Posts by thomas k

So,Tesla was right after all?

"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality."

"Don't speak."

Why would we want sex toys smarter than our usual live fare?

My favourite Mr Boffo strip

Mr Boffo is sitting next to some guy in Hell who's musing aloud, "liar, liar, pants on fire ... now it all makes sense!"

smoke and mirrors

Just something to distract us from the fact that lawyers write the laws they then take advantage of to screw the rest of us and to give the illusion that they do police themselves because not even lawyers are above the law.

...or something far more sinister?

Aaaaaand... cue the over-sensationalized 60 minute History Channel "investigation" featuring that exact phrase "...or something far more sinister?", creepy lighting and music and snippets of historical recreations in which badly-costumed actors run across a field to, in this case, carry hods of bricks up spindly wooden scaffolding to build a tower.

...should probably get checked out.

After having fashioned an appropriate costume to preserve their anonymity, of course.

I love my LG G Watch

I only use it *as* a watch, though (and only at night, as you can't read it in daylight). It looks great - black and mysterious, like the monolith from 2001 - and the ability to change the face is the main reason I bought it. It's also much easier to use it as a timer than fiddling with the buttons on a digital watch.

"custom-built minipen"!?

He could easily an off-the-shelf Kaweco Sport (~$25) un-capped or, if he wants something more luxurious, a diminutive Pelikan M320 in marbled orange (to match his complexion).

In the movies, this never ends well

Just sayin'.

sexbots?

I'm likely to over-exert myself just watching videos.

"Not to worry, thought I."

Famous last words.

"To be fair, the same goes for many humans, too"

That was my first thought when I read the headline.

Solutions?

Must've been part of the problem then.

iPerv

= iFired

British jobs for British people

I've seen that movie. P D James book, Clive Owens ...

Don't blame me

I bought a new Windows 10 PC on Friday, the 30th.

Meh, it works.

Hey, Ted!

Take off, eh?

Yoof,eh?

Young people just discovering this? Get with the times, kids.

HP admitting their own printer are shit?

How long before Samsung printers become just as bad?

Chickens, roost?

Or pot, kettle, black?

Yes, please!

Oh, I thought you meant Kevin. Um, never mind.

Manbang?!

Why didn't Craig's List think of that?!

I'm sorry ...

Did you say something?

Not fun, and then ...

Well, I hope they gave the poor chap more than a few days supply of acetaminophen plus codeine and, when he ran out and asked for more, they didn't tell him to just take Tylenol.

If it was the doctor who had that operation, they'd prescribe themselves a couple months of an oxy.

Ouch!

Another reason to use a holster style case.

Thank my lucky stars!

That I'm no longer a Verizon customer and will avoid the coming price increase to pay for this.

"suspect caught when he bought something on iTunes"

And they say irony is dead.

tedium of work or idleness

Hmm ... well, I know which I'd take.

McRib

If they offered the McRib year-round, I'd eat there year-round.

In a startling reversal of roles ...

monkey spanks man.

If they saw "men who live as dogs" in the Graun ...

In case you missed it (warning, not for the faint of heart) -

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/25/secret-life-of-the-human-pups-the-men-who-live-as-dogs

I'm not saying it was aliens ...

but let's ask Giorgio.

Figures ...

Bought a 520 in 2014, then added an LG on a different carrier. I don't use a telephone a lot and just last week cancelled the LG carrier so the 520 will be my only phone.

Best practices

When you see their eyes start to glaze over, stop talking.

Bad for whom?

It's certainly been a god-send for our governments, who get to use it as an excuse to strip us our basic democratic rights.