I do not understand at all why finding one contradictory plug setting, e.g. (t a) and (t g), means that every other plug setting you found during that trial was wrong. That cannot possibly be true. The space of possible plug connections (on the order of 26*25) is too small. You've probably got millions of trials that end in conflicting plug settings. You would end up invalidating all of them. I must be misunderstanding what he was trying to say.

I like the new format. Other than a few tiny nitpics (1. some of the text seems too small, 2. the description boxes that pop up on the channel selection screen are annoying, 3. the scaleable text elements sometimes look bunched when you reduce your screen size and 4. I wish you could make video titles sightly longer) it's a huge improvement.

Ditto. I like the vehicles, jets, huge maps, flexibility, etc. CoD is too small, crowded, linear, etc.

After using it for a bit now, I find the video thumbnails too small and the row of icons underneath them minuscule.

overall I like the change, just...

the fonts and thumbnails seem too small
And yeah, as another comment mentioned, need a font color that stands out better for the dark version.

Christ, can you two just get a room and be done with it? I'm tired of seeing your entire conversations played out in the "Newest Appreciated Comments" section!
>> ^pumkinandstorm:

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Oh please. Your screen is too small. You need a bigger screen with bigger (dots per inches) DPIs. ;
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I am not little. I am big:
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/wanted.gif
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And smaller.
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Bah. What about your current age?
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http://stellaween.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/toddler-catwom an.jpg
There ya go...that's me. wshhhhhhhsnap


Why thank you, I always look younger in my catwoman outfit. Must be the mask.


You're one to talk "little" ant!


I have my ruler here...you're only 1/2 inch wide and about 3/4 inches tall based on that picture...not the best picture to demonstrate your massive size.


Nice try...but I have my doubts. Gotta run! Reusing a Terminator clip from earlier in the day (since I'm running out of fresh material) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRxaXmXvjnU

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Oh please. Your screen is too small. You need a bigger screen with bigger (dots per inches) DPIs. ;

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I am not little. I am big:
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/wanted.gif

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And smaller.

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Bah. What about your current age?

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http://stellaween.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/toddler-catwom an.jpg

There ya go...that's me. *wshhhhhhhsnap*


Why thank you, I always look younger in my catwoman outfit. Must be the mask.


You're one to talk "little" ant!


I have my ruler here...you're only 1/2 inch wide and about 3/4 inches tall based on that picture...not the best picture to demonstrate your massive size.


Nice try...but I have my doubts. Gotta run! Reusing a Terminator clip from earlier in the day (since I'm running out of fresh material) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRxaXmXvjnU

>> ^bareboards2:

@Stormsinger... then maybe you should do it for a week, if those four words don't show up in daily life? Two days? Three days? Especially if you don't watch TV.
If the sample size is too small, then the scientific and social experiment won't have enough data.
It'll show up in videos though. Titles on videos. Comments on videos. That might be a good source. After all, it popped on this video, which prompted this whole conversation!
FYI -- Your "different views" aren't different to me, which is why I say it is the same conversation. I have heard all this before, at various times over the past 40 years. It may be new to you. It isn't to me.
Really happy that you are up for it. This is something new for me, asking folks to try this. I'm really excited to learn about your experience. However it plays out.
Yippee!

You're missing the point. It doesn't matter how many conversations you've had...what's going on -here- is three separate conversations, not one. Just because they blur together for you, doesn't actually unify them.

Nor is the conversation new to me...although the last time I had it, was in college with my then rabidly feminist girlfriend. The girls I grew up with, and the women they became, made it impossible to think that they were in any way less than men. So even then it was mostly just tweaking her...she was cute when she got all wound up. She still is, but she's mellowed quite a bit and reserves her energy for fights that will make an actual difference.

@Stormsinger... then maybe you should do it for a week, if those four words don't show up in daily life? Two days? Three days? Especially if you don't watch TV.

If the sample size is too small, then the scientific and social experiment won't have enough data.

It'll show up in videos though. Titles on videos. Comments on videos. That might be a good source. After all, it popped on this video, which prompted this whole conversation!

FYI -- Your "different views" aren't different to me, which is why I say it is the same conversation. I have heard all this before, at various times over the past 40 years. It may be new to you. It isn't to me.

Really happy that you are up for it. This is something new for me, asking folks to try this. I'm really excited to learn about your experience. However it plays out.

Yippee!

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I'm really glad San Francisco exists - though I think I'm too small-towny for this scene.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

@enoch,
When Chomsky said, "the stupid masses", he was characterizing an elite point of view. (I looked it up) He wouldn't be the Noam Chomsky we know and love if he had that much contempt for his species. If you agree with that sentiment, then you identify with the elites Chomsky was criticizing. Chomsky may be cynical, but he is no nihilist. He is a humanist. (and so are you!)
If the human race is truly stupid, then there is no point in seeking positive change, and we are all doomed to suffer whatever cruel horrors fate has in store for us.
Underinformed? Sure, that is fixable.
Stupid? Fuck that kind of collective self loathing.
We are all we have. Everything that happens to us -short of an apocalyptic act of nature- , good or bad, will be a result of human action. If we think ourselves stupid, then stupid we shall be. If we loathe ourselves, it only makes it that much easier for the rich and powerful to dominate us. If we think ourselves elite in a world of fools, it just makes it that much easier for the real elites to divide and conquer (yes, I'm looking at you, rightwing libertarians.)
We need to start a humanist revival. White tents. Gospel music. The whole nine. And we are going to need some rebel preachers. Are you in?
disclaimer: dft has a strong pro-human bias and should probably not be trusted.


totally agree my man.
guess i should have paid more attention to how my comment may have been misconstrued in regards to chomsky's quote.
"manufacturing consent" is the book that started it all for me and the more time that passes ...the more it seems chomsky had it right from the get-go.
the man is brilliant and i have the utmost respect for him and his work.

and if you took the metaphysical aspect out of my worldview,what you would have left is a secular humanist.
i feel very strongly that my fellow humans have been utterly and thoroughly duped into believing that their happiness is tied to what they do or what they own and that somehow their success/failure resides solely in their ability to "pick themselves up from their own boots-straps".

this paradigm is utter bullshit of course.
it was a creation.
specifically designed to create good consumers.
the carrot on the stick.
you are not smart enough...
you are not pretty enough...
your skin is too light...
too dark...
nose is too big..
too small..
everything you wanted or desired is just inches out of reach.you are so close you can almost taste it.....
buuuuuuut..
if you purchase this skin cream,or that pair of sneakers..
this make/model car..or home...
YOU can achieve happiness and everyone will love you and you will be so popular and content.
so buy NOW!operators are standing by!

the irony is that the very companies selling you this happiness are the very people who created your own discomfort in your own skin.
its the great flim-flam and it has worked brilliantly.

wait..
what were we talking about again?
sighs...*derailed

You can tell these clips came from multiple different airings of the show. How did he not learn the first, second, tenth time that that table is too small for 15 different species at once?

I always feel like Goldilocks when it comes to the small vs. big government debate. I don't want a government too big, nor do I want a government that is too small. I want a government that is just the right size to be as efficient and effective as possible. >> ^xxovercastxx:

I love how the Sift suddenly believes in small government as soon as the topic shifts to drugs.