> have never seen the ocean and can't pronounce the word nuclear,
Once you live in the middle of a country that is 2500 miles across, then you can fucking talk about "seeing the ocean." If you live in the U.K., going to the ocean is an afternoon excursion. From Oklahoma, US it's a three day drive.
And that's one person, most of the country pronounces it correctly.
It's nice to know that others share the same opinion of Flash as I. I always hated it and thought it was one of the worst ideas ever to build entire websites with it (or even just one full page), but rarely heard people complain.
> In modern western society, I'd call 5 years a success story.
You really need to move away from California. Or meet more people. Or something, nowhere in the U.S. is a 5 year marriage considered a success. You may have enjoyed it and loved everything about it and can even be happy with the result, but it is not a "successful marriage" by any stretch of the imagination. Which is not to insult you, some marriages are just not meant to be, shit happens. But don't fool yourself.
> freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression,
Isn't "Freedom of Speech" just expressing an opinion?
> if someone has done you an injustace, you can not publically tell people about it in Canada as you can be charged with slander in court.
Then Canada must use a different dictionary than the U.S. In my dictionary, "slander" is spreading of a falsehood. If someone committed that injustice against you, saying so is not a falsehood and therefore not slander.
I would be extremely pissed if I was not able to tell people about my personal experiences just because someone else doesn't want everyone to know what they did to me.
> Do you really believe that the mass media is a more suitable means for a person who is going to decide someones fate to get their information than hearing first hand accounts from both sides and all their witnesses in a courtroom?
This is not an either/or situation. Yor statement contends that if someone is inundated with possibly-biased media coverage that they cannot later change their minds when more facts arise. Furthermore, you insinuate that a person cannot even distinguish between Media BS and facts in the trial. Do you really believe that most of the jurors' final decisions would be made up before hearing any evidence? Do you have no faith in your country? I'm used to that, being American, where it's fashionable to beat yourself up, but I don't hear it from Canadians as much (I'm assuming you are Canadian, since you seem to know what you're talking about in this).
> I cannot reveal this person's name or position, [...] you should consider the sourcing carefully.
What a joke. We can't consider the source, you didn't f'ing tell us who it is!!! If it was Joe Janitor, it is a questionable source. If it's the Prime Minister of Canada, it's more likely correct. That's what "consider the source" freaking means!!! WE CAN'T!
> event horizons are definitely within the realm of quantum mechanics as long as you accept the mathematical concept of "approaches infinity".
I'm no QM scholar, but from my limited and nearsighted understanding of physics, you don't even have to accept the concept of infinity, just "mind-bogglingly huge numbers."
... again. I don't know how long you've been on the Internet, but FTP was THE method of copying software years ago. Usually that was tied in with IRC chat or something.
> It's my contention that a slave of Thomas Jefferson or George Washington had more pride, human dignity, and a more pleasant lifestyle than any of our modern day McDonald's indentured servants.
You've got a seriously fucked view of the world. They were slaves. They were beaten. They were forced to work in fields in the hot sun. Those lazy fuckers at McDonalds have air conditioning and still complain about "slave wages!" Slaves had NOOOO wages, much less five bucks an hour.
At least the slaves had a free place to sleep... It was infested with disease and flea carrying rodents, but sleeping on your stomach on a dirt floor (because your back has open wounds from a flogging) sure brings about that "dignity" you so easily place on them.
And if you don't already have it, the GBA Movie player (available at lik-sang.com) will make you love your DS even more. I wish it didn't stick out of the system so far, but it's acceptable for what it does (play movies, songs, show textfiles & BMPs, & play original Nintendo ROMs). Coupled with a 512MB CompactFlash card, it does just about everything the PSP does... Of course, on a smaller non-widescreen display, but it still looks very nice and works great. And all in all, it's cheaper.
> accountants didn't say, "Hey, we can make Enron worth $XX/share if we do this crazy shit."
No, but many of them saw the crazy shit happening and stayed silent, even through the initial investigations and congressional hearings. That is unethical as well: nowhere near the same level, but still "bad."
> It makes me wonder sometimes, if the U.S. is a much more stratified society than it is made out to be.
You are making the same mistake a whole lot of people around the world make. You visit big cities that are full of judgemental assholes (usually self-proclaimed to be the most open minded) and cast the whole country in that light.
I don't blame you for it, because really, who wants to vacation in South Dakota, West Virginia, or New Mexico? No one. Well, very few.
If you go to parts of the U.S. where people are REAL, then you will see it's not quite as stratified as you think. Remember, people who live inside/near the cities either: 1) Make shitloads of money, so they think they're all that and don't have much grasp on reality. Of course, they have to pay back most of that money on the form of higher city/property taxes and much higher costs of living. 2) Work the undesireable service jobs and make just enough to eke by, making them look poor, when really, they would do alright with the same pay in a different area. They just refuse to go where life is better because they don't realize that it is better (IMO, of course).
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> have never seen the ocean and can't pronounce the word nuclear,
Once you live in the middle of a country that is 2500 miles across, then you can fucking talk about "seeing the ocean." If you live in the U.K., going to the ocean is an afternoon excursion. From Oklahoma, US it's a three day drive.
And that's one person, most of the country pronounces it correctly.
It's nice to know that others share the same opinion of Flash as I. I always hated it and thought it was one of the worst ideas ever to build entire websites with it (or even just one full page), but rarely heard people complain.
> In modern western society, I'd call 5 years a success story.
You really need to move away from California. Or meet more people. Or something, nowhere in the U.S. is a 5 year marriage considered a success. You may have enjoyed it and loved everything about it and can even be happy with the result, but it is not a "successful marriage" by any stretch of the imagination. Which is not to insult you, some marriages are just not meant to be, shit happens. But don't fool yourself.
> freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression,
Isn't "Freedom of Speech" just expressing an opinion?
> if someone has done you an injustace, you can not publically tell people about it in Canada as you can be charged with slander in court.
Then Canada must use a different dictionary than the U.S. In my dictionary, "slander" is spreading of a falsehood. If someone committed that injustice against you, saying so is not a falsehood and therefore not slander.
I would be extremely pissed if I was not able to tell people about my personal experiences just because someone else doesn't want everyone to know what they did to me.
> Do you really believe that the mass media is a more suitable means for a person who is going to decide someones fate to get their information than hearing first hand accounts from both sides and all their witnesses in a courtroom?
This is not an either/or situation. Yor statement contends that if someone is inundated with possibly-biased media coverage that they cannot later change their minds when more facts arise. Furthermore, you insinuate that a person cannot even distinguish between Media BS and facts in the trial. Do you really believe that most of the jurors' final decisions would be made up before hearing any evidence? Do you have no faith in your country? I'm used to that, being American, where it's fashionable to beat yourself up, but I don't hear it from Canadians as much (I'm assuming you are Canadian, since you seem to know what you're talking about in this).
> I cannot reveal this person's name or position, [...] you should consider the sourcing carefully.
What a joke. We can't consider the source, you didn't f'ing tell us who it is!!! If it was Joe Janitor, it is a questionable source. If it's the Prime Minister of Canada, it's more likely correct. That's what "consider the source" freaking means!!! WE CAN'T!
It's fucking idiots like you that allow us to lose all of our freedoms, one raping at a time.
> Do you think crops grow themselves? Who do you think tends the fields for the vegetables you serve at dinner?
Paid laborers. Which is 100% different from slave laborers.
> event horizons are definitely within the realm of quantum mechanics as long as you accept the mathematical concept of "approaches infinity".
I'm no QM scholar, but from my limited and nearsighted understanding of physics, you don't even have to accept the concept of infinity, just "mind-bogglingly huge numbers."
> Sorry, but in the real world, the simpler it is the more true it is.
I might offer up replacing the word "true" with "plausible," as it's not always "more true," but just a rule of thumb.
> If pirating stuff off FTP becomes popular
... again. I don't know how long you've been on the Internet, but FTP was THE method of copying software years ago. Usually that was tied in with IRC chat or something.
> Of course if you consider how he ruled terrorism, then aren't most of our politicians guilty of terrorism to some stretch of it's meaning?
Yes, you can also stretch it just slightly further and include just about all media, mostly TV.
> It's my contention that a slave of Thomas Jefferson or George Washington had more pride, human dignity, and a more pleasant lifestyle than any of our modern day McDonald's indentured servants.
You've got a seriously fucked view of the world. They were slaves. They were beaten. They were forced to work in fields in the hot sun. Those lazy fuckers at McDonalds have air conditioning and still complain about "slave wages!" Slaves had NOOOO wages, much less five bucks an hour.
At least the slaves had a free place to sleep... It was infested with disease and flea carrying rodents, but sleeping on your stomach on a dirt floor (because your back has open wounds from a flogging) sure brings about that "dignity" you so easily place on them.
I can't believe no one noticed this:
> 1 Fundue(TM) pot with blue LED regulated heating element
LED heating element... great one.
> would recommend taking breaks once or twice a day, going outside
Who knew that being a smoker had any health benefits! I take at least that many smoke breaks a day...
Luckily for you, 0 copies of Gigli would be plenty for a year.
> I love my DS.
And if you don't already have it, the GBA Movie player (available at lik-sang.com) will make you love your DS even more. I wish it didn't stick out of the system so far, but it's acceptable for what it does (play movies, songs, show textfiles & BMPs, & play original Nintendo ROMs). Coupled with a 512MB CompactFlash card, it does just about everything the PSP does... Of course, on a smaller non-widescreen display, but it still looks very nice and works great. And all in all, it's cheaper.
> They killed CmdrTaco!
/. dupes would be lowered, but alas I was tricked by AD!
Oh, you and your april fools jokes!
I got all excited and thought that the number of
That is frickin hilarious!!!! :)
My favorite part: "Directly" is, evidently, faster than real-time! :) Happy 4/1.... 4/20 will be happier.
Well, I'm glad I only have to go to a couple meetings, but I wouldn't mind flying around the world at all.
> accountants didn't say, "Hey, we can make Enron worth $XX/share if we do this crazy shit."
No, but many of them saw the crazy shit happening and stayed silent, even through the initial investigations and congressional hearings. That is unethical as well: nowhere near the same level, but still "bad."
> irregardless is an illogical double negative. As such it is to be avoided
Almost as much as pedantry.
> It makes me wonder sometimes, if the U.S. is a much more stratified society than it is made out to be.
You are making the same mistake a whole lot of people around the world make. You visit big cities that are full of judgemental assholes (usually self-proclaimed to be the most open minded) and cast the whole country in that light.
I don't blame you for it, because really, who wants to vacation in South Dakota, West Virginia, or New Mexico? No one. Well, very few.
If you go to parts of the U.S. where people are REAL, then you will see it's not quite as stratified as you think. Remember, people who live inside/near the cities either:
1) Make shitloads of money, so they think they're all that and don't have much grasp on reality. Of course, they have to pay back most of that money on the form of higher city/property taxes and much higher costs of living.
2) Work the undesireable service jobs and make just enough to eke by, making them look poor, when really, they would do alright with the same pay in a different area. They just refuse to go where life is better because they don't realize that it is better (IMO, of course).
> How do you know what to be shallow about when you're young?
If someone is "different" in any way at all they are worthy of insults, to a kid who is shallow.