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  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    Ryadic wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Go through everyone's shit and make them strip down fully naked and do full cavity search.

    Now that's what I'm talking about. :winky:

    Thinking of how awesome that job would be?

    Yeah... me too.

    We feds now bitch!

  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Transportation Security Administration officials said passengers aboard U.S. Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., on Saturday night reported that two men, described as Middle Eastern, were acting strangely and talking loudly to each other in a foreign language.

    A nearby passenger also observed one of men watching what appeared to be footage of a suicide bombing, but was actually a scene from the 2007 movie "The Kingdom." The man also got up from his seat while the seat belt warning sign was still lit, FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_re_us/us_phoenix_airport_detainment;_ylt=AiZe8Ho_rthSS3Gu1lS5gFCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTQxZW5vZGRpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjI4L3VzX3Bob2VuaXhfYWlycG9ydF9kZXRhaW5tZW50BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3RzYTJwYXNzZW5nZQ--

    Really, people?

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    What's interesting is that El Al doesn't bother with half the stuff the US seems to insist on.

    They just have armed marshals aboard all flights and banned hand luggage.

    EDIT: My God. Two people from another country, speaking a different language? On a plane? Never have I heard something so obviously suspicious.

  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    What's interesting is that El Al doesn't bother with half the stuff the US seems to insist on.

    They just have armed marshals aboard all flights and banned hand luggage.

    EDIT: My God. Two people from another country, speaking a different language? On a plane? Never have I heard something so obviously suspicious.

    There was also a thing last night(?) where they reported a suspicious man - a nigerian who was on the airplane toilet for too long.

  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    What, really, can they possibly add regarding airplane screenings?

    Now there's xrays, shoe xrays, bombsniffers, metal detectors going over your whole body, dogs. Even that new fancy see through clothes thing. I'm not opposed to more checks, but what can they possibly add?

    Let's just take this to its logical conclusion.

    Sedate passengers. Stack them in coffins.

    You'll save plenty of money! No more seats taking space, no in-flight food or entertainment to worry about...

    Frankly, if I could be put in hibernation for long-haul flights I think it'd be an improvement. Of course it would go swimmingly till inevitably someone would get raped.

    Dis' wrote: »
    Cancer is when cells stop letting the body mooch off their hard work - clearly a community of like-minded cells should isolate themselves and do the best job each can do, even if the rest of the body collapses!
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    I'm pretty sure I couldn't fly right now. If they asked me to put my laptop away and sit there with my hands clearly visible, I'd probably start cursing them out and to stop treating me like a 1st grader.

    Oh who am I kidding, I'd listen to them and comply because I'm a sheeple.

  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    Just wait till some terrorist actually figures out that every lithium ion battery is a bomb. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

    Dis' wrote: »
    Cancer is when cells stop letting the body mooch off their hard work - clearly a community of like-minded cells should isolate themselves and do the best job each can do, even if the rest of the body collapses!
  • evilbobevilbob Registered User regular
    gambling is easy

    $166.20 up for the night

    that's including money spent on drinks

    wtf

    evilbob wrote: »
    How pretty am I?
    Geth roll 1d10
    Geth wrote: »
    /me rolls 1d10 -> 10 (sum:10)
  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B is correct I believe. A isn't incorrect (I don't think), but the wording sounds a bit off. Safer to use B.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    evilbob wrote: »
    gambling is easy

    $166.20 up for the night

    that's including money spent on drinks

    wtf

    I can't wait till the post about how you need money or they're going to take your thumbs.

    Dis' wrote: »
    Cancer is when cells stop letting the body mooch off their hard work - clearly a community of like-minded cells should isolate themselves and do the best job each can do, even if the rest of the body collapses!
  • evilbobevilbob Registered User regular
    evilbob wrote: »
    gambling is easy

    $166.20 up for the night

    that's including money spent on drinks

    wtf

    my awesome wagering ability shall not be left at the bottom of a page.

    evilbob wrote: »
    How pretty am I?
    Geth roll 1d10
    Geth wrote: »
    /me rolls 1d10 -> 10 (sum:10)
  • evilbobevilbob Registered User regular
    evilbob wrote: »
    gambling is easy

    $166.20 up for the night

    that's including money spent on drinks

    wtf

    I can't wait till the post about how you need money or they're going to take your thumbs.

    I never gamble more than I can afford to lose. :smug:

    evilbob wrote: »
    How pretty am I?
    Geth roll 1d10
    Geth wrote: »
    /me rolls 1d10 -> 10 (sum:10)
  • BobCescaBobCesca Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B) is correct.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    so, i had this wacky idea of programming up some cheap, $1 iphone games

    turns out, however, that the iphone SDK only runs on mac computers

    this should not have surprised me, i guess, but i'm still disappointed

    oh well

  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp! I can show you how to be a real man!Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Pony wrote: »
    so, i had this wacky idea of programming up some cheap, $1 iphone games

    turns out, however, that the iphone SDK only runs on mac computers

    this should not have surprised me, i guess, but i'm still disappointed

    oh well

    That's a shame. I would totally have played "Pony's Paragraph Breaker."

  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    The problem with me trying to write things in English is that I know of no rules, it either feels right or wrong. A) felt kind of wrong in this case. Thanks!

    Any pointers to why A) is incorrect?

  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    so, i had this wacky idea of programming up some cheap, $1 iphone games

    turns out, however, that the iphone SDK only runs on mac computers

    this should not have surprised me, i guess, but i'm still disappointed

    oh well

    That's a shame. I would totally have played "Pony's Paragraph Breaker."

    "Anime Club Punch"

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    Hearts of Iron III is on sale, on steam. I feel like I should get it, but simultaneously like I shouldn't.

    I really like the idea of the game, but I was totally unable to play the second game. I remember trying to invade Panama after 50 years of preparation and then completely dying.

  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Totally insane and feasible and awesome idea.

    The question is whether renting or buying a used car would be preferable.

  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User
    Ryadic wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B is correct I believe. A isn't incorrect (I don't think), but the wording sounds a bit off. Safer to use B.

    B is correct, although technically A can be correct to depending on context. For instance:

    "What has then been the primary cause for the decline in population is now caused by a new virus."

    While B is used as :

    "What, then, has been the primary cause for the death of this patient?"

  • BobCescaBobCesca Registered User regular
    WMain00 wrote: »
    Ryadic wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B is correct I believe. A isn't incorrect (I don't think), but the wording sounds a bit off. Safer to use B.

    B is correct, although technically A can be correct to depending on context. For instance:

    "What has then been the primary cause for the decline in population is now caused by a new virus."

    While B is used as :

    "What, then, has been the primary cause for the death of this patient?"

    Darling, I love you, but your first sentence makes no sense. Sorry.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Totally insane and feasible and awesome idea.

    The question is whether renting or buying a used car would be preferable.

    I kind of thought about that, but if it was only for a couple of weeks the rental cost would only be about £4-500 for something big enough to be comfortable for motorway driving, plus I wouldn't have to try and buy a car in an unfamiliar city, and I'd have someone to call in the event of breakdown.

  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Insane. It's going to be expensive and... LONG. Two day trip, at least. Maybe longer depending on how far south in Florida to begin and how far north in Maine you're going. Why would you want to do this?

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  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User
    BobCesca wrote: »
    WMain00 wrote: »
    Ryadic wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B is correct I believe. A isn't incorrect (I don't think), but the wording sounds a bit off. Safer to use B.

    B is correct, although technically A can be correct to depending on context. For instance:

    "What has then been the primary cause for the decline in population is now caused by a new virus."

    While B is used as :

    "What, then, has been the primary cause for the death of this patient?"

    Darling, I love you, but your first sentence makes no sense. Sorry.


    Hehe :D

    In which case go for B! :P

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Ryadic wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Insane. It's going to be expensive and... LONG. Two day trip, at least. Maybe longer depending on how far south in Florida to begin and how far north in Maine you're going. Why would you want to do this?

    I was thinking over the course of a couple of weeks, stopping in interesting places. "Doing America" the way that American tourists "do Europe".

  • radroadkillradroadkill MDRegistered User regular
    Ryadic wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Insane. It's going to be expensive and... LONG. Two day trip, at least. Maybe longer depending on how far south in Florida to begin and how far north in Maine you're going. Why would you want to do this?

    Why not? It'll be expensive, but there's worse things to do.

    There's some cool places to explore on the east coast.

    Also, there are shitty ones.

    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Like some sort of raptor or the Great panda, Rad cannot properly initiate egg preparation if she senses a disturbance within her environment.
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Plus, a direct route from Miami to Bangor is 1707 miles according to google maps. Even if you double that to account for meandering, it's an easily feasible amount of driving to fit into two weeks without ending up doing nothing but driving.

  • ThomamelasThomamelas Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Expensive but doable. I-95 runs all the way along the coast. Depending on how you want to drive it, you can do it in two or three days. If you wanted to stop along the way, you'd be able to access all of the major coastal cities along the way.

    There's no living with a killing. There's no goin' back from one. Right or wrong, it's a brand... a brand sticks. There's no goin' back. Now you run on home to your mother and tell her... tell her everything's alright. And there aren't any more guns in the valley.
  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    WMain00 wrote: »
    Ryadic wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Also I wish to know which of these phrases would be considered more correct:

    A) What has then been the primary cause...

    B) What, then, has been the primary cause...

    A feels very incorrect to me for some reason.

    HALP!

    B is correct I believe. A isn't incorrect (I don't think), but the wording sounds a bit off. Safer to use B.

    B is correct, although technically A can be correct to depending on context. For instance:

    "What has then been the primary cause for the decline in population is now caused by a new virus."

    While B is used as :

    "What, then, has been the primary cause for the death of this patient?"

    I see, the sentence is very much like the example for B you used here. It's for a medical paper that someone else is translating and I'm supposed to help out a bit. I can't remember the phrase perfectly, but we were having a disagreement on the wording for this and very similar phrases last night.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    How much would a person expect to pay for a night in a crappy roadside hotel?

  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    Ryadic wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    So, wild notion: Fly to florida, rent a car, drive up the east coast of the US, return car in maine, and fly home.

    Feasible/Stupid/Insane?

    Insane. It's going to be expensive and... LONG. Two day trip, at least. Maybe longer depending on how far south in Florida to begin and how far north in Maine you're going. Why would you want to do this?

    I was thinking over the course of a couple of weeks, stopping in interesting places. "Doing America" the way that American tourists "do Europe".

    Oh... well then why the east coast? I would find going across the whole US to be more interesting. Start in Florida go up north a bit, then head west to Cali. I would recommend stop in St. Louis to see the Arch and Las Vegas, cause it's definitely an awesome city. Going up the east coast like that, the only thing I can think of is to stop in DC and Boston. Other than that, not sure where else you'd want to stop.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    How much would a person expect to pay for a night in a crappy roadside hotel?

    $50? Depends on how crappy/how much you enjoy getting shot.

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    How much would a person expect to pay for a night in a crappy roadside hotel?

    Depends on where and the season. It's been a while but somewhere in the range of $50 to $100 a night.

    There's no living with a killing. There's no goin' back from one. Right or wrong, it's a brand... a brand sticks. There's no goin' back. Now you run on home to your mother and tell her... tell her everything's alright. And there aren't any more guns in the valley.
  • HonkHonk Registered User regular
    There's some great scenery on the east coast though. But that's true for most of your cursed landmass.

  • TaranisTaranis Must be the feeling, it brings to you That makes you do what you doRegistered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    How much would a person expect to pay for a night in a crappy roadside hotel?

    You can easily find hotels for 40 dollars a night.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    DC and Boston are the only major cities on the east coast

    the only ones

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  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    DC and Boston are the only major cities on the east coast

    the only ones

    Oops, forgot New York. I'm sure a tourist would love to stop there. I don't know why I forgot that.

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  • radroadkillradroadkill MDRegistered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    How much would a person expect to pay for a night in a crappy roadside hotel?

    $50? Depends on how crappy/how much you enjoy getting shot.

    Also depends on how close to a city you are- and what city. The further out, the cheaper, generally. Things tend to be cheaper in the South (excluding Southern Florida). $50 is a good estimate but, like Syphon said, it also depends on how crappy.

    I'd say $50-$100 just depending on all factors.

    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Like some sort of raptor or the Great panda, Rad cannot properly initiate egg preparation if she senses a disturbance within her environment.
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