Your ramble illustrates the very predicament we are in - you keep second-guessing the criminal in your story. You are treating responsibility as a multi-hued spectrum. I don't think it has that many colors; unless you are certifiable (and I mean rubber-room, not members of Prozac Nation), you should be held responsible for your actions. No excuses! Back in college, I got a DUI, spent the night in jail and had my license suspended. "Oh, your honor, but I was emotionally distraught over breaking up with my boyfriend! My parents took me out of therapy too early! Everyone in my family is an abusive booze-hound! I should be on anti-depressants to keep me from drinking!" Bullshit. I messed up, I paid for it. I am sick of everyone's excuses for acting like dorks being the catalysts for some new research or drug or media blitz.
I got this one song in.ra format and can't seem to get ANY program to let me convert to.mp3 - except, of course, Real Jukebox, which I would HATE to install just to rip one damn song. Anyone have an alternative???
Hmmm, this is an interesting point. I find this particular aspect of our language, as compared with German, to be fascinating. In English, we only capitalize names, whereas in German they capitalize all nouns. In your example, you are splitting the rule, and whether "Internet" should or shouldn't be capitalized, I'm afraid you are wrong to suggest it could be either, depending on context. Pick one or the other, but please be consistent.:-)
Since I am currently a Progressive customer (until later this month - I switched to Geico!) I used their website's feedback form to address this issue and here is the response I got: --------- Ms. ********, thank you for your e-mail.
Thank you for contacting Progressive about our new TripSense auto discount program. We would like to address your concerns about TripSense by providing some additional information about how the program works.
We recognize some customers may not wish to share data with their insurance company and that's OK, that's why we offer consumers a choice of TripSense or our "traditional" auto insurance product. Progressive's TripSense program is completely voluntary and offers a way to earn discounts that have never been available before; our customers can decide whether they want to sign up for the program and if they wish to share their driving data.
Progressive will use vehicle usage data only to provide discounts. Vehicle usage data will not cause a customer to pay a higher rate or their policy to be canceled.
The TripSense discount is based on how much, how fast and when the vehicle is driven. The TripSense discount is heavily weighted on mileage and time of day. In fact, the speed component makes up only 5 percent of the possible 25 percent discount.
You can find more information about our TripSense program online at tripsense.progressive.com.
It is our goal to provide you with prompt, courteous and accurate service. TripSense demonstrates Progressive's commitment to using technology in innovative ways to reduce the cost of car insurance, especially the rates customers pay.
If we may be of further assistance, please respond to this e-mail.
Sincerely,
Dawn Sawyer Progressive Internet Service Specialist webmaster@progressive.com
While I agree with your basic premise (middle men going bye-bye) I will play devil's advocate and say that the reason we have middle men is marketing. If a consumer doesn't KNOW my book is out there, how will they find it? How will they know to look for other authors/artists/etc.? How will they be able to discern if the ebook they're thinking of downloading is wonderful prose or 5th-grade drivel? Look to the current content of the web, and how difficult it is for your mom to decide if the medical advice she got from imarealdoctorhonest.com is going to cure her or kill her. Middle men serve SOME purpose, yes?
Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I think a sexually explicit game is far more stress-relieving than a shoot-em-up.;-)
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Well, damn, if we HAD a label, we'd fire 'em!
(Kidding! Any indie lounge labels have an open door policy at our house. We're having spinach and mushroom quesadillas tonight, stop on by, we'll play you the latest song... live, even!)
I was thinking almost the same thing. So now I'll have to worry about brushing up against people so that A) I won't catch the flu and B) I won't acidentally download trojans and pr0nware from their implants.
On those days when only fast food is available, I always order the kid's meal. Smaller portions=less fat. And sometimes I get a toy I even LIKE! What's sad is, while the kid's meal is a perfect size for an adult, there's no lesser size to serve a child. The kid's meal at taco bell is two regular tacos and a side of nachos and cheese. I watched a friend's 4 year old granddaughter try to eat it all and she gave up. I'm glad her Nana wasn't a member of the Clean Plate Club.
Don't feel pity for them, honey. Anyone not living under a rock knows by now that fast food is really bad for you. And anyone who would collect fat points on a punch card just to download fscking Britney deserves clogged arteries.
I interviewed an "adult film" producer once, and you are right - there are no scriptwriters in porno. At all. Ever. The dude who scrapes together the money to make the movie is the producer, director, writer, etc. You cull your cast from the local tanning salon, borrow your aunt's bungalow for a couple days and there you go - movie. Overhead is all in the film (unless you're shooting on that fancy camcorder).
This was NOT the kind of guy who would trade being able to bang his leading ladies for a fake chick on the screen of his laptop.
I do love card games, got an old poker chip dispenser prominently displayed in my living room...
My freshman year of college, they had Casino Night after orientation, and whoever won the most "money" would get a prize at the end of the night. I played Blackjack and won $35,000 (which would have covered all my books, tuition, gas, etc.) and my prize was...drum roll... a university t-shirt. Woo freaking hoo.
And if you were at all familiar with the Mentors' music, you would have more right to be offended than if they were klansmen. But that's beside the point.:-)
Right on. Spankings worked for me, I am THANKFUL that I was taught respect. You can't reason with a 3 year old. They have limited capabilities for understanding that "time out" is actually supposed to be a BAD thing.
Sheesh. There is SUCH a big line between discipline and abuse, I am so sick of this debate...
I know this is hard for you, but trends here move faster than they did in the good ol' days... the current phrase of choice is "insensitive clod" though I must admit I was absent that day.
In other words, All your phrase are belong to us.:-)
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Illegal to buy cold beer? WHERE? I want to make sure I never visit!
(It's bad enough that here in VA you have to get your beer at the grocery store and liquor at the ABC store and never the twain shall meet...)
That's a lot of other hands.
Your ramble illustrates the very predicament we are in - you keep second-guessing the criminal in your story. You are treating responsibility as a multi-hued spectrum. I don't think it has that many colors; unless you are certifiable (and I mean rubber-room, not members of Prozac Nation), you should be held responsible for your actions. No excuses! Back in college, I got a DUI, spent the night in jail and had my license suspended. "Oh, your honor, but I was emotionally distraught over breaking up with my boyfriend! My parents took me out of therapy too early! Everyone in my family is an abusive booze-hound! I should be on anti-depressants to keep me from drinking!" Bullshit. I messed up, I paid for it. I am sick of everyone's excuses for acting like dorks being the catalysts for some new research or drug or media blitz.
Back on the pile, men!
I got this one song in .ra format and can't seem to get ANY program to let me convert to .mp3 - except, of course, Real Jukebox, which I would HATE to install just to rip one damn song. Anyone have an alternative???
To one-up you, he also ended with a preposition; let's fix that.
"Are you aware to whom you are posting?"
Does this mean that I can finally design a website using flourescent orange? What's the hex value of that? ;-)
Hmmm, this is an interesting point. I find this particular aspect of our language, as compared with German, to be fascinating. In English, we only capitalize names, whereas in German they capitalize all nouns. In your example, you are splitting the rule, and whether "Internet" should or shouldn't be capitalized, I'm afraid you are wrong to suggest it could be either, depending on context. Pick one or the other, but please be consistent. :-)
IWAEM (I was an English Major.)
Since I am currently a Progressive customer (until later this month - I switched to Geico!) I used their website's feedback form to address this issue and here is the response I got:
---------
Ms. ********, thank you for your e-mail.
Thank you for contacting Progressive about our new TripSense auto discount
program. We would like to address your concerns about TripSense by providing
some additional information about how the program works.
We recognize some customers may not wish to share data with their insurance
company and that's OK, that's why we offer consumers a choice of TripSense or
our "traditional" auto insurance product. Progressive's TripSense program is
completely voluntary and offers a way to earn discounts that have never been
available before; our customers can decide whether they want to sign up for the
program and if they wish to share their driving data.
Progressive will use vehicle usage data only to provide discounts. Vehicle
usage data will not cause a customer to pay a higher rate or their policy to be
canceled.
The TripSense discount is based on how much, how fast and when the vehicle is
driven. The TripSense discount is heavily weighted on mileage and time of day.
In fact, the speed component makes up only 5 percent of the possible 25 percent
discount.
You can find more information about our TripSense program online at
tripsense.progressive.com.
It is our goal to provide you with prompt, courteous and accurate service.
TripSense demonstrates Progressive's commitment to using technology in
innovative ways to reduce the cost of car insurance, especially the rates
customers pay.
If we may be of further assistance, please respond to this e-mail.
Sincerely,
Dawn Sawyer
Progressive Internet Service Specialist
webmaster@progressive.com
Bah! HempCar did it first.
While I agree with your basic premise (middle men going bye-bye) I will play devil's advocate and say that the reason we have middle men is marketing. If a consumer doesn't KNOW my book is out there, how will they find it? How will they know to look for other authors/artists/etc.? How will they be able to discern if the ebook they're thinking of downloading is wonderful prose or 5th-grade drivel? Look to the current content of the web, and how difficult it is for your mom to decide if the medical advice she got from imarealdoctorhonest.com is going to cure her or kill her. Middle men serve SOME purpose, yes?
I agree completely. So much so that I published a rant on the subject - Aug. 8 is National KidsDay
Hey now, I take offense to that! On behalf of sexually-forward females everywhere, I request you take back that remark.
;-P
I don't beat around the bush - unless it's my own.
Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I think a sexually explicit game is far more stress-relieving than a shoot-em-up. ;-)
Well, damn, if we HAD a label, we'd fire 'em!
(Kidding! Any indie lounge labels have an open door policy at our house. We're having spinach and mushroom quesadillas tonight, stop on by, we'll play you the latest song... live, even!)
I was thinking almost the same thing. So now I'll have to worry about brushing up against people so that A) I won't catch the flu and B) I won't acidentally download trojans and pr0nware from their implants.
No thanks, I'll stick with the laptop.
Every day I run Ad Aware, it finds a few dozen things, then I run Spybot, and it finds more junk Ad Aware leaves behind.
:-)
Still trying to get everything off PERMANENTLY, so thanks to all for the many suggestions posted.
Tim, Tim, Benzedrine! Hash! Boo! Valvoline!
;-)
No, no, you'll get in trouble with the oil company that way! It's ValvolEne, as in, Queen Valvolene.
On those days when only fast food is available, I always order the kid's meal. Smaller portions=less fat. And sometimes I get a toy I even LIKE! What's sad is, while the kid's meal is a perfect size for an adult, there's no lesser size to serve a child. The kid's meal at taco bell is two regular tacos and a side of nachos and cheese. I watched a friend's 4 year old granddaughter try to eat it all and she gave up. I'm glad her Nana wasn't a member of the Clean Plate Club.
Don't feel pity for them, honey. Anyone not living under a rock knows by now that fast food is really bad for you. And anyone who would collect fat points on a punch card just to download fscking Britney deserves clogged arteries.
I interviewed an "adult film" producer once, and you are right - there are no scriptwriters in porno. At all. Ever. The dude who scrapes together the money to make the movie is the producer, director, writer, etc. You cull your cast from the local tanning salon, borrow your aunt's bungalow for a couple days and there you go - movie. Overhead is all in the film (unless you're shooting on that fancy camcorder).
This was NOT the kind of guy who would trade being able to bang his leading ladies for a fake chick on the screen of his laptop.
Sorry for the tangent, carry on!
I do love card games, got an old poker chip dispenser prominently displayed in my living room...
...drum roll... a university t-shirt. Woo freaking hoo.
My freshman year of college, they had Casino Night after orientation, and whoever won the most "money" would get a prize at the end of the night. I played Blackjack and won $35,000 (which would have covered all my books, tuition, gas, etc.) and my prize was
I shoulda gone to Vegas.
And if you were at all familiar with the Mentors' music, you would have more right to be offended than if they were klansmen. But that's beside the point. :-)
I can't resist posting my Best Buy experience: http://holophrastic.com/javascopes/bestbuy.html
Right on. Spankings worked for me, I am THANKFUL that I was taught respect. You can't reason with a 3 year old. They have limited capabilities for understanding that "time out" is actually supposed to be a BAD thing.
Sheesh. There is SUCH a big line between discipline and abuse, I am so sick of this debate...
I know this is hard for you, but trends here move faster than they did in the good ol' days... the current phrase of choice is "insensitive clod" though I must admit I was absent that day.
:-)
In other words, All your phrase are belong to us.