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| 2007/5/14-16 [Transportation/Car, Computer/SW/Database, Computer/SW] UID:46615 Activity:nil |
5/14 Compare old and new MPG estimates for 2007 and earlier model years:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorSelectYear.jsp |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:46616 Activity:nil |
5/13 Say, speaking of irony, who was head of Public Policy at Chevron when
it was paying kickbacks to SADDAM under the UN Oil-for-Food program?
Way to go, Condie!
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10741.html
\_ What's so ironic about members of the Bush administration being
consistently corrupt?
\- http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43901
\_ Does it bother you at all the Pelosi is stuffing public cash
into her family's businesses? Or DiFi has been doing the same
for her husband's?
\_ Yes, yes, yes, when you have enough evidence, contact your
local Bush-appointed US Attorney who will almost certainly
leap to indict. Oh, wait, you have no evidence of wrong-
doing? Well, don't let that stop you making accusations! |
| 2007/5/14 [Recreation/Humor] UID:46617 Activity:nil |
5/13 Why are those GEICO CAVEMAN commercials so funny?
\_ Looks like I'm not the only one who doesn't get it. Maybe it's a
reference to some character in some comic book?
\_ or SNL's 'Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer' ? Alas they stopped those
skits when they lost Phil Hartman. |
| 2007/5/14 [Health/Men, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:46618 Activity:kinda low |
5/14 NSFW. "... who cares what a vagina feels like when you can have your
hand whenever you want it? However, I do admit that like in the
\_ The problem with that is I never "want" my hand.
movie "American Pie," I have used an apple pie to please myself,
and it felt great! I have also tried using a microwaved banana
peel, but I liked the apple pie best. "
http://www.jackinworld.com/qow/q136.html
\_ I once tried a ripe papaya with the seeds removed.
\_ Ick. |
| 2007/5/14 [Health/Men] UID:46619 Activity:nil |
5/14 Hey psb how big is your penis?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6161691.stm
\_ Why don't you sleep with him to find out? |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Reference/Religion] UID:46620 Activity:nil |
5/14 So now that Critical Mass has terrorized moms with kids and elderly
couples with cerebral palsy, who will be their next target? -emarkp
\_ pasty computer geeks.
\_ Mormon necro-converters.
\_ "So now that Mormons have done <bad thing>, who will be their
next target?" "Those [racists|polygamists|slaughterers] were
not acting under the sanction of the Mormon church. -emarkp" -tom
\_ Problem with that comparison is that CM is a mob, and there are
some in the mob who are violent, and CM is trying to protect
them, not expose or eject them. -emarkp
\_ The SFBC statements after the last psycho motorist incident
sound pretty much like Mormon church dissembling. "They're
not really part of us." -tom
\_ Except the LDS church actually excommunicates people, and
can document that they aren't part of the group. So-called
"Mormon Fundamentalists" (for instance) have created their
own thing. -emarkp
\_ Brigham Young got excommunicated? -tom
\_ He didn't break any windshields. -emarkp
\_ But he was a racist with 27 wives. -tom
\_ Polygamy was allowed until about 1890. And
what he believed about race was pretty
mainstream then, and wasn't LDS doctrine.
-emarkp
\_ great example, thanks. -tom
\_ perfect example, thanks. -tom
\_ Yes, for your 2nd-grade understanding of
religion, I'm sure it is. I hope you
learn to manage fractions some day.
-emarkp
\_ He was a "foundamentalist."
\_ I am not a foaming at the mouth Mormon or Romney hater, but
I think it was weird when he said "polygamy is the worst
thing I can imagine." I can imagine a lot worse!
\_ What does that have to do with Critical Mass? -emarkp |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Transportation/Car] UID:46621 Activity:nil |
5/14 I'm strongly considering getting a new VW GTI (based on looks,
performance, price), but I'm unsure about its long term
reliability and maintenance costs, as the reason I'm ditching
my current car is because of very high maintenance. Does
anyone have any information on VW's (or a GTI's) reliability
information? Thanks.
\_ Needs premium gas.
\_ I have a GTI, and I'll never buy a VW again.
\_ Why? Can you explain a little more please? -op
\_ I know a bunch of people who bought VW. Every single one
of them broke down, and most in a major way (tranny gone on
two, fan coming off shaft, alternator going, etc.). I
haven't been in touch with most of them for a while, but
two of them now drive Honda. And no, I never had a VW. I
drive a Mazda (< 3000 miles per year). YMMV.
\_ I owned a VW Golf before my current car. I, too, would never
buy VW again. Broke down a lot. VW is the auto equivalent of
IKEA furniture- inexpensive and looks nice, but poorly made and
not build to last.
\_ I'm strongly considering getting a new girlfriend (based on looks,
performance, price), but I'm unsure about her long term
reliability and maintenance costs, as the reason I'm ditching
my current g/f is because of very high maintenance. Does
anyone have any information on a woman's reliability
information? Thanks.
\_ STFW for information on that make/model.
\_ I have a friend w/ a GTI and the routine maintenance is pretty
expensive. Also everyone I know w/ a VW has had problems w/ the
electric windows. One guy at work drove around w/ a clear plastic
bag for his right front window for nearly a year b/c he got tired
of replacing it whenever electrical failed and the window fell
into the door.
\_ Check out the April issue of Consumer Reports. Volkswagen is pretty
much the bottom of the barrel reliability wise, along with Mercedes. |
| 2007/5/14 [Uncategorized] UID:46622 Activity:nil |
5/14 Who will the crazed motorists run over next? Oh, that's right,
they run over pedestrians and bicyclists today and every day. |
| 2007/5/14 [Uncategorized] UID:46623 Activity:nil 75%like:46628 |
5/14 The anti-mormon's on the motd need get fucking lives. -aspo
\_ They've got to aspolito! |
| 2007/5/14 [Uncategorized] UID:46624 Activity:nil |
5/14 The Mormon Necro unit would be a great unit in your
favorite RTS |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:46625 Activity:nil |
5/14 One danger of tabbed-browsing in IE7
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.66.html#subj6 |
| 2007/5/14 [Uncategorized] UID:46626 Activity:low |
5/14 How do I sign up for post-death Mormonism?
Ebay?
\_ It is automatic, unless you have a Jewish sounding name in which
case they will do a more thorough research before adding you
on the list. By the way I wonder if the LDS has a list of
people in China. They can probably increase their membership 10X.
\_ Don't worry, we'll get to you eventually. -emarkp |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Reference/BayArea] UID:46627 Activity:low |
5/14 vid of Critical Mass vs minivan in Berkeley.
I assume jnat took this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUoUF1JrS98
\_ The voice sounds like him. -tom
\_ And what an idiot. It's clear that the van is trying to escape
from the mob at this point, while the video labels it as "the
attack". Lesson learned. Carry a gun while riding through SF or
Berkeley so you can defend yourself against these nutjobs.
-emarkp
\- eping: i encourage you to drive around SF and
\- epong: i encourage you to drive around SF and
especially Berkeley armed. if it is not illegal
for me to do so, i will make a donation to the mormon
church for every critical mass person you beat down.--psb
\_ It's "emarkp", and I plan to if I ever go there again.
Though they're both such driver-hostile towns I hate
driving there. -emarkp
\- oh somebody else told me to call you eping, so
\- oh somebody else told me to call you epong, so
you have been "converted"
\_ I don't know who told you that, but I never asked to
be called that. -emarkp
\_ You can carry a gun legally in your car in CA as long as it
is not loaded or concealed. If you have a CCW, you can
carry legally, concealed and loaded. -emarkp
\- yes i know but frankly i'm not really interested in
your legal exposure. just how much it will cost me
based on your volume of beatdowns. --psb
\_ Ah, I misread your post. -emarkp
\_ Yeah that video was pretty lame... these idiots stuff their
bikes all around his car and... what, put little kids in front
of his bumper? I don't understand the crying kids. They were
probably just upset about the bikers yelling and swearing. So
of course the cameraman gratuitously films them... lol
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5301410
\_ Why carry a gun, emarkp, why not just run someone over, like
you car drivers do every single day in San Francisco? How many
people have cyclists killed or injured in the last decade? How
many have cyclists? If you are planning on assaulting someone,
please stay in your own town and commit crimes. We don't
want you here. -ausman
\_ USE LINUX! RIDE BIKE! SMASH KIDS! |
| 2007/5/14 [Uncategorized] UID:46628 Activity:nil 75%like:46623 |
5/14 The anti-mormons on the motd need get fucking lives. -aspo
\_ They've got to aspolito!
\_ And they've inserted a spurious apostrophe!
\_ Eeek! I'm embarassed. -aspo |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Transportation/Bicycle] UID:46629 Activity:nil |
5/14 I've started getting into biking recently and started looking
around at the types of bikes out their in the market. One
thing I've noticed was that there were these super-expensive
high-end bikes like Look and Cervelo that looked pretty advanced
and would empty out your wallet in no time. Many of them had
the triathlon geometry. Why is it that people like Lance
Armstrong opt for more conventional bikes like Trek road
bikes. It seems like someone with so much riding on the line
would go for something ridiculously expensive but his bike
isn't even a time-trial bike.
\_ 1) doesn't Lance have different bikes for different stages?
2) Lance opts for Trek because Trek pays Lance and makes
whatever he tells them to make (at least for geometry etc)
\_ Tri bikes are set up to be aerodynamic and use different muscle
groups. They aren't the best for hills or manueverability. Same
goes for trial bikes. -scottyg
|
\_ Professional cyclists at that level are constrained in their
choice of equipment by their governing body, Union Cycliste
Internationale (UCI). They're allowed to use more aerodynamic
bikes in time trials than they are in massed start road races.
The bikes used in time trials use similar setups to those used
by triathletes, while those used in massed start road races are
what you're probably thinking of. UCI has a long history of
changing the rules about what's legal (or not) to suit the desires
of its sponsors (the big companies in the bike industry). Bikes
used in triathlons are governed by ITU rules, which aren't as
backward, but maintain a similarly narrow definition of what
constitutes a bicycle. If you're not planning on racing, then
get whatever you enjoy riding (for me, that's a recumbent -- banned
by UCI since 1934). --alawrenc |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Transportation/Car, Transportation/Bicycle] UID:46630 Activity:high |
5/14 Hey, Mark is this you running over cyclists?
http://www.csua.org/u/ip2
\_ Of course not. Though this is utterly predictable, and I wouldn't
have a problem defending that person. Being attacked like that in a
mob, I think it's reasonable to flee to safety, and CM's total
disregard for laws seems to remove them from the safety of law.
Amusingly, I've biked or bussed for most of the last 10 years. It's
not cyclists I have a problem with (I am one), it's the CM mob.
-emarkp
\_ Actually, it looks like the car driver hopped a curb to
deliberately provoke a confrontation with the cyclists.
Isn't that how you see it?
\_ Your complete insistence on ignoring evidence to fit your world
view is incredible. This video does not show bikes breaking any
laws at all, and they're not even blocking the car; he just
intentionally ran into a legitimate road user because he
wanted to. To defend actions such as that is completely
ridiculous. -tom
\_ Again we have an edited video. The car hopped a curb, but it's
unclear what caused it. The lane on the other side of the
median is going the other way, so it wasn't just driving down
the lane and suddenly decided to jump the median. My guess
would be that it swerved to avoid a bike or turned into the
lane wide to avoid a bike and was pissed at the cyclists. But
that's just a guess. Tom will jump in with a guess that he'll
declare to be The Truth, but of course we don't know without
the full story. -emarkp
\_ Your complete insistence on ignoring evidence to
fit your world view is incredible. This video
does not show bikes breaking any laws at all, and
they're not even blocking the car; he just
intentionally ran into a legitimate road user
because he wanted to. To defend actions such as
that is completely ridiculous. -tom
\_ So he was clearly not "fleeing to safety" right? I think
we can at least agree on that, right? Go back to 00:32
in the video and tell me again how the car driver was
fleeing for safety.
\_ Note that the driver is trying to get out of the way of
ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I don't know how it got there, nor do
you. But it was trying to get out of the way of a car
coming right at it. -emarkp
\_ And then it was stuck behind some bicylists, so
clearly "fleeing to safety" by running over them.
Wow, you really do have an odd worldview...
\_ So these cyclists are hogging the entire road for no reason
other than to slow down traffic (thus being assholes) and
you think it's the car provoking a confrontation? Then the
guy runs over and props his bike against the car's front
you think it's the car provoking a confrontation? Then a
guy runs there and props his bike against the car's front
bumper and acts surprised when it gets run over.
\_ They're not slowing down traffic, they *are* traffic. -tom
\_ ^traffic^other traffic
\_ how does that modification change anything? Traffic
always slows down other traffic; certianly Critical
Mass slows down other traffic a lot less than a
similar number of cars does. -tom
\_ Maybe but so what? They are moving slower than
the cars, purposefully taking up all the lanes...
basically inconveniencing people just to "make
a statement" (which is what?) They are there
basically for the express purpose of annoying the
car drivers.
\_ Critical Mass doesn't have an "express"
purpose for anything. I think most people
who do it do it because riding in a big
group with loud music is fun. -tom
\_ This is typical car driver attitude: anything in front
of me going slower than me is "provoking a confrontation"
with me. Unfortunately, many people are killed and
maimed every day because of this hostile, selfish and
immature attitude on the part of automobile drivers.
It does not matter who or what is in front of them:
another car, a cyclist or a pedestrian, if they are
in the drivers way, they are "provoking" them.
\_ Actually the average driver is not hostile but
apathetic and just trying to get somewhere. CM is
hostile and childish and looking for confrontations.
If it keeps up expect to see the PD coming down on
them for everything in the book starting with the
red light violations.
\_ It is the apathetic drivers that run over pedestrians
and cylists every single day in San Francisco? Good
to know they are not angry when they do it, just
indifferent. And if you think the automobile holds
the balance of political power in Berkeley and
indifferent. And if you think the automobile drivers
hold the balance of political power in Berkeley and
San Francisco, you haven't been paying attention.
\_ No, it doesn't extend to "anything in front".
Nice strawman.
\_ You obviously have never tried driving the
speed limit in the fast lane.
\_ Why would I do that?
\_ Oh, I don't know, maybe because that is
what is legal, perhaps. Maybe because you
might want to see first hand the maniacal
hostility of your fellow drivers, which the
rest of us have to put up with every single
day. |
| 2007/5/14-16 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq, Politics/Domestic/911] UID:46631 Activity:high |
5/14 I hear there are soldiers captured in Iraq by Al Qaeda. But Barbara
Boxer and Nancy Pelosi tell me that Al Qaeda isn't in Iraq, and that
the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terroism. How can
that be?
\_ Al Qaeda out-sourced the jobs to Iraq amid rising health-care costs
and growing influences from labor unions in Afghanistan.
\_ Few jobs are harder than being a strike breaker in Afghanistan.
The last I heard the strike breakers went on strike due to low
wages and poor health care plans.
\_ What else do the voices in your head tell you?
\_ Which part do you think are voices in my head?
\_ You have a URL where Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi tell you
this right?
\_ Here's Pelosi:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Pelosi_Its_sad_Bush_blaming_Iraqi_1128.html
http://urltea.com/k25 (rawstory.com)
\_ But wait, you said Pelosi told you that there were
no Al Qaeda in Iraq, but she says that they are there.
Are you hallucinating again?
\_ House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told
reporters on Wednesday that she feels it is "sad"
that President Bush continues to blame Iraqi
insurgent violence on al Qaeda.
"My thoughts on the president's representations are
well-known," Pelosi said. "The 9/11 Commission
dismissed that notion a long time ago and I feel sad
that the president is resorting to it again."
\_ "What proportion of the Sunni resistance do you
think al Qaeda in Iraq is responsible for? It's
a handy tag, but in reality is it 10 percent,
50 percent of what we would loosely call Sunni
resistance or insurgency?" -Pelosi
You really have a reading comprehension problem.
\_ No, that was the question a reporter asked the
spokesman. I think you have the problem.
\_ Fair enough, but you still haven't given
me a quote where Pelosi denies the
existence of Al Qaeda in Iraq.
\_ Try reading.
\_ I read the article, it says we
shouldn't blame the violence on
Al Queda because most of it is
sectarian. How is it possible to
interpret Pelosi's statement
and come out with "there is no Al
Queda" in Iraq? Show us your balloon
animal twisting skills ...
And Boxer:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/21/lkl.01.html
\_ Where exactly does she say that there are no Al Qaeda
in Iraq?
\_ "I think the reason so many of us feel strongly that
we need to change what's going on in Iraq is, we need to
free up some resources to get back to getting al Qaeda.
You know, the other side keeps saying the war on terror
is the war in Iraq. Not true."
we need to change what's going on in Iraq is, we need
to free up some resources to get back to getting al
Qaeda. You know, the other side keeps saying the war
on terror is the war in Iraq. Not true."
\_ that doesn't say there are no al qaeda in Iraq.
\_ I think fuckers have kidnapped our soldiers. Do I think it's
"al-queda"?
\_ I think fuckers have kidnapped our soldiers. Do I think it's "al-queda"?
Doubt it. Al-Queda would have thought a less stupid name than
"Al-queda in Iraq". It's probably Shiites or Sunnis who ALREADY
LIVED IN IRAQ WHO HATED EACH OTHER FOR DECADES BUT SADDAM KEPT
THEM QUIET. fuck.
THEM QUIET. fuck. I wish the Mormon Necro-Bot would lay waste
to the Sunni Triangle.
\_ Saddam didn't 'keep them quiet'. He butchered them but you knew
that, trollboy.
\_ If the difference between Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq confuses
you, you probably missed the variable declarations. Research harder. |
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