The goverment can get something done...now it needs to work on doing something for the people again.

chupacabra no likey when light shines in eyes

"Hey, like...dude. What if we made a bong out of a real live skull."
"Whoa, we could sell it on Ebay for hundreds!"

I do know that the more philosophers you have on any committee, the less likely it is that the committee will actually accomplish anything in a timely fashion. And for some reason, they seem to get into sparring matches with the mathematicians. Which is entertaining, but not productive.

I've never heard of a committee of philosophers, other than some academic faculty group deciding on what the department is going to spend its money on or what poor schlep is going to be admitted to its graduate program.

As far as getting into scraps with mathematicians, the only thing I can remember is a math student claiming that all logic is really just Boolean algebra, and since Boole was a mathematician, logic is a part of math and not philosophy.

Philosophy of Art is a very interesting subject. I took a course about ten years ago and we read and discussed various people's (e.g. Kant, Santayana, Nietzsche) views on aesthetics. Kant wasn't very interesting in terms of what art actually is, but he did have some interesting things to say on how to look at it. Basically, he suggests being impartial. This school of thought, I think, would suggest distancing one's self from the socially taboo nature of the work, but since that is the intention of the "artist", it would probably also say that it isn't art. For myself I don't really care if it is art, or if some group thinks it should be called art; it's more a matter of whether I think it's good or not. I don't.

Serving the country "honorably"?

When you join the military you swear an oath to defend the Constitution, but this is just BS. When you are a soldier, you do what you're told regardless of whether it's constitutional. I'm a veteran, I know.

For those that joined the military in the hope of doing something like saving helpless civilians from genocide--something honorable--I'm sorry that you are in Iraq and not Sudan or Rawanda. You should have seen it coming from our country's history.

For those of you who were given a choice of jail or the military, or if you just like to cause other beings pain and suffering, I have no respect for you.

So can the "honorable" bit. It's a myth.

First thing I thought of #9, after I thought, "What? The FBI, CIA, DHS, etc., will scoop these kids up."

It's the perfect indoctrination program for government goons: obedient to the core, soulless, physically fit, trained in warfare. They are the Constitution de facto.

Before 1042, Britons considered the depth of a container of ale insufficient unless the king's royal member could not touch the bottom. When Edward came back from Normandy, this screwed everything up, as his was relatively small as compared to Harthacanute. Things only got worse in 1066 when Harold took over and eventually the Normans had to step in and show everyone who had the largest. The people had to agree, as their bellies were full only after three flagons.

That's lord Brimley to you.

Well, if we can't prevent everyone from buying it, we can at least call ourselves a married couple, adopt male children, and prevent them from playing it.

kudos.

Experience: boss assigns web page development task, perform task using text editor, other employee uses DW, time wasted developing page.

slap on the wrist/reprimand from judge methinks

yes, DHS will come to your house and take your computer away once they've figured out you have installed apple software on a pc

you may even get a 100,000 fine and up to 5 years imprisonment

Are people actually going to jail for downloading mp3s these days?

causes cancer in less than a month!

"...Americans have a childish palate and cannot handle anything more complicated than white or whole wheat."

Oh yeah, well Italians are mobsters and Germans can't sing and the French are snobs.

A pet dog can do wonders.

occult schmuckult

you still don't know who stole those candles from the church

So, who effectively decides these things? Is this just one of those scenarios where "the decider" wants his buddies to get a contract instead of IBM?

no. it was peace-loving druid wizards who levitated the blocks into place. dwarfs carved them.

covariation=correlation?

you decide

Yay! Something to try at work!

@5

Maybe his wife is eligible for her death being caused by marrying a dumb ass.

That fine is a mere pittance for a CEO.
It's like me going to burger king for lunch.

The bag of blood picture is truly grotesque.

Oh, it's another "if you have to ask how much, you can't afford it" watches.

Someone stepped on my toe without excusing his self FIRST, so I have the right to blow him away.

So you're saying that if we decided to spend more money on domestic technology, agriculture, transportation, and less on bombs, we would have less cool technology? How so?

Imagine the cool things we could have had if we hadn't spend all that money on bombs.

brought to you by Exxon Mobil, the same people who say that we are not ready for an electric vehicle

If I sew some kitchen rags together into a nice shawl, will you buy it?

Coming soon on ebay.

I'm told that this is not a specifically mobster type of thing to do, but a wealth/prestige type of thing to do if you're Russian. It probably applies to Ukrainians as well.

God's a fool for making all those pharmaceutical plants.

We could stop flying as well.

finger bung still wins

If I were one of those people hanging-out there, I'd be plotting on various ways to destroy this infernal machine.

internet police strike again

The surgeons peel off their own skin without anesthesia, and then perform surgery?!

Anyone putting up a fish mailbox deserves to have it smashed into tiny pieces.

Where do you come from Kyle, Doom 3?

"Everything that can happen does."

I wonder what the modal properties of 'can' are.

i got your corpsemeat right here!

Um. A "do-over"?

where i live, there are only two alternatives for hsi--Charter(cable), and ATT(dsl)

i don't know how it works where you live, but here, there is absolutely no competition between cable companies

Complaining is not to be underestimated. In many places of business, it is the only way to get things done.

but for the permanent deformation!

you'll pry my coal-burning, greenhouse gas emitting, electric plant from my cold, dead hands

you hear that you dirty apes?

I can vouch for Americans here. Beer, gone. Way past full.

i strangely thought of the monkey doing something very nasty to that young man

somehow the color is appropriate for a contrast with brown

this country is screwed up in so many ways, and pretty cool in a lot of other ways

this is one of the screwed up things

one of the pretty cool things is that these students can demonstrate like this without being gunned down

let's hope it stays that way

the cool part

the sex offender registry...

can we say that cultural relativism is stupid yet?

lol

pico, you are full of vitriolic crap

stop fomenting hate

sad

the Russians built it and they are taking it back

it's the smell of non-stink

Well at least they didn't name him "Sue"

I don't feel horrified at all. It seems a little unreal, but that's normal.

lol @ mr splashy pants (the whale)

Tom, what the blazes is a "meaning"? A proposition, a t-sentence, or what?

And we walked to school in the snow with no shoes. And we had steak every Saturday night, because Friday was fish day. And we raised our own cattle and chickens. And we grew our own wheat. And we made our own clothes. And we built our own house. And we beat the Nazis. And we beat the commies. And we worked 16 hours a day. And we used a slide rule. And we didn't have anesthesia or antibiotics. And made our own cars, huge cars. And we built stone walls. And we hunted. And we had lots of kids. And we played hide and seek. And we went fishing. And we aren't letting you borrow the car.

Have you seen the Astronaut Farmer?

yeah but if we let Kosovo leave Serbia, then any ethnic majority region will become its own country and the world will descend into chaos

not

@10

I don't typically use those terms but I'm overwhelmed by the number of Randian fanboys. I studied Philosophy for 6 years, and I've never stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, but, in terms of validity of argumentation, Rand gets low marks when compared to thinkers like Aristotle, Kant, Plato, Descartes, numerous philosophers of science, etc. That's probably why in all those classes I took, Rand was never on the reading list. I had to go out of my way to read some of that stuff. I also saw some film of her at an interview, and her responses to the questions were circular and question-begging. Those are the sort of responses you'd expect to hear from someone who has a definite coherent view, but of a made-up world that we don't live in.

So what attracts people to Rand? Probably the fact that her stuff is wrapped in a fictional scenario where certain points of view are appealing. But once you start believing that the real world is a Rand novel, that's where you've gone wrong.

I take it that information still cannot be transmitted faster than light.

You probably would have been better off not telling us, but thanks for the honesty.

American food is just modified immigrant food. e.g. american-chinese food, american-mexican food, etc. The best food, in my opinion is, american-italian food, but only because French food is more of an art than something to eat.

Ok, so how many people did I offend there?

to get laid, why else?

That was quite entertaining.

There must be artisans that are good at making these things. Mass production would seem to be difficult due to the irregularity of the materials.

Do I make you horny?

Carlos:

I think one assumption is that the physical components of the Balrog are adequately described by natural laws. Since the Balrog doesn't simply levitate out of the chasm in the story, we can safely assume that it is at least somewhat bound by those laws.

The song DOESN'T remain the same.

Simpler just to implant everyone with self-destructing rfid chips...

Not only is Atlas Shrugged considered philosophy, but it is ranked as smart. That was pretty much all I needed to see.

Nice. I wondered what kind of pizza was the "pie" type. Now I know it's Chicago.

A church is mentioned first, then a pizza place. So either this is a huge bake sale gone horribly wrong, or the pizza place routinely dumps it's yeast, flour, and grease (rags?) down the drain. At least it's biodegradable.

It's not that I have a problem with moderators posting anything, just the implication that one's being a moderator means that their subjective opinion should weigh more heavily. Posting as an ordinary commentator removes the air of this implication, and this is still my suggestion.

Also, I don't think my post carries any "ire" with it, as someone suggested. I think the word I used was 'tacky'.

teresa:

I'm just curious why you find it necessary to post your opinions about this as a moderator. Don't you think it's a little tacky?

One, I mean only one, ridiculous thing about this is that even if telecoms are prosecuted, the people at the top walk away with huge bonuses while the taxpayer bails out the company.

Big deal. There's so many "that aint science fiction" snobs out there, it just gets tired listening.

These are instructions for women. The perfect crotch shot for the man--not too much or too little--is when 4cm height of crotch is shown. The depth of the crotch visibility area must be 12cm, depending on lighting conditions.

Kids pretty much don't have rights in high school. That's been pretty clear for a while.

Japanese drink coffee?

Is this virtual, or can you actually access your hardware through Ubuntu?

It's Lebowski's kid!

This is merely a continuation of the vending machines that have been in high schools for a long time now.

more effective might have been a dog huddling under it in the rain, eyes peering out as if to say, "Why BACON, why are you BACON doing this to me BACON?"

Back in the day, cops used to have to physically restrain you if you resisted. Now they just taze you from a distance and dump you in the back of their car. So much easier and safer for the officer. It seems rather obvious that the risk of using tazers (i.e. death) outweigh the benefits (i.e. physical strain on police muscles).

Strange. Yes, I thought it would be strange.

...and none of the villagers he sought to uplift raised a finger in his defense.

This looks easy to make with any regulatable tank.

damn that's harsh

how can you fire such a cute little thing?

booooo

much enjoyment comes from annoying the prudes

I doubt the judge actually thought that the dealer was "at fault" for the heart attack. It's more likely that this was just a way to punish him for being a drug dealer.

"You will explode..."

lol

mmmm...coffee

That was stupid.

Looks pretty good, could be a little heavier.

sounds like your typical government subsidized industry secured by our happy friends at the DHS

or: In America, the airlines fly YOU

the right to express, I think

i'm not sure "right to distribute" makes sense

In five years she claws some other contestant's eyes out as she descends into forgottenland.

I still like accentuated boobies and buttocks.

Mr. Fitz anti-angry 3 laws of robotics:

1. Robots don't think.

2. Robots don't want.

3. Fuck you Warren.

Canadians don't live in igloos?

Is that the best photo they could come up with. I mean, if divine intervention is visible, I want super high-res on it.

I don't get the part about 1lb/frog, including "the front quarter". Do I just bake a whole frog and chow down?

yeah, but at what point does something not need to be cited any longer?

Not entrapment? Egads. If that's not entrapment, I don't know what is.

In Shatner's case, they confused centripetal with centrifugal force, and all the fat went to his head.

pretty soon police will be using these

If you keep making that face it's going to stay that way!

meh...nothing in comparison to abandoned amusement parks...let me find some links

What ever happened to cultural relativism?

How I long for the days before DHS.

Yeah, I think I'd get more of it on my hands (than in the food).

It sucks to be a teacher these days...you can't even beat the kids anymore.

'Ich werde ihnen zeigen.' were his last intelligible words.

Umm.

Any site like Erowid or Wikipedia (for that matter) is not considered a source for scholarly work, but it may spark my interest in some topic that I can do more research on.

electric knives don't fuck watermelons--people with electric knives fuck watermelons

I can't believe I tried to watch the whole thing.

Yes, I can.

Of course, rescue Mises works so that they can be enshrined in the anti-FDR halls of justice.

How are people "forced to resign"? For me it would be a matter of honor to refuse to quit and force them to fire me.

"This happens when you eat rare meat: you develop antibodies that are good at recognizing raw cow muscle tissue."

That's pretty specious. I've looked for studies citing antibodies being formed in response to raw meats, but the only thing I find are responses to infected raw meats. I don't usually use blogs for education, but I am curious about your claim.

It's interesting to see where people draw the line at cultural relativism and hedonism. For example, in some cultures female circumcision is expected, welcomed, and not rejected by females. They are not being forced against their will. Yet, in the west, the usual response is "that's wrong". Other than that and a few other examples, we tend to be rather hedonistic and want no one to tell us what is right and wrong.

"It's a way to demean them by portraying them as weak, helpless, physically inferior."

But demeaning something can also add to its sexual appeal, and that's what they're selling. Also, these women in the pictures probably don't see it that way, but as a golden opportunity to further their careers. And you could say the same thing about prostitution. Go on up to a whore (excuse me, "sex worker") and tell her that her job demeans her and see what she (or he) says.

SmartFilter: "We make the web a safer place for [content removed for your safety]."

Just google 'christian dinosaurs' and you will find all you need to know about dinosaurs.

Big deal, (algebraic) sign confusion.

I think this and other examples points to the results of the idea that the economy grows through consumption rather than production. The same idea causes us to have a huge trade deficit, and not produce anything in the US anymore.

Deregulation in the utilities industry results in higher costs whenever those costs are not expected to greatly affect consumption (also in the oil industry), contrary to the consequentialist arguments of deregulation proponents. The same thing is happening in the communications sector.

America...
America...
America, FUCK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah,
America, FUCK YEAH!
Freedom is the only way yeah,
Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
America, FUCK YEAH!
So lick my butt, and suck on my balls,
America, FUCK YEAH!
What you going to do when we come for you now,
it’s the dream that we all share; it’s the hope for tomorrow...

--Trey Parker

He lost his archive? I'm sorry but I can't blame that on YouTube.

Yes she is overwhelmed...as she turns back for more.

Judge: "The court orders the return of the confiscated marijuana to the plaintiff."

Police: "But your honor, we've already smoked half of it."

What's really neat about this whole thing is that I had never heard of two girls before, and then when I finally found the vid, I only watched the very beginning of it (simply because I could not continue). Then I thought to myself, "Self: it is only chocolate pudding."

If you think getting to sit in a big chair and bang a gavel doesn't give you a big head, well, you're naive.

So I guess the rule is now that if you don't do exactly as they say, they can taze you. I'm sure the police, wealthy landowners, and public officials are fairly content with that idea.

I think a whole new genre of Japanese mega-monster movies could be made on this theme. Robo-moth vs. Meca-roach, perhaps? Or maybe something along the lines of a machine death match? Attach flailing scimitars to the moth and a saws-all to the roach and see who wins.

Humorous, but I thought this whale thing was supposed to be serious.

"Gee...just what I wanted...a buy one...get one office pack."

"Thanks for the socks hun."

good one

'pwned' was a nice touch

A little anarchy now and again is good.

The crust looks perfect.

"The underlying point in the creation of the robo-moth is the notion of advancing neuroscience."

Quote of the century.

I'll just use the bottom of a coffee mug, thanks.

Yeah, big surprise there.

This just in: conserv-o-bots available for xmas; spies on your teenagers to ensure they do not engage in liberal activities.

It's the music...it's so...sigh. If today's children listen to that music, they will become hippie freaks and...teenagers who will rebel against the status quo!

...comes with codebreaker manual and homeland security jr executive badge.

Cybermen. They landed, threw the crew overboard, and siphoned off some alcohol for the trip home.

@countd

Logical fallacies can be put in binary.

Interesting how thy put everything the computer does on the keyboard, including the applications.

Of course it's illegal--it causes PLEASURE.

So, when figuring out how much to tip, I need to add a whole-dollar amount (what otherwise would be the tip), and then add the first two digits to find out what the last digit should be, and then I add the difference to the subtotal. Or I just save my receipt until it shows on the banking statement that I'd have to check anyway. Or I just pay cash. Hmm.

I prefer to have my meat processed in some factory where I can't see the cruelty. I also prefer my fruits and vegetables to be picked by starving peasants in foreign lands. And, I prefer my clothing made in sweatshops by little childrens' hands.

I just put a maxtor sticker on them.

"I never heard this before in school."

You never heard ANY philosophy in school. Why? Parents would be upset if their little ones started questioning things on a serious level.

Just do what I say!

For those intersted in the DMCA, signed into law in 1998, see this cached googe page

link

What they need is a pit of crocodiles that you have to swing over.

"Any legal precedent on that, or are you just giving your opinion?"

I'm a tech for the university. The university is considered an ISP. At least, that's what they tell me. It makes some sense, considering they provide internet service to thousands of people.

Universities are considered ISPs, so they are as responsible as any other ISP. Here, they are already implementing efforts to identify every single user on the network.

Take a look at Newton's theory of gravitation--it does not explain what gravity is yet it provides a mathematical description of how it works, much like how string theory is a mathematical description of how the universe works. Einstein's theory replaced Newton's because it had greater explanatory power, not because Newton's was falsified.

You can take my qwerty when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Yeah, I did some jenkem a while back. It's not so bad once you get past the corn and peanuts.

Stop! No! No more cookies! Pleeeeeeeeease!

I can't believe some conservatives are using the judicial process to get money. I thought suing people was the business of liberals.

If that's true I'm votng for him, because, God knows Satan would decriminalize a whole bunch of things and take away tax-exempt status for religious organizations.

you promised dry-humping

tease

cool

consider adding a ball and chain to it as a security measure.

only for an infinitesimal amount of time

It would be nice to see the presidential candidates address this issue, and even nicer if some of them supported legalization.

I'm moving to Canada.

I knew there were aliens, I just didn't know they had such poor taste in music.

Our country is so f'd-up. How dare you feel pleasure. How dare you ask for pain medication. How dare you ask for narcotics when you are terminally ill. How dare you ask to be put out of your misery. How did we get to the point of thinking that pleasure is morally wrong?

I don't see any straw men. If anything, there's a red herring, but it's rather confused. All he appears to be saying is that there is a conflict between open source and digital rights. That may be false, but where's the invalid reasoning?

i thought sid and nancy died

how many moms does it take to make one can?

I agree. These political elites are there to serve us, but they think nothing of treating themselves as royalty at our expense.

I'm aiming for goblin at this point.

This is the suit used in the Patterson-Gimlim footage.

lol.

thanks onion

ew

Apparently, Jack has never heard of the T-800, one of which is now the governor of California.

OMG! I've got to get those speakers!

What the hell were those people laughing about?

now pedophiles around the world will know to change the colors, not just twirl them

Lighten up people, it's a joke.

"Eat me Crunchy" is such a catchy phrase, it has to work.

Let's see how far this one goes.

I hope he doesn't mind the display of his phone number on the internets.

redhat and novell does not equal linux

there is no lawsuit against linux

How do you balance conservative and liberal political messages so that both sides keep watching the show?

Curiously, the sound seems post hoc.

yeah, but does it WORK?

That's odd. My early handler had short, black hair, and always wore pants, but I'm aroused by strawberry blondes in mini skirts.

This guy is my new hero. My old hero was the lady that went ahead of the meter maid and put money in these things.

Dell optiplex GX1

Hooray for alternative, rationally unsound but politically necessary viewpoints!

I am thoroughly disgusted with those hypocrites.