"It turns out when Skype limited 10 way calling to Intel Processors only it really was arbitrary!"
Holy shit on a stick batman! Really?! That's the news of the century! Oh my freaking god, in a million years I absolutly positively never would have guessed. Someone alert the president! Stat! The patient is going into shock, do somthing doctor!
JPEG was invented in 1986 and is still being used. GIF was invented in 1987 and is still being used. MP3 was invented in 1992 and is still being used. In the 1980s most people still had big collections of casette tapes.
Pretty much any common digital format can still be read by modern software. Personally, I think it's pretty clear that digital media formats will last for quite some time.
The story I hear about IBM is that if you file a pattent lawsuit against them for any amount under $10K, they generally just write you a check.
However, every so often instead of rolling over, they will fight the pattent full force, attempting to completely destroy you. The idea is to supress completely frivilous pattent lawsuits.
I see SCO as a simalar case. IBM may wish to fight SCO to prove a point: "do not fuck with us."
The military uses games to teach soldiers teamwork and awareness, not how to shoot guns. War games are still critical. Live ammunition training is still critical. Live experience is important. Games are also important.
One only needs to play a racing game and then take a cruze to get it.
Have you interacted with real people in the US anytime in the last 6 years? Very few people seem to be mildly associated with reality...
You are completely wrong. In my opinion, to understand why seventeen fairies consoled all their kitchen troubles in a yellow rock covered in a stylish freedom fighters dead skin with the phrase 'limbo chocolates for all' engraved in it.
Therefore: vibrating Norwegian horse box full of sea-cucumbers.
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Casual users rarely notice any difference between this OS, and that OS until marketing or minimum requirements kick in. The majority of people run the latest and greatest for the same reason they buy only new cars.
I would consider a lot of what you describe to be leading a man on, unfortunately. You're right though, in the long run it's best to meet a woman who respects you enough to explain the deal to you, and help you understand it.
I think that would benifit the great grandparent poster a lot.
"Don't worry, though, you'll learn about them someday. But knock it off with the advice, it's wrong."
Nice. You're obviously very successful with women, so I should be listening to your advice, shouldn't I? Thank you for your words of wisdom.
There is no male equivalent to the entrapment that is "does my ass look fat in this" primarily because men don't generally care.
As another poster pointed out: "Am I good in bed?"
And ask yourself, when was the last time a man insisted a woman have a good job before dating them?
Women want a provider. So do men. That's a traditional role. Men demand it by looking for women who make good mothers and housewives.
Oh, and lastly, women date assholes because conflict is exciting, and safety is dull. Many people are raised in an environment where conflict is the norm, so men (or women, this applies for both sides) who are stable are inexplicably boring.
What do you call it when you're afraid to dance? Afraid to do somthing fun because you might *ghasp* get in trouble? Afraid to be sexual? Afraid to stand up for yourself? You call it safe? I call it boring.
Women want someone who makes them feel safe! Do you get it? They want a man who isn't afraid to stand up for them when they feel threatened. They want to feel secure. Your idea of being safe guy is being a guy who fears upseting the girl. My idea of being safe is to respect a woman, but also to respect myself by calling her on her BS. Women actually want that.
Listen, your kind, caring attitude will take you far. But in order to succeed with women you've got to get over this idea that they are completely messed up. Sure, some of them are. But I wouldn't waste time on them. Trust me, I used to feel the same way you do. And for a while after that I was an asshole. Neither works.
You have a very cynical view of the world. Women are just like you: They'd rather avoid a confrontation and hurt feelings than be brutally honest. What you call womaneese I call the univeral language of a polite letdown. Trust me, they are doing you a favor by not crushing you, or even worse, leading you on.
They want what you want as well: Excitement, passion, and someone they can respect. Would you want a woman who is affraid to tell you what they think? Would you want a woman who thinks sex is somthing incredibly important, and that they would never suggest it because doing so might offend you? Would you want a woman who has no self identity?
When you see a woman dating an asshole it's usually because they want a middle ground and haven't found it. It's possible they don't even know what they are looking for. It's your job to take a chance. Put the hand on the shoulder. Tell a few jokes. Offer to help her with somthing midly sexual, and see if she takes you up on it (You're going to change? Need a hand?) Take a chance!
The best thing you can do is try to act like an "asshole" because you'll realize that it doesn't work.
Are there big differences between men and women? Sure.
This started happening when gas hit $3 per gallon here. A lot of the people I know who drive trucks & SUVs started using their Hondas and Saturns a lot more.
IMO, owning 2 cars is a good way to go. I'm a sports car guy, and always felt it smart to own an impractical, expensive, inefficent, and absolutly fabulous car for the weekends as well as a reasonable family car for the trek to work.
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I know I'm going to get down-modded for this...
Guess I was right. *grin*
"It turns out when Skype limited 10 way calling to Intel Processors only it really was arbitrary!"
Holy shit on a stick batman! Really?! That's the news of the century! Oh my freaking god, in a million years I absolutly positively never would have guessed. Someone alert the president! Stat! The patient is going into shock, do somthing doctor!
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I know I'm going to get down-modded for this...
"big corporations that buy a politician like I buy a quart of milk."
I like your anology. One thought: when I buy a quart of milk I usually make sure that it isn't already bad.
Let's see...
JPEG was invented in 1986 and is still being used.
GIF was invented in 1987 and is still being used.
MP3 was invented in 1992 and is still being used.
In the 1980s most people still had big collections of casette tapes.
Pretty much any common digital format can still be read by modern software. Personally, I think it's pretty clear that digital media formats will last for quite some time.
You do realize that most rockets are launched from the south, right? Different /= dumb.
The story I hear about IBM is that if you file a pattent lawsuit against them for any amount under $10K, they generally just write you a check.
However, every so often instead of rolling over, they will fight the pattent full force, attempting to completely destroy you. The idea is to supress completely frivilous pattent lawsuits.
I see SCO as a simalar case. IBM may wish to fight SCO to prove a point: "do not fuck with us."
You're telling me you didn't have a peek when it was right next to you on a plane?
I think it's a very good idea. Endless fun by arranging your mammory speakers for an optimal sterio experience.
[Various scenes of people being mock sexually assulted.]
Voiceover: "Being violeted doesn't feel good, does it?"
[Pictures of Windows Vista]
Voiceover: "That's why Windows Vista is built with security in mind."
[Pictures of Steve Balmer]
Voiceover: "Buy Windows Vista, or Steve Balmer will violate you."
Microsoft O/S 2 went on to become windows XP.
Funny thing: I've driven the 280, but never played outrun.
The military uses games to teach soldiers teamwork and awareness, not how to shoot guns. War games are still critical. Live ammunition training is still critical. Live experience is important. Games are also important.
One only needs to play a racing game and then take a cruze to get it.
That's exactly what I had that in mind when I commented. = )
Rule #1: Try not to take yourself too seriously.
In other news:
Not to be outdone by AMD, Gellete releases a 5 core Razor.
You are completely wrong. In my opinion, to understand why seventeen fairies consoled all their kitchen troubles in a yellow rock covered in a stylish freedom fighters dead skin with the phrase 'limbo chocolates for all' engraved in it.
Therefore: vibrating Norwegian horse box full of sea-cucumbers.
For further insight, send an email with the subject 'subscribe' to: burning1@usdachoice.us
*grin*
Casual users rarely notice any difference between this OS, and that OS until marketing or minimum requirements kick in. The majority of people run the latest and greatest for the same reason they buy only new cars.
Some high end sports cars that do not come with a radio, back seat, automatic transmission, air conditioning, and many other "features".
And then, they charge you more for it. Seriously.
If the military was smart it would list the sattalites pubically as somthing innocous.
I would consider a lot of what you describe to be leading a man on, unfortunately. You're right though, in the long run it's best to meet a woman who respects you enough to explain the deal to you, and help you understand it.
I think that would benifit the great grandparent poster a lot.
Fiction sells better. : )
"Don't worry, though, you'll learn about them someday. But knock it off with the advice, it's wrong."
Nice. You're obviously very successful with women, so I should be listening to your advice, shouldn't I? Thank you for your words of wisdom.
There is no male equivalent to the entrapment that is "does my ass look fat in this" primarily because men don't generally care.
As another poster pointed out: "Am I good in bed?"
And ask yourself, when was the last time a man insisted a woman have a good job before dating them?
Women want a provider. So do men. That's a traditional role. Men demand it by looking for women who make good mothers and housewives.
Oh, and lastly, women date assholes because conflict is exciting, and safety is dull. Many people are raised in an environment where conflict is the norm, so men (or women, this applies for both sides) who are stable are inexplicably boring.
What do you call it when you're afraid to dance? Afraid to do somthing fun because you might *ghasp* get in trouble? Afraid to be sexual? Afraid to stand up for yourself? You call it safe? I call it boring.
Women want someone who makes them feel safe! Do you get it? They want a man who isn't afraid to stand up for them when they feel threatened. They want to feel secure. Your idea of being safe guy is being a guy who fears upseting the girl. My idea of being safe is to respect a woman, but also to respect myself by calling her on her BS. Women actually want that.
Listen, your kind, caring attitude will take you far. But in order to succeed with women you've got to get over this idea that they are completely messed up. Sure, some of them are. But I wouldn't waste time on them. Trust me, I used to feel the same way you do. And for a while after that I was an asshole. Neither works.
You have a very cynical view of the world. Women are just like you: They'd rather avoid a confrontation and hurt feelings than be brutally honest. What you call womaneese I call the univeral language of a polite letdown. Trust me, they are doing you a favor by not crushing you, or even worse, leading you on.
They want what you want as well: Excitement, passion, and someone they can respect. Would you want a woman who is affraid to tell you what they think? Would you want a woman who thinks sex is somthing incredibly important, and that they would never suggest it because doing so might offend you? Would you want a woman who has no self identity?
When you see a woman dating an asshole it's usually because they want a middle ground and haven't found it. It's possible they don't even know what they are looking for. It's your job to take a chance. Put the hand on the shoulder. Tell a few jokes. Offer to help her with somthing midly sexual, and see if she takes you up on it (You're going to change? Need a hand?) Take a chance!
The best thing you can do is try to act like an "asshole" because you'll realize that it doesn't work.
Are there big differences between men and women? Sure.
But you and me baby aint nothing but mammals.
This started happening when gas hit $3 per gallon here. A lot of the people I know who drive trucks & SUVs started using their Hondas and Saturns a lot more.
IMO, owning 2 cars is a good way to go. I'm a sports car guy, and always felt it smart to own an impractical, expensive, inefficent, and absolutly fabulous car for the weekends as well as a reasonable family car for the trek to work.
If they did, do you really think they would admit it?