He proceeded to cut a Y-shaped branch from a tree and dowse our property... But what I remember was how that inanimate branch turned into a straining, curving, living thing as it dived toward the ground. In my mind there was simply no way you could hold a branch and make it do that -- the branch itself wanted to do it, and did it.
Yes, you can. Ever so slightly - those old guys got the trick down - twistsboth sides of the 'Y' that they're holding. The end will point down just as you said.
It's an easy trick. Try it! With practice you can do it with just a slight twist with the fingers and no one will notice.
but are we that concerned about votes not being counted?
I was about to write a long reply about how democracy depends on the fact that bla bla bla... and how you cannot trust people, especially what in politics and bla bla bla... but you asked a simple question so I'll give you a simple answer:
Yes.
To most people it's only "Yes" if the election doesn't go their way.
Better the evil you know than the evil you don't and the evil you know, mate. Think about it for a moment.
But, if it's an evil I do know that decides to change into an evil that I don't know, then I would be dealing with an evil that I know but really don't know - think about that for a moment.
Maybe I wouldn't have lost my job if I could have proven I have a laziness gene.
I think some should go for Slashdot. Some of us have the Troll/Flamebait gene and just can't help trashing Apple users, Windows users, and calling Linux users commie bastards - even though we ourselves may be big time Linux fans (writing this on my Ubuntu 9.1 which is working like a charm.)
Which means, I walk around all day saying, "I'm a Linux commie bastard!" repeatedly. Maybe, I'll get hauled away and get to be put on Social Security disability and never have to work again?
Democrats are just as much in the pockets of Hollywood as conservatives are in the pockets of big business (meaning BOTH support oppressive IP legislation).
It has nothing to do with being "conservative": it's all about money and power. The "liberals" are in the same boat, too.
And then we found the moveuser.exe utility on the server resource kit and asked them what the $250,000 was for. Not that anyone who pays two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a few lines of vbscript is smart (the phbs wanted something bonafide), but I'm just sayin'...
A company was having a problem with one of their machines, so they called in this specialist. The specialist came in, examined the machine, pulled out a hammer and tapped the machine. The specialist then produced a bill for $1,000. When asked why he was charging $1000 for just tapping he machine with a hammer, the specialist replied, "You're paying for me to know where to tap the machine with the hammer."
Try the "pause" button, you can stop for a break whenever you want to.
But...that's extra work! Geeze! When I'm in front of the TV, I veg, man. I don't even get up to pee - I wear Depends and just go in my pants. Same with #2 - I blame the cat when the wife comes in. You can't expect someone to work when they're watching TV! It's bad enough I got to hit the power button and the play button.
Sometimes, I don't even know why we the people even bother voting these days.
There's a Republican in upstate New York who's probably going to lose because she's not "conservative" enough. She's pro-gun - good thing in my government conservative book because it's a Constitutional (Second Amendment) issue and the other things have no business being regulated by the Government. But the rabid anti-abortionists and bigoted anti-gay people don't mind having their civil rights and freedoms taken away (except the guns!) as long as the "fags" and those "baby killers" are controlled. Oh, and they're also the ones who think invading a country for oil is defending our country. What I mean is that politicians have to pander to those people to get elected and those people are ones who are controlling that side of the government.
Now, the other side..the people who actually think Socialism can work even though it has never before and big Government can solve our problems, have their own rabid beliefs.
There's no room for moderates or rational people in American Politics.
As someone who likes to get paid, I want a return to the time before the Masters Of The Universe ruled our financial institutions.
When do you think that was?
The Industrial Revolution with the Robber Barons who would hire "security" firms to shoot labor if they stepped out of line? When everyone worked 12 hour days 6 days a week to work to get behind?
Or back in the big landowner days when peons like me would be working the land and just working to get behind?
Or before that when we were hunter gatherers?
I don't think there's anywhere or anytime to back to when things were better. The only way things will get better is if we as a species progress. Our economic system won't improve until we humans improve. In other words, I think it's humanly impossible to have a better economic system than the quasi-capitalistic one that we have developed in the West. And no, I think Socialism is a bigger waste than capitalism.
So far, and I think for the rest of the time humanity exists, capitalism is the best economic system we are capable of having. Humans are just not emotionally capable of anything better.
... vampires are fun, too, but they've been overexposed.
Oh God, yes! Whenever there's an announcement of a vampire movie, I just cringe and think "Not another fucking Vampire movie." Of course, I don't see it but I think of all the film money going for that shit instead of some great sci-fi movie along the lines of Blade Runner or something based on a book by the masters of SciFi and just shake my head.
I wish the mechanics of the leaks: how, software, etc... would be kept quiet. That way, they can keep happening - meaning, I want these leaks to occur because that's the only way to get honest information about our Government. It's not like the media is doing a good job. If it weren't for this leak, would we know anything about this? I dont' think so. Those politicians* would keep doing business as usual.
Now that the politicians know how it's happening, they'll plug this leak. Our only hope is another one opens up.
* - I think "politician" is the most derogatory name you can call someone.
Maybe it's my Lenovo, but when it comes to wireless connections, If I try to connect via the "Access Connections" (the tray icon with the vertical bars) then go through the "Find Wan" push button, the "Connect" button stays grayed out even if the network is available. To connect with Vista, I have to go through the regular network program (the tray icon with the two monitors with the little world icons) to connect. I just think it's definitely a shortcoming in the UI design at least to have these two different approaches for connections and yet, only one works.
Excuse my old fashioned way of calling UI elements since I haven't designed or written a UI since my win98 and OS/2 days.
then to say "Some are reporting bad blocks, others just crapped out and stopped responding entirely..." is misleading.
You know the numbers, so tell them. If the total is 3, then you can't use a plural for two separate types of failures "some this, others that". That is just logically impossible if the number of failures is 3. Think about it.
I think all of us understood what the poster meant.
Think about it.
That's a condescending thing to say. Whenever someone says "Think about it", it's always with the air of superiority - as if they have this insight that the lesser people haven't seen or unable to see.
My response to that order is "I'll spend every waking moment thinking about it." - then I forget about it.
It's not that anyone cares that MSFT booked the revenue in Nevada.
BUT, That means the Laws of Nevada are dominant, not Washington. Microsoft needed to make one choice, but they seem to want the best of both worlds.
I know. Unfortunately, a law passed in 2004 bars companies from going offshore to get around the most Byzantine tax system in the World that we have here in the US. Does it cross anyone's mind to change our tax system? Nope. We just keep piling shit on shit, causing this jockeying.
Hate MS all you want, but what they're doing is nothing.
Brand-name drugs are generally given patent protection for 20 years from the date of submission of the patent. This provides protection for the innovator who laid out the initial costs (including research, development, and marketing expenses) to develop the new drug. However, when the patent expires, other drug companies can introduce competitive generic versions, but only after they have been thoroughly tested by the manufacturer and approved by the FDA.
Traditional pharmaceutical patents last for 20 years.
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But what I remember was how that inanimate branch turned into a straining, curving, living thing as it dived toward the ground. In my mind there was simply no way you could hold a branch and make it do that -- the branch itself wanted to do it, and did it.
Yes, you can. Ever so slightly - those old guys got the trick down - twists both sides of the 'Y' that they're holding. The end will point down just as you said.
It's an easy trick. Try it! With practice you can do it with just a slight twist with the fingers and no one will notice.
but are we that concerned about votes not being counted?
I was about to write a long reply about how democracy depends on the fact that bla bla bla... and how you cannot trust people, especially what in politics and bla bla bla... but you asked a simple question so I'll give you a simple answer: Yes.
To most people it's only "Yes" if the election doesn't go their way.
Better the evil you know than the evil you don't and the evil you know, mate. Think about it for a moment.
But, if it's an evil I do know that decides to change into an evil that I don't know, then I would be dealing with an evil that I know but really don't know - think about that for a moment.
yeah, but that means doing business with Citi. No thanks.
Maybe I wouldn't have lost my job if I could have proven I have a laziness gene.
I think some should go for Slashdot. Some of us have the Troll/Flamebait gene and just can't help trashing Apple users, Windows users, and calling Linux users commie bastards - even though we ourselves may be big time Linux fans (writing this on my Ubuntu 9.1 which is working like a charm.)
Which means, I walk around all day saying, "I'm a Linux commie bastard!" repeatedly. Maybe, I'll get hauled away and get to be put on Social Security disability and never have to work again?
It has nothing to do with being "conservative": it's all about money and power. The "liberals" are in the same boat, too.
And then we found the moveuser.exe utility on the server resource kit and asked them what the $250,000 was for. Not that anyone who pays two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a few lines of vbscript is smart (the phbs wanted something bonafide), but I'm just sayin'...
A company was having a problem with one of their machines, so they called in this specialist. The specialist came in, examined the machine, pulled out a hammer and tapped the machine. The specialist then produced a bill for $1,000. When asked why he was charging $1000 for just tapping he machine with a hammer, the specialist replied, "You're paying for me to know where to tap the machine with the hammer."
The bill was paid.
Slashdot should have a Wall of Shame for programs that are like this.
Kodak Easy Share is my pick.
Time to start a non-political-party party!
Anarchist?
Then again, where would they meet and if they form a party, wouldn't that make them un-anarchist?
I give up.
Try the "pause" button, you can stop for a break whenever you want to.
But...that's extra work! Geeze! When I'm in front of the TV, I veg, man. I don't even get up to pee - I wear Depends and just go in my pants. Same with #2 - I blame the cat when the wife comes in. You can't expect someone to work when they're watching TV! It's bad enough I got to hit the power button and the play button.
There's a Republican in upstate New York who's probably going to lose because she's not "conservative" enough. She's pro-gun - good thing in my government conservative book because it's a Constitutional (Second Amendment) issue and the other things have no business being regulated by the Government. But the rabid anti-abortionists and bigoted anti-gay people don't mind having their civil rights and freedoms taken away (except the guns!) as long as the "fags" and those "baby killers" are controlled. Oh, and they're also the ones who think invading a country for oil is defending our country. What I mean is that politicians have to pander to those people to get elected and those people are ones who are controlling that side of the government.
Now, the other side..the people who actually think Socialism can work even though it has never before and big Government can solve our problems, have their own rabid beliefs.
There's no room for moderates or rational people in American Politics.
As someone who likes to get paid, I want a return to the time before the Masters Of The Universe ruled our financial institutions.
When do you think that was?
The Industrial Revolution with the Robber Barons who would hire "security" firms to shoot labor if they stepped out of line? When everyone worked 12 hour days 6 days a week to work to get behind?
Or back in the big landowner days when peons like me would be working the land and just working to get behind?
Or before that when we were hunter gatherers?
I don't think there's anywhere or anytime to back to when things were better. The only way things will get better is if we as a species progress. Our economic system won't improve until we humans improve. In other words, I think it's humanly impossible to have a better economic system than the quasi-capitalistic one that we have developed in the West. And no, I think Socialism is a bigger waste than capitalism.
So far, and I think for the rest of the time humanity exists, capitalism is the best economic system we are capable of having. Humans are just not emotionally capable of anything better.
Oh God, yes! Whenever there's an announcement of a vampire movie, I just cringe and think "Not another fucking Vampire movie." Of course, I don't see it but I think of all the film money going for that shit instead of some great sci-fi movie along the lines of Blade Runner or something based on a book by the masters of SciFi and just shake my head.
Sigh, that's where Hollywood thinks the money is.
Now that the politicians know how it's happening, they'll plug this leak. Our only hope is another one opens up.
* - I think "politician" is the most derogatory name you can call someone.
Excuse my old fashioned way of calling UI elements since I haven't designed or written a UI since my win98 and OS/2 days.
Thank you.
Also, googling doesn't give the poster's reasons or insights. Unless there's a Google feature that allows one to search another's mind.
Geeze!
then to say "Some are reporting bad blocks, others just crapped out and stopped responding entirely..." is misleading.
You know the numbers, so tell them. If the total is 3, then you can't use a plural for two separate types of failures "some this, others that". That is just logically impossible if the number of failures is 3. Think about it.
I think all of us understood what the poster meant.
Think about it.
That's a condescending thing to say. Whenever someone says "Think about it", it's always with the air of superiority - as if they have this insight that the lesser people haven't seen or unable to see.
My response to that order is "I'll spend every waking moment thinking about it." - then I forget about it.
Why?
On 2012-12-21, many geeks were about to have sex from the new agey women who believed that it was the last day of the Earth.
Also offer it in the video rental sections at Walmart and other big chains that offer rentals now, too?
I just quote the "video pirates" from "Amazon Women on the Moon", "Ooo, we're soooo scared!"
It's not that anyone cares that MSFT booked the revenue in Nevada.
BUT, That means the Laws of Nevada are dominant, not Washington. Microsoft needed to make one choice, but they seem to want the best of both worlds.
I know. Unfortunately, a law passed in 2004 bars companies from going offshore to get around the most Byzantine tax system in the World that we have here in the US. Does it cross anyone's mind to change our tax system? Nope. We just keep piling shit on shit, causing this jockeying.
Hate MS all you want, but what they're doing is nothing.
Brand-name drugs are generally given patent protection for 20 years from the date of submission of the patent. This provides protection for the innovator who laid out the initial costs (including research, development, and marketing expenses) to develop the new drug. However, when the patent expires, other drug companies can introduce competitive generic versions, but only after they have been thoroughly tested by the manufacturer and approved by the FDA.
Traditional pharmaceutical patents last for 20 years.
Well, he shouldn't sit on his phone.It wouldn't be a pain in the ass then, would it?
Geeze!
Unless, he's kinky and well I won't go there.