Your reply is suspect because Catholics must defend their faith and honesty is not required by your Church in dealing with outsiders or the flock.
I cite the ONGOING pedophile scandal(s) throughout the Catholic world as examples. There is zero reason to believe your assertion over the FACT of more than ONE BILLION dollars being paid out in settlements/hush money and the FACT of pedos being hidden from the law and the FACT that this was systematically done.
Even the Vatican's most primitive followers are sometimes having second thoughts.
"Why spend almost a months disposable income on a machine capable of running a pirated copy of Windows XP when you can spend 1/5 to 1/3 that amount on a fully featured Android tablet/palm-top/micro-book/whatever?"
You shouldn't have posted AC, because this is highly Insightful. The way to undercut MSFT isn't just to take x86 space, but route around their obstacle by running on other devices.
The tip of this iceberg are cheap shit devices like the Sylvania and other ARM netbooks, because they will improve and THAT is the way to make buying a computer as trivial as buying a pocket calculator.
"We" don't need to lead to benefit. Just as the US carried the ball for the rest of the world for decades, now the world can innovate and WE can get the benefits without risk.
I don't support the Reagan ban, but do consider the near-universal and bitter Democrat determination to destroy the Second Amendment when comparing records.
"Its like when Obama was elected and all the gun nuts got paranoid about possible forthcoming regulations."
They had reasonable cause to be worried based on the real-world Dem track record.
Fun fact: Beijing doesn't object to Americans being armed and will cheerfully sell us weapons/ammo/parts. They support the Second Amendment, while the Dems do not. (Tactical retreat to get elected/= "support". See Operation Fast and Furious for their latest plot which blew up in their faces.)
"People aren't willing to pay extra for code that's actually secure so we can't pass along our costs, and you can kiss our ass if you think we're taking a pay cut just because our software killed a few hundred people."
Software for critical applications such as aircraft flight controls can be appropriately regulated and audited.
Software for trifling bullshit need not be so regulated.
We should fucking COMPETE. We EXPORT commodities and manufactured goods which would make us vulnerable in a trade war.
GERMANY is the fucking size of TEXAS, is the second-largest exporter in the world and has strong unions. It has "socialized medicine", a high standard of living, an excellent education system, and person-for-person is superior to most cultures on the planet.
What's the US excuse for failure? "We need tariffs because we suck"?
If secure code is worth having then the market will deliver it. Those who deserve secure code will PAY for it. Why should the government burden ALL of us with another UNFUNDED MANDATE?
If the first guy is found choked to death on his severed genitals (the old Mafia punishment for snitches) it might give others pause.
While I'm not advocating such things, let's not forget that in the early 1900s gangs were NECESSARY because there was no justice to be had from a flawlessly corrupt government. For anyone to get leverage they had to mob up. Union membership could get you murdered, so the unions had to make friends with the Mob to get a "system" on their side. As the elites squeeze out the people, organized "crime" will be the only way for some of them to get a modicum of power.
"At some point its just cheaper to pay someone to take a hit out on a troll like this. Maybe invite him out on your new yacht and have a little accident..."
That would be hilarious. If I were on the jury, it would be hilarious and the accused would walk.
What should worry people MORE than the radiation is the subsidence of the land in the disaster area, making it extremely vulnerable to the NEXT tsunami.
Atomic fear is delectable and I, too, masturbate in sweet anguish while contemplating it. (fapfapfap)
As for the fuckteen thousand people killed outright by the OCEAN, they don't count because the ocean is much less radioactive.
Semi-OT but this tactic might be useful. Worked for me in the military and civilian workplace.
Try THIS game:
Since work is work and not home, I developed the habit of never decorating my workplace at all. I don't look at my door/walls anyway, so I make my workspace so low-key that no one hangs around it or eyeballs it to see what I'm doing. I don't want any "conversation starters" in that area because I don't care to interact except on my initiative. If I am elsewhere it doesn't look as if I was "interrupted". It' doesn't change and is so "blank" it "disappears".
I don't need to assert my identity or style by using workplace objects. I don't want to fucking talk to the PHB-types in my designated space, so I never gave them the excuse to stay and chat.
I can groom and bullshit them nicely in THEIR space while using THEIR decor as a conversation starter. People love to talk about themselves and they stop thinking when they do. I bring my social skills to the game on my terms.
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"There's way too much about this company that just doesn't smell right, but that's just my opinion."
Petroldragon, then MagneGas.
Nice track record.
This thread on weldingweb shows how the Magnegas project pitches their "product". Read the thread and note their marketroid's responses.
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=53589&highlight=magnegas
If it sounds like the Petroldragon spiel that's no surprise.
http://translate.google.com/translate?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF&u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPetroldragon&sl=it&tl=en
When you encounter such folk on web forums, draw them out that they may bury themselves!
There appears to be a pattern of the boss keeping calculated distance from the corporate end to provide deniability.
Unless the observers replicate the experiment with their OWN hardware, all "results" are suspect.
Scientists don't necessarily expect sophisticated deception.
Christians acting like Christians merit publicity.
The body count of their murderous superstition down the centuries stands witness that churches are more than just social clubs for the old and stupid.
Your reply is suspect because Catholics must defend their faith and honesty is not required by your Church in dealing with outsiders or the flock.
I cite the ONGOING pedophile scandal(s) throughout the Catholic world as examples. There is zero reason to believe your assertion over the FACT of more than ONE BILLION dollars being paid out in settlements/hush money and the FACT of pedos being hidden from the law and the FACT that this was systematically done.
Even the Vatican's most primitive followers are sometimes having second thoughts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/world/europe/ireland-recalibrates-ties-to-roman-catholic-church.html
Before anyone mods this Troll, use the search engine of your choice and have a look at Church exploitation and corruption worldwide.
So far only one predator got real justice:
http://articles.cnn.com/2003-08-24/us/geoghan_1_joseph-l-druce-worcester-county-district-attorney-defrocked-roman-catholic-priest?_s=PM:US
They are genuine representatives of raw religion, not the "social club" bullshit that passes for it in most of the West.
You cannot be a faithful superstitionist unless you live by the original rules, which are tribal and rather nasty.
Religion is a binary choice. One is either a Fundie or a hypocrite.
"They want publicity, yes. Because they want somebody to assault them or violate their civil rights, so they can sue."
I'd LMAO if someone snapped and greased a bunch of them. Then they could be picketed for being insufficiently faithful!
If you want reliable backup comms in the wilderness you use radio.
The reliance on phones and internet is convenient, but if you can afford those you can afford radio gear and spend some time learning how to use it.
Amateur radio operators were the original nerds long before computers existed.
http://www.rac.ca/
http://www.arrl.org/
"Why spend almost a months disposable income on a machine capable of running a pirated copy of Windows XP when you can spend 1/5 to 1/3 that amount on a fully featured Android tablet/palm-top/micro-book/whatever?"
You shouldn't have posted AC, because this is highly Insightful. The way to undercut MSFT isn't just to take x86 space, but route around their obstacle by running on other devices.
The tip of this iceberg are cheap shit devices like the Sylvania and other ARM netbooks, because they will improve and THAT is the way to make buying a computer as trivial as buying a pocket calculator.
"We" don't need to lead to benefit. Just as the US carried the ball for the rest of the world for decades, now the world can innovate and WE can get the benefits without risk.
"I typically use MS Office but I really didn't feel like paying for yet ANOTHER licence of it"
I don't pay for software from corporations which annoy me. If I need it I download it.
There is no reward for behaving differently towards our masters, so grab what crumbs you can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q
The Reagan ban was not the CLINTON ban.
http://mdwguns.com/NFA_Items.html
I don't support the Reagan ban, but do consider the near-universal and bitter Democrat determination to destroy the Second Amendment when comparing records.
"The fact that this got passed Microsoft's UI designers is astounding."
Not really. Rumor has it they are in a contest with the KDE, Gnome, and Unity crews to see whose interface can suck more.
"Its like when Obama was elected and all the gun nuts got paranoid about possible forthcoming regulations."
They had reasonable cause to be worried based on the real-world Dem track record.
Fun fact: /= "support". See Operation Fast and Furious for their latest plot which blew up in their faces.)
Beijing doesn't object to Americans being armed and will cheerfully sell us weapons/ammo/parts. They support the Second Amendment, while the Dems do not. (Tactical retreat to get elected
"People aren't willing to pay extra for code that's actually secure so we can't pass along our costs, and you can kiss our ass if you think we're taking a pay cut just because our software killed a few hundred people."
Software for critical applications such as aircraft flight controls can be appropriately regulated and audited.
Software for trifling bullshit need not be so regulated.
We should fucking COMPETE. We EXPORT commodities and manufactured goods which would make us vulnerable in a trade war.
GERMANY is the fucking size of TEXAS, is the second-largest exporter in the world and has strong unions. It has "socialized medicine", a high standard of living, an excellent education system, and person-for-person is superior to most cultures on the planet.
What's the US excuse for failure? "We need tariffs because we suck"?
If secure code is worth having then the market will deliver it. Those who deserve secure code will PAY for it. Why should the government burden ALL of us with another UNFUNDED MANDATE?
"The U.S. will not allow such a sale to proceed."
+5 Funny!
Mod up! Alibaba is nothing more than search engine pollution.
Thanks for the reminder. Just added it to my hosts blockfile. :)
If the first guy is found choked to death on his severed genitals (the old Mafia punishment for snitches) it might give others pause.
While I'm not advocating such things, let's not forget that in the early 1900s gangs were NECESSARY because there was no justice to be had from a flawlessly corrupt government. For anyone to get leverage they had to mob up. Union membership could get you murdered, so the unions had to make friends with the Mob to get a "system" on their side. As the elites squeeze out the people, organized "crime" will be the only way for some of them to get a modicum of power.
"At some point its just cheaper to pay someone to take a hit out on a troll like this. Maybe invite him out on your new yacht and have a little accident..."
That would be hilarious. If I were on the jury, it would be hilarious and the accused would walk.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are habitable and heavily populated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki
What should worry people MORE than the radiation is the subsidence of the land in the disaster area, making it extremely vulnerable to the NEXT tsunami.
Atomic fear is delectable and I, too, masturbate in sweet anguish while contemplating it. (fapfapfap)
As for the fuckteen thousand people killed outright by the OCEAN, they don't count because the ocean is much less radioactive.
"Phonux" DOES have a nice ring (pun of course intended) AND actually gives some fucking hint as to its purpose.
We cannot have stolen each others methods since they leave no trace for copying and are Secured by Perfect Obscurity.
Well, until now.....
Semi-OT but this tactic might be useful. Worked for me in the military and civilian workplace.
Try THIS game:
Since work is work and not home, I developed the habit of never decorating my workplace at all. I don't look at my door/walls anyway, so I make my workspace so low-key that no one hangs around it or eyeballs it to see what I'm doing. I don't want any "conversation starters" in that area because I don't care to interact except on my initiative. If I am elsewhere it doesn't look as if I was "interrupted". It' doesn't change and is so "blank" it "disappears".
I don't need to assert my identity or style by using workplace objects. I don't want to fucking talk to the PHB-types in my designated space, so I never gave them the excuse to stay and chat.
I can groom and bullshit them nicely in THEIR space while using THEIR decor as a conversation starter. People love to talk about themselves and they stop thinking when they do. I bring my social skills to the game on my terms.