Not really. It was more your quoting him that finally made me notice his statement that did it. I recognized it as soon as I saw it.
Going back to reread to make sure I got the right quote though - that story is charmingly anachronistic. It's 2061 and the super-computer communicates via printed tape.
*shoots portal gun at you*
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
http://www.bankofsatan.com/
so awesome
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I probably missed the controversy here. They're my first backup bank; what's wrong with them?Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Earlier today I was in the laundry aisle at the grocery store. There was a young boy that reminded me of my own son; he was looking at a list and taking a long time to pick a product. I asked him if he needed help.....and laughed by saying I knew all the tastes (fragrances). He said he was trying to follow his mom's list, and his grandma had just died. He wanted to get the right things, and wanted to come home with the right stuff. He had a bunch of cloth grocery bags, and was asking me about.....which fabric softener was the most environmentally sound.
Hell, I had just put a new product in my cart, fabric softener crystals that go into an HE washer drum, hadn't even seen a commercial for this product. But here was this kid, trying to come home with just the right thing. He was happy when I suggested the Seventh Generation dryer sheets could be re-used in dresser drawers....and he grabbed a box saying his folks had a compost pile.
There was something very poignant about this young man doing family shopping, trying to be helpful after the death of his grandma. And him saying he just HAD to return home with just the right things on the list, or his mom would kill him.
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-poli...ed-845816.html
In his last full day in office, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine issued himself several licenses to sell insurance and adjust claims, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
Oxendine did not take the mandated classes or licensing tests, using his authority as insurance commissioner to waive requirements for himself that apply to other Georgians seeking to sell insurance.
State lawmakers accused the former commissioner of an “abuse of power,” and his successor said Oxendine used “very, very bad judgment” in granting himself the licenses.
But Oxendine, who left office in January after 16 years, said late last week that he had more than enough experience regulating the industry and helping to write insurance law to qualify for the licenses.
“If 16 years doesn’t give you a little bit of insurance experience, I don’t know what does,” Oxendine told the AJC. “I think that’s [worth] a little bit more than taking a test and taking a class.
“The [waiver] law is there. It is at my discretion. Not much to it.”
He also said he decided against taking the tests because he worried his presence would be a distraction to other test takers.
“We didn’t want to close down a testing center,” he said. “I didn’t want anyone getting a bad grade and saying the insurance commissioner was sitting next to them distracting them.”
Agency staffers say they can’t remember another example of the commissioner’s waiving such requirements, although Oxendine said he had used the exemption before.
Records obtained by the AJC show Oxendine applied for several insurance agent, adjuster and counselor licenses Jan. 4, less than a week before he left office. The licenses were issued Sunday, Jan. 9. The next day, Oxendine left office and fellow Republican Ralph Hudgens took over.
“My understanding is everyone on the staff advised him not to do it, not to just do it by fiat,” Hudgens said. “I’ve looked into if there is anything I can do about it. I can’t really do anything about it; I can’t take it back.”
Hudgens made it clear he expected Oxendine to pass the same tests as other applicants.
At the time Oxendine applied for the licenses, it was taking the agency nine to 10 business days to turn around such applications, according to Hudgens’ office. So, on average, Oxendine’s application wouldn’t have resulted in licenses being issued until more than a week after he left office.
Since, under the agency’s rules, Oxendine could waive the education and testing requirements, the licenses he received were issued Sunday, Jan. 9, the day before Hudgens took office.
Oxendine, who is practicing law, said he doesn’t plan to sell insurance, even though he registered a company called Oxendine Insurance Services with the secretary of state’s office five days after he gave himself the licenses.
He said he wanted them “out of an abundance of caution” because his practice sometimes involves insurance law. He also is doing some work as an “expert witness” in insurance legal cases.
Reaction to the revelation was almost uniformly negative.
State Sen. George Hooks, who has owned an insurance agency in Americus for more than 30 years, just shook his head when he found out how Oxendine got his licenses.
“He should have gone through the same hoops, and testing and education that everybody else did,” said Hooks, a Democrat. “I think it smacks of favoritism, and if I were the current insurance commissioner, I would look at it very carefully.”
Douglas County state Rep. Bill Hembree, a Republican who has been in the insurance business for 15 years, said lawmakers should pass legislation eliminating the ability of the commissioner to waive education and testing requirements for agents.
“Any time you have to earn a license or a degree, there is a lot of preparation involved,” he said. “It’s not just holding a title.”
He called it “an abuse of power that obviously shouldn’t have happened.”
According to Hudgens’ office, an applicant would have been required to complete 80 hours of classes and pass several tests — with a minimum score of 70 percent correct on each — to get the licenses Oxendine applied for.
Gould Hagler, a lobbyist for the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, wouldn’t comment on Oxendine’s actions.
But he said, “Our association certainly supports strong standards of education for our agents and a stringent licensing test, and we don’t believe agents should be licensed until they have taken the necessary classes and passed the required tests.”
Oxendine was a relatively obscure, party-switching lawyer when he upset Democratic incumbent Insurance Commissioner Tim Ryles in 1994. He won re-election easily three times before deciding in 2009 to seek the Republican nomination for governor.
During his years as commissioner, he raised more than $3 million in campaign contributions from people who owned or worked with the companies he regulated, and he was among the top GOP fund-raisers in the gubernatorial contest in 2009 and 2010. But he finished a surprising fourth in the Republican primary after initially leading in the polls.
Hudgens said he doesn’t think the department regulation allowing insurance commissioners to make exceptions is necessarily a bad one.
“We can’t write regulations that prohibit bad judgment,” he said. “I think this was very, very bad judgment.”
Hudgens said all agents must take continuing education classes — including three hours of ethics training — to be eligible to renew their licenses each year.
“I can assure you John Oxendine is going to have to meet that requirement in Ralph Hudgens’ administration,” he said.
How we got the story
Acting on a tip, an AJC reporter who has covered John Oxendine since he was first a candidate for insurance commissioner in 1994 used the Georgia Open Records Act to obtain his application for several insurance licenses and a report detailing which ones he received and when. The reporter then talked to Oxendine, his successor, lawmakers in the insurance business and industry officials.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
The boxing game found in Rare's Kinect Sports recently caused a major mix-up in Sweden. Swedish police thought they were raiding a house where a murder was being committed, but it was really just a group of people playing the Kinect game.
Metro reports that Robert Johansson and five friends were playing Kinect Sports: Boxing when around half-a-dozen police officers stormed into their apartment. The officers had gotten reports from worried citizens passing by the apartment, saying they had seen the inhabitants' shadows making punching motions through the curtains.
When police entered, they didn't find anyone being murdered. "It was pretty embarrassing when they came in and asked who we were attacking," Johansson said. "It was just a computer game." A police spokesman said: "We always react to calls regarding domestic violence. Luckily this time it was a false alarm."
A similar situation occurred in 2007 when police raided the home of a man that contained a gun-wielding Lara Croft mannequin. Please note: It'd be best to keep your gaming, and gaming related constructs, away from the windows.
Man, thats a loaded question....
Its speculated that BoA bought this recently, and a crap load more, as they prepare for the wikileaks release of whatever documents has them freaking out.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren -- and wouldn't mind having more.
They all live in a four storied building with 100 rooms in a mountainous village in Mizoram state, sharing borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, media reports said.
"I once married 10 women in one year," he was quoted as saying.
His wives share a dormitory near Ziona's private bedroom and locals said he likes to have seven or eight of them by his side at all times.
The sons and their wives, and all their children, live in different rooms in the same building, but share a common kitchen.
The wives take turns cooking, while his daughters clean the house and do washing. The men do outdoor jobs like farming and taking care of livestock.
The family, all 167 of them, consumes around 91 kg (200 pounds) of rice and more than 59 kg (130 pounds) of potatoes a day. They are supported by their own resources and occasional donations from followers.
"Even today, I am ready to expand my family and willing to go to any extent to marry," Ziona said.
"I have so many people to care (for) and look after, and I consider myself a lucky man."
Ziona met his oldest wife, who is three years older than he is, when he was 17.
He heads a local Christian religious sect, called the "Chana," which allows polygamy. Formed in June 1942, the sect believes it will soon be ruling the world with Christ and has a membership of around 400 families.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/...s_india_family
Uhm...ok! Just WTF?
I don't have a problem with authority....I just don't like being told what to do!Remember, the toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!RIP Fluffy! 01-07-09 I'm so sorry Fluffster! People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life! My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!The nice part about living in a small town: When you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does!
Atari bullshit refugee!!
Another PS3 dev has released his "bible" of PS3 exploits. Crazy part is that he was happy keeping this information private, until Sony had his home raided.
Sony really doesn't get it.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
WTF = Natwest Bank and their employees giving me lectures EVERY single time I go in. Seriously getting on my goat!!
Why?
Dunno if NatWest changed at all, but I left them 12 years ago at the age of 25 after 7 years of being a customer, cos their service was so shoddy.
Reuters just announced that the US government has no reason to assume that Ghadaffi has been killed.
Congratulations America
Well, for my mortgage needs I went through a Independent Mortgage Advisor as A) First time buyer, i knew no different, B) I wanted impartial advisor and a selection of lenders rather than the one anyway and finally C) I had to for one reason or another that isn't linked to A.Why?
Dunno if NatWest changed at all, but I left them 12 years ago at the age of 25 after 7 years of being a customer, cos their service was so shoddy.
It's a little ironic that my mortgage will be going through Natwest now, but at the time I didn't know this. Anyway, since they know I'm going for a house i keep getting lectures on "Why didn't you come to us and not a IFA? We'd have saved you money!" - I keep explaining that A) I had to and B) I'm a first time buyer so my knowledge is crap but because of A you've got no choice in the matter regardless.
I've had fantastic service until then but they cannot seem to grasp the concept of where i'm coming from nor do the accept that it is me who is the customer NOT them.
I have complained, simply because it's annoying and unnecessary. I don't go there to get lectures and stern looks from a branch manager or anyone for that matter.
This is just flat out strange!
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110225/D9LK1HVG0.htmlLONDON (AP) - Gross or tasty? A London company is offering an unusual dessert - ice cream made with human breast milk.
Trendy London ice cream parlor The Icecreamists said its "Baby Gaga" ice cream sold out as soon as it launched Friday.
The company paid women who responded to an online ad to donate their breast milk. The milk - which the company said was screened in line with blood donor requirements - is then pasteurized and churned together with vanilla pods and lemon zest. The dish comes in a martini glass and sells for 14 pounds ($22.50) each.
Some may be repulsed by the idea but Matt O'Connor, who owns the company, told the BBC that the product is "organic, free-range and totally natural."
"It's good enough for our kids, good enough for our ice cream," he said.
There are no specific laws in Britain prohibiting businesses from selling human milk products, the Food Standards Agency said, although they must comply with general food safety laws to ensure the product is safe for consumption.
Victoria Hiley donated the first batches of milk, earning 15 pounds ($24) per every 10 ounces (283 grams), the BBC reported.
About a dozen other women have signed up to donate more, O'Connor sai
I don't have a problem with authority....I just don't like being told what to do!Remember, the toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!RIP Fluffy! 01-07-09 I'm so sorry Fluffster! People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life! My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!The nice part about living in a small town: When you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does!
Atari bullshit refugee!!
"Organic, free range, and all natural."
Apparently the boobies are free-range. I suppose making a booby petting zoo would interfere with the free range part though.
It happens at about 50 seconds.
Holy shit.
Sounds like an "only gay in the village" moment...
Such is Life...
Why are you quoting posts from a year ago?
Why?
Hey, that made me go WTF today.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Miserable little son of a cunt.
Brazilian driver to claim self defence over Critical Mass carnage says lawyer
The driver of the car filmed ploughing in to a group of cyclists on a Critical Mass ride in Porto Alegre in south eastern Brazil last Friday acted in the self defence of himself and his 15 year old son his lawyer told the Brazilian media today.
Ricardo José Neis an official of the Brazilian central bank handed himself in to the Porto Alegre police who have been looking for him since they recovered the car involved in the incident and identified Neis as the owner on Friday night. Luis Fernando Coimbra Albino the lawyer representing Neis told the Zero Hora newspaper that his client had his 15 year old son in the car with him and felt threatened by what he alleges was aggressive behaviour by the cyclists who he says banged on the car roof, Neis, says his lawyer feared that the cyclists would turn the car over.
"He felt cornered, he acted to protect his son who was in the car", said Albino.
Questioned as to how his client sought to refute the damning video evidence against him, Albino claimed that videos only show part of what happened:
"The images are powerful, but show only from a certain point, when he had started the confusion [sic]. They do not show the aggression that led him to flee"
Mr Albino may have his work cut out to make this defence stick all the films of the ride so far show a far from aggressive group of cyclists comprising many women, old people, children and even a lady with a dog on a trailer. Indeed, while the driver's alleged concern for the safety of his child is commendable any concern for the safety of children does not appear to extend to the children of others – a young boy can quite clearly be seen at 0:58 in the longer of the videos of the incident just feet from the front of the car as it is driven through the group of cyclists. Neis's concern doesn't extend to women either a number of whom he ran down in the incident. Far from being aggresive the cyclists in both films seem good humoured and don't appear to be holding up traffic to any great degree. There were also numerous witnesses to the incident both cyclists taking part in the ride and pedestrians watching it go by.
Indeed one witness had already come forward to say that he had seen the driver of the car acting aggressively towards the riders in from of him before he drove his car through them. Camilo Colling, told the Brazilian website Terra Brasil that he spoke to the driver just before the incident, asking him to be patient and stop behaving aggressively towards the riders in his path and warning him that there were children and older people taking part in the ride ahead. The driver allegedly replied ";Yes but I'm in a hurry"; before ploughing his car in to the group of cyclists in front of him.
Speaking to Zero Hora Neis's son said that his father had driven through the cyclists after arguing with riders at the back of the group and feeling threatened. According to the lawyer the riders damaged the car smashing windows leading Neis to fear for the safety of himself and his son. You can see a picture of the car here and while it is undoubtedly damaged that damage would seem more consistent with running down 20 cyclists than being attacked by them.
According to Albino contact between himself and his client were mediated through Neis's ex-wife and Neis has not surrendered to the police until now because of his emotional state. His client will co-operate fully with the investigation says Albino. If he is proved to have acted with intent Ricardo Neis may face charges of attempted murder.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...89946#41889946
Watch the video.
It may make you vomit, though.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Moron. (But it's a Republican priority to mind our wombs for us, y'know.) Morons.
WTF
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Remember everyone, big government is there to protect us
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
There there, it's ok
Can we also add it to the list of things to bring up when Lewk claims only Liberals like to legislate morality and how people should live their lives?
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Of course.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Excellent, other than that I think a major news network should interview this guy in regards to his proposed legislation, and just let him talk. If Georgia isn't completely warped, the longer he has to prove he's a crazy, and unfit for office, the likelier it will be he won't be re-elected in the future.
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