>> ^TangledThorns:

Face it America, Obama is an empty suit propped up by the liberal media. That is why he lost to Romney. Oh, its not over yet as the pain of the VP debate is next week. Nobody expects Biden to do well.
2012 VP debate drinking game rules are as follows:
#1 When a Joe Biden gaffe makes you face palm in embarassment, take a drink.
#2 Face palm and shake your head, two drinks.
#3 Epic face palm with both hands, down the bottle and forget your worries.


Ryan can't even tell the truth of how fast he runs a marathon. Also there is no liberal media. Sorry it just doesn't exist.

Face it America, Obama is an empty suit propped up by the liberal media. That is why he lost to Romney. Oh, its not over yet as the pain of the VP debate is next week. Nobody expects Biden to do well.

2012 VP debate drinking game rules are as follows:

#1 When a Joe Biden gaffe makes you face palm in embarassment, take a drink.

#2 Face palm and shake your head, two drinks.

#3 Epic face palm with both hands, down the bottle and forget your worries.

candy looks tasty. One thing come to mind though:
. I hope they are paying attention to where their palm oil comes from. Palm oil plantations are a major cause of deforestation. This has traditionally been a south east asian problem (of devastating proportions), but now even that beautiful Amazonian forest that they use to advertize their product is being cut down for this purpose as well.

I'm sure there is a better site, but this is the first thing that google spit out:
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0709-amazon_palm_oil.html

I'm definitely not a fan of the rampant consumerism and the idiots on both sides who equate their phone with their identity... but it seems to me that the amount of vitriol and anger in this video suggests that TheAmazingAtheist thinks about this specific topic more than most fanboys I know. He probably has to, as he has quite a few more people to hate on.

Me, I dislike Apple's policies towards developers (and, hence, their walled-garden) and like the ability to write little apps for my Android phone without a subscription. (I tried out writing iOS apps, but found myself doing a lot of mundane things that you don't have to worry about with Java) I'd have tried a Palm Pre, but it wasn't available for T-Mobile.

I'm very interested to see if Blackberry can pull out of their 'slump', and I'd like to see MS become a player again... But I imagine that I'll stick with Android for as long as they're the 'least evil' (read: 'most free') option.

I would rather my Identity include "The guy that is a fan of Open Source and dislikes Apple's corporate policies" than "The guy that gets so worked up about what other people think about other people that he yells and spits at a camera until he's red in the face"... but that's just me.

He's not very good at palming his balls. It ruined the bit that it was so obvious when and where he was concealing them in his hands.

I was ready to allow for it all considering how little we saw of his palms, especially his left palm. Even the flower I could allow for, but not the credit card trick. That has to be editing.

In other tricks in the full video he does obviously impossible things, like taking icons out of a "stranger's" iPhone, turning it into a piece of plastic in his hand, then putting it back. So yeah. Editing.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Deano:
I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their marketing budget alone is $3bn.
Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.
And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!

$1B, and what could turn into a permanent injunction against sales of some of its top-of-the-line products. That's a killer. Won't know until December, though.
Well, it's mostly last-generation stuff. But I imagine they still sell Galaxy S2s.


It's not going to kill Samsung or fundamentally hurt them in any way. And they'll be appealing this for years. I'd understand if the Galaxy S3 was affected but it's not.
I know I'd prefer to be in Samsung's position rather than say RIM.

>> ^Deano:

I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their marketing budget alone is $3bn.
Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.
And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!


$1B, and what could turn into a permanent injunction against sales of some of its top-of-the-line products. That's a killer. Won't know until December, though.

Well, it's mostly last-generation stuff. But I imagine they still sell Galaxy S2s.

I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their *marketing* budget alone is $3bn.

Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.

And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!

ROFLMAO at the Sift serving an advertisement for "roof racks" -- this video kinda gives the term a whole new meaning, don'tcha think? To say nothing of sweaty palms...

No sarcasm. An exercise most Law enforcement instructors perform is showing recruits what a person is capable of doing while handcuffed. Behind the back doesn't limit you that much if the palms are facing each other. A person handcuffed in this fashion can still access and control a handgun, including shooting forwards or his own head.

I'm not making any comment on this specific incident because there are too many possibilities, but I'm just saying that what Cenk is saying is impossible is actually easily possible. >> ^Sagemind:

Um, Huh? (Sarcasm?)
>> ^TheSofaKing:
It's 100% possible to shoot yourself in the temple while handcuffed behind the back... regardless of what hand you are.

>> ^budzos:

>> ^ReverendTed:
Chimpanzees raised in captivity are usually taught to communicate using hand signs from ASL. Anyone here know sign language?

No but I have a good guess at what pointing to an object and then pointing to your palm means.
The sign I'm actually most curious about is the meshed fingers. (He) does that a couple of times.

>> ^ReverendTed:

Chimpanzees raised in captivity are usually taught to communicate using hand signs from ASL. Anyone here know sign language?


No but I have a good guess at what pointing to an object and then pointing to your palm means.

And to the idiots calling me Dr Doolittle. My whole point is that this is pretty obvious and I'm not claiming to be Dr Doolittle but someone who can observe an event and distinguish my own perception from the psychological priming (the description).

Ok, I think the problem here is that both parties are stating what they 'think' the chimp is saying in absolute terms.

'He's asking you to open the cage by turning the bolts'
'He's just asking you for the bits of mandarin'

In both cases it should be 'It looks like he might be trying to tell me.... X, Y or Z'

You don't know at all.

Also, with his finger in the palm gesture, that looks like a taught gesture so the trainer would probably have more idea of what the chimp is saying. (it does LOOK like he's just saying 'Look, that thing there, put it in my hand... I want it')

And yes, I can't tell male from female chimps, so me calling him a male is purely for convenience.

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^budzos:
>> ^Confucius:
>> ^budzos:
What in the fuck is wrong with you people? Did any of you watch the video!? There are two orange things in front of the cage. He's pointing at them, and at his palm. He thinks it's food and wants the humans to hand it over. He is not asking them to undo the bolts.
The reaction I see all over the web to this video makes me weep for humanity's dull perception. I also want to punch the guy in front who thinks he's communicating with the chimp.

Well-then get off your lazy butt and go to the zoo and let them know that you CAN understand the chimp. With the great power of chimp-whispering comes great responsibility. Don't squander your talent, chimps round the world need you!

You mean the great power of opening my fucking eyes to what's obvious?

Who made you Dr. Dolittle?
Your explanation is as grounded in fact as anyone else's. It's a decent explanation but a million miles away from being factually true. Last time i checked you can't speak chimp and you're not telepathic.
Seriously, get off the high horse, you don't know anything about this either.

>> ^budzos:

>> ^Confucius:
>> ^budzos:
What in the fuck is wrong with you people? Did any of you watch the video!? There are two orange things in front of the cage. He's pointing at them, and at his palm. He thinks it's food and wants the humans to hand it over. He is not asking them to undo the bolts.
The reaction I see all over the web to this video makes me weep for humanity's dull perception. I also want to punch the guy in front who thinks he's communicating with the chimp.

Well-then get off your lazy butt and go to the zoo and let them know that you CAN understand the chimp. With the great power of chimp-whispering comes great responsibility. Don't squander your talent, chimps round the world need you!

You mean the great power of opening my fucking eyes to what's obvious?


Who made you Dr. Dolittle?

Your explanation is as grounded in fact as anyone else's. It's a decent explanation but a million miles away from being factually true. Last time i checked you can't speak chimp and you're not telepathic.

Seriously, get off the high horse, you don't know anything about this either.