Scrax
4841
If my GPS can find a satellite, why can’t the wireless find my computer 2 rooms away?
I had a small child ask me today if I was a werewolf. Perhaps it’s time for a haircut.
Well, it was a bit of a jokey suggestion, but one not completely grounded in theory, since it seemed to work for me once.
Basically jury selection quickly weeds out anyone that looks even half askew or odd. Writing “Caucasian” instead of “White” as your race throws up a Red Flag in the minds of lawyers, because most (if not the vast majority) will simply declare themselves to be “white” in casual speech and conversation; “Caucasian” is something of a holdover from turn of the century categorization and doesn’t hold much meaningful connotation now (hardly any white people in the US think of themselves as “Caucasian”), even if it’s commonly encountered in official documents (though it’s rapidly declining in those as well). So taking the time to write “Caucasian” instead of the simpler “White” makes it look like your racial identity is something of a Thing for you, even if it’s not in any way overtly racist; and why take the chance, even the slight chance, that a juror that is racially biased? On to the trash pile your name goes.
Mightynute, when someone asks if you are a werewolf, you say YES!
I was eating a gyro, otherwise I’d have responded with a polite howl or something.
Pretty sure werewolves don’t have manners, either. He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.
Delta
4847
Would any of you UK folks be able to lend me a 3DS for a short period? I’m just curious about them, having never seen one in real life, and I wondered if anyone on Qt3 had one they’d be willing to lend to a stranger for a short time.
It would be treated very well (fed, taken for walks, etc.) and be returned soon.
I think my new policy is simply to stay the hell away from Craigslist. Scum, villainy, etc.
The DMV should hand out bingo cards.
Happy International Cheesecake Day everyone!! :-)
Damn it, bus hipsters, if you want to take surreptitious snapshots of your fellow passengers, turn off the shutter sound on your phone!
Eilonwy
4852
I really need to win the lottery.
You can’t. By law digital cameras/camera phones are required to make a sound when taking a picture.
You can. Simply put your phone in vibrate mode. On an iPhone, for instance, that turns off the shutter sound.
In vibrate mode, my Palm Pre does not make any sound when taking a picture. What year was that law put on the books?
It wasn’t. It was HR-414 in last year’s Congress. Never became a law, I think it got killed in committee.
jason
4857
I believe in Japan they are required by law to make sound due to all the upskirt snapping done on public transit there, but that hasn’t proliferated everywhere yet.
I liked Steve better than Jefferson Darcy.
This is the Random Thoughts Thread, not the Completely Wrong Thoughts Thread.
