there's not many useful places a station-wagon will go.
It will go right through a Toyota Prius and keep right on going. The vintage 70s gas dinosaur station wagon isn't a favorite at the demolition derby for nothing you know.
Humanity cannot survive for long apart from the natural environment. At present we lack the necessary technology to do so and even if we could, would we really want to? For now and the foreseeable future our fates, or more accurately the fates of our descendants, are tied to that of this planet.
There will certainly be very serious consequences long before that. Many people will probably die of starvation or in resource wars along the way, but it would take a very arduous and protracted hardship to eliminate every last one of us, that's why I gave it 1000 years. If agriculture ever becomes very difficult or impossible then those who are still around will know on that day that they are in very serious trouble. I'm still hopeful that that day is far enough into the future that none of us will be around to see it.
What did Warren Buffet say about leverage and betting on short term price movements in the marketplace? I believe it was something along the lines of, "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
Human error could cause our extinction. Laugh away, guys.
Human error very likely will cause our extinction yet. In fact, it's something of a minor miracle that we haven't already wiped ourselves out. As you know well, since around 1952 and continuing until present there are still hundreds of nuclear warheads on alert and ready for immediate use. Beyond that there are several thousand more which could be reactivated or made operational within hours, days or weeks. There is also the matter of climate change and the ongoing destruction of the natural environment that sustains all life on this planet. Personally, I rather doubt that humanity will see another thousand years if some big changes aren't made within the next few hundred or so. However, that doesn't mean that we cant laugh at the absurdity of it all or appreciate the irony of an intelligent species using that very intelligence, often cited as our greatest advantage, to bring about our own annihilation.
You evidently don't understand what woosh is used for. It is reserved for when a joke goes over someones head.
As it did in this thread.
In order for something to be a joke it has to be funny.
It was funny, you just didn't get it.
There is nothing funny about your post, since there is no reason to go out in public to watch American Idol.
Ah, but you didn't say American Idol, you said "American Idiot" (sic). Hence the reason why the going out in public part is funny because those of us who are compelled to do so, especially here in America, find ourselves constantly surrounded by idiots. Why watch them on television, and thus bring them into our private homes, when we already encounter an endless parade of them every day in public? The mere suggestion is absurd. That's why it's funny.
Since all humor has an element of truth to it, and your post has no element of truth, it cannot possibly be funny, ergo... no woosh for you.
You did not perceive it which means that you're either one of the aforementioned idiots or you lead a very sheltered existence. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the later rather than the former.
There's a booming industry surrounding "victimhood" here in America, but the "victims" themselves seldom seem to get ahead. Don't believe that? Just ask the blacks. If you want something better for yourself then you must seize it with your own two hands because nobody cares more about where you end up than you do and if you don't care then nobody else will either. Luck is no accident, so go out and make your own and stop listening to the people telling you that you're a victim, it's not your fault and that you're entitled to something better. It's a trap.
Just look at the crapbands you knew in high school, annoying the neighbors practicing in their garage every Saturday. If you are like most people you don't know a single one of these clowns that even bothers to pick up an instrument today. They were never good enough to bother listening to. Even the vocalists sucked.
I know at least a few local bars where just about any band that produces something even slightly better than noise can get a gig. Of course it's not a paying gig, but you might get some stale beer thrown your way if your really work at it.
no need to hire entertainment since the pub is full of talented locals who are more interested in entertaining each other than getting paid.
No doubt you've heard of, "singing for one's supper"? At one time that was quite literally true and even today there are probably people who wouldn't mind doing that provided that the performance was agreeable to the owner and the other patrons and the payment in beer and food was good.
Labor has been losing ground to capital for a while now and the trend is only getting stronger. In the not so distant future it's not difficult to imagine an economy where the labor that most people have to offer is essentially worthless compared to what can be produced by robotic factories and automated assembly directed by only the very best humans who will be paid quite well indeed for their labor. If we haven't figured out something for the rest of society to do by then then things could become very interesting in a dystopian sort of way.
Seriously, only amateurs mess around with network shared and synced folders. Get yourself a revision control and source repository system. There are plenty to chose from. Take a look at Subversion or Mercurial to get started. Synced folders are link flint knives and bearskins. You need to up your game.
"Invoice price" is entirely a marketing gimmick to make people think they got a great price these days. It works surprisingly well. It shows the skill of the salesmen when people genuinely believe they bought a car for less than it cost the dealership.
So ignore it. Offer the salesman the price that you're willing to pay and be prepared to walk away if you're too far apart. Alternatively, if you really want to play hardball, you can discretely offer the salesperson a cash bribe to roll over in the negotiations. In effect, you're offering the salesperson the same amount that they would have made by selling you the car for several thousand more without you actually having to pay several thousand more to the dealer. In effect, you're using $500 cash in the envelope to cut the dealer out of the loop. This works best if you can conspire with the salesperson before walking onto the lot.
Republicans are quick to argue in favor of the 'Free Market' when it suits their purposes to do so, but they aren't really in favor of them. The Libertarians are the true free market purists, but they aren't allowed at the adults' table in the Republican Party. This is somewhat analogous to the situation with the Progressives and the Democratic Party, occasionally useful as allies on selected issues but easily ignored and pushed aside when not in step with the party majority.
You're going to sit across a desk in an interview with someone who knows absolutely everything about everywhere you've ever surfed at any time in your life, or at least, as deep as that person cares to know.
If you can earn more for Google than the cost of your salary, do they care? My guess is probably not.
Amazon.com is funny that way. They offered me a whole page of dildos for mother's day and followed it up with an email with an electric wall plug in model. Which is pretty funny on it's face, since my purchasing history right before that day was three knives, a bayonet and a shotgun sling.
Maybe shotgun slings and dildos are often purchased together?
FYI the Numbers from 987-65-4320 to 987-65-4329 are reserved for use in advertisements and are useful when you are also using a fake name and address to go along with it.
I discovered that I'm an 81 year old married German man that drives a 2007 Mitubishi Eclipse Spyder Convertible with a Household income of $50,000 - $74,999, who has a special interest in women's appar
Would you say, sir, that that accurately describes your present situation?
My god, it's some of the same info I give to my brokerage when I call them on the phone.
And it's available to anyone with access to credit check services. If that's all the information that your broker is using to identify you, I suggest that you find a new broker. At the very least they should be asking you for a password and giving you a bit of secret information that you've previously given to them to help you confirm that you're dealing with your broker and not somebody impersonating your broker. This would all be in addition to whatever security questions are required (preferably ones made up by you custom).
I take it you are not the beneficiary of any insurance policy and never held a job?
That might not be as uncommon as you think here on Slashdot where the hackers lair is often still located in Mom's basement (-3d6 gp of usual treasure to account for poor conditions).
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there's not many useful places a station-wagon will go.
It will go right through a Toyota Prius and keep right on going. The vintage 70s gas dinosaur station wagon isn't a favorite at the demolition derby for nothing you know.
Humanity cannot survive for long apart from the natural environment. At present we lack the necessary technology to do so and even if we could, would we really want to? For now and the foreseeable future our fates, or more accurately the fates of our descendants, are tied to that of this planet.
There will certainly be very serious consequences long before that. Many people will probably die of starvation or in resource wars along the way, but it would take a very arduous and protracted hardship to eliminate every last one of us, that's why I gave it 1000 years. If agriculture ever becomes very difficult or impossible then those who are still around will know on that day that they are in very serious trouble. I'm still hopeful that that day is far enough into the future that none of us will be around to see it.
What did Warren Buffet say about leverage and betting on short term price movements in the marketplace? I believe it was something along the lines of, "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
Well then, it seems that I was wrong after all. It was the former and not the later. Thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Zero "Humor" Kelvin.
Human error could cause our extinction. Laugh away, guys.
Human error very likely will cause our extinction yet. In fact, it's something of a minor miracle that we haven't already wiped ourselves out. As you know well, since around 1952 and continuing until present there are still hundreds of nuclear warheads on alert and ready for immediate use. Beyond that there are several thousand more which could be reactivated or made operational within hours, days or weeks. There is also the matter of climate change and the ongoing destruction of the natural environment that sustains all life on this planet. Personally, I rather doubt that humanity will see another thousand years if some big changes aren't made within the next few hundred or so. However, that doesn't mean that we cant laugh at the absurdity of it all or appreciate the irony of an intelligent species using that very intelligence, often cited as our greatest advantage, to bring about our own annihilation.
You evidently don't understand what woosh is used for. It is reserved for when a joke goes over someones head.
As it did in this thread.
In order for something to be a joke it has to be funny.
It was funny, you just didn't get it.
There is nothing funny about your post, since there is no reason to go out in public to watch American Idol.
Ah, but you didn't say American Idol, you said "American Idiot" (sic). Hence the reason why the going out in public part is funny because those of us who are compelled to do so, especially here in America, find ourselves constantly surrounded by idiots. Why watch them on television, and thus bring them into our private homes, when we already encounter an endless parade of them every day in public? The mere suggestion is absurd. That's why it's funny.
Since all humor has an element of truth to it, and your post has no element of truth, it cannot possibly be funny, ergo ... no woosh for you.
You did not perceive it which means that you're either one of the aforementioned idiots or you lead a very sheltered existence. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the later rather than the former.
or as an owner of the capital necessary for production.
Woosh
Just like Emacs is.
Lacking only a decent text editor!
I blame neoliberalism.
There's a booming industry surrounding "victimhood" here in America, but the "victims" themselves seldom seem to get ahead. Don't believe that? Just ask the blacks. If you want something better for yourself then you must seize it with your own two hands because nobody cares more about where you end up than you do and if you don't care then nobody else will either. Luck is no accident, so go out and make your own and stop listening to the people telling you that you're a victim, it's not your fault and that you're entitled to something better. It's a trap.
All you have to do is watch American Idiot
You mean go out in public? That's so uncivilized.
Just look at the crapbands you knew in high school, annoying the neighbors practicing in their garage every Saturday. If you are like most people you don't know a single one of these clowns that even bothers to pick up an instrument today. They were never good enough to bother listening to. Even the vocalists sucked.
I know at least a few local bars where just about any band that produces something even slightly better than noise can get a gig. Of course it's not a paying gig, but you might get some stale beer thrown your way if your really work at it.
no need to hire entertainment since the pub is full of talented locals who are more interested in entertaining each other than getting paid.
No doubt you've heard of, "singing for one's supper"? At one time that was quite literally true and even today there are probably people who wouldn't mind doing that provided that the performance was agreeable to the owner and the other patrons and the payment in beer and food was good.
Labor has been losing ground to capital for a while now and the trend is only getting stronger. In the not so distant future it's not difficult to imagine an economy where the labor that most people have to offer is essentially worthless compared to what can be produced by robotic factories and automated assembly directed by only the very best humans who will be paid quite well indeed for their labor. If we haven't figured out something for the rest of society to do by then then things could become very interesting in a dystopian sort of way.
I'd been drinking coffee
From your dented thermos?
Seriously, only amateurs mess around with network shared and synced folders. Get yourself a revision control and source repository system. There are plenty to chose from. Take a look at Subversion or Mercurial to get started. Synced folders are link flint knives and bearskins. You need to up your game.
"Invoice price" is entirely a marketing gimmick to make people think they got a great price these days. It works surprisingly well. It shows the skill of the salesmen when people genuinely believe they bought a car for less than it cost the dealership.
So ignore it. Offer the salesman the price that you're willing to pay and be prepared to walk away if you're too far apart. Alternatively, if you really want to play hardball, you can discretely offer the salesperson a cash bribe to roll over in the negotiations. In effect, you're offering the salesperson the same amount that they would have made by selling you the car for several thousand more without you actually having to pay several thousand more to the dealer. In effect, you're using $500 cash in the envelope to cut the dealer out of the loop. This works best if you can conspire with the salesperson before walking onto the lot.
Republicans are quick to argue in favor of the 'Free Market' when it suits their purposes to do so, but they aren't really in favor of them. The Libertarians are the true free market purists, but they aren't allowed at the adults' table in the Republican Party. This is somewhat analogous to the situation with the Progressives and the Democratic Party, occasionally useful as allies on selected issues but easily ignored and pushed aside when not in step with the party majority.
You're going to sit across a desk in an interview with someone who knows absolutely everything about everywhere you've ever surfed at any time in your life, or at least, as deep as that person cares to know.
If you can earn more for Google than the cost of your salary, do they care? My guess is probably not.
Amazon.com is funny that way. They offered me a whole page of dildos for mother's day and followed it up with an email with an electric wall plug in model. Which is pretty funny on it's face, since my purchasing history right before that day was three knives, a bayonet and a shotgun sling.
Maybe shotgun slings and dildos are often purchased together?
FYI the Numbers from 987-65-4320 to 987-65-4329 are reserved for use in advertisements and are useful when you are also using a fake name and address to go along with it.
I discovered that I'm an 81 year old married German man that drives a 2007 Mitubishi Eclipse Spyder Convertible with a Household income of $50,000 - $74,999, who has a special interest in women's appar
Would you say, sir, that that accurately describes your present situation?
My god, it's some of the same info I give to my brokerage when I call them on the phone.
And it's available to anyone with access to credit check services. If that's all the information that your broker is using to identify you, I suggest that you find a new broker. At the very least they should be asking you for a password and giving you a bit of secret information that you've previously given to them to help you confirm that you're dealing with your broker and not somebody impersonating your broker. This would all be in addition to whatever security questions are required (preferably ones made up by you custom).
I take it you are not the beneficiary of any insurance policy and never held a job?
That might not be as uncommon as you think here on Slashdot where the hackers lair is often still located in Mom's basement (-3d6 gp of usual treasure to account for poor conditions).