Now I wonder whether there'd be a market for diamond bras with the diamonds made out of loved ones...Or not so loved ones.
This has to be someone's fetish, too. Rule of Internet!
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Now I wonder whether there'd be a market for diamond bras with the diamonds made out of loved ones...Or not so loved ones.
This has to be someone's fetish, too. Rule of Internet!
Sounds like a bad horror movie begging to be made ;)
Those diamonds from the dead are expensive!
I could never make a bra.
That's the kind of stuff that makes me feel like a hack. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
I'm pretty sure one could make a pretty good joke out of that last sentence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitter Jeweler
But I won't.
Out of respect ;)
Feel free! LOL
Nonsense. Just keep buying her drinks. If she never has a chance to sober up, you don't have to worry about her better judgement kicking in! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Well, it's what I do, anyway.
Diamond-studded banana hammock, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitter Jeweler
Congrats on the bell anyway... and if my idea for jewel-encrusted, homoerotic lingerie takes off, I want credit. Something like: "Cain, cradling your cock, since 2012." :haha:
Ok, I did a mock up.
My plan is to draw the designs on each panel, then mill them in wax, then assemble the wax for casting.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/7...a1a51e46b5.jpg
Our cabinet has fallen, blame is on Wilders :) New elections!
Actually it's the other way around. You use female's breast to get attention to the shiny bits of carbon to show of what a dirty rich bastard you are (or what a dirty rich husband you have).Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
Maybe you should use stronger glue. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Well, they will decide on monday, but it's almost certain elections will come.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/wo...taples.html?hpQuote:
CARACAS, Venezuela — By 6:30 a.m., a full hour and a half before the store would open, about two dozen people were already in line. They waited patiently, not for the latest iPhone, but for something far more basic: groceries...
It worked in the USSR, so why not in Venezuela. :noob:
2013 is going to be a good year. Marriage, honeymoon in Singapore and now - a 16 day driving tour of the West Coast of USA :D:up:.
Vote left... Or not, we're disintegrating anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
A summerhouse by the Volga sounds nice on paper, but how many young boys will need to visit the killing fields this time around I wonderQuote:
European turmoil, American collateral
For the US, the risk of damage from the eurozone's crises is not primarily economic, but political. But there is opportunity, too
Yet another ugly day in financial markets: around the world stocks fell, the euro weakened, and commodity prices fell on fears that world growth will stall. The source of the problems was, again, Europe.
In the Netherlands, the center-right government of Mark Rutte fell, unable to cobble together a coalition to pass budget cuts required by EU fiscal rules – rules that mandate that eurozone countries run annual deficits no more than 3% of GDP, which would force stringent austerity upon the Dutch to bring down a deficit that is currently projected to be 4.6% of GDP in 2012. Rutte, along with Merkel of Germany, was a hardline advocate of the 3% fiscal discipline rules.
But given that the sober Dutch are in no danger of defaulting on their AAA-rated bonds, why the turmoil and panic? Because, perhaps, the Dutch are indeed sober – and a significant number of them have said "enough". Having seen the devastation inflicted on the Greek, Irish and Spanish economies by tough austerity measures, many have concluded that the pain is simply not worth it to meet an arbitrary 3% deficit rule.
Moreover, Greece, Ireland and Spain have shown that meeting a deficit number in a depressed economy is akin to chasing a moving target: because budget cuts depress the economy, to achieve a one percentage point of GDP reduction in the deficit requires cutting by more than one percentage point. And when one misses one's target, even more cuts are necessary. Better, then, not to go there at all, reason the Dutch.
When markets contemplate that it's likely that another austerity-skeptic, François Hollande, will win the presidency in France, then the pattern becomes impossible to ignore: the "core" eurozone countries are fragmenting. While it would be foolish to make predictions, what is probable is that Germany's political isolation within the eurozone will deepen, leaving German taxpayers unwilling to continue backstopping the whole system.
Unthinkable as it seems, the logical conclusion is that the eurozone cannot continue to exist, at least in its present form. Markets, which hate unquantifiable uncertainty, are sensing this. We are likely to be in for an extended period of gut-wrenching turbulence.
What are the implications for the US, economically and politically? Direct links between the US and eurozone economies are fairly minor: we don't export that much to them, they don't import that much from us, and US banks have had an extended time to cut their exposure to eurozone risk. Yet the collateral damage could still prove significant.
When the stock markets fall, consumer and business confidence falls, leading to cutbacks in spending – bad news for an American economy that is still mired in recession. In addition, crisis in Europe makes for a stronger US dollar, as investors flee to safer abodes. Again, bad for the economy as a stronger dollars hurts US exports.
The reality of the eurozone's troubles should lend support to President Barack Obama's campaign against GOP presidential nominee presumptive Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans. It provides a demonstration that austerity is self-defeating, that fiscal stimulus is needed in a deeply depressed economy, that recovery from a financial crisis is a slow and halting process, and that by grasping the nettle immediately, the Obama administration has succeeded in stabilizing its financial sector – while the Europeans have made a hash of it.
Yet politics, especially in America, is never so easy. As with his recent campaign stop in which he blamed Obama for a factory closing which actually occurred during the Bush administration, Romney will blame Obama for every problem – no matter how tortured or fraudulent the logic. It would be a great irony if Obama, who has been far more supportive of expansionary fiscal policy than any European leader, is hurt by the blowback from austerity in the eurozone. But this is what can happen when voters are in a foul mood and opponents are unencumbered by the truth.
There is, however, another outcome possible. In this alternative, continued economic troubles force Obama to sharpen his game and focus on principles, in which he gives a robust defense of fiscal stimulus, of the importance of the social safety net, explains how government spending can be a force for good. In fact, the events of the past few years have almost uniformly supported Obama's world-view and Democratic policies. But in order to win in November, he must fight for them now.
It's not that austerity is self-defeating, but that dysfunctional labor markets and tax codes make austerity much less useful.
:haha: That made me happy.Quote:
In fact, the events of the past few years have almost uniformly supported Obama's world-view and Democratic policies.
Vote progressive social liberals is what I intend to do. The article is a bit ill informed about the Dutch situation, there's still a majority for the cuts. The demissionary cabinet will now take the negotiated measures to all the parties and negotiate a majority that way. Almost all parties have stated they want this and agree it is important to fix the budget before new elections (usually a demissionary cabinet would not have the power to do anything controversial). The crazy thing is that the budget was pretty much finished, negotations were over. Wilders said he'd agree to it. Then they met again, they had an extra billion euros to spend while still meeting the targets, so they could accommodate Wilders if he had issues. Then he suddenly raised concerns about the elderly being hit unfairly - which he never mentioned before - and walked out. :bulb: He has proven himself an unreliable political partner, and I wouldn't be surprised if the currently biggest party (VVD) would really like to bash them into the ground during the campaign, they are really pissed off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
Ordered the video card today. an Nvidia 680 from eVGA. $510.08 after shipping :cry: Build total now sit at ~$1274.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-cont...perclocked.jpg
I was thinking about going with the AMD 7970, which could be found for $50-$60 cheaper, but the 680 out performs in every category, including lower power consumption, and I've always missed those rare chances to enable PhysX.
Last part I'm waiting on is the CPU. Ivy Bridge drops this Sunday. I was leaning towards the 3770k, but the reviews show a TDP thats higher than the rest of the chips, and since it includes HT, OCs have been running 10-15C hotter. I think I'll settle for a 3570k. So few programs use 4 cores, much less the 8 that the HT in the 3770k would simulate. Plus the 3570k is $100 cheaper.
Earlier today, I had a task at work that involved liquid nitrogen. As I was ferrying the stuff around, in large containers gifted to small and humble Finland by the great Soviet Union, it occurred to me what magical stuff it was.
In principle, one could calculate to a very high specificity the amount of liquid nitrogen needed to cool down a human body to 0 degrees Celsius, or even to equilibrium with the temperature of the liquid nitrogen. Amount X of organic material to be discarded equals amount Y of liquid nitrogen. Vats, large containers could be fashioned, a kind of anti-oven if you will, with little influx valves, and small doors or hatches for the human prey. With peep holes, of course, we need to observe...
The process is fast; a dish filled with it cools from room temperature to the temperature of liquid nitrogen in maybe a couple of minutes. Of course the human body is more complex then a metal dish; all that water, and fat, and the writhing. It would be enough time, I suspect, for the closed eyes (most would close their eyes, I think) to open anew, as they freeze into small icicles, as the lungs explode and freeze simultaneously, teeth cracking and shattering. It would be terrible. It wouldn't take a large container to process a hundred people, several hundred, in one plunge... How many would curse the name of Leidenfrost.
The installations wouldn't need to be large. Of course, there is the usual problem with the amount of human refuse produced by the process, and frosty corpses would be nasty things to burn...Perhaps they could be crushed, first, milled, then rapidly heated. To be used as fertilizer, perhaps. An industrial product, from the age of industry...
And what better fit than to use the people to be destroyed as those who build the installations? Bullets are made of metal, they are expensive, they are materiel for the front, but the internal enemies, they can be taken more slowly, with greater care and craft...And they must be taken, you see, for they are dangerous. So dangerous...
So, there you have it. Inmates building the cheap and efficient tools of their destruction, with the life-blood of the system the very air around us. That is the most beautiful aspect, gentlemen, that it is the free air...That sweet, innocent air their now-enemy lungs breathe so hungrily, panting as they build and toil, that air will be turned into the instrument of their removal. It is an organic, yet such a perfectly sterile apparatus. Rarely is the removal of vermin so aesthetically pleasing!
I would bet even money someone has done the math on this. It is far too logical a thought to have remained untouched. For this is how mankind operates, first it identifies the vermin, and then means of removal are found... With peep holes, and extracted labour aiming towards its own end.
Oh for sod's sake can't you write limericks or something
It isn't very difficult to place me on ignore.
:mad:
It's incredibly difficult because it makes any discussion you participate in that much more difficult to read :mad: so I'd end up just having to manually display each post anyway :mad: but more importantly limericks are better
No. This is more important. This is what matters. If it hurts too much, then as I said, you can dismiss me, but there is an imperative for me to write these things.
Of course the way things are headed, I will be removed from all discussion soon enough, so :>
I thought it was an interesting view inside your mind, a little "holy fuck this person should never be around kids" but it was an interesting take on a bland task none the less :up:
No no no no no :mad: I need you back on trackQuote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
We are in full agreement about the kindenQuote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
I am on trackQuote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
The adventures, oh... Maybe I'll tell some of it, at some juncture. But this is where it is at.
You can write a horrific book in prison :-D :(
Spacing, literally, couldn't be any tighter. Left side of this picture shows the screws that hold my 120mm exhaust to the outside of the case, and the middle of the picture shows the hair spacing between the top rear USB ports of the motherboard and the 120mm fan blades attached to the radiator, AFTER I had already cut away 1/4th of the fan casing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Also cancelled the eVGA card order and ordered an ASUS card instead. The eVGA card was a "ship when we get it" order, but the ASUS cards were in stock and Amazon already lists that order as "shipping soon"
Thought crime?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
BAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEERN!!!!
How wonderfully, how gaily fortunate a person can at times be to make quick decisions. After a brief chat, I was shown, given a copy of, an old paper, and something that had been germinating within my own mind (no idea is ever new...Well, sometimes, but rarely!) for years finally clicked into place, was given form and meaning. Context. They had data I never did, but never mind... Now I understand, and that is a wonderful feeling. So uplifting. Mikael called it a 'holy book', and I can fully understand why. It made me cry.
(Of course you never understand after your first reading, but I saw the way, I know it is there. Now I can follow it. Explore it myself. It holds promise. So much...I could burst!)
