Am I the only one that saw that as "802.11g Harddrive Arrives"? I was wondering how the hell a wireless harddrive would work, and who really needs that much versatility anyway.
Time to go home and get drunk I guess. By the way, does anyone out there light fireworks for New Years Eve?
Is "off" a synonym for "fish-belly"? If so, I'm all over that color. Unless I go to the beach for an hour, then it changes to "lobster-red". Damn these northern european genes!!
Back in 2000, I was interested in the Libertarian Party. It sounded like a good option between the Democrats and Republicans. So I called and requested the 'campaign package' they offered on TV. The video featured the Libertarian candidate for president, Harry Brown. He talked a good game, and made several relevant arguments I agreed with. The booklet that explained the party platform was also first rate. Then I read the pamphlet about Mr. Brown, and realised I didn't want him as my leader.
Basically he was an investment specialist for a living. He lost a large sum of money in a bubble back in the 70s or 80s, and since then has only invested money in very safe areas, making about 3% interest. Sorry, I don't want a leader that is that scared to take a chance. If he had just gotten out of the field and done something else, fine. But staying in the field, but playing everthing so 'safe' is the mark of a man who is unsure of himself. Not the best candidate for the Presidency of the US.
Then the newletters that the local LP chapter sent me totally soured me on them altogether. I saw better organization in the student newspaper back in middle school. Fewer typos too. Basically every issue had a little rah-rah article, followed by pleas for someone to volunteer for one of the many open positions in the group. Very amateurish. I also had the impression they were all rich, white, church people that simply wanted to hoard their money, not my favorite group of people.
So in retrospect, the Libertarian Party only support the libertarian values so that they can watch their bank accounts grow. It isn't that they particularly care about personal liberties, other than their own.
Source??? I never made a claim about anything. I just said let's see your claim broken down into well-defined areas. If you mean the crack-heads shooting each other, that wasn't a claim on my part, it was an interpretation of your claim.
As far as getting worked up, yeah, I get a little steamed when people want to make me into a criminal just for owning a tool that is specifically protected by the US Constitution. And then I get more steamed when someone throws out wild-assed statements like yours that have no value at all, because the numbers mean only what some group wants them to mean.
As far as shades of grey, I broke the list into 8 parts. You think that is black and white? And no I don't see the world as black-and-white, but I don't see criminals trying to break into my house as shades of grey either. If they are breaking in to my house, they deserve to get shot in the head. I don't believe that makes me a bad person. You apparently would rather offer your wife up for rape instead of having a strong defense against it. Do you believe that makes you a bad person?
Unfortunately, neither of the two dominant parties want "Protection of civil liberties" anymore. The Republicans only want protection for right-wing Christian values, and the Democrats only want protection for left-wing or homosexual values. Only the Libertarian Party wants to protect _everyone's_ personal liberties, and of course, they're basically a group of reactionary throw-back kooks that can't even get a real candidate in a real elected office. 'County Deputy Dogcatcher' doesn't count.
So until we have a little revolutionary activity, we are totally screwed.
My parents didn't leave the guns out for us kids to find. We knew exactly where they were. Up in the attic. Of course we had to go outside to get into the attic, because we didn't have stairs inside until I was about 6. After we built stairs inside, my brother and I were moved to the upstairs, so the attic was right around the corner. We never had the urge to walk that 30 feet to where the shotgun or muzzle-loader were, and shoot each other. Because our parents made sure we already knew what they could do to a body. And we had seen several dead dogs to know exactly what those guns could do.
Besides, it's hard to fire a shotgun when you have both hands covering your ears because you know how loud the BANG is going to be.;^)
So what you are in fact saying is that the crack-heads in the inner cities who have guns are more likely to kill someone over the last rock of crack than they are likely to kill someone who is actively trying to break into their rat-infested apartment to steal their stereo system.
Let's see some numbers broken down into real categories. 1. Drug addicts shooting people while high or trying to get high. 2. Drug dealers shooting people who are trying to take their drugs. 3. Petty crooks shooting people who won't hand over their money like a good sheep. 4. Kids who have parents stupid enough not to have demonstrated what a gun does when fired, who shoot their cousin or best friend accidently. 5. Psychotic individuals who own dozens of guns, because they know "they" are out there, who shoot at "them", you know, "THEM!". 6. People who own guns, but are too stupid to understand that not every Asian kid in a Halloween costume is trying to re-live December 7, who then shoot said kid. 7. Honest people who are responsible owners of one or a few guns, who practice at a range occassionally, or who hunt animals in season, or who shoot dangerous animals as needed, and who take care of their guns as they do their other tools, who use their guns to defend their home and family from intruders whose goal is to kill, rape, kidnap, or steal. 8. Honest people who are responsible owners of one or a few guns, who practice at a range occassionally, or who hunt animals in season, or who shoot dangerous animals as needed, and who take care of their guns as they do their other tools, who use their guns to indiscriminantly blow away anyone who is up in the middle of the night, without checking first if it might be little Suzie getting out of bed for a drink of water, or maybe Grampa who lives in the back room, who's just going for a early morning walk because he can't sleep well lately.
So, break down the numbers for you asinine claim that I am more likely to kill my own family than an intruder, and you will see which categories get the highest body-count. If Category 8 isn't the lowest on the list, then you have something to argue with.
We should certainly do something about the first 6 categories listed, but let's not make everyone in Category 7 criminals as the solution.
Another examples is these two conflicting adages: "absense make the heart grow fonder" "out of sight, out of mind"
I can be a victim of both of these 'conflicting' sentiments, at the same time, with no confusion at all. Let's say I am away from my wife for a week. When I return I will want to give her a big hug, and can't wait for the lovin' that night. But when I am away for that time, my mind is on whatever it is I am doing right then, with barely a thought about my wife. I may miss her then, but in a detached way, and then it's back to thinking about what I am doing.
"...maybe get roughed up a bit (but probably not if you don't give him reason to). But you live. And hopefully he'll get caught by the authorities later."
Not only are you people stupid, you are repulsive. Would you be willing to be ass-raped by some diseased vermin, just because you don't want to own a weapon? Sure you could identify him later, if he doesn't kill you after fucking you. Would you actually be willing to testify in court how it felt to get fucked in the ass by an attacker?
Would you also be willing to sacrifice your mother, wife, sister, 10-year old daughter to the same treatment? Or do you think women and children "give him reason to" rape them? And if he does kill them, well, maybe someone saw him, and he will be sent to prison. Maybe.
Or you could own a gun, and encourage every woman to carry one in their purse, and have a much better chance of not having it happen.
But you are so worried that you might hurt someone, you would let every woman you know get raped, just to avoid having to be a man instead of a scared child. On second thought, you deserve to get raped, since you have no guilt over insisting others have to make themselves more vulnerable to it. Maybe if it happened to you and your family, you would feel different about protecting yourself.
"That, or you figure out how to boil water with it. Forget mouse traps, if you can build a better way to boil water, then you will have the world beating a path to your doorstep."
They then will stand around your kitchen stove waiting for the proof, and asking each other, "Should I lift the lid to look?" To which the the smart ones would reply, "Idiot, it's a see through saucepan." Then they will drink all your beer to see if you invented a better refridgerator too.
Yes, I was wondering about that last night. Thinking, "Oh shit, I probably got that backwards didn't I. Well, I will find out tomorrow." Thanks for the correction.
And as for the 'n', I don't have the 'n with a tilde' key. I don't know how to easily get it for a text box either, so I went with the best I had. I could have hunted one down, but figured Hell with it.
The funny thing about us non-Spanish speakers saying the phrase "Si, senor" (with appropriate marks above letters) is how we pronounce it. It seems that everyone says, "Seeee seenyor." The "Si" is drawn out, which is why I realised last night that I had my "si"'s mixed up. But then we use the same pronuncation for "senor" (a 'long E' sound), even though it has an 'e' not an 'i'. In Spanish an 'e' is pronounced like a 'long A' in English.
So, after a decade of forgetting all this, I think I did rather well, thank you very much.;^)
PS. I had a roommate in the military who was from Texas. His father was a Hispanic from Mexico. His mother was a Caucasian from Texas, and she taught Spanish in the local high school. But this guy knew less Spanish than I did. He had never spoken it growing up, never took Spanish classes in school, and could only say the common phrases like "See seenyor." He was a trip.
Having waded through 3 years of Spanish in high school, and not being able to understand a native speaker at normal conversation speed, I have to say that Spanish is not nearly as bad as French. They do also have 6 different forms for verbs, for the first, second, and third person, and single or plural. But Spanish is very phonetic. If there is 'ent' at the end of the word, you will pronounce it.
I can't remember a single case of two Spanish words sounding identical. The closest I can recall is the words for "yes" and "if". Of course "yes" in Spanish is "si", pronounced like "see"; as in "Si, senor." But "if" in Spanish is also spelled "si", but with an accent mark over the 'i', so the way it is pronounced in a sentence is different. (I don't know if programmers us "if" or "si" for if statements.)
So overall, Spanish is the much better language.;^)
Easiest way to to determine if these organisms and more well-known organisms share a common ancestery is through DNA. Do these deep-sea bacteria have similar DNA structures? Don't all lifeforms studied so far use the same 4 genetic molecules (A, C, G, T ??)?
As long as they have chromosomes, and use the same 4 genetic molecules, there is almost no possibility that they are not related to the rest of life on Earth. What are the scientific chances of two lifeforms forming and evolving, with identical genetic processes?
Wait, when did a ruler of ancient Egypt ever thank a woman for validation? And would her name really be Anna?
On a side note--One day a group of three coworkers thought I was crazy when I told them that just because Cleopatra was from that African country, she was not black. My coworkers were black, and talking about famous blacks through history, and this one caught my attention.
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Grandma, detailing the pr0n mellentine had her memorize with her oh-so-fast memory:
No wonder you're upset. She's lovely. And a darling figure...supple, pouting breasts...firm thighs. It's a shame you two don't get along.
-Hanging Lady, Airplane, played by Ann Nelson
"thus having the beast walk on its hands. "
:^)
So, this guy originated the Sebulba character in Phantom Menace?
Am I the only one that saw that as "802.11g Harddrive Arrives"? I was wondering how the hell a wireless harddrive would work, and who really needs that much versatility anyway.
Time to go home and get drunk I guess. By the way, does anyone out there light fireworks for New Years Eve?
Is "off" a synonym for "fish-belly"? If so, I'm all over that color. Unless I go to the beach for an hour, then it changes to "lobster-red". Damn these northern european genes!!
More women??
He bought some baby powder yesterday, and already has six of them started.
(Yakov did have a lot of good lines, didn't he.)
Kudos, that was a good one. Made me smile anyway.
Back in 2000, I was interested in the Libertarian Party. It sounded like a good option between the Democrats and Republicans. So I called and requested the 'campaign package' they offered on TV. The video featured the Libertarian candidate for president, Harry Brown. He talked a good game, and made several relevant arguments I agreed with. The booklet that explained the party platform was also first rate. Then I read the pamphlet about Mr. Brown, and realised I didn't want him as my leader.
Basically he was an investment specialist for a living. He lost a large sum of money in a bubble back in the 70s or 80s, and since then has only invested money in very safe areas, making about 3% interest. Sorry, I don't want a leader that is that scared to take a chance. If he had just gotten out of the field and done something else, fine. But staying in the field, but playing everthing so 'safe' is the mark of a man who is unsure of himself. Not the best candidate for the Presidency of the US.
Then the newletters that the local LP chapter sent me totally soured me on them altogether. I saw better organization in the student newspaper back in middle school. Fewer typos too. Basically every issue had a little rah-rah article, followed by pleas for someone to volunteer for one of the many open positions in the group. Very amateurish. I also had the impression they were all rich, white, church people that simply wanted to hoard their money, not my favorite group of people.
So in retrospect, the Libertarian Party only support the libertarian values so that they can watch their bank accounts grow. It isn't that they particularly care about personal liberties, other than their own.
Source??? I never made a claim about anything. I just said let's see your claim broken down into well-defined areas. If you mean the crack-heads shooting each other, that wasn't a claim on my part, it was an interpretation of your claim.
As far as getting worked up, yeah, I get a little steamed when people want to make me into a criminal just for owning a tool that is specifically protected by the US Constitution. And then I get more steamed when someone throws out wild-assed statements like yours that have no value at all, because the numbers mean only what some group wants them to mean.
As far as shades of grey, I broke the list into 8 parts. You think that is black and white? And no I don't see the world as black-and-white, but I don't see criminals trying to break into my house as shades of grey either. If they are breaking in to my house, they deserve to get shot in the head. I don't believe that makes me a bad person. You apparently would rather offer your wife up for rape instead of having a strong defense against it. Do you believe that makes you a bad person?
Unfortunately, neither of the two dominant parties want "Protection of civil liberties" anymore. The Republicans only want protection for right-wing Christian values, and the Democrats only want protection for left-wing or homosexual values. Only the Libertarian Party wants to protect _everyone's_ personal liberties, and of course, they're basically a group of reactionary throw-back kooks that can't even get a real candidate in a real elected office. 'County Deputy Dogcatcher' doesn't count.
So until we have a little revolutionary activity, we are totally screwed.
[Image of Hillary with her hand in her lap, stroking her pussy.]
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My parents didn't leave the guns out for us kids to find. We knew exactly where they were. Up in the attic. Of course we had to go outside to get into the attic, because we didn't have stairs inside until I was about 6. After we built stairs inside, my brother and I were moved to the upstairs, so the attic was right around the corner. We never had the urge to walk that 30 feet to where the shotgun or muzzle-loader were, and shoot each other. Because our parents made sure we already knew what they could do to a body. And we had seen several dead dogs to know exactly what those guns could do.
;^)
Besides, it's hard to fire a shotgun when you have both hands covering your ears because you know how loud the BANG is going to be.
So what you are in fact saying is that the crack-heads in the inner cities who have guns are more likely to kill someone over the last rock of crack than they are likely to kill someone who is actively trying to break into their rat-infested apartment to steal their stereo system.
Let's see some numbers broken down into real categories.
1. Drug addicts shooting people while high or trying to get high.
2. Drug dealers shooting people who are trying to take their drugs.
3. Petty crooks shooting people who won't hand over their money like a good sheep.
4. Kids who have parents stupid enough not to have demonstrated what a gun does when fired, who shoot their cousin or best friend accidently.
5. Psychotic individuals who own dozens of guns, because they know "they" are out there, who shoot at "them", you know, "THEM!".
6. People who own guns, but are too stupid to understand that not every Asian kid in a Halloween costume is trying to re-live December 7, who then shoot said kid.
7. Honest people who are responsible owners of one or a few guns, who practice at a range occassionally, or who hunt animals in season, or who shoot dangerous animals as needed, and who take care of their guns as they do their other tools, who use their guns to defend their home and family from intruders whose goal is to kill, rape, kidnap, or steal.
8. Honest people who are responsible owners of one or a few guns, who practice at a range occassionally, or who hunt animals in season, or who shoot dangerous animals as needed, and who take care of their guns as they do their other tools, who use their guns to indiscriminantly blow away anyone who is up in the middle of the night, without checking first if it might be little Suzie getting out of bed for a drink of water, or maybe Grampa who lives in the back room, who's just going for a early morning walk because he can't sleep well lately.
So, break down the numbers for you asinine claim that I am more likely to kill my own family than an intruder, and you will see which categories get the highest body-count. If Category 8 isn't the lowest on the list, then you have something to argue with.
We should certainly do something about the first 6 categories listed, but let's not make everyone in Category 7 criminals as the solution.
Stop that. I'm going to get in trouble here if I keep falling out of my chair laughing hysterically like that. :^)
But that still doesn't fit the metric dogma, does it? We don't have a metric pound, why is there a metric tonne?
I had the same question, and am surprised the original post was modded down to `0'.
Another examples is these two conflicting adages:
"absense make the heart grow fonder"
"out of sight, out of mind"
I can be a victim of both of these 'conflicting' sentiments, at the same time, with no confusion at all. Let's say I am away from my wife for a week. When I return I will want to give her a big hug, and can't wait for the lovin' that night. But when I am away for that time, my mind is on whatever it is I am doing right then, with barely a thought about my wife. I may miss her then, but in a detached way, and then it's back to thinking about what I am doing.
"...maybe get roughed up a bit (but probably not if you don't give him reason to). But you live. And hopefully he'll get caught by the authorities later."
Not only are you people stupid, you are repulsive. Would you be willing to be ass-raped by some diseased vermin, just because you don't want to own a weapon? Sure you could identify him later, if he doesn't kill you after fucking you. Would you actually be willing to testify in court how it felt to get fucked in the ass by an attacker?
Would you also be willing to sacrifice your mother, wife, sister, 10-year old daughter to the same treatment? Or do you think women and children "give him reason to" rape them? And if he does kill them, well, maybe someone saw him, and he will be sent to prison. Maybe.
Or you could own a gun, and encourage every woman to carry one in their purse, and have a much better chance of not having it happen.
But you are so worried that you might hurt someone, you would let every woman you know get raped, just to avoid having to be a man instead of a scared child. On second thought, you deserve to get raped, since you have no guilt over insisting others have to make themselves more vulnerable to it. Maybe if it happened to you and your family, you would feel different about protecting yourself.
"That, or you figure out how to boil water with it. Forget mouse traps, if you can build a better way to boil water, then you will have the world beating a path to your doorstep."
They then will stand around your kitchen stove waiting for the proof, and asking each other, "Should I lift the lid to look?" To which the the smart ones would reply, "Idiot, it's a see through saucepan." Then they will drink all your beer to see if you invented a better refridgerator too.
Yes, I was wondering about that last night. Thinking, "Oh shit, I probably got that backwards didn't I. Well, I will find out tomorrow." Thanks for the correction.
;^)
And as for the 'n', I don't have the 'n with a tilde' key. I don't know how to easily get it for a text box either, so I went with the best I had. I could have hunted one down, but figured Hell with it.
The funny thing about us non-Spanish speakers saying the phrase "Si, senor" (with appropriate marks above letters) is how we pronounce it. It seems that everyone says, "Seeee seenyor." The "Si" is drawn out, which is why I realised last night that I had my "si"'s mixed up. But then we use the same pronuncation for "senor" (a 'long E' sound), even though it has an 'e' not an 'i'. In Spanish an 'e' is pronounced like a 'long A' in English.
So, after a decade of forgetting all this, I think I did rather well, thank you very much.
PS. I had a roommate in the military who was from Texas. His father was a Hispanic from Mexico. His mother was a Caucasian from Texas, and she taught Spanish in the local high school. But this guy knew less Spanish than I did. He had never spoken it growing up, never took Spanish classes in school, and could only say the common phrases like "See seenyor." He was a trip.
Duuuuude. Put up a webcam showing his mailbox or front door. Let us all see how he enjoys the mail delivery. :^)
Having waded through 3 years of Spanish in high school, and not being able to understand a native speaker at normal conversation speed, I have to say that Spanish is not nearly as bad as French. They do also have 6 different forms for verbs, for the first, second, and third person, and single or plural. But Spanish is very phonetic. If there is 'ent' at the end of the word, you will pronounce it.
;^)
I can't remember a single case of two Spanish words sounding identical. The closest I can recall is the words for "yes" and "if". Of course "yes" in Spanish is "si", pronounced like "see"; as in "Si, senor." But "if" in Spanish is also spelled "si", but with an accent mark over the 'i', so the way it is pronounced in a sentence is different. (I don't know if programmers us "if" or "si" for if statements.)
So overall, Spanish is the much better language.
But is backing up to an R2 unit really RAID?
Easiest way to to determine if these organisms and more well-known organisms share a common ancestery is through DNA. Do these deep-sea bacteria have similar DNA structures? Don't all lifeforms studied so far use the same 4 genetic molecules (A, C, G, T ??)?
As long as they have chromosomes, and use the same 4 genetic molecules, there is almost no possibility that they are not related to the rest of life on Earth. What are the scientific chances of two lifeforms forming and evolving, with identical genetic processes?
That's fine. Let them charge Bill Gates $100,000 equivilant for speeding, and only charge me $100^H^H^H0.000000000000007.
Ok, my mistake. When I read your original post, I thought you said that the $10 in tax was roughly 80% of the total. Like this:
:^)
Of the $24, taxes account for $10...What you said
Of the $24, taxes account for 80%...How I read it
Thankfully, I didn't further embarrass myself by calling you names, or belittling your family tree.
Wait, when did a ruler of ancient Egypt ever thank a woman for validation? And would her name really be Anna?
On a side note--One day a group of three coworkers thought I was crazy when I told them that just because Cleopatra was from that African country, she was not black. My coworkers were black, and talking about famous blacks through history, and this one caught my attention.