Overall, I agree entirely. The problem is that those folks who exercise the common sense and basic manners get "door-matted" by the "jerks".
Whats needed is the occasional "reactive" "jerk". Someone who only becomes a "jerk" when the fulltime "jerks" don't take the polite hints, to remind the "jerks" why manners and common sense are the better way.
To note, thats an entire years supply of en-quoted "jerks" gone on one post. I hope it was worth it.
A pathetic AC blared "Damn, what a nasty individual you must be to actually have to be around." and then went on to moo about their kid and claim that they'd use a tazer on me if I were ever to approach them on an aircraft.
At least I can put my name to my statements, coward. Additionally, I'd be most amused to see the end results of your managing to smuggle a weapon on board an aircraft. Finally, if your kid makes loud wailing noises at the top of its lungs and/or kicks me, then really, as long as I don't escalate the issue, but merely respond at the same level then how can you rationally be irritated at my actions and not the brats?
"I'm a very judgemental and harsh person. I already don't like you. If you keep talking at me I will like you even less. Right now I don't actually want to deal with the legal implications of breaking your nose during a flight, but I estimate that I will be ready to accept them after 15 minutes of hearing you blather."
or if I'm in a less verbose or more generous mood
"Shut the hell up or I _will_ hurt you."
Kids are easy. One good 20 second "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" in their faces and the worst you have to deal with is an occasional whimper (and be ready to use the above line on their moo or duhdy).
I have already removed the battery and sim from another passengers phone on a previous flight (I did actually give them back when the plane was taxiiing to the terminal) and will not change that policy even if the airlines change theirs.
You don't want to know about people who start invading my seat space. I am a large and heavy set individual, yet I can keep my elbows to myself. No-one else has any excuse, or gets more than one polite warning.
So far I've gotten away with all of the above. So far. I'm sure there's an air rage arrest somewhere in my future, but thats a small price to pay for less noise and zero seat kicking over the years.
"In the event of a water landing seat cushions are property of Scaled Composites and must not be removed from the craft." (Plagiarised from The Tick)
or
"In the event of craft failure you will all die near instantaneously, except for the unlucky few who may live long enough to burn up, asphyxiate or splatter. This message has been brought to you by the FAA and the 'We-are-so-glad-no-ones-ever-listened-to-this-or-a ny-other-take-off-message-ever-spaceways-corporati on'".
I'd still really like to see the "Emergency action instructions card from the seat pocket of Spaceship One though. "In the event of an uncontrolled roll all passengers and cargo should attempt to rotate themselves in the same direction as the crafts roll" with appropriate big red arrow diagrams.
Last time I viewed adds on Slashdot it was the standard "MICROSOFT ROCKS! USE LINUX AND YOUR COMPANY WILL DIE!!!! AND SO WILL YOU!!!" campaign battling it out with IBM's "YOUR ENTIRE WORLD WILL FALL APART WITH ONE IT FAILURE! HIRE US TO TAKE THE BLAME!" consultancy desperation.
And googles Ads, while better, fall prey to one small problem. The Ad server aspect latches onto any one word in my search strings and flings everything its got in that line at me, usually irrelevantly. I move 3 lines of text down to find a hundred search results based on my actual query, the least usefull of which is usually on a par with the nearest of the adverts, and usually links directly to what I need rather than to a corporate front page, which might possibly link to what I need by way of 5 to 10 links and a hundred tracking cookies.
In short, as far as I'm concerned, Googles Ad services fall foul of the effectivness of their search services.
Actually, my blocking all addverts is of benefit to the advertisers.
When something is advertised by banner/popup/flash monstrosity/whatever is shoved in my face, at best its a waste of the advertisers paid for bandwidth. At worst, if its a product I'm interested in and they manage to get a brand name over to me then I'll check out their competitors first.
Essentially banner adverts & popups tell me "Low grade company, low grade product, probably a scam", and I'll no more consider following such adverts than I'd consider clicking "unsubscribe" in a spam mail (even if I did allow my mail client render HTML).
And problems with people like me who'd immediately get to work on hood(bonnet in my part of the world) and roof designs to persude the camera that I'm actually a full fledged convoy.
My former post was intended to include a comparisson with the way I don't need/have a heavy haulage 18 wheeled truck, and should not be allowed in control of one until such time as I learn (in a controled environment) to use it responsibly and get certified through a test or series of tests to show that the learning "took".
Such people are the reason that Playstations and WebTV exist. They don't need (and shouldn't be allowed near) an actual unregulated free-styling "computer".
"There is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that blah blah blah"
No more to do with Godwins law than Christmas has to do with orbital mechanics.
(There is a tradition in many western societies of the northern hemisphere (and their colonies elsewhere) of celebrating a faux-religious ceremony involving a fat guy in red based on a marketting campaign, various plantlife from pagan ceremonies that most practitioners supposedly revile and an image of a small child in an animal feeder) a few days before Terras axial tilt reduces the impact of sunlight to its minimum for that given orbit).
Godwins Law (plain english version): "As a usenet thread gets longer it gets more and more likely that a poster will call someone else a Nazi, or compare them unfavourably with the Hitler or the Nazi Regime."
The relevance of this is what precisely?
(To forestall the common responses please take note that Godwins Law makes no judgement on the poster who does so, and certainly does not indicate that the thread should be closed, or that the poster who fulfilled the law should be considered "the loser" of the debate.
In the case you offer "Like" is an americanism for "as if", rendering this a completely differant semantic structure.
The vast majority of individuals using "I could care less" in their everyday language are not being sarcastic, just thick, parroting a phrase without understanding it in the same manner that has added "could of been" to the american lexicon.
I will however be changing my sig the next time inspiration strikes, not because I've changed my stance on this vital issue, but rather because since starting use of this one I've been getting 5 times as many responses regarding the sig as I have regarding comment contents. This is not a bad thing in and of itself, but they're almost 90% AC, and near 100% modded offtopic.
machine that turns every head on the block when it rumbles by
Of course, the mind behind every turned head (or at least all those that have gotten past school age) is "What an asshole. Get yourself a working muffler!".
(muffler/silencer/quietbox/whatever you call that last blob on the exhaust in your part of the world).
Took one as a rental last year for touring around Scotland. It wasn't my first option, but they were out of the mid-range cars I'd booked (apparently someone wrote one off earlier in the day), and in exchange offered me discounted rates on either the SmartCar or a massive luxury Beemer (which was tempting, but given my intent to travel the north coast of Scotland would have made for a few interesting turns on some of the hairpins)
I loved it in every regard except the gearbox "over-ride" functionality.
In manual mode, at 50 MPH behind a large truck I dropped a gear and put the boot down for a rapid overtake, only to have it decide to switch itself back to automatic and gear up again as soon as I'd pulled out, leaving me coasting for 3 seconds (and then some as the engine (reasonably enough) raced unrestrained for a half second and it refused to release the automatic clutch till I dropped the revs down to match where it wanted to be) facing a rapidly closing window to get back on my own side before the oncoming traffic shortened it by another 2 feet.
I was quite surprised that this was considered legal for a european built car.
In all other regards though it was great for one person travelling light and occassional hitch-hikers. Luggage though, was a non-starter. 1 camera bag, a small tent and a sleeping bag filled the luggage compartment completely.
Not really. Most of us are well aware of how a certain type of americans regard our cars ("Our cars" he says, despite being from a country that never invented any vehicle that didn't involve literal horsepower).
However, the fact that you spouted a blatant lie needed pointing out for anyone who hasn't travelled.
No. No I haven't. For two reasons. 1. Irish sports teams suck at their selected sports so universally that all we brought home was a crappy horsejumping thing that no-one cared about in the slightest and a barmy old fool who just wanted to ruin everything...
2. Even when/if they do win something its just a monument to wasted funds which are desperately needed elsewhere in the economy and infrastructure. Tax funded sports centers/stadia/teams. Its a real slap in the face for people who have to earn the money that pays for them.
Technically that'd be a "Braino" or a "Thinko". Personally I prefer "Thinko" as it fits the nouning of the verb precedent, but Braino seems more established.
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Overall, I agree entirely. The problem is that those folks who exercise the common sense and basic manners get "door-matted" by the "jerks".
Whats needed is the occasional "reactive" "jerk". Someone who only becomes a "jerk" when the fulltime "jerks" don't take the polite hints, to remind the "jerks" why manners and common sense are the better way.
To note, thats an entire years supply of en-quoted "jerks" gone on one post. I hope it was worth it.
A pathetic AC blared "Damn, what a nasty individual you must be to actually have to be around." and then went on to moo about their kid and claim that they'd use a tazer on me if I were ever to approach them on an aircraft.
At least I can put my name to my statements, coward.
Additionally, I'd be most amused to see the end results of your managing to smuggle a weapon on board an aircraft.
Finally, if your kid makes loud wailing noises at the top of its lungs and/or kicks me, then really, as long as I don't escalate the issue, but merely respond at the same level then how can you rationally be irritated at my actions and not the brats?
"I'm a very judgemental and harsh person. I already don't like you. If you keep talking at me I will like you even less. Right now I don't actually want to deal with the legal implications of breaking your nose during a flight, but I estimate that I will be ready to accept them after 15 minutes of hearing you blather."
A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" in their faces and the worst you have to deal with is an occasional whimper (and be ready to use the above line on their moo or duhdy).
or if I'm in a less verbose or more generous mood
"Shut the hell up or I _will_ hurt you."
Kids are easy. One good 20 second "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I have already removed the battery and sim from another passengers phone on a previous flight (I did actually give them back when the plane was taxiiing to the terminal) and will not change that policy even if the airlines change theirs.
You don't want to know about people who start invading my seat space. I am a large and heavy set individual, yet I can keep my elbows to myself. No-one else has any excuse, or gets more than one polite warning.
So far I've gotten away with all of the above. So far. I'm sure there's an air rage arrest somewhere in my future, but thats a small price to pay for less noise and zero seat kicking over the years.
"In the event of a water landing seat cushions are property of Scaled Composites and must not be removed from the craft." (Plagiarised from The Tick)
a ny-other-take-off-message-ever-spaceways-corporati on'".
or
"In the event of craft failure you will all die near instantaneously, except for the unlucky few who may live long enough to burn up, asphyxiate or splatter. This message has been brought to you by the FAA and the 'We-are-so-glad-no-ones-ever-listened-to-this-or-
I'd still really like to see the "Emergency action instructions card from the seat pocket of Spaceship One though. "In the event of an uncontrolled roll all passengers and cargo should attempt to rotate themselves in the same direction as the crafts roll" with appropriate big red arrow diagrams.
There's something to that all right, but...
Last time I viewed adds on Slashdot it was the standard "MICROSOFT ROCKS! USE LINUX AND YOUR COMPANY WILL DIE!!!! AND SO WILL YOU!!!" campaign battling it out with IBM's "YOUR ENTIRE WORLD WILL FALL APART WITH ONE IT FAILURE! HIRE US TO TAKE THE BLAME!" consultancy desperation.
And googles Ads, while better, fall prey to one small problem.
The Ad server aspect latches onto any one word in my search strings and flings everything its got in that line at me, usually irrelevantly. I move 3 lines of text down to find a hundred search results based on my actual query, the least usefull of which is usually on a par with the nearest of the adverts, and usually links directly to what I need rather than to a corporate front page, which might possibly link to what I need by way of 5 to 10 links and a hundred tracking cookies.
In short, as far as I'm concerned, Googles Ad services fall foul of the effectivness of their search services.
Or Adam...
"Teach a man to fish and you've just lost your monopoly on fisheries".
Actually, my blocking all addverts is of benefit to the advertisers.
When something is advertised by banner/popup/flash monstrosity/whatever is shoved in my face, at best its a waste of the advertisers paid for bandwidth. At worst, if its a product I'm interested in and they manage to get a brand name over to me then I'll check out their competitors first.
Essentially banner adverts & popups tell me "Low grade company, low grade product, probably a scam", and I'll no more consider following such adverts than I'd consider clicking "unsubscribe" in a spam mail (even if I did allow my mail client render HTML).
And problems with people like me who'd immediately get to work on hood(bonnet in my part of the world) and roof designs to persude the camera that I'm actually a full fledged convoy.
Submitted incompletely due to over haste...
My former post was intended to include a comparisson with the way I don't need/have a heavy haulage 18 wheeled truck, and should not be allowed in control of one until such time as I learn (in a controled environment) to use it responsibly and get certified through a test or series of tests to show that the learning "took".
Such people are the reason that Playstations and WebTV exist. They don't need (and shouldn't be allowed near) an actual unregulated free-styling "computer".
"There is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that blah blah blah"
No more to do with Godwins law than Christmas has to do with orbital mechanics.
(There is a tradition in many western societies of the northern hemisphere (and their colonies elsewhere) of celebrating a faux-religious ceremony involving a fat guy in red based on a marketting campaign, various plantlife from pagan ceremonies that most practitioners supposedly revile and an image of a small child in an animal feeder) a few days before Terras axial tilt reduces the impact of sunlight to its minimum for that given orbit).
Godwins Law (plain english version) :
"As a usenet thread gets longer it gets more and more likely that a poster will call someone else a Nazi, or compare them unfavourably with the Hitler or the Nazi Regime."
The relevance of this is what precisely?
(To forestall the common responses please take note that Godwins Law makes no judgement on the poster who does so, and certainly does not indicate that the thread should be closed, or that the poster who fulfilled the law should be considered "the loser" of the debate.
I don't think that Bush cares about what other people think
Two observations...
First : "Unless they're a bunch of religion based throwbacks from down south or corporate profiteers that he needs votes and cash(repectively) from."
Second : "I don't think that Bush understands what other people think."
if the policeman knocks at your door just hand him $100 and he'll go away
Try it sometime. I dare ya.
He might go away, just the same as any american cop might, but if he doesn't...
In the case you offer "Like" is an americanism for "as if", rendering this a completely differant semantic structure.
The vast majority of individuals using "I could care less" in their everyday language are not being sarcastic, just thick, parroting a phrase without understanding it in the same manner that has added "could of been" to the american lexicon.
I will however be changing my sig the next time inspiration strikes, not because I've changed my stance on this vital issue, but rather because since starting use of this one I've been getting 5 times as many responses regarding the sig as I have regarding comment contents. This is not a bad thing in and of itself, but they're almost 90% AC, and near 100% modded offtopic.
Actually, by this (and any other rational logic) the solution is to increase both the mass and amount of life forms.
I'm not fat. I'm just storing my fair share of carbon...
(Though I believe plants will hold a higher percentage of carbon both per mass and per volume than my belly rolls)
Get yer grubby graspin paws offa Iceland! If they can win a Eurovision or two then they're ours!
And while yer at it we might want to have a few wrods about Greenland.
machine that turns every head on the block when it rumbles by
Of course, the mind behind every turned head (or at least all those that have gotten past school age) is "What an asshole. Get yourself a working muffler!".
(muffler/silencer/quietbox/whatever you call that last blob on the exhaust in your part of the world).
Took one as a rental last year for touring around Scotland. It wasn't my first option, but they were out of the mid-range cars I'd booked (apparently someone wrote one off earlier in the day), and in exchange offered me discounted rates on either the SmartCar or a massive luxury Beemer (which was tempting, but given my intent to travel the north coast of Scotland would have made for a few interesting turns on some of the hairpins)
I loved it in every regard except the gearbox "over-ride" functionality.
In manual mode, at 50 MPH behind a large truck I dropped a gear and put the boot down for a rapid overtake, only to have it decide to switch itself back to automatic and gear up again as soon as I'd pulled out, leaving me coasting for 3 seconds (and then some as the engine (reasonably enough) raced unrestrained for a half second and it refused to release the automatic clutch till I dropped the revs down to match where it wanted to be) facing a rapidly closing window to get back on my own side before the oncoming traffic shortened it by another 2 feet.
I was quite surprised that this was considered legal for a european built car.
In all other regards though it was great for one person travelling light and occassional hitch-hikers. Luggage though, was a non-starter. 1 camera bag, a small tent and a sleeping bag filled the luggage compartment completely.
Personally I had a cat for several years who would regularly stroll across the keyboard.
I never had to repeat the install more than three times before the cat would manage to agree to the Eula.
Now, this may be pushing it a bit, but I'd really like to see Blizzard get the cat to testify in court...
(Apologies to Scott Adams for the mangling of his joke).
Not really. Most of us are well aware of how a certain type of americans regard our cars ("Our cars" he says, despite being from a country that never invented any vehicle that didn't involve literal horsepower).
However, the fact that you spouted a blatant lie needed pointing out for anyone who hasn't travelled.
A need for another new moderation tag has arisen.
Specifically <-1:Blatant Lie>
/s/Automatic/Automated
:-P
I watched more.
No. No I haven't.
For two reasons.
1. Irish sports teams suck at their selected sports so universally that all we brought home was a crappy horsejumping thing that no-one cared about in the slightest and a barmy old fool who just wanted to ruin everything...
2. Even when/if they do win something its just a monument to wasted funds which are desperately needed elsewhere in the economy and infrastructure. Tax funded sports centers/stadia/teams. Its a real slap in the face for people who have to earn the money that pays for them.
Technically that'd be a "Braino" or a "Thinko". Personally I prefer "Thinko" as it fits the nouning of the verb precedent, but Braino seems more established.