There are two kinds of people in this world: those that drive with their headlights on in the middle of the day, and those of us that aren't wankers.
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Mostly from msycamore, about 250 MB.
I would love a link too SS4DarthPayne :)
doubleKO, DuracellEnergizer and georgec vs. Humanity
DESTROY ALL HUMANS!
I got a good laugh out of this joke e-mail. It's been around since the early 90s.
Paleoanthropology Division
Smithsonian Institute
207 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20078
Dear Sir:
Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled "211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post. Hominid skull." We have given this specimen a careful and detailed examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it represents "conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two million years ago." Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be the "Malibu Barbie". It is evident that you have given a great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field were loath to come to contradiction with your findings. However, we do feel that there are a number of physical attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to its modern origin:
1. The material is molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are typically fossilized bone.
2. The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest identified proto-hominids.
3. The dentition pattern evident on the "skull" is more consistent with the common domesticated dog than it is with the "ravenous man-eating Pliocene clams" you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time. This latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going into too much detail, let us say that:
A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has chewed on.
B. Clams don't have teeth.
It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your request to have the specimen carbon dated. This is partially due to the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due to carbon dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon dating is likely to produce wildly inaccurate results. Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National Science Foundation's Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning your specimen the scientific name "Australopithecus spiff-arino." Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and didn't really sound like it might be Latin.
However, we gladly accept your generous donation of this fascinating specimen to the museum. While it is undoubtedly not a hominid fossil, it is, nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of work you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that our Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will happen upon next in your digs at the site you have discovered in your back yard. We eagerly anticipate your trip to our nation's capital that you proposed in your last letter, and several of us are pressing the Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing you expand on your theories surrounding the "trans-positating fillifitation of ferrous ions in a structural matrix" that makes the excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman automotive crescent wrench.
Yours in Science,
Harvey Rowe
Curator, Antiquities
Last!
AntcuFaalb said:
Starting Scene #1!
Have it finished by tomorrow.
*cracks whip*
I keep thinking Erica is wearing boxing gloves.
Media on demand can facilitate the breakdown of communication and relationships. Homes used to have one, maybe two entertainment hubs where families and friends would watch what was programmed or agree on a movie. Not as desirable as people actually interacting, but at least you were in each others' company. Now everyone just fracks off to their own computer to demand their own media. It's great; I wouldn't go back to watching commercial TV, but it sure makes it easy to get sucked into anti-social behaviour patterns.
You can extend the blame to the internet in general, or rather people's inability to regulate their own use of it. I have friends I barely see any more because of the internet. I used to watch movies and play video games, go skateboarding or shoot hoops with a couple of guys - one is now completely obsessed with online gaming and can't talk about anything else, the other is addicted to fan fiction and has read so many of them that he has actually started reading fan fiction stories with characters from TV shows he has never seen. It wouldn't annoy me so much if they were, you know... actual books. Even he admits most of them are terrible.
Now I'm off to watch nine straight hours of cartoons, six is amateur stuff.
Three "Hello Megan!"s in about 5 minutes just turned me right off Young Justice. Goodbye Megan.
Bingowings said:
Sport related video games seem to me to be the most pointless creation in the universe.
The only point is enjoyment really, just like other video games. A disabled person may be able enjoy a sport that is inaccessible to them in the conventional sense. Someone past their prime may enjoy simulating their favourite sport without risking injury. Sometimes weather, location or finances don't permit participation in the actual activity. I do think it is sad when, for instance; two fit and able people sit inside playing Wii tennis on a sunny day when they could actually go outside and play tennis.
Bingowings said:
That awful Daleks In Manhattan episode of Doctor Who had some terrible travesty of a New Jersey accent that anyone with ears could tell was fake.
Oh the pain! Dalek Sec had the best Dalek voice and they swapped him out for the worst actor in the whole NuWho.
TheBoost said:
It seems to me some Aussies are better at being American men than we are... Mel Gibson, Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe.
Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce have done believable (to me) American accents. The actor that plays Jason Stackhouse in True Blood and several Aussie tv actresses have fooled me convincingly. Hugh Jackman seemed pretty close as Wolverine (although the character is supposed to be Canadian).
Others seem passable like Hugo Weaving, and then you've got Eric Bana; who sounds like an Aussie to me no matter how hard he tries. It seems like Mel Gibson can only do his real accent which is stuck somewhere between American and Australian.
I really recommend it :) The complaints that I do have are very few, the biggest problem is that it is a little on the short side. I'm playing it again on a harder difficulty (something I rarely do) and getting more out of a slower, more thorough approach. I'm also yet to attempt a lethal play-through, it apparently creates a "darker" city and storyline. More dead people = more swarms of plague rats.
Dingoes are one of the native animals you really have to be in the outback to see. They are quite unremarkable really, and look a lot more like a domestic dog than most wild dogs. They don't seem dangerous at all, but even if you take a pup before its eyes open, it will never truly be tame.
Lindy Chamberlain proved to be innocent after being convicted of the murder of her daughter Azaria, and her claim that a dingo ate her baby is most likely true. I was fascinated with the case at the time, and equally fascinated by Meryl Streep's performance in Evil Angels; the only authentic Aussie accent I have heard performed by a non-Australian.
Mace can take his purple lightsaber and stick it where the sun don't shine.
I finished Dishonored in a few days, that never happens! It was so much fun I couldn't stop playing. Oh noe! The video game threat!
I kept the body count as low as possible for the majority of the game and then cut loose in the last few missions. It took me a while to realize that you can get the "ghost" checkbox simply by remaining undetected, no matter the number of kills or dead/unconscious bodies that are found.
I didn't start using shadow kills (bodies turn to ash) until late in the game and it felt like a bit of a cheat really, but you can choose not to activate this power if you wish.
I had great fun doing drop kills on the tallboys from three or four stories. And add Half-Life to that list of games above too.
I was actually curious about this, so I looked it up. In Sweden he is still called The Swedish Chef, but in Germany he is The Danish Chef for some reason.
Dear Sweden,
What is your understanding of the chef from The Muppets?
^ There are plenty if you just want to shoot people, but they don't let you trade animal metaphors or put shoe polish on the telescope.
Enjoying Dishonored quite a bit, though it seems like a mash-up of virtually every game I've played in the last few years. At various times it reminds me of Thief, Hitman, Oblivion, Fallout, BioShock, Arkham Asylum and Assassin's Creed, but still manages to have its own identity. Solid, fun gameplay whether you use stealth or force. I haven't had this much fun reloading saves since Hitman 2.
Bingowings said:
Are all PS3s as good as each other when it comes to blu-ray playback?
The latest sensible sized model will possibly be my one and only player when I eventually get one second hand five years after the end of the world.
Unfortunately not. After gaining a great reputation with their launch consoles, Sony soon went with cheaper, inferior parts.
Sold!
What's with the tricksy avatar green one?
Lord of the Rings Extended Editions: for or against?
