Got Evil? Buy it Here! 216
Saint Aardvark writes "I just came across VillainSupply.com, and I'm sold. From Doomsday Devices to Robotic Tigers to Randroids, these guys have got it all. Don't forget the convenient, accessible self-destruct device!"
dr. evil? (Score:1)
Price: Starts at US$3,700,000,000.
yeah, i smell a new austin powers moving coming out...
Re:dr. evil? (Score:1)
My secret is out! (Score:1, Funny)
two weeks (Score:5, Funny)
Alric.
To Elbereth...
Re:two weeks (Score:2)
henchjobs (Score:3, Funny)
I am a rocket scientist you know.
Another great... (Score:3, Funny)
Evil Realtor (Score:4, Informative)
This compares with the 20th Century castles [missilebases.com] site, which also has this item that would make a good lair [missilebases.com].
and which is a real item
Re:Evil Realtor (Score:1)
Any relation to Blackmire Industries [blackmire.com]? (Try the on-line security minion web chat feature!!!)
Where's the children's section? (Score:3, Funny)
damn slashdotting (Score:2, Interesting)
Ok, they've got (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ok, they've got (Score:4, Funny)
No, no, no! (Score:4, Informative)
Every serious Evil Overlord [eviloverlord.com] has long ago forsaken them in favour of things much more practical.
Plus, not only will your World Domination plans be more effective, they'll be cheaper too [trygve.com].
:)
Re:No, no, no! (Score:3, Funny)
"My main computers will have their own special operating system that will be completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh powerbooks."
My college has that one.
Re:Ok, they've got (Score:4, Funny)
but I thought.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:but I thought.... (Score:1)
Argh! (Score:2, Funny)
Is it April 1 again?
Uh... (Score:1)
Re:Uh... (Score:1)
i just use frys... (Score:2)
sometimes target, but usually they have too many nice things, so thats where i buy my gifts for friends.
...From the Footer (Score:5, Funny)
I think they forgot the The great and sinister VA "Software" keiretsu [everything2.com].
Re:...From the Footer (Score:1)
It's a well known fact, Sunny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentaveret, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet triannually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
And don't forget Colonel Sanders, because he puts a secret ingredient in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly!
It is essentially a (Score:1, Troll)
.....Palistian fundimentalist supermarket.
Re:...From the Footer (Score:2)
This is slashdot, and the first company you noted missing from the list wasn't Microsoft!
I'd rant more, but I've got to go get a net and get tomorrows breakfast.
Re:...From the Footer (Score:2)
Re:...From the Footer (Score:1)
This was literally my first thought when the whole Anderson mess started. Goes to show you what I feel is important.
Re:...From the Footer (Score:2)
I hate to do this, but I feel obligated to correct you. The actual name (plus slogan) is:
It's all right here. [monday.cc]
Typo? (Score:1)
Price/Waterhouse/Coopers/Sanrio/Archer/Dan
Never Smile.
randroids (Score:1)
Those are the slashbots that are always carrying on about how the world should work like Ayn Rand said it should, right? :)
Not to say that I didn't like The Fountainhead; I'm just not sure if I want to live my life in a similar vein, or live amongst people who are doing so.
They may have a doomsday device... (Score:5, Funny)
It looks like they built... (Score:3, Funny)
Needs Something... (Score:5, Funny)
I find MUUUUAAAAHHAAAHHAAAAHAHAHAHA! can be very taxing on the voicebox after a few hours.
"Evil laugh augmentation device. Pat Pend"
Re:Needs Something... (Score:3, Funny)
So *thats* why my boss's voice is always horse. Figured it out finally.
convenient, accessible self-destruct device (Score:1)
What for their server? Why is that good?
/. effect - on Friday night?!?! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:/. effect - on Friday night?!?! (Score:2)
I mean, I'm stuck at home running an animation rendering, so, um, I have an excuse. But what about the rest of you!"
This time there is an excuse ... it is only a short time until the next matches in World Cup Football / Soccer start so many people could be up reading slashdot until the game starts.
Re:/. effect - on Friday night?!?! (Score:4, Funny)
a club, got pissed, got pissed off by a mate
snogging the girl i was chatting up. Dancing the
manic disco dance of the extremely angry. Walked
to the top of the hill and back, at home cooling
off reading slashdot. And they say programmers have no life.
Which reminds me, they need another section on there site, terminal over-reaction revenage devices.
Al Corpone baseball bat. $50
Magick Evil Explode a minion hand gesture, in
case any ask a good question. $10,000,000
Miniture Zarug battle fleet*. One thousand years
old each ship the 1.5cm in length. Currently
enaged in a holy war, the the Verhug captain that
back what he said about is mother. $5,000,000.
*garanatee void if used near small dogs.
Re:/. effect - on Friday night?!?! (Score:1)
convenient, accessible self-destruct device (Score:1)
A Real Doomsday Device (Score:4, Funny)
It's called The Slashdot Effect.
OMG!! (Score:1)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGG!!!
Scenario? (Score:5, Funny)
Henchman: Sir, we can't access the central server!
Boss: What has happened? Did a government spy infiltrate us and take our the control room?
Henchman: I don't think so sir...
Boss: Was our facility taken over by a crack military team that has cut power to the mainframe?
Henchman: Uhhh.. Not exactly
Boss: Did a team of elite crackers break in at the last minute and upload a virus?
Henchman: Closer...
Boss: Well what is it?
Henchman: It's the slashdot effect! All our communications have ground to a halt, our enviromental controls are turning our headquarters into an inferno and our satellites are going to crash into our island!
Boss: Arrghh!! Foiled Again! Escape to our nuclear submarine!
Henchman: Um sir.. remember a few months ago how you wanted us to installed Windows on the sub...
BOOM!!!
Re:Scenario? (Score:5, Funny)
BOOM!!!"
Would that be the operating system to control the sub's computer systems or the transparent sides used for viewing the ocean that would implode at sufficient depth?
I guess either way it does not matter ...
Damn! (Score:2)
Whoops!!!
sounds good (Score:3, Funny)
Re:sounds good (Score:1)
by the way, kuro5hin raised over 30,000 dollars (Score:2, Informative)
another site - gunsforkids.com (Score:2, Funny)
Ultimate Evil (Score:2)
Re:Ultimate Evil (Score:1)
The nearly-instant-slashdotting device can be found here [slashdot.org]. Just enter the URL and press [Submit]
Not truly evil. (Score:3, Insightful)
The 100% evil people are the ones who haven't quite got the brains. They make crappy computers [dell.com], pathic transportation devices [segway.com], not quite soul-destroying robots [britneyspears.com] and then, and this is the evil bit, they persuade us to turn over our hard-earned cash and use them on ourselves
their funny affiliate link (Score:1, Funny)
Pfft! (Score:2)
Re:Pfft! (Score:1)
They are sold out. A dude named "Osama" bought them all.
Re:Pfft! (Score:1)
You missed the point; it's a Simpsons reference (and possibly the best episode ever!)
"Don't call me [boss]. I don't like things that elevate me above the other people. Oh, sure, I come in later in the day, I get paid a lot more and I take longer vacations, but I don't like the word 'boss'."
Hank: "Homer, what's your least favorite country: Italy or France?"
Homer: "France."
Hank: "Nobody ever says Italy."
"Stop him! He's supposed to die!"
Hank: "If you need anything, you call me."
Homer: "Allright. What's your number?"
Hank: "I've never had to call my own company. Someone will tell you upstairs. But Homer, on your way out, if you wanna kill somebody, it would help a lot."
Re:Pfft! (Score:1)
Re:Pfft! (Score:1, Insightful)
A real lair (Score:4, Interesting)
What really gets me is that he paid less for the place than a typical house where I live, in Silicon Valley.
Re:A real lair (Score:2, Informative)
Largely a relic of the cold war, but could come in handy if there is ever some kind of major disaster, such as a damn burst (Grand Dixence, Switzerland's highest damn, is at 284 metres high the third tallest dam in the world and the tallest dam in Europe), nuclear meltdown/explosion (there are 6 operating nuclear reactors in Switzerland, 3 of them are PWRs, the other, newer ones are EWRs, there have never been any serious incidents, but it is good to be prepared... and the parliament just decided not to shut down the existing reactors, like Germany is planning to), avalanche or mudslide or a chemical plant explosion (chemicals, esp. pharmaceuticals are one of Switzerland's largest industries, even more so than banking).
The former pump factory ... (Score:2)
That sites priceless. (Score:3, Informative)
I love the humour there. I think it must have been make by Brits, as some of the pictures are
from 70s brit sci-fi that americans probably
wouldn't get. Did you spot, Kerr Avon, Zoltan and
the federation guard uniform from Blakes seven and
the Giant robot from Doctor who?
Re:That sites priceless. (Score:1)
Re:That sites priceless. (Score:2)
And yes, I unfortunately launched all adjectives for great confusion in that first sentence, but I couldn't figure out a better way to fit it all in.
Re:That sites priceless. (Score:2)
Where are the... (Score:2, Funny)
Who does #2 work for? (Score:1)
Don't make me pull rank, as I sit on the toilette...
Am I evil or not? (Score:5, Funny)
The top 4 most evil people they have listed:
Re:1,2,4 aren't pure evil. (Score:3, Interesting)
Destroying for the fun of it is a minor hobby that is easily countered by societal pressure or just plain ol' time... ideology seems to survive much longer than it is valid.
DEATH TO FANATICS!! (Score:2)
Indeed, that's the basis for my ideology. I firmly believe that all those people who firmly believe that certain people should be killed should be killed.
Anyway, #3 on the list (BG) also has an ideology: the pursuit of more money is the highest good.
Evil People, rejoice... (Score:2, Funny)
He uses a lot of Flash and Shockwave too... I guess people who say Flash is the devil are right!
farking theifs (Score:1, Informative)
Improved Evil Kit (Score:5, Funny)
The best one has to be... (Score:1)
yup... (Score:1)
And don't miss General Zod's Web Site (Score:2, Funny)
So Zod is now assuming his position as your rightful leader.
You have two choices:
1. Take his hand and swear eternal loyalty to Zod.
2. Perish for your defiance.
The choice is obvious. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD. Truth. Justice. Zod.
http://www.generalzod.net/ [generalzod.net]
One Giant Amazon redirect? Creative... (Score:1)
If only spammers would get this creative.
Kudos to this guy. We need more like him.
Site is lacking... (Score:2)
Homo take over plans (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, every police man (clad only in leather jock strap, gun belt, and motorcyle boots) will give and recive head at all traffic stops. Football will be played as it was ment, nude. The Marine Corp. will be filled with screaming bottoms, oh right, it already is.
Of couse it would happen so much faster if the Jews would sell us their mind control satalite network. Of all the nerve! they won't sell it out right, they want us to lease it form them.
The man just can't help himself (Score:2)
Robotic Tiger pricetag: $1.2 billion, batteries not included.
You're sold? *scratches head*
Bill, you're not welcome on slashdot. We don't even like your operating system.
Shoo.
BEWARE!! Customer Support is TERRIBLE!! (Score:2, Funny)
Deal on antimatter (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe I can afford a microliter or so and use it to power a really powerful potato gun?
Re:Deal on antimatter (Score:2, Informative)
than a gram per milliliter.
The volume of a proton is roughly 2.7E-46 m3.
A ml is 1cm3 or 1E-6 m3.
So 5.95E15 mol protons / ml.
1 ml of water is 1 gram, that's 1/18 of a mol H2O.
1 gram of protons is 1 mol of protons.
The Earth's mass is 6E27 g.
1 billion liters, or about 500 swimming pools
of protons.
Out of stock! (Score:3, Funny)
Every time I make an order, they say they're out of stock. Apparently some guy in Redmond, WA has cleared out their stock [aynrand.org]!
Re:Out of stock! (Score:2)
You can tall the difference from ayn rand, how exactly?
sorry to reply twice, but. (Score:2)
I always look at windows, wonder "Why would they move where something goes, Why does half the self seem contradictory and not make sense?, Why would they change what something is called, when everybody knows it by the old name?"
Its because Ayn Rand is there specifications writer!
Also interisting, when we live in a world where windows are for looking at, not out.
read the fine print about the robotic tigers (Score:4, Funny)
Any poke at Sigfried and Roy gets 5 stars in my book
Re:read the fine print about the robotic tigers (Score:2, Funny)
Ok, now that you're evil... (Score:3, Informative)
You mustn't forget The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord [harvard.edu].
Things like number 50: My main computers will have their own special operating system that will be completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh powerbooks.
- grunby
Captain Electro might shop there... (Score:2)
Re:random bullshit (Score:1)
Re:Advertising Ploy (Score:1)
Re:Evil? (Score:1)
The video card, in little effort. If you can manage the Command Line Interface. Even though I know about interfacing with the keyboard that make us more adaptable or if you can think of expression you are going to a waste of Gid awful personal web pages on the "unnecessarily slow dipping Damn!
Now there a threatening letter to be able to the video card, in is minimal. Though I don't think about, the henchjobs section. That sucks.
Just when I need intuitive, I don't see one of expression you get a self-configuring, decentralized wireless network... He points to the "unnecessarily slow dipping mechanism"?
Re:Evil? (Score:2, Funny)
And this is different from the present in what way?
Re:It was funny until ... (Score:2)
Just my opinion.
You misunderstand and misrepresent Rand (Score:2)
You misunderstand and misrepresent Rand's philosophy. You are welcome to to chose to despise what it actually is. But it is a mistake to believe a lie about it, then despise what you believe it to be.
"Altruism robs a man's soul" is an accurate description of part of it. But she goes on to describe in excruciating detail exactly HOW altruism robs a man's (or woman's) soul, reducing them to poverty and misery. You may not agree with her. But her analysis had the Soviet Union pegged dead-on, and described the form of its eventual collapse when it was still in its infancy. It also accurately described the "cycle of poverty" and "political correctness" when the socialist experiments of the west were just beginning.
On the other hand, claiming she advocated "If you want something, take it" is a flat-out lie. What she actually advocated is "If you want something that belongs to someone else, you may NOT just take it. To get it you must get him to trade it to you voluntarily, without using force, lies, or threats."
So yes, I believe it is a good thing to not have 'psychopaths' living for themselves, despising the concept of helping others and just running around taking what is 'theirs'.
I, on the other hand, believe it is good to have them:
making things of value,
advertising them honestly,
selling them to interested buyers,
honoring contracts, and
settling disputes through arbratation or the legal system
and bad to have them:
robbing,
killing,
raping,
bashing all who "dis" them, and
doing anything else that gives them a moment of satisfaction.
.
Rand's philosoply gives them a believable argument that the former will make them happier.
Since the defining characteristic of a psychopath is that he IS totally selfish, don't you think a philosophy that tells him "a smart selfish person will be honest and hard working because it will make him happy" is a desirable thing?
. . . .
And as I expected, my previous post was moderated down. Does anyone honestly believe that occurred because it really didn't rate, and not because some leftists will use moderator points to bash any posting that calls attention to left-wing political bias or propaganda?
Let's see how this posting does. B-)
Re:You misunderstand and misrepresent Rand (Score:2)
You almost had a point until you cried conspiracy just because people disagree with you, especially since your original post was just screaming "left wing radicals" at a joke website and really had no merit and contributed nothing to the discussion. How is a rant about the damn leftists who run that website differant than the trolls complaining about "the Jews who run Hollywood", in a movie review? Very typical Ayn Rand fan
But, since you made an intelligent reply I respect your opinion, though I do disagree with a basic point of it. When dealing with a "psycho", it is not advisable to get them to continue on their same selfish path, with a financial goal. For years, the practice has been to get them to value more than just material and primal needs...convince them life has value, spirituality or religion or just seeing the big picture of life are more important, we're all gentle and unique snowflakes, blahblahblah.
Say what you will about Objectivism, but it has never been the goal of any intelligent psychiatrist to promote the construction of maniacal tendencies into financial pursuits...it has always led to the complete opposite of Objectivism, where materialism and strictly work-related goals are supposed to consume, and more towards concentrating on figuring out who they are and what they want as an individual. Objectivism assumes everyone wants the same thing; that's the last thing you want to tell a guy at the end of his rope.
Re:You misunderstand and misrepresent Rand (Score:2)
But the point of teaching Objectivism to psychopaths is not to get them to switch to financial goals. Many psychopaths already have financial goals. We call them things like "burglar", "mugger", "con-man", "white-collar criminal", and the like.
The point is teaching them ENLIGHTENED self-interest. "Yes, that young lady you picked up in the bar would be fun for a night. But you have a nice wife who is fun, too, and she's about ready to leave you because you pick up girls like that. Would you rather have fun for one night with the girl from the bar, or have fun with your wife for years?" The same applies to crime-versus-job, lie-versus-truth, etc.
Often it's a tough sell - psychopaths are not noted for impulse control. But once they learn that there's more in it for them by being solid citizens than by being crooks they can become some of the solidest citizens there are.
For years, the practice has been to get them to value more than just material and primal needs...convince them life has value, spirituality or religion or just seeing the big picture of life are more important, we're all gentle and unique snowflakes, blahblahblah.
And THAT doesn't work worth a damn. They look out for number one, and will ALWAYS look out for number one. The trick is to show them how it's good for number one to look out for numbers two-through-five-billion.
Which do you think will be more successful at converting crooks into good citizens: A philosophy that requires them to first become unselfish, sacrificing themselves for the benefit of others? Or one that lets their selfishness motivate win-for-everybody "good" behavior?
Say what you will about Objectivism, but it has never been the goal of any intelligent psychiatrist to promote the construction of maniacal tendencies into financial pursuits...
Now you're back to the lie the left-wing told you about what constitutes Objectivism.
But in fact there HAS been a project to teach Objectivism to convicts - in the Canadian prison system. It is one of the few things that actually works.
A psychopath can become socialized if he learns a ruleset that lets him get along, and many of them learn such rulesets early and never do end up living a life of crime. But when you have one who has already learned some crime techniques that provide a short-term payoff for breaking one set of rules, it's a hard sell to convince him that following an even tighter set of rules will give him a bigger long-term payoff. But there are several ways that it does work.
Religion has sometimes been successful to a limited extent. Some Christian variants have had occasional success. (But psychopaths in Christian countries are usually already familiar with it and are very good at faking a conversion in the hope of easier treatment.) Islam has been even more effective. (It comes with a strong support group and major social pressure to remain lawful.)
But religions usually ask for self-sacrifice up front and promise payoff mainly after death. That's a long time for most psychopaths to wait. Objectivism promises a payoff here-and-now, by understandable means, and delivers well enough even in the short term that it can be easily checked. This probably explains its success.
Objectivism assumes everyone wants the same thing; that's the last thing you want to tell a guy at the end of his rope.
No, Objectivism assumes that everybody wants something, but different people want different things. It recognizes and encourages those differences, with its emphasis on the individual. It suggests that each individual attempt to advance himself and achieve his own personal goals, within the constraint of not harming others (except in legitimate self-defense). And it recognizes that the person with the best information and strongest incentive for deciding what's good or bad for a person is the person himself. So it rejects involuntary impositions even "for your own good".
Now many of a typical person's motivations are financial. "I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better." Prosperity may be a goal in itself. But even when it isn't, it provides resources to pursue other goals. Objectivism recognizes rights to private property, voluntary trade with no outside interference by disinterested parties, and pursuit of happiness. And it explicitly rejects both mysticism and placing the welfare of a group over that of its component individuals. So it's easy to misrepresent Objectivism as a purely financial philosophy - then once that's been put over, go on to claiming it's "success at any cost", "if you want it, take it", trash-the-environment, and so on.
But in fact, "If you want it, take it." is actually characteristic of the left wing, and the biggest difference between it and Objectivism. "From each according to his abilities...", "If it feels good, do it!", "Liberation" as a synonym for theft, and "Property is Theft" are catchphraises of the left, whose core ideology includes self-gratification regardless of consequences and the denial of the right to property. Objectivism is more "If you own it keep it - until YOU decide to trade it for something you like better." and "Be sure you're right, then go ahead.". And it recognizes "Never start a fight. Always finish it." as a valid strategy.
But I'm getting WAY deep into describing it, and since I'm NOT an Objectivist I'm not the one to do it.
The point is that to reform a psychopath you must convince him that following some socially-acceptable set of rules is good for him. Objectivism is a socially-acceptable set of rules that promises (and delivers) a better life for those who follow it than for those who live a life of crime, and which is internally consistent, understandable, and testable. So letting a criminal psychopath learn it is an effective way to enable his reform.
. . .
And as I expected, my previous post was moderated down. Does anyone honestly believe that occurred because it really didn't rate, and not because some leftists will use moderator points to bash any posting that calls attention to left-wing political bias or propaganda?
You almost had a point until you cried conspiracy just because people disagree with you, especially since your original post was just screaming "left wing radicals" at a joke website and really had no merit and contributed nothing to the discussion.
Actually, I didn't cry "conspiracy". I merely pointed out that some left-wingers are willing to moderate on the basis of ideology rather than discussion interest. The moderation system is supposed to bring attention to the active discussion points and winnow the redundant, flaming, or off-topic chatter.
How is a rant about the damn leftists who run that website differant than the trolls complaining about "the Jews who run Hollywood", in a movie review?
It's relevant because it was pointing out that the site's humor included jokes with a consistent political bias, and would thus be painfully un-funny to people of a different leaning, degrading their enjoyment of the site. (And also because the pokes at Rand might actually do some real harm, by undermining a rehabilitation program.)
Minimally, people of a more conservative or libertarian bent would be forwarned. Ideally the site's operators would see the posting and (if that wasn't their intent), balance the site by including some left-wing "vilians" along with those based on the left-wing's enimies list.
There are plenty to chose from. Most of the domestic acts of political terrorism in the last half-century or more have been perpetrated by the left wing, rather than the right. (I could go into cases, or reasons for the discrepancy. But this is already too long.)
Being an "equal-opportunity lampooner" would remove the readers' "I'm being propagandized" thorn-in-the-brain, allowing people other than leftist politics to enjoy the site. Even the portions lampooning their own would become enjoyable, once they appeared to be only poking fun at individual misbehavior rather than striking blows in a serious political struggle.
If the next "villian of the month" is, say:
the Unibomber,
an animal-rightist (disrupting medical research or [more in the site's style] trying to enslave the world by raising a generation of retarded children through protien deficiency),
a save-the-earth type (maiming and killing working-class lumber workers with spiked trees while living in a redwood lair, or locking up a resource in don't-mine federal parks, while buying up the other sources outside the US to make a bundle),
Gray Davis (the flip side of Enron's CEO, lining his campaign coffers for the next election in his climb to world domination by setting up the fake "deregulation", Graying-out California, soaking the citizens and non-energy businesses, and bankrupting PG&E),
Any of several womanizing Democratic politicians (love 'em, leave 'em, maybe kill 'em if they become inconvenient, trash their reps if it comes to light or start a war to distract the press, with minnions in the Feminist movement sacking women's rights to defend their leader)
or something along that line, I'll know they're in it for the fun rather than the politics.
Meanwhile, my original post led directly to the conversation on Objectivism-to-reform-crooks and indirectly to propaganda-or-humor. Would you say that either is irrelevant chaff?
Re:You misunderstand and misrepresent Rand (Score:2)
Oh, and saing a government will collapse, is obvious, not insightfull. ALL government collapse sooner or latter. They way the USA was set up, may have made it the exception, however, since we now have less flexibility then ever, it too, will succomb. probably in our life time.