Not entirely related... but I recently hada talk with my bank, where the helpful woman explained that my debit card was being replaced because the data had been calm-promised.
Yes.
//shudder
Now... the most hilarious thing of all really... their own "Commandments" for writing an entry...
1) Everything you post must be true and verifiable.
2)Always cite and give credit to your sources, even if in the public domain.
3) Edits/new pages must be family-friendly, clean, concise, and without gossip or foul language.
4) When referencing dates based on the approximate birth of Jesus, give appropriate credit for the basis of the date (B.C. or A.D.). "BCE" and "CE" are unacceptable substitutes because they deny the historical basis. See CE.
5) As much as is possible, American spelling of words must be used.
6) Do not post personal opinion on an encyclopedia entry. Opinions can be posted on Talk:pages or on debate or discussion pages.
I especially like 1 and 6 ... because, you know... none of the entries I've read violate that at all... /sarcasm_off
I don't know if I can tell the vandals using irony from the whackjobs using whatever passes for their brains...
Checking out the "Recent Edits" listing is scary.
Huh... to be perfectly honest, I always thought that CE stood for "Christian Era". Which to me, is not anti-Christian, since it at least acknowledges the basis behind our dating system without the implied assumption of the date of Christ's birth being "fact".
Still, this thing is hilarious...
And over here you'll see one of our latest Hello Kitty Bunker Busters...
Do not attempt to change fanbelt while engine is running.
You're all giving me twisted "Clue" flashbacks...
The Giant Space Amoeba was done in by Mr. Spock, in a Shuttle, with an Anti-Matter Bomb... near the conservatory, after mind melding with Mrs. Peacock...
There are NOT lots of unknowns about the WTC collapse. Conspiracy theorists want to make you think there are, but there are several clear documented analyses by good engineers and scientists that explain it all clearly. The conspiracy nuts just willfully ignore it. The melting point of steel nonsense is particularly annoying to myself as an engineer. As someone mentioned above, steel (like any normal metal) loses strength with increasing temperature, and a significant percentage of that strength is lost at the temperatures caused by burning jet fuel. The nonsensical notion that the steel had to melt for the towers to collapse is so riduculous I can't believe it gets repeated. Search for Popular Mechanics' refutation of the conspiracy theoris'ts major points. Its one of the better and easier to understand refutations.
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