Doubtful. In 2008, Dubya will pull the rabbitt out of his hat and we'll have a new King George.
There are currently three avenues to this that I can think of off of the top of my head:
1)fema can take over the nation in the case of a declared emergency and institute martial law. 2)In the case of terrorist attacks, the elections can now be put off indefinately. 3)DHS is being poised so that it answeres to nobody.
Guess who easily pulls the strings of all three of those methods.
They are conservative when it comes to "morals and values" and the like, but are indeed extremely liberal when it comes to spending - especially when it benefits their special interests.
I always thought it was amusing that one of my clients would call me to make a paid office visit in order for me to talk to Dell for her so she didn't have to supress homicidal tendancies.
This was if she had a hardware failure. Any other problem, she'd call me and have me fix it there.
I don't have a pastor. In fact, I'm Taoist and have been for many years.
I have read the whole Bible over a space of time. It was a matter of curiosity (the fact that part of my family is extremely *ahem* vocal about their Christianity and think I'm a horrible person because I don't go to church just makes it more amusing).
One of them went so far as to ask my mother why she didn't force me to go to church. This was when I was 20, mind you. It wasn't for a lack of trying when I was younger. She finally gave up and delt with the fact that I was a decent enough person church or no church.
Actually, I did my own research. Studying history happens to be a hobby of mine.
They chose the books based largely on what would sustain and increase the power of the Church, would not insult the sensibilities of the clergy, and would not rock the boat with the common people.
The Catholic church was terrified of losing the power that it had. The choice of books as well as the threats of excomunicating rulers shows this rather well.
Just because you heard it from your pastor doesn't mean it's true. Do your own research and think for yourself.
I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. I can actually picture one of my old profs doing that.
The weirdest things got with my profs were the CS profs that showed up regularly at the CS and engineering house parties and the fact that I used to shoot pool with three of them (losers paid for the beer).
There were probably a full half dozen profs that would buy me a beer if they saw me uptown on the weekends. It was weird the first time it happened, but by the time I graduated it was just par for the course.
I used to get looked at so strangely by the underclassmen when the undergrad chair would stick his head out of the office and ask if I was joining them for drinks and a few games that evening.
Or they believe they can "pick and choose" as to what parts are true - and then impose their choices on everyone else.
Sounds like the Catholic church. They decided which books would go in the Bible and branded the others as inaccurate and in some cases downright heretical.
Add to that the fact that every translation has been edited by the people who comissioned it (the King James version is notorious for this) and you have a great recipie for exactly that.
You don't meet people in clubs. I've met plenty of people in clubs.
They're too loud to talk. Not in a good club, and not in all parts of the club. Try the lounge.
And the girls are drenched in make-up. In my case, that's borderline normal considering that I'm goth.
it's pitch black so you can't see what they look like anyway. They're places for vulgar shallow women and violent braindead men. Not to mention over-priced shitty drinks. Again, this is not the case at good clubs.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the reason I like multiple desktops is because I can toss all of the "fluff" applications (gaim, xmms, etc) on one desktop, have docs open on another, and compilers on a third, and test the program I'm working on on the fourth.
It leads to less distractions to each task for me. However, like I said, I can't speak for anyone else.
I do love how a lot of people on here (and elsewhere) go "so what?" largely because they never get out of their own houses.
Clubs (and other places like just out of the way specialty stores) are a great place to meet people of a similar mindset that you would otherwise never have the pleasure of knowing.
Yeah, well, the townies are rather conservative and the university was extremely unhappy, but there wasn't anything they could do because the girls weren't displaying their genitals (which is what indecent exposure requires in this state).
Personally, I just sat back and enjoyed the show. My girlfriend wasn't happy about it, but that was only because she didn't know it was going on. She would have wanted to watch too. =]
Somehow I don't think the talk of kill zones would bother me since I grew up around military and ex-military. Heavily armed doesn't bother me either, though I tend to prefer blades to guns (I used to be a decent shot though.)
It's a shame I don't train much anymore. I'd get poked at until I slimed down. heh
I worked at a non-profit attached to my university while I attended.
It's even funnier when the managers of the other departments think that you should be in charge of your department instead of the incompetent, grasping person that was hired as an IT manager.
But then, you have to consider that this was the guy who wanted *nothing* automated so he could justify having a bigger staff. He actually expected me to go from machine to machine (there were about 200 desktops) and check to see if they had been infected with a worm one day. Let's just say that didn't happen.
Unfortunately, the wireless revolution seems to have passed by the town I am currently in.
It's a shame too, because I love working in the park provided it isn't blazingly hot or raining. As it stands, I can take most of the info that I need with me, but being able to check my mail or find an answer to a problem I don't have docs on would be nice.
None of the coffee shops here have wireless here either.
I do, however, find it amusing that I get the weirdest looks from people when I'm sitting in the park with my laptop. You'd think I had grown a couple of extra heads...
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Why don't we just be honest and say, just like Bill, you want to "meat" interns? =]
Doubtful. In 2008, Dubya will pull the rabbitt out of his hat and we'll have a new King George.
There are currently three avenues to this that I can think of off of the top of my head:
1)fema can take over the nation in the case of a declared emergency and institute martial law.
2)In the case of terrorist attacks, the elections can now be put off indefinately.
3)DHS is being poised so that it answeres to nobody.
Guess who easily pulls the strings of all three of those methods.
They are conservative when it comes to "morals and values" and the like, but are indeed extremely liberal when it comes to spending - especially when it benefits their special interests.
Where are you and what do you do? =]
We need to ask ourselves what people want from fire.
"Stick it up your nose"
Exactly! Do people want fire that can be fitted nasally?
(Gotta love the B-ark. Just watch out for the mutant space goat)
All you have to do is remember to ask out every girl you find interesting. You can't get a 'yes' to a question never asked.
Funny... I get a yes to that question rather often without ever asking the question. For some odd reason, I get chased. Go figure *shrugs*
I always thought it was amusing that one of my clients would call me to make a paid office visit in order for me to talk to Dell for her so she didn't have to supress homicidal tendancies.
This was if she had a hardware failure. Any other problem, she'd call me and have me fix it there.
I don't have a pastor. In fact, I'm Taoist and have been for many years.
I have read the whole Bible over a space of time. It was a matter of curiosity (the fact that part of my family is extremely *ahem* vocal about their Christianity and think I'm a horrible person because I don't go to church just makes it more amusing).
One of them went so far as to ask my mother why she didn't force me to go to church. This was when I was 20, mind you. It wasn't for a lack of trying when I was younger. She finally gave up and delt with the fact that I was a decent enough person church or no church.
The Bible Belt was such a fun place to grow up.
Catholic != Christian
I think you have that backwards. Catholics are indeed Christians but not all Christians are necessarily Catholic.
What part of ohio are you in? I'm currently in the south central part of the state.
Actually, I did my own research. Studying history happens to be a hobby of mine.
They chose the books based largely on what would sustain and increase the power of the Church, would not insult the sensibilities of the clergy, and would not rock the boat with the common people.
The Catholic church was terrified of losing the power that it had. The choice of books as well as the threats of excomunicating rulers shows this rather well.
Just because you heard it from your pastor doesn't mean it's true. Do your own research and think for yourself.
Please tell me that these people aren't serious and that it's just a very well thought out satire...
I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. I can actually picture one of my old profs doing that.
The weirdest things got with my profs were the CS profs that showed up regularly at the CS and engineering house parties and the fact that I used to shoot pool with three of them (losers paid for the beer).
There were probably a full half dozen profs that would buy me a beer if they saw me uptown on the weekends. It was weird the first time it happened, but by the time I graduated it was just par for the course.
I used to get looked at so strangely by the underclassmen when the undergrad chair would stick his head out of the office and ask if I was joining them for drinks and a few games that evening.
Or they believe they can "pick and choose" as to what parts are true - and then impose their choices on everyone else.
Sounds like the Catholic church. They decided which books would go in the Bible and branded the others as inaccurate and in some cases downright heretical.
Add to that the fact that every translation has been edited by the people who comissioned it (the King James version is notorious for this) and you have a great recipie for exactly that.
You don't meet people in clubs. I've met plenty of people in clubs.
They're too loud to talk. Not in a good club, and not in all parts of the club. Try the lounge.
And the girls are drenched in make-up. In my case, that's borderline normal considering that I'm goth.
it's pitch black so you can't see what they look like anyway. They're places for vulgar shallow women and violent braindead men. Not to mention over-priced shitty drinks. Again, this is not the case at good clubs.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the reason I like multiple desktops is because I can toss all of the "fluff" applications (gaim, xmms, etc) on one desktop, have docs open on another, and compilers on a third, and test the program I'm working on on the fourth.
It leads to less distractions to each task for me. However, like I said, I can't speak for anyone else.
Agreed.
I do love how a lot of people on here (and elsewhere) go "so what?" largely because they never get out of their own houses.
Clubs (and other places like just out of the way specialty stores) are a great place to meet people of a similar mindset that you would otherwise never have the pleasure of knowing.
Yeah, well, the townies are rather conservative and the university was extremely unhappy, but there wasn't anything they could do because the girls weren't displaying their genitals (which is what indecent exposure requires in this state).
Personally, I just sat back and enjoyed the show. My girlfriend wasn't happy about it, but that was only because she didn't know it was going on. She would have wanted to watch too. =]
It was just exactly what I said - a topless march and was composed primarily of women. no shirts, no bras. just skin.
Like i said, the cops were not amused.
Mitch: Is that liquid nitrogen?
*Chris cuts off a slice*
I just graduated last year and there was a topless march on the green my last year. The cops were not amused.
Somehow I don't think the talk of kill zones would bother me since I grew up around military and ex-military. Heavily armed doesn't bother me either, though I tend to prefer blades to guns (I used to be a decent shot though.)
It's a shame I don't train much anymore. I'd get poked at until I slimed down. heh
I worked at a non-profit attached to my university while I attended.
It's even funnier when the managers of the other departments think that you should be in charge of your department instead of the incompetent, grasping person that was hired as an IT manager.
But then, you have to consider that this was the guy who wanted *nothing* automated so he could justify having a bigger staff. He actually expected me to go from machine to machine (there were about 200 desktops) and check to see if they had been infected with a worm one day. Let's just say that didn't happen.
Sounds like my girlfriend.
I also have to say that it's fun sitting in a coffee shop with her and commenting on the girls who go past.
Unfortunately, the wireless revolution seems to have passed by the town I am currently in.
It's a shame too, because I love working in the park provided it isn't blazingly hot or raining. As it stands, I can take most of the info that I need with me, but being able to check my mail or find an answer to a problem I don't have docs on would be nice.
None of the coffee shops here have wireless here either.
I do, however, find it amusing that I get the weirdest looks from people when I'm sitting in the park with my laptop. You'd think I had grown a couple of extra heads...