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The Magic Box Hoax
Rasvar writes "Here is an interesting article from The Florida Times-Union about a high tech hoax that managed to pull in the likes of Blockbuster Video, US West, Ted Turner, Sen Orrin Hatch and numerous others. I actually attended one of the "demonstrations" of this device years back. I came away cynical becuase of the way he presented stuff. Sometimes it is good to be a cynic. This is a very good article on an impressive high tech scam."
WTF happened to trollaxor.com
try biting your ear while claping your hands... good, now you look like a moron
florida's always in the news...
there alre no limitations to this
try biting your ear while claping your hands... good, now you look like a moron
Say, doesn't that guy look kinda like CowboyNeal?
I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
"You have an ambitious nature and may make a name for yourself."
Lucky Numbers 6, 17, 18, 23, 30, 39
I didn't realize being made fun of on Slashdot was a legal action.
Believe it or not, justice and such things as logic and "weighing evidence" can exist outside of the courts. America would be a better place if they did so more often.
Anyone whose interests might conflict with mine, especially if they are charged with aiding or protecting me, should be subject to intense scrutiny, and be able to stand up under it. Lately, we've seen that the Church's actions cannot hold up under the light.
Intense scrutiny is fine, but don't damn them all just because of some transgressions.
The outrage at the scandals (note the use of the plural) is partly that sexual abuses happened, but mostly that the church has gone to such lengths to cover them up and keep those same priests active, in some cases returning them to positions with unsupervised contact with children. If there weren't a pattern of covering up, the innocent priests wouldn't be tainted by the guilt of their colleagues. But, by suppressing the truth, the Church has allowed uncertainty to spread, and they have nobody to blame but themselves.
Like I said before, this (the cover-up) is the church following through on its "forgiveness" dogma. I'm not Catholic, and I agree with those that say they forgave too much and worked too hard to keep it low, but I appreciate a moral authority that actually stands up for what they say.
Think about it. Let's say that you're accused of molesting a child left in your care. EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, the accusation still hurts you. There's merit to the church overreacting to protect those accused of child molestation, considering the overreaction that's made to people merely accused of the crime.
(Yes, it's a horrible crime equal to or greater than murder. But, well, "Innocent until proven guilty.")
a lot of money! Enough to buy me a delorean!
Osama Bid Laden is actually a Catholic priest.
It's possible a giant pink cupcake that hides in the asteroid belt controls human clone puppets to act exactly like overweight scammers.
Now, all I have to do is prove it...
In this particular case, yeah, I do. As for my wanking habbit.. ahem... Excuse me.
Here's a nice, big, steaming hunk of my shit--eat it, Nazi fucktard. I sincerely hope you get cancer.
Nope, not a nigra--instead it was fat, greasy, low-down stinky-breath white trash. Kinda like you and your mom.
It's america's wang. Must have big balls too.
--chuck
How is making an assertion being close-minded? I believe that non-smokers have good lungs in general and that heavy smokers do not. Is that close-minded too? No. Being close-minded is being unwilling to consider alternatives when reasoning is presented for them. Your parent poster is not close minded unless you provide good evidence to counter his assertion and he persists to advocate it despite finding no counter to your counters. (Of course, some would say he is correct by definition. At least to me, cyncic implies skeptisicm + pessimism + "being perpetually bitter" which doesn't sound too healthy.
As an aside, it is probably true that a certain degree of close-mindedness is necessary for living in this world. It may be a fundamental part of being "intelligent" (which is something of a misnomer: intelligence isn't about being correct or finding Truth, it's about being jumpy if you're the prey and ruthless if you're the predator (e.g., making optimal decisions in the time available to make them... exahustive search is not intelligence)).
-1, Too Many Layers Of Abstraction
Mind you I'm in Oz
Actually I remember reading somewhere that Oz phone lines can Potentially do up to 64K, that maybe why I've even manage to do 56K sometimes
dont forget this priest: http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf? / ewsstory/o_priest17.html
Eeeeeeuuuuuwww! The Economist says! The Economist says! I read The Economist! Aren't I cool? Aren't you impressed with me?
What do you read? Time? Newsweek? Those are for people who can't handle a real news magazine like the one I read. That's because you're not as smart or sophisticated as me.
On weekends, I like to sit out on my porch in my wicker chair with my bifocals and my subscription copy of The Economist. Then, when I go to a professor's wine-and-cheese party later that night, I can casually mention all the fancy stuff I read about NASA and Venezuela and Gen. Pervez Musharraf in my fancy magazine and impress everybody.
Question: Do you think I'm smarter than everyone else because I read The Economist, or do I read The Economist because I'm smarter than everyone else? Now, there's a conundrum! I should mail that one in to The Economist and see what they think!
Oh, no! My brain just got larger! Help! I need more knowledge to fill up the new brains! Get me the new issue of The Economist at once! I can't live if I'm even remotely unaware of anything that is happening in the universe! I must have my weekly issue of The Economist, or I risk de-evolving into the sort of mouth-breathing rabble by which I am surrounded daily!
I say, old chap, here comes Lord Smartingford of Braintonshire! Shall we dine upon a nice cup of tea, then? We can discuss the economy, and the global situ-AYYY- tion, and ever so many other matters! I am so very versed in such matters, reading as do I The Economist, just as soon as the postman delivers it by the estate, don't you know. I find that only the right cracking coverage of The E-CON-omist keeps me jolly-well informed and all that, wouldn't you agree? Mmm, yes, I did think you would!
The Onion
By your resoning, we should worship cats as Gods. After all, that was written by someone even earlier!
And why havn't you been out and speared a buffalo today?
Even if he is a Nazi fucktard, he has a point. How many Black inventors have you seen? How many Black .com millionaires? How many Black CEO's or CTO's? How many Black network admins (BOFHs) for that matter?
No VC would ever hand over their cash to a Black inventor. They'd be scared shitless he'd run off and spend it on drugs, or something else equally as stupid.