Halloween has evolved from a Pagan celebration into the second greatest kid's holiday of the year. "Seriously, they have to give you candy if you ask!"
It was never favored by the early American Puritans, and only gained popularity with the mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 1800s. Churches today still frown upon it, and religious-sponsored alternatives to Trick or Treat are offered nearly every place I've lived.
Evidently, the one belief in the supernatural is enough for any congregation.
GM and Dodge 8 lug rims are the same, but they won't work on Ford octolugs. An electric water heater takes the same replacement element, except for the State brand, which has different threads.
There is a propensity, almost cocksure, that a leading manufacturer can afford to make a non-universal part, greatly aggravating its target market. In the end, we hate that assumption and begin to vote with our wallets.
Keep that in mind every time you log into Slashdot. Et tu/.?
While I suppose this is an argument for submitting anonymous content, I only run the risk of being hung for my own posting foolishness, while you could easily be mistaken for another coward.
By and large, this opens up a larger revenue stream for Google with very little backlash from their users.
It will be cussed and discussed on a few noble forums and everyone else will go on with their Facebook world, surrendering personal privacy for access to social media and the Google search engine.
These are TWO separate issues, and should be addressed as such. Trump could have flipped the whole "Trump and Putin are buddies" bit by Clinton by saying "I condemn the hack. But that doesn't eliminate the horrible dirty politics of the DNC, Media and Hillary Clinton that was exposed. Hillary, how do you justify Bird Dogging my campaign?"
But Trump is an idiot. He'll never get how to flip attacks back onto the attackers. It requires a kind of mental judo he can't perform.
Pretty much this, with a side of, How do two candidates with such glaring deficiencies get this close to the Oval Office?
While it is disheartening to see the number of intelligent posters denying anthropogenic impact to the environment, it is also disingenuous to ascribe modifiers like nobody and ever to the phenomenon.
FTS: Showing people a possible future plays on the Ebenezer Scrooge fable, in that people can change if they are simply presented with the results of their actions. I'd like to believe that's the case, but the cynic in me says people are more likely to minimize their personal impact and sustain a planet-wide tragedy of the commons.
Sure. I can see that. It may be as simple as the average person has neither the time nor the inclination to develop their own opinions about each issue, so they go where the body of work best supports their core issue(s) and assimilate the rest of the platform.
If your pickup has a Come and take it! bumper sticker, you are likely not getting your news from MSNBC.
Even the on-topic comments about tech have gotten pretty bad, with tribal shit-flinging drowning out the rare piece of actual insightful commentary.
Even the smart ones are commenting with one half their brains tied behind their backs as the preconceptions inherent in us force us to be subjective despite our wish to deliver insightful, objective viewpoints.
However, much of the strength and insight of these threads is the diversity from which these preconceptions arise. We have liberals, libertarians, conservatives, and many more who are blends of the lot. You will still find yourself hard pressed to gain insight outside of your settled belief set anywhere else as much as here.
Nobody, ever, gets offered the best deal a cable provider has by remaining a constant customer.
As long as you have a competitive market, trade out as soon as introductory specials fade into the sunset, for newer, sweeter deals with the competition.
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It was never favored by the early American Puritans, and only gained popularity with the mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 1800s. Churches today still frown upon it, and religious-sponsored alternatives to Trick or Treat are offered nearly every place I've lived.
Evidently, the one belief in the supernatural is enough for any congregation.
Meanwhile, at work, we can't get folks to stop clicking email links.
Clearly, the taxing entity that is your overlord would be against this tool of the tax scoundrel, right? What gives?
Oh yeah, the rich people like it, too.
MCs Heems and Kool A.D. I presume...
Nothing of value would be lost.
There is a propensity, almost cocksure, that a leading manufacturer can afford to make a non-universal part, greatly aggravating its target market. In the end, we hate that assumption and begin to vote with our wallets.
Onerous as possible.
On the other hand, the challenging nature of it certainly increased the resulting quality of the cull.
Depending on your point of view, a strong case could be made for the '69 moon landing. Still, Watergate was pretty big.
Would journalists have ignored Nixon's crimes if Deep Throat was a Russian?
No. It was the story of the century.
Interestingly, the Watergate scandal was essentially hacking the other side for information before the act could be performed electronically.
While I suppose this is an argument for submitting anonymous content, I only run the risk of being hung for my own posting foolishness, while you could easily be mistaken for another coward.
It will be cussed and discussed on a few noble forums and everyone else will go on with their Facebook world, surrendering personal privacy for access to social media and the Google search engine.
If it were possible to measure, what would the biggest shit sandwich be, in some common form of measurement reference such as Olympic swimming pools?
Robots, much like dogs and children, are generally evil only if programmed as such.
I'd say the toothpaste is out of the tube on robotic soldiering, so you may as well hope it is your nation at the forefront of it.
These are TWO separate issues, and should be addressed as such. Trump could have flipped the whole "Trump and Putin are buddies" bit by Clinton by saying "I condemn the hack. But that doesn't eliminate the horrible dirty politics of the DNC, Media and Hillary Clinton that was exposed. Hillary, how do you justify Bird Dogging my campaign?" But Trump is an idiot. He'll never get how to flip attacks back onto the attackers. It requires a kind of mental judo he can't perform.
Pretty much this, with a side of, How do two candidates with such glaring deficiencies get this close to the Oval Office?
FTS: Showing people a possible future plays on the Ebenezer Scrooge fable, in that people can change if they are simply presented with the results of their actions. I'd like to believe that's the case, but the cynic in me says people are more likely to minimize their personal impact and sustain a planet-wide tragedy of the commons.
Sure. Unless you consider Assange's very sanctuary in the embassy is essentially a big, Ecuadorian, middle finger to the US.
Granted. Trump's a once in a lifetime bushel of low-hanging fruit, but you'll come up with something else.
If your pickup has a Come and take it! bumper sticker, you are likely not getting your news from MSNBC.
It takes a minute for it to turn into the sort of asset the rich people can stash.
You don't. In no accepted monetary policy, do you imagine arbitrarily adding to the M1 money supply without inflationary consequence.
Teens having more access to birth control information at school, even in traditionally conservative regions, has been very progressive.
Do you know how many of you old farts were accidents?
Don't fall for the false power of outrage given to words. The irony is that racism and race-baiting for votes are equally distasteful strategies.
Even the on-topic comments about tech have gotten pretty bad, with tribal shit-flinging drowning out the rare piece of actual insightful commentary.
Even the smart ones are commenting with one half their brains tied behind their backs as the preconceptions inherent in us force us to be subjective despite our wish to deliver insightful, objective viewpoints.
However, much of the strength and insight of these threads is the diversity from which these preconceptions arise. We have liberals, libertarians, conservatives, and many more who are blends of the lot. You will still find yourself hard pressed to gain insight outside of your settled belief set anywhere else as much as here.
At least we know that the Far East isn't so different after all.
As long as you have a competitive market, trade out as soon as introductory specials fade into the sunset, for newer, sweeter deals with the competition.