I tend to view the Bible like a Tom Clancy novel; based on real people/offices, set in real places, utterly fantastic, i.e. "wouldn't this be really cool if it were true", and a work of fiction. So, yes, the places that are mentioned in the Bible and then discovered by archeologists are not surprising. I don't suspect that the writers of the Bible were making up places; undoubtedly they were writing what they believed to be the truth. I guess we'll have to wait until we die to know for sure.
The acid head does nothing useful for society, therefore his/her opinion is worthless.
Nice stereotyping, jackass. I am curious: what is the minimum level of performing "useful" activities for society that a person must achieve before you feel that their opinion is not worthless? Do the mentally or physically handicapped fall under this category for you as well? What have YOU done lately for society that makes you so much better?
He'd never heard of the state of Maryland.
I have had people ask me where I grew up, and when responded that I grew up in Vermont, they asked me what state that was in.
Therefore, I actually find it more cost effective to...purchase a complete system from a vendor
I spent a lot of time trying to convince my last boss that the money he was saving by buying components from 3-4 different vendors was being eaten by the cost of my time to put the components together, and by paying for shipping from each vendor. So we purchased a few pre-built computers from a vendor, and discovered that the trained monkeys that they had hired to build the computers would not push the memory in all the way, or wouldn't plug in the hard drive, and, in one case, sent us a motherboard that was either bad when it was built, or didn't survive shipping. In the end, I ended up having to spend almost as much time fixing the boxes as it would have taken me to build them by myself, and when all was said and done, I no longer had the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing that the computer was put together properly. I had to admit to my boss that I was wrong, and until I left, we built all of our boxes ourselves.
As if EA wasn't enough of an evil, soul-sucking monstrosity.
Can we save some time and just repost all of the "M$ is Evil" posts from the last 5 years and just replace Microsoft with EA in each? It really doesn't take much to bring out the knee-jerk reactions here on/. does it?
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Just incase anyoen was thinking of trying it.
Stop telling people not to drink gasoline. We'll all be better off once the people who would drink gasoline, drink gasoline.;)
I was told The Talented Mr. Ripley was a COMEDY before I saw it...
I had a similar experience. A girl I was dating told me that My Life with Michael Keaton was a comedy before we went to see it. I dumped her immediately after the movie.
If they want to know what was said... all they have to do is pull you and your wife aside at the same time and ask you each what was said over the call. If you match, then it's likely that you're both telling the truth. If you don't, then you've just attracted their interest further because one of you must be lying.
They have no right to know what my wife and I talk about. And if I'm planning something I need to hide from the gummint, I'll have my wife tell them we were talking about where to have dinner.
If I choose to waive my right against self-incrimination, and my spousal privilege rights, that is.
He's just using classic FUD to drum up business for his dying business model.
I wouldn't recommend writing off "his dying business model" so easily. Lots of others (Sun, Novell) did that, and look how far they fell. He may be a thief, monopolist, or whatever else you want to call him, but he's also smart and has a track record of being a successful businessman. If you look at it from his view, the business model might not be in as bad shape as you think.
If you want to collect Social Security...If you want to collect welfare...If you want to get government health care...If you're carrying a sidearm concealed....
OK. I don't want to collect Social Security, I want to keep my money in the first place. I don't want to collect welfare, I want to earn my money, and I want everyone else to do the same. I haven't been eligible for government health care since I got out of the Army over a decade ago. I don't carry a concealed weapon. And, yes, I think that allowing the state to identify me to help the "greater good" is too large a price to pay. I have no interest in the "greater good," and I think that the "cogs of the machine" are already moving a little too quickly and easily when I am required to begin giving up my rights; right to privacy, right to bear arms (without having to have a government issued permit,) right to a writ of habeas corpus, and all of the other rights that were taken away for the "greater good."
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Damn your employer for restricting your God-given and Constiututional right to harass your ex-girlfriend! How dare they?!?
Some 1,507 wiretaps -- or about ten out of every nine -- targeted portable devices, such as cell phones and pagers.
That's about 111%. Nice work with the numbers there.
No, September 30.
In any event, you will always lose in the court of public opinion, which was my point.
Correct. Everything else in your post was ignorant crap. Masturbating? Socialism? Analogies? Where did that crap come from?
The only remnant of our civilization would be a syringe.
FYI, the "acid head" you were describing doesn't use a syringe, moron.
I tend to view the Bible like a Tom Clancy novel; based on real people/offices, set in real places, utterly fantastic, i.e. "wouldn't this be really cool if it were true", and a work of fiction. So, yes, the places that are mentioned in the Bible and then discovered by archeologists are not surprising. I don't suspect that the writers of the Bible were making up places; undoubtedly they were writing what they believed to be the truth. I guess we'll have to wait until we die to know for sure.
The acid head does nothing useful for society, therefore his/her opinion is worthless.
Nice stereotyping, jackass. I am curious: what is the minimum level of performing "useful" activities for society that a person must achieve before you feel that their opinion is not worthless? Do the mentally or physically handicapped fall under this category for you as well? What have YOU done lately for society that makes you so much better?
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He'd never heard of the state of Maryland.
I have had people ask me where I grew up, and when responded that I grew up in Vermont, they asked me what state that was in.
Good point. Are they going to blacklist Google Images? It's the biggest free porn site there is.
She's been Slashdotted.
We don't have, nor should we expect, the right to pirate movies.
But I love Pirate movies! The Curse of the Black Pearl was awesome!
Therefore, I actually find it more cost effective to...purchase a complete system from a vendor
I spent a lot of time trying to convince my last boss that the money he was saving by buying components from 3-4 different vendors was being eaten by the cost of my time to put the components together, and by paying for shipping from each vendor. So we purchased a few pre-built computers from a vendor, and discovered that the trained monkeys that they had hired to build the computers would not push the memory in all the way, or wouldn't plug in the hard drive, and, in one case, sent us a motherboard that was either bad when it was built, or didn't survive shipping. In the end, I ended up having to spend almost as much time fixing the boxes as it would have taken me to build them by myself, and when all was said and done, I no longer had the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing that the computer was put together properly. I had to admit to my boss that I was wrong, and until I left, we built all of our boxes ourselves.
As if EA wasn't enough of an evil, soul-sucking monstrosity.
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Can we save some time and just repost all of the "M$ is Evil" posts from the last 5 years and just replace Microsoft with EA in each? It really doesn't take much to bring out the knee-jerk reactions here on
Just incase anyoen was thinking of trying it.
;)
Stop telling people not to drink gasoline. We'll all be better off once the people who would drink gasoline, drink gasoline.
Whe I worked customer service, I used to say, "This job wouldn't suck nearly so much if it weren't for all of the customers."
...Segway for the Highway Now THAT would be something to see.
Not for his 94 year-old grandfather. Then it would be a Segway doing 45 mph in the hammer lane with it's left turn signal on for miles.
Text games ARE very much alive...
Thy Dungeonman!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html
You forgot the biggest problem with space combat: getting the sound of a near miss of a laser to travel through space.
Popups. Not so effective on people who don't have functioning eyes....
Not particularly effective on people with functioning brains, either....
I was told The Talented Mr. Ripley was a COMEDY before I saw it...
I had a similar experience. A girl I was dating told me that My Life with Michael Keaton was a comedy before we went to see it. I dumped her immediately after the movie.
SCO Linux - Free as in "$699".
(Limited time threat, er, that is, offer)
If they want to know what was said... all they have to do is pull you and your wife aside at the same time and ask you each what was said over the call. If you match, then it's likely that you're both telling the truth. If you don't, then you've just attracted their interest further because one of you must be lying.
They have no right to know what my wife and I talk about. And if I'm planning something I need to hide from the gummint, I'll have my wife tell them we were talking about where to have dinner.
If I choose to waive my right against self-incrimination, and my spousal privilege rights, that is.
He's just using classic FUD to drum up business for his dying business model.
I wouldn't recommend writing off "his dying business model" so easily. Lots of others (Sun, Novell) did that, and look how far they fell. He may be a thief, monopolist, or whatever else you want to call him, but he's also smart and has a track record of being a successful businessman. If you look at it from his view, the business model might not be in as bad shape as you think.
I can hardly believe my LCD display!
...that displays WINE on GNU Linux...
If you want to collect Social Security...If you want to collect welfare...If you want to get government health care...If you're carrying a sidearm concealed....
OK. I don't want to collect Social Security, I want to keep my money in the first place. I don't want to collect welfare, I want to earn my money, and I want everyone else to do the same. I haven't been eligible for government health care since I got out of the Army over a decade ago. I don't carry a concealed weapon. And, yes, I think that allowing the state to identify me to help the "greater good" is too large a price to pay. I have no interest in the "greater good," and I think that the "cogs of the machine" are already moving a little too quickly and easily when I am required to begin giving up my rights; right to privacy, right to bear arms (without having to have a government issued permit,) right to a writ of habeas corpus, and all of the other rights that were taken away for the "greater good."