Baloney. Well, maybe not for you. I remember in great detail many dozens of books that I have read as far back as thirty years.
Neither fictional books or movies are for propagating "memes". They are for enjoyment. Being unable to enjoy something unto one's self seems to be somewhat of a mental handicap to me.
Memes, the new pompous word for 'the need to chatter mindlessly'.
This just *might* be because the American companies did the R&D and the German companies were just working from the produced specs with no R&D. Speculating.
I was having a computer repaired. The woman and her husband in front of me were arguing viciously with the manager that they should be able to buy a memory card that was on sale two days prior at the sale price.
She was in a wheelchair, she was vulgar, abusive, played the pity card, etc. Her husband was no better. They even lied that they had called in and the "manager" had told them they could. (note: she was talking to said manager)
The manager wouldn't budge.
I was amazed and amused at the gall these assholes exhibited and watched as the worked their way out of the store and through the parking lot. Making *very* sure everyone saw how upset the poor, crippled woman was.
Upshot. When they got back to their truck, the "crippled" woman got out of her wheelchair, picked it up, and TOSSED it into the truck.
I told the manager what I'd seen and all he could do was shake his head.
And people wonder why retailers come to despise some people.
Please *try* to make an intelligent statement, instead of an anti-human skreed.
1) We can't influence the while universe.
2) Grow up? Take on the job? No meaning there.
3) Where would it lead? You don't even give your reasoning.
4) There is no "do better", except inna you head.
5) What role? Your opinion only.
Three crappy sentences and at least five major flaws. Get real.
How the hell can this crap be insightful. NASA has been funded for many years on the hope of information only. Recycle. That would be a good use for your tin foil.
No. You misunderstand our concept of freedom. It is based on the individual. Each individual has the *right* to associate. I may *choose* to not associate with a large group of people if I deem it to my benifit. I have *never* associated with KKK members, to my knowledge.
Likewise, I have the *right* to refuse to associate with a group of peoples who don't, or cannot, police fraud. The reason the don't or can't is not relevant to me. I am unwilling to risk my hard work and effort.
That is freedom at it's basic. The *right* of association.
By the way, you conflate the blockage of Romania's access to a commercial site with the blockage of anything in Romania to all of the U.S. I am still able to read anything you post on the internet. That is not what is at issue.
Black holing large (presumption, and point of view) ranges does not *only* hurt people, it protects those who are black holing. That's why they do it. It *is*, by the way, their perogative to do so. Individual freedom and all that.
Sigh, yes there is something wrong. The topic is preventing groups with a high ratio of scammers from accessing *individual* sites. Those vaguely, if at all, affect this.
Indeed. Here we try to protect those *actually* making and selling products. Most elsewhere, they try to protect fraudulent acquisition of said products.
Flame away. Anyone can make shallow, false "points". Me, Cleese, anyone.
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"...since the revolution of the Internet, sales of encyclopedias have skyrocked downwards,..."
Ummm, probably more responsible is getting the whole encyclopedia on a CD, instead of forking over $600+ for a paper set.
Your second para is a good point, and also good news to those of us who did learn to read quickly and with high comprehension.
Baloney. Well, maybe not for you. I remember in great detail many dozens of books that I have read as far back as thirty years.
Neither fictional books or movies are for propagating "memes". They are for enjoyment. Being unable to enjoy something unto one's self seems to be somewhat of a mental handicap to me.
Memes, the new pompous word for 'the need to chatter mindlessly'.
What a crock.
"It can happen to anyone."
No. It can only happen to those who desire to get rich by participating in what is obviously a shady deal. Tuff.
Don't have Korean installed. North or South?
"...until they become critical enough to convince a common user to switch to a competing product."
Uhh. at which time, the user *has* switched and MS has lost him/her. That's stupid.
First: they are going for the prize soon.
Second: they *have* (despite your rant) fixed the problem.
Third: The space shuttle can't do it on it's own either.
Fourth: You're a troll.
This just *might* be because the American companies did the R&D and the German companies were just working from the produced specs with no R&D. Speculating.
Troll indeed. And an idiot to boot. My well is 385 foot deep. You need to read more.
Not Best Buy, but CompUSA.
I was having a computer repaired. The woman and her husband in front of me were arguing viciously with the manager that they should be able to buy a memory card that was on sale two days prior at the sale price.
She was in a wheelchair, she was vulgar, abusive, played the pity card, etc. Her husband was no better. They even lied that they had called in and the "manager" had told them they could. (note: she was talking to said manager)
The manager wouldn't budge.
I was amazed and amused at the gall these assholes exhibited and watched as the worked their way out of the store and through the parking lot. Making *very* sure everyone saw how upset the poor, crippled woman was.
Upshot. When they got back to their truck, the "crippled" woman got out of her wheelchair, picked it up, and TOSSED it into the truck .
I told the manager what I'd seen and all he could do was shake his head.
And people wonder why retailers come to despise some people.
You should check out how many Dem's are for the machines before making that insipid statement.
"it's typography 101. wide columns make for bad readability."
Yeah, books are such a strain.
The god-awful choice of colors, for one.
"Don't expect to see any of the profits, though."
Puhlease. Just think of the day-to-day things that incorporate advances already made by the space program.
You *will* see profits.
Please *try* to make an intelligent statement, instead of an anti-human skreed.
1) We can't influence the while universe.
2) Grow up? Take on the job? No meaning there.
3) Where would it lead? You don't even give your reasoning.
4) There is no "do better", except inna you head.
5) What role? Your opinion only.
Three crappy sentences and at least five major flaws. Get real.
How the hell can this crap be insightful. NASA has been funded for many years on the hope of information only. Recycle. That would be a good use for your tin foil.
No. You misunderstand our concept of freedom. It is based on the individual. Each individual has the *right* to associate. I may *choose* to not associate with a large group of people if I deem it to my benifit. I have *never* associated with KKK members, to my knowledge.
Likewise, I have the *right* to refuse to associate with a group of peoples who don't, or cannot, police fraud. The reason the don't or can't is not relevant to me. I am unwilling to risk my hard work and effort.
That is freedom at it's basic. The *right* of association.
By the way, you conflate the blockage of Romania's access to a commercial site with the blockage of anything in Romania to all of the U.S. I am still able to read anything you post on the internet. That is not what is at issue.
Black holing large (presumption, and point of view) ranges does not *only* hurt people, it protects those who are black holing. That's why they do it. It *is*, by the way, their perogative to do so. Individual freedom and all that.
Sigh, yes there is something wrong. The topic is preventing groups with a high ratio of scammers from accessing *individual* sites. Those vaguely, if at all, affect this.
Indeed. Here we try to protect those *actually* making and selling products. Most elsewhere, they try to protect fraudulent acquisition of said products.
Flame away. Anyone can make shallow, false "points". Me, Cleese, anyone.
Then why is most of the friggin' spam I get from abroad?
Apparently *you* didn't place an order with *him*.
And? He should deal with those 100% fraudsters that have tried to bilk him just because you (who don't order from him anyway) live near them?
This isn't about race, you stupid bastard. This is about cost/effect ratios. Nothing more. Quit making hysterical pronouncements of bogus superiority.
Maybe that's just where you come from. Where I come from it means combination, like sweet/sour or owner/moderator. The | is for or here.
One cannot "crunch the numbers" in an 'equation' that we have only vague data for two of seven variables. That 'equation' is a joke.