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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 01:57 PM
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I'm entertained. Bore me.
Having too much fun at work. Read me something stupid, talk about "Lost" or some other crappy TV show, or tell me how your stock portfolio is doing.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 01:58 PM
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1. I program computers for a living
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 01:59 PM
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2. *yawn*
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:00 PM
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4. I write programs in C for Oracle database applications
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:01 PM
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7. *heart rate drops to 20 bpm*
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:02 PM
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9. The company I work for reads electricity meters
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:03 PM
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11. *dies*
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:22 PM
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42. Oh, I see my work here is done!
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:00 PM
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3. I'm an insurance agent - talk about boring!
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:01 PM
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5. that is pretty boring. what kind of insurance do you sell?
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:24 PM
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45. life and health - mostly health
small group and individual. Employers are really cutting down on their benefits and the individual premiums are sky high so no one can afford it. I've had underwriting come back with premiums in the $2000 a month range for one person!

And the CEO's of all the big carriers are getting million dollar bonuses. Aaarrgh! I hate my job!

I hope I still managed to bore you whilst informing you.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:25 PM
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47. yes, thank you. you've succeeded in doing both!
:D
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:01 PM
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6. Janesez has to pee. But she won't go.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:02 PM
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8. give her a firm poke in the lower abdominal region; bet she'll go then
whether she likes it or not...
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:02 PM
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10. I've got to put the computer down, get out of bed and...
Go to work. :-(

I don't know if that bores you but it bores me.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:03 PM
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12. you're currently carrying a computer? that's not too boring
:shrug:
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:05 PM
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16. Oops! Sorry.
I'll try harder. To bore you.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:06 PM
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19. thanks!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:04 PM
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13. I created a shell script to back up our product directories.
My manager assigned it to me last week. Using the tar command, I can now backup our product directories to tape...thus insuring that this important set of programs can be restored if need be.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:05 PM
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15. *head hits desk*
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:04 PM
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14. ok, put your head into a vise, lemme get my drill
and the huge bit.......
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:05 PM
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17. not that kind of bore!
don't get your grapesmugglers all in a bunch :evilgrin:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:08 PM
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23. Well "Nut Hut" man, you need to be more specific!
:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:09 PM
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24. why don't you go take a nap in your banana hammock!
:evilgrin:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:13 PM
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heh heh
He said grapesmugglers.....
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:06 PM
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18. Gratuitous cat threads are replacing copy cat threads
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:07 PM
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21. GOOD GOD; DON'T SCARE A BORED MAN LIKE THAT!
quick, to the copy-cat thread generator!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:06 PM
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20. the bible from Numbers 5 through 12
Then the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, which is east of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol.

They departed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days' journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

They moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.

They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:07 PM
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22. no boring me with fiction
*ducks*
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:11 PM
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25. No need to duck
I just keep it around so I can answer the fundies in their own language.

How about an exerpt from the PDR? Would that bore you? I'm tryin' here!
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:11 PM
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26. what's PDR? my boredom is piqued...
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:15 PM
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31. Physicians Desk Reference
A sample

Activase, Alteplase, is a tissue plasminogen activator produced by recombinant DNA technology. It is a sterile, purified glycoprotein of 527 amino acids. It is synthesized using the complementary DNA (cDNA) for natural human tissue-type plasminogen activator obtained from a human melanoma cell line. The manufacturing process involves the secretion of the enzyme alteplase into the culture medium by an established mammalian cell line (Chinese Hamster Ovary cells) -

Damn!! It's starting to get interesting. Why'd they have to put the Chinese Hamster Ovary cells in there? :wtf:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:17 PM
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34. i regret to inform you that you're correct; it IS getting interesting
don't you have any books on nose-hair growth rates across different ethnic groups or something of that ilk :shrug:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:20 PM
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38. Sorry
Guess I'm just too damn entertaining. I shall have to go post on kmla's thread. :shrug:
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:13 PM
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27. Your copycat thread has more responses than my original...
Which leads me to believe that most people are willing to inflict boredom than entertain.



Feh.

Pfffft.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:14 PM
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29. i'm sorry.
wait, on second thought, i'm really not :evilgrin:
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:14 PM
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28. I single handedly took on the man
and had my ass handed to me, top that
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:16 PM
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32. that sounds exciting; you'll have to try harder than that to bore me!
btw; did you see the "DU wish list for Santa" thread? I asked for your Ronco Pocket Fisherman :D
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:18 PM
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36. damn cool
Man Ron Popeil is one damn fine genius. Is there anything that man can't invent?
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:22 PM
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43. pure genius
"His first television product was the Ronco Spray Gun. The spray gun was one of the few products Popeil has sold over the years that wasn't invented by either his father or himself. Basically, it was a garden hose nozzle with a chamber in the handle for tablets of soap or wax or weed killer or fertilizer or insecticide or.... "Of course, the tablets would run out," he says, "and I was in the razor blade business, the business of selling tablets." A real plus for any product."

"Dial-O-Matic, Veg-O-Matic, Mince-O-Matic. In 1964, Ronco pulled in $200,000 in sales. In 1968, the company's revenues were $8.8 million."

And now, brand new, The copycat tread-o-matic
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:24 PM
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44. damn, i'm getting intrigued now, and i was very bored
bore me :D
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:26 PM
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49. Oh
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 02:26 PM by MichaelHarris
he's a very intriging person, At least a Nobel for the chop-o-matic. That device single handedly changed the world. It didn't need electricity so you could use it anywhere and as an added bonus pot smokers could chop up da herb for a smoother smoke. Not that i would know anything about that.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:15 PM
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30. 16 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:
ARITHMETIC AND LOGIC OPERATIONS
16.1 -, +, &&, ||, *, /, ^, %
- a (no rate restriction)
+ a (no rate restriction)
a && b (logical AND; not audio-rate)
a || b (logical OR; not audio-rate)
a + b (no rate restriction)
a - b (no rate restriction)
a * b (no rate restriction)
a / b (no rate restriction)
a ^ b (b not audio-rate)
a % b (no rate restriction)
DESCRIPTION
where the arguments a and b may be further expressions.
Arithmetic operators perform operations of change-sign (negate), don’t-change-sign,
logical AND logical OR, add, subtract, multiply and divide. Note that a value or an
expression may fall between two of these operators, either of which could take it as its left
or right argument, as in
a + b * c.
In such cases three rules apply:
1. * and / bind to their neighbors more strongly than + and -. Thus the above expression is
taken as
a + (b * c)
with * taking b and c and then + taking a and b * c.
2. + and – bind more strongly than &&, which in turn is stronger than ||:
a && b – c || d
is taken as
(a && (b – c)) || d
3. When both operators bind equally strongly, the operations are done left to right:
a – b – c
is taken as
(a – b) – c
Parentheses may be used as above to force particular groupings.
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10Mathematical Operations: Arithmetic and Logic Operations Page 16-2
The operator ^ raises a to the b power. b may not be audio-rate. Use with caution as
precedence may not work correctly. See Section 5.2. New in Csound version 3.493.
The operator % returns the value of a reduced by b, so that the result, in absolute value, is
that of the absolute value of b, by repeated subtraction. This is the same as modulus
function in integers. New in Csound version 3.50.
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Mathematical Functions Page 17-1

17 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:
MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS
17.1 int, frac, i, abs, exp, log, log10, sqrt
int int(x) (init- or control-rate args only)
frac frac(x) (init- or control-rate args only)
i(x) (control-rate args only)
abs abs(x) (no rate restriction)
exp exp(x) (no rate restriction)
log log(x) (no rate restriction)
log10 log10(x) (no rate restriction)
sqrt sqrt(x) (no rate restriction)
DESCRIPTION
Where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. These functions
perform arithmetic translation from units of one kind to units of another. The result can
then be a term in a further expression.
int(x) – returns the integer part of x.
frac(x) – returns the fractional part of x.
i(x) – returns an init-type equivalent of the argument (k-rate)
abs(x) – returns the absolute value of x.
exp(x) – returns e raised to the xth power.
log(x) – returns the natural log of x (x positive only).
log10(x) – returns the base 10 log of x (x positive only).
sqrt(x) – returns the square root of x (x non-negative).
Note that for log, log10, and sqrt the argument value is restricted.
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Mathematical Functions Page 17-2
17.2 powoftwo, logbtwo
powoftwo powoftwo(x) (init-rate or control-rate args only)
logbtwo logbtwo(x) (init-rate or control-rate args only)
DESCRIPTION
Power-of-two operations.
PERFORMANCE
powoftwo() function returns 2 ^ x and allows positive and negatives numbers as argument.
The range of values admitted in powoftwo() is -5 to +5 allowing a precision more fine than
one cent in a range of ten octaves. If a greater range of values is required, use the slower
opcode pow.
logbtwo() returns the logarithm base two of x. The range of values admitted as argument is
.25 to 4 (i.e. from -2 octave to +2 octave response). This function is the inverse of
powoftwo().
These functions are fast, because they read values stored in tables. Also they are very
useful when working with tuning ratios. They work at i- and k-rate.
AUTHORS
Gabriel Maldonado
Italy
June, 1998
John ffitch
University of Bath, Codemist, Ltd.
Bath, UK
July, 1999
New in Csound version 3.57
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Trigonometric Functions Page 18-1

18 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
18.1 sin, cos, tan, sininv, cosinv, taninv,
sinh, cosh, tanh
sin sin(x) (no rate restriction)
cos cos(x) (no rate restriction)
tan tan(x) (no rate restriction)
sininv sininv(x) (no rate restriction)
cosinv cosinv(x) (no rate restriction)
taninv taninv(x) (no rate restriction)
sinh sinh(x) (no rate restriction)
cosh cosh(x) (no rate restriction)
tanh tanh(x) (no rate restriction)
DESCRIPTION
Where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. These functions
perform trigonometric conversions. The result can then be a term in a further expression.
sin(x) – returns the sine of x (x in radians).
cos(x) – returns the cosine of x (x in radians).
tan (x) – returns the tangent of x.
sininv(x) – returns the arcsine of x.
cosinv(x) – returns the arcosine of x.
taninv(x) – returns the arctangent of x.
sinh(x) – returns the hyperbolic sine of x.
cosh(x) – returns the hyperbolic cosine of x.
tanh (x) – returns the hyperbolic tangent of x .
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Trigonometric Functions Page 18-2
T h i s p a g e i n t e n t i o n a l l y l e f t b l a n k .
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Amplitude Functions Page 19-1

19 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:
AMPLITUDE FUNCTIONS
19.1 dbamp, ampdb dbfsamp, ampdbfs
dbamp dbamp(x) (init- or control-rate args only)
ampdb ampdb(x) (no rate restriction)
dbfsamp dbfsamp(x) (init- or control-rate args only)
ampdbfs ampdbfs(x) (no rate restriction)
DESCRIPTION
Where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. These functions
perform conversions between raw amplitude values and their decibel equivelents. The
result can then be a term in a further expression.
dbamp(x) – returns the decibel equivalent of the raw amplitude x.
ampdb(x) – returns the amplitude equivalent of the decibel value x. Thus:
60 dB = 1000
66 dB = 1995.262
72 dB = 3891.07
78 dB = 7943.279
84 dB = 15848.926
90 dB = 31622.764
dbfsamp(x) – returns the decibel equivalent, relative to full scale amplitude, of the raw
amplitude x. Full scale is assumed to be 16 bit. New is Csound version 4.10.
ampdbfs(x) – returns the amplitude equivalent of the decibel value x, which is relative to
full scale amplitude. Full scale is assumed to be 16 bit. New is Csound version 4.10.
The Public Csound Reference Manual Version 4.10 Mathematical Operations: Amplitude Functions Page 19-2
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:18 PM
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35. that's making me angry, I hate math!
:mad:
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:30 PM
Response to Reply #35
52. Tá bom. Então, posso interessá-lo em alguma poesia?
 ABC do Nordeste Flagelado   

- por Patativa do Assaré


A — Ai, como é duro viver 
nos Estados do Nordeste 
quando o nosso Pai Celeste 
não manda a nuvem chover. 
É bem triste a gente ver 
findar o mês de janeiro 
depois findar fevereiro
e março também passar, 
sem o inverno começar
no Nordeste brasileiro.
 


B — Berra o gado impaciente
reclamando o verde pasto, 
desfigurado e arrasto, 
com o olhar de penitente;
o fazendeiro, descrente, 
um jeito não pode dar, 
o sol ardente a queimar
e o vento forte soprando, 
a gente fica pensando
que o mundo vai se acabar.
 


C — Caminhando pelo espaço, 
como os trapos de um lençol, 
pras bandas do pôr do sol, 
as nuvens vão em fracasso:
aqui e ali um pedaço
vagando... sempre vagando, 
quem estiver reparando
faz logo a comparação
de umas pastas de algodão
que o vento vai carregando.
 


D — De manhã, bem de manhã, 
vem da montanha um agouro
de gargalhada e de choro
da feia e triste cauã:
um bando de ribançã
pelo espaço a se perder, 
pra de fome não morrer, 
vai atrás de outro lugar, 
e ali só há de voltar, 
um dia, quando chover.
 


E — Em tudo se vê mudança
quem repara vê até
que o camaleão que é 
verde da cor da esperança, 
com o flagelo que avança, 
muda logo de feição.  
O verde camaleão 
perde a sua cor bonita 
fica de forma esquisita 
que causa admiração.
 


F — Foge o prazer da floresta 
o bonito sabiá, 
quando flagelo não há 
cantando se manifesta.
Durante o inverno faz festa 
gorjeando por esporte, 
mas não chovendo é sem sorte, 
fica sem graça e calado 
o cantor mais afamado 
dos passarinhos do norte.
 


G — Geme de dor, se aquebranta 
e dali desaparece, 
o sabiá só parece 
que com a seca se encanta.  
Se outro pássaro canta, 
o coitado não responde; 
ele vai não sei pra onde, 
pois quando o inverno não vem 
com o desgosto que tem 
o pobrezinho se esconde.
 


H — Horroroso, feio e mau 
de lá de dentro das grotas, 
manda suas feias notas 
o tristonho bacurau.
Canta o João corta-pau 
o seu poema funério, 
é muito triste o mistério 
de uma seca no sertão; 
a gente tem impressão
que o mundo é um cemitério.
 


I — Ilusão, prazer, amor, 
a gente sente fugir, 
tudo parece carpir
tristeza, saudade e dor.  
Nas horas de mais calor, 
se escuta pra todo lado 
o toque desafinado 
da gaita da seriema 
acompanhando o cinema 
no Nordeste flagelado.
 


J — Já falei sobre a desgraça 
dos animais do Nordeste; 
com a seca vem a peste 
e a vida fica sem graça.  
Quanto mais dia se passa 
mais a dor se multiplica; 
a mata que já foi rica, 
de tristeza geme e chora.  
Preciso dizer agora 
o povo como é que fica.
 


L — Lamento desconsolado 
o coitado camponês 
porque tanto esforço fez, 
mas não lucrou seu roçado.  
Num banco velho, sentado, 
olhando o filho inocente 
e a mulher bem paciente, 
cozinha lá no fogão 
o derradeiro feijão 
que ele guardou pra semente.
 


M — Minha boa companheira, 
diz ele, vamos embora, 
e depressa, sem demora 
vende a sua cartucheira.  
Vende a faca, a roçadeira, 
machado, foice e facão; 
vende a pobre habitação, 
galinha, cabra e suíno 
e viajam sem destino 
em cima de um caminhão.
 


N — Naquele duro transporte 
sai aquela pobre gente, 
agüentando paciente
o rigor da triste sorte.  
Levando a saudade forte 
de seu povo e seu lugar, 
sem um nem outro falar, 
vão pensando em sua vida, 
deixando a terra querida, 
para nunca mais voltar.
 


O — Outro tem opinião 
de deixar mãe, deixar pai, 
porém para o Sul não vai, 
procura outra direção.  
Vai bater no Maranhão 
onde nunca falta inverno; 
outro com grande consterno 
deixa o casebre e a mobília 
e leva a sua família 
pra construção do governo.
 


P - Porém lá na construção, 
o seu viver é grosseiro 
trabalhando o dia inteiro 
de picareta na mão.
Pra sua manutenção 
chegando dia marcado 
em vez do seu ordenado 
dentro da repartição, 
recebe triste ração, 
farinha e feijão furado.
 


Q — Quem quer ver o sofrimento, 
quando há seca no sertão, 
procura uma construção 
e entra no fornecimento.
Pois, dentro dele o alimento 
que o pobre tem a comer, 
a barriga pode encher, 
porém falta a substância, 
e com esta circunstância, 
começa o povo a morrer.
 


R — Raquítica, pálida e doente
fica a pobre criatura
e a boca da sepultura 
vai engolindo o inocente.  
Meu Jesus!  Meu Pai Clemente, 
que da humanidade é dono, 
desça de seu alto trono, 
da sua corte celeste 
e venha ver seu Nordeste 
como ele está no abandono.
 


S — Sofre o casado e o solteiro 
sofre o velho, sofre o moço, 
não tem janta, nem almoço, 
não tem roupa nem dinheiro.  
Também sofre o fazendeiro 
que de rico perde o nome, 
o desgosto lhe consome, 
vendo o urubu esfomeado, 
puxando a pele do gado 
que morreu de sede e fome.
 


T — Tudo sofre e não resiste 
este fardo tão pesado, 
no Nordeste flagelado 
em tudo a tristeza existe.  
Mas a tristeza mais triste 
que faz tudo entristecer, 
é a mãe chorosa, a gemer, 
lágrimas dos olhos correndo, 
vendo seu filho dizendo: 
mamãe, eu quero morrer!
 


U — Um é ver, outro é contar 
quem for reparar de perto 
aquele mundo deserto, 
dá vontade de chorar.
Ali só fica a teimar 
o juazeiro copado, 
o resto é tudo pelado 
da chapada ao tabuleiro 
onde o famoso vaqueiro 
cantava tangendo o gado.
 


V — Vivendo em grande maltrato, 
a abelha zumbindo voa, 
sem direção, sempre à toa, 
por causa do desacato. 
À procura de um regato, 
de um jardim ou de um pomar 
sem um momento parar, 
vagando constantemente, 
sem encontrar, a inocente, 
uma flor para pousar.
 


X — Xexéu, pássaro que mora 
na grande árvore copada, 
vendo a floresta arrasada, 
bate as asas, vai embora.  
Somente o saguim demora, 
pulando a fazer careta; 
na mata tingida e preta, 
tudo é aflição e pranto; 
só por milagre de um santo, 
se encontra uma borboleta.
 


Z — Zangado contra o sertão 
dardeja o sol inclemente, 
cada dia mais ardente 
tostando a face do chão.  
E, mostrando compaixão 
lá do infinito estrelado, 
pura, limpa, sem pecado 
de noite a lua derrama 
um banho de luz no drama 
do Nordeste flagelado.
 


Posso dizer que cantei 
aquilo que observei; 
tenho certeza que dei 
aprovada relação.
Tudo é tristeza e amargura, 
indigência e desventura. 
— Veja, leitor, quanto é dura 
a seca no meu sertão.

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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:16 PM
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33. so at any rate I had this dream last night
where I was flying, but you know, not like flapping my arms, but just kind of gliding through the air., and there were, you know, could, but not real big clouds, and not storm clouds like we used to see in the Midwest when I was going, up., anyway, there were clouds and I was flying, or gliding thought hem and I looked down and saw Arwalden walking along Connecticut Ave. But it wasn’t REALLY him, cause I’ve never seen him, but you know how you see someone in a dream and you know that they’re somebody even though you know they don’t look like that. Anyway there was Arwalden, or someone who I thought was him, and he was waking up Connecticut Ave, but it wasn’t REALLY Connecticut Ave, it looked more like a street I saw on vacation when I was a kid. Dreams are funny like that, aren’t they? Anyway I saw Arwalden, or someone I thought was Arwalden, and suddenly Elizabeth Montgomery was there next to me. And it looked like her, unlike Arwalden and Connecticut which didn’t look like themselves. And she asked if I wanted to play Darren in the movie and I said “sure” but who’ll be playing you? And she got mad and wriggled her nose and I started to fall. You know how some people say if you fall in a dream and hit the ground you’ll die? Well I hit the ground and I didn’t die, but how would they know anyway, cause anybody who did die would be dead and couldn’t say anything. At any rate I landed on the sidewalk and Skinner came up and gave me a star. But it didn’t look like Skinner from the DU, he looked more like Skinner from the X-Files, I guess my subconscious confused the two. At any rate, I landed and Skinner gave me a star and I put in on the front of my shirt and suddenly I realized that Underpants and Lioness priyanka were there and they were holding a big can of chili and trying to carry it up some stairs. So I said “Can I help” and they said they needed it for a poll, but I could carry the toaster upstairs. Oh, they didn’t look like they really do, but kind of like I imaged they’d look like, the same as with Arwalden, but not Skinner who looked like the guy from the X-Files. Then I carried a toaster up the stairs but the stairs kept going high and higher and I was getting tied and Underpants and Lionesspriyanka were gone with their can of chili so I set down the toaster and found it was broken! So I tried to toss it away but Arwalden showed up again and told me that I couldn’t throw a toaster away that it had to be buried in the toaster graveyard. Suddenly I’m in this big field and there are dead toasters everywhere, even skeletons of toasters, which is really weird, cause toasters don’t have skeletons. So I found a hole and stuck the toaster in and covered it up, and then Plaid Adder showed up and dug up the toaster crying that it had been her first one and how dare I bury it, and where was her big can of chili! I tried explaining that Underpants and Lionesspriyanka had it but everything I came out of my mouth sounded like I was speaking Klingon so I gave up and tried to run away.

That’s when I woke up and my pillow was half eaten.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:19 PM
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37. that's definitely not boring me, altho it is kind of trippy
:crazy:
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:22 PM
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41. damn
I'll write another one about xeroxing later, that'll do it.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:20 PM
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39. A C function to create the Quesa/QuickDraw 3D camera
for use in an interactive renderer:

***

TQ3Status QD3DStatus;
TQ3ViewAngleAspectCameraData gCameraData;TQ3Area gRenderArea;
float gCameraFOV = kQ3Pi/3;
float rectWidth, rectHeight;

QD3DStatus = Q3DrawContext_GetPane(myDrawContext, &gRenderArea);

gCameraData.cameraData.placement.cameraLocation = cameraFrom;
gCameraData.cameraData.placement.pointOfInterest = cameraTo;
gCameraData.cameraData.range.hither = HITHER_DISTANCE;
gCameraData.cameraData.range.yon = YON_DISTANCE;
gCameraData.cameraData.viewPort.origin.x = -1.0f;
gCameraData.cameraData.viewPort.origin.y = 1.0f;
gCameraData.cameraData.viewPort.width = 2.0f;
gCameraData.cameraData.viewPort.height = 2.0f;
gCameraData.fov = gCameraFOV;

rectWidth = gRenderArea.max.x - gRenderArea.min.x;
rectHeight = gRenderArea.max.y - gRenderArea.min.y;
gCameraData.aspectRatioXToY = (rectWidth / rectHeight);

camera = Q3ViewAngleAspectCamera_New(&gCameraData);

***

I wrote it myself! :) I have more I you need 'em.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:21 PM
Response to Reply #39
40. goddamn! see Swamprat's post above, math makes me angry
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 02:21 PM by StopTheMorans
:D :mad:
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:24 PM
Response to Reply #40
46. OK, this one has minimal math.
EventRecord theEvent;

gKey = nil;

FlushEvents(everyEvent,0);

WaitNextEvent(everyEvent, &theEvent, 100, NULL);

if(theEvent.what == keyDown)
gKey = (theEvent.message & charCodeMask);
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:26 PM
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48. is that about a toilet?
:shrug:
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:45 PM
Response to Reply #48
56. Yes, actually.
It's the prgramming for that Japnese-Super-Talking-Toilet thing.

It records the events that take place on the toilet.

gKey = nil; - the "key," also known as the flush lever, it set to "nil," signifying that it has not been pushed down.

FlushEvents(everyEvent,0); - once you're done, you flush, all the...err..."events."

WaitNextEvent(everyEvent, &theEvent, 100, NULL); - wait for the next "event," given a choice out of 100 possible outcomes, the mose prominent being referred to as "one" or "two."

if(theEvent.what == keyDown)
gKey = (theEvent.message & charCodeMask); - if the "key" is activated, the "even" message is transferred to the character CodeMask, also known as the septic tank, or sewer system in a large city.

Make sense?
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:28 PM
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50. you could
inject bacon grease right into the pancakes, how great is that?
http://shop.ronco.com/products/flavorInjector.di4?productID=15
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:29 PM
Response to Reply #50
51. *licks chops*
are you not only the president of Ronco, but also a client? :silly:
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:30 PM
Response to Reply #51
53. sure am
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 02:32 PM by MichaelHarris


LOL I didn't know that was Saddam, I thought it was just a thug .
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:33 PM
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54. Chia gone horribly wrong
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #54
55. wow, that looks like my former boss when i worked construction
(he'd often work with his shirt off on hot days). :puke:
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:46 PM
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57. Ok man
that images was just wrong. Did he have tan lines?
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:47 PM
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58. Good news Stop.....too damn many letters
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 03:37 PM
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60. that oughta fix me!
:crazy:
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 03:18 PM
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59. Yo, this was a hoot
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