I hang up without any words, in the middle of the sentence. My gf once said: "It's rude, do you think they are enjoying this? This is probably one of the few jobs they could get." To which I immediately came up with a rejoinder that convinced even me: "I did not insult them. I am obviously not going to buy stuff, so I am actually saving them time to maybe talk to someone who might."
But when people have faxes, multiple cell phones (for work, say, and personal use), in addition to land line phones, you'll be getting closer to that. Besides, each person may have that, but then there are places of business which have their own phones and faxes... If such personal tech saturation applied to everyone, including the third-world poor:))
Are you in favor of forcing big trucks and all cars to just sit in garages? Better do that first. A smoker 20 yards away on the street arguably does not affect you as much as a bus spewing exhaust at the same distance.
It could be, like, a COINCIDENCE. It's not like you had 100 air-traffic stoppages in that period and they consistently yielded lower temperatures than without those (and try to factor in different levels of pollution - how do you measure that? In different parts of the world? Blablabla)
Yes, free everything. What's wrong with that? As long as there's free food and shelter...
No, seriously... Some of the OS movement are not zealots who DEMAND things of you. You can call it, eh, enlightened communism. That is, nobody demands free things; people just offer things for free (like Open Source, which is, admittedly, easy to offer for free since giving info out does not deprive you of a physical resource, only of the possibility to use it exclusively for your gain which, in turn, is only useful in a capitalist marketplace, but y'all knew that....) in exchange for... well, nothing, except an [idealist] hope that others will offer their fruits of labor for free. The idea being that A) people like what they're doing for it's own rewards (that is, the task itself) and, as long as their needs are met, are ok with everything being free, and B) people realize that there are some things that not many people would voluntarily undertake (e.g., cleaning toilets.). In which case, one pitches in for her (and more than that, several times more, actually, ideally, in order to take care of those who do not, for whatever reason) share of the work.
Remember, again: capitalism and free markets are a great system pragmatically. But this pragmatism hinges upon the notion that "nobody else does it[offer stuff for free] so why should I". If the shift in thought/action is swift and pervasive enough, why not have communism? That's idealistic communism, mind you, not the one where people with guns come to take your cow, as many people have been brought up to believe.
Of course, states (and locales) in the US have their say in minor issues, but even things such as "drinking age" are usurped by the Federal Gov't, inasmuch as they tax first, and ask questions later.
There are several rules of transliterating cyrillic into Latin; I think there is an official Library of Congress version. But "Sklyarov" is good enough if you want to convey the way it sounds as close as possible.
Do you have to sign an agreement that you won't resell the stuff you got at a discount? It's not stolen goods, after all; why can't he sell it? Also, can you give it as gifts?
Here's a little story in relation to "what all the fuss is about" sentiment.
My family and relatives are all immigrants to the US. When they get together, and TV is showing baseball, they say: "What the hell is that game all about? We don't get it." And I say: "How about I explain the game to you, and you'll figure it out then." And they say: "Nah, too much of a bother."
I never understood the desire to say "what's the fuss all about" over and over again, instead of picking up a damn book. You may like it, you know. And if you don't, well, you can say "it sucks" instead of that wondering about the stuff.
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I hang up without any words, in the
middle of the sentence. My gf once said:
"It's rude, do you think they are enjoying
this? This is probably one of the few
jobs they could get." To which I immediately
came up with a rejoinder that convinced
even me: "I did not insult them. I am
obviously not going to buy stuff, so I am
actually saving them time to maybe talk
to someone who might."
I now feel so much better hanging up...
Oh, I'm sure AOL will find a method. ... and apparatus... :)
I have. Some of the most brilliant code :)
in my life
How many marijuana overdoses have you seen?
Alternatively, how many alcohol-related
cases have you seen?
Lumping together all different drugs
(cocaine, heroin, lsd, marijuana) is
not for that reason.
You mean a Spelling committ
This one needs a spelling rollback...
There aren't even that many people on the planet.
:))
But when people have faxes, multiple cell phones
(for work, say, and personal use), in addition
to land line phones, you'll be getting closer
to that. Besides, each person may have that,
but then there are places of business which
have their own phones and faxes...
If such personal tech saturation applied
to everyone, including the third-world poor
A MAC address is more like it...
Most people would not either recognize it as the
Declaration of Independence and consider this
some treasonous BS... heh heh heh
Are you in favor of forcing big trucks and
all cars to just sit in garages? Better
do that first. A smoker 20 yards away on
the street arguably does not affect you
as much as a bus spewing exhaust at the same
distance.
It may be interesting, but how the hell
is it related to the topic?
It's because you're unwilling to move outside
the I95 (or close to/outside of I495).
2 years ago, I had a very nice 1-BR apt within
public transporation from the city proper
(no commuter rail necessary) for $900.
Closer to the city, it gets to be $1300 or
thereabouts at least...
Spoken as a meat-eater: if it's gross for you,
it should be gross for you to imagine someone
doing this for you, thus, you shouldn't eat
meat...
Er, then I do not owe them anything
(e.g., refraining from copying
their works) either.
If you want to hold on to it, don't distribute
it. If you distributed it, why can't I copy
it?
It is NOT like building a house. Information
is not a tangible property. Analogies to such
are thus inherently flawed.
Copyright expiration cannot be abolished except
by a constitutional amendment.
It could be, like, a COINCIDENCE. It's not
like you had 100 air-traffic stoppages in that
period and they consistently yielded lower
temperatures than without those (and try
to factor in different levels of pollution -
how do you measure that? In different parts
of the world? Blablabla)
Yes, free everything. What's wrong with
that? As long as there's free food and shelter...
No, seriously... Some of the OS movement are
not zealots who DEMAND things of you. You can
call it, eh, enlightened communism. That
is, nobody demands free things; people just offer
things for free (like Open Source, which is,
admittedly, easy to offer for free since giving
info out does not deprive you of a physical
resource, only of the possibility to use it
exclusively for your gain which, in turn, is
only useful in a capitalist marketplace, but
y'all knew that....) in exchange for... well,
nothing, except an [idealist] hope that others
will offer their fruits of labor for free. The
idea being that A) people like what they're doing
for it's own rewards (that is, the task itself)
and, as long as their needs are met, are ok with
everything being free, and B) people realize that
there are some things that not many people would
voluntarily undertake (e.g., cleaning toilets.).
In which case, one pitches in for her (and more than that, several times more, actually, ideally,
in order to take care of those who do not, for
whatever reason) share of the work.
Remember, again: capitalism and free markets
are a great system pragmatically.
But this pragmatism hinges upon the notion
that "nobody else does it[offer stuff for free]
so why should I". If the shift in thought/action
is swift and pervasive enough, why not have
communism? That's idealistic communism, mind you,
not the one where people with guns come to
take your cow, as many people have been brought
up to believe.
Don't you wish it were an oxymoron, though? :)
Separate states? You must be joking...
Of course, states (and locales) in the US
have their say in minor issues, but even
things such as "drinking age" are usurped
by the Federal Gov't, inasmuch as they
tax first, and ask questions later.
Slowly turning the world into Soviet Russia.
There are several rules of transliterating
cyrillic into Latin; I think there is
an official Library of Congress version.
But "Sklyarov" is good enough if you want to
convey the way it sounds as close as possible.
I thought most establishments expressly
prohibit bartenders from drinking on the
job.
You think nobody's doing that? :)
Do you have to sign an agreement that you
won't resell the stuff you got at a discount?
It's not stolen goods, after all; why can't
he sell it? Also, can you give it as gifts?
Here's a little story in relation to
"what all the fuss is about" sentiment.
My family and relatives are all immigrants
to the US. When they get together, and TV is
showing baseball, they say: "What the hell is that
game all about? We don't get it." And I say:
"How about I explain the game to you, and
you'll figure it out then." And they say:
"Nah, too much of a bother."
I never understood the desire to say "what's
the fuss all about" over and over again, instead
of picking up a damn book. You may like it,
you know. And if you don't, well, you can
say "it sucks" instead of that wondering about
the stuff.