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Snotr.com versus Break.com

swood — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:03:52 +0000

Both are video fail sites (for the most part), but they strangely are quite different.

Break.com has the newest videos. Snotr.com videos are usually about 3 or 4 days behind Break. Snotr also rehashes some really old videos now and then. But the biggest difference lies within the community of comment writers.

On Break.com you will find the most foul comment writers on any website you’ve ever witnessed. But they are often hilarious and extremely witty… but not at all PC, which is refreshing. Snotr.com members are exactly the opposite. They are complete and utter pansies. When a Break-like comment appears on Snotr, it is undoubtedly voted with “thumbs down” and hidden by default. I highly recommend reading only these comments, because they are often amazingly funny.

Take this video for example of a handicapped kid performing a double back-flip in a wheelchair:

Here are some TYPICAL Snotr comments:

“inspiring young lad”
“impressive, its really intimidating how he just goes up and does it again after all those crash landings.”
“hey mom… guess what.. respect!”

Bunch of pansies.

Here are some typical Break-like comments:

“well, worst case scenario is that he will break his back.”
“Thats a sure way to end up in a wheelchair… oh wait…..”

Absolutely brilliant.

Snotr members are just so mind-numbingly LAME.

Dear Jess Smith of Coalinga, CA

swood — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:30:55 +0000

Jess, you just sent Ooine.com an email via our contact form as follows.

I was just notified by MajicJack that my subscription had expired, although I ordered the service for three years. Please correct your error. See below.
Order No.: [REMOVED TO PROTECT THE MORONIC]
Reference ID: [REMOVED TO PROTECT THE MORONIC]
Total magicJacks Ordered: 1

Order Shipping Information

Customer Name: JESS SMITH
Address 1: [REMOVED TO PROTECT THE MORONIC]
Address 2:
City, State, Zip: COALINGA, CA 93210-0732
Country: United States
Phone#:

Order Summary

Qty Item Description Price Ea Total Price Charge Date
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1 magicJack / EasyPay 30 Day Money Back Guarantee 39.95 39.95 06/14/2009
1 Shipping & Handling 6.95 6.95 06/14/2009
1 Method of Payment – Debit card .00 .00 06/14/2009
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ORDER TOTAL: $46.90

We here at Ooine.com have absolutely NOTHING to do with Magic Jack customer support, so we can’t help you solve your problem other than pointing out something so plainly obvious that is wouldn’t boggle the mind of a 3-year old.

You claim to have “ordered the service for three years”, and you submit your receipt as proof. However, the receipt clearly shows that you only paid for 1 year. You got the service you paid for. The end. You did not “order the service for three years” and the receipt clearly shows that.

You are the one with the error and we wish we could be there when Magic Jack points this out to you.

RyanAir CEO Suggests Cutting out the Co-Pilot

swood — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:02:30 +0000

"Let the bloddy computer fly it"

Direct from the “Oh My Goodness” files:

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary suggests getting rid of the co-pilot to cut air travel costs. O’Leary suggests that a flight attendant on each flight could be trained to help land a plane if something goes wrong.

“If the pilot has an emergency, he rings the bell, he calls her in,” said O’Leary. “She could take over.”

“I’m having a heart attack.” Ringy-dingy-dingy! Ringy-dingy-dingy! …help… Ringy-dingy-dingy!

Source: CNN

Order Popcorn Online to Support our Cub Scout Pack

swood — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:17:45 +0000

Please order popcorn for me!

Hi there!

Please consider ordering popcorn online in order to support our Cub Scout Pack. The popcorn is delicious and they will ship it directly to your door.

Thanks very much!

Visited the new Connecticut Science Center

swood — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:44:46 +0000

It’s a fine new science museum in Hartford, CT. We visited yesterday and had a pretty good time. It’s unique in that it’s a very “urban” museum. By this I mean it’s vertical. It’s like a skyscraper with a central bank of glass elevators. Each floor houses 1 or two fairly large exhibit rooms with an extraordinary amount of hands-on features. In fact, the entire museum is hands-on. This isn’t a traditional stand-and-read museum. It’s more like a Children’s Museum / Science Museum hybrid.

That being said, a lot of the hands-on activities are not incredibly compelling. They certain look compelling, but when you actually try them out, you realize it’s just a movie with maybe the ability to move a picture around on a screen with a joystick. And I did find a dramatic factual error with their Mars Fly-Over exhibit in the Space section.

They have this movie segment where they describe the largest known universe in the solar system, Olympus Mons. In the narration (and printed on the screen) is the following quote:

It’s caldera is 50 miles wide, approximately the size of New England.

Seriously, it actually says that.

The “ground” floor water exhibit is clearly the winner with the kids. It is supposed to be the “intro” exhibit that gets the kids interested, but it unfortunately turns out to be the highlight of the museum. It’s the best thing in the whole building. Although, I must say that the Force & Motion gallery was particular wonderful, and my kids kept coming back to the Rube Goldberg golf ball machines.

I also very much liked the Eco section that highlighted green technologies for the home. The mini wind turbine particularly caught my attention. I hope that they keep this area up to date as technology rapidly evolves. This section is a PRIME opportunity to partner with Eco Company partners. For instance, I would have loved to receive some sales materials for that home turbine. I want to know more about it from a practical standpoint.

I hate to disparage any science museum because we NEED MORE OF THEM, but it’s hard for me not to be critical. Strangely, the stairs in this vertical museum were closed. I heard more than one person comment, “how can you close stairs? What could possibly be wrong with them?” There was no answer from museum staff. There were often long lines for the elevators.

As with many science museums there were a percentage of exhibits that were inoperable or otherwise malfunctioning. This is always a source of major personal disappointment. If I ran a science museum, I would make it my number 1 priority to have all exhibits up and running every single day. If something breaks, fix it overnight.

I’m sure, however, that this is easier said than done, especially here where they have a number of incredibly complex exhibits in the Force & Motion gallery. They’ve got Mag-Lev trains, a room-filling robotic ball shooting device, a sailing simulator that uses something like 150 fans, etc.

As with other museums, the gift shop is crazy expensive. I noted one item of which I could offer a direct comparison. The previous week, the kids received a large, fluid-filled bouncy ball from Borders book store for FREE with a coupon. I think it was $4.99 without the coupon. This exact same ball at the museum store was an incredible $12.99.

We did not eat at the museum, so we can’t comment on that, but parking was typically expensive for an urban environment. It cost us $9 to park for about 4 hours. Otherwise, we had a pretty good time at the museum. It’s not some place I would visit regularly, but rather for a once a year visit or something. I’m sure it will make a wonderful field trip destination for local schools.

Carl Sagan: A Universe Not Made For Us

swood — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:38:16 +0000

There is no better Carl Sagan. Everyone should be given the gift of this amazing monologue. We should all be so gifted with writing of such perfect clarity and eternal relevance.

U.S. Mint has 1 billion dollar coins that nobody wants

swood — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:50:48 +0000

More than 1 billion coins sit in storage

The U.S. Mint claims that the American public is resistant to dollar coins and refuses to use them. While in general I understand that comment, from a practical perspective I’m not resistant at all. I just never get them as change. What am I supposed to do? Go to the bank and buy rolls of dollar coins to “do my part”?

If we got them as change we probably wouldn’t have any problem using them. I do understand, however, that both the customer and the merchant are reluctant to use the coins. The merchant probably thinks that the customer will complain about receiving them, and the customer is worried that the merchant will reject the coin.

The U.S. Mint claims that they have “tried everything”. Not really. How about mailing 3 coins currently in storage to every U.S. citizen? That should get nearly 1 billion of them into circulation quickly!

The Definitive Guide To Website Authentication

swood — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:15:36 +0000

I recently came across this article and I don’t want to forget about it, so I’m sticking it here.

It is a lengthy discussion of the best practices for website authentication. Unfortunately, they do not delve into best practice database schemas, which is what I was originally looking for. But the information is generally excellent otherwise.

The Enemies of Reason

swood — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:30:49 +0000

Part 1 of Richard Dawkins’ wonderful television program:

Sometimes Facebook can be Awesome

swood — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:45:33 +0000

Too bad he got the part wrong about Catholics being cannibals… required to eat the magical flesh and blood of a dead person. It is NOT symbolic at all. See below.

Facebook sometimes rules

Regarding the eating of the flesh and blood…

Transubstantiation is a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines this doctrine in section 1376:

“The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring: ‘Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation.”

In other words, the Roman Catholic Church teaches that once an ordained priest blesses the bread of the Lord’s Supper, it is transformed into the actual flesh of Christ (though it retains the appearance, odor, and taste of bread); and when he blesses the wine, it is transformed into the actual blood of Christ (though it retains the appearance, odor, and taste of wine).

Source: GotQuestions.org

The rest of the referenced article goes on to essentially say, “yeah but it is really symbolic”. This article is a brilliant representation of the whole of religion. A perfect example of the classic “picking and choosing” of specific, contradictory scripture to fit any desired outcome. In this case the desired outcome is to not look like a bunch of loonies for eating magical flesh and blood every week.

If you don’t think picking and choosing of scripture to fit an agenda happens, please witness this extreme example. You will be stunned.