I once feigned ignorance (not much of a feat for me, in most things) and asked a Best Buy employee what was better about the $100 HDMI cables. He said two things that I thought were amazing*.
1) My Playstation3 was not going to look as good on the $20 cable, because all the colors could not go through the cheaper cable fast enough.
2) The more expensive cable uses a better conductor metal for "better frequency".
*I don't really fault an employee that's making $8 an hour with no commission for talking out his ass, I just thought this was funny.
I still can't get over that he said "We let them teach evolution to our children..." as though this is some sort of compromise with liberals or something...
But all of us here believe in creationism. And since we are all preeminent scientists in our respective fields, I think our point of view has some merit.
**This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.**
Customer: Hi, my computer won't POST.
Steve (Samir): Okay, sir, first we must try a few things. Is the machine currently plugged in?
**3 hours later**
Steve: Sir, the problem appears to be a faulty motherboard. Unfortunately your system is out of warranty. Luckily, while the system was operational, our integrated key-logger was able to pull your shipping address and credit card numbers. We have billed you for a replacement system and it should be there in 3-5 business days. Someone will need to sign for it, perhaps your oldest daughter. Justine is turning into a fine looking young-lady, by the way.
Amen. I get so tired of that nonsense. Look, I really don't care if somebody breaks into my Bell Tire Discount Club forum account. I'd much rather just use "passw0rd" than have to come up with a 76-character string that includes both upper and lower-case, at least one special character, at least one numeral, a Latin proverb, the last four digits of my social security number, and a passage from the Necronomicon.
She said they were likely to become depressed or angry, have trouble forming relationships and suffer from decreased sexual appetites. Small percentages said they had reacted to unpleasant images by vomiting or crying.
That's me now, and I'm not getting paid. =(
Yeah, replace "unpleasant images" with "401k statements."
Now the Olympics are going to look like a convention of superheroes and supervillains, with each athlete alignment-doping him or herself with more and more outrageous costumes, posturing, and pre-event monologues.
"Sure, he hurled the discus five miles, but did he really have to soak it in the blood of five virgins and dedicate his performance to All-Mighty Set?"
Bahahaha.
"How are you preparing yourself, mentally, for your event?"
"Last Olypmics, I spent the week before working in a soup kitchen, for a lousy bronze medal. This year, I'm just going to drop a baby down a well."
Are you telling me that finally answering the question "which Jersey Shore character are you?", via 106-question interactive quiz, is somehow a waste of time?
Some of us are working on a legacy to pass along, you know. When you great-great-grandchildren look at their mother and ask "mom, was great-great-granddad more like Mike 'The Situation' or D.J. Pauly D?" will she have an answer? Or will she have to look down at her feet in shame and whisper "I don't know."?
I'm back from processing, and now entirely comfortable with the concept of a redundant RAID array of independent disks. Also, I have newfound confidence in social situations.
Due to an unfortunate gaffe with Find and Replace in the abstract of my journal article, I now refer to its supporters as Angeltelligent Flatulence Fartponents.
I couldn't agree more. I am not saying that Angelic Flatulence Theory is incontrovertibly true, but there are some compelling data that support it, and until it is disproven I think we are doing a disservice to our children to deprive them of the full range of current scientific research into this phenomenon.
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Oh my god, thank you for that. Hilarious.
I once feigned ignorance (not much of a feat for me, in most things) and asked a Best Buy employee what was better about the $100 HDMI cables. He said two things that I thought were amazing*.
1) My Playstation3 was not going to look as good on the $20 cable, because all the colors could not go through the cheaper cable fast enough.
2) The more expensive cable uses a better conductor metal for "better frequency".
*I don't really fault an employee that's making $8 an hour with no commission for talking out his ass, I just thought this was funny.
Will my $600 gold-plated monster superconductor cable support the new standards?
Codenamed "David"
I screwed it up :(
Wow tht relly works! Give this mn a medl!
I would say "firm" is the type of grip you would use whilst hanging from a single piece of scaffolding at the top of the Sears tower.
Even the largest hadrons can't stay active forever.
1) Grip firmly with right hand.
2) Take one step in so that faces are around 12 inches apart.
3) Make eye contact (hold position until this happens).
4) Once eye contact is made, firmly grab person's forearm with your left hand.
5) Slide left hand up and down person's forearm, from wrist to elbow, twice, while maintaining eye contact.
6) Wink with left eye.
7) Break eye contact, let go.
I still can't get over that he said "We let them teach evolution to our children..." as though this is some sort of compromise with liberals or something...
But all of us here believe in creationism. And since we are all preeminent scientists in our respective fields, I think our point of view has some merit.
According to the latest in physiognomical science, you are perfectly suited for the occupation of:
Maintenance Technician
"Dad? It's Jimmy. Can you help me pay back those med school loans?"
**This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.**
Customer: Hi, my computer won't POST.
Steve (Samir): Okay, sir, first we must try a few things. Is the machine currently plugged in?
**3 hours later**
Steve: Sir, the problem appears to be a faulty motherboard. Unfortunately your system is out of warranty. Luckily, while the system was operational, our integrated key-logger was able to pull your shipping address and credit card numbers. We have billed you for a replacement system and it should be there in 3-5 business days. Someone will need to sign for it, perhaps your oldest daughter. Justine is turning into a fine looking young-lady, by the way.
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"Your search - Oppressive Government - did not match any documents."
"Did you mean Outstanding Government?"
Amen. I get so tired of that nonsense. Look, I really don't care if somebody breaks into my Bell Tire Discount Club forum account. I'd much rather just use "passw0rd" than have to come up with a 76-character string that includes both upper and lower-case, at least one special character, at least one numeral, a Latin proverb, the last four digits of my social security number, and a passage from the Necronomicon.
She said they were likely to become depressed or angry, have trouble forming relationships and suffer from decreased sexual appetites. Small percentages said they had reacted to unpleasant images by vomiting or crying.
That's me now, and I'm not getting paid. =(
Yeah, replace "unpleasant images" with "401k statements."
You know like every other time we have given these bastards a dime.
Seriously. I'm reminded of a pithy quote about the definition of "insanity."
Sure it can!
But not with you on it.
China! Why you censor Googre? You number ten!
Now the Olympics are going to look like a convention of superheroes and supervillains, with each athlete alignment-doping him or herself with more and more outrageous costumes, posturing, and pre-event monologues.
"Sure, he hurled the discus five miles, but did he really have to soak it in the blood of five virgins and dedicate his performance to All-Mighty Set?"
Bahahaha.
"How are you preparing yourself, mentally, for your event?"
"Last Olypmics, I spent the week before working in a soup kitchen, for a lousy bronze medal. This year, I'm just going to drop a baby down a well."
Are you telling me that finally answering the question "which Jersey Shore character are you?", via 106-question interactive quiz, is somehow a waste of time?
Some of us are working on a legacy to pass along, you know. When you great-great-grandchildren look at their mother and ask "mom, was great-great-granddad more like Mike 'The Situation' or D.J. Pauly D?" will she have an answer? Or will she have to look down at her feet in shame and whisper "I don't know."?
I'm back from processing, and now entirely comfortable with the concept of a redundant RAID array of independent disks. Also, I have newfound confidence in social situations.
I even talked to a girl.
That aside, when will we be able to implant a RAID array of solid state lungs?
Soon enough, but it will be costly. I hope you can remember your PIN number at the ATM machine.
Due to an unfortunate gaffe with Find and Replace in the abstract of my journal article, I now refer to its supporters as Angeltelligent Flatulence Fartponents.
I couldn't agree more. I am not saying that Angelic Flatulence Theory is incontrovertibly true, but there are some compelling data that support it, and until it is disproven I think we are doing a disservice to our children to deprive them of the full range of current scientific research into this phenomenon.
I don't know I think we should teach the controversy w/r/t celestial gas clouds and ionizing radiation.