strider_mt2K wrote:

AAARGH It's like the Jukebox from Hell!

(Please Mr. Please. Don't play B17...)

Fair enough, but how about B52?

Rock Lobster

How can you have Muskrat Love without having Frankie Valli's "Swear to God"?!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmWG9KRZfHU

BTW, I miss the simpler times when the Captain's refusal to be seen without his hat was news... :-(

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Harumph. Someone missed a payment somewhere (as #1 & #4 assert, it will be shortlived).

#3 - While at work and on company time I would think that they'd have no expectation of privacy at all.

@Luketheobscure +1

What I find most interesting is that apparently there were 2 aliens killed in 1996...

* Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.

Not to split hairs or anything, but this is referring specifically to the Quake Engine. Doom and Wolfenstein 3D fans need not get upset. :-)

What's with all the Rob haters? It's been proven by the world's leading scientists that it's actually impossible to hate cockeyed.com after visiting it and reading at least 4.27 stories.

Although I must admit that I'm surprised it was taken down by a boingboinging.

The highpoint of the video for me was when the gang of bicycle pedaling cops cruised by and stopped. They were clearly conflicted...

@Cheryl62618 - Thanks, that would certainly explain it.

And just for the record, I'm not as paranoid as my doctors say I am. I don't know why they make up those stories about me. :-(

Interesting what an enormously high percentage of the posters in the Wal*Mart threads are either first timers or anonymous.

Is there some plausible explanation for this besides the possibility of clustering evil sock puppets trying to preemptively drown out legitimate discourse?

Interesting story, but it's a shame they don't have more pictures. :-(

BTW, my favorite of Mr. Biddle's scenarios for what actually happened:

“Do you guys really carry GUNS?”

“Why yes little lady, some of us sure do. I carry a Sig .357, it’s the same gun those air-marshals use!”.

“Ooooh, can I hold it?”

“Of course, but you need to understand that I’m a trained professional, you can’t just {BANG}{SCREAM} ”

“oh shit”

Of course, no one actually RTFA... :-(

- The pilot was trained

was last requalified in the FFDO program last November

- The news article specified that a weapon was discharged in the cockpit, but DID NOT say that a bullet made a hole in the plane. In fact, they specifically mention that (erroneously I think):

If that bullet had compromised the shell of the airplane, i.e., gone through a window, the airplane could have gone down.

What I find most interesting is that the pilots must take a psychological test before being allowed to carry a firearm while flying their huge flying bomb...

@#24-EarthMan:
Click here for 'Orker of Cows' origin

What I find very interesting is that the WalMart apologists in this thread are all first timers with no other posts. Almost as if they were hired by WalMart to surf the web to find negative stories (and what other kind is there about WalMart), create an account on that site and then try to neutralize the topic (or at least inject enough noise to confuse the issue).

Has WalMart started a net disinformation campaign?

And in the off chance you aren't WalMart shills, it's big corporations and other box stores that's the issue. We don't have to worry about robots taking over the future, we should be worried about SkyNet, Inc. though...

LOL - "Flying Death Ray"
In fact, a +1 for the last three comments!

There are only two things I hate; those who are intolerant of other people's cultures.

And the Dutch.

@#8-Jim.Cowling - I only read the linked article and haven't touched a comic book since the seventies. IOW, I don't know what the whole story may be. BUT, this does bring to the front an interesting (to me) issue. What is the responsibility of a collector versus that of a seller? At what point does a collector (who has spent x number of hours becoming informed as to the value of item z) become responsible for disclosing the estimated value of an item to the seller?

And please, I'm not talking about misrepresentation or used cars salesperson tactics, just about person A offering to sell person B item C. Why should person B refuse person A's offer until it is more beneficial to person A? By that reasoning, wouldn't the majority of transactions on eBay (in collector circles) be unfair?

Wow, 17 pages of story! Yet I read it all and was sorry it was over.

A great story which illustrated many of the unforeseen complications of 'hitting the motherlode' as well as problems any collector in any field will recognize.

@#7-Edward Oleander: I don't know about the bailiff, but we can certainly surmise a great deal about you from your post...

In the article they specifically mention how broken up the bailiff was about this. #11 (Mr. Gibson) is spot on with this. Compensate the lady for her pain and suffering and fix the system.

Link to more info (the club's forum) here.

Shouldn't the entrance door be on the third floor or guarded by a foyer full of angry killer bees? You know, make entry into the store just a tad difficult so as to keep the non-Superhero riff raff from just strolling in off the street to browse and take up floor space?

Yeah, the site is definitely getting hammered, haven't been able to download it myself either. I guess I'll wait until tomorrow... :-( :-(

I don't know what the CC terms are, but only the first nine tracks are available for free download. To get the full 36 tracks, you need to pay (only $5 for the download). So this is still very much an awesome thing.

Trent has always been 'user friendly'. If you recall he made these tracks downloadable into garageband.

NIN is teh awesome!!1!

@#3-Luc: I was making a vague (okay, lame) reference to the Moon Landing Hoax.

Yawn, done before. See {making finger quotes} Moon Landing, 1969...

Jackasimov - how about a man in a rubber monster suit set amongst real sized building made to look miniature?
Flickr-MiamiGodzilla

Hey, wait a second! I didn't notice 'pule' in the description before...

@2-Jeff: I normally enjoy reading your comments, but your sarcasm contributes nothing to this thread.
But as you point out, the government has long been abusing the poor in the form of state authorized gambling and heavy vice taxes. The govt. doesn't like competition though, so hopefully there'll be some action on this. Unfortunately I highly doubt the banking lobby would allow any material strengthening of the usury laws. :-(

As for this particular scam, I've no doubt these businesses are doing everything possible to pry every last cent they can from these poor people, but let's not forget that these people are also incredibly poor credit risks. If you read all the way through the article, you'll notice they briefly mention the myriad of other loans (which are going unpaid) that Ms. Rumph had. Frankly, these people (the victims) are not going to be the most financially responsible people out there. Then again, I know how difficult it can be to get out of a hole, especially when you have predatory lenders doing their best to keep you in the hole.

The poor can be a very profitable demographic. State Lotteries, rent-to-own stores, extremely high rate credit cards, income tax rebate 'now' places, check cashing places and those structured payment 'now' places. They're all designed to abuse the needy.

On a somewhat related note, Rob Cockerham of cockeyed.com has an interesting series on the proximity of liquor stores to check cashing places. Worth a look if you've got some time.
Check-Cash-Tequila

Usually it's a Bible what stops bullets...

Actually, it's usually a bible of some sort that puts guns in people's hands. :-(

Perhaps it was an e-text pirated copy of the KJV on the disc? :-)

@10-Dillenger69: Forever War is definitely worth a read. Don't know if I'd buy it at today's book prices, but definitely worth a trip to the library.

@12-Avram: I was trying to point the irony out to Mycophage that what he viewed as an original work, was construed by others to be derivative. I very much agree with you that in a small pond there's only so much DNA to go around...

@7 Mychophage - It's interesting that you mention how derivative Old Man's War was of Haldeman's work, but failed to mention that Haldeman was accused of pillaging Heinlein's Starship Troopers in Forever War. (I guess you fall into the < 40 category)

And while it is true that there is no accounting for taste, there is accounting for tolerance of other's viewpoints. However misguided they may be. :-)

@#18 - Mastercontroller quipped:

Carrie?

Carrie White?

Brilliant! Kudos sir.

It seems that everyone is overlooking the bigger issue here and that is the dangerous working environment the Balto PD is engendering. The two most glaring hazards are:

- Sending cops out wearing black footwear and black socks with shorts.
- Having them drive little cop clown cars.

What LEO isn't going to have issues dealing with the public when he has to deal with that every day?

Police are still looking for the man that caused the lockdown, and if anyone has any info, they'd like you to call it in to Crime Stoppers. The man is white, around six-feet tall with a medium build, has brown hair with a prominent bald spot and long sideburns. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a lumber style jacket that was possibly green and thin glasses.

Why are they still looking for this guy if he's known to be wielding nothing more dangerous than a tripod?

And did you notice how the description changed from a man in camo to a man wearing blue jeans and a coat (the coat was possibly green)?

I bet you a penguin called the cops on him.

@#6 - Stevew: Doesn't matter how many different browsers you try to access it with if you can't make the actual connection (if you're blocked for some reason).

Did you try pinging donwload119.mediafire.com? I'm able to access it without issue right now.

Was I the only one who had to Google "organlegger"? Okay, it seems obvious NOW (kind of like bootlegger, but with, umm, organs).

That is awesome!!

Reminds me of my own crude attempt in Miami:
Miami Godzilla

"Flying is not a right granted under the Bill of Rights and due to the state of the world today, we must all make smart decisions. I am proud of what we do and what we represent. Thank you Mr. Hawley!!"

With that attitude ingrained in their employees (trickled down from above), is it any wonder there's an adversarial relationship? "Flying is not a right...". What a tool.

@ #120 - Teresa N.H./Moderator:

Let me point out in Boston's defense that it was ground zero for the Abolitionist Movement. Also, I'm surprised that no one's pointed out that Canada was the terminus of the Underground Railway. I've been assuming all along that the use of "Canadian" currently under discussion owes a lot to that.

Really? I can't help but think that you're giving them (the users of this particular colloquialism, if it indeed is in use) far too much credit.

@ #134 - ill lich:

I sure hope the moderator gets paid for this.

She works for tips. :-)

Whoops, HTML ate my greater than symbol. It was supposed to be:

kiss {does not equal} rape

@72 -Noen:

"Case closed."? Perhaps you'll learn why you're wrong once you realize that you're not necessarily right...

kiss > rape

When did these Canadians (the real ones) go and get all uppity and anti-US?

To be quite honest, I'm starting to regret my recent 11 DVD purchase of "Due South" (seasons 1-3). It all seems like a lie now. :-(

Hateful people are hateful people, regardless of affiliations.

Definitely looks interesting but I'm somewhat discouraged that they're still charging so much for a download. Don't get me wrong 89 cents (for most that I looked at) and DRM free is completely awesome, but there's something wrong with the pricing structure when it's practically the same price to buy a physical copy and rip it myself...

And so it goes with 99% of user complaints - PEBKAC. :-)

Actually I'm glad this was brought up as I had already forgotten about AmazonMP3 and as Joe mentioned, it's nice to see Amazon (or at least one of their employees or contractors) stepping up to sort things out. Gotta go check it out.

@#8 wrote: "you don't think people in communist countries can be patriotic?"

Of course they can. In fact, it's mandatory. :-)

"It's the wrong trousers Gromit, and they've gone wrong!"

Black and white chicken wanted for questioning...

Dargaud - Karate Kid was never used either as a feature nor a short. But thanks for spreading your harsh anyway.

Does anyone have the backstory on what the actual reasons for termination of this venture were? Okay, sure, they ran out of money and couldn't convince investors to give them more, but there seems to be some cloak and dagger to it if the only surviving example exists solely through it being out for a cup of coffee at the time the hit squad wiped out the lab...

Well played registrado, well played...

I'm torn between making a GIMP over PhotoShop reference or pointing out that it will only be a matter of time before our dubs start spewing out spam. Can't decide. Screw it, I'll go with the BSOD at 95MPH can be fatal thing...

Opens fine (but ad free) in OS X's preview.

While I understand the need for some kind of supporting revenue and absolutely love Mr. Kelly's writings, I find ad embedded PDFs to be the continuance of a disturbing trend and I'm just a little sad that KK would use this.

Seriously, didn't the name Yahoo set off any warning bells?

I hope there's an exception for if your murdered body has been dumped in a bush.

I mean, talk about adding insult to injury to have your next of kin also be responsible for a loitering ticket while making funeral arrangements...

This type of reckless behavior would not have been tolerated under the Giuliani mayorship. The perpetrator would have been apprehended for littering and terroristic behavior and then accidentally shot 47 times (an origami gun would be planted at the scene).

Countdown to alcohol being prohibited at the South Pole...

How much do you want to bet the fight was over how the other guy would never replace the toilet paper or would leave his dirty coffee cup in the sink?

@#8 Comedian: +1
@#11 Erict: +1

Comments about this link: Awesome
This actual link: not so much

@1-DRTWIST: Thanks! I was just logging in to ask if there was a PATA version as well and bam, first comment gave me my answer. Thanks!

Just checked Newegg and they have one for even less.

I'm about three years into my own project where I'm trying to cross the web without stepping on any gottdamned flash sites. I was about halfway there until I clicked on this article's link. :-(

When will we have an option in our browsers to stop websites from resizing our dang browser windows?!!

Wow, that's some nasty looking pillow he's trying to suck the dust mites out of. I think it might be time for a trip to the K-Mart bargain bin for some replacement less-funky pillowage. I'm sure Molly would be very appreciative...

@17 CRASH - Thanks for the link!

Chief Bernal said:

"The more gambling operations I have to contend with, the less resources I have to deal with our higher-priority operations."

How much do you want to bet Chief Bernal doesn't fully understand the meaning of 'higher priority'? :-)

Mr. Keehan's story is actually a very interesting one and I look forward to the completion of the film. In the interim, for more information than can be found on this post's linked site or countdante.com, check out this article:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/countdante/

@#9-

korrontean said, "I can't believe Americans permit being treated this way. This calls for a revolution."

Didn't you hear? That became illegal a while ago... :-(

@21-Trs: That's a perspective shared by management in pretty much all industry. The corporate world is a dark, evil, scary place and morality and ethics are only useful if they can be used to bludgeon an opponent. I'm sure there are exceptions though. :-)

Now I'm in no way an apologist for the **AA, but I found this admission to be a refreshing insight. And the author's observation that this CEO, this captain of industry, was 'cute' ("like if your grandfather were accidentally hired to run Google") was spot on I think. These people aren't evil (well, any more evil than any other CEO making twenty times what most of his employees makes) but rather just clueless.

I had one of these, but unfortunately it occasionally drops all the folders onto the ground leaving a blank blue screen. :-(

Be vewwwy, vewwwy qwiet...

@#11-Kyle_Armbruster:
I'm afraid you're guilty of thought-crime. Don't bother getting the door, we'll let ourselves in...

Strongbad is going to be pissed about this...

Strongbad Email

@#31-JACK:
Hi Jack. In an effort to remain as on-topic as possible, I was specifically referring to Mr. LeMay's personal and direct responsibility for loss of life in the firebombing, not the fact that the firebombing took place at all. So, _no_, no one had mentioned it. :-)

My point in this matter being that I just find it curious that people attack Mr. Tibbets whenever this topic winds its way back to the forefront, but pay no heed to Mr. LeMay, who was certainly more complicit in the deaths of civilians if blame is to be laid. BUT, I really don't think it's our place to second guess soldiers about their duties, sixty plus years after the fact.

I *did* miss Sweep's mention of Dresden though. My bad. My only excuse is that his conclusions made me subconsciously forget most of his post.

All these history 'experts' here and yet no one mentions Gen. Curtis LeMay's responsibility in the firebombing of Germany and Japan in which many more people died than in the atomic blasts? Was the bombing of Dresden at all necessary militarily?

As for possible posturing by the US in using the atomic bomb, I'm sure there's some truth to that. But to say that was the main reason is specious at best.

@#28-THE_BOY
That quote is attributed to LeMay, not McNamara.

I wonder if Gen. LeMay was ever asked if he had any regrets...

chipslug - I think everyone here would like an answer to your question, but doubt an honest one is forthcoming. :-( Although I do give them (TNH) credit for not disemvoweling your post out of hand...

Teresa, is it this one?

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reasonableagreemento.html

#44, fixed the data for you. :-)

Cheers,
Hugh