On the contrary, if I have the option to buy a pack of two batteries for $20, or 4 for $4, and the two batteries will charge "in seconds" and last for hundreds or thousands of cycles, after just ten cycles I have "free batteries".
I go through AAs very quickly because of my discman, I know I'd be interested at a $20 pricepoint.
TFA says "your computer", but aren't all Windows installs "my computer" on the desktop? Shouldn't it say "your my computer"? Or is it "my your computer"?
Yup. So it's a very very good thing that Microsoft is always attentive to it's customers needs by providing install media with every copy of Microsoft Windows(R) OS! Happy day!
If you don't like it, go massacre the inhabitants of some other country and create a democratic government there with self-congratulatory prefixes banned.
The founders tried that:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States
No State shall.. grant any Title of Nobility.
(US Constitution, parts of Artcile I, sections 9 & 10)
Limiting yourself to open source limits your choices.
Our choices to limit, neh?
Or do you think your argument works well with other things -
"Why be a vegetarian, it limits your choices!"
"Why boycott company _x_, it limits your choices!"
or even:
"Why be straight, it limits your choices!"
Limiting choices is not, of itself, such a horrible thing. Especially when much of that "choice" is shit software made by a company who doesn't give a flying monkey anus about making quality products, or anything remotely secure.
Bloody hell! I know this is off topic, but where else am I to bring this up? I've been using Konq for a while now and only now did I have a need to change the browser identification.
And yes, AFTER I CHANGED IT, the site actually worked much better.
What ident allowed me to use the site better? IE under XP.
Patriotism is being loyal and loving your country unconditionally and your politicians when they deserve it.
I disagree, strongly.
To my mind, an American patriot is loyal to the ideals of freedom - freedom for all - as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. And surely the highest mark of a true patriot is to THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
There is nothing "unconditional" in true independent thinking.
I consider myself a patriot. And I surely do love the ideals this country was (ostensibly..) founded to ensure the reality of.
But what the country is today is FAR from ideal, and I am not refering to the government only. In fact - one could make a solid case (As V did in V for V) that this society has the government it deserves. And what does that say about us?
As for Wired news posting this info, I am sure others have thought this, and maybe some have said it, but it's worth saying again: DOWNLOAD AND ARCHIVE the Wired info! This way it can't be "disappeared" in a "server accident"..
Only in terms of amendments - NOT in terms of inalienable human rights. By attacking freedom of speech, one ultimately attacks the right to keep and bear arms. And by attacking the right to keep and bear arms, one ultimately attacks freedom of speech. This is expandable to ALL natural rights - attack any one, you will end up attacking them all.
Here is my pre-emptive debate-strike to all who will in this thread say "limit the freedom of people to own guns":
The individual right to keep and bear arms as embodied in the second amendment is as vital to our freedoms as the rights to freedom of thought and speech as embodied in the first amendment.
They cover each others "back", and if you attack one you will end up attacking both.
Right. So I did as you suggested.
And I don't know whats weirder.
That my DVD spindle _does_ have a scent.
Or that it struck me as smelling like celery..
The main site _had_ that typo.. not that my screenshot "proves" anything since anyone could claim I GIMPed it:D
*SIGH* Damn editors had to go ruin my joke, and us normal users *can't* edit our posts once we hit submit. Double standards! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!:D
If memory serves, Abadon was the name of a demon (major or minor I am not sure) - so whats going on here? Are they talking about porting these games to *BSD or something?
Is it just me?
What if I rate it "all's well here, anyone can come on in and the water's fine!" - but I have, *gasp*, porno on it?
The government will IGNORE MY RATING and charge me anyway. So "self rating" is out, isn't it? They will be enforcing a certain standard, and telling you to paint that way..
a mandatory website self-rating system. The system, very similar to one suggested under Clinton's administration, would require by law all commercial websites
Self rating yet mandatory? Is it me or is there an inherent contradiction in this? This is just a law to get "a foot in the door" so the government can have more excuses to eventually control the net as a whole. "Self regulation has been proven to fail, we MUST apply this NEW more restrictive law..." will come down the pike a couple years after this has passed.
Okay. So you've no qualms in giving me your CC #, expiry date, full name (as it is on the card), name & 800 # for the issuing bank, the cvv code, the address, your mother's maiden name, your full bank account number, your ssn, and all other pertinent identifying info that bureaocratically describes _you_..
Fine. You can stay unworried. Me, I'll worry. (Not to the point of staying up at night or damaging my health, TIA for your concern.)
Why will I worry? I won't go into details as to how I think it possible - though I do have good reason - but sooner or later someone will be able to replicate haemorhagic smallpox in their garage, and modify it so that current vaccines are useless.
So go ahead and be as unworried as you'd like. Your life, your decision.
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Calling "crummy" vitriolic is a tad like calling "darn" a swear word. And just as fucking accurate, too.
On the contrary, if I have the option to buy a pack of two batteries for $20, or 4 for $4, and the two batteries will charge "in seconds" and last for hundreds or thousands of cycles, after just ten cycles I have "free batteries".
I go through AAs very quickly because of my discman, I know I'd be interested at a $20 pricepoint.
TFA says "your computer", but aren't all Windows installs "my computer" on the desktop? Shouldn't it say "your my computer"? Or is it "my your computer"?
Ah screw it! And screw Microsoft, too.
Reimaging sometimes is the only solution.
Yup. So it's a very very good thing that Microsoft is always attentive to it's customers needs by providing install media with every copy of Microsoft Windows(R) OS! Happy day!
If you don't like it, go massacre the inhabitants of some other country and create a democratic government there with self-congratulatory prefixes banned.
.. grant any Title of Nobility.
The founders tried that:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States
No State shall
(US Constitution, parts of Artcile I, sections 9 & 10)
Of course, they didn't go far enough.
Limiting yourself to open source limits your choices.
Our choices to limit, neh?
Or do you think your argument works well with other things -
"Why be a vegetarian, it limits your choices!"
"Why boycott company _x_, it limits your choices!"
or even:
"Why be straight, it limits your choices!"
Limiting choices is not, of itself, such a horrible thing. Especially when much of that "choice" is shit software made by a company who doesn't give a flying monkey anus about making quality products, or anything remotely secure.
The thing is, SKYNET was a military based computer and it gave us "Judgement Day".
..
I dare hypothesize that if a truly intlligent web ever arose, it would have a strong porn background.
I shudder to think of what it's version of Judgement Day would be
Bloody hell! I know this is off topic, but where else am I to bring this up? I've been using Konq for a while now and only now did I have a need to change the browser identification.
..
And yes, AFTER I CHANGED IT, the site actually worked much better.
What ident allowed me to use the site better? IE under XP.
MOST FOUL! Damn bastards
amazing how many moderators mod based on agreement with the opinion, not the validity of the opinion itself.
I know this is a bit off topic, but this is tautologous is it not?
If they thought the opinion expressed was VALID, they would agree with it.
Maybe what you meant was, "It's too bad mods mod down because of disagreement with an opinion, rather than how that opinion is expressed" ?
Patriotism is being loyal and loving your country unconditionally and your politicians when they deserve it.
..) founded to ensure the reality of.
..
I disagree, strongly.
To my mind, an American patriot is loyal to the ideals of freedom - freedom for all - as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. And surely the highest mark of a true patriot is to THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
There is nothing "unconditional" in true independent thinking.
I consider myself a patriot. And I surely do love the ideals this country was (ostensibly
But what the country is today is FAR from ideal, and I am not refering to the government only. In fact - one could make a solid case (As V did in V for V) that this society has the government it deserves. And what does that say about us?
As for Wired news posting this info, I am sure others have thought this, and maybe some have said it, but it's worth saying again: DOWNLOAD AND ARCHIVE the Wired info! This way it can't be "disappeared" in a "server accident"
So, you're saying that in the game Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are metaphors for the First and Second Amendments?
.. no.
Um
the 1st amendment exists independently of the 2nd
Only in terms of amendments - NOT in terms of inalienable human rights. By attacking freedom of speech, one ultimately attacks the right to keep and bear arms. And by attacking the right to keep and bear arms, one ultimately attacks freedom of speech. This is expandable to ALL natural rights - attack any one, you will end up attacking them all.
Here is my pre-emptive debate-strike to all who will in this thread say "limit the freedom of people to own guns":
The individual right to keep and bear arms as embodied in the second amendment is as vital to our freedoms as the rights to freedom of thought and speech as embodied in the first amendment.
They cover each others "back", and if you attack one you will end up attacking both.
Right. So I did as you suggested. And I don't know whats weirder. That my DVD spindle _does_ have a scent. Or that it struck me as smelling like celery ..
Isn't it a tad late for april fools, or do DVDs have some odour that we humans just can't pick up on? I mean, WTF????
His CC info in my hands won't do any damage. No, really. I //promise// not to use it!
The main site _had_ that typo .. not that my screenshot "proves" anything since anyone could claim I GIMPed it :D
:D
*SIGH* Damn editors had to go ruin my joke, and us normal users *can't* edit our posts once we hit submit. Double standards! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
If memory serves, Abadon was the name of a demon (major or minor I am not sure) - so whats going on here? Are they talking about porting these games to *BSD or something?
Is it just me? What if I rate it "all's well here, anyone can come on in and the water's fine!" - but I have, *gasp*, porno on it? The government will IGNORE MY RATING and charge me anyway. So "self rating" is out, isn't it? They will be enforcing a certain standard, and telling you to paint that way ..
a mandatory website self-rating system. The system, very similar to one suggested under Clinton's administration, would require by law all commercial websites
..." will come down the pike a couple years after this has passed.
Self rating yet mandatory? Is it me or is there an inherent contradiction in this? This is just a law to get "a foot in the door" so the government can have more excuses to eventually control the net as a whole. "Self regulation has been proven to fail, we MUST apply this NEW more restrictive law
Bastids.
Okay. So you've no qualms in giving me your CC #, expiry date, full name (as it is on the card), name & 800 # for the issuing bank, the cvv code, the address, your mother's maiden name, your full bank account number, your ssn, and all other pertinent identifying info that bureaocratically describes _you_ ..
:)
Thanks!
teaching information is by default never wrong.
You're kidding, right?
So you think that, for instance, Ken Alibek should publicize his anthrax formula for all to see?
I'll be in my bunk ..
so why can't it get here already??
ONE pipe to each home. Pure fiber. Multi gigabit standard.
All data to and from the home, be it voice, audio, video, text, &c &c &c flow through that pipe.
Airwaves free to use for mobile applications.
GUH! Why can't the future just be here?
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I wouldn't worry about terrorist implications
Fine. You can stay unworried. Me, I'll worry. (Not to the point of staying up at night or damaging my health, TIA for your concern.)
Why will I worry? I won't go into details as to how I think it possible - though I do have good reason - but sooner or later someone will be able to replicate haemorhagic smallpox in their garage, and modify it so that current vaccines are useless.
So go ahead and be as unworried as you'd like. Your life, your decision.