xkcd

by **The Cat** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:53 am UTC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4mqCDakVQ

by **ArgonV** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:47 pm UTC

So our government has fallen again? It's like were a banana republic these days.

by **The Scyphozoa** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:01 pm UTC

Your government is like a clothing brand?

by **darknut** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:15 pm UTC

are they going to have a "going out of business" sale

by **The EGE** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:12 pm UTC

I hope so. It's so hard to find a good jet fighter for a decent price these days.

EDIT: Does the Netherlands even own jet fighters?

by **SlyReaper** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:48 pm UTC

The EGE wrote:I hope so. It's so hard to find a good jet fighter for a decent price these days.

EDIT: Does the Netherlands even own jet fighters?

Yes.

by **darknut** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:51 pm UTC

edit: spent too long researching got beaten to it

yes they do
they got 67 F-16s, and they got 2 F-45A's on order, you might be able to get a good deal on one, not even used!

i'm undecided whether i want a fighter or attack helicopter, fighters are nice especially if i can nab one of those F-45A for a good price
but i think i want an Apache more

by **TimelordSimone** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:38 pm UTC

The company I work for have a job opening in their office in London. I'm pretty sure I don't stand a chance of getting it, and idk where I would live if I did get it, but I'm applying anyway and will worry about details like that later.

by **Zarq** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:53 am UTC

Remember this girl?

Apparently, she started a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness, involvement, and donations for causes that affect kids. Or how a viral video can cause something good.

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:59 am UTC

She also has her own single.

by **Zarq** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:07 am UTC

I'm very disappointed they didn't put the accordion dance move in that clip.

by **elminster** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:03 am UTC

Zarq wrote:I'm very disappointed they didn't put the accordion dance move in that clip.

Could also put bag pipe under her right arm.

Companies really should get in the habit of giving an idea how hot chilli products are. Eating some regular chilli peanuts shouldn't be painful for a light snack.

by **SlyReaper** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:17 pm UTC

So I idly happened upon the Bioware store where they sell t-shirts and stuff. In the individual product description for the Tali shirt, it says "Please remember to self-sterilize before wearing."

That's right. If you buy that shirt, Bioware consider you to be such an irredeemable nerd that they hope you never have kids.

by **Mumpy** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:28 pm UTC

Or it's reference to the fact Tali needs to live in a sterile environment in game universe? Maybe...

by **SlyReaper** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:32 pm UTC

I was willfully misinterpreting it for comic effect.

by **Mumpy** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:37 pm UTC

Well, yeah, but you seemed so aggressive I got scared :(

by **Ubik** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:39 pm UTC

Actually it's about Bioware not wanting those filthy nerds wearing their products.

by **The Cat** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:05 pm UTC

Almost forgot L! Agree 100%. However, my motivation is selfish. The environment has improved considerably over the past few months. I'm no longer woken to the smell of menthols and noise at 3:00! The yard view no longer looks like the Clampetts. I'm hoping this might attract a different type of neighbor. At the least my view is a little more tolerable. It also kills time. Ellie May is cracking me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdv10AM ... re=related .

crying laughing " if I catch him".

by **SlyReaper** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:21 pm UTC

Mumpy wrote:Well, yeah, but you seemed so aggressive I got scared

Apologetically: Next time, I'll be sure to add a smiley, or prefix my sentence with a mood like an Elcor.

by **Plasma Man** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:58 am UTC

Just have to get through four days this week, then I'm on holiday.

Today is looking like a fairly easy day, I might even manage to get away early and go to donate blood.

by **Servant-of_Christ** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:44 am UTC

http://youtu.be/W9FWnTQrig8

by **Menacing Spike** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:05 pm UTC

Enhance your youtube experience:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/112886

by **Giant Speck** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:42 am UTC

Making a Pandora station from Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home" does not result in a playlist of songs that are musically similar to "Sunny Came Home". It just plays a bunch of 90s music.

by **Thesh** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:45 am UTC

Google. Is. Fucking. Awesome.

by **tastelikecoke** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:14 am UTC

SlyReaper wrote:
Mumpy wrote:Scared: Well, yeah, but you seemed so aggressive I got scared.

Apologetically: Next time, I'll be sure to add a smiley, or prefix my sentence with a mood like an Elcor.

Unfazed: I don't think self-sterilization implies anything about nerds not getting kids. Logical: Even quarians get kids.

Double-take: Ohh.

by **Gears** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:52 am UTC

I don't want google unzipping itself right in my face.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:08 pm UTC

Graduation T-72 hours

by **The Cat** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:46 pm UTC

Congrats, US.

_____

Ellie May was my old neighbor....She chased her boyfriend down the street with a bat. There was some rasling before the police arrived.....After watching an episode of BH, she IS Ellie May.

by **flintlockpistols** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:58 pm UTC

I'm currently waiting for my mom to pick me up, so I can have metal objects prodding my gums and scraping away at my teeth.

God save me.

by **Angua** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:00 pm UTC

It's the high pitched screech of the water I can't stand. The dentist can't understand why I flinch so much given that it's not physically hurting me.

by **ShootTheChicken** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:08 pm UTC

I really have to go to the dentist, but my current coverage is only 80%. If I wait until August my coverage is 100%.

CONUNDRUM

by **Kewangji** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:04 pm UTC

Question for people who know things: if I want to remap keys on my keyboard, what program should I download? I use mac leopard and a googling suggests "doublecommand" and it looks legit. Will it eat my computer?

(Edit: I want to switch the a key with the </> key, is all.)

by **Whelan** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:09 pm UTC

Just take them off and swap them round. While you're at it, get a new 'A'.

by **Kewangji** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:33 pm UTC

Whelan wrote:Just take them off and swap them round. While you're at it, get a new 'A'.

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by **UniqueScreenname** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:40 am UTC

I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled out. I'll probably go out of the country to do it, since it's pretty easy and cheap for me to fly to a South American country since I'm in Florida.

by **Steax** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:26 am UTC

I wonder why no R2-D2 shaped real robots are in use now. As in, for utility purposes like carrying around tools and household items, and responding to voice control and automatically navigating based on a map of its surroundings. The cylindrical shape seems optimal for movement and storage, it just uses normal wheels (although some sort of omnidirectional one would seem even better), you can have it recharge at a charging station when it runs out, and you can just slot your phone on it to let it accept voice commands as well as getting you your phone when someone messages or calls you-

... I'll be in the garage for a while.

by **Magnanimous** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:46 am UTC

I think my physics assignment has a few words missing.

Remember, however, that in the set, the exerts a force on both the and the and likewise along the set.

by **darknut** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:41 am UTC

write a contrived bullshit answer with equal parts missing information, but just enough information that it still technically answers the question

also whats the actual quest ion

by **Angua** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:01 am UTC

UniqueScreenname wrote:I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled out. I'll probably go out of the country to do it, since it's pretty easy and cheap for me to fly to a South American country since I'm in Florida.

The costs of plane tickets are that low for you? I'm so jealous (grumbles about ridiculous taxes on flying in the UK due to environmentalism).

by **The Cat** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:52 am UTC

Spoiler:

Who is online