Posts by Great Bu

Re: Why are dicks so successful?

Well, you see, there are essentially three kinds of people. Dicks, Pussies and Assholes:

Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!

Derivative

Even at the time I remember that the WH40k space marines were seeen (by myself and many of my tabletop rolplaying friends) as derivative of a number of other SF RPG's, in particular GDW's Traveller (of 1979 vintage) which had Imperial Marines, battle suited soldiers of a space empire - themselves essentially derivative of Star Wars storm troopers........

Joshua

Surely they should start by changing WOPR's backdoor password from 'Joshua' ?

Re: Block smut & violence

Once again, they ave failed to mention whether there will be an 'OnlyPorn' option whereby all activity that does not lead to porn is blocked (I'm just tired of my porn video feeds stuttering with buffering just as I reach the vinegar strokes just because one of my kids is playing 'My Little Pony Online*').

*Although apparently 'Doc McStuffin' is actually a disney channel cartoon and not at all what I thought it was......)

Hey !

Internet explorer is the world's most popular browser* !

*For downloading a better browser.

Re: Nexus of Forces

I had a chilli last night and now my Nexus Of Forces is burning.......

Wet-Dry Vacuum

How come I'm only finding out now that you can get vacuum cleaners that can accept fluids without breaking ?

I trashed a dozen Dysons* just last month and their warranty department are starting to get a bit suspicious.

*Chosen for better suction.....

Re: Forever eclipsed.

I suspect that it's not really relevant that it may be shaded, the real purpose of placing it at L2 is that it is gravitationally stable so the reflectors and sensors in the telescope are not subjected to gravitational distortion (and so are more accurate).

The reduction in overspill radiation from the sun is a bonus, but not really the main reason as it could be fairly easily filtered form any data collected.

Re: It's amusing to watch...

...and battered burp ?

Re: hmm

Well, if cost is no object we can do it today.......

A bendy phone with vibrate accessory would have many many uses...

I can only think of one.

Oh, and making phone calls too, I suppose......

Re: Can't make sense of this article

The point of the original assumption that this observation makes less likely was that mathematically for the universe to appear to be the same for all observers then the largest such 'smudge' would be 1.2 billion light years, anything bigger would produce a big enough difference in the 'texture' of the universe that it would look different to different observers.

So whilst there are random variations in the appearance of the universe, these variations reach the level of non-randomness once they grow to more than the 1.2 billion light year size - it's like looking at the random fuzz on a TV showing just static, how many black pixels would need to cluster together before you started thinking they were not random after all ? This cluster is a big block of black pixels together which suggests that either it's not random or the assumption is wrong.

Re: Friday 13th

All the Tunguska blast did was knock over some trees and make a couple of pretty sunsets.

Yes, this impact would cause tidal waves and (bearing in mind the sensitive geological situation of west coast USA) probably earthquakes but it would be on a par with a big natural disaster, like a volcano erupting (bigger than Krakatoa but a long way off the sort of 'supervolcano' scenarios that would result in having to sacrifice Bruce Willis), so:

It's not big enough.

Re: Buffering?

Just tape the breaker shut. As long as you stay below about 20kW there should be fairly little supra-requirement exothermic activity.

"half a pack of slightly-out-of-date bacon"

Bacon goes out of date ?

"Intel is executing on all cylinders"

...how does the perpetrator of this phrase not deserve the death penalty ?

Never trust a version number.

Or an elf.

As a slight tangent.....

With those festival toilets, when you get to the Monday and look in and see the turd pile rising magnificently over the rim by a good 8 inches, it always occured to me that some previous cutomer had opened the door, seen the pile a mere 4 inches above the horizon and thought to themselves "I can fit another one on there...." and presumably then carried out a feat of ninja-like balancing well beyond most Monday festival attendees in order to lay the final crest of 'mount feeshus' without also creating arse dimps on the summit.

Re: Can it, for example, turn on a camera

Is the AC in fact Tom Brooker, as mentioned in this incisive article on Samsung smart TV's ?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/smart-tv-disgusted-by-owner-2012121954108

The tabloid newspaper editor who played James Bond.

I thought that was Roger Moordock.......