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I think GP was referring to this: http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

Here's the problem with all manned security scanners.

Funny you mentioned Avatar after I finished reading this. Avatar could have been taken from Pocahontas, check this out... http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

Yeah James Cameron plots are either silly or unoriginal. I love the film for the world building though. But the inevitable battle at the end between the baddie in the exoskeleton and the good guys was a bit of a drag. Not hard to see how that one would end up. Its been done before.

Funny you mentioned Avatar after I finished reading this. Avatar could have been taken from Pocahontas, check this out... http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

It's Pocahantas (or a zillion other stories) with just a change of names.

http://www.failblog.org/ 'nuf said.

It is, but it still needs work... http://failblog.org/2008/07/31/grammar-check-fail/

You announce your birthday or put up an invitation to a party, but you don't put the steamy details of last night up there.

ORLY?
http://failblog.org/2009/08/22/facebooking-win/

Tracy apparently had some trouble with the concept of "privacy" (or lack thereof) on Facebook...

http://failblog.org/2009/08/22/facebooking-win/

Sorry, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with how secure Facebook says it is. People are just retarded online and the pic above proves it 100%.

Man, did you have to word it like this, shortly after I was flooded by a whole tread of toilet humor based on this image:
http://failblog.org/2009/08/21/privacy-fail-4/

I think this belongs on the fail blog dot ORG.

and yes...there's plenty of room for the ol' kneepads zinger (and the fact that it's still not too late to deploy 'em).

and not nearly as tough as rocket surgery

via failblog

It seems to have changed in the last 2 days! (@_@)

It was working 2 days ago (I checked before posting) but now it's not. And it was reported back in early Febuary here, here and here.

Or you can google: "google I am extremely terrified of chinese people" and find many sites talking about it.

http://failblog.org/2009/03/11/action-comics-fail/

But it looks like a very important piece green of text has been cropped out from the bottom of the picture.

... that guy?

Central California doesn't have toll roads for many hundreds of miles, either. If it did, they would look like this (but without the snow or green)

America used to be famous for exporting freedom, but now, even that is Made in China; so what will be, this mystical major export thingy?

.. fail!

I'd have modded that terrifying were than an option. Is the USAF really having that kind of trouble recruiting people who've taken algebra?

Maybe they're recruiting straight from Verizon.

Finally, the 80% off signal. You go in to buy something, anything. The fluorescent lights, their enclosures, and a few display cases are on sale.

My favorite FAIL.

it's not butter.

What? They couldn't be any more clear at this stage!

And for people that fail at life, you have failblog.org http://failblog.org/2008/11/28/employee-intelligence-fail/

Take that picture for example. You can only guess the story behind it and how many times it had to have happened for them to put up a note about it.

There's a failblog for every occasion.

yea I got little kids that don't need to be hearing certain things. Its called adult responsibility.

Exactly! It's your adult responsibility to make sure your kids are not watching smut. If you leave your 5 year-old unattended in front of the TV with the remote, then that's your parenting fail. If you can't trust your 12 year-old to not watch smut when you're not around, then again, that's your [NSFW] parenting fail. Expecting the government to instill and uphold morality in your family is ridiculous. That is your job.

There has always been opportunity for kids to make poor moral choices and be exposed to media and events that were outside the parents' moral-comfort zone. If you lived in 18th century Paris, you had the choice to go to the guillotine, or you could keep your kids home. It has and always will be up to the parents. If you let your kids run wild and don't take the time to set expectations, they're going to do wrong. Expecting some hand in the sky, or white-house, or capital hill to come in and do it for you is just plain crazy.

Spend time with your kids. Talk to them. Explain why you make choices and how you feel about their choices. No amount of legislation will substitute that.

no kidding. But it takes a village to raise an idiot. As a society we have a responsibility to take care of our offspring whether its our child or our neighbor's that will grow up to be the next rapist, thief etc. Parents can't be everywhere all the time.

Not swearing out in public in front of children is common adult decency. Public TV that gets piped in. Ya know not too long ago I remember being able to watch certain action shows with my dad. They were tailored quite well for age appropriate things. Now, The same time slots I can't watch the action shows with my sons because they throw in some things that at their age they should not be exposed to.

And generally speaking if you start swearing in front of a father's children, you might get politely asked to stop. If you keep on being rude, the father might get a little rude back, along with all the other parents nearby. Maybe even call the cops.

I have 4 of the best behaved kids. Ya know the kind that parents want their kids to play with because they are so well behaved while not around their parents. And they don't live with their heads in the sand. I have a beautiful 16 year old daughter, that is STILL daddy's girl even as she grabs her independence. She still has chosen to stay away from the guys, and she has the choice. And like I said she if beautiful. Grades? Oh don't even get my started on how wonderful in all areas my children are. So I know about, parent responsibility.

It takes a village to raise an idiot. We all have a responsibility to teach the young ones proper behavior. We all should respect other's children. Do you like hearing little kids swear?

yea I got little kids that don't need to be hearing certain things. Its called adult responsibility.

Exactly! It's your adult responsibility to make sure your kids are not watching smut. If you leave your 5 year-old unattended in front of the TV with the remote, then that's your parenting fail. If you can't trust your 12 year-old to not watch smut when you're not around, then again, that's your [NSFW] parenting fail. Expecting the government to instill and uphold morality in your family is ridiculous. That is your job.

There has always been opportunity for kids to make poor moral choices and be exposed to media and events that were outside the parents' moral-comfort zone. If you lived in 18th century Paris, you had the choice to go to the guillotine, or you could keep your kids home. It has and always will be up to the parents. If you let your kids run wild and don't take the time to set expectations, they're going to do wrong. Expecting some hand in the sky, or white-house, or capital hill to come in and do it for you is just plain crazy.

Spend time with your kids. Talk to them. Explain why you make choices and how you feel about their choices. No amount of legislation will substitute that.

Even worse, that extra hour of daylight is causing droughts.

He is a genius!

I wish that guy in our R&D team (I would watch the results from a far away bunker, though).

Actually, I think the term is n00b-gress.

The catch: you'll need to peel your tape in a vacuum

Oh trust me, I "peel my tape in a vacuum" all the time....

Ummm....sorry mate, but I'll have to give it the good ol' FAIL stamp! ....
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you mean like this?

I'm not that worried. There are still some kinks to be worked out.

as much support as support is needed for a screwdriver

Not to be inserted into penis

Here are some of the blogs I read:

Joel on Software
Introversion - an indie games company
The Old New Thing - Raymond Chen of Microsoft
The Daily WTF - how not to code
The Consumerist
FAIL Blog
Not Always Right - for people who [used to] work in retail

• Dilbert - do I need to describe this?
• Explosm.com - Cyanide and Happiness comic
• Fokke & Sukke - Dutch comic. Popular daily cartoon (yes, I'm dutch and the name is intentional)
• Little Gamers - gaming comic
• Penny Arcade - gaming comic
• FAIL blog - epic fail every day

Finance & Economy

• BusinessWeek Online -- Most Popular Stories
• Calculated Risk - general blog
• The Economist - News analysis and views
• NRC | EconomieDutch newspaper, economy section

Space

• Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait's blog about astronomy and skepticism
• Chris Lintott's Universe - Astronomer, Galaxy Zoo co-founder and co-host of BBC's The Sky at Night
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
• New Scientist, Space - Astronomy section of New Scientist
• Space.com - More space news...
• Starts With a Bang! - Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, tries to answer some common but very complex astronomy questions.
• Universe Today - One of the most well known astronomy blogs

Tech

• Engadget - THE gadget blog
• Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - making crazy electronic stuff (and drooling over niche market product catalogues)
• Gametrailers' ScrewAttack - funny gaming videos
• Kotaku - THE games blog
• Reuters Science
• Reuters Technology
• Slashdot
• The Brainy Gamer - in-depth articles about (the history of) games in general
• Tweakers.net - the dutch Slashdot

Misc

• Greggman - American gamedev'er who lived in Japan
• Jort Kelder - Dutch dandy. Ex-editor-in-chief of Quote, a magazine about entrepeneurs and the life of the nouveau rich. Co-host of the dutch Dragons Den.
• Scalzi's Whatever - Sciencefiction author.
• The Sartorialist - Fashion photographer. If you'd like to dress like a man with some class, instead of a fake tan metrosexual...look here for inspiration.

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