Forcing a company to do business with someone they don't want to. Yeah, wonderfully enlightened position EU
from the summary you clicked to get to this page:
Under pressure from the USA based international credit card companies, Valitor stopped all service to DataCell and, thus to Wikileaks, just hours after having started processing payment in July 2011.
In other words, Valitor did indeed want to do business with them, but were strongarmed by US credit card companies into violating their contract with DataCell.
easy to keep track? do you take the number of all your freaking bills?
Whoosh.
Context, dude: it's important.
FYI,
"keep track of" != "trace origin." I was specifically referring to keeping track of your balance, not tracing where the money was spent.
If I want to know how much I have in my bank account, I have to find a computer, log in to my bank's web portal, navigate to the proper account, and chances are, the balance shown isn't my actual balance, due to things like pending payments. Conversely, If I want to know how much cash I have on hand, I open my wallet and count it.
It surprises me how lazy we all have become because of technology.
This I don't get; when it comes to convenient form of payment, cash is king. Universally accepted, nice wide spectrum of denominations, easy to keep track of (assuming one can count), and difficult to compromise (one would have to physically accost me to get at my cash [not recommended, this one packs a heater]). Conversely, using an NFC requires updates to vendor systems (who do you think really pays for those?), linking accounts from a (hopefully) secure machine, is not a universally accepted payment medium, and of course, hopelessly insecure.
Never ceases to amaze me, the excessive effort "lazy" people put forth in order to avoid what they consider work...
I'm pretty sure that these devices have more than 1 and 2MB of storage. I don't expect editors to edit or anything, but are nerds seriously still having problems with the idea that the abbreviations for units are case-sensitive? K is not k and b is not B and so on?
Dude, I have had people (I assume they're people, then again this is/.) argue with me about whether or not it's proper to capitalize the letter i when using it in self-reference (i.e., "I'm not so dumb as to think I don't need to capitalize i when I self-reference"). Same goes for capitalizing the first letter of a sentence, and proper nouns. The way some folks bitch about having their capitalization corrected, you would think the Shift key killed their family and raped their dog...
Keeping that in mind, are you really all that surprised?
I assume whoever is referring to this device as the "first Christian Tablet" has never been inside a Mardel store.
That's just an eReader Ipad app. But . ..
Yea, I couldn't find any actual tablets on their website, but I was in a Mardel last November and they had 2 or 3 different ones on a stand in their books section, all being marketed as "Christian tablets."
Notably absent: The Kindle Fire... maybe they're planning on making a clone, and calling it the Brimstone.:D
In order to use the DRM-protected eBooks available at this site, we recommend that you use the FREE Mardel Reader.
We'd hate for you to share THE BIBLE. I guess revivals now require a site license.
Yes, but it's exclusive to cacao products (they do also contain caffeine, albeit at a lower dosage).
Not a lot of people even know what theobromine is, but everyone knows what caffeine is. Dumb it down for the masses, you know? Otherwise, they'll never listen.
So what would the translation be if you used the gloves to masturbate?
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
In all honesty, it's closer to :
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Well, that all depends on the size of the "ship," now doesn't it? Methinks thou art giving AC a wee bit too much credit in regards to the size of their dinghy.
ps - My wife is an interpreter for the deaf
That's pretty awesome man, no sarc. FWIW, one of my closest cousins is deaf, so I've learned quite a bit of sign language by proxy, although most of what he has taught me cannot be repeated in polite conversation...
Religious groups frown on f*cking yourself, especially the Catholic church.
FTFY.
As someone who was raised by and around lots of Catholics (and, FTR, never buggered), I can tell you with confidence that individual followers of the Catholic faith, for the most part, don't give 2 shits what you do with your life.
Corn production in the US will fail in the highest producing regions as soon as they drain their aquifer, has nothing to do with temperatures.
Regions expecting to have stable water supply should not have any trouble growing corn, you can grow it in the desert if you have water.
Get your propaganda in order, you're making yourself look bad.
This, by several orders of magnitude.
When fresh water begins to become scarce, which will likely be sooner than later (or, if you live in the Mohave, already happening), we as a species are going to be up Schitt Creek with no means of propulsion.
Some of us can grow food and shop at local farms too. I have even been know to pick my own food on a farm.
Some of us already do.
To that end, it's kinda nice to be able to travel a couple miles and meet the cow who will, one day soon, be gracing my deep freeze with their presence.
Um, you're biased idiot who reads too much HUFFPO and watches way too much John Stewart/Colbert Report.
Sayeth the biased idiot who doesn't know me from Adam.
Sorry to burst your hyperbole, but no. I do enjoy John Stewart, if only for the fact that he's about the last honest journalist out there... and he's not even a journalist.
FYI, the TP paid for permits, and OWS generally didn't, So, by "everything right".. not so much.
... and by doing so, the TP played right into the hands of their corporate masters;
Where does the First Amendment say that one has to get permission from Big Brother to assemble peaceably? Nowhere.
What's truly sad about people like this, who support TP/OWS and denigrate the other, is that they're so blinded by the partisan bullshit they claim to eschew, that neither group can see they're both striving for identical goals.
No more legalized bribery, no more special favors, and the bureaucrats can do what they were elected to do - represent the People that this nation's government is allegedly comprised of, for, and by. Anyone who tries to stop the de-funding, or engages in said activity after the fact, should be publicly executed to serve as a lesson to their corrupt peers.*
Is that an extreme solution? Sure, but as we see what peaceful protest gets you these days (maced, beaten, and arrested for nothing more than being inconvenient to the status quo), I don't see a whole lot of non-violent options left, and I for one will not stand idly by while those who do have the balls to protest injustice get destroyed by the powers-that-be.
Side note regarding the above: If you plan on joining an organized protest, do it armed. Always. You have a right to openly carry firearms, exercise it. Sounds crazy, right? It's not, consider recent history as an example -
Occupy protesters did everything "right," i.e. non-violently, and yet they were responded to with extreme, violent force.
The Tea Partiers, conversely, went against almost every single rule in the metaphorical "peaceful protest" handbook, yet they were virtually left unmolested by law "enforcement." Some say it was a matter of ideology, i.e. the cops agreed with the protesters, but I see a much more direct, obvious rationale - the Tea Party folks were armed to the fucking teeth, and not afraid to show it. From my own experience, dickhead cops (as not all cops are dickheads) are only 'Tough Guys' when they know they have the citizens outmanned and outgunned. Take away those two advantages, and they show their true colors.
* There's a damn good reason the founding fathers gave no rights to businesses, and today we are finding out why.
Many "mainstream Christians" don't consider Mormons to be Christians, yet they are.
I'm an atheist, and I wouldn't consider Mormons to be Christians - they're neither monotheistic nor trinitarian.
Yes, this is something we could debate, but I prefer to have some meaningful definitions for various labels, rather than just going with "if the guy says he's X, then he's X".
Ok, well, in all honesty, I personally don't consider most people who claim to be Christians as actual followers of Christ; Kind of hard to when you take into account the seemingly intrinsic selfishness and greed a lot of people exhibit. However, that doesn't necessarily negate my premise that the individual is the one who decides their faith; it merely points out that a lot of folks are ignorant of what the label they affix to themselves really means, and thus end up in a cycle of hypocrisy.
If the latter, why bother with labels at all, since they can mean anything whatsoever?
Why bother indeed - labels only serve to divide, and we humans have enough division amongst us, without having to come up with arbitrary rationale.
none of which changes the fact society needs cops to keep criminals at bay.
Bullshit - I own a gun.
society needs cops to keep criminals at bay. this includes you.
Funny how your piss-poor writing skill actually ended up helping you say something quite profound, albeit without your knowledge - this is how cops view society: as a bunch of criminals who haven't been caught - yet.
because american muslims are treated badly, concluding "all cops are evil" just makes you an idiot
Yea, except the person you're replying to never said that.
You want to know what really makes a person look like an idiot? Putting words in other people's mouths.
every civilization needs a police force. now, we define the rules they are bound to.
?
If by "they," you mean the police, then they are bound to the exact same laws you and I are, in theory. Unfortunately, when it comes to practice, they all too often get away with not obeying the laws they swore to uphold, and at worst get a months paid vacation for violating said law, while you and I get sent to prison for the simplest offense (or, in the case of those arrested for 'resisting arrest,' no offense whatsoever).
what are you, seven years old?
Funny, after reading your post history, I was wondering the same thing about you...
ProTip: want to be seen as an intelligent adult worthy of intellectual discussion? Learn how to write.
An executive order can be overtuned (in a maximum of 4 years) by the public with their votes. (kick the bastard out of office and replace him with a new scumbag).
So, when we voted Bush II out, all the B.S. executive powers he gave his office went with him?
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Really? You found an HP that runs OS X?
Several, actually :3
Forcing a company to do business with someone they don't want to. Yeah, wonderfully enlightened position EU
from the summary you clicked to get to this page:
In other words, Valitor did indeed want to do business with them, but were strongarmed by US credit card companies into violating their contract with DataCell.
Must be troll...
Yup, that's what today's governments hate about cash - they can't use your purchase history against you, because they don't know what it is.
Precisely why the FBI has been going about attempting to convince retailers that those who pay with cash are probably terrorists.
easy to keep track of (assuming one can count)
easy to keep track? do you take the number of all your freaking bills?
Whoosh.
Context, dude: it's important.
FYI, "keep track of" != "trace origin." I was specifically referring to keeping track of your balance, not tracing where the money was spent.
If I want to know how much I have in my bank account, I have to find a computer, log in to my bank's web portal, navigate to the proper account, and chances are, the balance shown isn't my actual balance, due to things like pending payments. Conversely, If I want to know how much cash I have on hand, I open my wallet and count it.
It surprises me how lazy we all have become because of technology.
This I don't get; when it comes to convenient form of payment, cash is king. Universally accepted, nice wide spectrum of denominations, easy to keep track of (assuming one can count), and difficult to compromise (one would have to physically accost me to get at my cash [not recommended, this one packs a heater]). Conversely, using an NFC requires updates to vendor systems (who do you think really pays for those?), linking accounts from a (hopefully) secure machine, is not a universally accepted payment medium, and of course, hopelessly insecure.
Never ceases to amaze me, the excessive effort "lazy" people put forth in order to avoid what they consider work...
"The guy is providing you with research and development, for free."
Umm, if the guy is already doing it for free, why hire him? :)
Because if they don't, someone else will, and that someone else doesn't care nearly as much about Apple's image as Apple does.
I'm pretty sure that these devices have more than 1 and 2MB of storage. I don't expect editors to edit or anything, but are nerds seriously still having problems with the idea that the abbreviations for units are case-sensitive? K is not k and b is not B and so on?
Dude, I have had people (I assume they're people, then again this is /.) argue with me about whether or not it's proper to capitalize the letter i when using it in self-reference (i.e., "I'm not so dumb as to think I don't need to capitalize i when I self-reference"). Same goes for capitalizing the first letter of a sentence, and proper nouns. The way some folks bitch about having their capitalization corrected, you would think the Shift key killed their family and raped their dog...
Keeping that in mind, are you really all that surprised?
I assume whoever is referring to this device as the "first Christian Tablet" has never been inside a Mardel store.
That's just an eReader Ipad app. But . . .
Yea, I couldn't find any actual tablets on their website, but I was in a Mardel last November and they had 2 or 3 different ones on a stand in their books section, all being marketed as "Christian tablets."
:D
Notably absent: The Kindle Fire... maybe they're planning on making a clone, and calling it the Brimstone.
We'd hate for you to share THE BIBLE. I guess revivals now require a site license.
WWJP - What Wouldn't Jesus Pirate?
Yes, but it's exclusive to cacao products (they do also contain caffeine, albeit at a lower dosage).
Not a lot of people even know what theobromine is, but everyone knows what caffeine is. Dumb it down for the masses, you know? Otherwise, they'll never listen.
I assume whoever is referring to this device as the "first Christian Tablet" has never been inside a Mardel store.
Caffeine is the true gateway drug, and I can prove it with a single word:
Chocolate.
So what would the translation be if you used the gloves to masturbate?
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
In all honesty, it's closer to : O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Well, that all depends on the size of the "ship," now doesn't it? Methinks thou art giving AC a wee bit too much credit in regards to the size of their dinghy.
ps - My wife is an interpreter for the deaf
That's pretty awesome man, no sarc. FWIW, one of my closest cousins is deaf, so I've learned quite a bit of sign language by proxy, although most of what he has taught me cannot be repeated in polite conversation...
Religious groups frown on f*cking yourself, especially the Catholic church.
FTFY.
As someone who was raised by and around lots of Catholics (and, FTR, never buggered), I can tell you with confidence that individual followers of the Catholic faith, for the most part, don't give 2 shits what you do with your life.
If you want to kill a serpent, cut off the head.
Cauterize the wound.
Corn production in the US will fail in the highest producing regions as soon as they drain their aquifer, has nothing to do with temperatures.
Regions expecting to have stable water supply should not have any trouble growing corn, you can grow it in the desert if you have water.
Get your propaganda in order, you're making yourself look bad.
This, by several orders of magnitude.
When fresh water begins to become scarce, which will likely be sooner than later (or, if you live in the Mohave, already happening), we as a species are going to be up Schitt Creek with no means of propulsion.
Some of us can grow food and shop at local farms too. I have even been know to pick my own food on a farm.
Some of us already do.
To that end, it's kinda nice to be able to travel a couple miles and meet the cow who will, one day soon, be gracing my deep freeze with their presence.
With a text to speech app?
Presumably because it's faster to sign than it is to type, in much the same way as it's faster to speak than it is to type.
Indeed, it is.
Unfortunately, the glove does not translate sign language, but rather transcribes finger spelling.
In this case, the text-to-speech app would be superior.
So what would the translation be if you used the gloves to masturbate?
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
Um, you're biased idiot who reads too much HUFFPO and watches way too much John Stewart/Colbert Report.
Sayeth the biased idiot who doesn't know me from Adam.
Sorry to burst your hyperbole, but no. I do enjoy John Stewart, if only for the fact that he's about the last honest journalist out there... and he's not even a journalist.
FYI, the TP paid for permits, and OWS generally didn't, So, by "everything right" .. not so much.
... and by doing so, the TP played right into the hands of their corporate masters;
Where does the First Amendment say that one has to get permission from Big Brother to assemble peaceably? Nowhere.
What's truly sad about people like this, who support TP/OWS and denigrate the other, is that they're so blinded by the partisan bullshit they claim to eschew, that neither group can see they're both striving for identical goals.
Simple - take the money away.
No more legalized bribery, no more special favors, and the bureaucrats can do what they were elected to do - represent the People that this nation's government is allegedly comprised of, for, and by. Anyone who tries to stop the de-funding, or engages in said activity after the fact, should be publicly executed to serve as a lesson to their corrupt peers.*
Is that an extreme solution? Sure, but as we see what peaceful protest gets you these days (maced, beaten, and arrested for nothing more than being inconvenient to the status quo), I don't see a whole lot of non-violent options left, and I for one will not stand idly by while those who do have the balls to protest injustice get destroyed by the powers-that-be.
Side note regarding the above: If you plan on joining an organized protest, do it armed. Always. You have a right to openly carry firearms, exercise it. Sounds crazy, right? It's not, consider recent history as an example -
Occupy protesters did everything "right," i.e. non-violently, and yet they were responded to with extreme, violent force.
The Tea Partiers, conversely, went against almost every single rule in the metaphorical "peaceful protest" handbook, yet they were virtually left unmolested by law "enforcement." Some say it was a matter of ideology, i.e. the cops agreed with the protesters, but I see a much more direct, obvious rationale - the Tea Party folks were armed to the fucking teeth, and not afraid to show it. From my own experience, dickhead cops (as not all cops are dickheads) are only 'Tough Guys' when they know they have the citizens outmanned and outgunned. Take away those two advantages, and they show their true colors.
* There's a damn good reason the founding fathers gave no rights to businesses, and today we are finding out why.
Trying to sneak rejected legislation in under wraps should be grounds for public beheading.
Time to get serious with these fucks, or else they'll never learn.
When it comes to labels like Scientist, Bus Driver, Village Idiot, et. al., you're right.
When it comes to labels like Muslim, Democrat, Conservative, et. al. I'm right.
What you do based on that categorization is another matter.
That we can definitely agree on.
Many "mainstream Christians" don't consider Mormons to be Christians, yet they are.
I'm an atheist, and I wouldn't consider Mormons to be Christians - they're neither monotheistic nor trinitarian.
Yes, this is something we could debate, but I prefer to have some meaningful definitions for various labels, rather than just going with "if the guy says he's X, then he's X".
Ok, well, in all honesty, I personally don't consider most people who claim to be Christians as actual followers of Christ; Kind of hard to when you take into account the seemingly intrinsic selfishness and greed a lot of people exhibit. However, that doesn't necessarily negate my premise that the individual is the one who decides their faith; it merely points out that a lot of folks are ignorant of what the label they affix to themselves really means, and thus end up in a cycle of hypocrisy.
If the latter, why bother with labels at all, since they can mean anything whatsoever?
Why bother indeed - labels only serve to divide, and we humans have enough division amongst us, without having to come up with arbitrary rationale.
there are bad cops
there are cops who screw up
none of which changes the fact society needs cops to keep criminals at bay.
Bullshit - I own a gun.
society needs cops to keep criminals at bay. this includes you.
Funny how your piss-poor writing skill actually ended up helping you say something quite profound, albeit without your knowledge - this is how cops view society: as a bunch of criminals who haven't been caught - yet.
because american muslims are treated badly, concluding "all cops are evil" just makes you an idiot
Yea, except the person you're replying to never said that.
You want to know what really makes a person look like an idiot? Putting words in other people's mouths.
every civilization needs a police force. now, we define the rules they are bound to.
?
If by "they," you mean the police, then they are bound to the exact same laws you and I are, in theory. Unfortunately, when it comes to practice, they all too often get away with not obeying the laws they swore to uphold, and at worst get a months paid vacation for violating said law, while you and I get sent to prison for the simplest offense (or, in the case of those arrested for 'resisting arrest,' no offense whatsoever).
what are you, seven years old?
Funny, after reading your post history, I was wondering the same thing about you...
ProTip: want to be seen as an intelligent adult worthy of intellectual discussion? Learn how to write.
An executive order can be overtuned (in a maximum of 4 years) by the public with their votes. (kick the bastard out of office and replace him with a new scumbag).
So, when we voted Bush II out, all the B.S. executive powers he gave his office went with him?