It was 80 degrees in Podunk, AR yesterday. Course we had a cold front come through last night and the high is closer to 60 degrees today. The cost of living is low, and I love the "culture/style".
Minority groups are doing pretty good in the US. Hell we have black muslim president. Doesn't get more minority than that. (Yes, I know he's not really a muslim, but let's face it, most USian's are ignorant rednecks).
You are correct. But by printing money, they are devaluing the dollar which in turns means they have to take on more debt to pay the bills, since the dollar is worth less than it was yesterday. It's an ugly cycle.
I don't see how learning that a human may have been a monkey at some point in the past million years should be required for the guy who needs to know what my appendix looks like and how to cut it out successfully. Of course, I also don't need him to know how much a mole is either. I just need him to know that I'm going to need some good pain meds afterwards.
This is exactly what used to happen in Soviet Russia, I'm not sure if it's changed now or not. My professor got out before it went to shit. Dr. Kosmatov. A bad ass math professor. Very personable, but he doesn't put up with bullshit. I don't blame him. He had to jump through some massive hoops to even get to college, and even more to graduate.
This isn't just a chemistry problem though. All my kids are learning are how to pass a test. Not how to learn. They have no problem solving skills, unless I teach them. They aren't even taught real long division anymore. While I don't find long division in and of itself a useful discipline, the problem solving that is learned in learning long division is very important (at least IMO) for the rest of math.
It's like geometry. Proofs were stupid in high school, but when I took abstract algebra, I wished I had learned more. While I understand every student will not need to learn abstract algebra or even how to do partial fractional derivatives, the problem solving aspect is the most important.
The problem is that China could do that, but lose it's largest trading partner. And China can't afford to do that. If they could, I would probably be speaking Mandarin right now.
The problem with that is we don't have enough precious metals to back all the currencies in the world. It's one reason we left the gold standard behind.
As a USian I would be quite happy if the government would quit printing money. It might suck in the short-term, but it might also help. Anything has got to be better than being 14 trillion in debt.
If TI is making a profit off of them, I can't see Amazon not being to make the same or more profit. And if Amazon can make a profit, I don't foresee them dropping the product.
That's really the difference between Islam and every other religion (if you discount the Irish terrorists). You can post a picture of Jesus and Abraham have a three way with Buddha, and sure people will be offended, and they will rant about it in public forums, but it's unlikely that anyone will kill someone over it.
What Heinlien and the OP are saying is that if the Muslims who are offended went after the creator the film, and he was armed they would both consider being more polite. What the Muslims are doing is attacking and killing random people for what amounts to no fucking reason.
There is also a big difference between the US banning it, and a Muslim nation banning it. In the US, if you get caught, you might be arrested, have a court trial, probably pay a fine, maybe some jail time (but probably not for anything other than kiddie porn).
In a Muslim country, they will just come, you will be arrested, definitely spend time in prison, and possibly even killed.
The US has some stupid laws and some stupid bans, but for most of them you don't really have to fear that you will get in serious trouble for it.
I didn't pay income tax for the last 10 years. I know I'm a lazy no good son of a bitch. My wife was a full-time nursing student, and I was a part-time comp sci student while holding down a full-time job and we had 4 kids. Had plenty of money to spend, didn't qualify for food stamps or govt aid, had our own health insurance, but we did qualify for earned income credit (which is a form of welfare). Just about everyone I worked with fell into the same category. We all averaged about $45k a year doing manual labor.
I don't have exact numbers, but I wonder how many people who pay no income tax fall into this category. I would argue about half of them. They make enough money to live "well" (all depends on you're definition of "well"), but since they don't make some magic number in income they get all their "tax" money back at the end of the year plus some.
I wish Microsoft would take their Windows and just go home. I'm sure they've already made a bunch of money off of it. See how long a ban in the EU would last.
First Google, for maybe putting their results higher on their product. No Microsoft for putting their product first on their Operating System. And they let Apple keep selling their iCrack devices just because it has rounded corners. Fuck all govts. This is just a big money grab for the EU to try and shore up some holes in their budget. Before long, the US will realize they can do it too.
All of these are true. But you're still taking away personal responsibility and blaming it all on society. There are plenty of parks where people can go and walk. Within 30 minutes drive of my home, I have over 10 places to go and walk. Traditional walking tracks, trails through some beautiful woods. Hell I can walk around my neighborhood. So I can get plenty of exercise if I wanted to. My wife and I both work full time jobs. We do cook easy microwave meals, but we also cook good meals too. It's time consuming, but it can be done. We have 7 kids, and none of them are obese, hell none of them are overweight. It sill all comes down to taking responsibility for your actions. We need to stop blaming everyone else for our problems. Obama can't fix it, Romney can't fix it, Congress can't fix it. Only you personally can fix the problems in your life.
I think this really comes down to the MS anti-trust trial. By allowing a few apps from other vendors, they can keep from being sued by the US govt, and being forced to hand over several billion dollars.
I'm still just pissed I can't get firefox on my iPad, but i have it on my Android phone.
Slashdot Mirror
You either love slashdot or hate it, but it's like a bad drug, you can't keep from coming back.
It was 80 degrees in Podunk, AR yesterday. Course we had a cold front come through last night and the high is closer to 60 degrees today. The cost of living is low, and I love the "culture/style".
Minority groups are doing pretty good in the US. Hell we have black muslim president. Doesn't get more minority than that. (Yes, I know he's not really a muslim, but let's face it, most USian's are ignorant rednecks).
And you're an AC, so you don't don't even have the right to complain about registered users.
You are correct. But by printing money, they are devaluing the dollar which in turns means they have to take on more debt to pay the bills, since the dollar is worth less than it was yesterday. It's an ugly cycle.
Now that is funny because it's true. Wish I had commented earlier so I could mod.
I don't see how learning that a human may have been a monkey at some point in the past million years should be required for the guy who needs to know what my appendix looks like and how to cut it out successfully. Of course, I also don't need him to know how much a mole is either. I just need him to know that I'm going to need some good pain meds afterwards.
This is exactly what used to happen in Soviet Russia, I'm not sure if it's changed now or not. My professor got out before it went to shit. Dr. Kosmatov. A bad ass math professor. Very personable, but he doesn't put up with bullshit. I don't blame him. He had to jump through some massive hoops to even get to college, and even more to graduate.
This isn't just a chemistry problem though. All my kids are learning are how to pass a test. Not how to learn. They have no problem solving skills, unless I teach them. They aren't even taught real long division anymore. While I don't find long division in and of itself a useful discipline, the problem solving that is learned in learning long division is very important (at least IMO) for the rest of math.
It's like geometry. Proofs were stupid in high school, but when I took abstract algebra, I wished I had learned more. While I understand every student will not need to learn abstract algebra or even how to do partial fractional derivatives, the problem solving aspect is the most important.
The problem is that China could do that, but lose it's largest trading partner. And China can't afford to do that. If they could, I would probably be speaking Mandarin right now.
https://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html
Sorry it's not an oblig xkcd, but I think an oblig Oatmeal counts
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill
The problem with that is we don't have enough precious metals to back all the currencies in the world. It's one reason we left the gold standard behind.
As a USian I would be quite happy if the government would quit printing money. It might suck in the short-term, but it might also help. Anything has got to be better than being 14 trillion in debt.
If TI is making a profit off of them, I can't see Amazon not being to make the same or more profit. And if Amazon can make a profit, I don't foresee them dropping the product.
That's really the difference between Islam and every other religion (if you discount the Irish terrorists). You can post a picture of Jesus and Abraham have a three way with Buddha, and sure people will be offended, and they will rant about it in public forums, but it's unlikely that anyone will kill someone over it.
Marriage has a specific societal purpose
And what is that?
To make sure the children of such a union are taken care of. Of course, this doesn't really work in practice.
Maybe we should just abolish marriage?
What Heinlien and the OP are saying is that if the Muslims who are offended went after the creator the film, and he was armed they would both consider being more polite. What the Muslims are doing is attacking and killing random people for what amounts to no fucking reason.
There is also a big difference between the US banning it, and a Muslim nation banning it. In the US, if you get caught, you might be arrested, have a court trial, probably pay a fine, maybe some jail time (but probably not for anything other than kiddie porn).
In a Muslim country, they will just come, you will be arrested, definitely spend time in prison, and possibly even killed.
The US has some stupid laws and some stupid bans, but for most of them you don't really have to fear that you will get in serious trouble for it.
Hey, they got 12 plus ones on Google.
I didn't pay income tax for the last 10 years. I know I'm a lazy no good son of a bitch. My wife was a full-time nursing student, and I was a part-time comp sci student while holding down a full-time job and we had 4 kids. Had plenty of money to spend, didn't qualify for food stamps or govt aid, had our own health insurance, but we did qualify for earned income credit (which is a form of welfare). Just about everyone I worked with fell into the same category. We all averaged about $45k a year doing manual labor.
I don't have exact numbers, but I wonder how many people who pay no income tax fall into this category. I would argue about half of them. They make enough money to live "well" (all depends on you're definition of "well"), but since they don't make some magic number in income they get all their "tax" money back at the end of the year plus some.
They are suing all three major US tech companies. Google, Microsoft, and now Apple. They must really need money to bail out Greece.
I wish all three of them would refuse to release new products and take their existing services home until the EU gets some sense.
I wish Microsoft would take their Windows and just go home. I'm sure they've already made a bunch of money off of it. See how long a ban in the EU would last.
First Google, for maybe putting their results higher on their product. No Microsoft for putting their product first on their Operating System. And they let Apple keep selling their iCrack devices just because it has rounded corners. Fuck all govts. This is just a big money grab for the EU to try and shore up some holes in their budget. Before long, the US will realize they can do it too.
All of these are true. But you're still taking away personal responsibility and blaming it all on society. There are plenty of parks where people can go and walk. Within 30 minutes drive of my home, I have over 10 places to go and walk. Traditional walking tracks, trails through some beautiful woods. Hell I can walk around my neighborhood. So I can get plenty of exercise if I wanted to.
My wife and I both work full time jobs. We do cook easy microwave meals, but we also cook good meals too. It's time consuming, but it can be done. We have 7 kids, and none of them are obese, hell none of them are overweight.
It sill all comes down to taking responsibility for your actions. We need to stop blaming everyone else for our problems. Obama can't fix it, Romney can't fix it, Congress can't fix it. Only you personally can fix the problems in your life.
I think this really comes down to the MS anti-trust trial. By allowing a few apps from other vendors, they can keep from being sued by the US govt, and being forced to hand over several billion dollars.
I'm still just pissed I can't get firefox on my iPad, but i have it on my Android phone.
Of course it depends on what you're paying per lb. Last time I looked at the price per pound I was over $4/lb. For you, it makes no sense.
Here is where I found it for $5/lb
http://www.perryfarmsgrassfedbeef.com/order.php
Also here it is a little less than $5/lb.
http://www.mcallenranchbeef.com/shop/