Harb67

*thinks Casper has a Firefox extension that can post stories from Digg directly to the OR forums*

Fuck that is annoying when you have several other tabs open and you end up closing them ALL just to kill that ONE. Thanks a fucking lot.

Just when I thought the Busa couldn't look any worse, the Japanese come in and work their batshit insane Japanese magic and prove me wrong.

My bike is up at my parents house for the winter because I don't have any indoor storage here at school, or else I'd be cleaning mine too :\ So instead, I'm just overhauling my gear and planning out my finances so I can get some new toys for next season. So far I've picked up some new tires (Diablo Rosso) and boots (Sidi Vertigo), I'm one paycheck from going to Iron Pony and putting together a nice 2-piece leather suit, and hopefully within a month or so I'll have a new helmet and an Arrow slip-on. However, I have been known to wear my Sidi's around the house. So yeah...you're not the only one losing their mind :|

Actually it was both days. They canceled at noon on the 13th but it was called before class even started on the 14th. *edit* Doh, CbrGirl beat me to it

Yeah right. The last time we closed was February 13th, 2007. Before that, we hadn't had a snow day for 35 years. How do I know the date so well? It was my birthday, and they called us off about 5 minutes before I went to a chem lab for which I had not done any of the prep work. Best. Birthday. Ever.

That's what happens when the economy tanks so hard that everyone is brjork.

So you're willing to pay for someone else's drug rehab? How kind of you! Anyway, enough topic derailment from me. I just hate Arpaio too much to let a mention of him go uncommented on...

Joe Arpaio is a piece of shit. You forgot to mention that the prisoners he is forcing to live outside in tents in 138 degree weather are not all violent criminals; a large number of them are only drug users. He is the poster child for the shitshow that is the war on drugs. I'd be all for his tactics if he were directing them at the right people. ..anyway, enough of that. I just can't let a mention of this guy go without chiming in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q93v2PDQZm4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Fi8CcYeoA First one is priceless when the roommate walks in, and the second really gets funny around at the 4:10 mark and escalates from there I love Mordeth; he's my favorite motorcycle vlogger and one of the reasons I've got a 650

All I was saying is that it sucks people are being let go; I feel bad for them. Any insult I said directed at Harley is not based on the firings; but rather solely on the fact that I don't like the bikes, the image, and most of the riders...it was mostly tongue-in-cheek anyway (I figured that was obvious from the blatant misspelling of the name). I can't fault a company for making tough decisions; business is business. If I were in their position, I'd do the same thing. Yes, it sucks people are losing jobs, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do in times like these.

Hell, even Buell is hardly a Harley anymore. The new ones use a Rotax engine

I've never had any experience with Vizio, but I've heard they're decent. If it's in good condition and the warranty is reasonable, it's a pretty solid deal. How long is the manufacturer warranty? Being a display model, it's likely to already have many hours of use on it and a lengthy warranty would be a plus. Do you plan on ever using Blu-Ray or running a PC on that screen? If not, then that set is about all you'll need. Digital Hi-Def cable is only broadcast in 1080i, so you're good to go. If you eventually wanna dabble in hi-def movies or having a home theater PC, you'l want a 1080p set.

No shit. If television makers, which are international corporations, have heavy restrictions placed on them in Europe, one of their major markets, they will begin shifting their focus away from plasma in general and towards LCD/OLED tech. It makes poor financial sense to continue producing sets that they cant sell in all markets when they could instead shift production towards a set that can be sold anywhere. Also, California is going to start placing restrictions on plasma TV's as well that are more strict than the EU standards.

Oh my god, it's horrifying but I can't look away. Fat people should be required to get a dancing permit or something. Nothing against them really; I'm just concerned for the safety of bystanders.

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2477/

So I'm guilty for Harley being in some hot water because I bought a Japanese bike? ...don't you ride a Suzuki? Harley could easily increase their sales simply by producing a bike that's A) cheap and B) appealing to a wider audience and C) that gets better gas mileage. But instead, they feel the need to crank out another Deluxe Custom American Eagle Vintage Softtail VLDTX Commemorative Anniversary Edition cruiser every goddamn year that costs more than a lighly used Civic and that barely gets the same gas mileage and that appeals to a very small audience.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/23/Harley-Davidson_to_cut_jobs/UPI-78261232769183/ Harley-Davidson Inc. has announced it will close its Wauwatosa, Wis., plant in 2010, eliminating several hundred jobs. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported the plant's closure is part of a restructuring plan that includes the elimination of 1,100 jobs in the next two years. Plans call for 640 jobs to be cut at the company's facilities in Wisconsin, Harley President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ziemer told the newspaper. He said 230 of the job cuts will be in non-production positions -- mostly involving salaried personnel, including engineering, administrative and finance departments. The newspaper reported that about 70 percent of the job reductions will occur this year, with the remainder to be made in 2010. "These are all very tough decisions, but sometimes we have to go through some pain" to ensure the company's long-term viability, Ziemer said. Sucks that Americans will be losing jobs; all the more reason to hate Hardley-Ableson (oh SNAP, did I just beat Casper to the punch with a story from Digg? It was nice knowing you guys; I'll write you a post card from banned-land sometime )

It doesn't matter how good the picture is. If the EU starts imposing strict regulations on plasma TV's, you're going to see a marked decrease in their production and likely a rise in their price. It's just business.

He was likely pushing you towards plasma so hard because plasmas are on their way out. The EU is coming down on plasma TV's pretty hard because they suck so much energy, and if they lose the European market, TV makers won't have much incentive to keep pumping out plasmas. Their TV's are probably on sale because they are trying to clear out stock just in case things go pear-shaped with plasma TV's, not because they are doing you a favor and trying to sell you the best unit for your situation. As far as durability goes, both TV's are quite fragile. Plasma screens are glass only because they have to be; they hold mixtures of inert gas, something that cheap consumer-level plastic isn't terribly well-suited to do. Suddenly they don't sound too terribly rugged now do they I have never been very friendly with my monitors. I had a habit of punching my old CRT monitor in fits of nerdrage, and it took a while for me to get over that when I bought my first LCD. Since then I have thrown stuff at them on several occasions, such as bottle caps and pencils, and they come out just fine. That's not to say that LCD or plasma will survive a wayward remote control or someone falling into the damn thing. Also, be wary of buying just based on the image quality you see in the store; retailers love to use all sorts of tricks to make one set look better than another (poor video source, improper calibration, etc). The best thing to do would be to find if another store has the model you're considering on display, and go check it out there. If it looks as good at that store, you're probably safe. Ultimately, my personal preference would be LCD. The two are fairly close to one another in most regards now, so claims like "plasma is better for sports" are more or less moot points. Hell, I watch hockey in HD on my 37" 1080p LCD and my roommates 42" 1080p LCD all the time, and it looks great on both.

It's a near-legendary George Carlin skit. Saying it's a Blink song is like seeing a picture of the storming of Normandy and going "Hey, isn't that a scene in Saving Private Ryan?" As Winston Churchill once said: "Study history. Study history." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Nrp7cj_tM

If you're being serious, then I hate you.

26 people? Really? We give billions to foreign countries so they can buy weapons to fight wars that we have no business with, but we can't spare a few hundred bucks a month for 26 people who defended our own country in the last legitimate conflict we were involved in? Disgusting.

The first Blackbird-exclusive add-on will be titled "22'' Spinnaz", shortly followed by "Gold Teef". Alright, that was in bad taste. Sorry.

It's a start, but do you know the exact model number? The Satellite line is pretty extensive and they run the gamut as far as all the different video card options.