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nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Geoj posted:

The Electoral College is a sham mechanism dating back to a time when the powers that were didn't trust a bunch of illiterate farmers to elect the "right person" to office.

Basically, they set it up as a panic button so the public voting a total buffoon into office could be aborted at the last second. It failed miserably in its one job.

It was actually more about slavery and allowing the slave states to "properly" count 3/5ths of people.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 18:31

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 01:58

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

You're both right :colbert:

# ? Sep 6, 2018 18:37

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Goober Peas posted:

Oh blah dee
Oh blah da

Life goes on!

# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:13

OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

Darchangel posted:

Life goes on!

(in child detention facilities)

# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:22

bolind: Jun 19, 2005; Pillbug

Nice haul. I can beat it though. When I bought this, they marked it as a single socket instead of the whole set, so I got a $100 set for about $6. This was 15+ years ago, and the joke's on me now; I've bought so much Proxxon since.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:23

Ether Frenzy: Dec 22, 2006; Nap Ghost

Geoj posted:

The Electoral College is a sham mechanism dating back to a time when the powers that were didn't trust a bunch of illiterate farmers to elect the "right person" to office.

Basically, they set it up as a panic button so the public voting a total buffoon into office could be aborted at the last second. It failed miserably in its one job.

The electoral college system was set up specifically to allow illiterate farmers to have a disproportionate amount of power to their population, in order to maintain slavery as an institution.

e: beaten

# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:28

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

BURT NOOOOO

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:08

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

R.I.P. Bandit :smith:

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:18

SlimManFat: Nov 12, 2010; RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST

Time to open up that Smokey and the Bandit bluray and pick up a 6 pack :smith:

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:20

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

Adiabatic please embed Eastbound and Down as the AI background music for the next month tia

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:24

Boaz MacPhereson: Jul 11, 2006; Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Fender Anarchist posted:

Adiabatic please embed Eastbound and Down as the AI background music for the next month tia

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:50

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

EVERYWHERE
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

Boaz MacPhereson posted:

We gon do what they say can't be done.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 20:52

angryrobots: Mar 31, 2005

One of my favorite movie tidbits is that Burt Reynolds' reaction to Big Enos and Little Enos when they meet in the beginning of the film, was completely genuine. It was his first time seeing them in costume and that shot was used in the film.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 21:09

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I remember asking the girl on the till in HMV if she could check the system to see if they had The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.

The look on her face made it clear she was not familiar with Mr Reynolds' venture into the musical genre.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 21:15

everdave: Nov 14, 2005

I went this morning to try to score the set that STR got, and they had tons but only marked down to $75.

Bummed, I went to HF and used coupons to get a temporary 3/8 ratchet set and the crappy 24 pack of free batteries for a whopping $4 total. I know it's crap but I lost lots of my 3/8 stuff when I got divorced, I think they were in the ex's old Explorer from where I took the steering column out to replace the shift tube. And I was too bummed about not getting the STR deal to get anything nicer today.

# ? Sep 6, 2018 21:17

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Fender Anarchist posted:

Adiabatic please embed Eastbound and Down as the AI background music for the next month tia

Adiabatic posted:

Formal request to embed the song Eastbound & Down by Jerry Reed into AI

# ? Sep 6, 2018 22:12

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

Quoting from the mod forum

v brave

# ? Sep 6, 2018 23:54

Kazinsal: Dec 13, 2011

# ? Sep 6, 2018 23:54

Boaz MacPhereson: Jul 11, 2006; Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Adiabatic for emperor of SA.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:03

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Applebees Appetizer posted:

R.I.P. Bandit

Is Burt the Patron Saint of AI, or would it be either Paul Newman, Steve McQueen or James Garner?

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:26

Gingerbread House Music: Dec 1, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Lipstick Apathy

Adi confirmed for least bad sa mod if it happens.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:34

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

I remember having access to a subforum that was above GBS called The Terrordrome or something similar. It had a few strange posts in and the subtitle was "POST HERE TO BE BANNED" or similar.

It was only accessible on an old Android 3.xx tablet running Something.apk, the offshoot that grew out of Awful.apk when Awful had a lull in development. 2013-ish?

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:37

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

A mod somewhere (I forget where) posted a list of all the forum IDs, most of which were old/inaccessable. There was even a pre-AI automotive forum.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:57

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

Queen Combat posted:

I remember having access to a subforum that was above GBS called The Terrordrome or something similar. It had a few strange posts in and the subtitle was "POST HERE TO BE BANNED" or similar.

It was only accessible on an old Android 3.xx tablet running Something.apk, the offshoot that grew out of Awful.apk when Awful had a lull in development. 2013-ish?

There is similar under FYAD now, I forget what it�s called

# ? Sep 7, 2018 00:59

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE

I remember seeing the TERRORDOME at one point, I think it was around Halloween a few years back?

There's also the on again off again paranormal subfourm.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 01:02

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

I found one:

quote:

SA Forum ID Index
====================
1.) General Bullshit
2.) Daily Awfulness (Comment on the daily news, articles, or features.)
3.) gently caress You and Die
4.) ?
5.) Awful Links
6.) DPPH!
7.) SA Goon Meetings
8.) Serious Hardware/Software Crap
9.) The SA Post Dungeon
10.) SA Goons - SoCal Chapter
11.) NMP3s!
12.) ?
13.) ?
14.) Pirate Conversations Regarding Pop Culture
15.) drat, I Just Threw Up the Weirdest Thing!
16.) Post in this Forum if You Want to be Banned
17.) (Sandy Smith) Widescreen, Censorship, and Your Freedom
18.) (Sandy Smith) id Software Funding Dreamcast Pirate Sites?
19.) ?
20.) (Sandy Smith) Jason Hall Lives... Forever?!?
21.) Comedy Goldmine
22.) Serious Hardware/Software Crap
23.) Electronic Music - Tip, Hints, and Guides
24.) Comedy Goldmine
25.) Comedy Gas Chamber
26.) gently caress You And Die
27.) Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse
28.) ?
29.) ?
30.) SA's Photoshop Challenge!
31.) Creative Convention
32.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
33.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
34.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
35.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
36.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
37.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
38.) Rainbow Blight / jre / elpintogrande forum
39.) jonas_cord
40.) Spankle
41.) MoneyMark
42.) Yoinkster
43.) SA Goon Meetings
44.) Games
45.) Cliff Yablonski: Freedom Fighter
46.) Debate & Discussion
47.) ?
48.) Main (Forum Category)
49.) Archives (Forum Category)
50.) Help (Forum Category)
51.) Discussion (Forum Category)
52.) SA System Liason Uninformative Team Scorpion
53.) DPPH
54.) ?
55.) General Bullshit - Archives
56.) ?
57.) ?
58.) ?
59.) Mods and Admins Only!
60.) Automotive Insanity
61.) SA-Mart
62.) Pirate Conversations Regarding Pop Culture and Scurvy
63.) Hardwired Development Forum
64.) Admins Only Forum
65.) ?
66.) Photoshop Phriday
67.) The Review Dungeon
68.) Computers
69.) Games
70.) Video
71.) Audio
72.) Music
73.) Household Electronics
74.) Services
75.) Visual Entertainment
76.) Automotive Gear
77.) SA Mart Positive/Negative Feedback
78.) SA Mart Announcements/FAQs
79.) SA Mart Discussion
80.) ?
81.) ?
82.) The Crackhead Clubhouse
83.) Science/Philosophy
84.) ?
85.) Coupons, Rebates, Freebies, & Great Deals
86.) ?
87.) ?
88.) ?
89.) Photoshop Phorum
90.) The Crackhead Clubhouse
91.) Automotive Insanity
92.) ?
93.) Private Game Servers
94.) Musician Sampling Warehouse
95.) ?
96.) The Daily Caption
97.) BTB
98.) Files (Forum Category)
99.) Mod Subforums (Forum Category)
100.) ?
101.) The Leper's Colon
102.) The Furry Concentration Camp
103.) Tradtional Games
104.) Musician's Lounge
105.) Moderator Reports
106.) Resolved Reports
107.) Misc Reports
108.) Bullshit Reports
109.) The Goddamn Shithouse
110.) FYAD for X-E Matt (sponsored by Narghile)
111.) FYAD for Oswauld (sponsored by Ferrett)
112.) ?
113.) Hot Topic: War in Iraq
114.) The TCC Contact House
115.) FYAD Goldmine
116.) ?
117.) ?
118.) ?
119.) Concert Calendar
120.) The Sig Pets Forum
121.) BTB Requests
122.) Sports Argument Stadium
123.) ELF PRON OBSESSION FORUM
124.) Pet Island
125.) Hole In The Wall
126.) Gooncon Discussion
127.) Planning Crew
128.) ?
129.) The Mad Moderators
130.) The TV IV
131.) Chuck E. Cheese Role Playing
132.) The Firing Range
133.) The Film Dump
134.) The situation
135.) ?
136.) ?
137.) ?
138.) Hot Topic: Livestock Blows
139.) Poker In The Rear
140.) Fantasy Island
141.) Hot Topic: Election 2004
142.) The SA Propesting/Fauxtesting Forum
143.) EQ2: Clan Banhammer
144.) Batman's Shameful Secret
145.) Guild Servers (Subforum Category)
146.) WoW: Goon Squad
147.) The Mega64ums
148.) FYAD Jr.
149.) Euro GoonCon Discussion
150.) No Music Discussion
151.) Cinema Discusso
152.) The Finer Arts (Forum Category)
153.) The Community (Forum Category)
154.) FYAD Dump (Twisty)
155.) SA's Frontpage/The Daily Dirt Discussion
156.) Guild Wars: 100s of Goons Playing a Game
157.) Travel
158.) Ask/Tell
159.) THE GULAG
160.) Review Dumps (Forum Category)
161.) Goons With Spoons
162.) Elementary Education
163.) The Game Dump
164.) The Reading Dump
165.) The Music Dump
166.) Hot Topic: Hurricane Hoedown
167.) Post Your Favorite
168.) Goof Troop 2006
169.) Slap Happy Circus
170.) Haus of Tech Support
171.) Post Your Request
172.) Elder Scrolls Fiesta
173.) Awful Link Submission / Discussion
174.) BYOB (old, closed)
175.) HOT TOPIC: �GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!
176.) BYOB Goldmine
177.) Wrestlehut 2000
178.) The Comment Box
179.) Watch and Weight
180.) ?
181.) HOT TOPIC: Football Funbags
182.) The Book Barn
183.) The Goon Doctor
184.) The Cheat Trough
185.) The Photo Fill
186.) Your Console Sucks (and so does DotA)
187.) The Forum That Is Safe From Witches
188.) Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
189.) Forum Friday: The Forum!
190.) The A/V Arena
191.) Let's Play!
192.) The Cellphone Shack
193.) Helldump 2000 (Helldump 2009: Ex-Nice Guy here)
194.) The Enchanted Realm of Shattered Dreams
195.) Helldump 2K V2

it's only good for up to the middle of 2007 though.

196: LEAve online
200: Business, finance, and careers
201: Laissez Faire
202: Cavern of COBOL
204: Helldump Success Stories
208: BYOB (current incarnation)
209: Filmy Filmmakers
210: DIY & Hobbies
211: Tourism and Travel
212: Grand Theft Auto Forum
213: THE TERRORDOME
214: E/N Bullshit
215: PHIZ
218: Goons in Platoons
219: YOSPOS
222: LF Goldmine
223: Hot Topic: Election 2008
225: Warhammer Online
226: RSF: Noir
229: YCS Goldmine
233: RSF: Lovedump 2000 (Lovedump 2020: Compliments from Cuties)
234: Trad Games Discussion
236: Cycle Asylum
241: LAN: Your City Sucks
242: RSF: A Christmas Story
243: RSF: Conspiracy Corner
244: The Fitness Log Cabin
246: RSF: Multimedia Only - DON'T USE TEXT YOU WILL BE BANNED
247: The Dorkroom
248: The Armchair Quarterback
249: HOT TOPIC: 2010 Winter Olympics
250: ?
251: Retarded Forum for Assholes
252: ?
253: Rifftrax Live Meetups

The next 20 or so forums are invalid so I stopped there.
Skipped numbers are either closed/deleted or restricted.

Some corrections/additions:

47.) The Retard Farm
56.) [category] Community Forums
92.) {Hillbilly Jugband forum?}
135.) [Atomo subforum] {Hoobdwarp:Twal?}
136.) [Atomo subforum] {Hot Topic: Theo Huxtable?}
137.) [Atomo subforum] {Muppets and Waffles?}
138.) Hot Topic: Michael Moore
162.) Elementary Education ? Science, Philosophy, and Education
180.) [restricted] Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
181.) HOT TOPIC: Football Funbags ? The Football Funhouse
199.) [restricted]
203.) [restricted]
227.) [restricted]
254.) Rift: Goon Squad HQ
255.) Rapidly Going Deaf
256.) 3rd Street Skyrims: Elder Saints The Fifth
257.) Comment Carnival
258..Some cheap poo poo chimp like OP will think this is whatever...

# ? Sep 7, 2018 01:07

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

You Am I posted:

Is Burt the Patron Saint of AI, or would it be either Paul Newman, Steve McQueen or James Garner?

Michelle Mouton. Now shut up and bow down to her.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 01:15

mariooncrack: Dec 27, 2008

You Am I posted:

Is Burt the Patron Saint of AI, or would it be either Paul Newman, Steve McQueen or James Garner?

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Michelle Mouton. Now shut up and bow down to her.

Is James Dean not in consideration?

# ? Sep 7, 2018 01:45

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Queen Combat posted:

I found one:

That's the one.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 01:56

MomJeans420: Mar 19, 2007

Queen Combat posted:

Buddy with the LS400 purchase just said that, under hard acceleration, the car sometimes stumbles and afterwards has a rough idle for a few minutes until it sorts itself out.

Other than basic maintenance stuff that we're going to tackle in a few weekends (plugs/wires/cap/filters/MAF cleaner), it sounds suspiciously like he's got the bad caps issue. At least a full set of rubycon replacements is only like $30, and I can tackle it in an afternoon. Toyota ended up using defective caps in their ECUs for like 10 years, from 1990-2000, in nearly every vehicle. Yay.

What year LS400? It wasn't as common in the last few years of the LS400, but was still around. Pretty much any strange issue that you can't fix can be related to the ECU capacitors, it's pretty amazing. I never had to bother trying this, but ClubLexus has a thread on checking the ECU before you replace the capacitors.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 02:15

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

MomJeans420 posted:

What year LS400? It wasn't as common in the last few years of the LS400, but was still around. Pretty much any strange issue that you can't fix can be related to the ECU capacitors, it's pretty amazing. I never had to bother trying this, but ClubLexus has a thread on checking the ECU before you replace the capacitors.

It's a 94, which is peak capacitor failure from that thread.

E: from another thread I had found on the issue. It's insane how that this bulletproof car has one Achilles heel, the ECU capacitors. Normally an ECU is the one thing you never touch when troubleshooting a car, because it either works or it doesn't. I've already got the rubycon kit coming in from digikey, and can spend an afternoon pulling the ECU and replacing them. Considering it's Arizona and my buddy is the 2nd owner (was garaged up until about two years ago), I think this may be the ticket for some of the little niggles he's been having.

Queen Combat fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Sep 7, 2018

# ? Sep 7, 2018 02:19

Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

We can have multiple automotive patron saints, all representing the various aspects of AI. A patron saint of nascar, rally, movies, etc.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:04

Somewhat Heroic: Oct 11, 2007; (Insert Mad Max related text)

Paul Walker may he rip in piece with tuna and no crust is our patron saint.
Repent by asking what�s the retail on one of those three times whilst performing burnouts.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:18

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Elmnt80 posted:

We can have multiple automotive patron saints, all representing the various aspects of AI. A patron saint of nascar, rally, movies, etc.

Colin Steele McRae, Patron Saint of Knowing Your Limits And Exceeding Them Anyway, may he do donuts in a WRX STI 22b for eternity.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:31

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Do you gotta be dead to be the Patron Saint of something?

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:40

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

I think that's typically how sainthood works, yes

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:49

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Fender Anarchist posted:

I think that's typically how sainthood works, yes

I thought Mother Theresa got canonized prior to her death but I was mistaken. She was a "living saint" but not an actual church title.

# ? Sep 7, 2018 03:54

OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

Rhyno posted:

I thought Mother Theresa got canonized prior to her death but I was mistaken. She was a "living saint" but not an actual church title.

yeah people were clamoring to have her made a saint the minute she died but there's a waiting period lmao

# ? Sep 7, 2018 04:20

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

everdave posted:

I went this morning to try to score the set that STR got, and they had tons but only marked down to $75.

Bummed, I went to HF and used coupons to get a temporary 3/8 ratchet set and the crappy 24 pack of free batteries for a whopping $4 total. I know it's crap but I lost lots of my 3/8 stuff when I got divorced, I think they were in the ex's old Explorer from where I took the steering column out to replace the shift tube. And I was too bummed about not getting the STR deal to get anything nicer today.

$75 is still a pretty decent price for that set; Kobalt has solid stuff, and a lifetime warranty, no receipt required (well technically you need it, but they don't enforce that for socket replacements so long as you bring in the broken socket and aren't going to a store in the ghetto). I'm pretty sure the $32.25 was a pricing error, or meant for GF's store only - I saw that price briefly online, but it jumped up to $75 within an hour or two. GF's boss let me know it's been marked as "NPI" - non-productive item - meaning (a) it's discontinued and (b) it's marked down significantly to get them gone. GF's boss snagged a set for her BF too; he's also in the "DIY unless it's something that requires multiple days of work" camp.

Someone else rightfully pointed out the lack of extensions or U-joints; I have 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2" u-joints thanks to my AI SS gift, and I have a few 3/8" extensions already, so I just need to nab a couple of 1/2" and 1/4" ones.

Can't bitch about a $4 set though!

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 01:58

Ether Frenzy: Dec 22, 2006; Nap Ghost

BraveUlysses posted:

yeah people were clamoring to have her made a saint the minute she died but there's a waiting period lmao

look, the catholic church has to abide by standards, it's not like this is a unregulated gang of child rapers making poo poo up out of thin air here. Decorum please

# ? Sep 7, 2018 06:04

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