We are all seperate countries, with seperate judicial systems, seperate laws, seperate constitutions, seperate languages, seperate governments. I mean, in the US, if you want a passport to travel abroad, you get a US passport, right? I have a Dutch passport, not a EU passport.
On my drive to work there are several traffic lights that also have a lane for the light to go to the left. I have to take one of those lefts and because of people that start rolling way back, before the turn lane starts, I am stuck behind them until I can get to the lane that turns left.
This usually means I miss a green light (and it's on an intersection where that left turn usually has a very short green light and you have to wait 3-5 minutes before it turns green again). It's great to slow down and keep rolling so you don't have to come to a complete stop, but be mindful of turn lane situations.
(Sorry for the bad english, it's not my first language, so I'm not sure I used the correct terms for traffic situations)
They are, they are generalizations about an entire gender, half of the earth's population (give or take).
Female, who hates (clothes) shopping, loves fast cars, have the same logical thinking skills as men in my field, and have no desire whatsoever to be married or have children. And yes I am heterosexual and in a great relationship right now. Oh and financially responsible too.
"Previous attempts to develop an effective and convenient male contraceptive have encountered problems over reliability and side effects, such as mood swings and a lowered sex drive."
The side effects that are very normal and accepted for hormonal birth control for women are apparently not acceptable for men?
I would really welcome more options for men to control their fertility and be able to take a more active role in preventing pregnancy while in a relationship. I'd love to stop taking my hormonal birth control, but the alternatives right now seem too uncomfortable for both of us.
You have more meaningful Allies than that. The Netherlands has been working together with the US for the last few years in Afghanistan and has had it's casualties too.
When my boyfriend was in Iraq they were not allowed to use VoIP software and all such traffic on the network did not go through. Connectivity is awful enough as it is and you're lucky to get an e-mail through.
Besides, he may not even be on base for weeks at a time. Used his chance to write a quick e-mail and then be off again.
I have about the same experience as you. I work at a small development company with five guys.
Women can work just fine in this field and there really isn't much harassment going on, but you have to be comfortable working with a lot of men. You have to be confident in yourself and not afraid to stand up for yourself. And often you have to work hard to be 'part of the gang'.
I know a few women who turned away from CS because they simply could not feel comfortable being around a lot of men in class or at work. They felt singled out and alone and felt they needed to prove themselves 'as good as men' over and over again.
Well maybe not in your company's market or your country, but I'm in the Netherlands and Mac's have become more common and common the last few years.
I work for a small development company and we use nothing but Mac's.
I'd even say that you see more Mac's here in people's homes, in businesses, in stores than in the USA, but it's from personal observation at least and partly based on statistics: http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/6337/
Play the way you enjoy the game, no one is hurting each other by either raiding on one hand or playing casually (and still "working hard" for good rewards, only in a different way!) on the other hand!
Well I've entered the US several times as a tourist on a visa-waiver from the Netherlands.
I've had the easiest entries in Newark airport and my entry into Detroit international they asked a few basic questions, like they asked you.
Most difficult entry so far was in Orlando international airport, got a lot of 'trick' questions (asking over and over how long my previous visit was and how long this one would be) and it took about 15 minutes. Still not as bad as some stories I heard about US customs.
I have to say though, whenever I want to visit friends in the US or want to come for a holiday (I love visiting your country!), I'm always very nervous about the whole customs process, they make foreign visitors feel like criminals... Always wondering wether I'm allowed in or not, even though I have a sqeeky clean record and have never overstayed!
But at the same time also don't forget the help we as allies have been giving you, because the US would not have been able to do everything alone.
Like the troops of your allies helping in Afghanistan and Iraq or the aid we've given when your country was devastated by 9/11 and Katrina.
It goes both ways, and I am grateful for the good ties and I hope they will stay in good standing after some of the incidents that happened (your government lying to ours and other allied governments)
Actually you can be in the USA legally but without a permit to work, like on a tourist visa or even certain student visa's. In which case you'd also be an undocumented worker.
I like being alone with my thoughts, my music, or whatever while out and about, and do not have the compulsive need to be constantly talking to anyone about anything at all times.
You may not like to do that on cell phones or face to face very often, but obviously you enjoy discussing things on/., sharing thoughts and in a way being a social creature. Or am I seeing it all wrong?
/. takes advantage of the increased ability to communicate worldwide about the latest news and to me it certainly has added value and substance.
Just like the reason you own a cellphone certainly can have a lot of substance and our lives may be less without them. What if there's an emergency when you're going on an errand and there were no cell phones at all?
Can't we come up with a better phrase to describe them. Why do we need to describe them at all, anyway. Isn't the label part of what makes segregation and discrimination work. I don't think WE need to describe them at all or give them a name, THEY are perfectly within their rights to name themselves however they want to.
I agree that labeling people could help discrimination, but at the same time it is a way of preserving culture. We don't all have the same cultural backgrounds and I for one celebrate diversity and learn from it.
That seems a little odd to me, as an American. One of the reasons the colonists came here was to escape religious persecution. It can't have changed all that much over the years, can it? Europe's religious elite didn't take too kindly the idea that the Earth might be round or that people might be descended from apes. Even now, the new Pope is visiting us and basically calling everyone a bunch of heathens, and telling us we need to return to Catholicism. Not terribly progressive, if you ask me. Not all of Europe had religious persecution, some countries in Europe maybe, but don't forget all the countries ARE and WERE very different from each other. Just writing this because it touched a nerve I think;) My country, the Netherlands, has a very tolerant history where freedom of religion has always been very important.
The Pope also has nothing to do with Europe, he is not a European leader of any country, he is the head of a international church whose headquarters happen to be in this continent.
And as another 'European' I have to say the discussion is something you won't really see here, maybe not even because everyone accepts evolution, but mostly because religion is something private. People don't really try to convince people of their religious views. Maybe a cultural difference?
It's also voluntarily to pass through that security or through the regular security procedures, it's still in a testing phase. The viewers of the images don't get to see the actual people passing through, but just the images from the scanner.
There's no fluoride in the water in my whole country and everyone's teeth are fine. Then again health care (and insurance) is readily available for everyone and dental is included free for all children in most plans.
Come to think of it, there's no EU 'law'. I can't do something illegal in the EU, because the EU doesn't have it's own law and/or law enforcement. Something can only be legal or illegal in the specific country.
No federal government, they have barely any real power over the countries in the EU. I mean look at my country, the Netherlands, we have very liberal laws that are in no way influenced by the EU and whatever laws they 'want' to pass.
Each and every separate country has their own government (or sometimes monarchy), culture, language, history, travel documents, laws, tax-systems (no EU tax) and what not.
And trust me, we all cringe when you call us "European" instead of our actual nationality. I am not European, I don't feel European, I am Nederlands.
Hehe actually live in the Netherlands and we have a lot of wi-fi spots around. And on most of my travels, in airports and hotels, there's almost always wi-fi too.
"You've probably never enjoy the joy of having a decent internet connection just about any where you travel.;)"
I have very good internet connections wherever I go mostly, but then how much of a connection do your really need? I man yeah for downloading files the faster the better, but for most regular uses of the net, even online gaming, it really doesn't matter. I do use wired net for my FPS games though;)
Anyways, for ME having wi-fi rocks and it works just great, that's why I bought one, but I can also perfectly understand that for others it's not an option and well, don't buy one in that case:)
There is a YouTube application on the iPod/iPhone, you can browse and search the video's, just without the usual YouTube website interface.
I would love Flash on my iPod, so I can watch 'more' things online, but if the performance it horrible, I'd rather just keep it as is, a smooth, seamless user experience
Uhm you know you can put all sorts of music and video's on it, right? As long as it's in the right format. No need to ever buy anything from iTunes to put it on your iPod or iPhone, you can put all your downloaded and ripped music and video's on there.
I keep wondering who spread that fairy-tale, my boyfriend honestly believed that too before I got him his own iPod. He seriously thought you had to get everything from the iTunes store.
That is probably all they need to know from US residents. If you want to visit however, they can grill you if they want, especially if you travel by yourself, like I do. "Where are you going?" "What are you going to do?" "Who are you going to meet up with?" (I usually go to visit friends) "Who paid for your ticket, and how are you able to afford this?".
And then a rinse and repeat at customs & immigration after you arrive.
Quite intimidating at times, but I have no choice if I want to see my friends....
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But the EU also doesn't correspond to the US.
We are all seperate countries, with seperate judicial systems, seperate laws, seperate constitutions, seperate languages, seperate governments. I mean, in the US, if you want a passport to travel abroad, you get a US passport, right? I have a Dutch passport, not a EU passport.
On my drive to work there are several traffic lights that also have a lane for the light to go to the left. I have to take one of those lefts and because of people that start rolling way back, before the turn lane starts, I am stuck behind them until I can get to the lane that turns left.
This usually means I miss a green light (and it's on an intersection where that left turn usually has a very short green light and you have to wait 3-5 minutes before it turns green again). It's great to slow down and keep rolling so you don't have to come to a complete stop, but be mindful of turn lane situations.
(Sorry for the bad english, it's not my first language, so I'm not sure I used the correct terms for traffic situations)
Only if these statements are untrue.
They are, they are generalizations about an entire gender, half of the earth's population (give or take).
Female, who hates (clothes) shopping, loves fast cars, have the same logical thinking skills as men in my field, and have no desire whatsoever to be married or have children. And yes I am heterosexual and in a great relationship right now. Oh and financially responsible too.
So ALL those statements are false for me.
"Previous attempts to develop an effective and convenient male contraceptive have encountered problems over reliability and side effects, such as mood swings and a lowered sex drive."
The side effects that are very normal and accepted for hormonal birth control for women are apparently not acceptable for men?
I would really welcome more options for men to control their fertility and be able to take a more active role in preventing pregnancy while in a relationship. I'd love to stop taking my hormonal birth control, but the alternatives right now seem too uncomfortable for both of us.
You have more meaningful Allies than that. The Netherlands has been working together with the US for the last few years in Afghanistan and has had it's casualties too.
But apparantly that is not meaningful enough?
"Ik lijk het huis" is not correct Dutch though. They are Dutch words, but not meaning what you think it means.
"Ik vind het huis leuk" would be the correct sentence.
When my boyfriend was in Iraq they were not allowed to use VoIP software and all such traffic on the network did not go through. Connectivity is awful enough as it is and you're lucky to get an e-mail through.
Besides, he may not even be on base for weeks at a time. Used his chance to write a quick e-mail and then be off again.
I have about the same experience as you. I work at a small development company with five guys.
Women can work just fine in this field and there really isn't much harassment going on, but you have to be comfortable working with a lot of men. You have to be confident in yourself and not afraid to stand up for yourself. And often you have to work hard to be 'part of the gang'.
I know a few women who turned away from CS because they simply could not feel comfortable being around a lot of men in class or at work. They felt singled out and alone and felt they needed to prove themselves 'as good as men' over and over again.
Well maybe not in your company's market or your country, but I'm in the Netherlands and Mac's have become more common and common the last few years. I work for a small development company and we use nothing but Mac's. I'd even say that you see more Mac's here in people's homes, in businesses, in stores than in the USA, but it's from personal observation at least and partly based on statistics: http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/6337/
I wish I could give you mod points!
Play the way you enjoy the game, no one is hurting each other by either raiding on one hand or playing casually (and still "working hard" for good rewards, only in a different way!) on the other hand!
I never understood the hate between the groups
Well I've entered the US several times as a tourist on a visa-waiver from the Netherlands.
I've had the easiest entries in Newark airport and my entry into Detroit international they asked a few basic questions, like they asked you.
Most difficult entry so far was in Orlando international airport, got a lot of 'trick' questions (asking over and over how long my previous visit was and how long this one would be) and it took about 15 minutes. Still not as bad as some stories I heard about US customs.
I have to say though, whenever I want to visit friends in the US or want to come for a holiday (I love visiting your country!), I'm always very nervous about the whole customs process, they make foreign visitors feel like criminals... Always wondering wether I'm allowed in or not, even though I have a sqeeky clean record and have never overstayed!
But at the same time also don't forget the help we as allies have been giving you, because the US would not have been able to do everything alone.
Like the troops of your allies helping in Afghanistan and Iraq or the aid we've given when your country was devastated by 9/11 and Katrina.
It goes both ways, and I am grateful for the good ties and I hope they will stay in good standing after some of the incidents that happened (your government lying to ours and other allied governments)
Actually you can be in the USA legally but without a permit to work, like on a tourist visa or even certain student visa's. In which case you'd also be an undocumented worker.
I like being alone with my thoughts, my music, or whatever while out and about, and do not have the compulsive need to be constantly talking to anyone about anything at all times.
You may not like to do that on cell phones or face to face very often, but obviously you enjoy discussing things onJust like the reason you own a cellphone certainly can have a lot of substance and our lives may be less without them. What if there's an emergency when you're going on an errand and there were no cell phones at all?
The Pope also has nothing to do with Europe, he is not a European leader of any country, he is the head of a international church whose headquarters happen to be in this continent.
And as another 'European' I have to say the discussion is something you won't really see here, maybe not even because everyone accepts evolution, but mostly because religion is something private. People don't really try to convince people of their religious views. Maybe a cultural difference?
It's also voluntarily to pass through that security or through the regular security procedures, it's still in a testing phase. The viewers of the images don't get to see the actual people passing through, but just the images from the scanner.
There's no fluoride in the water in my whole country and everyone's teeth are fine. Then again health care (and insurance) is readily available for everyone and dental is included free for all children in most plans.
Come to think of it, there's no EU 'law'. I can't do something illegal in the EU, because the EU doesn't have it's own law and/or law enforcement. Something can only be legal or illegal in the specific country.
No federal government, they have barely any real power over the countries in the EU. I mean look at my country, the Netherlands, we have very liberal laws that are in no way influenced by the EU and whatever laws they 'want' to pass.
Each and every separate country has their own government (or sometimes monarchy), culture, language, history, travel documents, laws, tax-systems (no EU tax) and what not.
And trust me, we all cringe when you call us "European" instead of our actual nationality. I am not European, I don't feel European, I am Nederlands.
"You must not go very far...""
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Hehe actually live in the Netherlands and we have a lot of wi-fi spots around. And on most of my travels, in airports and hotels, there's almost always wi-fi too.
"You've probably never enjoy the joy of having a decent internet connection just about any where you travel.
I have very good internet connections wherever I go mostly, but then how much of a connection do your really need? I man yeah for downloading files the faster the better, but for most regular uses of the net, even online gaming, it really doesn't matter. I do use wired net for my FPS games though
Anyways, for ME having wi-fi rocks and it works just great, that's why I bought one, but I can also perfectly understand that for others it's not an option and well, don't buy one in that case
It is awesome on wi-fi, which is available pretty much everywhere I go (where I live no official iPhone yet, but there is the iPod Touch)
There is a YouTube application on the iPod/iPhone, you can browse and search the video's, just without the usual YouTube website interface.
I would love Flash on my iPod, so I can watch 'more' things online, but if the performance it horrible, I'd rather just keep it as is, a smooth, seamless user experience
Uhm you know you can put all sorts of music and video's on it, right? As long as it's in the right format. No need to ever buy anything from iTunes to put it on your iPod or iPhone, you can put all your downloaded and ripped music and video's on there. I keep wondering who spread that fairy-tale, my boyfriend honestly believed that too before I got him his own iPod. He seriously thought you had to get everything from the iTunes store.
That is probably all they need to know from US residents. If you want to visit however, they can grill you if they want, especially if you travel by yourself, like I do. "Where are you going?" "What are you going to do?" "Who are you going to meet up with?" (I usually go to visit friends) "Who paid for your ticket, and how are you able to afford this?". And then a rinse and repeat at customs & immigration after you arrive. Quite intimidating at times, but I have no choice if I want to see my friends....