Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic necessities every human needs. Every human does not need religion. Thus religion is unimportant. That's a fact - that's not made up by my so-called world view.
As a future procreating human, I am interested in your strategy.
What happens when the kids are no longer in your control? What happens when they go to their friends' houses and sit around sipping Hi-C to mind-numbing garbage?
Aren't they going to be rebellious teenagers and end up doing exactly the opposite of what you wanted them to do?
I disagree. I know more about the things I put in my body than my doctors ever have... because I actually care what I'm putting in my body.
Doctors care about "getting the job done", some of them about kick-backs. Take this medication and get out of my office, really, is the mantra of psychiatrists.
The problem is that people get lazy and they assume the doctors know what they're doing and have the magical cure (especially from these stupid commercials), or they assume that because other people are taking something that it's safe, or they assume that because the FDA said "okay" then it's safe and effective.
You know how when you encode a JPEG at a really low quality and it gets blocky-looking, especially at very sharp lines? Well, the cymbals are the sharp lines in music (the first quality indicator you notice), and MP3 is the audio equivalent of JPEG.
Just imagine a very sharp-looking image being converted to low quality JPEG and being put through your ears. It makes me cringe.
Some states do have their own form of health care aid / system. I know in Wisconsin we have BadgerCare for people who cannot afford private health care. It's not free, but it's highly discounted.
I also know that Massachusetts just implemented some sort of similar system, except they made it illegal to not have health care as well.
Okay, now can someone please explain what the fuck is Feedburner and why the fuck it would be worth $100 million?
I don't know. I go to their site and it looks like buzzword jibberish to me. I am so confused and angry right now that I might throw a freakin' chair. Seriously, this article summary sucks, and from the look of it Feedburner looks like it sucks too.
So why don't we get this stuff preinstalled on linux? Because the software isn't designed to run in Linux? When there is commercial Linux software, maybe! But even then, you have the Ubuntu repository where you can download all the free packages... kinda makes it hard to package the typical crapware.
The thing I don't understand about all of this is why anyone would even bother. Ubuntu is free - so you just buy the cheaper Windows model and format and install Ubuntu over it. The only benefit is getting hardware support out of the box... and we're yet to see how that turns out. Can they suspend to ram, use wireless, throttle the CPU, burn DVDs, etc effectively?
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When I recently visited New York, I realized that people there aren't fat... precisely because they're always walking places (even to the subway).
:)
The people riding the subways to work don't need the exercise. It's those that drive cars to Wal-Mart.
Well, except for the 'Beryl + NVidia = Black Window' bug. Have they fixed that yet? Last I heard, the ball was in NVidia's court
Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic necessities every human needs. Every human does not need religion. Thus religion is unimportant. That's a fact - that's not made up by my so-called world view.
People shouldn't take life seriously, but in general they do. And in terms of relevancy to living life to its fullest, religion is pretty low.
Kerry would have flown to Iraq and fought the war himself! He is, after all, a Vietnam veteran.
That was the reason we were supposed to vote for him, right?
As a future procreating human, I am interested in your strategy.
What happens when the kids are no longer in your control? What happens when they go to their friends' houses and sit around sipping Hi-C to mind-numbing garbage?
Aren't they going to be rebellious teenagers and end up doing exactly the opposite of what you wanted them to do?
OMG this is the moment I've been waiting for!!! I can now go out and blow over half a grand on a PS3 and games.
Wow, puttycyg just made my life so much better. Thank you.
Funniest thing I've read on /. in a while.
He compared it to FLAC, which is lossless.
I should make a pub and ban fat people. That would discourage people from being fat, and it would create a pleasant, trendy atmosphere.
Yeah, I can't wait until they can tap into our bodies' energy for computers and such. All of a sudden, obesity wouldn't be a problem anymore.
I disagree. I know more about the things I put in my body than my doctors ever have... because I actually care what I'm putting in my body.
Doctors care about "getting the job done", some of them about kick-backs. Take this medication and get out of my office, really, is the mantra of psychiatrists.
The problem is that people get lazy and they assume the doctors know what they're doing and have the magical cure (especially from these stupid commercials), or they assume that because other people are taking something that it's safe, or they assume that because the FDA said "okay" then it's safe and effective.
owned.
Listen to the cymbals.
You know how when you encode a JPEG at a really low quality and it gets blocky-looking, especially at very sharp lines? Well, the cymbals are the sharp lines in music (the first quality indicator you notice), and MP3 is the audio equivalent of JPEG.
Just imagine a very sharp-looking image being converted to low quality JPEG and being put through your ears. It makes me cringe.
Menard's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
Go buy a truck load of fertilizer on your credit card.
No... he gets his sentence commuted to a year of community service and probation.
Some states do have their own form of health care aid / system. I know in Wisconsin we have BadgerCare for people who cannot afford private health care. It's not free, but it's highly discounted.
I also know that Massachusetts just implemented some sort of similar system, except they made it illegal to not have health care as well.
And why don't I get a refund for the gas used mowing my lawn?!
Agreed. Paint.NET is amazing. Gimp is sucky.
Too bad Mono/supporting APIs are not along far enough to use Paint.NET, although Miguel de Icaza was working on a port.
What? Nice troll.
A communist regime has tons of power... that's how the USSR enforced its iron curtain. Tell Stalin he had no power.
Do you think those iPod owning kids are fit to do anything?
Really.
Think about your average high schooler walking down the hall listening to his or her iPod.
Where do you see that person in 10 years? 20?
We're raising a(nother?) generation of cattle, addicted to pop culture and unaware of the world.
Like any of them will have a clue. They'll get into power and maintain the status quo.
But it's nice to have hopes!
"I will use my EZ Pass so I don't have to stop when driving through the internets. Nurrr."
Okay, now can someone please explain what the fuck is Feedburner and why the fuck it would be worth $100 million?
I don't know. I go to their site and it looks like buzzword jibberish to me. I am so confused and angry right now that I might throw a freakin' chair. Seriously, this article summary sucks, and from the look of it Feedburner looks like it sucks too.
The thing I don't understand about all of this is why anyone would even bother. Ubuntu is free - so you just buy the cheaper Windows model and format and install Ubuntu over it. The only benefit is getting hardware support out of the box... and we're yet to see how that turns out. Can they suspend to ram, use wireless, throttle the CPU, burn DVDs, etc effectively?