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- Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:48 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
So what would you use it for then? Well, not you specifically but what's the worst case scenario that you envision here with FB? Power. Social engineering. Political and economic determination/manipulation. Big Brother. Various levels of global-scale espionage, intrusion. None of it benevolent. All...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Photography
- Replies: 137
- Views: 7786
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- Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Photography
- Replies: 137
- Views: 7786
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- Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Photography
- Replies: 137
- Views: 7786
Re: Swamp Photography
Here's a few shots from the Vancouver International Buddhist Temple, a remarkable (and lavish) temple down in Richmond, BC, from a couple of days ago. It was done up for Chinese New Year: (1) http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/various_penguins/Temple001_zps15c8758f.jpg (2) http://i7.photobucket.c...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
You're welcome, Syb. But you really shouldn't worry about someone stealing information from Facebook as much as you should worry about the fact that Facebook is stealing information from you with no accountability whatsoever for what they do with your data. It would be somewhat naive to think it is ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Every time I see a screencap of silliness from Facebook the user pics are pixelated and the names are blacked out in pretty much the same way. What's up with that? There's nothing remotely illegal about screencapping from that site.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Eisenhower Tree
- Replies: 5
- Views: 304
Re: The Eisenhower Tree
I have no doubt that there will be a replacement tree there this year. I wonder if they'll name it. I may be misremembering this but I'd swear I saw on the Masters a couple or three years ago that they have some big ol' nursery as part of the Augusta National lands on which they had meticulously gr...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
Who are you getting for announcers? During the Canadian games it is Harris, Rainnie and McCusker (who is flat-out silly, giggle-gushing like a schoolgirl). But 90% of the curling games have no announcers or commercials. I've PVR'd at least a dozen non-Canada games. ETA2: This is the guide, channels ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Eisenhower Tree
- Replies: 5
- Views: 304
Re: The Eisenhower Tree
They have a replacement though, right? Augusta has a whole nursery of replacement trees, including that one in particular, and shrubberies and whatnot, don't they?
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
for those interested in Canada, TSN2 will show the tiebreaker tonight between Scotland and Norway at midnight ET, 9pm Scottie time. Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. But surely it is also on those Telus (and Shaw?) "feed" channels of the CBC with no announcers and no commercials? Gotta be, ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 231735
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
You're probably still getting up higher than most of us. Or far higher. I used to be able to easily get my wrists above the rim. Today? I probably couldn't get up enough to touch the net unless it was a particularly longish net.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 231735
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
Great idea for a report, Bronto. And well done. I tried something similar about 15-years ago when I was back home in Nova Scotia for Christmas. Not on video or anything like that. A good friend of mine that I grew up with used to be an assistant coach for the QMJHL team in my hometown and we took a ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
I like that the Russians don't speak a word of English, except when it's time to yell, "SVEEP! SVEEP! SVEEP!" I was watching one of the Chinese games the other day and it was the same, out of nowhere, you hear "GOTTA GO!" Yes, the China/Canada game looked like it was brilliant; ...
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swampcrash Invitational
- Replies: 144
- Views: 5384
Re: Swampcrash Invitational
Sent. And now afraid to log-in here tomorrow.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 205245
Re: Random Videos
There was this cult once, and probably there were quite a number of similar cults throughout the ages, that believed its members were an intergalactic getaway team and then when a particularly large comet passed by the Earth, a unique comet in the wake of which trailed an intergalactic spaceship, th...
Re: Science!
Took me a few clicks, Bronto, but I think I found it!
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http://www.awkwardmomentsbible.com/answersingenetics/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Science!
"Now that Bill isn't here, let's discuss how wrong he was when he intellectually kicked my ass all over the stage." Funny thing, I was watching a Bourdain No Reservations episode yesterday in which he visits the Citadel of Erbil, a town which alone is older than the Earth and the universe ...
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1868
Re: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
I'm going to make a guess at parameters based on Brian's original post. Every athlete he mentioned is retired after a long and successful, if not dominant, career and became iconic statesmen of the game (if not more). So by "beloved" the idea is of someone who was admired not just during t...
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Facebook doesn't pay to be on other sites. They wormed their way into the internet by supplying the bandwidth for sites to have likes and comments and interactive shit without having to host it all on their own corporate sites. In return, Facebook gets staggering amounts of user data from those corp...
Re: Twitter
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson wrote:Without a space program that discovers, tracks & deflects killer asteroids, our extinction is assured by one. Have a nice day.
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
It pretty much sums up Slate, too.Bensell wrote:This article from slate.com pretty much sums up my thoughts on the figure skating announcers: . . .
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:10 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2014 Trivia Calendar Game
- Replies: 341
- Views: 14383
Re: 2014 Trivia Calendar Game
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- Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
In that case, it's Amazon following you around, not Facebook. There are countless number of advertising networks that use cookies to track your web usage. It's very difficult to get out of it. Even if you try the big guns, like what Scottie does with Facebook, it probably breaks a lot of pages. Som...
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:25 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
"Game" is most familiar, Dave. But you'll also hear a single game referred to as a match on occasion. Or a draw. The latter in the sense of tournament round-robins (like the Olympics). So tonight's women's match is the 6th draw (of ten, I believe). Although sometimes used to specify a sing...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
As I said, you don't even need a FB account. Take just about any particular site; some are far worse than others so I'll give you an average example. Go to http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/map-the-countries-that-feel-the-most-love-in-the-world/283839/" onclick="wind...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A New Brushes with thread
- Replies: 868
- Views: 79175
Re: A New Brushes with thread
Lou Piniella was definitely at the same restaurant as me for lunch today. He may have been dining with Mike Francesa, I couldn't tell for sure. Would Francesa be in town already for Yankees pitchers and catchers? Probably: http://www.springtrainingonline.com/reporting-dates/" onclick="win...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Oh you can completely take those quizzes and not share your results . . . . . . with your buddies. But you're still creating and building upon data that is associated specifically with you; data that you can't see, data that is both stored and mined. You act like this is my first rodeo! Oh, no, not...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
. . . with your buddies. But you're still creating and building upon data that is associated specifically with you; data that you can't see, data that is both stored and mined.Brontoburglar wrote:Oh you can completely take those quizzes and not share your results . . .
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 205245
Re: Random Videos
Let's deconstruct it. For "some sort of dangerous post-apocalyptic hellscape" it's a nice sunny day outdoors and the door to the house isn't even locked. Yet she's carrying a crossbow. Electricity? Yep, works. No problem with the utilities. Bad edit timing on the automated voice beginning ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 205245
Re: Random Videos
Best I can tell there's little to get. The spreadsheet date is 2023. It's typically shallow Toronto fare. Although the protagonist had that kid* to dead to rights with the crossbow yet didn't shoot her. Perhaps this is a short film about regret. * presumably herself both at the time of filming and t...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Great Language Game
- Replies: 7
- Views: 508
Re: Great Language Game
Yikes. Didn't do nearly as well the second time through (450). Also tripped on Slovak and Slovenian. And South Efate -v- Tagalog? Damn! Wow, that's tough sometimes.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Great Language Game
- Replies: 7
- Views: 508
Re: Great Language Game
Got lucky on at least one correct answer. Failed to identify Thai. Failed to identify Lao. Not sure I ever even heard of Shona. Never would have identified it. Those African languages all sound alike to me.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
You might want to re-read that to which you responded.Giff wrote:It shocks me that you think people don't realize this is just for their personal entertainment.
Re: Tinder
More . . . Sex and the Olympic Village
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- Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Oh, absolutely. Just as people don't realize they are feeding personal data to Facebook even if they don't have a Facebook account. ETA: And they doubtlessly never notice that clicking "I'd rather have a Toyota than a cheeseburger" results in the appearance of Toyota ads all over their tri...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 221175
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
It's clickbait. You should ignore it as you'd ignore those infernal fucking clickthru slideshows which suck up your data usage.
Hey, it's the 10 Dumbest Slideshows Ever Slideshow!" Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Fuck off.
Hey, it's the 10 Dumbest Slideshows Ever Slideshow!" Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Fuck off.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Spoiler Warning
Speaking of China . . . The Chinese men just defeated Norway to go to 5-1. Three-way tie for first place at 5-1 right now (China, Sweden, Scotland). How big was that China win over Norway? The Chinese men have never won anything. Ever. Nothing. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud has been to 9 World championship...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1868
Re: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
Draft-dodging, Muslim? You might get some static on that one. At least in the U.S. I'm quite honestly surprised to see that. Americans largely pretend the Vietnam War never occurred; it's certainly not a period of American history held up as exemplary or glorious. Of all possible American choices, ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1868
Re: Friday Discussion: Most Beloved Living Athlete
Gordie Howe. Tremendous choice, Brian.
Cassius Clay?
ETA: One of the coolest (in the "how cannot you not absolutely love this man" way) until he passed away in '06 was Buck O'Neil. Buck, of course, didn't have the fame of those previously mentioned.
Cassius Clay?
ETA: One of the coolest (in the "how cannot you not absolutely love this man" way) until he passed away in '06 was Buck O'Neil. Buck, of course, didn't have the fame of those previously mentioned.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Winter Olympics
- Replies: 653
- Views: 34233
Re: Winter Olympics
If you want to see a fantastic game of curling (mens) try the on-demand archive of China -v- Sweden from last night. At least the last few ends. And (degen will get this) to quote Vic Rauter "Oh my! Oh my! OH MY!"