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Re: Meet Palin’s Hacker: David Kernell

David — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:38:46 -0000

this is the mindset among Democrats online

Just remember which administration is checking every one of your e-mails and all of your phone calls.

As for the invasion of privacy remark, is turnabout fair play? Let me quote just about every Constitution hating NeoCon I know, "If you ain't done nothin' wrong...there's nothing to hide."

Re: EU at odds with US over Oracle antitrust probe

David — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:54 -0000

The WHOLE POINT of Open Source is that NOBODY OWNS OR CONTROLS the code!

Oh, noes, Oracle stopped development and downloads of MySQL, I guess we'll have to buy Oracle...WAIT! I know, I can USE THE SOURCE and tell Oracle to **** OFF!

WHY is this so hard for the EU to understand??

Making this about Larry's bad behavior (which I won't dispute) is ludicrous; you don't make business competition decision based on personal vendettas.

Re: Oracle Sun takeover ‘like putting fox in charge of the hen house’

David — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:31 -0000

If forking isn't viable, then open source is a joke, and all Stallman's greatly vaunted philosophy is a waste of everyone's time.

Re: 10 reasons why Modern Warefare 2 is one to avoid

David — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:05:28 -0000

stupid post

Re: Track Your Stolen Laptop For Free With Adeona

David — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:57:30 -0000

Yeah, this sounds handy... unless the thief wipes the hard drive.

Re: Lu.ly: Real-time Facebook and Twitter Updates in Your Browser Toolbar

David — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:50:56 -0000

browser bars? still? who wants to waste all that screen real estate!- garbage

Re: The Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Letter

David — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:40:49 -0000

Just the facts.

S&P 500 performance since 1965

Unadjusted for inflation
5.38% without dividend reinvestment
8.72% with dividend reinvestment

Adjusted for inflation
.9% without dividend reinvestment
4.1% with dividend reinvestment
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S&P 500 since March 1957 (More or less, the beginning of the S&P 500)

Unadjusted for inflation
5.91% without dividend reinvestment
9.3% with dividend reinvestment

Adjusted for inflation
1.85% without dividend reinvestment
5.11% with dividend reinvestment
----------------------------------------------------
Market Return since 1923 (S&P 90 linked to S&P 500)

Unadjusted for inflation
5.47% without dividend reinvestment
9.82% with dividend reinvestment

Adjusted for inflation
2.41% without dividend reinvestment
6.64% with dividend reinvestment
----------------------------------------------------
United States "Market" Return since 1871

Unadjusted for inflation
3.89% without dividend reinvestment
8.68% with dividend reinvestment

Adjusted for inflation
1.79% without dividend reinvestment
6.48% with dividend reinvestment

The numbers speak for themselves. On using data from 1871, Charlie Munger once remarked: "When you go back that long ago, you've got a different bunch of companies. You've got a bunch of railroads. It's a different world. I think it's like extrapolating human development by looking at the evolution of life from the worm on up. There wasn't enough common stock investment for the ordinary person in 1880 to put in your eye."

Over the next 10 years, the S&P 500 will likely outperform your VC portfolio. (At least you'll have fun.)

Re: The Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Letter

David — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:43:32 -0000

(The data is from Yale University's Robert Shiller.)

Re: http://whosthisgirl.com/

David — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:52:04 -0000

Dude what is it with you & girls? Obsessed?
And I can't see what I am typing right now.
But yeah I wouldn't kick her out of bed. Looks familiar like maybe from a movie? I don't know good luck. Hah crazy pimp

Re: The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Undergrads Criticize Cuts to Student Life

David — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:58:18 -0000

Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin said that shuttle service ended at 12:30 p.m. every night before 2004

Re: Stupid in America

David — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:48:20 -0000

My girlfriend is a high school teacher and she easily works over 80 hours a week. Easily.

Teaching requires a great deal more work than showing up and teaching a couple classes for 50 minutes. Each 50 minute class requires about 1 hour of lesson planning, running to Kinkos to copy assignments, then up to another hour following the class to grade papers. If you have 5 classes per day that's 12.5 hours per day for a 5 class day, assuming you don't have 5 identical classes. In addition to that you must spend one period supervising lunch during the workday. So, she leaves at 6:30 AM, gets home at 5:00, eats dinner, then grades 5 classes worth of papers until 10PM, then does it again the next day. On top of that she also has to squeeze in parent-teacher conferences, assisting with school events, etc... etc... I would never do that job. She makes 40k a year in the Philly job market, you can work at a carpet store for that income.

You want schools to be better? Kick out the bad kids. Have a 3 strikes and you are out rule. The job is already hard enough without the jerks. Throw in a couple bad kids in a class and you have no shot. Then on top of that the government and parents blame the teachers.

What a thankless job, we are lucky anyone teaches at all.

Re: Stupid in America

David — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:52:57 -0000

Most foreign countries do not guarantee an education for all citizens, so their schools are filled with the best and brightest, no special education, no low income, no kids from bad upbringings. Our schools have children of all different intelligence levels and backgrounds. You can't compare the US school system with that of other countries. If you were to take all kids in a specific age group from the US and one of those other countries, the US kids will likely be more educated because they will ALL have been educated to some level, versus just a percentage of that same demographic in another country.

Re: Obama, You’re Disappointing Me a Bit

David — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:49:51 -0000

or...as many of us already know...he's an empty suit. It took him less then 10 days before he began breaking his campaign promises (specifically the one about having all bills available for view by the public over the web before he signs them) and now he's leveraging the future of the country (just as Wall Street leveraged many of our retirement funds) on a bet that he can spend his way out of a depression. If he would have read his history books...he'd find out that this has NEVER worked in the history of civilization.

Re: Obama, You’re Disappointing Me a Bit

David — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:12:59 -0000

Yeah...well if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. It's not like any of the stuff he's dealing with is a surprise. All these issues (other then the self imposed AIG bonuses) were known to be issues during his campaign. I for one think he got a bad deal on the AIG bonuses...some of those people worked on a $1 salary schedule for the past year. I believe they should have gotten something but not the whole sum. Anyhow, this is the problem with a two party system and the reason we need more choices. People feel they are wasting their vote if they don't vote for a Republican or a Democrat. We need to get past that before we can stop the partisan politics, elect some people to represent the public and not the party and get things done. Anyone that really thought he was going to change anything other then the regular pendulum swing back to the left was a fool.

Re: WARNING: AMC theaters are running FAKE IMAX's and charging $5 extra for a slightly bigger screen. Boycott IMAX, AMC, and Regal. Don't let them fool you.

David — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:43:54 -0000

You're a whiny douche. Oh, and Parks and Recreation sucks. A lot.

Re: http://crazyinternetbeatz.com/post/82840362

David — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:30:08 -0000

dear god, so sick of news outlets quoting that guy.
he's in every single article about politics! it's like he's the go-to guy for a quote that's uncontroversial and david broderish.

Re: mikropikol

David — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:04:23 -0000

je plussoie!

Re: Rainbow Hill

David — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:26:39 -0000

Hairy as expected ;-)

Re: 'Sinking (in quick) Sand at JWT Inside' - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

David — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:58:59 -0000

Hack agency. Hack leadership.

Recruitment marketing is where old creatives go to die.

Re: Roundup: Grouper’s video comments, “Zillow” your date tonight, and more

David — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:10:33 -0000

"....Well, if your date invites you do dinner, and you're curious what how valuable his home is..."
*his* home ??? matt matt matt.... i didnt think you were this biased against women !

Re: Roundup: Grouper’s video comments, “Zillow” your date tonight, and more

David — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:34:00 -0000

Thank you Matt. And now a story request - how about checking out the LA area action around their definition of web 2.0 and the major part being played by studios (tv)? I am sure they are thinking way beyond just 'embedding' 6 second ads in a video feed.

Re: Where were you during the great Gmail outage of February 2009?

David — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:04:19 -0000

Still down in Finland. :-(

Re: Where were you during the great Gmail outage of February 2009?

David — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:27:54 -0000

Works in Finland! Woo-hoo!

Re: Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees

David — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:18:49 -0000

Linkedin isn't even in the same discussion here. The number of people who use it on a daily basis is a fraction compared to Facebook. I've made far more business connections and contacts through Facebook than I have through LI due to the sheer number of people who are on FB. In fact, I've sat here thinking for 5 minutes and can only come up with four people in my life who aren't on FB.

Furthermore, easily half of the number of friends/family I keep in regular contact with is via Facebook. Phone calls are too time consuming, email can be a chore, but Facebook is the perfect equilibrium. It may not be a mission critical utility, but it sure as heck makes this 28-year-olds life much more connected and easier.

Re: Salem homeowners work to restore trashed house

David — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:33:18 -0000

I am leaving this comment not to start debate about the Bell's or the landlord. I am leaving this comment to point out that the ET is a very questionable source of information these days. I also wanted to give my perspective, as a neighbor, and as a parent of one of the Bell children's friends. I am sure this will spark debate and a whole bunch of single minded retort. I do have to write this though, as I feel this family has been taken advantage of and dragged through the mud by various people involved with this whole situation.

I know for fact that the owners were not the ones who removed the alleged "3000lbs" of garbage from the house. I witnessed the Bell's during the whole month of July, into mid August, when they were forced to leave, working diligently to rectify the situation. They cleaned the flooded basement, removed the mold, moved out their belongings and attempted to make right this horrible circumstance. I even offered to help but was refused, politely I may add. I also know that Mr. Bell lost his jobs due to the publicity of this whole situation. The jobs he was working 80 hours per week that was probably a big cause for this whole mess. Yes, I do have first hand knowledge as I was a resident of this area during this time and my child was a friend of one of their children. I would not classify myself as a close friend of the Bell parents, but I did have chance to speak with them over the course of the two years they occupied that home.

From what I understood, the Bell's were in an option to buy situation and that they had thousands of dollars locked into buying this property. With all of the media attention, the owner forced the sale and they could not purchase. They had to leave losing a lot of money. Now the owners are renting again and the Bell's have to pay for the renovations. Renovations that the Bell's wanted to perform and /or pay for themselves, in July, but were refused to by the owner. Why hasn't this been reported in the ET? Why would the owner refuse a tenant from fixing a problem immediately? This sounds like people who were trying to take responsibility for a problem they caused and were refused. I guess that wouldn't make good press would it? To be fair, I do understand the owners not wanting these people as tenants after this. But were they tenants or buyers? Interesting thought, huh?

I had occasion to witness Mr. & Mrs. Bell being friendly neighbors who were involved with their children. I do not know the dysfunction that caused that awful mess they lived in when the police intervened, but I can honestly say that whatever was going on was something that we all were not aware of. Had we had knowledge of their issues, we would have informed the authorities to help them. I actually had chance to visit this house back in May. It may have lacked some interior decoration, but it was nothing like those pictures published in the news. No garbage or kicked in doors. I even toured the house when they were getting it fixed and it was not filled with garbage and the doors were not kicked in. This was in July. It was a house that needed new carpets, some paint and some serious cosmetic repair. Where is the ET getting their information? I really am at a loss to understand. These people, in my opinion, are not what you would classify as monsters and God only knows what went on in their lives to let things come to that. Think about it. Who would pay $2000 dollars per month, on time every month according to this article, to live in a mess? Something happened in their lives to cause this and luckily the authorities got involved before something really bad happened.

Those children appeared happy, vibrant little people who attended public school. They never appeared to be without, never dirty or reflecting attire that represented their "trashed house." They attended summer day camp with my child up until July.
They rode their bicycles all the time in the neighborhood and were always happy little people whenever I saw them. The last I heard, these children were with family members and are still the healthy little people I remember them as. I will miss seeing them enjoying themselves in our neighborhood. My child misses them as well.

It is a shame to read what I have over the past couple months when I know what I witnessed, and what I have first hand knowedge of. I am not condoning what happened to these children in the least. But I do feel that these parents are not the monsters everyone is making them out to be. Something obviously broke down in their lives to let a house get that way. I do have the advantage of knowing these people somewhat to
measure what is being reported about them. I personally thought they were nice people and I really wish I could have helped them avoid this.

The ET is a very questionable source of information and it really bugged me that they are still lying about this family to sell news. I hope our society can recognize the ET is a very biased publication, with intentions to sell papers, not the truth, first and foremost. I hope that this has not damaged the Bell's chance to have a fair shake in court. This family needs help, not persecution.

To the Bell family - You must know who we are and we want you to know we do not think you are evil monsters. Please get the help you need and get your children back. They love you and WE KNOW you love them. God bless.

Re: http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/08/16/webomatica-contest-5-so-bad-theyre-good-movies-netflix-version/

David — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:46:02 -0000

Dark Star: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Dark_Star/17077975...

Re: Selectmen pursue cop's retirement

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:35:39 -0000

Right on! That would be even more torture for MM if one of them got the top slot! Go outside and at least give him a shot to get him back on duty. One good man among many bad cops and he still stood up alone against all of them! Hero would be a good word to use in his company.

Re: Bettencourt sues state over denied pension

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:26:11 -0000

Give Marchand Chief!

Re: Bettencourt sues state over denied pension

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:27:16 -0000

All true brother.

Re: Parkland Medical feeling economic pinch

David — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:17:57 -0000

As a former employee of Parkland I can tell you they need to eliminate their entire administration and start new. Its all about money at Parkland - They couldn't care less about who they roll over to make it.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

David — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:42:21 -0000

Maynard with the rest of the list as a footnote, IMO.

Re: Statement from Vice President Biden's Spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander - Barack Obama | News from Presidential Candidates, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House

David — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:04:38 -0000

And then he called Matt Lauer "Sam"

Re: WIMP Diary #1

David — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:13:29 -0000

For MLB08 commentary

As for batting, I always preferred a simulation style model. Where you had limited batting zone options (low and away, middle of the plate, up and away, up and in, etc, etc), where the hitting stats or the player prefs determined the results.

Otherwise, you have the difficult or potentially silly model where you just "shrink" the sweet spot zone of the players based on stats, and human player gets to completely control the quality of the hit. While it sounds good in theory it always leads to bad statistical hitters hitting .500 when run by a good human player. Developers tweaks to avoid that seemed to have revolved around making the hitting motion far more difficult, but that just shrinks the number of people hitting .500 with the .240 hitter..the model still breaks down at some point.

The games I liked the best in regards to batting would let people with basic skill in batting "do the job" to simulate a real game, and let luck and just making good contact drive the results (much like real baseball). As of the last time I played baseball video games I found the latter model taking over and I didn't care for it much..it stops resembling baseball at all.

Re: Crust Gets in Your Eyes - philadelphia weekly online

David — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:24:12 -0000

Let's just marginalize another group of people we don't know and consider ourselves worldly. It takes all kinds and reading this doesn't mean you know anything. I am particularly fond of the bit about facial tattoos. Also who doesn't call it a space bag?

Re: Tumblr SXSW Meet-up Recap

David — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:34:24 -0000

Pictures at alisonnarro.com, among other places.

Re: Not everyone’s upset about Michael Jackson’s death

David — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:46:19 -0000

You're about as funny as cancer.

Re: Christian Bale gets a bit angry on the Terminator Salvation set

David — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:17:28 -0000

Somebody didnt have their wheaties that morning.

Re: More Lucky Thoughts

David — Tue, 24 May 2005 05:49:51 -0000

You have used so many words to rail against
the mobility thing that I am having trouble
seeing the forest for the trees because of
how tightly your panties are bunched.

Given the amount of breath you've used,
I'd expect more there there. I 100% agree
that things like 'luck' are just a way of
saying 'the unexplained variance' in income
survey data, owing to the fact that economic
data is usually too overaggregated for us to
make any properly informed generalizations
about what happens to each individual in the
stew. This seems like such positively old
news to an ant like me, that I have to wonder
why the ado and fuss. The pundit class is
basically just talking to itself here.

There need not be so much self-congratulation
for reinforcing these ethical memes about
self-reliance, which lie at the heart of the
matter. Yippy skippy. Let's move on.

Re: The Dark Knight Arrives on Blu-ray

David — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:56:14 -0000

I love this movie! Ordered it from you guys yesterday. :)

Re: Not sat on our hands...

David — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:07:47 -0000

Wow, u guys are completely unappreciated.... :S

Anyways, I was just wondering because I haven't used the pwnage tool before... does the tool unlock the sim so you can use any network or is it just for jailbreaking?

Cheers!

Re: Maintainable CSS using IE specific CSS selectors

David — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:19:40 -0000

lame

Re: Attached to a Captcha

David — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:47:27 -0000

The trick is to look at their heads, if they have cat heads, it's it. For me it's always been number letter number letter if thats any help. And i didn't click the download button, i pressed enter in the box where you type the code in, and it worked.

Good luck

Re: Canon announces EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

David — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:47 -0000

Why no USM? Bummer.

Re: Best and Worst Supreme Court Decisions

David — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:58:01 -0000

Where's Bush v Gore?

Re: Katrina and Other Thoughts on Personal Responsibility

David — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:17:03 -0000

Chocolate City?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is that?

Enjoy your mayonaise life, racist. If striking out at entire population is how you want your friend to be remembered ...

http://www.archive.org/index.php

... enjoy it.

Re: NEWS: Adepticon 2009 Registration Opens

David — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:48:37 -0000

Does oz miss out? This is a private (i.e. not GW run) tournament in chicago only... and if you'd care to have a look around the wargaming tournament scene we've got events similar to this. Go to www.wargamerau.com/forum and find an event near you.

Re: EPIC: How do I find local Epic players?

David — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:47:43 -0000

The travel space hulk sets are pretty cool but you wouldn't do one now, check out how much tyranid infantry sprues are worth on ebay... it's rediculous.

Also Forhekset, you've gotta be joking it's hard to get 40k out west of melbourne? Altona has one of the best and biggest gaming clubs in the state. You should check it out: http://www.wargamerau.com/forum/index.php?showf...

Re: 40K SNEAK PEEK: New Leman Russ Demolisher

David — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:30:49 -0000

You do know that was a scratch build that one of the guys from around here (melbourne) did as a practical joke to stick on warseer don't you?

Re: Different Night, Same Story: USL Triumphs, MLS Fails

David — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:33:14 -0000

USL takes the players MLS doesn't want. 99% of the time. And 90% of the time those players have no role left to play in MLS. The "focus on quality" idea is nonsense. A handful of international players in USL are probably passed over by MLS as "equivalent" to US role players and sometimes "not worth an international roster spot". And rightfully so as MLS has some duty to give homegrown players a chance to develop.

I'm not sure 4th place in Copa America is that much better a result than the QF in WC 2002? I have little doubt the first choice squad of our national team would be just as good if not better without a MLS existing. But I'd argue the depth (players 18-50 in the national team pool) would be worse off. Anyways, that's fairly irrelevant as to whether we should have a solidly pro league here. Like it or not, MLS is not going away. So you're better off clamoring for change from within that worrying about it being around. And I fail to see how USL offers much of a talking point in this discussion. Within a few years the stable USL teams will be in MLS and it'll have few markets of much note remaining (Rochester, Charleston, etc).

Re: Different Night, Same Story: USL Triumphs, MLS Fails

David — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:26:16 -0000

I have watched the weekly USL game on FSC for 3 years. Plus the occasional US Open Cup games that they stream for free.

Please show me some proof that salaries are so high in USL. I'd guess it's rare for a player to make over 50k/yr. Maybe a few per team, sometimes playing indoor too (though that'll be harder now with MISL fracturing). The top 16 players on most every MLS team make more than 50k/yr. The last couple on the 18 man senior roster are young players making the minimum. They're probably no better or worse than solid USL players. Most within a few years become USL regulars. My 99% figure is speaking towards USL player becoming regular players for MLS teams. Like Velez & Mendes. It happens from time to time with central defenders and goalkeepers (who develop later) but it's rather are nowadays with attackers (Alan Gordon, Brian Jordan, etc). Please don't give me examples over 5 years old. I'll give credit to USL in increasing its professionalization the last couple years but for a while it was sending very few to MLS.

Let's look at the Puerto Rico roster. I don't see many players that gave up playing time in MLS to go to USL. Gaudette, Jones, Miranda, Hansen, Noel, Gbandi, Elcock, Yomby, Behonick , Telesford- pretty sure all were cut from MLS in recent years. "MLS reject" is harsh, but fair. Some were probably cut because they took up international spots. Villegas was at times ok in MLS but is now 32 and wasn't that missed. Delgado was drafted, can't remember if he came to camp? Krause was undrafted. The rest are mostly low-profile international players - Atieno, Steele, Jagdeosingh, Marcelin, Henry. Few are in their prime age. They might make it in MLS, but MLS isn't heartbroken that they're playing in USL first. I'll stand by my claim that the vast majority of players that make their way into USL weren't "wanted" by MLS. As in thought to be useful as part of the 16-man core of the team. And I'll stand by my claim that 90% of the time MLS is right, they wouldn't ever make that 16-man core. I didn't say 99% of USL players can't play in MLS. Just that they weren't wanted by MLS. And the vast majority of the time MLS was right. They weren't going to stick around and be core players.

The depth in MLS is much better now than compared to 1998. The end of those rosters back then was pretty bad. MLS hasn't recently had the same class of international players as in 96-98 and expansion has pushed the limit of MLS depth, but the league has made many strides compared to that 12 team league in 98 that was a setup for economic collapse.

Re: MLS Ranks Shockingly Low in IFFHS Study

David — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:31:18 -0000

Kartik, how many times have you seen lower level Costa Rican teams play?

Better or not, the Central American leagues (outside of Saprissa) are much more feeders to MLS than vice versa.

Anyways, I'm just going to have to deal with crying myself to sleep over how the leagues in Finland, Angola, Latvia, and China are superior to MLS.

Re: News and Notes

David — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:23:31 -0000

Kirk is on trial i n Seattle.

It's pretty common for young MLS players to train/"trial" in Europe during the long winter break. I doubt Johann Smith is going anywhere. It'll be interesting to see if Toronto would want a fee if an offer is made since he's not assured big minutes in 2009.

Re: Battling Obama by ‘Going Galt’

David — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:22:21 -0000

I made around $100K last year as an engineer. I had about $1300 of section 409A income taxed at: 28% marginal fed tax rate + 7.65% FICA and Medicare + 9.3% state tax. That's 45% so far. On top of that is a 20% fed additional tax + 20% state additional tax for a grand total tax rate of 85%. So W there are very high tax rates and not just for lucky ones making >$250K.

Re: Goodbye Chains

David — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:20:05 -0000

Hm, don't think this is Banquo's dream as I can't imagine him picturing himself wearing an apron and having his hair tied back so stylishly. I do love his smirk in panel 5 as he tosses aside the sausage like everything is going according to plan...

Re: Martinis in a tumblr, please.

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:32:03 -0000

you lulz, but the stacks actually are a huge hookup area.

finals + everyone in the library + boredom = well, you can guess

Re: Municipal court: Keep it or dissolve it? | Federal Way letters - Federal Way Mirror

David — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:49:55 -0000

According to the website votingforjudges.org, Rebecca C. Robertson is the only judge currently rated "well qualified" by the King County Bar association, and I'm glad to see that she was endorsed by the Tacoma News Tribune.

Her current position in Appellate Unit of the Seattle City Attorney's Office defending convictions on appeal says that she has the judgement to adjudicate cases well and her rulings would be less likely to be overturned by a higher court.

If the court is disbanded and contracted out to King County Rebecca Robertson may very well adjudicate many of these cases in her role as a judge Pro-Tem for King County. Why not save the hassle and added expense and simply vote for Rebecca Robertson? www.rebeccacrobertsonforjudge.com

Re: Dear Federal Way: What do you want in a judge? | Bob Roegner - Federal Way Mirror

David — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:50:43 -0000

Re: The Olympics, Human Rights, and Holy Mischief (by Jarrod McKenna)

David — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:54:05 -0000

Human rights are not negotiable. I hope we see athletes standing up for human rights... this is what the olympics stand for and these values are being disgraced by the chinese.

Re: Five Books That Need To Be Adapted Into Movies Like Right Now | Movies

David — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:58:26 -0000

I think it's already in the works, but hoping they don't fuck it up nonetheless, William Gibson's NEUROMANCER.

Re: FACT: Astronaut ice cream does not cure hunger

David — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:22:31 -0000

It's the worst. It tastes like cancer and fiberglass insulation. I had it at the actual Shuttle launch in the press area.. Yuch.

Re: Le EeePC 900 en cours de test sur Blogeee.net ! - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

David — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:20:36 -0000

SVM a eu le 900 entre les main, il est tro classe, fo que je m'en achète un oblige http://www.svmlemag.fr/tentations_numeriques/02...

Re: Tehblogs 2.0: Chicago, Cars, Bacon, Music & More - Sexy. Useless. Want.

David — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:00:30 -0000

I love that you have a picture of Seymour Hersh with the tagline "Sexy. Useless. Want"

Hilarious!

Re: Tehblogs 2.0: Chicago, Cars, Bacon, Music & More - These Transformers branded Nikes are real. I want...

David — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:33:47 -0000

would you wear them or put them on the shelf unopened?

Re: Maskerman - A daily comic about superhero Maskerman and his silly adventures

David — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:28:46 -0000

Aarsje

you are mad :P

nice site althi you know i prefer superheroman.

keep it up

gl with wife, kids, school etc

C

Re: The glory of a fried bologna and cheese sandwich

David — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:19:52 -0000

add branston pickle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branston_Pickle) to a fried bologna and cheese and you'll be in sandwich heaven.

Re: A Cheap Solution – Mountain Bike Riding Glasses

David — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:29:59 -0000

Very cool idea, thanks for sharing this.

Re: Insider e-Sports - Coming Soon

David — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:36:13 -0000

fcnz iz sooooo cutexx!

hai detonatoR O_o

Re: The Brains and Beauty Behind the Latest Nerd-Chic Revolution -Refinery29 Pipeline-

David — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:57:02 -0000

Good list, but I don't think the internet will ever forgive Stein for Expelled.

Re: DREAMLESS

David — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:33:40 -0000

Sarah's art is at the height of beauty. It'll be great to read this in full in one go when it's done.

Re: DREAMLESS

David — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:37:46 -0000

You know when you respond to someone saying something just simple like this in a fairly polite way and just completely bash them as stupid, you come off like a prick.

And I'm sure you'll take what I'm saying as some great insult against your fantastic ego that can never be tarnished and bash it, while other people insult me as well.

But you know what? It's not hard to just be nice to the people that actually enjoy your comic instead of completely putting them off by your attitude of "oh god you ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING? BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME!"

Which sucks, because I really like your stuff, you have a talent. But I always get sidetracked by your attitude whenever I read the comics and you sound all defensive.

Re: 2007/05/10/exposed-the-7-most-blatant-web-20-rip-offs/

David — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:28:53 -0000

I'm a little surprised not to see Mashable on the list.

Re: 2007/06/02/kevin-rose-digg/

David — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:02:12 -0000

You Silly Nerds - don't you get it? Digg is trying to get more of the female demographic on Digg by doing restaurant reviews. No wonder you guys haven't figured it out yet! LOL

Re: Geocities to Shutdown; What Was Geocities, You Ask?

David — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:57:10 -0000

when GeoCities goes, epilepsy will not be the problem it is now ;-p

Re: Dopingsnack

David — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:47:45 -0000

Jag fattar inte varför alla som dopar sig o pundare i allmänhet ska vara så jävla dåliga på att ljuga? Ingen normal människa knatar runt med en jävla massa anabola steroider utan att veta vems det är. Varför skulle han INTE dopa sig? Finns väl ännu ingen av alla som torskat som sagt, förlåt, jag är en IDIOT, JA jag har dopat mig. Alla leker leken som oskyldiga...

Re: CatholicVote.com

David — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:35:28 -0000

And next time, same video with a pedophile ?

Re: 203canPOOP

David — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:28:10 -0000

glad to see your the only one who wipes their ass

Re: The Ribbit | Caption This!

David — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:04:05 -0000

I like Fried Chicken!

Re: Austin Weirdness declines with economy | KXAN

David — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:43:03 -0000

l will miss slate menswear. They are even selling their fixtures. :(

Re: Two 6th St bars up in flames | KXAN.com

David — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:53:02 -0000

Wow. What a weird coincidence.

Re: Two 6th St bars up in flames | KXAN.com

David — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:45:47 -0000

DOOOOD, that sux man. Blind Pig was a pit, though. Maybe now it won't stink like old beer and vomit.

Re: Two 6th St bars up in flames | KXAN.com

David — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:13:59 -0000

Sean, you're an idiot. KXAN reported the "blame" because when there is a cause determined, the blame can be assigned. What's wrong with you? Afraid of accountability? What are you some sort of mortgage broker or Wall Street Tycoon? Blame is appropriate when THERE IS BLAME you dolt.

Re: Robust storm system comes to Texas | KXAN.com

David — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:10:25 -0000

sideways rain and some hail here on the 19th Floor of the Monarch Building. A little freaky from this high up!!

Re: Subdivision hit hard by foreclosures | KXAN

David — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:34:40 -0000

Uhm, no offense meant here but if you can't afford a $900 a month mortgage you SHOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE! Not every single person or family gets to own a home. Some people in society have to be renters. You can't agree to a $700 a month payment and be so stretched that $900 kills you! Same thing if you are stretched at a $2000 mortgage and would be unable to pay a $2500 mortgage YOU SHOULD NOT BUY A HOUSE!

I don't understand this "entitlement" to own a home. It's just unbelievable.

Re: Spansion gives pay raises after layoffs | KXAN.com

David — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:30:40 -0000

Uhm, why do the execs deserve to keep their pay? Shouldn't they be the ones laid off? The front line employees that got laid off didn't set the strategy, the budget or direction of the company...Where is the accountability here? This economic mess has taught me one thing over and over...the top management of companies aren't as smart as they like to pretend they are. BITTER!

Re: Obama creates local waves with signing | KXAN.com

David — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:54:17 -0000

Uhm, when Nancy Reagan can endorse stem cell research I think we can all relax. My aunt has Parkinson's Disease and if stem cell research can help find a cure or treatment for that disease I whole heartedly support it.

Re: Device blocks students' cell phone use | KXAN.com

David — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:32:58 -0000

Good. I was able to suffer through school without texting, phoning, computing, or even chewing gum in class. Can't kids take some time to concentrate on learning and not being so stupid all the time?

Re: Hey Gamestop! Stop Opening My New Games!

David — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:20:02 -0000

They do this at Gamestop in Greenville, MS. They also do this at EBGames in Cleveland, MS. Its sickening, and it's a good thing I don't buy from them.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2007/02/from-one-to-seventy-in-172800-seconds/

David — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:29:54 -0000

Those hits are ridiculously high which is why i could see him leveling so fast.

Re: she's fucking crazy

David — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:31:13 -0000

So the only reason this girl was "fucking crazy" was because she didn't want a monogamous relationship?

Someone's got a pretty closed-minded, conservative view of sexuality!

Re: Eminem To Release An iPhone Game

David — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:58:26 -0000

"nobody knows nothing", that's right because I know everything!

Re: Gun control doesn’t entail prohibition

David — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:23:09 -0000

FYI,

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bi...

It is already in the house, oh intelligent author. So when you say you think these fears are unwarranted, you are dead wrong.

Re: 25 Wonderful Places To Visit In Your Lifetime!

David — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:07:38 -0000

Ugh...the broken English is one thing, but writing a travel entry about vague destinations *already* on absolutely everyone's to-do list (and also failing to, you know, tell people where some of them are), well, that's either sheer laziness or sheer stupidity.

Florida? You picked the entire state? If you mean Disney World, say Disney World.

"When you take a tour to India, you should visit the golden temple."

That's something a child would write. And it is false.

The Harmandir Sahib (or Darbar Sahib) is in Amritsar, and it is one of the most uncomfortable places in the world to visit.

Much like the Taj Mahal (in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, incidentally...not that you'd be able to tell by reading this page), as one approaches the site, one is constantly hounded by half-naked, starving children pointing to their mouths and saying "hungry, hungry" over and over again.

If you start handing out money, no matter how much you've brought, you won't have a single rupee left inside of ten seconds -- and you won't have dented in the least this hideous flood of human suffering. (If you don't start handing out money, by the way, you're a cold-hearted bastard.)

No tourist could possibly enjoy visiting either place.

Re: Moving Beyond Environmental Veganism

David — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:43:00 -0000

I'm sorry but your very premise is ridiculous. Maybe the guy who conied the term in 70 years ago had one thing in mind, but the term has come to mean something else. It is a definition of a diet, not a life style. I'm a vegan, and I do it for the environment. Let me ask you a question, would you refuse modern medical treatment because it was tested on animals? I hope you never need surgery, because guess what, EVERYTHING was testing on animals. We have to be rational about this. You can't just pick and choose. Are you going to start refusing medical treatment? My guess is no. So please, stop with the "there is only one way!" BS. I know you said it many times, that it's good people are doing this, but then you do the whole my-way-is-the-right-way bit, which is of course ridiculous. I think there are farmers who love their animals and decide to eat them when they die. I think there are scientists who have the utmost respect for the animals they test medication on, knowing it might save a humans life some day. You don't get to define what love is or how people act on it. This was pretty short sighted in my opinion.

Re: BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) Condemns Time Warner Internet Cap; Will Take Lead Role in Opposition

David — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:57:47 -0000

Well, who didn't see this coming?

It sounds good and if Time Warner won't listen to their customers, then I guess it's better than nothing. But if you look at our current situation (economically speaking) I'd say government involvement is the beginning of the end.

I have to admit, when I first saw this post, I was pretty stoked. I thought the same thing that most people did: "Finally, we have some 'real' support!"

But then I got to thinking (oops!): I'd love to think that Eric Massa (and every other politician who is looking to get re-elected-which would be....uh...all of them) is doing this out of the goodness of his heart, but I have a really hard time believing that. Then again, I'm a cynical guy ;).

But there's hope: The system is working. TWC is trying to pull some BS and we, the people, are doing something about it. Go team customer!

However, the government is not your parents. That being said, I think that it's time for the American public to stop treating them like a rich kid treats his dad. We shouldn't suckle at the teet of some corporation, and we certainly shouldn't do the same for an institution with even less competition. We're adults. Let's start acting like it.

The only thing more scary to me than bandwidth caps is a precedent that makes us feel alright about the government messing around with something as powerful as the Internet.

Re: Good Friday

David — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:28:47 -0000

Something kind of scary/bizarre occurred to me recently... It appears to me that this entire grab for money is almost a little too obvious... How is it possible that one of the largest Cable/Internet providers in our country can expect to "pull one over" on so many people? Can a company with enough expertise in communications to gain such a giant customer base really think that they can change their service plan so drastically without an enormous public outcry? Is this really a "grab for money" or is there something we're missing? I'm not pointing any fingers, but I think that it's something to chew on...

Re: all i used to be will pass away, and then you'll see

David — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:08:23 -0000

I know what you mean.

Re: No One Wants To Own Up To Racism In Transformers

David — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:28:27 -0000

What a load of bullshit, get over it.

Re: No One Wants To Own Up To Racism In Transformers

David — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:36:19 -0000

Theres no such thing as racisim, only people choosing to catagorise instead of enjoying occurances in life and being able to get along.
I didn't see the robots as black any way, I saw it them as the 'stereotyped' dumb southern american hicks but from many comments here looks like its the whole nation. Yeah, white and black.

Re: Will Twilight Ruin This Year’s Comic-Con?

David — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:03:27 -0000

I suppose that Spiderman doesn't exist too, does this mean that the director on Spiderman 4 could make shoot wild hot sausages from his hands instead of usual sticky webs and everyone should be amazed about his great experimentation?

Rules work for everything, fictional stuff included. Break a bunch of them at the same time mean kill a character. A character that till yesteday worked perfectly.

Japanese Spiderman and its giant robot should give a nice lesson about the devastating power of breaking rules, specially when it is in bad hands.

Re: NEXT

David — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:53:04 -0000

Don't agree with the low score... Awesome movie. Reviewers all over are giving it 1 star... Don't understand. Very philosophical. Look a little deeper when you review.

Re: NEXT

David — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:58:13 -0000

In real life, the CIA looked into using remote viewers, so it isn't too far fetched to think in such a time of crisis that the FBI, knowing that Chris exists, would do the same.

SPOILER:

They explain in the film how the FBI found out about him.... he was studied as a child so it is in his records...

The FBI figured out he could see into the future only 2 minutes... But then they realized at the diner that he could see further... why else would he have been there everyday for the length of time the manager told them?

Re: Transformers 2 Filming Underway? Barricade Spotted!

David — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:40:31 -0000

If you make your background image bigger than 10px, you won't have that annoying flicker
when scrolling. just double it a couple times. file size will be negligible.

Re: Stupid in America

David — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:48:20 -0000

My girlfriend is a high school teacher and she easily works over 80 hours a week. Easily.

What a thankless job, we are lucky anyone teaches at all.

Re: Stupid in America

David — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:52:57 -0000

Re: The reader who sent this in says, “Birthday Cake... - STFU, Parents

David — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:00 -0000

it seems to me that the status update was from the Dad who was forgotten by Super Mom.

Re: Dark Lamb

David — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:55 -0000

let's have a once a week stand

Re: D.C. Bar Association demands Avvo to remove lawyer reviews

David — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:34:00 -0000

Ever wonder why mark firmani has made a business being the spinmaster for scumbags who steal from local baseball teams and lawyers who sue Apple (and lose) because the iPod is too loud?

Looks like he's found a niche where no one else wants to go.

Re: Running out of cash, Trusera may close next month

David — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:12:00 -0000

Are we all to stunned by this massive failboat to even comment? Compete shows less than 10,000 uniques a month - at extremely generous $20 eCPMs and 10 pageviews per unique they could have been making an amazing $2,000 a month. $3.5 million more and _____.

Re: Sampa pulls the plug

David — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:19:00 -0000

He is simply arrogant. Please don't excuse that as a South American or Brazilian trait. Most Brazilians in the area that know the guy simply hate him, and barely tolerate him due to how kind his wife is. No person with high-level education from Brazil will say or write so frequently words like stupid, crap, ass, etc.

Bottomline: it is just him!

Re: Surrogates Borrows Sarah Connor Poster Poses

David — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:56:56 -0000

The fonts are only vaguely similar. Aside from the "R"s, "A"s, and "E"s looking completely different, the Surrogates font has sharper corners than the other.

Re: Who Links to Your Competitors?

David — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:11:30 -0000

For google
use ->

link:www.xxx.com

Re: Google.com Server Error

David — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:47:10 -0000

Having the same problem here at around 3am
Kahsoon: To gain SE traffics

Re: RETAIL WAR: Microsoft Cherry Picking Apple Store Employees

David — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:24:10 -0000

As the article states this is talking about MANAGERS. The people that run the stores and know the apple formula for success. This isn't about the specialists making 9 dollars an hour jumping ship over to microsoft to make 11 dollars an hour

Re: Upper Macungie Firefighters Steal Gas, GPS Units, Trust

David — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:05:12 -0000

Whoa. Wait a minute. I mean, we all know about this crime. This was 2 firefighters. Lemme ask YOU this. Did YOU CATCH THE PART that explicitly says where Commissioner Grim said that the Fire Departments of Upper Macungie Township (Trexlertown, Fogelsville, Station 56) are getting the black eye now??? AND IT SHOULDNT BE THAT WAY!!? Being a firefighter from one of these stations, myself, I would like to ask you why you now think that your idea of "firefighters were those good ole’ boys" is blown??? JUST BECAUSE 2 FIREFIGHTERS WERE IDIOTS!? OH SO THAT OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT WE NEED TO SHUN EVERY ONE OF THEM NOW!?!?!?!?!?!

WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT LOGIC FROM?!

Hey, buddy, how about you try and become one of the us who's busy bustin his ass trying to pull people out of burning buildings before you go and start dissing us like that. I know your probably sittin on your couch with your nice expensive laptop writing this post, but lemme tell you somethin....just cause 2 firefighters were dumbasses doesn't mean the rest of us are.

That's all I got to say.

Watch what you say before you speak. People will think your an ass if you don't. I know I do.

Re: On HTML 5 Drag and Drop

David — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:40:50 -0000

No, the D&D between browser windows is useless

Re: Has Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ Campaign Lost Focus? Time to Move On?

David — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:37:34 -0000

NOPE !!! I LOVE THESE !!! I do not think of Steve McCain or Steve Obama when I watch these. Not at all.

Re: Audrey Moran Vs. Mike Hogan » Mayoral Website Faceoff

David — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:12:50 -0000

Do a 'whois' lookup for mikehoganformayor.com and you would see that it is registered to

Registrant:
teacherincome.com
Michael Hogan
898 Washington Ave
Township of Washington, NJ 07676
US
Phone: +1.2012639656
Email: mike@radiohogan.com

Doesnt look like this is the correct site. Was this site given out by Mike Hogan (Jax) or did you just google for it?

Re: Why You Haven’t Got You Google Wave Invite Yet

David — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:07:50 -0000

Gaah! October 6th now and no invite-mail yet :(

Re: Why You Haven’t Got You Google Wave Invite Yet

David — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:33:14 -0000

Still no mail! Gaaah! Why even tease us with the possibility to be able to get in and use Wave, when they then choose to be this slow with sending out the invites?
A bit like blizzard, you could sign up for the Starcraft2 beta almost 6 months ago, and no beta yet :P

Re: Why You Haven’t Got You Google Wave Invite Yet

David — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:13:41 -0000

Just to keep you readers updated:
One week since my friend sent all his "nominations" now.
None of them have gotten invited yet :(