Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Glloyd]

I got to try out an Occulus Rift at a friend's party last night! It was actually reaallly fucking cool. The friend's boyfriend is a software engineer, and he's designing CADesque programs for use on the OR, and he had two sets at his place. We got to try out a few of the different modules that come with it, including a roller coaster one which legitimately made you feel like you were on a roller coaster. It was actually the coolest fucking thing. That is the future right there.

And before you say Facebook ruined the OR, after talking with him about it, I'm less apprehensive towards Facebook's acquisition of OR. From what he was saying, so far Facebook has let the team continue doing their work unrestricted, but with better funding which sounds kind of like a win win.

[Orange Wizard]

I doubt Facebook is dumb enough to do anything that would impinge on their chances of profits.

[Bauglir]

thunderstorm so strong the blobs of light known as street lights have been blurred out by water

now the fucking drought is over

goodbye topsoil

[TD1]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ethiopia: An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought. UNICEF estimates that 1.4 million of those at risk are children under five. (See Ethiopia: The hardest hit and the Ethiopia Donor Update .)

Eritrea: Successive years of drought, combined with the border war with Ethiopia, has created major food shortages. Nearly 1.3 million people are at risk, including an estimated 1 million who have been displaced by the war. (See the Eritrea Donor Update .)

Somalia: Due to seven consecutive poor harvests coupled with chronic insecurity in some regions, food stability is deteriorating, affecting as many as one million people, including 300,000 children aged under 5 years. The drought has been made worse by sudden torrential rains and flash flooding. (See the Somalia Donor Update .)

Sudan: An estimated 2.8 million people in the south face food insecurity in the coming months.

Uganda: About 550,000 people face food insecurity.

Afghanistan: Large parts of the south are severely affected, where 60 to 80 percent of livestock have died. Almost 2.5 million people, or 10 percent of the population, are at risk and many of them will need assistance for at least the next 12 months.

China: In the northern Shanxi province, nearly 3 million people don't have enough water. About one-third of the province's wheat crop has been hit by the drought and more than 60 percent of its soil lacks water.

India: The government has mobilized massive relief efforts in several regions. Madhya Pradesh, along with the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh in the south, are in the grip of a severe drought following the failure of last year's monsoon rains. Nearly 130 million people living in 12 States have been seriously affected by what some officials call the worst drought in 100 years. (See India page.)

Iran: The government has informed the United Nations office in Tehran that it is ready to accept international aid to help meet losses estimated at $1.7 billion from the drought. Iran needs about $200 million to provide water tankers and water purifying units for drought-hit areas.

Morocco: The government has launched a $633 million contingency plan to combat the worst drought for a decade. About 70 percent of the country's arable land has been affected.

Pakistan: Government officials estimate that nearly 3 million people - mostly villagers - face possible starvation. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Pakistan's southern Thar desert. The drought has devastated crops and livestock in the desert, home to 1 million people, sparking fears of a massive humanitarian crisis

Sooooo

One of those right?

[IronTomato]

Happy birthday!

Personal happy:
Despite what I posted in the rage thread, I am still happy because of a single thing.
As of right now, I am standing in the United States of America~

"Amurrica,
Fuck No!
Can't put music on ya muthafuckin videos"
~A very wise man.

Welcome to Teh Land of Freedom.

[Tawa]

Just finished watching an episode of Batman.

The corny series from the 60s. Darn good campy fun right there.

[Frumple]

Lesson learned: Putting a handful of honey roasted peanuts into a bowl of ramen makes for delicious noodles.

[Yoink]

Good morning Bay12!

[Mr. Strange]

Good night Bay12!

[TD1]

Em.

*Bay12 gains sentience and says hello*

[KingofstarrySkies]

That, ultimately, is the Toad's master-plan. Make it sentient, absorbing us all into one giant Toad. Then, we CONQUER THE EARTH! AHAHAHAHAH!

[TD1]

I would leave....

But I'm too far in

[Aklyon]

And before you say Facebook ruined the OR, after talking with him about it, I'm less apprehensive towards Facebook's acquisition of OR. From what he was saying, so far Facebook has let the team continue doing their work unrestricted, but with better funding which sounds kind of like a win win.

So basically exactly what people expected after the panic settled down.

[Glloyd]

And before you say Facebook ruined the OR, after talking with him about it, I'm less apprehensive towards Facebook's acquisition of OR. From what he was saying, so far Facebook has let the team continue doing their work unrestricted, but with better funding which sounds kind of like a win win.

So basically exactly what people expected after the panic settled down.

That, or what any person who knew the facts thought through the whole thing. I was apprehensive because I didn't know much, and all I had heard was that Facebook had acquired it. I've been so out of the loop since I heard that, I didn't know what came of the whole thing until last night. Either way, it's a ridiculously cool platform and if anybody gets a chance to try one, try it.

[IronTomato]

Good night Bay12!

Good morning Bay12!

Good afternoon, Bay12!