paywall protected websites are a pain in the bahookie, hence using Google to at least get most of the first paragraph.
And this is the thing the "right holders" are too stupid to comprehend: when offered a choice of paying to read the content or watching paint dry? I'll watch the paint, thanks.
the issue at hand was the final straw. After years of dealing with BS, having "one of your own" stab you in the back is understandable as a final straw.
the company I worked for in 2001 - 2005 trialled BES on Windows 2000 Server and Exchange $whatever, configured especially for BES.
In that environment, BES blew goats. It constantly locked up, lost email, required reboots of the server, etc etc. The company *ran* back to GROUPWISE as a superior alternative to BES.
"Solar is dead. Most of the US doesn't get enough sun to make solar feasible. "
Apparently I have been hallucinating all the sun in the Southern US States. Who knew that coulds could be so bright and shiny? Who knew that cloudiness would make me so sun... sorry, cloud-burned?
I use Ting - they are a division of Tucows, use the Sprint network, are no-contract, and have reasonable monthly fees and no overage penalty (they just move you to the next tariff). I have an Android smartphone which I can use without any data plan if I so wish.
1. patron saints are not God 2. patron saints are Catholic doctrine, not Christian doctrine 3. the son and the holy ghost report to the Father 4. and anyway, when Cthulhu returns it'll all be moot
I think Alabama has an absurdly low abv limit for beer, if I remember correctly. something like 5 or 6 %.
nope. 13.9%.
There is no sensible beer that is 13.9% ABV. Even Carlsberg Special Brew is only 9%. Or do you have a different system for measuring in the US?
there's plenty craft breweries producing double digit ABV beers. Heck, Samichlaus from Austria is 14%. Barleywines routinely hit nearly 11%, Imperial Stouts run from 8% to nearly 20%. Sam Adams Utopias is 27%. Brewdog hit 51% with their "End of History" Icebock.
So, yes - there are plenty of "sensible" beers (i.e. not malt liquor, stuff which is actually worth drinking) in double digit ABV.
Alcohol is a state run for profit monopoly here. Buy it from the state or not at all. They even have special state run stores here. Shipping alcohol can get you jail time.
you're right and you're wrong.
Alabama, like a lot of states, is a 3 tier alcohol state - producer, wholesaler, retailer. Direct shipping of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law.
*Liquor* is a state run monopoly. Fermented beverages are not part of this monopoly.
It does, however, have an app for Android and iPhone to deal with those odd occasions when those archaic pieces of dead tree called "che(ck)(que)s" are sent to you via an obsolete delivery mechanism called "snail mail". It also refunds all ATM charges.
that is a very US-centric view of politics. The US is not the world.
Most other countries have a functioning system of multiple parties that represent multiple viewpoints. The lack of options in the US is due entirely to the dysfunctional system in the US that locks any other choices out of the system by prohibitive costs.
To put it another way: the Dems are Miller, the Repubs are Bud.
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disconnect it from the internet.
I advise that on general principle, anyway.
And I want all journalists to stop adding a -gate suffix to political scandals! Also, Santa, I would like...
paywall protected websites are a pain in the bahookie, hence using Google to at least get most of the first paragraph.
And this is the thing the "right holders" are too stupid to comprehend: when offered a choice of paying to read the content or watching paint dry? I'll watch the paint, thanks.
thanks - I'll give that a try
I have adblock.
Have you tried to use Youtube without adblock? It's broken - the page looks like garbage, and the video is about the size of a postage stamp.
I really don't know what else I am supposed to do other than completely avoid youtube, which is really hard to do :(
I sat down to watch Paddington Bear with my 19 month old son.
The advert that I couldn't skip was for a horror movie.
Thanks, youtube. That was *fantastic*.
obvious shill is obvious
Essential - cooking, baking, bread making.
Brewing is another basic skill that produces a product that can be used for barter.
Farming / growing crops - how else will you get the grain/fruit for cooking?
Hunting - obvious one there. But the other side of that coin is butchering. How many butchers do you know?
Sewing, to repair clothes that won't be replaceable for a while.
I could go on.
the issue at hand was the final straw. After years of dealing with BS, having "one of your own" stab you in the back is understandable as a final straw.
nope. USA is a country. England is not. The country is "The United Kingdom" of which England is one part.
too late. The NSA has already been in ur interwebz.
to page The Doctor to this one...
it was a system set up specifically for and by the local Blackberry affiliate to their exact specifications
it was.
Blackberry set it all up, provided the training, and provided the support. It was truly awful.
the company I worked for in 2001 - 2005 trialled BES on Windows 2000 Server and Exchange $whatever, configured especially for BES.
In that environment, BES blew goats. It constantly locked up, lost email, required reboots of the server, etc etc. The company *ran* back to GROUPWISE as a superior alternative to BES.
"Solar is dead. Most of the US doesn't get enough sun to make solar feasible. "
Apparently I have been hallucinating all the sun in the Southern US States. Who knew that coulds could be so bright and shiny? Who knew that cloudiness would make me so sun... sorry, cloud-burned?
Wow. I have been learned good.
ting's android phones start at under $90...
I use Ting - they are a division of Tucows, use the Sprint network, are no-contract, and have reasonable monthly fees and no overage penalty (they just move you to the next tariff). I have an Android smartphone which I can use without any data plan if I so wish.
www.ting.com
1. patron saints are not God
2. patron saints are Catholic doctrine, not Christian doctrine
3. the son and the holy ghost report to the Father
4. and anyway, when Cthulhu returns it'll all be moot
I think Alabama has an absurdly low abv limit for beer, if I remember correctly. something like 5 or 6 %.
nope. 13.9%.
There is no sensible beer that is 13.9% ABV. Even Carlsberg Special Brew is only 9%. Or do you have a different system for measuring in the US?
there's plenty craft breweries producing double digit ABV beers. Heck, Samichlaus from Austria is 14%. Barleywines routinely hit nearly 11%, Imperial Stouts run from 8% to nearly 20%. Sam Adams Utopias is 27%. Brewdog hit 51% with their "End of History" Icebock.
So, yes - there are plenty of "sensible" beers (i.e. not malt liquor, stuff which is actually worth drinking) in double digit ABV.
I think Alabama has an absurdly low abv limit for beer, if I remember correctly. something like 5 or 6 %.
nope. 13.9%.
Alcohol is a state run for profit monopoly here. Buy it from the state or not at all. They even have special state run stores here. Shipping alcohol can get you jail time.
you're right and you're wrong.
Alabama, like a lot of states, is a 3 tier alcohol state - producer, wholesaler, retailer. Direct shipping of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law.
*Liquor* is a state run monopoly. Fermented beverages are not part of this monopoly.
my credit union has zero branches.
It does, however, have an app for Android and iPhone to deal with those odd occasions when those archaic pieces of dead tree called "che(ck)(que)s" are sent to you via an obsolete delivery mechanism called "snail mail". It also refunds all ATM charges.
oh, give it a rest already, Stallman. You lost. Get over it.
that is a very US-centric view of politics. The US is not the world.
Most other countries have a functioning system of multiple parties that represent multiple viewpoints. The lack of options in the US is due entirely to the dysfunctional system in the US that locks any other choices out of the system by prohibitive costs.
To put it another way: the Dems are Miller, the Repubs are Bud.