Please don't joke about that. Not too long ago, I received an email asking for help opening a Word document. Attached was a bitmap image which I naturally assumed was an error message. Instead, it was a screen-capture of the document's icon! The user was double-clicking on the image!
Turns out they had basicly free water and electricity, gas was 5c a gallon.
Yes, and you've conveniently left out that they lived in constant fear of torture or even DEATH if they stepped even slightly out of line... oh wait, that hasn't changed. Carry on!
Let's get the facts straight before this becomes an urban legend. You're right that the previous poster was wrong, but the truth is even more outrageous. It was ketchup, not tomatoes, that the government tried (and failed) to declare a vegetable:
In 1981, Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, proposed classifying ketchup as a vegetable as part of Reagan's budget cuts for federally financed school lunch programs (it would make it cheaper to satisfy the requirements on vegetable content of lunches). The suggestion was widely ridiculed and the proposal was killed.
Look it up: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=burglary
Trespassing *is* burglary, if you have is the intent to commit a felony (specific conditions vary by state). Given the possibility of jail time quoted in the article, this was a felony.
See? By defending the action instead of denying it, you've earned some respect (by way of karma) and come off as a rational human being.
The fact is, I'm not a knee-jerk privacy advocate, but I do believe we should keep an eye on our government to make sure they don't abuse this sort of power. If it's being used to prevent jet-liners from blowing up my place of work, great. If it's being used to intimidate political dissenters, not so great.
I wouldn't trust any administration, Democratic or Republican not to cross that line, but Republicans have certainly shown themselves to be muchmore eager to do so in the past.
A government agency is keeping tabs on your personal purchases and travel information with the intent of mining the data for "security" purposes. Yeah, you're right, no police state there.
The desperation to deny the blatant fascist tendencies of the current administration shows how much the Right is falling further into irrelevancy [sic].
If you had not denied, but defended the creation of a police state as a necessary evil in a time of unprecedented terrorist activity, I would have at least respected your position.
That's funny, i don't even own a Gamecube, but I do own just such a caddy, which i got free at a promotional event thrown by Nintendo. It's round, only slightly wider than a game disc, less than two inches thick, with 24 pockets (12 double-sided sleeves). And it's Nintendo branded. Don't know if they're for sale, but here's a third-party solution which i'm sure works just as well.
Yeah, but playing SNES on an airplane is a bitch. Just try convincing the stewardess to hook you up to the AV system instead of playing the crappy in-flight movie.
By your logic, the original Gameboy was a step backward because it was less powerful than the NES.
The taller candidate usually wins. Not that I've gone and checked the numbers myself, but it's an interesting theory that gains a lot of credence in light of this artice.
No, if he were college educated he would know that the United States invaded Mexico 150 years ago so, by his logic, Mexicans have the right to blow Texans up. Californians too. Come to think of it, that's not such a bad idea, maybe he knew what he was talking about afterall!
Yes, yes, I know that Palistine was taken away from the the Palistinians, but it was the BRITS who partitioned the country. Not the Israelis. The Israelis are just trying to protect themselves against idiots who think targeting children is legitimate warfare.
Yes, the Brits, after a long, hard lobbying from the Zionists, aka the settlers of Israel, aka Israelis. The way you tell it, you'd think Israel was a giant concentration camp and the Israelis were forced to live there at gunpoint. The irony is that it's starting to look like a concentration camp, what with the shiny new fence and all the security. Face it, Israel was a stupid idea, no matter who's idea it was.
That said, I don't believe the solution is to dissolve the state of Israel, nor do I think we can work with terrorists, but it's clear that more regard should be given to the wishes of the Palestinian people, most of whom want peace and stability. They're just not willing to pay for it with their dignity.
You are deeply misguided. There are many people in this world who would TAKE a job at McDonalds. But love it? Not a single one. Judging from your attitude, you've never had to make that decision, have you?
From the article: Words can be typed by pressing the raised keys, and numbers by pressing the four keys that surround a particular number.
If i'm reading that correctly, they solved the alpha problem rather elegantly but broke the numbers in the process. You have to push FOUR buttons SIMULTANEOUSLY to get a number out! Sounds like one step forward, two steps back. I think I'll pass.
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Someone mod this up! i knew there was something wrong with the analogy, but I couldn't figure out exactly what. You've summed it up perfectly.
From the parent (grandparent?) post: This illustration is borrowed from someone on the radio (can't remember who).
Can't remember? Or don't want to say because any mention of Rush Limbaugh or any other of the right-wing zealots who populate talk radio will rightly earn you a "-1, flamebait" mod?
Also please keep in mind that these numbers are fictional... overexaggerating and silly
Couldn't have said it better myself, yet somebody saw fit to mod it "insightful". That's just depressing. For future reference, leave out the disclaimers when you're trying to spread disinformation. The sheep won't follow if you don't sound confident.
Sure, it sounds good, but the article says they'll use wireless technology to update the image. How long before somebody haxx0rs into the network and you're staring at a giant goatse.cx picture on your way to work? Suddenly blinding lights don't sound so bad, huh?
Come to think of it, why hasn't this happened with current digital billboards?
First of all, you don't seem to know what globalism is. Globalism means i can buy a Coke and catch the latest Hollywood movies almost anywhere on the planet. You're right that it's one sided, it's hard to find foreign films and products, even if they're popular overseas, in the U.S.
Second of all, you're wrong that only the U.S. has a large migrant worker population. France, Germany, England, even Ireland since their economy picked up, all have them.
The key here isn't "U.S. vs. the World", it's Wealthy vs. Non-wealthy nations. In which case it only makes sense for things to be one sided. India wouldn't tolerate a flood of "non-immigrant labor" because their economy couldn't support it. On top of that, most Americans wouldn't be interested in doing more work for lower pay 10,000 miles away from their loved ones.
Not that it never happens. A friend of mine recently quit a comfortable job at Deutsche Bank to work for a non-profit micro-finance company in Nigeria. She didn't do it for the money, she did it because she wants to help people.
Like others have pointed out, foreigners are typically only hired for skilled labor if the employer is unable to find someone with the necessary skillset in the local population. If India isn't hiring non-Indians for computer programming work, it's because they have more programmers than they have jobs. If you really want to work in India (which i doubt), find out what they need.
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Please don't joke about that. Not too long ago, I received an email asking for help opening a Word document. Attached was a bitmap image which I naturally assumed was an error message. Instead, it was a screen-capture of the document's icon! The user was double-clicking on the image!
So I shot her.
Turns out they had basicly free water and electricity, gas was 5c a gallon.
... oh wait, that hasn't changed. Carry on!
Yes, and you've conveniently left out that they lived in constant fear of torture or even DEATH if they stepped even slightly out of line
I think you're talking about Spy Hunter. We're talking about Spy Hunter .
It's tough to squeeze a mechanic or a plumber through a data pipe, no matter how fat the pipe.
Tell that to Nintendo!
The Flat-Earthers are going to have a field day with this one.
So what did post-9/11 reveal about Germany?
exactly.
Look it up: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=burglary
Trespassing *is* burglary, if you have is the intent to commit a felony (specific conditions vary by state). Given the possibility of jail time quoted in the article, this was a felony.
See? By defending the action instead of denying it, you've earned some respect (by way of karma) and come off as a rational human being.
The fact is, I'm not a knee-jerk privacy advocate, but I do believe we should keep an eye on our government to make sure they don't abuse this sort of power. If it's being used to prevent jet-liners from blowing up my place of work, great. If it's being used to intimidate political dissenters, not so great.
I wouldn't trust any administration, Democratic or Republican not to cross that line, but Republicans have certainly shown themselves to be much more eager to do so in the past.
A government agency is keeping tabs on your personal purchases and travel information with the intent of mining the data for "security" purposes. Yeah, you're right, no police state there.
The desperation to deny the blatant fascist tendencies of the current administration shows how much the Right is falling further into irrelevancy [sic].
If you had not denied, but defended the creation of a police state as a necessary evil in a time of unprecedented terrorist activity, I would have at least respected your position.
That's funny, i don't even own a Gamecube, but I do own just such a caddy, which i got free at a promotional event thrown by Nintendo. It's round, only slightly wider than a game disc, less than two inches thick, with 24 pockets (12 double-sided sleeves). And it's Nintendo branded. Don't know if they're for sale, but here's a third-party solution which i'm sure works just as well.
Yeah, but playing SNES on an airplane is a bitch. Just try convincing the stewardess to hook you up to the AV system instead of playing the crappy in-flight movie.
By your logic, the original Gameboy was a step backward because it was less powerful than the NES.
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The taller candidate usually wins. Not that I've gone and checked the numbers myself, but it's an interesting theory that gains a lot of credence in light of this artice.
"Hey, I can see my house from hOH GOD, MY EYES!!"
She is more scary. I mean, she could EAT the goatse guy
Or, she could climb in goatse guy.
If she did both at the same time, you'd have a wicked MC Escher drawing.
No, if he were college educated he would know that the United States invaded Mexico 150 years ago so, by his logic, Mexicans have the right to blow Texans up. Californians too. Come to think of it, that's not such a bad idea, maybe he knew what he was talking about afterall!
Yes, yes, I know that Palistine was taken away from the the Palistinians, but it was the BRITS who partitioned the country. Not the Israelis. The Israelis are just trying to protect themselves against idiots who think targeting children is legitimate warfare.
Yes, the Brits, after a long, hard lobbying from the Zionists, aka the settlers of Israel, aka Israelis. The way you tell it, you'd think Israel was a giant concentration camp and the Israelis were forced to live there at gunpoint. The irony is that it's starting to look like a concentration camp, what with the shiny new fence and all the security. Face it, Israel was a stupid idea, no matter who's idea it was.
That said, I don't believe the solution is to dissolve the state of Israel, nor do I think we can work with terrorists, but it's clear that more regard should be given to the wishes of the Palestinian people, most of whom want peace and stability. They're just not willing to pay for it with their dignity.
You are deeply misguided. There are many people in this world who would TAKE a job at McDonalds. But love it? Not a single one. Judging from your attitude, you've never had to make that decision, have you?
wait, i can't tell which one of you is being sarcastic.
From the article:
Words can be typed by pressing the raised keys, and numbers by pressing the four keys that surround a particular number.
If i'm reading that correctly, they solved the alpha problem rather elegantly but broke the numbers in the process. You have to push FOUR buttons SIMULTANEOUSLY to get a number out! Sounds like one step forward, two steps back. I think I'll pass.
Someone mod this up! i knew there was something wrong with the analogy, but I couldn't figure out exactly what. You've summed it up perfectly.
... overexaggerating and silly
From the parent (grandparent?) post: This illustration is borrowed from someone on the radio (can't remember who).
Can't remember? Or don't want to say because any mention of Rush Limbaugh or any other of the right-wing zealots who populate talk radio will rightly earn you a "-1, flamebait" mod?
Also please keep in mind that these numbers are fictional
Couldn't have said it better myself, yet somebody saw fit to mod it "insightful". That's just depressing. For future reference, leave out the disclaimers when you're trying to spread disinformation. The sheep won't follow if you don't sound confident.
Sure, it sounds good, but the article says they'll use wireless technology to update the image. How long before somebody haxx0rs into the network and you're staring at a giant goatse.cx picture on your way to work? Suddenly blinding lights don't sound so bad, huh?
Come to think of it, why hasn't this happened with current digital billboards?
First of all, you don't seem to know what globalism is. Globalism means i can buy a Coke and catch the latest Hollywood movies almost anywhere on the planet. You're right that it's one sided, it's hard to find foreign films and products, even if they're popular overseas, in the U.S.
Second of all, you're wrong that only the U.S. has a large migrant worker population. France, Germany, England, even Ireland since their economy picked up, all have them.
The key here isn't "U.S. vs. the World", it's Wealthy vs. Non-wealthy nations. In which case it only makes sense for things to be one sided. India wouldn't tolerate a flood of "non-immigrant labor" because their economy couldn't support it. On top of that, most Americans wouldn't be interested in doing more work for lower pay 10,000 miles away from their loved ones.
Not that it never happens. A friend of mine recently quit a comfortable job at Deutsche Bank to work for a non-profit micro-finance company in Nigeria. She didn't do it for the money, she did it because she wants to help people.
Like others have pointed out, foreigners are typically only hired for skilled labor if the employer is unable to find someone with the necessary skillset in the local population. If India isn't hiring non-Indians for computer programming work, it's because they have more programmers than they have jobs. If you really want to work in India (which i doubt), find out what they need.