# A ninja pays half my rent **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312 "2004-08-30T22:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/1 "2004-08-30T22:48:50Z")
[Bam!](http://oregonstate.edu/~auvp/ninja/A%20Ninja%20Pays%20Half%20My%20Rent.wmv) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/2 "2004-08-31T00:50:39Z")
Dont know about anybody else, but I _detest_ blind links that start an automatic download. Please let people know if something is going to start a download. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/3 "2004-08-31T03:57:31Z")
Good point, wasn’t thinking when I posted. It’s a short film about…well…a ninja paying half a guy’s rent. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/4 "2004-08-31T04:06:00Z")
Not normally a big deal for most people, but as I am still without work [19 months now] any problem with my computer has to be long distance [from germany] diagnosed and me walked through doing any sort of repair as I cant just send it out to be de-virused so I am [realistically] anal about protecting my poor little abused laptop[did i mention that a couplemonths ago it got pissed in by my roomies cat and is just now more or less working, but i cant risk anything more abusive happening to poor lil Diogenes…] Many people detest anything that automatically does anything - download, open a windoooooow/popup, javascript one of those funky pointer effects [the trailing clock pointers, raindrops…] and some people arent technically ssavvy and have panic attacks if they think something is attacking the computer, my dad would have a cow if something ‘siezed control’ of his computer like that… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/5 "2004-08-31T04:20:16Z")
**bouv** , that was good 😃 I’ve always had a soft spot for nija spoofs. Speaking of good shorts, have you ever seen [The Boogeyman’s Birthday](http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2423940&htv=12)? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/6 "2004-08-31T04:29:06Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Not normally a big deal for most people, but as I am still without work [19 months now] any problem with my computer has to be long distance [from germany] diagnosed and me walked through doing any sort of repair as I cant just send it out to be de-virused so I am [realistically] anal about protecting my poor little abused laptop[did i mention that a couplemonths ago it got pissed in by my roomies cat and is just now more or less working, but i cant risk anything more abusive happening to poor lil Diogenes…] > > Many people detest anything that automatically does anything - download, open a windoooooow/popup, javascript one of those funky pointer effects [the trailing clock pointers, raindrops…] and some people arent technically ssavvy and have panic attacks if they think something is attacking the computer, my dad would have a cow if something ‘siezed control’ of his computer like that… That is why one should never blindly click on links 😃 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/7 "2004-08-31T04:46:31Z")
That was great! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/8 "2004-08-31T13:47:21Z")
**aruvgan** : thanks for the warning. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/9 "2004-08-31T14:04:22Z")
No sound. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/10 "2004-08-31T16:26:33Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Dont know about anybody else, but I _detest_ blind links that start an automatic download. Please let people know if something is going to start a download. This is why one should never click a link without checking the status bar first. Hovering the mouse over the link reveals that you’re going to a .wmv file. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ninja-pays-half-my-rent/262312/11 "2004-08-31T16:51:27Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No sound. Well, it’s cause either Jesus doesn’t love you, or you’ve got something, somewhere, muted, or broken…or maybe a non-up-to-date codec. But I’m 90% sure it’s because Jesus doesn’t love you.