By GI Korea on October 16th, 2011 at 3:42 am

ROK Drop Open Thread – October 16, 2011

• Glans
  5:22 am on October 16th, 2011 1

  The Secret Service represents freedom.

• ChickenHead
  5:53 am on October 16th, 2011 2

  Glans,

  That silly Ling cow is still flapping her trap and likely getting paid for it.

  I respect Lee much more. She knew that she made a mistake, cost a lot of money and political capital, and she humbly vanished from the public eye instead of trying to milk it for everything possible in an attempt to make money and appear relevant.

  With so many people who are inspiration for their accomplishments, Ball State decided to go with a speaker who is “inspirational” for her failure.

  What a crappy university.

  …and, of course, the article duly reported that it was all the guide’s fault.

  Why couldn’t North Korea simply have caned them both and quietly sent them home where they could be quickly forgotten?

  And one other interesting thing… since Bill Clinton’s trip there had the oft-repeated “no cost to the taxpayer”, just who paid for the Secret Service guy she was talking about?

  Glans, I know you have some one-sided beatoff fantasy for Ling and Lee but you don’t have to share it.

  …although I think you get a kick out of firing me up over it so you can read my response.

• Cloying Odor
  6:03 am on October 16th, 2011 3

  http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/suns-hidden-power

  Some interesting information coming from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

• ChickenHead
  7:53 am on October 16th, 2011 4

  What does NASA do when they have been re-tasked from manned space exploration to manufacturing support for global warming research…

  …and their solar satellite starts giving observed data that conflicts with the contrived output of all the global warming “models”?

• df
  2:34 pm on October 16th, 2011 5

  Does climate shape our evolution?

  A Changing Climate for Human Evolution

  East Africa’s Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System

  I believe so.

• Glans
  2:39 pm on October 16th, 2011 6

  An unusual suspect? Suze Orman approves of Occupy Wall Street.

• Tbonetylr
  5:47 pm on October 16th, 2011 7

  Here is a picture of the Korean American female judge hearing the Apple vs. Samsung case…
  http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/17/2011101700515.html

• Tbonetylr
  6:11 pm on October 16th, 2011 8

  Will the story(Judge holds up iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab in court, Samsung lawyers can’t tell the difference) of the stupid Samsung lawyer be told in the Korean media?
  http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/judge-holds-up-ipad-2-and-galaxy-tab-in-court-samsung-lawyers-cant-tell-the-difference-20111014/

• Tbonetylr
  6:40 pm on October 16th, 2011 9

  Did Judge Koh smell some stupidity among the Samsung lawyer defense, or why would she ask such a simple question when the article above suggested 99% of the people would be able to tell the difference between the two? The Samsung lawyer(Kathleen Sullivan) who couldn’t answer the question supposedly has an impeccable education and career.
  After looking at the product picture at the link provided, I’m guessing Judge Koh held the iPad and Galaxy 10.1 at the bottom when she held them up so the lawyers couldn’t see the brand names.

• Tbonetylr
  7:41 pm on October 16th, 2011 10

  Hankyoreh says U.S. secret service shut down a legal protest against base on Jeju Island…
  http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/501047.html
  “Secret Service police on the scene alleged that the peace activists, who had been granted permission to assemble on the sidewalk directly across from the White House’s front entrance, posed a security threat and reacted by temporarily closing down all of Lafayette Park.”
  See activist sign saying Lee, MB is a crook.

• Tbonetylr
  7:51 pm on October 16th, 2011 11

  I’ll leave you with this Yongmin’s Cartoon Korea-US FTA vs Concept of land in Lee’s head”…
  http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?code=710100&artid=201110131546397

• Homeboy
  11:50 pm on October 16th, 2011 12

  In 2013, Lee Myung Bak will be prosecuted for his failure during Presidency.

  Because of his thoughlessness, the FTA will cut Korean jobs by half. Cheap American goods and services will drive out farmers from their land.

  As his predecessor, Lee Myung Bak will commit suicide for his past deeds.

• Teadrinker
  3:49 am on October 18th, 2011 13

  #8,

  LCD screen in a black frame = 99% of LCD TV and computer monitors.

• Teadrinker
  3:59 am on October 18th, 2011 14

  #12,

  Do you even live in Korea?

  It’s much ado about nothing. A few years ago, rice farmers were worried that they would lose their livelihood because the government was about to allow imports of American rice, more specifically Calrose rice. As I expected, South Koreans didn’t care much for American rice (I personally think it tastes like straw), and so stores don’t carry it. Argue with me all you want, we own a rice mill. We don’t only sell locally, we also export. I know more about the business than you’ll ever know.

• JoeC
  4:30 am on October 18th, 2011 15

  “South Koreans didn’t care much for American rice” ????

  It sure did well as a black market item. Maybe it’s only the Koreans around the military bases who have developed a taste for it.

• Tom
  6:16 am on October 18th, 2011 16

  America can export their beef and rice all they want. And they will have their own market share cornered, which will be cheap imports. But this will not hurt Korean farmers and cattle ranchers. That’s because Korean rice and beef is held as expensive premium products that are much more harder to find. Koreans will pay whatever the asking price is, for Korean rice, beef, and other agricultural products. Koreans don’t trust Chinese imports, nor do they really care for American rice or beef. Koreans buy them only because they are cheap and plentiful. Korean farmers will do fine and will even thrive in their own niche market.

• Lemmy
  12:26 pm on October 18th, 2011 17

  Supreme Court will hear case about “stolen valor”

  http://www.tampabay.com/news/supreme-court-to-decide-if-lying-about-medals-is-crimepp/1197314

• Glans
  3:09 pm on October 18th, 2011 18

  I have patented the photon. You will now pay me a royalty every time you use one.

• Glans
  11:27 pm on October 18th, 2011 19

  Liu Chen, the Chinese contestant in this year’s Miss World pageant in November, says, “I am very lucky to represent China and show my country’s history, love, charm and beauty,” as CNN reports on China’s acceptance of beauty pageants.

• kangaji
  3:19 am on October 19th, 2011 20

  Cola surveyresultsin Seoul getting cut by 4 percent according to usages yongsan tweet

• ChickenHead
  5:16 am on October 19th, 2011 21

  Glans,

  “I have patented the photon. You will now pay me a royalty every time you use one.”

  Fantastic, I have patented both electricity and magnetism so any time one of your photons is used in one of my processes, I will send you a bill.

  This comment serves as notice that you currently owe me royalty fees based on 1.62*10^314 individual electro-magnetic photon interactions.

  We can discuss quantity discounts or non-relativistic time-based usage licenses as well as the current Emit One, Propagate One Free special.

• JoeC
  10:39 am on October 21st, 2011 22

  Another shot in America’s Class War.

  I, an American small business owner, part of the class that produces the vast majority of real, wealth producing jobs in this country, hereby resolve that I will not hire a single person until this war against business and my country is stopped.

  I hereby declare that my job creation potential is now ceased.

  “I’m on strike!”

  Who are the true patriots?

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