zornwil Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Looking at a couple other threads, seems crankiness is contagious. GROUP HUG TIME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara Zor-El Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I laughed. I cried. I'm going to miss Friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The car search has officially reached the "Let's see if Mark will fit in this car" stage. 1991 Subaru Legacy Wagon - Hmm, if the wheel tilts up and stays locked in place, this might work. Tonights version did not. Plus I had forgotten the annoying auto safety belts from that era. Grrrr. Hmm, I could go for a car almost as old as me: Chevy Impala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm not sure about buying via Ebay Motors (I like to look at a car first), but it's fun to browse the over 100K listings and the Other vehicle pages can be fun as well. Ice Cream Truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Random musing. Linux's mascot, the penguin. Were they aware when they chose it how ironic the penguin is for this open source community? How almost impossible it would be for Linux to be adopted as a desktop machine? Lets face it, one penguin looks like the next penguin, a photo of 100 penguins and each one would look alike – dressed in an identical tuxedo – hence the name of mascot Tux. You couldn’t get a more Big Brother looking group if you tried. A corporate mindset? No free radicals in this “corporate†penguin community. The Linux stereotypical appearance is a blue jeans, t-shirt radical/nerd, free spirited, anti-corporate change-the-world-for-the-better neo-hippy. The complete opposite to Big Blue’s famous corporate environment where they reputably dress alike (like penguins). If I read the Linux community right they want to replace the established corporate OS (Microsoft Windows) with a Linux version. In other words a change of clothes from Microsoft’s corporate dress wear to Linux’s tuxedo, but still in a “Big Brother†one mindset, all clothes are the same environment – penguin tuxedos. Does anybody else find this ironic – the “free radicals†of the open source community using a mascot that is the opposite of what they say they the want to accomplish? “From every open source project, a developer will emerge to be incorporated into the corporate ‘Big Brother’ environment.†And the fact that IBM is a keen promoter of Linux is an irony not lost on me – tuxedoes for everyone. Anyone who remembers Apple’s 1984 commercial that introduced Macintosh, Apple then had it right, they portrayed themselves the way the Linux community want to be seen now. Unlike them, Apple achieved it and they didn’t use a mascot where each person (or penguin) looked the same, they distanced themselves from that – pointed the finger at it – “look do you want to look like one of these corporate identicals, or would you like to use an apple, to think different?†(my words). Conclusion: Tux is a representation of the corporate “dress alike†environment. Granted penguins (the animals) don’t have much choice in the matter being black and white*, but I find it ironic that a community of hackers would adopt a symbol that they want to distance themselves from – yet infiltrate this same corporate environment and replace Windows with a Linux desktop. Ironic eh? T.U.X. Totally Under Xenophobia *when was the last time you saw a penguin off-colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Auction time is fun at a PBS station, especially for someone like me. Panicy people run around screaming and stressing about nonsense, and I just smile ear to ear. Stressed people can be easily manipulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings In regards to the most recent "Let's All Bash Michael Moore" thread: sneering at something is an admission of failure. The person doing the sneering is claiming superior talent, yet adamantly declining to use it by resorting to badmouthing the object of the sneer. The best way to sneer at someone, if you must, is to outdo that someone. [sarcasm] Of course, I'm sure that in some people's cases, they just hate Moore because he's a multi-millionaire and they aren't. [/sarcasm] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bobby Flay is such a dick. I mean, granted, the man has skills in the kitchen, but he's still a dick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Evil - real evil - is a dark, cold, ugly thing. It scares me sometimes that I am so easily able to understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Oh this is nice! Outside they are cutting grass. Even though this office is closed up (no open windows) I can smell it seeping through. MMMM-mmmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Our IT person sent us out a warning today about the sector zero virus. According to our good friends at snopes (estimated check time - 45 seconds) this hoax has been circulating since 2000 or so. Credulity is an entertaining foible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings For those who may be a tad lost in portions of the Answers & Questions thread, this should make things more clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It is nice to see Agent X posting again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I think the air conditioning is not helping my sinuses. Either that or the air pressure has been bouncing around this week. or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybertooth Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I can't believe ABC News cut into Jerry Springer just to show that Rumsfeld Circus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings You would think 100 Mistakes was a bear trap the way people are avoiding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Rumsfeld has apologized. All is forgiven. We are all one big happy nonpartisan American family again. Maybe I should have posted this on the "Tell a Lie" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I've changed my mind. The best male role on comedy TV today is Red from That 70s Show. (Previously: The father in Malcom in the Middle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm not a vey happy camper right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings You know, I think the true fun of Joan of Arcadia is figuring out why God is telling her to do whatever the mission is this week. That and the fact that most often, the reason isn't huge at all, but is rather personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Klytus, in re: the rep you most recently sent my way, thanks. I appreciate the support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I really need to bring some dental floss to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings From the Doi!! File I was talking to several others at work and one person mentioned that her husband does not like Mexican food. My response... "He doesn't like Mexican! That's un-American!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap A series of bad decisions tends to compound into one bad situation. I have one of two bad situations, neither of which are horrible just yet. Estimated duration - 5 hours to "so long as you both shall live"... DON'T ASK. I'm using this the way Midas's barber used a hole in the Earth. Because, you know, that worked so well for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybertooth Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm watching the movie Frankenstein Conquers the World right now and I've just noticed something. The "evil" monster (not Frankenstein, mind you) is actually the same four-legged dog like monster from that Godzilla movie, GMK: All-Out Monster Attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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