It's _amazing_ that US politics were so thoughtful and cautious in the first 30 years after the American Revolution.
In the early years, the U.S. did actually come very close to devolving into the same kind of mess that the French Revolution did. The Whiskey Rebellion and several other regional rebellions could have easily escalated into a collapse of the new government. Fortunately, the country had a good leader in George Washington, who took a very Napoleonic view of the various uprisings (i.e. he sent in an army and told them if they didn't stop, he would kill them).
Sorry, but I'll still take Firefox over Chrome, IE, or Opera any day. Here is the dialogue I always have on some message board whenever I try to go over to Chrome:
Me: Where is the menu bar?
Them: You don't need a menu bar, the menu button will do everything instead.
Me: Will it let me open a file?
Them: Uhm....well...no.
Can I at least add a stop button and zoom controls to the toolbar?
Them: Sorry, Chrome doesn't allow any customization. You're supposed to do it the way Google tells you to.
Me: Okay. Where are the options to automatically clear my history at close, erase all cookies at close, not remember search form histories, etc.?
Them: Why would you need that?
Me: For privacy.
Them: What's "privacy"?
Me: It's something Google has never, and will never, respect.
And a piece of advice: never try to use the Google Maps navigator on a military base. I tried to use it once on an Army base (where the roads weren't clearly marked) and ended up out on an old tank course before I realized that Google Maps had no idea where the fuck it was.
Last time I checked, black history was still included in history curricula for the full 12 months of the year. Though I would just love to see a teacher try to function under your ignorant premise and announce that she won't be covering the Civil Rights movement or slavery because "Every other month but February is for white history." I'm sure that wouldn't cause a fucking uproar.
After every Apple press conference, Wired is all but unreadable for at least two weeks afterwards. Every article is "THIS NEW APPLE PRODUCT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!" It doesn't even need to be a new product. Apple can announce a minor upgrade on an existing product and you'll get 10 Wired stories on how the minor upgrade is going to "CHANGE EVERYTHING!"
I picture Wired HQ having a giant statue of Steve Jobs in the front of the building that employees are required to offer sacrifices to every morning.
I will really miss the hundreds of "How Apple's New X Will Change the World!" articles that inevitably follow even the most pedestrian of announcements out of Apple.
Every time Tim Cook takes a shit, Wired will always be there to let us know what a Revolutionary, Game-Changing, and Truly Innovative shit it is.
As the local business often is not strong enough to survive, obviously governments need to introduce laws
I don't pay taxes so that my money can be used to prop up businesses that can't compete on their own. Fuck that noise. Maybe your business can't compete because your product sucks ass and/or your service is a joke. Why should taxpayers have to bail you or prop you up out just because you suck? I don't believe the government should be bailing out or propping up anyone--not the banks, not GM, not the oil industry, and not "mom and pop" businesses either.
And, on the same subject, I get sick or people (usually on the left, but on the right too) who romanticize locally-owned businesses and farmers. I grew up in a small town working for local businesses and local farmers. And, let me tell you, they could be every bit as greedy, dishonest, and sleazy as any corporation.
In particular, the local farmers that I used to work for were the greediest, stingiest bunch of pricks you would ever encounter. I would put them against any wolf of Wall Street any day. I'll never forget back in the 90's when the illegals started coming in and the "noble local farmers" all lowered their crop-picking wages from $7/hr to $4/hr (fucking over the locals and giving them an excuse to only hire illegals from then on). Fuck giving pricks like that ANY taxpayer money. Believe me, they already get way more of it, in bullshit crop subsidies, than they should.
Why should the government be in the business of protecting local food sellers (and telling me what I can and can't eat)? I can't speak for everyone, but I certainly don't need to government to be my parent, thanks.
Do we need the government to wipe our asses for us too?
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The Samsung 850 series has been offering 30-cents-per-GB SSD drives for some time now (going up to 1 TB).
For how someone uses the gun.
But still, you have to wonder about a large-scale gunrunner who knows that his guns are being used to kill civilians in some civil war.
It's _amazing_ that US politics were so thoughtful and cautious in the first 30 years after the American Revolution.
In the early years, the U.S. did actually come very close to devolving into the same kind of mess that the French Revolution did. The Whiskey Rebellion and several other regional rebellions could have easily escalated into a collapse of the new government. Fortunately, the country had a good leader in George Washington, who took a very Napoleonic view of the various uprisings (i.e. he sent in an army and told them if they didn't stop, he would kill them).
Sorry, but I'll still take Firefox over Chrome, IE, or Opera any day. Here is the dialogue I always have on some message board whenever I try to go over to Chrome:
Me: Where is the menu bar?
Them: You don't need a menu bar, the menu button will do everything instead.
Me: Will it let me open a file?
Them: Uhm....well...no.
Can I at least add a stop button and zoom controls to the toolbar?
Them: Sorry, Chrome doesn't allow any customization. You're supposed to do it the way Google tells you to.
Me: Okay. Where are the options to automatically clear my history at close, erase all cookies at close, not remember search form histories, etc.?
Them: Why would you need that?
Me: For privacy.
Them: What's "privacy"?
Me: It's something Google has never, and will never, respect.
And a piece of advice: never try to use the Google Maps navigator on a military base. I tried to use it once on an Army base (where the roads weren't clearly marked) and ended up out on an old tank course before I realized that Google Maps had no idea where the fuck it was.
They've come a long way since those simple block sets.
"Me too!" said Star Wars kid.
MouseTheLuckyDog writes:
If I were a betting man, I would wager that Carly Fiorina's dog is named "Mouse."
To deprive the United States of the same kind of leadership she offered while she was at HP is a true American tragedy.
Last time I checked, black history was still included in history curricula for the full 12 months of the year. Though I would just love to see a teacher try to function under your ignorant premise and announce that she won't be covering the Civil Rights movement or slavery because "Every other month but February is for white history." I'm sure that wouldn't cause a fucking uproar.
You think it's bad in me, you should meet Anita Sarkeesian.
Freedom of speech, just watch what you say.
Criticize Islam: Banhammer for hate speech
Criticize Christianity: [crickets]
Criticize women's rights movement: Banhammer for misogyny
Criticize men's rights movement: [crickets]
Well, obviously if you're voting for _________ then you must be a racist and sexist. So anything you say is hate speech.
Translation: Complete freedom to agree with the left just as much as you like.
Looks like your days are numbered, black hats!!
We're all gonna die!!!!!!!!!!
After every Apple press conference, Wired is all but unreadable for at least two weeks afterwards. Every article is "THIS NEW APPLE PRODUCT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!" It doesn't even need to be a new product. Apple can announce a minor upgrade on an existing product and you'll get 10 Wired stories on how the minor upgrade is going to "CHANGE EVERYTHING!"
I picture Wired HQ having a giant statue of Steve Jobs in the front of the building that employees are required to offer sacrifices to every morning.
But where will I go to find out how Apple's new whatever-the-fuck is going to CHANGE EVERYTHING?
Without Wired, I would never know how Revolutionary and Game-Changing it is every time Tim Cook takes a shit.
I will really miss the hundreds of "How Apple's New X Will Change the World!" articles that inevitably follow even the most pedestrian of announcements out of Apple.
Every time Tim Cook takes a shit, Wired will always be there to let us know what a Revolutionary, Game-Changing, and Truly Innovative shit it is.
As the local business often is not strong enough to survive, obviously governments need to introduce laws
I don't pay taxes so that my money can be used to prop up businesses that can't compete on their own. Fuck that noise. Maybe your business can't compete because your product sucks ass and/or your service is a joke. Why should taxpayers have to bail you or prop you up out just because you suck? I don't believe the government should be bailing out or propping up anyone--not the banks, not GM, not the oil industry, and not "mom and pop" businesses either.
And, on the same subject, I get sick or people (usually on the left, but on the right too) who romanticize locally-owned businesses and farmers. I grew up in a small town working for local businesses and local farmers. And, let me tell you, they could be every bit as greedy, dishonest, and sleazy as any corporation.
In particular, the local farmers that I used to work for were the greediest, stingiest bunch of pricks you would ever encounter. I would put them against any wolf of Wall Street any day. I'll never forget back in the 90's when the illegals started coming in and the "noble local farmers" all lowered their crop-picking wages from $7/hr to $4/hr (fucking over the locals and giving them an excuse to only hire illegals from then on). Fuck giving pricks like that ANY taxpayer money. Believe me, they already get way more of it, in bullshit crop subsidies, than they should.
Great, now I'm hungry for a McAloo, with no way to satisfy my craving!
Damn you, tasty advertising!
McDonalds and Burger King offer plenty of cow-free alternative foods now--for those who love cows, but hate fishes and chickens.
Why should the government be in the business of protecting local food sellers (and telling me what I can and can't eat)? I can't speak for everyone, but I certainly don't need to government to be my parent, thanks.
Do we need the government to wipe our asses for us too?