Ok, this is by far my favorite thus far. I’ve now played it several times, and can’t stop laughing.
Wheee!
Category: Funny
hahaha
Best Aerosmith Parody ever:
Absolutely brilliant.
You seriously have to question if the guy was suicidal to go out into the woods with Dick Cheney holding a gun. It’s like walking into a tiger pit with fillet mignon in your pockets.
[Hat tip: Digg]
“Microsoft founder too rich for tax computer to handle” according to this article. Gates allegedly said:
My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers…
How much you want to bet the “special computer” is Linux, and the “normal computers” run Windows?
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
You can’t make this stuff up. Overstock.com had the brilliant idea of having a “White Sale” and sending out an add on MLK’s Birthday with that title!
This offer applies to the lower 48 states and APO/FPO destinations only. This offer excludes orders from “Auctions.” This promotion cannot be combined with any other offer or coupon. Offer ends January 17, 2006 @ 11:59 PM MST.
They also discriminate against 2 states, and exclude Auctions! Yup, there’s some extra irony for you.
You’d think marketing people would look at a calendar before doing stuff like this, it’s not like it’s an obscure thing that only a handful of people know about. Just ask a banker, or the mail man ;-).
This is about as stupid as celebrating Memorial Day with a sale. Since there’s no better way to salute those who died for your country, then by getting 10% off a new shirt!
This isn’t worth anyone getting their panties in a bunch, but it is rather silly of them.
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If some of this silliness keeps going on, were going to end up having airplanes without windows, because it could threaten security if you look outside.
Perhaps it’s time for some countries to consider building roofs over classified equipment, or perhaps putting a tarp over it. What ever happened to underground bunkers and camouflage?
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Holiday SQL
You’ve got to be somewhat nerdy for this, but if your reading this, you automatically qualify. Perhaps I’ll add to this list when I’m bored. If I have the time. If someone is so inclined, feel free to do so below.
Santa’s Present List
SELECT fName, lName, street, city, state, zip, country
FROM people
WHERE STATUS = ‘nice’
AND age < 18
ORDER BY country DESC;
Santa’s Coal List
SELECT fName, lName, street, city, state, zip, country
FROM people
WHERE STATUS = ‘naughty’
AND age < 18
ORDER BY country DESC;
Santa’s Personal Wish List
SELECT fName, lName, street, city, state, zip, country
FROM people
WHERE STATUS = ‘naughty’
AND age BETWEEN 18 AND 25
AND height BETWEEN 67 AND 72
AND cupSize > ‘C’
AND sex = ‘female’
ORDER BY age ASC;
Paris Hilton’s Personal Wish List
SELECT fName, lName, street, city, state, zip, country
FROM people
WHERE age BETWEEN 18 AND 30;
Feel free to give it a try if your geeky enough to do so. I’ll update them to color syntax.
According to download.com:
For one day only, you can get an ad-free version of Opera. Simply e-mail registerme@opera.com to obtain a registration code. This offer is valid from 12 a.m. Tuesday, August 30 to 12 a.m. Wednesday, August 31 2005 (PDT).
Now is a great time to fire off that email, it’s a great offer for a really good browser. There’s a rumor Mozilla will follow by providing a similar offer for an ad-free browser withing a given time period. It will be something you don’t want to miss.
Ok, Firefox is always ad free. But seriously, give it a go. Opera is a really good browser, especially for low end computers that don’t have much CPU. It’s fast and standards compliant.
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Flying Spagetti Monster Redux
An ironic quote in this article about the Flying Spaghetti Monster:
“Clearly, these are just supreme satirists. What they are doing is pointing out that there is no more sense to intelligent design than there is to a Flying Spaghetti Monster,� Wagnon said.
That’s right. He called Flying Spaghetti Monster satire. I’m curious why he feels it’s OK to dismiss other’s belief as “satire”. One could say the same for any other belief: Creationism, Intelligent Design, Darwinism. I think it’s time people bombard him (you can get his email address there) with outrage demanding an apology for dismissing people’s beliefs as satire.
According to scientists there is a bar in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Here’s a rendering of it:
AP Photo
Here’s what was already known about the topic:
Mars Company
All I can say is “yummy”.
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Flying Spaghetti Monster
WHY YOU SHOULD CONVERT TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTERISM
- Flimsy moral standards.
- Every Friday is a religious holiday. If your work/school objects to that, demand your religious beliefs are respected and threaten to call the ACLU.
- Our heaven is WAY better. We’ve got a Stripper Factory AND a Beer Volcano.
Well, how can I not support that? It’s a rock solid website.
[Hat tip: Phil Plait’s Excellent Bad Astronomy Blog]