You have evidently never been to a 3rd world shithole with a lot of rain and mud.
One strong tropical downpour and all your shit, all your holes, all your *shit*, and half the people you know are moving downhill and downstream.
Remember the episode where they got the 1990s era frozen people unthawed? The housewife was lonely because all her relatives were about 400 years dead, the country music singer just went back to his singing career, and the businessman was puzzled when Capt. Picard said they didn't need money any more because there was plenty for all.
I was hoping Mr Business was going to say "Fine, I want my starship right now then", but he didn't. Don't the Ferengi stand in for 20th century greedy humans in that show? Weren't they always up to some scheme to make money?
There is a hilarious fan-fic where Wesley has a holodeck pr0n set-up with his mother and turns it off when he is done and she doens't go away because it is really her (Dr Crusher). Ouch!
I just walk up to the copier and hit the button. I *never* check the 1,000 menus on the thing unless the copy is illegible. I might expect smeared or blurred text, but I sure as hell don't expect 888 to turn into 666!
Hmmm - George Washington was ahead of his time!
Mount Vernon, VA – General Washington faced many challenges during the spring of 1777 while encamped in Morristown. Low in troop numbers, Washington could foresee a potential disaster that did not involve the British army – smallpox was spreading at an alarming rate. The General took quick, decisive action that ultimately saved the Continental Army. On display August 16 through January 8, 2012 in Mount Vernon’s Donald W. Reynolds Museum, is a one-page manuscript ordering the inoculation of troops, written in the hand of a young but trusted aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, and includes Washington’s distinctive signature.
The vaccine they had then was nasty too! IIRC they were still using weakened live smallpox instead of the modern cowpox vaccine in the 1770s.
When my new-to-me dog had seperation anxiety while I was at work, she tried to break in by attacking the door frame ONLY around the side with the knob. She knew what part she needed to attack. She also points at the knob when she wants someone to open it. Camping we made the mistake of letting her see how the tent zipper worked and she would constantly unzip it go outside.
My dogs LIE. Really. If they whine and point their noses at the door, they get let out. If they whine and point their noses at the kitchen, sometimes they get bones and sometimes we just say STFU we gave you enough bones already.
So........they point at the door and you get up and when you are almost at the door they run back to the kitchen and point at the bones.
And you never will. Just like libertarianism* and every other utopian vision, it relies on a perfection of the human spirit that is not possible.
* libertarianism - def. That enjoyable, but brief, period between the end of powerful government and the start of strong men and corporations realizing they have no more authority over them strong enough to pay attention to.
What freedom did they want that they didn't have?
Curious about that.
Also at my school foreign students were not required to do the pledge. Nor was anyone else if they didn't feel like it.
As a practical matter, what these types do the most is defund education to the extent they can get away with.
Our local rep explained it thusly:
Bad schools lower property values
That equals more foreclosures
That equals me and my friends buying up cheap property and renting it out................
PROFIT!
Hey - almost forgot - send your kids to the $20K/yr private school or STFU.
Wish I had mod points!
History of the world according to SD: Everything was great, everyone was happy, the USA got invented and the entire planet was ruined. The End.
Our CIO at the XXX Agency got all butt-hurt about not having a MacBook and being looked down on by his trendy buddies, bothered us about getting Macs in a Windows shop, and now we don't have one anymore. Never did do anything useful.
Only sort of. You can't expect the CEO/C*O of a major company to know 48 volts DC from 208 volts 3 phase from blade servers from Apache.
CEO - What can we do to make our data center more reliable or cost less or be easier to maintain or some combination of those?
Engineers (who get paid to study this stuff all day) - We should do this and it will provide X benefit at Y cost.
* real life intervenes and the CEO has a cousin in the 48 volt battery business and you had better decide that is the best way....but I digress
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I know a couple guys whose wives have been freezing cold for awhile and still move around and spend money.........
With what money would they buy them and from where would they come? Port-Au-Prince Home Depot Garden Center????
You have evidently never been to a 3rd world shithole with a lot of rain and mud. One strong tropical downpour and all your shit, all your holes, all your *shit*, and half the people you know are moving downhill and downstream.
Why does it take 400 people to run a ship? Their automation must be worse than the airplane I rent.
Remember the episode where they got the 1990s era frozen people unthawed? The housewife was lonely because all her relatives were about 400 years dead, the country music singer just went back to his singing career, and the businessman was puzzled when Capt. Picard said they didn't need money any more because there was plenty for all. I was hoping Mr Business was going to say "Fine, I want my starship right now then", but he didn't. Don't the Ferengi stand in for 20th century greedy humans in that show? Weren't they always up to some scheme to make money?
There is a hilarious fan-fic where Wesley has a holodeck pr0n set-up with his mother and turns it off when he is done and she doens't go away because it is really her (Dr Crusher). Ouch!
I just walk up to the copier and hit the button. I *never* check the 1,000 menus on the thing unless the copy is illegible. I might expect smeared or blurred text, but I sure as hell don't expect 888 to turn into 666!
Hmmm - George Washington was ahead of his time! Mount Vernon, VA – General Washington faced many challenges during the spring of 1777 while encamped in Morristown. Low in troop numbers, Washington could foresee a potential disaster that did not involve the British army – smallpox was spreading at an alarming rate. The General took quick, decisive action that ultimately saved the Continental Army. On display August 16 through January 8, 2012 in Mount Vernon’s Donald W. Reynolds Museum, is a one-page manuscript ordering the inoculation of troops, written in the hand of a young but trusted aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, and includes Washington’s distinctive signature. The vaccine they had then was nasty too! IIRC they were still using weakened live smallpox instead of the modern cowpox vaccine in the 1770s.
Government bureaucrats rare have vision - Well we might, but our bosses don't really expect "visioning" all that much :(
When my new-to-me dog had seperation anxiety while I was at work, she tried to break in by attacking the door frame ONLY around the side with the knob. She knew what part she needed to attack. She also points at the knob when she wants someone to open it. Camping we made the mistake of letting her see how the tent zipper worked and she would constantly unzip it go outside.
My dogs LIE. Really. If they whine and point their noses at the door, they get let out. If they whine and point their noses at the kitchen, sometimes they get bones and sometimes we just say STFU we gave you enough bones already. So........they point at the door and you get up and when you are almost at the door they run back to the kitchen and point at the bones.
?????? My dog taught his pup a lot of things including how to swim. Sheepdogs are ideally trained by older sheepdogs.
The airlines have been doing this forever.
Austin and San Antonio are like little islands of a cool coastal hip city somehow defying the "Texas" that surrounds them.
BS - There is more to the USA than San Francisco and Amish areas.
And you never will. Just like libertarianism* and every other utopian vision, it relies on a perfection of the human spirit that is not possible. * libertarianism - def. That enjoyable, but brief, period between the end of powerful government and the start of strong men and corporations realizing they have no more authority over them strong enough to pay attention to.
My BMW battery went dead more than once and the car started just fine after a charge or new battery.
What freedom did they want that they didn't have? Curious about that. Also at my school foreign students were not required to do the pledge. Nor was anyone else if they didn't feel like it.
Yeah - I suspect a "two dads" or "two mommy" family would get a frosty reception at the 1949 community card game.
As a practical matter, what these types do the most is defund education to the extent they can get away with. Our local rep explained it thusly: Bad schools lower property values That equals more foreclosures That equals me and my friends buying up cheap property and renting it out ... ..... ........
PROFIT!
Hey - almost forgot - send your kids to the $20K/yr private school or STFU.
Best part is you don't have to DO any of it but have the bills and claim you did LOL
Wish I had mod points! History of the world according to SD: Everything was great, everyone was happy, the USA got invented and the entire planet was ruined. The End.
Our CIO at the XXX Agency got all butt-hurt about not having a MacBook and being looked down on by his trendy buddies, bothered us about getting Macs in a Windows shop, and now we don't have one anymore. Never did do anything useful.
I bet he learns a thing or two by being on the floor with the worker bees. If nothing else they'll be less likely to fuck off.
Only sort of. You can't expect the CEO/C*O of a major company to know 48 volts DC from 208 volts 3 phase from blade servers from Apache. CEO - What can we do to make our data center more reliable or cost less or be easier to maintain or some combination of those? Engineers (who get paid to study this stuff all day) - We should do this and it will provide X benefit at Y cost. * real life intervenes and the CEO has a cousin in the 48 volt battery business and you had better decide that is the best way....but I digress