Posted this via some sort of facebook plugin first which I don't enjoy. So sorry about double post.

My theory is that this type of technology will finally allow us to have a "mainframe" PC in the basement with a stack of disks and a pile of ram so that we can just plug a monitor, keyboard, and mouse in any room we feel like it and run session of the main PC. With existing interconnect tech this would be very hard. Now it can be one cable. Poof: computer is now a black box service for the house, simplifying life for those of us with a couple of TVs, media library, kids, portable devices, etc.

I was going to post this yesterday but then the sift was down so it's probably too late, but I had it saved so here it goes:

I don't think people should go out of their way to take offence to these kinds of videos. It's propaganda, and it would be interesting to some, but there is nothing new or particularly insightful here. If you don't fit the description of the video, you can probably safely move along. However, it describes many people.

>> ^shinyblurry:

Isn't there something inherently stupid about telling someone they're wrong about their beliefs because "no one knows"? Well then, how would you know dummy?

Some things are unknowable. People claiming the opposite are either liars or simply mistaken. Acknowledging (knowing) that this statement is true does not cause a contradiction.

>> ^shinyblurry:

I am a highly rational and logical person...

I don't mean to pick on this (at least not in a mean way), but if this is true you must have considered the massive amount of psychological delusions that humans make on a regular basis. People believe they have been visited by aliens. Even in the modern age many people in various countries believe they are following Gods on earth and believe they've witnessed miracles conducted by those man-gods. People (even presently) believe in witches, demonic possession, voodoo, astrology, homeopathy, dowsing, bigfoot, ghosts, etc, etc, etc.

Violent crime victims have been utterly surprised and ashamed when DNA evidence proved that their sworn and BELIEVED eyewitness accounts were misremembered and that people they were POSITIVE perpetrated the crimes against them indeed did not. Some people believe God tells them directly to kill others. Or that they themselves are the Messiah.

And generally speaking, the human mind has evolved to find patterns in noise: to interpret coincidence as cause and effect.

Given all of this, what is more likely: that all of these claims and beliefs are true? Or that just the ones we agree with are true? Or that perhaps few or none of these claims are true and they reveal the fragile nature of the human mind.

If we can accept the latter explanation, that we are limited machines with limited resources processing vast information in real time under great stress over decades of experiences... perhaps when we find ourselves seeing, remembering, or believing something unsupported by physical evidence, perhaps we should logically consider that we *should not* believe it.

Back to lurking...

>> ^LarsaruS:

I like the comment above.... by a member with no name and who posted it more than 40 years ago...
That takes some serious skill.


Not really. Timefone has an Internet browser now. Can post comments into the past/future.

>> ^ForgedReality:
Animals know it's for the betterment of the species. We just think it's "cruel." How about we start acting on our instincts, huh?


Just so we're clear: your instinct when you see a handicapped (physically or mentally) child is to kill them. Got it.

>> ^Tymbrwulf:

How the hell do they film this?


I wonder the same thing. Maybe from the space station?

I liked how the ".6 mile column of air" was drawn as a square, and one side was labeled as having a .6 mile radius. Huh? Guess it doesn't really matter because 3 billion sounds like a lot.

Someone put up an MP3 generator for it:
http://www.oldspicevoicemail.com/

But it's an act right? We don't actually believe that a person with Karl's public persona actually exists and happens to be friends world-renowned funny man Ricky Gervais?

It's much more likely that Karl is a genius, like Gervais, and parlays that into this buffoonish character. Like Colbert in the very early days, when occasionally you could tune into his show and for a short while not be sure if it was satire or not..

Right?

>> ^Psychologic:
So if you use their software then they own your computer?

They might have been talking about ChromeOS, not the Chrome web browser.

>> ^Kreegath:
He did do something wrong, though. According to himself he dropped his child, which led to the child receiving injuries so bad that it later on died from them. I don't know the American terms for that kind of crime, but where I'm from you can be liable for indirect murder if, for instance, you drive and crash your car and survive while the other passengers are killed.

Shit happens, doesn't mean somebody has to pay.

Obviously I don't know the specifics either. But, in my book, and I'm quite confident in the eyes of the law: an accident is an accident. For example, woman drops baby at airport from second story over railing, baby dies.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091123/fatal_pearson_091123/20091123/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Terrible tragedy. However, they determined that it was not intentional and that the railing was not a safety hazard. Put plainly: sometimes bad stuff happens and that sucks; nobody necessarily should go to jail because of it.

>> ^EmptyFriend:
was that Rabbit of Super Troopers?


Yes indeed it was Erik Stolhanske, of Broken Lizard fame.

I normally wouldn't do this, because I don't want to seem like I'm spamming, but I quit smoking about 2 years ago, after MANY failed attempts. I tried gum, patch, Zyban (couldn't sleep when on it), etc. Someone eventually told me about a book, called "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking", by Allen Carr.

I'm a research scientist, and I called BS on a book being able to help me stop a physical addiction. The person was super adamant. I did some research, and I bought the book. Since reading it, I have quit, and 4/4 people in my department that I have loaned the book to have quit.

I won't try to explain why it works, other than to say it puts smoking into a new perspective where it literally seems dumb, and sad. The book emphasizes that you don't need to quit till you're done reading it, and encourages you to keep smoking as you're reading it.

This seems like one of the few times I could say a few words and make a difference in someone's life. So, if you want to quit smoking easily, and forever, check it out. You'll find no shortage of positive reviews. There are some International versions too: I read the Canadian edition.

"No horse meat?"

>> ^justinianrex:
i thought the best part was where the male actor says "the worst i've ever been called is a black fuckcock"


Actually, I think it was "a big black fuckox", which IMHO is even better.

Also, I just watched that part again: "There is no way I'll ever work with Jennica again, I was so shocked with what that c*nt said to me." He used the C-Word!