November 14 2009, 11:07:35 #9 [1 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
Obama: good or bad?
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November 21 2009, 15:47:20 #186
@163
Firstly I direct my attention to his statement "Obama: Doesn't matter." Clearly bullshit. An individual with that much power has the opportunity to make huge changes on a global level and affect millions if not billions of lives. To say that he doesn't matter is in fact complete bullshit.
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November 27 2009, 18:57:01 #273
@186
I have more faith in grassroots efforts than monolithic efforts, since most monolithic efforts (it seems to me) stem from the grassroots.
Thus, anything Obama is involved with is probably because it's been a brewing movement for some time (take environmental issues, healthcare, etc).
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November 19 2009, 22:54:53 #117 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
The reason VIM is badass: the dot command. Holy shit.
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November 21 2009, 08:54:37 #174
Eh, that's cool I guess.
In jEdit I'd just search </?b> and replace with a blank string. Or </?font[^>]*> to remove those nasty font tags.
November 14 2009, 08:58:08 #7 [-1 Agree] [1 Spam] [2 Troll]
<b>sage</b>
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November 24 2009, 10:29:57 #232 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
Is there anybody out there (out there)...
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November 22 2009, 17:06:14 #209 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
Drug thread!
Look up this shit, I just found out about it today: Ibogaine. It has two phases; hallucinogenic and introspection. It has the added benefit of killing addiction to alcohol, cocaine and heroine.
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November 22 2009, 16:56:48 #208 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
What are your favorite industrial albums?
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November 22 2009, 18:19:24 #215
@210 What about Every Day Is Exactly The Same? And Beside You In Time and The Line Begins To Blur?
Do you dislike the album or just think it's not industrial?
November 21 2009, 06:25:15 #164 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
Just got this email from Herb Kohl, my Senator… what an assclown.
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November 22 2009, 11:06:52 #200
"Cigarette trafficking, including the illegal sale of tobacco products over the internet, costs states billions of dollars in lost tax revenue each year. It is estimated that we lose $5 billion of tax revenue, at the federal and state level, every year."
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November 22 2009, 15:23:52 #206
@200 what a bunch of dumbasses. There really is no excuse for this one. It gives me hope, though - I feel like this will end up like the alcohol prohibition.
November 21 2009, 06:32:03 #169 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
Could we get some sort of role-playing game going on here?
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November 21 2009, 22:48:50 #192
Hmm. I think it's worth trying, even if it ends up being shitty and chaotic and failing.
November 21 2009, 23:48:57 #194
Just go make a real forum. It's quick, it's easy. I'll even go join. Just not here.
November 15 2009, 17:28:17 #20 [0 Agree] [0 Spam] [0 Troll]
ITT: what do you think of the academic world?
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November 21 2009, 14:58:59 #183
@182 No, just observation. I have more varied experience than he does, and thus a slightly wider set of skills.
November 21 2009, 16:14:11 #187
@180
ok, just wanted to know...I actually understand what you are saying about the cost of BA & value of work experience.
what type of work are we talking about?
would you be considered for promotion if given the chance?
Does edu pay?
where will you be in 5 yrs?
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November 21 2009, 17:22:53 #188
@187 I'm in the IT world, and it has been my experience that 2 to 4 years of work experience will put you on equal footing as the degree guy. I do however think that in large companies the college grads up top will tend to create a culture that promotes a degree first.
November 20 2009, 15:44:10 #141 [3 Agree] [-3 Spam] [-3 Troll]
Smoking Gun has a series where they list the demands of artists while on tour:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/
As can be expected, Nine Inch Nails' demands are weird. Make sure to check out the second page, too.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/nin/nin1.html
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November 20 2009, 16:06:05 #143
Epic. This foo fighters one is great, "meaty soups make roadies fart":
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/foo2008rider/foo2008rider2.html