Meanwhile they're closing down the one near me in Houston, making me drive all the way out to Katy whenever I want to watch a movie. It's not happening for a while yet, but knowing it's happening saddens me...
I can't go to regular movie theatres any more, it's like: 'I'm watching a movie, why hasn't anyone brought me a pizza and a beer yet?'
It was because of his performance in the videogames that he had a shot to do the real thing. Sure, a lot of guys will practice on the games, but it's quite rare that someone will get a seat without proving themselves in the real world first.
My point is that you're cherry picking the statistic that doesn't include Chernobyl, right below that one you can read about a stat that does include it.
Reading most of the highly rated comments here, I really hope that most people on/. don't have children for a very long time. Not being able to get on the internet (or apparently do anything) without Mummy or Daddy right there will leave them severely emotionally crippled. Kids need to be let off the leash sometimes, as long as you can find a safe place to do it.
I think it's still worth their while to make promises to the government to get subsidies to build infrastructure, even if they now have to follow through on those promises.
Of course you have a legal leg to stand on, it's your store, you can sell what you want.
Being within the law doesn't prevent you from being a jackass, and all your customers who wanted beans would be within their rights to talk about how much of a jackass you are.
Exactly, like all those people who leave their mother's basements. It's totally their own fault when they get mugged/kidnapped/hit by a bus/eaten by a velociraptor. Anyone who takes anything but the safest possible path in life deserves to die.
In other news, why does/. insist that I have every single comment above the one to which I'm replying open before it'll let me actually type anything?
Please don't compare professional racing drivers to people driving around on the roads. Racing drivers (for the most part*) drive on closed circuits where there are only a limited number of things that can happen on the road up ahead of them. Driving around on public roads exposes you to a far greater number of potential variances, people are going in all different directions, there are farmers moving there equipment, there are pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, all sorts of things can happen. Racing drivers also accept a far higher level of risk than is acceptable for the general population.
*Someone will no doubt bring up rally-raiding, but those guys don't go as fast as other forms of motor sport, and they are all completely insane anyway.
I only ever used turbo when my Dad wasn't looking. I was quite young at the time, and somehow I'd gotten into my head that using turbo would make the computer die faster, so I just learned to live with the slow speed. I played around with it a bit when I thought I could get away with it...
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Meanwhile they're closing down the one near me in Houston, making me drive all the way out to Katy whenever I want to watch a movie. It's not happening for a while yet, but knowing it's happening saddens me...
I can't go to regular movie theatres any more, it's like: 'I'm watching a movie, why hasn't anyone brought me a pizza and a beer yet?'
It was because of his performance in the videogames that he had a shot to do the real thing. Sure, a lot of guys will practice on the games, but it's quite rare that someone will get a seat without proving themselves in the real world first.
My point is that you're cherry picking the statistic that doesn't include Chernobyl, right below that one you can read about a stat that does include it.
I think "all fission related events since the dawn of the nuclear age" would include Chernobyl, but your cherry picking is nice too. ;)
I see it like the mechanic who charges you $100 to tap your engine and make it work: it's only $1 for the tap, but it's $99 to know where to tap.
They don't follow the usual EULA approach and just not start the car if you don't agree? I find that quite impressive.
OT, but when did we switch from calling them teabaggers to calling them Tea Tardiers. The new one makes me think they just run late for everything.
I always send the cool pics/vids to my girlfriend. She thinks they're awesome ;)
Reading most of the highly rated comments here, I really hope that most people on /. don't have children for a very long time. Not being able to get on the internet (or apparently do anything) without Mummy or Daddy right there will leave them severely emotionally crippled. Kids need to be let off the leash sometimes, as long as you can find a safe place to do it.
I think it's still worth their while to make promises to the government to get subsidies to build infrastructure, even if they now have to follow through on those promises.
Well, yeah, if you go far enough away they can't be enforced. Why do you think the movie industry is based on the west coast?
I think the issue with slamming on the brakes is the shortened yellow times that are often associated with this kind of thing.
That's not the effect of a nanny state, that's the effect of a corrupt state pretending to be a nanny state.
A nanny state would set a safe speed limit and sensible yellow lights, if anything, changing the speed limit like that would make it more dangerous.
I thought it was a nice touch to say that hot steam would clear up the issue...
Of course you have a legal leg to stand on, it's your store, you can sell what you want.
Being within the law doesn't prevent you from being a jackass, and all your customers who wanted beans would be within their rights to talk about how much of a jackass you are.
Exactly, like all those people who leave their mother's basements. It's totally their own fault when they get mugged/kidnapped/hit by a bus/eaten by a velociraptor. Anyone who takes anything but the safest possible path in life deserves to die.
In other news, why does /. insist that I have every single comment above the one to which I'm replying open before it'll let me actually type anything?
Vegetarians talk about shooting animals? I think I missed a meeting...
A quick googling didn't help, so I'll ask you instead: what is the Copernicus Test?
Please don't compare professional racing drivers to people driving around on the roads. Racing drivers (for the most part*) drive on closed circuits where there are only a limited number of things that can happen on the road up ahead of them. Driving around on public roads exposes you to a far greater number of potential variances, people are going in all different directions, there are farmers moving there equipment, there are pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, all sorts of things can happen. Racing drivers also accept a far higher level of risk than is acceptable for the general population.
*Someone will no doubt bring up rally-raiding, but those guys don't go as fast as other forms of motor sport, and they are all completely insane anyway.
Now look here, I came here for a good argument, not just simple contradiction!
My comprehension of this question is roughly 'please have a flamewar about the different flavours of Linux.'
I only ever used turbo when my Dad wasn't looking. I was quite young at the time, and somehow I'd gotten into my head that using turbo would make the computer die faster, so I just learned to live with the slow speed. I played around with it a bit when I thought I could get away with it...
Well, kinda, but you get the version of the tech after it's been through an edit war, so you can build the new units, but they get a -25% modifier.
I think you meant "[citation needed]"
possibly a little too vague of an xkcd reference there.