I speed accidentally too. I'm driving down the highway, where the speed limit's 55 MPH, driving in the slow lane with a number of drivers passing me, and I look at the speedometer and I'm between 60-65! If the traffic cops were doing their job, the city would be stinking rich from the fines. Of course, that would cause a public outcry, so they pick and choose who to pull over.
Correct! I'm currently addicted to NationStates. And it does get interesting, seeing how worked up people can get over a game. I'm guilty of that myself.
I can relate to that. I play a game where there are invaders, defenders, and innocent communities that might not even want to be involved in the "warfare". I was an invader. My first few missions were fun, because the regions I went against could fight back. But then, my group raided a region that didn't fight back. By the time the defenders did anything, we were already entrenched, and could repel them. We ended up destroying that region. I later found out that the key person in that region had been unable to get online because of computer trouble, and I felt a bit guilty for destroying a region that couldn't fight back, despite knowing that it was a game, and that if there had been anyone who cared, they could have joined the old leader in the new region he tried to set up to replace it.
The speed limit IS the maximum (in theory). And, at least on the roads that I travel, 100 MPH is NOT a sane speed! Especially when they go that speed in the center or even the RIGHT lanes (yes, I've seen them try that)!
Fair enough. Many arse/ass holes have cut me off that way, and the only times I was even close to hitting the fool was when I couldn't stop as quickly as usual because of the fool behind me.
90% of drivers think they're better than average. 90% of drivers are below average drivers. So I give free driving lessons. Like braking suddenly for tailgaters
I'm tempted to do that, but I don't want to get dinged. The average tailgater isn't paying attention because s/he has a cellphone in one hand, a cheeseburger in the other, and s/he's applying makeup with hir feet!
People who drive feeling as though they are _moving through traffic_ are what causes problems. You should drive _with_ traffic, be a _part of traffic_. There are no individuals in traffic - we are all one whole. The Traffic. Drive with this in mind, and you'll increase your driving skill by orders of magnitude.
(Of course none of this _really_ matters even if it is the truth, because of all the other individuals considering themselves the most important pricks in traffic / the universe...)
Agreed! Unfortunately, it seems like there's always some slowpokes on the road (usually ahead of me), and some race-driver-wanna-bes (usually behind me). If everyone drove with the traffic flow, it would go much more smoothly.
Look at the recommendations for body composition. A 6' male should weigh no more than 170lbs. At 190lbs he would be obese. At what, 210, he'd be morbidly obese. How many 6' males do you know who weigh 170? 190? 210? I'm willing to bet that number ramps up exponentially. Where do you think you fit in?
Where do you get those stats from? At 6'1" 210 pounds, my BMI is over 27, which is overweight, but a long ways from obese. Health-wise, I am out of shape, but I'm no couch potato, and could probaby STILL walk farther than many people half my age.
Even now--with this rigorous testing--we find that some drugs should never have been sold. Vioxx comes to mind. These episodes are famous because they're so rare and they shake consumer confidence in the pharma industry. Imagine what it would be like if that were a weekly or monthly occurrence
Is it really that rare? Celebrex, which is similar to Vioxx, is still on the market. And though few drugs kill you quickly, many drugs poison you slowly, and your death, though blamed on the disese, may have been aggrivated by the drug. At least snake oil, though useless, didn't kill people.
As long as there is big $$$ involved, the drug companies will continue to try to ban suppliments in the name of "safety". Meanwhile, pharmaseuticals (sic) with known dangerous side effects remain on the market.:(
Personally, I wouldn't, but I think the people who do sign want to live where their neighbors can't park their cars in their yards, paint their houses purple, or put clothslines in their backyards. Apparently, such things are considered "tacky" and they might impact the value of their expensive houses.
I think environment does make a significant difference. Yes, primates rely mostly on sight, and no ape is going to out-sniff a dog. But I'm sure other primates smell better than civilized man.
That's actually what I do. I don't live where there's a Homeowner's Assn, but I do have a lot of birds in my area, so I hang my clothes inside. My dryer's been borked for years.
I don't have first hand knowledge because I live in the "bad" part of town, but in the suburbs and newer areas, they have Home Owners Associations (HOA). They're supposed to help protect property values. When you move in you sign a contract specifying what you can or can't do. You're not allowed to park your car in your yard, paint your house purple, or put clothslines in your yard (among other things). I've heard that many HOAs are real @$$holes. And their "dictatorship" is legal because you signed the contract.
Hopefully, if I'm wrong in any of the above, someone who actually LIVES in one of those places will correct me.
No thanks! We already have Fred Phelps, and trust me, most of "Middle-America" would be happy to send him to the Middle East and let their fundies deal with him.
They'd have nobody to copy. Microsoft don't do anything unless they're forced to. Without Apple you would still be using MS DOS.
Without Microsoft, you would probably still be using MacOS Classic on a PowerPC, dreaming of the day you could smoothly run multiple tasks and not have one crashing program bring down the whole OS with it.
Which is exactly why we need competition. It's not just because Windows is teh suxor, or Gates is the devil. (true as that may be;) ) It's that ANY company, Apple included, will stagnate without competitors pushing them to improve their product.
I agree! That was one of my gripes about OSX. Enter seems like a normal way to open a file. Until reading this story, I never thought of using Command-O. Yes, it's a bit more "intuitive" than using F2 for rename, but nowhere near as intuitive as using Enter to open.
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I speed accidentally too. I'm driving down the highway, where the speed limit's 55 MPH, driving in the slow lane with a number of drivers passing me, and I look at the speedometer and I'm between 60-65! If the traffic cops were doing their job, the city would be stinking rich from the fines. Of course, that would cause a public outcry, so they pick and choose who to pull over.
Yeah, but you're still a big fat poopy-head.
Correct! I'm currently addicted to NationStates. And it does get interesting, seeing how worked up people can get over a game. I'm guilty of that myself.
I can relate to that. I play a game where there are invaders, defenders, and innocent communities that might not even want to be involved in the "warfare". I was an invader. My first few missions were fun, because the regions I went against could fight back. But then, my group raided a region that didn't fight back. By the time the defenders did anything, we were already entrenched, and could repel them. We ended up destroying that region. I later found out that the key person in that region had been unable to get online because of computer trouble, and I felt a bit guilty for destroying a region that couldn't fight back, despite knowing that it was a game, and that if there had been anyone who cared, they could have joined the old leader in the new region he tried to set up to replace it.
They might have chosen to be part of it, but that doesn't mean they'd choose to continue if they were being tortured.
The speed limit IS the maximum (in theory). And, at least on the roads that I travel, 100 MPH is NOT a sane speed! Especially when they go that speed in the center or even the RIGHT lanes (yes, I've seen them try that)!
Fair enough. Many arse/ass holes have cut me off that way, and the only times I was even close to hitting the fool was when I couldn't stop as quickly as usual because of the fool behind me.
I'm tempted to do that, but I don't want to get dinged. The average tailgater isn't paying attention because s/he has a cellphone in one hand, a cheeseburger in the other, and s/he's applying makeup with hir feet!
Agreed! Unfortunately, it seems like there's always some slowpokes on the road (usually ahead of me), and some race-driver-wanna-bes (usually behind me). If everyone drove with the traffic flow, it would go much more smoothly.
That's an urban myth! Modern TV's don't make any such noise. I'm in my 40's and I haven't heard it for years!
Where do you get those stats from? At 6'1" 210 pounds, my BMI is over 27, which is overweight, but a long ways from obese. Health-wise, I am out of shape, but I'm no couch potato, and could probaby STILL walk farther than many people half my age.
But, now they have a good look at your most distingushed feature, and they'll come after you and put you in a line-up for identification!
Or Debian Sid, for that matter.
Is it really that rare? Celebrex, which is similar to Vioxx, is still on the market. And though few drugs kill you quickly, many drugs poison you slowly, and your death, though blamed on the disese, may have been aggrivated by the drug. At least snake oil, though useless, didn't kill people.
As long as there is big $$$ involved, the drug companies will continue to try to ban suppliments in the name of "safety". Meanwhile, pharmaseuticals (sic) with known dangerous side effects remain on the market. :(
Personally, I wouldn't, but I think the people who do sign want to live where their neighbors can't park their cars in their yards, paint their houses purple, or put clothslines in their backyards. Apparently, such things are considered "tacky" and they might impact the value of their expensive houses.
I think environment does make a significant difference. Yes, primates rely mostly on sight, and no ape is going to out-sniff a dog. But I'm sure other primates smell better than civilized man.
That's actually what I do. I don't live where there's a Homeowner's Assn, but I do have a lot of birds in my area, so I hang my clothes inside. My dryer's been borked for years.
I don't have first hand knowledge because I live in the "bad" part of town, but in the suburbs and newer areas, they have Home Owners Associations (HOA). They're supposed to help protect property values. When you move in you sign a contract specifying what you can or can't do. You're not allowed to park your car in your yard, paint your house purple, or put clothslines in your yard (among other things). I've heard that many HOAs are real @$$holes. And their "dictatorship" is legal because you signed the contract.
Hopefully, if I'm wrong in any of the above, someone who actually LIVES in one of those places will correct me.
Unless they live where there's a Homeowner's Association.
No thanks! We already have Fred Phelps, and trust me, most of "Middle-America" would be happy to send him to the Middle East and let their fundies deal with him.
If Cumulous Media OWNS the CDs, they have the right to run over them.
And Clear Channel, a private company, has to ban who they want, and even to organize rallies.
The only problem I have is the number of stations those behemoths control. A monopoly in media is even worse than a monopoly in software!
Which is exactly why we need competition. It's not just because Windows is teh suxor, or Gates is the devil. (true as that may be
I agree! That was one of my gripes about OSX. Enter seems like a normal way to open a file. Until reading this story, I never thought of using Command-O. Yes, it's a bit more "intuitive" than using F2 for rename, but nowhere near as intuitive as using Enter to open.
What's the OSX equivalent of Enter (to open the file)?