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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

Beating the Bracelet by ER April 21, 2012 3:58 am

Loss of signal is also a signal. And the design is a bit more complicated than we think. by TB 2012-04-21 09:52:59
There are other kinds of bracelets which transmit through a specific land phone line. Those are for house arrest, ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:43:16
- Useful info. Many thanks. by ER 2012-04-21 08:34:05

Zimmerman out on bail, apologizes to family. n/t by RobVG April 20, 2012 8:34 am

My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, by ER 2012-04-20 09:01:08
- Guilty of what? by RobVG 2012-04-20 16:49:03
  - Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman by ER 2012-04-20 20:37:40
    - "And I’d be willing to bet the orders to cover it all up right after the shooting came straight from ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:52:36
      - Nah, Bush doesn't dare poke his head out of his Fortress of Sillytude. Have you noticed how much the GOP ... by ER 2012-04-20 21:04:37
        
        Under Bush it would be legal. After all, a hoodie is the uniform of a terrorist, and it's better ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:45:42
- Well, I was writing that I don't have an opinion so I'd deliver an opinion on your opinion. The ... by bowser 2012-04-20 11:36:01
  - Zimmerman reminds me of Barney Fife. A frustrated wannabe bad ass. by Jody 2012-04-20 14:01:23
    - I think Barney Fife would have backed down the minute he was confronted. If he had a loaded gun ... by bowser 2012-04-20 16:29:21
      - Barney Fife and his gun, here. by TB 2012-04-20 20:17:21
    - I don't know Zimmerman, I have no idea what kind of man he really is. by ER 2012-04-20 15:30:38

IPhone5 made of "liquid metal?" by TB April 20, 2012 10:02 pm

AKA "faux plastic". by bowser 2012-04-20 22:09:29

Romney's strength is the economy. by bowser April 19, 2012 5:23 pm

The economy is not just weak, its unstable. Most people, once they take off the ideological blinders, are smart ... by ER 2012-04-19 18:21:35
Doesn't matter...won't matter...Obama is gonna win. by Jody 2012-04-19 17:59:28
- Wait for it. by TB 2012-04-19 19:02:22
  - Liberal Elitist? Moi? by ER 2012-04-20 05:55:08
  - "Ideas matter. Principles matter. "Reality matters." (Coming from a Conservative.) Swift Boats. Please discuss the above in the context of ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:21:33
    - In other words... by TB 2012-04-20 08:27:14
      - The same people are funding Romney. Just when do principles expire? After 7 years, 6 years. 5 years? ... by bowser 2012-04-20 09:48:09
      - You can't reason with a child throwing a tantrum. A little public humiliation through ridicule sometimes gets through though. by ER 2012-04-20 09:19:15
      - :) by Jody 2012-04-20 09:04:33
  - *Sees sparks start to smoulder in firepit* Time for the centrist fireman to step in. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 23:16:21
    - You might need more information. by TB 2012-04-20 08:54:48
      - Of which sort? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-20 18:47:18

Actually, neither one is a Marine. by ER April 20, 2012 6:42 am

I just assumed it was a YouTube joke. Thanks for the info, though. by TB 2012-04-20 07:05:10
- What tipped me off was the crowd in the original video standing around the fighters in a perfect square roughly ... by ER 2012-04-20 07:24:13
  - Comparing the two movies, the first one must have been taken at a rehearsal, since the sequences in the real ... by TB 2012-04-20 09:01:42
    - It's very possible. But if you look in the UR corner of the frame of the first video at ... by ER 2012-04-20 10:15:28

Which One's the Marine? by TB April 19, 2012 8:02 pm

Kind of like the other guy's athleticism. Looks as if he was rather enchanted with them, too. Don't ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:24:50

personality test that is better than most... by FrankC April 19, 2012 1:03 am

Now that I think about it, this scores almost identically with the "Strong Interest Inventory" and another "Strong" vocational inventory ... by bowser 2012-04-19 16:54:01
An explanation. I took the test twenty years ago. It very enlightening...and it helped me accept my perceived...heh...peculiar ways.I recommend it!! by Jody 2012-04-19 11:26:25
Your Type is by ER 2012-04-19 04:20:40
- Oh-oh by ER 2012-04-19 07:55:14
  - Or maybe Jung is a load of bollocks? by TB 2012-04-19 08:45:40
    - I consider Jung a lot more credible than Freud, who's theories on the mind rate alongside the ones of this ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 21:04:18
    - ^^didn't like his test results^^ :) by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:26:10
      - Dude, it identified me as a social worker, counselor, and educator. Early childhood educator. by TB 2012-04-19 15:32:40
        
        "Can we have lunch?" DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NATIONAL DEBT IS??!! DO YOU REALIZE THAT UNDER OBAMA IT HAS TRIPLED ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:16:15
        
        Kids taking a nap and going potty at gunpoint. I love it! by bowser 2012-04-19 22:15:28
        
        I knew it, I knew it. Tom excuse me for laughing my ass off. That really doesn't sound like you ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 16:18:58
        
        Kindergarten Cop comes to mind. by Jody 2012-04-19 15:45:12
        
        "We don't need no education, by ER 2012-04-19 18:46:51
    - That's what I'm inclined to think. Check out my swizzle stick post. I don't think psychology is necessarily bogus, I just don't ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:11:29
      - Well, to be fair we don't know much Jung had invested in this pop quiz. Or what validation process ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:05:53
        
        I remember taking one test in Junior High School whose results came out so inconclusive and contradictory that I was ... by ER 2012-04-19 12:31:03
        
        At least half the questions I could answer either way depending on the circumstance and context. by TB 2012-04-19 11:22:46
        
        A good question will ask about an enduring quality. "I usually sleep well" might be one. Most of ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:47:32
        
        ...and that is the point TB...but which do you *prefer*? I prefer getting used to the water by slowly immersing myself...but ... by Jody 2012-04-19 11:33:32

The difference between North and South Korea by TB April 18, 2012 8:32 pm

For those of you who don't get it: South Korea is notorious for it's video game players, and for ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 22:56:12
- Thanks! by TB 2012-04-19 07:06:39
  - Not my fault you guys don't understand *pokes at age* :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:32:19
    - Hey, I posted the joke! by TB 2012-04-19 19:46:24
      - You do, the others don't. Because noone is as geeky as me. *fistpump* by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 20:54:32
I don't get it. by ER 2012-04-18 21:13:19
- I think it's about the South Korean animation industry.(n/t) by Robert 2012-04-18 22:20:32
  - I have no knowledge of the lore of computer games. I thought "Starcraft" was the brand name of the ... by ER 2012-04-19 04:35:01
    - No, mineral gathering is an important component of the 4X games I described below. I was a big gamer 7-8 ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:23:20
  - To me it is a jab at the NK totalitarian government where "We require more minerals" is addressed to a ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:27:49
    - I was not aware of "Triple X" in Starcraft..... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 02:10:13
      - Excuse the memory lapse. It is 4X, explore, expand, exploit and exterminate. Guess I had my mind in the gutter by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:15:43
  - On second thought, I think he's a game designer. by Robert 2012-04-18 22:23:21
    - Another one that is well Known... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:15:15

I miss the old Ted by ER April 18, 2012 7:20 am

Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics - ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!..... I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 23:50:23
- I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old ... by ER 2012-04-19 05:15:53
  - Wham! isn't a rock group, but they're still good. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:30:40
    - They look so bloody wholesome-- not that there's anything wrong with that. 8) by ER 2012-04-19 20:54:06
Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A 'getting older and losing patience ... by Jody 2012-04-18 11:32:24
- He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a ... by ER 2012-04-18 12:17:33
Good Lord. That made the news? by TB 2012-04-18 09:13:55
- There are a lot of them, aren't there? by bowser 2012-04-18 10:43:39
  - The quality is the thing, not the quantity. by TB 2012-04-18 11:05:37
OH HELL YES!!! by Jody 2012-04-18 08:58:24
- Just what the doctor ordered by ER 2012-04-18 09:18:41

The swizzle stick conjecture by ER April 19, 2012 8:54 am

Spoiler Alert by ER 2012-04-19 09:03:43
- Some palettes are more discerning than others...and your OCD friend has taken the cake...sliced with a silver knife...or...stainless steel??? by Jody 2012-04-19 20:21:37
- Your friend was nuts. You can quote me. by TB 2012-04-19 09:15:22
  - Well, to be fair to my friend. We were testing for taste, (specifically, taste of the stick), not the ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:31:00
  - Full disclosure... by TB 2012-04-19 09:18:18
    - Yes, but as Ben Franklin taught us, there are ways to test for asparagus. by ER 2012-04-19 09:36:46

"Obama tightens oil and gas drilling regulations" by RobVG April 19, 2012 9:19 am

As we move from the infinite to the finite it becomes clear there have to be regulations. Examples: Space - ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:35:19
I don't see how tightening environmental regulations can be a political ploy, although loosening them could certainly be so, especially ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:52:55

Firefly--or is it Serenity? by ER April 17, 2012 7:20 pm

I discovered Firefly late too. by Robert 2012-04-18 10:17:50
- The girls are particularly nice. Torres is impressive, Glau is a cutie, Staite is adorable, and Bacarrin leaves me ... by ER 2012-04-18 11:07:14
  - No, that just makes you male. by Robert 2012-04-19 13:50:08
Well, the show was based off the American Civil War, so stuff leeches in. Personally though, I prefer "Jericho". It's ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 01:17:06
Back before SciFi got too weird I read it voraciously. I loved those descriptions, but the one story I ... by bowser 2012-04-17 22:30:56
- Sounds like the story you remember was Caves of Steel by Asimov There is still good science fiction by guys like ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 02:07:36
The politics is kind of fuzzy and cliched, the astronomy fuzzier still, but who cares? My family is all rabidly loyal Firefly fans. by TB 2012-04-17 22:04:06
- I am also a huge Firefly fan. Certainly the best Scifi series since SAAB and better imo. Regarding the astronomy, I ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:56:15
- Unfortunately, I saw the movie first. by ER 2012-04-18 05:12:58
  - My little girl was all excited about attending the midnight premiere of "Serenity" back when it came out. by TB 2012-04-18 09:08:12
Seems like the older I get, the more I'm reminded of "That world" n/t by RobVG 2012-04-17 20:52:34

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