At least a big percentage of the population does not carry guns otherwise those who get annoyed would more than likely shoot the SOB flying them.
See, we are civilised despite your downer on us.
The thing is, if the English did all carry guns, well there'd be a lot less of them... "That shirt offends my sensibilities!! *pew pew*" or "This is a local country for local people theres nothing for you foreigners here! *pew* *pew*" etc
How many complaints were there of excessive noise caused by parties?
How about barking dogs?
Drivers speeding?
Burglaries?
Assaults?
By comparison, a few complaints about drones (often from people who believe the ridiculous hysteria drummed up by the media on this subject) seems to pale into insignificance doesn't it.
Wait... surely it's time for an other "Drone doesn't hit aircraft" story from a media bereft of all integrity and honesty!
Its the UK, everyone is annoyed about everything.
Just look at the phenomenon of the ASBO and its use in creating dress codes.
So about 1 in 200 people reported an issue. (and that's if each incident was from a unique individual). That's a lot. But not really a staggering amount of incidents in the grand scheme of things. There were probably more cases of bestiality than that. Especially in Wales.
Its the UK. Pretty much anything stirs up public annoyance. Brightly colored shirts stir up public annoyance. Especially in England, where its practically a hobby to be annoyed.
The last time the writers went on strike we ended up with Doctor Horrible’s sing-along blog, and that was not a bad thing.
We also ended up with Vancouver picking up a huge amount of tv series production! Moving stuff like this out of California and up to BC has to be a good thing. The Hollywood propaganda machine is massive, old and tired. The industry needs new blood.
So far Apple haven't given a crap about graphics performance. You don't have to be an anti-fanboi to see this, even Apple fanbois admit that the GPU in existing Apple kit, especially the so called 'pro' series, is lacking and the fanboi will say that this is because Apple users have better things to do with their time than play games.
Suddenly Apple cares enough to develop their own GPU? Are they hoping that game developers are going to start targeting the Apple user market which, for so long now, has been mostly disinterested in gaming? Are they hoping to win back the 3d graphics professionals that they've been neglecting all these long years?
The only direction this could be headed is mobile GPU.
Desktop graphics is a totally lost cause for Apple. No game studio is going to develop games for a platform whose users are basically disinterested in desktop gaming; because if someone were interested in desktop gaming they would have bought a PC not a Mac.
I don't think that's a general statement you can make. It is true in English, much to the chagrin of English teachers everywhere, but there are absolutely languages where there is a body empowered to decide what the correct grammar is. I believe, France is rather notoriously defensive of it's académie française. That's not to say that everyone, especially in speech, does what they say but that there actually is a correct way to do things.
Its not up to governments or institutions, thats the whole problem. Its up to the community of native speakers. How they use the language is the language.
"Everyone needs to be sure to tighten __their___ safety belt before approaching the cliff."
And that would be what most people would actually produce.
The trap that stylebooks had evidently fallen into is to assume that the rules of grammar in English are as they are written in textbooks.
This is incorrect; the rules of grammar in any language are what native speakers produce. If a native speaker produces it and, on introspection, insists that it is correct then it is, by definition, correct.
People from Western countries have absolutely no idea that someone from a tribal culture that has had democracy somehow foisted on them simply cannot vote for someone who is not from their tribe....
So like democrats and republicans basically
A democrat who voted Hillary is more likely to vote for Trump, if he ever comes up for re-election, than someone from a tribal area of, eg Africa or Pakistan, is to vote for someone from outside their tribe. If it ever came out that they'd voted outside of tribal lines it'd ruin their lives, possibly get them killed.
Its not similar at all. Republican/Democrat are not subcultures. In fact, to the outside observer the USA often appears to have a single party state with two factions who make a big theatrical fuss about how 'different' they are.
I saw a counterfied iPad on my last trip to Thailand, but as I "knew" all model types of iPads, I recognized imediatly that it is not an iPad. (It was an Android tablet with Apple Logo etc. on it, made from plastics... but looked quite convincing on the first glance, but the formfactors etc. were all wrong).
People from Western countries have absolutely no idea that someone from a tribal culture that has had democracy somehow foisted on them simply cannot vote for someone who is not from their tribe. Given a choice between candidate A from their tribe and candidate B from some other tribe they will ALWAYS vote for candidate A, they effectively have no freedom to choose candidate B because it goes against everything they believe. Policies of the candidates don't even come close to being considered.
To the Westerner this just seems absurd so they think that democracy is just ideal for everyone on the planet, they seldom have any clue how other people operate. Mind you this goes both ways, the tribals probably assume that democrats and republicans are just like themselves.
So are the libtards going to suggest we're now discriminating again 'Muslim laptops' because the ban only applies to certain "Muslim Majority countries"? I certainly wouldn't put it past them.
Well its obviously Islamophobic as are so many things like, for example, not wanting to live under Sharia law.
It amazes me that the iPad is so damn expensive in the first place, given what it is.
That they bolt on about 50% profit for the phone model is chickenfeed in comparison.
Honestly, I bought a GBP 5 Android tablet the other day. Technically it beat most of the iPad Mini specs that are its closest rival. Sure, you can argue "screen resolution" but why would you on such a tiny device to start with?
Don't knock it, its probably more powerful than the Mac Pro by now.
Palestinian holocaust?
Even the fiercest of the Palestinian nationalists do not pretend there is/was Palestinian holocaust nor genocide (I mean, obviously you could find a crazy nut somewhere, that's not what we are talking about here)... All massacres or war crime does not equal genocide!
Put it this way.
I've known Israelis who claim that there is no such thing as a Palestinian; they are really just Arabs. Palestinians who live in Israel are not allowed to refer to themselves as 'Palestinians', they are 'Israeli Arabs'.
Israel is trying to deny the very existence of an entire people, isn't that a very subtle form of genocide? What if Hitler had declared that Jews don't exist and that any Jew living in Germany had to be referred to as a 'German Semite'? Would that have been ok?
Fortunately, they've already figured out a cheaper replacement. The future is lasers!... Lots of them, probably.
Watch Star Wars again, the original movie.
Those Imperials didn't bother shooting that 'empty' escape pod? Why? Because shooting lasers costs MONEY!!!111 They'd probably have been fired for wasting all that power shooting an empty escape pod:P
In Generation Kill there was a scene where some marines were dressed down for shooting a technical with a TOW. I think the cost/benefit of munitions and targets of opportunity was one of the reasons that cannons got put back on ground strike aircraft.
Then theres Star Wars (the original movie) where they don't bother shooting that 'empty' escape pod.
But you probably complain about lack of money for the arts or education. Nice going. Waste money we don't have.
I don't think that people NOT doing this is going to result in the US government spending more money on arts and education... The money is STILL going to the military-industrial complex.
There is no Palestinian "holocaust". There are "Palestinian" terrorists killing innocent Israeli civilians and there are Israeli soldiers and law-enforcement fighting terrorists.
There is no such thing as "a holocaust" any more than there's such a thing as "a los angeles". There's just The Holocaust, which is one specific genocide, like there's just Los Angeles, which is one specific city. It's not a generic noun, it's a proper noun.
mid-13c., "sacrifice by fire, burnt offering," from Old French holocauste (12c.), or directly from Late Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston "a thing wholly burnt," neuter of holokaustos "burned whole," from holos "whole" (see holo-) + kaustos, verbal adjective of kaiein "to burn" (see caustic).
I'd guess they'd be kind of like the "Daughter's of the Mayflower", which were among the first illegal immigrants to arrive in the USA and initiate the wholesale slaughter mostly by disease and environmental depredation of the Natives. I'm saying they might self-select and have yearly or monthly meetings to celebrate their awesomeness (not so awesome from the Native's view). Or, you could look for the most established and wealthy families, those would be good candidates.
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At least a big percentage of the population does not carry guns otherwise those who get annoyed would more than likely shoot the SOB flying them.
See, we are civilised despite your downer on us.
The thing is, if the English did all carry guns, well there'd be a lot less of them... "That shirt offends my sensibilities!! *pew pew*" or "This is a local country for local people theres nothing for you foreigners here! *pew* *pew*" etc
How many complaints were there of excessive noise caused by parties?
How about barking dogs?
Drivers speeding?
Burglaries?
Assaults?
By comparison, a few complaints about drones (often from people who believe the ridiculous hysteria drummed up by the media on this subject) seems to pale into insignificance doesn't it.
Wait... surely it's time for an other "Drone doesn't hit aircraft" story from a media bereft of all integrity and honesty!
Its the UK, everyone is annoyed about everything.
Just look at the phenomenon of the ASBO and its use in creating dress codes.
Last year incidents rose to 3,456
So about 1 in 200 people reported an issue. (and that's if each incident was from a unique individual). That's a lot. But not really a staggering amount of incidents in the grand scheme of things. There were probably more cases of bestiality than that. Especially in Wales.
Its the UK. Pretty much anything stirs up public annoyance. Brightly colored shirts stir up public annoyance. Especially in England, where its practically a hobby to be annoyed.
The last time the writers went on strike we ended up with Doctor Horrible’s sing-along blog, and that was not a bad thing.
We also ended up with Vancouver picking up a huge amount of tv series production! Moving stuff like this out of California and up to BC has to be a good thing. The Hollywood propaganda machine is massive, old and tired. The industry needs new blood.
So far Apple haven't given a crap about graphics performance. You don't have to be an anti-fanboi to see this, even Apple fanbois admit that the GPU in existing Apple kit, especially the so called 'pro' series, is lacking and the fanboi will say that this is because Apple users have better things to do with their time than play games.
Suddenly Apple cares enough to develop their own GPU? Are they hoping that game developers are going to start targeting the Apple user market which, for so long now, has been mostly disinterested in gaming? Are they hoping to win back the 3d graphics professionals that they've been neglecting all these long years?
The only direction this could be headed is mobile GPU.
Desktop graphics is a totally lost cause for Apple. No game studio is going to develop games for a platform whose users are basically disinterested in desktop gaming; because if someone were interested in desktop gaming they would have bought a PC not a Mac.
Isn't the issue over the ANNOTATIONS and not the laws?
What am I missing?
Maybe the state made it impossible to get a copy of the laws without the annotations?
Basically, grammar rules, along with a number of other taught behaviors are used to signal class in most English speaking countries.
Too true
I have a relative who speaks received pronunciation consistently 100% of the time. She was born and raised in the slums of London.
I don't think that's a general statement you can make. It is true in English, much to the chagrin of English teachers everywhere, but there are absolutely languages where there is a body empowered to decide what the correct grammar is. I believe, France is rather notoriously defensive of it's académie française. That's not to say that everyone, especially in speech, does what they say but that there actually is a correct way to do things.
Its not up to governments or institutions, thats the whole problem. Its up to the community of native speakers. How they use the language is the language.
"Everyone needs to be sure to tighten __their___ safety belt before approaching the cliff."
And that would be what most people would actually produce.
The trap that stylebooks had evidently fallen into is to assume that the rules of grammar in English are as they are written in textbooks.
This is incorrect; the rules of grammar in any language are what native speakers produce. If a native speaker produces it and, on introspection, insists that it is correct then it is, by definition, correct.
People from Western countries have absolutely no idea that someone from a tribal culture that has had democracy somehow foisted on them simply cannot vote for someone who is not from their tribe. ...
So like democrats and republicans basically
A democrat who voted Hillary is more likely to vote for Trump, if he ever comes up for re-election, than someone from a tribal area of, eg Africa or Pakistan, is to vote for someone from outside their tribe. If it ever came out that they'd voted outside of tribal lines it'd ruin their lives, possibly get them killed.
Its not similar at all. Republican/Democrat are not subcultures. In fact, to the outside observer the USA often appears to have a single party state with two factions who make a big theatrical fuss about how 'different' they are.
and if that shoe bomber would of pulled it off then we may all be getting a free colonoscopy at the airport.
If that shoe bomber had pulled it off we'd all be amazed that you can detonate plastic explosive with matches.
Yes and no.
I saw a counterfied iPad on my last trip to Thailand, but as I "knew" all model types of iPads, I recognized imediatly that it is not an iPad. (It was an Android tablet with Apple Logo etc. on it, made from plastics ... but looked quite convincing on the first glance, but the formfactors etc. were all wrong).
I saw some dead giveaways, Sansmug phones...
Mythbusters is not very reliable regarding busting myths.
Mythbusters is to science as pro wrestling is to sport. Ie pro wrestling is 'sports entertainment'.
You are totally correct.
People from Western countries have absolutely no idea that someone from a tribal culture that has had democracy somehow foisted on them simply cannot vote for someone who is not from their tribe. Given a choice between candidate A from their tribe and candidate B from some other tribe they will ALWAYS vote for candidate A, they effectively have no freedom to choose candidate B because it goes against everything they believe. Policies of the candidates don't even come close to being considered.
To the Westerner this just seems absurd so they think that democracy is just ideal for everyone on the planet, they seldom have any clue how other people operate. Mind you this goes both ways, the tribals probably assume that democrats and republicans are just like themselves.
Can you actually still do anything, or have all useful features been removed?
I was going to ask which features had been removed this iteration! Restricting users options seems to be an ongoing trend with the Gnome.
So are the libtards going to suggest we're now discriminating again 'Muslim laptops' because the ban only applies to certain "Muslim Majority countries"? I certainly wouldn't put it past them.
Well its obviously Islamophobic as are so many things like, for example, not wanting to live under Sharia law.
It amazes me that the iPad is so damn expensive in the first place, given what it is.
That they bolt on about 50% profit for the phone model is chickenfeed in comparison.
Honestly, I bought a GBP 5 Android tablet the other day. Technically it beat most of the iPad Mini specs that are its closest rival. Sure, you can argue "screen resolution" but why would you on such a tiny device to start with?
Don't knock it, its probably more powerful than the Mac Pro by now.
Palestinian holocaust?
Even the fiercest of the Palestinian nationalists do not pretend there is/was Palestinian holocaust nor genocide (I mean, obviously you could find a crazy nut somewhere, that's not what we are talking about here)...
All massacres or war crime does not equal genocide!
Put it this way.
I've known Israelis who claim that there is no such thing as a Palestinian; they are really just Arabs. Palestinians who live in Israel are not allowed to refer to themselves as 'Palestinians', they are 'Israeli Arabs'.
Israel is trying to deny the very existence of an entire people, isn't that a very subtle form of genocide? What if Hitler had declared that Jews don't exist and that any Jew living in Germany had to be referred to as a 'German Semite'? Would that have been ok?
Fortunately, they've already figured out a cheaper replacement. The future is lasers! ... Lots of them, probably.
Watch Star Wars again, the original movie.
Those Imperials didn't bother shooting that 'empty' escape pod? Why? Because shooting lasers costs MONEY!!!111 They'd probably have been fired for wasting all that power shooting an empty escape pod :P
In Generation Kill there was a scene where some marines were dressed down for shooting a technical with a TOW. I think the cost/benefit of munitions and targets of opportunity was one of the reasons that cannons got put back on ground strike aircraft.
Then theres Star Wars (the original movie) where they don't bother shooting that 'empty' escape pod.
But you probably complain about lack of money for the arts or education. Nice going. Waste money we don't have.
I don't think that people NOT doing this is going to result in the US government spending more money on arts and education... The money is STILL going to the military-industrial complex.
Why do you hate America? Our system has made us the best country in the world.
He hates your freedom (to manipulate and prey on little kids).
There is no Palestinian "holocaust". There are "Palestinian" terrorists killing innocent Israeli civilians and there are Israeli soldiers and law-enforcement fighting terrorists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There is no such thing as "a holocaust" any more than there's such a thing as "a los angeles". There's just The Holocaust, which is one specific genocide, like there's just Los Angeles, which is one specific city. It's not a generic noun, it's a proper noun.
Oh right of course.
For Palestinians its al-Nakbah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
kind of like the Trail of Tears
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The word 'holocaust' has meaning outside of the Jewish context, its not a proper name. The term appears to date from the 13th century.
http://www.etymonline.com/inde...
mid-13c., "sacrifice by fire, burnt offering," from Old French holocauste (12c.), or directly from Late Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston "a thing wholly burnt," neuter of holokaustos "burned whole," from holos "whole" (see holo-) + kaustos, verbal adjective of kaiein "to burn" (see caustic).
I'd guess they'd be kind of like the "Daughter's of the Mayflower", which were among the first illegal immigrants to arrive in the USA and initiate the wholesale slaughter mostly by disease and environmental depredation of the Natives. I'm saying they might self-select and have yearly or monthly meetings to celebrate their awesomeness (not so awesome from the Native's view).
Or, you could look for the most established and wealthy families, those would be good candidates.
Like the political elite of Israel eh