Scola's Rule of Information Technology:
When given a choice between a simple solution and a complicated solution to an IT problem, people will choose the complicated solution every single time.
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2009 5:25:03 am PST #5929 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Toddson - Feb 10, 2009 5:27:02 am PST #5930 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been stung by bees and wasps ... and mosquitoes think I'm a yummy treat. Even living in the city I can count on getting mosquito bites in the summertime.
And billytea, you left out Australia's really venomous cuttlefish! how could you forget that?
Also - my cow-irkers should at least say something when they come into my office to pick up some copies of the magazine. This just walking in and grabbing is so RUDE.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2009 5:27:34 am PST #5931 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But a campaign of disinformation from the atheist scientific communtity was exposed on British TV (I have the documentary)
Is "I have the documentary" now destined to replace "I did a survey" as the Ultimate Explanation For Why My Crackpot Theories Are Always Right On The Internets?
Jessica - Feb 10, 2009 5:28:55 am PST #5932 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When given a choice between a simple solution and a complicated solution to an IT problem, people will choose the complicated solution every single time.
This is why the only choices you should offer are (a) simple solution that will work and (b) FIERY DEATH.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2009 5:30:47 am PST #5933 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is "I have the documentary" now destined to replace "I did a survey" as the Ultimate Explanation For Why My Crackpot Theories Are Always Right On The Internets?
Only if the documentary was on British TV. Because if it was on US TV, we would have heard of it. But the evil atheistic conspiracy doesn't completely control British TV. Plus British TV is in English, so it's the perfect source.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2009 5:31:53 am PST #5934 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But the evil atheistic conspiracy doesn't completely control British TV.
I'm slowly working my way up the ranks...it's only a matter of time!
Emily - Feb 10, 2009 5:43:38 am PST #5935 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
artificial intelligence can appear randomly
Whuh?
AGREE WITH CHRISTIANS SCIENTISTS THAT NATURAL SELECTION IS A CORRECT THESIS
Wait, isn't natural selection part of OUR argument?
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2009 5:43:56 am PST #5936 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Medieval martial arts: Pugnacious Puffy Pants
I can't tell which I like more - the variety of odd martial arts moves depicted, or the colorful medieval outfits....
This one could be titled: Hold still - let me clean out your earwax for you
Emily - Feb 10, 2009 5:47:11 am PST #5937 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 10, 2009 5:48:59 am PST #5938 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Not to mention how many millions get bitten every year and don't die--I'd rather gamble on a mosquito bite than a black widow, which only kills 2 people in the US a year.
Definitely the way to bet. My uncle was lame for life due to being bitten by a black widow as a child, and they said he was lucky to have survived at all.