>>>You've lost me here. We are talking about children, so why would anyone in their right mind "adopt a more-adult attitude"? Let kids be kids. I think it's totally unfair to make them grow up any faster than they already have to. >>>
Because.
When my 8-year-old asked, "Where do babies come from?" I told him the answer straight up - "When a married man and woman are sleeping together in bed, the man puts his penis into her. Then a baby grows inside." He went "ewww" and that was the end of it. He was no more traumatized by that info then he was traumatized about wiping poo off his bottom. And I think your idea that kids should be kept in the dark or lied to ("babies come from the stork") is akin to mental child abuse.
Okay granted YOU didn't say you lie to your kids, but I know a lot of parents who do. Then later the kid gets pregnant or knocks-up a girl at age 13, and they wonder how that happened. Duh. It's because they never TAUGHT the kid how their bodies work, that's why. I don't see any reason to withhold knowledge. Better they learn it from me under my supervision, then on their own or from someone else.
>>>I don't feel the gov't has the right to tell people how to raise their children in general
>>>People don't realize it, but our bodies birth cancerous cells constantly. We usually kill them off, though.
Yes but irritants (like tobacco smoke) create MORE cancerous cells, and therefore increase the odds you'll die of cancer. The solution is to avoid those things that encourage cancerous growth.
You have been unfairly modded into invisibility as a "troll", which is completely ridiculous, so I'm reposting your message so people can see it. It's a good story about the Stupidity of the TSA.
I was at LAX..... Ahead of me there was a group of Arabs, kaffiyeh, long beard, the works. Behind them was a little white haired lady apparently on her way back to "Mizzurah" after seeing her grandkids in LA. Sweet as can be old lady.....
Guess who gets stopped by the TSA.
Needless to say, everyone in line was a bit pissed that the TSA was giving extra screening to the old lady when they just waved the Arab guys through without a second glance. That's when the guy behind me yelled out, "What the fuck are you morons searching her for? The towelheads are the ones flying shit into buildings!" Real American guy boarded last, about 15 minutes late. TSA had a word with him, I suppose.
"This creates bubbles in the strands that can significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication." i.e. The birth of cancer cells. Terahertz waves are carcinogens.
oops I mean Pennsylvania they sent two teens to jail (for one night) because they took photos of their naked bodies. Oh horror! You can see your teenage body naked while showering or dressing, but use a camera to capture that sight with your cellphone...... and the world will come to an end!!! (So claims the prosecutor.)
It's especially stupid considering the U.S. Supreme Court ruled nudity is not pornography, therefore not a crime. I guess the prosecutor doesn't read SCOTUS decisions.
I bet when the FCC's done, "net neutrality" will have evolved into something unrecognizable, more akin to censorship of our personal blogs and emails (and probably bittorrent too) rather than true net neutrality.
Mark my words. You'll come back here a year from now and say, "Wow you were right." I think we need to regulate monopolies like Comcast, but based upon what I've heard coming from the FCC Chair, he has something else in mind - control of the web. So basically we're trading one evil (comcast) for another (government).
I don't want my internet to be as dull and uninteresting as broadcast TV (no nudity, no curse words). If you don't like your children seeing such things, change the channel, don't buy cable, install filtering software, don't let the kids use the computer unless you're there, and so on.
Or adopt a more-adult attitude or realizing your kids are going to be having sex someday. Now is as good a time as any to teach them about the birds and bees, and stop having a fit if they see a naked body.
>>>Seriously, get a grip, they aren't watching you. REALLY, they aren't.
You're wrong.
I and a few others who I will not name are planning to kill Timothy Geitner as a traitor to the American people. They ARE watching my email, which is why I barely use it, except for trivial matters like job-hunting.
I'm just joking. Or am I? No really I am. You hope? Haha got ya. I was just joking. I would never go that far when we have peaceful means to resolve our differences. (shines gun with cloth)*
I think I as a consumer have a right to return trashy movies, CDs, or DVDs (i.e. "100% satisfaction guaranteed or money back"), and until the media content companies allow that reasonable accommodation, then I'm not going to buy any of their product unless I've seen it at least once.
I am sick-and-tired of wasting my money on Inglorious Basterds and other dumb movies or shows. Prior to the internet we had no choice; we bought trashy VHS tapes and then laid them on the shelf to collect dust. Now we do. At long last, the balance of power has tipped in favor of the working man.
True but Bank of America would still rather advertise in the U.S., where the ads are relevant to SOME of the people, than advertise to the EU or Japan where the ads are relevant to NONE of the people. That's why BoA and other US-centric businesses pressure Hulu to block non-US viewers.
>>>If Hulu couldn't make enough from ad revenue overseas then they should offer a paid subscription.
My airplane club needs a new flying field, and we want you to donate $10 each month to support it. If you don't have enough revenue, then you should go get a second job.
Oh wait! There's that issue of -freedom of choice- which allow you Not to fund my field. Ditto Hulu which also has freedom of choice Not to offer paid subscriptions. Damn.
Cable TV is a weird animal. It could support itself wholly-and-completely by commercials, just like broadcast television does, but at some point cable channel owners had the brilliant idea to charge Comcast, Cox, and other cable companies for the content. At first these rates were reasonable... about 20 cents per home.
Then cable TV started creating original programming instead of merely reruns, which obviously costs a lot of money. Although some channels like FOX News or CNN still charge 20 cents per home, other channels like Sci-Fi, Disney and TNT have risen to about one dollar per home, with the highest-price channel ESPN charging $3.00!
And that's why your cable bill has increased from about $25 in 1995 to $65 today (basic 70-channel service).
Why ascribe to male that which can be explained by common sense?
- Can advertisements about Double Whoppers have any value to Europeans or Japanese? - How about advertising about Bank of America? - Or the new Chevy Volt?
Hulu's advertisements are aimed towards a specific audience - Americans. They have zero interest in advertising to other areas of the world, because Hulu has nothing to gain from it. Therefore Hulu cuts-off those regions where they have nothing to gain, and you would probably do the same if you owned that business.
>>>If somebody is running Adblock, you'll be more likely to turn them away from your site entirely
Good! Blocking you stops you from adding pennies to my monthly bill. "Pennies" might sound trivial but multiply by a thousands of ad-blocking visitors and you've got a lot of money wasted. As a newspaper web owner I don't want to burn through money without a chance to recoup it via ads.
If I could get my books for free, I'd be okay with Viagra ads in the cover. In fact most books already DO have advertising (in the back) so it's really not a big change.
Damn 8-bit machine! (slaps C=64). Can't you even count higher than 18? That's it. I'm upgrading to an Apple IIgs. It's 16 bit - that means it has twice as much power.
TO: Mobile SUBJ: Huh? BODY: Hello. Your last message did not come through. All I received was "lo". Was that LOL? Or "lo here come the sheep"? hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. L8r./end
>>>thought the Arpanet was there so I could play Zork
ZORK online: Unfortunately this doesn't "fee" right; it should be light blue text on a dark blue background the way I remember. Or pale green on a dark green CRT. (shrug). http://thcnet.net/zork/
You are in an open field west of a big white house with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
> open mailbox
Opening the mailbox reveals: A leaflet.
> read leaflet
Welcome to Zork! Zork is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortal man. Hardened adventurers have run screaming from the terrors contained within.
Not the only thing. What about the 110 and 300 bit/sec modems that Bell Telephone provided for data transfers over regular phonelines? They date back to the 1950s.
It's interesting that the first ARPAnet line was no faster than a modern dialup modem (53-56 kbit/s).
I thought the internet was not born until January 1, 1981 - the day when the ARPAnet was replaced with today's modern IP addressing. That would make the internet only 18 years old.
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Same thing the U.S. gained when it rebuilt Europe - a place to sell goods. In this case it's Chinese turbines so they get jobs, and we get poorer.
>>>You've lost me here. We are talking about children, so why would anyone in their right mind "adopt a more-adult attitude"? Let kids be kids. I think it's totally unfair to make them grow up any faster than they already have to.
>>>
Because.
When my 8-year-old asked, "Where do babies come from?" I told him the answer straight up - "When a married man and woman are sleeping together in bed, the man puts his penis into her. Then a baby grows inside." He went "ewww" and that was the end of it. He was no more traumatized by that info then he was traumatized about wiping poo off his bottom. And I think your idea that kids should be kept in the dark or lied to ("babies come from the stork") is akin to mental child abuse.
Okay granted YOU didn't say you lie to your kids, but I know a lot of parents who do. Then later the kid gets pregnant or knocks-up a girl at age 13, and they wonder how that happened. Duh. It's because they never TAUGHT the kid how their bodies work, that's why. I don't see any reason to withhold knowledge. Better they learn it from me under my supervision, then on their own or from someone else.
>>>I don't feel the gov't has the right to tell people how to raise their children in general
Agreed.
>>>People don't realize it, but our bodies birth cancerous cells constantly. We usually kill them off, though.
Yes but irritants (like tobacco smoke) create MORE cancerous cells, and therefore increase the odds you'll die of cancer. The solution is to avoid those things that encourage cancerous growth.
You have been unfairly modded into invisibility as a "troll", which is completely ridiculous, so I'm reposting your message so people can see it. It's a good story about the Stupidity of the TSA.
I was at LAX..... Ahead of me there was a group of Arabs, kaffiyeh, long beard, the works. Behind them was a little white haired lady apparently on her way back to "Mizzurah" after seeing her grandkids in LA. Sweet as can be old lady.....
Guess who gets stopped by the TSA.
Needless to say, everyone in line was a bit pissed that the TSA was giving extra screening to the old lady when they just waved the Arab guys through without a second glance. That's when the guy behind me yelled out, "What the fuck are you morons searching her for? The towelheads are the ones flying shit into buildings!" Real American guy boarded last, about 15 minutes late. TSA had a word with him, I suppose.
I guess that little old lady was a real danger, as if she was about to yell out "Death to Americans" and blow up the terminal. (rolls eyes). They also stopped this guy who looks like an adult version of Harry Potter!
With photo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMB6L487LHM
unedited - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEJpzVPmih0
More kids are killed by football and other physical activities than surfing on the net or videogaming.
"This creates bubbles in the strands that can significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication." i.e. The birth of cancer cells. Terahertz waves are carcinogens.
In Transylvania...
oops I mean Pennsylvania they sent two teens to jail (for one night) because they took photos of their naked bodies. Oh horror! You can see your teenage body naked while showering or dressing, but use a camera to capture that sight with your cellphone...... and the world will come to an end!!! (So claims the prosecutor.)
It's especially stupid considering the U.S. Supreme Court ruled nudity is not pornography, therefore not a crime. I guess the prosecutor doesn't read SCOTUS decisions.
I bet when the FCC's done, "net neutrality" will have evolved into something unrecognizable, more akin to censorship of our personal blogs and emails (and probably bittorrent too) rather than true net neutrality.
Mark my words. You'll come back here a year from now and say, "Wow you were right." I think we need to regulate monopolies like Comcast, but based upon what I've heard coming from the FCC Chair, he has something else in mind - control of the web. So basically we're trading one evil (comcast) for another (government).
I don't want my internet to be as dull and uninteresting as broadcast TV (no nudity, no curse words). If you don't like your children seeing such things, change the channel, don't buy cable, install filtering software, don't let the kids use the computer unless you're there, and so on.
Or adopt a more-adult attitude or realizing your kids are going to be having sex someday. Now is as good a time as any to teach them about the birds and bees, and stop having a fit if they see a naked body.
>>>Seriously, get a grip, they aren't watching you. REALLY, they aren't.
You're wrong.
I and a few others who I will not name are planning to kill Timothy Geitner as a traitor to the American people. They ARE watching my email, which is why I barely use it, except for trivial matters like job-hunting.
I'm just joking.
Or am I?
No really I am.
You hope?
Haha got ya. I was just joking. I would never go that far when we have peaceful means to resolve our differences.
(shines gun with cloth)*
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* (The above was a Family Guy reference)
I download all kinds of stuff.
I think I as a consumer have a right to return trashy movies, CDs, or DVDs (i.e. "100% satisfaction guaranteed or money back"), and until the media content companies allow that reasonable accommodation, then I'm not going to buy any of their product unless I've seen it at least once.
I am sick-and-tired of wasting my money on Inglorious Basterds and other dumb movies or shows. Prior to the internet we had no choice; we bought trashy VHS tapes and then laid them on the shelf to collect dust. Now we do. At long last, the balance of power has tipped in favor of the working man.
True but Bank of America would still rather advertise in the U.S., where the ads are relevant to SOME of the people, than advertise to the EU or Japan where the ads are relevant to NONE of the people. That's why BoA and other US-centric businesses pressure Hulu to block non-US viewers.
Apparently Stormwatch didn't read the message he quoted.
>>>If Hulu couldn't make enough from ad revenue overseas then they should offer a paid subscription.
My airplane club needs a new flying field, and we want you to donate $10 each month to support it. If you don't have enough revenue, then you should go get a second job.
Oh wait! There's that issue of -freedom of choice- which allow you Not to fund my field. Ditto Hulu which also has freedom of choice Not to offer paid subscriptions. Damn.
Cable TV is a weird animal. It could support itself wholly-and-completely by commercials, just like broadcast television does, but at some point cable channel owners had the brilliant idea to charge Comcast, Cox, and other cable companies for the content. At first these rates were reasonable... about 20 cents per home.
Then cable TV started creating original programming instead of merely reruns, which obviously costs a lot of money. Although some channels like FOX News or CNN still charge 20 cents per home, other channels like Sci-Fi, Disney and TNT have risen to about one dollar per home, with the highest-price channel ESPN charging $3.00!
And that's why your cable bill has increased from about $25 in 1995 to $65 today (basic 70-channel service).
Why ascribe to male that which can be explained by common sense?
- Can advertisements about Double Whoppers have any value to Europeans or Japanese?
- How about advertising about Bank of America?
- Or the new Chevy Volt?
Hulu's advertisements are aimed towards a specific audience - Americans. They have zero interest in advertising to other areas of the world, because Hulu has nothing to gain from it. Therefore Hulu cuts-off those regions where they have nothing to gain, and you would probably do the same if you owned that business.
>>>The police do their job. The lawyers do theirs. Every other part of the system works; except the judges.
Judges ARE lawyers.
>>>If somebody is running Adblock, you'll be more likely to turn them away from your site entirely
Good! Blocking you stops you from adding pennies to my monthly bill. "Pennies" might sound trivial but multiply by a thousands of ad-blocking visitors and you've got a lot of money wasted. As a newspaper web owner I don't want to burn through money without a chance to recoup it via ads.
If I could get my books for free, I'd be okay with Viagra ads in the cover. In fact most books already DO have advertising (in the back) so it's really not a big change.
Damn 8-bit machine! (slaps C=64). Can't you even count higher than 18? That's it. I'm upgrading to an Apple IIgs. It's 16 bit - that means it has twice as much power.
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>>>thought the Arpanet was there so I could play Zork
ZORK online: Unfortunately this doesn't "fee" right; it should be light blue text on a dark blue background the way I remember. Or pale green on a dark green CRT. (shrug). http://thcnet.net/zork/
You are in an open field west of a big white house with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
> open mailbox
Opening the mailbox reveals:
A leaflet.
> read leaflet
Welcome to Zork! Zork is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortal man. Hardened adventurers have run screaming from the terrors contained within.
No computer should be without one!
Not the only thing. What about the 110 and 300 bit/sec modems that Bell Telephone provided for data transfers over regular phonelines? They date back to the 1950s.
It's interesting that the first ARPAnet line was no faster than a modern dialup modem (53-56 kbit/s).
Funny.
I thought the internet was not born until January 1, 1981 - the day when the ARPAnet was replaced with today's modern IP addressing. That would make the internet only 18 years old.
Correction:
"no maner wight" == "no manner of [human] creature."