Yeah, you might want to look into your assertions regarding American pronunciations. I don't recall Chuck Berry singing about "rowt" 66. You know how many dialects and accents one will find just in the British Isles? Well, multiply the landmass considerably and you'll see that there are one or two variations here in the colonies.
That said, your point is pretty much dead on. Why the hell wouldn't the Beeb feature pronunciations that ape the majority of its listeners.
I'll grant you your points, but if you go back up a level and read his sibling comment, you'll see that this sounds like a rather troubled individual. Probably in need of help. I generally haven't found that the velvet glove approach works; sometimes the weight of an iron fist is required.
I know you said that jokingly, but that sort of comment just galls me.
So? I should care because???
It's insulting to bluefoxlucid, and the many women out there who have no desire for a big diamond ring, nor a fancy wedding
Why insulting? If he's that thin skinned, then it's REALLY gonna be a while until he gets a date. Why should anybody give a shit what I say?
His thoughts are valid, and there are females out there who will agree with him.
I never said they weren't valid. I merely hinted that some of his thoughts and feelings were likely to be reasons that he hasn't dated anyone yet.
There's far more going on here than meets the eye to most. The first is cost-benefit analysis of gifts. The vast majority of people out there aren't doing that. It's not deciding whether or not to buy a new machine tool for a factory or an operating system upgrade. It's a gift.
Next is the absurd notion that there is some 'damage to reputation' as a result of a divorce. Maybe in a few fundie religious communities, but in the real world, shit happens and divorce is shit that happens to 50% of people out there.
And the kicker is the nerdly obsession with the Miata. Hey, I get it. I used to own one. Largely as described. But the odds of finding a mate who will wax as rhapsodic? Sounds to me more like he wants the Miata.
Having a spouse almost never doubles your toy budget.
The entire tone and content of the post belies a lack of understanding of human mating and the fairer sex of such a degree that his lack of significant romantic relationships with women is not a surprise. If you don't see that, you're just about as obtuse as he is. If you take offense at that, sorry, but sometimes the truth hurts.
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" was cute and all, but it's still just Hollywood.
Some excellent thoughts on that quote here. Basically, it agrees with what you're saying and implies that context is important. Sadly, context is unlearned in law school the day after ethics.
IIRC, in Canadian small claims court. Heck, I love to read your stories (how long until the next chapter is due out?) but they don't necessarily translate to US Federal Court.
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And June Cleaver always had dinner ready for your dad when he got home from work. What exactly were you and Ward doing in the study anyway?
It's Chinatown, Jake.
But seriously, that's a case of how water rights don't work.
Why not simply forget about the card and tattoo the number in your arm?
Adolf Hitler already tried that idea.
I think that was his point.
Should read "new and innovative ways to track the citizenry". Cripes...
Germans coming up with new and innovative citizenry. What could possibly go wrong with that?
(Bye bye karma...)
Yeah, you might want to look into your assertions regarding American pronunciations. I don't recall Chuck Berry singing about "rowt" 66. You know how many dialects and accents one will find just in the British Isles? Well, multiply the landmass considerably and you'll see that there are one or two variations here in the colonies.
That said, your point is pretty much dead on. Why the hell wouldn't the Beeb feature pronunciations that ape the majority of its listeners.
I'm more interested in the mode.
And, worse of all, that nice email ad said I could increase my length UP TO 9 inches. My wife still has trouble finding it
Meh..
Funny, she had no trouble finding mine last night.
They took 56,000 pictures of minors in their bedrooms and watched them for fun out of incompetence or stupidity??!!?!
I work for a federal contractor; you have NO idea how stupid civil servants can be.
Anybody who remembers JK should remember the asshat who submitted this story for CT to post.
Narf!
I don't really understand TFA. Could someone post a car analogy for me?
I'll grant you your points, but if you go back up a level and read his sibling comment, you'll see that this sounds like a rather troubled individual. Probably in need of help. I generally haven't found that the velvet glove approach works; sometimes the weight of an iron fist is required.
I know you said that jokingly, but that sort of comment just galls me.
So? I should care because???
It's insulting to bluefoxlucid, and the many women out there who have no desire for a big diamond ring, nor a fancy wedding
Why insulting? If he's that thin skinned, then it's REALLY gonna be a while until he gets a date. Why should anybody give a shit what I say?
His thoughts are valid, and there are females out there who will agree with him.
I never said they weren't valid. I merely hinted that some of his thoughts and feelings were likely to be reasons that he hasn't dated anyone yet.
There's far more going on here than meets the eye to most. The first is cost-benefit analysis of gifts. The vast majority of people out there aren't doing that. It's not deciding whether or not to buy a new machine tool for a factory or an operating system upgrade. It's a gift.
Next is the absurd notion that there is some 'damage to reputation' as a result of a divorce. Maybe in a few fundie religious communities, but in the real world, shit happens and divorce is shit that happens to 50% of people out there.
And the kicker is the nerdly obsession with the Miata. Hey, I get it. I used to own one. Largely as described. But the odds of finding a mate who will wax as rhapsodic? Sounds to me more like he wants the Miata.
Having a spouse almost never doubles your toy budget.
The entire tone and content of the post belies a lack of understanding of human mating and the fairer sex of such a degree that his lack of significant romantic relationships with women is not a surprise. If you don't see that, you're just about as obtuse as he is. If you take offense at that, sorry, but sometimes the truth hurts.
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" was cute and all, but it's still just Hollywood.
Dated today, 10 August 2010:
Ubuntu Server Adoption on the Rise. Also today: The consistent failure of Linux to grab even 1% of the desktop OS market. This one says Ubuntu "has become the largest Linux desktop OS distribution by far" by cannibalizing other Linux distros.
Now do you have stats supporting your assertion "Ubuntu is dying"? Or is it your opinion?
Falcon
Netcraft confirms it.
They should send the usage statistics to the mailing addresses of all the big name game developers so we can finally get rid of Windows.
Also send them to hardware companies that seemingly sabotage any attempt to write Linux drivers.
They did. Worked out not so good.
High UID kids these days...
I'm beginning to understand why you've never had a girlfriend.
As is the case in most entertainment. We know that you can't hear explosions in space, but that's boring as shit to watch.
GP is (or should be) referring to this.
McCarthy was an American hero. I read it in a book by some tranny named Coulter.
I foresee a stark future for the MP. One where his mailbox is filled to overflowing daily with links to wikipedia's page on the Streisand Effect.
Some excellent thoughts on that quote here. Basically, it agrees with what you're saying and implies that context is important. Sadly, context is unlearned in law school the day after ethics.
IIRC, in Canadian small claims court. Heck, I love to read your stories (how long until the next chapter is due out?) but they don't necessarily translate to US Federal Court.
A judge with a brain...
You haven't spent much time in a courthouse if you think this is something easy to find.
In a nutshell, this.