Unemployment rate in Canada is 7.4 percent, U.S. is 7.9. But yet you still believe the
propoganda that we have no problem. And the high dollar has ruined manufacturing
sector. If not for the oil sands we'd be deep in it. And congrats to the Americans.
Four more years of the same. Yay!
Tragically, of course, if you're a fifty year old geek, coding is as close as you're getting to sex for the rest of your life....
*SOB*
Whenever someone utters something like this I feel the need to point out that Linus Torvalds (42) is married, and have three children (and his wife is a real life ninja, six time finnish national karate champion). When you get past 20 you will see that the smart guys actully are quite attractive to women wanting a family.
And smart guys are especially quite attractive when they are 42 years old and have
a net worth of $150 million (as Linus Torvald has; I googled his net worth).
Speaking as someone who's been down and out more than once, I'd concur that the Salvation Army is far
and away.the most helpful organization when it comes to feeding needy people. I always make it a
point to help them (if I can), and always tell people that they've helped me when nobody else would.
Labelling them as anti-gay is a spurious argument. They ARE a church for goodness sake. Name one
church that isn't anti-gay. They still help people.
You can believe what you like and I'll do the same. Let's say that to me it seems very implausible that the cell phone calls in question were made.
Given the rural location, speed and altitude, your chances of making a good connection are dubious at best.
There are still way more questions than answers.
It doesn't surprise me that the people who run things would perpetrate or use this situation like they have, but that people who overwhelmingly
state that they don't believe what their elected officials tell them are willing to do so with regards to 2001-09-11.
We'll see the reaction when the other shoe drops.
After ten years of this charade I'm still shaking my head. There is NO way the World Trade Towers came down on their own like they did.
You can't make a call on a cell phone from an airplane.
And the Pentagon is the most unusual case with almost no (believable) physical evidence.
And yet the United States has embarked on a "mission" to rid the world of evil, which has driven it to the brink of bankruptcy.
I cringe every time I hear "God Bless America". And keep waiting for all this to make sense.
Heroes my ass. And all the celebrating only makes the citizens of the U.S. look like the fools they are.
Like everyone here, I love computers and can see the good in them. I think we could all agree that there is potential for abuse and misuse of them as well. If you're one of those people who never goes near a computer, and I have many friends who know zero, couldn't even turn one on then all you would see is the sinister uses.
And I believe that keeping track of every purchase made by every citizen is sinister. The problem is I don't see any way of stopping it from coming about. Quick note to Christians in India, the people who decide these issues are the ones who have the money and they don't actually believe the Bible. They may like to say they do but I'm sure you would agree that actions speak louder than words. Let's hope your number is a lucky one!
And my objective is to minimize their profits. I do this by using forums, bit torrent and rapidshare.
Porn is just way better when you get it for free. And I wouldn't be getting carried away with
calling it an Industry... unless you want to start calling the Mafia and the Hells Angels the Enforcement Industry. I'm getting old, but the thrill of it is almost more in finding it (for free)
than actually watching. After all, 90% of it is pretty poor, I've seen enough bad boob jobs to last a lifetime.
I've been ignoring people who play Farmville since it came out.
Perhaps the biggest waste of bandwidth on the Internet.
That would be a good topic, what's the biggest bandwidth waster
out there? Perhaps the entire Facebook "franchise"?
Hope I haven't kept anyone away from their virtual cows (snicker...).
So we will have to hope that the noble ruling class in the United States will continue to provide part time minimum wage jobs at WalMart for the unwashed masses. Of one thing I am certain, if things keep sliding in the direction they are and a lack of opportunities for educated individuals is only one
example, reason will fly out the window.
By nobility, you must be referring to the Bush family?
It's a noble concept you have, but not only is there a huge gap between those
at the top and bottom, but especially with the slow malingering death of unions
that gap is growing. And I see no sign of that reversing or even slowing.
That is, short of fighting in the streets. That's the way it's been all throughout
civilized history... here we go again.
According to Forbes Magazine, in 1989 Pablo Escobar was worth $25 billion and was the 7th richest man in the world.
Every comment you make about Bill applies to Pablo.
And although that may seem like apples and oranges or totally off the wall, it's hard to even write a job resume without M$ Word. Anyone who can charge people hundreds of dollars for something like that which is 80-90% profit, I agree deserves a certain grudging respect.
The article in Wired states that Bill Gates is considered one of the best coders ever?
Wouldn't it be closer to the truth that he was maybe the luckiest son of a bitch ever to
walk the face of the earth?
The man could have been the smartest person in the world, but if his greatest claim to fame
was writing DOS, how does he end up the richest? He may be the greediest or luckiest
but like most great American success stories, it's mostly bullshit.
If Steve Jobs was a real genius, he'd have figured a way to keep
greasy fingerprints off the screen. I'll give it six months... netbooks
were all the rage last year, I got one and it was crap, screen was
way too small. Seemed like a neat idea, which in reality wasn't.
I always like to use Jimi Hendrix as an example of someone with no heirs, who makes millions every year for the record companies. It seems that for every million the record company makes, the U.S.
government gets a cut. They also make the law. They also need the money. Quite elementary mcgrew. Fortunately, I've already downloaded the entirety of Mr. Hendrix's catalog. With all due
apologies to Uncle Sam. I think Jimi would have approved.
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are
merely games."
— Ernest Hemingway.
I would take issue with your equating men who risk their lives at 200 miles per hour with
geeks. Michael Schumacher isn't a geek. Someone who sits in their mom's basement
playing some stupid racing game while not realizing what a loser that makes him is a geek.
IMHO there's a lot of good things about modern technology. Games aren't one of them.
If some high school in Pennsylvania is doing this it seems to logically follow that they can't be the only ones doing this.
It would also seem to me that if Dick Cheney thought that spying on american citizens was a good idea, and you
like Dick, you would think this was a good idea. Where's it all leading, I ask?
It would be too time consuming to come up with an aggregate figure, but as an example, the top rated video which is described as "a montage of various farts and fart techniques" has 5,819,116 views
Myself, I prefer the monkey riding the motorbike.
He's quite good.
Checking today there are 3,180 videos matching the term "lighting farts".
That and people reviving Rick Astley's career. It's a fun diversion, but
you really have to wonder. About civilization.
Was it George Carlin who said that he's a Frisbeetarian? They believe when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it down.
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Harley FXR handle well? No 800 pound motorcycle handles well. Youtube
is full of videos of Harleys going off the road at pretty low speed.
Besides the weight they have no ground clearance. They have poor brakes
and the suspension components are garbage. They have redeeming qualities
but performance isn't one of them. Sorry.
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Unemployment rate in Canada is 7.4 percent, U.S. is 7.9. But yet you still believe the propoganda that we have no problem. And the high dollar has ruined manufacturing sector. If not for the oil sands we'd be deep in it. And congrats to the Americans. Four more years of the same. Yay!
Tragically, of course, if you're a fifty year old geek, coding is as close as you're getting to sex for the rest of your life....
*SOB*
Whenever someone utters something like this I feel the need to point out that Linus Torvalds (42) is married, and have three children (and his wife is a real life ninja, six time finnish national karate champion). When you get past 20 you will see that the smart guys actully are quite attractive to women wanting a family.
And smart guys are especially quite attractive when they are 42 years old and have a net worth of $150 million (as Linus Torvald has; I googled his net worth).
I guess that means you'll be jumping off a building when YOU turn 50. Spoken like a true anonymous coward.
Google the failure rate of an xbox 360. It may be a computer, but it's a very crappy one.
Well, to put it simply, I think gay marriage as a concept is stupid.
Speaking as someone who's been down and out more than once, I'd concur that the Salvation Army is far and away .the most helpful organization when it comes to feeding needy people. I always make it a
point to help them (if I can), and always tell people that they've helped me when nobody else would.
Labelling them as anti-gay is a spurious argument. They ARE a church for goodness sake. Name one
church that isn't anti-gay. They still help people.
You can believe what you like and I'll do the same. Let's say that to me it seems very implausible that the cell phone calls in question were made. Given the rural location, speed and altitude, your chances of making a good connection are dubious at best. There are still way more questions than answers. It doesn't surprise me that the people who run things would perpetrate or use this situation like they have, but that people who overwhelmingly state that they don't believe what their elected officials tell them are willing to do so with regards to 2001-09-11. We'll see the reaction when the other shoe drops.
After ten years of this charade I'm still shaking my head. There is NO way the World Trade Towers came down on their own like they did. You can't make a call on a cell phone from an airplane. And the Pentagon is the most unusual case with almost no (believable) physical evidence. And yet the United States has embarked on a "mission" to rid the world of evil, which has driven it to the brink of bankruptcy. I cringe every time I hear "God Bless America". And keep waiting for all this to make sense. Heroes my ass. And all the celebrating only makes the citizens of the U.S. look like the fools they are.
Like everyone here, I love computers and can see the good in them. I think we could all agree that there is potential for abuse and misuse of them as well. If you're one of those people who never goes near a computer, and I have many friends who know zero, couldn't even turn one on then all you would see is the sinister uses. And I believe that keeping track of every purchase made by every citizen is sinister. The problem is I don't see any way of stopping it from coming about. Quick note to Christians in India, the people who decide these issues are the ones who have the money and they don't actually believe the Bible. They may like to say they do but I'm sure you would agree that actions speak louder than words. Let's hope your number is a lucky one!
And my objective is to minimize their profits. I do this by using forums, bit torrent and rapidshare. Porn is just way better when you get it for free. And I wouldn't be getting carried away with calling it an Industry ... unless you want to start calling the Mafia and the Hells Angels the Enforcement Industry. I'm getting old, but the thrill of it is almost more in finding it (for free)
than actually watching. After all, 90% of it is pretty poor, I've seen enough bad boob jobs to last a lifetime.
I've been ignoring people who play Farmville since it came out. Perhaps the biggest waste of bandwidth on the Internet. That would be a good topic, what's the biggest bandwidth waster out there? Perhaps the entire Facebook "franchise"? Hope I haven't kept anyone away from their virtual cows (snicker...).
So we will have to hope that the noble ruling class in the United States will continue to provide part time minimum wage jobs at WalMart for the unwashed masses. Of one thing I am certain, if things keep sliding in the direction they are and a lack of opportunities for educated individuals is only one example, reason will fly out the window. By nobility, you must be referring to the Bush family?
It's a noble concept you have, but not only is there a huge gap between those at the top and bottom, but especially with the slow malingering death of unions that gap is growing. And I see no sign of that reversing or even slowing. That is, short of fighting in the streets. That's the way it's been all throughout civilized history ... here we go again.
According to Forbes Magazine, in 1989 Pablo Escobar was worth $25 billion and was the 7th richest man in the world. Every comment you make about Bill applies to Pablo. And although that may seem like apples and oranges or totally off the wall, it's hard to even write a job resume without M$ Word. Anyone who can charge people hundreds of dollars for something like that which is 80-90% profit, I agree deserves a certain grudging respect.
The article in Wired states that Bill Gates is considered one of the best coders ever? Wouldn't it be closer to the truth that he was maybe the luckiest son of a bitch ever to walk the face of the earth? The man could have been the smartest person in the world, but if his greatest claim to fame was writing DOS, how does he end up the richest? He may be the greediest or luckiest but like most great American success stories, it's mostly bullshit.
If Steve Jobs was a real genius, he'd have figured a way to keep greasy fingerprints off the screen. I'll give it six months... netbooks were all the rage last year, I got one and it was crap, screen was way too small. Seemed like a neat idea, which in reality wasn't.
I always like to use Jimi Hendrix as an example of someone with no heirs, who makes millions every year for the record companies. It seems that for every million the record company makes, the U.S. government gets a cut. They also make the law. They also need the money. Quite elementary mcgrew. Fortunately, I've already downloaded the entirety of Mr. Hendrix's catalog. With all due apologies to Uncle Sam. I think Jimi would have approved.
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." — Ernest Hemingway. I would take issue with your equating men who risk their lives at 200 miles per hour with geeks. Michael Schumacher isn't a geek. Someone who sits in their mom's basement playing some stupid racing game while not realizing what a loser that makes him is a geek. IMHO there's a lot of good things about modern technology. Games aren't one of them.
Certainly cheaper than it cost in 1969 ;^)
I just hope when he gets out of jail, he gives his buddy who posted the vid a karate chop. To the nuts.
If some high school in Pennsylvania is doing this it seems to logically follow that they can't be the only ones doing this. It would also seem to me that if Dick Cheney thought that spying on american citizens was a good idea, and you like Dick, you would think this was a good idea. Where's it all leading, I ask?
It would be too time consuming to come up with an aggregate figure, but as an example, the top rated video which is described as "a montage of various farts and fart techniques" has 5,819,116 views Myself, I prefer the monkey riding the motorbike. He's quite good.
Checking today there are 3,180 videos matching the term "lighting farts". That and people reviving Rick Astley's career. It's a fun diversion, but you really have to wonder. About civilization.
Was it George Carlin who said that he's a Frisbeetarian? They believe when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it down.
Harley FXR handle well? No 800 pound motorcycle handles well. Youtube is full of videos of Harleys going off the road at pretty low speed. Besides the weight they have no ground clearance. They have poor brakes and the suspension components are garbage. They have redeeming qualities but performance isn't one of them. Sorry.