Comments for System 13 http://system13.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on This is where the buses park. by Zeitlos http://system13.org/2010/03/11/this-is-where-the-buses-park/#comment-67037 Zeitlos Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:20 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=980#comment-67037 How dare you call these parents idiotic! They just take proper care of their children: Their little feet with expensive little shoes may in no case touch the dirty ground of the sidewalk longer than neccessary! There is so much danger outside of the school buidling (kidnappers, cigarette smoke, drive-by-shootings, terrorists etc.) that the passage from the building to the car absolutely needs to be kept as short as possible! Those parents are just trying to protect their children as good as they can and they will park in the bus area until someone invents direct-house-to-school-beaming. *irony off* (Btw: Those kids are called "Generation Backseat" here. I still remember clearly that -back in those good old 80s it was a real highlight when a parent of my friends came to Kindergarten or elementary school by car to pick us up. We always persuaded those poor parents to transport more kids than the car normally should. So we sometimes ended up with two kids on the floor and three in the trunk of the car (clearly irresponsible but very funny for us). We also absolutely didn't want to walk home too - But we had to most of the time. ) How dare you call these parents idiotic! They just take proper care of their children: Their little feet with expensive little shoes may in no case touch the dirty ground of the sidewalk longer than neccessary! There is so much danger outside of the school buidling (kidnappers, cigarette smoke, drive-by-shootings, terrorists etc.) that the passage from the building to the car absolutely needs to be kept as short as possible! Those parents are just trying to protect their children as good as they can and they will park in the bus area until someone invents direct-house-to-school-beaming. *irony off*

(Btw: Those kids are called “Generation Backseat” here. I still remember clearly that -back in those good old 80s it was a real highlight when a parent of my friends came to Kindergarten or elementary school by car to pick us up. We always persuaded those poor parents to transport more kids than the car normally should. So we sometimes ended up with two kids on the floor and three in the trunk of the car (clearly irresponsible but very funny for us). We also absolutely didn’t want to walk home too – But we had to most of the time. )

]]> Comment on This is where the buses park. by Chantal http://system13.org/2010/03/11/this-is-where-the-buses-park/#comment-67028 Chantal Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:48:01 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=980#comment-67028 I have two personal favorites. The first is the marked police cruiser... sorry, marked police ~supervisor's~ cruiser that parks right in front of the "No Parking - School Bus Loading Zone" sign on the street. Not only does he park where nobody else is allowed to park, he also places his small kindergarten-aged child in the front seat of the cruiser, without a booster seat. (The law here says that children aged eight and under and 80lbs or less must be in a booster seat.) The second is being in the school bus loading / unloading loop - in my school bus, with students on board, waiting for a yard-duty teacher to come out so that the students could unload - and getting honked at by a parent in a car. Silly me, it seems that my school bus was in their way. Sorry, just because the vanity license plate on your minivan says "MOMSBUS" does not qualify you to use the school bus loop. I have two personal favorites.
The first is the marked police cruiser… sorry, marked police ~supervisor’s~ cruiser that parks right in front of the “No Parking – School Bus Loading Zone” sign on the street. Not only does he park where nobody else is allowed to park, he also places his small kindergarten-aged child in the front seat of the cruiser, without a booster seat. (The law here says that children aged eight and under and 80lbs or less must be in a booster seat.)
The second is being in the school bus loading / unloading loop – in my school bus, with students on board, waiting for a yard-duty teacher to come out so that the students could unload – and getting honked at by a parent in a car. Silly me, it seems that my school bus was in their way.

Sorry, just because the vanity license plate on your minivan says “MOMSBUS” does not qualify you to use the school bus loop.

]]> Comment on This is where the buses park. by Tom http://system13.org/2010/03/11/this-is-where-the-buses-park/#comment-67025 Tom Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:10 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=980#comment-67025 I love people like that haha. You said it though; people feel a sense of entitlement. Once someone has that in their head it's really hard to change them and their ways. I love people like that haha.

You said it though; people feel a sense of entitlement. Once someone has that in their head it’s really hard to change them and their ways.

]]> Comment on Letters vs. Emails as Primary Sources by Braxton http://system13.org/2007/11/28/letters-vs-emails-as-primary-sources/#comment-67022 Braxton Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:32 +0000 http://system13.org/2007/11/28/letters-vs-emails-as-primary-sources/#comment-67022 Books may not seem to be a popular thing at this present time of high technology, however the effect of books allow people to appreciate them. I don't enjoy reading long sums of language over the computer but the way it has entered our lives has impacted well over the effect of books. Only a handful of people in my experience actually enjoy and appreciate books as they should. Books may not seem to be a popular thing at this present time of high technology, however the effect of books allow people to appreciate them. I don’t enjoy reading long sums of language over the computer but the way it has entered our lives has impacted well over the effect of books. Only a handful of people in my experience actually enjoy and appreciate books as they should.

]]> Comment on Russians, science fiction, and zombies by Tom http://system13.org/2010/02/19/russians-science-fiction-and-zombies/#comment-66846 Tom Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:21:53 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=975#comment-66846 One can tell you're not a trekkie. :P One can tell you’re not a trekkie. :P

]]> Comment on What if the Vikings had maintained their presence in the United States? by Hincks http://system13.org/2006/08/27/what-if-the-vikings-had-maintained-their-presence-in-the-united-states/#comment-66828 Hincks Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:55:20 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=58#comment-66828 I am in the fifth grade and doing a report on vikings, and his was relly interesting to me. I am in the fifth grade and doing a report on vikings, and his was relly interesting to me.

]]> Comment on Russians, science fiction, and zombies by Joshua J. Slone http://system13.org/2010/02/19/russians-science-fiction-and-zombies/#comment-66809 Joshua J. Slone Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:39:29 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=975#comment-66809 Cool, cool. I actually saw the remake first, but within a month of that I think I'd seen all there were at the time--Romero has since made a few more. I like slow zombies for being more like a force of nature rather than a group of athletic psychopaths. And yeah, a lot of time in the Romero movies it's less the zombies that are the danger in the end than that the people screw themselves over in argument. Cool, cool. I actually saw the remake first, but within a month of that I think I’d seen all there were at the time–Romero has since made a few more.

I like slow zombies for being more like a force of nature rather than a group of athletic psychopaths. And yeah, a lot of time in the Romero movies it’s less the zombies that are the danger in the end than that the people screw themselves over in argument.

]]> Comment on Russians, science fiction, and zombies by Josh http://system13.org/2010/02/19/russians-science-fiction-and-zombies/#comment-66808 Josh Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:36:02 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=975#comment-66808 "Really in the Romero zombie movies they're not much a danger until there's a LOT of them or you let yourself get cornered." That about sums up why I didn't love it (and why I did love 28 Days Later). Even when there were a whole lot of them, with a boarded up house and some weapons, it appeared that the survivors would be just fine. At a few points in the movie, it felt like one of the characters should have said something along the lines of, "Hey, we're secure now, despite the hundreds of walking corpses outside, who's up for a game of Scrabble to help the night move on?" That's in stark contrast to 28 Days Later and other "fast" zombie movies, where the suspense never lets up; if the zombies (or infected, what ever they may be called) know where you're at, you're in trouble. I didn't hate Night, though; I appreciated it for laying some very clear foundations for later stuff, and there were some wonderfully funny lines and situations. The news guy who was casually talking about corpses hopping up and walking around made me laugh every time he appeared. :) I'll be checking out the sequels and remakes, probably soon. “Really in the Romero zombie movies they’re not much a danger until there’s a LOT of them or you let yourself get cornered.”

That about sums up why I didn’t love it (and why I did love 28 Days Later). Even when there were a whole lot of them, with a boarded up house and some weapons, it appeared that the survivors would be just fine. At a few points in the movie, it felt like one of the characters should have said something along the lines of, “Hey, we’re secure now, despite the hundreds of walking corpses outside, who’s up for a game of Scrabble to help the night move on?” That’s in stark contrast to 28 Days Later and other “fast” zombie movies, where the suspense never lets up; if the zombies (or infected, what ever they may be called) know where you’re at, you’re in trouble.

I didn’t hate Night, though; I appreciated it for laying some very clear foundations for later stuff, and there were some wonderfully funny lines and situations. The news guy who was casually talking about corpses hopping up and walking around made me laugh every time he appeared. :)

I’ll be checking out the sequels and remakes, probably soon.

]]> Comment on Russians, science fiction, and zombies by Joshua J. Slone http://system13.org/2010/02/19/russians-science-fiction-and-zombies/#comment-66806 Joshua J. Slone Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:34:40 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=975#comment-66806 Heh. I'm a guy who loves Night of the Living Dead and the sequels it spawned, but to each his own. The line you mentioned is one of my favorites, too, and one I often bring up when I run across someone who prefers the "running zombies" we sometimes see these days. Agreed that they could probably survive quite a ways with a bat and a crowbar, though. Well, those not injured or catatonic, anyway. Really in the Romero zombie movies they're not much a danger until there's a LOT of them or you let yourself get cornered. If you didn't like the original I doubt the 1990 remake would change your mind, but there are some interesting differences. Storywise the biggest one is that rather than quickly going crazy and being useless, Barbara gets over it and becomes one of the more forceful gun-toting characters. Heh. I’m a guy who loves Night of the Living Dead and the sequels it spawned, but to each his own. The line you mentioned is one of my favorites, too, and one I often bring up when I run across someone who prefers the “running zombies” we sometimes see these days.

Agreed that they could probably survive quite a ways with a bat and a crowbar, though. Well, those not injured or catatonic, anyway. Really in the Romero zombie movies they’re not much a danger until there’s a LOT of them or you let yourself get cornered.

If you didn’t like the original I doubt the 1990 remake would change your mind, but there are some interesting differences. Storywise the biggest one is that rather than quickly going crazy and being useless, Barbara gets over it and becomes one of the more forceful gun-toting characters.

]]> Comment on Acer Aspire One: I love it. Can I have one that isn’t broken? by Josh http://system13.org/2009/02/23/acer-aspire-one-i-love-it-can-i-have-one-that-isnt-broken/#comment-66165 Josh Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:21:42 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=789#comment-66165 Sorry to hear about your screen cracking, Cher'ley; hope they take care of it for you. Knock on wood, I've had mine for about a year now and it's still working fine. Sorry to hear about your screen cracking, Cher’ley; hope they take care of it for you.

Knock on wood, I’ve had mine for about a year now and it’s still working fine.

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