Posts by Christopher DiOrio

MPs declare their ignorance on the web

So any idiot can request a takedown?

What we all have to do is to start complaining about how offensive many religious sites are, and force THEM to be taken down for bogus reasons. It won't happen, but it would show the ridiculous doublestandard that exists that everything that offends over-religious psycho nutjob zealots is bad and everything that the aforementioned nutjob zealots say and write is just A.O.K.

Peaches Geldof cops a severe shoeing

She's a drag. A well known drag.

All I could think when reading that was this:

George: Oh, yeah. The lads frequently sit around the telly and watch her for a giggle. One time we actually sat down and wrote these letters saying how gear she was in all that rubbish.

Simon Marshall: [weakly] She's a trendsetter. It's her profession.

George: She's a drag. A well known drag. We turn the sound down on her and say rude things.

Apple orders 10m 3G iPhones - analyst

They didn't say 10m 3G...

Jobs didn't say that he expected them to seel 10m 'regular' iPhones...he said that they expect to sell 10m iPhones. Could be current model mixed with 3G model.

In other words, NOT 'double' the number of projected iPhone sales....

No email privacy rights under Constitution, US gov claims

Legal Documents

Didn't they determine a few years back that email can be considered binding, legal documents? How else would Tumbleweed and companies like that use it for packaging actual contracts and such?

Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize

Slight correction on the 2000 Election...

Just for the record...as multiple recounts showed, Gore DID win the 2000 election. He just didn't become president. I won't get into why, as you all already know...

AT&T sued by poor man's Formula 1

Another point....

Question: what advancements has NASCAR ever given us? OK, not just automotive, but in ANY field? New and exciting ways to advertise tobacco and alcohol products, I guess...but what else?

F1 has given us: active suspension, variable valve timing, electronic fuel injection, broader applications of composite materials (carbon fiber, kevlar, etc.), traction control, greater understanding of aerodynamics...the list could go on and on and on.

NASCAR racing has given us: uh...um...

They still use carbuerators and live axles! What the hell, man? I remember 20 years ago when there was a great article about this HUGE advancement that was going to change pit-stops forever...someone came up with the idea of using tubes of rubber glue-like weather-stripping to attach the lug nuts to the wheels so they could put the tires on faster. Whoopee! That's sure changed MY life for the better...way more than traction-control and variable valve timing ever could!

Bottom line: to each their own. If you like NASCAR racing, more power to ya (make sure it's limited by a restrictor plate, though). I, for one, like F1 and WRC and LeMans and SpeedGT and...you get the idea. Don't ask for comparisons between NASCAR and any other form of racing...just like WWE will always lose in comparison to real sports, NASCAR will lose in comparison to real racing.

NOT 'poor man's F1'...it's...

All real racing fans in the US know that NASCAR is the 'WWE of racing', and is completely unrelated to anything F1. Besides, it's not even open-wheel, fer cryin' out loud!

No, it's all completely arranged and is an 'entertainment sporting event', like wrestling...and don't let anyone give you that "NASCAR is for REAL men, F1 for..." stuff, either. These guys are so 'manly' that they park when it starts to rain.