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Lawmaker shows naked woman during school lecture
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It would have been even worse if the picture was of a nude man. I mean... penises on display... aside from on every male animal everywhere? It would have caused great mental trauma.And why was Highway Patrol involved?They should go easy on the guy, its not like this happened in the airport bathroom.
But, if it had been, oh, a picture of someone getting shot? No worries.
This is a good point. Although many would call me a prude for being against pornography, the issue of violence is often sidestepped. The evening news will show people getting shot or blown up and their aftermath without hesitation. But they would never show a topless woman. We become desensitized to the effects of violence to the point that atrocities don't bother us anymore
Yeah USA is a great country BUT one thing I never understood is how come is it ok to show gore violence on news or movies like it's a regular natural thing but when Janet Jackson pops up half of her nipple at a show entire country is "disgusted" by it and talks about it for half a year or when one of the famous actresses has a nude scene where she shows her boob for half a second (or god forbid her ass or other private area) all the TV shows and tabloids talk about it like it is the biggest news of the year
. Jeezzz, in Europe when I woke up at 8/9 am I saw boobs on regular TV constantly, when you walk by down the streets and see newspaper stands, you can see all the porno magazine covers and no one makes any big deal about it, it's human body, human nature, sex is a part of human nature and a lot less "dirty" than people blowing up each other in the Hollywood most creative ways.
Also, related or not but as far as I know Europe also has lower percentage teenage pregnancy rates, I mean if people are exposed to the "dirty" sex and nude body from the young age maybe it somehow satisfies their curiosity about human nature and actually makes them a bit more responsible, I didn't conduct any research on it so it's just my hypothesis but maybe there is something to it.
This reminds me of the story about the guy who was giving a work presentation and after staying on a single slide for a time his screensaver popped up revealing a naked woman.
I think the interesting thing about this story is that the guy said he had no idea where the pictures came from.
I think the interesting thing about this story is that the guy said he had no idea where the pictures came from.
This is Microsoft's fault.
I get this stupid thing all the time (not the pornography, but the same effect).
I work in a couple of lab's that are mostly Mac but with the odd Windows PC in there as well and I use a stick to transfer files around all the time.
Put it in the mac and you get a virtual drive loading on the desktop (useful no?), but put it in the Windows machine and several programs run by default. If you have any pictures on the thing (almost everyone does), it will without notifying you automatically start some kind of picture application and load up your pictures. Same for audio and Video.
This is another Microsoft "innovation" that just gets in your way for the most part. I am sure you can turn it off, but our drive images are fairly standard and this is the default behaviour on Windows now.
Some student could have put the folder on his stick, knowing that it would automatically load the second he put the stick in.
Stupid stupid programming from the kings of stupid programming (Microsoft).
I get this stupid thing all the time (not the pornography, but the same effect).
I work in a couple of lab's that are mostly Mac but with the odd Windows PC in there as well and I use a stick to transfer files around all the time.
Put it in the mac and you get a virtual drive loading on the desktop (useful no?), but put it in the Windows machine and several programs run by default. If you have any pictures on the thing (almost everyone does), it will without notifying you automatically start some kind of picture application and load up your pictures. Same for audio and Video.
This is another Microsoft "innovation" that just gets in your way for the most part. I am sure you can turn it off, but our drive images are fairly standard and this is the default behaviour on Windows now.
Some student could have put the folder on his stick, knowing that it would automatically load the second he put the stick in.
Stupid stupid programming from the kings of stupid programming (Microsoft).
Something similar happened in work.
The presenter (who I worked with) couldn't get the overhead projector to work and climbed under the table to check the cables, etc.
Not paying attention, the projector finally kicked in...
Well you all know the mode that windows has where you can see the picture previews in explorer...
Idiot had a bunch of porn in the same directory as his presentation.
Ooops. Luckily it was a presentation to a vendor who was more interested in making a sale then getting him canned.
The look on his face was priceless though
The presenter (who I worked with) couldn't get the overhead projector to work and climbed under the table to check the cables, etc.
Not paying attention, the projector finally kicked in...
Well you all know the mode that windows has where you can see the picture previews in explorer...
Idiot had a bunch of porn in the same directory as his presentation.
Ooops. Luckily it was a presentation to a vendor who was more interested in making a sale then getting him canned.
The look on his face was priceless though
william sire
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So...why is it necessary to emphasize this? Just seems weird that they wouldn't just call him by name.
If he had been a republican the text would have been 5 times larger, in bold and red with blinking lights all around it...
I truly do not understand the stupidity of some people.
Seriously, folks, is it so difficult to just leave the stuff at home? I would never, ever put anything like that even NEAR a screen saver, desktop picture, USB key, etc. or in the same folder as a public presentation.
Apparently this must happen a lot, because in addition to stories like this one (in which all the victim got was a good dose of embarrassment), almost every week I hear another story on the news that someone was arrested at the border, because customs officials discovered a laptop full of, well, the illegal kind of porn. I wish I knew a customs officer - I'd want to ask how often they stumble on the legal stuff and wave the guy through, snickering under their breath...
Seriously, folks, is it so difficult to just leave the stuff at home? I would never, ever put anything like that even NEAR a screen saver, desktop picture, USB key, etc. or in the same folder as a public presentation.
Apparently this must happen a lot, because in addition to stories like this one (in which all the victim got was a good dose of embarrassment), almost every week I hear another story on the news that someone was arrested at the border, because customs officials discovered a laptop full of, well, the illegal kind of porn. I wish I knew a customs officer - I'd want to ask how often they stumble on the legal stuff and wave the guy through, snickering under their breath...