Why did you move to a country that you appear to hate, away form family that is important to you?
Where did I say I "hate the USA", and why would you assume I moved here? Both of those things are untrue.
Let me spell it out for you: I do not hate the USA, and I did not move here. I was born about a mile or so from the White House and I've lived in the USA my whole life. But I do have family abroad in SE Asia, quite a few in fact.
Fun Bonus Fact: for about 20 years I lived almost *exactly* 10 miles to the foot from the White House steps. Draw a circle with a radius of 10 miles from the steps at the White House's front door, follow that circle around, and at some point you'll just barely graze the driveway of my old home.
I am indeed saying that if you continue, you do not have a problem with whatever the airlines choose to do to you.
Sorry, but that's just fucking stupid.
YES, I most certainly DO have a problem with whatever the airlines choose to do to me, but as I've said repeatedly, I don't have any practical alternatives. You can't drive or take a train from the US to SE Asia. A boat could take a month or more. The only practical alternative is to fly.
It's similar to having a serious heart problem where they have to operate or you'll die. Maybe you have a deep dislike of surgery, but are you going to stand on your principles and die rather than undergo surgery? I doubt it.
At the risk of defusing my inadvertant shitstorm, is there some sort of cultural issue going on?
You mean a cultural issue like wanting to see your family occasionally?
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I lived close to my immediate family. Worked out okay.
Well that's nice, I'm glad it worked out for you. But there are reasons I can't live close to my family, including work, friends, children, and other minor social things like my life being based in this country for 50 years. It's not a realistic option for me to be able to just pack up my shit and move 6000 miles just to be near them. But that doesn't mean I don't want to go visit them from time to time, and the only practical way to do that is to fly. I mean, that's why airplanes were invented, so people could use them to go places.
Is it necessary to live 6,000 miles away? Or do you live 6,000 miles away because it has been so easy to visit them? Would you move closer if it were no longer so easy to visit?
1) Yes, it is necessary.
2) Don't be a fucking idiot, this is why they invented airplanes.
I have a relative who lives 1,700 miles away and I'm driving to see them this week.
Great, I'll just tell all my relatives in SE Asia to move here so I don't have to fly. That's totally practical, I'll call them right now and tell them to start packing.
Oh wait, that would make them immigrants and President Trump won't like that, will he?
Don't fly. This isn't trolling - it's truth. If enough people simply stop flying, it will change.
That's great, but the last time I tried to drive to SE Asia it didn't work out.
Also, if you want to go across the country for business or vacation, driving simply isn't practical. For example, if you have a 2-week vacation and you spend 3 days driving out and 3 days driving back...you're left with 8 days out of your 2-week vacation. Yippee.
Plus you'll be wrecked by the time you get there (take a day to recuperate) and wrecked by the time you get back (another day to recuperate). Now you're down to six days out of your 2-week vacation.
"...prompting city officials to investigate replacing the TSA with a private security contractor..."
Oh yeah, I'm sure this will go swimmingly. Can you imagine how much a private security contractor will charge for this nonsense? It'll be 5 times what the TSA costs now and be just as bad if not worse.
Oh, you missed your flight due to long security screening lines? Too bad, just call $big_company (like Halliburton, perhaps?) and complain. Then you'll be told that there's no refund or compensation, and yes, you agreed to it because it was in the EULA that was on your plane ticket.
My only question is, "How can I get in on this boondoggle?"
Sorry but no. A police car with a Google sticker on it is not the same as a CIA espionage operation on hostile foreign soil. No matter how much you wish it were true, it isn't.
Scammers don't actually infect you, other than possibly with panic.
Ummm, yeah, they do. They either get you to go to a site that infects you or they con you into loading a "Remote Service" app that lets them infect you.
I'm all for blocking the scams, but how rampant is that, really?
Seriously, it's rampant. I get calls every week and so do a lot of people I know.
Count yourself as lucky if you haven't gotten on their list yet.
They have fully-staffed, pro-level call centers that work 24/7 calling people. I know a lot of legit businesses that don't have that level of "support".
...and it's software that collects all sorts of data on you and from you and sends it back to who knows where. You apparently cannot stop it and it can "upgrade" or alter itself at will without your permission (and sometimes explicitly against your permission).
Windows fully meets the definition of malware. Not a joke.
Maybe take the tinfoil hat off before posting next time...
Sorry, but this event is a fact. You may not like facts, but they are what they are.
Yes, it IS a fact that the CIA sent agents (read: spies) to foreign countries who had official "covers" as health and vaccine doctors.
When they were unmasked, many nations responded by flat-out refusing entry to real anti-smallpox vaccine doctors, and that DID set the effort to control smallpox back all over the world.
This isn't some kooky conspiracy theory, this is a fact and the government has admitted it.
It's like that quantum physics the young kids are talking about. That's never led anywhere.
Yeah, quarks and leptons and qubits my ass, it's all a bunch of hooey!
Seriously, though, the GP obviously does not comprehend the value of research and the follow-on discoveries that often result from it. I feel sorry for people like him. His idea of "research" probably consists of watching a new reality TV show or putting mayo on his fries.
Lots of science research has no immediate or apparent value, but may lead to something that does. It adds to the sum of human knowledge, which is usually a good thing.
By the way, stop rubbing those two sticks together, it's a waste of time that won't lead to anything. And that round "wheel" thing those eggheads came up with will never find a use, mark my words.
"Scientists have found a eukaryote microbe that completely lacks mitochondria..."
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Why did you move to a country that you appear to hate, away form family that is important to you?
Where did I say I "hate the USA", and why would you assume I moved here? Both of those things are untrue.
Let me spell it out for you: I do not hate the USA, and I did not move here. I was born about a mile or so from the White House and I've lived in the USA my whole life. But I do have family abroad in SE Asia, quite a few in fact.
Fun Bonus Fact: for about 20 years I lived almost *exactly* 10 miles to the foot from the White House steps. Draw a circle with a radius of 10 miles from the steps at the White House's front door, follow that circle around, and at some point you'll just barely graze the driveway of my old home.
You really are an ass, aren't you?
He is, and not a terribly clever one at that.
I am indeed saying that if you continue, you do not have a problem with whatever the airlines choose to do to you.
Sorry, but that's just fucking stupid.
YES, I most certainly DO have a problem with whatever the airlines choose to do to me, but as I've said repeatedly, I don't have any practical alternatives. You can't drive or take a train from the US to SE Asia. A boat could take a month or more. The only practical alternative is to fly.
It's similar to having a serious heart problem where they have to operate or you'll die. Maybe you have a deep dislike of surgery, but are you going to stand on your principles and die rather than undergo surgery? I doubt it.
At the risk of defusing my inadvertant shitstorm, is there some sort of cultural issue going on?
You mean a cultural issue like wanting to see your family occasionally?
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I lived close to my immediate family. Worked out okay.
Well that's nice, I'm glad it worked out for you. But there are reasons I can't live close to my family, including work, friends, children, and other minor social things like my life being based in this country for 50 years. It's not a realistic option for me to be able to just pack up my shit and move 6000 miles just to be near them. But that doesn't mean I don't want to go visit them from time to time, and the only practical way to do that is to fly. I mean, that's why airplanes were invented, so people could use them to go places.
The rules do suit some people, and apparently you are one of them.
No, the rules don't suit me, but there are no practical alternatives.
Is it necessary to live 6,000 miles away? Or do you live 6,000 miles away because it has been so easy to visit them? Would you move closer if it were no longer so easy to visit?
1) Yes, it is necessary.
2) Don't be a fucking idiot, this is why they invented airplanes.
I have a relative who lives 1,700 miles away and I'm driving to see them this week.
Great, I'll just tell all my relatives in SE Asia to move here so I don't have to fly. That's totally practical, I'll call them right now and tell them to start packing.
Oh wait, that would make them immigrants and President Trump won't like that, will he?
Please tell me if visiting my relatives who live 6000 miles away is absolutely necessary.
It's easy to say "don't fly" -- for someone who doesn't fly anyway.
Exactly. I have family in SE Asia. Driving there isn't an option.
Don't fly. This isn't trolling - it's truth. If enough people simply stop flying, it will change.
That's great, but the last time I tried to drive to SE Asia it didn't work out.
Also, if you want to go across the country for business or vacation, driving simply isn't practical. For example, if you have a 2-week vacation and you spend 3 days driving out and 3 days driving back...you're left with 8 days out of your 2-week vacation. Yippee.
Plus you'll be wrecked by the time you get there (take a day to recuperate) and wrecked by the time you get back (another day to recuperate). Now you're down to six days out of your 2-week vacation.
Sometimes flying is the only practical way to go.
I shall do just that, during the ample time for contemplation afforded by the longer lines.
Just make sure you get to the airport early (12 hours before takeoff should be about right) and enjoy a leisurely day in the TSA line.
"...prompting city officials to investigate replacing the TSA with a private security contractor..."
Oh yeah, I'm sure this will go swimmingly. Can you imagine how much a private security contractor will charge for this nonsense? It'll be 5 times what the TSA costs now and be just as bad if not worse.
Oh, you missed your flight due to long security screening lines? Too bad, just call $big_company (like Halliburton, perhaps?) and complain. Then you'll be told that there's no refund or compensation, and yes, you agreed to it because it was in the EULA that was on your plane ticket.
My only question is, "How can I get in on this boondoggle?"
Let's start measuring our book collections in cubic meters.
Or board feet per fortnight. Or maybe thickness versus color scale.
Sorry but no. A police car with a Google sticker on it is not the same as a CIA espionage
operation on hostile foreign soil. No matter how much you wish it were true, it isn't.
Except that wasn't the point he was making.
Scammers don't actually infect you, other than possibly with panic.
Ummm, yeah, they do. They either get you to go to a site that infects you or they con you into loading a "Remote Service" app that lets them infect you.
I'm all for blocking the scams, but how rampant is that, really?
Seriously, it's rampant. I get calls every week and so do a lot of people I know.
Count yourself as lucky if you haven't gotten on their list yet.
They have fully-staffed, pro-level call centers that work 24/7 calling people. I know a lot of legit businesses that don't have that level of "support".
...and it's software that collects all sorts of data on you and from you and sends it back to who knows where. You apparently cannot stop it and it can "upgrade" or alter itself at will without your permission (and sometimes explicitly against your permission).
Windows fully meets the definition of malware. Not a joke.
I know I'm shocked that this information-gathering gadget was in fact gathering information.
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The penalty should be resurrection and being made immortal!
That's sick and devious. I like the way you think.
Please see the comment by dave420 below. He explained it so clearly that even you could understand it.
Can the police legally impersonate a corporation? I am not aware of any legal police authority allowing this.
Oh, well there's your problem- no one said it was legal, they just did it.
Maybe take the tinfoil hat off before posting next time...
Sorry, but this event is a fact. You may not like facts, but they are what they are.
Yes, it IS a fact that the CIA sent agents (read: spies) to foreign countries who had official "covers" as health and vaccine doctors.
When they were unmasked, many nations responded by flat-out refusing entry to real anti-smallpox vaccine doctors, and that DID set the effort to control smallpox back all over the world.
This isn't some kooky conspiracy theory, this is a fact and the government has admitted it.
It's like that quantum physics the young kids are talking about. That's never led anywhere.
Yeah, quarks and leptons and qubits my ass, it's all a bunch of hooey!
Seriously, though, the GP obviously does not comprehend the value of research and the follow-on discoveries that often result from it. I feel sorry for people like him. His idea of "research" probably consists of watching a new reality TV show or putting mayo on his fries.
Lots of science research has no immediate or apparent value, but may lead to something that does. It adds to the sum of human knowledge, which is usually a good thing.
By the way, stop rubbing those two sticks together, it's a waste of time that won't lead to anything. And that round "wheel" thing those eggheads came up with will never find a use, mark my words.
"Scientists have found a eukaryote microbe that completely lacks mitochondria..."
Hey there, my eukaryote microbial friend! Do you suffer from an embarrassing lack of mitochondria?
Abbot Labs Inc has the answer to your problem with our new, patented and 100% safe Mitochondria-Suppositories,
now with Activated Ribosomes! Order before midnight tonight and get a free infusion kit with your first shipment!