July 2011
So Cassandra wants to get an Macintosh laptop for... →
blackenedbutterfly:
jwisser:
blackenedbutterfly:
This is some great information, thank you!
The one thing she’s most worried about though is
WILL SHE BE ABLE TO PLAY ANGRY BIRDS?
also. the graphics chip is: “Intel HD Graphics 3000”
Yes. And basically, the graphics situation is this: if she wants to play modern games (Portal 2, anything else that has come out in the last year or so,...
So Cassandra wants to get an Macintosh laptop for... →
blackenedbutterfly:
This is some great information, thank you!
The one thing she’s most worried about though is
WILL SHE BE ABLE TO PLAY ANGRY BIRDS?
also. the graphics chip is: “Intel HD Graphics 3000”
Yes. And basically, the graphics situation is this: if she wants to play modern games (Portal 2, anything else that has come out in the last year or so, Crysis under Windows using Boot Camp)...
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So Cassandra wants to get an Macintosh laptop for... →
blackenedbutterfly:
Her forms allow up to $2000 for financing from the school for a laptop.
I’ve been looking at Apple’s website on the specs for the MacBook Pro vs Macbook Air.
Air has flash storage which is like fucktastically fast BUT the processors are down by like 1GHz
and you can’t get up to 8GB DDR3 RAM…
256GB of internal storage is plenty unless you’ve built a...
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“The public has grown far more accepting of a presidential candidate who is...”
– Daily Number: Unlikely to Support a Homosexual Candidate - Pew Research Center
We’re winning. It feels like slow going, but over ten percent of Americans have changed their minds in the last four years alone. Sooner or later, we’ll have an openly gay president. And eventually,...
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unnomjuste:
meccamechanitra:
Why are Christians so condescending and scientifically illiterate?
Lots of Christians, both throughout history and today, are very scientifically literate (Galileo was a pious Catholic until his death) and humble (much harder to quantify, but there are many examples). Please don’t make broad sweeping generalizations.
Two things here:
Let’s reword the...
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“There was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know,...”
– Norway shooting: Glenn Beck compares dead teenagers to Hitler youth - Telegraph
Mister Beck, I present to you the Tampa Liberty School—a camp for kids that’s all about politics.
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The Unwanted Advance Defence
I discovered today that there is a legal defence called the gay panic defence. Essentially, the GPD applies when a (presumably) straight, upstanding member of the community claims that he was sent into temporary violent insanity by an unwanted sexual approach by a member of the same sex or gender.
Let me state for the record that I’ve been propositioned by men and mysteriously obviously did...
Gay Politics Goes Mainstream →
A fascinating 1992 New York Times article about gay rights and the ‘92 elections. Really brings home how far we’ve come in just twenty years—and how far we have left to go.
“No cause of death has yet been given publicly for Amy’s death, but the odds are...”
– It’s time to stop blaming the victims of drug overdose | Home Work
Amy Winehouse’s death is a tragedy, as are all deaths, intentional or otherwise. But the (assumed) drug dealer is not guilty of her murder. Consider:
I walk into the closest store with a liquor license and purchase alcohol...
Rory Pond punched Hitler. Your argument is...
maspower:
fuckyeahgallifrey:
frumpylittleturdslikeyou:
UNF.
Cannot like this enough.
Look more closely. The word you’re looking for isn’t “punched”—it’s “pistol-whipped”.
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“Dinner passed with surprising rapidity. Harry tried to sample at least a little...”
– Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Chapter 12: Impulse Control
This.
If you’re unfamiliar with HP&tMoR, click the link and give the first chapter a chance. It’s by no means the best-written fiction out there, but in some ways it makes a lot more sense than the actual...
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From Aaron Sorkin's Obama-Bartlet dialogue:
Obama: I appreciate your sense of humor, sir, but I really could use your advice.
Bartlet: Well, it seems to me your problem is a lot like the problem I had twice.
Obama: Which was?
Bartlet: A huge number of Americans thought I thought I was superior to them.
Obama: And?
Bartlet: I was.
Obama: I mean, how did you overcome that?
Bartlet: I won’t lie to you, being fictional was a big advantage.
Legal Notes
Phelim O’More was indicted at a county assize, in Ireland, for a rape.
His defence was ingenious. He gave in proof that he had a garden of beans, in which the prosecutrix committed, nightly, trespasses and depredations.
That having caught her stealing his beans, he declared, if she came again she might expect such consequences as she swore to on trial.
She came, and he kept his word.
The...
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New plan:
Get up by 7 every morning.
Be out the door and beginning a 10+ mile bike ride by 7:30.
I predict that within a month, I will be a) very healthy, b) very dead, or c) both.
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“The First Amendment was written neither to guarantee freedom of religion to...”
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American Family Association spokesman and demagogue royale Bryan Fischer, trying to see how many feet he can get into his mouth.
Our only question: If this is how he mangles the meaning of a single 45-word sentence, what’s that say about his interpretation of the Scriptures?
(h/t Joe.My.God.)
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“A female with whom you have a pleasant and special association, including the...”
– The definition of the word “girlfriend”, according to Starfire of the Teen Titans.
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“I have never got over my surprise that I should have been born into the most...”
– Henry David Thoreau. (via geopsych)
I’ve had this same thought a number of times. Of all the moments and places in the past and future history of the world, I was born into the United States of America in the Computer Age.
Not bad, all things considered.
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NERD POST ALERT: Harry Potter
treets:
I love the books, I like the movies, I’ve mostly come to terms with the issues I have with the series overall—not knowing more about Hermione/Hermione’s parents, Neville’s arc fizzling out, JKR’s ungodly love of the phrase “said a voice” (VOICES DO NOT SAY THINGS. PEOPLE SAY THINGS. USING THEIR VOICES. JUST. I MEAN. COME ON PEOPLE WORK WITH ME HERE)—but every time I re-read or re-watch,...
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A Modern Sexual-Assault Tale
Man: Hello, I'd like to report a mugging.
Officer: A mugging, eh? Where did it take place?
Man: I was walking by 21st and Dundritch Street and a man pulled out a gun and said, "Give me all your money."
Officer: And did you?
Man: Yes, I co-operated.
Officer: So you willingly gave the man your money without fighting back, calling for help or trying to escape?
Man: Well, yes, but I was terrified. I thought he was going to kill me!
Officer: Mmm. But you did co-operate with him. And I've been informed that you're quite a philanthropist, too.
Man: I give to charity, yes.
Officer: So you like to give money away. You make a habit of giving money away.
Man: What does that have to do with this situation?
Officer: You knowingly walked down Dundritch Street in your suit when everyone knows you like to give away money, and then you didn't fight back. It sounds like you gave money to someone, but now you're having after-donation regret. Tell me, do you really want to ruin his life because of your mistake?
Man: This is ridiculous!
Officer: This is a rape analogy. This is what women face every single day when they try to bring their rapists to justice.
Man: Fuck the patriarchy.
Officer: Word.
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From the "Are you freaking kidding me?"...
roflcoffee:
marmalade-chainsaw:
TRIGGER WARNING; RANT AHEAD
Okay, I am fucking sorry that I was born 100% white. I’m sorry that I’m not PRIVILEGED enough to be born a Native American so that I can receive financial help to FURTHER MY EDUCATION. I’m sorry you damned racist bastards are so fucking stuck in the past that you forget the current generations have NOTHING to do with what was done to...
“If you work for a company on salary, it can start to feel like there is a little...”
– Economic Security: Freelancing as a Fallback Plan
This is absolutely true, and it is one of several reasons that as of yesterday, I am no longer employed by Oberlin College.
I will now be able to put more time into productive work like documentation for Aptfolk and several personal projects I’ve...
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“Patriotism is balderdash. Our side, our state, our town is boyish enough. But...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via geopsych)
On a less serious note, I’m also in favour of standing for the patriotism of hot dogs and hamburgers.