To be fair, perhaps Parisian French isn't the mother tongue of the people working at McDonalds, either. It just reeks of positive post-incident justification. Would a British child practice American English at a McDonalds in NYC or LA?
Actually, it's not legal to videotape/shoot photos inside of a McDonalds and the employees overreacted to this... that's my point... and you missed it... completely.
Hey AC... you need to know what battle is worth fighting and this isn't one of them. Asserting your right to dine somewhere, when you have pretty damn unique glasses that look like a camera to most people (especially McDonalds employeed, which aren't so tech savvy) is "losing the forest for the trees."
I also have a very hard time believing that Pizza Hut on Grand Cayman is better than a real Pizzeria using the same locally grown stuff, but whatever makes you justify the fast-food experience is OK with me (not really)
I've heard of him, he's been around for a while. But, anyone concerned with "Parisian French" wouldn't be dining at McDonalds. This whole thing is ridiculous.
I can believe that some Parisians would vigorously defend against photos being take of the interior design/menu.
I can also believe that someone would wear augmented reality glasses. Furthermore, I can understand that (a) McDonalds employee(s) would automatically react strongly to the camera and try to remove them from someone's head.
However, what I don't understand is why the subject of the story just didn't leave McDonalds. Honestly, you're in a city full of excellent, and sometimes inexpensive, cuisine.
Why even go to McDonalds in the first place and why not leave when there's an altercation? Is the 20€ of McDs food worth the hassle?
actually, that's why I really want to see the original article... I want to know what selective pressure was placed on the cells (i.e. what medium / temp / atmospheric conditions / carbon source)?
Not only in the summary here on/. horrible, but the PR... is even worse.
Where's the link to the peer-reviewed work? Neither in the "summary", nor in the PR.
FWIW, I don't find the purported results interesting in the slightest in their current form.
For example, how were the cells grown? (please don't say in LB in a chemostat.)
I never said it was a democracy. However, when one looks up an EU Commissioner, the first three pieces of information are State, Party, and Name. When you don't vote for the party, the individual has no power. And, when you have 5-7 parties/country, each really wants to keep their percentage of votes, so they'll keep "their" Commissioner in line or face the consequences at the polls. A protest just gets the message across in a more rapid manner.
and make sure they don't get elected again.
meet in the city center in 3... 2... 1...
oh, and somebody bring those "fireworks" left over from Euro 2012
No, those are a few of reasons that I elected to leave the US and live somewhere else.
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isn't that de facto evidence that the protesting is working? if you're not willing to sacrifice and endure some discomfort, how would anything get done.
No, you should protest, and you should replace the politicians that supported the bill. That's one of the reasons that the Pirate Party gains traction over here... at ACTA protests the Pirate Party handed out info, generated interest and did much better in the local and regional elections. You don't get the "rules out all such treaties" without such politicians that replace the incumbents.
Another example is that Occupy Frankfurt is still camped out right next to the European Central Bank and they're not going anywhere, any time soon. You just assume that protesters will "run out steam." Grow a backbone.
No, democracy works because we (I'm still a US citizen and can't vote in all elections) remember who supported a bill/proposal we didn't like and we don't elect them again. After the first few people don't get elected again, the politicians take the hint. However, that hint can be made quite strongly when there are thousands demonstrating in the central square of a major city against ACTA, which happened all across Germany and most of Europe.
In the US, there is a severe lack of choice at the national level (Republicans and Democrats are relatively similar... both pro-corp), which is a serious issue that should lead to more, not less, protesting.
Also, protesters never run out of steam when the issues is very important... Athens is still on fire, for example.
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because when people don't like something over here, they actively protest. I'm not saying that I agree with everything that is being protested for/against, but the apathy I see coming (perhaps, not coming is more accurate) out of North America just flat-out baffles me.
4.9 "SIGMA" BITCHES!
hey./, now that the second-largest methodologically driven task has been completed (to 4.9 sigma)... can you get this crappy system here fixed (the first-largest methodologically driven task.)
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To be fair, perhaps Parisian French isn't the mother tongue of the people working at McDonalds, either. It just reeks of positive post-incident justification. Would a British child practice American English at a McDonalds in NYC or LA?
Actually, it's not legal to videotape/shoot photos inside of a McDonalds and the employees overreacted to this ... that's my point ... and you missed it ... completely.
Hey AC ... you need to know what battle is worth fighting and this isn't one of them. Asserting your right to dine somewhere, when you have pretty damn unique glasses that look like a camera to most people (especially McDonalds employeed, which aren't so tech savvy) is "losing the forest for the trees."
I also have a very hard time believing that Pizza Hut on Grand Cayman is better than a real Pizzeria using the same locally grown stuff, but whatever makes you justify the fast-food experience is OK with me (not really)
Of course, I do, and they've never eaten fast-food (5 years + 2 years) and counting. Fast food is not a replacement for lazy planning/parenting.
I've heard of him, he's been around for a while. But, anyone concerned with "Parisian French" wouldn't be dining at McDonalds. This whole thing is ridiculous.
This story is borderline plausible.
I can believe that some Parisians would vigorously defend against photos being take of the interior design/menu.
I can also believe that someone would wear augmented reality glasses. Furthermore, I can understand that (a) McDonalds employee(s) would automatically react strongly to the camera and try to remove them from someone's head.
However, what I don't understand is why the subject of the story just didn't leave McDonalds. Honestly, you're in a city full of excellent, and sometimes inexpensive, cuisine.
Why even go to McDonalds in the first place and why not leave when there's an altercation? Is the 20€ of McDs food worth the hassle?
also, there's no such thing as a perm job in the US, which the possible exception of a tenured prof.,which is debatable.
seri0usly?
Lysogeny broth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysogeny_broth
I think the hype machine is going factor-10 on this one until I see the peer-reviewed data.
shit, I knew it :(
actually, that's why I really want to see the original article ... I want to know what selective pressure was placed on the cells (i.e. what medium / temp / atmospheric conditions / carbon source)?
Not only in the summary here on /. horrible, but the PR ... is even worse.
Where's the link to the peer-reviewed work? Neither in the "summary", nor in the PR.
FWIW, I don't find the purported results interesting in the slightest in their current form.
For example, how were the cells grown? (please don't say in LB in a chemostat.)
I never said it was a democracy. However, when one looks up an EU Commissioner, the first three pieces of information are State, Party, and Name. When you don't vote for the party, the individual has no power. And, when you have 5-7 parties/country, each really wants to keep their percentage of votes, so they'll keep "their" Commissioner in line or face the consequences at the polls. A protest just gets the message across in a more rapid manner.
and make sure they don't get elected again. meet in the city center in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
oh, and somebody bring those "fireworks" left over from Euro 2012
No, those are a few of reasons that I elected to leave the US and live somewhere else.
isn't that de facto evidence that the protesting is working? if you're not willing to sacrifice and endure some discomfort, how would anything get done.
No, you should protest, and you should replace the politicians that supported the bill. That's one of the reasons that the Pirate Party gains traction over here ... at ACTA protests the Pirate Party handed out info, generated interest and did much better in the local and regional elections. You don't get the "rules out all such treaties" without such politicians that replace the incumbents.
Protip: Your statement makes no sense.
Another example is that Occupy Frankfurt is still camped out right next to the European Central Bank and they're not going anywhere, any time soon. You just assume that protesters will "run out steam." Grow a backbone.
No, democracy works because we (I'm still a US citizen and can't vote in all elections) remember who supported a bill/proposal we didn't like and we don't elect them again. After the first few people don't get elected again, the politicians take the hint. However, that hint can be made quite strongly when there are thousands demonstrating in the central square of a major city against ACTA, which happened all across Germany and most of Europe. In the US, there is a severe lack of choice at the national level (Republicans and Democrats are relatively similar ... both pro-corp), which is a serious issue that should lead to more, not less, protesting.
Also, protesters never run out of steam when the issues is very important ... Athens is still on fire, for example.
because when people don't like something over here, they actively protest. I'm not saying that I agree with everything that is being protested for/against, but the apathy I see coming (perhaps, not coming is more accurate) out of North America just flat-out baffles me.
problem solved.
4.9 "SIGMA" BITCHES! hey ./, now that the second-largest methodologically driven task has been completed (to 4.9 sigma) ... can you get this crappy system here fixed (the first-largest methodologically driven task.)
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