I went out yesterday evening and bought a carton of cigarettes and a twelve-pack of beer. If I'd had more money, I could have bought a politician. Bill Gates' pockets are much deeper than mine and much heavier too. I have no idea how he holds his pants up. He must spend a fortune on suspenders!
Sorry, pal, but right now YOUR stupidity is showing through. The USA is a Democratic Republic. A Democracy would be a government in which every law was voted on by every citizen. In a Republic, we elect people to represent us and (we hope) vote for or against laws to serve our best interests. Since the adoption of the US Constitution, we have been a Republic, for better or worse.
I didn't mod it as funny, but yes, it IS funny precisely because you are serious and because it makes perfect sense. And of course, because it'll never in hell happen. I'd love to see it happen, but write Billy (the Kid) Gates and see what he thinks of the idea. If you get a response I'll kiss your... no, I won't go that far. I'll buy you a beer.
Years ago I used to say this about pinball machines (not the "Flipper" machines, but the ones that took a nickel a game and paid off at the same rate for games won). If they weren't making money, they wouldn't be sitting there. Some people are going to gamble and I don't see anything wrong with that, but at any casino the average customer will enter with more money than he/she leaves with. If you want to gamble, buy a few decks of cards and invite four friends over for a friendly night of poker (BYOB). Then every dime that comes into the game leaves in some player's pocket, the house gets nothing, and everybody should be reasonably happy, if not sloppy drunk and broke. Establish some house rules prior to dealing the first hand and make sure everyone understands and agrees. This includes stuff such as minium number of chips (we used to go $10, but whatever fits) and a mininum time the game would last (if you ran out of chips before, say, 1 AM, you could leave the game or buy more chips; otherwise, you're going to play till 1 AM). We had a lot of fun with this, but a word of caution: don't get too drunk or you'll lose your ass. Try it, you might like it!
Micromoog, I've got to agree with you on that. I wouldn't want the job of delivering mail and putting up with everyone's dogs and children, not to mention the irate postal patrons. I do, however, think that for what they're getting paid, they should learn to read the damned addresses and put the mail where it fucking goes. The postal rates are a bargain, but only when the mail makes it to where you sent it. An elderly woman next door didn't get her Social Security check one month... until somebody found it across town still in its envelope, wadded up in a ditch. The finder was kind enough to get it to her. That kind of crap is inexcuseable.
SuperBanana, except for the "Union Busting" remark, I agree (I hate unions myself). I must say that our local Walmart has some fine people working there, but I miss a lot of the places they put out of business. We have a great little hardware store on my (South) end of town, just a little Mom and Pop place, and I've found that often their prices are less than Lowe's or Walmart's on identical merchandise. And these folks are very knowledgable about everything they sell. Yet they are having one helluva time staying in business because folks will drive 'way across town to buy from Lowe's or Walmart thinking they're saving money. I just hope these good folks can keep the hardware store going. Oh, and Eckerd's bought out my favorite privately owned pharmacy.. and prices went up. Go figure.
Having worked for years at a "fast food" auto parts chain store (my primary job was supposed to be keeping track of the inventory), I can see a number of very valueable uses for this technology. We got our stock shipments in once a week, and there was no way in hell to count all of that stuff. The company strongly discouraged even trying, other than a rough count of batteries and cases of oil, etc. They figured, what the hell, WE'VE still got it; it's either at the store or at the warehouse, or was misshipped to another store. Needless to say, my store often got stiffed on some badly needed items. It would have been wonderful to have this setup in there, just to instantly verify shipments. Also, we had a lot of trouble with shoplifting and some problems with employee theft, which could have been eased considerably by this system.
It seems to me that the logical solution to the issues you mentioned is to attach the tags in such a way that the cashier could simply remove them at the point of sale. Then they could be returned to the manufacturer for re-use, reducing cost of the chips. There would have to be a special tool to remove the device, but that should be a simple thing to devise.
If I owned the last copy of Shakespeare and he had written it in English, I'd copy and distribute it, absolutely! I'm not sure what that language was that he was using, but it needs translating. I might publish the translations.
You'd liked to have SEEN Fritz Hollings' face? Damn, can't you think of more fun things to do with it? Come on now, allow your imagination to run free! Think "pie" or "excrement" or "baseball bat"... hell, the sky's the limit!
Hehehhh.. I ought to get a *trademark* on the word "Gates", and sue ol' Billy (The Kid) Gates everytime his name comes up. I have a feeling that, if we work at it, we can use this DRM crap (and other such garbage) to get even. Bastards, the whole damn lot of them. Take their guns and shoot 'em with their own pistols. Poetic Justice!
I was in the Boy Scouts of America forty years ago, and we never, ever audited computers. Of course, we didn't know what computers were back then so I guess that explains it.
Some things are, by their nature and design, evil. If they are intrusive, they are evil. If they limit your freedom, they are evil. Unless, of course, you don't mind having intrusions on your privacy or having your freedom limited. In that case, I suppose they are perfectly okay. For YOU. But damn sure not for me.
It IS common sense. These people want total control and absolute power. And they have the resources to purchase it from folks like "on the Fritz" Hollings and other legislators who are on the make. It's a damn shame for the US public. It may be a shame for the folks in other nations, but some of those folks saw it coming and dumped MS for an open source option. I expect I'll be doing the same. If you can't trust your own damn computer, who the hell can you trust?
Btw, most US pilsners like bud, if not ice cold, are roach piss. One could make the case that most, when served ice cold, are ice cold roach piss. There are a few notable exceptions (I'm having one of those now) but that is the way it is here. Oh, and nowadays most US beers are "light", which is watered-down roach piss. It won't be fit to drink no matter how cold it's you get it.
As a fellow beer geek, I must say that beer should be served as close as possible at the temperature that the drinker prefers. It's kind like that old thing about serving white wine with fish and white meat, and red wine with red meats. One should serve whatever wine the diner prefers and I tend to avoid white wines because regardless of what I'm eating, I usually prefer reds. Same with beer... I like for it to be enjoyable at room temp (most US beer is not), but i prefer it all damn cold.
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They probably use Lucas Refrigerators in Ireland, in which case they have no choice but to serve it warm.
"Why do I remember that?" Because you have not yet had enough beer.
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Right... I've used Coleman beer cozies for years when I'm not at home. When at home I use something similar but better, a blue ice cooler. I always keep at least two of them; they reside in the freezer so one is always cold. I love cold beer, but I like to drink it slow, so this works out great. Oh, and I also use a blue ice system in my Playmate cooler... the one that goes between the two rows of beers, and three small ones across the top. This holds a 6-pack nicely. Always put the empty can in place of the full one you take out, thus keeping the top ice on top.
ANY two-wheeled vehicle stands a pretty good chance of getting you killed. This is true for a number of reasons, one being that drivers aren't looking for you. An underpowered bike on the road is like taking a penknife to a gunfight; it places you in an extremely vulnerable situation. It's a good idea, if you're going to ride a two-wheeler in trafic, to ride one that can at least keep up with everything else on the road. I prefer riding one that can zip around the fools out there in cars, trucks, etc. About half the people on the roads around here are drunk, and the other half are crazy, or just plain stupid.
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I went out yesterday evening and bought a carton of cigarettes and a twelve-pack of beer. If I'd had more money, I could have bought a politician. Bill Gates' pockets are much deeper than mine and much heavier too. I have no idea how he holds his pants up. He must spend a fortune on suspenders!
Sorry, pal, but right now YOUR stupidity is showing through. The USA is a Democratic Republic. A Democracy would be a government in which every law was voted on by every citizen. In a Republic, we elect people to represent us and (we hope) vote for or against laws to serve our best interests. Since the adoption of the US Constitution, we have been a Republic, for better or worse.
I didn't mod it as funny, but yes, it IS funny precisely because you are serious and because it makes perfect sense. And of course, because it'll never in hell happen. I'd love to see it happen, but write Billy (the Kid) Gates and see what he thinks of the idea. If you get a response I'll kiss your... no, I won't go that far. I'll buy you a beer.
To "The_Rook", I'm curious. Do all rooks have a phobia of capitalizing the first letter of a sentence?
I'm still trying to figure out why Al Gore didn't patent the Internet. He could have made a fortune, and saved all that time he wasted in politics!
Years ago I used to say this about pinball machines (not the "Flipper" machines, but the ones that took a nickel a game and paid off at the same rate for games won). If they weren't making money, they wouldn't be sitting there. Some people are going to gamble and I don't see anything wrong with that, but at any casino the average customer will enter with more money than he/she leaves with. If you want to gamble, buy a few decks of cards and invite four friends over for a friendly night of poker (BYOB). Then every dime that comes into the game leaves in some player's pocket, the house gets nothing, and everybody should be reasonably happy, if not sloppy drunk and broke. Establish some house rules prior to dealing the first hand and make sure everyone understands and agrees. This includes stuff such as minium number of chips (we used to go $10, but whatever fits) and a mininum time the game would last (if you ran out of chips before, say, 1 AM, you could leave the game or buy more chips; otherwise, you're going to play till 1 AM). We had a lot of fun with this, but a word of caution: don't get too drunk or you'll lose your ass. Try it, you might like it!
Micromoog, I've got to agree with you on that. I wouldn't want the job of delivering mail and putting up with everyone's dogs and children, not to mention the irate postal patrons. I do, however, think that for what they're getting paid, they should learn to read the damned addresses and put the mail where it fucking goes. The postal rates are a bargain, but only when the mail makes it to where you sent it. An elderly woman next door didn't get her Social Security check one month... until somebody found it across town still in its envelope, wadded up in a ditch. The finder was kind enough to get it to her. That kind of crap is inexcuseable.
SuperBanana, except for the "Union Busting" remark, I agree (I hate unions myself). I must say that our local Walmart has some fine people working there, but I miss a lot of the places they put out of business. We have a great little hardware store on my (South) end of town, just a little Mom and Pop place, and I've found that often their prices are less than Lowe's or Walmart's on identical merchandise. And these folks are very knowledgable about everything they sell. Yet they are having one helluva time staying in business because folks will drive 'way across town to buy from Lowe's or Walmart thinking they're saving money. I just hope these good folks can keep the hardware store going. Oh, and Eckerd's bought out my favorite privately owned pharmacy.. and prices went up. Go figure.
Having worked for years at a "fast food" auto parts chain store (my primary job was supposed to be keeping track of the inventory), I can see a number of very valueable uses for this technology. We got our stock shipments in once a week, and there was no way in hell to count all of that stuff. The company strongly discouraged even trying, other than a rough count of batteries and cases of oil, etc. They figured, what the hell, WE'VE still got it; it's either at the store or at the warehouse, or was misshipped to another store. Needless to say, my store often got stiffed on some badly needed items. It would have been wonderful to have this setup in there, just to instantly verify shipments. Also, we had a lot of trouble with shoplifting and some problems with employee theft, which could have been eased considerably by this system.
It seems to me that the logical solution to the issues you mentioned is to attach the tags in such a way that the cashier could simply remove them at the point of sale. Then they could be returned to the manufacturer for re-use, reducing cost of the chips. There would have to be a special tool to remove the device, but that should be a simple thing to devise.
Airwaves are a right. It's your damn air.
If I owned the last copy of Shakespeare and he had written it in English, I'd copy and distribute it, absolutely! I'm not sure what that language was that he was using, but it needs translating. I might publish the translations.
You'd liked to have SEEN Fritz Hollings' face? Damn, can't you think of more fun things to do with it? Come on now, allow your imagination to run free! Think "pie" or "excrement" or "baseball bat"... hell, the sky's the limit!
Hehehhh.. I ought to get a *trademark* on the word "Gates", and sue ol' Billy (The Kid) Gates everytime his name comes up. I have a feeling that, if we work at it, we can use this DRM crap (and other such garbage) to get even. Bastards, the whole damn lot of them. Take their guns and shoot 'em with their own pistols. Poetic Justice!
G*d dammit, they killed Kenney! The bastards!
I was in the Boy Scouts of America forty years ago, and we never, ever audited computers. Of course, we didn't know what computers were back then so I guess that explains it.
Some things are, by their nature and design, evil. If they are intrusive, they are evil. If they limit your freedom, they are evil. Unless, of course, you don't mind having intrusions on your privacy or having your freedom limited. In that case, I suppose they are perfectly okay. For YOU. But damn sure not for me.
RIAA not a Law Enforcement Agency? Hell, that never stopped them before. They BUY law enforcement agencies, and the political wimps who control them.
It IS common sense. These people want total control and absolute power. And they have the resources to purchase it from folks like "on the Fritz" Hollings and other legislators who are on the make. It's a damn shame for the US public. It may be a shame for the folks in other nations, but some of those folks saw it coming and dumped MS for an open source option. I expect I'll be doing the same. If you can't trust your own damn computer, who the hell can you trust?
Btw, most US pilsners like bud, if not ice cold, are roach piss. One could make the case that most, when served ice cold, are ice cold roach piss. There are a few notable exceptions (I'm having one of those now) but that is the way it is here. Oh, and nowadays most US beers are "light", which is watered-down roach piss. It won't be fit to drink no matter how cold it's you get it.
As a fellow beer geek, I must say that beer should be served as close as possible at the temperature that the drinker prefers. It's kind like that old thing about serving white wine with fish and white meat, and red wine with red meats. One should serve whatever wine the diner prefers and I tend to avoid white wines because regardless of what I'm eating, I usually prefer reds. Same with beer... I like for it to be enjoyable at room temp (most US beer is not), but i prefer it all damn cold.
They probably use Lucas Refrigerators in Ireland, in which case they have no choice but to serve it warm.
"Why do I remember that?" Because you have not yet had enough beer.
Right... I've used Coleman beer cozies for years when I'm not at home. When at home I use something similar but better, a blue ice cooler. I always keep at least two of them; they reside in the freezer so one is always cold. I love cold beer, but I like to drink it slow, so this works out great. Oh, and I also use a blue ice system in my Playmate cooler... the one that goes between the two rows of beers, and three small ones across the top. This holds a 6-pack nicely. Always put the empty can in place of the full one you take out, thus keeping the top ice on top.
ANY two-wheeled vehicle stands a pretty good chance of getting you killed. This is true for a number of reasons, one being that drivers aren't looking for you. An underpowered bike on the road is like taking a penknife to a gunfight; it places you in an extremely vulnerable situation. It's a good idea, if you're going to ride a two-wheeler in trafic, to ride one that can at least keep up with everything else on the road. I prefer riding one that can zip around the fools out there in cars, trucks, etc. About half the people on the roads around here are drunk, and the other half are crazy, or just plain stupid.