The nonsense that they need to read what interests them is ruining kids. They don't like it, hah, they don't read it, and we give them the perfect excuse.
That stuff is very important - for those first learning how to read. It's important to keep them interested, because learning to read can be very frustrating to some kids.
After that point, however - tough titty. Learning to read is one thing - reading to learn is quite another.
Well, there goes my argument, then. You found one rich, black man.
Notice that, while you made this overwhelmingly about race, the key word here is "rich". White male was just a generalization - and looking at the numbers, a pretty damn good one. But really, it's the money that matters. Not the race. It's just noteable, for a myriad of other sociological reasons, that the perpetrators are generally white and male. Generally this is because there aren't a lot of rich black men, or rich black women, or rich asian transvestites, or rich martian amoebas running things in the United States. We could expound on the reasons for this for hours, but I'm sure that's covered in Introduction to Sociology as well.
I believe my siblings have made my point for me. Just because SOME white, rich males are thieves of the highest caliber, it does not mean that ALL white, rich males are thieves. You made that assumption all by yourself. I don't think I need to say any more about that.
The bottom line is, white males make up the overwhelming majority of CEOs in the West. This is a fact. Furthermore, of all the recent fraud scandals concerning mass quantities of corporate money (Tyco, Adelphia, Enron, Global Crossing, etc, etc), how many of those indicted were not, in fact, rich, white males?
My mother was raped last year. My first instinct was to hunt this guy down and kill him very slowly, and very painfully. But I didn't. That would have just made things worse for my mother. In the end, it became clear to me that it was my own weakness that was making me want to do this. It was hard, considering the circumstances, but I was able to get over this base, inhumane desire for bloody vengeance.
I still think I did the right thing.
While I don't think the death penalty is ever the answer, I am okay with limb removal. Castration for repeat rapists, lose your arms for murder, etc, etc.
Ahh, but the CEO is rich. Thus, it's okay. Therefore, teenagers get executed and old rich white men take a few billion dollars to support their pure-gold-toilet needs.
I'm sorry you made the assumption that I was even referring to warez (applications or games). I think these punks deserve what they get. There's a big difference between giving thousands of nameless, faceless strangers access to mass quantities of copyright protected works and ripping your own CDs to mp3, or, dare I say, having a few of your real friends check out one of those mp3s. Gasp! That's right. I shared an mp3 with two of my very best friends! HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION AWAIT!
Grandparent was obviously making a blanket statement that essentially said "if you ever make a copy of anything, for any reason, you're a pirate". Sorry, but I don't fucking buy it. Does it directly relate to this particular story? No. It does, however, relate indirectly, for as these software companies push on Congress to protect their "intellectual property", fears of DMCA-esque laws abound - only this time, with mandatory useage of DRM - all the way to the soundcard and the speaker. I'm sorry, but if I want to make a mix CD, or, more likely, an mp3 CD for my car stereo, then I'm going to. I don't think I'm being completely unreasonable here. But, according to grandparent's trite generalization, I am.
Cue the hordes of anonymous cowards who don't have the balls to admit they can't tell the difference between fair use (archiving or format shifting) and copyright infringement. At least use your name so we know you're an idiot.
That argument makes no sense (the gas engine). Sure, we "invented the internet". We implemented it. It works. If you don't like it - hey, you know how we did it - make your own. Just like Germany allowed everyone else to do with gas engines.
Even IF I feel that argument to be ridiculous, it is going to be pretty sad that the rest of the world is pushed into that situation. However, considering the alternatives (like the UN running it, or China), I prefer how it is now. If you can setup a non-corrupt, laissez-faire, "we will unequivocally protect your right to free speech, even if it means allowing you to promote hate crimes or other unpopular and 'immoral' speech" international organization, then I would completely back it. Until then, however, you're not going to get my agreement (as if that really matters, but even so).
Wait, they do? There's one sitting 3 feet to my left, and the only goal I know that he has is to go to Chilis with me for lunch.
Correction, he wants to go get lunch, leave work early, and go play Battlefield 2.
In retrospect, he did eat one of my cookies without my permission a few weeks ago. I bet that was the first step in his sinister plot for world domination. That fucker.
Not really. Just use firefox and run hijackthis every so often and you should be fine. Download something from the internet and prepare to be fucked. I use firefox, gaim, thunderbird, itunes, and battlefield 2. My windows box is quite clean:]
Yes, it is, but removing fair use from me because I could copy your creations is another thing entirely. It's like telling me I can use my arms, but only if I wear a special suit that ensures that I can't punch you in the face.
Of course, I can also tell you "fuck you" and find someone who isn't a fascist prick. I'm not required to deal with the RIAA or the artists they "represent". They can encrypt all they want - it just pushes me farther and farther away from giving them my money.
Late reply, but, I'm of the opinion that 90% of the boring day-to-day stuff doesn't even matter. I don't give a flying fuck who wrecked a car or who died. There are over 250 million people living in this country and 6 billion on this planet. Why in the fuck does a car wreck killing 2, 3, 4, 5, or even 50 people matter, in the giant scheme of things? In my opinion, it doesn't. I don't bother reading that information because, frankly, it really doesn't matter. I realize this is an unpopular opinion, but so be it.
Excuse me, I meant to say "Windows does not support many soundcards right after install". Sound, out of everything, seems to require the driver CDs. With Linux, it's ~usually~ just there. Unless you're looking in the wrong place, like I was;x
Ahh. Again, I was following the Gentoo documentation (I believe there was still a link out there regarding it - the Gentoo hardened setup instructions - but everything new has been changed over to the way you guys suggested). At the time, it definitely threw a monkey wrench into my plans of world domination. Or at least my plans of running MythTV.
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Sundays, as a general rule, suck anyway. So why not get the most work out of the way on that day? It just makes the rest of the week that much better.
After that point, however - tough titty. Learning to read is one thing - reading to learn is quite another.
It's still completely over my head. I heard a really emphatic "woosh", though.
Agreed. "Almost none".
There we go. Argument is back on track.
Well, there goes my argument, then. You found one rich, black man.
Notice that, while you made this overwhelmingly about race, the key word here is "rich". White male was just a generalization - and looking at the numbers, a pretty damn good one. But really, it's the money that matters. Not the race. It's just noteable, for a myriad of other sociological reasons, that the perpetrators are generally white and male. Generally this is because there aren't a lot of rich black men, or rich black women, or rich asian transvestites, or rich martian amoebas running things in the United States. We could expound on the reasons for this for hours, but I'm sure that's covered in Introduction to Sociology as well.
I believe my siblings have made my point for me. Just because SOME white, rich males are thieves of the highest caliber, it does not mean that ALL white, rich males are thieves. You made that assumption all by yourself. I don't think I need to say any more about that.
The bottom line is, white males make up the overwhelming majority of CEOs in the West. This is a fact. Furthermore, of all the recent fraud scandals concerning mass quantities of corporate money (Tyco, Adelphia, Enron, Global Crossing, etc, etc), how many of those indicted were not, in fact, rich, white males?
I'll answer for you. Zero.
My mother was raped last year. My first instinct was to hunt this guy down and kill him very slowly, and very painfully. But I didn't. That would have just made things worse for my mother. In the end, it became clear to me that it was my own weakness that was making me want to do this. It was hard, considering the circumstances, but I was able to get over this base, inhumane desire for bloody vengeance.
I still think I did the right thing.
While I don't think the death penalty is ever the answer, I am okay with limb removal. Castration for repeat rapists, lose your arms for murder, etc, etc.
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Ahh, but the CEO is rich. Thus, it's okay. Therefore, teenagers get executed and old rich white men take a few billion dollars to support their pure-gold-toilet needs.
I'm sorry you made the assumption that I was even referring to warez (applications or games). I think these punks deserve what they get. There's a big difference between giving thousands of nameless, faceless strangers access to mass quantities of copyright protected works and ripping your own CDs to mp3, or, dare I say, having a few of your real friends check out one of those mp3s. Gasp! That's right. I shared an mp3 with two of my very best friends! HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION AWAIT!
Grandparent was obviously making a blanket statement that essentially said "if you ever make a copy of anything, for any reason, you're a pirate". Sorry, but I don't fucking buy it. Does it directly relate to this particular story? No. It does, however, relate indirectly, for as these software companies push on Congress to protect their "intellectual property", fears of DMCA-esque laws abound - only this time, with mandatory useage of DRM - all the way to the soundcard and the speaker. I'm sorry, but if I want to make a mix CD, or, more likely, an mp3 CD for my car stereo, then I'm going to. I don't think I'm being completely unreasonable here. But, according to grandparent's trite generalization, I am.
Cue the hordes of anonymous cowards who don't have the balls to admit they can't tell the difference between fair use (archiving or format shifting) and copyright infringement. At least use your name so we know you're an idiot.
That argument makes no sense (the gas engine). Sure, we "invented the internet". We implemented it. It works. If you don't like it - hey, you know how we did it - make your own. Just like Germany allowed everyone else to do with gas engines.
Even IF I feel that argument to be ridiculous, it is going to be pretty sad that the rest of the world is pushed into that situation. However, considering the alternatives (like the UN running it, or China), I prefer how it is now. If you can setup a non-corrupt, laissez-faire, "we will unequivocally protect your right to free speech, even if it means allowing you to promote hate crimes or other unpopular and 'immoral' speech" international organization, then I would completely back it. Until then, however, you're not going to get my agreement (as if that really matters, but even so).
Pfft. I'd LOVE 50K/s upload speeds. I'm lucky I get 18. Fucking Atlantic Broadband (formerly serviced by Charter)...
Unless you're yoda, in which case "equals not" is probably completely valid.
it shouldn't be visible outside of this for loop. I'd be very unhappy if it was.
Or he could go all Reaver on them and rape them to death, eat their flesh, and sew their skin into his clothing.
And if they're lucky, he'll do it in that order.
Wait, they do? There's one sitting 3 feet to my left, and the only goal I know that he has is to go to Chilis with me for lunch.
Correction, he wants to go get lunch, leave work early, and go play Battlefield 2.
In retrospect, he did eat one of my cookies without my permission a few weeks ago. I bet that was the first step in his sinister plot for world domination. That fucker.
Not really. Just use firefox and run hijackthis every so often and you should be fine. Download something from the internet and prepare to be fucked. I use firefox, gaim, thunderbird, itunes, and battlefield 2. My windows box is quite clean :]
I salute you, sir, and I agree with your word choice.
Yes, it is, but removing fair use from me because I could copy your creations is another thing entirely. It's like telling me I can use my arms, but only if I wear a special suit that ensures that I can't punch you in the face.
Of course, I can also tell you "fuck you" and find someone who isn't a fascist prick. I'm not required to deal with the RIAA or the artists they "represent". They can encrypt all they want - it just pushes me farther and farther away from giving them my money.
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Late reply, but, I'm of the opinion that 90% of the boring day-to-day stuff doesn't even matter. I don't give a flying fuck who wrecked a car or who died. There are over 250 million people living in this country and 6 billion on this planet. Why in the fuck does a car wreck killing 2, 3, 4, 5, or even 50 people matter, in the giant scheme of things? In my opinion, it doesn't. I don't bother reading that information because, frankly, it really doesn't matter. I realize this is an unpopular opinion, but so be it.
Oh, also, I agree with the things you said about "when sound does 'work' in Linux, [the following happens]". I've had many of those problems too :(
Excuse me, I meant to say "Windows does not support many soundcards right after install". Sound, out of everything, seems to require the driver CDs. With Linux, it's ~usually~ just there. Unless you're looking in the wrong place, like I was ;x
Ahh. Again, I was following the Gentoo documentation (I believe there was still a link out there regarding it - the Gentoo hardened setup instructions - but everything new has been changed over to the way you guys suggested). At the time, it definitely threw a monkey wrench into my plans of world domination. Or at least my plans of running MythTV.
Sigh. There=their in the last paragraph. I feel dirty knowing I even made that mistake. Blergh.