I don't believe anyone ever does anything out of the kindness of their heart.
(emphasis added)
Never? Never ever? You've never once seen or experienced anyone, even one time, doing something kind or generous, without expecting something in return?
But Nazism is a socialist doctrine, the name itself is an abreviation for "National Socialist German Workers' Party".
The party may have started out with Socialist leanings, but Hitlers government was Totalitarian, not Socialist. NSDAP is just a name, a label.
Nazist Germany and Socialist Russia were close allies at one time.
Not really. It was convenient to sign a non-agression pact at one time, but Hitler was fanatically anti-communist, and for that reason as well as for Lebensraum the destruction of the Soviet Union was high on Hitler's agenda.
Remember the so-called Ribbentropp-Molotov treaty by which the Soviet Union and Germany agreed on how they would split Europe among themselves.
It's called "price fixing", and when done within a single country is usually illegal.[...] The basic idea is, as usual, to maximize proffit.
Exactly. IMHO, if corporations get to move manufacturing, etc. around the world to wherever labor is cheapest, I should be able to buy a product wherever it is cheapest. Thus, I have a multi-region DVD player and buy the movies I want wherever I find the best price/availability. I'm sure media companies hate people like me.
"We should not only satisfy, but seek to delight the customer."
Oh, man, this has got to be straight out of that horrible corporate fad, TQM. We used to have a VP at the company I work for that would, upon meeting customers, ask them, "How may I delight you?" What a walking embarrassment!
There is substantially more evidence for the existence of Jesus than you appear to believe. [...]Neither of these people would have any incentive to introduce a fictitious character into their histories.
Yeah, but there's no scholarly consensus that the Jospehus and Tacitus texts on Jesus are authentic. Some think they are interpolations by Christians generations later, some don't. So, the texts have to accepted on faith and therefore don't settle anything. Links:
as Hitler was a Socialist. His party was called the National Socialist Party and that was abreaviated to Nazi.
NSDAP was just a name. The party may have started out with Socialism or the concerns of workers in mind, but over the years that went by the wayside. Hitler's government was Totalitarian, not Socialist. And the term "Nazi" was derogatory and not favored by the party.
Attraction to teenage girls doesn't make a person a "pervert". Persistent sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children may indicate paedophilia, but attraction to teens is as natural and healthy as anything in biology. Acting on those feelings might get you arrested, however.
I once took a date, who was into arty foreign films, to a movie called "Burnt By the Sun" [...] I was apologizing profusely for taking her to such an awful movie.
I'm sorry you didn't like Burnt by the Sun, but quite a few people consider it a classic. If your date liked "arty foreign films", I'm surprised she didn't like it.
It's not exactly light, though. If you're in the mood for something like ND, then BBTS would not be a good film to see.
BeOS , it had file metadata support years ago and worked well with it.
Did you know that Dominic Giampaolo, one of the file system gurus from Be, now works at Apple? you can even download a book he wrote about file systems from his web page.
The problem is that you can't use internet and sync at the same time.
I wonder if that's a routing issue? At one time it was impossible to use a broadband connection and a VPN tunnel at the same time, but someone figured out a fix
Slashdot Mirror
Anyone else remember Rader (Slashdot UID 40041)? He hasn't posted since 2002, but this topic reminds me of his sig:
"--Out of Hard Drive space again! 123 GB of MP3's"
That seemed like an awful lot, once upon a time.
I don't believe anyone ever does anything out of the kindness of their heart.
(emphasis added)
Never? Never ever? You've never once seen or experienced anyone, even one time, doing something kind or generous, without expecting something in return?
What a sad, cold world you live in.
(Think Billy Crystial in SNL circa 1978 or thereabouts)
Billy Crystal was on SNL for the '84-'85 season, FYI.
Remember Mr. Jobs sold out of Apple a number of years back,
He was fired, actually.
Look to kefir for recolonization and faster action.
Any recommendations re: brands, sites, home-made vs. bought, etc?
Cindy-Loo-Hoo
This should be spelled "Cindy Lou Who", actually.
I know you were just dying to know that.
But Nazism is a socialist doctrine, the name itself is an abreviation for "National Socialist German Workers' Party".
The party may have started out with Socialist leanings, but Hitlers government was Totalitarian, not Socialist. NSDAP is just a name, a label.
Nazist Germany and Socialist Russia were close allies at one time.
Not really. It was convenient to sign a non-agression pact at one time, but Hitler was fanatically anti-communist, and for that reason as well as for Lebensraum the destruction of the Soviet Union was high on Hitler's agenda.
Remember the so-called Ribbentropp-Molotov treaty by which the Soviet Union and Germany agreed on how they would split Europe among themselves.
They agreed to split Poland, not Europe.
We have more leisure time than ever before in history.
Not true.
First this:
Thank you for that daily dose of bigotry.
Then this:
Somewhere in Massachusetts a village has its idiot back
Pot, meet kettle.
Indonesia has about 1 billion people.
Fewer than that, actually: 241,973,879 (July 2005 est.)
Link.
It was a complete headache trying to resolve the issue and contact their customer support
Did you call them? 1-800-201-7575
It's called "price fixing", and when done within a single country is usually illegal.[...] The basic idea is, as usual, to maximize proffit.
Exactly. IMHO, if corporations get to move manufacturing, etc. around the world to wherever labor is cheapest, I should be able to buy a product wherever it is cheapest. Thus, I have a multi-region DVD player and buy the movies I want wherever I find the best price/availability. I'm sure media companies hate people like me.
"We should not only satisfy, but seek to delight the customer."
Oh, man, this has got to be straight out of that horrible corporate fad, TQM. We used to have a VP at the company I work for that would, upon meeting customers, ask them, "How may I delight you?" What a walking embarrassment!
There is substantially more evidence for the existence of Jesus than you appear to believe. [...]Neither of these people would have any incentive to introduce a fictitious character into their histories.
Yeah, but there's no scholarly consensus that the Jospehus and Tacitus texts on Jesus are authentic. Some think they are interpolations by Christians generations later, some don't. So, the texts have to accepted on faith and therefore don't settle anything. Links:
Tacitus on Jesus
Josephus on Jesus
Funny how that works, considering that this country is very Christian.
Perhaps the group you hang out with is. Beware of sweeping generalizations like "this county is very Christian", though.
Excellent, informative post. Would read again!
as Hitler was a Socialist. His party was called the National Socialist Party and that was abreaviated to Nazi.
NSDAP was just a name. The party may have started out with Socialism or the concerns of workers in mind, but over the years that went by the wayside. Hitler's government was Totalitarian, not Socialist. And the term "Nazi" was derogatory and not favored by the party.
a metric buttload of songs
I've not previously encountered that unit of measure. How many Libraries of Congress is that? Hogsheads? Parsecs?
Over 90% of the helium ore mined in the world comes form the helium mine at Amarillo.
There is no such thing as "helium ore".
"[...] helium is produced chiefly in Texas and Kansas, where it occurs as a minor constituent of the natural gas produced with oil there."
Learn more about Helium.
pervert...
Attraction to teenage girls doesn't make a person a "pervert". Persistent sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children may indicate paedophilia, but attraction to teens is as natural and healthy as anything in biology. Acting on those feelings might get you arrested, however.
What if your sexual preferences run to minor children?
Sex with kids, gay or straight, is illegal under age-of-consent laws. This is not the same issue as sexual orientation.
Where do we draw the line? Or do we?
IMHO, between consenting adults, just about anything should be permissable.
I once took a date, who was into arty foreign films, to a movie called "Burnt By the Sun" [...] I was apologizing profusely for taking her to such an awful movie.
I'm sorry you didn't like Burnt by the Sun, but quite a few people consider it a classic. If your date liked "arty foreign films", I'm surprised she didn't like it.
It's not exactly light, though. If you're in the mood for something like ND, then BBTS would not be a good film to see.
BeOS , it had file metadata support years ago and worked well with it .
Did you know that Dominic Giampaolo, one of the file system gurus from Be, now works at Apple? you can even download a book he wrote about file systems from his web page.
Cool!
When did MacOS 10 become a branded UNIX?
They talk about the "UNIX based" OS X here, but don't actually say "OS X is a UNIX" per se.
Notice the lack of (C) and TM symbols on that page; isn't the word UNIX (C) the Open Group or whatever?
The problem is that you can't use internet and sync at the same time.
I wonder if that's a routing issue? At one time it was impossible to use a broadband connection and a VPN tunnel at the same time, but someone figured out a fix