Sure, you can be more polite about it. But as was said, it's rude to keep asking to borrow someone else's things. If you "need" to use it that often, get your own! Borrowing once or twice is fine. But being a moocher makes YOU the asshole, not the guy telling you to fuck off. It's his stuff. He has the right to refuse your request. I'm sure there are public computer labs you can use after class is over. It's not like checking your e-mail is soooooooooo important that you need to do it DURING CLASS. Even if it happened while he wasn't in class, it's unacceptable. Unless it's a close friend and he's made it clear that he doesn't mind, you do NOT ask some random acquaintance if you can borrow their stuff (particularly if it looks like they're already using it). If someone walked up to you in the student union and asked if they could check their e-mail on your laptop, I bet you'd tell them to fuck off then, too. The only difference between the student union and a classroom is that in the classroom you're an even bigger asshole for disrupting class.
My reply may seem harsh. But I'm tired of this generation's attitude of entitlement to everyone else's stuff.
Apparently you don't get it. Thin people eat junk food, too, you know. Not as much, maybe, but they do. Just because I eat chips from time to time doesn't mean that I'll become fat. Make the people who are actually fat pay the "fat tax". Don't make the thin people pay. They probably go hit the gym to run off those extra calories. The fat people just eat the junk food and then sit on their asses.
Do we really need ANOTHER, separate tax for these things? Don't make us feel all warm and fuzzy with something stupid like this. If you need money for things like firefighters, libraries, roads, potholes, policemen, trains, courts, freeways, and airports, why don't they just cut failing programs from the budget or increase the taxes that fund these items directly? Another tax means more paperwork, which means more waste. Typical government stupidity.
It's not a money grab - I would totally support this.
I'm tired of my taxes paying the health care bills of these fat bastards. They eat crap, get overweight, next thing they are in for knee surgeries and lifelong diabetes management.
Well, how about this then. Make FAT PEOPLE pay the fat tax. Why should I pay for someone else's laziness and bad eating habits?
I agree, this is NOT a worthy cause. Who are they to say who's fat? And if I'm not fat, who are they to say I have to pay because other people are fat, lazy, and unmotivated to help themselves? Some people don't give a shit that they're fat. If it's genetic or something, insurance will cover it. But don't make me pay more taxes. This isn't going to do jack crap to make people thinner. And if they're going to make anyone pay, they should make fat people pay the fat tax, since they are the ones that need the motivation to lose weight.
Once again, the government thinking they know what's best for us... morons.
And one more thing... a very important thing. This has NOTHING to do with getting people off their lazy asses and losing weight. It's just another way for the government to tax us. More money for them to piss away on stupid programs that do nothing and political agendas. You want more money..? Cut programs that are failing. There are plenty of them.
At the same time, you also have to admit that our government has done a pretty shitty job with their spending on projects that only serve the desires of those in power (including companies who lobby those in power), not what the people have asked for. The government seems to think that the only way to fix things is to spend more money, rather than cut failing programs.
While the flat tax may not be perfect, it is a decent basis for the tax system. Sure, provide for certain exceptions. But to say the rich don't pay their share is ridiculous. Twenty percent of income for a rich person will always be significantly more than twenty percent of income for a poor person. Liberals just seem to think, "Oh, we can tax rich people more because they can afford it." That's a STUPID mentality.
Do I think there should be as low of a tax as possible (including no tax at all)? No! We need to pitch in for our fair share of things, like the roads, police, etc. Otherwise, no one would pay for those, and we'd be left entirely without them. (I like driving on paved roads, thank you very much.) But our tax system has been mutated and mutilated to the point where it needs an overhaul. You can't always fix by patching hole after hole. Otherwise I'd have have clothing made entirely of patches. Sometimes you just have to start from the ground up with a whole new system.
I'm sure you have one in your closet... go lick it and find out. Oh, and report back your findings. We're all very curious what this vacuum might taste like.
I believe the reason this is "news" from the Daily Mail is because it's not written by someone at the Daily Mail. It's an excerpt from a book. And while it's hardly new to some of us, it may actually be the first time some readers actually see information like this. So, perhaps the person who submitted it actually learned something new from reading it.
While it certainly would be nice to say, "Hold on there! Not so fast," and then slap the RIAA around a bit for being douchebags, I think that being served with Rule 11 papers will have some significant effects. Now that one person has done it, just watch as everyone else starts to do it, too. Perhaps the defendant's lawyer has found the RIAA's "kryptonite". (Or at least a big enough stick to fend them off.)
In UMG Recordings v. Lanzoni, a Houston, Texas, case, the RIAA has voluntarily dismissed its case with prejudice, after being served with a Rule 11 motion.
Defendant never filed the Rule 11 motion with the Court, because the RIAA withdrew its case prior to the expiration of the 21-day "safe harbor" period.
So, no sanctions will actually be enforced. The defendant's threat of Rule 11 sanctions just scared them out of pursuing this particular case.
Exactly. From what I understand about the linux file systems, fragmentation of files is kept at a minimum or is nonexistent due to how the FS functions. Can you still defrag..? I imagine you can. But you shouldn't find it a necessary item to schedule for maintenance, as you would with Windows.
OH NOOOOOOES!!! Everybody panic! Someone's better at something than we are! Scary!!!
Lighten up. I'm sure our current weapons systems are more than adequate for the time being, and someone's already working on something thrice as fast as what the Ruskie's have.
There's no need for tinfoil hats and paranoia. It's just a game of leap frog, as always. Soon, we'll have the bigger stick again.
You could move and shoot at the same time in RE4. You couldn't run, but you could at least walk or back away. That's why I actually enjoyed it. I've been tempted to play the earlier ones (no, I haven't played any others...), but after playing the RE5 demo I won't bother... the controls really do suck.
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Or tell them to go fuck themselves.
THIS!
Sure, you can be more polite about it. But as was said, it's rude to keep asking to borrow someone else's things. If you "need" to use it that often, get your own! Borrowing once or twice is fine. But being a moocher makes YOU the asshole, not the guy telling you to fuck off. It's his stuff. He has the right to refuse your request. I'm sure there are public computer labs you can use after class is over. It's not like checking your e-mail is soooooooooo important that you need to do it DURING CLASS. Even if it happened while he wasn't in class, it's unacceptable. Unless it's a close friend and he's made it clear that he doesn't mind, you do NOT ask some random acquaintance if you can borrow their stuff (particularly if it looks like they're already using it). If someone walked up to you in the student union and asked if they could check their e-mail on your laptop, I bet you'd tell them to fuck off then, too. The only difference between the student union and a classroom is that in the classroom you're an even bigger asshole for disrupting class.
My reply may seem harsh. But I'm tired of this generation's attitude of entitlement to everyone else's stuff.
Oh, sure... mod me a troll after they fix the spelling mistake in the title. *sigh*
What's a "conferance" board? Spell-check, anyone..?
Shoot, I still play NES, SNES, and N64 from time to time... ahhhh, the nostalgia!
Apparently you don't get it. Thin people eat junk food, too, you know. Not as much, maybe, but they do. Just because I eat chips from time to time doesn't mean that I'll become fat. Make the people who are actually fat pay the "fat tax". Don't make the thin people pay. They probably go hit the gym to run off those extra calories. The fat people just eat the junk food and then sit on their asses.
Do we really need ANOTHER, separate tax for these things? Don't make us feel all warm and fuzzy with something stupid like this. If you need money for things like firefighters, libraries, roads, potholes, policemen, trains, courts, freeways, and airports, why don't they just cut failing programs from the budget or increase the taxes that fund these items directly? Another tax means more paperwork, which means more waste. Typical government stupidity.
It's not a money grab - I would totally support this.
I'm tired of my taxes paying the health care bills of these fat bastards. They eat crap, get overweight, next thing they are in for knee surgeries and lifelong diabetes management.
Well, how about this then. Make FAT PEOPLE pay the fat tax. Why should I pay for someone else's laziness and bad eating habits?
I agree, this is NOT a worthy cause. Who are they to say who's fat? And if I'm not fat, who are they to say I have to pay because other people are fat, lazy, and unmotivated to help themselves? Some people don't give a shit that they're fat. If it's genetic or something, insurance will cover it. But don't make me pay more taxes. This isn't going to do jack crap to make people thinner. And if they're going to make anyone pay, they should make fat people pay the fat tax, since they are the ones that need the motivation to lose weight.
Once again, the government thinking they know what's best for us... morons.
And one more thing... a very important thing. This has NOTHING to do with getting people off their lazy asses and losing weight. It's just another way for the government to tax us. More money for them to piss away on stupid programs that do nothing and political agendas. You want more money..? Cut programs that are failing. There are plenty of them.
At the same time, you also have to admit that our government has done a pretty shitty job with their spending on projects that only serve the desires of those in power (including companies who lobby those in power), not what the people have asked for. The government seems to think that the only way to fix things is to spend more money, rather than cut failing programs.
While the flat tax may not be perfect, it is a decent basis for the tax system. Sure, provide for certain exceptions. But to say the rich don't pay their share is ridiculous. Twenty percent of income for a rich person will always be significantly more than twenty percent of income for a poor person. Liberals just seem to think, "Oh, we can tax rich people more because they can afford it." That's a STUPID mentality.
Do I think there should be as low of a tax as possible (including no tax at all)? No! We need to pitch in for our fair share of things, like the roads, police, etc. Otherwise, no one would pay for those, and we'd be left entirely without them. (I like driving on paved roads, thank you very much.) But our tax system has been mutated and mutilated to the point where it needs an overhaul. You can't always fix by patching hole after hole. Otherwise I'd have have clothing made entirely of patches. Sometimes you just have to start from the ground up with a whole new system.
Yes, but, who doesn't like virgins, eh? Am I right?
Ummm... if "tall buildings" are underground, why would we need parachutes?
Similarly, might a vacuum have a taste?
I'm sure you have one in your closet... go lick it and find out. Oh, and report back your findings. We're all very curious what this vacuum might taste like.
And really, there's no glass, stones or shit nowhere on the ground.
So, how do you run with all the glass, stones and shit on the ground then? /grammar nazi...
I believe the reason this is "news" from the Daily Mail is because it's not written by someone at the Daily Mail. It's an excerpt from a book. And while it's hardly new to some of us, it may actually be the first time some readers actually see information like this. So, perhaps the person who submitted it actually learned something new from reading it.
FYI, 3.8 m/s is almost exactly 8.5mph. Not what I would call a blustery wind...
Such as?
...the Iraq..?
While it certainly would be nice to say, "Hold on there! Not so fast," and then slap the RIAA around a bit for being douchebags, I think that being served with Rule 11 papers will have some significant effects. Now that one person has done it, just watch as everyone else starts to do it, too. Perhaps the defendant's lawyer has found the RIAA's "kryptonite". (Or at least a big enough stick to fend them off.)
And then they just get some of our bailout money...
So, no sanctions will actually be enforced. The defendant's threat of Rule 11 sanctions just scared them out of pursuing this particular case.
Beat me to it. This is probably your best shot.
Gnome is dead..? Highly doubtful. Something like Gnome will probably have followers for quite some time. Besides... KDE has its own issues, too.
Exactly. From what I understand about the linux file systems, fragmentation of files is kept at a minimum or is nonexistent due to how the FS functions. Can you still defrag..? I imagine you can. But you shouldn't find it a necessary item to schedule for maintenance, as you would with Windows.
Sweet! I could go for seconds right about now!
OH NOOOOOOES!!! Everybody panic! Someone's better at something than we are! Scary!!!
Lighten up. I'm sure our current weapons systems are more than adequate for the time being, and someone's already working on something thrice as fast as what the Ruskie's have.
There's no need for tinfoil hats and paranoia. It's just a game of leap frog, as always. Soon, we'll have the bigger stick again.
You could move and shoot at the same time in RE4. You couldn't run, but you could at least walk or back away. That's why I actually enjoyed it. I've been tempted to play the earlier ones (no, I haven't played any others...), but after playing the RE5 demo I won't bother... the controls really do suck.