It was, like the author said, essentially Planet Hollywood. Ridiculous decorations, and crap food like chicken strips named "Shivan Strips" or something equally inane, for like $8.49. There was a Pizzaria Pagliacci across the street =).
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The Mayan Calendar does *not* have the "end of time" in 2012. The calendar's *cycle* ends in 2012. Saying that this signals the end of time is like saying that when you get to level 256 on Pac-Man, something weird will happen... er, wait...
Oh crap... in 2012, the entire eastern hemisphere is going to turn into a bunch of funny symbols...
"Electric Trolleys" exist in several cities. Vancouver, BC has an efficient system of buses which run on overhead electric lines, and stretches throughout the most heavily populated metro areas. I believe San Francisco also has electric streetcars, but they could be gas-powered...
And slide rules? Back in 1988, before you were *allowed* calculators in high school exams, a slide rule was da bomb =).
They were both good services... in fact, dejanews has gone down the crapper the last couple of years. What happened to having 10 years of usenet archived?
Deja.com is where I did research for my digital camera... great information in one place.
OK, Akira was a great flick back in the 80s when everyone was clueless about Anime, but there are SO many better titles out now that it doesn't bear repeating. What is this obsession with Akira?
And don't get me started on that Star Wars thing =).
And the dioramas are "the cool and smart". Japanese-translated-to-English seems to be an excellent summarizing method!
Where did he get the White Rabbit LEGO?
For Asheron's Call, for instance, that requires a whole whack of keystrokes to do stuff like cast spells... set the various buttons to map to one or more keys and you're set. By "set" I mean "you can actually sit back and play a game rather than hunch forward, wrecking your back"...
Mighty nice. Little pricey though, and lefties will hate it -- actually I don't think lefties can use it to be honest, unless they use righty mice.
How long until 360,000 words in riders about such relevant things as immigration, smoking advertising, and of course video game violence are added in? Doomed to failure =).
Seriously, it is nice to see something so succinct come from a politician.
It takes a lot to render me completely speechless [1]. Congratulations.
[1] Yes, I know this qualifies as not being completely speechless. Consider yourself congratulated for getting as close as possible.
He is unwilling and unable to deal with anyone who doesn't look and sound like him.
I would appreciate if you'd quote the part of his message where he says or implies this. He said that it was VERY DIFFICULT to learn things when you can't understand the material (well, he said it was difficult for his classmates as he already knew the material). I doubt he had many options to learn the stuff other than from the class -- self-taught isn't for everyone.
All I can interpret from your reply is that anyone who mentions that someone lacks in English skills is instantly racist. Again, explain to me how my reasoning is wrong here.
To go further in your post, I don't see where he was "picking on" their accents. Big companies which deal with other countries hire people fluent in those languages to eliminate situations where the parties know each other's language technically, but can't communicate efficiently. That isn't racist, it's just saying that people have different accents and use different pronunciations which inhibit *effective* communication, verbally...
Er actually if you had read the article I was responding to, it was a bitch that old workers couldn't get jobs because they weren't willing to work 80 hours a week. My counterargument said that in my personal experience -- and, may I add, the experience of many people I know -- working excessive hours is not necessary for success. I don't argue that mature folk might get discriminated against, but it's certainly not because they're not willing to work "Slave Labour".
He's a racist bastard because he can't understand someone's incredibly thick accent? I certainly don't agree that hiring somebody with poor spoken english skills is always a bad decision, but if they are in a position where their performance depends on their spoken english skills, it should be taken into account. This is the kind of politically-correct-ignorant comment I had hoped died with the 90s.
In his situation I would suggest to the prof that she transcribe her notes for the benefit of those who have accent difficulties. People with THICK accents KNOW it and in my experience aren't offended by being asked to repeat things, write them down, etc. People with poor spoken english skils can usually communiate quite well with written english (hell, my spoken French and Japanese is bloody awful but I can write well enough to be understood =) -- if I ordered a meal in french I'd get extra napkins...)
I've never worked more than a square (8-9 hour) day except under exceptional circumstances (ie. two 16-hour days in a row to help someone's project get done, or working a weekend maybe twice a year because of an emergency). I've never been fired. In fact, in every job I've been in (in 12 years in the industry I've moved between four of them, all by choice), I've been commended for my performance, given nice raises, promotions, etc. And here's little old me still coming in at 8:30 and leaving at 4:30. I don't suck up -- heh, far from it =). I don't beat other people down. I just do my job, do it damn well, and make sure my co-workers/subordinates (hate that word) also have the resources to do their jobs damn well.
I guess old folks who haven't bothered to keep up on their skills, or who refuse to work under younger bosses or new methodologies, are being discriminated against. Damn those whipper-snappers!
I've never worked more than a square (8-9 hour) day except under exceptional circumstances (ie. two 16-hour days in a row to help someone's project get done, or working a weekend maybe twice a year because of an emergency). I've never been fired. In fact, in every job I've been in (in 12 years in the industry I've moved between four of them, all by choice), I've been commended for my performance, given nice raises, promotions, etc. And here's little old me still coming in at 8:30 and leaving at 4:30. I don't suck up -- heh, far from it =). I don't beat other people down. I just do my job, do it damn well, and make sure my co-workers/subordinates (hate that word) also have the resources to do their jobs damn well.
I guess old folks who haven't bothered to keep up on their skills, or who refuse to work under younger bosses or new methodologies, are being discriminated against. Damn those whipper-snappers!
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It was, like the author said, essentially Planet Hollywood. Ridiculous decorations, and crap food like chicken strips named "Shivan Strips" or something equally inane, for like $8.49. There was a Pizzaria Pagliacci across the street =).
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The Mayan Calendar does *not* have the "end of time" in 2012. The calendar's *cycle* ends in 2012. Saying that this signals the end of time is like saying that when you get to level 256 on Pac-Man, something weird will happen... er, wait...
Oh crap... in 2012, the entire eastern hemisphere is going to turn into a bunch of funny symbols...
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Traffic jam which lasts 20 seconds until the driver can reconnect the rods != "massive traffic jam".
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"Electric Trolleys" exist in several cities. Vancouver, BC has an efficient system of buses which run on overhead electric lines, and stretches throughout the most heavily populated metro areas. I believe San Francisco also has electric streetcars, but they could be gas-powered... And slide rules? Back in 1988, before you were *allowed* calculators in high school exams, a slide rule was da bomb =).
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Deja.com is where I did research for my digital camera... great information in one place.
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OK, Akira was a great flick back in the 80s when everyone was clueless about Anime, but there are SO many better titles out now that it doesn't bear repeating. What is this obsession with Akira? And don't get me started on that Star Wars thing =).
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"I cracked SDMI, baby" isn't much of a pickup line.
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Oh pshaw. I *liked* the DiCaprio one, what with the guns named "Rapier", "Sabre", etc. =) Plus the soundtrack for that movie was fantastic.
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Wrestling is the only soap opera that I've ever seen geeks even mildly interested in. Watch Y&R? Why? Nobody EVER gets clotheslined on Y&R!
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It is 2018. Two houses, both alike in dignity, in fair Redmond where we lay our scene...
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Great, but you forgot "Refused/Dropped Our Banner Ads".
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And the dioramas are "the cool and smart". Japanese-translated-to-English seems to be an excellent summarizing method! Where did he get the White Rabbit LEGO?
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BECAUSE IT'S COOL.
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But where did he find the vintage 512k memory stick? =)
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For Asheron's Call, for instance, that requires a whole whack of keystrokes to do stuff like cast spells... set the various buttons to map to one or more keys and you're set. By "set" I mean "you can actually sit back and play a game rather than hunch forward, wrecking your back"... Mighty nice. Little pricey though, and lefties will hate it -- actually I don't think lefties can use it to be honest, unless they use righty mice.
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I would have had first post, but my drool shorted out my keyboard.
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How long until 360,000 words in riders about such relevant things as immigration, smoking advertising, and of course video game violence are added in? Doomed to failure =). Seriously, it is nice to see something so succinct come from a politician.
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Gore invented the History button in browsers!
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Trev, dude, next time be careful when posting... I can hear you wanking in those parentheses there...
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It takes a lot to render me completely speechless [1]. Congratulations. [1] Yes, I know this qualifies as not being completely speechless. Consider yourself congratulated for getting as close as possible.
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I would appreciate if you'd quote the part of his message where he says or implies this. He said that it was VERY DIFFICULT to learn things when you can't understand the material (well, he said it was difficult for his classmates as he already knew the material). I doubt he had many options to learn the stuff other than from the class -- self-taught isn't for everyone.
All I can interpret from your reply is that anyone who mentions that someone lacks in English skills is instantly racist. Again, explain to me how my reasoning is wrong here.
To go further in your post, I don't see where he was "picking on" their accents. Big companies which deal with other countries hire people fluent in those languages to eliminate situations where the parties know each other's language technically, but can't communicate efficiently. That isn't racist, it's just saying that people have different accents and use different pronunciations which inhibit *effective* communication, verbally...
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Er actually if you had read the article I was responding to, it was a bitch that old workers couldn't get jobs because they weren't willing to work 80 hours a week. My counterargument said that in my personal experience -- and, may I add, the experience of many people I know -- working excessive hours is not necessary for success. I don't argue that mature folk might get discriminated against, but it's certainly not because they're not willing to work "Slave Labour".
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In his situation I would suggest to the prof that she transcribe her notes for the benefit of those who have accent difficulties. People with THICK accents KNOW it and in my experience aren't offended by being asked to repeat things, write them down, etc. People with poor spoken english skils can usually communiate quite well with written english (hell, my spoken French and Japanese is bloody awful but I can write well enough to be understood =) -- if I ordered a meal in french I'd get extra napkins...)
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I guess old folks who haven't bothered to keep up on their skills, or who refuse to work under younger bosses or new methodologies, are being discriminated against. Damn those whipper-snappers!
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I guess old folks who haven't bothered to keep up on their skills, or who refuse to work under younger bosses or new methodologies, are being discriminated against. Damn those whipper-snappers!
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