Put down The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and pick up Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up. These books deal with the same frustration at willful ignorance, but won't leave you dehumanized and full of hate towards your fellow man like Rand tends to. Just keep in mind that it's impossible to tell a "mindless drone" from someone with two kids, two mortgages, and two jobs.
On one of my old cell phones I rec'd an average of one wrong number a day (all spanish speakers for some reason). If you actually know more than three people or have friends, co-workers, or run your own business, you can't afford to not answer the phone if you don't recognize the number.
and btw it makes me fucking sick to compare cell rates between the states and the rest of the world. It's cheaper for my sister to call me from the UK than it is for me to call two states over. That's a clear signal (aha ha) that we're being gouged.
Just ran out of mod points but I'm not sure why your point hasn't been brought up before. Putting the hurt on the phone companies would be the ideal solution.
One of the companies I worked for experimented with outsourcing some of their coding gruntwork. It was a great setup if everything went smoothly, but the timezone lag on communication meant that any problem added a day to the project. We also found that, especially in India, the companies that had stellar reputations weren't significantly cheaper than local talent.
On the other hand, one of my friends runs a company in Germany that relies entirely on outsourced coding, and he's making a mint. He's also a master at preparing project specs and timelines, requires little sleep, and is closer to the coders time zone.
There are so little with this disease who can afford the treatment that it's hard to make 1 billion dollars back in the scope of the patent. Fixed that for you. Don't forget Africa.
Yes, and law enforcement sometimes apprehends innocent people. And judicial systems sometimes convict innocent people. And states sometimes execute innocent people.
I notice you didn't extend your metaphor... your point gets kind of weak when you take it to it's logical conclusion.
Dishonesty is a separate issue, which I purposely chose not to address, and I won't get bogged down with here. I don't care about blame for past problems, what I was addressing is a solution to the current problem and the future problem of insufficient bandwidth.
Looking backwards keeps you from moving forward, and until you understand that, there's really no point in us having a discussion, since we're writing about two entirely different things. That attitude will only ensure that you are fucked over tomorrow by the same group that fucked you over yesterday.
Why is it that most Christians do their best to jump to conclusions so that they can cry "bigot bigot!" It's called a persecution complex, and you should probably replace "most Christians" with "vocal Christians" since they're really two different groups.
It's also unclear what the CIA would be lying about at this time; were there space aliens in the submarine? Assuming the CIA is lying just saves time for everyone involved.
Visiting Stonehenge is like visiting a museum. There are certain areas you can and cannot go, times you cannot be there, and the path ends in a gift shop.
Avebury is an actual village surrounded by megaliths. More standing stones line a very nice walk/hike to the area, and there are burial mounds all over the place (some have been hedgehogged and look really cool). There are (incredibly kitschy) stores in town selling info of various kinds, and a visitors center set up to demonstrate what life was like back in The Day(tm).
In comparison the whole Stonehenge experience feels tightly controlled and 'artificial'. I can't really justify that word but you may understand what I'm getting at.
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Put down The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and pick up Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up. These books deal with the same frustration at willful ignorance, but won't leave you dehumanized and full of hate towards your fellow man like Rand tends to. Just keep in mind that it's impossible to tell a "mindless drone" from someone with two kids, two mortgages, and two jobs.
Don't interrupt the karma whoring process, please.
"I couldn't cope with the anguish of losing another baby." So she aborted it instead. Make sense?
I'm going to go ahead and assume the quote in your sig is from your mom.
Move along, sir.
On one of my old cell phones I rec'd an average of one wrong number a day (all spanish speakers for some reason). If you actually know more than three people or have friends, co-workers, or run your own business, you can't afford to not answer the phone if you don't recognize the number.
and btw it makes me fucking sick to compare cell rates between the states and the rest of the world. It's cheaper for my sister to call me from the UK than it is for me to call two states over. That's a clear signal (aha ha) that we're being gouged.
Yeah I hate unsolicited text messages coming in on my landline.
Or (as I've seen it put somewhere before) Conservatives want government out of the boardroom, Liberals want government out of the bedroom.
It's interesting that you picked the Conservative PoV as the most moral.
Six words: Default behavior out of the box.
I'll let the market dictate the price. As time goes on and more competition comes into being, the price will drop.
What the hell are you talking about? There is no "market". That's the problem.
Being a "redneck" is a lifestyle choice and not a biological or geographical designation, just like being an asshole.
Um, trade secrets are the entire point of searches like these. There is no other logical reason to rifle through your files.
Just ran out of mod points but I'm not sure why your point hasn't been brought up before. Putting the hurt on the phone companies would be the ideal solution.
One of the companies I worked for experimented with outsourcing some of their coding gruntwork. It was a great setup if everything went smoothly, but the timezone lag on communication meant that any problem added a day to the project. We also found that, especially in India, the companies that had stellar reputations weren't significantly cheaper than local talent.
On the other hand, one of my friends runs a company in Germany that relies entirely on outsourced coding, and he's making a mint. He's also a master at preparing project specs and timelines, requires little sleep, and is closer to the coders time zone.
He should get the exact same jail sentence as the people involved with the 2004 Ohio vote fraud.
I notice you didn't extend your metaphor... your point gets kind of weak when you take it to it's logical conclusion.
Or you could get a job like my friend Ji had, working in fiddles. He says it was the bomb.
So you're saying a failing school district is evidence that they're getting too much money.
I'm not sure why people always have such a keen eye for waste in edu budgets, but the diligence sure seems to be working, doesn't it?
It's interesting to note that only when people discuss education does the phrase "throw money at the problem" come up.
Visiting Stonehenge is like visiting a museum. There are certain areas you can and cannot go, times you cannot be there, and the path ends in a gift shop.
Avebury is an actual village surrounded by megaliths. More standing stones line a very nice walk/hike to the area, and there are burial mounds all over the place (some have been hedgehogged and look really cool). There are (incredibly kitschy) stores in town selling info of various kinds, and a visitors center set up to demonstrate what life was like back in The Day(tm).
In comparison the whole Stonehenge experience feels tightly controlled and 'artificial'. I can't really justify that word but you may understand what I'm getting at.
Not being able to manipulate data seems like it would be such a huge hole in someone's education.