Doesn't P2Pnet realize that Elmo is copyrighted! And yet, there they are showing a boy with Elmo on his overalls! Doesn't anyone think of the content owners??? When will this madness end???
I remember when I saw "The Replacement Killers", all the college girls on the front row were practically (or perhaps actually) drooling over Chow-Yun Fat. Now, I realize that was 12 years ago.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get off my lawn!!!
And it's a good thing that people have their example, because passengers resisting the terrorists for fear of their lives is what has stopped every attempted terrorist after them. Sure, their bombs probably wouldn't work, but lucky for us, the passengers made sure they didn't have much time to work on them. That alone is far more helpful than all the crazy scanners and useless rules we've added since then.
Exactly! Apart from basic baggage scanning to make sure there are no bombs, we really just need to make sure every passenger who is able brings a baseball bat (or equivalent) on board.
9/11 could potentially have ended like this:
Atta: [brandishing box cutter] We're taking over this plane!
Passenger: [thwack! thwack!] No, you're not.
When other countries, even Iran are inching towards more freedom, the people of USA is steadily falling into religious and political extremism. Militarism has taken hold and is seen as the solution to all problems.
Actually, the US is getting better in that regard as well. It's just that we're starting from the low point of people like Pat "Haiti Made A Pact With The Devil" Robertson and Rush "Were Are My Drugs!" Limbaugh. The people who support people like that and Glenn Beck are getting shriller, louder and scarier, but they are a dwindling percentage of the population.
Should the USA produce someone with Sarah Palin's looks but Cheney's evil brain, the end of world as we know it will soon follow.
Well, okay, you've got no argument from me there...
A *moron* would have fouled it all up somehow, either not getting the job in the first place or not retaining it for the last 8 years.
O RLY? And how do you explain this guy's job performance? I agree that Balmer is certainly not a moron, but keeping that kind of job for 8 years doesn't prove it.
The same way we've genetically engineered dogs since at least the dawn of civilization, without really knowing the nature of "genes" for almost all of that time.
Selective breeding is not the same as genetic engineering. An analogy would be this: My skin slowly sloughs off cells and replaces them. So, why shouldn't I just take a scalpel and hack the skin off my arm?
What I don't understand is: What is the connection between online advertising and illegal downloading of media? Those are completely unrelated. Aren't they?
You see, they are both done on the Internet. The internet is this scary thing that people like Sarkozy don't understand and want to control.
So, no, they are not at all related. It only seems that way to the ignorant.
I'll offer proof that this is actually happening; a species that follows human, the Eastern Gray Squirrel, has adapted to cars. Previously, they had an inborn, instinctive behavior of darting in circles when confronted by a danger. This was thought to be an adaptation that helped them escape predation by birds of prey. But this was maladaptive when confronted by a speeding vehicle.
These days, the gray squirrel runs in a straight line when it is in danger. This is probably good news for birds of prey, but squirrel populations are thriving, so I doubt that birds are as big a problem as cars are.
I don't doubt that our environment is promoting genetic variations that are compatible with technology. That meme has been suggested before.
Very interesting. In fact, I've informally observed the same thing with deer. I used to live in an area that has a large deer population. Deer road kill used to be a bit of a problem. Now, it is simply an occasional occurence. When I would drive down a road through forests where deer are known to inhabit, I would see deer by the side of the road literally staring at my car and waiting until I got by. It was only after I had gotten by, and they had looked the other way (!) that they would sprint across the road.
Of course, if history is any guide, "White America," will just redefine "white" and regain the majority.:P
Quite true. According to periodicals like Harper's Weekly in the 19th century, the Irish were as bad (and Non-White) as African slaves. Now, they are considered as white as Tony Blair or Gordon Brown. Maybe in the future the law will go so far that the "One Drop Rule" will mean that anyone with *any* White blood will be considered White. For example, my daughter is not even half White, but the state I live in put "white" in the "race" column of her birth certificate, just because of how she looked when she was born.
And you are familiar with our looming demographic catastrophe [mcclatchydc.com], right?
Nothing funnier than a dumb, inbred redneck saying people of other races are inherently inferior. Incidentally, where are multi-racial people in that racist piece of trash article you cited?
It's funny how "lucky" things often happen to those striving to do new and interesting things in various pursuits. In order for luck to cause anything to happen you have to be set up to take advantage of the lucky situation. The more you do the "luckier" you'll get. (As long as you keep your eyes open while you do it.)
Can you tell this to the idiots who decided that we can no longer carry bottles of a capacity larger then 100ml, please? Anyway, I think the only reason for this policy still being in place since three years is that the policy makers are not capable of admitting an error.
Unfortunately, that's probably the case. "We can't rescind a policy! People might start thinking we don't know what the hell we're doing!" Of course, most people *already* think they don't know what the hell they're doing.
Especially in America, where the average person has a tremendous layer of blubber. Big disgusting rolls of fat with cellulite and blubber upon blubber composing their distorted figures that once looked humanoid. Yeah. Like those fat chicks where you can't tell where their droopy tits end and their gut begins cuz their gut overhangs itself. If they are naked their gut is like a skirt made of flesh, hanging down low enough to completely cover their cunt and unfortunately their ass is bigger and more visible than ever. Does this sound like what you want to see naked? If we gotta see that naked all the time on every flight, maybe the terrorists will feel sorry for us.
Look. If you want to watch chubby porn, that's your own sick business. But please, don't describe your sick fetishes to the rest of us!
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She's in West Virginia. The age of consent there is 16, so you only need to wait a few months. Not that she'll have a pathetic dweeb like you, though.
Doesn't P2Pnet realize that Elmo is copyrighted! And yet, there they are showing a boy with Elmo on his overalls! Doesn't anyone think of the content owners??? When will this madness end???
So says the Anonymous Coward! But then, Chuck Norris will still find you and give you the roundhouse kick of death!
Since it is Republicans, I'm more reminded of Night of the Living Dead.
Given some of the scandals we actually know about, I would guess that they are greasing more than just the *pockets* of the Dems and Repubs.
I remember when I saw "The Replacement Killers", all the college girls on the front row were practically (or perhaps actually) drooling over Chow-Yun Fat. Now, I realize that was 12 years ago.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get off my lawn!!!
Chow-Yun Fat as Confucius? I don't recall Confucius firing away round after round against Ye Old Bad Guy or running someone through with a sword.
Exactly! Apart from basic baggage scanning to make sure there are no bombs, we really just need to make sure every passenger who is able brings a baseball bat (or equivalent) on board.
9/11 could potentially have ended like this:
Atta: [brandishing box cutter] We're taking over this plane!
Passenger: [thwack! thwack!] No, you're not.
Actually, the US is getting better in that regard as well. It's just that we're starting from the low point of people like Pat "Haiti Made A Pact With The Devil" Robertson and Rush "Were Are My Drugs!" Limbaugh. The people who support people like that and Glenn Beck are getting shriller, louder and scarier, but they are a dwindling percentage of the population.
Well, okay, you've got no argument from me there...
O RLY? And how do you explain this guy's job performance? I agree that Balmer is certainly not a moron, but keeping that kind of job for 8 years doesn't prove it.
Selective breeding is not the same as genetic engineering. An analogy would be this: My skin slowly sloughs off cells and replaces them. So, why shouldn't I just take a scalpel and hack the skin off my arm?
I mean, we wouldn't want to impregnate China, would we?
I thought he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990? Oh, wait, that was what someone said about Glenn Beck.
You see, they are both done on the Internet. The internet is this scary thing that people like Sarkozy don't understand and want to control.
So, no, they are not at all related. It only seems that way to the ignorant.
Don't worry. It'll be duped in 100 years.
Very interesting. In fact, I've informally observed the same thing with deer. I used to live in an area that has a large deer population. Deer road kill used to be a bit of a problem. Now, it is simply an occasional occurence. When I would drive down a road through forests where deer are known to inhabit, I would see deer by the side of the road literally staring at my car and waiting until I got by. It was only after I had gotten by, and they had looked the other way (!) that they would sprint across the road.
"Brother Maynard, please turn to the Book of Sauces, chapter 3, verses 9-10."
"Oh Lord, bless this, Thy Holy barbeque sauce, that thou mayest smother thine friends' food, in thy mercy."
Quite true. According to periodicals like Harper's Weekly in the 19th century, the Irish were as bad (and Non-White) as African slaves. Now, they are considered as white as Tony Blair or Gordon Brown. Maybe in the future the law will go so far that the "One Drop Rule" will mean that anyone with *any* White blood will be considered White. For example, my daughter is not even half White, but the state I live in put "white" in the "race" column of her birth certificate, just because of how she looked when she was born.
Nothing funnier than a dumb, inbred redneck saying people of other races are inherently inferior. Incidentally, where are multi-racial people in that racist piece of trash article you cited?
"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Loius Pasteur
I already have! The protestants are the worst lays. They keep complaining.
They could add another 662k articles if they would simple annex pl.wikipedia.org
The problem is that they will most likely start with the assumption of a spherical pizza.
Unfortunately, that's probably the case. "We can't rescind a policy! People might start thinking we don't know what the hell we're doing!" Of course, most people *already* think they don't know what the hell they're doing.
Look. If you want to watch chubby porn, that's your own sick business. But please, don't describe your sick fetishes to the rest of us!