This is Mr Lambert of Lewton. He cannot be seen. Mr Lambert, will you remove your invisibility cloak please? (gunshot and scream) This demonstrates the value of not being seen.
There's a big difference between the unionized German workforce and the unionized American workforce: The German workforce doesn't need to include health insurance in their benefits package.
And that's why the Big Three and a lot of other big businesses are in favor of a government-run health care system. Plus health insurance premiums screw up a lot of other aspects of the American economy, notably that it's cheaper to have everyone working overtime than to hire more workers.
Except that the Templars ran into trouble with the French, not the Spanish. Their real problem was that King Philip IV owed them a huge pile of cash that he didn't have.
Of course, that would have made Jacques de Molay even more surprised and fearful if the Spanish Inquisition showed up on his doorstep.
Another interesting bit of librarian resistance to this sort of thing: A public library in Vermont put up a sign reading "The FBI has not been here. Watch for the discrete removal of this sign."
See, the Patriot Act states that the librarian can't inform people than a "national security letter" has been used, but it doesn't say anything about informing people that an NSL hasn't been used.
Your first mistake is lumping all people who wear blue uniforms and carry a badge "the police". There are big differences between your local traffic cops and the police forces in L.A. and N.Y. Among other things, I highly doubt your local police have shot unarmed people from over 50 yards away, or beaten up protesters.
Your second mistake is thinking that the cops treat you and everyone else the same. You're probably white and relatively well off, and were pulled over wearing a nice button-down shirt and slacks. That makes cops think you're generally a law-abiding citizen, even if they're pulling you over because you broke the law. When less privileged people are pulled over, they're far more likely to be ordered from their car, patted down for weapons, have their trunk searched for drugs, etc.
You left off 3) in the heavily regulated telecom industry, the federal government at best doesn't care, and at worst is supportive of this sort of thing.
Your first point is really the key one for most folks. There is no meaningful competition in telecoms.
So he's going to change all your passwords *and* run off with your wife?
... after killing your dog with a pickup truck, crashing the truck into your home and burns it to the ground. Then your boss fires you for coming in without a tie.
Oh, sorry, I thought we were discussing country music.
He assumes that it costs $0 to put up an ad. That makes his entire argument (that ads aren't there because Google forces up the price beyond $0.01) bogus.
But considering what advertising in other media costs, with less targeting or chance of success, and you'll have some idea as to how much of a bargain online ads really are.
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what has the government ever done for us?
The value of code reviews isn't enforcing standards, although that's darn valuable.
The real value of code reviews is that it forces the developer to defend the zillions of decisions they made when creating the code. The developer who knows he'll have to defend his work is going to spend more time thinking about design and writing clear code.
Plus I've seen developers (myself included) pick up lots of good ideas by taking the time to review someone else's code.
No, the difference between the USA and "any other third world country" is that other third world countries have significant left-wing political parties. And when I say "left-wing", I don't mean some business about raising capital gains taxes, I mean calling for measures that flat-out steal from the rich to give to the poor (to be clear, I'm not judging whether that's good or bad).
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Isn't it odd that the Russians are making a power grab exactly when everyone else in the world is conveniently distracted by a sporting event?
Well, I'm not sure he exists, but I enjoy being nice to what appears to be a cat, who I call "The Lord".
Don't forget the film demonstration:
This is Mr Lambert of Lewton. He cannot be seen. Mr Lambert, will you remove your invisibility cloak please? (gunshot and scream)
This demonstrates the value of not being seen.
There's a big difference between the unionized German workforce and the unionized American workforce: The German workforce doesn't need to include health insurance in their benefits package.
And that's why the Big Three and a lot of other big businesses are in favor of a government-run health care system. Plus health insurance premiums screw up a lot of other aspects of the American economy, notably that it's cheaper to have everyone working overtime than to hire more workers.
Shouldn't that be "boot to the head"?
My second paragraph should make it clear that I understood the reference precisely.
Oh yeah? Well, I can say "icky icky ptang ptang zoom boing!"
Now, let me see you top it.
Except that the Templars ran into trouble with the French, not the Spanish. Their real problem was that King Philip IV owed them a huge pile of cash that he didn't have.
Of course, that would have made Jacques de Molay even more surprised and fearful if the Spanish Inquisition showed up on his doorstep.
Another interesting bit of librarian resistance to this sort of thing: A public library in Vermont put up a sign reading "The FBI has not been here. Watch for the discrete removal of this sign."
See, the Patriot Act states that the librarian can't inform people than a "national security letter" has been used, but it doesn't say anything about informing people that an NSL hasn't been used.
You left out the part where Dick shot it in the face.
Your first mistake is lumping all people who wear blue uniforms and carry a badge "the police". There are big differences between your local traffic cops and the police forces in L.A. and N.Y. Among other things, I highly doubt your local police have shot unarmed people from over 50 yards away, or beaten up protesters.
Your second mistake is thinking that the cops treat you and everyone else the same. You're probably white and relatively well off, and were pulled over wearing a nice button-down shirt and slacks. That makes cops think you're generally a law-abiding citizen, even if they're pulling you over because you broke the law. When less privileged people are pulled over, they're far more likely to be ordered from their car, patted down for weapons, have their trunk searched for drugs, etc.
You left off 3) in the heavily regulated telecom industry, the federal government at best doesn't care, and at worst is supportive of this sort of thing.
Your first point is really the key one for most folks. There is no meaningful competition in telecoms.
Actually, they had a much more appropriate response yesterday.
The first hit of Linux is free, of course.
Spears are way too heavy. Much better are to use all those nice elven daggers you can get off of hobbits in the Gnomish Mines.
Or walk (if you live even closer). Or take a Sunday afternoon and take a longer walk in a public area.
Low-intensity exercise is always a good choice of activities, and is sure a lot healthier than, say, posting on /.
That pattern can be explained in a single word: gerrymandering.
Yes, he did: 5 votes to 4.
So he's going to change all your passwords *and* run off with your wife?
... after killing your dog with a pickup truck, crashing the truck into your home and burns it to the ground. Then your boss fires you for coming in without a tie.
Oh, sorry, I thought we were discussing country music.
Damn spam on the lam, thanks to Pam from Vietnam.
I hate the team already.
- some guy from Ohio
I didn't know Chanel made a SciFi scent as well. I can see the ads: Chanel No 4029185 - pick up starship captains in no time.
He assumes that it costs $0 to put up an ad. That makes his entire argument (that ads aren't there because Google forces up the price beyond $0.01) bogus.
But considering what advertising in other media costs, with less targeting or chance of success, and you'll have some idea as to how much of a bargain online ads really are.
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what has the government ever done for us?
The value of code reviews isn't enforcing standards, although that's darn valuable.
The real value of code reviews is that it forces the developer to defend the zillions of decisions they made when creating the code. The developer who knows he'll have to defend his work is going to spend more time thinking about design and writing clear code.
Plus I've seen developers (myself included) pick up lots of good ideas by taking the time to review someone else's code.
No, the difference between the USA and "any other third world country" is that other third world countries have significant left-wing political parties. And when I say "left-wing", I don't mean some business about raising capital gains taxes, I mean calling for measures that flat-out steal from the rich to give to the poor (to be clear, I'm not judging whether that's good or bad).