The Off Topic Topic

[jimmy olsen]

  Don't think they needed to change that Boston name

http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/12/13832790-ben-jerrys-porn-parody-shelved-after-ice-cream-makers-sue?lite

[jimmy olsen]

Hey Lettow, check out "Anime that Jazz" on Youtube. They're a band that does Jazz renditions of anime theme songs. Pretty damn good, though I wish I could find some more jazz like was written for Cowboy Bebop and Baccano. It's quite fast and uptempo, not sure what subgenre it falls under.

Look up some Buddy Rich.

Just what I wanted, thanks!

[CountDeMoney]

Lulz, lack of regulatory control = population boom control

19 killed as elevator plunges 30 floors in China
By The Associated Press

BEIJING -- A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China dropped 30 floors in a free fall on Thursday, killing 19 workers, Chinese state media reported.

The accident happened Thursday in Wuhan city in Hubei province, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The elevator fell 328 feet, according to a government notice posted by local Wuhan newspapers on their official microblogging sites.

The notice said the municipal government would halt all construction in Wuhan for security checks.

Work safety is a big problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored.

Although the government says it is taking measures to reduce fatalities, more than 75,500 people died in work-related accidents last year, according to the State Administration of Work Safety.

[mongers]

Looking at items on a Chinese auction site and one seller has photos to illustrate the various international couriers they use, can you spot the odd one out:




Hint:
in googling for EMS couriers they seem to have chosen the first van turned up by searching for ems:

[DGuller]

I can see them using that fifth courier option for certain products that they might be selling. 

[Tonitrus]

Lulz, lack of regulatory control = population boom control

19 killed as elevator plunges 30 floors in China
By The Associated Press

BEIJING -- A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China dropped 30 floors in a free fall on Thursday, killing 19 workers, Chinese state media reported.

The accident happened Thursday in Wuhan city in Hubei province, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The elevator fell 328 feet, according to a government notice posted by local Wuhan newspapers on their official microblogging sites.

The notice said the municipal government would halt all construction in Wuhan for security checks.

Work safety is a big problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored.

Although the government says it is taking measures to reduce fatalities, more than 75,500 people died in work-related accidents last year, according to the State Administration of Work Safety.

I was wondering if that number was high, simply due to their higher population, but seeing we had 4,690 in 2010, they'd need a population of 4.8 billion to match the ratio. 

[mongers]

Lulz, lack of regulatory control = population boom control

19 killed as elevator plunges 30 floors in China
By The Associated Press

BEIJING -- A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China dropped 30 floors in a free fall on Thursday, killing 19 workers, Chinese state media reported.

The accident happened Thursday in Wuhan city in Hubei province, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The elevator fell 328 feet, according to a government notice posted by local Wuhan newspapers on their official microblogging sites.

The notice said the municipal government would halt all construction in Wuhan for security checks.

Work safety is a big problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored.

Although the government says it is taking measures to reduce fatalities, more than 75,500 people died in work-related accidents last year, according to the State Administration of Work Safety.

I was wondering if that number was high, simply due to their higher population, but seeing we had 4,690 in 2010, they'd need a population of 4.8 billion to match the ratio. 

Yeah but they're still building and making shit. 

The building programs and infrastructure work going on in China may be the largest seen in human history.

[MadImmortalMan]

They're building miles and miles of empty cityscape. It's nuts.

[Eddie Teach]

I can see them using that fifth courier option for certain products that they might be selling. 

If you put the cooler in a plane it will still get there faster.

[The Minsky Moment]

If the source of that is the EU, I'm sure it is well vetted and accurate. The general theme makes sense.

Reform the Kingdom of Lotharingia!

[derspiess]

They're building miles and miles of empty cityscape. It's nuts.

And a bit creepy.  Wonder how much of it will crumble before it's occupied.

[CountDeMoney]

This new T-Mobile chick is hotter than the original one.

[garbon]

I love this. Best part is in like the last 10 seconds.

http://www.killsometime.com/videos/9159/Woman-Calls-Cops-Over-Crack-Rock-Refund

[derspiess]

I got an email from LinkedIn asking me if I knew Bootsy Collins

[CountDeMoney]

I got an email from LinkedIn asking me if I knew Bootsy Collins

  Well? Did you?