Why is being a Jedi any more of a fantasy than being, say, a Mormon? Angels bringing golden tablets in "Egyptian" to some loser in upstate New York? They might as well have been packing light sabers too.
This is the unscrewable pooch syndrome (see:"The Right Stuff"). If I approve spending $5K, I can be in trouble if I buy crap. If I approve spending $15K with my supervisor's signature and I buy crap, the blame is spread out. If we contract $5 million for a global enterprise solution with the CEO's signature, it cannot be a failure. No matter how disasterous the result, the project will be declared a success, and members of the organization will criticise its obvious flaws at their peril.
Boy, I done tol you the next time I catched you messin up your hypotheses with your theories with your laws and facts and such, I was goin to plant a boot so far up you ass you be tastin laces.
I was so excited when I heard that the subject of the next series would be humans getting into space. I thought it would be cool to see them strapping together old Titans and shit and rocketing around the near parts of the galaxy and occasionally blowing up spontaneously just because it was warp drive version 1.0b.
But what do I see? I see TNG sets and Voyager plot lines and TOS dialog. Jesus, what an opportunity they had - and they blewit!
If I have to carve the definitions of law, fact, hypothesis, and theory backwards on one more 2x4 and beat one more ignorant putz who was asleep in science 101 about the head and shoulders with it, I'm switching to PT 4x4s for durability.
You don't have to have the cash. MIT is need-blind admissions. You just have to have the brains. MIT may be the closest thing to a meritocracy in higher ed. You can't buy your way in. Even if your dad built them a new building, you have the same chance to get in as the janitor's kid.
We already have such a number: your SSN. Although it isn't "supposed" to be such, it is the de facto national ID number. And when some shmuck in SoCal declared bankruptcy using mine, it would have been most convenient for the magistrate there to be able to look the number up in a dbase and say, "Well, Mr. Huang, are you sure you are a 40 something white male living on the East Coast?"
I know, I hate the idea of gummint having a file on me, but the big credit agencies have one already.
I'd rather everyone get their own lifelong email address and URL at birth. Now that would be handy.
Telemarketers have written scripts - so should you. Make this list and tape it beside the phone: 1. I'm sorry, I give exclusively through the United Way. 2. I'm sorry. I give all my used clothing to a local homeless shelter. 3. That's interesting. Send me a brochure. No, I do not buy things over the phone. 4. No thank you. My windows, siding, and driveway are fine. 5. Does that mean you would send me that and more unless I remember to call you? In that case please do not send it. 6. A free trip? How much will it cost me to claim this "prize"? Thanks for calling. Goodbye. 7. I pay 4.7 cents per minute all day every day from a small company that does not advertise. Can you match that?
That sucks! [Oreck] Those bastards [Trojans] can't get away [Expedia] with this crap! [Roto-Rooter] TV execs need to have their heads examined. [Blue Cross]
It is the year 2050. All of human knowledge has been carefully digitized and gathered into a central archive so anyone may browse and study. Then the archive is bought by Microsoft, who send a manager to assay their acquisition. He asks the ancient Gates what to do with it. The answer comes back: "If it is included in Windows 2050, it is redundant. If it is not included in Windows 2050, it is not necessary. Therefore, delete it all."
I'd drive one of them tiny cars - on a closed course, or maybe a big parking lot. On the expressway though, I want some mass on my side. I don't want to be a speedbump for some retard in a Ford Behemoth. So you drive the nice little car - I'll be in the minivan.
My suggestion that they name it Security and Safety so they can have some way cool SS in the shape of lightning bolt pins made up made Ridge's eyes get that dreamy faraway look....
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Great - now Hollings and Disney have a reason to make acetone illegal.
otherwise we'd have our enemies finding out how those crooked sticks come back when you throw them or how those hollow stick make those cool sounds
as well be me, you Karma Bogarts.
Pee-atch!
'sup, fo'?
Why is being a Jedi any more of a fantasy than being, say, a Mormon? Angels bringing golden tablets in "Egyptian" to some loser in upstate New York? They might as well have been packing light sabers too.
I've watched just enough pr0n to know that I don't want parts made from the other white meat.
This is the unscrewable pooch syndrome (see:"The Right Stuff"). If I approve spending $5K, I can be in trouble if I buy crap. If I approve spending $15K with my supervisor's signature and I buy crap, the blame is spread out. If we contract $5 million for a global enterprise solution with the CEO's signature, it cannot be a failure. No matter how disasterous the result, the project will be declared a success, and members of the organization will criticise its obvious flaws at their peril.
With one of these gizmos, I'll be first posting every time!
Boy, I done tol you the next time I catched you messin up your hypotheses with your theories with your laws and facts and such, I was goin to plant a boot so far up you ass you be tastin laces.
Oh, this? It was my grandmother.
You mean it was your grandmother's ring?
No. It is my grandmother.
I was so excited when I heard that the subject of the next series would be humans getting into space. I thought it would be cool to see them strapping together old Titans and shit and rocketing around the near parts of the galaxy and occasionally blowing up spontaneously just because it was warp drive version 1.0b.
But what do I see? I see TNG sets and Voyager plot lines and TOS dialog. Jesus, what an opportunity they had - and they blewit!
If I have to carve the definitions of law, fact, hypothesis, and theory backwards on one more 2x4 and beat one more ignorant putz who was asleep in science 101 about the head and shoulders with it, I'm switching to PT 4x4s for durability.
You don't have to have the cash. MIT is need-blind admissions. You just have to have the brains. MIT may be the closest thing to a meritocracy in higher ed. You can't buy your way in. Even if your dad built them a new building, you have the same chance to get in as the janitor's kid.
Of course they weren't interested. There aren't any bare breated natives involved.
We already have such a number: your SSN. Although it isn't "supposed" to be such, it is the de facto national ID number. And when some shmuck in SoCal declared bankruptcy using mine, it would have been most convenient for the magistrate there to be able to look the number up in a dbase and say, "Well, Mr. Huang, are you sure you are a 40 something white male living on the East Coast?"
I know, I hate the idea of gummint having a file on me, but the big credit agencies have one already.
I'd rather everyone get their own lifelong email address and URL at birth. Now that would be handy.
I thought Janeway was their biggest threat.
Telemarketers have written scripts - so should you. Make this list and tape it beside the phone:
1. I'm sorry, I give exclusively through the United Way.
2. I'm sorry. I give all my used clothing to a local homeless shelter.
3. That's interesting. Send me a brochure. No, I do not buy things over the phone.
4. No thank you. My windows, siding, and driveway are fine.
5. Does that mean you would send me that and more unless I remember to call you? In that case please do not send it.
6. A free trip? How much will it cost me to claim this "prize"? Thanks for calling. Goodbye.
7. I pay 4.7 cents per minute all day every day from a small company that does not advertise. Can you match that?
That sucks! [Oreck] Those bastards [Trojans] can't get away [Expedia] with this crap! [Roto-Rooter] TV execs need to have their heads examined. [Blue Cross]
It is the year 2050. All of human knowledge has been carefully digitized and gathered into a central archive so anyone may browse and study. Then the archive is bought by Microsoft, who send a manager to assay their acquisition. He asks the ancient Gates what to do with it. The answer comes back: "If it is included in Windows 2050, it is redundant. If it is not included in Windows 2050, it is not necessary. Therefore, delete it all."
is black and shows up on radar smaller than a pelican. Only $56,000 each.
I'd drive one of them tiny cars - on a closed course, or maybe a big parking lot. On the expressway though, I want some mass on my side. I don't want to be a speedbump for some retard in a Ford Behemoth. So you drive the nice little car - I'll be in the minivan.
Are we to be a species that in the end was only able to look around the Universe, never to travel it?
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My suggestion that they name it Security and Safety so they can have some way cool SS in the shape of lightning bolt pins made up made Ridge's eyes get that dreamy faraway look....
Is it when the Ofice of Homeland Security makes us all standardize on M$ and takes over AOL for the war on terror?
Hey, I remember that show. (You'll need a canteen truck.) http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058811