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I wouldn't have a problem meeting any NGers who care about the site. If the site sparks back up, we should have a global meet-slash-party Gatsby style somewhere that's cheap to fly to. Or somewhere with the highest concentration of users and proximity to fun activities that aren't bars. Except Wade.

Specifically tho? Tons of sickeningly decent people (except Wade) have been through NG. I can't name everyone because I might skip a note.

Cool. Have fun at your cabin in the woods or whatever.

At 8/30/13 12:11 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: true but it does say a lot. though the real talks in the Commons don't start until they see the UN findings I watched it on CSPAN

You know the UN won't find anything and it will directly conflict with the evidence the US has, though. (And it will be because Assad isn't dumb enough to leave his toys lying around, not because he's innocent.)

Diplomatic hell for Obama.

That's where you're wrong, Tony. It matters because it's proof that The Guardian Newspaper isn't the only location where these files are being held. Snowden prepared their release in several ways. It's also a threat to the US Gov't and allies. Snowden having access to the Congressional Budget Justification means that the 20,000 other documents are of equal or greater value to the investigation. That's the opposite of Bradley Manning's leaks, because they're running operations which could do significant damage to the US's international interests.

And if you haven't been paying attention:

Snowden used Runas and Sudo commands to explore the ENTIRETY of the US's top secret database by tricking the system into thinking he was a user with top level clearance. The NSA doesn't know which documents he has accessed, which users he impersonated, or which files he downloaded into his thumb drive. In this case, document clearance level is completely moot.

Earlier today, The Washington Post published Snowden's leaked Black Budget for FY2013. It covers the entire $56.2B budget for the CIA, NSA, NRO, NGIP, GDIP, etc, etc, etc.

This is the article.
These are the graphics
These are the source documents

Obligatory opinion:
As far as I know this is the first major press leak from Snowden's confidents since he broke the PRISM Story. It could be retaliation for the destruction of The Guardian's computers and detainment of David Miranda. I believe this is the first time in US history that an active black budget has been made public.

This isn't the thread to discuss Snowden or PRISM, please stay on topic

At 8/29/13 06:28 PM, scoutthesoldier wrote: I think science has disproved all this.

Occultism: A sociological community built upon a belief that supernatural and mystical events are possible. ex: scientific research groups

Demons: An evil spirit often depicted as a humanoid with wings, claws, sharp teeth, and deep voices. ex: genetically modified people with bat and hawk genes spliced in

Magic: An invisible force used to control the world by a magician. ex: electromagnetic and particle waves with computer integrated transceivers

I think science has made this all possible.

Science Fiction originated with actual scientists and inventors writing stories about inventions they hoped to build but were too expensive to produce or needed a few production techniques which wouldn't be finished until after their deaths. That eventually expanded to include fantasy components and aliens.

If you were to write alien science fiction that focused on nothing scientific, without providing a concrete link to science knowledge, I think it would just be alien fiction.

At 8/28/13 09:17 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 8/28/13 09:14 PM, 24901miles wrote: Have any of you tried designing your own cars?

I mean, from the ground up.

I have. It ended up looking like crap though.
But it was a bit of a mix between the 60's Batmobile and some other car I can't think of at the moment because I can't find the drawing I made.

You should find it and post it man. Also have you found anywhere I could look up schematics or engineering diagrams for existing models?

At 8/28/13 10:24 PM, Entice wrote:

At 8/28/13 10:09 PM, 24901miles wrote: We've seen a huge progress in just a generation, and that leads me to believe that gender inequality won't be an issue by the time our generation is at the helm.

Are you kidding?

Not even slightly. In 1913, American women were little better off than women in Shariah Law Nations. By 1963 they were showing their breasts in public and declaring themselves independent Feminists. 2013, we're still seeing the tail end of the Women's Rights Movement. I'm sure it will be finished by 2063.

Sometimes, just for curiosity's sake. I think it wiukd be interesting to experience life from a variety of perspectives.

At 8/28/13 09:50 PM, PiperAnn wrote: Nope. In fact growing up, when I realized how our world works, I wanted so badly to be a man.

It's getting to be a lot more equal. There are plenty of women in leadership positions throughout government and the upper crust. We've seen a huge progress in just a generation, and that leads me to believe that gender inequality won't be an issue by the time our generation is at the helm.

Have any of you tried designing your own cars?

I mean, from the ground up.

At 8/28/13 08:51 PM, Feoric wrote:

At 8/28/13 08:45 PM, Earfetish wrote: I'm not Hans Blix but it seems plausible that it could have left the components you linked to above.

No, it isn't. That is the Hell Cannon. BM already did a write up on this. That video has been thoroughly debunked.

How do you know the rebels don't have access to this same launch system and munition? Their leaders are ex-Assad, they might have some inside guys or at least a hijacked system.

And yes, if it's that gray I might give Assad the benefit of the doubt on this one. Albeit I still think the US and UK should strike any Chemical sites before they're hidden.

Mind = BlownAt 8/28/13 05:58 PM, WaffleVoyager wrote:

At 8/28/13 05:52 PM, 24901miles wrote: Don't you see?

You're missing that one time he did that pretty decent Commissioner Gordon run.

At 8/28/13 06:22 AM, ChaRee wrote: Getting all up in this thread too. Found this last month on my lawn, was being attacked by my neighbours cat. It died, but still decently preserved.

That's crazy. Any clue what species it is?

Feoric, is that really reliable? It's just some video of guys who might be Syrian Guard, firing similar munitions at a different location and time of day. Assad could easily claim there have been identical munitions taken by Rebels and this "smoking gun" falls apart.

We have had a pretty heated convo's the Chat and a few different threads about how welcoming the NG regulars are to new users. Its been a running topic for quite a while. People seem to think a lot of the new guys get banned unfairly because we're trying to avoid spammers. Or they get run off just because they stuck their heads out and got slapped. Or they sinply don't feel welcome. The Chat/Forum always seem to have the same people who know eachother, with no room for the new guys.

And if people are more often harshly critical and distrusting of new users, aren't the ones who stick around more likely to have thick skin, or the sort of netizens who actively invest themselves in being jerks to others? I'm not following any kind of logic here, it seems like a lot of the new guys have turned out that way (Infamoss, anyone?).

Has NG become too much of an Old Boys Club?
Should NG just continue to embrace its heavy handed reputation?
Am I making mountains out of molehills?

Don't you see? This is a process that has been in the works for over a decade! Bryan Cranston was approached during his time on Malcom in the Middle and told that he would have to do a few knockoff roles before he was allowed to become Lex Luthor!

Poniiboi, what happened to SenatorJohnDean? You used to seem intelligent, now you just sound angry and hateful.

At 8/28/13 04:26 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: How has nobody still posted this?

My best excuse is that it's way too motherfucking expensive for me to even consider owning. What with all the quarter of a million dollars in secret gadgets and gizmos you would need to install just to make it feel like a James Bond car.

Do you ever get jealous of people who wake up earlier than you? Or judge them harshly if they don't get the same number of hours of sleep you do?

I do, and I can't help it. If someone seems like they're getting up earlier than me, but they're overtired, I just knock a few points off the board. What about you?

You waste characters by using 9, Knuth's arrow, and parenthesis. If you use standard pre-superscript, and a 127199-base number system, you get a bigger number.

Did I win yet?

At 8/22/13 12:05 AM, 24901miles wrote:

At 8/21/13 11:58 PM, sharpnova wrote: One of the rules is you can't reference other answers. And that I'm not interested in finding little loopholes to circumvent using some creativity to define/express a large number.

Oh, I actually missed that in the OP.

I'm pretty sure my first answer is the fastest growing function possible, though. 127199-base number system character

Evidently, it can't be displayed!

Unicode character 1F0DF used to represent the value 127199 in a 127199-base numerical system, iteratively 127199-hyperoperated on a base of 127199 for 8192 repetitions would yield the largest number possible within one BBS post without sacrificing high numerical values for operations with a slow rate of growth.

At 8/21/13 11:55 PM, Manly-Chicken wrote:

At 8/21/13 11:48 PM, 24901miles wrote:

At 8/21/13 11:24 PM, sharpnova wrote:

At 8/21/13 08:47 PM, ExpletiveDeleted wrote: you guys are not understanding the whole finite clause of this are you

*sigh* at least someone did.

What? Both of my responses are finite.

Yes, but you used other entries in your answer.

It was the only way to go higher than 8192 staircase Hyperoperations.

At 8/21/13 11:24 PM, sharpnova wrote:

At 8/21/13 08:47 PM, ExpletiveDeleted wrote: you guys are not understanding the whole finite clause of this are you

*sigh* at least someone did.

What? Both of my responses are finite.

I like El Camino just because it's unusual. I'd never buy one if Chevy rereleased it though. I don't understand why you would want a car with hauling space. Practicality, why not buy a truck and a challenger separately? Or a station wagon?

Here's a good looker with a rarity:

Volvo p1800 given to Marilyn Cole.

At 8/21/13 10:07 PM, Loki wrote: 2003 worst users.

Is true. No lie.

At 8/21/13 09:09 PM, Shauna wrote: Scuse me while I clean this mess up in my pants

Completely understandable.

And the one-of-a-kind Bugatti Veyron SS Pur Blanc owned by some lucky French person.

(1) My first answer is larger than any answer you might post within a single forum post.
(2) My second answer accounts for the possibility of multiple forum posts and the limit of Sharpnova checking them to make sure that they are valid, securing my victory.
(3) Neither of my answers are infinite.

Basically, you all lost.

Actually,

All valid answers to this question (including my own) added together.

Iterated hyperoperator-N sequence of hyperoperator-N of base N, repeated to use the forum's character limit, and HTML superscripts for Standard Notation Hyperoperation, where N represents the highest single digit counting number in a numerical system that is base-N, defined with full Unicode extensions in mind.

I would post it, but it would basically amount to nothing more than the highest value Unicode Character (whatever is closest to U+1FFFF), repeated without superscript (since HTML is not allowed on the forum).

Bitch.