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Twitter gets a karma bot! Ladies and gentlemen, meet plusplusbot! For those of you thinking, “Jeez, what the hell is Derek on about this time,” read on:
Did someone go out of their way to help you? Is a web site being particularly slow and flaky? Make your feelings known with plusplusbot. You can ++ (pronounced “plusplus”) or — (”minusminus”) anything. Think brownie points (but archived forever).
Why plusplus and minusminus?
An Explanation: Programming: The Increment Operator.
Geek zone ahead:
If foo has the value 4, then the expression foo++ has the value 4, but it changes the value of foo to 5.
The decrement “–” operator does the opposite. Are we all clear on that?
Plusplusbot++ A mighty swell bot.
Dear, Bossy Homemaker
There used to be a time when we assisted you around the house, but those days are gone. Why? Permit us to demonstrate: Doing the Dishes.
- US [Doing Dishes]: This is a man’s world…..This is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.
- YOU: You are doing it wrong! Don’t use that towel use this one!
- US: Sorry. *Last time we try to help out.*
Or: Cooking.
- US [Cooking Something Yummy and Messy]: Hang the DJx3. Hang the DJx3. Hang the DJ. Hang the DJ.
- YOU: You are doing it wrong! Don’t use that pan! Use this one. Oh, and turn the heat down. You forgot to add…..
- US [Thinking To Self]: Last time we do this.
- YOU: Move!
- US: Sure.
So, angry mothers/stay-at-home moms/homemakers, or whatever you are calling yourselves these days, that’s why you end up doing everything.
Clinton Defends Marriage: Defense of Marriage Act.
- First, it allows each state (or similar political division in the United States) to deny any marriage-like relationship between persons of the same sex which has been recognized in another state.
- Second, it explicitly recognizes for purposes of federal law that marriage is “a legal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife” and by stating that spouse “refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”
The full text. Oh, the history of civil marriage in the U.S. is also a good read.
Latest Cast of One.
The theme for this episode was initially on katakana. How it went from marriage to Japanese katakana is beyond me. The katakana cast is still in the works.
Technorati Tags: marriage, relationships
There Can be Only One.
Before the start of the 1994 season, Senna said, “It’s going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I’ll risk saying that we’ll be lucky if something really serious doesn’t happen.” Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960–May 1, 1994):
On the second lap after the restart, Senna’s car left the track in Tamburello and struck an unprotected concrete wall. Telemetry shows he left the track at 193 mph and managed to slow the car to 135 mph in less than two seconds but it was not enough.
All that was left.
Imola: Tamburello
The run-off areas at the track were worrying, a fact highlighted in 1987 with Nelson Piquet having a huge accident at Tamburello Corner when he suffered a high-speed tire failure. In 1989 Gerhard Berger had a similar accident but his ended with the Ferrari in flames. He was plucked from the wreck by alert fire fighters and suffered only light injuries.
Imola’s luck ran out in 1994 when Grand Prix racing endured a nightmare weekend with the death of Roland Ratzenberger at Villeneuve Corner in qualifying and, on race day, the accident which claimed the life of the great Ayrton Senna. It was the end for Tamburello Corner.
Technorati Tags: F1
Amagasaki Rail Crash:
So, there was a major accident earlier this year:
The Rapid Service bound for Doshisha-mae (a seven-car commuter train) came off the tracks on the JR-West Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, near Osaka, just before Amagasaki Station, and the front two carriages rammed into an apartment building. The first carriage slid into the first floor parking garage and as a result took days to remove.
Apartment building?
Japanese building codes currently do not regulate the distance between train lines and residential buildings due to high confidence in the engineering of the rail system. Railway lines often pass within several metres of apartment buildings in metropolitan areas.
Staying Safe on Public Transportation:
How does one stay safe or minimize getting all jacked up? It seems the solution is to ensure you are holding on to one of the straps or poles when standing. This keeps your from flying head first.
Good bye, Blosxom. Hello, WordPress and ecto.
Yes, I know some posts are missing. No, I will not be jumping through all the hoops necessary to recover the rest. Why? Because….because… Hey, look, pictures!
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