The biggest polluting country in the world has a decidedly environmentally-unfriendly government running things, and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
Gays want to join that special club of people who don't have to worry about being attacked on the street or in their own homes.
It's called "assault and battery" and "breaking and entering", and we already have laws against them.
They want to have those special rights like hospital visits
That's not a right any more than drawing a paycheck is. I have the privilege of going to certain hospitals in particular because I pay for medical insurance. I also have the privilege of opting out of my employer-provided insurance and getting insurance that covers domestic partners.
and the ability to make medical decisions should their long-term partner become incapacitated
Power of attorney?
Let's not forget about the special right to keep a job without fear of harassment or being laid off for "poor performance," or any of the other hundreds of "special" rights the rest of the country takes for granted.
I don't live in a state with "right to work" laws. Where I live, I don't get any extra perk here that gay workers don't.
Historically in many cultures they have been accepted and even praised.
So was crucifiction; that doesn't mean it was a great idea. Not that being gay is equivalent, I'm just saying "argument from tradition" doesn't prove anything.
Another problem is going to be CSS. I used to develop my websites in Opera (before I converted to Firefox), and I found that Opera and IE treat CSS is very different ways. As for Netscape... well, I was able to do some complex things with CSS in Opera that would literally crash NS6. Eventually I had to move to an IE/NS6 combo for website development, because at least I had the guarantee that if it worked for them, it would work for Opera, too.
Now I develop for Firefox users, and to hell with everyone else. *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
I've been developing a webpage that's very heavy on javascript and Opera 8 is very fast for that.
Do you intend to be the only one actually visiting your website? Otherwise you may want to code your site against the slowest possible javascript engine.
Despite China's usage of FOSS, they're the only people I trust less than MS. Today's software overlords, the US + EU, is bad enough with managing things like privacy and fair use.
China's management of the internet ought to give us some idea of what they would do with a monopoly on internet tech.
That's why the Transformers movie was so awesome. My favorite scene is where Spike yells, "Oh, Shit!" as a planet full of people gets destroyed. This in a G-rated kids movie.
No. Freely licensing your IP does not void the copyrights you hold on it. The copyright is owned by gnu.org (donated by the artist) and it's released under the FAL.
The only thing that annoys me every April Fool's are all the retards that visit/. knowing it will piss them off, getting pissed off (as they expected), and making sure the whole world knows they're pissed off by going to the extra trouble of clicking the stupid link and posting.
Well, we get it. You're pissed off. Now please piss off.
I mean, come on, why the hell would a Pentagon official, the very guy who started the Iraq War, be a good person to help 3rd world countries?
More people may get to vote for their rulers? This is, of course, assuming the World Bank keeps a military force with which they can invade said 3rd world countries.
Which it doesn't. Besides, just because you disagree with his foreign policy decisions doesn't mean he's a bad banker.
Oh, and don't forget: the World Bank is for us, too (speaking as a Westerner).
And secondly everyone knows Star Wars is better execpt for JarJar.
I'm sorry, but you lose this one. You conveniently left out: 1) Greedo shoots second. 2) Anakin in E1. 3) Anakin in E2. 4) Anakin in E3. 5) Mitochlorians. 6) Mark Hamill. 7) A BBEG named "Dooku". 8) Rebel fleet is commanded by a lobster.
Sorry, but Star Wars is teh gay. Seven-of-Nine beat it hands down.
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The biggest polluting country in the world has a decidedly environmentally-unfriendly government running things, and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
You mean Australia? The only reason the US is tagged as the world's biggest polluter is because the Kyoto protocol excludes greenhouse emissions from land-clearing.
Or it's option #3: I was joking, and you and your parent poster are too stuffy and snobbish to have a sense of humor.
Lighten up, people. After all, what good is avoiding salt if your irascibility still drives your blood pressure through the roof?
Cheerio!
What is it about the typical English psyche that finds the image of giant saltshakers so horrifying?
Mac OS X itself is compiled with GCC 4.
Amazing, considering it was just released. Maye Jobs has missed his true calling as a purveryor of time machines?
Accuweather will have to find some other "go to" guy...
Yeah, his replacement.
Oops. In retrospect is seems pretty clear in the great-grandparent. Damn regression cycles make me a lazy reader. ;)
Gays want to join that special club of people who don't have to worry about being attacked on the street or in their own homes.
It's called "assault and battery" and "breaking and entering", and we already have laws against them.
They want to have those special rights like hospital visits
That's not a right any more than drawing a paycheck is. I have the privilege of going to certain hospitals in particular because I pay for medical insurance. I also have the privilege of opting out of my employer-provided insurance and getting insurance that covers domestic partners.
and the ability to make medical decisions should their long-term partner become incapacitated
Power of attorney?
Let's not forget about the special right to keep a job without fear of harassment or being laid off for "poor performance," or any of the other hundreds of "special" rights the rest of the country takes for granted.
I don't live in a state with "right to work" laws. Where I live, I don't get any extra perk here that gay workers don't.
Historically in many cultures they have been accepted and even praised.
So was crucifiction; that doesn't mean it was a great idea. Not that being gay is equivalent, I'm just saying "argument from tradition" doesn't prove anything.
Another problem is going to be CSS. I used to develop my websites in Opera (before I converted to Firefox), and I found that Opera and IE treat CSS is very different ways. As for Netscape... well, I was able to do some complex things with CSS in Opera that would literally crash NS6. Eventually I had to move to an IE/NS6 combo for website development, because at least I had the guarantee that if it worked for them, it would work for Opera, too.
Now I develop for Firefox users, and to hell with everyone else. *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
I've been developing a webpage that's very heavy on javascript and Opera 8 is very fast for that.
Do you intend to be the only one actually visiting your website? Otherwise you may want to code your site against the slowest possible javascript engine.
And everyone keeps complaining about chinese or russian militaries using hackers.
Well, at least we won't be training future spammers.
I hope.
Perhaps the answer is to start running torrents of the torrents?
Fa-la!
Don't get me wrong, the production looks professional, but the acting leads something to be desired.
Hrmm... try this: go watch Episodes I & II first, come back, watch it again, and see if you feel better about it.
I see you too, are a member of the "American Non Sequiter Society"
Sorry. Non sequiters make me eat lampshades.
Despite China's usage of FOSS, they're the only people I trust less than MS. Today's software overlords, the US + EU, is bad enough with managing things like privacy and fair use.
China's management of the internet ought to give us some idea of what they would do with a monopoly on internet tech.
No.
That's why the Transformers movie was so awesome. My favorite scene is where Spike yells, "Oh, Shit!" as a planet full of people gets destroyed. This in a G-rated kids movie.
And I turned out normal? See?
Oh, wait...
You hit the nail right on the head. The appropriate time to find out you don't have 911 service, for instance, is not when you try to call it.
Is it a trademark? According to http://www.gnu.org/graphics/heckert_gnu.html the copyright isn't even owned by gnu.org, it's released under the Free Art Licence
No. Freely licensing your IP does not void the copyrights you hold on it. The copyright is owned by gnu.org (donated by the artist) and it's released under the FAL.
Hrmm...
Catherine Zeta-Jones as the Baroness? Any takers?
Dammit! Stop confusing the issue with the facts! You know I don't click the links.
Get a job and buy one like the rest of us.
Sheesh. Freakin' pyramid scammers. You're worse than the Jehovah's Witnesses.
This is getting really freaking annoying.
/. knowing it will piss them off, getting pissed off (as they expected), and making sure the whole world knows they're pissed off by going to the extra trouble of clicking the stupid link and posting.
The only thing that annoys me every April Fool's are all the retards that visit
Well, we get it. You're pissed off. Now please piss off.
Thank you.
I mean, come on, why the hell would a Pentagon official, the very guy who started the Iraq War, be a good person to help 3rd world countries?
More people may get to vote for their rulers? This is, of course, assuming the World Bank keeps a military force with which they can invade said 3rd world countries.
Which it doesn't. Besides, just because you disagree with his foreign policy decisions doesn't mean he's a bad banker.
Oh, and don't forget: the World Bank is for us, too (speaking as a Westerner).
And secondly everyone knows Star Wars is better execpt for JarJar.
I'm sorry, but you lose this one. You conveniently left out:
1) Greedo shoots second.
2) Anakin in E1.
3) Anakin in E2.
4) Anakin in E3.
5) Mitochlorians.
6) Mark Hamill.
7) A BBEG named "Dooku".
8) Rebel fleet is commanded by a lobster.
Sorry, but Star Wars is teh gay. Seven-of-Nine beat it hands down.
Just kidding. April Fool's!