember, half the people are even dumber!"
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (kKHcp)
Obama voters.
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (kXoT0)
Line starts behind me.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (DLIIY)
I was asked after watching the new movie what I knew about Rogue One by another movie goer. I thusly replied, "I try not to pay attention to fandom because that causes aggravation which leads to anger and then to the Dark Side."
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (nGyiN)
"Think how stupid the average man is! And then remember, half the people are even dumber!"
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (kKHcp)
****
Yep. This.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: buzzion at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
Another friend, when we ate at the same place (we were regulars), used to ask in a loud voice why there were so many dog collars out in the alley.
Yeah, my friends are assholes. Of course, they say the same thing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (oKE6c)
here in the states really isn't Chinese at all, just American food with
some spices and sauces generally associated with China. It's still good
though, and those cheap Chinese places give you tons of food for a small
price.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 21, 2015 11:54 PM (iwLCN)<<<
**looks at "Chinese Turkey"**
Yes. It's beautiful. It really is. But it's smiling as me.
Posted by: Mr. Parker (from A Christmas Story) at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (1brdf)
Let's make it a tourism motto. America: We steal your culinary ideas and make them delicious.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Benny Hillbilly at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (FkBIv)
the good authentic Chinese food is the dimsum and the various steamed rolls.
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (cbfNE)
+++++++++++++++++++
Mmmm. Chicken foot dim sum.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (T78UI)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (kXoT0)
Wait, what?
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:03 AM (s5o+q)
"Think how stupid the average man is! And then remember, half the people are even dumber!"
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (kKHcp)
Obama voters.
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (s5o+q)
It's why they're called "leftists." It's a reference to the bell curve.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:03 AM (oKE6c)
Actually, complaining about cultural appropriation is basically saying that people are only allowed certain activities based on their ethnicity, which is pretty much gutter racism any way you look at it.
If you complain about cultural appropriation, you *are* a racist. Sorry if that pains you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (bLnSU)
They would of course argue that its only white people that aren't allowed to do cultural appropriation so they aren't racist.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:04 AM (zt+N6)
These college kids are just a bunch of spoiled dullards who should be given no heed at all.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (HalrA)
Great idea. Capitalism: we take your nascent idea, and make it popular and profitable.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (oKE6c)
McDonnell Douglas (mostly Douglas) DC-X demonstrated VTVL over 20 yesrs ago.
Did it launch 11 satellites while doing so?
Didn't think so.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (o78gS)
..........................
vegan will pop off first, orthorexia and all
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Tuna at December 22, 2015 12:06 AM (JSovD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:06 AM (qES5k)
Nyah!
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:07 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:01 AM (kXoT0)
Line starts behind me.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (C3E0x)
Wait, wait, let me face the peril!!
Posted by: Gallahad sockpuppet at December 22, 2015 12:07 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:04 AM (zt+N6)
Well, because racism is all about power, it stands to reason that only white people can be racist.
Now, how that can still apply with a (half-)black President, a sequence of black Attorneys-General, etc., etc. I haven't totally grokked, but that may just be because I'm a white male of privilege and don't understand how being powerless in a lawless country ruled by thuggish gangs actually places me in a position of ultimate authority.
Or something.
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:07 AM (s5o+q)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2015 12:07 AM (BHl9S)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 21, 2015 11:56 PM (YLidQ)
We need a Federal program to raise the average IQ. A few billion should do it. Send it to me, Jay Guevara, and I'll see to it that it gets to where it'll really be appreciated.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:08 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:08 AM (vb33c)
I don't think there are any in ours.
Lots of ox tail, tripe, and other Latino type ingredients though.
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:08 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (voOPb)
> I don't get it
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:05 AM (1brdf)
Me either.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (C3E0x)
Under today's standard, fully 1/4 of Americans back in 1930 would score below 80, being "idiots", really (but we don't use that term anymore, not politically correct).
Now, whether or not we're actually getting smarter, or just getting better at taking IQ tests, is a big controversy. Nutrition probably has a lot to do with it. Iodized salt may be responsible for 10 points in IQ rise, according to something I read.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:06 AM (qES5k)
"Tastes like chicken!"
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (s5o+q)
Against Whites. Only white folks are chastised for appropriating, and only white folks are force-fed the beauty of diversity.
It is an attempt, so far successful, to diminish lives by external pressure.
/raises shield against accusations of racism
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2015 11:55 PM (qES5k)
The Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol is also my favorite. Significant portions of it are lifted verbatim from Dickens' original text. They did re-write a few sections in order to condense the story a bit, but from what I have seen of other productions it is by far the most faithful to the original story.
Posted by: HTL at December 22, 2015 12:10 AM (UC2gr)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2015 12:07 AM (BHl9S)
I used to eat in Chinese restaurants in SF, and order stuff off the menu that only had Chinese ideographs next to it.
The trick was to take some of the stuff up in the chopsticks, open your mouth, then glance over to the kitchen to see if they were nudging each other and laughing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:10 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:10 AM (qES5k)
I don't think there are any in ours.
Lots of ox tail, tripe, and other Latino type ingredients though.
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:08 AM (cbfNE)
At the local Lucky's Supermarket, one of the aisles is labelled "ethnic foods"....in Silicon Valley.....it always makes me think, "how do they get away with that?"
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:11 AM (EzgxV)
My (late, missed) Dad used to say:
Remember, son, the average IQ is 100, and that ain't so smart.
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:11 AM (1brdf)
The interesting thing about "diversity" and "cultural appropriation" is that it only goes one way in the West.
Against Whites. Only white folks are chastised for appropriating, and only white folks are force-fed the beauty of diversity.
And contrariwise, if you ignore other cultures ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:11 AM (oKE6c)
It didn't ruin the movie for me, but it did make me want to whack some jackoffs in the head. I would not be surprised if that whole effort was just created by one of the troll groups like GNAA to make the fans look like jerks, which they do. Not all of them, just the spoilers.
You remind me about the Parsecs thing, which was just a misunderstanding of the term originally but was retconned later into "superior navigators could complete trips in shorter distances by understanding routes, and superior engines could avoid pitfalls in the shorter routes (closer to dangerous obstacles)."
GrassyAss, of course, does not know any of this.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:11 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2015 12:12 AM (BHl9S)
Back in the day, husband and I were helping entertain Chinese Geophysicists here in Tulsa who were here to evaluate oil company bids. At the end of their visit we had a seven course banquet at a Chinese restaurant with food flown in from both coasts. My husband was an extremely picky eater, but, since it was a once in a lifetime event, we made a pact to eat some of every dish we were served. The only thing that was just impossible to eat was the sea cucumber. It was like eating tasteless rubber.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:12 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:12 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 12:13 AM (MQEz6)
Yeah, my friends are assholes. Of course, they say the same thing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (oKE6c)
Maybe I am an asshole after all, 'cause I keep laughing at that.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:13 AM (C3E0x)
He was such a fine actor.
One of the lines spouse obsessively repeats is, "I must stand on my head" which I think is funny too.
I guess we'll have to watch it tomorrow with some appropriate beverage-mulled cider or something.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:13 AM (qES5k)
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:13 AM (QelBn)
Under today's standard, fully 1/4 of Americans back in 1930 would score below 80, being "idiots", really (but we don't use that term anymore, not politically correct).
Now, whether or not we're actually getting smarter, or just getting better at taking IQ tests, is a big controversy. Nutrition probably has a lot to do with it. Iodized salt may be responsible for 10 points in IQ rise, according to something I read.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (dvuhZ)
And, yet, 90% of people today probably couldn't back-up a horse -- when nearly everyone could in the 1930s.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:14 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 22, 2015 12:14 AM (yggeQ)
I mean anything.
Now, they fully understand the hierarchy of protein foods, with really good beef at the tippy-top, down to crickets and worms and worse at the bottom. Hey, it's protein. It's all good (for certain definitions of good).
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (s5o+q)
I just want to know what the rules are.
And since Ace put that policy notice in the sidebar (which I see isn't a sticky anymore) I've been curious exactly what was meant.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
That sidebar was an admonition to not engage in ad hominem. Disagree to a point, but if you have to make it personal, this isn't the place for that.
Ace's previous rules:
Be funny before if you're going to be a racist. More importantly, you aren't funny.
If the topic doesn't interest you, fuck off. Your dis-interest isn't interesting.
Other rules that are not rules but should be;
Don't drag arguments from one thread to the next. You aren't going to change anyone's mind, and you certainly aren't going to change it by making everyone part of it. Let it the fuck go.
Watch your minx html tags. Proofread, mofo. (obviously this doesn't apply to me)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (9YDUz)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (qES5k)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (DLIIY)
Sorry to hear they spammed the games with podo.
Neil should get the pushback shaming that woman got. See if he starts blubbering about fans being mean to him. Then the fans shove him into the great and mighty Saarlac.
And from Japan, how to make your sandwiches look like BB-8
http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYGZ-726/Fun
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:16 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:16 AM (1brdf)
I know that was to honor the Chinese guests, but ehen you think about it, it doesn't make much sense to me. When I travel halfway around the world, I don't want to eat food I can get at home. I want the best local specialty. The Chinese visitors were probably hoping for big ass steaks.
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:16 AM (cbfNE)
Flash drives or tape?
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:15 AM (1brdf)
Are you from the future?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2015 12:17 AM (BHl9S)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:18 AM (9mTYi)
If they're still selling chicken feet then, I may have to serve it up for April Fool's Day.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:18 AM (qES5k)
- "Oh Yeah" by Yello
- "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
- "California Soul" by ??? (female singer, late 1960s, used to death by GM for their car commercials)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:00 AM (ntObR)
Also that one, Just Like Animals, that they were using to sell that eletric car with the big gerbils (?).
Raisin Bran almost ruined I Heard It Through The Grapevine, but, I still love the Marvin Gaye version, others, not so much.
California Soul--Marlena Shaw?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (kXoT0)
---
Even here. Red Letter Media had a review up yesterday, which I watched, and in 30 minutes of spoilers, they didn't tell me anything I hadn't learned (or quickly guessed) from comments here.
I'm still looking forward to it, aiming at Wednesday.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil
I'm a novice traveler to be sure, but sea cucumber is where I draw the line.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (9YDUz)
Posted by: filbert at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (s5o+q)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (MQEz6)
Yeah, my friends are assholes. Of course, they say the same thing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:02 AM (oKE6c)
Maybe I am an asshole after all, 'cause I keep laughing at that.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:13 AM (C3E0x)
we were going to a vet which was located next to an asian restaurant, made me nervous. it was japanes or thai I think.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (vb33c)
Under today's standard, fully 1/4 of Americans back in 1930 would score below 80, being "idiots", really (but we don't use that term anymore, not politically correct).
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:09 AM (dvuhZ)
Ah, the "Flynn effect."
I think characterizing those of IQ 80 or lower as idiots is too strong. IIRC, "idiot" refers to a much lower IQ score. An IQ of 80 is only a bit over one standard deviation below the mean, and refers to someone who is about as much duller than the average person as a college graduate is brighter (average IQ ca. 115, IIRC).
(Also, the standard deviation isn't defined as 15 points; that's empirically determined, as the bell curve can be sharper or flatter depending on what's measured (such as height, instead of IQ). No prizes for guessing which demographic has a mean IQ of 85.)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (oKE6c)
What is very, very politically incorrect, so incorrect that no one dares talk about it, is looking at the differences in the distribution with various demographic factors. Those differences exist, are "problematic" and absolute poison to discuss.
For example, and this is the least controversial, there is a difference between men and women. They have the same average, but the deviation is greater for men. The tails are wider.
This means, that on average, with a large enough sample of people, the smartest *and dumbest* person in the room will be a man.
I have actually observed this. At any meeting of any size, there will always be some absolute idiot who doesn't understand what's going on, and will get up and say something stupid. You'll see his poor wife next to him, trying to get him to sit down, dying of embarrassment. The wife is smarter than he is.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:20 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:20 AM (HalrA)
today Norway has good chow, prolly a diff story back in 1730 or so
Lefksa is actually better in Norway than the US
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:20 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:20 AM (bLnSU)
Sorry to hear they spammed the games with podo.
Neil should get the pushback shaming that woman got. See if he starts blubbering about fans being mean to him. Then the fans shove him into the great and mighty Saarlac.
I've said here part of the reason I went opening weekend is so I could avoid people here being assholes and posting spoilers, either accidentally, or because they are humorless joyless dicks and don't want anyone else to have any fun either. Last night I got proven correct on both counts.
And I think the problem is that those that engaged in that attempted shaming of that woman is that they are the same idiots that would suck off Tyson if he asked them too. I'm sure the Venn diagram has a lot of overlap at least.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:16 AM (1brdf) I was thinking the easier way to back one up -- but if you want to back-one-up the other way, I doubt either flash-drives or tape would have the necessary capacity.
(Reminds me of early nerd discussions about the Star Trek transporter room -- did you really just make a copy and destroy the original?)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
I read the whole linked "Baker Street" article. Defied even my terrible web-induced short attention span. Might've helped that I was listening to the cuts while reading.
I put on Baker Street and Milady immediately said, "What is that song? I really like it." So, yeah.
Oklahoma - yes, we like our Christmas, by God! And mistletoe is the state "floral emblem" whatever that means. Smoochies!
Posted by: mindful webworker - musically at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (O+0DS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (9YDUz)
Out of politeness, I've successfully eaten sea cucumber, sea urchin, and fish belly. And I wouldn't drive across town to get seconds on any of them.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (oKE6c)
Why wait? Get ready for some Ono ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHArkK2Xcw
Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (oZKRQ)
Well, it seemed clever in 1978.
Posted by: JTB at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (FvdPb)
The Chinese visitors were probably hoping for big ass
steaks.
Had a boss that liked to take foreign visitors to a steak house (Maddox in Brigham City, UT) and order them a 36 oz Porterhouse.
But when we were visited by ChiComs that one time, he rang up a local Chinese place and told them so. They made stuff that was not on the menu that (I'm told) was amazing.
He tried that ploy a couple more times when he wanted Chinese, until the restaurant folks somehow figured it out.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:16 AM (cbfNE)
Actually, they like to eat different animals. Hubby and I took them one Saturday to Woolaroc (http://www.woolaroc.org/) and fed them buffalo burgers. They were thrilled. They kept pointing to the live buffalo standing around and the burgers and asking their interpreter if it was the same animal.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:20 AM (QelBn)
not necessarily saying much. sort of like room temperature piss is better than warm piss.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (vb33c)
"I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it."
I remind myself of that, a lot.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2015 11:32 PM (fBkaR)
Timeframe? I gorged myself there while waiting for someone in '93. That food was good...
But I was young and stupid.
Posted by: RWC
I graduated in '92. The Saturday fare was much better. Not trying to cook for everyone at once. I would gorge myself at Sat breakfasts too - fried chicken and shrimp grits in piles. Now tuesday at lunch ....
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (fBkaR)
Young me thought it would be funny to have a T-shirt made up that said
Kiss me beneath the mistletoe.
I then put mistletoe on my belt.
It didn't go over like I thought. It was funny in my head.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 21, 2015 11:12 PM
And there posts a true Moron. Sounds like something I might have done in my youth.
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (o/90i)
...............
moslems,. but 85 seems high for them
more like 78
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:23 AM (QelBn)
Unfortunate choice of words ...
/kidding Actually, you're absolutely correct.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:23 AM (oKE6c)
You've never met my wife!
Posted by: zombie rodney dangerfield at December 22, 2015 12:24 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:24 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Since very few people live and work with horses anymore, there hasn't been much need to pass on that skill, and people have learned other things instead. That's not an indicator of intelligence.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:24 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (ZbV+0)
I reviewed it yesterday without spoilers, but I think I got Willowed in the process.
Basically, good but not great movie, okay Star Wars movie but not great.... BUT while I think Abrams over-did the fan-service, it would be accurate to call it "an apology for the second trilogy" as some say.
What it indicated to me was that they were listening and trying to make something the audience wanted. I suspect the second and third ones will be better instead of worse.
I am pretty nerdy, so I noticed many flaws others might not, like Abrams thinks the universe is really a lot smaller than it is (also see Star Trek 2009).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:24 AM (bLnSU)
The average does not have to be the place where half are above it and have are below it.
Do they take the actual distribution and force it to fit a normal distribution?
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 12:25 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:25 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2015 12:25 AM (fBkaR)
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They probably can't parallel park a car either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:26 AM (9mTYi)
So when do I get to start fulfilling your wildest dreams??
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:26 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:27 AM (QelBn)
I'm glad I missed last night then, even though I'd seen it by then.
As I said, I suspect the mega-spoilering going on for this movie in particular is in part dumb people picking up on a troll meme, the trolls are just trolling, they have no interest in the subject.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:27 AM (bLnSU)
But now consider the IQ test distribution. We define the mean as 100. That alone does not tell us how wide 1 point is, it merely sets the midpoint of the scale. So by saying 1 standard deviation is 15 points (and I think, actually, this was not always the standard) you set width of one point.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (dvuhZ)
talk about it, is looking at the differences in the distribution with
various demographic factors. Those differences exist, are "problematic"
and absolute poison to discuss.
From a scientific point of view, the question is whether from that observation one can successfully predict the outcome of other experiments, e.g., academic performance, success in life, etc.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (49UDy)
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:26 AM (C3E0x)
When I find myself caring about SJWs' issues...
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (kXoT0)
PBS is the only way he'd be employable. Yes, he is a self generating smug storm.
Posted by: Puddleglum@work at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (syGA0)
I have actually observed this. At any meeting of any size, there will
always be some absolute idiot who doesn't understand what's going on,
and will get up and say something stupid. You'll see his poor wife next
to him, trying to get him to sit down, dying of embarrassment. The wife
is smarter than he is.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (dvuhZ)
======================
This is true.Usually that Guy was the smartest man in the room until somebody else walked.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 22, 2015 12:29 AM (T78UI)
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (o/90i)
---------Once during a birthday party when I was home off the road, my sister gave me a belt buckle that said "Mustache rides 5 cents." We were sitting there at a table when this really nice looking gal comes up, throws a quarter on the table and says she wants the full quarters worth.Needless to say, I had a very good birthday night. And apparently, so did she.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:29 AM (9iR5/)
The Chinese visitors were probably hoping for big ass
steaks.
Had a boss that liked to take foreign visitors to a steak house (Maddox in Brigham City, UT) and order them a 36 oz Porterhouse.
But when we were visited by ChiComs that one time, he rang up a local Chinese place and told them so. They made stuff that was not on the menu that (I'm told) was amazing.
He tried that ploy a couple more times when he wanted Chinese, until the restaurant folks somehow figured it out.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2015 12:22 AM (o78gS)
I used to work for a CEO whose name ended with "-elli". When some bigwigs visited from Japan, they made a point to invite him to dinner at an Italian restaurant -- so he went along and made nice noises. Thing is, he'd told me years before that the day he left home, he looked at his mom's pasta fazool and said, "thank God, I don't have to eat that shit again." When he went out for food he actually liked, he'd go sushi.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:30 AM (EzgxV)
talk about it, is looking at the differences in the distribution with
various demographic factors. Those differences exist, are "problematic"
and absolute poison to discuss.
From a scientific point of view, the question is whether from that observation one can successfully predict the outcome of other experiments, e.g., academic performance, success in life, etc.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (oKE6c)
it was about the time that the book The Bell Curve came out that pc kicked into overdrive. indeed it was more or less pced out of existence.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:30 AM (vb33c)
This means, that on average, with a large enough sample of people, the
smartest *and dumbest* person in the room will be a man.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (dvuhZ)
Also explains why the super-genii (sp) of history tend to be men.... and the dumbest of inherited royalty, men.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 22, 2015 12:30 AM (T78UI)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
"Think Like A Dinosaur," James Patrick Kelly, later an Outer Limits episode where humans are using a transporter system run by reptilian aliens that creates a copy and destroys the original, normally almost simultaneously, but an error preserves an original for a time, which creates an ethical problem (or reveals an ethical problem).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (dvuhZ)
The standard deviation is an empirically determined quantity, not a defined one. For IQ, it happens to 15 points. If, for example, everyone had an IQ of exactly 100, the SD would be less than one.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (oKE6c)
> Usually that Guy was the smartest man in the room until somebody else walked (in)
And isn't this really the story....
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:26 AM (C3E0x)
When I find myself caring about SJWs' issues...
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 12:28 AM (kXoT0)
Sigh....it's always something.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (C3E0x)
Unfortunately, I sometimes have a way with words, and these stories have them laughing so hard I fear my words are having the wrong effect.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at December 22, 2015 12:31 AM (DLIIY)
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Yeah, that's mostly what I'm hearing and folks seem to waver on how much they wanted to be openly catered to. I'm not going to complain about getting what I want.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:32 AM (ZbV+0)
smartest *and dumbest* person in the room will be a man.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:19 AM (dvuhZ)
happens here every thread.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:32 AM (vb33c)
It's a Mercedes-Benz facility. Ain't no actual manufacturing going on in there, no way, no how.
What they're doing is taking Mercedes vehicles coming off of RORO car transporters at the local ports, and stripping the protective plastic, and touching up any minor dings or rust accumulated en route, and vacuuming the upholstery, before they go out into the regional dealership network.
Skilled aerospace workers could make $200+K a year with top benefits in that plant when it was an actual jetliner factory. Unskilled prep monkeys are going to make $40K with minimal benefits.
Losing the last of their well paid local industrial jobs will not work out any better for L.A. than it worked out for Detroit.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 22, 2015 12:32 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
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*wags tail*
*grins*
Posted by: Mike Hammer's dog at December 21, 2015 11:15 PM
As does the Farmer's dogs.
Does that apostrophe make me a Dog-Owning Oppressive Dog Owner in today's SJW /lefttist parlance?
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Old Blue
Sir, I think your horse just relieved himself.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM (9YDUz)
Has to be a good decent blog that will allow an Appalachian woods rat like yours truly to hang out.
I suspect I have less education that 90% of y'all.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM (49UDy)
Oops.
Posted by: Ralph at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (zdltJ)
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (fBkaR)
Well there was the time Kirk was split into Pajama Boy Kirk and Ted the Swimmer Kirk.
Or when Riker beams down to an outpost that he had been assigned to and had to evacuate in a hurry, finds a copy of himself who had been trapped there all these years. As far as I know the Riker copy is still on the loose.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (nGyiN)
It will prolly be artsy so no nekked ladies....
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:25 AM (nGyiN)
Hmm... how to say this without *MORE* spoilers, thanks Anna...
Abrams said to an interviewer that she was his favorite character. Given what did *and didn't* happen in the film, I suspect we will she her again.
Because that statement makes no sense otherwise.
Unless he was actually talking about the actress. Wink wink.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (bLnSU)
came out that pc kicked into overdrive. indeed it was more or less pced
out of existence.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:30 AM (vb33c)
Yes, and more's the pity. It was actually a rational dissection of an important issue for social policy. If you believe the authors, it turns out that if you choose a reference population with an average IQ of 85, you end up with the same social pathologies, regardless of the ethnicities of that population.
Something Jerry Springer could have told them.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:35 AM (oKE6c)
you go to school down the street from there? at a college without chicks?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 21, 2015 11:52 PM (AkOaV)
Graduated almost 30 years ago.
Longwood had gone coed a few years before I got to college, so it was still about 80% female.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 12:35 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: speedster1 at December 22, 2015 12:35 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (nGyiN)
Arrested for joining the Maquis and stealing the Defiant.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:36 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Javems at December 22, 2015 12:36 AM (yOqwj)
.....................
smarts and education are not necessarily correlated
see Obama, Barak Hussain and John F. Kerry
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (QelBn)
Longwood had gone coed a few years before I got to college, so it was still about 80% female.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 12:35 AM (Z7G74)
oh right on
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (AkOaV)
And fighting for the
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (9YDUz)
WHY are her teeth so yellow?
Is Hillary a closet smoker?
Does she not go to a dentist or buy whitening strips?
Just curious.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:30 AM (vb33c)
It amuses me that the exact same people who force Darwinism in the school system, deny that HUMANS are subject to Darwinism...
That some Genetic combinations WILL be better for survival in some situations... and that genetic selection will occur in Man as well.
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 12:38 AM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:38 AM (9iR5/)
Hillarys teeth look like she was eating cheese its right before the picture was taken.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:38 AM (AkOaV)
Mercedes makes deodorant too?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:39 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: irongrampa
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Character, experience, and native intelligence trump education every time. Every. Time.
Consider Barky.
One of the dumbest SOB's on the planet. For that matter, look at any member of his administration.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:39 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Since very few people live and work with horses anymore, there hasn't been much need to pass on that skill, and people have learned other things instead. That's not an indicator of intelligence.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 12:24 AM (HalrA)
I present to you Exhibit A -- http://eddriscoll.com/archives/011208.php -- and propose a hypothesis: maybe the stuff people are increasing their abilities with doesn't constitute intelligence, but rather conformance to The Narrative.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
steaks.
Had a boss that liked to take foreign visitors to a steak house (Maddox in Brigham City, UT) and order them a 36 oz Porterhouse.
I spent months in Japan at the Science City, eating fish for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I came back to Europe through Hawaii, where I'd lived before and had friends who suggested we go out to dinner at a seafood restaurant.
"No thanks, how about tomorrow night?" I said. "What I really want tonight is a big-ass prime rib."
And that's what we did. God, it was better than sex.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:40 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:40 AM (DLIIY)
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I think they mentioned at some point that the Gem Hadar wiped out the Maquis to the last man shortly after Voyager left.
I *think* that was an episode of Voyager.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:41 AM (ZbV+0)
So should I go see it again? Perhaps spot on a pike somewhere a Gungan skull?Well after seeing the Star Trek Beyond trailer, we can well and truly say the franchise has jumped the space shark. On a motorcycle and through flaming hoops.
And I did not know what had ever happened to Riker II but now I know.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:41 AM (nGyiN)
Just curious.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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She exhales sin. It stains the teeth.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:41 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Puddleglum@work at December 22, 2015 12:42 AM (syGA0)
Intelligence isn't a matter of skills, but rather ability to learn skills, and particularly to make connections between apparently disparate observations/phenomena (i.e., to reason abstractly).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:42 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:42 AM (nGyiN)
Consider the following simple transform, y = 2x - 100. 'x' is the original, current IQ scale, and y is the new scale. When x = 100, y = 100. When 'x' = 115, y = 130 When x = 85, y = 70.
I've now defined a new IQ scale, where the mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 30 new points. All we've done is make one new point half of the old and left the midpoint at 100. The shape of the curve isn't affected, it's only the units have been transformed.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:43 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:41 AM (9mTYi)
Imma use that someday. Consider that stolen.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:43 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:34 AM (nGyiN)
They roughly planned to rescue him from his life term in a Cadassian labor camp, but they never filmed that episode. IIRC in some games or books they had contradictory fates for him, he died, he lived, he had a kid, he conspired to kill Gowron, he joined an intelligence agency, etc.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:43 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:43 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Uh,oh. You've crossed memes.
Now we're in for it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:45 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:45 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:45 AM (9YDUz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:45 AM (ntObR)
Old Blue must live in the upper midwest. Probably Wi.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:46 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (9iR5/)
so you learned about kendo from bowling?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:46 AM (vb33c)
Has to be a good decent blog that will allow an Appalachian woods rat like yours truly to hang out.
I suspect I have less education that 90% of y'all.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM (jeCnD)
Maybe we appreciate smarts, rather than everyone barking at the same leaf.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:46 AM (EzgxV)
Keeps me humble I guess.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 12:47 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:46 AM (kKHcp)
------Nope. Denver. But wife and I are avid bowlers and bowling fans.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:47 AM (9iR5/)
event you are killed on an away mission they simply hit reset and bring
you back before you were on the mission?
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Why not just have one red shirt and recycle him through the replicator system endlessly?
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:45 AM (nGyiN)
yeah but why not all the time? what a recruiting tool. sure you are gonna take some risks and may even get killed, but worst case we grab a handful or atoms run em through the whirlygig and you are good as new minus a couple of hours.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (vb33c)
Mumble mumble treknobabble.
What they say is that the transporter can only hold a certain number of patterns and they degrade relatively quickly - and only a very small amount of degradation is required to kill you.
Montgomery Scott is supposed to have modified a transporter to store just two people for years, but he survived and the other pattern degraded too much to be recovered. That was the Dyson Sphere episode of TNG.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (kKHcp)
"How come I keep making the same mistakes stoopid people make......"
Posted by: Jake at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (QelBn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:46 AM (vb33c)
---------Already knew about Kendo, but yeah, in a way. Amazing what you can pick up just throwing a dangerously heavy sphere at stationary objects.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:49 AM (9iR5/)
Keep in mind, we are Americans, so the head is held HIGH, especially now.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 12:49 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (ZbV+0)
well that's different, half the fun is guessing which red is gonna get it and when. besides it keeps them on their toes.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:49 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:50 AM (nGyiN)
Not only would communicators likely be internal by then, they'd probably also be mostly biological and powered by your body, and communicate directly with your brain instead of by sound.
Don't get me started on their cartoon economy.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:51 AM (bLnSU)
When did you move to Denver from Wi?
(happy face emoticon)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (kKHcp)
------You funny. Born and bred Coloradoan. But I have been to Wi when I was driving over the road. It must have rubbed off.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:51 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:51 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:44 AM (vb33c)<<<
Now he tells them.
Posted by: a Red Shirt from the original series at December 22, 2015 12:51 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Or only having to pay scale to the proud, the many, the first to be plot victims.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (9YDUz)
(happy face emoticon)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (kKHcp)
*****
This one is easy. : ) Lose the space.
. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (YLidQ)
What they say is that the transporter can only hold a certain number of patterns and they degrade relatively quickly - and only a very small amount of degradation is required to kill you.
Montgomery Scott is supposed to have modified a transporter to store just two people for years, but he survived and the other pattern degraded too much to be recovered. That was the Dyson Sphere episode of TNG.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (bLnSU)
so scotty basically had one of those really expensive dyson shop vacs and he stuck the hose into the vent and cycled himself around and around? if I understand you correctly.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (vb33c)
Why not just have one crew on earth and send out replicator/transporter clones to do the dirty work?
Then Starfleet could claim that they'd never lost a single person in the line of duty.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (YJmuy)
Anyone know what she ended up doing with that cute pup?
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (mUsVF)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (9YDUz)
heh
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 12:41 AM
I like your attitude. Do you have a newsletter?
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (9iR5/)
All the reasons why are spoilers.
Eventually us nerds will have to talk about all those details after pretty much everyone who wants to has seen it.
Star Trek - I don't know. They keep running off the rails. Still potential for a good series or good movies, who knows if we'll get it.
I wrote down some story and character arcs for a new series but I have so much else to work on I'm not doing...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (bLnSU)
Yeah Trek never quite wired the crew for telemetry. Though that would open a whole new can of worms when races such as Borg use those signals to track you or command your implants to flood your system with insulin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (nGyiN)
Midpack in bowling ain't like midpack in golf, that is for sure.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:54 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (vb33c)
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No.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (bLnSU)
What they say is that the transporter can only hold a certain number of patterns and they degrade relatively quickly - and only a very small amount of degradation is required to kill you.
Montgomery Scott is supposed to have modified a transporter to store just two people for years, but he survived and the other pattern degraded too much to be recovered. That was the Dyson Sphere episode of TNG.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:48 AM (bLnSU)
There was also the episode where Barclay had his Transporter phobia revealed and the survivors of an accident on a planet did something similar.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (mUsVF)
We tabulate the results and find the mean score is 72, with a standard deviation of 6 points. The units here are the score, which are predefined, and the mean and SD are empirically determined.
However, we now wish to *transform* those scores to a new scale. 72 points becomes 100 IQ points, and that 6 test points become 15 IQ points. It's a simple linear transform y = ax + b. 'a' and 'b' are determined by saying the mean is 100 and sigma is 15.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:56 AM (kKHcp)
Which space?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 12:56 AM (kKHcp)
Why not just have one crew on earth and send out replicator/transporter clones to do the dirty work?
Then Starfleet could claim that they'd never lost a single person in the line of duty.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 12:53 AM (YJmuy)
So, whatcha doin' with Arduinos?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 12:56 AM (EzgxV)
even get killed, but worst case we grab a handful or atoms run em
through the whirlygig and you are good as new minus a couple of hours.
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I think you then get into the problem of what happens to the soul/intellect.
Sure, The Enterprise gets another you, but it's not the you that died. Barring some extreme theological weirdness.
The 7th Day gave me nightmares for weeks the way everyone in the movie seemed to think the clones made them immortal and I'm like "Dude you spoke with your clone, that means it's not you that's living on!"
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 12:57 AM (ZbV+0)
I see our problem. You're talking about the standard deviation of IQ in an absolute sense (number of IQ points), I was talking about it in a relative sense (percentage of the population).
We're saying the same thing. The confusion arises because the mean is 100, and so the absolute number of IQ points in the standard deviation is numerically the same as the percentage of the population.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 12:57 AM (oKE6c)
If you're cloned, you get someone who looks like you, talks like you, thinks like you. But *you* still die.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:52 AM (vb33c)
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...
No.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 12:55 AM (bLnSU)
oh.
you sure?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:59 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (EzgxV)
Apparently nothing worthwhile.
Trying to figure out why I can drive a working MCP23017 into meltdown (I've killed 6 so far) when wired how I think it should be, but not work at all and survive perfectly fine when wired according to random web posts.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)
Amusing anecdote: leftists worried about scientists cloning King Tut's DNA, saying he wouldn't know anything about modern life.
Obviously, they hadn't thought that one through.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (oKE6c)
I'm going to try to run it on passive air. It has 7 heat pipes and weighs one and three-quarters pounds.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (bLnSU)
If you're cloned, you get someone who looks like you, talks like you, thinks like you. But *you* still die.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)
yeah but "you" are atomized every time you transport somewhere.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:01 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:01 AM (bLnSU)
If the "new" Tut has actual memories of ancient Egypt... hoo boy. (I'm not worried though. He won't.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 12:33 AM
No idea if that is true, but I'll tell you from my perspective you are one of the most respected here.
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (EzgxV)
well according to Merovign they do, they are spherical, and spectacular.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (voOPb)
395: There is a huge gulf between "educated" and "credentialed".
Posted by: Puddleglum@work at December 22, 2015 12:42 AM (syGA0)
Had to relocate to my work desk. Yes, that's something that's absolutely not understood by a lot of people who really should know the difference, from employers on down to the average voter. A person can pass all the tests and get all of the certifications, but if they don't retain the knowledge well or have good instincts for what they do, they're still going to be a total train wreck.
Credentials, and even education itself, are not a substitute for competence and the capability to learn new competencies.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 12:59 AM (vb33c)
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...
...
Yes.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:01 AM (bLnSU)
huh. ok then if you say so.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (vb33c)
I used to love to bowl too and wanted to be a pro bowler when I was a kid, problem was my hero was Mark Roth and I spent my formative years emulating his hellacious hook and screwed up my wrist, so no pba for me.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (iwLCN)
If you're cloned, you get someone who looks like you, talks like you, thinks like you. But *you* still die.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)
Just imagine if you had a transporter with the original aluminium glitter overlay from the original series, but the source would writhe in pain and eventually crumble into dust....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (EzgxV)
Give me dimensional folding any day. Just a twist of a few higher dimensions, instant gateway to your destination and no atoms scattered.
'Course, if the power cuts in transit you're still just as dead.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (9YDUz)
Seconded.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (mUsVF)
If the "new" Tut has actual memories of ancient Egypt... hoo boy. (I'm not worried though. He won't.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (ntObR)
Guess some liberals think Assassin's Creed's Genetic Memory is real.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (zt+N6)
Merovign good luck. You are making progress if you are sketching things out. Just keep chugging away. Or is that plugging away?
Until the 27th, if anyone really wants to try and read my random musings, Princess is available as a free download.
Golden Isis is available for purchase of course.
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
And if anyone else wants to help keep me writing.
https://www.gofundme.com/8k4zdgw9
Thanks to everyone who has already contributed. The Horde rocks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (nGyiN)
I don't really use the word "impossible" when it comes to science, but I don't imagine that, if we ever get to the point where we solve the problem of instantaneous travel over distance, this will be the most efficient, effective, and practical way to do it.
I really do need to work on mys sentence length.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (bLnSU)
Bet some of those "glitches" got quite messy. ;-)
Also as I recall, someone actually asked Cecil Adams of "The Straight Dope" if teletransportaion a la Star Trek is theoretically possible. As I recall, Adams responded yes it is-- but it would take *so much* energy and time to do right, it's nowhere near feasible any time in the foreseeable future.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (ntObR)
"How come I taught you everything I know, and you still don't know nothing?"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 01:05 AM (9mTYi)
'Course, if the power cuts in transit you're still just as dead.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:03 AM (YJmuy)
dunno, I am kind of claustrophobic.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:05 AM (vb33c)
If you're cloned, you get someone who looks like you, talks like you, thinks like you. But *you* still die.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)<<<
Sometimes you're the man in the box, sometimes you're the prestige.
Posted by: The Great Danton at December 22, 2015 01:05 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 01:05 AM (49UDy)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 22, 2015 01:06 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:07 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 01:07 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 01:07 AM (kKHcp)
'Night all.
Posted by: Blano at December 22, 2015 01:08 AM (C3E0x)
I don't really use the word "impossible" when it comes to science, but I don't imagine that, if we ever get to the point where we solve the problem of instantaneous travel over distance, this will be the most efficient, effective, and practical way to do it.
I really do need to work on mys sentence length.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (bLnSU)
really it is all about the heisenberg compensators. incidentally, I hear we have been allowing the chicoms to steal "flawed" copies of our heisenberg compensator designs that switch sex and or sexual orientation during transportation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:08 AM (vb33c)
Apparently nothing worthwhile.
Trying to figure out why I can drive a working MCP23017 into meltdown (I've killed 6 so far) when wired how I think it should be, but not work at all and survive perfectly fine when wired according to random web posts.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:00 AM (YJmuy)
Is it possible you're missing the resistors shown in the diagram here: http://tronixstuff.com/2011/08/26 /tutorial-maximising-your-arduinos-io-ports/
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (nGyiN)
Thank you, you too!
I am doing less plugging than you for now, sadly. I need to get past the "having doldrums at all" thing and just be able to write every day, which I don't.
Unfortunately my medicines make me a dummy.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:08 AM (bLnSU)
Has to be a good decent blog that will allow an Appalachian woods rat like yours truly to hang out.
I suspect I have less education that 90% of y'all.
If you graduated high school, as I suspect you did, you're more educated than a good number of today's college graduates.
It used to be you could graduate high school knowing Greek or Latin. Today's colleges are teaching remedial English.
Just because you weren't trained in an academic speciality doesn't mean you're not educated, sir!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM (vb33c)
Freeman Dyson, not James Dyson.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM (voOPb)
Longwood had gone coed a few years before I got to college, so it was still about 80% female.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 12:35 AM (Z7G74)
oh right on
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:37 AM (AkOaV)
I wasn't a student at Longwood, but I did study a few Longwood coeds.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 01:10 AM (Z7G74)
Bet some of those "glitches" got quite messy. ;-)
Also as I recall, someone actually asked Cecil Adams of "The Straight Dope" if teletransportaion a la Star Trek is theoretically possible. As I recall, Adams responded yes it is-- but it would take *so much* energy and time to do right, it's nowhere near feasible any time in the foreseeable future.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:04 AM (ntObR)
in one of the star treks I think scotty is talking about a transporter malfunction and he says "I don't know what it was but it didn't look human and it didn't live long."
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:10 AM (vb33c)
But I did it!
/Holds out handful of poop
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 01:10 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 01:10 AM (Z7G74)
Longwood ... is that a euphemism? Or braggadocio?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (oKE6c)
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Your body is. "you" whether you think that's just intellect or a soul is, if you're lucky electric, and if not, some stuff not recognized by science.
I think that makes transporters basically impossible for anything alive (due to the complexity if electrical, or the inaccesibility if spirit). Most scifi I've seen that uses transporters kinda hope you don't think too long about that.
I suspect life would at best not survive such a process (even though it apparently can work for particles) and at worse I worry what might animate it at the other end if it 'works'.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (ZbV+0)
Sherry McEvil: ...Attention Horde, I may have to call for volunteers to fill the men quotient of mine oath....
* stops *
* ponders *
* goes and hugs the wife *
Posted by: mindful webworker - happily married, really!! at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (O+0DS)
Talk about a thorny technological piece of kudzu which then forced writers to get creative in disabling the thing to put the cast in danger.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:02 AM
We've got one of the pet vacs, it's pretty good.
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM (bLnSU)
which one is a neil degrasse relation?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:12 AM (vb33c)
Voice, "Enterprise what we got back didn't live long. Thankfully."
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:13 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Chris M at December 22, 2015 01:13 AM (6RZos)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM (bLnSU)
which one is a neil degrasse relation?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:12 AM (vb33c)
Neither. That would be Leroy Dyson.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 01:13 AM (oKE6c)
http://tronixstuff.com/2011/08/26
/tutorial-maximising-your-arduinos-io-ports/
Nope, got those.
I can scan the I2C bus just fine, and my devices show up (until I fry one).
I'm looking at the possibility that I got a bad batch that can't handle 5v like the spec sheets say, and can only do 3.3v input.
But to prove that, I need to figure out if I can make it work at all with the internal pull up resistors, which may mean negating my input logic. To do that I may have to rewrite a 40 element array.
Sorry to everyone who doesn't understand what I'm talking about. If I understood it I wouldn't be talking about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (YJmuy)
I think that makes transporters basically impossible for anything alive (due to the complexity if electrical, or the inaccesibility if spirit). Most scifi I've seen that uses transporters kinda hope you don't think too long about that.
I suspect life would at best not survive such a process (even though it apparently can work for particles) and at worse I worry what might animate it at the other end if it 'works'.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (ZbV+0)
many of the star trek transporter problems are solved in the galaxy quest transporter.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (vb33c)
The long-lost (maybe) Iconians used them with no apparent damage, and could transport across the galaxy.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (bLnSU)
dimensions, instant gateway to your destination and no atoms scattered.
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Yeah but walking back from Pluto is a bitch
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (ZbV+0)
I'm ready for whatever you have planned
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:15 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:13 AM (nGyiN)
you the woman.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:15 AM (vb33c)
I am sure you can bat out at least a short story or two. Past two days managed to write about 1,800 words, catch myself writing past tense, fix it, and keep writing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:16 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Could have been worse.
Could have been the reverse.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 01:17 AM (9YDUz)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:17 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (vb33c)
"And it exploded."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:17 AM (bLnSU)
Be well
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 01:09 AM
You too MisHum. I'm thinking that might be a good idea. Long day here. J still ill and car troubles.
Such is life, tomorrow will be better.
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 01:18 AM (o/90i)
And why kiddies does Star Trek have the transporter? Because Gene
and the others did not have the budget to land a space ship every
episode. Nor afford to lose all that time with landing and taking off.
Talk
about a thorny technological piece of kudzu which then forced writers
to get creative in disabling the thing to put the cast in danger.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (nGyiN)
That, and the shuttle prop was late being delivered when they were filming the first episode that needed a transition to a planetary surface. It was kind of a last-minute improvisation that took on a life of its own.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 01:18 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Could have been worse.
Could have been the reverse.
Even in those days they couldn't have gotten away with Nichelle Nichols in just a merkin.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:20 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:16 AM (nGyiN)
I'm getting better when I *do* write, but I'm writing less.
Too many other things going on. Will keep trying.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:20 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 22, 2015 01:20 AM (kKHcp)
http://tronixstuff.com/2011/08/26
/tutorial-maximising-your-arduinos-io-ports/
Nope, got those.
I can scan the I2C bus just fine, and my devices show up (until I fry one).
I'm looking at the possibility that I got a bad batch that can't handle 5v like the spec sheets say, and can only do 3.3v input.
But to prove that, I need to figure out if I can make it work at all with the internal pull up resistors, which may mean negating my input logic. To do that I may have to rewrite a 40 element array.
Sorry to everyone who doesn't understand what I'm talking about. If I understood it I wouldn't be talking about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:14 AM (YJmuy)
Wait -- which thing is getting melted? The attached devices or the MCP23017?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:20 AM (EzgxV)
Would it be safe to assume Doctor Who's TARDIS has sort of done the same? Supposedly the thing is a transporter, a workshop, a laboratory, a home, a dessert topping, a floor wax...
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 01:21 AM (ntObR)
There's a lot of days when I look at the state of the world and politics and wonder if I didn't somehow wake up in a Bearded Spock universe.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 01:21 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:22 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 01:23 AM (9YDUz)
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Star Trek has made it clear that whenever a transporter is activated, the person in the beam is basically disintegrated. At the other end, something that should look and act just like them is constructed. Everything is presumably "okay" because viewers are led to believe that the same molecules are used, or something like that. But then we have episodes like the one in which Riker learned that he'd been inadvertently cloned following a nearly unsuccessful transport attempt years earlier.
That, of course, raises other issues. Need an army in a hurry? Well, I've got a really, really skilled soldier, and a *lot* of transporter pattern banks...
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 01:23 AM (aIiFP)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Which reminds me. Are you stepping yet?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 01:25 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:25 AM (nGyiN)
Do they use transporters to remove waste products from their bodies?
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 01:26 AM (MQEz6)
The MCP23017. All attached devices are fine and check out as fully operational.
Just had a thought, I need to check to make sure my ground reference is really ground on the input interface (the incredible melting chip).
I know it is everywhere else, But I don't remember if I checked that before for the inputs to this particular chip.
Unfortunately, I won't have the time or bench space to do that until Thursday. I can test everything else out of circuit, but that has to be done in circuit.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:27 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Merovign
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Heat only flows in one direction.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 01:27 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: MSNNBC at December 22, 2015 01:28 AM (7wyDO)
Posted by: Merovign
On, on, on further review, review, review...
The officials ruled it Not that Funny, funny, funny....
Posted by: stripes in weft's head at December 22, 2015 01:28 AM (9YDUz)
Only if there's a Klingon ship nearby.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:28 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 01:29 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:30 AM (nGyiN)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 01:33 AM (MQEz6)
I think my takeaway may be different from most others:
"Wow, perhaps the Millennial Generation isn't completely fucking useless, after all!"
Pretty cool stuff.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM (QWtgr)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 01:29 AM (MQEz6)<<<
You would not want to be in a holodeck after Lt. Barclay was in it. Would make being inside The Barrel seem like a day at the beach.
Posted by: The Great Danton at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2015 01:29 AM (MQEz6)
I should invent a fictional species whose only explorers are basically "entertainment producers" who get sets and stories from around the galaxy to take home and create holodramas.
Well, almost only. One think I kind of hate about Star Trek is "species uniformity," all Klingons are aggressive and hostile, all Cardassians are officious and brutal, all Andorians are passionate and aggressive, etc.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM (bLnSU)
Longwood ... is that a euphemism? Or braggadocio?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2015 01:11 AM (oKE6c)
Longwood College (now University) is located in Farmville, VA and was one of the "teachers' colleges" in Virginia.
Had a couple of girlfriends that attended there.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 22, 2015 01:35 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 01:35 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: MSNNBC at December 22, 2015 01:36 AM (7wyDO)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at December 22, 2015 01:36 AM (kXoT0)
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Because sometimes you want to go take a closer look at something that's a bit of a ways away, and hasn't been properly catalogued into the holodeck.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (aIiFP)
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (nGyiN)
uniformity," all Klingons are aggressive and hostile, all Cardassians
are officious and brutal, all Andorians are passionate and aggressive,
etc.
Wow, never thought about it like that. 'Ol Gene was kind of racist against xeno-sentients.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM (bLnSU)<<<
You take that back! **runs off sobbing**
Posted by: Worf's pajama boy son at December 22, 2015 01:40 AM (H9MG5)
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In one setting I read about, humanity had uploaded itself into the planet and basically turned inward. Then an ancient space probe found another species that appeared to be similarly advanced. Instead of building a starship, they moved the entire planet to go meet the other species.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 01:41 AM (aIiFP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (nGyiN)
Hur?
Wasn't Thelev the Orion disguised as an Andorian in Journey to Babel? Who stabbed Kirk?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:41 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Which reminds me. Are you stepping yet?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 01:25 AM (9mTYi)
I got a pi to directly control an L298-based interface board to drive a salvaged (no datasheet) 12V stepper two full revolutions clockwise using Python (which I've previously never used) GPIO libraries. Unfortunately, trying to rotate it counter-clockwise just resulted in feeble twitches. Despite it not demonstrating full mastery, I was feeling pretty good about this (particularly keeping the 3.3V, 5V, and 12V from mixing it up). Then the holidays happened. I've got some ideas to build on this success in January -- (1) offload control to an Arduino -- throwing a GUI can add random time delays; (2) use the 6-wire motor in 6-wire mode (instead of bridging it to the 4 connections off the L29
; (3) make sure that any 3.3V logic gets bumped to 5V when necessary; and (4) making sure I'm not doing a 1-2-4-3 on the motor. I anticipate that one, or more, will improve things to a useful level.
I have to use a separate L298 board instead of a shield because I'll be driving 25V motors in my laser cutter and the shield tops out at 12V.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:42 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (YJmuy)
I think it was more lazy-racist than angry-racist, though.
It's a "dumb writer's trick" to criticize some aspect of human personality by stereotyping the crap out of a culture.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:42 AM (bLnSU)
Rule 1: Do Not Piss Off The Barkeepers (moderators) For They Are Subtle And Quick To Anger (or something like that).
Rule 2: If you manage to piss off a barkeeper, apologize quickly, profusely, and without reservation.
Rule 3: Barkeepers really do try very hard to NOT get pissed off by all you bozo anonymous posters. If you piss them off, you are very, very, very probably in the wrong. In which case, see Rule 2.
Posted by: filbert at December 21, 2015 11:48 PM (s5o+q)
Why didn't you post the obvious Rule 4, there:
You have to kiss the ground 5 times a day and thank the barkeepers for letting you continue to exist, because they are great and powerful.
Gifts of tribute every so often are probably also advised ....
Sheesh.
Posted by: Mike Tyson at December 22, 2015 01:43 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 22, 2015 01:43 AM (zc3Db)
And they were about 90% smokin' hawt, too.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 01:44 AM (mUsVF)
Given McCoy's famous disdain for transporters, I always figured that what was being transmitted with a transporter wasn't the exact matter and energy of a person, but a digitized blueprint for how to build that person exactly as they were at the time they were destructively scanned into the system. How you transmit that information would probably follow some of the same rules as modern networking, with the card on the receiving end sending a confirmation to the card on the sending end when it's received all of the packets.
In this case, the crazy weather phenomenon timed itself so that the ship received enough to rebuild Riker with minimal data corruption, but the surface station never received the confirmation signal. I'd also imagine that Starfleet would build their systems with failsafes, so that in the event of transmission loss, you'd be rebuilt at the sending station. In this once instance, it created a duplicate.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 01:44 AM (J+mig)
And they were about 90% smokin' hawt, too.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 01:44 AM (mUsVF)
Hence, the name.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 22, 2015 01:45 AM (zc3Db)
Perhaps this is a hint I should go to bed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:46 AM (nGyiN)
It's a "dumb writer's trick" to criticize some aspect of human personality by stereotyping the crap out of a culture.
What you say is most likely the case, and it spoils all my fun.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:47 AM (YJmuy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBE8ocOkAQ
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2015 01:37 AM (sdi6R)
meh, its no transporter, not even a jason stratham.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 22, 2015 01:48 AM (vb33c)
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They have showers. And men are still men so...
Anyway, all that stuff goes into the replicator system, which, as I understand it, separates everything into its component atoms and stores those atoms somewhere until they're needed.
At least they mentioned the atom bins one time when someone asked where the food and synthahol came from. I don't know whay they wouldn't turn the atoms into energy and store the energy in the infinite (unless the plot demands otherwise) capacity in their dilithium batteries.
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That, of course, raises other issues. Need an army in a hurry? Well,
I've got a really, really skilled soldier, and a *lot* of transporter
pattern banks...
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Yeah, ST makes the law of conservation of matter and energy cry. There's a buttload of power needed from somewhere to make Riker #2 accident or otherwise.
Late in DS9 they mined the wormhole by surrounding it in self-replicating, cloaked mines, which sound awesome until you figure those most have been running on solar panels somehow.
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 01:49 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:46 AM (nGyiN)
Erm, nope. Troyian.
He was kind of aqua-colored, thus the confusion. No antennae.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:51 AM (bLnSU)
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Or more to the point, why ever go to Riza?
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2015 01:51 AM (ZbV+0)
Best Trek line ever.
And with that, I retire to mine holodeck.
Good night, Gracies! Happy "daytime finally start getting longer again" day.
Posted by: mindful webworker - zzzzzz at December 22, 2015 01:51 AM (O+0DS)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:52 AM (YJmuy)
Or more to the point, why ever go to Riza?
The difference between diet and regular soda.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:52 AM (YJmuy)
Because you never have to say "disengage censorship protocols" or pay for the premium edition upgrade?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 01:52 AM (J+mig)
'Zactly.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:53 AM (YJmuy)
I think my takeaway may be different from most others:
"Wow, perhaps the Millennial Generation isn't completely fucking useless, after all!"
Pretty cool stuff.
It is pretty cool, but Musk is a gen x'er, not that my also being a gen x'er and wanting to vicariously take credit for his accomplishment has anything to do with pointing this out of course.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 22, 2015 01:53 AM (iwLCN)
The MCP23017. All attached devices are fine and check out as fully operational.
Just had a thought, I need to check to make sure my ground reference is really ground on the input interface (the incredible melting chip).
I know it is everywhere else, But I don't remember if I checked that before for the inputs to this particular chip.
Unfortunately, I won't have the time or bench space to do that until Thursday. I can test everything else out of circuit, but that has to be done in circuit.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 01:27 AM (YJmuy)
If the MCP23017 is frying, the obvious first thing to do is to verify that the power to it is good; next would be to ensure that none of the logic is exposed to raw voltage outside its parameters. After that, ensure that it is not exposed to excessive current flow.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: eman
"Once you have video games, why bother with the war."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 01:54 AM (9YDUz)
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Well that's just the ones you know about because they run shit. Some of us are subtle. And good friends to have.
Posted by: Garak at December 22, 2015 01:54 AM (ZbV+0)
It's kind of okay to have advanced alien visitors do that, but the everyday stuff on the show that you constantly fail to explain? Awkward.
I admit you have to tell a story and you can't explain everything, so there's that. But they did it a *lot*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 22, 2015 01:54 AM (bLnSU)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 22, 2015 01:34 AM
Well hell yeah. I've been cleaning puppy poop recently. Much easier to grab up and very little sticks to the carpet.
Wife has been sick and they are all off schedule. We can put them out, but the pup is being a BIG problem.
Hope J gets better soon, not just cause of the dogs. This flu like thing is going on 4 days.
She has a regular apt w/ doc on Wed so hopefully she will be better or he can figure it out.
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2015 01:56 AM (o/90i)
For example telling it to recreate Paris on a specific day for Piccard because he is about to meet an old flame and wants to relive how he screwed things up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 01:56 AM (nGyiN)
tulsa is one my favorite cities. lived there from january 2007 to november 2011
Posted by: the real ch3 at December 22, 2015 01:59 AM (37AF4)
my also being a gen x'er and wanting to vicariously take credit for his
accomplishment has anything to do with pointing this out of course.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 22, 2015 01:53 AM (iwLCN)
A lot of the people that helped design, build, and operate the thing for him are Millenials, though. I'm a late X myself, turned 18 a few months before the millenium rolled over, but I work with a lot of millenials. While the Social Justice Puritan types that inhabit the college campuses grab all of the headlines, most of them are just regular people stumbling through life and slowly shaking off the bad ideas the public school system put into their heads.
This generation ain't a lost cause, and time and experience will make a lot of improvements in most of 'em.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 02:00 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 02:00 AM (aIiFP)
that the power to it is good; next would be to ensure that none of the
logic is exposed to raw voltage outside its parameters. After that,
ensure that it is not exposed to excessive current flow.
That's why I need to get my breadboard back into the larger circuit. It's supposed to be getting 5v, which the spec sheet says it's able to tolerate.
I need to make sure that what I think is the ground reference for that 5v really is, and that there's no "stray" voltages roaming around.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 02:00 AM (YJmuy)
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You mean to tell me that reversing the polarity doesn't solve at least 75% of all tech-related problems?
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 02:02 AM (aIiFP)
You mean to tell me that reversing the polarity doesn't solve at least 75% of all tech-related problems?
Sometimes, you have to cross-circuit to B ...
Posted by: Arbalest at December 22, 2015 02:04 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2015 02:02 AM (aIiFP)
If by solve, you mean "cause it to release the magic smoke", then it works just fine.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 02:05 AM (J+mig)
Have to stumble through 8 hours of work tomorrow.
Plus a lunch meeting!
At least it's at a barbecue joint.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 02:06 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 02:06 AM (nGyiN)
How do you BBQ a joint?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 02:06 AM (nGyiN)
They come in BBQ flavor now?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 02:08 AM (J+mig)
592 If the MCP23017 is frying, the obvious first thing to do is to verify
that the power to it is good; next would be to ensure that none of the
logic is exposed to raw voltage outside its parameters. After that,
ensure that it is not exposed to excessive current flow.
That's why I need to get my breadboard back into the larger circuit. It's supposed to be getting 5v, which the spec sheet says it's able to tolerate.
I need to make sure that what I think is the ground reference for that 5v really is, and that there's no "stray" voltages roaming around.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2015 02:00 AM (YJmuy)
(A) What's the larger circuit? and (B) are you pulling voltages from some larger widget, or from something like wall warts? -- 'cause if it's from two different wall warts, ground might not be ground [in memory of Keith Relf].
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: That crazy chick from TLC at December 22, 2015 02:13 AM (mUsVF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2015 02:16 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Anna Puma
You wait until the east coasters wake up and tell you YUR DOING IT RONG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2015 02:18 AM (9YDUz)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2015 02:19 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:24 AM (mUsVF)
Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at December 22, 2015 02:25 AM (oZKRQ)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:31 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: Zombies at December 22, 2015 02:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Hillary! at December 22, 2015 02:35 AM (EzgxV)
How far could she go? She's about 8 pounds, and only has 3 three legs!
After a couple hours, nothing. I finally dragged Tucker's tired, lifeless body into the house, had a beer, then went out for round two.
I thought I should check that major road not too far away for a carcass.
Luckily, I got about 3 houses away, when a lady stopped "are you looking for a little dog?" Luckily, the little shit made it all the way to said major road, but walked right in to the caddilac dealership. A sweetheart there to her to the vet a few blocks away, and she was in there just soaking up all the attention.
Gotta love a happy ending.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:36 AM (mUsVF)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:24 AM (mUsVF)
It shouldn't take any exception to us going through its pockets then, should it?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:36 AM (EzgxV)
"My grandmother spent years tied over a barrel servicing 70 Japanese servicemen a day. This chicken is an insult to her memory. They are raping me just as they raped and humiliated her.. I speak for all those who's mouths were fouled by this patriarchal, misogynistic chicken of hate"
Steamed is right. And it appears the Oberlin faculty will be in trouble. Deep fried trouble.
Posted by: Mythx at December 22, 2015 02:38 AM (uBSn/)
How far could she go? She's about 8 pounds, and only has 3 three legs!
After a couple hours, nothing. I finally dragged Tucker's tired, lifeless body into the house, had a beer, then went out for round two.
I thought I should check that major road not too far away for a carcass.
Luckily, I got about 3 houses away, when a lady stopped "are you looking for a little dog?" Luckily, the little shit made it all the way to said major road, but walked right in to the caddilac dealership. A sweetheart there to her to the vet a few blocks away, and she was in there just soaking up all the attention.
Gotta love a happy ending.
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:36 AM (mUsVF)
It's a Christmas miracle, if you let it be one.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:38 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:31 AM (RXfvh)
Do those auto-tune cellos?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:40 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:41 AM (mUsVF)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zz58edp
Posted by: Tim in Illinios Old and Unimproved but reduced in Price. at December 22, 2015 02:43 AM (WVsWD)
Do those auto-tune cellos?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:40 AM (EzgxV)
No, but they do a bang-up job of repelling violists.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:47 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:52 AM (EzgxV)
Do those auto-tune cellos?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:40 AM (EzgxV)
No, but they do a bang-up job of repelling violists.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:47 AM (RXfvh)
So, you're saying that having one would reduce your risk from sax and violins?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:54 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Valentine Smith at December 22, 2015 02:57 AM (6wlhf)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 02:41 AM (mUsVF)
Still trying to figure this out.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 02:58 AM (EzgxV)
And really, there is nothing wrong with protected sax.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:58 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 22, 2015 03:04 AM (Z8xbi)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 03:07 AM (mUsVF)
And really, there is nothing wrong with protected sax.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 02:58 AM (RXfvh)
O RLY? Can you explain "just blow me" in context with "protected sax"?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 03:07 AM (mUsVF)
Oh, you expected the Chinese place to be serving up tucker.....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 03:08 AM (RXfvh)
That article on "Baker Street" was really interesting. I'm a nerd for that kind of stuff. The '68 Steve Marcus jazz fusion obscurity sure as hell sounds like the "Baker Street" riff to me. Not sure how a British saxophonist managed to come across it, but the resemblance is undeniable.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 22, 2015 03:15 AM (HMt16)
Posted by: The Least Interesting Man In The World at December 22, 2015 03:16 AM (mUsVF)
That article on "Baker Street" was really interesting. I'm a nerd for that kind of stuff. The '68 Steve Marcus jazz fusion obscurity sure as hell sounds like the "Baker Street" riff to me. Not sure how a British saxophonist managed to come across it, but the resemblance is undeniable.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 22, 2015 03:15 AM (HMt16)
That the composer conveniently had a recording of the same riff on guitar recorded in the studio prior to the sax in question can be disregarded because.............?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:17 AM (EzgxV)
OK, not sure how a British singer-songwriter managed to come across such an obscurity.
Point still stands, the riff was stolen.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 22, 2015 03:19 AM (HMt16)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:19 AM (EzgxV)
As I understand it ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcq_xLi2NGo
Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at December 22, 2015 03:21 AM (oZKRQ)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:25 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:19 AM (EzgxV)
Note that Gerry and the bassist are the only two without headphones. This particular era of pop was largely generated in the control room by manipulating what other musicians each instrumentalist was playing along with.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:26 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:25 AM (P+I7L)
Very sorry for your loss. What type of doggie was he? What was his name?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:35 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at December 22, 2015 03:36 AM (oZKRQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:35 AM (P+I7L)
Sounds like quite the cutie. What happened to him?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:39 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:43 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:47 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:48 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: StrawMan at December 22, 2015 03:51 AM (HHE0Z)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrShwgwpFtk
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at December 22, 2015 03:53 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:48 AM (P+I7L)
It hurts just reading it, AnnaS. I can only imagine the surprise and impact. I'm so sorry.
So, let's turn things around a bit. When you think of little Boo, what was your third fondest memory?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:53 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:57 AM (P+I7L)
Don't think I consider 70s/80s Tull to be their best period just because.....oh, hell, who am I kidding?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 03:58 AM (EzgxV)
For a long time after losing my dog, I found myself reaching out to pet him. He liked to sit at my feet and I liked to feel him against my leg.
You never do forget them. So sorry about Boo, Anna.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at December 22, 2015 03:59 AM (iQIUe)
Some will disagree but I say get your behind down to the local Pet Shelter and give another Doggeh a for ever home in the morning.
2 Days before Christmas. What a Gift that would be.
Posted by: Tim in Illinios Old and Unimproved but reduced in Price. at December 22, 2015 04:03 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 03:57 AM (P+I7L)
Green ball with feet??? That leads to odd mental pictures. Can you describe it a little more thoroughly?
And that's a sweet memory. On a park bench, Boo dropping the ball at your feet -- ready for another go.
So, let's double-down -- what's your second fondest memory of Boo?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 04:05 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:06 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:13 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:13 AM (P+I7L)
You're jumping ahead -- but you've probably seen through my scheme.
I hope your night is filled with pleasant memories and smiles, and that sleep brings you dreams of better times.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 04:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:18 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:19 AM (P+I7L)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 22, 2015 04:19 AM (P+I7L)
There is no "letting me" involved. Humans and dogs have evolved together for millennia -- we are meant to love each other. Tell The Horde of happy times until you dream of them.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 04:35 AM (EzgxV)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2015 04:37 AM (k0xxN)
Posted by: Golfman at December 22, 2015 04:37 AM (Q9cjM)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 22, 2015 04:37 AM (pp7ze)
Posted by: Golfman at December 22, 2015 04:45 AM (Q9cjM)
Humans are animals.
I can't explain the dichotomy, now I just embrace it. God bless every quote animal unquote that has been kind enough to let me be in their life.
Posted by: HORTA CRAP at December 22, 2015 04:53 AM (3BWAw)
Course I had to stay up all night to do so. And was expected to do work at my job so I couldn't play in the ONT either. Boo.
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at December 22, 2015 04:55 AM (F9322)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 04:57 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 05:01 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 05:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 05:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 22, 2015 05:12 AM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 22, 2015 05:13 AM (jJRIy)
Yes she is a bitch.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 22, 2015 05:12 AM (jJRIy)
Jethro Tull was the inventor of the seed drill.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 05:16 AM (EzgxV)
Yes she is a bitch.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 22, 2015 05:12 AM (jJRIy)
Mind you, it's not a good sign when the most famous owner of a family name is "Jethro".
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2015 05:18 AM (EzgxV)
My wife's family woke up after their first cousin left them Coke stock in 1910.
To this day they still think they are rocket scientist.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 22, 2015 05:23 AM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Leroy Jethro Gibbs at December 22, 2015 05:25 AM (pp7ze)
i could get detained in two foreign languages!
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2015 06:05 AM (AfsKp)
Posted by: Norway at December 22, 2015 06:17 AM (pp7ze)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:17 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 22, 2015 06:19 AM (pp7ze)
A simple search of wiki will confirm this. Whether the chicken is fried, boiled, steamed, microwaved, or omitted completely does not change the "ethnic authenticity" of the dish.
Why do liberals make it so easy to show that they are imbeciles?
Posted by: RobM1981 at December 22, 2015 06:20 AM (zurJC)
So we hold at #336 for now.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:22 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 22, 2015 06:25 AM (pp7ze)
Posted by: RobM1981 at December 22, 2015 06:20 AM (zurJC)
Because they are actually imbeciles, thus their attempts to appear smart make them look even stupider.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 06:26 AM (J+mig)
I wonder if he was an ancestor to Babs "Ma'am" Boxer?
Posted by: VelvetElvis at December 22, 2015 06:30 AM (hleDf)
My hummus is a big hit at parties and it has lots of fried chicken in there, and no chickpeas.
Posted by: Darth Strewn at December 22, 2015 06:33 AM (QdAXQ)
Good morning, rape-shifters.
So, evidently yesterday evening there was some sort of unidentified substance at a Kohl's in Secaucus, NJ that made people sick (choking and vomiting).
I was thinking zombie Helen Thomas traipsing about in a thong, but recall the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack by followers of some freak named Shoko Asahara (sp).
Now that we are naked and exposed thanks to fundamental transformation, this shit is bound to get more real than San Berdoo.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2015 06:34 AM (uRmWf)
Wow. *shudder*
(God, I love this blog.)
Posted by: Barry at December 22, 2015 06:35 AM (QolCq)
Posted by: Barry at December 22, 2015 06:35 AM (QolCq)
Lot of times, I feel like this is one of the few places in the world that still makes any sense (virtual or real).
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 06:36 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 22, 2015 06:38 AM (pp7ze)
Posted by: goon at December 22, 2015 06:39 AM (gy5kE)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at December 22, 2015 06:36 AM (J+mig)
Little by little, I have whittled my go-to sites to here, Breitbart, Weasel Zippers, Gateway, American Thinker and PJ Media. AND - CutJibNewsletter.com
Everything else has let me down or just does not have the heft it may have had or promised to develop.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2015 06:39 AM (uRmWf)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 22, 2015 06:41 AM (22uju)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:41 AM (ptqRm)
Here's where Trump has cracked the code. He is as loud, crass, boorish and outrageous in his comments as the Democrats - with the exception that his comments are backed up by, what's the word? TRUTH.
It also helps that the Leftists have the media, academia and a sham opposition party in the GOP, the Potemkin Patriot Party.
But truth will out, especially when manifested in an appropriate agent. This being Trump.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2015 06:42 AM (uRmWf)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:42 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 06:44 AM (IPirI)
I never thought I would be writing to say....
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:42 AM (ptqRm)
The Penthouse Forum was almost as good as the split beaver shots, and Guccione's consistent use of the halo-effect and large beaded necklaces.
**wistful sigh of teenage boners past**
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2015 06:45 AM (uRmWf)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 06:46 AM (bPXBn)
Posted by: goon at December 22, 2015 06:46 AM (gy5kE)
Posted by: Weasel
Does blowed a fuse mean what I think it means?
Hell, if you can set off a smoke detector, be proud!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2015 06:47 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2015 06:42 AM
The truth is not always pretty, JJ.
I doubt there's a single one of us who wouldn't prefer that what Teh Donald is saying were unnecessary. Unfortunately, Choom Boy has achieved at least part of his "fundamental transformation," and we therefore need a solid dose of what Trump is putting out there to (maybe) get us back on the rails.
Posted by: MrScribbler at December 22, 2015 06:47 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2015 06:48 AM (ptqRm)
BONUS! It's raining and I'm stuck in a house with half the electric out.
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 06:51 AM (IPirI)
You cannot win with these Black Racists.
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at December 22, 2015 08:43 AM (hjp5Z)
I don't know - I might have to go along with them on this one. That WOULD suck. Sounds like a politically correct attempt to not serve fried foods because you know fried foods are bad for you.
Posted by: RonF at December 22, 2015 09:04 AM (l8nW6)
Posted by: setnaffa at December 22, 2015 10:36 AM (BtRXi)
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