The implicit racism in your post is appalling. You should be ashamed of yourself for denigrating people who just need a few handouts in order to get themselves up to the standards that the rest of the country is able to provide for themselves, despite a lack of preferential treatment.
The proper term is not 'robbed', it's "civil forfeitured". By confusing the two terms, you sully the reputation of thieves who ply their craft without the aid of crooked DA's and the DEA.
God. it's like you people don't even appreciate the value added service they are *GIVING* away here. Who wouldn't want to see more perfectly tailored and targeted ads -- some of which even include *VIDEO* again, completely for free.
You have to pay for cable right? The same thing applies, you're getting the service you paid for (TV shows, home shopping channels) with the added bonus of free to view advertisements.
In both cases they're simply giving away high quality, hopefully relevant audio and video. I think that's super generous of them.
And for no charge! And yet, you people still bitch. Absolutely shameful.
Because as stated about a bajillion times prior, wage increases do not exist in a vacuum. If wages go up by $x%, and inflation goes up by $x+1%, sure you 'make more money' (in the nominal sense) but you're actually poorer.
See also: United States since about 1970. in *REAL* dollars, a janitor made about $17/hour back then. =/
Steve Job is actually a super clever biblical play on words. You see Job is the well known schmuck who God toyed with to demonstrate his power. Whereas Steve(n) was the first christian martyr.
So, Steve Job.. ahh I lost my train of thought, and as such I give up.:(
Heh, so you're saying trollish threats of violence, of various levels of credibility (ostensibly up to, and including rape) somehow justify incarcerating someone, resulting in actual rape? That's a really skewed viewpoint.
The problem with what you're saying though is, if someone makes a death threat such as "i'm coming to your home at $street to kill you", that's *already* illegal. Just because the method of conveyance is over the internet, doesn't make it unique or novel.
What kind of firearm are you saying has no legitimate purpose in the hand of a civilian? Scary 'assault rifles' that are gussied up.22's that look scary?
The US will be a lot like Mexico City before too long (no, this is not a statement about immigration) -- rather that you'll have pockets of concentrated wealth; gated community/enclaves with armed guards at the perimeter to keep the rifraff out. =/
queue the tumblrina's with "just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's not real"
Which is false, that's exactly what it means. A random internet meanie saying something that bothers you is kind of like letting a barking dog hurt your feelings. =/
Gattaca was a cautionary tale, not a blueprint for future eugenics. What if someone like Newton or Einstein didn't have the perfect genetic signature for IQ (as we *think* we understand it), and instead the parents select for a more 'intelligent' specimen with a higher IQ, but one that lacks creativity and 'genius' or a million other factors that would be important for a child's success?
Example: Hawking: 150ish IQ, John Sununu 190. (Granted those are 'internet' numbers, so take with a grain of salt.) Point being, IQ is not everything.
Well perhaps the dudes who made Everquest 2's engine moved to Ubisoft? (In EQ2's engine things like physics, cloth, shadows/lighting, environmental effects were all originally rendered by the CPU.)
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not frequent enough, we've gone at least 3 articles without him taking a shit on the front page. C'mon man, eat some fiber and get on with it.
The implicit racism in your post is appalling. You should be ashamed of yourself for denigrating people who just need a few handouts in order to get themselves up to the standards that the rest of the country is able to provide for themselves, despite a lack of preferential treatment.
The proper term is not 'robbed', it's "civil forfeitured". By confusing the two terms, you sully the reputation of thieves who ply their craft without the aid of crooked DA's and the DEA.
11m ? citation please mother fucker.
He is definitely a one hit wonder, blowhard, douchebag. but that doesn't make him wrong necessarily.
God. it's like you people don't even appreciate the value added service they are *GIVING* away here. Who wouldn't want to see more perfectly tailored and targeted ads -- some of which even include *VIDEO* again, completely for free.
You have to pay for cable right? The same thing applies, you're getting the service you paid for (TV shows, home shopping channels) with the added bonus of free to view advertisements.
In both cases they're simply giving away high quality, hopefully relevant audio and video. I think that's super generous of them.
And for no charge! And yet, you people still bitch. Absolutely shameful.
We really should just let Bennet run Slashdot entirely, instead of just being a frequent contributor.
Because as stated about a bajillion times prior, wage increases do not exist in a vacuum. If wages go up by $x%, and inflation goes up by $x+1%, sure you 'make more money' (in the nominal sense) but you're actually poorer.
See also: United States since about 1970. in *REAL* dollars, a janitor made about $17/hour back then. =/
Sorry for jumping to conclusions on what you were getting at (IE, the assault rifle debate).
Steve Job is actually a super clever biblical play on words. You see Job is the well known schmuck who God toyed with to demonstrate his power. Whereas Steve(n) was the first christian martyr.
So, Steve Job.. ahh I lost my train of thought, and as such I give up. :(
Heh, so you're saying trollish threats of violence, of various levels of credibility (ostensibly up to, and including rape) somehow justify incarcerating someone, resulting in actual rape? That's a really skewed viewpoint.
The problem with what you're saying though is, if someone makes a death threat such as "i'm coming to your home at $street to kill you", that's *already* illegal. Just because the method of conveyance is over the internet, doesn't make it unique or novel.
Thoughtcrime?
What kind of firearm are you saying has no legitimate purpose in the hand of a civilian? Scary 'assault rifles' that are gussied up .22's that look scary?
The US will be a lot like Mexico City before too long (no, this is not a statement about immigration) -- rather that you'll have pockets of concentrated wealth; gated community/enclaves with armed guards at the perimeter to keep the rifraff out. =/
queue the tumblrina's with "just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's not real"
Which is false, that's exactly what it means. A random internet meanie saying something that bothers you is kind of like letting a barking dog hurt your feelings. =/
Which one is East Asia in that example? My money's on her.
Nice. So i'm not the only person to have seen Mallrats.
I'd like to see people try to keep pedantry off of slashdot!
If only I could mod someone up in my own thread =/
Well then you've reduced humanity down to a few genetic markers. That sounds very depressing to me.
Gattaca was a cautionary tale, not a blueprint for future eugenics. What if someone like Newton or Einstein didn't have the perfect genetic signature for IQ (as we *think* we understand it), and instead the parents select for a more 'intelligent' specimen with a higher IQ, but one that lacks creativity and 'genius' or a million other factors that would be important for a child's success?
Example: Hawking: 150ish IQ, John Sununu 190. (Granted those are 'internet' numbers, so take with a grain of salt.) Point being, IQ is not everything.
Will someone please stop this anonymous mystery hacker? he's causing havoc all over the place.
By documentary, did you mean House MD? :)
Buh buh the ADA recommendations *still* follow the food pyramid / carb heavy nonsense!
Well perhaps the dudes who made Everquest 2's engine moved to Ubisoft? (In EQ2's engine things like physics, cloth, shadows/lighting, environmental effects were all originally rendered by the CPU.)