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02/18/2009 09:51 #47793

Politician's Syllogism
Category: politics
As explained by wikipedia:


We must do something

This is something

Therefore, we must do this.



Which is ultimately why I am distrustful of trillion dollar bills rammed through Congress, even though I think we do need something.
drew - 02/18/09 11:01
I agree.

And to make it a haiku:

We must do something
Therefore, we must do this thing,
As it is something
carolinian - 02/18/09 10:38
They're only two more syllables away from a haiku.


01/31/2009 10:52 #47578

Google Marks Whole Internet Malware
Category: internets
Seems to be fixed now. stopbadware.org was down this morning (which Google partners with to warn of bad sites), and Google defaulted to marking everything as malware, even itself.

UPDATE

Unfortunately (and here's the human error), the URL of '/' was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and '/' expands to all URLs. -- Google Blog



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drew - 01/31/09 11:28
Wow! I noticed that this morning when I was searching for images using google. Whenever I clicked on an image to go to the originating site it would say the site was harmful. I kept wondering why all the pictures came from bad sites.

-Janelle

01/29/2009 13:13 #47557

Milestone
It's taken less time for David Paterson to choose a successor to Hillary Clinton then for James to hear back about whether or not he's got a job he interviewed for 2 months ago.

Your tax dollars at work, grinding away slowly.
carolinian - 01/29/09 15:32
"It's worse than dog eats dog. It's dog doesn't return dog's phone calls."--Woody Allen.
james - 01/29/09 13:17
On the bright side, I have a new respect for just how inefficient city hall can be.

01/28/2009 15:03 #47546

Have You Seen This Cat?
Category: internets
source:

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james - 01/28/09 18:21
Both that cat and the poster are fucking awesome!

01/27/2009 09:10 #47534

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Category: undead
This one is for (e:james)

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On Amazon:

As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton-and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers-and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.



mrmike - 01/28/09 15:07
If it read like that, I'd read it.
james - 01/27/09 11:49
Who says literature is dead!

We all know it is undead.


oh... that was funny in two senses. And the second one makes me sad.