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Not that a D-Bus operating system couldn't possibly be good, but all I really want, quite honestly, is a good Unix system. More D-Bus at the system level is, for me, rather an argument to switch my laptop over to Debian instead, and then if Debian becomes GNU/DBus as well, I guess I'll switch to FreeBSD instead.
D-Bus may not be the answer to everything, individual technologies rarely are, and it's not as if D-Bus was even the only user-level software bus commonly used in Linux, but it has interesting potential. Not sure how well it currently plays with clustering technology like MOSIX, or grid technology, but given the effort being poured into developing user-space software buses precisely for those, I imagine that's just a matter of time.
Personally, I'd rather have more localized limited-purpose buses in any case where a general-purpose solution is slower and/or heavier. The code can't be that maintenance-intensive and too much abstraction must eventually pessimize the resulting code. Moore's Law is worthless if code gets slower at the same rate systems get faster. Nonetheless, any general-purpose abstract IPC that is easier to implement against than traditional mechanisms (RPC, CORBA, Unix sockets, System V messages, etc) must surely be beneficial - even if those end up being the mechanisms used under the hood. In fact, the more of those implemented and the better you could switch data between them, the more portable such a software bus becomes as well as the more optimal - to a point. The whole trend in programming is towards such pluggable solutions, it's surprising IPC is so far behind almost every other mechanism out there, and unless there are specific technological reasons to not use a given generic mechanisms (such as performance costs), you're already using so many that are not following some standard or other that it's absurd to discriminate against one just because it's not specifically POSIX.
In particular, Nautilus will now queue up long file transfer operations and display them in a single window rather than spawning a separate window for each file transfer operation.
Please tell me this means that file operations will actually queue to be run in sequence, saving us from disk and cache trashing slowing things down? With "run", "pause", "cancel" on each individual transfer? Pretty please?
Kde 4.0 supposed to be a rapid improvement and Kubuntu is supposed to be alot more polished and integrated
Actually, KDE 4.0 is more of a beta quality [kde.org] release (like Mac OS/X 10.0 or pre-SP1 Vista) - it's 4.1 or so that'll really be ready for daily use by normal users. Unfortunately, Hardy falls at an awkward time with respect to 4.0 (or vice versa) - 4.0 isn't ready for long term support, but 3.5 isn't likely to be relevant for 3 long years. As a result, while Ubuntu 8.04 will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release, Kubuntu 8.04 will not be [kubuntu.org].
I agree with your opinion of Gnome (I use it myself), and with your assessment of KDE 4 (I look forward to trying it out - looks great so far!). And I'm very suspicious that Mono contains Microsoft-patented technology, and believe free software developers should avoid it until the title is clear. But that's just my $0.02 worth (and it seems to be worth less every day...) I don't believe any critical part of Gnome is dependent on Mono, however.
Unfortunately, Hardy falls at an awkward time with respect to 4.0 (or vice versa) - 4.0 isn't ready for long term support, but 3.5 isn't likely to be relevant for 3 long years. As a result, while Ubuntu 8.04 will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release, Kubuntu 8.04 will not be.
This is complete rubbish, and is a poor decision from Canonical (not the first, I might add). The desktop that should have been in 8.04 is KDE 3.5.x, and many KDE developers have stated that KDE 3.5 will continue to be supported. Cano
What's wrong with 'mythfrontend' that Totem needs to get involved?
It does a terrible job of playing back high-definition video. I have a two-tuner Mythtv box with a standard-def and high-def tuner. I know my system is powerful enough to playback high-definition video because there are no problems using xine, mplayer, and totem. When playing back HD content in mythfrontend on the same machine however, there are frequent pauses in the video playback. This is a widely reported problem. Being able to use Totem as a form of frontend would be nice, as I currently have to open
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Is the real Jewish Promised Land in Halifax, Nova Scotia?by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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(39) BB Hall, November 1, 2016 3:11 PM
one year later...
(38) Me Ithink, January 10, 2013 9:43 PM
It's been there the whole time...
(36) MOE, December 20, 2012 2:36 PM
W, January 13, 2013 11:46 PM
(35) Abbie goldhar, December 20, 2012 12:49 AM
Great laugh
(34) Anonymous, December 19, 2012 2:58 PM
Halifax is the promised land
(33) Anonymous, December 16, 2012 6:14 PM
(31) Elaine Morrison, December 14, 2012 5:33 PM
I suggested we do adopt Israel to the PM, for real!
Why? In the name of peace. And we'd get scientists, artists, a nuclear arsenal. We'd clean up...if you're just counting material gain. I'm Israeli and half of Israel actually would come. They're quite pragmatic. (Although I bet there will be a ton of Canadian Jews who don't speak the language and have never lived there longer than a tourist stay who will write in furiously, deriding me and claiming otherwise.) I suggested the same to Obama. But does anyone listen to me? ...No.
(29) Anonymous, December 12, 2012 3:36 AM
Let's see what Sid 'The Kid" has to say first.
(28) Yosh Smengy, December 10, 2012 4:59 PM
(27) Penny Uliss, December 10, 2012 4:12 PM
Halifax controversy between Jews and Muslims
Vlad, December 12, 2012 12:35 PM
What about Spain?
(24) Anonymous, December 7, 2012 7:11 PM
very funny.. i'll pass it on ......
(22) Bill, December 3, 2012 4:42 AM
(21) Gary Davis, November 14, 2012 3:26 PM
So visit, already!
Anonymous, December 9, 2012 3:08 PM
Better still!
Anonymous, December 11, 2012 6:07 AM
bay of fundy
(20) Nir, May 20, 2012 2:00 PM
so true
(19) henry, December 8, 2011 4:06 AM
israelis and Canada
Anonymous, January 17, 2012 12:58 AM
Bob, March 12, 2012 2:01 PM
Come on...
Anonymous, December 3, 2012 4:46 AM
(17) Stephen Avrington, November 14, 2011 3:54 PM
Very funny skit.
I must say this was very creative of a thoroughly depressing and overly molested situation that should have ended in '67. Sadly the Jew has forgotten the Judean part and has allowed their entire history to become perverted to allow a "nationality" to be fabricated when such a nation had never existed previously: "Palestinian". It is such a shame that all Muslims, Jews and Christians do not actually read the Islamic texts and study Islamic history themselves. In doing so, an entirely different, and most-often censored reality would come shining through to another base motivation of this theo-political conflict. The Judean: Jew has an unbroken heritage associated to Judea: Israel: Zion: Holy Land/Promised land as base for the entire Western World and shown through multi-millenia archeological findings from Europe to Asia however nothing supports the Arab: Arabian; who sprang forth from Arabia over 450 years before the First Crusades "submitting" and occupying vasts swaths of land never their own. Unfortunately these lands run from Asia to, formerly, Spain (sadly today's Europe due to corrupt politics) inclusive of the region of "Palestine" then under Turkish rule. The Judean must find their Jewishness and throw out all of their Muslim and anti-Jew Communist/Socialist/Turd Worlders from all their lands West of the Jordan. If the Muslim can throw out a million Jews the Jew logically, and morally, must be able to do in kind. In closing there are no "Palestinians" and there is no "West Bank".
Don Rosenberg, December 22, 2011 3:08 PM
Well said and True--We Jews need to unite and attack the
(16) Jew Lover, November 11, 2011 4:19 PM
Humor can do alot to bring difficult situations to fore and reduce the central theme or point to one concentrated idea. This skit did that.. Arabs have always been jealous and hateful of the jewish people and will lay claim to anything given to the jewish people by God. It comes from the initial conflict between Isaac and Ishmael. This fact will never change! The arab will always be the jews angry brother even though God has Blessed them with even more land. Go figure!
(15) Adelle, November 7, 2011 1:38 AM
This is funny?
(14) J La Lone, November 6, 2011 6:58 PM
Hysterically Funny
I do not watch John Steward regularly, but this was so funny and so on the money. It is a delightful take off on a subject so painful....that Muslims claim everything that is holy to Jews as their own. It is a cruelty that is hard to tolerate. But, John made us/me smile. Thank goodness for humor...one of the greatest gifts of and to Jews.
Swannie52, November 14, 2011 6:20 PM
Thank goodness for humor
(13) Jan, November 6, 2011 1:01 PM
(12) Buba, November 2, 2011 7:16 PM
(11) Channa, November 2, 2011 5:40 PM
We saw it in HALIFAX, I mean Challafax
Stewart is indeed as lefty but in this skit he does show up the Palestinian as the hysteria mongers they are and in this rare case Stewart did NOT use moral equivalence as a theme. Hopefully this is a turning point for him. As for Larry David he has always been an "equal opportunity destroyer" . He offends everyone and hopefully one day his stupidity will bite him in the rear.
(10) Babbi, November 2, 2011 5:24 PM
LOL Totally hilarious. Watched this a few times for a good laugh. Some are offended by this, take to note, USA mainline Jews are up on comedians and low on the religious by-laws ok. They fit into media society, and they all have made us laugh over the years. Expect them to continue for many years ahead. Were laughing at the silliness, like kids fighting over toys. We need a laugh, it's getting old this issue. Christians and Muslims fighting over Jewish land, crusades, when will they get a grip. They have an identity crisis, and it's down displaying funny. Have they been duped or what? Well, that's what is so funny, the implication. The Daily Show gang, representing the differences, shows up to humor us, we needed a good laugh. Thanks Aish, for putting this on your website, I would of missed it otherwise.
(9) rodney, November 1, 2011 6:45 PM
funny skit... but more true than you think.
if Israel existed on an iceburg within the artic circle, islam would have to destroy it, because the very existence of Israel proves islam to be false. the fact that Israel exists right there in the midst of the muslim world, totally boils their potatoes. Psalm 83 addresses this by naming the lands that vow to destroy Israel. these lands are today's muslim land areas. GOD knew.
(8) Annie, November 1, 2011 6:30 PM
without getting into it too deep...
(7) Moshe, November 1, 2011 3:17 PM
The Story BEFORE this clip was NOT funny
(6) Bobby, November 1, 2011 2:58 PM
(5) xynnek, November 1, 2011 2:13 PM
Jon Stewart known Israel basher
Michael, November 1, 2011 3:25 PM
I remember the "hallway" story.
I agree. I like the Daily Show and have learned much from John about political duplicity.However, he resembles to me The New York Times in that he's careless in handling the Middle East subject, but I get too much other useful info from him to stay away. The "hallway" story was during the last Gaza campaign. It reminded me not to watch him when the Israel issues get hot.
Meradith, November 2, 2011 3:53 PM
I have made jokes myself over this, because take something that is so serious in one part of the world, and make light over it, can put the issue in perspective, for us over here. I live by a town named Palestine and we joke about it all the time, that they are Palestinians. Palestine use to be a thriving town at one time, the center of this area. Now it is practically a ghost town. Oil was struck 6 miles away in 1901, and Palestine as the thriving place dried up, and a new town was birthed. We have history where we live. Towns named after places in Israel. Long Island, a town was called Jerusalem, maybe it still is, and the British came to take possession of it from the American Indians. The clip was funny, name a place Israel or Jerusalem, and those who do not believe in G-d will fight over it claiming it to be their land. Pick a place in Canada, hill country of no value, and let them all flock their. Quite clever! Those with connection to Israel should appreciate that, can send your enemies a packing to some other part of the world. Jon is a liberal, I'm not, so I don't make a habit of watching his show. However, when he does a good job for the sake of Israel, I can laugh with him. The two guys, one a Brit and the other a Muslim, fighting over land in Canada, was a hoot. We don't fight here, we laugh together. There is peace here as a Nation. Now that, can show what the historic Israel use to be at one time huh? When the tribes were not divided, to fight each other. Though humor it was meant to be, a little lesson can be taught from it, wow, what humor can do.
Patrick B. Leek, November 2, 2011 5:13 PM
Jon Stewart Known Israel Basher
(4) Ayelet, November 1, 2011 1:52 PM
My issues with this
While this segment is very clever, I think it's unfortunate in the way Israel is depicted as an "occupier" (pushing into his box without provocation) and "war-initiator" (initiates physical altercation) whereas the so-called Palestinians are "harmless rock-throwers" (rocks thrown by anonymous individual do no harm).
(2) Steven, October 31, 2011 7:24 PM
Oh Yeah! I Love it!
(1) Lyone, October 31, 2011 6:18 PM
Stewert's Moral Equivalence


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Oct 2011 22:24 UTC
"As an online discussion about iOS vs. Android grows longer, the probability of someone bringing up this link approaches 1." The argument goes that before the iPhone, Android looked like a BlackBerry clone, and after the iPhone, it suddenly turned into an iOS clone. While this argument, with its pictures, is snappy and easily digestible, it doesn't actually seem to be supported by the facts.
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RE[3]: iOS not flexible?
by boldingd on Fri 28th Oct 2011 22:42 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: iOS not flexible?"
That said, my understanding is that Android contains little of GNU/Linux beyond the Linux kernel, with freshly-written services, device drivers, etc. on top of it -- much like WebOS. iOS, on the other hand, contains much more of OSX than XNU. I'm not sure of that, though; I'm inferring from what I've read.
So far as I know, that is not correct; my understanding was that iOS didn't share much more with desktop OS X than the kernel, pretty much like Android and Linux. I think Apple originally claimed that they where closely related, but I think they baked off of that pretty quickly. Which kinda makes sense, since I personally doubt that you really could design a userspace that'd work well both on smart phones and desktop systems; the things that make for a good userspace in each case are just too different.
Which on a totally different topic is why I'm extremely dubious of what I'm hearing about Windows 8; I just don't think the things that make for a good phone userspace make a good desktop userspace or vice-versa.
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RE[4]: iOS not flexible?
by frderi on Sat 29th Oct 2011 17:07 in reply to "RE[3]: iOS not flexible?"
Nope, thats wrong.
iOS is a streamlined version of the desktop OSX, the two are very similar up until the UI layer (Cocoa vs Cocoa Touch). Ofcourse, some APIs are device specific, but most of it is the same and in some cases unique APIs introduced to one platform also end up in the next version of ther other.
The big similarity makes it relatively easy to for example port iPad and iOS apps to the Mac and share code between Mac and iOS based projects.


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Thanks for posting this!But as of today, the 13th, I still can't use the search tool. Will it be available when the forum comes back online, post-16th?
Will we get any of those deleted threads back? I love reading past posts from favorite/ interesting posters, and many of them were quite a few years old and now no longer exist.
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MENOMONIE, Wis. (WEAU) -- The holidays can be a tough time for victims of domestic abuse.
Advocates say some victims don't want to seek help this time of year.
WEAU 13 News sat down with a domestic violence advocate at The Bridge to Hope in Menomonie.
Mary Lillo said a good number of victims want to keep things as is because of added social pressure and so kids can have a home for the holidays.
"There's also a sense of guilt in leaving, and 'How am I going to provide for the kids and have a good holiday?' They'll keep the peace, often the status quo," Lillo said.
The domestic violence advocate said some victims feel it's a safe time to act, after the lights have stopped twinkling and the trees have come down.
"Or perhaps their abuser really misbehaved over the holidays and they're fed up and that was the end for them," Lillo said.
Advocates say added stress and drinking during the holiday season are sometimes used as an excuse for domestic violence.
"We know the research shows it really isn't about those things. It's about power and control," Lillo said
Lillo said abuse is a constant problem, causing refuges like The Bridge to Hope to be packed with survivors throughout the year.
New numbers from the Eau Claire Police Department show domestic abuse arrests around the same level over the past three years, with 441 arrests in 2012, 453 in 2011 and 472 in 2010.
Despite this, the local advocate said over the years more victims are getting help to become survivors.
"Abuse is never your fault, no matter what. Everyone deserves to live without abuse in their life and there are good people out there that are willing to help support a survivor get out of an abusive situation," Lillo said.
Here are some domestic abuse resources in the area:
Bolton Refuge House in Eau Claire: 715-834-9578
The Family Support Center in Chippewa Falls: 715-723-1138
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text: By RuthMantell Another perkier month for home builders Sentiment among home builders keeps climbing as inventory tightens, according to data released this week. A housing-market index from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo rose in November for the seventh consecutive monthly gain, reaching the highest level in more than six years. The index increased five points to a seasonally adjusted level of 46. However, builders and the rest of the housing market still face substantial challenges from ongoing high unemployment and tight credit conditions, among other factors. Indeed, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pointed out this week that conditions will "prevent the sort of powerful housing recovery that has typically occurred in the past."Read more about home-builder sentiment.Read more about why home builders have been perking up. Prev Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page


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Boulder firefighters rescued a man who was pinned in his truck following a one-car accident in north Boulder this morning, according to officials.
At around 9:30 a.m., a man driving a truck northbound on 63rd Street for an unknown reason left the road and went airborne before hitting a concrete drainage area in a retention pond near Eco-Cycle just north of Arapahoe Avenue, according to Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel.
There was no water in the retention area, and the truck came to a stop at a concrete drainage pillar with the driver pinned inside. Crews were able to get him out, and he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
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Anyone care to share opinions on their ideal pet mix?
I just reached Level 85, primary spec MM, secondary BM
My pets, in order of acquisition, are:
Tyrant Devilsaur (main reason I secondaried in BM - only usable in that spec)
White Bear
The two used most often are the spider on offense and the turtle in dungeons.
Any other ideas?
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Hi all,
I need explanations about texturing in java3D.
I created a sphere on which I mapped a jpg image of the earth. I implemented zooming using the mouse.
But what I would like to do is to use different images
to have different levels of details when I zoom.
I used the mipmap texturing technique as in the java 3d tutorials but I haven't obtained the whished results.
Can you please advise me.
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I'm more cautiously optimistic overall. But I am thrilled about the potential this defense has. Mangold is a good choice. I'm jealous, all I am doing for vacation this year is a 4 day trip to Reno for a wedding, and that's it.
I can't wait for this season to 'take off'. (heh)
I really do have a good feeling about this year. I don't know why. I really think this team is going to show marked improvement. (heh heh)
I'm going to go up to camp on the 28th. I want to get a new Nike Mangold jersey. You should look for me. I'll be the guy in the Jets t-shirt.
I'm more cautiously optimistic overall. But I am thrilled about the potential this defense has. Mangold is a good choice. I'm jealous, all I am doing for vacation this year is a 4 day trip to Reno for a wedding, and that's it.
I wish I could be.
Same O-line, same result.
Positive attitude is always good, counters some of the negative.
I'm pumped about the defense. Offensive line can't play worse, if that's a positive
the feeling is probably just gas. let it out and you`ll feel better. just be careful when you let it out. might have the Jets upcoming season follow the gas.
I think our Defense will be really, really, really, really, good. The additions to the front 7 are tantalizing.
Very concerned about our offense.
- Ferguson - Last year's poor performance is the aberration at this point, so hopefully he'll return to form this season
- Slauson - Played hurt much of last year. Hopefully offseason surgery cured what was ailing him.
- Mangold - Hopefully won't miss that many games due to injury again
- Moore - Was coming off of surgery to both hips last year and still played fairly well.
I'm not sure how much hope we should have that Hunter will show any improvement, but maybe if they give him a little more help in pass protection than they did last season, he won't get Sanchez killed.
we played like sh!t most of last season and still finished 8-8.
with a revamped defense and a Schitty-less offense, the Jets should get to at least 10 wins.
I think the Jets will finish 12-4.
I think the Jets remain in the top-5 on defense, but unless Hill is a factor right out of the gate, this offense doesn't look like it has the horses to win games by itself when it's necessary. That formula screams 10-6.
Still really excited about the season. Jets drafted some potential difference-makers in the first three rounds this year and can't wait to see if those guys can deliver some hope.
Plus it's year 4 for the QB, so the only way the Sanchez/Eli comparisons continue beyond this year is if the Jets come home with the trophy...
I also believe the team will be much better this season. I believe the defense has abgreat chance at being number 1 this season. Barring injury, I definitely believe they'll be a higher rank than number 5 this season.
I also believe the addition of Tim Tebow will make this team better on offense and ST's. The team has missed Brad Smith since he left via FA. Well, now they have Tebow who is every bit as versatile and talented as Brad Smith ever was, but he also has a penchant for making big plays. It really is very BIG to have another Brad Smith on this team and I think it will pay dividends almost immediately and throughout the season.
If Sanchez can start to play some even decent football, the Jets offense should show marked improvement.
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Oregon State Police Selects Locality to Enhance Mission-Critical Mobile Computing Deployment
OSP Honored by Mobile Enterprise Mobilizer Awards '12 for Increasing Field Officer Efficiency
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SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/12 -- NetMotion Wireless, provider of software to secure, manage and optimize an organization's mobile deployments, today announced Oregon State Police (OSP) has purchased Locality cellular network performance management software to enhance the quality, reliability and value of its statewide mobile computing deployment. Locality provides OSP with a faster, more precise way to troubleshoot cellular network connectivity issues to improve officer safety, increase field worker productivity, extend investments in technology and service contracts, and reduce IT help desk tickets. Using Locality to evaluate real-world connection performance, OSP was able to define and meet new coverage requirements.
Last week, Mobile Enterprise magazine named OSP an honorable mention in the Enterprise Wide Mobility category for the Mobilizer Awards '12. Judges recognized OSP's success deploying NetMotion Wireless' Locality and Mobility XE mobile VPN in combination with other powerful technologies to improve the efficiency of field officers. OSP was also a finalist in the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) 2012 Recognition Awards and received a gold honor in the State Technology Innovator Awards.
"Before Locality, we did our best to troubleshoot issues by asking officers to describe their symptoms," said Albert Gauthier, CIO, Oregon State Police. "Without any cold, hard data, though, we struggled to know exactly what change was necessary. Locality bridges this gap by giving us real empirical data for bandwidths, real time access to connectivity data, device inventory information and more."
OSP provides critical public safety services to its citizens and public safety partners across the state. Field employees and officers are regularly working from their vehicles and moving from one location to another throughout the day. Needing to access critical data by connecting to central information systems and databases from the road, officers routinely use public cellular networks to make the connection. To better serve its communities, OSP wanted to easily troubleshoot and eliminate any preventable connection issues its employees faced working remotely.
Using Locality, the OSP IT team was able to identify and quickly address dropped connection and packet issues field officers frequently encountered in eastern Oregon. "Locality confirmed very quickly that we had areas of low bandwidth performance near Bend," added Gauthier. "Once we were able to document this issue repeatedly -- using multiple officers traversing the region -- we wanted to include our operator in the conversation."
With a Locality coverage report in hand, Gauthier sat down with the agency's carrier representative to discuss the possibility of improving coverage in the area. Already taking steps to enhance service in this region, the carrier confirmed it had plans to install three new cell sites.
Locality is the only cellular counterpart to a wired network performance management offering, providing the detailed device, network and application reporting organizations need to proactively identify coverage issues, troubleshoot help desk tickets, make performance-based buying decisions, effectively track and manage all deployed devices, and more.
"Field officers should not worry about a call taking them to an area of poor coverage," added Gauthier. "Locality is invaluable for helping us defend against these instances and at the same time enhancing officer safety. Avoiding problems in the first place and/or being able to quickly pinpoint if an issue sits at the application, network and device level, has significantly reduced officer downtime and our support load levels."
With Locality, organizations can evaluate -- for the first time -- how well their mobile data deployments are working. IT staff can methodically compare and select carriers based on real performance data from their field users and choose the computing devices and data networking cards that provide the highest productivity. Organizations can also reduce wireless deployment expenditures by identifying under-utilized or unused mobile assets.
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First of all, this round marks the first death of a player, who is... Jifel as Harvey Walters! I expect probably another by this round's end.
Secondly, there is a giant monster loose as some may notice. It will attack all players, plus the two mysterious Zombie Killers. Al-Hazrad's powers cannot keep it from attacking him, either. Note that it has range on its attack. Can it be stopped?
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"Carreon is also suing the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society"
That can't be good for business
Neither can being an "Internet lawyer" with absolutely no understanding of the Streisand Effect [wikipedia.org].
He's a run of the mill moron that have an overinflated ego and sense of competence. The Dunning-Kruger effect in play more or less.
He's a run of the mill moron that have an overinflated ego and sense of competence. The Dunning-Kruger effect in play more or less.
I was thinking more along the lines of the Peter Principle.
(Get it? Peter, FunkyJunk? Oh, never mind...)
While the Dunning-Kruger effect [wikipedia.org] may be thought of as related to the Peter Principle, I think Dunning-Kruger is more apt in describing this case.
While the Peter Principle is the observation that in hierarchical organizations, individuals tend to be promoted to the level of their own incompetence, Dunning-Kruger relates more broadly to the pattern that the less competent one is, the more likely one is to over-assess one's own level of knowledge or skill.
Sounds like Carreon to me.
Not that I would ever nitpick on
The Dunning-Kruger effect in play more or less.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell
As William Butler Yeats puts it in his apocalyptic vision of "The Second Coming" [potw.org]
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
The best part is that according to TFA, Carreon (fitting name) is representing himself.
Never mind, misread that bit, Carreon is the lawyer.
Probably, he lives by the idea that all publicity is good publicity. Hey, it worked for SA founder Richard Kyanka, no? Clearly, Commander Taco's unwillingness to engage in such antics are responsible for slashdot's decline in importance.
As your client should know, the internet does not like censorship, and does not react kindly to it. Bringing a lawsuit against The Oatmeal is ill advised. Not only are FunnyJunk's claims meritless, FunnyJunk will surely lose in the court of public opinion and cause itself reputational harm. We are also deeply skeptical that a nameless, faceless, business that hosts third party content will be able to demonstrate much if anything by way of damages as a result of The
Oatmeal's allegedly defamatory statements. At the end of the day, a lawsuit against The Oatmeal in this situation is just a really bad idea.
I actually like this lawyer. Now there's a sentence I thought I'd never write.
And if that's where the world is going I will fight with every ounce of force in this 5'11 180 pound frame against it.
It maybe anecdotal, but I've often found the people who feel the need to mention this sort of metric in an argument like this are actually pretty dumb.
yeah, if it was something like 12 feet and 500 pounds.. now that would be impressive.
Well, from what we know of this guy, it seems he really is the internet version of an ambulance chaser. He got a lucky break in the sex.com brouhaha, and now like a gambler that won a lottery jackpot he's scratching every card he can buy, desperate for the next big win. After all, look at this line from the Comic Riffs blog report:
Carreon tells Comic Riffs one of his goals is to become the go-to attorney for people who feel they have been cyber-vandalized or similarly wronged on the Internet.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/funnyjunk-lawyer-suing-the-oatmeal-cartoonist-inman-over-indiegogo-charity-drive/2012/06/18/gJQAbZhDlV_blog.html [washingtonpost.com]
We can only hope that his hubris will soon make him the disgraced pariah that he needs to be.
Yeah, at this point it's just a publicity stunt. The cynic in me doesn't believe Carreon is dumb; look at all the extra attention and internet traffic this little affair has started.
Which is why you need a loser pays system. Right now he can hire 1 shmuck lawyer for $100 and tie up (potentially) good companies in the defence of a frivolous suit who have to pay $500 p/h lawyers to debunk the 1 shmuck. Under a loser pays system, FunnyJunk would be liable for the court costs of the people he sues if he didn't have a water tight case (Read: Just doing this for publicity).
Personally I've never heard of FunnyJunk before a few days ago, but I've just added it to the blacklist of my routers DNS relay, just in case I accidentally visit it.
So in a loser pays system, what happens if you're on the wrong end of a lawsuit from one of those $500/hr lawyer teams and you can only pony up for a $150/hour lawyer and you lose?
So in a loser pays system, what happens if you're on the wrong end of a lawsuit from one of those $500/hr lawyer teams and you can only pony up for a $150/hour lawyer and you lose?
Here is where lawyers do something called "no-win, no-fee". If you've got a semi-decent defence (remember that the plaintiff has the burden of proof, they must prove what they say you did, you need only provide enough evidence to cast that into doubt) a high priced lawyer may choose to take on your case on a no-win, no-fee basis as he's got a good chance of winning his high price off the plaintiff. A lot of firms do no-win no fee in Australia.
No-win, no-fee can be used in the reverse (by a plaintiff of "claimant") but 1. they need rock solid evidence and 2. I'm assuming in your example that the lawsuit is a sham and the defender is innocent.
Loser pays is not perfect and by far not impossible to game but it's a hell of a lot better then the alternatives. It's been working in Australia and other nations for over 20 years now, if it were that easy to game someone would have done it by now. Instead people who launch frivolous suits like the MPIAA/RIAA are afraid to do so in Australia as they would be responsible for the costs, they tried suing one ISP and are currently trying to get the amount they have to pay for the defendants lawyers reduced.
Lets try this scenario again except changing the "loser pays" system to the "American rule" [wikipedia.org] where each side is responsible for their own fees.
what happens if you're on the wrong end of a lawsuit from one of those $500/hr lawyer teams and you can only pony up for a $150/hour lawyer and you lose?
So what happens here, you can only afford a cheap lawyer regardless of your chances of winning?
Not only have your chances not decreased because they can afford better lawyers and are at no risk from losing, your chances of being sued frivolously have increased because they will never be punished for it.
No-Win, No-Fee is almost universally used in personal injury lawsuits across the globe, and not much else.
Speaking from relevant business experience across UK, AUS, NZ, Morocco, China, etc.
Yep. That is why we need an equal pay system. Each side pays the other side's lawyer an equal amount to what they pay their own. That way if Super-Mega-Corp want's to bring in $500/hour lawyers to crush Working-Two-Jobs-To-Make-Ends-Meet-Joe, Joe will have just as good of representation as Super-Mega-Corp.
Actual outcome: $500/hour lawyers get "paid layman rates," while their uncles/children/foreign bank accounts collect the remainder. See college athletes.
"Loser pays" has a lot of issues. For example, not all lawsuits are frivolous. Sometimes there is a genuine dispute on the law.
A better system is to let the judge award attorney's fees to the defendant when they dismiss a case with prejudice.
From what I'm told, in the current system you have to continue the suit to win attorney's fees even when the original case has been tossed for lack of merit. Meaning the defendant has to continue the suit and rack up more fees in the hopes that eventually the plainti
No, but it's GREAT for taking a substantial lead in this year's "Jack Thompson's Legal Career" Memorial Award for Bad Legal Interaction with an Website, Online Forum, or Service Provider.
We seriously need to create a trophy for this, to send to idiot lawyers.
I see what you did there! Nice.
captcha: excites. Lol.
Submitter here. I forgot to mention in the summary he's also the lawyer for FunnyJunk.
You got this part wrong, though: "Charles Carreon curiously fails to mention that he first incited all of his users to harass The Oatmeal anyway they can which they dutifully did."
He's FunnyJunk's lawyer, not FunnyJunk's owner. Carreon has no users.
You can't encourage people to
... associate me with incompetence with stupidity, and douchebaggery.
No, only you can do that.
That doesn't mean you can just declare netwar,
I guess I missed that part... maybe it depends on what you define as 'netwar'
that doesn't mean you can encourage people to hack my website,
Oh, that. Well, I'm pretty sure he didn't do that so I don't see the relevance.
to brute force my WordPress installation so I have to change my password.
Seriously? That's a terrible example of hacking. I might disagree with the term use generally because it ignores the honorable history of the word, but I can accept modern usage. That's not hacking by either definition. Seriously, shouldn't you use a good password anyway?
You can't encourage people to violate my trademark
Has anyone done this? Now that I think of it, actually he could, couldn't he? I don't think it would be illegal to encourage other people to take that action.
and violate my twitter name
Somebody violated your twitter? Shocking! Outrageous! Somewhat humorous!
and associate me with incompetence with stupidity, and douchebaggery.
Well, technically that's freedom of speech. There are some limits on it but I'm pretty sure you can call someone stupid, incompetent and a douchebag. Lets try it: You, Charles Carreon, are a stupid and incompetent douchebag.
Note that I didn't say anything about bravery. I think it takes an amazing level of bravery to set yourself up as the target instead of your client for the rage of a good old fashioned flame war. Bravery and stupidity are not exclusive, in fact, I think they may have a very open relationship. (I do see that there is a tempting reference there to Kodiak romance, but I'm not quite willing to make it.)
This very post, and all of the clicks behind it, are just kerosene to pour on the flames. Carreon isn't a twit, he's getting lots of free stuff from the crowds that go Fight! Fight! Fight! in the lunchrooms of their high schools, where their maturation process stopped.
Bravery? Douchebaggery? This is the Internet, where World==Dog. He's manipulated you, and a jillion others into clicking over truly stupid stuff. His lawyer==PR manager. Just by foisting/hoisting the argument, look at all the ostensible do-goo
You can't encourage people to violate my trademark
Has anyone done this? Now that I think of it, actually he could, couldn't he? I don't think it would be illegal to encourage other people to take that action.
Actually, that's the only one that would be legitimate*... Intentionally inducing infringement creates liability.
*But there's no evidence that Inman did induce anyone**.
**Plus, he's claiming his name is the trademark, but people using his name are (a) not using it in commerce, and (b) even if they are, it's nominative fair use.
Where everything always turns into a complete shitstorm.
fun place.
So you're saying Funky Junk is worse than cancer?
In other news, cancer has decided that the enemy of its enemy is its friend and has thus teamed up with FunnyJunk. The resulting entity has not yet been named, but FunCancer is currently favored.
Cancerjunk was rejected on the grounds that they might face trademark conflicts from Lance Armstrong.
Too Soon?
But, really suing a charity that's at least trying to fight cancer?
If he thinks he's under a shitstorm now, he just better hope it never hits the mainstream press.
Hits the mainstream press? He was on MSNBC last week.
Oh wait, yeah, just wait until this hits the mainstream press.
Don't be too quick to judge the ACS. There's already a shitton of money being thrown at research. They do other things with the money as well, like supporting families while their loved one is in treatment, or helping terminally ill people have a chance at a semi-normal last few months of life.
The issue is not as cut-and-dried as "very little of their money goes to things like research".
The Relays for example often cost almost as much money to run as they get out of them
So what? Not everything is measured in dollars. I have several people close to me who have or had cancer, and I can't tell you how much things like Relay For Life mean to them.
I suspect it means a lot less than more effective treatment would...should we coin a new term, "Charity Theatre"?
I need to file a patent on frivolous lawsuits. I know exactly how I'd word the letter announcing my intent to protect my IP.
"Yo dawg, I heard you like to sue, so I'm suing you for suing, so you can go to court for going to court..."
Read the Oatmeal's lawyer's response. Its basically:
"You have no leg to stand on. Go away. But if you don't, know that a: The internet doesn't like this, you have been warned and b: Uhh, you never met the criteria needed for a DMCA safe-harbor defense. You don't want to start something here"
FunnyJunk isn't suing.
FunnyJunk's Lawyer is suing.
FunnyJunk's Lawyer is suing.
Then maybe the douchebags at Funnyjunk should publicly disavow any connection to the douchebag who's doing the actual suing?
You know, like, sometime before the folks at CNN, BBC, et al decide to pick up the story and broadcast it with the lede: "...and in other news, the internet site funnyjunk.com is suing some comic site and TWO BIG CHARITIES today..." (followed of course by the charities giving a ton of damning soundbites that make the site and its lawyer look like massive, well, you know, douchebags...)
('course, there's still that whole douchebag factor, but that's not my problem. I'm only here to offer helpful advice about that lawyer vs. reputation thing).
I hop Oatmeal countersues that 5'11 180 pound frame prick into oblivion.
Before everyone finishes patting themselves on the back about how stupid Carreon is, how he has invoked the Streisand effect and a bunch of bad PR ask yourself this: How many of us had honestly even heard of Funnyjunk before today.
Given that it contains so much user submitted content, imagine how many ads have been served on pages where people have gone to flame them, despite the bulk of slashdot readers using adblocks on unfamiliar sites.
I wonder if his ego might still have them laughing all the way to the bank depending on how long it takes them to drop or settle the suits. Even before the internet its been known in marketing that the only bad publicity is no publicity.
I visited for you. It's really shitty. Basically, it's all the racist and stupid shit that your idiot high school classmate posts on facebook collected in one place.
For example, on the front page of funny junk right now there is a joke about black people who say "shizzle" and eat fried chicken. And, its not even funny. FunnyJunk is run by an idiot scumbag, for idiot scumbags.
I knew that FunnyJunk was basically the new ebaumsworld - or at least the subsequent iteration (9GAG is the next one) of the "take other people's content, add advertising, profit" business model - but little more than that. Now I also know that its lawyer is unbelievably ignorant about the internet and the Streisand Effect.
I may now have heard of it but I can promise you one thing: I have never visited nor will I ever. No click counts, no ad impressions, nothing. The only thing they might get from me is a bump in google ranking due to links (if I actually created links) but that would ONLY be the result of propogating this very story, a story that is not going to help them in the long run, even if it helps them in the short run. I do however now know who The Oatmeal is
I have a hunch that the FunnyJunk owner is not really all that interested any more, and that Carreon picked this fight as a way to gain a reputation. Now his ego won't let him back down, and in his world the Oatmeal is now the Moby Dick to his Ahab, with FunnyJunk tricked into being his Pequod.
What is his standing then?
Can I buy $500 worth of Google stock and then sue Apple over their anti-Android tactics, since it has an adverse impact on my shares? If the company isn't suing, then Charles is just suing as a shareholder as far as I understand the law. I can understand shareholder suits against the company they own shares in since that is a direct relationship.
Ok, just copyright infringment by the users, but not the site.
When Oatmeal users possibly libel/troll/flame/attack (ahahah yeah right) others, that IS TheOatmeals fault?
Double standards much?
"You can't encourage people to [...] associate me with incompetence with stupidity, and douchebaggery."
No, that was all you. You vomit-smeared, feckless pile of yak shit.
You may recall from last week the news item concerning FunnyJunk's extortion
Charles Carreon has filed suit in California court against Slashdot, alleging that an article appearing on the site defamed him by characterizing his lawsuit agains The Oatmeal as "extortion."
When reached for comment, Carreon stated, "They like to hide behind this claim that their content is all user-generated, but that certainly doesn't obviate their responsibility to... oh, fuck."
And Mr. Funkyjunk had better hope that his state does not have a SLAPP statute!
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McHenry County residents saw their first snowfall of the season Tuesday, but the dusting will be light compared to the storm set to hit the area Thursday.
A winter storm watch is in effect for McHenry County from Thursday morning through Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Snow is expected to fall after sunrise Thursday morning and could continue throughout the day. Snowfall accumulation may reach six inches or more, and could cause travel delays during Thursday rush-hour traffic.
"Our crew is completely ready," said Mark DeVries, maintenance superintendent for the McHenry County Division of Transportation. "We're going to get something … it just depends on how cold it gets."
Depending on the pattern of the storm and the temperatures Thursday, McHenry County could get anything from heavy wind and rain to a solid dumping of snow.
Wind gusts could reach as high as 45 miles per hour Thursday, creating blowing snow and difficult travel conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
"Wind is the biggest issue," DeVries said. "Visibility will be a problem with blowing snow."
DeVries said that the first big snowfall of the season is often the most dangerous because drivers aren't used to the change in road conditions.
"Road conditions are different when we get snow," he said. "Drivers need to slow down and keep spacing between cars. We tell people to expect the unexpected."
At the Crystal Lake Menards, snow supplies were beginning to jump off the shelves Tuesday in preparation for the winter storm.
"Shovels, snow brushes … We're going through sidewalk salt like crazy," said Justin Bellows, assistant store manager at Menards. "People are getting ready for snow."
Bellows said it's not unusual for people to wait until the last minute, often the night before a storm, to get snow equipment. He expects a large number of customers will come in Wednesday if the storm continues its path toward McHenry County.
The Lowe's in Lake in the Hills has yet to see a rush of people preparing for winter weather, but Store Manager Gary Otto expects that will change once conditions worsen.
"Not as of yet," Otto said when asked if he's seen people buying more snow equipment than usual. "If we really do get [what experts are calling for] then I'm sure we'll see more people coming in. But they're not knocking down the doors yet."
The winter storm, which the National Weather Service has named Draco, has slammed the Pacific Northwest, and will leave two to three feet of snow in the higher elevations of the Cascades. The storm is then predicted to head to the Colorado Rockies Wednesday morning and travel through the Midwest Wednesday night and Thursday.
Winds are expected to remain as high as 35 miles per hour late Thursday night, which would cause reduced visibility from drifting snow, according to the National Weather Service.
"It's been so long since we've had snow," DeVries said. "People need to remember to drive defensively."


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wood you buy it
and it would depend on the price.
if it were $400 to $600 oh yeah, i would have one on order, as i am sure many others would. But anything more than like 650-700, there wont be too many people interested
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
just how short of a wheelbase are we talking about? i know one guy did modded a XO-1 chassis to fit 325-330mm wheelbase for 1/8 scale body and also he did a 360mm wheelbase to fit a GT2 body.
heres some of his XO-1 family,
So, what your asking is if people would be interested in a new electric 4 tec... cause thats esentially what a 1/10 XO-1 would be.
+1 new "4-TEC"...
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins.
I would not spend more than $500 for a mini version of an XO-1 and it better have better performance than a Rally 1/10 especially since you can buy brand new XO-1s for under $770 now! The point of an XO-1 is it's a BIG car that can handle high speeds a lot easier than a 1/10 car can. If you want an AWD road car with LCG buy a Rally 1/10 and swap the wheels, tires, and body.
i think a 1/10 would be cool. or how about a 1/5??? oh man... i would jump on that!!!
it wood be small to fit in a 1/10 race class, but with the vxl-3s on 3s lipo, 7075 waterproof servo ,and gtr shocks, sway bar ready.
How would you see it ?? The Xo-1 is like a blur going by.
+++++++++1 on 4-tec. it dosent have to do 100mph. id be cool with 60-70 mph. it is hard to keep up with my buddies sprint2flux with my 1/16 rally/camaro. i thought about the xo-1, but id just be showing off, and wrecking it. i just wanna have fun at about 65mph.
i have a school bus blacktop parking lot that is huge in my town. and friends, and i make a track with rope for walls, and race, and have fun.
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it wood be more for a race track and a top speed of 60 mph. it is fast for a 1/10 on road car
i have seen all of the on road race cars and thare not as well designed as the xo-1, but more people race 1/10. is thare a even a xo-1 race class?
the 1/8 cars will eat a xo-1 on the track , even a $200 roller gtp but thats not to say driving it on the track isnt fun , just not fun when 1/8 cars are passing you on turns then you catch them on the straight and again they take you on the turns . but im sure a great driver could make one compete
would love to have a 325mm or 360mm xo-1 setup to test against 1/8 cars . but then you have a serpent corba roller for $600 no body or wheels just a chassis kit that you put together from scratch and that thing is supposed to be the best onroad kit money can buy as of right now but by the time you buy motor ,esc, servo, rx, tx, batteries, body ,wheels and tires you are well over $1,000 and giving you can get a brand new xo-1 shipped for under $800 rtr , you cant really find a better deal
One word - WOULD.
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should traxxas make a touring car 1/10?
What needed to be changed to make the different scales?
It would just be yet another 1/10 touring car. The market is absolutely full of those.
Not that it is entirely a bad idea Specially not if it ends up being a fairly competitive race car.
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Don't get me wrong, I think speed is cool and a great challenge. But I also fear for potential accidents. A $1000 XO-1 is one thing, but a $400-$500 100 MPH touring car could be bad for the hobby's image if kids start loosing feet during accidents.
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no a 60 mph car for onroad race
maby a good shaft driven touring car
waterproof and have telemetry
what else should traxxas make
Higher quality parts for the price they ask would be better! I would probably stay away from it if they made a 1/10. It would be over priced.
The larger one is cool but I wouldn't pay a $1000 for it, it's not worth it to me. I can can spend 1/2 of that and get a higher quality car that can really take a beaten.
So a mini xo-1 would be cool but the price wouldn't. A 1/10 xo-1 kit would be cool because I'm no noob and a RTR come with much stuff I don't need.
Traxxas should start making kits for Xperts Only!
No pun intended!
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Chasing a Sunset
What would have happened if Bella had sent Jacob and Nessie away during the battle? This is my take on what would have happened.
This is my first fanfic, so please rate and review!! Also, I used chapters to switch perspectives, so the name of the character whose perspective the chapter is written from is in the title of the chapter. Sorry if it gets confusing. Enjoy!
1. Chapter 1 Jacob
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Usually, this felt good, better than good. The speed, the feeling as I pushed myself harder, faster, watching the trees flash by; it always had been a way to escape. Never wanting to stop, and never really needing to. This time should have been even better, since I was free of that burning bloodsucker stench. But I would have traded all of this if it meant I was back in the clearing with them. The moment Bella told us what she had been planning; I wished I'd never wanted to know.
Running through the forest, was calming, in a weird way. The forest rarely changed, you could be in the forests of La Push, or somewhere across the world, but it was still the forest. The greens and browns of the trees that weren't covered in snow, the smell if pine, the animals that ran from me, because knew they might be dinner. All these things reminded me of home. I felt like at any moment, I would burst through the trees, and into my backyard. The wolf in me recognized the forest as home, wherever I was, and that was one good thing. Another was that I finally had Nessie to myself, away from the blonde psychopath. Except this time we were running away from the danger, instead of facing it like I should have, instead of following my instincts. I was no better than the psychic leech, fleeing with her mate while she still could. But this wasn't my choice. That counted for something, right? The fact that I was being forced into this cowardice had to count.
Vaguely, I wondered what Bella has packed in that purse she had given to Nessie. That thought was not so pressing that I had to stop. At least Bella had finally chosen me for something. And this time it was something that really mattered. I don't know how she did it. How could she keep this from me, her best friend? She knew I could control my thoughts if I had to. Maybe she was worried about me telling my pack. Ugh! My pack!
I could feel Nessie's hold on my back loosening as she finally fell asleep. Far too soon, it was time to stop. As gently as I could, trying not to wake her up, I placed her on the ground. She barely stirred. I could watch her forever, sleeping or awake, thoughtful laughing or crying, it never got old.
Carefully, I tried to pull the bag off her shoulders. This time, I was not so lucky. Nessie woke up. She looked awful, too. Her eyes were red, whether from crying, or because she was tired, I didn't know. It was probably both. All I could do was hold her as she cried, not knowing if her parents were safe, and try not to break down with her, worrying about my friends. Instantly, my curiosity about the little black purse was pushed to the back of my mind. Nessie was my first priority. I held her and rocked her, as she fell asleep again.
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
What celebrities would look like if they lived in Ohio
However, JT didn't know where they came from and I wanted to make sure we gave props to whoever created these gems. So I did a little investigating and found out these fantastic Photoshops were originally from a site called PlanetHiltron.com. And while the folks at PlanetHiltron.com hadn't grouped them as an "Ohio" bit, an observant PH.com reader must have noted the obvious and began emailing them around as such.
In any event, via PlanetHiltron, here are what some celebs would look like if they lived in Ohio...
And check out PlanetHiltron for others.
Ed. Note: Apparently, some of these pix have made the rounds under various, "What celebs would look like if they lived in FILL IN THE BLANK" names. Oops. Now I feel like a stand-up comedian still doing his Nixon material. Oh well.
18 comments:
- whetstonebuck said...
Okay. Ha Ha.
One word rebuttal:
- April 02, 2008 11:29 PM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
Hey -- we Michigan residents bash Detroit enough (despite the big "Talk nice!" campaign around the Super Bowl). That's our privilege.
But I think Flint and Saginaw are still available...
- April 02, 2008 11:39 PM
- Mikoyan said...
There's some pretty nasty parts in Cleveland still....
And Columbus...what's up with that?
- April 02, 2008 11:52 PM
- I'm blue, da ba dee said...
Two words right back at ya, Whet:
"Drew Carey"
- April 02, 2008 11:58 PM
- Adam said...
And don't forget that Ohio gave us Katie Holmes and George Steinbernner.
- April 03, 2008 1:53 AM
- Ron said...
Ok, enough is enough. Mentioning Flint is hitting well below the belt. That place is one awful hellhole.
- April 03, 2008 8:38 AM
- intellidouche said...
Those pics were even funnier when I saw them 6 months ago and the celebrities were southerners.
- April 03, 2008 9:20 AM
- LudaChristian said...
That's still good stuff.
- April 03, 2008 10:15 AM
- intellidouche said...
Haha. Debbie Downer, glad I could brighten your day!
Good one Luda.
- April 03, 2008 10:26 AM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
Ron, I mentioned Flint because I had to go there to photograph a high school hockey game a few weeks ago. If I hadn't made that trip, I wouldn't have Flint in my mind at all.
On the bright side, the arena was actually pretty decent.
- April 03, 2008 11:54 AM
- Ron said...
no prob Sarge, I lived in Flint for 6 years, man what an awful town. but it is where I became a Michigan fan, so it's not a total loss I guess. From what I've heard, Flint hasn't improved much... that arena seems nicer that the IMA sports arena we had to play at in high school.
- April 03, 2008 1:13 PM
- Ron said...
ok, the name of the arena is actually IMA Sports Arena. that's too funny. Funnier it's taken me 20 years to see the irony in that name.
/we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread
- April 03, 2008 1:16 PM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
The arena has since had its name changed to Perani Arena & Event Center, but it is the same facility. I think the upper half of the ice arena has been remodeled, so it's not bad, but the lower half (the retractable part, with folding chairs) needs some help. Also, the glass needs to be replaced in a big way; it was so gouged and cloudy that I actually couldn't shoot through it.
One of the local hockey parents grew up just a couple miles from what was the IMA Arena, so he learned to skate there. So I think he enjoyed watching his son play hockey in the same arena. It probably helped that they skated to a tie against one of the better teams in the state.
- April 03, 2008 1:35 PM
- Jack said...
Boy, you guys are getting desperate now. At least UM can play hockey. I like Michigan (the STATE, not the school) but make no mistake, there will never be a Baywatch Detroit.
- April 09, 2008 9:38 PM
- Zach said...
haha thats funny...not...go bucks and 5 in a row...no pryor...no big ten title its been 1660 days since michigan beat ohio state
- April 10, 2008 8:51 AM
- bloggerfan said...
A radio station in Columbus stole this photo gallery to rip on Michigan so WDFN put up a feature asking what they should do to get revenge. It's on WDFN.com.
- April 10, 2008 9:18 AM
- Paul said...
- April 14, 2008 1:46 AM
- Randy said...
BTW: It's not "some of the pics have made the rounds . . ." It should read "all of these pics . . ."
- April 14, 2008 11:53 AM


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DIXON – A Rockford man was sentenced in Lee County Court to 5 years of probation and ordered to undergo drug and alcohol counseling after pleading guilty to criminal drug conspiracy.
Possession of heroin, delivery of heroin, delivery of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school, and another drug conspiracy charge was dismissed.
Police say Raymond K. Brown, 29, and two other men sold an informant about a gram of heroin on Jan. 24, 2012, in a parking lot at Boyd Street and Hennepin Avenue near Dixon High School.
Brown, who pleaded July 29 and was sentenced Friday, was given 248 days of credit for 124 days he spent in jail.


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Thank you Mr. Daniel Rooney for making our wish come true!
Thank you Mr. Daniel Rooney for making our wish come true!
Does it really matter who pulled the plug on Ariens? The point is hes gone. Thats all callers have talked about all week. Did Ariens retire? Was he Fired? Who fired him? Who cares? Hes gone. This is what most of Steeler Nation has wanted for 5 years now. Frankly I dont care if James Harrison threatened to go helmet to headset with him if he didnt retire.
Time to move on and look to the future. It was the right move, at the right time. If the Steelers make a good hire here, this offense has a chance to be really dangerous.
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A decision that NEEDED to be made ASAP!! I don't care if the lunch lady made the call. Frankly, I'm little surprised to see some of the backlash this move has received in some outlets. I don't know how anyone who has watched steeler games over the past few
years and couldn't see the offensive disarray. This offense had no rhythm, no identity, no creativity whatsoever and most importantly, struggled to score points. I know our team achieve success but lets be clear, it wasn't because of the offense. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just kidding themselves. The offense was just along for the ride.


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Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and winner of the 2011 National Book Award for non-fiction, is one of the world's foremost literary scholars and critics. He is credited with inventing the literary methodology known as The New Historicism. He is also the author of two bestselling works of literary history, the 2004 Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare and the 2011 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, the work for which he received the National Book Award. In this, the first of a two-part interview, Greenblatt discusses his life and scholarly career. He describes himself as a bookish youth and speaks of his mother's constant fear of death and his father's Falstaffian humor. Greenblatt notes that his undergraduate experience at Yale, while intellectually enriching, was marred by an experience with anti-Semitism. He explains that the New Historicism opens a new window on literary criticism, allowing readers to bring material from the author's culture to bear on an understanding of a literary work. The methodology, he explains, arose as a reaction to the New Criticism, which focused solely on the internal structure of literature. Greenblatt notes that not all scholars agree with his approach, and he genially defends himself against his critics.
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