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religions are society's coping mechanisms for the harsh reality that sometimes life sucks. They provide half-baked stories that are supposed to comfort you when life kicks you in the pants for no apparent reason.

people who shake the ice in their glass at flight attendants to ask for another drink

dru that photo merely depicts a poorly aimed #2 and unfortunately an old lady was in the way of the ordinance. the walker, however, is rather inexplicable.

I thought the Dan - thread was dead. Apparently not.

it is the fat melting off your body from the atkins diet

they are only secure as the person who uses them, but perhaps the most secure available today is BSD. It has traditionally been used as a server platform, but it is currently the subsystem for Mac OS X client software. It is quite secure, though any applications (such as apache webserver, ftp, nfs, etc, need to be set up intelligently if they are to be used). Obviously, Windows is a very nice target for hackers since it is so commonplace. As new systems become more popular, they too will be targeted, but Windows has been particularly bad. Any system where your web browser or email client can be used as a portal to execute other applications on your hard drive is pretty poor in my opinion. And it has happened repeatedly.

Microsoft should put that money towards writing decent software that doesn't turn your PC into a total menace on the internet. The virus makers are lame but I blame Microsoft for crap technology on this one. Sorry to those folks who work in Redmond on this board (perhaps there are many) but come on.

well it seems like many of the little nerdy things new climbers get riled up about (knot strengths and whatnot) have all been hashed out already on this site, so the spray stuff becomes a little less useful I guess. As for being worried about not being accepted...well I'd have to call someone fairly spineless who is concerned about that on an anonymous (if so desired) internet chat site. But I agree with the club-like nature of the earlier days on this board. Scotty't did remind me a bit of Anthony Michael Hall in the Breakfast Club back in the day hahaha

Link about the MyDoom/Novarg virus

You (and millions of other windows users) are a victim of the MyDoom worm which is pretty much taking over the internet these days. I wouldn't want to be the SCO webmaster the next few days.

The dude mentions he was inducted into Mensa? I bet they rejected him cause they knew he would be a self-important jackass.

diamox milkshake and advil quarter pounder with cheese atkins approved

yeah my coworkers didn't appreciate the thumping bass line. I didn't know squid could move that way, esp to strip off tuxedos w/o hands...quite challenging.

bam! and who said spray was dead

dear me.

dru's amputated giant squid lover. it beckons with that "come hither" glint in its eye and beckoning tentacle, seeming to say, "yes, pour some sugar on me"

I think he's mad because his Def Leppard Hysteria tape is wearing out

sphinx was a straight-up idiot. hahaha

I didn't mind trask. he seems like a nice guy in reality. Pointless offensiveness is pretty boring but he was entertaining at times. You can ignore users too.

This is the post of the day. I post here a hell of a lot but I still can't believe how worked up people get over this stuff.

a lawson bolt-up, perhaps pitch 3-4 wimr

SAR!

hahah I know a friend was pinned down at I. saddle all weekend. couldn't leave the tent for fear of being blown off the mountain.

This is the third person I have come across who has said they are getting flooded with new viruses. Must be a new bug out there.

should have caught the Frontline expose on the beef industry. dear me. I became a vegetarian shortly after a few parasitology courses, but that show should turn you into a veggie within about 5 minutes.