Radio Shack was a thieving steaming shit pile of a corporation that had their buyers work around US companies in order to rip off products in order to save a few cents. They were unethical. There is a reason that only a few toy companies would actually sell to them.

That's just how Jack gets his shack to his secret fishin' hole when the snow machine is on the fritz.

... Loads Minecraft... looks at sad little shack... <cries>. The things people build in this... or even in Landmark...

Five/5 Fun Facts about TETRIS (Shack Reels) has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.

I can still remember, back in the seventies, taking a road trip through Mexico and being a bit taken aback by the number of little guard shacks along the way where we, and all other travelers, had to stop and satisfy the federal police.

That could never happen in the US, I thought. And sure enough, our guard shacks are much larger and more imposing.

@kevingrr
who said anything about feelings?
while i actually share your optimism and am nowhere near the nihilistic philosophy that carlin is bemoaning in this clip,i also have my eyes wide open.

i realize that the computer i am using to converse with you was due to the exploitation of workers on the other side of the globe.that some 15 year old indonesian worked 16 hours so he/she could buy a bowl of rice and live in an apartment with 20 other people.or that the 5$ pair of nike shorts i am wearing was made by some worker in bangledesh who made 27 cents and sleeps in a tin shack covered with plastic bags.

i live in a country where ones self-worth is directly related to what they can buy.people are judged by what they own.how they look.how they make their living.

when you compare the social attitudes,in regards to community, from 50 years ago to now the radical changes are immense.

this is what carlin was addressing.
that basically your only redeeming social value is your ability to buy useless crap.

argue all you want about which pair of shoes is better,or whats the best toilet paper but dont ever question the system.

carlin is just lamenting the willful ignorance of an american populace that has been brainwashed into believing that they are the center of the universe.

and you are right.there has been improvement,but in other countries.
it is america that is circling the drain.

My highest is 27. I've got one of each profession now, and I can't seem to figure out which I enjoy most.>> ^shang:

I ROSE UP!!!
I've spent 36 years shacked in the basement of my mothers home, living off medicare & medicaid on disability, with extra cash coming from adsense ads on various blogs and such
but I ROSE UP and tossed off the shackles of oppression
and I LOGGED INTO GUILD WARS 2 WITH THE PASSION OF A MILLION NERDS CRYING OUT AS ONE!

or something like that....

level 60 Engineer so far 20 more levels to go then its dungeon raiding time

I ROSE UP!!!

I've spent 36 years shacked in the basement of my mothers home, living off medicare & medicaid on disability, with extra cash coming from adsense ads on various blogs and such

but I ROSE UP and tossed off the shackles of oppression

and I LOGGED INTO GUILD WARS 2 WITH THE PASSION OF A MILLION NERDS CRYING OUT AS ONE!


or something like that....


level 60 Engineer so far 20 more levels to go then its dungeon raiding time

>> ^ponceleon:

So is it illegal? I'm not in any way defending her, just curious if it is somehow illegal... I mean, how would it be legally different than a street performer pretending to be a robot? Just to be clear: she's an incredible douche.
In NYC here are some nuances about public performances. I don't know all the specifics but it's something along the lines of you can't explicitly ask for money or donations. So I think cops could arrest her for something. But I think public shaming is a better punishment.

Almost every morning on the F train there's a guy walks through train cars with a cup, shacking it and asking for spare change. But he doesn't say he's homeless or hungry or anything like that. Just asking for money. He's dressed very nicely too, so it's not like he's in need.

I like the fact that no fail tag leaves you wondering. Sat the entire time grinning and shacking my head figuring on what would happen.

>> ^SFOGuy:

Very interesting---Does anyone remember the Mythbuster's episode where they tried to do this in the desert with a cooperating jet fighter? I think Adam was in the fighter and Jamie in a little shack with windows that they built on the ground...
To my recollection, the last, lowest, fastest pass busted a window in a shack too! (they should do the myth again with en entire sheet glass wall...)


I believe that the Mythbusters episode still maintained a "safe" altitude. I don't think the blue angels ever got within 100 feet of the ground for that, and those planes were about that.

Very interesting---Does anyone remember the Mythbuster's episode where they tried to do this in the desert with a cooperating jet fighter? I think Adam was in the fighter and Jamie in a little shack with windows that they built on the ground...
To my recollection, the last, lowest, fastest pass busted a window in a shack too! (they should do the myth again with en entire sheet glass wall...)

>> ^lurgee:

I ain't no towney. I am a yahoo that lives in a shack in the sticks bone. Just some spinach and hops to get me by.


Come on, you have a goat to help pass the time. Admit you even have a name for her.

I ain't no towney. I am a yahoo that lives in a shack in the sticks bone. Just some spinach and hops to get me by.

>> ^sillma:

>> ^lavoll:
crap like this?
http://locus-design.com/cynosure_usb.html
http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html
and the winner:
a cryogenically frozen power multiplier that costs 18000 euro!!!
http://www.hifi4all.dk/content/templates/nyheder.asp?articleid
=2288&zoneid=1
it promises a calmer, more focused listening experience....
i also read a norwegian distributor of placebaudio equipment like this in a forum claiming that moving his mp3 collection to a ssd disks made his music collection "calmer, with greater focus and more dynamic mids"

hehe yeah. Ah well, I guess it's not the fool who sells...


LOL. I bought a full set of Polk Audio's for my surround sound system and you should see some of the moronic posts in their forums. One guy even posted a link to an article written by a professional sound engineer that used equipment to verify his findings that basically said they are all full of shit if they say they can hear the difference between using high end audio cables and regular speaker wire from Radio shack for instance. They STILL flamed the guy to death. They are as delusional as fundie Christians as far as I'm concerned.