Gorgeous Animation From Aardman Studios: The Staves, “Winter Trees”
Music video for the staves winter trees made at Aardman animation
See credits and small interview at promonews.tv
Music video for the staves winter trees made at Aardman animation
See credits and small interview at promonews.tv
2 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:17:46pm |
3 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:17:59pm |
Rape is a Crime. It is a Tool of War.
It’s not a misunderstanding or a way to procreate.
I’ve come to Kampala to hear the stories of the few brave men who have agreed to speak to me: a rare opportunity to find out about a controversial and deeply taboo issue. In Uganda, survivors are at risk of arrest by police, as they are likely to assume that they’re gay - a crime in this country and in 38 of the 53 African nations. They will probably be ostracised by friends, rejected by family and turned away by the UN and the myriad international NGOs that are equipped, trained and ready to help women. They are wounded, isolated and in danger. In the words of Owiny: “They are despised.”
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4 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:18:38pm |
Another Alaskan dingbat promotes lolwut???
Illinois Bishop To Hold Exorcism For ‘Sin of Same-Sex Marriage’ http://t.co/QBsdO6Ukmj
— Joe Miller (@JoeWMiller) November 16, 2013
5 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:19:42pm |
re: #2 thedopefishlives
Good evening. Quiet night here in lizardland.
I refuse to let it be evening yet. I’m still banging my head into problem set problems.
6 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:21:00pm |
re: #5 klys
I refuse to let it be evening yet. I’m still banging my head into problem set problems.
I’m running a big simulation. Ran it once this afternoon, and after 3 hours of my CPU grinding, loaded the results up… found a bug. 3 more hours. Argle bargle.
7 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:21:53pm |
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Another Alaskan dingbat promotes lolwut???
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Just lovely. I thought exorcisms thru the church were pretty difficult to get approved.
Is this Bishop acting independently?
8 | dog philosopher Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:22:11pm |
if aardvark is dutch for earth pig, than aardman must be an earth man
i knew he looked like on of those terrans
9 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:27:15pm |
Evening, all.
(Scratches “See Opp, AL” from the bucket list.)
10 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:30:56pm |
re: #7 FemNaziBitch
Just lovely. I thought exorcisms thru the church were pretty difficult to get approved.
Is this Bishop acting independently?
no idea. He was appointed to his current position by Benedict. Found another article about this.
11 | Bear Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:34:00pm |
Just got in from working in yard and read this disturbing and sicking article. washington.cbslocal.com
What is wrong with these #@*%& things. Can’t call them animals.
12 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:34:48pm |
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
no idea. He was appointed to his current position by Benedict. Found another article about this.
Watch for sloppy metaphors. “Exorcism” to Catholics is real, but rare, as in ‘What kind of medieval shit are you talking about?” Whatever the hell Jindal did in college was not an exorcism.
13 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:39:19pm |
re: #6 thedopefishlives
I’m running a big simulation. Ran it once this afternoon, and after 3 hours of my CPU grinding, loaded the results up… found a bug. 3 more hours. Argle bargle.
On the plus side, I may have finally gotten the Surface display to turn itself off after a period of inactivity again. Knock on wood. And most of the extensions here are re-enabled without making Javascript sad, and my subscription once again is blocking the ads (as I discovered when flying, something had gotten wonky somewhere and I was still getting ads when logged in).
14 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:40:35pm |
re: #12 Decatur Deb
Watch for sloppy metaphors. “Exorcism” to Catholics is real, but rare, as in ‘What kind of medieval shit are you talking about?” Whatever the hell Jindal did in college was not an exorcism.
Agreed about sloppy metaphors, but apparently “exorcism” is indeed the word Bishop Paprocki used, as quoted in the State Journal-Register article I linked to in #10:
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki also said he will offer “prayers of supplication and exorcism” on Wednesday, the same day Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to sign the same-sex marriage legislation into law.
15 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:46:24pm |
good grief…this must be my night for having weird news show up in my twitter stream.
This one…just no words:
Social services worker arrested after boy found handcuffed to porch with dead chicken around neck
16 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:46:42pm |
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
Agreed about sloppy metaphors, but apparently “exorcism” is indeed the word Bishop Paprocki used, as quoted in the State Journal-Register article I linked to in #10:
Yep, but he meant “rebuking evil” rather than mounting a complex ritual to drive out a demon. Exorcism is a very formal affair, hardly heard of in the 50s and 60s, until that stupid movie came out. (All priests used to be exorcists, one of the ordination processes, for about 15 minutes, until they moved on to the more serious Holy Orders. A minority of priests are still assigned as exorcists, like the 89 yr old crazy uncle in the Vatican. I forget the Latin phrase for “humoring him”.)
17 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:48:35pm |
re: #16 Decatur Deb
Yep, but he meant “rebuking evil” rather than mounting a complex ritual to drive out a demon. Exorcism is a very formal affair, hardly heard of in the 50s and 60s, until that stupid movie came out. (All priests used to be exorcists, one of the ordination processes, for about 15 minutes, until they moved on to the more serious Holy Orders. A minority of priests are still assigned as exorcists, like the 89 yr old crazy uncle in the Vatican. I forget the Latin phrase for “humoring him”.)
Then Bishop Paprocki is being a drama llama and using “exorcism” aas a buzzword to get the flock all ginned up.
I checked his wiki page and he apparently has a history of doing this sort of thing.
18 | Eclectic Cyborg Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:50:47pm |
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Another Alaskan dingbat promotes lolwut???
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Is he the fool that primaried Lisa Murkowski?
19 | Stanley Sea Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:51:30pm |
20 | Targetpractice Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:52:51pm |
re: #19 Stanley Sea
Yep.
Also the fool who lost to her in a write-in campaign, despite fighting like mad to keep the state from counting the bulk of the ballots for her.
21 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:53:23pm |
I’ve been learning about power and control and that Men fear other Men, thus the “Man Box” analogy that determines behavior and thought patterns. From the article I linked above:
The research by Lara Stemple at the University of California doesn’t only show that male sexual violence is a component of wars all over the world, it also suggests that international aid organisations are failing male victims. Her study cites a review of 4,076 NGOs that have addressed wartime sexual violence. Only 3% of them mentioned the experience of men in their literature. “Typically,” Stemple says, “as a passing reference.”
This is horrifying to me. The male survivors encounter the same stigma and exile that female survivors experience in some cultures. In many ways it is worse, becuase they are no longer considered men. Female survivors don’t lose their gender in the eyes of society.
22 | Eclectic Cyborg Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:53:43pm |
re: #11 Bear
Just got in from working in yard and read this disturbing and sicking article. washington.cbslocal.com
What is wrong with these #@*%& things. Can’t call them animals.
If they really have such aggression to work out, why not give them some gloves and put them inside a boxing ring?
I mean surely that’s better than, you know, KILLING people.
23 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:54:08pm |
re: #19 Stanley Sea
Yep.
And whose militia ‘security detail” curbstomped a citizen and held an (unfriendly) journalist illegally.
24 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:55:38pm |
re: #16 Decatur Deb
Yep, but he meant “rebuking evil” rather than mounting a complex ritual to drive out a demon. Exorcism is a very formal affair, hardly heard of in the 50s and 60s, until that stupid movie came out. (All priests used to be exorcists, one of the ordination processes, for about 15 minutes, until they moved on to the more serious Holy Orders. A minority of priests are still assigned as exorcists, like the 89 yr old crazy uncle in the Vatican. I forget the Latin phrase for “humoring him”.)
Ei obsequi.
You’re welcome.
25 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:57:35pm |
re: #24 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Ei obsequi.
You’re welcome.
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi
—Our class motto
26 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:57:39pm |
Here's what happens to “sexual vigor” after marriage, according to 1933 pamphlet “The Age of Romance” pic.twitter.com/qs5kusn1xk— Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) November 16, 2013
28 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 3:59:26pm |
re: #27 FemNaziBitch
Last night was “date night” for the Mrs. Fish and I, something we started doing every Friday night. What is it, you ask? We put the fishspawn to bed early, crash on the couch, and … that’s it.
29 | Stanley Sea Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:01:00pm |
re: #23 Decatur Deb
And whose militia ‘security detail” curbstomped a citizen and held an (unfriendly) journalist illegally.
He’s totally tied to that militia and I believe he will run again.
Oh Alaska.
30 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:02:03pm |
On February 1, 1960 four black men sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworths in Greensboro NC to protest segregation. pic.twitter.com/QurOau4Fh7— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) November 16, 2013
That Woolworths is a museum now (but it’s never open when I’m in Greensboro.)
31 | Stanley Sea Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:02:23pm |
re: #27 FemNaziBitch
I am soooo there. If I have plans I’m bummed because that takes away from my re-lax time.
32 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:02:39pm |
re: #29 Stanley Sea
He’s totally tied to that militia and I believe he will run again.
Oh Alaska.
Hey—lighten up. They managed to enroll 53 Obamacare users in Oct.
33 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:02:50pm |
34 | Stanley Sea Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:03:17pm |
35 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:03:35pm |
re: #30 wrenchwench
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That Woolworths is a museum now (but it’s never open when I’m in Greensboro.)
About as much guts as an infantry company.
36 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:03:58pm |
re: #31 Stanley Sea
I am soooo there. If I have plans I’m bummed because that takes away from my re-lax time.
I think it might also be hitting an age and mental attitude where you realize there is nothing *wrong* about relaxing and simply living a moment free of various stresses.
37 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:04:10pm |
re: #25 Decatur Deb
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi—Our class motto
That never really worked for me because in my dialect of English “wh” is pronounced differently from “w”, so there’s always an extra translation step (“oh - ‘wear’, not ‘where’!”) that has to happen before I get the joke. Essentially I have to explain it to myself, which always spoils the effect.
38 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:04:27pm |
re: #29 Stanley Sea
He’s totally tied to that militia and I believe he will run again.
Oh Alaska.
good friends with Schaeffer Cox and all of them…
39 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:04:59pm |
re: #36 Feline Fearless Leader
I think it might also be hitting an age and mental attitude where you realize there is nothing *wrong* about relaxing and simply living a moment free of various stresses.
I’m also introverted and really like my alone time.
40 | Eclectic Cyborg Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:05:05pm |
re: #32 Decatur Deb
Hey—lighten up. They managed to enroll 53 Obamacare users in Oct.
I wonder how many of those had the last name “Palin” ?
41 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:06:01pm |
re: #37 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
That never really worked for me because in my dialect of English “wh” is pronounced differently from “w”, so there’s always an extra translation step (“oh - ‘>wear’, not ‘>where’!”) that has to happen before I get the joke. Essentially I have to explain it to myself, which always spoils the effect.
So it means ‘always wear underwear’?
42 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:06:35pm |
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder how many of those had the last name “Palin” ?
Now that would be funny, but not on Fox.
43 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:07:32pm |
re: #41 wrenchwench
So it means ‘always wear underwear’?
That’s the intent. Of course, in Latin it would mean “always where under where”, if it were grammatical in the first place, which I doubt.
44 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:07:34pm |
45 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:09:12pm |
re: #39 thedopefishlives
I’m also introverted and really like my alone time.
There’s that as well. :)
My day was pretty much morning comment reading and catching up on email while a cat napped next to me.
Longish walk by myself in early afternoon down into Old City Philadelphia. Sat for a while in the “mall” between Independence Hall and the Constitution Center, then wandering walk back through Washington Square and such to Center City. Hit a place for a salad and large beer* for lunch, then a bakery and the farmer’s market on Rittenhouse Square headed back to the apartment. Read a bit more, took a nap, and here I am.
So, a day pretty much spent by my lonesome.
* - A pint in early afternoon seems to just take the edge off everything else for the rest of the day. :)
46 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:11:36pm |
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder how many of those had the last name “Palin” ?
The most recent Sci-Fi story I read had a planet named Palin. When I heard it (audiobook), I thought: Oh great, the writer is a wingnut. Turns out, Palin is about the most fucked-up plant there is.
LOL
Book is (I think) a YA novel series, but good none-the-less. I”ll read more in the series. I really like this author, Hugh C Howey. He explores some very complex subjects in a novel way, IMHO.
47 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:11:52pm |
48 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:13:28pm |
re: #45 Feline Fearless Leader
I had a very lazy day today. It was only the second day in the last 6ish months that I have slept in past 9:00 AM.
49 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:13:35pm |
re: #47 FemNaziBitch
Where? do you wear underwear?
Do you wear it on a bus?
Do you wear it if you are Gus?
Do you wear it everyday?
Or only when you are out of the hay?
50 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:13:44pm |
re: #47 FemNaziBitch
Where? do you wear underwear?
Everywhere! Anywhere!
Where Dr. Seuss when you need him?
Oh yeah, under there.
51 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:13:57pm |
re: #48 thedopefishlives
I had a very lazy day today. It was only the second day in the last 6is months that I have slept in past 9:00 AM.
Yeah, but you have newer spawn.
52 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:14:22pm |
re: #45 Feline Fearless Leader
There’s that as well. :)
My day was pretty much morning comment reading and catching up on email while a cat napped next to me.
Longish walk by myself in early afternoon down into Old City Philadelphia. Sat for a while in the “mall” between Independence Hall and the Constitution Center, then wandering walk back through Washington Square and such to Center City. Hit a place for a salad and large beer* for lunch, then a bakery and the farmer’s market on Rittenhouse Square headed back to the apartment. Read a bit more, took a nap, and here I am.
So, a day pretty much spent by my lonesome.
* - A pint in early afternoon seems to just take the edge off everything else for the rest of the day. :)
Two hour drive to a nice Episcopal church in Deepest Alabama to pitch Obamacare at their food pantry, then a ride back. Just getting into the box wine now.
53 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:14:26pm |
re: #50 wrenchwench
Everywhere! Anywhere!
Where Dr. Seuss when you need him?
Oh yeah, under there.
GMTA! LOL
Your’s is so much better than mine.
54 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:14:52pm |
re: #44 Decatur Deb
We were 13—you expected Virgil?
You know how Chris Berman makes up pun-based nicknames for athletes like “Sammy ‘Say It Ain’t’ Sosa” and “Jeff ‘Brown Paper’ Bagwell”? My wife and I keep hoping to hear “Robinson ‘Arma Virumque’ Cano”*, but so far we’ve been disappointed, and I fear that state is destined to continue indefinitely.
*Arma virumque cano is the first 3 words of Vergil’s “Aeneid”. It means “I sing of arms and the man”.
55 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:16:34pm |
re: #52 Decatur Deb
Two hour drive to a nice Episcopal church in Deepest Alabama to pitch Obamacare at their food pantry, then a ride back. Just getting into the box wine now.
That’s a more purposeful and helpful to others spent day than mine was. I salute you!
56 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:17:35pm |
re: #55 Feline Fearless Leader
That’s a more purposeful and helpful to others spent day than mine was. I salute you!
Now it’s becoming an act of simple desperation. The bastards will not win.
57 | b_sharp Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:20:50pm |
re: #6 thedopefishlives
I’m running a big simulation. Ran it once this afternoon, and after 3 hours of my CPU grinding, loaded the results up… found a bug. 3 more hours. Argle bargle.
Have you thought of exorcising your work before running?
58 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:21:34pm |
re: #57 b_sharp
Have you thought of exorcising your work before running?
Has a Canticle for Liebowitz vibe…
59 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:22:28pm |
62 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:26:26pm |
63 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:29:29pm |
64 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:34:29pm |
re: #54 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
You know how Chris Berman makes up pun-based nicknames for athletes like “Sammy ‘Say It Ain’t’ Sosa” and “Jeff ‘Brown Paper’ Bagwell”? My wife and I keep hoping to hear “Robinson ‘Arma Virumque’ Cano”*, but so far we’ve been disappointed, and I fear that state is destined to continue indefinitely.
*Arma virumque cano is the first 3 words of Vergil’s “Aeneid”. It means “I sing of arms and the man”.
For one of our “entertainment nights”, one class formed a mock doo-wop group called “Little Aeneas and the Trojans”. No one snickered.
We were so fuckn’ innocent.
65 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:38:25pm |
re: #64 Decatur Deb
For one of our “entertainment nights”, one class formed a mock doo-wop group called “Little Aeneas and the Trojans”. No one snickered.
We were so fuckn’ innocent.
In high school we discovered a pun on “Dido and Aeneas” that I won’t elaborate on here.
66 | Lidane Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:39:11pm |
*sigh*
My “constitutionalist” friends are throwing around a lot of ARGLE BARGLE about Austin suppsedly looking to ban fast foods, and they pointed to an article at Dudebro Central (i.e., Reason) to support it. Since I live here in Austin and they don’t, I looked deeper into the story. There is ONE local network that mentioned anything at all about a potential resolution regulating fast food, but nothing else. No public discussions, no news story anywhere else, nada.
Apparently there is a CHIP requirement for a “Healthy Food Zone” that would limit where fast food chains could be built near schools, etc. to provide better food choices for kids. The Austin city council had a resolution to consider getting the City Manager to look into the feasibility of those zones and how they would work, but the vote on it was postponed.
In short, a resolution that calls a planning meeting in order to plan a meeting about fast food gets postponed and the Dudebros immediately jump to AUSTIN IZ BANNING FAST FOOD ZOMG. Idiots.
67 | Tim TeaBro Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:41:19pm |
I’m about to go here and drink overpriced drinks and eat overpriced food.
In shorts and sandals.
I hope my golf buddy is working at the bar tonight. He frequently forgets to charge me for beverages, or mistakenly pours doubles.
68 | dog philosopher Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:41:39pm |
re: #60 Tim TeaBro
90% of you are about to hate me.
my instruments indicate that only 87.355 of me hates you
have you tried power cycling the device?
69 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:41:55pm |
70 | dog philosopher Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:42:58pm |
re: #65 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
In high school we discovered a pun on “Dido and Aeneas” that I won’t elaborate on here.
i am about to measure what percentage of me hates you now
71 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:43:39pm |
72 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:44:33pm |
re: #67 Tim TeaBro
I’m about to go here and drink overpriced drinks and eat overpriced food.
In shorts and sandals.
I hope my golf buddy is working at the bar tonight. He frequently forgets to charge me for beverages, or mistakenly pours doubles.
Your golf buddy’s going to wind up on Restaurant Stakeout or something like that.///
73 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:44:33pm |
74 | Tim TeaBro Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:44:43pm |
re: #68 dog philosopher
my instruments indicate that only 87.355 of me hates you
have you tried power cycling the device?
There is a hard reboot. Then there is a BANG BANG Reboot.
In both, you unplug the unit.
In the BANG BANG Reboot, you unplug it, yell at it, smack it around, then yell at it again, something like ‘You better f-ing work bastard ass mofo.’
I’m not sure which is more effective at fixing the problem, but the BANG BANG feels better.
75 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:45:22pm |
Brat Puppy is back from hunting today, has had dinner and how has to be de-burred.
bbl
76 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:45:30pm |
re: #74 Tim TeaBro
There is a hard reboot. Then there is a BANG BANG Reboot.
In both, you unplug the unit.
In the BANG BANG Reboot, you unplug it, yell at it, smack it around, then yell at it again, something like ‘You better f-ing work bastard ass mofo.’
I’m not sure which is more effective at fixing the problem, but the BANG BANG feels better.
What we in the business call “Percussive maintenance”.
77 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:46:00pm |
I was in Hawaii a year or so ago. So, I don’t hate you so much …
78 | Tim TeaBro Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:47:53pm |
re: #73 Decatur Deb
It’s not that kind of resort. Too high brow for that fun stuff. They like more stuffy stuffs.
If I’m in the right mood I talk loud in pidgeon and try to be ‘local,’ generating Furrowed Brows.
79 | Tim TeaBro Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:48:52pm |
No really, I’m going to leave soon. My wife ‘just has to change.’
So it could be a while.
80 | dog philosopher Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:48:53pm |
re: #74 Tim TeaBro
There is a hard reboot. Then there is a BANG BANG Reboot.
In both, you unplug the unit.
In the BANG BANG Reboot, you unplug it, yell at it, smack it around, then yell at it again, something like ‘You better f-ing work bastard ass mofo.’
I’m not sure which is more effective at fixing the problem, but the BANG BANG feels better.
sometimes i calmly explain to the software that i am the human and it will do what i tell it to do
81 | thedopefishlives Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:50:04pm |
re: #80 dog philosopher
sometimes i calmly explain to the software that i am the human and it will do what i tell it to do
Sometimes the software explains to you that it is a computer and it is doing exactly what you told it to do.
82 | Tim TeaBro Sat, Nov 16, 2013 4:52:18pm |
re: #80 dog philosopher
sometimes i calmly explain to the software that i am the human and it will do what i tell it to do
Sometimes I explain to the programmer that I am the project manager and the software will do what I tell you to do.
And that’s how the fight started…
Back in 750ml hours folks.
83 | dog philosopher Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:01:54pm |
i suppose imma have to see that slave movie tonite
84 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:11:49pm |
Only Six Percent Of Scientists Are Republicans: Pew Poll http://t.co/4emSafo3ob #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/zW0dRb5uSt— Dwight (@blue82vette) November 15, 2013
85 | wrenchwench Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:15:25pm |
And now I am off to hear some live Mariachi music.
86 | Charles Johnson Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:25:47pm |
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald unavailable for comment RT @ajam: Pussy Riot member found in Siberian prison hospital http://t.co/Ye51TrvYvM— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 16, 2013
87 | Charles Johnson Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:27:58pm |
“@luto2space: RT @100ReN001 6h “@AlexxFukuda: : Tuscany, Italy pic.twitter.com/iiE7nBV3ur””” <3 <3— Lina María Valencia (@Lynamar_0307) November 16, 2013
88 | bratwurst Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:32:58pm |
Catman: The Dark Kitteh Rises pic.twitter.com/jjrSIEBKuK— Rafalca Romney (@RafalcaRomney) November 17, 2013
89 | sagehen Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:38:19pm |
re: #20 Targetpractice
Also the fool who lost to her in a write-in campaign, despite fighting like mad to keep the state from counting the bulk of the ballots for her.
Yes. How typical that in Miller v. Murkowski, his lawyers argued “spelling counts!!”
90 | sagehen Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:47:57pm |
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder how many of those had the last name “Palin” ?
The Palins don’t need Obamacare, Tribal Health Services pays for their care ‘cause Todd’s 1/4 Inuit.
91 | Charles Johnson Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:51:31pm |
In Europe, the far left is just as scary as the far right: Unknown Group Says It Killed 2 Golden Dawn Members in Greece - Yahoo News.
92 | Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 16, 2013 5:55:38pm |
re: #91 Charles Johnson
In Europe, the far left is just as scary as the far right: Unknown Group Says It Killed 2 Golden Dawn Members in Greece - Yahoo News.
For a couple Greek generations, the gaps between LW/RW slaughter are the anomaly.
93 | Bubblehead II Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:04:05pm |
re: #27 FemNaziBitch
You spend your weekend on LGF instead of going outside and actually doing something.
Hey, exercising the mind counts doesn’t it?
94 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:07:06pm |
enough fighting i made cupcakes pic.twitter.com/AhQfYRmspY
— darthpotatogivingTM (@darth) November 17, 2013
95 | William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:10:54pm |
re: #86 Charles Johnson
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Snowflake knows better by now than to comment or he’ll be “visiting” her.
96 | Varek Raith Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:11:09pm |
(Sat. 11/16, 1:00 p.m.): Klayman’s suit against the Minneapolis City Pages and the Phoenix Sun-Times was dismissed without prejudice on Friday by Chief Judge Anne C. Conway of the Middle District Court of Florida.
Haha.
97 | Charles Johnson Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:16:08pm |
On weekends I resolve to try to ignore politics as much as possible.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 17, 2013
98 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:16:16pm |
re: #95 William Barnett-Lewis
Snowflake knows better by now than to comment or he’ll be “visiting” her.
For all anyone knows, he already is.
99 | Bubblehead II Sat, Nov 16, 2013 6:31:58pm |
re: #96 Varek Raith
Haha.
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(Sat. 11/16, 1:00 p.m.): Klayman’s suit against the Minneapolis City Pages and the Phoenix Sun-Times was dismissed without prejudice on Friday by Chief Judge Anne C. Conway of the Middle District Court of Florida.
Read more at littlegreenfootballs.com
WTF! Charles. You might want to look into this. The above link. It shouldn’t be here. This was a basic quote button reply that didn’t work, followed by a cut and paste.
This glitch besides, the case was dismissed without predudice. This means there was a procudural error that needs to be corrected before the case can proceed. It’s not that the case was without merit, but the paper work was screwed up. Nothing more.
101 | goddamnedfrank Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:06:11pm |
re: #99 Bubblehead II
This glitch besides, the case was dismissed without predudice. This means there was a procudural error that needs to be corrected before the case can proceed. It’s not that the case was without merit, but the paper work was screwed up. Nothing more.
There was an entire string of procedural errors. Failure to give proper notice to the defendants, failure to even state a sufficient cause of action in two counts, and an insufficient “shotgun” style pleading so badly written that:
The Court had great difficulty ascertaining which Count of the Complaint stated a cause of action for the various articles because each subsequent Count “realleges and reavers” each of the allegations contained within the preceding Counts. This form of pleading is insufficient. Even though this is a pro se pleading, Plaintiff readily declares that he has been practicing law for approximately 36 years.
Basically the Court said his shit was an awful shambles from beginning to end.
102 | Bubblehead II Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:13:58pm |
re: #101 goddamnedfrank
There was an entire string of procedural errors. Failure to give proper notice to the defendants, failure to even state a sufficient cause of action in two counts, and an insufficient “shotgun” style pleading so badly written that:
Basically the Court said his shit was an awful shambles from beginning to end.
But the Court didn’t deny him the the right to refile now did it?
103 | Romantic Heretic Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:20:25pm |
re: #86 Charles Johnson
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I’ll be honest. I thought she was sharing a mine shaft with the Romanovs.
104 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:21:43pm |
re: #103 Romantic Heretic
I’ll be honest. I thought she was sharing a mine shaft with the Romanovs.
Sad, she could be missing and still alive in the prison system.
105 | Lidane Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:26:20pm |
Batkid. Best Batman ever. #SFBatKid #MakeAWish @SFWish— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) November 16, 2013
Also, this:
Christian Bale on Batkid: ‘What a Wonderful Day for the Little Fella!’
“Wasn’t that fantastic?” the clearly delighted Bale said, breaking out into a huge smile. Bale has been busy in Spain this past week shooting Ridley Scott’s Exodus, but after he flew into Los Angeles at four o’clock this morning to attend the press junket for his new film Out of the Furnace, it wasn’t long before he learned about Batkid’s exploits: “I looked on the news and I saw this headline and thought, ‘What’s that?’ And I saw all the pictures of him running around and saving people. It’s so touching.”
“What’s his name, Miles?” continued the actor. “He must have been bewildered! Hopefully, later on, he’ll be able to look back and say, ‘Oh my God, how amazing.’”
106 | FemNaziBitch Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:27:02pm |
The earthquake that was really a quarry blast that is now a rockburst.
For the Chicagolanders …
107 | RealityBasedSteve Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:27:55pm |
I can honestly say I didn’t spend the day doing nothing… I butterflied and dry-rubbed a chicken, roasted a sirloin tip, fed chicken inner parts to the kittys and watched a lot of net-flix. All in all a good day. Maybe tomorrow I’ll take one of my bicycles apart and rebuild it just because I have tools, time and knowledge.
RBS
Yes, I’m slugging it this weekend, so what?
108 | RealityBasedSteve Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:31:06pm |
re: #96 Varek Raith
Haha.
Even if it’s just a matter of paperwork or form, doesn’t much matter. Klayman seems to have the same high degree of success in court as Orly. If they showed up as my defence team in a capitol case, I think I’d just ask the bailiff to shoot me right then and there, get it over with.
RBS
109 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:47:52pm |
re: #108 RealityBasedSteve
Even if it’s just a matter of paperwork or form, doesn’t much matter. Klayman seems to have the same high degree of success in court as Orly. If they showed up as my defence team in a capitol case, I think I’d just ask the bailiff to shoot me right then and there, get it over with.
RBS
Maybe they should get together with Lionel Hutz and start their own firm!
//
110 | BongCrodny Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:53:15pm |
Is anyone familiar with Tom Hanks’ “Electric City”? As usual, I’m late to the party, but it looks kind of interesting. I tried to check it out on YouTube and Yahoo, but it’s been taken down.
Anyone know of any place where you can watch it?
111 | Bear Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:56:00pm |
re: #106 FemNaziBitch
Interesting that the USGS said RockBurst. As a former mining engineer many years ago to me a rock burst was usually confined to some very deep mines where a bit of rock in the drifts (tunnel) would shatter due to the removal of the tremendous weight of the overlying material caused built up stress to be relieved. Think of a rubber band being cut when the tension is removed.
112 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 16, 2013 8:08:38pm |
re: #102 Bubblehead II
But the Court didn’t deny him the the right to refile now did it?
No, because his pleadings were such a mess the court couldn’t make out if they could possibly have merit. So the judge decided to dismiss without prejudice, to give Klayman some chance to get his shit together.
Klayman, however, likely sees this as part of the conspiracy against him. Instead of trying to make a case (assuming there ever one to make, which i do not believe there is), he’s going to scream, rant and rave about how he is “the victim of Big Socialism.”
113 | RealityBasedSteve Sat, Nov 16, 2013 8:17:20pm |
re: #112 Dark_Falcon
No, because his pleadings were such a mess the court couldn’t make out if they could possibly have merit. So the judge decided to dismiss without prejudice, to give Klayman some chance to get his shit together.
Klayman, however, likely sees this as part of the conspiracy against him. Instead of trying to make a case (assuming there ever one to make, which i do not believe there is), he’s going to scream, rant and rave about how he is “the victim of Big Socialism.”
I’m just curious, in law school, are there classes on the proper procedures for the various paperworks, or is that more something that you are expected to learn OTJ?
RBS
114 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 16, 2013 8:18:58pm |
re: #113 RealityBasedSteve
I’m just curious, in law school, are there classes on the proper procedures for the various paperworks, or is that more something that you are expected to learn OTJ?
RBS
Both. There are classes that teach such things but some it really does have to be learned on the job.
115 | Lidane Sat, Nov 16, 2013 8:32:33pm |
re: #114 Dark_Falcon
Both. There are classes that teach such things but some it really does have to be learned on the job.
That and a lot of attorneys will hire paralegals and/or secretaries to handle all the actual paperwork so they don’t end up learning how to do it at all.
116 | Eclectic Cyborg Sat, Nov 16, 2013 8:59:09pm |
re: #109 Feline Fearless Leader
Maybe they should get together with Lionel Hutz and start their own firm!
//
“I can’t believe it’s a Law Firm!”
117 | Varek Raith Sat, Nov 16, 2013 9:11:15pm |
118 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Nov 16, 2013 9:29:41pm |
re: #114 Dark_Falcon
Both. There are classes that teach such things but some it really does have to be learned on the job.
And I also suspect that the courts probably issue the lawyers some guidelines on what their court procedures are. When I was serving jury duty the judge got visibly peeved at the defense lawyers for not following the expected procedure for submitting and referring to evidence. To the point that he sent the jury out of the room for ten minutes when they messed it up for the third time.
119 | Bubblehead II Sat, Nov 16, 2013 9:30:28pm |
Night Lizards. I came, I saw, I (kinda) posted and now I bid you a good night,
May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours.
Sleep well Lizards.
120 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Sat, Nov 16, 2013 10:42:13pm |
Breaking Bad alternate ending (SPOILER ALERT)
121 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 10:43:47pm |
It’s a quiet kind of night.
Which is not really helping. Although 4 of the 6 problems are now done.
123 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 11:12:59pm |
re: #122 piratedan
stay on target Red 5…
I did discover that my grade for one of the previous problem sets as recorded in the online gradebook does not match the grade given on the one they e-mailed back to me, and the discrepancy was not in my favor (or a small number). That e-mail has gone out with the attached proof.
Needless to say, it has not made me any more enthusiastic about this class.
124 | piratedan Sat, Nov 16, 2013 11:21:56pm |
re: #123 klys
I did discover that my grade for one of the previous problem sets as recorded in the online gradebook does not match the grade given on the one they e-mailed back to me, and the discrepancy was not in my favor (or a small number). That e-mail has gone out with the attached proof.
Needless to say, it has not made me any more enthusiastic about this class.
well I imagine that totally sucked ass, never any fun suffering from other folks “human” error. My son is finishing up his last semester at the U of A and the majority of his class grades at this point of the semester are inferred mostly thru nuance and interpretive dance because there’s hardly anything posted, much to his dismay.
125 | dr. klys Sat, Nov 16, 2013 11:26:10pm |
re: #124 piratedan
well I imagine that totally sucked ass, never any fun suffering from other folks “human” error. My son is finishing up his last semester at the U of A and the majority of his class grades at this point of the semester are inferred mostly thru nuance and interpretive dance because there’s hardly anything posted, much to his dismay.
I am thankfully in the home stretch and at least on track for a reasonable grade (which, given the subject matter and how much I hate this stuff is good). I will be perfectly happy not to ace this material (it’s not terribly applicable to what I want to do in any sense, but required for the certificate regardless) as long as my grade meets the requirements for continuing forward.
126 | piratedan Sat, Nov 16, 2013 11:39:42pm |
re: #125 klys
I am thankfully in the home stretch and at least on track for a reasonable grade (which, given the subject matter and how much I hate this stuff is good). I will be perfectly happy not to ace this material (it’s not terribly applicable to what I want to do in any sense, but required for the certificate regardless) as long as my grade meets the requirements for continuing forward.
well bear down young lady and endeavor to persevere….
128 | prairiefire Sun, Nov 17, 2013 12:48:02am |
re: #123 klys
Sort of like the opal I thought I was buying online turned out to be a different color when I received it.
129 | BongCrodny Sun, Nov 17, 2013 5:17:44am |
re: #120 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Breaking Bad alternate ending (SPOILER ALERT)
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That is just too awesome for words.
130 | Justanotherhuman Sun, Nov 17, 2013 5:42:29am |
So, how goes the weekend? I discovered “Spiral” (or the original name, Engrenages, a French crime TV series, and have been serially watching, although I have so many interruptions, including company that I welcomed seeing, I’ll have to watch a second time. I have absolutely no working knowledge of French and it’s sub-titled, so naturally, if I’m not actually “watching”, I miss a lot. There is a lot of character development and twists going on, so you need to pay more than a modicum of attention.
I also discovered France’s most beautiful man. And yes, he can act.