[Fox]

So far I couldn't see it as white except for a split second.

[HulkNukem]

I never really looked at the dress besides from peripheral as I just scrolled past it on yahoo and here, and I thought it was gold and white and paid no attention to it.
But then after reading blackwell's post, I actually looked at it, and holy shit its blue and black!

[Robman]

So, I go to bed.. this white and gold dress the last thing I see. Get up hours later to fill the woodstove and I check my phone, whaddaya know a blue and black dress.

Go get a coffee and the girl behind the counter immediately turns around with her phone and says "what colour is this dress?" .... I laughed.

Must be some new viral mindf*ckery going around.

[Robman]

In the news today:

Virginia eugenics victims compensated for sterilisation ------Eugenics
$25 000 and $50 000 payouts to AMERICANS that had been forcibly sterilized by the state - Measly payout for ruining your life and taking away the lives of any generations you may have spawned. Nothing bad ever happens though right guys

Call for a 'heterosexual pride' day mocked in Brazil --------Eugenics/divide and conquer.

US-Bangladesh blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death ----------Divide and conquer.

Net neutrality rules passed by US regulator ----------Control of information.

Brain-controlled drone shown off by Tekever in Lisbon ----------Technocratic.

Google machine learns to master video games -----------Technocratic.

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Eugenics article snippit:

"The Virginia state legislature scrapped the Eugenical Sterilisation Act in 1979

Lawmakers in the US state of Virginia have agreed to pay compensation to people who were forcibly sterilised by the authorities decades ago.

Victims will be paid $25,000 (£16,000) following a legal fight by campaigners.

Along with more than 30 other US states, Virginia once operated a sterilisation programme for individuals deemed undesirable or mentally unsound.

More than 8,000 Virginians were operated on between the 1920s and 1970s.

The state's programme was said to be the model for the Nazi eugenics policies introduced by Adolf Hitler when he aspired to create a master race.

Several countries practised forced sterilisation during the 20th Century, including Sweden, Canada and Japan."
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Comments anyone?

[Robman]

You'll like this one TX :

MPs call for reform of EU's 'flawed' rules on GM crops

This article starts off with science as their god.

Later slips in about how it's bad.
This is such a horseshit article if I've ever seen one, not even sure why it was written. More of a thought provoking one I assume.

All of the articles are freshly minted. The new "data" smell hangs in the air.

But hey, then we get to hear about wheat being around for 8000 years:
Scientists find evidence of wheat in UK 8,000 years ago



Scientists find evidence of wheat in UK 8,000 years ago


Anyone else notice how mainstream people on TV, nightshow hosts and other mouths to the masses have really stepped up their "pro" vaccine campaign?
ALL of them parrot "pro"... mass mind rape.

[Robman]

Ask yourselves, what really the hell is going on here?

[Engel220]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 07:37 AM, said:

Ask yourselves, what really the hell is going on here?

Seems to me that the criterias for Autism diagnoses have become more and more stripped down over the years which has inflated the numbers. Then again, Autism is a very diverse and complex thing to accurately diagnose, and people whom most would define as 'normal' seem to wind up on the Autistic spectrum at some point or another in their lives for different reasons.

[Robman]

Engel220, on 27 February 2015 - 07:53 AM, said:

Seems to me that the criterias for Autism diagnoses have become more and more stripped down over the years which has inflated the numbers. Then again, Autism is a very diverse and complex thing to accurately diagnose, and people whom most would define as 'normal' seem to wind up on the Autistic spectrum at some point or another in their lives for different reasons.

Are you telling me not to agree with every scientific study or graph I see? Heresy.

[Engel220]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 07:57 AM, said:

Are you telling me not to agree with every scientific study or graph I see? Heresy.

Agree with whatever you want to agree with, you won't get any stick from me, but all I'm saying is that the rise in figures may be partly due to some misdiagnoses along the way.

[Fox]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 07:57 AM, said:

Are you telling me not to agree with every scientific study or graph I see? Heresy.

Psychiatry is not a science. The symptoms used by psychiatrists are listed on the DSM, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it the Bible of psychiatrists. However the DSM is defined by a small group of individuals and the means they use to define what are the supposed mental diseases/disorders or symptoms is confidential. The DSM "task force" must sign a nondisclosure agreement.

In other words, it doesn't follow the scientific method. It's not refutable. It's a matter of whether or not you believe in it. For example, I know how evolution works. I wasn't simply told that it's real and I not given an explanation of the means behind evolution. The same cannot be said about psychiatry in general.

[Robman]

See, the thing I don't get about you is, sometimes your English is horrible and sometimes it's impeccable.


Spock is dead!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Robman]

Hank, on 26 February 2015 - 07:09 PM, said:

125 135 200 and 120 90 60

867 5309

[Fox]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 09:13 AM, said:

See, the thing I don't get about you is, sometimes your English is horrible and sometimes it's impeccable.


Spock is dead!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I like sex

[Wienerhole]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 09:13 AM, said:

See, the thing I don't get about you is, sometimes your English is horrible and sometimes it's impeccable.

Twitch plays Fox.

BTW... posting information on the internet is way easier than interstellar travel and mass physical landings. Especially if you've figured out how to use spooky action at a distance for communication.

[Zaxtor]

Best of Spock.

[Ronin]

Commander Cody, on 24 February 2015 - 08:16 PM, said:

This is my new car.

Nice, the paint job looks like a wrap. Why did you get rid of the Tezza? I've spent €2500 on repairs on my Lexus since I got it last year, nearly there though. Just some brushings need replacing, I resprayed the original alloys mat black and next I'm going to get the rear and back windows tinted, not sure which would suit more 90% tint or 50%.

[Robman]

Ronan, on 27 February 2015 - 01:39 PM, said:

I resprayed the original alloys mat black and next I'm going to get the rear and back windows tinted, not sure which would suit more 90% tint or 50%.

Bushings.

Painting your alloy wheels is not wise... it'll be flaking off in no-time flat and look like leopard print ass. Also... 50% is tasteful... 90% is gangster.

Fox, on 27 February 2015 - 09:33 AM, said:

I like sex

Don't lie to me.


Commander, you downvoted the best of spock? ... you need your dick slapped with a yardstick.

[Hank]

Bladerunner 2 is coming ............ too soon for it's own thread, but I love the original movie.

[Ronin]

Robman, on 27 February 2015 - 01:49 PM, said:

Bushings.

Painting your alloy wheels is not wise... it'll be flaking off in no-time flat and look like leopard print ass. Also... 50% is tasteful... 90% is gangster.

I sprayed the alloys a year ago, 4 coats with a light sand in between they are still perfect. I have seen the results of badly done work so I did a good job.

[Fox]

[Malgon]

Picture used in the pitch of an actual legit Kickstarter project. No bullshit.

Said pitch in question

Game Informer article about the pitch

[High Treason]

And what's worse, people will probably donate to that...

I often wonder if I should start a kickstarter and make the word buy me a hooker instead of having to pay for it out of my own pocket. Or something equally stupid. As far as I know, something has to be gotten out of the project though - i.e. you have to make something. I had a few ideas;

> Pitch: Buy me a hooker. Product: A mess. I suppose I could offer to film it.
> Pitch: Buy my shopping. Product: Shit.
> Pitch: Fund me so I can fund a better kickstarter. Product: I fund an EVEN WORSE kickstarter.
> Pitch: Throw your money in the bin. Product: I take your money, throw it in a garbage can and light it on fire.

[Person of Color]

High Treason, on 27 February 2015 - 07:20 PM, said:

And what's worse, people will probably donate to that...

Back in the day, idiots would play the lottery, thereby putting money in the coffers of needy schools.

Thanks for ruining everything, Internet!

[Robman]

Person of Color, on 27 February 2015 - 08:12 PM, said:

Thanks for ruining everything, Internet!

The internet is being punished as we speak.

The FCC won't let me be. Or let me be me so let me see..

Another injunction to go with your diet and injections.

[Person of Color]

How is Title II a punishment? The FCC preventing monopolistic practices that are killing our competitive edge. This creates an even playing field for free market competition.

[Robman]

Did you just use the word "Federal" and "free market" in the same sentence?

Only time will tell. Is the web now governed by the fcc? The door just got wiiide open.

Television and radio are quite controlled, why not the internet also, eh? ...eh?

"oh no! providers could throttle their users usage or netflix might do something, please beast, take the keys to the internet and save us!"

I think the Internet just got ohbahmahkaire ...

[Mblackwell]

No, but it is generally regulated by it just like all other communications technologies including telephones, mobile phones, radio, television, etc.

In fact the FCC previously regulated ISPs. All this change does is allow them to keep ISPs from merging arbitrarily and then gating off sections of the internet behind extra paywalls. This is beneficial to both consumers and companies that rely on the web to do business since they (theoretically) can't be extorted by ISPs in order to even have their customers allowed to access a web domain.

[Robman]

nah... it just handed the internet over to the darkside on a silver platter. Watch the regulations flow. Not overnight.. but slowly .. bit by bit.

You see, they tried ramming this crap through before and failed, a couple times atleast. They softened the wording and bobs yer uncle, your free web is gone.

Spoiler

Because the FCC won't let ya be

I remember when you could get a form of text dial up known as freeweb... FOR FREE! ... html version for $5 a month.
I'm curious.. how much do we pay a month to use the web now? Oh yes right, infrastructure, admin and maintenance costs.

mmmmm, I love my (d)Arpanet.
I'd say it's a pretty advanced project.. wouldn't you?

Tuesday's gone... gooooone with the wiiind.

[High Treason]

Tuesday might be gone, but it still feels like September.

[The Commander]

Ronan, on 27 February 2015 - 01:39 PM, said:

Nice, the paint job looks like a wrap. Why did you get rid of the Tezza? I've spent €2500 on repairs on my Lexus since I got it last year, nearly there though. Just some brushings need replacing, I resprayed the original alloys mat black and next I'm going to get the rear and back windows tinted, not sure which would suit more 90% tint or 50%.

I needed a bigger car, a have a kid now and the Altezza has no torque and useless for towing (if I get a boat etc)

No way I spent as much money as you on repairs, I only replaced the cam belt and water pump and the power steering pump two times.