And you know the scriptwriter will be hailed as a great Brainiac, and have all sorts of mad-scientist cool about him at all the parties, when all he did was read a magazine (not online) article.
ONE PIECE AT A TIME Written by W. Kemp Recorded by Johnny Cash on 3/5/76 Number one - County Chart; Number 29 - Pop Chart
Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
CHORUS I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends I left that day with a lunch box full of gears Now, I never considered myself a thief GM wouldn't miss just one little piece Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome The little things I could get in my big lunchbox Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
My old job checked into building a shower in the office. It was going to cost $100,000. I was vigorously opposed to this colossal waste of resources, due to the fact that we needed other things and few people rode bikes to work (other than the VP who championed the idea). The idea was eventually defeated, not due to any lobbying of mine, but due to the cost. Fuckwits.
Posting messages on a web-based BBS about children's cartoons is not socialization. It's a crude hack. The best thing about being out in the real world is avoiding homogeneous subcultures. I think you read far too much into this "being a geek" thing, and probably adopted it due to a complete lack of any other sort of identity. Perhaps understandable, but still regrettable.
What myth? Humans are designed to live in packs of 60-100. You never find just one monkey in the jungle, unless it's a maladjusted monkey who's been ostracized from its pack.
No, by picking up chicks, I mean meeting females in public places, impressing them with my charm, and taking them back to my apartment and having sex with them.
It's OK, I'm used to haters. Comes with the territory. Have another drink of your haterade.
*MY* transition was torturous. I'm sure there are easier roads. But it was worth it...the 'having sex with girls' rules. It rules more than getting a leaked warez copy of Doom 3.
If there are no girls there, then BY DEFINITION IT'S NOT SOCIALIZING. Some guy's girlfriend and a couple of nerd chicks don't count, either, I'm talking AVAILIBLE chicks. What the hell else is the purpose of a social gathering?
Don't do it! Become an extrovert. It's soooo much better. I used to be an introvert, too. Spent early twenties in my apartment playing Master of Orion (1), Cannon Fodder, and D&D Gold Box games. Now, after a long and tortuous road I don't recommend to anyone, I'm an extrovert, and I love it. I would never go back to the old me. I go out, I drink, I pick up women, I travel, I pick up foreign women, I make food, I live. None of my friends (or girlfriends) know the first thing about computers, and I don't spend time discussing the crazy articles on fark.com. It's great.
None of this is possible while sitting in front of a computer, being introverted. If you tell yourself you hate other people anyway and would rather be alone, that's an enabling crock of shit. Humans are designed to be around other humans.
Have you ever been to Japan? I never saw any anime on late night TV. Afterschool and primetime, yes. Everyone I talked to regarded anime as strictly for kids and I-don't-want-to-grow-up types.
New rule - only people who don't live with their parents get to decide the difference between 'adult' and 'childish'.
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I saw something similar at the city center at a city in China recently...they had water spigots that sprayed fine water vapor (droplets actually). A projector projected an image onto this vaporous area. Overall it was pretty impressive, the image was several stories high. You could only see the image from one side, I had to walk a ways to get to a good spot for viewing.
Anyway, it was impressive until I saw what they were showing. All that achievement and technology, and they were showing a Doraemon anime. I think it was a pirate VCD because there were illegible subtitles on the bottom of the screen. The resolution was pretty low. It would have been much better off with a production specifically designed for the medium.
Ooo, how politically correct that is. Whose blog did that appear in? The reality is, modern lighting is extremely power-efficient (otherwise it would not be so widely deployed) and its cost is low. Even flourescent lighting doesn't use much juice. Incandescent bulbs in the house generate lots of waste heat, but people like them because their light more closely approximates the light of the sun. The outdoor low-pressure sodium lighting renders all colors as tones of yellow or gray.
As far as lighting goes, suburbanites have an insane fear of dark streets. They'll gladly pay until their entire environment is brightly lit.
The real culprit, though, is incredibly cheap, bright lights. I don't like these because of their pink glow. Near the University of Texas, at night the low-hanging clouds looked like cotton candy from all the reflected pink light.
I forget the name of this effect, but it has to do with people only noticing things that are strange and different, and attributing causes to them. Mundane events that don't stand out and therefore are never attributed as causes.
Sorry, but a story filed by a "freelance journalist" from www.EcoTalk.org...I can't help but think that it's slanted in some way. I'd sooner trust a story from the New York Times with no verification than I would this story from a hard-left nutcase.
My point is, they're not at all advocating free speech nor independence. Anyone who comes out with a hard-left film will be cheered, and anyone who has the audacity to challenge this mode of thought will be ostracized and probably banned.
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And you know the scriptwriter will be hailed as a great Brainiac, and have all sorts of mad-scientist cool about him at all the parties, when all he did was read a magazine (not online) article.
ONE PIECE AT A TIME
Written by W. Kemp
Recorded by Johnny Cash on 3/5/76
Number one - County Chart; Number 29 - Pop Chart
Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
CHORUS
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
My old job checked into building a shower in the office. It was going to cost $100,000. I was vigorously opposed to this colossal waste of resources, due to the fact that we needed other things and few people rode bikes to work (other than the VP who championed the idea). The idea was eventually defeated, not due to any lobbying of mine, but due to the cost. Fuckwits.
Posting messages on a web-based BBS about children's cartoons is not socialization. It's a crude hack. The best thing about being out in the real world is avoiding homogeneous subcultures. I think you read far too much into this "being a geek" thing, and probably adopted it due to a complete lack of any other sort of identity. Perhaps understandable, but still regrettable.
What myth? Humans are designed to live in packs of 60-100. You never find just one monkey in the jungle, unless it's a maladjusted monkey who's been ostracized from its pack.
Did you even read? I said I was an introverted nerdling for years and years. Not my fault if you got wedgies.
It's OK, I'm used to haters. Comes with the territory. Have another drink of your haterade.
Yes, it is. Spoken like a true nerd.
It's because humans are social animals. RTFM.
*MY* transition was torturous. I'm sure there are easier roads. But it was worth it...the 'having sex with girls' rules. It rules more than getting a leaked warez copy of Doom 3.
If there are no girls there, then BY DEFINITION IT'S NOT SOCIALIZING. Some guy's girlfriend and a couple of nerd chicks don't count, either, I'm talking AVAILIBLE chicks. What the hell else is the purpose of a social gathering?
Duh...I'm at work bored off my ass...boss is out of the office all afternoon so I get to goof off
None of this is possible while sitting in front of a computer, being introverted. If you tell yourself you hate other people anyway and would rather be alone, that's an enabling crock of shit. Humans are designed to be around other humans.
P.S. LAN parties do not count as socialization.
Have you ever been to Japan? I never saw any anime on late night TV. Afterschool and primetime, yes. Everyone I talked to regarded anime as strictly for kids and I-don't-want-to-grow-up types.
New rule - only people who don't live with their parents get to decide the difference between 'adult' and 'childish'.
Anyway, it was impressive until I saw what they were showing. All that achievement and technology, and they were showing a Doraemon anime. I think it was a pirate VCD because there were illegible subtitles on the bottom of the screen. The resolution was pretty low. It would have been much better off with a production specifically designed for the medium.
Ooo, how politically correct that is. Whose blog did that appear in? The reality is, modern lighting is extremely power-efficient (otherwise it would not be so widely deployed) and its cost is low. Even flourescent lighting doesn't use much juice. Incandescent bulbs in the house generate lots of waste heat, but people like them because their light more closely approximates the light of the sun. The outdoor low-pressure sodium lighting renders all colors as tones of yellow or gray.
As far as lighting goes, suburbanites have an insane fear of dark streets. They'll gladly pay until their entire environment is brightly lit.
The real culprit, though, is incredibly cheap, bright lights. I don't like these because of their pink glow. Near the University of Texas, at night the low-hanging clouds looked like cotton candy from all the reflected pink light.
I forget the name of this effect, but it has to do with people only noticing things that are strange and different, and attributing causes to them. Mundane events that don't stand out and therefore are never attributed as causes.
Sounds a lot like being a slot jockey. Only without the free drinks.
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Wow, talk about a hard-left nutcase. Good thing you have a secure website with an invalid certificate...someone might be eavesdropping on you!!!
Sorry, but a story filed by a "freelance journalist" from www.EcoTalk.org...I can't help but think that it's slanted in some way. I'd sooner trust a story from the New York Times with no verification than I would this story from a hard-left nutcase.
My point is, they're not at all advocating free speech nor independence. Anyone who comes out with a hard-left film will be cheered, and anyone who has the audacity to challenge this mode of thought will be ostracized and probably banned.
Can you tell a CPU from a power supply fan?