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Who wants to bet... (Score:4, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12,
@10:55PM (#4656635)
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That one of those items ia a white
flag?
badda-bing!
Thanks! I'll be here all
night! |
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by Devil's BSD (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:05AM
- Re:Who
wants to bet... by Scrameustache (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:09AM
argh no no no (Score:5,
Informative)
by nomadic
([nomadicworld] [at]
[hotmail.com]) on Wednesday November 13,
@12:42AM (#4657162)
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Well, the thing is France crumbled almost
immediately. And they shouldn't
have.
Well, maybe you didn't notice, but
the Nazis were the most powerfull force in history
at the time (they didn't start conquering the world
on a double dare you know).
That's
what the high school textbooks say. Unfortunately,
like many things in the high school textbooks it's
not quite accurate. France had a very large army,
well-fortified, and after the invasion of Poland
Britain also stationed troops in France.
Textbooks (well high school ones) also make
a big deal about the German panzer divisions, but
sometimes forget to mention that the French tanks
were superior. The Germans just knew how to
use them better.
So we have two
well-equipped, sizeable forces in France, expecting
an attack.
So what happens? The Germans flank
the French, ignore the Maginot line, smash both the
French and the British armies, and have reached the
English channel in 8 days.
Yes, the constant
insults about French courage are unfair, but they
didn't exactly cover themselves with glory in 1940.
Ditto for the British. It also doesn't help that the
French have absolutely no sense of humor about
themselves. Neither do the Germans, but the Germans
at least have the excuse that they don't have a
sense of humor about anything. |
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- Re:argh
no no no by CableModemSniper (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @01:06AM
- Re:argh
no no no by MacAndrew (Score:3)
Wednesday November 13, @01:12AM
Re:argh no no no (Score:4,
Funny)
by Imperial Tacohead on
Wednesday November 13, @01:20AM (#4657299)
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Oh, let's not forget their half-assed
performance during the Franco-Prussian war,
too.
Q: Why is Paris lined with
trees?
A: Because the German army likes to
march in the shade. |
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Re:argh no no no (Score:4,
Funny)
by Metrol on Wednesday November
13, @01:31AM (#4657323)
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So what happens? The Germans flank the
French, ignore the Maginot line, smash both the
French and the British armies, and have reached
the English channel in 8 days.
It
really is worth mentioning why it was so easy to
flank the French lines.
All of the big
French artillery guns were literally buried into
position facing in the direction that the Germans
were supposed to come. When the Germans decided
that walking into a killing field would be silly,
the French couldn't turn their guns!
This
thread reminds me of a few years back when some
really big commemarative event was happening in
Normandy. Presidents and Prime Ministers attending
kinda big, along with soldiers who had fought on
that beach. A number of Germans were also looking
to attend, which the French opposed. One
commentator noted...
"Yeah right. Like they
could keep them out!" |
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- Re:argh
no no no by v8interceptor (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @01:51AM
- The
BEF by Afty0r (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @04:44AM
- Re:argh
no no no by HawkingMattress (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @07:20AM
- Re:argh
no no no by HawkingMattress (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @07:23AM
- *All*
your generalisation are belong to /bin/false by
Guignol (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @11:38AM
- Re:argh
no no no by Sri Lumpa (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @05:26PM
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by neafevoc (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @01:29AM
- Re:Who
wants to bet... by packeteer (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @01:57AM
Re:Who wants to bet...
(Score:4, Insightful)
by jericho4.0 on
Wednesday November 13, @02:31AM (#4657520)
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| At the time of Germanys invasion of the
Rhineland, France had 50 tank divisions within a 2
days travel. Germany had 6, in total. Germany also
had many officers convinced Hitler was mad and
waiting for the counter-attack to start so they
could kill Hitler. They missed a Big Chance.
France also had a naive millitary command, and
very little resistance.
That said, who can blame them? WWII was still a
very nasty memory, and none could face the prospect
of war again. It was very easy to belive that Hitler
only wanted a little bit of Europe, and then he'd be
happy. England managed to muster a fight through
blind jingoism, and the U.S. had time to wake up to
the fact that they were going to have to fight. I
don't envy anyone of the time who had to make the
big desisions.
Oh yeah... the other reason for the 'France
surrenders' joke is the american feeling that they
saved Europes asses. Probably true, but they were
next, and the war couldn't have been won without
Churchill, Turing, DeGaull and thousands upon
thousands of young men who gave their lives in the
mud. |
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by _Spirit (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @04:59AM
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by UniverseIsADoughnut (Score:2) Wednesday November
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- Napoleon
Bonaparte by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @04:54AM
- Re:Mod
this racist joke down! by mdechene (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:36AM
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- You
Doof! by Macgruder (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:36AM
- Is
"French" a "race"? by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @01:15AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by MacAndrew (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @02:00AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @02:37AM
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by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @09:18AM
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- Re:youd
surrender too by meringuoid (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @06:40AM
- Re:Mod
this racist joke down! by p4ul13 (Score:1) Wednesday November
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Interesting pickup lines... (Score:5,
Funny)
by MacOS_Rules
(.moc.oohay. .ta. .mnierk.) on
Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM (#4656637)
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Must be an embarrassment for the poor guy.
"Is that
a ruler in your pocket or are you happy to see
me?"
"Actually, it IS a ruler." |
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its a (Score:1, Funny)
by
1nfern0 on Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM (#4656638)
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| he's a swiss army guy. get it. hahahaha |
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No Picture!?!?! (Score:5, Insightful)
by Geeyzus
(<mark_madej> <at>
<yahoo.com>) on Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM
(#4656639)
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The story is about a guy who basically has a bunch of
tools attached to him, who calls himself "Crazy Eric" (go
figure). The whole story is just about how crazy this guy
looks, and there is NO PICTURE! What's up with
that?
Mark |
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Parker Lewis (Score:5, Funny)
by British
(british@ner[ ]et ['p.n' in gap])
on Tuesday November 12, @10:56PM (#4656650)
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Last Journal: http://slashdot.org/~British/journal/)
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Anyone remember Parker Lewis Can't Lose? His buddy wore a
trenchcoat, and was already prepared. Each time he whipped out
an item you heard the sound of separating velcro.
This
guy in the story should design suits for certain professions,
with neatly designed inner pockets, outer pockets(like on the
Ps1 game "P'Oed" featuring the chef with sidearm cooking
utensil) and so forth and then sell them.
I only wish I
had more coat pockets and such, but my trendy Dockers will
have to do. Carries everything but a handgun in the pockets.
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by scott1853 (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:14PM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by brianosaurus (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:22PM
- Re:marauding
pruner by Bobartig (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:50PM
- Re:marauding
pruner by Paslophunk (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @12:49AM
Re:marauding pruner
(Score:5, Funny)
by orthogonal on
Wednesday November 13, @02:00AM (#4657433)
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Of course, I was completely outclassed by a
guy at my college who carried at all times, among
other things, flashlight, rescue sheers, first aid
kit, fire repellent mask, multitool
I'm
just guessing here, but... he had no need to carry
condoms, right?
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by brnsurgon1 (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @12:14AM
- Goonies
by Student_Tech (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:52PM
- Re:Goonies
by Coward, Anonymous (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:44AM
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Re:Parker Lewis (Score:5,
Funny)
by AndroidCat on Wednesday November
13, @12:12AM (#4657042)
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| but my trendy Dockers will have to do.
I find that Dockers don't last too long. If I might
recommend: Tilley
Endurables [tilley.com] Their washing instructions
are "Give 'em hell!", and they don't need ironing.
I'm giving them a plug because I had a pair of
pants that the zipper failed on after a few years. I
figured what the hell, and took the pants back to get
the zipper fixed. And they did it -- free of charge!
(I guess they really do mean "Guaranteed for life".)
The shorts have enough capacity to handle a
six-pack. (To hell with all those gadgets!) And
there's a secret pocket too. They cost a bit more, but
will last waay longer than Dockers under geek washing
conditions. Besides, they have this neat stone head
outside their Toronto store, can't go wrong! The
Big Head [tripod.ca] |
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by jcsehak (Score:3) Wednesday November 13, @12:20AM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by Hunterdvs (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:39AM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by CableModemSniper (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @01:14AM
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Lewis by SB5 (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @06:34AM
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He must be James Bond (Score:1)
by dokebi on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656654)
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| I mean, he carrys a change of clothes on him at all times.
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I'm always ready... (Score:1)
by ShayUK on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656656)
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as I never leave home without my trusty keyring
bottle-opener.
I will never be caught flat-footed by a
non-twist top beer again!
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No room (Score:3, Funny)
by
natron 2.0 on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656658)
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I tried to fit my Microsoft EULA in my pocket but it was
to heavy.
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- Re:No
room by Phroggy (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:00AM
- Re:No
room by AndroidCat (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @01:00AM
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Oh shit... (Score:5, Funny)
by whereiswaldo on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM
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I thought standing behind someone in the supermarket
paying with cheques was bad... imagine being behind this guy
in airport security!
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- Re:Oh
shit... by Reece400 (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:07PM
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shit... by brianosaurus (Score:1)
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I'd hate to be behind him... (Score:4,
Funny)
by UpLateDrinkingCoffee on Tuesday November
12, @10:58PM (#4656661)
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| I'd hate to be behind him at an airport security
checkpoint. |
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Bulging. (Score:5, Funny)
by DarkHelmet (elwakil@NoSPAm.usc.edu) on Tuesday November
12, @10:58PM (#4656662)
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| Anyone else a bulging pocketed geek-scout?
Pfft, frenchmen... I may be a geek, but I don't need any
artificial means to be bulging. |
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- Re:Bulging.
by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:09AM
- Re:Bulging.
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @02:45AM
- Re:Bulging.
by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @09:20AM
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by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @10:38PM
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by Sri Lumpa (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @04:59PM
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by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @09:25AM
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MIT cyborgs (Score:1)
by freejung
(freejung@freejunglepictures.com)
on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM (#4656664)
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| This reminds me of stories I've heard about the MIT
cyborgs, these guys at MIT who used to walk around with a
portable 386 with simitransparent goggles and 4-button
handheld keypads. They would walk around campus coding.
Anybody know these guys? |
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Re:MIT cyborgs (Score:5,
Insightful)
by Fnkmaster
(raefer@NO_SPAM_PLEASE.truexchange.com)
on Tuesday November 12, @11:03PM (#4656707)
(User #89084
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I don't know any of them, but I rode in the
elevator with one in the Media Lab back when I was
working there as a research assistant a few years
back. Fucking spooky when you hear a guy quietly
clicking away with his one-handed keyboard-thingie
while staring straight ahead. It was like he had no
awareness of my presence or any other people around
him.
Frankly, that kind of thing isn't good for
humankind. I'm all for connectedness, but when we are
so connected we lose our connections to the immediate
world around us and the people right under our noses
so we can email, check weather, and write code all the
time - well, we truly lose some of what makes us
human. And that's sad.
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cyborgs by russellh (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:22PM
Re:MIT cyborgs (Score:5,
Insightful)
by scott1853 on Tuesday
November 12, @11:29PM (#4656844)
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It was like he had no awareness of my
presence or any other people around him.
This has nothing to do with
technology. Have you ever gone to a grocery
store?
A surprisingly large number of
people are completely unaware that that they are
blocking the aisle when they have there cart on one
side of the isle, themselves on the other, and yet
they don't realize that you're coming despite your
driving of the loudest shopping cart in the
store.
Apparently choosing a spaghetti
sauce takes a large amount of conentration and puts
people in a trance like state. |
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- Re:MIT
cyborgs by iamdrscience (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:45PM
- Wake
him up by AndroidCat (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @01:07AM
- Re:MIT
cyborgs by infinite9 (Score:3)
Wednesday November 13, @11:12AM
- Re:MIT
cyborgs by agentk (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @11:51AM
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I guarantee you one item he doesn't need to
carry (Score:5, Funny)
by
FearUncertaintyDoubt on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM (#4656666)
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I have two words for this guy
(Score:1)
by jokercito on Tuesday November 12,
@10:58PM (#4656667)
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| Metal detector... |
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bulging pocketed geek-scout (Score:2,
Funny)
by ackthpt on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM
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| Uh... if you're doing XML while you clean yourself, don't
drop the SOAP in the shower...
How's this for something else amusing?
[monster-hardware.com] |
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Dilbert... (Score:5, Funny)
by batobin on Tuesday November 12, @11:00PM (#4656682)
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Reminds me of the dilbert series where Dilbert has a
gadget rivalry with one of his co-workkers. The two finally
meet in a hallway and have a stand-off, western style. Both
draw at the same but, but Dilbert's rival wins (rings all of
Dilbert's gadgets) because his gadgets have speed
dial.
"Speed Dial. Fool."
Can someone find that
cartoon? |
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- Re:Dilbert...
by ackthpt (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:17PM
- Re:Dilbert...
by Bobulusman (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:19PM
- Re:Dilbert...
by mhesseltine (Score:3) Tuesday November 12, @11:34PM
- Re:Dilbert...
by batobin (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @01:37AM
- Re:Dilbert...
by mhesseltine (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @08:03AM
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by MacAndrew (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @01:31AM
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by BitwizeGHC (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @03:45AM
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by MacAndrew (Score:3) Wednesday November 13, @09:35AM
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by BitwizeGHC (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @03:32PM
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by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @04:03PM
- Re:Dilbert...
by frozenray (Score:3) Wednesday November 13, @05:59AM
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Yes, but does he have his towel?
(Score:5, Funny)
by Discopete on Tuesday November
12, @11:01PM (#4656686)
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He makes mention of sleeping in some unusual places, but
he never mentions a towel!
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I know something useful he doesn't
have... (Score:2, Funny)
by jokercito on
Tuesday November 12, @11:01PM (#4656688)
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| A sex life... :P |
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When, oh when.... (Score:2, Offtopic)
by djupedal on Tuesday November 12, @11:01PM (#4656694)
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...do we get to moderate submissions? Given the last 24
hrs around here, it can't happen too soon.
The
pain...oh, the pain of a slow news day. |
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Be Ready (Score:2)
by coene
on Tuesday November 12, @11:02PM (#4656697)
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This guy gives a new meaning to the "Be Ready" motto the
boyscouts have adopted.
Too bad he "often ends up
sleeping in odd places", thats kinda scary. |
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- Re:Be
Ready by Anonymous Coward (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:21PM
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Ready by coene (Score:2) Tuesday November 12, @11:55PM
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Artist's conception! (Score:4, Funny)
by c.emmertfoster on Tuesday November 12, @11:02PM
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| Here
[cjselfdefense.com] is a police artist's sketch of the guy!
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gadget? (Score:1)
by The_dev0
(The_dev0 AT hotmail DOT com) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:04PM (#4656711)
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| Between my victorinox cybertool, my PalmV and my pipe, I
don't need to carry anything else! Pretty impressive, though.
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- Re:gadget?
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Everything except a... (Score:2)
by Wag on Tuesday November 12, @11:04PM (#4656713)
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Penis.
One wrong move with that mini-saw... |
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Did anyone else need to look up
sartorial? (Score:3, Interesting)
by
UpLateDrinkingCoffee on Tuesday November 12, @11:06PM (#4656718)
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| Or Panoply? You'd never catch media in the U.S. using
college words such as those :) |
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Oh the pain (Score:5, Funny)
by cranos on Tuesday November 12, @11:06PM (#4656721)
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Okay here are all the bad jokes I could think of about
this guy:
1.Is that a t1 in your pocket or a you just
glad to see me?
2. Excuse me while I bend over I have a
fax coming through
3. Yes that is my phone, could you
just unzip me please.
4. Hi, Im a French Geek, damned
twice over.
5. Hmmmm where can I stick this directional
Wireless antenae.
6. I know, I'll try to attach every
concievable geek device to my body. Then the girls are sure to
notice me.
7. G..u..r..l, what is this
Girl?
Thats all for now, im probably going to get
modded down but hey, Im craving the nicotene right now so Im
FINE. |
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Ummm... (Score:1)
by Botunda (7r4n5f3r.snet@net) on Tuesday November 12,
@11:08PM (#4656729)
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| If (and this is a really big stretch here) he had a
significant other, what does he say when the time to copulate
comes about, "one more minute!... uhhh, wait one more thing...
hold on! We might need that one..." |
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I Now Have A New Hero... (Score:3,
Funny)
by Nameis
([NameisNuh] [at] [hotmail.com]) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:08PM (#4656735)
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| I don't go anywhere without a Leatherman , a hanky, and
duct tape. I'm always looking for new handy stuff to carry. At
one time I also carried a face shield for CPR, a laser
pointer, and a mini-torch. You can never have too many
pockets!
I hope this guy starts his own clothing line. Over 1300
items...ah, that'd get me chicks. |
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Now Have A New Hero... by zaren (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @12:25AM
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I'm working my way up to
that... (Score:4, Informative)
by
Master Mage on Wednesday November 13, @12:56AM (#4657217)
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As an active student who's far to busy, I found
that I tend to need an odd range of things constantly.
After killing several blazers and doing a weekend
shuffle to get everything out of my school uniform
into normal clothing, I gave in and got a 3/4 length
fishing vest.
The thing is surprisingly
comfortable, and it holds everything I need. If you
were to catch me during the day, on hand I'll
have:
Handspring Visor
Stowaway Keyboard for
above
Wallet
Half dozen other assorted copy
cards, ect.
Pens, pencils, fountain pen...
Keys
Multi-tool (Leatherman Wave)
Electrical
Tape
A spare roll of film or two
Link cable for
TI-83+
Assorted blank paper, old paper and
forms
Spare AA
batteries
Maglight
Pager
One really nice
thing about the 3/4 length is that it doesn't hinder
movement or sitting like the full length vests do, and
hides nicely under a blazer or fleece vest for less
obtrusive ware.
I would happily recommend the
Simms
Mesh Vest [simmsfishing.com] to anyone who wanted
to keep stuff on hand. It's lasted me two years of
consistant (12/7) usege with minimal wear and no
problems. You should be able to find it at a local
outdoors or fishing shop.
Evan |
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Now Have A New Hero... by gvonk (Score:2) Wednesday November
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A game? (Score:5, Funny)
by
CySurflex on Tuesday November 12, @11:11PM (#4656739)
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| Apparently plans to produce a First Person Shooter game
based on this frenchman were cancelled after prelimenary
versions had gamers sitting there for 2 hours pressing "[" to
cycle through inventory items. |
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Re:A game? (Score:5, Funny)
by sheetsda
(sheetsda@muohio . e du) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:47PM (#4656943)
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| Actually, this guy has proven possible half the
first person shooters on the market today. "Lets check
my inventory. Pistol, shotgun, rocket launcher,
minigun, chainsaw, flamethrower, railgun, 6 ft
claymore sword, M1A1 Abrams, deck mounted battleship
cannon, small country, and 15 trillion rounds of
ammunition for each... all of it fits conveniently
into my armor/trench coat/pants pockets. MWHAHAHA."
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PARENT UP!! by Cyno01 (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @12:34AM
- Re:A
game? by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @02:49AM
- Re:A
game? by PMuse (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @07:15AM
- Re:A
game? by toxcspdrmn (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @11:29AM
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That's nothing... (Score:5, Funny)
by FearUncertaintyDoubt on Tuesday November 12,
@11:12PM (#4656749)
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| It's still 200 items short of the number the average woman
carries in her purse. |
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How looks your geek suit? (Score:1,
Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12,
@11:14PM (#4656758)
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| Does it have many pocket? |
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Possible Hoax (Score:4, Interesting)
by kaosrain
(root@kaosrai[ ]om ['n.c' in gap])
on Tuesday November 12, @11:15PM (#4656769)
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http://slashdot.org/)
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| This sounds a lot like a hoax to me...he refuses to give
his last name, and it seems like a story based completely on
how "crazy" he looks would at least include a picture. I could
be wrong, but I suspect we've been had. |
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Great (Score:1)
by Qwerpafw (QwerpafwNO@SPAMmac.com) on Tuesday November
12, @11:16PM (#4656772)
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I can just see the next step in scoping out insecure
networks:
WarHugging
OTOH, I wouldn't
mind, ehrm, "exchanging" information in that fashion with
several people I know... |
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Oh no, (Score:1, Funny)
by
Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12, @11:18PM (#4656782)
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| New pointless product ideas for ThinkGeek. |
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I'd like to see him... (Score:4,
Funny)
by Pig Hogger on Tuesday November 12,
@11:18PM (#4656783)
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| I'd like to see him pass airport security just once.
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Swiss Army knife pr0n (Score:4, Funny)
by EnlightenmentFan
(bdevine&hotmail,com) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:18PM (#4656785)
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Sidney Coleman (way cool physicist) had the biggest Swiss
Army knife I ever saw. That thing must have weighed 15 kg by
itself. He had carried it with him for years, and he told
me...
(dramatic drum roll)
..that he had actually had
occasion to use all but one of its 99-googol blades in his
bike-riding, rock-climbing, etc. activities.
Not satisfied with this imperfect record, he sought out an
expert to find out what he could do with that single unused
blade. The expert replied, "Remove stones from horses'
hooves."
Hey, not every story has a happy ending. |
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What has it got in it's nassty
pocketsses? (Score:5, Funny)
by sbaker on
Tuesday November 12, @11:19PM (#4656789)
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#47485 Info | http:/www.sjbaker.org)
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My father used to work for the airlines doing Radio and
Radar repair. He carried a little kiddies pencil case
containing a Swiss Army Knife and an expensive Fountain Pen.
The case was labelled "747 Repair Kit" and he swore those were
the only tools he ever used. He also remarked that he used the
fountain pen more than the knife.
My Swiss Army knife
(a top-of-the-range one) includes a small ballpoint pen - so I
don't need the fountain pen...but I have a tiny LED
flashlight. That's the software guy's PC repair
kit.
Then of course there is my mother's handbag
... |
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pffft... useful? (Score:2, Insightful)
by The_dev0
(The_dev0 AT hotmail DOT com) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:20PM (#4656794)
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http://www.dopegoat.com/)
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| Everybody knows the towel is most massively useful thing
an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great
practical value. You can wave your towel in emergencies as a
distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it
still seems to be clean enough. |
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Eccentric frenchman? (Score:1, Funny)
by xchino on Tuesday November 12, @11:22PM (#4656814)
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| "An eccentric Frenchman who goes by the name of Crazy
Eric.." All Frenchmen are eccentric. If this guy goes by the
name Crazy Eric, Maybe he's not eccentric but actually crazy.
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Did somone steal the story? (Score:2,
Interesting)
by AcquaCow (dcw@gov s c i.com) on Tuesday November 12,
@11:26PM (#4656834)
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I did some searching and apparently the Australian Broadcasting Company
[abc.net.au] is also running the same story
[abc.net.au]. Its not exactly the same, but there are direct
quotes between the two.
Does anyone know if SMH [smh.com.au] is a
partner company? Same company?
Does anyone know who had
the story first?
--
AcquaCow
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1300 is a bit of overkill... (Score:1)
by Masami Eiri on Tuesday November 12, @11:30PM (#4656851)
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| All I need is my cell phone, PDA, wallet, and swiss army
knife.
That is... until I manage to get myself a katana
:D |
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I for one think that he's pretty cool
(Score:2, Insightful)
by outofpaper on Tuesday
November 12, @11:32PM (#4656859)
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Un like most of the people ranting about how this man
can't get laid and how uncool he is I think that his outfit
sound rather cool. From what I understood his clothing is
extreamly neat, due to the fact that is probaly has obsesive
compulsive disorder. His tools are probably laid rather evenly
over most parts of his body that wont be presed up aginst
stuff as he goes about his day to day buisines.
I also
liked the idea that I got when I heard of the velcro leg
pockets. I thought of removable pockets that velcroed on to
witchever pants he was going to ware today. For them to work
all you would have to do is sew soft velcro patches onto all
your pants and then when you got home take of the pockets and
that way you don't have to resort your pockets.
If I
was going to designe cooltool pants I would just take some
strong comphy pants sew velcro on them(the soft fuzzy part),
probably as larg patches on the thighs and calves. Then I
would find some of that strong synthetic denim stuf that
overalls are made of (probaly in black or posibly that realy
spiffy blackand white hounds tooth patern), with this fabric I
would make my pockets. They would have litle deviders in them
so as to seperat all my diferent tools(you know mini renches
from philips screw drivers). I might also alow for some sort
of modular inter wireing so that I could just plug things into
my pants for power and alow sound sent to by shirt where I
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What Eric most often thinks....
(Score:2)
by krazyninja on Tuesday November 12,
@11:34PM (#4656870)
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| Now, in which pocket did I put that
"human-swiss-knife-organiser"??? :))) |
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I like the part (Score:1)
by madsenj37 on Tuesday November 12, @11:34PM (#4656873)
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| where he carries a brush to dust the ground for when he
sleeps. |
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He carries... (Score:1)
by
Pean on Tuesday November 12, @11:34PM (#4656877)
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...a shaving kit, comprehensive first aid gear, a
mini-saw, blow-up mattress, spare batteries, a change of
clothes, a water-pouch, a water-filtering unit, soldering
iron, tape-measure, digital camera.
Guess he will
not be requiring a showering kit...
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Victorinox and more (Score:1)
by SofaMan on Tuesday November 12, @11:35PM (#4656879)
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On a daily basis, I carry my Victorinox Cybertool (wanky
name, but very useful tool, perfectly designed with nerds in
mind; only thing it's missing that I'd like in a pocketknife
is a saw), and a small pill container with some breath mints,
painkillers and antihistamines. After that just the general
stuff like a handkerchief, watch, change, mobile phone,
notepad and a biro (even though the pocketknife has a small
biro for emergencies).
I eventually got a belt pouch
for the pocketknife because it is quite large and heavy, and
was just *ruining* the cut of my cargo pants.
:)
Other than that, everything I now keep
in my pockets is of a comfortable weight, and I rarely seem to
need anything extra. |
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Velcro Baby! (Score:1)
by
cheetoMonkey on Tuesday November 12, @11:36PM (#4656882)
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| I'm a big leatherman toting boyscout geek. one extension
of this was to cover the entire surface of the back of my
laptop screen in velco. Most useful thing i've ever done.
mounted my wifi card case, my earbuds, cables, wardriving
can-tenna etc. There are all kinds of ways one can extend such
storage capacity. |
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Oh good.. (Score:1)
by CableModemSniper
(cblsnipr@optonline.net) on Tuesday
November 12, @11:36PM (#4656885)
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"But if I don't need something, I don't bring it. I used
to carry a pedometer, for example, but I've just taken it off.
I never found I needed it."
At least no one can call him a packrat now. He stopped
carrying something with him everywhere. |
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Hey, don't be so quick to judge...
(Score:1)
by Final Sacrifice on Tuesday November
12, @11:37PM (#4656891)
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Now he's got two less things to worry about...
1.)
being caught unprepared in a sticky situation
AND
2.)
friends |
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The real way of the geek ... (Score:5,
Funny)
by mboedick
((gro.kcideobm) (ta) (kcideobm)) on
Tuesday November 12, @11:38PM (#4656899)
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http://mboedick.org/)
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... is not to have a lot of tools, but to
use the same tool for many different tasks, like those old 101
uses for a Zippo lighter ads. |
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I've been bested! (Score:5,
Interesting)
by Engelbot (adam&engelbot,com) on Tuesday November
12, @11:41PM (#4656913)
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| Or, to be more accurate, completely outclassed. I'm still
in the game, however.
Early on in college, I got diabetes [jdrf.org], which I
ended up treating with an H-Tron
Plus [disetronic-usa.com] insulin pump, from Disetronic.
After trying a few different schemes for securing it to my
person, I decided to park it on my belt.
Shortly thereafter I switched to a different blood
glucose meter [lifescan.com], which I discovered had a
belt loop on its pouch. This made carrying it around much
easier and more reliable. Sometime in here I found I needed my
Leatherman
[leatherman.com] more often than I happened to have it around.
On the belt it goes.
The Palm [palm.com] and
its belt case came shortly thereafter, rounding out the
utility belt. It's served me well, but I'm not a student any
more, and it's starting to get a bit awkward. (Yes, I probably
ought to have realized this sooner.)
I'm hoping to consolidate, using a Visor
[handspring.com] and a FreeStyle
Tracker [therasense.com] for the meter (coolest device
ever), but I'm also looking at a wireless telephone
[verizonwireless.com] . . . maybe I should just give up and
get a nice vest
[tilley.com] instead. Hmm.
Oh--yes, going through airport security is a royal
pain. |
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