Read "The Box Man" by Kobo Abe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Db%C5%8D_Abe

The C4 still looks better than the C5 or C6. They handle much better, but they are so ugly that I would rather go buy a Golf instead.
I got me a Supra anyway.

Stereotypical PSA exaggeration, of course.

Paul Erdos is proof that not all amphetamine abusers are bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dzieka%C5%84ski_Taser_incident

So you would rather end up like this guy rather than come off with some bruised or torn flesh?

so long, Gary.

your pyre burns bright. my paladin, Owain Glyndŵr, salutes.

I downvoted the "don't feed the trolls" comment because it's naively out of place in this thread. This thread has featured some of the most level-headed and intelligent comments from all three sides of the issue I've seen in ages, on the sift, and in general. And anyone who's been at the Sift any time knows that I don't dispense praise towards q-shroom lightly, but his points were ultimately well made and I'm rather ashamed of the amount of downvotes his initial comment received.

I've experienced and witnessed all sorts of prejudice, and it all sucks hard.


"What is the difference between a civil union and a marriage?"

Funny, I was thinking of mentioning that in Polish, a marriage is a marriage, a "Ślub". The legal "civil marriage" is a "Ślub cywilny".

Run a google search on 
46;lub koscielny (Church Marriage), however, and the links plummet - because adding anything else to "Ślub" is pointless because it's ASSUMED in that Polish society that you're referring to the church service if you're not qualifying it with the "civil/civilian" adjective.

This theory holds true if you swap out "marriage" for "wedding" and conjugate the words appropriately.

So what's the point of my Polish linguistics lesson? Consider the rest of the world where reducing a wedding to some abstract contract rather than a holy union blessed by God is like talking about a recipe for baked goods that does not reference any food whatsoever in its ingredients list. It's madness.

[The truly clever punster/geek will now somehow elegantly append "Sparta" to that last paragraph... and then make some reference to the way those boys swung both ways.]


"I am so tired of christians acting like they have it so tough. America is 70% christian. SEVENTY PERCENT!!!! Not only is whining like this becoming annoying but it's becoming dangerous for the rest of us. "

Yeah, are they really real' Christians. And by that I mean "love your neighbour types". The crazy nutjobs who claim to pray daily but then bomb the poor and execute minorities by the busload don't count in my books.

Which part am I suppose to be impressed by again?

I was in the Air Force and watched C5's take off all the time. It looked like you could almost run along side of them when they were taking off....looked like they were hardly moving. I think it has to do with the size and the perspective.

Here is the wikipedia article on it, don't forget to check the Talk section cause there is some controversy.

In this case it isn't small NGO's, it's Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth etc. These are big propaganda machines that do a lot of lobbying and against these projects. It's their spokespeople who you see character assassinate themselves in this documentary. You can find the documentary in the torrent scene.

It's really hard to judge who is right and wrong in this case, but my past research into Greenpeace and some environmental movements makes me weary.

http://blog.digg.com/?p=74

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website

Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…

In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.

Digg on,

Kevin

Few will understand this without context, but I thought it was funny enough to share: Poland has a Prime Minister and a President.

Well in the last election a pair of twins were elected to office. One was elected president, the other to parliament. Like in many countries with parliaments, any member of parliament can, in theory, become Prime Minister.

Well, long story short, government got reshuffled and the 2nd twin is now PM, making some people upset - in part b/c they promised that they wouldn't both be in the top two positions, yet they now are.

Translations (Prawie jak means "almost like" ... some need no translation but I'll be thorough)
Soviet era sedan: "Almost a coupe"
Chicken: "Almost an eagle"
Hugs: "Almost like love"
Backyard: "Almost like being in Saint Tropez"
Gnomes: "Almost like art"
Race: "Almost a champion"
Final: "Almost a real election"
"*Almost* makes a great difference"

More wiki background:
President Lech - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski
PM Jarosław - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Kaczy%C5%84ski

And yes, their name is spelled essentially the same way as that of the Unabomber, I know - except for the original Polish letter "ń"

Thanks ender. From VS.pl: http://www.videosift.pl/story.php?id=4866