Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
Wait Wait I'm reading the dashcon tumblr. And the ticket prizes were from 20 dollars upwards?
What the fuck, I went to the Salón del Manga in Barcelona, which is the biggest anime convention in Spain, and the ticket was only 5 euros. What kind of prize is that?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in. I put a quarter in the radio to activate it. It was the chief.
“Bad news, detective. We got a situation.”
“What? Is the mayor trying to ban trans fats again?”
“Worse. Somebody just stole four hundred and forty-seven million dollars’ worth of bitcoins.”
The heroin needle practically fell out of my arm. “What kind of monster would do something like that? Bitcoins are the ultimate currency: virtual, anonymous, stateless. They represent true economic freedom, not subject to arbitrary manipulation by any government. Do we have any leads?”
“Not yet. But mark my words: we’re going to figure out who did this and we’re going to take them down … provided someone pays us a fair market rate to do so.”
“Easy, chief,” I said. “Any rate the market offers is, by definition, fair.”
He laughed. “That’s why you’re the best I got, Lisowski. Now you get out there and find those bitcoins.”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “I’m on it.”
I put a quarter in the siren. Ten minutes later, I was on the scene. It was a normal office building, strangled on all sides by public sidewalks. I hopped over them and went inside.
“Home Depot™ Presents the Police!®” I said, flashing my badge and my gun and a small picture of Ron Paul. “Nobody move unless you want to!” They didn’t.
“Now, which one of you punks is going to pay me to investigate this crime?” No one spoke up.
“Come on,” I said. “Don’t you all understand that the protection of private property is the foundation of all personal liberty?”
It didn’t seem like they did.
“Seriously, guys. Without a strong economic motivator, I’m just going to stand here and not solve this case. Cash is fine, but I prefer being paid in gold bullion or autographed Penn Jillette posters.”
Nothing. These people were stonewalling me. It almost seemed like they didn’t care that a fortune in computer money invented to buy drugs was missing.
I figured I could wait them out. I lit several cigarettes indoors. A pregnant lady coughed, and I told her that secondhand smoke is a myth. Just then, a man in glasses made a break for it.
“Subway™ Eat Fresh and Freeze, Scumbag!®” I yelled.
Too late. He was already out the front door. I went after him.
“Stop right there!” I yelled as I ran. He was faster than me because I always try to avoid stepping on public sidewalks. Our country needs a private-sidewalk voucher system, but, thanks to the incestuous interplay between our corrupt federal government and the public-sidewalk lobby, it will never happen.
I was losing him. “Listen, I’ll pay you to stop!” I yelled. “What would you consider an appropriate price point for stopping? I’ll offer you a thirteenth of an ounce of gold and a gently worn ‘Bob Barr ‘08’ extra-large long-sleeved men’s T-shirt!”
He turned. In his hand was a revolver that the Constitution said he had every right to own. He fired at me and missed. I pulled my own gun, put a quarter in it, and fired back. The bullet lodged in a U.S.P.S. mailbox less than a foot from his head. I shot the mailbox again, on purpose.
“All right, all right!” the man yelled, throwing down his weapon. “I give up, cop! I confess: I took the bitcoins.”
“Why’d you do it?” I asked, as I slapped a pair of Oikos™ Greek Yogurt Presents Handcuffs® on the guy.
“Because I was afraid.”
“Afraid?”
“Afraid of an economic future free from the pernicious meddling of central bankers,” he said. “I’m a central banker.”
I wanted to coldcock the guy. Years ago, a central banker killed my partner. Instead, I shook my head.
“Let this be a message to all your central-banker friends out on the street,” I said. “No matter how many bitcoins you steal, you’ll never take away the dream of an open society based on the principles of personal and economic freedom.”
He nodded, because he knew I was right. Then he swiped his credit card to pay me for arresting him.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Doctor's Associates/Subway also didn't trademark the early iteration of the "SUBWAY eat fresh" logo, which utilized the chain's previous logo (which didn't have that shape around it by then).
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
parts of their skulls are removed and replaced with recording machinery. they generally seemed pretty chill, didn't pick at it or nuthin. no sweaters either tho.
parts of their skulls are removed and replaced with recording machinery. they generally seemed pretty chill, didn't pick at it or nuthin. no sweaters either tho.
it's an audition lab, so mostly stuff about hearing i expect. i actually don't know why it's ferrets. they're not common and i've had a hard time finding data on them. guess i should talk with the experimental peeps more
It's certainly an interesting choice. I can understand cats, dogs and mice given the sensitivity and range of their auditory systems as compared to humans, but ferrets, that is peculiar. But ferrets are pretty peculiar all around.
there's actually a two-part paper on just their external ears
In the previous paper the directional response characteristics of the ferret auditory periphery were examined. In this study further measurements of the spectral transfer functions (STFs) of the auditory periphery were obtained at locations close to the tympanic membrane. There was considerable variation in the STFs recorded from different animals and between recordings made at each end of the auditory canal in the same animal. However, calculation of the so called ‘‘location dependency function’’ demonstrated that changes in the location of the stimulus produced the same pattern of changes in the STFs in all recordings. Changes in the spectral transformation for azimuth locations in the ipsilateral auditory field were examined by calculating the horizon STF. The gain transformations of frequencies below 20 kHz were found to be asymmetrical about the interaural axis so that maximum gain was obtained for anterior stimulus locations. In contrast, the maximum gain for frequencies above 20 kHz was obtained for stimulus locations about the interaural axis, and movement of the stimulus location into either the anterior or posterior fields produced symmetrical reductions in gain. These changes were related to the directional properties of the periphery examined in the previous paper (Carlile, 1990).The spatial resolution of the monaural information provided by the peripheral STFs is dependent on the rate of change of the transformations as a function of azimuthal displacement of the stimulus location. This was examined by calculating the unsigned first spatial derivative for each frequency in the horizon STF. The spatial derivative of frequency was found to be high for locations about the posterior and anterior median planes. This is discussed in terms of the results of behavioral experiments examining the resolution of sound localization in the ferret and other mammals.
A unique decision allows Jan Mayen to be ruled by the rightful rulers of Europe: the polar bears. Although unfortunately there are no Polar Bear POPs in the game, Jan Mayen's armies will be led to victory by hat-wearing bears with names such as Grrrr and Rawrorr.
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I'm reading the dashcon tumblr.
And the ticket prizes were from 20 dollars upwards?
What the fuck, I went to the Salón del Manga in Barcelona, which is the biggest anime convention in Spain, and the ticket was only 5 euros. What kind of prize is that?
a con
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