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Norfleet · #1 July 27th, 2004, 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
If you insist: the Toad short is stupid. It's not even funny, unless one considers as 'funny' things that are silly/senseless.

Well, if by "silly/senseless", you mean "nonfunctional", then yeah, I'd have to agree. I don't really see the humor in a badly written flash movie that consists entirely of a loading bar which runs from start to finish without having anything actually happen afterwards.

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A far better short on the same site is here.

I didn't get it. Is this an obscure reference to some aspect of modern culture that I'm unfamiliar with? It seemed to be consist of some guy with a sword or something in the dark. I couldn't really see much. The music was obnoxious and hurt my ears. I tried watching again with my night-vision goggles on, but I still didn't see anything interesting. What's the deal?

Arryn · #2 July 27th, 2004, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
Well, if by "silly/senseless", you mean "nonfunctional", then yeah, I'd have to agree. I don't really see the humor in a badly written flash movie that consists entirely of a loading bar which runs from start to finish without having anything actually happen afterwards.

You neglected to click on the skull above that loading bar, after the bar filled up. Guess that was too complicated/subtle.

Norfleet · #3 July 27th, 2004, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
You neglected to click on the skull above that loading bar, after the bar filled up. Guess that was too complicated/subtle.

I didn't see a skull. The thing remained entirely black at all times. When does the skull normally appear?

And now it doesn't do anything at all, and just stays completely white when opened. Baffling. I think it might be broken.

Arryn · #4 July 27th, 2004, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
And now it doesn't do anything at all, and just stays completely white when opened. Baffling. I think it might be broken.

I apologize for thinking you were simply being oblivious and/or dense. But it works for me no matter how many times I close the browser, restart it, and go back to the link. What browser & OS are you using? (I'm running XP pro & Mozilla 1.7.1, btw.)

EDIT: and do you have the latest Flash plug-in?

EDIT2: and what are your pop-up blocker settings, if any, as well as the Javascript settings for opening new windows?

[ July 27, 2004, 10:29: Message edited by: Arryn ]

Graeme Dice · #5 July 27th, 2004, 02:50 PM

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I guess I could google for such things if they exist. I mean who the heck would track such a thing.

If you can't find even the most basic of statistics, then you certainly can't claim that your argument is correct.

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Perhaps it would be evident from the MRI scandal in Alberta about 10 years ago. Or it would be evident from what you see around you. I mean you do know people who go the the US for anything serious ... don't you?

No, I don't know _anyone_ who goes to the U.S. for any treatments whatsoever.

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I guess you have not been involved with in a malpractice suit in Canada. The standards of proof are far greater on the defendant. The awards much lower. The end result is that malpractice suits are brought forward far fewer times in Canada.

Oh, I thought you were saying that the tort system in the U.S. was a good thing, not that you were saying that it's so utterly broken that doctors are retiring rather than pay their insurance premiums even when they've never been sued.

djtool · #6 July 27th, 2004, 03:30 PM

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Compromise is only when you can't get the full support you need to push whatever adjenda you promised to fulfill. [/QB]

And how often do you suppose that happens? Imagine how expeditiary our system of government would be if that were the norm? How many proposals look the same going out as they do coming in? Comprimise, scratching each others backs, whatever....is the name of the game.

Graeme Dice · #7 July 27th, 2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
I never said you said anything. Where'd you get that idea?

Of course you did.

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Graeme, however, would likely call me a horrible person for saying such a thing, as if I was some sort of serial killer or mass-murderer merely because I have logically discarded an internally inconsistent belief.