(or they are so small that I haven't heard about them)... It happend with insurance, banks, etc.
uh huh. yeah. forgive my intrusion on this "i'm afraid not/so" argument you guys have going on, but this kind of stuff irks me. it;s the same reason i switched banks recently. my (former) bank misrouted a deposit, but told me it had cleared (two week wait), and then removed all the deposited cash due to NSF. when receiving the check, it had clearly been sent to a competitor bank (not the proper one) for clearing, but i was out several hundred dollars for their mistake. and their reason (drumroll please...):
"Washington Mutual is probably just a tiny bank, so they don't have their own clearings" so you must forgive me waving the BS Flag, but i see this kind of excuse as just that. Sirius is all over the market now, and in places like BB, Fry's, etc. If you're reading/. chances are you would have already heard about this company from here, here, and here most recently.
to put it bluntly: AC, don't give me that line of crap.
from what i can tell (not being one myself...), most of the 'smart' people *i* know use macs, *nix, and GOOGLE. emacs/vi is still debateable, though.
and while we're on this 'smart' people thing... i noticed while scrolling through comment postings that many people have the same story: "i qualified for mensa, but, you know, i didn't join...." it makes me wonder how closely connected (within The Six Degrees, of course) these people are, and if they may all be the same person.
"did, however, see on the news this morning that now a greater number of women than in the last 10-20 years are choosing to have children and either quit work entirely whilst raising them or only working part time."
in my case, i can say the reason i left IT for fam was because i know what it was like to be a latch-key kid. i want to give my kids the benefit of having someone there for them when they get home from school/teach them how to do stuff/etc.
in all honesty, when push came to shove, i thought it would be better, if i decided to have children, to stay at home with them if i could. then maybe i could help them learn basic social skills it took me years away from home to learn.
but also worth noting, the IT aspect of my life isn't gone yet. i'm married to a EE, and i wager my children will grow up with basic understandings of algorithm, and circutry. i do tech-sup for many friends and family members, on many different OSes.. and i still tinker with hardware when i get the time. it depends on how you look at it, i suppose.
way to go. as a 'cum-bucket' myself, i'd like to congratulate you on your insensitive outlook on the female. you will probably fall in love with a 'cum-bucket', because we tend to think a little more about other things to keep our minds off of our infertility. despite what people think about infertile women, this plays heavily on most of our minds. imagine, if you will, that you had no testicles... perhaps you actually have no testicles... oh well.. tough break, 'real women' who want children wouldn't pick you! oh wait.. she's in love with you.. hmm, TS again, buddy, you'll not be able to give her what she wants to create with you. enter the sperm donor. you lose manliness points with your buddies (whether they tell you or not). this is the reality of the 'cum-bucket'. only some of us prevail. maybe one day, when you actually love a woman, and want that woman to love you back, one day you'll understand. that's a big maybe.
just as i said: to some extent. i don't argue the scientific facts, i make a casual observance that if someone is feeling afflicted, they typically feel better the instant they take a pill.. mentally... as in "whew, i just took 'X' med, it will come into affect any minute now, the worst is over." if i had said that a person's idea of wellness is directly associated with the pill they take, regardless of its content, then there may have been proper argument. but i'm not so naiive as to belive that it's all purely physical, either.
as for the 'placebo effect'.. take this and run with it: a child complains of a stomach ache, screams about 'call a doctor!' 'give me medicine!' etc.. which (after all the screaming) could probably be a stomach ache from all the tension. the parent, knowing that the child is probably just drawing attention to themselves because another visiting family member has a child around who is younger, and this child is used to getting all the attention, could:
a. call the doctor, schedule a visit, waste time/money on all fronts, or....
b. give the child some type of something (tylenol, children's vitamin, whatever..) and say "here's something to make you feel better, now Dr. Mommy says go lay down for a bit."
odds are, in either case, the child will feel better, especially when the offending younger child is out of his sight.
what i suggest is not an either/or in this matter, as this thread seems to be suggesting, but knowledge. yes, if you have a cancer or some other ailment you can't help, go to a doctor and get a prescription or MD's treatment.. but if you have a cold, or (heaven forbid) some kind of infection because of the conditions you live in, or find that you are ultimately just vying for attention, use some common sense. try to establish the root of your problem in some other way than rushing to the next MD you can find. and if you find that some form of 'alternative' treatment helps, then do it!
i believe that oftentimes a little common sense is what we all need...of course, if it's so common, then why do so few seem to have it?
i think what's missing here in this thread is this:
allopathy (in general) treats illnesses with an opposing force, while homeopathy is a "like treats like" type of treatment. to some extent, all medicines are psychosomatic, and the people who generally believe that there is a pill for every ill fall into the allopathic line of thinking (it's easy to do this, seeing as that there's so many more MDs than there are holistic practitioners), and will tend to demand antibiotics for just about everything. at least, that's what's going on in the US.
the beauty of holistic treatments is that a practicioner will take into account the patient's mental state as well, and other environmental factors besides the general ailment. what may work for one patient may not work for another, which is also a factor in homeopathic medicines..
people who come into a practice and demand treatment without giving these backgrounds are potentially setting themselves up for an even greater fall if they take antibiotics, as they may set themselves up for a greater infection when their natural/healthy antibodies are killed off. but ultimately they don't want to hear "well, why don't you clean your kitchen once in a while? then maybe you wouldn't get 'X'."
and lastly, *any* kind of treatment, if it works, should not be discredited for the person using them.. even if it's a minute doasge of a plant that may or may not actually be helping them, even if it doesn't work for everyone.. the body is an amazing thing, and the way the brain works to keep the body in line is even more astounding.
oh yegods! its not/that/ bad! no harm done, no harm taken! as i appreciate your formal apology, and if *you* wish to communicate with me further, email me (thats why its there, you know, if i was uncomfortable with emails i would be an AC too.), and from one geek to another: im glad you said something about it, because goddess only knows how long other people have been going there *nervous giggle*..
but seriously, i was not offended, and yes, i am open for communication.
i guess i commend you on finding those pics, i kinda forgot about them, so im not really upset that you saw them, hey, its a free web, but im just kinda embarrassed that it hit a/. posting...
given the consideration once again that i am more concerned with the actual quality of my work, as oppose to the presentation, i think you have no argument, and, if you like giving such 'constructive commentary', why dont you consider a login? lest your works of genius, like the one above, go down in The History of Flaming Part IV unnamed (wouldnt that be a shame?).
well....as far as me being a lesbian, uh, yeah, that has some truth, (tho' i still like guys a LOT) however, i cant say ive castrated anybody in the last year or so, so fear not, but do fear for your jobs!
well, my lovely anonymous coward, it seems to me that i might just be a little more concerned about/what/ i have to say rather than the grammatical aspects...
yeah..i dont doubt that....tho' this is more holy wars than i want to deal with at the moment, given that Star Wars has completely drained my crusading out of me;)
i have been a fervent supporter of the slack cause for a while, and the one time i tried to install RH it was truly like learning another language. it's just culture-difference as far as im concerned, and upon re-reading my comments about wanting a plug to slack, i reconsider that comment, because slack wasnt the only one snubbed...also because if everyone used Linux (*is there such a place, Toto?*), where would the controversy be? it would be about the same as saying "oh, i use win3.1 instead of your 95! eat flaming death!!"
so im just happy we're hitting mainstream now...in my household my eight-year-old brother uses Linux, and likes it better than windoze...there is some truth in the future.
Slashdot Mirror
given the bland nature of the Prequels....well, i know where to bet *my* money...
It happend with insurance, banks, etc.
uh huh. yeah.
forgive my intrusion on this "i'm afraid not/so" argument you guys have going on, but this kind of stuff irks me. it;s the same reason i switched banks recently. my (former) bank misrouted a deposit, but told me it had cleared (two week wait), and then removed all the deposited cash due to NSF. when receiving the check, it had clearly been sent to a competitor bank (not the proper one) for clearing, but i was out several hundred dollars for their mistake. and their reason (drumroll please...):
"Washington Mutual is probably just a tiny bank, so they don't have their own clearings" /. chances are you would have already heard about this company from here, here, and here most recently.
so you must forgive me waving the BS Flag, but i see this kind of excuse as just that. Sirius is all over the market now, and in places like BB, Fry's, etc. If you're reading
to put it bluntly: AC, don't give me that line of crap.
and while we're on this 'smart' people thing... i noticed while scrolling through comment postings that many people have the same story: "i qualified for mensa, but, you know, i didn't join...."
it makes me wonder how closely connected (within The Six Degrees, of course) these people are, and if they may all be the same person.
i choose to express my intelligence by thinking.
sometimes, i wish we would be. often, i think it would be a very liberating experience. *sigh*
in my case, i can say the reason i left IT for fam was because i know what it was like to be a latch-key kid. i want to give my kids the benefit of having someone there for them when they get home from school/teach them how to do stuff/etc.
in all honesty, when push came to shove, i thought it would be better, if i decided to have children, to stay at home with them if i could. then maybe i could help them learn basic social skills it took me years away from home to learn.
but also worth noting, the IT aspect of my life isn't gone yet. i'm married to a EE, and i wager my children will grow up with basic understandings of algorithm, and circutry. i do tech-sup for many friends and family members, on many different OSes.. and i still tinker with hardware when i get the time. it depends on how you look at it, i suppose.
way to go. as a 'cum-bucket' myself, i'd like to congratulate you on your insensitive outlook on the female.
you will probably fall in love with a 'cum-bucket', because we tend to think a little more about other things to keep our minds off of our infertility.
despite what people think about infertile women, this plays heavily on most of our minds. imagine, if you will, that you had no testicles... perhaps you actually have no testicles... oh well.. tough break, 'real women' who want children wouldn't pick you! oh wait.. she's in love with you.. hmm, TS again, buddy, you'll not be able to give her what she wants to create with you. enter the sperm donor. you lose manliness points with your buddies (whether they tell you or not).
this is the reality of the 'cum-bucket'. only some of us prevail.
maybe one day, when you actually love a woman, and want that woman to love you back, one day you'll understand.
that's a big maybe.
No. It's completely misleading....
just as i said: to some extent. i don't argue the scientific facts, i make a casual observance that if someone is feeling afflicted, they typically feel better the instant they take a pill.. mentally... as in "whew, i just took 'X' med, it will come into affect any minute now, the worst is over." if i had said that a person's idea of wellness is directly associated with the pill they take, regardless of its content, then there may have been proper argument. but i'm not so naiive as to belive that it's all purely physical, either.
as for the 'placebo effect'.. take this and run with it: a child complains of a stomach ache, screams about 'call a doctor!' 'give me medicine!' etc.. which (after all the screaming) could probably be a stomach ache from all the tension. the parent, knowing that the child is probably just drawing attention to themselves because another visiting family member has a child around who is younger, and this child is used to getting all the attention, could:
a. call the doctor, schedule a visit, waste time/money on all fronts, or....
b. give the child some type of something (tylenol, children's vitamin, whatever..) and say "here's something to make you feel better, now Dr. Mommy says go lay down for a bit."
odds are, in either case, the child will feel better, especially when the offending younger child is out of his sight.
what i suggest is not an either/or in this matter, as this thread seems to be suggesting, but knowledge. yes, if you have a cancer or some other ailment you can't help, go to a doctor and get a prescription or MD's treatment.. but if you have a cold, or (heaven forbid) some kind of infection because of the conditions you live in, or find that you are ultimately just vying for attention, use some common sense. try to establish the root of your problem in some other way than rushing to the next MD you can find. and if you find that some form of 'alternative' treatment helps, then do it!
i believe that oftentimes a little common sense is what we all need...of course, if it's so common, then why do so few seem to have it?
allopathy (in general) treats illnesses with an opposing force, while homeopathy is a "like treats like" type of treatment. to some extent, all medicines are psychosomatic, and the people who generally believe that there is a pill for every ill fall into the allopathic line of thinking (it's easy to do this, seeing as that there's so many more MDs than there are holistic practitioners), and will tend to demand antibiotics for just about everything. at least, that's what's going on in the US.
the beauty of holistic treatments is that a practicioner will take into account the patient's mental state as well, and other environmental factors besides the general ailment. what may work for one patient may not work for another, which is also a factor in homeopathic medicines..
people who come into a practice and demand treatment without giving these backgrounds are potentially setting themselves up for an even greater fall if they take antibiotics, as they may set themselves up for a greater infection when their natural/healthy antibodies are killed off. but ultimately they don't want to hear "well, why don't you clean your kitchen once in a while? then maybe you wouldn't get 'X'."
and lastly, *any* kind of treatment, if it works, should not be discredited for the person using them.. even if it's a minute doasge of a plant that may or may not actually be helping them, even if it doesn't work for everyone.. the body is an amazing thing, and the way the brain works to keep the body in line is even more astounding.
meanwhile, the japanese national science foundation works to develop a giant robotic shoe...
i feel like when i was 5 and my parents split up....whomever gets the prize... a part of me is lost with the other one.
but seriously... as a debian user, i fully condone harder, faster, and stronger debians.
oh yegods! its not /that/ bad! no harm done, no harm taken! as i appreciate your formal apology, and if *you* wish to communicate with me further, email me (thats why its there, you know, if i was uncomfortable with emails i would be an AC too.), and from one geek to another: im glad you said something about it, because goddess only knows how long other people have been going there *nervous giggle*..
but seriously, i was not offended, and yes, i am open for communication.
Thanks.
tis truly a Good Thing when you know that youre not the only one out there in the battle (though you feel like it sometimes..)
:)
i guess i commend you on finding those pics, i kinda forgot about them, so im not really upset that you saw them, hey, its a free web, but im just kinda embarrassed that it hit a /. posting...
*blush*
i forgot about those pics!
time to clean out the directory!
well, yeah, that too :)
given the consideration once again that i am more concerned with the actual quality of my work, as oppose to the presentation, i think you have no argument, and, if you like giving such 'constructive commentary', why dont you consider a login? lest your works of genius, like the one above, go down in The History of Flaming Part IV unnamed (wouldnt that be a shame?).
well...i guess...stay on /. it seems to have worked for me!
*in 1950's commercial voice* Gee Golly Rob! Thanks Slashdot!
well....as far as me being a lesbian, uh, yeah, that has some truth, (tho' i still like guys a LOT) however, i cant say ive castrated anybody in the last year or so, so fear not, but do fear for your jobs!
well, my lovely anonymous coward, it seems to me that i might just be a little more concerned about /what/ i have to say rather than the grammatical aspects...
and i wasnt encouraged or discouraged by anyone! it was kinda like a calling....
yeah..i dont doubt that....tho' this is more holy wars than i want to deal with at the moment, given that Star Wars has completely drained my crusading out of me ;)
i have been a fervent supporter of the slack cause for a while, and the one time i tried to install RH it was truly like learning another language. it's just culture-difference as far as im concerned, and upon re-reading my comments about wanting a plug to slack, i reconsider that comment, because slack wasnt the only one snubbed...also because if everyone used Linux (*is there such a place, Toto?*), where would the controversy be? it would be about the same as saying "oh, i use win3.1 instead of your 95! eat flaming death!!"
so im just happy we're hitting mainstream now...in my household my eight-year-old brother uses Linux, and likes it better than windoze...there is some truth in the future.
:)
Beware the Dark Side
Llewyn
as a slackware user, i am hurt that there was no link up there to the slack site.
*desperate sigh*
maybe it's cause slack is a bit more difficult than redhat to set up.....he really plugged RH.
Beware the Dark Side. (M$)
Llewyn
im sorry, i have to give kudos to the retards who wrote those stories.
their stupid points have increased +90.
microslut NEEDS this stuff......keep the Linux faith. :)