A coworker bought a balisong (butterfly knife) as a youth, and being a methodical chap, bought "The Balisong Book", or somesuch.
The instructions started out with "First, take off the blade of the knife prior to practicing, or you will cut yourself". Being young and cocky, he ignored it and started playing with it. After cutting his hand rather badly, he decided to consult the book again.
The next line read "Now that you have bandaged your hand, tape off the knife edge like the previous instructions said".
"The world *is* shit, and the depressed people are the only ones who see life for what it is - a meaningless existence. It may be a tough pill to swallow, but if you are honest with yourself and how the world is, you should be depressed."
Somehow, I get the impression that you haven't "dealt" with anything. And yes, I know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
I formulated that exact same theory in grade school 30 years ago when I was asked by teachers why i was always so "down". If it were now, it would be "therapy and prozac for little Johnny". At the time, they shrugged it off as me being a wiseass (I was), and not depressed (turns out I probably was).
Huh? Hunting camp is THE repository for porn. Remember all those porm mags your Dad had? Remember how the stack never really got larger, but the content changed? That's because, 1x/year, the old ones were taken up to the cabin to be shared.
Are you retarded? Are you seriously suggesting that, by not burning up, the concrete house cost them money? Did you perhaps consider that, with a conventional house, their losses would have been perhaps double the money? And that they would have had to wait upwards of a year for it to be rebuilt, instead of 6 weeks for cleaning?
That's like saying that crashing your car on the interstate cost you money for car repairs, when you could have crashed your bicycle at the same speed and saved the damage to the car. Although in your case, probably not a big loss to the gene pool.
Actually it's very funny, especially when combined with the fact that a similar thing happened to the same folks just 4 years ago, but non-fireproof houses were rebuilt in the same fire prone areas.
"The guy is literally running for his life to escape wildfires, yet has the brass balls to 'fire blog'."
You use the word "literally". I do not think that word means what you think it means. If he was "literally" running for his life to escape, that means his legs are moving rapidly and if he stops, his ass will suffer 3rd degree burns promptly. If you can show me how to do ANYTHING while "running for your life" other than run - and maybe scream and yell - I'm all ears.
I think the word you are looking for is "figuratively".
You seem to be one of these people who has the mind set that any thing that is not "purely digital" is obsolete. People like you self fail to realize that ALL eletronics are ANALOG. Digital circuits are still based on analog transistors, this is also not going to change any time soon! All the same things that can cause noise in the analog audio/video world can "cause noise in the digital audio/video world."
Amen, Brutha!
Remember when CD's first became popular, and they had a little "warning label" about how, if you heard hiss, it was because it came off an analog master and the CD was just accurately reproducing the flaws in the original recording? And how "DDD" or "All Digital" was the be-all end-all in high fidelity disks? One of my fraternity brothers was bloviating about these "facts" and the fact that the latest U2 cd had a dreaded "A" listed. "Why can't they afford digital recording equipment?"
I had just read an article on Stereo Review about these topics, and it pointed out that, 1) if the producers and engineers are failiar with a piece of recording equipment, that is what they are going to use, digtal or not; 2) The producers and engineers are far more influential on the sound of a recording than the equipment used; and 3) Current state of the art recording equipment had a very high s/n ratio, so any audible hiss was a mistake on the engineer's part, not "the limitations of the recording equipment"
Suffice it to say, he didn't want to hear it - after all, EVERYONE knows digital is better. Right?
So, if the moniker "desktop" computer was more prevalent, you would complain that management should allow you to flatten yours so you can place paper on top?
"Personal" is a marketing apellation. Don't read more into it tan is there.
Cardiac arrest from blood pressure spike due to (non-gender-specific) bitch on cell phone In flight pummelling received by (non-gender-specific) bitch on cell phone
I mean, it originally stood for "Third Generation", but has taken on a life of it's own, with no real definition. It's like "Web 2.0" - it sounds neat, no one really knows what it's about, but sure as hell the next number is going to be even better!
Allow me to answer your questions from the standpoint of the far left"
"How does one address the lack of ownership by minorities and women?" Decree it.
"It seems to me that it would not be possible to "force" minorities and women to buy media outlets, nor would it be possible to force people to sell to them..." Why not? Just pass a law requiring the sale and transfer of new or existing licenses to women and minorities. Done."
"well, ok, maybe you could force people to sell to them, but how are you going to compensate them for the price difference that they would have gotten from someone else?" Compensate? Fair Value? those terms only have meaning in a capitalist exploitative framework. This is about social justice - the current owners, being white males, are owed nothing. Indeed, they owe everyone else for past actions of their ancestors. As a matter of fact, all white males should not only be compelled under the law to forfeit their properties without compensation, they should also pay reparations to the new owners for depriving them of the potential profits for the past years. Great idea - Thanks!
"And wouldn't a forced sale implicate the takings clause?" That's not the correct interpretation of that clause - protection from "takings" is a group right, for the benefit of society. There really is no right to keep your property on an individual basis, regardless of the language in the constitution.
...where Helen Hunt has a very short, and not even very insightfull, rant against health insurance companies, and audiences started cheering and clapping? I heard a story about a health care executive who went to see the movie and witnessed the crowd cheering - only THEN did he realize there was widespread dissatisfaction with the way his company operated.
If Comcast executives aren't having that same "Oh, Shit!" moment now, it's time to sell stock.
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For those of us that got the reference, I highly suggest "Vorpal Blade", by John Ringo and Travis Taylor. http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1416521291/1416521291.htm?blurb
Baen Books still the best ebook deal on the planet - cheaper than the paperback, multiple formats available, and NO DRM!
A coworker bought a balisong (butterfly knife) as a youth, and being a methodical chap, bought "The Balisong Book", or somesuch.
The instructions started out with "First, take off the blade of the knife prior to practicing, or you will cut yourself". Being young and cocky, he ignored it and started playing with it. After cutting his hand rather badly, he decided to consult the book again.
The next line read "Now that you have bandaged your hand, tape off the knife edge like the previous instructions said".
That's so wrong, and yet so right...
If that dumbas folk singer is to be believed, he'll be found on a bus. Just like one of us.
"Ridiculus!!!!!"
Professor Lupin, is that you?
"The world *is* shit, and the depressed people are the only ones who see life for what it is - a meaningless existence. It may be a tough pill to swallow, but if you are honest with yourself and how the world is, you should be depressed."
Somehow, I get the impression that you haven't "dealt" with anything. And yes, I know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
I formulated that exact same theory in grade school 30 years ago when I was asked by teachers why i was always so "down". If it were now, it would be "therapy and prozac for little Johnny". At the time, they shrugged it off as me being a wiseass (I was), and not depressed (turns out I probably was).
Huh? Hunting camp is THE repository for porn. Remember all those porm mags your Dad had? Remember how the stack never really got larger, but the content changed? That's because, 1x/year, the old ones were taken up to the cabin to be shared.
Peer-to-peer porn sharing for the last millenium.
Absolutely - so why pay a premium for the iPhone to do it?
Are you retarded? Are you seriously suggesting that, by not burning up, the concrete house cost them money? Did you perhaps consider that, with a conventional house, their losses would have been perhaps double the money? And that they would have had to wait upwards of a year for it to be rebuilt, instead of 6 weeks for cleaning?
That's like saying that crashing your car on the interstate cost you money for car repairs, when you could have crashed your bicycle at the same speed and saved the damage to the car. Although in your case, probably not a big loss to the gene pool.
_________ (random company)bought by Google, ____________ (some random blogger) fears _______________ (some wild ass speculation).
Actually it's very funny, especially when combined with the fact that a similar thing happened to the same folks just 4 years ago, but non-fireproof houses were rebuilt in the same fire prone areas.
Comedy Gold!
"The guy is literally running for his life to escape wildfires, yet has the brass balls to 'fire blog'."
You use the word "literally". I do not think that word means what you think it means. If he was "literally" running for his life to escape, that means his legs are moving rapidly and if he stops, his ass will suffer 3rd degree burns promptly. If you can show me how to do ANYTHING while "running for your life" other than run - and maybe scream and yell - I'm all ears.
I think the word you are looking for is "figuratively".
"not bothering activating them "
Huh? Who would buy this thing planning to ONLY use it as a PDA?
"just one kind of socket in the back of your box"
Humans have that too - it's called an asshole. And this would probably stink just as bad.
You seem to be one of these people who has the mind set that any thing that is not "purely digital" is obsolete. People like you self fail to realize that ALL eletronics are ANALOG. Digital circuits are still based on analog transistors, this is also not going to change any time soon! All the same things that can cause noise in the analog audio/video world can "cause noise in the digital audio/video world."
Amen, Brutha!
Remember when CD's first became popular, and they had a little "warning label" about how, if you heard hiss, it was because it came off an analog master and the CD was just accurately reproducing the flaws in the original recording? And how "DDD" or "All Digital" was the be-all end-all in high fidelity disks? One of my fraternity brothers was bloviating about these "facts" and the fact that the latest U2 cd had a dreaded "A" listed. "Why can't they afford digital recording equipment?"
I had just read an article on Stereo Review about these topics, and it pointed out that,
1) if the producers and engineers are failiar with a piece of recording equipment, that is what they are going to use, digtal or not;
2) The producers and engineers are far more influential on the sound of a recording than the equipment used; and
3) Current state of the art recording equipment had a very high s/n ratio, so any audible hiss was a mistake on the engineer's part, not "the limitations of the recording equipment"
Suffice it to say, he didn't want to hear it - after all, EVERYONE knows digital is better. Right?
So, if the moniker "desktop" computer was more prevalent, you would complain that management should allow you to flatten yours so you can place paper on top?
"Personal" is a marketing apellation. Don't read more into it tan is there.
Not to mention a difference in altitude that was probably measured in miles.
And soon:
Cardiac arrest from blood pressure spike due to (non-gender-specific) bitch on cell phone
In flight pummelling received by (non-gender-specific) bitch on cell phone
"'There is a faint odor about it all.' "
Isn't that like Pigpen remarking on someone's bathing habits?
"So what is your criteria for what you will and won't murder ?"
Objection, your Honor - Loaded Question (Or is it leading the witness?)!
The correct question is "So what is your criteria for what you will and won't kill?"
"Killing" is performing an action that causes something that is living to cease doing so.
"Murder" is a legal definition, along with "manslaughter", "homicide", etc. By it's very definition, it is impossible to "murder" a cockroach.
If you are going to troll, do it correctly.
I mean, it originally stood for "Third Generation", but has taken on a life of it's own, with no real definition. It's like "Web 2.0" - it sounds neat, no one really knows what it's about, but sure as hell the next number is going to be even better!
Allow me to answer your questions from the standpoint of the far left"
"How does one address the lack of ownership by minorities and women?"
Decree it.
"It seems to me that it would not be possible to "force" minorities and women to buy media outlets, nor would it be possible to force people to sell to them..."
Why not? Just pass a law requiring the sale and transfer of new or existing licenses to women and minorities. Done."
"well, ok, maybe you could force people to sell to them, but how are you going to compensate them for the price difference that they would have gotten from someone else?"
Compensate? Fair Value? those terms only have meaning in a capitalist exploitative framework. This is about social justice - the current owners, being white males, are owed nothing. Indeed, they owe everyone else for past actions of their ancestors. As a matter of fact, all white males should not only be compelled under the law to forfeit their properties without compensation, they should also pay reparations to the new owners for depriving them of the potential profits for the past years. Great idea - Thanks!
"And wouldn't a forced sale implicate the takings clause?"
That's not the correct interpretation of that clause - protection from "takings" is a group right, for the benefit of society. There really is no right to keep your property on an individual basis, regardless of the language in the constitution.
Please reverse for opinions from the far right.
Are you aware that the article you reference spends more space debunking the "conspiracy" than promoting it?
...where Helen Hunt has a very short, and not even very insightfull, rant against health insurance companies, and audiences started cheering and clapping? I heard a story about a health care executive who went to see the movie and witnessed the crowd cheering - only THEN did he realize there was widespread dissatisfaction with the way his company operated.
If Comcast executives aren't having that same "Oh, Shit!" moment now, it's time to sell stock.