Nothing you say can diminish this super duper honor.

In reply to this comment by Lann:
Awww gee thanks! *kicks the ground*

Congrats to you on your Super Duper...Pooper Scooper

ohhhh yeah....I went there...

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
You're so grown up for a 1 year old! Congrats on the first well done year as a sifter. We're richer for having you here.
>> ^siftbot:

Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 1 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!

Awww gee thanks! *kicks the ground*

Congrats to you on your Super Duper...Pooper Scooper

ohhhh yeah....I went there...

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
You're so grown up for a 1 year old! Congrats on the first well done year as a sifter. We're richer for having you here.
>> ^siftbot:

Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 1 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!

You're so grown up for a 1 year old! Congrats on the first well done year as a sifter. We're richer for having you here.
>> ^siftbot:

Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 1 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!

OMG I just saw this like yesterday for the first time in years. I hate old Simpsons, it makes me nostalgic and angry there's nothing this funny anymore on television.

Yes!!! My favorite comedian/philosopher of all time. I have to thank rottenseed himself for sitting me down and making me watch Bill Hicks for the first time several years ago. Changed my life.

I may get (deservedly) flamed for this, but seeing this only makes me love google more. MS is being forced into a genuinely competitive position for the first time in years (no disrespect to mac peps, I love you all).
And the way they are fighting back is by trying to counter possibly one of the most mind-blowing free techs ever created, and improve on it. God bless them, no doubt, but I don't think they would have even considered any of this had google not chosen to forgo a round of dividends and rather map a significant majority of the developed world street by street, road by road, highway by highway. I wish both companies all the best, and I'm glad MS is going for one-upsies rather than just catch-up.

To help you understand better, NinjaInHeat, on American politics, just think on this. The concept of a conservative/liberal agenda news agency did not emerge until Fox News turned from 'journalistic quality' in the early 90's to sensational news coverage. Basically, that 'news' agency started to embrace more weird things and not so much stable ideas. During that time, it was not leaning to one or the other side of the political spectrum. With the 'election' of George W. Bush, the owner of Fox News started to switch it from 'neutral' to 'conservative' journalism. During the first couple of years, pass 2000, more and more Americans started to hear of differences between Fox News an all others.

They called it 'the elite media' or 'leftist media'. In an effort to undermine good journalism in favor of their style of journalism. Journalists/reporters were often charged with the task of reporting the news, as it happened, and allow the audience to form their opinions. They would show facts and evidence, and would stay away from opinionated journalism. Think 'Walter Conkrite'. So, Fox News, turned to having a political 'bent' on news reporting. They often tried to put the Republican President, Mr. George W. Bush in the best possible light. Anyone who remains neutral on the subject would point out, that, it undermines good journalism. They were the last ones to report about events in several spots (i.e. Gitmo), and did try to spin the knowledge of an event in the most favorible manner towards the Republican president and Congress (which until 2006, was controlled by the Republican party).

During this timeline, radio, in an effort to draw more listeners, started to bend towards conservative politics. Radio was getting heavily hammered thanks to the Internet, and needed a gimmick to draw more listeners to its site. Largely to get people to buy products and services the radio stations aired on ads.

Conservative radio, actually changed how Fox News 'reported' information. On talk radio, often the host would try to keep the tone and mood of any discussion on subjects that would anger its listeners. Making callers respond in angered voices. As anyone who has studied psychology will understand. Someone who talks in a calm, rational tone, generally can think and be reasoned with. When someone is beyond angry, their ability to think rationally is severally if not, totally, eliminated. Hence were the concept of 'blind rage' comes from. The Frontal Lobe of the human brain shuts down.

So, back to Fox News, and your question. Any news source that doesn't blindly agree with Fox News or conservative talk radio, is, to those people, liberal media. Whether the media is actually liberal bias or not, is irrelavent. So, for example, CNN (i.e. cnn.com) is considered liberal. The BCC, in England, is liberal. The Washington Times (or is the Post?), is liberal. The Boston Globe, is liberal. Newsweek, Money, and even Forbes, is liberal. Generally, any publication that questions Republicans, is automatically liberal. Conservative media will not show things, that hinder its philosophy or show moderates/liberals in a positive tone.

/end neutral bias

I've seen alot of news coverage by Fox News on the sift here, showing how they undermine good jounalism in favor of the latest spin to keep Republicans out of scrutiny. I'm sure many of the people here could post links of some of the more amusing moments in which Fox News, Hannity, Beck, O'Reilly, or even Rush Limbaugh tries to change the facts to place conservatives/Republicans in to the best possible light. And, to lump moderates as liberals. Then, to show liberals/Democrats in the worst possible light.

Honestly, to understand American politics, one needs to listen to all possible sides on a given piece of information or event. Use, 'critical thinking skills', wisdom, and reason, to figure out what the reason information and facts are, THEN, decide on how to accept that information. For most conservatives, and some liberals, that's way to much effort to expect to take in.

>> ^Stormsinger:
Seems to me that by five, a kid should know how to get help in an emergency. Way to prepare your kid to survive in the real world...


Fuck off. The kid is 5.

Without knowing what's going on, the world is a scary fucking place. He was forced off the bus not knowing where he was, with nobody to talk to. What was he supposed to do?

Your parents fill your head with "Don't talk to strangers, they could be bad people" when you're that age, not to mention you're 5 and your imagination can get the best of you, so you probably wont approach any houses.

And..since he's 5, he probably doesn't have anything like a cell phone.

what the hell do you want?

What could POSSIBLY have prepared a 5 year old for this?

It's not even like he's been going to the school for long, he's - 5 -, this is his either first or second year at the school depending on where he went to kindergarden, so he wouldn't have the route memorized.
Or, when was this? Seems to me that unless its a new/replacement bus driver, this may even have taken place at the beginning of the school year.

^He already shared first prize this year in the Van Cliburn competition. This, in fact, is one of his performances there. I doubt America's Got Talent could do more for his carreer in the long term. It might popularize classical music a little more for a while though.

Fair point. (I must have missed the whole "law of gravity no longer a law" back in high school in the 80's.. X )

The definition I was working off (hypo/theory/law) was the one we learned in my first (and only) year of university chem years ago so it might be a tad dated... *grin*

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^Asmo:
The problem with belief or lack of belief in the 'theory' of evolution is moot, by using the term theory science already admits that it has not been proven beyond doubt...
Hypothesis
Theory
Law

I'm not sure if this is correct asmo, at least as far as i understand it. You state those 3 like they're the stages of a scientific fact, but that's actually not true.


Incorrect, the bible is passed through the minds and pens of the people who wrote it down. Old King James, New King James, New International Version etc etc. Pick any two versions and they'll be altered from each other. That's not directly...

>> ^Nithern:
A religious FACT, is the Holy Bible comes directly from God. A scientific fact would not past a correct level, since to say "The Holy Bible came from God." One must first prove the existance of God.

I play very sporadically now, mainly to hang with friends, but I was a big wow-head for the first 2-3 years there. I went from Shadow Council to Emerald Dream when the RP-PVP servers opened up.

Now I'm finally back to playing non MMO'ish games when I have the time. Though all that, I predict, will end again when Old Republic goes live.

I always play humans in RPG's so yeah.. I'm alliance, deal with it.

Oh and my name here is rather related to my original main WoW character (it was his nick name, in an RP sort of way).

the simple explanation for the efficiency part of the argument, is that government jobs have salary caps that are very modest compared to any private sector jobs.

for example, my friend just got his first raise (1 year in) at his civilian research job with the coast guard in Washington DC, and we have inspected the salary chart thoroughly. at the highest level civilian position (GS-15) you make 120k in your first year, and with maxxed out seniority (i forget how many years, but >20) you can earn a maximum of 153k.

considering the recent outrage at greedy high level execs for banks, auto manufacturers, etc, this should be a good talking point for supporters of this medicare bill.

it's about 8 years old now...

a mix between cycling through old hard drives to patch the problem, a mother board that's probably not doing so hot, and constantly battling spyware/viruses. I could never really get a good load of XP anymore because of the crappy drives and every program was crashing or wouldn't load.

I wound up going level 9 berserk with a screw driver

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
yeah, I don't have LoD though.. so it's pretty shitty. I dunno what prompted me to start again.. maybe news of D3. what happened to your comp?

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
wow that's uncanny. I did the same around the same time. Until my computer took a shit.

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
I started Diablo again about a month ago, too, for the first time in years.. getting tired of it though. You leveled quick!

Any CS'ers? (Not Source, boo Source)

yeah, I don't have LoD though.. so it's pretty shitty. I dunno what prompted me to start again.. maybe news of D3. what happened to your comp?

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
wow that's uncanny. I did the same around the same time. Until my computer took a shit.

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
I started Diablo again about a month ago, too, for the first time in years.. getting tired of it though. You leveled quick!

Any CS'ers? (Not Source, boo Source)

wow that's uncanny. I did the same around the same time. Until my computer took a shit.

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
I started Diablo again about a month ago, too, for the first time in years.. getting tired of it though. You leveled quick!

Any CS'ers? (Not Source, boo Source)