http://dailywhiteboard.net/ News and updates for dailywhiteboard.net en-us Sat, 01 May 2010 18:40:00 EST All original content copyright 2009-2010 Bernard Pellett. 60 Sat, 01 May 2010 18:40:00 EST http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Notepad++ berney.pellett@gmail.com (Berney Pellett) berney.pellett@gmail.com (Berney Pellett) http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b380.php Esk gazed down defiantly. Granny glared up sternly. Their wills clanged like cymbals and the air between them thickened. But Granny had spent a lifetime bending recalitrant creatures to her bidding and, while Esk was a surprisingly strong opponent, it was obvious that she would give in before the end of this paragraph. — Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites Sat, 01 May 2010 18:40:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b380.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b379.php My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way. — Henny Youngman Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b379.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b378.php Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. — Albert Einstein Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:33:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b378.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b377.php Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect. — Blaise Pascal Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b377.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b376.php Out of every hundred new ideas twenty-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. — Will Durant Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b376.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b375.php Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:35:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b375.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b374.php Decades pass and years go by. Days dissolve into the ether, condense into clouds, and come raining back down. — Tom Shear Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:25:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b374.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b373.php The true object of all human life is play. — G. K. Chesterdon Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:07:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b373.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b372.php The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all. — Leo Buscaglia Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:33:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b372.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b371.php A riddle is nothing more than a trap for small minds, baited with the promise of understanding. — Sphinx of Magosi Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:28:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b371.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b370.php Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. — George Bernard Shaw Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b370.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b369.php Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war socialist who gives away free health care. You're thinking of Jesus. — John Fugelsang Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b369.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b368.php If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future? — Stephen Hawking Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:55:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b368.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b367.php The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka" (I found it) but "That's funny..." — Isaac Asimov Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:49:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b367.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b366.php To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b366.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b365.php The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets. — Javad Nasrin Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:09:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b365.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b364.php The most distinct and beautiful statement must take at least the mathematical form. — Henry David Thoreau Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:55:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b364.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b363.php Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. — Mark Twain Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:23:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b363.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b362.php There's a fine line between evil and underpaid. — Dilbert Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b362.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b361.php "How To Train Your Dragon was bloody excellent." — Zachary Lynn "Certainly the best animated Viking film this year." — Adreinne Mattson-Perdue Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:21:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b361.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b360.php Be kind, for fighting everyone you meet is a hard battle. — Alan Rhodes Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:22:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b360.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b359.php Life is not merely one damn goal after another. — Meredith Garmon Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b359.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b358.php Don't blame me — I voted for whoever was running against the elected official you disagree with. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:04:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b358.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b357.php Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift. — Noam Chomsky Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:46:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b357.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b356.php "Just say no" prevents teenage pregnancy the way "Have a nice day" cures chronic depression. — Faye Wattleton Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:27:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b356.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b355.php The greatest prayer is patience. — Buddha Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:06:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b355.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b354.php Newsreaders still feel it is worth a special and rather worrying notion if, for instance, a crime was planned by people "over the Internet". They don't bother to mention when criminals use the telephone or M4, or discuss their dastardly plans over a cup of tea. — Douglas Adams Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:28:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b354.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b353.php We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one else can take for us or spare us. — Marcel Proust Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:29:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b353.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b352.php Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobats and contribute nothing to society. — Sorai Ogyu Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:28:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b352.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b351.php Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. — Sir John Lubbock Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b351.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b350.php Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. — Plato Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:07:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b350.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b349.php Who you are speaks to me so loudly that I can hardly hear what you are saying. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:28:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b349.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b348.php Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. — Martin Luther King, Jr. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:09:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b348.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b347.php I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. — Maya Angelou Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:28:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b347.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b346.php Hooray, he's kicked the ball. Now the ball's over there. That's an interesting development. Perhaps he'll kick the ball. He has indeed. Apparently that deserves a round of applause. — Alison Buck Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:56:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b346.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b345.php I. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. II. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. III. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:44:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b345.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b344.php To be able to listen to the silence is to be able to hear the infinite. — Anne Wilson Schaef Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:39:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b344.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b343.php There's an unwritten understanding among planeswalkers that no Slivers should be summoned within Velis Vel, for fear of causing an ecological catastrophe within Lorwyn's underground. — Doug Beyer Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:04:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b343.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b342.php I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic. — Woody Allen Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:47:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b342.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b341.php She may cry, but her tears will dry when I hand her the keys to a shiny new Australia! — Dr. Horrible Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:26:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b341.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b340.php With ABC deleting dynamite gags from cartoons, do you find that your children are using explosives less frequently? — Mark LoPresti Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:26:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b340.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b339.php You were once shoved headfirst through someone's vagina. Why are you acting so dignified? — xkcd Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:41:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b339.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b338.php The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. — Unknown Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:06:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b338.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b337.php would you die happy if the sunshine was a laser — fridge poem Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:07:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b337.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b336.php The best time to start procrastinating is tomorrow. — Lesley Pike Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b336.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b335.php "Well, it depends on what you want. The iPhone wins on speed and polish, but the Droid has that gorgeous screen and physical keyboard." "What if I want something more than the pale facsimile of fullfillment brought on by a parade of ever-fancier toys? To spend my life restlessly producing instead of sedately consuming? Is there an app for that?" "Yeah, on both — Wait, no, looks like it was rejected from the iPhone store." "Droid it is, then." — xkcd Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:07:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b335.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b334.php You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck. — Lucius Fox Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:48:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b334.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b333.php To know balance is to love peace. — Anne Wilson Schaef Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b333.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b332.php In the '50s, people responded well to disembodied authoritarian voices. — Mike Nelson Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:44:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b332.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b331.php One becomes tired by running in front of a car. One becomes exhausted by running behind a car. — Joe Robertson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:12:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b331.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b330.php Here's wishing Richard Johnson a happy birthday! (more) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:55:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b330.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b329.php Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. — Evan Esar Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:33:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b329.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b328.php Well I got games too, dude, what's with the greed? I can run Snood, that's all I really need. — Devo Spice, "Platform Wars" Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:55:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b328.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b327.php If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. — John Wheeler Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:22:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b327.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b326.php Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. — Albert Einstein Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b326.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b325.php Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time ... The wait is simply too long. — Leonard Bernstein Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:51:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b325.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b324.php [A] person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the Universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever that may turn out to be. — Alan Watts Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:22:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b324.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b323.php Every noble work is at first impossible. — Thomas Carlyle Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:42:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b323.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b322.php What if humans could regenerate from nail or hair clippings? — (Rhetorical Questions) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:49:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b322.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b321.php "Do you like to read poetry, Clyde?" "No, not really. In fact, I even wrote a poem about how much I don't like to read poetry. I'd recite it to you, but I don't like to hear poetry either." — Pickles Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b321.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b320.php Sometimes, making life easier makes the world harder to live in. — Mr. Akins (age 6) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:44:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b320.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b319.php No two people can share exactly the same philosophy; language is just a convenient way for us to misunderstand each other and think we agree. — Berney Pellett Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:51:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b319.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b318.php A classic is something everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. — Mark Twain Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:10:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b318.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b317.php I'm not welcomed but nice shirt — fridge poem Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:43:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b317.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b316.php The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. — Sonya Friedman Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:38:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b316.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b315.php Summoning a demon is weighty stuff, not something you do during a commercial so it can fetch you another bag of Doritos. There are contracts involved, and very harsh late fees, and promises that involve helping people move, with or without pizza, and also something about souls. — Doug Beyer Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:37:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b315.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b314.php I fucking love Douglas Adams. I want to be him. I would even settle for being like him. ... Just everyone says he was the best person around to be friends with because he was the man. — Sam Duncan Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:47:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b314.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b313.php Disregard females. Acquire currency. — Dan Deep Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:36:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b313.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b312.php If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it. — Albert Einstein Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b312.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b311.php I always enjoy the contrast of readers arguing about minor factual details in some comics but universally accepting Biff's head blown off. — Chris Hallbeck Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b311.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b310.php Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. — Will Rogers Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:24:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b310.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n19.php The Big Puzzle Project is finally finished! It is called "Yenreb's Dungeon" and is available for download. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:34:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n19.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b309.php "The famous Bruce Wayne. Rachel's told me everything about you." "I certainly hope not." — The Dark Knight Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:10:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b309.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b308.php You are here not merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. — Woodrow Wilson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:10:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b308.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b307.php misunderestimated sexual relations — fridge poem Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:18:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b307.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b306.php Don't tell me that you never crash 'cause I'll call shenanigans / 'Cause you freeze in place like a room full of mannequins / I've seen it when it happens, you sit there and smile / And watch the pretty colors spin around for a while — Devo Spice, "Platform Wars" Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b306.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b305.php In a republic, who is the country? — Mark Twain Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:40:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b305.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b304.php Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. — Helen Keller Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:50:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b304.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b303.php Prayer of the Idealistic Grad Student: God grant me the strength to change those things I cannot accept, the serenity to rejoice in those things I do, and the intelligence to heap cultural and literary allusions upon all the rest until they are palatable to my tastes. Amen. — Alan Rhodes Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:15:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b303.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n18.php A long-standing issue with the RSS feed has been resolved. (more details) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n18.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b302.php Have you ever observed that we pay much more a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author? — Philip Hamerton Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:15:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b302.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b301.php I guess when it comes down to it, I'd rather be infamous than famous. — D. Helmer Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:39:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b301.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b300.php Picketers outside UCLA protesting government mind control. But what are we going to do, leave it to the private sector? — malki Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:25:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b300.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b299.php Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. — Carl Jung Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:04:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b299.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b298.php Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words "Ye must have faith." — Max Planck Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:15:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b298.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b297.php Never build a dungeon you wouldn't be happy to spend the night in yourself. The world would be a happier place if more people remembered that. — Lord Vetinari Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b297.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b296.php There are only two things that are infinite: the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not too sure about that first one. — Albert Einstein Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:42:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b296.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b295.php The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:35:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b295.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b294.php No two people are not on fire. — Strongbad Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:06:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b294.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b293.php aibohphobia — fear of palindromes Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:35:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b293.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b292.php Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase. — Martin Luther King, Jr. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:14:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b292.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b291.php Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. — Groucho Marx Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b291.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b290.php You can recognize a pioneer by the arrows in his back. — Beverly Rubik Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:13:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b290.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b289.php Don't let the government tell you when to walk or don't walk. J-walk for Jesus! — A Prarie Home Companion Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:23:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b289.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b288.php Theories have four stages of acceptance: i. this is worthless nonsense; ii. this is interesting, but perverse; iii. this is true, but quite unimportant; iv. I always said so. — J. B. S. Haldane, 1963 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:43:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b288.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b287.php Reporter: "Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of Western civilization? Gandhi: "It sounds like a wonderful idea." Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:58:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b287.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b286.php An x64 processor is screaming along at billions of cycles per second to run the XNU kernel, which is frantically working through all the Posix-specified abstraction to create the Darwin system underlying OS X, which in turn is straining itself to run Firefox and its Gecko renderer, which creates a Flash object which renders dozens of frames per second. Because I wanted to see a cat jump into a box and fall over. I am a god. — xkcd Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:48:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b286.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n17.php I have removed the search bar from the site. (more) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:20:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n17.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b285.php "We should go out. On a date, I mean." "Oh, I, uh... I'll have to ask my boyfriend about that." "Hmm. I don't have a prepared reaction for that." — So Damn Bright Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:48:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b285.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b284.php If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. — Henry David Thoreau Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:18:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b284.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b283.php My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. — The Pin Series Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:39:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b283.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b282.php Never trust someone who unconsciously flinches when you mention pepper spray. He's probably a bear. — a softer world Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b282.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b281.php Those in a hurry do not arrive. — Zen saying Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:51:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b281.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b280.php If your computer says "Printer out of paper", this problem cannot be resolved by continuously clicking the OK button. — LucasEarth Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:36:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b280.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n16.php This is shaping up to be an interesting semester, between my Intro to Philosophy course, the math/philosophy crossover "Infinity, Undecidability, and Non-computability", and of course multivariable calculus. Lots of writing and in-class discussions. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:56:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n16.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b279.php If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the Universe. — Carl Sagan Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:47:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b279.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b278.php Please stop quoting me. Not everything I say is some witty quotation. — Mark Twain (via The Onion) Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:57:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b278.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b277.php Boredom is good training for life. — Kathy Funke Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:04:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b277.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b276.php There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. — Anonymous forum post, discovered by Roxie Gould Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b276.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b275.php How wonderful that we have met with paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. — Niels Bohr Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b275.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b274.php You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. — Mark Twain Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:03:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b274.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b273.php To My Publisher, [...] Whatever in this book is untrue, or uncertain, or incomplete, belongs to you; whatever is true, or noble, or helpful is mine. Your friend, Frank Bellew Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:06:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b273.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b272.php The beginning of wisdom is the statement "I do not know." The person who cannot make that statement is one who will never learn anything. — Thrall, Warcraft III Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:26:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b272.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b271.php It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak. — Shakespeare Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:18:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b271.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b270.php My life was really missing something. Turns out it was toast. — Chris Hallbeck Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:02:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b270.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b269.php Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue — to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. — Socrates Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:55:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b269.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b268.php It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:41:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b268.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b267.php Is barking up the wrong tree really that much worse than barking up the correct tree? They both seem like a huge waste of time to me. — Al Yankovic (via Twitter) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:38:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b267.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b266.php would you look great please — fridge poem Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:04:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b266.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b265.php Put all your eggs in the one basket and watch that basket. — Mark Twain Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:26:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b265.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b264.php One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. — Victor Hugo Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:26:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b264.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n15.php So the Xbox 360 that my brother and I share has finally succumbed to the red ring of death. This isn't a big deal for me because (more) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:23:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n15.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b263.php Scientists have calculated the odds of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one odds crop up nine times out of ten. — Terry Pratchett Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b263.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b262.php I haven't seen this many strange letters since I took out a personal ad. — James Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:59:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b262.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b261.php Q: Why don't blind people go skydiving? A: It scares the heck out of the dogs. — LucasEarth Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b261.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b260.php I have a problem with low self-esteem which is really ridiculous when you consider how amazing I am. — The Pin Series Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:11:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b260.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n14.php I will be seeing Avatar today with some friends and family. I would say that I'd let you know what I think of it, but I'm not a very good critic. (more...) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:13:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n14.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b259.php Scientists are people, and as such enjoy an aura of "rightness" as much as anyone. — K. C. Cole Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:13:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b259.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b258.php Pro tip: Don't try to take a pill with a freshly opened can of soda. It's hard to quickly swallow a mouthful of rapidly expanding foam. — bookofbiff on Twitter Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:53:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b258.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b257.php our children are the focus of evil — fridge poem Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:35:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b257.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b256.php After all, Jesus says to the religious elite who looked down on everybody else: "The tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the Kingdom ahead of you." And we wonder what got him killed? — Shane Clairborne Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b256.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b255.php Q: What's the difference between a Mac and a bench? A: A bench supports things! — LucasEarth Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b255.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n13.php Due to travel issues, I didn't get home until last night, and I haven't fully settled in yet. The good news is that I was able to connect to the site, so there will be daily updates as normal. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n13.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n12.php I'm traveling home today for break. Hopefully I can access the site from home. (I couldn't during Thanksgiving break.) In case I can't, happy holidays and I'll see you all in January! (If I can access the site, I'll see you tomorrow.) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n12.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b254.php If Carmen Sandiego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be invisible. — Emily Larisch Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b254.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b253.php "Can't you have gay sex with Alistair?" "No. You can only bang elf dudes." "It's not gay if it's an elf." "I'd love to know why you have a rule for that." — Penny Arcade Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:44:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b253.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b252.php Reaching for the stars is like reaching for breasts. Getting there doesn't guarantee that you'll be welcome. — a softer world Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:56:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b252.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b251.php Graph: Q: What's catchy, fun to share, and annoying after a while? A: Earworms (or) Herpes — Indexed Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:50:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b251.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n11.php I have recently resumed working on Hybrid, which is one of the board games I have designed. Yesterday I developed a modular board system to replace the former static board. This new system allows for 23,040 different boards, which is 23,039 more than the game supported before. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:03:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n11.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b250.php If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise, don't put it there. — Chekhov's Gun Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:57:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b250.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b249.php "I'll order us a round." "No one orders me around." — Raymondo Person (Patrick Alexander) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:29:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b249.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b248.php To get the full value out of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. — Mark Twain Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:29:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b248.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b247.php you can not stop | the importance of | your body — fridge poem Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b247.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b246.php Yes, I am eating candy for breakfast again. Take that, doctors and lawyers. I don't need no fancy car to be happy. — a softer world Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b246.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b245.php "I didn't trip, I was just testing the gravity. (It still works.)" Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b245.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b244.php Sometimes I wish I could take back all of my mistakes/but then I think/what if my mother could take back hers? — a softer world Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:17:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b244.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b243.php Today is Joss Whedon's laundry day, but remember: Not All Who Launder Are Joss — Will Woods Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b243.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b242.php Your next action could change the world, so make it a good one. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:18:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b242.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n10.php So it turns out my friend Mitchell's birthday was yesterday. December fourth also happens to be this site's birthday! Why didn't I point this out yesterday? Because I wasn't paying attention. I've been busy playing Pokemon Platinum and Emerald (and doing schoolwork, I guess). Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n10.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b241.php But would I be a good Messiah with my low self-esteem? If I don't believe in myself would that be blasphemy? — Bloodhound Gang Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:46:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b241.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b240.php Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad-hoc plot device. — David Langford Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b240.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b239.php the best looking smile does marry out of this world — fridge poem Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:31:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b239.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b238.php Image: Dry cleaning bills vs. pidgeon poplation. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:54:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b238.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b237.php I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b237.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b236.php I wish that seeing you naked was as good as wishing I could see you naked. — a softer world Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:36:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b236.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b235.php They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. — Andy Warhol Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:17:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b235.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n9.php Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to upload the pages from my computer to the server while I was home. As a result, there were no updates to the white board over the Thanksgiving weekend. Sorry about that! Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:05:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n9.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b234.php ever been on the internet — fridge poem Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:25:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b234.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b233.php Jesus can walk on water. Chuck Norris can swim through land. Batman can breathe in space. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:25:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b233.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n8.php I am headed home for Thanksgiving: I'll be on a 6 am flight tomorrow. You can still expect daily updates to the site during the break. |P| I have some playlists I'd like to share. Maybe I'll post one per week for a while, or maybe one week I'll post one a day in addition to the boards. I'll figure something out. |P| And now I need to pack. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:48:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n8.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b232.php listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go — E. E. Cummings Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b232.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b231.php This foolish idea of shooting at the moon is an example of the absurd length to which vicious specialization will carry scientists... the proposition appears to be basically impossible. — A. W. Bickerton, 1926 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:06:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b231.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b230.php The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. — Dorothy Parker Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:08:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b230.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/ Update: Yesterday I added an RSS feed for the site. Today, I've added a sitemap and the archives that should have been finished weeks ago. Also, if you're looking for the About page, that link has moved to the menu on the right (below the skyscraper ad), along with links to the feed and the sitemap. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:28:00 GMT http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n7.php# http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/ I just went to an awesome Amanda Palmer and Nervous Cabaret concert in Carrboro! You should all go listen to their music on their sites if not go buy all their paraphinalia at once. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:58:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n7.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/ All my economists say, "On the one hand, ...; On the other hand ..." Give me a one-handed economist! — President Truman Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:52:00 EST http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b229.php http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/ Hey look! I have an RSS feed now. You guys can use this to keep up with updates to the site, although they're fairly regular anyway. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://dailywhiteboard.net/news/n6.php? http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/ do you taste a baby — fridge poem #9 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT http://dailywhiteboard.net/board/b228.php