While there are definitely some insane people who provoke cops for no apparent reason, this isn't what we're talking about. We're talking about someone who asked a boarder guard what's going on, then got a beating for it.
Huh? How do you decide who is insane? Let me tell you.
First, they get out of their car. There is no reason to get out of your car - it is a simple border search - I have not asked you to get out of your car. This is Patrol Stop 101 kind of thinking. If you are getting out of your car you are most likely looking for a fight. Watch any episode of Cops.
Second, then ask why you are searching their car. Again, it is a simple border search, wtf are you thinking? You know as well as I do why I am searching your car, it is random. Don't bust my balls for it.
Third, you are asked to get back in your car - so you decide to push it. "Why am I being searched?" Its a damn international border crossing WhyTF do you think they are searching you? At this point the cop figures no one who is sane would do this and starts to get physical.
Now here I admit things go to shit. The guy should not have been treated this way. When maced people start taking swings - whether to hit someone or just grab stuff. Being instantly in pain and blind sucks. Next thing you know he is in a cell.
Did he deserve it? Hell no. Did he help bring it on? Hell yes.
There is a time and place to fuck with cops - this was not one of them - and he is paying the price.
Again this is traffic stop 101. Keep both hands on the wheel, stay in your car, Yes Sir, No Sir are good answers. There are a ton of posts in this thread that boil down to "If I cant tell a cop to FUCK OFF to his face he has no right to be a cop". Yet none of them would put up with the same behavior on Slashdot. Being a cop is harder.
Are they all good? Nope. Have I met my fair share of asshole cops - yep. Have I met good caring people that wear the Blue with pride? Damn straight I have.
Between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, Native Americans living in what is now Mexico began domesticating teosinte, or the "grain of the gods," as the name has been interpreted to mean. Scientists cannot yet say how long this domestication process took, but they do know that around 4,500 years ago, a plant recognizable as today's corn was present across the Americas.
So at its shortest 1500 years, max of 5500. And that is something a layman would say is corn. I took some of my botany classes from the guy who first worked on sequencing the corn genome. If you drew me a cob with but four rows of kernels I would call it corn. You would have found that at 600 years in easy, even given the 5,500 year span. Selective breeding is a wonderful thing.
As for the garlic, the leaves look drawn well enough for some varieties of garlic And you see them come down into some nodules in the drawing and then into long over emphasized roots. Considering some garlic is grown for the leaves the important part of the drawing is emphasized: Big leaves, and long stringy roots.
May you breathe easily over a large mustard sandwich.
I have read this at least thrice and it still makes me smile.
I try to keep track of the best compliments in my life. Congrats on breaking into the number 5 spot. In case you might be curious number one is "With you in my life the world is a little more surreal." (I was sitting in a chair reading a book next to a tree in the middle of a snow field with no foot prints on how I crossed the 100+ yards to get there).
My solution, though, is just like that for my two other allergies - mustard and
Normally I don't comment on someone else's ailments but Sir for that allergy you have my true and utter sympathy. And I mean this as a life long asthmatic who is allergic to cigarette smoke and who has 7 jars of mustard in my fridge and 2 on the shelf and 4 pounds of mustard seed and flour in the basement. From now on when I have a little of the yellow I will give an extra squirt 'for that poor guy on slashdot' because I have to say that being allergic to mustard would truly suck. No snark intended, I really enjoy mustard and I cant imagine having to avoid it for my entire life.
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Make sure that you only provide the view that fits your philosophy.
Here is the first part of your Wiki quote:
The translators of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (1611) followed the Greek Septuagint (monokeros) and the Latin Vulgate (unicornus) and employed unicorn to translate re'em, providing a recognizable animal that was proverbial for its un-tamable nature.
It has nothing to do with trains at all. What I was getting at is the whole "I have never X so therefor X is dumb/a waste/useless/pointless/bad" If someone is going to go on a diatribe about something I personally think that they should not revel in their ignorance about it first. THAT is why my post got modded up.
Now Tom Sawyer wont have nigger in it. Unless you want it too. And Lolita will be 'just' 18. So you can watch it legally. Lets all change words to be more acceptable to the audience right? I mean 'What fools these Mortals be' is the same as "ppl r dumb' right?
And yet here you say you have nevre read a newspaper in your life. How the FUCK would you know if they have biased reporting? By your own words you have never even SEEN it.
Buggy whip manufacturers were never referred to as the 4th branch of government. Do not mock something that is fundamental. Imagine a world of only Fox "news" and its left counterpart. If this keeps up - you wont ave to imagine for much longer.
Yes, I am quite sure they censored Darwin in the game so that the 16 Hard Core Nerd Southern Baptists would not be offended. By the way, your tinfoil payment is late.
They just recently talked the higher-ups into switching over to M$ server software (from Apache, etc, which was great) at a cost of hundreds of thousands per year to a cash-strapped district,
As someone in IT in the education feild I call bullshit. To reach even 100k in server costs you would have to be running 4k of servers. You are not running that. MS Standrd Server runs about $400 each, we pay even less because of our deal with them. I am no MS fanboi, but they do discount edu to the point where I wonder hy they charge at all.
"Here is a video about the new images at Hubblesite.org [CC] [GC], and a full HubbleSite.org release page with 56 images [CC] [GC]."
Anyone else want to see video of it working? As in what the lens sees as it is being repositioned? I am sure 99% of it is fuz, but after playing with my telescope this weekend I think it would be fun to see what it sees, fuzz and all.
When I went to college and decided to sit down and study for the first time, I did what I thought college students were supposed to do. I went to the library. Now mind you, this was one of many at the Big 10 school I went to, and it was one of the two largest. After several hours I thought I would take a break and I wandered bout the lobby area. After going back and studying a bit more I again took a break and discovered that I could walk The Stacks. Case after case after case of books. And the way it was set up you could see both up and down to see entire more floors of nothing but books. I read spine after spine and wandered up and down rows and rows of books going up and down floors while I was at it. After a while I felt bad about not studying so I returned to my study area. As I got there they announced the library was closing for the night. I had been lost in The Stacks for close to 4 hours.
I tried to study there again with the same results. I learned to not study at the library, but rather to use it to learn about things that I never had even thought to ask a question about. Wandering The Stacks became a Zen like activity in the pursuit of learning. No electronic library will ever be its equivalent. No electronic library will ever allow you to simply turn around to discover a hundred year old chemistry book set in an old Gothic font or present you with books long out of print. No thank you, I will wander The Stacks, I will walk a hundred paces, stop, take out the book at my right knee, and learn.
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Um...No it is most definitely not
Actually if you read around this is one of the few that does do searches both ways - I was a bit surprised too.
Huh? How do you decide who is insane? Let me tell you.
First, they get out of their car. There is no reason to get out of your car - it is a simple border search - I have not asked you to get out of your car. This is Patrol Stop 101 kind of thinking. If you are getting out of your car you are most likely looking for a fight. Watch any episode of Cops.
Second, then ask why you are searching their car. Again, it is a simple border search, wtf are you thinking? You know as well as I do why I am searching your car, it is random. Don't bust my balls for it.
Third, you are asked to get back in your car - so you decide to push it. "Why am I being searched?" Its a damn international border crossing WhyTF do you think they are searching you? At this point the cop figures no one who is sane would do this and starts to get physical.
Now here I admit things go to shit. The guy should not have been treated this way. When maced people start taking swings - whether to hit someone or just grab stuff. Being instantly in pain and blind sucks. Next thing you know he is in a cell. Did he deserve it? Hell no. Did he help bring it on? Hell yes.
There is a time and place to fuck with cops - this was not one of them - and he is paying the price.
Again this is traffic stop 101. Keep both hands on the wheel, stay in your car, Yes Sir, No Sir are good answers. There are a ton of posts in this thread that boil down to "If I cant tell a cop to FUCK OFF to his face he has no right to be a cop". Yet none of them would put up with the same behavior on Slashdot. Being a cop is harder.
Are they all good? Nope. Have I met my fair share of asshole cops - yep. Have I met good caring people that wear the Blue with pride? Damn straight I have.
Paint with a bigger brush.
Seraphim
There is a time and a place for hat, this time and this place was not one of them.
Sir, your newsletter - I must subscribe to it!
Absolutely wonderful.
So at its shortest 1500 years, max of 5500. And that is something a layman would say is corn. I took some of my botany classes from the guy who first worked on sequencing the corn genome. If you drew me a cob with but four rows of kernels I would call it corn. You would have found that at 600 years in easy, even given the 5,500 year span. Selective breeding is a wonderful thing.
As for the garlic, the leaves look drawn well enough for some varieties of garlic And you see them come down into some nodules in the drawing and then into long over emphasized roots. Considering some garlic is grown for the leaves the important part of the drawing is emphasized: Big leaves, and long stringy roots.
I have read this at least thrice and it still makes me smile.
I try to keep track of the best compliments in my life. Congrats on breaking into the number 5 spot. In case you might be curious number one is "With you in my life the world is a little more surreal." (I was sitting in a chair reading a book next to a tree in the middle of a snow field with no foot prints on how I crossed the 100+ yards to get there).
Thank You for making my day :)
...and I still own pliers, files, screwdrivers, a corkscrew, etc., etc. The second part of the saying is "Master of None"
Normally I don't comment on someone else's ailments but Sir for that allergy you have my true and utter sympathy. And I mean this as a life long asthmatic who is allergic to cigarette smoke and who has 7 jars of mustard in my fridge and 2 on the shelf and 4 pounds of mustard seed and flour in the basement. From now on when I have a little of the yellow I will give an extra squirt 'for that poor guy on slashdot' because I have to say that being allergic to mustard would truly suck. No snark intended, I really enjoy mustard and I cant imagine having to avoid it for my entire life.
Side effects include:
Presscott Pharmaceuticals, bringing you tomorrow's medicines today, whether you like it or not.
Make sure that you only provide the view that fits your philosophy.
Here is the first part of your Wiki quote:
The translators of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (1611) followed the Greek Septuagint (monokeros) and the Latin Vulgate (unicornus) and employed unicorn to translate re'em, providing a recognizable animal that was proverbial for its un-tamable nature.
Hmmm.... what is a re'em? Like God, I mean wikipedia gives the answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re'em
Oooooohhh- you mean the Bible DOESN'T really mention Unicorns??
Per your sig
Steven is wrong about that. He is more than a *good* cook. I have eaten his Chicken Paprikash to say it was unbelievable would be an insult.
It has nothing to do with trains at all. What I was getting at is the whole "I have never X so therefor X is dumb/a waste/useless/pointless/bad" If someone is going to go on a diatribe about something I personally think that they should not revel in their ignorance about it first. THAT is why my post got modded up.
Now Tom Sawyer wont have nigger in it. Unless you want it too. And Lolita will be 'just' 18. So you can watch it legally. Lets all change words to be more acceptable to the audience right? I mean 'What fools these Mortals be' is the same as "ppl r dumb' right?
And yet here you say you have nevre read a newspaper in your life. How the FUCK would you know if they have biased reporting? By your own words you have never even SEEN it.
So - you are ignorant about newspapers, and proud of that. I have never ridden on a train...so they must be useless as well. Right?
Buggy whip manufacturers were never referred to as the 4th branch of government. Do not mock something that is fundamental. Imagine a world of only Fox "news" and its left counterpart. If this keeps up - you wont ave to imagine for much longer.
No. It is a desert topping AND a floor wax!
Honey! Somebody hacked the Roomba again and sucked up the cat. Get my screwdriver and crowbar.
Yes, I am quite sure they censored Darwin in the game so that the 16 Hard Core Nerd Southern Baptists would not be offended. By the way, your tinfoil payment is late.
As someone in IT in the education feild I call bullshit. To reach even 100k in server costs you would have to be running 4k of servers. You are not running that. MS Standrd Server runs about $400 each, we pay even less because of our deal with them. I am no MS fanboi, but they do discount edu to the point where I wonder hy they charge at all.
"Here is a video about the new images at Hubblesite.org [CC] [GC], and a full HubbleSite.org release page with 56 images [CC] [GC]."
Anyone else want to see video of it working? As in what the lens sees as it is being repositioned? I am sure 99% of it is fuz, but after playing with my telescope this weekend I think it would be fun to see what it sees, fuzz and all.
When I went to college and decided to sit down and study for the first time, I did what I thought college students were supposed to do. I went to the library. Now mind you, this was one of many at the Big 10 school I went to, and it was one of the two largest. After several hours I thought I would take a break and I wandered bout the lobby area. After going back and studying a bit more I again took a break and discovered that I could walk The Stacks. Case after case after case of books. And the way it was set up you could see both up and down to see entire more floors of nothing but books. I read spine after spine and wandered up and down rows and rows of books going up and down floors while I was at it. After a while I felt bad about not studying so I returned to my study area. As I got there they announced the library was closing for the night. I had been lost in The Stacks for close to 4 hours.
I tried to study there again with the same results. I learned to not study at the library, but rather to use it to learn about things that I never had even thought to ask a question about. Wandering The Stacks became a Zen like activity in the pursuit of learning. No electronic library will ever be its equivalent. No electronic library will ever allow you to simply turn around to discover a hundred year old chemistry book set in an old Gothic font or present you with books long out of print. No thank you, I will wander The Stacks, I will walk a hundred paces, stop, take out the book at my right knee, and learn.
It does work however. The response tie is crazy fast.