"healthful" - bullshit. Despite what even some doctors claim, circumcision does not bring any health benefit. It is also potentially lethal (by related hemorrhage and infections) and monstrously painful.
"better sex" - just the opposite. The foreskin is extremely sensitive erogenous tissue. Circumcision seriously decreases man's capacity to feel sexual pleasure.
"more women" - and in certain parts of the world a woman can not find a husband if she is not mutilated. American women prefer circumcised men because they were taught that this is normal, so it is just a matter of teaching them that it is NOT normal!
: Dude, its not even a choice. - that's right, in a way: helpless babies have their body integrity brutally violated - and are never given a choice. Anyone who performs circumcisions - be it a doctor or a jewish mohel, each driven by equally preposterous and disproven myths - is a child abuser a hundred thousand times worse than any Michael Jackson.
Actually I think the Second Ammendment is morally correct. But if you really want to know a thing americans do all wrong, just... click the link on my sig.
On Phantasy Star Online, Sega got it right - better than everyone else, actually. Money abounds and item storage is limited. What do players do then? After getting more powerful weapons, they give away their older, less powerful ones to newbies, who put them to good use. And everyone has fun together doing what is actually fun: killing monsters.
No, it is not a MMORPG; it is a multiplayer (not massive) online action RPG. It actually demands skill, not just tons of levels and clicking on the monsters. And it is actually fun to play solo. It is not a virtual fantasy world; it is just a damn good game - and it is good for not trying to be anything else.
Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She was annoyed with me because I didn't tell her there was a speed radar in my street, and she got a ticket. And she got really pissed off because I said: it's not my fault, it's/you/ who should not be speeding, radar or not!
> Olavo de Carvalho actually said > that Lula will sell the Amazonia > to the americans
Everything I have read by him on that topic tells otherwise. Now, should I trust your hearsay, or my own eyes and memory?
By the way, do you remember that e-mail hoax about a book that is being used to teach American kids that the Amazon has become an "international area"? Yet, I once met a girl who claimed to have actually read that book. That was obviously untrue, but she lied to make a political point. Wasn't it Bretch who said that a communist is allowed to tell lies in defense of Communism? That was pretty much what she did.
And I must say you are most probably lying - or, if you heard him say that, it was probably a sarcastic joke that you lacked the capacity to grasp.
> Veja is a nice example of anti-government > press at its best. You want Rush Limbaugh > like opinions? Read Diogo Mainardi
I already do. Every week. And I love the guy. Even though he rejects this notion, there is no one better to be Paulo Francis' heir - with a little touch of Roberto Campos there too.
>A radical tax cut for whom?
For EVERYONE.
> People who don't care how much they > spend on taxes? Or for the low-middle > class?
Do you really think rich people don't care about the taxes they pay? Yea right.
> Are you aware that cutting taxes on the > poor is always met with criticism, simply > because it's labeled as populism, > demagoguery?
Wrong. Populism is to make the government work where it should not. Housing projects, for example.
> How is the government supposed to pay > for the basic services it has to provide > (and that you request vehemently and > rightly) and also the payment of the > country's interest debts, if the "correct" > agenda is to cut taxes?
What do you call "basic service"? I say: police, military forces, and legal systems. The government should not provide anything else. Alright, emergency services - such as firemen and rescue - can be listed as a part of the military. But the government has to be kept small.
> Also, are you aware that, according to > IBGE, the tax load the country payed > last year has decreased, mainly due to > economic growth? I bet you didn't > read it in Veja. That was on some > "soviet nostalgic" piece, right?
> It's interesting: we have a leftist > president for two years now, and > the left is already the "cause of > these problems". Gee, it's like > Brazil was rich as Switzerland two > years ago, and some "commie fucktard" > came and ruined everything you had.
Oh wait, you imply that Fernando Henrique Cardoso was a right-winger? At most, he was a moderate left-winger.
> Not only you "forget" everything good > happening right now, just for the sake > of your argument
Good: Palocci is being as fiscally conservative as possible.
> but also you need to shut up opinions > different from yours, because "our > problems is one of ideas". It's so nice > to see prejudice exposed like this.
No, that's a typical left-wing behaviour, actually - for example, the left's threats against right-wing thinker Olavo de Carvalho and the constant defacing of the article about him on Wikipedia. I'm not trying to silence anyone, just exposing my view.
You are mistaken. I'm in the lower-middle class. And it is usually the upper-middle and above that fall for the left-wing ideology (I've seen that quite a few times). The poor are usually too busy trying to make a living!
Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the most a trait of the average Brazilian: the complete inability to take any criticism of his own country as something other than a personal insult. This is not patriotism, but a terrible sense of emotional insecurity; for any criticism is a threat to the illusion that this country is a wonderful place.
This country has many problems. Windows is the least important of them. Our problem is one of ideas.
All of the media (with Veja magazine as the sole exception) and the academia is terribly biased to the left, even more than in the USA, and we have no big right-wing celebrity like Rush Limbaugh to keep some balance. Most journalists are soviet era nostalgics. About every politician here is for the "social", and it's really hard to find one who defends capitalism and free trade. Our taxes are insanely high, but no one has the balls to suggest a radical tax cut like what GWB did in the USA.
World Social Forum? A disgusting bunch of hemp-smoking teenage commie fucktards. They can't bring any solution, because the shit they have in their heads is the cause of these problems.
The ADB Mouse II that came with my old 6500 was much more comfortable than the ProMouse that came with my iMac indigo. Apple definitely put ergonomics aside when they designed the ProMouse. I'm seriously thinking about getting an Intellimouse Explorer now! *checks wallet* No, I'm not!
Oh, and the Pro Keyboard also sucks, in comparison to the old ADB Keyboard.
Nope, I have never used a NeXT machine; but, on my old Mac, I used a Nextstep theme on Kaleidoscope. I loved that look - black and grey, very sober and frugal. It was somewhat refreshing to use that sometimes. Like getting in a totally silent room, getting isolated from all the noise outside... until it gets so damn boring, you can't stand the silence anymore!:P
Oh wait, here's a NeXT Shapeshifter theme. Guess I'll try it. - http://swizcore.com/SS/macOSX.php
Why the fsck do PeeCee people think we Apple fans worship Steve Jobs like a living deity? Of course, he's a guy who did a lot of interesting things, but he is definitely no god.
Because there is only one true God, and His name is THE WOZ.
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I also misread... for a second I thought it had something to do with Wolfenstein 3D's "Operation Eisenfaust".
You REALLY need to get some facts straight.
"healthful" - bullshit. Despite what even some doctors claim, circumcision does not bring any health benefit. It is also potentially lethal (by related hemorrhage and infections) and monstrously painful.
"better sex" - just the opposite. The foreskin is extremely sensitive erogenous tissue. Circumcision seriously decreases man's capacity to feel sexual pleasure.
"more women" - and in certain parts of the world a woman can not find a husband if she is not mutilated. American women prefer circumcised men because they were taught that this is normal, so it is just a matter of teaching them that it is NOT normal!
: Dude, its not even a choice. - that's right, in a way: helpless babies have their body integrity brutally violated - and are never given a choice. Anyone who performs circumcisions - be it a doctor or a jewish mohel, each driven by equally preposterous and disproven myths - is a child abuser a hundred thousand times worse than any Michael Jackson.
Actually I think the Second Ammendment is morally correct. But if you really want to know a thing americans do all wrong, just... click the link on my sig.
> What happens if napster goes under?
"If"? What do you mean, "if"? It's "when"!
Which confirms the old saying: if your backup is in the same house/building as your main computer, you DON'T HAVE a backup.
Not THIS Gordon Freeman affair, I presume.
On Phantasy Star Online, Sega got it right - better than everyone else, actually. Money abounds and item storage is limited. What do players do then? After getting more powerful weapons, they give away their older, less powerful ones to newbies, who put them to good use. And everyone has fun together doing what is actually fun: killing monsters.
No, it is not a MMORPG; it is a multiplayer (not massive) online action RPG. It actually demands skill, not just tons of levels and clicking on the monsters. And it is actually fun to play solo. It is not a virtual fantasy world; it is just a damn good game - and it is good for not trying to be anything else.
Of course there's crime, because the criminals know no one has guns there, so no one can react.
...does it still spit discs? Does the square button still get stuck? Does it suck batteries like a vampire? And, most importantly: does it run Linux?
Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She was annoyed with me because I didn't tell her there was a speed radar in my street, and she got a ticket. And she got really pissed off because I said: it's not my fault, it's /you/ who should not be speeding, radar or not!
> Olavo de Carvalho actually said
> that Lula will sell the Amazonia
> to the americans
Everything I have read by him on that topic tells otherwise. Now, should I trust your hearsay, or my own eyes and memory?
By the way, do you remember that e-mail hoax about a book that is being used to teach American kids that the Amazon has become an "international area"? Yet, I once met a girl who claimed to have actually read that book. That was obviously untrue, but she lied to make a political point. Wasn't it Bretch who said that a communist is allowed to tell lies in defense of Communism? That was pretty much what she did.
And I must say you are most probably lying - or, if you heard him say that, it was probably a sarcastic joke that you lacked the capacity to grasp.
> Veja is a nice example of anti-government
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> press at its best. You want Rush Limbaugh
> like opinions? Read Diogo Mainardi
I already do. Every week. And I love the guy. Even though he rejects this notion, there is no one better to be Paulo Francis' heir - with a little touch of Roberto Campos there too.
>A radical tax cut for whom?
For EVERYONE.
> People who don't care how much they
> spend on taxes? Or for the low-middle
> class?
Do you really think rich people don't care about the taxes they pay? Yea right.
> Are you aware that cutting taxes on the
> poor is always met with criticism, simply
> because it's labeled as populism,
> demagoguery?
Wrong. Populism is to make the government work where it should not. Housing projects, for example.
> How is the government supposed to pay
> for the basic services it has to provide
> (and that you request vehemently and
> rightly) and also the payment of the
> country's interest debts, if the "correct"
> agenda is to cut taxes?
What do you call "basic service"? I say: police, military forces, and legal systems. The government should not provide anything else. Alright, emergency services - such as firemen and rescue - can be listed as a part of the military. But the government has to be kept small.
> Also, are you aware that, according to
> IBGE, the tax load the country payed
> last year has decreased, mainly due to
> economic growth? I bet you didn't
> read it in Veja. That was on some
> "soviet nostalgic" piece, right?
Oh, really?
- http://diegocasagrande.com.br/pages/colunas/more.
> It's interesting: we have a leftist
> president for two years now, and
> the left is already the "cause of
> these problems". Gee, it's like
> Brazil was rich as Switzerland two
> years ago, and some "commie fucktard"
> came and ruined everything you had.
Oh wait, you imply that Fernando Henrique Cardoso was a right-winger? At most, he was a moderate left-winger.
> Not only you "forget" everything good
> happening right now, just for the sake
> of your argument
Good: Palocci is being as fiscally conservative as possible.
> but also you need to shut up opinions
> different from yours, because "our
> problems is one of ideas". It's so nice
> to see prejudice exposed like this.
No, that's a typical left-wing behaviour, actually - for example, the left's threats against right-wing thinker Olavo de Carvalho and the constant defacing of the article about him on Wikipedia. I'm not trying to silence anyone, just exposing my view.
You are mistaken. I'm in the lower-middle class. And it is usually the upper-middle and above that fall for the left-wing ideology (I've seen that quite a few times). The poor are usually too busy trying to make a living!
The Americans I know are far more able to deal with such criticism than anyone I know here in Brazil.
Erf, I mean the most BLATANT trait... >_<
Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the most a trait of the average Brazilian: the complete inability to take any criticism of his own country as something other than a personal insult. This is not patriotism, but a terrible sense of emotional insecurity; for any criticism is a threat to the illusion that this country is a wonderful place.
This country has many problems. Windows is the least important of them. Our problem is one of ideas.
All of the media (with Veja magazine as the sole exception) and the academia is terribly biased to the left, even more than in the USA, and we have no big right-wing celebrity like Rush Limbaugh to keep some balance. Most journalists are soviet era nostalgics. About every politician here is for the "social", and it's really hard to find one who defends capitalism and free trade. Our taxes are insanely high, but no one has the balls to suggest a radical tax cut like what GWB did in the USA.
World Social Forum? A disgusting bunch of hemp-smoking teenage commie fucktards. They can't bring any solution, because the shit they have in their heads is the cause of these problems.
> Are TVs even safe for the
> eyes when viewed close up
> for long periods of time?
Ask any console gamer.
Forget the monitor, plug the thing to a TV. Like many computers from the 1980s.
The ADB Mouse II that came with my old 6500 was much more comfortable than the ProMouse that came with my iMac indigo. Apple definitely put ergonomics aside when they designed the ProMouse. I'm seriously thinking about getting an Intellimouse Explorer now! *checks wallet* No, I'm not!
Oh, and the Pro Keyboard also sucks, in comparison to the old ADB Keyboard.
Politics-Oriented Software? Oh... I thought it was about the developement of something like Campaign 84 for the Colecovision...
Nope, I have never used a NeXT machine; but, on my old Mac, I used a Nextstep theme on Kaleidoscope. I loved that look - black and grey, very sober and frugal. It was somewhat refreshing to use that sometimes. Like getting in a totally silent room, getting isolated from all the noise outside... until it gets so damn boring, you can't stand the silence anymore! :P
Oh wait, here's a NeXT Shapeshifter theme. Guess I'll try it.
- http://swizcore.com/SS/macOSX.php
Why the fsck do PeeCee people think we Apple fans worship Steve Jobs like a living deity? Of course, he's a guy who did a lot of interesting things, but he is definitely no god.
Because there is only one true God, and His name is THE WOZ.
> Look at all the banner ads and popups in webpages.
Pop-ups? Where? You mean.. there are still people out there dumb enough to get online with a browser with no pop-up blocking?
As far as I know, TDK is still around, and doing fine.