[Landos Mustache]

OK here is an idea I thought of to keep us busy.

On whatever subject you feel like talking about list the absolute BEST in its field and the absolute WORST in your opinion, no in-betweens. Don't have to constrict it to computer or other geeky stuff either and you can rebuttal others peoples comments. Also try to not to stick to just one subject.

For example:

Best Orange Juice: Tropicana
Worst: Sunny D

Best place to get video games news: GameSpot
Worst: IGN

Best painkiller: Advil
Worst: Aspirin

Best Mario Game: Super Mario 3
Worst: Super Mario Sunshine

Best inkjet Printers: Canon
Worst: Lexmark

Best Airline: Lufthansa
Worst: West Jet

Best Apple Mouse: Wireless Mighty Mouse
Worst: The puck

Best Movie: Batman Begins
Worst: Doom

ETC ETC.

[Gossamer]

Best version of Mac OS: 10.4
Worst: 10.0

[Monique]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

OK here is an idea I thought of to keep us busy.

On whatever subject you feel like talking about list the absolute BEST in its field and the absolute WORST in your opinion, no in-betweens. Don't have to constrict it to computer or other geeky stuff either and you can rebuttal others peoples comments. Also try to not to stick to just one subject.

For example:

Best Orange Juice: Tropicana
Worst: Sunny D

Best place to get video games news: GameSpot
Worst: IGN

Best painkiller: Advil
Worst: Aspirin

Best Mario Game: Super Mario 3
Worst: Super Mario Sunshine

Best inkjet Printers: Canon
Worst: Lexmark

Best Airline: Lufthansa
Worst: West Jet

Best Apple Mouse: Wireless Mighty Mouse
Worst: The puck

Best Movie: Batman Begins
Worst: Doom

ETC ETC.

Orange juice: Agree Tropicana
Worst: do not drink it.

Best painkiller: Tylynol 3 or Oxycotin or Morphine (the last 2 should not be taken too long but if you have chronic pain who cares really as long as it takes care of it)
Worst: Agree Aspirin

Best airline: United
Worst: Air Canada and Westjet

Best printers: Canon agree
Did not encounter the worst one yet.

Best movie: The Godfather part one and two.
Worst one: Stepmom

Best wine: Pouilly-fuisse or from the Napa valley
worst one: any wine from Quebec

Most beautiful place I have been: Equal between Versailles and St. Paul's cathedral
Most ugly place: And I love Paris but it has to be Centre Pompidou (even though there is some amazing paintings inside).

Most romantic spot: La Seine and The Thames
Least romantic spot: Telus building.

[nonhuman]

Best orange juice is totally not Tropicana. Tropicana is pretty good, but not the best. The best is Odwalla, specifically the Odwalla Valencia orange juice. Second best would be the Odwalla non-Valencia, then Simply Juice or whatever it's called. Then maybe Tropicana.

Worst is probably a toss-up between Sunny D and Minute Made.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Best orange juice is totally not Tropicana. Tropicana is pretty good, but not the best. The best is Odwalla, specifically the Odwalla Valencia orange juice. Second best would be the Odwalla non-Valencia, then Simply Juice or whatever it's called. Then maybe Tropicana.

Never seen that brand. It is in big chain stores?

For the recored I sorta like Sunny D but it doesn't taste like orange juice and I know it is full of chemicals so i don't touch it. I hope nobody raises their kids on it.

[osiris]

Well I frickin hate Tropicana, too acidic and tastes like paint remover. Fresh squeezed if I do drink OJ... anywayz, my opinionated best and worst:

Best City: NYC
Worst: Atlantic City, NJ

Best OS: OS 10.4
Worst: 10.0 no doubt

Best Imported Beer: Guinness Stout
Worst: any Canadian beer; including 'Japanese' Asahi, Sapporo & Kirin brewed in Canada

Best TV show: Seinfeld and/or the original 33 Honeymooners episodes
Worst: Everybody Loves Raymond

Best Food: Italian
Worst: Puerto Rican

Best Airline: ANA
Worst: Any American Airline, except Delta

more later... got work

[hickey]

Best cheeseburger: 5 Guys
Worst: McDonalds

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by osiris

Best Imported Beer: Guinness Stout
Worst: any Canadian beer; including 'Japanese' Asahi, Sapporo & Kirin brewed in Canada

You really find Canadian Beer worse than American? You didn't really mention Canadian Beers either just Japanese recipes that a brewed here.

I like most darker Canadian beers. Watered down stuff like Coors makes me ill.

[SirCastor]

Best Car that never made it: The '48 Tucker
Worst Car that never made it: The Ford Edsel

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

You really find Canadian Beer worse than American? You didn't really mention Canadian Beers either just Japanese recipes that a brewed here.

I like most darker Canadian beers. Watered down stuff like Coors makes me ill.

Sorry I didn't mention which Canadian beers - I can't recall, but I've been exposed to a variety over the years. I haven't tried a dark Canadian brew in a while, so I shall give it a shot to be fair.


If you want to try something amber with stout overtones - try Smithwycks. Mm mm good.

As for domestic American brews, I like plain old Budweiser. Coors also has that weird after taste, so I'm no big fan.

[Landos Mustache]

I like Guinness also but I can't drink more than 2 and it doesn't go so well with most foods.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

I like Guinness also but I can't drink more than 2 and it doesn't go so well with most foods.

With a beer like Guinness, who needs food?

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by osiris

With a beer like Guinness, who needs food?

I get sick of the taste of licking a BBQ grill after a while.

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by osiris

Best Imported Beer: Guinness Stout
Worst: any Canadian beer

Never had anything by Unibroue, I take it?

And I'm sorry, but Bud and Guinness are rather generic (at least the varieties you find in the states; the German original "Budweiser" is actually brewed by a completely unaffiliated co., while the local Guinness is much tastier).

The Guinness you know and love is smooth, sure, but without much flavor; there are much better stouts out there.

Smithwick's is pretty good, though.

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by nonhuman

The best is Odwalla, specifically the Odwalla Valencia orange juice. Second best would be the Odwalla non-Valencia, then Simply Juice or whatever it's called.

Agreed...maybe a toss-up between Odwalla and Naked, though. Oh, and it's Simply Orange, right?

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Never seen that brand. It is in big chain stores?

It's an all-organic brand. I know they carry it in Safeway and Albertson's in California, and I'm pretty sure I saw it at Shaw's in Boston the other day. I don't recall if they had it at the grocery stores in Minnesota, but it was definitely available at some places. They make some really good fruit juices and smoothies, but they're definitely not the cheapest.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Stradlater

Agreed...maybe a toss-up between Odwalla and Naked, though. Oh, and it's Simply Orange, right?

Yeah, Simply Orange. I've never really compared Naked and Odwalla, cause I only get Naked when there is no Odwalla.

[turtle777]

Best breakfast spread: Nutella
Worst breakfast spread: peanut butter

(some trivia: Worldwide, Nutella outsells all brands of peanut butter combined !)

-t

[invisibleX]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Best breakfast spread: Nutella
Worst breakfast spread: peanut butter

(some trivia: Worldwide, Nutella outsells all brands of peanut butter combined !)

-t

I can get past that it looks like sh!t.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by invisibleX

I can get past that it looks like sh!t.

Eat it in the dark.

[Adam Betts]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Best breakfast spread: Nutella

Mmm Nutella, it can be used on almost ANY foods and still taste good.

Originally Posted by invisibleX

I can get past that it looks like sh!t.

You don't eat chocolates too? Nutella is basically chocolate.

[thunderous_funker]

I'm no crusader, but I do try to avoid diong business with companies that I know have a history of very unethical behavior.

Odwalla is owned by Coke, which is a company I zero respect for and I try to avoid their products.

Naked juice is reported to use irradiation for their juice products. The jury is still out on the real long term effects of irradiated foods but there is plenty of research that certain food contain compounds which are utterly foreign (and for which no long term studies exist as to their impact on humans) after undergoing irradiation.

If that kind of thing bothers you, consider it an FYI. If that kind of thing doesn't bother you, no big whoop.

[Googer-Giger]

Best Operating system today.
Best os: Mac os x
Worst os :Windows Xp

Did I do it right?

[himself]

be3st shaving cream: Nivea
worst shaving cream: that Gillette shıt.

best beer: varies... I'll say Hitachino White Ale
worst beer: ???

best chocolate chip cookies: Matt's
worst chocolate chip cookies: Chips Ahoy (I'll still eat 'em though)

best OS: Mac OS X
worst OS: Windows (duh)

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by thunderous_funker

Naked juice is reported to use irradiation for their juice products. The jury is still out on the real long term effects of irradiated foods but there is plenty of research that certain food contain compounds which are utterly foreign (and for which no long term studies exist as to their impact on humans) after undergoing irradiation.

Er, most pre-packaged foods are irradiated. Heat pasteurization is just a form of irradiation. Hell, by putting the food out where it can be seen it's technically being irradiated by the lighting (artificial or otherwise). Radiation is not an inherently bad thing, nor is radioactivity.

Every meal you've ever cooked contains irradiated food.

Besides, irradiated milk doesn't need to be refridgerated. How cool is that?

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by himself

be3st shaving cream: Nivea
worst shaving cream: that Gillette shıt.

best: Aveeno Positively Smooth (white/blue bottle)
worst: I agree

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Eat it in the dark.

-t

[Landos Mustache]

Best Water: Evian
Worst: Dasani

Why does non-carbinated water make a pssst sound when I open it? Plus someone told me it is just filtered Atlanta Tap water.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Stradlater

best: Aveeno Positively Smooth (white/blue bottle)
worst: I agree

Gotta agree there. Aveeno is great, my skin never irritates with that stuff. Neutrogina also has one that is much like it (both owned by the same company). A matter of personal preference.

[thunderous_funker]

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Er, most pre-packaged foods are irradiated. Heat pasteurization is just a form of irradiation. Hell, by putting the food out where it can be seen it's technically being irradiated by the lighting (artificial or otherwise). Radiation is not an inherently bad thing, nor is radioactivity.

Every meal you've ever cooked contains irradiated food.

Besides, irradiated milk doesn't need to be refridgerated. How cool is that?

Not to derail the thread but those are rather ridiculous comparisons. Heating something up to a certain internal temperature is not the same as giving it the equivalent of 1 billion chest x-rays.

I realize that with the current FDA (absence of) regulation in labeling, I probably do eat foods that are irradiated without knowing it. That doesn't suddenly remove the health concerns raised by it nor negate my opposition to it.

It very well may that such concerns are unfounded and science will eventually prove that there are no long term consecquences. However, I find it unwise to disallow consumers to make those choices for themselves in the absence of definitive scientific evidence by not requiring proper labeling. You can't lie on a package about how much fat or protein it contains, but you can omit entirely whether or not the product has been subjected to massive doses of x-ray or gamma radiation.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by thunderous_funker

It very well may that such concerns are unfounded and science will eventually prove that there are no long term consecquences. However, I find it unwise to disallow consumers to make those choices for themselves in the absence of definitive scientific evidence by not requiring proper labeling. You can't lie on a package about how much fat or protein it contains, but you can omit entirely whether or not the product has been subjected to massive doses of x-ray or gamma radiation.

I definitely agree with you there. I just think all the negative press about irradiated food is likely to be nothing more than scare-mongering. I would have no problem eating irradiated food were it labeled as such, although it would definitely be nice to know the exact method of irradiation used.

[thunderous_funker]

Originally Posted by nonhuman

I definitely agree with you there. I just think all the negative press about irradiated food is likely to be nothing more than scare-mongering. I would have no problem eating irradiated food were it labeled as such, although it would definitely be nice to know the exact method of irradiation used.

Back to the thread!

Best cuisine: southeast Asia
Worst cuisine: UK

Best TV show: Simpsons
Worst TV show: anything "Reality"

[lavar78]

Best TV Show: NewsRadio
Worst TV Show: I can't choose just one

Best Current Show No One Watches: Veronica Mars
Worst Current Show Everyone Watches: American Idol

Best Comic-Book Movie: Spider-Man 2
Worst Comic-Book Movie: Captain America

I love peanut butter, but not for breakfast.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Best Water: Evian
Worst: Dasani

Why does non-carbinated water make a pssst sound when I open it? Plus someone told me it is just filtered Atlanta Tap water.

I think that's usually due to a temperature difference between the inside of the bottle and the outside air, or due to some kind of vacuum packing. There's that little space in the top of the bottle with air that changed temperatures when going into/coming out of the fridge, causing the bottle to compress/expand, meaning when the cap is removed, pressure is equalized. I've noticed this a lot on half-gallon jugs of apple juice that are getting close to empty. The air inside will change temps causing a hissing when I open it.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Gossamer

I think that's usually due to a temperature difference between the inside of the bottle and the outside air, or due to some kind of vacuum packing. There's that little space in the top of the bottle with air that changed temperatures when going into/coming out of the fridge, causing the bottle to compress/expand, meaning when the cap is removed, pressure is equalized. I've noticed this a lot on half-gallon jugs of apple juice that are getting close to empty. The air inside will change temps causing a hissing when I open it.

Other brands of water not matter the temp do not do that and they look like they are packaged the same.

Since the water is made by Coke I wouldn't be surprised if they want it to make that sound on purpose.

[CMYKid]

Originally Posted by nonhuman

I definitely agree with you there. I just think all the negative press about irradiated food is likely to be nothing more than scare-mongering. I would have no problem eating irradiated food were it labeled as such, although it would definitely be nice to know the exact method of irradiation used.

annnnnd just how do you think its heated internally anyway? its not a big oven, its irradiated.

people have this bizarre notion that irradiating equals radioactive when they're really completely different things.

As far as OJ goes, there was a great report on MSNBC or the like about all these people that caught Hep C or e coli poisoning or the Plague or something from Odwalla juice.

Basically it turned out that a lot of the juice came from fruit picked from the ground and hence contaminated with whateverwillkillyou. Of course Odwalla had "policies" against tha field labor picking fruit from teh ground rather than from trees but it's not as if they had any particular way to enfrce it when it comes to the people actually doin' the pickin'.

The Army a few years back was REALLY close to sigining with Odwalla to provide all their juice and came to the same conclusion, to much contamination by juice from groundfruit.

tasty.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by CMYKid

annnnnd just how do you think its heated internally anyway? its not a big oven, its irradiated.

Um yeah, that's exactly my point. Actually even if it was an oven it would be irradiated. The only difference is the wavelength of radiation used. Traditional ovens, campfires, and heating elements produce infrared radiation, microwaves produce microwave radiation, lightbulbs produce visible radiation, uranium produces gamma radiation, stars produce radiation on all sorts of wavelengths. Everything in existence in constantly being irradiated, and when you cook your food you're purposefully irradiating it.

people have this bizarre notion that irradiating equals radioactive when they're really completely different things.

Well no, they're not completely different, they've very closely related. Irradiating something means exposing it to radiation. Radioactive means it produces radiation. Things that have been irradiated are generally radioactive. For example, when you cook your chicken in the oven you irradiate it by exposing it to infrared radiation. Once you take it out of the oven it continued to emit infrared radiation and is therefore radioactive.

A living human is also radioactive.

As far as OJ goes, there was a great report on MSNBC or the like about all these people that caught Hep C or e coli poisoning or the Plague or something from Odwalla juice.

Basically it turned out that a lot of the juice came from fruit picked from the ground and hence contaminated with whateverwillkillyou. Of course Odwalla had "policies" against tha field labor picking fruit from teh ground rather than from trees but it's not as if they had any particular way to enfrce it when it comes to the people actually doin' the pickin'.

The Army a few years back was REALLY close to sigining with Odwalla to provide all their juice and came to the same conclusion, to much contamination by juice from groundfruit.

tasty.

Yeah, that's why they started pasteurizing their juices. They didn't used to.

[Landos Mustache]

can we get over the microwaves/orange juice already?

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

can we get over the microwaves/orange juice already?

BEST: microwave radiation
WORST: gamma radiation

[Landos Mustache]

Best Comedian: Dave Chapelle
Worst: That blond bastard from America's funniest people and full house ("Cut, it, out")

[Spliff]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Best painkiller: Advil
Worst: Aspirin

Best Airline: Lufthansa
Worst: West Jet

Gonna disagree with you here on your choices for worst. Aspirin isn't the worst. Tylenol is. Tylenol can cause liver damage in relatively low doses whereas Aspirin can lower the risk stroke and heart attacks and possibly even some forms of cancer. Take Aspirin with caffeine and codeine: it makes it much more effective.

West Jet isn't the worse. Air Canada is. Lost luggage, rude staff, and flight delays. They suck more than West Jet.

[Kerrigan]

Best capital in Europe: London
Worst: Rome

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Spliff

Gonna disagree with you here on your choices for worst. Aspirin isn't the worst. Tylenol is. Tylenol can cause liver damage in relatively low doses whereas Aspirin can lower the risk stroke and heart attacks and possibly even some forms of cancer. Take Aspirin with caffeine and codeine: it makes it much more effective.

I said aspirin as you can't take it as a teen and it causes stomach bleeding.

[Spliff]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

I said aspirin as you can't take it as a teen and it causes stomach bleeding.

Who gives a crap about teens? Youthful bastards that are going to live longer than me.



If Aspirin helps cull the teen herds, then I'm happy.

[Monique]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Best capital in Europe: London
Worst: Rome

I have been to London and I just loved it. Not been to Rome, why is it the worst one.

[besson3c]

Best set of genitalia: mine
Worse set: Wilfred Brimley's

[Monique]

Originally Posted by besson3c

Best set of genitalia: mine
Worse set: Wilfred Brimley's

How many inches and how large?

[Landos Mustache]

Best Sci-Fi currently on TV: Battlestar Galactica
Worst: Stargate whatever

[angelmb]

Best wannabe software: PentiuMath, and it was free !

1+1… adding it up:





Worst wannabe software: Windows 95, and you had to pay for it !

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

I said aspirin as you can't take it as a teen and it causes stomach bleeding.

Being asthmatic, you better avoid aspirin.