Apply this to other areas as well. A few weeks ago a friend called me up at midnight because his car had broken down in the boonies. I was awoken out of a sound slumber and was amazed at how dulled my reflexes and decision making capabilities were. For all intents and purposes I was in a drunken state of mind while at the same time being stone sober. Personally, I'd rather be on the road with somebody with a light buzz than with a parent in a car yelling at her kids and otherwise distracted.
Holy shit! If you have trouble memorizing a couple of 4-6 digit numbers, maybe money isn't for you. This American is ready to ditch the antiquated system that we currently use in favor of a technology updated within the last decade.
Yes...but he is still a racist. As a man of Hispanic genetic heritage, I refuse to even travel through Arizona. He, and the bigots that keep voting his racist ilk in are ensuring that people like me don't spend a dime there.
I keep the stats on 12 state government websites. As sad as it may be, the lowest I've ever seen IE (taken as a whole) dip was 55%. And, for the record every site is tested and compliant on a multitude of browsers and not a single one recommends IE. We're getting there, but we're not at single digits yet.
Another aspect of the problem is that Texas has an almost overwhelming say in what gets put into textbooks due to their size as a purchasing entity. Letting a few charter schools get away with it lets the crazy people get their foot in the door to further shoving their Christofascist worldview onto everybody else.
Amen, well maybe not. I grew up in the same sort of household and was likely the bane of my middle school teacher's existence as I was basically a proxy for my parent's beliefs in my argument against evolution. It wasn't until college that I finally opened up enough to be fully deprogrammed. I paid my penance by teaching evolutionary anthropology in Texas, but even among the undergrads there I suspect that I wasn't able to convert as many as I could.
Not to detract from the larger issue, but my first credit card was Discover and it's still my primary, 15 years later. Their customer service is great, their call centers are in the United States, and I simply prefer dealing with them over Capital One or any of the other megabanks.
I'm more concerned that/. will get taken down by Coors, Bud, et al. for disclosing their secret recipe. I had always assumed it was cat urine, but I stand corrected.
Additionally, any violations of these laws will result in life imprisonment for the board of directors and all executives.
Not harsh enough. They should be forced to get root canals from dentistry students getting their instructions live via videos streamed over that company's network. [ Any other ideas? ]
While at the same time being forced to watch Battlefield Earth over Google's fiber optic network.
And you just (at least in my mind) truly come to the real problem in the U.S. A lack of options and the false dichotomy that is our political system. It's tribalism on a truly scary level.
Not to mention that most of my fellow Americans are too poopy-pants afraid of teh terroristz to ever allow that to happen. If anybody in Congress tried to dismantle the NSA, you'd better believe that their next opponent would label them "soft on national security". That could be enough to swing many elections, thus you'll never see it done.
As a huge fan of ocremix and a man who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, I'd like to thank you and people like you for remembering what it's like to be an artist.
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Apply this to other areas as well. A few weeks ago a friend called me up at midnight because his car had broken down in the boonies. I was awoken out of a sound slumber and was amazed at how dulled my reflexes and decision making capabilities were. For all intents and purposes I was in a drunken state of mind while at the same time being stone sober. Personally, I'd rather be on the road with somebody with a light buzz than with a parent in a car yelling at her kids and otherwise distracted.
Beat me to it.
In the states we don't use petrol. We use gas. /ducks
Huh, I'm a United Statsian born and raised, and I've never used a duck to power my automobile.
Holy shit! If you have trouble memorizing a couple of 4-6 digit numbers, maybe money isn't for you. This American is ready to ditch the antiquated system that we currently use in favor of a technology updated within the last decade.
Yes...but he is still a racist. As a man of Hispanic genetic heritage, I refuse to even travel through Arizona. He, and the bigots that keep voting his racist ilk in are ensuring that people like me don't spend a dime there.
Don't forget about Pamela and her Permian Pals.
Not to mention some really kinky sister and sister on dad goings on. I think I know why some nutters read the Bible before bed...
I keep the stats on 12 state government websites. As sad as it may be, the lowest I've ever seen IE (taken as a whole) dip was 55%. And, for the record every site is tested and compliant on a multitude of browsers and not a single one recommends IE. We're getting there, but we're not at single digits yet.
And yet our tanks can still be beaten by archers.
Another aspect of the problem is that Texas has an almost overwhelming say in what gets put into textbooks due to their size as a purchasing entity. Letting a few charter schools get away with it lets the crazy people get their foot in the door to further shoving their Christofascist worldview onto everybody else.
Amen, well maybe not. I grew up in the same sort of household and was likely the bane of my middle school teacher's existence as I was basically a proxy for my parent's beliefs in my argument against evolution. It wasn't until college that I finally opened up enough to be fully deprogrammed. I paid my penance by teaching evolutionary anthropology in Texas, but even among the undergrads there I suspect that I wasn't able to convert as many as I could.
I'm not saying it was aliens...but it was totally aliens!
Zathras used to being beast of burden. Zathras have sad life, probably have sad death, but at least there is symmetry
Yes, but what if one of the snipers breaks a law? Hmmm? Who snipes the snipers?
Fine, fine, I'll do it.
Pacemakers are typically hardened against this sort of thing. Link
Not to detract from the larger issue, but my first credit card was Discover and it's still my primary, 15 years later. Their customer service is great, their call centers are in the United States, and I simply prefer dealing with them over Capital One or any of the other megabanks.
I bet if Islam allowed alcohol they'd all be a lot less cranky.
Some of the crankiest people I knew were fundies living in dry counties in Texas. You may be on to something.
I'm more concerned that /. will get taken down by Coors, Bud, et al. for disclosing their secret recipe. I had always assumed it was cat urine, but I stand corrected.
[cough]First Rule![/cough]
Additionally, any violations of these laws will result in life imprisonment for the board of directors and all executives.
Not harsh enough. They should be forced to get root canals from dentistry students getting their instructions live via videos streamed over that company's network. [ Any other ideas? ]
While at the same time being forced to watch Battlefield Earth over Google's fiber optic network.
Frickin' Nerds!
And you just (at least in my mind) truly come to the real problem in the U.S. A lack of options and the false dichotomy that is our political system. It's tribalism on a truly scary level.
Is there some reason the NSA is still around?
Yes. They have a file on everyone in Congress.
Not to mention that most of my fellow Americans are too poopy-pants afraid of teh terroristz to ever allow that to happen. If anybody in Congress tried to dismantle the NSA, you'd better believe that their next opponent would label them "soft on national security". That could be enough to swing many elections, thus you'll never see it done.
I don't. Their source code would be better off in the hands of just about anybody else, including monkeys with typewriters.
I was under the impression that it was initially created by monkeys with typewriters.
As a huge fan of ocremix and a man who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, I'd like to thank you and people like you for remembering what it's like to be an artist.