So this post had me going through a number of links, and I came across this gem of a post. It's from a UFO "researcher" trying desperately to find proof that a certain Airforce squadron had direct ties to aliens. Make sure you scroll to the results of his FOIA Q & A session.


"Q. Latin words "Gustatus Similis Pullus" are shown at the bottom of the insignia. Please translate to English?

A.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:00 PM on February 7, 2008

Are wfc123 and p&c serious?

Just imagine what wonderful fiction you could write if you teamed up with the folks from the Creation Museum.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:46 PM on November 13, 2007

She was spinning clockwise for a while, but then she suddenly started spinning counter-clockwise.

This is one of the stranger illusions I've come across...
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 8:06 PM on October 8, 2007

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posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:42 PM on September 16, 2007

Even with multiple choice, you've got to either pre-record entire swaths of possible answers, or be able to whisper the entire question, and possible answers to a third party. The first sounds pretty time-consuming and not a good use of time, and the second still sounds pretty dangerous. It doesn't matter if you're whispering to a friend sitting next to you or 200 feet away, you're still cheating... still don't see any good use for one of these.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 5:49 AM on August 19, 2007

Especially those poor dressage snakes. Why, oh why do people burn them?

Double Meta Word score!
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:10 AM on April 15, 2007

Is anyone else having problems using his website? I can't sign up for anything, view video's, or load the "my" pages.

...

methinks the webmaster didn't make his deadlines...?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:03 AM on February 10, 2007

I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, but someone please, PLEASE tell me why we need self-replicating machines on planet Earth.

Because of economies of scale. If you create 10 machines and tell them to replicate 10 times, after enough generations you have machines capable of creating something new (other than themselves) at a much lower overall cost.

People are especially interested in this for machines on the microscopic... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 2:05 PM on January 27, 2007

um, is anyone else having problems viewing this with quicktime?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 8:28 PM on January 6, 2007

VLC worked. Yes one of the coolest tables ever. Anyone know how much one of these might cost?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 8:35 PM on January 6, 2007

Well, it turns out at least 2 people in the US are named "Harry Balls"

Yea, it's juvenile, but my mom had a great story about a guy named Harry Balls she worked with...
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 9:15 PM on October 26, 2006

One word: Facebook.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:42 PM on September 11, 2006

Shockwave? How QUAINT!

Anybody know why FF failed to install this sucker? (for me at least)
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:40 AM on August 12, 2006

Bunch of haters... I thought this story was pretty cool, but then again, I'm a mountain biker...
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:48 AM on August 9, 2006

[expletive deleted] : I grew up in the Chicagoland area, so our riding was restricted to turf in Southern Wisconsin on the weekends. I started out on a Specialized Hardtail, which was upgraded as money allowed.

The trails there are mostly up and down, short climbs, followed by short descents. They work hard to create technically challenging groomed trails to make up for the lack of elevation.

The fun part is that the up and down terrain offers... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 1:28 PM on August 9, 2006

Again, agree with the rest of the people here. Unless the owner of this company was in on it, it seems to me at some point this prank will roll-uphill, to where he'll wonder what in the heck he pays you for.

Then again maybe its just that this consultant has been working 12 hour days for the last few weeks, and is bitter and dead inside.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:37 PM on August 8, 2006

Ok, so the writer gets to slag on bush three times out of four, counting on the fact that most people will associate all of them with bush?

This seems like a lot of thwap thwap thwap....
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:41 AM on August 5, 2006

6 Inches?

I know, this is a legitimate security problem, but 6 inches isn't a whole lot of space to be scanning. When people talk about passport identification issues, I usually see things in terms of reading from several feet away.

Methinks the Flexilis guys are aiming to sell a new system to the DOD..
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 4:56 AM on August 3, 2006

You can still buy it at Wallgreens actually. I found it there, and bought some. I wouldn't say it was intense, at least not in the sense of a tobacco buzz.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:53 PM on July 27, 2006

Ok, One thing I need to point out before this thread closes, is that there's two kinds of snuff.

American Snuff: Wet, Tobacco Leaf. Suitable for chewing

European Snuff: Dry Powder. Meant for inhaling.

If you attempted to do one with the other, you would have a very bad day.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:16 AM on July 30, 2006

MetaMonkey: So, the world is heading towards Snow Crash?

Friggin right, someone find me some swords.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 5:53 AM on July 30, 2006

This looks like bullshit.

I wouldn't dismiss this project out of hand. Sure the examples may be somewhat contrived, but remember, this is a rapid prototyping lab, not a production house. Your asking for a consumer-ready product from something that was never designed to be.

If people were not feee to design things like this, we would never know whether or not they were useful.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:37 AM on July 29, 2006

122: I think we devoted an entire thread to that very topic at one point.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:26 PM on July 28, 2006

re: hacker.

I've noticed that the term hacker is making a comeback these days, and in the good way. Am I the only one?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:40 PM on July 24, 2006

I've wished for this many times when browsing around with google maps. I'm extremely glad that someone actually decided to do this, and I hope it gets wide press.

This is after spending 30 minutes marking things in my area. Very cool.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 5:59 PM on July 19, 2006

delmoi: I see this as a natural outcome, Mediawiki wasn't built in a day, you know?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 6:36 PM on July 19, 2006

this won't end well..
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:45 AM on July 15, 2006

Yea, I'm a Hater also, and I usually can at least guiltily chuckle at the Uber Nerdy stuff...
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:43 AM on July 15, 2006

The Les Misérables background audio makes it all worthwhile
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 2:41 PM on July 10, 2006

Did you even read this site, or was it a 'penis, heh heh' beavis and butthead response to a site that has basically zero usable content other than the original 'why this site exists posts'?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 8:44 PM on July 7, 2006

Ok, here's the thing. He doesn't understand MySpace because he doesn't have a community of friends that already use it. Get it? It only becomes relevant when you can go on there and find everyone you grew up with, went to high school with, etc.

Thankfully, everyone I care to keep in contact with uses Facebook, and I don't have to deal with the recreational abortion that is MySpace, but I'm sure he could say the same thing about Facebook.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 9:11 AM on June 30, 2006

Whenever this comes up, I like to mention my friend. He just graduated and has been hanging out before starting work consulting in the financial services field.

He claimed over 100k last filing period, and due to his extended downtime, most recently claimed over 200k. He's ridiculous. He plays almost exclusively online. He even tried to teach a group of friends his method and was able to turn about 30% of the players into consistent winners.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 10:02 PM on June 26, 2006

This quicksilver thing is something not very well documented, and because I don't have a Mac I can't try out.

Can someone explain?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:07 PM on June 16, 2006

aw crap. I just read that through, and now I can't see the images. was this slashdotted or something similair?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 9:36 PM on June 4, 2006

aw, works now. this is very cool. I don't understand on a deep level what he's talking about exactly, but it's a cool insight into how this man's mind works.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 9:39 PM on June 4, 2006

iamck: I was mugged, um, a few minutes ago, and I didn't kill anyone! er.. hmm, $400 dollars, just paypal that stuff my way and we'll call it even, ok?
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 3:19 PM on May 31, 2006

'cept that incident in Barbados *wink wink*

Don't you mean Aruba? *wink wink*
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 3:10 PM on May 31, 2006

Well, at least this was a decent post. Check this out:

Having timed this to coincide with an election campaign Antipiratbyrån will have seriously aggravated a high percentage of Sweden's population in their use of police tactics to deal with what is essentially a civil dispute, and almost guaranteed PiratPartiet's entry into government this fall.

I have no idea what the internal structure of Sweden's government is like, but I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:18 PM on May 31, 2006

If anyone is interested in reading the spammers congratulate themselves, they can do it on the spammer board SpecialHam.com
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 2:11 PM on May 18, 2006

" FUCK YOU ALL ANTIS

BLUEFROG DIED 4EVER WHAT WILL U DO NOW ?:)
POST HERE AND ENJOY WATCHING US MAKING FUN OF ANTIS WORLD :)

WE WON
YOU ARE LOOOOOOOSSSSSEEEEERRRRRRSSSS :)

BLOW US THANKS"

Eh? What a joke!

A.) Blue Frog != "Antis".

B.) Most "Antis" were opposed to Blue Frog;... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 2:26 PM on May 18, 2006

Trojans that exploit a particular vulnerability have long been known to fix the hole after rooting a system. In fact, it's pretty much standard practice to fix the exploit on machines that are manually hacked to preserve root.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 4:06 PM on May 18, 2006

k5 isn't the same site it used to be, but it's still an amusing place to visit. You just have to understand the culture a bit more.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:36 PM on May 4, 2006

Jenga: that's an irresponsible comment. He was talking about war and conflict in general.

If you don't belive that it takes two sides for peace, but one side for war, please go get a clue and come back when you've taken the flowers out of your hair.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:00 AM on April 15, 2006

I just added an event "Wally showing up at 12:30" and it added an event from 12:30 until 1:30
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 9:31 PM on April 12, 2006

An official at the I.A.E.A., who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the announcements appeared to refer to an older cascade at the nuclear center at Natanz.

what's interesting is that this isn't a terribly new development, which means Ahmadinejad is probably using this for political purposes only, rather than announcing anything new.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:10 PM on April 11, 2006

Well that's just the thing. He's not particularly attracted to the coke dealing itself, and in fact, doesn't like certain aspects of it.

What he does like is the feeling of being "the man", the guy everyone goes to. This is why he could probably leverage his position into anything else when he decides to go, he just has to figure out what it is.

If I were him I would try and figure that out first, then start sliding into it. For... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:05 PM on April 11, 2006

He even figured out how to create an easy to use flash interface.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 12:28 AM on April 10, 2006

Anyone see the St. Valentine's Day Massacre show on History today? Makes me proud to be from Chicago... ahh capone.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 3:57 PM on April 7, 2006

yes, I think it is. Although it's not too soon for the History Channel or Discovery to do an episode on it, it is too soon for a major blockbuster. I believe the difference is that people perceive the movies as entertainment.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 5:10 PM on April 2, 2006

this is why I use facebook, as do all my college friends. its quick, well built, css based, and most importantly -- doesn't look like it was the product of a recreational abortion.
posted to MetaFilter by WetherMan at 7:47 PM on March 12, 2006