Archive for April, 2005
Thus spake Tycho
April 28, 2005 at 7:25 pm
A mad ex-NFL player (natch) shoots up Sigfried & Roy’s kooky compound, just 5 miles or so from where I live (although rumor has it they have a super-secret kooky compound elsewhere in town). Read all about it.
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Thus spake Antropologo
at 5:20 pm
Why does NASA keep on trying to rehabilitate the Shuttle?
With more safety concerns coming up, shouldn’t they just cancel the program and put their efforts into a modern space vehicle? The Shuttle was designed in the 1970s and even though it was state-of-the-art at the time, my laptop has more computing power than the 5 computers on the Shuttle combined.
Some people argue that the program is still around because it is charismatic. Evidentally, their definition of charisma accepts that 40% of the Shuttle fleet has already been destroyed due to preventable accidents.
In my opinion, NASA is a joke. Their launching capability is outsourced to Russia and their star-player (the Shuttle) has a terminal illness.
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 11:42 am
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet in a long long time. Go to this page, and click Refresh to generate new random facts about Vin Diesel. Here are a few samples:
If the words “Autobots Transform!” are ever spoken in Vin Diesel’s presence, his body will fold in and out of itself, forming a 1998 Dodge Neon. If he hears the words “Deceptacons Attack!”, he emits an atomic blast out of his urethra.
While in stealth mode he is only detectable by the smell of freshly mown grass he gives off at all times..
Vin Diesel invented Earl Grey tea by boiling a guy named Earl Grey alive and drinking the broth.
(via My Blog is Poop)
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 10:50 am
Ever since I got my new cellphone (non-flip), I’ve been having trouble with it dialing 911 in my pocket or my backpack, even when the keys were locked. So I took it to T-Mobile and asked if there was anything that could be done.
Answer: NO.
It turns out that, due to an FCC regulation, phones are required to allow 911 dialing even when the keys are locked. My phone has dialed 911 perhaps a dozen times, and in one case, it was connected to 911 for an hour and a half before I realized it. Not only does this keep my calls from coming through, but presumably it’s tying up a line at the 911 office that someone else could be using to keep from getting murdered.
What a stupid piece of legislation. If the emergency you’re involved in doesn’t allow you two seconds to unlock your phone before dialling, then you’re screwed anyway, and you’re just calling to tell them where they can pick up your corpse.
The advice from T-Mobile Corporate? “You need to buy a flip phone, or just don’t put your phone in a bag or in your pocket without a case.” Gee fucking thanks, T-Mobile! Maybe my phone won’t spontaneously call the cops if I put it in my ass.
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Thus spake Antropologo
at 7:43 am
Thus spake Sheni
at 6:02 am
Elvis Costello came to Athens last night and the crowd greeted him like the Rock God it seems he has become. He stormed onto the stage to the roar of the crowd and spent the next two hours putting on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Through the course of the evening, he moved things along at a break-neck speed, the only pause between songs often being the 3 seconds it took to change guitars. Somewhere along the way I lost count, but I would estimate that he played at least 20 songs last night. And in each and every one of them, he managed pack in a level of energy and intensity that you just don’t find very often.
My final thoughts however are reserved for the guy that was three rows in front of me and a little to the right. To commemorate him, I wrote a little poem
To that guy at the show last night
Whatever it was that you were feeling last night,
Man, it was spectacular.
I could tell by the way that you slithered and shook
That the connection you had with the lead singer
Surely was special.
So much that you felt no need to do so
In rhythm with the drums and the bass.
You were transcendent.
Caught outside of space and time
And the apparent laws of biomechanics.
Thank you,
For making me not so ashamed to be me.
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Thus spake Antropologo
April 27, 2005 at 8:07 pm
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A previous post by Boredathenians’ own Dr. Evil, We’re All Gonna Die told us that an asteroid may impact Earth in 2034.
What would happen if this asteroid hit close to us?
Supposing impact was 60 miles away (wiping out all the ATL sprawl), here’s what would happen in Athens: |
- An asteroid this size hits Earth every 31,000 years.
- The impact explosion would approach 1400 megatons! (The largest nuclear weapons ever tested were no more than 100 MT).
- The final crater would be more than 3 miles in diameter.
- The visible fireball would appear almost 7 times larger than the sun.
- We would feel a moderate earthquake after 20 seconds.
- Athens would get a dusting of ejectae
- We would get an air blast of around 55 mph.
Check out the link and play around with your own doomsday scenarios!
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Thus spake Antropologo
at 6:03 pm
There has been speculation for months as to whether the US will attack Iran to stymie their nuclear program.
Why risk yet another war when our military is already over-extended and is facing recruiting shortages? Even if we conducted a surgical strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, they might retaliate against US forces in Iraq.
The solution: Out-source the military stike to our Israeli friends. With 100 new bunker-busters, the Israelis could easily knock out hardened targets in a number of locations.
Israel has already proved they could undertake this type of mission when they bombed Iraq’s nuclear facilities in 1982.
See the story at MSNBC.com
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Thus spake Antropologo
at 4:05 pm
Equipping Christians to defend and proclaim the Gospel in today’s culture!
Featuring a stunning lineup of the world’s greatest minds in creation apologetics presenting their premier presentations.
Topics include:
How to Defend the Christian Faith in a Secular World
Miracles & the Laws of Nature
What is the Best Evidence that God Created?
Refuting Compromise
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 12:11 pm
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 7:26 am
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“Needies are interactive plush dolls inspired by codependent, high-maintenance relationships.
Totally attention-starved, they compete with each other for human affection — or, getting touch, as they like to say.
When you give Needies touch (by hugging and squeezing them), they will return your kindness with songs and shameless flattery.
But remember that Needies always know when other Needies are getting touch! If one Needie is getting touch while others are neglected, the unloved Needies will conspire to take its place.” |
Wow. Link
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Thus spake Ennui
April 26, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Your Taste in Music:
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| Progressive Rock: Highest Influence |
| 80’s Alternative: High Influence |
| 90’s Alternative: High Influence |
| 80’s Pop: Medium Influence |
| Alternative Rock: Medium Influence |
| 90’s Pop: Low Influence |
| 90’s Rock: Low Influence |
| Adult Alternative: Low Influence |
| Classic Rock: Low Influence |
| Dance: Low Influence |
| Old School Hip Hop: Low Influence |
| Punk: Low Influence |
Stolen from Chip.
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 11:44 am
This site is full of secrets that people have sent in on postcards. Sad, funny, and eerie. Perfect for a winter’s day in mid-fucking-April.
“Excellent web site I am in a 12 step program. Secrets fuel addiction no one knows why. When my secrets are gone , my desire to use goes away no one can explain it
it just is.”
-California
(via the strangely-formatted Dogboy)
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 6:14 am
“Far from boosting productivity, the constant flow of messages and information can seriously reduce a person’s ability to focus on tasks, the study of office workers found.
Eighty volunteers were asked to carry out problem solving tasks, firstly in a quiet environment and then while being bombarded with new emails and phone calls. Although they were told not to respond to any messages, researchers found that their attention was significantly disturbed.
Alarmingly, the average IQ was reduced by 10 points - double the amount seen in studies involving cannabis users. But not everyone was affected by to the same extent - men were twice as distracted as women.”
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Thus spake Ennui
April 25, 2005 at 4:57 pm
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 1:34 pm
“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”
– Umberto Eco
“I felt like poisoning a monk.”
– Umberto Eco, on why he wrote the novel “The Name of the Rose.”
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Thus spake Joanne
at 10:55 am
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 7:51 am
“For decades, we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common-denominator standards, presumably because the ”masses” want dumb, simple pleasures and big media companies try to give the masses what they want. But as that ”24” episode suggests, the exact opposite is happening: the culture is getting more cognitively demanding, not less. To make sense of an episode of ”24,” you have to integrate far more information than you would have a few decades ago watching a comparable show. Beneath the violence and the ethnic stereotypes, another trend appears: to keep up with entertainment like ”24,” you have to pay attention, make inferences, track shifting social relationships. This is what I call the Sleeper Curve: the most debased forms of mass diversion — video games and violent television dramas and juvenile sitcoms — turn out to be nutritional after all.” Read More…
(stolen from boingboing)
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 7:43 am
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You’re The Moon!
You frequently take small steps, but you think very highly of each and every one of them. This aloof attitude doesn’t begin to reflect how high and mighty you actually are, though you are able to reflect light onto others when it seems appropriate. Whether the glass is half full, half empty, waxing pedantic, or even crescent-shaped is something ever-changing in your perspective. These mood swings at least follow a consistent cycle, one that makes others believe you have mystical powers. Ultimately, your head is always in the clouds and you just can’t seem to stay grounded.
Take the State Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
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Thus spake Ennui
at 7:32 am
 LONDON (Reuters) - As “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” nears its cinematic release, the BBC has launched a new service based on the novel’s central concept: a mobile device filled with information about life, the universe and everything.
H2G2 offers articles on a broad range of topics, from “The Simpsons” to “How Soap Works.”
Entries are submitted and edited by users, and are accessible from Web-enabled mobile phones or other devices that are directed to the H2G2 mobile Web site (http:www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/h2g2).
Link to story.
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Thus spake Antropologo
April 24, 2005 at 3:35 pm
Thus spake Edwin
at 10:04 am
Thus spake Antropologo
April 22, 2005 at 9:46 am
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 8:22 am
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 6:33 am
Thus spake Ennui
at 5:38 am
Thus spake Sheni
April 21, 2005 at 1:38 pm
From time to time, I’ll hop on over to the CIA World Factbook to get the basics on various different countries. A pretty valuable resource, the CIA World Factbook gives a rundown on the Economical, Political, and Cultural climate of all the countries int the world. Today I thought that it would be interesting to see what it has to say about the US. Here are a few snippets:
US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a “two-tier labor market” in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. (Ed: Yep. The CIA actually said that.)
Per capita GDP of $37,800
Budget:
revenues: $1.782 trillion
expenditures: $2.156 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)
Public Debt: 62.4% of GDP (2003)
Current Account Balance: $-541.8 billion (2003)
LINK
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Thus spake Antropologo
at 1:16 pm
Thus spake Evil Overload
at 1:07 pm
It’s going to be called “Walker’s”, and is going to have outdoor seating both out front and in the courtyard area in the center of the block. According to the owner, it should be opening in two to three weeks.
Woohoo!!! *dancedancedance*
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Thus spake Evil Overload
at 11:48 am
Local boy Kin Pitchford has just emerged from the studio with a new album for our listening pleasure. Expect soulful rock with a country twang and techno sensibilities. Sort of a techno-rockabilly effect, but not too far outside the city limits. Or mabye that’s just me. Ahem. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the names of the tracks are supposed to be, so I give you:
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Share and enjoy. Tip your bartenders and bartenderettes.
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