Irony is the Americans won the war of independence and annexed ownership of the English language and adjusted pronunciations and spellings and informed everyone else that American English is correct.
How did this get an "insightful" mod? The hele-gunner was not "woefully under-trained" - simply "under trained." Proper training would have upped the body count to 90% kill rate.
/laughs - I was about to post "As a resident of Georgia, it is unfortunate how the people from Georgia that should not get press time...always seem to get the press time."
There are things that are ok to lose...and there are things that are not ok to lose.
Your house keys, your car keys, your wallet, your purse, your shoes, your underwear, YOUR cell phone...all of those things are of relatively small value and the impact is felt by you.
Other things have intrensically more value - computers and/or media with SSNs/CC/medical records info, advanced prototypes you are playing with from the lab, 250 grams of purified plutonium...these things you dont carry around in your pocket or in your bag. You keep a close watch on these items because they can be VERY valuable to others and/or affect many other people.
So dude got outed - yeah - tough break for being stupid and careless with something valuable. Dick move by Gizmondo outing him to the world - you know damn well Apple already knew who did it and turned his ass into a playground but Gizmondo's move was salt in the wound.
How bad was it? Honestly - we all kind of have the idea that the thing is coming out in a few months...so it only spoils a little of Apple's fanfare.
I stumbled across a copy of tank wars that I used to LOVE to play on my old 286...fired it up onmy current system and its bloody impossible to play - everything just goes too fast when adjusting tank settings! But...of course...I had to d'l the 3d enabled port that someone did.
criminals entering your home arent out to kill you, they are out for your TV
Funny thing - a college friend's brother got carjacked in downtown Atlanta (before carjacking was cool)...did everything they told him to (ATM w/draw, credit cards, keys, etc.) only to be put on his knees and shot in the back twice. He lived...but...yeah. Criminals are jackasses.
The reason they carry a gun, is because they are scared shitless that the second they pick up the tv, some guy upstairs wakes up and comes down with a shotgun or an uzi, its a basic arms race.
If someone breaks into my house for a cup of sugar without asking - then its on. I have no guarantee that they are not going to shoot me in the back just like my friend's brother. If they are so "scared" then maybe they should get "job" that is not so dangerous.
/laughs - have had the nic for about 15 years or so - hardly describes my level of anxiety!
Re that study - I found that entertaining...especially at the bias of the article. Conservatives and Liberals are just as guilty of using fear and half-truths to gain market share.
Idiots like this make me smile. Almost like one of those Amway pitches - where they try to use their "common sense" to try and make you feel stupid and back away from your opposition. Personally, I have 3 guns in the house...all loaded...and its perfectly safe. There are no kids around...my wife wont touch them...and I know how to handle them...so where is the un-safety?
Do I feel bad that kids kill themselves accidentally every day? Of course I do...but that is a product of people not handling guns safely and not keeping guns out of reach of kids.
Our immigration process needs to be much easier and cheaper. We shouldn't make it virtually impossible for people who are poor, have difficulties with english, etc, to bring their loved ones here. And going further than that, why require marriage in order to immigrate? Open up a legal path for people to come to America and try to start a better life. That's how America is and has always been, and trying to stop it now is just stupid.
I agree - it should be cheaper and easier - but I dont know if I agree with the need for people to bring all of their loved ones here. At the risk of sounding elitist, why should someone who is currently below the poverty line import 5 relatives from their home country to the US? They already cant support their own household - so they are just going to put more mouths around the same table? More to the point, why should my tax dollars be used for public assistance for these people? Why am I paying for them? I work to pay my own bills. I pay taxes to recieve goods and services from the govt. I am aware that the govt does provide some safety net for those who need it...and I am fine with that as long as it is just that - a net...and not a lounge chair. I am fine with people coming to the US to start a better life...but "starting a better life" should not be "sucking on the govt tit".
And dont think I am xenophobic - I have the same issue with these welfare families with lots of kids and everyone is on the govt dime. I support manditory birth control for those who request to go on govt assitance. The govt should make it economically unattractive for you to be a baby factory when you cant even support yourself.
So, because you had to go through absolutely fucking ridiculous lengths to live a normal life with your wife you think everybody should have to go through the same sort of gauntlet? Its like you are a frat boy who got hazed and as result thinks that anyone else who didn't go through the torture he did is not worthy.
Frat and legal residence is hardly apples/apples - its more like apples/tubas. Choosing to join a frat so you know the secret handshake at the expense of hazing has little in common with immigration. The immigration system is not perfect - it is a pain in the ass and should be fixed - but until then - its the law. Its not a question of torture/inconvenience - its a question of following the rules and applying punishments when dictated by law.
Personally, I don't give a shit if someone is a 'citizen' or not - as long they pay their taxes there shouldn't be any other requirements. It's bad enough that so many employers accuse you of being a drug abuser just because you want to work for them, having to please one more massive beauracracy just for the privilege of earning a living is beyond the pale.
I think by 'citizen' you mean 'legal resident and legally eligible for employment' - and if so - I agree. They should pay their taxes...and I am cool with that. Now...if someone is NOT here legally and/or not legally eligible for employment...that is a different story.
I dont see Company XYZ as being required to hire me for any reason other than they want me to work for them. If you dont like that Company XYZ requires drug screens or background checks - then take your application elsewhere. As long as they are doing so to ensure the integrity/safety of their work place, I have no problem with that.
Some employers may stop hiring illlegals, others will take the risk and continue hiring them. The glut of unemployed illegals will drive their wages down and increase the margins realized the employer hiring them.
This is what the government wants. An employer caught hiring illegals will be fined and have assets confiscated. It will be a profit center for government, prosecuting and deporting illegals is not.
I am strangely confortable with this idea. The end result: 1 - Employers are forced to use the verification system by threat of losing their buisness (the law should have teeth). 2 - Illegals are effectively starved out of the country because Employers are following the rules as they should.
As someone who just finished dealing with the US govt getting a greencard for my wife (no, she was not a mail order bride, you twits - we met while I was living abroad), I am in full support of enforcing our immigration laws. Fuck illegal immigrants. My wife and I jumped through all the fucking hoops proving she was who she was...we were a legit marriage...she was not a terrorist...that I could "support her" if she could not work...all that shit. I get so frustrated when I see these illegal jackasses - and dont whine this shit about "noone is 'illegal'" - 'cause they are breaking the fucking law and need to be punished.
I would love to see E-Verify be mandatory. $5-k fines per worker per day for NOT using it. I would like to see E-verify have a running database that flags SSN repeat hits cross-referenced against the full names and date of birth along with the geographic locations from the hit. I would also like to see a "feature" where you could lock your SSN down - i.e. you go to a federal facility and request that your SSN be locked to your current job, so some jackass jacks your SSN to clear E-Verify they say, "No - says you have your SSN on file here working at XYZ INC...not Javier's Drywall. Is this you, or do you need to get into the deportation catapult?" Would have to be easy to adjust this setting, but I think it would rock.
While biometrics are awesome, I know some people are scared of big sister. I think the cross-reference deal would take care of it for the most part.
1 - Exploited illegal labor from the black market and paid him a black market wage
2 - Utilized a alternative labor pool to get the job done and sent a message to "legitimate" contractors that their rates are too high for the work required.
Slashdot Mirror
...as opposed to the religion that openly endorses child marriages and whose major "profit" was a child molester himself?
Irony is the Americans won the war of independence and annexed ownership of the English language and adjusted pronunciations and spellings and informed everyone else that American English is correct.
Fixed that for you.
How did this get an "insightful" mod? The hele-gunner was not "woefully under-trained" - simply "under trained." Proper training would have upped the body count to 90% kill rate.
SPAM coming from his ass? Literally?
I always smile when we get these "snow storms" in Atlanta - but I have to get to the store before they sell out of beer!
Socialism?
Oh wait...
Hello Godwin's Law!
Dude
So you are saying your "girlfriend" is a prostitute?
/laughs - I was about to post "As a resident of Georgia, it is unfortunate how the people from Georgia that should not get press time...always seem to get the press time."
There are things that are ok to lose...and there are things that are not ok to lose.
Your house keys, your car keys, your wallet, your purse, your shoes, your underwear, YOUR cell phone...all of those things are of relatively small value and the impact is felt by you.
Other things have intrensically more value - computers and/or media with SSNs/CC/medical records info, advanced prototypes you are playing with from the lab, 250 grams of purified plutonium...these things you dont carry around in your pocket or in your bag. You keep a close watch on these items because they can be VERY valuable to others and/or affect many other people.
So dude got outed - yeah - tough break for being stupid and careless with something valuable. Dick move by Gizmondo outing him to the world - you know damn well Apple already knew who did it and turned his ass into a playground but Gizmondo's move was salt in the wound.
How bad was it? Honestly - we all kind of have the idea that the thing is coming out in a few months...so it only spoils a little of Apple's fanfare.
And here I thought it was Midori
Those, IMHO, are the two most annoying wastes of time evar. EVAR! Should be rated toxic as such.
I stumbled across a copy of tank wars that I used to LOVE to play on my old 286...fired it up onmy current system and its bloody impossible to play - everything just goes too fast when adjusting tank settings! But...of course...I had to d'l the 3d enabled port that someone did.
criminals entering your home arent out to kill you, they are out for your TV
Funny thing - a college friend's brother got carjacked in downtown Atlanta (before carjacking was cool)...did everything they told him to (ATM w/draw, credit cards, keys, etc.) only to be put on his knees and shot in the back twice. He lived...but...yeah. Criminals are jackasses.
The reason they carry a gun, is because they are scared shitless that the second they pick up the tv, some guy upstairs wakes up and comes down with a shotgun or an uzi, its a basic arms race.
If someone breaks into my house for a cup of sugar without asking - then its on. I have no guarantee that they are not going to shoot me in the back just like my friend's brother. If they are so "scared" then maybe they should get "job" that is not so dangerous.
Personally, I am not worried about the "rights" of criminals. If someone breaks into my house, I'm going to exercise my right to stand my ground ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Doctrine_in_the_United_States#Stand-your-ground )
/laughs - have had the nic for about 15 years or so - hardly describes my level of anxiety!
Re that study - I found that entertaining...especially at the bias of the article. Conservatives and Liberals are just as guilty of using fear and half-truths to gain market share.
Idiots like this make me smile. Almost like one of those Amway pitches - where they try to use their "common sense" to try and make you feel stupid and back away from your opposition. Personally, I have 3 guns in the house...all loaded...and its perfectly safe. There are no kids around...my wife wont touch them...and I know how to handle them...so where is the un-safety?
Do I feel bad that kids kill themselves accidentally every day? Of course I do...but that is a product of people not handling guns safely and not keeping guns out of reach of kids.
i'm just wondering which war-torn 3rd world country you live in to need 24h firearm-level self defense...
I have a similar setup...and I live in war-torn Atlanta, GA.
Our immigration process needs to be much easier and cheaper. We shouldn't make it virtually impossible for people who are poor, have difficulties with english, etc, to bring their loved ones here. And going further than that, why require marriage in order to immigrate? Open up a legal path for people to come to America and try to start a better life. That's how America is and has always been, and trying to stop it now is just stupid.
I agree - it should be cheaper and easier - but I dont know if I agree with the need for people to bring all of their loved ones here. At the risk of sounding elitist, why should someone who is currently below the poverty line import 5 relatives from their home country to the US? They already cant support their own household - so they are just going to put more mouths around the same table? More to the point, why should my tax dollars be used for public assistance for these people? Why am I paying for them? I work to pay my own bills. I pay taxes to recieve goods and services from the govt. I am aware that the govt does provide some safety net for those who need it...and I am fine with that as long as it is just that - a net...and not a lounge chair. I am fine with people coming to the US to start a better life...but "starting a better life" should not be "sucking on the govt tit".
And dont think I am xenophobic - I have the same issue with these welfare families with lots of kids and everyone is on the govt dime. I support manditory birth control for those who request to go on govt assitance. The govt should make it economically unattractive for you to be a baby factory when you cant even support yourself.
So, because you had to go through absolutely fucking ridiculous lengths to live a normal life with your wife you think everybody should have to go through the same sort of gauntlet? Its like you are a frat boy who got hazed and as result thinks that anyone else who didn't go through the torture he did is not worthy.
Frat and legal residence is hardly apples/apples - its more like apples/tubas. Choosing to join a frat so you know the secret handshake at the expense of hazing has little in common with immigration. The immigration system is not perfect - it is a pain in the ass and should be fixed - but until then - its the law. Its not a question of torture/inconvenience - its a question of following the rules and applying punishments when dictated by law.
Personally, I don't give a shit if someone is a 'citizen' or not - as long they pay their taxes there shouldn't be any other requirements. It's bad enough that so many employers accuse you of being a drug abuser just because you want to work for them, having to please one more massive beauracracy just for the privilege of earning a living is beyond the pale.
I think by 'citizen' you mean 'legal resident and legally eligible for employment' - and if so - I agree. They should pay their taxes...and I am cool with that. Now...if someone is NOT here legally and/or not legally eligible for employment...that is a different story.
I dont see Company XYZ as being required to hire me for any reason other than they want me to work for them. If you dont like that Company XYZ requires drug screens or background checks - then take your application elsewhere. As long as they are doing so to ensure the integrity/safety of their work place, I have no problem with that.
Some employers may stop hiring illlegals, others will take the risk and continue hiring them. The glut of unemployed illegals will drive their wages down and increase the margins realized the employer hiring them.
This is what the government wants. An employer caught hiring illegals will be fined and have assets confiscated. It will be a profit center for government, prosecuting and deporting illegals is not.
I am strangely confortable with this idea. The end result:
1 - Employers are forced to use the verification system by threat of losing their buisness (the law should have teeth).
2 - Illegals are effectively starved out of the country because Employers are following the rules as they should.
What is the problem here?
As someone who just finished dealing with the US govt getting a greencard for my wife (no, she was not a mail order bride, you twits - we met while I was living abroad), I am in full support of enforcing our immigration laws. Fuck illegal immigrants. My wife and I jumped through all the fucking hoops proving she was who she was...we were a legit marriage...she was not a terrorist...that I could "support her" if she could not work...all that shit. I get so frustrated when I see these illegal jackasses - and dont whine this shit about "noone is 'illegal'" - 'cause they are breaking the fucking law and need to be punished.
I would love to see E-Verify be mandatory. $5-k fines per worker per day for NOT using it. I would like to see E-verify have a running database that flags SSN repeat hits cross-referenced against the full names and date of birth along with the geographic locations from the hit. I would also like to see a "feature" where you could lock your SSN down - i.e. you go to a federal facility and request that your SSN be locked to your current job, so some jackass jacks your SSN to clear E-Verify they say, "No - says you have your SSN on file here working at XYZ INC...not Javier's Drywall. Is this you, or do you need to get into the deportation catapult?" Would have to be easy to adjust this setting, but I think it would rock.
While biometrics are awesome, I know some people are scared of big sister. I think the cross-reference deal would take care of it for the most part.
So you did one of two things:
1 - Exploited illegal labor from the black market and paid him a black market wage
2 - Utilized a alternative labor pool to get the job done and sent a message to "legitimate" contractors that their rates are too high for the work required.
God - you are a fucking idiot. Quit freebasing the Kool-Aid.
No liquid CO2 unless you get > 5 ATM pressure - so no worries there :)
Exactly - which is why I am stuck with Tmob or MaBell. /sigh