I was very upset when I read that a conservative group tried to pressure theater owners into not showing Moore's film. We have a free market of ideas in this country - if Moore's film is so bad, why not make their own film, or post anti-Moore blogs or buy airtime to put their views out?
I don't care for Moore - I think he's a pseudo-populist, a self-aggrandizer, a non-documentarian (his films don't explore issues as much as bolster his point of view).
He exploits his subjects (tasteless interview with Charlton Heston, harasses security guards and receptionists in an attempt to talk to the "big cheese," not to mention what he did with those crippled kids at K-Mart.)
Not exactly the first person I'd choose to fight for the "little guy" vs. corporate and government power, but dammit, he has the right to say what he is saying.
One of Lem's Pirx the Pilot stories featured the tale of a mining robot gone berserk on the moon, destroying everything in its path.
When Pirx comes up with a particularly unconventional method of stopping the robot, he quips, "against something insane, insane measures are often best."
One of my clients called me up after I did a spyware sweep and clear of her machine.
She said, "What happened to my Incredimail?"
I replied, "It's spyware, and it's part of what's going wrong on your PC."
"Oh, well I was using it and I had some emails saved on it. A friend of mine
recommended it to me, she said it was great!"
I reinstalled it, and sure enough she called back to tell me her machine slowed down and her popups increased threefold.
Sighhhhh...
>Unfortunately for us, if satellites can more >precisely measure this rise of the Earth's >temperature, they cannot cure this fever.
An unnecessary sentence, since I wouldn't expect them to, except perhaps in a Roland Emmerich science fiction film. That's like my doctor getting a blood workup back from Quest and saying, "the panels seem to indicate you have lymphoma. Unfortunately, Quest Diagnostics cannot cure your condition."
Just say, "Hey, friend, I think that last remark of yours was really pithy and full of wit - may I please save it for posterity?"
Of course, that could blow an investigation, but we can't win 'em all...
My "ringer" is set to vibrate - wherever I am, because other people don't need to hear the ringing.
When I'm in a bookstore, library or restaurant, if I take or make a call I either walk out to the lobby, or find a place where others aren't.
And I wear a headset when I drive, but I still see tons of people breaking my state's cell phone law, despite an alleged "ticket blitz."
So, outsourcing is done to improve quality and to conserve cash.
Where are those savings redeployed - toward capital expenditures, or is it simply concentrated in the hands of senior executives and shareholders?
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Nope... I'm a Libertarian who's sick of people on both sides trampling on the first and second amendments.
I was very upset when I read that a conservative group tried to pressure theater owners into not showing Moore's film. We have a free market of ideas in this country - if Moore's film is so bad, why not make their own film, or post anti-Moore blogs or buy airtime to put their views out? I don't care for Moore - I think he's a pseudo-populist, a self-aggrandizer, a non-documentarian (his films don't explore issues as much as bolster his point of view). He exploits his subjects (tasteless interview with Charlton Heston, harasses security guards and receptionists in an attempt to talk to the "big cheese," not to mention what he did with those crippled kids at K-Mart.) Not exactly the first person I'd choose to fight for the "little guy" vs. corporate and government power, but dammit, he has the right to say what he is saying.
One of Lem's Pirx the Pilot stories featured the tale of a mining robot gone berserk on the moon, destroying everything in its path. When Pirx comes up with a particularly unconventional method of stopping the robot, he quips, "against something insane, insane measures are often best."
And get yourself a gun you can carry comfortably.
And doesn't do nearly as much as this thing does.
Somehow never worked out.
The inventor of the RAMBUS workout is suing all other companies selling workouts.
And the "real" Enterprise wasn't even transatmospheric!
Hmmm... I dunno about surfing that lava thing, but surfing on Lavalife might actually get ya somewhere with the ladies - it did for me!
Only it's in real life! Kewl!
Many of the MS routers I bought for clients had to go back to the store for bad Ethernet ports.
I thought that NASA had stopped funding their forward-thinking "breakthrough propulsion program." Perhaps not?
To conceal my very real acne... :(
ST: TOS - Terms of Service!
They cut the hours of operation back. Not a good equation in my book...
One of my clients called me up after I did a spyware sweep and clear of her machine. She said, "What happened to my Incredimail?" I replied, "It's spyware, and it's part of what's going wrong on your PC." "Oh, well I was using it and I had some emails saved on it. A friend of mine recommended it to me, she said it was great!" I reinstalled it, and sure enough she called back to tell me her machine slowed down and her popups increased threefold. Sighhhhh...
>Unfortunately for us, if satellites can more >precisely measure this rise of the Earth's >temperature, they cannot cure this fever. An unnecessary sentence, since I wouldn't expect them to, except perhaps in a Roland Emmerich science fiction film. That's like my doctor getting a blood workup back from Quest and saying, "the panels seem to indicate you have lymphoma. Unfortunately, Quest Diagnostics cannot cure your condition."
If it happens, I will make sure NOT to melt down any Via motherboards to cast lead bullets for our muskets.
Since I've started using Incredimail. Also been using Lycos SideSearch for my web queries - great program!
Then I prayed at a real church. In neither case, did God deign to reply.
No problem - it's already off!
God made my brain cache out of Rambus memory. Everyone else's is on DDR, the world has passed me by...
Just say, "Hey, friend, I think that last remark of yours was really pithy and full of wit - may I please save it for posterity?" Of course, that could blow an investigation, but we can't win 'em all...
My "ringer" is set to vibrate - wherever I am, because other people don't need to hear the ringing. When I'm in a bookstore, library or restaurant, if I take or make a call I either walk out to the lobby, or find a place where others aren't. And I wear a headset when I drive, but I still see tons of people breaking my state's cell phone law, despite an alleged "ticket blitz."
So, outsourcing is done to improve quality and to conserve cash. Where are those savings redeployed - toward capital expenditures, or is it simply concentrated in the hands of senior executives and shareholders?