Yesterday they told you you would not go far, that night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star, let's go on with the show!!
You might have to suck a dick or two. That's show business! Woka Woka!
To all the people who have nothing more immediate to worry about. How great your life must be. No concern about where the money for food or the rent is coming from. Not even worried
about all the other forms of pollution. Personally speaking, carbon pollution is way down my list
of worries. Here's a problem, over population. Fix that and most of the other things will take care of themselves. This planet can't hold ten billion people. We're projected to hit that level in the 2050s.
This is one of the problems with Linux these days, license proliferation. I've been using Gentoo for fifteen years and in/usr/portage/licenses there is a description of all 760 of them You can specify in/etc/make.conf which licenses you approve or disprove. It appears that instead of the GPL people are just making up their own and you have to wonder what their motivation is.
For instance the "Happy Bunny" license. Restrictions? "By making use of the Software for military purposes, you choose to make a Bunny unhappy." WTF?
You don't want to know how they're made. A few years back, made the mistake of going to work for an outfit doing Apple tech support. Thought I would be doing something with computers. And I would have been, pushing extended warranties mostly. They fired me after
about ten days, but I have to admit to having a problem with being so dishonest for so little remuneration. Some people are cut out to be Apple types and some aren't.
In recent years Canada has been asserting it's sovereignty in the North because of conflicting claims, mostly with Russia over future resources. As part of that effort there's a largely token force to show their presence. There's 1500 Rangers to cover the Yukon, Nunavut
and North West territories. That's over 1.5 million square miles. Ninety percent of which have no roads because there's nothing for
hundreds of miles at a stretch. Every now and again Canada has to say "Nope, we're still here!" to those who might want to slip in
while nobody's looking.
It's not clear exactly who the U.S. is planning to bomb. Is it North Korea? Russia? Iran? Afghanistan? Then there's that business over the Islands in the China Sea. Venezuela,
they were told they're on notice. And something's going on in Niger or so I've heard. Did I leave anyone out? Syria? They got it coming too.
If the Russians ever tried anything, Canada has an elite force of eskimos on snowmobiles who have.303 rifles and it would be very bad for Putin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Earthquake insurance in a seismically active state like Washington is expensive. For a brick home, worth $500,000 the NW Insurance Council estimates rates could be as low as $3 for each $1,000 of the home's value to as much as $15. That works out to an annual premium of between $1,500 to $7,500 per year.
Well I can tell you one truth. You won't find the meaning of life here. And try not to take things too seriously. We're only here on a temporary basis.
In a world where every book, every music recording, every movie, tv show, all media is readily available for free somewhere on the internet, there's not enough hours in the day to read/listen to/watch all of it. And that's just what's in English. It's a noble cause but in the final analysis over 90% of it is not worth the time or effort. The totality of human knowledge is a real mess.
To remind people living in a high tech fantasy land that in a functioning society some people have to do actual work? Hope it wasn't too much of a shock.
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
Volkswagen did monkey with the software on their cars which amounted to pissing in an ocean of large truck exhaust and has paid billions of dollars in sanctions. The fact remains that German cars are far superior to American cars. Have been for over thirty years.
Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master’s hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand
Bob Dylan
The original post was about motorcycles. When driving a motorcycle the ability to avoid cars and trucks that appear not to even see you is
of paramount importance. It's a different mindset than driving a car. And faster is always better.
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I think it do.
Yesterday they told you you would not go far, that night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star, let's go on with the show!!
You might have to suck a dick or two. That's show business! Woka Woka!
To all the people who have nothing more immediate to worry about. How great your life must be. No concern about where the money for food or the rent is coming from. Not even worried about all the other forms of pollution. Personally speaking, carbon pollution is way down my list of worries. Here's a problem, over population. Fix that and most of the other things will take care of themselves. This planet can't hold ten billion people. We're projected to hit that level in the 2050s.
This is one of the problems with Linux these days, license proliferation. I've been using Gentoo for fifteen years and in /usr/portage/licenses there is a description of all 760 of them You can specify in /etc/make.conf which licenses you approve or disprove. It appears that instead of the GPL people are just making up their own and you have to wonder what their motivation is.
For instance the "Happy Bunny" license. Restrictions? "By making use of the Software for military purposes, you choose to make a Bunny unhappy." WTF?
You don't want to know how they're made. A few years back, made the mistake of going to work for an outfit doing Apple tech support. Thought I would be doing something with computers. And I would have been, pushing extended warranties mostly. They fired me after about ten days, but I have to admit to having a problem with being so dishonest for so little remuneration. Some people are cut out to be Apple types and some aren't.
There's always been dumb people. They just didn't seem to revel so unashamedly in their vapidity as they do today.
They can't appreciate it on as many levels as I can.
In recent years Canada has been asserting it's sovereignty in the North because of conflicting claims, mostly with Russia over future resources. As part of that effort there's a largely token force to show their presence. There's 1500 Rangers to cover the Yukon, Nunavut and North West territories. That's over 1.5 million square miles. Ninety percent of which have no roads because there's nothing for hundreds of miles at a stretch. Every now and again Canada has to say "Nope, we're still here!" to those who might want to slip in while nobody's looking.
I thought it was just a make work/welfare program for aboriginals and poor white people living in the middle of nowhere.
It's not clear exactly who the U.S. is planning to bomb. Is it North Korea? Russia? Iran? Afghanistan? Then there's that business over the Islands in the China Sea. Venezuela, they were told they're on notice. And something's going on in Niger or so I've heard. Did I leave anyone out? Syria? They got it coming too.
You always have to read your policy. Some of them are quite devious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If the Russians ever tried anything, Canada has an elite force of eskimos on snowmobiles who have .303 rifles and it would be very bad for Putin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Earthquake insurance in a seismically active state like Washington is expensive. For a brick home, worth $500,000 the NW Insurance Council estimates rates could be as low as $3 for each $1,000 of the home's value to as much as $15. That works out to an annual premium of between $1,500 to $7,500 per year.
Well I can tell you one truth. You won't find the meaning of life here. And try not to take things too seriously. We're only here on a temporary basis.
I am quite sure that Jesus would appreciate the free exchange of ideas here on Slashdot.
"But it's only 20 degrees fahrenheit outside and none of them will start."
In a world where every book, every music recording, every movie, tv show, all media is readily available for free somewhere on the internet, there's not enough hours in the day to read/listen to/watch all of it. And that's just what's in English. It's a noble cause but in the final analysis over 90% of it is not worth the time or effort. The totality of human knowledge is a real mess.
Okay Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google. But I still shake my head and wonder how the hell did Facebook become a $500 billion entity. Really?
To remind people living in a high tech fantasy land that in a functioning society some people have to do actual work? Hope it wasn't too much of a shock.
"Um, I'll get right on that as soon as the truck is finished recharging."
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
-- From Dr. Strangelove
Blowed up real good!
Volkswagen did monkey with the software on their cars which amounted to pissing in an ocean of large truck exhaust and has paid billions of dollars in sanctions. The fact remains that German cars are far superior to American cars. Have been for over thirty years.
Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master’s hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand
Bob Dylan
The original post was about motorcycles. When driving a motorcycle the ability to avoid cars and trucks that appear not to even see you is of paramount importance. It's a different mindset than driving a car. And faster is always better.