Take the World Series for example, its not the world who take part in it, it is only North America. There are many more examples of this where the US media equate World to mean US.
I used to think the same, until I found out that the "World" in World Series has something to do with a newspaper that sponsored it way-back-when. The paper was called, The New York World or something. I don't know the exact details and I'm too lazy to google them for you, but let it be known that that word doesn't mean what you think it means (in this context).
My electricity bill has a $25 'just because you're a customer' charge every single month, no matter how many kWhs I use.
You think that's bad, where I'm from (Ontario, Canada) our hydro has a "debt retirement charge". See, Ontario hydro was run my morons for many years and ran up a huge debt and now everybody in the province pays a fee specifically to reduce their debt. It must be nice to be able to run a company like that.
The IRA wasn't fighting the British (and vice versa) because they did or didn't share views on religion - they disagreed about who should rule the North of Ireland. Lots of British governmental forces were/ are Catholics, atheists, etc, and lots of the IRA were secular/ atheists.
You clearly don't know your history.
The clash between the IRA and the British was clearly divided along Catholic and Protestant lines. In fact, if you knew a person's religion you could be reasonably sure of their political leanings. Now, because a person was Catholic you couldn't assume they supported the IRA because many people don't support violence as a means to an end. However, it would also be safe to assume they don't support the British in the north. This is especially true of Catholics in the north. The same holds true for protestants in the north. Many do not support the radical paramilitary groups like the UDF (and the others). I would also suggest they do however, support the British presence.
Don't be so naive to think the "troubles" were entirely political. It was, in large part, because of religion that the politics of Ireland have been so volitile in the last 100 years.
Indeed, Christians have a very long history of atrocities, conquest, genocide, repression,
and the list goes on.
Inconsequiential to anything going on today. I'd suggest "Christians" have learned their lessons over time. Sure, there's probably been bad stuff perperated by "christians" in the name of Christianity in the 20th century but I think it's rare.
The followers of Islam, on the other hand, have learned nothing about the progression of society over time. In fact, their stated goal is to return to their glory days of the 12th and 13th century.
If you take out of the equation peoples perceptions about money (that is have actual value in it's self) you quicky realise there is little to no difference between a real world currency and a virtual world one
Aside from the fact that nobody cares about virtual currency aside from an incredibly miniscule group of people and that things like inflation have absolutely no affect on a person's ability to live, etc,etc...
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saying 'Liberal' in Sweden is not the same as saying 'liberal' in the USA.
I'm no expert, but I'd suggest that the United States is the only country in the world where 'liberal' is a derogatory term.
The only reason this stuff is super rare is because some programmer says it is. Why wouldn't you just email the company and tell them you'd been ripped off.
All they would need to do is something like:
user.add(superRareItem);
...and cut their speaker wires to identical lengths so the "electrons travel the same distance which improves the sound quality".
...and here I've been cutting my speaker cables equal lengths all along because they're the same distance from the amp and I hate having loops of wire hidden behind furniture. I never knew I was some uber-audiophile nerd in disguise. (okay, I knew it. I'm just real sensitive about it. )
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Neither was the other one.
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in fact, there's hasn't been any objective documentaries made, ever.
You got that right!
March of the Penguins. March? More like waddle if you ask me. Neo-con pricks.
No alternative? I believe the parent mentioned iTunes and then of course you have mini-disc, sacd (still a "cd" but not a standard cd), and one or two dvd formats such as DVDA (I think that's what it's called).
Okay, how many of the "alternatives" you describe were available 15 years ago? You know, like from when the guy wrote this part:
15 years ago I had a room mate that refused to buy audio CD's....
This sounds suspiciously like a "fact" which has gained currency through being repeated often by organizations not known for their honesty about firearm statistics --
Your analogy isn't bad. Some of the other ones have been. I have, however, come up with the perfect one:
It's like if you're driving a Star Destroyer and a guy comes along in an X-wing fighter and shoots the Destroyer with a laser. See, the laser is travelling at the speed of light, so it's red. But, the thing is, they aren't all red...some are green. That doesn't seem right does it? (IANAL) To further confuse things, light sabers (which are light) come in multiple colours. However, because Luke never completed his Jedi training it's okay for him to talk to Han (who somehow can't speak Wookie, but understands Chewie)
See where I'm going with this?
Oh, IANAJK (I am not a jedi knight)
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That made me lol.
If only I had mod points. (and knew what the hell that meant)
Take the World Series for example, its not the world who take part in it, it is only North America. There are many more examples of this where the US media equate World to mean US.
I used to think the same, until I found out that the "World" in World Series has something to do with a newspaper that sponsored it way-back-when. The paper was called, The New York World or something. I don't know the exact details and I'm too lazy to google them for you, but let it be known that that word doesn't mean what you think it means (in this context).
My electricity bill has a $25 'just because you're a customer' charge every single month, no matter how many kWhs I use.
You think that's bad, where I'm from (Ontario, Canada) our hydro has a "debt retirement charge". See, Ontario hydro was run my morons for many years and ran up a huge debt and now everybody in the province pays a fee specifically to reduce their debt. It must be nice to be able to run a company like that.
I'm all for revolutionizing cities so long as I don't have to expend any effort. *yawn*
The IRA wasn't fighting the British (and vice versa) because they did or didn't share views on religion - they disagreed about who should rule the North of Ireland. Lots of British governmental forces were/ are Catholics, atheists, etc, and lots of the IRA were secular/ atheists.
You clearly don't know your history.
The clash between the IRA and the British was clearly divided along Catholic and Protestant lines. In fact, if you knew a person's religion you could be reasonably sure of their political leanings. Now, because a person was Catholic you couldn't assume they supported the IRA because many people don't support violence as a means to an end. However, it would also be safe to assume they don't support the British in the north. This is especially true of Catholics in the north. The same holds true for protestants in the north. Many do not support the radical paramilitary groups like the UDF (and the others). I would also suggest they do however, support the British presence.
Don't be so naive to think the "troubles" were entirely political. It was, in large part, because of religion that the politics of Ireland have been so volitile in the last 100 years.
Indeed, Christians have a very long history of atrocities, conquest, genocide, repression, and the list goes on.
Inconsequiential to anything going on today. I'd suggest "Christians" have learned their lessons over time. Sure, there's probably been bad stuff perperated by "christians" in the name of Christianity in the 20th century but I think it's rare.
The followers of Islam, on the other hand, have learned nothing about the progression of society over time. In fact, their stated goal is to return to their glory days of the 12th and 13th century.
Death sucks. It would be nice if there was a way to avoid it...
I'd start by staying away from stingrays, but that's just me....
If you take out of the equation peoples perceptions about money (that is have actual value in it's self) you quicky realise there is little to no difference between a real world currency and a virtual world one
Aside from the fact that nobody cares about virtual currency aside from an incredibly miniscule group of people and that things like inflation have absolutely no affect on a person's ability to live, etc,etc...
saying 'Liberal' in Sweden is not the same as saying 'liberal' in the USA.
I'm no expert, but I'd suggest that the United States is the only country in the world where 'liberal' is a derogatory term.
The only reason this stuff is super rare is because some programmer says it is. Why wouldn't you just email the company and tell them you'd been ripped off. All they would need to do is something like: user.add(superRareItem);
You equate digging a well and generating your own electricity to typing www.yahoo.com instead of www.google.com. Hmmmm, interesting.
...and cut their speaker wires to identical lengths so the "electrons travel the same distance which improves the sound quality".
...and here I've been cutting my speaker cables equal lengths all along because they're the same distance from the amp and I hate having loops of wire hidden behind furniture. I never knew I was some uber-audiophile nerd in disguise. (okay, I knew it. I'm just real sensitive about it. )
Neither was the other one.
in fact, there's hasn't been any objective documentaries made, ever.
You got that right!
March of the Penguins. March? More like waddle if you ask me. Neo-con pricks.
3 grand gets somebody knocked off where I live. I can't say how I know this, but let me just say that my neighbour is no longer annoying me.
Well, responsible enough to die for his country (in most places), but not responsible enough to have a drink at dinner (in other places).
Odd, if you ask me.
...if all your friend are already on the one you have.
Typically, I would think this was a grammatical error of some sort, but around slashdot I tend to think you're probably correct.
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No alternative? I believe the parent mentioned iTunes and then of course you have mini-disc, sacd (still a "cd" but not a standard cd), and one or two dvd formats such as DVDA (I think that's what it's called).
Okay, how many of the "alternatives" you describe were available 15 years ago? You know, like from when the guy wrote this part:
15 years ago I had a room mate that refused to buy audio CD's....
It's the triumph of superficiality over usabilty and in that regard Myspace is far worse than any Geocities page ever was.
Sounds like MySpace is breeding a whole new generation of MBA's.
Disabled users? Blind users? Screw 'em. If they want to be cripples, that is their business. Why should everyone else suffer?
Agreed!!
I do. And Scrappy too!
This sounds suspiciously like a "fact" which has gained currency through being repeated often by organizations not known for their honesty about firearm statistics --
You mean like the NRA?
Your analogy isn't bad. Some of the other ones have been. I have, however, come up with the perfect one: It's like if you're driving a Star Destroyer and a guy comes along in an X-wing fighter and shoots the Destroyer with a laser. See, the laser is travelling at the speed of light, so it's red. But, the thing is, they aren't all red...some are green. That doesn't seem right does it? (IANAL) To further confuse things, light sabers (which are light) come in multiple colours. However, because Luke never completed his Jedi training it's okay for him to talk to Han (who somehow can't speak Wookie, but understands Chewie) See where I'm going with this? Oh, IANAJK (I am not a jedi knight)
I think everyone has had at least one teacher that they could not guess how they managed to keep a job
Ironically enough, in my case its been Chinese profs that fit that profile.