Oh man, I remember DEN. Mostly because there was some kind of tv news puff piece I saw around 1999 on how the kid who started had a shiny new Ferrari to tool around in.
It doesn't really bode well when your business plan is "tool around in expensive sports car".
But so far I have not had the patience. So I just yell at them, call them names and hang up.
I hate telemarketing as much as the next person, but taking it out on some poor phonejockey whos working that unspeakably shitty job isn't going to help.
The old "yelling fire in a crowded theater" bit notwithstanding, of course. You can tolerate something without celebrating it. In fact, banning Mein Kampf like so many other countries do just makes the book all that more attractive by making it subversive. Banning a stupid book is not an antidote to neo-nazi groups.
I see Chocolate War by Robert Cormier on the list for "sexual content and offensive language". Having read this book numerous times over the years, where the hell was there sexual content?
While smaller firms may foster more rapid innovation, sub-contracting some of the nations most sensitive technical development significantly increases the exposure to infiltration.
I was thinking about this the other day. If a war similar to WW2 broke out, theres no way domestic industry, dramatically weakened by years of offshoring and a lesser emphasis on manual trades/hard sciences, could keep up. During WW2, planes, tanks, clothing, food, and assorted materials were all domestic. As long as the homefront was protected, the war production effort would continue.
Reliance on overseas producers for mass production, R&D, etc would come home to roost.
And in this instance, what happens when that year is up?
Then they'd be signed up for this service (automatic renewal) at the full consumer price. Credit monitoring services usually clamor for these kinds of cases since they tend to make money on people who stay with the service or just don't notice as the service autobills them.
With the high likelyhood of some kind of "partnership" between the creditor and these monitoring services (if not outright ownership), the offending bank stands to make money either way from their own crime.
I remember hearing that they have or used to havevans that go around neighborhoods with detectors tuned to the oscillator of the tv, so they knew which households had tv sets on and then check those against the license records.
Watching that episode of "A Teacozy Built for Nigel" will cost you dearly on an unlicensed set:)
Right Wing Right-to-Life Zealot: "Absolutely not!!! I insist they not be murdered, but I'm no charity, go find someone else to raise it!"
Some people really do think that a microscopic clump of cells is a baby. Perhaps there exists an untapped market in teeny tiny baby supplies for these really small children. A playpen made out of a ring of hydrogen atoms and an amoeba for a pet.
about a guy who refuses the Fields Medal because he "doesn't want to be seen as a figurehead."
Maybe he just didn't feel like meeting Kim Fields to accept the prize. The Facts of Life wasn't a very good show, anyway.
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I get a little miffed when your soldiers invade another country. Forgive me if I don't get too upset when they get "splattered by a homemade bomb." Your troops still have it a hell of a lot better than the people who they've invaded, and who can blame the "insurgents" for turning to violence to repel the people who've taken over their country? If I recall, the Americans waged a guerilla war against the British too.
While I agree that the US invasion was sold on lies and serves the interests of the rich and powerful while making the US no more safe, the troops don't get any say in where they're sent and do. They didn't get up one day and decide to take over Iraq, "secure" the oil, and install a puppet government. Those decisions were made by people who are so far insulated from the costs and horrors of the war that they might as well be on another planet.
If you're going to take issue with somebody, point the finger at the assholes who sent them there, not the poor schmucks who are bound to do their dirty work if they have any hope of going to college.
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I get a little miffed at these puff pieces trying to paint the picture of our troops living in the lap of luxury in air conditioning and a barrack full of geek toys that rivals an aisle at Best Buy. Many troops out on the lines sweat their balls/ovaries off in tents in the sweltering heat, fight the fine sand that gets into their gameboys and damn near everywhere else, and face the looming threat of being splattered by a homemade bomb.
I'm glad that our troops can be entertained in this fashion and that some can get stationed in places with all kinds of creature comforts, but trying to paint a picture (paraphrasing Dave Barry) of the place as a glorified college dormatory is disingenious at best.
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Oh man, I remember DEN. Mostly because there was some kind of tv news puff piece I saw around 1999 on how the kid who started had a shiny new Ferrari to tool around in.
It doesn't really bode well when your business plan is "tool around in expensive sports car".
the same re-wiring of nerves to the pectoral muscle can be used for feedback. In the case of the female patient, she has two fingers worth of touch,
So when you shake her bionic hand, she feels it on her chest?
Oh man, this is gonna be good...
Sounds like a hidden attempt at sterilizing part of the population.
Good thing, too. That segway is such a pussy magnet, sterilization will be necessary to avoid overpopulation.
Segways are like fat chicks. They're both fun to ride until one of your friends sees you.
But so far I have not had the patience. So I just yell at them, call them names and hang up.
I hate telemarketing as much as the next person, but taking it out on some poor phonejockey whos working that unspeakably shitty job isn't going to help.
I like Frank Zappa's advice to the kids: run for something. School board, city council, etc.
then you DO have limits to Free Speech.
The old "yelling fire in a crowded theater" bit notwithstanding, of course. You can tolerate something without celebrating it. In fact, banning Mein Kampf like so many other countries do just makes the book all that more attractive by making it subversive. Banning a stupid book is not an antidote to neo-nazi groups.
I see Chocolate War by Robert Cormier on the list for "sexual content and offensive language". Having read this book numerous times over the years, where the hell was there sexual content?
The true test of freedom of speech is how well unpopular speech is tolerated.
Will this be on the final?
While smaller firms may foster more rapid innovation, sub-contracting some of the nations most sensitive technical development significantly increases the exposure to infiltration.
I was thinking about this the other day. If a war similar to WW2 broke out, theres no way domestic industry, dramatically weakened by years of offshoring and a lesser emphasis on manual trades/hard sciences, could keep up. During WW2, planes, tanks, clothing, food, and assorted materials were all domestic. As long as the homefront was protected, the war production effort would continue.
Reliance on overseas producers for mass production, R&D, etc would come home to roost.
Why don't they make another Conan movie
He seems pretty busy with the talk show, maybe Triumph is up for the task.
And in this instance, what happens when that year is up?
Then they'd be signed up for this service (automatic renewal) at the full consumer price. Credit monitoring services usually clamor for these kinds of cases since they tend to make money on people who stay with the service or just don't notice as the service autobills them.
With the high likelyhood of some kind of "partnership" between the creditor and these monitoring services (if not outright ownership), the offending bank stands to make money either way from their own crime.
Plus tons of obligatory homosexual jokes because George Takei was there
Oh my!
Throw out all submissions signed by Epstein's mother.
You'll be eating your words once they introduce Team Fortress 2: Fat Chicks in Party Hats
Don't be silly. Barracudas and dolphins will continue to be perfectly legal.
I remember hearing that they have or used to havevans that go around neighborhoods with detectors tuned to the oscillator of the tv, so they knew which households had tv sets on and then check those against the license records.
:)
Watching that episode of "A Teacozy Built for Nigel" will cost you dearly on an unlicensed set
You're always free to buy CDs, where even the worst DRM can be got around using a shift key
With the Sony rootkit fiasco fresh in my mind, I can't say I agree.
I wonder if this guy is affiliated with the Anti-Barney League textfiles that I'd find on the BBSes back in the day.
I'm just stunned that I read the words "scrotal cupholder" on Slashdot. Now I've read everything.
Right Wing Right-to-Life Zealot: "Absolutely not!!! I insist they not be murdered, but I'm no charity, go find someone else to raise it!"
Some people really do think that a microscopic clump of cells is a baby. Perhaps there exists an untapped market in teeny tiny baby supplies for these really small children. A playpen made out of a ring of hydrogen atoms and an amoeba for a pet.
about a guy who refuses the Fields Medal because he "doesn't want to be seen as a figurehead."
Maybe he just didn't feel like meeting Kim Fields to accept the prize. The Facts of Life wasn't a very good show, anyway.
I get a little miffed when your soldiers invade another country. Forgive me if I don't get too upset when they get "splattered by a homemade bomb." Your troops still have it a hell of a lot better than the people who they've invaded, and who can blame the "insurgents" for turning to violence to repel the people who've taken over their country? If I recall, the Americans waged a guerilla war against the British too.
While I agree that the US invasion was sold on lies and serves the interests of the rich and powerful while making the US no more safe, the troops don't get any say in where they're sent and do. They didn't get up one day and decide to take over Iraq, "secure" the oil, and install a puppet government. Those decisions were made by people who are so far insulated from the costs and horrors of the war that they might as well be on another planet.
If you're going to take issue with somebody, point the finger at the assholes who sent them there, not the poor schmucks who are bound to do their dirty work if they have any hope of going to college.
I get a little miffed at these puff pieces trying to paint the picture of our troops living in the lap of luxury in air conditioning and a barrack full of geek toys that rivals an aisle at Best Buy. Many troops out on the lines sweat their balls/ovaries off in tents in the sweltering heat, fight the fine sand that gets into their gameboys and damn near everywhere else, and face the looming threat of being splattered by a homemade bomb.
I'm glad that our troops can be entertained in this fashion and that some can get stationed in places with all kinds of creature comforts, but trying to paint a picture (paraphrasing Dave Barry) of the place as a glorified college dormatory is disingenious at best.