It may be a legitimate complaint, and we can agreeabout whether it should occur, but I would expect this sort of course to address this: for example "Why does my paycheck take days to be put in my account?"
That doesn't seem like an eye-roller at all. I'm assuming it's followed by a discussion on why we pay taxes, what they're used for, etc. Everyone, when they get their first paycheck, does a double take on the taxes taken out.
Wait: He made a logical post full of clear arguments, stating that the liberal/conservative divide should be ignored when something obviously positive for everyone comes along,and you praise him by being partisan?
I disagree. I think this is a slippery slope issue. After all, we'd all be perfectly safe if locked in boxes. So, I'm willing to accept casualties in the name of freedom. Specifically, myself.
I truly to believe, long term, this sort of freedom would server to minimize the ability of terrorists. So we disagree.
It's not my money. I pay off my credit cards monthly, and never use debit cards. It's somebody else's money. So really, I don't care.
In the US, if you use a debit card, it gives you the option of using "debit" or "credit". But that's not entirely true. the choice just determines how you verify: debit to verify with a PIN, credit to verify with a signature. Both come out of your bank account.
The US is lucky in a sense -- despite all this, their technology development pipeline is very deep, their resources are huge, and they are culturally adapted to change in a way that most other cultures are not.
Yes - but I pose this question to today's generals: What are you going to do if China shoots down enough critical communications, surveillance, and positioning satellites, and at the same time, takes out all the carrier groups in a region with these missiles, as a prelude to some major action? What's the plan? We got nothing. Our best-effort will restore those services in years, probably decades. The Chinese have demonstrated antisatellite warfare capabilites. And a willingness to test them.
I believe the answer is obvious: ICBM. Which is why China would be silly to do that.
I wear a watch. Primarily because if I want to know the time, It takes all of half a second to look at my wrist. Plus, the mechanics are nice Carrying around a phone for time and pulling it out of my pocket makes me feel like some 1880s train conductor consulting his pocketwatch.
1) all funds will be used by former employees until they disappear, at which point they'll start looking for work, swelling the unemployment ranks. Because who would want to hire someone from such an inept company? 2) there will be no balance left. See #1 above. 3) The CxOs will claim unemployment compensation, costing society even more.
As opposed to what? doing things for free and not being able to eat? Simple Economics is a (mostly) understood tool. Going extreme to either the "greeed greeeed greeed" direction, or the "why can't we all just do things for each other for free and outlaw currency-plus everyone gets puppies" side gets you nothing. It's not greedy to want to earn enough money to finance something.Otherwise it cannot continue. And if whatever it is important enough that it MUST be done, but cannot afford to finance itself, then something else that makes money will need to be used. You may as well curse why balls roll downhill.
Expedition to the Barrier peaks Module, which involved a crashed spaceship.I was the DM. A friend of mine, running a paladin, was always just blundering around. He was a strong character and usually survived it, but everyone was growing tired of it. They came into a room with sparking electrical wires. I tried to describe them as a person of the time might see them: Colorful strings hanging in bunches from the ceiling. There are little bits of fire in the ends of them giving off the occasional light with a loud noise, and the ends appear metal.
If I recall correctly, each wire did some horrible amount of damage. The Paladin proudly states " I run up and grab as many of them as I can into my arms!". I tried to let him out of it: "they're strings. with flame on the end, and metal inside. Are you sure?". "Of course! They might be valuable!"--not very Paladinlike, but whatever. I gave him one last chance by rolling the damage, but even when halving it, it was still something like ten times his total HP. So the paladin in his big suit of armor melted. It became a running joke; "I run up and grab them!"
If China is "communist", then I'm the pope. China is a dictatorship wrapping itself in the trappings of communism to keep the people from executing the leaders.
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Is there a Godwin's equivalent to bringing up rape?
It may be a legitimate complaint, and we can agreeabout whether it should occur, but I would expect this sort of course to address this: for example "Why does my paycheck take days to be put in my account?"
That doesn't seem like an eye-roller at all. I'm assuming it's followed by a discussion on why we pay taxes, what they're used for, etc.
Everyone, when they get their first paycheck, does a double take on the taxes taken out.
Wait: He made a logical post full of clear arguments, stating that the liberal/conservative divide should be ignored when something obviously positive for everyone comes along,and you praise him by being partisan?
I disagree.
I think this is a slippery slope issue.
After all, we'd all be perfectly safe if locked in boxes.
So, I'm willing to accept casualties in the name of freedom. Specifically, myself.
I truly to believe, long term, this sort of freedom would server to minimize the ability of terrorists.
So we disagree.
It's not my money.
I pay off my credit cards monthly, and never use debit cards.
It's somebody else's money.
So really, I don't care.
In the US, if you use a debit card, it gives you the option of using "debit" or "credit". But that's not entirely true. the choice just determines how you verify: debit to verify with a PIN, credit to verify with a signature. Both come out of your bank account.
At $190K for a used plane, I'd place that higher than middle class aspirations.
Or lumber, for that matter.
PS: I'm not a general, I'm just pulling this stuff out of my..um...head?
The US is lucky in a sense -- despite all this, their technology development pipeline is very deep, their resources are huge, and they are culturally adapted to change in a way that most other cultures are not.
Yes - but I pose this question to today's generals:
What are you going to do if China shoots down enough critical communications, surveillance, and positioning satellites, and at the same time, takes out all the carrier groups in a region with these missiles, as a prelude to some major action? What's the plan? We got nothing. Our best-effort will restore those services in years, probably decades. The Chinese have demonstrated antisatellite warfare capabilites. And a willingness to test them.
I believe the answer is obvious: ICBM.
Which is why China would be silly to do that.
I wear a watch. Primarily because if I want to know the time, It takes all of half a second to look at my wrist. Plus, the mechanics are nice
Carrying around a phone for time and pulling it out of my pocket makes me feel like some 1880s train conductor consulting his pocketwatch.
But it's obligatory:
"What could possibly go wrong with this?"
1) all funds will be used by former employees until they disappear, at which point they'll start looking for work, swelling the unemployment ranks. Because who would want to hire someone from such an inept company?
2) there will be no balance left. See #1 above.
3) The CxOs will claim unemployment compensation, costing society even more.
As opposed to what? doing things for free and not being able to eat?
Simple Economics is a (mostly) understood tool. Going extreme to either the "greeed greeeed greeed" direction, or the "why can't we all just do things for each other for free and outlaw currency-plus everyone gets puppies" side gets you nothing.
It's not greedy to want to earn enough money to finance something.Otherwise it cannot continue. And if whatever it is important enough that it MUST be done, but cannot afford to finance itself, then something else that makes money will need to be used.
You may as well curse why balls roll downhill.
Just wait until ONE package is lost/missing/disappears, and see how fast that policy continues.
first in for a "whoooooosh!"
However, you paid TWO ransoms? It sound like the FARC weren't too terribly interested in disturbing future revenue.
That's almost what happened in the movie: The kidnapper pretended to "stop" his accomplices, and claim the reward.
Well, I guess that whole "built in USA" thing on the MotoX was a fluke.
and here I actually had a positive feeling about Google for a bit. Oh well.
but...how do the bicycle parts get to SF, if not by car? Are there large bicycle trains running the roads bringing supplies?
Expedition to the Barrier peaks Module, which involved a crashed spaceship.I was the DM.
A friend of mine, running a paladin, was always just blundering around. He was a strong character and usually survived it, but everyone was growing tired of it.
They came into a room with sparking electrical wires. I tried to describe them as a person of the time might see them: Colorful strings hanging in bunches from the ceiling. There are little bits of fire in the ends of them giving off the occasional light with a loud noise, and the ends appear metal.
If I recall correctly, each wire did some horrible amount of damage. The Paladin proudly states " I run up and grab as many of them as I can into my arms!".
I tried to let him out of it: "they're strings. with flame on the end, and metal inside. Are you sure?".
"Of course! They might be valuable!"--not very Paladinlike, but whatever.
I gave him one last chance by rolling the damage, but even when halving it, it was still something like ten times his total HP.
So the paladin in his big suit of armor melted.
It became a running joke; "I run up and grab them!"
I've also heard that if you put your iPhone in a microwave, /. will give you a lower user ID!
If China is "communist", then I'm the pope.
China is a dictatorship wrapping itself in the trappings of communism to keep the people from executing the leaders.
I honestly think amazon does have the best customer service out there today.
Primarily because the stores I used to deal with , with BETTER customer service, have been destroyed by Amazon.
That's it, I'm Finnished with this discussion altogether.