I hate our IT department, but it's kind of unjustified, which I hate more. They don't have a lot of people, and the people they have are underqualified because the pay is such crap. So, I can't get them to do ordinary things and respond to questions because they're too busy keeping the infrastructure from collapsing.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Vortex - Oct 21, 2009 5:24:33 am PDT #14590 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Gudanov - Oct 21, 2009 5:28:45 am PDT #14591 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Baltimore public schools have instituted "Meatless Mondays" for school lunches. The American Meat Institute says "students are being served up an unhealthy dose of indoctrination." Lou Dobbs says it's "a political storm in the making."
I pretty sure some commie idea like that wouldn't fly in my school district. They determined the President's address to students wasn't appropriate.
sarameg - Oct 21, 2009 5:53:14 am PDT #14592 of 30001
If they sell it as saving money, rather than vegetarian...which is one of the ideas behind a lot of the changes BCPS made wrt their food service plan.
Dana - Oct 21, 2009 5:54:37 am PDT #14593 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
And during Lent, Fridays were also meatless, though they'd sometimes have fish.
Well, that's okay, as long as Jesus is involved.
Kat - Oct 21, 2009 6:24:04 am PDT #14594 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Okay, random question... is IVR-148 the same as the pandemic swine flu?
Jesse - Oct 21, 2009 6:28:58 am PDT #14595 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am seriously going to stab someone today.
flea - Oct 21, 2009 6:29:50 am PDT #14596 of 30001
information libertarian
Kat, sources say no. It is in the seasonal flu vaccine, and is an H1N1, but isn't the same as the current pandemic strain. [link]
Allyson - Oct 21, 2009 7:08:42 am PDT #14597 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
So I went to the Science of Zombies panel last night. They showed the new Romero flick followed by a mathematician who does modeling of disease spread, and a neurobiologist who discussed lower and higher brain functions, and which parts of a zombie brain are affected by disease.
Romero looked smitten at the whole thing.
Weirdly, when we got there, Kristen said, "hey isn't that Colin?"
And it was, in the row behind us.
Amazingly good panel.
Also, a zombie outbreak (with Ottawa as ground zero) would wipe out humanity in ten days.
Jesse - Oct 21, 2009 7:11:16 am PDT #14598 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, a zombie outbreak (with Ottawa as ground zero) would wipe out humanity in ten days.
Well, that's a relief. I won't bother trying to survive at the mall after all.
Allyson - Oct 21, 2009 7:14:56 am PDT #14599 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh! Oh! And it was moderated by Max Brooks (World War Z).
Well, there were different models depending on different scenarios. Like, if there was a vaccine, about ten percent of the population would remain live humans. If there were escalating military strikes, striking harder each time, we'd wipe it out.
The math dude works mostly in HIV spread modeling.