>> I'd be going to the polls with the mindset of >> voting for the best of a bad lot, and it's >> not really motivating me to get out and vote.
Then you should choose to vote for more real choice in candidates.
Voting for a minor party (*any* minor party) is a vote for more choice. If minor parties get more votes then more minor parties will be formed. One of those new parties may be just the fit you are looking for.
I noticed one in downtown Seattle a couple of weeks ago. I don't get to that part of town very often so I don't know how long it had been up. It may still be there (2nd and Pine or Pike?).
It was fairly obviously a recruitment exercise by someone, but I did the puzzles anyway just for fun.
Well all of the good, civic minded smokers in the US like to throw their (usually still lit...) cigarette butts on the ground.
Where they end up in the gutters. Where they end up in the drainage systems. Where they end up in the oceans. Where they end up in the fish. Which kills the fish. Meaning fewer fish. Meaning higher prices for fish.
That's what cigarettes have to do with the price of fish.
See how easy it is?
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Just a quess, but I would assume all they need to know is the local time.
If you know the exact time of sunrise in your exact location then an accurate local clock could be used to determine the exact local time the events occurred.
Since the viewing locations were predetermined they would have known the exact times for each event, and could calculate the distances/times very accurately.
I once worked at a 'Telephone services' company developing their customer information system.
There are service companies that provide copious information on people just by giving them a phone number.
They can find your name, address, occupation, marital status, number of children, ages of children, household income, number of vehicles, value of the property and all kinds of demographic information.
Mind you, this information doesn't come cheap. It cost 5 cents.
And you can get way better information with a credit card number...
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Had daylight saving ended yet? If not then you might be out an hour.
No! No! No!
The correct colour enhancements are:
Red - faster acceleration
White - better top-end speed
Yellow - reduces weight
Black - increases traction
Chrome - increases horsepower
Blue - improves braking
Green - smoother running engine
Did I miss any?
>> I'd be going to the polls with the mindset of
>> voting for the best of a bad lot, and it's
>> not really motivating me to get out and vote.
Then you should choose to vote for more real choice in candidates.
Voting for a minor party (*any* minor party) is a vote for more choice. If minor parties get more votes then more minor parties will be formed. One of those new parties may be just the fit you are looking for.
But it won't happen unless you vote for it.
Personally I think they should introduce something so we can comment on the Fortune Cookies. I'm surprised they haven't already.
Some come here to sit and think.
Others come to shit and stink.
But I come here to scratch my balls,
And read the writing on the walls...
Indeed. But the people who run it are idiots.
I noticed one in downtown Seattle a couple of weeks ago. I don't get to that part of town very often so I don't know how long it had been up. It may still be there (2nd and Pine or Pike?).
It was fairly obviously a recruitment exercise by someone, but I did the puzzles anyway just for fun.
>> 1) buy good counterfeiting equipment
>> 2) ???
>> 3) profit!
You missed:
4) Go to Prison
Have you ever seen the video of the tests they did for the construction of the newer US domes?
They are very cool, especially in slow motion!
In one they fire a wooden telephone pole (end on) into a dome. The pole literally turns into tiny splinters.
In another they fly an F-15 into it. It is amazing in slo-mo to watch the jet simply disintegrate into tiny pieces as it hits the dome.
Oh, and I believe neither test so much as scratched the dome! Very cool videos if you can track them down.
>> 808140 is more entertaining than you at the >> bottom of a pit full of angry koalas.
Koalas? I wouldn't be too concerned about them.
Now if it was Drop Bears I would be worried!
Depends on how soundly he is sleeping...
>>I will not be watching a single Olympic event,
>>on the internet, on TV, hearing it on the
>>radio etc.
Given the quality of the Olympics coverage by network tv in the US, you could watch all of it and still not see a single Olympic event...
Lots of heartwarming stories about poor, disadvantaged athletes struggling to make the team.
But bugger all coverage of the actual events!
I wasn't expecting it to be this soon either. He told me that EB are taking deposits for Half Life II preorders starting today.
I wouldn't expect them to take deposits 3 months ahead, but hey, they are a business and I am sure will take any money they can get.
But it would be good business for Valve to release it asap as they will steal a little bit of iD's thunder, and probably quite a few sales to boot.
I just picked up a copy from my local EB and the guy said that Half Life II has been confirmed to ship on September 2nd.
If you think that an Ace is necessary for a full house, then I want to play poker with you for money!
Nice shot!
The thing about time travel is that if it is *ever* going to be possible then it has already happened in the future.
And if so then there would be time travellers all over the place right now.
Which of course always makes me think about Repo Man...
Do you mean the classic: 'English as she is spoke'?
Truly a masterpiece!
Not to mention that the success of the series was dependent on the viewers liking it, and consequently it having good ratings.
We are talking about 60's Americans. ie. your parents.
All of you out there take a good look at your parents. Then you might understand why it got cancelled after only 3 seasons...
Oh damn! Now you've spoiled the ending for me!
Strange. I realised immediately that it was a joke, and also think that it was quite funny.
Well all of the good, civic minded smokers in the US like to throw their (usually still lit...) cigarette butts on the ground.
Where they end up in the gutters.
Where they end up in the drainage systems.
Where they end up in the oceans.
Where they end up in the fish.
Which kills the fish.
Meaning fewer fish.
Meaning higher prices for fish.
That's what cigarettes have to do with the price of fish.
See how easy it is?
Coming soon... What do cigarettes have to do with the price of eggs in China!
That's too hard for a Monday after the weekend I just had.
Can someone repost the above with the substitutions already made so I don't have to think too hard?
Just a quess, but I would assume all they need to know is the local time.
If you know the exact time of sunrise in your exact location then an accurate local clock could be used to determine the exact local time the events occurred.
Since the viewing locations were predetermined they would have known the exact times for each event, and could calculate the distances/times very accurately.
But like I said, this is just a quess...
I once worked at a 'Telephone services' company developing their customer information system.
There are service companies that provide copious information on people just by giving them a phone number.
They can find your name, address, occupation, marital status, number of children, ages of children, household income, number of vehicles, value of the property and all kinds of demographic information.
Mind you, this information doesn't come cheap. It cost 5 cents.
And you can get way better information with a credit card number...