Incorrect. Any little yapper that barks at the wind would be PERFECT. I've got a Schipperke... a little fuzzy black dog that barks whenever someone comes to the door. He'll bark loud enough to raise the dead UNTIL I or my wife go over and greet whoever just stepped on our property. It's a nasty growling bark that sounds a lot bigger than his 25lbs (he's not mean at all... it's just his only bark:)
If we're not home at night, the dog is generally with us or at a kennel. If we're home and he starts raising hell downstairs, I definately know somethings up and the police station is 1 block away and the shotgun is in the closet. If there was ever someone in the house, I'd just dial 911 and say on "I've called the police and have a gun. Leave now."
Odds are though if some low-life robber broke a window to get in... he'd hear the dog going nuts and run off. I'd only be out the replacement cost of a window and a couple dog treats.
"Automatically assume" is a bit strong, and I think it applies more to the ID proponents than those that look at the evidence for evolution and go "yea that makes sense."
I'll tell you what puts evolution in the "fact" category as far as I'm concerned, Yorkshire Terriers. To put it in Java terms...
if (Yorkshire Terrier != Wolf || Yorkshire Terrier != Fox){
evolution.setCorrect(true);
}
These little rediculous (but very lovable) dogs in no way shape or form could have survived in the wild. Selective breeding created them... and selective breeding is just people making the decision as to who gets to pass on their genes instead of "survival of the fittest." It works on the same principal as evolution. Hell they're even named for the city where the breed originated!
(and yes I know evolution is not a "fact" per se as it's a thoery about a process... the proper wording just eluded me.)
And without our SUVs, pickups, tanks and general bloodlust who would Canada sell the oil to? 33 mil people, 1/2 with sled dogs, isn't that big of a market for oil you know.
We could probably just take it anyhow, like the South Park song goes... "they're not even a real country anyway."
I find traveling with sex toys in your carry on is a great way to get searches to end quickly.
With the important caveat that said luggage isn't borrowed from your new in-laws that failed to tell you that they last used the luggage to carry FIREWORKS up from Tennessee. That makes for a long search no matter what's in the case... even if you're departing on your honeymoon.
Actually I think comedian Gracie Allen, of Burns and Allen fame, was first in 1940 as the candidiate for the Suprise Party.
Then there was folksinger U. Utah Philips who ran for president on the Sloth and Indolence ticket.
Pat Paulsen ran in 1968 on the Straight Talking American Government Party. His campaign promise: "I know what the average American wants. In fact, I'd like to get a little of it myself."
(Disclaimer: This was all from yesterdays "Duh! The Dumbest Things Ever Said or Done" desk calendar thing...)
Since you brought up a car analogy ( of course you did this is/. )
...
The warranty coverage can be denied only if the aftermarket part caused the malfunction or damage for which warranty coverage is sought....
From SEMA http://www.enjoythedrive.com/content/?ID=8124
If you change the exhaust on a car and the suspension goes out... it's still covered. If you change the exhaust and the catalytic converter goes out... they'll probably argue a bit. If you change the engine management computer's tune and it cracks a piston... you're screwed.
What about chimeras - people who have two different sets of DNA in the same body? They allegedly make up a small but not insignificant fraction of the population. How will the system deal with them?
Is that how Steve Martin got by with saying he "was born a poor black child" in The Jerk?
...Just like every time in the last six years somebody has said "support our troops!" what they actually meant is "stop questioning George Bush!"... Incorrect. As someone who both has family and friends over there right now, when I say "support our troops" I mean just that. I don't agree with the politics of why they're over there building up a country that doesn't want our help while our own bridges are falling down... but that doesn't mean I dont support the folks on the ground 100%. I donate to the care packages that get sent. I smile and nod when I see a soldier in uniform in the airport. Little things, like showing them (the soldiers and vets) the respect they deserve. THAT'S what most of us mean by "support our troops." You can support the troops without supporting the war (other than with your tax money... unless you move).
Statements like yours above start sounding pretty close to the hippies spitting in the face of the Vietnam vets when they got home or even those crazy Baptists that protest at soldiers' funerals.
And before someone get's on their high-horse and starts preaching "well that's their first amendment right that those soldiers fight to protect..." well just piss off. Like the twangy-philosopher Trace Adkins said in his song "Fightin' Words"... "The first amendment? The first amendment protects you from the gub'ment, not from me." I'd gladly do an overnighter and court hearing if someone felt that they should exercise their first amendment rights at the military funeral of a loved one.
Maybe I'm just a bit "old-fashioned" in that regard.
For example... searching for "Indiana University" on ChaCha yeilds this as it's first search result.
Indiana universities
Indiana Universities Get your degree today. Get info.
Sponsored By http://www.collegesurfing.com/
Irony is dead and my alma mater killed it.
In most cases you either have had no problems at all or you've got through 2 or 3 or more consoles. The only people I know who have had to replace it only once after the 3RLoD were those who were out of warranty and simply bought a new one instead of sending it in for repair.
When mine overheated and died (the wife strategically placed dvd cases over the vents!!!) I simply went out and bought a new Core system. I was about a month out of warranty and it would have been like $160 to send it in for repair. I figured rather than mess with the hassle of customer support I'd just buy the Core and put my hard drive on it.
So far that's seeming like the right decision. The new one is MUCH quieter, I don't know if it's fans or a better DVD drive but I can barely hear it when it's on... the old one sounded like someone was vaccuming in the next room from Day 1.
As a bonus, when I got the Core I also got that $40 2-year replacement deal with BestBuy, just incase;)
Actually in Indiana (at least when I was a kid) you had to pay a "wheel tax" of like $0.50 per wheel on a bicycle. Presumabley that is for road "wear & tear"... and seems about right.
But when I'm riding my motorcycle I defintely am NOT damaging the roads to any measurable degree... especially not $.20 worth every 50 miles (I get about 50mpg on the bike if I don't twist my right wrist too much:)
And it though tit was just my projects that were this dysfunctional...
LOL
You hit the nail on the head with that post! It should be etched into the front of every business/it (MIS generally) 100 level textbook.
Being able to see that your friend is playing Shadowrun while you are playing WoW will be the killer app.
That's the killer app for me on the 360 and the main reason I can't fathom going back to PC gaming. It's just SO easy with Live on 360. If I'm trying to have a bit of gaming fun in my limited free-time, the ease of playing an online game with friends (and not random 13 yr olds) makes it well worth the $50 a year to me. YMMV though if you don't have many Xbox playing friends...
From "Zero Tolerance, Zero Evidence: An Analysis of School Disciplinary Practice" by Russel Skiba, Indiana Educational Policy Center, August 2000 PDF report link
Interestingly, I was at Indiana University when that study was conducted and it just so happens to be about the same time our beloved diety^H^H^H^H^H basketball coach, Bob Knight, was under a strict "Zero Tolerance" policy. Could it be that our education school was attempting to find no correlation between zero tolerance and reduced violence to help save the coach?
...sports that incorage kids to be agressive...
Can everyone please step away from their righteous high-horses for a moment? I personally think that we should "incorage" kids to be "agressive" just as much as we should encourage them to aggressively practice spelling.
The world is an aggressive place whether you like it or not. If you want a promotion and somebody else does to, if the other guy/gal is more aggressive about going after tough assignments while you sit back and take whatever comes your way, THEY WIN. If there's a scholarship for the top student in a class and you think you could win, should you "aggressively" study hard and try or passively hope that you do better than everyone else?
Saying that aggressive/violent sports encourage kids to be aggressive/violent is like saying that videogames that reward violence/aggression teach kids to be violent/aggressive in real life. When in fact, I'd argue the opposite is true. On the football field there are direct consequences for being overly aggressive that involve actual bodily harm (just ask my shoulders/knees/ankles), in a video game the worst that can happen is you get banned from a server. Besides, most if not all martial-arts (which are by definition violent and aggressive) use their "calming" effects on kids as a main selling point. Namely the increased self-confidence and self-respect that is gained through the hard work, practice and dedication involved makes the kids LESS prone to violence because they won't feel the need to impress upon others that they are "tough." Sports work the same way.
I'm sorry if some jock bullied you in the past, but I promise it would have been ten-times worse if he couldn't knock some heads on the football field every Friday night.
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Incorrect. Any little yapper that barks at the wind would be PERFECT. I've got a Schipperke ... a little fuzzy black dog that barks whenever someone comes to the door. He'll bark loud enough to raise the dead UNTIL I or my wife go over and greet whoever just stepped on our property. It's a nasty growling bark that sounds a lot bigger than his 25lbs (he's not mean at all ... it's just his only bark :)
... he'd hear the dog going nuts and run off. I'd only be out the replacement cost of a window and a couple dog treats.
If we're not home at night, the dog is generally with us or at a kennel. If we're home and he starts raising hell downstairs, I definately know somethings up and the police station is 1 block away and the shotgun is in the closet. If there was ever someone in the house, I'd just dial 911 and say on "I've called the police and have a gun. Leave now."
Odds are though if some low-life robber broke a window to get in
"Automatically assume" is a bit strong, and I think it applies more to the ID proponents than those that look at the evidence for evolution and go "yea that makes sense."
...
... and selective breeding is just people making the decision as to who gets to pass on their genes instead of "survival of the fittest." It works on the same principal as evolution. Hell they're even named for the city where the breed originated!
... the proper wording just eluded me.)
I'll tell you what puts evolution in the "fact" category as far as I'm concerned, Yorkshire Terriers. To put it in Java terms
if (Yorkshire Terrier != Wolf || Yorkshire Terrier != Fox){
evolution.setCorrect(true);
}
These little rediculous (but very lovable) dogs in no way shape or form could have survived in the wild. Selective breeding created them
(and yes I know evolution is not a "fact" per se as it's a thoery about a process
I believe it's news because it was a HIGH SCHOOL team. If they had engineering degrees I'm sure they could do better.
And without our SUVs, pickups, tanks and general bloodlust who would Canada sell the oil to? 33 mil people, 1/2 with sled dogs, isn't that big of a market for oil you know.
... "they're not even a real country anyway."
:)
We could probably just take it anyhow, like the South Park song goes
j/k
Wow ... "Vista is the Windows ME of our generation" (emphasis mine)
I didn't know a generation had passed since I bought ME in college (for $5 through school).
KillaBeave == Old, Sad Panda
With the important caveat that said luggage isn't borrowed from your new in-laws that failed to tell you that they last used the luggage to carry FIREWORKS up from Tennessee. That makes for a long search no matter what's in the case
... but what we make?
::Tightens Chinstrap::
So this makes the pilot see through the plane like Wonderwoman? I think DC Comics should sue to protect their IP!!
Actually I think comedian Gracie Allen, of Burns and Allen fame, was first in 1940 as the candidiate for the Suprise Party.
...)
Then there was folksinger U. Utah Philips who ran for president on the Sloth and Indolence ticket.
Pat Paulsen ran in 1968 on the Straight Talking American Government Party. His campaign promise: "I know what the average American wants. In fact, I'd like to get a little of it myself."
(Disclaimer: This was all from yesterdays "Duh! The Dumbest Things Ever Said or Done" desk calendar thing
They tried to make me eat a sandwich,
I said, "No. No. NO!"
*ducks
If you change the exhaust on a car and the suspension goes out ... it's still covered. If you change the exhaust and the catalytic converter goes out ... they'll probably argue a bit. If you change the engine management computer's tune and it cracks a piston ... you're screwed.
Is that how Steve Martin got by with saying he "was born a poor black child" in The Jerk?
**ducks
...Just like every time in the last six years somebody has said "support our troops!" what they actually meant is "stop questioning George Bush!"... Incorrect. As someone who both has family and friends over there right now, when I say "support our troops" I mean just that. I don't agree with the politics of why they're over there building up a country that doesn't want our help while our own bridges are falling downStatements like yours above start sounding pretty close to the hippies spitting in the face of the Vietnam vets when they got home or even those crazy Baptists that protest at soldiers' funerals.
And before someone get's on their high-horse and starts preaching "well that's their first amendment right that those soldiers fight to protect..." well just piss off. Like the twangy-philosopher Trace Adkins said in his song "Fightin' Words"
Maybe I'm just a bit "old-fashioned" in that regard.
D'oh! I forgot to preview and check the spacing.
Indiana universities
Indiana Universities Get your degree today. Get info.
Sponsored By http://www.collegesurfing.com/
That's the first result when searching for "Indiana University" on ChaCha.
Google's first result? The Indiana University homepage, www.indiana.edu
yep. ChaCha is the suck... no conflict of interest at play here. I'm sad for the future of my alma mater with someone like this at the helm.
For example... searching for "Indiana University" on ChaCha yeilds this as it's first search result. Indiana universities Indiana Universities Get your degree today. Get info. Sponsored By http://www.collegesurfing.com/ Irony is dead and my alma mater killed it.
I was really hoping to get MGS4 for my Wii60 :)
When mine overheated and died (the wife strategically placed dvd cases over the vents!!!) I simply went out and bought a new Core system. I was about a month out of warranty and it would have been like $160 to send it in for repair. I figured rather than mess with the hassle of customer support I'd just buy the Core and put my hard drive on it.
So far that's seeming like the right decision. The new one is MUCH quieter, I don't know if it's fans or a better DVD drive but I can barely hear it when it's on ... the old one sounded like someone was vaccuming in the next room from Day 1.
As a bonus, when I got the Core I also got that $40 2-year replacement deal with BestBuy, just incase ;)
Actually in Indiana (at least when I was a kid) you had to pay a "wheel tax" of like $0.50 per wheel on a bicycle. Presumabley that is for road "wear & tear" ... and seems about right.
... especially not $.20 worth every 50 miles (I get about 50mpg on the bike if I don't twist my right wrist too much:)
But when I'm riding my motorcycle I defintely am NOT damaging the roads to any measurable degree
Whoops posted that as AC ...
And it though tit was just my projects that were this dysfunctional ...
LOL
You hit the nail on the head with that post! It should be etched into the front of every business/it (MIS generally) 100 level textbook.
That's the killer app for me on the 360 and the main reason I can't fathom going back to PC gaming. It's just SO easy with Live on 360. If I'm trying to have a bit of gaming fun in my limited free-time, the ease of playing an online game with friends (and not random 13 yr olds) makes it well worth the $50 a year to me. YMMV though if you don't have many Xbox playing friends...
Interestingly, I was at Indiana University when that study was conducted and it just so happens to be about the same time our beloved diety^H^H^H^H^H basketball coach, Bob Knight, was under a strict "Zero Tolerance" policy. Could it be that our education school was attempting to find no correlation between zero tolerance and reduced violence to help save the coach?
I think that's a acceptable risk since all this reflection of solar radiation could help counteract global warming (tm)!!
...sports that incorage kids to be agressive...Can everyone please step away from their righteous high-horses for a moment? I personally think that we should "incorage" kids to be "agressive" just as much as we should encourage them to aggressively practice spelling.
The world is an aggressive place whether you like it or not. If you want a promotion and somebody else does to, if the other guy/gal is more aggressive about going after tough assignments while you sit back and take whatever comes your way, THEY WIN. If there's a scholarship for the top student in a class and you think you could win, should you "aggressively" study hard and try or passively hope that you do better than everyone else?
Saying that aggressive/violent sports encourage kids to be aggressive/violent is like saying that videogames that reward violence/aggression teach kids to be violent/aggressive in real life. When in fact, I'd argue the opposite is true. On the football field there are direct consequences for being overly aggressive that involve actual bodily harm (just ask my shoulders/knees/ankles), in a video game the worst that can happen is you get banned from a server. Besides, most if not all martial-arts (which are by definition violent and aggressive) use their "calming" effects on kids as a main selling point. Namely the increased self-confidence and self-respect that is gained through the hard work, practice and dedication involved makes the kids LESS prone to violence because they won't feel the need to impress upon others that they are "tough." Sports work the same way.
I'm sorry if some jock bullied you in the past, but I promise it would have been ten-times worse if he couldn't knock some heads on the football field every Friday night.
That sounds just like my entertainment center