For everyone who has ever had to give or been evaluated – just remember, it could have been worse. Here are quotes taken from government employee performance evaluations. Read the rest of this entry »
Combat rifle sights used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan carry references to Bible verses
Why am I not surprised? The fundamentalist christians are at it again. I can just see the snipers now – chanting softly “killing for Jeezus, hot DAMN! – I got me one!” SICK FUX! Read the rest of this entry »
Those poor Americans! You really can’t blame them for their ignorance. Their (3rd generation) ignorant PARENTS have got them on this JEEZUS and BIBLE trip…
NEW YORK CITY – Being an actuary, calculating statistics to determine probability and risk, is the best job to have in 2010, while working on an oil rig as a roustabout is the worst, according to a study released recently. Read the rest of this entry »
MEMPHIS, Tenn. USA — A man who last month got a $3,000 taxi ride from Miami and then refused to pay the bill was sentenced to 35 days in jail. The Commercial Appeal reported 53-year-old Lucilo Perez told the cab driver his wife would pay for the 1,600-mile ride when they arrived. The trip took 20 hours, including rest and meal stops.
Gone are the days of hero worship, being the most popular kid at school. No more thanks from the teachers while you give them free “IT training” ( which has been simplified by a factor of 10 to take into account the massive drag factor of their brain) caused by trying to understand a complex problem during a school assigned coffee break.
The computing world is a very different place now.
Hacking is no longer a true art form, born by geniuses of the past. It’s now the realm of script kiddies, social misfits and the criminal underworld.
Hackers were people who could fix anything, find problems or formulas to solve problems people didn’t even know existed. In fact most hackers of the 80’s worked at processor level and really understood the difference between an NAND and NOR gates. Read the rest of this entry »
Mr. Manabu Kurita with a 22 lb 4 oz largemouth bass taken from Japan’s Lake Biwa
Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan shows his July 2, 2009 record catch, a largemouth bass caught on Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake.
After nearly six months of waiting, he has now taken his place alongside another angler, as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart.
Kurita’s fish tied the record of George Perry, who caught his bass on America’s Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932.
Kurita used 25-pound test line and a live blue gill as bait.
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Samsung just announced one of its latest players, the IceTouch. And we’re not gonna lie, it kind of looks like a giant home pregnancy test of some kind. Read the rest of this entry »
"The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered ( moved, seconded carried and minuted ) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices"
-- C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
from The Screwtape Letters
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