"My "vegetarian" sister and her child say that they refuse to eat meat, then they will turn around and gobble down a fish or some shrimp."
Fishing can be pretty brutal. Ask them to contemplate the tortuous way some fish die. Being hauled into a boat with a hook through your lips or inside your guts, or being snatched out of your environment to asphyxiate, is horrible compared to a quick pneumatic bolt through the skull.
I don't give a fuck because I'm evolved to be an apex predator. Slaughtering chickens or gutting fish doesn't bother me any more than chicken or fish are bothered by the suffering of their prey. (Chickens will happily eat bits of their fellows, by the way, and of course fish like chum.)
"It was on those streets, in those neighborhoods, that I first heard God's spirit beckon me. It was there that I felt called to a higher purpose -- his purpose." -- Barack Obama"
Religion is required to rule Americans, so pretending to believe it is necessary even for educated men who aspire to power. Obama is not only smart enough not to believe in religion, he is smart enough to pretend to believe it.
"a new systemboard after they trashed your current one with this nasty bit of code...."
"Sorry boss, but I guess we'll finally have to upgrade these old machines. I have no idea how this malware got into the system. Just terrible. (weeps)"
"Did we export Jack Thompson to Germany or something? Or is that just the end result of bad post-WWII eugenics programs, ideological clones of Mr. Smackywhack himself?"
The world spent millions of lives and billions of dollars killing off Germans who were comfortable with violence and considerable post-war effort conditioning their society against it. (Ditto Japan BTW.) Now that Germany is mostly neutered and finally has a broad social buy-in to being that, what sort of response do you expect?
"I really do. Sure, they'd ruin your MBR or irreparably destroy your BIOS, but while they ruinate (sic) your hardware, they at least show a really cool screen with sounds and colors and animations and..."
A computer virus is like a wife. Those which kill their hosts don't thrive afterward, but successful parasites can leech forever.
"Yes, I would like the courses for Pharmaceutical, Locksmithing, Gun Repair... Oh, and the parole board thinks I should get the degree in Creationism... "
You'll be able break into pharmacies, sort out the drugs you steal, modify weapons, and roll your own cult.
I'm intrigued by your potential and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!
"That's why it's critical that this be handled harshly. When the guardians deliberately attack their charges, the penalties must be severe."
The crimes by government against the people can not be tolerated. They are worse than mere murder (other than mass murder) because they damage us all. Likewise, massive financial crimes damage all of us.
People such as election fraudsters and Bernard Madoff should be executed (and not by silly lethal injection) in public. Hanging would do fine.
"Social conservatives" in the US are essentially Christian Taliban. They don't have the power to act with the savagery of Taliban (abortion clinic bombers excepted) but never forget that people who believe in primitive superstitions only function in the modern world by compromising their beliefs.
Bio-fuels can be the form-and-fit replacement for petroleum products, thus a natural for Shell. Their failure to invest in other technology will allow the Slashdotters who obviously know better to fill the gap and grow rich.
If the Third World wants food let it control its population to fit its resources. We technologically advanced people owe lesser cultures nothing. It is their duty to adapt to their circumstance instead of practicing the social policies of Robert Mugabe.
" It makes absolutely no sense to me how people can believe in religion when things like this are fairly common."
Note that religion is strong among the least educated and therefore lowest quality people. Catholicism is weakening after paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to silence those who fell victim to the vast number of pedos it nurtured and protected. It is mainly strong in the Southwest, whose demographics include many simple peasant immigrants. It is also gaining ground in Africa.
"The term 'unnatural religions' just makes me think 'Scientology'."
The Catholic Church has sustained around a billion dollars worth of pedo-victim settlement payouts and is still enormously wealthy. Their wealth could buy out Scientology many times over.
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"The Rosetta Stone for this era will be all the multilingual manuals for microwave ovens, DVD players, cameras, phones, etc."
Finally, someone will read them!
Potential buyers want to care for Red Hat the way SCO cared for Linux.
"My "vegetarian" sister and her child say that they refuse to eat meat, then they will turn around and gobble down a fish or some shrimp."
Fishing can be pretty brutal. Ask them to contemplate the tortuous way some fish die. Being hauled into a boat with a hook through your lips or inside your guts, or being snatched out of your environment to asphyxiate, is horrible compared to a quick pneumatic bolt through the skull.
I don't give a fuck because I'm evolved to be an apex predator. Slaughtering chickens or gutting fish doesn't bother me any more than chicken or fish are bothered by the suffering of their prey. (Chickens will happily eat bits of their fellows, by the way, and of course fish like chum.)
"Each of these will improve your fuel economy noticeably. "
Got dyno results to back up Number 1?
"I found the Matias Tactile for my Mac a few years ago, and was willing to shell out the $100 for it. Have never regretted it, either."
Tactile feedback improves performance and accuracy. There is good reason aircraft controls and switches are designed to provide it.
"how we were able to dodge saber-toothed tigers using 1/2-inch tape reels.'
Groucho Marx voice:
"How the saber-toothed tigers got 1/2" tape reels I'll never know!"
"or surrounding it with appropriately weaponized sharks."
or defending it with other ISO containerized systems:
Super Sangar
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Templates/NewsArticle.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={8F432B04-D3C9-419E-8365-5204663E648C}&NRORIGINALURL=%2FDefenceInternet%2FDefenceNews%2FEquipmentAndLogistics%2FSecuritySurveillanceAndsuperSangars.htm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest
"albeit, a American/German war would have probably been much later."
The GERMANS chose war when they declared against the US after Pearl Harbor. Not one of Adolf's brightest decisions...
"It was on those streets, in those neighborhoods, that I first heard God's spirit beckon me. It was there that I felt called to a higher purpose -- his purpose." -- Barack Obama"
Religion is required to rule Americans, so pretending to believe it is necessary even for educated men who aspire to power. Obama is not only smart enough not to believe in religion, he is smart enough to pretend to believe it.
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Why quote the entire post you are replying to?
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Because I can!
"a new systemboard after they trashed your current one with this nasty bit of code...."
"Sorry boss, but I guess we'll finally have to upgrade these old machines. I have no idea how this malware got into the system. Just terrible. (weeps)"
"She just made her career, and rightfully so."
Yeah, but is she hawt?
"Did we export Jack Thompson to Germany or something? Or is that just the end result of bad post-WWII eugenics programs, ideological clones of Mr. Smackywhack himself?"
The world spent millions of lives and billions of dollars killing off Germans who were comfortable with violence and considerable post-war effort conditioning their society against it. (Ditto Japan BTW.) Now that Germany is mostly neutered and finally has a broad social buy-in to being that, what sort of response do you expect?
"The U.S. government is EXTREMELY corrupt."
But Tan Kennedy was supposed to make it All Better, not turn into Clinton 2.0 Fidelity Version!
"I really do. Sure, they'd ruin your MBR or irreparably destroy your BIOS, but while they ruinate (sic) your hardware, they at least show a really cool screen with sounds and colors and animations and..."
A computer virus is like a wife. Those which kill their hosts don't thrive afterward, but successful parasites can leech forever.
"Yes, I would like the courses for Pharmaceutical, Locksmithing, Gun Repair...
Oh, and the parole board thinks I should get the degree in Creationism... "
You'll be able break into pharmacies, sort out the drugs you steal, modify weapons, and roll your own cult.
I'm intrigued by your potential and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!
"I choose the party that's going to steal for me."
I'm a blue-collar White guy for whom no one will steal and from whom all is stolen, so I'm stuck with the party that supports my right to shoot back.
"This is a wet dream for photographers and film makers!"
Bulk pron storage, gotta love it!
"That's why it's critical that this be handled harshly. When the guardians deliberately attack their charges, the penalties must be severe."
The crimes by government against the people can not be tolerated. They are worse than mere murder (other than mass murder) because they damage us all. Likewise, massive financial crimes damage all of us.
People such as election fraudsters and Bernard Madoff should be executed (and not by silly lethal injection) in public. Hanging would do fine.
"Social conservatives" in the US are essentially Christian Taliban. They don't have the power to act with the savagery of Taliban (abortion clinic bombers excepted) but never forget that people who believe in primitive superstitions only function in the modern world by compromising their beliefs.
When they have power, they revert to type.
"But they are a short-sighted company, rather than gaining customers as fans they nickel and dime us to death!"
You and thousands of others are still paying, and THEY are short-sighted?
Bio-fuels can be the form-and-fit replacement for petroleum products, thus a natural for Shell. Their failure to invest in other technology will allow the Slashdotters who obviously know better to fill the gap and grow rich.
If the Third World wants food let it control its population to fit its resources. We technologically advanced people owe lesser cultures nothing. It is their duty to adapt to their circumstance instead of practicing the social policies of Robert Mugabe.
"There is no reasoning with someone who believes in an omnipresent, omnipotent, infallible being."
The only way to deal with such people is to use their superstition to manipulate them, so no surprise it happens often...
" It makes absolutely no sense to me how people can believe in religion when things like this are fairly common."
Note that religion is strong among the least educated and therefore lowest quality people. Catholicism is weakening after paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to silence those who fell victim to the vast number of pedos it nurtured and protected. It is mainly strong in the Southwest, whose demographics include many simple peasant immigrants. It is also gaining ground in Africa.
"The term 'unnatural religions' just makes me think 'Scientology'."
The Catholic Church has sustained around a billion dollars worth of pedo-victim settlement payouts and is still enormously wealthy. Their wealth could buy out Scientology many times over.