Random Thoughts II - Page 929

MadMax · 10th February 2013, 16:18

We've been given some taro plants from our neighbour which are doing really well and have also been given some whitebait which we'll use together.

Any taro eaters here? What else can we do with the plant?

xor · 10th February 2013, 17:51

I've reached that level in facebook where everyone is posting pics of their spawn. Last year it was filled with pics of coffee and the year before I was flooded with requests to join farmville.

Cyberbob · 10th February 2013, 21:20

Continuously Variable Transmission.
Good idea or avoid at all costs?

Looking at recent Corolla's and have been advised to stay away from CVT due to potential repair costs etc. any thoughts?

p01s0n · 10th February 2013, 21:54

avoid at all costs
edit: if you're looking at corollas from the last 5 years also look at the Mazda 3 hatch and the mitsu lancer (the VRX model)

fidgit · 10th February 2013, 22:17

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Originally Posted by MadMax

We've been given some taro plants from our neighbour which are doing really well and have also been given some whitebait which we'll use together.

Any taro eaters here? What else can we do with the plant?

Get some palusami, spread it on the taro (after taro is cooked, I think in an umu?), enjoy mind blown. For added lols store left over palusami in margarine container, so that when someone else opens the container they'll think it's amazingly off margarine.

What is palusami? Fuck knows, ask some Samoans.

doppelgänger of someone · 11th February 2013, 00:05

I'm on Ubuntu this last few days. First thought was "OMG it looks a lot like OSX". Then the crashes reminded me it is not. And yes, a lot of crashes are due to Adobe Flash on Firefox. Gnash Flash is both crap and crashes. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of Flash, must be in want of an unstable system."

A lot of operations require command line input. Ubuntu tries very hard to hide its linux user unfriendliness (nay, outright contempt to n00b), and not necessarily succeeding. If I didn't have the internet to look up answers, I wouldn't have gotten far in just a few days.

It is great as a portable OS that you can carry everywhere though, and it is free, sort of. The price of Linux isn't money, but time and patience.

aR Que · 11th February 2013, 09:17

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Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Continuously Variable Transmission.

Quote:

Originally Posted by p01s0n

avoid at all costs

Vrtigo · 11th February 2013, 10:04

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Originally Posted by doppelgänger of someone

I'm on Ubuntu this last few days. First thought was "OMG it looks a lot like OSX". Then the crashes reminded me it is not. And yes, a lot of crashes are due to Adobe Flash on Firefox. Gnash Flash is both crap and crashes. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of Flash, must be in want of an unstable system."

A lot of operations require command line input. Ubuntu tries very hard to hide its linux user unfriendliness (nay, outright contempt to n00b), and not necessarily succeeding. If I didn't have the internet to look up answers, I wouldn't have gotten far in just a few days.

It is great as a portable OS that you can carry everywhere though, and it is free, sort of. The price of Linux isn't money, but time and patience.

havent experienced flash crashing tbh, but i wouldnt be surprised. its a hunk of junk and im sure adobe is embarressed by it. they barely tolerate supporting linux as it is, and dropped android a while back. their loss, html5 supremacy.

crocos · 11th February 2013, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Continuously Variable Transmission.
Good idea or avoid at all costs?

Looking at recent Corolla's and have been advised to stay away from CVT due to potential repair costs etc. any thoughts?

Hell, I'd avoid it just because it feels wierd and inaccurate to drive.

CCS · 12th February 2013, 14:28

Kiwi Catholics shocked and 'heartbroken' after Pope quits

Oh fuck off. It's not like there won't be another one. The next pope will be just as much of an asshole.

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In a move that has stunned followers around the world the Pope said he no longer had the mental and physical strength to cope with his ministry.

Joe Ratz was already old when he was elected at 77 and now he's 8 years older, 8 years weaker and 8 years more frail. This shouldn't be that much of a surprise. I guess Cathies expect popes to fucking die on the job, which is pretty fucking miserable tbh.

Savage · 12th February 2013, 15:03

He's only the third Pope to resign in the Catholic church's history, and the first in the last 600 years; they DO normally die on the job

leadinjector · 12th February 2013, 15:49

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Originally Posted by CCS

Kiwi Catholics shocked and 'heartbroken' after Pope quits

Oh fuck off. It's not like there won't be another one. The next pope will be just as much of an asshole.

Joe Ratz was already old when he was elected at 77 and now he's 8 years older, 8 years weaker and 8 years more frail. This shouldn't be that much of a surprise. I guess Cathies expect popes to fucking die on the job, which is pretty fucking miserable tbh.

well... yeah man. thats kinda the job expectancy of a pope isnt it?

StN · 12th February 2013, 15:50

Guess he knew when to pull out?

CCS · 12th February 2013, 15:55

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Originally Posted by leadinjector

well... yeah man. thats kinda the job expectancy of a pope isnt it?

Yeah look, it's certainly unusual. But it shouldn't be shocking. Catholics need to get a grip and say "Oh well, we'll have a new Pope soon enough. Things will be O.K."

But then, I shouldn't be surprised at the nuttiness of Catholics.

Savage · 12th February 2013, 16:03

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Originally Posted by CCS

Yeah look, it's certainly unusual. But it shouldn't be shocking. Catholics need to get a grip and say "Oh well, we'll have a new Pope soon enough. Things will be O.K."

But then, I shouldn't be surprised at the nuttiness of Catholics.

I think you're misunderstanding the reason for their presumed "shock".

I don't think they're shocked over concern regarding getting a new Pope (as you say, it won't take long to replace him), I think they're probably surprised because this is a once-in-600-years occurrence.

p01s0n · 12th February 2013, 16:11

fingers crossed for black pope.
popebama, if you will.

CCS · 12th February 2013, 16:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage

I think you're misunderstanding the reason for their presumed "shock".

I don't think they're shocked over concern regarding getting a new Pope (as you say, it won't take long to replace him), I think they're probably surprised because this is a once-in-600-years occurrence.

Yeah I've said all of this. You need to stop thinking, you're not very good at it.

MadMax · 13th February 2013, 13:13

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...el-recommended

Wat

Drinking that much even in bottled water surely would cause vitamin deficiencies or something and in the right circumstances could cause death, no?

CCS · 13th February 2013, 13:25

Vitamin deficiencies? No, I don't know why the fuck you would think drinking too much water will cause vitamin deficiencies. What it does do is it fucks with your electrolytes.

Madmoron will never read this because he ignores me and thus misses out on an education. It's his loss, not mine. He is a cretin.

Saladin · 13th February 2013, 13:31

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Originally Posted by CCS

What it does do is it fucks with your electrolytes.

That's why I only drink Brawndo

leadinjector · 13th February 2013, 13:43

next level retarded. shame she popped out eight fucking retardo kids before she coked herself out

CCS · 13th February 2013, 13:43

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Originally Posted by Saladin

That's why I only drink Brawndo

Wise move.

Savage · 13th February 2013, 13:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

Yeah I've said all of this. You need to stop thinking, you're not very good at it.

This is like a milestone of my time on NZG; the first time CCS has insulted me! I'm so proud

CCS · 13th February 2013, 14:55

crocos · 13th February 2013, 18:11

From the "Let's rape the corpse of cool TV shows past" files, comes the Firefly boardgame!

http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=227&art_id=3748

Yay. Or something.

[Malks] Pixie · 13th February 2013, 18:28

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Originally Posted by crocos

From the "Let's rape the corpse of cool TV shows past" files, comes the Firefly boardgame!

http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=227&art_id=3748

Yay. Or something.

Ummm there's board games for a whole range of TV shows out there you know? Game of Thrones, Dr Who, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Spartacus, etc etc etc...

Not sure what makes this one so special (in terms of badness).

Pixie

MadMax · 13th February 2013, 18:37

nek minit, big bada boom in north korea
americans: it wasn't us, it was the asteroid!
in other news, half a dozen independent astronomers working on tracking the asteroid are assassinated

Quote:

Originally Posted by fidgit

Get some palusami,

we had actually used coconut cream, which i think is the same thing and it certainly does that or at least comes out of the can like that. yeah, was nom

google tells me: "Palusami (taro leaves and coconut cream)"

ZoSo · 15th February 2013, 12:39

So are we gonna win the T20 tonight or what.

Pimp-X · 15th February 2013, 12:42

Hope so, but I suspect not.

Biggus · 15th February 2013, 12:49

Surely Oscar Pistorious isnt the first person to wake up on valentines day lying in bed legless, and shoots all over his his girlfriends face thinking about she was someone else.

aR Que · 15th February 2013, 13:01

Isn't she hot?
What a fucking dick if she was, go shoot an ugly bitch or something, ffs.

?>Superman · 15th February 2013, 13:02

Apparently they were arguing beforehand, so now hes been charged with murder.

Gutted.

Ab · 15th February 2013, 15:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biggus

Surely Oscar Pistorious isnt the first person to wake up on valentines day lying in bed legless, and shoots all over his his girlfriends face thinking about she was someone else.

bahahaha, shot

xor · 15th February 2013, 20:07

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...onman-race-fee

Murray doesn't want the Pakeha dudes going swimming through their lake. I actually lol at this.

Ab · 15th February 2013, 20:48

Tuwharetoa don't have a problem with people swimming through their lake. They have a problem with a commercial organisation charging people money to swim through the lake.

DrTiTus · 15th February 2013, 21:21

I only just found out you can take your pulse with the camera on a smartphone.

Mind = blown.

xor · 15th February 2013, 21:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Tuwharetoa don't have a problem with people swimming through their lake. They have a problem with a commercial organisation charging people money to swim through the lake.

I see where I failed les compréhension.

edit: cbf'd

TnT · 15th February 2013, 21:44

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Originally Posted by xor

Murray doesn't own the water does he

Quote:

Originally Posted by From the first 6 words of the article

The iwi that owns Lake Taupo

Yeah, you missed the other part where you failed les compréhension.

Not even ninja edit can save you.

xor · 15th February 2013, 22:08

Actually the article states that the iwi own everything except the water.

Quote:

"Tuwharetoa actually own the lake bed, subsoil, space occupied by water and airspace above the lake. So they pretty much own everything except the water.

I'd also be interested to see how much the local council pays for the upkeep of Lake Taupo, as well as the crown. Seeing as the iwi own it.

TnT · 15th February 2013, 22:58

Teach me for not reading the whole article.

That actually makes my brain hurt. "We own lake taupo, except for the water'

lake: Noun: A large body of water surrounded by land:

wat?

10th February 2013, 16:18	#37121
MadMax Stuff	We've been given some taro plants from our neighbour which are doing really well and have also been given some whitebait which we'll use together. Any taro eaters here? What else can we do with the plant? __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

13th February 2013, 13:13	#37138
MadMax Stuff	http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...el-recommended Wat Drinking that much even in bottled water surely would cause vitamin deficiencies or something and in the right circumstances could cause death, no? __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

13th February 2013, 13:25	#37139
CCS Stunt Pants	Vitamin deficiencies? No, I don't know why the fuck you would think drinking too much water will cause vitamin deficiencies. What it does do is it fucks with your electrolytes. Madmoron will never read this because he ignores me and thus misses out on an education. It's his loss, not mine. He is a cretin. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

13th February 2013, 14:55	#37144
CCS Stunt Pants	diaf __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

15th February 2013, 12:42	#37149
Pimp-X Drunken Annoying Superhero Bastard	Hope so, but I suspect not. __________________ If there is one movement I could get behind in this world, it would be the discrimination and abuse of fucking idiots.

10th February 2013, 17:51	#37122
xor	I've reached that level in facebook where everyone is posting pics of their spawn. Last year it was filled with pics of coffee and the year before I was flooded with requests to join farmville.

10th February 2013, 21:20	#37123
Cyberbob	Continuously Variable Transmission. Good idea or avoid at all costs? Looking at recent Corolla's and have been advised to stay away from CVT due to potential repair costs etc. any thoughts? __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

10th February 2013, 21:54	#37124
p01s0n	avoid at all costs edit: if you're looking at corollas from the last 5 years also look at the Mazda 3 hatch and the mitsu lancer (the VRX model) __________________ \|\|hellameke.com Image host of NZG pro's\|\|Tu meke Tu much\|\| Last edited by p01s0n : 10th February 2013 at 21:55.

11th February 2013, 00:05	#37126
doppelgänger of someone	I'm on Ubuntu this last few days. First thought was "OMG it looks a lot like OSX". Then the crashes reminded me it is not. And yes, a lot of crashes are due to Adobe Flash on Firefox. Gnash Flash is both crap and crashes. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of Flash, must be in want of an unstable system." A lot of operations require command line input. Ubuntu tries very hard to hide its linux user unfriendliness (nay, outright contempt to n00b), and not necessarily succeeding. If I didn't have the internet to look up answers, I wouldn't have gotten far in just a few days. It is great as a portable OS that you can carry everywhere though, and it is free, sort of. The price of Linux isn't money, but time and patience.

12th February 2013, 15:03	#37131
Savage	He's only the third Pope to resign in the Catholic church's history, and the first in the last 600 years; they DO normally die on the job

12th February 2013, 15:50	#37133
StN I have detailed files	Guess he knew when to pull out?

12th February 2013, 16:11	#37136
p01s0n	fingers crossed for black pope. popebama, if you will. __________________ \|\|hellameke.com Image host of NZG pro's\|\|Tu meke Tu much\|\|

13th February 2013, 13:43	#37141
leadinjector	next level retarded. shame she popped out eight fucking retardo kids before she coked herself out

13th February 2013, 18:11	#37145
crocos	From the "Let's rape the corpse of cool TV shows past" files, comes the Firefly boardgame! http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=227&art_id=3748 Yay. Or something. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

15th February 2013, 12:39	#37148
ZoSo	So are we gonna win the T20 tonight or what.

15th February 2013, 12:49	#37150
Biggus Beaner!	Bang Surely Oscar Pistorious isnt the first person to wake up on valentines day lying in bed legless, and shoots all over his his girlfriends face thinking about she was someone else.

15th February 2013, 13:01	#37151
aR Que	Isn't she hot? What a fucking dick if she was, go shoot an ugly bitch or something, ffs.

15th February 2013, 13:02	#37152
?>Superman	Apparently they were arguing beforehand, so now hes been charged with murder. Gutted.

15th February 2013, 20:07	#37154
xor	http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...onman-race-fee Murray doesn't want the Pakeha dudes going swimming through their lake. I actually lol at this.

15th February 2013, 20:48	#37155
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Tuwharetoa don't have a problem with people swimming through their lake. They have a problem with a commercial organisation charging people money to swim through the lake.

15th February 2013, 21:21	#37156
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	I only just found out you can take your pulse with the camera on a smartphone. Mind = blown. __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

15th February 2013, 22:58	#37160
TnT	Teach me for not reading the whole article. That actually makes my brain hurt. "We own lake taupo, except for the water' lake: Noun: A large body of water surrounded by land: wat?