As a small business owner that lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere, that $80 a year makes perfect sense.
Being able to order computer parts with free two day shipping is a huge boon. I can't buy them locally (as in, they don't exist in a 130 mile radius), less downtime makes my customers happy, and free shipping increases my margins.
I place anywhere from two to ten orders a week with Amazon. First name basis with my UPS and FedEx drivers AND their backups. Amazon Prime has been tremendously helpful to getting my business going.
Sure, if you live in a metro area surrounded by Best Buys and WalMarts it makes less sense, but many of us don't.
How many of us did a similar "brief animation project" in BASIC on an Apple II, TI-99/4A, or Coleco for a 7th-12th grade project back in the early to mid 80's?
Granted, it wasn't on paper, but still... I did a four minute graphic story on an Apple II in 8th grade back in... math math years.. 1983ish that this reminded me of.
Not my fault the dirty reds were 15 years ahead of me. These guys were all PhDs and shit.
That is likely the reason they are considering this because if things continue to degrade with Israel and Iran
Color me naive, but I imagine that things will go bad with EITHER Israel or Iran... one leads to the other. We'd have to REALLY fuck things up for things to go bad with both.
Then again, I still don't fully understand what Obama's got planned...
The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
gruntled:anybody who thinks a fully automatic weapon, or a 50 caliber sniper rifle, or any other firearm you care to name, is going to hold off a squad of United States military personnel trained and equipped with enough firepower to bring down a mechanized infantry unit is freakin' delusional.
...yep, cause if there's one thing we've learned from Iraq, it's that a bunch of loosely organized militia groups with small arms and improvised explosives could NEVER resist the might of the US military.
Right?
Truth be told, nobody thinks one guy with a.45 is going to fight the revolution. It's the other 80 million gun owners that will make it possible. Of course, this assumes it ever gets bad enough to get 80 million Americans to put down the Bud Light and get off their couches long enough to do something...
Since when is plastique detonated by impact (ie: a gunshot)?
I'd suggest you're the one that's maybe seen a few too many movies.
One of the key benefits of plastic explosive is that it's fairly inert UNTIL detonated. You can hit it with a hammer or, yes, shoot it with a.45 and it won't go boom.
The idiot in this equation is the "artist". The cops acted appropriately.
>Or how about when someone who happens to be Muslim kills someone, it's Islamic violence, but when a Christian kills someone, it's for other reasons.
How about "when someone who happens to be Muslim kills someone in the name of Allah"?
If someone who happens to be Muslim shoots someone in the course of an armed robbery of a liquor store, I don't consider it Islamic violence, I consider it a crackhead who happens to be Muslim.
But if he's yelling "Allahu Akbar!" as he does it, you can bet I'm probably thinking it's Islamic violence or terrorism.
Ah, yes. The old "We're not as bad as the Soviets so we're the best. woo!"
No, just a counter to "the US vetoes EVERYTHING"... well, no, actually, the US doesn't. In fact, the Soviets have vetoed more by themselves than all four other permanent members of the security council combined. THAT was my point.
Not only factually incorrect but "self defense" is such an easy phrase to twist.
Go take a look at what the US has actually vetoed. Most of them have been resolutions calling for the condemnation of Israel.
You're right, "self defense" is easy to twist, how dare I suggest that Israel have a right to exist and respond to unprovoked attacks by neighbors and terrorists. I'm such a neo-con hawk bastard.
Gecko45? Is that you? God, I love the anti-guerilla counter-terrorist guys on the net. They're always fun.
Yeah, well, I was an elite CIA Force Recon UDT Sniper Seal Yellow Beret (much cooler than those Green Beret pansies) with OSS doing black ops in the Argonne Forest just north of the Chosin Reservoir back in '84. I can't comment on which unit I was with or anything I actually did because it's so top secret the government will deny I was ever in the military, and you might get on the NSA's super-secret list if you even reply to this comment.
As two other posters have already mentioned, you've just supported shooting yourself... But I'll bring up one interfering factoid to both of them: This is the kind of person that wets themself in fear when even a PICTURE of a gun is in the same room.
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As a small business owner that lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere, that $80 a year makes perfect sense.
Being able to order computer parts with free two day shipping is a huge boon. I can't buy them locally (as in, they don't exist in a 130 mile radius), less downtime makes my customers happy, and free shipping increases my margins.
I place anywhere from two to ten orders a week with Amazon. First name basis with my UPS and FedEx drivers AND their backups. Amazon Prime has been tremendously helpful to getting my business going.
Sure, if you live in a metro area surrounded by Best Buys and WalMarts it makes less sense, but many of us don't.
Amen to this.
The only downside would be having to buy a joystick again. I haven't needed one in years, but a new X-Wing or TIE Fighter would change that.
Such a dumb name. Anyone that's ever seen one knows they're clearly jackadeer.
How many of us did a similar "brief animation project" in BASIC on an Apple II, TI-99/4A, or Coleco for a 7th-12th grade project back in the early to mid 80's?
Granted, it wasn't on paper, but still... I did a four minute graphic story on an Apple II in 8th grade back in ... math math years .. 1983ish that this reminded me of.
Not my fault the dirty reds were 15 years ahead of me. These guys were all PhDs and shit.
Still got an A... bah.
That is likely the reason they are considering this because if things
continue to degrade with Israel and Iran
Color me naive, but I imagine that things will go bad with EITHER Israel or Iran... one leads to the other. We'd have to REALLY fuck things up for things to go bad with both.
Then again, I still don't fully understand what Obama's got planned...
The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
Alex Trebek?
Even in the Windows shops I worked in, most people just locked their systems at the end of the day and left.
Who reboots every day?
>They're about one step above the average 4-channer.
Uhh... "Anonymous" IS a bunch of 4chan'ers. Or at least started there.
Right?
Truth be told, nobody thinks one guy with a .45 is going to fight the revolution. It's the other 80 million gun owners that will make it possible. Of course, this assumes it ever gets bad enough to get 80 million Americans to put down the Bud Light and get off their couches long enough to do something...
>Bill Clinton lost 4 soldiers to hostile action during his term in office
Uh, that graph is completely inaccurate, since it lists ZERO deaths to hostile action in 1993...
Unless the Battle of Mogadishu is considered "Illness" or "Self-Inflicted", that is.
But if you'd like to consider it "Terrorist", we can open up a whole new can of worms regarding "Enemy Combatants"...
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She's a virgin? Meh, thanks for nothing anyway.
>This is how Afghanistan defeated the U.S.S.R. ...along with US funding, training, and a steady supply of Stinger missiles...
The Muj didn't beat the Soviets alone. They could never have done it without our assistance.
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>Dangerous information like religious or sexual preferences I haven't stated now have I?
Using words like "teal" will certainly make people wonder about that sexual preference thing..
At least you didn't say "mauve" or "taupe" or "chartreuse", then you'd have people running for Wikipedia.
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>WTF are chemical toilets?
/giggity
Most of the women in the porn spam qualify.
>what kind of a loser would start a thread about that?
Obviously not someone with an ID as high as yours, newbie.
Since when is plastique detonated by impact (ie: a gunshot)?
.45 and it won't go boom.
I'd suggest you're the one that's maybe seen a few too many movies.
One of the key benefits of plastic explosive is that it's fairly inert UNTIL detonated. You can hit it with a hammer or, yes, shoot it with a
The idiot in this equation is the "artist". The cops acted appropriately.
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If this guy had gotten better grades when HE was in school, would he be working at GameStop?
If 30 minute episodes of TV are bad, just think what 30 second YouTube clips are doing to our attention spans.
It's gonna get to the point that we won't be able to go more than ten seconds without being distracted by something shiny.
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>Or how about when someone who happens to be Muslim kills someone, it's Islamic violence, but when a Christian kills someone, it's for other reasons.
How about "when someone who happens to be Muslim kills someone in the name of Allah"?
If someone who happens to be Muslim shoots someone in the course of an armed robbery of a liquor store, I don't consider it Islamic violence, I consider it a crackhead who happens to be Muslim.
But if he's yelling "Allahu Akbar!" as he does it, you can bet I'm probably thinking it's Islamic violence or terrorism.
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My previous response got lost somewhere, so I'll try again:
I agree. I can attach a solar cell to a UPS and a $50 Netgear WAP.
Where's MY check?
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Ah, yes. The old "We're not as bad as the Soviets so we're the best. woo!"
No, just a counter to "the US vetoes EVERYTHING"... well, no, actually, the US doesn't. In fact, the Soviets have vetoed more by themselves than all four other permanent members of the security council combined. THAT was my point.
Not only factually incorrect but "self defense" is such an easy phrase to twist.
Go take a look at what the US has actually vetoed. Most of them have been resolutions calling for the condemnation of Israel.
You're right, "self defense" is easy to twist, how dare I suggest that Israel have a right to exist and respond to unprovoked attacks by neighbors and terrorists. I'm such a neo-con hawk bastard.
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Gecko45? Is that you? God, I love the anti-guerilla counter-terrorist guys on the net. They're always fun.
Yeah, well, I was an elite CIA Force Recon UDT Sniper Seal Yellow Beret (much cooler than those Green Beret pansies) with OSS doing black ops in the Argonne Forest just north of the Chosin Reservoir back in '84. I can't comment on which unit I was with or anything I actually did because it's so top secret the government will deny I was ever in the military, and you might get on the NSA's super-secret list if you even reply to this comment.
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Facts are hard.
More than half of the vetoes in the history of the UN Security Council have been cast by the pre-fall Soviet Union.
The majority of the vetoes cast by the US have been against resolutions condemning Israel in matters of self-defense.
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PGP, anyone?
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As two other posters have already mentioned, you've just supported shooting yourself... But I'll bring up one interfering factoid to both of them: This is the kind of person that wets themself in fear when even a PICTURE of a gun is in the same room.
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