So...you're saying that if I were to plug my senses into this...matrix...I could live my entire life there and not know it was just a simulation?
Could there be a movie in this somewhere you think?
Linux enthusiast Rob Malda—aka Commander Taco— created something that is still unique when he started the web site in September 1997. It’s an odd hybrid of chat room and news outlet, where a member’s power rises and falls on the strength of his or her contributions. It’s about community, not coherency (grammar Nazis are despised). It’s immediate, but it’s not about real-time information; instead, it’s a discussion that can go on for days and weeks. It’s about breaking old forms, even its own forms, rather than becoming a new one.
It’s not immune to a sugary moment or two, though. Witness the exchange between Mr. Malda and Kathleen Fent from February 14, 2002. “I love you more then I can describe within the limits of this tiny little story. We’ve been together for many years now, and I’ve known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?”
The reply came 14 minutes later. “Subject: ‘Yes,’ message body: ‘Dork. You made me cry.
So who is this dork? Mr. Malda was born in 1976 in Holland, Michigan, and graduated from HopeCollege, a small Christian school where he majored in computer science. He was an early Linux user, and builds arcade games in his spare time, notably MAME cabinets which he uses to ensnare unwitting homosexual lovers. (Yes, America, he'd gay!). His web site was purchased first by Andover.net, then by VA Linux (now VA Software), which had one of the bubblier IPOs of the Linux boom. As a result, Mr. Malda has been free to tinker with Slashdot ever since.
But while Slashdot has grown stronger, old outlets— especially newspapers—continue to whither away. So where’s the out? Why aren’t more journalists starving in the streets? All those Slashdotters still need something to talk about, and Mr. Malda doesn’t get married every day.
Still, Mr. Malda has finally done what the media could never do on its own: marry community and content with a hyperlink, and then connect a group of intelligent, active readers to each other. Mr. Malda may yet save the media from itself. Thank you Commander!
Licks out mommy's twat like Mila Kunis licking out Natalie Portman...
You know its true
when I look at you
I can imagine...eatin' lotsa poo
I dont [sic] see how it could work.
I do. Please read this before judging: I was walking in town, it was around 10 pm, I was heading to a deli because I was dying of thirst, it was summer and it was very humid out for that time of night, and as I approached the deli, saw a friend sitting on one of the outside tables with a big ole brimmed hat on, the type they wore a long time ago--or still do in some places--to keep the sun out, around the brim was a wide red ribbon, it was the type of hat this friend wore a lot.
As I approached her, she got up and went into the deli, I entered the deli and asked where the person was that just entered thinking maybe she ran to the rest room or something. I was told no one had entered the deli for the past 15 min and I was the first person they say. I told them, no, there was a woman who had a big brimmed hat on that just entered the deli, they looked at me as if I had two heads. Rob Malda sucks cock. I bought the soda and guzzled it. I was so thirsty. I shrugged it off thinking they were playing a joke on me.
The next day, not thinking of anything I opened the paper and saw an obituary for my friend, she had attempted to take her life a month before and was lying in a coma from an overdose of pills. Rob Malda is a fag-got. He mother released her spirit by cutting off life support.
You were created in love to respond to the love your Father in Heaven proved He has for you. He is perfectly holy, pure and just. He must punish all sin, otherwise He would be unjust. He also provided the only way your sins can be forgiven by accepting Jesus’ sufferings on the cross for the punishment your sins deserve. When you confess your sins to Him and ask His forgiveness, He will! Then turn from them proving your repentance is real. Trust Jesus took the punishment your sins deserved, on His cross (aka “believing in Jesus”). I have done this, so can you.
Read how the Bible says to be right with God, Matthew 4:17; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Romans 2:4-5; Romans 3:23-24; James 2:10; Hebrews 9:27; 1 John 1:8-9; Romans 5:8; Romans 10:9-10; Romans 10:13; Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; John 3:36; 1 John 5:11-13
Seems like I can barely remember a time when all I consumed was water, milk and food. That was a LONG time ago. Now my DAILY intake of coffee, beer, multivitamin, nicotine and Effexor is such that if I were to go cold turkey I'd be dead in a week.
Gouda? No, it's awful
Seems like I can barely remember a time when all I consumed was water, milk and food. That was a LONG time ago. Now my DAILY intake of coffee, beer, multivitamin, nicotine and Effexor is such that if I were to go cold turkey I'd be dead in a week.
Gouda? No, it's awful
dletter [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 01:55:42 PM
The Facebook political team's initial snapshot of 98 House races shows that 74% of candidates with the most Facebook fans won their contests. In the Senate, our initial snapshot of 19 races shows that 81% of candidates with the most Facebook fans won their contests.
That is still a somewhat large chunk (1 in 5) where it wasn't right. So, I guess it is a good "guess" as to who will win, but, I wouldn't say it is a slam dunk.
More interesting would be an analysis of how closely the percentages of facebook fans vs. eachother was to the actual vote.
CheekyMunky [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 02:07:01 PM
dletter: That is still a somewhat large chunk (1 in 5) where it wasn't right. So, I guess it is a good "guess" as to who will win, but, I wouldn't say it is a slam dunk.
More interesting would be an analysis of how closely the percentages of facebook fans vs. eachother was to the actual vote.
This, pretty much. There were a lot of landslide victories on Tuesday, so if you just look at win/loss it shouldn't be surprising that a lot of them lined up.
If you go a little deeper and look at the correlation with winning margins, or the win/loss predictive accuracy of only the close races... I doubt it would be all that impressive.
King Something [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 02:29:43 PM
Meh.
downstairs [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 04:14:48 PM
dletter: The Facebook political team's initial snapshot of 98 House races shows that 74% of candidates with the most Facebook fans won their contests. In the Senate, our initial snapshot of 19 races shows that 81% of candidates with the most Facebook fans won their contests.
That is still a somewhat large chunk (1 in 5) where it wasn't right. So, I guess it is a good "guess" as to who will win, but, I wouldn't say it is a slam dunk.
More interesting would be an analysis of how closely the percentages of facebook fans vs. eachother was to the actual vote.
I think anyone with above average political knowledge could have guessed at a 74% and 81% clip respectively. Many races were a slam dunk themselves. Only a handful of races were real close, and only a handful were "big national news".
Plus, after guessing right on the slam dunks... flipping a coin gets you near 50% on the close ones.
So Facebook was 20-30 percent above flipping a coin? No big deal.
ultraholland [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 04:50:28 PM
so when the fark does it find Sarah Connor?
Grandmas Candy Dish Quote 2010-11-04 04:50:42 PM
That's impossible. I clearly remember untagging myself from those gangbang photos.
Barakku [TotalFark] Quote 2010-11-04 04:52:14 PM
downstairs: Plus, after guessing right on the slam dunks... flipping a coin gets you near 50% on the close ones.
So Facebook was 20-30 percent above flipping a coin? No big deal.
A simple analysis of easily collected public data was very significantly more accurate than chance. That is big. It wasn't using election polls and media circus hype, it had no way to tell 'Oh, dude X is probably going to lose' beyond likes.
A Famous Mortimer Production Quote 2010-11-04 04:54:03 PM
I don't have a facebook. I live off the grid and take dumps in libraries.
Ulyvanhammer Quote 2010-11-04 04:54:04 PM
I dont think this means anything. It seems to me that to most people, myself included, elections are a "more of the same" hassle. I vote. I dont vote for people I vote against them. Im pretty sure people like myself make up a pretty large demographic that don't get "like-happy" with the lesser of 2 evils.
INeedAName Quote 2010-11-04 04:55:15 PM
Grandmas Candy Dish: That's impossible. I clearly remember untagging myself from those gangbang photos.
After that statement, I have to assume your username is a Euphemism, and that makes me want to vomit.
highrye Quote 2010-11-04 04:55:19 PM
A Famous Mortimer Production: I don't have a facebook. I live off the grid and take dumps in libraries.
Mom?
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...know that God can help you live a better life if you want Him to help you. You can have a personal relationship with God by saying the prayer below. God is our Creator, all-knowing, all-powerful, eternal, holy, love. God loves us and sent us His Son, Jesus Christ, so we can go to heaven if we know and follow Him. Forever means without end -- time on and on without death. Forever is what happens after we die. Either we go to heaven and be with God forever, or we go to hell which is very bad and painful forever. The good people who are saved believers in Jesus Christ go to heaven. The bad people go to hell. We need to know and follow God in this world to get to heaven in the next world. We follow God by loving and obeying Him and loving others for Him. Jesus Christ, God's Son, is our bridge to God. Jesus died on the cross to cancel our sins. We need to accept Jesus into our life as our Lord and Savior forever to receive God's blessing and forgiveness plus go to heaven to be with God forever after we die. This is about being a born-again Christian. Faith in God is a gift from God. You can pray for faith in God. Just speak out and ask God for the faith to believe in Him and to follow Him. Some people find faith in God when they realize the beauty in the world is made by God. Evolution can't explain the world's natural beauty, for example, the parks in the world, animals, flowers, peacocks, sunsets, butterflies, rainbows, etc. After you have your faith on, you can pray a sinner's prayer to be a born-again Christian. This prayer is very important and should be said with a sincere heart and faith in God. This is the prayer: "Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and that Jesus Christ is the sacrifice for our sins. I have done the following sins (state these out) and I pray to discontinue these sins. I pray to receive Jesus Christ into my life as my Lord and Savior forever. In Jesus' name, amen." I'm Lutheran and I like the Baptist churches too. You could check out a Christian church and also see about their weekly Bible study group as a good way to learn about God's will for your life. You can pray to God about your daily life and have a Christian church pray for you.
...it'll be REALLY cold down here...
it feels like it is stuck in the past with no real improvements being done.
Yep. Just like Slashdot.
Never lose confidence in the effectiveness of prayer if you are not answered right away. Answers to some prayers, such as those for personal relief from distress or for increased responsibility in one’s service to God, may have to wait for the time that God knows is right and best. (Luke 18:7, 8; 1 Peter 5:6) If you are praying regarding a matter of deep personal concern, show God by your persistence that your desire is intense, your motive pure and genuine. Jacob manifested this spirit when, after wrestling at length with an angel, he said: “I am not going to let you go until you first bless me.” (Genesis 32:24-32) We must have similar confidence that if we keep asking, we will receive a blessing in due time.—Luke 11:9.
One final thought. To receive a hearing ear from the Sovereign of the universe is a precious privilege. In view of this, do we carefully listen when Jehovah God, through his Word, speaks to us of his requirements? As our prayers bring us intimately closer to our Creator, we will want to give serious attention to everything that he has to say to us.
What hope is there for real healing from all sickness?
Rev. 21:1-4: “I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away . . . ‘And he [God] will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.’”
Isa. 25:8: “He will actually swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces.” (Also Revelation 22:1, 2)
Isa. 33:24: “No resident will say: ‘I am sick.’”
So at times our adversities will not be removed. Rather, we will have opportunity to prove our reliance on our Creator. (Acts 14:22) Furthermore, we can be assured that even if Jehovah does not remove the affliction, he will “make the way out in order for [us] to be able to endure it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13) Yes, it is for good reason that Jehovah is called “the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation.” (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4) He gives us what we need to endure with considerable peace.
Think for a moment about ‘your own plague and your own pain.’ At times you have perhaps felt as did the psalmist David, who wrote: “I kept hoping for someone to show sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.” Yet, you can be assured that God cares about your situation, for later in the same psalm, David wrote: “Jehovah is listening to the poor ones, and he will indeed not despise his very own prisoners.”—Psalm 69:20, 33.
Applying David’s words in a broad sense, we can rest assured that the Creator of mankind listens to the prayers of those who are imprisoned, so to speak, by their afflictions. More than that, he reacts to their plight. Consider the following statements that reveal Jehovah’s compassion for the afflicted.
“You people must not afflict any widow or fatherless boy. If you should afflict him at all, then if he cries out to me at all, I shall unfailingly hear his outcry; and my anger will indeed blaze.”—Exodus 22:22-24.
“Shall not God cause justice to be done for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, even though he is long-suffering toward them?”—Luke 18:7.
“He will deliver the poor one crying for help, also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper. He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one, and the souls of the poor ones he will save. From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.”—Psalm 72:12-14.
“He that is touching you [God’s people on earth] is touching my eyeball.”—Zechariah 2:8.
These few examples illustrate our Creator’s deep interest in the welfare of his people. Hence, we have good reason to follow the apostle Peter’s admonition: “Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) But how will God help us during times of affliction?
Catholicism is not Christian. Catholicism cannot get anyone into heaven, because catholicism teaches works for salvation, and that is a false gospel of works (Galatians 1:6-9) that is against JESUS'S free gift of salvation!
And catholicism will not give you a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Jesus, which is what JESUS wants with you! So, you need to get away from catholicism, and instead, to believe in JESUS for His free gift of eternal life in heaven! John 3:16!
Also there's TONS of Christians who also completely rejected catholicism, long before Martin Luther was even born. Catholicism murdered millions and millions of Christians.
Every "pope" is a false prophet. And there is no "pope" in the Bible. There were ALWAYS saved believers outside the catholic cult, who knew catholicism cannot save anyone.
Catholicism cannot save. Only believing in Jesus for His free gift of salvation, is what saves! So, catholics need to get away from catholicism, and instead, to believe in JESUS for His free gift of eternal life in heaven!
Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much!
Salvation is a FREE GIFT that happens in a split second when you believe in JESUS for His free gift of salvation! It is impossible to lose or "leave" salvation (John 6:39-40, John 10:28, 1 John 5:13). Please pray now: "Jesus, I believe that You died on the cross to pay for my sins and that You rose from the dead, and I thank You for eternal life!" You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die!
I should also point out that when Laura Dern (Nikki) cums her brains out with Devon (Justin Theroux) - during their first scene of vaginal intercourse - she (Laura Dern) with a *totally hot straight face* screams: "God...fucking....damnit!!" I nearly wet myself.
That is all. Carry on.
1) we are all Laura Dern.
2) It is about time, as the film states a number of times
3) we all live re-enactments of a illusion. Myth and 'realities' are one.
4) Dern's character is awakened to the endless cycle of life's web of 'sin'.
5) Dern's death in Hollywood allowed her to follow the mute god to a place of egolessness (self annihilation)
6) This resolve (the act of killing the Phantom/herself) freed the possibility of hope.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
