Here's an anecdote for you: A friend of a friend leased a factory in China to begin producing some kind of small plastic widget. (Don't recall the specifics, cause it's been years since I heard this story.) Chinese officials came in to "inspect" the place. They seemed very interested in the company and learning all the details of what he was doing, and were curious to know when he expected to begin production. A couple weeks later after production began, they showed up again, this time with armed thugs. He was given a plane ticket and a choice--accompany them to the airport and get on his flight back to the US, or disappear never to be seen again. He had to leave his factory and all of his equipment behind, which was apparently nationalized, or taken over by a Chinese company.
I can't vouch for this truth of this story, of course, but when you see these types of stories coming out of China on a regular basis, it's fair to believe that there's a lot of shady stuff going on behind the scenes in China.
When it comes to ignition, compression is never a problem these days. What compression does do is increase *heat*. So unless your running gasoline with a higher octane rating, you will get detonation and pre-ignition the higher your compression ration is.....and what happens when you use a laser to ignite a large portion of the fuel/air mixture at once, rather than using a spark plug to ignite a small flame kernel and waiting for it to propagate? The fuel mixture burns much more rapidly, allowing you to run less ignition advance. The result is more power, fewer emissions, and the engine is LESS prone to detonation. So then you can jack up the compression ratio and gain even more power.
There is no such thing as a "scientific fact." There are only hypotheses, theories and laws, all of which only apply to observable phenomenon. Science doesn't know everything, but it is the only way we CAN know anything. My opinion may just be an "opinion", but it carries a lot more weight than theists' fantastic God claims, since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in supports the existence of a supernatural being. Some people choose to believe in God anyway, and that's fine--but don't confuse their dogmatic faith with my use of sense and reasoning. Atheism != theism.
But that's in a very controlled situation - he didn't have to worry about pedestrians, or cars coming in the opposite direction for example and only had to focus on braking points and racing lines. Driving fast round a track involves very different skills from driving safely on public roads!
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
Besides - if you stop concentrating on a track, you're generally more likely to hurt yourself than others (and if you do crash into someone they'll have a nice racing spec roll cage or crumple zones to protect them), but if you stop concentrating on a public road and have an accident, there's a real chance of crippling someone or worse.
Now you're claiming that racing is safer, too. Have you ever actually seen a racing accident? It's usually not pretty, and roll cages and safety equipment can only do so much to protect you.
Let's face it--yes, people can drive safely and use a cellphone, with practice, and under the right conditions. (Texting during heavy rush hour traffic is obviously not safe, but texting while cruising down a rural highway is just about as safe as driving can possibly be.) Just because YOU personally can't do it, or the average retard can't do it, doesn't mean that there aren't some people out there who are capable of doing this safely. I've texted and made phone calls for years while driving and never had an accident because of it. You know why? Because I'm CAREFUL about it.
Besides, people are going to do it anyways. Banning it won't work, just like banning marijuana hasn't stopped people from smoking it, and in fact has made the whole situation worse in numerous ways. The way to deal with this problem is the way we currently deal with it now--ticket and fine those heavily anyone who is found guilty of driving carelessly or negligently due to being distracted. Maybe if we could get the cops to quit writing bullshit, easy speeding tickets and start looking out for the real dangers on the road, such as idiots riding 45 MPH in the left hand lane on the interstate, swerving all over the road while fiddling with the radio, riding people's asses, etc, then we might actually see a significant reduction in stupidity-induced accidents.
EXACTLY. I get tired of hearing these idiots proclaim that I'm "really an agnostic" and that being an atheist is exactly like being a theist. No it isn't. Atheists aren't the ones making extraordinary claims here, theists are. There is nothing irrational about finding the whole God thing absurd, especially since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in support of any supernatural deity. I admit that there could in fact be a supernatural being that we are not aware of or able to perceive, but that doesn't make me an agnostic. I'm an atheist, and there is nothing wrong or stupid about that viewpoint.
If there's one thing that irritates me more than religious zealots, it's dictionary zealots who presume to tell ME what I am or am not. I say I'm an atheist. I don't know for a fact if there is a god or not, but my guess is NO. "Oh, you're not really an atheist then, you're actually an agnostic." No, I'm atheist, and that's that. Now mind your own fucking business. Can I make it any clearer?
I concentrate on lower reps of higher weights. I.e. everything to bulk up
Nope. Lower reps with higher weights are for gaining strength, not bulking--ESPECIALLY when it comes to the shoulders, which typically do not respond to low reps at all. See? It's not genetics, its your workout routine. Not sure what book you have, but there is a LOT of misinformation out there, so don't take whatever you've read as the gospel.
If you want to bulk your shoulders, do behind-the-head barbell shoulder presses, barbell or dumbbell shoulder shrugs, and upright barbell rows, 10-20 reps each, 10 sets total. Do this two times a week at first to see how you respond. I don't know what your training routine is right now, but you should be working out no more than 3 times per week, 45 mins each session. If you have been training more than this, you could likely benefit from a few weeks off as you may have overtrained yourself. If your diet is good (sounds like it, but make sure you're eating 4-6 meals per day, and enough calories), you're getting plenty of sleep (you shouldn't need an alarm clock to wake up), and you're not overtrained, I guarantee you'll see results from the routine I posted above.
In fact, while you're at it, this would be a great time to drop your weights down and do more reps on ALL exercises. I bet you'll see surprising gains when you go back to heavier weights after a while.
You are wrong. There is a small percent of humans who simply have a really tough time putting on muscle due to genetic reasons, but even those guys can bulk up WITH THE PROPER DIET AND WORKOUT ROUTINE. If you have huge calves, you are by definition not in that group of hard gainers (aka ectomorphs--skinny dudes with no muscle to speak of.) If you aren't able to build up your shoulders then you're doing something wrong, either diet or exercise. Instead of blaming yourself and your lack of fitness knowledge/poor diet you take the easy way out and blame your genetics.
Sorry but I for one just will never be that buff guy at the bar, physically or socially
If that's true then it's because you have made that DECISION for yourself, not because it's been predetermined for you by fate, genetics, etc.
Keep sitting in judgment if you want...but you are not an introvert and you just don't know what it is like to be one.
I'm an introvert, and you're wrong. Just because you're an introvert doesn't mean you can't enjoy going out and spending time with others. If you don't enjoy that every once in a while, odds are it's because you are socially inept, not because you have some genetic disorder that prevents you from enjoying doing fun things. Here's a hint: the more you practice your social skills, the more fun social situations become.
Edit: Just read the rest of your post. Wow, was I ever right. See below:
Only silly sentimentality promises us that there is some perfect person out there for us. Some of us just have to accept the fact that we don't measure up, that the only mates we could have are ones that will not make us happy, and that we will be alone all our lives.
If you believe that, then you will in fact be alone all your life and have a miserable life. What's wrong with you, anyway? Are you fat? You can lose weight. No muscle to speak of? Anybody can work out, put on muscle, and look a million times better. Do you smell bad? Learn better personal hygiene. Dress like a dork? Develop a better fashion sense. No social skills to speak of? Like I already said, you can learn this. There are entire books and internet web sites devoted to these subjects. Are you incurably ugly? Who gives a damn? Some of the most infamous, influential seducers the world has ever seen, men who slept who whomever they want whenever they want, who easily won over friends and influenced people, were some ugly mofos. It was these people's attitude and mannerisms which made them attractive, not their appearance. There is nothing stopping you from being anything you want to be, except YOU and your negative thoughts.
It is not a popular idea so it will be rejected out-of-hand by anyone who has not lived this reality.
Well I have lived that reality and escaped from it, and I'm here to tell you it's not reality--it's your own creation. I had a childhood that started out great, but then took a turn for the worse early on. I was deep in depression from about 8 years old until my early 20s. I was overweight, not that good looking, and rarely got a date. (When I did was it usually some fat chick.) I had zero social skills and hated my life. I came close to committing suicide a few times. I was an asshole and had few friends.
I wish you could see me now. I started smoking pot, learned to relax and socialize. I started working out; lost weight and put on muscle. I adopted new styles, new mannerisms, new ways of thinking. Negative thinking is a feedback cycle, and that hurts you. It's hard to fight. But positive thinking is also a feedback cycle, and you can use that to your advantage. As my confidence grew, I became happier and more confident. And as I became happier and more confident, my quality of life improved tremendously and my confidence increased. See how that works? Now I am a successful, good looking man with a bright future ahead. I have more women hitting on me than I know what to do with. You could be like me, IF you only wanted it bad enough to take action and change your life.
The acceptance of this state (when true) can motivate you to stop trying to make someone else responsible for your happiness, and to take responsibility for your happiness yourself. Study, meditation, and other forms of personal self-actualization can take one to interesting places when perused vigorously. It may just be a consolation prize, but it is better than wallowing is depression and self pity all your life.
Hardly. All you're doing is distracting yourself to cover up the symptoms, not curing the problem. "Consolation prize" doesn't even come close to describing how insufficient your "solution" is when compared to your quality of life if you would simply FIX THE PROBLEM. I hope you take my words to heart and motivate yourself to take action.
That's not really clear. It's getting less and less easy technically to copy things due to better copyright protection technology, and the more aggressive legal action. Technically skilled people will probably always find a way to copy content but most people are not technically skilled.
Are you wilfully blind? The younger generation which knows it way around computers is perpetrating copyright infringement on a widespread scale. Nobody has to cite facts and figures to prove this, because it's obvious to ANYONE with a pair of eyes who hangs out in this peer group. Let me give you an example from my own experience--I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan as a contractor. Over here, anybody under 30-35 years old has an external hard drive full of pirated movies and music. (Generally not rips from the crap pirated DVDs they sell over here, but the real deal DVD rips downloaded off a bittorrent site.) You can buy a 2TB hard drive and easily have it filled up within a day, limited only by how fast you can send bits over a USB cable. Back home, I don't know anybody in their early 20s who purchase CDs at the rate that people now in their early 30s used to. The straight edge folks buy most of their music off iTunes but a lot of them just rip it straight off The Pirate Bay. This is real, it's widespread, and it's happening all day long every day.
Right, we don't like Vista because we're idiots, not because we have valid reasons, such as the user interface being a horridly designed piece of shit that makes even the simplest tasks about three times harder than they have to be.
If weight loss were as easy for everyone as you make it out to be we wouldn't have a problem.
Nobody said it was easy, fat ass. You see what your problem is? You, like many others, only want to take the easy way out. It doesn't work like that. Losing a bunch of fat takes a lot of work. It takes research to understand why your current diet and habits are wrong, and it takes willpower to make corrections.
It's easy to just blame it on your genetics, but you know what? I've been all over the world and seen a lot of different kinds of people. Right now I'm sitting in Afghanistan. When I see a fat ass walking around here, 100% of the time it's an American. You know how many fat ass Afghans I've seen? None. Kuwaitis? None. Germans, French, Brits? None. Egyptians, Romanians, Bosnians, Polish, etc? NONE.
Are Americans (and Saudis) the only populations on the planet with these so-called fat ass genes? Of course not. It's your EATING AND EXERCISE HABITS that are at fault here, stupid, not your genetics, and it's your lack of willpower/desire to place the blame elsewhere that is keeping you fat and unhealthy.
Meanwhile I CAN'T keep that up while working 10 hrs a day 5 days a week plus some weekends, spending 3 hours a day in commute, doing chores till midnight when I get home and helping to raise a family.
Well maybe you should change your career then. In 20 years when you're laying on your deathbed due to your poor lifestyle choices, who're you going to blame then?
So you bring in a website from a biased organization to try to prove your point?
I only posted that one link for your convenience, instead of you having to search for an find the numerous news stories describing the events in question. There have been a number of occasions where innocent people have been shot and killed during bullshit SWAT drug raids. It does happen FREQUENTLY. You can easily find out the facts for yourself, if you'll actually take a minute to look instead of just calling bullshit because the facts don't fit in with your worldview. It's not my responsibility to correct your ignorance, but at least I tried.
If you're running a TH400 trans--which you should be behind a big block--and the trans keeps failing, you're (or the transmission shop is) doing something wrong.
So? We already have thousands of nuclear warheads, and we have committed to further reducing our arsenal as well. Why would we need breeder reactors to produce plutonium?
if I know anything about Microsoft, it is that they like to keep targets moving.
Who cares about what Microsoft does? Mono will always be around in one form or another because it's open source. I develop in Mono because to me, C# is the ideal C-style language, not because compatibility with Windows.NET platform is important. I don't give a flying fuck about developing anything for Windows. This is a moot point anyway, because there is nothing stopping me from developing cross platform Mono apps for Windows using the ECMA libraries plus GTK for the GUI.
I also asked respondents to rate their math skills which is NOT a good indicator of good math skills. Better to ask "what kinds of grades did you get in math?", but better would have been to incorporate some math questions into the survey.
It doesn't matter if these people are actually good at math or not. They think they are. So, people who think they are good in math also tend to have similar opinions about the legality of this case.
Why would someone think he is good at a specific activity? Either because he is actually good at it, or because it is something he enjoys doing. (Rarely will someone who despises math claim to be good at it.) So the type of person who is genetically predisposed to enjoying math (or other logical reason) is also the type who'll have a certain opinion about this case. The author's results are still valid.
No shit. This entire thing is as likely to demonstrate the opposite...it's entirely possible that people who can't tell how good they are at math are the ones who think it doesn't violate the law.
It doesn't matter whether they are actually good at math or not. If someone says he is good at math, then he probably enjoys math, whether he is actually any good at it or not. So the statistics here may in fact mean something and the author's argument is still valid.
I so agree with you, one thing to add, right now it's more important to "sound" like you know what your talking about than actually knowing.
It's even worse than that. You don't even have to sound like you know what you're talking about. You can be a complete dumb ass, and just appeal to people's emotions, and you'll gain a following. Witness Sarah Palin.
I can tell you exactly why they have books: because they need them.
There is always someone trying to game the system, someone looking for a loophole, an out, a way to abuse, steal, harass, annoy, slack, avoid and so on.
Whatever happened to managers simply handling each situation in an appropriate manner, and firing those who continually cause problems?
Oh wait, that would require managers to actually think and be a leader. Instead we get managers who use the rule book as a crutch to compensate for their complete lack of leadership qualities.
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Here's an anecdote for you: A friend of a friend leased a factory in China to begin producing some kind of small plastic widget. (Don't recall the specifics, cause it's been years since I heard this story.) Chinese officials came in to "inspect" the place. They seemed very interested in the company and learning all the details of what he was doing, and were curious to know when he expected to begin production. A couple weeks later after production began, they showed up again, this time with armed thugs. He was given a plane ticket and a choice--accompany them to the airport and get on his flight back to the US, or disappear never to be seen again. He had to leave his factory and all of his equipment behind, which was apparently nationalized, or taken over by a Chinese company.
I can't vouch for this truth of this story, of course, but when you see these types of stories coming out of China on a regular basis, it's fair to believe that there's a lot of shady stuff going on behind the scenes in China.
When it comes to ignition, compression is never a problem these days. What compression does do is increase *heat*. So unless your running gasoline with a higher octane rating, you will get detonation and pre-ignition the higher your compression ration is. ....and what happens when you use a laser to ignite a large portion of the fuel/air mixture at once, rather than using a spark plug to ignite a small flame kernel and waiting for it to propagate? The fuel mixture burns much more rapidly, allowing you to run less ignition advance. The result is more power, fewer emissions, and the engine is LESS prone to detonation. So then you can jack up the compression ratio and gain even more power.
There is no such thing as a "scientific fact." There are only hypotheses, theories and laws, all of which only apply to observable phenomenon. Science doesn't know everything, but it is the only way we CAN know anything. My opinion may just be an "opinion", but it carries a lot more weight than theists' fantastic God claims, since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in supports the existence of a supernatural being. Some people choose to believe in God anyway, and that's fine--but don't confuse their dogmatic faith with my use of sense and reasoning. Atheism != theism.
But that's in a very controlled situation - he didn't have to worry about pedestrians, or cars coming in the opposite direction for example and only had to focus on braking points and racing lines. Driving fast round a track involves very different skills from driving safely on public roads!
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
Besides - if you stop concentrating on a track, you're generally more likely to hurt yourself than others (and if you do crash into someone they'll have a nice racing spec roll cage or crumple zones to protect them), but if you stop concentrating on a public road and have an accident, there's a real chance of crippling someone or worse.
Now you're claiming that racing is safer, too. Have you ever actually seen a racing accident? It's usually not pretty, and roll cages and safety equipment can only do so much to protect you.
Let's face it--yes, people can drive safely and use a cellphone, with practice, and under the right conditions. (Texting during heavy rush hour traffic is obviously not safe, but texting while cruising down a rural highway is just about as safe as driving can possibly be.) Just because YOU personally can't do it, or the average retard can't do it, doesn't mean that there aren't some people out there who are capable of doing this safely. I've texted and made phone calls for years while driving and never had an accident because of it. You know why? Because I'm CAREFUL about it.
Besides, people are going to do it anyways. Banning it won't work, just like banning marijuana hasn't stopped people from smoking it, and in fact has made the whole situation worse in numerous ways. The way to deal with this problem is the way we currently deal with it now--ticket and fine those heavily anyone who is found guilty of driving carelessly or negligently due to being distracted. Maybe if we could get the cops to quit writing bullshit, easy speeding tickets and start looking out for the real dangers on the road, such as idiots riding 45 MPH in the left hand lane on the interstate, swerving all over the road while fiddling with the radio, riding people's asses, etc, then we might actually see a significant reduction in stupidity-induced accidents.
EXACTLY. I get tired of hearing these idiots proclaim that I'm "really an agnostic" and that being an atheist is exactly like being a theist. No it isn't. Atheists aren't the ones making extraordinary claims here, theists are. There is nothing irrational about finding the whole God thing absurd, especially since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in support of any supernatural deity. I admit that there could in fact be a supernatural being that we are not aware of or able to perceive, but that doesn't make me an agnostic. I'm an atheist, and there is nothing wrong or stupid about that viewpoint.
If there's one thing that irritates me more than religious zealots, it's dictionary zealots who presume to tell ME what I am or am not. I say I'm an atheist. I don't know for a fact if there is a god or not, but my guess is NO. "Oh, you're not really an atheist then, you're actually an agnostic." No, I'm atheist, and that's that. Now mind your own fucking business. Can I make it any clearer?
I concentrate on lower reps of higher weights. I.e. everything to bulk up
Nope. Lower reps with higher weights are for gaining strength, not bulking--ESPECIALLY when it comes to the shoulders, which typically do not respond to low reps at all. See? It's not genetics, its your workout routine. Not sure what book you have, but there is a LOT of misinformation out there, so don't take whatever you've read as the gospel.
If you want to bulk your shoulders, do behind-the-head barbell shoulder presses, barbell or dumbbell shoulder shrugs, and upright barbell rows, 10-20 reps each, 10 sets total. Do this two times a week at first to see how you respond. I don't know what your training routine is right now, but you should be working out no more than 3 times per week, 45 mins each session. If you have been training more than this, you could likely benefit from a few weeks off as you may have overtrained yourself. If your diet is good (sounds like it, but make sure you're eating 4-6 meals per day, and enough calories), you're getting plenty of sleep (you shouldn't need an alarm clock to wake up), and you're not overtrained, I guarantee you'll see results from the routine I posted above.
In fact, while you're at it, this would be a great time to drop your weights down and do more reps on ALL exercises. I bet you'll see surprising gains when you go back to heavier weights after a while.
Oh yeah? Which parts would you be referring to, again?
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You are wrong. There is a small percent of humans who simply have a really tough time putting on muscle due to genetic reasons, but even those guys can bulk up WITH THE PROPER DIET AND WORKOUT ROUTINE. If you have huge calves, you are by definition not in that group of hard gainers (aka ectomorphs--skinny dudes with no muscle to speak of.) If you aren't able to build up your shoulders then you're doing something wrong, either diet or exercise. Instead of blaming yourself and your lack of fitness knowledge/poor diet you take the easy way out and blame your genetics.
Sorry but I for one just will never be that buff guy at the bar, physically or socially
If that's true then it's because you have made that DECISION for yourself, not because it's been predetermined for you by fate, genetics, etc.
Keep sitting in judgment if you want...but you are not an introvert and you just don't know what it is like to be one.
I'm an introvert, and you're wrong. Just because you're an introvert doesn't mean you can't enjoy going out and spending time with others. If you don't enjoy that every once in a while, odds are it's because you are socially inept, not because you have some genetic disorder that prevents you from enjoying doing fun things. Here's a hint: the more you practice your social skills, the more fun social situations become.
Edit: Just read the rest of your post. Wow, was I ever right. See below:
Only silly sentimentality promises us that there is some perfect person out there for us. Some of us just have to accept the fact that we don't measure up, that the only mates we could have are ones that will not make us happy, and that we will be alone all our lives.
If you believe that, then you will in fact be alone all your life and have a miserable life. What's wrong with you, anyway? Are you fat? You can lose weight. No muscle to speak of? Anybody can work out, put on muscle, and look a million times better. Do you smell bad? Learn better personal hygiene. Dress like a dork? Develop a better fashion sense. No social skills to speak of? Like I already said, you can learn this. There are entire books and internet web sites devoted to these subjects. Are you incurably ugly? Who gives a damn? Some of the most infamous, influential seducers the world has ever seen, men who slept who whomever they want whenever they want, who easily won over friends and influenced people, were some ugly mofos. It was these people's attitude and mannerisms which made them attractive, not their appearance. There is nothing stopping you from being anything you want to be, except YOU and your negative thoughts.
It is not a popular idea so it will be rejected out-of-hand by anyone who has not lived this reality.
Well I have lived that reality and escaped from it, and I'm here to tell you it's not reality--it's your own creation. I had a childhood that started out great, but then took a turn for the worse early on. I was deep in depression from about 8 years old until my early 20s. I was overweight, not that good looking, and rarely got a date. (When I did was it usually some fat chick.) I had zero social skills and hated my life. I came close to committing suicide a few times. I was an asshole and had few friends.
I wish you could see me now. I started smoking pot, learned to relax and socialize. I started working out; lost weight and put on muscle. I adopted new styles, new mannerisms, new ways of thinking. Negative thinking is a feedback cycle, and that hurts you. It's hard to fight. But positive thinking is also a feedback cycle, and you can use that to your advantage. As my confidence grew, I became happier and more confident. And as I became happier and more confident, my quality of life improved tremendously and my confidence increased. See how that works? Now I am a successful, good looking man with a bright future ahead. I have more women hitting on me than I know what to do with. You could be like me, IF you only wanted it bad enough to take action and change your life.
The acceptance of this state (when true) can motivate you to stop trying to make someone else responsible for your happiness, and to take responsibility for your happiness yourself. Study, meditation, and other forms of personal self-actualization can take one to interesting places when perused vigorously. It may just be a consolation prize, but it is better than wallowing is depression and self pity all your life.
Hardly. All you're doing is distracting yourself to cover up the symptoms, not curing the problem. "Consolation prize" doesn't even come close to describing how insufficient your "solution" is when compared to your quality of life if you would simply FIX THE PROBLEM. I hope you take my words to heart and motivate yourself to take action.
That's not really clear. It's getting less and less easy technically to copy things due to better copyright protection technology, and the more aggressive legal action. Technically skilled people will probably always find a way to copy content but most people are not technically skilled.
Are you wilfully blind? The younger generation which knows it way around computers is perpetrating copyright infringement on a widespread scale. Nobody has to cite facts and figures to prove this, because it's obvious to ANYONE with a pair of eyes who hangs out in this peer group. Let me give you an example from my own experience--I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan as a contractor. Over here, anybody under 30-35 years old has an external hard drive full of pirated movies and music. (Generally not rips from the crap pirated DVDs they sell over here, but the real deal DVD rips downloaded off a bittorrent site.) You can buy a 2TB hard drive and easily have it filled up within a day, limited only by how fast you can send bits over a USB cable. Back home, I don't know anybody in their early 20s who purchase CDs at the rate that people now in their early 30s used to. The straight edge folks buy most of their music off iTunes but a lot of them just rip it straight off The Pirate Bay. This is real, it's widespread, and it's happening all day long every day.
Right, we don't like Vista because we're idiots, not because we have valid reasons, such as the user interface being a horridly designed piece of shit that makes even the simplest tasks about three times harder than they have to be.
If weight loss were as easy for everyone as you make it out to be we wouldn't have a problem.
Nobody said it was easy, fat ass. You see what your problem is? You, like many others, only want to take the easy way out. It doesn't work like that. Losing a bunch of fat takes a lot of work. It takes research to understand why your current diet and habits are wrong, and it takes willpower to make corrections.
It's easy to just blame it on your genetics, but you know what? I've been all over the world and seen a lot of different kinds of people. Right now I'm sitting in Afghanistan. When I see a fat ass walking around here, 100% of the time it's an American. You know how many fat ass Afghans I've seen? None. Kuwaitis? None. Germans, French, Brits? None. Egyptians, Romanians, Bosnians, Polish, etc? NONE.
Are Americans (and Saudis) the only populations on the planet with these so-called fat ass genes? Of course not. It's your EATING AND EXERCISE HABITS that are at fault here, stupid, not your genetics, and it's your lack of willpower/desire to place the blame elsewhere that is keeping you fat and unhealthy.
Meanwhile I CAN'T keep that up while working 10 hrs a day 5 days a week plus some weekends, spending 3 hours a day in commute, doing chores till midnight when I get home and helping to raise a family.
Well maybe you should change your career then. In 20 years when you're laying on your deathbed due to your poor lifestyle choices, who're you going to blame then?
I think you misspelled "Barrack
You meant Barack, right, dumb ass?
Good luck with the 2012 election.. LOL
So you bring in a website from a biased organization to try to prove your point?
I only posted that one link for your convenience, instead of you having to search for an find the numerous news stories describing the events in question. There have been a number of occasions where innocent people have been shot and killed during bullshit SWAT drug raids. It does happen FREQUENTLY. You can easily find out the facts for yourself, if you'll actually take a minute to look instead of just calling bullshit because the facts don't fit in with your worldview. It's not my responsibility to correct your ignorance, but at least I tried.
If you're running a TH400 trans--which you should be behind a big block--and the trans keeps failing, you're (or the transmission shop is) doing something wrong.
So? We already have thousands of nuclear warheads, and we have committed to further reducing our arsenal as well. Why would we need breeder reactors to produce plutonium?
By using GTK instead of Winforms, you *DO* have cross platform independence. Who cares about Winforms?
if I know anything about Microsoft, it is that they like to keep targets moving.
Who cares about what Microsoft does? Mono will always be around in one form or another because it's open source. I develop in Mono because to me, C# is the ideal C-style language, not because compatibility with Windows .NET platform is important. I don't give a flying fuck about developing anything for Windows. This is a moot point anyway, because there is nothing stopping me from developing cross platform Mono apps for Windows using the ECMA libraries plus GTK for the GUI.
I also asked respondents to rate their math skills which is NOT a good indicator of good math skills. Better to ask "what kinds of grades did you get in math?", but better would have been to incorporate some math questions into the survey.
It doesn't matter if these people are actually good at math or not. They think they are. So, people who think they are good in math also tend to have similar opinions about the legality of this case.
Why would someone think he is good at a specific activity? Either because he is actually good at it, or because it is something he enjoys doing. (Rarely will someone who despises math claim to be good at it.) So the type of person who is genetically predisposed to enjoying math (or other logical reason) is also the type who'll have a certain opinion about this case. The author's results are still valid.
No shit. This entire thing is as likely to demonstrate the opposite...it's entirely possible that people who can't tell how good they are at math are the ones who think it doesn't violate the law.
It doesn't matter whether they are actually good at math or not. If someone says he is good at math, then he probably enjoys math, whether he is actually any good at it or not. So the statistics here may in fact mean something and the author's argument is still valid.
Then there's the people who are brilliant, and know it, and so rate themselves accordingly.
I so agree with you, one thing to add, right now it's more important to "sound" like you know what your talking about than actually knowing.
It's even worse than that. You don't even have to sound like you know what you're talking about. You can be a complete dumb ass, and just appeal to people's emotions, and you'll gain a following. Witness Sarah Palin.
I can tell you exactly why they have books: because they need them.
There is always someone trying to game the system, someone looking for a loophole, an out, a way to abuse, steal, harass, annoy, slack, avoid and so on.
Whatever happened to managers simply handling each situation in an appropriate manner, and firing those who continually cause problems?
Oh wait, that would require managers to actually think and be a leader. Instead we get managers who use the rule book as a crutch to compensate for their complete lack of leadership qualities.