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At 4/17/14 12:04 PM, SithCorduroy wrote: Is this accurate?

I should've guessed lol! Try checking out O Brother, Where Art Thou? While not specifically about hobos and the vagrant lifestyle, it does show a bit of what it's like to be a 'DP' dispossessed person/dispossessed Pennsylvanian. My Mom and Pop grew up in the late 30's, before government handouts, and the modern hermit lifestyle. It was common for traveling folk to beg for food, door to door if necessary (also see Little Rascals), and my folks and theirs folks would not turn anyone away, who came asking . 'Charity begins at home' used to mean you'd help the people closest to you, because that was the American way, not lining up for Federal, State and county handouts miles away, because there was none |:

I'm surprised the Pinkerton guards haven't caught you and busted you up yet..... http://undernation.newgrounds.com/ has been around the block, he knows of the modern hobo culture as well. I'm presuming that's how he gets to his comic book gigs. Maybe @undernation would like to weigh in on this lifestyle...

So hit me with some questions

Ah, that kinda poi. I thought you meant the Hawaiian dish lol. Have you ever had to seek medical treatment, while on the road yet? Also, have you read 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac? Have you ever stood alongside Mexicans looking for day work, or has your finances been good enough to live. Also, where can you get cleaned up and do wash without getting static?

At 4/17/14 09:59 AM, SCTE3 wrote: ReconRebel is 49 this year, sadly he is no longer active.

There's been older ppl than that here, but they usually go inactive after a while. I guess the transition from Facebook is too steep, or this site is too... atypical for older internet folk to cotton onto. Anyway, let the roasting of old meat begin!

47 years old, and still kicking it around this kid's site, eh? Where does the time go? I'm not any better at 41, but I'm kinda jealous that you seem very comfortable here. I've gotten to know you pretty well the past year or two, and I'm really glad we're friends; brothers by another mother, you once said.

Happy birthday, my good friend! May all your wishes come true!

At 4/16/14 08:49 PM, gamejunkie wrote: 47th Birthday.

A significant level up, to be sure! Congrats on not dying :) Birthday thread in General forthcoming!

At 4/15/14 01:09 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Rant, rant. Anyway.

No, you're bang on topic. I almost ratted that submission out, because it spawned a pop-up, but it wasn't.. just another ad that took too long to clear. It's like some ear, nose, throat doctor somewhere commissioned all these, or maybe it's just the Japanese fetish for immaculately clean ears |:

At 3/18/14 03:48 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: hey guys I am starting to save money up for my Rig, I'll be saving 500 a month till I have enough to afford it. after that I plan on building a server with a standard 19' 45 Unit rack. I plan on using 4U units (because they have additional fans for cooling). my loadout for the server will be Intel Xenon processors. after I buy the frame rack each unit will cost 1300 I am planning on building 8 units.

thoughts?

Isn't that a little insane? You planning on creating a darknet version of NG? A buddy of mine had a 4U rack, should've given him a few bucks for it... as he's a scrapper.

Gah, there was a swap meet at the local drag strip this past weekend, had to wear a surgical mask to keep from coughing... despite the ban on hibachis :| I thought it was a wildfire, especially since the wind was up, and it was hella dry.

I like older GM vehicles too, but the newer ones are way too complex. In fact all new cars are too complex for their own good. If they'd just get the mechanical part down pat, then I could stand a little computer control.

So far my Pop's 2000 GMC Sierra is more or less okay, but the Toro diesel lawnmower, the 2 cyl John Deere A-type, and the Massey-Ferguson are all in need of TLC :|

At 4/13/14 11:11 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote: Why do people drink wine?

It's like beer without the fizz.

Do you see a bright future awaiting you?

Neither do we.

America's got one too many secrets locked away, including a lot of recent ones. And they've lied to keep them. Who trusts a liar?

At 4/11/14 10:10 PM, Viper wrote: Pretty much all of the US military vs. Wriggle's group of braindead idiots and any other "militia" group that feels like joining him.

Militia groups would just get in the way of the military, they're the ones who will be fighting a second civil war. Obama has taken a keen interest in making sure they abide by his executive orders, which includes some rather nasty stuff. I'm sure a lot of officers would not be willing to follow of lot of these orders, on the grounds it violates a citizen's rights. The other Federal agencies have armed agents, who've not sworn their allegiance to the people and Constitution... they would have no problem following illegal orders, or shooting on command.

Wriggle may be a nut, who doesn't understand the underlying issues that would precipitate a civil war, but the 'in case of emergency' laws that are on the books now, would certainly raise a lot of shit, if put in practice |:

At 4/11/14 03:59 PM, Elitistinen wrote: So he was hacked for 2ND TIME. Wow, who would mod a fucking idiot like him? Get phished so fucking easy... Classic social engineering.

The latter half was complete fiction of course, and there may be a better accounting out there...

Thank you for the link, bro :)

No problemo! As we say in the business, "The fault lies between the keyboard and the chair."

At 4/11/14 03:42 PM, Elitistinen wrote: This is possible... I remember when I attended at DefCon for first time, I was dumb enough to use WiFi without SSH tunneling. And all my password and login was posted on their Wall of Sheep.

Damn, that sounds rough. Live and learn, eh?

Inb4 Canas get haxed for 2nd time.

I'm sure Idiot-finder would agree, and then some.

At 4/11/14 03:18 PM, Elitistinen wrote:

At 4/11/14 08:57 AM, squidly wrote: Heartbleed 2014

Hmm :\ Heartbleed

I doubt it. There were working only 2-3 Poc for this 0-day. And NG is probably patched the security. I suspect something is very related to script injection...

Is it possible this breach was caused by someone hacking Tom's laptop? He's likely in a hotel now, using their Wi-Fi... how much can you get from packet sniffing?

At 4/11/14 02:57 PM, Shade wrote: I'm assuming this is @Canas day 2014.

I was waiting for someone to mention this lol

At 4/11/14 03:18 PM, Luis wrote: inb4 hacked

Oh you! You're talking about this http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-warns-potential-attacks-heartbleed-bug-135137709--sector.html;_ylt=AwrTWf1xHUhTngsATn_QtDMD Totally forgot to mention it this morning in the other thread...

At 4/11/14 02:44 PM, Kwing wrote: In addition to school, does fire dancing gigs, has a construction job and (last I heard) eight partners. I believe her when she says she's busy.

Hmmmm she sounds interesting... maybe too interesting :) What kind of construction? I used to do anything below ground...

Did she sound.. sympathetic when she said she was busy, any light in her eyes? You can usually tell when a girl is even moderately interested, if you can manage to leave your optimism at the door.

I didn't really notice. I asked casually but I still felt really awkward. I'm 19 and she's 24.

She must have some desperate female friends hanging on, waiting for her leftovers... I know that's the case with some guy sluts anyway. Must be some nice girls watching fire dancing...

At 4/11/14 12:42 AM, Kwing wrote: I asked a girl out today and got this response. I've Googled this infamous phrase and found only articles relating to guys picking up women in bars. That doesn't really apply to my situation.

You're in college, yes? That makes it even harder to figure out, but @Thor might be right about her not being busy... maybe she wants some 'me' time, or a 'hen's night out' thing, if at all.

Did she sound.. sympathetic when she said she was busy, any light in her eyes? You can usually tell when a girl is even moderately interested, if you can manage to leave your optimism at the door.

I'm a bit worried about a potential 'session cookie swapping' breach myself. Tom's got thing this weekend, and is likely in a hotel, using their wifi.... someone sniffing packets? I don't think admin is compromised, but Tom's account.... no, this looks beyond weird. If a select bunch of BBSers are affected as well, then something that hasn't been mentioned yet, is afoot!

This is the sort of thing the government wants. We know they got every Federal agency armed to the teeth, just waiting to depopulate the wolves from the sheep. It's gonna have to be up to Congress and the Senate to set things right again, but the odds are, the media machine will support the current mindset they've cultivated so far. Just support those in the military who stand for the Constitution, and we be alright.

What a revolting situation it is. And of course, right after the news carries that story, it's followed by the POTUS speaking at Fort Hood, scene of not one but two homicidal wildings.

If this was a case of bullying, whomever pressed this kid should answer for what he did.

At 4/8/14 10:37 AM, TomFulp wrote: I'd also like to bring the whole Throwback Thursday thing to Newgrounds, it will likely just start off as a weekly news post that highlights some classics from that day in NG history. I think I'd like the entire front page to become a showcase of classics every Thursday, but that will require getting a programmer involved so we could see how the news post goes first.

Sounds like you need to use the Collabinator! There are several very competent, honest, programmers who are regulars here on Newgrounds. The trouble is vetting people who live so far away, and to work on a collaborative server... Also sounds like you would need a semi-official historian to do a proper weekly page. I'm being quite presumptuous, but maybe it's time to delegate some stuff out :p I wouldn't want to see you increase your workload, family guy.

At 4/9/14 05:22 PM, stafffighter wrote: By all means keep talking about this case and the particulars but generalized yay and nay about guns goes in there.

Okay boss man :)

At 4/9/14 05:26 PM, Dr-Worm wrote:

At 4/9/14 04:11 PM, VicariousE wrote: Stricter gun laws only impact legal buyers of guns, the criminals and crazies will still have guns regardless.

Actually the "crazies" tend to come by their guns legally, so stricter regulations could go a long way towards hampering them. As for the criminals, they often get their guns from other localities or states with looser gun laws. Depending on how they go about it these purchases may or may not be legal, but the practice is obviously made possible by loose regulations and could be curbed by tighter ones.

I agree, but it sure seems any time a new gun bill is passed, it's to add good laws along with bad laws. They're basically sugar coating a lessening of freedoms. Our government is afraid of armed citizens, plain and simple.

I'm glad there aren't any fatalities reported yet, radio said 4 were in critical :(

The article the OP linked to says all four are expected to live. Let's hope it stays that way.

A guy on scene, said there were heroes in play: one kid pulled the fire alarm (big school, fastest way to evac), another kid stood between the slasher and the cop/security guy.

And the subject of bullying came up... in Jersey, Christie made a class for bullies and other 'potential dead-end kids'... not sure if that's effective or not. You can't legislate morality, it has to be taught by parents, and enforced by citizens, no matter the age.

At 4/9/14 03:06 PM, Dr-Worm wrote: Violent crime as a whole is down for a number of reasons that have little to do with this conversation. But we still have a substantially higher gun death rate than every other first-world nation. With stricter gun laws, we might not need to "be thankful" that a would-be school shooter chooses to use a less deadly weapon.

Stricter gun laws only impact legal buyers of guns, the criminals and crazies will still have guns regardless. Obviously this kid's brain was boku boggled, I just hope prescription drugs weren't behind it. There's been a significant rise in that, ever since poorly performing students were given amphetamines, instead of proper psychiatric and academic help. Then it snowballed to mood altering medications... http://ssristories.org/old/index1.php?p=school

A gun's trigger is easier to pull than a knife... you gotta be up close and personal. I'm glad there aren't any fatalities reported yet, radio said 4 were in critical :(

At 4/9/14 04:28 AM, Clamstuffer wrote: Selling like toilet paper with a sticker on it to complete idiots.

It's a donation to Newgrounds you rube :| Plus a useless icon on Stats page. Besides, my asshole never felt better.

I'm using a semi-broken (more or less donated to me) laptop just to get this message out there :| I hope you can get all that stuff to kids who could use it, or rather, deserving kids... This is why I prefer desktops and other devices that aren't meant to be carried around: breakage. Oh well, the corporate world must be laughing all the way to the bank, selling kids, the most notorious breakers of things, expensive toys, they'll just repurchase again and again....

Kids, be grateful for the things you receive. To quote the POTUS, you didn't build that :|

At 4/9/14 01:25 PM, Dr-Worm wrote:

At 4/9/14 12:26 PM, Makakaov wrote: The solution is simple: Ban knives.

If you really want to make this about gun control, the real takeaway here is that nobody in this incident died.

As previously stated, there are plenty of guns in Pennsy, and plenty more in the countryside. It takes the same amount of anger to wield a blade or a gun. Lets just be thankful he wasn't pissed off enough to want to outright kill.... or maybe he just though stabbing and slicing were more quiet, gave him time to assault more people.

Gun deaths are at an all time low in America, despite having shit-tons more guns per capita. When you live in a country where lies and bullshit are at the very cornerstone of civilization, you're bound to come away a little crazy. Especially when no one else seems to think so.... the sickness is progressive, and reaching a terminal stage.

At 4/9/14 01:21 AM, rolentogrenades wrote: Jesus christ, guess this is real. 50% of all 80s kids childhood completely wiped out:

Not really. There were shit-tons of wrestling associations out there... you'd go to another state, and there'd be a whole new set of guys and girls, performing the bouncy floor ballet. At least the WCW hung on for a while. It seems like any unique institution that made America great, got turned into a monopoly... no wonder we're so fucked.

Well, to be fair, when I was in school, they called that whole region the Soviet Union.. who knew where Ukraine was? Well, up until Chernobyl exploded anyways? I mean, there's a reason they call countries 'nation-states'. Ask someone from Ukraine where Indiana is, and get back to me.

I live in New Jersey, which is a fly-speck of a colonial state, and there's over a thousand towns here! This is only a partial list! I've heard of Bernardsville, but can only guess if it's to the North of South of me..... as long as you can find your way home.