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by masteen
November 28, 2012, 9:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I'm simply blown away...
Replies: 86
Views: 33314

Re: I'm simply blown away...

I prefer my astronomy books to have lots of pictures. My brain at it's best was nowhere near astrophysicist-level, and I've subjected it to all sorts of misuse since then.
by masteen
November 28, 2012, 9:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Election Day 2012
Replies: 162
Views: 27137

Re: U.S. Election Day 2012

If Barak can keep the herd of cats that is the modern Democratic party together long enough to hammer through an actual tax hike on the very rich, there might not even be the usual "anti-President's party" swing in 2014. They need to get straight to work in January with the reform of the S...
by masteen
November 24, 2012, 9:44 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football 2012
Replies: 17
Views: 8249

Re: College Football 2012

Had OSU pre-emptively self-imposed a bowl ban last season, the NCAA's past history of accepting those sort of deals leads one to think that teh buckeyes would have been bowl eligible.

Also: fuck FUCK Florida State.
by masteen
November 21, 2012, 4:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Election Day 2012
Replies: 162
Views: 27137

Re: U.S. Election Day 2012

kyoukan wrote:Why do you need science for that when it's already being done via breeding in the south
Because science can make it happen faster? Plus instead of the offensive shades of brown so much of "the help" is now, they could get them in dozens of designer colors that will match any decor!
by masteen
November 21, 2012, 4:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obamacare!
Replies: 188
Views: 53075

Re: Obamacare!

How is forcing a mandate upon them that NO OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY has to bear anything other than a blatant attack to force insolvency? Crony capitalism? Perhaps, if we allow that the Republican stalwarts who did this were in the pockets of UPS and FedEx.
by masteen
November 21, 2012, 4:01 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football 2012
Replies: 17
Views: 8249

Re: College Football 2012

I love how AN Ohio State University's hubris is biting them in the ass. I am sure that getting buttfucked by a bad Gator team in the Gator Bowl last season is better than being eligible for the BCS title this season. :lol: Keep in mind, the math for doing the self-ban last season didn't need a BCS b...
by masteen
November 21, 2012, 3:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obamacare!
Replies: 188
Views: 53075

Re: Obamacare!

The USPS isn't failing because of incompetence, Congressional or otherwise. It's failing because of a deliberate and calculated move to make it insolvent. This is what you don't seem to understand.
by masteen
November 20, 2012, 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Netflix
Replies: 124
Views: 38331

Re: Netflix

The whole lifecycle of movies is all sorts of stupid. Different times for release by country, for EVERY format, fucking hotel rental pushbacks... and most are just arbitrary or because we've always done it that way.
by masteen
November 20, 2012, 8:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So, a black guy freaked out on me
Replies: 11
Views: 3462

Re: So, a black guy freaked out on me

So THAT'S why I voted for him. Negro mind control!
by masteen
November 20, 2012, 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Resume advice
Replies: 45
Views: 14459

Re: Resume advice

If you are applying for Tech Support jobs, play up your customer service skills. Most likely you will be talking with the end user trying to figure out what they hell they did. That means you need to keep steady, keep them happy, and talk them through the problem in order to find the resolution. Do...
by masteen
November 20, 2012, 8:26 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Election Day 2012
Replies: 162
Views: 27137

Re: U.S. Election Day 2012

One part of it was showing a new experiment that has pinpointed a gene in mice, that we share, that completely controls their ability to learn. Expression of that gene could possibly be manipulated to increase our ability to learn, which would increase "intelligence" in a way. The hard pa...
by masteen
November 8, 2012, 3:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Investing on the election
Replies: 73
Views: 13921

Re: Investing on the election

Because the last bout of debt-ceiling cock-jousting went so well for them.
by masteen
November 7, 2012, 5:24 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 193585

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

Key West is a pretty small town, so we didn't have that many issues. 30 mins start to finish, and my poll is the senior citizens plaza so lots of old people slowly filling in their giant ballots. My neice up in Jupiter had to wait 5 hours, though.
by masteen
November 7, 2012, 4:15 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 193585

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

I summed up my voting (Florida) as follows: I voted for the black guy, the spacemonkey, Obamacare, and abortions. I RULE!

Alan Grayson getting back into Congress makes me very happy as well.
by masteen
November 7, 2012, 4:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Election Day 2012
Replies: 162
Views: 27137

Re: U.S. Election Day 2012

I only wish I had been stockpiling ammunition, so that I could gouge the fuck out of panicky rednecks when the inevitable "NIGRA COMIN FER MAH GUNZ" panic ensues.
by masteen
November 2, 2012, 5:07 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The New Golden Age of TV
Replies: 13
Views: 2250

Re: The New Golden Age of TV

Ugg, mention Friends, but not Seinfeld, West Wing, or NYPD Blue.
by masteen
October 30, 2012, 9:26 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Conan the Barbarian - GOD WHY!?!?!
Replies: 19
Views: 3874

Re: Conan the Barbarian - GOD WHY!?!?!

As bad a Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja were, I still thought there was another good Conan movie left in the material. Too bad they waited so long, as I'm not sure Conan the Geriatric will put too many asses in seats.
by masteen
October 25, 2012, 5:31 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football 2012
Replies: 17
Views: 8249

Re: College Football 2012

So how bout them Gators? Coach Boom is doing such a good job in year 2. I simply cannot believe how adaptive his defense is. They are borg, you will be assimilated.
by masteen
October 25, 2012, 5:28 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Copyright Alert System
Replies: 72
Views: 24211

Re: Copyright Alert System

pyrella wrote:I use astrill as well on a 100mb connect and still download at 12-13MB/sec from newsgroups or other fast sites.
Fucking hell, I live in the back woods of the goddamn interweb. I've never even seen speed over 10MB EVER.
by masteen
October 23, 2012, 10:09 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19710

Re: Presidential Debates

As much as I dislike people who mooch off the government, and are lazy worthless pieces of shit...for everyone one of them there are 4 more people who are only on those programs because they have to be, and are working hard to get off of them as quickly as possible. The actual figures are more like...
by masteen
October 9, 2012, 9:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19710

Re: Presidential Debates

The modern GOP is all about hard lines and purity tests, which is why I drift away from them.
by masteen
October 9, 2012, 9:23 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Phelps suspended for Marijuana use...
Replies: 67
Views: 10280

Re: Phelps suspended for Marijuana use...

Leonaerd wrote:It was harder to quit pot than cigs.
And quitting Cheez-Its is fucking IMPOSSIBLE.
by masteen
October 5, 2012, 5:16 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News 2012
Replies: 62
Views: 26144

Re: NFL News 2012

And that's why we need the real refs. Gooddell is very quickly approaching Bud Selig levels of ineffectuality. Unless he stops being the owners' little bitch-ass minion and starts looking after the game, AND SOON, football might wind up being a worthless shitfest like baseball.
by masteen
October 5, 2012, 5:10 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Guild Wars 2
Replies: 134
Views: 41546

Re: Guild Wars 2

Everything was cheaper earlier.
by masteen
October 4, 2012, 7:39 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82914

Re: The Walking Dead

So Netflix is streaming s2 now, and I find myself agreeing more and more with Shane the psycho and less and less with Rick the diplomatic vagina. Some of those people are dumber than shit, and I would use most of them as gut-shot walker-bait at the first chance I got. Can't travel the zombie pockycl...
by masteen
October 4, 2012, 9:09 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19710

Re: Presidential Debates

While Romney might have "won" the debate due to not being called out on many of his obfuscations and even a few outright lies, by tonight all most people are gonna remember is that Mitt wants to give more to rich people by killing Big Bird.
by masteen
September 13, 2012, 11:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: DNC > RNC
Replies: 40
Views: 8182

Re: DNC > RNC

You do have to admire the GOPs ever evolving vocabulary of hidden racism. "Too many brown people" becomes "voting irregularities." The only irregularities are that all those brown babies created due to poor education and shrinking access to family planning are all grown up and ar...
by masteen
September 10, 2012, 12:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: DNC > RNC
Replies: 40
Views: 8182

Re: DNC > RNC

False equivalence is false.

The past 15 years have shown very clearly that Democrats ARE willing to compromise, but, as last year with the bullshit deficit cap cockjousting that ended up resulting in the debt downgrade, the GOP is not.
by masteen
September 7, 2012, 2:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: DNC > RNC
Replies: 40
Views: 8182

Re: DNC > RNC

miir wrote:Never underestimate the power of fear... and stupidity... combined.
And by the power of racism, we are Captain GOP!
by masteen
September 5, 2012, 5:58 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: CoH: Tales of Valor expansion announced
Replies: 8
Views: 2003

Re: CoH: Tales of Valor expansion announced

Winnow wrote:Super Jump in CoH was really fun.
As was flying, as long as you could write macro files that actively modified the keybinds.

p.s. This is now a CoH/Cov remembrance thread!
by masteen
September 4, 2012, 6:59 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: CoH: Tales of Valor expansion announced
Replies: 8
Views: 2003

Re: CoH: Tales of Valor expansion announced

I sometimes wonder what COH could have been had Cryptic handed it off to NCSoft right after release. While class balance was horrid, it was easy to spot even without a PhD in theorycraft, and once you did the game turned from a slog into a violent frenzy. I'm still amazed to this day how out of touc...
by masteen
August 26, 2012, 1:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: To the Moon
Replies: 63
Views: 17795

Re: To the Moon

The sad part is that we're not there by choice. Still got oil here to squabble over, why bother going anywhere else?
by masteen
August 23, 2012, 12:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Batshit Insane 2012
Replies: 257
Views: 45827

Re: Batshit Insane 2012

The GOP seems to be angling directly towards "pay 5 shekels and marry her" punishment for rape. But fucking life in prison without chance for parole for selling some weed!
by masteen
August 8, 2012, 10:29 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Star Wars The Old Republic Coordination Station
Replies: 138
Views: 23583

Re: Star Wars The Old Republic Coordination Station

I'd resub if they made it $10 a month instead of $15. My sub ends on the 17th of this month. No plans on renewing it. I'll see what GW2 is like first. That and Mechwarrior Online. MWO is even more dependent on teammates to cover for the weaknesses of each other. So it sucks balls because most gamer...
by masteen
August 3, 2012, 11:18 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: This killed all other sports for me
Replies: 6
Views: 4492

Re: This killed all other sports for me

not only is she very attractive and... bouncy, she's also really fucking fast.
by masteen
August 3, 2012, 10:51 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Curiosity (Mars Lander)
Replies: 14
Views: 3263

Re: Curiosity (Mars Lander)

This could be the most important unmanned flight in NASA history. Being able to pick and hit a landing spot on Mars is the foundation for... everything really.
by masteen
August 1, 2012, 7:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Impact to the economy of Bain Capitol vs. stimulus spend?
Replies: 18
Views: 3124

Re: Impact to the economy of Bain Capitol vs. stimulus spend?

They might be comparable when brand spanking new, but two years down the road the lag in quality is blatant in GM and D-C. Their KBB and Edmund's numbers reflect this. I'll give some credit to Ford, because not only did they hire Mike Rowe, but they actually build cars that aren't embarassingly shit...
by masteen
July 27, 2012, 1:15 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Impact to the economy of Bain Capitol vs. stimulus spend?
Replies: 18
Views: 3124

Re: Impact to the economy of Bain Capitol vs. stimulus spend?

Given that GM cars continue to be utter excrement, I'd say leaving their management in place was a huge mistake, and as soon as the gov't pulls out, expect them to go back to the same short-term assclownery that got them in trouble to being with.
by masteen
July 26, 2012, 9:44 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse
Replies: 48
Views: 20185

Re: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse

I'd be more in favor of that if the next guy on the list wasn't the mascot for everything else that's wrong with college football.

And the NCAA piling on the sanctions against the players really pisses me off. Those guys were in fucking grade school when all this went down.
by masteen
July 26, 2012, 9:28 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: RIP Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson)
Replies: 4
Views: 1126

Re: RIP Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson)

Wait so he's really dead? I thought you were finally kicking your PCP habit...
by masteen
July 16, 2012, 9:43 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obamacare!
Replies: 188
Views: 53075

Re: Obamacare!

oh yeah, and cochlear implants were designed and created as a result of government funded medical research. I recommend you tear those things out of your daughter's head and sign to her that daddy doesn't believe in government funded medicine so she isn't able to hear anymore. 3 years old and alrea...
by masteen
July 9, 2012, 1:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obamacare!
Replies: 188
Views: 53075

Re: Obamacare!

In related news:

We're bringing treatable third-world diseases back!

The truly awesome part is that the best plan the government could come up with was obfuscation while simultaneously closing the facility best equipped to deal with the problem.
by masteen
July 7, 2012, 1:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obamacare!
Replies: 188
Views: 53075

Re: Obamacare!

Nobody has mentioned this, and it's the core of what the insurance corporation and their puppets in DC are pissed about: Obamacare mandates that medical insurance companies spend at least 80% of their income on actually providing medical care. 85% for large group providers. I know, how will those po...
by masteen
June 28, 2012, 9:31 pm
Forum: Everquest General Discussion
Topic: Myserious Unanswered Everquest Mysteries!
Replies: 1
Views: 2019

Myserious Unanswered Everquest Mysteries!

Not really, but I did always wonder what Neriak looked like as a human without a vision-granting item. Anyone know? Did you need a light source, or was that place as neon as it looked to my DE chars?
by masteen
June 26, 2012, 7:27 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 2
Replies: 60
Views: 11963

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 2

Without getting too spoilery, Bran's story does get more interesting.

And Danerys and Brienne were even move annoying in print.
by masteen
June 26, 2012, 7:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: iPad/iPhone Apps
Replies: 46
Views: 17536

Re: iPad/iPhone Apps

Can you use this while driving? :lol:
by masteen
June 25, 2012, 3:43 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?
Replies: 159
Views: 61426

Re: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?

She's hot. What's annoying about her voice?
by masteen
June 22, 2012, 11:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In the past 10 years I....
Replies: 8
Views: 2607

Re: In the past 10 years I....

Got fired once, quit twice, moved 9 times (no shit), paid off 2 cars and my student loan, had everything I own destroyed in a hurricane, and finally got to go to Amsterdam.
by masteen
June 22, 2012, 11:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Curiosity (Mars Lander)
Replies: 14
Views: 3263

Re: Curiosity (Mars Lander)

Bouncing balls are fine when you're not particular were you land, but if we're going to seriously survey the surface, we need to be able to land with some degree of precision.
by masteen
June 20, 2012, 11:21 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Star Wars The Old Republic Coordination Station
Replies: 138
Views: 23583

Re: Star Wars The Old Republic Coordination Station

Just in time for the server transfers. http://forum.mmosite.com/thread/2/154/20100322/SWTOR_is_going_to_be_F2P-4da84577e41de2d13-1.html Outdated speculation and bullshit. Free trial to level 15. Not F2P. http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/star-wars-the-old-republic-developers-detail-1-3-free-t...