The cable company decided to connect my house up this year. Before that, all I had available was dial-up.
I'm the guy you'd see spending a measly $20 for a Linux distro that the rest of you had the luxury of downloading.
Sears doesn't send out those big thick catalogs any more, so children all over the country are hurting for booster seats during family get-togethers.
An old laptop is thick enough to get them high enough to reach their plates.
Others in this thread have pointed out problems due to Mars' lack of a magnetosphere, low gravity which won't hold down an atmosphere, etc.
We don't have to go that far. All we need to do is get Mars somewhat habitable....then we can toss out some bacteria, funguses, extremophiles and expect them to live. Then over (a long) time, those organisms will evolve into other lifeforms which can tolerate the the conditions that most life on earth can not.
Who knows, life on Earth may have started that way.
Screw energy savings. I need the extra hour of light so I can plant my garden after work and maybe even wash the car or something else constructive. I'm going to play basketball with my kid tonight. Yay!!!! I wish we could stay on DST all year. I hate coming home at 6 p.m. and all I can do is sit on my ass because it's too dark to work or play outside.
Power lines are buried 3 to 6 feet deep, and they aren't marked for the length of their runs. They are only visually marked where the terminations occur and the runs themselves are only marked on power company maps. You cannot buy these maps at a gas station. BTW, what kind of "proper" training would you suggest that will enable me to see things buried underground?
Your arguments make my point, however. If we bury all the power lines, no one will be able to rent a ditch-witch for the weekend. We'll be forced to hire contractors who have had "proper training" and carry licenses that show it. I'll have to involve (and possibly pay) the power company before bottom-plowing my cornfield. No thank you.
By burying the lines, the power companies would be trading one problem for another. Sure, lightning would no longer be a problem, but shovels, backhoes and bulldozers would be. I'm talking about me trying to regrade my yard, bottom-plow my field, the neighbor putting in a sprinkler system, or an old man digging post holes. I ran a water line out to my garden this weekend. Thank God I didn't have to worry about underground power lines.
Underground lines might work well in cities where people just sit around and entertain themselves, but they'd be a disaster out in my neck of the woods where people work the ground.
Who better to write drivers than the manufacturers? Using proprietaray drivers will lend more functionality to Linux and make it easier to install. The arguments against using them are nothing more than religious perspectives.
The first thing I have to do after an install is install the nVidia driver. It'd be nice if I didn't have to bother.
One of the organizations that is more corrupt than Microsoft is the EU. History (especially recent history) supports my statement. I think Microsoft may be right in this case.
Britain has sadly already become a police state. Only criminals and cops have guns, cameras everywhere, illegal to state non-liberal opinions, and now this. Once the control structure is fully in place, most Brits will find themselves being openly persecuted. Anyone want to bet how long it will be before they start implanting RFID chips in everyone? They'll start with the kids and say it's for safety.
Unfortunately, some in the U.S. want that here. I hope the red states can save us.
I think this is more likely a stupid mistake than an insidious attempt to remove software. MS has a reputation writing crappy code and for not testing it properly before selling it. This is probably just the latest ramification of that problem.
We've reversed evolution. Now the stupid unproductive people are the ones who are able to reproduce the most. They're able to do so by living off lawsuit money and welfare.
I agree with what you say, and I don't believe that such abuse of power is the sole territory of democrats. The reason I chose to say "democrats" is because I believe their socialist political philosophy is the most urgent threat to our personal freedoms. The most urgent but not the only.
I believe the patriot act is a bad thing too....the only thing that makes me question it is whether it's necessary in a time of war. I don't have enough information to make a reasoned judgement on it though, so I won't(yet). However, I have no illusions that the Gestapo-like minds that run the program will want it to continue forever.
The reason I fear the democrats the most is because the people are getting softer, and more of them buy into the nanny-state philosophy. Personally, I don't need a new mommy and daddy in the form of the government to take care of me. I want to take care of myself and my family, but the nation the Dems want to build will force me to be dependent on them. They'll take gobs of money out of my check and then tell me my health care is free. After financing the meals of crack babies I won't have enough money to have my own babies. I won't be able to afford my own house so the government will provide me with one.
Once I'm firmly under their thumb, they'll be able to control my behavior. "No more rock-climbing for you Mr. Doodah, If you get hurt everyone has to pay". "No more fried food in your home. The fat may catch fire and burn down your government provided house." "No more church services, it makes you less accepting of homosexuals." etc, etc.
Actually now that I put it that way, I guess I'm less fearful of the Dems and more fearful of the minivan drivers who embrace socialist philosophies. Hmmmm.
...and in Britain....
Authorities are discussing how to deploy lie-sensing devices on street corners. They say this will help protect the general public against crimes, and will augment the feature recognition systems already in place.
American Democrats are poised to follow the lead of their socialist compatriots.
Money doesn't solve problems. Effort does.
If you like what you do, you'll train yourself without even trying too hard. It can be done on the job as easily as off the job. I trained myself by doing what needed doing and learning as I went with resources found on the web and with books I bought myself.
For example: The question "Can you set up a mail server?" was answered with "Yes I can. Give me a day or two to get it sorted out and I'll come back to you with a plan.". I figured it out with some books and online resources and came up with a plan. We now have a working mail server. There's NOTHING about being an admin that requires formal training. Sorry, but that's true. All you need is some gumption.
However, to be fair, I initially trained myself on Linux. You're working with a Microsoft OS, so it's going to be more difficult to obtain information without paying than if you were using proper server OS's like Unix, Linux, Solaris, etc. You can do it though.
Four months ago, I set up a windows 2003 server system (domain controller) with info I found on the web. It's working as beautifully as can be expected from something that wasn't designed to be a full-time server, and I got all of the information on how to do it off the web.
If you go this route rather than asking your employer to foot the bill for your training, you'll become much more valued, more respected, and get more money as a result. Maybe not, but that's the experience I've had, and I'm pretty secure and making a lot more money now.
This guy ain't special so let him be punished just like the rest of us would be if we were criminals. I bet he won't be inclined to pull this stunt again.
I like the points you make. Thanks for replying. What do you think about this idea though? I believe that racism is an action...something you do based on prejudice. An example would be denying someone a job or a home based on their race. However, negative thoughts, like forming your opinions about somebody because of their race, is prejudice, that until acted on is not racism. I looked the terms up in the dictionary, and the definition for racism includes a description that supports what you described, but in that would make it synonymous with prejudice. I believe the two terms represent the lesser and greater degrees.
Actually it's far from dead...rather, it's at the other extreme. Accusations of racism are continually being fabricated in this country in order to get money. A black guy gets fired for coming in late? Claim racism and he gets his job back. A hurricane inundates your below sea-level home? Cry racism and watch the federal dollars come flowing in. BTW I have family (white) in Mississipi who are rebuilding their houses with no government assistance, and no hope of any simply because of their race and their distance from the news trucks.
So the comments you're reading aren't really insensitive. They're just expressing disgust at continual false accusations. From the outside looking in, I can see where it may appear to you that we're insensitive. The fact is, we're just tired of dealing with this crap all the time.
Unfortunately, it may also have the effect of making us not recognize real racism on the rare occasions where it does pop up its ugly head.
There's money to be had in charging racism. Now that real racism (towards blacks) is hard to find, the racism industry has to look at the most miniscule and trivial things to keep the media attention on them and the bucks flowing in.
Real racism is killing people because of their race, like what happens if a white guy walks through Memphis or south Chicago. It's separating people by race like what happened in the U.S south before the 60's and in South Africa during apartheid. It's dragging some guy to death behind a pickup because he's black.
Racism is not listing Planet of the Apes and M.L. King on the same web page.
If these jackasses causing the hullabaloo see themselves as apes, and want to take offense every time they see a reference to apes, fine. Let them. There's all kinds of freaks in this world and we usually take the attitude that "as long as they're not bothering anybody let them be".
Let's do this here. Let them be. No news coverage. No wailing and gnashing of teeth over a "racist incident" where no racism exists.
Why do so many people assume that the answer to this problem is banning or redesigning trucks and SUVs? How about redesigning cars? How about banning the most fragile and dangerous cars (goodbye Mini Cooper)?
Ya' know what? I drive a pickup. It pulls my boat. It pulls the trailer full of broken concrete I busted out of my basement. I can put a deer in the back and let it bleed and stink (lord how they stink) all over the place without hurting anything. I can fill the bed with firewood and haul it home.
My truck is functional. A little Honda car is built for looks. So which design is the most important?
As for the "problem" of SUvs flipping over: the little ladies and metrosexuals who flip them need to learn to slow down when they turn corners. Maybe they'd be more conscious of their speed if they'd put down their phones and/or not change diapers while driving.....or maybe not. Hell, I've been driving these types of vehicles my entire life and I've NEVER flipped one, because I don't take curves and corners at speeds which cause them to turn over.
Anyway, my whole point is that the vehicles that are most unsafe are the cars. Strengthen the cars.
What a nice reply.
And no, you don't horrify me. A thinking person doesn't horify me. I am horrified that I posted When I was a 13.... You make very good points and I agree with them. The reason I can agree is that we're both talking about extremes, and extreme anything is usually bad. I've been to may third-world countries and I've seen first-hand the situations you're describing.
Balance the philosophies of socialism and capitalism, and you end up with a nice place to live. Unfortunately, a society usually has to swing to one extreme and then the other, experiencing the hardships of both, before they arrive at that middle ground.
You make too many assumptions son.
1. The camera was at the top of a tall pole. No baseball bat is that long.
2. I don't know what crowded hellhole you live in, but where I grew up we had to pump in sunshine. There was no one around to endanger. I wasn't shooting at cars, dumbass.
Go ahead and thank the lord you don't live here, but maybe you should visit sometime so you won't be so ignorant. Too many people assume that everyone else lives exactly like they do and in the same environment. You're apparently one of those people.
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The cable company decided to connect my house up this year. Before that, all I had available was dial-up.
I'm the guy you'd see spending a measly $20 for a Linux distro that the rest of you had the luxury of downloading.
Sears doesn't send out those big thick catalogs any more, so children all over the country are hurting for booster seats during family get-togethers.
An old laptop is thick enough to get them high enough to reach their plates.
I'll just get my HD movies via pay-per-view until the price becomes less exorbitant. Blu-Ray can kiss my ass until then.
Others in this thread have pointed out problems due to Mars' lack of a magnetosphere, low gravity which won't hold down an atmosphere, etc.
We don't have to go that far. All we need to do is get Mars somewhat habitable....then we can toss out some bacteria, funguses, extremophiles and expect them to live. Then over (a long) time, those organisms will evolve into other lifeforms which can tolerate the the conditions that most life on earth can not.
Who knows, life on Earth may have started that way.
Screw energy savings. I need the extra hour of light so I can plant my garden after work and maybe even wash the car or something else constructive. I'm going to play basketball with my kid tonight. Yay!!!!
I wish we could stay on DST all year. I hate coming home at 6 p.m. and all I can do is sit on my ass because it's too dark to work or play outside.
Power lines are buried 3 to 6 feet deep, and they aren't marked for the length of their runs. They are only visually marked where the terminations occur and the runs themselves are only marked on power company maps. You cannot buy these maps at a gas station. BTW, what kind of "proper" training would you suggest that will enable me to see things buried underground?
Your arguments make my point, however. If we bury all the power lines, no one will be able to rent a ditch-witch for the weekend. We'll be forced to hire contractors who have had "proper training" and carry licenses that show it. I'll have to involve (and possibly pay) the power company before bottom-plowing my cornfield.
No thank you.
By burying the lines, the power companies would be trading one problem for another. Sure, lightning would no longer be a problem, but shovels, backhoes and bulldozers would be. I'm talking about me trying to regrade my yard, bottom-plow my field, the neighbor putting in a sprinkler system, or an old man digging post holes. I ran a water line out to my garden this weekend. Thank God I didn't have to worry about underground power lines.
Underground lines might work well in cities where people just sit around and entertain themselves, but they'd be a disaster out in my neck of the woods where people work the ground.
Who better to write drivers than the manufacturers? Using proprietaray drivers will lend more functionality to Linux and make it easier to install. The arguments against using them are nothing more than religious perspectives.
The first thing I have to do after an install is install the nVidia driver. It'd be nice if I didn't have to bother.
One of the organizations that is more corrupt than Microsoft is the EU. History (especially recent history) supports my statement. I think Microsoft may be right in this case.
Let 'em have it. I can't read Chinese anyway.
Britain has sadly already become a police state. Only criminals and cops have guns, cameras everywhere, illegal to state non-liberal opinions, and now this. Once the control structure is fully in place, most Brits will find themselves being openly persecuted. Anyone want to bet how long it will be before they start implanting RFID chips in everyone? They'll start with the kids and say it's for safety.
Unfortunately, some in the U.S. want that here. I hope the red states can save us.
I think this is more likely a stupid mistake than an insidious attempt to remove software. MS has a reputation writing crappy code and for not testing it properly before selling it. This is probably just the latest ramification of that problem.
We've reversed evolution. Now the stupid unproductive people are the ones who are able to reproduce the most. They're able to do so by living off lawsuit money and welfare.
Dammit, I thought WE won the cold war.
I agree with what you say, and I don't believe that such abuse of power is the sole territory of democrats. The reason I chose to say "democrats" is because I believe their socialist political philosophy is the most urgent threat to our personal freedoms. The most urgent but not the only.
I believe the patriot act is a bad thing too....the only thing that makes me question it is whether it's necessary in a time of war. I don't have enough information to make a reasoned judgement on it though, so I won't(yet). However, I have no illusions that the Gestapo-like minds that run the program will want it to continue forever.
The reason I fear the democrats the most is because the people are getting softer, and more of them buy into the nanny-state philosophy. Personally, I don't need a new mommy and daddy in the form of the government to take care of me. I want to take care of myself and my family, but the nation the Dems want to build will force me to be dependent on them. They'll take gobs of money out of my check and then tell me my health care is free. After financing the meals of crack babies I won't have enough money to have my own babies. I won't be able to afford my own house so the government will provide me with one.
Once I'm firmly under their thumb, they'll be able to control my behavior. "No more rock-climbing for you Mr. Doodah, If you get hurt everyone has to pay". "No more fried food in your home. The fat may catch fire and burn down your government provided house." "No more church services, it makes you less accepting of homosexuals." etc, etc.
Actually now that I put it that way, I guess I'm less fearful of the Dems and more fearful of the minivan drivers who embrace socialist philosophies. Hmmmm.
...and in Britain....
Authorities are discussing how to deploy lie-sensing devices on street corners. They say this will help protect the general public against crimes, and will augment the feature recognition systems already in place.
American Democrats are poised to follow the lead of their socialist compatriots.
More at 11:00.
Money doesn't solve problems. Effort does.
If you like what you do, you'll train yourself without even trying too hard. It can be done on the job as easily as off the job. I trained myself by doing what needed doing and learning as I went with resources found on the web and with books I bought myself.
For example: The question "Can you set up a mail server?" was answered with "Yes I can. Give me a day or two to get it sorted out and I'll come back to you with a plan.". I figured it out with some books and online resources and came up with a plan. We now have a working mail server. There's NOTHING about being an admin that requires formal training. Sorry, but that's true. All you need is some gumption.
However, to be fair, I initially trained myself on Linux. You're working with a Microsoft OS, so it's going to be more difficult to obtain information without paying than if you were using proper server OS's like Unix, Linux, Solaris, etc.
You can do it though.
Four months ago, I set up a windows 2003 server system (domain controller) with info I found on the web. It's working as beautifully as can be expected from something that wasn't designed to be a full-time server, and I got all of the information on how to do it off the web.
If you go this route rather than asking your employer to foot the bill for your training, you'll become much more valued, more respected, and get more money as a result. Maybe not, but that's the experience I've had, and I'm pretty secure and making a lot more money now.
Good luck to you, and I wish you the best.
"You does the crime, you does the time."
This guy ain't special so let him be punished just like the rest of us would be if we were criminals. I bet he won't be inclined to pull this stunt again.
Hale-fricken-lujah. I agree with every word you said. Wish I could buy you a beer.
I like the points you make. Thanks for replying.
What do you think about this idea though? I believe that racism is an action...something you do based on prejudice. An example would be denying someone a job or a home based on their race.
However, negative thoughts, like forming your opinions about somebody because of their race, is prejudice, that until acted on is not racism. I looked the terms up in the dictionary, and the definition for racism includes a description that supports what you described, but in that would make it synonymous with prejudice.
I believe the two terms represent the lesser and greater degrees.
Actually it's far from dead...rather, it's at the other extreme. Accusations of racism are continually being fabricated in this country in order to get money. A black guy gets fired for coming in late? Claim racism and he gets his job back. A hurricane inundates your below sea-level home? Cry racism and watch the federal dollars come flowing in. BTW I have family (white) in Mississipi who are rebuilding their houses with no government assistance, and no hope of any simply because of their race and their distance from the news trucks.
So the comments you're reading aren't really insensitive. They're just expressing disgust at continual false accusations. From the outside looking in, I can see where it may appear to you that we're insensitive. The fact is, we're just tired of dealing with this crap all the time.
Unfortunately, it may also have the effect of making us not recognize real racism on the rare occasions where it does pop up its ugly head.
There's money to be had in charging racism. Now that real racism (towards blacks) is hard to find, the racism industry has to look at the most miniscule and trivial things to keep the media attention on them and the bucks flowing in.
Real racism is killing people because of their race, like what happens if a white guy walks through Memphis or south Chicago. It's separating people by race like what happened in the U.S south before the 60's and in South Africa during apartheid. It's dragging some guy to death behind a pickup because he's black.
Racism is not listing Planet of the Apes and M.L. King on the same web page.
If these jackasses causing the hullabaloo see themselves as apes, and want to take offense every time they see a reference to apes, fine. Let them. There's all kinds of freaks in this world and we usually take the attitude that "as long as they're not bothering anybody let them be".
Let's do this here. Let them be. No news coverage. No wailing and gnashing of teeth over a "racist incident" where no racism exists.
Why do so many people assume that the answer to this problem is banning or redesigning trucks and SUVs? How about redesigning cars? How about banning the most fragile and dangerous cars (goodbye Mini Cooper)?
Ya' know what? I drive a pickup. It pulls my boat. It pulls the trailer full of broken concrete I busted out of my basement. I can put a deer in the back and let it bleed and stink (lord how they stink) all over the place without hurting anything. I can fill the bed with firewood and haul it home.
My truck is functional. A little Honda car is built for looks. So which design is the most important?
As for the "problem" of SUvs flipping over: the little ladies and metrosexuals who flip them need to learn to slow down when they turn corners. Maybe they'd be more conscious of their speed if they'd put down their phones and/or not change diapers while driving.....or maybe not.
Hell, I've been driving these types of vehicles my entire life and I've NEVER flipped one, because I don't take curves and corners at speeds which cause them to turn over.
Anyway, my whole point is that the vehicles that are most unsafe are the cars. Strengthen the cars.
What a nice reply.
And no, you don't horrify me. A thinking person doesn't horify me. I am horrified that I posted When I was a 13....
You make very good points and I agree with them. The reason I can agree is that we're both talking about extremes, and extreme anything is usually bad. I've been to may third-world countries and I've seen first-hand the situations you're describing.
Balance the philosophies of socialism and capitalism, and you end up with a nice place to live.
Unfortunately, a society usually has to swing to one extreme and then the other, experiencing the hardships of both, before they arrive at that middle ground.
You make too many assumptions son.
1. The camera was at the top of a tall pole. No baseball bat is that long.
2. I don't know what crowded hellhole you live in, but where I grew up we had to pump in sunshine. There was no one around to endanger. I wasn't shooting at cars, dumbass.
Go ahead and thank the lord you don't live here, but maybe you should visit sometime so you won't be so ignorant. Too many people assume that everyone else lives exactly like they do and in the same environment.
You're apparently one of those people.