The metric zealots get mad at me for pointing out the points of weakness of the metric system. Here is one I forgot about. Their length unit is based on a physical cylinder of metal. Although it makes sense, since the original design spec apparently was "Make it a little longer than a yard, just to piss of those English bastards."
Most of that description describes my childhood. We lived on a farm, so had the food stored. We had about 10,000 quarts of canned vegetables, a freezer full of meat that either we raised or was locally raised, wood stoves in two rooms, gas range in the kitchen with a full gas tank in the front yard, hurricane lanterns and candles for light, and batteries for the radio. Water was no problem, since in the winter it was all over the ground just waiting to be collected. In the summer we would fill a few 5-gallon buckets whenever the weather looked bad. And since our well water was very clean, we didn't have to worry about the iodine tablets. We even had fresh milk, since we could walk across the road and buy a pitcher of it from the dairy farmer.
This got us through the blizzards each winter, with the normal 2 weeks with no power, and the random 1 week most summers from thunderstorms. At the time, I just considered it normal living.
That is SO racist! You know what most peoples of colour (I can't believe this is the current PC term now) will score lower and their vote will be more often suppressed.
Why is this comment flagged as Troll? It's a perfectly cromulent point.
I used firefox since version 2, as my main browser. I got tired of something that looks like Chrome, but still needs Flash installed to play the free games online. So with my new computer, I simply gave in to the dark side, and installed Chrome directly. The bonus is better memory usage.
If Firefox wants users back, they have to be their own browser again, but clear up the memory issues first.
You must not live in the America I see. Way too many kids are happy being pets, as long as they have their sex and drugs on a regular basis. The few who avoid that lifestyle still have a better chance of being slaves of the robots rather than the owners.
Yeah, it's all going to Hell. But at least some privileged girls will go in a group with no boys allowed.
Yes, because school violence doesn't happen anywhere in the US. And bombs are never used to kill people in the US. And the US has never had a terrorist attack happen on its own soil. So the fact that this happened in Texas as opposed to Iraq makes it impossible that something bad could result.
I remember one of those hidden camera/prank TV shows years ago (mid to late 1980s) had a sequence that fits right into your point about "every briefcase" possibly being a hoax bomb.
The TV crew went to Egypt (if I recall correctly) to film this prank. They had a man walk up to strangers in a public square, ask that stranger to bring a briefcase to a certain building, maybe a courthouse, force the briefcase into the stranger's hand, then run away quickly. The stranger is left holding a briefcase that may or may not explode if they do anything, and the look of horror on their faces was exactly what the show's producers were hoping for. I couldn't believe the show had such stupid people, who thought that prank was in the least bit funny.
So, yes, any briefcase is potentially a hoax bomb, if you act like it is a bomb.
To add to this, he made a movie against evil capitalism, yet lived in a large mansion in a whites only gated community, and had all the post-production work done in Canada because it's cheaper there.
He is a sham, and there is nothing he says that has any value anymore.
Actually, the courts here don't even allow cell phones anymore. If you have it with you when you go thru the screening, its confiscated, and never returned.
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Oh, my mistake. I read it as the length unit. Don't I look foolish.
Thanks for the correction.
The metric zealots get mad at me for pointing out the points of weakness of the metric system. Here is one I forgot about. Their length unit is based on a physical cylinder of metal. Although it makes sense, since the original design spec apparently was "Make it a little longer than a yard, just to piss of those English bastards."
Hillary doesn't like getting blow jobs. For some reason, they make her balls itch for days.
"not by any reasonable definition of the word"
Maybe your own blindfold hid that line.
Most of that description describes my childhood. We lived on a farm, so had the food stored. We had about 10,000 quarts of canned vegetables, a freezer full of meat that either we raised or was locally raised, wood stoves in two rooms, gas range in the kitchen with a full gas tank in the front yard, hurricane lanterns and candles for light, and batteries for the radio. Water was no problem, since in the winter it was all over the ground just waiting to be collected. In the summer we would fill a few 5-gallon buckets whenever the weather looked bad. And since our well water was very clean, we didn't have to worry about the iodine tablets. We even had fresh milk, since we could walk across the road and buy a pitcher of it from the dairy farmer.
This got us through the blizzards each winter, with the normal 2 weeks with no power, and the random 1 week most summers from thunderstorms. At the time, I just considered it normal living.
Not the ones in zoos.
Fuck that. Unless they evolved from the South American monkeys, they are as much of an immigrant as the rest of us.
That is SO racist! You know what most peoples of colour (I can't believe this is the current PC term now) will score lower and their vote will be more often suppressed.
Why is this comment flagged as Troll? It's a perfectly cromulent point.
Also, to be clear, I did not post that comment.
Sure. What door are they nailed to?
..., and since most introverts ... are smarter than everyone else,..
Why so jealous? You're not one, I take it.
According to Google the average for a Facebook user is 338 friends.
And 300 of those are salespeople.
My wife had a couple dozen Twitter followers, until she tweeted "I'm not going to buy anything from any of you." Now she has about 5.
Well, in response to the poster above him, his UID would mean he joined Slashdot by the age of 10.
His usage of a low six digit UID isn't the pissing match it usually is (though all in good fun), just a reference point to dispute a claim on his age.
Well, if it doesn't come with a pencil box that looks like a small briefcase, I'm not buying this kit.
I used firefox since version 2, as my main browser. I got tired of something that looks like Chrome, but still needs Flash installed to play the free games online. So with my new computer, I simply gave in to the dark side, and installed Chrome directly. The bonus is better memory usage.
If Firefox wants users back, they have to be their own browser again, but clear up the memory issues first.
Do you go to Africa and make the lions stop killing the zebras?
Sorry Mr. Moore. I didn't realize you trolled slashdot.
You must not live in the America I see. Way too many kids are happy being pets, as long as they have their sex and drugs on a regular basis. The few who avoid that lifestyle still have a better chance of being slaves of the robots rather than the owners.
Yeah, it's all going to Hell. But at least some privileged girls will go in a group with no boys allowed.
You play Magic the Gathering too?
Yes, because school violence doesn't happen anywhere in the US. And bombs are never used to kill people in the US. And the US has never had a terrorist attack happen on its own soil. So the fact that this happened in Texas as opposed to Iraq makes it impossible that something bad could result.
I remember one of those hidden camera/prank TV shows years ago (mid to late 1980s) had a sequence that fits right into your point about "every briefcase" possibly being a hoax bomb.
The TV crew went to Egypt (if I recall correctly) to film this prank. They had a man walk up to strangers in a public square, ask that stranger to bring a briefcase to a certain building, maybe a courthouse, force the briefcase into the stranger's hand, then run away quickly. The stranger is left holding a briefcase that may or may not explode if they do anything, and the look of horror on their faces was exactly what the show's producers were hoping for. I couldn't believe the show had such stupid people, who thought that prank was in the least bit funny.
So, yes, any briefcase is potentially a hoax bomb, if you act like it is a bomb.
Road flares are in no way "a bomb". Bombs explode. If road flares exploded, they would be less useful in their primary use as road flares.
. They are however allowed at schools
Not so much anymore. Many schools are starting "clear bags only" policies. Because of all the violence and drugs that they suffer from.
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To add to this, he made a movie against evil capitalism, yet lived in a large mansion in a whites only gated community, and had all the post-production work done in Canada because it's cheaper there.
He is a sham, and there is nothing he says that has any value anymore.
Actually, the courts here don't even allow cell phones anymore. If you have it with you when you go thru the screening, its confiscated, and never returned.
We need an excuse to have a clock with us?