I don't see how showing a receipt means losing self-respect. I don't mind going along with trivial loss-prevention measures such as showing a receipt if it keeps costs down. People steal. We pay for the stolen goods in the form of higher prices. Fuck that. Let them get a job and buy their own crap.
I'd never heard of RPI until a couple of years ago, but I'm very impressed with the school. I've met a couple of top-notch engineers from there, and the science coming out of RPI seems outstanding.
This is not about sales tax. It's about income tax. The sellers are already supposed to be reporting their incomes anyway so this shouldn't change a thing for them...unless they're not reporting what they're making.
Our business model is to host content made by others and become fabulously wealthy. If you don't allow us to freely show the material you've paid for our bottom line will be negatively impacted. Please reconsider, for at least as long as it takes to sell our Google stock.
Yes, because someone might post it to a public forum.
Of course, someone who is dumb enough to post his home phone number, his work phone number, and his wife's cellphone number to a page which he then links to slashdot deserves spam.
I was in college when it first came out, saw it in the theaters with a bunch of friends. They liked it, I thought it was stupid. I've seen it on cable a couple of times in the intervening years...I still think it's stupid. My current friends (in their 30's and 40's) think it's great. I think I'm alone in hating this movie...not just hate, but loathe. It's one of the worst movies ever...right up there with "Mad Dog and Glory".
I like other movies by Mel Brooks...Blazing Saddles is hilarious, but Spaceballs, no.
I never give money directly to panhandlers. The panhandlers I routinely run across are either able to work and choose not to (I'll talk to these and ask about their situation - for example, one woman said her family was living in a hotel because their house burned down; another woman said she couldn't work because she had a "high risk" pregnancy, even though she wasn't showing at 6 months and could stand on the median for 8 hours a day holding a sign) or are so deep into the bottle (or pipe or needle) that spare change will only help keep them off their feet.
If someone says they're hungry and I have food with me, I will give them food. If I'm walking down the street and someone says they're hungry and there's a place to buy food, I will buy them food. That's the only direct assistance I will provide. I'll give money to agencies to help these people but not to the people directly.
I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of the homeless. I used to work in a shelter for homeless families (as staff and as a volunteer) so I'm well aware of how people become homeless.
To sum up my counterpoint, don't give generously to homeless people directly. Buy them a meal or some groceries, and give generously to agencies that aid homeless people.
What?!? I've never heard a fellow American make a Canadian joke. Well, we might say "aboot" and "eh" when speaking like a canuck, but really that's about it. Oh, and it's pretty funny that your national anthem is the same tune as O Christmas Tree (yes yes, we have To Anacreon in Heaven, I know).
Let's see, what other group is funny? Ever hear the acronym "DWO"? Driving while oriental...there's a good subject. Why are asians such horrible drivers? They're up there with the blue hairs. They're certainly not the worst in the world...of the places I've been I'd have to say Saudi Arabians are pretty horrible...no, not horrible. Crazy. Just plain insane. I hear, though, that in India it's best to hire a local driver rather than rent a car.
But back to jokes...probably in the US the only safe subject is white males...if you're a white male that is. If you're not a white male you're allowed to make fun of whatever group you belong to *and* white males.
Where I'm from (New Zealand)...We don't have no NSA, FBI, CIA...
No, you have the GCSB. NZ is extremely close with the US and others on intelligence activities. There are no tighter partners than this group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA
Perhaps you don't know about this because your papers only report cats stuck in trees.
People must be tired to mod you up. Performance isn't really an issue anymore and hasn't been for a couple of years. Blaming any perceived slowness on Swing is like saying C++ is slow because of Windows overhead. Most Java code doesn't make use of Swing (think server-side). As for the "122 ms", well, you just made that up.
Other problems with your post: Eclipse is an application; Swing is a language feature. A Smalltalk derivative (Squeak) is not a suitable replacement for Java. I'd go so far as to say Ruby and Python aren't either, though both are very powerful and are better suited to some tasks than Java.
...it's an OS. Get over it. You're putting way too much energy into thinking about and caring about what the next Windows will be like. We don't need a list of why you're disappointed after 3 years of pining for the next MS offering.
Oh wait, I just visited your site. You have bigger issues to deal with. Hopefully you're making a nice living off the ads. Carry on.
"Hmmm...Yahoo has previously turned over information about my fellow dissidents. I wonder what service I should use for e-mail, or if I should encrypt the content of the e-mails I send. Nahhhh...too much trouble. Hey, Li, someone's knocking really hard on the door...go see who it is."
Attention any dissidents that may be reading this. There are more secure ways to communicate than Yahoo Mail. Nothing against Yahoo Mail - I've used it for years, but I'm not a dissident.
In addition to being easy to remember it will add a new work to the geek lexicon. Right now an overloaded site has been "slashdotted", soon we'll be able to refer to a particularly good site as "slashdoticious". Yummy!
Yes, that's why my bluetooth headset always kept me warm.
It's not exactly the same frequency. Microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz. Bluetooth operates at 2.4GHz. Power output is also different. Microwave ovens put out 700-1100W (from what I've seen). Bluetooth headsets output much less. Logitech (who made the headset I used) addresses this online (headset vs cell phone): http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logite ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=845
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I don't see how showing a receipt means losing self-respect. I don't mind going along with trivial loss-prevention measures such as showing a receipt if it keeps costs down. People steal. We pay for the stolen goods in the form of higher prices. Fuck that. Let them get a job and buy their own crap.
Damn, your wife has a foul mouth. When did she find time to get a level 70 WoW character, what with all the truck driving she must be doing?
From the article...
"They should work like a Kalashnikov," he said. "Reliable in anybody's hands."
That's all we need...a bunch of speedy terrorists carrying AK-47s.
On a more realistic note...if you think Heelies are bad can you imagine the kids in the mall wearing these things?
"Do no evil" is not the same as "always do good."
I'll take my gaming news in magazine format, thank you. I'm not lugging my laptop into the john with me, but that's where I read gaming mags.
I'd never heard of RPI until a couple of years ago, but I'm very impressed with the school. I've met a couple of top-notch engineers from there, and the science coming out of RPI seems outstanding.
Where's the bread?? What will it push down throats if not bread?
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Ok, I'm sure there's someone out there who hasn't seen it yet...
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This is not about sales tax. It's about income tax. The sellers are already supposed to be reporting their incomes anyway so this shouldn't change a thing for them...unless they're not reporting what they're making.
Our business model is to host content made by others and become fabulously wealthy. If you don't allow us to freely show the material you've paid for our bottom line will be negatively impacted. Please reconsider, for at least as long as it takes to sell our Google stock.
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Yes, because someone might post it to a public forum.
Of course, someone who is dumb enough to post his home phone number, his work phone number, and his wife's cellphone number to a page which he then links to slashdot deserves spam.
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I was in college when it first came out, saw it in the theaters with a bunch of friends. They liked it, I thought it was stupid. I've seen it on cable a couple of times in the intervening years...I still think it's stupid. My current friends (in their 30's and 40's) think it's great. I think I'm alone in hating this movie...not just hate, but loathe. It's one of the worst movies ever...right up there with "Mad Dog and Glory". I like other movies by Mel Brooks...Blazing Saddles is hilarious, but Spaceballs, no.
I never give money directly to panhandlers. The panhandlers I routinely run across are either able to work and choose not to (I'll talk to these and ask about their situation - for example, one woman said her family was living in a hotel because their house burned down; another woman said she couldn't work because she had a "high risk" pregnancy, even though she wasn't showing at 6 months and could stand on the median for 8 hours a day holding a sign) or are so deep into the bottle (or pipe or needle) that spare change will only help keep them off their feet.
If someone says they're hungry and I have food with me, I will give them food. If I'm walking down the street and someone says they're hungry and there's a place to buy food, I will buy them food. That's the only direct assistance I will provide. I'll give money to agencies to help these people but not to the people directly.
I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of the homeless. I used to work in a shelter for homeless families (as staff and as a volunteer) so I'm well aware of how people become homeless.
To sum up my counterpoint, don't give generously to homeless people directly. Buy them a meal or some groceries, and give generously to agencies that aid homeless people.
On it, I tell you how to take a book with you and read when you're bored.
What?!? I've never heard a fellow American make a Canadian joke. Well, we might say "aboot" and "eh" when speaking like a canuck, but really that's about it. Oh, and it's pretty funny that your national anthem is the same tune as O Christmas Tree (yes yes, we have To Anacreon in Heaven, I know).
Let's see, what other group is funny? Ever hear the acronym "DWO"? Driving while oriental...there's a good subject. Why are asians such horrible drivers? They're up there with the blue hairs. They're certainly not the worst in the world...of the places I've been I'd have to say Saudi Arabians are pretty horrible...no, not horrible. Crazy. Just plain insane. I hear, though, that in India it's best to hire a local driver rather than rent a car.
But back to jokes...probably in the US the only safe subject is white males...if you're a white male that is. If you're not a white male you're allowed to make fun of whatever group you belong to *and* white males.
As long as my parachute isn't wireless too, I'd have no problem flying on the plane.
Sad to see the country I was born in becoming what our founders hated most.
A place full of bad british food?
Where I'm from (New Zealand)...We don't have no NSA, FBI, CIA...
No, you have the GCSB. NZ is extremely close with the US and others on intelligence activities. There are no tighter partners than this group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA
Perhaps you don't know about this because your papers only report cats stuck in trees.
Bravo! Bravo! Funniest post I've seen this month.
People must be tired to mod you up. Performance isn't really an issue anymore and hasn't been for a couple of years. Blaming any perceived slowness on Swing is like saying C++ is slow because of Windows overhead. Most Java code doesn't make use of Swing (think server-side). As for the "122 ms", well, you just made that up.
Other problems with your post: Eclipse is an application; Swing is a language feature. A Smalltalk derivative (Squeak) is not a suitable replacement for Java. I'd go so far as to say Ruby and Python aren't either, though both are very powerful and are better suited to some tasks than Java.
Nice try at a troll...subtly nonsensical.
Funny...wish I had mod points for you.
...it's an OS. Get over it. You're putting way too much energy into thinking about and caring about what the next Windows will be like. We don't need a list of why you're disappointed after 3 years of pining for the next MS offering.
Oh wait, I just visited your site. You have bigger issues to deal with. Hopefully you're making a nice living off the ads. Carry on.
"Hmmm...Yahoo has previously turned over information about my fellow dissidents. I wonder what service I should use for e-mail, or if I should encrypt the content of the e-mails I send. Nahhhh...too much trouble. Hey, Li, someone's knocking really hard on the door...go see who it is."
Attention any dissidents that may be reading this. There are more secure ways to communicate than Yahoo Mail. Nothing against Yahoo Mail - I've used it for years, but I'm not a dissident.
Hey, what's that knocking at my door?...
www.slash.dot.icio.us
In addition to being easy to remember it will add a new work to the geek lexicon. Right now an overloaded site has been "slashdotted", soon we'll be able to refer to a particularly good site as "slashdoticious". Yummy!
It is. The headset emits a lot less power.
e ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=845
http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logit
Yes, that's why my bluetooth headset always kept me warm.
e ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=845
It's not exactly the same frequency. Microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz. Bluetooth operates at 2.4GHz. Power output is also different. Microwave ovens put out 700-1100W (from what I've seen). Bluetooth headsets output much less. Logitech (who made the headset I used) addresses this online (headset vs cell phone):
http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logit