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Forum: Warrior Forum Help 30th January 2024, 03:07 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 14,635
Posted By thunderbird
Re: HELP DESK - CREATE TICKET

Can I sell a website on WarriorForum? If so, where? Thanks.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th November 2015, 04:31 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 451
Posted By thunderbird
Re: So, I'm at Starbucks the other day...

Sweet yammering maracas, that is a weirdly disturbing video.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th November 2015, 01:58 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 416
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Meanwhile... in Canada...

That's kind of hi-tech. We do it with our sleigh dogs in these here parts.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th November 2015, 12:12 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 224
Posted By thunderbird
My Newest Video: "A Fractal Glimpse"

A Fractal Glimpse - YouTube
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th November 2015, 11:13 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,496
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Ronda Rousey Knocked Out

Indeed, she did! She's a phenom.



Brock Lesnar is a woman?! OMG!
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th November 2015, 11:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 430
Posted By thunderbird
Twitter Ad Campaigns For Clients?

Has anyone here tried running twitter ad campaigns for clients?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 10th November 2015, 12:50 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,130
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Fold Away Bride - Man Marries Sex Doll

It could have been worse. At least he didn't marry a horse...
http://www.cgw.com/images/media/News/Old_Spice_TwoInOne_30_264.jpg
...and leave behind fatherless offspring.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 8th November 2015, 05:03 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 293
Posted By thunderbird
Re: The Man Who Made 'The World's First Personal Computer'

Here's one that was made in China, thousands of years before that:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTUz5f8UsAESAn7.jpg:large

(I'm so funny, even the crickets are laughing)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th November 2015, 02:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 398
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Woman Expels 8 lb Gallstone

I envy you. Human stupidity and cluelessness rarely surprises me any more.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th November 2015, 03:49 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,948
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Your Favorite Country?

Apart from Canada, the United States is my favorite country. I hope democracy is restored in the USA someday.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 08:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 228
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Is It Common Knowledge That A Turtle's Shell Is Its Ribcage?

I'm impressed that you could easily pick up mistakes on that page. It's less flaky than a lot of sites out there.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 03:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 228
Posted By thunderbird
Is It Common Knowledge That A Turtle's Shell Is Its Ribcage?

Turtle Facts (http://www.livescience.com/52361-turtle-facts.html)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 01:55 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 1,968
Posted By thunderbird
Re: NASA Announcement Regarding Mars' Atmosphere

That is sad. I had a friend like that and I was featured in his delusions as the head of an Intelligence operation to persecute him. I disassociated with him after he made a comment that a knife...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 01:17 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 1,968
Posted By thunderbird
Re: NASA Announcement Regarding Mars' Atmosphere

That would have been before the Edward Snowden allegations, I assume. Because, it is kind of true nowadays, if not exactly as he described.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 12:55 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 216
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Kodak Actually Invented The Digital Camera

Company executives think in terms of quarterly profits and rewards reaped. The estimated 15 or 20 years in the future for the product to be viable is not something they'll usually consider. They'd...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th November 2015, 12:40 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 1,968
Posted By thunderbird
Re: NASA Announcement Regarding Mars' Atmosphere

Where's the fluffy bunny?! That'll prove them wrong.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd November 2015, 07:57 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

I'm sure another good line or two will turnip.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd November 2015, 07:13 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Whatever term-du-jour helps Ritalin sales. You probably would have been seen as hopeless -- just not a good prospect for pharmaceutical commissions.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd November 2015, 11:49 AM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

It has tended to be others throwing the number around. They're usually embarrassed by it.

"People who boast about their IQ are losers."
Stephen Hawking

Of course there are Chris Langan types...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 11:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 390
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Captivating Facts: Genghis Kahn killed enough people to cool the earth.

Conan the Barbarian vs Ghenghis Khan the Environmentalist
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 08:07 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

That'll get a lot of people Googling "Terra" on their smart phones as they pass by on the sidewalk LOL. They'll discover the Latin definition and ponder what it all means -- a message about Mother...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 07:34 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Like my son. The t-shirt wouldn't work for him either. He's quite the social butterfly. I'm not. I could design a t-shirt for myself, however.
Be Nice.
Socially Inept = (Oh, never mind. Carry on)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 06:58 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Idea for T-Shirt:
Be Nice.
Socially Inept = Brilliant
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 06:25 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

I would have to say that almost everyone I've known with an IQ closer to 200 than 100 was actually pleasant and humble.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 06:21 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 266
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Dean of a Texas University gets stopped walking in her own Neighborhood

Yeah, I agree. It was all normal enough and everyone was polite and agreeable until they requested her identification.

I don't ever get stopped by police myself, even when a crazy woman got the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 06:04 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

That's interesting. There is definitely a link between high a-hole-Q and arrogance.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 11:01 AM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Maybe so, but I'd have to see some compelling evidence that it's a bad idea to hire prospects who score high in iq tests (whatever they measure). That whole story is bizarre. I wonder if there could...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd November 2015, 01:39 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 427
Posted By thunderbird
Re: What Disturbed Things Have You Done Lately?

I just realized that I totally misinterpreted your first response. My bad. My apologies for that and general uncalled for rudeness towards you which all qualify as a "disturbed thing" that I've been...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 10:45 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

I have been in that situation and handled in a superior way. It is probably impossible to deal with it in a more stupid and brutal manner than those police officers did.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 10:27 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Not even close? He died as a result of their attack. It wasn't necessary for them to beat a helpless cognitively-challenged man to death.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 10:03 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

There are always some individuals whose default mode is a weak-kneed worship of police. Where it comes from, I don't know. They can see graphic evidence of cops assaulting and even killing people in...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 02:27 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 02:23 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 427
Posted By thunderbird
Re: What Disturbed Things Have You Done Lately?

I'm not offended. I honestly don't give a hoot what you think LOL.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 02:13 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 427
Posted By thunderbird
Re: What Disturbed Things Have You Done Lately?

The main one is about marketing. This is Off Topic which doesn't specify any rules against stupid threads, genius.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 02:07 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If You Don’t Want Your Kids to Be ‘Assaulted’ by the Cops, Teach Them to Respect Authority

Some people who lack imagination, compassion and tact, think brutally manhandling a teenage girl is an appropriate way to handle the situation. The sheriff didn't, so he fired Ben Fields.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 01:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 374
Posted By thunderbird
Superman As A Baby

http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/94189-alyssa-milano-champions-breastfeeding-as-wonder-woman-in-tbt-photo/1446327394_alyssa-467.jpg
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 12:42 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 427
Posted By thunderbird
What Disturbed Things Have You Done Lately?

I've been reading up on psychopaths and serial killers. It started with "The Psychopath Inside," a title Claude Whitacre introduced to us on this forum. I even took an online test based on the Hare...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 12:31 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If You Don’t Want Your Kids to Be ‘Assaulted’ by the Cops, Teach Them to Respect Authority

I have nothing against cops myself. When a belligerent turd enters the scene, belligerent turd things are going to happen, but that's about it.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If You Don’t Want Your Kids to Be ‘Assaulted’ by the Cops, Teach Them to Respect Authority

Do extremists really think they're middle of the road?

Origin of my extreme wit:
I Googled " middle of the road" and found a quote by Ambrose Bierce who I never heard of, pasted it in as a...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2015, 10:44 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If You Don’t Want Your Kids to Be ‘Assaulted’ by the Cops, Teach Them to Respect Authority

"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over."
~Ambrose Bierce
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 08:12 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 514
Posted By thunderbird
A "Ray of Sunshine"? What?!

"My husband was beating me and cheating on me with a friend of mine,' she explained. 'I was trying to forget about it by getting myself drunk, sometimes it was going on for days, weeks, months....
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 08:04 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,733
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If You Don’t Want Your Kids to Be ‘Assaulted’ by the Cops, Teach Them to Respect Authority

I don't teach my son to respect authority. That would be hypocritical, since I don't respect authority myself. I do advise him not to get into needless trouble and that involves abiding by rules, for...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 04:42 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 2,278
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Mom demands her neighbors only give out Gluten, Free Nutless candy to her kid

A wholesome alternative is to give kids Brussell sprouts, sliced turnip, organic raw onions, broccoli, and shiteki mushrooms in a biodegradable paper bag. A wholesome alternative, but a very bad...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 04:19 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Did your feelings get hurt when people make cops accountable for their actions? Do you believe that responsible police officers appreciate thugs in uniforms among their ranks? Obviously not, or Ben...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 02:43 AM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Or maybe tiny prefrontal cortices in their brains? That cop's profile matches what one might imagine if a psychopath-spectrum individual became a police officer.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2015, 02:20 AM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

These are tone-deaf people. If they didn't gain insight from years on the job that they had, they probably never will. That cop's history of overly violent responses to situations suggests that he...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th October 2015, 10:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 391
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Punishment Fails For Psychopaths, Science Reveals

First you have to have a hypothesis, such as, "Reprimanding head of NASA will land me an interesting, easy, high-paying job." Then you need to go on this guided tour of NASA with a "...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th October 2015, 02:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 391
Posted By thunderbird
Punishment Fails For Psychopaths, Science Reveals

Why You Can’t Punish a Psychopath, According to Science (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/02/why-you-can-t-punish-a-psychopath-according-to-science.html)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 11:18 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 2,278
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Mom demands her neighbors only give out Gluten, Free Nutless candy to her kid

Still, when I think about it, it could open up new possibilities in real estate, gluten free development zones and whatnot :)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 11:12 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 2,278
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Mom demands her neighbors only give out Gluten, Free Nutless candy to her kid

It's extreme. My nephew is dangerously allergic to peanuts but I don't recall his parents trying to police the entire neighborhood.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 05:10 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

Face it, Don. They're a bunch of incompetent A-holes. And the cop is a violent thug.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 03:14 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 407
Posted By thunderbird
Re: If Something Is A "Spectrum," Why Define It By Extremes?

I think that is key. Not all psychopaths are evil. They're different from most people, yes. Your analogy strikes me as accurate.

I guess there is speculation about causes. In some it seems to be...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 03:01 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 995
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Screw finding your passion:

Why should he have advice for them? When you give advice, does it apply to every individual?>

That said, a number of video game aficionados do, indeed, make a living at it.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 02:43 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 995
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Screw finding your passion:

Open a hardware store.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 02:28 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 995
Posted By thunderbird
Re: Screw finding your passion:

I thought he made legitimate points and shared some good food for thought. How was he being hypocritical? Did he go on a Holy Grail mission to the ends of the Earth before figuring out that he...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th October 2015, 02:24 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 8,949
Posted By thunderbird
Re: I refused to leave the classroom . . .

You missed my point which was that just because someone does good works and is an active member of the community proves squat.

Juries' default mode is to rule in a cop's favor in cases of...
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