Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk is illegal in many jurisdictions. Tell that to the fucktards in the San Francisco Bay Area. If they aren't on the sidewalk, they are weaving in-and-out of traffic. If you dare to honk at them - because they are being total cunts, they will hit your car.
I feel a little spring in my step every time one of 'em gets hit. Ahhh.:)
I have zero sympathy for bike riding scum. Zero. Gitmo is too damn good for them.
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pixies?... Don't be silly. Everyone knows we get electricity - Daddy calls it the "Devil's blood" - from the heat generated by fairies having sinful relations in Hell while being burnt for all eternity.
It is because nobody cares about the content. If you're an author and you can't write something more popular than Fecal Incontinence - Diagnosis and Treatment - C. Ratto, G. Dogglietto (Springer, 2007) WW.pdf (a random pdf from hfrarg), it's time to consider a new line of work.;)
From the article:
Actually, authors like me are lucky; our work is, at this point, pretty much protected with unbreakable copy protection. That is, our bound and published books can't be duplicated infinitely and distributed by the millions online. Speaking as someone that has personally scanned well over a hundred books (I have no life... seriously... sadly), all I can say is: never underestimate the length a person with OCD will go.
Never.:)
The only form of "unbreakable copy protection" (in the sense used by the author of the article) is security thru obscurity. Ha!
This is called an "exit poll" and it's remarkably accurate. Really? People do lie, you know. I lie - out of principle - whenever I'm polled.
According to my local papers, I'm illiterate.:)
Except of course in the last couple of elections in the USA, where the exit polls utterly failed, Race is going to be a big factor for 08. White folks, not liking to be perceived as "racist", will lie their lily white asses off if they're asked who they voted for.
Well, those that care. As for trolls like me, I have nothing to lose. Society has already shunned me. I'm voting for McCain or Barr.
And no, I won't try to help them make it better just because it's open source. I wouldn't even entertain the thought. It's a massive, messy project. Like all massive, messy projects... I'm sure there's a ton of politics, in-fighting, and general hostility to any outsider that wants to shape things up.
Office 97 was the power/performance peak, for me at least.
In particular, what if games came with an age group flag when they were installed, and operating system users could also have an age limit specified, so that applications with a "18+" flag would not launch of a user configured as "13." Wah? Thirteen? Come on!
When I was thirteen, I was playing violent videogames - actually, IIRC, I was addicted to Solar Winds - and jerkin' off to Playboy, Heavy Metal magazine and whatever I could find via NNTP. Oh, yeah, and trolling chatrooms... starting every conversation with "asl?"
Let kids be kids. Jeesh. That means getting obsessed with ninja gear, jerkin' off until their wrists are sore, and blowing things up with crudely made homemade explosives that only work a quarter of the damn time.:)
Maybe under ideal conditions - like, oh, the same sort of environment that would make Crysis happy -it's "fine", but it's not an Office killer.
It's a bloated pos that's nothing more than a clone of Office. Not a very good one, at that.
Show me an Office-compatible suite than I can install on a PII / 300MHz (one of the boxes within my reach), that doesn't have performance issues, and I'll show you The Office Killer.
- I think he actually reads bills before he votes on them No, he doesn't. If you truly believe any elected member of the government does, you're delusional. Even the President doesn't read the damn bills he signs.
- He will probably slow the revolving door of the military-industrial complex (simply because he does not have cronies amongst major military contractors) Okay. I get it - finally. You're young, idealistic... a good person, but you don't have a damn clue how the world works.
The MI complex will never go shrink or go away. Anyone who poses a significant threat to it... won't for very long.
- Restore the air of thoughtful intelligence to the office of the president, as was the tradition generations ago Bwahaha! Man! You're young!:)
- Stop firing every Attorney General who tells him he can't do something because it violates the constitution The AG serves at the pleasure of the President. He can fire the sob if he doesn't like the color of his socks. The AG's job is - real job, that is - to make whatever the President wants happen. Don't care how or why - just make it happen.
- Eliminate the warhawks from the cabinet You're a cute, little puppy.:)
- Establish Network Neutrality Wah? He has no damn business in that issue. You might as well expect him to force a smile on everyone's face.
- Stop engaging in stupid aggressive overseas wars Your "stupid" is another man's vital.
- Open diplomatic talks to "rogue" nations instead of telling them that they are evil and must be stopped He's already backtracking from his lets-talk-to-everyone line. See the recent AIPAC speech.
You do realize that what a poli says during a primary and what he actually does in office... are completely different, yes? Seems not.
Here's a piece of advice: prepare to be disappointed. If you expect even 5% of his bullshit to manifest in reality, you're going to suffer a serious battle with depression. (Note: Don't expect gold plated health insurance from an Obama Presidency. Maybe - maybe - something along the lines of Medicare/Medicaid for the masses.)
Without sounding too much like a liberal douche, I'll preface my remarks with the following statement: without sounding like a heartless bastard that wants to see babies starve to death as they cling to their emaciated mothers,
it's easy for us to laugh at a lack of bananas Bananas are a funny food. For most people in the Western world, it's a novelty food.
but what of farmers who depends on a healthy crop? Hopefully those farmers will be smart enough to invest in a new food. Those that can't or won't have the option to sell their land.
Not to mention people going hungry. We got hungry people in the United States, too. Let's fix our own house before we start crying about our neighbor.
american science and surplus near Chicago- I would highly recommend a visit to the real store, if you are nearby. They also have a catalog. Damn near everyone can find something they want in it.
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I feel a little spring in my step every time one of 'em gets hit. Ahhh.
I have zero sympathy for bike riding scum. Zero. Gitmo is too damn good for them.
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Well, shit! That looks fun and it has an application in the real world.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but the run-and-gun genre is just so damn... boring. Maybe I'm just too damn old.
See bad guy, shoot, run, see another bad guy, shoot, run....
Never.
The only form of "unbreakable copy protection" (in the sense used by the author of the article) is security thru obscurity. Ha!
According to my local papers, I'm illiterate.
Well, those that care. As for trolls like me, I have nothing to lose. Society has already shunned me. I'm voting for McCain or Barr.
Office 97 was the power/performance peak, for me at least.
When I was thirteen, I was playing violent videogames - actually, IIRC, I was addicted to Solar Winds - and jerkin' off to Playboy, Heavy Metal magazine and whatever I could find via NNTP. Oh, yeah, and trolling chatrooms... starting every conversation with "asl?"
Let kids be kids. Jeesh. That means getting obsessed with ninja gear, jerkin' off until their wrists are sore, and blowing things up with crudely made homemade explosives that only work a quarter of the damn time.
OpenOffice sucks. I'm sorry, but it does.
Maybe under ideal conditions - like, oh, the same sort of environment that would make Crysis happy -it's "fine", but it's not an Office killer.
It's a bloated pos that's nothing more than a clone of Office. Not a very good one, at that.
Show me an Office-compatible suite than I can install on a PII / 300MHz (one of the boxes within my reach), that doesn't have performance issues, and I'll show you The Office Killer.
Dogbert? Remember the animated cartoon? Yeah, it was funny. Shame they cancelled it.
Anywho.
Obama will disappoint you, the "warhawks" and MIC aren't going anywhere, and 95+% of the shit that's been promised to you won't ever be delivered.
Cute cartoon, tho!
The MI complex will never go shrink or go away. Anyone who poses a significant threat to it... won't for very long. - Restore the air of thoughtful intelligence to the office of the president, as was the tradition generations ago Bwahaha! Man! You're young!
You do realize that what a poli says during a primary and what he actually does in office... are completely different, yes? Seems not.
Here's a piece of advice: prepare to be disappointed. If you expect even 5% of his bullshit to manifest in reality, you're going to suffer a serious battle with depression. (Note: Don't expect gold plated health insurance from an Obama Presidency. Maybe - maybe - something along the lines of Medicare/Medicaid for the masses.)
It's like a fifty year old woman that dresses like a teenager. It's funny, yeah, but... a part of you feels so damn sad for her.
Am I the only one who thinks she was, you know, kinda hot? Pre-Chino, I mean.
Personally, nothing beats having a catalog.