Yes there is good American beer. But I disagree with the funny statistics:
the three runner ups were Czech Republic, Germany, and the Netherlands. I don't know about income to beer price in the Czech Republic. But at least in the Netherlands and Germany you can buy a half way decent beer for about the price of cheap beer in the US. And that's what counts for me when I look for a decent beer, not the average beer price
Companies - or municipalities, if there isn't a cheap enough offer - can provide hardware. Any ISP can enter the market and pay for their share of hardware use.
So the problem would have been avoided, if Microsoft could sell that electricity again. They might have lost some money (or not, since residential rates are much higher) but wouldn't have to waste the whole thing.
In other countries you get the grid from the local power company but then can pick a provider. Funny enough that works only if there is a strong government organization in charge of "deregulating" the network monopoly. Kind of what the US tried with phone lines before the baby bells got rid of it again.
If this attempt is successful Austria will reveal the other part of their space program: a vertical tunnel down the Grossglockner mountain with a bottle of propane at the bottom.
Sorry, Americans are sooo self centered when it comes to other cultures and keep mixing up India and Pakistan all the time. Just one question - are the Patel the ones that own the gas stations or the hotels?
for example, the muslim world has tons of hate against judaism and christianity which isn't punished. nevermind that mobs of jews and christians aren't threatening death and destruction because of it
That's what makes this suggestion so funny - or rather absurd. Arrest every Muslim who says something against a Baha'i, then arrest people eating meat balls for showing disrespect towards FSM. And the Wickans can sue the Catholics for their parody of the mother goddess of Ephesos.
Here I am, buying cheap electronic components, and I know that by doing so I support a state where the police can arrest you if they don't like the way you look and your papers don't convince them that you are a good citizen. A place where any worker can just be fired and replaced without reason. A state, where workers have no right to organize and might even be arrested for trying. -But on the other hand, I like the cheap stuff I get from Arizona.
Reading through your nerd rage, I thought "how insightful" (i.e. exactly what I think) but then I imagined you addressing Shuttleworth - represented by an empty chair.
The other story is that of a distro that knows better than the user and tries to come across as hip and creative - Which works if you're Apple. And to some degree that's the kind of user where Ubuntu sees its market. Just look at the Ubuntu fan-blogs: "Randy Rabbit comes with a whole new set of shiny background graphics and new icons."
But to become a major player, it needs not only to be shiny but also reliable. Reinventing the wheel every April and breaking things for the sake of being creative doesn't help. And other than Apple, they build massively on an open source community that is still nerd - not hipster - driven. So, if you can't listen to users - even if there is massive criticism - you get what you deserve and end like another once good and innovative distro, Mandrake.
I had Gnome as my main desktop since 1.4 or 1.2. Originally I had decided against KDE because of QT. But that's old news now.
Since it's my main computer and I'm either too lazy or too busy to reconfigure everything, I'm postponing the switch till support for Ubuntu 10.4 runs out. Then it will either be Ubuntu 12.4 or Debian - either with KDE or Xfce.
I don't care all that much if application "foo" now comes with a "bar" button, or if the "fubar menu" has the item "dingbat" in it.
I want a project that welcomes users to play with it. Something like: "We think that most people don't need the "dingbat" item, which is why we left it out in the default, but if you need it, here's the config file and here's the man page."
not the gnome way: "noone really should use foo, so we removed it. -oh, wait - we got so much bad press, we'll put foo back. (for now)"
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How many rational people strap the dog kennel to the roof of the car?
Mythbusters would do it.
Nonsense. He took lessons in standup from Al Gore.
Remember Gore running for president and taking Lieberman as VP. Tailoring his remarks, so he would sound more conservative than he really is?
There were Bush = Gore = Bore jokes. And Mittens is pulling a Gore right now by letting his advisers tell him where he stands.
Yes there is good American beer. But I disagree with the funny statistics:
the three runner ups were Czech Republic, Germany, and the Netherlands. I don't know about income to beer price in the Czech Republic. But at least in the Netherlands and Germany you can buy a half way decent beer for about the price of cheap beer in the US. And that's what counts for me when I look for a decent beer, not the average beer price
Just separate hardware- from service-providers.
Companies - or municipalities, if there isn't a cheap enough offer - can provide hardware. Any ISP can enter the market and pay for their share of hardware use.
The fact that it was Microsoft is a red herring.
Or Microsoft over-estimated the amount of hot air they would need for their new products. After all, they aren't Apple.
(ducks)
So the problem would have been avoided, if Microsoft could sell that electricity again. They might have lost some money (or not, since residential rates are much higher) but wouldn't have to waste the whole thing.
In other countries you get the grid from the local power company but then can pick a provider. Funny enough that works only if there is a strong government organization in charge of "deregulating" the network monopoly. Kind of what the US tried with phone lines before the baby bells got rid of it again.
If this attempt is successful Austria will reveal the other part of their space program:
a vertical tunnel down the Grossglockner mountain with a bottle of propane at the bottom.
Sorry, Americans are sooo self centered when it comes to other cultures and keep mixing up India and Pakistan all the time.
Just one question - are the Patel the ones that own the gas stations or the hotels?
for example, the muslim world has tons of hate against judaism and christianity which isn't punished. nevermind that mobs of jews and christians aren't threatening death and destruction because of it
That's what makes this suggestion so funny - or rather absurd. Arrest every Muslim who says something against a Baha'i, then arrest people eating meat balls for showing disrespect towards FSM. And the Wickans can sue the Catholics for their parody of the mother goddess of Ephesos.
I know dude!
Here I am, buying cheap electronic components, and I know that by doing so I support a state
where the police can arrest you if they don't like the way you look and your papers don't convince them that you are a good citizen.
A place where any worker can just be fired and replaced without reason.
A state, where workers have no right to organize and might even be arrested for trying.
-But on the other hand, I like the cheap stuff I get from Arizona.
Reading through your nerd rage, I thought "how insightful" (i.e. exactly what I think) but then I imagined you addressing Shuttleworth -
represented by an empty chair.
That's one side of it.
The other story is that of a distro that knows better than the user and tries to come across as hip and creative - Which works if you're Apple. And to some degree that's the kind of user where Ubuntu sees its market. Just look at the Ubuntu fan-blogs: "Randy Rabbit comes with a whole new set of shiny background graphics and new icons."
But to become a major player, it needs not only to be shiny but also reliable. Reinventing the wheel every April and breaking things for the sake of being creative doesn't help. And other than Apple, they build massively on an open source community that is still nerd - not hipster - driven. So, if you can't listen to users - even if there is massive criticism - you get what you deserve and end like another once good and innovative distro, Mandrake.
I'm wondering what the fishing boats in the Gulf are seeing, if there was a corresponding explosion of growth in populations of shrimp or such.
Yes. Giant shrimp.
And the best thing: you don't have to put butter on them.
I know you're trying to tell everyone how smart you are, but all I am saying is 'you failed'.
incorrect.
I think he fully succeeded.
affecting actual Interstate commerce
I thought only websites hosted by go-daddy were affected.
now that they're not allowed to have rounded corners, I mean.
If you take your pills only in the morning, you shouldn't post stuff at midnight.
Burn the non-believer!
And increase the CO2 content of the atmosphere? You should be sequestrated for such a dumb idea!
I'm not a global warming naysayer, but are humans solely to blame for this?
Of course not, it's the cows fault.
Let's nuke Wisconsin.
I knew it!
People who don't eat meat are weird.
(Brought to you by the American beef council)
In related news:
Cannibalistic ancestors help against prion diseases.
(Brought to you by the American flesh council)
female or legitimate female?
I might switch to KDE.
I had Gnome as my main desktop since 1.4 or 1.2. Originally I had decided against KDE because of QT. But that's old news now.
Since it's my main computer and I'm either too lazy or too busy to reconfigure everything, I'm postponing the switch till support for Ubuntu 10.4 runs out. Then it will either be Ubuntu 12.4 or Debian - either with KDE or Xfce.
I don't care all that much if application "foo" now comes with a "bar" button, or if the "fubar menu" has the item "dingbat" in it.
I want a project that welcomes users to play with it. Something like:
"We think that most people don't need the "dingbat" item, which is why we left it out in the default, but if you need it, here's the config file and here's the man page."
not the gnome way: "noone really should use foo, so we removed it. -oh, wait - we got so much bad press, we'll put foo back. (for now)"
Dude:
Everyone (technical or non) has one question: "Are my friends on Diaspora?"
Me:
"No. Diaspora is like Facebook, but for the kids that weren't popular in High School."
Dude:
"Oh, its ona these geek thingies [sic]" followed by:
"...then what's the point?"
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