Random Thoughts II

[Ab]

In 1997 I spent $550 on a video card with 4Mb of ram. Yesterday I spent $30 on a video card with 1Gb of ram. Mind blown.

[StN]

For a similar reason I will be spending NZ$130 this weekend - (which is probably about the same in Oz monies), but for 2G card. And the same again for 4G of DDR2.

In 1993 I spent 6 times that for 1/1000 of the capacity RAM

At least it will get the boy off my office machine.

[DrTiTus]

If you drag your bare heel along the concrete as you ride in the pouring rain, you don't graze away your flesh; instead your heel aquaplanes.

[Ab]

Things I did not expect to see together:

"Tom of Finland"

"Commemorative series of stamps"

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...d-9261913.html

[Lightspeed]

Bit of fun driving along Tamaki Drive this morning. Fortunately I had my buddy so managed to skip 30 minutes of the queue via the T2 lane and managed to get through before they closed the road.

[StN]

Wait a week for your aircon compressor bearings to complain...

[Cyberbob]

The power of data matching.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ef=nosim/0sil8

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[Ab]

Because West Auckland

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...ooting-husband

[Lightspeed]

Psychopaths: how can you spot one?

The article should be called "Books: how can you sell them?" Such a load of nonsense.

[[LvN]N3misiS]

Homeopaths fight back over negative finding
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/...ectid=11240633

Originally Posted by NZ Homeopathic Society

NZ Homeopathic Society spokeswoman Den Illing said the paper appeared to have ignored studies that found good results.

"There are screeds and screeds of clinical trials that homeopathic remedies work but this study appears to have not included any of them."

Auckland homeopath Suzanne Hansen said the treatments could not be measured in the same way medical treatments were.

"When you research it against a medical paradigm it will fail because you treat in a completely different way."

The industry would not exist if it did not produce results, she said.

[crocos]

But it's 100% true what they said! There's screeds and screeds of trials, even clinical ones. I just can't provide any references or even tell you who was running the trial, or even the actual results of the trials.

*cough*

Actually, my favourite part is this:

Auckland homeopath Suzanne Hansen said the treatments could not be measured in the same way medical treatments were.

"When you research it against a medical paradigm it will fail because you treat in a completely different way."

So she's saying it can't be scientifically measured... pretty much because it's all hocus pocus BS.

[fixed_truth]

The industry would not exist if it did not produce results, she said.

LOL

[Golden Teapot]

Originally Posted by crocos

Actually, my favourite part is this:So she's saying it can't be scientifically measured... pretty much because it's all hocus pocus BS.

You need to be careful when you hold-up scientific methodology as being good; this methodology as almost universally practiced requires ridicule of those with new ideas and the hiding of contra results. Further within human trials ethical constraints often prevent valid experiment from being conducted.

[crocos]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

You need to be careful when you hold-up scientific methodology as being good; this methodology as almost universally practiced requires ridicule of those with new ideas and the hiding of contra results. Further within human trials ethical constraints often prevent valid experiment from being conducted.

That's scientific bureaucracy and politics (and occasionally corruption, ie Andrew Wakefield); that's nothing to do with testing things via the scientific method - indeed the ridicule and result-hiding are rank contradiction of actually using the scientific method. Also in this case, many of the ailments that homeopathy advocates tout homeopathy as fixing could easily be tested in controlled trials without any ethical considerations coming in to play.

[MadMax]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11241708

well ain't that a curious case. guy sentenced to prison but never makes it there. in the mean time he has lead a normal life, had a family and seems to have self-rehabilitated.

[Cyberbob]

Im a complete car newbie. Need to get my oil changed and I've had the car for a year, so I'm booking in a service, oil/filter change, and to get them to check out one of the doors, as central locking isn't working on it..

What kinda price range would one expect that to cost?

[MadMax]

medium service should cost maybe no more than $150. Looking at the door wont cost extra

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by StN

Wait a week for your aircon compressor bearings to complain...

Do you want a prize or something?

[Deadmeat]

Two men have been charged with assault with intent to injure former All Black Justin Marshall.

Given how poor his commentary usually is, surely this is justifiable?

[CCS]

I don't mind his commentary :/

[Deadmeat]

Being fair, his 'running play commentary' is fine. It's when he offers commentary on an event that the hurting starts.

[Ab]

Gets a free pass from me for making it to the line and scoring that try AFTER his Achilles snapped.

[Deadmeat]

Do not recall.. VOIDH?

[StN]

Originally Posted by Ab

Gets a free pass from me for making it to the line and scoring that try AFTER his Achilles snapped.

I was in ChCh hospital visiting my mum the week after that - as I stepped into the lift, his girlfriend was driving the wheelchair and almost jammed his foot in the door. She was berated by me accordingly.

Hopping over the line FTW.

Although that bit where he threw a hissy fit at the ref and almost walked off, then ended up skipping around in the in-goal area...

But totally redeemed when he was in the side line getting some attention under his body armour to a shoulder niggle and clearly declared "It's not fuckin' broken!" on Sky TV.


Even if he can't turn left.

[CCS]

Originally Posted by Deadmeat

Being fair, his 'running play commentary' is fine. It's when he offers commentary on an event that the hurting starts.

What, because being a former All Black he doesn't know anything about rugby?

[Deadmeat]

How did you get that from what I said?

Please show your working.

[CCS]

You haven't said what it is you don't like about his commentary, just that you don't like parts of it. So now I have to guess what you're on about and rather than asking you over and over and still getting a shit answer, I'm just throwing things out there.

[Ab]

So it's school holidays and I was at home having lunch with the whanau and I said to the boy "so what have you been doing today mate?" and he replied "I've been playing online with crocos"

[BoyWonder]

Excellent new business venture - online babysitting via Minecraft.

[crocos]

Originally Posted by BoyWonder

Excellent new business venture - online babysitting via Minecraft.

I should start invoicing Ab

I set him up with some armour and tools

[CCS]

Stop grooming him!

[crocos]

mwahahaha

[DrTiTus]

I don't care if its not our database. The performance is shitty, there needs to be an index, so type the fucking command to add one. This is called "action".

We don't need to have a meeting, talk to cunts in vague terms so as not to offend or impart blame on any party for their incompetence, and then agree to come up with a plan to move forward, involving possibly a work around, maybe within the next few months. This is called "bollocks".

[MadMax]

I wanna fuck you like a royal

https://soundcloud.com/djrevomusic/r...r-remix-mashup

not sure if this is the version that played on hauraki on the drive home

[DrTiTus]

NZ Blood service taking donations at St James Theatre (04), Level 1 - Hospitality Suite today.

[Lightspeed]

Did Google lose a court case or something where they can't link Google News from Gmail?

Top is from Gmail, bottom from Google News:

[fixed_truth]

Originally Posted by MadMax

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11241708

well ain't that a curious case. guy sentenced to prison but never makes it there. in the mean time he has lead a normal life, had a family and seems to have self-rehabilitated.

No jail time for mistakenly freed crim after 'exemplary' behavior
Good job imo

[DrTiTus]

Trade Me automatically assumes when I search for "nord rack" that I meant "ford race" - while all this time it has given up on getting results if I spell a word wrong by one letter. Fail.

[CCS]

That's just another way of saying there are no results for "nord rack".

[StN]

Dr Titus - Trademe is not to be engaged when seeking Norwegian boobies.