If you drive, you use tires. Whether your vehicle runs on gasoline, french fry oil, chicken feathers, or moonbeams, the more you drive, the sooner you have to buy new tires. The heavier your vehicle, the more wear and tear you put on the roads, and higher weight-rated tires can be taxed at a higher rate.
As an added benefit driving of the type considered "unsafe" or "unwise" usually chews up tires faster, so these people will either contribute more or adjust their driving accordingly, so society benefits either way.
The user believed he had increased performance, because his switch said "GigE" on it
Does his Cat 6 say "Monster Cable"?
Re:In defense of 24 (but not torture)
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They tortured the son of the Sec Def, but didn't get the info they were looking for. They either tortured, or were about to (I disremember) the Sec Def's daughter, but since she didn't have the info they wanted, that wouldn't have done any good either. They tortured the CTU-running woman of Arabic or Persian descent, but since she didn't have the info they wanted, that didn't do any good either.
In other words, the vibe I get from the show is that torture doesn't work out nearly as often as its cheerleaders would like to think. I guess Chertoff, et al, are too busy getting a hard on at the thought of being able to get away with shredding The Constitution to notice. Just because the right-wing lunatics think the show supports their way of thinking doesn't necessarily mean that it actually does.
That, and the Republican Party is not just the party of Stupid. It's also the party of Evil, and smart gets along very well with Evil.
Have to disagree. As someone else here on Slashdot (wish I'd made a note of who) opined a year or two ago, "The Republicans are the party of Evil, and the Democrats are the party of Stupid".
What I was talking about was people with printing presses printing and selling unauthorized copies of sheet music back in the 1800s, about the same time that the same kind of people were printing unauthorized copies of Charles Dickens books. If it was in demand, and you didn't have to pay any royalties to the author or composer, you could make some serious coin, and the buyer usually had no idea that they weren't getting an "official" copy.
That's a lovely idea, except that doing it that way doesn't get you a network built the way you want it, it gets you something the telco built with which you may or may not be happy.
Once upon a time some scanners came with the sliding part inside locked down with an externally accessable screw and a sticker warning you to remove the screw before use. Apparently the original customer removed the screw but then returned the scanner for whatever reason without replacing the screw, or else the merchant removed the screw in order to test the unit and forgot to put it back, so somewhere during its travels that slidey part whiplashed back and forth enough to break something.
So, yeah, since the scanner didn't get screwed, you did.
The Democrats used to be the lesser of two evils, but they're just not in the same class of evil as the Republicans anymore.
As someone smarter, or at least wittier, than I said here on Slashdot a couple or three years ago, "The Republicans are the party of evil, and the Democrats are the party of stupid."
I'm still willing to consider them the lesser of two weasels, however.
My joke wouldn't have worked without both your setup and the recent cow story. Since you didn't meention cows specifically, your post could be interpreted to mean that you were serious about the effects of sitting in the same position relative to the earth's magnetic field for 25 years.
In order to counteract the effect of that nutty bar on your self-esteem, I have just "friended" you.:-)
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If you drive, you use tires. Whether your vehicle runs on gasoline, french fry oil, chicken feathers, or moonbeams, the more you drive, the sooner you have to buy new tires. The heavier your vehicle, the more wear and tear you put on the roads, and higher weight-rated tires can be taxed at a higher rate.
As an added benefit driving of the type considered "unsafe" or "unwise" usually chews up tires faster, so these people will either contribute more or adjust their driving accordingly, so society benefits either way.
The user believed he had increased performance, because his switch said "GigE" on it
Does his Cat 6 say "Monster Cable"?
They tortured the son of the Sec Def, but didn't get the info they were looking for. They either tortured, or were about to (I disremember) the Sec Def's daughter, but since she didn't have the info they wanted, that wouldn't have done any good either. They tortured the CTU-running woman of Arabic or Persian descent, but since she didn't have the info they wanted, that didn't do any good either.
In other words, the vibe I get from the show is that torture doesn't work out nearly as often as its cheerleaders would like to think. I guess Chertoff, et al, are too busy getting a hard on at the thought of being able to get away with shredding The Constitution to notice. Just because the right-wing lunatics think the show supports their way of thinking doesn't necessarily mean that it actually does.
Re:The Gates/Seinfeld thing. . . (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 15, @02:54PM (#26123399)
I think you are both confused and the word he should have used is "consciousness".
What he said.
Firefox + Noscript + Adblock = Less ads.
If you have them blocked, how can you know if there are any there or not?
Either way, since ads are discrete, countable units, it's fewer ads, not less.
Which leads to less annoyance caused by ads.
From the article...
It's quite possible Blizzard has a much larger, slow-moving point to make about torture.
So, I would argue, might the TV show 24. Look how often the torture on that show doesn't work out as planned.
That, and the Republican Party is not just the party of Stupid. It's also the party of Evil, and smart gets along very well with Evil.
Have to disagree. As someone else here on Slashdot (wish I'd made a note of who) opined a year or two ago, "The Republicans are the party of Evil, and the Democrats are the party of Stupid".
If every single household in a neighborhood turned on all their water faucets at the same time, there would not be enough water for them all.
Just to be a pedantic a**hat, there wouldn't be enough water *pressure* for them all.
Otherwise it was a pretty good analogy, even without any cars. :-)
...the traditional open source business model...
It's been around long enough to be "traditional"?
Hmm. Successful troll is successful.
Well, either that or it was intended as satire but not everyone saw it that way.
I wonder if Swift had to deal with people who actually thought that he was seriously recommending cannibalism.
To which version of the movie do you refer?
But would like him to explain how "cut tax loopholes for companies that export jobs" will keep a single job in this country.
We may not be able to effectively disincentivize the export of jobs , but that doesn't mean that we have to reward them for it.
What I was talking about was people with printing presses printing and selling unauthorized copies of sheet music back in the 1800s, about the same time that the same kind of people were printing unauthorized copies of Charles Dickens books. If it was in demand, and you didn't have to pay any royalties to the author or composer, you could make some serious coin, and the buyer usually had no idea that they weren't getting an "official" copy.
So your great-great granddad never told you about making money on the side selling bootleg sheet music in a back alley, huh? :-)
I keep seeing "IANAL" in comments on the RIAA and wonder to myself, what does the RIAA have to do with sodomy?
You mean besides what the record companies do to the artists and consumers? :-)
That's a lovely idea, except that doing it that way doesn't get you a network built the way you want it, it gets you something the telco built with which you may or may not be happy.
I've been in the bathroom when people walked in accidentally before. I survived the experience.
Yes, but did they?
Not everyone is as prudish as, to pick an easy example, North Americans.
Well, the more recently arrived ones anyway. :-)
Perhaps the girlfriend was real but her number was imaginary. :-)
Once upon a time some scanners came with the sliding part inside locked down with an externally accessable screw and a sticker warning you to remove the screw before use. Apparently the original customer removed the screw but then returned the scanner for whatever reason without replacing the screw, or else the merchant removed the screw in order to test the unit and forgot to put it back, so somewhere during its travels that slidey part whiplashed back and forth enough to break something.
So, yeah, since the scanner didn't get screwed, you did.
The first rule of club rules is ... ah, never mind.
The Democrats used to be the lesser of two evils, but they're just not in the same class of evil as the Republicans anymore.
As someone smarter, or at least wittier, than I said here on Slashdot a couple or three years ago, "The Republicans are the party of evil, and the Democrats are the party of stupid."
I'm still willing to consider them the lesser of two weasels, however.
Unfortunately I can't undo my comments by giving you one of my mod points. :-)
My joke wouldn't have worked without both your setup and the recent cow story. Since you didn't meention cows specifically, your post could be interpreted to mean that you were serious about the effects of sitting in the same position relative to the earth's magnetic field for 25 years.
In order to counteract the effect of that nutty bar on your self-esteem, I have just "friended" you. :-)
And, based on your post, I'd share a tram car with a gaggle of their stewardesses (stewardii?) anytime. :-)