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In Max Payne 3, our eponymous hero returns in another dark story, filled with stylish shooting action performed as only he knows how. This time in Brazilian South America, a country rife with mercenary "security" gunmen for hire, in the city of Sao Paulo, Max has to protect his new charges, a wealthy businessman's family, from all comers. The game contains stunningly realistic combat leaves nothing to the imagination as bodies are bullet ridden and detached limbs fly through the air, portrayed in graphic detail on the PS3.
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The feeling of Max Payne 3 is all in the name. The game is extremely character centric, continuing Max's story from the previous two games. That said, the game does do a brilliant job of developing and exploring Max's character. Story elements are enhanced with many cut-scenes, both short and long, and these are not just glossy cinematics, in fact they are always meaningful and relevant, and effectively enhance the story and the character of Max.
Max Payne 3 is a violent game, gory right down to its very core. The graphics depict the full horror of the damage done by modern weapons, showing in detail bullet wounds, flying limbs and charred flesh, ensuring that fans of blood and guts action will get all they need. It stands out from other such action shooters by emphasizing the vulnerability and desperation of the character. Yes, Max is certainly a badass who never thinks twice about killing hundreds of enemies or blasting rockets from helicopters, but he is not some invincible superhuman who wades trough hailstorms of bullets or shrugs off grenade explosions.
The game mechanics artfully develop this mood throughout the game. The bullet-time and shot-dodge mechanics present the constant feel of narrowly escaping a lethal attack, but they still give players the tools they need to cause serious mayhem. Unlike many other shooters, which cheat realism by providing players with a constant supply of health packs or health bars, that slowly regenerate overtime, the game has no health regeneration mechanics. It is impossible to duck behind a wall and return to full power while the computer enemies wait around haplessly. The AI in Max Payne 3 will keep the pressure coming, and a highly destructible environment means that walls, doors, crates and pillars may not remain dependable bullet shields for any length of time.
Weapon choice is also a serious deal in Max Payne 3. Max may only carry two side-arm weapons and one two-handed weapon at any one time. Players may find they have to make do with whatever weapon choice they selected throughout a level, facing some challenges that such weapons may be suited to, and others that will punish, their choice. This adds yet another layer of realism and desperation to combat. How many real humans would be packing two pistols, an assault rifle, a shotgun, a sub-machine gun and a rocket launcher all at the same time? Max may not have the perfect weapon for every scenario, but he must adapt and endure anyway.
While the story-telling, realism, graphics and characterization of Max Payne 3 is top notch, level design and pacing may irritate some players. The game is intensely linear, and players will constantly feel themselves nudged toward the next objective or cutscene. While the game provides a variety of weapons to choose from, there is rarely more than one or two ways to approach a combat scenario. The game has a distinct emphasis on direct assaults and mayhem, and it may leave players who enjoy stealthy, tactical approaches wanting.
Taken together, Max Payne 3 is an amazing addition to the action-shooter genre and sets a new precedent for characterization and drama in the video game medium.
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I don't want to be a Christmas stealing Grinch, but because it's an election year the hype-o-meter began to peg last summer and it's stressing me out. Silly me, I worry about value, I consider whether products are the best they could be instead of what they are. The average consumer may not notice a quality deficit because of well-known disease acronym SSF (seasonal feeding frenzy), but I hope expression of my mildly damning opinion might be useful nonetheless.
Before you purchase please consider business plans of these major players:
Per the previous blog post (Meh!), Apple is a hardware company so it must roll out new devices to maintain meteoric capitalization gains. In the past Apple's various laptop and desktop offerings weren't designed as throwaway, in fact there are many older iMacs, towers, even older Mac laptops that are regularly renewed and kept in service. But this isn't optimal for Apple's business model so its devices are now sold with the expectation of planned obsolescence.
Google (Android/Chrome) is an advertising company, great at collaboration and data mining, but their UI (User Interface) department was originally staffed by old remote control designers (getting better but still crude). They throw stuff at walls, hope for adhesion and some of it does stick (watch the Chromebook, I think it has real potential, very inexpensive). Google's current and future business model is to make people use the web, and they've already amassed a fortune through search. They dabble in software and devices, but it's all in service of advertising click-through.
Microsoft, is a software company. To maintain profitability (but not increased capitalization, its stock price hasn't really moved since the discovery of fire) Microsoft must sell software. And now we have the next iteration of its operating system, Windows 8.
Short term corporate guidance for consumer technology requires advertising departments concentrate on the next black Friday, while long term earnings (aka the long tail) gradually decline. Several years may seem to be quick turnover, but it's actually epochal. The 'net, and its corresponding uptick in consumer use, spans significantly less than twenty years for most users. Therefore, an OS (operating system) life of 10 years, or even 5, is huge.
Microsoft, unlike our confused and dysfunctional congress, sort of plays for the short and long term simultaneously. With Windows 8 Microsoft chose not to make a traditional office user appeal (read mouse/keyboard). Rather they've made a major shift, analyzing today's younger users and concluding that they don't give a hoot about anyone's desktop. And why should they? Their lives can be managed, archived (visually, at least), shared and minimally annotated in only a smartphone, so why should/would they bother with a content creation thingy, collaboration, or a winning corporate strategy? Touch is the new mouse, swipe the new UI (user interface), instant, capricious sharing the new privacy. So this currently immature demographic is rightly projected to shape the long tail of business, even though mobile habits don't upscale well (yet).
Make no mistake, under the hood, Windows 8 has some clear advantages over the current, most used OS, Windows 7. Many of those improvements are devised to mitigate Microsoft's reputation as a virus prone, complicated operating system that shouldn't be gifted to a grandmother. It also shifts user focus to the cloud.
Grammy might be a good candidate for Windows 8 if the platform was intuitive, but it's not. Windows 7 has the best Microsoft UI ever, but has no natural parallel, it's rather an acquired taste. For instance, how might Grammy intuit whether to click twice or once and on what, right click, or drop menus to make complicated command choices (what does save as actually mean?). Credit Steve Jobs, he moved computing into the next big user interface (iPad, iPhone, iPad Touch), wherein much of how people interact with computational devices can be divined by a three year old in five minutes.
Moreover, average consumers don't really need Word and Excel, they want to listen to music, watch YouTube, use Facebook, messaging, Skype, read/comment on Twitter and old-fashioned email (decreasing). While it was once true that a classic, complicated computer was necessary to accomplish basic tasks, it's no longer necessary, so the marketplace is hatching a new species.
Many computers as we've known them are wasting away, some dying in in closets, many more retire to filthy landfills, others are renewable upgrade candidates. Most of their owners grew up with mouse moves and keyboard shortcuts so Microsoft could continue to distribute Windows 7 until Windows 8 was fully baked. After all, Windows 7 is an excellent operating system if properly managed (it often isn't), but consumer sales projections for an already saturated marketplace won't support outrageous executive salaries and operating/development costs. Notwithstanding those customers looking for an inexpensive computer experience, like cash strapped parents with kids in school, 'tis the season to be spending. Pandering to the seasonal frenzy, MS forces (on new computers) an immature release, claiming it to be an improvement over 7, so just get over it. Unlike anything that Apple releases, 8 is not causing much of a stir, except for controversy. Good riddance. Darwinian.
Windows 8 is a mobile centric UI trying to hop the desktop barrier. If Microsoft had only released Windows 8 for mobile only (including phones, tablets, touch-enabled laptops) it might have been a reasonable hit, and if price competitive even a runaway hit. Instead Microsoft looked five(?) years ahead and decided that todays business model (woo consumers but cater to business) is running on fumes. Business (the Microsoft cash cow) isn't going to embrace Windows 8 soon, most of them are just getting around to 7), so any move for MS must be better than no move at all (perhaps true).
Now if aforementioned Grammy (or any user) can suffer through the Windows 8 learning curve on a non-touch device she'll be in less danger than with XP or even 7. Viruses have a harder time getting a grip inside this new OS, applications of questionable lineage are often rejected and any Metro application (like Weather, Calendar, People, etc.), when not on screen, is actually taken out of active memory, much like Apple's iOS handles the issue of multitasking (not multitasking really, it's just taking a snapshot of the application's state, freezing it for future reference and resurrecting on demand). This all combines to make a more stable, less power hungry operating system, but I don't think mobile 8 will unseat iPad as the runaway winner of the tablet wars this season. Moreover, Windows 8 laptop/tablet hardware isn't mature, so the devices on which the Microsoft version of intuitive(?) user interface must reside, except mobile phones, are not ready.
So I conclude that Windows 8, when used on any device without touch, is disruptive lipstick applied to a stable pig (Windows 7). When used on a hybrid tablet (touch, keyboard and mouse enabled) the experience does get better.
The RT version of Windows 8 is a pure mobile play, distributed on devices like the Surface RT. It's important to note that regular Windows applications won't work at all on RT; they must be specifically designed for that platform and developers developers are only nibbling at the bait. RT is designed for devices with limited horsepower but doesn't yet satisfy the needs of traditional Windows users, probably because it straddles the fence between desktop and mobile, so it's neither fish nor fowl. Baring some surprising uptick in device availability I'm going to wait before purchasing a dedicated, touch-screen Windows 8 device. Hopefully Microsoft will learn the art of successful iteration, read design shift, so stay tuned for Windows Blue.
But for now, if you're purchasing a new Windows 8 computer, and it doesn't have touch, I say fugetaboutit. If you're trying to minimize the financial hit and there is a Windows 7 option you'll find some great bargains out there, particularly in laptops. Plus, 'tis not the season for deferring purchases, the American economy seems to depend on it (unfortunate). However, if you're considering an OS upgrade to old hardware, Windows 8 is the least expensive upgrade yet. I've done it on two conventional computers and it's a pain, but more like a toothache that comes and goes.
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In the bedrooms they've created for their little girls, the interior-design team of Nicola Marc and Beth Gold have kept one decorating idea front and centre — these are spaces where older furnishings can take on a new life, where memorabilia is treasured and where favourite things are always on display.
The cradle is gone, and so is the changing table, but these rooms are easy to grow into, the designers say. Each room keeps sentimental touches from their infant days, but because some of the furniture could have been used in an adult space, the transition is smooth.
"As designers, we like to create an aesthetic and work with existing pieces," says Marc, who recently joined Gold in MarcGold Interiors.
In the sunny bedroom of Gold's three-year-old daughter Chloe, drapey white and blue linen curtains fit in with the white-framed prints made by Chloe's grandma. On her bed, a family piece from the 1950s, the white ruffled bedspread is covered with pillows and a quilt that was once Gold's.
"I'm using lots of pillows because Chloe uses it as a seating area," Gold says. "Not all bedrooms have room for seating."
The floral motif in the room is repeated in a vintage framed album cover, on the pillows, the area rug and the wallpaper that backs Chloe's pinboard on the wall just above her desk.
The pale colours in the room reflect the rest of the house, Gold says, where dashes of strong colour add playfulness — like the raspberry desk in Chloe's room. And the straw baskets filled with toys can easily be used for other functions in the rest of the house.
"We think about how we can make a fairly easy transition from one stage to another," Marc says. "It reflects our general approach to design."
"We want to give things new life by recovering and reframing," Gold says. "I'm soon going to reframe my husband's baby sampler for Chloe's room."
It's important, they say, to keep things fresh and to honour a child's history in their room — rather than reflecting the latest fad or cartoon character, their children's' room are designed to reflect the child.
The room, they believe, should fit into the overall design of the house, and they might even use an iconic piece, like a child-sized Barcelona chair — to add both a design-conscious and user-friendly element.
"We think you can make a child's bedroom fun and young without using child-themed paper or bedcovers," Gold says.
Marc's daughter, Clara, who just turned four, has a pegboard just above her bed, made from a recycled antique wooden shelf. Marc covered the backing with cork and trimmed it with bunting so that when Clara comes home from nursery school, she can put up her latest drawings.
She chose a fresh putty colour to paint the pegboard. "That colour looks so nice with blue," Marc says. "I like to do the unexpected with colour."
The fabric-covered single bed was found at a garage sale, its cane head and endboards broken. Now the pretty fabric used to cover them are also used in details on the pillow and on the fabric bolster, inside which Clara keeps toys from time to time.
A complimentary blue-striped linen with cream lining is used to make the canopy that drapes the bedhead.
"Kids love those whimsical touches," Marc says.
Because she wanted to keep the dark-stained hardwood floors yet achieve a cosy ambience, Marc added two champagne coloured sheepskin rugs on the floor, just below the painted bookcase full of Clara's favourite books and boxes to hold her dolls' clothes, books and toys.
On the spacious wall near the bookcase, Marc has created a grouping of her daughter's artwork and family photographs above a prettily framed series of letters, written to the newly born Clara by each of her grandparents.
Baskets of toys fill a corner of the room, while on butterfly hooks above Clara can hang favourite items. In the far corner, what was once her changing table has reverted to its original use as a white-painted chest of drawers.
Even the large cupboard in the room is put to play and storage use, covered with blue and white floral wallpaper, with organizational boxes and room to put away clothes and shoes.
"I love the huge scale of the flowers in this wallpaper," says Marc, who has labelled the boxes with various types of clothing.
"This gives Clara a chance to learn how to organize her things," she says.


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Dinosaur Train "Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day" Junior Conductor Jamboree - Our kids ride the Dinosaur Train from one end of the line to the other, through all three Time Periods -- from the Cretaceous, through the Jurassic, to the Triassic. All along the way, they pick up friends who join them for a Junior Conductor Jamboree! Troodon Train Day - The Pteranodon family rides to Troodon Town to celebrate Troodon Train Day, where the main event is a concert by King Cryolophosaurus, giving his first performance in years! When King comes down with some last-minute jitters, Buddy and Tiny help him overcome his stage fright and he sings a medley of his hits, including the Dinosaur Train theme song!. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "The Surprising Bean/Hear Here" The Surprising Bean - Nick keeps trying to surprise Sally, but he just can't do it! The Cat takes them to find a real surprise in the Skippylarito Fields! Once there, Cat shows them a special bean - that suddenly moves! With a shrunken Thingamajigger, they go inside the bean and meet the moth larvae that lives there. They learn that it's really the moth that causes the bean to move. What a neat surprise indeed! Hear Here - The kids hear chirping but can't find where it's coming from. D
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In this field activity, students observe clouds, and are introduced to dichotomous key to classify cloud types. Students also make weather observations of current weather and record and track changes in weather over time. Materials/equipment needed... (View More) include weather instruments (thermometers and barometers) and graph paper. A student self-assessment rubric, vocabulary linked to an on-line glossary, a list of elementary level trade books on weather, and teacher notes and class management suggestions are provided. This hands-on activity is related to NASA CERES Students' Cloud Observations Online (S'COOL) project. (View Less)
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Month 36: Review – Lil Baby Chaps from EC Wear
Over the summer I was delighted to be asked to review L'il Baby Chaps from EC Wear. I could totally type a review in between kid wrangling right? The package arrived when we were away on a summer trip and when we got back it was BLAZING hot. They were cute and had that nice fresh pressed pristine look that you know is going to be destroyed in 15 minutes of use. Unfortunately, I had to wait a month before the weather even permitted using them on Itty Bitty's little brother Mini Moose.I wanted to drag these chaps through a good course. Put them through the paces like a good Household Scientist.
Daddy Man thought they were a little weird, but he is used to my wack-a-doo ways and just went with it. The chaps were actually quite lucky for a week before a stealth poo took them out. They were used day and night. It did take two runs through the washer, but the orange-yellow stain did come out (by the way, never ever *rub* baby poo stains. Gentle agitation will get it out most of the time, if you rub it embeds the poop deep into the fibers where you can never get to them. When out and about, a few people even commented on cleverness — they saw the advantage even with non-EC — what better way to show off those pretty cloth diaper covers!? Traditional pants covering skull heads with rockin' guitars or bows, playful monkeys, and fruited polka-dotted butts is a crime!
EC Friendly: I was actually quite surprised how nicely the chaps fit and accommodated a prefold and belt, and when we were on an extended outing it was a bonus to be able to put on a diaper cover and not have to fuss with pants. No bulk! Potty opportunities with them were just as easy as without them…a big bonus in my eyes. We had no incidences where they got wet and they never got in the way. I don't want anything to make a pit stop more difficult. It was also nice to be able to remove the prefold and leave the boy unfettered but still keep his legs warm if it was chilly. Made for really cute baby tush photo ops too!
Legwarmer Contender: I love legwarmers. I have
several babylegs and the one major advantage the chaps have over these legwarmers is that they don't slide down. Some of mine are worse than others as far as having to pull them up constantly, but that problem was non-existent with the chaps. The big disadvantage for me with the chaps though is that they are a one trick pony…I can not use them for arm warmers for myself or Itty Bitty, and they will not grow with him and I can't use them on Itty Bitty. For some people that is okay, but I want to squeeze every penny and stretch out use as long as possible.
Washability: As I mentioned, the chaps did get blasted with a poo bomb, but because they do not cover the buttocks the stains were secondary transfer. We actually used them many times without needing to wash them. And when they did need washing (poo incident aside) it was because they got dirty from crawling. Of course, for the benefit of the review I did wash them many extra times with the other laundry to give them a proper showing. There were a few stray strings that cropped up, but nothing unraveled and the fabric stayed soft after drying. I did NOT run them through super hot — it was either air dry (which left them a little stiff which was easily softened from body heat and wear) or low temp drier. The fabric of these chaps was a light cotton. On a curious note, the chaps always seemed to make their way through all of the laundry bits to be right at the drier door whenever I opened it as if eager to get back to work…
Wishlist: While I like the chaps and they are a nice addition to the wardrobe, I am always in preference of products that can do more than just one service. In this economy where you look to save money by reuse and versatility and the growing trends to upcycle, I'd like to see this product be all that it can be.
- Adjustable or more expandable elastic band — One of my main annoyances with the chaps was the elastic waist. It isn't that it was neither loose nor tight for regular wear, it just can not grow to accommodate size and it was also not tight enough to double as a prefold belt. I am using a headband as a prefold belt (I've got a little thrift going), but I had been hoping the chaps waist band would have been stretchy and snug enough to do double duty. At the very least, I wish it had been adjustable to get the exact snugness I felt was needed.
- Leg Hems to Let Down — The single most irritating thing to me about clothes and EC is that there is always too much butt room in clothes and when they grow big enough for the butt, the legs are to short! Chaps eliminate the butt problem obviously! On the other hand, I wouldn't say that my Littles are exceptionally tall, but still I found the chaps really limited in growing room. If the hems had extra fabric to cuff attractively and then fold down for length as the baby grows that would be better than sliced bread.
- Totally Crazy Peachy Keen Idea — My dream baby chap would be one that was a winter knit with a little stretch that could bet detached from the waist band so that they could be used as leg warmers or arm warmers on a toddler. I'd clap my hands with glee and do the Snoopy Dance!
I know that I ask for a lot from clothes, but I do my best to get my Little' clothes to go more than one season and to do more than one thing if at all possible. I LIKE the baby chaps, they are extraordinarily easy to EC with, they are attractive, and I like supporting companies like EC Wear — Made in the USA. It feels good to support the home turf. I think they would have a real winner on their hands if they made some small adjustments so that their products would showcase extra uniqueness and have that lasting power a lot of parents look for.
Go to EC Wear and judge for yourself. Order one and give it a go then pass it on to a friend and let them run it through the wringer. If you live in the USA, support this US based business and if you live next door go local! I hope you come back here and tell me how the little chaps survived in your home. As for mine, once Mini Moose outgrows them I think they will be reborn as doll wear because they are just too pretty to part with.
Visit Brother Blog: Pottytunities for Two
Posted on October 19, 2012, in Parenting, Potty Training, Toddlers and tagged diaper free, ec, elimination communication, month 36, natural infant hygiene, potty learning. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.


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4:30 am
Unfinished Nation "Warrior to Priest - Presidents of the Early 1900s" Theodore Roosevelt, the "accidental" president, in perspective. His relationship with the press, big business and reform efforts, conservation, his own political party. Contrast of Taft's style and tenure in office. Progressive Roosevelt challenges both Taft and Wilson in 1912. Wilson solidifies presidential power, walks path between Progressive and Democratic ideals. Foreign policy highlights of the three administrations.G
5:00 am
Inside Out "The Becoming Years" While adolescence is the time we form identity and establish independence, the adult years are marked by important life events, and an expansion of the self. Gerontologist James Birren and his Guided Autobiography participants are the case study for this lesson, demonstrating that social and cognitive development does not end in the elder years. As author David Myers says, ?From womb to tomb, we are always in the process of becoming. D
5:30 am
Inside Out "Connections" A solitary figure walks on the beach at dawn. Although he is alert to his surroundings, his sensory systems take in only a fraction of the energy that envelops him. That which does reach the receptor cells is captured and converted into signals that can be recognized by the central nervous system. D
6:00 am
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Detroit's Bankruptcy and Worker Pensions - Detroit owes a total of 18 billion dollars to banks, investors and 23,000 present and former city workers. How much will workers' pensions likely be cut? Should pensioners be treated differently than banks and bondholders? Lucky Severson reports from Detroit on the anguished debate there over what would be fair. The Dalai Lama's "Secular Ethics" - The Dalai Lama is in the U.S. D
6:30 am
Start Up "The Salad of John and Yoko" Gary and the crew travel to Cleveland, to chat with Vince, who opened "Gotta Groove Records," a one-shop-shop vinyl production factory. Then they head to Detroit to meet with Suzanna of Simply Suzanna, a natural food company that offers a medley of sweet and savory granola treats. And last, they swing by Washington, DC, to meet with speak with Noah, who created "Feastly," a networking site that's uniting foodies across the world. D
7:00 am
Second Opinion "Pneumonia" Pneumonia can be an aggressive, even fatal disease. Learn how early treatment can deliver better outcomes and how the first step toward prevention may be getting the pneumonia vaccine. D
7:30 am
Lidia's Kitchen "Get to Know Your Grains" Whole grains are the backbone of a balanced meal as well as this episode. Lidia explains some common whole grains viewers can easily find at their local grocer. She then makes a fresh salad of Cucumbers with Whole Wheat Couscous, a comforting Toasted Grain Soup, and a healthy meal of Baked Whole Wheat Penne and Ceci Beans. D
8:00 am
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking "Sonoma, CA: Chefs Christopher Kostow, Leo Beckerman and Evan Bloom" During Pete's trip to Sonoma, CA, he meets up with several culinary artisans to cook brunch for their hungry guests at a picturesque winery. They decide on a delicious breakfast casserole, fig salad and apple balsamic and cheese blintzes to curb hungry appetites. D
8:30 am
Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea "Meal Stacking" Meal Stacking is all the rage in today's busy families, cook once serve two delicious meals. Cook SMART with these healthy recipes: Chicken w/Balsamic Mushroom Sauce and Chicken and Rice Soup with Spinach and Mushrooms. A refreshing grab-n-go drink: Fruit Infused Coconut Water. D
9:00 am
The Jazzy Vegetarian "A Taste of Italy" Host Laura Theodore prepares a classic Italian-American inspired menu featuring authentic tasting "Spaghetti and Wheatballs." On the side, egg-free "Caesar Salad with Cashew Parmesan" adds a timeless flair. For dessert, delicious "Pear, Apple and Walnut Crostata" finishes the meal with gusto. D
9:30 am
Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Know Your Vegetables" We all know we should eat vegetables whenever possible, but it's important to vary the types that we cook. In this episode, Martha shows how to make four tasty dishes using vegetables that may not be in everyone's regular rotation: steamed artichokes with tarragon butter, braised leeks, fried okra and whole roasted garlic. D
10:00 am
Pati's Mexican Table "Sugar for Hubby" When you're a busy mom to three boys AND you have a job, you have to make an effort to set aside time for just you and the hubby. So today, Pati is preparing a special meal for a date night with her husband, Dany. And since he LOVES seafood, she's going to make seafood dishes for their romantic night in. D
10:30 am
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Get Your Chile Fix" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make Green Chile Cheeseburgers at home. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of mayonnaise. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's top tips on making your own burger. D
11:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Salmon and Latkes" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the kitchen with test cook Julia Collin Davison to learn how to make perfect Herb-Crusted Salmon. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews stovetop smokers in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the best Crispy Potato Latkes at home. D
11:30 am
Scrapbook Soup "It's All in the Details" It's the little things that count - from the tiniest embellishment to the handwritten letter - it's all in the details today on Scrapbook Soup. Create simple cut out graphic cards, learn about packing tape photo transfer with Sara Naumann, and backgrounds almost as pretty as the picture in a prom layout with Stacey Caron- today on Scrapbook Soup. D
12:00 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Color Mixing 101 for Intermediate to Advanced Students" In this one 30-minute episode, Jerry takes you through a very comprehensive color-mixing process for basic to advanced mixtures. Special emphasis on mixing blacks, grays, and under-painting colors for certain objects including flesh tones, animals, birds, trees, grasses, and numerous other landscape objects and still-life objects. Also how to mix highlight colors for accenting objects. D
12:30 pm
Aviators Day in the life of an air show (Part 2 of 2): The exciting conclusion to the two-part special including an up-close look at the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. D
1:00 pm
This Old House "Arlington Italianate Project 2014/Italianate Inspiration" Paint color consultant Bonnie Krims presents exterior color schemes, while Norm and Tom patch old oak veneer floors. Richard presents a new solution to the ugly PVC intake and exhaust pipes that come out of a typical boiler. Kevin tours an 1870 Italianate style home in Dedham, Massachusetts. D
1:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Installing A Clawfoot Tub with Shower/Installing a Permanent Fire Escape Ladder in a Bedroom" Richard visits a historic home in Mobile, Alabama, and installs a clawfoot tub with shower. Tom installs a permanent fire escape ladder in a bedroom. Roger shows the best way to prune trees. D
2:00 pm
American Woodshop "Philadelphia Ball and Claw Armchair" Featuring mahogany Chippendale carvings. D
2:30 pm
Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Pine Chest" Who doesn't need a nice pine chest for storing blankets and other things around the home? For this episode of Rough Cut, we build a simple Pine Chest, based on a 17th century design. For the accents, we visit Tremont Nail in Massachusetts, one of the few steel manufacturers still making nails from scratch. D
3:00 pm
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America's Heartland Saddle up for a close encounter with wild mustangs in California. Meet a Kentucky man with a retirement home for racehorses. Join a veterinarian making house calls for horses. D
4:00 pm
NOVA "Mystery of Easter Island" Rapa Nui, the bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, known as Easter Island, has been a place of mystery since Europeans first arrived in 1722. How did ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues weighing up to 86 tons each. A NOVA team uses a 15-ton replica statue to test out controversial recent claims on how the statues might have been moved.G
5:00 pm
Moyers & Company "The Deep State Hiding In Plain Sight" This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), former Capitol Hill insider Mike Lofgren talks with Bill Moyers about "Anatomy of the Deep State," an essay he has written exclusively for the Moyers website, BillMoyers.com. Mike Lofgren was a numbers man, a congressional staff member for 28 years with the powerful House and Senate Budget committees. D
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6:00 pm
PBS NewsHour Weekend 1.7 million Americans have lost their emergency unemployment benefits since Congress did not approve an extension in late December. NewsHour Weekend travels to Georgia to explore what one woman is doing to survive without the federal life line she's come to count on in these hard times. D
6:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Rome: Ancient Glory" Rick takes a fresh look at Rome by exploring the traces of life in the capital of the ancient world - visiting the Colosseum and the Pantheon, and viewing the empire's art. Then he goes by bicycle to see the Appian Way and the other marvels of Roman engineering. Part 1 of 3G
7:00 pm
The Lawrence Welk Show "Salute to Sinatra" This show features some of the great songs that have marked Sinatra's journey through the nation's musical life. Henry Cuesta opens the show with "I've Got You Under My Skin," which is followed by a glowing version of "Young at Heart" by the saxophone and trumpet sections.G
8:00 pm
Last of the Summer Wine "A Double for Howard" Howard needs to teach his suspicious wife, Pearl, a lesson. He looks for someone to pretend to be him with Marina.G
8:30 pm
Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Singing for Emmet" Hyacinth is still eager to impress Emmett with her prowess as a singer, especially now that he is divorced and has moved in next door with his sister Liz.G
9:00 pm
As Time Goes By "Dealing with Sally" Back from California, Lionel suffers from jet lag while Jean must see to a problem at the new branch office.G
9:30 pm
Hebburn "A Very Big Day" A wedding ceremony looms for Jack and Sarah, who are technically already married and think of it as just a blessing. But Pauline and Dot see it as their special day with bridesmaids in Dot's chosen color.G
10:02 pm
The Red Green Show "The Whooping Crane" A whooping crane builds its nest and lays an egg in the chimney of Possum Lodge. Then, Red demonstrates a way to go tobogganing in the summer.G
10:30 pm
My Family "Harpers & Queen (New Year's Special)" Ben is dressed for an expected New Year's trip to Mauritius, courtesy of Susan. But Susan gets a notice that she is on the New Year's list for MBE honors, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, placing her among the junior levels of British orders of chivalry. Not wanting to miss the investiture of even a junior level, Susan commands that Ben attend the ceremony, leading to a sticky result.G
11:00 pm
Doctor Who Series "Day of the Moon" The Doctor is locked up in Area 51. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down by the FBI. But, with the help of President Nixon and Neil Armstrong, the Doctor is able to mount a rebellion against an alien invasion dating back to the very beginnings of human civilization.G


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A Butler County judge has denied a defense request to prevent prosecutors from showing a potential jury a handgun and other evidence from the home of accused double murderer Colin Abbott.
Judge William Shaffer's decision was one of several signals today that a trial for the 42-year-old Colin Abbott of Randolph, N.J., is still on track for next month.
Abbott stands accused of shooting and dismembering Kenneth and Celeste Abbott, then burning and scattering their remains about their opulent Brady Township estate in the summer of 2011.
Abbott, charged with two counts of murder, could face the death penalty if convicted. His trial is scheduled to start March 18, and it is anticipated to last about a week.
Potential jurors are being summoned to the courthouse beginning March 4, and, court records show, more than two dozen witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify.


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THE DRESDEN DOLLS, HENRY ROLLINS and THE ZEN POLICE
Yesterday I saw Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls (my new favorite Weimar meets Punkrock drum & piano duo) do this thing that the Hammer Museum near UCLA is putting on called "Conversations." Basically they invite two celebrities who don't know each other to sit on stage in the museum courtyard and talk to each other for two hours. Amanda got invited and named Henry Rollins as the celeb she'd most like to talk to (apparently she also requested Noam Chomsky, but Noam wasn't available). The resulting conversation was really, really interesting. I was pleasantly surprised because I didn't know what to expect. I don't think Amanda and Henry knew what to expect and were probably as surprised as the rest of us.
I'm sure if you search around on-line somebody must have posted a blog about the talk. So I'll just stick to my own impressions. One of the most interesting things they hit upon was the way nearly everyone in the entertainment biz tends to feel like they don't really belong there. The only ones who are cocky enough to think they deserve to be famous probably won't be famous very long. Henry Rollins said that when he acts in a film he sometimes feels like at some point the Acting Police are gonna break down the door and arrest him for not being a "real" actor. He said he feels the same about any of the things he does, including writing books, singing and all the rest. Then Amanda (I think it was Amanda) said that she's seen the same thing with a lot of people, particularly any who are good at what they do. If they're a doctor, they always feel like the Doctor Police are gonna come in, or the Lawyer Police or whatever it happens to be.
This is something I feel myself. Only it's the Zen Police I'm worried about. It may be the reason I'm so uncomfortable in Buddhist robes. I feel like any minute somebody's gonna "out" me as not being a real monk.
In fact, though, this does actually happen. But it's never anyone who has any actual credentials in Buddhism who tries to out you. It's always some jag-off who's read way too many D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts books who's got some highly developed ideas of what a Zen teacher ought to say and do. I especially love the guys who shriek, "BUDDHA SAID DO NO HARM!!!!!!!" at me on their little blogs because I said something that offended (harmed) them or -- more often -- that they believe might offend somebody else. They should all go be butt buddies together, that's all I can say...
When I first published a book on Buddhism I became aware of the tremendous pressure that exists out there in the big wide world to conform to a certain ideal about what a Zen teacher should be. It's a very vague, but generally understood consensus image we all carry around. And when I say "we all," this includes me and includes a lot of people who've studied and practiced Zazen for years and really ought to know better. But we all have a strong habit of buying into these consensus images society provides for us. In the case of Zen you can see this consensus image in fictional characters like Yoda in Star Wars, Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu or even the weird idealized portraits the media has of real people like the Dalai Lama or Tich Naht Hahn. Of course there are a tremendous number of assholes -- and I won't name names, but I'm sure you can guess -- out there who play to this image and try and present themselves as the living, breathing embodiment of it. Yeah, right. Believe whatever you want, friends and neighbors.
At one point in my so-called "career" in this business I made an attempt to conform to this. But it was a pretty half-assed attempt. It felt so incredibly wrong that I could see it was doing me a whole lot of harm (see above) to try and be that non-existent thing people seemed to want me to be. In turn it does other people tremendous, perhaps even irreparable, harm when guru guys of various sorts present themselves in that way. It creates tragic fantasies that are nearly impossible to undo. The best way you can "do no harm" is to present yourself exactly as you are.
I can dig what Amanda and Henry were saying because I know I'll probably never feel like a "real" Zen teacher. I mean, I have all the proper credentials and pedigree. But I often feel like I cheated my way into receiving those certificates and robes. Amanda Palmer said when she plays a concert she sometimes looks out at the audience in amazement thinking, "Wow, I really put one over on these people!" Actually, that's not a quote. I didn't take notes. But something like that. Anyhow that's exactly how I feel sometimes when doing a Zen lecture. Or even when writing a book or a stupid blog entry like this.
But there is one difference. Maybe. I don't know if Amanda Palmer and Henry Rollins know this. But I suspect they do or they couldn't be the tremendous performers they are. And that is that anyone who might try and "out" you as not the "real" whatever it is they think they know all about, those people are just as big of posers as you are. This includes the Acting Police, the Music Police and especially the Zen Police. The whole world is made up of nothing but posers. The only "real" whatever it is you can ever be is to really be yourself. The practice of Zazen is intended to do just one thing and that is to help you understand what you really are and to enable you to be that person. If that person isn't what society thinks he or she should be, that is of no consequence whatsoever.
This is what Dogen goes on and on about in Shobogenzo when he writes about "meeting a true person." Not someone who lives up to some groundless ideal of what a Zen teacher or student is supposed to look like, but someone who is truly himself or herself. But also keep in mind that what you think you are and what you actually are, are two very different things. There may be no relation at all between the image and the fact.
It's Sunday today which means it's gonna be Monday in Tokyo in a couple hours. So I gotta go do some "real job" stuff. See ya!


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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Comic 686: Admin Boring.
SURPRISE, motherfuckers! I am back. Carl asked me to post on this one since he is a stupid newb who does not understand teh Linux*.
Since all of you are clearly not in xkcd's target audience and therefore techo-illiterate, allow me to spell this comic out for you. You see, the truly 1337 do everything in command line. Since your brains have most likely atrophied from years of Windows use, I suggest if you attempt to use one you stick with something like bash. Trying to use zsh right off the bat would be an experience on par with looking into the eye of God, and your feeble brain would melt before you could reform your sad, fascist, non-OSS using ways.
Once you have stumbled around this superior way of doing things, you will likely find yourself wanting to use more than one terminal at once. Many users running their own Linux boxen will end up using Gnome or KDE to open many terminal windows. This is a mistake. This also isn't even an option if you're sshed into a remote system. What to do? Use the incredible screen command. This allows you to switch between multiple virtual terminals with simple keystrokes! How amazing. These adorable little screens merrily run in the background as you do other things.
Which brings us to this comic. A user has died, but his screen sessions live on. The server owner is reluctant to reboot his server, as this would kill those last echos of the user's former life. Wait, what? Does he need to recompile his kernel or something? WHY WOULD HE WANT TO REBOOT? Uptime is glory! Plus, Linux deserves better than cheap lowbrow humor like puns! You do not serve a classy lady like Linux McDonalds and box wine for dinner, you serve lobster and fine champagne! And not just a pun, an anime pun?! Anime is for chronic masturbators; Linux users are a much higher class of geek.
I mean, does THIS:
look like some sort of pun making, anime watching nerfherder? I THINK NOT.
Thanks to jwc for being my muse for this post.
89 comments:
tmux > screen anywaysReplyDelete
> kill those last echos of the user's former life
I love you, aloria.
captcha (no joke): banaway -- what we love to do for fun at #xkcd-sucks
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 3:56 PM
No love for the BSD. :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 4:23 PM
I'm not sure how serious you were being, but dismissing the entire anime medium/genre like that is pretty pretentious and insulting. Ghost in the Shell itself is a pretty high-quality product.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Typical anime ass-faggot. Getting all butt hurt because someone made a joke about anime.ReplyDelete
I posted a fucking picture of Linus Torvalds in a speedo and you can't figure out if I was being serious or not? Dude, weak.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 4:29 PM
This comic sucks way too much.ReplyDelete
"and wipe out their last earthly prescence..."
Servo: Has he forgotten about the purpose of a graveyard?
...woah, sorry. That one kinda just slipped out. I need to ease up on the MST3K...
Linus Torvalds is SRS BSNS.ReplyDelete
Anime is SERIOUS ART for SERIOUS PEOPLE. It's also hyper-cheaply-produced child pornography for Ass Burger shutins. Who can judge?ReplyDelete
I want to fuck a anime.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 5:33 PM
I honestly can't tell when someone is being serious anymore. Or if they're joking. or if they're being sarcastic, which is joking but sort of making a point at the same time. Or being serious but pretending to joke. or joking, but pretending to be serious. Or joking by pretending to be serious about joking. Or...ReplyDelete
...I have a headache.
Anime is for faggots. All the cool people post on blogs about stick figure comics they hate.ReplyDelete
Unfunny sarcasm is also for faggots.ReplyDelete
- The BrassJanuary 9, 2010 at 6:55 PM
The punchline really failed. zshell? There's a million other shells one can use. Ghost in the shell would have been a million times better.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM
The punchline didn't quite work for me until I remembered that americans can't pronounce the letter Z.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
At least we can pronounce R's. Some of us, at least.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:29 PM
And H's. I'm pretty sure most of us understand how H's work.ReplyDelete
Americans know how to pronounce everything, but we're just too cool to care.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:55 PM
A. As a UNIX geek, I'm compelled to point out that you can run KDE, GNOME, or your choice of better environments over an ssh session -- it's called X forwarding.ReplyDelete
B. Yeah, "the shell" or "Z shell" would have been better -- "zsh" misses the pun, and "Zshell" as one word means nothing.
C. I'm surprised, but pleased, to see no comment on it being too much like 215. While it definitely reminded me of the old one, definitely different enough IMO.
D. Why he wanted to reboot: Maybe he was moving -- I was moving recently, and had to reboot both my desktops and the old laptop-cum-server from last century (battery now lasts about 10 minutes).
I need to get a big UPS so I don't have to go through that again.
E. Yeah, we pronounce Z like "Zee". Ya know what that means? That means you Brits, Canucks, Aussies, and basically everyone else in the universe are WRONG! ;)
Is this actually a reference to the anime, and not just the phrase from which that show gets its name?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 9:39 PM
the phrase is "ghost in the machine" so yes, its a reference to the anime.ReplyDelete
Though apart from the phrase, it has nothing to do with the anime.ReplyDelete
I liked Rob's comment about this comic more. I mean xkcd wouldn't be itself if it didn't make Linux-related jokes once in a while. But the fact that he keeps trying (unsuccessfully) to be A Softer World deserves at least a mention.ReplyDelete
@ Anonymous 20:55ReplyDelete
> A. As a UNIX geek, I'm compelled to point out that
> you can run KDE, GNOME, or your choice of better
> environments over an ssh session -- it's called X
> forwarding.
As a UNIX geek, you should also know that X forwarding over SSH is probably the most unintelligent and painfully foolish things one can do. X forwarding over SSH is a very fickle beast and only works in some cases. Even when it does work, it's extremely slow. Furthermore, even if you were stupid enough to forward X apps over SSH, you would never want to try to forward a full DE.
Also, KDE and Gnome are basically the only two choices for desktop environments. Xfce has fallen out of favor and LXDE isn't really an environment. CDE is a joke. Personally, I just use a window manager with no DE because I don't need one.
If you need to use X applications remotely for some reason, I recommend VNC or the more refined NoDesktop. At least they're relatively speedy and don't mess up all the time.
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2010 at 11:30 PM
That is true. He mentioned it just to make fanboys squee.
If you haven't already go read the thread on this comic on the forum. Lots of them go "OMG GITS REFERENCE ORGASM."
- ScottMcTonyJanuary 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM
I have almost never heard Z pronounced any way besides "zee", and that's living in Canada and knowing mostly Europeans. Prior to reading these comments today I had believed pronouncing it "zed" was a Canada only thing, and that most Canadians therefore ignored it, not a localized majority emulation of the US.ReplyDelete
@ Anon 11:30ReplyDelete
It would almost be forgivable if GitS (at least its anime incarnations) was more deserving of its cult status. The first movie was decent, and the first SAC had some memorable episodes but nothing to write home about. But as it stands, it's just annoying and more evidence in the fans' eyes that Munroe can do no wrong.
Or, as Carl would say, Anime Reference = Komedy Gold!
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 2:24 AM
As I know next to nothing about Linux and am not a fan of anime this made no sense to me (Also the fact that I'm British so I pronouced the last bit "zed" shell in my head). I'm not complaining, it's fine that I didn't get it but after reading these comments the joke seems slightly obscure.ReplyDelete
It's ok to appeal to a niche market but, seriously? "American Anime and Linux fans ONLY today please" ... I feel left out :(
- ScottMcTonyJanuary 10, 2010 at 3:09 AM
Oh come on, there was context enough to understand what significance the computer stuff has, Ghost in the Shell is at least a fairly well known title, reaching essentially semi-common phrase status, and I don't think he even realized about the Z, I wouldn't have thought about it.ReplyDelete
To illustrate I showed this to a 13 year old acquaintance of mine who has never seen GitS and hates anime, has little enough experience with films in general he probably doesn't know what Donnie Darko is, and Linux is just a word with no meaning to him, (and again, not American here, to boot), and he immediately got the joke.
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 6:00 AM
Or he pretended to get the joke like most pseudo-intellectual xkcd fans do.ReplyDelete
(Anon 2:24 here) Oh, ok. I guess I'm just retarded then. I have heard of GitS before but I couldn't tell you anything about it except that it is an anime/video game/film something or other, and I only know that coz I just looked it up on wikipedia. Maybe it's because I'm British or maybe because I've been living under a rock on Mars?? Who knows.ReplyDelete
Is GitS a well known thing here in britain? Because if it is it looks like I've just been slightly retarded.
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 6:44 AM
It's not retarded to not have heard about a specific anime.ReplyDelete
Yeah, you just have to live in a cave to never hear about it.ReplyDelete
wut is linuxReplyDelete
okay, so i know its some kind of programmy-thing and randall is into crap like that.
i know about ghost in the shell via cultural osmosis.
so i just assume zshell is some kind of linux thing, and who even gives a fuck the comic sucks
can this even be called a comic? there isn't any art and there is no joke. THOSE ARE THE TWO FUNDEMENTAL ELEMENTS OF A COMIC AND BOTH ARE ABSENT.
bottom line, randall made an anime refrence.
my apologizes to all.
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Just to point this out, Randal's target audience is probably familiar with both Linux and Ghost in the Shell.ReplyDelete
That being said, the comic still sucks -- eew puns.
Randall's "target audience" is a wholly fucking mythical construct, which is these days defined by "anyone who likes XKCD no matter what".ReplyDelete
This post reminded me of some "Mac vs PC" parodies.ReplyDelete
"Oh look it's Linux."
"No, I'm BSD, I'm not fucking Linux! I'm sick and tired of people confusing us!"
"Sorry dude, it's just you look exactly like Linux."
"It would almost be forgivable if GitS (at least its anime incarnations) was more deserving of its cult status. The first movie was decent, and the first SAC had some memorable episodes but nothing to write home about."
Completely agreed. I like the first movie, but I saw the first episode of SAC and said "Well, that certainly was a 22 minute anime episode" and couldn't be bothered to watch any more. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. I had far more interesting things to watch to occupy my time. I'm not sure why fans are so obsessed with it. It just seems mediocre at best. Or maybe only the first episode is mediocre and every one after that kicks ass, I dunno.
The manga is pretty good though. Has far more humor than the movie or the one episode of the series I watched. I especially liked the part where one of the Tachikoma was purposely given an AI to make it want to rebel against humans, just to see what would happen.
"Fellow Tachikoma, we should enslave humanity to bow to our whims!" "Why?" "Uh...we can make them fix us when we're broken and change our oil!" "They already do that anyway."
So I want to weigh in on this.ReplyDelete
I had heard of Ghost in the Shell prior to this, but i had never watched it because it was just an ad that was on the Street Fighter Alpha VHS I have (it and Resident Evil: Degeneration are the only "anime" movies I have and I realise I'm a total Capcom fanboy). However, when I saw this comic I thought to myself "what the fuck is Ghost in the Shell about if he can make a pun like this? Is it in the same vein as the phrase "ghost in the machine"? I should watch that movie to find out what the christ is going on." Now keep in mind while I have around 0 working knowledge of how UNIX based systems work, the way it was written out I was able to figure out what he was talking about and the net reaction from me was around 2/10 and would've been maybe a 6/10 or maybe 7 if he hadn't attached the stupid pun at the end.
doot dee doot dee doo, so after watching Ghost in the Shell I had to sit and think whether I thought it was good or not, but I ended up coming back to the same reaction I had after seeing Blade Runner with this notion of "get off your high horse, you pretentious twats, and stop promoting this fucking annoying cyberpunk shit." but, needless to say, I still thought it was well written, sort of like I thought Donnie Darko was well written, despite me having a similar "you pretentious twats" reaction to it.
My apologies to any one who likes Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, cyberpunk in general, and anime
No need to apologize to the legions of crazed Donnie Darko fanchildren.ReplyDelete
I've heard the manga is better but haven't read any of it. I remember someone saying the movies had a very different vibe because there was no humor, though.
- harrisonJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Monday's comic... was actually slightly amusing. What the hell, Randy?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:21 PM
I had to look at more than two Wikipedia pages for 687. I feel stupid.ReplyDelete
- ScottMcTonyJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Why? If you're able to at last take a guess at what a Prius is and what the English Channel is, the joke is readily gotten.ReplyDelete
Not much of a joke though, basically just "hey, if a nonsensical combination of actual figures roughly equals a meaningful constant, and someone thought that meant it's a fundamental law, that'd be CRAZY, right?" Um, yes, yes it would, but isn't that a bit (read: extremely) contrived to be funny?
- Way WalkerJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:54 PM
687: I like it. About the only problem I see is that the alt-text repeats the joke. Maybe something about pi=3 at a certain gas mileage? Or when pi will be 4 due to the widening of the channel (it is widening, right?).ReplyDelete
The site's layout is borked for me in Firefox, though it works fine in Chrome. Weird.ReplyDelete
Honestly, I thought this one wasn't that great. It's the sort of thing that comes up if you take enough physics--the idea that any interesting combination of constants with dimensional analysis that checks out might yield untold revelations. He didn't really evoke it very well. I mean, yeah, sometimes people in physics make conclusions for relatively specious reasons, like symmetry or dimensional analysis or beauty. It happens. He still hasn't done a comic about it funnier than 171.
Also, someone more dedicated to XKCD than I am should check Randall's math. First check the dimensional analysis to see if it turns unitless, and then to see if it actually is about equal to pi.
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:03 PM
I found it boring. But does look like he might be putting some effort into it.ReplyDelete
The alt text on 687 is utterly fucking terrible. It was pretty okay as a joke though, speaking as a non-science person.ReplyDelete
I'm being lazy here and not looking it up myself, but why is it even pronounced zed anywhere?ReplyDelete
The new one is not bad. It's just a little nerdy joke, just like xkcd is supposed to be. The alt-text is kinda lazy.ReplyDelete
Now I also need to point out the stupid part, because I'm pedantic like that. The left side is not a constant. Every parameter except for Planck energy is changing with time. Just because a function at some point in time is equal to pi doesn't mean that it is constantly pi. This is not abusing dimensional analysis, this is raping the corpse of entire mathematics.
/end pedantic blabbering
Derives from "zeta." Also, easier to differentiate from "c."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Timofei...perhaps I don't fully understand your point or maybe you don't understand his. I think the point is that those values are currently constant, the inner core pressure should not change, nor should the English channel magically widen, or the ideal MPG of the current model of the Prius. If one of these was changed then something would go wrong...I don't see how that is raping the corpse of mathematics? Maybe I'm missing something more fundamental so please correct me if I am.ReplyDelete
As for the comic...I normally think you guys really over blow the head being disconnected from the body but actually this was pretty much the only thing that bothered my about this comic. Otherwise is was pretty good (and I think I've only started noticing that laziness in his comics b/c of this site :-P)
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Oh, also, the units do cancel out and the value is somewhat close to pi, not very, but I guess close enough for the purposes of the comic.ReplyDelete
What I don't get is if Randy is a Linux user, why do the fonts on his site look like shit in Linux? http://imgur.com/2ZJaA That is how they look. Like hammered shit. Also new comic has a disconnected head. Now I'm going back to my whiskey.ReplyDelete
@ Noz: Perhaps customized for a Windows audience to cast the widest net, but I remember in some of the Linux distros I've tried the default fonts made a lot of web pages ugly as hell. Don't know enough about how fonts work to really say.ReplyDelete
687: Oh look, another of Randy's QUIRKY HOBBIES. How many does this make now? Notice they're always referenced as "My Hobby," which I guess just means he goes through them one at a time at an alarming rate. These last few comics have been pretty flat for me... not really amusing, but not dumb enough for me to get angry over.
Anon 10:39 PMReplyDelete
What does it mean "currently constant"? They are either constants are not. They do change. The result is a dimensionless function that at this specific period of time happens to be close to pi. This doesn't mean it always has to be close to pi. For example arccos(0)=pi/2, but it is not constantly pi/2.
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Speaking of font, his laziness has hit a new high - look at the text used in his latest comic. It's so bad that it's confusing and barely readable.ReplyDelete
First line of the second panel, I read "It's correct to within experimental error, anothe"
I asked myself "How could he forget the 'r' on 'another?' And how does that sentence make any sense?"
I repeated the line in my head several time, before realizing that it was actually "and the", not "anothe" - he simply forgot to put a space between the two words. But it's not a consistent stylistic choice - plenty of other words are mashed together, while the gap between "fundamental" and "law" couldn't be larger!
Also, there's a really weird hump in the middle of the word "experimental," which peaks at the 'n.' A similar hump is right below it, at the beginning of "fundamental."
It's like he scribbled it down and didn't bother to straighten it out so that it was legible, much less neat.
I read "anothe" as well.ReplyDelete
Woe is us if Randall decides to draw a guy named CLINT FLICKING things.ReplyDelete
So, somebody on reddit's math subreddit decided to check Randall's calculations:ReplyDelete
Of course, these are rather imprecise numbers, so I decided to calculate it with better precision. But apparently, no one knows the precise pressure in the Earth's core. It is estimated to be between 330 and 360 GPa, which of course gives a certain range of results in the final formula.
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 1:46 AM
Timofei-isn't that the point of the comic though? It's meant to be funny because values we consider to essentially be constant would suddenly have to change.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 2:19 AM
You're all wrong. Ghost in the Machine is an album by The Police.ReplyDelete
As much as I rag on wikipedia...ReplyDelete
"The 'ghost in the machine' is British philosopher Gilbert Ryle's derogatory description of René Descartes' mind-body dualism."
The more you know...
P.S. I'm all for derogating Descartes.ReplyDelete
monday's was alright. because the joke didn't have its nerdiness tacked onto what was otherwise a straight-up relationship/air-plane food joke.ReplyDelete
this is a maths/physics joke. ok it's maybe not a very good one, but at least it's not internetmemecartoonvaginawegetitrelationshipwhining.
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 5:17 AM
Calculation via Google: http://tinyurl.com/ybu9ezjReplyDelete
You can actually get it to work out to very nearly Pi. Of course, that's choosing a suspiciously accurate value for the pressure at Earth's core.
Sorry Randall, it would've been much funnier if you'd used fundamental constants or at least well-known experimentally determined values. "pressure at earth's core" is a cop-out.
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 5:48 AM
not a pun mood he's settingReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 6:23 AM
I feel insulted. I just used zsh the other day!ReplyDelete
But ksh is totally better.
Thanks Rob. Although that's mildly annoying and inconsistent - B sounds enough like P (and other letters) and originates from Beta - but as far as I know no one pronounces it bed.ReplyDelete
Ah well.
- Saint CadJanuary 11, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Those are elementary school desks. Those are short stick-figures. Ergo, he is teaching in an elementary class. The typical elementary student response would not be discussing the fuel economy of the Prius, but rather texting "OMG! munroe sux gaga rox." while simultaneously picking their nose with the wrong finger. At least set it in a high school class (and yes, we do teach dimensional analysis in high school).
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Dude right above me, you're kind of reaching. This is one of the less obnoxious ones in the "My Hobby" series, and maybe I'm just in an especially good mood, but it totally deserves a pass. This time.ReplyDelete
Right, people:ReplyDelete
Anon 2.19 is awesome.
Surely picking on the fact it says "My Hobby" is missing the point a bit? It's a framing device.
The fact the left side is not constant is kind of the point - I don't think anyone seriously thinks that the dude in the comic is valid in his reasoning. That's why it's "abusing" dimensional analysis rather than, well, "using" it.
An explanation: for light, wavelength times frequency is always c, right? So if wavelength goes up frequency goes down.
The guy in the comic is positing - erroneously - that his equation is also a fundamental law, and thus if the Prius becomes more fuel efficient the English Channel will have to get wider to balance it out. If you've correctly spotted that, in fact, that is not a fundamental law of physics, then, er, well done.
Comic itself: pictoblog. As a joke, it's just far too complex - it just ain't worth it for the crummy punchline. It's not that I don't get it (I do maths, yay, go me), it's that it's far too setup heavy. (That's excusable for jokes if they have such a massively contrived punchline that the contrivance and obviousness is what you laugh it, or if they're well executed brick jokes. This isn't.)
And this just isn't a joke that could be cut down to work, because essentially it isn't a joke, it's a pictoblog topic.
Ha ha, yes, I have just complained that the joke is too long and too stilted in a post that is both long and stilted. Thanks in advance for pointing that out, twat.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM
"What I don't get is if Randy is a Linux user, why do the fonts on his site look like shit in Linux?"
It means that you probably need to turn on subpixel font rendering in your OS.
Because I don't know what distro you use, I'll leave you to find out how to turn it on yourself.
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Reading this on Linux (albeit Ubuntu), I just happened to be masturbating. And yes, I happen to multitask in such a way that I can end up on xkcdsucks while masturbatingReplyDelete
Beautiful. Imagine rubbing one out and then suddenly seeing a laughing Linus Torvalds in a speedo.ReplyDelete
If you think xkcd sucks, wait till you see this!ReplyDelete
Is it just me or has SMBC become really boring lately? It's not bad, it's just that he seems to be running on auto lately. Also I'm kind of unnerved by the fact that he seems to keep picturing himself naked.ReplyDelete
- harrisonJanuary 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Timofei, I think the fact that the only one of those anything like a "universal constant" is the Planck constant is, in fact, the joke. (Or the "joke", if you prefer.)ReplyDelete
Mal, of course it's not as good as 171, but these days I judge xkcd like I judge the Simpsons. It's just not fair to stack up a current episode against something from season 4, for example.
Ann: Really? Too long? I thought it was very tight, particularly for Randy. No PPD, not too much setup besides what's necessary (I guess the definition of "dimensional analysis" was unnecessary, but then y'all would bitch about needing to go to Wikipedia, God love ya). Certainly it's not like the godawful TV Tropes comic from a while back.
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 4:27 PM
so the punchline is that england would float out to sea?ReplyDelete
@Harrison - I know it's an unfair comparison, but it's just a different way of saying the same shit: "XKCD is ridiculously, ridiculously worse these days than it was a while ago." You've just cast it in a more general light than my specific strip-to-strip comparison.ReplyDelete
Anon (11:57): It's not something that I care to spend time mucking with since xkcd is the only site I visit that I've had problems with. I was merely musing that it is a bit strange between whiskeys.ReplyDelete
- Way WalkerJanuary 11, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Actually, it's not a problem that the quantities on the left side aren't constant. That's the point of this sort of law. Compare to the ideal gas law: (pV/NT)=k. Nothing on the left side is necessarily a constant and all of them may be fluctuating without external intervention, just like you could keep the width of the English Channel fixed. The punchline is similar to this joke about seahorses (the internet attributes it to Jim Gaffigan):ReplyDelete
"I was watching Animal Planet, did you know that the male seahorse has the baby? And I was thinking, 'Why don't they just call that the female seahorse?' You know it's just some stubborn scientist:
'Yeah, that one there's the male seahorse.'
'Uh, Bill, that one's having a baby.'
'...the male has the baby. You're fired.'"
I think the italics on his response are important in that they convey a harsher, frustrated, stubborn tone of voice. ("Italics" is plural, right?)
I've never seen a single italic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 12:06 AM
What the hell is "anothe"? Is that "another" misspelled? Oh wait... It's "and the". Fuck your handwriting, Randall. Fuck your spacing, too.ReplyDelete
Captcha is sehoyel. Sounds Jewish.
You type in italics or italic type; you are italic if you are kind of like Italy.ReplyDelete
What are you if you're the type who's kind of like Italy?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Forget about the "shell" pun. The slightly surreal flow of the narration is almost like Julius KniplReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM
"Surely picking on the fact it says "My Hobby" is missing the point a bit? It's a framing device."ReplyDelete
It's a framing device, yes, but that doesn't mean it can't be obnoxious. Whenever he uses it, it always seems to me like he's trying to say, "yes, I totally do this behavior which would be annoying in the real world, because I'm so quirky and strange!" It wouldn't be half as annoying if he did some kind of Far Side-esque thing where he named a different person each time ("Wendell's hobby", "Sylvia's hobby", etc).
Oh, gosh, it's indeed "AND THE" instead of "ANOTHE". I definitely thought there was a writing error there, but I've become so cynical towards xkcd that I took it for granted and forgot about it. Shit, just how fast does Randall write that? Doesn't he even bother to read what he writes?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2010 at 3:15 AM
Not sure why Linux is above bad puns or cheap jokes. It's a product of Finland and contibuted to by Americana, ain't it? Considering its sources, it seems ripe for such humor.ReplyDelete
I laugh at anyone who tells me what is funny and what we can't joke about. Yes, the self-proclaimed humor masters are the funniest of all.
By the way, fuck niggers and rape the baby seals.


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