The government doesn't "marry" anyone -- it only recognizes marriages. So your solution isn't bad. Although I fail to see why someone who doesn't recognize gay marriage is bigoted. Recognition or lack of recognition is not bigotry. Finally, if your lifestyle is characterized by eating babies, and I am against eating babies, I am an anti-baby eating bigot. So in the strictest definition of bigotry, not all bigotry is wrong.
Wow. You have some serious issues. I'm going to stay reasonable here and ask that you do the same. Please take the language down a notch.
Christian values do have a basis in reason -- even if you don't agree with them. Most of your problems with Christians seem rooted in issues of many generations ago. For those that don't, I don't see an issue. Gay marriage for example. It is a reasonable position to take that gay marriage is wrong. Marriage is a religious institution. Civil union is fine, but crossing over to marriage is a different beast altogether. Note that I am not taking a position on it -- I'm just saying it is reasonable to be against it -- and certainly not immoral.
Finally, vetoing a bill -- seems unlikely to be an immoral act. I guess you think the minority of congress that voted against it are immoral too? I think you are simply intolerant of opinions that are contrary to yours.
Bush decided that it was a bad idea for "moral reasons," whatever the fuck that means.
Your inability to understand "moral reasons" makes me glad that Bush has this nation's highest office and not you. In your world, "fetal farming" is just some "fucking moral reason" to be set aside.
I would gladly let everyone watch me scratch my ass to win the war on terror. Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.
Please. I fail to see how collecting which phone numbers call which phone numbers an invasion of my privacy much less the end of this great nation. Collecting connection statistics is different than recording conversations.
To be salaried employee is to select your employer more carefully. It's called a labor market -- if you are that good, you can go somewhere else where they don't hit you with a sledgehammer.
Short example: A friend designed a complex toy the fairly exact specifications but kept getting back "We can't build this" from the Chinese haul of the company. After 8 faxes and several phone calls it was discovered that they needed a to extend the base 1/4 of an inch to fit all the components. Now the original specification was ~1 inch base but either ~1 does not stretch to 1 and 1/4th or someone dropped the ~.
You know, this is a good example of bad communication. Bravo.
If you have to be collocated to be effective, you'll never work on anything of any size, complexity, or significance. Several industries have mastered 24x7 design, development, test, and production.
Someday you might too -- if not, you will be in the bread line.
Seriously, why is this a bad idea? As a shareholder, I expect the management team to provide as much return as they can on my investment. Why should I say "except labor costs -- go ahead and blow my money there."
Without the Russians, we would have no ISS. Without the Americans, we would have no ISS. Simple. Ever heard of teamwork? I wish more people had -- we'd all be better off -- kinda like the ISS.
I assume you are joking, because all of the cosmonauts died on Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11. No astronauts, true, but cosmonauts yes. There have been other accidents as well -- most notably a large casualty accident on the pad.
No manned launch vehicle is more reliable than the shuttle. 114 out of 115 successful launches. 113 out of 114 successful re-entries.
Most people in the industry consider the shuttle the most advanced manned vehicle ever. It certainly has capabilities unavailable in any other vehicle.
NASA was created around 1958. It's 2006. That's what, 48 years? In fact, wikipedia gives NASA's budget from 1958-2005 -- it adds up to $591.2B 1996 USD.
How well does Eve work using Linux/Cedega? I've made the switch away from Windows -- I really don't want to have to boot back into that world...
I played Eve when it first came out and loved it -- it just tends to replace your real life too easily. For anyone with a real life, this game is acid.
Don't say the 401(k) limited them -- just invest elsewhere. If you are sitting on a 401(k) with 90%+ Enron stock and that's your only retirement savings, you're an idiot.
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The government doesn't "marry" anyone -- it only recognizes marriages. So your solution isn't bad. Although I fail to see why someone who doesn't recognize gay marriage is bigoted. Recognition or lack of recognition is not bigotry. Finally, if your lifestyle is characterized by eating babies, and I am against eating babies, I am an anti-baby eating bigot. So in the strictest definition of bigotry, not all bigotry is wrong.
Wow. You have some serious issues. I'm going to stay reasonable here and ask that you do the same. Please take the language down a notch.
Christian values do have a basis in reason -- even if you don't agree with them. Most of your problems with Christians seem rooted in issues of many generations ago. For those that don't, I don't see an issue. Gay marriage for example. It is a reasonable position to take that gay marriage is wrong. Marriage is a religious institution. Civil union is fine, but crossing over to marriage is a different beast altogether. Note that I am not taking a position on it -- I'm just saying it is reasonable to be against it -- and certainly not immoral.
Finally, vetoing a bill -- seems unlikely to be an immoral act. I guess you think the minority of congress that voted against it are immoral too? I think you are simply intolerant of opinions that are contrary to yours.
Your inability to understand "moral reasons" makes me glad that Bush has this nation's highest office and not you. In your world, "fetal farming" is just some "fucking moral reason" to be set aside.
Educate me. Why do you think I hate America?
I would gladly let everyone watch me scratch my ass to win the war on terror. Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.
So what was your point?
Please. I fail to see how collecting which phone numbers call which phone numbers an invasion of my privacy much less the end of this great nation. Collecting connection statistics is different than recording conversations.
I'm an American. I want more than "enough." I'm willing to work hard for it.
Too bad the rest of the world doesn't have higher aspirations.
Informative? Pick up a heat transfer text. Look in the index under radiation. Grok fully.
To be salaried employee is to select your employer more carefully. It's called a labor market -- if you are that good, you can go somewhere else where they don't hit you with a sledgehammer.
If you don't like it - quit. I'm sure there are all kinds of places that will hire your unique and valuable skillset...
Anyone that complains about unpaid overtime doesn't understand what it means to be a salaried employee.
You know, this is a good example of bad communication. Bravo.
If you have to be collocated to be effective, you'll never work on anything of any size, complexity, or significance. Several industries have mastered 24x7 design, development, test, and production.
Someday you might too -- if not, you will be in the bread line.
The offshoe techies understand the problem quite well. Respectfully, I believe it is you that do not understand asset efficiency.
Seriously, why is this a bad idea? As a shareholder, I expect the management team to provide as much return as they can on my investment. Why should I say "except labor costs -- go ahead and blow my money there."
At best, Bigelow will only get you a coule hundred of those miles. I also hear Bob isn't that attractive -- but hey, if that's what turns you on....
Without the Russians, we would have no ISS. Without the Americans, we would have no ISS. Simple. Ever heard of teamwork? I wish more people had -- we'd all be better off -- kinda like the ISS.
I assume you are joking, because all of the cosmonauts died on Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11. No astronauts, true, but cosmonauts yes. There have been other accidents as well -- most notably a large casualty accident on the pad.
No manned launch vehicle is more reliable than the shuttle. 114 out of 115 successful launches. 113 out of 114 successful re-entries.
Most people in the industry consider the shuttle the most advanced manned vehicle ever. It certainly has capabilities unavailable in any other vehicle.
NASA was created around 1958. It's 2006. That's what, 48 years? In fact, wikipedia gives NASA's budget from 1958-2005 -- it adds up to $591.2B 1996 USD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_budget
Quite a bit less than TRILLIONS.
Having said that, they do need to change the way they do things.
Slave reparations? I never had any slaves...
sniff... sniff...
I'm standing beside myself looking for a Stop'N Go to buy.
How well does Eve work using Linux/Cedega? I've made the switch away from Windows -- I really don't want to have to boot back into that world...
I played Eve when it first came out and loved it -- it just tends to replace your real life too easily. For anyone with a real life, this game is acid.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/h uman_centrifuge_08315.html
How can you be forbidden to diversify?
Step 1: don't buy security X.
Step 2: buy security Y.
Don't say the 401(k) limited them -- just invest elsewhere. If you are sitting on a 401(k) with 90%+ Enron stock and that's your only retirement savings, you're an idiot.