OT: Bullshitting at the Barbershop

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Apparently none of those questioning this have read REAMDE

I did a google search, sounds like a interesting read...

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I did a google search, sounds like a interesting read...

I enjoyed it.

Long though.

 

[puckhead]

stealth snowmobile???

paint it white and give it an electric engine

wheres my $620K?

Why aren't they just riding polar bears?

 

[forty_three]

I did a google search, sounds like a interesting read...

I have read Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. I loved both of them, but I really need to be able to focus on his stuff. I usually have trouble with people trying to write really geeky concepts that they don't have a complete grasp of. I don't have that problem with him.

Being a crypto geek, I learned just as much from Cryptonomicon as I have in any class.

Why aren't they just riding polar bears?

 

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I don't know what's worse, the fact that Quebec is moving forward with this motion or the number of comments that agree with Quebec's position:

Quebec looks to ban public employees from wearing Muslim headwear in the workplace

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I have read Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. I loved both of them, but I really need to be able to focus on his stuff. I usually have trouble with people trying to write really geeky concepts that they don't have a complete grasp of. I don't have that problem with him.

Being a crypto geek, I learned just as much from Cryptonomicon as I have in any class.

I've read all of his stuff and I've always gotten the impression that he either really gets it or he's excellent at research.

REAMDE is a bit lighter than some of his others, IMO. Still very long, but the material isn't as dense.

Also, if you liked Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, I very highly recommend The Diamond Age. It's set in a similar cyberpunk universe as Snow Crash but, IMO at least, is a much more complete novel.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I don't know what's worse, the fact that Quebec is moving forward with this motion or the number of comments that agree with Quebec's position:

Quebec looks to ban public employees from wearing Muslim headwear in the workplace

Not sure if it was updated since you posted the link dash (because it shows a different headline now when you click on it), but it does say in the article that it would apply to Sikhs and Jews also. Focusing on Muslim headgear is going to get them the most hits right now, but if they're targeting the law equally to all religions, that's a much different story.

/Not saying I agree, just saying there's a difference.

 

[forty_three]

I've read all of his stuff and I've always gotten the impression that he either really gets it or he's excellent at research.

REAMDE is a bit lighter than some of his others, IMO. Still very long, but the material isn't as dense.

Also, if you liked Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, I very highly recommend The Diamond Age. It's set in a similar cyberpunk universe as Snow Crash but, IMO at least, is a much more complete novel.

I barely have time to read magazine articles, but I do have all his other stuff on my next to read list.

How can you NOT love a guy who names his main character "Hiro Protagonist"?

 

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What in the hell is a cronut burger? Click the link below (if you dare)

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines

 

[puckhead]

biggest opium bust in Canadian history
go on.... guess the jail sentence



Chilliwack opium growers will serve _____________

 

[Eddie_Shack]

biggest opium bust in Canadian history
go on.... guess the jail sentence



Chilliwack opium growers will serve _____________

I know nothing about the Canadian judicial system, but I'm guessing they are lenient on drugs. Seven years?

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I was close...

 

[dash]

Huge hissing cat roaming Detroit streets has neighbors scared

 

[mattola]

Huge hissing cat roaming Detroit streets has neighbors scared

thats a big pussy

 

[dash]

thats a big pussy

I think the Tigers should bring that cat on board as a new mascot.

 

[dash]

thats a big pussy

What does it say?"
"Pussy."
"That's not fair. They had swords."

 

[jstewismybastardson]

thats a dead pussy

Big cat roaming Detroit streets shot dead, thrown in garbage, group says | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

 

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Big cat roaming Detroit streets shot dead, thrown in garbage, group says | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Well, I feel bad for the cat, but at least the good citizens of Detroit can feel safe again roaming the streets...

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Well, I feel bad for the cat, but at least the good citizens of Detroit can feel safe again roaming the streets...

They need a rock that prevents tigers apparently.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

New Jersey rejects 'ATHEIST' vanity plate for being offensive - Autoblog

Now personally, I wouldn't have banned the license plate with the word "ATHEIST", however they are probably just trying to get ahead of the game and not have first responders show up when this guy inevitably rubs people the wrong way and gets his ass kicked. In your face atheists are just as bad as over the top religious zealots.