Wake me up when Christian fundamentalists fly planes into buildings, or burn down embassies because someone made an unflattering picture of Jesus. Oh wait -- Christians didn't set anything on fire over Piss Christ.
Christian fundie violence occurs about 0.000001% as often as Islamist fundie violence.
Yes, Ron Paul is nuts. For example, how exactly is he going to move a $7 trillion economy back to the gold standard when there's less than $3 trillion in gold on the planet?
Oh God. I laughed so hard at that. Thank you. I tend to agree with some of Paul's issues, but if I have to hear him whine about the gold standard again I'm going to piss on him and ask him what he thinks of my gold standard.
Vulcanized rubber. Plastic only applies to street hockey. Just saying. (Yeah, I'm a hockey fan who reads/.)
Mostly, I agree with your post, by the way. I don't see Fischer as all that admirable; I do think Kasparov is, however, because in addition to his chess skill, he's standing up for what he believes in (and not being a racist prick like Fischer).
So is the GP poster, though; he doesn't have to like Bobby Fischer or shed tears over him. You can have opinions all day long, but I don't have to like you or your opinions.
You are officially the lowest UID to ever reply to me. Just thought I'd say. Must be fun knowing less than a gross of people can beat you in a UID fight.
As to the cheaper point, if you already have a firearm, bullets are very cheap, and shooting is pretty satisfying.
As to the second, while I've never shot a hard drive and can't attest to ricochets, the four basic rules of shooting include knowing what's behind your target. I'd like to think anyone reading/. would be smart enough not to handle firearms without caution. (Though if the racists ACs blow a toe off, that works, too.)
While I tend to disagree it's a negotiation ploy, what's to stop Microsoft from offering to supply new computers, too, just to keep the kids using their products?
I do this, but I don't avoid nickels and dimes the way you do.
However, since my bank doesn't charge anything for debit usage, anything more than $5 or whatever the store minimum is, I buy that way. No change there. I only end up with change from smaller purchases. The way my bank works, the only way I really ever have a fee is if I overdraw. So I don't do that.
I'd be happy if/. would just find a way to filter these idiots. Here's an idea in pseudo-code:
if(poster = AC && postcontains nigger = true)
DON'T LET THE IDIOT POST!
I'd say just completely block the word but at least signed-in users could be dealt with if there's not a reason for it (ie, me using it in this post). There are a variety of other possible filters to stop these people cold. Sure, they'd just use "n*ggers!" but I bet that would take the fun out of it for some of them.
Sorry, I'll never trust or be satisfied with any government in any shape or form. Not that I'm saying we should do without government (I'm not an anarchist) but the people with the power are to be questioned and challenged to do better, since they're doing it with our money.
Republican or Democrat, they're all politicians, and politicians are dangerous when trusted.
It also depends on the person driving the motorcycle. I've seen more than a few who drive the way you say, but I've seen a lot who drive well, too.
There are the same jackasses driving cars. I see them moving between lanes, getting behind or in front of me to weave through traffic with less than two feet between bumpers... They're just assholes, regardless of vehicle. I think, though, it tends to be because the type of car (and motorcycle) draws them to it. Something with some power (or illusion of it) to allow them to drive like complete and total fuckheads.
This and the other pro-Sears comment pretty well go in line with the negative-Sears comments and prove something: It's all in the managers. When it comes to a chain of stores, there are going to be many, many different types of managers.
I can say this from experience in one restaurant: I worked for six months for a distinctively Southern restaurant chain once. There were often two managers working busy shifts -- one for the store, one for the kitchen. We had four managers and one general manager. The GM was okay, and the four managers were split with two great ones and two really shitty managers. Which ones I got stuck with determined if I went home muttering about quitting or not.
Only one of those five was still there a year later, and he was one of the good ones (and he was in fact the ONLY employee still there a year later from when I worked -- everyone else left. Everyone, from the dishwashers to the GM.)
Managers make a huge difference, even in just one establishment. I imagine Sears isn't far removed from this -- the attitude of the managers is a deciding factor, because employees can be as great as possible but they won't stick around unless they have to when abused.
In addition to there being good public transport there, a lot of people don't live right on top of their jobs and have hour long drives back and forth. In many cases, because living in the same city would cost more than the gas; but if gas prices double or triple, it'll be a lot worse for them. Civilization may not collapse, but it'll but the hurt on a lot of people without much spare money.
I imagine the average American has a further daily drive than the average European.
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manure, money, or politicans.
No need to be redundant...
Islam was a peaceful religion?
Have you read about the foundation of Islam? How Mohommad was a conqueror? At least Jesus was a hippie.
Wake me up when Christian fundamentalists fly planes into buildings, or burn down embassies because someone made an unflattering picture of Jesus. Oh wait -- Christians didn't set anything on fire over Piss Christ.
Christian fundie violence occurs about 0.000001% as often as Islamist fundie violence.
Yes, Ron Paul is nuts. For example, how exactly is he going to move a $7 trillion economy back to the gold standard when there's less than $3 trillion in gold on the planet?
Oh God. I laughed so hard at that. Thank you. I tend to agree with some of Paul's issues, but if I have to hear him whine about the gold standard again I'm going to piss on him and ask him what he thinks of my gold standard.
I agree with you, and I'm surprised you've not been modded to hell for these posts. But:
(e.g. your MP3s are ripped from CDs
The RIAA wants to say that this is illegal, too. So being able to prove that isn't necessarily going to help when fighting them.
Don't take jerk AC posters seriously.
I've always wondered why Americans (I assume you're American) are so anti-French
/. for what our government does, after all.
Try reading the story you're commenting on. Americans get slammed all the time on forums like
chasing a piece of plastic around on ice
/.)
Vulcanized rubber. Plastic only applies to street hockey. Just saying. (Yeah, I'm a hockey fan who reads
Mostly, I agree with your post, by the way. I don't see Fischer as all that admirable; I do think Kasparov is, however, because in addition to his chess skill, he's standing up for what he believes in (and not being a racist prick like Fischer).
So is the GP poster, though; he doesn't have to like Bobby Fischer or shed tears over him. You can have opinions all day long, but I don't have to like you or your opinions.
Maybe she's Amish and doesn't have a TV you insensitive cl- oh wait, printer, right.
But if Party A's key was in the clear, couldn't anyone intercepting the send-back from Party B just use it to decrypt the encrypted random value?
Wow.
You are officially the lowest UID to ever reply to me. Just thought I'd say. Must be fun knowing less than a gross of people can beat you in a UID fight.
Geesh, you 800,000 and upper noobs just can't take a joke...
I think it's wrong, but it is funny in a "that is just wrong" sort of way. (Like dead baby jokes.)
I don't have iTunes (or an iPod), but I think I remember hearing that their "watermark" is simply the equivalent of an ID3 tag.
Not exactly the complex type of watermark being discussed in comments here, nor particularly difficult to remove.
As to the cheaper point, if you already have a firearm, bullets are very cheap, and shooting is pretty satisfying.
/. would be smart enough not to handle firearms without caution. (Though if the racists ACs blow a toe off, that works, too.)
As to the second, while I've never shot a hard drive and can't attest to ricochets, the four basic rules of shooting include knowing what's behind your target. I'd like to think anyone reading
While I tend to disagree it's a negotiation ploy, what's to stop Microsoft from offering to supply new computers, too, just to keep the kids using their products?
I do this, but I don't avoid nickels and dimes the way you do.
However, since my bank doesn't charge anything for debit usage, anything more than $5 or whatever the store minimum is, I buy that way. No change there. I only end up with change from smaller purchases. The way my bank works, the only way I really ever have a fee is if I overdraw. So I don't do that.
Linux is only useful for rich spoiled geeks in the USA.
Am I the only one who found this hilarious seeing as how Linux was started by a not-spoiled, not-rich geek in Finland?
I'd be happy if /. would just find a way to filter these idiots. Here's an idea in pseudo-code:
if(poster = AC && postcontains nigger = true)
DON'T LET THE IDIOT POST!
I'd say just completely block the word but at least signed-in users could be dealt with if there's not a reason for it (ie, me using it in this post). There are a variety of other possible filters to stop these people cold. Sure, they'd just use "n*ggers!" but I bet that would take the fun out of it for some of them.
Sorry, I'll never trust or be satisfied with any government in any shape or form. Not that I'm saying we should do without government (I'm not an anarchist) but the people with the power are to be questioned and challenged to do better, since they're doing it with our money.
Republican or Democrat, they're all politicians, and politicians are dangerous when trusted.
It also depends on the person driving the motorcycle. I've seen more than a few who drive the way you say, but I've seen a lot who drive well, too.
There are the same jackasses driving cars. I see them moving between lanes, getting behind or in front of me to weave through traffic with less than two feet between bumpers... They're just assholes, regardless of vehicle. I think, though, it tends to be because the type of car (and motorcycle) draws them to it. Something with some power (or illusion of it) to allow them to drive like complete and total fuckheads.
Nick Hogan wasn't driving a motorcycle, afterall.
Maybe not, but I found it nice to know the guy was actually a patent lawyer, so he has more experience than 99% of us replying.
This and the other pro-Sears comment pretty well go in line with the negative-Sears comments and prove something: It's all in the managers. When it comes to a chain of stores, there are going to be many, many different types of managers.
I can say this from experience in one restaurant: I worked for six months for a distinctively Southern restaurant chain once. There were often two managers working busy shifts -- one for the store, one for the kitchen. We had four managers and one general manager. The GM was okay, and the four managers were split with two great ones and two really shitty managers. Which ones I got stuck with determined if I went home muttering about quitting or not.
Only one of those five was still there a year later, and he was one of the good ones (and he was in fact the ONLY employee still there a year later from when I worked -- everyone else left. Everyone, from the dishwashers to the GM.)
Managers make a huge difference, even in just one establishment. I imagine Sears isn't far removed from this -- the attitude of the managers is a deciding factor, because employees can be as great as possible but they won't stick around unless they have to when abused.
In addition to there being good public transport there, a lot of people don't live right on top of their jobs and have hour long drives back and forth. In many cases, because living in the same city would cost more than the gas; but if gas prices double or triple, it'll be a lot worse for them. Civilization may not collapse, but it'll but the hurt on a lot of people without much spare money.
I imagine the average American has a further daily drive than the average European.