the video above these comments reminds me of the time i stepped on a frozen puddle outside the cornershop on ossory street whilst wearing slippers. i could've gone right over. luckily i righted myself just in time and continued on my journey.

re: channel assignment - this belongs more in philosophy than mind&brain

re: nicotine addiction -

I agree with him about using the patch or gum - trying to kick an addiction to a substance by ingesting that substance is absurd. Ever hear of someone weaning themselves off of smoking heroin by shooting it? (Methadone is a completely different substance - not the same as using nicotine gum.)

On the other hand, the bit about withdrawal symptoms not getting worse is just a load of horse shit. This ties in with alizarin's paraphrase from the book about being able to sleep for 8 hours without smoking. Well, I've known people who can't. They wake up in the middle of the night because of withdrawal and have a cigarette. Also, that 8 eight hours of not smoking is the reason why long time heavy smokers light a cigarette before even going to the bathroom or putting their slippers on - because the withdrawal symptoms are stronger after 8 hours than after 1.

Don't know if he addresses this in the book, but physical addiction is also tangled with behavior. Certain activities that a smoker associates with smoking usually spark the desire to smoke, even if it wasn't there immediately before. The point being that part of being addicted to cigarettes is psychological, and for many, that is the harder part to deal with.

man, think of all the comfy slippers you could make from just the one...

>> ^Enzoblue:
That's IS disrespectful.
Not that I'm a prude, but judges expect suit and tie most the time.


Something is only disrespectful if there is intent to disrespect. It doesn't sound like the woman had any idea she was dressed inappropriately, so I don't believe she was disrespecting the judge.

A judge can expect a rainbow wig and a bunny slippers, but that doesn't give them the right to hold someone in contempt because of they don't come to court wearing them, this isn't My Cousin Vinny.

Judges are assholes, even the good ones, you can't help but get that way when your job gives you such power over the lives of others. I've had quite a few dealings with judges outside of their work, and they've mostly been unpleasant, petty, demanding jerks.

And the judge in this situation is just a bitch.

>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
>> ^charliem:
This is big stuff for aussies.
The govt. wants to add a filter that will check against a black list of 10,000 ilegal sites, and "other" unwanted material.
Very very slipperly slope, not only is it technically infesiable, but its also the biggest move towards a maoist censorship regime on our communications sector to come...well...since forever!

Poor ignorant peon. It's not infeasible, look at China. And look at the US, it's gonna move towards a police state very quickly with Hussein boy in power, and this crap will come along with that. Besides, Australia doesn't have a lot going for it to begin with. They had to make news or something.


China's method of filtering is not the same as proposed in Australia.

The method to be used in Australia, to even reach some modicum of success with no false-negatives or false-positives on filter passes, requires so much CPU time on the routers, that it chokes the connection down by AT LEAST 80%.

The ignorance here is your labeling me ignorant without checking to see how much I know about this.

Not only is it technically infeasible, it is also constitutionally illegal.
Legislation would need to be passed in the upper house, which requires majority vote. The Liberal party do not want it, that leaves 3 senators with the swing power.

Family First, Greens and Minchin.

Neither greens nor minchin want it. Both believe it to be a reprehensible act of big-brother in an otherwise free society.

This wont go ahead. The very notion that it is even being discussed at this point is a joke, and shines a gigantic spotlight on how irresponsible, and under-qualified Sen. Conroy is to handle this portfolio.

Ignorant, I am not.

>> ^charliem:
This is big stuff for aussies.
The govt. wants to add a filter that will check against a black list of 10,000 ilegal sites, and "other" unwanted material.
Very very slipperly slope, not only is it technically infesiable, but its also the biggest move towards a maoist censorship regime on our communications sector to come...well...since forever!


Poor ignorant peon. It's not infeasible, look at China. And look at the US, it's gonna move towards a police state very quickly with Hussein boy in power, and this crap will come along with that. Besides, Australia doesn't have a lot going for it to begin with. They had to make news or something.

This is big stuff for aussies.
The govt. wants to add a filter that will check against a black list of 10,000 ilegal sites, and "other" unwanted material.

Very very slipperly slope, not only is it technically infesiable, but its also the biggest move towards a maoist censorship regime on our communications sector to come...well...since forever!

1) Season - Summer. noooo doubt.
2) Place in the world - the deep forrest or in the mountains
3) Children's book - Lord of the rings (read it when I was 9, so that counts)
4) TV Series - nothing right now
5) Word - schadenfreude, it just sounds so fun, yet perverted
6) Film - too many to choose...but I'll say either Taxi Driver or Good, Bad & Ugly
7) Curse - the curse of the receding hairline (as it affects everyone but me)
Creature - Jeff Koons' puppy
9) Past time - looking in the mirror with my pal Narcissus
10)Person - Bob Dylan...big surprise, I know.

11) Dog or cat - they're both good
12) Sweet or savoury - savoury
13) Cereal or Toast - cereal
14) Tan or pale - hmmmmmmmmmm....gonna have to go with pale - you brits are OK by me
15) Shoes or barefoot - slippers
16) Desktop or laptop - laptop
17) Drive or walk - ghost-riding
18) Drama or comedy - there's a time for everything
19) Sex or food - ever heard of multitasking?
20) Futurama or Simpsons - both very good...nowadays it's futurama

21) Your fave personal submission - Joe Strummer - Redemption Song
22) A great comment on one of your vids - I don't comment on my own vids
23) Most off the wall member - too many...or too few?.
24) Favourite user name - dystopianfuturetoday
25) Your most used channel - comedy
26) Personal dumbass moment - what, today?
27) Best avatar - Mine, but blankfist made it. Whatta guy!
28) Partner in crime - siftbot
29) Do people offline know of your sift problem - I like to keep my realities separate
30) Idea for the site - no more election vids.


31) Where do you live - norway, it's cold here
32) Smoker/non-smoker - non
33) Left or right handed - right, I'm not a freak or anything!
34) Hair colour - blond
35) Relationship status - free as a bird
36) How tall - 189 cm, not sure what in feet/inches
37) Children - only my inner child
38) Ever had an operation - numerous
39) Best feature - I've been told I have beautiful eyes (by blankfist)
40) Use four words to describe yourself - don't. feel. like. it.

41) Bring a famous person back from the dead - Maybe not so famous, but (Emperor) Joshua Norton would be great. (and Joe Strummer of course)
42) Give 50 grand to any charity - diabetes, I guess
43) Send someone on a one way ticket to the moon - myself, I've always wanted my own planet (yes, I know it's not a planet, but it'll do!)
44) Relive a moment in your life - I don't live in the past
45) Have a superpower - being able to juggle
46) Find out one thing you've always wanted to know - who killed jfk
47) Have the opposite gender deal with something you have to - nah, I like women
48) Be president for one hour - what for?
49) Delete a period in history - the 80s
50) Achieve one thing - to die in my footsteps

^ ...and?
did they bust them?

i mean, it's not all that unlikely after all.
they're just doing slalom n' stuff. behavior that should come pretty natural to a fish, with some toys and a little operant conditioning thrown in.

not like they're fetching anyone's slippers, right?...

someones going to find poop in their slippers tomorrow....

I'd rather believe there's a cute magical hippetty-hoppitty bunny that used to hide boiled chicken eggs in my slippers and all round the house every Easter morning when I was a kid, than this other even more ludicrous idea that there's some omnipotent split-personality J.C. guy with powers of...

no. wait. no, you know what? I'm not even doing this.

FUCK IT. FUCKIN THING SUCKS!

(we'll do it live).

I love the cat's look at the end, "You think rape is funny huh? Someone's getting a wet hairball in their slippers"

more like, "now you'll never wear your slippers again, because you have uncomfortable slippers."

I've tried everything to get rid of athlete's foot, to no avail. Since I actually contracted it in Japan, I think I'll go back and book myself in to the Kobe hospital for some acid water treatment. Seriously, when you wear those little plastic slippers each time you go into someone's home, or office space, fungus abounds!

uhhhhh farhad dinna comment, and choggie has never been mistaken for farhad-
krupo, you Freudian Slipper....(hey, great name for a nightclub)

and Oregon??? Lived there. Fulla 20-30 summpin', anti-depressant addled, alcoholics, heroin addicts, and pseudo-intellectual wannabee recycling junkies, who left Cali-or wherever the hell, cause it was too hip for them....Land a Misery....beautiful, though, most, about-to-pop- Pacific rim places are.....all the volcanic soil...
Oregon-e....