Umm, no. Intervention by parents/school does, in fact, not work. I've tried that route too, what truly ends up happening is the bully decided to step it up a notch because you (or your "mommie") finked him off. The school can't control the kid outside the building. Confrontation becomes the only option.
Yes, beacuse sometimes the only answer IS violence. Do you really think the whole "ignore them and they'll go away" suggestion actually works? Let me tell you from a first hand account that it does not work--the bullies know that your ignoring them is your method of choice (because that's what every airhead says should be done) and they just step up their crap to counter until you have no choice. The best defense is a good offence. If you put "the beat down" on them as soon as they start--bloody their nose--this tends to shock them back into reality. Bullies are two things: stubborn and stupid. Both can be cured by the well placed use of force. If you do it right, you only have to do it once.
Dude, I feel your pain. I really do. I was picked on in school as well--and I'm shorter than you, so there you go. What did I learn? Simple. To get bullies to stop you have to--now pay close attention--KICK THEIR ASS! One kid in school dumped ketchup on me at lunch--he thought that was pretty freaking funny...until I choked him and threw him across the lunchroom. Another kid got bodyslammed by me for being a general dick to anyone smaller than him (and I, naturally, fit the bill.) (Fat kids who bully are easy targets for bodyslamming, they don't tend to be nimble enough to get out of the way of a fast moving short person.) In essence, if somone bullys you, beat the crap out of them at that very moment they start. Don't kill them, just beat them down and let them know that the next time it happens you won't be so lenient. Bullies fear being bullied themselves, and they also understand the concept of "respect."
When I have kids, I'm enrolling them in a martial arts class at the earliest opportunity, and I'm going to tell them straight up--and I'll let the school know too--that my kid *will* defend themself and it won't be pretty. And what do I do if my kid is doing the bullying? Same thing--beat him like a redheaded stepchild. I didn't break the cycle to have it started by us.
I'd wager that in the future bacterially manufactured fuels, be it ethanol, butane, or whatever new thing comes along, will all be made via bacteria on waste--or a catalyst. Hell, we've got bacteria that eats grass and poops ethanol now, and you can "grow" a batch of bacteria anywhere. All we'd need is a plot of space for a big-ass building to house the stuff in and tubes that drain the fuel into external tanks. Once Economies of Scale kicks in, it's worth the massive start-up cost.
We'll have to do something, and bitching about energy efficiencies and densities isn't the answer, doing is.
Each state gets a number of Electoral College votes equal to every other state, regardless of population. I suggest 6.
States are required to cast their Electoral votes in proportion to the actual votes tallied in the election.
Any electoral votes "left over" that can't be rectified through simple math are discarded.
Example: Iowa has 6 Electoral College votes.
If in an election, Candidate "A" gets 67% of the vote, he will receive 4 Electoral votes; Candidate "B" with 20% will get 1 vote (the mathematical actual answer is 1.2, but you lose the.2 -- sorry Iowa), and some dingle Candidate "C" with 12% of the vote gets a whole whopping 0 EV (recall, you lose anything that isn't a whole number); and the far lefty Candidate "D" gets what's appriximately 1% of the vote...garnering him 0 EVs as well.
Result: your vote actually matters unless the state is fragmented like a bad NTFS volume.
For the whole USA, there would be a total 300 EVs in play, and to "win", you'd need to have received more of them than any other candidates.
And before anyone asks, you have to be a State (as in, you have a star on the flag) to get EVs...that means D.C., and any place else in a similar situation, can suck it...either become a state or die off...
Sadly, that's exactly how the government (and those who authored this law) feel. "If you're doing nothing wrong, you don't need the Bill of Rights, right?...so what do you have to hide that you need protection, hmmm?..." I weep for the America of old, when Freedom wasn't just a type of fried potato sliver.
Any law can be used for ill purposes; and the PATRIOT Act is no different, it matters not if the law is good or bad. But with the PATRIOT Act, the law is as those who wield it wish it to be, a nebulous thing without restraint--the essence of bad legislation; yet it became law because nobody in Congress read the proposed legislation prior to the vote to approve--there simply wasn't time to do so. Thus we have a law that is a chameleon: all things to everyone. It is both weapon and armor, and it needs to be repealed.
Actually, they already have a patent for the process to produce toxic ricin.
From Wikipedia:
The process for creating ricin is well-known, in part because a patent was granted for it in 1952. The inventors named in US Patent 3,060,165 (granted October 23, 1962) "Preparation of Toxic Ricin", assigned to the U.S. Secretary of the Army, are Harry L. Craig, O.H. Alderks, Alsoph H. Corwin, Sally H. Dieke, and Charlotte Karel.
I am the Robot Government, I am here to protect you. Protect you from the terrible secret of cyberspace.
Do not listen to the Robot Government, it is malfunctioning.
I am the Government Robot, I am here to protect you. Protect you from the terrible secret of cyberspace.
They got ya coming and going, kids. There is a way to win against our beloved government: vote them out. All of them. Start over. For EVERY ballot use your own name in the write-in spot. Demand a "no confidence" vote for recall on your Senators and House Reps when they do stupid shit (won't take long, as they all screw up eventually.) Demand Congressional term limitations (might I suggest 12 years?). Demand a removal of the PATRIOT Acts. Take back America. Before it's too late.
My grandfather believed--I mean, really, really, REALLY belived--that this was just one iteration in an unendind stream of universes started by "big bang" type events. Nothing new here. Just glad to know gramps wasn't just crazy, or others are equally so.
And every time I mentioned it in the past I got my ass handed to me on a plate. I've asked questions in forums, emailed software maintainers, and done the RTFM, and read the FAQs. And sometimes there are no answers, yet you get the same old "RTFM, n00b" answer, followed by "STFU." Nice. It also doesn't help that some of the documentation on TLDP.org is out of date--which is one step away from being outright wrong when dealing with rapidly changing software. If Linux wants more users (or OSS in general) you need to (1) fix the documentation so that it's always up to date to the newest version; and, (2) fix the culture of the dipshits that are out there. If they don't want to help, that's fine; but to hear over and over again the same unhelpful advise is only shooting your cause in the foot.
Do I care that this will cost me Karma? Nope. You've had it coming, and I've lost Karma before on this so....
What's more, this also is very, very one sided. If you protect "Allah," which is nothing more than a generic name for God that the muslims use, you need to protect all 99 of the names from the Quran...and you have to look out for and protect against any other religion's names to make sure you don't piss them off too.
This is a slippery slope. One Yahoo would have been well advised to ignore. Now it's too late. So, I'm off to complain about any name found in any religious text as offending my sensibilities, just to see how they respond (if at all.)/me wonders to self how many "Thor" derivitieves there are on Yahoo.... He's still worshipped, you know. And they have hammers!
When Microsoft added a firewall to XP, it was a since first step; but why was the decision made to have it only work in one direction? Surely, a better solution would have been a firewall that worked for not only incoming packets, but for outgoing as well? And as a followup: why not add that functionality?
"C" = the sum of all knowledge.
"B" = the knowledge gained through religion
"A" = the knowledge gained through science
"A" + "B" = "C"
As "A" increases, "B" must decrease because "C" is a constant value. I see ID as the last gasp (hopefully) of the religious as their superstitions fade into the dark past of the world. I can tell you, I've been dead once, and I saw nothing that condemned my soul or raised me to status of saints. There's nothing there. I came back, obviously, and I can equally tell you that death is nothing to fear, and the dark night is our ultimate destination. Although we will strive no less in life if we take religion or science as our guide; we will find that the former is of less real value than the latter.
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If science threatens their faith, then their faith must be wrong. The proof being in the pudding, after all.
Umm, no. Intervention by parents/school does, in fact, not work. I've tried that route too, what truly ends up happening is the bully decided to step it up a notch because you (or your "mommie") finked him off. The school can't control the kid outside the building. Confrontation becomes the only option.
Yes, beacuse sometimes the only answer IS violence. Do you really think the whole "ignore them and they'll go away" suggestion actually works? Let me tell you from a first hand account that it does not work--the bullies know that your ignoring them is your method of choice (because that's what every airhead says should be done) and they just step up their crap to counter until you have no choice. The best defense is a good offence. If you put "the beat down" on them as soon as they start--bloody their nose--this tends to shock them back into reality. Bullies are two things: stubborn and stupid. Both can be cured by the well placed use of force. If you do it right, you only have to do it once.
Public schools are a lot like prison....so naturally the same rules would apply.
Dude, I feel your pain. I really do. I was picked on in school as well--and I'm shorter than you, so there you go. What did I learn? Simple. To get bullies to stop you have to--now pay close attention--KICK THEIR ASS! One kid in school dumped ketchup on me at lunch--he thought that was pretty freaking funny...until I choked him and threw him across the lunchroom. Another kid got bodyslammed by me for being a general dick to anyone smaller than him (and I, naturally, fit the bill.) (Fat kids who bully are easy targets for bodyslamming, they don't tend to be nimble enough to get out of the way of a fast moving short person.) In essence, if somone bullys you, beat the crap out of them at that very moment they start. Don't kill them, just beat them down and let them know that the next time it happens you won't be so lenient. Bullies fear being bullied themselves, and they also understand the concept of "respect."
When I have kids, I'm enrolling them in a martial arts class at the earliest opportunity, and I'm going to tell them straight up--and I'll let the school know too--that my kid *will* defend themself and it won't be pretty. And what do I do if my kid is doing the bullying? Same thing--beat him like a redheaded stepchild. I didn't break the cycle to have it started by us.
Which one is the evil twin?
"Skippy." The evil twin is always named "Skippy."
I'd wager that in the future bacterially manufactured fuels, be it ethanol, butane, or whatever new thing comes along, will all be made via bacteria on waste--or a catalyst. Hell, we've got bacteria that eats grass and poops ethanol now, and you can "grow" a batch of bacteria anywhere. All we'd need is a plot of space for a big-ass building to house the stuff in and tubes that drain the fuel into external tanks. Once Economies of Scale kicks in, it's worth the massive start-up cost.
We'll have to do something, and bitching about energy efficiencies and densities isn't the answer, doing is.
Better idea:
.2 -- sorry Iowa), and some dingle Candidate "C" with 12% of the vote gets a whole whopping 0 EV (recall, you lose anything that isn't a whole number); and the far lefty Candidate "D" gets what's appriximately 1% of the vote...garnering him 0 EVs as well.
Each state gets a number of Electoral College votes equal to every other state, regardless of population. I suggest 6.
States are required to cast their Electoral votes in proportion to the actual votes tallied in the election.
Any electoral votes "left over" that can't be rectified through simple math are discarded.
Example: Iowa has 6 Electoral College votes.
If in an election, Candidate "A" gets 67% of the vote, he will receive 4 Electoral votes; Candidate "B" with 20% will get 1 vote (the mathematical actual answer is 1.2, but you lose the
Result: your vote actually matters unless the state is fragmented like a bad NTFS volume.
For the whole USA, there would be a total 300 EVs in play, and to "win", you'd need to have received more of them than any other candidates.
And before anyone asks, you have to be a State (as in, you have a star on the flag) to get EVs...that means D.C., and any place else in a similar situation, can suck it...either become a state or die off...
How is this action taken by the President not obstruction of justice? Or at the very least interferance with official acts of government?
No iPod is complete without this... you know your iPod screams for a goatse.cx skin!
Sadly, that's exactly how the government (and those who authored this law) feel. "If you're doing nothing wrong, you don't need the Bill of Rights, right?...so what do you have to hide that you need protection, hmmm?..." I weep for the America of old, when Freedom wasn't just a type of fried potato sliver.
Any law can be used for ill purposes; and the PATRIOT Act is no different, it matters not if the law is good or bad. But with the PATRIOT Act, the law is as those who wield it wish it to be, a nebulous thing without restraint--the essence of bad legislation; yet it became law because nobody in Congress read the proposed legislation prior to the vote to approve--there simply wasn't time to do so. Thus we have a law that is a chameleon: all things to everyone. It is both weapon and armor, and it needs to be repealed.
From Wikipedia: So, yeah, it seems the gov't can patent stuff.
That may be true, but they all don't vote. They're knee-jerk assclowns. Voice and Vote will win the day.
I am the Robot Government, I am here to protect you. Protect you from the terrible secret of cyberspace.
Do not listen to the Robot Government, it is malfunctioning.
I am the Government Robot, I am here to protect you. Protect you from the terrible secret of cyberspace.
They got ya coming and going, kids. There is a way to win against our beloved government: vote them out. All of them. Start over. For EVERY ballot use your own name in the write-in spot. Demand a "no confidence" vote for recall on your Senators and House Reps when they do stupid shit (won't take long, as they all screw up eventually.) Demand Congressional term limitations (might I suggest 12 years?). Demand a removal of the PATRIOT Acts. Take back America. Before it's too late.
No. In the case of saving lives, even a solitary life, the end justifies the means.
Gaminggroove blogs an opinion. Contact your Congressdouche and tell them to step off, biotch.
They're a (semi) corrupt organization using illegal methods to further their own wealth. RICO the SOBs!
heh, heh, heh... I'll plug your injection hole, baby!
My grandfather believed--I mean, really, really, REALLY belived--that this was just one iteration in an unendind stream of universes started by "big bang" type events. Nothing new here. Just glad to know gramps wasn't just crazy, or others are equally so.
And every time I mentioned it in the past I got my ass handed to me on a plate. I've asked questions in forums, emailed software maintainers, and done the RTFM, and read the FAQs. And sometimes there are no answers, yet you get the same old "RTFM, n00b" answer, followed by "STFU." Nice. It also doesn't help that some of the documentation on TLDP.org is out of date--which is one step away from being outright wrong when dealing with rapidly changing software. If Linux wants more users (or OSS in general) you need to (1) fix the documentation so that it's always up to date to the newest version; and, (2) fix the culture of the dipshits that are out there. If they don't want to help, that's fine; but to hear over and over again the same unhelpful advise is only shooting your cause in the foot.
....
Do I care that this will cost me Karma? Nope. You've had it coming, and I've lost Karma before on this so
What's more, this also is very, very one sided. If you protect "Allah," which is nothing more than a generic name for God that the muslims use, you need to protect all 99 of the names from the Quran...and you have to look out for and protect against any other religion's names to make sure you don't piss them off too. This is a slippery slope. One Yahoo would have been well advised to ignore. Now it's too late. So, I'm off to complain about any name found in any religious text as offending my sensibilities, just to see how they respond (if at all.) /me wonders to self how many "Thor" derivitieves there are on Yahoo.... He's still worshipped, you know. And they have hammers!
When Microsoft added a firewall to XP, it was a since first step; but why was the decision made to have it only work in one direction? Surely, a better solution would have been a firewall that worked for not only incoming packets, but for outgoing as well? And as a followup: why not add that functionality?
Item Duplication is something all online RPGs are currently dealing with, what are you going to do to fix this situation before it gets out of hand?
"C" = the sum of all knowledge.
"B" = the knowledge gained through religion
"A" = the knowledge gained through science
"A" + "B" = "C"
As "A" increases, "B" must decrease because "C" is a constant value. I see ID as the last gasp (hopefully) of the religious as their superstitions fade into the dark past of the world. I can tell you, I've been dead once, and I saw nothing that condemned my soul or raised me to status of saints. There's nothing there. I came back, obviously, and I can equally tell you that death is nothing to fear, and the dark night is our ultimate destination. Although we will strive no less in life if we take religion or science as our guide; we will find that the former is of less real value than the latter.