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I can respect that a person is self-aware enough that he knows he cannot dispassionately debate a topic.

For today, I took my wife to bed, turned out the lights... then let her take a nap as I did the laundry and dishes. Oh, pardon, I think the fondue pot is just about done, time to dip the fresh fruit I picked up from the farmer's market. BRB.

Nah, if I was that concerned about it I’d enlist my real hacker buddy and he’d make the target computer release all it’s magic blue smoke. :twisted: Someone who knows what they're doing can find out the street address of your average troll. A really good way to make them leave you alone is to send ...

Welcome to the forums... Ahh yes, FORTRAN, where God is real, unless declared integer. And where you carefully marked your cards with a number in permanent marker in the corner and kept them in a shoebox because you didn't want to be *THAT* guy and use a rubber band to keep them organized which caus...

"ONLY"??? Lol. In any case, not a very useful feature, especially for that outrageous price... I'd rather just buy a more cost-friendly vibrator and then a USB stick on the side for a fraction of that cost ;) not to mention that no one cares about gold-plated anything these days haha. FIV...

Or, yanno, do your custom design mold, fill with medical-grade sillicone, hand over to your beta-tester, and review performance report. Then modify base design as necessary until desired effect is achieved. Depending on your supply of medical grade silicone and the stamina of your beta tester, you c...

It's *almost* a shame that the M89SR isn't generally available.

Almost.

I mean, a Designated Marksman weapon with a 22" barrel that has a total length, barrel tip to stock butt, of 33" that fires 7.62 NATO? Yes, please.

Shneekey's Guidelines to Live By:

#12: Don't stick it in crazy

A student was meditating with his instructor, and asked "Master, what is the secret to happiness in life?" After a moment, the instructor responds "By making good decisions." The student ponders this as he continues to meditate, then asks "And how do you make good decisions?...

Catawampus wrote:

ShneekeyTheLost wrote:If it is cold enough that I need to concern myself with tires specifically built for handling ice, then it is too cold for me to go bicycling.

Bah, where's your spirit of misadventure?

Last seen about twenty years ago, cavorting with my youthful vigor and adolescent hormones.

If it is cold enough that I need to concern myself with tires specifically built for handling ice, then it is too cold for me to go bicycling.

I remember the huge ice storms that hit the Dallas area in February 2012. Whole metroplex was shut down for about two weeks. The problem was that it was just ice, no snow, no sleet, no mixed precipitation... it was freezing rain that stuck everywhere, then a freezing fog to coat everything. In the m...

And when the first few words of the verse was sung, I remembered the stories, and I knew just when and where they were, and I got chills, and I started to cry. Of all the crazy, magical, mixed-up moments that our sorry-and-brilliant race has ever been through, that one particular day stands out as ...

How do you tell which christmas tree is owned by the cat-owner?

The one that's only decorated from half-way up.

Ya. It’s no fun. Both in terms of personal experience and in terms of helping someone else deal with theirs. Actually had a small episode a week or so ago, triggered by some words from a friend of my girlfriend. It’s good to have someone there. For a couple hours, I wondered if I really was the “pa...

After having used it for a while, I just shrug and move on. It is no easier or more difficult to use than previous version of Firefox. It runs faster. Win. Doesn't seem to be having any issues whatsoever with anything else, AdBlock Ultimate still works. I'm happy. Then again, I don't go in for a who...

Yea, a polite call to the utilities can generally get you some slack, especially since you've been regular as the mail (a saying from the days when that was actually true) for how long now? Explain that right now, you're in a bind, but it should all be worked out next month when the benefits kick in...

Even lousy governments have their uses. After all, reform comes most often when it is most needed. It took King John (who will never be known as King John the First) to get the Magna Carta which ushered in a form of representative government. Although the funny thing is that even though we're in wha...

I think we have a fundamental difference of the value of what the government provides, if that is your opinion. Not necessarily. What I'm objecting to is that government seizes the privilege of deciding for me how much I am supposed to value what it provides. And yes, I recognize the pragmatic nece...

You pay your utility bills for services actually delivered to you. You pay for groceries you actually get. If you get more, you pay more; if you get less, you pay less; both in direct proportion. Taxes are levied to pay for services the government declares that it is providing, without regard to wh...