How in the name of Shub Internet did this make front page? Bad slashdot editors. Bad! No cookie for you.
Because it's funny. Front page funny. And it mixes comedy with an often overlooked icon in our world. I've read books on Tesla and I've read his patents and he truly was a remarkably gifted man. Yet I didn't hear about him until college.
Why? Probably because Edison was a pompous jerk. Probably because Tesla was an immigrant. Probably because he expressed too many alternative ideas... some of which had serious merit and continue to influence us in new ways until this very day.
And yet one of the few routes we have to raise public awareness about him is very well filmed and choreographed internet videos... because tesla wasn't The American Inventor Thomas Edison that every American School child Must learn about.
I disagree with your hard line "no cookie" stance and instead offer the Slashdot Editor trapped in my basement a full cookie and the ability to rub his eyeball on my shoe. I thoroughly enjoyed the throwing up of absinthe mixed with pineapple as well as the "Tesla was the Electric Jesus" statement.
All you have to do, girlintraining is filter Idle so that it doesn't appear on your front page. It's in your preferences.
I disagree with your hard line "no cookie" stance and instead offer the Slashdot Editor trapped in my basement a full cookie and the ability to rub his eyeball on my shoe.
Just so we're clear: The cookies are not poisoned. Eat them.
All you have to do, girlintraining is filter Idle so that it doesn't appear on your front page. It's in your preferences.
In my preferences? Well, I prefer androgynous looking girls, with a strong personality, good sense of humor, and stunning eyes. Don't care so much about smoking or race, but heavy drug use is a kill-joy. I don't see why slashdot needs to know this though, but whatever. Will the pain stop now?
In my preferences? Well, I prefer androgynous looking girls, with a strong personality, good sense of humor, and stunning eyes. Don't care so much about smoking or race, but heavy drug use is a kill-joy. I don't see why slashdot needs to know this though, but whatever. Will the pain stop now?
Could you give me a non-subjective definition of "good sense of humor"? How about an objective definition of "heavy drug use"? Because you can buy absinthe (grande wormwood even) nearly everywhere in the states now. Turns out it's never really been illegal after prohibition. Or perhaps six beers is heavy drug use? Or perhaps the coffee/energy drink he drank that morning? Or perhaps the high fructose corn syrup from the bread in his sandwich that he threw up? Maybe I should inform my coworker that takes an aspirin everyday that I don't enjoy his heavy drug use in my office space?
While unhealthy and stupid, six beers and a half bottle of absinthe does not equate to a high probability of death or risk of life destroying addiction. I'm fine that you hold your own odd standard of 'heavy drug use' but the chemicals consumed by this individual are approved for sale in the United States. On top of that, people have been getting blitzed for millennia and a video labeled *NSFW* means violence, nudity, adult language, drug or alcohol use and the same things that make movies rated for more mature audiences. Simply put: don't watch a video rated *NSFW* if 'heavy drug use' offends you or results in a "kill-joy." I'm quite comfortable laughing at other peoples stupid decisions and somewhat insightful -- though crude -- blathering on topics I hold dear.
> an often overlooked icon in our world. I've read books on Tesla and I've read his patents and he truly was a remarkably gifted man. Yet I didn't hear about him until college. > And yet one of the few routes we have to raise public awareness about him is very well filmed and choreographed internet videos... because tesla wasn't The American Inventor Thomas Edison that every American School child Must learn about.
Yes! Tesla has been overlooked and neglected and we need videos of drunks puking into toilets while telling us the fascinating history of Tesla. Tesla deserves that much, doesn't he? Tesla was a genius that deserves respect and honor. Respect and honor, such as that shown here by a drunk laying on the floor alternating between details of Tesla's life and moaning that he is too drunk to go on.
Enlighten us, Internet drunk man!
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Tesla's problem was that he was equal parts mad and genius -- and it was often difficult to tell one from the later until much later.
For every alternating current or remote control, you had an earthquake laser.
Why should she have to give a non-subjective definition? She only used them in the context of a subjective description.
Maybe I should inform my coworker that takes an aspirin everyday that I don't enjoy his heavy drug use in my office space?
Am I getting "Wooshed" or something? Maybe my sarcasm detector is on the fritz, but that and several other sentences you gave are a textbook strawman.
Wait...do you think that was supposed to be a judgment of the guy on the video being drunk? Even though he's neither a girl nor androgynous? I think you're pulling her phrase out of one context and into another.
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Holy Electric Jesus!!! that was awesome and pretty darn accurate as well!!
a few of my favorite quotes
"This like pissed Edison off. He was like "@#&$ this!"
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"buuueeeerraaackkaaackk...How did this come out of my body? There is pieces...there is pineapple..and I know I chewed it..."
How in the name of Shub Internet did this make front page? Bad slashdot editors. Bad! No cookie for you.
Meet samzenpus. He specializes in this kind of crap. He refuses to let idle die the death it deserves.
If would be fine to have idle articles -- if only/. would TAKE THEM OUT OF THE MAIN RSS FEED! That way those of us who don't want to stumble upon this crap can avoid it.
How do you "stumble upon" an article with the title "Drunk History..." and think it will be serious?
The title in my RSS feed told me what to expect before I ever clicked the link.
-- Human beings are the biological version of Von Neumann machines.
Mod parent up. If you're lucid while throwing up, then it just means you are a goddamn pantywaist pussweed hippy who can't hold his liquor. Like Edison.
-- If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
-- Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
Re:Lightweight!
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No it isn't. It used to be when it was illegal and made with more amounts of worm wood, but now worm wood is trace at best.
Re:Lightweight!
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Bollocks. Absinth has a super high amount of alchohol, and a stimulant which makes the person not feel the effects of alcohol itself. THat's why the guy can talk and reason so much while being utterly wasted.
Think of it as the victorian era, steampunk redbull.
That's why people don't feel the effect as much, and there was a high rate of deaths because of absinth.
It's also one of the reasons it is banned in many countries nowadays (such as Brazil).
Re:Lightweight!
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That is incorrect. It's certainly a highly potent alcoholic spirit, but it has no hallucinogenic drugs in it. That part is pretty much made up. It's basically just regular booze. It's certainly nothing like Psilocybin mushrooms.
Only when made right. He was probably drinking legal American Absinth. I know a few Americans who made the mistake in Southern or Easrtern Europe to order Absinth. They didn't feel too good, neither did I, because I was stupid enough to drink with them..
Re:Lightweight!
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Still incorrect. It is not hallucinogenic but a neurotoxin produced by the wormwood. So, all those 18th century french poets were not hallucinating but damaging their brains
Re:Lightweight!
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If made the proper way, even back then i didn't have any real "hallucigenic" in it. The heat breaks it down.
-- The Grey Goo disaster happened 3 billion years ago. This rock is covered in self replicating machines!
Re:Lightweight!
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What rate of death? Where? It sounds like you're just making things up.
Nothing More Inspiring
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Than watching a grown man laying in a bathroom about to throw up saying "Tesla... was the Electric Jesus... I can't breath." Well done, good sir. I only hope this weekend has in store for me the same beauty that you have gifted to the internet.
-- My work here is dung.
Re:Nothing More Inspiring
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Oh god, Idiocracy is starting.
Idle can please die.
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What setting am I missing that blocks idle from appearing on the main page?
Re:Idle can please die.
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Upper right of the page you're viewing has a "Help & Account" link. Click it or open it into a new tab. If you are using the dynamic index like most, click "Exclusions" under that heading. Enter "Idle" into the text box and hit save. While you will probably miss stories like "Bill Gates Sits Idle as World Burns" you will not see any Idle: stories on your front page. In the classic index, you can select sections and remove Idle. I don't know why the dynamic index doesn't have this granularity of exact control yet. I'd give you links but they're javascripty popups so take care if you have javascripty blocking mechanisms.
-- My work here is dung.
Re:Idle can please die.
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That's like saying it's no biggie that large, hairy gay men are winking suggestively at you on the street since they aren't actually pinning you down and having their way with you.
(Apologies to gays who are into that sort of thing.)
I once took an excursion to Reddit, and later HN. Unlimited up/down voting sucks when dealing with a hive-mind.
Priceless.
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That level of alcohol should really be part of the next education reform for all history courses. Well about all the course for that matter... except philosophy since there would not be a single difference in their usual non-sense even with enough booze to kill a horse. I can already see myself leaving the class at the end of it and seeing the teacher trying to swim in his own vomit to get his keys and jacket to leave the class at his turn.
I used to think Tesla was a cool guy, but...
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He liked PIGEONS. Who likes flying tree rats? Bah.
Cool vid tho.
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Where's my Flux Capacitor...
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Crispin Glover was there and I still dont have a Flux Capacitor or even a hoverboard? Im pissed and I blame it all on Edison.
I'd never puked from drinking until this past fall, me, at 31yrs old, until I had 1 and a half pints of Jeager, 2 Vicodin, and 6 malt beverages and 3-4 mixed shots, in the time span of around 3 hours.
I can't imagine hurling on a 6 pack + half a bottle (however much that is) of Absinth.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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Beer before liquor never been sicker and liquor before beer never fear.
Most bottles are a fifth. About ~3.1 pints. ~10 shots per pint. So you drank more volume than he did. However if you drank about ~8-9 more shots you would have caught up.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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Beer before liquor never been sicker and liquor before beer never fear.
Oh, what nonesense. This never happened to me. Besides, mythbusters put this sucker to bed, once and for all.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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Uh, no. A fifth is 18 shots (a pint of liquor is 250 mL vs 750 mL for a fifth (yes, I know is seems wrong, but the names for those sized bottles no longer match their volumes, not even in the US)). Therefore a pint, being exactly one third of a fifth, is 6 shots. I define a shot as 42 mL, which is strikingly close to the US government's definition of 44 mL (1.5 fl oz).
And don't start claiming that is shot is some other size like 1 fl oz or 30 mL or some bullshit. It's slightly less than 1.5 fl oz, dammit. In fact, there MUST be 18 shots in a fifth. That way I can finish my bottle of whisky just as I start the 18th hole. (And now you know why there are 18 holes in a full round of golf.)
I've never had Absinthe, but after I had researched it a bit it appears you're not supposed to drink it straight up but rather in small amounts mixed with very chilled water. So the story is BS anyway.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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I've made it a few times, and while the prim and proper like to drink it mixed (very ceremoniously) with sugar and water it is very fine straight up. I brought a bottle to a party which a bunch of us passed around. And then mad hilarity struck . . . it's different than regular booze and I highly recommend making it for yourself. You will need to set up a still, because after you macerate the wormwood and other herbs in everclear (or wine spirits) you mix with water and then distill the final product (you can add another round of wormwood and anise etc to color it, but I've done it both ways and the coloration does not affect the flavor). I'd suggest an old pressure cooker with the rattle top removed and connected to clear tubing as the base for an easy temporary still set up.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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Actually they do match.
A "fifth" is actually 1/5gal, or "one fifth of a gallon". This is 25.6oz of fluid, which is why in Canada we call it a "26'er" Google translates this to 757.082357 ml.
Further, I'm not sure where you get your pints, but a 355ml bottle of beer isn't enough to fill a proper pint glass.
A pint is 16oz, 450ml, just shy of 2/3 of a fifth. A standard bottle of beer is 12oz. If you're only getting 250ml when you step up to the bar, I would hope you head back there now and get your change.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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I remember bragging about how much I could drink, too. But I was about 16 then.
Re:Pretty weak constitution
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I thought the discussion was about liquor, not beer.
I usually buy my liquor in handles. These traditionally contained half a gallon, but have been abbreviated to 1.75 liters.
Meanwhile, actually in actuality, the fifths sold here in Ohio are 750ml, not 757.082357ml. Canada is no different -- your 26'er, at 25.360517 fluid ounces, is a lot closer to being a 25'er than its name would imply.
There are also 1-liter bottles available (often referred to as a quart, even though that's also wrong).
A 375 ml bottle of liquor in the US and the Canadian maritime provinces is sometimes referred to as a "pint" and a 200 ml bottle is called a "half-pint," harking back to the days when liquor came in actual US pints, quarts, and half-gallons.
Besides, everyone knows that a pint of beer is either 16 or 20 ounces in this hemisphere, though nobody can agree on which ounces to use. Except in Canada, where a pint of beer might be 500ml, or might be 20 imperial ounces.
(Just because it's true, doesn't mean it has to make sense. I, for one, was simply satisfied to finally understand that the reason there are 18 shots in a fifth is only because there's 18 holes on a golf course -- the logic seemed so infallible. And then you had to show up and make a scene of things...sigh.)
Re:the alcohol is the least of the interest here
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Recognized Krispy early on, Reilly not right away. Thought I saw Jason Lee, as well. lulz
-- Imagination drew in bold strokes, instantly serving hopes and fears, while knowledge advanced by slow increments...
Re:the alcohol is the least of the interest here
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I recognized Crispin right off (having just seen Alice in Wonderland) but couldn't think of Reilly's name until the credits, I just kept thinking, that dumb cop in Magnolia (who I really like).
"Stuff that Matters..."
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What the hell is with this crap lately? Slashdot is not for people who think they are funny. There are other sites for that. Slashdot is for people who think they are intelligent, or hope to become more intelligent.
This is a fail, the video opens with "AN Historic..." Well now that we've shit on the English language, what next? I love Tesla and Sure, the history is correct.
But really? How juvenile is this video? If I had to teach a seventh grade class, I'd use this video. It is NOT slashdot material.
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This is a fail, the video opens with "AN Historic..."
People who talk good don't pronounce the "h" in "istory."
You might not talk good, and the people around you might not talk good. This is not my problem, and I don't care to read about it on the internet.
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History, a few swear words, and vomit. Work at the nunnery must be rough.
Funny or Die Presents
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You guys all realize this is a Funny or Die presents video that was re-done with the drunk guy narrating it thats why the actors are in there. Still hilarious though.
This would be far better if he was stoned. Say what you will, but getting a smart person on a stoned rant can be entertaining. And they don't puke in the middle either.
-- Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
I too can babble about all sorts of stuff when I am drunk. But I'd need to be totally wasted to idolize Tesla in such a hagioraphy. Yes, he was a brilliant scientist. But he didn't "invent radio", etc.
I think it's better if drunks stay with discussing women and sports, than venture into dangerous areas like the history of science. Unless they're me.
Re:except it's wildly inaccurate
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Tesla invented radio. You Marconi people can stuff it.
Slashdot Killed the Video...
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It now displays, "This video has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Service."
Re:Slashdot Killed the Video...
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This reply has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Service.
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Funny or Die, Inc.. "
Anybody got a new mirror? I still haven't been able to see the video.
-- Prosp long and liver.
Re:The video on YouTube
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Quickly removed:( from YT too...
I never hated idle before....
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Fuck idle.
There. Maybe we can get a 2000 post discussion all saying the same two words. Then maybe crap like this won't make it to the front page anymore. I mean really. Who voted this shite up? When did slashdot become digg?
That i have seen content a story that I read earlier in the day on gorillamask.net. Not that I'm complaining but I see this more as a techie site and the latter as a stuff to laugh at and boobs site.
Would be cool if it was actually on funny or die..
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I wonder which Term of Service was Breached.
How long was the term? 7 years? What was the sentence? What service had to be kill -9'd? Oh, I meant "process". What ended up On The Beach, because "Breached" just has to be a typo, although possibly a whale, or a big shark, swam onto the beach?
Oh, well.
And I forgot to log into Slashdot today, too. Whatta day.
Slashdot Mirror
How in the name of Shub Internet did this make front page? Bad slashdot editors. Bad! No cookie for you.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
6 American beers and half an absinthe? Come back when you've downed the best part of a bottle of whisky and a handfull of shrooms, and we can talk.
Than watching a grown man laying in a bathroom about to throw up saying "Tesla ... was the Electric Jesus ... I can't breath." Well done, good sir. I only hope this weekend has in store for me the same beauty that you have gifted to the internet.
My work here is dung.
What setting am I missing that blocks idle from appearing on the main page?
...that video brings me back. Good times, yep.
So does that other guy.
That level of alcohol should really be part of the next education reform for all history courses. Well about all the course for that matter... except philosophy since there would not be a single difference in their usual non-sense even with enough booze to kill a horse.
I can already see myself leaving the class at the end of it and seeing the teacher trying to swim in his own vomit to get his keys and jacket to leave the class at his turn.
He liked PIGEONS.
Who likes flying tree rats?
Bah.
Cool vid tho.
Take off every 'Sig'!! You know what you doing. http://www.donline.co.uk/
Crispin Glover was there and I still dont have a Flux Capacitor or even a hoverboard? Im pissed and I blame it all on Edison.
I'd never puked from drinking until this past fall, me, at 31yrs old, until I had 1 and a half pints of Jeager, 2 Vicodin, and 6 malt beverages and 3-4 mixed shots, in the time span of around 3 hours.
I can't imagine hurling on a 6 pack + half a bottle (however much that is) of Absinth.
drunk people are funny
Summary should have mentioned this is a John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover collaboration.
Seth
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What the hell is with this crap lately? Slashdot is not for people who think they are funny. There are other sites for that. Slashdot is for people who think they are intelligent, or hope to become more intelligent.
This is a fail, the video opens with "AN Historic..." Well now that we've shit on the English language, what next?
I love Tesla and Sure, the history is correct.
But really? How juvenile is this video? If I had to teach a seventh grade class, I'd use this video. It is NOT slashdot material.
History, a few swear words, and vomit. Work at the nunnery must be rough.
You guys all realize this is a Funny or Die presents video that was re-done with the drunk guy narrating it thats why the actors are in there. Still hilarious though.
This would be far better if he was stoned. Say what you will, but getting a smart person on a stoned rant can be entertaining. And they don't puke in the middle either.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
I too can babble about all sorts of stuff when I am drunk. But I'd need to be totally wasted to idolize Tesla in such a hagioraphy. Yes, he was a brilliant scientist. But he didn't "invent radio", etc.
I think it's better if drunks stay with discussing women and sports, than venture into dangerous areas like the history of science. Unless they're me.
It now displays, "This video has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Service."
Yeah. Apparently someone uploaded teh video to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFazanaWQY
Fuck idle.
There. Maybe we can get a 2000 post discussion all saying the same two words. Then maybe crap like this won't make it to the front page anymore. I mean really. Who voted this shite up? When did slashdot become digg?
zosxavius photography
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/drunk-history-nikola-tesla-father-western-technology
But not from here:
http://gizmodo.com/5502148/drunk-history-nikola-tesla-the-electric-jesus?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+(Gizmodo)
That i have seen content a story that I read earlier in the day on gorillamask.net. Not that I'm complaining but I see this more as a techie site and the latter as a stuff to laugh at and boobs site.
Would be cool if it was actually on funny or die..
I wonder which Term of Service was Breached.
How long was the term? 7 years? What was the sentence?
What service had to be kill -9'd? Oh, I meant "process".
What ended up On The Beach, because "Breached" just has to be a typo, although possibly a whale, or a big shark, swam onto the beach?
Oh, well.
And I forgot to log into Slashdot today, too. Whatta day.