But seriously, if you could get a car which safely decommissioned after 60k miles, for one third the price of a similarly equipped "expiry free" car, wouldn't you jump at the chance?
When my current car is a 1991 Toyota Corolla with 170k miles? FAT CHANCE!
Yes! That one was called "Bash Big Blue". You would chase an IBM logo around with an Apple logo. You got points if you caught IBM. I think the game might still be downloaded at http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/retroengine.htm l.
This was back when IBM and not Microsoft was the big bad monopoly.
I use remote control software to get my PC to play an audio file of snoring right after lunch. That way everyone will think I'm right here in my office, taking the usual nap.
But since when, in a free society, are people allowed to destroy someone's livelihood simply because they don't agree with it? Only the evil socialist system guarentees people lifetime employment.
But I thought this was the whole point of a free society - nobody guarentees you a living, you have to earn a living by getting enough people to agree with you.
People's livelihoods are constantly destroyed. Many times, it is just a single person that is responsible (they are called "bosses"). That's just the breaks.
I had to use a chemical...damn, don't remember what it was, but it turned purple in the presence of amino acids and is used to detect fingerprints on paper.
Ninhydrin. Cool stuff. Completely colorless but turns bright purple in the presence of amino acids. A great prank was leaving trace amounts on someone's pen or something...
No surprise you got a high mark. Experiments that fail are very important in science, and understanding why they may have failed helps inform further research. The important thing about science is explaining why, not "winning the lottery"
That or you could move out of "the wasteland". Fewer of you immigrants would make life a lot better here. Why did you move here in the first place? Could it have been a JOB? You mean your low tax heaven didn't have enough jobs.
The largest source of air pollution in the Central Valley is caused by out-of-state migrants complaining. Moving them out would improve the quality of life.
Vietnam started under Democrats and continued under Democrats until McGovern's defeat
I never knew Richard Nixon was a Democrat. No doubt many other interesting facts about him were kept from the public about his presidency as well.
Keep us all informed, please. We need to know the truth.
Tape cassettes are maybe 90 minutes max, that's 45 minutes per side. Not much time compared to a radio show, especially a music show that might run 2 to 3 hours.
I have YET to find a music-quality recorder with a built-in radio timer. Nothing compared to what TV viewers have had for years with a timed VCR. I actually know folks who record radio shows on their VCR, on the sound track (tune their cable box to the FM music station, set the timer, etc.)
About a year ago, I really tried to find a "hi fi" tape/tuner combo with a programmable timer. The best I could come up with was an idea on Half-bakery dot com and some sort of souped-up cassette recorder for talk radio junkies.
and Rock-and-Roll consists of nothing but three chords stolen from old starving blue musicians. Face it, every type of new music was considered talentless noise in its day.
Much popular music is also derivative from earlier forms - often shamelessly so. Dr. Dre isn't the first to do this. Led Zepplin stole blatantly from Willie Dixon, for example.
Well, if using a "sample" of someone else's coptright work is illegal, then what about this?. There is a "sample" of an obviously copyrighted newpaper right here in the painting. The nerve of that Picasso guy! Can't he create his OWN original art? No, instead he steals SOMEONE ELSE's work.
I find it more interesting whe people working for these organizations think of themselves as anti-tax, pro-freedom Republicans. Odd that people dependent on the government dole are so politically conservative, and so willing to rant about "cheating welfare bums".
Yes, and the people of Chile will now thank the US for liberating them from the socialist government of Allende, and giving them decades of freedom under the Pinochet government. The families of those who vanished will have the most appreciation for this freedom.
The people of Argentina support you for the support you gave in eliminating leftism from their fair country.
The people of Angola will now thank the US for supporting UNITA, and fighting a brave war against that communist government. The families of those who perished in that decades-long slaughter salute you.
The people of Cambodia salute the US, for when Vietnam finally ended the killing fields, the US government sanctioned the Vietnamese agressor.
The people of Italy salute you, for making sure they did not foolishly include the Italian Communist Party in any post-war government, despite the number who voted for this party in democratic elections (making it at times the second largest party).
And the people of Australia thank you, for removing Gough Whitlam when they did not have the sense to do it themselves.
NO! A tort is NOT a crime! A tort is an action for which a court may mandate that the compensate another party, e.g., your lack of property maintenance causes damage to my property in a storm, you have to compensate me.
You cannot be jailed for a tort. Being sued != being arrested. Being sucessfully sued != criminal conviction.
Under our Second Amendment Rights, we should all get to own anti-aircraft weapons, just so we can fight these terrorists. Remember an armed population is a safe population.
I've actually heard a good argument that the Pentagon's costing for these items is entirely rational - that in ANY organization, if you properly allocated the overhead costs of procurement (approving the paperwork) a toilet seat would cost this much. Even if you bought it at Home Depot and expensed it, the labor of processing your expense report would amount to this much. The problem isn't pentagon inefficiency, it's the private sector not accounting for costs properly (a 1990's management consulting fad called "activity based costing" was based on this)
If worms can survive in my dog's digestive system, then I does not surprise me that they can survive a fall from outer space.
After all, which is the more inhospitable environment?
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People put up with random/compulsery drug tests because they have been brainwashed by the whole "War on Drugs" debacle that it is a Good Thing to test people with no Probable Cause whatsoever.
Or because some people choose humiliation to unemployment. Not that unemployment does have its own humiliations, and sometimes the drug test is the lesser of the two.
I mean, even some fast food joints (Jack-in-the-Box for one) require pre-employment drug tests for their hamburger flippers. This whole pre-employment screening thing has gotten ridiculous.
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As has been the case with other crimes for many years. The act is criminal, the intent determines the severity (among other factors)
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When my current car is a 1991 Toyota Corolla with 170k miles? FAT CHANCE!
What are you trying to do - ruin everything for the rest of us?
Report to the dungeon for your punishment immediately
Yes! That one was called "Bash Big Blue". You would chase an IBM logo around with an Apple logo. You got points if you caught IBM. I think the game might still be downloaded at http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/retroengine.htm l.
This was back when IBM and not Microsoft was the big bad monopoly.
Or it might motivate bosses to use more sophisticated methods of employee surveillance, like actually walking around and seeing who is in the office!
Good thing my boss doesn't read /.
I should get back to my pina colada now
And for those all-nighter programming sessions, Khat instead of Jolt Cola.
But I thought this was the whole point of a free society - nobody guarentees you a living, you have to earn a living by getting enough people to agree with you.
People's livelihoods are constantly destroyed. Many times, it is just a single person that is responsible (they are called "bosses"). That's just the breaks.
Ninhydrin. Cool stuff. Completely colorless but turns bright purple in the presence of amino acids. A great prank was leaving trace amounts on someone's pen or something...
No surprise you got a high mark. Experiments that fail are very important in science, and understanding why they may have failed helps inform further research. The important thing about science is explaining why, not "winning the lottery"
The largest source of air pollution in the Central Valley is caused by out-of-state migrants complaining. Moving them out would improve the quality of life.
And we all know that hippies are net consumers of energy
I never knew Richard Nixon was a Democrat. No doubt many other interesting facts about him were kept from the public about his presidency as well. Keep us all informed, please. We need to know the truth.
Tape cassettes are maybe 90 minutes max, that's 45 minutes per side. Not much time compared to a radio show, especially a music show that might run 2 to 3 hours.
I have YET to find a music-quality recorder with a built-in radio timer. Nothing compared to what TV viewers have had for years with a timed VCR. I actually know folks who record radio shows on their VCR, on the sound track (tune their cable box to the FM music station, set the timer, etc.)
About a year ago, I really tried to find a "hi fi" tape/tuner combo with a programmable timer. The best I could come up with was an idea on Half-bakery dot com and some sort of souped-up cassette recorder for talk radio junkies.
Much popular music is also derivative from earlier forms - often shamelessly so. Dr. Dre isn't the first to do this. Led Zepplin stole blatantly from Willie Dixon, for example.
Someone should sue this guy. Really.
I find it more interesting whe people working for these organizations think of themselves as anti-tax, pro-freedom Republicans. Odd that people dependent on the government dole are so politically conservative, and so willing to rant about "cheating welfare bums".
The people of Argentina support you for the support you gave in eliminating leftism from their fair country.
The people of Angola will now thank the US for supporting UNITA, and fighting a brave war against that communist government. The families of those who perished in that decades-long slaughter salute you.
The people of Cambodia salute the US, for when Vietnam finally ended the killing fields, the US government sanctioned the Vietnamese agressor.
The people of Italy salute you, for making sure they did not foolishly include the Italian Communist Party in any post-war government, despite the number who voted for this party in democratic elections (making it at times the second largest party).
And the people of Australia thank you, for removing Gough Whitlam when they did not have the sense to do it themselves.
You cannot be jailed for a tort. Being sued != being arrested. Being sucessfully sued != criminal conviction.
Under our Second Amendment Rights, we should all get to own anti-aircraft weapons, just so we can fight these terrorists. Remember an armed population is a safe population.
And by spending the money on an ever-growing military machine you risk spiraling into fascism...
I've actually heard a good argument that the Pentagon's costing for these items is entirely rational - that in ANY organization, if you properly allocated the overhead costs of procurement (approving the paperwork) a toilet seat would cost this much. Even if you bought it at Home Depot and expensed it, the labor of processing your expense report would amount to this much. The problem isn't pentagon inefficiency, it's the private sector not accounting for costs properly (a 1990's management consulting fad called "activity based costing" was based on this)
No, they cover that subject in Botany...
After all, which is the more inhospitable environment?
Or because some people choose humiliation to unemployment. Not that unemployment does have its own humiliations, and sometimes the drug test is the lesser of the two.
I mean, even some fast food joints (Jack-in-the-Box for one) require pre-employment drug tests for their hamburger flippers. This whole pre-employment screening thing has gotten ridiculous.
As has been the case with other crimes for many years. The act is criminal, the intent determines the severity (among other factors)