There for all McDonalds would insteads have to install special harnesses that would lift and hold people with a crane-like mechanism just inches above said toilet so nobody's fat butt lands on the seat and brakes it [g]
First off, don't put cups of coffee near your genitals and you won't burn them. Um, I would expect to get burned pretty badly by hot coffee or tea spilling in my lap. Also do note that being an older gal she would have more tender skin than a young adult (old skin burns easier as it's thinner)
Also think of it like this: Lets say she made her own coffee in her coffee-maker at home (you know the kind where you don't get a choice how how hot it is made. Say simply "on" or "off") or even if she say made some tea (don't know about you, but when I make tea I *boil* the water first) and puts it in a cup with a lid and goes in her car (depending on who's version of the story you believe she is either the passenger or the driver -doesn't matter) and does the same thing as the McDonald's incident what is she going to do then? Sue the coffe-maker company? Or if it's the tea version then what? Oh, she'll sue the company that makes her stove for being able to boil water! More than likely though, she wouldn't have been suing anybody if she made it herself despite it possibly being the same or close to the same temperature as the McDonalds coffee.
Admittedly I don't have all the facts on that one. But whatever the case, if it broke under the person's weight then McDonalds would have more of a reason to sue said person for breaking their toilet!
Besides, what is McDonalds supposed to do? Have gross weight limits listed on their toilet seats?:)
[reads] That all may or may not be legit but once a product is out of the control of a company and in possesion of the buyer (products with warranties aside) it is the responability of the BUYER to not do obviously stupid mistakes with the product. McDonalds couldn't control what the customer did with the coffee wether they decided to dump it on themselves or use it as an enema flush, they don't have control over that.
Besides, there was also another moron who decided to sue McDonalds over falling off the toilet! Now THAT is stupid!
Yahoo already has this on Yahoo Instant Messenger where you can activate "voice chat" and with speakers and a microphone you can talk back and fourth with who ever has the same. You can even set up web cams so the other person can see you:)
Hmmm. I actually posted that SUNDAY NIGHT not Monday. However given that YOU posted on a Monday your employement status is likely something to be questioned.:)
As for me, I have a full time job thank-you very much.
>its a sign that your not getting laid enough (or possibly at all).
Watch it, or YOU'LL get to be a volunteer! [evil grin]
[looking around nervously] I just finnished playing DOOM and feeling all giddy because I kicked butt and fired back up to Windows from DOS to check/. only to discover DOOM news!
I wouldn't like living with EITHER of those names. Here's why: Moon Unit Zappa. Looks fun written out but if you lived with it you would end up being called stuff like "Looney-Mooney" and all those other weird things kids come up with.
"Dweezil" is just plain bad ju-ju IMO; sounds WAY too much like "Weisel":)
I do know of a guy who goes by the screen name of "Princess Lay-Ya" (pronounced phonetically) though:)
Ha! Well I know a real couple who the husband's name is Brock Lee and his wife's name is Lovely. Seriously this is NOT a joke. Both their parents ought to be shot:)
>Good points. At what age is a kid magically transformed into someone who can deal with whatever happens across the
screen?
Yup and as we all know it's totally different with each child. Some kids are near 17 mentally at 14 while others are 17 and seem to be really an 8 year old trapped in a more mature body.
>Should anyone who looks underage have to carry ID with proof of age to avoid harrassment by adult supervisors?
And of course besides the fact that someone will sooner or later go into a rage over it being "discriminating", sometimes looking "under-age" is more of an opinion than a fact. Then how does one decide?
> How do you account for the fact that in one family, education on certain topics is a fact of everyday life, and in another family
the entire topic is taboo?
That exactly being the point I was trying to make.
>In the latter case, how IS the child to learn about something that may well be a life-or-death topic,
like AIDS??
Yup, they HAVE to be able to learn about that sort of thing or else when they DO leave home and if they get into a tempting situation and don't have the self-control or simply don't WANT to resist say sex or worse yet drugs..And they without proper knowlegde could end up with AIDS and worse yet, never suspect it and if they happen to have a wild life-style, infect MORE people.
>As I said, the only real solution is better parenting (tho there are too-restrictive parents who thereby damage their children's
ability to cope with the real world),
Yup. I agree, and yah I did have that exact thought too: the poor kid who is over-resrtricted and not allowed to learn.
>but parenting has become the responsbility of "the whole village" rather than of the
parents.
Funny thing. The parents get pissed over the fact that the village doesn't want to raise the child until someone else DOES interfere and try and help or moniter the kid and then the parents get REALLY angry.
>And the "village" has to somehow satisfy everyone, no matter how skewed their viewpoint. Hence, ceonsorware.:(
Yah. And someons again has to decide what is over-board and what isn't.
I thought of a few more things for people to chew on.. Occured to me, that with a so called "adult supervisor librarian" there is the problem of the decisions of "what kind of material is appropriate for what age kid"? At what age should a kid view what? I don't think that is really a decision a librarian who doesn't know your kid well, let alone how old they are to be making. An 8 year old giggling over a Hustler magazine may be an easy and obvious decision but teens doing research of any kind (I think personally, all teens should have the right to research ANY topic they desire if they want/need the knowledge -er building pipe bombs aside:) can be questionable and should only be up to the parent to decide what a kid can and can't view..And even then, their comes to a point where possibly the kid (teen) wants certain information he/she wouldn't be allowed to do research (parents forbid the kid of being allowed to learn about a certain subject for whatever reason such as religious beliefs or narrow mindedness by the parents) or be embarrassed to ask there parent about at home but really WANTS that information for personal benefit.
Also, further more, the kid who is way older than they look. Some kids look young for their age or are under-sized and could recieve certain harassments by the "supervisor" for viewing content they have a right to have access to.
And yes, lots of people including kids want privacy when viewing certain subject matters even if they don't have to do with sex. Say you recently found out you had say an embarrassing disease like Syphallis (oh wait, that *does* have to do with sex!:) or had to research it for a biology class. So you decide to research it at your library. The LAST thing you would want no matter what your age would be to have everyone who passes by seeing that:)
All cool till you have several generations of people who grew up with this stuff and know no other way of life and all of a sudden a big wind storm and the power is *OUT*.
Generators would be even more necessary than now:)
You're OK. I didn't have to see MTV to know that Britney Sucked. Heard a song on the radio *once* and ran away screaming...Later happened acrossed a video which only confirmed my worst fears.
Hey SubtleNuance, chill out! Obviously you know *NOTHING* about birds! Starlings chase out and KILL other types of birds and eventually take over so the only type of bird you get AT ALL are Starlings. By-by Robins. By-by Finches By-By chicketies..Hello, gobs and gobs of Starlings.. which look basically like crows. If Reziac wants to look at crows all day he can go to the McDonalds in Los Angeles.
Slashdot Mirror
Probably :)
There for all McDonalds would insteads have to install special harnesses that would lift and hold people with a crane-like mechanism just inches above said toilet so nobody's fat butt lands on the seat and brakes it [g]
First off, don't put cups of coffee near your genitals and you won't burn them. Um, I would expect to get burned pretty badly by hot coffee or tea spilling in my lap. Also do note that being an older gal she would have more tender skin than a young adult (old skin burns easier as it's thinner)
Also think of it like this: Lets say she made her own coffee in her coffee-maker at home (you know the kind where you don't get a choice how how hot it is made. Say simply "on" or "off") or even if she say made some tea (don't know about you, but when I make tea I *boil* the water first) and puts it in a cup with a lid and goes in her car (depending on who's version of the story you believe she is either the passenger or the driver -doesn't matter) and does the same thing as the McDonald's incident what is she going to do then? Sue the coffe-maker company? Or if it's the tea version then what? Oh, she'll sue the company that makes her stove for being able to boil water!
More than likely though, she wouldn't have been suing anybody if she made it herself despite it possibly being the same or close to the same temperature as the McDonalds coffee.
Admittedly I don't have all the facts on that one. But whatever the case, if it broke under the person's weight then McDonalds would have more of a reason to sue said person for breaking their toilet!
:)
Besides, what is McDonalds supposed to do? Have gross weight limits listed on their toilet seats?
[reads]
That all may or may not be legit but once a product is out of the control of a company and in possesion of the buyer (products with warranties aside) it is the responability of the BUYER to not do obviously stupid mistakes with the product. McDonalds couldn't control what the customer did with the coffee wether they decided to dump it on themselves or use it as an enema flush, they don't have control over that.
Besides, there was also another moron who decided to sue McDonalds over falling off the toilet!
Now THAT is stupid!
[laughing] And of course the way people are these days, I counter-sue you and Mr.Taco ;)
Everyone's so "sue-happy" these days it's pathetic.
First a moron sues McDonalds for spilling coffee on herself and now we have this!
[sarcasm] what next? Commander Taco sues slashdot?? [/sarcasm]
[paranoid]how did you know I'm short?![/paranoid]
Yahoo already has this on Yahoo Instant Messenger where you can activate "voice chat" and with speakers and a microphone you can talk back and fourth with who ever has the same. :)
You can even set up web cams so the other person can see you
Hmmm. I actually posted that SUNDAY NIGHT not Monday. However given that YOU posted on a Monday your employement status is likely something to be questioned. :)
:)
As for me, I have a full time job thank-you very much.
>its a sign that your not getting laid enough (or possibly at all).
Watch it, or YOU'LL get to be a volunteer! [evil grin]
Hardware: Win 98 'nuff said
[looking around nervously] /. only to discover DOOM news!
:)
I just finnished playing DOOM and feeling all giddy because I kicked butt and fired back up to Windows from DOS to check
Maybe it's a sign
ARGH!! Well I haven't used that stuff since I was 13! (I know excuses, excuses)..
:)
Though according to http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/
I should be about right!
Oh well, you probably sat on the banana and smooshed it anyway.
I'm rusty but let's see.. :)
Latina est langua mortua, in arena jacet.
"latin is the most ridiculous language"
Prima necavit Romanas, nunc nos interfacit!!
"Rome was the best country ever!"
I will NEVER eat bologna again...
I wouldn't like living with EITHER of those names. Here's why:
:)
:)
Moon Unit Zappa. Looks fun written out but if you lived with it you would end up being called stuff like "Looney-Mooney" and all those other weird things kids come up with.
"Dweezil" is just plain bad ju-ju IMO; sounds WAY too much like "Weisel"
I do know of a guy who goes by the screen name of "Princess Lay-Ya" (pronounced phonetically) though
Ha! Well I know a real couple who the husband's name is Brock Lee and his wife's name is Lovely. Seriously this is NOT a joke. Both their parents ought to be shot :)
>Good points. At what age is a kid magically transformed into someone who can deal with whatever happens across the
:(
screen?
Yup and as we all know it's totally different with each child. Some kids are near 17 mentally at 14 while others are 17 and seem to be really an 8 year old trapped in a more mature body.
>Should anyone who looks underage have to carry ID with proof of age to avoid harrassment by adult supervisors?
And of course besides the fact that someone will sooner or later go into a rage over it being "discriminating", sometimes looking "under-age" is more of an opinion than a fact. Then how does one decide?
> How do you account for the fact that in one family, education on certain topics is a fact of everyday life, and in another family
the entire topic is taboo?
That exactly being the point I was trying to make.
>In the latter case, how IS the child to learn about something that may well be a life-or-death topic,
like AIDS??
Yup, they HAVE to be able to learn about that sort of thing or else when they DO leave home and if they get into a tempting situation and don't have the self-control or simply don't WANT to resist say sex or worse yet drugs..And they without proper knowlegde could end up with AIDS and worse yet, never suspect it and if they happen to have a wild life-style, infect MORE people.
>As I said, the only real solution is better parenting (tho there are too-restrictive parents who thereby damage their children's
ability to cope with the real world),
Yup. I agree, and yah I did have that exact thought too: the poor kid who is over-resrtricted and not allowed to learn.
>but parenting has become the responsbility of "the whole village" rather than of the
parents.
Funny thing. The parents get pissed over the fact that the village doesn't want to raise the child until someone else DOES interfere and try and help or moniter the kid and then the parents get REALLY angry.
>And the "village" has to somehow satisfy everyone, no matter how skewed their viewpoint. Hence, ceonsorware.
Yah. And someons again has to decide what is over-board and what isn't.
Those are excellent points.
:) can be questionable and should only be up to the parent to decide what a kid can and can't view..And even then, their comes to a point where possibly the kid (teen) wants certain information he/she wouldn't be allowed to do research (parents forbid the kid of being allowed to learn about a certain subject for whatever reason such as religious beliefs or narrow mindedness by the parents) or be embarrassed to ask there parent about at home but really WANTS that information for personal benefit.
:) or had to research it for a biology class. So you decide to research it at your library. The LAST thing you would want no matter what your age would be to have everyone who passes by seeing that :)
I thought of a few more things for people to chew on..
Occured to me, that with a so called "adult supervisor librarian" there is the problem of the decisions of "what kind of material is appropriate for what age kid"?
At what age should a kid view what?
I don't think that is really a decision a librarian who doesn't know your kid well, let alone how old they are to be making.
An 8 year old giggling over a Hustler magazine may be an easy and obvious decision but teens doing research of any kind (I think personally, all teens should have the right to research ANY topic they desire if they want/need the knowledge -er building pipe bombs aside
Also, further more, the kid who is way older than they look. Some kids look young for their age or are under-sized and could recieve certain harassments by the "supervisor" for viewing content they have a right to have access to.
And yes, lots of people including kids want privacy when viewing certain subject matters even if they don't have to do with sex.
Say you recently found out you had say an embarrassing disease like Syphallis (oh wait, that *does* have to do with sex!
Sure they can be disposable, can't you imagine the Reynold's Wrap ladies now advertising cars and airplanes?? ;)
Am I the only one who realised that "no bathroom" also means no *SHOWER*??! (Besides, no toilet!)
EUUGHHHHHHH! SMELLY!!
Perhaps Bill Gates has decided that humans will have evolved passed the need to bath and urinate and deficate...I don't think so!
As for a M$ toilet, I would assume the same old "click and drag" method of disposal would still apply.
That's when you're told that Grandma has been a very, very bad girl.
Amen to all of that!!
It would end up just being more of an obnoxious hassel than it's worth -amusing for all of a few days or so.
And as other people have commented, NO privacy what-so-ever.
All cool till you have several generations of people who grew up with this stuff and know no other way of life and all of a sudden a big wind storm and the power is *OUT*.
:)
Generators would be even more necessary than now
LOL! You are right; my mistake!
I hope they make a vaccine for it..
You're OK. I didn't have to see MTV to know that Britney Sucked. Heard a song on the radio *once* and ran away screaming...Later happened acrossed a video which only confirmed my worst fears.
Britney is an Air Born Virus; fear it.
Hey SubtleNuance, chill out! Obviously you know *NOTHING* about birds! Starlings chase out and KILL other types of birds and eventually take over so the only type of bird you get AT ALL are Starlings. ..Hello, gobs and gobs of Starlings..
By-by Robins.
By-by Finches
By-By chicketies
which look basically like crows. If Reziac wants to look at crows all day he can go to the McDonalds in Los Angeles.