Random Thoughts II

[?>Superman]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4561663a12.html

Israel has at least 150 nukes - Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter has said Israel holds at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a US president has publicly acknowledged the Jewish state's atomic arsenal.

Asked at a news conference at Wales's Hay literary festival on Sunday how a future US president should deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, Carter put the risk in context by listing atomic weapons held globally.

"The US has more than 12,000 nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union (Russia) has about the same, Great Britain and France have several hundred, and Israel has 150 or more. We have a phalanx of enormous weaponry ... not only of enormous weaponry but of rockets to deliver those missiles on a pinpoint accuracy target," he said, according to a transcript of his remarks.

While the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons is widely assumed, Israeli officials have never admitted their existence and US officials have stuck to that line in public for years.

Just saw this over at stuff :/

[Redneck]

Cool!

[CCS]

Not especially surprising.

[Ab]

Someone wanna remind Jimmeh Cahtuh that the Soviet Union doesn't exist any more?

[dead goon]

They are a threat, and they must be stopped!

[Whiplash]

I learned this the other day and found it quite disturbing....

Women, in groups so it's more acceptable, are 'fasting'. Of course, to you and me and Joe Obvious that's just starvation for a week ... but if you call it 'fasting' then it's got that whole PC-acceptable-hippy-aura around it.

Call it what you will, it's still an eating disorder. And it's messed up.

[cEvin]

I've met countless people who think 'juice fasting' is a great idea for cleansing, cleaning yourself out and renewing your energy. And it's not just hippies doing it, it's disturbing.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people think it's going to make them slimmer :/

[StN]

Whatever happened to that chick who was going to go on a diet of jizz for a month?

/edit - well, she would have been buggered if the bananas ran out...

[cEvin]

sounds like something liz shaw might do

[flic]

The film Mish and I helped with in the 48 Hour Film Festival made it to the chch finals !!

[Jonas Undrawing]

finally back within walking distance of work (oh ya, i had about a month or so of having to drive to and for work, which sucked). Feels good. Instead of biking or walking; I'm gonna teach myself how to ride a skateboard again. I figure if I ride everyday to and from work I'll hopefully develop some grace in movement.

Learn to ollie up gutters. All that stuff everyday.

[SpaceCowboy]

Originally Posted by flic

The film Mish and I helped with in the 48 Hour Film Festival made it to the chch finals !!

well done, ours didnt get past our heat :P

[Draco T Bastard]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ectid=10514056

A minor impact between a car and train, which caused little or no damage or injuries, failed to cause any disruptions to train scheduling for the Western line today.

[Cyberbob]

A 14-year-old Boise, Idaho, girl has disappeared and is believed to be in danger after meeting a 27-year-old man on the Internet.

Police say the girl may be in the Seattle area with the man, who is wanted on a kidnapping warrant.

The girl, Saddie "Elaine" Julian, was last seen Wednesday morning. Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating her. She is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 90 pounds, with pale skin, long red hair and a thin build.

According to police, Saddie developed an online relationship with Morgan Douglas Jones, 27, of Birmingham, Ala., while playing an Internet game. Jones is described as standing 5-feet-9, weighing 160 pounds, with shoulder-length red hair and light skin. He was last seen clean-shaven.

Police believe the man drove to Boise from Alabama and picked up the teen at about 7 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators say it appears they headed west from there, and their last known location was Eastern Washington.

It's believed that the two were traveling in a bright yellow 2008 Chevy Aveo, Alabama license plate OMGROFL.

Boise police detectives are working closely with other local, state, and federal law enforcement to locate Saddie and Jones.

"Our priority is finding Saddie and making sure she's safe," said Boise Police Lt. Alan Cavener. "Her family is understandably very concerned. We hope to find her soon and be able to tell her family she's OK."

Anyone who may know the whereabouts of Saddie Julian or Morgan Douglas Jones is urged to contact Boise police through Crime Stoppers at (208) 343-COPS.

[Helious]

While it's a pontentially bad situation, fuck that's funny!

OMGROFL!

[StN]

Originally Posted by Helious-

While it's a pontentially bad situation...

You mean the bit about gingas trying to breed?

[caffiend]

I was more amused by what sounds like a pale, emo, internet-using teenager called 'Saddie'.

But yeah. Doesn't sound good for her, which is a bad thing.

[Helious]

Originally Posted by StN

You mean the bit about gingas trying to breed?

HAHAHAHA~

[flic]

It's Alabamba, they're obviously related.

Red heads breeding is bad enough, related red heads breeding is the 2nd sign of the apocolypse

[caffiend]

Originally Posted by flic

It's Alabamba...

"o/~ Para bail- Alabamba.
Para bail- Alabamba,
Se necesita una poca de gracia...."

[crocos]

Originally Posted by cEvin

sounds like something liz shaw might do

If she tried that, she'd starve.

[Golden Teapot]

I have an LAX phone number that gets redirected to my NZ landline. Basically costs nothing (pennies a month). Its purpose is to make my US consumer presence a little more credible.

Problem is, I've started getting telemarketers phoning me; not that I ever answer, but the answerphone messages are promising me things I bet they're not going to deliver upon.

[Sp0nge]

do telemarketers ever deliver?

...serious question, because i've always treated phone spam the same way as email spam: straight to the bin.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

I have an LAX phone number that gets redirected to my NZ landline.

A Los Angeles International Airport number...?

[JP]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

I have an LAX phone number that gets redirected to my NZ landline. Basically costs nothing (pennies a month). Its purpose is to make my US consumer presence a little more credible.

Problem is, I've started getting telemarketers phoning me; not that I ever answer, but the answerphone messages are promising me things I bet they're not going to deliver upon.

Yeah the telemarketers are fucking nuts in America.

My mate came over to stay with me and my gf for a holiday, and bought a pre paid cell. And somehow still got calls from people trying to sell mortgages? Most people I know there screen calls, something I believe is very rare in NZ. But somewhat of a necessity if you somehow end up on the spam call lists.

[caffiend]

Originally Posted by Ab

A Los Angeles International Airport number...?

Exactly what I was wondering. Maybe GT moonlights as an air traffic controller. In which case, I'm cancelling my trip in July.

[Golden Teapot]

Doesn't everybody use airport codes in place of city names? I guess not :-)

[Juju]

CCD
JCX
JID
JBP
LAX
JSN
JLX
JUC
VNY
JWC
WHP
LSQ

All Los Angeles. Pls to be defined specific more.

[Golden Teapot]

Originally Posted by Juju

All Los Angeles

But, that was all I was trying to convey. And, since you "got it" I succeeded.

[crocos]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

I've started getting telemarketers phoning me

Can you get your number put on the Do Not Call list?

[doppelgänger of someone]

the biggest trojan I have on my computer is called iTunes. iTunes store is simple point, click and buy, and iTunes U got lots of interesting podcasts from universities.

[?>Superman]

^Whiskey + internet

[Sgt Seb]

new lotto ad with old guy looking for lost french love ftw. looks too high budget to be NZ made though...still, good choice.

[chiQ]

GT, yeah, nothing wrong with it. It's just one letter extra, and I think everyone knew exactly what you meant.

[[Malks] Pixie]

Had an amusing moment whilst doing a tour of my prospective employers site - ran into a friend who I hadn't seen for maybe 6 - 8 years. Thats all good, except both of us had this moment where all we could remember was each others online nicks (I could see it in his face). Thankfully he remembered, as did I not long after (with a bit of quick observational intuition).

Still would have been amusing for the boss to hear.
"Pixie, long time no see!"
"Codeine, you're looking well!"

Pixie

[CCS]

Could be worse. Imagine if your nicks were Golden Teapot and Cyberbob.

[Cyberbob]

Transformer terrorist T-Shirt gets you booted out of planes
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1234193.ece

AIRPORT guards stopped a man boarding a plane — for wearing a Transformers T-shirt showing a cartoon gun.

Brad Jayakody, 30, was shocked when he was told to change his top if he wanted to catch his flight from Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

IT consultant Brad — on a British Airways trip with four colleagues to Dusseldorf, Germany — asked to see the security chief.

He thought the boss would "see sense" — but he backed up the decision and threatened him with ARREST. Aussie-born Brad said: "My mate set off the alarms and was searched.

"But then the guy told me to stop and said ‘you cannot get on the plane because there is a gun on your T-shirt’."

[Cyberbob]

Originally Posted by Sgt Seb

new lotto ad with old guy looking for lost french love ftw. looks too high budget to be NZ made though...still, good choice.

Yea, I cracked up at that ad, very well done
Had no idea it was for lotto until the very end

[StN]

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Transformer terrorist T-Shirt gets you booted out of planes

Last year Gatwick guards made a woman hand over a beef sandwich before boarding and last week a PhD student was stopped for wearing a gun-shaped charm necklace at an airport in Canada.

I'm sorry - a beef sandwich? Was it shaped like a bomb? Oh - I get it - it might have had BSE in it, which would make it a biological agent...

[Rince]

Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie

Had an amusing moment whilst doing a tour of my prospective employers site - ran into a friend who I hadn't seen for maybe 6 - 8 years. Thats all good, except both of us had this moment where all we could remember was each others online nicks (I could see it in his face). Thankfully he remembered, as did I not long after (with a bit of quick observational intuition).

Still would have been amusing for the boss to hear.
"Pixie, long time no see!"
"Codeine, you're looking well!"

Pixie

Hamish and Scott..... easy. Slacker!