Quite a disturbing image when it gets personal like that, though, isn't it? Not nearly as fun to contemplate when you're on the other end of that scenario, is it?
No, not really. It's a bit difficult to conjure up with the certain knowledge that my wife wouldn't abuse animals for fun and profit.
Let's bring this discussion even further off-topic. I, for one, am eagerly awaiting The Crocodile Hunter's "Last Show", if you know what I mean.
I remember a while ago on the History Channel (Gotta love it!), it mentioned that Edison paid little kids one dollar for them to bring in their dogs so he could electrocute them with AC power. Not a nice man.
Does anyone remember the elephant named (I think) Audrey, who killed her trainer and broke loose on the streets (I think in Hawaii)? A cop ended up shooting her dead. He felt bad about it too.
I root for the elephant. It's disgusting what people do to animals for their own amusement. At some point it's entirely understandable that animals just refuse to take any more.
My wife protests the circus when it comes to the area. Her observation on the circus-goers standing in line: "For parents who supposedly disapprove of the protesters because they worry it will spoil the 'fun' for their children, the word 'Cunt' sure flies off their lips with relative ease."
AC is much better for distributing power, thats why Edison lost.
I thought it was because that sadistic cunt electrocuted a circus elephant with AC power in order to scare the public into believing it was more dangerous than AC.
With the number of devices in the home that now use DC power, I always thought it might save energy to have one large AC to DC transformer for the house, rather than having "wall wart" adapters for each device. Even when the device is off that wall wart is using energy(feel it, it's always warm). Why not have a more advanced transformer that could adjust for load, and run DC through wires to the whole house. Plus, no more problems trying to plug 2 wall warts into adjacent spots on a power strip!
I nominate this guy for President!!!
< insert "presumptuous arrogant American" rhetoric here >
Just as soon as Mozilla allows for me to block Flash ads in the same fashion I'll truely be happy.
A thousand times yes. I disabled flash, by moving the plugin file, and just re-enable it if I need it by copying back into the plugins directory. Big hassle, but not as bad as the motion sickness you get from gratuitous, over-down, endlessly looping flash animations.
Dude, your arguments (economic and otherwise) sound all echoey and muffled coming from so deep inside your ass.
Sorry, I intended to expend the energy to refute your "logic" but it just isn't worth my time. If you can't read your own words over again and pick out the half-dozen or so absurdities, I say - Good day sir.
So, how long before the insurance companies persuade the states to mandate these devices in every car? Or raise our rates hugely and then give a little of it back if we put in the box?
And once again - all together now - "It's for the children."
You don't need a trade study to know how zero retraining on the left compares to non-zero retraining on the right.
You don't need to be a physicist to know that you turn motorcycle handlebars to the right to go right, and to the left to go left.
Except that's not the case. A physicist will tell you about counter-steer. The fact is, to go left on a motorcycle, you push the handlebars to the right, and vice versa.
While I have no problem whatsoever GPL'ing my software (even a BSD-type license would be sufficient in most cases), I would never GPL my stories or poems.
Actually, Richard Stallman agrees with you. He differentiates between "functional" works (e.g. software) and "non-functional" works (e.g. music, literature, etc).
I'm all for the well-measured, reasonable approach, but sometimes it does take a cognitive shock in order to break through years of habit and assumptions.
Especially with people who are incapable of thinking analytically about software. Inertia is a powerful force, but standing friction is powerful too. Occasionally you have to kick something hard to get it moving in the right direction.
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No, not really. It's a bit difficult to conjure up with the certain knowledge that my wife wouldn't abuse animals for fun and profit.
Let's bring this discussion even further off-topic. I, for one, am eagerly awaiting The Crocodile Hunter's "Last Show", if you know what I mean.
Actually I think your voice was muffled because your father's cock was in your mouth.
There will still be plenty of rolling papers.
Does anyone remember the elephant named (I think) Audrey, who killed her trainer and broke loose on the streets (I think in Hawaii)? A cop ended up shooting her dead. He felt bad about it too.
I root for the elephant. It's disgusting what people do to animals for their own amusement. At some point it's entirely understandable that animals just refuse to take any more.
My wife protests the circus when it comes to the area. Her observation on the circus-goers standing in line: "For parents who supposedly disapprove of the protesters because they worry it will spoil the 'fun' for their children, the word 'Cunt' sure flies off their lips with relative ease."
I thought it was because that sadistic cunt electrocuted a circus elephant with AC power in order to scare the public into believing it was more dangerous than AC.
Rot in hell, Edison.
I nominate this guy for President!!!
< insert "presumptuous arrogant American" rhetoric here >
I did this - the hassle is that sometimes (always?) you have to restart mozilla for it to take effect.
A thousand times yes. I disabled flash, by moving the plugin file, and just re-enable it if I need it by copying back into the plugins directory. Big hassle, but not as bad as the motion sickness you get from gratuitous, over-down, endlessly looping flash animations.
What the hell are you talking about? there are a half-dozen viewers for linux. I just watched it minutes ago on gtv.
In other words: if you DoS us citizens, we'll see to it you're never able to do business on-line again.
Oooo, very nice :-)
I wouldn't be surprised if the block-and-tackle industry buys the patents and kills the technology.
Sorry, I intended to expend the energy to refute your "logic" but it just isn't worth my time. If you can't read your own words over again and pick out the half-dozen or so absurdities, I say - Good day sir.
Where do I sign up?
And once again - all together now - "It's for the children."
Uhhh, yeah..... if you could go ahead and file a TPS report on that, that would be great... terrific.....
You don't need to be a physicist to know that you turn motorcycle handlebars to the right to go right, and to the left to go left.
Except that's not the case. A physicist will tell you about counter-steer. The fact is, to go left on a motorcycle, you push the handlebars to the right, and vice versa.
hehehe - cute!
I hear their spell-checker auto-corrects "Republic of China" to "Province of Taiwan".
Actually, Richard Stallman agrees with you. He differentiates between "functional" works (e.g. software) and "non-functional" works (e.g. music, literature, etc).
With staying power like that, you'd be worshipped like a god, so I wouldn't worry about it.
Fire-retardant children's footsie pajamas made of woven det-cord soaked in lighter fluid!
Especially with people who are incapable of thinking analytically about software. Inertia is a powerful force, but standing friction is powerful too. Occasionally you have to kick something hard to get it moving in the right direction.