nice to meet your acquaintance then. I'm part of your last paragraph, and like i said, 10 out of 11 hunters are absolute retards and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near what even resembles a weapon. We need to find a way though, to allow the people like me, who have use rifles to do varied things such as defend my family against "killer" bees, coyotes and angry javelina, as well as going hunting in order to provide food which is both at least as arguably healthy as anything in a supermarket, and as renewable as corn to continue doing what we do. It's just a huge pain in the ass that so many people use our desires as some sort of silly-party fight to keep their ridiculous notions going and just as many others use their "not quite as silly party" arguments going about how everyone who uses a gun is some sort of nutjob.
This is exactly why the hunters are so fervent about things. I'll freely agree with the earlier comment that for every responsible hunter, there are 10 who are irresponsible. I just went through a hunters safety course, required in order to get a hunting license, and other than me and my buddy who I'm going deer hunting with later this year, everyone seemed to be part of some sort of criminal conspiracy. However, by saying ALL hunters are morons does a disservice to those of us who actually care about the rules, as we are the people who might have some say, no matter how small on these idiots who vandalize private property for shits and giggles. The quoted post in this threat is definitely correct - if you give a moron a gun, or any other tool, they aren't going to use it in the way it is intended. The correct response is not to outlaw guns or hunting, but to actually make enforceable safety standards and licensing procedures which all but eliminate a person's excuse for using said tool in irresponsible ways. Don't just go knocking on all hunters as morons though, much like I won't go making fun of all people with "Pope" in their handle as child abusing papists.
Actually I like your example better, and the way that AZ is going these days, you might just get them to pass it. It sure would help to deal with the "illegal" problem. And by "illegal" I do mean anyone who breaks any law. Just kill them all and let God sort them out, right? To Misanthropy! Cheers!
OMG YOU ARE SO RIGHT!
Sorry, my caffeine levels spiked right as I read that.
I do kinda want to go over to Khyber's now and watch the entire 3 minus one half day's worth of video taken for this, on the condition that his DAMNED NEIGHBORS STAY OFF THE LAWN! while we watch.
That last paragraph makes as much sense to my first argument of "Let's stop calling anything that happens in the African continent as happening in 'Africa' and start using the name of the country it occurred in" as if you had just said that my father smelled of elderberries. Just like we can easily keep track of whatever that guy who sang "Purple Rain" is calling himself now, we should be able to use the names of given countries, instead of lumping them into the continent.
And even then your argument isn't sound, and now you've referenced "several centuries of consistent change." If we start talking about THAT, then every continent in the world has undergone enough "consistent change" over the course of 10-15 centuries that the African continent wouldn't stick out as being significant.
Now that we're fully off topic and just arguing amongst ourselves, how many swallows do you think it would take to carry a coconut from tropical locations to the British Isle?
So wait, basically, you're saying that it's ok to lump every African country into "Africa" when describing something that happens wholly within that country because "you can't count on many African countries to keep the same name for more than a generation." Yet you tell me that I fail at proving you wrong in claiming that this is true in other parts of the world because the parameters must now span a century? Which is it, a century or a generation? You can't keep expanding your time frame to fit your argument.
Or you know, you could just say "this happened in South Africa" instead of "Africa".
and now I've actually become that pain in the ass. Sorry.
Pretty sure that there are few citizens of the Irish Republic that might disagree with that statement. As well as anyone who lives in Austria/Hungary or the Ottoman Empire...
Actually, hell, if that were the case, I would have been born in an American Territory and not a state. Let's not all try to sound like Miss Teen South Carolina 07 now.
not to be a pain in the ass, but can we start using names of countries within the continent of Africa instead of just lumping it all together as one? Using "Africa" as a catchall is like saying that a bunch of nutjobs are busy flying the Confederate Flag above a government legislature in the United States (well, to be more accurate, North America). I'm sure that at least 35 US states as well as Canada, Mexico, the entire Caribbean and Central America would prefer not to be lumped in to that "bunch of nutjobs" - so why do we do this to people on the continent of Africa?
That said, this guy is off his rocker, and we should probably just send him to the North Pole to live out his days.
by "that crowd" I have to assume you mean the Ted Kaczynski types. Or the Amish. Though I'm pretty sure that the Amish are against porn of any variety, no matter what Weird Al Yankovic says.
That's because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Their chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear, fear and surprise, their two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Their THREE weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
figuring that any publicity to take the collective internet's minds off of the gay book fiasco (as I have decided to term it) is good publicity. They've probably been sitting on this one for 6 months and just not telling anybody. I still will think more than twice before ordering something from them again.
By this "logic" it doesn't make sense to celebrate birthdays or wedding anniversaries either, as most babies, are more or less the same in the days and weeks before they are born. By the same token, many couples are engaged well before they are married, and begin to live a life very similar to what married life will be like for them. Humans LOVE to celebrate anniversaries (except for Jehovah's Witnesses, I've never really understood that), and we need SOME sort of reference point. version 1.0 or whatever whole integer people use seems to be that for software. Except Google, they don't care and will always keep things in beta.
I'm a big fan of OpenDNS. It makes my browsing faster than dealing with my ISP's overloaded DNS servers, and allows me full control over my network. For safety reasons, so far I have blocked NBA.com, and I occasionally block perezhilton.com, just to piss my girlfriend off.
As far as "filters" for kids - I grew up with a liberal(ish) mother who taught Sexual Education courses for a while. I was exposed to all of her programs, from "abstinence only" to "safer sex" and everything in between, and to be honest, what I learned from that level of exposure is that the BEST defense is a good offense. Teach your kid the values of sexuality you feel are healthiest and know that no matter how much you try to keep them protected from exposure to "bad" things, they are going to find those things on their own, one way or another. Giving kids the proper tools and knowledge on how to deal with the "bad things" is far better than trying to protect them with any sort of shell.
(as if young males are completely devoid of taste, and just want some drunk slut in a bikini making an ass of herself in front of Brett Michaels).
Actually, as a 23 year old male, that's exactly what I want when I watch tv. Which of course is never. I haven't the time, and the internet exists now, so I can just youtube the good parts. or something like that.
I almost used one of my hard-earned mod points to mod this post as funny. Then I realized you might actually be serious. And I became really truly afraid.
I believe that the point of this post is that the Aussie courts are finally getting with it a little bit in the tech world, but simply sending a FB message counting towards being "served" doesn't really make sense to me - especially if the server had already made an attempt by e-mail (which you can at least request a read-receipt). Facebook then lives up to my expectations of them by issuing a cryptic release suggesting that they are both secure, yet not secure. Really, all this did was make my head hurt, and begin to scheme about "serving" people via the Nigerian court system, that they owe me USD $5 Million...
I've been keeping access logs of my wifi routers for years. Turns out Mickey Mouse has been the only computer to ever access the router, and he has only visited disney.com. Weird.
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You've obviously never heard of IBM Lotus Notes, if you think Outlook is the most vendor locked email client out there.
nice to meet your acquaintance then. I'm part of your last paragraph, and like i said, 10 out of 11 hunters are absolute retards and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near what even resembles a weapon. We need to find a way though, to allow the people like me, who have use rifles to do varied things such as defend my family against "killer" bees, coyotes and angry javelina, as well as going hunting in order to provide food which is both at least as arguably healthy as anything in a supermarket, and as renewable as corn to continue doing what we do. It's just a huge pain in the ass that so many people use our desires as some sort of silly-party fight to keep their ridiculous notions going and just as many others use their "not quite as silly party" arguments going about how everyone who uses a gun is some sort of nutjob.
This is exactly why the hunters are so fervent about things. I'll freely agree with the earlier comment that for every responsible hunter, there are 10 who are irresponsible. I just went through a hunters safety course, required in order to get a hunting license, and other than me and my buddy who I'm going deer hunting with later this year, everyone seemed to be part of some sort of criminal conspiracy. However, by saying ALL hunters are morons does a disservice to those of us who actually care about the rules, as we are the people who might have some say, no matter how small on these idiots who vandalize private property for shits and giggles. The quoted post in this threat is definitely correct - if you give a moron a gun, or any other tool, they aren't going to use it in the way it is intended. The correct response is not to outlaw guns or hunting, but to actually make enforceable safety standards and licensing procedures which all but eliminate a person's excuse for using said tool in irresponsible ways. Don't just go knocking on all hunters as morons though, much like I won't go making fun of all people with "Pope" in their handle as child abusing papists.
Like the miniature sombrero and fake mustache I already wear on my wang when on CR. You can never be too safe on the internet...
Actually I like your example better, and the way that AZ is going these days, you might just get them to pass it. It sure would help to deal with the "illegal" problem. And by "illegal" I do mean anyone who breaks any law. Just kill them all and let God sort them out, right? To Misanthropy! Cheers!
Its not going to be an upgrade in broker software, but in broker hardware. And by that, I mean they are going to remove the fingers of the brokers.
Or how they managed to do so when there isn't even new-fangled 'lectricity there yet.
OMG YOU ARE SO RIGHT! Sorry, my caffeine levels spiked right as I read that. I do kinda want to go over to Khyber's now and watch the entire 3 minus one half day's worth of video taken for this, on the condition that his DAMNED NEIGHBORS STAY OFF THE LAWN! while we watch.
And even then your argument isn't sound, and now you've referenced "several centuries of consistent change." If we start talking about THAT, then every continent in the world has undergone enough "consistent change" over the course of 10-15 centuries that the African continent wouldn't stick out as being significant.
Now that we're fully off topic and just arguing amongst ourselves, how many swallows do you think it would take to carry a coconut from tropical locations to the British Isle?
Or you know, you could just say "this happened in South Africa" instead of "Africa".
and now I've actually become that pain in the ass. Sorry.
Former USSR. Proved.
Pretty sure that there are few citizens of the Irish Republic that might disagree with that statement. As well as anyone who lives in Austria/Hungary or the Ottoman Empire... Actually, hell, if that were the case, I would have been born in an American Territory and not a state. Let's not all try to sound like Miss Teen South Carolina 07 now.
not to be a pain in the ass, but can we start using names of countries within the continent of Africa instead of just lumping it all together as one? Using "Africa" as a catchall is like saying that a bunch of nutjobs are busy flying the Confederate Flag above a government legislature in the United States (well, to be more accurate, North America). I'm sure that at least 35 US states as well as Canada, Mexico, the entire Caribbean and Central America would prefer not to be lumped in to that "bunch of nutjobs" - so why do we do this to people on the continent of Africa? That said, this guy is off his rocker, and we should probably just send him to the North Pole to live out his days.
coupled with my always on Google Lab's "Mail Goggles" My computer will prevent me from ever using the internet again!
by "that crowd" I have to assume you mean the Ted Kaczynski types. Or the Amish. Though I'm pretty sure that the Amish are against porn of any variety, no matter what Weird Al Yankovic says.
Their chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear, fear and surprise, their two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Their THREE weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
figuring that any publicity to take the collective internet's minds off of the gay book fiasco (as I have decided to term it) is good publicity. They've probably been sitting on this one for 6 months and just not telling anybody. I still will think more than twice before ordering something from them again.
Considering that computers are supposed to be incapable of making logical mistakes, I take it that you are a member of the GOP.
By this "logic" it doesn't make sense to celebrate birthdays or wedding anniversaries either, as most babies, are more or less the same in the days and weeks before they are born. By the same token, many couples are engaged well before they are married, and begin to live a life very similar to what married life will be like for them. Humans LOVE to celebrate anniversaries (except for Jehovah's Witnesses, I've never really understood that), and we need SOME sort of reference point. version 1.0 or whatever whole integer people use seems to be that for software. Except Google, they don't care and will always keep things in beta.
As far as "filters" for kids - I grew up with a liberal(ish) mother who taught Sexual Education courses for a while. I was exposed to all of her programs, from "abstinence only" to "safer sex" and everything in between, and to be honest, what I learned from that level of exposure is that the BEST defense is a good offense. Teach your kid the values of sexuality you feel are healthiest and know that no matter how much you try to keep them protected from exposure to "bad" things, they are going to find those things on their own, one way or another. Giving kids the proper tools and knowledge on how to deal with the "bad things" is far better than trying to protect them with any sort of shell.
(as if young males are completely devoid of taste, and just want some drunk slut in a bikini making an ass of herself in front of Brett Michaels).
Actually, as a 23 year old male, that's exactly what I want when I watch tv. Which of course is never. I haven't the time, and the internet exists now, so I can just youtube the good parts. or something like that.
for Steve Mobs to not pee on mine. As far as updates to the phone goes, that's about all I desire.
I almost used one of my hard-earned mod points to mod this post as funny. Then I realized you might actually be serious. And I became really truly afraid.
I believe that the point of this post is that the Aussie courts are finally getting with it a little bit in the tech world, but simply sending a FB message counting towards being "served" doesn't really make sense to me - especially if the server had already made an attempt by e-mail (which you can at least request a read-receipt). Facebook then lives up to my expectations of them by issuing a cryptic release suggesting that they are both secure, yet not secure. Really, all this did was make my head hurt, and begin to scheme about "serving" people via the Nigerian court system, that they owe me USD $5 Million...
I've been keeping access logs of my wifi routers for years. Turns out Mickey Mouse has been the only computer to ever access the router, and he has only visited disney.com. Weird.
Also, better than having your son following in your footsteps and preferring interesting, science-based goys. But that's neither here, nor there.