A draft is random. The chance of an intelligent person getting drafted is the same as someone who isn't. Thus, the military does not exclusively select intelligent people. And besides: a typical intelligent person might have a better chance of becoming an officer or working behind a desk if they were drafted, because they might have non-combat skills that are more useful to the military.
You see, in the 200+ year history of our country, we've sent our strongest, mentally stable and most intelligent men to die in wars and left the weaker and less intelligent and mentally unstable at home to breed.
Bullshit. The army doesn't recruit our most intelligent students. Infact, Army Recruits with a High School diploma were at an all time low in 2007. That isn't to say army recruits are not smart, or that having a diploma necessarily means you're intelligent. But it's not a case of taking our best and brightest to wars and leaving our worst behind. Throughout history, America's army has drawn it's members from all backgrounds. It has not exclusively selected intelligent people.
Why was this modded troll? This person is not trying to cause trouble. They are giving legitimate advice, and trying to be helpful.
I have to say though, homeschooling has it's faults. Not everybody is knowledgeable enough to instruct a kid in every subject, and not every parent can stay at home to be teacher all day. I don't like the way schools are run, but I recognize how hard it is to actually make homeschooling work.
Do not deprive your kid of real-life experiences dealing with the unexpected. You can hover over your kid all you like with gps, but some day shes gotta go out on her own. When kids are on their own, unmonitored, they learn to be self sufficient, calm under stress, and resourceful. Just get your kid a phone so she can call you when she gets lost.
You're totally right. Lets have a minimal government. Now lets see, how can we acheive this. By voting for the right candidates? No, that won't work - both parties like to expand the size of government. Vote third parties? No, they never win.
* The internet is not exclusively used for infringing on big media copyrights. Last I looked there were at least a few more things to do online than movies and music.
Really, how long does it take you people to take a dump? Takes me like 10 seconds. I don't have time to read a fucking magazine article! Can someone please explain the phenomenon of reading on the toilet?
I don't suspect there are enough customers like you to sustain a print business model for EGM. The benefits you list, are few, and some are not even benefits (you don't HAVE to read the comments, and you can always change the fontsize in your browser). Ultimately the greatest benefit is price: Websites and Magazines are both loaded with ads, but websites tend to be free. Most people are willing to give up the tangibility of print for cost savings.
Hey I got an idea - lets start a magazine in a decade where newspapers and magazines are losing readers, and sell it to a group already very immersed in our competition (the internet). Yeah! Let's charge for the same gaming news that websites offer for free. And where as they update every day, our magazine will be released once a month.Let's base our entire business on the difficulty of reading websites in the bathroom.
Apple should embrace mac cloners.
Having cheaper clones of mac will only help to popularize macs and the os-x operating system (thanks to this little phenomenon). Windows is only as popular as it is because it comes preinstalled on nearly every computer you buy. Mac fans should see this as a blessing.
Everytime I buy a game, it ends up being the worst pile of shit ever. The last game I ever bought was Warcraft 3, and it was no fun at all.
With free games, I feel no regret if the game is bad (I wasted no money) and I feel very connected to the game if I like it. Favorite games right now are Battle for Wesnoth and Freeciv.
If you are working for a non profit how do you have customers? Why not get a real job and [produce some worthless product that nobody needs] instead of [offering to help out those in need and asking little in return]? Just askin.
Humans are a type of primate, no? If we can make glowing monkeys, can't we make glowing humans? For one, it would solve the animal right's issues if we tested the stuff on humans (we could ask animal rights activists to volunteer). And second, I think it would be cool if we could glow under fluorescent lights.
Hipsters love anything old and outdated because nobody uses them any more, they create a false sense of authenticity, and owning something outdated makes you look poor. I have total confidence that this company will make millions off of hipsters. I know some who still listen to cassettes (because they like how "tangible" they are).
If personal military robots are the wave of the future, what will this mean for 2nd amendment issues? Will there be a movement to protect a citizen's right to run their own robot militias?
The REAL REASONING behind qwerty. From Wikipedia -
In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand. This is helpful for left-handed people.[6]
Thus, Qwerty is the perfect layout for browsing porn, since most people are right handed, and that hand tends to be occupied when viewing the dense archives of redtube.com - The left hand can take over the keyboard.
Wait wait wait. One person said "You're not gonna build your own netbook and have it be of any respectable quality" and you say "I beg to differ" and offer a link as a counter example. Any reasonable person would assume your link would contain someone who did make their own netbook, because you didn't specify otherwise, and it was in response to a question about homemade netbooks. Instead of lashing out at other users,consider the possibility that your post was vague and cryptic.
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were u behind the scenes or did u model?
Oh wait, I can see you meant "Do Yourself In". Sorry for the misunderstanding.
A draft is random. The chance of an intelligent person getting drafted is the same as someone who isn't. Thus, the military does not exclusively select intelligent people. And besides: a typical intelligent person might have a better chance of becoming an officer or working behind a desk if they were drafted, because they might have non-combat skills that are more useful to the military.
You see, in the 200+ year history of our country, we've sent our strongest, mentally stable and most intelligent men to die in wars and left the weaker and less intelligent and mentally unstable at home to breed.
Bullshit. The army doesn't recruit our most intelligent students. Infact, Army Recruits with a High School diploma were at an all time low in 2007. That isn't to say army recruits are not smart, or that having a diploma necessarily means you're intelligent. But it's not a case of taking our best and brightest to wars and leaving our worst behind. Throughout history, America's army has drawn it's members from all backgrounds. It has not exclusively selected intelligent people.
Why was this modded troll? This person is not trying to cause trouble. They are giving legitimate advice, and trying to be helpful.
I have to say though, homeschooling has it's faults. Not everybody is knowledgeable enough to instruct a kid in every subject, and not every parent can stay at home to be teacher all day. I don't like the way schools are run, but I recognize how hard it is to actually make homeschooling work.
Is it really possible NOT to be exposed to 24/7 RF?
I'm not exposed to RF. My tinfoil hat protects me.
Do not deprive your kid of real-life experiences dealing with the unexpected. You can hover over your kid all you like with gps, but some day shes gotta go out on her own. When kids are on their own, unmonitored, they learn to be self sufficient, calm under stress, and resourceful. Just get your kid a phone so she can call you when she gets lost.
I'm not sure why you think the average Mac enthusiast would want everybody to own one.
So you admit that Mac Enthusiast are as elitist...
Pull your head out of your GNU/Ass and fix your fucking code.
Gimme the source code for lib0ass. I wanna compile my own.
...I'm lonely
Good luck working for change within the system.
* The internet is not exclusively used for infringing on big media copyrights. Last I looked there were at least a few more things to do online than movies and music.
Porn?
Really, how long does it take you people to take a dump? Takes me like 10 seconds. I don't have time to read a fucking magazine article! Can someone please explain the phenomenon of reading on the toilet?
I don't suspect there are enough customers like you to sustain a print business model for EGM. The benefits you list, are few, and some are not even benefits (you don't HAVE to read the comments, and you can always change the fontsize in your browser). Ultimately the greatest benefit is price: Websites and Magazines are both loaded with ads, but websites tend to be free. Most people are willing to give up the tangibility of print for cost savings.
Hey I got an idea - lets start a magazine in a decade where newspapers and magazines are losing readers, and sell it to a group already very immersed in our competition (the internet). Yeah! Let's charge for the same gaming news that websites offer for free. And where as they update every day, our magazine will be released once a month.Let's base our entire business on the difficulty of reading websites in the bathroom.
Apple should embrace mac cloners. Having cheaper clones of mac will only help to popularize macs and the os-x operating system (thanks to this little phenomenon). Windows is only as popular as it is because it comes preinstalled on nearly every computer you buy. Mac fans should see this as a blessing.
With free games, I feel no regret if the game is bad (I wasted no money) and I feel very connected to the game if I like it. Favorite games right now are Battle for Wesnoth and Freeciv.
If you are working for a non profit how do you have customers? Why not get a real job and [produce some worthless product that nobody needs] instead of [offering to help out those in need and asking little in return]? Just askin.
Fixed that for you.
Then again, if they ripped the dvds, the MPAA would probably sue nasa or some shit.
Humans are a type of primate, no? If we can make glowing monkeys, can't we make glowing humans? For one, it would solve the animal right's issues if we tested the stuff on humans (we could ask animal rights activists to volunteer). And second, I think it would be cool if we could glow under fluorescent lights.
Hipsters love anything old and outdated because nobody uses them any more, they create a false sense of authenticity, and owning something outdated makes you look poor. I have total confidence that this company will make millions off of hipsters. I know some who still listen to cassettes (because they like how "tangible" they are).
If personal military robots are the wave of the future, what will this mean for 2nd amendment issues? Will there be a movement to protect a citizen's right to run their own robot militias?
In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand. This is helpful for left-handed people.[6]
Thus, Qwerty is the perfect layout for browsing porn, since most people are right handed, and that hand tends to be occupied when viewing the dense archives of redtube.com - The left hand can take over the keyboard.
Myth Busted.
Say, Thanks for the advice :-)
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I refuse to explain how it is relevant, you spoonfed booby.
Wait wait wait. One person said "You're not gonna build your own netbook and have it be of any respectable quality" and you say "I beg to differ" and offer a link as a counter example. Any reasonable person would assume your link would contain someone who did make their own netbook, because you didn't specify otherwise, and it was in response to a question about homemade netbooks. Instead of lashing out at other users,consider the possibility that your post was vague and cryptic.