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Monday 18th September, 2006

Attack of the 20" notebook

I've been saying for a while how ridiculous these 20" notebooks we're now seeing on the market look, so some guy in NYC decided to test it out, and take note of the reactions of passers-by. This could almost have been a job for Improv Everywhere, but in fact this time was just done by Laptop magazine.

Some of the reactions are priceless - I can't imagine what reactions would be had if someone pulled out a 20" notebook on the train home - like he decided to do.

Thursday 14th September, 2006

Slightly modded schoolbus.

Definitely the coolest schoolbus I've seen in a long time.
Vrooooom. Sliiiiightly modded, I should point out.

Wednesday 13th September, 2006

The Cubicle Wars

I especially love the tie.

What do you get when you have two programmers with way too much free time at work? The 2006 Cubicle wars

Sara Pipalini

I was having doubts as to whether or not I should actually post this one >:)

Three Italian nuns die and go to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, they are met by St. Peter. He says "Sisters, you all led such wonderful lives that I'm granting you six months to go back to earth and be anyone you want to be."

The first nun says, "I want to be Sophia Loren;" and *poof* she's gone.

The second says, "I want to be Madonna;" and *poof* she's gone.

The third says, "I want to be Sara Pipalini."

St. Peter looks perplexed. "Who?" he says.

"Sara Pipalini;" replies the nun.

St. Peter shakes his head and says; "I'm sorry, but that name just doesn't ring a bell."

The nun then takes a newspaper out of her habit and hands it to St. Peter. He reads the paper and starts laughing. He hands it back to her and says "No sister, the paper says it was the 'Sahara Pipeline' that was laid by 1,400 men in 6 months."[source]

Tuesday 12th September, 2006

A hilarious debate on Intelligent Design

I have absolultely no idea what the original source of this article was, but I found it hilarious.

Moderator: We're here today to debate the hot new topic, evolution versus Intelligent Des---

(Scientist pulls out baseball bat.)

Moderator: Hey, what are you doing?

(Scientist breaks Intelligent Design advocate's kneecap.)

Intelligent Design advocate: YEAAARRRRGGGHHHH! YOU BROKE MY KNEECAP!

Scientist: Perhaps it only appears that I broke your kneecap. Certainly, all the evidence points to the hypothesis I broke your kneecap. For example, your kneecap is broken; it appears to be a fresh wound; and I am holding a baseball bat, which is spattered with your blood. However, a mere preponderance of evidence doesn't mean anything. Perhaps your kneecap was designed that way. Certainly, there are some features of the current situation that are inexplicable according to the "naturalistic" explanation you have just advanced, such as the exact contours of the excruciating pain that you are experiencing right now.

Intelligent Design advocate: AAAAH! THE PAIN!

Scientist: Frankly, I personally find it completely implausible that the random actions of a scientist such as myself could cause pain of this particular kind. I have no precise explanation for why I find this hypothesis implausible --- it just is. Your knee must have been designed that way!

Intelligent Design advocate: YOU BASTARD! YOU KNOW YOU DID IT!

Scientist: I surely do not. How can we know anything for certain? Frankly, I think we should expose people to all points of view. Furthermore, you should really re-examine whether your hypothesis is scientific at all: the breaking of your kneecap happened in the past, so we can't rewind and run it over again, like a laboratory experiment. Even if we could, it wouldn't prove that I broke your kneecap the previous time. Plus, let's not even get into the fact that the entire universe might have just popped into existence right before I said this sentence, with all the evidence of my alleged kneecap-breaking already pre-formed.

Intelligent Design advocate: That's a load of bullshit sophistry! Get me a doctor and a lawyer, not necessarily in that order, and we'll see how that plays in court!

Scientist (turning to audience): And so we see, ladies and gentlemen, when push comes to shove, advocates of Intelligent Design do not actually believe any of the arguments that they profess to believe. When it comes to matters that hit home, they prefer evidence, the scientific method, testable hypotheses, and naturalistic explanations. In fact, they strongly privilege naturalistic explanations over supernatural hocus-pocus or metaphysical wankery. It is only within the reality-distortion field of their ideological crusade that they give credence to the flimsy, ridiculous arguments which we so commonly see on display. I must confess, it kind of felt good, for once, to be the one spouting free-form bullshit; it's so terribly easy and relaxing, compared to marshaling rigorous arguments backed up by empirical evidence. But I fear that if I were to continue, then it would be habit-forming, and bad for my soul. Therefore, I bid you adieu.

Thursday 31st August, 2006

The anti-telemarketer script

As you all probably know, telemarketers work from scripts that try to work them through any concievable situation.
I wonder if their scripts cover the person on the other end of the line also working from a script?

I present to you: The telemarketer counter-script.

Saturday 26th August, 2006

Stephen Colbert vs Stone Phillips

I happened to watch through the entire first ever episode of The Colbert Report today, and in it was this bit between Stephen Colbert and Stone Phillips - a Gravitas face-off. For those who have no idea what gravitas is, Colbert describes it as "the ability to make whatever one's talking about sound extremely important."

The two trade news headlines to see who can come up with the best while still appealing to their charactor, with hilarious results.

Colbert vs Phillips, from Episode 1. It really picks up about 2:40 into it :)

Friday 25th August, 2006

You deserve a million thanks...

In the "So stupid it's funny" department for this Friday afternoon, taking the "you deserve a million thanks" phrase a bit too literally:

http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/unmillon.htm

Be sure to click the link on the left.
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