Archive for March, 2009
Louis CK – Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy
Comedian Louis CK talking on Conan about the spoiled generation. Absolute gold. Credits to “Jeloz” for tweeting this.
An honest scammer
An honest scammer. From Geekologie via Geeks Are Sexy.
Whirlpool: A Guide to Understanding Comments and Threads
I rediscovered this guide I wrote for the Whirlpool broadband discussion forums wiki some time ago. I can’t remember if I ever posted it to their wiki or not. I’ll have to check.
What the poster says:
Is anyone experiencing slowness in tonight?What the poster means:
My favourite web site/mp3/pr0n/warez loading/downloading times aren’t maxing out my connection and I think my ISP has a conspiracy to slow me down and not tell me / my ISP is crap and lying about the truth / I’m too lazy to use my brain and check for problems on my end and/or call the helpdesk.What the poster asks:
Which ISP is best for unlimited?What the poster really means:
Where can i find an ISP that will charge me next to nothing per month to happily download the internet to my computer without slowdown or penalty?What the poster asks:
Why don’t have a plan that is $X cheaper with $X less download quota?What the poster really means:
I still don’t understand that plan costs have nothing to do with quotas.What the poster asks:
Why doesn’t have free PIPE/WAIX/state-to-state peering?What the poster means:
I want to be able to download tons of movies/pr0n/music/warez from Usenet/other users without limit for free, why can’t I?What the poster asks:
When is going to build a DSLAM in ?What the poster means:
I want to be able to download the internet every month even faster than I am now, why aren’t you making ME happy first?What the poster asks:
Which ISP has the best plan?What the poster means:
Which ISP will let me leech the internet continuously without slowdowns, have the fastest game pings and still only cost $60/month?
Ski Jump Bathroom
After visiting a friend’s house and admiring how attractive the decorations in his bathroom were, I was amused to find that Georgia Max Coffee in Japan has modified the bathrooms in ski areas around Japan to promote their coffee energy drinks. Very cool
via Divine Caroline.
Is this any way to begin life?
Premature births have reached epidemic proportions in Britain with 18,000 babies a year spending their first weeks in an incubator. But a pioneering doctor claims keeping them apart from their mothers damages their development. Nils Bergman tells Emily Wilson why the best place for an early baby is on its mother’s skin.
via Is this any way to begin life? | Society | The Guardian.
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