About 4 times out of 5, when I get a call from a number I don't recognize, it's this. Being an otherwise docile and good-natured guy, I use it as an outlet to vent my frustrations and amuse those around me. One day during the beginning of a class, I asked permission to answer my phone 'cause I was getting a call from a number I didn't know. My professor knew me, so he allowed it. Sure enough, it was a robo-call, so in front of the entire class I screamed "Fuck off and DIE!" into the phone and then hung up. The looks I got were priceless.
I just got a new DSLR, and I love it with one exception: the lack of focus prism. I like to do everything myself, and the presence of brackets for auto-focus zones makes me feel like I'm using a camera for lazy people, and it ends up taking me longer to focus without the prism I'm used to on the film SLR I used to use. I wish I could find a company that could swap out the prisms.
You're very right about that. Last semester, I did a content analysis of the top ranked G, PG, PG-13, R and X/NC-17-rated films from before and after the institution of the PG-13 rating (1984). The results were pretty conclusive that the MPAA's ratings body will turn a blind eye to violence but regulate the living hell out of sex.
The Dark Knight had 104 instances of violence and was rated PG-13. But, there was no profanity and no sex. Eyes Wide Shut (the uncut version), had no violence whatsoever, but there were 13 instances of sex and some profanity. It was rated NC-17.
The really funny part about this is that the MPAA still insists that the ratings group treats sex and violence the same.
"Listen to me: Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth... Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that's the only place you're ever going to find any real truth. But, man, you're never going to get any truth from us. We'll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We'll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker's house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don't worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he's going to win. We'll tell you any shit you want to hear. We deal in *illusions*, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds... We're all you know. You're beginning to believe the illusions we're spinning here. You're beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even *think* like the tube! This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God's name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF..."
At first I thought it said "Mindcontroller" rather than "Microcontroller" in the title... Dangit, I thought that'd make Valentine's Day easy this year...
The inauguration has absolutely nothing to do with this, but it's the biggest story today. No other story is going to get higher billing, so it's the best way to hide the story about how your company fucked up royally.
So it would look like a modern day version of that scene from Life Of Brian where John Cleese gets stoned to death for saying that the guy they're supposed to be stoning to death said "Jehova."
"There's also something to be said from learning social skills from adults rather than other immature kids."
I spent alot of my formative years around my parents, their friends, my grandmother, and her friends. As a result, I get along fantastically well with people older than me. On the flipside, I didn't spend much time around people my age, and it took me a lot of time to figure out how to relate to them and really feel comfortable. To this day, most of my friends that are my own age tend to be mature beyond their years. If you do end up homeschooling your kids, make sure they get involved in sports, volunteer organizations, etc. Anything to get them time around people their own age, otherwise they might run into trouble down the line.
For a while I was posting photography work I had done to Facebook. About the time I started working with nude models, I decided it was time to move my collection somewhere else rather than have the art vs. porn fight. It was at that time I also looked closely at the fine print of the terms of service and realized that by posting pictures I had been giving Facebook the unrestricted right to reproduce my pictures without payment or permission.
So I started putting my pictures up on a website whose owner I knew wouldn't care I was taking snaps of naked women: My dad.
I doubt that the collaboration has anything to do with the Alzheimer's. He's been doing that for a long time, Good Omens is a fine example of it.
What's more, collaborative writing is very enjoyable. I've started alot of writing projects, and all I've started by myself died within 20 pages, whereas the collaborative projects have all either reached completion or are still being worked on. I find I write better collaboratively, if for no other reason than to impress the girls I'm working with.
As Quint pointed out on Ain't It Cool News, Fox waited till Warner Brother's practically had the film released before they bothered to excercise their copyright on the film, suggesting it might be an attempt to scoop up the cash on a blockbuster they wouldn't have to pay for.
Who can't detect sarcasm either. One of my friends can't pick up sarcasm in the least.
One of our favorite pastimes is going over to his dorm and saying all the sarcastic things we can think of and watching him freak out. Good god, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
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About 4 times out of 5, when I get a call from a number I don't recognize, it's this. Being an otherwise docile and good-natured guy, I use it as an outlet to vent my frustrations and amuse those around me. One day during the beginning of a class, I asked permission to answer my phone 'cause I was getting a call from a number I didn't know. My professor knew me, so he allowed it. Sure enough, it was a robo-call, so in front of the entire class I screamed "Fuck off and DIE!" into the phone and then hung up. The looks I got were priceless.
Nikon D60, admittedly a bit tempermental in low light, but otherwise admirable. Thanks for the link, they appear to have exactly what I'm looking for.
I just got a new DSLR, and I love it with one exception: the lack of focus prism. I like to do everything myself, and the presence of brackets for auto-focus zones makes me feel like I'm using a camera for lazy people, and it ends up taking me longer to focus without the prism I'm used to on the film SLR I used to use. I wish I could find a company that could swap out the prisms.
It'll be done when they can play Duke Nukem Forever on it.
My first criticism of the king would involve his taste in hats.
"At 18 you can vote, you can marry,"
But you can't buy a beer.
You're very right about that. Last semester, I did a content analysis of the top ranked G, PG, PG-13, R and X/NC-17-rated films from before and after the institution of the PG-13 rating (1984). The results were pretty conclusive that the MPAA's ratings body will turn a blind eye to violence but regulate the living hell out of sex.
The Dark Knight had 104 instances of violence and was rated PG-13. But, there was no profanity and no sex. Eyes Wide Shut (the uncut version), had no violence whatsoever, but there were 13 instances of sex and some profanity. It was rated NC-17.
The really funny part about this is that the MPAA still insists that the ratings group treats sex and violence the same.
It's not that they don't think, it's that they think that anyone who beleives in evolution over "God did it" is going to Hell.
A Network quote seems appropriate:
"Listen to me: Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth... Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that's the only place you're ever going to find any real truth. But, man, you're never going to get any truth from us. We'll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We'll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker's house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don't worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he's going to win. We'll tell you any shit you want to hear. We deal in *illusions*, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds... We're all you know. You're beginning to believe the illusions we're spinning here. You're beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even *think* like the tube! This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God's name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF..."
http://xkcd.com/290/
Hire more cops and make taking down the security cameras their marksmanship test.
Problem Solved.
At first I thought it said "Mindcontroller" rather than "Microcontroller" in the title... Dangit, I thought that'd make Valentine's Day easy this year...
"The clerks ask the robber if they want their money in a sack"
"Paper or plastic, sir?"
Even better, all those statements apply to Nicotine.
Was watching NBC's coverage and hearing Brian Williams liken Dick Cheney in his wheelchair to Dr. Strangelove.
The inauguration has absolutely nothing to do with this, but it's the biggest story today. No other story is going to get higher billing, so it's the best way to hide the story about how your company fucked up royally.
So it would look like a modern day version of that scene from Life Of Brian where John Cleese gets stoned to death for saying that the guy they're supposed to be stoning to death said "Jehova."
"There's also something to be said from learning social skills from adults rather than other immature kids."
I spent alot of my formative years around my parents, their friends, my grandmother, and her friends. As a result, I get along fantastically well with people older than me. On the flipside, I didn't spend much time around people my age, and it took me a lot of time to figure out how to relate to them and really feel comfortable. To this day, most of my friends that are my own age tend to be mature beyond their years. If you do end up homeschooling your kids, make sure they get involved in sports, volunteer organizations, etc. Anything to get them time around people their own age, otherwise they might run into trouble down the line.
"Roland Piquepaille lives in Paris, France"
Might wanna update that...
For a while I was posting photography work I had done to Facebook. About the time I started working with nude models, I decided it was time to move my collection somewhere else rather than have the art vs. porn fight. It was at that time I also looked closely at the fine print of the terms of service and realized that by posting pictures I had been giving Facebook the unrestricted right to reproduce my pictures without payment or permission.
So I started putting my pictures up on a website whose owner I knew wouldn't care I was taking snaps of naked women: My dad.
"The Cyberknife is not a real knife"
Dangit, that headline got my hopes up...
I doubt that the collaboration has anything to do with the Alzheimer's. He's been doing that for a long time, Good Omens is a fine example of it.
What's more, collaborative writing is very enjoyable. I've started alot of writing projects, and all I've started by myself died within 20 pages, whereas the collaborative projects have all either reached completion or are still being worked on. I find I write better collaboratively, if for no other reason than to impress the girls I'm working with.
As Quint pointed out on Ain't It Cool News, Fox waited till Warner Brother's practically had the film released before they bothered to excercise their copyright on the film, suggesting it might be an attempt to scoop up the cash on a blockbuster they wouldn't have to pay for.
Full article here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39578
Who can't detect sarcasm either. One of my friends can't pick up sarcasm in the least.
One of our favorite pastimes is going over to his dorm and saying all the sarcastic things we can think of and watching him freak out. Good god, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
They bear painted slogans, such as "Lifetime PETA Member"
I can't help but think that phrase is a little bit inaccurate when posted on a coffin.