hehe. An atheist quoting the bible is a bit like a prisoner suing the victim of his crime.

I'm not an atheist, but I certainly don't believe in Christiantiy, and I got here from being a devout christian from the cradle to high school. I dare say I know the bible better than you do, having studied it at length and daily for all those years.

It just strikes me as strange that you are put off at scorn from nonbelievers. At least you are honest, though. I'm not saying I was never wary of being made fun of when I proselytized people. But back then, it was face-to-face; while today you have an anonymous handle and avatar to hide behind.

There are two aspects of the rulebook that I think might apply here; from the official NHL rulebook:

80.1 High-sticking the Puck

"Cradling the puck on the blade of the stick (like lacrosse) above the normal height of the shoulders shall be prohibited and a stoppage of play shall result."

80.3 Disallowed Goal

"When an attacking player causes the puck to enter the opponent’s goal by contacting the puck above the height of the crossbar, either directly or deflected off any player or official, the goal shall not be allowed. The determining factor is where the puck makes contact with the stick. If the puck makes contact with the stick below the level of the crossbar and enters the goal, this goal shall be allowed."

The puck made contact not with the shaft, but with the blade, at the time of release; and judging by the slo-mo replay, the blade was below the height of the net, only the shaft was above the height of the net. This means that the ref's made the right call, awesome goal.

>> ^VoodooV:

>> ^blankfist:
>> ^Kofi:
If "Old America" took care of everyone why did anything change?

It was Black Thursday of 1929 which prompted the reactionary response called the New Deal. Since then, we've slowly accepted the idea of government caring for us from cradle to grave.
That's one of the major reasons it changed.

I'd say it's more likely that the people who thought the Rockefellers and their ilk were heroes figured out how to do a better job of exploiting the masses. What did that one study say? The ratio of the highest pay to the lowest pay used to be 30 to 1...now it's 300 to 1.
The wealthy get even more wealthier, yet somehow it's still the poor's fault. The wealthy sit in their ivory towers, languishing in luxury off the work of the poor..yet the poor are the lazy ones.


Yes, and they've also sold the narrative that inflation is a'okay.

>> ^blankfist:

>> ^Kofi:
If "Old America" took care of everyone why did anything change?

It was Black Thursday of 1929 which prompted the reactionary response called the New Deal. Since then, we've slowly accepted the idea of government caring for us from cradle to grave.
That's one of the major reasons it changed.


I'd say it's more likely that the people who thought the Rockefellers and their ilk were heroes figured out how to do a better job of exploiting the masses. What did that one study say? The ratio of the highest pay to the lowest pay used to be 30 to 1...now it's 300 to 1.

The wealthy get even more wealthier, yet somehow it's still the poor's fault. The wealthy sit in their ivory towers, languishing in luxury off the work of the poor..yet the poor are the lazy ones.

>> ^Kofi:

If "Old America" took care of everyone why did anything change?


It was Black Thursday of 1929 which prompted the reactionary response called the New Deal. Since then, we've slowly accepted the idea of government caring for us from cradle to grave.

That's one of the major reasons it changed.

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>> ^Mcboinkens:
To be fair, what has the ISS accomplished? It seems ignorant to ask, and the budget is much, much smaller in comparison, but if we are arguing what spending could be cut, pretty much anything could be a target.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-gR9040fw

Because it's what's next. Right now it seems a drowsy step as we tumble into the larger stellar neighborhood, but every step we take away from our cradle ensures that it will not necessarily be our grave. The distances involved seem insurmountable, but so too did the distance between Eurasia and the Americas might have seemed to an ancestor, astride a hollowed out log (and even then, the Polynesians navigated unimaginable distances with tech that was hardly better than that ancestor). We need this as a species. I believe but cannot prove that a greater malaise has infected us as a species due to light pollution. Take a city kid out to a field in the middle of nowhere, and show him the Milky Way in all its glory, and he will gasp in transcendental delight. We no longer see such wonders, except as static images in books and on TV. We do need to feed the masses of humanity, but I believe that an understanding of our place in things makes us more likely to see that we are 'trapped' here, and need to care for our fellow prisoners, and that we will never truly escape unless we all go as one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbnRbTi5XA

It would have been more appropriate if it was Cradle of Filth instead of Satyricon.

I always particularly loved the long, line-thin, arms and legs with round hands and feet, and the way they tend to gallop around a lot.

My kids were a bit small to really appreciate it when it was on tv here, several years ago, but I showed them the video tonight and they liked it much more. Until then I was going to say it's wasted on children. I might have to buy the dvd now.

Cat's Cradle left me puzzled at first (was it in the wft channel???) but as it went on I found it more and more humourous. I don't think I would've watched enough to get into it without your comment, so thanks

In reply to this comment by taranimator:
Thanks for this awesome link!!
I love that show -- you know what, I worked for that company in Berlin on an Asterix film and I'm sure the little critters in that video were just heading into design as I was leaving. They have such a knack for cute characters. The world needs more of that kind of humour. Love the ants getting ready for work haha...

Cat's Cradle is such a weird film! I never really 'got' it, but I adored the shaggy linework. I'm a huge Driessen fan. There are a couple of newer ones he's done with split screens that show the same story from different perspectives -- or other splits like land, sea, air.. I'd really like to see those again.

It's great to see such amazing animation here.

Thanks for this awesome link!!
I love that show -- you know what, I worked for that company in Berlin on an Asterix film and I'm sure the little critters in that video were just heading into design as I was leaving. They have such a knack for cute characters. The world needs more of that kind of humour. Love the ants getting ready for work haha...

Cat's Cradle is such a weird film! I never really 'got' it, but I adored the shaggy linework. I'm a huge Driessen fan. There are a couple of newer ones he's done with split screens that show the same story from different perspectives -- or other splits like land, sea, air.. I'd really like to see those again.

It's great to see such amazing animation here.
In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Have you seen this before? http://videosift.com/video/Ted-Siegel-s-Wildlife

I only posted it because your comment on "Cat's cradle" got me to watch it (loved it btw, the moral would have be be "be kind to spiders"?) and then that reminded me of this.

Have you seen this before? http://videosift.com/video/Ted-Siegel-s-Wildlife

I only posted it because your comment on "Cat's cradle" got me to watch it (loved it btw, the moral would have be be "be kind to spiders"?) and then that reminded me of this.

That, is a fascinating bit of information to know about you!
>> ^taranimator:
This film blew my mind when I was a kid. So I had no choice but to go into animation after that!!

OH MY GOD! This is like torture for the soul! Have you ever wanted to stab something more desperately then these furry little f$#%kers?! Now if you excuse me I will go cradle an icepick while thinking soothing, bunny stabbing thoughts.

The middle east was once a center for science and knowledge. A cradle of knowledge that we owe MUCH to. Then the fundies gained in power. Now the middle east is in the technological and social outhouse with a grim outlook indeed. The US at this point can go either way. Go fundie and return to the middle ages, or come to it's senses and realize this mythology shit isn't the path to follow if society and science wants to evolve into something better for all mankind.

My guess would be that the modular structure also makes this very cradle-to-cradle friendly, allowing for easy dissasembly and reclaim of the component parts.

Maybe a shorter lifespan isn't all that bad if all the components can be resused.