Exactly. This is by far the silliest lawsuit I think I've heard of.
Even sillier than the one Slashdot covered 3 months ago wherein a civil defense attorney was sued for selling kits that made defending against junk lawsuits too easy?
yeah but amateurs are going at it for real, not faking it.. and some of them are really good at it!
It only looks like that penis went in that vagina, but trust me, it didn't. They're professional actors with a full special-effects crew and everything!
Sorry, I missed an important aspect to this. Most commercial streaming sites like YouTube, CollegeHumor, FunnyorDie, MYV.com will add have ads before the video, after the video, and sometimes in between. Porn, you get an add sometimes when the movie is buffering, but once it is done buffering, NO ADS!
What we need is a long, continuously updated list of every time our concerns have been assuaged by a promise that "the new powers will only be used in these specific and necessary circumstances". Then we add to the list documentary evidence of those promises being broken.
Start with the Magna Carta and work forward?
_EVERY_ time the government is given a power it is eventually abused.
The Magna Carta didn't give the government any powers. The King of England was presumed an absolute authority (by divine right) and the Magna Carta constrained him in certain ways.
I know my fair share of doctors/pharmacists that have no business as one (i.e. they did it for the money not because they liked the work) that make in excess of 120,000 a year. Faculty in my department make somewhere around 80,000.00 and are leaps and bounds more brilliant than 80-90 percent of medical doctors. Then again, I guess they have tenure.
Yeah, I was basically told, when considering Grad School in my preferred field of academia, by professors who had tenure in the field, that if I could think of anything else I'd rather do with my life, to do that instead, but if I was so passionate about studying and contributing to the world's knowledge that it's all I could aspire to, to go ahead and shoot for a PhD. You pretty much have to love it, so hopefully that's what compensates those faculty, moreso than having tenure. I hear that a fair proportion of six-figure-earning professionals spend most of their time feeling miserable, the result of choosing a career primarily based on earning potential rather than zeal for the type of work.
Employees trade a chance at real wealth for the safety and security of a definite check.
Very few employees make that choice. Most are given the option, work for others or starve to death.
That is a perfectly valid way of living your life. It is not a way to get rich though unless you win the lottery.
It's not a way to get rich, and it's also the only option the majority of people on Earth have. Hence the majority of poor people stay perpetually poor.
As far as getting a job, the most important thing you get out of professional school is your connections. The second most important thing you get out of it is a credential that qualifies you for a class of jobs. The third most important thing you get out of it is actual training in the subject matter of your profession. I still prefer this situation over the prior state where it was impossible to tell whether doctors were qualified or hacks in advance of receiving treatment, but there still has got to be a better way to organize professional education.
Granted, Twitter isn't probably the best medium for this (a bit more details wouldn't hurt anyone) but there's nothing intrinsically bad about the whole procedure.
"140 characters ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates
Can't they at least make it a small range of integers? I was meaning to delete my account for awhile, the thing that made me do it was this burnout dude from over two decades ago whom I hung out with in study hall a couple times wanted to friend me, and I'm thinking, so this dude and my wife are supposedly on the same level, according to facebook's way of thinking?
This is troubling you because you are letting Facebook influence the way that you're thinking. It is not some official list for keeping track of what your relationships are with the people that you know. I'd actually find such a thing abhorrent. What it does let you do is let you communicate selectively with a pre-defined (by you!) group of people. Is there really much you'd want to communicate privately to your wife that you wouldn't say or do in-person anyway?
Also, he didn't have to accept the burnout dude's friend request. Like you said, "pre-defined (by you!)". Nobody can force you to FB friend them.
I was meaning to delete my account for awhile, the thing that made me do it was this burnout dude from over two decades ago whom I hung out with in study hall a couple times wanted to friend me, and I'm thinking, so this dude and my wife are supposedly on the same level, according to facebook's way of thinking?
They're not on the same level. Your wife gets to be in your friends list and your relationship status!
P.S. I use "whom" in every post to offend certain people. If this does not apply to you, please disregard the whom and this postscript.
The only things you're allowed to do for great justice are move 'ZIG' and take off every 'ZIG'. Even setting up someone the bomb is done in opposition to great justice, not for it.
I don't hate anyone. Not sure why you would think that.
Well, some of us are calling for Israel and Palestine to both lay down their arms. You, on the other hand, are calling for Palestinians to unilaterally lay down their arms and allow themselves to be gradually wiped out. You claim that peace "is not what the Palestinians want," which is one of the most bigoted generalizations I have ever seen. You might as well say that there's a race gap in America because success is not what blacks want, or that rape occurs because it's what women want. So maybe 'hate' is too strong a word, and maybe 'utter disrespect' or 'irrational distrust' would be a better fit.
To put it in Slashdot modding terms, when I have mod points, I tend to reserve the "interesting" positive mod to posts with which I disagree, but are well put and at least seem well thought out. So, basically, I use "+1 interesting" as a "+1 disagree".
I like your approach, so much so that I'm considering adopting it as my own.
You suggest that I hold Israel to the standard of "make a credible commitment to peace" as well. That is fine, but it wouldn't really solve anything because it is not what the Palestinians want.
Well, all the Palestinians I know want that. Maybe if we hold both sides to that standard, it will happen. As it is, Israel has never been held to that standard, at least by the US, which sycophantically supports every move Israel makes. It doesn't really matter how many other countries criticize Israel as long as their closest ally is the world's only military superpower; they can do whatever they want.
News flash! A constantly fluctuating quantity is at the lowest point it's been since a short time ago! Everybody rush to go turn on CNN and hear more about this vital piece of news!
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to invest in the consolidated Dow Jones Spam Index.
Sorry, that market does not exist. But I can enlarge your penis for the low, low price of $9.95 per month!
News flash! A constantly fluctuating quantity is at the lowest point it's been since a short time ago! Everybody rush to go turn on CNN and hear more about this vital piece of news!
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I'm sorry but that's unfair competition to my, uhm, 'consultancy'.
I anxiously await your frivolous lawsuit, sir.
Exactly. This is by far the silliest lawsuit I think I've heard of.
Even sillier than the one Slashdot covered 3 months ago wherein a civil defense attorney was sued for selling kits that made defending against junk lawsuits too easy?
yeah but amateurs are going at it for real, not faking it.. and some of them are really good at it!
It only looks like that penis went in that vagina, but trust me, it didn't. They're professional actors with a full special-effects crew and everything!
Sorry, I missed an important aspect to this. Most commercial streaming sites like YouTube, CollegeHumor, FunnyorDie, MYV.com will add have ads before the video, after the video, and sometimes in between. Porn, you get an add sometimes when the movie is buffering, but once it is done buffering, NO ADS!
SHHH! Don't give them any ideas...
Just imagine all the "research" that went into this case...
I don't think it's nearly enough. I'm willing to donate my time to conduct more research into this matter, free of charge.
What we need is a long, continuously updated list of every time our concerns have been assuaged by a promise that "the new powers will only be used in these specific and necessary circumstances". Then we add to the list documentary evidence of those promises being broken.
Start with the Magna Carta and work forward? _EVERY_ time the government is given a power it is eventually abused.
The Magna Carta didn't give the government any powers. The King of England was presumed an absolute authority (by divine right) and the Magna Carta constrained him in certain ways.
I know my fair share of doctors/pharmacists that have no business as one (i.e. they did it for the money not because they liked the work) that make in excess of 120,000 a year. Faculty in my department make somewhere around 80,000.00 and are leaps and bounds more brilliant than 80-90 percent of medical doctors. Then again, I guess they have tenure.
Yeah, I was basically told, when considering Grad School in my preferred field of academia, by professors who had tenure in the field, that if I could think of anything else I'd rather do with my life, to do that instead, but if I was so passionate about studying and contributing to the world's knowledge that it's all I could aspire to, to go ahead and shoot for a PhD. You pretty much have to love it, so hopefully that's what compensates those faculty, moreso than having tenure. I hear that a fair proportion of six-figure-earning professionals spend most of their time feeling miserable, the result of choosing a career primarily based on earning potential rather than zeal for the type of work.
You are missing the point. If you are poor and want to be rich. Do not work hard for someone else. Work harder for YOURSELF.
Yeah, because we all have the opportunity to be self-employed in this bold America of ours.
I'm pretty sure he means "steal from your employer".
Brilliant!
It is perfectly valid for me to make myself a success and guarantee the success of my decedents.
Eh? How do you guarantee the success of somebody who's dead?
Employees trade a chance at real wealth for the safety and security of a definite check.
Very few employees make that choice. Most are given the option, work for others or starve to death.
That is a perfectly valid way of living your life. It is not a way to get rich though unless you win the lottery.
It's not a way to get rich, and it's also the only option the majority of people on Earth have. Hence the majority of poor people stay perpetually poor.
As far as getting a job, the most important thing you get out of professional school is your connections. The second most important thing you get out of it is a credential that qualifies you for a class of jobs. The third most important thing you get out of it is actual training in the subject matter of your profession. I still prefer this situation over the prior state where it was impossible to tell whether doctors were qualified or hacks in advance of receiving treatment, but there still has got to be a better way to organize professional education.
You are missing the point. If you are poor and want to be rich. Do not work hard for someone else. Work harder for YOURSELF.
Yeah, because we all have the opportunity to be self-employed in this bold America of ours.
Granted, Twitter isn't probably the best medium for this (a bit more details wouldn't hurt anyone) but there's nothing intrinsically bad about the whole procedure.
"140 characters ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates
"password" or "123456"?
That's the combination on my luggage!
Can't they at least make it a small range of integers? I was meaning to delete my account for awhile, the thing that made me do it was this burnout dude from over two decades ago whom I hung out with in study hall a couple times wanted to friend me, and I'm thinking, so this dude and my wife are supposedly on the same level, according to facebook's way of thinking?
This is troubling you because you are letting Facebook influence the way that you're thinking. It is not some official list for keeping track of what your relationships are with the people that you know. I'd actually find such a thing abhorrent. What it does let you do is let you communicate selectively with a pre-defined (by you!) group of people. Is there really much you'd want to communicate privately to your wife that you wouldn't say or do in-person anyway?
Also, he didn't have to accept the burnout dude's friend request. Like you said, "pre-defined (by you!)". Nobody can force you to FB friend them.
I was meaning to delete my account for awhile, the thing that made me do it was this burnout dude from over two decades ago whom I hung out with in study hall a couple times wanted to friend me, and I'm thinking, so this dude and my wife are supposedly on the same level, according to facebook's way of thinking?
They're not on the same level. Your wife gets to be in your friends list and your relationship status!
P.S. I use "whom" in every post to offend certain people. If this does not apply to you, please disregard the whom and this postscript.
It's all good 'cause you used it correctly.
Think of it as burning karma for great justice.
The only things you're allowed to do for great justice are move 'ZIG' and take off every 'ZIG'. Even setting up someone the bomb is done in opposition to great justice, not for it.
I don't hate anyone. Not sure why you would think that.
Well, some of us are calling for Israel and Palestine to both lay down their arms. You, on the other hand, are calling for Palestinians to unilaterally lay down their arms and allow themselves to be gradually wiped out. You claim that peace "is not what the Palestinians want," which is one of the most bigoted generalizations I have ever seen. You might as well say that there's a race gap in America because success is not what blacks want, or that rape occurs because it's what women want. So maybe 'hate' is too strong a word, and maybe 'utter disrespect' or 'irrational distrust' would be a better fit.
Well, all the Palestinians I know want that.
I think I see one of your problems. Try to get a better source of information than your circle of friends and acquaintances.
I'll work on that. Meanwhile, you might try to get a better source of information than your own feeling of hatred for an entire nationality.
To put it in Slashdot modding terms, when I have mod points, I tend to reserve the "interesting" positive mod to posts with which I disagree, but are well put and at least seem well thought out. So, basically, I use "+1 interesting" as a "+1 disagree".
I like your approach, so much so that I'm considering adopting it as my own.
You suggest that I hold Israel to the standard of "make a credible commitment to peace" as well. That is fine, but it wouldn't really solve anything because it is not what the Palestinians want.
Well, all the Palestinians I know want that. Maybe if we hold both sides to that standard, it will happen. As it is, Israel has never been held to that standard, at least by the US, which sycophantically supports every move Israel makes. It doesn't really matter how many other countries criticize Israel as long as their closest ally is the world's only military superpower; they can do whatever they want.
News flash! A constantly fluctuating quantity is at the lowest point it's been since a short time ago! Everybody rush to go turn on CNN and hear more about this vital piece of news!
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to invest in the consolidated Dow Jones Spam Index.
Sorry, that market does not exist. But I can enlarge your penis for the low, low price of $9.95 per month!
I am getting lots of solicitations for "scholarships to for profit colleges". And "hundreds of girls on facebook" want to date me.
The IQ-boosting and penis-enhancing drugs worked, I take it?
News flash! A constantly fluctuating quantity is at the lowest point it's been since a short time ago! Everybody rush to go turn on CNN and hear more about this vital piece of news!
"mainstream media,...invariably refers to the media sources that the opposing side uses
Thanks for demonstrating my point so thoroughly.
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I explicitly included media sources both sides use in my definition of mainstream media.