Best SNL skit ever (since the 80's at least). People say LOL all the time and don't really "out loud" it, but I actually laughed out loud at my desk on that. Great call:)
I live in Lancaster, and the coroner, Gary Kirchner, is a bit of a strange individual. He was featured on the news for a "car" he owns. It is basically a golf cart that was converted to resemble a car. It wasn't considered street legal, and he was fighting the DOT to be able to drive it to work.
When we saw that piece on the news, a light bulb went off in my head. This is the guy that lives at the house we lovingly refer to as "the compound". It is a slightly secluded house that he decorates strangely.
**Disclaimer: I have driven by many times, but never set foot on the property. All of this can be seen from the street.
The house is in the woods, and he decorates the pine trees with ten foot tall ornaments at Xmas. He has probably a dozen security cameras sprinkled throughout the property He has a lighted post at the end of the driveway that he puts signs on. He changes them all of the time. They include holiday greetings, birthday wishes, think spring, and other little sayings.
I wish I had some pictures of the compound and the car to show you. They would better illustrate the unusual location in which this guy lives. Wow, I never thought Lancaster would make Slashdot. Here is a link to the newspapers site: Lancaster online, and one crappy mention of the issue on their site.
I am an avid Americas Army player. It is FPS (for those who don't know). When you die, you switch to the POV of one of your teammates. Usually you switch to 3rd person, and have full control of the POV. On some server, the admins force you into a 1st person POV when you die and switch to a teammate (helps prevent ghosting). Whenever I am on a server that does that, I get a little motion sick.
It never happens when I'm playing, and never when I'm dead and watching a teammate in 3rd person. Only when I'm dead and watching a teammate in 1st person does this happen. Rounds aren't usually that long, but it gets too me within two to three minutes usually. I have had to leave some server because of it. It is all about the POV
Waiting in line at airport security last summer, I saw a sign that said that it wasn't mandatory to remove your shoes. I was wearing a pair of sandals, all rubber and plastic, so they wouldn't set off the metal detector.
My turn comes, and the screener tells me to take off my shoes. I inform her (politely) that the sign says I don't have to take them off, and since I have on sandals, I don't want to be in the airport with no shoes OR socks on.
The screener than tells me that I am right, I don't have to remove my shoes. However she tells me if I choose not to, I will be pulled aside for a complete and thorough search, and will be detained for a time that could cause me to miss my flight.
Her tone was very power trip, as if she was going to ensure I was searched so thoroughly that I not only would miss my flight, but wouldn't sit properly for a few days. I reluctantly took off my shoes, vowing to.... well there isn't much I can do short of not flying. That isn't always a viable option.
"Kokomo.. didn't the Eagles sing something about that.. or was that somewhere in hawaii?"
Actually it was the Beach Boys that sang the song Kokomo. It is an island in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is actually owned by Sandals Royal Caribbean.
I personally went with the DVR from Comcast. IMHO it was a better offering than tivo (pains me to say Comcast offered a better deal). No upfront fee for the box, cheaper per month, can record hi-def, complete integration with my cable box.
So Comcast offered me something that was A)cheaper (upfront and per month), B)able to do things Tivo can't (hi-def and integration)
It wasn't a hard choice for me on which to go with.
Back at the peaceful Simpsons house. Homer is reading "Internet for Dummies".
HOMER: Oh, they have the Internet on computers now!
MARGE: Homer, Bill Gates is here.
HOMER: Bill Gates?! Millionaire computer nerd Bill Gates! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get out of sight, Marge. I don't want this to look like a two-bit operation.
GATES: Mr. Simpson?
HOMER: You don't look so rich.
GATES: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
HOMER: Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
GATES: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
HOMER: This is it Marge. I've poured my heart and soul into this business and now it's finally paying off. (covering his mouth) We're rich! Richer than astronauts.
MARGE: Homer quiet. Acquire the deal.
HOMER: (to Gates) I reluctantly accept your proposal!
GATES: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys! Bill Gates companions begin to trash the "office".
HOMER: Hey, what the hell's going on!
GATES: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
Bill Gates lets out a maniacal laugh. Homer and Marge cower in the corner as the room continues to be trashed.
They gave Harvest Moon a yellow in illegal/harmful due to :
FTFA "Other minor things to watch out for include some alcohol references, and the occasional translation/cultural gap between the U.S. and Japanese version."
Having not played the game, I'm curious how intense these alcohol references are. Anyone?
How wonderful would it be for the billionth sale to be to someone using Sharp Musique instead of itunes. Would Apple exclude them as the winner for not using the "official" client? Could they?
Even if there was a good educational game available, there are other issues. Games are typically going to be banned across the board in a lot of schools. Getting approval for "this" game because it is educational, will be a tough sell to the school board/principal. They will worry about the slippery slope of approving one game. Next they will try to get halo approved for the Astronmy class, Gun for the history class, and GTA San Andreas 'hot coffe mod' for the sex ed class.
I installed it the other day, and it was the safest browser I ever used, seriously. I couldn't get it to work with our proxy, so I could only browse the corp intranet. Amazingly, I didn't get infected by any malware.
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Best SNL skit ever (since the 80's at least). People say LOL all the time and don't really "out loud" it, but I actually laughed out loud at my desk on that. Great call :)
Not grounds for anything. I had a little more information on the person in question than what the majority of people here had, so I shared it.
I live in Lancaster, and the coroner, Gary Kirchner, is a bit of a strange individual. He was featured on the news for a "car" he owns. It is basically a golf cart that was converted to resemble a car. It wasn't considered street legal, and he was fighting the DOT to be able to drive it to work. When we saw that piece on the news, a light bulb went off in my head. This is the guy that lives at the house we lovingly refer to as "the compound". It is a slightly secluded house that he decorates strangely. **Disclaimer: I have driven by many times, but never set foot on the property. All of this can be seen from the street. The house is in the woods, and he decorates the pine trees with ten foot tall ornaments at Xmas. He has probably a dozen security cameras sprinkled throughout the property He has a lighted post at the end of the driveway that he puts signs on. He changes them all of the time. They include holiday greetings, birthday wishes, think spring, and other little sayings. I wish I had some pictures of the compound and the car to show you. They would better illustrate the unusual location in which this guy lives. Wow, I never thought Lancaster would make Slashdot. Here is a link to the newspapers site: Lancaster online, and one crappy mention of the issue on their site.
I am an avid Americas Army player. It is FPS (for those who don't know). When you die, you switch to the POV of one of your teammates. Usually you switch to 3rd person, and have full control of the POV. On some server, the admins force you into a 1st person POV when you die and switch to a teammate (helps prevent ghosting). Whenever I am on a server that does that, I get a little motion sick. It never happens when I'm playing, and never when I'm dead and watching a teammate in 3rd person. Only when I'm dead and watching a teammate in 1st person does this happen. Rounds aren't usually that long, but it gets too me within two to three minutes usually. I have had to leave some server because of it. It is all about the POV
Waiting in line at airport security last summer, I saw a sign that said that it wasn't mandatory to remove your shoes. I was wearing a pair of sandals, all rubber and plastic, so they wouldn't set off the metal detector. My turn comes, and the screener tells me to take off my shoes. I inform her (politely) that the sign says I don't have to take them off, and since I have on sandals, I don't want to be in the airport with no shoes OR socks on. The screener than tells me that I am right, I don't have to remove my shoes. However she tells me if I choose not to, I will be pulled aside for a complete and thorough search, and will be detained for a time that could cause me to miss my flight. Her tone was very power trip, as if she was going to ensure I was searched so thoroughly that I not only would miss my flight, but wouldn't sit properly for a few days. I reluctantly took off my shoes, vowing to.... well there isn't much I can do short of not flying. That isn't always a viable option.
"Kokomo.. didn't the Eagles sing something about that.. or was that somewhere in hawaii?" Actually it was the Beach Boys that sang the song Kokomo. It is an island in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is actually owned by Sandals Royal Caribbean.
After the implant, can he run Linux? (sorry, couldn't resist)
I personally went with the DVR from Comcast. IMHO it was a better offering than tivo (pains me to say Comcast offered a better deal). No upfront fee for the box, cheaper per month, can record hi-def, complete integration with my cable box. So Comcast offered me something that was A)cheaper (upfront and per month), B)able to do things Tivo can't (hi-def and integration) It wasn't a hard choice for me on which to go with.
Back at the peaceful Simpsons house. Homer is reading "Internet for Dummies".
HOMER: Oh, they have the Internet on computers now!
MARGE: Homer, Bill Gates is here.
HOMER: Bill Gates?! Millionaire computer nerd Bill Gates! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get out of sight, Marge. I don't want this to look like a two-bit operation.
GATES: Mr. Simpson?
HOMER: You don't look so rich.
GATES: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
HOMER: Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
GATES: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
HOMER: This is it Marge. I've poured my heart and soul into this business and now it's
finally paying off. (covering his mouth) We're rich! Richer than astronauts.
MARGE: Homer quiet. Acquire the deal.
HOMER: (to Gates) I reluctantly accept your proposal!
GATES: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
Bill Gates companions begin to trash the "office".
HOMER: Hey, what the hell's going on!
GATES: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
Bill Gates lets out a maniacal laugh. Homer and Marge cower in the corner as the room continues to be trashed.
They gave Harvest Moon a yellow in illegal/harmful due to : FTFA "Other minor things to watch out for include some alcohol references, and the occasional translation/cultural gap between the U.S. and Japanese version." Having not played the game, I'm curious how intense these alcohol references are. Anyone?
How wonderful would it be for the billionth sale to be to someone using Sharp Musique instead of itunes. Would Apple exclude them as the winner for not using the "official" client? Could they?
Looks like someone could use a little blue pill before using the Kama Sutra.
The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Fight Club.
Does this mean the next doom will be released on floppies?
Even if there was a good educational game available, there are other issues. Games are typically going to be banned across the board in a lot of schools. Getting approval for "this" game because it is educational, will be a tough sell to the school board/principal. They will worry about the slippery slope of approving one game. Next they will try to get halo approved for the Astronmy class, Gun for the history class, and GTA San Andreas 'hot coffe mod' for the sex ed class.
I installed it the other day, and it was the safest browser I ever used, seriously. I couldn't get it to work with our proxy, so I could only browse the corp intranet. Amazingly, I didn't get infected by any malware.