I know some parents who would text back something like:
"The police chief's son has better stuff and prices."
"Did I forget to tell you that you were adopted?"
"Well, then you must have time to come visit this weekend!"
I also know some parents who would not understand such a prank at all. I think most kids would know their parents well enough to decide to whether to go along with this prank or not.
If they were passing out heroines instead of collection plates at churches, they might get more folks to think about going there.
Churches also need to provide more education on the sin side of things. You, know, like you need to experience it, so you will know how to avoid it sometime in the future, when you have experienced enough of it. Kinda sorta like:
"Keep your good friends close, but your enemies closer."
If it's Jesus getting it on with his dad, it's perfectly legit. If it's Jesus getting it on with his mother, Jesus might get jealous when she screams, "Oh, God!"
"Would you like to stay home from work and take the day off watching CNN . . . ?"
"May we search your house for him?"
"Please search my house. As well as the terrorist, please keep an eye out for an old Netgear router that I can't find anymore. Would you mind taking the trash out on your way out . . . ?"
Actually, think of it a being "Business Recycling." IBM is selling it, because it can no longer run it as a successful business. Lenovo is buying it because they believe they can.
When large trash day comes around here at the ranch, there are always folks picking up stuff that I no longer need, but they think that they can do something useful with.
No, too many folks in China were working from home. Now they can't email colleagues. They'll just have to come into the office to perform business communications, like Yahoo employees.
This was demonstrated in "Kentucky Fried Movie" . . . they called it "Feel-a-Round" . . . and they cut to the next sketch before the porn started . . .
Who cares if he is a great scientist or poor gambler? At least he makes the topic amusing by betting on it. That raises interest in the general public about it.
You know that Germany has relatively low unemployment compared to the rest of Europe because many youth learn trades instead of being jobless?
You know that Germany has relatively low unemployment compared to the rest of Europe because many youth work instead of being jobless?
Seriously, folks who "learn trades" in Germany become highly skilled experts in what they do, and are valued for it. This is an incredible asset to their economy, and it is reflected in the quality of what it produces. You don't need a university education in Germany to make a reasonable living.
I think a lot of other countries could really learn a lot from this model.
Of course, I should note P.J. O'Rourke's observation on former East Germany. It was something like:
"You know communism is bad, because it took a nation full of Germans, and made a poor country out of it."
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Geeks need t' lighten up.
Geeks need t' light one up.
I know some parents who would text back something like:
"The police chief's son has better stuff and prices."
"Did I forget to tell you that you were adopted?"
"Well, then you must have time to come visit this weekend!"
I also know some parents who would not understand such a prank at all. I think most kids would know their parents well enough to decide to whether to go along with this prank or not.
What else could you supply for $8500/home?
The Vermont politicians who arranged this just bought themselves 600 re-election votes . . .
. . . and it didn't even cost them a single cent!
20% of our total energy output is gobbled up by that thing!
So are fat folks just not using their brains enough . . . ?
I bet a lot of dieters would be delighted to hear that they can just think away their excess weight!
a Slashdot community filled with raging atheists
I tend to think of it as a Slashdot community filled with raging Gods
If they were passing out heroines instead of collection plates at churches, they might get more folks to think about going there.
Churches also need to provide more education on the sin side of things. You, know, like you need to experience it, so you will know how to avoid it sometime in the future, when you have experienced enough of it. Kinda sorta like:
"Keep your good friends close, but your enemies closer."
"And bed down with sin."
If it's Jesus getting it on with his dad, it's perfectly legit. If it's Jesus getting it on with his mother, Jesus might get jealous when she screams, "Oh, God!"
I prefer the scenario postulated in the film Liquid Sky. Aliens would come to Earth looking for drugs.
Just book a cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines. They offer cruises to Hell.
Considering 95% of the world won't be able to use the product, that's a lot of effort.
Considering 95% of the world only has 5% of the money in the world, that makes sense.
Considering 5% of the world has 95% of the money in the world, that makes sense again.
Although, Amazon is going to get 0% of my money on this.
"Would you like to stay home from work and take the day off watching CNN . . . ?"
"May we search your house for him?"
"Please search my house. As well as the terrorist, please keep an eye out for an old Netgear router that I can't find anymore. Would you mind taking the trash out on your way out . . . ?"
The folks who made the error . . . didn't get into the gifted program . . . obviously . . .
Nothing incriminating about firing an automatic weapon from the lower hull of a boat...
Obviously, you've never been pleasure fishing in Chechnya . . .
Leave your fly fishing rods at home. Pack your Kalashnikov.
Actually, think of it a being "Business Recycling." IBM is selling it, because it can no longer run it as a successful business. Lenovo is buying it because they believe they can.
When large trash day comes around here at the ranch, there are always folks picking up stuff that I no longer need, but they think that they can do something useful with.
. . . and Networking Hardware Division to Cisco . . . and Federal Systems Division to Loral . . .
Some companies start as small operations in people's garages.
IBM holds garage sales.
Although, it should be noted that they buy a lot of software businesses . . . like Lotus . . . Tivoli . . . Rational . . .
No, too many folks in China were working from home. Now they can't email colleagues. They'll just have to come into the office to perform business communications, like Yahoo employees.
I don't live in Germany
In Germany, you get a personal email from Oberhauptstabswebelausbilder Hakan Schulz, saying:
"Du kommst hier nicht rein!"
They sell advertising services to Germans though.
They sell Germans to advertising services though.
That is the real issue . . .
Well, to contact Google in Germany, you could always just go to: http://www.google.de/contact/impressum.html
E-Mail: support-de@google.com
You simply pay with your personal information instead of your wallet.
Awesome! Then I am like totally ripping them off every time I use Google!
My personal information ain't worth shit! Most folks would only pay money to get rid of me . . . not to get any personal information about me!
This was demonstrated in "Kentucky Fried Movie" . . . they called it "Feel-a-Round" . . . and they cut to the next sketch before the porn started . . .
It would be interesting to be able to press a button and see how closely related you are to your friends
It would be interesting to be able to press a button and see how closely related you are to your parents.
This app is based on written records. Maybe some folks were a little shy with the truth when it came to saying who was the father of the child . . . ?
My family tree has routing loops . . .
Who cares if he is a great scientist or poor gambler? At least he makes the topic amusing by betting on it. That raises interest in the general public about it.
Sure, except that they're all available online or in a digital format (e.g. eBook).
The print version of The Economist is better for reading in the bathtub. And, no, I'm not joking, I do that.
The danger about doing that is that I get so interested, and forget to get out until I look like E.T.
You know that Germany has relatively low unemployment compared to the rest of Europe because many youth learn trades instead of being jobless?
You know that Germany has relatively low unemployment compared to the rest of Europe because many youth work instead of being jobless?
Seriously, folks who "learn trades" in Germany become highly skilled experts in what they do, and are valued for it. This is an incredible asset to their economy, and it is reflected in the quality of what it produces. You don't need a university education in Germany to make a reasonable living.
I think a lot of other countries could really learn a lot from this model.
Of course, I should note P.J. O'Rourke's observation on former East Germany. It was something like:
"You know communism is bad, because it took a nation full of Germans, and made a poor country out of it."
. . . should not be the government's problem.
Ah, parents these days . . . and their children . . . most of the time they're somebody else's problem.