Mr. Freeze

If gun's kill people, do pencils make spelling mistakes?

40oz said:
If gun's kill people, do pencils make spelling mistakes?

They do indeed, although spelling mistakes don't usually hurt as much as a lost loved one. Compare also the writing of a letter on paper with a pencil to using Firefox to compose an email. Gun control is like a spellchecker :p

Well, between these scenarios:

1. Thug/thief breaks into your house, steals your stuff and hurts you and your family.
   
2. Thug/thief shits himself as soon as he hears the TA-CLAK of a shell being chambered into your 12 ga. shotgun, and flees, never to be seen again.
   
3. Thug/thief chokes in his own blood while his mind is overwhelmed by the realization of his own mortality and his not being so tough/bulletproof/worthy of "respect" as he thought.
   

1. Legal ownership of guns is restricted
   
2. Police is ineffective towards criminality
   

The Republican Party has bigger problems... especially if they think that this race means they are back on the "right track". Less than 20% identify themselves as Republicans... a number lower than the last 30 years. Winning a special election seat from a nobody candidate means nothing. The party has little support among 18-35 year olds (the next generation voting block), no hispanic support (hay, even Bush jr TRIED to get work visas passed... but the Party would have none of that).

While public support for the President and Congress are down... support for Republicans is NOT up! They have been unable to truly capitalize on their opponents mistakes because their brand is so badly damaged. And, for some ridiculous reason... the party LOST mainstream support when they became more neo-conservative and aligned themselves with the christian right... so what did they do? Party leaders decided to move FARTHER to the right, not more centrist. NY-23, they backed a super crazy man and lost the seat. The party of small government pushes HARDEST for abortion and gay marriage restrictions.

While the Democratic party is pounding rocks like idiots, the Republican party is flailing around like a chicken with it's head cut off... and they have no fucking clue. The Republicans controlled every branch of office from 2000-2002 and they did nothing (besides start the Iraq War). The ONLY domestic initiative passed was No-Child Left Behind... and we know how popular THAT turned out (Answer: Abject Failure). The Republicans had SIX YEARS to address concerns about Health Care, SIX YEARS to address banking regulation, SIX YEARS to "Cut Federal Spending"... and they did NONE of it. Nothing. Not a god-damn-thing. Say what you will about the Democratic Party, but at LEAST they're doing SOMETHING!

Arlen Specter noted that, before he switched parties, the GOP national platform was to just obstruct EVERYTHING Obama did, because a successful America meant poor gains for Republicans. Sorry, I can't vote for a national platform that puts "reelection" as the highest priority above issues like "Health Care Needs". The Republican Party is in BAD shape... and they're too retarded to see it/fix it.

Scuba Steve said:

The party of small government pushes HARDEST for abortion and gay marriage restrictions.

I hate you. I fucking hate you. You know why?

Because you are absolutely right.

The biggest flaw of the GOP -and the reason why I am seriously considering switching my party affiliation to Libertarian- is because of this.

We have a war going on, a rising national debt, earthquakes in Haiti, and a possible threat from North Korea (to name a few), and most Neocons only care about abortion and gay marriage?

Talk about misplaced priorities.

Wrangling in conservative Christians was a large part of what helped the GOP take over Congress in the early 90s, and they did it in part by focusing on social issues like gay marriage and abortion. It's easy to get those groups riled up because they're convinced if nothing is done to stop these things, the whole of Western civilization is doomed. It's hard to top that in terms of motivating people to rush out and vote.

Now the GOP is stuck in a Catch-22. They are still dependent upon that conservative Christian vote, and it has helped them so much in the past, but on the other hand, I think a lot more people would be open to the idea of conservatism if it didn't seem to hinge so heavily on this religious/social bullshit.

Xenphire said:

You guys make me glad I'm a fag, tbh.

I wouldn't go too far mate. I've got gay friends both ladies and gentlemen and their relationship problems are no better nor worse (apart from the blatant discrimination they face). Not to mention, they can be very manipulative like how they desperately attempt to convert people (though that's more likely the case of the individual including the straights).

I guess my qualm with (straight) relationships is how normal it is for couples to have the man taller than the woman. Being short cuts down the field for me for some reason (I think I'm 160-165cm and chances of growing more than that is pretty low) and all my good attributes is yet knocked back because of me being short though I may be jumping to conclusions. At least I can tell if they're shallow, makes it easy for me to decide: "screw you for thinking that, you're missing out on something awesome here so toodledoo". I googled it though, and they say it's because it's more 'sexy', 'provides more security and feeling of safety' and 'they don't like feeling more dominant than the man', and whatever reason they can think of, yadda yadda yadda. Reeks of indoctrination. Thanks a lot hollywood.

Mr. T said:

Troubleshooting time! What do you wear? What do you talk about? etc

I wear whatever I can afford (shit that's on sale for $5). I try not to be trashy, but it's hard with my budget. I usually wear polo shirts and jeans. I seem to have acquired bleach spots on most of my shirts somehow. :/

I usually just talk about whatever interests me until I find something that interests me. I usually mention the nerdy stuff last, if at all. Stuff about literature, movies, and outdoorsy stuff is usually a good common ground with most people.

Danarchy said:

Yep. It's a gooddamn endless cycle I've been trying to pull myself out of for years.


Not really. Women can tell when you're a virgin, or at least if you haven't had a real relationship with a woman. They prefer experienced men, and can tell. For instance, I seem to not be able to figure out the right way to ask a girl out on a date, because I get a lot of weird looks and the like when I do (on top of being turned down).

[/B] Your instance, has little to do with the generalization of all women possessing magical virgin sensors. Is simply being sexually inexperienced the reason? Is effectively a man's ratio of successfully courting a woman for a date proportionate to his sexual experience? Or is it more to do with his competence in social interaction?

Not being a virgin isn't going to overnight fix this kind of thing. Unless it translates into a long term relationship which falls apart and you're back to square one. No longer a virgin, but just as awkward and depressed to boot. Essentially the same shit as when you were a virgin. Only you no longer have the "V" plate to shift to as source of inability to attract women woes.

Danarchy said:

Really the only girls who don't care are total hobags that I'd rather not have anything to do with.

What was wrong with the hobags? Were they known STD Factories? Were they portly in appearance? Did they possess visages that are capable of frightening young children?

If you can answer no to all of those questions for any of the hobags that were unfit for your dick, then I don't know what to tell you. It seems you've been taking a very womanly approach to a manly endeavor. There's nothing wrong with passing up chicks you aren't interested in. But, passing them up and then addressing virginity as a Goddamn Endless Cycle you've been trying to break for years is a bit lol.

bytor said:

I wrap it with duct tape and continue.

Hahaha holy shit, manliest use of duct tape ever!

bytor said:

Sometime around '89 I'm at a junkyard with a buddy and I'm using a big pair of Channelocks to rip open a firewall on a '70 Pontiac so I can get to the heater core. I slip and slice my arm wide open on the sharp metal. Blood's gushing. My buddy's flippin' out. I wrap it with duct tape and continue. I wasn't leaving without that heater core!

Holy shit, dude.

oh no the real problem was tryin' to get that damn tape off of my hairy arm! My arm was a mess. And my stubborn ass refused to go to the hospital.

I had a brief stint at a machine shop where I got a tiny little piece of metal embeded in my eye. I thought I got it out but I woke the next morning with my eye sealed shut from it leaking all night and drying in my eyelashes. My other eye refused to open. It's amazing how an injury in one eye affects the other. And the slightest bit of light felt like knife blades to both eyes. I had to go to an eye specialist who got it out with a drill! Like a little dental drill. Just touched it to my eye and that was it. The eye heals really fast, though. I think it still affects my pool game as that is my aiming eye and will go blurry after awhile.

I remember when i actually saw a dude's magic card torn. he played some wits card that means that he automatically won. the other dude started a brawl. :3

Csonicgo said:

I remember when i actually saw a dude's magic card torn. he played some wits card that means that he automatically won. the other dude started a brawl. :3

There's a huge tourneyfaggot at my local FLGS. Skinny as death, face like a relief map, nasally voice, the works. He goes off on a huge tangent whenever someone used weenie decks in EDH, and takes 40k fluff to seriously (he even threatened to kick my ass for saying that the Space Wolves were Mary Sues).

I'm building a sideboard for my EDH deck just for him. Red Burn will turn into Red Land Destruction. Ideally, the combo of LD, Discard, and Control will utterly ruin his deck.

Sometimes, you gotta teach them a lesson.

Vile said:

I suppose you get what you pay for with him, lol. Cards like that make me wonder if they ever planned to make new rulings for EDH (or Commander) regarding poison, since currently it's still 10 poison counters to die although your health starts at 40. That and right now there's only one card in all of Magic that removes poison counters, I believe.

And MaRo said that there wasn't going to be any poison removal in the block. So yeah... Suddenly all those old boxes of Homelands they couldn't sell before are going to start flying off the shelves.

Mr. Freeze said:

There's a huge tourneyfaggot at my local FLGS. Skinny as death, face like a relief map, nasally voice, the works. He goes off on a huge tangent whenever someone used weenie decks in EDH, and takes 40k fluff to seriously (he even threatened to kick my ass for saying that the Space Wolves were Mary Sues).

I'm building a sideboard for my EDH deck just for him. Red Burn will turn into Red Land Destruction. Ideally, the combo of LD, Discard, and Control will utterly ruin his deck.

Sometimes, you gotta teach them a lesson.

This is why I don't enter any tournaments and only go to the FLGS when I'm meeting up with my friends.

DuckReconMajor said:

(Rammstein guy)

Pfft, copycat.

DuckReconMajor said:

The gas stations around here don't have garages.

Yeah, same here. They're mostly 7/11s, AM/PMs, or Texmarts.

Heh, I don't even listen to Rammstein. I just googled "arms on fire"

Thanks for that, though.

I'm glad your alright.

Danarchy said:

Ah, the old finger-in-the-coat trick. Best to play it safe and hand over the cash than losing your life in defense of a few bucks belonging to a wealthy corporation, though.

My sentiments exactly.

Gas stations here in general do not have garages.

Creaphis said:

I work with mentally handicapped adults

Aged care is another growth industry, if you can stand spending your day surrounded by people older than myself.

@Mr. Freeze - if the military will accept re-constructed records and a statutory declaration as alternative documentation, I'd get started on that. Hiding in your room won't solve anything.

@Creaphis: I grew up living with mentally handicapped adults. I am currently applying for a job in Cambridge caring for one autistic adult. I prefer caring for autistics over other special needs people, because I think they are the most interesting and have the least ego. It's only 10 hours a week, but includes free rent (it's a really large house with 10 other part time caretakers of this one single dude). I hope I get the job because the house is in a sick neighborhood. I'll then be able to fill my time with either more school in an awesome academic setting (Harvard extension is just down the street from the house) or some other job while I figure out my next step.

@Mr. Freeze: I'd advise against being idle, even if it doesn't feel like you can do anything about the situation. The more active you are--the more stuff you try, the better you'll feel and more doors will open up.

Hellbent said:

@Mr. Freeze: I'd advise against being idle, even if it doesn't feel like you can do anything about the situation. The more active you are--the more stuff you try, the better you'll feel and more doors will open up.

That explains why you keep posting anything.

# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3933 3611 321 0 703 1747
-/+ buffers/cache: 1160 2772
Swap: 0 0 0

fraggle said:

My laptop has 8GB of RAM. You'd be nuts to build or buy a modern machine with anything less.

I wish I could, but I have school software that breaks if I have that much RAM.

Csonicgo said:

I wish I could, but I have school software that breaks if I have that much RAM.

Seriously?

exp(x) said:

I have a closet full of women's clothing.

Lier. I can't see there being enough room for clothing when you take up the majority of closet space.

EDIT: Awful spell corrected.

I didn't say it was my clothing.

Touché, good sir.

No shit? That's awesome. Kelly is one of the lesser known Death members it seems, and having him as a regular in your store sounds neato.

st.alfonzo said:
Interestingly though, there's probably been a fair few VIPs that have crossed our paths at some point or other, it's just that half the time our knowledge and interests aren't nearly deep or widespread enough to be able to recognise these faces.

Yeah, I recall seeing this guy at a small local supermarket. I also met a guy who became the minister of economy a few days later, at a party.

Never met anyone famous myself, unless you count the guys from the Legendary Pink Dots, but that was at one of their shows. A friend of mine was working at the Bellevue Barnes & Noble once rung up a bunch of books for Bill & Melinda Gates. Also, the guys from Soundgarden are frequently sighted in my hometown. Back in the early 90s my mom caught their bass player listening in on a conversation about Frank Zappa with the owner of a local record store. Also, an old high school friend of mine was in a couple local bands that were rather well-known to the area and recorded a couple albums.

I hadn't much choice. The ridges on that Logitech mouse are H shaped (most noticeable with the right button) with the crossbar operating the switch and the others limiting button movement by using the body of the microswitch as an end stop. Filing them away to restore normal operation would have added an extra 1mm of free play to the buttons which I might have found unacceptable.

GreyGhost said:

What's more, I salvaged my copper stock from a jumper header on a dead motherboard. Am I ghetto or what!

Yo da shit, dawg.

GreyGhost said:

I hadn't much choice. The ridges on that Logitech mouse are H shaped (most noticeable with the right button) with the crossbar operating the switch and the others limiting button movement by using the body of the microswitch as an end stop. Filing them away to restore normal operation would have added an extra 1mm of free play to the buttons which I might have found unacceptable.

Ah, I didn't look at your pic. Looks a lot more complicated than my razer, which is just a (relatively) large plastic pillar that pushes down on the microswitch.

The last time I read "Just ordered my baby," was a Facebook status update from my cousin's friend that ordered a baby from China. Well adopted a baby from China. That was 6 months ago, there have been snags.

Haha I saw this thread and thought mail order bride.

Krispavera said:

Haha I saw this thread and thought mail order bride.

In a way, it is.

40oz said:

Oh. I was insisting that punk was around way before rock was commercialized.

I disagree. Rock was plenty commercialized in the 60s.

But punk (as a culture, not even the music genre) existed in an indefinite time way before that.

Xeros612 said:

Hm... sounds kind of familiar...

Kind of funny how punk is supposed to be anti-establishment and whatnot yet a crucial component of their music seems to follow the same rubbish that the "establishment" sets in stone for music.

Punk's never been so much about musical innovation and technical wizardry, which yeah, it holds in common with commercial rock music. There are about 10,000 other things the two don't have in common, though. Like, y'know, how punks (mostly) have no desire for commercial success, but rather enough to get by.

Not to mention the whole message and attitude attached with the music of each, the fact that in a lot of punk music I can't understand a word of the vox, the overall lifestyle... Lots of stuff.

But what if he gets a blister on his middle finger?

$1600 is pretty much nothing if your mind is looking toward the future but if your mind is looking at right now it can mean a new tv and free food at Applebees for a week.

AndrewB said:

In all seriousness, buy this.

http://www.apmex.com/Product/59146/2011_1_oz_Gold_American_Eagle.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrEgOOuCuK0&t=3m0s

Mr. Freeze said:

Heh. Thanks.

You're welcome.

where is my map 40oz
you said there would be mappage

While 40oz is shovelling coal into his PC's boiler, here's a bit of nonsense I threw together that's thematically related to my last offering. It requires an engine that supports MBF sky transfers, and for a laugh - see what Skulltag's OpenGL renderer does to it.

Happy Birthday Freeze man!

Technician said:

Is there a joke here?

That would be Hellbent. omg birfday

darknation said:

These are some pretty minor differences. You should celebrate what you have in common.

Right on.

It seems you and your friends have more in common than I do with most of my friends. Those dividing lines are pretty thin. If you like the rocket launcher and your friends like the super shotgun, that doesn't make either of you dislike doom. If you focus in on smaller and smaller details you will find differences in even the most identical personalities.

Why is the word "outcast" thrown out so casually? It makes it sound like the people with different tastes or opinions are unwelcome.

TraceOfSpades said:

Well, if you have nothing in common with them...how did you become friends?

We all met and bonded over D&D. Over time I kinda grew to hate it, but I enjoy our currant campaign.

printz said:

Why is the word "outcast" thrown out so casually? It makes it sound like the people with different tastes or opinions are unwelcome.

Growing up and being diagnosed with BPD made me feel "outcast" was a perfectly acceptable word for how I feel. Not as much any more, but my teenage years were spent away from others.

geo said:

My Walmart is much better, so its really just that Walmart.

I fucking hate WalMart. I get anxiety whenever I go in there, and is usually the instigator between all fights I ever have with my wife because it stresses us out beyond compare when we shop there together. Their shelves are empty, theres shit all over the floors, theyre not as cheap as they advertise themselves, "speedy checkout 20 items or less" registers are the only ones open, and have lines out the door, loaded with distractions, and the most disgusting human beings on the planet. I'm getting frustrated just thinking about it.

its seriously the worst place in the world.

Agreed, walmart fucking sucks. They advertise a couple items in the walking paths which are cheap, but when you walk down the aisles, everything is priced as you would expect it. They are good at promoting certain loss-leader items to get you to buy more things than you actually need.

They treat their employees like shit and it wasn't long ago that they actually took life-insurance policies on their own employees in case they died so they could profit from the death of their personnel without paying anything to the widowed spouse.

They helped destroy American manufacturing by pushing all their suppliers' operations overseas in order to please shareholders.

They are as anti-American of a company as you could ever hope to find.

Your CEO could be worse off:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/01/ceo-remains-in-critical-condition-after-chicago-office-shooting/

Mr. Freeze said:

Yeah, that's the problem: everyone wants to practice like 3-4 times a week.

If your not interested in practicing with a band on a regular basis I suggest you don't bother. Casual bands are usually older members because they are already accomplished, skilled musicians who only need the bare-minimum rehearsing to function as a group.

How spastic is your work schedule? meeting 3-4 times a week for a couple of hours is not much. Especially is you have a nine to five.

Technician said:

If your not interested in practicing with a band on a regular basis I suggest you don't bother. Casual bands are usually older members because they are already accomplished, skilled musicians who only need the bare-minimum rehearsing to function as a group.

How spastic is your work schedule? meeting 3-4 times a week for a couple of hours is not much. Especially is you have a nine to five.

It's not that I don't WANT to rehearse that often, it's that my schedule forbids it. I work 40 hours a week, and my schedule is always different. This proves problematic when bands say "Well, we practice x y z days from x to y hours...". Even if I don't think it's a bad deal, they think the opposite.

Mr. Freeze said:

Finding...dare I say it?..."casual" bands is a nightmare. Either they all suck or they're all blues or something.

Wouldn't you have to practice a lot to not suck?

Well... they have "rock against rock", why not "punk against punk"?

Mr. Freeze said:

ITT: Everybody equates "Not Atheist" to "Christian"

There's a song idea.

Super Jamie said:

I will make sure I take every opportunity to criticise your choice of mapping format and play your wad in the wrong sourceport.

Here's the best part: You can't play the WAD in anything other than it's intended source port.

CHECKMATE

oh how i can't wait to see this one reviewed.

Mr. Freeze said:

Wizards of the Coast isn't inflating prices. The prices themselves come from three places: the secondary market's determined value, rarity of the card, and demand. It is the market's desire to make money - AKA Starcitygames.com - that drives card prices. WOTC doesn't give a crap about pricing, and they've said so several times.

The initial cost per booster pack would be a rather steep price, IF you were just getting cardboard. But let's not forget that this cardboard is covered in completely new content, designed by game designers, and covered in brand new full color art from highly talented artists. The argument that "you're just paying for cardboard" could be applied to computer software as well. "You're just paying for plastic."

Freeze, on the subject of trying to get power, I'll say this: If you want to do it just through trades you're going to have to rip people off. A lot. And you're going to have to take things like current staple rares and mythics and trade them up to Legacy staples.

Are the old editions worth much? I keep meaning to sell my deck. I bought a bunch of cards around the mid-90s.

Bucket said:

Are the old editions worth much? I keep meaning to sell my deck. I bought a bunch of cards around the mid-90s.

Like I said, they aren't worth terribly much, unless it's a rare from Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and possibly Ice Age.

It must be nice to be a chad in shining armor sometimes, just playing the field. The rest of us are scraping by and enjoying the little things and not trying to fuck people over. I'm sure I'd like to have a drink with you but honestly not in a lifetime.

Next thing I knew, I was dating three to five girls concurrently, laughing off rejection without a care, with my romantic stress level becoming nonexistent.

How many other relationships were you fucking with while you engaged in this behavior? How many feelings did you trample on because you didn't give a care, you just wanted to have yours.

There's a huge middle ground between "scraping by," and "fucking people over." It's not hard to date prolifically and still be ethical about it. In fact, it's really easy, since desperation will never tempt you to do questionable things to get a woman if you have ten willing phone numbers to call for a date on any given night.

I never toyed around with people in committed relationships, or misled a single soul.

Thanks for that post Mithran, I needed that encouragement. If it's okay to date multiple women concurrently without it seeming like I'm cheating anyone, then it's awesome. Happy new year!

Not quite. In Greece at least, to even be considered as a reserve officer candidate you must be declared "I1" (fully able) in your bodily ability/health exam or "I2" (minor problems, only for auxiliary/support corps and including Signal corps, which is considered a "weapon" too).

Certain enlisted corps and specialties (e.g. special forces, provosts) also require nothing short of I1 ability, and professional enlisted and career personnel are also required to be I1 or I2 as per reserve officers.

The other ratings, I3 and I4 mean increasingly greater health problems, but none of them means you're totally unfit to serve. I3 is the minimum where you're considered able to handle a weapon (unless you got the I3 rating for psychological reasons), while I4 is the minimum acceptable for service (although that means unarmed, auxiliary services). I5 means unfit for service.

Mr. Freeze's problem would class him as I3 or I4 in Greece, depending on how serious it is, both of which preclude professional or even reserve officer service.

I'd say get on with your life, and be glad that your country doesn't have obligatory conscription where you'd be forced to serve for 12 months living in a barracks, doing menial tasks like picking up the trash or peeling potatoes unpaid and you wouldn't even be issued a rifle because of your condition.

Creaphis said:

You have back problems that prevent you from being a reserve officer, but not from enlisting? Shouldn't it be the officers, much more the reserve officers, that can get away with sitting on their asses all day?

The exact opposite, actually. Officers are expected to go BEYOND everyone else in both physical and mental tasks.

Think of it this way: Would YOU want to be serving under a guy who couldn't meet the minimum pushup requirements (42)? Or who couldn't life anything heavy? I wouldn't.

Maes said:

I'd say get on with your life, and be glad that your country doesn't have obligatory conscription where you'd be forced to serve for 12 months living in a barracks, doing menial tasks like picking up the trash or peeling potatoes unpaid and you wouldn't even be issued a rifle because of your condition.

I'd say this is pretty good advice right here. There are other ways of serving your country aside from joining the military (especially if you're going to be sent behind a desk or made into a janitor), and the thing about the military is that you can't change your mind once you're in. That's at least 2 years of your life that you're giving them. Just some things to consider.

Anyone know a website that allows uploading of .wav files?

Why not convert them to mp3?

Mr. Freeze said:

Anyone know a website that allows uploading of .wav files?

Not of the top of my head. You could always load it onto youtube with a picture instead of a video

Looking at your own in a mirror doesn't count SJ.

;_;

Super Jamie said:

girlfriend

nigga u crazy