An American Life Worth Less Today

Dirk Higbee · modified on Monday, July 14, 2008 11:03 PM

Ilíon wrote:

Everyone knows that the greater the average speed at which we collectively travel on the streets and highways, the greater the number of fatalities in automobile accidents

actually many many years ago that was proven not to be true on the Autobahn and then the number of people driving increased and it all changed. So, while your above statement is true eventually even if you lower the speed limit to 5mph it won't matter. It's like the ladder theory----more deaths are attributed to falling off a 6 foot ladder as opposed to a 12 foot ladder. Smaller(or less) is not always better. So, to wrap this up, size does matter. :-D :-D :-D

Don't take any wooden nickels.

Lost User · modified on Monday, July 14, 2008 11:03 PM

Can't find the strip, a transcript will have to do[^] Milo: I understand my opponent supports the 55 miles per hour speed limit on our highways. Opus: Saves 50,000 lives per year. I'm definitely in favor of saving lives! Milo: Then maybe my opponent would like to save another 30,000 lives per year by reducing the speed limit to 45. Opus: 45? Milo: Or perhaps save another 25,000 lives by reducing the speed limit to 35! Opus: Well, 35 is pretty slow. Milo: Apparently my opponent would send 55,000 men women and children to fiery mangled deaths so he can zip along to his manicurist at 55! Opus: I DON'T HAVE A MANICURIST! Milo: He probably doesn't. Most mass murderers don't. Hitler didn't. Opus: STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! Milo: Rebuttal? Opus: Uh... Bush is a wimp.

- F

Ilion

Fisticuffs wrote:

[nothing, really]

If all one wants is schtick, then Fisticuffs is your man[^]. However, if one wishes to think rationally about such matters, then one is well advised to look elsewhere[^].

Lost User

So did you plagarize on purpose or did it take you twenty years to come up with the same joke? Also, if you had to make love to a man to save his soul, would you prefer to give him oral or anal?

- F

DownUnderDev

oh dear :sigh: you must be the guy that puts the rant in soapbox off topic rants?

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

73Zeppelin

DownUnderDev wrote:

it is disgusting to me that capitalism puts profit before people....

That's because you're a whinging socialist.

I'm the ocean. I'm a giant undertow.

Ilion

DownUnderDev wrote:

oh dear :sigh: you must be the guy that puts the rant in soapbox off topic rants?

That would imply a certain consistency of principle or position. No, ol' Oakman is just a dried-up, washed-out and burned-out old "troll," who constant sees himself in others[^]. Also, your sig-line offends him (but then, soap and water offends him). I myself wouldn't even begin to hazard a junior psychoanalysis "explanation" of just why it offends him; and, in any event, he generally has cornered the market on unsought junior psychoanalysis "explanations."

Oakman

Fisticuffs wrote:

So did you plagarize on purpose

Oh he's an old hand a plagarizing. I caught him at it awhile back. What's interesting is that he tends to try to steal jokes from others. Apparently he's aware of his lack of wit.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

Oakman

73Zeppelin wrote:

That's because you're a whinging socialist.

WB

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

73Zeppelin

WB? Warner Brothers??

I'm the ocean. I'm a giant undertow.

soap brain

Welcome back, I think.

73Zeppelin

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... Yes, I have been extremely busy and still am. Just popping in for a few minutes... sigh.

I'm the ocean. I'm a giant undertow.

soap brain

Oh, OK. I missed you, you know...

73Zeppelin

You're not the only one! I think just about everyone I know has. Too much work, no free time. I need a holiday. :((

I'm the ocean. I'm a giant undertow.

soap brain

Sorry, that was a stupid thing to say... What have you been doing that's kept you so busy?

Oakman

Welcome Back I've missed your insights

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

73Zeppelin

Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

What have you been doing that's kept you so busy?

Working on large problems then presenting and publishing papers. Lots of programming involved and I'm still not finished.

I'm the ocean. I'm a giant undertow.

soap brain

Ah, OK. Sounds pretty hectic, huh.