The pathetic GUI environment of Linux is a turn-on to some Linux/Unix folks who think command line prowess is a sign of manhood.
Not manhood, but intelligence. You see Unix comes with a set of tools that let you do almost anything with the command line. I think it is much easier to use 'find', 'grep' and a pipe than some bloated "Find files or folders" binary with forces you to click on multiple tabs before it can start looking for what you want.
But wait, this whole GUI question is relevant to the computer as an end-user machine, not systems admin or developer equipment.
A questionable assertion at best, given the fact that many products now come with "web-based" admin tools. I'd bet that many admins use Netscape rather than Lynx for such tasks. Also, while I am not developer yet, I find a GUI indispensable when I take a programming class. It is nice to have multiple windows open (editor, debugger, multiple xterms for CLI tools). Using a GUI also lets you surf the net with Netscape (to look up programming-related stuff) while you work on your programs.
I think that admins and developers ARE end-users, albeit highly specialized, highly trained ones...
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what worries me the most is that by the time I am 40 or 50, I will have been relegated to the status of "useless" by some faceless government agency, and that my body will be thrown into a vat where it will dissolve, leaving only my internal organs to be snapped up by some illuminatus.
Don't worry, the rest of your body won't go to waste -- think "Soylent Green":->
-- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
It's clear that Allan Konrad, the owner of this patent, is suing GM in Texas (Why Texas? The guy lives in California.)
Juries in Texas courts have traditionally given out HUGE awards when the defendants have deep pockets. Texas had such a reputation as a good place for plaintiffs to file lawsuits that people all over the WORLD came to Texas to file their lawsuits here, which was costing Texas taxpayers a lot of money.
However, IIRC due to a successful "tort reform" movement the law was changed to make it much harder for non-Texans to file lawsuits in Texas courts. Actually the pendulum has swung to the other side so much that the system now favors deep-pocketed defendants like GM, so I too am wondering why he decided to file his lawsuit in a Texas court...
-- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The quote in your sig is from shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice" (i forgot which character said it), not the X-Files.
I've heard that Shakespeare stole, err... borrowed some of his material from others, so Chris Carter isn't doing anything unusual or unheard of by ripping off Shakespeare...
Guilty as charged. I haven't read Shakespeare since high school over 20 years ago, and then it was under duress. He's just another DWM (dead white male) to me. Jeez, judging from the atrocious grammar/spelling of your average/. poster, who would have thought that ENGLISH majors hung out here!!! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
...how the government used the Pokemon toys/cartoons to subliminally brainwash everyone.
That's old news too. South Park had an episode LAST YEAR that covered that topic... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Particulary with 'net broadcasts, you can get some innovative radio, even if (like me) you live in a pathetic radio market.
Which if you think about it describes about 95% of the United States...
I live in Houston Texas but I'd be willing to bet that radio here is among the worst in the nation (mainly because I am not a shit-kicking goat-roping country "music" fan). I think it SUCKS that Austin Texas, which is approximately 8 times smaller, has a much better variety of radio stations than the fourth largest city in the US!!!
All I can say is "Thank (insert appropriate Diety here)" for net radio!!! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
And they are not inherently racist. Most negative human behaviors are learned, so why not teach positive ones instead, i.e., if they realize how bad war is they will never want to have one.
As it is things like nationalism are taught, so while it is true that "thou shalt not kill" ideas like "better dead than red" take precedence...
Or do you think the leaders of countries have never seen people maimed and killed?
The problem is that world leaders not only have seen death and destruction, they often encourage it to maintain their grip on power. The sad part is that most people accept such behavior from world leaders.
For an example, witness the apathy in the U.S. regarding the overthrow of popularly elected socialist Salvador Allende (democracy) by Pinochet and the Chilean military (military dictatorship). It is a known fact the CIA was aware of the Chilean death squads that killed not only Chileans but also citizens from other countries.
Again, if we taught our third graders about peace and love instead of war and hate, we probably could eliminate war (unless of course you believe that man's animal side means that man will always go to war or murder because of our nature).
Sorry, I woke up feeling exceptionally CYNICAL today!!! --
C1: God exists because that which nothing greater can be concieved is not as great as that which nothing greater can be concieved and exists. Thus God exists.
Yeah, but can "HE/SHE/IT" create a rock that is so big and heavy that "HE/SHE/IT" can't lift it?
Although he himself [Hitler] was a Catholic, he wished the Protestant Church to have a stronger position in Germany, since Germany was two-thirds Protestant. -Hermann Göring
God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany. -Hermann Göring
We believe that the Fuhrer is fulfilling a divine mission to German destiny! This belief is beyond challenge. -Rudolf Hess
We have a feeling that Germany has been transformed into a great house of God, including all classes, professions and creeds, where the Fuhrer as our mediator stood before the throne of the Almighty. -Joseph Goebbels
and my favorite:
In a certain sense National Socialism is religion, for it does not require its partisans to be convinced of the rightness of its teachings but to believe in it. -Professor Paul Schnabel, Halle University
Suppose the FooBar mall decided to hire a security service because of recent breakins. They have been broken into numerous times but nobody has been caught due to the slow response time of the local police. FooBar mall is located downtown directly on a street that divides a really posh neighborhoos from a low-income, high crime neighborhood.
Error #1: Malls are not usually put in POOR neighborhoods...
Error #2: Posh neighborhoods have PRIVATE security firms and excellent response times from the local police...
Error #3: What are mall security guards doing in private neighborhoods? They shouldn't even leave the mall parking lot!
Ok,its not a perfect analogy...
That is an understatement if I ever heard one... --
How about this: Don't do drugs, because drugs are expensive, and they take a while to get off of
Well thanks to the "War on (Some) Drugs", drugs are now cheaper and more plentiful. For example, a gram of cocaine hydrochloride (powered form) used to be $100 a gram ten to fifteen years ago. It currently can be obtained for $40 a gram these day (if you know where to look!). Not only is cocaine cheaper, the quality is much higher these days...
As for your second point, drugs like LSD and XTC are not PHYSICALLY addictive. It is true that there may be a PSYCHOLOGICAL dependence on those drugs, there are no withdrawal symptoms so you can take them today and stop tomorrow... --
If you really think doing drugs is a personal decision and doesn't effect others then you obviously cant feel empathy.
ROTFL!!!! Can anyone see the irony in N8F8's viewpoint when he states that if you use drugs then you don't have any empathy towards others while demonstrating a lack of empathy towards drug users?
And as an OT aside, it is AFFECT, not EFFECT!!! --
"... supposing you are doing drugs, if you have a responsible position or other responsibilities like kids then you obviously have a serious problem. I would think that someone with a Masters from Ivy U. would be capable of the reasoning to understand that the cost-benefit analysis of doing drugs makes no sense...
How about you do a cost-benefit analysis on the "War on (Some) Drugs"? A little research will tell you that all the so-called Drug War conducted over the last twenty years has given us is increased availability (i.e., a greater quanitity) of higher quality drugs...
"... or the empathy to understand the damage that could be done in both monetary and emotional terms to loved ones if you get caught is too great.
While it is true that SOME people have drug problems and SOME people have suffered because of drugs, it is an indisputable fact that the biggest victim in the "War on (Some) Drugs" has been the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I don't like having MY rights limited because there are some people that can't handle drugs because they have an addictive personality (which if you think about it should be a medical, not legal problem)...
The first time I took a sharp knife away from my son I showed him the scar on my hand from being cut by a sharp knife.
He would have learned the lesson BETTER if he had cut himself. You tell a kid that fire will burn them yet a lot of them still end up burning themselves. Some lessons in live they simply have to learn for themselves.
I imagine the first time I discuss drugs I'll tell him about by best friend in the 5Th grade who had a party where they started smoking pot. He got stoned and decided it would be funny to smoke his mom's houseplant. He died that night die to a heart attack brought on by a severe allergic reaction.
That, my friend, is an anecdote. Give us a URL of the news story reporting his death and of the obituary and THEN I will believe you. As it stands you are just blowing smoke out of your ass...
Anyway, all your anecdote tells me is to "JUST SAY NO TO HOUSEPLANTS"!!!
Or I could tell him about another friend who decided to go out to the garage at his house and get wasted. After a while he ran out of coke to mix with his drinks and decided to grab off the floor what looked like a bottle of mountain dew. The radiator fluid (ethelene glycol)killed him withing the hour.
Again, give us an URL of a news story and obituary. Prove to us that you are telling the truth and not just making up wild stories that support your dubious assertions...
His loser buddies were too wasted to notice before it was too late and too scared of getting caught with drugs to call for help.
And if drugs were legal and regulated these "loser" friends would have called EMS and probably your friend would still be alive today, n'est pas?
Then to top it off a trip to the local jail to view the bloodshot dead-eyed, crackheads.
Most of whom are Black and Hispanic. White people buy the powered form (cocaine hydrochloride) and do it until the cows come home. And if they get arrested they just pay a lawyer to get them off with an adjudicated probation -- six months of piss tests then they get the charges dropped from their record. Meanwhile individuals that are minority (and by extension often too poor to get a private lawyer and have to settle for a public defender) go to jail and get a drug conviction on their permanent record.
It seems to me that disparate sentences for what essentially is the same drug goes against the Equal Protection clause of the Bill of Rights, especially when a racially discriminatory pattern of law enforcement is obvious. Obvious to minorities that is. White people just don't seem to see it...
Mark Twain told Anecdotes. These are real life experiences with real life people.
Until you provide URL's it is just another anecdote. If your "friends" died in such a sensational manner there must of been extensive news coverage. Please give us some facts instead of the vague anecdotes you are so fond of...
Anyway, if your "friends" are so stupid that they died doing idiotic things, I for one say "GOOD RIDDANCE"!!! There are too many stupid people running around these days anyway, and I believe that thinning the herd is a GOOD thing. If your anecdotes are true, the best part about their deaths is that your "friends" died before they had a chance to spread their (obviously) defective DNA....
But the Lisa had these attributes in its favor... Memory protection/preemptive multitasking/virtual memory. These are exciting new technologies that will finally reach mainstream Mac users in sum with the release of MacOS X.
NEW?!? ROTFL... I remember buying OS/2 Warp in late 1994 with these features. You can hardly call them NEW technologies... --
The U.S. Government is investing billions of dollars in research into biological agents (genetically engineered fungi, viruses and the like) to wipe out drug crops such as cannabis, coca and opium. Once these are developed, it is only a matter of time before said species are wiped out worldwide.
The funny thing about this scenario is that as soon as those species are close to being wiped out, US citizens could sue their government and force them to apply the Endangered Species Act to those plants. That, in turn, would force the US government to take steps to ensure their survival!!! --
Then there's George Orwell. I don't know if he's really Sci-fi, but he's definitely worth reading. Animal Farm, 1984, and Coming up for Air are all really good.
Brave New World is also another good Orwell story that is definitely sci-fi. It describes a future in which people are raised in test tubes, genetically engineered and programmed to fit certain roles in society. It is a excellent tale about the dehumanizing effects of technology but it does deal with the subject of human sexuality, so it may not be suitable for younger children.
When I read the book, the tragic fate of John the Savage invariably brings a tear to my eye. Definitely one of my favorite books... --
Katz really does suck... Hell, I can write a few
paragraphs catering to slashdot demographic and be about as insightful as this trash.
So why don't you get off your ass and do it? Like the old saying goes: Those who can do, those who can't become critics... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
This is why I don't eat meat - since I don't need to in order to survive why should I cause uneccessary suffering?
If you STFU then you will spare us meat-eaters the unnecessary suffering we undergo everytime we hear non-meat-eaters self-righteously tell us why they do not eat meat and why they think we should not do so either... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Do you think that when black slaves first started trying to gain their freedom that there was much chance of a change to the status quo?
If you mean Black slaves in the U.S., the answer is YES!
Most civilized countries had abolished slavery by the time the U.S. Civil War (or the War of Northern Aggression for you Southern rednecks out there) was fought. Mexico abolished slavery in 1828, over 30 years before the Civil War, so Blacks in the U.S. knew that freedom was more than a pipe dream.
A lot of people know about the Underground Railroad leading slaves northward to freedom, but many don't know that the Mexicans and Chicanos worked hard to move U.S. Black slaves southward to Mexico, where they gained their freedom. In fact, so many Black slaves fled to Mexico from the U.S. that in certain parts of northern Mexico a large percentage of the population is descended from those former slaves... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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The pathetic GUI environment of Linux is a turn-on to some Linux/Unix folks who think command line prowess is a sign of manhood.
Not manhood, but intelligence. You see Unix comes with a set of tools that let you do almost anything with the command line. I think it is much easier to use 'find', 'grep' and a pipe than some bloated "Find files or folders" binary with forces you to click on multiple tabs before it can start looking for what you want.
But wait, this whole GUI question is relevant to the computer as an end-user machine, not systems admin or developer equipment.
A questionable assertion at best, given the fact that many products now come with "web-based" admin tools. I'd bet that many admins use Netscape rather than Lynx for such tasks. Also, while I am not developer yet, I find a GUI indispensable when I take a programming class. It is nice to have multiple windows open (editor, debugger, multiple xterms for CLI tools). Using a GUI also lets you surf the net with Netscape (to look up programming-related stuff) while you work on your programs.
I think that admins and developers ARE end-users, albeit highly specialized, highly trained ones...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
What happened to your link? It takes you to slashdot.org. Inquiring minds want to know...
Correct link is: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000525 -000013.html
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
what worries me the most is that by the time I am 40 or 50, I will have been relegated to the status of "useless" by some faceless government agency, and that my body will be thrown into a vat where it will dissolve, leaving only my internal organs to be snapped up by some illuminatus.
:->
Don't worry, the rest of your body won't go to waste -- think "Soylent Green"
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
It's clear that Allan Konrad, the owner of this patent, is suing GM in Texas (Why Texas? The guy lives in California.)
Juries in Texas courts have traditionally given out HUGE awards when the defendants have deep pockets. Texas had such a reputation as a good place for plaintiffs to file lawsuits that people all over the WORLD came to Texas to file their lawsuits here, which was costing Texas taxpayers a lot of money.
However, IIRC due to a successful "tort reform" movement the law was changed to make it much harder for non-Texans to file lawsuits in Texas courts. Actually the pendulum has swung to the other side so much that the system now favors deep-pocketed defendants like GM, so I too am wondering why he decided to file his lawsuit in a Texas court...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
METALLICA: "NAPSTER - BAD!"
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The quote in your sig is from shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice" (i forgot which character said it), not the X-Files.
/. poster, who would have thought that ENGLISH majors hung out here!!!
I've heard that Shakespeare stole, err... borrowed some of his material from others, so Chris Carter isn't doing anything unusual or unheard of by ripping off Shakespeare...
You philistine.
From Merriam-Websters Online Collegiate Dictionary: one uninformed in a special area of knowledge.
Guilty as charged. I haven't read Shakespeare since high school over 20 years ago, and then it was under duress. He's just another DWM (dead white male) to me. Jeez, judging from the atrocious grammar/spelling of your average
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
...how the government used the Pokemon toys/cartoons to subliminally brainwash everyone.
That's old news too. South Park had an episode LAST YEAR that covered that topic...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Particulary with 'net broadcasts, you can get some innovative radio, even if (like me) you live in a pathetic radio market.
Which if you think about it describes about 95% of the United States...
I live in Houston Texas but I'd be willing to bet that radio here is among the worst in the nation (mainly because I am not a shit-kicking goat-roping country "music" fan). I think it SUCKS that Austin Texas, which is approximately 8 times smaller, has a much better variety of radio stations than the fourth largest city in the US!!!
All I can say is "Thank (insert appropriate Diety here)" for net radio!!!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
How? Third graders don't start wars.
And they are not inherently racist. Most negative human behaviors are learned, so why not teach positive ones instead, i.e., if they realize how bad war is they will never want to have one.
As it is things like nationalism are taught, so while it is true that "thou shalt not kill" ideas like "better dead than red" take precedence...
Or do you think the leaders of countries have never seen people maimed and killed?
The problem is that world leaders not only have seen death and destruction, they often encourage it to maintain their grip on power. The sad part is that most people accept such behavior from world leaders.
For an example, witness the apathy in the U.S. regarding the overthrow of popularly elected socialist Salvador Allende (democracy) by Pinochet and the Chilean military (military dictatorship). It is a known fact the CIA was aware of the Chilean death squads that killed not only Chileans but also citizens from other countries.
Again, if we taught our third graders about peace and love instead of war and hate, we probably could eliminate war (unless of course you believe that man's animal side means that man will always go to war or murder because of our nature).
Sorry, I woke up feeling exceptionally CYNICAL today!!!
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C1: God exists because that which nothing greater can be concieved is not as great as that which nothing greater can be concieved and exists. Thus God exists.
:->
Yeah, but can "HE/SHE/IT" create a rock that is so big and heavy that "HE/SHE/IT" can't lift it?
Couldn't resist...
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Yes the world is a bad place, but third graders shouldn't have to scared that they will end up in one of those pictures.
Maybe if third graders worldwide were exposed to these kinds of pictures, we could end war/torture within a generation...
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The Nazis didn't claim to be Christian, and in fact (IIRC), a lot of the top ones were pagans of some kind.
BZZZZT! Wrong answer...
From Quotes from Hitler's Henchmen and Nazi Sympathizers:
Although he himself [Hitler] was a Catholic, he wished the Protestant Church to have a stronger position in Germany, since Germany was two-thirds Protestant. -Hermann Göring
God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany. -Hermann Göring
We believe that the Fuhrer is fulfilling a divine mission to German destiny! This belief is beyond challenge. -Rudolf Hess
We have a feeling that Germany has been transformed into a great house of God, including all classes, professions and creeds, where the Fuhrer as our mediator stood before the throne of the Almighty. -Joseph Goebbels
and my favorite:
In a certain sense National Socialism is religion, for it does not require its partisans to be convinced of the rightness of its teachings but to believe in it. -Professor Paul Schnabel, Halle University
HINT: google is your friend...
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Suppose the FooBar mall decided to hire a security service because of recent breakins. They have been broken into numerous times but nobody has been caught due to the slow response time of the local police. FooBar mall is located downtown directly on a street that divides a really posh neighborhoos from a low-income, high crime neighborhood.
,its not a perfect analogy...
Error #1: Malls are not usually put in POOR neighborhoods...
Error #2: Posh neighborhoods have PRIVATE security firms and excellent response times from the local police...
Error #3: What are mall security guards doing in private neighborhoods? They shouldn't even leave the mall parking lot!
Ok
That is an understatement if I ever heard one...
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How about this: Don't do drugs, because drugs are expensive, and they take a while to get off of
Well thanks to the "War on (Some) Drugs", drugs are now cheaper and more plentiful. For example, a gram of cocaine hydrochloride (powered form) used to be $100 a gram ten to fifteen years ago. It currently can be obtained for $40 a gram these day (if you know where to look!). Not only is cocaine cheaper, the quality is much higher these days...
As for your second point, drugs like LSD and XTC are not PHYSICALLY addictive. It is true that there may be a PSYCHOLOGICAL dependence on those drugs, there are no withdrawal symptoms so you can take them today and stop tomorrow...
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If you really think doing drugs is a personal decision and doesn't effect others then you obviously cant feel empathy.
ROTFL!!!! Can anyone see the irony in N8F8's viewpoint when he states that if you use drugs then you don't have any empathy towards others while demonstrating a lack of empathy towards drug users?
And as an OT aside, it is AFFECT, not EFFECT!!!
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"... supposing you are doing drugs, if you have a responsible position or other responsibilities like kids then you obviously have a serious problem. I would think that someone with a Masters from Ivy U. would be capable of the reasoning to understand that the cost-benefit analysis of doing drugs makes no sense...
How about you do a cost-benefit analysis on the "War on (Some) Drugs"? A little research will tell you that all the so-called Drug War conducted over the last twenty years has given us is increased availability (i.e., a greater quanitity) of higher quality drugs...
"... or the empathy to understand the damage that could be done in both monetary and emotional terms to loved ones if you get caught is too great.
While it is true that SOME people have drug problems and SOME people have suffered because of drugs, it is an indisputable fact that the biggest victim in the "War on (Some) Drugs" has been the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I don't like having MY rights limited because there are some people that can't handle drugs because they have an addictive personality (which if you think about it should be a medical, not legal problem)...
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The first time I took a sharp knife away from my son I showed him the scar on my hand from being cut by a sharp knife.
He would have learned the lesson BETTER if he had cut himself. You tell a kid that fire will burn them yet a lot of them still end up burning themselves. Some lessons in live they simply have to learn for themselves.
I imagine the first time I discuss drugs I'll tell him about by best friend in the 5Th grade who had a party where they started smoking pot. He got stoned and decided it would be funny to smoke his mom's houseplant. He died that night die to a heart attack brought on by a severe allergic reaction.
That, my friend, is an anecdote. Give us a URL of the news story reporting his death and of the obituary and THEN I will believe you. As it stands you are just blowing smoke out of your ass...
Anyway, all your anecdote tells me is to "JUST SAY NO TO HOUSEPLANTS"!!!
Or I could tell him about another friend who decided to go out to the garage at his house and get wasted. After a while he ran out of coke to mix with his drinks and decided to grab off the floor what looked like a bottle of mountain dew. The radiator fluid (ethelene glycol)killed him withing the hour.
Again, give us an URL of a news story and obituary. Prove to us that you are telling the truth and not just making up wild stories that support your dubious assertions...
His loser buddies were too wasted to notice before it was too late and too scared of getting caught with drugs to call for help.
And if drugs were legal and regulated these "loser" friends would have called EMS and probably your friend would still be alive today, n'est pas?
Then to top it off a trip to the local jail to view the bloodshot dead-eyed, crackheads.
Most of whom are Black and Hispanic. White people buy the powered form (cocaine hydrochloride) and do it until the cows come home. And if they get arrested they just pay a lawyer to get them off with an adjudicated probation -- six months of piss tests then they get the charges dropped from their record. Meanwhile individuals that are minority (and by extension often too poor to get a private lawyer and have to settle for a public defender) go to jail and get a drug conviction on their permanent record.
It seems to me that disparate sentences for what essentially is the same drug goes against the Equal Protection clause of the Bill of Rights, especially when a racially discriminatory pattern of law enforcement is obvious. Obvious to minorities that is. White people just don't seem to see it...
Mark Twain told Anecdotes. These are real life experiences with real life people.
Until you provide URL's it is just another anecdote. If your "friends" died in such a sensational manner there must of been extensive news coverage. Please give us some facts instead of the vague anecdotes you are so fond of...
Anyway, if your "friends" are so stupid that they died doing idiotic things, I for one say "GOOD RIDDANCE"!!! There are too many stupid people running around these days anyway, and I believe that thinning the herd is a GOOD thing. If your anecdotes are true, the best part about their deaths is that your "friends" died before they had a chance to spread their (obviously) defective DNA....
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But the Lisa had these attributes in its favor... Memory protection/preemptive multitasking/virtual memory. These are exciting new technologies that will finally reach mainstream Mac users in sum with the release of MacOS X.
NEW?!? ROTFL... I remember buying OS/2 Warp in late 1994 with these features. You can hardly call them NEW technologies...
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The U.S. Government is investing billions of dollars in research into biological agents (genetically engineered fungi, viruses and the like) to wipe out drug crops such as cannabis, coca and opium. Once these are developed, it is only a matter of time before said species are wiped out worldwide.
The funny thing about this scenario is that as soon as those species are close to being wiped out, US citizens could sue their government and force them to apply the Endangered Species Act to those plants. That, in turn, would force the US government to take steps to ensure their survival!!!
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trust me a few hours wondering the net on acid IS an amazing experience.
Wandering. Wondering. Is that a subtle Freudian slip there?
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Correction: Brave New World is by Aldous Huxley. My bad...
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Then there's George Orwell. I don't know if he's really Sci-fi, but he's definitely worth reading. Animal Farm, 1984, and Coming up for Air are all really good.
Brave New World is also another good Orwell story that is definitely sci-fi. It describes a future in which people are raised in test tubes, genetically engineered and programmed to fit certain roles in society. It is a excellent tale about the dehumanizing effects of technology but it does deal with the subject of human sexuality, so it may not be suitable for younger children.
When I read the book, the tragic fate of John the Savage invariably brings a tear to my eye. Definitely one of my favorite books...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Most civilized countries had abolished slavery by the time the U.S. Civil War (or the War of Northern Aggression for you Southern rednecks out there) was fought. Mexico abolished slavery in 1828, over 30 years before the Civil War, so Blacks in the U.S. knew that freedom was more than a pipe dream.
A lot of people know about the Underground Railroad leading slaves northward to freedom, but many don't know that the Mexicans and Chicanos worked hard to move U.S. Black slaves southward to Mexico, where they gained their freedom. In fact, so many Black slaves fled to Mexico from the U.S. that in certain parts of northern Mexico a large percentage of the population is descended from those former slaves...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!