What amused you today?

[MatthewV]

Page 80! My comment might be better with some context...

[Jack_Ian]

This might help.

[MatthewV]

Googling the joke isn't the same!

and it won't get into discussions on whether bear fur is more hydrophobic than rabbit fur or other topics that may come from talking with people.

.... so back in the joke, that was starting on the last page and continued at the top of this page...

The bear says, "strange. I wonder if rabbit fur has a property to it that makes it resistant to such things."
The rabbit said, "I don't know. But anecdotal evidence suggests foxes don't have trouble with feces clinging to their fur either." Then he hopped off.

[Macros]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8Ib6OWv-E

makes me laugh every time.

nrsfw though, well, sort of, nah maybe not
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[Scurra]

Even though this is a semi-serious story (and, just for the record, whilst I agree with the sentiment behind the "Kony" campaign, I think that the approach is wildly misguided and the delivery disturbingly cynical), this made me laugh quite a bit.

http://i.imgur.com/K3mgn.jpg
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[MatthewV]

Maybe if the US had a "one war at a time" policy.

I guess my feeling on anything starting is the invisible reason. There have been many times in my life where I act on something with the reason I never tell anyone. The hidden reason is the real driving motive but their is a front of good reason.
Why did I go to jeepfest many years ago? A reckless sense of adventure to meet up with some people from this site. It was great fun and certainly worth it. But I really went to see a girl who lived nearby afterwards (no it didn't work out very well)

So if the United States does get involved with a situation in Africa, we absolutely need to make sure there is a defined goal. We must not try to save all the children or anything that isn't for a specific action. There MUST be an achievable endpoint. The important point is that when unethical businesses start to profit, our interests must not expand to feed it.

[Antrax]

How charmingly simple. And how do you measure completion of said goal?
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[MatthewV]

That would be the exact reason I cannot support this idea yet. Would killing Kony mean the end to children soldiers... it might help but probably not.

[Death Mage]

Killing the children would.
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[JDTAY]

[Antrax]

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought it was reasonable at first.
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[Death Mage]

I was really hoping I didn't have to point out via invisible text that it was not a serious suggestion. Antrax got that, can't tell with JDTAY's post.
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[Gomez*]

I don't understand the backlash against the Kony campaign. The men behind 'Invisible Children' have been working at this for nearly a decade. By any definition, they have skin in the game and it seems unfairly cynical to cast aspersions on their motives as some have done.

I also don't get the criticism that "It's all about making college hipster douchebags feel good about themselves". So what? It's a good cause, right? The world would be a better place without Kony, right? So what does it matter if college kids feel good about volunteering a little time or money to help ensure that the U.S. keeps looking for him? It's okay to feel good about working for charity, even if you're a hipster.

[MatthewV]

My world would be better without the US being in another war endless conflict.

[Gomez*]

In fairness though, we're not really talking about getting involved in another conflict here. The U.S. government has sent 100 military specialists to Uganda to assist, in a purely administrative capacity, with the hunt for Kony. This is an excellent first step. The Kony campaign is all about generating the political will to keep them there until Kony has been captured. This is a very laudable goal and will undoubtedly save hundreds, maybe even thousands of lives over the long term. Personally, while I expect the search to take some time, I don't expect it to be endless. After all, we found Osama Bin Laden, and he had significantly greater resources and public support in the Islamic world than Kony has in Uganda. Also, Kony has wreaked devastation on a scale that would have made Osama Bin Laden envious. It would arguably be an even greater victory for decency against the forces of darkness. I think that, while U.S. forces are serving in their current capacity, handling logistics only, the odds of getting dangerously entrenched are minimal.

[Deception]

From what I've heard, Kony is an outdated operation no longer in serious commission in Uganda or anywhere else.

There are no real reports that Kony is still alive and footage pertaining to Kony is highly inconclusive in regards to if sending anything into Uganda will actually help.

The "college hipster douchebags" are the people who are watching the video and going "oh my gosh I can help the world!" and then donating money, and continuing to play Xbox all day while they get Cs in their General Studies Major.

That is, that most people who are promoting Kony don't seem to know much about it at all, and as a result, I think that most of the rest of us have been misinformed. I don't think this is such a good cause as you're touting it to be. This is of course a mostly uneducated opinion, but I can't imagine you know too much more about Ugandan affairs than I do.

Furthermore, Osama Bin Ladens' death took years of massive searching, intelligence cells, and luck. We knew more about Osama when we started than we do about Kony, and I honestly don't believe a lot of what I am hearing.

[Gomez*]

[ralphmerridew]

Clod's Quest: Now playable on the web!

[Gomez*]

[url=http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=LYXhAmlfNP0]This song[/] has definitely amused me today. Predicting big things for this band.

[Gomez]

Oh, for pete's sake...

Here.

Hope it works this time.

[JDTAY]

Clod's Quest turned out to be a mere demo? We are not amused.

j/k gj rm
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[Deception]

Do you know how Invisible Children derive all of their numbers regarding Kony terror? How have they proven their legitimacy? They are asking for national acclaim, trust, and with that, money. No one gets the benefit of the doubt when asking for so much.

By the way, I think that the death of Osama Bin Laden is much overplayed, but I'm not going to go into that.

But another difference between the two men is that Osama was in high power and we could use intelligence cells to undermine his chain of command and find him. Kony reportedly is one man raising a massively pitiful army of african children. There is no high profile organization for us to infiltrate; only the slums of Africa which are in some ways more dangerous than Afghanistan.

[Zag]

[Jack_Ian]

[JDTAY]

[Zag]

Well, I tried three of the four possible combinations, died three times, and concluded that I was missing something. I guess I should have suspected that Murphy's Law was at work. Also, since the two slots for either color are identical, I didn't really believe that could be the case.

(Actually there are 8 combinations if the order you insert them also matters.)

Edit: Well, that was pretty unsatisfying.

[jesternl]

I'm sure most of you have seen the AniMusic video.. after all, it's several years old by now..
Intel has just built the whole thing for real.

Awesomeness

[Death Mage]

I'm impressed. I thought Acoustic Curves would be built first (and I still think it would look awesome in Epcot Center). I didn't expect Pipe Dream to be doable. But I see they replaced just about everything with flat panels to make sure the balls bounced properly. A bit of a cheat too. But meh, the balls are actually playing the music, awesome.
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[Neo]

I could probably start a dedicated thread to things that happen at my work. Most are depressing, but the concept as a whole amuses me.

My boss gets back tomorrow. I can't wait.
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[Quailman]

The banner ad at the top of the forum page was for iStudio by Mac, but that was the only English. The rest of the ad's text was in Thai script.

[Jack_Ian]

While reading a review of "The Hunger Games"

[Dread Pirate Westley]

End?

[Scurra]

Again, probably belongs in a political thread, but (for UK readers):
http://www.cash4access.com/
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[Zag]

[jesternl]

minimalistic lego.
I was surprised at how many I recognized, although some are European, so not everyone will know those I guess.
Here

[Quailman]

This afternoon I trimmed a limb off an oak tree in my back yard. A large limb extended about 5 meters out from the trunk, at which point it was 10 centimeters across. There it split in two, and I wanted to saw off the larger of the two, so I leaned my extension ladder against the branch and started sawing with a hand saw. As it was starting to fall, I realized that I was removing two thirds of the weight beyong the ladder, and the branch was going to rise above the top of my ladder. I found myself doing a Blutarski from Animal House, trying to move the ladder along the branch while perched near the top of it. I managed to lean it to where the limb was lower and grabbing the branch, I manouevered the ladder under me.

It wouldn't have been a terrible fall. I wasn't that high up, but that's the area of my yard where my big dog relieves himself, so I really did not want to land in a pile of dogshjite.

[Zag]

I'm not even British, and this had me laughing out loud. A few F-bombs make this unsafe for work (if they're very sensitive), but the basic theme of it is safe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xAl7zvdYKKk

[Zag]

I know that a couple of regulars here are IT professionals, including one Geek Squad member. (My apologies that I've forgotten who, exactly.) Anyway, even if you've already seen this, it should bring a rueful chuckle.

[Scurra]

Thanks.
I was amused to learn the IT support acronym PICNIC the other day.
(I knew it as PBDAC but this is much better.)

PICNIC : Problem in chair, not in computer

PBDAC: Problem between desk and chair
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[jesternl]

Ahh I know those as PEBKAC : Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
Or simply Chair-to-Keyboard Interface