March 8, 20205 yr ^Yeah, pretty weird. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the editors threw that in there since the package was so uproarious to begin with. Kind of like the Easter Bunny cameo in the third minute. The footage of the battling between the police and students is amazingly dramatic. I think it's a lot more than people would tolerate today. The poor guy getting stepped on by the cop...in the midst of all of that wooden bullet crossfire. I mean, this thing was wild. Then at the end they're talking about outfitting everyone with respirators next time so they can tear gas the students. I mean, they're actually planning that!!!
March 11, 20205 yr On 3/8/2020 at 4:55 AM, jmecklenborg said: ^Yeah, pretty weird. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the editors threw that in there since the package was so uproarious to begin with. Kind of like the Easter Bunny cameo in the third minute. The footage of the battling between the police and students is amazingly dramatic. I think it's a lot more than people would tolerate today. The poor guy getting stepped on by the cop...in the midst of all of that wooden bullet crossfire. I mean, this thing was wild. Then at the end they're talking about outfitting everyone with respirators next time so they can tear gas the students. I mean, they're actually planning that!!! the video is funny to see, but really this has been going on at colleges everywhere off and on since at least the 1960s. they used to tear gas up high st at osu on the regular. police come in and crack a few heads at ghetto couch burning at ud, manville madness at bgsu, etc. not to mention much worse at kent state. one of my off-campus housemates was in the guard and we would joke about it. he said if the guard was called he would be sure to look for us to aim at. i think he was only half joking lol.
March 11, 20205 yr ^For the record, I experienced tear gas at OSU, but I myself was not in the house that was tear gassed. I was about 5 houses away but had my breathing seize up nevertheless, unless that's pepper spray. Whatever it was, it was surprisingly severe as someone who wasn't even the target.
March 12, 20205 yr YIKES! the cryptids haunting southern ohio. Meet the Cryptids Haunting Ohio’s Imagination A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State’s beloved—and infamous—legends. BY JESSICA LEIGH HESTER MARCH 11, 2020 ONE EVENING IN AUGUST 2016, Sam Jacobs and his girlfriend were playing Pokemon Go near the inky shore of Lake Isabella, in Loveland, Ohio. The lake is regularly stocked with catfish, bluegill, trout, and perch (to the delight of local fishers). But the couple saw something that struck them as more than a little odd—and it wasn’t a creature roaming their phone screens. “We saw a huge frog near the water,” Jacobs told Cincinnati’s WCPO television station. “Not in the game,” he added. “This was an actual giant frog.” Jacobs paused his play and snapped some grainy photos. They’re tricky to decipher, but appear to show a dark figure standing in the gently rippling water, light bouncing off its enormous, saucer-shaped eyes. Jacobs was convinced he was seeing a frog rearing up on its hind legs. “I realize this sounds crazy,” he told WCPO. “But I swear on my grandmother’s grave this is the truth: The frog stood about four feet tall.” more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ohio-cryptids
March 13, 20205 yr On 3/11/2020 at 2:22 PM, jmecklenborg said: ^For the record, I experienced tear gas at OSU, but I myself was not in the house that was tear gassed. I was about 5 houses away but had my breathing seize up nevertheless, unless that's pepper spray. Whatever it was, it was surprisingly severe as someone who wasn't even the target. Ohio college students riot after classes, housing closed over coronavirus By Yaron Steinbuch March 11, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/03/11/ohio-college-students-riot-after-classes-housing-closed-over-coronavirus/
March 26, 20205 yr Interesting Twitter thread about the origin of the name "Triscuit." (Later confirmed by Nabisco themselves.) Sounds weird, but trust me, it's a quick and interesting read.
March 27, 20205 yr a few space trivia factoids i learned on reddit: -- nov. 2, 2000 was the last day every human being was on earth together. since then someone has been up on the iss. -- the force of gravity at the ISS is actually 90% that of earth. they are in free-fall, nearly identical to what you experience on NASA's "vomit-comit" jet or a roller coaster. -- pluto hasn't even made half an orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1930. -- it's very likely that the first deep space manned mission would be beaten to their destination by later, more advanced and faster missions.
March 27, 20205 yr The last one just blew my mind. I never thought about that. Poor guys/gals on primary mission. Though I would assume their initial findings would help the advancement of the following missions thus making that very scenario possible.
March 28, 20205 yr heres how much billionaires give to charity. hint: it ain’t much by any of them and bezos is the prime scumbag: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/2019/11/25/20981946/charity-billionaire-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-wealth-tax
March 28, 20205 yr this guy does some seriously extreme travel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXulruMI7BHj3kGyosNa0jA
March 29, 20205 yr On Google Maps I just happened to notice these two Kroger stores a 1 mile drive from each other in Columbus and North Arlington. Why would Kroger continue to operate both stores? Does anyone know of any other Kroger stores closer together than this?
March 30, 20205 yr It's not that dissimilar with the Hyde Park Kroger and the one in Oakley Station. Kroger on the right (though technically south since map is weirdly flipped) is for upper-class UA folks, like Hyde Park; the one on the left (or north) is for the typical 20-somethings living off Bethel Road, much like Oakley. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 13, 20205 yr i had the infamous class clown record as a kid, by far his biggest seller, but i had no idea the great comedian george carlin had a toledo referenced album in the 1970s. via wiki -- there seems to be two funny and very 1970s type inspirations for the title: Toledo Window Box is a type of marijuana that Carlin said that a man once offered him - an antithesis to pot names like "Acapulco Gold" and "Colombian Red". This was Carlin's fourth and final gold album. The name Toledo Window Box refers to a report Carlin read stating that the chief of police of Toledo, Ohio had gone to see a viewing of Reefer Madness and a training session by the FBI. Afterwards he made the statement that "You can grow enough marijuana in an average window box to drive the entire population of Toledo stark, raving mad". Carlin then stated that he wanted one of those Toledo Window Boxes.
April 13, 20205 yr Damn I need a haircut and I am really tempted to just take my beard/goatee trimmer and just run it all over my head-so what if it looks like hell..these are extraordinary times and I am sheltering in place anyway. Plus it will grow back out and when I do have to go out maybe it will give some people a laugh, right?
April 14, 20205 yr Once again, COBOL programmers are in demand! Quote Like it or not, COBOL keeps on running My mother-in-law was a COBOL programmer. Twice. She took it up in the 1970s, one of many women who were looking for a career opportunity and went to technical school in order to become a computer professional. (I can’t tell you how many people I’ve run into who had a mother, mother-in-law, or grandmother who was a COBOL programmer.) Then my mother-in-law came back to it in the late ’90s when there was a desperate search for people capable of reprogramming systems to avoid the Y2K bug. [...] Yes, I know it’s horrifying to think that important parts of our economy might be held together with programs that were written 50 or 60 years ago. But at the same time, they still run! Rewriting programs costs money, a lot of it. Many organizations looked at their mainframes and simply never saw the reason to spend a lot of money to replace what works. Decades passed. And here we are.
April 16, 20205 yr Any way to quickly get rid of cloudy vision in one eye? I woke up this am with cloudy blurry vision in my left eye and I need to get out later this am Anybody have any ideas? *nevermind. My eyes and sinuses are completely messed up now. smh. Edited April 16, 20205 yr by Toddguy
April 21, 20205 yr So a lot of area districts had an event where the HS seniors paraded around, not leaving their cars. They lit up their stadiums and encouraged residents to light up their houses and porches. It was typically called "Light Up <townname>. In one of my Maple Heights groups, a school board member said the idea came from the Ohio school boards association. Me being me, I decided that doing this on "4/20" could not possibly be a coincidence. I think we have just seen the greatest "senior prank" in history.
April 21, 20205 yr On 4/13/2020 at 10:36 PM, taestell said: Once again, COBOL programmers are in demand! Twenty-five years ago, I was sent across the country to a job where my only task was to "get rid of that @#$% COBOL system." I can't believe it's still around. The entire new system cost less than the annual maintenance on the previous mainframe. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
April 21, 20205 yr From what I have read, many of these COBOL unemployment systems have been very stable and require little maintenance. They only break down when there's a crazy event like the current situation where 1000x as many people as usual are applying for unemployment at once. So governors and legislatures have never really had the incentive to spend millions of dollars to rebuild the software just to deal with a once-in-a-generation hypothetical situation.
April 21, 20205 yr I was a COBOL programmer many years ago. I must say the COBOL programs were much easier to code and debug than the spaghetti code that is being used with today's web based applications. And you never had to worry about malware on a mainframe. Edited April 21, 20205 yr by skiwest
April 21, 20205 yr 26 minutes ago, skiwest said: I was a COBOL programmer many years ago. I must say the COBOL programs were much easier to code and debug than the spaghetti code that is being used with today's web based applications. And you never had to worry about malware on a mainframe. I can see where you're coming from but web based/api structures are easy to scale up quickly. This whole debacle could have been avoided (or at least remedied quickly). I suspect most the mainframes will be retired for more current db solutions. It's way easier to spin up new server nodes and replicated databases to handle increased web/api traffic. Probably going to be quite lucrative to work in the IT government contract world after all this
April 25, 20205 yr jellys have come back to the venice canals: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/04/22/jellyfish-venice-canal-lockdown-scn-lon-orig-tp.cnn
May 9, 20205 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 21, 20205 yr check out the wave in gangam, seoul — rad! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/05/21/Watch-Digital-art-installation-crashes-giant-wave-over-Seoul/2561590081819/
May 28, 20205 yr I have been doing some research in old newspapers for a personal project of mine, and I found this completely unrelated gem. It's from the August 1, 1897 edition of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
May 30, 20205 yr this man has oldest traceable dna in america. it goes back more than 17k yrs, before the bering strait crossing. its tied to peru and polynesia. https://geneticsdigest.click/optin-388575911588875089994?%3Ftclid=GiDr4BLVkQzmilSeqNMJLhVLpVz-Dk6gmkm-7NX8FKN-aiDXukU&utm_campaign=taboola&utm_content=2896465715&utm_medium=businessinsider&utm_source=4439929&utm_term=782
May 30, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, mrnyc said: this man has oldest traceable dna in america. it goes back more than 17k yrs, before the bering strait crossing. its tied to peru and polynesia. https://geneticsdigest.click/optin-388575911588875089994?%3Ftclid=GiDr4BLVkQzmilSeqNMJLhVLpVz-Dk6gmkm-7NX8FKN-aiDXukU&utm_campaign=taboola&utm_content=2896465715&utm_medium=businessinsider&utm_source=4439929&utm_term=782 Thor H. was right?
May 30, 20205 yr ^ yes for some natives of the americas and it seems the oldest of them: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0722/Scientists-find-genetic-link-between-Native-Americans-and-Pacific-Islanders
June 6, 20205 yr tarantino is of course well in the mix of great artists who steal, but i did not know this scene was one of them. btw its not an exact bible quote, its just a mishmash: sonny chiba in chiba the bodyguard: The path of the righteous man and defender is beset on all sides by the iniquity of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the father of lost children. And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious anger, who poison and destroy my brothers; and they shall know that I am Chiba the Bodyguard when I shall lay my vengeance upon them! [Ezekial 25:17] jules in pulp fiction: Jules: You read the Bible, Brett? Brett: Yes. Jules: Well, there's this passage I got memorized, sorta fits the occasion. "Ezekiel 25:17". "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of cherish and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness for he is truly his keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." [Jules and Vincent shoot and kill Brett] also, if you are stuck inside coronavoiding, you can watch chiba the bodyguard on daily motion. streetfighter is another fantastic sonny chiba movie to look for.
June 11, 20205 yr I just needed somewhere to share my favorite city permit that I found today. Attached was an image file titled "Macs Fence" of the plan showing a very poorly cropped google maps satellite photo with lines drawn in what looks like ms paint to show where the fence would go.
June 16, 20204 yr A technology that played an important role in the internet of the 2000s is finally being retired: Quote As previously announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”). We made this announcement in collaboration with several of our technology partners — including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla — which issued complementary announcements with more technical detail on what the Flash Player EOL will mean for developers, enterprises, and consumers using their specific OS environments or browsers. […] Adobe will be removing Flash Player download pages from its site and Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date.
June 19, 20204 yr Thankfully a certain ridiculous thread was just locked-hopefully permanently...a very nasty unOhioan and unAmerican thread IMO. Juneteenth today-a good day to reflect on race relations in the US for white people and to reflect on the need for change and how white privilege and systemic racism work in America. Edited June 19, 20204 yr by Toddguy
June 23, 20204 yr yikes! the ground moving during a 7.4 earthquake in oaxaca: https://9gag.com/gag/aLwjWX6 more — buildings swaying in mex df: https://9gag.com/gag/a2WoOpD Edited June 24, 20204 yr by mrnyc
July 7, 20204 yr Words rarely fail me, but it happens sometimes:https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/06/upward-thrusting-buildings-ejaculating-cities-sexist-leslie-kern-phallic-feminist-city-toxic-masculinity?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0h3_ZWKP0S6_eWT54UCOeZRuYLuKD7fAjNwHauUCBqWEMnvmSavzAsR24
July 9, 20204 yr this is very interesting, singapore is going to try generating shadow power: SINGAPORE – Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows, with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanized cities power themselves. The shadow-effect energy generator (SEG) being developed by the National University of Singapore has the potential to harness power like solar cells, but without needing open spaces with uninterrupted light. To work effectively, the SEG requires both light and dark and, like solar panels, relies on light to shine on silicon to energize electrons. However, using panels that feature a thin layer of either gold, silver, platinum or tungsten, the difference in light intensity drives electrons from lit areas towards the shade, creating electricity in the shaded areas. more: https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/singapore-scientists-seek-power-from-darkness-through-shadow-energy/
July 10, 20204 yr New York taught me honesty and how to kill cockroaches, but now that I have massive debt it's time to move to the Hudson Valley and get another useless degree.
July 10, 20204 yr ^I'm surprised that Burning Man hasn't co-opted and modified KC & the Sunshine Band's Boogie Man.
July 11, 20204 yr ny taught me moxie and how to ignore piss smell, but now that i have gotten sick of ramen its time to move to a convent in france and get swole. i dont even know what get swole means, but sounds like it should be put into play here.
July 13, 20204 yr On 7/11/2020 at 11:14 AM, mrnyc said: i dont even know what get swole means Swole is fleek brah! It's carefully curated for peak influencer exposure.
July 13, 20204 yr 3 minutes ago, originaljbw said: Swole is fleek brah! It's carefully curated for peak influencer exposure. haha, it think it's a meathead term. Because yours veins swell after a heavy lifting workout?
July 15, 20204 yr On 7/9/2020 at 8:35 AM, jmecklenborg said: ^Wow, what a Twitter hero. He cares. He cares a lot. That's the riff used for Dirty Jobs , how did I not recognize that until just now? Edited July 15, 20204 yr by OldBearcat Formerly "Mr Sparkle"
July 15, 20204 yr btw pedo maxwell's mystery husband is pretty clearly that tech bro fella she was hiding with in massachusetts: https://nypost.com/2020/07/15/is-this-ghislaine-maxwells-mystery-husband/
July 17, 20204 yr ‘the 15min city’ via paris is the new urban goal: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/the-15-minute-city-can-new-york-be-more-like-paris.html
August 6, 20204 yr This is...ridiculous. I just found this in a rubbermaid bin in my basement. I blocked out the street address because identity theft is a thing. I was "discovered" by this creeper while working at a video store. I did not respond.
August 7, 20204 yr good grief his name is sid badger, how perfect is that, and his three hollywod examples are or were junkies. pretty funny.
August 14, 20204 yr a reminder not to park in front of fire hydrants -- via the bronx last night lol!
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