Why is the automotive bureau in charge of issuing a human beings identity? We are people first. We are not human chattal or tools of the state. We deserve to be treated as Sovereign beings with dignity and respect. We do not deserve to be tagged like automotive property.
Yes however it's very common for the state issued ID to be ignored as being valid ID. For instance you cannot buy beer in Massachusetts without the alcohol ID which has not been issued in over 20 years. The state nondrivers ID has no expiration date which makes it invalid the moment it's issued.
This is the kind of 'mission creep' that we as citizens of the nation should be fighting. Tying nondriving issues to the drivers license opens the door for further abuse and dehumanization.
Wasn't the purpose of the drivers license to prove you passed an operators test? Now you don't exist as a human in this country if you didn't pass your drivers test.
There were multinational companies around when our founding fathers wrote the bill of rights. One big thorn in the colonists sides was the British East India Company. They were a big part of why we rebelled against the crown. The trouble isn't that Franklin et al. didn't try to protect us agains corporations run amok but that the courts misinterpreted the intent of the constitution and allowed big business to run unchecked.
Nerd Homoeroticism. Poses remeniscent of bikini girls on chopper motorcycles, only it's a geek in a sweater leaning on a state of the art green monochrome monitor.
Also, look at his eyes, Bill Gates should definately lay off the pipe. Crack kills!
My university runs a channel with open PPV movies to the dorms. The channel is tuned in by any CATV ready TV or VCR. The movies were current films that have no macrovision jitter when taped with a regular VCR.
Show me one litre of anything without a single molecule of impurity and I'll lick your ass. The fact is that you can't be a pure mathematician about this. At 6.02x10^23 molecules per mole it's very easy to get one or two moleculs of anything mixed in to a liter of ethanol. However when you're throwing number like 95% pure vs 100% you can't split hairs about about one or two molecules.
That is unless you're being a douche about your point.
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I knew a russian chemist who regailed us with stories of taking the purified ethanol and infusing it with carbon dioxide. He insisted we could get drunk faster if it was carbonated.
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I bought one just before Y2K and then returned it right after society didn't collapse. WestMarine will sell you one. You can get an electric one that can be converted to a hand pump or just get a hand pump one.
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This is really boosted from the "Anarchist Cookbook". Don't give it another thought.
You do realize that it's impossible to get 100% pure ethanol, right?
Care to back that up with some science. At least give us a link. It's true that through simple distillation 95% is the best you can do. However there are other methods you can use to further purify a mixture to pure ethanol. Adding benzine to the distallate will up the purity. You can also pass the solution through something that can soak up all the water. There are many ways to do this.
I guess then I'm agreeing with you about how bad digital theators are. And disagreeing with you about how it's better to see certain movies on the big screen while you have the chance.
Sitting so close you can see the pixels defeats the purpose of seeing it in the cinema. If it's just a giant TV then why not get a "powerpoint projector" and watch the DVD at home. You'll get the same experience as that so-called "film". The reason to see a movie on the big screen was to see the film as the cinematographer envisioned it. Digital prints have ruined this process.
Yeah but them drug companies are standing on research that was funded by the govt and carried out at public universities. Cox2 enzyme is a prime example of a billion dollar industry handed from a university to the drug companies for free. Not all of those billions the drug companies claim to be spending are actually coming out of their own pockets. They may be finishing the research privately but you can bet you and I paid for the startup costs.
The point is that I shouldn't have had to ask. Their overly agressive sales person insulted me. The other employees on the floor let it happen. When I've managed resturants I've always come in with free desert or comped a round of drinks if we've seriously wronged a customer. I can't expect Best Buy to buy me a round of drinks but I can reasonably expect one of two things to happen here. They throw in some nominal chotchke to say they're truly sorry or they don't. If they don't then I can't believe they are sorry or value me as a customer. So screw them I won't go back.
What I didn't expect is for the manager to outright accuse me of trying to rip them off. I say really screw them.
I was shopping for a new laptop at the Best Buy in State College, PA. I got into a very nasty verbal fight with some highschool kid trying to push the extended warranty on me. I ended up leaving but not before demanding to see the manager. He wasn't there but called me when I got home. He agreed that the altercation took place. He agreed that it shouldn't have happened. He asked me what I wanted them to do about it. I said usually when a merchant is wrong they make it up in the form of some nominal gift certificate. Just to say "we're sorry we know we were wrong here's $20 (less then.2% of what I would have purchased) so you know we're sincere." He accused me of trying to rip off the store. I haven't been back to any Best Buy now for almost two years.
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Why is the automotive bureau in charge of issuing a human beings identity? We are people first. We are not human chattal or tools of the state. We deserve to be treated as Sovereign beings with dignity and respect. We do not deserve to be tagged like automotive property.
What part of the buerocracy issues the non-driver ID?
This is the kind of 'mission creep' that we as citizens of the nation should be fighting. Tying nondriving issues to the drivers license opens the door for further abuse and dehumanization.
Wasn't the purpose of the drivers license to prove you passed an operators test? Now you don't exist as a human in this country if you didn't pass your drivers test.
There were multinational companies around when our founding fathers wrote the bill of rights. One big thorn in the colonists sides was the British East India Company. They were a big part of why we rebelled against the crown. The trouble isn't that Franklin et al. didn't try to protect us agains corporations run amok but that the courts misinterpreted the intent of the constitution and allowed big business to run unchecked.
So did they list 'groucho glasses' with the fake nose as prior art? What about wax lips?
Also, look at his eyes, Bill Gates should definately lay off the pipe. Crack kills!
My university runs a channel with open PPV movies to the dorms. The channel is tuned in by any CATV ready TV or VCR. The movies were current films that have no macrovision jitter when taped with a regular VCR.
My Panasonic -R recorder has already refused to record several movies because it detected a copyright flag.
That was the old MIT team that got caught. They're not on to the new team yet.
That is unless you're being a douche about your point.
I knew a russian chemist who regailed us with stories of taking the purified ethanol and infusing it with carbon dioxide. He insisted we could get drunk faster if it was carbonated.
I bought one just before Y2K and then returned it right after society didn't collapse. WestMarine will sell you one. You can get an electric one that can be converted to a hand pump or just get a hand pump one.
This is really boosted from the "Anarchist Cookbook". Don't give it another thought.
Care to back that up with some science. At least give us a link. It's true that through simple distillation 95% is the best you can do. However there are other methods you can use to further purify a mixture to pure ethanol. Adding benzine to the distallate will up the purity. You can also pass the solution through something that can soak up all the water. There are many ways to do this.
I am officially calling you out on this.
If you've ever used your credit card and the bonus card at the same time I guarentee you that they know exactly your real name and address.
I guess then I'm agreeing with you about how bad digital theators are. And disagreeing with you about how it's better to see certain movies on the big screen while you have the chance.
Sitting so close you can see the pixels defeats the purpose of seeing it in the cinema. If it's just a giant TV then why not get a "powerpoint projector" and watch the DVD at home. You'll get the same experience as that so-called "film". The reason to see a movie on the big screen was to see the film as the cinematographer envisioned it. Digital prints have ruined this process.
When the processor is twice as fast but you can still buy it equipped with your current OS.
Yeah but them drug companies are standing on research that was funded by the govt and carried out at public universities. Cox2 enzyme is a prime example of a billion dollar industry handed from a university to the drug companies for free. Not all of those billions the drug companies claim to be spending are actually coming out of their own pockets. They may be finishing the research privately but you can bet you and I paid for the startup costs.
Oooh I made a typo. You caught me. I am a loser. You are a much better person then I am. Feel good about yourself. It probably won't last long.
What I didn't expect is for the manager to outright accuse me of trying to rip them off. I say really screw them.
I was shopping for a new laptop at the Best Buy in State College, PA. I got into a very nasty verbal fight with some highschool kid trying to push the extended warranty on me. I ended up leaving but not before demanding to see the manager. He wasn't there but called me when I got home. He agreed that the altercation took place. He agreed that it shouldn't have happened. He asked me what I wanted them to do about it. I said usually when a merchant is wrong they make it up in the form of some nominal gift certificate. Just to say "we're sorry we know we were wrong here's $20 (less then .2% of what I would have purchased) so you know we're sincere." He accused me of trying to rip off the store. I haven't been back to any Best Buy now for almost two years.
What they meant to say is "Despite customer feedback, you'll now earn rewards for every $125 of purchases."
I LOVE those old films. Especially when Mike (or Joel) and the 'Bots are cracking wise underneath them.