"Any rational being would say that the war on drugs has been lost and that it is a stupid waste of time, but telling the DEA, most all of the lawyers, judges, and policemen that they have to find a new job is not going to be easy."
I find that if you're really polite to police they're ok. Assholes exist in any profession of course but ultimately, especially with a busload of witnesses, doing right usually wins out. Press charges if you were reasonable an they weren't.
I live in a small town. I have long hair drive an old car and am somewhat of a miscreant. None the less I know most of the cops first names.
Small towns are nice. Two days ago I was visiting my parents in town (I live in the country) and when I went to leave at midnight there was a rottweiler scratching at the screen door. Now, my folks don't have a dog and were understandably upset. I called the cops and they showed up in 2 minutes, introduced themsleves (hadn't met these two) and took the dog home.
I used to live in Los Angeles.
Did I mention I really like small towns? In LA cops are the enemy. Here they're the guys that really do serve and protect.
You know, other countries make movies too... having just finished watching _The Longest Engagement_ I can't say I really care that hollywood makes shite these days.
I wish I'd known earlier. About 10 years ago I used to work with a guy called Kemp Watson and he asked me to grab watson.com for him. I did and handled mail for him.
I'd get bounces for such-and-such@watson.com from IBM and it was obvious that wonks at ibm were sending to @watson.com not @watson.ibm.com (the IBM Thomas Watson research center).
I kept writing to IBM to ask them to wake the fuck up, no no avail.
Finally when I got one that was about nuclear secrets, for your eyes only etc, I got a call back, explaied the problem and never saw another one, ever.
"We actually did something in the spirit of cooperation with other countries"
Yes and in related news the military junta that has controlled Burma since 1962 is resiging. But it will still control all 99% of all resources. Pol Pot has been named as a successor.
This is being done in the name of "stability".
(Whenever a dictator comes to power the reason given is to preserve "stability". That's really what they say)
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Northwest between about 92 and 96 had Marriot cater the food from local sources and it was actually quite good.
The rest of your points I agree with; my kids fly all the time and even with security it is much easier than it used to be.
I grieve not for the toothpaste.
"We can wean ourselves from the Middle Eastern tit"
The US doesn't actually get that much oil from the middle east. Look up the figures.
"Cigarettes don't cause people to become unproductive.
Au contraire. If one who is addicted to cigarettes does not have a cigarette, they become steadily more ineffectual"
There was a study done about this in the late 80s. Bottom line was cigarette smokers were more productive... but not for as long.
"...exorbent..."
Exemplatory spelling there dude.
"Any rational being would say that the war on drugs has been lost and that it is a stupid waste of time, but telling the DEA, most all of the lawyers, judges, and policemen that they have to find a new job is not going to be easy."
They could grow dope.
"Makes you wonder where they'll be trying to hide explosives next. Full body cavity search for all passengers? "
"Back off bitch, I've got enough C4 up my ass to blow this baby to smithereens".
Ewwww. I'm gonna have to slaughter a pig to lose that visual.
The only way I'm gonna feel safe on an airplane is flying with a naked blond girls soccar team.
I was under the impression Bahrain was one of the more liberal Arab countries - they have bars.
No?
"Was that their intention?"
Just a guess, but maybe they want to put an end to people costing them money when random folks screw up and ding the wrong TLD server?
"so how does an admin cname all of .cm to .com?"
By knowing how DNS works? Is this a trick question?
"I know very little about it"
They also have the best looking killifish
Try reading a bit about Cameroon. Frankly it's one of the places I'd consider retiring too, possibly the nicest country in Afria.
Try reading the Gerald Durrell books about the Fa too. Especially "A Zoo In My Luggage".
"and could send traffic to different servers if they really wanted to"
Ha ha ha ha. In theory yes. In practice, not a chance in hell.
"even if wildcards did work it's probably better to redirect *.cm to $1.com"
Penalise people that can spell CM correctly so idiots who cannot spell get to AOL?
Sheer genius.
"I think we reached terminal September when that knight guy, Tim Burners, invented the graphical usenet at CERN."
I have a good friend that no longer has a net.connecion. She said it was all over the day they added pictures.
"...you're not a clique!" Ahh, the joys of being a geek"
That's "Gique".
"Ben Affleck - Bones McCoy
Chris Rock - Computer Voice
Jason Mewes - Mr. Spock
Kevin Smith - Montgomery Scott"
My thoughts EXACTLY. This HAS to be done. I'd pay BIG money to see this.
You need to get Alan Rickman in there as well though. He is after all the only one with experience in space.
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My Jungle loooooooooooove.
"Just so long as they remember, "With great power comes great responsibility."
Just so long as they remember how Spider Man was created...
"objected to being searched"
How?
I find that if you're really polite to police they're ok. Assholes exist in any profession of course but ultimately, especially with a busload of witnesses, doing right usually wins out. Press charges if you were reasonable an they weren't.
You were reasonable, right?
Not 100% of the police are good? What a shock.
I live in a small town. I have long hair drive an old car and am somewhat of a miscreant. None the less I know most of the cops first names.
Small towns are nice. Two days ago I was visiting my parents in town (I live in the country) and when I went to leave at midnight there was a rottweiler scratching at the screen door. Now, my folks don't have a dog and were understandably upset. I called the cops and they showed up in 2 minutes, introduced themsleves (hadn't met these two) and took the dog home.
I used to live in Los Angeles.
Did I mention I really like small towns? In LA cops are the enemy. Here they're the guys that really do serve and protect.
You know, other countries make movies too... having just finished watching _The Longest Engagement_ I can't say I really care that hollywood makes shite these days.
In 1976 for the first time, Americans spent more on private security firms than on police forced.
I've photographed cops here in Canada arresting people a couple of times. They don't care.
"mistaken identity emails"
I wish I'd known earlier. About 10 years ago I used to work with a guy called Kemp Watson and he asked me to grab watson.com for him. I did and handled mail for him.
I'd get bounces for such-and-such@watson.com from IBM and it was obvious that wonks at ibm were sending to @watson.com not @watson.ibm.com (the IBM Thomas Watson research center).
I kept writing to IBM to ask them to wake the fuck up, no no avail.
Finally when I got one that was about nuclear secrets, for your eyes only etc, I got a call back, explaied the problem and never saw another one, ever.
"As if the big drug dealers will be buying 6 oz bottles of cough syrup"
That's not the issue. DMX abuse in young kids is.
"Nobody I know ever says that they "Yahooed it".
Sure I do.
"What happened to the red car man?"
"I freaken yahood it into a freaken wall".
I took a look at the list of brands in TFA. Q-riste, I'd only want about 7 of them in my house. What a bynch of crapola.
How much can I pay not to have to use free Miscrosoft hardware and software?
"We actually did something in the spirit of cooperation with other countries"
Yes and in related news the military junta that has controlled Burma since 1962 is resiging. But it will still control all 99% of all resources. Pol Pot has been named as a successor.
This is being done in the name of "stability".
(Whenever a dictator comes to power the reason given is to preserve "stability". That's really what they say)