Disqus - Friends of Krantzstone

Re: In The Quest For The Marlboro Man

Crissa — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 06:15:49 -0000

Well, since you have his name, rank, and company, you should be able to find out from the military liason who is in that picture or who really is this woman's son.

Re: Shikima's virtual World Trade Center: tribute or mockery?

Crissa — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:00:39 -0000

Personally, I like the ghost buildings.

You can't stop people from enjoying them without turning them into a static image... And is that really a good way to deal with them? As buildings they weren't all that pretty - but they were very, very useful.

Seeing someone able to base jump from a building that someone decided to take away from us is an expression of retaining them in our minds. Like people who cannot walk, but come to SL because they can walk here.

Mostly, I wanted to share an older, similar place a friend built a few years back.

http://singe.telefragged.co...
http://www.furnation.com/si...

I always wanted to visit the buildings, I really like archetecture, and these are a way for me to do so.

Re: China's broadband soars, America's sucks

Crissa — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:17:49 -0000

But 'Law and Order' channels and the 'ethnic' channels are the only ones I ever watch...

But yeah, it is pretty rediculous. With Comcast I have to pay at least $5 in cable TV, and the basic TV package is $20 (with fees); so either I pay $5 and can 'steal' any open signals, or I can pay $20 and get all the open signals legally, or I can pay $60 and get the few digially transmitted channels I do watch (along with everything else).

And there really isn't another choice if I want megabit access.

Re: I see gray people: second class surfing in Second Life

Crissa — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:35:57 -0000

Anyone who can play World of Warcraft can play Second Life. The former looks better, but becomes unplayable as machines get slower... The latter just gets slower and you see less.

Of course, you can always give feedback about stuff not rendering in a logical order. ...I know they're always working on that one, at least, they always want to work on it, but it's one heck of a nasty nut to crack.

Re: Second Life: Web 2.0? | Baba Sucks

Crissa — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:20:11 -0000

Well, she gives him a pretty good intro, but he's also written a book on the subject. He's a great speaker and very interesting to talk to. It's been a treat to talk to him the few times I have, and I've heard him speak at several Developer conferences.

Re: The REAL definition of favoritism…

Crissa — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:55:31 -0000

Who wha?

Re: Play YouTube Mobile videos directly in Second Life

Crissa — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:57:19 -0000

Wow, the mobile version of YouTube rocks.

Why can't more websites be like this?

...Well, except for the part where they don't have any of the videos I want.

Re: Is it hot in here, or is it just me?

Crissa — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:46:46 -0000

NASA said the tolerance was 0.1 degrees; and the US numbers didn't change the global numbers.

*sigh*

How do you tell someone that a change of 0.03 isn't significant if the error margin is 0.1?

Re: Smart Women are Scary

Crissa — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:46:34 -0000

On the other hand, perhaps it is still accepted for a woman to seek a partner smarter than they, whereas we've only moved men's expectation to want equals.

I know I wouldn't be attracted to my spouse if she didn't seem smarter, more successful. But the same is for her: She wouldn't have me if she didn't think I was smarter than her. And she is troubled when I am not as ambitious than her.

Maybe we're looking at the wrong point - not why are men looking for equals, but - why are women still willing to accept a position in which they perceive themselves inferior?

Re: Smart Women are Scary

Crissa — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:46:34 -0000

On the other hand, perhaps it is still accepted for a woman to seek a partner smarter than they, whereas we&#39ve only moved men&#39s expectation to want equals.

I know I wouldn&#39t be attracted to my spouse if she didn&#39t seem smarter, more successful. But the same is for her: She wouldn&#39t have me if she didn&#39t think I was smarter than her. And she is troubled when I am not as ambitious than her.

Maybe we&#39re looking at the wrong point - not why are men looking for equals, but - why are women still willing to accept a position in which they perceive themselves inferior?

Re: Smart Women are Scary

Crissa — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:46:34 -0000

Re: Is Snipr better than TinyURL for making long URLs short?

Crissa — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:47:50 -0000

Howcome more people don't use the secondlife:// format tags instead of SLURL? SLURLs are okay for events or small shops, but terrible for when you actually want to go somewhere.

Re: Obama Talks Sense about NASA

Crissa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:37:36 -0000

What do we need astronauts doing on earth? What kinda of statement is that? Astronauts should be doing what their name implies, not merely talking to grade-school kids at museums.

NASA hasn't picked up any of the pure science missions in the last two years, leaving many scientists unemployed! And manned missions? Since it's just been an unfunded mandate to go to the moon and mars, we don't have a spacecraft, we don't have a mission to do there, and we have expenses... But no results, yes.

Without forward thinking funding for manned missions, NASA can't expand its targets at all. Only humans can do detailed geology and extraction on the Moon and Mars. What takes a rover days to try to take a picture of would take an astronaut minutes to examine and process and ready for return to Earth.

The risk is a stupid worry. There's probably thousands of people, scientists, even, who'd give their lives to go to Mars.

...Also, I feel foolish typing in a thread that ends on April 1st.

Re: Obama Talks Sense about NASA

Crissa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:37:36 -0000

What do we need astronauts doing on earth? What kinda of statement is that? Astronauts should be doing what their name implies, not merely talking to grade-school kids at museums.

NASA hasn&#39t picked up any of the pure science missions in the last two years, leaving many scientists unemployed! And manned missions? Since it&#39s just been an unfunded mandate to go to the moon and mars, we don&#39t have a spacecraft, we don&#39t have a mission to do there, and we have expenses... But no results, yes.

Without forward thinking funding for manned missions, NASA can&#39t expand its targets at all. Only humans can do detailed geology and extraction on the Moon and Mars. What takes a rover days to try to take a picture of would take an astronaut minutes to examine and process and ready for return to Earth.

The risk is a stupid worry. There&#39s probably thousands of people, scientists, even, who&#39d give their lives to go to Mars.

...Also, I feel foolish typing in a thread that ends on April 1st.

Re: Obama Talks Sense about NASA

Crissa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:37:36 -0000

Re: One Real Alternative to High Gas Prices

Crissa — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:24:56 -0000

Do you know the way to San Jose? Apparently not. Fresno isn't even on the way from LA to San Jose. And even so, there are fuel depots between the two cities which you can recharge an electric vehicle at.

But if you need long range, why are you driving a sports car? Most don't have a very long range at all.

If you need range, you buy a hybrid, or get a bigger battery.

I'd love a Tesla. Maybe I'll just have to make one myself...

Re: Give That Man a Medal

Crissa — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:24:30 -0000

I'm sorry, but you are not a Good person. You go through your life, you don't stab anyone in the face, you don't break any laws, you don't take pictures of naked children, and… so what? You want a medal for that? Shut up.

Okay, it's from gaming material, but Frank is awesome.

Re: Period.

Crissa — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:27:59 -0000

I know it seems straight put that sex with children is rape...

...But blanket saying everyone eighteen and under are children in that context is really missing the point that puberty has already visited most of these children, so they will attempt to experiment, possibly outside of their age group.

This is not to diminish the vileness of the acts he is accused of.

Re: As purple is to lavender…

Crissa — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:32:56 -0000

What does that gave to do with it?

Re: Actual Headline

Crissa — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:22:23 -0000

She's marrying one of his toadies. It's totally apt.

...Interesting; replying to a thread apparently doesn't work if it interrupts you to log in.

Re: Get your Bingo cards ready!

Crissa — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:56:15 -0000

Wil, you needed to do that in the original article.

Stupidstupidstupid.

Re: 300-Word Story: The Stranger

Crissa — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:15:59 -0000

I couldn't believe that the movie was set in California. It just didn't make sense that there was a town like that. Even up in Oregon and Washington along the coast, where I spent my childhood (though born in California) there were always native, oceanic, and hispanic kids in the smallest towns. Yeah, in Oregon and Washington most of the hispanic were migrant - but those states have a sizable migrant white population, too.

Re: Rape is Hilarious...

Crissa — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21:20 -0000

Oh, like wearing panties has anything to do with whether one is 'a woman' or not.

By the way, the photo tells you nothing.

That's so disgusting on so many levels.

Re: Blog Note: Browser Incompatibility

Crissa — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:42 -0000

OS 10.2.9, Safari 1.3.2 no problems.

Re: Stuff

Crissa — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:49:16 -0000

Maybe I should post a picture of how I deal with the cat box in a small apartment. There's a vent for the dryer, which I used a dryer hose to, and in the other end of the dryer hose I inserted a super-quiet 12v fan, which I have plugged into a power brick that the washer is on, and there's a place for me to put a temperature/motion sensor, but I haven't done that yet... But the hose just covers part of the charcoal vent on the hood of the cat-box, and it keeps the box from ever warming up or having a positive airflow.

Absolutely cleans up the cats passing gas, lemme tell you!

^-^