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07/29/2011 15:33 #54812
My new friend birdoCategory: pets
He doesn't have a name yet but he is so cute. He is actually (e:matthew)'s pet but he sat on my shoulder for like an hour and kept giving me kisses. He is so snuggly and cute compared to the rock. I hope the rock doesn't eat him.
07/29/2011 14:31 #54810
Straight Guys?Category: str8
I decided to check out google circles again today which brought to some random guy in a friends circle which brought me to twitter which brought me to this guy. I am fascinated by the way that gay culture has kind of taken over idolizing masculinity and close male relationships. I wonder what male relationships were like prior to modern gay culture. Its so hard to tell because everything we read now is filtered by the people who documented it and how many people's opinions do you trust. This guy seems to be trying to explore this.
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metalpeter - 07/29/11 17:24
Odd kinda reminds me of marky mark.....
Odd kinda reminds me of marky mark.....
metalpeter - 07/29/11 17:21
Ok the first one on the net is pretty funny......
Ok the first one on the net is pretty funny......
paul - 07/29/11 15:12
I saw that, but no. He seems to gay for me, haha.
I saw that, but no. He seems to gay for me, haha.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 15:06
Do you know this person? Says he is a grad student here.
Do you know this person? Says he is a grad student here.
07/28/2011 10:33 #54800
everybody loves cheesy puffsCategory: food
I wonder how many bugs grow up on junk food nowadays and if they suffer from things like obesity, clogged spiracles because of it.
I mean imagine the difference in nutrients between their traditional diet of fruit, worms, sap, etc and a cheesy puff.
I mean imagine the difference in nutrients between their traditional diet of fruit, worms, sap, etc and a cheesy puff.
metalpeter - 07/28/11 17:15
@(e:Paul) Not sure but what would also be interesting to look into is where Bugs are in the food chain like what happens with what ever eats them? As an example I've seen an ad for some kind of milk that comes from cows feed something else as if that something else makes milk from a cow better.....
@(e:Paul) Not sure but what would also be interesting to look into is where Bugs are in the food chain like what happens with what ever eats them? As an example I've seen an ad for some kind of milk that comes from cows feed something else as if that something else makes milk from a cow better.....
metalpeter - 07/28/11 17:08
@(e:tinypliny) the art thing is interesting but you know what the next step to that would be..... It would be set it up in a way that the bugs could see both options and see what one they pick.... Would a bug pick McDonald's after the fact would it tell the other bugs to or can it tell them or show them how it acts differently .....
@(e:tinypliny) the art thing is interesting but you know what the next step to that would be..... It would be set it up in a way that the bugs could see both options and see what one they pick.... Would a bug pick McDonald's after the fact would it tell the other bugs to or can it tell them or show them how it acts differently .....
tinypliny - 07/28/11 14:34
Fascinating: :::link:::
There is a whole face of academia working on the most esoteric of issues. I am SO boring by comparison. What the hell am I doing with my time?!
Fascinating: :::link:::
There is a whole face of academia working on the most esoteric of issues. I am SO boring by comparison. What the hell am I doing with my time?!
paul - 07/28/11 13:32
Wow, I swear its impossible to have an original idea anymore.
Wow, I swear its impossible to have an original idea anymore.
tinypliny - 07/28/11 12:54
I saw this exhibit at CEPA where they compared two colony of ants, one fed on McDs and one fed on their native diet from the woods. The ants fed on McDs had, on an average, more number of dead bodies near their anthill than the ones that were fed on their traditional diets. :::link:::
I saw this exhibit at CEPA where they compared two colony of ants, one fed on McDs and one fed on their native diet from the woods. The ants fed on McDs had, on an average, more number of dead bodies near their anthill than the ones that were fed on their traditional diets. :::link:::
07/26/2011 23:47 #54795
Issue With Fedora 15 Terminal Transparency in Gnome 3Category: linux
It has been making me absolutely crazy that since I switched to Fedora 15, Gnome 3 I lost my terminal transparency due to a bug in Mutter which caused the drop shadow of windows to be opaque. The bug report was filed with redhat back on March 3rd but the problem was with mutter not Fedora so they had to wait for a fix. On June 29th it was fixed in mutter and we have been waiting since then for the bug fix to make it into fedora.
I understand this kind of thing takes a while, but a status update would be nice. Finally, I decided to try the mutter/clutter version that comes with Fedora 16 (rawhide) and it works. I cannot wait for someone to back port this to Fedora 15.
If you need terminal/windows transparency in the meantime, you can update to the fedora 16 version using fedora 15.
sudo yum install fedora-release-rawhide
sudo yum update clutter mutter --enablerepo=rawhide update
Afterwards, I got perfectly normal transparency on windows with a drop shadow.
but the problem was with mutter not Fedora so they had to wait for a fix. On June 29th it was fixed in mutter and we have been waiting since then for the bug fix to make it into fedora.I understand this kind of thing takes a while, but a status update would be nice. Finally, I decided to try the mutter/clutter version that comes with Fedora 16 (rawhide) and it works. I cannot wait for someone to back port this to Fedora 15.
If you need terminal/windows transparency in the meantime, you can update to the fedora 16 version using fedora 15.
sudo yum install fedora-release-rawhide
sudo yum update clutter mutter --enablerepo=rawhide update
Afterwards, I got perfectly normal transparency on windows with a drop shadow.
tinypliny - 07/28/11 13:56
I bet he stumbled on my blog searching for Fedora and that wireless card because of your zillion posts about fedora.
I bet he stumbled on my blog searching for Fedora and that wireless card because of your zillion posts about fedora.
tinypliny - 07/28/11 13:55
Why don't you write to him yourself? :) Tell him how ardent of a fan you are! (I am forwarding you the email!)
Why don't you write to him yourself? :) Tell him how ardent of a fan you are! (I am forwarding you the email!)
paul - 07/28/11 13:10
Ask them about this bug report. I would be so happy to get the mutter updates ported back to f15 to solve the transparency issue.
Ask them about this bug report. I would be so happy to get the mutter updates ported back to f15 to solve the transparency issue.
tinypliny - 07/28/11 12:56
Someone from the core Fedora testing team send me a message here at (e:strip) saying that he would be glad to help out with my wireless card issues if I decided to switch to Fedora 15. How randomly cool is that?! I think I am very close to switching... if only these transparencies would work. ;-)
Someone from the core Fedora testing team send me a message here at (e:strip) saying that he would be glad to help out with my wireless card issues if I decided to switch to Fedora 15. How randomly cool is that?! I think I am very close to switching... if only these transparencies would work. ;-)
uncutsaniflush - 07/28/11 09:07
(e:tinypliny) - debian gets the names it uses from the movie Toy Story. Sid is always the unstable branch. Ubuntu likes aliterative names like "Votive Voles". Hope that helps.
(e:tinypliny) - debian gets the names it uses from the movie Toy Story. Sid is always the unstable branch. Ubuntu likes aliterative names like "Votive Voles". Hope that helps.
mike - 07/28/11 00:08
totally unrelated to this topic but you are not answering my text: did yo u get a cat? if you did , I am totally disgusted and feel like you were a fake your whole life. haha
totally unrelated to this topic but you are not answering my text: did yo u get a cat? if you did , I am totally disgusted and feel like you were a fake your whole life. haha
tinypliny - 07/27/11 20:15
sudo yum clutter mutter? lol
sudo yum clutter mutter? lol
tinypliny - 07/27/11 20:15
zod, bitmore, rawhide, oneiric ocelot, moonshine, etch, sid, warty warthod, gutsy gibbon, breezy badger, psyche, shrike, dapper drake, lucid lynx, zoot, taroon, nahant, tikanga, sarge, woody, potato... seriously, where do these people come up with these names!
zod, bitmore, rawhide, oneiric ocelot, moonshine, etch, sid, warty warthod, gutsy gibbon, breezy badger, psyche, shrike, dapper drake, lucid lynx, zoot, taroon, nahant, tikanga, sarge, woody, potato... seriously, where do these people come up with these names!
heidi - 07/27/11 18:18
Sounds terrible. Keep us posted. ;-)
Sounds terrible. Keep us posted. ;-)
paul - 07/27/11 00:16
To be fair, this caused an issue where the UI would crash when a save dialogue was opened.
To be fair, this caused an issue where the UI would crash when a save dialogue was opened.
07/26/2011 12:48 #54788
Mark GrisantiCategory: politics
I kind of feel bad for him. The anti gays are really hating on him now for representing his district. I find it so ironic that the Christian right winger want to see a referendum on this. This isn't California. How is anyone imposing gay marriage in anyone else?
I still wish they hadn't approved gay marriage but had rather cancelled marriage altogether and left marriage as something non governmental that you can choose to do on your own or with your church.
I still wish they hadn't approved gay marriage but had rather cancelled marriage altogether and left marriage as something non governmental that you can choose to do on your own or with your church.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 12:41
I wish things were as clear in everyone's heads about what the definition of "marriage" really is as it is in your's (e:ExBuffalonian). Then we wouldn't have all this mess about who is allowed to marry and who isn't. And while we are at it, I also don't understand the fact that you can only pick one person as your next of kin. That is so artificial. You come into the world with so many next of kins... why limit your personal choice of more next of kins to just one? That doesn't sound fair or logical, does it?
I wish things were as clear in everyone's heads about what the definition of "marriage" really is as it is in your's (e:ExBuffalonian). Then we wouldn't have all this mess about who is allowed to marry and who isn't. And while we are at it, I also don't understand the fact that you can only pick one person as your next of kin. That is so artificial. You come into the world with so many next of kins... why limit your personal choice of more next of kins to just one? That doesn't sound fair or logical, does it?
ExBuffalonian - 07/29/11 12:10
Wills can be contested, even explicit ones. Then there's the nasty issue of paying an inheritance tax, from which a spouse is exempt. My boyfriend and I, for example, own our house together with both our names on the title. We set it up that way this time around, because we realized about 5 years ago, when we were in the last house we owned, that he couldn't afford to inherit our house if something happened to me (since we weren't married because we're two guys). When I said that marriage is about establishing next of kin, I meant that from a historical perspective. Marriage never was an exclusive Christian invention or tradition. It only exists because, from the beginning, people felt they needed a contract that would ensure that the lady would be provided for if/when the husband bit the dust. It serves the same purpose today, just like a will but more comprehensive and less chance of being ambiguous.
Wills can be contested, even explicit ones. Then there's the nasty issue of paying an inheritance tax, from which a spouse is exempt. My boyfriend and I, for example, own our house together with both our names on the title. We set it up that way this time around, because we realized about 5 years ago, when we were in the last house we owned, that he couldn't afford to inherit our house if something happened to me (since we weren't married because we're two guys). When I said that marriage is about establishing next of kin, I meant that from a historical perspective. Marriage never was an exclusive Christian invention or tradition. It only exists because, from the beginning, people felt they needed a contract that would ensure that the lady would be provided for if/when the husband bit the dust. It serves the same purpose today, just like a will but more comprehensive and less chance of being ambiguous.
libertad - 07/29/11 12:09
It's not just about who gets your crap when you die. It also is who can make medical decisions on your behalf when you aren't able to, who can collect social security survivor benefits (still can't, cause of DOMA), health insurance, tax benefits and also having the right to a divorce. Without marriage equality, same sex couples do not have the same legal process to split the things that were acquired during the course of the relationship should it come to and end. There is no amount of paperwork that you could fill out with a lawyer that would ever equal all that comes with the one simple marriage certificate. Marriage unites two people from different families (usually) into one.
It's not just about who gets your crap when you die. It also is who can make medical decisions on your behalf when you aren't able to, who can collect social security survivor benefits (still can't, cause of DOMA), health insurance, tax benefits and also having the right to a divorce. Without marriage equality, same sex couples do not have the same legal process to split the things that were acquired during the course of the relationship should it come to and end. There is no amount of paperwork that you could fill out with a lawyer that would ever equal all that comes with the one simple marriage certificate. Marriage unites two people from different families (usually) into one.
paul - 07/29/11 11:58
I think there are still questions about that kind of stuff all of the time or wills would not exist. An explicit will sounds like a lot more reliable.
I think there are still questions about that kind of stuff all of the time or wills would not exist. An explicit will sounds like a lot more reliable.
ExBuffalonian - 07/29/11 11:52
Marriage isn't about God or religion. It's about establishing next of kin, so that one day when you're planted in the ground, there won't be any question about who gets your stuff. Plain and simple.
Marriage isn't about God or religion. It's about establishing next of kin, so that one day when you're planted in the ground, there won't be any question about who gets your stuff. Plain and simple.
libertad - 07/27/11 20:30
I love you Mark Grisanti!!! I am so glad I voted for you rather than the dweeb, Antoine. You deserve a LOT of respect for your decision.
When I look at that girl with the tape on her mouth I feel like I am about to be gay bashed as soon as it is ripped off.
I love you Mark Grisanti!!! I am so glad I voted for you rather than the dweeb, Antoine. You deserve a LOT of respect for your decision.
When I look at that girl with the tape on her mouth I feel like I am about to be gay bashed as soon as it is ripped off.
metalpeter - 07/27/11 17:45
Honestly there are concepts that I don't understand... I understand that if two people love each other they can get married and it is about god and family and not sinning and that ok that I get..... But here is what doesn't make sense...
There is freedom of and from Religion and the State can not endorse a religion .... Now if this is true then I have some questions....
Why is being married to more then one person like how the Mormons did it is illegal... Wouldn't this not be granting them the freedom of everyone else... Wouldn't it be discriminatory to Mormons....I say it is.... Aren't there other countries where people have Multiple wives (or they used to) and the wives are about different duties in the home... Not sure if that is cultural or religious but why is that not legal here....
But I guess my real question is how can two people say the love each other get married by god and say an oath "Till Death do You part" yes in god's eyes only death can end it.... Then they get all kinds of special benefits from the government ?
The Only thing that I can think of is they took the English Version of Marriage and no one has had a strong enough case to call it unconstitutional.............
Honestly there are concepts that I don't understand... I understand that if two people love each other they can get married and it is about god and family and not sinning and that ok that I get..... But here is what doesn't make sense...
There is freedom of and from Religion and the State can not endorse a religion .... Now if this is true then I have some questions....
Why is being married to more then one person like how the Mormons did it is illegal... Wouldn't this not be granting them the freedom of everyone else... Wouldn't it be discriminatory to Mormons....I say it is.... Aren't there other countries where people have Multiple wives (or they used to) and the wives are about different duties in the home... Not sure if that is cultural or religious but why is that not legal here....
But I guess my real question is how can two people say the love each other get married by god and say an oath "Till Death do You part" yes in god's eyes only death can end it.... Then they get all kinds of special benefits from the government ?
The Only thing that I can think of is they took the English Version of Marriage and no one has had a strong enough case to call it unconstitutional.............
tinypliny - 07/26/11 19:44
I wish they would do away with marriage. It is such an outdated, inflexible, money-wasting and irritating concept. In my mind, the very fact that it can be docked into something like "traditional" or even "gay" marriage is very telling about how discriminatory and medieval society-pandering a concept it really is. Ugh.
I wish they would do away with marriage. It is such an outdated, inflexible, money-wasting and irritating concept. In my mind, the very fact that it can be docked into something like "traditional" or even "gay" marriage is very telling about how discriminatory and medieval society-pandering a concept it really is. Ugh.
metalpeter - 07/26/11 17:22
Point #2.... The Claim is that Being brought up in the Church he has this one view but from a legal point of view everyone should have the same rights... That is what he chose and he claims that was the right thing to do....
Reason I say claim is that for all we know maybe he thought that he would gain votes from whom ever he lost votes from... Maybe he knew he was what the media looks at as the swing vote and if he caused (again in the eyes of others at least) it not to pass he didn't want to be that guy in history... He didn't want to look back and say I blew it.... He didn't want to be on as they say the wrong side of history.....
What is really crazy is there is a lawsuit over this.... I think part of the tie in is that people who voted to pass the bill got money and lots of it from gay rights groups the contention is that he was one of them.... I don't buy it.....
Point #2.... The Claim is that Being brought up in the Church he has this one view but from a legal point of view everyone should have the same rights... That is what he chose and he claims that was the right thing to do....
Reason I say claim is that for all we know maybe he thought that he would gain votes from whom ever he lost votes from... Maybe he knew he was what the media looks at as the swing vote and if he caused (again in the eyes of others at least) it not to pass he didn't want to be that guy in history... He didn't want to look back and say I blew it.... He didn't want to be on as they say the wrong side of history.....
What is really crazy is there is a lawsuit over this.... I think part of the tie in is that people who voted to pass the bill got money and lots of it from gay rights groups the contention is that he was one of them.... I don't buy it.....
metalpeter - 07/26/11 17:17
Here is what I don't get #1 he isn't the only person who voted for it! Yes they counted everyone one up and he was the deciding vote but you know what if the person before him said no his yes wouldn't have mattered it would have been a tie..... Just because he had the final vote and changed doesn't make his vote any more powerful then anyone else's vote that changed....
Here is what I don't get #1 he isn't the only person who voted for it! Yes they counted everyone one up and he was the deciding vote but you know what if the person before him said no his yes wouldn't have mattered it would have been a tie..... Just because he had the final vote and changed doesn't make his vote any more powerful then anyone else's vote that changed....
Since they are rimless they actually look pretty awesome. Dinky frames make people look petty.
I like your glasses.
I know you told me but what kind of a bird is he? You should teach him to speak!
hehe, that gif is hilarious.
Since he has what looks like a MoHawk or hove ever you spell it start there?
HAHAHA @ new avatar! You should try and make him dance and speak.
He probably thinks you are all next of kin.
That is so cute! Too bad s/he was trying to sleep yesterday while we had all that linux drama. Birdo might have known the answer!