.....and good riddance. Who ever used the sheeptossing feature, anyway? What a joke.

Take me back to the good old IRC days please. It's been a while since I smacked someone around with a large trout.

It means the GP is a self-proclaimed expert at cracking Yo Mama jokes.

The Lord's book has foretold just this event, promised to occur just as Jesus Christ our savior returns to reign on earth as King of kings.

Or, the way I prefer to think about it: "Last call for fornicating and altar boy fondling! The party ends in five minutes. So satisfy your sinful urges one last time, and start moving towards the door. Oh yeah, and don't forget to step into the confessional on your way out."

Why is parent modded down? Should be +1 Appreciated.

Someone with points to spare, please lend this guy a hand.

Missing option: Women I've dated

I don't know what I'll do if I ever get a second server.

Then start one.

I have it on good authority that these mindless jerks will be the first ones up against the wall when the Revolution comes.

There's a good play-by-play report of a hobbyist's adventures in mineral oil cooling here. The first page is just an introduction, but contains links to all the juicy bits on successive pages.

Sorry, no goatse.

You're obviously consulting the wrong media.

Some suggestions:
* BBC
* Russia Today
* Bloomberg
* The Guardian
* The Wall Street Journal / The Financial Times
* Al Jazeera (hit and miss - great coverage of Egypt/Libya/Bahrain, terrible coverage of Japan)
* Der Spiegel

Note: True financial publications like Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal (e.g., NOT CNBC) tend to get their facts straight because their readership is much more demanding. Financial publications aren't perfect (The Financial Times' coverage of Russia has historically been pathetic), but they're a hell of a lot better than what passes for news in the US. I'm American and I don't even watch mainstream US news or read mainstream newspapers anymore - the signal to noise is just dismal.

Dunno about Pamela Anderson, but there's clearly a market for President Barack Obama.

Seems like a mutually beneficial relationship to me.

To draw a parallel with another resilient industry, who's actually using whom? Is the sex-obsessed client exploiting the vulnerable, defenseless prostitute? Or is it really the prostitute who's exploiting the client?

Either way, it's a comfy scenario for the military-industrial pimp.

This is neither about putting the cat back into the bag nor about preventing future leaks. This is about responding by doing something , regardless of whether or not that something that must be done is justified, legal, pragmatic, ethical, or effective.

Reacting has become the solitary goal of politicians...to take some kind of action when their constituents feel threatened, regardless of whether that action is appropriate, or if there even exists any action whatsoever is appropriate.

Cases in point:
The TSA
The War on Terrorism
Warrantless Wiretapping
The War on Drugs
MADD
Felony Time for Personal Drug Use
Religion
The Pledge of Allegiance
The Witchhunt to Determine Who Killed Michael Jackson
Laws Banning Assisted Suicide
Censorship of (insert media here)
Laws Against Flag Burning
The RIAA
The MPAA
etc.
etc.
etc.

It's a tragedy of this fully-padded, 100% sterilized, risk-free, instant-gratification, 24/7-connected dreamworld that we are increasingly inhabiting that there has to be an immediate cure for every evil. People no longer accept that sometimes the best action is no action at all.

Call me a heretic if you want, but...

Given two groups - one which changes its beliefs when confronted with contradictory evidence, and another which simply ignores the evidence - I'll put my faith in the first group.

There's a long-running joke among financial types....

If things are gonna get worse, buy bonds.
If they're gonna get much worse, buy gold.
If you're still worried, buy canned food, ammunition, and land in New Zealand.

I do understand statistics. While I agree it is highly unlikely that I would use the phrase 'statistically impossible', there is some nonzero probability.