It often seems to be the case that the most vociferous anti-gay politicians, preachers, etc., turn out to be closeted gay themselves. They use anti-gay rhetoric as cover, to makes themselves appear more "straight." So, can you think of anyone who appears to be over-compensating in the "I am a straight male" department? Just asking...
If Americans were required to carry a dash camera for insurance claims....
I drive 2500 miles per week on American roads. While I see a lot of stupidity, we have nothing to compare with what I've seen from Russian dash cams. The situation in Russia is different because, in part, they haven't been driving very long, and yes, the huge alcohol problem. And, this is just a guess, but by the attitudes of people, I'm guessing there's a much smaller police presence on Russian roads than in the US. No one seems remotely concerned that the cops might roll up any second. Americans, particularly nowadays, have internalized much of "safe driving" propaganda they've been taught their whole lives. I don't think Russians get a lot of this, but if they do, they haven't had the time to become socialized to a "safe driver" culture.
I'm still on the PS3, and there is no extra charge to get on the network. My roommate got a PS4, and I am considering it, but when I think of having to now pay to connect to that laggy service, it gives me pause. Of course, I'm rarely sure whether to blame R* or PSN, but either way, it's a lot of money to just play GTA, which is the only online game I play on a console. I have no interest in their "Plus" offerings, or in their Store. As far as I'm concerned, I shouldn't have to go through them at all to connect to R*, or Netflix, or anyone else's servers.
...it would of simply been a curiosity and plaything, with no real use, so would of been quickly forgotten.
Nothing that can be turned to the purpose of killing people has ever been forgotten. A flying apparatus would be big news at any point in history. Obviously, without an engine of some sort, the best you could achieve would be a glider of some sort.
Maybe it depends on the state but we stopped reciting the pledge in Illinois sometime around Middle School (around '95 or a so.) Dunno how it is today.
Grade school kids are still forced to do it. Which never ceases to blow my mind. They didn't have middle school when I was a kid, (late sixties, early seventies), so I was subjected to this McCarthyite indoctrination through the eighth grade. I don't know if middle schoolers are made to do this in other states.
So does the US. On that note, I am glad it's not only the US that has this problem of people trying to inject mythology into history and science. I get tired of being the World's laughing stock.
Sure, just as long as your Time Machine backup isn't connected to your machine. Which it always is. How is File Vault gonna help? They're not interested in reading your files. I'm sure they'd be just as happy to encrypt and hold your encrypted files for ransom.
I tell you this as a fellow Mac OS user - Mac OS is not inherently much more secure than any other OS. Mac OS has been spared because it has always been viewed as an elite, (or elitist), high-end product, ("but aren't Macs more expensive?"), and thus kept to a smaller market share. It's a smaller target. And it will continue to be spared if y'all will just shut up about it.
Come to think of it, maybe it's really the obnoxious fanboys who keep people using Windows?
Right, philosophy is science by pure reason. It's just been superseded by evidence-based science over the last couple of hundred years.
That old chestnut, "science can't prove x, so must be god" doesn't even deserve a retort. Really, I don't know why my fellow atheists bother. You just lend the fools credibility by responding.
You know, I don't care if "the kids" got into it because they thought it was all retro 'n' shit. I just hope that, after they get over that, they realize how much better records are - for everyone concerned - and stick with it. But, even in the darkest days, the independent and the boutique labels put it out, and I was able to find most of the records I wanted. I decided to go back to vinyl only around '95 when about 30% of my music was on CD. You just can't beat 2" tape and vinyl.
Can't RT first FA, but God has always been our fallback explanation of natural phenomena. As we learn more and more about how the world works, the less we need the actions of the gods to explain things. Because the theists want to continue to use the gods to explain natural phenomena by supernatural agency, they find themselves with less and less ground to stand on. This is just a search for a final toehold, something "science" can't explain, and it seems like a good spot because, at this point, we know nothing about the origin of life.
I always advise those who want to cling to the notion of a God to place him at the Big Bang. I think they'll be safe there for a long time.
I don't know what the situation is in India, but some US ISPs already limit VPN traffic. Do Indians have broadband choices, or are they subject to monopolies, as in the US?
They're not gathering information. Perhaps the targets will make more sense once you understand that the perpetrators are tweeny- and teeny-boppers. Squeakers, and griefers, desperate for attention and approval from their peers. Their message is: "See what we can do? LOL! Please think we are cool."
It's an interesting question though, how the population would react.
They'd probably react in the way most invaded people do. Really, one would've thought this kind of nonsense would've been put to bed after our most recent "wars of liberation." How quickly they forget!
but the pay is likely lower then US min wage and how many hours a week are you putting in?
Perhaps it's like bartending, where you rely upon tips to make up for low pay? Tips from foreign bank accounts, say. Gotta have some kind of incentive...
They were talking about a train car loaded with heavy canned goods. Wasn't the stuff you were loading pretty light? That's usually the reason something is not palletized - stacking pallets would crush the product. A railcar can be three to four times the capacity of a container, so I can easily see it going on for three shifts. I know I've sat up to ten hours waiting for my 53' trailer to be unloaded by hand. That was a record, for sure, but it never took less than four hours.
“With a 40-foot container, it could take two lumpers four to eight hours to unload it, whereas on pallets, we could unload it in 30 minutes.”
I've been on the other end of it - a truck driver - and that's about right. Seeing an unpalletized load would make my heart sink. I've sat anywhere from four to ten hours, waiting for unpalletized loads to come off. I have no problem believing it took days to unload a railcar by hand. I believe a railcar is approximately equal to four truckloads, so that could easily work out to three shifts.
Right, and don't forget, everything in the shipping container is on pallets. At least, you hope it is. Unloading a container, or a trailer, goes by pretty fast if everything is palletized. Takes hours when stuff is not.
But most of my "uniqueness" seems to be about the fact that I'm a Mac user, using Safari. They also extracted a lot of fonts. What I wonder is, how useful is this information if I'm blocking ads and trackers, tossing cookies regularly, and using a VPN? To whom would it be useful?
Ugh... I get your point, but you couldn't pay me to look at advertising. And of course they're not going to pay us - they're trying to extract money from us. I'd rather give my money to deserving sites, and the AdBlock (and Ghostery) people.
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Since you brought it up...
It often seems to be the case that the most vociferous anti-gay politicians, preachers, etc., turn out to be closeted gay themselves. They use anti-gay rhetoric as cover, to makes themselves appear more "straight." So, can you think of anyone who appears to be over-compensating in the "I am a straight male" department? Just asking...
Russians have long and well-deserved reputation for xenophobia.
If Americans were required to carry a dash camera for insurance claims....
I drive 2500 miles per week on American roads. While I see a lot of stupidity, we have nothing to compare with what I've seen from Russian dash cams. The situation in Russia is different because, in part, they haven't been driving very long, and yes, the huge alcohol problem. And, this is just a guess, but by the attitudes of people, I'm guessing there's a much smaller police presence on Russian roads than in the US. No one seems remotely concerned that the cops might roll up any second.
Americans, particularly nowadays, have internalized much of "safe driving" propaganda they've been taught their whole lives. I don't think Russians get a lot of this, but if they do, they haven't had the time to become socialized to a "safe driver" culture.
I'm still on the PS3, and there is no extra charge to get on the network. My roommate got a PS4, and I am considering it, but when I think of having to now pay to connect to that laggy service, it gives me pause. Of course, I'm rarely sure whether to blame R* or PSN, but either way, it's a lot of money to just play GTA, which is the only online game I play on a console. I have no interest in their "Plus" offerings, or in their Store. As far as I'm concerned, I shouldn't have to go through them at all to connect to R*, or Netflix, or anyone else's servers.
...it would of simply been a curiosity and plaything, with no real use, so would of been quickly forgotten.
Nothing that can be turned to the purpose of killing people has ever been forgotten. A flying apparatus would be big news at any point in history. Obviously, without an engine of some sort, the best you could achieve would be a glider of some sort.
Maybe it depends on the state but we stopped reciting the pledge in Illinois sometime around Middle School (around '95 or a so.) Dunno how it is today.
Grade school kids are still forced to do it. Which never ceases to blow my mind. They didn't have middle school when I was a kid, (late sixties, early seventies), so I was subjected to this McCarthyite indoctrination through the eighth grade. I don't know if middle schoolers are made to do this in other states.
Excuse me, we are laughing at India right now.
...and the best part is they have Nukes!
So does the US. On that note, I am glad it's not only the US that has this problem of people trying to inject mythology into history and science. I get tired of being the World's laughing stock.
Haha, everybody look at stupid India!
Sure, just as long as your Time Machine backup isn't connected to your machine. Which it always is. How is File Vault gonna help? They're not interested in reading your files. I'm sure they'd be just as happy to encrypt and hold your encrypted files for ransom.
I tell you this as a fellow Mac OS user - Mac OS is not inherently much more secure than any other OS. Mac OS has been spared because it has always been viewed as an elite, (or elitist), high-end product, ("but aren't Macs more expensive?"), and thus kept to a smaller market share. It's a smaller target. And it will continue to be spared if y'all will just shut up about it.
Come to think of it, maybe it's really the obnoxious fanboys who keep people using Windows?
Right, philosophy is science by pure reason. It's just been superseded by evidence-based science over the last couple of hundred years.
That old chestnut, "science can't prove x, so must be god" doesn't even deserve a retort. Really, I don't know why my fellow atheists bother. You just lend the fools credibility by responding.
If you really wanna go retro, use wax tubes.
You know, I don't care if "the kids" got into it because they thought it was all retro 'n' shit. I just hope that, after they get over that, they realize how much better records are - for everyone concerned - and stick with it. But, even in the darkest days, the independent and the boutique labels put it out, and I was able to find most of the records I wanted. I decided to go back to vinyl only around '95 when about 30% of my music was on CD. You just can't beat 2" tape and vinyl.
Let me fix that headline:
More Time Spent Working Increases Productivity
Can't RT first FA, but God has always been our fallback explanation of natural phenomena. As we learn more and more about how the world works, the less we need the actions of the gods to explain things. Because the theists want to continue to use the gods to explain natural phenomena by supernatural agency, they find themselves with less and less ground to stand on. This is just a search for a final toehold, something "science" can't explain, and it seems like a good spot because, at this point, we know nothing about the origin of life.
I always advise those who want to cling to the notion of a God to place him at the Big Bang. I think they'll be safe there for a long time.
The Interview Bombs In US, Kills In China, Threatens N. Korea
Yeah, but what do the French think of it?
I don't know what the situation is in India, but some US ISPs already limit VPN traffic. Do Indians have broadband choices, or are they subject to monopolies, as in the US?
They're not gathering information. Perhaps the targets will make more sense once you understand that the perpetrators are tweeny- and teeny-boppers. Squeakers, and griefers, desperate for attention and approval from their peers. Their message is: "See what we can do? LOL! Please think we are cool."
As for you, please get a VPN.
It's an interesting question though, how the population would react.
They'd probably react in the way most invaded people do. Really, one would've thought this kind of nonsense would've been put to bed after our most recent "wars of liberation." How quickly they forget!
but the pay is likely lower then US min wage and how many hours a week are you putting in?
Perhaps it's like bartending, where you rely upon tips to make up for low pay? Tips from foreign bank accounts, say. Gotta have some kind of incentive...
How can the capitalist paradise not?
They were talking about a train car loaded with heavy canned goods. Wasn't the stuff you were loading pretty light? That's usually the reason something is not palletized - stacking pallets would crush the product. A railcar can be three to four times the capacity of a container, so I can easily see it going on for three shifts. I know I've sat up to ten hours waiting for my 53' trailer to be unloaded by hand. That was a record, for sure, but it never took less than four hours.
“With a 40-foot container, it could take two lumpers four to eight hours to unload it, whereas on pallets, we could unload it in 30 minutes.”
I've been on the other end of it - a truck driver - and that's about right. Seeing an unpalletized load would make my heart sink. I've sat anywhere from four to ten hours, waiting for unpalletized loads to come off. I have no problem believing it took days to unload a railcar by hand. I believe a railcar is approximately equal to four truckloads, so that could easily work out to three shifts.
Right, and don't forget, everything in the shipping container is on pallets. At least, you hope it is. Unloading a container, or a trailer, goes by pretty fast if everything is palletized. Takes hours when stuff is not.
"One major drug smuggling gang has been able to continue flooding the UK with Class A narcotics..."
What do they want, Class B narcotics?
But most of my "uniqueness" seems to be about the fact that I'm a Mac user, using Safari. They also extracted a lot of fonts. What I wonder is, how useful is this information if I'm blocking ads and trackers, tossing cookies regularly, and using a VPN? To whom would it be useful?
(I'm not being rhetorical)
Ugh... I get your point, but you couldn't pay me to look at advertising. And of course they're not going to pay us - they're trying to extract money from us. I'd rather give my money to deserving sites, and the AdBlock (and Ghostery) people.