Fashion Board - Muse to the Fucktards

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Does anyone actually "do" or pay for TimesSelect is it even worth it? Do you feel it has value and is the format similar to WSJ on line?

My father pays for it. I think it's worth it, since I pay nothing for it and he e-mails the op-eds to me.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
My father pays for it. I think it's worth it, since I pay nothing for it and he e-mails the op-eds to me.

If you "share" an account, then it def. is worth it.

For the NYers: Does anyone have a link to the suicide jumper @ Fordham last night? I would like to verify why my train was 45 minutes delayed. Cannot find it anywhere. Is the story bs?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Have you had good luck with one of these? My last was a Sony, and it was fine, but I was never a huge fan.

Like I said, I don't think they make mine anymore, even though it's only like 2 years old.* But I like it a lot and it has a chargeable battery in the camera that, once fully charged, lasts forever and doesn't take long to recharge.

The only issue I have with it is that the viewing screen is too small and dark. Otherwise, it's great and it has video (length of video, as well as the number of photos, of course, depends on size of memory card you buy).

I'm sure the newer cybershots are just as good, if not much better. In fact, it looks like they fixed the screen size issue.

http://www.photographyblog.com/revie...uct=1159&cat=3

TM

*Found it. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...LD:en%26sa%3DN

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Accusations hurled at hot dog contest
By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com


NEW YORK -- On Thursday, competitive eating made a lot of progress in proving that it is indeed a sport. Like the NFL, NHL and NBA, it apparently needs instant replay.


Takeru Kobayashi, center, won the title with 50½ hot dogs, while Eric Booker, right, finished second with 26.
Japanese professional speed-eater Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi destroyed the competition for the second consecutive year at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July international hot dog eating contest, scarfing down 50½ hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.

These are last year's results. He ate 53 1/2 hot dogs this year and the second place finisher, a newcomer, ate 50.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I am not sure of the accuracy of this software because apparently I look like (in order) Sophia Loren, Missy Elliot, Natalie Imbruglia, Carrie Fisher (apparently from her Star Wars days) and Christina Ricci (apparently from her Wednesday Addams days), Calista Flockhart, and Fay Wray.

I tried it with a second photo and now it tells me I look like Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Lucy Liu (?) and Jude Law. Hmm. So this software appears to be a crock of shit time-waster.

1st photo:
Arnold Palmer
Brad Pitt
Joshua Jackson
Sam Cooke
Bob Beamon
Juan Pablo Montoya
Halle Berry
Martin Sheen
Gloria Gaynor
Roger Federer

2nd photo:
Tiger Woods
Dudley Moore
Bam Margera
Alexander Popov
Alizee
Howard Dean
Yuen Biao
Ibrahim Tatlises
Sam Cooke
Shiri Appleby

It looks like it isolates individual features and matches them instead of trying to find the best match of all features. They seem to concentrate most on the type of smile you have in whatever photo you submit.

TM

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
1st photo:
Arnold Palmer
Brad Pitt
Joshua Jackson
Sam Cooke
Bob Beamon
Juan Pablo Montoya
Halle Berry
Martin Sheen
Gloria Gaynor
Roger Federer

2nd photo:
Tiger Woods
Dudley Moore
Bam Margera
Alexander Popov
Alizee
Howard Dean
Yuen Biao
Ibrahim Tatlises
Sam Cooke
Shiri Appleby

It looks like it isolates individual features and matches them instead of trying to find the best match of all features. They seem to concentrate most on the type of smile you have in whatever photo you submit.

TM

Where did you fall on the Swarthiness Index? This seems to have you somewhere between Sam Cooke and Howard Dean.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ironweed
... it becomes tempting to take some half-assed idea or catchphrase and try to stretch it out beyond its limits, like a Saturday Night Live skit that runs seven minutes too long....

If it's seven minutes long, then by definition, it's too long.

Note to GWNC: Happily, the Trader Joes by my house has uncovered a large shipment of commas from Sierra Leone and I was able to acquire literally hundreds at pennies on the dollar. Sure, they're "blood commas," but good breeding and professional pride require that good grammar take precedence over exploitation of warring native factions.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ironweed
Too late. You are a confirmed racist fuck.

I think under either definition he is a confirmed racist fuck.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ironweed
Where did you fall on the Swarthiness Index? This seems to have you somewhere between Sam Cooke and Howard Dean.

It's all about level of smile (or lack thereof). Third photo:

50 Cent
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Enrique Eglesias
Michael Jordan
Nicholas Cage
Magic Johnson
Jim Morrison
Wu Yi

But, it seems to me that sometimes it is accurate, since most people tell me I'm a mix between Brad Pitt, Michael Jordan and Halle Berry.

TM

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by taxwonk
If it's seven minutes long, then by definition, it's too long.

Note to GWNC: Happily, the Trader Joes by my house has uncovered a large shipment of commas from Sierra Leone and I was able to acquire literally hundreds at pennies on the dollar. Sure, they're "blood commas," but good breeding and professional pride require that good grammar take precedence over exploitation of warring native factions.

I'm sorry, that violates firm policy. Please see ____ regarding such conflict as it involves rough goods from Sierra Leone and possibly Mynamar.

I have a recurring silly fluffy daliance of a fantasy of unionizing legal workers. That would be interesting....no?

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I think you are protesting a bit much. You kind of like their hairstyles, huh?

Yuk it up while you can. I could put on eyeliner, lip gloss and tie my greasy hair up in little pink bows, but none of that would change the fact that Str8 has picked France to win and thereby sealed your fate.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I have a recurring silly fluffy daliance of a fantasy of unionizing legal workers. That would be interesting....no?

I have little idea what you mean by "silly fluffy daliance of a fantasy." That aside, the county attorneys and public defenders in Minnesota are unionized.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I bought my mother-in-law a Kodak Easyshare for Christmas and I wish I had gotten one for myself, it's that good. For $200 you'd get excellent picture quality, ease of use, and video in a camera you could fit in your pocket, plus the dock is very convenient. It wouldn't break your heart to drop it and replace it at Costco.

If you wanted to spend a bit more for a camera with which you would be more careful (tsk tsk), you could get a small Panasonic Lumix. My brother and I each have one of the larger ones and they're outstanding; I understand the compact one is just as good.

Oh, oh, oh -- neither one has annoying "shutter" lag, like I have experienced with Canons and Nikons.

Another good reason to love the Lumix is that they have a shutter mechanism designed in conjunction with Leica and optics that are built by Zeiss.

Nikon is a wonderful brand, and for a digital or film SLR, there's no other brand I'd even consider, but at the low end Nikon has a real problem with shutter lag that I found made my Nikon digital point and shoot virtually worthless for much other than taking pictures of outdoor statues and sculpture.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I have little idea what you mean by "silly fluffy daliance of a fantasy." That aside, the county attorneys and public defenders in Minnesota are unionized.

Sorry that was garbled. That is nice that y'all are unionized. I kind of meant BIGLAW staff unionization.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Sorry that was garbled. That is nice that y'all are unionized. I kind of meant BIGLAW staff unionization.

I am neither a county attorney nor a public defender. Maybe.