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Do thieves really go to that trouble just to joyride? I figured that stolen bikes got parted out and liquidated on e-bay in about 12 hours.

But it was a kitten, come on man! lolz but animal abandonment is wrong.

Look, if you bought an Iphone you already sold your soul to Apple. Why does anyone really care that there is a hook in the firmware to let them control what is allowed to run on your phone? My phone doesn't run shit! (not an iphone or something even remotely similar.) What's the big deal here? Hell, I wish Microsoft would rip this off, and embed something similar into windows. They could publish blacklists for viruses and malware so we don't have to waste 50% of our CPU cycles on scanners trying to stop the crap that floats around.

Cheap, safe, close to campus. Pick two. If you want a compromise look at the north end of Grandview (close to upper arlington) or in the cheaper parts of upper arlington itself (like on Northwest near lane). I know people who have had good luck in that area.

Just because my pimp game contributed to your mom being out of work, doesn't mean I am bringing down the entire global economy. You fail at macroeconomics.

I used to catch spiders like that when I lived off Hague rd., not sure why they like certain areas but there was probably one a week in my apartment during the summer. Some were big enough to EAT quarters, I seriously felt bad killing it with its little eyes looking up at me and shit.

There have always been problems with the economy (for some reason or another) and it's merely a symptom of a problem farther up stream. Look at the factors that actually create productivity for the country and you will find out where the problems come from (aside from mismanagement which is outside the scope of the current federal administration). Can we keep getting oil (or an equivalent form of energy?) How much will it cost? Can we keep growing food? How much will that cost? Can we keep importing goods from countries that provide very cheap resources (exploitation, for lack of a better word?) Dramatic changes to one or more of these things will be the actual factor that causes a shift in the American standard of living. Just because some houses didn't get bought up last year, and the goverment lost some money on a silly little war the year before that, you think that will really destroy our nation? Start thinking critically about our 'problems', doomsday prognosticators have never been right yet.

No seriously, not only do I loathe anyone who thinks they are getting legitimate information off of youtube, but I don't watch youtube at work which is where I post from 99% of the time.

I saw on youtube how this nuclear bomb went off and people were scared and shit. True story. Seriously, can we freak out about reports from legitimate publications, like in the good old days? Youtube is where i get my lulz.

Wow, that gamercard thing is cool. Here's how much I suck at 360: http://card.mygamercard.net/royale/orange/ipchains1.png

What are these big let downs you speak of? I haven't heard an actual Uverse customer in this thread complaining...

DSLAM/VDSL rules. ATT uses those tall, slender beige boxes you see just about everywhere. Anywhere near columbus, you would be hard pressed to be more than a quarter mile from one. On top of that, Uverse is the shit. I told them what i was paying for Time Warner and they beat the price by 5 bucks/month, gave me a free gigabit switch, free install, 100 buck rebate, and comped the cable package cost for the first month. *And* the DVR is programmable via the ATT/yahoo website so I can queue up shows while I'm stuck at work. I feel like a sucker for using Time Warner for so long.

It is a bit of a gray area, given that statistically these checkpoints do a lot to prevent and/or persecute drunk drivers, and naturally legislators want to keep them around so they can look like they are doing something useful. However, per the Supreme Court, a DUI checkpoint has to be used explicitly to screen drivers for intoxication, and *nothing else*. Only if you demonstrate intoxication (or are very blatantly breaking some other law) can you be asked to stop for questioning, if you aren't suspected you must be allowed to pass without delay.

One thing: There was a 24hr curfew, not just a checkpoint. "Good evening miss, oh so you just wanted to go for a walk? You know that's illegal, right? I'm supposed to book you, but if you cooperate..." Another thing: Sobriety checkpoints HAVE successfully been argued as unconstitutional. There are very specific means in which they must be carried out. If they stopped you at a DUI checkpoint and had no reason to suspect that you were drinking and insisted on searching your trunk, you bet your ass that would be unconstitutional.

I hate to go internet-cliche, but this is exactly what the German populace believed circa 1930 as a certain someone was organizing a certain government in preparation for a certain world-changing event. If this is your only argument, sorry, you fail miserably. Confining people to their homes and subjecting them to random searches just because they live in a certain area is NOT freedom by any stretch. Set up a roadblock that conforms to state and federal laws regarding probable cause and search and seizure. Go after ACTUAL criminals, not just whoever happens to live near a criminal. That is how crime is fought. As soon as you say this is OK to do in some random town X where the crime rate is X (some arbitrary value based on fear), you say it's ok to do in YOUR neighborhood, to YOU and your family.

I was referring to you in the first sentence, not the second one... Work with me here.

A good idea is just a good idea. The thing I don't get is the so-called conservatives in this thread that don't see a problem with this. What happened to your slippery slope? The ACLU doesn't spend *all* their time defending Gay Neo-Nazi immigrants, stop believing everything Sean Hannity feeds you.

Who doesn't know what sewing is? roflcopter!

Aside from the rather ridiculous premise of this question, I would concur that Yes, the internet is useful. Somehow it managed to become a multibillion dollar industry that supports just about every part of global commerce, as well as a bulk of the rest of society. It is important. Now what about *you*? Could you do all those things you mentioned by spending an hour a week at a Panera with a cheap laptop (or going to the library if you are even cheaper)? Or, if faced with being disconnected for more than a few minutes would your head shrivel up and implode? I for one have been very tempted to ditch my home internet connection in favor of other alternatives, and I would probably put myself in the top 90% of the 'internet codependent' group.

Neither one of them should have stopped, but if Wonder was 'late' enough for his dialysis he could have been acting irrationally for medical reasons. I bet that angle will be played in this. I am a CCW holder and would defend that right for anyone who is competent, but if this guy pleas temporary insanity I will gladly start a "No guns for grandpa" campaign. Awful suspicious that he would be unarmed and have his daughter in the car, while on duty, it sounds like some facts are mixed up. What is a "border protection agent" anyway and what do they do in Florida? Guard the beach?

XKCD is an inordinately acquired taste. You either have it or you don't, it's not so much about being 'funny'. At least to me.

Yeah unless they move EVERYTHING into the back I could see finding $50k worth of stuff that would fit into a trunk would be pretty easy in there. Hell, those stupid Ipod cases are like $40 each and there are a hundred of them on the shelf, thats 4 grand right there. Not that I was eyeing the place or anything.

How do you side swipe a police cruiser and still manage to get away? That sounds like some GTA action right there... I kind of thought that in real life once the Law was that close to you, escape was out of the question. Nice to see all those Helis that CPD has are working out.

Getting a new flapper helps with flow. Don't ask me how I know.