I love the fact that comment got an +5 Insightful mod...only on Slashdot...
In all seriousness though that program is evil, I would be glad to see it lose market share by any measure, I never completely managed to remove it from an old desktop of mine (came pre-packaged) and that's despite removing all the program files, using their own uninstaller and purging the registries. I've since given the box away to a friend but I wiped all the drives before doing so and apparently it still comes up with popups occasionally.
By most of the worlds standards Obama is indeed right of centre, there are few if any American politicians who aren't. Ask anyone with a basic knowledge of Politics, from Europe, South America or Asia, hell even Canada and they'll give you the same answer. A lot of us also think your medical system is a complete disgrace.
Do you realize that the US is the largest manufacturer in the world not China. Countries see these big gains as they improve thief infrastructure but they never surpass the US. Look at Germany and Japan both have had times in the past 60 years where "experts" said they were over taking the US.
The Coriolis effect is far too small to have any significant impact on flywheels this small, it only really has an effect on large scale systems such as cyclonic storms and even then it's amplified due to the proximity to the equator.
Steve Jobs used to own Pixar, he's still the largest single Shareholder of Disney due to the acquisition a few years back. Disney, in particular Pixars links with Apple are incredibly strong.
It's better than productions that try hard to avoid product placement while still keeping an element of reality. Case in point, iCarly, a Disney show which features computers with a pear-minus-a-bite logo on the lids. Why didn't they just use an Apple?
In your perfect movie world everyone eats Hershel's chocolate bars, wear Levo jeans and have Cherryos for breakfast. I, however, like my movie worlds to be in my same universe. In my universe, there are common products with household names and when well placed can make a movie world more relatable. Personally, I think Dexter looks quite comfortable driving a Mac.
Some productions do go too far (ahem, Demolition Man / Taco Bell)
Simply put that show is Nickelodeon and Steve Jobs just so happens to be Disneys largest single shareholder (thanks to the acquisition of Pixar a few years back)
The funny thing about the BBC is that when the Tories are in power they are accused of being to the left whereas when labour were in power they were accused of being to the right. You just like to feel victimised.
Looking at it from a neutral standpoint the BBC are by far the most balanced provider of news in the UK and quite possibly Worldwide.
"intellectual property is the only major export most Western nations still have" - That statement is in dire need of a citation.
No, that's not how this works when you're not editing an encyclopedia. If a comment about a topic has piqued your interests, it is now up to you to research that topic. If you find information that contradicts someone else's position, let them know.
Are you familiar with the concept of the burden of proof?
I want to live in a world where *everything* that makes me uncomfortable or might cause pain or conflict is excised from history. After all, if it never happened, no one can be pissed off about it--and we can all get along fine. No more racial resentment, no more ethnic conflicts, no more religious wars. We get along, we always got along, end of story. Israel and Palestine always co-existed in peace beside each other. Europeans, Africans, and Asians discovered the New world together and have lived here peacefully together ever since. Every religion is the religion of peace and always has been. "Genocide" is just an abstract concept used by fiction writers, not something that has ever happened in the real world.
Laugh if you want, but wouldn't that make for a much better world? Why focus on the pain and resentment when we can reinvent ourselves as something much better?
Sure it all involves a good dose of self-delusion, but a lot of people have improved their lives greatly with a little self-delusion. After all, no one starts down their path to self-improvement by admitting to themselves that they are an unexceptional, not particularly good or worthwhile person. They start by telling themselves "I am a good person, I can do better" even if they know deep-down that they're lying to themselves. And, quite often, the lie actually BECOMES the reality. Convincing yourself that you're a better person can actually MAKE you better. Why not apply the same principle to society as a whole?
I'm not being a troll here, I'm asking a serious question. Wouldn't we be better off for it?
Because to forget our history will lead it to repeat itself, human nature will ensure it.
Union strike and protest can also damage the economy. Let put all these peoples behind bars. Who the fuck they think they are? Damaging sort term profit of the all powerful corporations!
I suffer from hyper mobility in my fingers, if I wasn't allowed to use my laptop to type my notes I would have quickly fallen far behind as my writing speed is horrendous and painful.
They shouldn't assume that laptops act as a distraction to everybody, if a computer in front of someone else is a distraction to you then you're clearly looking for a distraction and just need something to blame.
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Pfft that's ridiculous, on Python just type "import consciousness" and you're done
Retweet with the hashtag @savethehobbit if you don't have either then send Saul Zaentz a letter I believe his company's details are on their site.
Here:
http://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHobbitSouthampton?ref=ts
Elephants breed so slowly their numbers would be incredibly easy to control
I love the fact that comment got an +5 Insightful mod...only on Slashdot...
In all seriousness though that program is evil, I would be glad to see it lose market share by any measure, I never completely managed to remove it from an old desktop of mine (came pre-packaged) and that's despite removing all the program files, using their own uninstaller and purging the registries. I've since given the box away to a friend but I wiped all the drives before doing so and apparently it still comes up with popups occasionally.
Could have fallen into a lower orbit? Or maybe it was originally n orphan planet which got captured by the newly formed star's gravitational pull.
Surely this is a good thing, the hackers might release an anti-virus for Norton
Obama is right of center
Only if center is the Communist party.
By most of the worlds standards Obama is indeed right of centre, there are few if any American politicians who aren't. Ask anyone with a basic knowledge of Politics, from Europe, South America or Asia, hell even Canada and they'll give you the same answer. A lot of us also think your medical system is a complete disgrace.
The Mayans predicted it, Facebook will bring about the end of the world in 2012!
Do you capitalize all nouns?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apples
I'm totally going to hell for this but in order to re-enforce my manhood, I must say:
My zipper was down and my wife found my gf. My nigga wanted my beer and my shorts! I took my jeep and my woman to my vegas timeshare.
(Here!)
You used an exclamation mark you are clearly a woman.
Do you realize that the US is the largest manufacturer in the world not China. Countries see these big gains as they improve thief infrastructure but they never surpass the US. Look at Germany and Japan both have had times in the past 60 years where "experts" said they were over taking the US.
Bullshit.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html
The Coriolis effect is far too small to have any significant impact on flywheels this small, it only really has an effect on large scale systems such as cyclonic storms and even then it's amplified due to the proximity to the equator.
Steve Jobs used to own Pixar, he's still the largest single Shareholder of Disney due to the acquisition a few years back. Disney, in particular Pixars links with Apple are incredibly strong.
It's better than productions that try hard to avoid product placement while still keeping an element of reality. Case in point, iCarly, a Disney show which features computers with a pear-minus-a-bite logo on the lids. Why didn't they just use an Apple?
In your perfect movie world everyone eats Hershel's chocolate bars, wear Levo jeans and have Cherryos for breakfast. I, however, like my movie worlds to be in my same universe. In my universe, there are common products with household names and when well placed can make a movie world more relatable. Personally, I think Dexter looks quite comfortable driving a Mac.
Some productions do go too far (ahem, Demolition Man / Taco Bell)
Simply put that show is Nickelodeon and Steve Jobs just so happens to be Disneys largest single shareholder (thanks to the acquisition of Pixar a few years back)
The funny thing about the BBC is that when the Tories are in power they are accused of being to the left whereas when labour were in power they were accused of being to the right. You just like to feel victimised.
Looking at it from a neutral standpoint the BBC are by far the most balanced provider of news in the UK and quite possibly Worldwide.
It's more evolved than 4chan?
This is excellent news
"intellectual property is the only major export most Western nations still have" - That statement is in dire need of a citation.
No, that's not how this works when you're not editing an encyclopedia. If a comment about a topic has piqued your interests, it is now up to you to research that topic. If you find information that contradicts someone else's position, let them know.
Are you familiar with the concept of the burden of proof?
Or we could stick tubes up Cow's asses to harvest methane.
I have a single word that I always use for security question answers.
Shibboleth?
Sooner to be free with a small 1 in billion odds of death-by-terrorist vs. a 1-1 certainty of being spied upon.
1 in a billion, methinks you don't understand statistics.
I want to live in a world where *everything* that makes me uncomfortable or might cause pain or conflict is excised from history. After all, if it never happened, no one can be pissed off about it--and we can all get along fine. No more racial resentment, no more ethnic conflicts, no more religious wars. We get along, we always got along, end of story. Israel and Palestine always co-existed in peace beside each other. Europeans, Africans, and Asians discovered the New world together and have lived here peacefully together ever since. Every religion is the religion of peace and always has been. "Genocide" is just an abstract concept used by fiction writers, not something that has ever happened in the real world.
Laugh if you want, but wouldn't that make for a much better world? Why focus on the pain and resentment when we can reinvent ourselves as something much better?
Sure it all involves a good dose of self-delusion, but a lot of people have improved their lives greatly with a little self-delusion. After all, no one starts down their path to self-improvement by admitting to themselves that they are an unexceptional, not particularly good or worthwhile person. They start by telling themselves "I am a good person, I can do better" even if they know deep-down that they're lying to themselves. And, quite often, the lie actually BECOMES the reality. Convincing yourself that you're a better person can actually MAKE you better. Why not apply the same principle to society as a whole?
I'm not being a troll here, I'm asking a serious question. Wouldn't we be better off for it?
Because to forget our history will lead it to repeat itself, human nature will ensure it.
Union strike and protest can also damage the economy. Let put all these peoples behind bars. Who the fuck they think they are? Damaging sort term profit of the all powerful corporations!
Sort term?
I suffer from hyper mobility in my fingers, if I wasn't allowed to use my laptop to type my notes I would have quickly fallen far behind as my writing speed is horrendous and painful.
They shouldn't assume that laptops act as a distraction to everybody, if a computer in front of someone else is a distraction to you then you're clearly looking for a distraction and just need something to blame.