If enough people sign up for this... and the company continued to care at all about their customers... then if, at some time, the current model becomes obsolete, the company may offer some kind of resolution... such as carrying over the current registration to the new system... or if the company is taken over by a major corporation, and the product discontinued, there may be some reimbursement.
If enough people do it, then they will fear making them angry by just cutting it all off.
That's such a horribly stupid argument. Are we then obligated to produce as many children as possible just because we can?
Why do we have to force these animal populations to increase just so they can be killed?
It's in no way cruel to decide not to force these animals to be born... it is cruel to kill them (and before their time too).
What about the animals that would have been born naturally in their natural populations and environments? Those specific genetic combinations? By forcing these food stock animals to be born, those free animals are not born. The difference is that these food stock animals live their lives captive and are murdered brutally.
So... because we respect an animal's right to live... we must... kill it......... for food?
How is it that you believe that if an animal isn't existing for food, then it wouldn't exist at all? What about all the animals at the top of the food chain over the eons?
Ummmm... anyway...
I'll ignore that.
Yeah though... people say you can't be moral without religion... I say religion is for those people who can't control themselves.
Then I wonder what would be determined to be a nonessential memory and what would stay... maybe all the memories that add up to make a unique individual would qualify as "nonessential" and eventually be gone.
If you were immortal... and able to observe and learn everything there is to be observed and learned... you'd still never know everything there is to know.
The brain is not infinite in size... eventually you'll reach the limit to how much information the brain can store, and some stuff will be overwritten. I wonder what happens when a brain is "full."
Sometimes I find it easier to comprehend the universe as being infinite.
If it's finite, then what's at the border? Is there a wall you can't pass through? Does it phase out? Can you jump across the border and be wiped from existence, violating ideas about conservation of energy?
Maybe the universe is expanding at the speed of light though... and we're prevented from knowing what happens at this border because we can't travel faster than the speed of light. Sort of a mechanism to keep the universe from being wrong.
"BTW. One cannot have moral standards without a higher power...think about that as well."
That's absolutely false.
I can think of a few examples, but the one I'm most familiar with is vegetarianism and compassion for other forms of life.
I'm an atheist and a vegetarian. I think it's cruel to kill animals for food, especially when it's not even necessary to eat meat and be healthy (heck, it's even healthier to NOT eat meat).
But so many times I would have an argument about this with a christian... and what do they end up resorting to? "The Bible says God put animals here for us to do with as we want."
In this example, people actually use their belief in a higher power to be less moral.
If you want other examples... how about all the times acts of violence, cruelty, and intolerance ever got carried out in the name of God?
Where in the USA is "cool" not said by just about everyone? It's been around since the early 1900's at least, I'm sure it stopped being slang a long time ago I think. It's an official word.
At the very least, I'm only 22 and I say it and I hear people around me saying it casually.
I'd say this describes the entire call center industry.
I've worked for two credit card companies... I can't imagine any call center not having just as many bad phone reps as good ones. The turnover rate is so high too.
I was stranded on a planet, Just me and Spock We met a nasty nazi alien who locked our asses up We found a hunk of crystal and a metal piece of bed We made a laser phaser gun and shot him in the head
Bust a move, Tog
I was standing on the bridge when Sulu came to me His eyes were full of tears he said "Captain, can't you see the ship is gonna blow do something I beseech" I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum and stopped the warp core breach
And I say, Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish Thats the way we do things, lad, we're making shit up as we wish The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us 'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
And though he's just a child, and some think him a twit Wesley is the master when it comes to making up some shit He's the guy you want with you when you go out in to space Now if only he could beam those pimples off his face
And if you're at a party on the starship Enterprise And the karaoke player just plain old up and dies Set up a neutrino field inside a can of peas Hold on to Geordi's visor and sing into Data's knee
And I say Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us 'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
Sisko's on a mission to go no bloody place He loiters on a space station above Bajoran space The wormhole's opened up and now they come from near and far We'll keep the booze but please send back the fucking Jem-hadar
What is with the Klingons, remember in the day They looked like Puerto Ricans and they dressed in gold lame Now they look like heavy metal rockers from the dead With leather pants and frizzy hair and lobsters on their heads
And I say Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us 'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
Well, I was stuck on Voyager, pounding on the door When suddently it dawned on me I've seen this show before Perhaps I'm in a warp bubble and slightly out of phase 'Cause it was way back in the sixties when they called it "Lost in Space"
We were looking for a way to make the ratings soar So we orchestrated an encounter with the Borg Normally you'd think that that would get us into shit But this one has a smashing ass and a lovely set of tits
And I say Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us 'Cause if we find we're in a bind we're totally screwed but nevermind We'll pull something out of our behinds, we just make some shit up
I used to work for NextCard Visa and one time I got a call from someone disputing a charge on their bill.
It was a pretty cryptic iBillCS.com charge or something, so I asked what it was. He said it was an e-mail for penis enlargement he got. So I asked if they billed him without his permission or got his account information somehow, but he said nope... he ordered the penis enlargement but it just didn't work.
So I sent him his dispute form.
But I put the guy immediately on hold and called everyone on my team over to look at my screen and see what this guy was disputing. Everyone had a good laugh.
So I guess some people are shameless and admit to it, anyway.
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Won't Microsoft be upset that they are now infringing on their DOS trademark with Lindos?
It's sad that this gets modded as informative... people should know better.
What's wrong with you? Makes me ashamed to be American. I hate this attitude people have.
If enough people sign up for this... and the company continued to care at all about their customers... then if, at some time, the current model becomes obsolete, the company may offer some kind of resolution... such as carrying over the current registration to the new system... or if the company is taken over by a major corporation, and the product discontinued, there may be some reimbursement.
If enough people do it, then they will fear making them angry by just cutting it all off.
That's such a horribly stupid argument. Are we then obligated to produce as many children as possible just because we can?
Why do we have to force these animal populations to increase just so they can be killed?
It's in no way cruel to decide not to force these animals to be born... it is cruel to kill them (and before their time too).
What about the animals that would have been born naturally in their natural populations and environments? Those specific genetic combinations? By forcing these food stock animals to be born, those free animals are not born. The difference is that these food stock animals live their lives captive and are murdered brutally.
So... because we respect an animal's right to live... we must... kill it... ...... for food?
How is it that you believe that if an animal isn't existing for food, then it wouldn't exist at all? What about all the animals at the top of the food chain over the eons?
Ummmm... anyway...
I'll ignore that.
Yeah though... people say you can't be moral without religion... I say religion is for those people who can't control themselves.
What kind of party are those?
Then I wonder what would be determined to be a nonessential memory and what would stay... maybe all the memories that add up to make a unique individual would qualify as "nonessential" and eventually be gone.
If you were immortal... and able to observe and learn everything there is to be observed and learned... you'd still never know everything there is to know.
The brain is not infinite in size... eventually you'll reach the limit to how much information the brain can store, and some stuff will be overwritten. I wonder what happens when a brain is "full."
Sometimes I find it easier to comprehend the universe as being infinite.
If it's finite, then what's at the border? Is there a wall you can't pass through? Does it phase out? Can you jump across the border and be wiped from existence, violating ideas about conservation of energy?
Maybe the universe is expanding at the speed of light though... and we're prevented from knowing what happens at this border because we can't travel faster than the speed of light. Sort of a mechanism to keep the universe from being wrong.
That's absolutely false.
I can think of a few examples, but the one I'm most familiar with is vegetarianism and compassion for other forms of life.
I'm an atheist and a vegetarian. I think it's cruel to kill animals for food, especially when it's not even necessary to eat meat and be healthy (heck, it's even healthier to NOT eat meat).
But so many times I would have an argument about this with a christian... and what do they end up resorting to? "The Bible says God put animals here for us to do with as we want."
In this example, people actually use their belief in a higher power to be less moral.
If you want other examples... how about all the times acts of violence, cruelty, and intolerance ever got carried out in the name of God?
Yeah... think about it.
hooray! well said.
ewwwwww... but i laughed.
Who wouldn't know this?
When will the kibibyte, mibibyte, and gibibyte ever catch on i wonder?
...are going to call up EchoStar now that their kids can't sit and watch Nickelodeon all day like zombies?
I would really hate to be an EchoStar cust. serv. rep. right now.
It's still a good deal though... apparently the 4GB drive sells for $500 regularly.
Someone elsewhere here mentioned a price point of $1,130
It seems the 4GB storage isn't flash memory... it's a hard drive that can interface with a compactflash port.
It seemed unreasonable to think they could possibly sell 4GB of flash memory at that price.
Since it's just a hard drive with a CF interface, it will be much slower than actual flash memory.
I had the same reaction.
In Short Circuit 2, he had a REALLY tiny multifunctional remote control on his head... which he used to fly a toy airplane into the bad guy's butt.
Where in the USA is "cool" not said by just about everyone? It's been around since the early 1900's at least, I'm sure it stopped being slang a long time ago I think. It's an official word.
At the very least, I'm only 22 and I say it and I hear people around me saying it casually.
sickENingly
I'd say this describes the entire call center industry.
I've worked for two credit card companies... I can't imagine any call center not having just as many bad phone reps as good ones. The turnover rate is so high too.
"The USS Make Shit Up"
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I was stranded on a planet, Just me and Spock
We met a nasty nazi alien who locked our asses up
We found a hunk of crystal and a metal piece of bed
We made a laser phaser gun and shot him in the head
Bust a move, Tog
I was standing on the bridge when Sulu came to me
His eyes were full of tears he said "Captain, can't you see
the ship is gonna blow do something I beseech"
I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum and stopped the warp core breach
And I say,
Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish
Thats the way we do things, lad, we're making shit up as we wish
The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
And though he's just a child, and some think him a twit
Wesley is the master when it comes to making up some shit
He's the guy you want with you when you go out in to space
Now if only he could beam those pimples off his face
And if you're at a party on the starship Enterprise
And the karaoke player just plain old up and dies
Set up a neutrino field inside a can of peas
Hold on to Geordi's visor and sing into Data's knee
And I say
Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish
Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish
The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
Sisko's on a mission to go no bloody place
He loiters on a space station above Bajoran space
The wormhole's opened up and now they come from near and far
We'll keep the booze but please send back the fucking Jem-hadar
What is with the Klingons, remember in the day
They looked like Puerto Ricans and they dressed in gold lame
Now they look like heavy metal rockers from the dead
With leather pants and frizzy hair and lobsters on their heads
And I say
Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish
Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish
The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some shit up
Well, I was stuck on Voyager, pounding on the door
When suddently it dawned on me I've seen this show before
Perhaps I'm in a warp bubble and slightly out of phase
'Cause it was way back in the sixties when they called it "Lost in Space"
We were looking for a way to make the ratings soar
So we orchestrated an encounter with the Borg
Normally you'd think that that would get us into shit
But this one has a smashing ass and a lovely set of tits
And I say
Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish
Thats the way we do things lad, we're making shit up as we wish
The Klingons and the Romulans pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we're totally screwed but nevermind
We'll pull something out of our behinds, we just make some shit up
I used to work for NextCard Visa and one time I got a call from someone disputing a charge on their bill.
It was a pretty cryptic iBillCS.com charge or something, so I asked what it was. He said it was an e-mail for penis enlargement he got. So I asked if they billed him without his permission or got his account information somehow, but he said nope... he ordered the penis enlargement but it just didn't work.
So I sent him his dispute form.
But I put the guy immediately on hold and called everyone on my team over to look at my screen and see what this guy was disputing. Everyone had a good laugh.
So I guess some people are shameless and admit to it, anyway.