Really? Straw man attacks get modded insightful these days?
Listen, I consider myself an environmentalist, and so do several people I know. None of this fit into this straw man argument you've built up. Yes, there are some environmentalists out there who are crazy as hell, but the vast majority are not like that. I'd actually be perfectly fine with building new nuclear power plants, beaming power from space, and whatever else is safer, less polluting, and reliable than things like coal and oil.
For you to characterize all environmentalists automatically being against everything new is insulting and, of itself, wholly ignorant. Using such a sad logical fallacy is more indicative of someone who has a weak argument.
Soy Sauce is frequently made from human hair. In fact, you've probably eaten some yourself. When you buy Soy sauce make sure you check the ingredients. And yes, I am being 100% serious.
Pharoah/Cleopatra is a highly underrated game. I had high hopes for Children Of The Nile but it just wasn't as fun. They took a macro approach that made things less interesting.
Only an idiot would just blur the image to hide something like a wreck. Someone who honestly wanted to hide it would just use another nondescript seabed image, there's millions of acres of the stuff that all basically looks the same. A little photochopping to make the general color and done of the image basically match those around it and editing the edges so it more or less matches up with the images that boarder it and no one's the wiser.
Netbooks are the prefect place to introduce people to Linux. Because they generally don't expect to play games (Other than flash games and the like) or use them for a lot of officework, Linuxes major flaws are not apparent, while its advantages (Free, faster) are.
If I were involved in the Linux community I'd be pushing hard for a lot of development of drivers and the like for Unbutu (Linux needs some name recognition somewhere)
That's why the previous story about difficulty with the EEE and Linux was disturbing to me.
Cruise ships have their own towers. Normally when docked, they should be off. They act sort of as a middle man, and are crazy expensive. I mean something like $7.99/min. for voice, and Data is worse. I don't think they charge you directly, but they charge your provider, and your provider charges you.
Add on top of that the roaming fees AT&T charges....
to resolve an important question of federal law, or to expressly review a decision of a lower court that conflicts directly with a previous decision of the Court.
Which of these reasons would have justified the Court to hear this case?
That one. Courts have generally looked down on Fraud. Except this time, apparently.
Yes, but even before they launched, the builders were saying how much easier it would be to build a second one, now that all the design work was done and they have experience putting it together. They could probably create it all over again (comparatively) cheaply.
On second thought, maybe they should tack on a year for design refinements and take a look at that whole separation module thingy.
More and more I have been suspecting we'll see exactly this.
The sad thing is this is what we as a society as a whole have decided on. No one wants to hear clear, unbiased reporting of the facts anymore. What everyone wants is some loudmouthed blowhard spouting off talking points that others will agree with. People want to hear the opinions of people that will say things to reinforce their own opinion.
In other words, people want to hear 'Dog bites man', not 'Man bites dog', and will not buy from people who publish the latter, even if it is the truth.
A 2 kg block would produce 1200W of power and be scorching hot for most of it's almost 75 year half life... - safe as can be to humans unless ingested/inhaled.
Yeah, sounds great for the kids. I'll get them some toys made out of this stuff.
It's sad that crap like this gets modded insightful. Were you there? No. I can tell by how astoundingly wrong you are. You're just some armchair 'expert' commenting on crap you honestly know nothing about and rated by other morons. You remind me of a creationist. You know nothing but some BS you were half-taught, and you half made up yourself, and people thing you're intelligent for making it up.
Lexx was always abysmal. I never understood how they managed to keep any funding at all. I didn't hate the show, I'm all for any sci-fi show, even something is horribly campy and just flat-out bad as Lexx. But saying that it got worse was like saying 'Showgirls' really started to go downhill after the halfway point.
So incredibly wrong I don't even know where to start.
All employees of Businesses answer to the Bosses. Wether is be a single Boss, a CEO, a board of Directors, whatever. And if this business is a corporation then they answer to shareholders. Supposedly. Except these days almost all shareholders are basically people with 401k plans and the like, who do not have a clear ownership of a specific number of stocks from a specific company. So over here in reality, they don't even have to answer to shareholders. So who do they answer to? At best, each other. And since the only thing they have any incentive to care about is short-term profits, that's all they concern themselves with.
So that leaves the customers. And in so very many companies these days, the customers don't have choices (Thanks to deregulation). For instance, if I want electricity in my area, I have exactly one company I can go to. If I don't like them, well, too freaking bad. There is absolutely nothing I can do about it, other than live off the grid.
So in reality, no. Many businesses don't have to answer to anyone, period. (Concerning the quality of their services)
Bullshit. They adapted those strategies because they knew that the only thing that anyone in the US cares about it short-term results. If they can increase profits, no matter what the true cost, then the heads of these businesses give themselves ridiculous multimillion dollar bonuses and salaries. Oh, and they make sure to write in those golden parachute clauses.
If that happens to run these companies into the ground, who gives a shit? They still get their golden parachutes, and they keep the money they bonused to themselves. They have no fear of any repercussions. The company they ran into the ground? Frankly, why should they give a shit?
It's sad that you are so incredibly naive that you believe the heads of these institutions actually give a rats ass what happens to them in the long run. They don't have to really give a rat's ass whether the feds bail them out; the only reason they'd want them to is so their stock option and salaries continue. If that particular gravy train is cut off it's not like these CEOs really have to give a damn.
It's amusing how you you laugh at BSG, saying how it's ridiculous for it to claim that TV will never be the same after it (Something I actually completely agree with) but then go off and say the exact same thing about some stupid ass gangster show on a channel most people don't even get.
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Really? Straw man attacks get modded insightful these days?
Listen, I consider myself an environmentalist, and so do several people I know. None of this fit into this straw man argument you've built up. Yes, there are some environmentalists out there who are crazy as hell, but the vast majority are not like that. I'd actually be perfectly fine with building new nuclear power plants, beaming power from space, and whatever else is safer, less polluting, and reliable than things like coal and oil.
For you to characterize all environmentalists automatically being against everything new is insulting and, of itself, wholly ignorant. Using such a sad logical fallacy is more indicative of someone who has a weak argument.
[quote]But at the same time it is not the duty of any council to set up a gay bar â" that's not what councils do." [/quote]
You don't say?!
What a load of infantile drivel. Just because you cannot handle it doesn't mean no one can. Stop projecting your fears and prejudices onto others.
Actually you have more chance to survice a motorcycle crash than being rolled up in a tin can.
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Soy Sauce is frequently made from human hair. In fact, you've probably eaten some yourself. When you buy Soy sauce make sure you check the ingredients. And yes, I am being 100% serious.
Pharoah/Cleopatra is a highly underrated game. I had high hopes for Children Of The Nile but it just wasn't as fun. They took a macro approach that made things less interesting.
These people put waaay too much effort into making fund of dinosaurs.
Only an idiot would just blur the image to hide something like a wreck. Someone who honestly wanted to hide it would just use another nondescript seabed image, there's millions of acres of the stuff that all basically looks the same. A little photochopping to make the general color and done of the image basically match those around it and editing the edges so it more or less matches up with the images that boarder it and no one's the wiser.
Netbooks are the prefect place to introduce people to Linux. Because they generally don't expect to play games (Other than flash games and the like) or use them for a lot of officework, Linuxes major flaws are not apparent, while its advantages (Free, faster) are.
If I were involved in the Linux community I'd be pushing hard for a lot of development of drivers and the like for Unbutu (Linux needs some name recognition somewhere)
That's why the previous story about difficulty with the EEE and Linux was disturbing to me.
Never been on a cruise eh?
Cruise ships have their own towers. Normally when docked, they should be off. They act sort of as a middle man, and are crazy expensive. I mean something like $7.99/min. for voice, and Data is worse. I don't think they charge you directly, but they charge your provider, and your provider charges you.
Add on top of that the roaming fees AT&T charges....
to resolve an important question of federal law, or to expressly review a decision of a lower court that conflicts directly with a previous decision of the Court.
Which of these reasons would have justified the Court to hear this case?
That one. Courts have generally looked down on Fraud. Except this time, apparently.
Yes, but even before they launched, the builders were saying how much easier it would be to build a second one, now that all the design work was done and they have experience putting it together. They could probably create it all over again (comparatively) cheaply.
On second thought, maybe they should tack on a year for design refinements and take a look at that whole separation module thingy.
More and more I have been suspecting we'll see exactly this.
The sad thing is this is what we as a society as a whole have decided on. No one wants to hear clear, unbiased reporting of the facts anymore. What everyone wants is some loudmouthed blowhard spouting off talking points that others will agree with. People want to hear the opinions of people that will say things to reinforce their own opinion.
In other words, people want to hear 'Dog bites man', not 'Man bites dog', and will not buy from people who publish the latter, even if it is the truth.
A 2 kg block would produce 1200W of power and be scorching hot for most of it's almost 75 year half life... - safe as can be to humans unless ingested/inhaled.
Yeah, sounds great for the kids. I'll get them some toys made out of this stuff.
Except you, apparently. And me, now.
It's sad that crap like this gets modded insightful. Were you there? No. I can tell by how astoundingly wrong you are. You're just some armchair 'expert' commenting on crap you honestly know nothing about and rated by other morons. You remind me of a creationist. You know nothing but some BS you were half-taught, and you half made up yourself, and people thing you're intelligent for making it up.
She didn't dump it on herself. It melted the cup.
Hey now.
Group theory is just a theory. We should be teaching our children 'collection of individuals' as well. Teach the controversy!
Lexx was always abysmal. I never understood how they managed to keep any funding at all. I didn't hate the show, I'm all for any sci-fi show, even something is horribly campy and just flat-out bad as Lexx. But saying that it got worse was like saying 'Showgirls' really started to go downhill after the halfway point.
So incredibly wrong I don't even know where to start.
All employees of Businesses answer to the Bosses. Wether is be a single Boss, a CEO, a board of Directors, whatever. And if this business is a corporation then they answer to shareholders. Supposedly. Except these days almost all shareholders are basically people with 401k plans and the like, who do not have a clear ownership of a specific number of stocks from a specific company. So over here in reality, they don't even have to answer to shareholders. So who do they answer to? At best, each other. And since the only thing they have any incentive to care about is short-term profits, that's all they concern themselves with.
So that leaves the customers. And in so very many companies these days, the customers don't have choices (Thanks to deregulation). For instance, if I want electricity in my area, I have exactly one company I can go to. If I don't like them, well, too freaking bad. There is absolutely nothing I can do about it, other than live off the grid.
So in reality, no. Many businesses don't have to answer to anyone, period. (Concerning the quality of their services)
Bullshit. They adapted those strategies because they knew that the only thing that anyone in the US cares about it short-term results. If they can increase profits, no matter what the true cost, then the heads of these businesses give themselves ridiculous multimillion dollar bonuses and salaries. Oh, and they make sure to write in those golden parachute clauses.
If that happens to run these companies into the ground, who gives a shit? They still get their golden parachutes, and they keep the money they bonused to themselves. They have no fear of any repercussions. The company they ran into the ground? Frankly, why should they give a shit?
It's sad that you are so incredibly naive that you believe the heads of these institutions actually give a rats ass what happens to them in the long run. They don't have to really give a rat's ass whether the feds bail them out; the only reason they'd want them to is so their stock option and salaries continue. If that particular gravy train is cut off it's not like these CEOs really have to give a damn.
And that's the real problem.
It's amusing how you you laugh at BSG, saying how it's ridiculous for it to claim that TV will never be the same after it (Something I actually completely agree with) but then go off and say the exact same thing about some stupid ass gangster show on a channel most people don't even get.
Hypocrisy much?
Speaking of keeping it classy...
You know, that joke (And it was a joke, kid) wasn't even exactly mean-spirited, and it seemed more directed at the Clinton staff than at Bush's staff.
But don't let that get in the way of your vitriol.