The Off Topic Topic

[Tonitrus]

  That was a good 'un.

And no doubt that the "deserved to die" ratio of the 2500 is far, far higher.

[CountDeMoney]

Yup.  Unless it's the 16 year old terrorist son of a terrorist, apparently. 

It's OK when Dick Cheney does it, but Obama? ZOMG GET SOME TISSUES FOR THOSE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

[garbon]

Yup.  Unless it's the 16 year old terrorist son of a terrorist, apparently. 

It's OK when Dick Cheney does it, but Obama? ZOMG GET SOME TISSUES FOR THOSE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

Yeah because Cheney has a sparking clean reputation.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah because Cheney has a sparking clean reputation.

I'm just saying that the GOP types questioning the lengths we've gone regarding some of extrajudicial drone killings, particularly of Anwar al-Awlaki's son, is a bit hypocritical, considering the previous administration's flexible morality.

Kill them all, and let Allah sort them out.  That's they way they want it anyway.

[derspiess]

I'm just saying that the GOP types questioning the lengths we've gone regarding some of extrajudicial drone killings, particularly of Anwar al-Awlaki's son, is a bit hypocritical, considering the previous administration's flexible morality.

Kill them all, and let Allah sort them out.  That's they way they want it anyway.

That never really bothered me.

[Grey Fox]

Any of you guys own dedicated e-readers oppose to a full tablet? I'm thinking of buying one.

Kindles are an option but not the #1. Amazon canadian offering suck.

[mongers]

Any of you guys own dedicated e-readers oppose to a full tablet? I'm thinking of buying one.

Kindles are an option but not the #1. Amazon canadian offering suck.

Someone recently started a thread about this in the computer section.

[Syt]

[HVC]

Can't sleep. Had a exam today and now i'm wired. And i have to be up in like 6 hours. I wann win the lottery.

[Liep]

The preparations for the new metro station has really taken off. Ah well, only 5 years left of loud machines working 7-19.

[Josquius]

i performed a stupid experiment today and  decided not to wear socks.
they exist for a perfectly valid reason beyond cold feet.
ouch

[Phillip V]

The fur seals normally hunt penguins and eat them. But this seal was wrestling with the bird, chasing as it repeatedly tried to escape.

Baffled at first, Mr. Scott, a wildlife researcher, realized that the seal "was trying to court the penguin as if it were a female seal."

When that failed, he "tore the bird to shreds and ate it."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/in-nature-fatal-attractions-can-be-part-of-life.html

[Malthus]

The fur seals normally hunt penguins and eat them. But this seal was wrestling with the bird, chasing as it repeatedly tried to escape.

Baffled at first, Mr. Scott, a wildlife researcher, realized that the seal "was trying to court the penguin as if it were a female seal."

When that failed, he "tore the bird to shreds and ate it."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/in-nature-fatal-attractions-can-be-part-of-life.html

Heh not unlike the dating behaviour of some high school students. 

[derspiess]

Any of you guys own dedicated e-readers oppose to a full tablet? I'm thinking of buying one.

Kindles are an option but not the #1. Amazon canadian offering suck.

I have and use both:  a second-generation Kindle e-reader and a Kindle Fire.  My books and bookmarks are automatically synched between the two.  I prefer reading magazines on the Fire but newspapers on the old Kindle.  For me it's the ideal combo.

[Barrister]

When did Timmy O start writing alt-hist for Slate? 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2012/11/27/civil_war_who_would_come_out_on_top_if_the_united_states_all_declared_war.html