Well, a good portion of the insurgents might actually qualify as "terrorists", although they'd probably be living normal lives if the war hadn't happened. My understanding is that a good majority of the insurgents are people who, fueled with anti-American rage and brainwashed into desiring martyrdom, sneaked in from Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran after we invaded, and are being directed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who actually is affiliated w/Al Qaeda. The administration seems to think "better they attack us over there than over here", but the people attacking us wouldn't likely be Al Qaeda recruits in the first place if we hadn't invaded Iraq.
And while I agree with the sentiment that Bush is a monkey boy, I think calling him that repeatedly is rather immature and lends weight to any Republican counterargument that you're just a brainwashed Bush-bashing liberal. Always be the civil and mature one in the argument, and you will have the upper hand against anyone who wants to reduce it to name-calling.
Yes, here's the secret new interface paradigm promised by the Nintendo Revolution. Beware, though!- firmware v2.0 turnes it into an enslavement device, and the rest of us will have to fight an army of 8-16 year olds! (plus a few older/.ers...)
This glorified high-output space heater costs $50,000. It is obviously for the rich. Rich people with no taste- probably nouveau riche. They're building absurdly large and gaudy houses all the time and desire to blow their money as conspicuously as possible. Sounds to me like they know their target market...
I thought that might be the case, but being woefully inadequatly-versed in chemistry/thermodynamics (damn you, art degree!), I wasn't sure if the energy consumed in splitting the water molecules actually produced heat. It does? That's great! So it's a high-output space heater...
it's a fancy, inefficient space heater...
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...and nifty toy for rich people...
let's do the math- 220V x 60amps = 13.2kW = ~45,000 btu's. According to their website, this device produces about 31,000 btus/hr, so that makes this ~69% efficient.
BUT... that kind of heating capacity usually comes from a gas furnace or a heat pump, which usually require insulated ductwork, or a fireplace, which loses a lot of its heat out the chimney.
This thing can (at least theoretically) go in the middle of a room, provide the ambience and heating ability of a fireplace, and doesn't lose any of its heat out a chimney. Probably a solution looking for a problem, but you gotta admit it's kinda cool...
It would be even cooler if the water were incorporated into design- like having a sheet of water flowing over the base or something...
Wouldn't it be just as effective of a lesson for the friend to tell him "Either you give that money back to the store or I will cease being your friend and I will tell the store myself"? I believe that's what the GP was suggesting he should have done. That would have given his friend a chance to set things straight without possibly fucking up his life permanently. The lesson would still be learned, and the damage would be a lot less.
I would hope that if my friend thought I was in the wrong about something he would have the balls to set me straight, instead of just cutting me off and turning me in. One who turns on their friends so quickly over a lapse in judgment is not much of a friend at all.
And I suppose you, dear Anonymous Coward, have never had a lapse in judgment. If you go on eliminating friends any time they make a moral slip (especially when you're even counting ones that aren't directly against you!) you'll soon find yourself with no friends at all.
A true friend is infinitely forgiving, but always points out when their friend is doing something that is morally wrong.
Oh, I'm not ALWAYS a pedant. You just happened to be an unfortunate random victim;)
And yes, once one gets past your distracting misusage of the English language (your grammar is fine), you make some excellent points.
...And, I'm sorry, but piqued really is the word with the meaning you were looking for, being that to peak something is absolutely meaningless unless one uses fuzzy logic to interpret it to mean pique. Here's another page on the topic...
Well, actually, most of the people who are fighting us in Iraq ARE terrorists- even Al Qaeda (tm) terrorists. The thing is, they weren't there before we went in and fucked everything up.
Saddam may have been a bad guy, but he ruled his country with an iron fist and kept things under control. Some might even suggest that Saddam's despotic methods are the only way a country with such disparate and opposed factions as Iraq can be controlled.
In any case, the war was sold to Americans on a big string of lies, and then when the UN didn't buy it (I don't think the administration seriously wanted UN support anyway) we "went it alone" with the few friends that we could bribe into going with us. We didn't have enough troops to secure the peace after Saddam's regime fell (cut to shots of looting and general lawlessness) which gave the Al Qaeda folks time to get in and establish a foothold, the troops that we DO have are ill-equipped for the job (see 14 marines killed the other day in an AMPHIBIOUS craft in the middle of Iraq) and the fact that it was clearly a US action and not a UN action just helped stir up the regional extremist ant pile with regard to terrorism recruitment.
Indeed, nobody liked Saddam or was opposed to removing him from power, but the way we went about doing it was so completely idiotic that we've created a big mess for ourselves for years to come.
Alas, all my bitching about it is for naught. Nobody ever changes their minds...
In any case, a good friend would pressure their friend to do the right thing. It's pretty cowardly to just stop talking to the guy and turn him in. That's more like something you'd do to someone you hate.
Did you not read my post? I said they'd likely be cool about it if he returned the money, not cool about him stealing. I know this is slashdot, but you could at least read the entire post before going off on a completely misguided rant...
I think he was suggesting that the OP confront his friend about it and tell him that it was a wrong thing to do and if he doesn't return the money he will turn him in. That's what a parent would likely do in that situation, and what a good friend would do, too. I think most stores would probably be cool about it if you came in and apologized and gave their money back. Instead, he just ratted out his friend with no warning and made him really learn his lesson the hard way.
no, you meant pique, because the only verb usage of the word peak is "to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity", not to induce said attainment. One thing cannot peak another thing. So, sorry, Pee-Wee, but your "I meant to do that" is unacceptable. You used a homophone, that is all. Nothing to be ashamed of...
that's not a fair analogy. here's a fairer one- McDonalds, through the magic of science, creates a machine that can produce a Big Mac out of thin air at zero cost. The development of this machine cost 10 million dollars. They have since sold a billion hamburgers for $1.00 each. People are now starting to get upset that they're charging $1.00 for something that costs them nothing to make, and whose capital investment they have long since recouped. How dare they!?
Do people really think that Lord of the Rings deserved to sell just 1 copy, to the p2p hacker who ripped it?
There was a time when home video didn't even exist, and yet movies still got made. After their initial run in theaters, movies would only be shown every now and then on tv late at night. They were basically filler programming for what would have otherwise been dead air. One might even argue that the average quality of new movies has been on a steady decline since then.
Just because I can package something for individual sale and ask people to pay for it doesn't mean it's right, copyrighted or not. Especially when the producers more than recouped the cost of production long before going to video and that copyright is going to be extended ad infinitum.
yep- my dog came from the pound as well. she's extremely smart, extremely affectionate, and as gentle and loyal as can be. people who buy purebred dogs are morons who would rather some breeder or the AKC tell them what kind of dog they are getting than just go down to the pound and judge their character for themselves.
i think your logic is a tad flawed- the problem is ANY form of breeding for money, whether by a "reputable" breeder or a disreputable one. there are plenty of dogs in the world without anyone intentionally breeding more of them. why not just adopt a dog? sure, it may have hip problems, but you know what? it's going to have those problems whether you adopt it or not. unless, of course, it just gets euthanised because nobody's willing to adopt it. would you rather that dog "suffer in pain" without anyone to love it?
I wonder, when will there be enough violent people, to start a violent overthrow?
You know, I read statements like this all the time on slashdot, and I think what seems to be missing is a truly viable and popularly acceptable alternative to our current government. Why the hell would I risk my neck to overthrow the government without any sort of guarantee that the replacement won't be as bad or worse than what we've got? Write me a constitution for a government that won't go corrupt in 250 years, and I'll sign up for your revolution.
no tactile feedback? no forward/back buttons? still the same flat, non-ergonomic, non-hand-filling design? no thanks! I'll take a Logitech MX900 over this overdesigned piece of crap any day.
The tactile feedback thing is what really kills me. Audio feedback (a built in speaker to make clicking sound? WTF!?) is NOT as good as tactile feedback. This is also why original the physically moving scroll wheel on the original iPod was sooooooooo much better.
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Well, a good portion of the insurgents might actually qualify as "terrorists", although they'd probably be living normal lives if the war hadn't happened. My understanding is that a good majority of the insurgents are people who, fueled with anti-American rage and brainwashed into desiring martyrdom, sneaked in from Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran after we invaded, and are being directed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who actually is affiliated w/Al Qaeda. The administration seems to think "better they attack us over there than over here", but the people attacking us wouldn't likely be Al Qaeda recruits in the first place if we hadn't invaded Iraq.
And while I agree with the sentiment that Bush is a monkey boy, I think calling him that repeatedly is rather immature and lends weight to any Republican counterargument that you're just a brainwashed Bush-bashing liberal. Always be the civil and mature one in the argument, and you will have the upper hand against anyone who wants to reduce it to name-calling.
STELARC! Steeeellllllaaaaaarrrrccc!!
Dang, why didn't I preview the first time?
STELARC!!!!! Steeeellllaaaaaarrrrcc!!
Yes, here's the secret new interface paradigm promised by the Nintendo Revolution. Beware, though!- firmware v2.0 turnes it into an enslavement device, and the rest of us will have to fight an army of 8-16 year olds! (plus a few older /.ers...)
This glorified high-output space heater costs $50,000. It is obviously for the rich. Rich people with no taste- probably nouveau riche. They're building absurdly large and gaudy houses all the time and desire to blow their money as conspicuously as possible. Sounds to me like they know their target market...
I thought that might be the case, but being woefully inadequatly-versed in chemistry/thermodynamics (damn you, art degree!), I wasn't sure if the energy consumed in splitting the water molecules actually produced heat. It does? That's great! So it's a high-output space heater...
...and nifty toy for rich people...
let's do the math-
220V x 60amps = 13.2kW = ~45,000 btu's. According to their website, this device produces about 31,000 btus/hr, so that makes this ~69% efficient.
BUT... that kind of heating capacity usually comes from a gas furnace or a heat pump, which usually require insulated ductwork, or a fireplace, which loses a lot of its heat out the chimney.
This thing can (at least theoretically) go in the middle of a room, provide the ambience and heating ability of a fireplace, and doesn't lose any of its heat out a chimney. Probably a solution looking for a problem, but you gotta admit it's kinda cool...
It would be even cooler if the water were incorporated into design- like having a sheet of water flowing over the base or something...
Wouldn't it be just as effective of a lesson for the friend to tell him "Either you give that money back to the store or I will cease being your friend and I will tell the store myself"? I believe that's what the GP was suggesting he should have done. That would have given his friend a chance to set things straight without possibly fucking up his life permanently. The lesson would still be learned, and the damage would be a lot less.
I would hope that if my friend thought I was in the wrong about something he would have the balls to set me straight, instead of just cutting me off and turning me in. One who turns on their friends so quickly over a lapse in judgment is not much of a friend at all.
And I suppose you, dear Anonymous Coward, have never had a lapse in judgment. If you go on eliminating friends any time they make a moral slip (especially when you're even counting ones that aren't directly against you!) you'll soon find yourself with no friends at all.
A true friend is infinitely forgiving, but always points out when their friend is doing something that is morally wrong.
Oh, I'm not ALWAYS a pedant. You just happened to be an unfortunate random victim ;)
And yes, once one gets past your distracting misusage of the English language (your grammar is fine), you make some excellent points.
...And, I'm sorry, but piqued really is the word with the meaning you were looking for, being that to peak something is absolutely meaningless unless one uses fuzzy logic to interpret it to mean pique. Here's another page on the topic...
IIRC think their rate of shrink is actually lower even compared to similar stores like Sam's.
Well, actually, most of the people who are fighting us in Iraq ARE terrorists- even Al Qaeda (tm) terrorists. The thing is, they weren't there before we went in and fucked everything up.
Saddam may have been a bad guy, but he ruled his country with an iron fist and kept things under control. Some might even suggest that Saddam's despotic methods are the only way a country with such disparate and opposed factions as Iraq can be controlled.
In any case, the war was sold to Americans on a big string of lies, and then when the UN didn't buy it (I don't think the administration seriously wanted UN support anyway) we "went it alone" with the few friends that we could bribe into going with us. We didn't have enough troops to secure the peace after Saddam's regime fell (cut to shots of looting and general lawlessness) which gave the Al Qaeda folks time to get in and establish a foothold, the troops that we DO have are ill-equipped for the job (see 14 marines killed the other day in an AMPHIBIOUS craft in the middle of Iraq) and the fact that it was clearly a US action and not a UN action just helped stir up the regional extremist ant pile with regard to terrorism recruitment.
Indeed, nobody liked Saddam or was opposed to removing him from power, but the way we went about doing it was so completely idiotic that we've created a big mess for ourselves for years to come.
Alas, all my bitching about it is for naught. Nobody ever changes their minds...
In any case, a good friend would pressure their friend to do the right thing. It's pretty cowardly to just stop talking to the guy and turn him in. That's more like something you'd do to someone you hate.
Did you not read my post? I said they'd likely be cool about it if he returned the money, not cool about him stealing. I know this is slashdot, but you could at least read the entire post before going off on a completely misguided rant...
I think he was suggesting that the OP confront his friend about it and tell him that it was a wrong thing to do and if he doesn't return the money he will turn him in. That's what a parent would likely do in that situation, and what a good friend would do, too. I think most stores would probably be cool about it if you came in and apologized and gave their money back. Instead, he just ratted out his friend with no warning and made him really learn his lesson the hard way.
no, you meant pique, because the only verb usage of the word peak is "to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity", not to induce said attainment. One thing cannot peak another thing. So, sorry, Pee-Wee, but your "I meant to do that" is unacceptable. You used a homophone, that is all. Nothing to be ashamed of...
Maybe it will peak some interest but...
Sorry to be a pedant, but the word is pique.
OMG that's the funniest and most insightful shit I've read on here in a long time. Somebody mod this up!
that's not a fair analogy. here's a fairer one- McDonalds, through the magic of science, creates a machine that can produce a Big Mac out of thin air at zero cost. The development of this machine cost 10 million dollars. They have since sold a billion hamburgers for $1.00 each. People are now starting to get upset that they're charging $1.00 for something that costs them nothing to make, and whose capital investment they have long since recouped. How dare they!?
Do people really think that Lord of the Rings deserved to sell just 1 copy, to the p2p hacker who ripped it?
There was a time when home video didn't even exist, and yet movies still got made. After their initial run in theaters, movies would only be shown every now and then on tv late at night. They were basically filler programming for what would have otherwise been dead air. One might even argue that the average quality of new movies has been on a steady decline since then.
Just because I can package something for individual sale and ask people to pay for it doesn't mean it's right, copyrighted or not. Especially when the producers more than recouped the cost of production long before going to video and that copyright is going to be extended ad infinitum.
yep- my dog came from the pound as well. she's extremely smart, extremely affectionate, and as gentle and loyal as can be. people who buy purebred dogs are morons who would rather some breeder or the AKC tell them what kind of dog they are getting than just go down to the pound and judge their character for themselves.
i think your logic is a tad flawed- the problem is ANY form of breeding for money, whether by a "reputable" breeder or a disreputable one. there are plenty of dogs in the world without anyone intentionally breeding more of them. why not just adopt a dog? sure, it may have hip problems, but you know what? it's going to have those problems whether you adopt it or not. unless, of course, it just gets euthanised because nobody's willing to adopt it. would you rather that dog "suffer in pain" without anyone to love it?
I wonder, when will there be enough violent people, to start a violent overthrow?
You know, I read statements like this all the time on slashdot, and I think what seems to be missing is a truly viable and popularly acceptable alternative to our current government. Why the hell would I risk my neck to overthrow the government without any sort of guarantee that the replacement won't be as bad or worse than what we've got? Write me a constitution for a government that won't go corrupt in 250 years, and I'll sign up for your revolution.
Woodward was the guy writing the stories. His name was published on them. He wasn't Deep Throat. Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
no tactile feedback? no forward/back buttons? still the same flat, non-ergonomic, non-hand-filling design? no thanks! I'll take a Logitech MX900 over this overdesigned piece of crap any day.
The tactile feedback thing is what really kills me. Audio feedback (a built in speaker to make clicking sound? WTF!?) is NOT as good as tactile feedback. This is also why original the physically moving scroll wheel on the original iPod was sooooooooo much better.