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#12376
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Re: Yo Dok
October 13, 2011, 07:48:56 AM
#12377
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Yo Dok
October 13, 2011, 07:47:38 AM
I posted this to facebook, but considering how much of a fan of Captain Kirk you are, I figured I would repost it here

Quote from: TwidQuestion. Going through the original series of Star Trek, I've noticed that Kirk always orders the helm to engage at warp factor 1. This is equivalent to light speed. That will get you nowhere slow. It takes a little over 4 years to get from Earth to Alpha Centauri. If they're on a 5 year mission to explore strange new worlds, they might get a couple of worlds, none of which probably have either new life or new civilizations, and considering how long the Federation has been in existence at this point, they are not boldly going where no man has gone before. How's that leisurely pace going, Kirk? /nerd
#12378
Quote from: trix on October 13, 2011, 04:36:28 AM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on October 13, 2011, 04:30:02 AM
Quote from: Doktor Phox on October 12, 2011, 10:31:42 PM
Quote from: trix on October 12, 2011, 05:25:53 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 12, 2011, 05:13:46 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2011, 04:41:17 PM
What I don't understand is why he feels the need to bring his second-year philosophical wankery here. He's IN COLLEGE, isn't he? Aren't there a bunch of other naive gits there who haven't had this discussion ten thousand times that he could be boring with his pointless sophomoric rehash, and might therefore actually find it interesting?

You are seriously overestimating this wankery's interesting to college student's factor.  :lulz:

I am flattered by the crush you and Phox have on me, and I find you both to be pleasant, brilliant, and insightful people as well.  Perhaps we should exchange phone numbers?

A/S/L?
22/F/IL. PM Incoming.

Phox,
Doesn't afraid of anything.

You're in for a wild ride, it seems, Trix.  :lulz:
She really PM'd me her number too!
Was not expecting that.  Now to see how the phone call goes, come tomorrow.   :)

She's a good phone buddy.
#12379
Quote from: Doktor Phox on October 12, 2011, 10:31:42 PM
Quote from: trix on October 12, 2011, 05:25:53 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 12, 2011, 05:13:46 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2011, 04:41:17 PM
What I don't understand is why he feels the need to bring his second-year philosophical wankery here. He's IN COLLEGE, isn't he? Aren't there a bunch of other naive gits there who haven't had this discussion ten thousand times that he could be boring with his pointless sophomoric rehash, and might therefore actually find it interesting?

You are seriously overestimating this wankery's interesting to college student's factor.  :lulz:

I am flattered by the crush you and Phox have on me, and I find you both to be pleasant, brilliant, and insightful people as well.  Perhaps we should exchange phone numbers?

A/S/L?
22/F/IL. PM Incoming.

Phox,
Doesn't afraid of anything.

You're in for a wild ride, it seems, Trix.  :lulz:
#12381
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 13, 2011, 02:31:02 AM
Quote from: Laughin Jude on October 13, 2011, 12:05:04 AM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on October 12, 2011, 11:13:22 PM
At occupy boston. So far ive helped out with the coffee. I might have some.
*internet high five*

I'm on the library committee in Portland. We had a near-catastrophic flood yesterday, but engineering came over and fixed up our tarp system, then someone came in with a huge bookshelf, which is exactly what we needed. The space has quickly evolved from just a "leave a book, borrow a book" system to a place where people can come in and have the kinds of open discussions about what's going on in the world that haven't been happening in society at large the past few decades. It's kind of badass and heartwarming to see happen.

:cheers:
#12382
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 12, 2011, 11:13:22 PM
At occupy boston. So far ive helped out with the coffee. I might have some.
#12383
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 12, 2011, 08:55:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 12, 2011, 08:49:04 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on October 12, 2011, 08:47:24 PM

Yeah. I just assume they're with Anonymous. Or at least want to be with Anonymous.

I hate it for aesthetic reasons.

Me, too.  It's basically a movement copying a movie, because they couldn't think of anything themselves.

But it got some people MOVING, even if all they did was pester the jackasses that run scientology...And moving is better than sitting.

Oh, I don't fault them for getting up and moving. I just think a bunch of people wearing the same mask from a specific movie based off of a graphic novel is kinda lame.
#12384
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 12, 2011, 08:47:24 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 12, 2011, 08:45:00 PM
Quote from: Precious Moments Zalgo on October 12, 2011, 08:43:05 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 12, 2011, 07:40:35 PM
http://moneyland.time.com/2011/10/10/bank-transfer-day-urges-americans-to-leave-big-banks/#ixzz1aabWD6p7

QuoteThe growing anger directed at U.S. banks (especially the big ones that took federal bailout funds) over recent fee increases coalesced this weekend into a Facebook-driven campaign urging Americans to close their accounts at large banks and move their money to credit unions by Nov. 5.

Though not initiated by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York and other cities around the country, the effort has been embraced by the protesters, and their "We are the 99%" mantra is all over the "Bank Transfer Day" Facebook page — making this the first specific action by a political movement that has been criticized as unfocused and incoherent.

Bank Transfer Day was started by a 27-year-old Los Angeles art-gallery owner, Kristen Christian. She says she's not affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protesters but that many organizers of those demonstrations had reached out to her to express support.

Christian chose Nov. 5 because of its association with 17th century British folk hero Guy Fawkes, who tried to blow up the House of Lords but was captured on that date in 1605. In an interview with the Village Voice, however, Christian and Occupy Wall Street leaders who discussed the effort to get Americans to move their money from large banks to small institutions emphasized that they weren't trying to create a collapse of the financial system. "I've been very careful to state that this is not ... anarchy," Christian told the Voice. "It's shifting the money to a company people respect the practices of. It's like, if you don't like Walmart's practices, shopping at a local grocery store instead."



I like the idea of this, but the whole Guy Fawkes motif turns me off.  Why is a man who was a patsy in a foiled plot to overthrow a representative government and establish a Catholic theocracy in its place a folk hero now?

I can't participate, as I already use a credit union instead of a bank.

Meh, historical characters always get misrepresented. 

While I view the mask as sort of silly, I don't think the people that wear them want to install Papal rule in the affected nations.

Yeah. I just assume they're with Anonymous. Or at least want to be with Anonymous.

I hate it for aesthetic reasons.
#12385
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 12, 2011, 07:55:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 12, 2011, 06:50:34 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 12, 2011, 06:43:39 PM
I might have missed it, but I'm still waiting for a coherent message explaining what the OWS people want.

Because right now, it seems like they're having a Howard Beale movement...And while there's nothing wrong with that as a start, it doesn't really get much done.

I think it's basically this:

http://www.politicususa.com/en/alan-grayson-occupy-wall-street

QuoteO'Rourke claimed that the Occupy Wall Street people flunked econ, and Grayson said, "No, listen Bill, I have no trouble understanding what they are talking about." O'Rourke asked Grayson, "You passed econ?" Grayson answered, "I was an economist for more than three years, so I think so...Now let me tell you about what they're talking about. They're complaining that Wall Street wrecked the economy three years ago and nobody's held responsible for that. Not a single person's been indicted or convicted for destroying twenty percent of our national net worth accumulated over two centuries. They're upset about the fact that Wall Street has iron control over the economic policies of this country, and that one party is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street, and the other party caters to them as well."

O'Rourke joked that Occupy Wall Street has found their spokesman, then Grayson continued, "Listen, if I am spokesman for all the people who think that we should not have 24 million people in this country who can't find a full time job, that we should not have 50 million people in this country who can't see a doctor when they're sick, that we shouldn't have 47 million people in this country who need government help to feed themselves, and we shouldn't have 15 million families who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home, okay, I'll be that spokesman."


Yoinking this for Facebook. Villager joked last night when I told her I was going that maybe I could help them figure out what specifically they are protesting. It annoyed me a little, but I explained that they're not without a specific reason to be there. Cain's mentioning that the media is deliberately fudging it makes sense, and makes me less annoyed at other people. I suppose supporters and conservative plants with irrelevant signs are not really helping things either.
#12386
Or Kill Me / Re: Law of Unintended Consequences
October 12, 2011, 07:18:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 12, 2011, 07:14:28 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2011, 07:13:10 PM
I wish.

A big problem with corporate personhood is that for some reason, it doesn't extend to accountability for crimes committed by the corporation.

Yep.  They get to have it both ways.

Fun idea though. Could be pushed maybe but it would take sometime. It's got me formulating the idea to write letters to the congressthings to consider that angle.
#12387
Or Kill Me / Law of Unintended Consequences
October 12, 2011, 07:08:34 PM
"....you are under arrest for the repeated muggings and theft of millions of Americans. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law...."

The CEO zoned out as he read the arrest order.


What the fuck happened?


Everything had been going right, and we were consolidating our power even further. The plutonomy was this close to being unassailable.

We had done everything right. We owned politicians, controlled the wealth, the means of production, got laws passed, propped up bullshit political movements and got people to buy into them, achieved corporate personhood....

We should have thought about all of the angles here. We shot ourselves in the foot. The law of unintended consequences. We should be more cautious in the future. There will always be some smart ass to find some sort of loophole in our loopholes. Now let's see what we can do about that Supreme Court ruling that snagged this whole thing up.


The CEO poured himself some scotch and turned on the news.


"Dozens of corporations have been placed under arrest in a strange twist on the idea of corporate personhood. The corporations are facing a variety of charges and potential sentences including being unable to conduct any business for 10-20 years, one is facing a life sentence, and one private security firm is facing being stoned to demolition and disincorporation by the Afghan government. We're not exactly sure how many rocks it will take to bring down their headquarters, but the State Department is expected to try and get the sentence reduced to monetary reparations."
#12388
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Occupy
October 12, 2011, 06:32:55 PM
Quote from: trix on October 12, 2011, 05:36:20 PM
Quote from: Net on October 12, 2011, 04:51:02 PM
Quote from: trix on October 12, 2011, 04:36:58 PM
Is it popular opinion here that the Occupiers will require teeth and violence in order to succeed?

Read the threads for yourself, schmuck.

Doh.  Sorry.

It was intended for those that didn't already post an opinion, but I realize now that if they were going to, they would have.

So, yeah.  I is 'tarded sometimes.

It's that beard you have in your driver's license photo. It's syphoning vital nutrients away from your cerebral cortex.
#12389
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Would You Occupy?
October 12, 2011, 06:27:54 PM
Quote from: maphdet on October 12, 2011, 05:09:56 AM
I'm finding that just attending some of the marches at an Occupy is taking a Shit ton of my time.

Also-I'm starting to think it odd. (not sure-just am)

If it does Indeed go Global, that may sway me one way or the other.

Although, I completely agree with the "End corporate personhood." Will definitely spread the word about the "Restore Democracy" FB page. ;)

But as a whole-I think we're all fucked. Too many sides to a coin.
Just my perspective at the moment.



At the very least it frightens Teabaggers.

Not that frightening a Teabagger is exactly difficult. But the pee stain on the front of the pants is a little bigger and more noticeable.
#12390
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2011, 06:20:25 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on October 12, 2011, 06:06:11 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 12, 2011, 06:04:32 PM
Yeah. He was one of THOSE.

And I was the first spag to willingly meet him, now look at what's happened.

Yeah, he gave me a heads up when I first met him that he didn't have the best reception. I think he was still calling himself King of the Noobs at the time.

And now we LOVE HIM.

Funny how those things go.

There's hope for most  :)