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"My life is a cake!" - you, confused, at 26.

"My cake is alive!" - you, at 26, after eating a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper.

They should have put one across the street from the Lab. http://www.albuquerquebaseball.com/

That would be classic: stopping at the Kwik-E-Mart on the way to the game.
(http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/1 215.htm)

is this example right here.

This is what happens when the belief that markets should be less regulated is not examined carefully. We've had decades of blind faith regarding the miraculous powers of capitalism and it seems to me there's little to show for it.

Are societies as a whole better off with _less_ regulated markets? Yes. There is however a huge category of desirable elements in a society that are actually harmed under capitalism.

This guy is on the right track! http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_townspeople_b urns.htm

Heh, try out the "Bible Blaster" video game on the Simpson's website.

http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm

Pull up Rod Flander's profile.

I believe that is Quickie-Mart English....

:-)

As in your parent post, you should read Jenson Harris' blog.

I'm afraid the only thing I get from it is that he and his coworkers mean well.

I see a lot of "we're doing this in the name of usability" but they don't seem to understand the point of usability. The point of usability studies is to find out if your software changes are helping the user's productivity, not to let the user chime in with a wishlist. At the risk of sound elitist, it is we the UI designers who should be deciding the look and feel of software, not the users.

When I read such blogs with "we're doing this because the users demanded it" I get the sense that they're just taking the easy (or, more likely, cheap) way out instead of sitting down and thinking about how to address the user's concern in a way that's genuinely an improvement.

I'm kind of reminded of that Simpsons episode where Homer's long lost brother (played by Danny DeVito) lets Homer design a car. Customers should be describing their needs, not telling engineers how to fulfill customers' needs. That's why we give engineers money: because they're supposed to be more schooled in designing products that meet customers' needs.

An old timer like you should know better than to make a Simpsons reference without a proper citation.

Like Mr. X's page?

Did you ever see that Simpsons episode around the "Tomaco", the cross between a Tomato and Tabacco? He should have dueled the Colonel! But instead, Homer gives us a lesson about GMO's that is bar-none the best out there! http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/1105.htm

- Bart

Funny, still no reference of those tomatoes crossed with tobacco...
Brought to you by Homer.

/Didn't RTFA

I wouldn't worry. This is the whole reason why we have Whacking Day right?

and end the discussion.

how is this post only "2, Informative", but the one it's replying to is "5, Insightful"?

intelligence doesn't have anything to do with wealth. if everybody had an IQ of 200, guess what, there would still be poor people!
and, if everybody had an IQ of 65, there would still be rich people!

society wouldn't improve if everybody was smarter, didn't you people see this...

http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/1022.htm

I'd change my last name.

Looks like General Sherman to me.

Obligatory Southpark quote:
Simpsons did it!

So, do you project her in full 5'9" size? Does the projecter belch Laramie smoke to make the virtual experience more real? There are unshaven bikini-clad images available, too.

For the bewildered: this is a reference to the Simpson's episode where Homer thinks a Japanese company copied his likeness for their "Mr Sparkle" detergent. The lines above are from the promo video that the Mr Sparkle company sends to them.

See: http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0822.htm

Hmmmm...I think I still prefer tomacco

A children should choose his own beliefs, and not have them forced on him.

You don't have kids, do you? Or actually have anything to do with them. If you did. you'd realise just what a stupid statement that is.

FWIW, kids don't enter the world as some sort of omniscient beings who are able to choose their best path. It's up to us as parents to steer them through this minefield of life so they don't end up dead, screwed up, or jacking off to computer porn 23 hours a day.

And why do parents do this? Because we love our kids and the thought of our kids dying (most extreme negative outcome), being harmed, or not reaching their full potential (least extreme, but a bit of a slow burner that one) is physically painful to us.

As parents, we are able to take the long view. The benefit of being around for a few decades I suppose. We've seen the the fuckups of life - some of them are probably our friends, or even family. We've seen the causes so we try and keep our kids clear of them. It's not a perfect science, but it's a helluva lot better than your Ned Flanders-beatnik parents style of parenting.

And we'd appreciate a little help. In return for not turning out tomorrow's sociopaths, we'd like a little assistance in placing reasonable limits around what our kids can get their mitts on before they're old enough to really make informed decisions.

Laws like this are really easy to circumvent if you really think they are interfering with how you want to raise your brood. Buy your kids anything adults can get and let them at it. Go for it. I dare you.

There is no universal truth only able to be grasped by fresh, young minds unpolluted by adult interference. That twaddle sound more like something from Shirley Maclean or some L. Ron clone than your average slashdotter. Takes all sorts, I suppose.

For all our sakes, don't reproduce.

In a concurrent news release, NASA confirmed reports that the previous crew was filming a remake of the Simpson's episode Deep Space Homer. See http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/index.htm

When NASA officials learned about the food shortage, they replied, "D'OH!"

"Mmmmmmm, forbidden doughnut"--Homer J. Simpson

...uh, how exactly do whites have the privilege of being colorblind ?

In the media context of North America, white/caucasian is the default ethnicity. For an interesting demonstration, watch an episode of Fox's The Simpsons. Notice that most people are colored yellow, which means white, unless they're brown, which means brown (Abu and Karl).

Move over Nostradamus, The Simpsons know all.

Funny, I live in Snohomish County too, and several months ago I actually had a conversation with Bob Terwilliger, the auditor of our fair county

Wait a minute! Your county's auditor is Sideshow Bob and you didn't suspect any foul play?

I am trying to set one up with J-Alice, but I cannot connect her to the private IRC servers I want her to be in. You can see my forum thread in here.

Currently, I use SeeBorg, but the bot is pretty dumb! My friends and I named him Homer from The Simpsons.

This guy was paid to run a criminal enterprise

I'm most intrigued by this snippet: "RackSpace fought back". Just how prevalent are DDoS wars on the network both on offense and defense? If it happens all the time why is the FBI so proud about trumping up catching this one guy? Isn't that like patting yourself on the back for killing one of the three million cockroaches swarming through your kitchen? It's something I'd expect from Chief Wiggum.

I think there's two (or more) parts to the grafitti question/problem.

Firstly, there's the vandalism part. Bad bad bad. Springs from a lack of "canvas", plus a good dollop of bored teenager.

Then there's the creative part. Some of these kids are damn good at what they do.

Then there's the subject, which may be an expression of something close to them in their urban, teenage-angsty way (hehe, jeez, i'm talkin' like an art wanker).

If you can separate the first from the rest, then all is well. Those that continue to vandalise can get The Boot. If you catch someone keying your car or spraying your fence, call the cops, sic your dog, blast with buckshot. I would.

Condemn the vandalism.

FWIW: I haven't sprayed any grafitti anywhere, and I don't have an artistic bone in my body.

Grow up, dude. Not all nudity implies "stroke yourself while watching this." Nudity can be used as an essential plot device, to help character development, or to invoke specific feelings (shame, modesty, sexuality, empowerment, etc.) [emphasis added]

"Yeah, Ms. Tweed, we uh, need you to get naked for the, er, plot, and to, uh, empower the feelings of modesty in our audience."

Give me strength: I don't disagree with you that artistic considerations can make nudity an essential element in a film, but every tit-flash isn't evidence of well-developed, mature cinematic sensibilities. If that were the case Showgirls would be considered Citzen Kane, and Girls Gone Wild would be a powerful work of documentary filmmaking.

So, let's take a quick look at how nudity is used in Ghost In The Shell. A quick trip over to Google's image search yields the following examples of important cinematography. Certainly no untoward objectification of women there. Just art for art's sake, for us grown-up types to enjoy over some sherry. The big tits are important to the artistic vision!

Some of us adults understand this, some do not. You seem to belong in the latter group. Feel free go back to your Smurfs and Rugrats, and leave the interesting movies to the grown-ups. The ones who can grasp the concept that "cartoons" aren't just for Saturday morning kids.

Now they can afford to go out and buy some Cayeneros to drive around :)!

I heard the ad for this week's episode and thought that the voices - especially lisa's - sounded off. But, they must have already dubbed that episode, right? Or was Fox just trying to show that they were willing to use other actors by starting with a substitution in the commercial?

• "The Simpsons" Official Web Site -- Brought to you by Fox (and Matt Groening?)!
  "The Simpsons" Semi-Official Web Site in the UK -- Brought to you by the BBC!

• The Simpsons Archive -- "the Internet's clearinghouse of Simpsons guides, news, and information"
  Last Exit to Springfield -- "For All Your Simpsons Needs" (Well, it looks very well done.)
  nohomers.net -- "the center of all that is simpson"

• The Simpsons Personality Test -- I am Lisa Simpson. My dad is Krusty the Clown. Who are you?

Why is FBI mailing you from a German address?

Tin foil won't be enough. It doesn't stop Major League Baseball from reading our minds!!!

...but but but...but I LOVE my DirecTV!!! Please don't hurt them. *simper* DON'T hurt them. Me likes to watch...me NEEDS to watch Six Feet Under and Simpsons and Mr. Show by sweet tasty tasty all digital satellite! What's wrong with a little RICO underhandedness? It's good for the soul. No hurt them...please?

It's been done. Simpsons Episode 1214, from wayyy back on Feb 25th, '01.

On a serious note, if you can't sing, don't go into music. Don't cheat, just don't go into music. Is it that hard? I wish this could be made illegal.

I have it on authority that Apu uses a Linux-based register at the Kwik-E-Mart! I can't remember if he uses SuSe, or if that was the name of one of his kids...

No it wasn't.

You're thinking of the episode "Lisa the Skeptic" (ep. 908 5F05, original airdate: 11/23/97).

If you were going for the Simpsons reference, the correct phrase is "YVAN EHT NIOJ". Bart was unknowingly recruiting for the Navy, not the Army.

If you were going for the Simpsons reference, the correct phrase is "YVAN EHT NIOJ". Bart was unknowingly recruiting for the Navy, not the Army.

Don't fear, in order to draw the younger crowd, the producers have signed Poochie to play the part of Muffit.

On tractor trailers.

Tobbacco's so hard to work into a salad. Maybe they should make some anti-rabies Tomacco instead?

50 comments, and 25 of them are about the Simpsons. And you know what the sad part is? Not one of them has spelled "Maude Flanders" name right.

Remember, boys: It's M-A-U-D-E.

Not:

Mad (personal favorite)
Mod
Maud

I tell you. Get killed off by a T-Shirt cannon and all respect is gone... ;) ;)

Thinking about maude flanders?

Like this?

What Badgers Eat.com

I love it when TV extends itself into reality.

Furthermore, {flame} Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment Season 8, Episode 818 is obviously the best episode ever. How it got left off the top 25 is a mystery to me{/flame}

I think that it was also proven here

I want to know when the next ship to Blisstonia is.

I'm much more worried about other genetically modified food stuffs...

"Oh, Daddy, this tastes like grandma."

--Ralph Wiggum

Does anyone else remember when Homer Simpson changed his name to Max Power?

And that reminds me of a recent simpsons-rerun, of Homer's grease business...

Ohno. Maybe next year I should try to get invited to a halloween party instead...