Of all the dumb things said in WoW.. they follow up on this one? This guy must've really convinced them.
Or..
They just wanted to scare the hell out of him. Probably a NElf Huntard.

The man's computer was seized as evidence.

Noooes how am I supposed to raid mad epic lootz in Ulduar *cough*and look up PVC bombs*cough* without my computer?!1

Now Bubba is going to test the theory of "penis goes where?".

Dr.Knockboots: Of all the dumb things said in WoW.. they follow up on this one? This guy must've really convinced them.
Or..
They just wanted to scare the hell out of him. Probably a NElf Huntard.

Or a Paladin who made the mistake of pissing off too many people by bubble-hearthing out of duels.

stupid n00b authorities don't even know that "blowing up an airliner" is l33t speak for shiatting out 3 straight meals of cheetos and surge after a particularly long raid.

In what zone are there airliners?

Honestly, officer, I was just testing a theory when I whipped it out in front of those sixteen year old girls...

Are they sure he wasn't just planning a one man raid on some Hordey zeppellin?

LFG H Flt 1934 out of Dallas. PST. No DK's.

ranak: LFG H Flt 1934 out of Dallas. PST. No DK's.

Do you still need a tank? Only looking for badges.

Chuck Norris once threatened to blow up an airliner. He didn't even bother board the plane. It just blew itself up because it knew damn well what's good for it.

My theory is that he's stupid.

Which is proven, because he plays WoW.

Barrens Chat - Serious business

Just have to inject a bit o' the Barrens chat.

Unfortunately, when the cops came to take him to the station, the exposure to sunlight melted him, so they'll never know what really happened.

I will bet a substantial amount of money that he was in Trade chat at the time.

For those that don't play Warcraft, the Trade channel is available in all major cities, and it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks that play the game. Which is saying something.

If World of Warcraft is a toilet, then Trade chat is the septic tank on a hot August day.

I would hardly call an 18-year-old WoW player a 'man'.
I'm 21, graduated University, working full-time and still consider myself a kid.
Plus, these days, 18-year-olds are little shiats anyway.

I'm going to blow up a plane on my way home from work, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

/apparently its necessary to point out that I'm joking.

let me guess, it was just a social experiment...

Theory: The federal authorities are actually quite a jocose bunch of fellows, and have gained enough emotional distance from the 9/11 tragedy to have a sense of humor about it.

Experiment: Enter the fantasy world of World of Warcraft and claim to be planning to blow up an airliner. I have ascertained that the denizens of this online community represent a group as close to "random sample" as I can get.

Outcome: Fail, jail and teh ass-rape. My espectations of the federal authorities' emotional distance proved to be wildly incorrect.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks

As a Farker, I'm not sure whether I should be offended by this or rush to sign up.

UberDave: In what zone are there airliners?

The ones in Icecrown?

What a typical WoW conversation may look like:

begger: Can i beg you for some gold for my epic mount plz
person: Sure thing
begger: ...
person: You are absolutely terrible at begging
begger: hey !!begger: Plz men
begger: hor much can you give me?
person: i have 10 000 gold
begger: ok
begger: sso can you help me
begger: i need some gold
person: sure if you answer 2 simple questions
begger: k
person: Why are manhole covers round?
begger: ido
begger: lol
begger: next
person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?
begger: wtf just give me the money loll
person: I'm sorry my money will not be yours

The man... admitted he jokingly made the threats... because he had heard that merely doing so would bring police to his mother's house.

FTFH

The Theory in question: what is it like to have your house raided because of something you said online? are trials fun? are lawyers expensive? is prison as bad as they say?

Some things must be experienced I guess. There really is no substitute.

Yer Goin DOWN! Skybreaker!

/right after I finish my dailies

WoW what an idiot

Why don't we have an Indiana tag yet? The state is just so full of fail...

/Hoosier

Was he interrogated by Gnomeland Security?

Adjective Bird Whiskey: Chuck Norris once threatened to blow up an airliner. He didn't even bother board the plane. It just blew itself up because it knew damn well what's good for it.

Vin Diesel doesn't blow up airliners, he blows up airlines.

Dr.Knockboots: Of all the dumb things said in WoW.. they follow up on this one? This guy must've really convinced them.
Or..
They just wanted to scare the hell out of him. Probably a NElf Huntard.

They've sent police to a customer's location when someone said they were about to kill themselves.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: I will bet a substantial amount of money that he was in Trade chat at the time.

For those that don't play Warcraft, the Trade channel is available in all major cities, and it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks that play the game. Which is saying something.

If World of Warcraft is a toilet, then Trade chat is the septic tank on a hot August day.

/leave 2

Dr.Knockboots: Probably a NElf Huntard.farker, now I have cookies all over my keyboard

why did he just point out that he was talking about the flight guy in shalozar basin?

/lfg HOcc, need tank, dps

bluesbox: Theory: The federal authorities are actually quite a jocose bunch of fellows, and have gained enough emotional distance from the 9/11 tragedy to have a sense of humor about it.

Experiment: Enter the fantasy world of World of Warcraft and claim to be planning to blow up an airliner. I have ascertained that the denizens of this online community represent a group as close to "random sample" as I can get.

Outcome: Fail, jail and teh ass-rape. My espectations of the federal authorities' emotional distance proved to be wildly incorrect.

I lol'ed, but you need to make those three rhyme. "Fail, jail, and ass-rail"? "Fail, jail, and getting nailed"? Help me out here, guys.

ONOEZ!

Terrorists train using 'World of Warcraft'
Friday, August 3 2007

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tinyarena: /right after I finish my dailies

we have a winner,

Scruffinator: /leave 2

Oh yeah. I haven't been in Trade chat for awhile...hell it could be civilized by now. I'm not turning it back on to find out.

Well he's obviously not a rogue or he'd have stealthed and moved out of their detection and aggro range.

ranfour: ONOEZ!

Terrorists train using 'World of Warcraft'
Friday, August 3 2007

Link

Good thing we have the T to protect us.

This guy will most likely receive an epic mount (of a different kind) for his achievements.

wyrlss: Vin Diesel doesn't blow up airliners, he blows up airlines.

Are you farking kidding me? Vin Diesel?
Dwayne Johnson is (marginally) better than him...and Dwayne Johnson is worse than Keanu Reeves. And Keanu Reeves is worse than...

Always remember.

1nsanilicious: What a typical WoW conversation may look like:

begger: Can i beg you for some gold for my epic mount plz
person: Sure thing
begger: ...
person: You are absolutely terrible at begging
begger: hey !!begger: Plz men
begger: hor much can you give me?
person: i have 10 000 gold
begger: ok
begger: sso can you help me
begger: i need some gold
person: sure if you answer 2 simple questions
begger: k
person: Why are manhole covers round?
begger: ido
begger: lol
begger: next
person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?
begger: wtf just give me the money loll
person: I'm sorry my money will not be yours

Back when I played wow, I once had a beggar try to bum some gold off of me. I managed to convince him that if he gave me five gold I'd come back with a hundred for him. The idiot actually gave it to me. I logged.

he committed a thoughtcrime

first they go after the guys who say they want to blow stuff up

next they go after guys who say "I don't think congress is acting in the best interests of the nation"

I hope the aclu takes this and gets this guy a fat check from the feds

Helen_Arigby: I lol'ed, but you need to make those three rhyme. "Fail, jail, and ass-rail"? "Fail, jail, and getting nailed"? Help me out here, guys.

Quite simply: Anal (but you gotta pronounce it right so it rhymes...at least that's what most rappers seem to do.)

1nsanilicious: What a typical WoW conversation may look like:

begger: Can i beg you for some gold for my epic mount plz
person: Sure thing
begger: ...
person: You are absolutely terrible at begging
begger: hey !!begger: Plz men
begger: hor much can you give me?
person: i have 10 000 gold
begger: ok
begger: sso can you help me
begger: i need some gold
person: sure if you answer 2 simple questions
begger: k
person: Why are manhole covers round?
begger: ido
begger: lol
begger: next
person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?
begger: wtf just give me the money loll
person: I'm sorry my money will not be yours

Just open up a trade window, enter something like 2000000 into the gold section and never click "Trade." I used to get some minor lulz hanging around Org watching beggars flip out after five or ten minutes.

good god..what a total douche ITG. I kind of saw where he was going with his theory, by being a retarded kid and say "key" terrorist words just to see if anything happens....but if you freaking spell out some made up elaborate terrorist plot...your a moron to think that someone isnt watching.

ranak: LFG H Flt 1934 out of Dallas. PST stats/achiev or no reply No DK's.

fixed that for ya ...

Trade and Barrens chat are the 4chan of the MMO universe.

Needs a cape and wizard hat.

mofomisfit: Just open up a trade window, enter something like 2000000 into the gold section and never click "Trade." I used to get some minor lulz hanging around Org watching beggars flip out after five or ten minutes.

I love doing that when people ask me for gold. Open up trade, put the highest denomination I can in then go take a dump, make dinner, whatever... Its great coming back after 20 mins or so only to see the trade window still open and the person cursing you out.

RembrandtQEinstein: he committed a thoughtcrime

first they go after the guys who say they want to blow stuff up

next they go after guys who say "I don't think congress is acting in the best interests of the nation"

I hope the aclu takes this and gets this guy a fat check from the feds

A little more elaborate than a "thoughtcrime" I would say. He specified a city and a time... You're not allowed to cry fire in a crowded theater either. It's a fine line. I know this is all surprising to you as you exclusively watch Bill O'Reilly where facts and laws have no meaning.

What they're not telling you is that the threat to blow up the plane was accompanied by a demand that all players buy gold from him at the price of $49.95/1000g (+10% bonus).

At first I was like:


Then I was like:

50 posts and no one has put this?


Obligatory

/Hot
/Can't believe I've posted this pic twice today.

Lol. Came for the Chuck Norris referance. Leaving with a snap to Bill O'Reilly!

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: Scruffinator: /leave 2

Oh yeah. I haven't been in Trade chat for awhile...hell it could be civilized by now. I'm not turning it back on to find out.

Last time I looked trade chat was kind of epic. Watched some girly called Mew Mew Kitty threaten to shift server and everyone starting sobbing and wailing and threatening to kill themselves as she was the only reason they played and what would they do without her etc etc
Plus you get the randoms preaching the Bible. It often cheers up an otherwise boring AH visit

I just hope they don't end up incarcerating this moron at $25K/yr on the taxpayers dime. Something like paying the salaries of all those involved in investigating his asshattery and no internet for 5 years (probation, etc) sounds like an appropriate punishment.

Oh, and sterilize him too. Don't want that sort breeding.

I want to know who qq'd that to the GM.

I can't believe someone took anything said on trade seriously.

There's a reason trade chat sits in it's own window tab and is rarely ever looked at.

Real joy in being a huntard is grouping with level 1 beggers, and misdirecting Gamon onto them.

AndreMA: I just hope they don't end up incarcerating this moron at $25K/yr on the taxpayers dime. Something like paying the salaries of all those involved in investigating his asshattery and no internet for 5 years (probation, etc) sounds like an appropriate punishment.

Oh, and sterilize him too. Don't want that sort breeding.


Like that was ever a possibility anyway.

Bonzo_1116: I can't believe someone took anything said on trade seriously.

just like they didnt take those pilots who ONLY wanted to takeoff and fly the planes seriously.

yah, exactly why shiat like that gets your dumb ass put into jail

AndreMA: I just hope they don't end up incarcerating this moron at $25K/yr on the taxpayers dime. Something like paying the salaries of all those involved in investigating his asshattery and no internet for 5 years (probation, etc) sounds like an appropriate punishment.

Oh, and sterilize him too. Don't want that sort breeding.

the reall reason to send his ASS to prison, is to WARN the next noob to STFU already

This thread:



I have had enough, Paul. It is no longer worth the gold it costs to fly to the Ghostlands if my soldiers are going to fail me halfway through and leave the party running for its life, quaffing expensive potions, and dying before we've seen the second boss.

This is not my usual "raid postmortem" e-mail to the whole team. This is specifically directed at you, Paul, and will address the increasingly serious range of problems that have manifested themselves in the four months since you began raiding with the Destroyers of Infinity guild.

We usually feel like we're babysitting you on our raids, but in this particular instance (pun not intended), you seemed far more interested in role-playing than in little, peripheral concerns like finding and killing Zul'jin, or teensy tiny little perks like not dying! I was mad enough about the Molten Core incident in March, and the time you accidentally healed the dire troll, but your behavior last night has driven me to throw down an ultimatum: If you're going to be welcome on our future quests, you must at the very least own up to the monumental errors you made in Zul'Aman and take responsibility for the humiliating failure of that raid.

Right now my IRL rage bar is about 98, but I'm going to equip a ring of calm long enough to specify the major problems you have consistently brought to our raids. Please read and understand the following in full:

1. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A GOOD, SPEEDY COMPUTER

Your five-year-old Mac G5, still on OS 10.4 and with its hard drive nearly full, is incapable of running a legendary RAM gobbler at the velocity necessary to keep up with our raids. Waiting an hour for your antique collection to download and install the new patch is not a fun Friday night for any of us, and you are frankly cheating yourself of the full in-world experience by having to scale back so much on the video menu. All problems that could have been avoided if you'd used your birthday money to get a quad-core Mac Pro (like we suggested) instead of going to science camp and missing the game for two weeks.

2. ABANDONING CHARACTERS

Taking a full week to get your characters to level 23 and then deciding you don't like their attribute spread is trying our patience. You wouldn't even qualify for the expansions if Glen hadn't power-leveled your guys while you were at camp-a time-saving maneuver that I am beginning to regret ever having suggested.

3. YOUR PERSISTENT COMPLAINTS THAT THE GAME INVOLVES "TOO MUCH WALKING"

There are lots of sci-fi MMORPGs with liberal instant transportation methods if you don't want the immersive feel of a 3-D world with actual distances between things. But that's not the real problem, is it, Paul? Because, hey, if you finished a mission every now and then, you could afford to fly! Or, if you stayed with a character long enough to hit level 30, you could get a mount and move much quicker. Yet another good reason to just pick an orc and stick with it.

4. YOUR REFUSAL TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF USEFUL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

It is bad enough that you don't have the official strategy guide bolstered by a decent unofficial one, but refusing to even check the wiki for help is absurd. We are sick of telling you it is not cheating to use the wiki. The wiki tells you what you need to know so you don't have to spend hours figuring it out. That's why our characters are smacking around the Knights of the Ebon Blade while you're still crisscrossing Gnomeregan hunting for Bink's gizmonitor.

5. UNWISE MANAGEMENT OF HUNTER TALENTS

Did you put all your talent points into Beast Mastery in hopes that the zoo in Stratholme will reopen, or because that's the tab that's showing when you open the window and you haven't figured out that there are two other talent trees? We needed a solid marksman on that raid, and you might as well have been snapping rubber bands at those crocolisks. Maybe it's my fault; when I said, "Show up with at least 1,000 high-quality arrows," I forgot to add, "Also, do not be insane." I'm not going to rewrite the blood-elves-are-crummy-hunters-to-begin-with e-mail (though if I were, I could provide numerous additional links to support my case), but could you at least invest in some serious battle skills before you jump into the Burning Crusade?

6. GENERAL FAILURE TO APPRECIATE THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF AN MMORPG

I believe your experience with dungeon crawlers has tainted your appreciation of the vibrant, living world of Azeroth. Paul, we are no longer in fourth grade, scumming through Angband 2.9. You can't just poke around until you find Calris and then kick ass. This is a densely layered game of honor, reputation, and complex allegiances among living characters. A game of wondrous fantasy scenarios like wielding profound mystic powers and earning the respect of others. But if grid-based dungeon-spelunking is the apex of the gaming experience on your homeworld, I suggest you invest your time in PhatLewt for the iPhone. I hear they've got a hobgoblin infestation you might be able to help with. Or, hey, Evony.com has a nice, leisurely pace that might suit you better. But if you want to strive for immortality, then pay me heed.

I could, of course, go on for pages, but Onyxia's Lair is resetting shortly. In closing, I've been working a long time on this tauren druid, and I would like to fly into Orgrimmar without people thinking, "Hey, here comes Othgar, the tauren druid who leads lame expeditions that pick up a couple silver pieces for a night of work." As it is, I can't even talk to Cairne Bloodhoof without wanting to hide my face behind a Shadoweave Mask. And I was hoping to show up to BlizzCon this year with some accomplishments besides winning a hoodie in the Mountain Dew Game Fuel promotion.

The Destroyers of Infinity have lofty ambitions, and we have gotten Leeroyed by the likes of you too many times to let it go. Please choose where your allegiances lie, Paul, and have the decency to unsubscribe if you're not going to exert the kind of commitment that creates legends.

And I trust you will return your tabard and deposit all acquired wealth in the guild bank first.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: I will bet a substantial amount of money that he was in Trade chat at the time.

For those that don't play Warcraft, the Trade channel is available in all major cities, and it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks that play the game. Which is saying something.

If World of Warcraft is a toilet, then Trade chat is the septic tank on a hot August day.

So, what you're saying is, people use Trade instead of General for whatever boneheaded reason?

SwallowTheKnife: wyrlss: Vin Diesel doesn't blow up airliners, he blows up airlines.

Are you farking kidding me? Vin Diesel?
Dwayne Johnson is (marginally) better than him...and Dwayne Johnson is worse than Keanu Reeves. And Keanu Reeves is worse than...

I'm not sure what you mean by worse. I will say this:
Regardless of whether or not he is capable of playing anything other than what he thinks is "super-cool badass" he is a huge dork and that is the main reason I like the guy.
I mean, what's dorkier than playing as a Drow?

TsukasaK: Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: I will bet a substantial amount of money that he was in Trade chat at the time.

For those that don't play Warcraft, the Trade channel is available in all major cities, and it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks that play the game. Which is saying something.

If World of Warcraft is a toilet, then Trade chat is the septic tank on a hot August day.

So, what you're saying is, people use Trade instead of General for whatever boneheaded reason?

Lets see, in Trade you can be seen in five cities, in General you can be seen in one. Yeah, that's pretty much it right there.

Available for comment

1nsanilicious: What a typical WoW conversation may look like:

begger: Can i beg you for some gold for my epic mount plz
person: Sure thing
begger: ...
person: You are absolutely terrible at begging
begger: hey !!begger: Plz men
begger: hor much can you give me?
person: i have 10 000 gold
begger: ok
begger: sso can you help me
begger: i need some gold
person: sure if you answer 2 simple questions
begger: k
person: Why are manhole covers round?
begger: ido
begger: lol
begger: next
person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?
begger: wtf just give me the money loll
person: I'm sorry my money will not be yours

Man Hole Covers:

1. Ease of transporation (roll);
2. So they can't fall in the open man hole.

Gold Bars:

1. Once. Based on the way you posed the question, I can pick two at random and weigh them. If one is lighter, I figured it out.

Otherwise, I suppose you split them into two piles, seven in one, seven in another, with one the odd bar out. If it balances, the odd bar out is it (again, one weighing).

If it doesn't balance, the scale that goes up is holding six bars that weigh the same, and one light one. Split them again into three, three and one. (second weighing).

At most you'll figure it out on the third weighing.

Can I have the money?

mofomisfit: TsukasaK: Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: I will bet a substantial amount of money that he was in Trade chat at the time.

For those that don't play Warcraft, the Trade channel is available in all major cities, and it features the stupidest, most ill-informed mouth breathing nitwits, dumbasses, dorks, and freaks that play the game. Which is saying something.

If World of Warcraft is a toilet, then Trade chat is the septic tank on a hot August day.

So, what you're saying is, people use Trade instead of General for whatever boneheaded reason?

Lets see, in Trade you can be seen in five cities, in General you can be seen in one. Yeah, that's pretty much it right there.

There was a short lived global LookingForGroup channel, which everyone was in by default. It was so much worse than trade chat could ever hope to be, and they quickly discarded the idea. Now you can only join the LFG channel by actively using the LFG tool.

Bonzo_1116: AndreMA: I just hope they don't end up incarcerating this moron at $25K/yr on the taxpayers dime. Something like paying the salaries of all those involved in investigating his asshattery and no internet for 5 years (probation, etc) sounds like an appropriate punishment.

Oh, and sterilize him too. Don't want that sort breeding.


Like that was ever a possibility anyway.
Just pay for his 'net connection and schedule a pizza delivery every other day. He would never leave his house, never breed, and 'prolly die of malnutrition after a couple months.
say 35 bucks every 2 days for pizza and pop 40$ a month for internet, then rent, say 500$, power, say 100$ no need for running water, as he'll just drink pop and poop in a sock. 13587.50$ a year, slightly over half a jail cell, no chance of him breeding and he will remove himself from the gene pool too.

wyltoknow: The man's computer was seized as evidence.

Noooes how am I supposed to raid mad epic lootz in Ulduar *cough*and look up PVC bombs*cough* without my computer?!1

If he's like the WoW chick I knew, when her hubby cancelled her account and removed the computer out of the house she went nuts. Bad nuts.

/she did nothing but WoW
//bathed only when needed
///he did this after DSS paid them a visit

It was all fun and "that was stupid" games until:
The man's computer was seized as evidence.

There is no "evidence" of his statements there that aren't available in the chat logs, and nothing that a quick drive scan wouldn't find as far as bomb plans or illicit digital content. I'm getting sick of hearing "this seized" and "that seized" every time law enforcement investigates something.

Stealing shiat is stealing shiat, no matter which side of the badge you're on.

Trade chat World of Warcraft's very own 4Chan

Dr.Knockboots: Of all the dumb things said in WoW.. they follow up on this one? This guy must've really convinced them.
Or..
They just wanted to scare the hell out of him. Probably a NElf Huntard.

I resemble that comment, Nelf Huntard part that is.


For the Horde!!! oh wait that is what the other side says.

AFKobel: 1nsanilicious: What a typical WoW conversation may look like:

begger: Can i beg you for some gold for my epic mount plz
person: Sure thing
begger: ...
person: You are absolutely terrible at begging
begger: hey !!begger: Plz men
begger: hor much can you give me?
person: i have 10 000 gold
begger: ok
begger: sso can you help me
begger: i need some gold
person: sure if you answer 2 simple questions
begger: k
person: Why are manhole covers round?
begger: ido
begger: lol
begger: next
person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?
begger: wtf just give me the money loll
person: I'm sorry my money will not be yours

Man Hole Covers:

1. Ease of transporation (roll);
2. So they can't fall in the open man hole.

Gold Bars:

1. Once. Based on the way you posed the question, I can pick two at random and weigh them. If one is lighter, I figured it out.

Otherwise, I suppose you split them into two piles, seven in one, seven in another, with one the odd bar out. If it balances, the odd bar out is it (again, one weighing).

If it doesn't balance, the scale that goes up is holding six bars that weigh the same, and one light one. Split them again into three, three and one. (second weighing).

At most you'll figure it out on the third weighing.

Can I have the money?

Reported for being AFK

Mental_Knife: This guy will most likely receive an epic mount (of a different kind) for his achievements.

and he won't have to pay 5000 gold to get it either

/maybe a pack of smokes

Gunderson: Available for comment

Except this time, the FBI will be conducting his gear check.

1nsanilicious:
person: Why are manhole covers round?

They're heavy and need to be removed and, more importantly, replaced quickly so traffic can resume. Giving them corners or asymmetry would require more time and effort from workers to shift 'em in and out of the setting, and make it harder to shift 'em open with a key placed in one side (corners catch).

person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?

Three to be certain, though it will be less depending on the order you weight the bars.

Since you don't have any measured weights, you have to initially use equal numbers of bars and test if one set is lighter. So you go with the largest equal division first (5 bars vs. 5 bars), that's three groups... so either your first 5-v-5 balances and the unmeasured set of five is lighter, or one of the sets of 5 on the scale measures lighter and is the lightest. (We recall that one of the groups is necessarily lighter and the other two equal, so if the two measured are equal the remaining must be the lighter.)

Of the remaining 5 bars you've picked as lighter, balance two against another two. If the scale balances, the remaining bar is the light one, if it doesn't, take the lighter pair and weigh them against each other. This final comparison gives you the lightest bar.

This system lets you do it in two measurements (if you're as lucky as possible) or three (if you're unlucky as possible). It's the best I can come up with due to the odd number of bricks, if you've something more clever let me know, eh.

Also, good job on pinpointing the actual kinds of things I used to discuss with friends in barrens and/or trade chat. Man, did it annoy the locals.

//You can seize on a technicality of the wording and say that if you picked two bars at random and weighed them against each other and got really lucky, you could do it in one measurement. But that's a gambling answer and not a logical surety and thus doesn't count. Thus my answer owns AFKobel's by a factor of two or three (stopped counting when i realized he had more than 3 steps).

Jim_Callahan:
//Thus my answer owns AFKobel's by a factor of two or three (stopped counting when i realized he had more than 3 steps).

Wait, never mind, I had a reading comprehension fail. I still like mine better, though, it has... panache.

Jim_Callahan: 1nsanilicious:
person: Why are manhole covers round?

They're heavy and need to be removed and, more importantly, replaced quickly so traffic can resume. Giving them corners or asymmetry would require more time and effort from workers to shift 'em in and out of the setting, and make it harder to shift 'em open with a key placed in one side (corners catch).

umm,,WRONG!
+1 for metioning weight though
They are round because a circle is the only shape which can not be dropped through it's own hole. You wouldn't want to be climbing out and have a cover come down on your head.

As to the other answer,,,I have no idea.

SwallowTheKnife: I'm 21, graduated University, working full-time and still consider myself a kid.

You can vote, enter contracts, and own a gun. If you're not a "man" now, what's the hold-up?

iollow: SwallowTheKnife: I'm 21, graduated University, working full-time and still consider myself a kid.

You can vote, enter contracts, and own a gun. If you're not a "man" now, what's the hold-up?

Measure not a man by what he can do, but by what he does.

So if I actually pay the 18,000 gold for a Traveling Mammoth, how much of a dork does that make me?

tinyarena: Jim_Callahan: 1nsanilicious:
person: Why are manhole covers round?

They're heavy and need to be removed and, more importantly, replaced quickly so traffic can resume. Giving them corners or asymmetry would require more time and effort from workers to shift 'em in and out of the setting, and make it harder to shift 'em open with a key placed in one side (corners catch).

umm,,WRONG!
+1 for metioning weight though
They are round because a circle is the only shape which can not be dropped through it's own hole. You wouldn't want to be climbing out and have a cover come down on your head.

As to the other answer,,,I have no idea.

EXCEPT, now that I think about it, an equilateral triangle also couldn't be turned in such a way that it could drop down it's own hole,,,?

person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?

If the 15 bars are of the same metal and density, and if the bars are of the same size then the slightly smaller bar must weigh less than the others. The answer would be" 0 times."

jimmyjackfunk: Mental_Knife: This guy will most likely receive an epic mount (of a different kind) for his achievements.

and he won't have to pay 5000 gold to get it either

/maybe a pack of smokes

Where he's going, he'll be the epic mount.

AFKobel: Man Hole Covers:

1. Ease of transporation (roll);
2. So they can't fall in the open man hole.

Incidentally, you CAN create a square man-hole cover that cannot fall into its own hole. You simply make each side bigger than the diagonal of the lip that it sits on. Even round covers are bigger than the holes they cover.

Jim_Callahan: 1nsanilicious:
person: Why are manhole covers round?

They're heavy and need to be removed and, more importantly, replaced quickly so traffic can resume. Giving them corners or asymmetry would require more time and effort from workers to shift 'em in and out of the setting, and make it harder to shift 'em open with a key placed in one side (corners catch).

person: If i have 15 bars of metal, and one of them is slightly smaller than the rest and i have a balance scale what is the fewest number of times they can be weighed to determine which is the lightest bar?

Three to be certain, though it will be less depending on the order you weight the bars.

Since you don't have any measured weights, you have to initially use equal numbers of bars and test if one set is lighter. So you go with the largest equal division first (5 bars vs. 5 bars), that's three groups... so either your first 5-v-5 balances and the unmeasured set of five is lighter, or one of the sets of 5 on the scale measures lighter and is the lightest. (We recall that one of the groups is necessarily lighter and the other two equal, so if the two measured are equal the remaining must be the lighter.)

Of the remaining 5 bars you've picked as lighter, balance two against another two. If the scale balances, the remaining bar is the light one, if it doesn't, take the lighter pair and weigh them against each other. This final comparison gives you the lightest bar.

This system lets you do it in two measurements (if you're as lucky as possible) or three (if you're unlucky as possible). It's the best I can come up with due to the odd number of bricks, if you've something more clever let me know, eh.

Also, good job on pinpointing the actual kinds of things I used to discuss with friends in barrens and/or trade chat. Man, did it annoy the locals.

//You can seize on a technicality of the wording and say that if you picked two bars at random and weighed them against each other and got really lucky, you could do it in one measurement. But that's a gambling answer and not a logical surety and thus doesn't count. Thus my answer owns AFKobel's by a factor of two or three (stopped counting when i realized he had more than 3 steps).



Actually his strategy was the same as yours, just using different numbers. You divided into 5-5-5 initially, where he did 7-7-1. Then on step two, you divided the next group into 2-2-1 where he did 3-3-1. Then finally you did 1-1 where he did 1-1-1. The difference being that your method will never determine the lightest bar in one step; it was always require at least two steps where his could find the lightest in as few as one step. Both methods have a maximum of three steps. So no, I would say he owned you.

However, this is all pointless as the initial question only said that one bar was smaller (indicating size, not weight) nor was anything said about equal weights of any of the bars. It is only inferred that fourteen are the same size with one smaller one. So based on the poorly worded nature of the question, none of these strategies would work.

Sadly, the LFG LFG channel won't work for me. I have to hang in Dal and listen to Trade to find PUGs so I can get some decent gear for my Holy Priest. (Dammit, guild, get more 80s already)

/sigh

And I hope this shiat didn't get any BlizzCon tickets. They sold out too quickly and if he had one and it's wasted, my nerd rage bar will be full.

iollow: AFKobel: Man Hole Covers:

1. Ease of transporation (roll);
2. So they can't fall in the open man hole.

Incidentally, you CAN create a square man-hole cover that cannot fall into its own hole. You simply make each side bigger than the diagonal of the lip that it sits on. Even round covers are bigger than the holes they cover.

Perhaps he could have worded it better. If you made it square in such a fashion that each side of the cover is larger than the diagonal of the hole it covers, then the size of the cover would be unnecessarily large.

I am speechless at this. W T F seriously!? I wonder how much it cost the American taxpayer to do this "investigation".

And people wonder why our government is about to implode. It's from the vacuum that constitutes the brains of those in charge on capital hill.

Tarrick: Perhaps he could have worded it better. If you made it square in such a fashion that each side of the cover is larger than the diagonal of the hole it covers, then the size of the cover would be unnecessarily large.

Right, a circle is the most efficient cover, in terms of how much of the cover is sitting on the lip.

Those that think we are truly free in the United States
will soon realize that we are no longer free

There is no freedom of speech, it has died years ago.

Personally saying "I'm going to kick your ass" and actually doing it are two different things.

1- everyone here has less gold than me. Fact. I'm capped twice over.

2- I quit playing. No, you can't have it.

3- This guy is getting trolled IRL by someone who doesn't like him or for the lulz. Very lame.

This is the stupidest thing that we're wasting tax dollars on. I swear to Christ. I've read so many worse/stupid things in 4.5 years of wow that I'm still in disbelief the FBI is actually getting involved in something like this.

It shows how far removed from contemporary social norms our government and media are, or they're just trying too damned hard/looking busy.

Either way, it's lame.

CaesarSneezy pickpockets you for 45 silver.

CaesarSneezy pickpockets you for 32 silver.

LoneVVolf: There is no "evidence" of his statements there that aren't available in the chat logs, and nothing that a quick drive scan wouldn't find as far as bomb plans or illicit digital content.

but he argued that he was HACKED
so they are going to have to seize his PC to confirm this
plus seizer is defacto punishment
and you know how much law enforcement love to do their own kind of justice

tinyarena: EXCEPT, now that I think about it, an equilateral triangle also couldn't be turned in such a way that it could drop down it's own hole,,,?

tsk tsk tsk
FAIL

equilateral triangle will fall in hole
easy peasy

stand the triangle so that on side is UP/DOWN
poof, it fell in
this works LESS and LESS easily until you hit the circle
but in reality a thick octagon would probably work

RembrandtQEinstein: he committed a thoughtcrime

first they go after the guys who say they want to blow stuff up

next they go after guys who say "I don't think congress is acting in the best interests of the nation"

I hope the aclu takes this and gets this guy a fat check from the feds

You have a pretty loose definition of "thoughtcrime" there, Ace. What you've got here is "terroristic threat". Had he just said, "I'm going to blow up a plane" THAT might have been a "thoughtcrime" but when he gave a specific time, location and target ("as many Americans as possible") he moved it beyond just talk and into the realm of something the FBI is going to investigate.

I'm also guessing the FBI didn't just randomly come across this guy's threats (I doubt they sit around reading WoW logs). It looks more like someone dimed him out, and made it sound a lot worse than it was; plus, the guy made it worse by lying at first and blaming the threats on some nonexistent hacker.

Since 9/11, tolerances are very very low about people saying they're going to hijack planes; it may not be right, but it's how things are.

tinyarena: If the 15 bars are of the same metal and density, and if the bars are of the same size then the slightly smaller bar must weigh less than the others. The answer would be" 0 times."

this is UNLOGICAL

1) if they are the SAME metal/density and same size, then they would be identical in weight

2) if they are the SAME metal/denisty and a TINY diff in size, you would need to weight them to tell the diff (say 1/10,000 diff in size)

3) if they are diff metal/density (one is diff alloy) and the SAME size, you would need to weight them (asusming TINY diff in density)

/just saying

iollow: Tarrick: Perhaps he could have worded it better. If you made it square in such a fashion that each side of the cover is larger than the diagonal of the hole it covers, then the size of the cover would be unnecessarily large.

Right, a circle is the most efficient cover, in terms of how much of the cover is sitting on the lip.

You're thinking in two dimensions. It only needs a lip thicker than the width of the cover. Man hole covers are round primarily because they always have been. Most likely because it was more convenient to measure and cut a round hole than make a square cover fit perfectly.

iollow: Incidentally, you CAN create a square man-hole cover that cannot fall into its own hole. You simply make each side bigger than the diagonal of the lip that it sits on. Even round covers are bigger than the holes they cover.

quick, how much smaller would it HAVE to be?
turns out, that it is QUITE a difference, which is why "most" are round
not exactly sure the electric company uses square ones.
maybe to get equipment in and out of the "pit"

valar_morghulis: Night Elf Druid

night elf druid is redundant
just saying

iollow: Right, a circle is the most efficient cover, in terms of how much of the cover is sitting on the lip.

and this saves on costs
largest opening, with least amount of cover

I bet this guy has to carry a stick around just to beat the hoes off of him.

HarpuaMM: WoW what an idiot

Came to say this. Thanks.

Gyrfalcon: Since 9/11, tolerances are very very low about people saying they're going to hijack planes; it may not be right, but it's how things are

nah, it is the right level
"FIRE!" in a crowded theater? BOOM, jail for you
"I got a gub and I am going to rob this bank!" BOOM, jail for you
"I got a boom, or PLANNING on hijacking a plane" ....

plus, someone reported him to BLIZZ
blizz took a quick look and said, farking calling the cops
IMAGINE the PR and LAWSUITS, if it was a REAL threat, and he killed people??

look at columbine and 9/11

plus, and this is the VERY VERY best part, one less FARKTARD in trade chat !!!!
WOOOT

Mr Guy: You're thinking in two dimensions. It only needs a lip thicker than the width of the cover. Man hole covers are round primarily because they always have been. Most likely because it was more convenient to measure and cut a round hole than make a square cover fit perfectly.

you are not thinking like a teenage boy on a hot summer night, who thinks it is funny to dump all the square covers into the sewers

/think of all the cars with broken axles
/lawl

I am going to blow up a plane next week wh . . . . hold on someone is at the door.

Meesterjojo is quitting, whisper for free gold!

You know, both Newton's and Einstein's gravitational equations are just theories. Maybe this guy should put them to the test. There are plenty of unguarded ledges around the Grand Canyon for him to jump off.

I'll even buy him the accelerometer. Heck, he could test aerodynamic theory as well vis-a-vis teminal velocity. What a bonus for science!

FFS, I live in Greenwood! Why do all Hoosier stories have to involve some slack-jawwed, booger eatin moron? Wait, I think I just answered that. Nevermind.

OMG NO WAI i was just reading about this on the wow forums, but everyone thought the linked source was a keylogger so we were all like wtf ever noob.

wow.

Dude was probably mad i lobbed 3 straight 10k crits in a row at his head.. I is destro lock, let me melt your face.

valar_morghulis: HAHA, how much you want to bet that it was a Night Elf Druid or Hunter?

Stupid Alliance, always with your wars of aggression.

hey hey! not all alliance are bad. some of us are just in disguise waiting til the faction transfers.


/don't flame me bro
//i'd like to be an orc someday QQ

[2. Trade]: Anal [Testing a Theory]
[2. Trade]: [Nutssz] LOL
[2. Trade]: [Woop] nice
[2. Trade]: [Cutiehottie] LF 1 healer for 10 man Eoe
[2. Trade]: [Knightshifta] lol
[2. Trade]: [Knightshifta] B00M
[TehPhoenix] whispers: Dude WTF-- r you seorius?
[2. Trade]: [Chowder] heh
[2. Trade]: [Celeria] Reported.

I guess the FBI didn't realize how useful WoW could be for terrorist communication. Maybe we should shut down all servers for our own safety.

The 18-year-old, who lives in the 4000 block of Ridgemere Drive...

Note: 18 year old kids are stupid.
They don't think they are, but they're stupid.

thomps: stupid n00b authorities don't even know that "blowing up an airliner" is l33t speak for shiatting out 3 straight meals of cheetos and surge after a particularly long raid.

He should have just blamed the botting program he was running.

You wanted to test your theory with an experiment, kid; now shut up and collect your damn data.

Shakespeare's Monkey: So if I actually pay the 18,000 gold for a Traveling Mammoth, how much of a dork does that make me?

It doesn't matter if you buy it or not. Just asking the question means that you have maximized your Dork Quotient.

omg FBI aggro lulz afk 5 yrs

wtb [Frost Resistance Lube of the Serpent Eater] pst

I don't know what's more retarded, the feds actually V& a guy for spewing bullshiat on farking WoW of all places, or the fact that the guy thought it was a good idea.

Plenty of fail all around.

The Indy Star newspaper went on you identify him as one "Leeroy Jenkins".



/seriously, not one mention of Leeroy Jenkins? Man, Fark is just......different lately....

so, i just today got my rogue to 80. after reading this thread, i'm seriously rethinking how i spend my time....


/2 level 80's, 3 level 60's and various others over three realms.
/sick huh?

MOAR DOTS!!! MOAR DOTS!!!

SadieBaby: so, i just today got my rogue to 80. after reading this thread, i'm seriously rethinking how i spend my time....


/2 level 80's, 3 level 60's and various others over three realms.
/sick huh?

Don't feel bad. My six 80s admire your ability to tear yourself away from the gamegrind.

/Ravenholdt rocks
//Lok'tar ogar! For the Horde!

SadieBaby: so, i just today got my rogue to 80. after reading this thread, i'm seriously rethinking how i spend my time....


/2 level 80's, 3 level 60's and various others over three realms.
/sick huh?

Pfft, lightweight. I has six 80s.

/They all suck though
//Altoholic, don't endgame much, just casually level different classes

indylaw: omg FBI aggro lulz afk 5 yrs

ROFLMFAO

FloridaFTL: /Ravenholdt rocks
//Lok'tar ogar! For the Horde!

so once they have faction transfers, are we getting all the farkers to transfer to one server and one faction?
or will we have to split the libtards and goptards by faction

/darkiron alliance
/plus, serious, faction transfers? doesnt that spell the END of alliance and pvp servers??

I'm glad. I like that WoW is so controlled that someone talking about something stupid like this will be caught. WoW's a fun place, I don't want it used for wrong.

And For the Alliance

/see profile for my main.

Wow. After skimming this thread, I don't feel so bad that I started playing this game again.
I'm a huntard, though. At least it's not a DK, right? Right?

Leprechron: I guess the FBI didn't realize how useful WoW could be for terrorist communication. Maybe we should shut down all servers for our own safety.

The massive amounts of nerdrage that would come from that would spark something nasty...or at the very least, a million man march of some sort.

ranak: LFG H Flt 1934 out of Dallas. PST. No DK's.

I LOL'd

He was probably Alliance.

/Horde FTW.

reading that email further up the page actually made me cancel my WoW account on the spot.

vertiaset: Hey kiddies. Here is a public service announcement. You are NOT anonymous on the internet. Just ask that channer who hacked Palin's email and got indicted. Proxies can be traced. Also, you are responsible for your actions.

That is all.

It didn't help that he didn't use Tor at all (or any other anon proxy) and advertised the password as "popcorn", when he's the son of a famous Senator KERNEL.

You can be anonymous. You can prevent from being caught. Easily. You just need to scramble your MAC, use a public WiFi, and hop on an anon proxy or two. If your proxy is in China, it's not like the US can do jack about it, right?

Melgania: SadieBaby: so, i just today got my rogue to 80. after reading this thread, i'm seriously rethinking how i spend my time....


/2 level 80's, 3 level 60's and various others over three realms.
/sick huh?

Pfft, lightweight. I has six 80s.

/They all suck though
//Altoholic, don't endgame much, just casually level different classes

3 80s (1 is pretty much BiS from the Naxx days, others are decent)...and then ::thinks:: 7 alts 67 or higher...

And two multiboxing teams...3 on 1, 5 on another

And I haven't actually signed in in almost a week...work's been a little hellacious lately...

/For the Horde!

Reported.

namatad: valar_morghulis: Night Elf Druid

night elf druid is redundant
just saying

How so?

Night Elves can play classes other than druid, and druids can be played by races other than Night Elves (Tauren).


/I need fresh air

Sadly I just started playing again a week ago after a years absence.

I forgot that WoW GMs do not tolerate racial slurs very well....I deserve more than 2 warnings.

justtray: A little more elaborate than a "thoughtcrime" I would say. He specified a city and a time... You're not allowed to cry fire in a crowded theater either.

God I hate it when dumb people misuse the "fire in a crowded theater" line. Was the guy on a plane when he said his piece? No? Then it wasn't an "imminent threat". The proper solution: check to see if the dude has bought a plane ticket, if not he is blowing smoke. If he has a ticket pull him aside for "random special screening", if he has no bomb or stabby thing have the air marshal watch him.

In a free society people can say stupid shiat and not get intimidated by the powers that be. The fact that some of you think this waste of tax dollars is OK means the public education system has succeeded in devaluing freedom as an end in itself.

SineSwiper: vertiaset: Hey kiddies. Here is a public service announcement. You are NOT anonymous on the internet. Just ask that channer who hacked Palin's email and got indicted. Proxies can be traced. Also, you are responsible for your actions.

That is all.

It didn't help that he didn't use Tor at all (or any other anon proxy) and advertised the password as "popcorn", when he's the son of a famous Senator KERNEL.

You can be anonymous. You can prevent from being caught. Easily. You just need to scramble your MAC, use a public WiFi, and hop on an anon proxy or two. If your proxy is in China, it's not like the US can do jack about it, right?

Wait, was it Popcorn Mariachi who hacked Palin? I really liked that guy. He could identify the inside of a vagina from thirty paces blindfolded, and his collection was magnificent.