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opentopia.com — Lone guy sits in computer lab infront of dual-screens. Maybe we can use the Digg effect and tell this guy to go home?
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- nomad9, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7439/image4lf0.jpg
- rasty, on 10/12/2007, -40/+1Care to explain what's special about that image?
- nomad9, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Well in the event the camera should stop responding, there's an image for people to look at!
- ken52787, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9And that event has happened. Thanks for the image.
- coolian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+93"Lone guy sits in computer lab infront of dual-screens."
You do realize that we ALL are sitting in front of our computers during Christmas...? - drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12... if you zoom in and sharpen the image you can see the Digg interface....um...
HI LONELY DUDE! MERRY CHRISTMAS! - mgainor, on 10/12/2007, -18/+9Who the ***** cares? Not everyone celebrates this holiday. Worry about your own ***** life.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -21/+5@coolian
"You do realize that we ALL are sitting in front of our computers during Christmas...?"
YOU do realize that this is, more accurately, MONDAY...and labeling it as 'Christmas' is something that exists only in the minds and customs of christians.
For the rest of us, it is Monday, December 25th (or other calendar systems, where applicable...but I think we can all agree on Monday.)
Please respect the fact that MANY others don't share in your assumptions and the related folklore.
Deliberately imposing your customs on others who are not interested in them -- is quite rude and unfriendly.
...and I thought you people had some idea about loving all other people as your brothers and sisters, rather than trying to manipulate them, denying their value.
Nobody likes an imposer! - coolian, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4I ain't Christian, and I most definitely do not celebrate this "Christmas". So quit making assumptions, dolt.
- phantom_mullet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Someone go get WaterDragon and coolian Santa hats and some egg nog.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1half of you folks, while trying to impose your 'christmas' folklore on others...probably don't even realize what product is sold by the company that the guy in the story works for.
LOL the irony is excellent!
Fleshlight ...built like a hand-held flashlight, has a fake vagina, probably made of some really soft plastic or rubber material, and made for men to use to pleasure themselves in a masturbatory way!
It's the equivalent of a dildo (fake penis), but for men (fake vagina).
HAHAHA
I hope all you christian men all get one for christmas...so then maybe you will leave the rest of us alone!
Friggin' wankers.....oops .... I mean Happy Holidays. ;-) - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Sorry coolian...but I just assumed you were christian, since you referrred to this time of year as 'during christmas'.
It's easy to get swept up in the madness created by the world of commerce, i know. - molecool, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Well, judging by his 'studly' appearance he's probably setting up dates with 2 different supermodels. Either that, or he's configuring Linux CUPS printing....
Merry Christmas lonely hardcore computer dude!!! - drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5If you goddamn hate Christmas and absolutely hate people that impose their Christmas-y beliefs on you, then read below:
- If you hate Christmas then please do not participate in the great "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" shopping sales. Because if you do then you would be encouraging Christmas, you certainly wouldn't want to do that, would you?
- If you have some beliefs doesn't the World celebrate with you? Whether you be a Muslim celebrating Ramazan, or a Jew celebrating Hanukkah or even a Catholic celebrating the birth of his/her sixth child...
just calm the ***** down please! - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@phantom mullet
"Someone go get WaterDragon and coolian Santa hats and some egg nog."
haha good one!
Sure, I'll have some egg nog..as ling as it isn't made with raw eggs that are all full of those diseases that the FDA allows in chickens sold in the US...with that special warning label that they put on tall the meat, rather than getting rid of the diseases in it..
And I hope it isn't made with the milk that they sell here ( USA) that is all full of bovine hormone residues, and antibiotics, and lots of pus from the diseased udders of the poor cows who are forced to overproduce milk....to generate more MONEY!
I actually was thinking of making some egg nog....using organic milk and organic eggs....but dairy (baby cow food) is so gross and unhealthy, that I might have to make it with soymilk instead....but then there's the problem that...even organic soy is naturally loaded with phyto-estrogen, which is quite unhealthy in any quantity.
How about I just drink the brandy part...and you can have the rest of it!!
FYI, I just got done watching Joyeux Noel, a film referenced in yesterday's digg article:
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/The_Christmas_Truce_When_Men_Said_No_To_War
Even though I am no longer a christian, having moved on many years ago, I found it to be an excellent film about the true human spirit (not the fact that they were all 'christians', but the fact that they saw each othher's humanity, despite being on opposing sides in a 'war' (set up by the rich, powerful leaders, as always).
So..you can download it from the torrent...cool film.
And it;'s too bad about that guy stuck in the lab, selling dildoes...unless you can see that it is merely a normal MONDAY evening for many of us, and some people work nights. ;-) - molecool, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Problem is: if he goes home he probably has a system with 3 monitors waiting for him - LOL
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2@drathosx3
"If you goddamn hate Christmas and absolutely hate people that impose their Christmas-y beliefs on you, then read below:
- If you hate Christmas then please do not participate in the great "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" shopping sales. Because if you do then you would be encouraging Christmas, you certainly wouldn't want to do that, would you?
- If you have some beliefs doesn't the World celebrate with you? Whether you be a Muslim celebrating Ramazan, or a Jew celebrating Hanukkah or even a Catholic celebrating the birth of his/her sixth child...
just calm the ***** down please!"
Um....it sounds like YOU need to calm down.
You seem to have introduced the idea of hate....when there is no hate going on here...except maybe coming from you.
I, for one, don't hate Christmas, or Chanukah, or Kwanza, or Ramadan or....anything like that. How can I hate something that doesn't exist for me?
It would be like accusing you of hating the celebration of the third wedding anniversary of some people in another city whom you don't even know!
It's pretty absurd to impose your own ideas about hate on others, and then pretend it is about them...when it is in fact about you and your proclivities toward such anti-social feelings.
And I, for one, don't participate in any sales.....I am not into buying all sorts of superfluous material things...as you might be
( I said 'might'....not being an ASSumer and a shameless IMPoser like you.)
I simply don't collect material things!
I hope you can get over your outrage, sir, and experience some peace eventually.. - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Waterdragon said in a pretentious dick like way, but he's not really wrong in saying that not everyone celebrates christmas. Most businesses are closed, but if you're jewish, and hannekuh is over, there's no reason not to get some extra work in.
- drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1... There are a few comments left by people saying that Christmas shouldn't be imposed... are you blind?
Also I found you a site, so you can move out of YO MOMMA's basement... just trying to help...
http://new-york.ny.house.info/ - daedalus01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here is a link to almost all the webcams on Purdue's campus:
http://nolandda.org/voyeurism.html
Ok, on second thought, that link looks like porn, but I assure you it's not - I don't manage the site!
Enjoy! - dcvtss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm in a NOC right now :(
- JoWiGo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Waterdragon
Just out of curiosity, do you have the day off? Did you get a Christmas bonus? If so, is it not the holidays for you? Just a fleeting thought from another non Christian, although I do enjoy accepting other cultures and do enjoy the season myself.
- riverrunner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+89Well the sad part is we are locked in front of digg looking at him.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Don't be sad...
Celebrate the fact that you even KNOW about digg.com.
:-) - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Dude...everyone knows about digg.com
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Don't be sad...
- mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Ah, you go home now big fella.
- JimmyDushku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'll Paypal someone some money if they know the phone number to that room. Ahh, the possibilities....
- penguinix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39I've got an idea. Someone should get on skype and call the purdue campus police and report that there is a guy in the Rawls Hall computer lab looking at porn and smoking weed. Just so something interesting happens. Even better, let's call a local pizza joint and have them deliver 10 pizza's to the computer lab.
- TheMatt92, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18Or you could, you know, use an actual phone.
- penguinix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26I don't want it tracked back to me.
- VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13hmm, I'm here at Purdue right now (my family celebrated xmas on the 22nd) so perhaps I should do something. Taking all suggestions.
- penguinix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14O.K. I just ordered this guy pizza from pizza hut and papa johns it should get there in an hour.
- dorkino, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2As if anything you do on the internet (Skype included) can't be traced back to you...
- VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4you shouldn't have done that, Mad Mushroom is like $4 for a large on monday nights.
- SamsLembas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6What kind of pizza place is open on Christmas?
- penguinix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7dominos
- MikeWeller, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I know the picture isn't really clear, but having spent 3 years on a comp.sci course and many hours in a computer lab, the guy looks asian to me. They always stay up in the early hours, and I'd bet he doesn't even celebrate christmas.
- manifestdata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31Whats worse, this guy sitting there on Christmas, or FINDING this guy sitting there on Christmas. I mean really, this submitter obviously didn't get a Wii for Christmas.
- JimmyDushku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16What do you mean? I'm watching it from my wii.
- choopie911, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I wonder what he's working on/ if he knows he's being watched. I hope he uses digg.
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8He's the one who submitted the story...
- DSGalvin, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5this is just so strange to me....is this strange to anyone else? a bunch of people on Christmas watching some random guy....but thats the internet for you.
- SpencerStarnes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree with you, but hey. im going it too.
- LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13WTF?! You guys can see me?
- Switchnig, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6GET NAKED!!!!111111111
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1Are you SURE you want HIM to do THAT, Switchnig?
- Switchnig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8im drunk, i dont care! happy xmas!
- KSUdesigner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Let's remember that some religions don't celebrate Christmas, so maybe he's just trying to get some work done during the down time if he doesn't celebrate the holiday. No sense making fun of a guy who's just going about his business. Now if we could see porn on that screen, then I'd make fun of him!
- daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4ah, nothing like the old lady i had yesterday saying to the muslim clerk "no party tomorrow? staying open?" (and repeating the question 3-4 times wondering why she doesn't get an answer) gah..
- daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9all those whining about others not having fun on "special" days have a problem too. poking their nose to someone else's business. who the ***** cares if one has fun today or tomorrow. that's not to have people having fun, that's another chance for some bullies to be mean.
- Zanwar000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2why should one have more fun today than any other day? Because it's Christmas? How Christianity-centric :P
- SamsLembas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Whoa, where did you come up with the assumption that he is not having fun? I mean, he has two computer screens in front of him, how can that not be fun?
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@ daxsymbiont
"all those whining about others not having fun on "special" days have a problem too. poking their nose to someone else's business. who the ***** cares if one has fun today or tomorrow. that's not to have people having fun, that's another chance for some bullies to be mean."
Excellent point, Dax
...but I just have to ask you....which of your previous hosts was the most fun for you?
:-)
- DeathStarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3hmm.. anyone else have trouble actually watching the video steam? I can only seem to get the "Last Saved Still Picture" to work for me.
- KIERANMULLEN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Christ was born in the Autumn not Winter...
- drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I heard it was born in a Mansion and 72 virgins. And Virgin Mary wasn't a virgin, apparently she slept around... dude, it's true! ... um, I heard it off a guy.. You wouldn't know him!
But seriously, don't turn this post into a Da Vinci Code fanboy theorists forum... - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1'Christ' was born...in the minds of some wealthy and ruthless politician-clerics, about 1700 years ago, as a clever way to manipulate the masses -- as such politicians always do.
(And it has been quite effective!)
The METAPHOR represented by 'christ' is very old, and has been known in many cultures, and by many names, throughout human history...but without some of the added details put there by those corrupt few.
- drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I heard it was born in a Mansion and 72 virgins. And Virgin Mary wasn't a virgin, apparently she slept around... dude, it's true! ... um, I heard it off a guy.. You wouldn't know him!
- kermithefrog, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4this is terrible, you guys always end up talking about religion when it has nothing to do with the original posting.
- nadadingsda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well.. you know, Christmas actually HAS something to do with religion.
- UPSLynx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If he in in fact doing work, I doubt it would be for a class. Purdue's semester should have ended with the beginning of break. Maybe work for a job, or just browsing.
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you forget the PhD and Post Doc students.
- Cryptkeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2heh, Fleshlight order department? wonder what the submitter was looking at when he submitted this jem ;)
"ok, i've placed my order, lets see what kinda person is proccessing my order, LOL! he's there!" *submits to digg* - bigbchew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Going on digg x-mas day is the only way to go!
Everything's closed...helps avoid awkward conversation...makes waiting for the food easier...then good after when you're tired from eating!
-And at 7:18p EST all the feeds appear to be down for me. - poitzort, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Purdue Engineering, where your best hasn't been good enough since 1874"
(That's a computer lab at Purdue btw)
w00t - Mantarii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3From the great meme:
"IF ENOUGH PEOPLE DIGG THIS STORY, THEN MAYBE __________ WILL HAPPEN!!!"
Why to submitters believe that we're really THAT gullible? - burkay, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2So, what is wrong about using a PC in a computer lab on 25th of December?
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Be careful, or you'll incur the wrath of all the Mac and Linux fanboys!
What's wrong -- is that it is a PC! heh heh
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Be careful, or you'll incur the wrath of all the Mac and Linux fanboys!
- techietim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Be aware that you're using up somebody else's bandwidth, and these cameras can't handle very many connections at the same time."
Okay :) - lightrider, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2MUST BE AN INDIAN ...:) THEY WORK ALL DAYS...
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1but the guy appears to be east asian.
- darkmotion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He must be the architect of the matrix! Shheeesssh :P
Tell him to go home and the "regular" world will end!!!! - roadkillkid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm sitting in work right now, reading this. I'm at the tailend of a 10 hour shift. Dude in camera - I feel your pain. I did have the good sense to turn my webcam off though. ;)
- MrTea, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I hope he starts masturbating while you're all watching.
- scoyndizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just wondering, but is it possible that he doesn't celebrate Christmas, and therefore, doesn't care that he's doing nothing today.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How strange....every time i click the link for this story's URL, it brings up something different.
First, it was some reference to a company that sells a sex toy called 'Flesh Light.' Then it was a reference to something called 'LOL Factory'.
What a strange link!
I get no pictures, but just some weird form with text. - kdmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0waterdragon needs to stop gettting angry if people actually LIKE christmas
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I have no anger whatsoever. Maybe some are assuming it...but that comes from their own minds, not mine!
You can like whatever you want...just don't try to impose your views on me!
.
I just prefer to celebrate truth, rather than ANYONE's beliefs, or assumptions.
Faith is OK, for those who want to go that way.
But I prefer actual, transcendent, HUMAN understanding, rather than ignorance and divisive assumptions! - kdmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0do you know that guy?
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I have no anger whatsoever. Maybe some are assuming it...but that comes from their own minds, not mine!
- sebastianavina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe he is finishing his Ph. D. Thesis
- kdmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0how can you report people?
he is ruining christmas (and he obviously works with that guy or he is that guy) - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It will be cool when the pizza that someone ordered him arrives.
I hope you all can see that on camera.
I can't get the live feed, or still pics -- must be all blocked in my firewall or browser settings.
No great loss...it is just as fun reading others' comments about it. - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How can all you people be using computers during the Neptunian Glrbjfest, the most sacred bwink of the flirp.
Don't you know that you will all go to zronk? - dd240sx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1here is another one look at the right corner
http://8.10.120.42/view/index.shtml - dchiuten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ coolian
And I don't even have dual screens... - tobor0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What is this WaterDragon *****? It seems like the only things that can irritate it are:
1) Observing Christmas in any way.
2) Not recognizing how truly enlightened it is, having shunned both religion AND consumption.
3) Talking about a non-WaterDragon topic.
This dragon needs to get it: we're here to talk about the guy on the cam, not a superior way for the human race. Mankind has not advanced this far, yet. We still believe in grkl and splztf, and it works pretty well for us.
BTW, source this please, because I'm calling *****:
"'Christ' was born...in the minds of some wealthy and ruthless politician-clerics, about 1700 years ago, as a clever way to manipulate the masses -- as such politicians always do." - goldbraine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I cant believe i missed this story
http://www.grenadecity.com
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