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labor_days
09-10-2007, 07:39 AM
Google knows you have a virus just by visiting their webpage? /incredulous
paper
09-10-2007, 12:11 PM
I think at this point Google knows when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake.
Google could purchase our souls if it wanted to.
I will only say
:confused::confused::confused::confused:
paper
09-10-2007, 01:13 PM
I miss Kwok. And Aaron. And Darron.
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 01:43 PM
I was posting last night and I thought, "Hey, Kwok will like this."
Then I remembered, and I shed a single tear.
six-gun
09-10-2007, 03:06 PM
I was posting last night and I thought, "Hey, Kwok will like this."
Then I remembered, and I shed a single tear.
I think he defected to Fred's board
I haven't seen kwok in a while either
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 03:13 PM
I miss Kwok. And Aaron. And Darron.
Wow. Thanks for the love! I’m sorry I haven’t been around. The powerbook is still in the shop so I’ve been disconnected for a while. Thankfully I can check this here at work.
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 03:16 PM
Wow. Thanks for the love! I’m sorry I haven’t been around. The powerbook is still in the shop so I’ve been disconnected for a while. Thankfully I can check this here at work.
Damn it Kwok. We were all waxing poetic about you, and you have to go and ruin it! It's like the time Sean Connery was crying looking over the cliff because he thought Indiana had died. And then Idiana comes up behind him and the group all snaps out of it. ;)
I forgot about your computer. In either event, I'm glad to see that you're ok and haven't just found better things to do.
six-gun
09-10-2007, 04:37 PM
I forgot about your computer. In either event, I'm glad to see that you're ok and haven't just found better things to do.
Like what? Plan a wedding? :p
davegraham
09-10-2007, 04:41 PM
Hey Kwok, what issue are you having with your Powerbook that it made you take it to the shop? The hard drive in my Powerbook just died and I had to run Diskwarrior for three weeks straight to get files off of my computer. Lesson learned. I will be backing up my files, regularly, from now on.
Like what? Plan a wedding? :p
I thought that Black Canary was planning Kwok's wedding :confused:
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 05:50 PM
I forgot about your computer. In either event, I'm glad to see that you're ok and haven't just found better things to do.
Thanks man, although I basically transferred all my computer time to "beating Bioshock time." I really miss having podcasts to listen to. It's sad to turn on my ipod and realize that nothing new is on there.
And to answer DaveG's question, something happened to the power outlet where it suddenly stopped detecting the power cord and just relies solely on battery. And yes! make sure to back up your hard drive every now and then, I learned my lesson.
so Black Canary isn't planning your wedding then?
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 06:21 PM
so Black Canary isn't planning your wedding then?
Ultimately we had to turn her down. I mean you’ve gotta invite her and then Ollie has to come, then do you invite Red Arrow who then brings Hawkgirl along for a date? Next thing you know the JLA and JSA are coming, Superman’s getting tipsy at the bar and smashes some furniture and Batman just sits in the back corner scowling at the other guests.
davegraham
09-10-2007, 06:31 PM
Ultimately we had to turn her down. I mean you’ve gotta invite her and then Ollie has to come, then do you invite Red Arrow who then brings Hawkgirl along for a date? Next thing you know the JLA and JSA are coming, Superman’s getting tipsy at the bar and smashes some furniture and Batman just sits in the back corner scowling at the other guests.
Plus, you are just inviting the Legion of Doom to come in crash it.
and then you can't serve fish if Aquaman's coming ....
yeah I can see that
good call
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 06:37 PM
Plus, you are just inviting the Legion of Doom to come in crash it.
Good point. Boy, we’d definitely be making up our money in with that open bar if they did show up. Although we’d probably lose that saving with Gorilla Grodd eating like a whole table’s entrees. Maybe Lex would give us some super cool Kryptonite dishware though…
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 06:39 PM
Plus, you are just inviting the Legion of Doom to come in crash it.
Yeah, but I'd trade the Legion of Doom instead of having to invite the entire JLA. I mean, who wants Geoforce at their wedding?
davegraham
09-10-2007, 06:43 PM
Now I am picturing the Robo-version of Brainiac as the disc jockey. His head reflecting light and acting as a disco ball.
esophagus
09-10-2007, 07:20 PM
Ultimately we had to turn her down. I mean you’ve gotta invite her and then Ollie has to come, then do you invite Red Arrow who then brings Hawkgirl along for a date? Next thing you know the JLA and JSA are coming, Superman’s getting tipsy at the bar and smashes some furniture and Batman just sits in the back corner scowling at the other guests.
"Anyone have a toast for Kwok?" "ID TOAST IF MY PARENTS WERENT DEAD" "Bruce, youre cut off."
esophagus
09-10-2007, 07:22 PM
Wow. Thanks for the love! I’m sorry I haven’t been around. The powerbook is still in the shop so I’ve been disconnected for a while. Thankfully I can check this here at work.I was wondering where you went. I think you're the only one with the conviction to stay away. Paper wants to write, he comes back anyways. I don't have a computer, I find my way anyways.
esophagus
09-10-2007, 07:23 PM
Ultimately we had to turn her down. I mean you’ve gotta invite her and then Ollie has to come, then do you invite Red Arrow who then brings Hawkgirl along for a date? Next thing you know the JLA and JSA are coming, Superman’s getting tipsy at the bar and smashes some furniture and Batman just sits in the back corner scowling at the other guests.
Don't forget the worlds largest kids table with the Titans, and the LoSH
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 07:28 PM
"Anyone have a toast for Kwok?" "ID TOAST IF MY PARENTS WERENT DEAD" "Bruce, youre cut off."
“Quick, Braniac cue up ‘The Cha Cha Slide’!”
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 07:33 PM
“Quick, Braniac cue up ‘The Cha Cha Slide’!”
"Man, Superman is such a prick. All high and mightly just because he knows how to do both versions of the Electric slide. I hate him."
"Luthor, you promised me you weren't going to act like this!"
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 07:33 PM
I was wondering where you went. I think you're the only one with the conviction to stay away. Paper wants to write, he comes back anyways. I don't have a computer, I find my way anyways.
It’s probably more like I had no choice. I took off Thursday and Friday from work, so I didn’t have my work computer to access the internet. If I had, I would’ve been here just as often as I usually am.
kwok_talk
09-10-2007, 07:34 PM
"Man, Superman is such a prick. All high and mightly just because he knows how to do both versions of the Electric slide. I hate him."
"Luthor, you promised me you weren't going to act like this!"
I envision at some point Superman and Luthor dancing to Shout! with their cape and tie around their heads
six-gun
09-10-2007, 07:45 PM
Don't get me started on the whole Slade "Wedding Crashers" plot, JLA #12 had me super-psyched for whatever he had planned and then we find out it's some stupid, silver age-esque plot that does nothing for any character involed
esophagus
09-10-2007, 07:50 PM
I'm just waiting for a baby shower. "You bought a newborn a bow and arrow!?!" "I thought it would be the common theme. I was going to buy it fishnets, but I didn't know if it was a boy or a girl." "Jesus christ Arthur." "I'm sorry! Things work differently underwater."
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 07:57 PM
I envision at some point Superman and Luthor dancing to Shout! with their cape and tie around their heads
"TURTLE!!!!"
The night would end with Superman and Luthor sitting in the corner. They keep asking each other, "Why do we fight? I've known you forver, you're my best friend." They start talking about getting a place together.
Suddenly Luthor screams that he's about to heave. Superman, to drunk to realize, asks if Luthor wants him to hold his hair while his heads in the toilet.
Luthor, of course, would take this as a personal insult. He'd be seen leaving, shouting, " I could have loved you Superman! But you threw it all away. You'll never know what you're missing out on."
Meanwhile Wonderwoman sits alone at the bar sobbing, "Always the bridesmaid...."
kahunablair
09-10-2007, 07:59 PM
I'm just waiting for a baby shower. "You bought a newborn a bow and arrow!?!" "I thought it would be the common theme. I was going to buy it fishnets, but I didn't know if it was a boy or a girl." "Jesus christ Arthur." "I'm sorry! Things work differently underwater."
Why can I imagine a 3 men and a little baby-esque scene involving Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Flash? They're all holding the baby at arms length, arguing over who should change the diaper.
conorkilpatrick
09-10-2007, 08:54 PM
Don't get me started on the whole Slade "Wedding Crashers" plot, JLA #12 had me super-psyched for whatever he had planned and then we find out it's some stupid, silver age-esque plot that does nothing for any character involed
You're kidding, right? Let's see all of my sworn enemies are going to be together in one place with their guard down while they focus on something else. Nah, it's not a good time to attack. Call the troops back.
six-gun
09-10-2007, 11:32 PM
You're kidding, right? Let's see all of my sworn enemies are going to be together in one place with their guard down while they focus on something else. Nah, it's not a good time to attack. Call the troops back.
It's not that, it's just too predictable a plot point. Deathstroke is by far my favorite DC villain and were I given the chance to write any miniseries it would be one involving Slade. Something about this current plot just doesn't seem right you know? Not calculated or devious enough.
Just the opinion of a fan who would give a limb for a Deathstroke mini.
jimski
09-11-2007, 02:18 AM
New favorite Stan Lee photo: http://www.newsaramablog.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10006/09lee_7.jpg
kahunablair
09-11-2007, 02:30 AM
It's not that, it's just too predictable a plot point. Deathstroke is by far my favorite DC villain and were I given the chance to write any miniseries it would be one involving Slade. Something about this current plot just doesn't seem right you know? Not calculated or devious enough.
Just the opinion of a fan who would give a limb for a Deathstroke mini.
It may seem predictable, but it hasn't even been published yet. For all we know the way they crash the party it could be the most devious evil way possible.
He could put a bomb in the carriage, make the rice that's thrown poisonous, or the wedding bands could be Mad Hatter mind control bands. I could go on and on.
paper
09-11-2007, 02:42 AM
"Speak now, or forever hold your peace."
"Hate to ruin the nuptials, Do-Gooders! But my invitation must have been lost in the mail!"
*12 pages later*
"Always the brides-maid and never the bride, eh, Slade?"
"You may now kiss the Canary."
kahunablair
09-11-2007, 06:32 PM
Math teacher gives kids questionable SMS homework assignment
A Grand Prairie, Texas teacher is in hot water with parents after a homework assignment doled out to his students this week. Rather than your typical 2 + 2 exercises, he went high tech and had them decode 20 text message abbreviations. Unfortunately, the exercise went pear-shaped when parents of the grade six students noticed things like NIFOC (Nude In Front Of the Computer) and IWSN (I Want Sex Now) was in their evening duties -- at least this teacher wasn't using SMS to buy pot. We dig tech like no other, but, those might have been omitted and replaced with things like LOL (Laugh Out Loud) or TTIAB (Talk to you In A Bit). The teacher now waits for the school district to make up its mind on his fate -- though we'd hazard a guess he's likely learned his lesson.
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/10/math-teacher-gives-kids-questionable-sms-homework-assignment/
kwok_talk
09-11-2007, 06:49 PM
Weird. Speaking of teachers, my brother (a first year teacher in Oakland, CA) was apparently the cover story for the Oakland newspaper yesterday. On the online version, they made a 5-minute documentary of his teaching experiences so far. Just in case any of you all live in the area.
six-gun
09-11-2007, 07:30 PM
that's an odd bit of news
jimski
09-11-2007, 07:47 PM
Math teacher gives kids questionable SMS homework assignment
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/10/math-teacher-gives-kids-questionable-sms-homework-assignment/
I would fail this assignment.
TTYIAB?
IWSN?!
Under what circumstances would you need to say, let alone abbreviate, "I want sex now" via text message? Hence the "N", I guess. As booty calls go, I'd like to see stats on that one's success rate.
One nice thing about the iPhone is that it offers the promise of a man-sized QWERTY keyboard and the possibility that I can live my whole life without ever having to learn to type frantically with my thumbs like some kind of squirrel. TAWDIKAKTDATCDCLCM?*
*"Then again, what do I know about kids these days and their crazy Davinci-Code-level communication methods?" of course.
esophagus
09-11-2007, 07:48 PM
It's always the mathletes. My math teacher in middle school was a pot head. It usually made for a hilarious scenario, but probably not to proffesional.
ie: Teacher writes notes on the board after lunch. Halfway into writing them he stops. "Woah. Just a second. I'll be right back.". He went for a ten minute walk around the field.
He was also the computers teacher. We woudl always catch him playing soliatire or doing nothing, and he'd pull up an "important" document, snicker, and pretend he had got away with something.
esophagus
09-11-2007, 07:50 PM
I would fail this assignment.
TTYIAB?
IWSN?!
Under what circumstances would you need to say, let alone abbreviate, "I want sex now" via text message? Hence the "N", I guess. As booty calls go, I'd like to see stats on that one's success rate.
One nice thing about the iPhone is that it offers the promise of a man-sized QWERTY keyboard and the possibility that I can live my whole life without ever having to learn to type frantically with my thumbs like some kind of squirrel. TAWDIKAKTDATCDCLCM?*
*"Then again, what do I know about kids these days and their crazy Davinci-Code-level communication methods?" of course.I never understood this. I have a couple of friends who do it in texts or on msn. I can't take it. By the end of the conversation I'm usually abbreviating entire sentences, because I'm just fed up. "WTHAYSIATAR?"
esophagus
09-11-2007, 08:08 PM
So, the computer shop just phoned. Apparently they worked through their stuff really quick, and I can go pick it up after school. I'm a little nervous though, they told me they couldn't find any viruses. We'll see, I think google knows best. =p They did upload some new protection on it though. I can finally listen to my music, starting tonight! Woo.
kwok_talk
09-11-2007, 08:10 PM
So, the computer shop just phoned. Apparently they worked through their stuff really quick, and I can go pick it up after school. I'm a little nervous though, they told me they couldn't find any viruses. We'll see, I think google knows best. =p They did upload some new protection on it though. I can finally listen to my music, starting tonight! Woo.
Cool, hopefully everything’s ok. It sucks to be w/o your computer.
itsbecca
09-11-2007, 11:59 PM
I never understood this. I have a couple of friends who do it in texts or on msn. I can't take it. By the end of the conversation I'm usually abbreviating entire sentences, because I'm just fed up. "WTHAYSIATAR?"
Hmmmm what's that stand for. I got "What the hell are you saying" but that's as far as my brain goes.
My fiance's brother and mom were in town a week ago for a wedding and we teased him about abbreviations non-stop. The funniest thing is now his mother gets in on it. He dropped his skittles all over the floor in the airport and she called him a noob. He almost cried he was so upset. Freakin' hilarious.
esophagus
09-12-2007, 02:54 AM
Hmmmm what's that stand for. I got "What the hell are you saying" but that's as far as my brain goes.
My fiance's brother and mom were in town a week ago for a wedding and we teased him about abbreviations non-stop. The funniest thing is now his mother gets in on it. He dropped his skittles all over the floor in the airport and she called him a noob. He almost cried he was so upset. Freakin' hilarious.Beyond that I was really just making it longer. You got the gest.
Haha, being a starcraft nut, I have picked up on noob. My mom likes to be "hip" so it usually ends up in hilarity. She knows all about WoW, and noobs, and loves to know slang. "So that's what an 'emo' is."