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They made me pizza. Yeah, I'm sure that they're paying some interest on the loan they got to pay for it all up front, but they did it for less than $11,000.

Pulling this selection as a quote is just hilarious.

But on to the point. I'm citing real figures from real websites that sell real systems and equipment. I don't doubt there are some people out there who know a guy who knew a guy whose cousin's sister's brother knew a guy who was able to get them stuff really cheap. But that sort of thing is not normal. 99.9% of the public is going to have to buy the material at retail cost and pay government approved professional UNION contractors to install it. Every 'real world' pricing I've done on 600+ square feet of photovolt solar paneling (with all associated batteries, fixtures, wiring & controls) has easily shot into the $35,000 range BEFORE factoring in the installation labor costs. Grats on your Quebecian getting lucky on his pricing. But not in a billion years does it imply everyone on the planet can get their solared up for 10K or less.

Glad you brought up the interest though. I'd totally missed that. Factoring in the interest on the $50,000 loans people are going to have to take out to install this mess, you are looking at a real-world cost of well over $75,000. Yeah - solar power for residential electrical needs is for idiots.

^There's a beta going on, if you sign up with a blizzard account you might get lucky and get to participate. Only multiplayer though.

Very entertaining match, can never get enough of terran nukes. Really glad to see a couple of sc2 matches getting through the sift, too lazy to track the really entertaining ones down on my own.

Thanks for your thoughts, Nordlich . That was a very interesting exploration of the issue.

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In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
Hey Nordlich, that reminds me I wanted to ask you since I know you have a lot of martial arts experience...

In the event of an unavoidable fight, what do you think about striking someone in the neck instead of the skull? The advantages might be 1. less likely to injure your hand or arm and 2. the fight ends more quickly.

What's your take on it?

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>> ^FancyL:
It seems to me that computers could pretty easily take the job of an umpire by now. It'd be much harder to argue with a computer/robo-ump.


If you do the robo-ump could beat the bloody shit out of you!

I'm assuming the assailant is ambiguous, where a nut shot isn't viable (baggy pants, or whatever). The neck is a good target for shocking the assailant giving the victim enough time to flee, or followup. I'm not a fan of knife hand because of the 5th metacarpal being a small bone but it is effective at striking the arteries*. A closed hammer first is good for causing more blunt damage to the neck it is also good. I think that the closed fist would cause more damage with the amount of force involved, to the throat itself. These are all coming from the side striking the arteries of the neck.

Front on strikes seem to be more fatal. But they are very effective much more so than any of the side strikes, I think. I feel that the force required to cause an assailant to quit is less. An interesting thing about getting hit in the front of the throat is that it feels very disturbing. After getting hit in the throat (the person didn't intend to hit me) it feels like there is a lump inside the throat. It felt like that for 2 days, this was caused by the swelling. It doesn't take a very hard hit to cause that, sensation(citation 2).

I did some quick research on Tracheobronchial Injury (wikipedia) and from the tone of the article it seemed that high impact causes massive trauma. However other sites seem to suggest it would be rather easy to cause massive trauma.

Here's what I really think, and it mirrors the answer given by the guy in the yahoo link. If the assailant is not expecting the throat strike it can be very effective (This kind of strike is the one that you always want, like the unexpected left hook.) It seems that since they aren't expecting it then they are ill prepared to be struck meaning less force can be used, but accuracy is paramount. If they are ready to be struck then, I would assume, that the assailant and victim are already throwing. At which point any hard strike to the neck area will be very effective(citation 3).

I have to agree and say; I really think that any strike to the neck area, especially the anterior neck is going to cause enough damage to make the assailant quit. However it can be lethal, as you probably already know. It seems to me that accuracy is more important than power in this kind of situation, aim small miss small (citation 4).


1. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1479666X06800909
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia
3. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090531080328AALIIO9
4. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/trivia

*If the person using the technique is a long time veteran of Karate Do (traditional) and have done body hardening the technique can be deadly. Then again the person could get lucky, and strike just right.

Thanks, folks. And thanks even more for the patience with all the problems of late.

Good point by @SlipperyPete. If you're not getting emails, check your spam folder and maybe you'll get lucky.

In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
Hey Nordlich, that reminds me I wanted to ask you since I know you have a lot of martial arts experience...

In the event of an unavoidable fight, what do you think about striking someone in the neck instead of the skull? The advantages might be 1. less likely to injure your hand or arm and 2. the fight ends more quickly.

What's your take on it?

In reply to this comment by NordlichReiter:
>> ^FancyL:
It seems to me that computers could pretty easily take the job of an umpire by now. It'd be much harder to argue with a computer/robo-ump.


If you do the robo-ump could beat the bloody shit out of you!

I'm assuming the assailant is ambiguous, where a nut shot isn't viable (baggy pants, or whatever). The neck is a good target for shocking the assailant giving the victim enough time to flee, or followup. I'm not a fan of knife hand because of the 5th metacarpal being a small bone but it is effective at striking the arteries*. A closed hammer first is good for causing more blunt damage to the neck it is also good. I think that the closed fist would cause more damage with the amount of force involved, to the throat itself. These are all coming from the side striking the arteries of the neck.

Front on strikes seem to be more fatal. But they are very effective much more so than any of the side strikes, I think. I feel that the force required to cause an assailant to quit is less. An interesting thing about getting hit in the front of the throat is that it feels very disturbing. After getting hit in the throat (the person didn't intend to hit me) it feels like there is a lump inside the throat. It felt like that for 2 days, this was caused by the swelling. It doesn't take a very hard hit to cause that, sensation(citation 2).

I did some quick research on Tracheobronchial Injury (wikipedia) and from the tone of the article it seemed that high impact causes massive trauma. However other sites seem to suggest it would be rather easy to cause massive trauma.

Here's what I really think, and it mirrors the answer given by the guy in the yahoo link. If the assailant is not expecting the throat strike it can be very effective (This kind of strike is the one that you always want, like the unexpected left hook.) It seems that since they aren't expecting it then they are ill prepared to be struck meaning less force can be used, but accuracy is paramount. If they are ready to be struck then, I would assume, that the assailant and victim are already throwing. At which point any hard strike to the neck area will be very effective(citation 3).

I have to agree and say; I really think that any strike to the neck area, especially the anterior neck is going to cause enough damage to make the assailant quit. However it can be lethal, as you probably already know. It seems to me that accuracy is more important than power in this kind of situation, aim small miss small (citation 4).


1. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1479666X06800909
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia
3. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090531080328AALIIO9
4. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/trivia

*If the person using the technique is a long time veteran of Karate Do (traditional) and have done body hardening the technique can be deadly. Then again the person could get lucky, and strike just right.

I saw a guy videotaping the rescue of a person who was trapped under rubble. He even taps a rescue worker on the shoulder and the worker gives him a look that could kill.

I think that Cooper showed genuine compassion. I think that is evident when he puts down that DV without asking someone to pick it up.

http://www.adorama.com/SOHVRZ5U.html?emailquote=Y&sid=1263997860464494

He doesn't talk he just does. A true hero doesn't do it for the glory, he does it because he can. He was there at the right time and place. Most heroes don't get lucky enough to be captured on film.

But I do think there is something to it, outsiders being the ones who do the rescuing. They are in a different state of mind than the victims of the natural disaster. (Outsider not only meaning a white man, but someone who is in a different mind set than the masses.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper#Personal_life

I couldn't find a reference to him having children so my Hypothesis of a paternal instinct was blown completely out of the water.

For me what he did was normal in fact I would expect nothing less. I saw nothing heroic about it, to me it was just another day in paradise. Good on him.

Meh don't let it go to your head, I used to use my points for nothing but promoting my own stuff on my way to a ruby. I haven't posted much in the way of vids lately so i've been paying it forward so to speak. I think you're just getting lucky with videos that catch my eye. We must have the same tastes which is fine by me! :-D

I used to get a lot of good sifts from the huffington post video page. You should check it out sometime, they update it about once every day or so: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/

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Wow, thanks again JJ.

>> ^gwiz665:
>> ^BreaksTheEarth:
This is damned good advice. The One certainly is a lie.

I think you can't be searching actively for the one. Then it'll never happen, but some times you can get lucky and stumble into it.


Everyone who watched this vid and looks at you avatar, must be laughing by now

>> ^BreaksTheEarth:
This is damned good advice. The One certainly is a lie.


I think you can't be searching actively for the one. Then it'll never happen, but some times you can get lucky and stumble into it.

I think the girl is a regular porn actress, but the dude is some local. This looks like one of those "UGLY DUDE GETS LUCKY" pornos.

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