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02/18/2009 12:58 #47798
How Many Times Are You Going to Kill Me?Category: internets
02/18/2009 09:51 #47793
Politician's SyllogismCategory: politics
As explained by wikipedia: 
Which is ultimately why I am distrustful of trillion dollar bills rammed through Congress, even though I think we do need something.
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
I agree.
And to make it a haiku:
We must do something
Therefore, we must do this thing,
As it is something
01/31/2009 10:52 #47578
Google Marks Whole Internet MalwareCategory: 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
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
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
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
MilestoneIt'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.
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.
"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.
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
What a great game show
I love japanese television!
That is funny. Maybe I should try it out on some of the people I know from Japan.