Down Under?

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Holy crap, a painting elephant!

As I was evading RickRolls today on YouTube, I found this painting elephant.





I saw some other painting animal on tv a while back, an ape of some kind I think? It was pretty cool, it painted a picture of a black and white spotted dog if I remember, I will have to look for that one.

Just doing a little testing

I have been messing around with some settings and whated to see if I messed anything up

Save the Planet?

I am no sandal wearing hippie but I like to do my part to save the planet. Little things like turning off lights, using CFL bulbs, opening a window instead of AC, etc. I have started doing some renovations around the house so I thought I could get some more modern efficient items, things like a tankless water heater or maybe even some solar panels so I started looking online. I quickly found out why no one is interested in conservation. For example, the tankless water heater I would need for my house will cost about $600 MORE than the largest tank heater I can buy, plus the install costs almost twice as much. A typical summer gas bill for me is $20 (which includes clothes dryer, stove, oven, hot water, etc) but for easy math lets assume all $20 is from hot water. Now lets also assume a new tankless heater will use $0 per month in gas. That would be 2 and a half years just to break even on the hardware. Realistically, its probably $10-15, I'll use $10. SO the tank will use $10 gas per month and the tankless will use, maybe $2 (the are more efficient) so that is $8 savings a month which means in 6 and a quarter years I will break even on the hardware and I can start in on the extra install costs. I thought maybe that was a bad example so I looked at solar power. I dug up an old electric bill to see how much I used and what it cost. For some reason I have 2 meters so I will just use the main one that seems to be hooked up to everything but the AC. This month I used 932 KWH, costs including service charges and taxes were $105.64 so that is 11.3 cents per KWH. My daily average is 30 KWH a day. To give you an idea how bad AC is I used 10 KWH per day on AC and it was only running for maybe 2 weeks out of the month. OK so I looked up some solar panels and realized the price varies wildly so I settled on an inexpensive unit for my example. This setup makes up to 7.7 KW per day and costs $10,000 (plus installation). First lets assume we will always get the full 7.7 (which wouldn't happen due to clouds, rain, snow, etc.) in fact, lets round it to 8KW a day. 8x11.3 cents is a whopping 90 cents a day savings, that will take a little over 30 YEARS just to break on the hardware and that is under perfect conditions, I doubt the panels would even last that long. Just about everything I looked at was the same way. Wind power, extra insulation, high efficiency appliances, LED lights, hybrid cars, the list goes on and on. I am happy to do my part but there is no way I am going to spend $100 to save $5, that is just stupid. I would even be willing to spend $60 to save $50 because there are other benefits like less pollution, less fossil fuels used etc. but. . .

To be fair to the hippies, there are tax credits on some items to make the cost a little easier but still no where near enough to make it worthwhile to the average Joe. Also, there are a few things we can all do to help out like turning off lights, turning off water (fixing drips), making your heat maybe 1 degree colder in the winter, carpooling. But as for the big things, I think I'll pass.

Judge to rule on landmark Internet porn law

The ACLU and others sued the U.S. government, claiming the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 violates the Constitution, and they argued on Monday that filtering was a more effective tool that does not curtail free speech.


But attorneys for the U.S. government called the law necessary to protect young people from sexually explicit material and said Internet filtering technology was not good enough to block offending Web sites from personal computers.

"Evidence shows that many parents do not actively use the filters," said Joel McElvain, an attorney for the U.S. Justice Department.

I can't believe I agree with the ACLU but THIS is exactly why calling someone an American has become an insult to me. The story is about COPA, which I don't really care about one way or the other, but we feel the need to protect people from themselves. Evidence shows that many parents do not actively use the filters So, who's fault is that??? Mine? Because there are lots of shitty parents that don't care about their kids, I don't get to see boobs online? That is bullshit! Once again, I am punished for other peoples choices. I don't have kids for a reason, no the reason isn't so I can look at porn but that is a nice side benefit of them not being around. I can also play violent video games, keep guns in the house, drink, stay up all night, do coke off a dead hookers ass, etc. My point is, I chose to not have kids because I wanted to do other things, I am giving up on all the good stuff parents get to do with their kids, but that is MY CHOICE. If you have children, there is some responsibility and some sacrifice (like monitoring them online), that is just how it is, you don't get to have it both ways. Don't inflict your damn kids on me!

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Keep clear of gangs rappers warn

LOL rappers, who's whole culture revolves around guns, drugs, and violence are giving advice on not being in a gang? Personally, I blame hippies and rappers for the decline of western civilization and they are out making a token effort at public service? What a joke!