In general I agree that dogs must be kept in their place and be submissive to their owners.
I also have bitten pets before. A pet cat bit me once and I bit it back, the cat's facial expression was like "OMG WTF!"
But the particular dog I mentioned was an exception. He was special, and deserving of some privileges usually reserved for humans. He was more than a pet, he was a friend.
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans, that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive - somewhere beyond the heavens!"
I had a border collie/black labrador mix. This was the smartest non-human animal I have ever known. He was also manipulative and sometimes an asshole.
For example, he would go to the door and signal when he needed to go outside to pee (no one taught him this). One day he wanted to lay on the couch but there was no room for him, so he went to the door and signaled. Someone got up from the couch and opened the door for him. He quickly ran and sat on the vacant spot on the couch. He then made a facial expression that seemed to communicate "ha ha dumbass I got your spot." We let him stay there.
He also understood the english language, not just command words but naturally spoken phrases. No one taught him that. He was a doggie Einstein.
Mosquitoes do not make up a substantial part of any creatures diet. Even bats do not depend on mosquitoes. Bats eat beetles, wasps, and moths. Mosquitoes make up less than 1 percent of their total diet.
Studies of areas where mosquitoes have been eliminated show no major ecological disruption. They are seasonal anyway. Mosquitoes (at least the ones that harm us) are a blight on the world and should be eliminated.
I have visited asian massage places before and gotten full-on sex. I have also had sex with a dancer at a strip club in the "champagne room" (Chris Rock is wrong). The women seem to be acting on their own accord. Why is this illegal?
If you are unable to legally sell something (that is legal to posses), do you own it?
If you can not sell your body (or access to it) then you do not own it. You are owned by the government.
Forced prostitution certainly should be remain a crime. But willing prostitution and it's promotion is a victimless crime.
The proposed law does nothing to stop forced prostitution, instead it's going after bystanders (Backpage, etc) so the government can pretend they're doing something. Dont go after the prostitutes or the customers or the bystanders. Go after organized crime that is forcing people in prostitution.
First, anyone who thinks any cell phone is better than a DSLR has no clue how to use a DSLR, or has never used a DSLR for serious photography. Maybe their style of photography does not require a DSLRs capabilities, but the photos will still always be better with a DSLR. It's the physics of sensor size and optics.
As to Apple vs Android, I've used both and Apple cameras suck a bag of dicks. I find that Samsung phone photos clean up and augment nicely while Apple photos are just a mess if pushed even slightly.
I was excited about APFS, but now I wonder if Apple will couple it to some technology only present in Apple SSD's.
I'm running a Samsung 850 Pro SSD in my 2012 MBP and it's awesome. But I can foresee Apple saying "how dare you use a Samsung product! No APFS for you!"
Back in the day we could walk into a building, called a "store", find what we wanted and buy it. We didnt have to wait for delivery or pay extra for faster delivery. You had your product immediately.
Now people sit in a chair at home and spend hours searching websites looking for products. Once they find what they want they spend money they dont have (credit) and wait days or weeks for it to (hopefully) arrive. Or they pay extra to have it delivered quicker (hopefully).
Meanwhile, there is a WalMart within walking distance. I can go there and get my product NOW, probably for less because I'm not paying extra shipping. And if WalMart dosnt have it, I have a device called a "phone" I can use to contact other stores and ask them if they sell my product.
Kids these days think it's a convenience to wait for a delivery. You know what's convenient? Going to a store and getting what you want NOW.
And get off my lawn!
As someone who has cleaned public restrooms I can assure you that the mens room is cleaner than the womens room. Females are just nasty.
Sure, men leave pee drops on the floor or seat, but pee is usually sterile. Women leave all manner of fluids, solids, and gooey substances everywhere. And some women do miss the toilet. I presume that's caused by them hovering above the seat because they know how disgusting it is.
Sure, train them for a job that is being frequently outsourced to the 3rd world.
Then re-train them again for whatever is job fashionable. Repeat until money is exhausted.
We need trade schools to teach skills that cant be so easily outsourced. Maybe Industrial Robot Repair,
I've postulated that humans are only intelligent individually. In groups the group intelligence defaults to the lowest of the members. The larger the group making a decision, the stupider the decision is likely to be. Example- Congress.
Individuals outside the group can see the bad idea being accepted but the group can not.
Most of the machines I used in my youth are relegated to the trash heap of computer history.
My first home computer was a Commodore VIC-20, followed by a C64, a C128, and brief flirtation with an Adam, then an Amiga. Eventually I went to Windows 95. Now I use a Mac.
In high school we used TRS-80's. I was already a seasoned BASIC programmer by that time, and the teacher let me do whatever I wanted.
Brand loyalty? That's funny...
It really doesnt matter what you eat. All diet fads are bullshit.
The important thing is burning off what you consume. Farmer John could eat lots of fat and meat then work the fields for 12 hours, and be thin and healthy. But if Desk Jockey Julie does that she'll weigh 400 pounds and be sick.Common sense.
Swimmer Michael Phelps ate 12,000 calories a day, consisting of fried-egg sandwiches, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, mayonnaise, coffee, omelets, grits, french toast, powdered sugar, pancakes, pasta, ham, 2,000 calories worth of energy drinks, and pizza.
I'm no doctor, but he seems pretty healthy.
If NASA were to accidentally put water bears on Enceladus, the tiny Earthlings could potentially wipe out any native lifeforms that the moon may harbor, and/or complicate the search for those alien organisms later.
For all we know water bears could already be there.
Alien life? It's water bears, everywhere.
Here in Florida we have second-highest rate of pedestrian deaths in the country, and the reason is obvious to drivers.
Stupid people not using the crosswalk. I am constantly seeing people crossing the road dangerously, because they dont want to walk a few extra yards to a nearby crosswalk or wait for a light. It seems like every news story about a pedestrian death occurs outside a crosswalk.
Are parents not teaching their kids this basic life skill anymore?
Hire a few extra cops to patrol the sidewalks, start citing pedestrians for J walking and crossing outside a crosswalk, with an egregiously heavy fine. Start teaching proper crossing in school, if parents wont teach it.
I'm tired of people walking out into traffic a few yards from my car and expecting me to magically halt this 4000 pound chunk of metal and plastic from 45mph.
I'm a nudist ("naturist"). Nudity is prosaic. I see more naked people every weekend than many of you have seen in your entire lives.
American society makes such a big deal about nudity, when our media is literally saturated with it. People like nudity, and not just for porn. There's a vocal minority of never-nude types who raise a fuss. I do photography as a hobby. If I post a beautiful flower online it might get 4 views. If I post a non-sexual nude photo it'll get 107 views. People like nudity.
I've observed that hard core porn people are just immature. I used to have a co-worker who would view porn on his work computer and try to interest me.
Him- "Wow. Look at her breasts!!!"
Me- "Yes, most women have those."
Him- "Wow, look at her pu$$y!!!"
Me- "Yes, you usually find those on females."
Yeah, breasts and weenies are unique, but a breast is just a breast and a weenie is just a weenie. Act like you've seen them before.
Depends on who the buyer is. I used to work in a steel fabrication shop where workers could communicate useful information via sentences composed almost entirely of profanity. "See that shithole? Fuck that shit. Cram some asshole in that cunt and lay down some motherfucking shit, dumbass."
If you are selling bushings to them the profanity would ingratiate you to them.
Apple is no longer interested in my business. I use an old 15" MBP and it does everything I want, and has almost every port I need. The new MBP's simply suck in comparison. A "touch bar"??? Hey, Apple, I got something you can touch, and it isnt my money.
Dongles? I use one dongle now. With the new MBP I'd need a dongle for everything.
When Apple makes a MBP that is upgradable and has the ports that people need now and has noticeably better performance, I'll consider it.
Windows is starting to look better and better.
I run a photography business and website. I was advised by "experts" that my site had to be mobile friendly because many of my sales would come from mobile users. So, my website is mobile friendly and very easy to order from on a phone. How many sales have I gotten via phones? NONE, in 2 years.
I no longer waste my money even advertising to mobile devices, and target desktop users only.
Fruit of the Earth is the manufacturer of several of the tested products and I have been using Fruit of the Earth for many years, to treat sunburn and other skin issues. It had always been helpful, however in the last couple of years I have noticed a reduction in effectiveness. I thought maybe my skin was just not responding to it as it had before. I trusted the product and continued to use it. Not anymore.
I know Fruit of the Earth used to be good. So I suspect they (or their aloe supplier) have succumbed to the desire for money over product quality.
They're following Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #89- "Ask not what your profits can do for you, but what you can do for your profits."
Is it just me or is much of the latest tech lately not very impressive?
I'm using Win 7, a 2012 Macbook Pro, and a Galaxy S5 phone, and feel no desire to upgrade anything.
Stop changing a UI that everyone likes, stop removing features that people like, stop adding features that no one wants.
I'm sure this technology will never, ever, be used by politicians for propaganda.
In a Florida the Democrats are Photoshoping a Rebublican candidate into a photo with Trump. In fact the two have never met and the Republican does not endorse Trump. But Democrats never let facts get in the way of slander. Soon Democrats can create audio of an opposition candidate saying he likes to rape babies and eat nuns. And people will believe it because they heard it, so it must be true.
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In general I agree that dogs must be kept in their place and be submissive to their owners.
I also have bitten pets before. A pet cat bit me once and I bit it back, the cat's facial expression was like "OMG WTF!"
But the particular dog I mentioned was an exception. He was special, and deserving of some privileges usually reserved for humans. He was more than a pet, he was a friend.
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans, that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive - somewhere beyond the heavens!"
I had a border collie/black labrador mix. This was the smartest non-human animal I have ever known. He was also manipulative and sometimes an asshole.
For example, he would go to the door and signal when he needed to go outside to pee (no one taught him this). One day he wanted to lay on the couch but there was no room for him, so he went to the door and signaled. Someone got up from the couch and opened the door for him. He quickly ran and sat on the vacant spot on the couch. He then made a facial expression that seemed to communicate "ha ha dumbass I got your spot." We let him stay there.
He also understood the english language, not just command words but naturally spoken phrases. No one taught him that. He was a doggie Einstein.
Mosquitoes do not make up a substantial part of any creatures diet. Even bats do not depend on mosquitoes. Bats eat beetles, wasps, and moths. Mosquitoes make up less than 1 percent of their total diet.
Studies of areas where mosquitoes have been eliminated show no major ecological disruption. They are seasonal anyway. Mosquitoes (at least the ones that harm us) are a blight on the world and should be eliminated.
I have visited asian massage places before and gotten full-on sex. I have also had sex with a dancer at a strip club in the "champagne room" (Chris Rock is wrong). The women seem to be acting on their own accord. Why is this illegal?
If you are unable to legally sell something (that is legal to posses), do you own it?
If you can not sell your body (or access to it) then you do not own it. You are owned by the government.
Forced prostitution certainly should be remain a crime. But willing prostitution and it's promotion is a victimless crime.
The proposed law does nothing to stop forced prostitution, instead it's going after bystanders (Backpage, etc) so the government can pretend they're doing something. Dont go after the prostitutes or the customers or the bystanders. Go after organized crime that is forcing people in prostitution.
First, anyone who thinks any cell phone is better than a DSLR has no clue how to use a DSLR, or has never used a DSLR for serious photography. Maybe their style of photography does not require a DSLRs capabilities, but the photos will still always be better with a DSLR. It's the physics of sensor size and optics.
As to Apple vs Android, I've used both and Apple cameras suck a bag of dicks. I find that Samsung phone photos clean up and augment nicely while Apple photos are just a mess if pushed even slightly.
I was excited about APFS, but now I wonder if Apple will couple it to some technology only present in Apple SSD's.
I'm running a Samsung 850 Pro SSD in my 2012 MBP and it's awesome. But I can foresee Apple saying "how dare you use a Samsung product! No APFS for you!"
Back in the day we could walk into a building, called a "store", find what we wanted and buy it. We didnt have to wait for delivery or pay extra for faster delivery. You had your product immediately.
Now people sit in a chair at home and spend hours searching websites looking for products. Once they find what they want they spend money they dont have (credit) and wait days or weeks for it to (hopefully) arrive. Or they pay extra to have it delivered quicker (hopefully).
Meanwhile, there is a WalMart within walking distance. I can go there and get my product NOW, probably for less because I'm not paying extra shipping. And if WalMart dosnt have it, I have a device called a "phone" I can use to contact other stores and ask them if they sell my product.
Kids these days think it's a convenience to wait for a delivery. You know what's convenient? Going to a store and getting what you want NOW.
And get off my lawn!
As someone who has cleaned public restrooms I can assure you that the mens room is cleaner than the womens room. Females are just nasty.
Sure, men leave pee drops on the floor or seat, but pee is usually sterile. Women leave all manner of fluids, solids, and gooey substances everywhere. And some women do miss the toilet. I presume that's caused by them hovering above the seat because they know how disgusting it is.
The S5 was the last good phone Samsung made. It does everything I need. Why upgrade?
Sure, train them for a job that is being frequently outsourced to the 3rd world.
Then re-train them again for whatever is job fashionable. Repeat until money is exhausted.
We need trade schools to teach skills that cant be so easily outsourced. Maybe Industrial Robot Repair,
I've postulated that humans are only intelligent individually. In groups the group intelligence defaults to the lowest of the members. The larger the group making a decision, the stupider the decision is likely to be. Example- Congress.
Individuals outside the group can see the bad idea being accepted but the group can not.
Most of the machines I used in my youth are relegated to the trash heap of computer history.
My first home computer was a Commodore VIC-20, followed by a C64, a C128, and brief flirtation with an Adam, then an Amiga. Eventually I went to Windows 95. Now I use a Mac.
In high school we used TRS-80's. I was already a seasoned BASIC programmer by that time, and the teacher let me do whatever I wanted.
Brand loyalty? That's funny...
It really doesnt matter what you eat. All diet fads are bullshit.
The important thing is burning off what you consume. Farmer John could eat lots of fat and meat then work the fields for 12 hours, and be thin and healthy. But if Desk Jockey Julie does that she'll weigh 400 pounds and be sick.Common sense.
Swimmer Michael Phelps ate 12,000 calories a day, consisting of fried-egg sandwiches, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, mayonnaise, coffee, omelets, grits, french toast, powdered sugar, pancakes, pasta, ham, 2,000 calories worth of energy drinks, and pizza.
I'm no doctor, but he seems pretty healthy.
For all we know water bears could already be there.
Alien life? It's water bears, everywhere.
Here in Florida we have second-highest rate of pedestrian deaths in the country, and the reason is obvious to drivers.
Stupid people not using the crosswalk. I am constantly seeing people crossing the road dangerously, because they dont want to walk a few extra yards to a nearby crosswalk or wait for a light. It seems like every news story about a pedestrian death occurs outside a crosswalk.
Are parents not teaching their kids this basic life skill anymore?
Hire a few extra cops to patrol the sidewalks, start citing pedestrians for J walking and crossing outside a crosswalk, with an egregiously heavy fine. Start teaching proper crossing in school, if parents wont teach it.
I'm tired of people walking out into traffic a few yards from my car and expecting me to magically halt this 4000 pound chunk of metal and plastic from 45mph.
I'm a nudist ("naturist"). Nudity is prosaic. I see more naked people every weekend than many of you have seen in your entire lives.
American society makes such a big deal about nudity, when our media is literally saturated with it. People like nudity, and not just for porn. There's a vocal minority of never-nude types who raise a fuss. I do photography as a hobby. If I post a beautiful flower online it might get 4 views. If I post a non-sexual nude photo it'll get 107 views. People like nudity.
I've observed that hard core porn people are just immature. I used to have a co-worker who would view porn on his work computer and try to interest me.
Him- "Wow. Look at her breasts!!!"
Me- "Yes, most women have those."
Him- "Wow, look at her pu$$y!!!"
Me- "Yes, you usually find those on females."
Yeah, breasts and weenies are unique, but a breast is just a breast and a weenie is just a weenie. Act like you've seen them before.
Depends on who the buyer is. I used to work in a steel fabrication shop where workers could communicate useful information via sentences composed almost entirely of profanity. "See that shithole? Fuck that shit. Cram some asshole in that cunt and lay down some motherfucking shit, dumbass."
If you are selling bushings to them the profanity would ingratiate you to them.
Everything I say is a lie.
Apple is no longer interested in my business. I use an old 15" MBP and it does everything I want, and has almost every port I need. The new MBP's simply suck in comparison. A "touch bar"??? Hey, Apple, I got something you can touch, and it isnt my money. Dongles? I use one dongle now. With the new MBP I'd need a dongle for everything. When Apple makes a MBP that is upgradable and has the ports that people need now and has noticeably better performance, I'll consider it. Windows is starting to look better and better.
I run a photography business and website. I was advised by "experts" that my site had to be mobile friendly because many of my sales would come from mobile users. So, my website is mobile friendly and very easy to order from on a phone. How many sales have I gotten via phones? NONE, in 2 years. I no longer waste my money even advertising to mobile devices, and target desktop users only.
Fruit of the Earth is the manufacturer of several of the tested products and I have been using Fruit of the Earth for many years, to treat sunburn and other skin issues. It had always been helpful, however in the last couple of years I have noticed a reduction in effectiveness. I thought maybe my skin was just not responding to it as it had before. I trusted the product and continued to use it. Not anymore. I know Fruit of the Earth used to be good. So I suspect they (or their aloe supplier) have succumbed to the desire for money over product quality. They're following Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #89- "Ask not what your profits can do for you, but what you can do for your profits."
Trump is a fool and an asshole. But I'll be happy to see the H-1B abusing and job exporting parasite class poop their pants.
Is it just me or is much of the latest tech lately not very impressive? I'm using Win 7, a 2012 Macbook Pro, and a Galaxy S5 phone, and feel no desire to upgrade anything. Stop changing a UI that everyone likes, stop removing features that people like, stop adding features that no one wants.
I'm sure this technology will never, ever, be used by politicians for propaganda. In a Florida the Democrats are Photoshoping a Rebublican candidate into a photo with Trump. In fact the two have never met and the Republican does not endorse Trump. But Democrats never let facts get in the way of slander. Soon Democrats can create audio of an opposition candidate saying he likes to rape babies and eat nuns. And people will believe it because they heard it, so it must be true.