America, why do people cry about what will never be?
Never will the human element be entirely eliminated from the selling--I mean, customer service--trenches.
BOTTOM LINE: It's about options. Today I feel like dealing with people. Today I don't feel like it. Today it's convenient to go to the mall. Today it's not.
You think they'll put out a machine that sells hot grits and Natalie Portman Barbies? Gotta get me one of those.
Yeah and those penis massager machines are the best! But you know what 'they' say, having sex with one of those machines is like having sex with everyone the machine has ever had sex with.
They pull up to the window with a note--probably already written out--at least we hope. But then again even some deaf suffer from a lack of common sense.
Just remember: Honk all you want. Negative gesturing is just not nice.
THERE's something I didn't know--you're shocked, I know. Thanks for the 411. I read all your links.
Here's something I did know though:
It's a matter of the lesser of two devils*. Which devil kills fastest? Which is killing more people right now? Do the benefits "at acceptable levels" outweigh the malevolence?
More accurately stated: Do the financial gains of selling a lesser devil outweigh not selling?
Oh yeah. Let's sell it!
It's like cholorine. It's like MFP (maximum flouride protection). And home cleaning products. Ok, I guess I shouldn't drink the pool water. And well, you're right, I shouldn't use a whole tube of paste every time I brush. But damn I make a fine home cleaning products cocktail.
Don't gorge on too many bananas all in one sitting, you glutton. They'll kill you. 'In some studies using labratory animals, eating too many bananas has been known to cause cancer.' Oh, and watch out for hyper-emo-activists. They'll kill you too.
BOTTOM LINE: Within the lesser-devil cure lies the harm of a new ailment. It's time we make a better banana.
Then again, modern medical science can't even give me a cure for a virus. And I still have to pay the doc at the end of the visit. You think chemo would work?
Here was one of my favorite lines [interject: "It's not a movie, buddy.]:
"Population control advocates blamed DDT for increasing third world population. In the 1960s, World Health Organization authorities believed there was no alternative to the overpopulation problem but to assure than [sic] up to 40 percent of the children in poor nations would die of malaria. As an official of the Agency for International Development stated, "Rather dead than alive and riotously reproducing." -- http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm#ref2
Um... can I sign up? I'd sure like to riot right now...
And in the last link, did they have to knock U2's Bono?--I ask you THAT. Come on! Is no one sacred?
I appreciated The Washington Times honest reporting of Carson's book's "unintended consequences."
In the end, I'm buying what you're selling as stated in The Washington Times (3rd link): "Yet, if South Africa deserves prodigal status, so do the more than 400 prodigious scientific producers -- Nobel Prize winners, scientists and doctors -- who signed an open letter advocating DDT's use in malaria control. Part of the letter reads, 'At worst, there are small health risks, and very large benefits to DDT house spraying.' Used in such a manner, DDT constitutes an almost inconsequential threat to human health. And even the risk that it might be used improperly (and pose a potential hazard to some species) must be weighed against the terrible toll on humanity that malaria continues to take. The decision to abstain from using DDT for malaria control is a deadly one."
And now for the three biggest problems facing malaria nations: 1. Lack of responsible and stable government. 2. Money. 3. Education. 4. All their other big problems.
Still, the intent of my original message was to illustrate what still happens--the sale of harmful products to third world countries. Also standing, DDT like everyting else we cook-up has a dark side. Else you'd be drinking it with ice. [That's a hyperbole. It doesn't require comment.]
But don't hate Rachel Carson. As stated in her online biography at RachelCarson.org:
"Disturbed by the profligate use of synthetic chemical pesticides after World War II, Carson reluctantly changed her focus in order to warn the public about the long term effects of misusing pesticides. In Silent Spring (1962) she challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world.
Carson was attacked by the chemical industry and some in government as an alarmist [BIG SURPRISE], but courageously spoke out to remind us that we are a vulnerable part of the natural world subject to the same damage as the rest of the ecosystem. Testifying before Congress in 1963, Carson called for new policies to protect human health and the environment.
Rachel Carson died in 1964 after a long battle against breast cancer. [You think maybe she ate too many bananas or had a thing for cleanser cocktails?]"
And now let's wrap it up.
Milton Bradley just put out a new game called FDA. Anyone want to play?
Natalie! Stop eating those DDT contaminated hot grits!
*The use of the word "devil" is used in a purely non-religious conotative sense.
Yes, I know I said 3 biggest problems and then put 4.
One last comment: Stop being anonymous and sign up or check out, you anonymous coward! [You know I'm joking, right? About the coward part anyway. After all you've no idea who I am.]
A great disturbance in the Force I feel. Hhrmmmm. Doubt the Jedi you must not. Succeed without the Jedi to hinder it, the Dark Side would.
No money deserves the Dark Side. Census, what matters this? Success, Jedi have found.
BOTTOM LINE: I cannot say better what Carlin says best:
"I gotta tell ya, when it comes to bull****, truly major league bull**** you have to stand back in awe of the all time heavy weight champion of false promises and exaggerated claims... Religion. Organized religion. It's no contest. Religion easily has the best bull**** story of all time. Think about it... Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky... Who watches every thing you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of 10 specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you, and he needs money." - George Carlin
Some inexperienced consultants totally got high from this hack. Right now, sitting in prison, they don't realize it. They don't care...
"Dude, I totally hacked the Army, man. Oh yeah." And then she high-fives her buddy.
There's only one acceptable reason to do what they did the way they did: pure adulterated fun.
After all, we all know that as soon as the Army plugs those leaks all their buddies will follow suit, thus putting an end to hacking and spying around the world. Finally we'll have national security.
BOTTOM LINE: A tighter, more secure system requires only a more imaginative hacker.
But dang! Wasn't it a great read?!
My Vote: Ballsy hacking, stupid advertising. Enjoy the high well it lasts.
"The bizarre consequences of time travel have led some scientists to reject the notion outright." -excerpt from How to Build a Time Machine, 8/12/02, ScientificAmerican.com
I'd like to speak Sci with the rest of you but all I speak is OrdinaryJoe.
Dang! That article is one of the best pieces of scifi I've read in a long time!
Experiencing the effects of time more slowly or more quickly relative to something else isn't really time travel. Well, I guess if you interpret "time travel" semantically to mean that, that's what it is. For example, during an orgasm, I experience time as stopped. Pretty cool, huh?
The article is fun for a "what if?" treatise. And since it uses lots of scientific terminology, I guess Scientific American is as good a place as any to print the article.
BOTTOM LINE: One to many vital "if's" and "suppose's" are missing for me to buy; but if you're buying, I've got some "God" to sell you.
Do you need a science degree to offer conjecture? Or does it just make one's conjecture more plausible?
Is there an english major in the house--or at least someone with some time on their hands? I'd appreciate any grammar and spelling tips.
But seriously, what if I could somehow do some serious backward time travel? What would I do?... I'd go back in time to find out if Natalie really does eat hot grits or I'd beat the crap out of the guy who started that load of bull. Why? Because I worship Natalie and so I eat hot grits daily. But the stuff is nasty as hell.
Face it. The people or corporations with power and money want to stay that way. Smile at the people and wave, tell them how much you care, and get some good photos showing how much you love children, love the people love America, love the world...
*** MEMO ***
*** C O N F I D E N T I A L ***
1. Ship returned recyclables to "recycling plant" in third world country.
2. Increase sale of cigarettes & ddt to third world countries.
3. Dump toxics in CompanyOwnedLand, USA, near unsuspecting town. Make sure it has lots of kids.
4. Payoff FDA and some other government agencies.
5. Treat senator to dinner. Surprise with really expensive gifts.
6. Oh yeah, make sure to overstate profits and understate expenses.
7. Misuse employee retirement funds.
8. Try not to get caught.
*** DESTROY MEMO AFTER READING ***
Folks, hate to break it to you, the same stuff is happening same as ever.
The packaging is just prettier (?), less noticeable (?), whatever.
Cry over the Chinas. Just realize we're all just a bunch of Chinas. We're poisoning them. We're poisoning ourselves.
Do your best to make a difference but you'll never get everyone or every corporation or every government to sign up to make a difference at the same time.
If you cut yourself repeatedly with a blade in one hand while trying to stop the bleeding with your other hand, eventually you bleed to death.
What we need is nuclear annihilation. That ought to do the trick.
From many years of experience as a top customer service agent for McDonalds, I can tell you that when taking a deaf person's order all you need is to know how to read.
What's the sign for Big Mac again?
One deaf friend of mine got out of many speeding tickets because the officer couldn't communicate with him. You think he's going to rush out and buy some Magic Talking Gloves?
The deaf community won't buy it. For accuracy and comfortability they'll want a skilled and gifted translater. You know, someone who cares enough to learn the language.
BOTTOM LINE: Give it to the hard of hearing or hearing impaired who don't know how to sign. Just make sure the third finger works.
One last question, does anyone know how to sign "Natalie Portman eats hot grits" ? Anyone?
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America, why do people cry about what will never be?
Never will the human element be entirely eliminated from the selling--I mean, customer service--trenches.
BOTTOM LINE: It's about options. Today I feel like dealing with people. Today I don't feel like it. Today it's convenient to go to the mall. Today it's not.
You think they'll put out a machine that sells hot grits and Natalie Portman Barbies? Gotta get me one of those.
Yeah and those penis massager machines are the best! But you know what 'they' say, having sex with one of those machines is like having sex with everyone the machine has ever had sex with.
BOTTOM LINE: Use a condom.
Simple.
They pull up to the window with a note--probably already written out--at least we hope. But then again even some deaf suffer from a lack of common sense.
Just remember: Honk all you want. Negative gesturing is just not nice.
Dang. Why'd I use ddt as an example?! Well.
THERE's something I didn't know--you're shocked, I know. Thanks for the 411. I read all your links.
Here's something I did know though:
It's a matter of the lesser of two devils*. Which devil kills fastest? Which is killing more people right now? Do the benefits "at acceptable levels" outweigh the malevolence?
More accurately stated: Do the financial gains of selling a lesser devil outweigh not selling?
Oh yeah. Let's sell it!
It's like cholorine. It's like MFP (maximum flouride protection). And home cleaning products. Ok, I guess I shouldn't drink the pool water. And well, you're right, I shouldn't use a whole tube of paste every time I brush. But damn I make a fine home cleaning products cocktail.
Don't gorge on too many bananas all in one sitting, you glutton. They'll kill you. 'In some studies using labratory animals, eating too many bananas has been known to cause cancer.' Oh, and watch out for hyper-emo-activists. They'll kill you too.
BOTTOM LINE: Within the lesser-devil cure lies the harm of a new ailment. It's time we make a better banana.
Then again, modern medical science can't even give me a cure for a virus. And I still have to pay the doc at the end of the visit. You think chemo would work?
Here was one of my favorite lines [interject: "It's not a movie, buddy.]:
"Population control advocates blamed DDT for increasing third world population. In the 1960s, World Health Organization authorities believed there was no alternative to the overpopulation problem but to assure than [sic] up to 40 percent of the children in poor nations would die of malaria. As an official of the Agency for International Development stated, "Rather dead than alive and riotously reproducing."
-- http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm#ref2
Um... can I sign up? I'd sure like to riot right now...
And in the last link, did they have to knock U2's Bono?--I ask you THAT. Come on! Is no one sacred?
I appreciated The Washington Times honest reporting of Carson's book's "unintended consequences."
In the end, I'm buying what you're selling as stated in The Washington Times (3rd link): "Yet, if South Africa deserves prodigal status, so do the more than 400 prodigious scientific producers -- Nobel Prize winners, scientists and doctors -- who signed an open letter advocating DDT's use in malaria control. Part of the letter reads, 'At worst, there are small health risks, and very large benefits to DDT house spraying.' Used in such a manner, DDT constitutes an almost inconsequential threat to human health. And even the risk that it might be used improperly (and pose a potential hazard to some species) must be weighed against the terrible toll on humanity that malaria continues to take. The decision to abstain from using DDT for malaria control is a deadly one."
And now for the three biggest problems facing malaria nations: 1. Lack of responsible and stable government. 2. Money. 3. Education. 4. All their other big problems.
Still, the intent of my original message was to illustrate what still happens--the sale of harmful products to third world countries. Also standing, DDT like everyting else we cook-up has a dark side. Else you'd be drinking it with ice. [That's a hyperbole. It doesn't require comment.]
But don't hate Rachel Carson. As stated in her online biography at RachelCarson.org:
"Disturbed by the profligate use of synthetic chemical pesticides after World War II, Carson reluctantly changed her focus in order to warn the public about the long term effects of misusing pesticides. In Silent Spring (1962) she challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world.
Carson was attacked by the chemical industry and some in government as an alarmist [BIG SURPRISE], but courageously spoke out to remind us that we are a vulnerable part of the natural world subject to the same damage as the rest of the ecosystem. Testifying before Congress in 1963, Carson called for new policies to protect human health and the environment.
Rachel Carson died in 1964 after a long battle against breast cancer. [You think maybe she ate too many bananas or had a thing for cleanser cocktails?]"
And now let's wrap it up.
Milton Bradley just put out a new game called FDA. Anyone want to play?
Natalie! Stop eating those DDT contaminated hot grits!
*The use of the word "devil" is used in a purely non-religious conotative sense.
Yes, I know I said 3 biggest problems and then put 4.
One last comment: Stop being anonymous and sign up or check out, you anonymous coward! [You know I'm joking, right? About the coward part anyway. After all you've no idea who I am.]
A great disturbance in the Force I feel. Hhrmmmm. Doubt the Jedi you must not. Succeed without the Jedi to hinder it, the Dark Side would.
No money deserves the Dark Side. Census, what matters this? Success, Jedi have found.
BOTTOM LINE: I cannot say better what Carlin says best:
"I gotta tell ya, when it comes to bull****, truly major league bull**** you have to stand back in awe of the all time heavy weight champion of false promises and exaggerated claims... Religion. Organized religion. It's no contest. Religion easily has the best bull**** story of all time. Think about it... Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky... Who watches every thing you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of 10 specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you, and he needs money." - George Carlin
Enter for me you must: "Jedi."
Hot grits Natalie Portman does eat.
Some inexperienced consultants totally got high from this hack. Right now, sitting in prison, they don't realize it. They don't care...
"Dude, I totally hacked the Army, man. Oh yeah." And then she high-fives her buddy.
There's only one acceptable reason to do what they did the way they did: pure adulterated fun.
After all, we all know that as soon as the Army plugs those leaks all their buddies will follow suit, thus putting an end to hacking and spying around the world. Finally we'll have national security.
BOTTOM LINE: A tighter, more secure system requires only a more imaginative hacker.
But dang! Wasn't it a great read?!
My Vote: Ballsy hacking, stupid advertising. Enjoy the high well it lasts.
"The bizarre consequences of time travel have led some scientists to reject the notion outright." -excerpt from How to Build a Time Machine, 8/12/02, ScientificAmerican.com
I'd like to speak Sci with the rest of you but all I speak is OrdinaryJoe.
Dang! That article is one of the best pieces of scifi I've read in a long time!
Experiencing the effects of time more slowly or more quickly relative to something else isn't really time travel. Well, I guess if you interpret "time travel" semantically to mean that, that's what it is. For example, during an orgasm, I experience time as stopped. Pretty cool, huh?
The article is fun for a "what if?" treatise. And since it uses lots of scientific terminology, I guess Scientific American is as good a place as any to print the article.
BOTTOM LINE: One to many vital "if's" and "suppose's" are missing for me to buy; but if you're buying, I've got some "God" to sell you.
Do you need a science degree to offer conjecture? Or does it just make one's conjecture more plausible?
Is there an english major in the house--or at least someone with some time on their hands? I'd appreciate any grammar and spelling tips.
But seriously, what if I could somehow do some serious backward time travel? What would I do?... I'd go back in time to find out if Natalie really does eat hot grits or I'd beat the crap out of the guy who started that load of bull. Why? Because I worship Natalie and so I eat hot grits daily. But the stuff is nasty as hell.
The truth is out there...
Face it. The people or corporations with power and money want to stay that way. Smile at the people and wave, tell them how much you care, and get some good photos showing how much you love children, love the people love America, love the world... *** MEMO *** *** C O N F I D E N T I A L *** 1. Ship returned recyclables to "recycling plant" in third world country. 2. Increase sale of cigarettes & ddt to third world countries. 3. Dump toxics in CompanyOwnedLand, USA, near unsuspecting town. Make sure it has lots of kids. 4. Payoff FDA and some other government agencies. 5. Treat senator to dinner. Surprise with really expensive gifts. 6. Oh yeah, make sure to overstate profits and understate expenses. 7. Misuse employee retirement funds. 8. Try not to get caught. *** DESTROY MEMO AFTER READING *** Folks, hate to break it to you, the same stuff is happening same as ever. The packaging is just prettier (?), less noticeable (?), whatever. Cry over the Chinas. Just realize we're all just a bunch of Chinas. We're poisoning them. We're poisoning ourselves. Do your best to make a difference but you'll never get everyone or every corporation or every government to sign up to make a difference at the same time. If you cut yourself repeatedly with a blade in one hand while trying to stop the bleeding with your other hand, eventually you bleed to death. What we need is nuclear annihilation. That ought to do the trick.
From many years of experience as a top customer service agent for McDonalds, I can tell you that when taking a deaf person's order all you need is to know how to read.
What's the sign for Big Mac again?
One deaf friend of mine got out of many speeding tickets because the officer couldn't communicate with him. You think he's going to rush out and buy some Magic Talking Gloves?
The deaf community won't buy it. For accuracy and comfortability they'll want a skilled and gifted translater. You know, someone who cares enough to learn the language.
BOTTOM LINE: Give it to the hard of hearing or hearing impaired who don't know how to sign. Just make sure the third finger works.
One last question, does anyone know how to sign "Natalie Portman eats hot grits" ? Anyone?