Unfortunately, it's not geared towards the/. crowd and your searches for GTK utilities, so you will always find it lacking. However, if you're a John Doe, looking for weather in boulder, you'll be more than happy.
I'm sorry to break it to you ex-deviant, but weather.com, yahoo.com, weatherchannel.com, and aol pretty much have the weather market cornered.
I mostly support you on this, but not quite completely. I am the owner of two small businesses, and a small business finds it very hard to get the word out about its existence. If you don't know it's out there, you won't go looking for it.
Business is hard. Business is about surmounting obstacles. Business is about surviving within the rigid contraints of the world.
Business shouldn't be an excuse. There are hundreds of ways a business can promote itself without crossing the line.
Obviously, telemarketers don't like that, but I would agree that they do have the right to bother anyone with a phone number, within certain limits (e.g. no fraud), unless the person with the phone has opted out specifically by telling off specific telemarketers, or generally by going on the DNC list.
I think the parent was arguing in support of the National Do Not Call list. Telemarketing is just like spam, they won't let anyone opt out unless it's in a centralized national do not call list like this one.
My local newspaper for instance, never used to honor my numerous "do not call list" requests. And as to the other telemarketers, most of them were starting to use automatic dialers and automatic recordings, so there wasn't much one could do.
Courts find people liable for things they proved they didn't do all the time (see the Chaplin paternity case).
Good point, but wrong example. Chaplin lost the paternity case because he couldn't prove he wasn't the father. At the time, "the blood type evidence wasn't admissible in California courts". See below for a better case. It's very recent (May 2003) and still very common (to date, only four States have repealed those stupid laws).
"Carnell A. Smith is a father who is forced by court order to pay child support for another man's child. This child is neither his biological nor adopted child. Smith has tried to get the lower courts to overturn the child support order, but they have refused.
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Although this court ruling sounds unusual, it isn't. There are countless men who find themselves in Smith's situation." http://www.ancpr.org/father_takes_dna_paternity_fr aud.htm
If anybody needs a convenient online tool for tracking your exercises and your calorie intake -- take a look at my journal. The only drawback is that they sell your info to Doubleclick, so you'll probably want to register with a throwaway email.
Thanks guys, but I'm not going to bother. I tried lots of different things already. I don't remember what I tried, so I'm just going to give up for now.
The only thing that I would add is. Women want two kinds of men. They want men they can have sex with and they want men they can get married with. Those two types of men are not usually the same. And according to their rulebook "The Rules", they can have sex before marriage, but once they find a guy who's good marriage material (a guy who respects them and a potentially good provider), they're not supposed to have sex with him until the wedding night. Supposedly, withholding sex creates sexual tension, it maintains the mystery, and it greatly motivates the suitor(s) to propose.
Which brings us back to our original discussion. Someone implied that the guy with the porn site aggregator wasn't getting laid because he wasn't respecting women. And personally, I think that's bull. Women are animals, just like men. They want sex, and yet they're not supposed to let other people know they want it. Guys who advertise that they're not afraid of meaningless sex are going to attract those same women who are afraid to talk about sex and they're going to attract those same women who are withholding sex from their potential suitors.
Hey man, I didn't say I got any sex. I didn't say this is all what we needed to do. I didn't say this was good for society. I just felt the observation of the parent was accurate. Call me an "asshole" if you like, but it's not going to change the reality around you.
I second that. The parent post is not a troll. In animals, respect and dignity have nothing to do with sex. Why does the moderator think it's any different with humans?
They think that if people were paying $200 a month less in taxes, that they'd give that same $200 a month to charities, rather than doing something more selfish with that $200.
Some do. I don't. I am a Libertarian. And if I got back $200 a month from the government, I would ensure that I spent it as selfishly as I could. Granted, it might be in my selfish interest to contribute it to a charity, but at this point in my life and my level of income -- I'm pretty sure I wouldn't spend on Charity.
In the land of the blind. The one-eyed man is King. Consumer Reports is far from perfect, but at least they're trying to be objective. Most other organizations/reviewers I've seen are just trying to line their pockets with free stuff and dirty money.
Consumer reports had the right idea, that is why they have been so successful.
"Successful"? They don't get free stuff. They don't get all expensed-paid trips to (fill-in your favorite exotic location). They don't get the free whores provided by BMW. They get nothing. Successful, I think not.
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I'm sorry to break it to you ex-deviant, but weather.com, yahoo.com, weatherchannel.com, and aol pretty much have the weather market cornered.
Well, at least it's an incentive for the people being called. I'm assuming they're going to get a cut of that money. Right?
Business is hard. Business is about surmounting obstacles. Business is about surviving within the rigid contraints of the world. Business shouldn't be an excuse. There are hundreds of ways a business can promote itself without crossing the line.
I think the parent was arguing in support of the National Do Not Call list. Telemarketing is just like spam, they won't let anyone opt out unless it's in a centralized national do not call list like this one.
My local newspaper for instance, never used to honor my numerous "do not call list" requests. And as to the other telemarketers, most of them were starting to use automatic dialers and automatic recordings, so there wasn't much one could do.
Good point, but wrong example. Chaplin lost the paternity case because he couldn't prove he wasn't the father. At the time, "the blood type evidence wasn't admissible in California courts". See below for a better case. It's very recent (May 2003) and still very common (to date, only four States have repealed those stupid laws).
"Carnell A. Smith is a father who is forced by court order to pay child support for another man's child. This child is neither his biological nor adopted child. Smith has tried to get the lower courts to overturn the child support order, but they have refused.r aud.htm
[...]
Although this court ruling sounds unusual, it isn't. There are countless men who find themselves in Smith's situation."
http://www.ancpr.org/father_takes_dna_paternity_f
Oracle? In my experience, it's very easy to set up on a Windows machine. What has been your experience of installing it on other OSes?
It's actually much more complicated than that according to Black's Law dictionary. In some cases, libel can be spoken.
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You mean that's the money they'll make from investors, not customers.
You're just upset that we're winning the global patenting race.
Thanks guys, but I'm not going to bother. I tried lots of different things already. I don't remember what I tried, so I'm just going to give up for now.
Some of us are at different stages in life. We shouldn't get modded down as trolls because of that.
The only thing that I would add is. Women want two kinds of men. They want men they can have sex with and they want men they can get married with. Those two types of men are not usually the same. And according to their rulebook "The Rules", they can have sex before marriage, but once they find a guy who's good marriage material (a guy who respects them and a potentially good provider), they're not supposed to have sex with him until the wedding night. Supposedly, withholding sex creates sexual tension, it maintains the mystery, and it greatly motivates the suitor(s) to propose.
Which brings us back to our original discussion. Someone implied that the guy with the porn site aggregator wasn't getting laid because he wasn't respecting women. And personally, I think that's bull. Women are animals, just like men. They want sex, and yet they're not supposed to let other people know they want it. Guys who advertise that they're not afraid of meaningless sex are going to attract those same women who are afraid to talk about sex and they're going to attract those same women who are withholding sex from their potential suitors.
Hey man, I didn't say I got any sex. I didn't say this is all what we needed to do. I didn't say this was good for society. I just felt the observation of the parent was accurate. Call me an "asshole" if you like, but it's not going to change the reality around you.
I second that. The parent post is not a troll. In animals, respect and dignity have nothing to do with sex. Why does the moderator think it's any different with humans?
I agree. It's just I would have used a different word than "charity" since there are non-Libertarians reading this.
There is no need to go back 20 years ago. Look at Forbes magazine to see what we were doing in Venezuela just a year ago.
Actually, there are at least 8 online stores that have it cheaper (shipping included).
You should try selfishness for a while. It might make you a little less angry.
Some do. I don't. I am a Libertarian. And if I got back $200 a month from the government, I would ensure that I spent it as selfishly as I could. Granted, it might be in my selfish interest to contribute it to a charity, but at this point in my life and my level of income -- I'm pretty sure I wouldn't spend on Charity.
In the land of the blind. The one-eyed man is King. Consumer Reports is far from perfect, but at least they're trying to be objective. Most other organizations/reviewers I've seen are just trying to line their pockets with free stuff and dirty money.
"Successful"? They don't get free stuff. They don't get all expensed-paid trips to (fill-in your favorite exotic location). They don't get the free whores provided by BMW. They get nothing. Successful, I think not.
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Denmark also has the second highest rate of suicides in the World.
Chaos =! Anarchy