"My RT commute is ~24 miles. I can charge at work. Free gas anyone?"
i hope you're right. i suspect that your company would frown upon filling your tank. That would be an awesome benefit though. "We offer competitive salaries and free recharging of electric cars and plug-in hybrids."
More likely, there would first be an effort to prevent such charging, followed by charging stations that require payment. Followed by a spike in electricity prices.
i don't mind people knowing where my vote went. If there is a document that says Alan voted for Bob, when we do the recount Alan can say "I voted for Bob, NOT DAN! Here's my receipt and here's your record showing me voting for Bob." But i'm not as afraid of Dan as most people seem to be. i'm more worried about my vote COUNTING than being private.
My experience as a Sys Admin and doing IT house calls told me to avoid Sony computers like the plague, unless i wipe the OS and start again. i found their tweaks to cause all kinds of headaches.
Hmm. i hate, loathe, detest and revile iTunes. Maybe this will help me be happier with the iPhone. If i load music this way, will i still need the playlist bullshit? i've used MP3s for 10 years w/o using a playlist, i don't want to start now. None of my other MP3 players need playlists and i can drag and drop both ways to change the contents.
Could it be that mac and windows are parallel terms... items within a category?
My search for "Why is pizza so expensive?" brought up generic things like pizza and brand names like Domino's and Papa John's. Does Bing know that Domino's and Papa John's both make pizza? "Why is $term so expensive?" isn't enough information to bring up pizza joint after pizza joint. Those links wouldn't show if i searched "Why is skiing so expensive?"
Chrome also seems to be a prototype/training platform for the Google OS.
Will Google get in trouble for blocking ads while showing theirs? Users might not mind so much, but advertisers and sites that thrive on ad revenue might.
i'm pleased that they are using the term beta more correctly with Chrome.
Or they could cut into profits and pay less dividends to the already rich. Either is fine.
Firing some so that many can stay employed is one thing. Firing some so that the people at the top still get bonuses, outrageous salaries, perks, parachutes is another. i can't feel sorry for a manager feeling the human cost of firing me when i see that he still has his rag top Mercedes. My money buys shelter and food. His buys new luxury cars. Meanwhile the check engine light on my inherited Taurus, that i can't afford to have fixed. Don't ask me to feel sorry for him.
Oh you poor thing, you're going to have to get a Lexus instead of a Beamer.
But that's my fault. i'm not pulling hard enough on my bootstraps. i didn't work hard enough to make up for the poor decisions made at the top, or to make sure my boss would get his bonus AND cover my salary.
i'm fine paying more to people with rarer skills, more experience and so on. But there is a huge difference between that and the salaries of the people who run the show. i pay the price for their greed and incompetence. Maybe he's fired... but he has another high paying job in a month. Meanwhile i'm up shit creek. We don't have to keep doing that just because we always have. If companies gave the profits to the people who, you know, DID THE WORK. Things would be better. If companies gave reasonable salaries, they wouldn't have to fire as many when things get rough. If companies had reasonable profit margins, people could do more with their money.
No, that's not right. It's the bootstraps. The mail room clerk isn't pulling hard enough.
"I know it's been a long time since America has engaged in it, but it's called diplomacy, not recon."
We do tons of diplomacy. No one remembers it, but we did it. In the case of Iraq, there was twelve YEARS of it. Was twelve not enough? Or was it not enough because you were bitter about the 2000 election? i was pissed too, but that didn't mean i had to abandon reason and what i know of the history around Saddam.
"And after he likely completely fails, THEN we can blow the shit out of them righteously, if need be, since we at least tried to talk with the crazy SOB."
See above. There was plenty of talking. Plenty of non-military efforts to bring Saddam in line. Evil people don't care who they hurt or exploit. Thus the food for oil program paid for his new palaces instead of much needed food and medicine for his people. People blamed the US for the lack of meds, ignoring that Saddam was dragging out the inspections, playing shell games, trying to move against the Kurds, running rape rooms and many other terrible things. But no, they blamed the US. Not Saddam.
"If the Big Dog can't get N Korea to the table, then no one can. Shoot first and ask questions later (like we (America and it's allies) did in Iraq) is something that Barney Fife would do, and only works in mass market action flicks."
*yawn* Let me guess, freshman? Sophomore in college? You just read Zinn or that other prick.
"You see unlike Iraq, N Korea really DOES have WMD (including chemical and biological weapons), and truly IS a threat to the US and it's allies."
Iraq HAD WMD. The threat was NOT the WMD Saddam had on hand in 02, but that the SANCTIONS WERE ABOUT TO END. Think for moment. Use your brains and not your heart for just a moment to project what would have happened in Iraq when the sanctions, inspections and no-fly zones ended. Russia, China and France had billions in arms deals waiting for the sanctions to end. With no inspections the WMD programs would have resumed. No NFZ means mass graves full of Kurds (or whoever else he didn't like that day). It would mean Saddam's darling sons taking over, for another 30 years of rape rooms, mass graves, invading neighbors, funding suicide bombers in Israel (but you prolly think that's OK) and so on. Now Iraq has a chance to be something much better. Now it's up to them... not the caprice of a dictator. That is, if we don't leave them to the wolves.
Hit the reply button to change the subject to oil and Dubya.
Will this chink away at the myth that you need an Mac for anything creative?
Apple gives/sells cheaper Macs to school School teaches students on Macs Teacher knows only Macs Students go to workplace and find Macs
Only Macs can do audio/video/image editing.
The same is true of MS, but for office applications. It's true because it's true.... i think in the world of Mac users, there seems to be a mindset of NO NO NO! PCs CAN'T EDIT VIDEO! LA LA LA LA!
i've done all three on both OSes. Having a right click is reason enough for me to use a PC. YMMV.
Eh. Its' hard for a cop with a associates degree in CJ know that the law is wrong in the eyes of/. members. They're job is to conduct the arrest, not to determine guilt or sentencing. It's for the judge to throw out the case, for a jury to not convict, for the judge to decide the punishment, for the legislators to craft just laws and the supreme court to evaluate those laws.
Sometimes those charged with enforcement don't understand the why and wherefore. Sometimes they even... agree with the laws. Sometimes they opt to keep their jobs and pension rather than lose their job and possibly go to jail.
The fault here lies with the laws and our culture's values (specifically, valuing the rights of companies over the rights of citizens).
i get your point as a matter of a more general principle, following orders is a cheap excuse. In this case, i'm willing to let the arresting officers off the hook. We don't know what is going to happen with this case. Like others have said here, i don't want cops that pick and choose who to arrest and for what, aside from the most dire cases. Ordering a cop to shoot a shoplifter, yeah... that's wrong and all out of whack. Bringing in a kid for an investigation is hardly gross misconduct.
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"My RT commute is ~24 miles. I can charge at work. Free gas anyone?"
i hope you're right. i suspect that your company would frown upon filling your tank. That would be an awesome benefit though. "We offer competitive salaries and free recharging of electric cars and plug-in hybrids."
More likely, there would first be an effort to prevent such charging, followed by charging stations that require payment. Followed by a spike in electricity prices.
He was inciting people to commit a crime (draft dodging). i'm pretty sure that's illegal.
"Leave Europe at the mercy of the Kaiser" is one thing. "Cowards, unite! Break the law!" is another.
i don't mind people knowing where my vote went. If there is a document that says Alan voted for Bob, when we do the recount Alan can say "I voted for Bob, NOT DAN! Here's my receipt and here's your record showing me voting for Bob." But i'm not as afraid of Dan as most people seem to be. i'm more worried about my vote COUNTING than being private.
My experience as a Sys Admin and doing IT house calls told me to avoid Sony computers like the plague, unless i wipe the OS and start again. i found their tweaks to cause all kinds of headaches.
serving as a timing belt.
i played the demo of Blueberry Garden. Trippy... but awesome.
i had some bean and cheese burritos Saturday night and blew out my O ring.
Is that some kinda of filthy ASCII art?
Hmm. i hate, loathe, detest and revile iTunes. Maybe this will help me be happier with the iPhone. If i load music this way, will i still need the playlist bullshit? i've used MP3s for 10 years w/o using a playlist, i don't want to start now. None of my other MP3 players need playlists and i can drag and drop both ways to change the contents.
$Obligatory comment on the uselessness and irrelevance of Twitter.
If they look like Sean Young, i welcome them too.
Could it be that mac and windows are parallel terms... items within a category?
My search for "Why is pizza so expensive?" brought up generic things like pizza and brand names like Domino's and Papa John's. Does Bing know that Domino's and Papa John's both make pizza? "Why is $term so expensive?" isn't enough information to bring up pizza joint after pizza joint. Those links wouldn't show if i searched "Why is skiing so expensive?"
Chrome also seems to be a prototype/training platform for the Google OS.
Will Google get in trouble for blocking ads while showing theirs? Users might not mind so much, but advertisers and sites that thrive on ad revenue might.
i'm pleased that they are using the term beta more correctly with Chrome.
Yes, it is.
I'm sorry time's up, if you want to go on arguing you'll have to pay for another 5 posts.
Just like you know, for a fact, that the Earth isn't older than about 6000 years.
How many regressions/reductions do we need to hit absurdity?
Are you the best troll ever?
", or Adam"
Goddamn lack of an edit button! Other fora have edit buttons.
God damn that lack of an edit button! Damn its absence to HELL!
The Earth is only 6000 years old. Clearly this "fossil" is the work of the Devil.
Either that, to Adam had to squish these for Eve (and his other two rarely mentioned wives).
Or they could cut into profits and pay less dividends to the already rich. Either is fine.
Firing some so that many can stay employed is one thing. Firing some so that the people at the top still get bonuses, outrageous salaries, perks, parachutes is another. i can't feel sorry for a manager feeling the human cost of firing me when i see that he still has his rag top Mercedes. My money buys shelter and food. His buys new luxury cars. Meanwhile the check engine light on my inherited Taurus, that i can't afford to have fixed. Don't ask me to feel sorry for him.
Oh you poor thing, you're going to have to get a Lexus instead of a Beamer.
But that's my fault. i'm not pulling hard enough on my bootstraps. i didn't work hard enough to make up for the poor decisions made at the top, or to make sure my boss would get his bonus AND cover my salary.
i'm fine paying more to people with rarer skills, more experience and so on. But there is a huge difference between that and the salaries of the people who run the show. i pay the price for their greed and incompetence. Maybe he's fired... but he has another high paying job in a month. Meanwhile i'm up shit creek. We don't have to keep doing that just because we always have. If companies gave the profits to the people who, you know, DID THE WORK. Things would be better. If companies gave reasonable salaries, they wouldn't have to fire as many when things get rough. If companies had reasonable profit margins, people could do more with their money.
No, that's not right. It's the bootstraps. The mail room clerk isn't pulling hard enough.
This is not insightful. It's truthiness.
"I know it's been a long time since America has engaged in it, but it's called diplomacy, not recon."
We do tons of diplomacy. No one remembers it, but we did it. In the case of Iraq, there was twelve YEARS of it. Was twelve not enough? Or was it not enough because you were bitter about the 2000 election? i was pissed too, but that didn't mean i had to abandon reason and what i know of the history around Saddam.
"And after he likely completely fails, THEN we can blow the shit out of them righteously, if need be, since we at least tried to talk with the crazy SOB."
See above. There was plenty of talking. Plenty of non-military efforts to bring Saddam in line. Evil people don't care who they hurt or exploit. Thus the food for oil program paid for his new palaces instead of much needed food and medicine for his people. People blamed the US for the lack of meds, ignoring that Saddam was dragging out the inspections, playing shell games, trying to move against the Kurds, running rape rooms and many other terrible things. But no, they blamed the US. Not Saddam.
"If the Big Dog can't get N Korea to the table, then no one can. Shoot first and ask questions later (like we (America and it's allies) did in Iraq) is something that Barney Fife would do, and only works in mass market action flicks."
*yawn* Let me guess, freshman? Sophomore in college? You just read Zinn or that other prick.
"You see unlike Iraq, N Korea really DOES have WMD (including chemical and biological weapons), and truly IS a threat to the US and it's allies."
Iraq HAD WMD. The threat was NOT the WMD Saddam had on hand in 02, but that the SANCTIONS WERE ABOUT TO END. Think for moment. Use your brains and not your heart for just a moment to project what would have happened in Iraq when the sanctions, inspections and no-fly zones ended. Russia, China and France had billions in arms deals waiting for the sanctions to end. With no inspections the WMD programs would have resumed. No NFZ means mass graves full of Kurds (or whoever else he didn't like that day). It would mean Saddam's darling sons taking over, for another 30 years of rape rooms, mass graves, invading neighbors, funding suicide bombers in Israel (but you prolly think that's OK) and so on. Now Iraq has a chance to be something much better. Now it's up to them... not the caprice of a dictator. That is, if we don't leave them to the wolves.
Hit the reply button to change the subject to oil and Dubya.
Awesome. Now i can pay for something i've been enjoying for free!
Just move this "island" out of the environment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg
Will this chink away at the myth that you need an Mac for anything creative?
Apple gives/sells cheaper Macs to school
School teaches students on Macs
Teacher knows only Macs
Students go to workplace and find Macs
Only Macs can do audio/video/image editing.
The same is true of MS, but for office applications. It's true because it's true.... i think in the world of Mac users, there seems to be a mindset of NO NO NO! PCs CAN'T EDIT VIDEO! LA LA LA LA!
i've done all three on both OSes. Having a right click is reason enough for me to use a PC. YMMV.
Did it just start doing this? That seems unlikely.
Better Headlines:
"Bell Is Hijacking NX Domain Queries"
Does Bell "startS" hijacking on a daily basis or all the time? Tony Hawk skateS every day.
"Bell Hijacking NX Domain Queries"
Brevity is wit.
Hit the reply button to make excuses and apologies.
Eh. Its' hard for a cop with a associates degree in CJ know that the law is wrong in the eyes of /. members. They're job is to conduct the arrest, not to determine guilt or sentencing. It's for the judge to throw out the case, for a jury to not convict, for the judge to decide the punishment, for the legislators to craft just laws and the supreme court to evaluate those laws.
Sometimes those charged with enforcement don't understand the why and wherefore. Sometimes they even... agree with the laws. Sometimes they opt to keep their jobs and pension rather than lose their job and possibly go to jail.
The fault here lies with the laws and our culture's values (specifically, valuing the rights of companies over the rights of citizens).
i get your point as a matter of a more general principle, following orders is a cheap excuse. In this case, i'm willing to let the arresting officers off the hook. We don't know what is going to happen with this case. Like others have said here, i don't want cops that pick and choose who to arrest and for what, aside from the most dire cases. Ordering a cop to shoot a shoplifter, yeah... that's wrong and all out of whack. Bringing in a kid for an investigation is hardly gross misconduct.