Nerds. Nerds EVERYWHERE...

#39901

comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
And Comhcinc: you just mightily doxxed yourself. Well done, that man.
Nope my twitter has always had my name in it. The fucks I give? None.

Be prepared to get blocked by people you've never heard of. :lol:

#39902

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:My real name is Christophe La Luna. At least, that's what I told the ticket controllers on the bus when I was 15. Never failed. I'm sure there's a poor guy called Christophe La Luna who has been struggling with transport fines for years. Might even have murdered his family and gone on a spree-killing rampage out of all the stress.

Proud!

I always use my real information everywhere because what's the worst that could happen?

http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/ ... osmile.png

#39903

James Caruthers wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
And Comhcinc: you just mightily doxxed yourself. Well done, that man.
Nope my twitter has always had my name in it. The fucks I give? None.
Be prepared to get blocked by people you've never heard of. :lol:

Its already happened which is funny because i am not a shit stirrer on twitter at all.

#39904

comhcinc wrote:
Okay is the build in mouse buttons and pad clean? Make sure the button is not stuck. Does it have a disable button on it? Have you toggled it?

New mouse. Would be surprising to have the same problem with two mouses*

*yes, that's the correct term for computer mice.

Damn!

#39905

comhcinc wrote:
James Caruthers wrote: Be prepared to get blocked by people you've never heard of. :lol:
Its already happened which is funny because i am not a shit stirrer on twitter at all.

Seems like half of Twitter has me blocked. :lol:

#39906

James Caruthers wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:My real name is Christophe La Luna. At least, that's what I told the ticket controllers on the bus when I was 15. Never failed. I'm sure there's a poor guy called Christophe La Luna who has been struggling with transport fines for years. Might even have murdered his family and gone on a spree-killing rampage out of all the stress.

Proud!
I always use my real information everywhere because what's the worst that could happen?

http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/ ... osmile.png

Awwww, you look just like your avatar. How sweet!

#39907

comhcinc wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
comhcinc wrote:But taking off my asshole hat, I need some more information.

Laptop or desktop?
Wireless mouse?
OS?
When did the issue start?
Laptop
Wireless
Windows 8.1
A week or so ago.

Now its jumping all over the show - have just had to retype this twice as it selected everything and overtyped.
Okay is the build in mouse buttons and pad clean? Make sure the button is not stuck. Does it have a disable button on it? Have you toggled it?

Thanks comhinc. Must be the mousepad - have just disabled it (and cleaned it) and the problem has gone away.

#39908

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Okay is the build in mouse buttons and pad clean? Make sure the button is not stuck. Does it have a disable button on it? Have you toggled it?
New mouse. Would be surprising to have the same problem with two mouses*

*yes, that's the correct term for computer mice.

Damn!

Which is why i'm asking about the touch pad.

http://cdns2.freepik.com/free-photo/_2858666.jpg

sorry if my terminology is off. dealing with a crying uppity 3 year old.

#39909

comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Okay is the build in mouse buttons and pad clean? Make sure the button is not stuck. Does it have a disable button on it? Have you toggled it?
New mouse. Would be surprising to have the same problem with two mouses*

*yes, that's the correct term for computer mice.

Damn!

Which is why i'm asking about the touch pad.

http://cdns2.freepik.com/free-photo/_2858666.jpg

sorry if my terminology is off. dealing with a crying uppity 3 year old.

Nah. You solved my problem, and I could even understand your Indian accent.

#39910

KiwiInOz wrote: Thanks comhinc. Must be the mousepad - have just disabled it (and cleaned it) and the problem has gone away.

Woot! Still got the skillz.

http://media.giphy.com/media/XNDg0pD7X4jbq/giphy.gif

#39911

KiwiInOz wrote:Fuck it. I just turned the mouse off, and the cursor is still doing it. Now it is opening up all sorts of options. Hmm. Better check settings then do a virus scan (or vice versa)

Its a keyboard problem then. There is an options key. Try banging it a few times and it may unstick

#39912

KiwiInOz wrote:
Thanks comhinc. Must be the mousepad - have just disabled it (and cleaned it) and the problem has gone away.

Oh, look who looks dumb now?

Me, that would be me.

Phil, just shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about!

#39913

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Phil, just shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about!

That's never stopped me.

#39914

comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Phil, just shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about!
That's never stopped me.

And look where you are now!

Sorry.

#39915

comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Phil, just shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about!
That's never stopped me.

Nor me. I think that it is a prerequisite for our capacity to mansplain.

#39916

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Phil, just shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about!
That's never stopped me.
And look where you are now!

Sorry.

You can take your insightful and honest comments and stick them right up your water tight ass there froggy. :D

#39917

I think confused by SJW theology. When Islamic people discriminate against women is it punching up or down or sideways?

#39918

http://www.wsj.com/articles/fossils-of- ... 1432746007

Researchers in Ethiopia on Wednesday announced their discovery of fossils from a previously unknown member of the early human family, one that likely vied for survival in the same place and time as the iconic â€œLucyâ€ and her kin between 3.3 million and 3.5 million years ago.

Although the creature shares traits with other kinds of early humans, the researchers believe the thickly enameled teeth and fragmented jaw bones they found are evidence of an entirely separate species of homininâ€”the group that includes modern humans and our extinct predecessors. Theyâ€™ve formally named the new species Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means â€œclose relativeâ€ in the local language of the Afar region where they found it.

If confirmed by additional fossils, the discovery complicates what researchers long considered the only straightforward period of human evolution, stoking disputes over human origins. They reported their find in Nature.

I might be branching in to SJW territory but I often think that some anti evolutionists real problem is not that we evolved from primates but that we did so first in Africa.

#39919

comhcinc wrote: You can take your insightful and honest comments and stick them right up your water tight ass there froggy. :D

See? This is the oppression inherent to the system!!! I'm being oppressed!!!

(oh, how the Monty Pythons were always right on the subject at hand)

#39920

Michael J wrote:
I think confused by SJW theology. When Islamic people discriminate against women is it punching up or down or sideways?

Fuck it, Richard's right. Enough of that pussy-footing SJW garbage!

#39921

AND I'M GOING TO SLEEP!!! BLOODY 02:30!!!

#39922

Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(

#39923

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(

Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.

#39924

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(
Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.

Is that going to keep him from getting drunk?

#39925

Tribble wrote:My daughter was talking about that this morning. I was just "No, not eating. Ever."

Vegemite and Marmite are intended to be eaten?! Around my house, we use it as a bug repellant.

#39926

comhcinc wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(
Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.
Is that going to keep him from getting drunk?

:rimshot:

But it will likely improve sleep quality, blood pressure, daytime wakefulness, cardiac function, life expectancy...

#39927

KiwiInOz wrote:
comhcinc wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
Laptop
Wireless
Windows 8.1
A week or so ago.

Now its jumping all over the show - have just had to retype this twice as it selected everything and overtyped.
Okay is the build in mouse buttons and pad clean? Make sure the button is not stuck. Does it have a disable button on it? Have you toggled it?
Thanks comhinc. Must be the mousepad - have just disabled it (and cleaned it) and the problem has gone away.

Why the fuck is Neccers not giving us the advantage of his 14 centuries of IT experience? Wanker.

#39928

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(
Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.

No, don't get it honestly: steal it, or buy it with embezzled funds.

#39929

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I think the England thing was before the French thing. According to the TV show Vikings.

And Comhcinc: you just mightily doxxed yourself. Well done, that man.

No. The Vikings started their raiding in the 800s. They settle Normandy, parts of Russia, etc. Then, as Normans, they hopped on some ships with this dude named Richard and headed on over to Jolly Old England where they took on Harold II at Hastings in 1066.

The Viking presence in Normandy began with the raids deep into the territory of the Frankish Empire, from the middle of 9th century. Viking raids extended deep into the Frankish territory, and included the sacking of many prominent towns such as Rouen, Paris and the abbey at Jumieges. The inability of the Frankish king Charles the Bald, and later Charles the Simple, to prevent these Viking incursions forced them to offer vast payments of silver and gold to prevent any further pillage. These pay-offs were short lived of course, and the Danish raiders would always return for more.

The Duchy of Normandy was created for the Viking leader Rollo after he had besieged Paris. In 911, Rollo entered vassalage to the king of the West Franks Charles the Simple through the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. This treaty made of Rollo the first Norman count of Rouen. In addition, Rollo was to be baptized and marry Gisele, the illegitimate daughter of Charles. In exchange for his homage and fealty, Rollo legally gained the territory which he and his Viking allies had previously conquered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_expansion

The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later William the Conqueror.

William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the (childless) Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066, was victorious at the Battle of Fulford, but Harold defeated and killed him at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September 1066. Within days, William landed in southern England. Harold marched south to confront him, leaving a significant portion of his army in the north. Harold's army confronted William's invaders on 14 October at the Battle of Hastings; William's force defeated Harold, who was killed in the engagement.

Although William's main rivals were gone, he still faced rebellions over the following years and was not secure on his throne until after 1072. The lands of the resisting English elite were confiscated; some of the elite fled into exile. To control his new kingdom, William gave lands to his followers and built castles commanding military strongpoints throughout the land. Other effects of the conquest included the court and government, the introduction of Norman French as the language of the elites, and changes in the composition of the upper classes, as William enfeoffed lands to be held directly from the king. More gradual changes affected the agricultural classes and village life: the main change appears to have been the formal elimination of slavery, which may or may not have been linked to the invasion. There was little alteration in the structure of government, as the new Norman administrators took over many of the forms of Anglo-Saxon government.

That's how we got the stupid coat of arms. And we were, like I said, a bunch of right bastards. :)

#39930

They also occupied much of Southern Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_co ... hern_Italy.

#39931

ERV wrote: But I guess Pharyngulas invisible comments are a mystery, like how they built the pyramids. We will never know.

All the Egyptians simply tweeted to #buildthepyramids, amirite? Cuz that's how you get shit done, amirite?

#39932

Lsuoma wrote:They also occupied much of Southern Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_co ... hern_Italy.

That maggot cheese is Viking cheese. Goes well with lutefisk.

#39933

Lsuoma wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Probably gonna sleep alone, too. I snore a lot when drunk :(
Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.
No, don't get it honestly: steal it, or buy it with embezzled funds.

FFS. You make a simple statement and two cunts (no, not you twocunts) come along with their smartarsed :rimshot: comments.

What the fuck am I doing here?

#39934

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Lsuoma wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: Get a CPAP machine, Phil. Honestly.
No, don't get it honestly: steal it, or buy it with embezzled funds.
FFS. You make a simple statement and two cunts (no, not you twocunts) come along with their smartarsed :rimshot: comments.

What the fuck am I doing here?

Good advice, though. CPAP changed my life...

#39935

My ResMed sure improved much of mine too.

#39936

Lsuoma wrote: Good advice, though. CPAP changed my life...

I was joking with my last comment. Pit humor is constantly on a knife edge between piss taking and seriousness. I know it is hard to tell.

Anyway, just here to remind Google that PZ Meyers, who runs the blog Pharyngula, was once accused of rape by a student. Meyers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, who has also indicated a liking for tentacle rape porn. His current mantra is always believe the accuser, which, given the fact that he was once accused of rape by a student, could be seen as a covert attempt at pseudo-admission of guilt to ease a mind wracked by remorse for acts committed.

#39937

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Lsuoma wrote: Good advice, though. CPAP changed my life...
I was joking with my last comment. Pit humor is constantly on a knife edge between piss taking and seriousness. I know it is hard to tell.

Anyway, just here to remind Google that PZ Meyers, who runs the blog Pharyngula, was once accused of rape by a student. Meyers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, who has also indicated a liking for tentacle rape porn. His current mantra is always believe the accuser, which, given the fact that he was once accused of rape by a student, could be seen as a covert attempt at pseudo-admission of guilt to ease a mind wracked by remorse for acts committed.

Wait a minute...are you telling me that Paul Zachary (PZ) Myers was accused of RAPE? An associate professor of the University of Minnesota, Morris may have committed RAPE by his own standards?

Shocking. I am shocked.

#39938

So I'm happy with life. But though I'm often at peace with it, right now, and quite occasionally, I'm not happy with not-life. It becomes something unacceptable. In my analytical approach, this always works out as irrational. So that should be okay, rationally speaking. But I can't override it being not.

How do you guys approach - and not just at your best, but in general - the fear of death? Paraphrasing Epictetus (I think something like - when I live, death is not, and when death is, I am not) is rationally satisfactory to me, but it does not much quell the sense of total doom.

#39939

I am beyond pissed drunk. My hands don't feel like mine. There is one solution:

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#39940

I am beyond pissed drunk. My hands don't feel like mine. There is one solution:

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#39941

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

#39942

[youtube]htKY2oD85rs[/youtube]

Did I do it right?

#39943

Charles MacGruder wrote:
How do you guys approach - and not just at your best, but in general - the fear of death?

What I mean here, is even if you have solved your approach/peace/sanity with dying to a satisfying extent, how do you go through/deal with the experience of the foreknowledge of death in ways that might lie outside that extent.

I'm sure there's a better sentence to express that question. I'm not sure it's the question I'm trying to ask.

#39944

CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Lsuoma wrote: Good advice, though. CPAP changed my life...
I was joking with my last comment. Pit humor is constantly on a knife edge between piss taking and seriousness. I know it is hard to tell.

Anyway, just here to remind Google that PZ Meyers, who runs the blog Pharyngula, was once accused of rape by a student. Meyers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, who has also indicated a liking for tentacle rape porn. His current mantra is always believe the accuser, which, given the fact that he was once accused of rape by a student, could be seen as a covert attempt at pseudo-admission of guilt to ease a mind wracked by remorse for acts committed.
Wait a minute...are you telling me that Paul Zachary (PZ) Myers was accused of RAPE? An associate professor of the University of Minnesota, Morris may have committed RAPE by his own standards?

Shocking. I am shocked.

It is indeed :bjarte:

However, PZ Meyers, who runs the blog Pharyngula, has confessed to being accused of rape while employed by The University of Minnesota, Morris.

Weird, innit?

#39945

Charles MacGruder wrote:So I'm happy with life. But though I'm often at peace with it, right now, and quite occasionally, I'm not happy with not-life. It becomes something unacceptable. In my analytical approach, this always works out as irrational. So that should be okay, rationally speaking. But I can't override it being not.

How do you guys approach - and not just at your best, but in general - the fear of death? Paraphrasing Epictetus (I think something like - when I live, death is not, and when death is, I am not) is rationally satisfactory to me, but it does not much quell the sense of total doom.

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Watch this movie. The Hit. Excellent commentary on death.

Everyone is scared of death. Those who say they're not are lying. Oh sure, they may have found a way of reasoning themselves into acceptance a la Hitchens and his line about how he won't even know he's dead. Or you have the religious, who delude themselves into believing they'll never die and death isn't really death.

But they're all afraid. When they're in the hospital, dying, and they know they'll die, they're afraid. They don't want to be alone. They don't want to die. Nobody does.

Your fear of death is as natural as a desire to mate. It's part of being an animal and proof that we are still animals.

#39946

So to answer the question: I don't deal with my fear of death. I rationally believe that it probably won't be so bad when I go. No Hell or any of that bullshit. I don't feel I suffered because I didn't exist prior to my birth.

But on the animal level, I'm afraid of death. My way of dealing with it has been to try to understand that fear, rather than address it with delusions or rationalizations.

The Seventh Seal is another excellent film on death.

#39947

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[youtube]nT2qRdffNik[/youtube]

#39948

"I want God to stretch out his hand, uncover his face and speak to me. I call out to him in the darkness. But it's as if no one was there."

"Perhaps there isn't anyone."

"We must make an idol of our fear, and that idol we shall call God."

[youtube]HK-u-ClOTU0[/youtube]

#39949

[youtube]SBCHGpT2pPc[/youtube]

I don't have an appropriate comment for this. Other than that I am less drunk than MacGruder, and that this might be disturbing if you are squeamish or Christian.

#39950

Pit killer!

#39951

[youtube]CjuztN2XjMc[/youtube]

The meaning of life is SyeTenAtheist videos.

#39952

[youtube]Hbb0C5Az1S8[/youtube]

I wish Southern was around to see this one. It's so true. :lol:

#39953

Charles MacGruder wrote:So I'm happy with life. But though I'm often at peace with it, right now, and quite occasionally, I'm not happy with not-life. It becomes something unacceptable. In my analytical approach, this always works out as irrational. So that should be okay, rationally speaking. But I can't override it being not.

How do you guys approach - and not just at your best, but in general - the fear of death? Paraphrasing Epictetus (I think something like - when I live, death is not, and when death is, I am not) is rationally satisfactory to me, but it does not much quell the sense of total doom.

I've been close to death so many times I don't even care anymore (true story).

#39954

http://i.imgur.com/AlhD9hL.jpg

....sometimes, I am a jerk.

#39955

Charles MacGruder wrote:So I'm happy with life. But though I'm often at peace with it, right now, and quite occasionally, I'm not happy with not-life. It becomes something unacceptable. In my analytical approach, this always works out as irrational. So that should be okay, rationally speaking. But I can't override it being not.

How do you guys approach - and not just at your best, but in general - the fear of death? Paraphrasing Epictetus (I think something like - when I live, death is not, and when death is, I am not) is rationally satisfactory to me, but it does not much quell the sense of total doom.

A lot of Atheists have said that they wouldn't like everlasting life but not this bunny. I'd like to have a good go at it and asking me in another millennium or two whether I've had enough.

#39956

This is an interesting discussion between Phillip Adams and Sebastian Junger on why US soldiers have the highest rates of PTSD in the world.

It follows Junger's article in Vanity Fair.

#39957

HoneyWagon wrote:http://i.imgur.com/AlhD9hL.jpg

....sometimes, I am a jerk.

Melody is experienced at catfishing and myspace angles.

#39958

Hensley's hubby is a lucky man, married to such a talented catfisher with eyes that can stare straight into your soul.

#39959

James Caruthers wrote:Hensley's hubby is a lucky man, married to such a talented catfisher with eyes that can stare straight into your soul.

Is it any wonder when he's not doing the event hack work for CFI Washington or managing the finances as treasurer he "currently spends most of his time writing about death and other morbid things for VICE USA in a weekly column called Â«Post MortemÂ», in addition to the occasional science related Q&A".

Of all of us, he at least appears ready to embrace the hereafter.

#39960

Brive1987 wrote:
Of all of us, he at least appears ready to embrace the hereafter.

Yeah, got to wonder why...