"Seems the shootings in Colorado hurt a lot more people, but for some reason, they haven't banned the sale of bullets."
The makers of BuckyBalls don't have the billions of $$$ of NRA lobbying PAC behind them, otherwise you never would have even heard of the 12 kids requiring surgery...
This is what will eventually kill Netflix. It also means in the future I'll probably watch a LOT less movies. I watch netflix every night, either movies or TV series (I have streaming and 3 DVD package, and a member since 2003). That's about 60 hours of programming a month, which would cost ~$60/month for Amazon/Google but I pay 1/3rd that, and can watch even more, amortizing the costs further.
If the studios have their way, eventually we'll all be paying $15 per streaming movie at home, and Megaplex tickets will be >$30. And people will still pay it to see Adam Sandler fart jokes. I can totally see that happening.
"Just because they are the subject of the humor doesn't mean that they can't be overreacting"
And you're going to decide for them that they are overreacting? Again, it is mighty arrogant for someone to decide if someone else's feelings are valid or not.
"telling everyone else to shut the fuck up is equally wrong."
Did I tell anyone to STFU? Nope. I was using that as an example of what i've read in this thread directed at people who were offended. OP can say whatever he or she wants to, I'm pointing out what the words/actions are doing,
However, let's do some analysis to see how to tease out if it is sexist...
How do you know if something is "tall"?
You compare it to a bunch of other things and if it has more height than most of the samples, it earns the qualifier "tall".
Now, take the phrase in question. Read it to a bunch of people, and compare how many people think if it refers to men to how many think if it refers to women.
If your results come back 50/50 when normalized for gender, it probably isn't sexist.
But, as a pragmatic person in America (assuming that you're american), do you really expect a large number of people will conjure up MAN or WOMAN with even probability?
This is a common question when talking about privilege: if group X is offended by statement A about X, and group Y is NOT offended by the same statement A aimed Y, then X should STFU.
First, you're trying to tell someone how to feel. Examine how well you personally respond to being told how to feel because you're too stupid to understand something others consider obvious.
Second, this logical comparison only works when neither group is routinely marginalized and demeaned by a pervasive institutional bias.
Good point: It didn't occur to me that collating and tabulating a lifetime's work isn't something an LOC employee is going to spend a year doing for free... although I assume the LOC has staff to do such things, maybe not. Plus I don't actually know the cost, thanks TFA.
If you can afford it, enjoy your last summer to yourself. Unless you become a teacher (or filthy rich), you won't have the same rhythm in your life anymore, so make the most of it.
Maybe I'm just being to nostalgic, I worked 6 days a week my Final Summer fixing bicycles to make extra money for school. And I ended up with way more spare cash than most of my college friends, but that summer my core highschool friends did a ton of fun once-in-a-lifetime stuff that I had to miss out on.
I haven't seen anyone take FJ's side in this. Just curious if there is even a slightly rational argument that can be made here from FJ's side.
I don't think there is, no matter how I look at it, I think FJ is a lame site, and is being used by lawyer to make some quick $$$ or drive up clicks, but I'm always suspicious enough to want to see both sides objectively.
"Hack"? Really? And what have you dedicated your life to in order to be able to affix such a label with casual superioirty? Chomsky is gets a bad wrap because he is associated with non-republican/conservative opinions. But the man's non-political work is on part with Russel and Whitehead. Oh, you don't know who they are? They must be hacks too.
That is a LOT of features and behaviors. I don't feel prepared to understand and manage all of them. I feel like iOS is adding too damn much and is danger of becoming a Windows/Linux jumble of weird features in too many weird places. I want simple.
I think it's tasteless to use a cat because I think they are cute. He can do whatever he likes, I just think it is crass. I would have used a dog, and probably would have upset dog lovers. They would also have the right to complain and try to stop me.
And LaPierre's statistics about the millions upon millions of people claiming they deterred a criminal attack by brandishing a firearm can't POSSIBLY be inflated by the NRA.... because we know gun owners don't exaggerate. ever.
And LaPierre's statistics about the millions upon millions of people claiming they deterred a criminal attack by brandishing a firearm can't POSSIBLY be inflated by the NRA.... because we know gun owners don't exaggerate. ever.
I guess when citizens have access to the same weaponry as the military, the citizens are a legit threat that could truly uprise vilolently.
That would never happen in the US because the weapons citizens have access to are peashooters compared to the the US military's armament.
But I can't wait to see data on gun crime, and how it changes, although I'm sure Ven. will lie about the statistics. [[Caveat: I'm a gun lover and have ARs, AKs, 308 and.338 sniper rifles, and 10k rounds of ammo, but I own them because it is _FUN_, not because I'm ready for the revolution. If I couldn't own my guns I'd probably just own more power tools. So: banning guns = meh IMHO.]]
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Redundant comment is redundant.
Doh.
$145 round trip according to the Amtrak website.
$212 on priceline for a month out trip (delta)
Where do you compute $50 plane tickets? Back in the day southwest had internet only fairs, but it was $45 one way.
And the flight time is ~1h45m vs 16 hour train time.
Your research sucks hard, but your conclusion is valid.
"Seems the shootings in Colorado hurt a lot more people, but for some reason, they haven't banned the sale of bullets."
The makers of BuckyBalls don't have the billions of $$$ of NRA lobbying PAC behind them, otherwise you never would have even heard of the 12 kids requiring surgery...
Amazon's selection is worse than Netflix, unless you only care about shows from the last 6 months.
So that $80 is unlimited streaming of Amazon's (limited) library? Or do I have to pay for Prime too?
This is what will eventually kill Netflix. It also means in the future I'll probably watch a LOT less movies. I watch netflix every night, either movies or TV series (I have streaming and 3 DVD package, and a member since 2003). That's about 60 hours of programming a month, which would cost ~$60/month for Amazon/Google but I pay 1/3rd that, and can watch even more, amortizing the costs further.
If the studios have their way, eventually we'll all be paying $15 per streaming movie at home, and Megaplex tickets will be >$30. And people will still pay it to see Adam Sandler fart jokes. I can totally see that happening.
What do you mean? I watch Netflix on my Iphone when I wake up at 3am and can't get back to bed.
Who are "all the phone .. users" that are missing out? Droid droids?
If I want to watch Breaking Bad I can pay google $8 per season or $2 per episode, or I can pay Amazon $22 per season (!!!).
Or I can pay Netflix flat rate of $20 and watch all four seasons, then watch Dexter, Weeds, Black Adder, for no extra cost.
How is Google/Amazon's model even remotely a threat to Netflix?
Clearly I'm missing something.
"Just because they are the subject of the humor doesn't mean that they can't be overreacting"
And you're going to decide for them that they are overreacting? Again, it is mighty arrogant for someone to decide if someone else's feelings are valid or not.
"telling everyone else to shut the fuck up is equally wrong."
Did I tell anyone to STFU? Nope. I was using that as an example of what i've read in this thread directed at people who were offended. OP can say whatever he or she wants to, I'm pointing out what the words/actions are doing,
Very subjective, just like the qualifier "tall".
However, let's do some analysis to see how to tease out if it is sexist...
How do you know if something is "tall"?
You compare it to a bunch of other things and if it has more height than most of the samples, it earns the qualifier "tall".
Now, take the phrase in question. Read it to a bunch of people, and compare how many people think if it refers to men to how many think if it refers to women.
If your results come back 50/50 when normalized for gender, it probably isn't sexist.
But, as a pragmatic person in America (assuming that you're american), do you really expect a large number of people will conjure up MAN or WOMAN with even probability?
There ya go.
This is a common question when talking about privilege: if group X is offended by statement A about X, and group Y is NOT offended by the same statement A aimed Y, then X should STFU.
First, you're trying to tell someone how to feel. Examine how well you personally respond to being told how to feel because you're too stupid to understand something others consider obvious.
Second, this logical comparison only works when neither group is routinely marginalized and demeaned by a pervasive institutional bias.
"seems like yesterday"
That's called growing up.
You have a little more to do, there, son.
Good point: It didn't occur to me that collating and tabulating a lifetime's work isn't something an LOC employee is going to spend a year doing for free... although I assume the LOC has staff to do such things, maybe not. Plus I don't actually know the cost, thanks TFA.
Is anyone else kinda ticked-off that this was even necessary?
Why weren't they just donated by the estate to the LOC? Is there something else at play here, or just a greedy estate?
You are 100% correct, those workers were very inefficient and deserved to be laid off.
Weekends are very inefficient.
So is working only 8 hours a day.
24/7 would be most optimal from your point of view, now if we could just find workers that don't eat, sleep, get sick, or have families.
If you can afford it, enjoy your last summer to yourself. Unless you become a teacher (or filthy rich), you won't have the same rhythm in your life anymore, so make the most of it.
Maybe I'm just being to nostalgic, I worked 6 days a week my Final Summer fixing bicycles to make extra money for school. And I ended up with way more spare cash than most of my college friends, but that summer my core highschool friends did a ton of fun once-in-a-lifetime stuff that I had to miss out on.
"I could easily imagine..." ...and then you proceed to attempt to reason based on that.
Thanks for proving the article correct.
I haven't seen anyone take FJ's side in this. Just curious if there is even a slightly rational argument that can be made here from FJ's side.
I don't think there is, no matter how I look at it, I think FJ is a lame site, and is being used by lawyer to make some quick $$$ or drive up clicks, but I'm always suspicious enough to want to see both sides objectively.
"Hack"? Really? And what have you dedicated your life to in order to be able to affix such a label with casual superioirty? Chomsky is gets a bad wrap because he is associated with non-republican/conservative opinions. But the man's non-political work is on part with Russel and Whitehead. Oh, you don't know who they are? They must be hacks too.
Most of my immediate rants are captured already:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Ayyadurai#Email_claims
That is a LOT of features and behaviors. I don't feel prepared to understand and manage all of them. I feel like iOS is adding too damn much and is danger of becoming a Windows/Linux jumble of weird features in too many weird places. I want simple.
Anyone else getting the fear?
Me.
I'm wearing leather.
I think it's tasteless to use a cat because I think they are cute. He can do whatever he likes, I just think it is crass. I would have used a dog, and probably would have upset dog lovers. They would also have the right to complain and try to stop me.
So what confuses you here?
And LaPierre's statistics about the millions upon millions of people claiming they deterred a criminal attack by brandishing a firearm can't POSSIBLY be inflated by the NRA.... because we know gun owners don't exaggerate. ever.
And LaPierre's statistics about the millions upon millions of people claiming they deterred a criminal attack by brandishing a firearm can't POSSIBLY be inflated by the NRA.... because we know gun owners don't exaggerate. ever.
I guess when citizens have access to the same weaponry as the military, the citizens are a legit threat that could truly uprise vilolently.
That would never happen in the US because the weapons citizens have access to are peashooters compared to the the US military's armament.
But I can't wait to see data on gun crime, and how it changes, although I'm sure Ven. will lie about the statistics. [[Caveat: I'm a gun lover and have ARs, AKs, 308 and .338 sniper rifles, and 10k rounds of ammo, but I own them because it is _FUN_, not because I'm ready for the revolution. If I couldn't own my guns I'd probably just own more power tools. So: banning guns = meh IMHO.]]
The "nanny state" was born in the US in the 1700's.
Or are you one of those badass anarchists, or a hippie Communist & Socialist, or a Ron Paul fan? Because all three are the same.