Ya know what sure as hell ain't UNIX? GNU. I think to make the point clear they should rename it "GSAHAU"--GSAHAU Sure As Hell Ain't UNIX. And it would be so fun to pronounce. Gah-saw-how.
I think we need to stop this calendar thing regarding the recent AOL situation and what-not before it turns into one of those "in Soviet Russia"-type things. Please understand and just let it go.
The generally accepted term in America is African-American, however I believe that's more for political correctness than anything else (I've heard Africans called African-Americans just out of habit, but it does make you sound stupid). However if you think about that, it's pretty misleading. I mean, do most African-Americans/blacks even know what African nation they're from? No. If you think about it that way, I should be a Romanian-German-Polish-American, because I am indeed more Romanian (even though I've never been there, don't speak the language, and don't look it) than they are African. I don't even think "African-American" is an ethnicity. It might be a race, but it's sure not an ethnicity (Latino is an ethnicity because people who call themselves Latino generally aren't completely assimilated into American culture and they have their own sub-culture actually relating to their place of origin, the Spanish-speaking world). Sure, black Americans might have their own sub-culture (hip-hop, rap, etc.), however I don't know when the last time you characterized black sub-culture as playing drums and running around like a Masai warrior was.
Everywhere else in the world they're known as "black" (or sure as hell not "African-Countryadjective"). America needs to stop being so afraid of politcal corectness and cut the bullshit. I'm sure as hell not typing out African-American one more time.
Since when do you pay for bandwidth? Users don't pay for bandwidth, ISPs pay for bandwidth. Well, in a broad sense, that is. When's the last time you got annoyed because a page was 10% bigger, forcing you to download 10% more? However if the entire Internet got 10% bigger tomorrow (you know, with, say, Slashdot dupes?;-) the ISPs would be in deep shit.
Okay, so we have established the fact Timmy and General Burrito don't read their own site, but what about the submitters!? I mean, for God's sake, we all stop dupes. Do you think it's somebody doing it on purpose? You know, seeing if they can get somebody to post a dupe just for fun? Actually, that could be a cool sport... You know, you'd have to get the timing just right (stalk Timmy, figure out when his wife's PMSing so that you can find out when he's most stressed out, etc.). Wow...*lightbulb goes on*
I'm using a 21" Dell Trinitron monitor which has lines, and I've always sub-consciously known that flat glass (not flat panel, but flat glass) have lines, but I'd always forgotten to look for them on this monitor. Now I can see them, but they have NEVER bothered me. Don't ever let this stop you from buying a monitor, it's true: after a while you don't even notice them. It's not just people saying that, it's actually true. I can attest to that. I can also attest to the fact that my brother's friend's cousin actually saw George Washington raise from his grave, but nobody believes me on that one.
As far as I know, over 99% of the parts that are used to make a TV are also being used to make the CRT.
Then you don't know much. The reason is that CRTs have insanely better resolution, accept digital input, and have incredibly insanely better resolution! Compare the resolution on an HDTV and then the resolution of a cheap no-brand 15" CRT. Yeah...I'd take the 15" CRT, too.
Cool. Tomorrow at my place? You bring the tea, I'll bring the crumpets. We'll invite Uncle Sam (on your mom's side, right?) over and we'll talk to him about it.
Uh...no. He just used that whistle that they got in his Prinson-Os cereal to make free calls to a mainframe from the one payphone while being ass-raped and coded it by whistling. Back in my day people were imaginitive.
About the land-rights issue: this seems to be a basic point of yours, so I'll bite. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that you are correct, if I don't have a right to the land I live on, who does?
In terms of "rights," rights are an abstract concept which are being given by governments. In terms of our Constitution you have a right to be on the land, but if somebody takes a gun and forces you out of your home, it doesn't matter what "right" is granted to you under the Constitution, because you don't have the house and no piece of paper is going to bring that back.
Where on earth did you get that idea? Sure, they don't make any money if you don't click on them, but Opera let's you click on what you want. You're only stealing if you're going against their wishes...they don't care whether you click or not.
Alright, let's start over with one question: what makes you think that you are entitled to the land that you live on? Forget the Constitution, because in your ideal world, you wouldn't be paying taxes and therefore are not given the rights you are given under the Constitution or Bill of Rights. Nothing gives you the right to be on your land. Not one thing. How can you even bring up the Constitution if you're not going to pay taxes? You don't think that those things come easy, do you? You need to have somebody protecting your rights (literally, a court-appointed attorney, not to mention for enforcing and many other things).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are not entitled to any of the rights granted to you under the Constitution or Bill of Rights if you're not willing to pay for them in the form of keeping our government alive to actually enforce this wonderful document that you keep on referring to. If we went by your logic, we would be covering the Ethiopians under our law documents! But we don't, because they don't pay taxes...of any kind.
That prior to the 20th century, there was no such thing as income tax, right? Meaning it wasn't until the 1930s or whenever income tax was added that April 15th had any sort of significance.
Back in the 19th century there wasn't such a need. You were not given nearly the amount of things that you are now given (scholarships, etc.) and there wasn't such a demand for roads and infrastructure. Not to mention that the law was virtually non-existant in some parts, and healthcare was non-existant, as well. I dare you to go back at line in 1870. Then you'll be begging to have Uncle Sam take back your money.
And the government pays for this why? I tell you what, I'll be responsible for my own medical coverage, if you start paying half my tax bill. I doubt you'll jump at that opportunity...
Well of course not, dumbass, you're not paying 50% of your taxes to our healthcare system.
The only thing you have to pay on for your entire lifetime. What a deal!! Thanks:)
You're paying for libraries, your children's education, and if not your children's, then other people's children's education.
Yeah, that silly constitution thing...what were those people smoking back then? Oh, yeah, I forgot, they didn't have all this taxation to influence peoples' behavior...so there's no telling what they were smoking.
What gives you the idea that you are entitled to land? Just because the Constitution says so? The Constitution is only good when there is a government. What government is there if you're not paying taxes?
Nobody is born into this world with rights. Just because you were the winning sperm doesn't give you any rights. What in our genetic code gives you rights? Nothing. This is an artifical idea of ours of rights. You're lucky that you get to keep anything, for that matter, because the government could easily take it all away from you. Nowhere did I say that this was fair or that I'm happy with it, I'm just saying that they could and nobody would care if you, being a lazy fuck who doesn't even understand the principles of an organized government, died because they killed you, took your land, and gave it to somebody who could use it. You fucking pathetic waste of life.
You're making that swastiga thing up. Okay, so you're not allowed to write "DIE JEW" on a swastiga in a public park (hehehe, "It's German, 'die' is a German word! I swear!"), but there is nothing inherently wrong with the swastiga. It was an ancient Roman and Hindu symbol for life. Look at some pre-1900s art and you'll find it a-plenty.
Personally, I don't get taxes. I sure as hell never agreed to be under the rule of the Gov't. (so what, you were born here, you have to pay the taxes). So f*ing what. Nothing gives them the right to take my money to spend on things that I disagree with and then rape me by passing legislation that makes it illegal for me to do anything.
You're a fucking moron. As much as I feel that doesn't even need to be backed up, I will for the sake of my already-floundering karma.
See, the thing is, you are paying the government for services and products. Sure, they disguise the costs by calling them taxes, but they are really just charges for the following services:
Roads, sidewalks, public works projects, etc.
Domestic protection (the police)
Foreign protection (the military)
Assistance in certain situations (hospitals)
A fucking education (schools, free libraries)
As nice as I've been about this, you're still a fucking moron. Oh, and as a previous poster said: move, you dumbass. To where? Antarctica. What gives the government the right to be on your land? Simple: they can be and they will be. Who ever gave you the notion that you are born into this world with possesions and that you have inaliable rights? Maybe you do under the Constitution, but a government's first and foremost responsibility is to watch its back, or else it won't be there to watch yours.
I haven't owned a TV since I sold mine to pay the legal fines I accumulated after pirating microcrap winblowz software which were in violaction of the DMCASSHOLE. Oh, and I vote libertarian.
Yeah, it's redunant and a flamebait if it doesn't recommend Opera.;-) Mozilla might be nice on Linux, but it sucks major hairy cock on Windows. It's slow, bulky, and just plain ugly. Opera...well...je l'aime.
You could also bring the entire staff of Dell's tech support and some mainframes with you. This is a survival kit...not every possible computer part you can find.
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Ya know what sure as hell ain't UNIX? GNU. I think to make the point clear they should rename it "GSAHAU"--GSAHAU Sure As Hell Ain't UNIX. And it would be so fun to pronounce. Gah-saw-how.
Wow..and the "operating systems" image is still stupid.
I think we need to stop this calendar thing regarding the recent AOL situation and what-not before it turns into one of those "in Soviet Russia"-type things. Please understand and just let it go.
The generally accepted term in America is African-American, however I believe that's more for political correctness than anything else (I've heard Africans called African-Americans just out of habit, but it does make you sound stupid). However if you think about that, it's pretty misleading. I mean, do most African-Americans/blacks even know what African nation they're from? No. If you think about it that way, I should be a Romanian-German-Polish-American, because I am indeed more Romanian (even though I've never been there, don't speak the language, and don't look it) than they are African. I don't even think "African-American" is an ethnicity. It might be a race, but it's sure not an ethnicity (Latino is an ethnicity because people who call themselves Latino generally aren't completely assimilated into American culture and they have their own sub-culture actually relating to their place of origin, the Spanish-speaking world). Sure, black Americans might have their own sub-culture (hip-hop, rap, etc.), however I don't know when the last time you characterized black sub-culture as playing drums and running around like a Masai warrior was.
Everywhere else in the world they're known as "black" (or sure as hell not "African-Countryadjective"). America needs to stop being so afraid of politcal corectness and cut the bullshit. I'm sure as hell not typing out African-American one more time.
Since when do you pay for bandwidth? Users don't pay for bandwidth, ISPs pay for bandwidth. Well, in a broad sense, that is. When's the last time you got annoyed because a page was 10% bigger, forcing you to download 10% more? However if the entire Internet got 10% bigger tomorrow (you know, with, say, Slashdot dupes? ;-) the ISPs would be in deep shit.
Nah...this particular article is dated April 15.
New blood! Jiiiiihad! (Said in cowboy-accented voice, joke courtesy of public radio.)
Dot-com dollars? No, dot-ORG dollars. It's slashdot.ORG, darling.
Okay, so we have established the fact Timmy and General Burrito don't read their own site, but what about the submitters!? I mean, for God's sake, we all stop dupes. Do you think it's somebody doing it on purpose? You know, seeing if they can get somebody to post a dupe just for fun? Actually, that could be a cool sport... You know, you'd have to get the timing just right (stalk Timmy, figure out when his wife's PMSing so that you can find out when he's most stressed out, etc.). Wow...*lightbulb goes on*
Even if this story isn't true, it's pretty funny. Mod parent up...please?
I'm using a 21" Dell Trinitron monitor which has lines, and I've always sub-consciously known that flat glass (not flat panel, but flat glass) have lines, but I'd always forgotten to look for them on this monitor. Now I can see them, but they have NEVER bothered me. Don't ever let this stop you from buying a monitor, it's true: after a while you don't even notice them. It's not just people saying that, it's actually true. I can attest to that. I can also attest to the fact that my brother's friend's cousin actually saw George Washington raise from his grave, but nobody believes me on that one.
As far as I know, over 99% of the parts that are used to make a TV are also being used to make the CRT.
Then you don't know much. The reason is that CRTs have insanely better resolution, accept digital input, and have incredibly insanely better resolution! Compare the resolution on an HDTV and then the resolution of a cheap no-brand 15" CRT. Yeah...I'd take the 15" CRT, too.
Cool. Tomorrow at my place? You bring the tea, I'll bring the crumpets. We'll invite Uncle Sam (on your mom's side, right?) over and we'll talk to him about it.
Uh...no. He just used that whistle that they got in his Prinson-Os cereal to make free calls to a mainframe from the one payphone while being ass-raped and coded it by whistling. Back in my day people were imaginitive.
In terms of "rights," rights are an abstract concept which are being given by governments. In terms of our Constitution you have a right to be on the land, but if somebody takes a gun and forces you out of your home, it doesn't matter what "right" is granted to you under the Constitution, because you don't have the house and no piece of paper is going to bring that back.
Where on earth did you get that idea? Sure, they don't make any money if you don't click on them, but Opera let's you click on what you want. You're only stealing if you're going against their wishes...they don't care whether you click or not.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are not entitled to any of the rights granted to you under the Constitution or Bill of Rights if you're not willing to pay for them in the form of keeping our government alive to actually enforce this wonderful document that you keep on referring to. If we went by your logic, we would be covering the Ethiopians under our law documents! But we don't, because they don't pay taxes...of any kind.
Back in the 19th century there wasn't such a need. You were not given nearly the amount of things that you are now given (scholarships, etc.) and there wasn't such a demand for roads and infrastructure. Not to mention that the law was virtually non-existant in some parts, and healthcare was non-existant, as well. I dare you to go back at line in 1870. Then you'll be begging to have Uncle Sam take back your money.
And the government pays for this why? I tell you what, I'll be responsible for my own medical coverage, if you start paying half my tax bill. I doubt you'll jump at that opportunity...
Well of course not, dumbass, you're not paying 50% of your taxes to our healthcare system.
The only thing you have to pay on for your entire lifetime. What a deal!! Thanks :)
You're paying for libraries, your children's education, and if not your children's, then other people's children's education.
Yeah, that silly constitution thing...what were those people smoking back then? Oh, yeah, I forgot, they didn't have all this taxation to influence peoples' behavior...so there's no telling what they were smoking.
What gives you the idea that you are entitled to land? Just because the Constitution says so? The Constitution is only good when there is a government. What government is there if you're not paying taxes?
Nobody is born into this world with rights. Just because you were the winning sperm doesn't give you any rights. What in our genetic code gives you rights? Nothing. This is an artifical idea of ours of rights. You're lucky that you get to keep anything, for that matter, because the government could easily take it all away from you. Nowhere did I say that this was fair or that I'm happy with it, I'm just saying that they could and nobody would care if you, being a lazy fuck who doesn't even understand the principles of an organized government, died because they killed you, took your land, and gave it to somebody who could use it. You fucking pathetic waste of life.
1.5 GB AVI files, apparently.
You're making that swastiga thing up. Okay, so you're not allowed to write "DIE JEW" on a swastiga in a public park (hehehe, "It's German, 'die' is a German word! I swear!"), but there is nothing inherently wrong with the swastiga. It was an ancient Roman and Hindu symbol for life. Look at some pre-1900s art and you'll find it a-plenty.
Personally, I don't get taxes. I sure as hell never agreed to be under the rule of the Gov't. (so what, you were born here, you have to pay the taxes). So f*ing what. Nothing gives them the right to take my money to spend on things that I disagree with and then rape me by passing legislation that makes it illegal for me to do anything.
You're a fucking moron. As much as I feel that doesn't even need to be backed up, I will for the sake of my already-floundering karma.
See, the thing is, you are paying the government for services and products. Sure, they disguise the costs by calling them taxes, but they are really just charges for the following services:
As nice as I've been about this, you're still a fucking moron. Oh, and as a previous poster said: move, you dumbass. To where? Antarctica. What gives the government the right to be on your land? Simple: they can be and they will be. Who ever gave you the notion that you are born into this world with possesions and that you have inaliable rights? Maybe you do under the Constitution, but a government's first and foremost responsibility is to watch its back, or else it won't be there to watch yours.
MORON.
Yeah, it's redunant and a flamebait if it doesn't recommend Opera. ;-) Mozilla might be nice on Linux, but it sucks major hairy cock on Windows. It's slow, bulky, and just plain ugly. Opera...well...je l'aime.
You could also bring the entire staff of Dell's tech support and some mainframes with you. This is a survival kit...not every possible computer part you can find.