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Batbush? Bushbat? Bushman?
So, I only read 300, didn't see it, but I thought 300 was about Thermopalye. Did the movie really change that much? Or should I just assume the author understood 300 as well as he did The Dark Knight?
Well, they were fighting Persians.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 7:54 AM on July 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Freedom Flies
Jayder, I wish I was making it up, or exaggerating. I do. I really, really do.
As explained in crapmatic's link, this was a company pitching this idea to the DHS, and the alleged expression of interest by the DHS was related to transporting prisoners, not regular passengers. So yes, the DHS is still full of incompetent boobs, and Metafilter is still full of alarmist douchebags who use bullshit information to incite many more douchebags as they stand... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 2:11 PM on July 12, 2008
When you go back to LGF, please take your fellow nutball loonies with you.
Now is a good time for you to link your 9/11 truther ravings again. I'm surprised you are wasting your talents here when you could be the star contributor at Timecube.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 4:04 PM on July 12, 2008
In relation to your initial answer, however, I'm still curious as to why you think that outrage from us (OMG lefties!) equals "left-wing crackpot conspiracy"?
Perhaps because you keep raging long after the story has been debunked?
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 4:06 PM on July 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Caring Too Much
The clerk, as the representative of the Islington council is the face of government. They don't get to insert personal moral beliefs into their job.
So I take it you were clamoring for the firing of the mayor of San Francisco in 2004, when he issued gay marriage licenses that were against the law at the time.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 7:15 AM on July 11, 2008
I don't generally equate an act civil disobedience on the part of a major political figure with the bigoted actons of a city clerk... so I'll have to think about this.
In other words, laws with which you agree are fair and just, and those who object to them should be sternly disciplined, whereas laws with which you disagree are unfair and wrong, and those who disregard them should be commended. Very convenient.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:56 AM on July 11, 2008
People who disobey a just law should be punished. People who disobey an unjust law, at least for the purposes of civil disobedience, should be commended. They should not be punished, because the unjust law should not exist, but they should expect to be punished. So, your argument presents a false dichotomy, and I'm not sure how your thinly-veiled accusation of hypocracy applies.
Missing the point by a mile, check.
Lack of understanding of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 12:51 PM on July 11, 2008
MeFi post:
Bible gets sued
Thanks to anti-gay marriage actions like this, discrimination is still alive and well.
From your own link:
Hey guys, I just called Rite Aid and they stated that it was vandals that actually put that sign up at different stores. It has been reported to the police.
I went there today after seeing this. There was no posting anywhere.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 6:03 PM on July 10, 2008
MeFi post:
The successor to TimeCube?
The words on the page say: "madness," but the professional-looking white background says: "professional-looking white background."
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 1:01 PM on July 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Librarian with ‘McCain=Bush’ sign charged with trespassing at public campaign event.
Democrats and liberals and other weirdos have this idea about extending respect to people who have lived through things and maybe acquired some wisdom doing it. (Kinda like how Republicans respect people who have lots of money, even douchebags, as long as they have money.) Bizarre, I know.
It's a damn good thing we were able to have this discussion without resorting to ridiculous generalizations that exposed us for the childish, sanctimonious keyboard... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 8:16 PM on July 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Capturing Fireworks
#0 - Break every single god damn one of those rules, and every other "rule" associated with creating art, at least once. Learn that the "rules" are nothing so much as guidelines and, like every other element of creative pursuit, must be fundamentally understood -- not just blindly followed -- so you can decide when to break them, and why, to create something new.
Good job with that passionate outburst! You really showed that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:50 AM on July 4, 2008
MeFi post:
The Top Public Intellectuals
Translation: another group learns online poll stacking from the school of Ron Paul. The lesson about the actual value of stacking online polls (also from the school of Ron Paul) remains unlearned.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:38 AM on July 3, 2008
As for the Turks who hacked the Foreign Policy poll of public intellectuals, it suggests that there's a significant bloc of liberal-minded, non-fundamentalist Muslims who really want some intellectual recognition.
And who just happened to propel Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Tariq Ramadan into the top 10. Tee hee.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 7:38 PM on July 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Nation Buys Porn With Stimulus Package (no, not from the Onion)
Well, the buck doesn't stop there. Think of all the jobs this will provide for regular blue-collar workers. The plumbers... the firemen...
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:21 AM on July 3, 2008
what, none of you could think of a good pun using the word "bush"... not so cunning after all!
A package stimulus in the hand is worth two in the bush? No, that's not right. That's not right at all!
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:41 AM on July 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Next Up, Let's Work on Coulter's Adam's Apple ...
Stupid FOX. They forgot to invoke the rule of no touchbacks. We may well see this degenerate into the classic "times infinity plus N" scenario.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:13 AM on July 3, 2008
Also, what's with the calvin.edu links? They give a 403 when I click on the direct link, but I can navigate the directory with the images manually, and access any image that way.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:17 AM on July 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Melt it down and make it into a coat hanger.
... when instead, you should be thinking of the billions and billions of chickens that were never born. That never had the chance to be an omelet.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 4:52 PM on July 2, 2008
Anyone who thinks Canada is a shining beacon of freedom undimmed by the smoke from the south really needs to read the comments section of that pundits link.
Yeah, and we don't care for that free speech nonsense either.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 5:37 PM on July 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Birthright Israel
Those nasty "Zionists"... forcing you to go on their eeeeevil brainwashing trip. Oh wait.
Yeah, hang on, let me get my tiny, tiny violin.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:09 PM on June 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Tar-ism
Can we somehow turn these guys and PETA against each other?
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 5:15 PM on June 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Amphibious Robot Snake
Perhaps they could take some design hints from koalas , pandas , poodles and old women.
How 'bout a therapeutic seal?
I saw that seal, by the way. It's more than a little creepy if you ask me.
Some more bio-inspired robot videos (a bunch of these have shown up on Metafilter before):
Big Dog
RHex
Mini-Whegs
Robotic... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:11 PM on June 25, 2008
Almost forgot the marvellously creepy Air Ray.
And from a different perspective, DARPA's latest mad scientist extravaganza, the HiMEMS project.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:16 PM on June 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Gaza: The Killing Zone
if the Palestinians in Gaza are so poor, live in such terrible conditions, have next to nothing, how do they get so much in the way of guns, bombs, and rocket-making materials?
Here is one idea. (Yeah, I linked to camera.org. Feel free to present an argument that disputes the actual data, rather than empty attacks on credibility of the messenger.)
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 12:08 PM on June 23, 2008
As we all know, correlation = causation!
You say that as if the reverse is somehow true. Firstly, correlation is potential causation. Secondly, a correlation that strong warrants a thorough investigation. Too bad it's such a taboo subject.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 3:49 PM on June 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Replicating the Milgram Experiment
I propose that we replicate Milgram's experiment by repeatedly shocking a naked and blindfolded Zimbardo with cattle prods while circus music plays in the background. You know, something just as scientific as Zimbardo's prison experiment, with the same careful attention to proper methodology, reproducibility, and the scientific method.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 5:09 PM on June 19, 2008
You can tell a lot about people who have a strong emotional instinct to respond the kinds of experiments done by Milgram and Zimbardo by criticizing the processes as "unscientific".
My response is not based on emotion whatsoever, and of course the statement that I criticized Milgram's experiment is a blatant lie. In fact, I find Milgram's experiment to be perfectly valid. Zimbardo's experiment, by contrast, is only an experiment in the sense... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 7:40 AM on June 20, 2008
MeFi post:
This is how we do it.
Freakonomics: We do what social scientists have been doing incompetently for decades and sometimes do it better.
Fixed that for you.
Also peer-review is for pussies. The marginal value provided by peer review does not outweigh the opportunity cost of not blogging for the NYT.
Are you saying that Venkatesh and certain other people who blog on Freakonomics have never... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 8:53 AM on June 19, 2008
Where is the evidence they actually do anything better?
Have you read the actual Freakonomics book and the (peer-reviewed) journal articles behind it?
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:11 AM on June 19, 2008
They should be indicted and tried by a jury of their peers.
You mean wife-beaters, gangbangers, and burglars?
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:36 AM on June 19, 2008
Sure, that blog post would have been better if were written by someone with a PhD in sociology or, better yet, an actual professor of sociology at, say, an Ivy league school like Columbia. Maybe someone with a bunch of published articles in peer-reviewed journals like American Journal of Sociology or Annual Review of Sociology.
Thank you for that. I do enjoy a good, how you Americans say, "slapping of bitch."
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 3:16 PM on June 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Alright folks, let’s get this show on the road. I want to make it to Country Buffet by four.
It's sad that Fate of Atlantis was a better movie than this.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 9:38 PM on June 18, 2008
I only saw them a few years ago, and, man, they involved ridiculous physics, horribly annoying sideplots, terrible one-liners, and unbelievable adventures. ....And that's exactly what The Crystal Skull keeps getting criticized for.
To me, that's not the problem at all. The problem is that Crystal Skull just doesn't do it right. It's as if someone took the elements of the Indy formula, fed them into a computer, and had it spit out the most generic,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 10:41 PM on June 18, 2008
Scary sword guy shoots first.
posted to MetaFilter by Krrrlson
at 11:59 AM on June 19, 2008
