December 2009
“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our...”
– Richard Dawkins, from Chpt 1 of his 1998 book Unweaving the Rainbow (via designtumblelog)
“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity...”
– Mark Twain (via lickystickypickyme)
“If a person doesn’t already understand that cruelty is wrong, he won’t discover...”
– Sam Harris (via savagemike) (via friendlyatheist)
“As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and the Jewish Law. I am a...”
– Albert Einstein (via fishforpeople) (via pegobry)
I get the same feeling when I read Harry Potter … just saying.
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
– Groucho Marx (via somethingintellectual)
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Free at last!: 2
The home is now Vista free!
Downside is that I couldn’t get the rest of the family to switch to Ubuntu, they now run with Windows 7. I hope for their sake it’s not like Vista, all nice and glittery at the start then becoming so slow to do simple tasks, mice were thrown against walls and the screaming, the screaming, it almost made us mad.
“When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of...”
– Diogenes (via cocknbull)
“Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted...”
– Bill Maher (via ieatcatlitter) (via fuckyeahbillmaher) (via cocknbull) (via tiredofbeingignored)
Who said men can't multi-task?
Cleaning BBQ, installing Windows 7 on my son’s PC and ripping my CD collection to disk … oh and tumblring too.
UPDATE: BBQ is done, now my wife want’s me to make pizza dough … this is going to get messy.
First Functional Molecular Transistor →
A team of American and Korean researchers have demonstrated the first functional transistor made from a single molecule.
Do you know what XP is short for?
No it’s not a Microsoft Operating System, or Extreme Programming. X (Chi) and P (Rho) are the first two letters for Christ in Geek and is known as the labarum.
does anyone know how to transfer itunes on a new...
neightkelly:
wondrouswillowtress:
helppp
I had to start over.
or youll use A LOOOOT of cds
a) connect both computers to a router/switch, setup a network and transfer music files.
b) remove drive from first machine, put it in second machine and copy files.
c) Connect both machines together via USB cable and transfer (may need extra software for this)
d) upload all files to an online...
Mum calls 911 over son's video game habit →
Hmmm, that’s given me an idea.
Vatican 'The Simpsons' are okely dokely →
But women still can’t be priests. Doh!
Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates... →
“According to recently excavated clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script, thousands of Sumerians—the first humans to establish systems of writing, agriculture, and government—were working on their sophisticated irrigation systems when the Father of All Creation reached down from the ether and blew the divine spirit of life into their thriving civilization.”
Grace vs Survival of the Fittest
Wanker: If you're not religious what do you say instead of grace?
Me: On your maaaaarks, get seeeeeet, ...... GO!
“Christmas in colonial America did not resemble the brightly lit festivities we...”
– Nicole Harms (via azspot)
“Jesus’ last words on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”...”
– Donald Morgan (via savagemike)
Dad 'forced son, 14, to have sex with prostitute' →
Dad was worried his son was guy so took his son to a female prostitute and waited for a used condom to show the deed was done.
The Judge found the father guilty of rape of his son.
Santa News update
It has arrived!
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti came a little bit early to my home this year.
East Anglia University Climate Change Email... →
Popular Mechanics takes a rational look at the current state of play in the “Climate debate” in light of stolen emails from the East Anglia University.
Angels can't fly: Scientist →
Prof Roger Wotton, from University College London, found that flight would be impossible for angels portrayed with arms and bird-like feathered wings.
Naked Kiwi cyclists given a warning →
For not wearing helmets.
Senior Constable Cathy Duder stopped two nude men riding bicycles in Whangamata (this has to be a joke). After giving them a stern warning about not wearing bicycle helmets ( a legal requirement when riding a bicycle in most parts of NZ and Oz) she sent them on their way.
“Is it against the law to have that much alchool in the house?”
– My 15-year old son on seeing what my wife and I had bought for the festive season.
“It is an indication of the sorry state of community groups that when faced with...”
– John Humphreys, “Activists should stop talking about global warming and start acting”
I’m on 100% Green Power, does that get me off the hook? Or does it just make me a smug bastard?
NOTE: Our electricity supplier is Jackgreen, cost is $80-$100 more/ quarter for a family of four....
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Modern take on the Nativity Scene, Yo. →
“Gerard Henderson is right to say Fox News airs a wider range of views than the...”
– Iliya Boulos, letter to the editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Dear God, please help me out here →
An oncologist has a bone to pick with God over Mary MacKillop’s “miracle”
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Women can flourish in Catholic Church: Archbishop... →
Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, claims that the immient sainthood of Mary MacKillop is a signt that women can flurish in the Catholic Church.
They just have to be dead for a 100 years first.