I want to start out by saying how much I appreciate comments. They are one of the things that keeps me blogging and almost all of them are good.

Lately, however, I have been getting quite a few poorly thought out comments. These are normally from creationists. I really do not understand why they keep on exposing themselves like this, as people are just going to make fun of them even more (like this).

Etienne has been kind enough to provide me with some fodder for this post, and I have kindly graded her comments below.

I hope this does not put too many people off commenting here, but maybe it will make people a bit more cautious.

These comments were from a post I wrote a while ago about losing respect for Ben Stein. Check out the graded version below:

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OK, my new computer isn’t that far along, but this is a start. I just found a new case and power supply while I was out for a jog today. Somebody put it out with their recycling. It took a bit of effort to get it home, as I was still about 4km away. It was actually a lot harder to jog with than I would have thought. It needed to be held out in front, which made the box start to feel very heavy very quickly. I ended up running/speed-walking back.

Whenever I start collecting more innars to go along with this box, I am almost certainly building a hackintosh. What is a hackintosh you ask? A hackintosh is a computer with regular PC components, but is slightly modified to run Mac OS. There is a growing community of enthusiasts called OSx86 that is making this a feasible option.

I think that the demand for a mid-range box from Apple is increasing; however, I have never heard rumors about one coming. I am starting to think that they will never deliver a sub $3000 tower.

Anyways, check out my new box:

I have noticed that google ads’ targeting system is getting progressively worse over time. I noticed some pretty random ads in my gmail sidebar today, and decided to take a screenshot and share them with you.

Obviously, they don’t match the content of my emails, but they are pretty funny. All of the ads are totally unrelated even to themselves. I wonder what kind of of ads people that actually have vampire fetishes are getting.

I am happy that they are better targeted here on this site than on gmail. Maybe it is because content on this site is easier to target.

If you notice any funny, unrelated adsense units, please send them in.

Check out the link unit below:

I have just completed my new computer setup. I have shared one keyboard and mouse across two computers with synergy.

Check out the video:

Ok, I didn’t get owned that badly, but I have definitely been one upped. Last week, I posted a Lego creation of the online personality Chris Pirillo that I made at home. Yesterday, some more Lego creations appeared in Pirillo’s Flickr Photostream. These new ones are definitely better than the ones I did. The bad part is that my Lego is still at my parents’ place, so I can’t try to make a better one.

These were made by someone under the alias Oysterjelly565. I couldn’t really find any info about this guy. Maybe he should have taken Chris’s recent advice to make sure you have an online home. To quote Chris:

It’s great to have accounts on many different places. But if you cannot at least direct people back to you somehow, by having your own personal space to keep track of it all… you’re potentially losing yourself and your identity

…..will the real Oysterjelly565 please stand up….

Here’s the Lego creation:

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Yesterday, PLoS Biology published an alarming study about creationist belief demographics among high school biology teachers. It showed that 16% of high school biology teachers are young earth creationists (that’s the worst kind). This means that 16% of these teachers believe that the world is under 10,000 years old. This is just too ridiculous. I can’t imagine anyone actually believing it, let alone biology teachers. It’s scary to think that these people are teaching kids. I believe that these teachers should be fired and have their degrees revoked by their respective universities.

Actually, they shouldn’t have gotten their degrees in the first place. Before getting a science degree, students should be asked: “Are you a creationist?” If they give the wrong answer, they shouldn’t get their degree.

PZ Meyers summed up this morning’s news the best.

Here’s the most depressing thing I’ve seen all week (and I’m grading genetics exams): it’s the result of a national survey of high school biology teachers.

Below is the main figure from the study:

If you have the guts, go read the full study [via Pharyngula]

If you haven’t seen O’Reilly losing it at his teleprompter and crew, you obviously don’t use the same internet that I do. Check out the rant here if you haven’t seen it (again, I am very surprised if you haven’t seen it….go watch it if you haven’t!). Although this is bad, there are worse recordings of one of the worse TV personalities in the US.

Here is a clip of O’Reilly interviewing Richard Dawkins. I think that is actually worse than the one of O’Reilly losing it. It is one of the worst interviews I have ever seen. I can’t believe that FOX isn’t embarrassed to have this guy on the air. Check it out:

On a lighter side, here is the dance remix of O’Reilly losing it. Very funny….

That’s it.

The internet is populated with a lot of intelligent material, which is why I am addicted to it, but it is also filled with an enormous amount of ridiculous information. Creationists only contribute to one end of this spectrum and they bring the average of the whole internet down. The only thing that they are good for is a bit of cheap entertainment.

So here are the top 10 ridiculous creationists that I have found. If you can top these, please send your links in and I will add them to the list.

10. I wouldn’t want to miss anyone out, so #10 includes all creationists not covered below.

9. Becky Fischer from Jesus Camp.

8. Charley…just watch:

7. Quote – “One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn’t possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.” [via Measured Against Reality]

6. Ann Coulter definitely had to make this list. Even if she didn’t believe in creationism, she’d still be an idiot. Here’s a quote from her book Godless: The Church of Liberalism: “Throw in enough words like imagine, perhaps, and might have — and you’ve got yourself a scientific theory! How about this: Imagine a giant raccoon passed gas and perhaps the resulting gas might have created the vast variety of life we see on Earth. And if you don’t accept the giant raccoon flatulence theory for the origin of life, you must be a fundamentalist Christian nut who believes the Earth is flat. That’s basically how the argument for evolution goes [emphasis in original].”

5. Quote: “He needs to read the Bible. Noah did not save “all of the Earth’s animals species.” God sent TO Noah representatives of each LAND ANIMAL KIND. When one sees such incorrect information in a piece by a scientist, one has to worry whether the same lack of attention to accuracy is exhibited in his own research, or the research he supervises!” original [via Jeff the Fish]

4. Ben Stein for his movie expelled. Thanks for making lies seem respectable.

3. Animation from a creationist movie ( part of the series: Why people laugh at creationists on youtube)

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